Ahem. I'm alive. Surprised? I am. Inspiration has struck me! *winces* Ow. Anyway, I have decided to treat you all to a new chapter. Isn't that nice of me. Again, this is a case of me pulling my hair out in frustration and saying "To hell with any plot!! It's my story, I can do what I want with it!" And well, here you go.
I'd like to thank my two reviewers. Kiwi93089 and Skye-Chan. *takes a deep breath* THANK YOU THANK YOU THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!!! *covers you both in a mountain of cookies and various plushies* Did I mention that I really like reviews? ^_^
I'm currently writing this during a thunderstorm. It's monsoon season! *cheers* I love rain. It'd be more fun if there was lightning though. Oh well.
Chapter 11: Cotton Candy and Kiddy Rides
"Kakkarot, remind me again how we got suckered into this."
Goku scratched the back of his head thoughtfully as they walked through a crowd of screaming children and their parents, two happy 5-and-a-half year olds jumping up and down next to them.
"Well, Chichi threatened me with no food, and Bulma threatened you with a guinea pig. At least, I think she did. That's all I could understand from everything she was yelling at you," he answered.
Vegeta snorted. He knew very well what she had meant by "guinea pig". It meant testing out her various inventions on him. He shuddered.
"Uncle Veggie!"
He ignored the high-pitched squeal and the tug on his hand.
"UncleVeggieuncleveggieuncleveggieuncleveggie!!!"
He felt his right eyelid threaten to start twitching.
"What." He answered.
"Can we go and get some food now?"
"Yeah! Food!" Ranu cheered.
"Pll-eeaasse Uncle Veggie?"
"Pll-eeaasse Vegeta-san?"
"Pll-eeaasse Vegeta?"
Vegeta stared in disbelief at Goku, who was copying the two children, big sparkly innocent eyes and all. Goku grinned at him and then went back to mock-pouting, which Kris was doing quite convincingly. Ranu was trying and failing miserably.
"Fine."
"Yaaaaaayyyyyy!!" the other three Saiyans cheered, the smaller two running around in circles.
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"AND DON'T YOU DARE COME BACK!!"
Goku ducked out of the restaurant, the two chibis under one arm and the other arm dragging a ranting Vegeta out the door.
"It's your own damn fault for not having enough food! What the hell is wrong with you people?! The whole point of food is to eat it! You have no right to throw us out! Do you have any idea who I am?!"
A large sweat drop rolled down Goku's head and he swiftly dragged a still-yelling Vegeta ("If you idiots knew who saved your pathetic asses and your stupid planet half the time, you'd be begging me to eat that slop you call food!") to an empty bench underneath a tree. Flinging Vegeta onto it (gently enough not to break the bench though) Goku set the two kids down next to him and sat down. Vegeta snarled at him, but he ignored it and instead gazed up through the tree's leaves at the sky. No one said anything after that.
Vegeta had his arms crossed in front of him and glared at anyone who got within 7 feet of him. Kris and Ranu were busy poking each other and stifling their giggles, and Goku was still watching the clouds. The poking stopped after a few minutes.
"So…" Kris started. Goku and Vegeta looked at her. "What're we having for dessert?"
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"Well, this map says we're here," Goku said, pointing to the little star that marked where they were on a large map of the park.
"Brilliant observation Kakkarot. Did the 'You are Here' symbol give it away?"
Goku ignored him, having already gotten used to the insults long ago. He turned to the two children, who were gnawing on gigantic lollipops.
"So, which rides do you guys want to go on?"
Kris tilted her to one side, confused.
'Rides?' she thought, giving her candy a few new bite marks absent-mindedly.
"Ooh!" Ranu spoke up. "I wanna go on all of 'em!"
"You can't," Vegeta said. "There are height restrictions. You're too small."
Ranu pouted and looked thoroughly disappointed.
"Oh…" he said sadly, nibbling his large piece-of-solidified-sugar-on-a-stick.
Kris paused, her own lollipop half-way in her mouth.
"Well," Goku said, trying to brighten up the mood, "There's always rides that don't have height restrictions,"
Ranu brightened up instantly.
"Really?" he asked, eyes bright and shiny, tail wagging behind him.
Goku smiled and nodded at him.
"All right!" Ranu cheered, jumping around in circles. While Goku tried to find the rides via the map, Vegeta watched the two slightly-hyperactive kids chase each other around.
"That hurt Kris!"
"You should've kept your tail around your waist in the first place so it's your fault!"
"Is not!"
"Is too!"
"Not!"
"IS TOO!"
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"Here we are! Kiddy World!"
While Ranu just about squealed with joy at all the bright happy things in front of him, Kris stared rather uneasily.
"Come on Kris-chan!" Ranu shouted, grabbing her hand and dragging her to the nearest ride, ignoring any protests. Their uncles followed them silently.
The ride was called "Sparky's Rainbow World". Kris warily glanced at a giant animated plush dog near the entrance and scooted closer to Vegeta, who was waiting (along with Goku) behind her in the line for the ride. Ranu was just ahead of her, jumping up and down in place, a slightly glazed look on his face. Apparently the solidified-sugar-on-a-stick hadn't been absorbed well and he was starting to display the first symptoms of an all-out sugar rush.
The line moved quickly, and soon they were next in line for the ride. Kris had resorted to hiding behind Vegeta's leg and glaring at the giant dog.
"Yay yay yay yay yay!!!" Ranu squealed, still jumping up and down.
Finally, the car for the ride pulled up and its previous occupants left.
"Please keep all limbs inside the car at all times. Do not throw objects at any of the animated characters, and enjoy your trip through Sparky's Rainbow World," a park attendant droned on, watching as the four Saiyans climbed into the car (which had a cartoon dog head on the front) and pressing a button on the console in front of him once they had settled. The car rolled off onto its track.
Cheerful music started to play from speakers placed all around the ride, and even from inside the car. Kris raised an eyebrow questioningly as they came into a room that simply radiated dumb happiness. Ranu ooh-ed and aaahh-ed at everything and Goku looked semi-happy as well. Vegeta's eyelid was twitching dangerously and Kris felt increasingly nauseous. All in all, the ride went smoothly up until-
"HIYA! Do u want to B my fwiend?!"
"FUCK OFF!!!"
A large animated puppet had sprung up out of the ground on the side of the car and Vegeta had blasted the thing into oblivion, twitching in anger. Kris giggled whilst the other two occupants protested "Sparky's" untimely demise.
Vegeta looked rather pleased with himself, up until they got off the ride and were confronted with both park security and the manager, who demanded they pay for damaging the ride. There was a lot of screaming and protesting, but they eventually got Vegeta's credit card from him and let them go. Vegeta kept muttering something about guinea pigs.
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After the next couple of rides (which Vegeta had managed to behave himself on) Kris was feeling slightly giddy and hysterical. She kept giggling at the oddest things, and Ranu wasn't helping either. He kept running around in circles and barking like a puppy (which Kris found hilarious). By now both Goku and Vegeta were getting slightly worried.
"All right guys, I think it's time to go back home now," Goku suggested. Sounds of protest commenced.
"Hey, no whining, it's time to-"
"Damnit brats we're leaving this hell-hole so I can get back to training and if I hear one more damned song I'm going to blast this place into oblivion, understand?!"
Ranu gulped nervously and nodded. Kris just sighed and bowed her head, which abruptly snapped back up.
"Can we go to the gift shop?!" she squealed.
Vegeta winced. She had been unusually happy and somehow her voice had gotten a higher pitch because of it.
"Fine, the gift shop, then we are going home!"
"Yaayy!!" Ranu cheered. Kris pumped a fist into the air.
"Onward to the gift shop!" she yelled. Ranu yelled his approval and they both ran off, while Vegeta and Goku tried to keep up with them in the thick crowds.
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Two blurs of color abruptly knocked down the door and sped up the stairs, a door slamming behind them. Bulma and Chichi stared, only mildly surprised. Their attention was redirected to the door that had been knocked down as two more people walked in, though much more slowly than the two hyperactive Saiyans had.
Vegeta dropped the armfuls of amusement park merchandise onto the floor and stormed off into the kitchen. Goku let his own bags full of useless junk drop to the floor and sank into a nearby chair, exhausted.
"So," Bulma said. "How'd it go?"
Goku groaned.
"I don't want to talk about it," he said tiredly.
Bulma and Chichi glanced at each other.
"That bad?"
"Not bad, just… I don't ever want to do that again."
"Oh. Well, that's alright, you won't have to,"
Goku breathed a sigh of relief.
"Now, there's this really nice skating rink that's having a family night tomorrow and I think it would be just perfect if-"
Goku fainted and a distant-sounding thump signaled that Vegeta had overheard as well and was now unconscious.
Well, that's that. *coughs* Now, for things you could care less about,
I just got a DragonBallGT DVD, titled Proliferation. I watched the Japanese version first (thank Kami!) and I must say, it is entertaining. However, if you have any good opinion of the dubbed episodes, don't watch Funimations's version. Not only did they BUTCHER the opening "song" (Their song is more like rhythmic chanting trying to sound like rap) the voices of some characters (Goten and Videl most notably) are absolutely HORRIBLE. In short, FUNI has done it again. Everything they learned from the Saiyan saga through the Buu saga, they just shot down. They took Dragonball GT and murdered it, cut it into tiny unrecognizable pieces, urinated on it, then stuffed it into a pretty bag and threw it at the public. FUNImation, I hate you with all my heart and soul. Go to hell.
In other news, I have gotten the game Legacy of Goku II, and I love it. I liked the first one, but the second one is much better. I just wish they had Raditz in it. Raditz was adorable as a super-deformed character. My favorite part of the game is when you go into Capsule Corp as Vegeta and get cookies from Mrs. Briefs. The cookie is almost as big as his head, and when he gets it, he holds it over his head with both hands and gets this really kawaii smile, then some triumphant music plays. I did that about 50 times. ^_^
I don't know when my next chapter will be. You'll have to wait and find out.
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