Budoukai!

by Chuquita

It's that time again. The 27th Tenkaichi Budoukai has arrived, and this time a year earlier. Luckily for the contestants, Chi-Chi has verbally 'persuaded' Hercule to fake an illness so the rest of the Z senshi actually have a chance to win the title. But

4. Rest n Semi Finals

Special Chu Note: I have to apologize for this chapter being late 2 days; the reason for it being late is because my actual computer is having problems. We're not even completely sure what's wrong with it. AOL hasn't worked for the past 2 days so I was unable to upload the chapter. Please forgive my late-ness! Thanks everybody! –Chuquita 8/29/04

11:02 PM 8/19/2004

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Quote of the Week: -from dbz #214 "Deciding the opponents for the competition!! Let's hurry up and start the first fight!"

{Announcer:} Vegeta is next.

{Announcer:} Number 12.

{Piccolo:} Vegeta is Number 12!?

{Board:} 11-Gokuh 12-Vegeta

{Bozu:} Vegeta is Number 12.

{Kulilin:} Wha...What's this?! Gokuh and Vegeta are going to fight right off?

{Gokuh:} Vegeta...?

{Vegeta:} [Thinking] I did it! Kakarrotto's my opponent! I've been waiting for this time. The day I defeat Kakarrotto!!

{Trunks:} Our dads are going to fight. Who's going to win?

{Goten:} My dad's going to win. I'm sure of it.

{Trunks:} Stupid! My dad's going to win! Your dad's dead!

{Goten:} But even though he's dead, he's been training in the after-life!

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Chuey's Corner:

Chuquita: (giggles) Giddy Veggies are entertaining.

Vegeta: (sweatdrops) ...

Chuquita: (to audiance) If you ever get to see Veggie's crazy "unbelievably-excited" grin in that episode, you should.

Goku: Haha, Veggie looked like he was gonna tackle somebody!

Vegeta: Well of COURSE I was pleased we'd been paired up--

Goku: ...

Chuquita: ...

Vegeta: --ah...(turns red) --matched up.

Chuquita: ...

Goku: (cheeks start to flush pink)

Vegeta: (thumps head on desk) I. was. pleased. we. ended. up. as. each. other's. opponent. in. the. first. round. THERE!

(heaves a sigh of relief).

Goku: OH! I was happy to have Veggie as my opponent too! (wags his tail)

Chuquita: Welcome to part 4 everybody! (to Veggie) Feeling better?

Vegeta: (twitches) Yes. I swear I have to purposely WORD things a certain way or else it'll be taken....non-platonically--

whichitsnot!

Goku: (confused) It's NOT non-platonic?

Vegeta: NO! It's not "not non-platonic"! It's not-platonic!

Goku: o.O???

Chuquita: I have to admit you confused me too.

Vegeta: Very well then, my job is done. (folds his arms and sits back in chair)

Chuquita: (to audiance) For those wondering, we all managed to squeeze out of Veggie's room; which had been over-run with

lil Veggie plushies. We are now in Jitto and Goggie's room!

Goku: HOORAY!

Vejitto: :)

Gogeta: :)

Chuquita: (to audiance) Also to inform you, they will have a bigger part in this chapter than in part 3.

Vejitto: (confused) Were we even in part 3?

Chuquita: (sweatdrops) I had a confusing week last week and had to keep reminding myself of other stuff that I needed to

happen in part 3 and....ah...

Gogeta: Sorta forgot.

Chuquita: (embarassed) Sorta. (perks up) But that's oh-kay cuz you'll get plenty of screentime in parts 4 and 5...if we need

to had on a 5.

Vegeta: Depends on how big this chapter is.

Chuquita: Exactly.

Goku: (points to quote) So who IS gonna win? Me or Veggie?

Chuquita: I.....don't know! (cheesy grin)

Vegeta: WAHHH! (falls over) HOW CAN YOU STILL NOT KNOW!? WE'RE ON CHAPTER 4 WE USUALLY END ON CHAPTER 4 HOW CAN YOU NOT

KNOW BY NOW!?

Chuquita: I'm indecisive, that's why.

Vegeta: Ah....that's because its between Kakarrotto and I.

Chuquita: Exactly....also, I'm not sure if I like my job anymore or not. I mean, its easy...and monotonous, but its SUPPOSED

to be part-time. They want me to work 26 1/2 HOURS next week! I'm SUPPOSED to be working 12 to 15 hours! I don't want to do

it anymore! ▫sniffles▫

Goku: (gives Chu a hug)

Chuquita: I know they're supposedly trying to squeeze as much time out of me as they can before I start school the following

week; but this is just ridiculous! It's not what I signed up for, not at all.... I thought I'd cashier 3 or 4 hours a couple

days a a week; NOT EVERY DAY EXCEPT FOR TWO!!!

Vegeta: You'll be getting $106 dollars for that particular week.

Chuquita: (folds arms) I'm not even sure if its worth it. Again, to the audiance, I apologize; its just gotten me a little

upset.

Gogeta: They could at least give you chairs to sit on...

Chuquita: EXACTLY! (nods) That's why I plan to pump as many words out as possible. I'll show 'um! They can make me work all

they want but I WILL get this chapter done and out on-time! I PROMISE!

Goku: YAY!

Chuquita: (points deteminedly off into the distance) TO PART FOUR!

Goku: (happily) TO PART FOUR!

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Summary: It's that time again. The 27th Tenkaichi Budoukai has arrived again, and this time a year earlier. Luckily for the contestants, Chi-Chi has verbally 'persuaded' Hercule to fake an illness so the rest of the Z senshi actually have a chance to win the title. But with Goku, Veggie, and the fusions entering, becoming this tournament's champion takes on a new level of difficulty. Are Mirai, Juuhachigou, Chi-Chi---costumed to hide her identity, and Kuririn up to the task? Who will be the winner? Find out!

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Part 4 Chapter Titles: Budoukai Day 1 Comes to an End l Purple l Autographs l Turles helps! Sort of. l The Hotel l Elevator l A room for you l Dinner l The BED l Kaka-related danger? Veggie's fear! l Go Fish l Mini-Flashback l A worm in the bathroom!? Run Veggie run! l Furry and non-purple l "Who will Fight Who?" The Matches Announced! l Quarter-Finals: Match One l Quarter-Finals: Match Two l

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" WOW Goten, that was a-mazing! " Goku said happily as he, Goten, Trunks, and Vegeta walked down the hallway of the

Budoukai building.

" Yeah! You did a great job! "

" E-specially against Trunks and he's very tricky, just like Mommy! "

" ?! " the two saiyajin and demi-saiyajin looked over to see Vejitto and Gogeta in sunglasses and trenchcoats.

" What are you wearing? " Vegeta sweatdropped, then paused, " And where have you BEEN?! "

" Well, you know how lots of treats are always supplied by various Budoukai-Booths outside? " Vejitto started.

" There is an ice-cream truck with our wanted posters on it! " Gogeta gulped, then went into a Veggie-ish mood, " And

so we are traveling incognito until the truck and all the booths pack up and leave tonight. "

" We found out new booths a-long with NO ice-cream truck will be setting up tommorow. " Vejitto finished.

" Hai, we do not want to be captured you know. " Gogeta chirped.

" They would make us work in their ice-cream MINES where the temperture is 130 below and harvest the frozen dairy

products within! "

" Yes. That could be a problem. " Vegeta sweatdropped.

" I'm going to sign stuff for people! " Goku randomly spoke up, wagging his tail.

" Kakarrotto and the other two non-Hercule champions will be giving out autographs for the next half-hour. " Vegeta

explained to the fusions.

" Cool! " Vejitto said.

" Can we help you Kaasan? " Gogeta asked, " We could pretend to be your body guards, that way the ice-cream people

won't get suspicious and re-port us to their police. "

" Oh-kay! "

" I too shall guard Kakarrotto's body; for I am his ruler. " Vegeta smirked, still feeling a small waft of seme-ness.

" Haha! " Goku grabbed the little ouji and picked him up from behind, holding on as he walked.

Vegeta's feet sputtered around, trying desperately to reach the floor only to be unable to do so. His cheeks turned

light red as that wisp of "control" he'd just felt vanished back into thin air, " Help? " the ouji squeaked out.

" Veggie? " Goku looked down at the smaller saiyajin he was holding.

" Hey, Son Goku! "

The larger saiyajin turned to his right to see someone running up to him, " Oh HI Mr. Budoukai Announcer! "

" I wanted to tell you, the table you, Tenshinhan, and Jackie Chun will be signing from is at out by the East Exit. "

he pointed to his right.

" Thank u! " Goku replied, " Goten? Do you and Trunks think you could go meet up with Bulma while I take Veggie,

Ji-chan, and Goggie outside? "

" Sure! " Goten said happily.

" Hn.. " Trunks narrowed his eyes at Goten's tail; the appendage that had caused his downfall just 10 minutes ago,

" Toussan is Turles with Bulma? "

" Waaaaah? " Vegeta said, dazed and glowing bright red as Goku continued to hold him.

Goku tilted his head, " Veggie says, "Yes Trunks, Turles is with your kaasan and everyone else who's here to watch

us". "

" You understood that? " the Budoukai Announcer looked surprised.

" Sure! I understand EVERYTHING about my little Veggie! Like what his favorite foods are, and when and how he sleeps,

how he's great at videogames but he's not good at bowling....and how Veggie can cook the most delicious foods EVER and he has

this AMAZING singing voice. How Veggie stands up to Chi-chan for me...but's afraid to even go near a worm: he's scared of

them like I'm scared of needles. "

" A phobia? " the announcer suggested.

" Yeah, that. " Goku nodded repeatedly, " And how Veggie starts talking in Veggiese when he gets really upset or

sad or frustrated. He's also got a habit of sticking his shirt in his pants when he has to wear earth-clothes like this. "

Goku tugged at Vegeta's navy tank-top, " Veggie doesn't like his love-handles cuz he thinks it looks too girly and uke-ish--

--which is one of those Veggie-words he hasn't taught me yet. He likes using his size to surprise his enemies in battle

though; cuz you wouldn't think that someone as little as Veggie could be SO STRONG! " Goku beamed proudly. He paused, " And

sometimes Veggie blows things out of proportion. That when he fights likes to take things to the extreme, and that Veggie

needs lotsa luv or else he'll get lonely and depressed and take it out through destruction, " Goku's eyes temporarily

widened, " of either his own little Veggie self or on random things around him--that's how Veggie was when I first met him.

But he's BETTER now, see! " Goku held the glowing little ouji out infront of him.

" Uhhhhhhh.... " Vegeta hung there, the kaka-germs on his body putting his mind into a complete blank.

" I...see. " the announcer scratched his head.

" Veggie's really nice though, and a lotta fun! He always makes me feel better. " Goku pulled the smaller saiyajin

closer again.

" Hmm... " the announcer looked between Vegeta and the fusions, " Are they.... "

" --related? " Vejitto lifted his sunglasses up.

" Yes we are! " Gogeta said happily.

" We're a family! " Goku grinned, pulling the fusions to his side with his free arm and tail, " Me and Veggie and

Goggie and Ji-chan. But it's not like my family with Chi-chan and Goten and Gohan, cuz they were born from non-platonic

happenings while Ji-chan and Goggie were created through the magical portara earrings and the fusion dance; and when they

were born they were the size they are now already. " Goku explained.

" Heh, Son Goku if it were anyone other than you telling me this I don't think I'd believe it. " he folded his arms,

" Now follow me, I'll set you up at the booth. "

" See you later Goten and Trunks! " Goku waved to them.

" BYE TOUSSAN! " Goten waved back. He looked at his gi pants pocket which was full of the prize-money he'd won,

" WOW.....Kaasan's gonna be so PROUD of me! " he said, running off in the direction he'd last seen Chi-Chi, which happened to

be the opposite direction they'd been told to go in.

" HEY!? Goten where are you going! "

" To show Kaasan my prize money! " Goten called back.

" BUT-- " Trunks pointed off the in the other direction, then heaved a sigh of defeat, " Fine. You wanna go that way,

we'll go that way. "

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" ▫SIGH▫ "

" I'm really starting to worry about her, Yamcha. She's been in a complete funk since the "Oujo" incident. " Bulma

glanced over at Bura, who was leaning against a pretzel booth. The group was waiting for Trunks and Goten to meet them.

" Well that's what she did, isn't it? Try to "forcefully help" Goku to become Vegeta's Oujo? " Yamcha said.

" Vegeta was like this when Son-kun died. He didn't know what to do with himself. " she sighed.

" Yeah but Vegeta's an adult, Bura's only 9. She's a kid! " he motioned to her.

" I know. Sometimes I think I forget that. " Bulma walked over to Bura and bent down to her height, " Hey Bura.

You feeling any better? "

" Do Toussan and Kakarroujo still love each other? " Bura asked pleadingly.

" Ah... " Bulma sweatdropped, " If by "love" you mean "platonically care for", then in that sense I guess they do. "

" Amusing little drama. " Turles muttered to himself as he leaned against a tree.

" ▫tap▫tap▫tap▫. "

" ? " the large saiyajin blinked, then looked down to see Trunks standing there.

" I demand a tail. " the demi-saiyajin folded his arms.

" Hm.. " Turles tilted his head, then bent down and poked Trunks in the back, causing a furry purple object to

suddenly jolt out just above his rear end.

" AAARGH!! " Trunks wailed in pain and fell over, twitching.

" Your wish is granted. I bid you well. " Turles said, mock-quoting Shenlong. He walked over to Raditsu, " So, what

do you do for amusement around here? "

" Trunks?! Are you oh-kay? " Bulma and Mirai rushed over to him, " And..where's Goten? "

" I'm fine and....HEY, IT'S PURPLE?! " Trunks gawked at his tail, " WHY IS IT PURPLE!? " he shouted at Turles.

" Saiyajin tail-fur is usually of a similar hue to a saiyajin's hair. " he replied.

Trunks looked back at his tail and twitched, embarassed, " Great, a purple tail. " he muttered.

" Goten? " Bulma said.

" He went to find his kaasan and he said that she told him that I couldn't see her. " Trunks stumbled to his feet.

" So she is up to something. " Bulma nodded.

Yamcha sweatdropped, " This could be bad. "

" Speaking of bad, would you like to come commit acts of pure evil with me? " Turles chirped to Raditsu.

" Why are you asking me? " Raditsu shifted uneasily.

" Because its saiyajin-related evil and you're the only other saiyajin here at the moment.

" I'd rather not. " Raditsu held up his hands.

" Oh well, your loss. " Turles shrugged, " I'm going to find Kakarrotto. " he started off, then looked over his

shoulder, " Enjoy your tail, Trunks! "

" hn... " a vein bulged on the chibi's forehead, " Purple...Goten'll never let me hear the end of it. "

" You can always dye it brown like Goten's. " Bulma pointed out.

" Oh yeah. " Trunks partially brightened-up.

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" ▫Spray▫ ▫spray▫ ▫spray▫ ▫chika▫chika▫ " Vegeta shook the bottle of peasant-repel, having just sprayed himself

several times, " You could've warned me before picking me up like that. " he mumbled, a blush-line over his nose.

" I like hugging my Veggie, that's all. " the larger saiyajin smiled warmly at him. He reached to grab Vegeta's hand

only to have the ouji quickly fold his arms to avoid it.

" Hand-holding can be seen as a non-platonic activity, Kakarrotto. " the ouji said discreetly.

" Oh. " Goku said, slightly confused as he signed another autograph, " What if I just put Veggie on my lap instead. "

" That would be even worse! " Vegeta exclaimed, " That would imply that not only would we be accused of being in a

non-platonic relationship but that YOU would be seme! "

" Veggie what does seme mean? " Goku pouted.

" I think it means "attack" or "attacker" or something along those lines. " Tenshinhan, who sat on the chair on the

other side of Vegeta, shrugged.

Goku gasped, " Oh Veggie I would NEVER attack you! "

Vegeta thumped his head forward onto the table.

" Veggie? "

" Wrong meaning. "

" OH. " Goku nodded, enlightened.

" Could you please make it out to Anonymous? "

Goku looked up to see the other finalist standing next in line.

Vegeta glanced over as well. He sat back in his seat, curious, " Hmm, Kakarrotto, move your arms please. "

The larger saiyajin lifted them up and Vegeta hopped from his chair onto Goku's lap, watching Anonymous's reactions;

which seemed placid. Goku's face turned bright pink.

" It seems strange that you would want an autograph, afterall you see such handwriting everyday, correct? " Vegeta

smirked.

Anonymous, backed up a step, glaring at him.

" I'd like to let you know that regardless of the scent being completely different I'm starting to get suspicious on

exactly what you're trying to cover up, onna. "

" ?! " Anonymous froze.

" The word, onna. It means woman, you're a female, aren't you? " Vegeta teased, " Or perhaps that's what you're

trying to cover up. "

" WHY YOU-- "

" --but I highly doubt that. " he shrugged it off, then paused as he suddenly felt a shadow looming over him. Vegeta

glanced up to see Goku's arms quickly closing in on him, " IIPE! " the ouji attempted to jump out of the way only to fail and

be glomped at the last minute.

" Aww, isn't that sweet. He "likes" you. " Anonymous taunted the smaller saiyajin back while Vegeta tried to struggle

out of the larger saiyajin's hold.

" Do you have a paper? " Goku asked.

" My sleeve is fine. " she leaned her arm over and Goku scribbled his name on it.

" Haha, you know what's funny? Chi-chan has a shirt just like yours! " the large saiyajin smiled.

" Really? Does she? " Anonymous laughed nervously, " Well, I'll be going now. " she waved, then pointed to Vegeta,

" And keep him in line. " and with that she walked off.

" Keep Veggie in what line? " Goku cocked his head.

" Jitto? " Gogeta whispered to him as the two stood just behind Goku, " I think that was Onna! "

Vejitto's eyes widened, " It IS Chi-Chi. "

" No wonder she was not in the stands. "

" And had mysteriously disappeared before we even got here. "

" We have to tell Kaasan. " Gogeta said determindly.

" Not now! " Vejitto whispered back.

" Why not? "

" Be-cause if we tell Toussan that that was Chi-Chi, infront of all these people... "

" ▫GASP▫! " Gogeta gasped.

" Exactly. We shall tell Toussan and Mommy once we get to a secure location! " Vejitto said cheerfully, " Like the

hotel! "

" Thanks! " another person said as Goku handed her her 27th Budoukai pamplet back, " I like your plushie. " she

pointed to Vegeta.

" Heehee, this is not a plushie, its Veggie! He gets like this when he's on my lap sometimes. Veggie's guarding me. "

Goku nodded.

" Ah, "guarding" you. Well good luck then little guy. " she smiled and walked off.

Vegeta tried to shake his head clear, " Must you do that? "

" But I feel better when Veggie's so close by. " Goku stared at him.

" Ah, haha. " the ouji uneasily slid back onto his chair, " That's, nice. "

" :) " he smiled warmly at Vegeta again, " Aww Veggie—— "

" You feeling oh-kay, Kakarrotto? "

" Yeahhhh.... "

" Excuse me? "

" OH! " Goku turned to see he still had people in line.

" 15 more minutes, Kakarrotto. " Vegeta looked at his watch.

" Are you a former Budoukai Champion too? "

Vegeta blinked, then glanced over to see his own line forming. He smirked, " Why yes, as a matter of fact I am. "

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" So Veggie, what do you think all those people are going to do when they find out you're not a REAL Budoukai Champ?"

Goku asked curiously as they sat at the table, now closed.

" Well, that all depends. If I happen to defeat you tommorow in the finals, then I suppose I will be. " the ouji

sat back in his chair.

" Veggie's gonna have to fight me really hard then. " Goku nodded, " Unless Veggie'd like me to go easy on him? "

" HA! Don't be so quick to assume, Kakarrotto. You might be surprised. " the little ouji boasted.

" Veggie's just full of surprises, huh? " Goku grinned.

" That I am. " Vegeta smirked back at him, causing the larger saiyajin to giggle.

" Aww, I can't WAIT to share a room with Veggie tonight! " Goku said brightly.

" Wait, what?! " the ouji looked startled.

" Didn't you see the tape, Vegeta? All finalists stay at one of the nearby hotels overnight for free. " Tenshinhan

said, " It was like that a couple Budoukais ago as well. "

" Hai, but not....together. " Vegeta motioned between himself and Goku.

" Depends if you came with somebody. " Tenshinhan nodded, " I roomed with Chaoutzu for the two Budoukai's I was in. "

" And I roomed with Kuririn for the three I entered. " Goku added, " But I bet roomin' with Veggie'll be the BEST!

I've already even had practice! "

" Practice? " Tenshinhan cocked an eyebrow, slightly disturbed.

" K--Kakarrotto means that in a purely platonic way, trust me. " Vegeta waved his arms about.

" I'm sure he does. "

The ouji paused, then turned around to see Turles leaning on the table.

" Hi Vegeta-san. "

" Hello. " Vegeta twitched slightly.

" So, you're gonna be sleeping with Kakarrotto tonight, huh? " Turles smirked.

" NOT IN THAT WAY!! " the smaller saiyajin snapped, his face already starting to glow.

" Does that mean Veggie WILL let us share a room? " Goku clasped his hands together.

" ... " Vegeta was silent.

" Vegeta-san? " Turles asked, an evil grin on his face.

" Veggie? "

" ....perhaps. " Vegeta mumbled.

" YAY! " Goku cheered, " I get to share a room with Veggie for five days in a row! "

" Hooray for Kakarrotto. " Turles mock-played along, applauding.

" Don't encourage him. " Vegeta's cheeks flushed red.

" You should be proud to have such adoring peasants, Vegeta-san. " Turles smirked, " Kakarrotto must cause it to

swell quite often, your ego. "

" My ego could do without your scrutiny. " Vegeta looked away, embarassed.

" ? " Tenshinhan and Roshi looked over at Turles.

" Say, are you that evil saiyajin Bulma told us about? Taurus? " Tenshinhan asked him.

" It's Turles, and yes, I am. " he boasted.

" What happened to you arm? " Roshi pointed to it.

" ...Kakarrotto did it. " Turles replied bluntly.

" Heehee. " Goku grinned, " Well he was trying to destroy the planet all for the sake of nutritious snacks. "

" Speaking of which, Kakarrotto. Would either you, Vegeta-san, or the both of you like to join me in causing a

cascade of malicious mischief across the plaza? "

" Been studying up on your vocab, eh? " Vegeta sweatdropped.

" Most type-3 saiyajin speak like Kakarrotto; since I'm evil I therefore must disassociate myself from the "nice,

mushy type-3 saiyajin peasants" by enhancing my vocabulary to somewhere around your level. " Turles replied.

" Ah... "

" So will you do it? "

" Silly Turles! Veggie doesn't do bad things anymore. " Goku laughed, " He's —▫good▫— now, right Veggie? " he

smiled warmly at the smaller saiyajin.

" "Good"...right. " Vegeta shifted around in his seat.

" Well what about you, Kakarrotto? With your help, and the fact that we both look near-identical with the exception

of my tan, we could confuse a large scale of humans. "

" Chi-chan says its not nice for me to confuse people on purpose. " Goku nodded, " There are rules. "

" Rules? " Turles cocked an eyebrow.

" Oh God...you don't even want to hear about all the "rules" Onna's placed on Kakarrotto. " Vegeta said in distaste.

" Veggie doesn't put any rules on me though, do you Veggie? " Goku smiled.

" No, I don't. Because I, unlike Onna, TRUST you Kakarrotto. " the ouji boasted.

" Well then, I suppose I shall go it alone. " Turles shrugged. He then noticed the fusions wearing sunglasses and

trenchcoats, " Ah, what are you doing? "

" Hiding. " Vejitto said, mock-wisely.

" From...who? " Turles sweatdropped at their added clothing.

" HIM. " Gogeta pointed to the ice-cream truck.

" The driver of that earth-vehicle? "

" No, the ice-cream man. "

" Ice....cream? " Turles stared at them.

" You do not know what ice-cream is yet?! " Vejitto gasped.

" We should show you! " Gogeta nodded.

" But secretly. "

" Yes, for we cannot a-llow our covers to be blown. "

" Come, Turles! " Vejitto teleported the small group just infront of the ice-cream truck. He and Gogeta tip-toed

around to the side, " Do you see these advertisements for frozen treats? That's ice-cream. "

" Really.. " Turles said, intrigued.

" There are many different flavors of ice-cream, such as chocolate, strawberry, vanilla, peanut-butter, mint, orange,

combos like chocolate and marshmellow or chocolate and peanut-butter or strawberry banana... " Gogeta rattled off happily.

" AND there are simliar treats like custard, frozen yogurt, sherbert, and popsicles! " Vejitto added.

" Can I help you? "

" Uh... " Vejitto and Gogeta looked over to see the ice-cream man looking out the side-window at them, " And that

concludes our tour of the Budoukai Island! " Vejitto chirped, turning to face Gogeta and Turles, " Drive safely and have a

nice day! "

The ice-cream man looked over the side of his truck at Vejitto and Gogeta's wanted posters, then started rumaging

through things inside his van.

" Eep! Jitto he saw through our disguises. " Gogeta yelped.

" Quickly! " Turles handed them each a small, remote-control-like object, " Press the red button on these and it will

create a cloaking device around you, causing you to both appear "invisible". "

Vejitto and Gogeta did so, then grinned.

" It worked! " Gogeta cheered.

" Say, are you three-- " the ice-cream man turned around, " ... "

" Yes? " Turles smirked.

" Why are those remote-controls floating in mid-air in the exact spots your two 'friends' were standing just now. "

Vejitto and Gogeta looked down to see their remotes still visible. The two fusions sweatdropped.

Turles looked over his shoulder, then back at the man, " I don't see any floating remote controls. This warm weather

must be getting to you. "

The ice-cream man wiped some sweat off his brow, " Uh, yeah, right. "

" If I were you I would get going before I'd start to have any other hallucinations. " Turles suggested while he

watched the ice-cream man close his window and start up the van. The ice-cream truck quickly drove off into the distance.

" ... " Turles folded his arms smugly, " He's gone. "

" ... "

" ... " the fusions looked at their remotes.

" Green button. "

" AH! " Vejitto and Gogeta pressed the buttons, causing them to re-appear.

" Thank you, Turles! " Gogeta nodded.

" Looks like you're not pure evil after all! " Vejitto said cheerfully.

" I am so!...I just prefer to help my few remaining fellow saiyajin when they are in need. " he snorted, embarassed.

" Why don't the remotes disappear with us? " Gogeta asked.

" Simple, because for them to disappear you'd have to point it at itself, which unless you had two remotes, would be

impossible. " Turles took each of their remotes, then used Gogeta's remote to cause Vejitto's to disappear, then re-appear

again, " See? "

" Well as long as the ice-cream man's gone... "

" We can shed our disguises! "

Turles blinked, then had to suddenly rub his eyes to see the sunglasses and trenchcoats no longer on either Gogeta

or Vejitto, " How did you-- "

" :) "

" :) "

The fusions smiled at him.

" Ah, hai. " Turles scratched his head.

" Tenshinan! " a voice called out as two people ran past Turles and the fusions.

" Launch! " Tenshinhan grinned as he stood up, " Chaoutzu! "

" Bulma says she can give all three of us and Master Roshi a ride home in her plane since she has room with Goku,

Vejitto, Gogeta, and Mirai staying here. " Launch explained.

" Wait, Bulma's LEAVING?! " Vegeta felt a surge of panic.

" Only til tommorow morning, Veggie. " Goku said, " The only people who get to stay free in the hotel are the people

who are going to be fighting in to-mmorow's finals. "

" So....I'm going to be alone in a room at night with you and Bulma's going to be back home unable to aid me incase

something goes terribly awry? " the ouji paled.

" Aww, you'll be oh-kay Veggie. I'll protect you! " Goku thumped his fist against his chest bravely.

" Ah ha ha ha... " Vegeta laughed nervously. He looked around, " Well then. I suppose ONNA will have to be leaving

soon AS WELL. WON'T SHE. " the ouji said loudly.

" ... "

" Hn. " he narrowed his eyes in suspicion.

" You suspect what we suspect too, don't you Mommy? " Vejitto asked him.

" Hai Vejitto, I do. "

" Hey Toussan. "

Vegeta blinked, then looked down to see Trunks tugging on his pantleg.

" I have a tail. " Trunks grinned.

" REALLY? " Vegeta said, proud of him, " Can I see it? "

" Ah, not yet. "

" What? " the ouji blinked.

" Not until tommorow when its been dye---cided to be seen. " Trunks caught himself.

" Um, oh-kay? "

" ▫WRAP▫WRAP▫WRAP▫WRAP▫WRAP▫! " a large plane began to lower itself over the spot where the group stood, then

lightly landed on the ground.

" Hey! " Bulma waved happily to them, rolling down the window, " Everybody ready to go? "

" Hi Trunks! " Goten waved to him from one of the passanger seats.

Trunks made extra sure his tail was covered by his shirt and wrapped around his waist, " Hi Goten! " he waved back,

" See you tommorow Toussan! Goodluck! I know you can beat Goten's Toussan. "

" Thank you Trunks, your faith in me is quite admirable. " Vegeta proudly stood up straight.

" Heeheehee. " Goku laughed at the little ouji.

Bulma opened the door for the others to get in, " Vegeta? "

" ? " the ouji turned to her.

" Are you, sure you'll be alright? "

" You mean with-- " Vegeta pointed to Goku, who was suddenly holding up an "I LUV VEGGIES!" sign and grinning

excitedly at the ouji with partially-sparkling eyes.

" Son-kun. "

" I'm going to have to be. " he sighed, " But its not like anything completely terrifying is going to happen to me

while I'm..alone.....with Kakarrotto. " Vegeta started to sweat.

" Of course. "

" Yeah. "

" Right. "

" ...call me when you get home? "

" Absolutely! " Bulma nodded, then shut the door and lifted off, " I hope I'm doing the right thing...leaving Vegeta

there with Son-kun. "

" As long as they never get stranded together anywhere for a year they should be fine. " Mirai pointed out.

" What does that mean? "

" Can't tell you that. It's secret time-traveler information. Information that could've prevented me from being

born. "

" But you were born. I exist, don't I. " Trunks sweatdropped from the seat behind him.

" Hey Trunks can I see your tail-- "

" --NOTYET! " Trunks quickly held his tail tightly underneath his gi top.

Goten tilted his head in confusion.

" Is it, BAD information? " Bulma asked.

Mirai sighed, " If the time were to ever come when it would be absolutely necessary for me to tell you, trust me, I

would. "

" Hmm.. " Bulma glanced at him for a second more, then turned back the steering wheel, " Well alright. If that's what

you wanna do. I'll let you tell us when you're ready. "

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" So this is it, huh? " Vegeta said as the 8 finalists stared up at large building before them, " Where we'll be

staying. "

" It's just how I remembered it! " Goku gushed, clasping his hands together, " Hey Veggie, let's get one of the rooms

facing the east so we can see the sunrise tommorow! "

" I don't know that sounds a little too non-platonic for me. " the ouji sweatdropped.

" What is so non-platonic about watching the sunrise with my little Veggie? " Goku asked curiously.

" Lots of things! " Anonymous snorted.

" Hm. "

" And hm some more. "

Anonymous blinked, then looked up to see Vejitto and Gogeta staring down at her suspicously.

" Ah, hello. And who might you be? " she asked.

" That is exactly what we are wondering. " Vejitto said as Gogeta started to sniff Anoynmous, who twitched.

" MUST you do that? " she backed up only to accidentally hit the side of the Budoukai annoucer.

" OOF! "

" Umm, sorry! " Anonymous sweatdropped, then narrowed her eyes, " I want a room that's the farthest away from those

two demi-ouj---iiiah, fellow contestants as possible....please. "

" I'll be sure to tell the hotel manager. " the announcer laughed nervously as the group entered the building.

" Wow, this bring back so many memories, huh. " Kuririn smiled as he looked around.

" Mmm-hmm! " Goku nodded.

" It doesn't look THAT bad. " Juuhachigou commented.

" ▫KA-POW▫! " the front door suddenly burst open and a figure ran in. He screeched to a halt and started panting.

" Hi Mirai! " Goku waved.

" I...forgot.....in.....finals... " Mirai gasped for air, then fell backwards onto his rear end, " ▫WHEW▫! "

Vegeta sweatdropped, " You FORGOT you were a finalist. "

" Raditsu reminded me just 5 minutes ago, he asked why I was coming back with them. " the demi-saiyajin managed to

stand up.

Vegeta mock-applauded him, smirking.

" Thanks Toussan. " Mirai said flatly.

The budoukai announcer took his room key, " Now, you are allowed one room each. If you want to pair up we can only

allow you a 2-persons per room maximum. Is that alright with everyone? "

" So I CAN have my own room. " Vegeta mused, then looked over to his left to see Goku standing there hurt and

teary-eyed.

" Little Veggie does not want to bunk with me anymore? "

" Ah.... " the ouji's cheeks started to turn red. He sighed in defeat, " Oh alright. We'll share a room. "

Goku quickly glomped Vegeta, " YAY! " he let go, then dashed over to the desk to get a key.

Vegeta watched from where he stood as Goku whispered to the desk's attendant, who giggled at something he said, then

winked over at Vegeta and handed Goku a key.

The larger saiyajin's tail wagged, " Thank u! " he chirped, then jogged back over to Vegeta, " Hey Veggie look! I got

us a key! For our very own super-special room on floor 7! "

" What KIND of room? " the smaller saiyajin inquired.

" One especially for me and Veggie, that's what kind! " Goku said happily.

Anonymous walked up to the counter, " I want a room near theirs. Which number are they. " she demanded.

" I'm sorry I can't tell you that unless you're rooming with them or a family member. " the attendant said.

" ... "

She paused, " ARE you a family member? "

Anonymous looked back to see Vegeta, Vejitto, and Gogeta all watching her closely, " Ah......no. " she lied bluntly.

" Then I can't tell you. "

Vegeta grinned.

" Can I help you? " another worker asked the two fusions.

" Do you have any rooms on the 7th floor that contain two bouncy king-sized beds, a fridge filled with delicious

treats, and a fair-ly large tv? " Vejitto asked.

The worker flipped through his list, " Actually, we do. " he took two pairs of keys to one of the rooms off the wall

and handed a pair to each fusion.

" How come they each got a pair of keys and we have to share ours? " Vegeta asked Goku, suspicious.

" I dunno, maybe they're out of extra keys for our room. " Goku shrugged, " Oh well! Off to the elevator! " he said

cheerfully, then grabbed Vegeta's hand only to find the ouji didn't budge.

" ...elevator? " Vegeta said, his eyes blocked by a random shadow.

" Veggie? " Goku looked back at him, confused.

" You KNOW I don't like using elevators. I'm taking the stairs. "

Goku sweatdropped, " But Veggie, the stairs only go up to the 5th floor. The 6th and 7th floors are new that's why

only the elevators can reach them. "

" Well in that case we'll just have to swap floors. "

" But Veggie I like the room we got. " Goku pouted while Mirai walked past them with his room key and headed to one

of the 4 elevators

" You don't even know what it looks like! " Vegeta exclaimed.

" Yes I do. "

" Then enlighten me, Kakarrotto. What is so incredible about this room you've picked out for us that you think I

would possibly risk getting inside one of those rope-controlled mechanical boxes for. " the ouji folded his arms.

Kuririn and Juuhachigou passed the two saiyajins and got into the second elevator going up.

Goku let out a little smile, " Its a surprise—— "

" A, surprise. " a flush mark appeared over Vegeta's nose as he backed up a step.

" You know, you always have the opportunity of choosing your own room on a floor you can get to using the stairs. "

Anonymous slyly suggested to the ouji as she walked up to them, holding her room-key, " It's oh-kay if you're scared. Son

Goku can have quite a dominating affect on those around him. Especially those he harbors "special feelings" for. "

The larger saiyajin looked down at the ground.

Vegeta glared at her, " I am NOT afraid of Kakarrotto! " he grabbed Goku's hand, surprising him, " Come on,

Kakarrotto, let's get inside that poorly-designed cube and get to our room. " the ouji said determindly, walking inside the

third elevator with Goku.

" ... "

" ... "

" ? " Anonymous cocked an eyebrow.

" Um, Veggie? I think you're supposed to press the "Close Door" button. " Goku spoke up.

" I'm aware of that. "

" ... "

" ... "

" Would Veggie like me to press it for him? "

" No, I've got it. " Vegeta snorted, mustering up his bravery. He held his pointer finger before the control panel,

" ... "

" ... "

" Which one is "close". "

" WAHH! " Anonymous fell over.

" The red one, Veggie! " Goku chirped. Vegeta pressed the button and the doors closed before him. The elevator made

a lurching noise and then began its climb upward.

" Hn. " Anonymous twitched, " Stupid Ouji and his stupid "I'll show YOU" attitude. " she grumbled, then saw the

fusions heading towards the final elevator, " HA! TAKE THIS! " Anonymous shouted, then zipped into the final elevator and

quickly hit the close button.

Vejitto and Gogeta stared at her, confused.

Anonymous blinked to see the doors hadn't closed. She narrowed her eyes and started to press the close button

repeatedly only to be unable to achieve the desired effect. Anonymous groaned, " Figures... "

Gogeta pressed something in the air and suddenly 8 read elevator lights appeared 4 feet over their heads.

" See you at the top, Ano-nymous! " Vejitto grinned something between a Son grin and a Veggie one and the two

saiyajin began to move upward while the lights hovered there like the ones attached to the front of the 4 elevators.

" HEY! WAIT A-- " Anonymous ran up to them. The fusions continued moving upwards, waving to her and talking.

Anonymous was somehow unable to hear them as though there really were an elevator around the two saiyajin. She watched as

they continued up and through the ceiling. The 2nd floor light on the invisible elevator blinked on.

" Did, they just go through a solid wall? " one of the attendants asked, shocked.

" Yes. I think they did. " Anonymous said faintly. She heard the first elevator suddenly make a dinging noise, as if

it'd come back down to the first floor, " Heh, I'll show those demi-oujis and the Ouji they spawned from! " she ran over to

the elevator and got in, " What floor are they on again? "

" 7? " the attendant offered.

" Fine then. 7. " she pushed the button. The door closed and for the second time began its ascent upward.

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Vegeta shifted uncomfortably as he and Goku stood in the elevator. They were more than halfway there, the fourth

floor, and the ouji was still continuing to sweat. This was only his second time in an elevator; the first being when he'd

gotten trapped in one with, ironically, the same person he was currently riding with, " Umm, so? " he spoke up, breaking the

silence, " You think we'll make it all the way to the 7th floor without this contraption freezing up on us? "

" If Veggie's scared I can always hold Veggie's hand for him. " Goku cheerfully offered.

Vegeta quickly folded his arms, " Urm...no thank you. " he stepped a few more feet away from the larger saiyajin,

" Infact I happen to have this situation completely incontrol. " the ouji boasted.

" ▫KA-CHUNK▫KA-CHUNK▫! "

" WHAT'S THAT?! " Vegeta instantly took an offensive fighting stance, " It STOPPED didn't it? "

" Haha! Silly Veggie no its not, afterall we're still moving aren't we? " Goku laughed, " It was probably just the

ropes or one of the other parts of the elevator. "

" Oh. " Vegeta stood back up, " Of course it was. I was just, testing you, that's all. " he brushed it off, then

cocked an eyebrow, " Why aren't you leery of being inside one of these things? "

" "Leery"? " Goku blinked, confused.

Vegeta sighed, " "Leery", its a synonym for "distrusting". " he explained, " Why would you so easily go back inside

an elevator after what happened to us before? "

" Simple. It's a different elevator. " Goku nodded, " Not to mention a completely different hotel. "

" ? " the ouji stared at him.

" Besides if we get stuck all I gotta do is just search for someone else's ki and teleport me and Veggie out of here

using that! " he said happily.

" You make it sound so easy. " Vegeta said dryly.

" It is, Veggie. " Goku smiled, " Besides you do not have to worry with me here! "

" I'm not worried! " the ouji exclaimed, " I'm merely concerned. " he calmed down.

" ▫Ding▫! "

" Floor number five! " Goku chirped.

Vegeta slapped his hand over Goku's mouth, " No counting! That's what indirectly caused us to get stuck the first

time. "

" ▫Ding▫! "

Vegeta waited nervously, keeping his hand ontop of the larger saiyajin's mouth, ::Just...one more floor::

" ▫Ding▫! "

" WOOO! " the ouji cheered, letting go and pumping his arms in the air, " We made it! "

" Hooray! " Goku applauded.

" ... "

" ... "

Goku and Vegeta stood there.

" The door's not opening.... " Vegeta said in his rarely-used "little" voice. He zipped infront of Goku, " WHY is the

door not opening?! "

" ▫Fweeeep▫ " the door opened.

" There it is! " Goku happily pointed out into the hallway.

Vegeta blinked and looked over his shoulder, " ....oh. " he then quickly bounced back out into the hall, then took a

deep breath, " Ah, sweet, non-small enclosed space. " the little ouji sighed contently as Goku walked out into the hall

after him.

" This is the floor I stayed on for the 23rd Budoukai, and even though it rained the whole night this floor has a

spec-tacular view! " Goku said proudly.

" Of what? "

" :) " the larger saiyajin smiled at him, then quickly glomped Vegeta and ran off down the hall, searching for the

door who's number matched the one on his key.

" He really does scare me when plans "surprises" like this. " the ouji muttered, uneasy as he folded his arms.

" ▫ding▫ "

" Eh? " Vegeta turned around to see Vejitto and Gogeta standing there, " Ah, thank God you two are here. "

" Would you like to help us find our room, Mommy? " Vejitto asked.

" Yeah, we're 703! " Gogeta held out the key.

Vegeta glanced down the hall at Goku, who, though at least 12 feet away, could be seen standing there with his eyes

sparkling at the little ouji. The smaller saiyajin tore his eyes away from the sight, " Of course I'll help you, my sons. "

Vejitto and Gogeta wagged their tails.

" Now this way. " Vegeta turned them in the opposite direction Goku was in, then lead the fusions around the corner.

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" 796, 797, 798... " Gogeta read off each door as they passed it, " Toussan it feels like we have been walking for

a long time, are you sure we're getting closer? "

" Maybe we should've gone in the direction we left Toussan in. " Vejitto thought outloud.

" NO! " Vegeta said suddenly, " Kakarrotto's in a 'mood' right now. Infact he's been in a mood since the day Onna let

him sleepover to train with me. It's better to let him cool down out of whatever warm-n-fuzzy moment he's having. "

" 799, 700! Three doors to go! " Vejitto poked his head around around the third corner and ran down three doors up to

room 703, " HOORAY! "

" Kakarrotto? " Vegeta looked down to see Goku no longer in the hall.

Gogeta unlocked the door to room 703, " Come inside with us Toussan! "

" Alright. " Vegeta scratched his head, then entered. It appeared to be a usual hotel room, aside from the top-notch

furniture. To the saiyajin's right was a kitchen and living room. The kitchen had a fridge, sink, microwave, oven, and

various cabinets to hold food in. The living room consisted of a couch, chair, and tv. To the left was a bathroom complete

with sink, shower, and toliet. Vejitto opened the door in the bathroom wall to reveal two king-sized beds and a second tv.

" Hey look Goggie! There's a tv for each of us! " Vejitto grinned.

" I give it 4 stars, Jitto! " Gogeta chirped.

The older fusion looked over his shoulder to see Gogeta holding up a bag of cheese-doodles.

" Look! Free food! " Gogeta motioned to the cabinets he'd opened, all of which contained different types of food.

" Wow! A room AND free snacks! " Vejitto said, impressed. He opened the fridge, " And the fridge is full too! "

" Well, I probably should be getting back to find Kakarrotto. " Vegeta glanced over his shoulder, " I don't exactly

like to leave him alone in that type of mood where, without me putting a halt to it, could cause undesired thoughts to appear

in his peasant-brain. "

" Oh-kay Mommy! " Vejitto took out a carton of milk, " We'll see you tommorow! "

" Have a good night, Toussan! " Gogeta waved to him.

" Hahaha, " Vegeta laughed nervously, " I can only hope. " he closed the door and walked down the hallway in search

of Goku, rattling off the door-numbers in the same manner as Gogeta had, " Room 704, 705, 706, 707, 708, 709, 7-----oh boy. "

Vegeta's shoulders went limp at the gigantic door, or rather doors, before him. Two huge mahogany doors with golden doorknobs

and the words "Room 710" fancifully written right in the middle in the same color. Standing infront of the doors was

Goku--seemingly back to normal and smiling cheerfully at the little ouji while his tail flicked back and forth, " Somehow I

have a bad feeling about this room. " the ouji muttered.

" Hi Veggie I missed u! " Goku said happily, " Would you like to help me open the door? "

" HELP you open the door? What, the key doesn't work? " Vegeta blinked.

" No, I mean turn the doorknob with me. "

" ....together. "

" Yup! "

" As in making physical contact to accomplish a simple task that was created originally for a single hand. "

" Yup! "

" ...you know what Kakarrotto, I, I think I'll pass on that. Infact, I'm going to allow you the SOLE HONOR of opening

that door because this hotel represents part of the Tenkaichi Budoukai to you and is thus part of the special little

kaka-nostalgia trip you're currently on. " Vegeta explained, trying to remain incontrol, " So, go ahead. Open the door. "

" Aw, thanks Veggie! " Goku beamed, then did so. He let out a gasp of delight. The first thing the two saiyajins saw

walking inside was a smaller version of a Budoukai Finals ring, " AHHH! " Goku ran over to it and hopped onto the tiled,

elevated square, " OH WOW VEGGIE THIS IS THE COOLEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN IN ANY HOTEL ROOM EVER!! " he gushed, " Let's

SPAR in here! "

Vegeta walked a few steps towards Goku, then let out a sudden yelp as the doors slammed shut on their own, " ...did

you do that? " he asked.

" :) " Goku grinned.

" Haha....you did do that. "

" I can do MANY things, Veggie! " Goku bounced on the ring, then started throwing dozens of kicks and punches in the

air while Vegeta looked around.

There was a huge kitchen several feet away from the mini-ring. The little ouji walked into it and began to inspect

the oven, microwave, and the utencils he had to work with, " Hm, I'm not sure what type of food they supplied us with but I

can certainly make something simple with the few items I've been given. "

" Few?! " Goku gawked; the ouji was holding a large number of cooking pots, pans, and utencils in his arms.

" Few as in the basicness of the types of cookware the room has. " the ouji started putting items on the large

kitchen table, " You, Kakarrotto, probably don't notice a difference between the two of these, " he held up two pots.

" One's smaller. " Goku injected.

" But both Onna and Bulma's mother could easily tell one of these is for red meats and the other for the more

acidic vegetables. "

Goku momentarily stopped kicking the air, " I did not know that. " he blinked, then went back to kicking.

The ouji opened the door to the bathroom, " Sink, toliet...hm, the shower and bathtub are seperate. That's good. "

Goku hopped out of the ring and walked over to the smaller saiyajin, " Why? "

" Because I find it better to stand on a shower floor than the roundedness of a bathtub. Less chance of me slipping;

not that I WOULD slip--with my expert fighting skills. "

The larger saiyajin peeked to the right of Vegeta to see a room with two couches and a large tv, " Ooh, big tv! It

looks even bigger than the one in Veggie's living room at home! "

" You mean Capsule Corp. "

" Yeah, Capsule Corp! " Goku corrected himself.

::Note to self; after tonight, no more letting Kakarrotto sleep over for a while. A LONG while:: Vegeta made a mental

note, uncomfortable with the idea of sharing the same home as this particular peasant.

" We should check out the bedroom! " Goku said happily.

" Must we do that right now? " Vegeta sweatdropped.

" Well my bedtime IS in an hour, Veggie. " Goku nodded.

Vegeta checked the watch under his right glove, " 6:30pm.... " he trailed off, " Well in that case I better get

started on dinner! " he perked up, changing the subject.

" But Veggie what about bed? " Goku frowned, " Doesn't Veggie even wanna see what the bedroom looks like? "

" I'm not really sure.... " the ouji laughed nervously, " How about you go check out the bedroom while I make us some

food. "

" Oh-kay Veggie. " the larger saiyajin nodded, then walked off towards the only door they hadn't entered through.

Goku opened it and went inside, gasping in awe, " OOOOOOOOH! How pretty! "

Vegeta made sure he was facing the other direction and squinted his eyes shut.

::You're starting to get paranoid again:: Vegeta's tail spoke up.

" Can you blame me? I've been sharing my bedroom and gravity room with him the past 4 days and now THIS! It's pure

Kaka-overload, that's what it is. " the ouji muttered.

::If the bedroom's as "pretty" as Kakarrotto made it sound, we can always sleep on one of those huge couches:: Nango

said.

" Yes, I do have that option. " Vegeta said thoughtfully.

::But then I'd be alone and away from my Bibishii-chan....:: the tail slumped, hurt and depressed.

Vegeta sighed and let his head thump forward against the fridge, " I can't please everybody at once ya know. "

::It would please Bibishii and I if we were to share a room one more time before we have to go back to sleeping in

different houses:: Nango swayed back and forth, ::AND it would probably please Kakarrotto as well!::

" I'll think about it, AFTER I see the inside of that room. " the ouji took a few tomatoes out of the fridge, " Now,

what to make....it'll need to be something simple and fast seeing as I only have an hour.... "

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" OOH! Such a fancy-looking pizza, Veggie! " Goku clasped his hands together as they sat at the kitchen table.

" For a human this particular dish would take about a half hour to make, I did it in 10 minutes. " the ouji

boasted.

" You're so amazing Veggie! " the larger saiyajin said in awe.

" Heh—— " Vegeta's pride reveled in the praise.

" I luv spending time with you. "

" Ah...haha. " a drop of sweat dripped down the side of Vegeta's forehead, " You do know after tommorow we won't be

spending every waking and sleeping hour together, right? "

Goku pouted while taking a piece of pizza, " I wish I could spend another day at Veggie's after the tournament

though. "

" Well you can't. " the ouji said bluntly.

" Why not? "

" Because! Us sharing living quarters for too long would undoubtedly be dangerous to our health! With all those

kaka-germs I'd be covered in daily my body might develop an immunity to the peasant-repel and that would mean I'd have

nothing to stop your germs from crawling into my brain and warping it to their own designs! " he exclaimed, " You wouldn't

want THAT, now would you? "

" ... "

" WOULD YOU. " Vegeta said flatly.

" Oh NO Veggie! Neverever! " Goku shook his head.

" Your delayed reaction concerns me. " he took his own slice of pizza and started to eat, " Besides, I don't think

Onna would be so quick to let you stay with me once the tournament's over. Your sole purpose of sleeping over at Capsule

Corp was to train with me, correct? "

" ... "

" CORRECT, Kakarrotto? " Vegeta started to feel a nervous sweat break out on his face.

" Correct little Veggie! " Goku grinned.

" You worry me Kakarrotto, you know that? "

" Sorry Veggie. " Goku nodded apologetically, " SO! Wanna see the bed? " he took two more pieces of pizza and started

to eat them, Vegeta meanwhile had finished off half the pie already.

" Why are you taking so long eating? "

" Because I like eating Veggie's food, and the faster I eat it the sooner it is gone and once its gone there will be

no more until Veggie makes more again. " the larger saiyajin pointed out, contently finishing another piece.

Vegeta sat back in his chair, " Well at least THAT answer makes sense. " he sighed, then got up, " Alright

Kakarrotto, let's go see these beds of yours. "

Goku finished his pizza, " YAY! " he got out of his chair as well, " Off we go! To the bedroom!! " Goku pointed off

heroically.

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" ... " Vegeta stood there, his jaw hanging open and his eyes as wide as the pans he'd been using for the pizza

earlier.

" Isn't it PRETTY! " Goku gushed, sliding infront of him, " At first I was surprised cuz there's curtains there

where the tv usually is but that's oh-kay cuz what's behind those curtains in the morning is even prettier than any tv! "

he closed Vegeta's jaw for him, " Dontcha think? "

Vegeta took a long hard look at the sole gigantic bed that took up most of the room. He raised his arm up in the air,

formed a small ball of ki, then blasted it at the bed, slicing it right down the middle so it now appeared to chopped up into

two king-sized beds. Vegeta walked over to the right half of what had been a single bed, then pushed it as far away from the

left side of the bed as he could, to the point where the right side of the bed was now pressing against the wall. The ouji

then whipped out a piece of measuring tape and measured the length of space between the "two" beds. Twelve feet. Vegeta

nodded. He walked back over to the bed he'd pushed, sat down on it, removed his gloves and boots, and got under the covers;

his back facing Goku and his front to the wall.

" What was that!! " Goku suddenly said, completely baffled.

Vegeta nervously pulled the covers up higher until they covered his shoulders.

" ...oh-kay Veggie...you can do that, I guess. " he scratched his head, " I'm gonna light some of those candles they

left us and get ready for bed, alright? "

" ... "

" Alright! "

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" Hmmhmmhmm, lalala! " a voice sang faintly off in the distance, or more specifically, the bathroom.

Vegeta shifted again. He really did not like the mushy, flowery scent those candles were giving off behind him. The

nervous little ouji took out his cellphone and hit Bulma's number; which happened to be number 1 on the top of his speed-dial

list.

" Hello? " Bulma answered.

" Kakarrotto-rented-us-a-room-with-one-bed-and-I-think-he-did-it-on-purpose. "

" What? " she shook her head at the quick, frightened voice on the other end, " Vegeta is that you? "

" Help me. "

" Who is it? " a voice in the background said.

" I think its Vegeta, Raditsu. " Bulma held her phone out to see the caller id, " Yeah its him. " she went back to

watching the sky as she drove the plane home, " Are you alright Vegeta? I can have Raditsu teleport there and pick you up. "

" Relationship issues, huh. " Turles smirked wickedly, " Heh-heh, uke uke uke——— "

Bulma covered the mouth of the phone and sweatdropped, " Don't taunt him he sounds emotionally distraught right now!"

Turles cocked an eyebrow.

" Vegeta I'm sure he didn't do that on purpose. You know Son-kun would never do such a thing. " she tried to comfort

him.

" How do you know! " Vegeta whispered, his voice sounding much less shaky and almost back to normal, " How do I

know! How do ANY of us know what's going on in Kakarrotto's brain right now!!! "

" I do, I'm a type-3 saiyajin and thus have all secret info relating to my saiyajin type's psyche. " Turles said

proudly.

" If you know all that then what's Son-kun up to? " Bulma asked, looking over her shoulder.

" Funny thing, since I'm evil, I can't tell you! " Turles laughed, then went into serious-mode, " For that would be

"good". "

" You make my head hurt. " Raditsu sweatdropped.

" You're welcome! " Turles chirped.

" Listen Vegeta, if it bothers you that much just tell Son-kun. "

" Well what if I tell him and it turns out Kakarrotto DOESN'T have any subconsious non-platonic plan in-store and me

bringing up such a thought would cause one to really occur in his head! " the ouji flopped onto his back; talking to Bulma

making him feel better enough so that he could move around more fluidly.

" THAT is paranoia. "

" I know... " the ouji groaned, " I should've never challanged Onna into letting Kakarrotto stay those 4 nights!

Every day I spend alone with him he gets more and more "attached"....like a leech or something... "

" Leeches don't "attach" to you Vegeta, they bite you and suck on the blood. "

" ... " Vegeta visible paled.

" Vegeta? "

" A flea, I meant a flea. " the ouji nodded quickly.

" Oh-kay. "

" ....can you talk to him? You know, once he gets done in the bathroom. " Vegeta asked her.

" Sure, but you're going to have to, hold on, " Bulma covered the mouth of the phone again, " Tenshinhan could you

fly the plane for me while I talk to Vegeta? I KNOW that once he puts Son-kun on that its going to be hard to concentrate on

picking his mind AND flying the plane. "

" I don't mind. " Tenshinhan got up and headed to the pilot's seat to take over while Bulma sat down where

Tenshinhan had been.

Vegeta shifted his weight so he was laying on his stomach while he waited for Bulma to come back on the phone,

" Bulma? "

" I'm back. Tenshinhan's flying the plane now so I can concentrate on helping you. " she explained.

" AHHHH! " Goku sighed contently as he re-entered the room wearing his boxers and holding a toothbrush, " Chi-chan

says I should always brush my teeth after a meal! " the large saiyajin chirped, then capsulized the toothbrush and flopped

onto the left bed, " So Veggie!..huh? " he noticed Vegeta with the phone next to his head. Goku teleported across the room to

where Vegeta was, " Who's Veggie talkin' to? "

" Bulma. " the ouji replied, " Would you like to talk to her? "

" K! " Goku chirped and Vegeta handed him the phone. Goku leaned back against the wall, " Hi Bulma! How are you! "

" I'm doing good, Son-kun. We're flying everyone home right now. "

" That's nice. " Goku leaned over to sit down on the edge of Vegeta's bed. The ouji yelped stopped Goku from doing

so, then motioned him over to the other bed. Goku waddled off and sat down on the left bed.

" And how are you doing? " Bulma asked.

The large saiyajin grinned, " I'm doing GREAT! Our room is so nice and Veggie's so much fun and he made us pizza and

it was delicious and Ji-chan and Goggie are on the same floor TOO! "

" That's good. "

" ... "

" ... "

" Son-kun can I ask you a personal question? " Bulma took a deep breath.

" Oh-kay. " Goku nodded.

" Did you know the room you rented for yourself and Vegeta only had one bed? "

Vegeta looked on intently.

" Haha! I did not know THAT Bulma. I just asked the lady at the desk for a really big 'n special room just for me and

Veggie and she said "I've got just the one for you" and I took the key and we took the elevator and opened the door and here

we are! " he explained happily.

" ▫WHEW▫! " Vegeta let out an immense sigh of relief and flopped onto his back.

" Veggie sliced the bed in half though. " Goku added, " But that's oh-kay cuz I guess maybe Veggie'd rather have his

bed against the wall instead of in the middle of the room. " he tried to conclude.

Bulma laughed nervously, " I guess he would. " she calmed down, " I'm glad I got to talk to you about that though

Son-kun, " she then lowered her voice to a whisper, " the "single large bed" was starting to scare Vegeta. "

" Veggie is scared of large pieces of furniture! " Goku gasped.

" WAHH! " Vegeta would've fallen over had he not already been laying down.

" ...umm, yeah, let's leave it at that. Have a good night, Son-kun. " she said, then spoke louder to make sure Vegeta

could hear, " GOODNIGHT VEGETA! "

Vegeta waved to his phone. Goku shut the little orange cellphone off and tossed it to Vegeta, who easily caught the

small object. He quickly sprayed it with peasant-repel, then put it back in his pocket. The little ouji shut the lights off.

" Goodnight Veggie. " the larger saiyajin said warmly.

Vegeta glanced over at him. He sweatdropped at the dazed, overly-content expression on the larger saiyajin's face,

" Goodnight, Kakarrotto. "

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" Got any 5's, Goggie? "

" Nope! Go fish! "

It was morning. And Vejitto and Gogeta sat outside the door to the room their parents were staying in, playing cards.

" Kaasan and Toussan are going to be so surprised that we got up and got ready before they did! " Gogeta grinned,

" Any 2's? "

" Nope! "

Gogeta picked up a card, " Aw, a 3. "

" So close. " Vejitto commented, " ...we could try to knock on the door again? " he offered.

Gogeta did so, " ▫KNOCK▫KNOCK▫KNOCK▫ "

" Hello? " Goku poked his head out of the door.

" Toussan! "

" Kaasan! " the fusions chirped in unison.

" Ji-chan and Goggie! How nice to see you! " he let the two saiyajin inside, " I'm ready but Veggie got up later than

me so he's still showering but he should be done soon. Right Veggie? " Goku called toward the bathroom.

" ... " the shower continued to spray inside the bathroom.

" Right! " Goku nodded.

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:::" ▫Yawwwwwwn▫ " Vegeta opened his mouth, then opened his eyes slightly to see something a mere 5 inches from his

face. The ouji rubbed his eyes, then blinked again. Goku was kneeling beside the side of Vegeta's bed with his elbows on the

edge of the bed and his head resting on his arms, smiling at him and still in his boxers.

" Mornin' Veggie— " Goku whispered.

The ouji's eyes went wide, " WAHH-HAH! " he instantly bounced backward, " WHATTHEHECKAREYOUDOING?! " he yelped, his

face flushing red.

" Saying good morning to Veggie, that's what! " Goku chirped, his tail wagging eagerly behind him, " I've been

watching my Veggie for a whole half-hour now! "

Vegeta, still standing in the awkward freaked-out position, yet with his usual expression now on his face, twitched

slightly, " Have you....and why would you do that? "

" Because I must protect my Veggie from all on-coming danger that wishes to harm him! " Goku gave him a thumbs-up.

" And that "danger" would be... "

" ...I have no idea. " Goku blinked, then perked up, " But I DO have a pre-monition about it! " he hopped up onto

his feet, " And now that Veggie's awake, I'm off to get cleaned up and prepared for---THE 27TH TENKAICHI BUDOUKAI FINALS! "

he struck a heroic pose, then practically flew into the bathroom, the door swinging shut behind him due to the sheer speed

at which Goku had just traveled.

Vegeta stood up straight again and rubbed his head, " What was THAT about? ":::

" Perhaps...Kakarrotto really IS having a premonition. " Vegeta folded his arms as he leaned against the wall,

" Afterall I sort of predicted Brolli a while ago....and Kakarrotto does have many strange and mysterious kaka-powers,

perhaps he is-- "

" ▫squiggle▫squiggle▫ "

" ... " Vegeta blinked, noticing something small and light blue squiggling towards him on the shower floor. The worm

looked up at Vegeta; who froze in place; then continued to squiggle towards him, " Err.... " Vegeta nervously reached back

for any type of weapon, then decided on the shower handle. He ripped it out of the socket and held it over his head, prepared

to attack his phobia and foe, " YAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! "

" ▫CRASH▫! "

Goku, Vejitto, and Gogeta turned instantly to the bathroom door. Goku ran to the door and flung it open, " VEGGIE?! "

Vegeta sat there on the bottom of the shower floor, soaked and still holding the handle he'd 'borrowed' from the

wall while the worm he had attempted to murder sat perched on the ouji's nose. Vegeta's only saving grace in that he had

knocked the curtain down on his attack, sparring him from being 'seen' by the larger saiyajin.

" Little Veggie what happened? " Goku tilted his head, confused.

" Get it off... " Vegeta gritted through his teeth, staring cross-eyed at the worm.

" Huh? "

" GET. IT. OFF. NOW!!! "

Goku walked over to him, then laughed, " Haha! It's a worm! Just like those big blue ones we met inside Buu, only

this one's little! " he easily picked it off and put it in the palm of his hand. Vegeta fell backwards onto his back with a

thump, " Hello there Mr or Mrs Worm. What are you doing surprising my Veggie like that? You should be outside enjoying this

BEAUTIFUL day! " he walked back into the bedroom and moved the curtains aside, letting the sunlight explode into the room.

Goku opened the window and set the worm down on the ledge outside. He took a deep breath of the air, " Ahh....I luv this

island. "

" I sincerely hope that was the "evil" Kakarrotto was worried about. " Vegeta said flatly, getting up and wrapping

the shower-curtain around his waist, ::Must retain my dignity around the subjects:: he nodded, then left grabbed a towel for

his hair and left the room to see Vejitto and Gogeta sparring in the room's mini-ring, " When did you get here? " the ouji

sweatdropped.

" Mornin' Mommy! " Vejitto waved to him, then blocked one of Gogeta's punches.

" About 15 minutes ago! " Gogeta answered Vegeta's question, then pulled his knee up to block Vejitto's kick.

" Uh...yeah, "mornin'". " Vegeta scratched his head, his hair still wet and not fully back to its usual

gravity-defying style. He confusedly headed to the bedroom and opened the door. The room was unusually bright inside. Vegeta

had to squint his eyes almost-shut as he walked inside and towards the curtains, aiming to close them.

" Isn't it BEAUTIFUL, Veggie? "

Vegeta opened his eyes slightly more to look out through the huge open window at a sparkling blue ocean and the many

little green islands that dotted the coast, " I suppose so... " he glanced over at the larger saiyajin only to see Goku was

staring at him. A smile slowly formed on the peasant's face and the wind blowing in through the window grew stronger.

Vegeta laughed nervously, " Um, I ah, I gotta go get ready. " he backed up, grabbing his clothes off his slice of the bed,

" Can't be late for the finals, ya know. Haha....ha... " Vegeta headed for the door, watching Goku the entire time. He backed

up right out of the bedroom and closed the door behind him. The instant Vegeta had done that he whipped around and leaned his

back against the door, " I wish Bulma were here. " he groaned, then took a step forward.

" ▫KA-THUMP▫! "

" ACK! " Vegeta bounced back, twitching. Vejitto had landed on his stomach just a few inches before the spot Vegeta's

foot had been about to touch. Vegeta poked the fusion in the side with his foot, " ? "

" I WIN! " Gogeta pumped his fists in the air, " HOORAY FOR ME! "

Vejitto lept to his feet, " I challange you to a re-match! " he grinned.

" Challange accepted! " Gogeta chirped, and with that Vejitto lept back into the ring and the two fusions started off

into sparring match #2.

" Don't waste all your energy exercising or you won't be in top-form when we get to the actual battleground. " Vegeta

warned them as he returned to the bathroom to get changed.

" We hear ya Mommy! " Vejitto said happily as he sent a blow to Gogeta's shoulder only to have Gogeta grab him by the

arm and toss him to the ground. Vejitto bounced on his back and sent a kick upward at the dance fusion, knocking Gogeta into

the air. The two saiyajin landed on their feet and smirked at each other, then lundged at one another.

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" WOW! It looks GREAT Kaasan! Thanks! " Trunks practically beamed as he looked at his now-brown tail. Bulma tossed

the hair-dye into the garbage can.

" You know its not going to stay brown forever though. " she said, just to make sure, " The fur will re-grow in

purple, and the hair-dye isn't permanent. "

" I don't care, as long as Goten doesn't know its really purple. " Trunks moved his tail around a little to test it

out.

" I'm bringing my Toussan and Kakarroujo plushies with me! " Bura announced, walking up to Trunks and Bulma. The two

looked down at the plushies Bura was holding; the Vegeta one wearing his royal saiyajin no ouji armor complete with red cape,

and the Goku plushie in a saiyajin no oujo uniform.

" Where does she get those? " Trunks sweatdropped.

" Will it make you feel better if you bring them? " Bulma asked her.

" IMMENSELY. " Bura said bluntly, " Also I must speak to Toussan and Kakarroujo after the tournament. I have

questions to ask. Important questions. "

" Alright, just make sure you don't lose your plushies while we're there. "

" Oh don't worry, I'm keeping them in my backpack when I'm not using them. " Bura held up a little pink backpack and

placed the little plushies inside. She whispered to Bulma, " Besides, they need their 'privacy'. " Bura smirked.

" Oh...right. " Bulma laughed nervously, " Well, let's get going! "

" I'll drive. " Turles grinned wickedly, suddenly appearing.

" I'd rather you didn't. " Bulma sweatdropped.

" Very well then. I shall resign to the position of 'passenger'. " Turles shrugged it off, then headed out to the

plane.

Bulma sighed, " This is certainly going to be an interesting day. "

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" Well here we are. Back again. " Vegeta said as he and the other contestsants stood inside the Budoukai building.

The announcer walked out infront of them and pointed to the huge chart that had been used in the elimination rounds,

" First off, congradulations to all of you for making it to the finals. "

" HOORAY! " Goku and the fusions cheered.

" We're now going to inform you of who will be fighting who in the quarter-finals. " two of the workers wheeled in

a smaller chart set up for the finals, " Each match in the first round will be determined by which bracket you won in the

preliminaries. If you won in the first bracket, you'll be fighting the person who won in the second. The third with the

fourth, and so on. " he explained, " Match 1 will be: Son Vejitto Oujisama VS Mirai Trunks Briefs. "

" HEE—— " Vejitto grinned over at Mirai, who sweatdropped.

::This is going to be harder than I thought...:: Mirai scratched the back of his head.

" Match 2 will be: Son Goku VS Son Gogeta Oujisama. "

" You won't hold it a-gainst me if I win, will you Kaasan? " Gogeta asked cheerfully.

" Of course not, Goggie. " Goku smiled.

" Match 3 will be: Anonymous VS Kuririn. "

Kuririn looked over at Anonymous curiously.

" Ah, what? " Anonymous sweatdropped.

" You look sorta familiar... "

" Oh no you're mistaken I've never met you before! Hahaha! " she laughed nervously.

" And Match 4 will be: Vegeta Oujisama VS Juuhachigou. "

" Ah, a re-match. " Vegeta smirked.

Juuhachigou looked over at the grinning ouji, " Oh joy. " she said flatly.

Vegeta stopped grinning and twitched at her, " Hn... "

" The first match will begin in 10 minutes. We'd like all participants to report to the main building for their match

to be called. "

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" Wow! Goku's going to have to fight Gogeta! That's gonna be intense! " Yamcha gawked as he looked at one of the

Budoukai Finals pamplets, " And if he manages to beat Gogeta he'll have to fight Vejitto RIGHT AFTER! "

" What about Mirai. " Bulma sweatdropped.

" Bulma, he's fighting someone with a combination of Goku AND Vegeta's knowledge and fighting skills. " Yamcha

pointed out.

" ...poor Mirai. " Bulma said, " But he COULD win. When he went back to his time he easily beat Cell and Cell was

sort of a fusion....not in the portara-earrings/fusion-dance sense of it, but he had dna from Goku and Vegeta. "

" Point. " Yamcha nodded.

The announcer walked out of the main Budoukai building and into the ring, " WELCOME LADIES AND GENTLEMEN TO THE 27TH

TENKAICHI BUDOUKAI QUARTER-FINALS! "

The audiance cheered.

" We have with us the 8 winners of this year's elimination round, " he explained, " But only 1 of these 8 will be

given the title of the 27th Tenkaichi Budoukai Champion! And now without further ado, I present to you, the participants of

the first quarter-finals match; Son Vejitto Oujisama and Mirai Trunks Briefs! "

Bulma and the others watched as the fusion and demi-saiyajin from the alternate future left the Budoukai building and

walked into the ring.

" GO OTOTOCHAN! " Goten cheered.

" YOU CAN BEAT HIM, NIICHAN! " Trunks shouted.

Goten looked over at him, " I like your new tail, Trunks. "

Trunks smirked boastfully, " Why thank you. "

The announcer walked back to the edge of the ring, " READY!..... "

Vejitto and Mirai each went into defensive positions.

" You're not gonna make this easy on me, are ya? " Mirai smirked wryly.

" Nope! " Vejitto chirped, " I wanna win so I can get to fight Goggie or Toussan in the next round! "

" .....GO! "

" HAAAAAAAAAAAAA! " Mirai flew at Vejitto, then halted about a foot away from him when he noticed the fusion hadn't

yet made a move, " Hm... " he narrowed his eyes in suspicion. He leaned forward, then saw Vejitto make his left hand into a

fist and move it forward slightly. Mirai smirked as he sensed it ready to launch at him and quickly leaned to the left only

to have the saiyajin's right fist go flying into his jaw, knocking Mirai off one foot which he used to kick Vejitto in the

chest, causing him to stumble back slightly. Mirai ran at him while Vejitto regained his ground. Vejitto grabbed Mirai by the

tank-top and swung him around over his head, then tossed Mirai across the ring. Mirai flipped himself over and landed on his

feet, slightly dizzy.

" ... "

" ... "

" Ha..haha, they're only playing around. " Bulma laughed, realizing it, " I think. "

" I think they're testing each other. " Yamcha thought outloud, " What it looks like so far is that they're trying to

determine what level they're going to be fighting at. "

" You know, we're only allowed to go ssj in case of emergancies. " Mirai warned Vejitto.

Vejitto grinned, " Yeah, I know. But Bulma never said anything about KAIOKEN! " he burst into the form, the red ki

glowing around him.

" YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING?! " Mirai gawked.

" You don't know how to use kaioken, do you Mirai? " the fusion said cheerfully.

" Not particularly. " he sweatdropped in reply.

" HAAAA! " Vejitto held each of his hands up and a little ball of ki appeared on the tip of each finger. He launched

the tiny balls of ki at Mirai only to have them each halt in a spot in mid-air. Mirai looked up at the ki, which were each in

a random spot around him. He tried to quickly make a mental picture of where each ball of ki was, then formed his own normal

sized ball of ki and lept at Vejitto with it, swinging his arms like he had a sword and smacking Vejitto in the back. Vejitto

used his leaning-forward position to flip his hands onto the ground and kick Mirai back where he had landed before. Mirai

stopped himself in mid-air only to gasp that he would be unable to move from his position with all the little ki balls around

him; hovering and glowing with a strange, eerie yellow glow.

Vejitto teleported from above Mirai, who was trying to slowly wiggle himself away from the little ki balls, " No hard

feelings oh-kay? " he gave Mirai a thumbs-up, " KIAH!!! " the fusion held his arms downward and let out a huge gust of wind,

forcing Mirai down swiftly toward the ground and hitting nearly half the little ki balls--which exploded on impact--in the

process. The ki ball explosions lightly rocked the ring and temporarily blinded the audiance as Mirai hit the floor covered

in..

" Confetti?! " Bulma sweatdropped.

Vejitto tossed a regular ki ball at one of the remaining little ones, causing it to explode in a small burst of light

and confetti and streamers to come bursting forth, then fall to the ground, " SURPRISE! " he cheered, then landed lightly on

the ground next to the dizzy, unmoving Mirai, " It is an alternate, reworked version to one of Goggie's attacks! " he

explained to Mirai and the audiance.

" Wahhh———— "

" Mirai? " Vejitto blinked, poking him in the back, " Hey! Mr. Announcer! I think I beat him! " he wagged his tail,

" Could you start counting? "

The announcer hopped back into the ring. He surveyed Mirai for a moment, noting the swirlies he now had for eyes,

" He looks unconsious to me. " the announcer commented, " Oh-kay then! 10!..9!..8!..7!..6!..5!..4!..3!..2!..1! " he counted

down, " K.O.! Son Vejitto Oujisama WINS Round 1 of the quarter finals! "

" YAY! " Gogeta cheered, standing the the doorway to the main building, " HOORAY FOR JITTO! "

" Hee— " Vejitto grinned, hopping down just as the paramedics came into the ring to help Mirai, " That wasn't nearly

as hard as I thought it'd be! "

" You did a great job, Jitto! " Gogeta chirped as they both headed back inside, " I can't wait to fight you in the

semi-finals! "

" Yeah but you're gonna have to beat Toussan and that'll be REALLY hard. " the portara fusions said, worried.

" It shouldn't be if I have all of Kaasan's fighting knowledge al-ready in here. " Gogeta smiled and pointed to his

head.

" What if Toussan uses something completely different though, something he learned AFTER he and Mommy had us? "

Vejitto asked.

" ... " Gogeta paused, " That would be tricky. "

" Unusually tricky. "

" Unsurmountably tricky. "

" Hi Goggie and Ji-chan! See you in 10 minutes, Goggie! " Goku walked past them in a cheerful mood, waving.

" Tricky, but not impossible. "

" DEFINATELY not impossible. "

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Bulma stared at the large monitor that had been erected ontop of the main Budoukai building. It featured a digital

map of the finals; a picture of each participant's face with their name above it. Mirai's picture now had a big red X over

it, " Poor Mirai...he didn't exactly get the easiest opponent though. "

" Goku and Vegeta are both hard to fight against; but someone with their combined knowledge and abilities...shame

Mirai didn't get put against Juuhachigou or Kuririn, that would've been a fairer fight. " Yamcha commented, " At least he

knows HOW to fight Juuhachigou. "

" Vegeta has to fight against her. I hope he's oh-kay. She broke his arm in several places when he first fought her.

Even though he's reached the other ssj levels, since she's an android she has unlimited amounts of ki! He's going to get her

out of the ring if he wants to win. "

" You mean Juuhachigou can't be knocked unconsious? " Yamcha looked surprised.

" Well at least from what I'm assuming based on the research I did on her brother's blueprints a while ago. " Bulma

explained.

" Hm.. " Yamcha sat back in his seat.

" Lalala, hmmhmmhmm. " Bura hummed. Bulma, Yamcha, Trunks, and Goten looked over at her to see she had set up her

plushies at a small plushie-sized table with an umbrella, a plushie-sized candle, and a tiny milkshake with two straws in

it. She paused when she noticed the others staring at her, " Plushie-Toussan and Plushie-Kakarroujo are on a date. " she

announced, " Plushie-Kakarroujo didn't have enough money to pay for his milkshake so Plushie-Toussan's sharing with him. "

" That's...nice. " Bulma sweatdropped.

The drummers started to play again as the Budoukai Announcer stepped into the ring, " Hi everyone and welcome back

to the 2nd Round of the Quarter-Finals! "

The audiance applauded him.

" This next match is sure to be an intense one. It's between our 23rd Budoukai Champion Son Goku--who in every of

his past attempts here at the Tenkaichi Budoukai has made it to the final battle---and Son Gogeta Oujisama, Son Goku's own

son! One of four sons actually, but still this is the very first Budoukai battle ever to be between two members of the same

family. "

Gogeta walked out of the Budoukai building and up to the ring. Goku, who was still in the doorway, looked over and

gave the little ouji a quick hug.

" Mmm! " Goku let go, " Hugging Veggies brings goodluck! " he cheerfully stated, " Wish me lots of it, Veggie! "

he waved and dashed off after Gogeta.

Vegeta shook his head clear, his face flushed.

Goku walked into the ring and instantly the crowd erupted in a roar of cheers. The large saiyajin beamed and waved

to them while Gogeta smiled.

Vegeta stared at the scene in awe, ::Heh, this is his 'kingdom':: he sighed contently and leaned against the wall.

" Lovestruck, are we? "

" AHH-HAH! " Vegeta yelped, bolting to attention. He whipped around to see Anonymous standing behind him, " What are

you doing here? " the ouji narrowed his eyes in suspicion, " And NO, I was just merely impressed with the amount of people

who are fond of Kakarrotto's fighting skills. " he snorted.

" Ah, of course. Well I'm going back to sit down, this next battle may take a while. " Anonymous commented, then

walked off.

" Hmph. " Vegeta folded his arms stubbornly, then looked back at the ring and smiled, his tail flicking back and

forth behind him.

" Alright! " the announcer backed up out of the ring, " Fighters take your positions!......Ready? "

Goku struck his usual defense pose while Gogeta struck one that looked easily like a cross between Goku and Vegeta's.

" GO! "

" HAAAAA! "

" HAAAAA! " Goku and Gogeta flew at each other, attacking in a barrage of punches each of them easily dodged. The

two saiyajin each shot a punch forward, their fists literally slamming into each other.

" He's reading Kakarrotto's moves excellently. " Vegeta said, impressed.

" GO GOGGIE YOU CAN DO IT! " Vejitto held up a banner.

Vegeta sweatdropped at him.

" Sorry Mommy, but I want Goggie to win so I can face him in the semi-finals. I've never fought with Goggie in a

Budoukai anywhere other than the preliminaries and that's when we were time-traveling. " Vejitto grinned.

Goku and Gogeta bounced off each other and landed on the ground. Gogeta lundged at Goku who lept up into the air only

to have Gogeta teleport infront of him and give him a swift kick to the chest, sending Goku spiraling down like a dicuss.

Goku caught himself in a few seconds, holding his hands together in a combined fist as he zipped infront of Gogeta, then

swung his arms down only to open them at the last second to reveal a blast of ki that blew Gogeta several feet away. The

fusion shook the soot out of his hair from the blast, then clasped his hands together.

" HaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaHA! " he split off four more Gogetas. The five of them flew at Goku from all different

directions.

" Haha, Goggie you should know by now that I--oop! " Goku yelped as one of the Gogetas tripped him and another ki

blasted Goku out of the ring. Goku hovered in mid-air just a foot above the ground. He laughed nervously. Goku flew back

into the ring. The large saiyajin watched the five Gogetas, " Now which one's the real Goggie... " Goku watched them all

closely.

" Can you tell? " Vegeta asked the portara fusion.

" Yup! " Vejitto nodded, " The real Goggie's easy to spot a-mong his Goggie-clones if you've sparred enough with him

to tell the difference. "

" And the difference is... "

" Shh! " Vejitto made a shh-ing motion.

" ? "

Goku hopped up onto his toes, then started spinning around on them until he created a large, orange tornado and

spun wildly in the direction of the 5 Gogetas, catching them all in his whirlwind. Gogeta quickly re-formed himself into one

while being tossed around inside the tornado. He started to move his body in-time with the speed the tornado was going at,

then suddenly shifted his body weight to the side causing him to spout out the top of the tornado. He placed his hands a

half-foot apart as he was catapulted into the air.

" Haaaaa... " a glowing, silvery ki-ball which looked more like a soap bubble started to form in his hands.

Goku's head shot to attention as he looked up from the eye of his tornado to see Gogeta. He struck his hands out and

split his tornado in two, then thrust it up at Gogeta, who dodged to first and caught half the brunt of the second.

" Oof! " Gogeta twitched, then held his hands out to reveal the now large ball of ki.

" Ooh, so shiny. " Goku said, impressed, then dashed to one side as Gogeta blasted it at him. The ball of ki paused

and started racing after Goku. The large saiyajin ran around a circle in the ring while the ki ball flew after him.

Gogeta suddenly teleported infront of Goku, causing him to screech to a halt. Goku jumped to the left the second

Gogeta launched a kick. The two saiyajin froze as a blast of oncoming light careened toward them.

" WAHHHH! "

" WAHHHH! "

Gogeta's ki-blast hit the two of them head-on, causing Goku and Gogeta to tumble across the ring and land in the

middle of it.

" Ohhhh..my head feels dizzy. " Gogeta rubbed it while Goku sat up.

The announcer peered at something beside the ring, " Gogeta, ring out. Goku wins! "

" WHAT?! " Gogeta gawked.

" Silly Mr. Announcer! Goggie and I are both still in the ring. " Goku laughed.

" Actually... " the announcer pointed beside the ring. Goku and Gogeta peered over to see another Gogeta lying there

on his back, twitching.

" Number 4! " Gogeta chastized his clone, upset, then paused in Goku-like enlightenment, " Hmm, no wonder I felt so

dizzy and could not properly control my ki attack; I was missing a good chunk of my ki. " he nodded.

" He must've been thrown out of my tornado. " Goku deduced.

" I really should have counted them as I absorbed. " Gogeta pouted.

" Yes you should. "

" Oh well. " Gogeta sat back, indian-style, " There is always next time. AND you still have Jitto to worry about,

he watched our whole battle and he may have learned something that will cause your downfall! " the fusion grinned. He and

Goku looked over at Vejitto who was still holding up the "Go Goggie!" banner up. Vejitto looked at it, then flipped it

around to reveal the other side of the banner which read "Nice try!". Vejitto wagged his tail. Vegeta sweatdropped. Gogeta

stood up, " Well, I wish you good luck Kaasan. " he smiled, then frowned, " ...I was looking forward to fighting Jitto too."

" You sparred against him all this morning! " Vegeta sweatdropped.

" Yeah but that was just practice. " Vejitto said.

" For the round that will now be unable to exist because of Number 4 over here! " Gogeta pointed to the clone, then

absorbed him back and sighed.

" It's oh-kay Goggie. " Vejitto said sympathetically as Gogeta walked over to him. Vejitto put his banner away,

" At least you got a challange. I got stuck fighting Mirai and that was WAY too easy a fight for me. "

" You do know you'll have to fight Kaasan now. "

" Well, not RIGHT now. I still have time til my match against Toussan. " Vejitto looked up at the board's big screen.

Gogeta's picture now had a large red x over it as well. He patted Gogeta on the back, " Two more matches til my next fight. "

" 10 minute break everybody! " the announcer faced the audiance, " The 3rd match of the Quarter-Finals: Anonymous

VS Kuririn, will begin in 10 minutes. "

Some members of the audiance started to disperse to go get more food and take a bathroom break.

" Hm.. " Vegeta glanced over his shoulder at Anonymous, " Time to find out my suspicions are correct. "

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10:19 PM 8/27/2004

End of Part Four!

Chuquita: Why this chapter took so long; Long Chapter in General Chu is given huge amount of job-work to do. (nods)

Veggie: No need to be upset, you earned $109.00 this week for last week.

Chuquita: I've earned $166.05 between Week 1 money and Week 2 money. (to audiance) I get paid for the previous week the

following week.

Goku: Meaning by the end of next week you'll have e-nough to buy that fancy flip-phone!

Chuquita: (grins) That I will, Son-kun! (to audiance) I still generally dislike cashiering, and my job in general. But that's

why I start my 2nd year of college next Monday; so I can eventually get a much better job somewhere else that I'll actually

enjoy, eventually.....

Vegeta: Also those huge gaps between your classes will give you the time to catch up on that comic.

Chuquita: Ah yes, the comic. (nods) I gave the Marrazzo's people a note that I wanna be off this Sunday since I work this

Saturday (which they did) and that I only wanted 12 hours, 15 tops. (pauses) (flatly) They gave me 15 1/2.

Vegeta: You should've stopped at 12.

Chuquita: That's what I'm going to do. I'm writing a note for next week to only give me 12 hours max due to school; I have

5 classes this semester instead of my usual 4. Also, I refuse to give up my 10kb a day on my fics, which I did honor this

week, only this turned out to ironically be one of those "long" chapters, which is why it'll be uploaded either late Friday

night or early (like 12:00am, 1:00am) Saturday.

Goku: Ah.

Chuquita: And now onto the reviewer-replies!

To Cathowl: Thank you! Hai, Turles is surprisingly fun to work with :) Ah, so it was Veggie. Thanks for un-confusing me!

Heh, poor Mela. Chi-Chi's first battle starts off Part 5. Heehee, Gotoma's funny. Heh; drunken Veggies. Typo! '.';; Sorry!

Even after reading through the chapter before I post it, a few typos can end up getting through. Veggie went through a whole

week and a half without sleep!? O.O I can imagine him doing that (training) but I can't imagine what he'd be like after such

little sleep. I think somethin like that happened to him in the Freeza saga though; remember when he was so low on sleep he

set that alarm and napped infront of Goku's regeneration tank? He looked dizzy and was sweating profusely. Bura's been so

confused lately. Yup! Goten won :) Sure I'll think about it!

To PiccoloDiamao1020: Thanks! Glad you enjoyed that part. Turles never did find out it was free.

To Nuki: Thank u! I think I am going to keep him around :D So sorry about the fusions! My job had me half-thrown-off there on

what was going on storywise, which is why I accidentally forgot them. But they did have their parts back in this chapter, and

will in part 5 as well :D

To RyukoVulpix: Yes he did. I wanted Goten to win this time since Trunks won last time. (nods). Your math is correct, they're

9 and 10. One of the japanese books I got tells you how old Goku is at each of the sagas; in the Buu saga he was 37, and

we're 2 years in the future from then so he's 39 and Veggie's 5 years older so he is 44. Bulma's 45, Chi-Chi's 39, and the

fusions...I'm not sure how you'd come up with an age for them '.';; I don't touch on the age-numbers that much cuz I'm not

fond of math (nervous laughter) or that good at it. Ironic that it was that person, eh? I'm still trying to figure out what

to do with "Kakarroujo". Ah, Sonic. Random little-known fact; I wrote Sonic fanfics even before the pkmn ones which I wrote

before the dbz ones I'm currently writing now. Though that was back in 7th grade and I never posted any of the Sonic ones

anywhere. The "Allies"? Geez, they sound like the guards on that .hack show CN airs late Friday nights. I feel so sorry for

you and the Sonic section :( Heehee, I have seen pictures of Veggie plushies before; one day I'd like to make one :) Glad you

like Turles! He tries to be evil when his type-3 saiyajin nature is to be 'good'. :D Taa-kun sounds cute! Hee— I purposely

lengthened this chapter to fit the first two adult-division battles in. The battles will get longer as we get closer to the

final battle though. Hope you like 'um!

To Nekoni: Hee—! Veggie's dream was FUN to work on! Aw, thanks! Yup! The same Mirai! I think he was a little freaked out by

what happened with Goku on his first time-traveling trip, he doesn't seem to have any incentive to try to lock them up

together or anything like that. You can see Goku starting to get more temporarily-attached than usual after only 5 days.

Veggie doesn't know what Mirai knows but he definately won't be letting Goku stay over a 6th day with him. Oh yeah! Mirai

will get the others wished back in his timeline in a bit; maybe I could have him do that during the one-shot I'm writing

after this; as a side-story in the oneshot...(thinks about it). Heeee— yes they have been. More info on that in the oneshot!

Ooh, a test for Goku and Veggie!

Goku: (whips out pencil and paper) Really?

Vegeta: (takes out his own pencil and paper) This should be interesting.

Chuquita: Question 1!

Goku: One point for me! Goku: 1

Vegeta: (snorts) Height.... Veggie: 0

Chuquita: Question 2!

Goku: YAY! Me a-gain! Goku: 2

Vegeta: (embarassed) ▫sigh▫ Veggie: 0

Chuquita: Question 3!

Goku: I did save Veggie from the worms when he got all scared of them. Goku: 3

Vegeta: Yeah, well...you were afraid of the needles on Freeza's ship until I told you I wasn't going to give you a shot!

Veggie: 1 HA! Take that!

Goku: (sweatdrops)

Chuquita: Question 4!

Goku: (nods) Oh I've done that lots of times! I had such an experiance most recently last night! Goku: 4

Vegeta: (shifts around) Must I answer this one? It's a little personal. Besides, we can't possibly COUNT the number of times

each of us have done so!

Chuquita: ...

Goku: ...

Vegeta: ...last week, but I still claim a point! Veggie: 2 HAHA! I'm catching up to you, Kakarrotto!

Goku: ?

Chuquita: Question 5!

Goku: Very very VERY often! (cheerfully takes another point) Goku: 5.

Vegeta: I had one two chapters ago. Veggie: 3

Chuquita: Question 6!

Goku: Those started back when I first met the clothesless Veggie who cheered me on to beat Freeza. Goku: 6.

Vegeta: I...haven't had any "nude" dreams dealing with that topic, thankfully. Veggie: 3.

Chuquita: Question 7!

Goku: Heehee...heeheehee... Goku: 7.

Vegeta: WHAT?! WHY WOULD YOU POSSIBLY WANT TO SEE--

Goku: --I think it'd look cute on Veggie! (wags his tail)

Vegeta: (twitches) Baka. (pauses) Does the servant-maid uniform count?

Goku: (pales) I fear that piece of clothing, Veggie.

Vegeta: (looks at the scores) ...I'm going to say yes. Veggie: 4

Chuquita: Question 8!

Goku: Hm... (zips over to Veggie and holds him up, grabs Veggie's cheeks with his hand, lets go and pulls Veggie's shirt up

slightly, then flips Veggie over and examines his back) A-nother point for me! :) Goku: 8.

Vegeta: ?! HOW CAN YOU AGREE WITH THAT! LOOK AT ME! I HAPPEN TO HAVE A VERY MANLY PHYSIQUE!

Goku: ... Goku: 9.

Vegeta: (twitches, annoyed) THERE'S ONLY 8 QUESTIONS! HOW CAN YOU HAVE 9 POINTS!

Goku: (cheerfully) I'm extra-special?

Vegeta: ...

Goku: :)

Vegeta: I'm putting down "yes" just to spite you. Veggie: 5.

Chuquita: Looks like Son-kun wins, 9 to 5!

Vegeta: NINE to--....oh nevermind.

Goku: So! What do I win?

Chuquita: The knowledge that according to the quiz you just took you have the potential to be a seme while Veggie would have

the potential to...

Vegeta: (sending Chu and Goku death-glares)

Chuquita: ....ah, possibly be one as well.

Vegeta: (sits back in his chair contently) Thank you.

To Tonketa-Ouiji: Glad it could help! Time just seems to slow to a standstill when I'm at work '.';; Ironically, I bought

the movie 9 dvd but have yet to watch it (been busy with work, the fic, and school-shopping). Veggie makes some GREAT

entrences in the movies :D I agree. He always has a huge explosion marking his big enterance in each movie (except in movie

8; and 10 and 11 he wasn't in). Either an explosion or some sort of swooping-in-to-save-the-day type attack. Heh, I still

have not decided who will win the Budoukai, but Goku and Veggie will have a HUGE battle to see which one wins.

Vegeta: (smirks) Yes, yes I am great AND powerful. (ego returns to normal size after deflating slightly due to quiz)

Goku: Silly Veggie. :)

To hakura0: Possibly. It's a good 8 fics away so I have time to think about it. Every once in a while the 4th wall's pointed

out by one of the characters. Toriyama had Gohan do quite a bit of wall-breaking in one of the recent japanese dbz books I

got. Kuririn did so too and Toriyama made his own appearance in the manga when they're trying to form Gotenks. Hai, what's

also weird is I discovered after the fact that I never dealt with Bura's initial reaction to Goku learning what an Oujo

really was. I'm trying to do a lil bit with that now; since helping him try to become Veggie's Oujo is what she's been

doing for a little over two years; her only job before that being of the usual "nice lil chibi" which she isn't exactly

anymore; she's at a partial standstill; I'll finish up on that in part 5. Chi-Chi's surpessing her ki so the others won't

sense it. She learned how to use ki a little while ago but she's just now needing to use a few of the things she's learned.

It's oh-kay, I think this chapter'll be a day late too. Hope you don't mind it being uploaded on a Saturday.

To Beronika: Aw, thanks! The Tenkaichi Budoukai's so much fun! It's alright. It will be reposted. I'm not sure when, but

DEFINATELY before I reach my 100th fic. I'm glad people liked it. I put a lot into that particular story cuz of the entire

plot point and Goku finally finding out after 2 fic-years of waiting. Chi-Chi gets a victory in the next round. Veggie is

definately suspicious of her. Yeah, coloring all that felt like it took forever! But I luved how "Veggie's Trike" looked

colored in! Thanks so much! I think I'm going to color in the next one once I finish drawing it. I'll try at least. Thanks

so much!

To BlackDragonFury: Hee— yes he is! I waited an extra-day purposely so I could reach the finals by this chapter :) Son-kun's

very popular! I'm off Sunday and Monday, I may draw something to submit then.

Goku: Ooh, sticker! (to Veggie) Look Veggie! I'm #1!

Vegeta: It's, nice.

To BlackDragonFury: I got movie 9 last Thursday. I plan to watch it either tonight or sometime tommorow. Yeah, shame they

didn't let Veggie talk about how he missed Son-kun. They just showed him all depressed and alone in his room while Bulma

explained how he felt to Chi-Chi. Aw, Goku helps Gohan win? How cute! Heh, I've been slightly set back by computer problems

as well, something that happened to the computer yesterday and messed it up somehow. Ooh, I will check for your new

chapter!

To orchideater: Yes. I too dislike having to cashier. Though my main gripes with it is the amount of time I feel I waste

doing it along with stuff that just doesn't scan (and being unable to sit down). It makes me feel like I'm wasting time I'd

rather spend doing these fics. A Barnes and Noble's opening up nearby this Christmas, I may think about wanting to work

there instead. I dunno. Also having to count out the money at the beginning and end of the day is a pain, I'm not very good

with math so it takes me extra-long to do it. Glad you liked the videos! When Goku and Veggie first went compact oozaru? I

THINK it was in "Look Before You Leap". Hai, Goten and Parisu are so cute :) it was w w w . planetnamek . c o m. It shut

down sometime during 2001 or 2002, maybe even before that. I have a few pictures of it on my old computer; they used to have

EVERYTHING on that site. After they shut down they left a ghost-image of the site up for a little while, but I think that

was eventually taken off as well.

To Jenna & Vash: It's oh-kay, I don't know how to spell Knassa right either. (points to her own incorrect spelling of the

planet's name). Heh, Bardock scares Freeza. I was thinking of doing a comic after the one I'm working on now about Bardock.

I haven't done a comic with him in it in a while. Aw, mushy-moment :)

To ShiningMoon: Glad you liked it! It's alright, I got a lil behind in finishing the chapter as well. Miss "Anonymous"'s

battle will start part 5!

To Goddess Shimi: LOL! Goten's happy. Ooh? You got a Trunks-plushie too? Yay! Another Veggie plushie! Uh-oh! Heh, ironic

the machine had such a mode. Oh no!

(the walls of the Corner star to quake)

Vegeta: We shall take Shimi's advice and not open the door.

Goku: (looks at review) I DID win the seme-quiz...whatever a seme is.

Chuquita: I'll check out the link as soon as I get online. Don't worry we'll help you! But there's a review between your

two, so we must answer that.

To Angel Hunter: Aw thanks so much! Yup! I have 92 stories in all, including "Kakarroujo" which will eventually be

re-uploaded. I have something really really big planned for #100! Heehee, Goku and Veggie have so much tension between them.

Sorry, she can't really disappear. But she hasn't had that big of a part this chapter.

To Goddess Shimi: Yay! The problem was solved with pulling a plug! Hee— Goku plushies! I dunno when I'll get to another

story that needs a PG-13. Fic #100 probably will, I dunno about the ones between that (93-99) though. Oh no! Must watch out

for the Goku plushies! (whips out an umbrella)

Vegeta: How is THAT going to help us?!

Chuquita: I'm not completely sure....

Goku: I have a pancho. (is now wearing an orange pancho over his gi)

To Goddess Shimi: Ah, Mario Kart! I remember that game, it's fun :) I have a Yoshi game. Yes he did!

Veggie: (proudly) Indeed I shall! However fic-me isn't completely sure it is Onna, but once he is he--I--ah, will be VERY

pleased to know I defeated Onna on the battlefield.

Chuquita: And so we say goodbye til Part 5!

Goku: Byebye!