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By: Chuquita
Quote of the Week-from Budoukai 3
Veggie: Ka...Kakarrotto... Why you! How dare you even touch my face!
Goku: Ha..ha ha... you felt that one then, huh?
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Chuey's Corner:
Brolli: (strikes a line through the first word)
Burori's Corner:
Brolli: Yes, how DARE you, Kakarrotto.
Goku: (sweatdrops; he and Chu have been kicked out of the general area of the desk and are now sitting in the audiance) Big Meanie..
Chuquita: (nervous laugh) Hello and welcome from, well, the audiance!
Goku: (shares some snacks with readers seated nearby him)
Chuquita: As you know, Brolli barged in here at the end of Part 1's End Corner, stole my B.B.O.A.S, and has now kicked Goku and I out of our usual seats behind that desk over there.
Brolli: (smirks boastfully from his seat, formerly Goku's)
Vegeta: (laughs nervous and panicky) Umm, can I leave now?
Brolli: NO.
Vegeta: ... (glances over at Goku) :Kakarrotto! DO SOMETHING!
Goku: (stands up, confidently) OH-KAY! Time for me to go save my Veggie!
Vegeta: That's the spirit!
Goku: (goes ssj) HAAAAAAAAAAA! (lundges at them only to hit an invisible wall) IPE!
Brolli: BWAHAHA! Let's see you try to break though MY ki barrier, (spats the word) Kakarrotto!
Vegeta: No need for that now. (suddenly standing next to Goku)
Goku: GASP! Veggie is safe! (glomps Veggie tightly) Oh Veggie I am so happy you're free from the
meanie! But how did you do get through that huge barrier?
Vegeta: (smirks) Simple. I tricked you into getting close enough for me to sense your ki, then teleported to you. Had I directly asked you to perhaps teleport to me, or to get close so I could teleport to you, Brolli would've most likely latched onto me to prevent me from teleporting without him.
Goku: (in awe) WOW, my little Veggie is a genius!
Vegeta: (grins) Indeed I am, Kakarrotto.
Brolli: (twitches in frustrated rage) KAKA...RROT..TO...
Chuquita: And now without further de-lay; Part 2!
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Summary: Oh Veggie, where are you? One night Vegeta mysteriously disappears, and Goku
senses something is terribly wrong. While its thought that the ouji has may have gone out into space to purchase a Veggietine's Day gift for his favorite peasant, several of the group begin to have doubts, especially when they're unable to contact Vegeta at all. There's something disturbing about the ouji vanishing, and when Turles discovers Vegeta's been kidnapped; everyone fears for the worst. Who would possibly be powerful enough to kidnap someone as strong as Vegeta? And how will they find him even when his ki itself is undetectable by Kaio-sama? To what lengths would Goku go to get his Veggie back, and is he capable of breaking the rules to do so?
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"Bejita no Gokou! Autaasupeesu Kyuuenkatsudou!"
"Goku's Veggie! The Outer Space Rescue Party!"
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Part 2 Chapter Titles: The Ship l Veggie come home l Close to you l Small hope l The Otokohime Uniform l Eat l Veggie-gloves l Raditsu Helps l The Search l "I won't let it be 'goodbye!'" l I can't sleep alone l
" A...ah...ah... " Vegeta stared at the sight before him, stupified.
Brolli set the little ouji down" Welcome, Vejita-chan, to your new home. " he smiled pleasantly.
Vegeta stumbled out onto the semi-bright green tiles before him and continued to gaze upward.
" Our spaceship has many different kinds of rooms, but I thought this one would make the best first impression. "
the densetsu walked up from behind him and gazed at the ceiling as well. Aside from the floor, the rounded room's walls and
roof were composed entirely of glass. Above them glew a large moon with stars hanging beside it. " It's made of a special
type of glass, the walls and ceiling. It neutralizes the zeno units so we can properly look at the moon, without any fear of
going oozaru and wrecking everything. " Brolli explained.
" It's beautiful... " the smaller saiyajin trailed off.
" Hai. I always enjoyed my brief glimaces of the various moons I'd seen while jumping from planet to planet with..you
know. The moon reminds me of you, Vejita. So stunning and exotic. The one bright spot, that sole illuminating orb in the
angsty darkness of my world. The single thing which kept me going during those hard, abusive times. I knew if I could find
you again, if I could finally have you, all that torment and anguish my toussan caused me would be worth it. "
" A little overdramatic for so early in the morning, aren't you. " Vegeta quietly muttered to himself, trying to
peel his eyes away from the moon. Apparently it was very difficult to do so, pulling him in even though its main effects had
been put to a halt. Vegeta felt something come up from behind him and two hands touch either of his sides to hug him from
behind. The ouji instantaneously and almost instinctively whipped around out of the other's grip before it could tighten and
slapped him across the face.
" ▫SMACK▫ " the loud noise reverberated throughout the room.
Vegeta froze in place. Brolli stood there with his arms still outstretched and his head now turned to his side. The
hand-mark made by the ouji's slap starting to fade.
A small part of Vegeta's brain spoke up, :You IDIOT! Now he's going to kill you! it cried out in a crazed panic.
And opposing voice instantly appeared, :No way! You can take him! Just because you don't have Kakarrotto or any of
your friends or Vejitto or Gogeta here as backup doesn't mean you can't beat him somehow! this voice demanded and was one
Vegeta was much more acquainted with than the previous one. The second voice spoke with a determined, confident, proud tone.
Thus because of that the ouji trusted it and assumed a battle position before Brolli, going ssj2. He snarled and puffed his
chest out to try to appear even larger and more menacing, although the top of Vegeta's head only reached Brolli's waist,
his lower stomach tops.
Brolli turned to face him, his eyes narrowed.
Another jolt of fear ran down Vegeta's spine. He felt himself starting to sweat as he clenched his fists even
tighter.
The densetsu loomed over him now, the moonlight reflecing above him making his expression unreadable.
" You think you can abduct the great and powerful saiyajin no ouji from his home in the middle of the night! You
think you can simply bring me here and show me a few fancy rooms and I'll instantly forget about everyone I care about and
turn into your adoring little platonic luv interest! NOT A SNOWBALL'S CHANCE IN HELL YOU BIPOLAR HOMICIDAL PSYCHOPATH"
Vegeta screamed with rage.
The larger saiyajin looked down at him, and smiled.
Vegeta's face went blank and he fell back into normal form.
" Hahaha...hahahahaHAHAHAHHAHHAAAAAAAahhhhh.. " Brolli laughed heartily. He bent down to the ouji's height and placed
a hand on either shoulder" Oh Vejita-chan. I understand. "
" Uh...you do? 'the ouji blinked, confused. He felt his shoulders squirm under the larger saiyajin's touch like
a patient's body rejecting an implant. As much as he felt uncomfortable when Goku was this close to him, he'd never felt this
upsetting before.
" Hai, you see, my little otokohime, I've been watching you for some time now. " Brolli took Vegeta's hands. This
time Vegeta seriously felt sick to his stomach. NOBODY touched his hands while they were naked. Nobody with Bulma's exception
of course. Due to constantly wearing gloves in battle; they were one of the mandatory parts of the uniform those in Freeza's
army wore; Vegeta rarely had them off, and because of that his hands, unlike other parts of his body that shown the signs of
hundreds of rough battles across the galaxies; were unharmed, shockingly soft to the touch, uke-ish. That's why he had
continued to wear gloves even after Kakarrotto had freed him from Freeza. Every once in whlie he would try to train without
the gloves, but found his hands were much more sensitive "naked" during training and he'd get cuts and bruises on them.
:Oh God! Please make him let go! Vegeta grimaced and tried to pull his hands free, to no avail. He suddenly
paused, " Wait, what do you mean you've been "watching" me? '
" Hm, I suppose I should start from the beginning, or rather, the ending. " Brolli slowly let go of Vegeta's hands.
The ouji wildly shook them back and forth, then desperately wished he kept a bottle of peasant-repel on him at night as well,
" But its better to do that on a full stomach rather than an empty one, Vejita. " he started off down a nearby hall.
Vegeta reluctantly followed him, " Come, I'll show you to your room and you can get dressed while I cook breakfast. "
" Wasn't that back down there "my" room? 'Vegeta skeptically pointed over his shoulder towards the darkened room he
woke up in.
Brolli laughed again, " Oh Vejita you amuse me to no end. No, that room is for later. For once its official, I mean."
he smirked.
" "Official"...hai. " the ouji sweatdropped. Brolli stopped infront of a room with a rather normal-sized door
compaired to the huge, stylized, double-doors down the other end of the hall. Vegeta noticed the insides of the ship had a
vague saiyajin feel to them, as if they'd been designed by someone who lived on and hadn't been to Bejito-sei in a long time.
He recognized other various styles mixed in as well, :Probably from all the other "homes" he's been moved around to: Vegeta
noted in half-interest.
Brolli put his hand up to a pad beside the door, which scanned his finger prints.
" Access Approved. Welcome Mr. Denkiteki. " the computer gently announced.
Brolli smiled.
" So", Vegeta spoke up, " that slap, didn't hurt you at all, eh? '
" It tingled a little bit, but there wasn't any pain. " the larger saiyajin pleasantly responded" I layed your
clothes out on the bed for you so you don't have to take that much time figuring out what to wear. "
:I never take any time "figuring out what to wear". I wear the same thing everyday. Only thing I change each day are
the boxers: Vegeta said wryly to himself, :Just like Kakarrotto: he felt a little better hearing that name, if only in his
head.
" You'll be oh-kay then, Vejita-chan? 'Brolli said, noticing that Vegeta's expression had softened.
" Huh?' the ouji shook his head, bringing himself out of whatever he was daydreaming about.
" You're alright getting dressed on your own? 'the densetsu asked curiously.
" GAH" Vegeta nearly fell over" OF COURSE I AM I DRESS MYSELF EVERY DAY" his face went red with embarassment.
" Good. " Brolli turned and headed further down the hall.
" ...hey! Brolli! WAIT"
" Yes Vejita? '
" ... " the ouji's eyes popped out of their sockets. He glanced beside him to see the larger saiyajin suddenly there,
bent down to his height and staring at him intensely. Vegeta sweatdropped" I, just wanted to know, what time it is. " he
pointed to where on his right hand his watch would've been had he have been kidnapped in the middle of the day while he was
actually properly clothed.
" Oh Vejita, there is no time here. Simply you and I, together for all eternity" the densetsu proclaimed.
" ...no clocks in the ship at all, huh. " Vegeta said flatly, slightly scared at that prospect.
" Not a single one. " Brolli grinned.
" Ohhhhh. " Vegeta shuddered, desperately wishing he had worn his watch to bed as well.
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" Ohhhhhh...ohhh Veggie..Veggie Veggie Veggie Veggie.. "
Chi-Chi was holding him tightly now. Her head resting on his shoulder as they both sat on the couch. Goku's bawling
had since stopped and were now reduced to a rumble of endless sobs as he repeated the little ouji's name like a whispered
mantra; an undercurrent to the more distinct noise of his crying. Chi-Chi squinted her eyes shut and held Goku even tighter,
:He's never cried this much before, NEVER! a worried feeling hovered over her like an oncoming storm-cloud to compliment
the thunderstorm of tears flowing down Goku's face" Goku-sa" she spoke up.
" Why Chi-chan? 'Goku's voice crackled under the stress his lungs had already been given from the wailing and
sobbing that had paraded through the room for the last half-hour" I thought Veggie cared about me! I thought Veggie luved
me; "platonically"... " he almost burst into tears again at that word" Why would he just up and leave me like that! He
didn't even say he was going or where he was going or what he was going to do and when he'd be back and" Goku started to
ramble, staring at her, pleading as if she somehow knew the answers.
:But I don't know the answers.: Chi-Chi thought dimly, then gave him a small smile" Hey"Veggietine's Day" is
coming up, maybe the Ouji ran off to buy you some super-secret outer-space present. You went out into space to buy him one
one year, isn't that right? '
Goku nodded, " But, in his BOXERS? '
" Ah" Chi-Chi sweatdropped, then sent a minor death-glare in the direction of the other room where the rest of
the group was attempting to figure out what happened to Vegeta, :Bakayaros...they didn't tell me he disappeared in his
underwear! 'she thought to herself, annoyed, then turned back to Goku" Well, yeah. He probably went to some tropical
planet where it would be pointless to layer up. "
The larger saiyajin in her arms sniffled, presumably satisfied" So, Veggie will be home intime for Veggietine's
Day which is only.. " he thought for a moment" Less than two weeks a-way? '
Chi-Chi paused again, feeling an uneasy deja vu to those two years Vegeta spent swallowed up in depression; the
entire first year he had been obsessed with and holding onto the belief that Goku wasn't dead-Vegeta hadn't been there
when the group had called Shenlong, neither had Chi-Chi though Gohan told her about what happened-and that he would be
coming back "Any minute now". The ouji'd thrown empty birthday parties, bought Christmas presents for someone who wasn't
alive to open them, sat by the window in Bulma's living room hour after hour without moving. How he'd nearly starved himself
and then went on a food bindge and gained a couch-potato belly; which ironically was the only part of him that seemed to gain
weight from over-eating. He'd hallucinate miniture Goku fairies in his food and" OH GOKU-SAN" she exclaimed, hugging him.
The large saiyajin cocked his head to the side and looked upward and stumbled out of Chi-Chi's grip. He shakily
waddled towards the bottom of the staircase.
" Goku-san? Be careful? 'she called out.
Bulma poked her head into the room" Yeah Son-kun, the last time you went in there you fainted. "
" I'm not gonna faint this time. " Goku managed to get out, then started to shakily climb the stairs.
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Empty. Vegeta's room was still empty but the small saiyajin's scent still hung heavily in the air. Goku closed the
door behind him and looked around, hoping that maybe he'd get lucky and the smaller saiyajin was simply hiding somewhere. He
walked up to Vegeta's bed and lifted it up off the ground to check, then sighed sadly and set the piece of furniture back
down again, then began to look the bed over.
:Um, Goku? ' his tail spoke up.
The large saiyajin jumped into the air and landed ontop of Vegeta's bed, then moved himself under the covers,
pulled them up over him, and began to purr, snuggling deeply against the sheets and pillow.
Bibishii sweatdropped, :Somehow I don't think Vegeta would be too happy to see this:
:I WISH Veggie was here for me to see him: Goku sighed, then took a strong whiff of the pillow his head was
leaning against and let another loud purr rip. His body felt considerably more calm" Maybe I should sleep in Veggie's room
til Veggietine's Day when Veggie comes back from his present-seeking trip. "
:You don't really believe that story, do you?' Bibishii said, surprised.
Goku frowned slightly" I am trying to. Anything is better than the alternative that my Veggie just de-cided to run
away. " he cluched Vegeta's pillow tightly against his chest.
Several Veggie-germs squiggled by only to freeze in terror to see Goku laying there on the bed instead Vegeta.
Goku's eyes widened at the site of them" Little Veggie-germs... " he gasped with delight, then threw the covers
off his head to look at them more clearly in the light.
" ... " the four germs gulped. Three of them pushed the fourth before Goku.
" Umm...ah...hello?' the Veggie-germ squeaked out.
" ▫FWOOSH▫ " hundreds of Kaka-germs perked out of Goku's hair, from underneath his gi, from on his tail; all to
stare at the germs with the same desperate need to view anything Veggie-related as the saiyajin who had created them was.
" We're outnumbered! 'Veggie-germ number 2 gasped.
" Retreat retreat retreat! 'the Veggie-germ that had been pushed to the front announced and the four of them dashed
back to their homebase; Vegeta's second pillow; i.e, the one Goku hadn't been coddling as if it were the ouji himself.
Goku watched in amusement as the little germs ran off" Haha.. " the sight of them cheered him up, but Vegeta's room
was still awfully quiet without him. The large saiyajin slid out from under the covers and walked around. Usually whenever he
was in Vegeta's room the ouji would do his best to make sure Goku wasn't there for long out of fear of having it contaminated
with kaka-germs. Actually, the room itself wasn't very crowded at all, considering how large it was.
The door to Vegeta's room was on the far right-hand side of the wall, from the inside of the room at least. About a
foot from the door was the stand that held the ouji's 15'inch tv, and another couple feet to the left was a wall almost
entirely covered in a line of windows; windows that currently had blinds over them. The red curtains hung on the edge of
either side. They reminded Goku of the little ouji's royal saiyajin no ouji cape. On the back wall, in the middle, was the
head of Vegeta's bed. Originally he had a single but that was a long time ago and once he'd found out it was a hand-me-down
Bulma had given him from Yamcha, he'd gotten rid of it, insulted, and bought himself a double bed. Next to the bed was the
door that led to the small closet that led to his old and half-forgotten kaka-lab. On the left-hand side of the room was a
longer, walk-in closet which held most of Vegeta's clothes. The rest were in a smaller, yet tall clothing cabinet beside
that. Goku thought it was funny how the cabinet was too tall for Vegeta. The top rung would've been out of his arm's reach
without hovering upward to open it. The walls to the room itself were a deep royal blue. One of the things that had changed
sometime during the 7 years Goku was dead; Vegeta had painted over the previous, awkward purplish-blue color the walls had
once held.
Goku walked up to the blinds and flung them open with one swift pull of the blind-strings. He let out a slightly
startled gasp. The long window gave Vegeta the perfect view of downtown West City. You could see all the main buildings and
hundreds of people bustling by down below, " WOW...Veggie it must look AMAZING at night. " Goku murmured in awe even though
Vegeta wasn't there to hear him. He glanced over at Vegeta's training outfit. Goku had knocked it off the bed while moving
around under the sheets. He reached down and picked up the pants and shirt. More things Goku himself had never really gotten
a good look at since it was against the rules to stare at Veggie for too long at a time. He rubbed his finger along the top
edge of the pants. It felt like someone had used scissors on it. A hole was poked through the back for his tail, another
addition that hadn't originally been there, " These look so familiar... "
" Hahaha! They're so stretchy!'Goku laughed as he pulled at the saiyajin armor Bulma had made. The group was
standing outside the room of spirit and time, Goku and Gohan were preparing to go inside to train to fight Cell.
" It's a waste of time for you to even put that uniform on, Kakarrot. " Vegeta chuckled, appearing beside him" You
won't be seeing any action. ":
" Veggie's Bulma-made saiyajin armor" Goku realized" But, I thought it was all one piece. " he scratched his
head, then did a somersault over Vegeta's bed and landed before the clothes closet. He opened it up and looked around for
where he'd seen the white and yellow over-armor part of the outfit. Sure enough, hanging there near the back of the closet
next to the authentic, black saiyajin armor with a hole through it, sat the blue uniform's upper half. Both outfits were
starting to gather a light coating of dust on them, " How strange. Veggie does not seem like the type of person to cut up
his saiyajin armor like that. " he closed the closet door and held Vegeta's current shirt out infront of him" No wonder
Veggie tucks his shirt into his pants, this is way too big for him. "
The navy blue tank-top hung loosely out infront of Goku. It looked as though it had been cut around the sleeves and
near the bottom and was much heavier than the pants, " Huh? I wonder why little Veggie would want such a heavy shirt when he
already trains under such rigorous gravi.. " Goku paused and looked down, then back up at the shirt.
" Hey look! It's Veggie's armor!' Goku chirped, picking up the piece of white and yellow armor Bulma had made for
the ouji back when they fought Cell" I wonder why Veggie doesn't wear it anymore...? '
Vegeta smirked and tugged at his shirt" I like this better. Now if you'll excuse me Kakarrotto, I'm going
downstairs to have breakfast. ":
Goku motionlessly took his gi shirt off and tossed it to the ground, exposing the navy blue weight-training shirt
underneath. He held Vegeta's cropped tank-top up infront of it and stared at the mirror on the left-hand closet door, " It's
the same shirt. " Goku felt mindblown and backed up onto the side of Vegeta's bed, where he sat down" It's...MY shirt.
All this time, Veggie has been wearing one of my shirts?' he sat there staring at it in shock.
" Son-kun? Are you oh-kay in there? 'Bulma knocked, then opened the door" Chi-Chi says she'll make you some lunch
if you're hungry. "
" Bulma how long as Veggie been wearing one of my shirts? 'Goku looked directly at her.
Bulma stood there, startled.
" This shirt, the one Veggie always wears every day when he spars with me and eats yummy snacks with me and
everything else that Veggies can do, it's one of my weighted t-shirts, only the bottom's been cut off along with the sleeves
so it's more Veggie-sized. " he rubbed the tank-top in one hand and the shirt he was wearing with the other" It's one of
my older ones..but it's definately mine. " a pink blushline appeared over his nose.
" In certain ancient saiyajin tribes that's the sure sign of an uke. " Turles grinned wickedly, hovering upsidedown
and poking his head into the room just below the top of the doorway, " Showing a deep affection for your seme by wearing
something of his in order to proudly proclaim "I'm this strong, handsome saiyajin's sweet little uke". "
Bulma sweatdropped, " How did you get up there? '
" I didn't find anything if either of you are curious. " he folded his arms in disappointment.
" Actually Vegeta's had and worn that shirt for almost 8 years now. " Bulma walked inside" You really think its
one of yours? I mean, just because its a little big"
Goku tossed the shirt to her.
Bulma nearly fell over sideways due to the weight" ▫WHEW▫!...and weighted. "
" Of course that's Goku's shirt dear. " Bunni said, passing by. She held up a plate of snacks" Cookie, Turles? '
" Why thank you Mrs. Briefs. " Turles smirked and reached down from the ceiling to take one.
Goku and Bulma sweatdropped at the sight.
" Remember back when I found Goku's gi in the laundry back during Vegeta-kun's depression and he wore it around for
a while because he missed Goku so badly but the gi was way too big for him? Well about 6 or so months later I came across
this behind the dryer and thought he might like it. I remember Vegeta-kun looked at it for a little while and then asked if
I had a pair of scissors. The next time I saw him he had cut the shirt into into this cute little tank-top and was all
smiles the entire day and stopped sulking altogether" Bunni said happily" It's no wonder he wears it so often. "
" Wait, " Turles, the only one of the three not gawking in shock, spoke up with eager excitement in his voice" So
you're telling us, that the sole reason for Vegeta-san's miraculous recovery from his 2 year long post-Kakarrotto depression,
was his discovery that by wearing one of Kakarrotto's training shirts he could still feel close to him even though
Kakarrotto himself was dead and thus allowing him to finally move on with his life? '
Bunni thought for a moment, then smiled, " I suppose that's right. Another cookie"
" I'd love one. " he snatched up two.
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" Hm.. " Chi-Chi folded her arms as she, Goten, and the remaining members of the Briefs and Oujisama families sat at
the kitchen table trying to figure out what happened.
Unbeknownst to them, only 3 feet away, Vegeta's tv remote control lay under the microwave cabinet.
" Alright, let's go over this again. " Mirai spoke up" Toussan's Gravity Room reported him logged out at exactly
11:21:06pm. " he had several papers with him that the fusions had scribbled notes on as to what had been changed and/or
altered in the house at sometime during the night" The first person in the house to wake up was Kaasan at 6:00am. Toussan
wasn't there. Most likely Toussan disappeared sometime between 11:30 and 6. "
" You can't just cut out those 9 minutes like that. " Chi-Chi cocked an eyebrow.
" It usually takes Toussan about 10 minutes to go from the gravity room to get cleaned up and then changed for bed. "
Vejitto pointed out, then grinned and pointed to his head" I got that from my copy of Toussan's memory bank"
" Kaasan says she remembers waking up in the middle of the night and thought she heard something, she said it was a
little after 11:30 but then went back to sleep. "
" That couldn't have been Toussan then. " Bura, who, along with Trunks, was now at the table as well" Cuz that
would mean Toussan was just getting ready to go to sleep. "
" Maybe he was preparing TO leave and dropped something. " Trunks thought outloud, invisioning Vegeta attempting to
carry the refridgerator out of the kitchen and outside into the Capsule 3 spaceship, but being unable to fit through the back
door.
Bura looked up at the thought-bubble and sweatdropped" Why would Toussan need a fridge when he packed capsules-full
of snacks for himself and Kakarroujo? '
" I dunno. " Trunks shrugged.
" In addition to the noise, Gogeta reported this morning that the microwave digits were blinking. They only do that
after whatever you've heated up as finished and the machine has let out several beeps. The only way to stop them from
blinking is to press the stop button. Meaning wherever Toussan was going with his food, he was in a hurry. He's not the kind
of person who would just let it keep blinking like that. " Mirai continued, flipping through the pages.
" Hai...but that doesn't make any sense. " Vejitto shook his head.
The demi-saiyajin from the future looked over at him.
" If Mommy used the microwave, there would be some food missing. "
" Jitto and I checked all the cabinets but nobody had taken any food since desert yesterday evening. " Gogeta
continued" So what did Toussan heat up? '
" It could've been a distraction. "
The rest of the group turned to face Chi-Chi.
" This entire situation...it feels all wrong. " she said, a frustrated look on her face. Chi-Chi lowered her voice to
a whisper, " I know you heard what I told Goku-san in the other room. But I don't believe that at all. Normally when the Ouji
plots something out it has a certain..air to it. His evil plots reek of his foul Ouji stench. "
The others sweatdropped.
" But this...if the Ouji had done this, if he had to absolutely leave for outerspace on some little Veggietine's Day
shopping spree; and if you just assume that he did it sloppily by leaving the door to his room open and the tv on and the
microwave not shut off; wouldn't he have told somebody? At least one person so that incase something happened to him they
would know and go try to contact him? ' she nodded thoughtfully" The Ouji's net-of-people-who-are-not-Goku-who-he-can-trust
consist of 4 of you. From the top down, Bulma, Raditsu, the fusions. He would've gone to Bulma first, but it's out of
character for him to skip over telling her unless, perhaps, he's going to buy her a "special present" too. The demi-oujis
don't know what happened, but Goku's good at finding out secrets from them. "
" So you think he told Raditsu where he was going? 'Mirai said, surprised.
" I HOPE he told Raditsu. Because if he didn't, your entire theory of the Ouji simply running away's about to get
a large cannonball-shaped hole blown through it. " she said, then paused" And I really don't think any of you want to
consider the alternative to him leaving on his own accord right now. "
" Chi-CHAN" Goku gushed excitedly, hopping the stairs and dashing into the room holding Vegeta's tank-top" Guess
what? You were RIGHT! Veggie MUST'VE go out to buy me a Veggietine's Day gift and not have run away from me! LOOK" he held
out the shirt.
" Umm...yes Goku-sa, that's the Ouji's shirt alright. " she sweatdropped, though inwardly grateful Goku was acting
like himself again.
" Nope! It's not Veggie's shirt at all! Guess again" he grinned.
Chi-Chi stared at it in confusion.
Vejitto and Gogeta grinned, knowing already thanks to their Veggie-knowledge they recieved when created.
" It's MINE! '
" HUH? '
" Veggie cut it up to make it smaller so it could fit him better and once he wore it he even FELT better and my
lil weight-training shirt saved Veggie from his Veggiepression" Goku said happily" And to think I kept trying to get
Veggie to wear a gi all this time to make him feel better and that is technically what little Veggie has been doing for 8
whole years" he exclaimed, clasping his hands together and turning to face the staircase" Oh Veggie..now I KNOW that you
didn't run away. With how much Veggie platonically luved me by wearing my shirt this entire time even after I came back just
to show me how much he luvs me, there's no way Veggie would ever a-bandon me" hope shown wildly in his eyes.
" Wait, the Ouji's been WEARING YOUR CLOTHES! 'Chi-Chi exclaimed, standing up.
" ... " ▫
" ... " ▫
She and Goku looked around.
" ...yes? ' Goku blinked.
" Oh GOD this feels so empty and awkward. " she murmured and sat back down.
" Chi-chan is hoping that if we cue Veggie up he will magically Veggieppear and start to talk a-bout how nice and
warm my weighted training shirt feels against his little Veggie body and then Chi-chan'd get mad and I'd have to try and
save Veggie before she could cause Veggie either physical or e-motional harm? 'Goku suggested.
" I've been battling him so long its practically subconsious by now... " Chi-Chi groaned.
" There there. " Goku patted her on the back.
" You, wanna come with us to see Raditsu, Son-san? 'Mirai asked.
" We're going to see if he knows where Toussan went, " Bura added, then grinned, " I bet Toussan's gonna bring you
back the greatest Veggietine's Day present EVER, Kakarroujo!' she mused.
" Realllly" Goku's eyes widened with delight at the thought of Vegeta presenting him with this wonderful mystery
present" Aww Veggie—— "
Chi-Chi shook her head" Oh brother... "
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" ...he can't REALLY expect me to WEAR this, can he?' Vegeta gawked. He stood there staring own at the layered
outfit sitting neatly folded on the side of the bed.
The bottom layer looked like one of the old, one piece black saiyajin uniforms he used to wear on Freeza's ship,
only this one was sleeveless and went halfway up his neck like that blue imitation one Bulma had made for him. Vegeta
shifted around, wondering if he could even get used to a tight turtleneck again after that comfortable, breathable tank-top
he'd edited for himself. The next layer consisted of armor, gloves, and boots. The armor had shoulderpads; something Vegeta
hadn't worn since his very first battle against Goku. The kaka-battle he'd won. The parts of the armor and boots that on his
previous pairs had been bright yellow, were now a light pink color. It reminded him of the pink used on the saiyajin no oujo
uniform and he stuck his tongue out at it. Sure it was an acceptable color for a certain peasant back when that particular
peasant desired the title of saiyajin no oujo-but that same babyish tint of pink on the saiyajin no OUJI? Vegeta turned
partially green.
The gloves were much longer than usual and nearly ate up his entire arm. They were white, however each had a thick
pink ring at either end. They weren't made up of the same material as his gloves were at all. These new gloves were smoother
and softer, satin-like. There was something ruffly that looked like it would go around his neck, this was oujo-pink as well.
The final piece of light-oujo-pinkness took the form of something that reminded him of that dress-like thing Onna would
wear over her pants, only this wasn't designed for protection like Chi-Chi's. It was too thin and soft to protect the
wearer from an oncoming blow, a wafting, uke-ish accessory. Another pink item that looked mysteriously like a tail-sock with
a ruffled back-end to it sat beside said accessory.
Finally there was the cape.
This cape was not light pink. It was bright pink. BAD MAN shirt material pink. It had two little red buttons which
looked like they fastened onto the shoulder armor.
:Outfit for the uke in training: Vegeta wryly remarked" There is no way on the face of the Earth that I'm going
to wear that much pink on my body at one time. " he said bluntly. That little blue gi Goku always tried to get him to wear
was suddenly looking awfully good right now.
" At least it's not pink": Goku's cheerful comment about his own outer-space outfit after seeing Vegeta's
BAD MAN shirt suddenly came to him.
" Yeah Kakarrotto at least its not pink. " Vegeta sighed" There must be something better than THAT around here. "
he walked around the large room that Brolli had introduced to him as "his". The room was full of warm shades of red, violet,
and yes, pink. On one of the walls was a humongous golden closet. The ouji took a deep breath, hoping desperately there was
something normal inside the closet for him to wear, something nice and loose that wasn't pink. He reached forward and flung
the doors open.
" ... " the ouji's mouth gaped open and it could be safely said that he would rather wear a little blue gi for the
rest of his days than any of the outfits hanging in that closet. He slowly and shakily re-closed the doors, then stared back
at the black training outfit; the only piece of clothing out of the entire wardrobe equipped with pants, :I need to get out
of here before he tries to get me into one of those"outfits" in there.: Vegeta gulped. So many soft, sparkily, shiny
little floofy frilly fluffy ruffly delicate-looking uke outfits, :Looking for something to tear down the last remaining
shreads of your seme pride? Act now and get this ridiculous set of uke clothes for 19.95.: he sarcastically remarked in his
head.
The clothes in that closet would've easily put some of Bura's homemade creations to shame. Brolli's taste in
clothing for the ouji had obviously grown much more complex from the last time they met. The exotic, uke-ish clothes looked
like they were for some young woman from another galaxy, not the widely-feared-throughout-space great and powerful saiyajin
no ouji.
Vegeta picked up the training outfit" Well, I'm certainly not going to wear any of the other stuff that twisted
bakayaro's purchased for me. " he started to put it on, then froze.
Back on Freeza's ship Vegeta had always worn briefs because boxers were too baggy to fit underneath the tight,
leg-hugging uniform. He had purposely asked Bulma to make the blue armor she had created for him stretchy and thick enough so
Vegeta could wear his boxers beneath them. He thought back to the underwear he'd briefly seen in the closet and shuddered.
Vegeta grabbed one side of his boxers at a time and rolled the sleeves inward until it formed a messy-looking pair of briefs.
Then he promptly yanked the pants up and looked down at them to see his handiwork.
Vegeta sweatdropped" Maybe he won't notice. "
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" Well, at least he had the curtosy to pick a seme color for the bottom layer. " Vegeta tugged at the black training
uniform he now wore and was surprised at how both that, the gloves, and boots, all fit him perfectly as though he'd picked
out the sizes himself.
" ...I've been watching you for some time now. ":
Vegeta grimaced" Ehhh...watching me, more like stalking me. There's no way he could know my proportions this
well. " he shifted around as he quietly snuck out of the room.
:So, not gonna try that cape on, huh: Nango chuckled, trying to lighten the mood.
" Not a chance. " Vegeta closed the door behind him. He glanced down at his pants for a moment and sweatdropped at
how bunched up the boxers looked beneath them, even with how tightly he had folded the sleeves" Well, it's better than a
dress. "
" Vejita-chan"
" Eh" Vegeta froze and looked up to see Brolli standing there wearing cooking apron which read "Kiss the Cook,
Vejita" in green letters on it.
" What happened to the rest of your outfit, Vejita? 'Brolli asked, surprised.
" Umm, the rest? It ah- " Vegeta felt himself start to stammer uneasily out of sensing the sheer power of the
densetsu's ki. Vegeta glanced over at the hand Brolli held a pot in, :He could easily squash my head with that hand!
" -well you see I WAS going to put it on but I went to open the window and it accidentally got sucked out into space. "
he smirked, regaining his cool.
" You mean THIS? 'Brolli was suddenly holding the additional parts of the outfit in his hands in place of the pot.
Vegeta pulled a double-take on the door behind him" Ah, yeah. That. "
" Hmmhmm. " the larger saiyajin smiled, then took one of Vegeta's now-gloved hands and lead him into a large room
which looked like a kitchen" Vejita-chan, don't you know what this is? 'he asked, sitting down on one of the chairs and
pulling Vegeta down onto another. The room smelled like something sweet was baking inside it.
" Clothing that was obviously meant for someone who enjoys the color pink? '
" ... " Brolli stared at him blankly, then laughed" Oh Vejita, you're so naive. Besides, I know its not really the
color pink that bothers you so much, but what you associate it with. Ukeness, right? '
" ... " this time Vegeta sat there quietly, watching Brolli with suspicion.
" Like I said, I've been watching you VERY closely, Vejita. We have much to discuss, and I'll help you get over your
paranoia about ukedom; you really are perfect for the part. "
A small vein bulged on the ouji's forehead while another, more reasonable part of his brain persuaded him not to get
up right now and slug Brolli across the face because of their vast difference in strength.
" But we can talk about semes and ukes another day. Its not like we're short on time or anything. " Brolli rubbed the
smaller saiyajin's back in a friendly manner. Vegeta felt the fur on his tail stand on end with discomfort" This outfit,
all of it, is the royal uniform of the saiyajin no otokohime. "
" Do I get a crown too. " Vegeta said sarcastically.
" Only if necessary, Vejita. " Brolli smirked.
Vegeta cocked his head to the left in confusion.
The densetsu stood up" Now I want you to put the rest of your outfit on while I go finish making our breakfast.
Blueberry pancakes, right Vejita? '
The ouji's eyes widened in surprise.
" Golden, slathered in butter and syrup, hai? ' Brolli continued, then opened a nearby door" And lots of pepsi for
Vejita-chan as well, during lunch and dinner hours that is. "
" You've been watching me EAT! 'Vegeta gawked.
" I've been watching you do everything, Vejita. " he grinned wickedly" It's best for me to know as much as I can
about you. That was my mistake the first time, though it wasn't entirely my fault. "
" So what's with the wardrobe? 'Vegeta asked cautiously.
Brolli carried over a large plate of pancakes and sat it down infront of Vegeta" My little otokohime has to have
lots of nice clothes to wear. You wore the same thing on earth nearly every day. " he said, concerned" Like a common
peasant. "
" I happen to enjoy the company of certain peasants. " Vegeta narrowed his eyes.
" And I disagree. "
Vegeta reluctantly started to put the rest of the outfit on" You know" he stood up" if you were to even so much
as harm a hair on Kakarrotto's head, I will kill you. "
" You're not strong enough to kill me Vejita and over time you're going to accept that and begin to enjoy my company
just as much as you once did Kakarrotto's perhaps even more. " a satisfied smile appeared on the densetsu's face" Afterall
I have so much more to offer you than Kakarrotto ever could. Besides I'm not trapped under the ridiculous tyrantship of a
mere earthling. "
" Onna's rules being completely idiotic is the only thing I do agree with you on. " the ouji muttered.
" The first of many things you and I will soon agree upon. "
" I doubt that. " Vegeta folded his arms.
Brolli grabbed a cloth napkin and tied it around Vegeta's neck like a bib, then took another one and placed it on the
ouji's lap and patted twice" There. " he reached over and cut what would be the average size of a bite to a human, then
stuck a fork into the piece and held it out to Vegeta.
" You're seriously going to feed me? Can't I feed myself" the ouji sweatdropped.
" I just want to make my one and only otokohime as comfortable and pampered as possible. " the densetsu pleasantly
replied" To comfort you even more, I'd like to inform you that I will not be brutally slaying, mauling, and or in any
matter whatsoever directly or indirectly cause Kakarrotto's death. "
" You're, not going to kill him" Vegeta blinked.
" Nope. Because even though I hate Kakarrotto with a passion which is only surpassed my passion for you, I know how
sad it would make you if he were to die. " Brolli frowned on the word "sad"" And that's the last thing I want you to be
Vejita-chan. " he exclaimed.
" Uh... " nervous sweat dripped down the side of the ouji's face.
" You and I, we're so much more alike than you think. Both destined for greatness only to never have it, our
homeplanet, our PEOPLE taken away from us forever. To be subjugated to a violent, neverendingly painful life ruled by a cruel
tyrant who cared nothing for us but only hungered for power, using our own power to fulfill his greedy, self-absorbed wishes.
Do you think KAKARROTTO knows what that's like? Do you think KAKARROTTO could truely understand how and why you hurt so much
and so deeply inside. He grew up surrounded by people who cared about him! His friends, his adoptive grandfather...trying to
get Kakarrotto to understand the way you think Vejita, the reasons behind why you're so afraid to open up, so afraid of
revealing those soft, vulnerable insides out of a deep-rooted fear of another "Freeza". " he reached out to hug the smaller
saiyajin but Vegeta recoiled" Vejita I understand you. I went through the same thing! I want to help you, I want to make
every last bit of pain and suffering, every internal wound, heal. "
" Raditsu went through that entire part of my life with me and he never tried to come onto me. " Vegeta said plainly.
" That's because Raditsu thinks of you like a brother, I think of you as my otokohime, and I your ouji. "
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" ... " Brolli smiled.
" And for the record, Kakarrotto happens to understand me more than I do. " Vegeta folded his arms" I don't
approve of anyone shouting slander against him. " he sent a death-glare at the densetsu.
" After a while here with me on our ship, Vejita, you won't even care where Kakarrotto is. "
" Lies. " the ouji spat.
" How long do you think you've been here, Vejita? '
" Half a day. "
" ... " the densetsu chuckled at him, amused.
Vegeta paled.
" Here Vejita-chan, have some breakfast. It's the most important meal of the day. " he held out the fork.
Vegeta put his hand infront of Brolli's and grabbed the upper-middle part of the fork, then ate the piece.
" Well? '
" The blueberries are bitter. "
" Bittersweet, Vejita. "
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" Hmmhmmhmm, hmmhmmhmm. "
" Do you really need to put those on? 'a small vein bulged frustratingly on Chi-Chi's forehead as she sat in the
driver's seat of the car with Goku in the passanger's seat and currently pulling Vegeta's gloves up over his hands. He
touched them to his cheeks and flushed lightly.
" They make it feel like Veggie's really right here with me. " a large content smile covered his face.
Goku and Chi-Chi turned to each other; they still felt like Vegeta would suddenly pop up from between them any
second now. Chi-Chi shifted from the eerie silence of Vegeta's absence and Goku buried his face in the gloves, then started
to rub himself with them to feel better.
The fairly large group; consisting of everyone who had been searching for Vegeta with the exception of Mr. and Mrs.
Briefs-Mr. Briefs had left for the meeting and Mrs. Briefs was tending to their many animals; was now headed off to
Raditsu's house, which sat on a quiet fielded grass plain halfway between West City and Mount Paozu.
Chi-Chi allowed Goku to continue to play with Vegeta's germ-covered clothing on the basis that if Raditsu really did
not know where Vegeta had gone she would soon see a whole nother round of Goku-gets-his-heart-shoved-in-a-blender-and-pureed.
The sight of seeing Goku in that inconsolable state earlier nearly tore her own heart apart. She wanted to keep him happy as
long as she could and hoped against hope that this sudden disappearance really was done of Vegeta's own accord, even though
every piece of logic and reason in her head pointed to no.
If Raditsu knew where Vegeta was, all would be well. Goku would look forward to the ouji's homecoming, putting up
little party streamers and balloons and glomping Vegeta for hours upon his return. Chi-Chi could easily go back to ranting
about what a pain he was and how much she disliked the fact that such an evil little creature even existed.
However, if Raditsu didn't know where Vegeta was...
" Oh little Veggie gloves you are so nice and comfortable to wear. No wonder Veggie never takes you off! 'Goku
laughed as he watched the gloves with delight.
...Chi-Chi didn't want to think about it.
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" YAAAAAAAAAHHHH! 'Raditsu launched a kick into the air. He was outside his house in his dark maroon gi, practicing
his timing between kicks and punches.
" ▫VRRRRRRRRROOOO▫ "
The saiyajin glanced up over a nearby hill to see 2 or 3 vehicles coming up over it. He squinted and recognized them
as Goku and Chi-Chi's car and Bulma's van. He sensed for ki's and was shocked at how many people were in the van" What is
this" he murmured in confusion.
The two vehicles screeched to a halt on Raditsu's front lawn.
Bulma practically exploded out of her van" Raditsu! We need to ask you something"
" Umm.. " he blinked, then felt something tap him on the shoulder and turned around to see Goku suddenly there,
" ACK" he jumped at the suddeness, then sweatdropped" Hi ototochan. "
" Hee— oi niichan! 'Goku waved to him.
" ...why are you wearing Vegeta's gloves? '
" Because they are comfy" Goku said as if it was natural that he be wearing them.
" Alright. " an even larger sweatdrop appeared" So, why is everyone here"
" Niichan have you seen my Veggie or know where ran off to? 'Goku made determined fists as he watched Raditsu
pleadingly. The others watching in nervous awe from behind the two brothers.
" He was going somewhere? 'Raditsu cocked an eyebrow.
Goku's expression wobbled between hope and sheer horror.
" Raditsu," Bulma spoke up. He glanced over at her, " Vegeta's been missing since sometime last night or early this
morning. We were hoping he told you just where he was going. "
" ▫sniffle▫.. "
They glanced back to see Goku was now starting to shake with worry.
" Maybe you should give us an answer over here. " Bulma laughed nervously, pulling Raditsu over to where the others
stood so they were out of Goku's hearing range.
" So..." Mirai asked.
" Umm, I really haven't seen Vegeta in a few days if that's what you're talking about. " he said, baffled.
" No, I mean, Vegeta along with the Capsule 3 ship both disappeared last night without leaving any message as to
where he was going and when he'd be back. " Bulma said.
" We were hoping you'd know since he didn't tell any of us, Uncle Ditsu. " Vejitto spoke up.
" You're kidding he just randomly disappeared like that" the large saiyajin gawked" Even with how he was
planning to take ototochan to Bejito-sei with him as a present.. " Raditsu folded his arms" It's not like Vegeta to just
leave without at least telling somebody.. "
" I know, that's why we came to see you. You were our last hope for a lead. " Bulma sighed.
" Sorry. " the larger saiyajin frowned, " I could help you try to figure out where he's gone though. I know where
Vegeta would most likely go if he needed to buy some special food or a gift. "
" Niichan knows where to find my Veggie? 'Goku gasped from where he'd been standing.
" He can hear that far away? 'Mirai sweatdropped.
" I know where would probably GO. Not where he is though. " Raditsu called back to him.
" YAY! 'Goku cheered and glomped onto Raditsu" Thank you so much big brother of mine who knows where little
Veggies like to visit" he pumped his fist into the air, " Let's go find Veggie! Haha! '
Bulma smiled weakly, " I HOPE we can find "Veggie". "
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" I told you I gave the entire solar system a complete investigation and the Capsule 3 isn't anywhere within the
distance it could've traveled on that low of a tank. " Turles said frustratedly as he sat there in the control room of his
ship while the others were crowded around from behind him; all watching the monitors display a huge mapped-out version of
the milky way, " I even did an extensive check on the Northern Galaxy. " he looked over his shoulder" The only conclusion
I keep coming up with is that Vegeta-san either shut his ship off somewhere while he's "shopping", or he pushed it too far on
too little gas and it shut down on its own. "
" That cannot be" Goku gasped, grabbing onto the side of Turles's chair, " If Veggie's ship shut down on him than
no more air could be pumped inside and Veggie would run out of that as well and DIE IN DEEP SPACE and I don't want my Veggie
to die... " his eyes watered up.
" Technically he wouldn't "die" because of that wish he made. " Chi-Chi sighed, folding her arms" He'd probably
just fall into a vegetative state. "
" ... " Goku stared at her.
The others sweatdropped.
" Veggietative"
" I didn't mean it as a gag! The word just came out! 'she exclaimed, annoyed.
" Isn't he always in a Vegetative state?' Raditsu cocked an eyebrow.
Bulma put a hand on her cheek" Still, the ship should be giving off a signal even if its shut off. There's a
battery pack that's been built into the ship on purpose so that we could track it down if anything happened to any of us
while using it. It should be beeping and there's no reason for it not to be. The battery pack isn't even connected to the
main hull of the ship. "
" So, Raditsu, I hear you wanted me to check a few places for Vegeta-san? '
" Yup. " Raditsu whipped out a list, then snapped it once, causing it to unravel a good 12 feet.
Turles sweatdropped.
" WOW! My little Veggie has been to that many places be-fore! 'Goku said with surprise, glancing at the list.
" Vegeta gets around. " Raditsu laughed nervously.
Turles lifted the list up off the ground, " He does indeed... "
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" ...▫SIGH▫. " Goku sighed sadly. The group had spent the rest of the day going through Raditsu's list of
Vegeta's-favorite-outer-space-rest-stops and found nothing. He now sat on his bed in his pajamas in his room in his house on
Mount Paozu. The lights were all turned off and the only beams in the room were those reflected off the moon outside, giving
the room a soft blue glow. The large saiyajin sniffled" Blue reminds me of Veggie. " he hugged his life-sized
Vegeta-plushie tightly against him.
" Goodbye Kakarrotto":
" NO! NOT GOODBYE I WON'T LET IT BE GOODBYE VEGGIE IT JUST CAN'T BE! 'he wailed, breaking the silence, " It's not
supposed to end this way Veggie. You were going to take me off to Bejito-sei and we were going to have a picnic together and
Veggietine's day is just 10 days from now and my birthday's coming up and-oh Veggie why did you leave"
The room fell silent.
Goku got out of bed.
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" ZZzzzz...zzZZZZzzzz.. " Chi-Chi snored quietly as she lay in bed.
" ▫creak▫ "
" ..." her eyes snapped open. She and Goku were both very light sleepers compaired to Vegeta. She looked over to see
a finger hovering just over her shoulder as if it had been getting ready to poke her. Chi-Chi sleepily glanced up.
" Chi-chan" Goku stood there beside her bed with his pillow and blanket and a worried little look on his face,
" Can I sleep with you tonight? '
Chi-Chi smiled, touched" Aww, Goku-san of course you can. "
Goku plunked his pillow down beside her head and hopped into the bed, then whipped Plushie out from behind him and
glomped the plush toy tightly" See that Plushie? We get to sleep with Chi-chan tonight! '
" WAHH!' Chi-Chi nearly fell over. Goku snuggled in beside her, holding his life-sized Veggie plushie from behind.
Chi-Chi pulled the covers back up to her mouth and sent a glare at him" He's not even here and he's encouragable. " she
gave Plushie a swift bop over the head.
" ▫SQUEAK▫ "
" Yes Plushie" Goku opened one eye.
" He said goodnight. " Chi-Chi replied flatly, turning so her own back faced them.
" Oh! Goodnight Plushie-kun" Goku chirped, then closed his eyes again, drifting off into a dream.
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END OF PART TWO!
Brolli: (trying to break down his own barrier)
Chuquita: (grins) And we still have so much yet to go.
Vegeta: (sweatdrops) Can't tell you're stuffed to the brim with ideas for this one, huh?
Chuquita: Hee— didn't really feel like a Part 2 did it?
Vegeta: Felt more like it was still in Part 1.
Chuquita: OH! Guess what I got at the mall! (holds up items) Two dragon balls and a V.2 figurine!
Goku: Ooh, posable! (takes figurine)
Chuquita: He was on sale. The last V.2 left too. That's the really good thing about the Funi figurines, they're fully
posable. I mean, he can sit down, kick his legs up, move every single movable body part but his shoulders which only sorta
move and his hands which don't move at all. The japanese Goku and Veggie figurines I have can barely move their body parts.
Vegeta: (flatly) Gee, thanks.
Chuquita: (holds up the 2 and 6-star dragonballs) I saw these in that other mall where I got the Goku and Veggie figurines
but didn't get these there. Apparently they have one for each saga. These are from the saiyajin saga. (holds up golden,
freakishly detailed oozaru Veggie and golden Goku) I dunno why they're not in color, but these are (holds up Veggie and
Nappa with removable scouters). The bad thing is you can't tell what you're going to get in each one. I went by the pictures
and assumed it went in order; thinking I was getting Goku and Veggie battling and Goku with chibi Gohan...I may go back to
the mall tommorow to test theory 2: The 4-star ball has Goku and Gohan inside or Goku and Veggie battling. Or maybe I'll
try to check it out online and see if anyone knows how to tell which is which there.
Vegeta: Uh-uh.
Chuquita: I'm surprised Raditsu isn't included though in these figurines. I mean, you'd think that since he DOES show up..
Brolli: (with his face pressed against the barrier) Is there one of me?
Vegeta: AHH!
Brolli: (sweatdrops)
Chuquita: No. No movie characters included. (tosses dragonballs up into the air) Actually my main purpose of going back to
the mall tommorow is to get a pair of pants that I ran out of money to buy earlier today. (tosses 2 star ball and starts to
juggle it and the 6 star ball) I bought other stuff at Suncoast too, like the new Shounen Jump, a Tenchi manga, and an
Inuyasha UFO plushie.
Goku: (happily) There's a UFO plushie of chibi me from GT coming out from that same company as well!
Chuquita: (grins) Hai! I'm buying one of those kaka-plushies as soon as they hit the store! The one in the picture looked so
cute!
Goku: Hee—
Vegeta: I'd prefer Kakarrotto's adult form.
Chuquita: Heh, I too would take adult Goku over his chibi form anyday; but that's what they're coming out with. There will
be a ssj4 Goku plushie eventually. (catches both dragon balls) (happily) These things are so COOL! And only 9.99!
Brolli: (goes ssj and attempts to form a ball of ki to blast his shield open)
Chuquita: (sweatdrops) Do you think you could aim that away from the audiance?
Brolli: I'm not aiming at the audiance. I'm aiming at Kakarrotto.
Goku: ▫Gulp▫
Vegeta: (steps infront of Goku) (proudly) Don't worry Kakarrotto! I, your ouji and ruler, shall protect you from all harm.
Goku: (clasps his hands together) Oh Veggie...
Chuquita: (sweatdrops again)
Vegeta: (to Chu) Hey, I'm going through a severely uke-ish situation in this fic. I need to get my pride/ego boost
somewhere!
Chuquita: You have a point. (nods) (grin) And now onto the reviewer-replies!
To The "Artist" Formerly Known As PiccoloDiamao1020: Aw, it's alright. Hope you feel better soon. Glad you like the fic so
far. Heh, it feels even weirder to write him in a story again. He'll get to Bulma's probably somewhere in chapter 3 so he'll
show up some more.
To RyukoVulpix: Hee— I purposely started it like that to parallel the very first fic both in honor of fic 1 and to show how
much of a contrast there is between the Goku and Veggie of fic 1 and the Goku and Veggie of fic 100. Oops! I just did
a search through my fic-folder for both spellings. Destoryed appeared in 27 files and destroyed appeared in 53 files, meaning
I only used the correct spelling half the time and had a 1 in 3 chance of mispelling it. He's very scary indeed. It's
supposed to be "Goku's Vegeta! The Outer Space Rescue Party". Or at least that's what I was going for. I thought it was like
with saiyajin no ouji. Prince of saiyajin. Bejita no Gokou; Goku's Vegeta. I could be wrong though. (sweatdrops).
Awwww! I feel so bad that you missed the last episode! I've seen it in japanese too. Parodying that'll be fun. I think it was
on DeviantArt..I think. (confused). LOL. I luv Veggie. At least Goku'd be able to tell which one is him.
Sinah: Welcome:D It has felt like forever, I'm so happy we finally made it to fic 100! Glad you liked it. Hai, this is
definately gonna be a pretty large fic. Poor Goku and Veggie. And just wait til Goku finds out that Veggie's actually been
kidnapped and who's done the kidnapping in the first place. O.O Hee— I plan to do just that.
To hieilover135: Yes he is:)
Brolli: (grins) I have a fan.
To hieilover135: So glad you like it! Ooh, a mini-fic? Sounds fun! Is it posted here? If it is I'll read it. This fic will
definately be longer than a normal one. I have no clue how many chapters there'll be.
Vegeta: (sweatdrops) You don't have to tell me twice. (is currently in the process of trying to stay as far away from Brolli
as possible)
Brolli: (grabs a nearby chair and sits down, then gets up and swings the chair at the shield, partially cracking it) Ah,
there we go!
To tea: Eee— yes it is! Well it was late at night and Brolli picked a time where he knew Vegeta would be tired; shortly after
his training session in the gravity room. He would've had much more trouble if he attempted to grab Veggie directly after
dinner or early in the morning. Goku's very sad without Veggie around. That's Brolli :D Don't worry, Goku will save Veggie.
To Hakura0: Haha, it really does feel like a movie. I'd luv to see this fic in actual movie form. While Turles is "evil", he
doesn't want anything dangerous to happen to Vegeta. Brolli gives the whole backstory to how he survived Goku and Veggie's
attack to how he got his ship, learned about Veggy, etc in a future chapter.
To JustSomeGuy: So glad you like it! Veggy will get some help soon. The rest of those questions will be revealed in future
chapters. Goku will definately find a way to locate Veggie. I will!
To Albino Black Sheep: Yup, that it was. You'll find out in this chapter :)
To GogetaJr: Aw, so glad you liked that part. :) Yup, Goku will find Veggie. Don't worry, I'll send him after Veggie soon.
To ShiningMoon: Happy you liked it! Aw, its oh-kay. I'm not even sure if any of my original group of reviewers are even still
at this site. (nervous laugh). Heh, there've been a couple of fics I've read and liked but then forgotten the author or
title to too. Aww thanks. :) Turles is "evil" but he still cares about Veggie. Things will eventually get better for Goku
and Veggie.
To Little-monkey-girl: Happy you liked it!
Goku: And thank you for the hug. :)
To Lonliness Dream: I will.
To BlackDragonFury:D So glad you like it. Couple reasons its PG13 (the reasons why will be revealed in future chapters).
Yup, Goku will save him. I think I'm 3/4ths of the way there. I've got 9 pages done so far and my comics are usually 12 to
15 pages long. Ooh! A doujinshi picture of Veggie? I'd luv to see it! Could you please send it to me?
To Setsumi-san: Lol. There's so much yet to happen in the fic. I wanted Goku 'n Veggie to have a pleasant day before Veggie
gets kidnapped. Yup, its Brolli! You guessed correctly! Chi-Chi would've done a mini victory dance if someone had simply
told her Vegeta's disappeared instead of her seeing Goku sobbing and then ask what happened. She doesn't want Goku to be sad
so she's going to help him. Lol! Veggie'll go through more otokohime-related things in future chapters. Oooh! Veggietine's
Day related oneshot? I can't wait to read it:D
To orchideater: That he has:) Glad you like it so far. It is more dramatic because of the situation (Veggie "disappearing"
and then Goku and the others eventuallly finding out who was behind it). It will be long due to how many ideas I have for
this fic and the speed the story's currently going at. Hee— of course we do. Hopefully an explosion in the way of
Goku's-first-time-going-super-saiyajin. Happy you liked that part. The idea to bring Brolli in was a recent one. I wanted to
do something special in the Corner too, besides I did the reminicing Corner back at the 75th Fic"Veggiewear".
To Cathowl: Wow! That is a long time to stay up. Longest I've been up til is 5am, and that was back when I was writing this
big school report. Scott guessed correctly. Heh, Bardock couldn't see Brolli. Glad you like Turles. I'm very happy I kept him
on as a main character after the Movie 3 parody. Well, the rest of the Piccolo oneshots ended with his plans failing and
since I was in a good mood from getting to Fic 100 I let him win this time. He gets to be temporary king for 2 months.
Kakarrotto and Kansho had bad experiances with Piccolo or Piccolo Sr I'm guessing? Lord Slug maybe? Or Garlic Jr? I didn't
know Kansho had an ex-partner. LOL! Veggie beating Goku a sign of the apocalypse. I didn't know Cathowl and Bardock were
girlfriend and boyfriend. I didn't know ice-cream could make you feel less cold either. Goku can feel something bad's going
to happen (he had foreboding dreams in the anime during the saiyajin, Freeza, and Cell sagas). He's only got the planet for
two months. (sweatdrops). Veggy's from my very first fic"Veggienapped". The only other fics he was in was a semi-sequel to
that called "Not You Again" and he made an appearance in the Corner for Fic 75"Veggie-wear". This is my first time in a
long while actually writing him so it'll be interesting once I get back to his part of the story. He's definately going to
be surprised. He's missed the Kaka-war, the fusions, Raditsu, Turles, and the first Brolli battle. Veggie's in danger
alright, but he has a plan. Kakarrotto's right, just wait til Goku finds out what really happened to Veggie. Ah, I was
wondering who would be Knives' bride. Washulma sounds like she was created sorta like the way Washu created Ryoko and how
Minagi was created. (nods). Bye!
To SSJ5Gogetto: Thanks so much! Oh, Brolli didn't die, Goku and Veggie just thought he had when they launched that huge
final attack against him back in "Densetsu".
To mkh2: So glad you like it:) Goodnight then. Hai, tests are very draining, especially essay-tests.
To SupersayiankingTommy: Glad you guys were able to beat him. Heh, I remember seeing those non-breakable cages, one in a dbz
ep and a smaller one that held Freeza and Cell in gt. That makes sense. Later!
To Wolfcrysta: I recognize your user name from DA :) You have the powering-up-Goku icon, right? Aw, the comment's not late.
Late would be last-minute reviews that I get and reply to on the day I'm uploading the chapter (Monday). Glad you're able
to use the computer again. :) Veggie'll be alright hopefully. Aww, thanks so much that's nice of you. :)
Vegeta: (shakes the bottle full of spray) (smirks) This could come in handy.
Goku: Candy is FUN, Veggie. Ooh, cake and cookies—
To Wolfcrysta: You're welcome. Goodluck with your stories, I'd like to read them :)
To Vegeta Prince of Pineapples: Hai, poor Goku and his germs. Veggie's just a little paranoid about them, that's all. Don't
worry, things will get better for them.
To Nekoni: Hi! Aw, don't worry, you're not late. So glad you liked that part. Heh, we'll find out in future chapters. Brolli
is very scary. Nothing too drastic will happen to Veggie, this is only PG-13, not R. Poor Veggy. He'll be oh-kay though and
should reappear in Part 3. I should be posting today (Monday) if everything's done on time :)
To Spot Jenna: Aw, thanks! Cool you started a band :) lol, poor Hiei got tied up. Bardock and Celipa have a daughter :D
Wow, super-genius 5 year old. I've heard of Inuyasha and Sesshomaru's father but never seen a picture of him, at least aside
from his giant dog form. Goodluck with your fics!
Chuquita: And thus Part 2 comes to an end.
Brolli: HAAAAAA! (breaks through the barrier)
Vegeta: (eyes widen in terror) (glomps onto Goku against his better judgement)
Goku: Awww, Veggie wants me to pro-tect him?
Vegeta: Ah-NO! No of course not! I'm protecting YOU, can't you tell?
Goku: Umm..? (glances over at Veggie, who's glomping him from the side)
Brolli: (cracks his knuckles)
Goku: (glares at Brolli) (goes ssj2) ▫FWOOOSHIE▫FWOOSHIE▫FWOOSHIE▫ Don't you take one more step near my Veggie, you Big
Meanie!
Chuquita: Ah... (looks back and forth between the two of them) (nervous laugh) See you sometime next week everybody!
