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By - Chuquita
Quote of the Week-from ending song of "Jurrasic Bark" Futurama episode
If it takes forever, I will wait for you
For a thousand summers, I will wait for you
Till you're back beside me, till I'm holding you
Till I here you sigh, here in my arms
Anywhere you wander, anywhere you go
Every day remember, how I love you so
In your heart believe what in my heart I know
That forevermore I will wait for you
The clock will tick away the hours one by one
Then the time will come when all the waiting's done
The time when you return and find me here and run
Straight to my waiting arms
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Chuey's Corner:
Chuquita: I have no idea what the song's name is, but that episode did win an award. (grins)
Brolli: What kind of award?
Chuquita: (cheesy grin) I don't remember!
Brolli: (sweatdrops)
Chuquita: Though it was a really good episode; shame the show got cancelled...(perks up) ANYWAY! Welcome to Part 5!
Goku: Hee- the rarely used Part 5!
Chuquita: I have a feeling this fic isn't going to have ended by this chapter either.
Vegeta: (dizzily) Wahhh-
Chuquita: Eep! (turns to Brolli) Ah, Brolli could you leave the building for a moment?
Brolli: Why would I do that?
Chuquita: Because...I don't want you to get upset and kill us all?
Brolli: And just what would I get upset about? (raises eyebrow)
Vegeta: (eyelids flutter open) (looks over at Goku)
Goku: (happily waves to Veggie)
Vegeta: (smirks) (tackles Goku out of his chair and onto the floor)
Goku: o.O ?
Brolli: What was that noise?
Chuquita: Oh, nothing! Evade your eyes please! (pushes him into one of the corners of the room) Just...just stay there for a moment...that's good..OH! And here's some ear-plugs! (sticks super-plugs into Brolli's ears)
Brolli: (sweatdrops) ...
Chuquita: (zips back over to Son and Veggie) Goku are you oh-kay?
Goku: (being pinned to the ground by Veggie who is currently whispering things into his ear) Oh MY... (face flushes pink) Um...ah, Chu?
Chuquita: Hai?
Goku: W-what is the anti-dote to the Veggietine's Day arrows?
Chuquita: Ah- (nervous laugh) funny thing, Son-kun. I checked it up in the actual fic, and apparently other than mentioning that the ingrediants for the antidote come from nature, I didn't specify exactly WHAT the ingrediants were or how to put them together.
Goku: HUH?
Vegeta: (purrs and nuzzles ontop of Goku) Na te lopi dahni kobote, Kakarrotto-chan.
Goku: (face still flushed) But little Veggie I do not know how to speak in saiyago!
Vegeta: (sniffs him slightly) (in a daze) Bapeno sesi canoke de spreuseta. Ono pa lluun. (hugs him)
Goku: OH MY!
Chuquita: Ah...let's go to the fic now, shall we? (to audiance) Here's Part 5!
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"Gokou no Bejita! Autaasupeesu Kyuuenkatsudou!"
"Goku's Veggie! The Outer Space Rescue Party!"
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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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Part 5 Chapter Titles: Veggie's Escape l Parental Guidance l What is happening to my brain! l Veggy Arrives l Who? l Fixed but Fuzzy l Saiyajin Pacifier l So very confused l Strawberries l A Veggie on a Mission l That feeling of vertigo l Names l Close, but.. l
" ▫Squeeeeak▫ " the door to the Emergancy Bay room opened. A little figure stood in the open doorway and promptly
ripped the pink nightie right off his body as he marched towards the single getaway ship with an aura of determination
hovering over him. Vegeta grabbed the door and got in on the driver's side. He examined the controls before him and was
puzzled to see it was set up like a videogame controller. A large joystick in the middle with a and b buttons to the right
and circle/triangle/square/x buttons to the left. There was an off/on switch near the floor next to the gas pedal. The ouji
kicked it lightly and the entire ship lit up like a car driving on a highway at night through thick fog. The engine purred
gently, and Vegeta hoped desperately that Brolli hadn't heard the vehicle start up; even though the densetsu's room was
conveniently far away from the Emergancy Bay.
" Well, I've got it started...now how do you get out of here? " Vegeta looked around the room. There seemed to be
no exit, no place for the ship to go, " No...there must be some way, he went through all this work putting this ship
together he's not so stupid as to create an Emergancy Bay without an exit. " the ouji murmured, then froze. He quickly
opened the door and hopped out, then peeked underneath the ship. A grin appeared on Vegeta's face.
The piece of floor directly below the ship was a set of doors.
" HAHA! ALRIGHT! " the ouji scrambled back inside the ship. He closed the door shut and lifted the ship upwards, then
slammed it down on the floor. He felt the doors jiggle beneath them. Vegeta hovered up higher and tried again. This time the
two doors almost gave way, " Third time's the charm! " the ship lifted off once again, then came barreling down at the floor
only to fall right through it and out into space, " WOOOHOO! FREEDOM! HAHAHAHA! " Vegeta laughed in victory and blasted off.
He glanced at the rear-view window to catch a glimpse of what Brolli's ship looked like only to gasp.
The ship wasn't visible at all. Not even an outline, " No wonder nobody noticed it. His ship's got some sort of
cloaking technology. " Vegeta muttered in disbelief.
:Actually, I can think of something even more interesting than that: Nango said in amazement, facing in the other
direction.
" What? " Vegeta glanced past him and froze, " NO. WAY... "
Brolli had ironically chosen to park his ship within a mere two hours of Planet Earth.
" Haha...hahaha...BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Brolli what blind faith you have in me! Alright Nango! Let's go home! " he
plundged his joystick forward and slammed his foot on the gas. The emergancy ship went roaring down towards Earth, " Hahaha!
I can't believe it! I'm actually going to make it home! We'll finally get to see Kakarrotto again, Nango! "
:And Bibishii-chan: Nango grinned.
The ship barreled down towards the edge of Earth's atmosphere. Vegeta could finally sense the collective ki's of the
planet. He quickly turned the ship towards the east convenient. Towards Mount Paozu. Towards Kakarrotto's house, " Here comes
your conquering soon-to-be-hero, you beautiful peasant! " Vegeta beamed, " And by beautiful I mean that in a purely
platonic manner. HERE I COME KAKARROTTO! " he desperately sensed around for Goku's ki, then nearly choked at the thick heavy
aura of depression hanging over it. The sheer power of it was enough to almost bring Vegeta to his knees, had he not been
sitting down, " Kakarrotto. " the ouji said in a clear, quiet voice. :Kakarrotto must not have gotten my message. He must
think I've abandoned him or worse. That I don't lo-platonically care for him anymore: That hurt feeling from Goku's ki
hovered over him a moment more. Vegeta felt his eyes start to tear up. He suddenly shut his eyes tight and clenched his
fists, :THAT KUSOTARE..HE DID THIS TO KAKARROTTO. HE'S PUNISHING US BOTH FOR SOMETHING THAT IS THE FAULT OF NEITHER OF US:
the ouji seethed, flashing into ssj1. Nango grabbed the joystick and continued to press on towards Earth while Vegeta lifted
his hand to his right ear and began to gently rub it in a soothing circular motion, :Kakarrotto..:
The ki started to slowly quiet down. The depression now hiccuping while Vegeta continued to rub.
:It's very early in the morning, but still dark out: Vegeta got from the portara bond, :Kakarrotto won't be
waking up for another couple hours...and why is he in Onna's BED! No matter, I'll sort it all out when I get back: he
nodded thusly.
" ... " ▫
" ... " ▫
" Hey, waitaminute. Why am I still in here? If I can sense Kakarrotto's ki I can simply teleport back to Earth! "
Vegeta slaped himself on the forehead with the butt of his hand for forgetting something so basic, " Heh-heh, Kakarrotto my
favorite peasant I will keep you waiting no longer. " he reached to place his first two right-hand fingers to his forehead
only to have them stop just in inch before touching, " HUH! " Vegeta glanced up to see a strange, long silver device with a
gripper similar to that of a very sophisticated claw game claw had come out of the ceiling and was currently holding his
wrist captive, " AAAAAAH! " Vegeta panicked. Another claw burst out of the ceiling and went for this left arm. Vegeta shot
a ki blast at it, destorying the device. Instead a third claw came from behind and grabbed the left wrist, " IT'S A TRAP! "
the ouji wailed. He slammed his foot on the gas as hard as he possibly could without destorying the pedal, " NANGO DRIVE THE
JOYSTICK DOWN WE CAN STILL MAKE IT! "
Nango pressed the joystick down and the spaceship swerved towards its target below.
Vegeta pounded the pedal harder, then yelped as something tight grabbed his ankle from the right, keeping his foot
trapped mere inches before the gas. A second one came out and grabbed his remaining leg.
Nango swung himself down and started to pull at the device holding Vegeta's right leg in place, :It's too thick! But
if you go ssj3 I think I think I can yank it off:
" ▫Pant▫huff▫pant▫huff▫pant▫huff▫! "
:Vegeta:
" ▫Pant▫huff▫pant▫huff▫ "
:VEGETA: the tail poked out from underneath where the pedals sat to see a terrified expression on the ouji's face.
Vegeta's heart was practically beating out of his chest as sweat poured down his face and his body shook with anxiety.
:It's a trap...i..t's a TRAP! HE'S GOING TO KILL ME RIGHT HERE AND NOW INSIDE THIS SPACESHIP! Poisoned gases
released from the heating vents...or maybe the ship's exterior is too weak and he'll have me burn up in Earth's atmosphere!
I CAN'T DIE! NOT NOW:
:You're not GOING to die! You wished yourself immortal now snap out of it: Nango yelled at him.
:I CAN'T DIE WITH KAKARROTTO STILL IN ONNA'S CLUTCHES AND TRAPPED UNDER HER RIDICULOUS RULES FOREVER! NOT WITH HIM
NEVER KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED TO ME! HIS SPIRIT, HIS VERY ESSENSE WILL DIE UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS. It'll wither away until
he's left alone and a recluse atop that mountain! A heartbroken mountain hermit! He'll follow Onna's rules even after her
death if I'm not there to save him! He'll think she cared about him more because she didn't RUN AWAY and LEAVE him: Vegeta
was sobbing openly now at the picture of the future his mind was painting.
Nango hovered there, frozen in shock. The only time the little ouji had cried like this before was during his final
battle with Freeza and the few moments before he died the first, and what he had then believed final time, :Vegeta, Vegeta
calm down man we can still do this all you have to do is go ssj3 and I'll try to break the bond on your right leg. It's not
too late:
" Ahhhhh...hahhhahhh.hahhhh...Kakarrotto I tried so damn hard I really did! " the ouji bawled, " Even if I can't
die he'll destory my body! I'll be unable to travel to otherworld. Immortality was a stupid wish! At least if I really did
die I could find Kaio-sama and contact you from there! At least I could've been able to let you know I didn't run away from
you! Kakarrotto I can't die now! There's so many things I still have yet to tell you! Things I need you to know! " he glanced
over at Nango, who stared at him with pleading hope. Vegeta's breathing started to normalize and he turned to the windshield,
narrowing his eyes, " And I'm not going to let ANYONE keep you from hearing them! " he gathered his ki together and burst
into ssj3. Vegeta pushed the majority of his ki into his limbs and burst out of all four chains at once.
:WHOOO: Nango cheered, :Now THAT'S the Great and Powerful Saiyajin no Ouji I know:
" Hahaha.. " Vegeta laughed in nervous victory. He scrambled to his feet and shook his fist in the air, " TAKE THAT
YOU UKE-OBSESSIVE NUTJOB! " he slammed on the gas only to have the ship slam into an invisible wall, jolting him back
against his seat, " What the? " Vegeta glanced at the rear-view mirror again and gasped to see his own ship was now
invisible from the outside as well.
" Tsk tsk, Vejita-chan. How very naughty of you. " Brolli's voice came through unrecognizable speakers inside the
vehicle. Another layer of shield formed around the ship, blocking all outside ki the way Brolli's main ship had already been
doing.
:That's why I couldn't tell where we were...why I couldn't sense anyone on Earth even though we were mere hours
away: Vegeta's body twitched in shock.
" It looks like you didn't pass the test after all, my sweet otokohime. You're more determined to go rushing back
into KAKARROTTO'S arms than I thought. "
" I'm the platonic-SEME! It's the other way around! " Vegeta snapped, annoyed, " And what do you mean "test"! "
" Well isn't it obvious, Vejita? You said you listened to Paragus's explanation of how he and I escaped Bejito-sei's
explosion. I used my own ki to create an impenetrable ki shield so that I could travel through space without a ship. I'm
obviously still able to perform that same attack now so why would I go through all the trouble of purchasing an emergancy
vehicle to escape in? "
Vegeta froze, stupified at how he could've overlooked something so obvious.
" It was a test, Vejita. A test to see where your loyalties lie. A test to find out just how desperate you were to
leave me and how brave you were to even try. "
The ouji slumped forward where he stood, his back facing Brolli's ship while his eyes were dead-locked on Earth.
" I have to admit, you play your supposed-seme role well. You're very intellegent and couragous. You were able to
for the most part keep a level head and you even plotted out ways to continue on even after the machinery restrained your
arms and legs. "
" ... " ▫
Brolli smirked victoriously. Vegeta cringed and felt it even though there was nothing but sound, " But you are no
seme, Vejita. A seme saiyajin wouldn't have broken down into tears like that. "
The ouji paused and turned around.
" That's right, Vejita. I could see you. I can see everything. There's a videocamera on that ship; but don't bother
finding it, you'll be back home with me within the hour. "
A sudden chugging noise was heard from the engine and Vegeta felt the backwards shift in direction. It was as if
Brolli's ship was a fisherman pulling back his line with the fish hanging there, its gaping mouth attached to his bait.
" Don't feel too bad though, Vejita. You gave it your all; congradulations! However, you failed at being able to
avoid the temptations of that irritating saiyajin siren, so it looks like I'm going to have to put you through a few training
sessions. "
" ... " Vegeta turned back to stare at Mount Paozu, which was getting smaller by the second.
Brolli sat back in his seat and chuckled entertainingly, " Don't worry Vejita, it shouldn't be too hard for you to
learn. I expect to see great results. "
" ... " ▫
" Vejita-chan? "
The ouji pressed the palms of his hands together, " GARRIKU HO! " he screamed out in rage and the huge pink blast
burst forth, shattering the windshield.
:AHH! VEGETA WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU CAN'T SURVIVE IN OUTER SPACE WE'LL BOTH SUFFOCATE: Nango yelped.
Vegeta put his front two fingers on his forehead as he made a running leap through the opening...and smashed into the
invisible ki-shield circling the vehicle. The ouji made a loud yelping sound on impact and slid down the side of the shield
until he was underneath the ship.
Brolli sweatdropped, " Not a very good seme at all. "
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" Heh-heh-heh, you know I would've preferred he have simply killed Vegeta in a slow and agonizingly painful manner,
but this is just as good. " Paragus chuckled, entertained as he sat there watching one of the crystal balls in hfil, " Poor,
poor "Vejita". How sweet it will be to watch his sanity unravel under my son's naive, foolish dream of having his otokohime."
" Oh really? " a pair of knuckles cracked from behind him.
Paragus looked over his shoulder to see King Bejito and Queen Ruby standing there. A large vein bulging on Bejito's
forehead in anger. Paragus chuckled half-nervously and got up, " Why Bejito, hello there. Quite an entertaining show we've
got going haven't we? "
" Tag team him? " Ruby smirked.
" Yup! " Bejito grinned maliciously, then burst into ssj1 and lundged at him, " AAAAAAARRRRRR! "
" AHH! WHEN DID YOU LEARN HOW TO GO-OOF OWW YAAR! " a dust cloud engulfed them as sounds of battle continued to
leave the small area. Ruby leaned against a nearby rock and whistled casually to herself while Bejito beat up Paragus only a
foot away. She adjusted her gloves, then placed her dark red ouho robe on the rock to reveal her saiyajin armor, which aside
from being the same color red as Bejito's cape, and having both yellow shoulder straps to her white top armor, was
near-identical to Celipa's. She had a blue cape the color of Vegeta's usual training uniform, " AAAAAAARG! OH MY SHOULDER!
OH THE EXCRUSHIATING PAIN! HOW I HATE YOU, BEJITO OUJISAMA! "
Ruby held her left arm outward. Bejito poked his head and right arm out of the dust-cloud and happily tagged her,
then left the dusty battle-cloud while Ruby bounced off the rock, went ssj1 as well, and lept inside to attack Paragus,
" YAAAAAAAAAAH! "
" AAAH! THE PAIN! CURSE YOU ALL! " Paragus cried out while being overpowered in the 2nd round of his battle.
Bejito powered down, stretched for a moment, and flipped open a can of pepsi which one of the guards had "been so
nice to share with him", " ▫Sip▫ "
" Bejito what are you doing? "
" Hm? " the king looked over to see Bardock and Celipa standing there, " Ah, Bardock and Celipa, hello there.
Wonderful day we're having, eh? " he said cheerfully as if the situation beside him were perfectly normal, " The sun is
shining, the ground is slightly moist, and Paragus is getting his traitorous rump beaten to a pulp. "
The couple sweatdropped.
" Umm, Bejito? " Celipa spoke up.
" Paragus has decided to make my son's misfortune into a form of entertainment and so Ruby and I are inacting
sweet dark revenge upon him by way of tag-team battles. " Bejito nodded knowingly.
" Don't you need two people on both sides for a tag-team battle? " Celipa sweatdropped.
" YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEA! "
" IPE! " Paragus's scouter came flying out of the cloud at 60mph. The three saiyajin tilted themselves slightly to
the right, avoiding the oncoming projectile as if it were second-nature.
" Just how is beating up Paragus going to solve whatever problem Vegeta has? " Bardock asked skeptically.
" Well it'll make us feel better. " Bejito motioned between himself and wherever Ruby was in the dust cloud.
The queen poked her head out from the side, " Your turn. " she grinned.
" Hold this please. " Bejito handed his pepsi to Bardock.
" And how did you get this we're not allowed to have soda down here? " Bardock cocked an eyebrow.
" Tag me! " the king held his arm out. Ruby tagged him and he ran into the dust-cloud while she emerged and took the
soda back from Bardock.
" Thank you! " Ruby took a swig of the soda while powering down.
" So..Paragus has..trapped Vegeta somewhere? " Celipa guessed.
" Something like that. " the queen took another sip, " You remember his son Brolli, right? "
Bardock sweatdropped, recalling the ordeal Bejito had but him through over the toddler, " Oh..I remember Brolli
alright... "
" Well apparently Brolli survived this big battle he had with our children and how he's come back and kidnapped
Vegeta while keeping any and everyone from finding out. " she frowned, " They all think Vegeta just ran off, even Kakarrotto
and Raditsu. "
" What about the UKE-NESS! TELL THEM ABOUT THE UKE-NESS! " Bejito exclaimed, suddenly standing next to them waving
one arm outrageously in the air while he held the back of a dizzy and barely conscious Paragus's collar.
" Waaaah- " Paragus had swirly marks for eyes.
Ruby sweatdropped, " Hai, " she turned back to face Bardock and Celipa, " Brolli's trying to morph Vegeta's brain
into an uke mindset so he can take Vegeta as his otokohime; by doing so that would make Brolli the new saiyajin no ouji. "
" WHICH I CANNOT ALLOW TO HAPPEN! " Bejito announced determindly, " Vegeta was never meant to be an uke! "
" HA! " Paragus laughed. Bejito promptly elbowed the top of his head, this time knocking the saiyajin unconsious.
Paragus hit the floor and Bejito folded his arms.
" I would rather have Kakarrotto as Vegeta's saiyajin no oujo than my son as an otokohime anyday! " the king spat.
" Indeed. " Ruby nodded.
" I thought Kakarrotto didn't want to be the oujo anymore? " Bardock said flatly.
" It was a figure of speech. " Bejito replied.
" How DARE you assume I would cheat at poker! I'm perfect! Perfection does not CHEAT! "
" I SAW you cheat you kept using your "juniors" to signal my cards to you! "
" Oh look! A battle cloud. " Cell tapped Bejito on the shoulder, " Are you still using that? " he pointed to it.
Bejito glanced down at the unconsious Paragus, " No, I'm finished, you go ahead. "
Piccolo Daimou Sr. rolled his sleeves up and the two of them marched into the cloud to do battle.
Celipa sweatdropped, " This day just keeps getting weirder and weirder. "
" If only there was some way we could escape hfil and go out into space to defeat the densetsu and rescue our son! "
Bejito said in deep thought.
Ruby sighed, " Try again. "
" If only there was some way we could contact the living half of our son's family and friends and send them out into
space to defeat the densetsu and rescue our son! "
" There ya go. "
" But Bejito, we're not allowed to make contact with anyone outside of hfil. " Celipa pointed out.
" Ohh. " a collective discouraged groan hovered over the group.
" THE KAIS! " Ruby said suddenly, " They're practically walking walkie-talkies to the living world! Every once a
week one of them comes down here to meet with the heads of security. "
" Brilliant! We'll mug a Kai! " Bejito happily pounded his fist against the palm of his other hand.
" GAH! ARE YOU CRAZY WE CAN'T DO THAT! " Bardock exclaimed.
" Sure we can all you three have to do is walk up to him and make some casual conversation while I sneak up from
behind and land a blow to the back of his head rendering him unconsious. We'll tie him up and when he awakens we'll make him
allow us contact with Kakarrotto and Raditsu. "
" I MEANT that its against hfil policies to kidnap a Kai! "
" You mean Kainap? "
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Bejito grinned at him.
Bardock blinked, confused. He shook it off, " Bejito if we kidnap a Kai and Enma finds out we'll all be sent to
Deeper Hfil! "
" GASP! " Celipa gasped and Bejito and Ruby went pale green.
" You mean, that place where those unfortunate enough to be placed there are tormented each with a personal device
and or situation designed just for them according to their worst possible fears and nightmares for all of eternity? " Bejito
twitched in horror.
" Yes. " Bardock sighed.
" Oh. "
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" Well then! Back to the drawing board! "
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:" Ohhhh.. " Goku groaned. He opened his eyes to see he was seated at a familiar table. It was the one he and
Vegeta had been seated at last Veggietine's Day. The large saiyajin sat up and looked around. The resturant was very busy
and everyone seemed to be passing him by without even noticing he was there. Goku stared down at his lap, sadly. He sighed,
then noticed he was wearing his saiyajin oujo uniform and flushed across the bridge of his nose. Goku quickly looked away in
the other direction. There were groups or couples at every table but his. They were all dining on delicious snacks while his
table and the other side of his booth were empty. The larger saiyajin leaned over, resting his elbows on the table and his
hands hands ontop his head while his eyes squinted shut.
A sudden warming, soothing sensation appeared over Goku's left ear, rubbing in a slow circular motion. Goku hiccuped.
" Kakarrotto.. "
Goku swung hid to the side to see Vegeta sitting there smirking and in his royal saiyajin no ouji armor, cape
included.
" Hey there, Kakay. "
Goku stared at him in disbelief, his eyes staring to water up. He quickly rubbed them and managed to open his mouth,
" Veggie? "
" Heh, who were you expecting? Onna? "
" OH VEGGIE! " Goku reached to hug him, then noticed Vegeta was still rubbing his ear and this time his entire face
flushed pink. The large saiyajin removed the little ouji's hand and put it back down on the cushion, then patted it twice and
glomped Vegeta tightly, " OH VEGGIE I DO NOT CARE IF ITS A DREAM I MISS YOU SO MUCH! "
" I miss you too, Kakarrotto. " the ouji started to rub Goku's back while being hugged, " It isn't fair for such
things to happen to you. "
" Then why did you leave? " Goku held on even tighter, " Why did you leave me Veggie! Tell me why! " he choked out.
" I didn't leave, Kakarrotto. " Vegeta replied comfortingly.
" Huh? " Goku blinked, confused. He pulled Vegeta away just enough so he could see the ouji's face.
" I would never leave you Kakarrotto. Never. "
" What do you mean you did not leave! You aren't here! You aren't in outer space! You aren't in any of the other
timelines how could you say that Veggie that's so mean! "
Vegeta grabbed him by the hands, " Listen. " he said, looking up at Goku, " I would never EVER abandon you,
Kakarrotto. OR this planet. "
" I don't get it Veggie what does that mean! " Goku pleaded with him.
The ouji smirked and leaned until he was nose-to-nose with the larger saiyajin, " It means, Kakarrotto- ":
" -that its time for breakfast! "
" OhhhhhHHHhh.. " Goku moaned in his sleep.
" Goku-san? Goku-san? " Chi-Chi sweatdropped, poking him in the shoulder. She was still in her pajamas and had her
hair down, " Time for breakfast. " she leaned down and smiled weakly at him, " I made you something special. "
" MMMMMMM- " Goku leaned forward and kissed her. Chi-Chi's face went bright red as he eyes widened in shock. He
glomped her tightly and held on.
" Mmmmmm-OH! " Chi-Chi pulled away when she noticed his arms, " Oh Goku-sa, no-nono, no hugging in your sleep, you
could accidentally..huRT pe-ople that waaay. " she squeaked out as the hug grew tighter. Goku leaned forward again but this
time Chi-Chi stopped him with the palm of her hand.
" Mm? " Goku's eyes fluttered open.
Chi-Chi smiled at him from past her hand, embarassed, " Hey there, Goku-san. Erm, good morning? "
" Morning Chi-chan! " Goku chirped, letting go of her. He sat up in bed, then suddenly froze, " WAAAAAAAAAH! " Goku
let out a scream and bounded out of bed, jumping about the room in fright, " AHH AHH AHH AHH AHH! " he clasped his hands on
either of his cheeks as his whole body glew bright pink while his tail's fur stood on end as it twitched behind him.
" Umm, I just came back in to tell you breakfast is ready. " Chi-Chi broke the silence on the awkward situation.
Goku's hands fell to his sides as he stood there leaning awkwardly forward, " I uh, I didn't want you to over-exert yourself
today so I woke up early and caught a few regular-sized fish myself. I cooked them into some scrambled eggs if you want it? "
Goku took a deep breath, his back still facing Chi-Chi. The large saiyajin's eyes were bugging out of his head as he
wiped the sweat off his brow. Goku finally stood up straight again and looked over his shoulder at the confused Chi-Chi,
" Sure I'd luv some, Chi-chan! " he said happily.
Chi-Chi smiled, " Well good. " she hopped off the bed, " Now let's go eat. "
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" What IS he? "
" He looks just like Mommy! "
" But he's missing his tail. "
" And he feels kinda cold. "
" Where's his shirt? "
" Ohhhh... " Veggy groaned. He opened his eyes to see everything all pixelated, then closed them again and shifted
around. It felt like he was laying with his back on a couch. He booted up his sensory monitors and waited for power to be
sent up there. About 10 seconds later he reopened his eyes and everything now looked back to normal. He was on the big
couch in Capsule Corp's living room, but it felt like it was made of a different material, :It makes sense, that Bulma
would buy a new couch. The previous one was pretty old: he glanced up and suddenly froze.
Four strange, unfamiliar faces stared back down at him. And all four had saiyajin tails flittering about behind
them. The two on the left each looked like a mix of Goku and Vegeta, with the Ouji's hair and Goku-like bangs. One of them
had on a gi with the inverse of colors Goku wore and the other's outfit he didn't recognize at all. To the right of the first
two was someone who looked near-identical to Raditsu, Vegeta's old friend and Goku's brother; but that couldn't be-Raditsu
was dead. Piccolo had killed him. The final figure was a real puzzle. He looked like Goku but was wearing saiyajin armor and
had a tan. Veggy sat up and stared at Turles, " Son Goku? "
" Vegeta-san? " Turles cocked an eyebrow.
Veggy felt another wave of dizziness overcome him. His head fell back and hit the pillow with a thump.
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" Veggy! "
" Who? " Raditsu looked over at Bulma, who was smiling down with nostalgia at the unconsious android who lay on her
operating table.
" It's been ages you know. You never call. " she teased Veggy, poking him in the nose. Raditsu and the other saiyajin
noticed the wrinkles around her eyes from lack of sleep due to trying to find out just what happened to and where was Vegeta.
" Pronounced the same was as "Veggie", I assume? " Turles said.
" Yup. Veggy's an android created and sent here from the planet..ah... " Bulma paused for a moment, " Zorgonia!
That's it! "
The other saiyajin sweatdropped.
" Zorgonia? Never heard of it? " Raditsu scratched his head.
" I have. They're very technologically advanced, yet physically...well it would be a piece of cake to take over that
planet; but I don't see why anyone would want to. " Turles nodded thoughtfully, " I heard they were planning to make an
entire army of androids, but plans fell through when the palace and most of their money was destroyed in some semi-epic
battle a while back. "
" That would be us. " Bulma laughed nervously as she opened Veggie's chest up to reveal the super-advanced circuitry
inside, " They kidnapped Vegeta about, erm...well it was sometime before all of you; and replaced him with this android.
However we easily figured out he'd been replaced and we all went off to save him. "
" Do you think THEY might have KIDNAPPED Vegeta-san a second time? " Turles asked.
" I doubt they would want Vegeta back after the trouble he caused. " Bulma sweatdropped, " Gogeta could you hand me
the screwdriver? "
" What do you need it for? You already have his chest open? " the dance fusion handed it to her.
Bulma smiled, " Oh, you'll see. "
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" ▫Beep▫beep▫Beep▫beep▫ "
" Uhhhh... " Veggy opened his eyes to see his vision reacting normally instantaniously. He didn't feel nearly any of
the pain that he had felt before he blacked out but instead had this weird feeling of detachment.
" Hey there sleepyhead! "
" B-Bulma? " Veggy glanced over at her.
" You just hang tight over there, I'm almost finished fixing you up. " Bulma smiled and went back to her work.
" Hang tigh-AHHHHHHH! " Veggy looked downward and let out a scream, " WHERE'S MY BODY! WHERE'S THE REST OF ME! " he
freaked out.
" Over there! "
" She took you a-part! "
Veggy turned his head, which was being supported by two long metal objects sticking down from the ceiling and holding
him by either side of his neck, to the left to see Vejitto and Gogeta standing there.
" Hello! " Gogeta said cheerfully.
" Hi! " Vejitto waved Veggy's arm at him.
The android sweatdropped.
" Will you give me that! " Bulma exclaimed, snatching Veggy's arm back from the portara fusion.
" Hai, you know his body DOES look a little smaller than Vegeta-san's. " Turles said, watching Bulma operate on the
mid-section of the saiyajin android.
" Well yeah, he was created over a decade ago. Vegeta's body is much more muscular now than it was back then. "
she explained.
" You're all so very kind to me. " Veggy sarcastically remarked.
" Oop! Haha, sorry bout that! " Bulma looked over her shoulder at his head and laughed nervously while Turles poked
Veggy's right arm repeatedly, " Say Veggy? What happened to you anyway? It looks like someone tried to hack into your
system and didn't bother to clean up their mess. "
" That's pretty much it. " the ouji-droid said outloud while still thinking to himself, " They erased big blips of
what happened though. I think I was assaulted. Or hugged. "
" WAHH! " Bulma nearly fell over, " Geez Veggy there's a big difference between the two ya know! "
" I think it was both actually. Somebody hugged me and then hit my off-switch. When I woke up again they'd made a
mess of my C drive. " he frowned.
" Hm..there we go. All done! " she closed the chest back up, then grinned with excitement " Say Veggy-as long as
you're down here- "
" ... " ▫
" -I mean, as long as the rest of your body is down here, how about I put in some long-range missiles? Maybe some
shotguns in the fingers- "
" ACK! I DON'T NEED ANY OF THAT! " he sweatdropped, " I'm not a fighting robot I was designed to simply imitate
Vegeta and keep those around him content so they wouldn't bother to switch us back! "
" But I mean just incase you're ever attacked again- "
" -I do not need a long-range missile to make breakfast! " Veggy exclaimed, frustrated.
" Do androids eat breakfast? " Raditsu blinked, confused.
" Fine, fine. Go without then. " she walked up to him and removed his head from its holder, then placed it back onto
his neck and hooked it back in. The "skin" instantly healed itself back up over so it looked like his head hadn't been
removed at all.
Veggy sat up, then moved his arms and legs back and forth. He tested out his fingers and grinned, " Haha! I'm back
to normal! Behold! " he whipped out a box of candy.
" Marshmellow peeps! " the fusions gasped.
" And it is not even easter yet! " Gogeta said in awe, taking one and eating it.
" So? Who are all of you? I haven't been back here in so long that there's suddenly dozens of faces I don't
recognize? " Veggy said friendily.
" Hee- I am Son Vejitto Oujisama, portara fusion-baby! " Vejitto introduced himself.
" And I'm Son Gogeta Oujisama, fusion-dance fusion-baby from an alternate timeline! " Gogeta took another peep and
tossed it into his mouth.
" Fusion...? " Veggy blinked.
" We'll tell you all about it at breakfast! " Vejitto nodded.
" Hai, its a semi-long story. " Gogeta added.
" I'm Raditsu Koi, "Son Goku"'s older brother. " Raditsu shook Veggy's hand.
" But, I thought you were dead? " the android tilted his head, baffled.
" Oh, I was. But now I'm not. I was brought back with the dragon balls about two years ago. Also long story. " he
smiled sheepishly.
" And I, " Turles said mischievously, leaning his hand onto one of Veggy's shoulders, " am Turles, the EVIL type-3
saiyajin known galaxy-wide for my evil and twisted acts of naughtiness and rule-breaking. Pleased to meet you, Vegeta-bot. "
" Umm, likewise? "
" Say, "Veggy", " he smirked down at him, " You mentioned earlier, something about being designed to keep those
around Vegeta-san content? "
" Would you like a cake? " Veggy chirped, holding out a fairly large chocolate cake, " You look like you enjoy a good
pastry. "
Turles blinked, caught off-guard, " Ah, thank you. " he took the cake with one hand while scratching the back of his
head with the other, " Anyway, we have this situation. "
" Vegeta's disappeared. " Bulma injected.
" What? Oh that's horrible! " Veggy gasped, worried, " Where did he go? "
" We don't know. We can't find him, although I am going to try and contact Son-kun and Vegeta's possible-future
selves after breakfast to see if they can tell me anything. "
" I feel so bad about this. " he folded his arms, upset, " I wish there was something I could do to cheer all of you
up. "
Turles grinned wickedly, " Well I don't know about ALL of us, but I do know a little something you could do that
would cheer a few of us up... "
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" So, Vegeta's not much into wearing all that saiyajin armor all day anymore, huh? " Veggy said as he stood infront
of the mirror in Vegeta's room wearing the navy blue training uniform and tank-top.
" He used to wear his saiyajin armor all day too huh? " Turles cocked in eyebrow in surprise, glancing down at his
own armor.
Veggy looked himself over in the mirror, then turned around and sweatdropped to see a medium-sized hole through the
backside of Vegeta's pants, " Oh my! " he flushed with embarassment, then laughed, " It looks like he grew his tail back too,
well, no matter. " Veggy sent a message to his main drive and instantly a fuzzy brown tail shot out of his rear end, fitting
the hole perfectly, " There we go! "
" ... " Turles gawked at the sight, :If only it were that easy for real saiyajins to grow their tails back...:
" How do I look? " the android grinned, " Oh! No, wait, " he smirked instead, " Convincing? "
" Heh-heh, Veggy I'd say you'd make the perfect pacifier for my fellow type-3 saiyajin so he doesn't lose his mind
before we find the real thing. " Turles nodded.
" Huh? " Veggy blinked.
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" ▫Chew▫chew▫chew▫chew▫swallow▫. ▫Chew▫chew▫chew▫chew▫swallow▫. " Goku ate robotically as he sat there at the
kitchen table with a nervous sweat dripping down his face, his mind off battling so many other things that he didn't
notice Chi-Chi and Goten staring at him.
" Umm, Goku-san? " Chi-Chi said cautiously.
" It tasted like CANDY, alright! " he sputtered suddenly.
" The...scrambled eggs? "
" The what? " Goku looked down at his plate.
" I've never had fish candies before. " Goten moved his fork around his dish in curiousity.
" Are you sure you're alright? " Chi-Chi got up from her seat.
" Sugary, strawberry candies... " Goku muttered frighteningly to himself while looking off in the other direction,
" With lots and lots of whipped cream, and- " he froze to see Chi-Chi suddenly bent down infront of him and staring at him
intensely. She struck her palm forward onto his forehead.
" Hm...doesn't feel hot to me. " she then stood back up, " You know Goku-san, maybe you just need a little fresh
air, hm? " Chi-Chi said happily.
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" ▫Lick▫lick▫lick▫lick▫swallow▫. ▫Lick▫lick▫lick▫lick▫swallow▫. " Goku sat on the front porch of the house eating
an ice-cream cone.
Chi-Chi sweatdropped as she stared out the living room window at him, " Somehow, this is not what I had in mind. "
Chi-Chi got up from her seat and walked outside, then sat down beside Goku, " Hey there. "
" ▫Lick▫lick▫liiick▫swallow▫. " Goku ate, still sweating and now staring off into the sky as if waiting for
something, " ▫Swallow▫swallow▫. "
" If you eat it all at once you'll get a brain-freeze you know. And not the kind Bulma's machine gives either. " she
poked him lightly in the arm, then froze when she noticed something abnormal about Goku's ice-cream cone, " STRAWBERRY! But,
you like chocolate, remember? It's the Ouji who likes strawberry. "
The bridge of Goku's nose flushed over at the word "Ouji".
" Goku... " Chi-Chi put a hand on his shoulder, " You know, if something's bothering you, you can tell me. "
" I can't tell YOU Chi-chan! I cannot tell anybody! " he cried out between licks.
" ... " Chi-Chi sat back in thought, " Not even the Ouji? "
Goku nearly shot strawberry ice-cream out his nose, " Oh no NO NO! Not Veggie! E-specially not VEGGIE! "
" Umm...oh-kay then. I'm, I'm just gonna let you go then. We'll just drop the subject all together. "
He smiled gratefully at her.
" Say, wanna head over to Bulma's and see if she got any info from your possible-future self? "
" Oh-kay. " Goku got up.
" Good. Now let's go. " Chi-Chi went back inside to get Goten and her coat.
Goku turned back to his ice-cream, staring at it for a long moment. He gulped, then opened his mouth and swallowed
the rest whole, causing him to stumble back in shock and nearly faint from the rush of ice-cold to the entire inside of his
mouth, " It's...addictive. "
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" Uhhhhh... " the little ouji groaned as he lay across the backseat of the Emergancy Ship, now back in the docking
bay. He slumped forward onto his stomach and sighed, " It's not fair. "
Nango patted him on the back, :Hey, we're not done yet you know. Maybe you could dismantle whatever security
system Brolli's had put into the ship, and-and then we'll slip out right now:
" He wielded the trap-door shut, Nango. " Vegeta said tiredly.
The tail peered out the now-open back window and saw the two doors now fused shut, :Thorough, isn't he: Nango
sarcastically remarked.
" Too thorough. " Vegeta spat bitterly, then felt the area start to shake around him.
" ▫NNnnn..NNNnnNNNNn▫ "
Vegeta sat up, " What's that? "
:It sounds like those car engines on your racing video-game: Nango blinked.
" Engines...AHHH! " the ouji bolted out of the ship and dashed to a small nearby window in the docking by to witness
what he'd feared was coming to be, " HE'S DRIVING THE SHIP AWAY FROM EARTH! IF WE LEAVE THE SOLAR SYSTEM NOW THERE'S NO WAY
KAKARROTTO AND BULMA WILL FIND US! "
Nango froze in terror.
Vegeta clenched his fists, " And even if they do...they don't have the technology to create a ship which can reach
as high a speed as this one can. They could try to come after us but depending on how far away Brolli plans on taking us it
would take them years or even decades to get here. And by that time, by that time I'll be- "
the tail twitched, gasping.
The ouji spun around and adjusted his gloves, " Unless we get to Brolli and stop him now! " and with that he raced
out of the docking bay and down the hall towards Brolli's ki.
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" Hmmhmm, you're too late, Vejita. " Brolli chuckled casually, hearing the ouji's steps pound rapidly as he dashed
towards the room.
" ▫POW▫! " the door blew open and Vegeta bursted into the main control room, " ALRIGHT YOU! TURN THIS SHIP AROUND
RIGHT NOW OR I SHALL BE FORCED TO ATTACK! " he pointed heroically at Brolli while in ssj2.
" Hahahahaha! " the densetsu laughed. He turned around his cushioned wheelie-chair, " I can't do that Vejita, it's
out of my hands, literally. "
" Auto-pilot! " Vegeta gasped.
" Mmm-hmm. " he nodded, then nearly fell out of his chair from the force made by Vegeta flying past him and up to the
control panel. The ouji quickly scanned the rows of buttons, which only appeared vaguely familiar. He went to work quickly
trying everything he could think of to over-ride the auto-pilot while Brolli simply sat back in his chair and whistled
contently to himself.
" NNNnn...na na na eh eh na! " small grunting noises came out of Vegeta as he rapidly hit the buttons.
" Vejita-chan you can't over-ride the auto-pilot. "
" If it can't be over-ridden then its not a very reliable device. "
" Oh, it can be over-ridden, just not by you. " he said casually.
" What! " the ouji turned back to face him.
" You see stopping the ship now would require a secret code typed within exactly 15 seconds followed by my
fingerprints. " he held up his hand.
" Then I shall force the code out of you and chop your hand off if need be! "
" Uh-huh. " Brolli said skeptically. He got out of his chair, " You know Vejita you really should be spending this
time saying goodbye to Earth and your "friends" down there, seeing as this is the last time you're going to be within range
of them. BUT if you want to face me instead... " he cracked his knuckles and stood up straight, " Come at me Vejita. Hit me
with as hard a punch as you got. " the densetsu grinned.
" I WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO DEFEAT ME WITH KAKARROTTO'S SANITY ON THE LINE! " Vegeta barked, going ssj3.
" Tsk, relying on that old prideful facade won't save you now, Vejita. " Brolli unfolded his arms and held them at
his sides, " Give me your best shot. "
" Errr..YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! " the ouji screamed in rage as he flew at Brolli, his fist burrowing into the
densetsu's chest. Vegeta cringed, disbelieving that even in ssj3 that hitting Brolli head-on felt like punching a block of
steel. He snarled up at Brolli only to nearly face-fault at the blank, blinking expression on the larger saiyajin's face,
" Ah- " Vegeta jumped back off him. He panically looked back and forth between Brolli and the machine, then grabbed
Brolli's left wrist and slammed his hand down on a nearby touch-pad while hitting buttons at random with his tail, " Come on,
COME ON! "
" Ah, Vejita? "
" WHAT! "
" Wrong hand. " Brolli waved his right hand's fingers at the ouji.
Vegeta sweatdropped, falling back into normal form, " Oh. "
" ... " ▫
" ... " ▫
" I don't suppose you'd be so kind as to lend me your right hand? "
" I don't suppose I would. "
The ouji pouted.
" Well, " Brolli yanked his hand free, " I'm off to get things ready for tommorow. You can play around a little
while longer while I do that. " he said, leaving the room and heading down a nearby hall.
" ... " Vegeta flopped back into the wheelie chair, staring at the monitors before him. The entire wall was filled
with them, the largest monitor, a good 54' inch wide-screen, sat in the middle. The ouji glanced at the control panel before
him, looking for something. He paused he noticed a set of buttons labeled "CAM", each with its own number beside it. The
ouji reached for the button for Cam 1 while keeping his eyes on the monitor. He pressed it and the wide-screen tv instantly
turned on. Vegeta felt his breath catch; it was an overhead view of Goku's house on Mount Paozu, and there was a small orange
dot near the river to the right of the house. Two smaller dots were noticable still inside the house, and the car and been
pulled out of the garage. The ouji grabbed a nearby joystick and pushed it forward. The camera zoomed in directly before the
house. He zoomed out a little and moved it to the left to Goku sitting there infront of the river while hugging on tightly to
a large piece of white and pale pink cloth, driving muffled sobs into it. Vegeta backed up and closed the door to the room,
knowing Brolli's history with Goku's vocal cords. He walked back up and stood before the screen. The larger saiyajin looked
like a nervous wreck as he held onto the material, bawling into it while fat tears rolled down his cheeks. The ouji tore his
eyes away from the expression and focused on the item in Goku's hands. It took him a moment before he recognized it, " His
saiyajin no oujo uniform? But, why would he be- " Vegeta stopped himself and went back into mental contemplation while
trying to figure out what was going on. It ached to see his favorite peasant sob wildly like that. Kakarrotto crying seemed
so unnatural. Goku started to hiccup and pulled his mouth away from the uniform in his arms, his eyes now welled up with a
fresh set of tears.
" OH VEGGIE IT'S JUST NOT VEGGIETINE'S DAY WITHOUT YOU! "
" ... " falling. It felt like falling. A severe distortment of the room around him as vertigo swept over his being.
Vegeta's entire body went numb. His tail hit the floor with a loud thump that never reached his ears as he continued to stare
at the vision on the screen. The ouji's mouth went dry and his heart started to pound fiercely against his chest in a way
only normal of the after-effects of a long sparring session. The now-haunting sound of Goku's crying echoed through his ears
as he watched the larger saiyajin continue to sob into his uniform. Veggietine's Day. Today was Veggietine's Day.
:" Yeah, ya see your name starts with V, and valentine starts with V, so I just combined them together, see?
Veggietine! "
Kakarrotto.
" It's a big chunk of land from Bejito-sei! Or at least, part of it. I figured that since Veggietine's Day is about
love that the thing Veggie would most love is to see his home again. But since it got blown up I thought I'd go out into
space using the old gravity-chamber/spaceship Dr. Briefs made and bring back some of Veggie's home here to him! "
Oh Kakarrotto!
" Thank you little Veggie, I had a WONDERFUL Veggietine's Day. "
" S-so did I. "
" I hope that, next year's Veggietine's Day is as wonderful as this year's. "
" I...b..bet it'll be even better. ":
Vegeta fell to his knees, shaking. He squinted his eyes shut as he looked away and held his hands on either side of
his head in pain, " KAKARROTTO! "
Wet..the sides of his face were wet now, Vegeta not even recognizing that they were tears. He lifted his twitching
arms up and grasped onto the edge of the control panel, lifting himself back to his feet. Chi-Chi and Goten had left the
house now. The wore their spring coats now, another painful sign as to how long Vegeta had been gone. Nearly a month. Chi-Chi
headed to the car and opened the doors so Goten could get in. Goku stood up, his back still facing them. He held the slightly
wrinkled and moist saiyajin no oujo uniform out infront of him. He had stopped bawling but still had tear-stains on his face
and underneath his eyes it looked puffy and red. Goku held the uniform over his head and started to put it on overtop his
gi. Chi-Chi glanced back at him and freaked out, then dashed over to try and stop him. She was yelling at him, something
about "the Ouji". Vegeta's mind was too shot at this point to pick up any further dialogue, at least anything in english
anyway. Chi-Chi held out her arms, frustrated and waiting for Goku to hand the uniform over. Instead the larger saiyajin
looked away and put his left arm through the sleeve. Chi-Chi gawked, then grabbed a hold of the uniform. She shouted
something, and to Vegeta's surprise Goku shouted back. Vegeta watched blankly; in a normal situation the stunned gaping look
now on Chi-Chi's face would've sent him breaking out into laugher. Chi-Chi uneasily backed up a few steps. Goku pulled his
other arm through and started to hiccup. His tail poked through the hole in the back and he tied the sash around the
uniform's waist. He waddled off to the car with his head hanging down with a cloud of depression over his head. Chi-Chi
followed him cautiously from behind.
And for some reason the ridiculous question of why the landscape wasn't pink popped into his mind. Vegeta shook his
head. The car drove off, out of view of the screen. A buzz still running through Vegeta's head.
The door creaked open behind him, " Oh Vejita- "
" ▫POW▫! " Vegeta's fist contacted with Brolli's face. Brolli stumbled back. He rubbed his nose; nothing broken
there. The densetsu pulled his hands away and gasped to see they were covered his blood. His nose was bleeding. Brolli looked
down at Vegeta, who's expression was now in shock. He'd actually done it. Brolli was bleeding. And he, the saiyajin no ouji,
was single-handedly responsible for it. A vague sense of accomplishment arose inside him, along with a faint feeling of
hope. Vegeta smirked, " Happy Veggietine's Day, YARO. "
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" So? Feeling a little better now? "
" Mmm-hmm. " Goku nodded slightly. Chi-Chi had given him a soda to calm him down for the remainder of the ride. She
normally didn't like giving him such sugary snacks but deemed it necessary if said snack would keep Goku's mind safely
positioned in the "sane" area. He'd taken off the oujo uniform and now had it sitting on his lap while he drank his soda.
:He's not wearing the uniform anymore, that's a good sign: Chi-Chi let out a mental sigh of relief.
" Soda's so delicious, Chi-chan! " Goku said happily, taking another gulp.
" Hai, that it is. " she smiled weakly.
" ▫Buzz▫buzz▫ ▫Buzz▫buzz▫ ▫Buzz▫buzz▫ ▫Buzz▫buzz▫ "
Goku's eyes widened as he froze in place, " Chi-chan my lap is vibrating. "
" HUH! " Chi-Chi's face went red. She snatched the soda from him, " Give me that! "
" ▫Buzz▫buzz▫ ▫Buzz▫buzz▫ Oh no wait, that's my cellphone! " he pulled a little blue device out of the pocket of his
oujo uniform, " Uh-oh, battery's low. " Goku flipped the top up.
" -You have one new voice message- " the screen read.
" ... " Goku's face went blank, " Chi-chan how do I read a voice message? "
" I don't know. " she sweatdropped, then handed him his soda back, " Here you go. "
" Thanks! " Goku said, then tilted his phone to the side, " Maybe Bulma knows how to get to 'um. I think Veggie
showed me once but it was a long time a-go and I forget. "
" You should recharge it once we get to Bulma's too, else it'll run out of power and you'll have to wait a few hours
before it'll even let you turn it on. I know that much about 'um. " Chi-Chi nodded.
" Hmm... " Goku continued to stare at the screen. His phone desktop was of him glomping Vegeta from behind while the
ouji had a mixture of surprise, panic, and glowing-bright-redness on his face. They turned the corner and picked up speed as
they headed to West City.
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" No, I don't know why its not pink outside today, ma'am. " Dende sweatdropped as he held the phone up to his ear.
" Mr. Popo is surprised, that is the 11th call today about the color pink. " the genie put down a second phone.
" I believe it has to do with that Valentine's Day machine of Bulma's. " Piccolo explained as he sat back in his
chair, " Personally I could do without an entire day of pinkness, just transfer any calls pertaining to that color to
Capsule Corp."
" Alright. " the guardian said uneasily as he did so.
" ▫Knock▫knock▫ "
Piccolo sensed for the ki's behind the door, then smiled, " Ah, Gohan. " he got up and opened the door, " Hey. "
" Hi Piccolo-san! " Gohan grinned, coming inside followed by Videl.
" We were wondering if we could ask you something. " Videl said.
" Sure. "
Gohan smiled, " If its a boy, can we name it after you? "
" ...eh? " Piccolo blinked, then looked down to see Videl's swollen abdomen, " You're pre- "
" -shh! " Videl made a nervous shhing motion with her finger, " We're trying to be quiet about it so neither Gohan's
mom or my dad find out until we've decided on a name. "
" Yeah, you know how they are. " Gohan laughed sheepishly.
" Oh. "
" Well congradulations you guys. " Dende shook each of the couple's hands.
" Mr. Popo is very proud of Gohan and Videl and wishes them best of luck. " Mr. Popo said, walking up to them.
" So..how far along are you? "
" About 4 months or so. " Videl replied, " We just don't know the gender yet. "
" We do know however that Kaasan's got a huge, pre-made list of baby names at her house, and we'd rather just name
the baby on our own. " Gohan said, " So? If we have a boy would you mind if we named him after you? "
Piccolo smirked, " I'd be honored, my son. " he shook Gohan's hand.
Dende sweatdropped.
" But Gohan, Mr. Popo asks, what if it turns out to girl? " the genie pointed out.
" Well, in that case...we have no idea! " Videl laughed nervously.
" Anything BUT "Chi-Chi Jr" is fine with me. " Gohan added.
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" Mmmmm! This is great, Veggy! " Gogeta said happily as they all ate breakfast.
" Almost as good as Mommy's! " Vejitto grinned.
" I'm so glad you like it! " the android smiled, currently cleaning the floor, " Such a dusty microwave. " he
sweatdropped.
" Vegeta-san cooks most of the food around here himself so it doesn't get much use. " Turles explained.
" Ah... " Veggy said, enlightened. He noticed a lump down behind the microwave amist the dust and bent down to take
a look at it, " What in the... " he reached foward, " a remote control? " Veggy held up the dusty object.
" ▫DING-DONG▫! "
" I'll get it! " Veggy said cheerfully, walking up to the front door, " Hello? " he said, opening it to reveal two
familiar figures and a third smaller one.
" OHMYGOD! " Chi-Chi gasped.
" Huh? " Veggy looked over at her, " Oh, hi there Chi-EEP! " the android froze to see Goku suddenly nose-to-nose
with him, the large saiyajin's eyes widened into two huge sparkily black blobs, " Ah..hellOH- "
" -OH VEGGIE! " Goku cried out as he glomped the ouji-look-a-like passionately.
" Why does everyone keep hugging me. " Veggy shuddered in confusion, remembering being hugged when he was attacked.
" OHVEGGIEIMISSEDYOUSOMUCHANDIHAVESOMANYMANYTHINGSIWANTTOTELLYOUANDIWILLNEVERLEAVEYOURSIDEEVERAGAINMYSWEETLITTLE- "
" ▫POP▫! " Veggy's arm snapped out of its socket and tumbled across the room.
" Oh dear, Bulma didn't put me back together as well as I thought. " the android sweatdropped, then turned back to
Goku, " Um, Son Goku? "
Goku was busy staring at the arm across the room with his eyes bugged out. His bottom right eyelid twitched twice
and he fell backwards, hitting the floor unconsious.
" SON GOKU! " Veggy gasped. He grabbed his fallen arm up off the ground and started to fan Goku with it, " Son Goku
are you alright! Speak to me! "
Chi-Chi stared in disbelief at the Vegeta-like person fanning her fainted husband with his dismembered limb.
Veggy felt her staring and turned to face her. He waved his arm to her, " Hi! "
8:13 PM 2/23/2005
END OF PART FIVE!
Vegeta: (glomped tightly onto Goku's back) (snickers) Interesting place to end it.
Goku: There's a Part Six then?
Chuquita: (sweatdrops) There's a Part Six.
Goku: WOW...we have not officially gotten to "Part Six" since the very first fic ever!
Brolli: How many more chapters do you think we have left to go?
Chuquita: Erm, I'm not really sure. Not too many though.
Vegeta: (to audiance) For those wondering I have managed to surpress all arrow-created desires within me into my arms which
is why I am currently holding on to Kakarrotto for dear life-something that if certain reviewers hadn't decided to throw
said arrows at my body-I wouldn't normally be doing.
Goku: (happily) Veggie's keeping my body nice 'n warm!
Vegeta: (laughs nervously) (to Chu) Please find the antidote to this.
Chuquita: Umm...I'll try?
Brolli: And now for the reviewer-replies!
Chuquita: (pouts) That's my line...
To RyukoVulpix: Hai, "Be My Veggietine" is so very old; it was written around Valentine's Day 2002. I went through the
chapters; the ingrediants to the antidote weren't mentioned at all. Toriyama never spent that much time explaining the
details of Cell's timeline, other than that Mirai defeated the androids without training in the room of time and space or
learning ssj2, but was murdered on his way to the time machine to go back and tell the others that he'd won. Happy
Veggietine's Day! Wow, that is a lot of chocolate O.O Heh, lots of the older fics would feel awkward if written today. I'm
still playing with the idea of doing a deja vu fic (a story with a previous plotline only played out in the present). That's
a long story! Heh, I doubt this fic will go anywhere beyond 10 chapters,if it even reaches that. At least I hope.(sweatdrops)
To Kat-YaOi MaNiAc: Hope you like the fic so far! Don't worry, Goku and Veggie will see each other again soon. Veggie wearing
Goku's shirt's one of my favorite parts. So glad you like it!
To JustSomeGuy: Yup! At least Veggy's fixed now. And Goku's aware there's a message on his cellphone's answering machine.
Hai, poor Veggie for having an orange phone. Cannot reveal that just yet :)
To tea: So glad you liked Timeline 8! Brolli just goes a overboard on Veggie. Goku is very very confused. He found out there
is a message, now all he has to do is find out how to access it.
To GogetaJr: So sorry for the super-length of Part 4. (sweatdrops) I got carried away. I promise I'll keep the fics down
around their average length of 50 to 60kb. (nods). He's very confused, especially after seeing Timeline 8. That sounds like
a cute doodle :D Heh, Brolli's slightly tramatized by the color orange due to it being Goku's main clothing color, though
not as tramatized as toddler Goku's crying did to him. I want to re-paint my room soon. (glances at light blue-ish walls).
Don't worry, Goku will hear the message soon. It didn't occur to Bulma that Veggie would call both her and Goku, or that he
would call Goku's cellphone instead of the homephone. Aw, so glad you liked that part. Heh, I doubt she would either.
No more super-huge chapters in this fic, I promise :D Huge chapters tire me out anyways. Happy Veggietine's Day!
To Wolfcrysta: Aw, sorry it cut half your message. Oh-kay! Heh, kaka-posters; lol. That would have to be one super-strong
chair/rope. I hope to keep the rest of the chapters normal-sized; 50 to 60kb; though. Aw, thanks :) All of your review got
in this time, I can see your signiture. :D
To PiccoloDiamao1020: Thanks:D I'm glad it turned out to be fast-paced. I try to usually avoid having too long of a
chapter because it really tires me out; and sometimes it makes you forget stuff that happened earlier on in the chapter and
you end up repeating a conversation or scene. (sweatdrops) The original story will be mainly comedy. I have the plotline
sketched out along with the characters, I have yet to come up names or details. When I do I'll post it on DA and it'll
most-likely be a oneshot. :)
To Felix McKadden: Glad it made you laugh! Thanks:D
To Nekoni: Happy you liked it:) True. I've heard of chocolate-covered ants before. Veggie's trying to fight back. Poor
Timeline 5 Veggie. Maybe one day that could happen. My spellchecker says both spellings are correct. (blinks, confused).
Yay! I figured out what the french sentence said without using the translator website!
Goku: I would say hello to Veggie, but he's on my back so I can't really reach him. (sweatdrops)
Vegeta: BWAHAHA...oh my poor arms.
To Nekoni: Spoilt?
Vegeta: (looking at dictionary dot com page) (sweatdrops) "To do harm to the character, nature, or attitude of by
oversolicitude, overindulgence, or excessive praise." (confused) But..but I won in those two timelines?
To Nekoni: Goku found out that he had a message in this chapter. Hopefully sometime in Part 6 he'll get to hear it. Timeline
7's Goku and Veggie are in the same situation as the Goku and Veggie of Mirai's timeline; since they're both identical up
until Mirai getting killed by Cell. Glad you like Turles. Hee- that was a fun dialogue. It felt very deja-vu-ish to write out
everyone re-meeting, only without main timeline Veggie there to freak out. Timeline 8 has definately confused Goku. Heh,
naming the rule instead of the act seemed safer. If this was "Ai" I would've directly said what they were doing. Maybe he
will. Oh, that was a flashfoward at the end, showing Timeline 8's future 5 years from now. I actually confused myself at
first and had to go back to check and make sure that was just a flashforward before I wrote that part. I'd even thought up
a potential scene of them meeting teen Jitto and chibi Goggie. (sweatdrops). He'll get Veggie back soon. Veggy's been saved,
but his memory of being attacked by Brolli is still all fuzzy.
Goku: (eats some strawberries 'n cream) Mmm, yummy! Veggie want some?
Vegeta: If I were to reach over to grab some the effects of the arrow would flow back to the rest of my body including my
brain.
Goku: Oh...(tosses some over his shoulder into Veggie's mouth) There u go!
Vegeta: (starts to chew, then pauses and freezes in place) :THE GERMS: (quickly spats it back out, accidentally hitting
Goku's shoulder)
Goku: (sweatdrops) ...
To Kahlan Nightwing: That's a lot of level 3's. Glad you liked it! Goku will figure out what's going on soon.
To orchideater: Happy you liked timeline 8! Nope, Goku still doesn't know what an uke or seme is. True, he's very lonely.
Styrofoam being rubbed together is intensely painful to the ears. I'd imagine the male Goku's size alone is shocking to
Veggie 6, not to mention being hugged by him. :)
To ShiningMoon: Very long chapter :D Happy that line made you laugh! His twin sister? I'm glad you decided on having her as
Goku's older sister because that way she and Raditsu got to be friends and I don't know how Kali would know about the soul
guard if she had been as old as Goku when Freeza destroyed the planet. Goku will eventually hear Veggie's message. That part
was fun. Aw, nobody wanted to buy the Veggie-gloves. Heh, they have dbz candy at Suncoast that's been there since it came in
several months ago. I think I was the only one who bought any. (holds up box of genki-dama chewy gumballs). 6.48 is good
compaired to the 9.99 you have to pay for a plastic dragonball (though they did have figurines inside). Glad you liked the
chapter!
To SupersayiankingTommy: Well, at least that part's over now. Duu sounds cool. The battle with Brolli should be coming up
soon. Goku doesn't know Veggie called Bulma, he does know that he has a message on his cellphone though.
To hieilover135: You go to submit, prose, fiction, then fanfiction. Glad you liked the chapter. Kayka is Kakay in pig latin.
She's not an actual character but a female version of Goku that Veggie made up for a play he wrote which Bura found and
submitted to a contest that won so they all ended up performing Veggie's play for an audiance. The fic's called
"Happily Ever After". It's only a little old, early 2003. Ah, I know which one you're talking about. Heh, Veggie's answering
machine made me crack up while typing it. Yup! She does. I've been easing her back into normal over the past half a year.
Glad you like it :) Poor skirt'ed Veggie :D Wow, that's good timing. Don't worry, Brolli will be oh-kay. (points to the
several fics she wrote recently that take place 5 years in the future or during gt where Brolli is included alive and well).
Those other fics kinda spoilered the fact that Brolli does survive. Paragus was the only character I've ever killed off
anyway. Chuquita was thought up while I was in my 2nd year of learning spanish (I took 4 years of it in all) and is a combo
of chiquita (girl) and chu (I was into pkmn at the time I thought the name up and my favorite had been raichu).
To Hakura0: Heh, even if they did leave him there he'd find some way to get back. That'd be a funny poll. The cellphone bit
hadn't even been in the original plot. A lot of its' changed since I thought it up. (points to her mini-daizenshuu) Only a
third of those panels ended up in the actual story. I hope your fingers get better. Infact I hope it gets warm in general.
(looks outside at falling snow).
To Nuki: Lol, Level 3 merchandise. Aw, its oh-kay. Timeline 4 Veggie should be getting better eventually. Veggy got better
in this chapter. All he needs to do now is figure out how to unscramble his memory of being attacked by Brolli. Goku found
out he had a message in this chapter and hopefully by Part 6 (wow that sounds odd to say) he should have heard the
message. :)
To Queen Phoenix: So happy you like it! As of now I don't have a Timeline 9. Heh, I never really noticed that. Maybe because
the possible-future is so much further away than Mirai's is? (confused).
To Sinah: Heh, it was such a big chapter too. Timeline 5 Veggie is very kaka-depribed, that's why he's the way he is. The
"forced" scene is a foreshadowing to something in a future chapter. Poor Veggie indeed. :( It's very bizarre for Veggie 6 to
see the male Goku. It freaked him out the first time they met as well. At least timeline 7 Veggie is with timeline 7 Goku
in otherworld. Glad you liked those parts. Goku's such a bad liar. I actually drew a picture with Jitto and the listed
timelines a while ago (when I wrote "Time-Skip"). I use that picture 'n graph as a reference. It should be on DA but I think
I might draw a new one. The family-tree one sounds fun. I might do that as well.
To Chibi Mirai Gogeta: Hai, poor Goku. At least Veggie 7 is with Goku 7 in otherworld. Glad you liked timeline 8. Heh, Veggie
will probably insist they do so. That he is. :D Goku's lying because he's so very confused. He'll find Veggie soon. At least
Veggie tried to escape.
Chuquita: (happily) And Part 5 comes to an end!
Vegeta: Promise you'll find some way to get rid of the effects of this arrow by the next chapter before the kaka-germs on
Kakarrotto's back try to enter my body through the mouth, ears, and nasal cavities?
Chuquita: (sweatdrops) I will try.
Goku: (grins) Byebye! We'll see you sometime next week with Part 6!
Chuquita: It still sounds strange to hear that.
Vegeta: As long as I'm rescued and fully re-attain my unquestionable platonic-semeness I'll be fine.
