Chapter 5 On the 4th day before Christmas...

*** *One Week Later*

Yes, Christmas was only a few days away and the Briefs household was doing all they can for preparing for this holiday. They had planned to have a Christmas party on Christmas Eve, only three days away. And the whole Z gang was invited, it could only mean one thing... chaos could occur.

"VEGETA! GET YOUR LAZY ASS DOWN HERE AND HELP ME FOR A CHANGE!" snapped Bulma from the living room. She had some help to help decorate the house but with all of the stuff she wanted to put out, she needed all of the help she could get. She heard Vegeta grumble from the other room seeing him make his presence known a few seconds later. Bulma smirked. "Veggie-chan... Could you do me a favor?" she asked in a VERY sweet voice. He growled at her. "Could you put up the angel for the tree? It's too high for me to reach the top," she explained while holding her ripe belly.

"Why do you even want me to help in this?" That was the wrong thing to say to a woman who was almost ready to give birth to a child. Her eyes welled up in tears and she turned away from her husband starting to cry. Vegeta blinked as he made his way to his wife placing a hand on her shoulder. He gulped pushing back his pride before apologizing to her.

* In the other room*

Trunks and King Vegeta watched as the two were left alone in the room. The king was a bit furious that his son had become so soft... but it was told to him that the emotions were what had made him so strong. "Trunks... does your mother always act like that? She seems to have complete control over Vegeta..." Trunks laughed.

"Yes... She knows his weak spots. It annoys him too... usually beats the crap out of me to get his frustrations out." The king shook his head in pity. The two felt a tap on their shoulder making them jump about a mile high and slightly yelp. They turned to find the Son family, well... Goku, Raditz, Bardock, and Goten standing behind them. The sudden noises made the couple in the other room notice their appearance.

"Hey Goku!" exclaimed Bulma as she made it over to her friend; she gave him a small hug gaining a growl from her husband.

"Hey Bulma! I was told that you needed help for the party by Chichi; is there anything we could do?" he asked. She nodded.

"Of course! I still have about 5 boxes that need to be unpacked and set up around the house..." she turned around to her friend with a grin, "Would that be too hard for you to do?"

"No problem at all!" he exclaimed as they walked into the room. Now you must remember that the saiyans have never experienced so many holidays at a time. Well, they may have NEVER experienced the holidays before; this was all still confusing to them. As they walked into the room, Bardock looked up at the ceiling finding some type of green stuff hanging from it. 'This holiday thing gets stranger and stranger...'

"Bulma... What is that 'green' stuff?" he asked to the scientist. She looked up and started to laugh.

"Oh, it's just mistletoe! Nothing much!" she started to hang lean on her husband's shoulder which wasn't too pleased with since they she was showing affection in public.

"Missle toe?" She nodded, "Yep! It's another earth tradition; what happen are a couple walks under it and they kiss. I think it's sweet if you ask me."

"KISS?!" Not only were the saiyans disgusted with these traditions, they were now mortified. Not wanting to make things worse at the moment Trunks took the time to say something totally off of the subject.

"Um... I'm going to the mall with Goten," he stated grabbing his friends' arm and dragging him out of the room.

"BOY!" Trunks winced slightly at his father's tone. He turned to face the saiyan prince. "I still don't trust you for going out by yourselves; for all we know another demolished town would occur."

"And?" asked Trunks wanting to get out of the house as soon as possible.

The prince smirked, "Raditz, supervise the boys."

"WHAT? Sir? I know you mean well... but are you trying to kill me? These boys will be my death if I'm left alone with them!" exclaimed the warrior horrified.

Vegeta smirk widened. "You have nothing to worry about my friend. If they get out of hand... Well... lets just say they have a punishment waiting for them here..."

Both boys gulped. Goku turned to the teens too; his expression was unusually serious. "Yes, I agree with Vegeta. If you two act up for my brother then you two will have to face the consequences." Both boys nodded their heads quickly before zooming out of the room. Raditz slowly followed behind.

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Trunks pulled out a capsule and threw it to the ground making a black viper sports car appear. Since his birthday was about a month ago he was now eligible to drive but it was still scary for the other people on the highway because Trunks was known for driving a bit... how do I say this in one word... fast? Yes, our young saiyan prince had a case of road rage when people had gotten in his way also. Goten jumped in the back, Raditz in the front as Trunks started the car. In a matter of seconds they sped down the road to the mall.

*** At the house ***

"Vegeta, don't you think you were a bit harsh on Raditz by letting him take care of the boys? Isn't that a bit much?" asked Bulma a bit concerned as she set out some more cookies from the oven.

Vegeta snorted, "He's a saiyan! If he can survive taking care of the boys for a few hours... although they are teens now... he would prove to be a real warrior!"

Bulma sighed, "Well, I just hope he doesn't kill himself or anything..."

***** CLIFFHANGER. Ha ha! I am evil :D Anyways, I'm sorry I didn't update yesterday... I think I jinxed myself by making Sakura sick. Reason... I came down with a virus the next day and practically everything that I had typed in the story had happened to me excluding the flu shot story thingy... oO; ::the twilight zone music starts to play:: So yeah... Um, what did you think of this chapter? Review and tell me what you think. As always, suggestions are always welcome. Well... I should get started on the next chapter so... Laters!

Preview for Chapter 6: ( In the mall, the three make it to the pet shop) They had finally made it to the shop. All of the different animals in the shop freaked out Raditz, for he had never been in a place with so many animals before. He looked up at the different dogs and cats that were in cages staring at him with the big sad eyes. He growled as he turned from them; he hated this planet. He knew it was making him weak. He then looked up and found a big parrot. Never had he seen a bird so colorful... He snorted, "Stupid bird."

"Stupid Human."

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Till next time!