Disclaimer: I don't own dbz or any of their characters, but someday! lol just kiddin'
Note: Sorry to leave you wanting more.
How great it is to be loved by you!
by: Pic's Pixie
Chapter 19: Yes
The next day Gohan got up and was in a better mood, he was sure Vicki had shown up at Capsule Corp. sometime last night and was safe and sound. He came down stairs and ate breakfast with his family then decided to head over there to set things right.
"Hey I'm going to Bulma's anyone wanna come?" Gohan called out more out of habit then caring if anyone really wanted to go with him.
"I'll go, I want to go play with Trunks." Goten leapt towards the door, and pulled his shoes on.
"I'm coming too, I need some good training, I'm sure Vegeta will be up for it." Goku said as he did the same as his youngest son.
"Let's all go, Bulma and I can get some gossip in while you boys act like barbarians." Chichi added while slipping on a pair of shoes and a light jacket.
They all exited the house, Gohan was a little annoyed that they would have to take the car instead of flying which would be alot faster but it was only a minor problem really.
At Capsule Corporation Bulma was pacing throughout the halls trying to calm herself, Vegeta was just starring out a window, and Trunks was writing a letter in a bottle. /kids!/ Vicki had not returned last night, and didn't even call, it wasn't like her, she would always call when she was going to be late. Vegeta didn't want to admit it but he was actually worried sick, with the massive storm last night he was afraid something bad might have happened to the namek. Vegeta turned his attention to the car that just pulled into the drive-way ,he recognised it to be the Sons' and thought that Vicki might be with them but as they piled out of the car he saw that she was not one of the vehicle's occupants.
"Woman! The Son family is here!" He yelled. A few seconds later the door bell rang and Vegeta opened it.
"Hey Vegeta!" Goku greeted happily while the Saiyan prince just turned his back and groaned.
"Vegeta is Vicki around?" Gohan asked excitedly.
"She's not here!" He practically shouted, worry edging his voice.
"What!?" Gohan screamed, she couldn't have stayed out in that storm. Bulma then came rushing in.
"How could you lose her, what did you do?" Bulma screamed at Gohan grabbing him by his shirt and shaking him.
"I,..I,..I'm sorry." Gohan said in between shakes. Bulma calmed down and after making tea they all sat down together in the living room to work this out.
"So what happened yesterday?" Bulma asked Gohan. Gohan hesitated for a moment then in a slow and steady tone of voice he said.
"I asked her to marry me."
"You what?" Bulma, Vegeta and Trunks blurted out in unison.
"You heard him." Chichi snapped.
"What did she say?" Bulma asked with a worried expression on her face she really didn't know how Piccolo would have responded to that.
"She said we weren't able to be together, then she took off. I couldn't find her." Gohan had to fight the tears that threatened to spill whenever he thought about her where-abouts and if she was all right.
"I'm sure she's fine kid, don't worry. Girly's tougher than you may think." Vegeta added from his corner.
"I agree with Vegeta, Vicki is probably staying with a friend or trying to think things through ,she might not be ready for marriage." Goku reassured.
"Maybe she's just not ready to marry me." Gohan mopped.
"Nonsense!" Chichi shouted unexpectantly, she had been against them since she found out how close they were.
"I've met the girl and she has a hell of a lot more sense than to just walk away from a great man like yourself." She smiled at her son and that seemed to ease the atmosphere.
They tried to go throughout the day without thinking about how she was, they figured Goku was right and she was with a friend thinking things through. Only Vegeta had doubts about this, he had a bad feeling in his gut, and he didn't know what to do about it, if he went out looking for her he would get the others all riled up and worried and she would probably be fine. So he kept quiet and stood in the shadows of a corner until Goku bugged him enough then he sparred with him in the gravity room. After they ordered pizza and everyone ate, Goku, Chichi, Goten and Gohan left for home.
A day passed and then another, and that feeling in Vegeta's stomach wasn't going away, in fact it was growing. He knew something was wrong, Vicki hadn't come back yet and none of her friends said they had seen her. Also Gohan was calling ever half hour checking to see if she had come back yet. Finally Vegeta had had enough, he went off in search of the namekian girl gone missing, he only hoped that Piccolo hadn't done anything stupid after Gohan's proposal.
He first searched for her ki and found nothing, he went to the lookout ,to his and Gohan's old training grounds, the mountains, and ended up at his waterfall. Vegeta was getting tired and fed up with all this, he sat down on a large boulder, and closed his eyes trying to meditate. He was concentrating really hard when he heard a faint splash from behind him. He opened his eyes and turned around. Immediately he leapt from his spot on the rock to rush to the aid of a girl who was lying in the waterfall, she made a weak attempt to get out of it but was helped out by someone. With all the strength she could muster she looked up into the face of her saviour.
Vicki had stayed in that cave the whole time. She had gotten sick after going to bed wet and cold.
Vicki sneezed violently and trembled from the chill in her bones, Vegeta lifted her into his arms and tried to wrap her in as much of himself as he could to try and keep the frozen girl warm. She had drifted off to a feverish sleep almost immediately after they took to the air. Vegeta wasted no time and sped towards his home.
Vegeta burst through the door holding a frail looking Vicki and rushed towards Bulma's lab.
"BULMA! WOMAN COME QUICK!" He yelled hoping she would hear him, she did and she came stumbling into the lab, expecting a paper cut and received an unconscious Victoria. Bulma rushed to the girl and motioned for Vegeta to place her on the table then get out of the way. He did so and stood a few steps back watching as Bulma did this and that. Before you knew it Bulma had Vicki in a clean ,dry cotton gown lying in a warm bed with multiple pillows and comforters. She was hooked up to a machine that monitored her heart beat to make sure she was stable, she had said that now was the critical time and that it was a miracle Vegeta found her when he did, another minute out there and she would have died. Bulma and Vegeta contemplated informing the Sons' of her arrive because of her condition and the fact that they may come over here and screw something up.
At Gohan's house he was reading a book while sprawled out on the sofa, he had his earphones on listening to Atomic Kitten. Goten was playing video games and Chichi was in the kitchen preparing dinner. Goku was also in the kitchen trying to finish a very easy child's puzzle on the kitchen table. Gohan was thinking about Vicki and how much he missed her, she had obviously rejected his proposal and Gohan was deeply saddened. He loved her, and she didn't love him. Suddenly he felt Vegeta, he was close by but was heading towards his home extremely fast./Funny/ he thought. /What would Vegeta be doing out here?/ Then Goku came rushing in from the kitchen and Goten perked up as well. Gohan took off his earphones and listened to them.
"Do you feel that? It's Vegeta!" Goku shouted.
"Yeah, what is he doing way out here?" Goten added.
"And why is he leaving so soon?" Goku added with a serious expression on his face.
"He didn't even come to spar."
Gohan and Goten fell to the floor their father could be a simpleton at times. Suddenly Gohan got a wave of anxiety, he felt he should be somewhere but he didn't know where, he just shrugged it off when Chichi announced dinner was ready and all three saiyans raced into the kitchen to fulfil their appetites. After everyone was full, if it is possible for a Saiyan to be full, the phone rang. Chichi reached up and picked it up.
"Hello?"
"Chichi, it's Bulma."
"Oh ,Bulma hi, what's up?" Chichi asked politely.
"Listen we got some good news and some bad news. I think it would be best if you all came over now so we can talk in person."
"Well, okay. We'll be right over." With that Bulma and Chichi both hung up.
"Well that was Bulma. She says she has some news for us, so we better get going over there." Chichi announced to the rest of her family.
"Really? Man I bet they got a new playstation2 game." Exclaimed Goten excitedly.
"Well there's only one way to find out, lets go." Goku said and they all got up and got ready to leave. They piled into the car and arrive soon enough ,when they got there they were sat down like last time with tea and cookies. Goku and Chichi were sitting on the love seat with Goten on their laps. Gohan was kneeling on the floor in front of them. Trunks was sitting in his bean bag chair, Bulma sat in an old arm chair facing the love seat and Vegeta was leaning up against a wall as usual.
"Okay Bulma you got us here what's up?" Goku asked with the son smile already plastered across his face.
"Well we have some good news and some bad news and some good news again." Bulma stated caution in her voice.
"Okay what's the good news?" Gohan asked.
"We found Vicki." Bulma said.
"What?! Really? Where was she?" Everyone asked.
"Yes really, and it doesn't matter where."
"Okay what's the bad news?" Gohan was so nervous.
"Umm....you see when we found her she was in pretty bad shape. It turns out she was caught in the storm and became ill, she was extremely close to death." Bulma added sadly.
Gohan's heart dropped instantly. He hadn't been there for her when she needed him, he had failed her.
"So that's what you were doing close to our house, you found Vicki." Goku asked Vegeta.
"Yes." Was the only answer Vegeta gave.
"What's the other good news?" Goten asked.
"She's stable, she should recover in no time." Bulma said a little more cheery than the other messages she had had to announce.
"Can I see her?" Gohan asked.
"She's resting right now, but it should be okay." Bulma led Gohan to Vicki's room, that's where they relocated her and set up all the devices needed.
"Here we are." Bulma whispered stopping infront of Vicki's door, she opened it and allowed Gohan to step inside. She closed the door behind him and went back down the stairs to her guests.
Gohan slowly made his way over to the side of her bed. There she lay, asleep. Her body looked so frail and her skin was pale. He silently watched as she breathed in and out, in and out. He was yelling at himself mentally for allowing this to happen to her.
Vicki must have sensed Gohan's unrest and woke up slowly. Her eyes struggled to open then to gain sight. She gave a weak grunt as she tried to position herself so she could view her guest. She looked up with dim eyes and met with Gohan's sorrowful gaze. She smiled a small smile and lazily looked around the room to find out exactly where she was.
"I'm so sorry." Vicki had to strain to hear it, Gohan was below a whisper.
"I let you down, I wasn't there for you and I should have been." Gohan couldn't fight the tears any longer and he let them flow freely, two small streams of salty sadness rolling down his cheeks.
Vicki limply reached a hand up towards his face and wiped the tears away with her thumb. Gohan caught her hand and kissed it. He held it firmly with both his, and rubbed her palm with his fingers and thumbs. Vicki sent a pleading look towards Gohan symbolising she wanted to tell him something. Gohan leaned down so she wouldn't have to expend too much energy. She smiled while his ear was placed inches from her mouth.
"Yes." She whispered. Gohan was confused, what did she mean.
"Yes? Yes what?" Vicki chuckled at his brain dead expression.
"Yes, I will marry you."
Her face softened into one of pure love and caring. Gohan took a moment to take all this in. She said yes, she said yes. YES she said YES! Gohan yelled out in excitement and jumped up and down. Vicki couldn't help but laugh at the scene. She was going to marry Gohan, and if that meant she would have to stay Victoria then so be it.
Bulma heard the banging and rushed in to escort Gohan out. None of them said anything understandable until she had him down the stairs and in the living room.
"She said YES!" He shouted, continuing to jump for joy.
"What? What do you mean, yes to what?" Bulma asked.
"She said yes to my proposal, we're going to get married, I'm going to be marrying Vicki, yahoo!" Everyone soaked in the info and there were many different emotions.
"I knew that girl had some sense." Chichi commented.
"Does that mean Vicki is going to be my sister?" Goten asked innocently. Goku just joined in the dancing with Gohan. Bulma was concerned but happy, she knew Piccolo must have thought this through but she didn't see how this would work out in the end.
No one noticed Vegeta sneak away from the others.
Vicki was trying to build the nerve and the strength to stand and join the others, it sounded like fun. Suddenly she heard the door creak, it took her a bit to look up since she was tangled under the covers at that moment. She looked up to see Vegeta leaning up against the closed door starring at her.
"So come to yell at me and tell me I'm doing the wrong thing?" Vicki asked defensively. Vegeta didn't answer he just started to stalk towards the bed. This made Vicki a little uneasy. She shrank back slightly but not enough for him to notice as he came right up beside her bed. He stood there for the longest time giving her this unreadable look. Then just when Vicki was about to say something else he leaned down and kissed her on the forehead. Vicki looked up at him wide eyed. Then something amazing happened, he smiled at her.
"I'm happy for you." He said silently but soundly. He then pulled back the covers, and picked her up. He carried her down stairs.
"Hey Vicki! How are you feeling?" Goten asked when he saw Vegeta carrying the girl.
"Vicki, poor dear are you all right?" Chichi asked.
"You look just as beautiful as ever, you're faking it for sure." Goku joked. Gohan then came running up and took her from Vegeta and sat down on the sofa with her bundled up in his lap.
"How much longer do you think it will be before Vicki is back to normal?" Gohan asked Bulma.
"Oh, it shouldn't be too long, she's be known to be a quick healer." Bulma said, Piccolo would heal quickly he still had some of his namekian genes left. Then after a while of visiting they dragged Gohan back home to let Vicki rest.
"So you're going to marry Gohan huh? What is your plan?" Bulma quizzed the tired girl.
"Huh? Oh yeah. I love him, and if I need to remain in this form to be with him then I will do it." Vicki stated.
Bulma didn't have a counter attack for that so she just followed suit with Vegeta and remained silent. Vicki then went back up to bed to become stronger.