Vegeta Takes on the FEI .
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"Denotes Speech"
Denotes Flashback
'Denotes thoughts'
Chapter 5
Three fruitful years had passed since the Saiya-jin no Ouji dominated his first competition aboard Firedance, his first and most trusted steed. Capsule Corporation had now created an equestrian ring, dedicated to the schooling and physiology of the equine species. In total, the Briefs family now owned six equine animals, ranging from 12 hh up to a respectable 16.2 hh.
Son Goku leaned on the gate of the semi-indoor ménage accompanied by the terrible two, also known as Son Goten and Trunks (Vegeta) Briefs. The short saiya-jin prince had been training endlessly the last few months. Even though Vegeta was perfectly capable of dressage and cross country, it was still his aim to dominate at Hickstead in England that spring. However, he had Badminton to dominate first, which required his best in all three areas. This would get him in a good position to be a threat to the Whitaker family while at Hickstead.
"Wow, Vegeta. I can't believe we're heading off to England tomorrow for the Badminton trials!" Goku remarked while perched on the gate. "Bulma has bought tickets for everyone! She's announcing that we'll all be going on a trip tomorrow, like a big get together!" The large saiya-jin gushed in excitement. Goten and Trunks were also looking relatively excited. It had been a while since everyone had been together all in one place… without some huge threat to the planet being involved.
Vegeta halted 'Saiya-jin Pride', aka Socks to the rest of the family. The large, mostly thoroughbred gained his name from the large white parts reaching up past his knees and hocks. The Prince looked at Goku, lifting a brow.
"Run that by me again Kakarotto…"
"I said… that Bulma is having a party tonight to tell everyone about the trip to watch you at Badminton."
Several veins popped up all over his body. Seeming somewhat calm, Vegeta dismounted Socks before stalking over to the large, now daydreaming Saiya-jin. After taking a moment to consider the situation the Ouji hoisted Goku into the air vigoursly shaking the younger saiya-jin hard enough to shake a normal person's head off.
"YOU MEAN SHE'S INVITING EVERYONE TO WATCH ME COMPETE!" Goku gulped at the wrath Vegeta was showing. He may be the strongest person in the universe, but an infuriated Vegeta was something not to be messed with. He gulped and nodded then found himself sitting on the ground, checking that all his thoracic vertebrae were still intact.
"Figures… Just DON'T tell any of your baka friends about this Kakarotto, otherwise I'll have you doing worse things than just a spot of grooming and tack cleaning." The grumpy prince stomped a foot before stalking off back to the stable block, with Socks following like a very overgrown puppy. Son Goku rubbed the back of his head, watching the other full blooded saiya-jin stomp off.
"Something tells me that this is going to be one of the longest get- togethers of my life."
"Dad…so does this mean we're not allowed to tell anyone about Vegeta competing at Badminton until they see him?" Goten asked, rather confused. He didn't get it; it was a good thing that Vegeta had managed to round up enough experience to enter… right?
"Of course we're not allowed Goten!" Trunks bopped Goten on the head "It's a surprise for everyone"
Goten rubbed his head, tears pricking at the corners of his eyes "ok… so only me you, dad and Bulma-san know?"
"That's right Goten…now let's go have some lunch, I'm starving!" Trunks pumped a fist into the air. Goten and Goku followed the demi-saiyans lead, also pumping their fists into the air.
"Up up and away! TO THE KITCHEN!" Goku hooted then raced out of the ménage in the general direction of the Capsule Corporation kitchen. The terrible two glanced up at the large yellow dome of the main house, just in time to see a large dust cloud and a shower of rubble tumble from the second floor.
Trunks twitched and Goten sweatdropped.
"Well the shortest distance between two points is a straight line… and that poor wall didn't stand a chance." Trunks remarked. "Mom's gonna go ape…"
Bulma Briefs hummed as she entered the kitchen. She'd finished phoning the rest of the gang. They had about four hours before everyone started arriving, just enough time to sort out some refreshments and to sort out the main rooms. The sound of four ravenous saiya-jin came from the table, where a literal tonne of food was rapidly disappearing. Bulma gawped at the sight. Despite living around saiya-jin for a good portion of her life, it still amazed the scientist how much a saiya-jin stomach could hold.
She tilted her head to the side as a gust of warm air wafted past her. The blue haired woman peeked past the strategically placed warriors and then her jaw dropped. All four saiya-jin glanced up from the food tensely.
"WHAT HAPPENED TO MY WALL!" Veins popped out on the beautiful scientist's forehead, looking even more dangerous than Vegeta when his gravity room got damaged by Goku. Three fingers immediately pointed at Son Goku who started to sweat.
"Kakarotto once again couldn't control his bodily urges." Vegeta said blankly. Bulma glared at the large saiya-jin, who was now surrounded by a puddle of his own sweat. The orange gi had started to cling to his skin as well.
"Son Goku… how many times have I told you not to do that?"
"Umm…" Goku started to count his fingers… but soon realized that he did not have enough fingers. Naturally he removed his boots to count his toes as well. Everyone sweatdropped at the sight; including the maintenance robot who had started to repair the damaged wall.
"At least twenty!" Goku answered proudly, causing Bulma to fall over. Trunks head hit the table and Vegeta just shook his head in embarrassment.
"He just can't be saiya-jin." The Ouji muttered to himself before chewing on a leg of ham for comfort from the walking complex of idiocy, also known as Son Goku.
"Hello? Anyone home?" A short human sporting khaki trousers and a white shirt peeked into the reception area. He was accompanied by a tall blonde woman with cold blue eyes and a young girl who also had blonde hair and blue eyes.
Bulma and Goku turned toward their guest with huge smiles.
"Hey Krillin! What's up?" Goku bounced over to his best friend, much to the disgust of Vegeta who already was hiding out in a corner. The former monk glanced around. Besides his own family, Goku Gohan Goten and Chichi were present, and of course the entire briefs family.
"Cool as ever Goku… so what's this party for?"
Bulma interjected before Goku could give the game away "It's a surprise for everyone. I'll make the announcement when everyone gets here." She hastily whipped out some sweet buns from behind her back, smiling cheekily. "Here have a sweet before Goku eats them all."
Krillin accepted several of the sweet parcels, passing one to Android 18 and Marron "Thanks Bulma. Wow these are my favourite!"
'One catastrophe avoided' Bulma twitched. Vegeta was nowhere to be seen. Probably for the best; he'd only start some sort of riot that would end up with his 'saiya-jin pride' (not Socks) injured.
Half an hour later, Capsule Corporation was buzzing with life. Nearly everyone that had helped save the Earth was present. The Briefs family, the Son family, Krillin's family as well as Piccolo, Tien, Launch, Chaotzu, Yamcha (much to Vegeta's irritation), Master Roshi, Oolong, Puar and Turtle.
The saiya-jin no Ouji was stuck between the end of the sofa and Son Goku, much to his disgust as the large saiya-jin had decided to have a snack during the announcement. Vegeta found himself slowly drowning under a tsunami of crumbs launched from the younger saiya-jin's lap.
"Kakarotto! At least try to eat neatly, this is disgusting!" The ouji held a large napkin up in the large saiya-jin's direction, effectively reducing the volume of food scraps that were adorning his body.
Bulma stood in the middle of the room, trying to gain everyone's attention. After several fruitless minutes, she whipped out the Pot Noodle Horn, blowing it into a microphone. The deafening sound as a result shut everyone up instantly, with poor Piccolo writhing on the floor in agony.
"My ear drums…" The large Namek twitched violently in pain.
"Mr. Piccolo!" Gohan jumped to his mentor's rescue. He pulled out a spare senzu bean from his pocket, almost pouncing on the green man. Unfortunately piccolo ended up with a knee in his abdomen. This bought Gohan enough time to pop the healing bean into the Namek's mouth.
Piccolo sat up, rubbing his ears. He glared at the demi-saiyan for a moment "Next time, watch where you land." The eldest demi –saiya-jin sweatdropped and then turned his attention to Bulma.
"Now that I have your attention…" Bulma began "I've organized tickets, transportation and accommodation for everyone to England." She looked around at the series of shocked faces. "We can all spend some time catching up over the next four days, at the Badminton Horse Trials."
There was silence for a few moments, before a few cheers echoed around the room. A free vacation to a place where no one had been before was the best news anyone had heard in a long time. Yamcha's head snapped up, as if he had just remembered something very important.
"What about Vegeta? Is he coming too?"
"Of course." Bulma blinked, keeping her expression neutral
"…" Yamcha looked like he was going to continue until Bulma decided to carry on with her little speech.
"Pack enough clothing for a few days and you can meet us back here in the morning. We'll use one of our newest public airliners to get there. There's also going to be a very large surprise when we get there." The scientist grinned sneakily, causing a few of the Z senshi to look a little uncomfortable.
"Oh it's not going to be a BAD surprise." Dr. Briefs spoke up, feeding a shrimp to Scratch.
Everyone, except those who knew of the Saiya-jin no Ouji's accomplishments, scratched their heads in confusion, wondering what the surprise was going to be.
An hour later, Capsule Corporation had calmed down again. Tomorrow was to be a very eventful day for the Z senshi. A certain Saiya-jin was crouched in the corner of the tack room, snickering to himself. Yes, they'd have the surprise of their lives!
End Chapter 5
I know, it was short, but it's given me a good idea of where I need to go with this. Please R&R pretty please!