1:46 AM 8/6/2005
Written By:Chuquita
Quote of the Week: -from dbz ep 78
Freeza: You really do resemble your dearly departed father, both in your appearance and in your foolishness.
Vegeta: Foolish, you say?

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Chuey's Corner:
Vegeta: (smirks) I happen to disagree.
Goku: (nods and gives Veggie a hug)
Chuquita: Welcome to the fic everybody!
Vegeta: (looks up at the title and raises an eyebrow) Eh?
Chuquita: It means "to hunt" or "to round up" and that's what happens in this fic, its a dragon ball hunt.
Goku: YAY! (wags tail) I luv dragon ball hunts.
Chuquita: I thought about alternatively calling this fic "One Week" but it seemed too bland.
Vegeta: (sweatdrops)
Chuquita: Ironically, titles are one of the hardest things for me to come up with for fics. (nods)
Vegeta: Ah.
Chuquita: Anyways, today's fic is about Bardock, Bejito, and company and their quest to find the dragon balls before their week-long limit on earth is up.
Goku: Toussan and Kaasan are gonna try to wish back the other saiyajins to Bejito-sei!
Chuquita: Which itself was wished back during Christmastime by Goku himself.
Goku: (waves) It was a present for Veggie!
Vegeta: (smiles) A present I am very thankful for.
Goku: (grins happily)
Chuquita: Just a lil note, while this chapter should be up before I go to the beach on the 14th, Part 2 will depend on
whether or not we get a new motherboard for the laptop before then so I can type there.
Goku: (sniffles) Poor little laptop.
Chuquita: I think I'd start going crazy after the first couple days if I couldn't type.
Vegeta: (sweatdrops) Of course. Your fingers need the exercise.
Chuquita: Of course they do! (nods)
Vegeta: (blinks) I was joking.
Chuquita: ...
Vegeta: (sighs) I hope this turns out well.
Chuquita: The fic?
Vegeta: No, this whole "wish" my parents are planning on.
Goku: (hugs Veggie tightly) Don't worry Veggie, I'm sure everything'll turn out just fine.
Vegeta: (face goes red) Ah..r--right.
Chuquita: And now onto the fic!

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Part 1 Chapter Titles: Senzu for You l Bejito's Plan l Snake Way l Bruises l Fusions in the Pool l Piccolo Sr's Plot l Need a lift? l What happened to my Veggie! l Veggie's nightmare-daydream l To Dende's We Go! l Babysitting! l Help From Kaio-sama l Reunion l He's good with babies l Panic l The Dragon Radar – The Hunt Begins! l

Summary: The last thing Goku and Veggie were expecting when they returned from the Sparking Tournament was a visit from their parents; especially since all four of them are dead! After making a wager with Enma-sama, King Bejito along with Bardock and family have been allowed seven days on Earth to finish their hunt for the dragon balls to wish themselves and the rest of the saiyajin back to life on Bejito-sei. But can they really gather all 7 balls without any help? And if their wish does come true how with this affect their children along with the rest of those saiyajins living on earth? Find out!


" Ahhhhhhhhhh, that feels so much better. " Vegeta sighed contently as he freely moved his arms and legs, " Be sure

to thank your, ah, me the next time you see him Gogeta. " the ouji had just taken a senzu bean retrieved by the fusions and

had easily burst out of his full-body cast afterward, " So very refreshing...I'm still kinda "achy" though. " he muttered,

rubbing his back, :Infact, I still feel a LOT of aching..: he thought to himself, uneasy. Vegeta shook it off.

" We're just glad to have you back to full health, Toussan! " Gogeta chirped.

" As am I. " he smirked.

" Veh-gee, I gotcha a snack to help you feel better. " Goku said happily as he walked through the door to the ouji's

room carrying a sandwich only to, " GASP! "

The little ouji looked over at him and his face instantly flushed.

The larger saiyajin lundged at the smaller one and glomped him tightly, " Oh Veggie you're HEALTHY again! "

" Indeed I am, Kakarrotto. " Vegeta smirked.

" But Mommy you just said you were aching. " Vejitto looked confused.

" Not anymore. " the ouji said while his peasant continued the hug, :Listen, I worried Kakarrotto enough back at the

hospital. He doesn't need to know I'm still in mild pain even though I took the senzu already.:

:B--but you should not even BE in pain after the senzu.: Gogeta mentally gasped.

:Well...perhaps there's some injuries that're too severe for the beans to heal: Vegeta tried to think up an

explanation, then smiled up at Goku, who was starting to get confused, " Everything will be fine, Kakarrotto. "

Goku nodded confidently, " I'll do my best to protect my Veggie and keep him safe! "

Vegeta's face went redder. He let out a nervous laugh, " Ah hahaha... "

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" You have a what? " Enma cocked an eyebrow as he sat at his desk. Six saiyajin stood before him atop the massive

desk; King Bejito, Queen Ruby, Bardock, Celipa, Nappa, and Cally, the ouji's aunt.

" A, proposition to make. " Bejito smirked Veggieishly up at him, " You see, I'm well aware due to seeing my son

journey to the living world to fight Buu, and seeing Kakarrotto go back there for day, that it is possible for you to allow

people to do such a thing. "

" Oh boy.. " Enma groaned, rubbing his temples as he knew where this was going.

" And so I would like you to grant my friends, family, and I about a couple months or so to return to Earth, so that

we may search out and collect the dragonballs to wish ourselves and the rest of our species who's lives were so unfairly

cut short by Freeza's attack on our planet, back. "

" You sound you've been thinking this out for quite a while.. " Enma folded his arms.

" Indeed I have. " Bejito grinned.

" ... " Enma closed his eyes, " I have thought it over. "

" ... " the six saiyajin looked up at him curiously.

" NO. "

" WAAAAAAH! " they all fell over.

" WHY NOT! IT'S NOT LIKE WE'VE DONE ANYTHING HORRIBLE SINCE WE GOT HERE! " Nappa exclaimed.

" Says the saiyajin who on Earth alone blew up an entire city, destroyed dozens of news reporters and killed several

of Son Goku's closest friends. " Enma dryly replied.

" You blew up a CITY on EARTH? " Cally gawked at Nappa.

" Yeah...Vegeta was kinda irked about that too.. " Nappa mumbled, embarassed, " I was just, releasing stress. That's

all. "

" Stress.. " she blinked.

" Listen, if you let us go back we promise not to kill anybody on our search. " Bardock spoke up.

" Unless its in self-defense! " Bejito piped up.

Bardock sweatdropped.

" And I'm sure Kakarrotto would love to see his parents again. " Celipa added.

Enma sighed, " Well considering he just saw you THREE MONTHS AGO.. "

" Eeew. " Bejito bit his lip. He looked around, " Uh, you uh-- "

" --are aware of your little trip through the portal guarded by Son Gohan Sr and Anine? Yes. " Enma narrowed his

eyes.

" But how did you--? " Bardock started.

" I have my ways. " Enma nodded wisely.

" You mean you have your security cameras, sir. " one of the oni spoke up.

Enma shot him a glare and the oni laughed nervously. He turned back to the saiyajins, intregued, " But why would you

come to me this time, instead of leaving through the portal? "

" Well, if we got caught we knew you would send us through the soulcleaner, erase our memories and reset us. " Nappa

said, turning pale just at the thought of it, " And we don't really want that to happen. "

" Indeed. " Bejito rubbed his bearded chin.

" Wise decision. " the huge red oni responded, then glanced over at Bejito, " I would've had YOU reset somewhere as

an uke just for leading such an expedition against Other World policies. "

" AH hahaha.. " Bejito laughed nervously.

" Listen its not like all the saiyajin are going to be stranded on Earth. Kakarrotto wished back our homeplanet. THAT

is where we will wish our people back TO. " Ruby pointed out.

Enma thought for a moment, " While your plan seems noble enough, the saiyajin have caused much destruction throughout

space-- "

" --because of Freeza. " Bejito pointed out.

" However, if your plan does succeed, with Son Goku around I would feel much safer. "

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" ... " ▫

" I grant you seven days. One for each ball. "

" SEVEN DAYS? " Bejito gawked, " THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD FIND ALL THE DRAGONBALLS IN THAT SHORT--mmph! " Ruby put

her hand over his mouth.

" We'll take it. " she said quickly, then whispered to Bejito, " Vegeta can teleport, remember? We just have to meet

up with him, get the radar, and he'll teleport us to the locations of each ball. "

" Ahh! Brilliant! " the ou beamed.

" Sorry, no outside help. " Enma motioned to them.

" HUH? " Ruby froze.

" You're all dead, you're not even supposed to be in the living world. Having your son teleport you around the

globe would be cheating. " he said smugly.

" I take it he's not a big fan of us returning home. " Bardock muttered.

" Is that a challange! " Bejito stepped forward towards the red ogre. He withdrew his sword.

" Better get going. Your time started a good 2 minutes ago. " Enma smirked.

" Eh? " Bejito looked over at a digital clock on the wall that was now counting down 7 days in terms of days, hours,

minutes, and seconds, " NANI? What am I wasting my time on YOU for! " he put the sword, then turned to the others,

" ALRIGHT! Let's GO! "

" YEAH! " they call cheered except for Bardock, who instead just raised his hand.

" Yes my friend and loyal subject? " Bejito said proudly. Bardock twitched lightly at that description.

" Bejito how are we going to get to Earth? "

" ... " the ou's face went blank, " Uh... "

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" RUN! " Bejito announced as he quickly powered up and took off down Snake Way.

" Somehow I'm not surprised. " Bardock sighed.

" Me neither. " the ouho added.

" ▫POUND▫ ▫POUND▫ ▫POUND▫ ▫POUND▫ " Snake Way quaked beneath Nappa as he ran across it.

" That doesn't sound safe. " the huge, bald saiyajin looked down at the road.

Cally looked back over her shoulder to see there were cracks where Nappa's feet hand landed, " Ah, 'cuse me Nap-kun!"

she waved to him as she heightened her speed and passed Nappa, leaving him trailing behind the others.

Ruby jogged up to the ou and poked him, " Bejito! "

" Hm? " he looked over at her.

" How can you possibly expect us to get to Kaio-sama's in time? It took us TWO WEEKS to travel Snake Way the last

time we went there to contact Kakarrotto about Vegeta-kun's kidnapping! "

" Well, yeah, but that was quite a few months ago. And I for one have trained very hard and am much faster now than

I was previously. " Bejito boasted.

" I have a plan! " Nappa shouted from behind them.

" WE'RE LISTENING! " Ruby shouted back to him.

" What if we power up as high as we can and try to fly there in a single burst? "

" Yeah it'll work for the moment but in the long run it'll tire us out so much that after we use our full power

we'll be running at only a quarter of the speed we are now. " Bardock explained.

" AHH! " Bejito said suddenly, " That's IT! We'll each take turns using our full power--during which the user will

carry the others as far as he or she can go until they run out and in such case the next person would take over and so on.

It'll allow us to travel six times further than any of us could alone. "

" But...do you really think you could carry ALL of us at once, Bejito? " Celipa asked.

Bejito laughed proudly, " BWAHAHA! Why of course! I AM the Great and Powerful Saiyajin no Ou! RULER of the saiyajins

and Planet Bejito-sei! "

" Do you think you could carry Nappa? "

Bejito looked over at the largest saiyajin the group, " Ooh...righhhht, you know what I just said, forget about it!

A good jog never hurt anybody! HO HO HO! " he perked up and the others unanimously sweatdropped, " Yah... " the king turned

his attention back to the road, " Perhaps, I didn't plan this out as theroughly as I thought. "

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" Oww. Oww. Oww. Oww. " Vegeta cringed in pain. His bones were back in their proper places but his entire body

was consistantly letting out a dull ache which intensified whenever he moved a muscle too hard or too fast. The little ouji

was gently making his way to the bathroom across the hall from his own room, where he'd left Goku and the fusions. Goku had

decided to take a nap on his side of the bed and Vejitto and Gogeta were flipping through the tv stations on the remote.

The ouji finally arrived in the bathroom after what seemed like forever. He closed the door and stood before the

mirror, " Alright. Time to find out how bad this is. " he reached for the sides of his blue gi top and ripped it off with a

single thrust, " AAAH! " Vegeta let out a shriek. There were bruises all over his chest, shoulders, and stomach. He whipped

around to see them on his back as well; a large clutter near where his old scars from his enslavement under Freeza had

healed, " W--what did he DO to me? " the small saiyajin's voice quivered. He froze when he realized how Goku would react if

he got a look at the ouji's naked upper body, " Kakarrotto would completely flip out if he saw me like this..and the fact

that they're still here AFTER I had the senzu would worry him senseless. " Vegeta grimaced. He quickly put the top back on,

" No, its better he doesn't know. " Vegeta re-tied the white gi sash, " Bulma. I'll tell Bulma tonight after Kakarrotto goes

to bed. She's the science genius, I'm sure she has something to heal me right up. " he headed back to the bathroom door and

opened it to leave only to come face to upper-chest with Goku. The ouji's cheeks flushed and he jumped backward, :TOO CLOSE!

WAY TOO CLOSE: he mind yelped, " Ah.. " Vegeta looked up to see Goku staring down at him with intense concern, " Y-yes

Kakarrotto? " the ouji squeaked out, then coughed and continued in his usual voice, " How may I be of assistance? " Vegeta

added a smirk just to be on the safe side.

" I felt Veggie's ki scream out in fright and sor-row so I came to help Veggie in any way possible. "

:Light sleeper..: the ouji sweatdropped, " Kakarrotto a pin could fall 20 miles away and you'd still wake up from

it. " he shook his head, amused.

" What's wrong Veggie? " Goku continued, unfazed by the ouji's attempt to change the subject.

" Nothing's wrong! Y-you probably just dreamt the whole thing up! " Vegeta mock-laughed, waving his hand at Goku only

to send a jolt of pain down his arm. Vegeta gritted his teeth and promptly grabbed the wrist with his other hand, " Ah haha."

he looked back up and froze to see Goku's pupils widened to now five times their normal size, " Ooooh...geh, ah, that's the

"protect Veggie at all costs" glazed stare, isn't it? "

" ▫GLOMP▫! " Goku promptly glomped the little ouji and picked him up, carrying him back across the hall to Vegeta's

bedroom.

:I wonder if I should be more afraid by the fact that I'm likely covered in various sized bruises head to toe even

after taking a senzu bean, or that even though Kakarrotto is holding me tightly in several bruised areas that I feel

absolutely no pain.: Vegeta mentally gulped.

Goku gently laid the ouji down on the bed and pulled up the covers, " Maybe its best if Veggie got some sleep first

be-fore we go off to spar again, huh? " he chirped happily, getting under the covers as well.

" 1000 channels and nothing on. " Gogeta sweatdropped, disappointed.

" We could go outside in the pool. " Vejitto grinned.

" YEAH! " Gogeta shut the tv off, " We shall make a tidal-wave and whirl-pool the likes of which West City has never

seen! "

" HOORAH! "

" Let's go! " Gogeta cheered and dashed out of the room.

" Toussan, Mommy, you wanna come with us? The pool's always more fun with more people! " Vejitto offered.

:I'd luv to if it didn't mean I'd have to show my bruised upper-body and likely-bruised-as-well legs.: " Sorry

Vejitto, but I'm going to have to take Kakarrotto's advise this time and just rest this off, ah hahaha. "

:H--how bad is it Mommy: Vejitto asked uneasily, guessing the ouji had indeed gone to the bathroom to see the

damage done to his body.

:...it's all over, Vejitto. My shoulders my chest my back and probably my thighs and lower legs as well. Terrible,

sore-looking reddish-purple bruises. If Kakarrotto sees them he'll fly back into that creepy semeish mode which really isn't

semeish at all because I'm the platonic seme and Kakarrotto isn't so it was more like a protective uke-mode-that-seems-like-

-its-semeish.:

:Do you get what I'm saying:

" Have a good nap Mommy! " Vejitto said happily and strode off.

The ouji sweatdropped, " He doesn't agree with me on me being platonic-seme at all, does he? " Vegeta pouted

stubbornly.

" Aw Veggie whatever you were talking about to Ji-chan in your head I'm sure he did not purposely mean to make you

upset. " Goku said, trying to cheer him up.

" Yeah. " the ouji smiled weakly, then grinned, " Afterall I'm an in-charge kind of saiyajin! A leader! The semeist

of the semes! "

" OH Veggie! " Goku held on tighter.

" ... " Turles walked by the open door, whistling casually to himself.

" BEHOLD MY SEMENESS AND TREMBLE! " Vegeta boldly announced.

Turles looked in the doorway to see Goku hugging Vegeta tightly from behind with his tail wrapped snuggly around the

ouji's waist, " Heh-heh..hahaha...BWAHAHAHAHAHA! " the evil type-3 saiyajin burst into laughter as he started walking again,

passing the rest of the doorway heading down the hall.

" ... " Vegeta lay there, his face bright red with embarassment, " A-curse'd Turles. A-curse'd platonic nap-time

hugs, A-curse'dly bad timing on all three of our parts. " he huffed.

" Power pole extend, Veggie! " Goku chirped cheerfully.

Vegeta let out a nervous squeak. He coughed it off, " Bad random choice of words. "

" GO KAKARROTTO! " Turles shouted supportively to him from down the hall.

" ...where am I going? " Goku blinked, still smiling yet now confused.

" NOWHERE! HE ISN'T GOING ANYWHERE! " Vegeta shook his fist with Veggie-filled rage.

" Zzzz...zzzzZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzz "

The ouji looked over his shoulder to see Goku suddenly back to sleep, " ...uh-huh. "

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" RAAAAAAAAR! ▫SPLASH▫! " a soggy Vejitto lept into the pool after Gogeta and the two began to chase each other under

the water.

" HEY! DEMI-OUJIS! " Chi-Chi called out, opening the backdoor and heading out into the yard where the inground pool

sat.

Vejitto poked his head above the water, soon followed by Gogeta who had his cheeks full of pool-water. He promptly

smushed his hands against the sides and sent a jet of water at Chi-Chi's head, soaking it.

" Hahaha. " Gogeta laughed.

" ... " Chi-Chi stared at him lamely. She turned to Vejitto instead while starting to wring out her hair, " So, have

you two brought the Ouji a senzu yet? "

" Yeah..sorta.. " Vejitto tried to think of how he would phrase the results of Vegeta taking the bean.

" Good. Then I won't have that slight twinge of guilt when I go upstairs to bring Goku-san home for dinner. " she

turned around to go back inside, " It's really really hard to mock the Ouji when he's in a body-cast. Makes me feel bad. "

" You might wanna wait a while though, Toussan 'n Kaasan are napping. " Gogeta pointed out.

" That's fine. Goku-sa's easy to wake up anyway. " Chi-Chi shrugged it off and headed back inside.

The fusions shrugged, then whipped out obscenely large water-balloons and began to throw them at each other as if

they were ki balls.

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" Ah, yes. " Piccolo Sr said while sitting in meditation upon the lookout. He smirked, " Very soon I'll be alive

once more. "

" Piccolo's father is going to collect the dragon balls, Mr. Popo inquires? "

" Hn? " Sr opened his eyes to see the genie standing before him. He paused for a moment, " Sort of. " he finally

replied, " In a way I'll be helping those who are collecting them and make use of their second wish to revive myself. Once

I've achieved that I won't have to stay in hiding any longer. Enma won't be able to touch me. "

Popo raised an eyebrow, then went back to watering the nearby palm trees, :Mr. Popo is not completely sure Mr. Popo

trusts Piccolo's father..:

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" I..▫pant▫...hate this...▫pant▫...STUPID road! " Bejito panted as he continued to jog, " How...long have we...been

running? "

Bardock looked down at his watch, unfazed, " 10 minutes. "

" NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! " the ou fell to his knees in an overdramatic fashion, " CURSE THIS ENDLESS REPTILIAN ROAD

AND ITS UNMERCIFUL RULER! "

" Hey Bejito look! " Cally gasped, pointing off into the distance.

" Hm? " Bejito lept to his feet and oncemore into a semeish position. He shadowed his eyes with his hand to see a

small blue dot appoaching them at a steady pace, " What is that thing? "

" It looks like one of those road-cleaners Kakarrotto told me about. You know, the ones that come up and down Snake

Way to wash and wax the ground. " Bardock said.

" Splendid! We shall kidnap the vehicle and drive it to Kaio-sama's! " Bejito pumped his fist in the air, then burst

into ssj1. He prepared a defensive move as the vehicle appeared just over the horizon.

" ▫VROOOM▫! " the truck flew towards them at easily 60mph.

" Bejito maybe we should get out of the way first. " Ruby said quickly.

" Nonsense! " the ou said boastfully, looking over at her, " I have this completely under cont-- "

" --▫POW▫! " the truck rammed into him and sent Bejito spiraling off into the sky.

" WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! ▫PLUNK▫! " Bejito landed almost 40 feet away.

The others sweatdropped.

" BEJITO! " the ouho cried out.

The vehicle came to a stop and the driver poked his head out the window, " Hello? "

" ▫FWOOSH▫! " Bejito ran up to him, " ALRIGHT YOU----u? "

" Oi! " the driver waved happily at him, " Sorry I hit you with my truck. "

" VEJITTO! " the ou gawked, pointing at saiyajin.

" Who? "

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" ... " ▫

" It is nice to finally meet you, ojichan! " the driver of the vehicle hopped out of the truck and shook Bejito's

hand. He had on an grayish blue otherworld uniform and a pair of ouji boots, " My name is Son Veku Oujisama: dead oneshot

character from a halloween special of many years a-go! " he let go of the ou's hand, " After I died Enma-sama fixed my hands

up and now I'm a Snake Way ma-tain-ance person! "

Cally poked him lightly, " So, you're a fusion? "

" What's a fusion? "

" Ah hah... " Bardock sweatdropped.

Veku looked over at Cally, " Actually I'm a forcefully-imposed experiment gone a-ray. But that's not important

right now! " he turned back to Bejito, " Would you care for a ride to wherever you're going? "

" Of course! " Bejito lit up, placing his hands on the saiyajin's shoulders, " Can I drive? "

" You don't know how to drive! " Ruby exclaimed, gawking. Nappa paled, uneasy at the idea.

" Sure! " Veku chirped.

" YES! " Bejito pumped his fist in the air, " Heh-heh, including you that makes..1..2...6 grandchildren! " he

grinned over at Bardock and Celipa, " Say that means my royal bloodline's three times bigger than yours! " his tail wagged.

" Why does that somehow make me feel unsafe? " Celipa questioned, confused.

" I have a pretty good idea why... " Bardock added.

" Alright everyone! " Bejito cracked his knuckles and smirked wickedly, " TO THE TRUCK! "

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" BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! " the saiyajin no ou roared with maniacal laughter as he bounced the truck from ledge to ledge,

skipping all the twists and turns of snake way while the rest of the group held onto the truck for dear life. Nappa, sitting

in the hoodless storage spot of the truck, grasped tightly onto either side of the vehicle.

" This is unsafe on so many levels... " Ruby laughed nervously.

" Behold my dangerous semeish powers behind the wheel of this motor vehicle! " Bejito announced proudly.

" ... " the ouho stared at him for a second, then put on her seatbelt. And the seatbelt of the seat next to her.

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2 hours later.

" WELL! That was fun! " Bejito grinned, getting out of the truck.

Nappa leaned over the side of the vehicle and promptly threw up.

" Poor Nappa-kun. " Cally frowned, " Here! Use a bag! " she whipped out a paper bag which Nappa quickly took from her

, nodding in a thank you motion before the second round of his breakfast revisited him.

" Aside from the constant fear of you missing your target and accidentally sending us spiraling off Snake Way and

back into hfil, I gotta say that was pretty fun. " Bardock commented.

" See-? " Bejito beamed at him.

" That doesn't mean I agree with the way you drive. "

" It isn't a way. It's a method. " the ou said mock-wisely.

" What? "

" Yes? "

" ... " Bardock only blinked in confusion, " You make my head hurt. "

" Waaaaah- " Ruby lay there in her seat, dizzy swirls for eyes. She shook it off and got out, staring at the ou

astonishingly, " You are so unbelievably LUCKY today. "

" I know! I'm on a winning streak! " Bejito pumped his fist in the air, " BEHOLD! Kaio-sama's planet! "

" It's so beautiful, yet so tiny. " Cally commented.

" Well, I suppose this is where we part ways then. " Veku nodded thoughtfully.

" I salute you, my grandson. " Bejito did so.

" Thanks ojichan! " he said happily, then got back into the truck and headed off, " GOODLUCK! " Veku shouted to him.

" Hasta man yahna "

" I think its "hasta manana", Bejito. " Nappa pointed out.

" Oh...well, you learn something every day. " the king responded, then turned his attention back to the tiny planet

in the sky before them.

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" Ohhhhhh.oh..oOHHHHHHhhhhh.. "

Goku sleepily opened his eyes, then shot to attention. Vegeta was moaning in pain in his sleep, " Veggie? " he

whispered gently, prodding the ouji.

" OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhAAAh.. " the smaller saiyajin's cries grew louder when Goku touched him. Vegeta

moved around and part of his shirt rolled back to expose something purplish on his stomach.

Goku bent down and pulled the shirt up slightly only to gasp at the sight of the bruises, " OH NO! W--wha--HOW! "

he worriedly propped the sleeping ouji up and took Vegeta's gi top off to reveal the dozens of bruises all over his front and

back, " Oh VEGGIE... " he murmured, then quickly took the ouji's shoes off and pants to reveal the remainder of the bruises

on his legs and feet. Goku clasped his hand over his mouth, " Ohhhhhhhhhhh... " the large saiyajin's eyes watered up and he

reached to pull off Vegeta's boxer shorts.

" Hey, Goku--AACK! "

He looked over to see a shocked Chi-Chi in the doorway watching him as he hovered over the near-naked ouji who's

shorts he was about to yank off.

" Ah...w-what are you doing? " Chi-Chi twitched in shock.

" VEGGIE'S COVERED IN BRUISES, CHI-CHAN! " Goku wailed.

" What? " she walked inside and gasped when she was close enough to see.

" Veggie took the senzu been but he is still covered in bruises! "

Chi-Chi grimaced at the size of some of the bruises, " Oh..my. How did you find out? " she turned back to Goku.

" Veggie started moaning in pain while he was sleeping and it woke me up and then I saw this big on on his lil

Veggie-tummy and...oh Chi-chan I wanted to hold Veggie to show him its alright but I'm too afraid I'd put him in more pain

with all these bruises 'n bumps all over him! "

Chi-Chi sighed and rubbed the side of her head, " Stupid Ouji, going around like this without telling anybody he's

obviously in pain. That's so like him. " she muttered, annoyed, " I guess you don't want to come home for dinner then, huh

Goku-san? "

The large saiyajin started softly rubbing Vegeta's cheek with his fingers, " My Veggie.. "

" Yeah I figured as much. "

" I won't let that Big Meanie lay another hand on him, I won't even let him get within range of my Veggie. " Goku

said determindly.

" Somehow I doubt after what happened at the tournament that Brolli'll even plan to try to attack you again.. "

Chi-Chi trailed off, " Listen, I'm going to find Goten downstairs. As long as you're staying here for dinner I guess I'll

hang around too; just make sure you get the Ouji to the lab after he wakes up. There's no way I'm letting him die and by

doing so send you into a catatonic state for all eternity. " she said, heading out of the room.

" ... " Goku sat there for a moment, then once again reached for Vegeta's boxers.

" And PLEASE don't take his underwear off. "

Goku pulled his hands back and hid them behind him, whistling nervously.

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:" Hmm. HMMMmmm. In-deed. "

" Wah..wha? " Vegeta opened his eyes to see he was in Bulma's lab lying on an operating table.

" Hmm, now what have we here? "

" Huh! " the ouji sat up to see that--though he now was back to perfect health and minus all bruises--he was also

minus any form of clothing. And what's worse Goku and Bulma were peering down at him as if inspecting the little ouji. Goku

was wearing a surgeon's uniform and Bulma was his assistant, " Uhhh... " Vegeta blinked, trying to register what was going

on. He suddenly yelped when he realized Kakarrotto could see all of him and promptly grabbed the pillow his head had been

laying on and covered himself.

" Well doctor it looks like he's finally woken up. " Bulma said pleasantly.

" D--DOCTOR? " Vegeta gawked, pointing to Goku, " HIM? B--but Kakarrotto's AFRAID of doctors! And hospitals and

needles! "

" There there Veggie. It's alright. " the larger saiyajin said soothingly, rubbing Vegeta's stomach in a rhythmic

cycle and causing the ouji to inadvertantly let out a purr, " You're gonna be all better I promise. "

" P-promise? " Vegeta repeated, starting to feel slightly dazed. He quickly shook the feeling off, " W--why were YOU

operating on me anyway? You don't know the first thing about saiyajin biology! "

" Yeah, but I know everything about making Veggies feel better. " the sentence came out smoothly without a hint of

doubt.

" ... " Vegeta stared at the kind look on Goku's face for moment, then cried out, " BULMA! "

" Yes? "

" Kakay's scaring me. " he squeaked.

" Awww. " Bulma hugged the ouji tightly, " Don't worry Vegeta, Doctor Goku knows exactly what he's doing. "

" NANI? He's NOT a doctor! And YOU'RE not a nurse! "

" Nurse Bulma, would you please tend to the patient across the hall while I give Veggie his medicine? "

" Of course. " Bulma nodded and walked off.

" NO! BULMA PLEASE DON'T GO! KAKARROTTO'S SOUNDS LIKE HE'S NON-PLATONICALLY UNINHIBITED! " Vegeta cried out, then

slumped forward in failure.

" You know Veggie, " Goku started to take off his surgical gear, " You are so nervous and para-noid all the time.

Why are you a-fraid of falling in love Veggie? "

" HUH? " Vegeta sat there and blunk for a few seconds, " I AM NOT AFRAID OF FALLING IN LOVE I'M IN LOVE WITH

BULMA! " he exclaimed, his face red.

" REALLY! " the little ouji protested.

" ... " Goku tilted his head to the side, " You know what you need to feel lots better Veggie? " he chirped.

" W--what? "

" A big juicy lemon! "

A blood vessel erupted in Vegeta's nose and the ouji almost fainted, " GAAAAHHHH- "

PLUNK

" Hmph? " Vegeta blinked, then looked down to see one of said yellow fruit jammed in his mouth. He pulled the lemon

out of his mouth and began to laugh nervously, " Ah ha, ah hahaha..ah hahahaha.. "

" Hahahahaha. " Goku laughed along with him, " See Veggie! That's the spirit! RELAX. "

" Heh-heh, yeah. " the ouji smiled weakly.

" Afterall, you're gonna need LOTS of relaxation with the babies on the way. "

" THE WHAT! " Vegeta nearly choked and looked below at his stomach to see it sticking out and appearing very

apparent, " AHHHHHHHH! ":

" AHHHHHHHH! " Vegeta sat up in bed, panting heavily.

" Veggie? " Goku looked over at him, worried.

" ALL LEMONS ARE HEREBY BANNED FROM THIS HOUSE! " Vegeta pointed at the door, his voice hiccuping as he spoke and

his tail fur on end, " And I am NOT afraid of falling in love I'm afraid of falling in love and becoming an uke and enjoying

being an uke when my royal blood clearly states I am NOT! "

" ▫Hug▫ " the larger saiyajin promptly hugged the smaller one and Vegeta immediately calmed down, hiccuping every

several seconds or so, " Veggie had a nightmare but its oh-kay now cuz its over. " Goku calmly explained.

Vegeta nodded, his head propped over Goku's shoulder.

" ... " ▫

" ... " ▫

" Veggie? "

" Yes. "

" W--why are there bruises all over your body even though you took the senzu bean? " Goku asked hesitantly, " And

why didn't you tell me they were there? "

" Ah--- " Vegeta glanced over to see he was only in his boxers. He bit his lip, " I...was afraid of worrying you and

getting you all worked up, Kakarrotto. " the ouji admitted, " I was going to tell Bulma later on after you went to bed..but,

as long as you know now there's no use in hiding it. " he pulled out of the hug, " Let's go to the lab and see her now, my

whole body feels like one big sore. "

Goku sat there on the bed for a moment as he watched Vegeta slowly and painfully decend off it, " Would Veggie like

me to carry him downstairs? "

Vegeta froze, " No way! I'm the great and powerful-- "

" --saiyajin no ouji and it would be a blow to my pride to have my peasant carry me down the steps just cuz of a few

bumps 'n bruises. " Goku finished for him.

" ... " Vegeta stood there, startled, " Ah, well, yeah. Yes that's exactly it. " he made a semeish face at Goku.

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" Comfy? "

" I feel like a wounded little uke. " Vegeta pouted as Goku carried the little ouji down the 2nd flight of steps;

the ones that led down into the lab. He'd wrapped Vegeta up in three of the ouji's bedsheets and propped his head up using

his arm the way he used to hold Gohan when the demi-saiyajin was a baby, " But yes. I am..comfy. "

" Bulma! Bulma Veggie needs your help! " Goku called out as he reached the bottom step.

" Sure, what's he need HEL--eep! " Bulma walked into view only to yelp at the sight of the many bruises on the ouji's

body, " Ohhh, Vegeta what happened? " she looked at him with concern.

" Defective senzu-bean; or something. I don't know. I took it but it healed everything BUT the bruises. "

" Well Brolli did-- "

" GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.. " Goku interupted loudly with a protective growl the mention of the densetsu's name. His

grip on Vegeta intensified and he burst into ssj1.

" ... " Vegeta's eyes widened in shock and unease.

" --Son-kun? "

" Yes? " Goku was suddenly back in normal form, wagging his tail in a friendly way.

" ...right. " she responded, sweatdropping, " Anyway, Brolli did cause you a LOT of damage with that hit Vegeta. I

guess the senzu just wasn't strong enough to handle it all. I could take a look at you but I'd rather advise you to go see

if Dende would perform the remainder of your healing. "

" You think Dende could really get rid of all these? " the ouji asked.

" Sure! " Bulma piped up, " Its either that or you just heal naturally, which would take time and cause you to have

to be watched over and taken care of. "

" I wanna watch over and take care of Veggie! " Goku waved his arm in the air.

" Dende's. " Vegeta said bluntly.

Goku sweatdropped.

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" WHOA? How hard did he hit you? " Dende gawked at Vegeta, who stood about four feet away from him.

" Very, very hard. " the ouji mumbled, embarassed.

" You can heal my Veggie though, right Dende? " Goku asked.

" Of course I can. " the young namekian struck his hands out and began to glow green, as did the ouji. Dende's ki

rose continuously as the bruises began to disappear off Vegeta's body. He took about a half a minute until all of them

healed and the green glow receded.

" HOORAY! Veggie's HEALTHY again! " the large saiyajin cheered, glomping onto the smaller one, " THANK YOU Dende! "

" Yes. Thanks. " Vegeta added, the pain completely gone.

" You're welcome Goku. " he replied, smiling.

" Goku! " a deeper voice called from inside the building.

The large saiyajin continued to hold the smaller one, " Piccolo? "

" I was wondering, " he emerged from the doorway, " As long as you're here do you think you'd mind taking this? "

Piccolo held his arm out to reveal baby Pan chewing on his finger, " She's teething and I've already gone through three

pointer fingers today. "

" PANNY! " Goku said happily as Vegeta took this moment to slip out of Goku's grip, " Aw Panny come to ojichan! "

" GAH! " the toddler squealed and jumped at Goku, who easily caught her, " Hahaha! "

" Hahaha! "

" Babysitting? " Vegeta chuckled, amused.

" Well Gohan has a job interview today and Videl's on a local tv station being interviewed with her father and since

they knew leaving her with Goku while you were with him would upset Chi-Chi, they brought her to me instead. I wouldn't mind

if she could at least talk..I have experiance with young children, not babies. " he sighed.

" Whee! "

" Haha! "

" Whee! "

" Haha! "

Vegeta looked over to see Pan bouncing on Goku's back while the large saiyajin sat bent over on all fours. The

toddler flipped and slid down off Goku's side and onto the floor, her diaper softening her fall, " You know I would bring her

back to Capsule Corp...but Onna's there. "

" You're kidding? " Piccolo raised an eyebrow.

" Yeah, Chi-chan came to pick me up and take me home for dinner eariler but when she saw Veggie's horribly-bruised

state she let me stay and de-cided to stay and wait for me until later. " Goku explained.

" Ohhh. " Piccolo said, disappointed.

" But I don't mind taking Panny! " Goku chirped, " Since Veggie's healthy now that means I do not have to watch over

him like the Veggie-bodyguard I am and can instead just hang out with Veggie and Panny upstairs where Chi-chan isn't. "

" You're his bodyguard now? " Dende said, surprised.

" Mm-hm! Veggie gave me a cape 'n everything! " Goku wagged his tail.

" How, ah, lucky for you. " Dende tried to think of a reply.

" Well, I feel safe as long as the demi-demi-kaka-spawn's not in Onna's hands. " Vegeta said, " Let's go. "

" YAY! " Goku cheered.

Piccolo whipped out a large baby-equipment case Gohan had left him, " You'll need this. "

" ... " the two saiyajin sweatdropped.

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" Now let me get this straight. You want me to teleport all of you to earth so you can hunt down the dragon balls

and wish your species back to life? "

" Except Paragas. " Bejito injected. The others sweatdropped.

" ... " ▫

" ... " ▫

" Yes. " the ou smiled.

" Well, its against my better judgement given how much trouble your species has caused... "

" Enma gave us permission to go. " Ruby added.

" Really? " Kaio-sama gawked, adjusting his sun-glasses.

" Yeah, but he only gave us a week to do it in. " Bardock rubbed the back of his head in a Goku-ish manner, " And he

didn't even wait until we got to Earth to start the clock. "

" If Enma says you can I suppose I'll teleport you there. " the north kai started searching out earth, " You know,

even with the radar hunting down the dragon balls is a difficult task. "

" We're up to it! " Celipa pumped her fist in the air, " We have our planet back now thanks to Kakarrotto-kun! That's

all the more reason why we should go. "

" Alright, I've found it. "

" Ooh ooh ooh ooh! " Bubbles dashed by, Nappa chuckling at him.

" One of you put your hand on my shoulder and make sure everyone's linked in some way. "

" Haha! " Celipa put her hand on Kaio-sama's left shoulder. Bardock touched hers and behind him Ruby, then Bejito,

then Cally, then Nappa.

" I guess that makes you the caboose! " Cally grinned up at Nappa, who sweatdropped.

" I'll be right back Bubbles just give me a minute. " Kaio-sama waved to the ape, then promptly teleported the

saiyajins out of sight.

Bubbles tilted his head, " Ooh? "

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" Well, here we are. Capsule Corporation. " Kaio-sama announced.

" Yes, my fool-proof plan FINALLY begins! " Bejito rubbed his hands together. He strode proudly up to the front door

and knocked on it.

" Hello? "

The ou looked down to see Goten standing there, " AH! Small Kakarrotto child. Hello. "

" His name's Goten. " Bardock poked Bejito in the arm.

" Yes, right. I knew that. " the ou bent down to wave to him, " Hi "Goten". "

" WOW...you're like Veggie-san, only BIG. " the demi-saiyajin gasped in awe.

Bejito stood back up and smirked, " Why yes, I am. Infact, I'm his father. "

" COOL! You're Trunks's granpa! "

" Heh-heh, "Granpa Bejito". " Ruby couldn't help but grin.

" My seed has spread theroughly throughout the land. " Bejito smiled contently.

Nappa glanced around behind them as if half-expecting to see other Vegeta-like people walk by.

" Can we come in? " Celipa asked Goten.

" Sure! " the chibi chirped and the saiyajins headed inside. Goten tilted his head at the sight of Kaio-sama.

" Hey, Goten. Say hi to your dad for me! " Kaio-sama waved and Goten waved back. The kai put his fingers on his

forehead and teleported out of sight.

" Goten? Who was it? " Chi-Chi called from the kitchen, busy making a large sandwich.

" Granpa! " Goten called back.

She blinked, surprised, " Toussan? What would-- " she peeked around the corner only to see Bardock standing there.

" Hey. " he said casually.

" Ah...ah...a... " Chi-Chi stammered in shock, " But, wa--OH. You're still dead, right. " she calmed down, still

confused.

" Yeah, we're actually here to wish ourselves back. " Bardock poked his halo.

" Well I think that's a great idea! Goku-san'll be happy to finally see his parents on a regular basis. "

" Oh! What a tasty snack! " Celipa grabbed a chunk of the large sandwich.

" That..was for Goku-sa. " Chi-Chi pointed out, " Nevermind though, he's still busy taking care of the Ouji. "

" Vegeta being taken care of? You must be mistaken. "

" ? " Chi-Chi turned around to see Bejito standing there, " OH my.. " she mumbled in disbelief and frustration.

Chi-Chi slapped her hand onto her forehead and rubbed her temples, " Because we really needed another one. " she turned back

to the ou, " You're the Ouji's DAD, aren't you? "

Bejito puffed out his chest, " Indeed I am. Bejito Oujisama; the Great and Powerful Saiyajin no Ou! "

" Joy. " she twitched.

" Say, " he narrowed his eyes at her as if trying to recognize something, " Have, I thrown you in jail before? "

Chi-Chi sweatdropped, " Um, not that I can recall.. "

" No, you definately did, she was accusing Vegeta of having an affair with Kakarrotto during that brief time Vegeta

had his Ou powers. " Ruby pointed out, " I think she had her hair up or something.. "

" Ah, the whole "Kakarroujo" thing. Dark, scary times those were. " Chi-Chi shook her head, then grinned, " But

everything's MUCH better now! How about you go up and see Goku-sa. He's busy nursing the Ouji back to health after Brolli

pummeled him in the tournament yesterday. "

" WHAT! " Bejito gasped in overdramatic horror.

" ...so easily the one who spawned the Ouji. " Chi-Chi sweatdropped at him.

" Vegeta-kun's hurt? " Cally sniffled sadly.

" Yup. "

" Man, poor Vegeta.. " Nappa trailed off.

" Put him in a full-body cast too. " she added. Ruby became increasingly worried and Bejito was frozen in place with

shock, " I mean he did take a senzu bean and that healed the broken bones and such, but he's still covered head to toe in

these huge painful-to-even-look-at bruises. "

" N..no...impossible... " Bejito stammered.

" Which room is he in? " the ouho asked intently.

" 2nd floor, first door on your right. " Chi-Chi pointed to the stairs.

" Thank you. " Ruby replied and rushed up the stairs, followed by Bejito.

" Heh-heh-heh, wow, the Ouji's father's just like him! That's hilarious! " she chuckled, amused, then looked over her

shoulder and sweatdropped to see Bardock and Celipa sharing the large sandwich she'd just made, " Ah well. I have time, I'll

just make another one. "

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" Nopa latte do neh, kapu bo! "

" Hahahaha! " baby Pan laughed as ouji held her while talking to the baby using his "little" voice. Goku sat on the

bed next to Vegeta and started going through the bag full of baby-items.

" Ba hinna monte la quie, so dah? "

The baby smiled widely up at him and Vegeta wagged his tail contently.

" ... " Goku stared at the small happy saiyajin, then glanced downward at himself, then back at Vegeta again.

Pan shifted uncomfortably and Vegeta turned over to the larger saiyajin, " Kakarrotto could you hand me a bottle I

think she's getting hungr--ry. " he paused, noting Goku was staring at the ouji's stomach with growing intensity,

" Um..h, hai, I do indeed have a stomach as well. "

" Veggie.. " Goku skooted closer.

" Ah..w-whatever you have to say remember your demi-demi-spawn over here'll hear it too. " Vegeta nervously

replied, starting to flush red.

" Raah! " Pan chirped.

" Yeah, Veggie's cheeks turned red, that is right Panny. " Goku smiled.

" Ah hahaha, " the ouji looked down at Pan, " Don't read too much into that alright? Kakarrotto and I are in a

purely platonic relationship even though we've been sharing a bed for the past 4 months. It's perfectly natural! " he said

in his usual tone of voice.

" Gaba? " Pan tilted her head, confused.

" ▫Bum▫BUM▫bum▫BUM▫ " the sound of two pairs of feet rushing up the stairs announced themselves.

Vegeta cocked an eyebrow when he noticed the ki's were saiyajin, yet not nearly as powerful as the fusions nor where

they that of Raditsu--he was back at his own home, Turles--who was off in his own room downstairs, or Brolli--who's ki was

easily noticed still in South City, " What in the-- " he peeked out of the door and yelped to see it was his parents, " AHH!"

Vegeta shrieked.

" Veggie? "

The ouji peered over his shoulder and broke out in a panicked sweat. Kakarrotto's pillow was on his bed, the entire

room smelled of the two saiyajins clearly stating they'd been sleeping together, he was holding a baby, and he was wearing a

little blue gi.

Vegeta started to nervously whimper.

" Veggie? Veggie you oh-kay? " Goku slid off the bed to console the little ouji. He reached out to hug Vegeta only to

be presented with his grandaughter.

" Hold her and please stay absolutely quiet. I'll be back in a few minutes I promise. " Vegeta said as calm as he

could possibly speak given the situation. He left the room and closed the door tightly behind him.

Goku's tail went limp and he settled into a saddened pout while Pan began to cry.

Vegeta quickly pulled a pair of gloves out of his gi pants pockets and pulled them on overtop the white wristbands.

He pulled the soft blue gi top off and chucked it into the bathroom across the hall along with the gi sash and gi shoes,

leaving him with the loose-fitting blue gi pants. He took a deep breath, then assumed a semeish position while folding his

arms. The ouji put on a smirk and leaned confidently against the bedroom door as if he'd been there a good 15 minutes.

" Vegeta! " Ruby exclaimed, relieved, " You're alright! "

" Kaasan, Toussan. " Vegeta smiled back, " Of course I am? Why would you expect otherwise? "

" AHA! " Bejito announced.

The ouji froze.

" I knew it! That earthling downstairs WAS lying! She said you were ill and covered in bruises and defeated by

BROLLI. What nonsense. " Bejito smirked.

" Ah, Onna. Well you know she is getting up there in age, her mind's already going too, such a shame. " Vegeta shook

his head in sympathy while in his head he let out a huge evil, yet entertained laugh at what he'd said.

" Ohh, that poor woman. " the ouho sighed.

" Yeah, poor Onna. She's Kakarrotto's wife you know. "

" Is, Kakarrotto around here? " Ruby asked, sniffing the air, " I smell someone with a scent similar to Bardock's,

it's got to be Kakarrotto. "

" Oh. Kakarrotto's, umm, gone for the day. Yes. He's back on Mt. Paozu..training! " Vegeta fibbed.

Goku tilted his head from inside the bedroom.

" Is that your room Vegeta? " Bejito asked.

" NO! " the ouji said suddenly. A large sign just above his head reading "Vegeta Oujisama's Room" in english.

Bejito squinted his eyes as if he could somehow by doing so read the english letters.

" You don't want to go in there. It's a storage room. Nothing b-but junk in there. "

" WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAah ah..ah..AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH! " baby Pan started to wail and Vegeta forced himself to

swallow.

" S--so? What are you here for? "

" Ah, we're here on a quest. " Bejito smirked.

Vegeta blinked, " A...quest? "

" Your father, the Koi's, Nappa, and your Aunt Cally and I are going on a dragonball hunt to wish our species back. "

Ruby explained.

" Unfortunately for us we only have 7 days alotted to accomplish this task. " Bejito said sternly, then smirked,

" But being how great and powerful we are I'm sure we'll be able to do it! "

" Right. " Vegeta woodenly replied.

" Have you seen the dragon radar, Vegeta? We'd love to stay but we really have to get out of here and off on our hunt

as soon as possible. It already cost us about 5 hours just to get here. " Ruby explained.

" Yeah, sure. Bulma's lab. Take the stairs, then go down the hallway on your right. The door to the lab is one floor

directly below my ro--- "

" Your, roooo? " Bejito blinked.

" Um, yes? "

" ... " ▫

" ... " ▫

" Better hurry! " the ouji pumped his fist in the air.

" Indeed! Wish us luck my son. " Bejito proudly replied and headed back down the stairs, followed by Ruby.

" ▫WHEW▫! " Vegeta breathed a sigh of relief and slid down the door. He waited for a moment, then got up and went

back into his room, once again closing the door behind him. Vegeta looked up and froze to see both Goku and Pan's eyes filled

with tears.

" Junk? " Goku squeaked out.

Vegeta froze in horror, " I didn't mean it like that. " :Please don't leave me please don't leave me please don't

leave me:

" W-why did you LIE Veggie? Why did you lie to your mommy 'n daddy who both love you so much? " Goku sniffled.

" I..I couldn't let them see this first without along, beforehand explaination of events. " the ouji stammered.

" I--is it bad Veggie? Am I bad for staying here and wanting to protect you? Am I bad Veggie? "

" NO! " the ouji announced boldly, getting back up onto the bed, " You're the greatest person I've ever met! "

" ... " ▫

" ... " ▫

Both saiyajins faces flushed.

" It's just...you know how sometimes I freak out at situations because in my head I escalate them to something more

than they seem to the naked eye? "

" Yes. " Goku said bluntly.

" ... " Vegeta sweatdropped.

" Well, my Toussan's like that. That's where I get that from. And I really, really don't want my family to think of

our platonic relationship as anything more than that; platonic. " Vegeta finished, " Do you understand? "

" You should do what you wanna do Veggie, and not worry a-bout other people's reactions. I mean, at least you don't

have to follow any Rules like I do. " the large saiyajin replied, then smiled, " They trust you Veggie. You're lucky.

Chi-chan is only just starting to completely trust me a-lone with you. "

" Heh, one day you won't have to worry about any of those rules anymore, I promise. "

" That'll be a good day, Veggie. "

Vegeta took his gloves off and reached for the larger saiyajin to lean against, " Yeah. "

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" Say, ever think of making these in a bigger size...? " Turles said as he tossed the dragon radar up into the air

and caught it while laying on one of the couches in the lab's waiting room.

" Well I never really saw a need to---why are you down here with me? " Bulma sweatdropped, :He rarely ever comes

down here to the lab..:

" Oh, I'm just waiting. " he tossed the radar up again.

" For what? "

" For who. "

" Eh? " Bulma blinked, then felt a tap on her shoulder.

" Hello. " a voice said that sounded peculiarly like Vegeta's only quite a bit deeper.

Bulma spun around and gasped to see Bejito there.

" Would you happen to be my son's genius-girlfriend? "

She blushed with pride, " Well I don't like to brag, but...wait, you're still dead? " she poked the halo.

" Yeah, we're looking for the dragon balls but we can't do that without the radar, so we came here first. " Bardock

spoke up.

" Oh, Son-kun's parents too! Sure, Turles has it. " Bulma motioned over her shoulder to where the evil type-3

saiyajin lay.

" Wow...it's been a while since I've seen another type-3.. " Bardock murmured.

" Nice to meet you. " Turles smirked back at him, " Kakarrotto and, Raditsu's father. "

" You stepped over that one rather smoothly. " Bulma raised an eyebrow.

Turles grinned, " Heh-... "

" ▫A-hem▫. "

" Hn? " Turles looked over to see the ou standing there, slightly nervous as he held out his hand waiting for the

radar like someone trying to get as close to something dangerous without getting their hand ripped off, " I'm not going to

hurt you you know. " the type-3 saiyajin sweatdropped, tossing Bejito the radar. The ou fumbled it a few times in mid-air,

then caught it and let out a sigh of relief that he hadn't dropped the object, " You're still wearing that medallion he made

you. I'll be sure to tell him next time I see him. I know it'll make him smile. " Turles closed his eyes and put his hands

behind his head Goku-style, " He used to tell me about you when I was litte. "

The ou protectively clasped the medallion bearing the symbol of the royal house of Bejito-sei that hung from his

neck on a silver chain.

" What's he talking about? " Nappa asked, confused.

" Nothing. Its merely manipulative babble. Now let's get going. " Bejito headed quickly up the stairs only to pause

halfway. He turned to Bulma with a serious expression on his face, " How do you turn this on? "

" WAAAH! " Bulma fell over, twitching. She got up, " Somehow I had a feeling you'd ask that. " she walked up to

Bejito and pushed the on button, " There. Press the one on the right to zoom in on a particular ball. "

" Right. " the ou nodded, " Thank you,...ah... "

" Bulma. " she sweatdropped.

" Yes. Thank you Bulma. " he replied, then headed out, followed by the others.

" It was nice meeting you again! Say hi to your parents for me and tell them I'll be ordering from the CC catalog

again real soon! " Cally waved.

" Sure! " Bulma called back, smiling as they left, " OH! AND GOOD LUCK ALL OF YOU! "

" THANKS! " Bardock called back and closed the door behind him.


12:11 AM 8/13/2005
END OF PART ONE!

Chuquita: And that's the end of Part 1!

Vegeta: I still have a slightly-uneasy feeling about all this.

Goku: Aw, Veggie no need to worry! I'm sure the dragonball hunt will turn out fine.

Vegeta: I mean what'll happen once everyone's wished back.

Goku: Then I'm sure that'll turn out fine too! (smiles)

Vegeta: (hopes Kakarrotto's right)

Chuquita: (to audaince) Hee! I'm off to the beach tommorow til Friday! But I'll have the laptop with me to write so see you

next week!

Goku: From the beach!