Author's note: I'm glad at the positive feedback thus far for my revision. Truth is that I'm recovering from a blow I took when I made a severe mistake in my other story. Although I'm trying to correct it, it will probably be a while before I'm ready to work that story again. Until then, I'm working on this one.
Things start to build up as we approach the party. What will happen? Let's find out…
Chapter 2. "The Planning and Pre-party Arrangements: Part I"
Goku, Krillian, Vegeta, Yamcha, Tien, and Choutsu were all sitting in a darkened room, lit only with candle light. The room appeared to be a basement, with boxes and chairs arranged in a circle. The mood within the room was sullen, foreboding and almost evil.
"Isn't this a little too much, Goku?" asked Krillian. "This whole thing's giving me the creeps."
"And why does this have to be in my basement?" asked Vegeta in a sour tone.
"Come on, guys," pleaded Goku. "We need the right mood to plan this party, and this is it."
"I'm just thinking that maybe we can turn on a light," said Krillian.
"Sounds like a good idea to me," said Yamcha as he turned on the light switch. The room was instantly brighter and less threatening. "That's better."
"Aw," whined Goku with his lip curled under. "You guys suck."
"Yeah yeah, whatever," said Vegeta. "I'll do the planning since our leader is incompetent as usual. As you already know, Gohan is marrying that harpy Videl. Normally I wouldn't care what that bastard did, but since this gives us…" Vegeta noticed that Goku's hand is up. "What is it, Kakarott?"
"Um…Gohan's not a bastard," said Goku. "He has a dad."
Vegeta slapped his forehead. "Just…shut up. Anyway, since Gohan's upcoming marriage gives us an opportunity to throw a bachelor party, I have decided to participate. You see, Kakarott here believes that Gohan should not marry that harpy since she reminds him of his own wife." The others in the room nodded in agreement. "As a result, our plan is to use this bachelor party to tempt Gohan into cheating on his fiance. First things first, anyone here against the idea?" Everyone in the room shook their heads. "Good! Now does anyone have an idea as to where this party should be held?"
Goku raised his hand. "Here!"
Vegeta rolled his eyes. "Is there anywhere else that we can have this party?"
"This really is the best place to have it," said Krillian. "This place has an awesome living room."
Vegeta groaned in annoyance. "Why do I get the feeling that I'm going to do all that work? Do you have any idea how hard it will be to convince my wife not to be here the day of the party?"
"We know you can do it Vegeta," said Goku.
"Fine," said Vegeta. "The party will be here. Who's going to pay for the alcohol?" The room was silent. Everyone stared directly at Vegeta. A vein popped from Vegeta's forehead. "Fine! I will pay for the booze! How about the strippers?" The room was still silent. Vegeta was reaching the boiling point. "That's it! Anyone who doesn't contribute isn't invited!"
Suddenly, the whole gang because volunteering, each of them contributing pledging their share for the party.
"I know some ladies," said Yamcha. "And I'll buy some booze too."
"I can contribute some…recreational drugs," said Tien.
"I can but the food," said Choutsu.
"Uh…I'll bring some beer…I guess," said Krillian.
"I'll bring Gohan," said Goku.
Vegeta calmed down slightly. "Fine then. Now we just need to plan out a few more details…"
Bulma, Chichi, and #18 were over Goku's house enjoying some coffee while discussing Gohan and Videl's wedding.
"I can't believe this is happening," said Chichi with tears in her eyes. "Gohan couldn't have picked a better girl to marry. She's smart, strong, responsible and most importantly RICH!"
Bulma sweat-dropped before answering. "You sure are excited over this whole wedding. Are you sure that they're ready for marriage? I would have expected them to wait till after college."
"Gohan said he could wait any longer," said Chichi as took a sip of her coffee. "They're so in love. I wish Goku and I were like that."
"Ug…" said #18 in disgust. "Do we have to talk about your marriage every time we come over? You're not the only one with marriage problems you know."
"Yeah, tell me about it," said Bulma. "You're marriage isn't half as bad as mine. I swear if Vegeta could be anymore insensitive, I'd shoot myself. He ate all the groceries and didn't even so much as apologize."
"Oh come on," said #18. "With your kind of money that's hardly a complaint. Me? I have to live in a shitty as house in the middle of a fucking ocean! I tell him I want to move but he never gets off his ass to do something about it. And then I have to constantly deal with that perverted old man's harassment. I swear I'm going to kill him real soon."
"Wow, I guess that is pretty bad," said Chichi. "Maybe we should get off this topic. I mean we're supposed to be talking about this new marriage, not about ours. Besides, I honestly believe this marriage will go better than ours."
"I agree," said Bulma. "They make such a cute couple." Bulma was then struck with an idea. "Hey, I have a great idea. Let's gather us and Videl together and have a bachelorette party at my house. We'll hold it the day before the wedding."
"A bachelorette party?" said Chichi with some concern. "We're not going to do anything too risqué, are we? I'd hate to ruin their relationship over a party."
"Oh relax," said Bulma. "You can be such a wet blanket at times. Everything will be fine. I'll take care of it."
"What will Vegeta think about us having a bachelorette party at his home?" asked #18. "I'm sure he's not going to want anything to threaten his masculinity."
"I could care less," said Bulma as she finished her coffee. "It's my house and I'll do what I want."
"I guess it's agreed then," said Chichi. "We'll have a night with the girls."
All three women nodded in excitement.
Piccolo was flying swiftly towards Dende's lookout with a curious look on his face. "I wonder why Dende want to speak to me so badly. It's not like him to ask me to go see him." He then landed on Dende's lookout and was greeted by the Earth's Guardian.
"Hey, Piccolo!" said Dende. "How ya doing?"
"Fine," said Piccolo in total seriousness. "Why did you send for me?"
Dende took a moment to gather his words. "Well it's like this. You know that Gohan's getting married, right?"
"Yeah," said Piccolo. "What are you getting at?"
"Well the other day, I went to Goku and his friends and gave them an idea. You see, they didn't like the fact that Gohan is getting married and I told them that it would be a good idea to through a bachelor party in order to tempt Gohan into cheating on Videl."
Piccolo was horrified. "You did what?"
Dende frantically tried to explain himself. "Wait wait! That's why I called you here. You see, I want you to go to the bachelor party in order to prevent Gohan from cheating on Videl."
Piccolo was confused. "Wait a minute, why did you convince Goku to throw this bachelor party if you didn't want Gohan to cheat on Videl?"
"I have my reasons," said Dende. "Just do it, okay? I'm really counting on you."
Piccolo sighed. "Fine. But afterwards I want an explanation."
"No problem," said Dende. "Good luck, okay?"
"Okay…" said Piccolo as he took off.
Mr. Popo walked up behind Dende with a look of concern. "You think that this is a good idea?"
"Absolutely," said Dende.
Piccolo arrived at Goku's house a few minutes later, and knocked on the door. It was soon answered by Goten. "Hey, you're the green guy! What's up?"
"Hello, Goten," said Piccolo. "Can I speak with you're father?"
"Okay," said Goten as he called for his father. "DAD! THE GREEN GUY'S HERE!"
Goku could be heard in the background. "Green guy! Are we under attack?" He then rushed to the door only to find Piccolo. "Oh it's you? Hey, Piccolo."
"Hello, Goku," said Piccolo before he built up the urge to speak further. "I…I heard that you're throwing a bachelor party."
"Yeah, that's right," said Goku.
Goten interrupted. "What's a bachelor party? It is fun?"
Goku's heart jumped to his throat when he noticed his son was still there. "Uh, no Goten…It's…uh…it's a bad guy. And Piccolo and I need to stop him."
Goten jumped in excitement. "Oh boy! Can I come?"
"No Goten," said Goku sternly. "You stay here and protect your mother. Piccolo and I will handle this." He then turned to Piccolo. "Let's go, Piccolo." They both shot off into the sky to someplace far away, leaving Goten disappointed.
"Aw, I never have any fun," said Goten before he walked back inside.
After both Goku and Piccolo had flown for a while, they finally came to a stop. Piccolo was the first to speak. "Let me ask you something. A bachelor party is a bad guy? What were you thinking?"
Goku gave a sheepish look. "Sorry, it was the best I could think of."
Piccolo hung his head in exasperation. "Never mind…"
Goku got back on topic. "So why did you ask about the bachelor party?"
Piccolo took a deep breath. "I was wondering if…I could go."
Goku gave a big smile. "Alright! You want to party down too, huh?"
"Yes," said Piccolo with some strain. "I want to…party down." The words sounded ridiculous coming out of Piccolo's mouth. 'I can't believe I'm doing this,' thought Piccolo.
"This is great!" yelled Goku. "I'm sure we have plenty of room for one more, and better yet, it'll be easier to convince Gohan to come if you're there."
"Yeah…that's great," said Piccolo. "I think I need to go. Bye Goku."
"Bye Piccolo!" said Goku as he waved. "Meet us at Bulma's house the day before Gohan's wedding, okay?"
"Fine," said Piccolo as the two of them parted ways.
Chichi was busy doing the dishes, one of many endless chores that the poor woman had to do. She noticed that Goku wasn't in the house and she called out to Goten. "Goten? Where's your father?"
Goten walked into the kitchen, still looking depressed. "Dad's with the green guy beating up some bad guy. I think his name was…Bach…Bacheletsu Par-tay. I think that's what his name is."
Chichi blinked after hearing the name. "What an odd name. Oh well, I'm sure your father can handle it."
Just then, Goku returned home. "Hi guys! I'm back!"
"That was fast dear," said Chichi. "Usually takes longer for you to save the world."
"Huh?" said Goku, who had no idea what she was saying at first. It then hit him. "Oh yeah, right! Yeah, this guy was a real wuss. No biggie for me."
"Can I go next time?" asked Goten.
"Okay," said Goku. "But only if you're good."
"Yay!" yelled Goten as he ran outside to go play.
After smiling at Goten, Chichi turned her focus back to the dishes. "The girls and I want to throw a bachelorette party for Videl."
"That's cool," said Goku, who opened up the fridge for a snack. "When are you having it?"
"The day before the wedding," said Chichi. "Bulma's planning it."
"Where's it going to be?" asked Goku as he grabbed a large piece of ham and bit into it.
"It'll be at Bulma's place," said Chichi, still going at it with the dishes.
Goku gave the statement no mind as he swallowed the ham. Then it hit him. "Wait a minute! Did you say Bulma's place?"
"Yep," said Chichi.
Goku dropped the ham and swallowed hard. "Uh…ok…Don't you think that's a bad idea? I mean, what will Gohan think of it?"
"I thought the same thing," said Chichi. "But Bulma said she'd take care of it."
Goku needed to do something. "Um…I need to use the phone."
"Okay," said Chichi. "Don't be on long, we can't afford it."
Goku grabbed the phone and immediately called Bulma's house. The phone rang a couple of time before it was answered by Trunks. "Hello?"
"Trunks? I need to speak to your dad," said Goku. "Make it quick!"
"Yeah yeah," said Trunks as he turned towards his father's direction. "Dad? Goku's on the phone!"
Vegeta groaned as he got up to take the phone. "What does that idiot want now?" He then grabbed the phone from his son. "What is it, Kakarott?"
"The queen bee is still in the hive," said Goku desperately.
"What?" asked Vegeta in confusion.
"The mama bear is still in the cave," said Goku with greater desperation.
Vegeta did not have the patience for Goku's games. "Call me back when you decide to start making sense. In fact, better yet, don't call me at all." He then hung up on Goku.
Goku was out of options. He had no choice but to use the Instant Transmission. "See ya later honey!" He then was gone.
Chichi rolled her eyes and sighed. "Yeah, by dear…"
Goku reappeared right next to Vegeta, much to Vegeta's chagrin. "What do you want?"
"I have bad news!" said Goku. "Chichi and your wife want to throw a bachelorette party here!"
"So?" asked Vegeta. "What's your point?"
"My point it that they want to have it at the same night as when we were planning to have our bachelor party!" said Goku.
Trunks happened in the area at the time. "What's a bachelor party?"
Goku, realizing his foul-up, tried to cover it up. "Uh…it a…um…a bad guy." This statement was followed shortly by Vegeta slapping Goku in the back of the head. "Ow!"
Trunks was not a credulous as Goten. "What is it really?"
"It's none of your damn business!" growled Vegeta. "Now get the fuck out of here!"
Trunks rolled his eyes and shuffled off. "Fine…"
After the purple haired boy was gone, Vegeta and Goku discussed the predicament. "This is serious," said Vegeta. "We can't have them here on that day."
"What do we do?" asked Goku. "Should we change the day that we our party?"
"We could," said Vegeta just a thought reached his head. "But at the same time this is convenient. With the girls all out of their houses, they'd never know that we were throwing our own party. All we need to do is convince Bulma to have it somewhere else."
"Well, I'll leave that up to you," said Goku. "Good luck on that."
Vegeta cracked his knuckles. "Diplomacy is my middle name…"
"Is it really?" asked Goku.
"Just go!" growled Vegeta. With that, Goku teleported off.
Little did the two saiyans know, however, that a certain little boy had been spying on them, hearing every word. He smiled evilly, contemplating what might happen. "Wait, till I tell Goten about this!"
End Chapter 2
Will Vegeta be able to convince Bulma not to have the bachelorette party at her house? Maybe a better question to ask is whether he can do it without destroying something. Will Gohan actually go to the party? And what will happen after that? Find out on the next chapter OF DRAGONBALL Z!
I've always wanted to do that. Believe me, the best it yet to come. Things will get much, much worse before they get better. Please Read/Review and let me know what you think. I love reviews.