Of Pets and the Past

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Chapter 12: A Note For Vegeta

We've skipped a few more years now so I hope you don't mind!

Last Time

Vegeta smiled and picked up his son from behind the leg of the chair.

"So it's just us now then eh?"

Bulmy giggled as her twin brother lightly snored. She grabbed the eyeliner and lipstick and gently pressed it to his closed eyelids and slightly parted lips. The curlers rested gently in his flame shaped hair.

They hadn't heard from Bura in over 4 years and since she was dead, Vegeta couldn't trace her from her life force. Trunks had soon followed his sisters example and stopped meeting with his parents.

As usual, the Z Warriors had gradually drifted apart over the years and hardly saw or spoke to one another.

Bulmy stifled another giggle as she pulled out the blusher.

"Bulmy!" Vegeta called "Come here a second okay?"

"Coming daddy!" Bulmy called back and skipped out of the room laughing.

The shouting had woken Geta, who yawned loudly and stretched on his ed. He smiled when he saw that there was no annoying runts in sight and made his way to the bathroom.

A scream filled the air, followed shortly after by fast approaching, stomping footsteps. Bulmy snorted and spat out some of the cereal she was eating in her laughter and slid out of her chair to hide behind Vegeta.

Seconds later, their second son walked in with curly, wavy hair, red lipstick, purple eyeliner and green blusher adorning his face.

"Hi" he ground out "Can me and Bulmy play outside … please?"

"I don't think so" Vegeta stated as he picked his daughter up protectively

Geta growled and sat down at the table, rubbing off the make up on his face with his sleeve. Vegeta sighed as a thought of his other children entered his head. He glanced at Bulma, who was giving him a knowing look and smiled sadly.

"I miss them" he muttered "I really do"

"Me too" Bulma agreed "But it wasn't our decision, it was theirs"

"If I lasted hundreds of years without them in life, I think I can wit for them to forgive me in death" Vegeta smiled

Geta and Bulma watched as their parents slowly moved closer to one another and looked at each grimacing.

"Now would be a good time to leave" stated Bulmy "They're getting the 'googly eyes'"

"Tell me about it" Geta agreed as he and his sister slid of their seats and exited the room.

The twins ran outside and sat on their bench that Vegeta had made them. It was too small for an adult, but too big for a baby. Geta looked at his sister and sighed. It was difficult for hi to adjust in life, because he had the body and aspects of a child, but the mind of an adult.

The little Vegeta clone watched his sister hummed contentedly as she played with one of her many toys.

"It must be nice" Geta started as a sad smile crept onto his face "To have no worries at all"

"Huh?" Bulmy replied "What do you mean?"

"I'm a lot smarter than you runt" Geta whispered "I can understand things better"

"Like what?"

"Mum and dad aren't very happy"

"What? Why?"

Because Bura and Trunks are gone and they can't find them"

"So? Bura was nasty!"

"But they still loved her!"

"So!"

"See! You don't understand!"

"Shut up!"

Geta sighed frustrated and Bulmy crossed her arms angrily. Hours passed and soon it was night time. Neither Bulmy nor Geta were talking to the other. Bulma sighed as she kissed her daughter goodnight.

"Are you sure you hate him?" she asked

"Yeah" Bulmy replied

"Really that much?"

"Yeah"

Another sigh escaped her lips as she flipped off the light and made her way to her son's room. As she entered, two dark eyes watched her.

"I wish you wouldn't look at me like that Geta"

"Sorry"

"Why are you so mad at her?"

"Because she's stupid and doesn't understand!"

"That's because she's 7!"

"So am I!"

"You know that's not true, you're an adult up here" Bulma stated tapping her head

Geta huffed and Bulma kissed him goodnight before slowly closing his door.

Morning came quickly and Geta's eyes fluttered open as the sun beamed in his window. The familiar lump in his bed told him that his sister wasn't angry with him nay more and the silence of the house told him his parents were yet to wake.

For now he was stuck in the middle. He wasn't a child and he wasn't an adult, but as long s he had his family and they were happy, it would e okay. He snuggled down into the duvet and wrapped an arm protectively around his little sister, before drifting off to sleep.

Years passed like days, and before long, the twins reached their teens. They were now both 16 and it had been 13 years since Vegeta and the family had last seen the Z Warriors.

It was normal morning in their house. Geta yelling for his sister to leave him alone, Bulmy hogging the bathroom, leaving everybody else busting for the toilet, and an array of pets demanding to be fed before anybody else.

Vegeta opened the front door to start his usual training, and came face to face with none other than Fimble.

"Fimble!" Vegeta yelled happily "I haven't seen you in ages! What have you been up to?"

"Chicchiggachigchigchig"

"Really? All that?" Vegeta grinned "Wow!"

"Chigchigga chig chig chiggachig chigga!"

"You have something for me?"

"Chig!"

Fimble floated next to Vegeta and the Prince took an envelope addressed to him from the clouds back. He hesitantly opened it and read it over before a Goku-like grin spread across his face and he dashed inside his house.

"Bulma! Bulma!" he cried "There's a reunion!"

Bulma poked her head around the kitchen door curiously and raised an eyebrow at her breathless prince.

"What?" she asked "What do you mean?"

"I mean what I said!" Vegeta shouted happily "Look at this note! It's from Kakarot asking us to come to a reunion in a few days!"

"No way!" cried Bulma happily "I can't wait! But what should I wear?"

Bulma ran up to her bedroom and starting throwing around her clothes trying to find something suitable to wear. Fimble was chugging around the house, exploring how much it had changed when he came across a new face.

"Hi" Geta said as he bumped into the cloud "Are you Fimble?"

"Chigga"

"Dad told us about you … is it true we're going to get to see the Z Warriors again?"

"Chig"

"Cool"

Both parted and continued on their way. Vegeta ran around like a mad an, feeding the animals, cleaning the house and doing whatever he could to pass the time. He hadn't been this excited until he was dying and would get to see them again.

Before long, days had passed and the Briefs family was ready to leave. They set out on their way and before long arrived at the spot where they would meet all their friends again.

They turned the corner…

I know, I know, it was a terrible chapter, but I needed to put this one in to prepare for the next one, which I think will be the last, unless people don't want me to end it there. But I'm kind of out of ideas for this fic!

Tell me what you think in a review.

Until next Time

Clarobell