Chapter 11

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When Bardock, Vegeta, and Goku got home, they were greeted by the smell of fried chicken, sweet potato pie, potatoes, spinach, corn bread, corn, and cider. The scent was like a drug to the three men as they entered the house. Goku ran into the kitchen, but his mother hit his hand when he tried to reach for a just a glass of cider. "Go upstairs and wash up, Kakarot. I don't know why I have to tell you this every time you come home from the Briefs' farm!" Her sudden bust of angry disappeared and she smiled. "Besides, there's a surprise upstairs in Vegeta's room."

"A get out of Hell free card?" Vegeta asked dryly.

"No smart mouth" Bardock replied "just go see."

Vegeta paid no attention to his uncle and went to the upstairs bathroom to wash up for dinner. Goku did want to know what the surprise was, so he readily rushed upstairs into Vegeta's room. "I can't wait..."his excitement died down once he saw his older brother.

"Hey squirt."

"Raditz..." Kakarot's excitement died down and even though he tried not to show his disappointment, he was upset. "What are you do'n back from college so soon? The school year just started. It's not time for break."

"Mom wanted me to." He looked around and noticed that nothing in his room had really changed. "Vegeta's in my room now, I see."

Goku nodded. 'Of all people.'

"Boys" yelled Bardock's voice called from down stairs "come and eat."

In the dinning room, there was tension between Raditz and his brother, but Goku was still his happy and cheery self as he ate and ate. His mother had made plenty of food for them. Vegeta's appetite had grown since living on the farm for a short period of time and now ate as much as his young cousin.

"So" Raditz said while finishing his fourth drumstick "what exactly is it that you want to tell me?"

Bardock looked his wife in the eye and she smiled at him gently. She was the first to speak "Well, it's not easy to say-"

"Your mother's pregnant" Bardock said bluntly.

She looked upset, as if she was about to cry. "I wanted to tell them."

Bardock started calling himself an idiot in his mind. He just wanted to hurry up and tell the kids so she wouldn't be long winded, but he just upset her. 'I'm not looking forward to these hormones.'

Vegeta was not surprised, nor really cared. He noticed that his uncle was acting very affectionate towards his wife and suspected that this could happen. He did dread his aunt's little fits that were most likely to occur. 'Great. Now she's going to act like a blubbering idiot, or savage harpy.'

Kakarot was more surprised than anyone. "Pa, that's great! I always wanted someone younger than me to play with! This is great, ma!"

Raditz gave his mother a congratulations, but didn't fail to mention that there would be a less amount of money available. "This is going to be hard on you guys, since you're trying to get your own farm and all."

Goku loved his brother, but wished that Raditz would have been there for him a little bit more. Raditz was always the one too busy in his own thing to care about Goku. Since Raditz went off to collage, Goku's had to really help his father with the farm. Raditz going to college wasn't even that big of a deal, but Raditz had no intention of helping his father, or anyone for that matter. He was going to get into profession football, if he could and that would be all he had.

"We'll manage" Goku said to his brother.

Raditz looked at his little brother with disgust in his face. "Well, we're gonna have to, stupid."

"Silence" Bardock commanded.

"Can't you two just get along for a nice family dinner?" Tannipu excused herself from the table and left to her room.

Bardock shook his head in disbelief. He couldn't understand why immaturity was in their nature. "Raditz, apologize to Kakarot and then go to your mother."

"But-"

"No buts now go!"

"Sorry, squirt" said Raditz as he left the table.

"Clear the table" Bardock said to Goku.

Goku said nothing and cleared all but two plates: Bardock's and Vegeta's.

Vegeta hated being with his family and would rather eat his good meal in the privacy of his own room. Things just suddenly took a turn for the worst once he realized what his aunt being pregnant would do. Living conditions were about to become unbearable. 'So Bardock yells, Raditz yells at Kakarot, Kakarot's an idiot, and my aunt is going to be a full out grown pregnant woman. I've never wanted to go back home this bad.'

Bardock tried to ignore Vegeta as he finished his dinner, just like Vegeta tried to ignore him. Vegeta still thought himself as superior to his uncle.

In the morning, all was well once Raditz left to go back to school. Kakarot looked as if he didn't have any sleep as he waved to his brother as he got inside his red truck and drove away. "You look terrible" said his mother as she felt his head. "You feel fine."

"I'm jus' tired ma."

"Oh poor thing. Maybe you should stay home and get some more rest."

"No ma, and can go."

As soon as Raditz left, Vegeta's bus pulled up. 'I haven't ridden a bus until I moved out here. The children riding the bus are foul mouth and act like savages.'

"Bye Geta!" yelled Goku to his cousin.

"Please don't get into anymore fights, Kakarot. You don't want to get suspended now, do you?" Asked his mother.

Goku shook his head, feeling like he had no energy to speak. His night mostly consisted of nuggies, and massive pillow abuse. The new collage student did not enjoy going to be early, and did anything and everything he had in his power to do. He even got out his cd player in the middle of the night and tried to sooth himself to sleep. Goku was still confused to how he could sleep with punk rock music playing and someone screaming instead of singing. Last night, Goku desperately wished that he and Vegeta could have shared a room. Vegeta would have just told Goku to shut up and that would have been the end of it, but Vegeta wasn't willing.

"Hurry to the bus" Bardock said as Goku's bus pulled up.

"Yessir."

"Well, well, well, if it ain't Mistah City" Bulma said when she approached his locker with a bright smile on her face. "Yer such a big softy inside. I'm really glad you got that note from my daddy. I really thank ya for it."

Vegeta slammed his locker and avoided eye contact with her. "Is there something you want?"

"Of course there is" Bulma said. "There's a dance this next Friday at school, and yer gonna go with me."

Vegeta felt offended with her commanding presence, but at the same time, was completely turned on by it. Bulma was not like any girl that he had ever met before. "Oh, and what about your little boyfriend?"

"Oh, you mean Yamcha?" She shrugged her shoulders. "Ta be honest with ya, it was getting quite boring, so we separated."

"Ah, it's the typical slut syndrome." Vegeta said with a smirk, waiting for her to strike back.

Her smile disappeared. "Listen ya little hobbit, I'm try'n ta be nice ta ya, since you did such a great thing for me! But anyway," her smile returned, but it was more devious this time "This is the type of dance when the girl asks the guys out, and you should feel honored."

"No, you should be honored that I decided to even talk to you. My voice, my body, my abilities, are far above you. You should feel privileged to even be able to see me."

"What are you?" Bulma was done trying to be nice now. She desperately wanted to pop that over grown balloon that he called a head. "Listen here, city fella, I ain't gonna tell you again! You and I are going to the dance and we're gonna be hav'n a nice time. Is that clear?"

"And why should I go with you?" Vegeta cocked an eyebrow.

Bulma grunted at first, but then spontaneously kissed him on his lips. Vegeta was surprised, but wasn't exactly complaining as he placed his hand on Bulma's back and when he allowed it to become a French kiss, but as soon as he did, Bulma pulled away. "No sugah," she smirked. "You want more, you bettah earn it." She walked down the hallway with her classic swaying of the hips, filling proud that he was watching her body closely as she left. 'Fall into my trap, my little doll.'

Vegeta liked to be in charge, but he wasn't complaining about Bulma making the first move. 'This is some kind of a trick.' He smirked. 'I'll just have to get her first.'

A/N: Looks like the war is back on, but neither of them knows what the other is thinking. What is Bulma planning, and what will Vegeta do to counter? Find out next time! Review!