Disclaimer: I do not own DBZ or Vegeta. But a girl can wish.

Chapter 7

Vegeta decided that the first place to look for the Candii Pearl was Tibet. He remembered reading in a book in Dr. Brief's library that this giant clam was found in the deepest depths of the water near that land.

He growled softly as he flew over small villages that had small pointed roofs. He knew where he was. He wasn't that dumb as to not research the planet for the past years he had lived there. Tibetan land showed long lands of green grass and several workers out in the fields. He smirked as he flew over a thick forest and saw a deep blue lake in the midst of the green darkness.

Landing near the calm waters he scowled as he looked into the deep blues before him. The high mountains loomed over him and he could see a small pointed roof sticking out from the green trees. Vegeta was glad that it was warm outside, but was still unhappy that he felt the urge to get wet for the spoiled woman at home. He wondered briefly if it was even worth jumping into waters he knew nothing about to find some stupid pearl to make the whiney human at Capsule Corp. happy.

Looking into the blue sky he sighed a shook his head. 'Better now than never,' he thought bitterly as he slowly stepped into the water. He kept walking in until he was at least knee deep when suddenly a high-pitched voice spoke behind him.

"What are you doing?"

With a startled jump Vegeta flew forward into the deeper water as he tripped over his feet. Black hair flung out of the water as he sat on the sand on the bottom and coughed up the water he just inhaled. Whipping around, sending sprays of water Vegeta glared at the person behind him. Black eyes quickly narrowed as he stared at the tall, three-eyed man towering over the freakish clown faced child called Chaotzu.

Regaining his composure, Vegeta paddled back to where he could stand up straight in the water and crossed his arms over his white armor.

"He asked you a question," Tien snarled, never taking his three eyes off the intruder.

The small saiyajin glared right back, as the air seemed to crackle with tension. Out of all the people on earth, Tien had never grown fond of Vegeta. Even during the whole Cell fiasco, the two found themselves spitefully taunting each other and sending cruel glares in both directions.

Vegeta figured that the small pointed house he could see sticking out from behind the trees belonged to the two fools. Great. Now he would have an audience as he searched for the stupid present. He didn't really want the two feel threatened by him. He needed to get the Candii Clam and be on his way as soon as possible.

"If you must know," Vegeta sniffed, "I'm searching for something."

"The dragonballs!" Tien demanded, taking a step forward into the shallow water.

Vegeta rolled his eyes and stuck out both gloved hands. "Does it look like I have the dragon radar? No! I'm looking for….something else."

Chaotzu's glazed eyes stared unblinkingly at Vegeta and the prince gave him a quick look of disgust. Whenever that…thing was near, his stomach always flip-flopped uneasily as the white face and black eyes stared through him.

"What is it? Maybe we can help."

"Chaotzu!" Tien warned. He looked back up at the saiyajin who stood soaking wet before them. Whatever the bastard was after he wasn't going to get it until he explained what he was doing around their land. In a cocky tone, he was all too pleased to tell Vegeta this. Naturally the saiyajin sighed and looked away, pouting like a spoiled…well…prince.

He muttered something and Tien leaned forward. "What!"

"I said it's the woman's birthday!" Vegeta yelled, his cheeks beginning to turn red. "I did some research and discovered that a pearl she wants settles in Tibetan waters. I'm just here to retrieve one."

Tien blinked, as did Chaotzu. Vegeta was here to get a present for Bulma? The three fighters stood silently as Vegeta still looked away, his face turning redder.

"Then we'll help!" Chaotzu said.

Tien gasped and looked down at his little friend. Allowing Vegeta to search for this pearl was one thing, but helping out the cold-blooded killer was another. The small, powder-white being at his feet looked up at Tien.

"Why just continue a rivalry, Tien?" His innocent voice asked. "Obviously he's changed since the Cell games. We know these waters better than he does and it'd be safer if we go along with him."

Feeling slightly embarrassed at his immature attitude toward the arrogant saiyajin he nodded slightly. Vegeta's sharp eyes looked at the two warriors and he thought over what he had just heard the little mutant say. Changed? Was it an obvious observation that he had changed since Kakerotto's death? He assumed that the mere action of him going out of his way to get some stupid pearl from a giant clam was proof enough for the weaklings. Tien stepped forward, deeper into the water.

"We know you probably don't need it, but we're going to help you find this. It's dangerous down there what with giant squids and poisonous sea life, plus…we…um…don't want you doing anything down there you're not supposed to."

Chaotzu gave an exasperated groan and Vegeta's eye twitched in annoyance. Without saying a word he quickly spun around and began to walk into the cool, blue water. He sensed the humans, or whatever they were, behind him as he pushed off the sandy ground and easily glided through the water. Gracefully floating over a large jagged rock Vegeta pulled himself deeper and deeper into the darkness. The three swam lower until there was hardly any light, but with his sharp saiyajin eyes, Vegeta could see through the grave-like murkiness.

Sensing the other swimmers near him he turned and saw them beginning to float back up to the surface. He smirked at their weaknesses and continued on his own. Being a saiyajin, Vegeta had always been able to hold his breath for an extremely long time. He remembered back on Namek when he stole the dragonballs from Frieza's ship and managed to swim away in about five minutes without one breath. After spending time with humans, he discovered how damn weak and small they really were when they could hardly hold their breaths for a minute.

He blinked slowly and looked back and forth at the moss-covered ground. It had definitely gotten colder in the lower part of the water, but he was unaffected. He just needed to find the clam.

'So what exactly are you looking for?' Tien's voice entered Vegeta's head.

The saiyajin's black hair flowed in the water as he turned to see the two swimming quickly back to him.

'The Candii Clam. The damn woman is always talking about some pearl that sits inside of it.'

'Oh wow!' Chaotzu exclaimed mentally. 'I've always wanted to see one! I hear they're beautiful.'

Vegeta let out some air bubbles in annoyance and quickly glided away. The two weaker ones followed as the small, lithe saiyajin practically flew through the water. He came upon a dark cavern of some sort and peered in, but even his saiyajin eyes couldn't penetrate the dark hole.

'Don't you need to take a breath, Vegeta?' Tien asked.

'I'm not made of the same stuff as you. I've still got about two minutes.'

He smirked again as Tien's anger at the small insult radiated off of him. Vegeta pushed off of the rock he had been resting on and rode over the hole. Looking forward, his dark eyes widened. Something glistened as a tiny ray of sunlight managed to pierce the deep waters. A turquoise shell glimmered and loomed huge in the darkness.

"YES!" Vegeta cried as a mountain of bubbles escaped. Cursing himself for wasting much needed air he quickly swam over to the giant clam, but was pulled to a stop as he neared it. Whipping around angrily he expected to see one of the earthlings grabbing his foot, but his eyes widened as one long tentacle wrapped around his white boot.

More bubbles scrambled from his mouth as an atrocious, gargantuan beast towered over him. His face must have been hilarious as he stared at the thing in horror. The mere face, if one could call it a face, was nothing more than two giant black eyes. A jagged, cruel beak stuck from the maroon shadows of its facial region and snapped angrily. Vegeta shook himself from the ridiculous fear of the creature's hideousness and formed a small energy ball in his hand.

His lungs were beginning to ache now as they screamed for air and he found himself pushing off the ground to get away. But the tentacle wouldn't let go. Vegeta roared with ferocity and launched the yellow energy at the "face" of the monster. He smirked as he tried to pry the red tentacle off his foot, but choked on water as he realized that his blast did nothing.

He felt Tien and Chaotzu return. They must have gone up for breath again. Approaching the scene they saw the predicament and rushed forward. The clacking beast stared at them with one beady eye and they froze.

'What the hell is this thing?' Vegeta yelled, his vision beginning to blur as pain engulfed his lungs.

'Squid, giant squid!' Tien replied.

Vegeta would have laughed at his fear toward this squid thing, but he needed air badly. He tried to form another energy ball, but it failed as his energy sank fast. Tien and Chaotzu noticed this and formed their own energy. Launching theirs at the shelled back of the creature, it merely made a bubbly noise and turned its attention back to the squirming saiyajin in its grasp.

'How can a creature be that strong?' Vegeta demanded.

'Years of growing enough mold on its back, I guess.' Tien mused.

Vegeta clenched his eyes shut and pulled at the tentacle, feeling it give slightly. His heart was pounding in his chest and he could feel his vision almost blurred out completely. He wasn't even aware of Tien and Chaotzu at his side pulling the thing off him as well. Suddenly, two more tentacles came out swung at the two earthlings. They quickly pushed away from the breathless saiyajin as the two sticky arms of the red beast wrapped around Vegeta's arms. He flung his head around trying to break free but was losing the battle to stay conscious.

If only he'd gone up to take a breath, he wouldn't be struggling to finish this weak animal off. It was absurd that such a beast like this had him trapped. As his mind began to fade, he saw a clouded army of something charging toward him. With one last blink he saw a thousand green faces rushing to the scene.

…………….

"Come on…wake up! Vegeta, breath!"

The water came up abruptly as someone pounded on his chest. Gasping for air and choking on the nasty lake water Vegeta rolled onto his side and vomited the remaining water and scum from his lungs. Taking deep breaths Vegeta steadied his pulse and looked around. They were on land again. His face had been pressed into the warm sand and the sun shone brightly on his back. Sitting up, he placed a hand to the side of his pounding head and saw Tien and Chaotzu peering at him anxiously. Out of the corner of his eye he saw a rather large turtle give a wave and enter the water.

"What? What happened?"

Tien and Chaotzu looked at each other and began to laugh. Vegeta scowled and crossed his arms angrily.

"You were saved by…turtles," Chaotzu snorted. "After that squid batted us away, about a thousand turtles came flying out of nowhere and attacked the squid until he finally released you. Then they swam him out of town…well, at least far from the Candii Clam."

Vegeta looked up quickly and wiped some loose hair from his eyes. "Did you get it, then?"

Tien shook his head seriously. "No, we had to get you. There was hardly any energy left."

Vegeta pursed his lips and slowly stood. Pushing some fallen hair back up into place and he trudged back into the water.

"Where are you going?" Tien demanded.

Without turning around or stopping Vegeta continued lower. "I know where it is now and I can get it."

"But you could get hurt again," Chaotzu called out to him.

"I won't make the same mistake twice."

The two watched as his long, spiked hair disappeared under the water and they glanced at each other.

"Saiyajins."

Taking a deeper breath and going quicker this time, Vegeta made it to the turquoise oyster in two minutes. He rubbed his hands together greedily and then placed them at the seam of the giant shell. The large creature lay imbedded in the sand, but still rose taller than Vegeta. Sensing Tien and Chaotzu behind him he paid no mind and began to pry the thing open. But, it didn't budge. He pulled harder but only found himself lifting up through the water as he tried. He could see Tien and Chaotzu smiling at his futile attempts and he growled angrily. Without hesitation he blasted up to super-saiyajin and illuminated the dark blue-green waters with a golden shine. He held up a hand and formed a large Big Bang Attack in his palm.

Frantic hands found him as he prepared to blast the clam to pieces and retrieve the pearl inside. Tien and Chaotzu pulled at him, but he didn't budge. The small, clown child threw himself in front of the turquoise oyster and shook his head angrily. Vegeta growled and moved closer.

'Out of the way kid! We don't have time for this. I've been attacked by a squid, saved by sea turtles, and now I have to pry this thing open and you're in the way. Now move it!'

Again Chaotzu shook his head and pressed his back closer against the shimmering clam. Vegeta clenched his teeth and glared at the stupid boy. He couldn't blast the little earthling, but he needed to get the pearl. Damn it! If only things would go easy for him!

Out of nowhere, and quicker than Vegeta or Tien could react, the giant clam opened, Chaotzu fell in, and the muscle closed again.

'Chaotzu!'

Tien flew forward and tried to pry the thing open, but as it did for Vegeta, nothing happened. The golden-haired saiyajin stared and marveled at what just happened but shook himself out of his daydream. Floating next to Tien he stuck his fingers between the crack of the shell. He powered up and with much strength and muscle, began to pry the bluish clam open. If he was outside, he'd be sweating, but under the cold water, he clenched his teeth as the clamped shell began to open. Inside Tien could see Chaotzu trying to help lift the heavy lid. Suddenly, the thing snapped at Vegeta. The super-saiyajin flew back, but the thing snapped again, lifting itself from the sand each time.

Tien and Vegeta swam back and back, but every time they pushed away from the deranged thing, it snapped crazily and hoisted itself through the water. Vegeta and Tien glanced at each other and smirked. Every time the giant calm snapped at them, they moved slightly higher making it move up with them until they were very near the surface. As soon as they got to where they could easily exit the blue liquid, Vegeta swam under it and sent a quick blast to the belly of the giant thing.

Flying through the water and then snapping crazily through sudden air, the two shoved the Candii clam to the sand below. Tien rushed down to the leaking shell and attempted to pry it open again. Without much success Vegeta nonchalantly walked over to it. Staring at the towering oyster he merely stared at the now sparkling clam, before kicking it right in the ridge where the two shells connected.

Flying open with a gush of water, Chaotzu came up coughing and gasping for air. The small child-like being clung to something that sat in the middle of soft folds of cerulean muscle. Tien leapt forward and hugged the boy who panted in the center of the large clam.

"Oh God, you're ok!" He laughed.

Vegeta rolled his eyes and powered down so his rich, black hair returned to normal. Glancing at the two made him sick, but he couldn't avoid the fact that the small, white-faced midget was clinging to a large ball of some sort.

"Hey!" he yelled, startling the two. "Do you mind doing that elsewhere? I believe I've found what I came here for."

Tien and Chaotzu looked down at the large, glowing ball that sat between them. It was a pale, yet shiny baby blue pearl the size of a dragonball. It sat nestled in the soft muscle of the turquoise clam and mesmerized those who stared at it. The earthlings began laughing as they gazed into the glass-like features.

"We did it, Tien!" Chaotzu laughed.

They laughed and jumped up and down excitedly. Cheering with glee they stood and held each other's hands as they danced on the soft cerulean muscle. Vegeta watched with a look of stupefied embarrassment for the fools, which was short lived as the clam instantly slammed shut on the two. Vegeta's eyes widened and he looked at the now closed shell. There was a quick knocking and then a muffled voice from the inside.

"Um, Vegeta. Could you do us a favor and get us out of here?"

……………

The sun was setting and Vegeta stood before the two earthlings who he had fought long ago. Under his arm was the large, blue ball, and on his face an exasperated smirk.

"Make sure you tell Bulma happy birthday for us," Tien said.

Vegeta gave a curt nod and turned away.

"Hey, Vegeta!" The three-eyed man called. The prince stopped but kept his proud back to the two fighters. "Any time you need anything else, or just wanna spar or something….you know where we live."

Vegeta gave a haughty humph and a chuckle. "Seeing as how Kakerotto is gone now, I'll consider that. Even though you will be all too easy to defeat."

He gave a sideways glance and a smile, then flew off into the sky. Tien and Chaotzu watched the powerful prince disappear into the sky and grinned. It was good to finally have the arrogant saiyajin on their side.

Vegeta flew over several cities and countries making his way toward the Amazon jungle. It was night by the time he got there, especially since he got lost on the way, and had to settle down in the forest for the night. The Fanasha blossom was somewhere in the jungle but he was too tired to search in the dark. Laying down he quickly fell asleep.

The screech of monkeys and the propelled clumps of feces woke him up early in the morning. The sun was barely up, but one angry saiyajin prince bounded through the jungle as tiny screeching monkeys launched their goodies at him. Hopping into the trees and quickly crawling away Vegeta turned angrily and shook a fist.

"You're not so tough you know. If I had a tail and a full moon you'd be sorry!"

Walking with ease along the branches of the spindly trees Vegeta reminisced about his tail. It would have been a good thing to have at times like these. All saiyajins had the instincts to live in the wild and move through the trees like distant relatives, but having a tail made him feel so much more real….so much more alive. Hopping from a particularly large tree he landed without a peep on the vine infested land below. Trudging past animal life and other curious creatures Vegeta made his way through the sweltering heat of the jungle, which affected him in the least. The sticky air and burning heat made him feel quite at home.

Without really thinking where he was going Vegeta stepped directly into a hunting trap. A rope tightened around his ankle and he was hoisted into the air. With a startled cry he hung upside-down from a tree, as the jungle seemed to scream with laughter. Arms hanging down and face decently set to kill, he threw a temper tantrum and jostled the rope he hung on.

"This is not my week!"

His eyes widened as he suddenly realized that about a dozen spears were directed at him. Squinting, he could see painted faces and decorated bodies that matched the nature around him. In his anger, he hadn't even noticed the natives sneak up and target him. With an annoyed clench of the teeth Vegeta folded his arms and pouted.

"Fanasha Blossom," the tired prince said slowly.

After the natives realized that the saiyajin wasn't a threat (besides, what human would be so dumb as to fall for an animal trap?) they untied which sent him crashing to the dirty ground. He had tried to explain that he was looking for the rare and beautiful flower known as the Fanasha but the colorful people only smiled, showing off lovely white teeth, and handed him bugs and other creepy-crawlers to eat. After much gagging and shuddering, Vegeta shoved the "food" away and shook his head. Worms and maggots he could not handle.

Waving his hands in dismay he began to walk off angrily, cursing and muttering to himself, only to find that he was hoisted into the air again by the same trap. With much laughter and cheering, Vegeta was cut down once more and stood with barely contained rage. He considered going super-saiyajin and blasting the whole area, but took a few deep breaths and calmed himself.

"Screw it," he hissed.

Deciding not to walk he levitated and slowly began to float up to the trees but stopped when he heard a deep gasp burst through the crowd. Turning with a look of annoyance he saw a look of terror on all their face. He smirked and rose up so he sat on one of the lower branches.

'Humans,' he thought.

That reaction was predictable, but the next wasn't. The natives all took their poison spears out again and slowly took aim at Vegeta. They started chanting one word over and over again that he couldn't decipher. He gazed at them with confusion and slowly stood on his branch. Finally one person stood tall and pointed.

"DEVIL! BEELZEBUB! SATAN!"

The dark-haired saiyajin cringed as hundreds of spears shot at him. In a flash he was gone and rushing through the trees, branches and leaves slapping him in the face as he disappeared from the psychotic village. He ran as fast as he could, weaving and sailing through the thick trees and glanced back behind him. He gave himself a mental slap, realizing that they were not going to catch up with him. But before he could slow down, he felt himself running through air now. The tree line had ended at a sharp cliff.

Yelling, his voice faded as he fell down the rocky cavern. Nearby animals lifted their heads at the disturbance but then continued eating. Eventually, one pissed off, frazzled saiyajin prince slowly lifted up from the steep hill and landed with a thud on the ground.

"No woman could be worth all this!"

He couldn't continue his rampage, though, as a growl was heard behind him. His panting quickly halted and slowly, so very slowly, he turned his head. Behind him crept a growling, drooling tiger. Its fangs stuck from the mouth and its hungry eyes glared at Vegeta.

"Don't even try, beast. I could eat you, not the other way around."

He chuckled at his own joke and stood up. Preparing to walk right past the striped mammal, he stopped as he heard the jungle emit more growls. About twenty sets of green, glowing eyes peered from the dark woods. His jaw practically dropped as a great number of tigers joined the one that had stood before him. Shaking his head Vegeta let out open hands and shook his head.

"How does this shit happen to me?"

The twenty or so tigers flew at the lone man. Vegeta clenched his teeth angrily and took off running along the side the cliff he had just fallen from. The large cats behind him were surprisingly fast! If he hadn't had even better senses, he would never had heard the three other wild animals leaping from the trees above him. The dim witted creatures collided with their partners and a pile of clumsy cats lay behind Vegeta. But the prince ran still and then blasted off into the sky.

Tearing up land underneath him, Vegeta flew over now, peaceful lands covered in nothing but flowers. An exhausted rage covered his features as he tore past the prairies.

"This is ridiculous! What the hell is the matter with this planet?" Glancing at his shoulder he pulled off some burrs stuck to his blue uniform. "Forget the damn flower. At least I have the….NNNOOOOOOOO!"

……………..

Crawling on hands and knees now, the exhausted, beaten, infuriated Saiyajin prince fell face first into the flowers. Returning to the crazy jungle to retrieve the god-forsaken Candii pearl left the small warrior in agony. He couldn't remember where he had left the blue pearl. He let it sit on its own when he awoke and had to escape the feces-throwing monkeys. Upon returning, he found his resting spot torn up and the pearl gone. Searching everywhere, he was about to call it quits, though not as calmly as it sounds, and just go back home.

Then there was another attack. The awful, spiteful little fur balls returned for more fun! Having smelling, messy crap thrown at him twice in one day was too much. About to lose his temper and blow up everything within a 20-mile radius, something huge, heavy and solid collided with head. Sitting up, he was about to explode with rage, when he realized that the thing that hit him was the Candii Pearl! Laughing, his once white, but now poop-stained, gloves wrapped around the still shining orb.

He was brought out of his trance, though, as several clumps of shit collided perfectly with his head. After much screaming and cursing, the saiyajin was once again chased by the spear shooting natives, hunted by the crazed tigers, got caught in the web of one huge spider the size of him, fell down the cliff again, and somehow managed to get caught up in front of a stampeded of wild Rhinos.

He moaned miserably as he lay with his face in the dirt. The flowers around him smelled sweet and nice, but they weren't enough to cover up his stench. He felt himself about to fall asleep, but the buzzing of a bee near him woke him. Opening his eyes he saw a swarm of angry stingers flying at him. With a quick yelp and a panicked swipe, Vegeta clutched his pearl and blasted from the ground.

"I'm getting the fuck out of here and I'm never coming back!"

The wind blew in Vegeta's face as a vein bulged from his forehead. He felt a sting and he slapped his temple. A bee fell from him and he let out an enraged roar. Flying at full speed flowers, dirt, and land blasted at his sides. He couldn't believe he did all those things for one stuck-up, snobby woman who probably wouldn't care.

"Well, if she thinks she's getting flowers she's sorely mistaken!"

But even as he said this, he realized that all the flowers below him were no longer various colors, but a sea of violet. Large petal blossoms almost seemed to reach up to him as he blasted over them. The Fanasha. With an annoyed and angry growl he swooped down quickly and allowed a handful of the lovely velvety flowers to gather in his ripped glove. His eye twitched as he realized they had thorns, but otherwise, his mind was too fried to do much else.

The flight back to Capsule Corp. took the rest of the day. Vegeta found that his energy was running low and his head was pounding. All in all, he felt like shit. It was late night by the time he landed quite ungracefully on the balcony outside his and Bulma's window. Easily shoving open the balcony window, he entered the empty room and sighed as a wave of bleary exhaustion struck. He moaned and tried to blink away the feeling of illness, but it was ever increasing.

Looking around, he realized that a white blurry film surrounded his outer vision. He also felt his throat slowly closing up and his breath coming in short quick gasps. Reaching up to the pounding pain in his temple, he dropped the blue ball but didn't even notice it as he fingered the large lump on his head. The illness came on quicker and sweat poured down his face. The room began to shake and swirl around, but in a dreamy haze he bent down and picked up the heavy baby-blue pearl. He didn't even realize the door opening and someone entering until, through his hazy mind, he heard:

"Vegeta?"

Wobbling around the dizzy prince saw his blue-haired goddess. She stared at him in shock as a lopsided grin appeared on his pale features. He squinted at the nearby clock that said 12:00 am and he took a raspy breath and held out the bundle of purple flowers and the large, almost glowing blue ball.

"Happy birthday, Bulma."

And with that the weak saiyajin fell onto the soft carpet, the ball and flowers dropping to the ground.

……………..

The sun shown brightly into the room and Vegeta flinched as the light blinded him. A dull headache pounded through his head and he lifted one hand to his temple. There was a large bandage on the side of his forehead and he gasped as pain shot through his head at the soft touch. He couldn't really remember what happened last night. Pretty much landing on the balcony was the last thing he could see. He tried to rise up, but a gentle hand pushed him back down.

"Relax," Bulma said, her blue eyes appearing above him. "You're sick."

He blinked and turned to look up at her. Realizing he was in normal sleep clothes and clean confused him even more.

"What happened?"

Bulma smiled and patted a cold wet cloth against his forehead. "I don't know what you got yourself into, but all I know is that you got stung by a bee. My father and I ran some tests on the stinger that was imbedded in your forehead and discovered that it was a rare poisonous bumblebee from the Amazon forest. Now….how would that get there?"

She smiled as Vegeta blushed and hid his own grin. Bulma giggled and snuggled to her weakened man. The tired saiyajin placed a hand over his eyes.

"I made you stay up late on your birthday so you could figure out what was wrong with me?" He laughed. "God, the past two days have sucked."

Bulma laughed and ran her fingers through his hair. "I can't believe you got the Candii pearl. I can't believe you went all the way to the jungle to get the Fanasha blossom." She leaned forward and kissed his cheek. He was shocked to see that she was almost in tears. "You, Vegeta, went through all this trouble to get me a birthday present."

Vegeta forced himself to sit up and winced in pain. His nausea and pain eased up a lot since the night, but he could still sense weakness in his body. He found it absurd that a simple bee sting would cause him, a saiyajin, to get so sick. He looked over to see Bulma smiling and wiping away tears.

"It's nothing to cry over, woman," he said. "I had nothing else to do anyway."

She laughed and hugged him. "You've made me so happy."

He smirked and draped a strong arm over her. "Of course, you've been nagging about those flowers forever and I always hear you talk about that damn Candii."

She laughed again and straightened up. "Vegeta, you could have brought me back sand from some beach in another land and I would be happy, because it's from you."

Vegeta gave her a sideways grin and stared at her. "Please tell me I didn't go through all that trouble when you could have been happy with sand."

Bulma shrieked with laughter at his dumbfounded face and slapped his chest playfully. "Oh Vegeta, I love both presents and would have been pissed if you didn't get me anything at all. But, where did you go? Tell me all about your happy little adventure. I came into the room to see you looking like hell, holding flowers and the pearl, smelling like shit, covered in shit, completely filthy, and then passing out right on the floor. So tell me, how was your first adventure in exploring earth?"

Vegeta's eyebrow twitched and he looked at her, staring into her joyful eyes. With a smile on his face he shook his head. "Oh, I'll tell you. Earth is not the planet I expected it to be. Not at all."

'Yes, finally done with this chapter. I hadn't intended on making this one so long, but I just had to keep putting funny stuff in there. Well, as far as I know, I have no new ideas for the next chapter. So, for you readers out there, throw out any ideas you'd like to see or read and I'll see what I can do. Suggestions are always helpful, especially for this story. Well, thanks, and make sure to review!'