Authors Note:
Sorry, still don't own DragonballZ or Nickelback.
It's going to be hard to update on weekends because of school, ug. Thank you Summer.snowboardr Bulma breif and bulmas-angel for reviewing. The beginning is probably going to be a little slow, but it'll perk up a bit later. Hope you like this. This chapter is still kind of letting you know the characters, so it's not very good. I'm probably biting myself in the butt by saying this but I PROMISE the next chapters will be better and have more going on- but they might not be updated as fast as this one. Gag I have to post this before 10:30 and morning tomorrow ug stupid glitch. WOW, I don't even know if I'm going to let them go to school in this chapter. Oh, and new people, read the prelude, or this won't make any sense. Also, I'm going to try to put art to this on fanart- central once I learn how to if you're interested, but I'm going to tell you about that stuff
Later. Oh- and I'm sorry for lack of angst in this chapter. I just have to put in all this stuff—you'll know why later. And also, don't get scared at the end—I am not going to write a lemon.
Mood of Story: Staind it's been a while---Limp Bizkit- behind blue eyes (I'm going to put songs in the notes of what the moods like now , I have no idea why I'm doing this)
HIGH SCHOOL BLUESChapter 1
Vegeta looked at his alarm clock willing it to be 8:00. SO far, he was failing miserably. Still 7:45, he had earlier amused himself by getting food from downstairs and playing on his Nintendo 64. Not the newest system out there, but it was still addicting nonetheless. He had 15 more minutes and, he thought happily, he hadn't ran into Bruno or Liz the whole entire day. 7:46. Maybe waiting on his bed for the next 15 minutes was a bad idea. 7:47. Oh for crying out loud! Vegeta slammed his fist on his alarm clock to have it start beeping, then, hitting it furiously, he tried to turn it off. So much, he achieved a sore hand and a still beeping clock. He picked it up and threw it on the ground. It stopped beeping. Good. It also was broken in two. Not good. He heard someone coming up the stairs to his room, and felt a chill as he stared at the door. Really not good. The door opened.
"What are you doing up here, brat? Come down, everyone is here. Forget that pile of crap on the floor, come downstairs." Luckily, it was his father who came up. But Vegeta knew he couldn't stay lucky forever. Not with those two monsters in the same house. He followed his father downstairs wondering how long it would take for his luck to run out.
Goku watched as Vegeta came down the stairs and gave him a big smile. The whole band was there ready to play- well, practice. It would be the first time for Goku to see them play in person, because usually he was too busy playing video games or out with Chi Chi to watch. Piccolo was a band member with green hair and a backwards hat, he was the drums, Bardock, who wore a blue tee with no sleeves and jeans, was bass, and Vegeta Sr. was the lead singer and acoustic guitar. Lucky ass. Vegeta grudgingly sat by Goku as his brothers, Turles and Raditz, came in.
"I see you've met out brother," Turles commented smirking. Vegeta thought Turles was kind of a creepy guy.
"Yeah, I've seen you've met him too," Raditz added, also smirking. Vegeta stood corrected. Raditz was more of the creepy one in that family. Vegeta Sr. stood up, and grabbed the microphone.
"You're all a lousy bunch of cheering fans. Piccolo's cat shows more spirit than you," he said looking at the blue cat named paur running around in circles for no apparent reason. Vegeta shrugged, and his dad rolled his eyes.
"Alright, let's go…" and the band started to play.
Never made it as a wise man
I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing
Tired of livin' like a blind man
I'm sick of sight without a sense of feeling
This is how you remind me
This is how you remind me of what I really am
It's not like you to say sorry; I was waiting on a different story
This time I'm mistaken for handing you a heart worth breaking
I've been wrong, I've been down, been to the bottom of every bottle
These five words in my head scream 'are we having fun yet'
Goku had to admit these guys we're pretty awesome. Really awesome in real life. No wonder they made so much money. He started to wonder if it was odd that he'd never heard his own dad play before in person after they'd all made 3 cd's. Oh well.
It's not like you didn't know that
I said I love you and I swear I still do
And it must have been so bad
'Cause livin' with me must of damn near killed you
This is how you remind me of what I really am
This is how you remind me of what I really am…
The band continued for about an hour on all their songs while the 'kids' watched. Hardly kids. They were 17, 18, and 19 years old depending on who were talking about. A/N (Goku and Vegeta were the 17 year olds. Raditz is 18 and Turles is 19.) Vegeta watched the minutes tick by on the clock. It was Monday and he wanted it to be the weekend already. His mind went back to his stupid conversation over the phone with Goku. Since you're in the clique now, I wanted to let you know we go to the Kame house every Saturday night. Well, every Saturday night his dad was gone so he would have to sneak out of the house. Greaaaat. He wondered if it was even worth it. His thoughts then turned to Bulma. She was cute. He thought. Very cute… kind of tall… and very loud... but cute. Vegeta took the subject off of his mind. He was NOT going out with someone just because they were cute. She walked right up to him and told him what she thought to his face, he liked that for some reason. Most kids teased or avoided him because he looked different and kept to himself a lot. But they also stayed clear because after a while he would get sick of it and start smashing faces then get sent to a different school. He had been through this cycle 5 times now. His father and the band were now putting away the music equipment and clapping each other on the back... laughing… Vegeta had no idea how his dad had made friends like that while he couldn't find a single soul to trust. Why was his father such a lucky ass? Not fair…
"VEGETA! Damn it, kid! Did you hear anything I said?" Vegeta turned his head to see his father and everyone else staring at him.
"What?" Was his reply. Oh. Good one Vegeta. Your dad just asks you if you are listening and you reply 'what'. Very nice. His dad rolled his eyes and his friends and Goku's bunch started laughing.
"I said to take my guitar downstairs, kid." Vegeta leaned forward in his chair... and fell out. Now they were even harder laughing at him. Yeah, his luck just ran out. He had to go downstairs by Liz and Bruno, and had the whole band and even that moron Goku laughing. He was starting to feel like an after-dinner and band show. Putting his face down so no one could see him blushing, he took his dad's guitar downstairs.
Bulma painted her nails and examined them. Hurrah! They were manicured and she just used As Hard As Nails to make them shiny! Hurrah again! She sat on her stomach and decided to call Chi Chi. There was nothing better to do, and she was her best friend, even if they got in quarrels about who was prettier. It rang, and some one picked up.
A/N over the phone again!
"Hello? Bulma is that you?"
"Yeah, how'd ya' guess?"
"You haven't called me yet and you call me every day. Except on the days I call you."
"Righhhhht. So anyway, what are you going to wear tomorrow? The science teacher WAS cute! I just love his hair!"
"I love his body!" The girls burst out laughing until Bulma spoke up.
"Come over Chi! We can talk and get pizza!"
"Okay, I'll be over in a bit, bye!"
"Bye!" Bulma said and hung up the phone. She sat on her bed and waited for Chi Chi. There was so much to talk about! Mainly about what had happened today and that new cute guy…
Vegeta entered the basement, which hardly looked like a basement at al. It had a white carpet, and pool table, a big screen, spare bedroom, refrigerator, stereo, computer, x box 360 and more. Heaven, in most people's opinion. Heaven with the exception of Liz and Bruno on the couch watching The Grudge. Secretly, Vegeta people watched movies that fit their personality. Mainly Liz and Bruno, who watched horror movies and things like 'Sex in The City' all the time. Wonderful folks, they were. Vegeta set the guitar down and turned around hoping neither of them saw him. Tough luck.
"Vegeta!" said Bruno looking at him with an empty beer in his hand. "Get me another one, now!" Vegeta, looking at the floor, got Bruno a beer from the fridge and handed it to him. Liz turned to him now.
"Is your father upstairs?" she asked with sweet venom.
"Yes," he muttered as an answer. He wanted to leave now. Liz frowned.
"He's not coming down anytime soon, is he?" Liz asked her eyebrows furrowed. Vegeta shook his head no. Liz didn't want his father to know that she smoked, and hinted if he found out, Bruno would punish Vegeta. Very slowly. Why did he always have a threat above his head for one reason or another? Liz smiled. "Just wondering," she said, lighting a cigarette. One time, his father had come down and smelled the smoke. Vegeta had took the blame and said he got it from his friends, who pressured him into it. It was the first time his father had ever hit him, and he was grounded for a week. No phone, TV, or anything. When that happened, he was 15, and he could still remember the smug look on Liz's face. Now they put an air freshener down here and Liz smoked outside on the back porch most of the time. He remembered a lot of things like that. None of them were right, or fair. Vegeta turned for the stairs. These people made him sick.
"Vegeta." Bruno said—or more barked, his way of talking making it sound like he was giving an order all the time. Vegeta stopped and didn't move. "Your mother misses you," he said and chuckled. Vegeta felt his body tense and he gripped his fists in anger. His mother, his real biological mother had died in a car crash when Bruno had first came in and lived with them when Vegeta was 6. Bruno was bankrupt, and had been in jail for 3 years, so who better to come to than his brother? A bit later, his father met Liz, and Liz met Bruno. Then the hell began. Bruno for some reason, had fun saying things like what he had said about her a second ago. To add insult to injury, Vegeta guessed. When no more was said, Vegeta went upstairs feeling like some one punched him in the stomach and then kicked him in the head. Just talking with Bruno and Liz did that to him. Having his father so oblivious didn't help much. To his surprise, Goku and his brothers were still here.
"Hiya' Vegeta! My dad and mum are going on a date so your dad is letting us spend the night over here!" Turles rolled his eyes.
"A most enjoyable experience no doubt," he said his voice literally dripping with sarcasm like honey. Raditz laughed. Goku and his brothers seemed to have totally different personalities, no matter how much they looked like each other. Vegeta shrugged. His dad, shutting the door after Bardock, walked to the boys.
"Turles and Raditz can go downstairs in the spare room-- there's two beds don't give me that funny look, and Goku can get a sleeping bag and sleep in Vegeta's room," he said answering most of the questions by their facial expressions. Vegeta sighed.
"Come on, Goku. I'll show you my room," A/N (sounds weird to have Vegeta call him Goku doesn't it? We'll have him calling Goku Kakarott in no time!) They walked up the stairs and Vegeta showed Goku his room. Naturally, Goku went for the Nintendo first.
"Ohhh! My grandpa Gohan has one of these!" he stated picking up the controller and putting in Mario Smash Brothers. "I've only played this for game cube! What's it like for Nintendo 64!" Vegeta rolled his eyes. A habit picked up from watching his dad do it so much.
"The same with less characters and games, because it's the original, like all other Nintendo games," Vegeta answered putting his controller in too.
"I like Samus!" Goku said as the 'choose your character' screen popped up. He chose her, while Vegeta chose Link. Link, Vegeta thought, was the best character to play with for all Nintendo games. They played, and Goku threw pitiable blasts from Samus at Link, who dodged and stabbed her. Goku stuck out his lip. "No fair," he said as the screen announced 'winner' and showed Link swinging his sword around and Samus clapping in the background. Had it been real life, Samus would have probably jumped on Link's back and blasted him when he was doing his victory dance, and Link would've turned and slapped her with his sword, thus starting a big fight. A/N (I'm sorry I just had to type that—it was so true to life!)
"I win, this is boring, I'm going to get a snack and going to bed," Vegeta stated and got up.
"Oh food! Let's eat and talk and become friends! And I have to tell you about Master Yoshi and Kame house, and what the clique does…" Vegeta made a face.
"Huh? What's all that stupid babble coming out of your mouth? Stop talking like that, you're giving me a headache!" he said turning and walking down the hallway to the stairs. Goku sighed.
"You're not the easiest person to get along with, are you?" he asked.
"No," Vegeta answered continuing down the stairs. Goku sighed again. At least he was going to be able to eat, then it might be easier to cheer this guy up.
"Oh, I want to call Goku right now, Bulma! Can I?" Chi Chi was sitting on Bulma's bed drinking soda with her, talking about guys. Bulma rolled her eyes.
"Sure," Bulma replied sitting up and grabbing her phone, then giving it to Chi Chi, who dialed Goku's number.
"Hello…? Mr. Son? Is Goku there? No? Where—VEGETA'S! Oh sorry—yes—yes, please—alright – 861-6766- okay got it—have fun—thanks, bye." Bulma stared at Chi Chi skeptically, waiting for an answer. She got one.
"He's at Vegeta's house! Can you believe him? Erg- his dad and mum are on a date, and Mr. Son gave me Vegeta's number. 861-6766. Should we call him or not? I love my baby, but did he really have to go to that arrogant spoiled brat's house?" Bulma nodded her eyebrows arched.
"I totally feel ya' Chi," she responded and then added, "Let's call him, and if Vegeta answers the phone, we can tell him what we think about him!"
"Yeah! Call him Chi!" The girls were starting to get a bit worked up and anxious. Chi Chi dialed Vegeta's number energetically. A/N phone conversation—again! "Hello? Is Vegeta there?"
"Depends." A voice on the other end answered. Chi Chi put the phone on speaker.
"Depends on what?"
"Depends on who you are." Chi Chi and Bulma frowned.
"Are you Vegeta?" Bulma asked.
"Yeah, my name is Vegeta." The girls looked at each other questionably. Vegeta had a gruffer and more masculine voice on the phone than what he had a school today. They decided silently that they would tread carefully. "Er… is Goku at your house?" The voice on the other end scuffed.
"Bardock's brat? Yeah, hang on," there was some scuffling and Bulma looked at the phone with her nose scrunched up while Chi Chi whispered,
"What the heck is going on here? My Goku is NOT a brat!" A voice on the other line sounded.
"Hello?"
"Oh, hi Goku baby! This is Chi Chi, how have you been?"
"Er… I'm fine Chi Chi. Can you call back? I'm eating right now." Chi Chi's jaw gapped and Bulma started to snicker.
"YOU THINK YOUR FOOD IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ME!" she asked looking furious. Some one on Goku's line started to laugh. Goku had put it on speakerphone so he wouldn't have to put down his food while he talked.
"No, no, Chi Chi! You see... I was just… um- I didn't mean that-I-" Goku stammered sounding embarrassed until a deep but firm voice on his line started to talk.
"Is that your girlfriend Goku! Ha ha ha! You're in some deep shi—" another voice, now the gruffer one which answered before talked.
"Don't swear Vegeta or I'll take a switch to your ass!" it said. Bulma fell of her bed giggling as Chi stared dumbly at the phone, finally having put two and two together. She turned to Chi Chi and told her what she thought.
"I'm thinking Vegeta's dad answered the phone before—and that Vegeta is named after him, and that he's the pig head who got yelled at a few seconds ago." Chi Chi sighed and picked the phone back up.
"I am not a hypocrite, brat!" the voice of Vegeta's father was the first thing that greeted them. A/N (Remember it's on speakerphone, He's not saying this to Chi Chi and Bulma, they can just hear him.)
"You just told me to swear and said you were going to go judo on my ass! THAT is swearing, dad!"
"Ass is hardly a swearword. Besides, I'm the only one aloud to swear in this house!"
"Bruno and Liz swear."
"BY HELL DON'T BE TAKING EXZAMPLES FROM THEM!"
"Take examples from them! FEH!If only you knew."
"Uh… Goku?" Chi decided to start talking before everyone forgot they were there, which it seemed, they already did.
"Yeah Chi Chi, I'm still here."
"Maybe we should hang up and talk later."
"Okay."
"Be good and don't start acting like Vegeta!"
"Chi Chi, I'm not five."
"Right. Be careful and I'll talk to you later."
"Okay."
"…"
"…'
"…"
"…"
"ARE YOU GOING TO SAY GOODBYE TO ME OR WHAT!" Chi Chi screamed into the phone obviously annoyed.
"Oh. Right. Sorry Chi, talk to you tomorrow at school! I love you!"
"Bye bye Goku, I love you too!" And with that, she hung up.
"What a night," Bulma stated falling on her bed.
Vegeta went upstairs, laid on his bed and pulled the covers over his head. Goku followed him, put a sleeping bed on the floor, and borrowed one of Vegeta's pillows. Without asking and turning on the light, of course. An annoyed growl came from the bed as a pillow was ripped from under his head and the light turned on.
"Sorry," Goku whispered and turned off the light. He didn't give the pillow back, though. As they slowly drifted to sleep, Vegeta felt someone shaking his shoulder. He opened his eyes to see Liz.
"Come with me." She whispered, and Vegeta rolled out of bed, avoiding Goku so he wouldn't wake him up. Liz took Vegeta downstairs and into the spare room. Vegeta felt a growing dread. She pushed him into the bedroom and onto the bed. Then, leaning on his chest, she smiled touched his face. Vegeta was now very worried about what she had planned. This probably wasn't going to be pretty. Her hot breath on his neck, she asked him a question.
"Would you like to have some fun tonight, Vegeta?" In the pale light, Vegeta saw her face and he tried to breath steadily.
"Wha—what do you mean by that?" he asked his voice croaking. He hoped she wasn't planning to do what he thought she was. Liz smiled.
"You'll see." She said and cupped his face in her hands.
Sorry for the cliffhanger folks! Tell me what you like and don't, and what you want. In other words, please review!