Chapter 4

"Dad, there's the pharmacy!" Bra shouted and pointed to the medium sized building with the red sign and white letters.

"I can see brat!" Vegeta answered defensively. This whole ordeal still had him on edge, and it wasn't even over yet.

Bra just hung her head down as they landed.

The two walked in through the automated doors. The cold, quiet condition of the store put Vegeta in a little better of a mood. The first aisle that they saw was the cosmetics aisle.

Vegeta browsed at the different types of makeup. "How ugly are Earth women that they need to use all of this garbage?" He asked to himself.

Bra just sighed and started towards the feminine hygiene aisle. At the beginning of the lane were the adult diapers.

Vegeta picked up a pack and read to see what it was. "What the hell?! Your mother put these on you two when you were just bratlings! Don't tell me that you're going to need them again!" Vegeta said astonished.

Bra couldn't help but giggle at her father's ignorance of human incontinence. "Actually, dad, you and mom will need those before Trunks and I do."

"Not bloody likely. Bra, do me a favor. If I ever reach the point in my life when I need these, just have Kakarott blast me to the next dimension. I won't put up a fight, (ok, maybe I will a little.)"

"No problem, dad." Bra said, a little annoyed.

They walked further down the aisle until they reached the section. (Dun Dun Dun)

"Girl, did you just hear deep piano music?" Vegeta asked.

"Uh, no dad." Bra answered him.

Bra looked at all of the different selections of products, ranging from light tampons, to heavy absorption overnight pads. She looked at each one, trying to decide what she needed, but she had no experience.

Vegeta noticed that she was starting to get a little panicked. He didn't blame her. The two of them just wanted to leave this place as fast as possible.

"Bra, just hurry up and pick one out! How hard could it be?" He barked at her.

Bra began to sniffle. "I'm trying dad, but I don't know which one to get. Do I need light or medium? Wings or no wings? Why don't they just tell you?" Bra began to get frustrated.

The vain in Vegeta's temple was beginning to bulge. He was just about to snatch Bra and drag her out of the store and back to the Dr.'s office to blow it up, when a familiar body came down their aisle.

"I'll be damned. If there was one person in this entire world that I would have never thought I would see here, it was you Vegeta. Now, I've seen everything." The blonde intruder spoke up.

"What do you want, toaster?" Vegeta snapped at her.

"You may want to be nicer to me, Saiyan. I might be inclined to help you with your, uh, problem." 18 replied.

"What the hell are you doing here anyways? Shopping for head cream for baldy?" Vegeta quipped.

"Actually, I came to pick up some ear infection medicine for Marron, and then I felt both of your energy levels spiking, so I thought there might be trouble. And I am always ready for a fight. I just didn't know that you were in this much trouble." She answered him and then began to giggle.

"18, do you know anything about this stuff? I mean, I know you're an android, but you had a kid and you were once human right?" Bra's lip quivered as she asked 18.

"Hmmm, I assume Bulma's out of town?" 18 inquired.

Both nodded.

"Very well, I'm going to help you. But pay attention, Vegeta. I'm only going to explain this once, got it!" She ordered.

"Just get on with it, the sooner we are out of here, the less I lose my sanity." Vegeta yelled.

"Fine. Now Bra, these are tampons. You insert them directly inside, uh, well, you just put them inside to stop up the blood flow." 18 wasn't aware that she could blush.

"Absolutely not! She will not be putting anything inside there until I am dead and buried, which will be for a long time!" Vegeta demanded, while glaring at Bra.

18 sighed to herself. 'He's in for a rude awakening.' Then she began to giggle again. "Fine, Vegeta, since those aren't to your taste, then you will want to try these. These are regular absorption maxi's with wings. Bra, you place these in your panties, sticky side down and fold the wings underneath to stick. That way, you have extra protection, and less chance of any leakage." 18 told her.

"Oh, thank you so much, 18. I'm sure that my dad and I never would have gotten through this one by ourselves. But now I know for the future. I owe you one!" She told her.

"Don't mention it kid. Women got to stick together, especially against assholes like Vegeta!" She laughed.

"Yeah, yeah. Your assistance was, acceptable. Tell nobody of this. Oh, and 18?" Vegeta asked.

"Yes" She replied.

"Don't ever say panties to my little girl again. In fact, spread the word. Nobody is to refer to her undergarments in that filthy manner." He commanded.

Both ladies lowered their heads and sighed. "Men!" They yelled in unison.

"Well, see you, 18. Thanks for all of your help." Bra waved as she and Vegeta began to walk towards the register.

"No problem kid. And I hope for your sake, that Bulma comes home soon!" 18 yelled back.

Vegeta was paying for the items. The cashier was a really good looking teenage boy and Bra was mortified. She didn't want any cute guys to see her with her dad, buying these kinds of things.

"Oh, dad, this couldn't be any worse!" Bra complained.

"What's wrong now?" Vegeta asked.

"I don't want that guy to see me buying this stuff. He's going to laugh at me." She whined.

"Well, I am not thrilled that I am being seen buying this crap. But you should have thought about that before you went ahead and started your period, young lady. Let this be a lesson to you; don't be in too much of a hurry to grow up!" Vegeta told her.

The cashier rang up the items and both Saiyans could see him beginning to snicker. This embarrassed Bra, but enraged Vegeta.

He grabbed the boy by the collar and pulled him closer. "Listen here, you little punk! My baby girl needs these for her period! I am the only one home, so I am the one who is stuck buying them for her! I fail to see the humor in this situation. Even the damn doctor said this was natural, so if I were you, I would wipe that stupid grin off of my face before I do something unnatural to you! Now give me my change you little freak!" Vegeta shouted at the unsuspecting boy.

The cashier, who was now shaking, fumbled to get the items bagged and basically threw the change at Vegeta before running into the back stock room.

"Dad, why do you always have to embarrass me!?" Bra shouted before she started crying and ran out the door.

Vegeta just stood there, dumbfounded. He thought that the cashier snickering was upsetting her, so he made him stop. Now, she was still upset?

"So it begins" he muttered, then took off after her.

A/N: Ok, I was not trying to make fun of anybody with incontinence problems, I would never do that. But the truth is, that is something that you do see in the pharmacy, and that is how I see Vegeta reacting to them. Sorry if I offended anybody, but it wasn't my intention.

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