New Year's Eve! Yay!

"HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVE, VEGETA!"

The saiyan prince fell of his chair and blinked at the blue-haired heiress, who was standing over him with a lopsided grin on her face.

"What is wrong with you, woman?!"

"It's New Year's Eve, Vegeta! Get excited!" She threw up a bit of confetti over the saiyan's head, and laughed as he tried to brush it out of his spikey hair.

"What is this, 'new year's eve' thing?!"

"It's to celebrate the eve of a new year," Bulma proclaimed, twirling around in her purple cocktail dress, "normally I would throw a huge party, but this year we decided to just have a simple dinner with the gang."

"I know what new year's eve means," Vegeta grumbled, "the name does enough explanation on it's own. But why would you celebrate this stupid day?! How is it different from any other day in the year?"

"Well, it's the last day of the year, and tomorrow is a fresh start. I guess it's not really that different, but it's fun."

"Meaningless Earth Holidays," Vegeta frowned.

"Come on, don't be a downer," Bulma pranced around Vegeta, throwing more confetti over him, "come do something with me!"

Vegeta opened his mouth to protest, but Bulma grabbed his arm and started to pull him out the door-the both of them knew that if the saiyan really resisted, Bulma would never be able to move him, but today Vegeta decided to humor her and follow. They skipped (well, Bulma did) out to the garden where her mother was setting up the tables and decorations with the help of a few AI (artificial intelligence) droids.

Bulma snagged a garish bright pink balloon and tied one around her wrist, much to Vegeta's amusement, until she grabbed another balloon of the same colour and proceeded towards Vegeta.

His eyes widened and he knew what was coming. "Oh no, woman," he warned, and Bulma stuck his tongue out.

He dodged as the woman lunged for him, and Bulma swerved and tackled Vegeta. He wriggled out of Bulma's grasp and jumped over her head, deliberately showing off, and Bulma smiled as she changed direction. Bunny briefs watched (ah, young love, she thought) Vegeta grinned and pounced on the heiress, taking on the offensive.

Bulma let out a squeak as she fell backwards, and was steadied by a large arm around her waist. Vegeta snapped at her playfully before dropping Bulma-in a large puddle of mud.

"Ugh! VEGETA!"

Yamcha arrived just in time to see his girlfriend emerging from the grass, covered in dead leaves and mud, pointing accusingly at Vegeta who was laughing-laughing?!-at a distance.

"B, what happened?!"

"Ah! Vegeta happened, that's what!" She glared at the offending Saiyan, who was chuckling so hard he had to lean against a tree for support.

"I'm going to change," she pouted, "And I really liked this dress, too."

By the time Bulma emerged, the Son family, and Piccolo, had already arrived. Vegeta was back to his normal grumpy self. "Hey guys!"

Goku scooped Bulma up in a large bear hug, (no one saw the heated glare Vegeta shot at the Earth saiyan) and then the two women proceeded to hug and gossip. Chi Chi sighed, shooting the saiyan prince a wary glance, "he isn't causing you any trouble, is he? I could always get Goku to get rid of him if you want."

Vegeta stiffened, hearing the harpy, and he glanced subtlety over at Bulma to see her reaction. The heiress gave a small smile-she felt hurt for some reason at the accusation, and sort of angry, but she knew Chi Chi was trying to help. "Oh no, he's fine, Chi. Le's not talk about him."

Raising an eyebrow suggestively, the bluette elbowed the housewife, "let's talk about you and Goku. Have you been getting any.. action since he came back?"

"Really Bulma," Chi Chi blushed red, before leaning in to whisper (making sure her son was out of earshot-at the pond playing with Piccolo), "I have to admit, for a guy who didn't know about the different genders when he was twelve... I am a very, very satisfied woman."

From the bench a few metres away, Goku picked up his wife's comment, and sent her a wolfish grin.

The two women giggled. "This saiyan hearing thing is kind of annoying, isn't it," Bulma sighed dramatically, "how ever would we share our secrets?"

At this point, Krillin dropped in with his capsule jet, along with Master Roshi, Oolong and Turtle. "Hey guys!"

"Krillin!" Bulma waved, "come to join the party."

"Oh I will," the old man from behind grinned peevishly, " hello LADIES! You've been growing... well," he licked his lips. Bulma and Chi Chi shared a glance before punching the turtle hermit on either side of his face, breaking his sunglasses and making him fall over.

Tien and Chiaotzu, the former carrying Lunch, currently the purple haired good natured self, flew in.

Bulma greeted them as a good hostess should, and glanced over at Vegeta who had stayed silent throughout.

I shall not describe further the eating sequence, as you may already have known-it is insane.

"Come on guys, time for New Year's resolutions!" Bulma cheered. The gang gathered around.

"What are yours, Gohan?" Krillin prompted.

"To... be a scholar, and study well," Gohan announced, looking over at his mother, who nodded approvingly. Everyone laughed-Gohan was a fighter, but Chi Chi was going to turn him into a nerd. Not that it wasn't a bad idea-another Goku in the team would be... well... let's just say Goku wasn't too... bright sometimes.

"How about yours, Krillin?"

"To, uh... getatallgirlfriend," he shot out.

"Vegeta, come over, we're making New Year's Resolutions!" Bulma called out. Yamcha frowned slightly.

"What the hell are those?!" Vegeta walked over and sat down on the grass behind Bulma, carrying a bowl of eggrolls.

"New Year's Resolutions are goals we set for ourselves to achieve in the following year," Bulma explained, reaching over to grab an eggroll from Vegeta's plate. Everyone stiffened, waiting for the Saiyan Prince's reaction-everyone knew how saiyans acted with their food, but to the gang's surprise (except Yamcha, who was disappointed and just nodded knowing the strange accommodating tolerance that Vegeta had with his girlfriend) Vegeta did nothing.

"What are yours?"

Vegeta swallowed before speaking, another trait that classified him from a different class above Goku, before replying, "becoming a super saiyan and defeating Kakarot."

Bulma had recited his little speech mentally with him.

Goku laughed and scratched the back of his head, "sure Vegeta! Hey, wanna spar?"

As soon as the words left his mouth, everyone exchanged a knowing glance.

"Don't destroy the yard," Bulma sighed, as the duo started exchanging superspeed punches and kicks.

"What's with you and Vegeta," Chi Chi demanded, and Bulma just shrugged.

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