Goku showered quickly
and dressed, somewhat eager to see what Vegeta had in mind. Once
he stepped outside his prospective for the day dropped a notch.
"That's Bulma's car."
Goku said. After his and Piccolo's fiasco at the license bureau,
he was kind of resentful towards cars and drivers. They made it look
so easy! Vegeta leaned against the sleek, black Spyder.
"Yes it is." Vegeta
said, his smile growing.
"It's her favorite
one." Goku observed.
"No shit, Sherlock.
Are you going to get in or not?" Goku frowned but nodded and got
in the passenger side. It was a rare opportunity before him, he dared
not pass it up. As far as he knew Vegeta hated him. And he'd
always wanted to at least be civil with the last Saiyan no Ouji. Now here
was his chance, apparently.
Vegeta got in and started
the car and pulled out of the driveway. Goku felt a surge of
annoyance as Vegeta maneuvered perfectly and was soon driving flawlessly
down the road.
"How can you do this
so easily?" Goku said with a frown.
"Kakarotto, driving
is easy. You can steer with one finger. I don't see why
you and the Namek found this so difficult. I got a stupid license
my first try." He said throwing a plastic card at Goku. He flipped
it over and his eyes bulged at the sight of Vegeta's picture. He
began to snicker at the sight of Vegeta with a huge, cheesy grin.
"Nice picture."
"I know." Vegeta said
snorting. "I couldn't decide whether to look drunk or just stupid."
"Is this drunk or stupid?"
Goku asked.
"Stupid." Vegeta said,
They were coming up to the first intersection. "Which way?"
"You got here, don't
you know?"
"Fine." Vegeta slammed
on the gas and sped through the red light and several cars were forced
to slam on the breaks to avoid a collision. And one of those cars happened
to be a police car. Sirens blared as the black cop car turned around and
went after the two Saiyans.
"Damn it, Vegeta! What
are you doing? That police officer is trying to pull you over."
"Well, he's not trying
hard enough." Vegeta said with a sneer and the engine roared as he slammed
on the gas. The small car leapt forward. He cut off dozens
of people, even driving in the opposite lane to get ahead of the cop.
"What are you doing?!"
Goku cried as Vegeta nearly sideswiped a station wagon.
"Watch out you douche-bag!"
Vegeta bellowed out the window, shaking his fist angrily at an 80 year
old man who looked like he was about to have a heart-attack. A new
development was coming up on the left and Vegeta cut through, tires squealing
as they turned. The police car was stuck at the last intersection,
trying to get through cars that had collided trying to avoid the Spyder.
Vegeta blew through two stop signs and Goku watched to make sure no one
would get run over.
"Vegeta, your gonna
kill someone."
"No I won't! Just shut
up or get out. You fucking suck!" Vegeta snarled glaring at him.
He ran another light at the end of the development and flew past a freeway
ramp. He went left and another freeway entrance was just ahead.
Several people were stopped as cars got off the exit. Vegeta slowed
down just enough to shoot onto the ramp in the few seconds before the light
turned green. Goku could see two more squad cars coming towards him
and another from the development they'd just left.
"Vegeta, were
gonna get in trouble!" Goku warned as the flew onto the freeway.
As the car straightened the speed rapidly flew to 90 mph and above.
"Oh bullshit!" Vegeta
snapped. "And don't give me that shit about your wife either!
If you instant-transmission out of here I'll be so disgusted with you."
The freeway took an abrupt left as he got onto another route and the police
cars were getting closer. Goku shook his head as Vegeta cut off a
semi truck.
"Why are you doing
this?" Goku asked again.
"For fun." Vegeta said
as if it was that simple. "I want to makes these pigs fucking work
for a change instead of eating donuts and giving me fucking speeding tickets
the fucks!" Goku's eyes slowly widened as he realized Vegeta's motive.
"You're doing this
because you got a speeding ticket?" he cried, cringing as Vegeta slammed
on the brakes to avoid crashing into the end of a semi. Vegeta jerked
the wheel and slammed on the gas and they shot into the left lane cutting
off a small red car. He heard a horn beeping frantically behind them
as Vegeta sped off.
"I told you.
I'm just having fun." He said with a grin. Goku sighed and turned
around in his seat. Behind them were at least ten police cars and
the traffic in front of them was clearing out as people tried to avoid
them.
"You are crazy.
Bulma is going to kill you when she finds out. What are you going
to do? Drive until you run out of gas and then what? Bulma's
car will get impounded and she's going to have to pay to get it out."
"She's rich!" Vegeta
started laughing and turned the volume up on the radio. The music
blared through the speakers and Vegeta rolled both windows down until the
roar of the wind almost drowned out the music.
"That's not the point!"
Goku cried, but his voice was lost in the noise. Suddenly Goku felt
Vegeta's ki rise and before he could stop him he fired a ki blast out the
window. The was a loud explosion that made the car swerve and Goku
saw the remains of a helicopter falling to the ground. He hadn't
even known it was there. The music had drowned it out…
"You asshole! That's
it!" He grabbed the steering wheel and jerked it to the right so hard that
the steering column snapped. The wheels turned sideways and the car
flipped end over end three or four times before coming to a rest on the
roof. Goku had leapt out during the first flip and stood at the side
of the freeway looking for Vegeta as the police drew near.
"Thanks. Now
I can tell Bulma that you fucked her car up. Which is true enough."
He heard from behind him. He spun around to see Vegeta wearing that
infuriating smirk he always had on his face.
"This is all your fault
you bastard!" Goku cried as the wailing of the sirens grew louder.
Vegeta lifted a few feet off the air and instantly Goku was in front of
him. Seizing him by the shoulders. "You're going to pay for this.
You killed those people in the helicopter!" Goku growled. Vegeta's
smile grew large and his eyes narrowed with a predatory gleam.
"Yes, put me in jail,
I would love to escape and accidentally set free hundreds of murderers
and rapists." He sneered. Goku growled and grabbed Vegeta's elbow
before shooting into the sky as the police pulled up to the smoking wreck
that had been Bulma's favorite car.
"I can't believe you
did that!" Goku snarled. Vegeta wrenched his elbow from Goku's grip
with a snicker.
"Your such a baby.
How can you be afraid of that weak female?" he mocked. Goku's cheeks
turned pink in indignation.
"I'm not afraid of
her! But that was her car and she's going to be pissed and she's
going to yell and we both have to listen to it. And while you might
enjoy her screaming in your face, I do not!"
"Listen to you.
You let these harpies dominate you. I don't see why."
"Hey-" Goku began.
"Oh, stop! Whatever
your excuses are I don't want to hear them. It doesn't matter."
Goku felt another growl rising. Vegeta's callous and careless attitude
was complete bullshit as far as Goku could see.
"Did you even ask Bulma
to use her car?" he snapped.
"No." he snorted, folding
his arms across his chest.
"That's bull shit!
Do you even realize how shitty that is? She lets you stay there and
asks nothing of you in return except maybe that you don't kill her and
her family. She buys you fucking clothes and food and this is how
you repay her? By stealing her car and destroying it?
That's real fucking nice, Vegeta." Goku snarled. Vegeta's smiled
had faded and he scowled darkly.
"She deserves it."
he muttered.
"Deserves it?!" Goku
cried in disbelief. "What the hell could she have possibly done to
you to make you do something like this?" Vegeta's eyes narrowed as
he studied the Chikyuu-Saiyan before him. He was really angry.
His face was even turning red. He even looked like he might lash
out at Vegeta if he said the right thing. The corner of Vegeta's
mouth slid up.
"She deserves it because
she's a fucking bitch-" A powerful fist plowed into his jaw, his head snapped
to the side as he sailed through the air. He came to an abrupt halt
and rubbed his jaw with a frown. His dark eyes searched the sky for
any sign of the idiot. He was close.
Vegeta phased out and
drove his knee into Goku's spine. The other Saiyan cried out in pain
and Vegeta elbowed him in the throat. He dropped out of his defensive
stance as Goku feebly gasped and hacked, clutching his throat. Goku
glared daggers at him, Vegeta smiled in return.
"The truth is, Kakarotto,
that the stupid woman shot her mouth off about something that is none of
her fucking business. And if that wasn't bad enough, she said it
in front of that butt-fucker Yamcha." His vague confession was followed
by long moments of silence as Goku gasped for breath.
"What did she say?"
Goku rasped. Vegeta's face turned pink and he mumbled something that
Goku could barely hear. "WHAT?!" he yelled.
"She SAID that Frieza
beat me to death because he was pissed that his bitch ran away!!" Vegeta
yelled back with twice the volume.
"Ah." Goku winced.
Trust Bulma to say something completely crude and heartless. He swore
she could make sailors blush. "I'm sure she didn't mean it."
"Oh, she meant it."
Goku suddenly hid a smile.
"So what Vegeta.
She's just a human, and a girl. Why do you care what she thinks?"
He saw the corner of Vegeta's mouth twitch and thought he looked a little
flushed.
"I DON'T care what
she thinks!" he snapped. Goku had to bite his lip to keep from laughing.
The expression on Vegeta's face reminded him of a pissed-off little kid.
Goku snorted in derision and Vegeta's gaze switched to him. He could
see Vegeta's jaw clench and his eyes grow dark.
"If you don't care
what she thinks then why even bother to get back at her?" Vegeta's eyebrows
shot up and he glared at Goku as if he'd just said the most stupid thing
he could think of.
"Shut up Kakarotto."
"You like her." Vegeta
gaped at him in horror.
"I- do not!" he snapped,
his face was getting redder.
"You do! You're
blushing."
"I AM NOT!" Vegeta
cried his hands flying up to cover his face. Goku laughed softly.
He could hear a deep growl rumbling through Vegeta's chest as the older
Saiyan turned away.
"Vegeta, calm down."
He said with a sigh as Vegeta fanned his face.
"Fuck you." He hissed.
"Look, it's all right
if you like Bulma. You two are a lot alike in fact-"
"That's not true!"
Vegeta roared, turning on him in fury.
"It is. I know
she has a power level of like two or something but that's not what I'm
talking about. You and her are like both.." he frowned, searching
for the right words. "You're both stubborn as hell for one.
Two, you both are proud and don't back down from things, you're both perfectionists,
and both of you kinda.. cut yourself off from people. I don't know.
I see a bunch of similarities between the two of you. I think that's
why you two fight. You have the same personality, but different views.
You see?"
Vegeta looked perplexed,
and Goku recognized the look. It was the look he got when he said
something intelligent.
"Shut up Kakarotto."
Vegeta murmured, eyeing him suspiciously. Goku grinned.
"You shut up."
Vegeta's eyes narrowed and for a moment he glared at him before the corner
of his mouth came up. He shook his head and with an unspoken agreement
they lifted higher into the air. The sun was high above them, blinding
as it reflected off the billowy clouds above them. "Hey Vegeta."
Goku called as Vegeta began to drift towards Capsule Corp.
Vegeta glanced back
at him in acknowledgment.
"Uh… are you really
going to tell Bulma that I wrecked her car?"
Vegeta grinned.