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Chapter 1

Grumble

Vegeta finished blasting the last fight-bot in the gravity machine to smithereens when his stomach informed him that he was hungry.

For a moment he observed the damage he had done in the gravity machine. Small bits of metal were scattered everywhere. Most of it had been disintegrated at first impact with his ki blast, but some had survived. Patches of black decorated the walls where ki blast had hit. Vegeta himself had a few cuts, but nothing too serious. Of course it wasn�t as if anything could truly hurt him. At least nothing in this weak excuse for a gravity machine could.

Feeling annoyed at the fact that the gravity machine was no longer a challenge for him, Vegeta walked outside of it and without a backwards glance, destroyed it with a ki blast.

Pleased with his work and still hungry, Vegeta walked towards Capsule Corp. Out of the blue a tune suddenly entered his head. At first he heard only the music, but slowly the words began to come as well. Vegeta recognized it as a song from one of those annoying kids shows that Trunks watched. Oddly enough he found himself singing the song, �I love you. You love me. We�re a happy family.�

�What the hell am I singing!� Vegeta exclaimed out loud while looking around to make sure no one had heard him. After another moment he was calm again, and soon was at the door of Capsule Corp.

Vegeta walked in and instantly headed for the fridge. All that was inside were a couple bottles of baby formula, some bottles of juice and some fruit. Checking the pantries he saw that the situation was no better. The only things there were cans of baby food and other little snacks that wouldn�t even come close to satisfying his hunger.

�Woman!� Vegeta yelled, while checking the fridge again to make sure he hadn�t missed anything. It turned out he had. There was a bag of prunes lying in the back.

Vegeta scowled as his stomach grumbled again.

�Woman!� he repeated. After a few moments with no answer, Vegeta got annoyed and went looking for her.

As he searched throughout the house, furniture literally moved. Even inanimate objects had the sense to get out of the way when an annoyed and hungry Saiyan was on the rampage.

After a couple more minutes of searching Vegeta decided to go out and check in the lab and almost killed himself trying to get in through all the mess.

Vegeta looked around, but still no Bulma. He walked in further and noticed a dollhouse in the far corner. 'Now why would this be here?� he thought.Vegeta scoffed at the silly contraption, but felt an odd yearning to open it and even play with it.

�Psst, you�re getting soft Vegeta.� he said to himself and turned around to leave.

(Five minutes and an inner battle later)

"Oh Vegeta you are the strongest man in the whole universe. No one can challenge your power-not even Kakkarot. You are the best, and a prince at that," Vegeta said in a girlish voice while holding up a girl doll. Then he picked up the boy doll. "Yes I know all bow before me and..."

"Vegeta." A way too perky voice said from behind him.

Vegeta turned slowly as heat rushed to his face. Looking back at him was Mrs. Briefs, if one could call what she did with her closed eyes looking. In her hands were a piece of paper and plate of cookies.

"What do you want?" Vegeta asked as he hid the dolls behind his back.

Mrs. Briefs walked over to Vegeta through the clutter and surprisingly never hit a thing. 'Note to self:� Vegeta thought, 'I have to figure out how she does that.� When she got to him she gave him the plate of cookies and the note.

Vegeta grabbed the plate and polished off the cookies within a second�s time. They tasted kind of funny, but his stomach didn�t care. He then took the note and with a glance noticed that Bulma had written it.

�That note explains everything.� Said Mrs. Briefs as she turned to leave.

�Where are you going?� Vegeta asked.

�Coffee convention dear.� She said and disappeared out the door

�Who in there right minds would make a convention about that foul tasting stuff?� Vegeta thought, and then answered his own question somewhat by reminding himself that humans were crazy. He was about to turn his attention to the note when an annoying voice that he instantly knew belonged to Kakkarot called out to him.

"Hey Vegeta."

�Kakkarot...� Vegeta mumbled under his breath as he looked up to see the taller Saiyan who as usual had that big grin on his face. �What do you want?�

�I just came to see about Trunks.�

�The brat�s as annoying as usual and I have better things to do than talk about him.�

�But Chi-Chi said....�

�I can hear whatever your slave-driver said later.� Vegeta responded in an annoyed tone and turned his attention to the note.

�Dear Vegeta, I had to attend a business meeting in the states and mom and dad will be out as well. This means that you will be taking care of Trunks till I get back. I know you can do it, but if you don�t want to, the Sons have offered to watch him.�

�Oh so that�s why the idiots here then� Vegeta thought. He also began to feel a little woozy and wondered if the news of him taking care of Trunks had anything to do with it.

�Couldn't be� He thought. Few things shook him up and taking care of the brat wasn�t one of them. Annoyed, sure, but woozy? Not at all. Besides he didn�t have to take care of him. Vegeta continued reading the letter.

�I�ll be back in three days. You can order out for food if you get hungry. Till then I hope these cookies will hold you. I made them myself.�

�She made them herself,� Vegeta repeated in his mind as his face went pale. The woman couldn�t cook to save her life as he had informed her many times before. Of course each and every time she had taken it as a joke since it seemed as if Vegeta always ate everything on the plate. In reality he had been using his super speed to destroy the inedible crap that she called food. To this day, he still didn�t understand how she could eat her own cooking and survive.

�You ok Vegeta?� Goku said as Vegeta bolted out of the door in an attempt to make it to the house and get some sort of medicine. Just before he reached the door, his vision began to blur and he could only mumble, �Why� as he slipped into darkness.

"Vegeta, Vegeta wake up" Goku pushed Vegeta gently trying to wake him up "Vegeta you passed out on the lawn."

Vegeta opened his eyes and saw Goku looking down at him. No that was an understatement. Goku was all over him. One arm was on each side of him and Vegeta was sure that one of Goku�s legs was positioned between his own. His face was also to close. Vegeta could feel his breath. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"Hey Vegeta it�s just me."

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" Vegeta pushed Goku away and scrambled to his feet. �Kakkarot, I never EVER want to see you that close to me again in my entire life.�

�But what if....�

�No buts.�

�Is that with two t�s or one?� Goku said with a smirk on his face.

�Damn it Kakkarot!!!�

�Ok Vegeta no buts or butts. What happened to you anyway?�

�I ate the woman�s cookies.� Vegeta said. As he mentioned it, the nasty aftertaste flooded his mouth.

�Cookies? Bulma made you cookies?� Goku�s eyes took on a dreamy look that succeeded in freaking Vegeta out. Kakkarot just happened to be on the list of things that scared him. Of course that was only when he was acting �normal.�

�That�s what I said Kakkarot.� and didn�t add, �The crap almost killed me.�

"Bulma always used to cook good food for me. Maybe we could have a party and she could cook instead of Ch-chi.� Goku drooled at the thought.

Vegeta eyed Goku warily then an idea came to him. He waved his arms in front of Goku�s face and snapped a few times before rushing inside of Capsule Corp. From the house he, grabbed some glue, paper, and markers then rushed outside. Goku was still sitting in the same spot and a small puddle of drool had collected around him.

Vegeta quickly wrote on the papers, �Vegeta is THE strongest person in the universe.� He then smothered Goku in glue and stuck the papers on him. It was childish, slightly dishonorable, and lacking in creativity. Vegeta could admit that. Of course he didn�t care, because it was also fun, and humorous, at least for him.

"If you can�t kill em�, make �em feed your ego.� Vegeta said as he stood back and admired his work.

�Kakkarot.� Vegeta finally said, causing the other Saiyan to look at him.

�Yes Vegeta?� Goku said as he stood. �What is....� He trailed off as he noticed the papers all over him.

�Vegeta is the best...� He pieced out. �Hey!�

�It�s your fault for not being aware of your surroundings.�

�Yeah, but...�

Vegeta snarled

�Well how am I going to get them off?� Goku asked.

�Like this.� Vegeta said as he ripped a piece of paper from Goku�s arm.�

�Ow!!!� Goku yelled and looked down at the red spot on his arm where the paper had been.�

�Don�t be such a baby Kakkarot. Most of the papers are on your clothes anyway.�

�Vegeta....� Goku began, but was stopped when a loud cry erupted from Capsule Corp.

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