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Part 3
"So Vegeta anyway, what was your childhood like?"
"Well it was I guess your word would be depressing." Bulma looked at him with caring eyes. Depressing? Well that would explain a lot. His bad temper, his shyness? He isn't very social. He is happy to be alone for hours at a time.
"What was it like? Please." Vegeta seemed to be thinking back to a time that he would rather forget. Tears began to gather in his eyes as he stared off into space.
"It was hard. Ever since I can remember I have been training. My father wasn't as mean as everyone thought. He wanted the best for me. Though sometimes the best was the worst. I think I must have broken every one of my bones. At about the age of four I killed for the very first time. At first I cried for days locked away in my room. No one but father would see me. Father would tell me to be a man and that if I was to get strong then I would have to overcome the pain. So little by little I built a wall, an emotional wall. Killing is just so easy now. I don't even think about it. Except when...Oh my Kami, I just told you all of that! If you tell anyone I will kill you!"
"Relax Vegeta. I won't tell anyone. I haven't told anyone about you going Super Saiya-jin. Thank you for telling me about your childhood. I think that now I have a better understanding of you. I am going to bed. Sleep well Vegeta."
"Good night." The two parted and went their seperate ways. Vegeta felt as if a great wall in him had been knocked down and he felt somewhat lighter. Bulma on the other hand was feeling a lot of pity towards the Saiya-jin prince. He was so young when he first experinced death. No wonder why he was so cold. It then hit her. Her new mission. To open Vegeta up. To warm him up. To make earth a place called home. How though? How was the question. How do you warm a Saiya-jin prince. Bulma climbed into bed. Prehapes the answer would come to her in her dreams.
Vegeta woke up bright and early the next day. He felt good enough to train so he went down into the kitchen and made himself breakfast. Bulma was just walking in as he finished making it. "Good morning Vegeta. Hey your cooking!" Vegeta grinned and sat down at the table to eat. Bulma shrugged and sat down with a cup of coffee. They sat there in silence for awhile. "So Vegeta, what are you going to do today?"
"Train."
"Oh. Are you feeling better?"
"Yes."
"Good. Why don't you call Goku?"
"Why?"
"To see if he wants to spar with you." Vegeta shrugged and continued to eat. Bulma sighed wishing she could get more of a conversation out of him. Oh well. The phone began to ring so she picked it up. "Moushi Moushi, Bulma here." It was Goku.
"Hey Bulma, it is me. So whats up? Is Vegeta feeling better?"
"Yeah."
"Good. I was worried that he wouldn't be better for his birthday."
"BIRTHDAY?!!!!!!! WHEN?!!!"
"Ah! My ear! Not so loud please. Tomorrow. Didn't you know?"
"NO! You waited till the last minute to tell me this. Wait...Goku, bring everyone over tomorrow!"
"Oh, I see. Sure."
"Good. Here is Vegeta."
"Vman!"
"Kakorrot."
"So you are feeling better?"
"Yes. Good enough to beat your butt sparing."
"I will be right over." Goku hung up. Vegeta looked into the phone. Bulma left to go out shopping the second she gave the phone to Vegeta. Vegeta turned around and there was Goku. "Hey Vman!"
"For the millionth time Kakorrot DO NOT CALL ME VMAN!!!!!"
"Sure thing Vman."
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Vegeta stepped outside dragging Goku by the collar. When they were far enough away from the house Vegeta began an asult against him with ki blasts. Goku who was laughing just knocked them away. Except for the last one. Goku resembled a piece of toast when Vegeta was done with him. "That should teach you not to call me Vman."
"Sure thing Vegeta."
"That is better. Next time we will work on you calling me the prince of Saiya-jins. Now get out of here Kakorrot." Goku nodded and teleported to wherever. Vegeta went back into the house to rest. He was still a little weak from his illness.
Bulma sat down. She had no idea what to get Vegeta. Sure they had gotten him that shirt, but she wanted to get him something else. But what?! Something related to earth. Something to warm his heart. But what?! This task was harder than what she thought it would be. She got up and started walking again, hopeing the answer would come to her. She walked right into the answer. She was getting tired so she went into the pet shop just to look. It was filled with dogs and fish and birds. They only had three kittens. Bulma walked over to those. They were all so cute. One of them was pure black. Another was pure white. But the last one was orange. It was stripped dark and light orange. It was just so adorable. She picked it up. It tried to scratch her, but it was just so tiny. ~A kitten! That is the perfect gift for Vegeta. And this one is behaving exactly like him. I gotta get this for him.~ She bought the cat and drove home.
Vegeta was just waking up from his nap when Bulma came walking down the stairs. "Oh, did I wake you?"
"No."
"Oh, I can't wait for tomorrow!"
"What?"
"Never mind. I'll go make dinner."
"What is going on?"
"This is going to be so cool! I can't wait to see your face."
"What is going on?!" Bulma continued to talk and make dinner while Vegeta wondered what was going on. He went to bed that night feeling somewhat depressed. Tomorrow would be his birthday and he would have no one to share it with. It was probably for the better. He sighed and went to sleep, planning on how many different types of push ups he should do tomorrow.
Bulma woke up really early. She got out all of her decorations. Goku would be teleporting into Vegeta's room any second. He would keep Vegeta out of the family room. She got to work on decorating the place in blue. Vegeta made it clear that blue was his favorite color. He wore it the most. Except when he was wearing his bad man shirt. He loved that shirt and he wore it a lot. Bulma giggled and continued to set up.
Goku sat on the chair in Vegeta's room. He was waiting for Vegeta to wake up. Vegeta had been dreaming of his childhood and the only thing that made it worse was Goku sitting there. At first he thought it was another dream so he closed his eyes and went back to sleep. He woke up again in another hour and Goku was still sitting there. "What the hell are you doing in my room Kakorrot?"
"Waiting for you to get up."
"Why?!"
"Cause it is your birthday!"
"How do you know that?! Who told you?!"
"Nappa. He came to me as a ghost and told me. Don't ask me why. I really don't know."
"What?"
"Nappa. He came to me..."
"I heard you! Get out while I change."
"Let's go out side!"
"OUT!"
"Okay fine. But after that we are going outside!"
"What ever! Now out!" Goku stepped into the hallway while Vegeta got dressed. He sat there patiently tapping his foot. He looked over to the clock on the wall. There was no need to go outside. Everyone was just arriving and in five minutes they would all surprise Vegeta. Goku grinned and walked down into the family room. Vegeta wouldn't miss it. First he was probably hungry so he would go into the kitchen. The kitchen was connected to the room. Goku flew down the stairs and into the party room. He found a spot next to Bulma a grinned mischeviously. Bulma nodded and had to cover her mouth so as Vegeta wouldn't hear her laughing.
Vegeta pounded down the stairs. He wasn't in a bad mood. He was actually kind of happy someone knew about his birthday. Yet waking up to Kakorrot just set him on the verge of a bad mood. The downstairs was unusually dark and quiet. Where had Kakorrot gone? Why was the house all...dark? He quickened his pace to the kitchen. He looked into the family room. It was filled with paper things hanging from the walls and balloons. Goku then did something evil. He tip toed up behind Vegeta and popped a balloon right behind him. Vegeta who was in such shock fainted. Goku started to laugh. Bulma scowled at him and moved Vegeta on to the couch. Krillin began to laugh along with the rest of the Z team. Everyone was there except for Yamcha. Vegeta sat up and when he saw Goku he fired a ki blast at him. Goku caught it and threw it out the window. "Not in the house Vman."
"STOP CALLING ME VMAN!!!!!!" Everyone but Vegeta laughed. They all then formed a circle around him. Then they did it. They began to sing. They began to sing happy birthday to him. At first Vegeta was going to kill them all but tears of joy began to gather in his eyes. He quickly brushed them away and continued to listen. Bulma smiled and sat next to him. Chichi walked in carrying a huge ice cream cake. Goku stared at it hungrily. Piccolo and Krillin held him back. She then placed it infront of Vegeta and lit all the candels. Vegeta was unsure of what to do so Bulma explained it to him.
"Make a wish, but don't tell any body and then blow out your candels." Vegeta nodded. ~A wish. What should I wish for? Does it come true like with the Dragon Balls? Probably not. Still...what should I wish for? Ah Bulma is holding my hand! I know what to wish for! MuHahahahaahaa! I wish that Bulma loved me!~ Vegeta bent over and blew out all the candels. Everyone clapped and cheered. Bulma handed Vegeta the knife and told him to cut a piece for everyone. He grinned evily and surprisingly cut it fairly. Except he gave Goku his piece last. When they were done everyone grabbed their present and sat in a circle. Bulma once again explained to him what was going on. "You see we all sit in a circle and give you gifts."
"Oh."
The End of Part 3
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Part 4
"You see we all sit in a circle and give you gifts."
"Oh." Krillin, being socially the bravest walked up and handed his gift to Vegeta first. Goku was planning on giving Vegeta his second to last because he knew that Bulma was going to give hers to him last. Vegeta looked down at the box in his hands. "What do I do with it?" Bulma giggled and responded.
"Open it silly."
"How?" Everyone began to laugh now.
"All you do is rip off the paper and then open the box inside and dig around until you find the gift." Vegeta shrugged and turned the box over and around in his hands. He then slowly began to take the paper off. Bulma took the bow and tapped it on to a paper plate. Vegeta then carefully opened the card board box. He peered inside. Right on top was a pair of sun glasses. He took them out and tried them on. They were pure black with oval lenses and the frames were thin. Goku took a picture of Vegeta wearing them. Vegeta said thank you to Krillin and took them off. Master Roshi walked up next.
"I hope you like these Vegeta." He winked at Bulma. She hitched one eyebrow and kept the old man in the corner of her eye. ~I bet he got poor Vegeta some porn.~ Vegeta handed the bow to Bulma and continued to dig through the paper. At the very bottom were some pictures. He held them so that only he could see them. They were of Bulma! Naked! At first he was in shock that people on this planet did that kind of thing, but he quickly decided that he liked this old man. He quickly put them back in the box. Bulma had gotten a glimps of them. She ran over to Master Roshi beating him. Goku picked her up and put her over back by Vegeta, not understanding what Bulma was angry about. Vegeta sat there quietly very red. And so little by little everyone but Goku and Bulma had given him his gifts. He got a tie from Tien, several books from Gohan, an get out of me killing you cupon from Piccolo and several other gifts. Goku walked up to him with a box. Vegeta took it carefully, afraid that it might be a bomb or something. He took off the red paper and took a look inside. It was a massage thearpy relax thingy. He looked at it.
"Is this a type of weapon?"
"No Vman, it is a threapy relax thingy."
"Umm, okay. Are we done yet?"
"No Vegeta, I still have to give you my gift."
"You got me something?"
"Yep. I hope you like it." Bulma put a large kind of hexagon shape box on the floor. It was wrapped in blue and it had a blue bow. Vegeta handed her the bow. ~That entier paper plate is covered with bows. What is she going to do with them?~ He shrugged and looked down at the gift. It seemed to be making noise. With great care he took off the paper and looked at it. It was a tan hexagon box. Bulma giggled and turned it around. No it was a prison for some type of animal.
"What is it?"
"It is a kitten. I hope you like it."
"What does it do?"
"It is a pet. You can play with him, and pet him, except cats don't go on walks. This guy seems so cute. I had to get him for you." She opened the cage and picked up the animal. She then placed it in Vegeta's arms. He looked down at it and scowled. The cat began to purr in his arms. Slowly but surely his face turned from a scowl to a loving one. Bulma giggled. "So what are you going to name him?"
"I get to give him a name?"
"Well, he is yours."
"Oh well then, what would you like to be called? Veg? No you don't like that. Vegeta? That isn't your style, is it? Piccolo? You that name. So do I."
"How about a more earthly name?"
"Okay. How about Bob? To boring. Phil? Sounds like a ground hog. How about Stanley? Oh so you like that one. Well then your name is Mr. Stanley." Mr. Stanley purred even louder in Vegeta's arms. He grinned and looked over to Bulma. She was smiling too. She then walked up to him. She pet Mr. Stanley on the head and walked up behind Vegeta. She then put the paper plate covered with bows on Vegeta's head. Everyone took out their cameras and began taking pictures. He dropped the cat and began firing ki blasts at everyone. Goku and Piccolo knocked them all outside. Then Goku motioned for everyone to leave. He then blew up the paper plate. Vegeta calmed down and sat on the couch. Mr. Stanley jumped up into his lap. Bulma laughed and sat down next to him.
"Did you have fun today?"
"To tell you the truth, I did."
"Do you like Mr. Stanley?"
"Yes." Vegeta pet the cat lovingly. Bulma smiled and watched him. She then bent over and kissed him on the cheek. Vegeta froze in place. Bulma smiled and started to go up stairs. Before she left the room though, she said this:
"Vegeta, I know what your wish was. The goddess of wishes told me what it was and you know what Vegeta? I love you." She giggled and went to bed. Vegeta was still sitting there staring ahead into space not moving a muscel. Mr. Stanley brought him out of his daze. He looked down at the cat and smirked. He then decided to go to bed himself. Only he would do one thing different. He climbed into Bulma's bed, kissed her on the forhead and went to sleep. Mr. Stanley found a spot near his head.
The End of part 4
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