Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Getting in touch with his feminine side ❯ Chapter 3

My dreams were extremely weird. Sometimes I was a girl, sometimes a guy. Vegeta drifted in and out of my dreams as well as everyone else. However, there was something about Vegeta's brotherly motions that felt off… something I vaguely knew inside but couldn't get a hold of. Everything seemed so weird and disconnected; yet at the same time, it fit perfectly into my subconscious. I drifted in and out of sleep and during one of those semi-out-of-sleep periods, I vaguely felt someone gently pick me up and plop me down into a nice soft bed. I tried to open my eyes, but sleep came over me again and I drifted back into deep slumber. I guess after the amnesia and that stupid concussion, my body needed more rest than I thought. Also, all that fighting and the need to heal my ribs didn't really help. Anyway, when I finally woke up, I found Chichi and Bulma sitting around the room I was in. Sitting up, I blinked and asked, "What time is it guys?"

"Eight. You've been out like a light for the past… 7 hours. Which also means you missed most of school," Bulma said as she smiled. "Oh, that and dinner also."

My stomach chose that exact moment to grumble and make loud, gurgling noises. I frowned and asked, "Um… so no food for me then?"

Chi Chi actually laughed, "They always leave the kitchens open, because some people never stop eating."

I nodded and scrambled out of bed, wincing as my ribs complained to me about the sudden movement. Walking out the door, I blinked and walked back in, "Um… where's the kitchen again? I forgot."

"Are you sure you should be walking?" Bulma asked, staring at me as if I were crazy.

"The nurse told us that you broke three ribs…." Chi Chi said, her eyes widened in surprise.

I shrugged, "So? I mean, it's not like I broke a leg or something. So… care to show me where to food is?" I grinned and held up a peace sign, "I'm famished!"

Bulma rolled her eyes. "That is something Gokou would say."

Chi Chi frowned at the mention of the boys name, and quickly stood up, "Okay then- let's go before the nurse comes back and kills us for letting you get out of bed."

"Right," I said cheerfully.

We got to the kitchen and I promptly got a giant stack of hotdogs and a giant glass of coke. Then, Chi Chi, Bulma and I walked back to the room. Upon entering, I knew I was in big trouble. The nurse was sitting there, waiting for us.

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN YOUNG LADY?" The nurse yelled at me. "THREE BROKEN RIBS AND YOU'RE NOT SATISFIED WITH YOUR CURRENT CONDITION! WHAT IF YOU GOT HURT MORE?!"

I blinked, set my food down and did a cartwheel just to piss her off. Then, standing up, I said cheerfully, "I don't think it's a good idea to starve your patients either. And since I was hungry, I might as well go to the kitchen to get some food for myself." Then, I proceeded to grab a hotdog and take a giant bite out of it. "YUMMY!"

The nurse seriously looked like she was about to have a conniption. She was breathing heavily and muttering under her breath. I smiled at her and plopped down on the bed. Perhaps I was a little bit of a troublemaker….

"OUT!" She shouted, pointing at the door. Chi Chi and Bulma scrambled out of it, and she slammed it behind them, bolting it locked. I gave her an innocently curious glance, but she had already turned. She turned off the lights. I was left in pitch black silence, in the process of stuffing my third hot dog into my mouth.

"So, what's up?" I asked giggling after I swallowed said hot dog.

"You do realize that if you don't learn to keep still you'll be sorry when your ribs don't heal, right?" The nurse asked.

I smiled in the darkness, "I'm sure I'll be ok. It's not like I'll die or anything. And plus, I don't think Vegeta will be hurting me anytime soon."

"Yes Vegeta," The nurse said darkly. "Another recurrent visitor. I suggest you stay away from him from now on- the principal may abide with fighting and be extremely lax in a few other disciplinary areas, but if you continue to break each others bones, then I think that it's fairly safe to say that you may find yourself over your head in trouble. Now. It's time for you to sleep."

"But I just woke up," I protested, but she already closed the door behind her.

I sighed. "Just great. Blah. Stupid nurse." I got up, turned on the lights and sat there drinking coke and eating my hot dogs. A few minutes later, Chi Chi and Bulma returned.

"She gone yet?" Bulma poked her head into the room.

"Yeah," I said.

Bulma swung the door wide open, and the two girls entered looking a bit annoyed. "Was there a point in kicking us out?" Chi Chi grumbled, flopping onto her bed.

"Not really," I shrugged. "She just gave me a lecture."

"We shouldn't've let you go," Chi Chi grimaced.

"No- I would've gone anyway," I said. "Not like you could make me or something…. And it was mostly about Vegeta."

"Vegeta?" Bulma looked interested. "Oh? Wasn't he the one who broke your ribs?"

I frowned, "Yeah and so I….well never mind. Isn't everyone talking about it?" I made a face.

"Er… no. No one really knew what happened," Bulma told me. "Then again, I don't think Vegeta liked the fact that you beat the crap out of him afterwards. And so he would most likely threaten everyone." She laughed. It was shrill.

"I guess you're right," I frowned, remembering what happened in the Nurse's office. "He is really strange…." Something that he said suddenly triggered in my mind: "did Gokou beat him for something?"

Chi Chi stared at me in amazement, "How did you guess that?"

"He said something about me being another Gokou when I couldn't remember who taught me how to fight."

"Well, at least it's because you have amnesia. Gokou just knew how to fight as a newborn. It's kinda creepy," Bulma explained.

"You're right, it is," I blinked. There was something I knew I was missing. Damn amnesia. I laughed and shook my head.

"Vegeta?" Chi Chi snorted. "Could you really imagine him otherwise?"

I smiled, "Not really." But then I remembered the gentle hand pushing me back down onto the bed and frowned. I must have been imagining things.

"So what do you think about Gokou?" Bulma rolled over on her bed, so that she was on her stomach, hugging a pillow to her chest.

"Kinda silly. Too silly. I don't know. Not my type? Then again, I don't know what my type is. Though I have to say, one thing I know for sure is that my gym teacher creeps me out," I responded. Not wanting to talk about guys, I decided to switch the topic to school.

"Freeza?" Bulma giggled. "I know- he is but in kind of a sexy way."

"Bulma!" Chi Chi threw a pillow at her friend and looking slightly sick. "I can't believe you just said that…"

"Eeeew!" I screamed and laughed. My ribs ached, cutting me off in the middle of my laugh. I ignored them and continued to speak, "The only way someone can find HIM attractive is if they are in love with frogs, lizards and hermaphrodites."

Bulma made a face at me, "Don't joke about that- I was turned into a frog once by Ginyu…."

"What?" I stared at her in shock. "He….turned you into a frog? HOW?"

"It's one of his special abilities," Bulma shrugged. "He went a bit insane and started hoping bodies. It caused a lot of confusion."

"Er… I'll take your word for it. But still, Freeza looks like a frog and lizard hybrid!"

"God, can we stop talking about the gym teacher? PLEASE!?" Chi Chi asked, exasperated. "And plus, you have yet to meet Cell."

"Cell?" I asked.

"Oh, trust me. You have him. And you'll think he looks even more like a frog and lizard hybrid," Bulma gushed happily.

I rolled my eyes, "Oh dear. Why can't our school have NORMAL teachers?"

"Isn't it obvious? Because the principal is even stranger then they are," Chi Chi rolled her eyes.

"Who's the principal?"

"This guy named Buu," Bulma said, grinning madly.

"Take my advice- you really don't want to meet him," Chi Chi said. "You know- we're never going to get up for school tomorrow it's already past midnight."

"He's pink and looks like a deformed wad of gum. Very disturbing," Bulma supplied.

I stood there, too shocked to speak. When I found my voice, I asked, "What the hell is wrong with our school!?"

"Beats me. At least it's entertaining," Bulma said, laying down in her own bed. Apparently the room we were in was our dorm.

Chi Chi huffed, and pulled her covers her head, effectively blocking us out. I frowned at her, raising an eyebrow. Bulma shrugged, and turned off the lights. "Night Bura- tomorrow's Friday so we'll do something after school."

And then I was left alone in pitch darkness. I frowned in Bulma's direction. Apparently we were allowed to do or go somewhere after school…. But something else was bugging her. How come both girls' claimed not to have ever met her before today if she was their roommate? That made no sense….unless she was moved into here today for some reason? But why?

I drifted asleep with more questions in my head. And when I woke up, I had forgotten all of them. Stupid head. Stupid, stupid mind. Oh, well. At least it didn't bug me until I saw Vegeta again.

He was walking down the hall in as if there was no one there but him, but surprisingly there was someone following swiftly behind him. "Come on Vegeta- it's just for tonight!"

"I'll told you no Kakarrot and there's no way you can convince me," He said angrily, his eyes focused unseeingly in front of him. I don't think I've ever seen him this angry- except when he attacked me in gym….but then there's no real way for me to be able to say that….right? I've only met him yesterday after all so never mind then.

"But Veggie," Gokou whinned. "It's only for tonight- I *need* you to go out with Chi Chi so I can be with Bulma."

"Why the hell would I want to go out with the devil woman, answer me that!" Vegeta gritted his teeth.

I blinked, "Hey! Don't call Chi Chi that! She's so sweet!" I blocked his path and glared at him.

Vegeta raised an eyebrow, "Then it's settled Kakarrot- she can go out with the devil woman."

I gaped at him, "How does that make sense? I'm a girl!"

Vegeta smiled, "You don't have to go out on a DATE, per se. You just have to keep her busy. Are you as stupid as you look? Sheesh."

I glared, "First of all, you insulted my friend. Secondly, you insulted me. That's not nice and I want you to apologize RIGHT NOW!"

Gokou blinked, "Veggie, I wouldn't get her pissed. Remember what happened to you last time?"

"NO need to worry Kakarrot, watch this," Vegeta smirked and jabbed me in one of my broken ribs.

I gasped in pain and threw a fist into his stomach, "Don't do that! Unless you want me to hurt you more than I did yesterday."

Vegeta doubled over for a minute and then straightened a grim look on his face. "You'll pay for that woman!"

"Vegeta I really don't think you should get her pissed," Gokou tried to conciliate the situation, but his efforts were fruitless.

Veggiehead decided to throw a punch at me which I caught in my hand and twisted his arm around, sending him spinning towards the ground, "Apologized for calling Chi Chi a devil woman or I'll really hurt you." I know I sounded corny and stupid but as long as I get an apology out of him, I'll be ok.

He smirked, "I'm sorry for calling Chi Chi a devil woman when you're the devil woman."

I smiled, not really caring. Then, lifting up my foot, I tried to shove it in his face. He grabbed my foot and the next thing I knew, I was flying towards the wall at super-sonic speeds. Stopping myself just before I touched the wall, I kicked off and flew towards Vegeta, fist extended and prepared to dodge or shift my body any which way. It's amazing how easily my fighting skills came back.

He smirked at me and I wondered why he was just standing there, but right before I hit him I let out a surprised, "What the…?" as he fazed out and then grabbed me from behind. I think for the first time in two days I was too surprised to do anything in response.

"I am going to find out everything about you," He hissed into my ear.

"Right," I managed to say and slammed my foot on his. He let me go and I stumbled away, turning around and glaring at his smirking face. "Just go ahead and try Vegeta Badman. It's not like I particularly care what you do, besides that you are going out with Chi Chi tonight and being civil."

He raised an eyebrow, extremely amused, "Really? Who says?"

"I do," I heard a voice behind me and turned around to see Bulma standing there, glaring at Vegeta.

I smirked, "Apparently the vote is three to one. You lose."

"Apparently no one told any of three that I don't give a shit," Vegeta snarled and attempted to stalk away, but Gokou grabbed his arm and he suddenly seemed to have the inability to move. "Let me go Kakarrot or you'll regret it."

But Gokou only smiled, "I have a better idea- you can go with Bura."

"What?!" We both shouted, too surprised to do anything but stare at Gokou in shock.

"I'll ask Tien to go with Chi Chi and you two can go together," Gokou said, still smiling. "You're perfect for each other!

I fell on my face. "Owie." Bouncing up, I glared, "I can't believe you would come up with such an idiotic idea! Oh my god! NO! EEW! We are NOT perfect for each other! If we went out, not only will OUR lives be in danger, the world would be!"

Bulma laughed, "Yeah, well, at least Gokou and I agree with you on that!"

Gokou smiled, "But I'm sure you'll be able to keep him out of trouble for the night Bura."

I shook my head, "No way."

"She's right Gokou- there's no way that would work," Bulma smiled at him indulgently and then glared at Vegeta. "You're going to go out with Chi Chi Veggie, and you're going to behave yourself, got it?!"

Vegeta gave Bulma the finger and was promptly slapped in the face. I laughed and cooed in a babyish voice, "Did that hurt, Veggiehead?"

Vegeta glared at me and muttered, "Devil woman."

I laughed, "If that's the best you can do…"

Vegeta glared, "Then what?"

"Then you've obviously already lost," I said brightly, "so you might as well just give in now because this is becoming entirely pointless."

"Yeah Vegeta I think she has a point," Gokou said, still smiling like an idiot.

Vegeta stared at us for a moment and then grumbled something under his breath, but we could all see he finally conceded.

"So Gokou- it's your responsibility to get him at our door by seven," Bulma told Gokou, who nodded. She smiled and kissed him lightly on the lips. "I'll see you later, 'kay?"

"Yeah, bye Bulma," Gokou said brightly.

"Come on Bura," Bulma grabbed my arm and started to drag me away.

"Bye Veggie! Bye Gokou," I called merrily, waving. Gokou waved back, but Vegeta merely scowled. "See you in History, Veggie!"

When we were far enough away from them, Bulma stopped, and faced me, "What's wrong with you?"

"What do you mean?" I asked, confused.

"Can't you tell Vegeta is hitting on you?"

I blinked, "HE WHAT?!"

Bulma rolled her eyes and repeated, "Vegeta was trying to hit on you."

I stared at her in surprise, "Is this some weird courting ritual I don't know about? Break a girl's ribs and treat her like shit! As if he's hitting on me!"

Bulma sighed in exasperation, "Why are you freaking out? Don't you like him?"

"What?!" I practically shouted. "No! Of course I don't!"

"Well you were acting like you were!" Bulma said in an equally high voice. "I knew you were an idiot and didn't like him from last night- so oblivious, but Gokou didn't and that's why he suggested you go out! And I mean if Gokou get's it, then it's pretty damn obvious what's going on!"

"Oh dear Kami," was all I could say, feeling a little sick. "I thought….do you think he thinks I like him?"

Bulma rolled her eyes, "It's not like you didn't respond enough. Listen Bura- just stay out of his way for a while and it'll be fine. And don't tell Chi Chi about this- she likes him."

I nodded absentmindedly.

"Okay," Bulma smiled, "Let's go to class now."

I followed her without a word, my happy-go-lucky attitude quickly being buried by my sick stomach. Vegeta likes me? For some reason that disturbed me more then it probably should. A lot more. And I couldn't help wondering again who Vegeta was and why vaguely remembered someone like him in my past.