Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ The Wish That Never Was ❯ The Wish That Never Was: The Mysterious Letter! ( Chapter 3 )

The wish that never was: Chapter 3
The mysterious letter!

By kyllir

Disclaimer: I still don't own it, and I still think Chibi Vegeta is adorable!

A/N: I forgot to mention, some have asked, I do appreciate constructive criticism, as long
as you don't go too far!

Also, if anyone noticed, I changed one detail in the first chapter, Yamucha is NOT
Kamesennin's pupil yet, he was merely staying there while Gokou and Bulma retrieved
the last Dragon Ball. Kuririn arrived while they were gone, and has yet to be approved to
be Kamesennin's pupil. I hope that is a bit truer to the real Dragon Ball timeline…

Now then, on with the fic:



Vegeta stared with disgust at the sight that greeted him as he entered the house. The walls
were painted a cheery salmon color, there were vases full of flowers strewn all over the
room, and cute memorabilia everywhere… sitting on the table was a tray full of pastries
of all colors, of course, to Vegeta, they looked like painted rocks of some sort, however,
the smell drew him closer to investigate. He picked one off the tray, and was surprised to
find it soft and sticky on the top, his tail twitched, expressing his curiosity. He brought
the colorful pastry up to his nose and sniffed. Just then, Bulma walked into the room,
staring at Vegeta, who seemed entranced by the doughnut.

"It figures, you come in here and go straight to the food! You're just like Gokou!" Bulma
said with a giggle. Vegeta looked up at her strangely.

"This is FOOD?" Gokou ran into the room at the word 'food'.

"Food? Where's food? I want food!" Gokou was now drooling at the mere thought.
Bulma slapped her forehead with her palm, with her other hand, she pointed to the tray of
pastries on the table. Gokou zipped over before her arm was even fully extended. He
looked in awe at the selection. Vegeta glared at Gokou, and then took a tentative bite of
the doughnut, he found that it was, indeed, quite edible. He took a larger bite, licked his
lips and wolfed the rest down in one bite. He reached down to pick another delicious
dessert from the tray, and was astonished when he found nothing but crumbs. He glared
at Gokou, who was now sitting down, patting his full belly.

"Oh boy, was that good!" he sighed, "I think now a nap…" he slumped over and fell
asleep. Vegeta stared daggers at him, huffed and walked away down one of the long
corridors.

Bulma sighed, having Vegeta at her house may have been a worse idea than she first
thought… She helped the sleeping Gokou lay down and covered him with a blanket, she
patted his head and made her way down the hallway that the Saiya-jin prince had just
entered moments earlier.

Vegeta walked down the same corridor for several long minutes before deciding to go
down one of the many halls that branched off from it, he looked at his surroundings, this
place was very different from anything he had seen before. It was built like a space craft,
but also like a home. The smells were also different, there was the ever-present metallic
smell, the smell of long-dried paint, and of the humans that had passed through the hall,
even several years ago. It was not long until he found a door blocking his way. He
examined it for a moment, it had no handle, and could not be pushed open, there was a
panel on the right side of the doorframe. Vegeta had seen things like this before in Lord
Freezer's ship, he removed one of his gloves and placed his hand on the panel. A
feminine computer voice echoed down the hall.

"Access denied. Hand print identification failed. Access denied. Hand print identification
f-" It suddenly stopped when Vegeta punched a hole in the door. Tearing the metal like
paper, he made his way through. On the other side was a large empty room, there was a
desk, and a large leather chair at the back of the room. Vegeta's face fell in
disappointment, with all the security, there HAD to be something more interesting here
than an office! In his frustration, he punched a hole in the wall, and was surprised to hit
paper. He examined the hole, and dug the paper out. He stared at it for several seconds
trying to decode it, and find what words it held, and a clue as to why it had been hidden
in the wall. The writing was unlike anything he'd ever seen, it was very different from the
boxy symbols that made up Saiya-go. Frustrated, he rolled up the paper and squeezed it
in his fist. He cringed as he heard a high toned voice calling him.

"Vegeta! Where are you?" Bulma shouted, she saw what had been done to the door and
gulped, peeking around the door, she looked into the room. What greeted her eyes was a
very bored looking Vegeta. Gulping again, she reminded herself that if he and Gokou
were both Saiya-jin, they would both respond the same way to food…

"Vegeta! Dinner's ready!" Vegeta clenched his fists tighter, then proceeded to follow
Bulma back to the main house, and the promise of food.

When they finally arrived to their destination, Gokou had already eaten all the ready-
made food in the refrigerator, and had gone back to snoozing quietly. With the first
option gone, Bulma opted to cook a full meal from scratch… Or order out.

Vegeta watched with puzzlement as she picked up a strange device, pushed a few
buttons, and held it to her ear. After a few moments, Bulma began to speak;

"Hello, yes, I would like a delivery." There was a pause, "To Capsule Corp… Yes, you
may add it to our tab." Another pause, "I want fifteen cheese, twelve pepperoni, thirteen
meat lovers, and one with Canadian bacon and pineapple, all deep dish and extra large."

Vegeta stared at her like she was crazy, she was using that device to talk to herself! Then
he realized that it must have been a communicator of some sort, like the one in his
scouter. Bulma set the device back on it's base and looked up at him.

"Food arrives in ten minutes!" She made sure to say it quietly, as not to wake Gokou.

Vegeta then remembered that he still had that odd paper in his hand, and uncrumpled it.
He looked at it for another moment, then handed it to Bulma. She looked at the paper.

"What is this?" She asked, puzzled.

"I'm not sure, I found it hidden in a wall." Vegeta told her.

"In the office?" She asked him.

"Yes, what does it say? It must be important if it was hidden." Bulma looked at him
skeptically.

"Why don't you read the darn thing yourself? I don't have time to read to you!" she was
starting to get annoyed, 'he must think he's something special to not have to read for
himself.' She thought. Vegeta looked down for a moment before looking back up.

"I don't know how." He admitted.







*cheesy irony music plays*

Whats this? Our prince doesn't know how to read? What's he going to do? What's Bulma
going to think, now that she knows that her "perfect boyfriend" can't read? More
importantly, what will she DO? And what was in that letter? Answers to these questions
and more in the next installment of The wish that never was…

Hooked on Phonics!

Poll results: Not many of you responded to the last poll, but Vegeta won! (you people
really like him, don't ya?)

New Poll: Who/what should I be for Halloween? ^_^;;;

Have a groovy day ^_^ AND MAY THE FICS BE WITH YOU!!!

Oh yeah, I would like to thank AnimeAngelVidel, she was very helpful in getting rid of
my blasted writers block!