Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ The Wish That Never Was ❯ The Wish That Never Was: Hooked on Phonics! ( Chapter 4 )

The Wish That Never Was: Chapter 4: Hooked on Phonics

By kyllir

Disclaimer: I own nothing… But I still think Chibi-Vegeta is the most adorable little thing!

A/N: Thank you to all who reviewed my last sections, it makes me so happy to know that people actually read my stories… And thanks to all who voted on the last poll. I ended up being a renaissance dude for Halloween, but I dressed up as Bulma for Celebrity day for spirit week at school!

It was dark, he could hardly see through the red-tinged fog. There was someone else out there, he knew. He could hear their maniacal cackling, whispering promises of death to him through the darkness.

`Little Monkey, you belong to me now, my little pet Monkey prince… now STOP hiding or suffer the consequences!' he could hear ragged and angry breathing, he didn't move a muscle, not wanting to give in to the tyrant that was hunting him.

`Hiding is futile!' he heard, and felt a hand wrap roughly around his tail and lift him off the ground. He grunted, almost whimpering, but he wouldn't give his oppressor the satisfaction.

`NEVER disobey me again! I do not take kindly to insubordination!!! Next time you will DIE.' He said the last word with such a serious and deadly tone that it sent chills down the young prince's spine. Before he could see what was going on, a fist embedded itself in his stomach, sending him flying across the room. The punch was followed quickly by a sharp kick to his side and whipping by the tyrant's tail across his face. He stood up again, too proud to surrender. He was kicked again, and thrown like a rag doll around the room until one of his legs was broken, and he was too weak to get up.

`I'm not afraid of you, Freezer…' he said loudly before the world went black…

Vegeta awoke drenched in a cold sweat, breathing heavily. He looked quickly around the room he was in, expecting to see Lord Freezer looming over him. He rubbed his eyes when he saw no sign of the tyrannical leader, then remembered where he was, and inspected his surroundings closer. He was in a soft bed, with blue sheets and a soft white comforter, the room had plain white walls, and white shag carpeting. The window to his left was open, a breeze coming through the window, ruffling the white curtains. He jumped out of bed, and found his clothes clean and neatly folded on the oak dresser. He quickly shoved on the garments. He could smell something cooking downstairs. He opened the door and was surprised to see a pair of blue eyes looking at him.

"What are you doing here, girl?" he demanded.

"I have a name, y'know…" she humphed, standing in the princes way. Vegeta glared at her, and pushed her out of the way.

"Why were you standing in front of my door?" he asked her again. She glared back.

"I was going to tell you that breakfast is ready, and we begin lessons directly afterwards." He gave her a strange look.

"What lessons?" She shifted her weight importantly and replied,

"You'll see!"

Vegeta grunted and followed her to the kitchen, where there were mounds of food. His eyes widened, he knew that humans couldn't know about the Saiya-jin appetite, how had she? Sensing his confusion, she spoke;

"Well, you said Son-kun is like you, and he eats a lot." He nodded and then threw himself at the table, shoving a pancake into his mouth whole, he nodded his thanks for the meal. A Saiya-jin eating is really a sight to see, though Vegeta had better table manners than Gokou, he still managed to eat more than her entire family in one bite. Pancakes, waffles, enough eggs to feed an army, toast, and gallons of orange juice all disappeared in minutes. Bulma blinked owlishly when he paused to wipe his mouth with a napkin. He took a long drink from the jug of orange juice and swallowed, he then turned towards Bulma, who was still staring blankly with a forkful of pancake halfway through its journey to her mouth. Vegeta cleared his throat.

"What lessons?" Bulma grinned.

"We're going to play a GAME, Vegeta…" Vegeta look appalled.

"Games are for drooling incapacitated morons!" He was getting red in the face.

"That's exactly my point, Vegeta-kun, even Gokou can read a little. You need to learn." She shook her forefinger in his face. Vegeta looked more appalled than ever, but allowed her to lead him into one of the smaller rooms in the Capsule Corp. complex.

"Sit at the table, please." She requested politely and firmly. Vegeta gave her a look, but did as she said, curious to find out what kind of lessons she would be giving.

Bulma leaned over the table and set a deck of cards facedown on its surface, and next to it, a chart of letters. She handed the chart to Vegeta, he stared blankly at its laminated surface.

"Alright, I'm going to show you a card, and you are going to find it on that chart. Okay?" She explained. Vegeta lifted his eyes from the chart for a moment and nodded. Bulma grinned and picked up the top card on the deck, reading the symbol's name aloud.

"J" Vegeta looked at the card, and then at the chart, he quickly located the matching image. Bulma congratulated him, handed him a doughnut hole, and went on to the next card.

"Y" Once again, Vegeta quickly found it, and was rewarded with another pastry.

"S" Another letter, another doughnut hole. This went on for about another half hour, until the doughnut holes were all gone. Taking a break, Bulma decided to teach the prince how to write his name.

"I'm going to tell you how to write your name now, so pay attention, and write it down when I'm done, okay?" he nodded. Bulma picked up a pencil and began to write the letters slowly onto the paper, so Vegeta could see.

"V-E-G-E-T-A" she spelled aloud as she scratched the letters onto the paper. Vegeta took the pencil now, and wrote in straight dark lines his own name. He was actually beginning to understand far more than she had covered. He figured the shapes of the letters, and their sounds. He had also figured out pretty much how to put them together.

"Now I'm going to show you how my name looks." Bulma said, attempting to retrieve the pencil from his grasp. Her attempts were futile, however. Gripping the pencil even tighter in his hand, Vegeta began to write on the paper, when he stopped, Bulma looked down at the paper. The letters `B-U-L-M-A' stared back at her.

Hey, that's all for chapter 4, folks! Next time on The Wish That Never Was… Vegeta has learned basic reading and writing, will he be able to decipher that strange paper he found? What was on it? Why was it in a wall? All these questions and more will be answered in the next installment of… `The Wish That Never Was: Chapter 5: Vegeta, Bulma, and the Pirates Gold?'

A plea for help: I am embarking on a new field to express my creativity… Music Videos! My current project is a Vid about Vegeta, to the song `Chop Suey' by System of a Down… I need more clips for it, so if any one of y'all has any of the following clips, please contact me at kyllir02@yahoo.com, and/or instant message me on AIM, on kyllir02:

Scenes from the episode `Final Atonement' (especially the scene where Vegeta hugs Trunks, and Goten being all like `WHYYYY!?'), Vegeta turning Majin, and that scene of Vegeta crying from the Frieza saga. I'd greatly appreciate any help I can get.

Poll: What song could I use for a Vid featuring (Teenage) Gohan?