Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ The Wish That Never Was ❯ The Wish That Never Was: Ding Dong the Rickety Robot is Dead! ( Chapter 8 )

The Wish That Never Was: Chapter 8: Ding-Dong The Rickety Robot is Dead!

By kyllir

Disclaimer: I don't own it, wish I did, but I don't, and Chibi-Vegeta is adorable!

A/N: Hello everyone! Thank you to those who reviewed! I would like to address a few things, firstly, I suppose that it was kind of dumb of me to ask you for 300 reviews, I just wanted to see how many people actually read this thing, `cause at best only about one in five people actually review. Secondly, it was brought up that I remade an actual Dragonball episode, which I sort of did. I can assure you that this fic is not going to be all based off episodes of the show, when I decided to add a pirates treasure, I didn't even know that was on the series! So I will only borrow the cave, the robot, and the treasure (besides, if I did do it another way, you know you'd all review and say `that's not how it happened!' ^_~). That's all for now, on with the fic!

Vegeta sped towards the robot, it turned slightly to face him and raised its sword again,

"Arrr matey!" it shrieked in its mechanical voice, bringing its sword down. This time, Vegeta moved out of the way quickly, so quickly that it looked like he had teleported away from it.

"Not this time…" Vegeta yelled as he threw a punch at the android's arm. It froze as its arm crumbled under the pressure and was sent flying across the room. Vegeta smirked and followed up with a kick to the robot's midsection, making a large dent. The machine raised its sword again, going for the kill. Vegeta grabbed the metal arm and crushed it in his fist. The armless robot continued to come at him, running towards him, trying to knock him over with it's bulk. Vegeta grew tired of dodging it and finally jumped high into the air, hovering over the machine for a moment, before delivering a flying kick to the android's head, sending it across the room, and into the pool of water. The robot's headless and armless body simply fell over.

"Stupid machine," Vegeta smirked widely, and then walked back to where he left Bulma. Slipping behind the pile of crates that lined the wall, he looked around the area for her. She was nowhere in sight! He turned around, grumbling to himself. Why couldn't that woman stay in one place? He groaned and then set out looking for her, he didn't see her, so he began smelling the air around him, trying to pick up her scent. A moment later he began walking. She must be on the submarine, he realized, and strode over to the pier and stood there for a moment.

"WOMAN! Get out here!" he shouted, and heard giggling as Bulma pulled herself up from the entrance,

"Wow, I had no idea they had this kind of technology back then!" she smiled brightly and walked back down the pier to meet him, "how `bout we go look for that treasure now?" Vegeta shrugged and walked on,

"Let's go then," he said, trying very hard to act as if he hadn't panicked when he didn't know where she was. They meandered towards the large building by the far wall of the cave. Not seeing anything better to do, they walked in, and found themselves in another tunnel. They walked in a distance, and found themselves at a fork,

"Which way do you think we should go?" Bulma asked Vegeta, looking down each hall and pacing, Vegeta glanced down the halls,

"I'll take the left, you the right, if you find anything, yell and I'll hear you." With that he walked down the hall to the left, leaving Bulma at the intersection,

"Okay," she mumbled, and walked down the right hall.

Vegeta walked slowly down the hall until he was out of Bulma's line of sight, and then took off at a full run, wanting to see what was down the hall quickly in case she needed him to come back. A few moments later, he came to the end of the hallway, only to come to a dead end, he shrugged his shoulders and began jogging back the way he came. Suddenly, he heard something,

"Vegeta! Come look at this!" Bulma yelled down the tunnel, he quickened his pace and reached her in seconds.

"What is it?" he asked, looking at the well she had discovered,

"Look, it doesn't end, it's like a door to the ocean instead of a well." She told him, glancing into the water,

"Maybe that's where they hid the treasure?" he suggested, and Bulma nodded,

"I'm sure that's it, it's the perfect place to hide it! Lets go for a swim then!" she said as she quickly removed her coverall and capsulized it, along with Vegeta's, and once again they stood in their bathing suits, and jumped into the water. Vegeta slowed himself to match Bulma's pace, which was ridiculously slow to him. After about thirty seconds of swimming so slowly, he finally lost his patience and gathered Bulma in his arms and used his ki to speed through the water, causing Bulma to lose her breath. Soon afterwards they reached the end of the little tunnel and broke into air again. Bulma hacked and coughed, and when Vegeta set her down, she stared at him venomously,

"You almost let me drown again! You have a death wish, don't you?" she crossed her arms and Vegeta gave her a look,

"You know you would have run out of air before we got here if I didn't intercede a little." He stated in a flat tone, Bulma stuck her tongue out at him, and suddenly her jaw dropped open. They looked around them, and there was treasure everywhere! There were masses of gold doubloons, gold disks the size of your face, jeweled swords and necklaces, large gemstones glittered in piles, there was even some solid gold body armor. The duo gaped at the treasure, hardly able to believe the magnitude of their discovery. Breaking out of her awe, Bulma spoke,

"Wanna split it fifty/fifty?" Vegeta gave her an odd look,

"What would I do with it?" he stated, "I don't care," then crossed his arms in his classic stance. Bulma glared at him, and deciding to be a nice person and split it with him anyway, she drew two capsules out of her pocket.

"What are those for?" Vegeta asked her, Bulma grinned,

"We can store the treasure in these! I'll take the pile with all the jewelry, and you can take the one with all the swords and stuff!" with that she tossed a capsule at each pile, effectively containing them.

"Shall we get going? This stale air is starting to bother me," Vegeta looked at her blankly for a moment, and then gathered her in his arms and jumped back in the water, speeding through the channel and back into the main cave. When they reached it, he let her remain in his arms until they had reached the hangar,

"Let's take the sub!" Bulma suggested, eager to see how to pilot a submarine. Vegeta set her down and followed her as she jogged up to it and climbed inside it. The inside of the submarine was covered in little buttons and switches, half of them were labeled, half of them were not. Of the buttons that were labeled, there was an entire section of buttons marked `cannon 1', `cannon 2', `cannon 3', and so on, displaying all kinds of weapons. Vegeta grinned, he was beginning to like this machine.

"I think I've found the ignition!" Bulma exclaimed as she turned the key, and all the lights blinked on, and the familiar mechanical whirring sound filled the cabin. Smiling, Bulma brought it to the gate of the place, and pressed a button. The rusted and cobwebbed gate began to swing open, breaking years of plant growth that had been covering it. She slowly took the vehicle out of the pier and out into the open sea.

"Hey, we're not far from where Son-kun is studying under Kamesennin, we should go visit him!" Vegeta smirked and nodded, he had been wondering what had become of the younger Saiya-jin, and was curious as to how strong the third-class warrior had become on this strange, backward planet. Bulma smiled and set a course for the Kame house. They zoomed through the clear blue water, schools of fish darted past them in vibrant displays of color. Bulma pulled down the periscope and looked at their surroundings above the surface. Slowly, the small island came into view, and she allowed Vegeta to look through the periscope until they had reached within fifty meters of the island, at which point Bulma started bringing the vehicle to the surface.

"We're here!" Bulma exclaimed, climbing out of the sub, and breathing deeply the fresh air that assaulted her senses. Vegeta quickly followed her, equally pleased with the fresh air. Vegeta picked Bulma up and leapt the remaining distance over the water to the land. They proceeded to walk to the door, and a loud noise was heard. Vegeta looked somewhat uncomfortable, and was sniffing the air rapidly,

"Food." Vegeta stated monotonously, trying hard to prevent himself from launching himself through the door and consuming everything in sight. Bulma sighed and knocked on the door hurriedly. A moment later, she was greeted by a woman with dark hair and dark, friendly eyes,

"Hi there! I didn't know we'd be having guests! My name is Ranchi, come right on in, and I'll fix something for you!" she smiled widely at them, Vegeta was drooling at the smell of food. It had been a while since they had last eaten, Bulma decided as she walked into the house. They were led into the kitchen where Gokou was pigging out on rice and stew, he stopped briefly to say hello,

"Fhi Vuhllnha!" he swallowed, "Hi Vegeta!" and resumed eating, and motioned for them to sit down, "This is Kuririn, my training partner," he said between bites, Kuririn eyed them both with suspicion, and then nodded a hello. Vegeta could wait no longer for food, and as soon as a bowl of rice was handed to him, he downed it in one gulp, and handed it back to Ranchi, who promptly filled it. It continued with Vegeta eating his rice quickly and handing his bowl back for a few minutes, until Ranchi decided to just let him have the bowl she was serving from, and no more problems came up. Vegeta watched with some amusement as the old man who was introduced as Kamesennin repeatedly made attempts to grope Ranchi. Bulma ate her portion slowly, savoring the flavor of the rice and stew. It was one if the most delicious meals that she had ever eaten.

"So, Gokou, what've you been up to since you got here?" Bulma asked her friend, who paused in eating and looked up at her, smiling,

"Oh, we got to get up really early, run around and deliver milk, and do construction work, and go swimming, and we even got to play in the dirt!" he exclaimed, "and we got to wear this heavy turtle shell while doing it!" he had a big smile on his face,

"I do wish that he'd teach us some martial arts moves though, or more energy stuff like the kamehameha…" Gokou trailed off, Vegeta gave him a strange look and asked,

"Kamehameha? What is that?" Vegeta's curiosity had gotten the better of him. Gokou smiled,

"Want me to show you?" he said, getting up from his chair, "c'mon!" Vegeta got up and followed the boy outside, and watched with curiosity when he crouched down and moved his hands in front of him, then to the side,

"Kaa…Meee…Haaa….Meee…Ha!" he shouted as he thrust his hands out in front of him, a bright blue beam of energy shooting out over the water and disappearing over the horizon. Vegeta looked at Gokou, who had a goofy grin on his face,

"You like it?" he asked innocently,

"That dirty old man in there taught you that?" he asked, recovering his voice, he had be unaware that anyone on this planet had the ability to control ki, perhaps he could learn some new techniques while he was here.

"Well, he didn't really TEACH me, I saw him do it, and kind of copied it, Bulma was mad `cause I blew up the car…" he trailed off again, Vegeta smirked, that sounded like Bulma all right.

"Let's go back inside, Kakarotto, I'd like to have a word with your master," Vegeta began walking back into the house, Gokou looked confused,

"Who's `Kakarotto'?" he asked dumbly, Vegeta slapped his forehead with his palm,

"Kakarotto is your name, it was yours by birth, and that is what I will call you." He explained to the confused child, Gokou nodded,

"Okay, now why do you wanna talk to the Turtle guy? Are you gonna be his pupil too?" Gokou's eyes grew wide with excitement, "Then we'd get to be training partners, and you could show me how to do that floaty thingy that you do!" he continued to babble happily until they reached the dining area again,

"Hey! Turtle Guy! Vegeta wants lessons too!" he shouted to his mentor, who fell over, as he was leaning over to look down Ranchi's dress,

"What? You do? Well that's too bad, I can only take a certain number of students, y'know, and I wouldn't be able to afford another one of you, with the way you eat!" Kamesennin saw the look Vegeta was giving him, and quickly cleared his throat,

"However, if you really want lessons, just find a way to pay for yourself and try and convince that lovely young lady to stay here too!" he grinned, that should solve that problem. Vegeta looked at Bulma,

"Sure, I'll stay, but if you make one crude comment, then I'll leave, and you'll have to train Vegeta anyway, agreed?" she glared venomously at the old pervert, he gulped,

"Alright, but I still need tuition!" Bulma dug around in her pocket and pulled out her dinocaps, she looked at Vegeta, who simply nodded to her, his eyes expressing gratitude. She tossed the capsule onto the floor, and instantly, Vegeta's share of the treasure littered the floor,

"Here is your payment, is that enough?" Kamesennin fell over, and gave up trying to keep Vegeta out of his little class,

"Okay, I give, you can stay and study with us!"

Hey! Two chapters in one week, aren't ya proud of me?

Well, that's it for chapter 8! Gee golly, that was a long one! I hope you all enjoyed it!

*continues in narrator-type voice* Well, Vegeta has just joined Kamesennin's training camp! How will he do? Will he or Bulma be able to put up with the perverted antics of the invincible old master? These questions and more will be answered in the next installment of The Wish That Never Was: Chapter 9: Boot Camp

Poll: If you could spend a weekend on a deserted island with any DBZ character, who would it be?

Thanks for reading, have a groovy day! AND MAY THE FICS BE WITH YOU!!!