Bulma was subdued after the gravity chamber incident, treating Vegeta with a civility bordering on indifference during their meetings. This irked the Prince so much he tried to goad her into another shouting match. It took Yamcha's name to do it — she exploded into sputtering obscenities when he asked where her guard was — but her reaction to the...
It was late night when a figure landed at the Capsule Corporation. It stood for a moment, arms crossed, head lowered, as if in thought. Raising its head, it regarded several buildings before settling on one at the compound's edge. Its arms fell to its side, and it took one, two determined steps toward it. Then, without even swaying first,...
The com console flickered just as he was putting on his earrings. Probably Vegeta, Zarbon thought; as requested, he had called the Prince but received no answer and left a brief message. He tapped the console button. "Yes, my Prince?"
Zarbon stared at him, hurt shining out of his clear eyes, although his face was impassive and he said nothing. "Look," said Vegeta, hardly believing he was explaining himself, "right now you aren't any good to me." Wrong thing to say, somehow; Zarbon's mouth pressed tightly. Wondering for one horrified moment if his trainer was about to burst into...
It took most of the rest of the night to get Vegeta and Radditz settled into their quarters. Well, not Radditz, Bulma noted crossly; Vegeta's guard had no problem adjusting to his capsule house, and was quickly snoring away what remained of the night. Vegeta, however, was a handful. By the time dawn rolled around he had destroyed at least...
Goku bolted upright, suddenly wide awake. Next to him Chi-chi stirred, wriggled onto her side and settled back down. Glancing frantically around the room, Goku grabbed what clothing he could off the top of Chi-chi's laundry pile; it proved to be a pair of running shorts and a very wrinkled, none-too-sweet-smelling sleeveless sweat top. Poking his...
Of all the strange, strange transmissions they had intercepted from the planet (most of which, thought Vegeta, indicated that the Chikyuu natives had way too much free time), the one forwarded to his quarters by an alert officer in communications was the most interesting. Apparently broadcast while Vegeta was shivering over one of Earth's...
"Aw, come on," Yamcha pleaded. His tone turned wheedling. "I'm making dim sum..."
Vegeta was out of touch for several hours, although anyone wearing a scouter could track his path as he criss-crossed the planet with seeming aimlessness. Nappa met him in the air-lock when he came on board, but was again snarled at when he tried to find out if the truce was over, if they could finally clear out the...
"Vegeta, this is a great planet!" Nappa's scouter was beeping like crazy as he kept running through readings, clearly convinced they had a real find. "Class M, single G, atmospheric nitrogen levels non-toxic for most species, multiple biomes — this is worth an absolute fortune!"