by Kathrine R Mckay
 

     Bulma and Chi chi walked into the Capsule Corp, ladled with bundles of food. "Oh, I think Trunks and Bra will enjoy the stuff you bought them," Chi chi beamed.

    "You mean YOU bought them," Bulma thought wryly. Chi chi had bought the kids healthy snacks, like apples and oranges. Bulma, with a sweet tooth of her own, had bought her children actual candy. Hershey bars, Milky Ways, Skittles, Starbursts, and Jolly Ranchers.
 

     "Well, we'd best go to my house and put away our things," Chi chi said after they had put the groceries away. Bulma nodded and walked out the door.

    "Wait! What if Vegeta comes in and sees the candy?" Chi chi cried, running after her.

    "Ah, Vegeta doesn't believe in candy. Besides, he doesn't like it," Bulma said, and got into the car. Chi chi followed, and they drove off. Vegeta came into the house from training and looked on the table. There were little bags and bars of brightly colored and brown colored objects.

    Vegeta stepped up to the table. "Hmmmm," he said, picking up a long brown bar. "Hershey Chocolate," he muttered. He peeled off the wrapper and took a small bite. Seconds later, the bar disappeared into his mouth. He picked up the other long brown bar, with a similar wrapper, and wolfed that down too. He picked up a small bar of chocolate and sampled that too. The Milky Ways followed the Hershey Bars. After the chocolate, he
ate both packs of Skittles, Starbursts, and Jolly Ranchers.

     He sat down in a chair and stared at the wrappers left after his sugary meal. Something bubbled up in him, an experience he hadn't felt before. Vegeta felt like yelling as loud as he could, just for the FUN of it. FUN?! Where'd that come from?! Vegeta smiled like a kid and rushed out the door. He ran around every tree he could find, screaming out complete and total babble.

    "Oojiboosers vallah eotanic yashobat tanka monatee isha dorkers!!" he cried. He began doing back flips in the clearings, singing Christmas carols, even though it was June. Trunks and Bra arrived home and were staring at their father, feeling embarrassed.

     "Daaa, da da da da da, da da da. Daaaaa da da da da da, da da da! Da da da, da da da, da da da da da da da! Da da da da, da da!!!" Vegeta sang the tune to the ' Animaniacs.' "Come join the Warner brothers and the Warner sister Dot!"

     "Dad?" Trunks asked warily.

    "Ya ya ya ya ya?!" Vegeta cried happily into the face of his son, then tumble rolled away.

    "Uhhh...I think we should go inside, Bra," Trunks said, not taking his eyes off his dad. Bra nodded, following the example of Trunks. The two went inside, found the candy
wrappers, and made a phone call.  Minutes later, Goku landed with a camera around his neck, thanks to Bulma. She laughed that he took pictures of a hyper Vegeta, who was now
singing "Ants Go Marching One by One".  Vegeta walked on his hands to Goku, then flipped so he was upright.

    "Oo! Nice thingymajiger!" Vegeta cried, grabbed the camera, and pushed the
flash button, a little too hard. The camera burst into pieces, and Vegeta danced on. Goku stared at him. Then Goku felt a tugging at the corners of his mouth. Goku grinned mightily, straining as hard as he could not to laugh. But he lost the battle. Goku fell on the ground laughing, as Vegeta hopped up and down, twirling his fingers around his ears.

     "Loony loony looohhooooonnnyyyyy!!!!" Vegeta cried. Goku couldn't stop laughing. Chi chi pulled up then, with Bulma in the passenger seat, laughing too hard to drive. Bulma caught sight of Vegeta and laughed harder.  "Ya da da daaaaa, La diii diiii diiii!!! Yoooohhooooo! Oh, aren't you so woooojy woooooojyy waajers waaaaji wafers!!!" Vegeta sang.

     After about an hour of this, Vegeta finally realized what he was doing and calmed down. If he had, Bulma and Goku had not. They still rolled on the ground, laughing too hard to breathe. Vegeta scowled and immediately flew off, embarrassed beyond words.

    "May you die laughing!" he yelled. Vegeta wasn't seen for weeks, and when he returned, Bulma burst into laughter.

    "Aw, shut up, woman! I have enough of a headache as it is!" Vegeta mumbled.
 Vegeta went into the bathroom and opened the medicine cabinet. He pulled out some Tylenol and swallowed two tablets. He went into the gravity room and turned up the gravity until no human, mainly Bulma, could stand upright. If they were human, and walked in there, they would be crushed. Vegeta leaned up against the gravitron and slid down into a sitting position. he rubbed his aching head.

    "Curse all damned candy," he muttered, and closed his eyes to meditate.
 

The Ender wendieyashoo laviata candai! ;^)