And there we are again with a new chapter on Little Romance II. (But let the Krampus pick you up after reading ok. ^ - ^ *)



22. Pretty tricked out



In the afternoon of the next day, Vegeta actually goes into the garden to put into practice what he set out to do the evening before. He slept properly again in the morning and is in a good mood to jump into training, but then he receives the next shock.

"Where is it?!!" he rages into the living room, where Bulma is taking her lunch break. Bulma looks at him questioningly and with a mute "Mh.?" at. "You know exactly what I mean! Where is the spaceship? !!" Vegeta becomes clear. "What do you need the spaceship for? You want to quit your training and retire as far as I can tell." leafing through a magazine with no involvement. "This is yesterday's snow! So where is it ?!" he starts asking her again. "Papa took that to a presentation.Space travel is interested in the blueprint. "She explains to him without looking at him. Vegeta slumps his shoulders and looks a little desperate to angry." No! There's no such thing! "He escapes angrily." When is he going to come back with it ?! "he asks now, unfriendly." Not until tonight! Until then you can rest again. "She replies." Rest ?! I don't want to rest! Lately I've been lying around lazy enough !! "he roars." Nice if you don't want to rest then you have the time and the desire to go shopping with me. "She says and grins back at him over her shoulder." What?! Shop?! Oh no! Not again! "He defends himself at first." No - Oh no! - you need new clothes anyway and so do I, so please change your clothes, so I won't take you with me! "she examines his training outfit and puts on a stern look." Besides, it will certainly do you good if you come out of here and sometimes see something else than just your room and the spaceship! "she adds and gets up from the couch to get ready as well.Vegeta gives himself up again because he knows that it wouldn't be much use to protest now, and he also thinks that he could somehow need a little change of scenery. "Shopping! What a bummer! I have to work out, damn it!" he growls away down the corridor. Bulma smiles: "Well, please, everything is back to normal."



Half an hour later, Vegeta and Bulma are already on their way into town. They walk side by side in silence. "Don't imagine anything on it!" Vegeta breaks the silence with a grumble. "Yes, yes! You don't have to tell me that every time. I just want you to come out!" returns Bulma. "You should slowly start looking ahead again." she attaches to it and already points to the first boutique she wants to go to. "Why am I doing this to myself?" Vegeta mumbles slightly annoyed and waddles obediently behind her from boutique to boutique. "I think she's right again." he thinks in secret and watches the people they pass.He really had to go out once. He actually needs a little change and, above all, a distraction from what has happened lately. It just went to his head. In between he didn't feel like looking ahead. To concentrate fully on his training, in general it was pointless if he couldn't even prove himself against people like Feith Vailant. This low blow kept him from re-entering the gravity space in the spaceship. But from now on things would go uphill again.

Vegeta sits exhausted on a garden bench and waits for Bulma to go to one of these public toilets. He leans back, relaxed and enjoys the rays of the sun falling on his face. It's so quiet and even though you are in the middle of the city, the park is as quiet and peaceful as it is in the great outdoors. Suddenly he becomes aware of a crying child who always says "My balloon!" calls. The little girl's aura is very weak and she trembles from crying so much.The little one’s crying is slowly tugging at Vegeta's nerves and he throws her a serious look that she doesn’t notice because she’s too busy reaching for her balloon that has got caught in a tree. "Is she all alone here?" Vegeta wonders now because he doesn't see anyone around who might look like her mother. "My balloon !!" the little one still cries and stretches further for the string of the balloon. A shadow falls on the little girl and she hears a voice that speaks to her. "Is that yours?" Vegeta asks her a little seriously. The little one looks at him fearfully and nods: "Yes ..." "Here. You have to hold him tight or he'll fly away again." Vegeta smiles, reaches for the string of the balloon and holds it out to her. The little girl wipes away her tears and hesitantly reaches for them. When she gets to grasp the cord, she touches Vegeta's hand, who jerks up in a frightened and more embarrassed way.The little girl looks at him with shining eyes and starts smiling heartily. "Many Thanks!" she looks at him from below. At that moment Bulma comes along the path strewn with white gravel. When she becomes aware of Vegeta and the little girl, she immediately stops and hides in the shade of a large tree. "Look at you? He seems to be very nice to children." she notices and realizes what age he is. Perhaps it is his age that makes him want to stop fighting. "Maybe he's longing for a family? Or children?" she seriously wonders if that is the reason for his strange behavior. At least that was the case with human men of this age if they were still bachelors at that age. "How is it actually with Saiyajins? They long for a family at all?" Bulma asks herself again, wondering whether she might just need the women to preserve the species."Are you all alone here?" Vegeta asks the little girl all at once. "No, I'm waiting here for my mommy. She has to come soon, I think." the little one tells him and now holds her balloon tightly. "Marie! Leave the man alone!" suddenly a young woman comes up to her. "I'm sorry if she bothered you." The brunette bows politely to Vegeta. "No ... uh ... she doesn't." Vegeta, who is not used to talking to strangers, begins to stammer. "Mommy, the nice man got my balloon from the tree for me." little Marie now points her finger at him while she tells her mother. "Oh, that's really very nice of him. Did you say thank you, too?" she turns to her daughter who nods at the question. Vegeta scratches the back of his head, embarrassed, he would like to run away now, he's so embarrassed. Bulma notices his helplessness and smiles: "Well, that's one of them." "So, but now we have to go on again.So, say goodbye to the man. "The brunette asks her daughter." Yes, Mommy. "She smiles at her mother and now turns back to Vegeta." Thanks and goodbye dear uncle! "She smiles broadly and waves Vegeta hesitates at first but waves her almost reflexively and says goodbye. "She calls me dear uncle?" he hisses through his teeth and suddenly blushes. "So there I am again! "Bulma jumps out of the shadows and pretends she's only just coming." About time too! "Vegeta turns angrily to her." Sorry! There was a long queue. "She explains to him and grabs a few of the many shopping bags that she had put down on the bench earlier." I have to say these public toilets look like ?! Devastating! "She utters." No, how interesting! "Vegeta slips out and takes the bags she is holding out to him." Come on! Let's go.You dear uncle! "Grins Bulma now. Vegeta flinches and turns around, he controls himself and asks her quietly and inconspicuously:" Tell me ... how long have you been standing here ?! "" Long enough, so get going! "Bulma doesn't show it and hangs herself on his arm." Come on, you nice man, let's go eat first! "She adds mischievously and begins to pull . "No! She saw it! "Vegeta sighs softly, because Bulma's address to him was the proof that she noticed the whole thing with the little one.



"Good thing we got up here!" Bulma is happy and throws a coin into the coin telescope on the railing of the observation tower. Walking down the stairs after dinner is really good. Especially when you can hand in the countless shopping bags downstairs at the reception, in front of the 250-step staircase of the observation tower. "The view is just fantastic!" she enthuses and turns her gaze through the telescope in all directions.Vegeta leans against the railing and looks into the distance. In contrast to Bulma, however, he does not need a telescope to see objects that are far away. "Isn't that nice?" it comes quietly from Bulma, who looks at the sun that leans towards the horizon. "I'm glad that I can see that again. Who knows I'll find the opportunity to come up here again next year?" she continues. "Why? Is the tower going to be torn down?" Vegeta suddenly asks. "No, but who knows the world will still stand then?" does it come from her seriously. Vegeta says nothing and averts his gaze from her again. "In a little over a year the mountain back there will be gone by then? That city back there will be destroyed by the cyborgs?" she continues and when the coin mechanism drops the coin she straightens up again and also looks into the distance. "Don't you think Kakarott and the others will stop the cyborgs?" Vegeta asks her suddenly thoughtfully."I do not know." she answers him briefly. "I just know that you can definitely use any help." she attaches to it and turns to the stairs. Vegeta looks thoughtfully at the mountains Bulma mentioned earlier. The little girl from the park suddenly appears in his mind's eye. Your warm and friendly smile towards him. And that's when Vegeta becomes aware of one thing. If nobody stops these cyborgs, this little girl will have no future. Or a future in fear and horror, as the mysterious boy prophesied back in the desert. "The observation tower will be closed in 5 minutes, please leave the observation platform and ..." the loudspeakers now shout out. "Are you coming now? Let's go home again!" Vegeta becomes aware of Bulma's voice and follows her to the stairs. "I wonder how this will end ..." Bulma thinks and wants to take a step down on the first