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Author's Note: This Dragonball fanfiction doesn't have a certain time between the sagas, it is just something that I wrote. Hope you like it and I would love it if you would R&R and please tell me what you would like to see in Part 2 and also tell me what you like to see in these kind of Fan Fic's so I can try and make them better. Okay hope you enjoy

It was a dark and stormy night and Jessica was sitting at her bedroom computer doing some homework that should have been done the night before. Jessica was a small girl for her age of 18. She had long black waist length hair that she usually kept in a braid or in a loose ponytail. She wasn't in the best of moods, come to think of it ever since that devastating day her mother died 3 months ago Jessica hasn't been herself. Neither has her dad. Since her mother died from a car wreck involving a under aged driver Jessica's dad has buried his feelings and resorted to alcohol. Almost every Friday night it seems like that her dad is gone all night and comes home the next morning with major hangovers and all through out the week he is cranky and mean. Most definitely not like what he used to be like when her mom was still alive. She has grown to hate her dad; he is always having friends over and treating her like a little maid. "Why did my life have to be like this?" she wondered silently. "JESSE you better get your butt down here now and get these dishes washed before I have to come up there and make you do them, you are suppose to have dinner cooked and the kitchen cleaned by the time I get home!!" yelled her dad interrupting her deep thoughts. She rolled her eyes as she left her room and went downstairs to satisfy her dad. "Dad, I have homework to catch up on I will do it later," she answered as she entered the kitchen to see her dad taking a beer out of the out dated refrigerator. He was a tall man but a little over weight. You could tell he hadn't shaved in awhile and hadn't taken a shower lately. Jessica frowned at the sight of her dad but stood her ground. "You just cut off you water young lady!" he yelled back as he made his way toward her grabbing her arm. Jessica wasn't surprised by his actions and sternly snatched her arm out of his grip. She knew there was no sense in arguing with him and reluctantly started to wash the filthy dishes. Awhile-later Jessica was finally done with the irritating task of washing the dishes and was now sweeping the tile floor. "I'm going out for awhile I have a few errands to run in town, I don't know when I will be back." stated her dad as he made his way to the front door stopping by the kitchen. Jessica knew good and well he was out to go get drunk again. She just nodded her head to show she heard him and watched him leave out the door. She sat down on the dining table that was in the middle of the small kitchen. Her dad had carved the table not long before her mother died. Those were the days when everything was well and life was great. Jessica felt the tears swell inside her as she remembered the good days before her mother's death. She rarely cried but at this moment she couldn't hold it back. She just couldn't figure out why things turned out the way they did. "Why?" she asked aloud knowing none one would here her or answer her. Silent tears ran down her pale cheek. Suddenly as if on cue a small light shown in front of her. She squinted to make out what it was and saw a small human figure that was growing bigger. The figure grew and grew until life size but still only a black silhouette. Jessica stared in amazement as the light faded revealing a woman with green scaly skin and bright red flaming hair wearing white clothing and a gold necklace. In her hand she held a gold scepter from what Jessica could make out. She stared in amazement at what she saw in front of her. "Hi Jessica." the woman said very tenderly. Jessica was speechless but eventually formed words and answered, "Hi." "Do not be frighten I am a simple messenger sent from a far away planet." "Wh..wh...What do you want with me?" she asked trying to hide the fear in her voice. "I am here to let you fulfill your destiny" she answered. "My destiny?" she asked puzzled. "Yes, you are not what you think you are, your planet is not the only planet with life on it, in fact your universe is not the only universe.." the women stated. "How can that be......?" she questioned in amazement not really expecting an answer. "You will come to find there is a lot you do not know, Jessica." "So spit it out already....what don't I know?" she asked full of curiosity now all fear vanishing. "This might come quite a shock to you but, you are from another planet known as Planet Vegeta which is no longer of existent you are part of the Saiyen race and your real name is Mai. Planet Vegeta was destroyed by an evil being known as Freeza. You were only a little baby before he destroyed it, your real parents knew about freeza's dreadful plan and sent you through a time warp to keep you safe from any harm. Then they tried to warn others but failed leaving only 2 other Saiyens not counting yourself. Mighty Prince Vegeta prince of all Saiyens and Goku. They are both powerful but friendly. They are the good fighting the evil. Goku defeated freeza along with other powerful aliens so has Vegeta. They have no idea you are here and you are a Saiyen also but they will soon be needing your help in a future fight against a very very powerful evil. I am not able to tell you more than that. I am suppose to take you to King Kai's planet to train you and send you to Goku and Vegeta and there friends." Jessica was in total disbelief. She listened intently to the women hanging on to every word. After registering everything said she asked, "Who is King Kai?" "King Kai is wonderful trainer who has agreed to train you to the fullest." "Train me to do what?" "To fight of course like a real saiyen warrior." Jessica thought for a minute thinking about all the things just told to her. She was in skeptical but agreed to go with the messenger women to King Kai's planet. "When can we leave?" she asked unexpectedly. "Right now," answered the messenger as she held out her green scaly hand out to Jessica. Jessica promptly took the offered hand and was suddenly in a whole new world.





Jessica observed her surroundings with excitement and disbelief. The messenger that sent her here was standing to her left looking for something. "What are you looking for?" "King Kai, he said he would be in this exact spot..." the women answered with disappointment in her voice. Jessica wandered off a little and saw a small fat blue figure coming toward them. "Is that him?" she asked pointing in the direction. "Yes it is!" the messenger squealed almost as if she was jumping for joy. Jessica looked at the small guy as he came closer. He was very odd looking, light blue skin and way over weight with little antennas and sunglasses. "Awe, Mai, it is nice to see you!" he exclaimed in a rather funny voice. He offered his hand out to Mai and she took it and they shook hands. Mai couldn't help but snicker at the figure before her. "What's so funny?" he asked quite confused. "Oh nothing sir," she answered quickly. King Kai looked Mai over up and down as if he saw right threw her. Mai stood uncomfortably. "Alright lets get to business!" he chimed out of no were, startling both Mai and the messenger. "First I would like to have a word with Miss. Pearl," he said as he motioned to the messenger to follow him. She followed him leaving Mai to herself. Mai could still see them but they were still distant enough for her not to hear them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Miss. Pearl, what have you told the girl so far?" King Kai asked as he took a glimpse back at Mai. "Only what you told me to tell her King Kai," she answered. "Great Miss. Pearl I think you is done here, now you can go." "Thank you King Kai just call me when you need service." she said. Pearl suddenly disappeared with on little swish of her arm. King Kai made his way over to Mai to fill her in on the events ahead of her. "So what happens now?" Mai asked as soon as King Kai was in earshot. King Kai was startled by her eagerness but soon dismissed the thought. "7 years from now a horrible evil is going to attack Goku and his friends, they will need some extra help. You are the extra help. Pearl, informed you of your past. That you were sent through a time warp. I don't know much of that but I know now that you are here and things are a little different. First you need to take a look in the mirror we have changed your appearance a little." King Kai handed Mai a medium sized mirror. Mai was excited to see what she looked like so she snatched the mirror from King Kai and lifted it eye level. She saw that her hair was now a dark silver color and in a loose ponytail. Her complexion was now a little darker and she was much taller and shapelier. Mai was pleased with her new look. She gave the mirror back to King Kai. "Do you like it?" he asked. "Yes I love it!!!" she squealed with excitement. "Now there will be another addition but that will be after you have trained for a bit." "What will it be?" she asked eagerly. "A tail.." he answered not knowing what her reaction would be. "A TAIL!!!!" she exclaimed but immediately settled down when King Kai gave her a dirty look. "Alright I am gonna train you non-stop for a total of 2 years, then we will send you too Goku and Vegeta, of course they will have no idea who you are so you must act like a normal person just looking for a place to stay and I am almost certain they will let you stay with them. Be normal and don't let them know of your power till the fight that will happen the following 5 years. In those 5 years you will get to know the Z fighters become their friends. You got it?" "I think so," she answered bewildered that this was happening. "Now to begin your training you must catch my pet monkey Bubbles.. ."



2 years later...night before Mai's departure to earth.

"Wow King Kai these past 2 years of gone by so quick it seems like yesterday that messenger came and got me from my hell hole I was stuck in and now I can fly and fight beyond belief you said so yourself you haven't seen power quite like mine next to Goku of course, who I have yet to meet. I have a tail that is cooler than I thought it would be, and I am soon to be transported to my new home.... King Kai I am so excited!!!!" exclaimed Mai as she gave King Kai a big bear hug. "Yes I noticed Mai but we must go over what you are to do and what are the rules again," he answered with a stern voice. "Again...ok...I am to go to earth with my tail hidden and seek out Goku. Try and see if I can stay with him. He will let me and I am to get to know them and live with them but also not to forget to train every now and then yet keeping my secret hidden. I am to meditate and contact you every night when I get a chance. I am to stay in the house at all times maybe even play sick during full moons so I will not transform.... and... I think that is all." "Good now if there is any problem whatsoever I am right here..." said King Kai, "King Kai you're not my mom or anything," she answered snickering. "I was only reminding you.," he said innocently. "Well I think I am gonna call it a day I am rather tired and I need my rest for my big departure tomorrow." yawned Mai as she got up and stretched heading toward her small bedroom. She crawled into her small bed and began to think about the events that have happened "So much has happened to me these past 2 years.....yet it doesn't seem weird at all, I'm not really surprised that any of this happened...I wonder why?" and with that she nodded off to sleep. King Kai was still up in his own deep thought "She has amazing power I hope she is able to hide it while around the Z fighters there is no telling what Vegeta might do if he finds out there is another living Saiyen...."

*next day*

"Rise and shine sleepy head!!" yelled King Kai as he banged on Mai's temporary bedroom door. Mai was still half asleep when she realized this was the day that she was leaving. She jumped out of bed and ran outside. Outside she saw King Kai standing beside a picnic table with breakfast on it and a pile of clothes. "Whose clothes are those?" she asked with curiosity. "There yours of course, training clothes and some casual clothes...of course" "Cool Beans!" she exclaimed with her mouth full of scrambled eggs. When she was done she took the clothes and changed into one of the casual pairs some jean shorts and a simple white tank tops and brown tennis shoes, making sure her tail was hidden under her shirt around her waist. She stepped back outside ready and waiting for King Kai to send her to her destiny. King Kai looked over her wardrobe, "Looks good enough I guess, here is a casual bag to put your other things in okay this is including other clothes and toiletries you will need." he said as he handed the bag to her. "Alright lets do this!" she exclaimed. She took a hold of King Kai's shoulder and was transported down to earth with a flash.



Mai was now were she had been wanting to be for the past 2 years. She just couldn't wait to meet Goku and the others especially Vegeta. King Kai told her so much about the Z-fighters and their friends Bulma and Chi-Chi. It was all so exciting to her. Mai was in the middle of town standing on the sidewalk looking at the buildings trying to figure out were she was. She finally decided to ask someone. "Um...excuse me sir, could you tell me were I can find a phone?" she stopped a very short man who was astonished by her beauty and asked him. "Why yes right around the corner to your left.." he answered. "Okay thanks!!!" she yelled as she waved and ran towards the direction he pointed her in. When she got to the phone she realized she had no money. "Oh Crap, how am I ever gonna find Goku at this rate?" she said to herself.

"Um...excuse me miss.. But do you need some change to make a phone call?" Mai whirled around to find herself facing this rather tall dumb looking guy with wild black hair. "Yes as a matter a fact I do, could you spare me some please?" she begged. "Of course," the man answered as he dug in his pocket for some change. He found some and handed it to her. "Thank you so very much Mr.....?" she stated hinting him to give her his name. "Oh my name is Goku," Mai stood still realizing what he just said. "Oh really, you are just the person I have been looking for," she answered not believing her luck. "Really?" he asked with this dumb grin on his face. "Yes let me introduce myself my name is Mai, I am looking for a place to stay and heard that you might be able to let me stay for awhile....." "Umm....I don't know my wife Chi-chi is already complaining about how cramped we are out our house...." he answered "Bummer!" she exclaimed stomping her foot. "But that's cool because I know someone who would be more than glad to let you stay with them." "Who?" "Her name is Bulma Briefs she is the President of Capsule Corps., she has more than enough room. Why don't' you just come with me to my house and eat supper with us and then we can go visit Bulma." he offered. Mai smiled realizing that she would be staying with her Prince Vegeta the man who is prince over all her race....she has never met him before now she gets to stay in the same house as him....she would fill most honored. "Sounds good!" she answered. Goku and her walked the long distance back to his home. Mai talked all the way there trying to act normal and get answers from Goku at the same time. Goku didn't seem to mind all the chitchat. When they reached his house chi-chi came running out the front door to greet her husband. She threw her arms around him not even noticing they had company. "Uh...Chi-chi...this is Mai and friend I met in town today that is gonna have dinner with us." chi-chi let go of Goku and whirled around to face Mai. "Oh hi, I'm chi-chi Goku's wife...we would be glad to have you join us for supper." "Great!" Mai squealed. "Please come in...have a seat dinner is almost ready." said Chi-Chi as she let the guest inside the small home. Mai took a seat in the living room on the couch. She was not sure what to expect of Goku and his family but so far they seemed like pretty nice people. Goku took a seat across from her in a chair that looked rather worn out. "So what brings you here," he asked. "Oh well..um...I'm looking to get a job and build my own place but, I needed a place to stay for free..." she lied. Before Goku could answered Chi-Chi yelled from the kitchen that dinner was ready. Both got up from there seats and Goku lead Mai into the kitchen and offered her a seat at the end of the big dining table. Mai promptly took her seat and put her napkin in her lap waiting for everyone to settle down. Suddenly the kitchen door burst open. "Awe boys you are finally home..!" chi-chi exclaimed as she took her seat. 2 boys one looked about 15 and the other a lot younger entered into the kitchen taking their seats at the table. They both looked over at Mai in wonder. "Boys, I would like you to meet our new friend Mai." said Goku as he took his place at the head of the table. "Mai, this is Gohan," stated Goku as he looked over at the older boy, "and this is Goten." "How do you do?" she asked very well mannered. The boys only nodded and started to eat. After dinner Goku called Bulma to inform her on the guest that will soon be arriving, "Hey, Bulma, this is Goku I have a friend who is looking for a place to stay for awhile, would it be possible if they could stay over at your..." "Sure Goku of course they can stay!" Bulma exclaimed over the phone, "me and Vegeta will be needing some company." "Ok great, her name is Mai, she is on her way right now." and with that both ended the conversation and Goku started telling Mai how to get to Capsule Corp. Mai said her good-byes and thank you's to her new friends and went on her way. "It is starting to get pretty dark," she thought to herself as she began her journey, "I think to go faster I will fly." with that Mai shot through the air making sure to hide her power as much as possible. She saw Capsule Corp in the distance. The excitement grew inside her as she drew nearer. She still could not believe she would soon be staying with the Prince of all Saiyen's. King Kai told her much about his past with Freeza and she felt compassion for him. She flew over Capsule Corp. careful not to land to close for fearing they might see her. She flew a little ways and then began to walk to the front lawn. The building was much bigger than she thought it would be. She saw while she was flying a balcony in which she would try and use as a place to meditate at the end of the day to try and contact King Kai like she was told. She stepped up to the front door and tapped the doorknocker a few times. She didn't even have to wait because in no time Bulma was at the door ushering her inside. "Hi," Bulma said, "and welcome to Capsule Corp." "I will show you to the room you will be staying in, you can go ahead and freshen up and get ready for bed and then come back down and you and me can get to know one another better," she smiled as she began to lead Mai up the staircase and down a hall. Mai was awed at the size of the place that she would be staying. She was even more awed at her new room. Bulma walked into the room and turned on the light turning around to see Mai's reaction to the room. "I hope you like it, you have your own bathroom and a door opening to the balcony.." "This is perfect Mrs.Bulma thanks!" she exclaimed as she looked the room over. "Ha, you don't have to call me Miss. Bulma, just Bulma." she laughed. "Okay," answered Mai as she set her bag of clothes on the bed. Bulma left the room with a wink and left Mai to get settled in. Mai looked around the room. She never thought she would be treated this nicely. She saw the big bed that was on the right of the dark colored maroon room. She jumped on the bed and laid down to get the feel of it. IT was quite comfy and very soft. "Perfect, its all to perfect" she thought. She crawled off the bed and walked towards the bathroom. The private bathroom was just as nice as the bedroom. It wasn't very big but very inviting to Mai. She turned on the water to the shower and began to take her clothes off to get in. The warm water felt nice on her tensed body. She sat down in the shower to enjoy every drop beating against her body. Mai then began to wonder what her first meeting with Prince Vegeta would be like...then she remembered not to call him Prince Vegeta only Vegeta. She nearly fell asleep in the shower but soon was hurrying to finish up and meet Bulma back downstairs like she was told. She took a white bathrobe that was hanging so conveniently on the back of the bathroom door. On it was the Capsule Corp. signature. She put it on and began to brush through her wet hair with a brush that also had the Capsule Corp logo on it. She studied herself with approval as she began to make her way to her bag to change into some comfy clothes yet...presentable clothes. She took out everything from the bag that King Kai had given her and put all her clothes into a small draw dresser that was sitting at the end of the over sized bed. She took out another pair of jean shorts and an oversized t-shirt with the capsule corp. logo on it. She put on the clothing and made her way downstairs. Bulma was sitting on a large sofa in the living room reading a women's magazine. Mai looked the living room over seeing the sky light roof that was so large. Bulma noticed Mai was just standing there, "Come sit, make yourself at home." she offered as the scooted over patting the cushion beside her. Mai sat down beside Bulma. "I just wanted to thank you for letting me stay Bulma." "Oh, its no problem, I have been needing some company, Vegeta isn't quite the talker." she smiled. Mai jumped at the mention of his name. "Did Goku tell you about Vegeta?" Bulma asked. "Yes he did," she answered knowing good and well Goku never said a word about Vegeta. "Good, well you will learn to just not say anything to him and stay out of his way." Mai was confused at what Bulma was trying to explain. "Why?" she asked. "Vegeta well....likes to keep to himself most the time. I just cook him his food and make sure his gravity machine is functional...I don't like being bossed around by him and we usually get in quite a few fights but you'll get used to it" Bulma answered reassuringly. Mai remembered what King Kai had told her about Vegeta's attitude. "You usually won't even see him half the day, he wakes up early in the morning to start training and doesn't stop until lunch even then he is quite....he will always go back to his training and then stop around 4 and eat and then go to his room." Bulma laughed as she thought about his routine. She never realized it had become such a routine. Mai was hanging on to every word Bulma said and made mental notes. "Can I ask you something Bulma?" "Yeh, sure," "Um...I have learned some fighting and would like to see if I could also use the gravity machine to keep my training up..?" Mai asked hoping Bulma would say yes. "Well I have no problem with it but I am sure Vegeta will not like the idea of sharing. I didn't know you fight.." "Well I learned some when my parents were still alive," Mai lied hoping that Bulma believed her. "Oh okay well tomorrow I will teach you how to work the gravity machine." said Bulma. Mai nodded. "Well I better get to bed. I have a meeting to go to tomorrow. You can stay up as late as you want just make sure you don't make too much noise other wise you will get your head bitten off by Vegeta." Bulma informed. Mai nodded again and watched Bulma make her way up to her room. Mai sat in the living room for a while thinking about the days earlier events. She then remembers she was suppose to make contact with King Kai. She immediately got up and ran to her room. She looked around the room to find too big double glass french doors leading to the balcony. She turned off her bedroom lights and walked out on to the balcony. The night air was a little chilly but the soft breeze felt good on Mai's skin. She walked to the edge of the balcony and studied the view of the far away bright city lights. She took a deep breath and began to try and meditate. "What are you doing?" Mai whirled around to see where the deep stern voice came from. She could not see because of the darkness and fear gripped her tight. "I asked you a question!" it said. Mai then realized who it was, her eyes began to become used to the darkness and she could see a figure of a man sitting on the railing of the balcony leaning against the wall. One leg propped up on the railing the other hanging down. "Prince Vegeta....." she stammered on accident. "What did you call me?!" he asked with anger in his voice. "Um...uh...Prince Vegeta..??" she answered with uncertainty in her voice. "How do you know of that?" he asked getting up from his perch angrier. Mai began to think of some lie to say to get her out of the danger that awaited her. "Umm.. uh....Goku told me..."she answered reluctantly. He began to walk towards her. Mai could feel the fear gripping her spine as she made her way closer to the railing as possible wishing to escape is scornful glare. "You better stay out of my way little girl or you might get hurt," and with that he stomped away through another set of double doors right beside her bedroom's. The fear began to distinguish as Mai relaxed. "Dumb!dumb!dumb!!" she punished herself as she slapped her head a few times. She then turned around and began to try and make contact with King Kai to get some advice on how to act around Vegeta. "King Kai.....King Kai, are you there...?" she asked in her head. "Yes I am." he answered. "I can already tell Prince Vegeta is gonna be a problem." she stated regarding what had happened just few minutes ago. "What makes you say that Mai?" he asked. "I had my first encounter with him just a moment ago...and it wasn't very pleasant." "Well...all I can tell you is keep your distance." he answered not knowing what else to say. "I wasn't able to stay with Goku as planned but I am staying at Capsule Corp and Bulma has been very nice." she said changing the subject. "WHAT!" he yelled giving Mai a painful ringing in her ears. "What's all the shouting about?" she asked rubbing her temples. "How are you gonna keep your distance from Vegeta if he is living with YOU?" he yelled once more forcing Mai to grab the railing to keep her balance from the splitting pain of his yelling. "I tried King Kai but Goku said I wasn't able to stay with him because he was quite cramped in his house already...." she answered bracing herself for more yelling. "Okay..okay..now all you have to do is keep your distance from Vegeta he will be keeping and eye on you." "What if he suspects something, King Kai?" "Then you will have to get away as soon as possible we do not want them to find out until the right time..now I have something to inform you now that you are on earth. I have injected you with a chemical that will re act at full moon it should keep you from transforming but I'm not sure how it will react to your body...it might be serious, but I doubt it seriously." "What!" she exclaimed not at all thrilled with the ideal. "It won't make you sick I promise it will more than likely keep you from transforming without you having to hide out in your room every full moon but I think the first full moon period you should be on you toes." King Kai explained reluctantly. So you are saying that if I touch in moonlight rays during full moon I won't transform.....?!" "Yes," "Why, you didn't think I would stay inside..?!" "Well I knew the others would catch on eventually about you not going out on full moons I didn't want them to think you have some kind of rare disease...." King Kai answered. "That is just about the most brilliant thing I have heard!" she exclaimed, "Its gonna be so much more easier now....I hope!" "Now this injection does wear off after 5 months so I have put some pills you can take that will bring back up ok?" "Ok good, I am gonna go now, I'm tired. Goodnight King Kai." Mai went to her room to think of what she was gonna do when full moon comes around. She got into her pajamas of boxer shorts and an extra large t- shirt. She pulled back the bed covers and settled under them. She laid there wide awake stress building inside of her. How was she suppose to keep from Vegeta and Goku and all the others? She laid there staring at the ceiling tossing and turning not able to go to sleep. She then decided to get up and go get a drink of water. She looked over at the clock on the night table beside her bed it was 2:30 AM. She rolled her eyes as she scooted out of bed and put on her night robe making her way out to the hall. She felt the cold floor against her feet as she made her way downstairs. She looked towards the kitchen and saw that the light was on already. Mai stopped dead in her tracks, she began to re-think getting a glass of water....but went ahead and went into the kitchen anyways. She slowly cracked the door and peeked inside there she saw none other than Vegeta's head buried into the refrigerator. Mai decided to go back to bed, just as she was about to leave Vegeta said, "What is it now?" Mai stopped and turn back around and opened the door fully, "I was getting a drink of t water, if that is alright with you," she answered bravely. Vegeta was ignoring her as he brought out leftovers from dinner and started heating them up in the microwave. Mai calmly made her way to the cupboard and got a glass out. Vegeta was standing right in front of the sink, which was were she needed to go to get her water. She just stood there waiting for him to move but he wasn't budging. She walked toward him and stood beside him and reached across him to get to the sink and get water. Vegeta grabbed her wrist yanked her back throwing her in the middle of the kitchen. Mai could feel the anger building up inside of her right now she didn't care if he was her Prince and she should respect him, he had no right to do that. So she promptly made her way back over to him and continued to reach across him to get some water. This time he grabbed her by the neck and looked straight into her eyes. Mai was startled by his sudden movement and was now eye to eye with the furious prince. "I thought I told you to stay out of my way," he said in his low deep voice. Mai could feel his grip around her neck grow tighter, she brought her hands to try and loosen his grip but was failing. "I don't recall this being your kitchen..." she gasped. His grip grew tighter and she could no longer breath. She was gasping for air and grabbing his hand to try and get him to let go. He let her go forcing her to drop to the ground. She was on the floor gasping continuously trying to catch her breath. Mai was now able to breath and looked up at Vegeta who was now taking his food out of the microwave. She was still gripping her neck slowly massaging it. Mai slowly got up and picked up her glass that now laid broken on the floor. She picked up the pieces and stood up. Vegeta was now sitting at the miniature two seating table that was against the kitchen wall. Mai threw the pieces in the trash and got a new glass filling it with water. She leaned against the sink and drank her water glaring at Vegeta. Vegeta could feel her threatening stare but it didn't bother him one bit. Mai was soon finished with her glass and was now rinsing it out and putting it back in the cupboard. The silence was very uncomfortable but soon disregarded once Mai left the kitchen. She slowly walked up the stairs and back to her room. She went to her vanity that was in her room and sat down and examined the bruises on her neck left by Vegeta's grip. Mai started to become tired and soon was in her bed fast asleep.

The next morning Mai's alarm clock went off at 9:30 am. The sudden beeping noise woke Mai and she slowly rolled out of bed and went into the her bathroom to take a shower. Once she was done with her shower she put on her bathrobe and walked out onto her balcony. She soaked up the sun as it was rising. Her still wet hair was blowing in the wind sprinkling little drop s everywhere. Mai went back inside her room and began dressing for the upcoming day. She wore jeans and a halter-top because the weather was suppose to be extra hot that day and she wanted to keep cool. She pulled her now dry hair in a loose ponytail and sat in front of her vanity. She examined the now visible bruises left from the night before. She let her hair down to hide the dreadful shape her neck was in. She studied herself in the mirror satisfied with the way she looked and began her way downstairs to get some breakfast. She walked into the kitchen to find Bulma dressed in a Navy Blue dress suit eating a breakfast bar.

"Oh, Good Morning Mai," "Good morning," "I have a very important meeting I have to attend and then I have some grocery shopping to do, I probably will not be home till late..um sorry that I am not able to tell you how to work the gravity machine...is it possible that you might be able to set out some leftovers from yesterday for Vegeta and your self for lunch and for dinner you could just order some pizza, the money will be on the counter." "Yeah sure," Mai said reluctantly not really wanting to do anything for Vegeta. "Great!" Bulma exclaimed as she looked at her watch, "oh I am late, thanks again Mai!" Mai watched Bulma leave then headed toward the kitchen again to get some breakfast. She grabbed a breakfast bar and headed out to relax in the backyard. She opened the glass doors to the back yard and found a lawn chair to sit in. She pulled the chair more into the sunlight, she wanted to lay out and try and get a tan. She found an outside radio and turned it on to some very unfamiliar music but it was good enough. Mai laid on her back tapping her foot to the music eating her breakfast bar. She then started to think of how she was gonna get a chance to train in the gravity machine without anyone suspecting anything. Bulma had once told her that Vegeta stops training around 4 o'clock so that would be her time to train while he ate. She would try her plan today. She laid out for about an hour and decided to go back inside. She was going to explore Capsule Corp. She first looked around downstairs finding a room under the stairs that was a large lab. She walked inside amazed. "This must be Bulma's lab..." she said aloud. She saw a large tank in the far right corner of the lab. "This must be the rejuvenation tank King Kai told me about." She looked around some more looking and tinkering with all the unusual gadgets. Mai left the room ready to look around up stairs. She went upstairs and found Bulma's room. She peeked her head into the beautiful master bedroom and wasn't surprised at how big it was. She didn't want to be nosy so promptly left and went to the next room, which was hers. She passed it and went to the next room. She peeked inside, it was a dark blue room and quite small compared to the other rooms. It had the same doors going out to the same balcony as her room. "This most be Vegeta's room.." she thought. Mai went on to the next room, which was a ways down the hall. She peeked inside and saw what looked like a medical wing. It had lots of machines and computers. She was bored with the room immediately and made her way on down. She explored the other rooms full of curiosity. Mai soon realized it was about time for lunch and Vegeta would be furious if it wasn't done on time. So she hurried down to the kitchen and started to warm up some left over meat loaf. She knew it wouldn't be enough to feed both her and Vegeta both with their saiyen appetites and soon began to make some pasta. Something she learned from King Kai while she was with him. The kitchen was growing hotter as she cooked. She wanted to pull her hair up but didn't want Vegeta to see the bruises that he left, she just knew he would laugh. The kitchen grew hotter and hotter. Mai opened windows and even turned on the miniature fan that was clipped near the sink. Mai could no longer bear her long sticky hair on her neck and pulled it up in a clip. She no longer cared what Vegeta thought. As she waited for the noodles she was cooking to boil she opened the refrigerator and let the cold air caress her body. It wasn't much to cool off but it was better than nothing. She thought about Vegeta in that gravity machine, "He must be steaming in there!" she thought.

Vegeta was steaming, training hard in the genius built gravity machine. He was furiously battling with 5-robot droids part of a training sequence. He could feel the sweat streaming down his back as he fought. He was able to knee one of the droids in the middle and then kick the head off of another, leaving only 3 droids left. "After I diminish these I will stop training to eat." he thought as he dodged a metal fist. He flew high into the machine with the droids following him he started building up a ki blat that would once kill the annoying droids. He gritted his teeth as he prepared the shot, he was breathing heavily and finally let the blast leave his hand and right into the middle of the 3 droids. The blast was bright and close but was nothing to the powerful Vegeta. He watched with satisfaction as metal parts flew across the room. He even had to dodge and few arms and heads. Once everything was settled and the smoke cleared, Vegeta was the last one standing. Vegeta stood there with a smirk on his face, he couldn't help but let out a evil chuckle.

Mai was finally finished with her homemade pasta dish and had forgotten to let down her hair when Vegeta walked in. He was sweaty and dirty from his recent training. Mai ignored him as he walked in a took a seat at the table waiting to be served. Without a word Mai put his plate of food in front of him. He frowned at what they were having but said not a word. Mai watched him as he ate, you could clearly see how hard he had trained. Vegeta noticed her bruises and wasn't very proud at what he did to her so he decided to try and start conversation and without even lifting his eyes from his plate he asked her, "Aren't you gonna eat?" Mai was astonished by this question but quickly dismissed the thought and replied, "No I already ate I am on my way to the gravity machine to do some training." "What?" Vegeta had no idea she fought. "I don't think I stuttered, how else am I gonna defend myself around here," she answered feeling rather brave. Vegeta was not at all happy with her reply and stood up. "Don't make me leave my mark on you again little girl!!!" he yelled glaring with his devilish eyes. Mai stood her ground she wasn't gonna let him scare her this time. "Go ahead, Bring It On!!" she yelled back. Vegeta was at his boiling point and stomped towards her with a ki blast building up in his hand. Mai saw the ki blast in his hand and lost all bravery. She wanted to run but her pride would be ruined so she decided to take the blast. He was towering over here with his eyes full of fire and the ki blast ready to shoot right over her head. Mai braced herself for the blow but there wasn't one. She slowly opened her eyes and saw Vegeta slowly walking back to his lunch. Mai couldn't believe it! "You better leave now girl before I really put some pain into your bones," he growled not looking up from his plate. Mai stood silently and then slowly walked out towards the gravity machine. Many thoughts were running threw her head. Why did he not hit her with that ki blast, not that she was complaining. She walked outside to the side yard and found the gravity machine. She saw the round room and the door. Mai walked up to the door and saw a keypad on the side. It was easy to guess that the code that was taped to the top of the keypad was the code you have to enter in to get in. So Mai typed in the code and the door slowly opened. Mai had to move out of the way so she would not get hit. She stepped in and saw a control panel in the middle of the white empty room. She walked towards it and saw a gage they had gravity G's on it. She figured to keep her secret of her power she should us only 10g so they would think she was nothing but a simple human fighter. When she entered in what she wanted the room turned red and a women came over the speaker, "Choose Training Difficulty," Mai didn't know what to do until 5 keys on the control panel began to blink. Using her elementary skills Mai guessed they were in order from easy to hard she picked easy to keep her secret. Mai smiled she knew she would have to train a long time at this rate to at least get a little bit of real training. Suddenly 2 little flying robot balls flew down from the ceiling and towards her. Mai jumped out of the way and punched on and then the other and they were destroyed. Mai sat around waiting for something else to come at her but nothing happened. "Training Sequence Successful," said the robot lady over the speaker. "Wait a minute that was it!" she said aloud. The lights turn normal no longer red. Mai made her way over to the control panel. "This is ridiculous!" she thought to herself. She then decided to get brave and set it to hard and 110g's. Vegeta would probably be another 10 or 15 minutes so she would be done training by the time he was done. She pressed the hard button and the lights turn red and Mai could feel the gravity change, the lady on the speaker said, "Begin Training," 1 droid came from the ceiling and started attacking Mai. She blocked all his punches easily not even thinking that Vegeta might be able to feel her power level. The droid was easily disposed of and another came at her. Mai sparred with this droid for a few minutes before kicking the head off. Another droid came at her, she was growing tired but loved the feel of training again. She flew into the air to have a little fun with the robot. The thing flew at her with a metal punch knocking her to the ground. She immediately got up not to let her guard down. She flew toward the third droid and nailed it in the stomach with a small ki blast sending it to the ground. Mai thought her training was over and flew back down to the ground but from behind her 2 droids came at her, hitting her in the back of the head. She fell to the ground wincing in pain. Mai soon was hardly able to keep her self-standing up cause of the gravity. The droids came at her again hitting her in the stomach. She was still standing but barely. She slowly positioned herself and let out a ki blast at the 2 droids. The blast wasn't much but just enough to stun the droids giving her the upper hand to hit them. She flew up to one before it hit the ground ad kneed it in the stomach then punching it in the back, sending it plummeting to the ground. The other droid was now coming at her but she easily dodged it and elbowed it in the back were it flew right into the metal wall, then falling to the ground. As soon as the last droid hit the ground the lights became normal and the droids remains disappeared. Mai was still in the air but when the gravity went back to normal she fell to the bottom with a hard hit. Mai groaned in pain as she started to pull herself together. She then remembered Vegeta might be done with lunch. She immediately but painfully got up and opened the machine door. There standing before her was Vegeta. "I'm impressed," he said with an evil smirk on his face. Mai looked at him with horror in her eyes. "Its not what you think!" she exclaimed as she stepped out the door. Her eyes were still on Vegeta and Vegeta's eyes were still on her. "Then what is it then?" he asked scornfully. "Um....something I taught myself.." she answered knowing the lie wouldn't work. "Oh really, and how did you come about that?" he asked knowing she might be lying. "You wouldn't believe if I told you Vegeta now would you just leave me alone?" she said quickly. Vegeta just stood there staring at her, "Try me.." he challenged. Mai didn't know what to do. "Oh King Kai, help me here!" she thought to herself. She knew to do nothing but to fly off. She flew as fast as she could. She didn't know where to. She was going as fast as she could when she looked behind her and hot on her trail was Vegeta keeping up with her with ease. "Oh kami now what am I gonna do!" she said aloud. Mai sped up knowing that Vegeta would still be on her heels. She just kept flying but he got faster and faster until he was right up next to her. He reached out and went to grab her by the wrist. Mai noticed this and stopped suddenly and sped off in a different direction. Vegeta stopped too now furious that she got away from him. He was right behind her once again. Mai was flying to her fullest trying to think of a way to escape Vegeta's questions. She decided to try and contact King Kai while she was flying. "King Kai King Kai!" "What I'm here." "Vegeta is hot on my trail now, I am trying to get away from him but it is useless." "Why?" "I was training in the gravity room and was careless and he felt my power level and now he is wanting some answers and I don't know what to tell him!" she panicked. "I knew you would screw things up Mai!" he yelled making Mai wince in pain.

"I'm sorry King Kai," she said meaning every word. "Well don't worry I have a back up plan...." "You do!" she exclaimed with hope in her voice. "Yes now all you have to do is tell them that you are a simple human fighter sent by me to warn them of the dangers ahead, but do not reveal your saiyen secret! You are just a any fighter like Krillin and Yamcha....got it? "Yes." "Now tell them what you are doing there and about the evil that will be coming in the next 5 years and say that you will fight alongside of them." "Okay is that all because I'm growing tired and Vegeta hasn't even broken a sweat." "Yes that all now go fly back to Capsule Corp.!!!" "Ok ,ok I will." Mai looked back again to find Vegeta getting faster. She stopped yet again but this time Vegeta stopped alongside of her and grabbed her by the wrist. "You have some things that you are probably dying to tell me I can already tell," Vegeta smirked as his grip tightened around her wrist. "Okay, Okay you win Vegeta, let go of me already!" she demanded. "Not until you tell me what you are doing here!" he commanded. "Ok my name is Mai and I am a simple human fighter sent by King Kai to tell you of a great evil that will be coming to earth.....this evil is greater than any evil seen before! He will come 5 years from now and will be complete destruction on all the earth. There are you happy!" "What is this 'evils' name?" he asked still not letting go of Mai's wrist. "I do not know..." Vegeta's grip grew tighter nearly breaking Mai's wrist. "I Don't Know!!" she yelled in pain. Vegeta let go of her wrist and flew off. Mai didn't follow him she stayed there in the air watching Vegeta fly off. There was something about him that kept her from hating him. She don't didn't know what it was. She rubbed her wrist and looked at the damage. Her hand had lost circulation and was now tingling from being able to have blood flow once again. She decided to fly back to Capsule Corp. and hope everything is okay.

When she got back to Capsule Corp. She went into her room and decided to get a shower she still was dirty from her recent training. She stripped her clothes off and was going to step into her shower in the telephone rang. She hurried and grabbed her bathrobe and ran downstairs pulling it on and tying it into place. She then grabbed the phone to answer it... "Brief's residents.." "Hi is this Mai?" "Yes it is..." "Hi this is Goku." "Oh Hi Goku," "Um....Vegeta came and visited us today telling us this wild story about you being sent by King Kai to warn us of a quote unquote evil that is going to come upon us in......what was it....5 years and that you are here to fight alongside us also...is this true? Mai knew that was probably were Vegeta went. "Yes it is true Goku and I am sorry I didn't tell you right off but I was told not to by King Kai.....and..." "Don't we all understand, um....is there anything else that we should know..?" "No nothing that comes to mind except for you guys to train as much as possible during these next 5 years and be ready when the enemy arrives." "Okay thanks Mai and oh yes Vegeta also said you have quite an amazing power level....." "Well I wouldn't say that but I do have enough to help ya'll during the battle." "That is always good," stated Goku. They ended the conversation and Mai was able to get back to her long awaited shower. She sat in the shower wondering how she was gonna explain things to Bulma and if Vegeta was gonna act differently around her now that he knows a little of her secret. She then remembered she better look for a calendar to know when for sure full moon would be so she will be ready for it. The water felt good on her sore and tensed body. She lifted her hand to her wrist were Vegeta had so painfully gripped her. She could see a small bruise developing. She sighed wondering why she still........had respect even after he hurt her so much. She tried to sort through her feelings while she had time to relax but was failing. After awhile Mai stepped out of her retreat and put on some denim shorts and a navy blue shirt with a low neckline. She sat in front of her vanity mirror surprised to see that the bruises on her neck were healing faster than she thought. She rubbed her neck as she remembered her second encounter with might prince Vegeta. She also thought back to her first sight of him sitting on the balcony railing. She remembered how manly and calm he looked then but the immediately dismissed any thoughts of liking. She began to brush through her hair as she thought of ways of explaining to Bulma. She then remembered that she is suppose to order pizza. She ran downstairs to the kitchen and grabbed a phone book that was sitting on the counter next to the cordless telephone. Mai flipped through the pages until she found a pizzeria. She ordered 4 large supreme pizzas not really knowing what Vegeta and Bulma would like. She really wasn't hungry and probably wasn't gonna eat. After she had put in her order she made her way to the living room to watch some TV. On her way out of the kitchen she passed a calendar. She stopped to study the calendar. It was July, "OH CRAP!" she thought "Full moon starts tonight!!!" Mai ran up to her room and looked out her balcony window careful not to get to close and saw that it was starting to get dark. She immediately yanked the comforter off her bed and hung it over the balcony french doors. She also covered the window that was in the bathroom. She started to feel a little nauseas and decided she better lay down on her bed a prepare for the worse but, before she laid down she made sure her door was locked. Now to start thinking of excuse why she wasn't coming out....

"So Vegeta you are saying that there is more to Mai than we think...?" asked Goku who was outside talking with Vegeta about the upcoming events. Vegeta nodded "She has to be more than a simple human when I watched her in the gravity room her power level kept rising. I'm most definite that she is more than just a human fighter like weaklings Krillen and Yamcha." Goku thought for minute about what Vegeta was saying. "So what are we suppose to do about it?" Goku asked clueless. "I say we test her to see how high her power level really is, push her to her max during training." Vegeta stated sternly. "Isn't that a little cruel Vegeta?" Goku asked uncertain of what might be Vegeta's reaction. Vegeta only rolled his eyes and stood up and flew off. Goku was left sitting there alone.



Mai laid on her bed awaiting the arrival of Vegeta knowing he would more than likely be home soon. She had already puked a few times and was shaking continuously in the corner of her bed were she was curled up in a ball sweating profusely. She knew the reason she was becoming sick because of King Kai's injection but she didn't think it would be this bad. She tried to concentrate to mediate and contact King Kai, "King Kai?" "I'm here..." "Its full moon, and I am quite sick, I think it might be because of that injection....." she said quietly barely able to talk. "Your symptoms, what are you experiencing?" "Ha, just about everything!" she said "Your body most be reacting oddly to the injection and majoring a sickness, you might have to get some assistance from Bulma if it is serious..,"he said worried. "Bulma...isn't...home," "Is Vegeta?" he asked hurriedly. "No..." she answered quite tired from the concentration. "Well as soon as one of them get home let them take a look at you..." "Are you kidding, then they will for sure find out I am saiyen!" she yelled she suddenly felt a sharp pain run up her spine and lost contact with King Kai Mai moaned in pain..."This is horrible!" she thought to herself. "I can't let Bulma exam me then she will find out I am a Saiyen and all hell will break loose!" Another sharp pain ran up her spine. The pain seemed to be getting worse at this rate. "Oh kami!" she thought to herself.

Bulma was stuck in traffic and decided to call her house to tell Mai that she would be getting home later than she thought and that not to save her any pizza because she already ate out and that she was dropping by her boyfriend Yamcha's house. Bulma picked up her cell phone and dialed her home phone number. The phone rang and rang but no one was answering and Bulma got the answering machine. Confused Bulma left a message on the machine guessing Mai was with Goku and Chi-Chi somewhere. ********.

Vegeta was flying home he could feel Mai's ki grow weaker, "I wonder what that girl is up to now?" he thought to himself. Vegeta began to think back to the first time he had seen her on the balcony and how breath taking her beauty was......Vegeta shook his head violently as if to knock out any thoughts of the girl out of his mind. What was he thinking?! He then realized that Mai's ki was growing more and more weaker...he had to see what she was up to. He sped up to get home faster. ********* Goku too felt Mai's ki fading, "What is going on here?" he thought still sitting were Vegeta had left him.

********* The pizza delivery guy arrived at the Brief's residence and was continuously knocking on the door. No one was answering so he just put the pizzas on the front step thinking someone might pick them up later. ********* Vegeta finally arrived at capsule corp. He landed in the front yard and saw the 4 large pizzas on the front step. He walked toward them but stop as he heard a crack of thunder. He hadn't noticed that it was about to rain. He left the pizzas and went inside. He walked in and went straight to the kitchen were he saw the opened phone book. He went on through to the living room no sign of Mai anywhere. He walked upstairs to see if she was in her room. He didn't even bother to knock and went to open the door, which was locked. He jiggled the knob annoyed that he was locked out. He banged on the door but no answer...he banged once more this time louder still no answer. He was near to breaking the door but then thought the better of it. He didn't feel like having Bulma jumped down his throat about another broken door. He then remembered the balcony. He walked back outside and flew up to the balcony hoping to at least get a peak in her window to see if she was there. He could feel her ki was hanging on to nearly a thread....what is going on here? He went up to the french glass doors and saw nothing it was now dark and raining the only light he had was the faint glow of the full moon hiding behind rain clouds. Vegeta peeked through the glass and saw nothing but a humongous comforter covering the doors preventing sight. Vegeta was irritated to the fullest now and didn't care no longer about the doors. With one punch the doors were destroyed and the comfort fell. There before him was a small figure curled up in a ball in the far corner of the bed. It was Mai who was now unconscious. Vegeta just stood there not knowing what to do. He was gonna leave her but then something held him back and told him he should take her and help her....but what? He thought for a minute and decided he would take her to chi-chi's he knew from experience that Bulma wouldn't be home for a while and was probably off with Yamcha. So he picked up the fragile Mai and cradled her in his arms. Then something dropped he looked down and saw a brown tail hanging from Mai. Vegeta was in total disbelief. "How can that be!!!" he set her back down knowing good and well if he took her outside there are chances of her transforming when she woke up. Mai's tail was now hanging off the side of the bed every now and then twitching because of nerves. Vegeta stood there staring at the tail trying to figure out how in the world she was a saiyen! "It isn't possible!" he said aloud. Mai stirred a little and then slowly opened her eyes. She looked around her vision was blurred so she rubbed her eyes a little to clear it up a bit. There, before her stood Vegeta. "How....How did you get inside?" she studdered. She looked around and saw her french doors in pieces at his feet. Mai slowly sat up and looked straight at Vegeta waiting for him to say something. "How can you be a saiyen?" he asked rather bluntly as he glared at her, he wasn't very happy that she never told anyone. Mai was stunned that he knew and couldn't figure out how he found out. She didn't even realize that her tail was not hidden. "I'm not a saiyen!" she lied somewhat surprised. "Then what is that?" asked Vegeta as he pointed downward at her tail. Mai looked and saw her tail visible. She quickly hid it and was silent. She didn't know what to tell him. She realized she failed King Kai greatly......she slowly got up and then felt a sharp pain run through her head...she winced in pain and grabbed her head gritting her teeth. Vegeta only stood there waiting for an explanation. Mai's pain faded but she was still quite weak. She opened her eyes and looked at Vegeta, "I'm sorry I lied Prince Vegeta..." Mai apologized with all her strength to talk, it was all she could of to say to him, he was her prince and she lied to him and dis-respected him. Vegeta wasn't expecting that sort of reply even though if felt nice for someone to finally treat him with the respect of a Prince of Saiyens. Vegeta nodded to her motioning her apology was accepted. Mai let a weak smile shape on her face but another pain shot through her head and she slid down lower into her bed and grabbed her head and groaned in pain. She wasn't expecting Vegeta to do anything in which he didn't he only stood there. Vegeta didn't know what to do. He had been feeling some strange feelings for this girl and he didn't like it and he has been trying his hardest to disregard any feelings he might have for her. But as he saw her laying there on her bed in pain he couldn't help but have a little compassion on her. The pride got the better of the Prince and he flew off without saying a word. Mai recovered from the recent attack of pain and saw that Vegeta was no longer there. She was sorry he was gone. She didn't expect him to help her yet she wanted so bad for him to hold her for some reason.....she didn't know why. She had some feelings for the Prince but knew that he had no such feelings for her and she was only a simple annoying girl to him. She disregarded the feelings yet she just couldn't help them. A single silent tear feel down her now very pale cheek. She started to feel weaker and weaker.....no one was there to help her she was all alone...just like when her mother died. The tears came more fluently. Mai didn't see the point of going on living she had failed everyone even the prince of all Saiyens. Another pain went through her head this time worse making her faint from the pain. She was suddenly in a black room. And before her she saw the same light she saw 2 years ago at her old home with her 'dad'. She reached out, "Pearl is that you?" she asked. The figure grew into Pearl "Yes," she answered. Mai smiled at the sight of an old friend. "Mai you were not able to fully fulfill your purpose of going to earth but they still need you to fight. They will not be able to take on the evil by themselves, but you have given up. Mai...they need you especially Prince Vegeta, you may not realize it and he doesn't either but he cares for you and he will need you in the future...." Mai couldn't believe what Pearl had told her. "Your right Pearl I will stay strong and do my best to fight alongside of them." answered Mai a little uncertain. "You will do fine Mai.." said Pearl. Pearl's figure suddenly began to fade away. "Pearl where are you going?" Mai asked but Pearl's image only grew smaller. Mai was once again left alone. She looked around in the empty room. Nothing pure nothing. Then a large red figure started coming toward her. It was really big and had demon eyes. It ran toward her and knocked her in her stomach bringing Mai to her knees. She looked around to see the figure again running towards her. Mai tried to dodge but could not move. The figure slammed her into the floor my elbowing her in the back. Mai lay there in agonizing pain still frozen. She could her the demon's footsteps around her. She braced herself for another blow. Mai then suddenly was able to move right when the demon was going to hit her once more. She rolled over and dodged. She looked to her right and saw a small dagger laying next to her. She grabbed the dagger and waited for the right time then lodged it deep into the predator's chest. Blood went everywhere including on Mai's hands. She yanked the dagger out and the enemy turned into a skeleton, which was now laying dead on the ground. Mai looked at what she had done..... Mai shot up in the air and found that she was in her bed she looked around and still saw the french doors in pieces beside her. She slowly laid back down still feeling weak. There was a soft knocking at her door. "Mai, Mai are you in there?" It was Bulma. Mai remembered that the door was locked. She slowly sat up from her bad and staggered to the door. She was in bad shape, pale and sickly looking. She unlocked the door using all her strength just to hold herself up. Once Bulma opened the door Mai fell to the floor. Bulma immediately bent down, "Mai, Mai, are you all right?!" she panicked. She picked Mai up and trudged to the medical wing to exam her. She put her on a table and started working. "Mai what have you done to yourself?" Bulma asked aloud knowing she wouldn't answer. After a few hours of watching her Bulma called Goku to come over. When Goku arrived Bulma explained that Mai had some sort of a virus that she knows nothing about, she had never seen anything like this before. Goku was in the medical wing looking at Mai as Bulma told him everything she knew. "All I know to do now is just sit and watch her and give her morphine when she needs it." Goku nodded in agreement. "Goku the reason why I called you over is that I have made an astonishing discovery!' "What is it?" he asked. "Mai is a full-blooded Saiyen, tail and all." she said as she pointed out Mai's tail that was hanging off the table she was on. Goku didn't know what to say, "How can that be?" he asked finally forming words. "I don't know," answered Bulma "Does Vegeta know?" he asked. "I don't know when I got home I found Mai and no Vegeta, um...maybe you ought to look for him Goku..." "No I don't think so, I'm gonna stay out of harms way...!" he exclaimed, "wherever he is I am sure he will be back." Goku assured. "Right," agreed Bulma. They both jumped when the heard a loud crack of thunder it was about 1:00 am in the morning. And a terrible thunderstorm was taking place outside causing capsule corp.'s electricity flicker. "Goku if you don't want to go back out in that weather I would understand...you can stay here the night if you want to...I am getting pretty tired myself maybe you and I can take shifts watching Mai?" Bulma suggested hoping Goku would agree in which he did. ********* Vegeta was sitting on a far way mountain ledge in the rain. He was trying to get his thoughts together. What were these feelings and why couldn't he stay with Mai and help her. For all her knows she is still laying there in pain. Vegeta shuddered at the thought. He wanted so bad to go back to her but yet he couldn't.....but he didn't know why. Suddenly a bright light grew in front of him. Vegeta jumped back and watched the light as it grew bigger. It was Pearl she decided to pay a little visit to the Prince of Saiyens. Vegeta saw the green scaly women and demanded her name. "My name is Pearl, how are you this lovely evening Prince Vegeta?" "What do you want?" not at all amused by her sarcasm. "I just wanted to talk is all.." "Well talk already," he demanded. "Alright I am here to talk to you about Mai." "What do you mean?" "Vegeta you know you have feelings for her yet you leave her when she needs you most..." "What are you talking about?" "Vegeta she needs you right now and yet you are to self-centered and pride- full to admit it." "I have no idea what you are talking about," answered Vegeta knowing good and well he does. "Yes you do Vegeta," she nodded. Vegeta only glared at her. "Vegeta you need to stop thinking about yourself and think about Mai's feelings." she continued Vegeta rolled his eyes knowing he was going to hear the same lecture that he has heard from Bulma so many times. "Vegeta listen to me just this once," Pearl pleaded, "Mai has the same feelings for you as you do for her....and you need to be with her now." Vegeta never looked at Pearl but he did listen and he thought about what she just said. "What makes you so sure...?" he asked letting a little bit pride diminish.

"I know these things Vegeta I am the one who first talked to Mai, she has gone through a lot Vegeta. You just don't know..." she replied. Her last statement angered Vegeta. Nobody has gone through anything worse than he has. "Vegeta think about what I said just this once," said Pearl as she vanished with a wink. Vegeta did dwell a lot on what she said and decided to head back to Mai. ********* "I'm worried Goku, poor Mai hasn't shown any signs of recovering. I don't know at all about this strange virus, should I call a city doctor." "No Bulma she is Saiyen if they found out about that all hell would break loose." he answered astonished that Bulma should ever think about it. "I guess you are right Goku..." she said with hope in her voice. ********* Vegeta flew down on the Capsule Corp. balcony and walked in Mai's room still expecting to see her laying her bed. When he saw she was gone he began to search the house. He first looked in the medical wing knowing that Bulma had found her. He peeked inside to see Bulma sitting beside Mai half asleep. He silently walked close enough to were he could see Mai. Bulma didn't even know he was there and that was what he wanted, he didn't want anyone to notice any signs of him caring for her. He stood in the shadows anxiously waiting for Mai to wake up. Bulma was now fully asleep and Goku walked in. Vegeta immediately hid in the shadows. Goku walked over to Bulma and woke her up and whispered something to her. Bulma got up and left the room and Goku sat in the same chair as Bulma and sat there watching Mai. Vegeta caught on that they were shifting times. He sighed with relief when once he realized that Mai was in good hands. With that he left the room quietly not to let Goku know of his presents. Once he was out of the medical wing he made his way to his room. Once he got in there he looked at the time that was now 4:00am. Vegeta took off his armor and leaving only his spandex pants he always wears. He lifted the sheets off his bed and laid in bed. As soon as his head hit the pillow he was asleep. ******** The next morning Mai still laid motionless on the table. Bulma was at watch now but fast asleep in the chair. She was awaken by a clock nearby alarming her that it was 9 o' clock in the morning. Bulma stood up and stretched. She leaned over Mai who was still unconscious. She checked her vital signs with good news that Mai was recovering. She walked to the door to start some breakfast that Goku would be wanting once he woke up. She still had no idea were Vegeta was. She was worried. Goku woke up from his temporary bedroom and looked around refreshing his memory on where he was. He slowly walked out still yawning and made his way to the medical wing. He peeked in and was expecting to see Bulma sitting there, but she wasn't. He heard some russling in the kitchen and decided to check it out. He opened the door and saw a tired Bulma making coffee. "Good Morning Bulma." "Good Morning Goku," "What's for breakfast?" he asked. "Cereal is all," Bulma answered, "any signs of Vegeta?" "Oh yeh I felt his ki when he came in last night believe it or not he was hiding in the back of the medical wing for awhile. He is probably sleeping like a baby in his bed." Bulma let out a sigh of relief not that she new were he was. ********** Vegeta woke up with a startle. He looked around and laid back down, he must have had a bad dream. He stared at the ceiling, remembering Mai he got up and made his way to the medical wing. He peeked inside to see if Bulma or Goku were in there. He saw no one. Vegeta stepped inside and walked towards Mai. She still lay motionless but was showing signs of recovery. Vegeta knew nothing about medicine so just stood staring at her. he pushed a piece of loose hair away from her face. Vegeta stood there for a few minutes and then sat in the chair. He was about to nod of back to sleep before Mai started stirring on the table. Vegeta sat and watched as she woke up. Mai slowly woke up staring at the ceiling. The bright lights above her forced her to squint, she had a slight headache but it was nothing compared to the night before. She slowly sat up to study her surroundings. She was astonished to see Vegeta in a chair beside, her just staring at her. She turned around on the table to wear her feet hung to the floor. She rubbed her head a little and hopped off the table. She staggered a bit almost falling but grabbed the table to keep her balance. She saw out of the corner of her eye Vegeta jumped in his seat as if he was going to try and catch her. "Would he have caught her?" she thought to herself. Mai turned around to face him. She stood there staring at him for quite awhile with him staring right back. Both not knowing what to say. Mai finally broke the silence, "Um....thanks for the help Vegeta.." she said sarcastically as she headed towards the door. She slowed down her pace in case Vegeta just might say something. He never did and Mai ended up leaving the room without another word. She staggered to her room, all she needed was a nice hot shower to wake her up and she would be fine. She stripped of her clothes and stepped into the shower. ********* Vegeta still sat there thinking, he wouldn't blame her if she was upset with him for leaving her when she needed him most. He got up and made his way to the kitchen to were Goku and Bulma were drinking coffee and eating breakfast. When he walked in they both stopped talking and Bulma said, "Nice to see you again Vegeta we missed you..." she smiled sarcastically. Vegeta only grunted in response. "Did you hear about what happened to Mai?" Goku asked. Vegeta shook his head as if he had no idea what happened he acted like the girl never existed. Goku began to tell him all about what had happened the night before while Vegeta was gone. "...and you won't believe this part...Mai is actually a full blooded Saiyen!" he exclaimed hoping for a big reaction from Vegeta. Vegeta knew he was suppose to act surprised but he didn't care he just grunted once more. "Um...Vegeta did you hear me.....she is a saiyen.." Goku repeated. "Yes I heard you the first time Kakarot!!" Vegeta yelled as he slammed his fist on the counter. Goku and Bulma both jumped from the sudden reaction. "Well if you had answered me the first time I wouldn't have...." Bulma stomped on Goku's toe as a sign to shut up. Goku winced in pain and quickly shut up. Vegeta stomped out of the room furious. Once he had left Goku asked, "What's up with him?" "You Goku, can't you see it?!" Bulma exclaimed with excitement. "See what?" Goku asked with no idea why Bulma was so excited about the previous event. "See that Vegeta just happens to have feelings for Mai..." she announced. "Vegeta?....are you sure about that Bulma, I mean it has only been what 2 or 3 days that she has been here?" Goku replied with uncertainty in his voice. "Don't you see, Vegeta never acts this way....of course you wouldn't know you don't live with the guy..." Bulma chatted nonstop, "But how can you be so sure?" "You said that you saw him hiding in the back of the medical wing watching Mai from the shadows right?" Goku began to catch on at were Bulma was going with this conversation. "Just think Goku, Vegeta would never do that unless it was someone he cared about and apparently right under our noses Vegeta has fallen for Mai..." continued Bulma "But now the question is does Mai have feelings for Vegeta?" asked Goku. Bulma and Goku both looked at each other. That is one question they did not know the answer too. Bulma peered outside to see if the weather had cleared up any but it was still raining. ******** Mai had finished her shower and was now cleaning up the mess that was left from the french doors that Vegeta had knocked down. She was just done when she began to feel nauseous yet again. She ran to the bathroom and began another sequence of puking. When she was finished she heard a soft tap at her door. She staggered to the door and opened it to see a worried Bulma. "You are not suppose to be up, you should still be in bed!" she exclaimed as she lifted her hand up to Mai's forehead, "Yes....you still have quite a fever now go get in bed and I will be back to check on you. Mai shut the door and crawled into bed. The comforter that she had used as cover from the moon was still on the floor so she got back up and picked it up throwing it on the bed. As soon as she laid down she fell asleep. Mai's nap did not last long because of the thunder outside. Mai loved the rain and she couldn't resist going out on the balcony to let the cool rain drop caress her. She got up and put on some denim shorts and a tank top and headed outside bare-foot. She yet again didn't notice Vegeta sitting also in the rain in the same place he had the last time they unexpectedly met on the balcony. Vegeta watched her as she closed her eyes and enjoyed the rain. He knew that she probably shouldn't be out there because she was sick...but she was quite attractive and he couldn't take his eyes off her. She looked out and then felt someone staring she whirled around to see Vegeta sitting on the same perch he always did. He immediately tore his eyes off of her so she would not see that he was staring. "Hi Vegeta," she said not really expecting a response. "I'm sorry..." he answered reluctantly. Mai was astonished by his response and started to walk towards him to have a face-to-face conversation. He watched her as she came closer. Mai began to looser her balance yet again but this time Vegeta jumped and grabbed her waist before she could fall. Mai was startled by his actions but was thankful. She held on to his shoulders as she regained balance and smile, "Thanks," she whispered shyly. Vegeta smirked. Instead of letting go of her he held her close. Mai noticed this quickly she was a little uncomfortable by his actions but was soon resting her head on his chest. Vegeta wrapped his arms around her fully this time holding her tightly. At that moment Bulma came back like she said to check on Mai when she did not see Mai in her bed she looked outside to see the mouth dropping sight of Vegeta holding Mai. She stopped dead in her tracks as not to interrupt them. She tip-toed out of the room grinning from ear to ear satisfied that she was right after all. Vegeta finally let go of Mai and looker her in the eyes, "Um....sorry about the other night I don't know what got over me..." he stammered. Mai nodded in response. She knew what he meant. She looked into his eyes that were full of confusion. Mai swished her tail with excitement and smiled as she broke from his embrace. Vegeta smirked he then noticed that both were soaked and were getting wetter. He walked towards her and wrapped his arm around her leading her to her bedroom. Once they were inside they parted. Vegeta left Mai to her privacy and went to his room to change out of his wet clothes. Mai did the same, she went to her bed a laid down not wanting to she wanted to go back and spend more time with Vegeta but knew she wasn't gonna fully recover if she didn't stay in bed. She knew Vegeta would come back to see her eventually. Bulma came back grinning as she saw Mai in her bed. She noticed that Mai still didn't have a door to her balcony she made a mental note to get a new one ASAP but now she had to check on not sleeping Mai. Mai was curled up in her usual ball and was sleeping peacefully. Bulma sat on the bed and gently touched Mai's forehead to check for a fever. She still had a slight fever but was doing much better. Bulma quietly got off the bed and left the room. She walked down the hall making her way to the living room where she ran into Vegeta who was now wearing a bath robe on the stairs. She just passed him grinning from ear to ear as he glared at her with annoyance. He acted as if he was going to his room but instead softly knocked on Mai's. When there was no answer he opened the door carefully to see and expected Mai sleeping. He walked in careful not to wake her and shut the door. Then he walked towards her and sat beside her on the bed. Eventually he laid down beside her and wrapped his strong arm around her. Mai noticed and snuggled closer. Her Saiyen tail then began to intertwine with his fingers with her not realizing it. Vegeta smiled at this and gently rubbed the tip of her tail. They both eventually fell asleep. Vegeta no longer cared if Bulma or Goku walked in. He was finally happy and didn't ever want this moment to end.

END OF PART ONE OF SAIYENS FOREVER



Okay that's it for part 1 please R&R it is real encouraging.! ^_^