Okay guys, so I am still a bit unfamiliar with the formatting for all this stuff, but a few years back, I was really inspired to write a story about two of my favorite animes at the time- DBZ and YYH. The main character in this story is someone I made up, because I always thought Goku should have had a daughter ^_^ But then, there was no one else in DBZ that I thought would fit well with her character…..until Hiei came along! That's when the idea came to me to mix a little bit of both to create (hopefully) the perfect story. My best friend was a huge inspiration to helping me start and finish this product. I actually wrote this whole story before ever knowing about this site, so it was out of sheer pleasure; but now that it just sits on my desktop collecting virtual dust, I decided to give it a shot on here. I just want to share my work, and if you happen to like it, great! I'd love to hear that from you. Before I upload each chapter, I will go through and update it, to help make it more relevant to something I'd write now. Either way, I hope you enjoy it.

So now that you know about the super boring background to this story, let's actually get to the good stuff, shall we?

Chapter 1: A Crushing Fate

Rena walked quietly through the woods with tears streaming down her face. Her hair was matted down from many days without sleep. She was a mess, a total wrecking ball right now. She didn't care what she looked like, though; today was not her day, just as everyday had been for two weeks now. She was a very pretty girl, on normal days, with brown hair, a tan, smooth complexion, and trim figure. It was clearly evident that she didn't train much- of course, she never needed to before. Rena hated fighting, but 'She' definitely didn't. Rena had become so used to relying on her friend if they ever got into any trouble. It was only natural for a Saiyan to love fighting anyway; Rena was just the abnormal one. Though, Bre loved it more than anything. She gave her life to becoming strong, just so she could prove to her father she wasn't weak, and so he wouldn't constantly claim that she was.

"Bre..."

The name escaped her lips and she quickly shut them. How horrible that she would have to prove anything to her own father to get him to leave her alone. She was anything but weak. This brought back so many bad memories of her childhood.

Gosh, she thought, how long am I going to do this? Why can't I be strong, just for once in my life, like Bre was?

It had been two weeks since the day, that horrid day. With tears flowing harder now, she could feel her head start to throb so she placed a hand against it. She closed her eyes tightly and suddenly her mind replayed the flashback of her haunting memory.

::Flashback::

Two figures running in a factory, searching desperately for each other. One, hunting them. The only sounds that could be heard were the running of feet and the taunting evil laugh of the demon chasing them. Besides that, it was almost so quiet you could hear the ticking sound of the bomb that was wedged in the ground of the building, minutes to it exploding. The demon hunting, however, was the only one who knew this. Out of nowhere, he catches up with the girl known as Rena. (She watches herself being lifted up by her throat, and the demon securely holding her against the wall. She can still feel her breath being taken away, and every fear she had in that moment.) Choking, all she can think of is her best friend's safety.

"At least …..if one of us…. survives...then…."

He hears this and only squeezes tighter. The next thing she saw (just as she remembered) she was being thrown across the room. As he came walking up to her, he smirked,

" You don't know just how long I have waited for this, and if you father isn't alive anymore for me to get rid of him, then I'll take away the next most precious thing he has... his daughter!"

Her eyes widened as she realizes this is the end of the road, and just as he reaches out his hand, about five feet from her face, she closes her eyes. She hates this part the most. As the demon is about to blast whatever sort of energy attack at her, Bre shows up and takes the hit instead. Rena screams as she runs to her best friend, but Bre just gets up and uses her own power to blast a small hole in the wall.

"Get out of here now! Ill take care of him."

" NO, Bre! I wont leave you... I cant!"

"Rena go! You know you can't beat him. This is what I've been training for!"

"NO! I'm not going anywhere! What kind of person would that make me if I just left you to die?"

"Ill be fine! And I'm not going to die! So this time I'm not asking, I'm telling you- leave!"

"But….Bre….I-I…."

For a split second, everything was calm. Bre's eyes softened and watered as she looked at her friend,

"You were the best friend I ever had. Don't ever forget that.

Then, before Rena can even respond, she's hit by an energy attack- just strong enough to knock her through the hole in the wall and out of the building.

The Next thing she remembers is... that's right... the bomb... time was up.

::End Flashback::

Rena jumped a little almost as if she could feel the intense heat from the explosion even still. She tried to shrug it off and stand up straight. …Yes. It had been two weeks since that day... the day her truest friend died, and she hardly understood how she had survived herself. She didn't know whether the demon was alive either, but she figured that if he was, he would have come after her already. It may have been wishful thinking, but she took comfort in the hopes that he had been destroyed by the very device he was trying to kill them with. At least then, something good could come from all this.. But still…why couldn't she get over her pain? Why did Bre save her in the first place? Why did she give her own life for her? More tears started to flow now than ever.

"I hate you!", she screamed, "Why did you do something like that! Are you crazy?! Now you're gone and I'll never see you again!" You promised me you wouldn't die….you….promised…." The crying was starting to blur her vision.

She dropped to the ground hitting her fist hard against it.

"Now I've lost you AND my father, and he promised me he wouldn't die either! Just look what you've done!"

She braced herself against the ground as she then began to think about the couple of hours before Bre died. …that's right, they had gotten in an argument, which was very strange. But it wasn't the argument that bothered her, it was the regret of knowing that she could never take back what she said. Now, there was nothing that could ever replace the emptiness she felt. Why would some sixteen year old girl have to deal with this, she thought, life is so unfair! Of course, she knew why. She and Bre were Saiyans. Her father, Goku, was the strongest Saiyan there was. She had an older brother, Gohan, but he tried to live the 'unexposed life', which seemed to leave Rena constantly faced with monsters that went after her instead. Her friend, Bre, was the daughter of the Saiyans Prince Vegeta, which in a way made her royalty, but she never really thought of it like that before. Vegeta was the coldest and cruelest Saiyan that Rena had ever met, and all her life she was terrified of him. Now, all she could feel was bitterness for the way he treated his only daughter- that he would never see again. He hardly spoke to her and when he did, he only criticized her actions. He also despised Rena because she was Goku, (or as his Saiyan name was), 'Kakarot's daughter. Vegeta could never accept the fact that Goku was stronger than him- and naturally too. He even kidnapped her and Bre once, to try to lure Goku to the planet Namek, where he thought he could finally defeat him with the Dragon balls. Funny how he could kidnap his own daughter. She chuckled to herself. Wow, she thought, that's the first time I've even smiled in two weeks. She enjoyed the happy moment for a few minutes, and then decided it was time to head home.

A little slow to start off, I know, but I hope you'll stick with it! This is only the beginning, my friends.