The Draws
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Gohan and Krillin walked into the kitchen and found Vegeta and Goku pigging-out, as usual when food was placed in front of them. "Hey guys!" Goku greeted with a mouthful of food. "Who's your friend?"
Gohan and Krillin made faces at their unruly manners. Akina rose her eyebrow with interest. "Uh, this is Akina," Gohan said and moved aside for her. "And her mentor Rai."
Rai had fallen in behind Akina, still very protective of her. "And who are your hungry friends?" Akina asked.
"Akina, this is my father Goku," Gohan said and led her to Goku.
"Nice ta meet ya!" Goku said through food again and offered his hand.
Akina smiled nervously and shook with Goku. "And you?" she asked Vegeta.
Vegeta glared up at Akina and kept shovelling food into his mouth. "Vegeta," he grumbled.
Akina's smile turned up slightly, like she was suddenly very interested in him. "So you hungry?" Goku asked.
"Sure, you got any sushi?" Akina asked.
Soon they were all chowing down, Akina and Rai mostly ate fish. They even started playing a game, who could catch the most fish in their mouth. Rai picked up a piece of tuna and walked to the other side of the room. "Try this one!" he cried and tossed the sushi to her.
It was a bit over-shot, but she leaned back on the counter she was sitting on and caught it expertly between teeth. "20 to 15," she said and swallowed the fish. "You're losing it, Rai."
Rai only smiled and went back to his stool next to her. Akina's eyes kept traveling around the room, always lingering on Vegeta. He's so tense, so serious! she thought. Guess it wouldn't hurt to play around with him. Everyone was stuffed by then and they were all lounging off the extra weight. Although there was a piece of spicy tuna that the Saiyans had overlooked (shocking). It happened to be passed Vegeta's line of sight. Akina reached over, making sure his whole attention could be on her. "You don't mind if I have this, do you?" Akina asked him before popping it in her mouth before he could answer.
Vegeta glared harder at her. Akina's tail worked it's way around his shoulders and stroked his cheek. Vegeta growled and pushed it away. "I know your body functions are not the same as ours, but could you control your tail," he snarled.
Akina's smiled widened and her tail wound around his neck. "What's wrong?" she asked. "Are you so tense that you can't take a little teasing?"
Vegeta growled again and stood up. He started to walk away. Akina was now very interested and decided a little showing off was in order. She back-flipped to him and cartwheeled in front of him. Vegeta's eyes widened for a second before he went back to glaring murder at her. "Get out of my way!" Vegeta growled.
Akina cocked her head to one side and smiled innocently. "What are you going to do if I don't?" she asked.
Vegeta's glare deepened and his fist came out... Akina moved easily away from the punch and stood stiff and determined where she was. Vegeta's frustration and anger mounted as she stood and smiled at him. His fist came out again, she ducked again and again and again. Soon one of the workers of the tournament came in and saw the almost fight. "Hey, you two!" he called and Vegeta stopped his onslaught. "Save it for the ring."
Vegeta calmed down enough to drop his fists. Akina shrugged. "They're starting the draws now," the guy said and walked out.
The others stood and walked out. Before Vegeta could join them, Akina stopped him with a hand on his shoulder. She leaned in close, her breath on his ear. "Take care of yourself big boy," she whispered.
Akina skipped over to Rai and they went out to the drawing. Vegeta followed behind the others. "Alright, time to begin the draws for tournament," the announcer called.
Everyone stepped up to the box and picked their number. Vegeta grabbed number 1. "No surprise," he sneered and his name was marked down.
"Akina Rai!" the announcer called out her name.
Akina sighed and walked over to the box. There were still a few balls left in there, but what would the odds be that she would pick out that number? Apparently Fate was on her side. Akina's smile widened into a mischievious grin that would put a smiling demon to shame. She turned the number to Vegeta who was already dredding what that number was. She turned the number 2 at him and started laughing, quietly, devilishly. Once her name was up, she walked passed Vegeta and whispered. "Let the games begin."
