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Chapter Four

Reina rose, rubbed sleep from her eyes and began her morning ritual. It had been three months since she started working at Capsule Corporation, and she had loved every minute there. After work, she would meet with Gohan at the library and he would fly her to their training ground and they would train until one of them had to go. She rather enjoyed her training sessions with him. Sometimes Videl would come along, but most of the time they were alone. Once his kid brother came, and Reina was jealous of his ability to fly so easily, but she was starting to get the hang of it. She wondered out loud if Trunks could fly too, and Gohan had informed her that yes, there were a number of people who could including his family, minus his human mother, Chi Chi. Trunks and his dad, and some other fighters Reina had not met yet could as well. She could get off the ground now, but only a few feet before her concentration would be broken and she'd fall gracelessly to the ground again. Today, they were working on her ki control.

"Ahhhhhhhh Ahhhhhhhhhhh Ahhhhhhhhhhaaaa!" Reina felt her energy flow through her body as she concentrated hard on controlling it. She was close to being able to fly. She could guide herself safely to the ground when Gohan let her go from the sky, but not lift off herself yet. The tournament was three weeks away now, and she realized she may not have a chance at all.

"Keep you're concentration focused on which muscles you need to use, your feet, your legs, your core." Gohan was saying, but in doing so, she had to focus on what he was saying, and therefore he broke her concentration.

She landed back on the ground, accomplishing a height of four feet this time, but only straight up. "Man, Videl was right, this is hard to do! Too bad I can't just wish to fly." Reina pouted.

Gohan chuckled, "You're getting better everyday, don't get discouraged now. The tournament is soon, and I can't wait to see the look on my father, or Vegeta's face for that matter when they see you fly and power up."

Reina smiled, "Yeah, will that give you bragging rights?" She punched him playfully in the arm. He laughed.

"Well, it is getting late. I should get you home so I can go home. My mom will be furious if I am late for dinner," again a nervous chuckle, followed by a head scratch that made Reina smile. He always does that when he's nervous, she thought.

"Alright, take me home then." She said reluctantly. She stepped over to him and reached her arms around him, instantly feeling her cheeks redden. She tensed and Gohan must of noticed the change, "Are you ok?" He asked, concerned.

It was Reina's turn to chuckle nervously, "Of course! Although, it will be so much easier when I can fly myself."

Gohan looked at her, puzzled, "Why? Do I scare you?"

She thought for a moment about how to answer that question, then just decided to be honest, "No you don't scare me…quite the opposite in fact." She looked up at him, biting her lower lip as she grinned sweetly.

Gohan's cheeks turned red as he realized what she meant. He chuckled and scratched the back of his head again, "If it is any better, I can hold your hand and you can fly beside me...?"

She stepped closer to him and laced her fingers behind his back, "I'm too tired to try that today, just fly me home you big dork." She winked, showing she was only joking, then laid her head on his chest. She would never admit it, but she looked forward to her 'rides' with Gohan. Gohan smiled and shrugged, then took off towards her apartment.

The Monday before the tournament, Reina was in the break room at the lab. Reina had just arrived at work and was talking to a fellow lab technician as she poured some coffee for herself, when Bulma came bursting in the break room, irate.

"You! You think you're sooo funny! Get out of my lab right now!" She pointed a finger at Reina's companion.

"Wh-" he started to say when she thrust a stack of papers into his arms.

"Of all the immature things! This is a serious laboratory for research and development! This is unacceptable!"

Reina looked over at Paul, who was looking through the stack of papers the blue haired woman threw at him. She noticed a few pages of xeroxed male genitals and some computer generated pictures of a naked scientist with blue hair getting pounded in the ass over a big wooden desk. Reina felt a smile tugging her lips so she looked down at her coffee instead, stirring it for no reason. Paul snickered, and Bulma about lost it. She marched towards him and was about to do bodily harm when a man with spiky onyx hair stepped in the break room and grabbed her roughly around the waist. Bulma was lifted off her feet easily and tucked under his arm like a football. The man glanced at Reina expressionless then turned an angry face towards the man to the left of her. "Get out. Now."

Paul hastily set down the stack of papers, then rushed past the stocky, angry man and out the door. Bulma shouted obscenities as she punched angrily at her captor's side. The man grunted as a punch of hers connected with his ribs, then he set her down. Bulma frowned and hit him a few more times in the chest as an angry little girl hits weakly at a bully.

"Don't stop me next time, Vegeta!" She glared at him, then turned on her heels in the direction Paul just left, "Little pervert!" She continued shouting as she marched out of the room and off down the hall.

Reina took a second to study the man in front of her as he watched the blue haired woman disappear from sight. He had a muscular build, but he was about a foot shorter than her own five foot five inch she guessed. He was good looking, but his attitude was less than desirable. He was dressed the same way she had seen him almost everyday she worked at the lab-white gloves, white boots and a tight blue spandex suit that left little to the imagination. He turned and caught her eye. She felt her cheeks flush almost instantly, but she defiantly didn't look away from his penetrating gaze. He crossed his arms against his chest.

"Don't you have work to do?" He said, his eyes narrowing slightly.

Reina scoffed, "Tch, what's it to you? Are you my boss?"

"Hmph." He smirked, then turned and walked down the hallway towards the room he always disappeared into marked "Gravity Chamber". It had a keypad on the side, so Reina couldn't see what he did in there, though she had been nosy enough to try. She had asked several of her co-workers what he did in there that caused all the noise, but they all said the same thing, 'I don't know'; 'He trains'; 'Go ask him yourself', was all she heard. She wasn't curious enough to ask the surly man though. She thought maybe Bulma would tell her, and made a mental note to ask next time she saw her elusive boss.

The work week seemed to drag on, but soon it was the night before the tournament. Reina had just got back to her apartment from training with Gohan. She was sore and tired, but felt good about her training. She flipped on the TV and poured a bowl of vegetable soup from her crock pot then sat down to enjoy the hearty taste of roast beef and vegetables.

After a few hours of television, pot and snacks, Reina took a long, hot shower, then climbed into bed. Tomorrow would come quickly, and she fell asleep thinking about winning the tournament and what she would do with any prize money she won.

Author's Notes: Sorry for the short chapter, but next chapter is the tournament! Do you think Reina can win? Hmmm, guess we will see…please review, comment, message me, ANY FEEDBACK please! Let me know my story is worth the time it takes to post it! If I get enough reviews, I may post a new chapter tonight! You know you want to know what happens….and I haven't even gotten into the story yet…still introducing you to MY universe.

Until next time,

K