Chapter Eight-Part Six

Time in a day

"What better way to get back at you're enemies, then to befriend their children and then seduce their sister?!" Vegeta said.

Salla lowered her arms, turned to her brother and then crossed her arms. She lowered her head and looked at the Saiyan prince through the tops of her eyes.

"Why...? Is it something that you would do, brother?" Salla retorted.

"No! If I were to get back at someone then I would do it head on!" Vegeta yelled.

"As would I!" Piccolo snapped. "You listen to me and you listen to me REAL good. Salla, Gohan and you're new family have NOTHING to do with our past encounters. Have you really become that paranoid or disturbed by my company with her, that you're searching for reasons to split us apart?!"

"I'M HER BROTHER! I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING!" Vegeta yelled.

"YOU'RE TRYING TO CONTROL HER!" Piccolo replied.

"Brother, please!" Salla cried.

"I WONT LOSE HER AGAIN!" Vegeta said emotionally.

"You never did! This is you're first time meeting her. You never knew she existed!" Piccolo said with anger and confusion.

Salla lowered her arms and raised her head. She then lifted her palm to Piccolo and looked at Vegeta inquisitively.

"Vegeta... Brother... You have NOTHING-to-prove..." Salla said gently as she lowered her arm. The young lady then stepped close to her brother and laid both hands on his shoulders.

Vegeta breathed in and out at a fast and steady pace as he realized his sister was searching his emotions. Salla sighed, lowered her head and tilted it slightly, then lowered her eyelids.

"It's not you're fault for what happened, Vegeta... None of us could of known what was to happen..." Salla said. She then raised her head and locked eyes with him. "Thank you for you're love and concern, but as you can see, there is nothing wrong here. Nothing to fear."

"I'm not afraid of anything! I'm just making sure that your not getting into trouble..." Vegeta scoffed.

"I love you, too, brother..." Salla said as she embraced him. "So, very much..."

Vegeta darted his eyes to her and then raised his head toward the sky. Piccolo crossed his arms, lowered his head and closed his eyes.

"I'll give you two some space." Piccolo replied.

"No, no... I'm done here..." Vegeta said as he lowered his head and looked at Salla through the sides of his eyes. He then lifted a arm to her back and embraced her. "I feel my point was made clear... If you do anything to make her sad or hurt her, there will not even a memory of you that exist! Understand!"

"Ack! Vegeta!" Salla said as she released him crossed her arms.

"Hmph, I understand clearly, and I would deserve it, if I were to do so. But as for you executing such a feat, is questionable." Piccolo replied.

"Oh my goodness... The clock just keeps rolling." Salla sighed.

Suddenly Goku descended from the sky and landed close to Vegeta.

"Now it's a party. Goku, brother... Hello... Is Earth in danger...? Please tell me it is..." Salla sighed and smirked.

"Oh, well, no... Bulma told me she was worried about Vegeta, and wanted me to check up on him." Goku replied with a hand on his side and the other behind his head. "Is anything going on?"

"Nothing I could not have handled, Kakarot!" The prince snapped, as he turned away from Salla and crossed his arms.

"There was nothingto handle in the first place." Piccolo retorted.

"Well if there is nothing going on, how about we do some training! Goten is in school and the harvest is off to market." Goku said excitedly as he clenched his hands.

"Umm... If you guys want to, I suppose...?" Salla responded.

"Aww, you never want to train, well o.k. Oh! Hey, Piccolo. I was curious about something..." Goku asked.

"What is it?" Piccolo replied.

"I know that you and Salla have been spending time together, meditating and even training a bit. But I asked Dende a few weeks ago if he knew about what you and her are doing. He told me, that you told him something about 'body tempering'." Goku said.

Piccolo and Salla looked at one another, then at Goku. Vegeta turned to Goku and looked at Piccolo and Salla, then back at Goku.

"What did he say?!" Piccolo asked in concern and shock.

"I knew you were holding out!" Vegeta said loudly as he pointed to Salla.

Salla gulped and raised her palms slightly. "Brother, listen, I can explain..." She said nervously.

"No! It all makes sense now! Especially after that one time when you actually hit me! Piccolo has been teaching you some secret techniques! What are you teaching our children?!" Vegeta snapped.

"Say what?!" Piccolo replied in confusion.

"Yeah, Piccolo! Every time that you train someone they come out pretty strong. And when Salla first came here you trained her and she was able to punch Vegeta through a pillar of stone!" Goku noted. Kakarot then crossed his arms and looked at Vegeta with a smirk. "It looked like it really hurt, Vegeta."

"No, Goku, it was nothing but ice cream and gumdrops..." Vegeta said sarcastically.

"Wow, o.k! Hey Salla, in that case can you punch me next?!" Goku said as he pointed to himself, looked at his sister and laughed.

"Just for that... I might..." Salla said in a low and irritated tone.

"Please do." Piccolo pleaded in a low voice as he looked to the side.

"Oh, no, Namek, not this time! Show me this 'body tempering'! Show me and give me everything that you gave to Salla-Chan. All over! I can take it! No hold's bar!" Vegeta demanded.

Piccolo and Salla looked at one another wide-eyed and swayed slightly to the side as they looked back at Vegeta. Piccolo darted his eyes down, then to Vegeta and then looked down and gulped, with a worried look on his face. Salla then rolled her lips in and started snickering and holding back laughter, as she crossed her arms tighter against her body.
Goku then walked over to Piccolo and patted him on the back, firmly. Piccolo jumped slightly and turned his head nervously as his eyes darted to the second eldest brother.

"Don't leave me out of it! We can make it a threesome!" Goku laughed and then put his fists on his sides.

"Yep... You do that, Piccolo. 'Give it to them'... All over..." Salla said sarcastically and she laughed.

"No Kakarot! This one is mine! I have never really been with Piccolo one on one! You had you're chance over the years. Your not going to get something and best me!" Vegeta snapped as he looked at Piccolo and clenched his fists tightly and raised one upward.

"Oh, my goodness, no..." Salla said as she leaned forward slightly, holding her laughter.

"Hey, no fair! I've been Piccolo's rival before you even thought of coming to Earth! You're just not going to take him away like that!" Goku said defensively. Kakarot then wrapped his arms around Piccolo's arm and looked at Vegeta with lowered brows and a light frown.

"You two have NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT!" Piccolo said in frustration and nervousness.

"Oh, so is that why he was over at my place, and not yours, training a month ago and gave me advice?" Vegeta smirked.

"You... You didn't!" Goku said as he looked up at Piccolo in shock.

"...Are... Are you serious right now...?*Sigh*, Look, he asked me if I could help train Trunks almost two months ago, and I didn't see anything wrong with it." Piccolo said in a low voice as he dropped his head and closed his eyes away from Goku.

"But I thought that you were a family man! Then you go over to someone's else's home and... And... Trade techniques!" Goku said emotionally.

Salla sat on the ground and covered her face with her hands. Piccolo looked down at Goku, with his mouth agape. The tall Namek then released his arm from Kakarot's grip and the crossed his arms.

"Maybe after all this time he's found something more intriguing and more of a challenge..." Vegeta smirked.

"You take that back!" Goku said defensively. He then took Piccolo's bent arm into his arms and looked up at him with a emotional face. "Piccolo, is that true?!"

"Goku, come on..." Piccolo replied coldly.

"What does he have that I don't?!" Goku yelled.

"Common sense, for one..." Vegeta scoffed.

Piccolo rolled his head back and sighed. The tall namek looked up at the sky with a agape mouth and pleaded to the heavens for this situation to end. Salla curled in a ball on the ground, with her arms under her head. Goku then lowered his head and looked down in a frozen stare.

"What am I going to tell Gohan... You were like a uncle, or another father to him..." Goku said in a low voice.

"GOD DAMMIT, GOKU! I STILL AM!" Piccolo roared. The Namekian warrior then released himself from Salla's brother and looked down at him with tightened fists. "Look, even Gohan know's that I train with other people! Stop making it weird!"

"Yes... I see now..." Goku said in a low tone.

Piccolo and Vegeta looked at him curiously.

"You feel ashamed and embarrassed for being with Vegeta and not me." Goku said softly as he looked at Vegeta through the tops of his eyes.

"Wha-WHAT?!" Piccolo said in amazement.

Salla sat up and dusted herself off. "I'm done!" She replied openly as she looked down and raised her palms.

"Ah! Salla-Chan, no!" Piccolo said in surprise and fear.

"I' am done like dinner! Said the young lady as she stood up and dusted off the rest of herself. She then walked away a few feet and crossed her arms.

"You're confusing her!" Piccolo yelled.

"Yes, I understand that. It must be confusing for someone like Salla, that does not like to fight, to understand the commitment between partners like us, Piccolo." Goku said with conviction.

"NO!" Piccolo yelled.

"It's alright, Piccolo. I have forgiven you for much worse. I'll forgive you again. I haven't really proved myself against Vegeta in a while. I suppose that is why that you wondered elsewhere." Goku said.

"As if you could!" Vegeta laughed.

Goku took off his weighted clothing and then replaced his orange shirt. Piccolo stepped back and tightened his teeth in shock and confusion.

"I'll fight for you're honor, and then you will see that I'm the right choice for you to be physical with and 'body temper'." Goku said. Kakarot then got into a fighting stance.

"Are... Are you... Wagering me?!" Piccolo said in shock.

"Welcome to the club!" Salla said in a condescending tone.

Piccolo blinked and looked at Salla, then at Goku, then at Vegeta. The Namek tilted his head back and slapped his hand onto his face.

"Oh, no you don't, Kararot! That specialized training is mine! I'm going to get this 'body tempering' good and hard!" Vegeta replied as he got into a stance.

"HELL NO! No, NO, nooooo! Not Happening! I'll snap my neck before that happen's!" Piccolo roared.

"Huh, then why teach Salla this technique?" Goku asked.

"Because she is the only one that I like between the three of you!" Piccolo snapped.

"O.k., look." Salla said as she turned to the three warriors. She then crossed her arms, lowered her head and closed her eyes. "If you want to train with Piccolo, then there's enough of him to go around." The sister noted.

Goku and Vegeta looked at Salla, then at one another.

"The hell there is!" Piccolo said in a low and angry voice.

"Aaaand, if you two do not 'play nice', I can just call Chi Chi and Bulma, and tell them that you two are fighting over another man. See how much dinner they cook for you then." Salla said slyly.

"Wh-What! No! Ok, ok. But this discussion isn't over! I care about Piccolo and we have many years under our belts." Goku said sternly to Vegeta.

"Huff*, Show's what you know. I'm not in it for commitment. I'm just in it for the experience." Vegeta said as he crossed his arms, turned his head to the side and closed his eyes with a smirk.

"See, Piccolo! Is that the kind of man that you want to be with, physically, in 'body tempering'?" Goku said as he stood straight, crossed his arms and looked at Vegeta through the tops of his eyes.

Piccolo wiped his face and then lowered his head. The tall Namek closed his eyes tightly, and gritted his showing teeth. Veins and frustrated sweat popped from the Namekian warrior's head, as he tightly crossed his arms. Piccolo then sighed.