Still the *flashback*. Got that? Ok, let's move into this chapter.
I don't own SM or DBZ.
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Usagi looked out her window and sighed, watching the stars.
'I should have gone with them. It's so boring! But I have to stay here to protect Earth. I hope those guys can handle this on their own. I felt a mega ki on Namek and it isn't Namekian.'
She laid her head down on her arms which were folded on the desk. She closed her eyes shortly before the shrill ring of the phone beside her filled her ears and caused her to jump. She scowled and picked it up.
"Hello?" she began.
"Bunny!" came a way too cheerful voice for two in the morning. Usagi rolled her eyes at the pet name. She hated it.
"Hi Mamo-chan," she replied, making sure she sounded displeased by the call. He didn't notice.
Deliberately.
"Bunny, I'm free on Saturday. How does Rei's Samurai sound?"
"Mamoru, I don't think I can make it," Usagi said. "I'm waiting for a call that is very important."
"What's more important to you, me or a phone call?" he demanded. She rolled her eyes and slapped her forehead.
"Mamoru, I can't make it," she said even more sternly. Before he could say a word she hung up. The phone immediately began to ring again and she turned the ringer off.
'This is a very important call, Mamoru. Even more so than you."
The call she was waiting for was the sign her friends were in trouble. She feared for the worst. Constantly.
She crawled into her bed and fell asleep.
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"Kakarott!" the fallen prince begged the third class warrior, his hand raised to him. "You...can't let your emotins...get the best of you!" He cringed as he felt tears creep from the corners of his eyes.
"Vegeta," Kakarott replied.
"That will be...your weakness, Kakarott. Your downfall. It will destroy you!" he yelled before Freiza sent a shot through his chest. His head fell back and his final breath escaped him. Freiza had beat him.
'Vegeta,' boomed a loud voice through his head. 'You have failed! You disgrace the Saiyans by letting a third class fighter land more hits on the most pwerful being in the universe! And you call yourself a prince... my son!'
''Father!" Vegeta yelled as the mist curled around him. A golden beam of light parted the purple fog and Vegeta yelled as it hit him.
Then it seemed as though he was going backwards, although he couldn't tell.
The next thing he knew he was clawing upwards through a pile of dirt. He felt his hand reach the surface and hoisted himself up, gasping for air.
"What happened?" he murmured as he took in his surroundings. Freiza...Kakarott...his father...
He scowled and in a burst of energy the dirt and dust burst from around him and he blasted into the air. He headed for the strongest ki.
He was flying through the air when he saw it. The dragon. He froze and watched when in a second he wasn't there but was traveling through...something. It was warm and golden, welcoming.
Then it was gone. He looked around himself and saw Nameks and animals of all sorts around him. Trees, green grass, blue skies. Where was he?
Vegeta saw Kakarott's kid and he ran towards him.
"All right, brat, what is this place? Where's Freiza and Kakarott?" he demanded as he grabbed Gohan's armor and hoisted him into the air above himself.
"This is Earth! The guys here wished on the Dragonballs and brought us home! Freiza has caused Namek to become unstable and it will explode in a matter of minutes!" the kid gasped as he clawed at Vegeta's hands.
"Where's Kakarott?"
"He stayed to beat Freiza!"
"Gohan!" cried a voice from behind Vegeta and he stopped moving. That voice... so familiar...
"Usagi!" Gohan cried and struggled harder to make Vegeta let him go. Vegeta did so, dropping him from the air. The boy backed away and ran around Vegeta to the person. Vegeta just stood and straightened his back and shoulders.
He then slowly turned around. The kid was being embraced by a woman in the traditional clothing, her black hair pulled into a bun on the back of her head and strands framing her face.
But his eyes were pinned on the woman behind the first one. Two buns in her hair, blue eyes, gold skin. She looked up to look at all the people and creatures there. Her eyes scanned over them before landing on him.
Blue locked with black.
"Usagi? What is it?" the woman kneeling asked while looking up at the girl.
"Nothing, Chichi," the girl replied, breaking their gaze by looking down at the woman.
"Usagi! Chichi!" the blue haired onna cried as she yelled past him and launched herself at the two other females. Kakarott's mate dodged her and the woman hit the blonde haired woman. Both nearly hit the ground.
"Bulma, it's good to see you too, but I need AIR!" she cried before she broke Bulma's grasp. Bulma wasn't phased in the least. She moved onto Kakarott's mate next. The woman under his observation moved away from them, not looking at him.
A Namek walked up to Bulma followed by several others and cleared his throat.
"Miss Bulma. We appreciate you letting us stay here till we can leave, but where are we going to stay? We have no money and I have to admit, we do look a lot different from you Earthlings," he explained.
"No problem! We have enough room at Capsule Corps for everyone! Now let me see...one, two, three..." she continued counting and then frowned. "Well, maybe not everyone. There's one extra person."
"Bulma, someone can stay at my place. I have two extra rooms, in fact," the blonde offered. Bulma turned to her and smiled appreciatively to her.
"Thanks, Usagi. Vegeta can stay with you," the blue haired woman replied happily. Usagi paled and Vegeta scowled. He didn't need a diversion right now.
Kakarott had turned Super Saiyan and he was determined to do it as well.
"Bulma..." she began but couldn't get the woman's attention. She frowned and walked away from the woman.
After a few more minutes of getting things squared out the large group dispersed. Bulma and the Nameks went back to Capsule Corps in Bulma's car. Chichi and Gohan had hitched a ride with them. Piccolo had gone back to his island to rest. Soon it was just Usagi and Vegeta.
"Well, let's go!" he ordered and earned a glare.
"I suggest you learn a little respect," she replied and her aura flashed silver. She took to the air and blasted to her home. Vegeta remained on the ground watching her. He cursed and flew off after her.
After a few minutes flying he finally caught up with her. She had slowed down some but not much. She abruptly stopped and floated to the ground, landing lightly on her feet and brushing the stray strands of hair from her face. Vegeta landed beside her and she totally ignored it.
"I'll have a set of keys made for you later," she said as she opened the door. "Bulma will probably be able to do it." He just grunted in response. She just shook her head and stepped inside the house while groping on the wall beside the door. Light flooded the room.
So did a scream.
"Mamoru! What is going on here? What are you doing in my house?" Usagi yelled. She hadn't fully taken in the scene yet. A dark haired man was on the couch, on top of a woman.
"Bunny!" he cried when he saw her and rolled off the couch, buttoning his shirt. "What are you doing here?"
"Mamo-baka, this is MY house! And you're sleeping with another woman beneath MY roof an MY couch!" she screamed.
"I can explain..."
"Then start explaining!"
Vegeta, however, was miserable. His sensitive ears were picking up everything. He closed his eyes and put his hands over his ears, growling in pain.
"I came to see how you were and you weren't home. So I was going back to town when I met Clarice on the road," the baka was saying.
"So you decided to give her a ride," Usagi finished sweetly. "Well, give her a ride out of my house and you go with her! Give me your keys, baka," she ordered.
"Bunny," he began miserably.
"Idiot, stop whining! I've had enough of your sniveling carcass now move it!" Vegeta's brows raised when he heard her.
'She's got spunk,' he thought and pushed inside the house. He stepped between Usagi and the man.
"Your keys," Vegeta said softly but a lot of menace was held in check. The man was about two inches taller than Vegeta but he didn't seem phased in the least.
"And if I don't?" Mamoru challenged. Vegeta began popping his knuckles and neck.
"Then that's perfectly fine with me," he replied and stepped towards the man. The taller man backed up the same distance and held his hands up in defeat.
"Hey, no problem. No need to get all touchy, all right?" he said and dug into his pocket, producing a pair of keys and tossing them to Vegeta.
"Now get out and take her with you," Vegeta ordered and indicated the baka's woman acquaintance with a nod of his head.
Soon Usagi and Vegeta were alone, yet again.
"I'm so sorry about that," Usagi said and hung her head, putting a hand on her forehead. "I should have dumped him a long time ago." She started towards the kitchen but Vegeta stopped her.
"You were actually going out with that guy?"
She just glared at him and continued her way to the kitchen. He gritted his teeth. He was the prince of the most powerful race in the universe and she just glares and walks away from him?
"All right, here's the kitchen," she said and pointed to the room. "Living room, cable TV, bathroom without a shower's down that hall, and now we head upstairs." The two walked up the stairs. "Here's your room," she explained and opened a door and switched on the light. "Bathroom's the first one on the left. It has everything you need in there. Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to be busy for a while." With that said she spun on her heel and walked down the hall, going into the bathroom.
"Weird onna," he said and walked into his new room. It was really quite simple. A large bed in the center of the room with a feather comforter and pillows, a nightstand, dresser, mirror, and TV. Certainly not like his room on Vegeta-sei but it would work.
Vegeta stepped back out the room and walked to the bathroom. He pounded on the door.
"Woman!" he bellowed.
"What!" she replied.
"Where's the training room?"
"There isn't one!"
"You don't have a training room and you're a warrior? Where do you train?" Vegeta demanded.
"I usually train with Goku or Piccolo. They're the two strongest beings on the Earth. Or were. Goku's gone and you're stronger than Piccolo. But there's still one person that you can train with..." she trailed off as though thinking.
"Who, woman!"
"Me," she replied perkily and he heard the sound of a blowdryer.
"You?" The blowdryer was turned off and the door was opened. There in front of his stood a whole new person. Her silver and gold hair which used to be nearly ankle length and now down and tumbled down her back and to her waist. She was in and oversized shirt and short boxer shorts that peaked from beneath the hem of the shirt at her mid thigh.
"Yes, me. I'm stronger than Piccolo and was stronger than Goku till he found this new form. I would say that you and me are about evenly matched," she replied and crossed her arms, leaning against the door frame. Vegeta swallowed.
"Then let's go train," he said.
"No."
"What?" he yelled.
"I'm tired. I'm going to bed. I just greeted my friends which I haven't seen for nearly two months since they've been on another planet and I broke up with my too-long-term two-timing boyfriend and I'd like to get some sleep. We'll spar in the morning after breakfast. Deal?" she asked and held out a slender hand to him. He glared at her and grunted. She just shrugged. "Fine then. I hope you can find an adequate training partner," she taunted and brushed past him, walking to her room. She hadn't even known him for seven hours and she already knew how to push his buttons...
"Fine, you weak onna! If you want to fight with me then I'll just accept your challenge!"
She stopped in front of her door, her hand hovering over the knob.
"See you in the morning then," she smiled over her shoulder and walked into her room. "Night, Veggie," she called.
"Veggie?" he yelled. He was about to burst into the room and do something about that little insult but he decided not to. Even he knew she was mocking him and wanted him to get angry.
He smirked.
'But no one ever said don't take your anger out on the battlefield,' he thought and laughed softly. He turned to his room and went inside, closing the door for the night.
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"It's about time we get started," Vegeta spat and stretched.
"It's still morning," the woman in front of him replied as she took a fighting stance.
"If you call eleven forty five morning."
"I do. Let's get this over with," she ordered and waited while he got in a fighting stance as well. She lowered her head a bit to signal him to start. He smirked and immediately formed a ki blast in his hand, throwing it at her.
She leapt into the air to dodge it.
"Mars Celestial Fire Surround!" Rings of fire zoomed towards him and he too took to the air. Before he knew what was going on she was in his face, throwing punches and kicks at him. He dodged all of them but not with a lot of ease. She had suddenly taken from the defensive to the offensive with a vengeance.
It dawned on Vegeta that if he didn't get her back he wasn't going to get out of this unscathed. His arms and legs were sore from where he had been blocking her.
He suddenly began a series of punches and kickes himself, backing her up. He landed a throw in her mid section and she flew back. He saw her grit her teeth against the pain and smirked, impressed.
He was too caught up in his thoughts to react fast enough when she flew back at him. An uppercut to his jaw sent him reeling back. A kick to his stomach had him doubled over, and a slam in his back had him plummeting to Earth.
He saw her watching him from above. She got a look on her face and she powered up. In a flash of silver light she flew away from him. He knew she wanted him to follow. He was still on his back but his aura flashed blue and he jetted off after her. He couldn't see her but for some reason he could sense where she was.
He looked below him and saw that this was almost exactly like the place where he nearly killed Kakarott till she appeared.
He suddenly stopped for no apparent reason. He looked down and saw Usagi perched on the top of a cliff beneath him, her long legs dangling over the side and she had her eyes closed, leaning back with her arms supporting her.
She cracked open one eye and looked up at him casually. She then gracefully stood up and dusted herself off. She powered up again but didn't run. This time her aura flashed blue like his and she cupped her hands together in front of her, slightly turned away from him.
"Kame-hame-ha!" she cried and a huge beam of energy was coming towards him. He reacted quickly and brought his hands in front of him as well. He caught the blast in his own hands.
He charged up and sent a golden ki searing through her attack, causing it to explode. He just hovered where he was, his hands still in front of him as he breathed deeply.
"You can't become a Super Saiyan with attacks like that, Vegeta." He turned around and saw her on another cliff behind him, staring up at him with her arms crossed.
"What do you know about that?" he asked.
"Goku's a Super Saiyan. You're angry now because you aren't so you're striving to meet that ultimate form," she explained. "I can see it in your eyes."
"Well, aren't we a little Saiyan expert," he taunted as he hovered down to her. "If you know me so well then what am I thinking now?"
"You're thinking why it isn't you that is the Super Saiyan. What I want to know is why you think that," she asked.
"Because I'm the prince of all Saiyans, I'm the one who should hold that power!" he yelled as he turned his back to her. He watched as he clenched his fists in front of him. Then he felt a light touch on his shoulder.
"It's only one. Do you still want to train or do you want to rest a little while?" Usagi asked from behind him. He smirked and spun around, sending a fist towards her face. Her eyes widened but she ducked and swept her legs beneath him, trying to knock him off her feet.
He jumped above her leg and caught her shoulders, knocking her to the ground and pinning her briefly before jumping off her. She leapt to her feet and tried to kick his face. He caught her foot and spun her around. She hit the ground again and he laughed at her. She lashed out at him with her foot again, hitting his knee and bringing him to his kneel on one knee.
She jumped up and it was her turn to laugh. Her eyes were sparkling with laughter and adrenaline. He stared at her before growling and leaping towards her. Her eyes widened with shock and she opened her mouth to cry out but he hit her and both went over the edge of the cliff. She was locked in his arms in a bearhug and he wasn't about to let go. He just wanted to scare her a bit.
He was blasting to the ground and when he was about ten feet off the ground, he let her go and sent her flying towards the Earth. She cried out when he let her go, closing her eyes for impact. But then she suddenly stopped in mid air. She opened her eyes and saw she was face to face with the red dirt. She breathed a sigh of relief and looked up.
The arrogant prince was smirking down at her, her ankle still in his grasp. She rolled her eyes and shook her head.
"Will you please let me go?" she pleaded. He shrugged and let her ankle go, intending for her to fall face first into the dirt. But she didn't.
She set her hands on the ground and used them to support her weight as she lightly flew out of his grip and flew slowly over the ground, turning to look up at him. She landed on her feet and smirked up at him.
"I didn't fall into the dirt like you hoped, didn't I?" she mocked. He just snorted.
"Let's get back. I'm hungry," he said and flew off to the house again. She just shrugged and caught up with him. She slowed her pace to a casual flight and a thought popped into her head. She was behind Vegeta so he didn't see her change her direction.
She immediately flew to Capsule Corps and found Bulma outside playing croquet with the Nameks.
"Bulma!" she called and waved her arms to get Bulma's attention.
"Usagi! What are you doing here?" the blue haired woman asked.
"I need a favor. I need a training room. You can think of something that can make me stronger, can't you?" Usagi pleaded.
"Sure. I'll get right on it. Oh, and Usagi, you're hair looks GREAT! What about Mamoru? Won't he get angry when he sees you've cut it?"
"Well, me and Mamo-baka broke up. He was in my house last night, on my favorite couch, with another woman."
"Thank Kami! It's about time you broke up with that jerk. I don't know what you saw in him Usagi. He was too controlling and was an egotistical dork," Bulma scolded.
"Well, I did break up with him, so there you have it. Can you have the room ready in about a week?"
"Yeah, I already have it all planned out. I'll drop it by your place when I'm through," Bulma promised. "Oh, and what's it like living with Vegeta?"
Usagi just glared at her but cracked a smile before she blasted into the air.
"I guess it's going well," Bulma whispered and went back to her game.
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Yeah, I know, it's long. But it's always good to have long chapters. Still in *flashback* mode, all right? The next chapter will still be in this form and it may be the last one.
Please read AND review. I haven't gotten very many lately and I'm feeling so unloved... *sniff*
I don't own SM or DBZ.
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Usagi looked out her window and sighed, watching the stars.
'I should have gone with them. It's so boring! But I have to stay here to protect Earth. I hope those guys can handle this on their own. I felt a mega ki on Namek and it isn't Namekian.'
She laid her head down on her arms which were folded on the desk. She closed her eyes shortly before the shrill ring of the phone beside her filled her ears and caused her to jump. She scowled and picked it up.
"Hello?" she began.
"Bunny!" came a way too cheerful voice for two in the morning. Usagi rolled her eyes at the pet name. She hated it.
"Hi Mamo-chan," she replied, making sure she sounded displeased by the call. He didn't notice.
Deliberately.
"Bunny, I'm free on Saturday. How does Rei's Samurai sound?"
"Mamoru, I don't think I can make it," Usagi said. "I'm waiting for a call that is very important."
"What's more important to you, me or a phone call?" he demanded. She rolled her eyes and slapped her forehead.
"Mamoru, I can't make it," she said even more sternly. Before he could say a word she hung up. The phone immediately began to ring again and she turned the ringer off.
'This is a very important call, Mamoru. Even more so than you."
The call she was waiting for was the sign her friends were in trouble. She feared for the worst. Constantly.
She crawled into her bed and fell asleep.
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"Kakarott!" the fallen prince begged the third class warrior, his hand raised to him. "You...can't let your emotins...get the best of you!" He cringed as he felt tears creep from the corners of his eyes.
"Vegeta," Kakarott replied.
"That will be...your weakness, Kakarott. Your downfall. It will destroy you!" he yelled before Freiza sent a shot through his chest. His head fell back and his final breath escaped him. Freiza had beat him.
'Vegeta,' boomed a loud voice through his head. 'You have failed! You disgrace the Saiyans by letting a third class fighter land more hits on the most pwerful being in the universe! And you call yourself a prince... my son!'
''Father!" Vegeta yelled as the mist curled around him. A golden beam of light parted the purple fog and Vegeta yelled as it hit him.
Then it seemed as though he was going backwards, although he couldn't tell.
The next thing he knew he was clawing upwards through a pile of dirt. He felt his hand reach the surface and hoisted himself up, gasping for air.
"What happened?" he murmured as he took in his surroundings. Freiza...Kakarott...his father...
He scowled and in a burst of energy the dirt and dust burst from around him and he blasted into the air. He headed for the strongest ki.
He was flying through the air when he saw it. The dragon. He froze and watched when in a second he wasn't there but was traveling through...something. It was warm and golden, welcoming.
Then it was gone. He looked around himself and saw Nameks and animals of all sorts around him. Trees, green grass, blue skies. Where was he?
Vegeta saw Kakarott's kid and he ran towards him.
"All right, brat, what is this place? Where's Freiza and Kakarott?" he demanded as he grabbed Gohan's armor and hoisted him into the air above himself.
"This is Earth! The guys here wished on the Dragonballs and brought us home! Freiza has caused Namek to become unstable and it will explode in a matter of minutes!" the kid gasped as he clawed at Vegeta's hands.
"Where's Kakarott?"
"He stayed to beat Freiza!"
"Gohan!" cried a voice from behind Vegeta and he stopped moving. That voice... so familiar...
"Usagi!" Gohan cried and struggled harder to make Vegeta let him go. Vegeta did so, dropping him from the air. The boy backed away and ran around Vegeta to the person. Vegeta just stood and straightened his back and shoulders.
He then slowly turned around. The kid was being embraced by a woman in the traditional clothing, her black hair pulled into a bun on the back of her head and strands framing her face.
But his eyes were pinned on the woman behind the first one. Two buns in her hair, blue eyes, gold skin. She looked up to look at all the people and creatures there. Her eyes scanned over them before landing on him.
Blue locked with black.
"Usagi? What is it?" the woman kneeling asked while looking up at the girl.
"Nothing, Chichi," the girl replied, breaking their gaze by looking down at the woman.
"Usagi! Chichi!" the blue haired onna cried as she yelled past him and launched herself at the two other females. Kakarott's mate dodged her and the woman hit the blonde haired woman. Both nearly hit the ground.
"Bulma, it's good to see you too, but I need AIR!" she cried before she broke Bulma's grasp. Bulma wasn't phased in the least. She moved onto Kakarott's mate next. The woman under his observation moved away from them, not looking at him.
A Namek walked up to Bulma followed by several others and cleared his throat.
"Miss Bulma. We appreciate you letting us stay here till we can leave, but where are we going to stay? We have no money and I have to admit, we do look a lot different from you Earthlings," he explained.
"No problem! We have enough room at Capsule Corps for everyone! Now let me see...one, two, three..." she continued counting and then frowned. "Well, maybe not everyone. There's one extra person."
"Bulma, someone can stay at my place. I have two extra rooms, in fact," the blonde offered. Bulma turned to her and smiled appreciatively to her.
"Thanks, Usagi. Vegeta can stay with you," the blue haired woman replied happily. Usagi paled and Vegeta scowled. He didn't need a diversion right now.
Kakarott had turned Super Saiyan and he was determined to do it as well.
"Bulma..." she began but couldn't get the woman's attention. She frowned and walked away from the woman.
After a few more minutes of getting things squared out the large group dispersed. Bulma and the Nameks went back to Capsule Corps in Bulma's car. Chichi and Gohan had hitched a ride with them. Piccolo had gone back to his island to rest. Soon it was just Usagi and Vegeta.
"Well, let's go!" he ordered and earned a glare.
"I suggest you learn a little respect," she replied and her aura flashed silver. She took to the air and blasted to her home. Vegeta remained on the ground watching her. He cursed and flew off after her.
After a few minutes flying he finally caught up with her. She had slowed down some but not much. She abruptly stopped and floated to the ground, landing lightly on her feet and brushing the stray strands of hair from her face. Vegeta landed beside her and she totally ignored it.
"I'll have a set of keys made for you later," she said as she opened the door. "Bulma will probably be able to do it." He just grunted in response. She just shook her head and stepped inside the house while groping on the wall beside the door. Light flooded the room.
So did a scream.
"Mamoru! What is going on here? What are you doing in my house?" Usagi yelled. She hadn't fully taken in the scene yet. A dark haired man was on the couch, on top of a woman.
"Bunny!" he cried when he saw her and rolled off the couch, buttoning his shirt. "What are you doing here?"
"Mamo-baka, this is MY house! And you're sleeping with another woman beneath MY roof an MY couch!" she screamed.
"I can explain..."
"Then start explaining!"
Vegeta, however, was miserable. His sensitive ears were picking up everything. He closed his eyes and put his hands over his ears, growling in pain.
"I came to see how you were and you weren't home. So I was going back to town when I met Clarice on the road," the baka was saying.
"So you decided to give her a ride," Usagi finished sweetly. "Well, give her a ride out of my house and you go with her! Give me your keys, baka," she ordered.
"Bunny," he began miserably.
"Idiot, stop whining! I've had enough of your sniveling carcass now move it!" Vegeta's brows raised when he heard her.
'She's got spunk,' he thought and pushed inside the house. He stepped between Usagi and the man.
"Your keys," Vegeta said softly but a lot of menace was held in check. The man was about two inches taller than Vegeta but he didn't seem phased in the least.
"And if I don't?" Mamoru challenged. Vegeta began popping his knuckles and neck.
"Then that's perfectly fine with me," he replied and stepped towards the man. The taller man backed up the same distance and held his hands up in defeat.
"Hey, no problem. No need to get all touchy, all right?" he said and dug into his pocket, producing a pair of keys and tossing them to Vegeta.
"Now get out and take her with you," Vegeta ordered and indicated the baka's woman acquaintance with a nod of his head.
Soon Usagi and Vegeta were alone, yet again.
"I'm so sorry about that," Usagi said and hung her head, putting a hand on her forehead. "I should have dumped him a long time ago." She started towards the kitchen but Vegeta stopped her.
"You were actually going out with that guy?"
She just glared at him and continued her way to the kitchen. He gritted his teeth. He was the prince of the most powerful race in the universe and she just glares and walks away from him?
"All right, here's the kitchen," she said and pointed to the room. "Living room, cable TV, bathroom without a shower's down that hall, and now we head upstairs." The two walked up the stairs. "Here's your room," she explained and opened a door and switched on the light. "Bathroom's the first one on the left. It has everything you need in there. Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to be busy for a while." With that said she spun on her heel and walked down the hall, going into the bathroom.
"Weird onna," he said and walked into his new room. It was really quite simple. A large bed in the center of the room with a feather comforter and pillows, a nightstand, dresser, mirror, and TV. Certainly not like his room on Vegeta-sei but it would work.
Vegeta stepped back out the room and walked to the bathroom. He pounded on the door.
"Woman!" he bellowed.
"What!" she replied.
"Where's the training room?"
"There isn't one!"
"You don't have a training room and you're a warrior? Where do you train?" Vegeta demanded.
"I usually train with Goku or Piccolo. They're the two strongest beings on the Earth. Or were. Goku's gone and you're stronger than Piccolo. But there's still one person that you can train with..." she trailed off as though thinking.
"Who, woman!"
"Me," she replied perkily and he heard the sound of a blowdryer.
"You?" The blowdryer was turned off and the door was opened. There in front of his stood a whole new person. Her silver and gold hair which used to be nearly ankle length and now down and tumbled down her back and to her waist. She was in and oversized shirt and short boxer shorts that peaked from beneath the hem of the shirt at her mid thigh.
"Yes, me. I'm stronger than Piccolo and was stronger than Goku till he found this new form. I would say that you and me are about evenly matched," she replied and crossed her arms, leaning against the door frame. Vegeta swallowed.
"Then let's go train," he said.
"No."
"What?" he yelled.
"I'm tired. I'm going to bed. I just greeted my friends which I haven't seen for nearly two months since they've been on another planet and I broke up with my too-long-term two-timing boyfriend and I'd like to get some sleep. We'll spar in the morning after breakfast. Deal?" she asked and held out a slender hand to him. He glared at her and grunted. She just shrugged. "Fine then. I hope you can find an adequate training partner," she taunted and brushed past him, walking to her room. She hadn't even known him for seven hours and she already knew how to push his buttons...
"Fine, you weak onna! If you want to fight with me then I'll just accept your challenge!"
She stopped in front of her door, her hand hovering over the knob.
"See you in the morning then," she smiled over her shoulder and walked into her room. "Night, Veggie," she called.
"Veggie?" he yelled. He was about to burst into the room and do something about that little insult but he decided not to. Even he knew she was mocking him and wanted him to get angry.
He smirked.
'But no one ever said don't take your anger out on the battlefield,' he thought and laughed softly. He turned to his room and went inside, closing the door for the night.
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"It's about time we get started," Vegeta spat and stretched.
"It's still morning," the woman in front of him replied as she took a fighting stance.
"If you call eleven forty five morning."
"I do. Let's get this over with," she ordered and waited while he got in a fighting stance as well. She lowered her head a bit to signal him to start. He smirked and immediately formed a ki blast in his hand, throwing it at her.
She leapt into the air to dodge it.
"Mars Celestial Fire Surround!" Rings of fire zoomed towards him and he too took to the air. Before he knew what was going on she was in his face, throwing punches and kicks at him. He dodged all of them but not with a lot of ease. She had suddenly taken from the defensive to the offensive with a vengeance.
It dawned on Vegeta that if he didn't get her back he wasn't going to get out of this unscathed. His arms and legs were sore from where he had been blocking her.
He suddenly began a series of punches and kickes himself, backing her up. He landed a throw in her mid section and she flew back. He saw her grit her teeth against the pain and smirked, impressed.
He was too caught up in his thoughts to react fast enough when she flew back at him. An uppercut to his jaw sent him reeling back. A kick to his stomach had him doubled over, and a slam in his back had him plummeting to Earth.
He saw her watching him from above. She got a look on her face and she powered up. In a flash of silver light she flew away from him. He knew she wanted him to follow. He was still on his back but his aura flashed blue and he jetted off after her. He couldn't see her but for some reason he could sense where she was.
He looked below him and saw that this was almost exactly like the place where he nearly killed Kakarott till she appeared.
He suddenly stopped for no apparent reason. He looked down and saw Usagi perched on the top of a cliff beneath him, her long legs dangling over the side and she had her eyes closed, leaning back with her arms supporting her.
She cracked open one eye and looked up at him casually. She then gracefully stood up and dusted herself off. She powered up again but didn't run. This time her aura flashed blue like his and she cupped her hands together in front of her, slightly turned away from him.
"Kame-hame-ha!" she cried and a huge beam of energy was coming towards him. He reacted quickly and brought his hands in front of him as well. He caught the blast in his own hands.
He charged up and sent a golden ki searing through her attack, causing it to explode. He just hovered where he was, his hands still in front of him as he breathed deeply.
"You can't become a Super Saiyan with attacks like that, Vegeta." He turned around and saw her on another cliff behind him, staring up at him with her arms crossed.
"What do you know about that?" he asked.
"Goku's a Super Saiyan. You're angry now because you aren't so you're striving to meet that ultimate form," she explained. "I can see it in your eyes."
"Well, aren't we a little Saiyan expert," he taunted as he hovered down to her. "If you know me so well then what am I thinking now?"
"You're thinking why it isn't you that is the Super Saiyan. What I want to know is why you think that," she asked.
"Because I'm the prince of all Saiyans, I'm the one who should hold that power!" he yelled as he turned his back to her. He watched as he clenched his fists in front of him. Then he felt a light touch on his shoulder.
"It's only one. Do you still want to train or do you want to rest a little while?" Usagi asked from behind him. He smirked and spun around, sending a fist towards her face. Her eyes widened but she ducked and swept her legs beneath him, trying to knock him off her feet.
He jumped above her leg and caught her shoulders, knocking her to the ground and pinning her briefly before jumping off her. She leapt to her feet and tried to kick his face. He caught her foot and spun her around. She hit the ground again and he laughed at her. She lashed out at him with her foot again, hitting his knee and bringing him to his kneel on one knee.
She jumped up and it was her turn to laugh. Her eyes were sparkling with laughter and adrenaline. He stared at her before growling and leaping towards her. Her eyes widened with shock and she opened her mouth to cry out but he hit her and both went over the edge of the cliff. She was locked in his arms in a bearhug and he wasn't about to let go. He just wanted to scare her a bit.
He was blasting to the ground and when he was about ten feet off the ground, he let her go and sent her flying towards the Earth. She cried out when he let her go, closing her eyes for impact. But then she suddenly stopped in mid air. She opened her eyes and saw she was face to face with the red dirt. She breathed a sigh of relief and looked up.
The arrogant prince was smirking down at her, her ankle still in his grasp. She rolled her eyes and shook her head.
"Will you please let me go?" she pleaded. He shrugged and let her ankle go, intending for her to fall face first into the dirt. But she didn't.
She set her hands on the ground and used them to support her weight as she lightly flew out of his grip and flew slowly over the ground, turning to look up at him. She landed on her feet and smirked up at him.
"I didn't fall into the dirt like you hoped, didn't I?" she mocked. He just snorted.
"Let's get back. I'm hungry," he said and flew off to the house again. She just shrugged and caught up with him. She slowed her pace to a casual flight and a thought popped into her head. She was behind Vegeta so he didn't see her change her direction.
She immediately flew to Capsule Corps and found Bulma outside playing croquet with the Nameks.
"Bulma!" she called and waved her arms to get Bulma's attention.
"Usagi! What are you doing here?" the blue haired woman asked.
"I need a favor. I need a training room. You can think of something that can make me stronger, can't you?" Usagi pleaded.
"Sure. I'll get right on it. Oh, and Usagi, you're hair looks GREAT! What about Mamoru? Won't he get angry when he sees you've cut it?"
"Well, me and Mamo-baka broke up. He was in my house last night, on my favorite couch, with another woman."
"Thank Kami! It's about time you broke up with that jerk. I don't know what you saw in him Usagi. He was too controlling and was an egotistical dork," Bulma scolded.
"Well, I did break up with him, so there you have it. Can you have the room ready in about a week?"
"Yeah, I already have it all planned out. I'll drop it by your place when I'm through," Bulma promised. "Oh, and what's it like living with Vegeta?"
Usagi just glared at her but cracked a smile before she blasted into the air.
"I guess it's going well," Bulma whispered and went back to her game.
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Yeah, I know, it's long. But it's always good to have long chapters. Still in *flashback* mode, all right? The next chapter will still be in this form and it may be the last one.
Please read AND review. I haven't gotten very many lately and I'm feeling so unloved... *sniff*