Author's Notes – Ok finally got new
chapters!! Sorry it took so long, but
life has been keeping me busy. Hope to
have chapter 7 done soon! Hope you
enjoy!
::Thoughts:: //Memories// Speaking
Mentally
Disclaimers – I don't own
DBZ, nor any of the Characters except Tynan, Nikki, Tracy, and Vor. Pieter Stoephoer was given to me by MangyTomCat. Please don't sue me, I have no money. Enjoy! Tynan79.
Chapter 5
"And so you see, Gohan was able to defeat Cell with the help of your father, Piccolo, Krillian, Tien, and Yamcha. You see, your father's not such a bad guy after all." Goku paused in his digging to smile at Tynan.
"Kakarot, you have no idea what you're talking about."
They both turned to see Vegeta leaning against a nearby tree. Goku smiled at him, Tynan showed no outward emotion.
"C'mon Vegeta, admit it, you're a nice guy!" Goku went back to his digging. "So how long have you been listening?"
Vegeta sighed, "Somewhere around the time you blew your idiot self up, along with King Kai and his planet. I think you've wasted enough of my time. Brat," he turned his attention to Tynan, "let's go." He pulled himself away from the tree and raised up into the air.
Tynan looked up at him, and raised an eyebrow. "And I am supposed to be going where?"
"We're going to go spar. Since Kakarot is busy doing what his mate wants him to, I'll have to settle for seeing how good you are. Now lets go."
"And if I don't want to?" She asked. She actually wanted to spar, wanting to see if he was as good as Goku had made him sound, but she didn't want to make it that easy for him. She smiled to herself when she saw the look he gave her.
"I did not ask you! That was not a request! Think of it as an order, from you Prince! Now move!" Vegeta glared down at her.
"I'll think about it. So what happened next Goku?" she asked, turning her attention back to Goku.
Vegeta growled. "First off, his name is
Kakarot. Secondly, as both your Prince
and father, what I say goes. And
lastly, no matter what, when I tell you to do something, you do it! Now let's go!"
Tynan smirked at Goku and answered her father. "No."
Goku winced. The vein on Vegeta's forehead was on the verge of exploding. "Uh…Ty…I think it would be best to just do what he wants."
Vegeta was seething, but said nothing. As Tynan and Goku watched, he went from frowning, to looking resigned, to smirking evilly. He turned his attention back to Tynan.
"Ok, pest, you're new here, so let me tell you how things are done. If you don't believe me, ask Trunks. I am stronger than you. I am more skilled at fighting than you. And just because my blood runs through your veins, doesn't mean I won't hesitate to put you in the hospital. Kakarot can tell you, Trunks has spent many nights in the hospital, or in the medical lab at Capsule Corp., because of his mouth. Now either we go spar, or I'll kick your ass right here. Which would you prefer?"
Tynan looked at him. She could tell he meant every word he said. She decided to finally let him have his way. "Ok, let's go." She rose up so she was face to face with him.
Vegeta looked at what she was wearing. "Do you want to change first?"
She shook her head. "I've destroyed planets in this outfit. It'll be fine. So shut up and lets go."
Vegeta smirked slightly, then blasted off in the direction of his favorite sparring grounds.
She gave a slight wave at Goku then blasted off and followed Vegeta.
Goku sighed as he watched them go. He really wanted to go watch them. He sighed as he felt Vegeta powering up. Then he frowned. Vegeta was powering up way above what Tynan was. ::Man, I hope he doesn't hurt her. Hmm…maybe I should go make sure he doesn't. Yeah, I think I need to be there in case I have to keep Vegeta in line.:: With that, he took off in the direction of Vegeta's favorite sparring ground.
*****
Bulma sat quietly as she only half listened to the conversation around her. It was the weekly Executive Staff meetings. Since she was trying to get Trunks ready to be president, she had started letting him conduct the meetings. In attendance was herself, Trunks, her executive assistant, Jay from Public Relation, Robert from H.R., Annie from Finance, Douglas from Facilities, Jack from Design and Development, Gary from Computers, and Pieter the Head of Security. Bulma sighed as she listened to Trunks.
::It's always the same. First Trunks rattles on through the morning news.:: She leaned back in her chair. :Then he asks if anyone has something to add. 3…2…1…:: she mentally counted down.
"Does anyone have anything they wish to add?" Trunks asked.
Bulma sighed again. ::Here goes. First Douglas will complain that he doesn't have enough staff.::
"Once again, I would like to bring it to everyone's attention that our department is severely understaffed. We could easily use 15 more people for the amount of work we do.
::Then comes Robert blaming it on finance.:: Bulma thought.
"Well, I would be glad to give you more staff, but finance won't give me the money. My department is understaffed, too."
::Now, Annie will say that Jack is spending too much money, and that is why they don't have enough money to hire new staff.::
"Well, you can't blame me for that. If Jack would spend less money on research, then we would have more money to give to you for more staff, Robert."
::And now comes Jack blaming Gary for not having better computers and software.::
"I can't help the fact that it costs so much for our research. We're using out of date software on ancient things that some people believe are computers."
::And now, Gary will blame Annie in finance…::
"Hey, I can't help it if I don't have the money to buy you guys new computers! It's all I can do to keep what you have running."
::And Jay will try to keep the peace by asking everyone to calm down…::
"If we could all just calm down, I'm sure we can come up with…"
::Enter Pieter.:: Bulma smirked.
"Oh shut up Jay. Let them argue it out if they want to. At least their department doesn't have leaks."
::And from here on, the meeting is out of control.::
Suddenly Bulma heard Vegeta growling. How dare that wretched little brat say that! Who does she think she is! Bulma searched through his thoughts, and found out that Tynan had just told him "no".
Bulma smiled. Vegeta was angry and distracted. This could be fun.
Your daughter, Bulma said to him through the bond they had.
Woman! How many times must I tell you to stay out of my head! Vegeta growled back at her.
Bulma smirked. I have to take advantage of the times when you're really angry. That's the only time I can do this.
Vegeta sighed. Mental note to self: Keep Woman out at all times, even when really pissed. Say goodbye now Woman.
Bulma chuckled, drawing weird looks from her son and a few others. See you later, Man.
Suddenly an image flashed through her mind. Her eyes widened, she let out a yelp, fell out of her chair, and blushed bright red.
"Mom?? Are you ok?" Trunks moved to help her up.
"Of course I'm fine! Just…It's nothing, I'm fine!" she said, blushing more as she noticed everyone was looking at her intently.
::Damn you Vegeta! I'll get you for that one!:: She thought. She looked around at everyone looking at her.
"So where were we?" she asked Trunks.
"Uh, Jay was in the process of yelling at Pieter for implying that one of his staff might be leaking information."
Bulma frowned slightly at Pieter. She
had been planning on discussing that with Jay privately first. She waited, knowing that Trunks would now
try to regain control of the meeting again.
"Ok…Ok…Why don't we all just take our seats again," he looked specifically at Jay who was standing and glaring at Pieter. "Now, I'm sure that we will be able to find the funding needed for more staff somewhere."
Bulma chuckled to herself and watched Annie. She frowned at Trunks.
"Is that so, Sir? And where, pray do tell, will we find this money? Perhaps if we had to spend less money on the repairs for things you destroyed, we would have more money for staff."
Trunks blushed slightly, knowing she was referring to the numerous times he had simply blown something up when he was having a bad day. His mother had affectionately named the money spent on that the "Trunks Briefs Stress Relief Fund".
"Yes well, err…as I was saying…I'm sure we will find the funds…err…to hire more staff somewhere…" he gave his mother a pleading look.
She finally took pity on him. "Ok, if there is no more business, I'm sure we all have other things we can be doing. Jay, if you could stop by my office in about a half hour, there's something we need to discuss. If no one else has anything constructive to add to this meeting, I think it's safe to say it's over." She looked around the room. "No? Good then, have a good day everyone."
She stood up and headed back to her office, plotting ways to get back at her husband for the very graphic mental image he had shared with her earlier.
*****
Back at Vegeta's favorite sparring grounds, Vegeta and Tynan both powered up, Vegeta choosing to start just below Super Saiya-jin level. The faced each other, both waiting to see what the other would do first. Finally Tynan got tired of waiting. She flew at Vegeta, charging a small Ki blast in her hand. She waited until she was almost on top of him, before disappearing. Vegeta simply stood there. Tynan reappeared in front of him, and fired the Ki blast at his chest. Smirking he batted it away, then lashed out with a combinations of punches and kicks. As Tynan backpedaled and blocked them, Vegeta powered up his own Ki blast, sending it at her. She shot into the air to avoid it, then flew back at him, punching and kicking as she went. This continued for several minutes, Tynan seemed to successfully drive him backwards.
Goku landed and watched the two silently. As he watched, he notices that she's a very good fighter. ::Of course no where near as good as Vegeta, but she is holding her own.:: He sat down and leaned back against a tree to watch.
Vegeta was also impressed with her skill. He would never admit that to anyone, of course. He powered down slightly, letting her get the impression that she stood a chance against him. He wanted to see how she would take that. If she was like he used to be, she would let it go to her head and get sloppy. He growled when he heard Kakarot start calling out encouragements to her.
"You're doing good Ty!! Keep an eye on his left side, he usually lets his guard slip on his left side!"
Vegeta growled again, "Kakarot! Shut up! I do not let my guard down on my left side!"
Goku chuckled and watched as Tynan landed several good kicks while Vegeta was
distracted with bellowing at him.
Vegeta inwardly winced when one of Tynan's roundhouses caught his ribs. She had a powerful kick. He continued to let her believe she was doing good. Finally he saw what he was looking for. Her moves got sloppier, her smirk resembling something he himself would wear right before he won a fight. Deciding now was the time to end it, he flared into Super Saiya-jin, enjoying the surprised look on her face. She froze, her jaw dropping slightly and stared at him. Grinning at her, he lunged forward, driving her back with several well placed kicks and punches. She grunted and tried to drop down to get away from him and catch her breath, but Vegeta didn't give her any breaks. As he continued to pound away at her, she realized that he had lulled her into a false sense of security. Cursing her own foolishness, she attempted to block as many of the strikes as she could.
As Goku watched, he hoped that Vegeta simply planned on shocking her when he went Super Saiya-jin. He soon realized that wasn't what Vegeta planned. When he felt him building his power, he stood up, waiting to see if he would need to interfere. Just to be on the safe side, he began to power up.
Vegeta smirked as he drove her steadily back. She didn't realize it, but he was about to have her cornered against a mountain. He took a moment to glance at Kakarot, wondering why he was powering up. Tynan took that opportunity to hit Vegeta with another roundhouse. She struck the same spot she had hit earlier, and was happy to feel one of his ribs crack under her foot. Vegeta let out a growl, and raised his hand, palm facing her.
"This ends now! Big Bang Attack!" he bellowed, and released the Ki blast at point blank range.
Tynan let out a scream as the blast hit her, then dropped from the sky. Goku bellowed and raced to catch her before she hit the ground. Vegeta slowly dropped down and touched down in front of Goku.
"Vegeta, what were you thinking?? Are you trying to kill her?" Goku yelled, laying Tynan on the ground to check her over. She was unconscious, and had several cuts and bruises, but seemed ok other than that.
"Of course not Kakarot, only prove that she has a lot to learn. Which I believe I did." Vegeta crossed his arms over his chest.
Goku sighed and picked her up. "Well next time you want to teach someone a lesson, pick on someone who's power level is equal to your own. You could have hurt her very badly Vegeta, or even killed her."
"How dare you talk to me like that Kakarot! I knew exactly what her power level was, and kept the blast as just enough to bang her up a little, not kill her. And if you really want a fight, I'll be glad to indulge you." He raised one eyebrow, hoping that Kakarot would accept the challenge. But instead he turned and took off heading back towards his house. Vegeta sighed and took off, not really caring which direction he flew in.
