Chapter Five:

It had been three days since the fight with Cooler. Vegeta now understood what Eyea had been with holding from him. ~That monster Freiza, it's a good job he's already dead~ Vegeta thought. Eyea had been spending time with Gohan. This made him angry at first but then decided it was a good thing that she had someone to turn to. Today Gohan and Eyea were taking Trunks and Goten swimming again, since the last time was cut short. Eyea was lying on the shore. To her it felt good just to lie in the sun. She was so indulged that she didn't notice Gohan picking her up and levitating her over the lake. She only realized what was happening when Gohan was about to drop her.

"Oh no you don't" she grabbed Gohan's leg and pulled him down with her. Trunks and Goten were laughing at the trick that had backfired on Gohan. When they came up for air,

"You didn't think you could just dunk me like that now did you?" Eyea asked while giggling. Gohan blushed.

"Well no I guess not…" Gohan knew he shouldn't fall for this girl…she was after all Vegeta's sister. But he liked her. Trunks and Goten whispered something in Gohan's ear and they started to move towards Eyea, who had started to head back to shore. They grabbed her by the arms and legs and levitated her high up off of the water. Being unable to move she struggled trying to shake off at least one of the three boys. Then they dropped her so suddenly she had no time to react and she hit the water with a great splash. When she came up she was laughing.

"You boys think your so funny, don't you? She jumped up with incredible speed and grabbed the leg of the closet on of the boys. It was Gohan. Eyea still did not notice this as she pulled her catch to the very bottom of the lake. As she turned around to swim to the surface, Gohan grabbed her around the waist and pulled her up with him. When they reached the surface they just stared at each other. Gohan didn't let go of Eyea until he heard his brother's taunts…

"Gohan loves Eyea… Gohan loves Eyea…Gohan loves Eyea…" the two small boys said. Eyea took off into the sky heading back towards the Capsule Corp. She had strong feelings for Gohan. It was as strong as it had been between her and *Durok* back on her home world, if not stronger. She felt tears come to her eyes just then as she remembered how nice he had been to her. He was the only one of her suitors that she had liked. But she quickly wiped away the tears…that was then this was now. Now she had these feelings for a low-class half-breed. What would Vegeta say? She fell on her bed and fell into a sleep.

"Trunks…where's your aunt?" Bulma asked when her son came home, Goten and Gohan were with him and Gohan looked annoyed.

"She came home early. You didn't see her Bulma?" Gohan asked still looking at the boys. The boys looked at their feet.

"No, she might be in her room though. I'll go check." she wondered what the boys had done. ~Gohan likes Eyea…I can tell by the look in his eyes~ Bulma opened the door to Eyea's room, sure enough there she was asleep on the bed. Bulma woke her up.

"The boys are looking for you." Bulma said. Eyea just got up and through a T-shirt on over her still wet swimsuit. When she saw the boys she looked at Gohan, a questioned look on her face. They walked outside into the garden. Bulma knew something was up and didn't follow them.

"Boys…." Gohan prompted.

"We're sorry about what we said back at the lake…" the boys said in unison, with an approved look from Gohan ran into the house to get a snack from Bulma. Eyea just stared at Gohan. Gohan wanted to pull her into his arms and kiss her…but didn't. He was afraid to. Eyea spoke to break the silence.

"You didn't have to make them do that you know. I…" Gohan made up his mind. He grabbed Eyea around the waist and kissed her. Eyea was shocked at first and she stiffened in response but finally returned his kiss. Little did the couple know that Bulma and Vegeta saw them. Eyea broke off the kiss and stared into Gohan's eyes. She released herself from her grip and ran to her room. Gohan didn't know what he had done wrong.

"Women" he muttered, just as Goten walked out. He took his little brother home. Bulma had gone to see why Eyea had run into the house with tears in her eyes. When Vegeta stopped her.

"Vegeta, something is wrong with her. We can't just stand by while she goes through all of this by herself." Bulma complained.

"Shutup Woman. I know exactly what's wrong. I will go talk to her." Vegeta said. Vegeta walked into Eyea's room and found her standing out on her balcony.

"Eyea…I know what you're going through. But you have to realize that Durok is dead. He died protecting you. And I don't think he would want you to go through life without knowing love again… I saw you and Gohan. Even if I don't approve 100%, its your choice…not mine." Vegeta said, a little surprised him. He knew it was hard for her to accept the fact that Durok had died years ago.

"Thank you Vegeta. I…I just…" Eyea had never heard her brother talk with such kindness in his voice. ~maybe living on earth has had a big effect on Vegeta~ she thought. Vegeta had left her alone to think about what she had said.

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"Damn! What was I thinking?" Gohan asked himself while sitting alone in his bed room. He was still unsure what he had done to make her run away from him. Just then his phone rang.

"Hello?'

"Gohan? Is that you?" the voice on the other end asked.

"Yes."

"Gohan its Eyea…meet me at the lake." she hung up the phone. Gohan walked to the lake instead of flying there. Little did he know that his mother had been listening on the other line.

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Gohan had reached the lake and found Eyea already there.

"Eyea?" he asked.

"Gohan I'm sorry…I shouldn't have run away from you…its just that…" she started.

"I don't blame you for running away" he looked her in the eye, there was that look again. That look that had possessed him to kiss her the first time. Eyea walked to Gohan.

"Your not the reason I ran from you." Eyea placed her hand on Gohan's face, "I had to think about something."

"And what might that have been?" Gohan asked.

"This…" She stepped up on her tiptoes, since Gohan was taller than her, and kissed him. She felt his arms encircle her, and she wrapped her hands around his neck. They kissed for a long time until they sensed that someone was coming. But the ki they both sensed was one that was unfamiliar to both of them. They just stood there in each other's arms…waiting for the person to show themselves.

"Gohan…I don't recognize the ki." she whispered.

"Neither do I" he replied. Then they were both hit with a ki blast, sending them into the lake. Eyea surfaced first and didn't see who had shot at them. Then Gohan surfaced beside her and looked in the direction the blast had come from.

"This guys pretty good. Even with my Saiyan hearing I can't hear him." Eyea whispered to Gohan who just nodded. Another blast came right at them but they both ducked under the water before it reached them. When the surfaced again, Eyea started to climb out of the lake. Gohan grabbed her arm trying to keep her safe. Another blast came at them but Eyea just crossed her arms in front of her face to block it. Gohan had now climbed out of the lake and was aiming a ki blast back in the direction from where the other on was coming from. The man who had attacked them in the first place was hit and knocked backwards into a tree. Gohan walked up to him and saw who it was. It was Recoomb. But he was supposed to be at the HFIL, (Home For Infinite Losers).

" It must be one of the Ginyu clones."

"Huh?" Gohan was still uncertain on what had just happened.

"Freiza made clones of the Ginyu Force so if anything happened to the real ones, he would still have a Ginyu Force." she explained.

By the time Gohan had sent him back there Goku showed up ready to fight.

"You're to late dad. He's already in the next dimension."

"Gee…guess I missed all the fun." Goku just laughed, then he saw Eyea. Goku was now wondering what was going on between his son and Vegeta's sister. When Goku left to tell Chichi everything was okay, Gohan and Eyea flew back to Capsule Corp. When they got there, Gohan kissed Eyea goodnight. The kissed was shorter then it seemed to Eyea. But then again not every kiss lasts 7 minutes. Yamcha had seen what had just passed between the two and started to wonder. What was going on between those two?