Hi, everyone. I'm so incredibly sorry this chapter took so long for me to produce. I dedicate this story to Dusty and Theresa who have given me some incredible ideas for this story. Thank you guys so much and thank you for your patience. Hopefully, I'll be able to get out the next chapter soon. ^_^
Oh yea, I don't own DBZ or "Dust in the Wind"
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Everyone had spent most of Saturday fixing up the girl's room. The only thing that needed repair now was the overhead light. But it was around 8:30pm on Sunday when Vegeta decided to grace Vega with his presence.
"Hey V." said Vegeta.
"Hey, what's up?" Vega replied with a smile.
"Not much. Look, can I talk to you about something?" asked Vegeta.
"Sure."
"Let's go outside or something." Said Vegeta. Vega quickly got her coat and walked out of the building with Vegeta. The two sat on a bench in front of the dorm.
"So, what's up?" asked Vega. She was a little worried that he had found out about her and Piccolo. She and Piccolo were still under the assumption that no one knew about their relationship.
"Ok, our combat instructor is moving me out of the class." Said Vegeta.
"What! Why?"
"He wants to put me in the higher level. I start tomorrow."
"Oh." Solemnly said Vega.
"He says that you and I aren't making any progress constantly fighting with each other." Said Vegeta.
"Duh, I told you that last week." Said Vega.
"Well, it's not so much our techniques as it is your reflexes."
"What?" said Vega.
"He says your reflexes are too slow for mine." Vega had a look of disbelief on her face as Vegeta was telling her all this. "I didn't believe him at first, but I noticed in our fight a couple weeks ago, that your reflexes are much slower than mine and when you get tired, they get even slower and that's why you can't beat me."
"Oh well, I guess." Said Vega shrugging her shoulders. "I'm excited for you."
"You are?"
"Yea, why wouldn't I be, you've always been stronger than me, it's only fitting that you be in a higher level."
"So, you're not mad, or anything?" asked Vegeta.
"Not in the least." She lied
"Well that's a load off my shoulders." Said Vegeta.
"Why?"
"I was worried you wouldn't take it so well. You do have a known habit for flying off the handle."
"Shut up." snapped Vega as she playfully pushed him off the bench. Vegeta got up and stared down at her.
"I'm going inside."
"Alright, I'm gonna hang out here for a bit." Said Vega.
"Ok, don't stay out too long, it's kind of cold." Smirked Vegeta as he walked back inside. Vega sat on the bench and thought to herself.
'Well this is just great. I have to deal with those people in my class alone.' Vega just sighed and looked up at the night sky.
Meanwhile, Vegeta had returned to his dorm. Goku was actually doing homework and Piccolo, for once, was playing video games. When Vegeta walked in Piccolo paused his game and looked at Vegeta.
"Well, how did it go?" asked Piccolo.
"It was fine. She says she's not mad or anything, in fact she's excited."
"Well, that's good. I think? Maybe I'll go up and talk to her in a while." Said Piccolo.
"Man, do either of you understand this Algebra crap?" whined Goku.
"Jesus, Kakarrot, Algebra is easy, what don't you understand?" asked Vegeta.
"All of it." Replied Goku. Sweat dropped down Piccolo and Vegeta's forehead. "I'm going up to the girls room. Maybe Bulma will help me." Goku picked up his math and notebook left for the girls dorm.
"I never thought I would live to see the day that Goku would study." Laughed Piccolo. As soon as Vegeta was sure Goku was far enough away from the dorm Vegeta kicked Piccolo on the side of his leg.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR!!" growled Piccolo.
"That's for your fling with my sister."
"What?" snapped Piccolo as he stood up, "What are you talking about?"
"Don't play dumb with me Namek. I saw you two at the Cottage Inn on Friday night." Smirked Vegeta.
"Ok, fine, Vega and I have been seeing each other for a couple weeks now. There, are you happy." Snapped Piccolo.
"Not particularly."
"Who else knows?"
"Everyone."
"Well that's just flippin' fabulous." Sighed Piccolo.
"Look, I can't stop you two from seeing each other, but I have to look out for her. I just want to know one thing." Said Vegeta.
"Yea, what's that?"
"Do you like her?"
"Yes, very much." Said Piccolo with a sincere smile on his face
"Alright, if you hurt her, I will beat you into the floor." Said Vegeta.
"Fair enough, but if you get in the way of our relationship, I'll do the same to you."
"Alright." Said Vegeta, "Oh yea, I may approve of your relationship with her, but I shouldn't be the one to worry about. My father is the one you should really worry about." With that Vegeta sat down at his computer and started to check his e-mail. Piccolo and Vegeta continued their conversation about King Vegeta.
The next day, Vega was on her way to her Combat class when she passed Vegeta walking back from his class. Vega ran up to him.
"So Vegeta, how was your new class?" she asked with a fake smile.
"It was alright. Kakarrot is in the class." Said Vegeta.
"Well at least you have someone on your level to fight with."
"Whatever, he kicked my ass today." Vega giggled, "Don't laugh, it's not funny."
"Vegeta, I've lost so many times to you, I don't even care anymore about winning or losing." Laughed Vega.
"Whatever. Oh, by the way, I know about you and Piccolo." Snapped Vegeta. Vega's eyes shot wide open.
"What are you talking about?" said Vega.
"Oh Kami, don't you play dumb with me too?" sighed Vegeta, "I saw you two at the Cottage Inn last Friday." Vega's head dropped.
"Ok, Piccolo and I have been seeing each other for a couple weeks now." Said Vega as she started to speed up her speech, "I really really like him and I know he likes me and we're really happy. Please don't tell daddy next time you talk to him. I told him that there was a guy I though was cute in one of my classes and daddy told me I was here to learn and not to mate. So please, don't tell him." Vega pleaded.
"Ok, fine, but I'm not covering your ass if he does find out." Sighed Vegeta.
"Does Piccolo know that you know about us?" asked Vega.
"Yep!"
"Oh God, what did you say to him?" cried Vega.
"I told him if he hurt you I would beat him in to the floor." Said Vegeta.
"Vegeta!! That was the exact reason we didn't want to tell anyone." Snapped Vega.
"Stop yelling."
"You expect me not to yell, you threatened my boyfriend!"
"Will you keep it down, Kami!" sighed Vegeta; "We have an agreement. If he hurts you, I'll beat him into the floor, if I get in the way of your relationship, he'll do the same to me."
"NO!! I'm calling off that agreement right now." Snapped Vega, "That's the most retarded thing I've ever heard. Oh crap, I gotta get going. I'll see ya later." And on that note, Vega took off for her combat class and Vegeta walked back to his dorm
Vega sat by herself, behind everyone else, on the floor mats of the gym listening to her instructor talk. It's obvious that she is apprehensive about being there without Vegeta.
'What is the matter with me? I go to the rest of my classes without Vegeta, why do I need him here? It shouldn't matter if he's here or not.' Though Vega. Thoughts like these continued and it was these thoughts that made Vega more and more apprehensive about her situation. Just then, the instructor told the class to split into pairs and practice what the instructor was talking about.
"Hey Vega." Said one of the students in the class; "Do you want to practice with me?"
"I don't think that would be a good idea, Trent."
"Why not?" asked Trent.
"Well, you know as well as I do that it wouldn't be much of a challenge for either of us. Not to sound conceited or anything."
"You're probably right." Said Trent, "So what are you going to do now that Vegeta is gone?"
"I don't know." Said Vega. As Vega continued to converse with Trent her instructor walked up to them.
"Trent, can you excuse us?"
"Sure." With that Trent walked off to find a sparing partner.
"Ok, Vega, for the remainder of the semester, you and I are going to work together to quicken your reflexes." Said the instructor.
"Umm...ok, but I don't see how training with you is going to help me. I have quicker reflexes than you do." Said Vega.
"Well, I'm not exactly sure, how I'm going to do that yet. But, for today, I need to get a feel for your technique. So, I need you to tone it down a bit today."
With that Vega and her instructor began to spar. Vega blocked every one of his hits. Vega was very bored. This was not even a challenge, although she knew it wouldn't be. After about twenty minutes of this nonsense, Vega made a move on her instructor. Unfortunately, unaware of how strong she really was, she hit him right in the face and knocked him unconscious. Everyone in the class stopped what they were doing and stared at Vega and their unconscious teacher. Vega stared in shock at what she had done.
"Someone call a medic." Vega said quickly before she ran out of the building. Vega forgot about her bag in her locker, she forgot about everything, she just ran back to her dorm with tears streaming down her face. Once she got back to her dorm, she changed into her pajamas and crawled onto their makeshift couch and cried her heart out. She decided to put some music on. She found herself listening to "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas, which made her cry more.
Around 6pm, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in." yelled Vega with a raspy voice from crying. The music was still playing loud when Piccolo walked in. Piccolo took one look at Vega and knew she was crying. He knelt down next to her.
"Vega, what's wrong?" said Piccolo as he kissed her forehead.
"Nothing. I don't want to talk about it." Sobbed Vega. Piccolo wiped away her tears with his thumbs. He sat down next to her on the couch and took her into his arms. He stroked her hair trying to stop her tears. Vega wrapped her arms around Piccolo's waist and held on to him tightly as she buried her head in his chest. They stayed this way until Bulma and ChiChi came back.
'What happened?' Bulma mouthed to Piccolo. Piccolo just shrugged his shoulders and continued to stroke her hair. All of a sudden, Vega realized that Bulma and ChiChi were in the room. She though only Vegeta knew about her and Piccolo. She sat up and looked at Piccolo.
"It's ok, they know." Smiled Piccolo.
"Oh, ok." Sniffed Vega. Bulma and ChiChi were putting their book away smiling to themselves. They were happy for Vega.
'They make such a cute couple.' Though Bulma.
"Hey guys, do you want to go to dinner?" asked ChiChi, "I know Goku's hungry, and I'm sure Vegeta is ready to eat."
"Sure," Vega sat up and wiped the tears from her eyes and got up out of Piccolo's lap, "let me just get changed." Vega grabbed her clothes and went into the bathroom to change.
"What happened?" ChiChi whispered to Piccolo.
"I don't know. She's been crying since I got here at 6pm." Whispered Piccolo. Everyone looked at each other with out a clue what to do about it. They just hoped that what ever it was that upset Vega this much, would pass. When Vega came out of the bathroom, she grabbed her student ID and moved toward the door.
"Why don't you two go get Goku and Vegeta. I need to do something really quick." Said Bulma to Piccolo and Vega.
"Alright." Said Piccolo. Piccolo opened the door for Vega and the two walked out.
"I wish I knew what happened?" said ChiChi.
"I know, but I'm sure we'll find out in due time." Said Bulma getting out her lipstick.
"What are you primping for? We're just going to dinner." Laughed ChiChi.
"I just want to look nice." Smiled Bulma.
"Alright, you're up to something. Whose eye are you trying to catch?"
"Never you mind that." Smirked Bulma.
"Bulma, don't forget you have a boyfriend." Sneered ChiChi.
"I do? Since when?" said Bulma.
"Umm... Yamcha?! Remember that name? Your boyfriend since 11th grade?"
"Oh, him. When was the last time he called me? I'm done with him." Smiled Bulma.
"Really?" said a shocked ChiChi.
"Yep. In fact, this coming up weekend, I'm going home, and if he show up here, tell him you don't know where I am."
"Ok." Said ChiChi hesitantly. "So, is there someone you have your eye on now?"
"Umm... kind of, I guess." Bulma smiled and winked at ChiChi.
Oh yea, I don't own DBZ or "Dust in the Wind"
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Everyone had spent most of Saturday fixing up the girl's room. The only thing that needed repair now was the overhead light. But it was around 8:30pm on Sunday when Vegeta decided to grace Vega with his presence.
"Hey V." said Vegeta.
"Hey, what's up?" Vega replied with a smile.
"Not much. Look, can I talk to you about something?" asked Vegeta.
"Sure."
"Let's go outside or something." Said Vegeta. Vega quickly got her coat and walked out of the building with Vegeta. The two sat on a bench in front of the dorm.
"So, what's up?" asked Vega. She was a little worried that he had found out about her and Piccolo. She and Piccolo were still under the assumption that no one knew about their relationship.
"Ok, our combat instructor is moving me out of the class." Said Vegeta.
"What! Why?"
"He wants to put me in the higher level. I start tomorrow."
"Oh." Solemnly said Vega.
"He says that you and I aren't making any progress constantly fighting with each other." Said Vegeta.
"Duh, I told you that last week." Said Vega.
"Well, it's not so much our techniques as it is your reflexes."
"What?" said Vega.
"He says your reflexes are too slow for mine." Vega had a look of disbelief on her face as Vegeta was telling her all this. "I didn't believe him at first, but I noticed in our fight a couple weeks ago, that your reflexes are much slower than mine and when you get tired, they get even slower and that's why you can't beat me."
"Oh well, I guess." Said Vega shrugging her shoulders. "I'm excited for you."
"You are?"
"Yea, why wouldn't I be, you've always been stronger than me, it's only fitting that you be in a higher level."
"So, you're not mad, or anything?" asked Vegeta.
"Not in the least." She lied
"Well that's a load off my shoulders." Said Vegeta.
"Why?"
"I was worried you wouldn't take it so well. You do have a known habit for flying off the handle."
"Shut up." snapped Vega as she playfully pushed him off the bench. Vegeta got up and stared down at her.
"I'm going inside."
"Alright, I'm gonna hang out here for a bit." Said Vega.
"Ok, don't stay out too long, it's kind of cold." Smirked Vegeta as he walked back inside. Vega sat on the bench and thought to herself.
'Well this is just great. I have to deal with those people in my class alone.' Vega just sighed and looked up at the night sky.
Meanwhile, Vegeta had returned to his dorm. Goku was actually doing homework and Piccolo, for once, was playing video games. When Vegeta walked in Piccolo paused his game and looked at Vegeta.
"Well, how did it go?" asked Piccolo.
"It was fine. She says she's not mad or anything, in fact she's excited."
"Well, that's good. I think? Maybe I'll go up and talk to her in a while." Said Piccolo.
"Man, do either of you understand this Algebra crap?" whined Goku.
"Jesus, Kakarrot, Algebra is easy, what don't you understand?" asked Vegeta.
"All of it." Replied Goku. Sweat dropped down Piccolo and Vegeta's forehead. "I'm going up to the girls room. Maybe Bulma will help me." Goku picked up his math and notebook left for the girls dorm.
"I never thought I would live to see the day that Goku would study." Laughed Piccolo. As soon as Vegeta was sure Goku was far enough away from the dorm Vegeta kicked Piccolo on the side of his leg.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR!!" growled Piccolo.
"That's for your fling with my sister."
"What?" snapped Piccolo as he stood up, "What are you talking about?"
"Don't play dumb with me Namek. I saw you two at the Cottage Inn on Friday night." Smirked Vegeta.
"Ok, fine, Vega and I have been seeing each other for a couple weeks now. There, are you happy." Snapped Piccolo.
"Not particularly."
"Who else knows?"
"Everyone."
"Well that's just flippin' fabulous." Sighed Piccolo.
"Look, I can't stop you two from seeing each other, but I have to look out for her. I just want to know one thing." Said Vegeta.
"Yea, what's that?"
"Do you like her?"
"Yes, very much." Said Piccolo with a sincere smile on his face
"Alright, if you hurt her, I will beat you into the floor." Said Vegeta.
"Fair enough, but if you get in the way of our relationship, I'll do the same to you."
"Alright." Said Vegeta, "Oh yea, I may approve of your relationship with her, but I shouldn't be the one to worry about. My father is the one you should really worry about." With that Vegeta sat down at his computer and started to check his e-mail. Piccolo and Vegeta continued their conversation about King Vegeta.
The next day, Vega was on her way to her Combat class when she passed Vegeta walking back from his class. Vega ran up to him.
"So Vegeta, how was your new class?" she asked with a fake smile.
"It was alright. Kakarrot is in the class." Said Vegeta.
"Well at least you have someone on your level to fight with."
"Whatever, he kicked my ass today." Vega giggled, "Don't laugh, it's not funny."
"Vegeta, I've lost so many times to you, I don't even care anymore about winning or losing." Laughed Vega.
"Whatever. Oh, by the way, I know about you and Piccolo." Snapped Vegeta. Vega's eyes shot wide open.
"What are you talking about?" said Vega.
"Oh Kami, don't you play dumb with me too?" sighed Vegeta, "I saw you two at the Cottage Inn last Friday." Vega's head dropped.
"Ok, Piccolo and I have been seeing each other for a couple weeks now." Said Vega as she started to speed up her speech, "I really really like him and I know he likes me and we're really happy. Please don't tell daddy next time you talk to him. I told him that there was a guy I though was cute in one of my classes and daddy told me I was here to learn and not to mate. So please, don't tell him." Vega pleaded.
"Ok, fine, but I'm not covering your ass if he does find out." Sighed Vegeta.
"Does Piccolo know that you know about us?" asked Vega.
"Yep!"
"Oh God, what did you say to him?" cried Vega.
"I told him if he hurt you I would beat him in to the floor." Said Vegeta.
"Vegeta!! That was the exact reason we didn't want to tell anyone." Snapped Vega.
"Stop yelling."
"You expect me not to yell, you threatened my boyfriend!"
"Will you keep it down, Kami!" sighed Vegeta; "We have an agreement. If he hurts you, I'll beat him into the floor, if I get in the way of your relationship, he'll do the same to me."
"NO!! I'm calling off that agreement right now." Snapped Vega, "That's the most retarded thing I've ever heard. Oh crap, I gotta get going. I'll see ya later." And on that note, Vega took off for her combat class and Vegeta walked back to his dorm
Vega sat by herself, behind everyone else, on the floor mats of the gym listening to her instructor talk. It's obvious that she is apprehensive about being there without Vegeta.
'What is the matter with me? I go to the rest of my classes without Vegeta, why do I need him here? It shouldn't matter if he's here or not.' Though Vega. Thoughts like these continued and it was these thoughts that made Vega more and more apprehensive about her situation. Just then, the instructor told the class to split into pairs and practice what the instructor was talking about.
"Hey Vega." Said one of the students in the class; "Do you want to practice with me?"
"I don't think that would be a good idea, Trent."
"Why not?" asked Trent.
"Well, you know as well as I do that it wouldn't be much of a challenge for either of us. Not to sound conceited or anything."
"You're probably right." Said Trent, "So what are you going to do now that Vegeta is gone?"
"I don't know." Said Vega. As Vega continued to converse with Trent her instructor walked up to them.
"Trent, can you excuse us?"
"Sure." With that Trent walked off to find a sparing partner.
"Ok, Vega, for the remainder of the semester, you and I are going to work together to quicken your reflexes." Said the instructor.
"Umm...ok, but I don't see how training with you is going to help me. I have quicker reflexes than you do." Said Vega.
"Well, I'm not exactly sure, how I'm going to do that yet. But, for today, I need to get a feel for your technique. So, I need you to tone it down a bit today."
With that Vega and her instructor began to spar. Vega blocked every one of his hits. Vega was very bored. This was not even a challenge, although she knew it wouldn't be. After about twenty minutes of this nonsense, Vega made a move on her instructor. Unfortunately, unaware of how strong she really was, she hit him right in the face and knocked him unconscious. Everyone in the class stopped what they were doing and stared at Vega and their unconscious teacher. Vega stared in shock at what she had done.
"Someone call a medic." Vega said quickly before she ran out of the building. Vega forgot about her bag in her locker, she forgot about everything, she just ran back to her dorm with tears streaming down her face. Once she got back to her dorm, she changed into her pajamas and crawled onto their makeshift couch and cried her heart out. She decided to put some music on. She found herself listening to "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas, which made her cry more.
Around 6pm, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in." yelled Vega with a raspy voice from crying. The music was still playing loud when Piccolo walked in. Piccolo took one look at Vega and knew she was crying. He knelt down next to her.
"Vega, what's wrong?" said Piccolo as he kissed her forehead.
"Nothing. I don't want to talk about it." Sobbed Vega. Piccolo wiped away her tears with his thumbs. He sat down next to her on the couch and took her into his arms. He stroked her hair trying to stop her tears. Vega wrapped her arms around Piccolo's waist and held on to him tightly as she buried her head in his chest. They stayed this way until Bulma and ChiChi came back.
'What happened?' Bulma mouthed to Piccolo. Piccolo just shrugged his shoulders and continued to stroke her hair. All of a sudden, Vega realized that Bulma and ChiChi were in the room. She though only Vegeta knew about her and Piccolo. She sat up and looked at Piccolo.
"It's ok, they know." Smiled Piccolo.
"Oh, ok." Sniffed Vega. Bulma and ChiChi were putting their book away smiling to themselves. They were happy for Vega.
'They make such a cute couple.' Though Bulma.
"Hey guys, do you want to go to dinner?" asked ChiChi, "I know Goku's hungry, and I'm sure Vegeta is ready to eat."
"Sure," Vega sat up and wiped the tears from her eyes and got up out of Piccolo's lap, "let me just get changed." Vega grabbed her clothes and went into the bathroom to change.
"What happened?" ChiChi whispered to Piccolo.
"I don't know. She's been crying since I got here at 6pm." Whispered Piccolo. Everyone looked at each other with out a clue what to do about it. They just hoped that what ever it was that upset Vega this much, would pass. When Vega came out of the bathroom, she grabbed her student ID and moved toward the door.
"Why don't you two go get Goku and Vegeta. I need to do something really quick." Said Bulma to Piccolo and Vega.
"Alright." Said Piccolo. Piccolo opened the door for Vega and the two walked out.
"I wish I knew what happened?" said ChiChi.
"I know, but I'm sure we'll find out in due time." Said Bulma getting out her lipstick.
"What are you primping for? We're just going to dinner." Laughed ChiChi.
"I just want to look nice." Smiled Bulma.
"Alright, you're up to something. Whose eye are you trying to catch?"
"Never you mind that." Smirked Bulma.
"Bulma, don't forget you have a boyfriend." Sneered ChiChi.
"I do? Since when?" said Bulma.
"Umm... Yamcha?! Remember that name? Your boyfriend since 11th grade?"
"Oh, him. When was the last time he called me? I'm done with him." Smiled Bulma.
"Really?" said a shocked ChiChi.
"Yep. In fact, this coming up weekend, I'm going home, and if he show up here, tell him you don't know where I am."
"Ok." Said ChiChi hesitantly. "So, is there someone you have your eye on now?"
"Umm... kind of, I guess." Bulma smiled and winked at ChiChi.