PART 5 Confessions



"Sasami!" Aeka said as her sister came back from her dimension.

"How are you?" she asked. Sasami was blushing and so was Gohan,

the one she had went with.

"Nothing important!" said Sasami.

"Yeah!" said Gohan. Aeka giggled. It was a sign that she had a

clue of what happened. Then, Ryoko and Tenchi came out. Ryoko was

also blushing but Tenchi looked very annoyed.

"We went to sake city..." Tenchi explained.

"I guessed so." Aeka said with a big sigh.

"I'm so glad you agreed to this." said Yamacha. He and Aeka were

on a date. Aeka didn't say one word. Not even through the whole time.

Finally, Yamacha had enough.

"Why are you so darn quiet?!" he asked. Aeka looked at him with

teary eyes. A drop of water went down her cheek. Yamacha wiped it

away.

"I-I'm sorry." he said. Aeka touched his hand.

"I know..." she said. Yamacha held her close. He stroked her hair.

Aeka cried quietly on Yamacha's clothes. Then he realized why she

was crying. It was the same thing with Bulma. But how could he let

go of Aeka? She was too special. If he let her go, she might not come

back...but he had to risk it for her.

"You don't care for me, don't you?" Yamacha said. Aeka jerked away

from him.

"What do you..."

"You love him."

"I..."

"Go to him."

"Yamacha..."

"I know you love him. No matter how stubborn he is."

Aeka was speechless. Yamacha held her shoulders and gave her a kiss

on her head. Aeka looked at him, still with teary eyes but she was

smiling. She repaid him back by kissing him...on the lips. Then she

stood up and walked away, leaving Yamacha stunned.

Aeka ran to find Vegeta. She knew for certain she loved him. She

wanted to know if he loved her back, even if it broke her heart. She

found him in the training capsule (of course). She knocked desperately

at the door.

"Vegeta! I want to talk to you!" she yelled. After a while, she

peeked into the windows and saw that he was to soaked up in his

training. She knocked and knocked until Vegeta opened the door.

"What do you want?!" he asked.

"Do you love me?" Aeka asked. Vegeta paused.

"I...why in the world are you asking me such stupid questions?"

"Because now I know I truly love you. I don't care if you don't

like me or not. Just answer my question..."

"Of course I don't!!!" Vegeta hollered in her face. Aeka suddenly

realized what she was doing and stepped back. She was blushing

furiously and ran away.

"Stupid woman..." Vegeta said to himself. As he walked back to the

training capsule, thoughts filled his mind.

[Why would I, Prince of Vegeta, care about anyone as worthless as

her?] he wondered. [But I can't help it...]

"I'm such a fool!" Aeka scolded herself. "What was I thinking? What

possesed me to do such a thing?" She was crying in her dark room.

She sat up and looked down at her tear-stained pillow. She had the

urge of going back to Jurai or anywhere where Vegeta couldn't reach

her. She had an idea. Maybe the trees in the garden could communicate

with Jurai. She ran as fast as she could to the garden and asked the

strongest tree if it was possible to contact her home. It was and

Aeka asked it to send a message to send a ship to take her back. She

waited patiently.

In a matter of days, a ship with Lady Funaho and Lady Misaki came.

Everyone except Vegeta came out to greet them.

"We will take the girls back to Jurai." said Funaho.

"Why so soon?" asked Dr. Briefs.

"Aeka has her reasons, although I do not know what they are exactly."

"Mom, I don't want to go!" protested Sasami. "I like it here!"

"I'm sorry, Sasami but if Aeka has to go, you must too." said

Misaki. Tears filled Sasami's eyes. Misaki hugged her daughter.

"I didn't even say goodbye to Tenchi and Ryo-Ohki. And I'll miss

Gohan. He's my friend. I won't see baby Trunks take his first step

or talk." said Sasami. Misaki tried to confort her but more tears

came.

"I know, dear."

Aeka was also sad to leave Earth. But she kept the tears inside. If

Vegeta decided to see her, she didn't want him to look into a crybaby's

eyes. She knew Vegeta wouldn't care so she made her way to the

training capsule but he wasn't there. She waited and waited until

Funaho and Misaki called her. She asked to stay one more day. After

a bit of discussion, her wish was granted as long as Funaho and

Misaki stayed with them.

The next morning, Aeka was sipping tea with Funaho. Gohan had come

to spend the last moments with Sasami.

"Sasami is quite fond of Gohan." said Funaho.

"It seems that they like each other a lot." replied Aeka.

"Just like puppy love."

"Yes. Very much."

"I was wondering...if Prince Vegeta is a reason you want to leave."

"Um...no, not at all."

"I know Saiyajins can be stubborn and heartless sometimes but they

DO have feelings. Do you think Vegeta was just delivered by a bird?

I think you should give him a chance."

"I already did..." Aeka whispered, not knowing Funaho could hear.

Funaho stared at her. What did she mean?

Aeka waited by the training capsule for Vegeta. She knew that he

would come sometime. And finally, he did. He turned away when he saw

Aeka.

"Lord Vegeta," Aeka said, standing up and bowing.

"What do YOU want?" Vegeta asked.

"I want to talk." Aeka said, taking a step forward.

"About what?"

Aeka went nearer to Vegeta and did the most unexpected thing. She

raised her lips to his and kissed him. It was a soft kiss but then,

seconds later, Vegeta's arms were wrapped around Aeka's body and their

tongues danced in each other's throaths. Vegeta could taste the

sweetness from Aeka's mouth. Aeka finally got what she wanted but she

knew it was completely wrong and not meant to be. She tried pushing

back Vegeta's strong chest but his hold on her was to tough. She

couldn't push him away but she could break the kiss. She pulled her

head away from his so that their lips didn't touch. Vegeta opened

his eyes and let go. He looked at Aeka and flew away.

Vegeta touched his lips. They were still warm from the kiss a while

ago.

[I can't believe that happened! I'm getting weak!] he thought.

[She'll ruin my life if I let her do that to me again.]

Aeka touched her lips. They were still warm from the kiss a while

ago. She herself could not believe what had happened. His lips were

rough but it expressed everything in soft way. She had never kissed

anyone before. Not even while she was learning of a married life in

her planer, Jurai. She was required to learn them becuase she was

the heir to the throne and should have a good husband and fine

children. The sensation of that one kiss with Vegeta was better than

anything she ever felt before. But she left Earth, leaving her one

true joy behind her.