Chapter 3

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She stood there, concentrating a ki blast at a nearby oak tree. It had been months since she since she had made that wish. She was different. No longer the pure-hearted devoted mother and housewife, but a ruthless, solitary saiyan. Her ki had risen far beyond that of a human and the female was proud of this, proud that she could kill someone with the touch of a finger.

The day was a warm one, the sky clear and there were no clouds in the sky. The lush green trees grew high nearly reaching the heavens. This was a great advantage, a cover-up. No one would know that deep within the growing forest a woman was training day in, day out for only one thing: revenge.

Gohan was out with Piccolo for the day and knew nothing about the wishes. His mother looked somewhat different to him but she told him she got a haircut. Being so naive, he believed her. Chichi had left Goten inside the small Son home for the time being. She thought it would be safer that way and if Goten would happen to cry, her new saiyan hearing would be able to pick it up. "KA...ME...HA...ME...-"

"WAAAAAAAAAA!!!!" It was baby Goten's screams that had cut off Chichi from finishing her kamehameha wave. Fear swept over her body and in an instant Chichi had powered up and flew as quickly as she could to her child. Elsewhere a certain saiyan prince took off in the sky. He had felt that tremendous ki, he was sure of that. It was a strong power, able to penetrate the walls of the 450x gravity of the gravity room. The power had died down just as quickly as it had increased. "I'll find you don't worry. Kakarot and his offspring will not play hero again." With that, Vegeta powered up and flew to the ki swearing under his breath.

It was too late. Chichi had been rocking Goten back and forth to make him stop crying when suddenly she felt a strong ki approaching her house but by that time it was too late. Should she hide? No, she had nothing to fear. 'I'm a strong warrior now. I have nothing to fear.' And so Chichi walked casually outside still holding baby Goten and came face to face with the last person she least expected.

Vegeta looked the stranger over. She was pretty, he had to admit, with a face that said "touch me and die". Her hair, jet black, long and spiky, was up in a ponytail except for two thick strands that stayed at the sides of her face. The female wore a white sleeveless shirt and some orange fighting pants similar to Goku's. But what really got Vegeta's attention was the tail swishing wildly at the stranger's side. "Who the hell are you and what are you doing with Kakarot's offspring?" He was pretty pissed that a female could be so strong and the fact that there was another saiyan didn't help any.

"Why Vegeta don't tell me you don't remember me." Her lips parted into a smirk at the angry flash in Vegeta's eyes.

The stranger's face looked so familiar to Vegeta yet he still didn't know who it was. Suddenly the female narrowed her eyes and looked straight at Vegeta. 'How could he not remember me?' Her eyes gave her away. "Mate of Kakarot?" It hit Vegeta like a ton of bricks. 'It couldn't be her could it? But how, she has a saiyan tail...' "I guess you do have a brain." Her voice broke his thoughts.

"B-but how? I mean you're...you ...tail?" He was confused and angry.

"Oh Vegeta how stupid can you be? *sigh* Well since your here I might as well tell you that I wished myself a saiyan with the dragon balls."

"Eh???? Why the hell would you wish do for that???? This makes no sense. Why would...Checha.... Chuchu... 'What's her name?' why the hell would Kakarot's mate wish for this??!!"

"Look Vegeta, I was just tired of being weak. You should know about weakness but in any case you can't tell anyone about this, got it?"

"What?! Weakness?! And what are you going to do if I tell hmmm?" ' How dare she speak to me, her prince, like that?!' In an instant Vegeta was pinned to the wall of the Son house, Chichi facing him, both hands on his shoulders. "If you tell anyone about my little secret, I'll hunt you down and tear your body limb from limb. I'll watch as you cry in pain. There are worse things that death Vegeta...." Her dark eyes bore into his and showed a glint of loath and disgust. She talked so low that Vegeta could barley hear the venom in her voice. His thoughts flashed back to when he was training in the gravity room, to when he felt that tremendous power. It was stronger than Gohan's and may as well be as strong as Vegeta's. Never in his whole life would the saiyan prince have imagined that this female would have this kind of power, even if she was a saiyan.

"Ack. Tell me why did you wish this, really." The question surprised her. How could she tell him, Vegeta, that she wanted to have revenge on Goku, that she was tired of being left out, tired of being weak? And as all theses thoughts ran through her mind Vegeta finally realized why she had done it. Her mouth had begun to tremble and the grip on his shoulders loosened. Her eyes slowly turned to face the floor. 'The female was depressed and lonely here. Kakarot had died and the half-breed went to the Namek for training. The human was weak. That is why she did it.'

"Fine then, I'll tell no one but under one condition."

Chichi slowly turned her face up to look at Vegeta with the usual scowl on her face. "What is it?"

"You must become my sparring partner."