Right. Here we go. 5 weeks left in the school year and I have.90 pages left to type. Oh goodie. Well, better get started. Yadda yadda I own the characters that aren't in DBZ, and I trust you know which ones those are.

{{and if they don't?}}

then they don't deserve to read my story. NEways, let's go!



NO Pain, No Gain

Everyone was sitting dejectedly around Bulma's living room in Capsule Corp. Phoenix and Vegeta were pacing and giving each other dirty looks when they ran into each other. Goku finally broke the silence.

"I don't understand why we don't just beat him up like we did last time."

Vegeta exploded on him.

"Kakarott! How could you be such an idiot? Have you not felt the ki rising? Baka!"

"Well, what are we going to do?" asked Bra timidly. "It's the only thing to do. We've got to stop him at all costs. I mean, as long as either Piccolo or Phoenix is still alive, dying isn't an obstacle.right?"

Everyone looked at her. She fidgeted under their gazes. Goku spoke again.

"I guess she's right. I mean, what else is there to do? Just give her up?"

Vegeta assumed a thoughtful expression.

"Well, we could OW!"

Phoenix punched him in the face.

"You little bakayero! You'll pay for that!" Vegeta launched an attack at phoenix's head. "Ha! Eat this!"

The two Saiya-Jins erupted into a furious brawl. Most of it was too fast for their audience to follow, but KT kept up a happy commentary.

"Vegeta kicked her in the shins, she planted her foot in his-OO! That's GOTTA hurt! He countered with a fist to her temples; she's gonna be feeling that for a few days!" and so on and so forth until Trunks knocked him out.

Carefully the purple-haired teen stepped up to the two fighters and cupped his hands around his mouth.

"KNOCK! IT! OFF!"

"Shee!" Both Vegeta and Phoenix covered their ears.

"What?" Phoenix asked hotly. "He started it!"

"Did not!"

Phoenix crushed his foot.

"KUSO!"

"Stop it, both of you!" Trunks pried them apart. Phoenix smiled sweetly at Vegeta and poked his ear with her tail. He snorted.

"Bra and Goku are right," interrupted Trunks. "We've gotta stop Cell; end of story. Tomorrow we get up early and train, then we go kick his skinny butt. Any questions?"

Goku raised his hand.

"Nani?"

"Do you have anything to eat?"

* * * Vegeta woke everyone up at 4:30 the next morning. Yawn.

"Rise and shine, bakas! Wake up!" He poured water over everyone, except Bulma (she'd pitch a fit) and Phoenix (she'd pitch //him//.)

After a relatively light breakfast, everyone piled outside and began training. Much to everyone's dismay, Phoenix and Vegeta quickly paired up and began a none to careful fistfight.

For eight straight hours, everyone kicked and punched, threw attacks and took them, until more than one person had more than one serious holes in them. Vegeta passed out senzu beans and took a reading on everyone's power. They had all increased noticeably.

After passing around a keg of water, everyone continued training.

* * * Everyone was in pretty bad shape when Vegeta finally called it quits. Trunks was missing several fingers, Goku and Goten both had 3rd and 2nd degree burns all over them, KT was once again bleeding from the head, and Phoenix had seven broken ribs. Vegeta had nearly been scalped and had gotten his tail cut off as he tried to transform into his Oozaro. Phoenix was understandably smug. At the moment she was smacking ants off a table with it, and having way too much fun in doing so.

"Hey, brat, gimme my tail back!"

Phoenix ignored him and sauntered over to her computer, swinging the tail behind her. She sat down and typed in a sentence Vegeta couldn't read. Suddenly he felt a sharp pain at the base of his spine as a new lush tail sprouted.

"AHH! Shee-at that hurts!"

Suddenly the pain stopped, and a new appendage was waving from Vegeta's heiny.

"Here." Phoenix threw the old tail at Vegeta's head. "Bulma might want that."

Vegeta growled but made no move to vent his anger on the young Saiya-Jin. She swaggered passed him and turned into her room, smugly ignoring his annoyed snort.

* * * The next morning dawned cold and cloudy, and the sharp air was laced with the ozone-y scent of rain. Bulma and Chichi were up early preparing a fairly light breakfast for the Z senshi. No one, with the expected exception of Goku, had anything even remotely cheerful to say.

After a mountain of dishes were placed haphazardly in the sink, the Z senshi filed outside to search out their destiny yet again.

However, they didn't need to go far.

Their destiny had just landed in the front yard.

"Hehheh.Cell, Frieza.long time no see, ne?"



Yay! Another one bites the dust! Another chapter I mean. Well. Time is running out. Two weeks left in school and I have 9 chapters to go. Wish me luck!

Next chapter:

*we meet the villains

*we meet King Kai

*we make Vegeta look like an ass ((more so than usual))