***Chapter 5- There's a Surprise!***
(Around Midnight)
"Who's up for another game of monopoly?!" Lilly asked.
Trunks and Sasami moaned as Lilly grinned: they sat over a board game of Monopoly they had just finished.
"We've already played that three times in a row!" Trunks commented.
Lilly looked over to the window where Vegeta had been sitting and just staring out of.
"But Veggie-Head hasn't joined in yet!" Lilly spoke loudly.
"He's too busy moping around in his room," Sasami whispered.
"Hah!" laughed Lilly. "He's lovesick alright! Too damn bad he won't admit it... hell by the time he lets his pride down it'll be too late!"
"What about Tera?" asked Sasami.
"I'm not sure how she feels," Lilly replied. "Right now she's with Phoenix and I haven't asked her about Vegeta...?
"Something is going on between them," added Trunks. "They have some kind of connection; I can see it!"
Just then, Tera opened the door and walked inside, with the biggest smile on her face. She was still dressed up from her date and was purely happy. Lilly turned over to her and crossed her arms.
"Well you've been out late," Lilly said, grinning. "Welcome back! How'd it go?"
"So perfect..." dreamily replied Tera.
'Trunks," Lilly said, "do you mind putting Sasami to bed while I talk to Tera for a bit?"
"Sure," Trunks replied.
Trunks took care of Sasami as Lilly and Tera sat down on the couch. Slyly, Vegeta listened in from around the corner to their conversation.
"So what happened?" asked Lilly.
"We just went out for dinner and then a walk," Tera said, "nothing really that big..."
"Did he kiss you?"
"Course," Tera replied, blushing, "but it was just so perfect..."
Vegeta leaned himself slightly out from the hall to get a better view, but as he did so, he accidentally tripped over the lose rug and fell flat on his face. Tera and Lilly both turned and Lilly started laughing.
"Gee," she teased, "it looks like Vegeta is listening in... how odd for someone who doesn't care for these kinds of things..."
"I was not listening in!" denied Vegeta. "I was just merely walking by!"
"Uh huuuuuuuh," Lilly muttered. "Sure."
Vegeta walked into the living room towards Lilly.
"Do you want me to-?"
Vegeta stopped as his jaw dropped at Tera; she was dressed so beautifully, in a red dress that fit her perfect slender but full figure. Her hair and make up was done so beautifully, he just stared in awe. "Damn she's stunning," he thought as he watched her. "What the hell? What's wrong with me?" He shook his head slightly and looked back to Lilly.
"Oh you have that look in your eyes!" Lilly teased. "Hah, isn't that cute? Oh Tera, you have him under your power-"
"Don't make me blow you up!" interrupted Vegeta as he held a threatening gesture to her.
"Please let's refrain from that!" Tera yelled.
Trunks came back out as Tera had screamed at them.
"Lilly," he said, "I'm pretty tired so I'm just going to head off to bed now."
"Yeah I want to go to bed too," Lilly said.
Lilly glared over at Vegeta with a cunning look as if "I know something and I will use it as blackmail". Both of them headed off to their room as Tera said goodnight and went to hers, with Vegeta following; he thought long and hard about what so say.
"How did your date go?" he asked after a while.
"It went well," Tera replied softly, sitting down on her bed.
Vegeta just watched her moments and emotions.
"Do you love him?" he asked, studying her reaction carefully.
"It really isn't any of your business if I love him or not," she replied, turning away from him and taking off her high heeled shoes.
"Well I was just wondering since you talk of love so often," he tried to coax it out of her, sitting next to her on the bed.
"I haven't really been with him that long to be in love with him," replied Tera. "I'm not sure if he's the type I'm looking for."
"What are you looking for?" he asked, looking over at her.
Vegeta's stare made her feel uncomfortable. Following his look, she turned her head downwards and stared at the floor not saying anything; for some reason, she just couldn't talk to him about it...
"Too personal?" he asked.
"...in a way," Tera replied, still looking down.
Vegeta watched her; he got the feeling she didn't want to talk. But after a while:
"Actually," Tera started, "I-I'm looking for a strong man, someone tough, but at the same time they have a soft spot somewhere on the inside; someone who cold make me laugh."
"Why am I listening to this?" Vegeta thought. "Hell, why am I caring about her? I've never been so nice to anyone..."
"Oh well," breathed Tera. "Life isn't a fairy tale."
"That would be kinda scary," Vegeta said, "all of those fuzzy woodland creatures dancing around and singing..."
Tera started laughing, bringing a smile across Vegeta's face. Tera stopped and noticed.
"That's the first time I've really seen you smile," said Tera. "It looks really nice..."
"That rarely happens," Vegeta said, turning away.
"You look so much better when you smile."
Vegeta turned and just stared at her.
"Are you kidding?!" he asked.
Tera smiled at him
"Not at all," she replied.
Vegeta just watched her starring at him until out of nowhere she started stretching his face.
"HEY!" he yelled as she messed around with his face.
"Lighten up!" laughed Tera.
"When pigs fly..."
"No really c'mon!"
"I think I'll pass," said Vegeta, heading towards the door.
"Fine then!" Tera said, throwing a shoe at him jokingly.
Vegeta left with a small smile on his face.
"At least he isn't being a total asshole like usual," Tera muttered to herself.
***
Taking deep breaths, he concentrated on his power; he had gotten weaker from the last time he had tried to train himself. He started powering up, slowly at first but he was increasing the intensity of his power. Looking at his surroundings, he saw that this barren environment was the perfect place to not have to worry about Lilly screaming at him for killing people during his training.
Hardening up his muscles, he raised his power even more. His power was increasing slightly, but it wasn't good enough for him. Damn, he thought, too bad Trunks is busy today or else I would've asked him to spar with me. He concentrated on a pile of rocks and made them explode. Then, he sensed something from behind him. As he turned around, his jaw dropped slightly as he saw Tera floating there with him.
"W-what are you doing here?" Vegeta asked, slightly powering down.
"I heard you were training..." answered Tera. "So I came to help."
"You?!" Vegeta said, shocked. "How could you help?"
"You aren't the only one who can power up," she replied, beginning to power up.
Vegeta watched with his jaw dropped; some woman could have powers just like me? He sensed her powers as they rose up, getting stronger and stronger by the second. Amazing- she had a close power level to his... very close.
"How...?" Vegeta asked, breathless. "H-how did you get such a power level?"
"Training," replied Tera, with a certain confidence Vegeta never saw in her before.
"You fight a lot?" he asked.
"I used to everyday," Tera replied. "When I got a real job I stopped and only did it on my free time because I was too busy."
Vegeta grinned; he never knew she could fight.
"You wanna brawl?" he asked, grinning, certain he was going to win.
"Why not? Tera replied.
Immediately after her last few words, they had begun to fight. Tera matched up to Vegeta's speed and he was most simply surprised by it. They punched, kicked, and elbowed each other fast, blocking each others blocks as they did so. They flew around, trying various attacks on one another, blocking them. Damn, Vegeta thought, she's pretty damn fast for a human. Finally, after a while of fighting, Tera finally gave Vegeta a strong uppercut. He jumped back and stared at her, stunned.
"You HIT me?" he gasped.
"Yeah," Tera replied, "what's it to ya?"
Vegeta growled at her and started fighting again; this time, she elbowed his back hard, knocking him forward until he got back in control. He just glared at her.
"I'm purposely letting you hit me you know," Vegeta yelled with rage.
"Sure," Tera yawned.
Growling, Vegeta flew towards her at full force. Yet again, they released a hard driven energy. Vegeta fought with all of his might and swore to beat her. Then, to end the fight, Tera kneed him hard in the stomach. Vegeta grasped his stomach and coughed and just gave her a cold stare.
"You... beat me?" he growled, still with his cold glare.
"I really guess so," she replied, floating to the ground.
Vegeta growled at her; how could he have let a woman beat him? Ugh, what an idiot. He floated back down to the ground and just watched Tera.
"Where did you learn how to move so fast?" he asked.
"It's just a natural thing I've been able to do," she replied. "I've never really learned it from anywhere..."
She couldn't be human, Vegeta thought; not with that speed.
"So," Tera said, breaking a small awkward silence. "Shall we go back to the house?"
"Sure," he agreed.
There is something more to this than what it seems, Vegeta thought as they headed back. I've never met a woman with a power level such as that before. Maybe, just maybe, this one is- nah I've got to be kidding myself....
"Who's up for another game of monopoly?!" Lilly asked.
Trunks and Sasami moaned as Lilly grinned: they sat over a board game of Monopoly they had just finished.
"We've already played that three times in a row!" Trunks commented.
Lilly looked over to the window where Vegeta had been sitting and just staring out of.
"But Veggie-Head hasn't joined in yet!" Lilly spoke loudly.
"He's too busy moping around in his room," Sasami whispered.
"Hah!" laughed Lilly. "He's lovesick alright! Too damn bad he won't admit it... hell by the time he lets his pride down it'll be too late!"
"What about Tera?" asked Sasami.
"I'm not sure how she feels," Lilly replied. "Right now she's with Phoenix and I haven't asked her about Vegeta...?
"Something is going on between them," added Trunks. "They have some kind of connection; I can see it!"
Just then, Tera opened the door and walked inside, with the biggest smile on her face. She was still dressed up from her date and was purely happy. Lilly turned over to her and crossed her arms.
"Well you've been out late," Lilly said, grinning. "Welcome back! How'd it go?"
"So perfect..." dreamily replied Tera.
'Trunks," Lilly said, "do you mind putting Sasami to bed while I talk to Tera for a bit?"
"Sure," Trunks replied.
Trunks took care of Sasami as Lilly and Tera sat down on the couch. Slyly, Vegeta listened in from around the corner to their conversation.
"So what happened?" asked Lilly.
"We just went out for dinner and then a walk," Tera said, "nothing really that big..."
"Did he kiss you?"
"Course," Tera replied, blushing, "but it was just so perfect..."
Vegeta leaned himself slightly out from the hall to get a better view, but as he did so, he accidentally tripped over the lose rug and fell flat on his face. Tera and Lilly both turned and Lilly started laughing.
"Gee," she teased, "it looks like Vegeta is listening in... how odd for someone who doesn't care for these kinds of things..."
"I was not listening in!" denied Vegeta. "I was just merely walking by!"
"Uh huuuuuuuh," Lilly muttered. "Sure."
Vegeta walked into the living room towards Lilly.
"Do you want me to-?"
Vegeta stopped as his jaw dropped at Tera; she was dressed so beautifully, in a red dress that fit her perfect slender but full figure. Her hair and make up was done so beautifully, he just stared in awe. "Damn she's stunning," he thought as he watched her. "What the hell? What's wrong with me?" He shook his head slightly and looked back to Lilly.
"Oh you have that look in your eyes!" Lilly teased. "Hah, isn't that cute? Oh Tera, you have him under your power-"
"Don't make me blow you up!" interrupted Vegeta as he held a threatening gesture to her.
"Please let's refrain from that!" Tera yelled.
Trunks came back out as Tera had screamed at them.
"Lilly," he said, "I'm pretty tired so I'm just going to head off to bed now."
"Yeah I want to go to bed too," Lilly said.
Lilly glared over at Vegeta with a cunning look as if "I know something and I will use it as blackmail". Both of them headed off to their room as Tera said goodnight and went to hers, with Vegeta following; he thought long and hard about what so say.
"How did your date go?" he asked after a while.
"It went well," Tera replied softly, sitting down on her bed.
Vegeta just watched her moments and emotions.
"Do you love him?" he asked, studying her reaction carefully.
"It really isn't any of your business if I love him or not," she replied, turning away from him and taking off her high heeled shoes.
"Well I was just wondering since you talk of love so often," he tried to coax it out of her, sitting next to her on the bed.
"I haven't really been with him that long to be in love with him," replied Tera. "I'm not sure if he's the type I'm looking for."
"What are you looking for?" he asked, looking over at her.
Vegeta's stare made her feel uncomfortable. Following his look, she turned her head downwards and stared at the floor not saying anything; for some reason, she just couldn't talk to him about it...
"Too personal?" he asked.
"...in a way," Tera replied, still looking down.
Vegeta watched her; he got the feeling she didn't want to talk. But after a while:
"Actually," Tera started, "I-I'm looking for a strong man, someone tough, but at the same time they have a soft spot somewhere on the inside; someone who cold make me laugh."
"Why am I listening to this?" Vegeta thought. "Hell, why am I caring about her? I've never been so nice to anyone..."
"Oh well," breathed Tera. "Life isn't a fairy tale."
"That would be kinda scary," Vegeta said, "all of those fuzzy woodland creatures dancing around and singing..."
Tera started laughing, bringing a smile across Vegeta's face. Tera stopped and noticed.
"That's the first time I've really seen you smile," said Tera. "It looks really nice..."
"That rarely happens," Vegeta said, turning away.
"You look so much better when you smile."
Vegeta turned and just stared at her.
"Are you kidding?!" he asked.
Tera smiled at him
"Not at all," she replied.
Vegeta just watched her starring at him until out of nowhere she started stretching his face.
"HEY!" he yelled as she messed around with his face.
"Lighten up!" laughed Tera.
"When pigs fly..."
"No really c'mon!"
"I think I'll pass," said Vegeta, heading towards the door.
"Fine then!" Tera said, throwing a shoe at him jokingly.
Vegeta left with a small smile on his face.
"At least he isn't being a total asshole like usual," Tera muttered to herself.
***
Taking deep breaths, he concentrated on his power; he had gotten weaker from the last time he had tried to train himself. He started powering up, slowly at first but he was increasing the intensity of his power. Looking at his surroundings, he saw that this barren environment was the perfect place to not have to worry about Lilly screaming at him for killing people during his training.
Hardening up his muscles, he raised his power even more. His power was increasing slightly, but it wasn't good enough for him. Damn, he thought, too bad Trunks is busy today or else I would've asked him to spar with me. He concentrated on a pile of rocks and made them explode. Then, he sensed something from behind him. As he turned around, his jaw dropped slightly as he saw Tera floating there with him.
"W-what are you doing here?" Vegeta asked, slightly powering down.
"I heard you were training..." answered Tera. "So I came to help."
"You?!" Vegeta said, shocked. "How could you help?"
"You aren't the only one who can power up," she replied, beginning to power up.
Vegeta watched with his jaw dropped; some woman could have powers just like me? He sensed her powers as they rose up, getting stronger and stronger by the second. Amazing- she had a close power level to his... very close.
"How...?" Vegeta asked, breathless. "H-how did you get such a power level?"
"Training," replied Tera, with a certain confidence Vegeta never saw in her before.
"You fight a lot?" he asked.
"I used to everyday," Tera replied. "When I got a real job I stopped and only did it on my free time because I was too busy."
Vegeta grinned; he never knew she could fight.
"You wanna brawl?" he asked, grinning, certain he was going to win.
"Why not? Tera replied.
Immediately after her last few words, they had begun to fight. Tera matched up to Vegeta's speed and he was most simply surprised by it. They punched, kicked, and elbowed each other fast, blocking each others blocks as they did so. They flew around, trying various attacks on one another, blocking them. Damn, Vegeta thought, she's pretty damn fast for a human. Finally, after a while of fighting, Tera finally gave Vegeta a strong uppercut. He jumped back and stared at her, stunned.
"You HIT me?" he gasped.
"Yeah," Tera replied, "what's it to ya?"
Vegeta growled at her and started fighting again; this time, she elbowed his back hard, knocking him forward until he got back in control. He just glared at her.
"I'm purposely letting you hit me you know," Vegeta yelled with rage.
"Sure," Tera yawned.
Growling, Vegeta flew towards her at full force. Yet again, they released a hard driven energy. Vegeta fought with all of his might and swore to beat her. Then, to end the fight, Tera kneed him hard in the stomach. Vegeta grasped his stomach and coughed and just gave her a cold stare.
"You... beat me?" he growled, still with his cold glare.
"I really guess so," she replied, floating to the ground.
Vegeta growled at her; how could he have let a woman beat him? Ugh, what an idiot. He floated back down to the ground and just watched Tera.
"Where did you learn how to move so fast?" he asked.
"It's just a natural thing I've been able to do," she replied. "I've never really learned it from anywhere..."
She couldn't be human, Vegeta thought; not with that speed.
"So," Tera said, breaking a small awkward silence. "Shall we go back to the house?"
"Sure," he agreed.
There is something more to this than what it seems, Vegeta thought as they headed back. I've never met a woman with a power level such as that before. Maybe, just maybe, this one is- nah I've got to be kidding myself....