"Close But No Cigar"

Well, I thought I would get on with the story, since I left you at a cliffhanger in my last chapter. I believe I stopped when you were first introduced to the mysterious girl who wants to 'expose' Vegeta. What does she want to expose about him? Well, get reading and I might just tell you.

Chapter 3: Truth

Goku sat eating as though it was the first time he'd seen food in months. Although Bulma lived with 3 saiyans, she still could not believe how much food they could eat. She looked over at Trunks, and was shocked to see that he hadn't touched a thing on his plate. Bulma was wondering if it had anything to do with yesterday's argument with his father over Bra's punishments, when Trunks suddenly jumped up and started looking wildly around.

"Trunks, what on earth is the matter with you?" Bulma asked stunned.

"I know someone's watching us, I can feel it." Trunks looked over at his mother who was looking shocked. "I know you can feel it dad."

"Sit down boy, it's probably just you being paranoid." Vegeta said calmly. He looked over at his son and gave him a reassuring wink. He knew their was someone watching them but he didn't want to alarm Bulma, who sat looking apprehensively at the window, as though expecting someone to come flying through it and blast them all to smithereens.

They were all sitting at the large kitchen table of Capsule Corp. Goku was eating breakfast with the Briefs because he and Vegeta had trained deep into the night, and Bulma had offered for him to stay the night with them. Vegeta had been less then pleased with their houseguest. But Bulma had insisted on Goku staying. Trunks and Vegeta were still hurt by their previous conversation, mostly Vegeta because he hadn't known that Trunks felt that he loved Bra more than him. Because Vegeta didn't know what to say to his son, he decided that he would avoid him, and try and not show as much affection with Bra around Trunks. Vegeta decided to break the silence and beckoned his son outside for a conversation with him, or so he told his wife.

"What do you need to talk to me about dad, if it's about yesterday morning, I didn't mean to say what I did. It just all came out, and I didn't mean to hurt you." Trunks admitted.

"Are you joking? I just came out here with you so that we can find whoever is eavesdropping, and make them pay." Vegeta said coldly. He didn't mean to sound like he wasn't upset by Trunks and what he had said, but he just couldn't bring himself to admit his love for his son. He looked at his son, who had a look of deep hurt in his eyes.

"Son, I'm sorry, once we find whoever is getting you so paranoid, you and I can talk about all this, OK?" Vegeta told Trunks.

"Yeah, alright dad." Trunks looked as though that comment had taken a load off. He was feeling terrible about what he had said and he was glad that his dad could swallow his pride long enough to have an intimate conversation with him.

Once they had all that off their chests, Trunks and Vegeta concentrated on finding whoever was out there. It didn't take long for the both of them to find the girl up in the tree; she had an amazing power level.

Trunks and Vegeta silently decided to make a sneak attack, but little did they know that the girl was prepared for this. As soon as they lashed out at her from two different sides, she had jumped out of the tree and landed gracefully on the ground beneath them. Both her attackers were stunned at her quickness, but Vegeta had a plan B. As soon as she had landed he bolted after her and grabbed her arm. The girl struggled to get loose but decided to give up, this man had an extremely tight grip. Vegeta decided that Bulma would probably be upset with him if either he or Trunks destroyed the girl, so he led her over to the building, which enclosed his family and Goku.

As soon as Vegeta, Trunks, and the girl stepped inside, there was a burst of questions. Vegeta cleared his throat loudly to silence the chatter. The girl was the first to speak.

"Unhand me!" She said softly yet still harshly enough to get the message across. Vegeta looked skeptical as he tightened his grip around the girl's arm to show her who made the orders around here.

"Vegeta, she hardly looks menacing." Bulma said looking the girl over closely.

"Never the less, she shouldn't have been spying, and she will pay for her rudeness." Vegeta said mostly to the girl he had in his grasp.

"Well, can she at least have time to tell us who she is?" Goku asked as he too scoped out the mysterious girl before him.

"I guess it wouldn't hurt." Vegeta said as he reluctantly released the girl's arm. "She better hurry though, I haven't had much fun in a while."

The girl looked at the man that had released her and saw him turn his smirk into a wicked grin after saying the last part, strangely enough, she wasn't in the least bit scared.

"My name is Awki." She said simply.

Vegeta looked at her as though it was the first time seeing her in years. He tried as hard as he could to keep his face in a scowl, but her name made him contort his face into a weird alarmed, shocked, and fearful look.

"What did you say your name was?" There was a hint of fear in Vegeta's voice as he asked this.

"Awki." She said, a hint of annoyance in her voice. "I've come from a distant land to inform you of something." Awki looked Vegeta square in the eyes as she said this.

"Well, spit it out." Vegeta said, starting to get impatient with this girl.

"All in good time…father."

*fin

Hehehehehe, I love being an author. Ya' know why? It's because I know something you don't know!!! Oh yeah, know thanks to my reviewers, I had to come up with a name on my on for the mysterious girl, that's why it isn't very original. Pleaz R&R

~S saiyan Vegeta4013