Bra's jaw dropped.
"What?!" she gasped.
"Who are you?" Tiko's voice was still talking to the man at the door.
"Quit your playing! Do you know how boring you are?" the voice replied. "Whose house is this, anyway?"
"H - hey!"

Vegeta's throat tightened when the man entered the kitchen. King Kold. Just as Vegeta had thought. Kold looked at the three of them. Bulma and Bra stared at him in disbelief. Who was he?!
"You've been living with humans?" Kold didn't seem impressed. He looked at Vegeta, and smirked.
"Oh, a saiyan has been hiding you away." he knelt down and stared into Vegeta's eyes.
"Who are you, saiyan? How'd you get to Earth?" he frowned. "Come to think of it, you look a little like that saiyan prince. What's his name..." Kold paused for a moment. "Oh, that's right. Vegeta." he gave Vegeta a curious look. "You're not related, are you? I thought that brat was an only child... but I guess he has an older brother, hm?"
"What are you talking about?!" Vegeta demanded. "Do you mean King Vegeta?"
"No, prince." Kold replied. He looked at Vegeta. "What're YOU talking about? What do you know about the saiyans?"
"Is this a sick joke?!" Vegeta growled. "Do I have to tell you? You know that King Vegeta - my father - was murdered by your son over thirty years ago! And my planet was destroyed!"
"Huh?!" Kold almost fell over. "What're - - are you crazy or something? The saiyan king isn't called Vegeta, his son is. The saiyans live on Planet Plant with the tuffles."

"Vegeta, didn't all that happen before you were born?" Bulma asked.
"Vegeta?" Kold looked at the saiyan. "You're called Vegeta, too?"
"Uh..." Tiko looked at Kold. "I know this is gonna sound dumb because you obviously know me, but... who are you?"
"What?!" Kold's jaw dropped. "Are you kidding?!"
"Um... no." Tiko said.
"What's wrong with you, boy?!" Kold snapped. "I'm your father, you big idiot!! Geez, I knew you were stupid but I didn't think you were dumb!!"
"My father?!" Tiko gasped. "Then... who am I?"
"What?!" Kold rolled his eyes. "Baka. What, do you have amnesia or something? You're Prince Frieza."
"No way!" Tiko shook his head. "I can't be Frieza!!"
"What do you mean? Of course you are!" Kold argued.

Vegeta looked at Bra, with a told - you - so smirk on his face. Bra glared back, and looked at Kold.
"Are you sure?" she asked, hoping he'd say no.
"Of course I'm sure!!" Kold growled. "Who are you three, anyway?!"
"I'm prince Vegeta - son of the man you think is the prince of saiyans." Vegeta indicated Bulma and Bra. "And this is my wife and daughter." he looked at Kold. "Just how old is "Prince Vegeta" ?" he asked.
"Same age as him," Kold waved towards Tiko. "Twenty five."
"Twenty - just where do you come from?" Bulma asked.
"What's with all the questions?" Kold replied. He shook his head. "I don't have time for this." he looked at Tiko. "Come on, boy! Get home right now! What did you run away for anyway?! Did you really think I wouldn't find you?!"
"What?" Tiko stared at him blankly.
"Quit playing dumb with me! I know you came here to escape from me, Frieza! After all I've done for you, you think you can just walk away?! What, do you think you could actually make something of yourself? Ha!" Kold laughed. "Oh, come on! You're so weak, if you tried to do anything now you'd get killed!"

"Hey, aren't you being a little hard on him?!" Bra scolded.
"I need to be hard, how else is he gonna learn?" Kold replied.
"Hang on!" Vegeta shook his head. "If you're from the past, how did you get here?!"
"The past?" Kold looked at him blankly.

At that moment, a small catfish - like creature came running into the room.
"K - Kold - sama...." it panted. Kold looked at... him?
"Meo, what took you so long?" he asked.
"You're much faster that me, sir." Meo replied.
"Well, it doesn't matter right now anyway," Kold said. "Just what time zone have we entered? I thought Earth was only a few hours from my planet?"
"It is, sir." Meo told him.
"But, these people are talking about things that haven't happened in our time yet. They claim I'm from the past." Kold argued.
"But - oh, crap!" Meo exclaimed. "Dammit, dammit, dammit, I knew I'd forgotten something!"
"What?" Kold demanded.
"That time portal... I thought I'd removed it! I guess I forgot. We must've gone through it on our way over here..." Meo explained.
"Time portal?!" Kold gasped. "Just how far into the future has it taken us?!"
"Let's see..." Meo mumbled. "... About... fifty, sixty years. Sixty five, maybe. I'll have to check later."
"WHAT?!?!" Kold roared. "Sixty five years?!?!"
"D - don't worry, sir!" Meo trembled with fear. "If we just go through it again on our way home, it'll take us back to our normal time." he promised. "But, uh, we'll have to be quick. If we don't get out of this time zone in time, we'll be trapped here."

Kold looked at him.
"How much longer do we have?!" he demanded.
"Let's see..." Meo tapped his (hoof) on the floor as he pondered. "... Um... about six hours - but it'll take us five hours to get to it from here."
"That's enough time." Kold shrugged. He looked at Tiko.
"Come on, boy! We're leaving!"
"Huh?!" Bra gasped.
"But - I can't! I mean, I don't even know you!" Tiko protested.
"Of course you do! I'm your father!" Kold growled.
"I don't remember." Tiko replied.
"You little -" Kold looked around the room at the others. He glared at Tiko.
"Come with me. We need to talk!" he stormed out of the room, expecting Tiko to follow him. Meo scurried along after him.

Vegeta shook his head, and glared at Tiko.
"Go on, then! Go home, you've caused enough trouble as it is!" he growled.
"Dad, shut up!!" Bra shouted. Vegeta flinched. Bra ran over to Tiko.
"Please tell me you're not going!"
"Is this guy really my father?" Tiko asked.
"Yes." Vegeta told him.
"It doesn't matter, right? You're going to stay here, right?" Bra looked at Tiko. He just stared back.
"Bra..." what was he meant to say?
"Right...?" Bra stared into his eyes, close to tears. "Please... you're gonna stay, aren't you?"
"...I'll talk with him." Tiko said.
"Then you'll come back?"
"Of course I'll come back!" Tiko promised.
"You won't just come back to say goodbye, will you?" Bra asked. She knew how desperate she sounded, and she'd surprised herself. She didn't want him to go. No, really, she didn't. Wow... that was so weird. But... that wasn't the most important thing right now.
"Listen, I'll go talk to him, and then I'll come back. And if I'm not back in time for Surferday, don't wait up, okay? I'll meet you there." Tiko told her.
"Okay." Bra nodded. "But you'll stay here, right?"
"Bra, I'm not from this world... doesn't that bother you? In my world, you're not even born yet, are you?"
"That's just what Kold said." Bra shrugged. "Anyway, it doesn't bother me." she looked at him.

"Does... it bother you?"
"... No. Not really." Tiko admitted.
"Please don't go with him." Bra begged.
"...."
"Tiko...?" "We agreed that I'd just stay until I found my family, right...?" Tiko replied.
"But -"
"I don't know yet. But I'll see you later anyway. Bye for now, okay?"
"... Okay." Bra mumbled. Tiko kissed her, and left the room.

Bra stayed silent for a moment, and then turned around. She looked at her parents. They were both watching her.
"... What do you think he'll do?" she asked, trying to stay calm.
"..... I don't know..." Bulma mumbled.
"..." Vegeta just looked at the ground. Bra took a step towards him.
"Say something, dad...?" she pleaded.
"..." Vegeta couldn't think of anything to say. There were things he could and wanted to say, but none of them would help. They'd probably just make Bra mad or upset. Damn.

~~~ Tiko sat beside Kold nervously.
"Don't you remember anything?" Kold asked.
"No." Tiko shook his head. "Not a thing."
"Not even all your training?!" Kold seemed a little panicked.
"Training?" Tiko looked at him.
"All those years I spent trying to make you become a warrior!" Kold protested. "All that training to make you strong. To rid you of your clumsiness. To get rid of the pathetic soft - hearted nature your mother's influence gave you. Have you forgotten it all?!" he looked at Tiko. "Son, please tell me you haven't gone back to that weak, soft klutz I tried so hard to get rid of?"
"Uh..." klutz? Yes. Tiko knew it. But soft - hearted... well, did he really hate anyone? He didn't even hate Vegeta, nor did he hate Bulma. Actually, Bra's parents were kinda cool. And Bra... she was just great.
"... I guess so." Tiko mumbled.
"But how?!" Kold demanded. He glared at Meo.
"Is this because of that stupid portal?!"
"Well... time portals have been known to erase the memory of those weaker than they are..." Meo replied. Oh crap. He was so dead!
"For how long?!" Kold growled.
"Um... well... judging by the strength of the portal compared to Frieza.... er.... forever..."
"WHAT?!?!" Kold exploded.

He grabbed Meo in his huge hands, and held him to his face, staring into the creature's eyes.
"YOU IDIOT!! WEREN'T YOUR STUPID RACE SUPPOSED TO GET RID OF THESE PORTALS?!?!" he roared.
"S - sir, there's no point in getting angry..." Meo whimpered.
"YOU -"
"Wait!" Tiko cried. "Hey, it's not his fault -"
"Of course it's his fault!!" Kold argued. "He was supposed to get rid of that thing!!"
"Well everyone can make a mistake..." Tiko reasoned. He could feel the fear building up in his. This Kold guy was dangerous... what was he gonna do?
"A mistake?!" Kold growled.
"Come on, just let him go...?" Tiko pleaded.
"... Fine, then." Kold dropped Meo, who landed hard on the ground.

He sighed, and shook his head, trying to calm himself down.
"I guess I could always re - train you...." he mumbled. Kold glared down at Meo.
"You're lucky I didn't kill you. Do anything else to annoy me and you won't be so lucky. Understand?"
"Y - yessir. Thank you." Meo nodded appreciatively.
"And I suppose you can't help it if he..." Kold clearly meant Tiko. "Isn't strong enough to pass through one little portal without having his memory erased."
"..." Tiko looked at the ground. Man, this guy was harsh. No wonder he'd tried to run away. But... Kold was had father... he'd be better off with him, right? Right...? ..... Wrong.

Kold looked at Tiko.
"Well? Shall we go? Your training must start straight away." he said.
".... I can't." Tiko replied.
"What?" Kold frowned in confusion. "What do you mean? Of course you can!"
"No. I can't." Tiko shook his head.
"Well why not?" Kold asked.
"Because I'm in love with Bra. And she's my girlfriend." Tiko told him.
"Don't do this..." Meo muttered to him. "You'll just make him mad."
"I don't care." Tiko shrugged.
"Wait a minute, let me just double check," Kold said. He looked at Tiko. "You love a human?"
"No. She's a demi - saiyan." Tiko replied.
"That's even worse!" Kold protested. "Frieza, what's the matter with you? We need you! If case you haven't noticed, you're from the past! If you don't come home, you'll mess up Bra's world! It'll all be different!"
"Actually sir, as long as Frieza never comes back, and if I'm not mistaken, we could create a substitute for him. To ensure that his absence effects nothing in the fu -" Meo stopped when he noticed Kold glaring at him. "Er.... forget that."

"Then do that." Tiko said. "I don't wanna go back with you."
"But you have to!!" Kold exclaimed. "You're Prince Frieza!! Prince of the changelings!!"
".... No." Tiko shook his head. He smiled. "I'm not Prince Frieza, and I'm not your son. I'm Tiko. I'm not the prince of anything. I'm just a normal guy. I live with my girlfriend, near the beach. I work in a shop, and I'm late for Surferday. So excuse me." with that, he ran off.
"Come back!!" Kold shouted after him.
"I'm sorry, but I don't want to be Frieza! I'm better off being Tiko!" Tiko called to him.
"You -"
"Sir," Meo began.
"What now?!" Kold demanded.
"We need to leave now, if we're going to get to the portal in time." Meo said.
"Grr.... fine! It's his loss!" Kold snapped. He flew off. Meo followed.

~~~

Bra looked around. Where was he...? All of the surfers had lined up now. They'd be starting soon.
"Where's Tiko?" Bulma thought aloud.
"I can guess..." Vegeta mumbled.
"Be quiet! He'll be here!"
"Yeah, right."

~~~

Meanwhile, Tiko ran up to his room. He quickly scanned the room for his board; found it; and picked it up. He bolted downstairs, jumping over the last three steps. He ran through the door, his tail slamming it shut behind him. He was running so fast he hardly saw where he was going. He knew when to turn, and that was all he was going on. Not stopping to think.

~~~

"One!" Bra could hear the starter. Tiko...
"Two!" where was he?!
"Aww, your boyfriend ditched you?" Cassadi smirked. "Too bad, I guess we'll win this year, too."
"Shut up! He'll be here!" Bra snapped. Cassadi just laughed. Bra looked away.
"Come on, Tiko... please..."

"I knew he'd let her down." Vegeta said, watching the surfers.
"Maybe he's just late..." Bulma hoped.
"Face it, he's not coming." Vegeta replied. "What changeling would give up power for anything containing saiyan blood?"
"Hi guys, can't talk now, wish us look, okay?!" what was almost a blur shot past them. Bulma and Vegeta stared after it. Tiko. He was running as fast as he could towards the surfers.
"That changeling." Bulma smirked.
".... Hmph!" Vegeta turned away. "Kold probably rejected him."
"Just admit it, Tiko came because he cares about Bra." Bulma said.
"No way!"

"Three!" Bra gasped. The surfer leapt onto the water. Bra did the same, and tried her best to concentrate. She had to win this! But... Tiko... she couldn't. She just couldn't do her best. The other surfers were getting ahead of her. Where was he? Had he gone? Please, no...
"Hey Bra!" that voice! Bra turned her head. Her face lit up when she saw him.
"Tiko!!" she exclaimed.
"Come on, we're falling behind!" Tiko smiled.
"Right!" Bra leaned over, and went faster. The two of them surfer so fast and so well they were soon ahead of the others. Everyone else fell behind. Everyone except Cassadi and her gang.

Tiko and Bra glanced at each other, and looked at Cassadi, Felicity and Peter. They went faster, taking on every wave they saw. Tiko looked ahead. He could see Shark Rock. Almost there. He went faster. All five of them did. Surfing up waves and over them. Faster... faster...
"Whoa!" Tiko almost lost his balance as the strong currents near Shark Rock tried to pull and push him over. He tensed up, forcing his board to be controlled. The waves pushed all of them around, but they weren't about to give up now. Tiko reached it first, very closely followed by Bra and Cassadi, then Peter and Felicity. He touched it, and pushed against the rock, sending him back the way he came. The others followed.

There were a few of the other surfers coming towards them. A couple fell off their boards when they reached the currents.
Tiko heard a wave coming closer to him, from behind. The others head it, too. They leaned forwards, and surfed faster. Peter wasn't fast enough, though. He'd injured himself near Shark Rock, and now Tiko heard him cry out as the wave took him.
"Peter!" Felicity cried.
"I'm okay!" Peter called, spitting out water. "Carry on! You gotta win!"
"No chance..." Bra mumbled. She looked at Tiko. The look he gave back to her told her that he was thinking the same thing. The wave fell further and further behind. Peter got back on his board and went after them. Not quick enough, though. It was just Bra, Tiko, Felicity and Cassadi. Two on two.
Tiko and Bra went faster. They surfed up a wave that they'd been quickly gaining on. It carried them for a while, and started to get smaller. Tiko jumped off, followed by Bra. Faster... faster. They were almost going as fast as they possibly could. As were Cassadi and Felicity. But... too bad Felicity wasn't as fast as the others. She even seemed to be doing her very best.

Cassadi looked ahead, so did they. They could see the beach. Just a little further... Tiko went faster. He was going as fast as he could now. Bra did the same, but she wasn't as fast as him. She was now level with Cassadi. But not for long. Cassadi growled, and, glaring at Tiko, went faster. Now she and Tiko were level. Bra wasn't far behind, and Felicity was just a little bit behind her. Peter had caught up with Felicity.
"Come on, Tiko!" Bra cheered Tiko on.
"Thanks, Bra!" Tiko smiled.
"You can do it Cassadi!" Peter cheered.
"Go, Cassi!" Felicity waved.
"I'll beat him..." Cassadi mumbled.

She and Tiko were getting closer and closer to the beach. Tiko pushed himself, and got a little ahead of her. Cassadi growled angrily, and did the same to overtake him. Tiko frowned, and overtook her again. Then Cassadi got ahead of him. She looked over her shoulder, and smirked. Tiko was falling back. There was the beach. Just a little more... She closed her eyes smugly. Here it was. The big finish.
"Made it!" she exclaimed as she skidded to a stop on the wet sand.
"Woo hoo!" cheers came from people that had been watching. Cassadi saw Bra come to a stop. She smirked at her.
"You did good. Too bad you two weren't good enough." she boasted.
"Um... actually, we won." Bra told her.
"Wha?!?!" Cassadi leapt back. "But - I beat him!"
"No you didn't." Bra said. "While you were feeling too good about yourself to watch what was happening, Tiko overtook you." she folded her arms, and said snidely:
"But hey, you did good. Too bad you weren't good enough."
"You -"
"And the winner is..." the announcer beamed into his megaphone. "Tiko!"
"Just me?" Tiko looked at him.
"Oh, sorry ^_^" he replied. "Tiko and Bra!"

Bra laughed happily, and ran over to Tiko.
"You were so amazing!" she smiled, hugging him.
Felicity and Peter came up beside Cassadi.
"Wow.... I can't remember the last time we lost." Felicity said.
"Yeah, yeah!" Cassadi snapped. "They were just lucky, we could beat them any day!"
"But... Tiko overtook you so quickly." Peter replied.
"So?!" Cassadi growled. "Hmph! Come on, guys!" she glared at Tiko and Bra, and walked away. Felicity and Peter looked at each other.
"I think we should congratulate them. They did really well." Felicity shrugged.
"Yeah, me too."

Tiko had his arms wrapped around Bra's waist. Hers, around his neck.
"So does this mean you're staying?" Bra asked.
"Yep." Tiko nodded.
"But what about this time zone? Won't your absence affect it?" Bra said.
"Don't worry. It's all sorted." Tiko assured her.
"I'm so glad!" Bra smiled. She kissed him.

"Hey," Felicity and Peter came over to them. Bra frowned.
"Come to argue? Forget it, we won. Face it." she told them.
"No, actually, I think you two deserved to win." Felicity replied.
"Huh?"
"You guys did really well." Peter smiled. He held out his hand. "Congratulations."
"Really?" Bra looked at them. She smiled, and shook his hand. "Thanks."
"Yeah, we appreciate it." Tiko also shook his hand. Felicity smiled, and nodded.
"Hey, good luck, as well. You two are a couple now, right? You're really good together. I hope you have a really nice future."
"Thanks, Felicity." Bra said nicely.
"Yeah, good luck to you guys, too." Tiko replied. Peter nodded.
"Well, we'd better be going. See you guys."
"Bye." Felicity waved, and the two of them began to walk away.
"Bye." Bra called after them.
"See ya!" Tiko called. Peter and Felicity looked over their shoulders, and winked at them.
"Hey, those two aren't that bad." Tiko said.
"Yeah." Bra agreed.

"Bra! Tiko!" Bulma came running over to them, followed by Vegeta.
"Hey mom." Bra greeted her.
"You guys were so great!" Bulma beamed. She looked at Tiko. "Tiko, I had no idea you were such a great surfer!"
"Thanks ^_^" Tiko replied.
"So you're staying?" Bulma asked.
"Yeah." Tiko nodded. "I'm staying."
"I'm so glad to hear that!"
"Whoa!" Tiko cried out as Bulma hugged him.
"O.o" Vegeta stared at her in disbelief.
"Heh... I'm glad you're happy to know I'm staying ^_^;" Tiko said. Bulma let go of him, and reddened.
"Sorry, it's just that you've made Bra so happy I'm so glad you're gonna stay." she beamed. Bra looked at Vegeta.
"Dad, aren't you gonna say anything?"
"Like what?" Vegeta asked. Bra shrugged.
"Anything."
"... Let's go home." Vegeta said.

Bra rolled her eyes.
"Thanks." she mumbled.
"Actually, I'm gonna go back to the house. Are you two staying here?" Bulma asked, looking at Bra and Tiko.
"Nah, I'll come." Bra replied. She looked at Tiko. "Coming?"
"Yeah, okay." Tiko nodded.

Bulma, Bra and Tiko began to walk away.
"Hey, Tiko!" Vegeta called after him. Tiko looked over his shoulder.
"Huh?"
"Come here." Vegeta ordered. Bra and Bulma looked at Tiko, and nodded. They continued walking. Tiko shrugged, and jogged over to Vegeta.
"What's up?" he asked.
"Are you really staying with Bra?" Vegeta said.
"Of course!" Tiko protested.
"Okay..." Vegeta mumbled. "Why? After all the power and influence Kold offered you? Why would a member of your race stay with a member of Bra's?"
"Well sir..." Tiko began. "Basically, I love your daughter. I've only just met Kold, and already I have the impression that he's a really bad guy. I don't want to stay with him, no matter what he has to offer. I'd rather stay with Bra than anyone else."
"... I see..." Vegeta said. "..... Thank you."
"Huh?" Tiko looked at him, surprised. "Uh... no sweat."

Vegeta stepped towards Tiko, and glared at him.
"But listen, you'd better not leave now." he threatened. "You do anything to mess about my daughter, or anyone else for that matter, and I'll kill you."
"Er... heh ^_^; don't worry I won't." Tiko promised.
"Good."
"Hey, but can you please forget about Kold. Just think of me as Tiko, okay?" Tiko asked.
".... Yeah. Alright." Vegeta agreed. "I'll think of you as Tiko."
"Hey, does this mean we're friends now?" Tiko asked hopefully.
"Don't push your luck, kid." Vegeta warned. Tiko sighed.
"Alright, alright." he mumbled. He looked at Vegeta. "Hey, you coming back to the house?"
"Yeah. Go on, I'll catch you up." Vegeta replied.
"Okay. See ya." Tiko ran off.

Vegeta watched him leave. Wow. Tiko had really done that for Bra. He really was Tiko. Heh. Tiko.
"Hm." Vegeta chuckled. He shook his head, and, smiling a little, walked after them.

~~~~~

In the car, I just cant wait...
To pick you up on our very first date
Is it cool if I hold your hand?
Is it wrong if I think it's lame to dance?
Do you like my stupid hair?
Would you guess I didnt know what to wear?
I'm just scared of what you'll think.
You make me nervous so I really can't eat

Lets go... don't wait... this nights almost over
Honest... lets make... this night last forever
Forever and ever... lets make this last forever
Forever and ever... lets make this last forever

When you smile, I melt inside
I'm not worthy for one minute of your time
I really wish it was only me and you
I'm jealous of everybody in the room
Please dont look at me with those eyes
Please dont hint that your're capable of lies
I dread the thought of our very first kiss
A target that I'm probably gonna miss

Lets go... don't wait... this nights almost over
Honest... lets make... this night last forever
Forever and ever... lets make this last forever
Forever and ever... lets make this last forever

Lets go... don't wait... this nights almost over
Honest... lets make... this night last forever
Forever and ever... lets make this last forever
Forever and ever... lets make this last forever

Forever and ever... lets make this last forever
Forever and ever... lets make this last forever

- First Date
By Blink 182