Nefleign got up from the hole in the wall and wiped off the blood that ran from her split lip. She glared at her opponent, the over-confident smart-**s, Vegeta. Standing up she straightened the bandana wrapped around her head and the bands on her wrists. Getting angrier with her partner ever passing second because that was the umpteenth time he has knocked her aside since they met. Of course, it has been several months, almost a year but she didn't care. She clenched her teeth and threw another smart comment at Vegeta, 'Bring it on, Towel-Boy,' She used her pet name that she gave him the first time she addressed him. 'Is that all you got?'

'No you little brat, now stop calling me that before you force me to hurt you worse than last time!' Vegeta threw back. Nefleign didn't doubt his threat in fact she enjoyed it. She knew she got stronger every time she was beaten. This time however, he only succeeded in giving her a split lip. She still hated the fact that he never broke a sweat in these sessions though.

'You couldn't hurt me like that again even if you tried, Towel-Boy. You can only scratch my mouth. Obviously your not strong enough to defeat me!' she mentally smacked herself at that insult she just threw out. Her eyes slightly went wide as Vegeta twitched. Nefleign braced herself for the oncoming storm. She wouldn't apologize, or show any sign of weakness, but she shouldn't have said that either. Even she has her limits, and by the looks of it, she just crossed over the line.

'Never!' Vegeta flew at her and punched her across the face. 'Ever!' Nefleign also suffered three blows to the stomach and two more to the head. 'Say that!' Vegeta kicked her once more, flew back, and pulled his hands together over his head. 'AGAIN! Big Bang ATTACK!' Nefleign cross her arms in front of her and screamed as the energy crashed into her and smashed her through the wall. As the attack faded, Nefleign fell to the floor, her tail limp, and Vegeta's look turned from glare to grimace after he realized that he could have just killed his 6-7 year old partner. After all the insults that he has taken, he somehow found a liking to this girl. Vegeta shook the thoughts out of his head and ran over to Nefleign. Not really knowing what to do he picked her up and supported her head against his chest. He quietly spoke, so as not to hurt her further. 'Nefleign? Can you hear me? Please, look at me. Show some sign that you're not dead. Nefleign!' He closed his eyes when he felt an urge to do something he never would have done before: cry. He resisted it with all his power. But stopped as soon as he heard a slight groan. He looked down at the small girl. Her eyes were slightly open and she had that stupid playful smile on her face. Carefully she spoke, every word a strain on her energy.

'Th…anks. I dese…rved…that.' Her smile was wiped off her face and she trembled as another wave of pain overcame her. Vegeta grimaced again.

'Don't speak. Just rest okay. You WILL live or I will kill myself just to torture you!' Nefleign smiled at the hollow threat. Ever since their first meeting, Vegeta had been throwing jokes at her without even noticing it. Vegeta looked around, noticing the paramedic aliens that had run in to check out the problem. He glared at them after noticing Nefleign slipped into unconsciousness. 'What are you standing there for? She's hurt. Get her to a rejuvenation chamber now!' He listened to a chorus of 'Yes sirs' while the aliens carefully took Nefleign away from him and carried her to the recovery room. He found himself almost reluctant to let her go and grabbed a towel from the wall thing. Unable to stop thinking about what he did he retired to his room. He lay down and stared at the ceiling, his facial features etched in a worried frown. He sighed, 'I guess I'll have to apologize to her tomorrow.' He thinks about that for a second before adding, 'Of course I won't directly say it, I'll just let her have the first hit.' He smiled slightly and drifted off into sleep.

Nefleign slowly walked back to the palace. After spending several hours in the rejuvenation chamber, with Plenthor refusing to let her out, she was really angry. She began to kick stones with every other step. Sometimes she had to duck around the corner when they hit somebody. Deciding she didn't want to go back right now, and that she needed a little walk under the half moon, she turned to a different course that led past the place that she knew as home before Vegeta's stuck-up father took her in. She fixed the bandana on her head. Just because it was stained with her own blood doesn't mean she needed to throw it away. It just reminded her of her mistake. She put her hands into the pockets of her loose clothing and spaced out a bit to think about her fight. That attack Vegeta used was pretty impressive. She wanted to learn it. 'I bet I can execute a more powerful version than he did.' She said out loud. All of a sudden she hit something that felt strangely like a clothed rock and fell down to a sitting position on the ground. Looking around she realized she walked way past her old home and into a bad part of the city. A part that she wanted to venture into ever since Plenthor told her not to. It was the place that led to the HFIL (Home For Infinite Losers) (Yes, it would seem Saiyans can go there too.) gate. She finally looked up after her inspection of the ally. She was staring right into the eyes of this big beefy saiyan that looked angrier than she was just a few minutes ago. Nefleign stared him in the eyes, 'What are you looking at you whale?'

'Are you talkin' ta me, Pipsqueak?'

'No, I was talking to the itty-bitty dude behind you; of course I was talking to you, Free Willy. You're the one that's taking up my whole line of vision with all that blubber. Where'd you get it? You're momma?' She smirked as the guys face turned red with anger.

'I don't know my momma but you'd better run back ta yours before I turn you into ground beef. What do you say about that huh?'

'I'd say you had a stick up your butt and it isn't far enough up there yet to poke some sense into your brain. Now shove it and get out of my way before I stick you in a cage bigger than the one they have for King Kong. Oh wait; I don't think you'd fit in that one either.' She stood up and easily shoved the guy out of the way with one hand while brushing herself off with the other. She resumed walking down the alley when her shoulder was caught by one muscled hand. She was forced around and shoved to the floor in one swift movement. Before she could move a giant fist cracked into the side of her head. She didn't even blink. 'Oooo,' She taunted. 'Moby Dick hit me with his flipper. I'm so scared. I hope he doesn't hit me again, I'd probably die from laughing so hard!' She sniggered to send out her point. The guy hit her three more times and Nefleign, true to her promise, started laughing so hard she almost couldn't breath. Getting tired of fooling with the guy she grabbed his shoulders, looked him straight in the eye and said, 'This is what happens when you mess with the prince's partner.' She punched him so hard that all conscience left him. Anyone who walked into the ally after that would only see the toughest street thug ever lying in the middle of the path, with a hole clear through his head. Nefleign walked away after wiping her hand on the guy's armor. She turned a corner, about 15 minutes after the fight, and came face to face with the black gate. She gasped as she looked upon to doorway to the HFIL. Nefleign looked around, figuring she must have passed a dozen guards or so without knowing it. She smirked, wondering how much better, or maybe worse, she would be off if she jumped through the gate. She could cause soooo much trouble. Then she sighed. 'I don't want to worry Vegeta too much. I kinda want to torture him about that look he gave me before I lost consciousness. It was so funny. Too bad I couldn't laugh then. Oh well, I'll force him to give me the first hit next time we fight. Or will he give it willingly?' She smiled at this realization and turned around, catching a spark of something purple-black in the shadows. She walked over and picked it up, recognizing the smooth surface and round shape to be the texture of an egg. 'Pretty weird egg. I wonder what kind it is. Maybe I can eat it for breakfast. Heh nah. I know, I'll show it to Vegeta!' She spun on her heels with the egg carefully wrapped in her jacket and ran all the way to the palace, hopping over the dead body of "Free Willy". She quietly ran to Vegeta's room and flung the door open, her instincts somehow telling her it was a "decent", yet not wise, decision. She looked at Vegeta sprawled on top of his blankets, and still in his clothes, for a second before running and hopping onto his stomach. His left shoulder jerked slightly and she moved an inch to the right just as his left hand shot up in a punch to her head. It missed because she moved, (duh) and she laughed. 'Vegeta, you idiot, it's me. Wake up! I need to show you something!' She bounced a few times, dodging a few more punches, before Vegeta finally opened his eyes.

'Go away woman, I'm trying to sleep! Oh, Nefleign. It's you.' Vegeta barely managed to keep the relief out of his voice. Nefleign slid off of his stomach and onto the edge of the bed. He sat up. 'Now what is it?'

'I found something!' She carefully set her jacket onto the bed and unfolded it to reveal the black egg with purple spots. 'Isn't it cool? Vegeta? Hello? Hey! Towel-Boy!' She looked at Vegeta who was staring at the egg in total surprise. With closer inspection Nefleign could see the egg reflecting from Vegeta's pupils (but we can go into that another time). Vegeta looked at her.

'Nefleign, that's a dragon egg. A real, honest to goodness dragon egg. I don't really know what kind it is but still, it's a dragon egg!'

Nefleign narrowed her eyes. 'So you've said at least million times.'

"Nefleign, this is amazing. If you want to keep it though, you're going to have to hatch it in secret. Father wouldn't like it one bit.'

'Who cares?'

''Kay, but answer me this: Why do you have blood on your hand?'

'Free Willy tried to kill me with his blow hole.' Nefleign rewrapped the egg and walked to the door with it. She look back and smirked at Vegeta's confused and bewildered gaze. 'Night.' She closed the door and walked to her room so she could fall asleep too. Vegeta just sat there staring at the door long after she left until he unknowingly fell asleep from not moving in a long time.