Disclaimer: I do not own DBZ or any of its characters but I do own Yuki and Kiken. Kimura belongs to a friend.

Vegeta woke up with a start one night almost 2 weeks after the girls returned to him. He was breathing heavy trying to push the images from his mind. He slowly sat up and let his feet dangle off the side of the bed. The room was dark and still with hardly any noise but Vegeta's heavy breathing. There was a second sound in the room and it was that of Bulma's soft breathing undisturbed by Vegeta's sudden start. He looked over at Bulma and sighed glad that she had not woken up. He didn't want to have to explain why he woke up in a cold sweat.

Vegeta stood up and walked over to the window and opened it. A light breeze came in calming him down slightly. He tried to figure out why he had that dream. It was so familiar but also very unwelcome. He sighed again and looked up at the sky into the moonless sky. The sky almost seemed to be calling out to him begging him to fly into it. Vegeta clenched his fist and softly pounded it into the window sill. He was angry that he had a nightmare especially since it had been so long since he last had one like this. This nightmare was too familiar to him and it made him unsettled.

"Vegeta? What's wrong?" A tired Bulma asked sitting up in the bed.

"Nothing; go back to bed." Vegeta mumbled. She looked over at him with worried eyes and slowly drifted back to sleep. Once Vegeta knew that Bulma was sleeping he flew out of the window and into the sky not sure where he was going to go. A voice from behind him gave him caused his heart to jump.

"You too?" Kiken asked from the roof. Vegeta looked down at her and nodded. He now remembered why this dream bugged him so much.

"I wonder if Yuki and Kakaratto also had it." Kiken said standing up stretching. Vegeta nodded wondering the same thing. He hoped that they didn't.

"Let's go." Vegeta mumbled his face hard. Kiken nodded and flew after him not saying another word. They both knew what was coming and they had to get ready.

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Early that morning, like many others have started now, the silence was shattered by Yuki falling face first down the stairs into Kiken who was carrying a pot of fresh, hot coffee. No matter what Kiken would do to prepare for Yuki's attack, somehow she always managed to make Kiken spill the coffee onto herself. The coffee was not for her but for Vegeta and Bulma. Though she would bring it up for Vegeta she always brought an extra cup to be accommodating for Vegeta's woman.

"Arggg!!!!!!!! You think I'd learn to wait for you to come downstairs so I don't keep getting coffee all over me." Kiken snapped as she stood up headed for the showers. She really was getting sick of it and from how often Yuki would hit her she swore she was doing it on purpose.

"I had that bad dream again." Yuki whispered. Kiken froze with her back still to Yuki. Kiken's face tightened and she tried to think of something to tell her so she would calm down.

"Really? Don't worry about it. I didn't have it and I'll ask Vegeta when I go up there ok?" Kiken said giving Yuki a reassuring smile before she left the kitchen. Kiken realized that the three of them had the nightmare and that was more than enough to confirm her suspicions. She would have to go visit Goku later and ask him if he had a bad dream. He wouldn't know what the dream meant but he could still have it. As she walked up the stairs with the coffee she felt a chill go down her spine. It felt as though Freeza was coming back. Like some unknown powerful enemy would crush them.

"Vegeta… Yuki had it too." Kiken said shortly as handing him a mug and Bulma one. Bulma was just now getting used to the room service and seemed to enjoy it. Even though she could easily make a robot do Kiken's job Vegeta seemed to like it. That made her happy to see him so relaxed.

"You smell like coffee. Again." Vegeta told her his eyes concerned not wanting to make too much of a scene in front of Bulma.

"Shut your mouth before I shut it for you" Kiken said with a sweet smile.

"That any way to talk to your prince?" Vegeta raised an eyebrow as he said this.

"I have never treated you like a prince. Only she did." Kiken smiled watching Vegeta choke on his coffee.

"Who is she?" Bulma asked hotly. She and Vegeta got into a fight when she heard about his first girlfriend. It was mainly because he lied to her by saying she was the first girl he could date. He never denied being with other women but he swore that she was the only girl he has dated. And even after Yuki's slip he stuck to that story.

"Oh, I'm talking about Yuki. She worshiped Vegeta back then." Kiken told Bulma with a smile not wanting Vegeta to have a reason to scold her later.

"I have a question, did Vegeta have a girlfriend or was Yuki trying to make fun of him?" Bulma asked and Kiken felt Vegeta's eyes fall onto her.

"No. Vegeta never loved anyone but himself." She told Bulma with cold eyes. Vegeta looked down gripping the sheet below him. Bulma did not notice this action and took Kiken's comment with an uneasy smile. It was not that she wasn't happy to hear that he was honest but she was also slightly mad. In a way she felt like she was being told Vegeta didn't love her.

"I see." Was all Bulma could say in response.

"But that's all changed now. You managed to open him up." Kiken told Bulma reassuringly seeing the slightly angry look on her face. Both of them blushed hearing her reassuring words and Vegeta quickly looked away from Bulma but right at Kiken where he glared at her once again. She just gave a sweet smile in return.

"You can go now." Vegeta told her and she nodded walking away. Once at the door she turned and bowed like usual.

"I am going to go to Kakaratto's later today. I lent him something and I want it back. I don't know how long I will be there so don't worry if you can't find me." She told Vegeta as she walked out the door. He knew exactly why she was going. That was just a lie so Bulma wouldn't get suspicious. They didn't want to worry anyone unless they were sure about this.

He was slightly mad that she made the girlfriend issue come up like she did. But the more he thought about it he realized that she probably said she when referring to Yuki so that she could draw Bulma's attention to something else that her first comment. She know how they would react to each thing she said. Kiken was smart enough to think a plan like that up, so that even he would have been caught off guard. Vegeta smiled remembering that she was always the smart one.

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"Vegeeeeeeeeeeeeta pleeeeeeeeeeease????" Yuki pleaded using her best puppy eyes.

"Fine! I'll play go fish!" He snapped at her knowing if he refused much more she would cry and Kiken would scold him. He looked over at her wondering why she had not left for Goku's yet.

"Yay!!" Goten, Trunks, Yuki and Kimura cheered. Kimura and Yuki had become fast friends since they met but Kimura still hated Kiken. Piccolo had come to forgive her though when she apologized later. He realized that she was not as bad as Vegeta but as Yuki explained in a really bad mood.

"Vegeta seems more relaxed sense you two came here." Piccolo commented as he walked up to Kiken who was watching Vegeta and Yuki with interest.

"Really? It must be because of Yuki. Back on the ship we had a lot of thick headed Saiyans. So we got into a lot of fights over simple things. Yuki would always know how to make us stop, she was the heart and light of the group. So now Vegeta has his light back." Kiken responded sipping some tea slowly savoring every last flavor. The drink was new to her but she liked it a lot and was almost always drinking it now. It was much better than the lemonade. She poured Piccolo a cup and he sat next to her.

"His light?" Piccolo asked thinking of it in more of a romantic manner.

"Yeah, she chased the darkness out of all of our hearts. All I could do for him fix the ship and occasionally listen to him. I didn't have much of a part in his life." Kiken sighed and continued to watch them play. All she could do for Vegeta was find out where something was weak, how strong it was and fly the ship. She was never that important to him.

"She seems a lot like Son." Piccolo committed. Kiken looked at him confused for a moment before she realized that he was referring to Goku.

"Yeah I noticed that too. It's so weird to see him now, compared to what he used to be like. He used to be an annoying weakling. And because of that we played so many pranks on him and tease him all the time. Those were the light hearted days. Even when we did work for Freeza we still managed to have fun. But then the damn bastard tried to kill us. I haven't told Vegeta or Yuki nor do I plan to but he attacked our ship. He was the reason that Yuki and I nearly died and went into cryogenic sleep. He was the reason that our squad was destroyed and that Shinde did." Kiken stopped when she said his name. The visions of his dried up skeleton flashed in her mind. She quickly tried to push them away.

"Why tell me?" Piccolo asked curiously.

"You have no reason to be mad over it. And you're quiet, you wouldn't tell." Kiken told him with a smile. She knew everyone's basic personality by now.

"How do you know this?" Piccolo asked curious.

"I guess you can call me the smart one. I like to watch people." Kiken told him with a small smile on her face. She rather watch people than be watched herself.

"The day after you came here, when you first met Kimura we were saying that you acted like a young Vegeta and Yuki was a young Goku and-"

"She is… from what I can tell. I already apologized for acting the way I did." Kiken interrupted.

"I was going to say that you are turning out to be much calmer and that's a good thing. We don't need a second Vegeta."

"I am offended by that but I do agree. Seeing him and how he changed… and how he's changing back… it's been hard on both of us." Kiken scratched her head and sighed.

"I think it has been hard on him too. Bulma's shaken up as well. To see him happy in a way she never could make him. That can be hard." Piccolo told her.

"I know that all to well." Kiken mumbled and took another sip of her tea.

"As you said he's changed and I'm sure you have too."

"I have. It doesn't matter what we were in the past because we are what we are now. Vegeta still has a little of the man I used to know. In fact he's planning a prank as we speak." Piccolo spits out the tea in his mouth.

"WHAT?" Piccolo asked in shock not sure if he heard correctly.

"Yeah but I can't tell you who he's playing it on. He doesn't even know I know but he is so easy to read right now it's not even funny."

"I can't see him playing a prank on anyone." Piccolo mumbled.

"He will. When Vegeta is carefree he can get stronger than when he is stressed. Vegeta will soon be powerful again or should I say more powerful." Kiken said as she watched Vegeta losing the card game.

"You planning something?" He asked with a suspicious eye.

"I'm not, nor is Yuki or Vegeta." Kiken responded and stood up stretching. Piccolo wondered what she meant by that but before he could ask she was flying off in the air. She seemed to be careful so that Yuki couldn't see her and then took off out of sight.

Kiken up in the sky began to sense for Goku. She learned about this ability on one of the planets she and Yuki stopped at and taught herself and Yuki how to use it. It was so much more accurate than those scanners that Freeza gave them. She soon located his ki and flew in his direction. A few moments later she arrived and saw him sitting outside trying to relax. She almost felt bad for butting in on his relaxing time.

"Hey Kakaratto." She said as she flew down towards him and he looked up surprised to see her. He looked to see if anyone was behind her and when no one came he was confused to how she found him. That and why she came to see him at all.

"Hi Kiken." He said with a big smile. He wished that she would call him Goku but he knew that she, like Vegeta would need time.

"I was wondering how you were." Kiken was not sure how to get to the point.

"I'm good. Did you fly all the way out here to ask that?" Goku asked.

"No, I had a reason for coming. Yuki's birthday is coming up next month so I thought I would give you a big heads up. You two used to get along so well so she would be sad if you forgot." Kiken told him with a kind smile.

"But… I don't remember her." Goku told her with a blank face. He didn't want to be so rude but he hated how the two girls would keep bring up things he couldn't remember.

"I know. I was wondering, do you remember anything at all?" Kiken asked innocently as she could.

"No, not a thing." He told he with a smile. It did bug hi but he was over it. He couldn't be happier that he forgot everything.

"Maybe you do remember in your dreams, you ever have any weird dreams?" Kiken asked finally bring it to the point for which she came.

"Actually I had a really weird one last night. It was kinda scary too. There was fire everywhere and a dark shadow walking towards me and a few other people but I'm not sure who there were. I tried to stand up to fight him but my legs didn't work. And then…" Goku looked away troubled. She knew what he saw, you loved ones dead all around you. Almost in a way that makes you think it was your fault. Your death follows that. The shadow attacks you while you can't move and you swear you can almost feel the blow.

Even if the dream may not seem as scary when you think back on it; while you are having it all you can feel is pure terror. When you see your dead loved ones you feel guilt and sadness, so much so that you feel as if your heart is breaking into two. Right before the shadow kills you feel a greater fear than before. You feel so helpless and weak until the blow comes, when it does a sharp pain wakes you up. Once awake your head hurts and your stomach is upset. You feel as if you just had a great battle and are fatigued not to mention how restless you feel.

"If the rest was really bad you don't need to tell me." Kiken told him reassuringly. She was near panic. Goku had the dream as well but to be sure it was what she thought she would have to ask Gohan, Trunks, Goten, Bra and Pan without anyone noticing. If one of them had it then there was less to worry about. But if none of them had it then there was a serious problem at hand.

"Yeah it was bad." Goku said in a soft voice. Kiken noticed how angry his eyes were. The dream did make you angry. You feel as if you killed everyone you loved and couldn't save yourself when you wake up and the feeling is hard to shake.

"But did you see anyone you didn't know? Besides the people next to you, did the shadow get any clearer?" Kiken asked hoping that maybe some of Burdock's precognitive foresight. Though she did not think it would apply here.

"No. The guy next to me tried to stop it but they were killed right away then it came for me." Goku told her uncomfortable having to remember his dream. She was glad that he didn't seem to catch on to her slip. Sometimes she liked the people around her to be so simple minded.

Kiken's mind was abuzz thinking over what he just said. She was trying to think what the person next to him jumping ahead could mean. She was not used to having to think about this because it has only happened twice before and Shinde had explained it to her back then.

"So it was just a bad dream. Besides last night did you have any weird dreams? They could be memories."

"Kiken! I don't remember anything I am sorry." Goku seemed to be getting annoyed and she quickly decided to drop the issue.

"Ok. I got it. But please still get Yuki something; she will be sad if you don't. I hate to see her sad." Kiken told him and started to fly away.

"Sorry if I offended you." Goku called after her. She looked back with a smile and waved goodbye to him and went full speed to where she could sense Gohan.

He was training with Videl so it was easier to find him. He didn't have much of a power level but it was more elevated that anyone else at the moment.

As she flew down towards him he stopped fighting and looked up to see who was coming. For some reason it was hard to tell who she was or where in the sky. If he couldn't see her he would have thought she was flying in from a different direction.

"Hey Gohan, Videl." Kiken said landing in front of him.

"Hi Kiken, what's up?" Gohan asked with a smile. She looked at him closely not saying a word. She was searching for any sign of distress that the dream would have caused but saw none. It would not be as easy to get it out of him without it sounding weird.

"Ummm… Kiken?" Gohan asked nervously. His face turned a slight shade of red having the slim figured Saiyan look him over the way she was.

"What?" She asked still staring at him. Videl noticed Gohan blush and her eyes turned angry.

"What do you need?" Videl asked for Gohan getting slightly jealous of the beautiful Saiyan looking at Gohan with such interest.

"I need Gohan." She said not really paying attention to the words coming out of her mouth.

"He's mine!" Videl yelled and Kiken realized why she was so upset. She was thinking too much about how she was going to ask him and not paying any attention to what she was saying.

"No; not like that. I would never be with a half-breed anyways." She said coldly. It wasn't that she didn't like the fact he was only half Saiyan it was just that she was still not over Shinde and if anyone implied she should it made her angry.

"Did you come here to insult me?" Gohan asked his eyes now angry. He had never been called a half-breed by someone who should be his ally not even Vegeta said it.

"No I didn't. Sorry. I just have no interest in being with anyone; even if he was a pure blood. I came because I have a question. How strong is your dad?" Kiken asked not sure what she was going to do with this.

"Are you planning on taking over Earth?" Videl growled her arms crossed over her chest and once again Kiken realized she chose the wrong choice of words.

"No. nothing like that. I am still getting used to the fact he is not the same as when I knew him. It's just… I was just talking to him and he was rattled by a dream he had, I was wondering how bad it had to be to scare someone like him. I mean everyone tells me how strong he is and everything so I wonder." Kiken said looking down at the ground.

"Ummm… Maybe if his family was killed or if Earth was being destroyed and there was nothing he could do that would shake him up." Gohan said thinking hard. Videl rolled her eyes that he was telling her this. Her eyes were dark with distrust.

"You ever have a dream like that?" Kiken asked nervously and he nodded his head.

"A long time ago I had them a lot but Earth has been peaceful so I haven't had a reason to have dreams like that." Gohan said slightly embarrassed and Kiken felt a little more panicked.

"That's good. I have to go now, sorry to intrude. You need to work on your left block Videl." Kiken gave a smile and flew off. Videl screamed some profanities back angry that she was pointing out areas that needed work.

"I don't trust her." Videl growled and Gohan nodded slowly.

"She works for Vegeta."

"Do you think he can be trusted having warriors with him again? Do you think he will try to take Earth?"

"There is no way those girls are strong enough to be able to stop me or my dad. I think that Krillin could take them both at once. They have only been awake for 6 years and we have been training almost nonstop for so long. Simple really, there is no way they could have gotten strong enough to be a threat. Besides, Vegeta would never do something like that." Gohan told her reassuringly.

"But when they were arriving you said they felt strong. I thought they did too." Videl said her eyes worried.

"I think they were powered up as much as they could. So we would think that was their resting rate, since they arrived I haven't been able to sense either of them. So I really don't think we have anything to worry about. It must be hard for her to see my dad and Vegeta acting different than what she remembers. She may not be used to Earth customs yet either, compared to when Vegeta first came here she is a saint" Gohan told her and she nodded.

"I still don't like her." Videl said with a scowl and Gohan sighed unsure how he felt towards Kiken himself. He was not sure if he could trust her or not.

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"Hey Trunks, Goten, Bra, Pan; can you come over here really quick?" Kiken asked after watching the four kids chase each other around for a while. They all looked at her werily not sure what she wanted. If it had been Yuki they would have run over but the other Saiyan had a mean face and never tried to play with them before. She only seemed to lighten up when Yuki was around and Yuki was taking a nap at the moment.

"What do you want?" Trunks asked for the rest of them and they seemed relieved that he spoke up.

"I need your help to play a joke on Yuki." She told them with a tempting voice and that made them all run over with excitement. Any chance at causing some form of trouble was always welcome.

"I told you she can play too." Pan told the other four in a low voice as they ran towards Kiken. Kiken smiled hearing Pan's comment and wondered if this would make them bug her more often now.

"She had a bad dream last night so she will be really easy to scare." Kiken started to say in a low voice. She then decided that it was not as important to make the question hidden like she did for the others.

"I hate bad dreams." Bra complained at Kiken's eyes lit up.

"Did you have one last night too?" Kiken asked and Bra shook her head.

"I did. Buu was trying to eat me again." Goten looked angry and sighed. She wondered who Buu was but decided that Buu must be a made up creature on Earth to scare children. Kiken looked at the other two and knew she would have to ask.

"Did either of you have a bad dream last night?" She asked and they both told her they didn't but did tell her dreams that they have had before. Kiken was getting annoyed hearing their childish dreams and hushed them down and told her plan to scare Yuki. It was very simple and she told the kids to do it by their selves. Kiken wanted to keep everyone busy when she told Vegeta her findings.

As soon as the plan went into motion she quickly left to find Vegeta who happened to be just inside. He was talking to Bulma in the kitchen when there was a loud bang outside. Bulma ran out to see what it was. Vegeta tried to do the same but Kiken grabbed his wrist and gave him a look that made him stop.

"What was that?" He asked looking outside with curiosity.

"A distraction; I talked to everyone. Kakaratto had it and none of the half-breeds did." Vegeta cursed and more commotion happened outside and he looked at her with a curious eye.

"I had the kids wake Yuki up with masks. She must have shot at one of them." Kiken explained and Vegeta cracked a smile.

"Bulma must be screaming at the kids and they have to be mad I left them but I rather not help. I don't want to be their friend." Kiken said sitting down at the kitchen table.

"Yuki has to know you are behind it." Vegeta told her and she chuckled in return.

"Videl and Gohan think that we are planning to take over Earth; just thought you would like to know." Kiken said suddenly and quickly ran outside before he could respond.

She did not run to where Bulma scolded the kids and Yuki was crying. She instead took off and flew off towards a mountain that she had noticed while going to Goku's house. Once she arrived she hid herself among the trees. Looking up at the sky through cracks in the branches she noticed that the moon was nearing full.

It was not that she couldn't handle the situation it was more she didn't want anyone to like her or get used to her presence. She didn't want to make friends in case she decided to leave. It was highly part of habit and partly because she might have to leave this plant someday. She would love to be able to stay with her Prince but she wouldn't let herself get too comfy.

"What to do." Kiken sighed closing her eyes the open air putting her to sleep even though the ground was hard and cold.