~~~~~
Lavender opened the window in her bedroom. Mizu had locked the door and taken the only key with her, so this was the only way Lavender could get out. Her parents would be out for a few hours yet, and by the sounds of it so would Trunks'. This left her all the time she needed to put the saiyans in their place. There was no way he could be stronger than her! She flew out of the window and headed for Capsule Corps, a mean smirk on her face.
~~~~~
"Hey, Goten." Trunks opened the door to find his friend there.
"Geez, you should've seen her!" Goten exclaimed as he walked in. "I can't stay long, okay?"
"What did you tell her?" Trunks asked, closing the door.
"Just what you said, I told her your dad was here!" Goten protested.
"So what was the problem?" Trunks shrugged.
"Your dad was here ^_^"
"^_^;" Trunks sweatdropped. "Well, come on, anyway. I got a new CD. Wanna listen?"
"Sure."
~~~~~
"Are you two gonna be like this all night?!" Bulma frowned at Vegeta and Frieza as she sat down. She, Mizu, Goku, Frieza and Vegeta had all come to a bar. Well, actually, Bulma, Mizu and Goku had come to a bar, and Frieza and Vegeta had just followed.
"That's the plan." Vegeta replied, still glaring at Frieza. Frieza glared back.
"Guys, can we just get along for one night?" Goku asked. "We're all friends here, right?"
"No, YOU'RE all friends!" Vegeta answered back.
"Vegeta and I have issues that can't simply be thrown away with alcohol." Frieza growled.
"Funny, alcohol seems to cure everything else for you." Mizu mumbled. Frieza gave her an angry look.
"Quiet!"
"Listen, if you two are gonna hate each other all night the least you can do is leave US alone!" Bulma lectured. "I don't see why you even came anyway, you're not enjoying yourselves."
"I don't trust the lizard - wife." Vegeta replied bluntly.
"And I don't trust the saiyan - wife." Frieza added just as bluntly.
"At least TRY to get along just a tiny bit." Goku pleaded. He put his arms around Bulma and Mizu's shoulders, indicating them. "For your wives?"
"Get off her!" Frieza snapped.
"Okay, okay!" Goku held up his hands in a "don't shoot" motion. Mizu smirked.
"Frieza, you're not jealous, are you?"
"Huh - - of course not!" Frieza insisted. "Why WOULD I be jealous of someone like him?"
"Let's see, he sliced you up, you had to get a metal body because of him," Vegeta smirked, knowing he was annoying Frieza. "Oh yeah, and he's a super saiyan. You're scared of super saiyans, right?"
"I am not!!" Frieza yelled.
"Really?" Vegeta challenged.
He turned super saiyan and stood up, smirking evilly down at Frieza. "Not scared? I could kill you now if I wanted."
"So basically the complete opposite of what happened on Namek." Frieza smirked as he made his comeback. Vegeta clenched his fist.
"You - "
"Stop it!" Bulma snapped. "Vegeta, power down, sit down, and SHUT UP!"
"Frieza, stop winding him up!" Mizu scolded.
"Yes ma'am -_-" Frieza and Vegeta both mumbled.
"Y'know, I think I preferred you when you were a frog." Bulma said to Vegeta.
"Well why don't you get the lizard to turn me back into one?!" Vegeta snapped.
"I'm sorry about that, guys." Mizu apologized guiltily.
"Ah, forget about it." Goku waved a hand. "No big deal."
"No big - - well excuse me if YOU don't mind being a reptile!" Vegeta protested. "But I have a bit more pride!"
"Heh." Frieza chuckled. "You and your pride. It's so pathetic, your pride is all you have to cling onto and at the same time it's the one thing that makes you stupid. Your blinded by pride. It's sad, really."
"Why you -"
"Arrrrrh!" Bulma growled. "Not this again! Can't you two settle down for just a few SECONDS?" she exclaimed.
"....... Hmph!" Vegeta looked away from all of hem, folding his arms angrily.
Goku sweatdropped, and tried to change the subject.
"So, Mizu, how's the magic coming along?" he asked.
"Oh - actually, I'm come a long way since you last saw me." Mizu replied. "I'm teaching Lavender magic, too. But I guess you've already figured that out ^_^"
"Hey, are you still casting the wrong spells?" Bulma smirked, looking at Mizu.
"Hm?" Frieza looked at her. Vegeta noticed that Goku had reddened a little.
"What does that mean?" he asked his wife.
"Ah... I made a mistake once..." Mizu began. "I said the wrong words ^_^"
"So what's your problem?" Frieza looked at Goku.
"Mizu was casting a healing spell on me..." Goku began. "But... er... she said the wrong words..."
"And set his pants on fire!" Bulma burst out laughing. So did Vegeta.
"You WHAT?!" Frieza smirked at Mizu.
"It was an accident!" Mizu protested innocently. Frieza burst out laughing.
"Wh - what did you do?" Vegeta asked through his laughter.
"Well... Yamcha and I laughed ^_^" Bulma smirked. Yamcha's name made Vegeta's laughter fade a little.
"And I cast a freezing spell to freeze up the flames." Mizu explained.
"And man, that ice hurt!" Goku added. Vegeta's laughter returned as he could just picture Goku with frozen flames on his trousers.
"I bet it did!"
~~~~~
There was a knock on the door.
"Your parents are home early, aren't they? Where did they go?" Goten asked.
"But it can't be them, they have a key. Why would they knock?" Trunks thought aloud. He headed towards the door. Goten followed. Trunks looked over his shoulder, checking Goten was there. He opened the door, and was shocked at who he saw standing before him. Shocked, and annoyed.
"What do YOU want?" he said in an unfriendly tone.
"To put YOU in your place once and for all!" Lavender frowned.
"What are you talking about?" Trunks sounded a little bored and completely uninterested. "Listen, beat it, okay? You're not welcome here."
"Too bad. I'm here." Lavender argued. "And I'm not leaving until you and I have a fight."
"A fight?" Trunks repeated.
"Hey, why don't you just go home?" Goten reasoned. "Our parents are best friends, after all. So just stop looking for trouble, okay?"
"Wait Goten." Trunks silenced him. Goten looked at his friend.
"Huh?"
"A fight, you say?" Trunks was clearly interested.
"That's right. Changelings versus saiyans." Lavender nodded. "First one to surrender loses. This fight will determine which is the better race."
"Come on! You guys aren't serious, are you?" Goten tried to stop them fighting.
"Deadly serious." Lavender replied firmly. "I don't know what you're so worried about, it won't be a fight to the death."
"Sorry." Trunks turned away. Goten's face lit up.
"Phew. Trunks, I'm glad you -"
"Saiyans don't participate in child's play. If you want a fight, you're gonna have to make it a real one." Trunks said.
"Trunks?!" Goten gasped. "You're not serious?! Come on, this is stupid! What are your parents gonna say?!" he looked at Lavender. "And yours?"
"My dad will approve." Lavender assured him.
"So will mine." Trunks added.
"Uh - huh. And your moms? Like they're gonna be impressed." Goten reminded them.
"It'll be too late by then, won't it?" Lavender said. She looked at Trunks. "Fine then. You wanna fight 'til the death or what?"
"Nah. That'd cause too much trouble. But surrendering is weak." Trunks replied. He turned around to face her. "Just until one of us loses consciousness." he held out his hand. "Agreed?"
"Agreed." Lavender took it. Goten watched in horror as they shook hands.
"Where shall we fight?" Lavender asked.
"I know a good place." Trunks walked past her, out of the building. He looked over his shoulder at her, and gave a challenging smirk. "Follow me."
