"Too late!" Lavender faintly heard the intruder hiss, and in just seconds a skillful hand formed a powerful ki attack and threw it at Tomakoto, hitting him and not laying a scratch on Lavender.
"Arrgh!" Tomakoto cried out, and let go of Lavender as the attack threw him into the wall opposite. Lavender fell to the ground and collapsed into her first form.
"Who are you?!" Tomakoto demanded, but the only response he got was a smack in the face.
"Tell me who you are first."
"Not unless –" Tomakoto was cut off with a second ki attack. His eyes widened and he collapsed to the floor in pain. The intruder then put his foot on Tomakoto's chest and grinded it into him. He smirked as he watched Tomakoto and heard his moans of pain.
"Why does that look so familiar…?" the intruder thought out loud, and laughed. He released Tomakoto. "Just this once I think I'll let you go because I have more important things to worry about."
"I –"
"BUT!" the intruder cut Tomakoto off. "If I even see you again I will kill you. Understand?"
"… Yes." Tomakoto nodded, acting as frightened as he could and holding back his power so it couldn't be sensed and he seemed weak. "I understand. Thank you." He stood up, and fled the building.
"… Hm." The intruder watched him leave, and turned his head to look at Lavender.

"…" Lavender was coughing and gagging, getting rid of the blood Tomakoto had built up in her mouth and trying not to vomit. She noticed that he was standing over her, but she felt too weak to care, even if he was the last person she wanted to see.
"… Are you alright?" he asked.
" Y – Yeah…" she answered, and coughed again. He saw how weak she looked, and put his hand on his back to comfort her. "Don't worry, you'll live. I've seen you go through much worse than that."
"Uh-huh…" she coughed a few more times, and looked up at him. "… Hey, dad…"
"Hi." Frieza replied. He helped her to her feet. "…"
"…" Lavender looked at the ground. "Listen… about leaving home –"
"Just tell me later, I can't be bothered with it right now." Frieza interrupted her. "… You're alive."
"You thought I was dead?" Lavender blinked.
"Of course I did!" Frieza protested. "You disappeared without any reason at all, and even after a year of searching and sending my men out looking for you I had still no luck! What was I supposed to think?!"
"… I'm sorry…" Lavender said. "I didn't mean to hurt you, dad…"
"Forget it, you can save all that for later!" Frieza replied. "Just come here, my princess."

"…" Lavender knew she had to get away from him, but her tears always did win this game. She leaned forward and hugged him back while he wrapped his arms around her and held her tightly. "Dad…" Lavender choked through her tears. "I'm sorry… I didn't want to hurt you or mom, not anybody…"
"Yes I know, of course you wouldn't want to him us." Frieza said. "… Listen, stop crying, it's catchy."
Lavender laughed.
"Sorry." She smiled. "I can't help it. I… missed you."
"Well how do you think I felt?!" Frieza protested. "At least you knew whether you were alive or not!"
Lavender laughed again. Frieza chuckled.
"My little princess…" he hugged her tight again and kissed her cheek. "Why did you leave?"
"Um… can I… tell you later?" Lavender mumbled. Great! What was she going to do now?!
"I suppose." Frieza shrugged. "I need to find your mother anyway."
"Mom's here too?!" Lavender gasped.
"Yes, she's here too." Frieza replied, letting go of her. "And she wants to see you."
"Um – yeah… actually can I meet up with you later or something? I… need a chance of clothes " Lavender said.
"Hm?" Frieza looked at her. "… Oh yes… You do…"

Unlike her old changeling clothes, Lavender's waitress uniform wasn't transformation-proof, and her second form had destroyed her outfit a little. The clothes were ripped and revealed a lot more than she liked her human-looking first form to reveal. Lavender felt her face turn red as she stood like that in front of her father, but Frieza seemed more bothered by the outfit.
"… Lavender…" he began. "… What exactly are you wearing, dear? You look like a common tart…"
"Huh?!" Lavender frowned. "Excuse me, but this is my uniform! I'm a waitress, dad!"
"Ah, that would explain it." Frieza nodded.
"Hmph!" Lavender turned her head away from him with her nose in the air. "I'm going to find some new clothes, I'll see you later!" with that, she flew off, most insulted, before Frieza had time to open his mouth to talk.
"… Hm." Frieza smirked. She hasn't changed at all. Mizu always did say Lavender had her father's temper…
"MIZU!" Frieza gasped. She was right! She'd always said that Lavender had been alive – why hadn't he listened? Mizu may be unusual but her instincts were always accurate. "I didn't believe her!" Frieza took off, desperate to see his genius of a wife.

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The spaceship door was open, and Mizu sat in the doorway, anxiously waiting for Frieza. When they landed Frieza had been behaving strangely… she thought he could sense something. Then she'd asked him what was wrong, and he'd replied "Wait here." And took off. Now Mizu was wondering where on earth he'd gone.
"Frieza…" she let out a sigh.
"Mizu!"
"Huh?" Mizu turned her head, and saw him flying towards her. She stood up. "Frieza, what – UGH!" Frieza almost winded her as he flew straight into her and knocked her to the ground, landing on top of her.
"Babe, you were right!" Frieza told her. "You were right all along and I should've listened to you!"
"What?" Mizu blinked.
"Arrgh, don't you get it?!" Frieza protested. "She IS alive! I just saw her now!"
"You mean Lavender?!" Mizu gasped.
"Well of course I do, who else would I mean, Vegeta's mother?!" "Well how is she?!" Mizu insisted. "Is she okay?! Is she hurt –" "It's just like you said! She's alive!"
"I know, but –"
"But she's fine." Frieza assured her. "She's fine, come here." He didn't give her chance to react before he kissed her passionately. "Listen," he frantically started kissing her neck hungrily and moving down to her chest. "I know I've been kind of off these last few years, and I know I haven't been myself."
"I –"
"But I'm going to make that up to you."
"H-Huh?!" Mizu's eyes widened.
"You heard me." Frieza smirked. "I want to make it up to you – right now!" He grabbed the spaceship door with the end of his tail, slammed it shut, and kissed her again. "Understand?"
"Uh – Uh-huh…" Mizu nodded. Frieza noticed that she was blushing, and chuckled.
"Come here, Rosebud." He teased.
"Frieza, I've never seen you like this – WHOA! Oh, fuck, Frieza!"
"Ha ha…"