I always wanted to do a songfic where it represents how Bra felt about her father – the man who lived to train and fight. If you think about it, all Vegeta did was train from sun-up till sundown. So when I heard this song by Reba McEntire called 'Greatest Man I Never Knew' off her album Greatest hits Volume II, a story seamed to pop into my head about Vegeta and Bra. Now pardon me if anyone out there is offended by this songfic. I understand some believe the relationship between Vegeta and his daughter was very strong and visible, but to me, I fell different. This songfic is in Bra's POV.

Enjoy!

Man I Never Knew

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The greatest man I never knew
Lived just down the hall
And everyday we said hello

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I went to bed the same time every night, which was nine-thirty pm. I got up every morning the same time, which was seven-fifteen am. My mama and oniisan were usually up before I was because they had to open up the family business, Capsule Corporation. Every day when I walked threw the living room; I remember seeing a beautiful wedding picture up on the mantel above the fireplace. It was my mama and the man I never knew.

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But never touched at all
He was in his paper
I was in my room
How was I to know he thought I hung the moon

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That man I never knew, loved to train and fight. He would come home late every night, and wake up early every morning. I knew his name was Vegeta, and he was married to my mom. According to my oniisan, he was our father. But how was I suppose to know that when I rarely, if ever saw him.

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The greatest man I never knew
Came home late every night
He never had too much to say

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On my sixteenth birthday, I remember waking up to a balloon. It read: 'Happy Sweet Sixteen, Daughter!' The weight of the balloon was a small blue velour box. Inside, I remember well, was a beautiful gold chain and a sixteen-diamond pendant with my name engraved in the middle. I could tell from all my school permission slips, he did not sign it. My mother signed his name for him.

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Too much was on his mind
I never really knew him
And now it seems so sad
Everything he gave to us took all he had

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I graduated two years ago from collage. High School graduation is almost seven years gone. Both of them he wasn't there. "Important business to attend." Or "Evil strikes again!" is what oniisan always said he said. That pendent I wore everyday, the chain soon broke. And then day-by-day from sitting in my jewelry box, the diamonds fell out.

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Then the days turned into years
And the memories to black and white
He grew cold like an old winter wind
Blowing across my life

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Been married a year now, and every day I wonder – 'who was that man, that lived just down the hall?' He never danced with me at my wedding, or wished me good luck. Oniisan says things happen for a reason. But what that reason is I'll never know.

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The greatest words I never heard
I guess I'll never hear
The man I thought would never die
S'been dead almost a year

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I walk threw the rain now a days, just to talk to him. I place a rose on the stone that says…

'Loving Husband, Loving Father'

(Prince) Vegeta Briefs

???? – 2003

I wish he had said, those three simple words. It would have helped me get to know him better, that man down the hall. That man who married my mother. And fathered my oniisan and me. That man whom though I hung the moon, and painted the stars. The man I never knew.

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He was good at business
But there was business left to do
He never said he loved me
Guess he thought I knew

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Author's Notes: Well? Depressing? Bring tears to your eyes? It almost did me. Please R&R