Chapter 3: A promising friend

A young brunette and a tired prince could be seen walking through the streets of their hometown. Vegeta, seeming very lost in thought slightly remembered his way around from when Bulma would drag him with her to the store. Rena, also very lost in thought led the way home. She could only think of the day's events. She had taken him to the park, where they had spent hours just talking about everything, and she couldn't help but smile at the thought of when he tried to feed the pigeons there. She was also very surprised that he didn't try to kill anything or never yelled at anyone for getting on his nerves, even her. She quickly thought about Bre, she would be the happiest girl right now if she could have seen the way her father acted today, she thought. Suddenly, a thought struck her, and she wondered why she hadn't thought of it before.

"Train me!" she blurted out, almost not meaning to. Vegeta stopped suddenly, a little taken back,

"What did you say?"

"Train me. All Bre ever did was train and she was so strong, and maybe if I had trained with her I would have been able to save her. Besides, this can be how you repay me for helping you."

At this she couldn't help but stare at him with tear filled eyes. Vegeta thought about it, then replied, "Alright then, but it wont be easy just to warn you."

"I know…Thank you," she whispered.

"One more thing," he added, "it's not your fault for anything that happened, so don't ever tell me that it is got it?"

She nodded, and thought to herself, You don't seem... That cold-hearted, just...confused. At this she began walking again. He followed. She remembered how, at sixteen, Vegeta was forced to marry a certain, blue-haired thirteen year old, in order to keep his throne so he could be king one day. Bulma was her name and even though she use to be so terrified of him for when he threatened to kill her once, she was still the only one who could walk all over him, and for some reason, he would listen to her. Soon after trunks was born, he knew he would have a son to take his place when the time was right, but all his dreams were crushed when Frieza killed his father and blew up the Sayian home planet. This forced him to come to earth where, a few years later, Bre was born. Vegeta always swore she was never meant to happen, and this had always hurt her when he would tell her. So, Vegeta ran away to Namek, where he stayed a long time searching for the dragon balls. Rena's parents were married young too, but that's just how it was back then. Goku and chi-chi loved each other very much, and they had a son named Gohan. Three years later, they had Rena, the same time Bre was born. Bre was actually only one day older than Rena, so they pretty much grew up together and were always best friends. They never once had an argument either, which made her think back to why two weeks ago they suddenly had their first. Then she thought about her dad. Goku was always like a father to Bre while Vegeta was gone, and now Vegeta wanted to be like a father to her while Goku was gone. Things had definitely turned around, and they happened so fast, Rena didn't know how she was going to accept all of it. ...In time, she finally concluded, I just need time.

As Rena reached her house, she saw trunks waiting for her by a tree.

He smiled, "where have you been all day?"

"Out… With your dad."

"Uh, you mean Vegeta."

"Yes trunks, your father."

"But why? I don't understand, I thought he hated you."

"I think he really feels bad about Bre and so he asked for my help."

"I-I don't get it, help for what and why from you?"

"Its just different now, trunks, he wants to start being a dad, something he should have been years ago, and he wants to start with me, because I don't have mine anymore."

"Really? Wow, a dad huh? Kind of catchy, for him anyway."

"Don't worry trunks, in time, you will see him start to open up to you in a way you've never seen before and I think that, someday, he will be a great dad."

"Rena, you sure do have a way with words, and with people, so I believe in you."

"Thanks trunks, it's so nice to finally get my mind on something else, and you've really helped with that too."

With that she sat down by him and grabbed his hand, he gently squeezed back. The two just sat there in silence watching the sun go down, and gently holding hands. Soon minutes past, then hours, and Rena felt her head begin to tilt slightly till she rested it on his shoulders. Trunks didn't mind though, he gently rested his head on hers, and they soon drifted off to sleep.

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It had been three months since the accident, and Rena finally started to show a faint smile on her face. Of course she knew it was no accident, he was trying to kill her, but decided to kill Bre instead. He had let her live and she knew it. He wanted Goku to suffer by killing Rena, but instead he ended up making Rena suffer by killing the person most precious to her. Rena was walking through the same woods as she had been two weeks ago. She really liked this part of the woods; it was almost like...her hideout of some sort. She then began to think of how Vegeta had changed so much in just a couple of months. She caught him finally telling his wife he loved her, about a week ago, and she also saw him hug his sixteen year old son for the fist time in his life, just yesterday. She had to smile at that. Vegeta had also been training her too, and it was very difficult at first, but she soon caught on and was beginning to really toughen up. (Of course, she was the daughter of Goku, what else did you expect) Vegeta also realized this and knew that soon she would be able to defeat him when they battled for fun. Rena stopped suddenly when she heard a rustle in the leaves above her. Normally she would have guessed it was just a bird or something, but somehow she could sense something... Or someone. She decided to check it out. With her guard up she walked slowly like she was headed home as if to lure the person out.

I hope your training has paid off, Vegeta.

Suddenly, she heard something jump down behind her, but before it could attack, she grabbed it by the arm and flung it down in front of her. Realizing what she had done, she gasped. He was a man, kind of short looking with jet-black hair, and one white line right across the middle. His hair stuck up almost like Vegeta and he wore a white band around his forehead. He was dressed in a black shirt with a grayish-black belt and black pants with black boots.

"Who are you!" she called out.

Struggling to get up he called out, "Quite a reflex you got there"

Then he realized... She was...just a girl. He was so taken back by this, he couldn't speak.

"I said who the heck are you!"

After he could finally speak he said, "Does that even matter? Look, I'm searching for someone right now and I don't want to be interrupted so, later."

"Later? You can't just leave after you tried to attack me, at least tell me your name. Maybe I can help you find who you're looking for"

"HA HA HA you help me? Whatever, like you could help me, which I don't need help anyway so like I said goodbye"

"Don't need my help huh? Well then how come I was able to throw you down like that. It looked like to me you were struggling to get up too."

"Look I said leave me alone, if you do not obey I will be forced to really hurt you and I'd rather waste my time on someone at least a little more challenging."

With that he began to walk off, but was abrubted shortly when Rena suddenly appeared in front of him.

"I say your a coward and you don't want to fight me cause your afraid Ill beat you."

"Fine if your going to be that stubborn, then prepare to die!"

The man got in his attacking position, but before Rena could get ready, he charged at her with amazing speed. With his fist seconds from colliding with her face, Rena let out a small ball of energy from her hand, which knocked him back a little and stopped his punch. She couldn't believe how well she had reacted again. This also surprised the other, and he got in his attacking position quickly to charge at her again, but this time something was different. He disappeared so quickly and came at her from behind. He kicked her in the back, which knocked her to the ground on her face. She tried to get up but he held his foot on her back. He pulled out his sword, ready to stab her in the back, until he noticed something...her face. And for some reason he couldn't quit staring at it.

"What….did I ever do…..to you anyway"? He could hear here say, which made him notice she was crying.

"I'm…..just...not ...strong...enough"

This caused him to step off her back and drop his sword to the ground. He then bent down and offered to help her up.

"What... why didn't you kill me?"

He just looked at her, thinking of why he had come here in the first place. He was trying to find a certain Sayian, and maybe she could lead him to the Sayian. It would definitely save him some time. Finally snapping out of his thought he answered.

"I wasn't planning on killing you, I just wanted to see if you could beat me, and you could possibly have. For that I admire you and your willingness to fight."

"Oh…well...thanks...I guess."

"..Hiei.."

"What?"

"You asked me my name earlier. My names Hiei."

"Oh, well then Hiei, I'm Rena. Nice to meet you."

"Yea... it is nice..." Hiei trailed off.

"So you never told me why you tried to attack me exactly."

"I was looking for someone"

"So you're trying to find some girl and kill her..."

"No. I didn't really intent to attack you I just wanted to know why you were in my part of the woods. I'm actually looking for a man, who took something dear to me."

"Oh your part of the woods huh? Well just to let you know this is my part of the woods. I come here all the time. Actually I'm training right now so I can also be ready incase I have to face a certain person who took something dear from me too, but hopefully I wont have to face him anytime soon."

"Oh...really? Well it seems were not very different then. Lets make a deal. Since you seem to like these woods so much, how about I get the upper half (meaning the trees) and you can have the lower part (the ground) what do you say?"

"I say you're really funny, but if you insist...deal"

Hiei slightly smiled at her as she began to walk away. Then he realized what he was doing. Why had he let her go in the first place, and why was he feeling so sentimental around her. Snap out of it, he thought, focus on why your here. If she has lost someone then maybe she is looking for the same person as him. He decided he would act interested in her, and get to know her so he could find out her secret and who she was, and it would be strictly business. (Mostly so he wouldn't have to worry about becoming emotionally attached.) With that, he climbed back up in the trees and sat on a limb. His mind drifted into a state of sub consciousness as he began to think. He was a demon from his demon world on a mission to destroy a certain Sayian, the one who took his parents away from him. That's what Tiguoro, his demon partner, had told him after they left the demon world. (Tiguoro was actually the demon king right now.) He told hiei how he must train him so he can beat that worthless Sayian. He said his parents were actually on a mission to kill him, but he instead caught them off guard and had slain both of them. Hiei was so angry at the thought of this, that without thinking he flung his right hand and smashed into the tree causing the top half of it to fall, with him in it. He quickly awoke from his sub consciousness as he landed on top of the tree that was now on the ground. He grumbled to himself as he got up and walked off. He had been in the human world so long he kind of missed his home, and he wished he could hurry up and find the Sayian so he could go home already. Then without warning…

"...Rena..."

He spoke her name without even meaning to. He quickly turned around to make sure she hadn't heard what happened and came running back to hear him say her name. Satisfied with his search that he was alone, he finally just sat on the ground and eventually fell asleep. (Something he didn't do very often.)