Chapter 5: Coming up with a plan

Hiei sat in his tree the next morning trying to think about how he was going to get close to Rena without actually getting close to her. He really wanted to hurry up and kill that Sayian but without Rena's help (If she does have some kind of relation) he wouldn't get it done any time soon; especially since he couldn't sense this guy anywhere. He eventually gave up and slowly walked towards Rena's house, thinking of what he was supposed to do when he got there.

Rena and Vegeta sat on a swing eating ice cream, when Hiei came walking up to them.

"Hey…Rena."

Hiei noticed her licking something green and smooth, placed in a cone-like shape structure.

"What are you eating?"

"Oh Hiei! Hey what's up? Actually I was just thinking about you while I was eating this. Its ice cream that you lick, and its sooo good; I think you should have a bite."

"Um…."

"Come on, you've never had any so you got to try at least once."

"Whatever."

Hiei licked the ice cream, but shivered when he tasted how cold it was. He handed it back to Rena with a look of discontent. She just laughed at his expression.

"So this is the Hiei I've been hearing so much about." Vegeta said.

"Well not that much. There isn't much to tell. But yea, this is the guy."

"Mmm well as long as he keeps his grubby hands away from you then I'm cool."

"Vegeta!"

"What? That's how a dad supposed to be right? Overprotected?"

"Yea but we don't even know each other well enough for that to happen."

"Well, ok, whatever."

"Hey at least its nice to know some people still has their senses." Hiei said.

"Hey what's that supposed to mean huh?" Vegeta stood up to punch Hiei, but Rena grabbed his arm.

"Vegeta what are you doing! He wasn't saying anything bad about you."

Hiei stepped back waving his hands in front of him.

"Yea…I swear…I was just saying that because my parents died when I was six, so I never really had anyone to look out for me, and everyone else I know could careless what I do."

"Oh…well that better be what you meant."

Vegeta sat back down as Rena tried to calm him.

"Well um I was just coming to uh see you cause well that's what friends do right? And you know I thought we could do something or whatever."

Rena laughed. "Yea that's what normally happens."

Hiei just blushed because he had no idea how to do stuff like this.

"Hey how about we go out somewhere in town, I heard theirs a carnival going on. Its sounds like fun; what do ya say?"

"Whatever."

"Ok then, Vegeta I'll catch up with you later, bye."

Rena and Hiei then left for town. She took him to a small fair, and paid for their tickets. They rode almost all the rides together, and Hiei even played a few mini games himself. One, which was taking a hammer and slamming it on a round pad to make the light on the pole go up. Hiei, of course, making it all the way to the top actually broke it, and made the man who owned it very upset. When they had finished at the fair and ate, it was very late so Rena decided it was time they head home. As they walked along the path the silence was unbearable so Rena finally spoke up.

"So did you have fun tonight?"

"Uh yea I guess…"

"Well it seemed like you were having a lot of fun to me."

"It wasn't that big of a deal…"

"Oh…well I had fun…that's what was supposed to happen, by the way."

"Fun…fun is punching someone's lights out…or stabbing them and then…" Hiei noticed Rena stare at him with a confused look on her face.

"I…was…just…kidding of course…"

"Oh…right…"

Hiei felt so stupid for even saying anything at all, even if that really was fun to him, he knew Rena probably would have thought he was a freak. Wait a second…when did I start caring what she thought of me? He thought, Its just Rena for crying out loud…I just need her as bait…man I just need to hurry up and find this guy so I can kill him already. Hiei quickly snapped out of his thoughts when Rena stopped, showing he was home. She told him goodnight and walked towards her house. Hiei climbed up in his tree and sat there thinking of what had happened that day. He really did have fun at the fair, but He didn't even care about Rena, and yet he couldn't stop thinking about her. He didn't even like her, but yet he just wanted to see her again. He kept telling himself to snap out of it as he tried to fall asleep.

Rena was in her room also, thinking about that night. She had had lots of fun with Hiei tonight, and she couldn't believe how much he had opened up to her also. Playing that game, and demanding that he get a better prize than some teddy bear for winning the highest score. Even afterwards when he had given up, took the bear, and gave it to Rena. That was real sweet of him, even if he wasn't trying to be. She then thought about how she had never told him she was a Sayian. Not that it was a huge deal, but Sayians were still Sayians which technically made them not human. In fact, they were actually born with tails… Hiei would probably freak out if he knew that she had a tail once, she thought. She laughed to herself. Well, since it wasn't like they were in a relationship or anything, she could always tell him later… Rena then thought about how all she had done was think about Hiei, so she changed clothes, got in her cozy bed, and drifted off to sleep.

The next morning, Rena was outside with Vegeta training. She had gotten up early that morning to ask him if they could train today before it got so hot. She hadn't told him about her going Super Sayian yet, and she was thinking that now might be a good time since he seemed to be getting the best of her today. Even being the tough guy that he was, he was never inconsiderably hard on her, and he even let her win a few times. But today he apparently didn't have that in mind. He wasn't giving her any breaks, and he didn't even wait for her to get up after he would knock her down. He would just yell things like,

"Get up!" "Come on your tougher than that!" "Am I training just some wimp!"

She felt insulted at first, but he knew it would make her stronger in the end. As Vegeta was throwing punches at her, she started thinking about all these things and was caught off guard when he hit her in the face. She came tumbling to the ground as blood dripped from her nose. Vegeta just yelled at her for being so careless, but she just wiped the blood away and got back up. Vegeta then went to kick her in the side, but she was determined to beat him this time, and before she could think, she went Super Sayian, grabbed his leg, and pulled him over her shoulder where he landed hard on the ground. He just grunted as he got up to surrender for now.

"Yes! Ha ha I finally beat you on my own!"

"Yes, but when did you become a Super Sayian? Legend says that the female Sayian race did not have the ability to go super Sayian."

"Wow, I didn't know that…well, I guess that means I'm the best female Sayian then."

"I suppose, but that still bothers me why you can, and others could not."

"Well this is only the second time I've gone Sayian. The first was with Hiei, but being a super is so awesome, I mean did you see how strong I became?"

"That is the general point."

"Oh…well its still awesome to me."

"I guess I cant blame you…you are the daughter of Kakarot, and he's the strongest Sayian there is."

"Yea…" Rena whispered. "If he's so strong then why did he have to kill himself to save the planet? Why isn't he here training me right now instead of you?"

"Hey… your father is the bravest man I know; he had more character and will power than any Sayian could ever try to have, and your father wishes he could be here right now, instead of me taking his place; I know he does."

Rena looked at the ground with her eyes watering.

"I miss him so much; he was my best friend you know…"

"I know…I miss Bre so much too; she was my second chance to do the right thing, and I was still a jerk to her. Now I hate myself forever because she'll never see me here now being a better person than I was, and I can only hope my son and wife will truly give me a second chance; even if I don't deserve it."

"Oh Vegeta!…"

Rena reached up and hugged him, and he was a little surprised, because he had never hugged her before, but she continued to hug him tighter while she cried.

"I miss her so much too! She was all I had left when Goku died, and when I lost her, I thought I would have to kill myself to be happy again…at least then I would be up in snakes way with her and Goku…but then you came into my life and opened up to me, and gave me hope. Then I met Hiei, and I know he seems a little rough, but he's really just like you and on the inside I know he's a big softy…" Vegeta lifted up her chin and looked into her eyes.

"I'll always be here for you, okay?"

He just hugged her back now while he tried to comfort her. The two stood there in silence until Trunks came walking up to them with a confused look on his face. When Rena saw him she quickly broke away to wipe the tears from her eyes. Vegeta, being embarrassed, just said goodbye to Rena and Trunks, and walked away, leaving them to talk.

"Um hey Rena, you okay?"

"Yea sure I'll be fine, we were just talking about some things that's all."

"Oh…well ok then. Actually I came to see if you wanted to do anything. There's a fair in town I thought we could go to."

"Oh…um actually I've already been…"

"You have? With who?"

"…Hiei…"

"Who the heck is that?"

"Its just some guy I met, and he came over to see if I wanted to do anything; so I asked if he wanted to go to the fair, because he's never been. We just rode some rides and went home. Nothing happened."

"Well yea sure I mean its your life, you can do what you want."

"Yea well I may not be going to any fairs today, but that doesn't mean we can't do something else. How about the mall?"

Trunks just smiled and took Rena's hand as they walked together towards the mall. When they reached it, Trunks was about to open the door for Rena when she sensed something in the woods beside the mall. She didn't really sense things too much so she felt a little nervous, until she made out who it was. Trunks noticed her action and was about to speak when she ran off toward the woods, so he chased after her. As Rena came running up to him, Hiei realized this and tried to run, because he didn't want to talk to her. It was strange enough that he was just staring at her, but it was too late for she was already there.

"Hiei! Hey, what are you doing here?"

"Oh uh Hi, um you know just uh looking at that building."

Trunks came running behind as fast as he could

"Rena! What's the matter? You just ran off for no reason."

"Actually there was a reason." Hiei said, and that's when Trunks noticed him.

"Hey who's this freak? Looks like some Goth. You know this guy?"

"Who are you calling a freak!"

Hiei jumped up at Trunks and tackled him to the ground. Rena just stared in disbelief, because she thought if anyone, it would be Vegeta she would have to do this too. When she finally came to her senses she yelled at them.

"Trunks! Hiei! Stop it!

She screamed so loud that both of them did. Rena just shook her head.

"First of all, Trunks, you need to learn a little respect, and second: you, Hiei, can't just hit anything that offends you or ticks you off. Got it?"

Trunks apologized, but Hiei just glared at him. Rena was obviously content because she introduced them to each other. Trunks held out his hand, but Hiei wouldn't shake it. He actually didn't know he was supposed to.

"Look I'm sorry for calling you a freak. I thought you were some kind of stalker."

Hiei didn't know what that was but he just stood there glaring at him till he finally spoke.

"Yea well I'm not sorry for…"

"Hiei!"

"I…mean…I guess I…shouldn't have…attacked you…"

"There, see, you two just misunderstood each other."

Hiei just looked at the ground, because he couldn't believe he had just took an order from Rena. Something was happening with him and he couldn't seem to figure out what. Before he could continue his thoughts, Rena spoke up again.

"Actually, Trunks, this is the guy I took to the fair."

"Oh…right…sure you did."

"Hey Hiei want to come to the mall with us? That's what that building is; its full of stores- all different. In fact, I insist that you come."

"Oh yes do come" Trunks said sarcastically, but Rena didn't seem to notice and she kept on Hiei until he finally gave in. As they were walking in the mall, Hieis mind drifted again to why he had come in with Rena. He just couldn't seem to say no when she asked him to do something. Rena snapped him out of his thoughts again when she grabbed his arm to show him a video game store. He felt the urge to break his arm away, but then he had that sensation again and he couldn't. Trunks just dragged behind while Rena seemed to give Hiei all the attention. It also gave him some time to think about this guy. He was sure that she liked him, but now after only a few days with this guy, she was all over him. He told himself that she probably didn't realize what she was doing, but then he noticed that this Hiei guy had a sword behind his black cloak. It was barley visible unless you really looked at it, but Trunks decided that he didn't trust this guy, because he was too quiet, and was carrying a sword. Since he had convinced himself, he made sure to keep up with them incase Hiei tried to pull something.

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On a warm, Saturday morning, Rena and trunks were walking in an open field full of flowers talking about random things. Someway in their conservation Hiei was brought up.

"I don't know why you trust him so much when you barley know him. He could be using you or something."

"He's perfectly normal, he just grew up different than us. His parents died when he was young so he doesn't even know them, and he's never really had any friends so I want to be the one he can trust and confide in."

"Well I still don't trust him. Did you know he carries a sword around? What kind of guy carries a sword with him too the mall? And besides you have me to confide in."

"Yea… I've been meaning to talk to you about us. I know I seemed to be all over you after Bre died and then I backed away when I met Hiei, but it really has nothing to do with him. I think I just took things too fast and they need to slow down. And if he wants to carry a sword around then he has that right, besides, he has no idea when that person he's chasing might attack him."

"I guess if that's what you want, I wont insist on you."

"Hey, we are still awesome friends ok?"

"Yea…hey, what's that?"

"What's what?"

"That up ahead, in the field. It looks like some green thing."

"Oh, I see it now. Your right. Maybe it's the hulk?"

"No he's much bigger."

"His son?"

"Rena."

"What? I'm just kidding"

"Come on lets go check it out."

Rena and trunks crept through the field until they were close enough to see. When they could make out what it was, they saw a green person with three eyes and other eyes all over his body. He had fangs and his jet black hair was split in two. Rena looked at trunks in disbelief for how scary this being looked. He was fighting a creature similar to his type, but a completely different apparel. After about five minutes the green-looking creature won, and that's when Rena realized that he looked a lot like Hiei. But there was no way it could be him. This guy was some kind of demon. That's it, she thought, I'd bet he's a demon like Tiguoro. I wonder what he's doing here? Please don't let him be looking for me again…Rena was snapped out of her thoughts when the demon caught sense they were watching and ran over to attack them. But when he got close enough he stopped like he was frozen or something and afterwards just stood there staring at them.

"Who are you?" Rena shouted.

"I am someone you do not know and will not know, but I am not your enemy."

With that he ran off so fast that before Rena and trunks could blink, he was gone.

"What was that all about?" Trunks asked.

"I don't know, but he seems so familiar."