A/N: Writer's block is evil. The proof is in this story. I'm not able to update as quickly as I'd like to thanks to stupid writer's block. Well, hopefully it'll go away now that I sort of know where I'm going with this. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Never have and never will own DB/Z/GT, but I own Stephanie and Raven.

Chapter 5

Raven sat on the Son's living room couch, his mind searching what had happened only a few hours earlier. He could not figure out why his fiancée was so upset over seemingly nothing, but he had come to learn that she did not get upset over nothing. There apparently was something, but he could not think of what.

He leaned forward and picked up the notepad Stephanie had left setting on the table when she left. Absentmindedly, he leafed through the pages, scanning over her quickly scribbled notes about their upcoming wedding. The wedding that would probably be called off if he did not get this straightened out.

A sudden pounding on the door interrupted Raven's thoughts and he set the notepad aside and strode over to the door. He turned the knob and opened it to reveal Vegeta, looking none too happy.

"Oh, good, Vegeta!" Raven exclaimed, relief rushing over him.

"You won't be thinking that by the time I leave," Vegeta said angrily and he pushed his way into the house. "Why are you cheating on my daughter?"

The relief which had come at the hope that Vegeta would know why his daughter was hurt quickly left Raven as he stood there dumbfounded at the accusation. At his silence, the other man turned angrily and shoved him against the wall next to the door. "You had better start explaining if you want any chance of living."

"I'm not cheating on her!" Raven exclaimed desperately. "I don't know where she got that idea. Honestly!"

Vegeta did not seem satisfied by the answer. "You know as well as I do that she doesn't make a big deal out of nothing."

"Yes, I know that," Raven said exasperatedly as he pushed the other Saiyan back and stepped away from the wall. "And I swear I'm not cheating on her. Look, let me go back with you to Capsule-"

"No," Vegeta interrupted sternly. "She hasn't stopped crying as it is and seeing you would only make matters worse. I don't want you coming around her. If I see you anywhere near her, you'll regret the day you first came to this planet."

With that, Vegeta threw open the front door and took to the sky, leaving Raven alone in the doorway.

Raven sighed to himself and slowly shut the door, feeling in a worse mood than before. He turned at the sound of footsteps behind him and saw Chichi peeking into the room. "Was that Vegeta?"

"Yeah," Raven nodded as he stepped back over to the couch and plopped down on it. "Apparently, Stephanie thinks I've cheated on her. That's what her dad says."

"Cheating on her?" Chichi exclaimed, hurrying over to him. "Where would she get that idea?"

Raven shook his head in defeat and let out a long sigh. Chichi patted him on his shoulders comfortingly, all the while trying to figure out what they had done wrong.

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Bulma carried a large tray heaped up high with food down the long hall to her daughter's room. The girl had locked herself away from the rest of the family and had not come out for the rest of the day. Bulma knew she was upset and she was hurting for her daughter as well, but as she had thought on the situation during the day, she could not ever see Raven cheating on the woman he clearly adored. He had never once even made flirtatious moves towards another girl while they had been dating.

Bulma, utterly confused over the actions, shifted the tray to rest on her hip and knocked lightly on her daughter's door. "Honey? It's me."

"Come on in," came the reply.

Bulma entered to see her daughter sitting on her bed, surrounded by dozens of used up tissues and empty tissue boxes. She set the tray of food on the desk that stood by the wall and sat down on the bed next to her daughter. Stephanie hugged her knees up to her and stifled back more tears.

"Why would he do that?" She whispered into her arms. Bulma scooted up next to her daughter and pulled her into a hug.

"Honey…" Bulma's voice trailed off. She hesitated to tell her daughter what she thought, but if it were to make matters better she needed to. Absentmindedly scanning the floor, she continued slowly, "Are you absolutely positive of what you saw?"

Stephanie jerked back from her mother and stared at her wide eyed. "How can you even say that?"

"Just listen to me," the woman continued, holding up a hand. "Accusing a man of cheating on his fiancée is a pretty big deal and you need to sure that he is when you make that accusation."

"I know that," she stated, wiping a tear from her cheek.

"I know you do," came the gentle reply. "But Raven has been so loyal to you ever since he came over to the good side. I always thought to myself that he had a bit of a crush on you. And now that you're about to get married, I don't see why he would cheat on you like this. Not when he loves you like I know he does."

Stephanie's lower lip began to tremble and big tears rolled down from her blue eyes. "I know and that's why it makes me so upset. I don't get why he would. He's never done anything like this before."

"I know," the woman nodded, brushing some black hair from her daughter's face. "Tell me again what it is you saw."

Sniffing as she went, Stephanie told of the many flowers in the Son's living room, all addressed to Raven; of the note attached to the flowers saying to come try a bed; and of the note from the same woman who had sent the flowers saying for Raven to call her back. By the end of the whole retelling, she was sobbing all over again.

Bulma sat by with an arm wrapped around her daughter supportively, waiting patiently for her to calm down. Finally, after several minutes, the girl's tears had resided to a moderate amount. Then, taking her arm from around the girl, Bulma scooted around on the bed so that she made eye contact with her.

"I don't doubt a word of what you've just told me," the blue haired woman began, "but I think maybe some of it has been misinterpreted--no, don't start crying again. I think what you need to do is either call Raven or go talk to him personally and work this out because I still can't see him suddenly cheating on you after all these years."

"I can't talk to him," the girl managed through the tears. "Not after this."

Bulma remained silent for the moment, but finally stood. "Call him tomorrow morning. You'll be thinking a bit more clearly then."

The woman hugged her daughter and headed for the door. With one hand placed on the knob, she turned back and gave her daughter one last comforting smile and slipped out of the room quietly.

Stephanie stared at the door for a long minute before sniffing to herself and walking over to the tray of food her mother had brought. She stared down at the assortment a few seconds before slowly picking up the tray and setting it down on her bed.

She ate all of it but the noodles, Raven's favorite food.

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It was late when she heard the tapping on her window. She felt the familiar life force of her fiancé even before she turned over in her bed and saw him hovering outside her window. Stephanie sat up in her bed and rubbed the sleep from her eyes before quietly cracking her window enough so they could talk.

"Can we talk for a second?" Raven whispered, glancing over at her door to see that it was closed.

Stephanie glanced back over her shoulder, sighed and turned back to him and lifted the window. "Alright."

He floated back away from the window and she climbed out and met him in the air. He pointed up behind her to the rounded roof of Capsule Corporation. "We won't go far in case Vegeta wakes up and comes looking for you."

She nodded and muttered, "I doubt he'll wake up."

Nevertheless, she silently followed him up to the roof where they each sat next to one another. Raven quickly looked down and pretended to occupy himself with something between them. Finally, he spoke, "I see you're still wearing the engagement ring."

Stephanie looked down at her left ring finger. The moon light glistened off the shiny, silver band. "Yeah… Dad wanted me to get rid of it after he heard about…well, you know… I said I wouldn't take it off until we formally called off the wedding."

Raven looked up and met her gaze, his voice faltering slightly. "We're not…canceling the wedding, are we?"

She sighed and fingered the ring Raven had given her.

"I don't want to, but…" she looked up and into the distance. "I just want to know why you did it after you've been so loyal and faithful to me ever since you came over to the good side. I just don't get it…"

He glanced back down and spoke quietly, "Maybe it would have helped if you hadn't jumped to conclusions." Her blue eyes snapped to him, but he held up a hand. "You know me better than I know myself sometimes, so what logic tells you that I would do something like that?" He sighed, seemed weary. "We wouldn't be in this mess if you had consulted me before assuming and telling Vegeta that I was cheating on you. This is the only way I'll be able to see you until we work this out."

Stephanie knew he was right. She had started this whole mess, but it all happened so fast she was not sure now what she was thinking. "I don't know what was going through my head…I guess I thought you were scared of commitment, or…something."

"Afraid of commitment?" He questioned, practically with a laugh. "I wouldn't have told you I loved you if I didn't mean it or intend on getting into a long-term relationship."

"I know," she choked out and wiped a tear from her cheek. "I'm sorry…"

Raven watched her, uncertain if it would be alright to wrap his arms around her and pull her into a hug as he used to when she got upset. She sniffed and that was enough for him. He pulled her close, his arms securely around her. She let him hold her as more tears flowed and a few stifled sobs shook her body. He placed his chin on the top of her head and stroked her hair tenderly.

"It's ok," he whispered. She pulled her arms out from between them and wrapped them tightly around him. Raven adjusted his grip and glanced up. His heart froze. "Uh…"

Stephanie looked up at him and saw that he was looking out in front of them. She followed his gaze and she felt her stomach tighten with sudden fear she did not quite understand. "Dad, what are-"

"Go back in the house," Vegeta ordered sternly, his arms crossed and a glare present on his face that told Stephanie she should not argue.

Stephanie hesitantly pulled away from Raven and dried her cheeks. "Dad, please, no-"

"Go," He said louder than the first time.

Raven pulled his arms back and she stood, slipped on the dome roof, and quickly hovered a few inches above it and floated to her father. "Don't hurt him."

Vegeta did not reply, but the look he gave her told her he would do as he pleased. She gave him one last pleading look before descending to her window. He watched her until she was out of sight in the house and then he turned his angry glare on Raven who was now standing, looking unlikely that he was going to back down. "Didn't I tell you that you would regret it if you came back here?"

"You did," Raven answered, crossing his arms over his chest. "But I'm not going to stay away. I love her and there's no threat that will keep me away."

"So be it," Vegeta replied, smirking now as if he were going to enjoy the punishment. He suddenly shot forward and his fist met Raven's face with a crushing force. The other full blooded Saiyan was sent flying back a few feet, but caught himself in mid air. Vegeta flew after him, aimed another punch, but only met air as Raven disappeared and then reappeared beside him.

The Saiyan Prince whirled around and sent a kick for the other man's head. It was blocked. The older Saiyan shot an energy blast. Raven only barely managed to avoid it. When he straightened up, another fist met his face. They could hear the energy blast explode in the background. Several screams were heard.

"Vegeta!" They heard Bulma scream from the house.

"Dad, stop it!" Stephanie cried, suddenly appearing between the two only to have a punch intended for Raven to hit her. She skidded off in the air a few feet before catching herself and glaring at the two. Both were looking at her, both were concerned. She spit blood from her mouth, the bitter taste still persisting. "Don't hurt him!"

"Get back in the house now!" Vegeta shouted sternly before turning back to Raven and kicking the side of his head while he was not looking. The Saiyan flew off a few feet, caught himself and looked back up to see Vegeta descending down upon him.

"Stop it now!" Stephanie screamed, between the two again. A strong, invisible wave of energy emitted from her, pushing both men back and causing the trees to bend and sway as if there was a wind. She whirled around to Raven, her once blue eyes now emerald green, the tips of her jet black hair beginning to turn blonde. He knew she would transform into a Super Saiyan if she had to. "Raven, go home!"

He locked eyes with her for a moment before silently flying away in the direction of Goku and Chichi's house.

Stephanie turned her glare on Vegeta, the blonde still creeping up her hair, but more slowly. They hovered there, glaring at one another for a few seconds, both annoyed with the other. Finally, Stephanie shook her head, turned and flew quickly back towards Capsule Corporation.

Bulma waited impatiently at Stephanie's window and greeted both with a scowl. "What were you thinking, Vegeta?! You could have killed the poor boy!"

"He's stronger than that…" Stephanie muttered under her breath and grabbed a tissue from the box beside her bed and wiped the blood from her mouth.

Bulma turned her glare to Vegeta who stood apart from the two women, not sorry for what he had done. Seeing that she would not get any sense into either of them that night, she pointed to the door. "Vegeta, go. Stephanie, get back to bed."

The two stubborn Saiyans did not budge for a moment, but finally figured they would have to eventually and obeyed the individual commands.

Stephanie followed them to the door and closed it after them and turned off the lights. She turned back to the room, anger and frustration almost at its boiling point. With a huff, she slammed her fist down onto the desk that stood against the wall, shattering it to the floor.

Nobody came back to see what the noise was about and for once she was grateful for the silence.

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A/N: So, it's a bit short an I had planned on it going longer, but that was a pretty good stopping place, so yeah. Hope you guys enjoyed it! Reviews are greatly appreciated, as always.