-Claps- Chapter 4 has now arrived. Yay.

I've been thinking…and I think I'll submit two chapters a day. This way, this fic will get done quicker. -Shrugs- Just a thought. Also, FINALLY this fic is longer than my previous ones. -Smiles-

To Butterfly Fairy: Thank you for the review. It's greatly appreciated. Aisha's situation does get better. At least for a while.

Disclaimer: Read these words slowly. I… don't… own… DBZ, ok?

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Chapter 4: A Royal Sighting

"So, you like to keep people waiting, huh? Well, I'm not the patient type!", said Frieza.

Aisha said nothing in response. For her silence, Frieza slapped her with his tail.

"I-I'm…s-sorry, Lord F-Frieza", Aisha muttered. She received another slap, this one harder and more painful than the last.

"Speak clearly. I can't stand muttering", Frieza said. He was getting very irritated. Now he was starting to wonder himself as to why he decided to keep Aisha. In fact, he'd gotten so deep into his wondering, he'd almost forgotten about punishing Aisha further.

He started to form a ki ball in the palm of his hand. Aisha hadn't seen it because she'd been staring at the floor ever since she'd gotten the first slap.

Frieza had finally gotten his desired amount of energy. Aisha suddenly got this feeling in her gut saying 'don't look up'. But she ignored it and looked up anyway. Her eyes widened at the glowing ball of energy, and before she could run or defend herself, Frieza hurled it right at her. The impact sent her flying across the room, landing so hard against a wall that her body left an imprint.

Her body landed hard onto the cold floor. Zarbon smirked and Dodoria chuckled.

"Ugh, I detest monkeys. Get her out of my sight.", said Freiza.

Zarbon walked over to Aisha, picked her up roughly by her wrist, and then walked towards the entrance of the room. Once the doors opened, he stepped halfway outside and dropped her into the hallway. He turned around and walked back inside the room. The doors slid shut behind him.

Aisha struggled to get up on her feet. Once she did, she limped her way to the cafeteria and snuck inside. She hadn't eaten in days. She hid behind one of the garbage pails and tried to figure out how she was going to get food this time. She'd already lied to the cooks and used Zarbon as a pawn. She told them Zarbon had ordered her to get him something to eat. Once she received the food, she walked out into the hallway and crept into a small crawlspace. She devoured the food and was happy.

Luckily for her, Zarbon hadn't been hungry that day so he didn't find out.

A week or so later, she used the same tactic, but used Dodoria's name. She got the food, went to her crawlspace, ate, and was happy. Unfortunately for her, Dodoria was hungry and he entered the cafeteria moments after Aisha finished her meal.

She heard Dodoria yelling furiously and tried to lay low for a while. However, Dodoria eventually caught her and brought her into Frieza's room. He told both Frieza and Zarbon about her lies and Zarbon became greatly angered. He started to beat Aisha senseless, and soon Dodoria joined in.

When they finished, Aisha was barely hanging onto life. Frieza simply looked at her and shook his head.

"Tsk, tsk. Those Saiyans and their lies. I don't tolerate lying.", he said. And with that, he launched a ki blast at her already limp body which sent her flying into the corner of a wall. The impact of her head hitting the corner knocked her out. When she woke up, she was in a healing tank and couldn't remember too much of what happened.

She knew not to do that again.

Man, how am I gonna get some food this time?, she thought. She was pulling blanks and, for a moment, considered sneaking into the kitchen and stealing something. As she started planning, voices and heavy footsteps brought her back to reality. When she looked toward the entrance of the cafeteria, her jaw dropped.

There she saw a young, Saiyan boy maybe about two years older than her. His hair stood straight up, except for his bangs which covered his forehead. On his armor, there was a royal emblem and swaying behind him was a red cape. He had small, mean looking eyes, and a tail which was wrapped around his waist.

Aisha couldn't stop looking at him. She didn't either, until a much taller, muscular man appeared next to him. He, too, had a tail that was wrapped around his waist and he had a small heap of black hair in the middle of his head.

"So, Prince Vegeta, what would you like to eat?", asked the taller man.

Aisha's eyes widened at the title, "Prince". So…he was a Prince. A handsome one at that. Aisha could feel herself blushing. Was she developing a crush? It seemed so.

"I didn't come here to eat, Nappa. I simply wanted to be away from Frieza and his two ass kissers.", replied Vegeta. Aisha thought she would die when she heard his voice. It was adorable.

The two Saiyans walked in and sat down. They began talking about the glorious day when Frieza would be overthrown. How they longed for that precious day. After a few minutes, Vegeta's stomach growled a bit.

"Hmm, maybe I am a bit hungry", he said. "Let's see if we can grab a bite to eat."

Nappa nodded and the two got up to get something. However, no one was there. The cooks were on their break, and the food had been put away.

"This is ridiculous", Nappa said. "You'd think Frieza would keep extra cooks around or something." Aisha watched them think about their situation. Then she looked up and saw two slices of cake she hadn't noticed before. She grabbed one for herself and ate it. She grabbed the other one for Vegeta and slowly crept over to the table they'd been sitting at.

Nappa was busy trying to find some food and Vegeta stood there watching him. Suddenly, he saw Aisha in the corner of his eye. He watched her closely. She sat the cake gently on Vegeta's side of the table and crept away. Vegeta followed her. Once a few steps away from the cafeteria, Vegeta called out to her.

"Hey, you!"

Aisha froze in place. "Who are you?", Vegeta asked. Aisha turned around to face him. She blushed again as she got a closer look at his beautiful face. She went into a daze, but was reawakened when she felt someone shaking her.

"Who are you? I won't ask you again!", Vegeta said in an irritated voice. Aisha never stopped blushing and shyly said her name.

"…Aisha". Vegeta let go of her.

"That's better", he said. "Now wh- HEY! I wasn't finished talking to you!", he yelled. But it was too late. Aisha had fled and disappeared at the end of the hall.

Vegeta growled and headed back inside the cafeteria.
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End of chapter 4! Aisha and Vegeta finally meet, though it may not have been a pleasant meeting. The next few chapters are going to be good. They were to me, lol. Aisha and Vegeta start getting closer and feelings develop. I'm not going to spoil things anymore so…you'll just have to keep reading!

As always, please R&R.

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