A/N Sorry it's been like 6 months since I've updated... IM A TERRIBLE PERSON! *falls to the ground sobbing in despair* well anyway here's ther long anticipated next chapter, Woohoo!

"What do you mean you had a dream about Father!" Screamed Krillin's voice from behind me, man he got here fast.

I turned around shakily, "I mean that I had a dream about Father." It was a feeble attempt at my usual wit.

"What kind of dream about Father?" Asked Krillin patienty, as if I were a child, I hated the feeling.

"Would anyone care to tell me what exactly is going on?" Said Vegeta's silky smooth voce from next to me. He had gone unnoticed by me descending the stairs and now stood next to me. A little bit too close judging by Krillin's sour expression. Krillin and I remained silent, I looked away not wantng to meet Vegeta's eyes. Krillin, however glared straight into my fiance's eyes daring him to ask again.

He dared. "What is going on?" He turned towards me, knowing I wouldn't have the ability to deny information. Normally his impertatance would have made me livid but I merely averted my eyes from his onyx gaze.

"It's none of your buisness!" Yelled Krillin and being the older brothe rhe is he hadto add in, "and if this relationship isn't strong enough for Aki to feel like she can tell you about it then maybe you should end it now!" He shrank back a little when I glared daggers at him.

Vegeta eyed me with a smirk, I met his gaze and caught on, sure it was a big dramatic moment and we were ruining it... but it was Vegeta, Ve-ge-ta! Trying to irritate the crap out of my brother without maiming anything, this could be a once in a life time shot. "Do you not feel like you can tell me things, Baby?" Said Vegeta, his evil smirk exchanged for a loving expression. For a second I almost thought he was actually worried about the communication issues of our relationship... Then I remembered he was Vegeta, we weren't really in love, and we really didn't have a relationship. For some reason I found myself slightly disappointed from the thought

"Of course I can tell you anything, Veggie" I smiled, I can irritate Vegeta and make Krillin believe this relationship at the same time! "It's just not something I want to talk about right now."

Vegeta was still scowling at being called Veggie, "Alright Akimi whatever you say," I could tell he was trying very hard to keep a grudging tone out of his voice.

"Okay, now that your disgusting lovey-dovey couple thing is over- WHO WAS IN YOUR DREAM?" Said Krillin

I sighed, playtime was over, "Father was in my dream." I said as calmly as possible.

"Bu- but Father's dead, isn't he...?" Murmured Krillin, clinging to a small hope.

"You were dead twice, I was dead once, death isn't quite so permanent as it once was," I answered slowly.

"Who would have wished him back!" He asked incredulously. "He didn't have friends, Mom's- Mom is- isn't with us anymore, the guys who worked for him are all dead or they ran away"

"Chen's alive." I said, eyes wide as all the pieces suddenly clicked together in my head. "He's alive and he wants me to marry him, and if I don't do it he'll kill us and Father will keep his end of the bargain and..." I was completely failing to keep the hysteria out of my voice.

"And what?" Demanded Krillin, horrorstruck.

"Father's perfected his kurai kage-sen" I said slowly.

"Ah! I gotta go tell Goku! We gotta train! We're all gonna die." With that my older brother flew out the window, and not the open one. I stared at the shattered glass he had left in his wake, in any other situation I would have laughed but at the moment I was going into shock.

Vegeta was staring at me, not in confusion, or caring, or even interest. He looked like he was just musing over what had been said.

**VEGETA POV**

I looked at the woman contemplating what she might be thinking, and what I should say to her. Her hair was still a mess from sleeping and she was pale from worry.

"So are you going to tell me what this was all about?" I asked sounding disintrested,

She looked at me a moment, her head cocked to the side as if deciding if I deserved the truth, if she could rreally trust me. "It's a long story," She said, finally.

"Do I look like I'm going anywhere?" I said, sitting down.

She sighed, "Okay, Me and Krillin's father wasn't a... nice killed our mother when we were young and sent us of to seperate boarding school dojos to gt rid of us. He got in debt and promised me as a wife to Chen to repay it. He's really powerful and if he doesn't get his way he'll probably kill us all. That a good enough explenatgion?" She was speaking rather quickly, as if even mentioning these events invited them to happen. She shook her head, "I don't know what we're going to do..."

With a sigh I stood and wrapped my arms around her, "Don't think I'm going to make a habit of doing this, Woman."

She looked up and glared at me, "Jerk!" She said trying to push away from me.

"You know you enjoy me holding you," I smirked

**AKI POV**

Yeah, I enjoy it and that's what scares me, I thought to myself. It irks me to no end that we can play at this and he acts like he has no feelings for me whatsoever. . . . But there are those moments.

I tried to shove away again, repulsed by where my thoughts were taking me. There's no way Vegeta could actually love me, he's a pompous, boisterous, obnoxious, rude, arogant jerk. Except for when... well when he's not. Vegeta was also sweet and intelligent and caring and a good friend. That's what we were. Friends. I didn't care if he loved me or not, which he didn't.

Vegeta still held me by the waist looking at me with an expresion I've never seen on him before. He was smiling, not smirking, smiling! I gaped a moment.

"What?" He asked me, cocking his eyebrow up. I suddenly wanted him to kiss me, I pushed the thought out of my mind quickly.

"You're smiling. . ." I answered incredulously "Actually smiling?"

"Hmm? I suppose so," He mused sounding disinterested.

"Well, why?" I asked

**VEGETA POV**

Because the most beautiful woman in the world is in my arms, said the romantic part of my brain that I would have desimated long ago if it hadn't been able to get smiles from the woman. I hated to think about it and I would never admit it but I loved to see her smile.

"No reason," I said lamely, earning a smirk from Aki.

**AKI POV**

"I need to train." I said suddenly pushing him again, this time he let go, letting me fall against the arm chair.

"You, train?" He asked incredulously.

"Yes," I answered rolling my eyes.

"For what? is there a cooking competition or something?" Vegeta scoffed

I raised an eyebrow at him. "Train to fight," I said angrily

"Fight who?"

Now he was seriously pissing me off, "Who do you think!" I screamed.

"Well surely you won't fight to save the world with the men will you?" He said, eyeing me curiously.

"And why wouldn't I?" I asked ferociously.

"You are a woman." He said simply "Women are not to fight unless it is the most desperate of wars."

"Why not!"

"You're fragile, and someone needs to stay home and tend to things." Vegeta shrugged.

"Fragile? Fragile!" I said "I'll show you fragile, Monkey-man! This Friday at the Kame house, after training. You and I are going to spar.

A/N MUAHAHAAHA Again I'm so so so sosososososoososoososoososooo sprry for not updating in forever and ever and ever and ever. But if you don't review it might happen again so review. PLEASE... OOOOOOOOoooOOoooooooOOOOOoooo they're gonna spar, this should be fun.