Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ, YYH, or the characters. Just my OCs.

This is by far the longest chapter I have written. I hope you'll still find it entertaining and not dragged out. A lot happens in this chapter.

Bulma landed her air car outside Kaiya's home. Once parked, Kaiya got out of the car and started walking away. "Are you sure you're okay?" Bulma asked the quiet girl.

Kaiya sighed before turning to face the older woman. She could tell that Bulma was worried about her, so she forced a smile in attempts to play off how she was feeling. "Yeah," she lied. "I'm fine. I'll see you soon, okay?"

Bulma was still hesitant to leave Kaiya alone, but she started her air car again. "Okay," she replied before taking off again for her home. Kaiya watched as she left and walked into the space outside of her apartment. Her hands were shaky causing her to drop her keys. She muttered a curse as she went to pick them up, her front door opening revealing a very confused Hiei.

"I thought you were going to be gone all day," he stated. "What happened?"

"Jiro," Kaiya replied hesitantly. Hiei's expression darkened as they went inside.

"I repeat my question," Hiei said after they sat down on the couch. "What happened?" Kaiya shook her head, reluctant to tell her easily angered boyfriend about what her father had done. "Kaiya," Hiei sighed, "you are obviously upset by this. Tell me what happened." It sounded like a demand, but Kaiya understood that Hiei was simply concerned about her wellbeing.

"Okay," Kaiya surrendered. She took a deep breath, preparing herself for Hiei's reaction. "Jiro attacked me today." Rage flashed in Hiei's eyes and he was about to flash out of there any second, but Kaiya put her hand on his clenched fist. "I got out of the way in time. I was more upset that Gohan nearly got hit."

"What?" Hiei asked, though he wasn't shocked that Jiro would attack anyone that got in his way.

"Yeah," Kaiya muttered. "When I confronted him about it, he said Gohan would have just been 'collateral damage.'"

"Hn," Hiei scoffed with a bitter chuckle. "Unbelievable. Figures, though."

"What?" Kaiya asked. Hiei just looked away from her, shaking his head. "Hiei, please tell me. What did you mean by that?"

Hiei sighed in frustration mentally berating himself for even mentioning it. He was still upset from reliving his own pain of Kaiya's death with Vegeta earlier. He never wanted Kaiya to know about this. "Just leave it alone, Kaiya. You don't need to know. It would only add to your pain, and I refuse to tell you."

Kaiya frowned, both insulted and irritated that Hiei wouldn't tell her. "You think I'm too weak to handle it," she accused. "You think I'll break and be as devastated as I was."

"You're wrong," Hiei assured her. "I do not think you are weak. Far from it actually. And you didn't 'break.' Your reaction was perfectly justified, all things considered. I just know that telling you this will not make the situation better. If anything, it will make you feel worse."

"Hiei," Kaiya nearly whined. "I know it won't make me feel better, but I want to know. I have the right to know, don't I?"

Hiei was starting to feel like his hands were tied, but he still didn't want to tell her. "Of course you do, but tell me this. Do you want to be upset by this on a day where you're already upset?"

"Yes," Kaiya said adamantly. "I'm already upset. It can't be much worse than him trying to take my life for a second time as well as the life of a child."

"True," Hiei admitted reluctantly. He looked into Kaiya's hopeful eyes and knew that he had lost. "Ugh, fine," he muttered. He then took Kaiya's hand and attempted to soften his voice. "When you girls got kidnapped, he said that you and Mayonaka were 'collateral damage.'"

"I know," Kaiya replied.

"You do?" Hiei asked in shock, his grip on her hand tightening. "How? I never…"

"Kurama told me," Kaiya explained. "And even if he hadn't told me, I wouldn't have been surprised if you had told me what he said. He always said stupid stuff like that. You get used to it after a while."

"You shouldn't have had to get used to it," Hiei growled, a scowl on his face.

"No, I shouldn't have," Kaiya sighed. "But at least I know when I actually have kids, they'll be loved by the both of us."

Kaiya grinned as color appeared on Hiei's cheeks and his mouth gaped open and closed like a fish a few times. He was struck speechless by her remark. Kaiya chuckled at his reaction. "Aw, you're so cute when you don't know how to respond. Don't worry; we have a long time before we get there."

"Do not say anything like that around the detective," Hiei warned her. "Neither of us will hear the end of it."

Kaiya just laughed. "Trust me; I already know that. Nope, this is between us." She squeezed his hand and moved to kiss his cheek.

"Good," he said before placing a kiss on her lips. He then pressed his forehead to hers and whispered. "I am honored, though. Why me?"

"If anyone understands my feelings regarding family, it's you," Kaiya answered. "You've said it yourself. Jiro shouldn't have treated his own children the way he does. I know you wouldn't be that way, just like you know I wouldn't be like your people."

"True," Hiei said quietly. "You do not have the same mindset as they do." He pulled her closer to him to the point where they were lying together on the couch. "If you did, I probably would have killed you when you went behind my back and pulled information out of Yukina."

Kaiya simply smiled and nuzzled her head against his neck. "Now, now," she chided. "You know you wouldn't have done that. I do admit that I shouldn't have gone behind your back, though. I didn't know you as well back then, though, so of course I didn't think to ask you."

"It's in the past," Hiei replied. "It doesn't matter much now. Everything is different."

"I'll say," Kaiya laughed. Hiei relaxed when he heard her sweet, melodious laughter. She looked up into his eyes to see him glancing down at her. "What?"

"Um, nothing," he replied with a slight nervousness. "Just rest, Kaiya."

She nodded and laid her head against Hiei's chest. The two of them rested on the couch together in silence. Hiei was running his fingers through Kaiya's hair while she traced his bandaged right arm. "You have new bandages," she said breaking the silence. "Please tell me you didn't burn my brother to a crisp."

"Hn," Hiei replied with a smirk. "Don't worry; he's fine." He decided not to mention that the Dragon had no effect on Vegeta. "Vegeta wants us to train with him more. I'll be going with you tomorrow."

Kaiya grinned although Hiei could not see it since he was resting his head on top of hers. "That's great," she whispered. "I'd hoped you two would get along."

"It's easy to get along with someone who shares a common interest," Hiei pointed out.

"What, fighting?" Kaiya asked with a chuckle.

"No," Hiei said seriously. "You."

Kaiya sat up slightly and looked at Hiei as though she were shocked. Hiei smirked and let out an amused chuckle as she blushed bright red. "Oh," she replied blankly. "Um, yeah…I guess I didn't think of that."

Hiei frowned at her again. "That is because you let your father's words get to you. The truth is, Kaiya, he is not important and neither is his opinion. You're not to blame for his actions, and we will stop him. We'll deal with him and then these android things that kid told us about. It's all going to be okay."

"I know," Kaiya mumbled into Hiei's chest. "It's just hard sometimes."

"Don't let it be," he told her. "Ignore Jiro. He doesn't get a say in your life. As I said, he's unimportant."

Kaiya quietly giggled. "Okay, if I say it once, will you let it go?"

"Possibly."

Kaiya sighed and sat up. "Fine. Jiro is unimportant and he doesn't get a say in my life. Happy?"

Hiei nodded to her before sitting up as well. "We have a long day ahead of us. I have a feeling your brother is going to work us hard tomorrow."

"Yeah, he always does," Kaiya joked. "And I am tired. Come on, let's go to bed."

Kaiya stood up from the couch and started heading to her room. Hiei just watched her before she stopped and looked at him strangely. He quirked his brow in response as the two of them just stared at each other. "Well," she started to answer his unasked question, "are you coming or not?"

Hiei cocked his head slightly to the right before getting up and crossing his arms, following her to her room. They both slid into the bed, facing each other before Hiei asked, "So is this going to be an everyday occurrence now?"

"Why not?" Kaiya replied with a sweet smile. "We're both a lot calmer when we're together."

"That's a terrifying thought," Hiei told her. Kaiya looked at him strangely. "Do you remember the start of our relationship?"

Kaiya couldn't help but laugh again. "When you put it that way, you have a point. Man, were we idiots. At least nearly killing each other isn't our way of greeting each other anymore."

"Thankfully, although I wouldn't have 'killed' you."

Kaiya kissed Hiei's cheek. She whispered a quiet, "I know that too," in his ear before they fell asleep together.

Vegeta was sitting alone in what humans called the "living room" pondering the story Hiei had told him about Kaiya's death. He couldn't believe that someone like that existed in his little sister's life. He also couldn't believe how much Hiei seemed to be affected by Kaiya's death. At first glance, Hiei seemed to be a hardened criminal, much like himself, but today the fire demon allowed the Saiyan prince a chance to get closer to him and bond. Even if he was just doing it for his sister, Hiei didn't need to let Vegeta get that close.

Vegeta heard the front door open and close, signaling that the woman was back from Kakarot's. The prince was shocked when he didn't sense Kaiya's energy with her. He thought the girl was going to come back with the woman since they were going to be getting in so late.

Bulma rushed into the living room and nearly jumped when she saw Vegeta sitting there. "Oh, Vegeta, hey," she greeted. "You surprised me. I expected you to be training."

"Done early," Vegeta replied curtly. "Where's Kaiya?"

Bulma sighed in the darkness, but Vegeta with his Saiyan eyesight could see her putting her hand to her head. "Vegeta, a lot happened today and she wanted to go home."

Vegeta's eyes narrowed at Bulma. Not knowing what had happened left him thinking that Kakarot had done or said something stupid to upset her. "What did that idiot do?" he snapped.

Bulma looked up, slightly alarmed at the less than subtle accusation. "Oh, Vegeta, nothing happened between her and Goku," Bulma assured him. "Jiro showed up. He attacked her and could have killed both her and Gohan. Goku got him to leave."

"Jiro," Vegeta growled out quietly, tightening his fists. "I will kill that bastard."

The next thing Vegeta knew, Bulma was behind him placing her hands gently on his shoulders. "I know you want to," she whispered to him. "Just be careful. He may be a jerk, but he's still her father. Don't do anything rash."

"If you are asking me not to kill him," Vegeta said darkly, "then I suggest you go waste you words on someone else. He has caused nothing but problems for the both of us, and I will not let him get away with it. If that is all you wanted to say, then you can go now."

Bulma smiled sadly and then took a seat next to Vegeta. "I'm not asking you not to kill him," she replied honestly. "I'm asking you to be careful when you do. Try to avoid doing it in front of Kaiya. That's how he died last time, not that there was much of a choice. He was seconds away from killing her the second time in a two days." Vegeta growled slightly, not wanting to harp on that. "Goku and I thought of something today."

"What?" Vegeta snappishly shouted.

"Well," Bulma said, ignoring his outburst, "everything that happened between Kaiya and Jiro happened about a year ago, when we were all on Namek."

"Your point," Vegeta said with a roll of his eyes. He had no idea what Bulma was getting at, but being reminded him of his past failure was not appealing to him and he was starting to get increasingly irritated with the human female with whom he had come to coincide.

Bulma grew nervous and looked away from Vegeta. "Do you know anything about your sister's death?" she asked hesitantly.

"I know enough," Vegeta muttered, still staring blankly at Bulma. "Again, your point?"

"Vegeta, from what we were hearing, it sounds like…"

"Like?" Vegeta pressed getting even more frustrated with Bulma. The woman still didn't answer to him, looking to him with worry. "Get to the point, damn it!" he shouted at her.

"Fine," Bulma shouted back. "You know what, Vegeta…I was trying to think of a nice way to put this, but you're making it impossible."

"I don't need you to make it sound 'nice,'" Vegeta sneered. "Just. Get. To. The. Point."

"Alright, then," Bulma said with a sigh. "Vegeta, Kaiya may have died around the same time you did."

"W-What?" Vegeta breathed out while looking away from Bulma. "That's…that can't be…"

"A coincidence?" Bulma finished. "I was thinking that too. It seems too planned out, and probably not on Frieza's end."

Vegeta tightened even more in anger. If Bulma was implying what he thought she was, Jiro planned when he was going to go after Kaiya. He wondered if the human knew about the things occurring on Namek as well or if it was just a coincidence. Then another thing hit him. If Jiro planned the attack when Frieza was directing his attention to another planet, was Jiro actually trying to break his deal with the tyrant just because he was angry with the young girl for choosing the side of her friends?

"Jiro is an idiot," Vegeta mumbled. "If he killed Kaiya and Frieza had gotten his wish, then Frieza would have come after him and ended his pathetic life."

"Well, thankfully Kaiya is alive now and Frieza isn't," Bulma said in attempts to point out the bright side.

"This is ridiculous," he continued to mumble out. "He does not deserve a second chance to harm her. I want to end him now."

"I'm sure," Bulma agreed. "Look, I'm not going to tell you to change how you feel. If I had the power, I'd want to kill him too. Your sister has been hurt too much by him, both physically and emotionally."

"Why do you even care so much?" Vegeta questioned. "About her or about me."

Bulma just smiled from behind him. "Because someone has to look out for you. As for your sister, she is a sweet girl. Of course I'd be protective over her, especially because I know how important she is to you and how much you care about her." At seeing Vegeta's confused expression, Bulma finished with, "We are kind of friends now, don't you think?"

Vegeta snorted in feigned derision. "That's absurd," he scoffed, thankful that it was dark and Bulma was behind him. She would never let him live it down if she caught him blushing.

"Aw, don't be like that, Geta," Bulma teased jovially.

"No," Vegeta growled at her. "Only my sister can call me that."

"That's fine," Bulma chimed finding it adorable that Vegeta had a preference of nicknames and who could call him said names. "I could always call you Veggie-chan."

Vegeta turned to face her, now seething in both irritation and embarrassment. His face was reddened with anger as he yelled, "You will do no such thing, or, so help me, I will blast you where you stand."

"Yeah, I don't think so…" Bulma said before tacking on, "Veggie." Vegeta just crossed his arms and turned away, not even responding to her. Bulma held back a laugh for the prince's pouting. "Hey," she said quietly, "I'm only teasing. Don't take it so seriously."

"I am not a tool for your own amusement," Vegeta growled while getting angry again.

Bulma frowned, concerned at the fact that Vegeta was pulling away from her at her gentle teasing. She realized that it had to have come from the way he grew up and decided to go a different route. "No, you are definitely not a tool," she assured him. "Tools fix things and don't break my hard work all the time."

Vegeta smirked with pride at her remark. "Well, if you worked harder, it wouldn't happen as often."

"Says you," Bulma replied, finally taking a seat next to him. She placed a hand comfortingly on his arm, his face contorting with even more confusion and bitter curiosity.

"Woman, what the hell are you doing?" he asked darkly.

He silenced himself and slightly relaxed when Bulma smiled. "You need to relax. All this stress isn't good for any of you. Now, in the morning, Kaiya is coming to train here, right? I would just talk to her, open up to her. No matter what you say, she'll listen. I would listen too, but I'm sure you'd rather talk to your sister than to me about this stuff. I only know what I saw on the machine. Both of you have seen and dealt with a lot more than I have."

Bulma stood up and stretched a bit, ignoring the silent question Vegeta was trying to convey with his eyes. "Good night, Vegeta," she said soothingly before walking away. Vegeta just stared at her as she left the room. He couldn't believe what had just transpired between him and Bulma. He always hated her, ridiculed her, threatened to kill her, yet she was calling him a friend and actually attempted to understand him and his murderous ways with no judgment. It was almost like how his sister treated him, but somehow different. Kaiya was his sister, and therefore had a connection to him. Bulma did not share a connection with him, and should probably be running in the opposite direction.

"What is with these Earthlings?" he asked to no one in particular. "No wonder they are so clueless."

One thing was certain, though. He did need to get some rest and attempt to quell his anger before he was to train with Kaiya and Hiei the next day. He did not want to bring anger from the past into his training session with his sister or her boyfriend around. He would hate to end up taking it out on either of them. With that final thought, Vegeta stood up and headed to his temporary room.

Kaiya woke up feeling completely relaxed and at ease. She had had no nightmares, no flashbacks, just a peaceful sleep. She turned over in Hiei's grasp and saw that he was still asleep with his arms wrapped around her. Her idea last night for them to sleep together seemed to do him a world of good too. She felt him give her a tight squeeze before he opened his eyes. Seems the fire demon was awake too.

"Morning, koi," she greeted in a whisper.

"Morning, onna," he replied pulling her close to him. "We need to get up."

"Yeah, I know," Kaiya said with a sigh. "I'm just so comfortable." Hiei nodded, but moved out of the bed. Kaiya groaned because that meant her heater had just removed himself and she would need to get out of bed too. "Fine," she muttered. "I'm getting up."

Hiei silently chuckled at her. "I'll leave you to get dressed," he told her before leaving the room. He was surprised to see Kurama and Yusuke in the apartment and rolled his eyes. "Breaking and entering, Kurama?"

"Hey, what's with the judgment?" Yusuke asked with a laugh. "You're just as bad."

"What do you two want?" Hiei asked getting straight to the point. "And why did you leave you families unprotected?"

"They aren't," Kurama replied. "I have many guard plants ready."

"Your mother won't notice the plants attacking an intruder?" Hiei said with curiosity.

"She knows now," Kurama admitted.

"She…what?"

"Yeah, fox boy finally told her," Yusuke explained. "Surprising right?"

Kurama sighed. "We have an enemy who has already succeeded in taking the life of someone we care about running around freely. Honestly, she needed to know for her own safety."

"How did she take it?" Kaiya asked, coming out of her room dressed in a red T-shirt and black shorts for training.

Kurama smiled at her. "You were right, Kaiya. It didn't change her opinion of me. She is a little nervous about me being out and about, though."

"All mothers worry," Kaiya returned.

"Hey, Kaiya, how are you doing?" Yusuke asked. "Everything was kind of crazy the other day."

"I've been better," she answered honestly, "but I'm okay. Jiro attacked me yesterday, but everything is fine. Hiei and I are going to go train with my brother today."

"Well, that's neat," Yusuke said. "So how does he train? Anything like us?"

"Yes and no," Kaiya told him. "He does a lot of kata and meditation like we do, and we do spar quite a bit, but unlike us, he trains at a higher level of gravity."

"How is that even possible?" Yusuke muttered. "Gravity is gravity. There's no higher about it."

"Wrong as usual," Hiei taunted.

"Hey, watch it!" Yusuke shouted causing Hiei to smirk.

"Hn, well if you knew anything, different planet bodies have different gravities. From what Vegeta told Kaiya, Planet Vegeta had ten times Earth's gravity. Training at high gravity can make you stronger."

"Hey, you listened," Kaiya said happily. "I thought you drowned me out when I told you that."

"Why would I do that?" Hiei asked her. "You're always excited when you learn more about Planet Vegeta and the Saiyans."

"Is it school excited or aquarium excited?" Yusuke teased.

"The latter," Hiei responded. "Now if we're done here, we're already going to be late for training."

"Hiei…you're worried about...being punctual?" Kurama asked hesitantly.

Hiei flashed Kurama a half-hearted glare. "Is there a problem with that?"

"No?" Kurama replied, still shocked that his friend cared about getting to training on time.

"You still haven't answered my question," Hiei stated. "What are you even doing here?"

"Oh, well, we wanted to know if you two wanted to come to Genkai's today for training, but you have that covered," Yusuke reported. "We also wanted to know what you thought about a little beach trip this weekend. We only have about a month before these two," he said motioning to Kaiya and Kurama, "and Kuwabara have school again."

"Oh yeah," Kaiya said, eye widening. "How am I supposed to balance school and volunteer work while watching out for Jiro and training for the Androids."

"One step at a time," Hiei muttered. "And if you're worried about that, I say we go on the beach trip."

"Okay, cool, we'll tell the others," Yusuke said with a grin. "Good luck with training."

"Same to you," Kaiya replied. When the two left, Kaiya looked to Hiei. "What has you so upset?"

"Where Kurama is a trained thief, the fact that he got in so easily is unsettling," Hiei told her deciding not to remind her of Vegeta's breaking and entering the other night. "If he can get in, then so can Jiro. You aren't safe in this apartment."

"What do you want me to do?" Kaiya asked him. "I can't just sell the apartment."

"Why not?" Hiei asked her. "We could see if Bulma would mind having you stay there. With both me and Vegeta there, plus whatever security systems they have, we have a better chance of protecting you from Jiro."

"Okay, I know you're making sense," Kaiya said. "Vegeta brought this up once before too, before Jiro and Frieza showed up, and I know Bulma would like the company." She looked around the apartment and frowned. "It's just that…I don't want to impose and I really don't want to leave the apartment. We've made a lot of memories here."

"Kaiya, I am not one to understand human sentiments, but do you hear how ridiculous you sound?" Hiei asked as kindly as he could. "You moved here three years ago. It was temporary until you decided to take up residence in Japan. You may as well make it more permanent. What better way than staying with your brother in a highly secured area?"

"You're coming with me, right?" Kaiya asked him. When he nodded, she sighed and nodded back to him. "Okay, I'll ask Bulma today. It is a really good idea."

"Right," Hiei mumbled. "Anyways, let's go. Like I said, we're late."

"Okay, I'm ready," Kaiya said before the two of them left the apartment. Kaiya looked back inside for a moment. For the first time in a while, Kaiya felt a foreign feeling when she was looking inside. She had been feeling this way for a while, including the times she noticed her door unlocked. Maybe her senses and premonitions were warning her away from staying there. If Kurama could passively get in, then Jiro would be able to break the door down and finish the job. Yeah…seriously time to move…

Vegeta was practicing his kata in the GR at the very high level of 250 G's. It was getting to be too easy for him to do now, so he knew he needed to step it up. He looked at the clock Bulma had installed during the last upgrade in attempts to get him to dinner more. A frown appeared on his face when he realized that Hiei and Kaiya were late. He did not tolerate much, especially lateness. That was the first strike today.

He turned off the GR and went outside to check and saw that his sister had finally shown up with her boyfriend. Both of them looked a little worried, Hiei taking her hand and giving her a reassuring nod. Kaiya went inside right after, confusing Vegeta before Hiei started walking over to the GR. Vegeta was about to scold the fire demon for his tardy, but Hiei spoke up first.

"We had unwanted company," he told the prince. "Our friends decided to break in to ask if we wanted to train. Then we discussed the concept of her living here. She's asking Bulma right now."

Vegeta crossed his arms and faced Hiei. "And what made you think of here?" Vegeta tested him.

Hiei smirked as he realized that he was going to be under Vegeta's constant scrutiny. "It's secured and she would have two protectors. It would be more difficult for someone to break in without tripping some type of alarm or getting passed either of us."

Vegeta nodded in agreement and stepped away from the door of the GR. Hiei looked at his questioning. "While they're talking, we should start training. I want to have a private session with both of you."

"Sounds good to me," Hiei stated.

Kaiya was slightly nervous about asking Bulma if she could just abruptly move in, but she knew she had no reason to be. Bulma seemed to act as Kaiya's motherly figure while her mother was in another country, and it made the princess feel safe and wanted. The elder woman had always been welcoming to her, even though they met in the strangest of circumstances. Still, this was a big thing to ask, and with Vegeta, Yamcha, and her and her parents all living there now, it would be awkward to ask for her and her boyfriend to join in the chaos.

"So what did you want to talk to me about?" Bulma asked while welding two pieces of metal together to fix a broken training robot Vegeta had destroyed earlier.

"Well, Hiei and I were talking," Kaiya started. "Do you think it would be possible, if it's not too much trouble, if Hiei and I moved here? He's worried Jiro would be able to easily break into my apartment, and I'm starting to worry about that too."

Bulma turned off her torch and turned to Kaiya while wiping oil off of her hands. "I don't see why not," Bulma said quickly. "We have a ton of space here, if you haven't noticed. Besides, you know my mother loves to see you and I could use some female company. There is too much testosterone in this house, don't you agree?"

Kaiya chuckled a little bit. "Yeah, but Hiei would only add to it."

"Yeah, well, we can complain together and watch chick flicks while they all try to throttle each other," Bulma joked. "Seriously, I think it's a good idea too. It's not too far from the school, your brother is here, there's plenty of food for everyone, and it's safe. Hiei didn't have a bad idea. I'm surprised none of us thought of it sooner."

Kaiya smiled at Bulma. "Yeah, we probably should have. Vegeta mentioned it once, but I really never lingered on the thought. Anyways, now that we have that cleared up, I need to start working on packing my apartment up. But first, I have a training session to get to."

"Have fun," Bulma said warmly. "Vegeta doesn't say it, but I know these training sessions he has with you does him a lot of good. It's better than when he trains alone. Maybe you'll rub off on him when you move in."

"Let's hope," Kaiya replied. "Anyways, talk to you later." With a new plan ahead of her, Kaiya speedily headed out to the GR. Bulma just chuckled at the young Saiyan girl before turning back to do her work.

"Bulma, what did you just do?" she heard Yamcha ask from behind her.

Bulma sighed and shut her torch off again. "What do you mean, Yamcha?"

"You just invited another Saiyan to live here," he muttered. "Isn't one enough?"

"Oh chill, Yamcha. You're just upset because she insults you and Vegeta drives you crazy," she pointed out.

"They don't drive you crazy?" Yamcha asked in shock.

"Not really," Bulma replied nonchalantly. "Kaiya acts like a girl raised on Earth, and I'm actually happy to have her around. Vegeta is just stubborn and cranky half the time and the other half, he's just present. They're both not that bad, at least not as bad as you think."

"Whatever, I'm not even having this discussion with you," Yamcha said in frustration. "I'm going to go train in the gym."

"Alright," Bulma responded. "I'll be up in a bit. Mom's been cooking snacks all day." Bulma then looked at the clock. "I wonder what time they'll be done with training."

Kaiya arrived outside and found Vegeta and Hiei now sparring outside of the GR. Both of them looked seriously exhausted, and they both paused in their fight when they sensed her walking up to them. "Well?" Hiei asked.

"Yeah, we're moving in," Kaiya said with a smile. "Which will be good because we can train and rest together and keep each other safe."

Hiei nodded to her and fell out of his fighting stance, walking over to his sword leaning against a tree. He turned to the two of them and said, "I'll work with my sword while you two spar."

Vegeta grunted in response and turned to his sister. She was smiling brightly at him, completely happy that soon they'd be living together. "We'll get to play more catch up, too," Kaiya told him. "I would love that."

Vegeta softened a bit, also happy that she would be close by. He didn't let it show, though, as he motioned for them to enter the GR. Kaiya followed Vegeta, her tail swishing around excitedly. Vegeta smirked slightly as he watched his sister run passed him in the GR. He hadn't seen her this happy in a while. Sure, she was excited when he came home, but now, she was just overjoyed.

"Ready?" Vegeta asked, calling the girl's attention to him. She looked over to him, smiled, and nodded. "Okay, get into your stance."

Kaiya did as Vegeta ordered, and he noticed that her stance had gotten significantly better sine the first time they trained. She must have been training a lot while he was away. The thought filled the Saiyan prince with pride. Even if she didn't have an efficient trainer while he was away, she seemed to pick up techniques quickly and that would help her.

For the first time, Kaiya decided to go on the offensive and sprung out of her stance, taking Vegeta by surprise. How much had she changed since the last time they fought? Vegeta was able to block her punch at the last second, grabbing her fist before releasing her and directing a kick her way, using significantly less force than he was used to.

Kaiya managed to dodge it, quickly going behind him and attempting to kick him back. Vegeta again blocked her as the two of them kept throwing, blocking, and dodging each other's hits. Kaiya started laughing, having fun at the prospect of at least keeping up with her brother, not caring that she wasn't getting a hit in. Similarly, Vegeta was enjoying himself and actually caught himself smiling. These were how Saiyan siblings fought to bond, and it made Vegeta feel that joy that Kaiya had felt earlier. That was until her tail curled around his leg to steady herself. Then Vegeta just saw red as he was launched into a memory from his past. Kaiya and the GR did not exist in that moment, as he was mentally transported back to Frieza's ship with his tormentor staring him down. The problem with that was now Vegeta could fight back, and it wasn't going to be Frieza he was attacking.

Hiei was busy working with his sword. After the number of times his blade broke, Kaiya offered to take it to Bulma to see what they could do with it. The scientist suggested enforcing the blade with a stronger steel alloy, and worked on it for a couple of days. After fighting with Vegeta the day prior, Hiei realized that one of his problems, though not the most major, was that he had less control of the blade than he was used to. It was something he would easily be able to adjust to, but he wanted to start working on it sooner rather than later.

After getting used to his basic moves with the enforced sword, he sensed both Kaiya's and Vegeta's energy spike. That was a problem, as he did not sense energy in the ways that the Saiyans could. He could sense their emotions with the Jagan, and he felt Kaiya's fear and Vegeta's rage.

He didn't wait a second before he forced his way into the GR. He couldn't believe the sight he had walked in on. For some reason, Vegeta looked like he was going to attack Kaiya. Hiei was temporarily out of it as he heard Kaiya pleading with her brother. Vegeta didn't seem to hear her as he got closer to her. Hiei could sense Kaiya trying to use her telepathy to communicate with her brother, but he couldn't get a specific thought. The orb Vegeta was holding decreased in size, so whatever Kaiya was doing was working, but Vegeta still had the intent to kill flashing in his eyes. Ignoring the heightened gravity he wasn't yet accustomed to, he raced towards Kaiya before Vegeta even had time to attack her. Vegeta's confusion was evident and his blast disappeared before he ever released it.

Vegeta, now back in reality, was trying to get a grasp of where he was and what he was doing. He wasn't surprised to find that he was in the GR, but he was stunned when he saw his sister standing directly across from him where Frieza had been a second ago and Hiei standing protectively in front of her, glaring daggers at him. Vegeta quickly realized what was going on.

"Vegeta," Kaiya breathed out before Vegeta took off out of the GR. Hiei was about to follow him, but Kaiya grabbed his arm, stopping him. He glared back at her, gritting his teeth. "Don't," she pleaded with him now, sounding more concerned than frightened. "He didn't know it was me. I was trying to get through to him."

"What do you mean he doesn't know it was you?" Hiei snapped. "He was looking straight at-"

"Frieza," Kaiya finished, interrupting Hiei's statement. "He thought he was fighting Frieza." Hiei looked at her as if she had lost her mind. Kaiya just sighed sadly and let go of Hiei's arm. "Remember those times I space out?" she asked. When he nodded, she continued. "Flashbacks…nothing but flashbacks. It's like reliving a certain event in your life over and over again. You don' know this, but sometimes when we've fought, I've had flashbacks of Jiro and what happened, which is why I usually end up getting knocked out by you. It takes us out of the fights we're currently in."

"That…sounds like the worst ability I have ever heard of," Hiei said in shock, his voice softer than before. He looked towards the direction Vegeta headed and actually felt bad for the prince. He couldn't even imagine thinking he was fighting his worst enemy while his sister was really the one sitting in front of him.

Kaiya started walking outside. Without looking at Hiei, she said, "I'll be back," and then took off.

When Vegeta couldn't feel anyone's ki anymore, he finally landed. He could not believe how close he was to hurting his sister, to being like them. He knelt down on the ground and realized that he somehow ended up at a stream. He didn't really care where he was at that moment. Right now, he just needed to be away from his sister. How could he have let something like that almost happen to her? He was supposed to be her protector, not her attacker. He had tried so hard to protect her on Frieza's ship. Where it had started out as an assignment, he knew he cared back then. Despite how much he had changed over the decade, he still felt obligated to the girl.

His energy was fluctuating rapidly in his rage, and that made it easier for Kaiya to find him. She touched down to where he was, seeing him sitting on the ground, rubbing his eyes as if he were trying to wipe away the remnants of memories. Kaiya walked over to him and placed a gentle hand on his shoulder, startling him. He hadn't sensed her energy, too upset to focus on anything but his own failure, and was ready to scream at whoever thought it was okay to bother him, but shock quickly plastered itself on his face when he saw his sister standing over him.

He looked into the stream, away from her. "You should be as far away from me as possible right now," he said without his usual forcefulness. His voice sounded empty and dark, making Kaiya frown. "I can't believe I almost let that happen."

"Hey, Geta," Kaiya said softly while sitting down next to him, "it was not your fault. I get trapped in my memories too sometimes. You couldn't control it. That's why I was trying to force you out with the telepathy."

Vegeta froze and looked over to her. "Is that what that push was?" Vegeta said in exasperation. "I thought I was going crazy for a second. I randomly heard you voice."

Kaiya smiled and nodded. "Yeah, that was me. I was trying to snap you out of it and it kind of worked. Your attack had decreased in strength. You snapped out of it fully when Hiei entered the GR."

Vegeta looked away again, completely irritated. "That should have never happened," Vegeta growled out. "I shouldn't have let that take over my mind."

"Vegeta, it was my fault," Kaiya said to him. Vegeta flashed her a glare, about to scold her for blaming herself, but she held up her hand to stop him. "I'm not just saying it because I feel responsible. I am responsible. My tail curling around your leg pushed you into the memory. I should have curled it around my waist like I've been doing. It incited the memory. I'm sorry."

Vegeta scoffed and looked away. "It doesn't matter what caused it," Vegeta said as calmly as he could. "The fact that it happened and you nearly got hurt because of it…you shouldn't be around me."

Kaiya rolled her eyes and leaned against Vegeta, pulling him into a hug. "I'm twenty years old, Vegeta," she told him. "Only I can decide who I want to be around. I don't blame you, not even a little. I know you saw Frieza, and I know what you must be feeling right now, but you can't let it get to you. I don't know about you, but I've been having these flashbacks less and less ever since we started training. I think, if we work together on this, that we can figure out a way to overcome this stupid ability. Just don't beat yourself up for it."

Vegeta perked up a little bit, and Kaiya felt happy thinking that she had gotten through to him. Instead, she gave him an idea, and not about the flashbacks either. "Go back," he instructed her. Kaiya didn't move, but looked at Vegeta with her sad and questioning eyes. "Don't worry," he told her. "I'll be back shortly."

Kaiya smiled at him and stood up, bending down to kiss his cheek. "Okay, and then we can talk about me moving in. Actually, I think I'll get Hiei to come help me pack now. I can't wait to spend more time with you. Love you, Geta," she said before flying back to the compound. Vegeta watched her, thinking about her words. He still didn't think he deserved her blatant trust, especially with what had almost happened, but now he was intrigued. Was there really a way to limit the abilitiy?

Vegeta finally stood up, determined to figure it out for himself. He made it back to the compound and sensed the woman inside the house with her mother and the weakling. His sister and Hiei were already heading back to the apartment, so he was alone. His face was emotionless as he walked into the GR. He shut the door and found the repaired bots inside. Ignoring the fact that the woman had fixed them in record time, he just focused on how it good it was for those bots to be there. He continued over to the control panel and turned the gravity all the way up, despite not being able to handle it fully. The bots were activated as he entered as he entered a few codes. Vegeta turned to them and stared them down as he struggled to hold himself up and breathe. He sent a blast that he knew would be reflected back at him and began a form of "training" that he hadn't used in years. Self-inflicted injuries were not the ideal way to train, but he needed to recreate those moments in his past and train himself out of the memories. It was better the bots than his sister on the receiving end.

Bulma was in conversation with her mother while Yamcha was snacking on a bunch of her mother's desserts. Her mother was rambling on about Vegeta and how hard a worker he was. Where Bulma agreed, she was also greatly concerned for him. He was too stubborn to listen to her and take a break, and it was only a matter of time before he reached the maximum gravity on top of that. She would need to upgrade it before he got there or else there would be complications. She knew he had only gotten a little more than halfway to the maximum setting and was currently working on the system upgrade with a safety shutdown system in case he was in there for too long. There was only so much machines could do at a time.

The sound of an explosion, and the shaking of the house made Bulma's blood run cold as she and Yamcha ran to the backyard to see what caused it. It was surreal, Bulma felt, seeing the Gravity Room in pieces and not seeing Vegeta anywhere. "W-Wha…?" she tried to say before running over to the machine.

"I knew this would happen," Yamcha said from behind her. "He's been trying to do the impossible."

Bulma ignored her boyfriend for the moment and got down to her knees to try and locate the Saiyan prince. Her heart was racing, fearing for her friend's life as she removed debris from her own machine. Eventually Vegeta's hand shot out, startling her as she fell back and knocked over Yamcha.

Vegeta managed to pull himself out of the debris. He had not planned to go that far, but the anger he felt from the memories had been too high and he let out more energy than he intended. Had he not sent a blast to counter the original blast, he would have ended up killing himself. Maybe forcibly trapping himself in the past wasn't his greatest idea, but he had gotten himself out of it at the last second, so it was a small victory.

"You…you okay?" he heard Bulma ask as he worked on catching his breath.

"Of…course I am," he lied, attempting to stand up. After he stood up, Bulma felt relief, but couldn't help but scold the prince for nearly destroying the compound.

"What are you trying to prove?" she shouted at him.

Vegeta couldn't help but smirk and chuckle. He wasn't trying to prove anything, like she seemed to think. She didn't really understand his training methods. Unfortunately, he did more damage to himself than he wanted and ended up falling back down to the ground. He expected to be left alone in the rubble, to be scolded at more for his mistakes, but instead Bulma rushed over to him and started whispering words of comfort to him. Vegeta tried to get her away from him, repeatedly telling her he was fine and suffered worse, but she wouldn't have it.

"You need to rest now," she told him.

Vegeta then started to get irritated by her constant coddling and snapped at her. "I take orders from no one!" He made another attempt to get up but fell down unconscious, spending all of the energy he had for the day.

Both Yamcha and Bulma had shocked expressions on their faces, but for two different reasons. Bulma couldn't believe that, even when Vegeta was in a weakened state, he was still as stubborn and unwilling to accept help. Yamcha, on the other hand, was shocked that his longtime girlfriend had been so kind to the murderous Saiyan prince. The human felt like whatever happened in the GR was karma for all the harm Vegeta had caused.

"Yamcha, help me get him inside," Bulma requested. "He needs medical attention now."

Yamcha was tempted to leave Vegeta out there and ignore Bulma's request, but seeing her so upset…he had to comply. Besides, he wasn't like Vegeta. He wouldn't leave anyone to die, even if they were far from innocent. Sometimes it was complicated living with aliens.

Kuwabara looked out into the distance, his head sharply turning to a certain point.

"Hey, you okay man?" Yusuke asked. When Kuwabara didn't answer, the spirit detective got worried. "What's up?"

"I don't know," Kuwabara answered. He sounded incredibly worried and that was never a good sign. "Something's wrong, Urameshi. I can feel it. Someone very close to us is hurt right now."

Yusuke's expression darkened as he struggled to give an order. "Call Kaiya…now," he said darkly. Really, he was just trying to cover up his concern. He didn't think any of them would be able to handle it if something else happened to her.

"Yeah, Kaiya," Kuwabara said into his cell phone. "You're okay? Well, that's good to know." Kuwabara was silent, meaning Kaiya was probably questioning Kuwabara. He spoke up again moments later. "Yeah, we can come by to help you pack up. But what do you mean why am I asking that?" There was more silence. "Look, I just felt something…someone is hurt, someone close to us, so I assumed it was you with you-know-who running around." Kuwabara looked to Yusuke and the detective saw his eyes go wide. "Yeah, we'll take care of it. We'll head over there right now. Go see what happened."

Kuwabara hung up the phone and walked over to Yusuke. "Um, we need to go work on packing her apartment. Hiei has deemed the apartment unsafe."

"Well, yeah…" Yusuke agreed. "Wait, where were you telling her to go?"

Kuwabara looked away from him before saying, "I think something happened to Vegeta."