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He knew he was trapped in another nightmare. Whether it came from his own mind or Kaiya's, Vegeta had no idea. He was surrounded by many colors, a backdrop for whatever this place was. There was no way this came from his mind.

Vegeta decided to investigate, assuming he'd come across a stray thought or scene from his sister's mind. If he was trapped there for the night, he might as well. He continued to walk around the colorful prison. No one was around. That couldn't be right. He continued to hear the sounds of battle cries, grunts, and screams. Someone had to be around somewhere.

He turned a corner between rainbow rocks, his hand touching the stone surface as he rounded the pillar-shaped mass. What he saw surprised him. Whatever this place was wasn't from Kaiya's mind. It was from his.

There he was, high in the sky, fighting with some misshapen shadow. The red, glowing eyes reminded him of Frieza. Vegeta scoffed at his own subconscious. The tyrant was dead. This dream was irrelevant to the real world. Upon that realization, he was about to leave the battle site until he heard the shadow's voice.

"You betrayed me, Vegeta," the voice of his dead comrade, Nappa, spat.

Vegeta stopped dead in his tracks, eyes wide. He had put that day behind him, not caring that he had ended the life of the former Saiyan general. There was no way he was giving this day a second thought. It definitely had to be coming from Kaiya. Even hearing the shadow's voice screaming insults at him, Vegeta shrugged it off and continued to walk around. He felt no guilt or remorse having killed Nappa for his weakness and foolishness. The big oaf had it coming.

As he continued to travel the mountainous plains, Vegeta heard muffled voices, nothing coming through to him as distinguished speech. Bright lights started randomly flashing, causing the prince to see spots before he was transported elsewhere, by some random lake in the middle of nowhere. Yes, definitely Kaiya's thoughts.

And he was right. As soon as he saw a younger version of Kaiya, he quirked an eyebrow. Whatever was going on, he wasn't sure what killing Nappa had to do with it. Maybe it was just a fleeting thought Kaiya refused to ask him about. The prince had assumed the girl had been curious since, at one time, they had been so close.

Vegeta shook his head. When were these dreams and connections going to make sense? Out of nowhere, the young version of Kaiya plopped down onto the ground, lying back on the fresh grass. It was a peaceful setting, and then it changed once more to a darkened room. Kaiya sat up then, alarmed by the change in scenery.

"Everything is your fault," a dark voice said. "It is all your fault."

"Huh?" the younger girl questioned, wrapping her arms around herself. "W-who's there?"

The area surrounding them became pitch-black, and even Vegeta could not see anything play out. It reminded him of that chamber Frieza had locked him in as punishment. This was putting Vegeta slightly on edge, but then he remembered it was Kaiya's nightmare, and not his own. Somehow this was all factoring in with her own fears. Sounds of thunder boomed around him as streaks of lightning occasionally lit up the darkened space.

"You are nothing but a problem," the voice came in clearer, though not enough to determine who it was. "You are a traitor, a waste of space. The problems they had, their deaths, all because of you."

"No," the little girl whimpered. "No, it's not true."

"All you ever were was collateral damage that somehow managed to hang on," the voice growled, "even after your death."

"I…I wasn't supposed to die," Kaiya voiced. "Me coming back was nature's way of saying it wasn't my time yet."

"You were never meant to exist," the voice said, and now Vegeta could tell who it was. "Neither you nor your sister. I will correct my mistakes."

Vegeta, already furious, was clenching his fists and getting into a fighting stance. He couldn't see anything, but he knew if Jiro showed up, even in this dream world, he would strangle the life from him. Anything was better than listening to his cowardly attacks.

More crashes of lightning surrounded the two Saiyans, and he heard the young version of Kaiya scream. Jiro's sinister laughs could be heard. Even the sound of his laugh was annoying to Vegeta. Seriously, where was this dream Jiro? He wanted to bash his face in, maybe torture him a little bit before killing him the same way Frieza had him. Vegeta growled at his thoughts. He hated that he was killed by a mere blast and not a warrior's death.

"This lightning," Jiro said bringing Vegeta's attention back to him, "has served me well. It ended you, it could harm your sister with her water powers, and it will be what I use to eliminate what's left of that monkey race. I'll do that before or after I eliminate those demon friends of yours."

"No!" Kaiya screamed, standing up and ready to fight, her age increasing a bit in this dream world. "I won't let you. This conflict ends with you and me. Leave them out of this."

"Oh, I would, daughter, but there are more important things to worry about. I won't tolerate you rebelling against me anymore!" A large gust of wind pushed Kaiya back, and startled Vegeta though he was able to stand his ground. "Though who knows? Maybe I won't even be the one to end you. Thanks to you, that idiotic prince lost his sanity in a room just like this. He killed one of his own. Maybe he'll kill you too."

"That is the biggest load of bullshit I've heard in my entire life," Vegeta snapped, calling attention to himself for the first time in this dream world.

"Well, well, well," Jiro's sickeningly sweet voice chimed, "look who managed to intercept my message. Again I state you are very idiotic. You shouldn't be here."

Vegeta scoffed and looked over to Kaiya, meeting her fearful eyes. She looked to be the right age now, but she still had the look of sheer panic that the scared little girl shared moments ago. Jiro's laughs echoed around them again before Vegeta remembered the crap that had caused him to reveal himself.

"You're the idiot if you honestly think you can convince her that I would kill her," Vegeta stated, crossing his arms. "You, on the other hand…you are a different story all together."

Jiro chuckled and responded with, "Now, now…this is only a game, Saiyan. If you attack me here, it won't do anything to me in the real world. Kaiya could tell you a lot more about that, can't you daughter?"

"Stop calling me that," Kaiya ordered, though her voice was soft and meek. Where was the spitfire she was becoming before this whole case thing had started, Vegeta wondered. "And Vegeta's right. I know he won't kill me." She looked over to Vegeta and flashed him a small smile. Vegeta returned her smile with a smirk. Good, it seemed like she was over what happened. Humans and their stupid emotions…she must have just been oversensitive that day. Kaiya's smile then turned into a frown and she turned back to Jiro. "Now tell me what you meant when you said you'd be going after my friends."

Jiro grinned in amusement. His smug face irritated the Saiyan prince. Someone so weak and cowardly shouldn't be that cocky. So what if he had his little lightning show? That wouldn't be enough to kill any of the living Saiyans. They had been hit with much worse.

"All in good time, Kaiya," he returned. "All in good time. Besides, you should know a good villain never reveals his plans before he even begins to implement them. The only thing I'll say is 'your days are numbered.' Oh, and good luck on the mission. It'll be interesting to see what you can do."

All of a sudden, Vegeta shot out of bed, awake. He had been ready to pounce on the illusion of Jiro in that instant, but it seemed the dream was over. The prince heard a scoff as if someone was mocking his thought and turned to see Hiei sitting in his opened window.

"If you thought that was a dream, you really are an idiot," Hiei said in amusement.

Vegeta glared at the fire demon's insult. He didn't grace him with a response, though. There was no need to say anything about the dream message or whatever it was. "What are you doing here?" Vegeta questioned. "I thought you couldn't stand to be here."

It was Hiei's turn to glare before he "hn'ed" and looked back out the window. Though he hadn't been angry with the Saiyan, he decided not to clue him into what had really been going on. "I will not apologize," he said to Vegeta. "Kaiya is my concern, not you. I did not like that she was upset or that you were the reason. If you'd have seen ALL the things we went through, you would know why I was infuriated. She's obviously over it now. It's time to move on."

"Agreed," Vegeta muttered. "You haven't answered my question."

Hiei sighed in frustration. "I'll run, you fly. We need to get to Genkai's and then everything, including that damned message will be explained."

Vegeta nodded as Hiei disappeared from his window. Taking off to the skies and following the blur that was Hiei, Vegeta rolled his eyes and passed him, remembering exactly how to get to the temple in the mountains.

Kaiya woke up with a huge migraine having her mind invaded like she had. Jiro chose now to contact her again, and it irritated her to no end that he was trying to turn her against Vegeta. He was a first class moron if he thought he could use her to take down her brother. Firstly, she wouldn't be able to touch him, and secondly, she wouldn't fight him even if her life depended on it.

And not only that, but he threatened everyone: all of her friends, her sister, anyone who had Saiyan blood. He also used her memories of Vegeta's memories against her, twisting them in his own way. Did he not expect her to get angry and defiant? It was like day one of her mission all over again, acting like a scared little girl at first before allowing her Saiyan side to take over, though in the dream she truly felt like a scared little girl until he started flinging threats.

Speaking of the mission, she was tired of it already. Earlier that day, her and the girls played the fool and pretended to flirt with a few guys they had sensed had heightened spirit energy. Of course the guys sensed their spirit energy too and tried to lead them to their headquarters. Well, now those guys were unconscious somewhere and, later that day, the group would investigate the first hideout of this demon hunting sect.

Well, she was awake now, so her day was starting way earlier than the rest of the group. She woke up in the middle of a storm too, which meant two things: one, she had a few hours to calm her jitters before going out in the storm (the storm was not helping her jitters in the slightest), and two, Mayonaka would not be able to leave the house. With her water powers, she was like a giant lightning rod. Kaiya knew Jiro said something similar about Saiyans, but she wasn't worried about that. She had already experienced the worst of it before.

The one good thing that came out of the message was that somehow Vegeta had been included. She hadn't spoken to him since she abruptly left, or actually since after their disagreement. She didn't know what he had been like with her leaving. She still hadn't told him about the mission at all. Anyways, it was nice knowing that he wouldn't hurt her like Jiro was continuously trying to imply. Kaiya had already known, but with her emotions in a whirlwind, she obviously needed to reminder. How she hated when her emotional mind outshone her rational one.

Her stomach growled, reminding her that she hadn't been eating like she should. Well, seeing as she was up early, she decided to make the best use out of her time. She was going to eat, and then she was going to go outside in the storm and train for a little bit. With Jiro out there, and with him threatening her friends and family, she needed to be at the top of her game. She smiled slightly at the thought. Now she understood what Vegeta was trying to point out. Funny how her perspective would always change when it was someone else's life at risk instead of her own.

"If she is the enemy, then why is she still alive?" Vegeta asked when Mizuki was introduced.

The young girl flashed worried eyes over to her sleeping siblings and then over to Kurama who let out a tired sigh. "We had similar sentiments at first, but she is not a threat," Kurama answered. "Besides, she asked for protection for her siblings. We wouldn't kill her in front of them."

Vegeta chuckled bitterly. "For murderous demons, you're too soft. It's a miracle you made it through that past tournament."

Hiei scoffed at the insult. "You have no idea," he agreed. Where he somewhat understood his friends' positions having lived in this world for so long now, he still kept his ruthlessness in battle. That was one thing they could not afford to have change.

"Look, I understand you may have problems with me, but-"

"Did I address you, girl?" Vegeta snapped causing Mizuki to shut her mouth. He looked over to the demon group and sneered. "Now, one of you is going to tell me why I was dragged here in the middle of the night and you better pray it's a good reason."

"Wow," Yusuke said in wonder. "It's always fun seeing similarities between you and Kaiya. She hates being woken up in the middle of the night."

"I don't have time for this," Vegeta grumbled. Nor the patience, he added in his mind. He was ready to blast someone if no one started talking. He heard Hiei chuckle behind him, and was growing irritated with his mocking nature.

Kurama stood up from the table where he was sitting and motioned to Mizuki. "She had information on Jiro that is proving to be true," Kurama explained. "Not only is he planning to attack with his underlings at the Demon World Tournament, but he's planning to use something stolen from Spirit World if he fails to end all of us."

"Tch, please," Vegeta sneered. "I'm not afraid of something out of that place. They're nothing but morons. I'm sure their technology is menial as well."

"It's not technology though," Yusuke corrected. "We're dealing with a magical mirror thing that grants wishes, and unlike those ball things that were used to bring him back, it has no limit."

"Been there, done that," Vegeta grunted. "There's always a catch with those things anyway, isn't there?"

"Look Mr. Know-It-All," Kuronue belittled, "of course there's a catch, but Jiro doesn't have to pay it. He plans on using unsuspecting underlings to do it. The cost per wish is one life and the wish has to be made at the full moon."

"Where this is all very interesting," Vegeta said blandly, "it has nothing to do with me. If Jiro tries anything, I'll kill him without a second thought. When that coward finally shows his face, that is if I don't find him first, I will make him pay for everything. This little coup he's planning against your world won't stick."

"Are you willing to bet Kaiya's life on that?" Kurama asked darkly. Vegeta just remained cool and collected, staring stoically back at the fox demon's hardened eyes. A grunt from the prince mandated that Kurama continue with his point. "Kaiya is at a disadvantage. Jiro has to know where she is, and where she'll defend herself, she won't fight him."

"And there's already a good chance she'll be dealing with him," Hiei spoke up. Vegeta glanced at the fire demon over his shoulder and saw him staring at the wall, an unreadable expression on his face. "He's going to go after her."

"What makes you say that, Hiei?" Yusuke asked. He looked over to Mizuki who looked just as confused. "Hey, what's up, lady?"

"He said he wasn't going after her," Mizuki revealed. "He said he wanted her to know all of you got killed and then he'd tie up loose ends. God, I hate the way he talks about her."

Hiei managed to control himself not to clench a flame into his fist before he explained what happened that night. "He contacted Kaiya," Hiei explained, "through telepathy."

"Well, at least we know where she got that power from," Yusuke muttered. "What did he say to her?"

"He knows about the mission, and he is going to be watching her," Hiei explained, side-stepping everything that happened with Vegeta. "The only way he can do that is to actually go there and watch up close. She will be dealing with him sooner rather than later, at least sensing him."

"Oh great," Kuronue huffed. "And even if she tried to defend herself, or the others tried to defend her, she'd get in trouble with Koenma. This is a joke."

"Kuronue and I are going to go Demon World and alert the others about Jiro's plan," Kurama started. "That means you and Hiei need to stay here and continue training as well as keeping an eye on Mizuki."

"Hn," Hiei responded darkly. "Sure that's a good idea, fox?"

"Eh, we'll be fine," Yusuke countered, flashing an assuring smile over to the fearful girl. "He's all talk, really." Hiei glared at Yusuke, mentally communicating a slew of death threats and curses.

"But that just leaves one thing we need to decide," Kurama stated, looking at Vegeta once more. "If Jiro is going after her, maybe you should join them on the mission."

Vegeta looked at Kurama like he was crazy. Suggesting he join her was suggesting that she couldn't handle herself. This was her fight, not his, and he wasn't going to get involved. Jiro wasn't going after her. He was just watching and waiting to see how she would handle herself. Honestly, Vegeta was also curious. He would learn later, after the mission. If this was what she was trained to do, she could do it.

He didn't give an answer; he didn't need to. Kurama could already tell what the Saiyan prince's answer was by the expression on his face. The fox demon looked over to Hiei who also didn't seem concerned. Hiei could sense the demon's unspoken question.

"I said he'd be following her and she would know," Hiei reiterated. "I didn't say he'd harm her, not yet anyway. I'll keep tabs on both of them, but she's not in any immediate danger. She can handle it."

"Where was the concern from earlier?" Kuronue pressed. "Weren't you worried about that incident that set her off?"

"She's fine now," Hiei returned, glancing over to Vegeta. "She knows all is fine. She's rational again."

"Women," Yusuke joked before looking over to Mizuki. "No offense."

"Offense taken," the girl replied. Vegeta looked over to her again and she tensed. "Y-yes?"

"What was in it for you?" Vegeta interrogated. "What led you to rebel and turn to the enemy?"

"Oh, well," Mizuki said looking over at her siblings. "I was the one he wanted to use to make the wish. He never trusted me. Besides, if I did that, I'd have gone against my beliefs and left my siblings alone without care. Neither left me wanting to stay. It was better to change sides. I never wanted that life anyways. If anything, I just needed to train my own abilities to protect them."

Vegeta gave a curt nod, somewhat understanding the girl's predicament as it had been similar to his own rebellion against Frieza. Still, it no longer concerned him. It was back to training for him. He would become a Super Saiyan, and then all this worrying and planning would have been for nothing. He was thankful for waking up now. He would return to training. He still had to break the barrier to the Super Saiyan transformation.

"So, she went to them, did she?" Jiro questioned Jake, a few demon hunters surrounding the two of them.

"Unfortunately," the angry boy muttered. "What is it about these demons? This is the second girlfriend they've turned against me."

Jiro chuckled at the boys words and waved a hand at his other minions to dismiss them. Having heard of the betrayal, he was ready to take care of loose ends. It worked out how he wanted, though. Jake was too valuable to lose.

"I am no stranger to betrayal," Jiro responded after the two were alone. "It's troublesome when someone you care about ends up stabbing you in the back."

"Your daughter?" Jake questioned. He scoffed slightly and rolled his eyes. "She's frustrating. I tortured her for information on those demons and she refused to give any. Too bad the torture didn't kill her. She must be made out of steel or something."

Jiro frowned slightly, turning away from his faithful servant. This was another reminder of the deal he had made twenty years prior, and a reminder that he was dealing with more than demons. He hadn't expected to deal with any Saiyans after making the agreement with Frieza. Now, there were three of them that he knew of, and who knew how many more.

The scheming human hadn't expected Frieza to experiment with his daughter the way he had. He figured he'd use her as a warrior and that she'd be killed in battle, never leading to his future visions of his downfall. He had known about the Saiyans from his visions as well, and he knew they couldn't be free to live. Frieza's fear of them was why he "suggested" the planet's destruction. He hadn't had enough foresight to predict that Frieza would keep a few as slaves to do his purging business. If he wasn't careful, his vision would come to pass. He would die again, and it would be the fault of his daughter.

"That girl is a menace," Jiro growled. "She should have stayed dead. Why couldn't she have stayed a weakling?"

Jake shrugged. He wished he knew the answer to that. Had the girl been weaker, she wouldn't have restored with her demon blood. Unfortunately, he didn't think he'd ever know the answer. How was the boy to know that the man who posed the question also knew the answer? All he did know was that the demons needed to be taken down as well as his traitor of a girlfriend. She better watch her back, he said to himself. If I see her, she's dead.