p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px; text-align: center;"span style="max-height: 999999px; text-decoration-line: underline;"I'm Not Afraid of You/span/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"Rori lay in bed, eyes wide open, sometime in the early hours of the day between night and morning. She and Yamcha had stayed at Goku's for dinner as planned. She'd asked Goku if he was willing to test his skills, but he refused. He wasn't training, wasn't practicing, wasn't talking about it either. He was relaxing. He told her she should be doing the same. It made her wonder if Gohan had been right after all. Was Goku giving up? He must know something that she didn't. As they stayed up late for dinner, Chichi insisted that her and Yamcha stay the night. Yamcha was in Gohan's room, probably fast asleep by now, and Rori was on the couch wide awake with a sickening feeling in the pit of her stomach. Though she was worried about how aloof her brother had been acting, it wasn't that that kept her awake, but her conversation with Gohan. Of course, she had asked Piccolo why they couldn't be together if he still loved her, but she had never gotten an answer. It was shameful, really, having these thoughts when the fate of the world was at stake, but if it was really going to be over soon, she needed to know. After rolling over for probably an hour, trying to get her mind off of the man she'd loving given the pseudonym of "that green bastard" in her head, she gave up. She wasn't going to get any rest./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"Rori looked outside the window to find that the sky was completely dark and remembered Vegeta would be getting out of the Time Chamber soon. Maybe he would be up for training because doing nothing was slowly driving her insane. Yes, she'd go to the Lookout and wait for Vegeta, not go see Piccolo, but Vegeta, she lied to herself. She crept over to the kitchen table, grabbing her bag, slinging it over her back before she started to sneak out, stopping after she remembered she'd come with Yamcha. Should she wake him? She'd decided against it, but left a note saying she couldn't sleep and she'd probably be at Capsule Corp when they woke up. Technically not lying./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"Once the note was written she quickly sneaked out the door. She shivered for a moment, having not brought a jacket with her. Ugh, flying was going to be even colder. She took a few minutes running through the woods trying to warm herself before she ascended to where she could see the almost full moon over the trees. She smiled watching it, taunting it, "hey friend... guess we're cool when I don't have a tail, huh?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"Rori flew leisurely towards the Lookout, knowing it would probably be at least an hour before Vegeta left the Time Chamber, if not more. That stubborn Prince wouldn't let her stay in longer than him. Hopefully he didn't get stuck in there out of pride. Despite their differences, he'd been acting different towards Rori since Bulma had Vegeta's son. Protective, but not romantic. Well actually he'd never been romantic. Protective and less demanding. Maybe brotherly? It reminded her of their relationship when they were growing up on Freiza's ship./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"She stopped flying and losing her train of thought in the same moment, as she saw something below she hadn't expected. A big white looking square in the middle of nowhere with someone standing in the center. It was hard to tell from in the air who it was so she descended a bit and realized. This must be the ring Cell had created. While there was a pit in her stomach telling her to leave immediately, her curiosity got the better of her and she landed in the ring, a few feet away from the insect looking creature./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""I know your eager dear, but you still have over a week" he wasted no time taunting her, "Patience is a virtue after all."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"She scoffed, "what do you know about virtues?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"Choosing to ignore her last statement, he looked her up and down appearing to be pleased with her progress "So, I see you've mastered your phoenix form."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""I'm not here to exchange pleasantries, Cell", she hated this game he was trying to play at./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Then why are you here?" he asked crossing his arms and made his way closer to her, "So early in the morning... emI'm starting to think I have you up at night. Or did you just miss me?/em"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"Rori stared at him, unmoving. The last part, the voice that came out of him wasn't Cell's, but 17's voice. Now she was confused. Was he really still in there or was this some kind of trick. Then again, Cell had saved her. Was that really Cell or was it 17./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""17?" she asked unsure./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""emThat's right/em," his voice came again, but it was Cell that smirked back at her./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""What can I do? How do we get you out of there?" she hurried to him grabbing Cell's arm, but he stopped her./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""emYou think I want out of this? This is ultimate power, Rori. Can't you see, even Goku knows, there's no way out of this. I don't want one either, I'm perfect./em"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""But... you're not you, 17. It's not your power, maybe a part of it is, but it's also your sister's and stolen from thousands of people." she shook her head, how could 17 want something like that it didn't make sense, when he was with her he wanted to kill Goku, but on his own, man to man, respectably like when he'd fought with Piccolo./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""emIt's not stolen. They're part of something much greater than themselves now. They're part of perfection. I'll tell you what, just say it now, tell me I'm perfect and I'll save you from all of this/emem./em" he leaned it but she pushed him back when she finally realized his trick. She wanted to believe 17 was still in there, but it wasn't true./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Quit messing with my head!" she screamed as Cell chuckled and sighed./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""So close."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""What do you want from me? Why did you do that? Why did you save me earlier?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""I hate to disappoint you, but the answer is not as great as I'm sure you're expecting. It's purely biological."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""What do you mean?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""I am a product of Freiza's cells, Piccolo's cells, but most importantly saiyan cells."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""So what?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Well, your the phoenix. You should recognize perfection when you see it. You can smell it on us. Like you could with Vegeta and Trunks."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""You want my approval?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""I want to hear the phoenix say that I am the ultimate. That I am perfection. No one can defeat me. Tell me, how's my scent now?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Putrid just as before." she shivered just thinking about it./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""So you think someone can beat me?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Of course I do."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""And who would that be?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"She paused thinking now. Normally she would say Goku, but with the way he'd been acting lately, she wasn't so sure, "I-I don't know… but it's not a lie, someone is stronger than you. As you said, if they weren't I would know."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"Cell rested his arm around her shoulder, "Well strength is only one factor in this. As you saw with Trunks earlier, strength does not mean you win. But, you'll learn all about that. I'm going to paint you an image of the future. When this tournament is over, I will kill all those in the tournament immediately. Then I will destroy this planet and everyone on it. I'll probably go to other planets, but they won't know me or who I am or what's I've accomplished. They won't know how perfectly I destroyed all the hope on this planet or the others I'll have destroyed. It's a shame don't you think?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"He didn't wait for her response which would have been a resounding no, she tried to move out from his grip but he held her firmly in place, "I'm not going to lie, I thought I might bring Trunks with me because it would be so rewarding to see the knowledge on his face every day that he could have prevented this. He came back in this time to stop the androids, but only doomed it to an even more dire fate. In his time only this world was destroyed, but now that he meddled, the whole universe will be destroyed. But then I thought about you. How you refuse to see my perfection. Perhaps it's Vegeta's stubborn pride or its just pure saiyan biology, but I'm going to make the phoenix see how perfectly I can destroy this universe. Oh, don't act like it wouldn't excite you in the slightest either, you're a saiyan, destruction is in your blood. When this is over, you'll come with me and you'll be the one to witness what I've accomplished. And when there is nothing left, and you tell me I smell putrid, I'll know you've been lying. There will be no one left, no comparison."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"He let her go. Letting it all sink in for a moment. So, she'd finally escaped one cage and she was about to be put in another. Again, emshe/em would be safe while the universe is brought to desrtuction. Perhaps she should have just stayed on Freiza's ship. At least there this process would have been slower. Less people dying. She couldn't live like that again. Rori turned to him sucking in her breath steadily, trying to keep her voice calm as she whispered, "I'm not afraid of you."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Yet." he he answered pleasantly. With that she took off and he yelled behind her, "Don't even think of killing yourself. If you do I will take Trunks in your place!"/p
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p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"Rori flew as fast as she could to the Lookout. Why had she left Goku's this morning. The world now had the dark blue glow it had when morning was just around the corner as she arrived at the lookout, flying up the edge and stopping as she came face to face with Piccolo. She stepped down in front of him, silently trying to figure out what to say. She needed him. She needed someone to tell her there was no way Cell would win./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"Piccolo had been watching Cell from the Lookout since he and Rori had gotten out of the time Chamber. Mr. Popo had come over now and again to tell him to rest, but he'd only grunted at the man and remained firmly at his post. He hadn't expected what he'd just seen. As he knew Rori was approaching now, he didn't know what to do or how to calm her until she arrived and he saw the look in her eyes of complete hopelessness. When she landed in front of him, he wasted no time, but he grabbed her by the back of the neck, pulling her into him by her waist and stared firmly into her eyes. "He cannot have you. I won't let him, do you understand?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"Rori nodded trying to fight back her tears, as she leaned her forehead against his. Piccolo lifted her into his arms and she wrapped her legs around his back. Arms planted loosely around his neck, she kept her body glued to his, he kept their eyes locked until he was sure she knew what Cell said would never come to fruition. Once he was sure she knew this, he let his lips meet hers, his eyes closing as they kissed, running his rough hands down he sides. He would make her forget, if only for a moment./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"He slid one hand over her thigh and tugged up her skirt as she rolled her hips over his. She sighed as he moved against her; he needed this distraction as much as she did. As she sighed he took this opportunity to let his tongue slip past her lips, crushing her lips beneath his. When he felt himself on the brink, he pulled his length out from his pants and slowly slid her down on it after he pushed her panties to the side, rubbing a thumb expertly over just the right spot. Rori moaned softly as he slid inside her, her forehead still touching his, their eyes connecting. He brought a quick finger to her lips reminding her to be quiet and eyed behind him./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"She peaked out briefly from over his shoulder seeing that Trunks and Mr. Popo were now sitting asleep in front of the Time Chamber. Initially she worried that they might be seen if the others woke up, but her legs were hidden carefully behind Piccolo's cape and before she could think it through anymore, she found she was losing her thoughts to his movements as he pulled her gaze back to him. She could no longer think about anything other than how he was stretching her perfectly with each movement or his wandering hands that found their spot on her ass pulling her closer to create a friction that was pushing her over the edge. When he saw she was about to lose herself he covered her lips with his, muffling her cry as he spilled himself inside of her./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"As she slid herself off of him with one last rough kiss, she pulled her skirt back down. With her feet firmly on the ground again she suddenly felt exhausted. Piccolo seemed to notice as he picked her back up and carried her into a part of the Lookout that she didn't even know existed. It was completely white, just like the rooms in the Time Chamber, with a bed and not much else. He laid her in it, as she started to protest he got in next to her, "I'll wake you when he's out don't worry."/p
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p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Hey, it's time" Piccolo roused Rori from her sleep. She sat up groggily, her hair pointing in all directions, looking more saiyan than ever. She sighed and felt the same sick feeling she had earlier in the night when she couldn't sleep. Who wouldn't be stressed out this close to the end though? She sighed pushing past the feeling and met Piccolo's strangely content yet mocking face./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""What?" she asked making a face at him./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""You look like your brother when you wake up." he laughed./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"She sighed, knowing what he meant and started to run her fingers through her hair, pulling it back down to normal. It was then she realized her hair was normal again. She must have come out of her phoenix form while sleeping. She quickly recharged and her hair went back to its firey color, and so did her remarks,"I move a lot in my sleep, you know."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Believe me, I'm aware." he answered before dodging the pillow she threw at him./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""You're going to keep an eye on that psychopath right?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Yeah, go train with Vegeta, but focus on staying in phoenix form this time, even if you take a rest."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"She started to leave the room, but stopped in the doorway, turning back to him. "I was coming here to ask you again why we can't have this... you and me... but I'm not sure right that now I can handle anymore bad news...so I won't ask, but when this is over, please, tell me what's going on, I know you want me to move on, but I will never be able to until you tell me why... I just... thought you should know."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"She left before he could answer, finding Vegeta looking pretty beaten up after his stay in the chamber./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Well?" she asked arching her brow, curious to see how much he'd changed, but by the looks of him he hadn't figured out what Goku had./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Well you'll have to see for yourself." he challenged her./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""All right, let's get you cleaned up first though, I don't want you saying it wasn't a fair fight... Last one to your wife's place is a saibaman!" she teased him before flying off towards Capsule Corp./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""You just cheated and she is not my wife!" He yelled before he following after her. She was far ahead of him but to his surprise the closer they got to Capsule Corp the more he gained up on her. In fact, he even passed her before he stopped feeling her energy. By this point they were only a few miles away from Capsule Corp. Vegeta stopped, though he wanted to win, something was wrong. He turned to see her falling from the sky and raced back to catch her./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"Vegeta caught her just before she broke through the clouds, finding her unconcious. He shook her a bit. She didn't wake, but her hair changed back to its golden color. The only thing he could think of was that the heart problem Kakarot had must run in the family and he took her as fast as he could to Capsule Corp./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"When he landed, Bulma's mother stopped her gardening and smiled to him, "Oh there's the daddy of the year. Can I get you something to drink, Vegeta?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""No! Where's the woman?!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Oh, she's in her office working on some android, I think. Oh! Is your little friend sick?" she asked worried./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"Vegeta ignored her and raced inside and down the hallway, finding Bulma glued to her computer when he arrived. He pushed her papers off the table, clearing a space to lay the unconcious saiyan./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Hey! What the hell do you think you're doing? No hi? no how's the baby?!" she started before she turned and saw Rori unconcious. She quickly helped Vegeta set her down, "What happened? Was it Cell?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""No... she just fell from the sky! She seemed fine a minute ago!" he was panicking. While Vegeta wouldn't admit it he was head over heels for Bulma now, but Rori was the last one of his race he actually didn't want dead. It was worrying seeing the last of his race diminishing over something he couldn't conrol./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""It's ok, she's still breathing."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Is it that virus Kakarot had?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""No... She'd be in a lot of pain if it was that. Chichi told me Goku was screaming for hours. Wait out side I'll check her over."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"When Vegeta looked as if he wasn't going to budge, she sighed, "She's my friend, you know. I'm not going to let anything happen to her."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""You'd better not." he answered before leaving./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""I hope Yamcha's not as romantic with you as Vegeta is with me..." she whispered her joke to Rori before she looked her over./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"As Bulma was taking her pulse, Rori stirred in her sleep blinking her eyes open and looked over to find Bulma holding her wrist looking at her watch, "what are you doing Bulma?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Hey... you passed out. How are you feeling?" Bulma asked moving her hand over Rori's forehead./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""I feel kind of sick to my stomach, but other than that... ok I guess." she anwsered, "How'd I get here?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Vegeta said you passed out while flying. He caught you and brought you here."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""I'm surprised he didn't let me fall." she sighed before sitting up, feeling a bit dizzy as she did so./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Hey, you might not realize it, but he isn't all that bad." she said while walking towards her desk opening a draw and rummaging through it, "You know after you and Piccolo broke up he went to find Piccolo and told him off apparently."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""What?" she asked, astonished that Vegeta hadn't come directly to her back then when he was always trying to become her mate./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""I know, I stopped him initially because I thought he was going to go after you, but he left later that night. When talked to you later I found out that he didn't go to see you. When I asked him he mummbled something about that he was going on your behalf, something like how dare that green bastard! Saiyans mate for life! He had no right!... I dunno, I'm surprised I got that much out of him frankly... Ah hah! Here it is!" she took out a box from the drawer and brought it over to Rori, "This is just a guess... but you seem fine other than you feeling a little sick and looking a little pale, so let's just rule out this before we take you to a real doctor. Just pee on this stick in the bathroom over there."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""...You want me to what?" Rori stumbled, as Bulma pushed her toward the bathroom./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Just take the cap off and do your business on the strip. I'll explain later."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"Within a few minutes Rori came back out of the bathroom arching her brow at Bulma, "That was gross and surprisingly difficult."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"Bulma took it and set it on the table before she turned back to Rori, "So... how are you and Yamcha...?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"This situation could not get more awkward. "Uhh... Fine. I guess Chichi told you?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Well I'd kind of been expecting it for a while. Yamcha had asked me a while ago if I was cool with it. I'm glad you two found each other." Bulma smiled./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Honestly, I'm not sure if its actually a good idea." Rori sighed, "Did you ever get the feeling that he was more invested in this than you."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Oh, all the time." she smiled, "but he's a good guy. Oh, and hey, now you have a reason to be invested too."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""What do you mean?" Rori asked watching as Bulma looked over at the stick./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"Bulma held up the pregnancy test, "You're pregnant. That's why you've been feeling weird. You probably passed out because you've been over doing it with training. Congratulation, you know maybe you weren't sure before, but honestly I'd take Yamcha to father my kid over Vegeta any day. You got lucky."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Bulma... Yamcha and I have never had sex... It has to be Piccolo's. When we were in the Time Chamber..."/p
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p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"A/N: Hey, thanks for all the comments again! Sorry for not getting to this chapter in a while. I'm sure you can all see this little problem will come to a close very quickly. 17 will be coming back at the end never fear. And Rori and Piccolo will finally work this out. I think one or two more chapters. Thanks for your patience!/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"Rori lay in bed, eyes wide open, sometime in the early hours of the day between night and morning. She and Yamcha had stayed at Goku's for dinner as planned. She'd asked Goku if he was willing to test his skills, but he refused. He wasn't training, wasn't practicing, wasn't talking about it either. He was relaxing. He told her she should be doing the same. It made her wonder if Gohan had been right after all. Was Goku giving up? He must know something that she didn't. As they stayed up late for dinner, Chichi insisted that her and Yamcha stay the night. Yamcha was in Gohan's room, probably fast asleep by now, and Rori was on the couch wide awake with a sickening feeling in the pit of her stomach. Though she was worried about how aloof her brother had been acting, it wasn't that that kept her awake, but her conversation with Gohan. Of course, she had asked Piccolo why they couldn't be together if he still loved her, but she had never gotten an answer. It was shameful, really, having these thoughts when the fate of the world was at stake, but if it was really going to be over soon, she needed to know. After rolling over for probably an hour, trying to get her mind off of the man she'd loving given the pseudonym of "that green bastard" in her head, she gave up. She wasn't going to get any rest./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"Rori looked outside the window to find that the sky was completely dark and remembered Vegeta would be getting out of the Time Chamber soon. Maybe he would be up for training because doing nothing was slowly driving her insane. Yes, she'd go to the Lookout and wait for Vegeta, not go see Piccolo, but Vegeta, she lied to herself. She crept over to the kitchen table, grabbing her bag, slinging it over her back before she started to sneak out, stopping after she remembered she'd come with Yamcha. Should she wake him? She'd decided against it, but left a note saying she couldn't sleep and she'd probably be at Capsule Corp when they woke up. Technically not lying./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"Once the note was written she quickly sneaked out the door. She shivered for a moment, having not brought a jacket with her. Ugh, flying was going to be even colder. She took a few minutes running through the woods trying to warm herself before she ascended to where she could see the almost full moon over the trees. She smiled watching it, taunting it, "hey friend... guess we're cool when I don't have a tail, huh?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"Rori flew leisurely towards the Lookout, knowing it would probably be at least an hour before Vegeta left the Time Chamber, if not more. That stubborn Prince wouldn't let her stay in longer than him. Hopefully he didn't get stuck in there out of pride. Despite their differences, he'd been acting different towards Rori since Bulma had Vegeta's son. Protective, but not romantic. Well actually he'd never been romantic. Protective and less demanding. Maybe brotherly? It reminded her of their relationship when they were growing up on Freiza's ship./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"She stopped flying and losing her train of thought in the same moment, as she saw something below she hadn't expected. A big white looking square in the middle of nowhere with someone standing in the center. It was hard to tell from in the air who it was so she descended a bit and realized. This must be the ring Cell had created. While there was a pit in her stomach telling her to leave immediately, her curiosity got the better of her and she landed in the ring, a few feet away from the insect looking creature./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""I know your eager dear, but you still have over a week" he wasted no time taunting her, "Patience is a virtue after all."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"She scoffed, "what do you know about virtues?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"Choosing to ignore her last statement, he looked her up and down appearing to be pleased with her progress "So, I see you've mastered your phoenix form."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""I'm not here to exchange pleasantries, Cell", she hated this game he was trying to play at./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Then why are you here?" he asked crossing his arms and made his way closer to her, "So early in the morning... emI'm starting to think I have you up at night. Or did you just miss me?/em"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"Rori stared at him, unmoving. The last part, the voice that came out of him wasn't Cell's, but 17's voice. Now she was confused. Was he really still in there or was this some kind of trick. Then again, Cell had saved her. Was that really Cell or was it 17./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""17?" she asked unsure./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""emThat's right/em," his voice came again, but it was Cell that smirked back at her./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""What can I do? How do we get you out of there?" she hurried to him grabbing Cell's arm, but he stopped her./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""emYou think I want out of this? This is ultimate power, Rori. Can't you see, even Goku knows, there's no way out of this. I don't want one either, I'm perfect./em"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""But... you're not you, 17. It's not your power, maybe a part of it is, but it's also your sister's and stolen from thousands of people." she shook her head, how could 17 want something like that it didn't make sense, when he was with her he wanted to kill Goku, but on his own, man to man, respectably like when he'd fought with Piccolo./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""emIt's not stolen. They're part of something much greater than themselves now. They're part of perfection. I'll tell you what, just say it now, tell me I'm perfect and I'll save you from all of this/emem./em" he leaned it but she pushed him back when she finally realized his trick. She wanted to believe 17 was still in there, but it wasn't true./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Quit messing with my head!" she screamed as Cell chuckled and sighed./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""So close."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""What do you want from me? Why did you do that? Why did you save me earlier?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""I hate to disappoint you, but the answer is not as great as I'm sure you're expecting. It's purely biological."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""What do you mean?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""I am a product of Freiza's cells, Piccolo's cells, but most importantly saiyan cells."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""So what?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Well, your the phoenix. You should recognize perfection when you see it. You can smell it on us. Like you could with Vegeta and Trunks."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""You want my approval?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""I want to hear the phoenix say that I am the ultimate. That I am perfection. No one can defeat me. Tell me, how's my scent now?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Putrid just as before." she shivered just thinking about it./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""So you think someone can beat me?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Of course I do."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""And who would that be?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"She paused thinking now. Normally she would say Goku, but with the way he'd been acting lately, she wasn't so sure, "I-I don't know… but it's not a lie, someone is stronger than you. As you said, if they weren't I would know."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"Cell rested his arm around her shoulder, "Well strength is only one factor in this. As you saw with Trunks earlier, strength does not mean you win. But, you'll learn all about that. I'm going to paint you an image of the future. When this tournament is over, I will kill all those in the tournament immediately. Then I will destroy this planet and everyone on it. I'll probably go to other planets, but they won't know me or who I am or what's I've accomplished. They won't know how perfectly I destroyed all the hope on this planet or the others I'll have destroyed. It's a shame don't you think?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"He didn't wait for her response which would have been a resounding no, she tried to move out from his grip but he held her firmly in place, "I'm not going to lie, I thought I might bring Trunks with me because it would be so rewarding to see the knowledge on his face every day that he could have prevented this. He came back in this time to stop the androids, but only doomed it to an even more dire fate. In his time only this world was destroyed, but now that he meddled, the whole universe will be destroyed. But then I thought about you. How you refuse to see my perfection. Perhaps it's Vegeta's stubborn pride or its just pure saiyan biology, but I'm going to make the phoenix see how perfectly I can destroy this universe. Oh, don't act like it wouldn't excite you in the slightest either, you're a saiyan, destruction is in your blood. When this is over, you'll come with me and you'll be the one to witness what I've accomplished. And when there is nothing left, and you tell me I smell putrid, I'll know you've been lying. There will be no one left, no comparison."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"He let her go. Letting it all sink in for a moment. So, she'd finally escaped one cage and she was about to be put in another. Again, emshe/em would be safe while the universe is brought to desrtuction. Perhaps she should have just stayed on Freiza's ship. At least there this process would have been slower. Less people dying. She couldn't live like that again. Rori turned to him sucking in her breath steadily, trying to keep her voice calm as she whispered, "I'm not afraid of you."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Yet." he he answered pleasantly. With that she took off and he yelled behind her, "Don't even think of killing yourself. If you do I will take Trunks in your place!"/p
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p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"Rori flew as fast as she could to the Lookout. Why had she left Goku's this morning. The world now had the dark blue glow it had when morning was just around the corner as she arrived at the lookout, flying up the edge and stopping as she came face to face with Piccolo. She stepped down in front of him, silently trying to figure out what to say. She needed him. She needed someone to tell her there was no way Cell would win./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"Piccolo had been watching Cell from the Lookout since he and Rori had gotten out of the time Chamber. Mr. Popo had come over now and again to tell him to rest, but he'd only grunted at the man and remained firmly at his post. He hadn't expected what he'd just seen. As he knew Rori was approaching now, he didn't know what to do or how to calm her until she arrived and he saw the look in her eyes of complete hopelessness. When she landed in front of him, he wasted no time, but he grabbed her by the back of the neck, pulling her into him by her waist and stared firmly into her eyes. "He cannot have you. I won't let him, do you understand?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"Rori nodded trying to fight back her tears, as she leaned her forehead against his. Piccolo lifted her into his arms and she wrapped her legs around his back. Arms planted loosely around his neck, she kept her body glued to his, he kept their eyes locked until he was sure she knew what Cell said would never come to fruition. Once he was sure she knew this, he let his lips meet hers, his eyes closing as they kissed, running his rough hands down he sides. He would make her forget, if only for a moment./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"He slid one hand over her thigh and tugged up her skirt as she rolled her hips over his. She sighed as he moved against her; he needed this distraction as much as she did. As she sighed he took this opportunity to let his tongue slip past her lips, crushing her lips beneath his. When he felt himself on the brink, he pulled his length out from his pants and slowly slid her down on it after he pushed her panties to the side, rubbing a thumb expertly over just the right spot. Rori moaned softly as he slid inside her, her forehead still touching his, their eyes connecting. He brought a quick finger to her lips reminding her to be quiet and eyed behind him./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"She peaked out briefly from over his shoulder seeing that Trunks and Mr. Popo were now sitting asleep in front of the Time Chamber. Initially she worried that they might be seen if the others woke up, but her legs were hidden carefully behind Piccolo's cape and before she could think it through anymore, she found she was losing her thoughts to his movements as he pulled her gaze back to him. She could no longer think about anything other than how he was stretching her perfectly with each movement or his wandering hands that found their spot on her ass pulling her closer to create a friction that was pushing her over the edge. When he saw she was about to lose herself he covered her lips with his, muffling her cry as he spilled himself inside of her./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"As she slid herself off of him with one last rough kiss, she pulled her skirt back down. With her feet firmly on the ground again she suddenly felt exhausted. Piccolo seemed to notice as he picked her back up and carried her into a part of the Lookout that she didn't even know existed. It was completely white, just like the rooms in the Time Chamber, with a bed and not much else. He laid her in it, as she started to protest he got in next to her, "I'll wake you when he's out don't worry."/p
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p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Hey, it's time" Piccolo roused Rori from her sleep. She sat up groggily, her hair pointing in all directions, looking more saiyan than ever. She sighed and felt the same sick feeling she had earlier in the night when she couldn't sleep. Who wouldn't be stressed out this close to the end though? She sighed pushing past the feeling and met Piccolo's strangely content yet mocking face./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""What?" she asked making a face at him./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""You look like your brother when you wake up." he laughed./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"She sighed, knowing what he meant and started to run her fingers through her hair, pulling it back down to normal. It was then she realized her hair was normal again. She must have come out of her phoenix form while sleeping. She quickly recharged and her hair went back to its firey color, and so did her remarks,"I move a lot in my sleep, you know."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Believe me, I'm aware." he answered before dodging the pillow she threw at him./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""You're going to keep an eye on that psychopath right?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Yeah, go train with Vegeta, but focus on staying in phoenix form this time, even if you take a rest."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"She started to leave the room, but stopped in the doorway, turning back to him. "I was coming here to ask you again why we can't have this... you and me... but I'm not sure right that now I can handle anymore bad news...so I won't ask, but when this is over, please, tell me what's going on, I know you want me to move on, but I will never be able to until you tell me why... I just... thought you should know."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"She left before he could answer, finding Vegeta looking pretty beaten up after his stay in the chamber./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Well?" she asked arching her brow, curious to see how much he'd changed, but by the looks of him he hadn't figured out what Goku had./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Well you'll have to see for yourself." he challenged her./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""All right, let's get you cleaned up first though, I don't want you saying it wasn't a fair fight... Last one to your wife's place is a saibaman!" she teased him before flying off towards Capsule Corp./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""You just cheated and she is not my wife!" He yelled before he following after her. She was far ahead of him but to his surprise the closer they got to Capsule Corp the more he gained up on her. In fact, he even passed her before he stopped feeling her energy. By this point they were only a few miles away from Capsule Corp. Vegeta stopped, though he wanted to win, something was wrong. He turned to see her falling from the sky and raced back to catch her./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"Vegeta caught her just before she broke through the clouds, finding her unconcious. He shook her a bit. She didn't wake, but her hair changed back to its golden color. The only thing he could think of was that the heart problem Kakarot had must run in the family and he took her as fast as he could to Capsule Corp./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"When he landed, Bulma's mother stopped her gardening and smiled to him, "Oh there's the daddy of the year. Can I get you something to drink, Vegeta?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""No! Where's the woman?!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Oh, she's in her office working on some android, I think. Oh! Is your little friend sick?" she asked worried./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"Vegeta ignored her and raced inside and down the hallway, finding Bulma glued to her computer when he arrived. He pushed her papers off the table, clearing a space to lay the unconcious saiyan./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Hey! What the hell do you think you're doing? No hi? no how's the baby?!" she started before she turned and saw Rori unconcious. She quickly helped Vegeta set her down, "What happened? Was it Cell?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""No... she just fell from the sky! She seemed fine a minute ago!" he was panicking. While Vegeta wouldn't admit it he was head over heels for Bulma now, but Rori was the last one of his race he actually didn't want dead. It was worrying seeing the last of his race diminishing over something he couldn't conrol./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""It's ok, she's still breathing."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Is it that virus Kakarot had?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""No... She'd be in a lot of pain if it was that. Chichi told me Goku was screaming for hours. Wait out side I'll check her over."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"When Vegeta looked as if he wasn't going to budge, she sighed, "She's my friend, you know. I'm not going to let anything happen to her."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""You'd better not." he answered before leaving./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""I hope Yamcha's not as romantic with you as Vegeta is with me..." she whispered her joke to Rori before she looked her over./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"As Bulma was taking her pulse, Rori stirred in her sleep blinking her eyes open and looked over to find Bulma holding her wrist looking at her watch, "what are you doing Bulma?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Hey... you passed out. How are you feeling?" Bulma asked moving her hand over Rori's forehead./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""I feel kind of sick to my stomach, but other than that... ok I guess." she anwsered, "How'd I get here?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Vegeta said you passed out while flying. He caught you and brought you here."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""I'm surprised he didn't let me fall." she sighed before sitting up, feeling a bit dizzy as she did so./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Hey, you might not realize it, but he isn't all that bad." she said while walking towards her desk opening a draw and rummaging through it, "You know after you and Piccolo broke up he went to find Piccolo and told him off apparently."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""What?" she asked, astonished that Vegeta hadn't come directly to her back then when he was always trying to become her mate./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""I know, I stopped him initially because I thought he was going to go after you, but he left later that night. When talked to you later I found out that he didn't go to see you. When I asked him he mummbled something about that he was going on your behalf, something like how dare that green bastard! Saiyans mate for life! He had no right!... I dunno, I'm surprised I got that much out of him frankly... Ah hah! Here it is!" she took out a box from the drawer and brought it over to Rori, "This is just a guess... but you seem fine other than you feeling a little sick and looking a little pale, so let's just rule out this before we take you to a real doctor. Just pee on this stick in the bathroom over there."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""...You want me to what?" Rori stumbled, as Bulma pushed her toward the bathroom./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Just take the cap off and do your business on the strip. I'll explain later."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"Within a few minutes Rori came back out of the bathroom arching her brow at Bulma, "That was gross and surprisingly difficult."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"Bulma took it and set it on the table before she turned back to Rori, "So... how are you and Yamcha...?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"This situation could not get more awkward. "Uhh... Fine. I guess Chichi told you?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Well I'd kind of been expecting it for a while. Yamcha had asked me a while ago if I was cool with it. I'm glad you two found each other." Bulma smiled./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Honestly, I'm not sure if its actually a good idea." Rori sighed, "Did you ever get the feeling that he was more invested in this than you."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Oh, all the time." she smiled, "but he's a good guy. Oh, and hey, now you have a reason to be invested too."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""What do you mean?" Rori asked watching as Bulma looked over at the stick./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"Bulma held up the pregnancy test, "You're pregnant. That's why you've been feeling weird. You probably passed out because you've been over doing it with training. Congratulation, you know maybe you weren't sure before, but honestly I'd take Yamcha to father my kid over Vegeta any day. You got lucky."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;""Bulma... Yamcha and I have never had sex... It has to be Piccolo's. When we were in the Time Chamber..."/p
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p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11.2px;"A/N: Hey, thanks for all the comments again! Sorry for not getting to this chapter in a while. I'm sure you can all see this little problem will come to a close very quickly. 17 will be coming back at the end never fear. And Rori and Piccolo will finally work this out. I think one or two more chapters. Thanks for your patience!/p