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Amy finished eating and relaxed against her pillows, or tried to. Her spine still hurt, as well as the rest of her back from being tense.

Vegeta moved to the other side of the bed and gently pushed Amy forward. He then moved behind her, a leg on either side of her, and began massaging her back.

Amy leaned into the Prince's surprisingly gentle touch and sighed.

When Nicole finished eating, she turned to Goku, "Will you train me now?"

Goku started and looked at Nicole. "Uh....ok!"

Goku then stood up and and went to the living room. He came back in, carrying Nicole's Piccolo cape. "Here," He put the cape on Nicole. "Let's go for a run."

"Uh...."Nicole didn't get to finish as Goku picked her up, and led her out the door. "B-but, but..." Nicole struggled as she was taken outside and Goku pushed her to start running.

Nicole stopped and turned to face Goku. "Hey Goku! Can I see you go Super Saiyan?"

Goku crossed his arms and shook his head.

"Puuuuullllllleeeeeeeezzzzzzz!?" Nicole whined.

"First you have to run around the block. With the cape on!"

Nicole groaned then turned around and started jogging as fast as she could with the cape on.

Goku was sitting on the veranda of the house when Nicole finally crawled up to him. "Now can I see you go Super Saiyan?"

"I told you I would after you *ran* around the block. Not walk or crawl. Now get going."

Nicole's shoulders slumped as she stood up , but she managed a run and started around the block again. When she got back to Goku and just opened her mouth to ask, he just commanded, "Again!"

Nicole spent the entire afternoon running around the same block over and over again.

"Vegeta?" Amy asked when he was finished her massage. "Will you tell me about your, um, torture techniques?"

Vegeta raised an eyebrow, then smirked.

Nicole finally managed to run around the entire block with the cape still on. Goku smiled when he saw her run up to him, then bend over trying to catch her breath.

"Very good Nicole," he thumped her on the back and made her stumble forward.

"Please....show....me...now?" Nicole managed to ask between breaths.

Goku considered it for a moment. "Not here," he said as Nicole managed to take the cape off.

"Then where? You don't know your way around here."

Goku's face turned serious. "Go get changed then meet me out here."

"OK," Nicole murmured as she backed into the house and ran upstairs.

"I understand. Very clever Vegeta," Amy said after listening to the Prince's "torture lesson."

"Good," Vegeta replied. "Now we need someone for you to...practice...on."

Just then, Nicole came running up the stairs. Running by Amy's room, she disappeared into her own and five minutes later poked her head into Amy's room dressed in her Goku outfit.

"Hey Amy whatcha doin'? Hi Vegeta!" she said as she gave him a little wave knowing he wouldn't answer but she was still going to try to get some form of acknowledgement that she was there.

Amy grinned. "Nicole, come here a sec."

Nicole eyed Amy warily, but complied. "What?"

"Well, Vegeta just finished giving me a massage, and I wanted to try out what I learned from it," Amy said, moving behind Nicole.

"Uh..." Nicole said, starting to get scared. "Why didn't you just try it on Vegeta?"

"Cause, he didn't want me to," Amy said.

"Why?" Nicole asked suspiciously.

Vegeta just grunted and stepped out of the room, closing the door.

Amy started gently massaging Nicole's shoulders, then she grabbed her wrists and started gently pulling them back. "I'm gonna stretch your arms a little," she said.

Nicole relaxed. Then suddenly, a jolt of pain went through her arms as Amy began twisting her wrists and pulling her arms to meet at the back.

"Owwy!"

Amy began to pull down on Nicole's arms.

"Amy!" Nicole yelled as her pain increased.

Amy smiled. "I'll stop. If you promise to do the dishes for the next two weeks."

Amy's voice was overly calm and it unsettled Nicole. "Uh...no?"

Amy added more pressure to Nicole's wrists. "Ouch! Okay, OK!" she gave in.

"And do a good job or another week gets added."

"Fine. Owwy. Just let go, please?" Nicole whined.

Amy released her abruptly and Nicole looked at her smiling face. She stuck her tongue out and left the room to meet Goku.

"So how'd I do?"

Vegeta emerged from the hallway and smirked at Amy. "Not bad."

Nicole emerged from the house rubbing her shoulders. Goku was still standing where she had left him with his arms crossed and his eyes closed.

"Ummm...Goku I'm back," Nicole whispered.

Goku opened his eyes and extended his left hand. Nicole grasped his hand and Goku used his instant transmission, taking them to a park they had passed the day before. They were standing in the middle of a soccer field when Goku powered up. Dirt and rocks started flying up around him. Nicole decided to stand a safe distance away so she started backing up, still rubbing her sore shoulders. Goku was in a fighting stance as he powered up, sending even more debris into the air. Nicole was watching wondering why Goku was using more energy then he had to and why he hadn't gone Super Saiyan yet, until he turned to her and motioned for her to join him.

When Nicole didn't move, Goku yelled a warning, "You better get ready!" before he took a step forward and his hair and eyes changed colour.

"You can't be serious," Nicole whined. "I don't have a chance against you."

"You wanted me to train you, now I am. So come on," Goku said a little too calmly to Nicole's liking.

Just then, a few kids with a soccer ball came onto the field. When they saw a man with blond hair standing straight up, and a yellow light eminating from him, they slowly backed off the way they came.

Goku stood there waiting until Nicole got into a simple fighting stance with her left foot forward and her arms up close to her head and chest.

"Please go easy on me," Nicole squeaked before Goku came running towards her.

Amy and Vegeta were downstairs in the kitchen getting ready to go out and train.

"The first thing you need to learn is how to control your tail," Vegeta was saying while Amy was pulling on her Saiyan boots.

"Um.....okay," Amy replied. "So what kind of place do you want to train in? We don't have any gravity rooms around here."

"Somewhere open, with plenty of room to maneuvre, and with no distractions."

"Hmmm....I know!" Amy said, and grabbed Vegeta's hand, leading the way.

POW!

Nicole went flying across the grass, out of the field, and through several trees. Goku stood staring after her.

Nicole was lying on the ground when Amy and Vegeta showed up. Amy walked over and looked down at Nicole.

"Having fun?" Amy asked as she grinned.

"No....I hurt," Nicole mumbled through a cracked and bleeding lip and slightly swollen nose. She managed to sit up and rubbed the back of her head.

"K....me and Vegeta are gonna go spar," Amy turned and walked away as Nicole got to her feet and wiped the blood from her face with the back of her sleeve before getting into a fighting stance and glaring at Goku, who didn't look the least bit sorry for what he had done.

Of course, Goku was just a small, glowing yellow speck from where Nicole stood, but she could make out most of his face. She then began to charge the Super Saiyan.

"OK, so how do I use my tail?" Amy asked once she and Vegeta were in a clearing in the woods near the soccer field.

All of a sudden, Vegeta was behind Amy and had a firm grip on her tail.

Amy fell to her knees in pain.

Then Vegeta growled in her ear, "First lesson: Never let your guard down, especially with your weakness."

Amy cringed as he emphasized "weakness" with a hard squeeze. She answered with a shrill scream. She then put her hands behind her head, grabbed Vegeta, and tossed him over her head.

But, Vegeta still held her tail, and she landed beside him, cringing.

"Second lesson: Always anticipate."

When Nicole was close enough, she jumped with her left fist out, ready to do to Goku what he had done to her. She was screaming in anger as she got mere inches from his face, but it turned into a scream of pain as he knocked her to the side like a harmless insect.

Nicole growled low in her throat as she got up from the ground a second time.

"Is this a training session, or are you just having fun beating me up?" Nicole whined.

Goku made a Goku face. "Uhh,well....you said you wanted me to train you, and see me go Super Saiyan, so I just put the two together!"

"This is not training! I don't even know how to fight or fly or anything like what the rest of you can do!" Nicole yelled as she stomped up to Goku.

Amy slowly rose to her feet as Vegeta did the same and released her tail. Amy immediately wrapped her aching apendage around her waist protectively.

"Hit me," Vegeta said.

Amy looked at him then readied her right fist. She punched him, hard, right in the jaw, causing his head to snap back.

Vegeta righted his head and smirked at Amy.

"Good. But......DON'T STOP!" he yelled as he started punching Amy.

Amy staggered back a few steps. She then bent her knees and yelled as she powered up, causing debris to rise from the ground.

Goku went to take a step back, but didn't. "Then we'll have to fix that now," he said as his hair turned black again.

Nicole took a step back and asked warily, "How?"

Goku smiled at her. "Don't worry. I'm not gonna throw you off a cliff and hope you'll learn to fly or anything."

Nicole sighed with relief. Goku then proceeded in teaching her how to control her energy to fly.