yah, so how can cell be alive?? and what's up with chi chi?

Everyone gasped, their mouths hanging open.

Vegeta emerged from the house, just hearing what Amy had said. "That's impossible. Cell was destroyed."

"Yah, I know," said Amy. "But it was Cell, that's why the energy you sensed seemed familiar, Trunks."

"And it wasn't *completely* Cell," Piccolo said. "I don't know what it was, but Cell was definitely the majority of it." He leaned up against a tree for support.

Amy headed back inside. "I'm gonna go get you a senzu bean. Nicole, come with me please."

Nicole looked about to protest, but followed. Once inside, she asked, "Why did you need me to come with you?" Amy grinned at Nicole. "Don't look at me like that!" Amy then told Nicole what she had overheard about Saiyan mating rituals. "Goku's gonna hunt me!?" Nicole said when Amy was done.

"Well," Amy replied. "Not necessarily....*You* might win the first fight..."

"Right...." Nicole said disbelievingly.

They had now reached the door that led outside, Amy holding her senzu beans. "Anyway, I just thought you should know."

"K," said Nicole.

They walked outside, Nicole headed towards Goku, Amy walked over to Piccolo. "Here you go," she said, handing the Namek a senzu.

He took it and thanked her, then they joined the others.

"So, did you guys come up with a plan or something?" Nicole asked.

"Well," Goku began, "Piccolo said that....Cell...was weakened a lot after the fight."

"He could barely walk away, much less fly, but he could still instant transmission away, " Piccolo said.

"Hm," said Amy. "I guess that gives us time to train and to figure out what exactly it is we're gonna fight."

"Y-you're gonna fight too?" Krillin asked.

Amy nodded. "I'd like to see how I measure up to the rest of you in a battle."

"Me too!" Nicole said. She turned to Piccolo. "I can wear the cape now! Goku made me run around the block 50 times with it on. Now will you teach me all your techniques?"

"Uh..." Piccolo sweatdropped.

"I can teach ya, Nicole," Amy piped up. Everyone turned to her. "What? I've seen you guys fight so many times, I'm pretty sure I picked up something."

"O.....K....But....You'll hurt me if I train with you," said Nicole.

"Yeah, well, not much..."

"Anyway," said Trunks. "We can take turns in the hyperbolic time chamber. The...uh...less-powerful fighters should go first, leaving the rest to fight in case...Cell...recovers quickly."

"So, then, that should be Tien and Yamcha first, or maybe Krillin and Nicole because Tien and Yamcha couldn't do anything the first time around, but neither could anyone else, really, except Gohan cause Goku, like died, and everyone else almost died, and it's not like it's going to be a tournament like the last time, and maybe Hercule will fight too," Amy said, all in one breath. Everyone was looking at her and sweatdropping, Vegeta included, and even Nicole had a sweatdrop. "What? I was only joking about the Hercule thing...Hey, you're sweatdropping, Nicole!!"

"I am?" Nicole asked. "Where? Where's my sweatdrop?" She began looking around, trying to see the side of her head.

Amy walked up to her and pointed near her left temple. "It's right there." She poked it.

"Ow."

"Sorry," Amy said. "I can't feel it, though....."

"Yah, so....Um," said Krillin. "Piccolo and I'll go in first, since we don't know where Tien, Chioutzu, or Yamcha are."

Amy gave Nicole a knowing grin. "Should I write *that* yaoi?"

Nicole got a mental picture. "Ummmm..."

"What's yaoi?" Gohan asked.

"Uh, nothing," Amy said as she and Nicole laughed.

Goku looked at them, a confused Goku-look on his face. "Uh, you guys should get going and let Dende know about this."

"Right, Goku," said Krillin and he and Piccolo flew off into the night to Kame's Lookout.

Amy looked at Nicole. "Don't say it..." the non-Saiyan said.

"What?" Amy feigned innocence. "I wasn't gonna say anything, I wasn't even thinking anything."

"Right," said Nicole. "Whatever."

"Ok, Squall." They both laughed.

"Uh, I'm gonna go tell mother what's going on," said Trunks, heading inside.

"Bye Trunks!" Amy called after him. He smiled and waved at her.

"See ya Trunks!" Said Nicole. "Let me play with your sword tomorrow!"

Trunks waved at her as well, but didn't answer.

"Ready to go Nicole?" Goku asked.

"K!"

"Gohan, you coming?"

"No, I'm staying here tonight, remember?" Gohan answered. "I'm gonna go visit Mo--"

"Oh, right!" Goku interrupted. "Well, see ya tomorrow!"

"Bye," Gohan said and followed Trunks.

Goku and Nicole flew off to Goku's house.

"Well, I guess I should go too..." Amy said.

"Come with me," Vegeta said, then flew off, not checking to see if she followed.

"Yes sir!" Amy said sarcastically, giving the Prince a mock-salute, but she followed.

Vegeta led her to a small clearing in a forest. He touched down and threw a capsule behind him.

POM!

A small capsule-house appeared and Vegeta walked in.

"That reminds me," Amy said to herself. "I need to get a capsule bike and a capsule fridge."

She walked into the house and looked around. It wasn't really a house, more like a workout gym with a kitchen, a couch, a bed, and a small bathroom. The bathroom being the only other room. Vegeta was kneeling by the bed, pulling a trunk out from under it. He opened the trunk and pulled out a pair of pants and a t-shirt.

He tossed them to Amy saying, "Here's a change of clothes."

Amy looked at him, puzzled, but then remembered that her current clothing was a beat-up-and-bloody Saiyan uniform. "Thanks." She went into the bathroom and changed.

boof

"Now remember," Mr. Popo was saying to Piccolo and Krillin. "You'll be in there for one day, or a year your time, but no longer."

"Right," said Krillin. "Well, let's go Piccolo."

Piccolo nodded and they walked into the hyperbolic time chamber.

boof

Goku and Nicole were eating in the kitchen, unusually silent. When they had first sat down, Goku told Nicole that they needed to talk, and she was now waiting for him to begin.

"Uh, first of all," Goku said. "I want you to know that I love you --" Nicole started to reply, but Goku raised a hand to silence her "-- and so , I want to tell you about Gohan's mother. She and I were married, but I didn't love her. After we had Gohan, she became abusive towards me, both physically and mentally, and she started drinking[1]. I never fought back for fear of hurting her with my strength, so I took it and made sure she never attacked Gohan the same way. Just before the Cell Games, we conceived another child which is due in a couple of months. I divorced her after she threatened to kill the baby and she was comitted to the psychiatric ward at the hospital." He stopped a few moments to let Nicole absorb what he'd said, then continued. "Second of all, I was wondering --" he blushed and began to laugh nervously -- "if, uh, you'd like to, uh, be my mate?"

Nicole swallowed. She studied Goku and then burst out laughing. Goku looked hurt and confused.

"I'm not laughing at you, Goku," she assured him. "I'm, uh, just laughing because something you said reminded me of what Amy told me once." She calmed down and became serious. "So, you want to, uh, fight me and hunt me...That kind of mate?"

Goku nodded. "Did Amy tell you?"

"Yah...." Nicole answered. She got up from the table, walked over to Goku, and sat on his lap, wrapping her arms around his neck. "I love you too." She kissed him tenderly. "And i also want to be your mate."

Goku stood up suddenly, lifting her in his arms and grinned happily. "Yahoo!" He cried then kissed Nicole deeply, spinning around the kitchen.

Abruptly Goku stopped and carried Nicole outside. He dropped her uncerimoniously onto the ground.

"Ouch!" she said as she landed, hard. She got up and rubbed her sore side. "What was that for?"

Goku didn't answer, but got into a fighting stance. His eyes were glazed over slightly and he was breathing hard.

"Goku?" Nicole said. "Are you okay?"

He answered by punching her in the face.

Nicole staggered back, but didn't fall. She then rushed at Goku, head- butting him in the stomach. Goku grabbed her by the shoulders, lifted her up, and slammed her back into the ground. He towered over her, a feral expression creeping on his face.

"Go-"

"Run," Goku interrupted. His voice had taken on a cool tone, nothing at all like his normal voice.

Nicole decided that she had better listen to him and took off. /No fair,/ she thought. /He has that instant trans-/

Her thoughts were cut short when strong arms wrapped around her, cutting off her air supply. She struggled but he was too strong, even when she powered-up to her maximum. He brought her roughly to the ground, pinning her beneath his weight.

Nicole continued to struggle as Goku pinned her arms to her sides and leaned his face into hers. "Gotchya," he said in a deep, seductive growl.

Nicole growled back menacingly. She slapped his face, hard. But, weren't her hands immobilized? They both turned and stared at a long, thin, furry thing that had just left its mark on Goku's face. Nicole had grown a --

"-- a tail! I have a tail!" Nicole cried. She then remembered her current predicament. She began thrashing her tail wildly at Goku, but he grabbed her tail after bringing her hands above her head and clasping them with one hand.

He held her tail tightly and stroked it across his cheek. He then took one of her hands to hold it with her tail. He moved down to the jucture of her neck and shoulder. He licked a trail along her neck and kissed one back to her shoulder. Nicole began to relax. Then she screamed as Goku sank his teeth into her flesh. Her scream turned into a war-cry as she felt the blood run from her shoulder and she turned to face his arm. She bared her teeth and bit into his flesh.

Goku cried out, then lapped up the blood from Nicole's shoulder; she in turn lapped up his blood. When they were finished, Goku suddenly pulled away from Nicole, letting go of her and standing up.

"I....S-sorry, Nicole....." Goku said quietly. His tail was curling and uncurling nervously.

Nicole stood up and took his tail in her hands. "You got your tail back," she said. She then yanked it, pulling Goku to her and reached up, seizing his mouth with her own. "It's okay," she said after breaking the kiss. "I just felt that I had to fight you..."

Goku nodded and wrapped his arms around her waist. He kissed her deeply, claiming her mouth with his tongue.

And then they disappeared.

boof

Amy walked out of the bathroom wearing a black pair of pants with a white tank top. She walked over to the kitchen to find Vegeta dishing out some rice and other food for the two of them. He was wearing tan pants with a turquoise shirt. Vegeta brought the dishes over to the couch and sat down. Amy joined him.

Vegeta handed her one of the dishes. "Thanks," she said.

They ate in silence until Amy remembered something. "There's gonna be a full moon in a few days."

Vegeta's head snapped up and he looked at Amy. She met his look evenly and then continued eating. Vegeta continued giving her a look, but she said no more.

[1] i got some of this idea from reading a fic called "Past Pleasures." it's a good dbz yaoi on fanfiction.net. now go read it.