Gohan and Goten were sparring when Nicole returned the next morning after flying around all night.

"Hi Gohan, I'm back." Nicole smiled and waved.

"Dad was here looking for you," Goten said as he landed, Gohan right behind him.

Nicole shrugged. "Oh well. He's just afraid I might get hurt. But I can train with you if I want to." Gohan sweatdropped. "So can we continue our training? Don't worry, you didn't really hurt me the last time." Nicole grinned.

When Gohan nodded, she got into a fighting stance and rushed at Gohan who blocked her first move and countered which Nicole just barely dodged.

After they had been sparring for half an hour, Videl arrived for her lesson. Both Nicole and Gohan stopped mid-attack as Videl approached them.

Nicole smiled. "I wanna play."

Gohan looked over at Nicole in surprise. "Promise me you'll be good," Gohan pleaded.

"Oh, alright." Nicole gave in. "I'll see ya around Gohan. Good luck Videl," Nicole said as she walked by her then took off for Goku's house to find him waiting for her at the kitchen table. "See, I'm ok," Nicole said as she sat at the table. When Goku didn't reply she continued. "And if you don't want me training with Gohan then why don't *you* train me properly? None of this because I'm a girl thing, or because you are afraid I'll get hurt. I'll never learn if you keep holding me back."

They both sat in silence as Nicole waited for an answer from Goku.

When she didn't get an answer she realized that it was the next morning. "Oh, I guess you're kinda mad I didn't come home last night. It's just that I was thinking about stuff and when I ran into Gohan he said you were looking for me." More silence. "So are you going to train me now?" Nicole asked and got a growl in reply. "Ok, I'll just leave you alone then." But a sharp glare kept her glued to the chair. "Come on Goku say something!"

When Goku finally spoke, his voice was strained. "Alright. I guess I didn't make myself clear.....You are not to train with Gohan anymore."

The coldness of his voice unsettled Nicole. "Ok," she said. "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't."

Goku exhaled loudly and stood up. He walked slowly around the table to stand next to Nicole. "Because you're *my* mate," he said. "You *belong* to me --" Goku broke off and took a step back. "Did I just....I mean....I'm sorry Nicole....I don't know what came over me. I-I should go..." He disappeared.

Nicole sat there in silence for a moment then took off out the door and flew off. When she landed again she saw Dende and ran up to him. "Goku's mad at me!!" she wailed then became angry. "He called me his! Like I'm some kind of possession! I can train with Gohan if I want! And I can go where I want!"

Dende didn't know what to do. "It's ok Nicole, I'm sure he didn't mean it."

"I don't want Goku to be mad at me anymore!!" Nicole then looked up to see Piccolo meditating. "Hah! Bug zapper!"

Both Dende and Mr. Popo were sweatdropping.

Nicole started flying in circles around Piccolo. "Piccolo-san, what'cha doin'?"

boof

"So, what can this, Beryl, do?"

Vegeta and Amy were sitting in their living room. He was sitting on the couch with Amy on the floor between his legs. She'd just finished explaining about Queen Beryl now being in their world as he brushed her hair. Amy, of course, had omitted a few things about Babidi's ability to give his slaves more power.

"Well, she can place people into 'Eternal Sleep,' use a form of energy blasts, um, take control of people's minds, and transform into 'Super Beryl.'" Amy sighed and leaned against Vegeta.

He was about to ask what was wrong, but decided against it and finished brushing his mate's hair. Just then, they heard a knock at the door. Vegeta growled, sensing who it was.

"Maybe if we don't answer, he'll think we're not home," Amy said hopefully. Vegeta gave her a look. "Well, it *is* Goku....So, ya never know."

"True...." Vegeta replied.

The knocking became louder until

CRASH!

Amy and Vegeta sweatdropped as they turned to look at Goku standing in their doorway, their door lying inside the house.

"Uh, sorry about your door..." said Goku, placing a hand behind his head.

"What do you want Kakarot," Vegeta demanded, rising from the couch.

Amy stood up also. But soon found herself fighting for air as Goku embraced her tightly and began sobbing into her shoulder.

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Zap..............Zap..............Zap............Zap......

Nicole laughed hysterically as each of her paper airplanes hit Piccolo's aura and fizzled out of existance. Piccolo's face contorted with suppressed rage as he tried to concentrate on his training.

"Hey Dende! I need more paper!" Nicole called to the young Guardian.

Dende hesitated. "Um, maybe you should stop for a while, Nicole, and tell me what happened between you and Goku."

Nicole thought for a moment. "Uh.......maybe later. Now, more paper!"

Dende complied and Nicole was again happily throwing paper airplanes at Piccolo, that is until he opened his eyes and yelled at Nicole to get her to stop.

"I'm sorry Piccolo-san," she said in a quiet voice before running over and sobbing into his cape.

He looked over to Dende for help.

"Nicole how about you and I get something to eat and talk about what happened," Dende suggested.

Nicole shook her head. "No I want to stay with Piccolo-san." She gripped his cape tighter.

"Is there anyway I can get you to leave me alone?" Piccolo asked with a bit of surrender to his voice.

"Ummmm..." Nicole thought for a moment. "If you teach me some stuff and give me a cape....I know you gave me one before but I left it at my house. So is it a deal?" There were still tears streaming down her face. "Please Piccolo-san? Goku won't let me train like the rest of you do. Nicole's tail unraveled from around her waist and trembled from her crying.

"Fine," he said in a low voice.

"Yay!" Nicole jumped up and down in excitement.

"Come with me," he ordered before flying off the edge of Dende's place.

"Bye Dende!" Nicole waved before following Piccolo. He led her to the waterfall.

"Let's see if you've learned anything since the last time I saw you." He smirked and got into a fighting stance.

Nicole had a serious look on her face and also got in a fighting stance. Piccolo then disappeared from Nicole's view and was about to kick her from behind. Nicole turned around and crossed her arms to soften the impact but didn't keep herself from taking a few steps backwards to keep her balance. He didn't give her time to counter and landed a punch to her face which sent her flying into the nearby rock. She crawled out of the hole with a growl and a sharp look at Piccolo, her tail twitching in annoyance.

"Is that all you've got?" Piccolo demanded.

Nicole smiled. "I haven't even reached my limit yet," she stated then powered up to Super Saiyan.

Nicole didn't give Piccolo any time to react. She landed a kick to his gut sending him flying. He stopped in mid-air and shot an energy blast at her which Nicole just barely dodged.

"Hey no fair! I can't do stuff like that yet."

Piccolo just looked at her in surprise before he landed on the ground in front of her. "You must be kidding. You can go Super Saiyan and you can't even do a simple energy attack?"

"That's about it," Nicole replied as she picked up a stone and skipped it across the water. "Nobody ever taught me, and since you trained Gohan I thought you might train me too.

boof

"Uh, can you like, get *off* me Goku," Amy choked out while Vegeta growled and advanced towards Goku.

Goku sniffed and loosened his hold on Amy, but continued crying into her shoulder.

Vegeta placed a hand on Goku's shoulder. "Get off my mate, Kakarot," he said through gritted teeth, his power level rising to meet his anger.

Goku lifted his head and looked at Vegeta as the King's hand tightened on his shoulder. "Uh, sorry, Vegeta...." He let go of Amy and slumped onto the floor.

Vegeta brought his power level back down. Amy rolled her eyes. Then she looked down at the shoulder that Goku had soaked with his tears. "Ick. I'm gonna go change my shirt." She went into the bedroom.

Goku continued crying softly while Vegeta scowled down at him. Finally, Vegeta couldn't take it anymore. "Will you stop blubbering!! You're supposed to be a warrior for fuck's sake!"

Goku looked up at him. He opened his mouth.......And began another round of sobs. Vegeta threw up his hands, frustrated.

Amy came back in wearing a dry shirt. "'For fuck's sake' huh? You've been hangin' around me too long," she said, smiling at her mate. She turned to Goku. "Now, what the *hell* is your problem?"

"Uh (sniff), well, see, I was talking to Nicole and (sniff) I told her I didn't want her training with Gohan --"

"Yah yah. I know that part already. Tell us what happened when she got home today," Amy interrupted.

Goku rubbed the heels of his hands in his eyes. "Ok. Well, she came home late this morning. She smelled of Gohan..." he said through gritted teeth. "So I reminded her that I'd told her she wasn't allowed to train with him anymore. And then she said why don't I train her. And then, and then I walked over to her and said she *belonged* to me. I-I didn't mean it. Why did I say that?" Goku sighed. "And then I instant transmissioned here."

"And you're crying because.....?" Vegeta asked.

Amy glared at Vegeta. "Shut up. He's crying because he hurt Nicole and because his Saiyan-ness is all screwed-up at the moment."

"What do you mean?" asked Goku, finally free of crying.

"Well, from what I can tell, when I went all feral back when Cell got the remote, that prevented me from being transported back to my world because I had completely became a part of *this* one. As a result, when *you* were transported, you became sorta human. That's why you were so weak. And then when you came back, you still had some, I guess, human characteristics in your physiology, causing your hormones and stuff to get all screwed-up. Yah." The males stared at Amy when she stopped talking, amazed that her ranting was actually intelligent, somewhat.

"Ok, so the reason I'm acting like this is because of being in your world?"

"Not entirely," Vegeta spoke up. "You're trying to assert your place as the dominant mate."

"And Nicole's not letting you," Amy added. She punched her fist into the air. "Girl Power!" Goku and Vegeta sweatdropped at her. She slowly lowered her arm. "What? I am Woman, hear me roar!" They continued sweatdropping. "Fine. I'll just leave you two and your testosterone- --do Saiyans even have testosterone? Anyway, the equivalent-to-testosterone-in-Saiyans-talking. Yah." She kissed Vegeta and walked out the door. She poked her head back in and said, "And have the door fixed before I come back. Bye!" She flew off.

so yah, tell me what ya think ^_^