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Goku walked straight up to Vegeta's gravity training room, and pounded on the door. He simply pounded, making a lot of noise, not saying a thing, and not stopping. Vegeta continued to do push ups under 100 times normal gravity, growing more and more annoyed with the banging. After half an hour of banging, Vegeta realize the person was not going to leave. Sighing in frustration, he walked to the machine core, and turned it off. Walking across the room to the door, he punched the button to open the door, which thankfully didn't jam like the last time.

"WHAT?!?"

Vegeta froze, seeing A very serious Goku standing there. He couldn't take his eyes off of him for a moment, then went to punch the door closed. As the door closed. Vegeta would of turned around, but simply spoke as calmly as he could, already knowing Goku was there.

"What do you want Kakorot?"

Goku simply stood there. "Why have you been avoiding me Vegeta? Are you ashamed of what we did? Did i anger you? Was it that unpleasant? Are you mad at me? What is it Vegeta? Please! Tell me!"

Vegeta could only stare at the taller saiyan, tears were in Goku's eyes. It was obvious that this was hard for him. Vegeta tried to respond, but another tear fell from Goku's eyes. He was so vulnerable. Vegeta was taken by surprise, he had never seen Goku this way. Even near death with the heart virus, Goku still looked strong and defiant...now, he looked like the slightest breeze would knock him over. Something was deeply wrong.

Why is he just staring at me? Is he trying to think up a response? It never takes him this long to think up something. Kami, I can’t take this silence. If he won’t answer me then fine.

“I’ll take your silence as a request to leave…goodbye Vegeta…”

Vegeta’s eyes widened slightly as he saw Goku’s hand raise, 2 fingers extended. He had only seconds to do or say something, or he’d really lose him forever, but his mind wouldn’t let him stop thinking long enough to do something. Why did he even care? He was always a loner, he never ‘cared’ about anyone, but now, why him? Did that night actually mean something. Vegeta always thought it had, though he suppressed the thought every chance he could get. But Kakorot already said it was something They did…not him…did he like it? Did he actually want it?

For the first time since the cell games, Vegeta’s body reacted before he could think, in this case finish thinking. Rushing forward, Vegeta grabbed Goku’s arm, holding his arm, the 2 fingers a breath from Goku’s forehead as he stopped. Vegeta went to say something, but was once again silenced by Goku’s emotional eyes.

Once again, Vegeta’s body reacted before he could think, “Fight me.”

Fight me? What the hell? Brilliant Vegeta! Now he’s going to leave!

Goku saw something in Vegeta’s eyes, heard something in his voice, Vegeta didn’t want to fight him, but he didn’t want him to leave. Remembering how the ‘Spar’ went, Goku smiled slightly, his lip curving up into a smirk as Goku pulled his arm free, and walked over to the corner of the room, pulling off his shirt.

Seeing his challenge accepted. Vegeta hardened once more, his face expressionless, only his eyes giving away a little, if they could give away any emotion at all. Stretching his arms slightly, Vegeta turned his back to Goku, trying to prepare himself, physically and mentally for the battle.

Feeling something behind him, Vegeta froze. Hearing Goku softly talking, Vegeta simply stood there, his back an inch from Goku’s back.

“I know you don’t want to fight me Vegeta…we’ve known each other for years…I know you better than anyone…You don’t want me to leave…you don’t want to be alone…what is it Vegeta? Did that actually mean anything? I know this is hard…especially for you. You’ve gone your entire life bottling up your emotions, never letting them out…but your at peace here…you have no enemies…you have friends…or is that the problem? I know what it’s like Vegeta…remember I’m a saiyan too…we need the fight, the challenge…you know I’m here for you Vegeta…”

“That’s the problem Kakorot…Your smarter than anyone would give you credit for. I’ve known that for years…the way you fight...how you moved…you have a sharp mind, you just never use it.”

Goku chuckled softly. “It only comes out when I’m being serious. No need to bother trying to think things through when your not serious.”

Vegeta couldn’t help but let the edge of his lip curve up. “You really are something different Kakorot.”

“You…didn’t just insult me, did you?” Kakorot scratched his head, really not able to tell.

Vegeta smirked, spinning around and slamming his fist into Kakorot’s stomach, sending him back a few steps. Seeing the familiar smirk on Vegeta’s lips, Goku couldn’t help but smile, crouching into a fighting stance. Vegeta was himself again, at least to a point. Things would never be the same again, at least not when they fought. But in public, when they saw each other somewhere, for some reason, they would share a rare soft smile, as long as no one was looking.

The sounds of battle rang out from the small building outside of CC. Bulma smiled softly, finally things were back to normal. Vegeta was fighting again, that meant there would be 2 beaten and hungry Saiyans to deal with later. Suddenly the sound of battle stopped. Walking outside, Bulma peeked through a window, then sighed, they were gone.

Goku released Vegeta from the headlock as they appeared in the same field they had last fought. It was empty save for the random animals, all of which fled as the two Saiyans turned Super Saiyan. Taking fighting stances, Goku couldn’t help but blush slightly, seeing the same feral look in Vegeta’s eyes he saw last time. A look that was his alone, and he knew it.