me that my mother is really over there, with, with father ..." said Vento, surprised, but also touched and overjoyed.

"Believe it, it is you," he replied and had to smile.

"Sophie ..."
"No! Don't ever call me like that again! Please"

"But ..."

"I'm not Sophie, no more ... so stop it! Sophie was that weak creature who fell in love with you, but I'm not anymore, so don't ever call me Sophie again ?!"

"It's you! And what else should I call you ?!"

"Kurai, as my master baptized me"

"No!"

"OH BUT!" she snapped and pulled away from him.

"My name is no longer Sophie, get it ?! My name is Kurai, as my master baptized me! So never call me by that terrible name again!"

"Kurai ... weird name, pretty but weird ... and who is she?"

"I am the one who is strong, understand ?! I am not that weak and I will NEVER fall in love with you!"









(END)

"SOPHIE!"

"Who is calling for me? Am I dead now? Yes ... I can feel it ... this warmth, in a moment ... I'll be there in a moment ... the light, I can see it ... I'll be there in a moment ... but this voice ... who is calling my name?Vegeta? "

"SOPHIE! GO WAKE UP! STOP THE SHIT! THE FUN IS OVER! WAKE UP ... SOPHIE!"

"There ... I can see him ... he ... he is crying for me? How nice ... I, I have him, protected him from my master ... because ... because I ... love him ..."

"SOPHIE!"

She was in Vegeta's arms, covered with blood. There was hardly any life left in her body.

Goku and the others stood around them with sad faces and their hands trembled.

Her master had returned, they had faced him a second time ... but now ... now she was dead ... she had stood protectively in front of Vegeta and was pierced by light and energy.

"Ve ... Vegeta ... my dear ... Vegeta ... it hurts so much ... I'm scared ..."

"Sophie ..."

"... that, the ring ... look ... that, the beautiful ring ... that ... you gave me ... he, it's broken ... you ... you really can't rely on me ..."

"No ... you can't help it"

"I ... I always thought ... us ... nothing can separate us ... as long as we live we are ... we are connected ... we can find each other ... but ... now I have to, I have to ... die ..."
"We'll bring you back to life, don't worry, we have the Dragon Balls"

"... no ... me, I'm dying ... forever ... I ... I'm dying ..."

"No ... you don't die, you don't die ... I don't allow that, you understand? I don't allow that!"

"You ... you cry ... for me? Not ... a prince ... doesn't cry for another ... I ..."

"Shut up, you are too weak to be able to talk ... we, we bring you to God, he ..."

"No! Let me ... it's right ..." she said softly and smiled.

She slowly raised an arm and pulled his face down to her.

"It hurts so much," she whispered and tears welled up in her eyes.

"Sophie ... don't be afraid"

"I ... love you" she gasped in pain and slowly touched his lips.

Vegeta gently stroked her cheek and kissed her back, he didn't care that the others were there, she would die and his pride would not stand in his way.

"It's ... nice ... it's nice ... I'm not afraid anymore ... but, unfortunately ... it's ... it's too late ... Vegeta ... forgive me"
"You can't help it, you don't have to apologize," he said softly and gently stroked her lips.

She smiled, but couldn't cover her tears with it.

"I ... I'm dying ... but don't be sad ... I ..."

Her body began to dissolve, but her smile did not go away.

"I, I love you ... so don't cry for me ... promise me not to cry anymore, because of me. Please ... because ... I don't care where I am ... I, I will always love you ... yes ..."

Then she disappeared and her master was also destroyed, only a slight glitter, like thousands of tears, could still be seen in the sky.



Vegeta's heart broke into a thousand pieces as Sophie's ring shattered.

He was crying, he couldn't promise her not to cry, it just happened, the pain was too great ...

"… SOPHIE !!!"

Vegeta's scream was still in the ears of the others hours later, his despair, his pain, his tears, all of that was still there ... everyone could feel it, just in this one scream that wandered through the night.

He had loved her, but was not allowed to touch her ... his love was something special, she was different ... he loved her the way she wanted it, only the way she wanted it, even if he wanted to touch her.

He had renounced it and yet she had only revealed her feelings to him when she was dying.

Vegeta still had the sweet taste of her soft, pristine lips on his and ran his thumb over it.

He had lost her ... she had always firmly believed that no one could separate them, even if they were never together, because they had a connection that she wanted to keep forever.

But she also knew that no one could separate them when they were alive, she had forgotten death, overlooked it, suppressed it.

She knew that Vegeta loved her more than anything, even if he had sent her away back then.

Vegeta only loved her, in the three long years when she had just left, he had never touched Bulma, not even kissed her, he had become estranged from her, she no longer knew him, but he didn't care.

Now his world had collapsed, he was still kneeling where it had disappeared and the others had not gone either, they stayed with him.

Everything went through his mind, how he had seen her the first time, how regal she behaved, how monstrous she looked when she was facing someone in a fight.

But her smile was so gentle and childlike, as if nothing bad had ever happened to her.



"When do you want to go again? When you've eaten my house empty or what?"



"Vegeta! I'm here because water falls from the sky outside, funny, who's doing that?"



"I hate you Vegeta, but if you want you can stay with me for a while"



"Love, the word alone sounds like shit and that feeling ... I hate it"

"Why?"

"It hurts"

"Not me, only if you turn me away"

"It always hurts me, the worst was when you were back at Bulma's or when I sent you to her and was alone ... but also when you slept with her, I, I was angry and my whole chest hurt, lay that about it?"

"I think so, did you like me then? Sure, why do I ask?"

"You see? That's not nice"

"It can be nice, but you never let it happen, so you don't have to complain"

"I don't think it's so nice, one time I only did it to prove to you that I'm not afraid, I didn't mind, but out of love I can't, it hurts, I feel bad ... it's not nice "

"A shame"

"I know that it might not be nice for you when I, that is when we start and then suddenly I run away, but I can't help it. I'm ... well scared ... I have to think about back then, I hated it, but was afraid to defend myself, I didn't know what they would have done to me "

"Yes, but I won't hurt you if you don't want to, you don't have to be afraid of me"

"Neither have I, but I can't get rid of my memories"


"Vegeta?"

"What? You are not allowed to get up!"

"And you mustn't burn down my kitchen!"

"Shit!"

"Shall I help you?"

"You can't"

"You can hold me tight"



"Don't get upset, nobody hurts you"

"Stop it! I'm not a baby and even if I do, it doesn't calm me down!"

"Sh ... try to relax"

"You shouldn't do that, because I don't want to calm down!"



"Shall I tell you something? It's a thousand times more beautiful and exciting than your kiss, it makes you fall asleep!"

"What is that supposed to mean ?!"

"That you fell asleep, that's what it should mean!"

"That can only be judged by someone who is just as boring and easy to fall asleep or worse! If you kiss someone, they'll fall into a coma!"

"Definitely not!"

"Then prove it! But you definitely don't dare to do something like that!"

"I'm not afraid of anything, clear?Just… I've never kissed anyone before, so maybe you're right after all "



"Sophie! Get it! I LOVE YOU! Don't you want to understand ?!

"Stop it! I hate you! I might like you a little, but that's just because I've gotten used to you, so now you know what I really think of you. Finally accept it, I just used you to not." to be alone, but I like it better without you, so please don't bother me anymore! "

"I feel so good, so, so free! Today is my day and I'm just happy!



"Why don't you do this more often? It's nice"

"What?"

"Your laugh, it's nice, laugh more often"

"You will soon really sound like Goku"

"I don't care now, but do it"

"Yes, yes when you are happy then"



"Get out of here, I did, I said you should, you shouldn't come here, especially not when I'm crying"
"Sophie, I don't always want to be the one to hug or kiss you.

And believe me, I won't do or try that much longer. If you don't want it then please, but then you don't need to cry either, because it is you who rejects me and not me "

"Should I stay here? Or will you change your mind right away?"

"I, I ... I want to tell you something ... I ..."

"It's okay, I know what you want to say"

"Prove it to me"

"I, I like you Vegeta"



"I ... I'm dying ... but don't be sad ... I ..."

"I, I love you ...



He had been kneeling there for hours and looked at