Day Two: Afternoon

[Reijin]

It was a short time later that Reijin was sitting to the side, trying to come up with a game winning plan. Vejita was talking with Bardock about the specifics of their arrangement, and Bra was simply sitting off on her own as well, absently fondling her wrist as if something were bothering her.

Sighing, the Saiyan finally approached her as she was lost to her thoughts. At the least he'd give her a start as a friendly revenge for her 'voodoo doll' incident. She noticed nothing as he held out his arm, charging a small powerless blast within his palm. The girl just kept scratching at her wrist, making it very clear that something was obviously wrong with her.

The blast struck the ground directly before her, showering her with sand and grit. She leapt to her feet, whirling angrily on on the darker haired warrior. "What do you think you're doing?" she demanded from him, recieving nothing more than an smirk in response. Her voice, while angry, was still strangely dead, showing none of the true passion he'd come to expect from her.

Knowing the nature of her Cryokinesis, he half expected the surrounding air to turn icy at that moment, but nothing happened. He decided to taunt her just to test, to find out if she hadn't agreed to use it for this tournament. "I could have killed you if I wanted. Stay alert from now on," he added. Finally in her cold rage he saw the spark of blue flash in her eyes, and a faint cool breeze washed over him within the mid-day heat. She had told him what he wanted to know, so he just smiled.

"Fuck you, Rei," she spat at him, not sure what he wanted. Once more she nervously was running her fingers over her wrist, which caught his attention once more.

Glancing down, he made a point to mention it. "Why do you keep doing that?"

Bra was quiet for a moment, but then she blinked. "Doing what?"

Silence passed between them for a moment and her hand expectantly returned to her wrist. "That!" he cried out, pouncing on the moment.

She was either ignoring him, or was so focused on her thoughts that she honestly wasn't following the conversation. "What?!" she growled again.

Throwing his arms to the side a bit, he grabbed her wrist and then let go as she snatched it back from him. "You keep playing with your wrist. Why? Were you injured before you met up with us?" If something was wrong, he needed to know. He couldn't make plans around unknown variables.

She turned from him, trying to walk a slight bit faster. "No. I... you won't care. It's not important." It was important enough for Reijin to push the issue, so she finally continued. "Look... see... two years ago... two years ago today, Burter gave me a present. It was this bracelet and... I don't have it. I gave it to Burter's kid. I guess I just, I just miss them, I guess."

"I... don't understand. Why so suddenly is this important to you?"

"Because its my birthday, Reijin," she sighed. "Burter gave me the most important thing he owned for my birthday, and I don't even have it or him anymore, ok?!" she cracked, her adolescent irritation showing through as her ice powers faded. "Just forget about it." She turned and stormed off.

The fighter's fingers swept through his hair a moment before he turned, walking to the group behind the pair. Vejita and Bardock were looking over the GPS to figure out the locations of other people when they saw another pair of warriors nearby that they began to grin over. "These two look like easy pickings," Vejita laughed.

Reijin looked down and recognized one of them. "That depends. I know for a fact that one of them is a very powerful ally." His finger stabbed the dot and pointed at the being he was referring to.

Bardock shrugged glancing at the storming Princess. "What's her problem?" he inquired.

"No idea. Although I do have to wonder why the hell everyone on this planet has their birthdays so close to one another," he chuckled.

His Prince looked over at him and narrowed his eyes. "What do you mean?" He asked, a faint thought evading him in the back of his mind.

"Well, apparently Bra said her birthday is today, and then my own birthday is coming up in a couple of days as well," he finished, watching as Vejita spun growling and stormed off to Bra, his memory finally realizing what he'd missed.

Bardock watched Vejita walk off as he laughed a bit. "How old will you be?" he asked, mostly for the sake of conversation.

"23."

"Congrats."

"Thanks."