Mysterious Comer

Chapter 1 Arrival

A 16-year-old girl was sitting in her room thinking. Ann had brown hair that fell down below her shoulder blades, if she ever let it down. Normally she preferred to keep it in a ponytail, if not a bun. Her blue-green eyes, which were behind small oval glasses, had a distant look in them.

Ann was sitting on her bed, right under the window. To the right of the door were her Karate belts, from white all the way to black. On the other side of the belts was the closet door. Her dresser sat next to the closet, near Ann's other window. This window faced the front yard, which was composed of mostly dirt. There was hardly any grass out there, so it was pretty pathetic looking. Next to the window, in the corner, stood her bookcase. Hanging on the wall was an enormous bulletin board, filled with some of her Dragonball Z pictures. The floor was pretty messy, but that was the way Ann liked it. She wasn't a very organized person at all.

"Oh man! Why now?" Ann suddenly cried out.

"What's wrong honey?" asked her mother.

"I have a writer's block Mom!" Ann yelled back. Her mother didn't reply. Ann was trying to thing desperately as to what to think next. Her story happens to not be "Invasion of the Garzolians," her long time story, but a new one about her favorite anime show, Dragonball Z. While she is busy thinking as to what to write next, she doesn't notice that she is no longer in he room on her bed, but in an open field in front of a dome-shaped house.

"I've got it!" Ann yelled. She frantically uncaps her pen to get her thoughts on paper before she forgot them. Inside the house, a woman hears someone yell, "I've got it!" She walked out of the house to find a young girl sitting in her yard writing. The strange woman walks up to Ann, but Ann still doesn't notice the strange lady standing beside her.

"Got what?" the woman says rather loudly. Ann froze where she was. Slowly she looked over and saw a pair of feet. Her gaze followed the body upwards until she found a found a lady standing with her hips. They locked gazes. The lady looks quite angry, while Ann is amazed, yet scared of this woman towering over her.

"Who are you?" demands the strange lady.

"A-Ann."

"And just what are you doing here?" Ann finally notices her surroundings.

"I-I don't know," Ann timidly replied.

"Where do you live?" asked the strange woman.

"I-In America." The strange lady looks astonished.

"Then how did you get here?"

"I-I really d-don't know."

"Well, I guess you'll just have to stay here until we can get you back home," said the strange lady.

"Thank you," said Ann. "By the way, what's your name?" Ann could recognize her but, well, couldn't believe it.

"Chi-chi," she replied. Ann's eyes were huge and her mouth was hanging open. Luckily Chi-Chi didn't notice.

"How about we go inside and get some food. Are you hungry?" asked Chi-chi.

"Yes, a little," Ann admitted. Chi-chi busied herself with putting a lot of food on the table. She motioned for Ann to sit down. Chi-chi went outside to call in her sons.

"Gohan! Goten! Lunch!" she yelled. Before Chi-chi could turn around, two shapes blurred past her and went indoors. Chi-chi just sighed and walked in. Instead of seeing the two sayjins gobbling down the food, she found them staring at Ann, who only blushed and looked away.

"Gohan, Goten, this is Ann. She will be staying with us for the time being. I suggest you start eating Ann, or it will be gone in under a minute. Once these two regain their senses, the food will literally disappear. Ann slowly nodded her head and picked up a little something to munch on. Chi- chi was right. Before Ann blinked, almost one-third the food had disappeared. Ann could only watch as Gohan and Goten's hands grabbed everything in sight and stuff it into their respective mouths. All Ann could do was sit and watch as the food quickly disappeared.

Gohan opened his mouth to compliment his mother, but he ended up burping instead. Chi-chi just rolled her eyes while Goten and Ann burst out laughing. Goten stopped laughing when he realized Ann was also laughing. Noticing she was the only one left laughing, she quickly stifled it. Ann went back to munching on her dinner. Gohan and Goten went back outside and continued to train. Ann however finished her dinner while Chi-chi cleared the table and began to wash the dishes.

Meanwhile, outside . . .

"Gohan, did you notice anything strange about that girl?" asked Goten while dodging his brother's punches.

"Her name's Ann. Yes, I could sense a large radiation coming from her," replied Gohan. Goten powered up a ki attack, while keeping his energy hidden. Gohan came charging in, trying to catch Goten by surprise, but Goten was ready for his brother's attack. Just before Gohan got to the young sayjin, he was hit by a large ki blast that knocked him a ways. As the smoke cleared, he could just see Goten's outline flying at him. Gohan quickly moved out of line of fire and Goten sailed past. Before either of them could move, they sensed a sharp increase in a ki; then it dropped.

Miles away, in the Capsule Corp. building, Trunks sensed the increase in a new ki.

Trunks could tell that the strange ki was near his best friend's house, but he couldn't pinpoint its exact location. Trunks ran to the science wing and got a scouter. He turned the scouter on. Familiar kis came in view his father's, Goten's, Piccolo's, and a couple others. Suddenly a new ki came up. Trunks walked to the window, opened it and flew out. He began to head towards Goten's house, where the ki was located.

Back at the Son house, Ann had no idea what she was doing. Her ki continued to increase and decrease, causing Gohan and Goten to continually glance over at her. Ann had wandered outside by that time. Their never ending glancing irritated Ann to the point of wanting to kill them.

"That's it! The next person to glance at me like that gets a punch in the face," she said to Gohan and Goten. Her statement kept Goten from glancing her way, but Gohan's curiosity about Ann caused him to start glancing at Ann again. That was the last straw. Ann stood up, and walked over to where Gohan and Goten were standing. Goten decided it was safer to back away. He remembered how angry a woman could get, from past experience with his mother. Gohan however, was standing as still as a rock. He too remembered how his mother reacted when she was angry. Without warning, Ann's hand balled up and went flying at Gohan's stomach. He doubled over at impact, while Ann's other hand went flying at Gohan's face. He turned his head, and Ann's hand made contact with his cheek. That made him lean backwards with Ann's foot closed in on his chest. Ann's kick sent Gohan flying backwards through the air. Goten looked on with amazement. Ann happen to look Goten's direction and caught him watching her. Ann started walking slowly towards him. Goten suddenly flew up above Ann's reach. He defiantly noticed something different about her.

"Yo, Goten!" yelled Trunks as soon as he saw Goten fly up. Goten looked over at his friend. Goten started to fly towards Trunks.

"What's up pal?" asked Goten as he and Trunks got closer.

"There's a new ki here somewhere. Kaasan's scouter picked it up," Trunks replied.

"She's here. Kaasan found her writing in our front yard this morning," explained Goten.

"She?"

"Yeah, her names Ann."

"Oh," replied Trunks.

"She's kinda pissed right now, so I suggest we sit on the roof till she cools off." They flew over to the house and sat down. Ann had taken refuge under a tree, writing in her notebook. Shortly, she closed it, looking like she wasn't angry anymore.

"Why was she angry in the first place?" asked Trunks.

"Oh that. Well, Gohan continued to glance her way after she sorta warned us not to," replied Goten.

"So where is he now?"

"I'm not sure. Ann attacked him and he flew backwards. Towards those trees. I think he is still there. Wanna go find him?"

"Sure," said Trunks. He and Goten lifted themselves off the roof and flew towards the forest. They slowed down and started calling Gohan's name. Gohan didn't reply, but he let his ki raise a little to let the boys know he was still alive.

Gohan was sitting on a large rock with his head in his hands. Trunks and Goten landed a few feet away from Gohan.

"Are you ok Gohan?" asked Goten.

"Yeah. I still can't figure out how she learned to fight like that. I didn't exactly see the hits coming till they landed," he replied. "Besides I decided to remain hidden in here until she cooled off."

"Well, I don't think she'll fight you any more now. Besides, isn't it nearly suppertime? Gohan, can Trunks have dinner with us?" asked Goten.

"Only if Kaasan doesn't mind," replied Gohan. They had just started to walk back when they heard Chi-chi announce dinner. Gohan ran on ahead with Goten and Trunks close behind. When they got home, Trunks got permission to stay for dinner.

"Thanks," he quickly replied. All through dinner, Ann shot daggers with her eyes at Gohan. After dinner, Goten perswaded Chi-chi to let Trunks spend the night. The boys went outside and started to spar together. They hadn't noticed that Ann had followed them outside. After watching for a little while, Ann was feeling restless.

"Can I spar with one of you for a little while?" asked Ann innocently. Goten and Trunks glanced at each other.

"Fine," replied Goten. Trunks flew off to rest while Ann and Goten got ready to spar. Ann made Goten promise not to fly when sparring. He reluctantly agreed not to. Ann got into a fighting stance and waited for Goten to make the first move. Goten lunged at her, expecting to land a punch, but Ann was ready for him. She rolled onto her back and used her feet to send him flying over her. Goten used a handspring to get back on his feet. By then, Ann's foot connected with his cheek. He stumbled, and Ann started punching Goten on the chest, causing him to fall down. Ann backed off long enough to let Goten get to his feet and aim a sidekick at her stomach. Ann grabbed his foot and swung him around many times. When Ann let go of his foot, Goten sailed over to where Trunks was sitting. Unfortunately, Trunks didn't move fast enough and Goten landed on top of him. He shoved Goten off of him. Trunks then went up to Ann and got in a fighting stance. Ann followed suit. Again she waited for her opponent to make the first move. She didn't have to wait very long. Trunks lunged at her obviously hoping to punch her in the stomach. Ann dodged and grabbed Trunks' left arm. She twisted it behind him at a very awkward position so he couldn't get free easily. Trunks tried to hit Ann's face with the back of his head, but because Trunks was a bit taller than her she was able to dodge him easily. She twisted Trunks' arm so that he yelled out in pain. Trunks tried to use his ki to shove her away, but he couldn't seem to be able to raise it enough to shove Ann away. Seeing Trunks struggle to raise his ki was enough to make Ann giggle delightedly.

"No use Trunks," said Ann in his ear.