A/N: The ages throughout this fic are based off of what they say their age is in the anime. Not by the Wiki who has it off. PM me if you want to know what I mean about that.
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With a small groan as he opened his eyes, Bardock lifted a hand and put it to his head as he squeezed his eyes shut more. "Damnit my head hurts." Forcing one eye open he looked up at a white ceiling. "Where the hell am I?"
"You are awake then."
Rolling his head to the side as he moved his hand, Bardock watched as a woman with long black hair and green eyes walked in the room toward him with a smile. "Who the hell are you and where am I?"
Stopping next to the bed, Kaiya folded her hands before her as she smiled and closed her eyes. "My name is Kaiya. You are in a bedroom of my home. You have been unconscious for near a week now. I was starting to worry if you were going to wake up."
Forcing himself to sit up, Bardock glared at her. "What happened to me?"
Opening her eyes as she blinked at him, Kaiya sighed. "I was in my garden and watched as the small round space ship thing that you were in crash landed in the valley over from here. I went to see if anyone lived and found you out cold. I brought you back here and have tended your wounds."
Throwing the blanket off of him, Bardock closed his eyes. "Yeah thanks. I am leaving now." But the second he tried to stand up, he gasped as his legs buckled and he fell backwards. Suddenly he felt so weak. "Damnit."
Her eyes full of concern, Kaiya stepped closer to him. "You haven't used your body for at least a week I would guess. It is going to take you some time to get your strength up again. You are welcome to stay here as long as you need to stay."
With a glare still in his black eyes, Bardock looked up at her as he sat there. "Why in the hell are you being so damned nice to me? What do you want?"
Her smile still on her face, Kaiya laughed. "The only thing that I would like to know is what your name is. The rest of it if you don't want to tell me you don't have too. I just like to help people."
Giving her an odd look, not really wanting to stay there, but with him not even able to stand up there was no choice in the matter. He had to stay there and deal with it until he could at least stand then he was gone. "My name is Bardock."
Nodding as she turned to go toward the door when she heard a whistle, Kaiya closed her eyes. "Well Bardock it is nice to meet you. Just lay back down and rest. I will be back soon and I will bring you some food."
Watching as she left the room, Bardock was cautious. 'Damnit. I hate this. I need to get back home too….' But then he gasped when his eyes went wide. He couldn't remember where he was from! Nothing beyond his name! He couldn't remember where he was, what he was doing, how he was hurt, his home, family nothing!
Sitting there he grabbed the sides of his head as his eyes were wide and he looked down at the floor. Whatever happened to him before he was out cold stole his memory! 'Damnit! I can't remember anything beyond what happened the last few minutes! What the hell happened to me!?'
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A knock on the door, Kaiya then walked in with a fold out table. Seeing him still in the same place he was when she left about an hour or so ago she blinked as she moved over next to him and set up the table. "Is something wrong? You haven't moved at all."
"Tell me everything you know. About me." His eyes hard and glaring, Bardock met her now nervous green eyes with his cold black ones. "Now."
"I already told you everything that I knew." Blinking as she took a deep breath she pointed out the window next to him. "Just between us and that peek over there there was a round metal thing that crashed. I went to see if anyone needed help and found you laying half out of it and I brought you back to tend to your wounds. I expect that it may still be there. But that is all that I know. I am sorry. I wish I could help."
Keeping his eyes on her as she talked, Bardock sighed when she finished. Her eyes were nervous but that was probably because of how he was acting. She wasn't lying, she really didn't know anything about what happened to him. Dropping his head again, Bardock sighed. "I am sorry about that. It is just that…I can't remember a damn thing about anything before I was out cold. Only my name but nothing else. I don't even know where I am from right now."
Her eyes half closing, Kaiya sighed as she looked down at the table. "I am so sorry about that. I couldn't imagine how hard that would be to not remember anything. Like I said, the invitation to stay until you feel you are ready to leave stays. Even if that means waiting to see if your memory comes back." She then left the room again.
With curious eyes, Bardock just watched the door as he waited for her to come back. She knew nothing about him. He knew nothing about him. He could be a murderer that was just playing her for all she knew and yet she was willingly opening her home to him. But when he heard footsteps coming back he gasped when his stomach growled at the smell of food. His mouth actually watering when she walked in with a large plate of food. "Is all that for me?"
Smiling, Kaiya nodded as she sat the tray on the table and lifted a plate for herself and sat down in a chair next to the bed. "It is. You are a big guy and you have been out for a while. I figured you were hungry so I made extra." But then her eyes went wide as she took a small bite but he cleared over half the table in just a few seconds. "You were hungry weren't you."
Taking a big drink, Bardock nodded as he reached for more food. "I didn't think that I was this hungry until I smelled it." Taking a few more big bites, leaving just a few left, Bardock looked over at her and nodded. "You can cook."
Smiling as she took another bite, Kaiya could feel herself blush some. "Thank you. I had to learn to cook on my own when I was young. I am glad that you like it."
Finishing off his own food, Bardock could feel that he was actually still hungry but didn't want to ask for it. He was already a big enough jerk to her since he woke up. Leaning back on the wall, he looked over at her. "I can't remember where I came from, but could you tell me where we are?"
Nodding as she finished her food and sat her plate with his, Kaiya smiled. "Well we are in the middle of the mountains. We are just to the West from East City. It takes me about two weeks to get there from here. Other than that I can't really tell you anything else."
Nodding, Bardock glanced to the open door. "Who all lives here?"
"Just me." Dropping her eyes as they half closed, Kaiya never lost her smile. "Mama passed away when I was just a baby. Last year while we were in East City, my brother and my father were struck by a car and killed. It has been me here ever since."
"I see." Bardock sighed to see how sad she looked. It felt strange to him that he felt bad about it. But he couldn't help it at the same time. Turning and laying back down on the bed, Bardock sighed as he closed his eyes. "Well it is going to be a while till I can at least walk. But I have to be in top condition not being able to remember anything seeing as I don't know where to go. So I think that I will take you up on that offer to stay here for a while."
Smiling as she stood and lifted the tray, Kaiya nodded. "No problem. It is getting late though so I am going to finish up some chores. I will be back in the morning with some breakfast." Stopping at the door she looked back at him. "Do you think this was good, or do you think you could eat more."
Smiling for the first time, Bardock laughed. "That was a good amount. But I think by morning I could eat triple that. But you don't have to make that much."
Nodding, Kaiya left the room and went to the kitchen and started doing dishes. She would make him triple that each time if he thought htat he could eat it. But she couldn't stop the smile on her face. It would be nice having someone around the house for a while. Even if it would only be for a couple weeks at best. It got lonely there on her own, though she could do it, she would love to have someone there for a while off and on.
