Chapter 3 - Introductions...


A/N: I do not own Dragon Ball Z, nor do I own Dragon Ball Online.

I do however own Mizuki and Harumi.

Please ask permission before using them.

(The design for Zure does not belong to me. Watch Dragon Ball Online's Cinematic Opening to see who it is!)

(However I made his back story and gave him the name, so please ask permission before using those.)

Enjoy!


Mizuki and the strange alien stared at one another for a moment, both still portraying a look of shock, however Mizuki was the only one with her mouth hanging open.

The alien felt discomfort as she continued to stand like that, not even blinking as she stared at him, and he finally broke the silence.

"May I..." He cleared his hoarse throat. "May I have some water?"

Mizuki blinked, closed her mouth, and blinked again, before she finally replied. "Yeah, sure!" She squeaked, turning and leaving the room.

The first thing she did was dive for the phone and dial Harumi's number. It took a few rings, but the young woman answered.

"Mizuki, what is it?! You never call during the day unless there's an emergency!"

"One of the aliens are awake! Can you call in sick and help me?!"

"I'll see what I can do, sit tight!"

The phone clicked as Harumi hung up and Mizuki put the phone down, walking towards the kitchen, pinching the bridge of her nose. "Alright, I didn't expect him to regain consciousness this fast...Should have seen it coming..."

Mizuki poured a glass of water and walked back into the bedroom, seeing the alien toss the blanket off and look at his broken leg.

"Oh, don't worry!" Mizuki said brightly, holding out the glass and making the alien jump, his sensitive hearing not picking up her movement. "My friend fixed up your leg and bandaged it, you should be fine in a few weeks!"

The alien silently accepted the glass and pressed it to his lips, shocking Mizuki as he gulped it all down in a matter of seconds, sighing with relief.

"Thank you..." The alien said, holding the glass out. Mizuki took it and held it tight as she stood there awkwardly. She did not have social skills, what the hell was she supposed to do now?!

The alien blinked, a bead of sweat sliding down his cheek, between where the colors changed from green to yellow. "I-is something the matter?" He asked, his voice was gruff, strong, and strangely polite, sounding odd with those attributes combined.

Mizuki finally snapped herself out of her awkward gaze and blushed with humiliation at her impolite nature. "No, nothing is wrong, I was just..."

'Oh Gods, Harumi hurry up!'

As if her prayers had been answered, the woman in Mizuki's thoughts burst into the house and ran to the bedroom, stopping at the door and holding both sides of the frame as she caught her breath.

"M-Mizuki!" She gasped, glancing at the alien, who looked at them with bewilderment and shock. This was far beyond what he deemed normal. "I'm back, what did I miss?!"

"Nothing much..." Mizuki said, glancing at the alien. "Some awkward silence, that's it really..."

Harumi finally slowed her breathing and walked into the room, looking at the alien and taking in his appearance, the shock in his beady black orbs bringing out her comforting charm.

"I'm sorry about my friend!" Harumi said, with a closed-eyed smile. "She's not good with people! My name is Harumi and this is Mizuki, we're the one's who found you when you crashed!"

The alien looked at one girl, then the other, unsure of what to do, he could understand them perfectly, seeing as he had spoken Japanese minutes ago, but he didn't understand their kindness towards a green man with pointed ears.

"Are you the one who tended to my wounds?" The man asked, looking at Harumi, she was a woman he guessed, by her long hair and soft features, same with the other, but she was slightly sharper, like she could land a few punches in a fight.

Harumi nodded, opening her eyes and taking in this man's appearance, he was an alien, she understood that much, but he didn't seem strange to her, she didn't really care for looks, so she judged on personality.

"I give you my thanks..." The alien said, showing a smile of gratitude as he bowed his head slightly, showing respect and gentlemanly grace. "As a notion of gratitude, I shall introduce myself...I am Zure, it's a pleasure to meet you..."

"You have wonderful manners Zure!" Harumi said, and the green alien smiled with a nod, his gruff voice not sounding at all like someone who had manners, but sometimes voices and faces can be the opposite of what they really are.

Never judge a book by the cover.

Suddenly a loud cry was heard from the other room and both girls spun around and Zure stiffened, recognising the voice. "Is that my friend?!" He asked, quickly tossing the covers off, however Harumi covered him back up.

"No chance, Zure! You need to rest that leg! Mizuki, can you see what's going on with the other guy for me?" Harumi asked, looking back at her friend, who nodded and left the room swiftly.

Mizuki quickly opened the door to her bedroom and spotted the green man tossing and turning, fully conscious and holding the injury on his chest. Oh the pain was hitting him fully now.

"Hey, hey! Relax!" Mizuki said, running to the man's side and watching as he opened an eye and glared at her, such a cold look in them, that she stepped back with a shiver.

"G-gaaah!" The man gasped out, lurching forward, a wave of strong pain in his chest. "Wh-what's happening?!" He asked, his voice hoarse from sleep and agony.

"It's fine, you'll be fine!" Mizuki said, pointing to the bloodied medical supplies in the bin. "You had a large shard of glass in your chest when we found you, it's just your nerves waking up and noticing the pain!"

The man cried out once more and Mizuki cursed, looking for the box of painkillers she had in her room incase of hangovers. "Where are they?" She mumbled, quickly searching all the drawers until she picked up a foiled packet of pills.

"I'll be right back!" Mizuki said, trying to drown out the noise of agony as she ran from the room and into the kitchen, getting odd looks from Harumi and Zure, who had leaned over so he could see out of the door.

Mizuki poured a glass of water and ran into the room with the screaming alien, quickly running to his side. "Here, take these, they'll stop the pain! It won't be instantanious, but they'll take effect in about ten minutes!"

The man opened an eye, hunched forward, holding the bandages in a tight grip with the clawed, slender fingers of his right hand.

"Wh-what are they?" He asked, wincing as he took the cup and two of the pills.

"Painkillers!"

The alien, seeing no choice other than unending agony, tossed the pills back until they rested on his tongue and downed the glass of well needed water, sighing once he had finished.

Mizuki took the glass as the man continued to cry out, pain still wracking him. "Lying Witch!" He snarled and Mizuki's eyebrows shot to her hairline.

"Excuse me, I warned you that they take time to work, don't need to be such a jerk about it!" Mizuki said, crossing her arms with a glare as the man continued to hiss and groan, his cries dying down after several minutes, before fading completely, leaving a dull, almost unnoticable ache.

"See?"

The man sighed and stayed hunched forward, panting hard, he hadn't felt such excruciating pain before, this had been torture, and the injury wasn't even fresh.

Then he remembered where he was and his head snapped in Mizuki's direction, focusing a glare at her. "Who the hell are you?!" He snarled and Mizuki scoffed, noticing his voice. He and Zure should swap voices, this man had a smooth voice, almost like the softest silk, with a little purr if she listened close enough.

"Nice manners, Green Man..." Mizuki snarled back, shocking the man as she cursed at herself for adding a little too much of an animalistic growl to that snap.

"I demand you tell me your name, right now!" The man barked and Mizuki tried to force back another strange growl. This man irked her, he wasn't grateful like Zure had been, what was his problem?!

"Excuse me?"

Both of them turned to see Harumi stood there, looking a little shocked and confused. "Zure want's to know what was going on, so I came to check..."

"Zure, he's alright?" The man asked and when Harumi nodded he smirked. "That smug bastard, I bet he's got less injuries too..."

"You two are friends I assume?" Mizuki asked, but shivered under the sharp glare she recieved. She didn't know why, but that piercing gaze made her heart pound and her body freeze in fear.

"If you're wondering who we are, I'll introduce us!" Harumi said brightly, as if immune to the man's sharp eyes. "I'm Harumi and this is my dear friend Mizuki! We were the ones who saved your lives yesterday!"

The man huffed and glared at her. "Piccolo..." He said, making them blink several times before they realised he had introduced himself.

"Piccolo?" Mizuki asked, arching a brow. "Isn't that some sort of instrument?"

"What?!" Piccolo barked, turning and glaring at her, feeling a sharp pain in his chest from the movement. "You bastard! I'll kill you!"

"Try it!" Mizuki snarled, getting into a fighting pose. "Even if you were fully healed and able to move, I'd still kick the living crap out of you!"

"Now, now!" Harumi said, standing between the two with her kind green eyes flashing with a noticable warning, a warning Mizuki knew to listen to. "We don't want you to overexert yourself, after all, you've been unconscious since we found you!"

Piccolo growled softly, gritting his teeth and clenching his fists, he wanted to kick the attitude right out of Mizuki's voice, however he knew this girl spoke sense.

If he were to fight now, he would reopen the injury on his chest, and that could well end his life. "Fine!" He snarled, and Harumi sighed, glaring at Mizuki.

Mizuki stiffened up with fear and Piccolo arched a brow. She was afraid of the nicer woman? Harumi smiled as she turned back to Piccolo.

"We want you to know, you're welcome to stay here for as long as you need! Once you're better, you can leave whenever you see fit!"

Piccolo glared at her and the two women left the room.

"Harumi?"

Harumi hummed and turned to Mizuki, who was walking towards the kitchen in search of food. "Why didn't you ask for their planet of origin?"

"What do you mean?"

"We know full well they're aliens, yet you don't ask questions! Why didn't you ask?" Mizuki said, taking a chunk of beef from the fridge, and biting down.

Eating. It. Raw.

Zure, who had been peeking from his room, blanched and quickly straightened up incase they spotted him as they conversed.

Those two were not normal.