Hey guys! Here's chapter 3! Here's where a lot of the explaining is done and where Kurona actually starts to make friends! Enjoy!
"Wow… This place is huge… I've never seen it up close before."
"It is pretty impressive. Wait until you see the inside." He rang the doorbell and almost immediately a little boy opened the door. "Hey Trunks. Is Bulma here?"
"Yeah. Mom's in the lab. Who's this?" He looked over at Karu.
"This is a friend of mine from school. Trunks, this is Karuna."
"You can call me Karu." She smiled and held her hand out.
Trunks stared at her hand. "Gross. I'm not touching a girl. They have cooties."
Karu stood there shocked for a moment before laughing. "Such manners you have."
"Trunks, that wasn't very nice. Sorry about that, Karu." He rubbed the back of his neck the same way she saw him do so many times before.
A light blush crossed her cheeks. "Don't worry about it. Anyway, can we go talk to Bulma now?"
"Yeah. Let's go." Gohan led her inside and to the lab where Bulma was welding together some pieces of machinery. She looked up when she heard the door close.
"Gohan! It's great to see you! Oh, and who is this pretty lady?" She pushed her welding helmet up from her face.
"This is Karuna. She's a friend of mine from school. She has a bit of a situation she'd like to share with the two of us."
Bulma took out a remote and pressed a button. Three chairs came out of the floor and she took a seat. "I'm all ears. What do you have going on?"
Gohan and Karu took a seat as well. "Alright…" Karu took a breath. "I'm not from this world… I'm not even from this universe. I come from a reality where this world is just a TV show. And I've watched it many times."
"Wait, a TV show? Like for entertainment?" Bulma seemed intrigued.
"Yeah. I know all of the adventures and the fights and the names of everyone in the Z-Fighters."
"Wait, do you have the dragon balls in your world?" Gohan turned to her.
"No, we don't have them. We don't have aliens like the saiyans or anything like that."
"Then how did you get here?"
"I...wished on a star. I don't know how it worked, but it did. I'm here."
"A wish on a star." Bulma stared off into space for a moment. "That's a new one. We don't have many people around here who go around wishing on stars. Scientifically, it shouldn't have done any good. Then again, the dragon balls shouldn't exist then either."
"I'm not complaining. I wouldn't have wished to come here if I didn't want to."
Gohan crossed his arms. "Did you specifically wish to be a saiyan as well?"
A light blush crossed her cheeks. "I did… I couldn't come here without being the same race as my heroes." She looked up at him, clasping the seat of her chair tightly in her hands. "I want to train and get stronger. I want to help defeat any villains who threaten Earth. I won't drag you guys down."
Bulma stood up abruptly with a smirk. "If that's the case, the best thing we can do is see what you've got so far. That saiyan blood in you must be good for something."
Gohan stood up as well, a smile on his face. "Great idea. If you want to help us against any threats, we have to see what you can do and teach you the basics. How does that sound?" He held out his hand.
Kuro took it with a smile, pulling herself up from her seat. "Sounds good! Where do we begin?"
Alright. There you have it. The next chapter is going to feature one of my personal favorite characters. (Can you guess who that might be? ^^) Hopefully it comes out the way I'm planning it to. And as always, leave any comments or concerns in the reviews. I love reading them and try my best to respond! Thank you for reading!
~OG
