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Part Four: "Trunks"

At first when I woke up I forgot where I was at, so I did what any ordinary person would do…I sighed and felt relieved I'd woken up. That was until…I realized I hadn't. The sickbay of Capsule Corp. was a little cheery and well lit. I swear I could count the pores on my teeth if I wanted to. I looked around for any signs of life and when I found none I got up from the bed and tiptoed to the door. I listened for anyone coming down the "happy" hallway…no one. I found myself walking down the hallway like an idiot. For as quiet as I was trying to be I ended up being found by none other than Vegeta, who was training in the next room. He decided to take a break or something like that and found me "trying" to walk. "Who are you and what are you doing here!?" He yelled. Are you growling at me? I thought to myself, than I tried to explain. "Uhh…I…I-" "Am lost." Someone finished. I turned around to see Trunks standing behind me. Vegeta looked at him and then at me. "How many times do I have to tell you Trunks…no earthlings." I looked at Trunks with confusion. What the hell is he talking about! Trunks looked embarrassed at first than he recovered. "Dad she's a friend." Trunks put his hands on my shoulders and guided me back to where we were at before I knocked myself out (or should I say where Trunks knocked me out…whatever).

My first experience with the "Great Prince of the Saiya-jins" was very disturbing. But I guess I can say that I survived without getting blasted away. "Don't worry about him, he's always like that." Trunks explained. Boy was I relieved. "I'm sorry if I hurt you." He said. At first I wanted to laugh, but then I remembered how it all happened and then I did laugh. He looked at me weird. "What's so funny?" "Oh it's nothing…I just remembered how "I" ran into "you"." Trunks laughed. For some reason the way he laughed and talked serenaded me in a sick sort of way. I mean come on…a cartoon character and an actual human being? We finally came to the living area where the whole knockout scene happened and I saw Goten sitting on the sofa beside Bulma talking about something. Probably about home or some shit like that. "Hi mom. Well she's awake. And she even got to meet dad." Trunks said. Bulma looked troubled at first, but realizing everything was ok she smiled. "Amazing. That man doesn't come out of his training room for days and you've been here for an hour and you see him." I forced myself to smile. "Yeah…lucky me."

The whole time I was there Bulma told me every story there was about her adventures with Goku and the rest of the Z fighters. Believe me when I say the hours went by like hours. Because they were HOURS!! When Bulma's voice began to grow hoarse, Goten finally looked at his watch and said it was time we left. You moron! I thought. "Well okay. You make sure you tell Goku I said 'take care' and also make sure uhh…" Bulma paused. "You know I don't even know your name." Everyone looked at me and boy was the spotlight hot. "My name is…is…" I thought for a second. "It's Jarid." Bulma smiled. "Well okay…Jarid. Make sure, Goten, you take care of Jarid, so she doesn't run into anyone else." I groaned with embarrassment. Both Goten and Trunks laughed. "Mom? Is it okay if I go over to Goten's for a while? I want to visit with Goku and Gohan. It's been awhile since I've seen the two of them." I looked at Trunks. "I suppose. But if it's too dark to come home I want you to stay there. You never know what kind of evil people are out. Trunks looked at Goten and the two exchanged looks of mischief. "Okay mom. I'll be back when I'm through visiting."

Now imagine the scenario. Me, a normal kind of human being from planet earth, and two other guys, who are from a cartoon show and not to mention good looking in that animated sense, are preparing to fly through the sky to another un-imaginable place, Goku's house. My mind was swimming with a void of calamity. Goten looked at me and pretended he hadn't discovered I liked Trunks. "Hey Trunks." "Yeah?" "Do you wanna carry Jarid? I'm kinda tired." I made my head turn so fast to look at him that I cracked my neck. "Yeah sure." He walked over to me and wrapped his arms around my waist. "Ready?" I swallowed hard (Holy shit! What am I going to do now? C'mon…do what any other girl would do…enjoy it!). "Yeah…I guess." Goten kept his mischievous grin on his face. Flying in the air with Mr. Hunkster holding onto me was almost unreal (Wait a minute…it was unreal…sorry). Goten and Trunks talked to each other about something that didn't include me…so…I listened in anyway. But for some reason the conversation went from the trees to the mountains so I lost interest. But anywayz…we arrived at the big estates of Goten's home. The first thing I realized when we finally touched ground was Trunks' arm still around me. I grew shy…real shy. I cleared my throat and like that he let me go. "Sorry." He apologized. "No it's okay. I kinda li-" "Hey Trunks! Are you two gonna stand there and hold hands all day or are you going to come inside?!" How much I wished I had a ki energy blast the size of two planet earths at that moment. "Yeah, just hold on a minute." "Mmm-hmm." Goten smirked. "Ready?" Trunks asked me. "Yeah of course! Why wouldn't I be?" I said trying to keep my cool. "Just asking. Well c'mon." He turned and started to walk toward Goten's front door. I sighed and with many, many mental curses pushed on forward. Damn! I have got to learn how to use ki energy! Was all I could think.