PREVIOUSLY

Robin was now standing next to the ring waiting for a response from Mark. All he got though was a muttered "Whatever" as Mark turned around and went over to one of the groups that surrounded a sensei.

"It's about time he took a blow to his ego, I was starting to think it might start to cause trouble, but I think he'll be calmer for a while. Thanks Robin." Mariah said as she walked over to another fight that just started.

Robin looked over at a clock that was on the wall closest to him. He still had an hour and a half to kill. 'What else is there to do in this town?' He questioned himself consciously.

Chapter 7: The Calm Before the Storm Part One

Robin wasn't quite sure what to do to pass the rest of the time. 'This town is kind of bland. Not much to do around here.' Robin was tucked away into his thoughts as he strolled around, not really paying attention to where he's going.

When Robin walked up to a corner, instead of turning he decided to look around. Across the street from the corner was a dog park. The outer edge of the park was blocked by trees, but it seemed like a nice place. Robin always loved animals and he even had two dogs and a cat before the incident that brought him here. And so Robin crossed the street and went into the park.

The park was surprisingly big considering that fact that it's in the middle of town. There were also a lot of trees and paths all around the outer parts of the park. There was a small lake/pond in the middle area of the park and a fair amount of people were here.

Robin started to walk through the park, looking around at all the dogs. Most of them were smaller dogs but a few people had larger ones. There was even a pair of kids chasing after what looked like a Saint Bernard. Something about the kids caught Robin's attention. Their hair seemed familiar as they ran by him following the dog. There was a blonde haired girl and a black haired boy.

Robin decided not to ponder on it too much though. Robin's been seeing so many familiar looking people that he just wants to sit back and relax for a while. So that's what he does as he sits on a bench near the water.

Robin just sat there for maybe ten minutes, watching people jog by with their dogs, and sometimes he'd spot a child getting dragged behind a larger dog. All in all, it was really peaceful, and Robin realized that these are the kinds of things to hold close right before war breaks out. Most of the adults around here probably know about the war, but all the children just seem to be enjoying their selves.

That's when Robin came up with a great idea. He pulled his book bag of his shoulders and put it on the ground in front of him. He then opened it up and dug through the stuff that was in it until he grabbed what he wanted and pulled it out.

The object was his EOS 5D Mark III Cannon Camera. It was brand new as his parents bought it for him right before the school year started. Since his parents wanted him to take part in at least one extra-curricular thing at school, he decided to try and become a reporter for the school news club. But that never got to happen and Robin never had a chance to use his camera.

Well from today and onwards, Robin vowed to always keep his camera and extra batteries with him at all times. Because from now until the day he finds a way home, he's going to document every event that occurs to the eventual Z Fighters.

He's also going to get at least one picture with every person he meets so that he never forgets them. This means that before he leaves today, he's going to take a picture of Mariah and her father Yang. He might even get a picture of Mark and Cindy just for fun.

As Robin was putting his camera back into his back pack, his sensitive ears picked up on a noise coming from the trees. He focused in on it and he deduced that it was someone crying. Most likely a kid and the kid's energy seemed to be all alone.

Robin looked around and nobody else seemed to notice someone was missing and nobody was heading in the direction of the crying. Robin decided that maybe he could save this child some suffering and hope that the outcome doesn't affect the future. Robin strongly doubted that him finding a child lost in a park early than someone else would make too much of an impact.

Robin stood up and started walking in the direction of the crying. It wasn't too far from where he was sitting but other people were closer. It seems that his hearing really is a lot better than normal humans.

As Robin got closer, that crying didn't seem to get much louder. When he eventually made it to the kid, she wasn't really crying too loudly, but instead she was just sniffling and crying to hold in her cries. Robin was astounded and how good his hearing was.

He also noticed that this little girl was the same blond girl that ran by him with the black haired kid earlier. "Excuse me, but are you lost?" Robin asked with a gentle voice. He was never too good with kids but this one needed help.

The little girl looked up and he got a good look at her eyes. They were icy blue, and her face and eyes seemed almost pointy. She her hair cut is what looked the most familiar to Robin though. "Y-yes, my b-brother ran after Russell and didn't w-wait for m-me." She said as her voice kept wavering.

"Well how about I help you find your brother okay?" Robin asked her. She brightened up almost instantly. "Thank you! You're a lot nicer than meanie older people and all the other kids." She said as she smiled up at him.

"Well thank you. My name is Robin by the way, what's your name?" He asked looking down at her. If she looked familiar, maybe Robin would know her with her name. "My name is Lazuli. My brother is Lapis but he doesn't answer back when I yell his name." She said looking down at the ground sadly.

'Hmm, Lazuli and Lapis are some unique names for people. The kids are most likely twins. Who from the show are twins?' Robin suddenly had a surprised look wash over his face as the only answer he could come up with shocked him. The kids are Androids 17 and 18.

"What's wrong Robin, you're making a weird face." Lazuli asked him. "It's nothing. Now why do we start looking?" Robin said as he regained his composure. Lazuli just smiled up at him and they both started to walk to the open.

After forty five minutes of walking around looking for Lapis, Robin and Lazuli found him and their dog Russell when they ran out of the trees and into the open. It was kind of funny to Robin because Lapis was riding Russell like a horse.

"Brother, I found you!" Lazuli said cheerfully as she ran up to Lapis and Russell. It was the first time Robin got a good look at Lapis. He had the same colour of icy blue eyes and the same shape of face. Robin now knew that these kids were definitely going to become androids.

"Hey guy, thanks for helping my sister, she's really shy around people and doesn't like them too much. So if you didn't help her I don't know what would've happened." Lapis spoke up to thank Robin. "So where are your parents?" Robin just needed some sort of information to understand their lives better.

"Well our mommy and daddy are at home putting stuff away. Were moving to North City tomorrow so my and brother ran to the park with Russell because we want to stay." Lazuli said. "I hate people and North City has even more people so I don't want to go there." Lazuli looked like she was about to cry again.

"Hey sis, don't worry. Maybe there are more people like this guy in North City." Lapis said trying to cheer up his sister. "You think so brother?" She asked and Lapis just nodded his head with a smile. "I also heard that there is a big forest around North City so maybe I can actually become a park ranger when I'm older." Lapis said and Lazuli just smiled more.

"Well we need to go home now, good bye person who helped my sister." Lapis said as he and his sister were about to leave. "Wait a second, do you mind if I take a picture of you two and Russell?" Robin asked them as he wanted to start with the pictures now. "Okay." The two of them said at the same time.

So that was Robin's first picture and he looked at the screen of the camera as the kids walked away. It was Lapis sitting on top of Russell with Lazuli standing next to them. They both had bright cheerful smiles on their faces and this was one picture that Robin would need to keep until the day that Krillin marries Eighteen.

So not too long ago in an interview, Akira Toriyama said that Seventeen and Eighteen's real names are Lapis and Lazuli. He also said that when Seventeen is revived after the defeat of cell, he becomes a park ranger, gets married and adopts two kids. I decided to put them in this chapter to maybe give a little more depth to the characters.