Chapter 7:
When me and the girls decided to tell everyone that we were pregnant, they were shocked. Vegeta got REALLY pissed, Goku was happy, Chichi was surprisingly calm, Bulma broke down in tears because her "baby boy" was having a baby. And me, well I had no one to tell, Shin had deserted me and I didn't have any family to tell like the others did. Sabrina even got pregnant not long after us. Maybe a month or two, her and Piccolo are having a baby. (And you thought me and Shin were weird.) We all had our kids at the age of seventeen.
Rori had help naming her little girl and she named her, Chika, which means, "wisdom." I thought it was pretty and Trunks seemed to like it a lot.
When Saphire had her son, her and Goten named him, Kenshin, which means, "modest truth." I thought it was kind of odd, but if they like it, that's their choice.
Then when it came to be my turn I had a son as well. I named him, Ryuu, it means, "dragon." I figured that since I was his mother and the Supreme Kai is his dad he would have the heart and strength of a dragon.
Rori, Saphire, and me, had our kids in the same week. We were SO happy and we knew that we were going to raise fine children.
About two weeks after me, Rori, and Saphire had our kids, Sabrina had hers. It was a girl and her and Piccolo named her, Sakura, which means, "cherry blossom."
I raised my son by myself for sixteen years. Shin never knew that he has a son and my son never knew that his father was alive because I told him his father was dead. I told him that Shin died in a battle. For about eight more years he bought it and now that he's sixteen I think he knows that it's not the truth. I keep telling him that his father died in a battle, like I've done PLENTY times before but, Ryuu, always tells me that he believes me but, I know that he thinks I'm lying.
Ryuu's View
My mom tells me that my father is dead. But, I think she's trying to cover for my dad and she doesn't want to tell me the truth about him leaving us. I think to myself that he really did die in a battle and then sometimes I think that he left us. Like he didn't want a kid or he just didn't love my mom anymore. All I know is that I look like my father, and I don't look like my mom. The reason I know that is because my skin is purple and I have a white Mohawk that goes down the middle of my head. The only things I have, that resemble my mom in me is, my ears are like hers, my temper, and my height. My mom did tell me that I did have my father's eyes.
"Ryuu, where are you? I need to talk to you for a second." My mom said from the kitchen.
Since my mom had me when she was in high school, she never really graduated. But, she managed to get a job as a fashion designer for a big company and she got her dream, her name is on all of the big names.
"Yeah, one second please. I have to put a couple of things away." I was reading the letter that my dad had written her before he left.
I walked out to the kitchen and she was sitting at the table, something was bothering her. I sort of had an idea but, there was a great possibility that my hunch was wrong.
"There's something I need to tell you. It's about your father. Now, before you get into a big hurry, he's not here. I just need to come clean with you." She motioned for me to sit down at the table, so I did.
"Your father, he… he's… he's alive. I don't know where he is but, all I know is that he IS alive." The first thought that came to my mind was 'whoa.'
"Really? Dad is alive, does he know about me, why did he leave…" My mom stopped me before I got another babble in.
"I don't know the answer to all the questions you're asking all I know is that he is alive. I don't know where he is, or why he left."
"Wow," then I looked at her and asked, "why did you keep this from me SO long? Did you think that I wouldn't be able to handle the truth? Come on mom, quit hiding things form me and tell me the truth."
I was getting really pissed off that she was hiding things from me and that she wasn't telling me the WHOLE truth.
"Look Ryuu, I don't know why I kept this from you. And honestly I really didn't think that you would have been able to handle the truth even if I did tell you. Take now for an example; just think about how you're acting." She was trying to baby me and I wasn't going to just roll over and play dead with it. Not any more.
I grabbed my stuff that I had in my hands and I walked out the front door. I was going to go meet up with Chika, Kenshin, and Sakura. I was SO furious with her; I wanted to yell at the top of my lungs.
Riley's View
When Ryuu left, Saphire, Sabrina, and Rori came over. I made some coffee and we sat out on the front porch. We were just talking about what life would have been like if we hadn't found out who we were and who we had ended up with.
"I think me and Shawn would have gotten married." Rori said.
"Yeah, and I think me and Clinton would have been together." Sabrina said.
Saphire just sat there with a blank look on her face. "I think me and Chris would have worked everything out and I think we would have been together for a while." She was really in love with Chris when we left and they had just broken up. But he still loved her and she (of course) still loved him.
"What about you, Rie?" Rori asked with a chipper tone in her voice.
"I don't know. I would have liked to have been with Josh," I told them.
"Do you mean Josh Arnold or Josh Crow?" Saphire asked.
I liked Josh Crow since the fourth grade and we were really good friends and I did ask him out at one point but he told me that we were better off being friends and if we had gone out we would have ruined it big time. I did date Josh Arnold and I ended up falling love with him and when I wanted him back he didn't want me.
"What do you think? Of course Josh Crow! He was such a hottie." I told them. "Oh, I got something to show you guys. I'll be right back."
I walked inside and set me coffee cup on the counter. I saw someone sitting at the kitchen table. It looked like Ryuu.
"I thought you were out. Ryuu, I'm sorry I didn't tell you about your father before today. I just didn't want you to think that he left on purpose…" Then I stopped, I looked a little bit closer at him. He hadn't said ANYTHING and Ryuu usually tries to respond to every word. Then it hit me like a bomb.
'There is NO way that is him! It can't be; it isn't! Is it?' I thought to myself.
"Hey…" He jumped up and covered my mouth before I could get another word out. He took me by the arm and we went into my bedroom, it was the furthest from the front door.
"Great, the bedroom, boy, does this bring back memories." I turned and looked at him and he looked back at me.
"Who did you think I was?" He walked towards me.
"Do you want the truth? Or, do you want me to lie to you?" I was trying to be a little smart ass right off the bat.
"What do you think? Of course I want the truth." He crossed his arms over his chest.
"Well, before I tell you that why don't you tell me why you're here, you left sixteen years ago with out word of where you were going. So, why don't you tell me why you left, and then I'll you who I thought you were?" I crossed my arms like him.
"I'm back because there is a big evil heading this way and the reason I left was so that I could protect you." He walked over to the bed and sat down on it.
"Protect me from what? What was there to protect me from? You do know I can take care of myself or have you forgotten that too?" I got this look on my face like I was ready to kill him. "Plus, you still need to answer my first questions."
"I don't know and I do know that you can take of yourself and you don't have to keep reminding me." He was getting way to cocky.
"Well, you have no right to be here, so I want you to leave and never come back. I want you to walk out that front door and not look back. You're not welcome here anymore. GET OUT!" I screamed.
"Do you REALLY want that? Do you REALLY want me to leave and never come back? Riley, I know you don't want me to leave. I know you still love me because I can feel it in my heart. Do you know that I still love you? I always have and it was really hard was for me to leave? It was the hardest thing that I have ever had to do." He put his elbows on his knees and rested his head in his hands.
"Well, you didn't seem like you had that hard of a time. You left for sixteen years and didn't even bother to check in or write. How do you think that makes me feel? Yes, I may still love you but, that still doesn't give you the right to show up with out any advanced warning." I put my back on the door.
"I thought you would be happy. I thought that you would greet me with open arms. But, you still haven't answered my question. Why did you call me, Ryuu?" He got a really serious look on his face.
"NO, before I tell you that you're going to tell me why you didn't contact me all of these years. So, why didn't you?" I was getting furious.
"Do you know that we broke the rules?"
"Screw the rules, dammet! Tell me why you never contacted me!"
"I didn't want anyone on my planet to know that I had fallen in love. Especially, with you, they would have killed me."
"So, instead of them finding out about us you just left me here. You didn't even bother to show up till now. You left me here for sixteen years to raise our son by myself."
"What?" He fell off the bed and on to the floor. He had a confused look on his face like he didn't know what I was talking about.
"I have a son?"
"Yeah, and I raised him for sixteen years BY MYSELF!"
"Wow, why didn't you try to tell me?" He stood up and looked at me.
"I tried but, I couldn't find you and if you would have checked in once in awhile you would have known." I went and sat down on the bed. "It doesn't matter I still want you out of here. I never want you to come back."
"Fine, if that's what you really want. But, give me two things. First, kiss me and then tell me if you want me to leave. Second, I want to see my son."
"Fine, but I got to tell you…" And I didn't get to finish my sentence when he grabbed me and kissed me.
He placed his hands firmly on my neck and I grabbed his shirt. He moved one hand from my neck to my side under my arm and I moved one of my hands from his shirt to his neck. He pulled me closer to him and I grabbed him even harder. Then, I pushed him away like I had enough. But secretly I wanted more.
"He's in the woods with the others. Just let me go get rid of Sabrina, Rori, and Saphire." Then I walked out of the bedroom, to the front door.
"I wonder what's taking Riley so long. She's been in there for about a half hour now." Sabrina said.
"Maybe she fell in the coffee pot." Rori said.
"Funny one Rori, a little classic." Sabrina said.
Riley walked out the door on to the front porch. She looked off into the distance like she was looking for something or someone.
"What's wrong, Rie? You look like you're looking for someone." Rori said.
"I'm not feeling very well. You better go." I told them.
"Uh, Riley, saiyans don't get sick." Sabrina told me.
"Yeah they do, remember when Goku had that disease." Saphire said.
"Yeah, but he was also screaming out in pain. And she's not screaming. What are you hiding?" Sabrina said.
"He's back isn't he? He's here isn't he?" Rori asked.
"Yeah, he is. He just showed up and I don't know what to do." I told her.
"Who are you talking…" Saphire didn't finish her sentence when she realized who we were talking about.
"Who are you talking about?" Sabrina was still in the dark about it.
I opened the door and Shin stepped out on to the porch next to me. He (for once in his life) looked scared.
Saphire's View
"What the hell is he doing here? Why is he here?" I yelled.
I was ready to go crazy and jump all over Shin. He just stood there and looked at us like (if he had to) he was going to run away.
"He's here because something's coming and he's not sure what yet." Riley said. I could tell that she was really happy to have him back and that he were to leave again she wouldn't know what to do.
"Why were you gone for so long? You never called or checked in; you just left with out saying a word." Sabrina told him. "Riley was broken up for so long over you. She lied to your son and everything because she didn't want to tell him that his father had abandoned him and his mother."
"Uhh… Sabrina, he knows all that already. I've already jumped all over him for that and he told me that he didn't mean to abandon us. And that the reason that he left was that he was trying to protect me. He didn't know about Ryuu." Riley stepped forward and looked at me. She could tell that I was seriously pissed and ready to chew him up and spit him out.
"Riley, can I talk to you over here for a second?" I grabbed Riley's arm and we walked to the other end of the porch.
"Does he really plan on staying this time? Or is he only here for a little while like the last time?" I wanted to know what was what so I could chew him out for what ever came to mind that was true.
"I don't really know how long he plans on staying, I think he's going to stay and isn't going to leave me and Ryuu again. I mean come on; he's got to help Ryuu with training." I could tell that Riley was trying so hard not to let it so through that she was afraid of losing him again. I hoped with every breath that he wouldn't hurt her again.
We walked over to the others and Riley said, "We're going to go see Ryuu, I think it's time for him and Shin to meet." She looked at Shin and they walked off of the porch and flew off.
Ryuu's View
I had taken up sword fighting and it was a blast to learn. Chika helped me with it since she was a big sword fighting fan. Me and Chika have been friends since we could remember and we were so close in everything. Then one day that all changed.
We were out in the woods with Kenshin and Sakura and we decided to train. Kenshin and Sakura went one way to work on bow and arrow training and me and Chika went the other way. We flew until we saw a flat spot to train on. We landed and decided to work on foot work and technique.
"Lets see how well you do when you get attacked from behind." Chika said and she flew at me and I turned and blocked her blade with mine.
I flung her over my head and she landed on her back, on the ground. She jumped up and took her stance. I took mine and then she took two steps to the right and I took two steps to the left. Then, we both jumped in the air at the same time. Our blades hit and we spun in a circle.
"Let's see if you can match this one…" I said as I instant transmissioned behind her and hit her in the back.
She hit the ground and rolled over. She didn't move and I thought she was seriously hurt so I flew down to her and landed next to her.
"Chika, are you okay? Come on say something, I didn't even hit you that hard." I picked her up about half way off of the ground and she looked so helpless.
All of a sudden I feel something pull on my shirt and then I'm on the ground with her on top of me. She had pinned me with out even knowing.
"Pretty slick ain't I?" She was pretty cocky.
"Yeah, I guess, you're a really good actress by the way." I told her and she just smiled.
Then I kicked her over to where I had pinned her down instead of the other way around. She said, "If you wanted me on the bottom you could of just asked. You didn't have to apply force, but some times force is good." She smiled and I got off of her.
"What makes you think that I wanted you on the bottom? What makes you think that I like you in ANY way like that?" I was afraid that she had found out about me liking her. I had for awhile. And it really wasn't a secret, but I didn't really want her to know.
"Oh I don't know, maybe it was because of the way you looked at me when you thought I was dead, and the way you looked at me when you had me pinned." She got to her feet, put her hands on her hips, and just smiled.
"I didn't look at you in any way…. I really thought that you were dead and I just pinned you. I didn't do it in any special way." I was trying to be confused about what she was saying. But I knew exactly what she was meaning.
"Well, from where I was at it looked like you were up to something. I mean come on, you're a guy and guys tend to do things like that." She wanted there to be something between us but I didn't know how it would end up.
"You got the wrong impression then, because I didn't mean to look at you some way or make you think something." She looked hurt with what I said. She turned and flew off before I could say anything else.
Riley's View
Me and Shin arrived at the training sight that Ryuu and Chika usually trained at. But when we got there he was sitting on a rock by himself. He looked like he was thinking about something.
"Can I go talk to him?" Shin asked.
"No, he's not real sure what to think of the whole situation. I told him that you were alive and he didn't take the news to well." Ryuu looked up and I grabbed Shin and we crouched behind a tree.
"Is someone there?" He drew his sword. "If there is anyone there, you better come out and face me or else." He was threatening his own mother and father, how dare him.
"Ryuu, I need to talk to you." Chika was flying out of the sky, and she landed next to him.
"Okay," he didn't seem real happy to see her.
"Look, I know I flew off before you could say anything. And I want to say sorry for that, and if there's anything that you want to tell me then please, tell me." She stepped forward to him and looked at him.
He was looking at the ground for a few minutes before he said, "Yeah, there's something I want to tell you. I don't know how you're going to react to it, and really I don't know how I'm going to act to it. I guess it depends."
She looked at him and he looked at her back. Me and Shin were watching them the whole time and we weren't prepared for what came next.
Ryuu approached Chika and he said, "Look, I really like you and if this ever turns into something more I don't want it to ruin our friendship in any way." Her eyes got (almost) the size of her head.
Ryuu stepped even closer to her and he put his hand on the side of her neck, and kissed her. He grabbed her by her waist, and pulled her close to him. She wrapped her arms around his neck, and gripped his shirt. At first I thought I was imagining things, but I guess I wasn't because when I looked at Shin he looked as he was about to fall over.
When I looked back over at Ryuu and Chika they had stopped kissing. Ryuu said, "Chika, there's something else I need to tell you."
She looked at him with stars in her eyes. He continued, "I don't know how to say it, but… uhhh…. I…. I…. I love you. I have for awhile and I thought that now would be a good time to tell you since I've got other news. My father is alive."
She backed up away from him and just looked in awe. She asked, "When did you find out? When is he coming back?"
"I don't know, my mom told me before I came out here. She looked devastated when she told me, kind of like it was the hardest thing she had to say to me." I stepped back and put my back on the tree that me and Shin were standing behind, Shin looked at me and smiled. I had forgotten how wonderful his smile was, I was so happy to have him back.
We took one more look at Ryuu and Chika and we went back Capsule Corp.
