Author's Note:"Here's chapter 7.Enjoy."
Chapter 7:The Gravity Room

Third Person
Trunks was the first to land in the forested area.He looked around the familiar landscape,memories of his childhood flooding back.This was one of the few areas that had been safe from the Androids's attacks.It was so far from most civilization that the Androids left it alone.

"An old friend of mine lived around this area.He trained me here when I was young,"Trunks said as the others landed.

"This place is beautiful,"Sarah stated,"Most of the cities seem like they had just been hit by an earthquake!"

"Worse than that,"Ray reminded her,"I'm actually surprised that the buildings are in as good a shape as they are."

"That's because the people are focusing all of their abilities into restoring the world.The ruins of what was left of the former world are too painful to look at,"Trunks explained.

"Mm...Whatever.Let's just find this creature and see if it is what we think it is,"Ray said,adjust the sword on his back.

After the training from Trunks,he was able to at least hold it.Though he wasn't quite as good as Trunks.He still needed practice.

The trio split up,looking for the silver furred creature they had seen on the news broadcast.From the way it looked,it wasn't a creature to take lightly.It seemed like a wolf without a pack,but it was far too large.

"Come out,come out,wherever you are.C'mon,I don't have all day,"Ray growled.

He stopped when another growl responded.He slowly turned around to see the creature he had been looking for.It stood two and a half feet off the ground.The little light that managed to break through the trees reflected off the beast's silver fur.It snarled,revealing its long curved fangs.

"Uh-oh...I think I've bitten off more than I can chew here...."Ray laughed nervously.

The creature sniffed the air,its snarl slowly fading,"You smell like my dimension.Are you from this world?"

"Uh........You can..talk?"Ray asked.

"Please,do not be frightened.Can you tell me what this place is?"

"Now I understand.You are from our world.Well,at least we found you before circus people got you.If anyone heard you talking,you'd end up in some sort of show."

"'Our' world?You mean there are others?"

"Yeah.Maybe you'll meet all of them if you come with us.I promise we won't make you juggle like others want you to."

"Hm...I see.Very well,then.Lead the way,my friend."

Ray nodded and started to lead him to the place where they had agreed to meet after an hour.Fifty five minutes had already passed,so they waited a short time longer.

"I see you found him."

Ray turned around to see Sarah come into view.She brushed the dirt off of her shirt.

"Did you fall?You look like you've been rolling on the ground,"Ray chuckled.

"Yeah.I tripped and tumbled down a hill.Nothing serious though,"she replied.

"Good,"Ray stated,'I don't know what I'd do if you got hurt,Sarah...'

'I heard that,Ray.Have a crush?'Trunks thought.

'Darn!I forgot about that.Now not even my thoughts are private!!You better not say anything,Trunks...There are a lot of trees around here,and no witnesses,'Ray mentally warned before laughing.

Trunks came out of a nearby bush.He pulled a few thorns out of the legs of his pants before looking toward the silver creature.

"I see you didn't need to knock it out like I expected,"he said.

"I prefer to avoid violence when it is not necessary,"the creature explained.

Sarah's eyes widened,but Trunks shrugged it off.He had seen much stranger things.

"Well,we should be heading back.Mom's probably worried.The flight took longer than I expected,"Trunks stated.

Everyone nodded.Trunks carried the creature,who introduced himself as Nono,into the air so he wouldn't have to follow on foot.

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"There they are!It took them long enough!"Bulma explained,rushing outside with a Capsule in her hand.

Nono jumped out Trunks's arms as they landed,landing on his feet next to Bulma.

"Good day,ma'am,"Nono said with a small smile.

'Oh great....Another weird one,'Bulma thought,but smiled regardless.

She mentally noted that this one wasn't as weird as some of her old friends after inspecting him more closely.

"Your project's finished?"Trunks asked,"I thought it would take a few more days?"

"Well,I took the short time of peace and quiet to rush it.Without you three destroying something,it was easy to finish,"Bulma replied,"I was about to give up on waiting and set it up without you."

"Well,let's see what it is,"Ray said.

Bulma nodded and tapped the button on top of the blue Capsule.She threw it several yards away and watched as a large cloud of pink smoke surround the area.When the smoke settled,it revealed a large machine.There were several windows all around the circular machine.An intercom was above the sliding door.

"That's the Gravity Room.It can change the gravity inside to up to three hundred times the Earth's normal gravity,"Bulma explained.

"You've improved it,"Trunks pointed out.

"Not bad for an old woman,huh?"Bulma joked,grinning at the same time.

"Three hundred times...."Ray said quietly,"I've gotta check it out!"

"Well then,what are we waiting for?"Bulma asked.

She walked over to the door and motioned to three buttons on the right side,"The blue one is to return it Capsule form,the yellow opens the door,and the red is emergency shut down."

"Emergency shut down?I don't like the sound of that,"Ray stated.

"It's there just in case the person inside is under too much pressure.If only I had thought of that before Trunks's father blew up the first one."

No one asked.They learned early on that if they asked about Bulma's husband and Trunks's father,they'd have to have a lot of free time.

Bulma pressed the yellow button,make the door slide open.She lead the others inside and turned the one light on.The floor was a dark yellow and covered in tiles.The walls were black like the outside.

"Over here,"Bulma motioned to a display with two arrows beside it,"controls the gravity.It goes up by five,just so you know.I'm sure you can guess why the buttons are arrows.Up increases the gravity,and down decreases it.The intercom is over there,"she motioned to the other side of the circular room,"Use it if the gravity is too much or the door's stuck.If you need to know anything else,just let me know."

"Impressive,"Nono said,"Would I mind if I offered my assistance?I would be honored to help a human such as yourself."

"Oh...Okay!The more help,the better,"Bulma replied.

The walked out,the door shutting behind them.Trunks walked over to the gravity control and looked it over.

"Let's see what this thing can do,then."
Ending Note:"I don't have much to say,obviously.The next chapter will be up tomorrow.Please review."