"Wow, he's still in his own little world," Krillin said after trying unsuccessfully to get Gohan's attention.
"Who would have known girls would have this much effect on him," Master Roshi commented once Yamcha had filled him in on what happened. Mia coughed getting everyone's (except Gohan who was still seeing rainbows and unicorns) attention.
"Well since lover boy over there is still in his own world, I guess I'll just have to do the introductions from here," she said before bowing in greeting. "My name is Mia, and this loudmouth," she said standing straight as she indicated to Iago, "Is Iago," Iago scowled at her, mumbling under his breath about gratitude and what not. Krillin and the others blinked at the pair.
"Well I'm Krillin, this is Yamcha and Oolong and......" Krillin started as he indicated to the different individuals.
"I'm Master Roshi, and it is a pleasure to meet you," Master Roshi said taking over for his student.
"Yes, Gohan has told me a lot about you," she said giving them a smile, she turned to Krillin.
"He also told me about your trip to Namek, I would very much like to spar with you," she said shocking the group.
"Man we really need to tell the kid what he can and can't tell people," Krillin muttered hitting himself in the head.
"Ok kid, what else did he tell you?" Yamcha asked with seriousness, they needed to keep their secrets, secret.
"You mean about Gohan being half alien?" she replied with sarcasm, the others suddenly became tense; Gohan was naive when it came to how people would react to something this big. The last thing they wanted was for the government to try and take the kid away for study, or for the world to suddenly go dragonball hunting. Mia rolled her eyes before unwrapping her tail from her waste.
"You're a saiyan?!" Krillin said shocked before slipping into a defensive position.
"Relax I'm not here to fight, I don't want another meeting with the frying pan," she said with a shiver causing the others to relax a bit.
"You met Chichi?" Master Roshi asked surprised that Chichi had let the girl hang around her son.
"Yeah, she's letting me stay with them for a while, though she fainted this morning and me and Gohan kind of made a mess in her kitchen," she said rubbing the back of her head like Gohan would have. The others winced, no one messed with Chichi, especially not her kitchen.
"I don't think I've met anyone as strict as Chichi," she said remembering what happened yesterday. Iago rolled his eyes at the girl, she sure did pick the weirdest people to admire.
"Yeah that woman sure has some temper, but what are you doing here on earth?" Krillin asked in curiosity.
"Not a lot, just travelling, you know looking for adventure," she replied not wanting to tell them the truth about other worlds, the less who knew, the better.
"You got anyone with you?" Yamcha asked thinking about having another Vegeta on their hands.
"Nope, it's just me and Iago," Mia replied knowing what he meant, she turned to Gohan frowning as she noticed that he still hadn't resurfaced from his daydream. She smiled, she knew how to get his attention.
"Gohan how many slices of bacon do you want?" she asked confusing the others. The effect was almost instantaneous.
"Bacon?" Gohan asked coming out of his world, he blushed as he suddenly recalled his surroundings, only to blush harder as he remembered why he drifted off to lala land in the first place. He then realized something, "Hey there's no bacon here," he said causing the others to fall over anime style.
"Well Gohan are you ready to go?" Krillin asked once he Yamcha and Oolong packed all they thought they would need during the trip.
"Almost, we just need to wait for Bulma," Gohan replied as he put the phone down, "She'll be here in an hour," he said turning to walk out of the small house.
Mia sat in the sand with Iago at her side, she was lost in her thoughts.
"Why did the Supreme Kai bring me here? It can't have been just to meet Gohan, was it to make me suffer? To show me the life I could have had? No I don't think so, but then why? I'm so confused, I feel so alone, I mean yeah I have friends but, they die or become a guardian, this isn't fair! I don't know what to do, all I ever bring is pain and suffering, why should here be any different? What am I missing? Why am I even complaining? Am I in such a rush to get back to the hell that is the void?" she thought looking to Gohan as he exited the small house. She looked to Iago who seemed to be sunbathing, a pair of sunglasses covering his eyes. "Iago, you must really want to go home, I'm sorry you got pulled into this, but I'm glad you're here, this one will be too hard to bounce back from once we leave," she thought as she turned her attention back to Gohan, smiling as he laughed at a joke Yamcha told him. "Gohan, I've never met anyone like you, no that's not true, I have, actually many people, but....None of them made me feel the way you do......Sigh, I have seen so much evil in the world, the slave trade, experiments, execution, torture, death, you name it, I've seen it, heck I've experienced it! I should be dead. But as long as I'm connected to the void, no as long as the world needs me, I can't rest, I don't have that pleasure, but I'm not the only one, as long as each world has a guarding I won't suffer alone. What a selfish thought, they don't deserve that. Neelix, Bubbles, Manta, Scrappy, Rimmer, Pucca, Radar, Daffy, Haru, Shadow, Amy, Sid, Jesse,Dean, Reid, Violet, Kuki, Sally, Iago, Gohan," she didn't notice that during her thoughts, tears started to cascade down her face, "So many people who are destined to suffer, I haven't even met them all yet, Immortality is a curse but to have the worlds safety on your shoulders. What did they do to deserve this? It's not just them who suffer, but their friends, the ones who get too close to the fight," she thought before she was lost in memories of one of the worst days of her life.
Yodica, a peaceful planet located in the south of the solar system. At least it was until Frieza turned up. In a stadium designed to hold seven thousand people stood a gleeful Frieza, what was the reason that he was so happy? Beside him stood his prize, bound with energy enhanced chains stood the last living saiyan, Mia. A sapping bracelet sat on both of her wrists as they painfully drained her of her energy, an electro belt sent shockwaves of pain through her as dried blood decorated her face.
Her expression showed pure misery. For there in front of her lay the unmoving body of an innocent Yodican, another to add to the pile. Tears streamed down her face as she watched Yodican after Yodican ruthlessly murdered in front of her. Why? Because she had decided Yodica was a safe place to rest, boy how wrong she was, and now the Yodicans were paying the price.
Frieza smirked as he thought about his next victim, it was someone he had been saving for last, he turned to his guards.
"Bring her out," his words confused Mia, usually he said bring the next one out, but this time he had planned something.
The guards moved to reveal a blue skinned girl with sapphire green hair.
"Arieal," she whispered to herself, she thought her friend had died long ago, but here she was alive. Mia smiled before she understood what was going to happen.
"No Frieza, please! I don't care what you do to me, please stop this," she begged, she knew it was futile, she begged for all of the lives of those killed.
Frieza just smirked at her before walking over to his prisoner. Mia watched as they held her friends hands up against the wall, before chaining her in place. Frieza picked up a rusty blade.
"Tell me Saiyan, which eye do you think I should take?" he asked her mockingly.
"Don't you dare Frieza!" Mia snarled at him, but Frieza just smirked.
Cries of pain ran through the air.
"FRIEZA!! YOU MONSTER!!! STOP IT!!!" Mia cried as the monster before her began torturing her friend, making sure that she could see the pain her friend was going through.
"FRIEZA!!!!!" that day Mia screamed till her throat bled, her friend was being tortured to death while she could do nothing but watch. It was then that she snapped, the sappers short circuited, not being able to stand the power Mia was giving them. Her chains broke as her form began to glow, she reached her transformation state, but she wasn't done there, she kept powering up, the chains that held her disintegrated at the heat she radiated, she screamed as her power lurched, she had ascended into a higher transformation.
She launched an attack at Frieza, sending him flying through the walls of the stadium. She turned to her friend. Her eyes were gouged out and her skin cut beyond recognition. She could still hear her screams of pain. Her finger nails digging into her palm..........
"Mia!! Yo wake up!" Iago yelled at her bringing her out of her memories. "You okay?" he asked her seeing the tear tracks on her face, quickly Mia wiped away any evidence that she had been crying.
"Yeah I'm fine," she said standing up before Iago could press her for information.