Knock. Knock. Knock.
"Come in!" Bulma called from the kitchen; she seen from the window that it was Goku, Chi-Chi and Goten.
"Umple Goku! Aunty Chi-Chi! Umple Goten!" Lily cried happily running to the three to hug them.
"Hi Lily. So, you must be Haruto; Goten was telling us about him." Chi-Chi said with a smile.
"Hey there little dude." Goku said with a smile as Goten stood there with his face in his hands, embarrassed.
"Goten, you're here!" Bulla cried happily as she quickly attached herself to him.
"Come on Lily; you need to finish eating." Trunks said picking Lily up and placed her back in her spot at the table.
"What'd you guys have?" Goku asked sniffing the air.
"I made steaks." Bulma said with a smile.
"We went out to eat tonight; I didn't feel like cooking…and Goku still doesn't know how to use a stove…" Chi-Chi said annoyed while glaring at her husband.
"So…Haruto is going to be living with you huh?" Goku asked with a smile.
"Yep. But it's fine; Lily seems really happy. I'm hoping she'll open up more." Trunks said looking at the kids as they ate.
"He seems very sullen…" Chi-Chi said looking at Haruto.
"He's new to all of this; he's getting used to it all. He seems really relaxed around Lily." Trunks explained.
"Well…Bulma and Vegeta are together and he couldn't stand to be around Bulma at first…" Goku said remembering.
"But that was all in the past; now wasn't it Goku?" Bulma asked, eyes twitching in annoyance.
"Gramma's becoming scary gramma. You better be careful Umple Goku." Lily said with a smile.
'This girl…she is so weird; and not so bright… But I really feel happy when I'm around her…and she is pretty cute. What is this feeling? I've never felt like this before…but then again, I'm only seven. But, I feel like I have to protect her. And I suppose we're meant to be together; we've connected and are meant to be mates. I know exactly what all that means; my father explained it all to me after he killed my mom.' Haruto thought to himself as he started to become upset.
"Awww! Don't be sad Haru!" Lily cried upset as she hugged Haru.
However, that hug didn't last long as they were both on the floor; Lily went to hug him and leaned over too far. So she fell and because she was hugging him, he also fell to the floor.
Somehow Haruto managed to turn his body so that he landed first and she landed on top of him.
"What happened?!" Bulma and Trunks asked concerned as they made their way over to the kitchen.
"I hugged him and we fell! He was becoming sad; I didn't want him to be sad…so I hugged him to make him feel better." Lily said softly, looking down; she didn't want to be in trouble as she and Haruto stood up.
"Are you both ok?" Bulma asked right away.
"Yes, I'm ok." Haruto said calmly.
"I'm ok; I landed on Haruto. He made his body go first." Lily said softly.
"Ok. Are you done eating?" Trunks asked calmly.
"Yes." Both Lily and Haruto answered at the same time.
"Ok. Go play before you have to get ready for bed." Trunks said calmly.
"I'm not in trouble?" Lily asked confused.
"Why would you be in trouble?" Trunks, Bulma and Vegeta asked confused.
"'Cause…I made us fall…" Lily said softly, sadly.
Trunks just sighed as he picked Lily up.
"You were just trying to help Haruto feel better; you just wanted to give him a hug. There's nothing wrong with that. Just next time…be more careful, ok?" Trunks asked as held Lily in his arms.
All of the sudden Piccolo showed up with Clover and two other male children that looked like Clover.
"Piccolo…who are they?" Goku and Bulma asked in shock while Chi-Chi, Vegeta, Goten and Bulla stared.
"Well apparently these are two others of Clover's kind; Shenron sent them to me. This one is Draco and this one is Leaf." Piccolo said calmly.
"Are you going to be able to handle three kids?" Bulma and Chi-Chi asked looking at Piccolo.
"Yeah, I think I'll be fine. Apparently Draco is nine and Leaf is seven. All three are very helpful and Leaf doesn't seem to talk." Piccolo said calmly.
"So what brings you here?" Vegeta asked seriously.
"Well, I figured I'd bring them to meet you all. Who's the boy and why are Goku, Chi-Chi and Goten here? By the way, Goten and Bulla are making out in the corner." Piccolo said, looking over in the corner.
"Hey! If you want to share a room with him tonight they'll be no making out like that!" Vegeta exclaimed annoyed.
"Dad!" Bulla exclaimed embarrassed; Goten just hid his face in embarrassment.
"Yay! New friends! Let's go play!" Lily said happily as she tried to drag Draco and Leaf; but they wouldn't budge.
"This is Lily's mate, Haruto; he's living with us now. He has no family of his own anymore…so yeah. But he's such a sweet boy." Bulma said once the kids were in Lily's room.
"He looks more like a cat, but acts more like a Saiyan…" Piccolo said looking down the hall.
"You noticed that too?" Vegeta asked looking at Piccolo.
"Yeah." Piccolo answered calmly.
"What does that mean?" Bulma asked seriously.
"Well…from what I know about Nekodians, they were a very peaceful race; they didn't like fighting unless they had to. That explains why Lily is able to calm people down just by touch; she doesn't like conflict." Piccolo explained calmly.
"And you know us Saiyans; we're a proud race who loves to fight and protect what's ours. Those children are both half and half; they both have different views on fighting. Lily's attitude is happy and nonviolent; she doesn't seem like much of a fighter. So she's got more of the Nekodian than Saiyan. While Haruto…I'm not going to say he's violent; because it's obvious that he's not. But he will fight to protect what's his. And now, Lily is his. Even if she belongs to Trunks biologically; they're mates and he will protect her. He's more Saiyan than Nekodian." Vegeta explained.
"But something tells me she's going to be a fighter when needed…" Trunks said calmly.
"Yeah…she ain't going to put up with anyone's shit. But…we'll have to teach her that." Vegeta said seriously.
"Right." Trunks said calmly.
"That one I actually agree with." Bulma said with a smile.
"Well…how are we going to set things up?" Chi-Chi asked curiously.
"Well…I'm guessing Bulla and Goten are going to share a room and then you and Goku can have the final spare room." Bulma said calmly.
"Hmmm…here comes the rain." Chi-Chi said as it started pouring rain.
"Are we supposed to get storms tonight? Like thunder and lightning?" Trunks asked confused.
"Yeah why?" Vegeta asked.
"We haven't had a big storm with Lily here…or Haruto. Do you think their ears are going to be more sensitive?" Trunks asked concerned.
"I don't know… I never thought of that." Bulma said calmly.
It's true, last year they didn't get any storms except for a few stray rain storms; it was a relatively dry year.
With The Kids:
"So what are your names? I am Lily and this is my very special friend, Haru. Haru, this is one of my bestest friends, Clover." Lily said happily.
"Actually, my name is Haruto…please call me Haruto." Haruto said looking at everyone.
"It's a pleasure to meet you; Clover's mentioned you a few times…but not you. So you must be relatively new. My name is Draco and this is my brother Leaf; he doesn't talk. We are also Clover's older brothers…if you will." Draco said introducing himself and his brother.
"Yes, I am new…" Haruto said calmly.
"You are her mate…" Draco said calmly.
"How do you know this?" Haruto asked looking at Draco.
"It's just something I can tell. You are very protective of her; I can see so in your eyes. Clover is also protective of Lily. We also see the future…well Leaf does; I talk to the people of the future through my dreams. You also have that ability. That ability is only given to a select few." Draco said calmly.
"Do you know what they're talking about?" Lily asked Clover confused.
"Not a clue. Your speech is getting really good." Clover said smiling.
"Tank you; I be practice." Lily said proud of herself.
"Yes, I see." Clover said with a smile.
In the last few months, Clover has regained her memories of why she was sent to Lily by Shenron; she was sent to be a guide or protector along with her "brothers" and Haruto. She doesn't have future seeing abilities, but she always seems to know when Lily is in trouble.
She also knows that when she's older she will reproduce children with either Draco or Leaf…whichever one she does not bear children to will become sterile. She has no control over which one she is to bare children for; it is Shenron's decision.
All Dragonkins are created by Shenron, but are not biologically related…except for a select few such as Draco and Leaf; they came out together…but are two years apart in age.
That is how Shenron creates his Dragonkin; he created them all at the same time…one at a time; but sometimes in certain cases two will come out at the exact same time.
Only Shenron knows exactly how many Dragonkin he created. Is that a good thing…or a bad thing? Who knows?
"Whatever it is, it sounds important though…what they're talking about, I mean." Clover said looking at the boys.
"So what do you like to do?" Draco asked looking at Haruto.
"I like to read, do puzzles and hang out with Lily and her friends now." Haruto said calmly.
"I see… Well…it seems that you're the one we're meant to be friends with." Draco said calmly.
"And what does that mean?" Haruto asked confused.
"It means we're friends now…much like Lily and Clover are." Draco said seriously.
"Ok then." Haruto said looking at the two.
"So, Lily, what do you have to do?" Draco asked looking at Lily.
"I has books and puzzles and toys art stuff… Oh, but is too late for art stuff…" Lily said becoming nervous.
"Lily, it's ok; just calm down." Clover said calmly.
Just then the first string of lightning flashed across the sky; it was soon followed by a large booming thunder. Lily and Haruto freaked out…well Haruto was trying to be brave for Lily, but the thunder was much scarier.
"Ahhh!" Lily screamed, covering her ears while Haruto pressed his ears to his head.
"Ahhh!" All the kids screamed when they seen Yamcha at Lily's window, just knocking on it.
"What is going on in here?!" Bulma and Trunks asked as they went to Lily's room.
"Vegeta, get in here! Trunks, take the kids to the basement! Bulla, Goten, you get to the basement as well!" Bulma exclaimed as calmly as she could.
"What's going on?! Why you son of a bitch!" Vegeta yelled as he immediately flew outside to attack Yamcha; he had had enough…