No Need for Goodbyes
trinitylayne@yahoo.com
Disclaimer: We don't on them, the story is ours but the people are not. Sniff, sniff
*Authors notes = sorry this took so long to come out. Trinity and I had to rewrite this after a HardDrive crashed. And for the person who ask where Washu was at… she'll be back in the next part!!
This is part ONE of two. (((it was too big, we had to break it up!!!)))
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Serena was wearing a long flowing blue gown. She was standing in the center of a field boarded by large Willow trees. She was in the center of a circle surrounded by hundreds of lit white candles. The stars in night sky were glittering brightly, as the Willow trees rustled in a gentle cool breeze. She searched the sky looking for the moon she knew should be there. Disheartened by the omitted moon she looked to the candle's flames. They danced in rhythm with the soft music wafting across the valley. She saw a figure standing on the other side of the candles, as she stepped toward the figure he disappeared. Serena spun around searching wildly for the man. She stopped when her eyes fell upon a single unlit red candle. She felt drawn to the candle, as she reached out to touch it and voice whispered in her ear. 'My love.' She turned to see Darien standing there as Prince Darien. He held out a white rose. 'Darien.' She whispered softly. 'I love you.' She said smiling. Serena reached out to take the rose before she could take it Darien dropped it. When she bent down to it pick up, Darien begun walking away. As she picked up the rose, the rose burst into flames. Serena reared back so she wouldn't be burned. She looked up to see that Darien was almost to the trees. She shouted. 'Darien please don't leave me, don't leave me here alone.' Darien paused for a moment, but he never turned around. Then he walked through an opening in the trees and was gone. Serena began crying when she heard a smug voice come from behind. 'He has made his choice.' She spun around to see Vegeta wearing a black uniform with a sword resting on his left hip. He had a cape clasped around his neck by a medallion depicting a bird of prey's talon wrapped around a crescent moon. He is holding the now lit red candle. Vegeta has a wicked smirk on his face. Suddenly a strong wind blew across the valley and extinguished all the candles but the red one. 'The question is, have you made yours?'
'Vegeta?'
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Serena awoke with a jolt, and felt her entire world tilt. "Uggggh." Serena's hair was stuck to one side of her face and the other was stuck to the pillow. "Eww this is so gross!" She groaned, as she pulled the pillow off of her face and climbed to her feet.
"Oh I feel horrible." She said aloud. She looked around to see that she was only one in the room. Serena stumbled to the door and entered the hall. The violent light of morning assaulted her eyes. Then she detected the sudden smell that registered in her mind, Food
"Eww, god I feel sick." She said stumbling and staggering to the bathroom.
After spending a few moments taking deep breaths so she wouldn't be sick, she thought that the best thing should be to take a shower. Her head was pounding and her stomach felt like a bowling ball was stuck in it. She was still disturbed by the dream. Serena stripped and fell into the shower.
'What is this?' She thought looking at the controls of the shower. There were buttons where the shower knobs were supposed to be. She tried her best to turn the thing on and finally succeeded "ACK! To hot too hot!!" She shouted pushing buttons frantically, before too long she got the temp of the shower to the right temp. Serena rested her back against the wall and slid down to her butt. This dream was confusing and only made her sad. The only thing she could think about doing for the moment was to cry. "What is happening to me?" she asked in whisper. "I don't need this…this crap." She said loudly. The more that she thought about it the more it bothered her. "I need to be home, in my own bed, in my own world."
This crying went on for a few moments before she came to the realization that this was not just an evil dream. This was real "Push this aside, push it all away. I have Rini and the girls to think about. I don't need to burden them with this." She thought standing up.
She quickly washed herself and got out of the shower, the shower had refreshed not only her body but her mind as well. There on top of a hamper was a fresh pair of clothes for her to wear. Serena was hit with embarrassment.
'Who came in a left these clothes. Did they hear me crying.' She thought. Then her nostrils were filled with the sweet aroma of breakfast. "Oh food!" she said excitedly. She rushed getting dressed and went in search of that wonderful smell. Serena arrived at the kitchen to see Lita and Bulma working diligently at preparing breakfast.
Raye was sitting at the bar. "Hi Serena! Did you sleep well?" Raye asked. Serena nodded. "Coffee?" Bulma asked holding a fresh pot.
"Coffee, good." Serena answered moving towards the bar. Lita went to the counter and grabbed a cup, and poured her a cup. Serena sat down in front of the coffee and just let the aroma touch her nose. "Bulma do you have sugar or crème?"
"Sure Hun, it's in the cabinet over there next to the back door." Bulma said pointing to a beautiful solid oak cabinet that was lacquered to a shiny finish. It was on the side of the door facing the kitchen, on the other side of the door was a large picture window. Serena got up and walked over to it "So where are the rest of the girls?" She asked looking at the cabinet filled with several different kinds of flavored cremes. Serena turned around and looked back at Bulma. Bulma had Chibi Trunks strapped to her back. He was quite calm and barely even made a noise.
"They're still out." Raye answered as she sipped her coffee.
"Really? I figured I would be the last to wake up. It did get a bit smashed last night."
"No, Amy and I were up the latest. We were in the Karoke room." Bulma said
"Ah, you have a Karoke room?! We should do that some time. You know Raye has such a wonderful voice." Serena said looking out the huge picture window. There was a huge hotel size pool with outdoor furniture all around it. Raye was surprised that Serena complimented her "Are you ok Serena?" she asked
"Yes, I'm fine. I just had a rough night."
"Did you have a bad dream or something?" Raye asked sensing something from her.
"Is Rini ok?" Serena asked changing the subject.
"Yes she is fine. When I came to get Trunks he was sleeping on her chest. It was so cute. I didn't have the heart to wake her." Bulma replied.
"Ha, not that you could even if you wanted." Serena grumbled.
"Are you sure that you ok Serena?" Raye insisted. She knew that something was wrong.
"No, no dream, just a rough night." She answered continuing to look out the window. "You know that pool is really beautiful." Serena said changing the subject again. Raye got the hint.
"Well thank you. I designed the layout myself."
"Well you did a great job." Lita said glancing at it from her post at a frying pan.
"Thanks, if you want we can go swimming later, you know to give the guys something to look at when they get here." Bulma says striking a pose.
"We don't have bathing suites." Raye said
"Oh don't worry. I have a wardrobe room that I am positive has clothes for you girls." Bulma said tossing bread sticks into one of three ovens. Serena walked back over to the counter and sat next to Raye. "Well this place is nice, but I miss home." She said
"Me too." Raye added.
"Well while we are here." Lita declared. "We might as well make the best of it."
All of a sudden the hall doors swung open to reveal Amy and Mina, or what looked like the two of them. They were tore up, from the floor up. Mina's hair was disheveled and her face was all puffy from sleep. Amy's hair look like a tornado hit it and her face looked the same.
"You guys have a rough night too?" Raye asked, and Amy just nodded.
"Sleep well?" Lita asked
"I'm still asleep." Mina answered. Rubbing her eyes. Lita and Bulma walk into the dining room on the other side of the counter where Raye and Serena were, they both carried giant wooden bowls full of food. "Well I hope that you guys are hungry, coz we have a lot of food here." Lita said
"Good I am starving came a voice from the door.
"Me too." It was Amara and Michelle.
"Good Morning, Amara, Michelle. Did you sleep well?" Amy asked.
"Like babies." Amara said sitting at a large table in the dining room.
"Yes, we found a great place to nap for the night out under the stars." Michelle added
Bulma put down two bowls of bread. "Well that is what this place is good for. There are lots of nice places here. And the Stars are so bright at night."
"Yeah considering that there is no Moon." Amara said looking rather annoyed. "There is no moon?!" Serena asked her voice wavering, she looked at Bulma like all of her childhood dreams had been crushed.
"Oh well there was, but well, Piccolo kinda blew it up."
"What?!?" All the scouts shouted at once.
"Remember what I told you about Saiyajins turning into big ape creatures. Well that is only when they see the moon." Bulma said trying not to panic Serena who looked like she could fall over dead at any moment.
"I can't believe that there is no moon here. That is so sad." Serena whimpered. Bulma didn't know how to calm her but Amara did.
"Serena, calm down. We won't be here for very much longer. This is not our world, we going back to our own." She said.
"And just how are we going to do that?! Do you have a Trans dimensional portal hidden in the skirt of your or something??" Serena stood up. Even Amara didn't know how to handle it this time. Serena was on the verge of crying, but remembered what she told herself earlier. She sat back down at the table. "That's ok I'm fine." She spoke softly. The others were looking at her like she was insane, but Raye knew that she was hurting. "So are we going to eat or not?" She asked Lita and Bulma.
"Yes, that would be a good Idea." Lita answered.
Breakfast went without words but there were things happening at the table that a good eye could catch. Serena, instead of diving into her food was reserved and calm and ate with manors. She kept looking over to Amara and Michelle, whom were always flawless in their manors as well as everything else they did. Serena was trying her best to copy their movement and manor of conducting herself. Michelle knew that was what was going on and she found irresistibly cute. The thought passed through her mind to do something funny. To see if Serena would copy her, but she knew that doing so would be cruel.
Amy was looking at a newspaper as she ate toast. She came to two conclusions about what this world was in comparison to their own. One: This might actually be the same place only in a different time, and in a slightly alternative universe. Of course she could not be sure, maybe things did happen like this in the future which was apparent to her now, with all of the technological advances of this time above their time. She wished that she had a notepad to write all of her findings here down. This would need extensive studying after they got back home. Two: People here knew all about their superheroes, but they respected them as saviors. Choosing not to bother them night and day about simple crimes, and trivial events. Knowing that when evil came to the earth that the 'Z warriors' as it was written in the paper, would come to save them. They didn't have to have secret identities here. There was something comforting to that. She thought as she poured over the newspaper.
Raye kept a constant visual to Serena who seemed to be fine at the moment. Lita was just pleased with herself and Bulma that they had cooked such a fine meal. She didn't care if they ever got back. She rather liked it here. She had nothing really to go back to. What? Should she go back to her empty apartment? She had a huge complex with a giant kitchen here. She had someone that actually knew how to cook here. She was happy
Mina was scarfing down food. She was oblivious to everything that was going on around her. And all that she knew was that food was good!
As breakfast wound down Serena became antsy again. "When are the guys going to be here?" She asked, and Bulma looked at her watch.
"Oh they will be here in about 15 min."
"WHAT?!" Mina said dropping her fork. "I have to get ready!!
"Me too!!" Lita said.
"Oh I and look totally horrible!!" Raye quickly got up. "What direction is that wardrobe room of yours?!" She asked walking towards the hall.
"It's down the hall 5th door on the right." Bulma answered getting up. She set her plate on the counter. Serena got up, "I'm going for a bathing suit. I want to go swimming." Serena followed Raye to the wardrobe room.
"Ooh that sounds like a good idea." Mina agrees.
"Now you really shouldn't go swimming for 1 hour after you have eaten." Amy protested.
"Oh come on!" Mina blurted "Like I said last night those guys are cute and I want to look good. You do have some sexy swimsuits in that wardrobe room of yours right Bulma?!" Bulma nodded. Mina continued "I can't think of any other way to look totally hot better than in a swimsuit! Can you?"
"No, that probably is the best way." Amy answered.
"Well then come on!!" Mina said Grabbing Amy by the arm and dragging her behind.
"Well I could go for a swim, how about you Amara?" Michelle asked Amara who was ignoring the 'little girls' "I don't think so Mishi." She answered
"Oh wont you please join me? It is such a nice day today."
"Fine if you're giving me no other choice, I could think of worse ways to spend my day other than looking at you in a swimsuit." Amara replied letting herself be tugged in the direction of the door.
"So how long have they been a couple?" Bulma asked Lita who was watching the whole thing.
"You know?!" Lita asked nervously.
"Well duh, It wasn't hard to guess." Bulma answered with a smile "Don't worry its all good. Nothing bothers me. Hell I did a little experimenting back in high school." Bulma and Lita laughed. Lita started in the direction of the door, but then remember that there was a bunch of dirty plates left on the table.
"Do you need some help cleaning up in here?" She asked as Bulma just stood there. Bulma just chuckled "Oh god no, I have maids for that." She answered. "Besides I've got to start cooking for the boys now."
"Oh, ok that's cool." She said, "You mean that you can cook and not worry about the mess?"
"Yep" Bulma answered
"Geeze! I wish I had that luxury to cook all the time and never worry about messes. I would become the greatest chef in the world." Lita said.
"Well I hold that title right now thank you very much!" Bulma said posing, gleaming with pride.
"Well I bet I could steal that title from you in a kitchen like this!"
"Ha, I seriously doubt that." Bulma said the competitive side of her coming out.
"Oh really." Lita said feeling her competitive streak rise in her. The two of them looked into the direction of the kitchen, and then back to each other. Then the both of them bolted for the kitchen at the same time. And so the cooking war began…
Capsule Corp: 10am
The girls had done the wardrobe room they had found swimsuits that would suit them then settled, lounging in the back yard. Even Amara and Michelle were there. They found a comfortable spot right next to the pool at an umbrella table. Serena questioned how they got a hold of iced tea that quickly, but that was just one of the many wonders that is Amara and Michelle. Serena, Amy, Raye and Mina were laying in the grass letting the rays of the sun hit their skin. That was when they felt it. From the south came a great power driving up the coastline.
"Its them." Amara said lifting her shades. She was lying on a lawn chair; her gold, shiny 1-piece blazing in the sun's light from under a white robe she wore over it. Michelle was sitting in a chair next to her. She was wearing a blue 2-piece that looked fabulous on her. She too wore a white robe.
Serena, Amy, Raye and Mina all began to get up. Serena got a tad bit frightened and headed for shelter inside. "The guys are coming." Serena shouted as she entered the door.
"We know." Lita replied. They felt it too. It was like a warm wind hitting them except there was no wind.
Mina was gorgeous as usual, she was wearing bright yellow and black 1-piece that was thin cut. It clung to her tiny waist and made her look great. Raye was wearing a red suite that was also thin cut, but she had a silk wrap that hung about her waist. Amy was as usual in a modest swimsuit that really didn't have any stand out features. The most surprising swimsuit was the one that Serena had on. It was a 2-piece Red, white, and blue string bikini.
It was the strangest sight to see all the guys flying in over the compound walls, and landing in the grass at the edge of the compound. When they landed the warm wind feeling went away. The guys sort of spread out about the compound. They were doing their own thing. Darien had seen the girls from the air and he was walking fast like to meet up with the girls.
Serena peeked out and saw her man standing with the other girls. "Oh My God!! Darien!!!" She said running out launching herself at him. She and Darien went over head first into the pool They both come up from under the water with Serena attached to him and raping his face with Kisses "Don't *kiss* ever leave *kiss* me again…never leave, never, never leave me again." She kept saying though her kisses.
"Serena don't worry I'm not going to leave you." Darien said. She kept kissing him and they were now leaning on the edge of the pool relaxing together.
"Hey everyone! What is going on??" Came a little voice from seemingly no where.
"Oh your awake sweetie!" Serena shouted from the pool. That was when she glanced in her direction to see Vegeta walking towards the kitchen.
"I don't like that guy." Serena pronounced smugly.
"You and me both." Darien agreed.
Vegeta walked into the kitchen "Woman I am hungry!" He shouts walking towards Bulma. He was looking around to see what they were cooking.
"Just wait Vegeta lunch will be done soon." Bulma said not even looking at him. Vegeta sulked for a few moments then spotted a cooked sausage and reached out for it. When Lita slammed a knife though the sausage just barely, missing Vegeta's fingers. "What the hell are you trying to do kill me?!" Vegeta roared.
"Don't touch!! Wait like Bulma said."
"Who are you to tell me anything!?" Vegeta snorted.
"You are about to get a severe spatula beating if you don't get out of this kitchen right now!" Lita barked. Vegeta looked over to Bulma as if you vindicate the reason to stay. "You had better listen to her. She is good with that Spatula."
Vegeta felt betrayed, but he mentally tucked his tail between his legs and left, sulking. Vegeta went outside and Threw Yamcha off the chair that he was sitting on and sat there himself. He had only been sitting there for a few moments when Rini ran up to him and Jumped in his lap. Vegeta was mortified.
"Hi, I brought you something." She pulls out of her pocket a roll, with a sausage stuffed inside of it. "Here, I know how hungry you get this time of day." She said hopping off of his lap now. She was just standing there smiling at him. Vegeta looked at her and curled his lip, he was about to get Grrr, but he felt his stomach growl and only said "thanks." She giggled and ran off.
Amara and Michelle mostly kept to themselves watching Serena from the table that was at the edge of the pool. They were keeping a watch on her, because they perceived a potential situation happening. That was when Yamcha and Tien came up to them trying to act all slick. Tien moved in on Michelle who saw the two of them coming and knew what was about to happen.
"Excuse me miss." Tien said walking up to her. "How are you today?" He asked.
"I'm fine, and your self." Michelle answered. Amara showed a bit of annoyance at the intrusion, but said nothing. She saw Yamcha heading in her direction.
"Well I couldn't help but to notice you sitting here alone and I thought that maybe you would like some company." He went on.
"That is ok, I'm fine." Michelle said as nice as she could. Tien was discouraged, but not much. "Well cause I was just wondering if you wanted to go for a walk or a something." Michelle laughed. She knew that this was an attempt to pick up on her.
"Sorry there, sport. I'm already spoken for." She said getting up and walking away. Tien felt stupid. He looked at Yamcha who was now in front of Amara. Amara watched Michelle walk away and flash a cheeky smile at her.
"Hey there sweet cheeks." Yamcha said standing in front of the lounging Amara. He was leaning against the table with his legs crossed. "You are looking very fine!" He continued. Amara glanced in the direction of Michelle who had joined the other girls and was chuckling a bit under her breath.
"Excuse me, did you say something?" She asked finally lifting her shades. She was hoping that he would get the hint and leave.
"I said that you are looking very fine!" He repeated.
"Oh well thank you." She dropped her shades back in place.
"Do you want to go do something?" He asked.
"I don't think so."
"No, why not?"
Amara was getting agitated now. "Well because I have something against guys that have spiky hair, or guys that walk around in Karate outfits on just to look cool." She said hopping up and walking away. Yamcha was plain dumbfounded.
Amara Went right past Michelle. She was angry. Michelle went after her.
Yamcha came up to Raye and Mina. "So what was her problem?" He asked.
"Who Amara? Well she has…that is she is a.." Raye stuttered
"She just doesn't see guys anymore." Mina answered.
"Yeah." Raye agreed
Serena was watching from the pool and was not too happy with the idea that Rini was interacting with Vegeta. Rini was on the run, she saw that Trunks and Gohan went and changed into swim trunks, and they were standing next to the diving board.
"You go first." Trunks said
"No you first." Gohan said
"Hey I have an Idea." Rini said popping up behind the two of them. "How about the both of you go in at the same time!" With that she grabbed them by the arms and Flipped both of them into the pool at the same time. Vegeta saw this from his angle jumped up and walked over to the pool. He was on the verge of bursting into laughter. He only needed to see the two boys looking half drowned to indeed burst into laughter. He laughed so hard that he bent over double. That was when Kuririn found it the perfect time to push Vegeta into the pool and run. Vegeta belly flopped into the pool. When he came up he was so mad that he went super Saiyajin right in the pool. The water parted around his body. Suddenly a wave of water that literally raised Serena and Darien right out of the pool crashed over Vegeta's head. When he came back up he saw that the source of that wave came from none other than Goku. Who was in nothing but Speedo's.
"Kakorott! What the hell was that all about?!?!" Vegeta screamed.
"Oh calm down, learn to have a little fun." Goku said and splashed him again.
"Fine you want to play?!" Vegeta said reaching back behind him with his arms.
"Everyone out of the Pool!!" Kuririn shouted Gohan and Trunks raised up out of the water and back away when Vegeta used all of his force, To push every bit of water in the pool at Goku. The water swallowed up Goku and spit him out into the lawn 250 feet away.
Goku laid not moving for a few seconds, then he lifted his head and said "See, I told you it was fun." And his head dropped again. Vegeta got out of the empty pool and scampered back to his chair like a drowned rat.
"Well so much for swimming. " Lita said looking out to see this wave of water.
"Oh don't worry the pool will fill up in a few minuets. It's a self-filling pool.
"What do you like think of everything?"
"NO." Bulma answered with a wicked smile. "Do you think that this is first time a Saiyajin instigated a water fight? It happens all the time."
Sure enough, the pool did fill back up in a matter of minuets and then Serena convince Darien to go back into the pool with her. Only now he had swim trunks on.
"Geeze I never knew that Darien had chicken legs." Raye commented seeing Darien.
"Yeah, he kinda does look like a bird on stilts." Mina added.
Darien got into the pool with Serena. She was putting the moves on Darien and their play was getting a little sticky. Serena saw that Vegeta was giving dirty looks to the both of them. Darien noticed and that is when Vegeta began to stare him down. Serena knowing that this was bothering Darien got out of the pool and walked up to Vegeta.
"Um excuse me Vegetable BOY!" Goku can be heard laughing in the background
Serena continues chewing out Vegeta. "If you don't stop looking at me or my boyfriend. I am going to shove my moon scepter in a place that I know your not going to like!!"
"HAHA, don't kid your self I have seen better pig tails on a Guy."
"UH!! Did you just make fun of my tails!?!" She said grabbing her Odangos.
"Go take a long walk off a short pier!" She shouts and Vegeta stands up looking like he is going to kill. "You know what, I have had enough of your…" He sees Amara and Michelle instantly appear right behind Serena. And then all the other girls rallied behind her. Vegeta grumbles "I'm out of here." And walks away.
"Yeah!! That's what I thought!!" Serena shouts then proceeds to turn around and (SMACK) runs right into Raye.
"Serena!! Watch where you going!!" Raye says falling down on her butt.
Finally at noon Lita and Bulma come out to say that lunch is ready would everyone please head to the banquet hall. Goku and Serena are the first though the door. When they enter the banquet hall they are surprised to see that there were three tables filled with all kinds of food ranging from Key-lime Pie to a Turkey. There was enough food there to feed a small army literally, but this was a good thing. Goku had worked up quite an appetite. He went from table to table loading up 3 plates of food. Serena took 4 plates of food, and went over to sit down with Goku. They both dived in. Raye and Kuririn came in next to find the two of them scarfing down food like it was their last meal "You know I have never seen anyone eat as much as Goku can." Kuririn said
"Well I never though that I would ever see anyone eat as much as Serena does." Raye contests. Raye then saw all the food lying on those tables. "Holly geeze!" She gasped. "What did the two of you do?!" She asked in Bulma and Lita's direction.
"She started it." Bulma said
"I did not you did!!" Lita protested.
END PART 1!!!
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