New Beginnings Chapter 3
By Lady Bulma
Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Dragon Ball/Z/GT.
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You are adjusting.
Unfortunantly.
Oh?
I am homesick.
Why? Your planet is gone.
So. I still miss it.
You have a new home now.
It will never be the same.
But you have found love here.
Love? Here? On this planet? Ya right.
But you have.
Oh! Trust me, I would know if I was in love or not.
Are you sure? I know it is love.
Who then?
You said you would know.
I don't know.
Maybe I don't want to tell you.
TELL ME!!!
...
The voice died away and the girl didn't even bother to get out of bed this time. She just waited for the vision to come. This one was warmer and more friendly. A vision of someone holding her gently as she cried passed quickly and she shut her eyes to get some sleep.
~*~*~*~
Just as Bardock had said, he was in the palace as a gaurd. I hadn't seen him yet, but my friends had said that they had seen him around the palace. I had finished all of my Saiyango lessons yesterday so I decided to take today and celebrate. Tomorrow I would begin my psycic training. I looked over to my computer and IMed my friends. Luckily they were all on. I told them all what I would be doing today. Everyone was tied up with their own lessons. I sighed and told them all I needed to get going even though I really had no where to go. I didn't want to keep them busy when they could be doing their lessons. So, I headed out to go explore the palace. I wasn't really exploring. It was more of a thinking thing. I liked to be moving as I was thinking. I wasn't sure why though. I would roller skate back on earth and whenever I did that I got most of my ideas or answers to math problems I couldn't solve. That was one of the many things I missed, roller skating. So, I just walked down different halls not really paying attention to where I was going until I hit him. "Kim, you really should watch where your walking." I looked up recognizing his voice.
"Hey Bardock. Sorry." He just laughed. "What are you doing here?"
"Don't ya remember, I am a palace gaurd this month. Next month, maybe I will stay, maybe I will go off into space."
"Your a mercenary?"
"Well, next year I get to have a crew, but until then, yeah. My friends and I try and do stuff together. They have already joined my crew."
"Sounds like fun," I said sarcastically.
"Eh! You should know! Your a crew leader too!" I raised my eyebrows.
"I don't have a crew."
"Yeah ya do. Your friends. Aren't they exposed to help you and when are you going to bring us to peace?"
"Slow down! I just got here a little more than a month ago. Let me learn more. Knowledge is power."
"Oh, sorry. Anyway, what are you doing just walking around?"
"Bored and thinking."
"Eh! You should come down to the bar with me when I am on break which starts in five, four, three, two, break just started."
"I told you, I don't drink."
"Then what do you do for fun?"
"I wish I had the time. Back on Earth I would spend it all on my computer or watch some anime. There is nothing buy fighting here. Hell, there isn't even roller skating!"
"Roller skating?"
"Oh that is it! I will be in my room, building skates....do you know of anyone who makes shoes?" Bardock laughed.
"Yeah, there is a taylor in town who makes shoes. Comeon, I will fly ya down there."
"And what about you precious alcohol?"
"I can live another day without it if it is to fly a pretty girl somewhere." I blushed and followed him till we were outside. His strong arms wrapped around me and before I knew it, my feet weren't touching the ground. I normally don't mind heights, but this was freaking insane. For my own safety, I wrapped my arms around his neck and looked around me. Your first flight is quiet an experience. Trees and landscape flashed by us until he started slowing down. We were over the main center of town, near that bar I was the other day. He slowly descended and let go of me just as we touched the ground. "Here is the taylor."
"What shoe size do you wear?"
"Um..." He rose his eyebrows in thought. How very typical of the guy, always forgetting his shoe size. It was the same with every guy in my family. "I think I am a ten. Yeah! I am a ten!" I sighed and opened the door.
"I'll have some made for you too! Thanks for the ride."
"No problem. Do you want me to stay and take you back when you are done?"
"It is up to you, I don't know how long this will take."
"I had better stay. I will probably get in trouble if I don't." I shrugged and stepped into the shop. On the walls were different suits of armor, boots, gloves, and different accesorries. The man behind the counter looked up from his work, whatever it was and nodded to us. I pulled out several sheets of paper from my pocket and did my best to unfold them. On each of them was drawings for a pair of skates. It told how they were made and what was needed to make them.
"Hi, I need five pairs of these made. I need them in a size male ten, nine and female, eight, seven and another eight."
"What are they?"
"Roller skates."
"I normally don't do this kind of thing, but hey, I am bored so why not. Give me your number and I will tell ya when they are done."
"I live in the palace. My name is Kim."
"Wait a moment...you are that girl that came the other month! Hey! When are you going to start making reforms and stuff?"
"When the skates are done." The guy jumped and started working as fast as he could on the skates. "Do a good job too! I gotta get going now. Later!" He didn't look up as I left. I nodded to Bardock and he picked me up and flew me back to the palace.
During that next week I studied about psycology and the mind. It was very interesting, but I didn't get to my own training. I was just learning through reading. On morning I was just barely rolling out of bed and waking up when someone was banging on my door. I groaned and got up. I was a mess. My hair was standing up in all directions and my eyes weren't even open yet. I opened it and asked, "What?!" like the typical teenager that I am.
"Your in a good mood." This time I actually looked at who it was.
"Bardock, do you have any idea as to what time it is?"
"Six am."
"Yes. Time to sleep. What is it that you want?"
"Well you should first know that you sleep in way too late and second the taylor called and said that your skates or whatever are done." I nodded and shut the door in his face to get atleast three more hours of sleep.
When I finally felt that I had slept enough I left the palace alone to head into town. It was time to see if these skates that he made would work. I hadn't heard anything from him while he was making them so I really wasn't sure. No one bothered me as I walked down the road. I was a famous person when I didn't even understand myself. They wanted me to fix problems and show them tricks with my psycic powers, which I have no control over and I am not sure if I can give them what they want. I think I didn't have much to do anyway. People were uniting and stuff alone because of me just being here. They really put a lot of faith into that stupid peice of text. I opened the heavy shop door and stepped in. The man behind the desk looked up from his latest work and nodded. "It was hard, but I got them done." He put down the peice of fabric in his hands and pulled down several boxes from the shelf behind him. He then opened one of them and handed me the skate. It was perfect. I spun the wheel with my fingers. Although they weren't swiss bearings...they would do fine.
"They are perfect. Thanks."
"Yeah yeah. I will charge the palace. We just want those reforms."
"I don't promise you that they will happen over night, or that if I will even stick around that long, but if they do happen it will take a long time. I have to learn how to control my powers first, or that is what the king said. I already see things that need reform. Thanks anyway." I smiled and grabbed all four boxes as best as I could and walked back to the palace. It was time to see everyone on wheels.
I had forgotten about the floor. No one would be able to skate until I found a place. So, I left the skates in my room and started exploring the palace trying to find a room with some type of wood flooring. I thought of the many ball rooms but none of them were the right type of floor. As I was walking down another hall I felt someone grab me from behind. I screamed in terror and spun around. Bardock was rolling on the floor laughing so I kicked him in the stomach. "What were you thinking you idiot?! You scared me half to death!"
"Sorry, couldn't resist," he barely managed to get out. He was in a bit of pain and he was laughing at the same time. I sneered and started walking off. "Wait!" he called out to me. I sighed and stopped for him. I could hear him pushing hiimself off the ground and still gasping for air. "You have been walking in circles, what are you looking for?"
"A floor." Bardock looked down.
"Aren't we standing on one?"
"A special floor. The best floor for skating on is a pure maple wood floor, but unfortunantly we aren't on Earth and I am pretty sure there aren't maple trees outside. So now I have to find a wood floor that feels like Maple wood."
"So go down to the barracks and buy training room. They have different types."
"Take me down there."
"There is one in the palace you know."
"So take me to the closest one!"
"Relax. It is just down the hall and to the left. Here, I will show ya."
"Don't you have work to be doing?"
"This is part of it."
"Oh." I felt his hand on my back as he pushed me forward. I rolled my eyes and started running down the hall so that I could get there before him, ultimatily making this into a race I knew that I couldn't win. And I was right. Bardock used his super speed thingy and was waiting at the door when I got there. He smirked and opened the door.
"This one isn't used by anyone because the king had a new, better one made ten years ago. This has just become another empty room." His hand brushed the wall and the room was lit. The floor was a red-brown color. It was both hard and soft. Soft enough to fall on and hard enough to skate on. There were a few benches and tables against the wall with the door. There was also some shelves where people could store their skates if they didn't feel like carrying them. I walked around. The room was at least twoce the size of my last roller rink. If I wanted to I could build a wall that probably wouldn't be indestructeble but it would show were the rink part started. With an entrance and everything. It would be perfect. I nodded. "I wouldn't do anything with this place though without the king's permission first."
"I'll go ask him now and then I need to start on a wall. Do you know where I can get lumber."
"I think I should go with the king and tell him that I will be helping you with your project, no?" He smirked and follwed me to the throne room where the king was most likely to be.
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Author's note: So, did you all like it? Roller skating is one of my hobbies and I would probably be very depressed if I couldn't skate so I had to find a way to put it in here. Thanks for reading and please review! =^_^=
By Lady Bulma
Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Dragon Ball/Z/GT.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You are adjusting.
Unfortunantly.
Oh?
I am homesick.
Why? Your planet is gone.
So. I still miss it.
You have a new home now.
It will never be the same.
But you have found love here.
Love? Here? On this planet? Ya right.
But you have.
Oh! Trust me, I would know if I was in love or not.
Are you sure? I know it is love.
Who then?
You said you would know.
I don't know.
Maybe I don't want to tell you.
TELL ME!!!
...
The voice died away and the girl didn't even bother to get out of bed this time. She just waited for the vision to come. This one was warmer and more friendly. A vision of someone holding her gently as she cried passed quickly and she shut her eyes to get some sleep.
~*~*~*~
Just as Bardock had said, he was in the palace as a gaurd. I hadn't seen him yet, but my friends had said that they had seen him around the palace. I had finished all of my Saiyango lessons yesterday so I decided to take today and celebrate. Tomorrow I would begin my psycic training. I looked over to my computer and IMed my friends. Luckily they were all on. I told them all what I would be doing today. Everyone was tied up with their own lessons. I sighed and told them all I needed to get going even though I really had no where to go. I didn't want to keep them busy when they could be doing their lessons. So, I headed out to go explore the palace. I wasn't really exploring. It was more of a thinking thing. I liked to be moving as I was thinking. I wasn't sure why though. I would roller skate back on earth and whenever I did that I got most of my ideas or answers to math problems I couldn't solve. That was one of the many things I missed, roller skating. So, I just walked down different halls not really paying attention to where I was going until I hit him. "Kim, you really should watch where your walking." I looked up recognizing his voice.
"Hey Bardock. Sorry." He just laughed. "What are you doing here?"
"Don't ya remember, I am a palace gaurd this month. Next month, maybe I will stay, maybe I will go off into space."
"Your a mercenary?"
"Well, next year I get to have a crew, but until then, yeah. My friends and I try and do stuff together. They have already joined my crew."
"Sounds like fun," I said sarcastically.
"Eh! You should know! Your a crew leader too!" I raised my eyebrows.
"I don't have a crew."
"Yeah ya do. Your friends. Aren't they exposed to help you and when are you going to bring us to peace?"
"Slow down! I just got here a little more than a month ago. Let me learn more. Knowledge is power."
"Oh, sorry. Anyway, what are you doing just walking around?"
"Bored and thinking."
"Eh! You should come down to the bar with me when I am on break which starts in five, four, three, two, break just started."
"I told you, I don't drink."
"Then what do you do for fun?"
"I wish I had the time. Back on Earth I would spend it all on my computer or watch some anime. There is nothing buy fighting here. Hell, there isn't even roller skating!"
"Roller skating?"
"Oh that is it! I will be in my room, building skates....do you know of anyone who makes shoes?" Bardock laughed.
"Yeah, there is a taylor in town who makes shoes. Comeon, I will fly ya down there."
"And what about you precious alcohol?"
"I can live another day without it if it is to fly a pretty girl somewhere." I blushed and followed him till we were outside. His strong arms wrapped around me and before I knew it, my feet weren't touching the ground. I normally don't mind heights, but this was freaking insane. For my own safety, I wrapped my arms around his neck and looked around me. Your first flight is quiet an experience. Trees and landscape flashed by us until he started slowing down. We were over the main center of town, near that bar I was the other day. He slowly descended and let go of me just as we touched the ground. "Here is the taylor."
"What shoe size do you wear?"
"Um..." He rose his eyebrows in thought. How very typical of the guy, always forgetting his shoe size. It was the same with every guy in my family. "I think I am a ten. Yeah! I am a ten!" I sighed and opened the door.
"I'll have some made for you too! Thanks for the ride."
"No problem. Do you want me to stay and take you back when you are done?"
"It is up to you, I don't know how long this will take."
"I had better stay. I will probably get in trouble if I don't." I shrugged and stepped into the shop. On the walls were different suits of armor, boots, gloves, and different accesorries. The man behind the counter looked up from his work, whatever it was and nodded to us. I pulled out several sheets of paper from my pocket and did my best to unfold them. On each of them was drawings for a pair of skates. It told how they were made and what was needed to make them.
"Hi, I need five pairs of these made. I need them in a size male ten, nine and female, eight, seven and another eight."
"What are they?"
"Roller skates."
"I normally don't do this kind of thing, but hey, I am bored so why not. Give me your number and I will tell ya when they are done."
"I live in the palace. My name is Kim."
"Wait a moment...you are that girl that came the other month! Hey! When are you going to start making reforms and stuff?"
"When the skates are done." The guy jumped and started working as fast as he could on the skates. "Do a good job too! I gotta get going now. Later!" He didn't look up as I left. I nodded to Bardock and he picked me up and flew me back to the palace.
During that next week I studied about psycology and the mind. It was very interesting, but I didn't get to my own training. I was just learning through reading. On morning I was just barely rolling out of bed and waking up when someone was banging on my door. I groaned and got up. I was a mess. My hair was standing up in all directions and my eyes weren't even open yet. I opened it and asked, "What?!" like the typical teenager that I am.
"Your in a good mood." This time I actually looked at who it was.
"Bardock, do you have any idea as to what time it is?"
"Six am."
"Yes. Time to sleep. What is it that you want?"
"Well you should first know that you sleep in way too late and second the taylor called and said that your skates or whatever are done." I nodded and shut the door in his face to get atleast three more hours of sleep.
When I finally felt that I had slept enough I left the palace alone to head into town. It was time to see if these skates that he made would work. I hadn't heard anything from him while he was making them so I really wasn't sure. No one bothered me as I walked down the road. I was a famous person when I didn't even understand myself. They wanted me to fix problems and show them tricks with my psycic powers, which I have no control over and I am not sure if I can give them what they want. I think I didn't have much to do anyway. People were uniting and stuff alone because of me just being here. They really put a lot of faith into that stupid peice of text. I opened the heavy shop door and stepped in. The man behind the desk looked up from his latest work and nodded. "It was hard, but I got them done." He put down the peice of fabric in his hands and pulled down several boxes from the shelf behind him. He then opened one of them and handed me the skate. It was perfect. I spun the wheel with my fingers. Although they weren't swiss bearings...they would do fine.
"They are perfect. Thanks."
"Yeah yeah. I will charge the palace. We just want those reforms."
"I don't promise you that they will happen over night, or that if I will even stick around that long, but if they do happen it will take a long time. I have to learn how to control my powers first, or that is what the king said. I already see things that need reform. Thanks anyway." I smiled and grabbed all four boxes as best as I could and walked back to the palace. It was time to see everyone on wheels.
I had forgotten about the floor. No one would be able to skate until I found a place. So, I left the skates in my room and started exploring the palace trying to find a room with some type of wood flooring. I thought of the many ball rooms but none of them were the right type of floor. As I was walking down another hall I felt someone grab me from behind. I screamed in terror and spun around. Bardock was rolling on the floor laughing so I kicked him in the stomach. "What were you thinking you idiot?! You scared me half to death!"
"Sorry, couldn't resist," he barely managed to get out. He was in a bit of pain and he was laughing at the same time. I sneered and started walking off. "Wait!" he called out to me. I sighed and stopped for him. I could hear him pushing hiimself off the ground and still gasping for air. "You have been walking in circles, what are you looking for?"
"A floor." Bardock looked down.
"Aren't we standing on one?"
"A special floor. The best floor for skating on is a pure maple wood floor, but unfortunantly we aren't on Earth and I am pretty sure there aren't maple trees outside. So now I have to find a wood floor that feels like Maple wood."
"So go down to the barracks and buy training room. They have different types."
"Take me down there."
"There is one in the palace you know."
"So take me to the closest one!"
"Relax. It is just down the hall and to the left. Here, I will show ya."
"Don't you have work to be doing?"
"This is part of it."
"Oh." I felt his hand on my back as he pushed me forward. I rolled my eyes and started running down the hall so that I could get there before him, ultimatily making this into a race I knew that I couldn't win. And I was right. Bardock used his super speed thingy and was waiting at the door when I got there. He smirked and opened the door.
"This one isn't used by anyone because the king had a new, better one made ten years ago. This has just become another empty room." His hand brushed the wall and the room was lit. The floor was a red-brown color. It was both hard and soft. Soft enough to fall on and hard enough to skate on. There were a few benches and tables against the wall with the door. There was also some shelves where people could store their skates if they didn't feel like carrying them. I walked around. The room was at least twoce the size of my last roller rink. If I wanted to I could build a wall that probably wouldn't be indestructeble but it would show were the rink part started. With an entrance and everything. It would be perfect. I nodded. "I wouldn't do anything with this place though without the king's permission first."
"I'll go ask him now and then I need to start on a wall. Do you know where I can get lumber."
"I think I should go with the king and tell him that I will be helping you with your project, no?" He smirked and follwed me to the throne room where the king was most likely to be.
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Author's note: So, did you all like it? Roller skating is one of my hobbies and I would probably be very depressed if I couldn't skate so I had to find a way to put it in here. Thanks for reading and please review! =^_^=