All characters except for Rosemary belongs to Akiria Toriyama. Rosemary belongs to me.
Dragon Balls GN Prelude: The Chance
By Maria Cline
"A one! A two! Keep those arms moving!" Mr. Satan said as he did several jumping jacks.
Rosemary followed with ease. "Yeah." she said as she jumped up and down.
Tiny beads of sweat came down her forehead.
"Princess?" Shou asked as he came into the gym. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, Shou." Rosemary said as she paused the video.
"But, my lady," Mai said as she followed her lifelong partner, "you had been working out twelve hours a day."
"A dedicated fighter must work constantly." Rosemary said as she picked up a pair of twenty pound weights and began running around the room with them.
"Wow." Shou said amazed, "She's getting very strong."
"When the Emperor conquers the world, she'll make a fine heiress." Mai observed.
"I don't want to be a heiress." Rosemary said as she stopped. "So, why are you here?"
"We got this on the Internet, my lady." Mai said as she held out a paper. "We got this from Mr. Satan's official page."
Rosemary read the paper and her eyes widen. It had the picture of Mr. Satan pointing forward with several people standing in the background. It read: Earth needs warriors! World champion searching for warriors to protect this world.
"Mr. Satan's looking for new warriors!" Rosemary exclaimed, "Oh man! Try outs on Monday! I gotta go! What will I wear?"
"We're getting the weapons ready, Princess." Shou said.
"Great. I want to impress Mr. Satan. He's the best."
"Maybe, Princess." Pilaf said as he came in. He was wearing his usual outfit. Years of attempts at world domination had no effect on his face. "But, the one that had been preventing my attempts for world domination is Goku, that monkey boy."
"I know." Rosemary said sadly, "But he disappeared nine years ago. I've been looking."
"He'll come back. He always come back to haunt me." Pilaf said as he stared up at the ceiling. "I need you to try out for this team. I can't conquer the world if there's no world to conquer."
"I know." Rosemary said as she glanced at the paper. "I better get ready." She ran out of the gym and into her room.
*****
It was dark as the woman slowly got on the roof of the palace. Her father completely restored the castle after it was destroyed by a giant ape monster. He had to get a loan and get several jobs as a used car salesman and a used weapons dealer. Sometimes, he would even put in ammo guns in the cars for extra.
"Princess?" Pilaf said as he got on the roof. "Your dinner's ready."
"I'll be there, Dad." Rosemary said absentminded.
"What's wrong?"
"I feel so bad about what I did to Goku." Rosemary admitted, "Every day, I keep on wondering how much he would hate me if he knew what I did."
"You might not meet him." Pilaf said as he sat down beside her. "He doesn't have to know about you. It would be better if none of them knew about you being my baby."
"I'm glad you understand."
"Maybe they have the Dragon Balls."
"Maybe." Rosemary said, "The Dragon Radar did pick them up for ten minutes and there were indications of a dragon being summoned."
"Yes."
"Do you really want to do this?" Rosemary asked her father. "Take over the world?"
"Yes. It is our destiny as rulers of this world. All of our ancestors had been preparing for the day that one of the descendants become ruler of Earth. Wealth, preparation, the Dragon Balls, and the technology, are given to us. You have every possible physical enhancement possible. You are the most powerful of our kind. I maybe not be able to rule Earth but you can."
"I know." Rosemary said as she stared at her hands. All her life, she had been training under Mai and Shou. In her vast training, she had traveled all over the world and even in space to get stronger. She was born much stronger than her ancestors. Yet, she didn't want to take over the world. "The world needs new guardians. I want to fight for it before I can rule it." She felt the lie creep out of her tongue. All she wanted to do is meet Mr. Satan in person and try to fight him. Also, she may
"That's my girl. You better eat up for your strength."
"Sure thing, Dad."
*****
Rosemary stood at the castle with her battle outfit and weapons. "Do you have everything, my lady?"
"Yeah." She lifted her backpack onto her back.
"Now, I'll call you on the cell phone." Pilaf said as he held up his own phone. "As soon as you have an idea of where the Dragon Balls are, get me."
"I'll... try." Rosemary said as she got into her car and drove up to the try outs.
"Good luck, Princess." Pilaf said as he, Shou, and Mai waved to the disappearing car.
Rosemary nodded. If she make it, she'll be with the greatest fighters of all time. **Please Kami, make me strong enough to be one of them.**
For the briefest second, she could've sworn that she heard a faint, **You are already.**
Fin?
Dragon Balls GN Prelude: The Chance
By Maria Cline
"A one! A two! Keep those arms moving!" Mr. Satan said as he did several jumping jacks.
Rosemary followed with ease. "Yeah." she said as she jumped up and down.
Tiny beads of sweat came down her forehead.
"Princess?" Shou asked as he came into the gym. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, Shou." Rosemary said as she paused the video.
"But, my lady," Mai said as she followed her lifelong partner, "you had been working out twelve hours a day."
"A dedicated fighter must work constantly." Rosemary said as she picked up a pair of twenty pound weights and began running around the room with them.
"Wow." Shou said amazed, "She's getting very strong."
"When the Emperor conquers the world, she'll make a fine heiress." Mai observed.
"I don't want to be a heiress." Rosemary said as she stopped. "So, why are you here?"
"We got this on the Internet, my lady." Mai said as she held out a paper. "We got this from Mr. Satan's official page."
Rosemary read the paper and her eyes widen. It had the picture of Mr. Satan pointing forward with several people standing in the background. It read: Earth needs warriors! World champion searching for warriors to protect this world.
"Mr. Satan's looking for new warriors!" Rosemary exclaimed, "Oh man! Try outs on Monday! I gotta go! What will I wear?"
"We're getting the weapons ready, Princess." Shou said.
"Great. I want to impress Mr. Satan. He's the best."
"Maybe, Princess." Pilaf said as he came in. He was wearing his usual outfit. Years of attempts at world domination had no effect on his face. "But, the one that had been preventing my attempts for world domination is Goku, that monkey boy."
"I know." Rosemary said sadly, "But he disappeared nine years ago. I've been looking."
"He'll come back. He always come back to haunt me." Pilaf said as he stared up at the ceiling. "I need you to try out for this team. I can't conquer the world if there's no world to conquer."
"I know." Rosemary said as she glanced at the paper. "I better get ready." She ran out of the gym and into her room.
*****
It was dark as the woman slowly got on the roof of the palace. Her father completely restored the castle after it was destroyed by a giant ape monster. He had to get a loan and get several jobs as a used car salesman and a used weapons dealer. Sometimes, he would even put in ammo guns in the cars for extra.
"Princess?" Pilaf said as he got on the roof. "Your dinner's ready."
"I'll be there, Dad." Rosemary said absentminded.
"What's wrong?"
"I feel so bad about what I did to Goku." Rosemary admitted, "Every day, I keep on wondering how much he would hate me if he knew what I did."
"You might not meet him." Pilaf said as he sat down beside her. "He doesn't have to know about you. It would be better if none of them knew about you being my baby."
"I'm glad you understand."
"Maybe they have the Dragon Balls."
"Maybe." Rosemary said, "The Dragon Radar did pick them up for ten minutes and there were indications of a dragon being summoned."
"Yes."
"Do you really want to do this?" Rosemary asked her father. "Take over the world?"
"Yes. It is our destiny as rulers of this world. All of our ancestors had been preparing for the day that one of the descendants become ruler of Earth. Wealth, preparation, the Dragon Balls, and the technology, are given to us. You have every possible physical enhancement possible. You are the most powerful of our kind. I maybe not be able to rule Earth but you can."
"I know." Rosemary said as she stared at her hands. All her life, she had been training under Mai and Shou. In her vast training, she had traveled all over the world and even in space to get stronger. She was born much stronger than her ancestors. Yet, she didn't want to take over the world. "The world needs new guardians. I want to fight for it before I can rule it." She felt the lie creep out of her tongue. All she wanted to do is meet Mr. Satan in person and try to fight him. Also, she may
"That's my girl. You better eat up for your strength."
"Sure thing, Dad."
*****
Rosemary stood at the castle with her battle outfit and weapons. "Do you have everything, my lady?"
"Yeah." She lifted her backpack onto her back.
"Now, I'll call you on the cell phone." Pilaf said as he held up his own phone. "As soon as you have an idea of where the Dragon Balls are, get me."
"I'll... try." Rosemary said as she got into her car and drove up to the try outs.
"Good luck, Princess." Pilaf said as he, Shou, and Mai waved to the disappearing car.
Rosemary nodded. If she make it, she'll be with the greatest fighters of all time. **Please Kami, make me strong enough to be one of them.**
For the briefest second, she could've sworn that she heard a faint, **You are already.**
Fin?