Disclaimer: I don't own any anime, I never did, but I'm REALLY hoping that someday I will. Today's not my day though.
"Ok, we're here." He said putting her down on his front doorstep and opening the door to reveal Goten and Vegeta.
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"OH MY GOSH! IT'S YOU!" she screamed running in the house. Goten covered his face and tried to black what he knew was coming, but to his surprise, nothing came. He looked up and saw Keiqo running toward Vegeta. "YOU'RE THE GUY THAT KICKED MR. SATAN'S BUTT!" she screamed jumping up and down around Vegeta.
"You don't have to scream girl! I'm right next to you!" Vegeta said to this weirdo that was screaming.
"Oh! Sorry! I'm just so excited that I get to meet the guy that finally kicked his butt! This is so COOL! Hold on a second" she said holding up a finger. "Monkey-boy, why didn't you ever tell me your dad beat Mr. Satan?" she asked shifting her gaze over toward him.
"Huh? What?" he asked realizing someone was talking to him. It was then that Keiqo realized Goten was there.
Keiqo turned her happy, excited face into one of evil and malice. She ran to about 10 feet away from Goten and jumped in the air.
Just as Goten saw that everyone's eyes were on him, he realized what was to come next. Aww man, why me? He thought right before he hit the ground.
Keiqo sat Indian style on his stomach and said, "Keiqo, once again, kills her 'lacking enough intelligence to run away' prey!" she got up and did her victory dance before returning to Vegeta. "So, as I was saying…" she looked up to see Vegeta almost laughing and continued interviewing him.
"So what happened to you?" asked Goten getting up, looking at Trunks' eye.
Keiqo heard this and said, "Kaasan beat him up!"
Goten, not believing this, turned to Trunks. Trunks sighed and said, "Unfortunately, Keiqo is telling the truth."
Everyone turned to Vegeta who was now actually laughing, barely audible, but laughing nonetheless. "First, her kaasan beats you up, then she tackles the other brat with no trouble at all? What is she a Saiya-Jin?" he inquired not believing.
"Actually I'm a C'tarl-C'tarl!" she said uncoiling her tail from where it was resting around her waist and waving it around behind her. She figured his family could see it because they were Saiya-Jins, so she didn't bother concealing it. Vegeta grabbed for it and pulled on it, just like everyone else. Now, why does everyone do that? She thought.
Because we used to have tails of our own, Vegeta thought to her, still holding her tail.
"WHAT!?" she screamed. "I thought me and uncle Gene were the only ones that could do that!"
"No, but by any chance, did you ever come across a group by the name of Kolians?" Vegeta asked finally letting go of her tail and standing back up in his ever so famous pose of crossed arms and a scowl.
"Umm, I think that's what uncle Gene said. Yea! The Kolians lived in a system called the Lodas system or something like that." She said trying to remember.
"The Lodo system" he corrected.
"Yea! He said they were really friendly and they cooked well too! Almost as good as my aunt Mel, but not as good!" she said remembering her aunt Melfina's cooking.
"Well, I remember one of their people taught it to me after I landed on their planet while training to beat the androids." Said Vegeta. He looked down to see a puzzled look on Keiqo's face, and said, "Never mind. So where are you from anyway? And what's a C'tarl-C'tarl? I think I've heard of them before, but that was back when I was on Vegeta-sei and I only heard it once." Vegeta said while walking into the kitchen and getting out almost all of the food and putting it on the table. Keiqo followed at the sight of food and got ready to tell her story for the third time today.
Trunks and Goten stood there dumbfounded not even bothering to speak. Finally Trunks managed to get out, "Well, she seems to be warming up nicely." Trunks said sweatdropping.
"Can we go find your kaasan and ask if we can use the gravity room to spar?" asked Goten, finally snapping out of the daze he was in after seeing what had just happened.
"Nah! Kaasan won't mind! The person I'm worried about is tousan. Do you think we should ask him?"
"I think it would be a lot safer if we did." Goten said as images of ki blasts came flying at them blowing up the whole room came through his mind.
"Yea, you're probably right for once." Trunks said while walking toward the kitchen.
"Ha ha ha." Goten said, his sarcasm evident.
"Hey tousan? Can we use the gravity room 'til you're done talking?" asked Trunks picking up an apple and biting into it.
"Fine, but if I get there and you aren't at the door or already out," he said not finishing his sentence to leave the boys to imagine what he was thinking about. "Now tell me more about this transformation of yours," he said directing his attention once again to Keiqo.
About 20 minutes later, Keiqo was done telling Vegeta about her past and done listening about the Saiya-Jins. "Trunks said something about going swimming. Don't you think that would be a little stupid? I thought they were calling for snow tonight." Keiqo said to Vegeta as he was getting the last remnants of food out of the fridge and put it on the table.
"Although there is supposed to be snow, we have a pool inside. The only problem is that it's heated. The woman thought that it was too cold even though it felt perfect to me. Now it's a little too warm, but I can always turn down the temperature when she's not looking."
"I have one more question for you. Do you ever call anybody by their real name?" she asked without taking her eyes off of him.
"Only Kakarot, but I guess you can't really count him because everyone else calls him Goku. So I guess no. Good enough answer 'Cat'?" he said while getting up to go to the gravity room.
Great! I've gone from "girl" to "cat"! Oh well! I don't think I could have stood for being called girl anyway. I like "cat," it really shows off my C'tarl-C'tarl side. She thought happily to herself. Now to find the boys! She said running off in the direction that Vegeta did. She took a left at the first corner, then right, then right again, then straight, then down some stairs, then a right, then up two more flights, then a left…
She was about to start screaming when a small girl with blue hair came around the corner in front of her and said, "Who are you?"
"I'm Keiqo, one of Trunks' friends. Who are you?" she said looking down at the small girl who looked to be about 5 or 6.
"I'm Bra, Trunks' little sister. Why are you here? You could get lost," she said.
"Oh believe me, I know," Keiqo said. "Do you think you could show me where the kitchen is?" she asked hopefully. The guys are probably already there looking for food. Hehe, too bad we emptied the fridge!
"Sure!" she said and grabbed Keiqo's hand and dragged her around about 7 corners or so and down one flight of stairs. When she got to the kitchen, there were Trunks and Goten, sure enough, sitting at the table having some snacks they found in the pantry.
"Where were you Keiqo?" said Goten getting up to get some more food from the closet.
"Well I got lost and your little sister came and rescued me!" she said ruffling Bra's hair. She smiled up at Keiqo.
"Her? She was actually good for something? Wow! That's a first!" said Trunks sarcastically.
"Be quiet!" Keiqo said while picking her up and putting her on her shoulders. "She's so cute! How can you not like your sister?"
"Do you want me to list them all?" he said while putting the chips he was holding down on the table.
"Never mind," she said while rolling her eyes and putting Bra on the ground who immediately ran of to tell her mother of the new arrival. "So! Did I bring my bathing suit for nothing or are we gonna go swimming?" she said grabbing a handful of popcorn and throwing one of them up in the air and catching it in her mouth and repeating this for each one.
A few minutes later when they had decided to go swimming and all the food was put back that was not eaten, Bulma came in the room with Bra close behind holding her cat, Lima Beans.
"I see you've brought home another friend today Trunks! Thank you SO much for introducing me," she said very dryly. "Hello, I'm Trunks' mom. Bra tells me you've already met her."
"Hello Mrs. Briefs!" she said smiling.
"Oh no! Please, call me Bulma! Have you already met my husband? Vegeta?" she asked looking around for him.
"Yes, he was very nice," she said still smiling.
Bulma looked to Trunks with confusion on her face and he just shrugged his shoulders. Maybe Vegeta decided to be nice for once to one of our guests… "Well, I'll leave you three to what ever you were doing. Come on Bra. And leave Lima Beans here." Bra sighed and left with her mother leaving Lima Beans there to eat its cat food.
When Lima Beans was done, it came over to Keiqo and started purring and rubbing against her legs. Keiqo picked it up and went to sit down in one of the kitchen chairs. She set the cat down in her lap and it started purring again. "So, when are we gonna go in the pool? It's already 4:30," she said putting the cat down and picking up her bag.
"Well, now I guess. We'll go change in my room. You can change in the bathroom right next to the pool since you'll probably get lost if you change anywhere else." Goten laughed while Keiqo shot death glares at him. "I'll go get our bags, while Goten shows you where the pool is. Meet me in my room when you're done showing her," said Trunks as he walked toward the living room.
"This way," he said while extending his hand and bowing. Haha this'll gonna get her! After she passed him, he stood up and started walking behind her. A few seconds later, a scream, running, laughing, and someone yelling a string of obscenities not fit for public was all that was heard throughout the building.
"Urg! Goten I'm gonna get you for that!" she yelled as she raced after Goten who was laughing while flying just slow enough for her to keep up with him, but fast enough to keep out of her reach.
After about 15 more seconds of chasing, Goten stopped abruptly making Keiqo run into him and fall to the ground. "Your changing room," he said pointing to the room he was next to. He then promptly flew off before she had a chance to get up. She was about to pick up her bag and run after him but decided not to chance it, remembering the first time she went off in search of something alone. She grumbled to herself and went into the bathroom closing the door behind her.
A minute later, she could hear Trunks and Goten outside the bathroom talking to each other. "So, do you think she got in the pool already?" said Goten.
"Nah! Girls always take long in the bathroom. Trust me." Said Trunks opening the sliding glass door that led to the pool and flipping the light switch to 'on'.
"So, what was that scream all about? What did you do?" asked Trunks putting his towel down on one of the chairs by the edge of the room.
"Why don't you ask Keiqo?" he said pointing to Keiqo just getting out of the bathroom.
She opened the door, closed it and walked over to a chair on the opposite side of the pool, all the while glaring at Goten and not saying a word. She then proceeded to take her hair out of the ponytail it was in and throw the scrunchie down on her towel.
"This is bad, Goten. She's not even talking to you. What the heck DID you do?" he said still staring at the glaring Keiqo.
"Oh nothing. I didn't think it was that bad." He said smiling just thinking about it.
"Whatever," he said while looking back at Goten. He noticed Goten was standing next to the edge of the pool. He smirked then said, "Hey Goten?"
"Yea?" he said looking back to Trunks.
"Watch your STEP!" he screamed while pushing him into the pool. On the other side of the pool he saw Keiqo laughing which made him smile.
A few seconds later, Goten resurfaced very slowly so Trunks wouldn't notice. He then proceeded to grab Trunks' legs and pull him in too.
Keiqo was laughing so hard, she was almost crying by now. The two teens looked at each other, smiled and swam underwater to where Keiqo was. They rose from the depths very slowly and each grabbed one leg and pulled her in.
They both looked to where she had gone under and saw something coming to the top. When she came up, they were met with the face of someone who was NOT very happy.
She stared at them for a while and started cracking up. They looked SOO scared of me right then!
"I sure am glad you're not still mad at me Keiqo! You looked like you were ready to kill someone right then." Said Goten in between of laughs.
"You mean like this?" she said making the face again.
"Yea! Except you didn't have that little smirk on your face… oh no" he said, realizing his mistake. He started swimming as fast as he could in the other direction. But he felt nothing coming after him. He looked for Keiqo over where she was before and then realized his other mistake. He looked up and saw Keiqo standing next to him on the edge of the pool. Waving to him she said, "boo," and tackled him, sending him 7-foot down to the bottom. The wrestled some more underwater, and rolled all the way down the slope to the 9-feet end. (A/N: you know how the public pools are, how they start at 4 feet or something and slope down till they reach like 13 feet. Well, at least at the one I go to.)
When they finally resurfaced for air, Keiqo had Goten in a headlock. She was about let him go when a hand pushed her under again. She noticed that Goten went under too. They surfaced again to come face to face with Trunks.
"Temporary alliance?" Keiqo said while extending her hand to Goten. He smiled then shook her hand. They both faced Trunks who was still smiling. "Oh, Truuunnnnnnks?" she said while edging closer to him with both hands in the shape of which you would have your hands if you were about to strangle someone.
He started laughing again and dove under water. Keiqo dove under where he went, and Goten headed the other way. While Keiqo was busy keeping Trunks occupied, Goten hopped out of the pool and went to the diving boards. When he saw Keiqo chasing Trunks over to where he was, atop the board, he dived in and started swimming toward Trunks underwater. Trunks was swimming atop water because he found that Keiqo could swim better underwater and he could swim better above. All of a sudden, Goten grabbed Trunks' foot from below and dragged him under. He came back up holding Trunks with his hands behind his back.
"Care to do the honors?" Goten said while extending his free hand towards Keiqo.
"It would be my pleasure," she said while rubbing her hands together and walking towards them, where they were now in the shallow end. Right before Keiqo was going to dunk Trunks, they heard a large "BANG" over by the doors. They saw Goku on the ground rubbing his head, obviously having just run into the doors. He slowly approached the doors again, this time, his hands reaching for the side of the door. He opened the door then realized that everyone was staring at him.
"What? Like no ones ever run into that?" he said somewhat annoyed.
"Well, no, actually" Trunks said still in Goten's tight grasp.
"Oh, well, anyway, I came here to tell Goten that he needed to come home pretty soon or else Chi-Chi is gonna get really mad. And you might want to think about going home soon too Keiqo. Have you guys seen the snow out there? Bulma told me not to transport inside the house cause it gets lima beans all freaked out so I had to do it right on the front porch. Man! I was up to my shins at least! Anyway, Goten you better change soon. I'm gonna head back now and tell her that you're coming. C-ya!" he said as he transported.
Goten sighed then let Trunks go, "Oh well! You heard my dad. Got to go!" he said as he was walking over to the side to get out. Keiqo looked at him then back at Trunks. She smiled, and before he knew it, he was underwater. Keiqo ran, well, as best she could in the water, to the edge of the other side of the pool and started drying herself. Trunks headed back to his stuff too and got his towel.
When they all finally got out of the pool area and changed, they walked to the front of the building and said goodbye to Goten. He smiled and waved and flew off towards his house. When they turned back around, Trunks said, "So, what do you want to do now?"
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Well! Here I am at the bottom again! Hope you guys will review and read the next chapter!