Chapter 5
Gohan was walking through the woods, getting home after chopping down some fire wood. His Saiya-jin hearing picked up on a noise to his left, it sounded like a whimper. He made his way towards whatever it was until he could make out _what_ it was. It was a child, sitting on a tree stump hugging their knees. He could barely make out what they were saying because they were talking so softly.
"Why did you leave me, Toby-chan? I'm all alone, no one wants me anymore. Where'd you go?" Gohan managed to hear. As he got closer he could see that the child was a little girl, about five years old, from what he could tell. He walked up to her and looked her in the eye.
"Ohayo, dooshite?" he asked her.
"Toby's gone, he left me alone." she replied. Gohan sat down next to her, and put down the firewood.
"How long ago did he leave you?" he asked.
"About a year ago." she sat Indian-style and faced him, rocking back and forth. Gohan stopped resting and sat up abruptly.
"Nani?! You've been by yourself for a year?!" he shouted, causing her to wince at his booming voice.
"Gomen," he apologized. she rubbed her ear while laughing softly.
"You're funny, I like you, mister," she smiled up at him.
"Do you have any place to go?" he knelt down next to her. As she shook her head, he hoiste4d up the firewood on his shoulder and stood up.
"Do you want to come live with me?" he offered. Answering him, she climbed up his leg and onto his free shoulder. As Gohan walked home with the little girl on his shoulder, she tried to catch a butterfly that was passing by. It landed on her nose making her sneeze. Gohan chuckled softly and opened the door to his home.
"Videl!" Gohan yelled through the house, "I have a surprise for you!"
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"Tay-chan, could you please clear the table?" Videl asked the little girl.
"Hai, Kaasan!" she jumped up and quickly gathered the dishes and walked to the sink. Just as she reached it, Goku teleported into the room, surprising them all.
"Ohayo!! I'm supposed to bring over these cookies from Chi-Chi." Videl looked into the plate to see nothing there.
"Where are they all?" she asked.
"I kinda ate them all on the way here," he sheepishly grinned. Just then Gohan and Videl jumped in front of Taylor as she walked back. "What's that?" Goku asked, "what are you hiding?"
"Nothing!!" They blocked his path as he tried to move around them. Suddenly, Goku dropped under them and stared at the little girl in front of him.
"Ossu, who are you?" Goku looked at her.
"Watashi wa Son Taylor, " she said, hiding behind Gohan's leg. Goku looked up as Gohan slapped his forehead and sighed.
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"Are you sure about this?" Videl asked Taylor, who turned around and faced her.
"Hai, Okaasan. Don't worry about me, " she slung her bag over her shoulder.
"Promise me you'll be careful," Gohan told her.
"You know me," she smirked.
"I know," he said, "promise!!" he emphasized, making her chuckle.
"Sayonara, Otousan, Okaasan, " she turned around to leave, "We'll meet again," she whispered before taking off into the forest.
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"Okay, so what you're saying is that, basically, I have another granddaughter..." said Chi-Chi, receiving nods from Gohan and Videl. Chi-Chi moved her eyes towards Goku, "you knew about this?" she asked, surprisingly calm, and Goku nodded his head fearfully. Suddenly, she jumped up and started to choke him. "And you didn't tell me?!" she yelled in his face.
Taylor sat in the corner, by herself watching the humorous scene.
"Poor Ojiisan," she thought. Goten glanced over to Taylor and noticed her amused expression.
She's probably the only one who's not going to be afraid of Mom when she's on a warpath, he thought to himself. Suddenly, he noticed that Taylor had gotten up. She looked at her watch.
"Well, it's getting late. It was really cool to meet up with everyone again, but I have to get back home, I'll see ya'll later!" she picked up her bag and walked out the door.
"You think she got lost yet?" Goten asked everyone. Just then, Taylor walked back in. She walked up to Gohan and Videl, and she hugged them.
"Ja! And you know you should really make a map or something! It's really easy for someone to get lost in here. It'd be a lot easier for someone to leave by just going out the window, ja ne, minna!!" She jumped off the balcony, facing them. Everyone ran out to see if she was okay. Suddenly, she popped her head up from the lower floor.
"Nani? Did you miss me already?" she smirked and jumped off and grabbed the drain pipe. As she slid down it and landed _safely_ on the ground, she waved up at them before turning and leaving.
"I'll go with her," said Goten and jumped down. As soon as he caught up with her, he asked some questions he couldn't exactly say in front of everyone.
"So, you're my niece?" he asked, making her laugh.
"No, of course not!! Look, just think of your family as a hotel, and I'm just crashing in!" she explained, "Well, here we are!" she pointed to a very large, very hidden, very decorated, tree house. It reminded Goten of the royal boat that Cleopatra had sailed in. (Yeah, that's right, he was actually paying attention in class that day. ;) )
"You live here?" asked Goten, receiving a nod of recognition from her. Suddenly, Sheik jumped down from the tree house.
"Konni, Sheik!" she greeted the woman, but received no reply. Taylor started to walk up to her, but was stopped when she held up a small tube. Sheik quickly put her mouth to it and sent a dart flying towards Taylor from the tube. It injected into her neck, leaving her on the brink of consciousness. A portal appeared behind Sheik, and she disappeared through it after giving Taylor a cold stare. Taylor was rendered unconscious as the substance in the dart coursed through her veins. Goten rushed to her side and caught her before she fell to the ground. Pulling the dart out of her neck, he rushed her back to Capsule Corp. before it was too late.
Gohan was walking through the woods, getting home after chopping down some fire wood. His Saiya-jin hearing picked up on a noise to his left, it sounded like a whimper. He made his way towards whatever it was until he could make out _what_ it was. It was a child, sitting on a tree stump hugging their knees. He could barely make out what they were saying because they were talking so softly.
"Why did you leave me, Toby-chan? I'm all alone, no one wants me anymore. Where'd you go?" Gohan managed to hear. As he got closer he could see that the child was a little girl, about five years old, from what he could tell. He walked up to her and looked her in the eye.
"Ohayo, dooshite?" he asked her.
"Toby's gone, he left me alone." she replied. Gohan sat down next to her, and put down the firewood.
"How long ago did he leave you?" he asked.
"About a year ago." she sat Indian-style and faced him, rocking back and forth. Gohan stopped resting and sat up abruptly.
"Nani?! You've been by yourself for a year?!" he shouted, causing her to wince at his booming voice.
"Gomen," he apologized. she rubbed her ear while laughing softly.
"You're funny, I like you, mister," she smiled up at him.
"Do you have any place to go?" he knelt down next to her. As she shook her head, he hoiste4d up the firewood on his shoulder and stood up.
"Do you want to come live with me?" he offered. Answering him, she climbed up his leg and onto his free shoulder. As Gohan walked home with the little girl on his shoulder, she tried to catch a butterfly that was passing by. It landed on her nose making her sneeze. Gohan chuckled softly and opened the door to his home.
"Videl!" Gohan yelled through the house, "I have a surprise for you!"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Tay-chan, could you please clear the table?" Videl asked the little girl.
"Hai, Kaasan!" she jumped up and quickly gathered the dishes and walked to the sink. Just as she reached it, Goku teleported into the room, surprising them all.
"Ohayo!! I'm supposed to bring over these cookies from Chi-Chi." Videl looked into the plate to see nothing there.
"Where are they all?" she asked.
"I kinda ate them all on the way here," he sheepishly grinned. Just then Gohan and Videl jumped in front of Taylor as she walked back. "What's that?" Goku asked, "what are you hiding?"
"Nothing!!" They blocked his path as he tried to move around them. Suddenly, Goku dropped under them and stared at the little girl in front of him.
"Ossu, who are you?" Goku looked at her.
"Watashi wa Son Taylor, " she said, hiding behind Gohan's leg. Goku looked up as Gohan slapped his forehead and sighed.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Are you sure about this?" Videl asked Taylor, who turned around and faced her.
"Hai, Okaasan. Don't worry about me, " she slung her bag over her shoulder.
"Promise me you'll be careful," Gohan told her.
"You know me," she smirked.
"I know," he said, "promise!!" he emphasized, making her chuckle.
"Sayonara, Otousan, Okaasan, " she turned around to leave, "We'll meet again," she whispered before taking off into the forest.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Okay, so what you're saying is that, basically, I have another granddaughter..." said Chi-Chi, receiving nods from Gohan and Videl. Chi-Chi moved her eyes towards Goku, "you knew about this?" she asked, surprisingly calm, and Goku nodded his head fearfully. Suddenly, she jumped up and started to choke him. "And you didn't tell me?!" she yelled in his face.
Taylor sat in the corner, by herself watching the humorous scene.
"Poor Ojiisan," she thought. Goten glanced over to Taylor and noticed her amused expression.
She's probably the only one who's not going to be afraid of Mom when she's on a warpath, he thought to himself. Suddenly, he noticed that Taylor had gotten up. She looked at her watch.
"Well, it's getting late. It was really cool to meet up with everyone again, but I have to get back home, I'll see ya'll later!" she picked up her bag and walked out the door.
"You think she got lost yet?" Goten asked everyone. Just then, Taylor walked back in. She walked up to Gohan and Videl, and she hugged them.
"Ja! And you know you should really make a map or something! It's really easy for someone to get lost in here. It'd be a lot easier for someone to leave by just going out the window, ja ne, minna!!" She jumped off the balcony, facing them. Everyone ran out to see if she was okay. Suddenly, she popped her head up from the lower floor.
"Nani? Did you miss me already?" she smirked and jumped off and grabbed the drain pipe. As she slid down it and landed _safely_ on the ground, she waved up at them before turning and leaving.
"I'll go with her," said Goten and jumped down. As soon as he caught up with her, he asked some questions he couldn't exactly say in front of everyone.
"So, you're my niece?" he asked, making her laugh.
"No, of course not!! Look, just think of your family as a hotel, and I'm just crashing in!" she explained, "Well, here we are!" she pointed to a very large, very hidden, very decorated, tree house. It reminded Goten of the royal boat that Cleopatra had sailed in. (Yeah, that's right, he was actually paying attention in class that day. ;) )
"You live here?" asked Goten, receiving a nod of recognition from her. Suddenly, Sheik jumped down from the tree house.
"Konni, Sheik!" she greeted the woman, but received no reply. Taylor started to walk up to her, but was stopped when she held up a small tube. Sheik quickly put her mouth to it and sent a dart flying towards Taylor from the tube. It injected into her neck, leaving her on the brink of consciousness. A portal appeared behind Sheik, and she disappeared through it after giving Taylor a cold stare. Taylor was rendered unconscious as the substance in the dart coursed through her veins. Goten rushed to her side and caught her before she fell to the ground. Pulling the dart out of her neck, he rushed her back to Capsule Corp. before it was too late.
