Chapter Fifteen



The flight to Norcrosss on the supply ship was long and crowded. There were no seats so they all had to sit on crates or pile on the floor. Lou on the other hand was beaming. After so many years of being a slave she kept asking if it was a dream.
"No, Lou," Videl said for the hundereth time. "it's not."
"Wow! As soon as I get to Norcom I'm going to see if they have any other Aquarians. I mean the last one I ever saw was like seconds before the planet blew up and that was my daddy, Babalou." Lou went on. "Then I want to get a place by the water. I know! We can be roommates! That is if you want to."
"Okey." Videl giggled. "I'm sure we can find a nice lake side house of one by the ocean."
Lou smiled. "Well I'm broke. Master- my former master- took everything I had. Did you thank Gohan for me? For giving me the money to get here?"
Videl wrapped her arms around her shoulders. "We'll get by."
The ship lurched and a voice came on over an intercom. "Welcome to Norcross. Now get off!"
Videl and the other girls all lifted their bags and walked out the back cargo doors. Norcross was busy and a tall male qualeese waved to them.
"All to Norcom over here!" he yelled. "I'm Queep. Get on the ship quickly. We'll be there in a half hour if we move fast."
Onto another ship they all got on and smiled in joy. This ship at least had seats. They all buckled up and Queep took them right off. Sure enough, in a half hour they landed. Lou and Videl walked out into sunlight and onto the green grass of Norcom.
It was beautifull.
The landing pad was in the center of a small village. The houses were round capsule houses and Videl thought she was back on Earth for a monent. Behind the houses were cattle and feilds filled to the brim with ripe fruit.
A tall blur haired woman walked up with a short green frog like woman. Queep walked up next to her.
"Okey, listen up!" the blue haired woman said getting their attention. "I am Bulma Breifs and this is Queep and Dankey. "The frog girl waved. "If you are Qualeese, Oper or Houscans please go with Queep. He'll take you to your colinies. Any fangos or subspecies with Dankey."
The girls scatterd and walked off till Videl and Lou were the only ones left. Bulma smiled. "Looks like you two are with me."
"I am videl Satan. Earthling. And this is Lou an Aquarian." Videl said.
Bulma did a double take at Lou. "We don't get many like you around here."
"Are there others?" she asked hopefully."
"A few." Bulma nodded. "Over by the river. Want to meet them?"
Lou jumped up and down like an excited school girl. "Do you mind?" she asked Videl.
"Go on."
Lou turned back to Bulma who gave her directions. Lou darted off yelling to Videl to get a spot by the water.
"Hyper isn't she?" Bulma laughed. Videl nodded and Bulma turned back to her. "It's good to finaly meet you, Videl."
"Huh?"
"I was a good friend with Yamcha." she explained.
Something clicked in Videls mind. The blue haired girl in all of those photographs at Roshis house.
Bulma saw the questions pileing up in Videls eyes. "Come on. I'll explain everything."

"So Yamcha warned you of the possible invasion and you built ships based on Piccolos namekian ship." Videl said.
"Yes." Bulma said drinking her soda.
Videl had been show around the village and discovered her worst fears were confirmed. All her family was in fact dead. Bulma had shown her a memorial the other Earthlings had built in remembering their lost. It was sweet but videl already guessed her dad was dead before she got there. Now the pair sat down in Bulmas capsule house to talk.
"I wish we could have met before." Bulma said. "But I was so darn busy building the ships."
"And I was training non stop."
"Well, tell me how you got from there to here. I'm dying to know."
Videl sat back and started her tale. How she met Lou on the ship and been taken to the auction. Then her being sold to Gohan after he saw her deck Remon. How they made the deal, he'd let her enter the tournoment if she showed him how to read power levels. She talked of training, learning to cook sayjin meals and the memories flew back. Their arguments, battles, tending to his wounds, gossiping at the fountian. That sweet long night together when they made love (She didn't tell Bulma that, of course.).
Then she told her how she faught in the tournoment and Gohan paid her and Lous way here. Basicaly what a great friend he was.
When Videl was done she saw Bulma was staring at her oddly.
"What is it?" Videl asked.
"Nothing, nothing at all, but . . . " Bulma paused as if not sure what to say. "You love him, don't you?"
Videls eyes widened in suprise. At first she thought of lying and saying she was wrong, but knew she couldn't. "Yes." she gushed. "I do."
"Then what in the H.F.I.L. are you doing here?!!" Bulma demanded slamming her hands down on the table. Videl jumped. "You'd be more happy with Gohan."
"But-"
"But he might not love you back?" Bulma said reading her mind. "Pul-lease. It doesn't matter what species a man is, he only does the stuff you descibed if he iscrazy about you."
"See he-"
"He is a sayjin whos race is responsible for killings across the entire universe. Hey, the sayjin race is also known for mating for life and from what I can tell you two, uh, you know."
Videl blushed to the roots of her hair. "That's privite!"
"I'll bet." Bulma smirked. "I know we just met but I know when I see a girl in love. I felt the same with Yamcha once. So many come here thinking that they can pick up where they left off of this is where they belong. For some people, like Lou, that is true. Others it's not. You spent what? Sixteen years on earth and three months on sayjins planet Vegeta. Which would you want back again?"