I had to do this chapter without any help from my friends. I was relying on my pathetic memory when writing this. This chapter is short, stupid, and boring, like me ^_^;;.

I OWN DBZ!! Not… ^_^;; I didn't get it for Christmas, instead I got a lot of makeup which I'll never use. (Imagine… a 15-year-old girl who doesn't like makeup or hair accessories… I'm not weird, it's everyone else who is.)

'____' means thinking

(____) means author notes

"____" means talking (duh!!)


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As the Z warriors stood, awaiting the Saiya-jins, Ami was trying to psyche herself up for her first real battle. She was fairly sure that she could handle a Sai-ba man, maybe even survive for a few minutes against Nappa. Ami stepped out of hiding and went to stand by Gohan and her sensei.

Yamcha blinked as he saw a little girl walk over and stand between Gohan and Piccolo. 'How can those kids not be scared of him? Those kids have more guts than I do.

"Hey, kid!" Ami looked over and saw Krillen talking to her.

"What?"

"What are you doing here? Don't you know there's going to be a battle soon?"

Ami rolled her eyes, "No, ya think?"

"Don't you think that you'll be outclassed and hurt?" Krillen didn't want to mention death around the two four-year-olds there.

"I know I'm outclassed. I may not even die. Hell, all of us are out classed. That doesn't mean that I won't fight. It's my duty as a student of Piccolo-san to try my hardest to win, then try harder." (I know it's corny. I'm on an anime-high. I've been reading and watching Ranma and DBZ, Lord Slug Movie for the last several hours. ^_^;;)

Krillen sighed as he saw that if she really was a student of Piccolo's, then she had learned his stubbornness as well as martial arts.

Ami mentally reviewed her sparring sessions.

Within a quarter of an hour, Nappa and Vegeta landed.

Ami reached out with her ki to see just how much more their power surpassed her own, so that she'd know how long she'd last.

Her eyes widened. (Pretty impressive feet seeing as how she has those huge anime eyes to start with. ^_^;;)

She was as powerful, if not more, than Nappa!

Vegeta could beat her to a pulp, definitely, but she could hold her own against Nappa!

She quenched her immediate worries and gave a smirk that mirrored Vegeta's

"Oh man, where's Goku when you need him?" Ami's Saiya-jin hearing heard Tien mutter.

(Please bear with me. It's been at least three years since I saw these episodes. Please count all the things that are different from the episodes as changes in the DBZ-verse due to Ami's arrival. K? Thanx. ^_^)

"Well, well, well. What do we have here? Two baldies, a clown, a Namek-he must have been the one to help Kakarotto kill Raditsu-,a Saiya-jin wannabe, and two brats. Heh. Not much of a challenge if you ask me," Nappa said.

"Where's Kakarotto?" Vegeta said, glaring around.

"Good question, Vegeta." Nappa glanced at the Z warriors again, "Well? Where is he?"

"If you mean Goku, he'll be along soon enough," Piccolo said calmly.

"Nappa," Vegeta snapped, "Do you have any of those Sai-ba men left?"

"Uh…" Nappa's face was even more blank then usual. (Is that possible?) "Yeah." He pulled out an odd bottle. "I have six left."

Vegeta trained hid scouter on them. Ami quickly powered down as low as she could. "Don't even bother wasting any on the girl. Her power is only 31. We could hold a tournament with the others, though."

"Fine by me." Nappa started planting the seeds.

The Z warriors except Ami tensed up. Gohan looked even more worried then Krillen. Ami kept the trademark Veggie smirk on her face. She struck up a Ranma battle stance (In other words, she stood strait, with her arms crossed). Choutsu, Tien, and Piccolo got into offensive stances. Krillen and Yamcha got into defensive. Gohan stood with his elbows bent, and his fists raised to his sides.

The Sai-ba men erupted out of the ground.

Gohan and Krillen near panicked. Everyone except Ami went into defensive unless they were already in that.

Nappa dusted off his hands. "So, who'll be the first victim?"

Yamcha stepped forward. "I'll be first, and I'm prepared to win."

Nappa nodded at the Sai-ba man at the end of the line. "Get him."

Ami watched on as she saw the battle, which she had seen on TV so many times, that she wanted to scream. She really wished now that she had paid more attention to those earlier battles, but she wasn't as big a DBZ fan then as she was when she arrived in this world.

She felt a pang of guilt as she saw Yamcha double over from a kink to the stomach. She should have warned him. She knew that he wasn't going to live through this fight.

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Like it? Hate it? Want to shower me with gifts for getting this chapter out? Want to shoot me out of a cannon? Review.

I can't say when the next chapter is coming out, I'll try to have it out asap. If any one know a site that has dialogue from the Saiya-jin saga and the site doesn't play music, please send it to me! Send it to BubblesRLJ@aol.com I check that s/n more often than any other.

Thank you so much senzubeans for the great reviews! ^_^ Absolute favorite story of all time? Dude, that's flattering. hehheh... Ami's ego is nearly as big as Veggie-chan's and Ranma's combined. Ami is now speaking about herself in third person. Ami is now crazy.

I need help for the next chapter!! My writer's block from the original posting of this has come back FULL FORCE!!! That writer's block lasted five and a half months. Like I said, I've been reduced to getting my info from the back of trading cards. I REALLY need dialogue.. L Any ideas and comments, please send them in an e-mail or review. ^_^ Arigato.

Writing crappy lists and bad poetry is much easier than trying to get my almost non-existent memory to work.

If anyone wants to see a pic of Ami, send me an e-mail at BubblesRLJ@aol.com. It may not be good, but that's because my scanner's broke and I've been drawing it on my comp. using the drawing in my notebook as a guide. Then I forgot where my book went. My scanner is not compatible with my computer. If it was, then I'd be posting up fanart on my friend's page. I've been drawing this pic since I got chapter three posted. ^_^ I'm proud of it.

Ja! ~_^

~Ami of Destiny