Emotions, Time Travel and Love
Chapter Two
On the top of a peaceful hill, Piccolo sat up. He'd been sensing the power surge or hours now. It had been growing larger as the hours passed. He sat up, brushed the dirt from his cape and flew toward ChiChi's house. Outside he found Vegeta, Goku, Gohan, Yamcha and Krillion.
"Hey Piccolo, whats up?" asked Krillion as Piccolo flew toward them. His happy smile faded as he saw the look on Piccolo's face. "Woah, I doubt if this is good news."
"Why'd I have to come here today?" Vegeta asked himself for the billionth time. "Just to keep that damned woman happy, and now a new problem."
"There's a big power surge over near the Green Mountains." said Piccolo quickly. "I think we should check it out."
Vegeta laughed hoarsely. "You really think there's something so important out there that it involves ALL of us to go?" he asked snidely.
Goke shrugged, his eternal smile never fading. "I guess Krillion and Yamcha could stay here and bring the girls home." he said, but one look at Yamcha's scowl brought a nervous laugh to his throat. "Hehehe...ummm....I mean that Yamcha and Krillion could stay here incase we need backup."
"Good." said Piccolo, and he surveyed the remaining 3 fighters. "Let's go now."
The thoughtless Goku speeded off into the air, as always forgetting to say good bye to his wife, his son following him. "Woman, I'm leaving so bring the brat home!" yelled Vegeta.
"You're leaving?" asked Bulma loudly from inside the house. "Bestill my heart, I almost cared!"
Vegeta rolled his eyes and sped away, leaving a fine trail of dust on Yamcha and Krillion.
"You know, I get the impression that they don't appreciate us!" said Yamcha.
Krillion raised an eyebrow...(he has an eyebrow right!?)..."Well duh."
*****
The four fighters dropped into a clearing in the mountains about 4 hours after leaving ChiChi's house. Vegeta looked around and shook his head.
"Piccolo, I don't think this is the right place." he said with scorn.
Goku turned to Vegeta with a smile. "What, you can't sense the immense power here?" he asked. Vegeta's lip curled. "Of course I can sense it, Kakarott." he said haughtily. "But the power isnt even that large, compared to mine."
Gohan roled his eyes. "Yeah, right." he said, and quicly turned his head as a small movement in the bushes caught his eye.
"What?" asked Piccolo, following Gohan's line of sight.
"I thought I saw something." he murmedred quietly, and he started to moved toward the bush silently. He thruust his hand into the bush.
A small blur of white and green scrambled form the bush and into the clearing. "Grab it!" yelled Piccolo, and Gohan snatched the small thing and held tight.
"RAaaaaahhhhhhh LET ME GO!!!!" it screamed, its voice high and shrill. The small thing thrashed about wildly.
"My God, it sounds exactly like Bulma!" thought Vegeta, and he wincede as the thing let lose another animal cry. Gohan lifted the thing totally off the ground to get a better look at it.
"It's just a kid!" cried Vegeta outright, and he laughed. "This is the source of the power surge?"
The little girl was about as tall as Goten and probably as old, although it was hard to tell because she was fighting Gohan tooth-and-nail to get loose. She had the starngest long white hair and large green eyes, which latched her torn green dress and dirty green jacket. She would have been cute if she hadn't been so angry.
"Let me go Gohan, LET ME GO!" she screamed, and Gohan nearly dropped her.
"How does she know your name?" asked Goku, and Gohan shrugged and answered, "I have no idea!"
"Of course I'd know your name, you big meanie!" she screamed and wrenched free one of her fingers and scratching his arm before he could get a hold on her again. "Let me go, you promised that once we got here you'd leave me alone!"
"I think the brat has lost it." said Vegeta dryly, no longer amused by the child. "Let her lose. I wan to know if she's seen anything nearby."
Gohan struggled and got a better hold on the child. "If I let you go, don't run away because I'll catch you." he siad sternly. She nodded, her lip curled in disguist against Gohan.
"Fine."
He let her go and she just stood there, and no one said anything for a moment. Finally the little girl said "Why are you all back so early? I thought you said you wanted to have fun?"
"What?" asked Piccolo, and the little girl jumped, a true look of fear crossing her features.
"Ah I-I was just wondering why you were back so early." she mumbled, keeping her eyes downcast and only darting quick looks in his direction.
"Hey kiddo, you don't have to be scared of us." said Gohan. The little girl looked up at Gohan, disbelief in her eyes. Suddenly her eyes narrowed and became suspicious, and she leaned in close to Gohan, squinting.
"You...you look like Gohan-" she said, sizing him up. "-but....but your not...."
"Of course I am." he said nervously, for the little child was getting creepy. She poked him with a pudgy finger and smiled when she hit his chest.
"But your not a hologram, so what are you?" she said to no one in particular. "You say your Gohan, but your not the Gohan that I know." She shrugger and tucked her white hair behind her ears.
Piccolo, Goku and Gohan gasped. Even Vegeta looked amazed. "Her ears..." Vegeta said quietly, his voice low and mistified. "Her ears look like those of the Nameks...."
Piccolo looked at that and at her sleeve. On it was the Capsule Corp logo, dimmed by dirt but unmistakable. "What's going on here?" he said, his voice loud and angry. But none of the fighters payed attention to him because at that moment the little girl let out series of shrill cries and ducked her head as a glowing yellow orb of light surronded them and turned the world into a world of endless white that slowly dimmed....
*****
Bulma set down the blue tablecloth and smoothed it happily, smiling to herself. Vegeta would be home soon, and this was was one of those (very few) times that she was happy he was late coming home. She had wanted to make a romantic dinner for him, since he's been in such a good mood that morning. They'd even had a couple of their normal fights at ChiChi's!
Thunder crashed outside her house and she shivered. Lightening lit up the kistchen a minute before all the lights went out. "Shit." she said and lit a candle. It cast eerie shadows on the walls and made Bulma shiver even more.
A loud crash outside made her jump. The sound of footsteps dres her to the hallway. "Vegeta?" she asked quietly into the darkness.
*****
"Goten, Videl, would you please go and grab some candles?" asked ChiChi as the lights flickered and suddenly died. Both of them nodded (which really didn't help because of the blackout) and quickly left the kitchen. The blackout didn't bother ChiChi, at all, for she'd just recently gotten elctricty anyway.
A loud bang outside made ChiChi look up. She knew it wasn't lightening. "Goku?" she asked, clutching the two candlesticks in her hand but not letting her voice waver. "Gohan?"
Two figures walked into the kitchen, and ChiChi immesiatly breathed a sigh of relief. "Ah, you two scared me for a minute there." she said, puttin the candlesticks down and turning to her husband and son. She frowned. "When did you two get changed?"
Both of them were wearing black spandex suits, and ChiChi figured that Bulmla must have maede another suit for them to wear when they fought. Goku nudged Gohan, who cleared his throat. "Umm...we stopped by a friends house...Mom." he said, his voice sounding strangely like he was trying hard not to laugh. ChiChi's frown deepened.
"I don't want to hear about the fun things you two must have been doing when I need you to help." she said, and turned to them. "Now, I need you both to go check our generator, get candle and matches, gather firewood, go out and take the clothes off the clothesline, shut all the windows and get water from the well."
Goku laughed outright, but it wasn't his normal cheery laugh. "I don't think so." he said, and sat down in a chair and put up his feet. "What's for dinner?"
"Dinner?!" yelled ChiChi. "We had dinner HOURS ago! And I do not plan to make a second one."
Goku looked at her, clearly baffled. "You will do what I say, I am your husband after all." he said, standing up and hovering above ChiChi. The woman merely laughed and turned away from him.
"Yeah, cut the crap Goku." she said. "If you want leftovers there's some in the fridge."
Gohan pulled open the fridge, grabbed a container and tried its contents. "Blech!" he exclaimed, and threw the whole thing on the floor. "I'd rather have dirt!"
ChiChi grinded her teeth. "You WILL pick up that mess!" she said
Gohan flashed her a sinister smile and put his foot in the mess, grinding it into the floor. "You wanna make me old woman?" he asked, his eyes narrowing and laughing at her.
"What is wriong with-!"
"Mom, we couldn't find that many candles!" cut in Goten as he bounced into the kitchen. He stopped short as he saw the strange sigh in front of him. Videl walked into the room, also surprised.
"Well hello there." said Goku with a smile, and he walked over to Videl. "You are a very sexy young girl."
"WHAT!?"
"Mom?" asked Goten, uncertain about his mothers scream and curious as to what the word "sexy" meant. Videl blushed but still replied angrily.
"You dirty man! You're wife is right in front of you!"
Goku laughed. "That aging, plain woman?" he said scornfully with a laugh. "HA, she's only good for cooking and cleaning, two things that she refuses to do at the moment! Besides, I bet Gohan wouldn't mind having a go at you too, would you Gohan?"
Gohan looked her over and whistled. "Not bad at all." he said with an evil laugh. "Of course, I could get better, but a couple of rounds wouldn't be bad."
"GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!" screeched ChiChi. "And don't you dare come back!"
Goku shrugged. "We wouldn't want to come back here anyway, it's no fun." he said, walking out the door with Gohan, who turned around and winked at Videl.
"You wanna come?" he asked, and laughed as she slammed the door in his face.
Chapter Two
On the top of a peaceful hill, Piccolo sat up. He'd been sensing the power surge or hours now. It had been growing larger as the hours passed. He sat up, brushed the dirt from his cape and flew toward ChiChi's house. Outside he found Vegeta, Goku, Gohan, Yamcha and Krillion.
"Hey Piccolo, whats up?" asked Krillion as Piccolo flew toward them. His happy smile faded as he saw the look on Piccolo's face. "Woah, I doubt if this is good news."
"Why'd I have to come here today?" Vegeta asked himself for the billionth time. "Just to keep that damned woman happy, and now a new problem."
"There's a big power surge over near the Green Mountains." said Piccolo quickly. "I think we should check it out."
Vegeta laughed hoarsely. "You really think there's something so important out there that it involves ALL of us to go?" he asked snidely.
Goke shrugged, his eternal smile never fading. "I guess Krillion and Yamcha could stay here and bring the girls home." he said, but one look at Yamcha's scowl brought a nervous laugh to his throat. "Hehehe...ummm....I mean that Yamcha and Krillion could stay here incase we need backup."
"Good." said Piccolo, and he surveyed the remaining 3 fighters. "Let's go now."
The thoughtless Goku speeded off into the air, as always forgetting to say good bye to his wife, his son following him. "Woman, I'm leaving so bring the brat home!" yelled Vegeta.
"You're leaving?" asked Bulma loudly from inside the house. "Bestill my heart, I almost cared!"
Vegeta rolled his eyes and sped away, leaving a fine trail of dust on Yamcha and Krillion.
"You know, I get the impression that they don't appreciate us!" said Yamcha.
Krillion raised an eyebrow...(he has an eyebrow right!?)..."Well duh."
*****
The four fighters dropped into a clearing in the mountains about 4 hours after leaving ChiChi's house. Vegeta looked around and shook his head.
"Piccolo, I don't think this is the right place." he said with scorn.
Goku turned to Vegeta with a smile. "What, you can't sense the immense power here?" he asked. Vegeta's lip curled. "Of course I can sense it, Kakarott." he said haughtily. "But the power isnt even that large, compared to mine."
Gohan roled his eyes. "Yeah, right." he said, and quicly turned his head as a small movement in the bushes caught his eye.
"What?" asked Piccolo, following Gohan's line of sight.
"I thought I saw something." he murmedred quietly, and he started to moved toward the bush silently. He thruust his hand into the bush.
A small blur of white and green scrambled form the bush and into the clearing. "Grab it!" yelled Piccolo, and Gohan snatched the small thing and held tight.
"RAaaaaahhhhhhh LET ME GO!!!!" it screamed, its voice high and shrill. The small thing thrashed about wildly.
"My God, it sounds exactly like Bulma!" thought Vegeta, and he wincede as the thing let lose another animal cry. Gohan lifted the thing totally off the ground to get a better look at it.
"It's just a kid!" cried Vegeta outright, and he laughed. "This is the source of the power surge?"
The little girl was about as tall as Goten and probably as old, although it was hard to tell because she was fighting Gohan tooth-and-nail to get loose. She had the starngest long white hair and large green eyes, which latched her torn green dress and dirty green jacket. She would have been cute if she hadn't been so angry.
"Let me go Gohan, LET ME GO!" she screamed, and Gohan nearly dropped her.
"How does she know your name?" asked Goku, and Gohan shrugged and answered, "I have no idea!"
"Of course I'd know your name, you big meanie!" she screamed and wrenched free one of her fingers and scratching his arm before he could get a hold on her again. "Let me go, you promised that once we got here you'd leave me alone!"
"I think the brat has lost it." said Vegeta dryly, no longer amused by the child. "Let her lose. I wan to know if she's seen anything nearby."
Gohan struggled and got a better hold on the child. "If I let you go, don't run away because I'll catch you." he siad sternly. She nodded, her lip curled in disguist against Gohan.
"Fine."
He let her go and she just stood there, and no one said anything for a moment. Finally the little girl said "Why are you all back so early? I thought you said you wanted to have fun?"
"What?" asked Piccolo, and the little girl jumped, a true look of fear crossing her features.
"Ah I-I was just wondering why you were back so early." she mumbled, keeping her eyes downcast and only darting quick looks in his direction.
"Hey kiddo, you don't have to be scared of us." said Gohan. The little girl looked up at Gohan, disbelief in her eyes. Suddenly her eyes narrowed and became suspicious, and she leaned in close to Gohan, squinting.
"You...you look like Gohan-" she said, sizing him up. "-but....but your not...."
"Of course I am." he said nervously, for the little child was getting creepy. She poked him with a pudgy finger and smiled when she hit his chest.
"But your not a hologram, so what are you?" she said to no one in particular. "You say your Gohan, but your not the Gohan that I know." She shrugger and tucked her white hair behind her ears.
Piccolo, Goku and Gohan gasped. Even Vegeta looked amazed. "Her ears..." Vegeta said quietly, his voice low and mistified. "Her ears look like those of the Nameks...."
Piccolo looked at that and at her sleeve. On it was the Capsule Corp logo, dimmed by dirt but unmistakable. "What's going on here?" he said, his voice loud and angry. But none of the fighters payed attention to him because at that moment the little girl let out series of shrill cries and ducked her head as a glowing yellow orb of light surronded them and turned the world into a world of endless white that slowly dimmed....
*****
Bulma set down the blue tablecloth and smoothed it happily, smiling to herself. Vegeta would be home soon, and this was was one of those (very few) times that she was happy he was late coming home. She had wanted to make a romantic dinner for him, since he's been in such a good mood that morning. They'd even had a couple of their normal fights at ChiChi's!
Thunder crashed outside her house and she shivered. Lightening lit up the kistchen a minute before all the lights went out. "Shit." she said and lit a candle. It cast eerie shadows on the walls and made Bulma shiver even more.
A loud crash outside made her jump. The sound of footsteps dres her to the hallway. "Vegeta?" she asked quietly into the darkness.
*****
"Goten, Videl, would you please go and grab some candles?" asked ChiChi as the lights flickered and suddenly died. Both of them nodded (which really didn't help because of the blackout) and quickly left the kitchen. The blackout didn't bother ChiChi, at all, for she'd just recently gotten elctricty anyway.
A loud bang outside made ChiChi look up. She knew it wasn't lightening. "Goku?" she asked, clutching the two candlesticks in her hand but not letting her voice waver. "Gohan?"
Two figures walked into the kitchen, and ChiChi immesiatly breathed a sigh of relief. "Ah, you two scared me for a minute there." she said, puttin the candlesticks down and turning to her husband and son. She frowned. "When did you two get changed?"
Both of them were wearing black spandex suits, and ChiChi figured that Bulmla must have maede another suit for them to wear when they fought. Goku nudged Gohan, who cleared his throat. "Umm...we stopped by a friends house...Mom." he said, his voice sounding strangely like he was trying hard not to laugh. ChiChi's frown deepened.
"I don't want to hear about the fun things you two must have been doing when I need you to help." she said, and turned to them. "Now, I need you both to go check our generator, get candle and matches, gather firewood, go out and take the clothes off the clothesline, shut all the windows and get water from the well."
Goku laughed outright, but it wasn't his normal cheery laugh. "I don't think so." he said, and sat down in a chair and put up his feet. "What's for dinner?"
"Dinner?!" yelled ChiChi. "We had dinner HOURS ago! And I do not plan to make a second one."
Goku looked at her, clearly baffled. "You will do what I say, I am your husband after all." he said, standing up and hovering above ChiChi. The woman merely laughed and turned away from him.
"Yeah, cut the crap Goku." she said. "If you want leftovers there's some in the fridge."
Gohan pulled open the fridge, grabbed a container and tried its contents. "Blech!" he exclaimed, and threw the whole thing on the floor. "I'd rather have dirt!"
ChiChi grinded her teeth. "You WILL pick up that mess!" she said
Gohan flashed her a sinister smile and put his foot in the mess, grinding it into the floor. "You wanna make me old woman?" he asked, his eyes narrowing and laughing at her.
"What is wriong with-!"
"Mom, we couldn't find that many candles!" cut in Goten as he bounced into the kitchen. He stopped short as he saw the strange sigh in front of him. Videl walked into the room, also surprised.
"Well hello there." said Goku with a smile, and he walked over to Videl. "You are a very sexy young girl."
"WHAT!?"
"Mom?" asked Goten, uncertain about his mothers scream and curious as to what the word "sexy" meant. Videl blushed but still replied angrily.
"You dirty man! You're wife is right in front of you!"
Goku laughed. "That aging, plain woman?" he said scornfully with a laugh. "HA, she's only good for cooking and cleaning, two things that she refuses to do at the moment! Besides, I bet Gohan wouldn't mind having a go at you too, would you Gohan?"
Gohan looked her over and whistled. "Not bad at all." he said with an evil laugh. "Of course, I could get better, but a couple of rounds wouldn't be bad."
"GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!" screeched ChiChi. "And don't you dare come back!"
Goku shrugged. "We wouldn't want to come back here anyway, it's no fun." he said, walking out the door with Gohan, who turned around and winked at Videl.
"You wanna come?" he asked, and laughed as she slammed the door in his face.
