Disclaimer: Nope, still don't own them. However, Kinira Sei, Freya Mowry, San Gin, Aki Randall, Jiji Banks, and Rochelle McPhereson are all MINE!!! Mwahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
Chapter Seven
Kinira looked up. The stars were very bright, tonight; much brighter than usual. It would have been comforting to anyone else, but it just made her homesick for her beautiful planet, Vegeta-Sei. Earth, however, was much more beautiful than Vegeta-Sei in anyone else's eyes. After all, Vegeta-Sei was a barren planet with many wastelands, but plenty of great hiding places, and a highly advanced technology that was invented by their neighboring race, the Touffles.
Often she would wonder what it would be like if Freiza had not destroyed her home planet, what life would be like. Well, firstly, she would be living not in the Capsule Corp. building, but in the beautiful palace that belonged to the royal family. She herself had never been inside the palace, but her mother had. She had often told her of it, and how wonderful a place it was. She had even given her a doll house that looked just like the Royal Palace of Vegeta-Sei, but she wasn't able to take it with her to Earth, which was quite a shame.
She didn't mind too much, though. In a way, Kinira was actually glad that she hadn't taken the doll house; one less thing to remind her how happy she was living with her mother on Vegeta-Sei. Then again, if her mother hadn't sent her away to Earth, she would have never known her father and become as strong as she was now. Also, the stars were never this clear back on Vegeta-Sei. For once, she was glad she could lie in the soft grass of planet Earth.
Suddenly, she saw her father staring down at her. "Still can't stand up?"
She weakly nodded. "Help," she whimpered. Vegeta rolled his eyes and roughly swung her over his shoulder, "Ow!" she screeched. "D'you have to be so rough???"
"Since when do you whine so much?" he asked as he walked inside Capsule Corp.
"Whine? Whine??? I am whining be cause I've just had the hardest day of blindfolded training in my life!" she yelled as Vegeta made his way up the stairs. "I am whining because I am sore like hell, and because my back is aching, my arms are on fire, and I can't feel my feet!"
"Just be grateful that this was your last day of blindfolded training. However, we can, go further into the training, if you want..." said Vegeta with a slight smirk.
"No way!" she yelled desperately. Vegeta laughed, opening Kinira's bedroom door. "I don't care how important it is to use all senses, I am never doing that again!"
He threw her down on the bed, "I hope you know how much stronger you are, now. I'll admit that you've actually begun to rely on you hearing more--it's a good start." He walked to the door frame, "You'll sleep well tonight." And with that, he turned off her light.
"Sleep..." she whispered into the darkness. "I'm too sore to sleep..."
Kinira dropped her books down on the lunch table that she regularly ate at and slumped down in her seat, burying her face in her folded arms. "Wow..." said Rochelle, seeing that Kinira's hair was much messier than usual.
"Kinira, you look awful!" said Freya. "What happened?"
She looked up at her friends from her slumped position. "What happened?" she repeated in slight anger/exasperation. "Let's just tally it all up, shall we? I am a Princess; I didn't get any sleep last night; I could barely get out of bed this morning; I didn't have time to eat breakfast; I have just ended a very strenuous week of training blindfolded as a punishment for putting those bakas in body-casts; I couldn't find my favorite boots this morning and am wearing panty-hose and black high-heels; I lost my homework; my hair is a mess; I am starved, sore, and a Saiyan. Don't mess with me, 'kay???" she said in a very cocky tone.
"So, you're not alright?" asked San.
"No, I am not!"
"What do you mean by 'blindfolded training?'" asked Jiji.
"Instead of being grounded my father decided to 'teach' me how to use my other senses. So, he blindfolded me and we trained under 450 times normal gravity. And unless I had more than three bruises and less than five, I had to run a lap around the city--literally!"
"Wow, you must feel really bad," said Aki. Kinira groaned and rested her forehead on her arms.
The sound of laughing boys lingered behind her, and was followed by an annoying boy's voice. "Hey, Kinira! Did ya fall asleep in a closet or somethin'?" The boys all laughed hysterically.
Pow! Kinira back-handed the boy who had made the remark without even looking up, sending him flying back into a tall tower of the R.D.I. Suddenly, she found herself bombarded with questions, especially from the boys. She then heard a familiar voice coming from behind her, shooing everyone else away.
"C'mon, you guys--get outta here! G'won--move; give the girl some privacy!" said the voice. She then felt a hand on her shoulder once everyone had seemed to be gone, "Sorry 'bout those guys--they're total idiots!"
She glanced up to see who this nice boy was, only to see that it was the transfer student, Trunks. Her face went slightly red, "Uh... Thanks," she managed to say.
"It's Kinira, right?" he asked.
"Uh... Lemme think..." said Kinira.
Trunks laughed slightly. "That was really amazing about what you did back there," he said with a smile. "Where'd you learn to fight like that?"
"U-Uh..." Kinira tried to say, but she seemed to have lost her voice in that moment. Just perfect! she thought angrily.
"She learned it from her father," said Freya.
Aki nodded, "That's right. Great fighting runs in her family, you know," she said.
Rochelle tucked a few curly green hairs behind her ear. "Actually, fighting is a part of her culture, her whole race. She's one of the very strongest."
"She's right," said Jiji. "Her father is really strong, too."
"In fact," added San. "That baka Hercule couldn't even lick her father's boots!"
"Really? Well, I don't find that too surprising. Hercule is just an out-dated fighter that talks out of his ass." Oh, my Kame... thought Kinira. He thinks Hercule is an asshole, too??? He turned to Kinira, "Are you gonna be in the World Martial Arts Tournament this year?"
"Y-Yeah..." Kinira stuttered.
"Great! So am I--maybe we'll end up fighting each other?"
Rochelle laughed, "Dude, she will so kick your butt--OW!" She was cut off by Kinira kicking her under the table--but not as hard as to break anything.
"Well, if we do fight," said Trunks. "Go easy on me, okay?"
"Don't count on it," Kinira said finally. She was suddenly surprised at what she had said, Now I can speak? she thought. She smiled inwardly, Just like a true Saiyan, she mused.
Trunks laughed again, "Aw, man, no mercy..." he said with mock depression. "So... You wanna do something after school?"
This was it--the time when every teenage girl either throws themselves at someone, or freezes and stutters like an idiot. You go ahead and guess what Kinira did! "Uh... Uhm... I... Ow!" She rubbed her shin where San had kicked her. She then noticed that Trunks was still waiting in anticipation. "... ...S-Sure... Yeah--I-I'd love to," she said. Yup, stuttered like an idiot.
"Great--3:30 sound good?" She nodded. "Cool; I'll see ya later," he said walking off.
"Okay!" Kinira called after him. She looked back at her friends.
"You're welcome!" they all said in unison.
"I can't believe that I'm actually doing this--what am I supposed to say???" Kinira asked as Aki tried to drag a brush through her hair. "Ouch! Would you watch it?!"
"It's not my fault that your hair is so impossible!" said Aki, her voice echoing around the girls' locker room. She and the rest of the girls were the only ones inside.
"I'm a Saiyan, dammit! What do you expect?!" she yelled. "Rochelle, did you find that extra pair of combat boots for me? They should've been in my locker."
"Nope," said Rochelle. "You're stuck in heels."
"Just great! I can't even walk in these..."
"Personally, I don't see how that's possible," said San. "You are a Princess, aren't you? Princesses are supposed to be graceful, aren't they?"
"Maybe Princesses on earth, but need I remind you that I am a Saiyan Princess? The only thing we're graceful about is fighting!"
"Kinira!" called Freya from the door. "Trunks is at R.D.I.'s front gate. You ready?"
"She's not ready!" called Aki.
"What are you talking about?" asked Kinira. "I'm totally fine. As long as I don't stutter, I'll be fine."
"You still need makeup," said Rochelle.
"Oh, for the love of Kame! I don't need makeup--"
"Don't be silly, you should at least put on some lipstick. Here, try this on; it's called 'Pearly Pink.'" She opened a tube of light pink lipstick.
"Rochelle, I hate pink, you know that!"
"You're right, you need 'Coral Red'! Here, hold still." Rochelle held Kinira's face still as she put the blood-red color on her lips. "Great! You look fabulous--now go get 'em!" She groaned and walked out to the front gate.
"Hi, Trunks!" Trunks looked up as Kinira sprinted up to him. "Sorry I'm late--WAAHH!!!" She stumbled and tripped right into Trunks' arms. Stupid heels...! she thought angrily. She then noticed the position she was in; Hmm, maybe they're not so bad, after all!
"Gohan!!!"
He turned around to see a curly-haired girl with purple eyes looking up at him, "Hey, Andrea..."
"I'm so glad you showed up," she said.
"Yeah... Well, I'm...glad you showed up," said Gohan, not knowing what else to say.
"Really???" asked Andrea.
"Gohan? Is that you?" Gohan turned around and saw Kinira standing behind him beside a boy with light purple hair.
He took a step backwards in surprise, "Kinira, what are you doing here?"
"I'm out with my friend, Trunks. Trunks, this is Gohan, and--apparently--his new girlfriend."
"Kinira!!!" cried Gohan. "She is not my girlfriend!!!"
The curly-haired girl looked teary. "Gohan... You jerk!!!"
"Look," Gohan whispered to Kinira. "She found out my secret about you-know-what and black-mailed me with telling everyone unless I went out with her."
so pathetic, Gohan," said Kinira, exasperated.
"Hey, why don't we all go out together?" suggested Trunks.
"So, you're dating, too?" asked Gohan slyly.
"Are you forgetting that I could easily blackmail you, too?" whispered Kinira.
"How about a movie?" said the curly-haired girl.
"Sure, movie sounds good. Is that okay, Kinira?" asked Trunks. Both Gohan and Kinira nodded.
Andrea looked up at the screen, where a very romantic scene was now playing. Her eyes watered with tears; Gohan was falling asleep beside her, Kinira was leaning her chin on her palm, trying desparately not to fall asleep--what would Trunks think? She then heard him laughing slightly beside her; she looked to her left and saw that he was throwing malted milk balls at people's heads.
"What are you doing?" she asked in a whisper.
"Watch this," he said. He took out a malted milk ball and threw it down to a man in front, leaning in to kiss the girl beside him. It hit him right on the head and he jumped up in surprise, yelling slightly. He fell down with a loud thud, causing many to start throwing popcorn and say 'Quiet down in front!' Trunks snickered slightly, "Wanna try?"
Kinira smirked and put a malted milk ball in her mouth. She sucked on it slightly for a moment, and spit it down a few rows into a woman's black hair. She screamed and tried to get it out, but it was stuck too well. They both laughed under their breath.
"Y'know, you're not quite what I expected," whispered Trunks.
"Really?" Kinira whispered back. "What'd you expect?"
He shrugged, "When I was new to the R.D.I., I heard a lot of rumours about you saying that you never said a word to anyone but your band, and that you were nothing but a stuck-up little rich girl that was arrogant and no fun at all."
"What??? Who'd you hear that from?" she asked, angrily.
"The same guys who were asking you if you slept in a closet," he said with a slight smirk. "Why? What are you gonna do?"
"Hurt them," she said simply. Trunks laughed.
"You jerk--you think I'm boring!" They both turned around to see a half-asleep Gohan staring after a running Andrea.
"W-Wait!" Gohan stuttered, running after her.
"Shall we?" asked Trunks.
"So, where do you think Gohan and Andera are?" asked Kinira.
"Making out behind a dumpster?" She laughed. "Hey--where's that smoke coming from?"
Kinira looked to where Trunks was pointing. "C'mon--let's go see!"
After running for a while, they came to a burning sky scraper, fire trucks all around. They spotted Gohan leaving Andrea alone as a yellow sky-copter landed on top of the building. This isn't gonna turn out well... thought Kinira. Oh... Now Gohan's gonna drop Andrea with some lame excuse and go help stop the fire in that retard costume! *sigh* No way I'm gonn let him handle this alone... But what about Trunks?
"Uh--I'll be right back, okay?" said Trunks, interrupting her thoughts; he then ran off. Where is he going...?
She stared after him for a moment, and then remembered the situation at hand--he had just given her time to help Gohan! But why did he want to leave so suddenly...? She scratched the back of her head for a moment. "Ah, well," she said with a shrug of her shoulders. "Never look a gift horse in the mouth..."
She was about to fly off, but she then remembered what had happened the last time she had shown her powers--and she had a black eye, arm, and foot to show for it! But then she noticed that there was a shiny hot pink and silver eye-mask on top of a nearby garbage can--it would cover her eyes just right! Without a second thought she put on the mask and flew off to the top of the building.
The hot embers rose up as she flew high above them. She landed on a safe spot on the roof, seeing that that Videl girl from last week was the one who owned the yellow chopper. Gohan was in sight, too, only he was wearing that rediculous Saiya-Man costume. What a dork... she thought in anger. "Yo! Saiya-Man!" Gohan looked over to see her.
"Kinira-- Er--I mean--uh--"(he changed the tone of his voice to a 'super hero.' "It's my partner in justice, the one and only Princess Ki!"
"WHAT?!" she screamed in disbelief and ripped off the mask. "I am not your partner in crime, you little liar!"
"Hey!" cried Videl. "It's that girl from before!"
"No shit!" she snapped with her arms crossed. She would have yelled more, but a great creek and crack cut her off. It was the water tower on top of the building, it's burning poles cracking under the weight of the water! "Look out!!!"
Videl screamed and sheilded her face with her forearm, waiting to be crushed, but nothing came. She then noticed that the only sound around were the sounds of the crackling embers. She looked up and saw the very same girl was hovering a few feet over her, holding the water tower over her head as if she were Superman, or something.
The girl looked down on her with a frown, "That's the second time I've saved your sorry butt," she spat. "This time, tell your baka father Hercule that I'm not saving his mutant spawn just because she's weaker than he was at the Cell Games! My family is sick of saving yours, got it?!"
Videl and the firemen on the roof watched in awe as this strange yet incredibly strong girl tossed up the water tower like it was nothing. "Hercule is a fraud--I am the strongest!!!" she said as she flew up and smashed the water tower into a million pieces, water pouring out everywhere, drowning the fire and turning it into smoke and ash.
Once the smoke had cleared, they all looked up to see the spiky-haired girl standing on a street lamp post, her hand on her hip and her hair blowing gracefully away from her face. "Hear me, now!" she cried out to everyone who could hear. "You've all been living a lie for the past seven years--ever since the Cell Games." Everyone gasped. "That's right, Hercule is not the true voctor of the Cell Games, and I have a disk to prove it." She reached into her shirt pocket andd pulled out a shiny disk, "This is a DVD of the Cell Games--the real Cell Games. I should know, after all. I was there; I remember." She tossed it to a nearby reporter who had been listening in. "Keep it, I've got plenty of copies." She then raised her hand to the crowd, "See ya 'round!" She then disappeared in the blink of an eye, with many murmurs of amazement going around.
"Trunks! There you are!" called Kinira, sprinting up to him. "I was wondering where you went."
Trunks gave a nervous laugh and put a hand on the back of his neck, "Hehe--well, I just had some--er--business to take care of. I didn't keep you waiting around too long, did I?"
She shook her head, "Nah, I managed to find something to occupy me." That wasn't too much of the truth... she thought. Trunks gave her a questioning look, lettin her know that she needed a good cover-up. "Walk me home?" Oh, yeah, she mused to herself. That was a real good excuse, Kinira!
Fortunately, he simply complied with her request and said "Sure!" Phew! she thought. That's one less worry off my royal mind!
"I had a really fun time, Trunks. What about you?" Kinira asked once they had reached her front door, the setting sun catching in her messy hair.
"I had a great time!" Trunks expressed. "Maybe we could do it again, some time?"
Is he asking me out, again??? she thought exitedly. She nodded, "Yeah, I'd like that."
"Great," he said, hugging her close. Her face went red as he pulled away. "See you tomorrow." And then he walked off. She cocked her head with an ecstatic smile, What a day! she thought as she walked inside.
~*The Next Day*~
"You are impossible, Kinira!!!" yelled Bulma as the morning news played in the background. "We let you off easy with training--well, I'll admit that it was pretty intense training--but that's not the point! You were being totally reckless, and--"
"Just like a Saiyan your age should be!" said Vegeta proudly, giving Kinira a major noogie. She laughed and jumped back, starting another one of their 'family wrestling matches.'
Bulma sighed, "Am I the only sane one in this house???" She then looked back to see that the two were wrestling like apes. "Yup, sure am..."
~*Meanwhile*~
Gohan walked down the halls of Orange Star High, hearing the sounds of gossip go around hear and there, feeling glad that no one had talked to him about the girl from yesterday who saved Videl's life. However, rumors and gossip were going all around town about her--not that it would ever bother Princess Kinria Sei...
He walked into his Home Base and saw that Andrea was talking to a boy in the middle of the class. "Yeah, I really like guys like you, big and strong. The last guy I went out with had teddy bear underwear!" she said, bringing up the real secret that she had blackmailed him with, too bad he didn't know that before...
He laughed slightly to himself, "Well, at least she's out of my hair!"
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Well, I'm glad I got that out of the way! I think that the next chapter will be more into the World Martial Arts Tournament than the rest of them! I hope you enjoyed this chapter--review! Please!!!!!!!!!!
~Kayli