Chapter Nine
Bulma was lying in her bed, reading the seventeenth chapter in her book. She was shaken from her concentration when the shower in her bathroom was turned off. Hearing footsteps, she glanced near the bathroom doorway. Blushing slightly as Vegeta walked out stark naked and dripping wet, she smirked to herself.
Vegeta saw that look on her face before she stuck her nose back into her book.
"What's your problem, woman? It is not like I am naked or anything."
Bulma cocked an eyebrow at him and shook her head. He looked down at himself, and in mock surprise said, "Oh, I guess I am naked. How embarrassing."
Giggling, Bulma watched him try to crawl under the sheets.
"Ohhhh no you don't! Dry off first you lunatic." she smiled, looking at his shoulder.
Sighing, he grabbed a towel out of the bathroom and buried his face into it, then dried off his hair and body.
He stood in front of the bed, placing his fists on his bare hips. Bulma looked at his disheveled mane of spiky hair atop his head, and tried not to look south. He asked, "What is the deal with Trunks' son?"
Bulma laughed, finding it amusing how he never said combined words. It was never 'isn't', it was 'is not' with him.
"Misunderstanding," she explained, "I didn't want to tell her that he was from the future, but I ended up telling her anyways. I thought that she might think of me as being crazy."
"You are crazy."
Looking at him, she scoffed. "I'm not the one standing around, pretending not to be naked. Why don't you get some P.J.'s on, do you think I like to look at you like that?"
"Yes."
Rolling her eyes, Bulma smiled as he got into bed. He grabbed her book and threw it lightly across the room as he put his arms around her.
"Hey Vegeta, what do you think of Kora?"
"Why do you ask?"
"I dunno. I just wanted to know if she was okay with you, or if she annoyed you or whatever."
"She is strange, and defiantly is not human."
Bulma looked at him with suprise as he frowned. "Her ki is unfamiliar to me."
"You mean, she isn't even half or quarter human?"
"No."
Bulma looked at her lap, shocked by this information. Vegeta kissed her soon after, though, and she forgot all about it.
Tossing in her sleep, Kora was haunted by the red-eyed man once again. He and his words played over and over in her mind. Then, suddenly, a new image appeared.
Kora saw many people, all of them frightening with smirks on their faces. There was a young woman sitting high on a throne. Her dream zoomed in on that person, who had her arms lain on the sides of the throne. Her head was tilted downwards; it was hard to see anything except her short-cut hair and a huge cut on her cheek. She looked oddly familiar. She raised her head, and her eyes glowed brilliant neon red.
Kora shot up into a sitting position, sweating terribly. Immediately she started crying. My life is a mess! Why can't I remember my past? Why are these red-eyed people suddenly haunting me in my sleep, and while I'm awake also?
Not realizing how loud she was crying, she continued her weeping and it awoke Trunks. His room not being all that far away from hers, he got out of bed and made his way towards his bedroom door. Looking down at himself, he realized he should put boxers on, for decency's sake.
A faint knock sounded on Kora's door. Sniffing, she answered.
"Who is it?"
"It's me, Trunks."
"Oh, come in."
She desperately wiped off the tears on her cheeks, but it didn't help. Her eyes were still wet, and when she tried to hold in her sobs she quivered.
"What's the matter?" he asked, sitting on her bed beside her, "Are you all right?"
She buried her face into her hands, and he slid closer to her, putting an arm awkwardly around her.
"It's driving me crazy that I can't figure my past out. For the last five years, I didn't care about it. I just cared about surviving. But now that I'm with you guys and now that I'm okay, all these questions are coming into my mind." she explained, calming down a bit. "And I had this nightmare about red-eyed people. I know it sounds childish, but they scare me. They all seemed so familiar and so real, and I don't want them to be."
Trunks understood. He knew what it was like to live in a nightmare.
After she stopped crying, Kora shook her head. "I must be such a burden to you. I'm always complaining about everything."
"No, you're not, really! And you have the right to complain. You haven't had it easy all your life. And besides, I like talking to you. We have a lot in common, I guess."
She looked at him, and blushed when she saw him smiling at her like that. Like he meant what he said. Now she believed him.
"Yeah."
Chapter 10
It was almost dawn, but the two young adults were still sitting on the bed talking.
"I can't believe this. Not only are you from the future, but you're half alien?"
"Yep. My father, Vegeta, is pure Saiyian. My mother is from Earth."
"But you were still raised on Earth?"
"Right."
A cold breeze swept through the room, since the window was partly open. Shivering, Trunks realized it'd be a good idea to get something else besides boxers on.
"Hold on, I'll be right back." he said, already walking out of the room. Then he stopped. "If that's okay with you."
She flashed him a grin. "Of course!" He smiled and left her room.
Kora sighed distractedly. He was so handsome, and kind too. Her mind flashed back to when he was sitting beside her, bathed in the moonlight. His bright blue eyes sparkled and his long lavender hair shimmered. Trunks was so muscular, too; he looked like such a sex symbol just sitting there in his boxers. And his smile...it made her weak.
Looking at the clock, Kora realized they had been talking much longer than she had thought. The numbers 4:49 flashed in neon blue numbers.
Trunks cleared his throat as he walked back in. Kora shot her head sideways to look at him in a Capsule Corp. sweatshirt and baggy sweat pants.
"So, where were we?" she asked. "Oh yes, so how did you defend yourself against the androids?"
He sat down, close to her. "Well, you know how I said that I'm half Saiyian? Well, we have powers."
Kora's eyes shot wide open. "Like?"
"Uh...flying, shooting lasers, and if we get powerful enough we can turn Super Saiyian, and that gives us more strength. Our hair turns golden and our eyes turn green."
"Man, that'd be so cool to fly! Do you do that a lot?"
"Yeah, usually in the morning...like right now."
In one swift motion, he took hold of her, opened the window the rest of the way, and flew out with her in his arms. She gasped, and then laughed. It was astonishing!
She clung onto him as the wind wisped through her gown. His sweatshirt was warm and soft. Looking down, she realized that they were very high off the ground, and she clung tighter.
She murmured, "This is incredible."
After a few minutes, he turned back towards his house. Once inside, he laid her down onto her bed. He wanted to kiss her, but felt that she would reject it.
"Goodnight, Kora." he said softly.
"Goodnight alien man." she murmured, and fell asleep with a smile on her face.
Sighing, he could help but to give her a small kiss on her forehead before he left her room. On his way out, he took one last glance at her. What a goddess…look at her. She's so stunning, and the moonlight! Kora looks perfect to me.
Trunks made his way back to his bedroom.
Chapter 11
"XERXES! Did you get the her?"
"W-w-who m-master?"
"Idiot! You know who."
"W-w-well, your h-h-highness, there were some, complications, you see..."
"YOU DIDN'T GET HER? YOU..."
"I almost had her! Really, I did. She was so scared and confused, I could've taken her back, but then this boy...he stepped in front of her..."
"What difference does that make Xerxes? You could've just destroyed him."
"But Master! He had so much power, I couldn't do it."
"Did you even try?
"Well....M-M-Master, n-no."
A dark, misty laser shot out into the darkness. Xerxes screamed in pain as it writhed through his skin, disintegrating his flesh slowly. Eventually, it was done and there was nothing left of him.
A young woman leaned against the wall in the corner, watching Xerxes scream the whole time. She just kept a frown on her face. When there was nothing left of him, she continued walking towards the master.
"A small punishment, don't you think Oralia? He was lucky."
"Yes master."
"I think we've been going about this all wrong. We need a tricky and slow approach, not a sudden one. And you're just the one I need."
"What do I need to do, master?"
"Befriend her, Oralia. Make her trust you. She'll welcome you into her home, and after a while, trick her and take her back here."
"What about the boy, master? Xerxes said he was powerful."
"Xerxes was weak and stupid. I admit, I underestimated the girl. After being on Earth so long, I thought she might be eaisier to trick, so I picked him to do the job. But you're imuch/i more powerful than he is."
"So, that means...that the boy isn't as strong as Xerxes imagined."
"You're right. You're one of the best, Oralia. The boy will be weak compared to you without a doubt."
"What do I do with him, master?"
"Eliminate him. Anyway you can think of."
"But then the girl wouldn't trust me anymore, master, if I killed someone close to her."
"The night you plan on bringing the girl back to us, kill him first. In his dreams, I suppose." The Master sighed. This wouldn't be an exciting kill at all. "Then, convince the girl to come back with you."
"I see, master. And what is the girl's name on Earth. Here, it's Odessa, but..."
"Her memory got the name wrong. She remembers it as Kora."
"Hmmm...alright then."
Oralia vanished, almost as if she were vapor. The Master smiled to himself. Finally, Odessa will return. Then I'll have a mate to rule with...
Chapter 12
Yawning, Kora arose from her bed. She realized that she was dazed, but not too tired. Kora remembered last night, when Trunks talked to her until dawn, then took her flying. Had that been a dream? Shrugging, she got out of bed, not being able to go back to sleep. Glancing at the clock, she realized that it was much later than she realized. She had never slept until 11:30AM before! She took a shower and got dressed, then dashed downstairs.
Kora stopped in her tracks when she saw a girl her age standing next to Bulma. The woman starred up at her with fiery orange eyes, which had a yellowish tint to them. She brushed her dark red hair from her eyes and smiled. She was quite pretty, and extremely tall. It was almost odd how tall she was; defiantly tall enough to tower over any man in the house.
"Hey Kora! This is my new lab assistant, Lia. I hired her last night. She'll be helping me at work and at home! She'll be living with us now."
"Oh, hello!" greeted Kora, with a smile on her face as well.
"Hi! It's nice to meet you!" Lia mirrored the smile. She sounded nicer than she looked.
"Nice to meet you too."
"Kora, do you want to come to the lab with us?" asked Bulma, "I want to see what you can do!"
"Oh, sure."
The three women made their way to the lab, but not before bumping into Trunks. He gave Lia a fearful glance and looked at Kora. He smiled and waved, then went into the kitchen.
Why is he acting so strange? He looked at Lia as if she was scary or something. She shook it off and walked through the door.
Hours later, everyone was still in the lab.
"Wow! You too really work well together! Ya make a great team!" complimented Bulma. Lia and Kora smiled at each other as they continued to work on one of Bulma's creations. They had really gotten to know each other over the past couple hours.
Bulma wiped the sweat off of her forehead and sighed. "It's pretty late, and I don't want you guys to hate me for keeping you in here, so you are free to go!" she grinned, and the girls grinned back.
Kora liked the feeling of getting used to this new home. It was like being at a good friend's house, you can raid the refrigerator and not feel like a bad guest about it. She grabbed a Mountain Dew and clicked the T.V. on. Looking up from her cozy spot on the couch, she noticed Lia clear her throat and shifted on her feet.
"Oh, uh, excuse me, you can take a seat by me...if you want to." Kora patted a spot by her on the couch. Lia smiled and sat down shyly. Kora found it funny how Lia's personality didn't match her look. On the outside, she looked intimidating and mature. But actually, she was quite cheerful and shy.
"So, uh, Lia, how did you find this job?" questioned Kora, wanting to get to know her better.
"Oh, advertisement. I guess she wanted someone to help her not only at work, but at home too. Are you working for her?"
"Oh, no, I just live here. It's a really long story," stammered Kora.
"Ahh." said Lia, not sounding all too curious.
"I might tell you sometime, but like I said..." explained Kora. She didn't want to sound rude for not telling her or anything.
"Oh, that's fine!" supposed Lia.
The two continued to watch T.V. together, speaking a few words to each other every so often, and slowly beginning to become friends.
Bulma was lying in her bed, reading the seventeenth chapter in her book. She was shaken from her concentration when the shower in her bathroom was turned off. Hearing footsteps, she glanced near the bathroom doorway. Blushing slightly as Vegeta walked out stark naked and dripping wet, she smirked to herself.
Vegeta saw that look on her face before she stuck her nose back into her book.
"What's your problem, woman? It is not like I am naked or anything."
Bulma cocked an eyebrow at him and shook her head. He looked down at himself, and in mock surprise said, "Oh, I guess I am naked. How embarrassing."
Giggling, Bulma watched him try to crawl under the sheets.
"Ohhhh no you don't! Dry off first you lunatic." she smiled, looking at his shoulder.
Sighing, he grabbed a towel out of the bathroom and buried his face into it, then dried off his hair and body.
He stood in front of the bed, placing his fists on his bare hips. Bulma looked at his disheveled mane of spiky hair atop his head, and tried not to look south. He asked, "What is the deal with Trunks' son?"
Bulma laughed, finding it amusing how he never said combined words. It was never 'isn't', it was 'is not' with him.
"Misunderstanding," she explained, "I didn't want to tell her that he was from the future, but I ended up telling her anyways. I thought that she might think of me as being crazy."
"You are crazy."
Looking at him, she scoffed. "I'm not the one standing around, pretending not to be naked. Why don't you get some P.J.'s on, do you think I like to look at you like that?"
"Yes."
Rolling her eyes, Bulma smiled as he got into bed. He grabbed her book and threw it lightly across the room as he put his arms around her.
"Hey Vegeta, what do you think of Kora?"
"Why do you ask?"
"I dunno. I just wanted to know if she was okay with you, or if she annoyed you or whatever."
"She is strange, and defiantly is not human."
Bulma looked at him with suprise as he frowned. "Her ki is unfamiliar to me."
"You mean, she isn't even half or quarter human?"
"No."
Bulma looked at her lap, shocked by this information. Vegeta kissed her soon after, though, and she forgot all about it.
Tossing in her sleep, Kora was haunted by the red-eyed man once again. He and his words played over and over in her mind. Then, suddenly, a new image appeared.
Kora saw many people, all of them frightening with smirks on their faces. There was a young woman sitting high on a throne. Her dream zoomed in on that person, who had her arms lain on the sides of the throne. Her head was tilted downwards; it was hard to see anything except her short-cut hair and a huge cut on her cheek. She looked oddly familiar. She raised her head, and her eyes glowed brilliant neon red.
Kora shot up into a sitting position, sweating terribly. Immediately she started crying. My life is a mess! Why can't I remember my past? Why are these red-eyed people suddenly haunting me in my sleep, and while I'm awake also?
Not realizing how loud she was crying, she continued her weeping and it awoke Trunks. His room not being all that far away from hers, he got out of bed and made his way towards his bedroom door. Looking down at himself, he realized he should put boxers on, for decency's sake.
A faint knock sounded on Kora's door. Sniffing, she answered.
"Who is it?"
"It's me, Trunks."
"Oh, come in."
She desperately wiped off the tears on her cheeks, but it didn't help. Her eyes were still wet, and when she tried to hold in her sobs she quivered.
"What's the matter?" he asked, sitting on her bed beside her, "Are you all right?"
She buried her face into her hands, and he slid closer to her, putting an arm awkwardly around her.
"It's driving me crazy that I can't figure my past out. For the last five years, I didn't care about it. I just cared about surviving. But now that I'm with you guys and now that I'm okay, all these questions are coming into my mind." she explained, calming down a bit. "And I had this nightmare about red-eyed people. I know it sounds childish, but they scare me. They all seemed so familiar and so real, and I don't want them to be."
Trunks understood. He knew what it was like to live in a nightmare.
After she stopped crying, Kora shook her head. "I must be such a burden to you. I'm always complaining about everything."
"No, you're not, really! And you have the right to complain. You haven't had it easy all your life. And besides, I like talking to you. We have a lot in common, I guess."
She looked at him, and blushed when she saw him smiling at her like that. Like he meant what he said. Now she believed him.
"Yeah."
Chapter 10
It was almost dawn, but the two young adults were still sitting on the bed talking.
"I can't believe this. Not only are you from the future, but you're half alien?"
"Yep. My father, Vegeta, is pure Saiyian. My mother is from Earth."
"But you were still raised on Earth?"
"Right."
A cold breeze swept through the room, since the window was partly open. Shivering, Trunks realized it'd be a good idea to get something else besides boxers on.
"Hold on, I'll be right back." he said, already walking out of the room. Then he stopped. "If that's okay with you."
She flashed him a grin. "Of course!" He smiled and left her room.
Kora sighed distractedly. He was so handsome, and kind too. Her mind flashed back to when he was sitting beside her, bathed in the moonlight. His bright blue eyes sparkled and his long lavender hair shimmered. Trunks was so muscular, too; he looked like such a sex symbol just sitting there in his boxers. And his smile...it made her weak.
Looking at the clock, Kora realized they had been talking much longer than she had thought. The numbers 4:49 flashed in neon blue numbers.
Trunks cleared his throat as he walked back in. Kora shot her head sideways to look at him in a Capsule Corp. sweatshirt and baggy sweat pants.
"So, where were we?" she asked. "Oh yes, so how did you defend yourself against the androids?"
He sat down, close to her. "Well, you know how I said that I'm half Saiyian? Well, we have powers."
Kora's eyes shot wide open. "Like?"
"Uh...flying, shooting lasers, and if we get powerful enough we can turn Super Saiyian, and that gives us more strength. Our hair turns golden and our eyes turn green."
"Man, that'd be so cool to fly! Do you do that a lot?"
"Yeah, usually in the morning...like right now."
In one swift motion, he took hold of her, opened the window the rest of the way, and flew out with her in his arms. She gasped, and then laughed. It was astonishing!
She clung onto him as the wind wisped through her gown. His sweatshirt was warm and soft. Looking down, she realized that they were very high off the ground, and she clung tighter.
She murmured, "This is incredible."
After a few minutes, he turned back towards his house. Once inside, he laid her down onto her bed. He wanted to kiss her, but felt that she would reject it.
"Goodnight, Kora." he said softly.
"Goodnight alien man." she murmured, and fell asleep with a smile on her face.
Sighing, he could help but to give her a small kiss on her forehead before he left her room. On his way out, he took one last glance at her. What a goddess…look at her. She's so stunning, and the moonlight! Kora looks perfect to me.
Trunks made his way back to his bedroom.
Chapter 11
"XERXES! Did you get the her?"
"W-w-who m-master?"
"Idiot! You know who."
"W-w-well, your h-h-highness, there were some, complications, you see..."
"YOU DIDN'T GET HER? YOU..."
"I almost had her! Really, I did. She was so scared and confused, I could've taken her back, but then this boy...he stepped in front of her..."
"What difference does that make Xerxes? You could've just destroyed him."
"But Master! He had so much power, I couldn't do it."
"Did you even try?
"Well....M-M-Master, n-no."
A dark, misty laser shot out into the darkness. Xerxes screamed in pain as it writhed through his skin, disintegrating his flesh slowly. Eventually, it was done and there was nothing left of him.
A young woman leaned against the wall in the corner, watching Xerxes scream the whole time. She just kept a frown on her face. When there was nothing left of him, she continued walking towards the master.
"A small punishment, don't you think Oralia? He was lucky."
"Yes master."
"I think we've been going about this all wrong. We need a tricky and slow approach, not a sudden one. And you're just the one I need."
"What do I need to do, master?"
"Befriend her, Oralia. Make her trust you. She'll welcome you into her home, and after a while, trick her and take her back here."
"What about the boy, master? Xerxes said he was powerful."
"Xerxes was weak and stupid. I admit, I underestimated the girl. After being on Earth so long, I thought she might be eaisier to trick, so I picked him to do the job. But you're imuch/i more powerful than he is."
"So, that means...that the boy isn't as strong as Xerxes imagined."
"You're right. You're one of the best, Oralia. The boy will be weak compared to you without a doubt."
"What do I do with him, master?"
"Eliminate him. Anyway you can think of."
"But then the girl wouldn't trust me anymore, master, if I killed someone close to her."
"The night you plan on bringing the girl back to us, kill him first. In his dreams, I suppose." The Master sighed. This wouldn't be an exciting kill at all. "Then, convince the girl to come back with you."
"I see, master. And what is the girl's name on Earth. Here, it's Odessa, but..."
"Her memory got the name wrong. She remembers it as Kora."
"Hmmm...alright then."
Oralia vanished, almost as if she were vapor. The Master smiled to himself. Finally, Odessa will return. Then I'll have a mate to rule with...
Chapter 12
Yawning, Kora arose from her bed. She realized that she was dazed, but not too tired. Kora remembered last night, when Trunks talked to her until dawn, then took her flying. Had that been a dream? Shrugging, she got out of bed, not being able to go back to sleep. Glancing at the clock, she realized that it was much later than she realized. She had never slept until 11:30AM before! She took a shower and got dressed, then dashed downstairs.
Kora stopped in her tracks when she saw a girl her age standing next to Bulma. The woman starred up at her with fiery orange eyes, which had a yellowish tint to them. She brushed her dark red hair from her eyes and smiled. She was quite pretty, and extremely tall. It was almost odd how tall she was; defiantly tall enough to tower over any man in the house.
"Hey Kora! This is my new lab assistant, Lia. I hired her last night. She'll be helping me at work and at home! She'll be living with us now."
"Oh, hello!" greeted Kora, with a smile on her face as well.
"Hi! It's nice to meet you!" Lia mirrored the smile. She sounded nicer than she looked.
"Nice to meet you too."
"Kora, do you want to come to the lab with us?" asked Bulma, "I want to see what you can do!"
"Oh, sure."
The three women made their way to the lab, but not before bumping into Trunks. He gave Lia a fearful glance and looked at Kora. He smiled and waved, then went into the kitchen.
Why is he acting so strange? He looked at Lia as if she was scary or something. She shook it off and walked through the door.
Hours later, everyone was still in the lab.
"Wow! You too really work well together! Ya make a great team!" complimented Bulma. Lia and Kora smiled at each other as they continued to work on one of Bulma's creations. They had really gotten to know each other over the past couple hours.
Bulma wiped the sweat off of her forehead and sighed. "It's pretty late, and I don't want you guys to hate me for keeping you in here, so you are free to go!" she grinned, and the girls grinned back.
Kora liked the feeling of getting used to this new home. It was like being at a good friend's house, you can raid the refrigerator and not feel like a bad guest about it. She grabbed a Mountain Dew and clicked the T.V. on. Looking up from her cozy spot on the couch, she noticed Lia clear her throat and shifted on her feet.
"Oh, uh, excuse me, you can take a seat by me...if you want to." Kora patted a spot by her on the couch. Lia smiled and sat down shyly. Kora found it funny how Lia's personality didn't match her look. On the outside, she looked intimidating and mature. But actually, she was quite cheerful and shy.
"So, uh, Lia, how did you find this job?" questioned Kora, wanting to get to know her better.
"Oh, advertisement. I guess she wanted someone to help her not only at work, but at home too. Are you working for her?"
"Oh, no, I just live here. It's a really long story," stammered Kora.
"Ahh." said Lia, not sounding all too curious.
"I might tell you sometime, but like I said..." explained Kora. She didn't want to sound rude for not telling her or anything.
"Oh, that's fine!" supposed Lia.
The two continued to watch T.V. together, speaking a few words to each other every so often, and slowly beginning to become friends.