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A Long Hot Summer
Chapter 3
Once Bulma had made sure her guest had anything she needed, she'd left her. Yeran looked around in her luxury quarters, tested her new tv-set and decided to take a shower. When she took of her clothes, a simple necklace with a golden signet ring was revealed. On it you could see the same cross-like symbol as on her armor. She didn't take it of, as if she was afraid to lose the jewel. As soon as she'd put the taps on and the water fell down on her, she shivered of delight. Due to her flight it was a long time ago she'd washed herself and that'd been in an ice-cold mountain river.
After a quarter of just relaxing she stepped out of the shower. She used her ki to dry herself and put on the same suit and armor she'd worn before. Then she let herself fall on her bed, thinking what she'd do next:
'Meditating or just being lazy, I believe the first one is the best, but relaxing for a while is way more attractive,' she thought smiling while she pushed herself up. 'But if my brother is like grandma in any way, I'll better get of my lazy ass and get working.'
But she hadn't much time to accomplish her good intention. Not soon after she was in trance, somebody knocked at her door. Yeran didn't expect this interruption, the humble knock brought her out of her concentration and she fell with a loud bang on the floor.
As soon as she leapt on her feet, she saw the intruder, her nephew Trunks. She almost flew out at him, but realized that he only had dropped in, because he was worried when he heard her fall. She was amused by his startled face and started to laugh.
"So brat, you'd better have a good reason why you let me humiliate myself like that," she smiled, still sitting on the floor. "I hit my head kinda hard; were you trying to kill me. Yeah, I guess that's the case, the same fate will happen to you."
She suddenly jumped towards him and started tickling him. Trunks, who hadn't expect this reaction, came over his uneasiness pretty soon and begun to giggle like mad. Suddenly Yeran stopped and stood up.
"All right, enough is enough, why did you actually come here?" she asked.
"Well, I wanted to ask you if you'd like me to show you around," he said. "Kaasan suggested it, 'cause you're new here and she wants us to get to know each other better. After all you're my aunt. By the way should I call you like that too?"
"No, just Yeran is OK," she smiled. "Well, you can start your guided tour. O, and before I forget, if you tell you Tousan anything about what happened a moment ago, I will indeed kill you. Understand!"
Trunks nodded happily, took her hand and dragged her along with him. He was glad she wasn't such a difficult person as he'd anticipated.
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Bulma was pleased when she saw her son with Yeran. He let her see everything and looked very enthusiastic while doing that."
'I hope that the bond between him and Yeran will grow closer than the one he has with Vegeta. Beside the fact that he's training Trunks he shows no interest at all in his well-being. And the poor boy always tries to live up to his high standards, to show that he's worth being his son. That Vegeta acts like he doesn't care must really hurt him. I know he does, but he's just too stubborn to show it. I think Trunks really misses a father. I've always tried the best I could to fill that void, but it's too difficult sometimes. And the fact that he's half Saiya-jin is not making it any easier. Maybe a warrior from the same race can understand and help him.'
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"This is our garden and there is Otousan's gravity room. He's always training there, but we mostly spar in the garden. Be careful not to hurt any of the animals here though. There grandpa's and he'll get very upset when you do so," Trunks rattled, out of breath. Yeran hadn't said very much, so he had to talk for two. "Well, I guess that's about it. What d'ya wanna do now?"
"We could spar, if you want to," Yeran said. "I didn't exactly come for just a family visit."
"I dunno, you'll probably kick my ass," Trunks doubted.
"Come on, that probably won't happen. I'm not used to fighting people, who're as strong or stronger than I am. I already saw your power level is way higher than mine. And if you really don't want to, you can always teach me something you've learned."
Trunks face brightened and he showed her a complex defense kata. Fortunately Yeran proved to be a bright student and picked the moves up pretty quickly. After she had mastered it, they started with a second one. Halfway it Goten landed out of nowhere before them.
"Hey ya Trunks, Yeran-sama," the last word was hesitant; Goten obviously didn't know what was the best way to address the Saiya-jin princess. She didn't correct him though and let it that way. "I'm not intruding you, am I? I was wondering if we could do something together."
Trunks looked up at his aunt, as if he was asking permission to go with his friend. She saw this and gave him a silent nod.
"Let's go sparring then," Trunks yelled and the two boys took of to a more remote place, so they wouldn't endanger the whole city while fighting.
As Yeran watched them fly away, she suddenly heard someone behind her. She knew immediately and that it was Vegeta, who'd been watching them.
"You did a good job in training your son," she stated, without turning around.
"I know, the brat is strong for his age. He'll surpass me soon." The pride in his voice was evident. "I was thinking about taking care of your training too."
"I'm honored," Yeran said emotionless, but deep within she was delighted that he'd offered it. The main reason to come to Earth for her was to meet and to learn from him. 'I'm glad he came up with the idea and I didn't have to ask him. I've been worrying myself sick how I could raise the subject. Kinda stupid though, that was for no reason at all. This almost went too smooth. But I think he takes satisfaction in seeing himself and his bloodline grow stronger. It also had been important to grandma…' She was rudely interrupted in her thoughts.
"Hey, I was asking you something," Vegeta yelled. "But if you don't have the guts to train right now, you can leave, for my sake."
"I was just thinking about the best way to defeat you," she smirked. "I'm as ready as I'll ever be.
He returned her sneer: "Bring it on then."
Yeran launched an attack instantly, although she knew that she was bound to loose. She tried to kick him in his stomach, but he gripped her ankle and slammed her to the ground. She got up again, zanzoukened behind him and punched him in the back, so he shot meters forward. She blasted a small ki beam after him, but Vegeta turned around in time and dodged it easily. She continued to send larger attacks to him, but these were just as simply avoided as the first one. It went on like this until she had to stop, because a more powerful blast would cause huge damage to the surrounding buildings. Yeran hesitated a moment, Vegeta saw his change and leapt towards her. They remained punching and kicking for a while. Sometimes Vegeta was on the winning hand, other times his sister came near to defeating him, but overall they were evenly matched.
They maintained to fight like this for some time, but Vegeta became bored and wanted to end it. With an agonizing yell, he transformed into Super Saiya-jin. Yeran was stunned with amazement when she saw her brothers black hair turn into gold and his identical colored aura crackling with power. He observed her with his unnatural green eyes and said:
"I believe that you have great potential, just like my son. I believe you could become Super Saiya-jin in no time." He chuckled. "At least, if you're not too lazy to train."
That made Yeran more determined to reach this goal. "I can do it."
The combat began again, but now Vegeta proved to be definitely stronger and Yeran was forced to defend herself with all the energy she had left. However, she became more and more weakened with every blow her brother delivered and it was easy for him to break through her guard. Finally he hurled her in the wall and she was unable to stand up again. The last thing she thought before she fainted was: 'I'll have to learn this technique as soon as possible, if I want to survive here.'
Well, this was chapter three. What do you think of it? Leave your review or mail to she_devil13nl@yahoo.com
O and by the way. I won't let Yeran become as obsessed as Vegeta. There'll happen a lot of other things.