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The last time in "The Lost Warrior":

Jenny laid down in her bed as Trunks took off his pants and shirt and laid down beside her. As he noticed that she was shaking, he pulled her closer and embraced her, stroking her hair. "You know that I will always love you." Trunks told her.

"I know… and I will always love you…" Soon Jenny fell asleep and Trunks gave her a kiss on her head and she snuggled closer to his chest. Trunks looked down at her.

'She looks so vulnerable… No one would believe that she's The Lost Warrior.' "I know it's hart to be strong, but don't worry… I won't let anyone hurt you. I will always protect you. When you're with me you don't need to be strong." he whispered before he fell asleep as well.

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Chapter 21: "Tenkaichi Budokai: Day Three"

As Trunks woke up the next morning, he didn't know where he was until he felt Jenny moving in his arms. He looked down at his sleeping beauty and smiled. 'It seems like she didn't have the dream last night.' At this moment Jenny began to stir. She felt Trunks arms holding her and turned around. As she opened her eyes, she looked directly in Trunks crystal blue ones. "Good morning honey." He kissed her.

"Morning." she said and snuggled closer to him.

"Did you sleep well?"

"I always sleep well when you're with me… Those nights with you are the only ones without that dream."

"Really? You've never told me that."

"You didn't ask. And one of us was always gone when the other woke up, remember?"

"Yeah, right… This is the first morning we were together…" Jenny pulled herself up to him and kissed him softly on his lips. Suddenly Jenny broke the kiss.

"What time is it?"

"I don't know…. One moment," Trunks got the alarm-clock, "9am…"

"9am!!!" The girl shouted and sprung out of the bed.

"Oh shit…" Trunks realized. He grabbed his pants and his shirt and quickly put them on.

"I hope I won't run into anyone."

"Don't worry… they are all downstairs in the restaurant."

"I wonder what Goten told them…" As he was about to open the door, he stopped. "Will you come down, too?"

"No, that would be suspicious. I'll go directly to the stadium and eat something there."

"Okay," he walked back to her and kissed her, "love ya!"

"Love ya, too!"

"See ya there! Bye!" he said as he left the room.

After Trunks took a short shower and put on clean clothes, he found a note on the table. "Hey buddy! I'll tell the others that you wanted to sleep a bit longer… Goten. PS: I don't know what you and my sister did last night, but be sure, I'll find out! *g*" Trunks quickly destroyed the note and burned it with a small ki-blast. Then he left the room and went downstairs to the restaurant.

"Hey Trunkf! You've almoft miffed breakfaft… There ifn't much left," Goku greeted him chewing.

"Morning… Sorry that I'm late, but I'm sure Goten told you that I wanted to sleep longer…"

"Yeah I did. And? Did you sleep well?" his friend asked him grinning.

"I'm sure he did," Vegeta answered, smirking at his son and got back glares from Trunks and Goten.

"Hey kids. Why are you glaring at Vegeta? He just said that he's sure that his son slept well," the other Saiyajin said.

"Kakarotto, don't tell me you didn't notice."

"Notice what?" Krillin said as he and Yamcha came to the table.

"Mmh, that dad won't eat his pancakes…" Trunks lied quickly.

"Really? Can I eat them then?" Goku asked unbelieving. Trunks throw his father his do-it-or-mom-will-let-you-sleep-on-the-couch-look. Vegeta hmphed and pushed his plate to Goku.

Jenny had to smile as she watched the whole scene from the door, but she did turn around and walked to the reception to leave her key. As she got there she saw a man talking with the woman at the desk and with her good Saiyajin hearing she could hear what they were talking about. "Hello. I'm a reporter from the magazine 'The best fighters on earth'. My informant told me that The Lost Warrior got a room here in this hotel. Can you tell me the room number?"

"Sorry, but I'm not allowed to do that, unless you can tell me hear real name."

'So, she booked the room under her real name. That's interesting…' "Okay, thank you," he said and walked away, but he did not leave the hotel. After he left, Jenny walked to the woman.

"Thank you for not telling him."

"You're welcome Miss…"

"Shh, he's still here. I can still feel him," the girl said the last part a bit louder, making sure he would hear it. She then handed her the key and left the hotel. On the outside she was dazzled by the flashlights of reporters. 'Great! What are THEY doing here?'

"Can you please tell us how it was possible for you to beat the world champion Mr. Satan?"

"How does it feel like being the one who could beat him?" Those and other questions asked the reporters. Jenny ignored them and tried to fight her way through the crowd, but she couldn't do it without hurting someone. So she stepped backwards through the doors of the hotel and went over to the bathrooms. She made sure that she was alone there and then vanished.

The other Z-Warriors and their families finished breakfast about 10 minutes later and walked unsuspecting out of the door and were confronted by a huge crowd of reporters. "Hey! There are other fighters of the tournament!" one of them shouted and soon they were surrounded by them, making photos and asking questions. Most of them were addressed at Krillin, because he had to fight the winner over Mr. Satan this day.

"Do you think you can win against The Lost Warrior?"

"I don't know. I'm sure she's pretty strong. We'll see after the fight who the winner will be," Krillin answered and then flew away to the stadium and the others followed him, taking the non-flyers in their arms.

Jenny appeared unnoticed in the backyard of the gym and went to the entrance. She didn't even need to say her name anymore to get in. As she walked through the hallway the got glances which showed respect and fear from the other competitors. Somehow Jenny liked the thought of being admired by others, because in her own dimension she was always a bit clumsy and never got deep respect from someone else besides her friends.

About 15 minutes later the others arrived. "Hey guys! Did you also have problems with the reporters?" Jenny greeted them.

"You can say that aloud! But it seemed like they were after you. So how did you get out of the hotel?" Krillin asked her.

"I used a kind of back door. So, are you ready for our fight? It will begin in ten minutes."

"Sure am I! I hope it will be a good fight, especially for the spectators, because I don't think that the other fights will be that exciting."

"I think too that the others won't have any problems with their opponents."

"Huh? How do you want to know?"

"I read their kis."

"You know how to read kis? Who taught you that?"

"I'll tell ya later… I think we must go now. The referee is already greeting the spectators."

"Okay." With that Jenny and Krillin went to the large ring on the outside. The small man looked up at her and saw her smiling. 'Wow. I don't think I saw her smiling before, but why is this smile so familiar to me? I'm sure I'll know after the fight.'

'I can't wait to fight him. After what the others told me he's the strongest human on earth.'

"And now Ladies and Gentlemen the fight between The Lost Warrior who defeated the world champion Mr. Satan yesterday and Krillin, who had been fighting since his early childhood. I'm curious who'll leave this ring as winner! Ladies and Gentlemen, applause for the two fighters!" Jenny and Krillin looked at each other and nodded and then both made a huge somersault to their sides of the ring (remember Tenshinhan and Goku at the 23rd Budokai).

After a few seconds of eyeing each other, Jenny got in a defensive stance. 'Good. She wants me to attack first. Your wish is my command.' Krillin rushed forwards at a speed at which it was impossible for normal humans to see him and threw his fist at Jenny, but she blocked it. She also blocked his next attacks, but didn't once try to attack him.

"It seems like Krillin is too strong for her. She doesn't even try to throw a punch at him," Yamcha said.

"You're wrong," Vegeta told him, "she's studying him, testing out his strength." 'And then she will keep her ki on his level to stretch this fight.'

At that very moment the two fighters broke apart. "That was incredible! Krillin attacked The Lost Warrior non-stop and as far as I could see she was just able to block them," the referee announced.

"You're good, really. I couldn't even hit a single punch."

"Thank you. But you didn't go full out."

"You neither."

"You're right. Okay, now it's my turn." Jenny vanished and reappeared directly behind Krillin, who jumped into the air to dodge her attack and remained floating there.

'Now I will see if she can fly.'

"So, you think you can escape me. But it's not that easy." With that she jumped in the air too and stopped directly in front of Krillin.

"So you can fly… Impressive… There hadn't been many in the last years who could do that."

"I take that as a compliment, but can we go on now?" Jenny didn't even await his answer and kicked him directly in his stomach and then hit him with her elbow in his back, sending him to the ground. But Krillin quickly recovered and shot a ki blast at her, while he flew up to her. Jenny blocked the blast and flew down to meet her opponent in the midair. As they met they exchanged a series of attacks and then flew down to the ground.

"You've got good reflexes… Tell me, when did you start to study martial arts?"

"To tell you the truth, I just started training about three month ago."

"Wow, then you must've had very good teachers," Krillin said as he rushed towards Jenny. The two wrestled a bit until Krillin got the advantage of having her in a headlock. "Gotcha!" Suddenly Krillin felt something at his leg. 'What is that?' He looked down but saw nothing. Then he felt something brushing against his arm. 'Again! It feels soft… like fur.'

'He isn't paying attention. That's good.' At that moment she wrapped her tail around his arm and flung him over her head to the ground.

"Krillin is on the ground again! An invisible power sent him to the ground!" the referee shouted excitedly.

'That wasn't an invisible power! That was a tail! But could it be? I have to find out.'

Krillin got up and stared at Jenny, who stood in front of him, arms crossed over her chest and smirking. "One important rule. Never let your guard down and always pay attention to your opponent," Jenny told him.

"I know." Krillin wiped blood from his mouth. 'I can't believe it. I'm going full out on her and she's still holding back.'

"Are you ready? If you want you can do the next attack."

Krillin nodded and put his hands to one side of his body. "Ka….me…ha….me….HA!" With that the man sent a huge blue ki-blast to his opponent. Jenny crossed her arms in front of her head and took the blast head on.

As the dust around her cleared and she looked up, Krillin had disappeared. Jenny quickly searched for his track and spun around, fist first. But her the other fighter caught her fist and turned her arm to her back. 'That's my chance!' With that Krillin grabbed to the place where he guessed the tail to be and had the tail in his hand. At this moment Jenny felt a sharp pain running through her spine and tensed up. It was hard for her not to scream.

FLASHBACK

"The tail is a Saiyajin's weakness. When someone squeezes it, you lose the control over your body. But you can train your tail and make it stronger, so that it won't be your weakness anymore," Vegeta told her in one of their official training-sessions. Although they trained her tail, so that she won't lose the control of her body when someone grabs it, she still felt a sharp pain.

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Krillin squeezed harder, but let it look to the others as if he just turned her arm more. This time Jenny screamed out in pain and fell on her knees. He took a quick and unnoticeable glance to his friends and saw the worried looks on the faces of Goku, Goten and especially Trunks. 'Now I know for sure that you are the one… Goku's daughter.'

'Sorry Krillin. But I have to do this. It hurts so much.' With that Jenny powered, spun around and hit her opponent with her elbow in his jaw and let him fly backwards. Jenny looked worried over to Krillin. She didn't want to hit him that hard, but as she saw that he got up again her face brightened up and she smiled. Krillin saw that and looked directly in her eyes.

'Why didn't I see the resemblance between her and Goku earlier? It was so obvious… her fighting style is a mix between Goku's and Vegeta's. And the smile is definitely a Son-smile. And that she spent much time with Vegeta is also obvious…'

"Krillin got back up! And it seems as if he's all right! I'm curious how the next attack will look like!" the referee interrupted Krillin in his thoughts.

"I give up," he told the referee and walked out of the ring.

"What? Are you sure?"

"I'm sure! I surrender!"

"Ladies and Gentlemen, Krillin decided to give up! That means the winner is The Lost Warrior!"

While Jenny was still standing stunned in the ring, Krillin passed his friends and patted Goku on his shoulder. "Hey Krillin! Wait! Why did you give up?" Yamcha asked his friend.

"You'll see soon enough… and now, let me please go, I need something to drink and you should prepare for your fight." He waved to his friend and went into the gym. Jenny saw that and quickly followed him. She needed to talk to him.

"Why did he give up? He could have won. Their kis were about the same level," Muten Roshi asked himself. He and the other non-fighters were sitting on the terraces.

"Yeah, and the last hit couldn't have been that hard. I mean, she's just a normal girl," Puar added.

Krillin was sitting in the gym alone as Jenny entered. She took a bottle of water and walked to him. "Hey!" she said to get his attention. Krillin looked up smiling. Jenny gave him the bottle of water.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome…" He drank a bit and then put the bottle next to him.

"I'm sure you want to know why I didn't continue fighting you, right?" Jenny nodded. "The reason is simple. I have no chance against a Saiyajin, especially when she was trained by Goku and Vegeta."

"What do you mean?" Jenny asked, trying to hide her identity.

"You don't need to play anymore. At least not when you're talking with me. I know that you are Goku's daughter. And although the description doesn't fit I bet that you are Trunks girlfriend Jenny."

"Yes, but why… I mean how did you find out?"

"I knew that there was something about you as I saw you first fighting. You were so familiar to me, but I couldn't explain why. Now I know… It was your behavior and your fighting style. I can see the Saiyajinblood in you and the Saiyajinpride. As we entered the ring I saw you smile and that was the same exciting smile you can always see on Goku's face when he fights. But I guess Vegeta has been training you the most of the time, because you took over many traits from him."

"Really?" Jenny asked disbelieving.

"Yeah, just look at your stance at the moment." The girl looked down at her body. She had her arms crossed over her chest in a Vegeta-like-style. "See? And your smirk is an exact copy of his. But the thing that convinced me at the end was your tail. But first I must say that I'm sorry that I squeezed it, but it was the only way to find out if my guess was right."

"You don't need to say sorry. I'm the one who must do that. The last hit was a bit hard, but I swear, I didn't wanted it to be that hard, the pain was just too much to bear and I had to do something."

"Nah, it wasn't that bad." Krillin rubbed his jaw as he said this. "May I ask how much you held back?"

"You'll see when I fight Vegeta. Even he doesn't know how strong I am. But it's his own fault. He told me that a fighter may never show his true strength to an opponent."

"Okay… I think we should go back outside now… Yamcha is about to win his fight." Jenny agreed with him and they walked to the door.

"And by the way Krillin, it was a pleasure to fight against you."

"The pleasure was mine." He smiled at her and got back the typical goofy Son-grin.

"So, how is he doing?" Jenny asked the others as they walked back to them.

"Yamcha will win in not more than one minute," Goku told her.

"Good. Then he'll be my opponent tomorrow. I can't wait." At this moment Yamcha kicked his the other fighter out of the ring and won the match. He smirked at Jenny as he walked towards her.

"So I think we will face each other tomorrow. I can just recommend you to give up."

"Why? Because you are afraid of being beaten by a girl or don't you like the fact to fight with one," she smirked back.

"I just don't want to hurt you."

"As if you could do it," Vegeta mumbled.

"Did you say something Vegeta?" the young man asked him but Vegeta just smirked at him.

"What do you think of a bet?" Jenny suddenly asked Yamcha.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"If I win tomorrow then you'll take me and my friends out for dinner after the tournament… If you win then I'll take you out, alone. So what do you think?"

"Sounds good. I agree."

"Okay." They shook hands and Yamcha smiled confidently. He was sure that she would lose to him, just to go out with him.

The Saiyajins all made short work of their opponents, because they didn't feel like making a show for the audience. But while Goku, Goten and Trunks were fighting for a few minutes, Vegeta just entered the ring, kicked his opponent *lightly* into the next wall and left the ring.

That evening they all were, except for Jenny of course, gathered in a room of the hotel and talking or playing cards. "Yamcha, I hope you know what you've gotten yourself into," Krillin said.

"You mean the bet. I don't worry about it. Everyone saw that you would've beaten her if you hadn't give up. And that means I'll beat her and will have a wonderful dinner with her."

Krillin sighed at watched as Trunks stood up and walked out of the balcony. He followed him. "Hey!" he said.

"Hey…"

"Tell me Trunks, don't you think it's somehow funny?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean that Yamcha won't get her, because she already belongs to a certain young Saiyajin prince. And that she's not the first woman he lost to a Saiyajin prince," Krillin said smiling. Trunks looked at him stunned. "I just found out about her today, during the fight. It was hard to believe, since you told us that your girlfriend is blond and has blue eyes. But I must say, you've made a good choice with her."

"You just saw her in her Saiyajin form. Here, that's how she normally looks like." Trunks took out a photo of her and showed it Krillin.

"She's really cute."

"Yeah she is."

Soon they all said goodnight to each other and everyone went to his room. "Are you going over to her again this night?" Goten asked his friend while they were changing.

"Yeah, she needs me. When I'm with her, she doesn't have the nightmare. She told me that last night."

"Okay, then I understand you. I just want that Shana could come over to me."

"Why don't you ask her?"

"She has to look over the girls… And you know how Pan and Bra are. They will tell it to everyone and your dad and Gohan will kill me, because I stopped Shana from looking over their daughters."

"That's an argument. But I have to go now. See ya tomorrow!"

"See ya!"

Jenny already waited for him as he finally knocked at her door. "Hey Jenny."

"Hey." They kissed. "What took you so long?"

"Sorry, but I had to explain to Goten why I have to go here."

"Oh…"

"Don't worry… He understands it."

"Good… can we go to bed now? I'm kinda tired…"

"Why are you tired?" Trunks asked playfully.

"Come on Mr. I-just-use-my-left-hand-to-defeat-my-opponent. I had the hardest fight of all of us today."

"Okay, okay…" Trunks said laughing. He took off his shirt and walked over to Jenny, who just put on her pajamas. He wrapped her arms around her body. "Did I already tell ya that I love you?" He kissed her on the tip of her nose.

"You did. But it doesn't bother me if you say this more often."

"Okay… I love you, I love you, I love you." With each time he said that he kissed her.

"I love you, too. But I really think we should go to bed now. You've got a hard fight tomorrow against Goten. I can't wait to see you fight with blond hair." She messed his hair up with her hand.

"What's wrong with my hair?"

"Nothing, it's just a bit strange to have a boyfriend with purple hair," she giggled.

"It's lavender!" he growled, took her in his arms and laid her down on the bed.

"You're almost as good with your growling as your father," Jenny teased.

"Almost?"

"Yes, your father's is scar…" he shut her up with a kiss.

"By the way… why did you bet with Yamcha?"

"Because I want to let him pay for his stubbornness. And what is better than letting him invite a couple of Saiyans to dinner."

"You're evil. That's what you are."

"I know," Jenny smirked, "but I think that at least Goku and Goten are happy about that."

"I'm sure they are… but let's now try to sleep. Goodnight honey."

"Goodnight my purple-haired Saiyan."

"Lavender!" "

Whatever… I love ya!"

"Love ya, too."

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That was chapter #21. I hope you liked it!

In the next chapter we will see who will win in the fights The Lost Warrior vs. Yamcha and Goten vs. Trunks!

Eternally yours

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PS: Ranma-Chan, thank you for your offering, but I'll try to fight my way through the jungle called English *g*. But you can tell me, if it is so bad, that you don't understand what I'm writing, ok?

PSS:  Shin Vegita, I didn't speak/write English since last year in school and even there I wasn't that good.