To See Your Face Again4
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A/N: Hey! 4th chapter is coming right up, and this is the chapter where things get fiery! Please review! We need at least 10 reviews to go on, so make sure you tell us what you think OK! Ask us questions if you're confused! On with the show! Oh, come on people! You STILL can't guess who we are?? It's not hard really, well I guess it is, but we both have character names in our original FF.net names, does that help?
Bra looked out the quiet, pitch-black window, it was so silent outside! No Bakayaro people to make noise and tease her, no stupid idiotic cars zooming around.....just silence, and Bra liked it like this. She was on her way to New Mexico, and when she got there, she supposed she would go on her way somewhere East of California. She had thought about what her earthling mother would say if she turned around and went back, and she really didn't feel like getting a lecture, or being grounded. She was happy with what she had decided to do. Finally, she was taking action in her life and going on a search, for something so important, that even she wasn't sure what it was. She needed to go far away and look for that something, which she knew, was very, extremely serious in her life. This....this object would be the key to her destiny and freedom, she felt a powerful current in her blood that told her so. She smiled her bright, hardly seen smile. This feeling made her feel special, a certain feeling inside her bones had returned to her, although she didn't really remember ever having it, but it sure did feel nice. So here she was, a young girl with only a tiny bit of money, on her way to a place foreign to her. She felt brave and good doing this, and it made her have hope inside herself. She was so tired of the things in life that she decided to do something about it, and that made Bra feel excited, not at all scared. The courage and hope burning inside her heart and mind made all the scary thoughts disappear into oblivion. Bra took a deep breath and decided to catch a few hours of sleep. She quickly fell into a dreamy sleep.
~*~Dream~*~
"Pan! Let' go check out the sunset! It'll be so pretty, especially off of that mountain." Bra said, pointing towards a cliff to her west. Pan nodded her head and ran down beside Bra, they both chuckled. They had been friends forever, and they shared everything together. They knew both of each other's secrets and they didn't hide anything for one another. They seemed to share the same hopes and desires, and their friendship was very tight. Suddenly two familiar figures popped next to Bra and Pan and scared them. Bra turned around to look face to face with Goten. Trunks had grabbed Pan's waist and began tickling her. Bra looked deep into Goten's soft eyes and smiled.
"Trunks! Stop!!! Trunks! I'm so going to kill you for....f-for this!!" Pan giggled hysterically, she had always been a bit tickling, but being tickled by Trunks always made her especially laugh. Bra chuckled and Goten started walking beside them.
"We were going to check out the sunset over there, you guys want to come?" Bra asked Trunks and Goten, who nodded vigorously. Pan stared at Trunks' beautiful features and had to quickly look up, before he looked at her. Bra watched them and giggled, Goten chuckled while scratching his head. All four ran towards the cliff and climbed up it energetically. They reached the time and were right on time. The beautiful sun was painting magnificent colors of red, dark pink, orange, and yellow onto the light sky. Pan and Bra sighed at the beautiful sight that illuminated the sky. Goten and Trunks stood back to watch their babes look up into the sky. They sat down and continued to watch the amazing, natural sunset. Pan leaned back against Trunks and smiled. Bra sat on Goten's legs and he put his arms around her. The two sweet couples stared into each other's eyes until their breaths got caught in their throats.
~*~ End of Dream~*~
Bra's eyes jerked awake and she lifted her heavy eyelids. The sun was barely peeking over the edge of the horizon, setting a mysterious gray look over the sky. Bra sighed, every time she dreamed of DBZ, her heart swelled up and she felt at home with the characters, but now she was to pathetic Earth.
"How come every time I'm having the totally best dream ever, I get pulled away from it?" Bra asked herself aloud. She shrugged the thoughts off; it was time to start her long journey......to where ever it was she was going to go. Bra shook her head and chuckled slightly, thinking her life over.
"My life is so complicated! Why can't I just fly away to the wonderful DBZ life and forget about this whole place and its people, God gives me all the Kami4Saken problems!" She muttered while grabbing her stuff and jogging down the steps. At once she felt a chill take over her body and was a bit glad that she'd brought her extra thick jacket with her. 'Time for your adventure chic,' Bra thought and headed off towards the horizon, her bag and a picture of the Z Gang close at hand. Bra looked at the people and the streets and all of the stores, 'they're right, California is a preppy state. So clean......Ugh!' Bra thought and spat at the dusty roads. She walked down some street called "El UchiCuchi" *Playing!* and found herself facing a lone desert, with many cactus trees and wild animals roaming around. Bra took a deep breath and an abrupt scene flashed across her mind.
~*~Scene~*~
"No matter what you do KEEP THAT FAITH ALIVE!! Don't ever forget me Bra, I love you! I LOVE YOU! Remember, anything can happen, but deep down inside.....I-inside you're still a TRUE SAIYAN!!" Goten yelled and gave Bra one final, mesmerizing kiss, and made it feel almost fatal.
~*~End~*~
Bra gasped, and a small smile crept across her pointy face, and she looked at her tiny picture of the Z Gang on it. She stared at Goten's wide grin and took; yet another, deep breathes.
"You're with me, aren't you Goten?" And as if she really didn't even need anyone to answer, Bra started ahead, full speed and strength gushing through her every cell. About two hours later, Bra was sweating and she had gone quite a distance, but at this rate, she'd be at her destiny when she was 80 years old. Bra looked up at the beating yellow sun and cursed at it, where's the moon when you need it damn it! Bra took out her canteen of cold water and drank a sip of it, the water rushing down her dry throat and making her sensational thirst cry out painfully. Bra held her stomach and groaned, but started walking, and this time a bit faster. About a half-an-hour passed and there was still no sign of a new state coming, or going, and Bra was now absolutely soaking with dripping wet sweat, she licked her dry lips and coughed. All she did was look at the small picture of the Z Gang and as if it was always there, a newly formed power surge filled her and she'd begin to walk again. Bra smiled, 'This isn't the most fun thing in the world, but if in the end it's going to make me happy, I know I can do it, and I swear on my own Kaa......*Bra looked at the picture in her hand and spotted a blue haired women happily smiling up at her.....Kaasan?
"Kaasan? What? Why do I feel so closely bonded with Bulma? She's so much more than just a cartoon to me, and I believe I was just about to call her...... to call her Mother....wow this sun definitely is messing me up!!" Bra said to herself, yet a beautiful memory, that hid itself from Bra, made Bra feel happy when she looked at Bulma and said the word "Kaasan" it made her feel loved. It made her feel more like a daughter, and most importantly, it made her feel closer to the DBZ world. Bra thought of what she was going to say again........Hmmmmmmm?
"Oh Yeah! I swear with my whole heart and soul on my K-K-Kaasan's life that I'll never give up on my hope, my faith, my life or my destiny. I know that to be complete that is the whole answer and I feel so close to it, yet so far, but with this *Bra stared at the picture adoringly* I'll surely make it, and that's a promise to myself." Bra said dignifiedly.
"Somewhere in your body you've got a power like, our very own, Vegeta's!" Bra giggled to herself at the joke, which made her feel full of encouragement.
HOOOONNNNNKKKK! HOOOOONNNNNNKKKKKK!! BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPPPPPPP!! BEEP! BEEP!
Bra turned around suddenly, a loud horn making her jump about ten feet high. She put a hand over her chest and looked at the crazy person who just happened to make her flinch a bit. A short, plump man stood with his old, dusty car and peered at Bra over his glasses. Bra flinched again, but this time it was because the man looked a lot like her history teacher. Bra peered right back into the bald man's eyes, but she was surprised when he smiled back.
"Hi little girl, I'm sorry if I happened to frighten you. You seem a bit tensed and hot, so I thought that I'd ask you if you needed anything. You look very tired, and this is the desert, do you need a ride somewhere??" The man asked friendlily. Bra watched him intensely, thinking about the situation carefully. The thought of an air conditioner made her feel lured towards the car. The man chuckled when she didn't answer.
"Don't worry, I swear I'm not a masked murderer or anything, I'm just curious if you want a ride or not, I mean this temperature kills and it could hurt you. I'll drop you off at the upcoming state, if that's what you want." He said nicely, and Bra felt her toughness give away. She grinned and walked up to the opposite door.
"I'd love a ride, where are you going anyways?" Bra asked curiously.
Bra smiled widely, she and the plump little guy, Herbert, where walking towards a tall home. She hadn't told Herbert her whole life story, but she had told him that she wanted to get out of the country, quickly. Herbert had been a bit confused with her decision, he thought she was a bit young to travel alone, but she told him it was to find her destiny. They had chatted a while, nothing serious and Herbert had happily agreed to take Bra to Mississippi, where she could rest at his sister's house. Bra was full of gratitude towards Herbert, and made a mental note not to destroy the Earth, if she ever had enough power to. 'Power??' She had thought, a bit dazed out, but soon Herbert had announced it was time to leave.
"Thanks so much Herbert! You are a wonderful person, and I don't say that to many people." Bra said cheerfully. Herbert smiled and walked up to the doorstep, however Bra stood still. He turned around a bit confused and looked at her expectantly. Bra smiled warmly, making the dark street shine.
"I really appreciate all of the thoughtful help, but if I stayed, it'd be too much. I hope you don't take it to your heart, it has absolutely nothing to do with you, and you're a really nice person Mr. Herbert, but I got to go." Bra said slowly, making Herbert frown slightly.
"Oh come on Bra........" He started to say something but she interrupted.
"Sorry, I slept on the way here, I'm all fresh now and I can make it to New Jersey, there, I'll try and get some sleep and figure out a way to get to the next place in my little story book life. I can handle all the traveling and I'll be fine, don't worry about me Herbert, I better be going now. Thanks, really." Bra said, Herbert walked back down the steps. He patted her shoulder and shrugged.
"Are you sure? Well, if you are that insistent on leaving, I wont keep you up, but at least take some money from me, because it's the least I can do for a girl with a huge heart." Herbert said, Bra was about to say NO but he shook his head and put his hand over her mouth. He pulled out a $100 bill and $3 in cents.
"This is emergency money that EVERY person should have, it'll help you, besides, and that's nothing to me! I just got paid!" He said, his eyes twinkling. Bra felt her face go serious and her smile dry up. She hugged Herbert tightly and thanked him for the hundredth time. He smiled and wished her luck, and in an instant she was gone.
Bra had looked for a map store, found one, bought a map, and was now facing a very confusing freeway sign. She muttered something under her breath and then chuckled.
"Duh." She thought. She looked at the zooming cars and shook her head, she headed to the brush that was always at the sides of every freeway. They had put it there to make it look pretty, but Bra used it as a camouflage. She quickly went to go to the restroom, and took out her water and washed her hands. She sat down behind a huge green bush and ate one of her pieces of sandwich.
"Mmmmmm, so good!" Bra said and whipped her mouth, she stood up and again walked towards the end of the freeway. She was now in the heart of Mississippi and it had been about 3 1/2 days since she'd left the house. She was on her way to The East Side.
A damp, moist breeze lifted Bra's hair and gently fluttered her bangs. She was asleep in an old cardboard box, about as big as a medium sized TV and it was silently hidden in a quiet alley. Bra had just about fell straight to sleep when she found the watertight box. Her jacket lay beneath her, and her extra shirt over her shivering arms. She was all the way in Virginia now, it had taken her a week and 4 days to get there. She had walked, jogged, ran most of the way, almost without stopping but for two nights she slept on the hard pavement. When she could no longer feel her muscles, she had decided to take a bus from the city she was in, all the way to West Virginia. When she had gotten there, she'd asked what the easiest way to get to New York was, and a tall husky man had given her an address from Virginia and he'd told her he had a friend who could get her on a train to New York for 50% off if she mentioned his name. It had taken Bra about 3 1/2 days to find the small, musty building, but she had found it with little ease and bought a train ticket for New York. She had left Mississippi with $125.00 and she had $73.25 left. Bra moved in the cardboard box, even though her legs were practically purple from all of the exercise and she was exhausted, she found the will power to survive and with the thoughts of a saiyan warrior, she had made it thus far. Bra didn't exactly know where all of her momentum cam from, or how she got so much energy, except that whenever she decided to take a short break and check out some Dragon Ball Z stuff on the internet, she always had a tugging feeling at the back of her mind that made her get up and start her journey again. She always felt the need to be held by Goten or be criticized by Trunks, and all the dreams she had had in the past week made her want to scream out, "Tousan! Help me!!" She had always thought of DBGT & DBZ as her life and it was. The characters were her closest friends and family, she knew her biggest dream some day was to become a member of the Briefs household, then marry Goten, who to her wasn't even a cartoon. Bra knew her dreams were far away and she'd have to go way out to seek her destiny and loved one's but a desiring hope inside her burned off more and more power for her to use on her journey, and she wasn't about to give up without Goten.
~*~Flash Back~*~
"Goten, do you really love me? I thought I was just a little sister to you.......I just love you so much Goten, I wont be able to live without you!" Bra whispered slowly, feeling a teardrop watering her aqua eyes *actually cerulean* Goten looked down at Bra and put his soft hands on her face, and she felt the love tenderly zap her insides. They stared at each other and slowly leaned forward to finally kiss.
"I've always loved you Bra, you're my angel Bra, forever." Goten whispered back and they almost met in a passionate kiss........before........
"Yoo-Hoo! Uncle Goten and Bra sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G! First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes tiny Vegeta in a baby carriage!" Pan ran around the two crazy lovers and screamed, before Trunks grabbed her waist and smirked.
"Pan-Chan, didn't you notice they could say the same exact thing to us?" He asked her, sniffing her sweet hair, Pan sweat dropped.
"Trunks! You totally messed up my enthusiasm! I wanted to annoy my dearest B-Chan!" Pan giggled as Trunks kissed her lightly and she pecked him on the check quickly also. Pan had waited almost her whole young life to finally be able to be with Trunks, and Trunks had lovingly asked Pan out the first chance he had gotten. They made the sweetest pairing, and they were both so close to Bra and Goten. Bra kissed Goten's cheek lightly before running after Pan, who had flew past the two and out the door. Bra pounced on Pan and practically chocked her before the sprinklers came on and they both almost died of laughter. Goten and Trunks watched their mates with love and adoring eyes, they went outside and grabbed the girls.
"Let's go for a double-date!!" Trunks yelled and the two couples flew away into the evening sky.
~*~End of Flash Back~*~
Bra stirred awake, feeling the breeze hit her face almost immediately. She opened her eyes and shook herself out of the dream. This time though, Bra had a confused look on her face.
"I swear that was the most realistic thing ever, I cant have feelings for those people if they don't mean anything to me, I have to have some kind of connection to them, and I've got to find that out. For some reason, that dream makes my destiny feel closer, and my heart race faster." Bra thought, it was nothing surprising to her that she'd been dreaming about Pan, Trunks, Goten and herself, she felt happiest when thinking of them. Bra sat up in her box uncomfortably and opened her backpack. She looked through her things and sighed contently.
She had: Two clean pairs of clothes, one extra water jug, with another half full, she had some food, that would probably last till New York. He could buy some more there, she had her tiny laptop computer, and some things of DBZ, which she took out. She yawned and stared at the figures and stickers deeply, 'they mean something to me, not just me, but also my body and my blood, and my heart, and.......' Bra stopped, she knew she didn't have to think any further, the answer to it all was just one or two weeks away, and she could live with that. She ate an apple and a Caprison, something she had grabbed from a close Liquor Store. She gulped it down and licked her lips again, she packed up her stuff and now sat quietly in the box, she thought of something to do and silently carved her name into the far side of the box. The signature read: BraVegetaBriefsSon in bold deep letters. Bra chuckled, looking at the signature that she and an old friend had made up together, it had suited her perfectly, and that was her new identity.
"Time to go out there and get on that train Bra," Bra said aloud and climbed out of the box, when she got out she felt a sudden streak of wind hit her and that's when she realized how warm it had been in the box. She put her jacket on tightly and set off towards the train station, which was two blocks away. Bra seemed to get there within 2 or 3 minutes and she hadn't even broken a sweat.
"I guess I'm used to all this exercise!" Bra said aloud, she looked at the sign and it had all kinds of different train sections, she found the one that read New York and walked towards Platform 7. The train was due in 30 minutes and it was still kind of dark outside, so she decided to just relax and sit, since she hadn't really been doing any of that lately. Before Bra even knew it, the loud speaker had clicked on and a crackly voice said, "If you're going to get on the train for New York, go to Platform 7 and get ready to board the train. Click." Bra got up, dusted off her clothes, brushed her hair out of her face and waited for the bus patiently. She bit her lip and watched as the swift, black train flew up to her and made all kinds of hidden dust spray into her face.
"Cough. Cough. Wow, nice train." Bra said slowly and climbed into the train as the doors slid open. She found it wonderfully refreshing to be in an air-conditioned room with comfortable seats and free food, Bra smiled wickedly, 'nice' she thought sweetly. She was the only passenger in that compartment of the train, which was absolutely fine with Bra, seeing how she could eat more food. Almost immediately after the train started to quickly move, Bra got used to the atmosphere and grabbed some grapes and ate them hungrily. By the time they were half way there and the train had stopped to get some gas, Bra was stuffed and was now watching some TV comfortably. A stewardess came into the room and asked to see her ticket, which she marked off and went down to the next compartment. Bra could feel her heavy eyelids fight to stay open, so she switched off the TV, went to a little dresser that was located just outside the door, grabbed a spare pillow and quickly feel asleep.
~*~
Screaming. Isolation. Space Pod. Goten. Family? Thoughts kept running through the passed out Bra's mind, as her Space Pod quickly left the planet and was quietly streaming through the galaxy. Bra could merely think straight, seeing how she had just been injected with a syringe and she couldn't remember hardly anything at all. Bra's head felt so light, and her body felt useless, images of a spiky haired young man kept flying back into her mind, and she kept hearing screams and power rages. 'What's going on?' Her mind asked, yet she was totally blacked out......so there really wasn't anyone to ask.
~*~
Bra snapped awake as somebody nicely nudged her shoulder, Bra jumped up, and the stewardess stepped back. Bra looked at her with a weird look, then smile apologetically.
"Sorry, I was dreaming and......you kinda surprised me." Bra said slowly pulling her hair back up into a ponytail and whipping her clothes and face.
"It's okay honey, I get that surprise from everyone. The train has stopped, we're in New York City, and it's 7:30 am which means TRAFFIC." The lady said, then moved on towards the next door, with the same smile. Bra stretched out her arms and for the first time heard the noises of N.Y. It was beyond all noises she had ever heard, and it made her ears thump. She had always had sensitive ears, Bra rubbed her ears and moaned slightly. She looked into the mirror and changed her clothes, she had been given thirty minutes time to get ready and get off the train, so she decided to take a 5-minute shower, brush her hair, and eat more free food, which she delightfully packed into her backpack. Gradually time came close and Bra stepped off the train, into the world of the public. Thousands of humans, small, tall, fat, skinny, dark, light all seemed to walk in a circle, talking, running or simply chilling. Bra took a deep breath and started walking, she didn't know how or why, but in 24 hours, she wanted to be off the whole continent for good. Bra looked around crazily and whispered for the saiyans of DBZ/GT to help her and guide her in the wild world of earthlings, she silently let her heart guide her, in the direction, EAST?
2 hours. 2 hours in this jam-packed city and I have no idea where to go or what to do. All I know is that I have to keep my eyes open at all times. I have to keep my faith alive, even if this stupid sun is giving me a total sunbath and I'm burning close to a crisp. I've got to get out of this traffic if it's the last thing I ever do! I need to get somewhere that's quiet and there's no disturbance anywhere.
Bra smiled intelligently as she saw a small shop that read: Tours and Trips to the most popular mountain ranges here in the East! Bra jumped over a small construction sign and bumped into thousands of people before she was right in front of the shop. She grabbed the door and ran inside, instantly the odd odor hit her nose and she practically ran back outside. She held her nose as an excited man came up to her.
"Are you interested in going on a mountain tour?" He asked smugly, Bra coughed.
"Can you get me to a mountain and leave me there by myself?" She asked straight out, he eyed her in a confused manner but shrugged and nodded.
"Yes, of course. But wouldn't you be more interested in a packet where there's free food.........."
Bra interrupted the man's long speech and held out her hand.
"I need to get to a mountain where it's quiet and I don't need all this extra pampering, I can take care of myself." Bra said straight forwardly, the man just nodded and took her to a small desk. He asked her some information, which she made up and then told her the price. He'd said it would be $47.00 to get to the mountain, and since she didn't want any "pampering" they'd leave her there and come back. Bra thought about it and agreed. She gave him the money and he told her that a small plane would be leaving from the tiny airport three miles away, and it'd be best for her to catch a ride there. Bra nodded and took her ticket she took a deep breath.
"There's all my money.......gone.......... just because I have sensitive ears......." She thought depressed, but quickly shook herself out of it. I didn't come here to groan and moan, I could've done that at home too, I came here to do something, and maybe this is going to get me there.
Bra walked down to the busy street and looked around her, millions of people were also standing at the tip of the street, and had their hands out. She caught the clue and stuck her hand out quickly, waving it around wildly. Suddenly a bright yellow taxi came up and stopped in front of her. Bra stared at the taxi for a second then jumped in.
"Where to Miss?" The taxi driver asked, he had a gray beard and a slightly tilted black cap on.
"Uh.....the C-C-Cinder Airport." She mumbled.
"Gotchya." The taxi driver zoomed into the traffic and they were off, zillions of other cars honking and beeping all around their small car. Bra clamped her hand over her ears and within 5 minutes they were closing in on the airport entrance. Bra unclamped her ears and moved to open the door, she crawled out and looked at the expecting taxi driver. She noticed his twinkling gray eyes and smiled.
"That would have been $10.75 since it's a public place an' all, but you seem young and I told expect ya' to have that much on you, so I'll take $5.45 and be on my way." He said politely, Bra nodded and gave him the necessary money. He drove off again, into the dusk. Bra looked up at the large sign and walked into the small, unnoticeable room. The woman behind the counter looked tired and worn out, but she still gave Bra a weak smile.
"Hello, how may I help you?" The woman said robotically. Bra gave the lady her ticket.
"I need to know where to board the one way plane to those mountains." Bra pointed out, the woman nodded.
"Very beautiful mountains......good choice. The plane is due in about 15 minutes, you should go out that door and to your left where you are to find two different doors, take the bright green one and you should end up face to face with a waiting room. Once you're there, all you have to do is wait for a gentlemen to call you from the speakers and you'll be off within a couple of minutes or so." She said. Bra nodded and walked pass the door and found her way, quietly, to the waiting room. There was a mystical orange-ish look to the small, comfy room. There wasn't anyone else waiting there, so Bra decided to flop onto the small couch and she flicked on the TV. Thank God for her, the TV had cable and it was just about time for DBZ. Bra sat up excitedly as she flicked the channels to Cartoon Network.
"Yes! I get to watch DBZ!" Bra said, but then her face went blank as the episodes name came across the screen.
"DENDE'S DRAGON! I've seen this one so many times I can practically say all the lines! Man.....rerun after rerun after rerun.....oh well, at least I get to see my buddies and "family." Bra said contently as she fell peacefully into the world of Dragon Ball Z.
"Miss? Miss? Cough....Excuse me Miss?" A young man said as Bra snapped out of the Dragon Ball Z episode. Bra looked at him dreamily and shook her head.
"Oh....uh sorry." She said simply, he shrugged and held out his hand.
"This way to the plane, please." Bra walked next to him without taking his hand or anything and he led the way towards a medium sized plane, it looked like a bush plane, but Bra wasn't an expert on planes, so she just shrugged it off. The pilot and co-pilot of the plane smiled at her and she just boarded the plane, they told her to buckle up, and showed her the emergency stuff. Bra nodded silently through the whole session and they took off.
"Air. This is nice, it's definitely better than being on the Kami4Saken ground, that's for sure. This is so beautiful." Bra thought. She was deeply impressed by the sky and flying and not having to walk. She could see billions and trillions of small specks on the ground and it seemed so unimportant to her. Within moments they had reached a type of huge countryside, and then, before Bra knew it they almost reached the high, dark mountains. Bra stared out at the blackish mountains and they seemed so sad to her. She felt a couple of bumps and twists as the plane got ready for landing. Bra closed her eyes and thought of Vegeta. Then.....before Bra knew it.....The pilot was telling her to unbuckle her belt. Bra smiled and practically flew out of the plane itself. The pilot gave her a map and the time they would be returning to this exact same place.
"Okay, I get it, I understand. I'll see you guys." She said as she watched them lift off, leaving a swirl behind them.
"Okay......so where do I go now?" Bra asked herself, she looked all around and thought she saw something glimmering at the top of the left hand cliff. She immediately felt her heart tug towards the shining object and she quickly started up the cliff. Bra grabbed on to some rocks and slit her foot into the dented places, managing to pull herself up, in a climbing manner. Bra's shoe struck into the cliff's edge as she put all her efforts into climbing higher and higher up the steep cliff.
"Huhhhh.....uhhhh...this is...this is not that easy....but challenging and I love challenges." Bra whispered slowly to herself. She finally pulled herself up, after what had seemed like a millions hours. Bra sat down and rubbed her hands together. She took a deep breath and then took out her water jug to drink some. She gulped it down and then abruptly turned around, it felt as if someone was watching her or something. Bra shook her shoulders loose, feeling them tighten tensely. She stood up and a ray of sunlight flickered off of a sparkling light orange rock. She felt her curiosity peek over herself, so she went up the small, hidden trail. Bra felt her leg muscles tighten and she stretched out, trying to avoid from slipping. She grabbed some dead logs and hopped over stray rocks. She kept her mind focused on the glittery object and her heart determined. Bra jumped over the last bit of dead logs and rocks and bent down. Her eyes grew wide as she saw what the "rock" was. The sparkling object looked amazingly like a dragon ball, except it had a different sign on it. Bra stared at it mysteriously as she felt a gasp shoot out of her open mouth. She gulped excitedly as she realized........
"I KNEW IT!! I knew my destiny had to do with Dragon Ball Z or at....at least Dragon Balls!! This just has to be some kind of key to it all, it's amazing! Yes!!!!!!" Bra picked up the cloudy object and stared at it unrealistically. She just stood there looking at it unbelievably. It had a symbol on it that looked like a flying star or something. Bra felt her mind racing and her heart thump wildly, somewhere in her body a voice shouted, "GO farther!" Bra put the object safely away in her backpack and went ahead excitedly. But her mind wasn't even focusing all the way on what she was doing, it kept going back to the fact that she had a DRAGON BALL IN HER BACKPACK AND SHE WAS GOING TO MEET HER FAITH SOON!! YAY!!! Her brain shouted, Bra smiled, without noticing she did.
"Yes! See Bra, you did the right thing, you're going to get to see all of your real family and even be held tenderly by Goten himself! I was sick of waiting and now I've realized taking action is the best thing to do! I am so excited! Yes!!" Bra's thought magically. Bra felt her heart rise into a new level of hope and pride.
"Myself is coming back to normal, finally, I can feel it...........AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!" Bra screamed as she felt her foot slip lightly off of a branch. Without realizing it, she had climbed all the way up into a forest, mountainous type of place. Bra felt her brain go dead and her heart stop. Falling. Now she felt herself grasp desperately for something to keep her balance on. She couldn't see anymore. She didn't know where to place her feet anymore and she couldn't keep track of all the things going on. 'You're not going to make it......you need to survive......' Bra felt her feet dangling dangerously off of the highest cliff and she screamed until her lungs hurt. Bra held on for her final moment of hope until........................
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Bra felt herself fall, fall into a pitch of nothingness, and she didn't know if she'd survive. Bra lost consciousness, and all her heart thought was......."You where so close......so close." All Bra remembered now was a small figure and....................
~~**~~**~~**~~**~~**Time for Pan's side of the story!!~~**~~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**
A/N: Hey, Bra here and I just wanted to say I am so sorry for the wait. Pan, my Internet is so messed up and I have no way to post this or anything! Please understand, I'll try desperately to post this chapter! I even tried making it longer! Hey everyone we need nice, good reviews ok! Please! Be nice to my friend Pan, who is going to start this next brilliant chapter! Oh, what did you think of the evil cliffhanger? Get it......cliffhanger?? Bwwuuaahhhhahaaahhaaaahhaaaa! *laughs evilly*
Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ or DBGT.
A/N: Hey! 4th chapter is coming right up, and this is the chapter where things get fiery! Please review! We need at least 10 reviews to go on, so make sure you tell us what you think OK! Ask us questions if you're confused! On with the show! Oh, come on people! You STILL can't guess who we are?? It's not hard really, well I guess it is, but we both have character names in our original FF.net names, does that help?
Bra looked out the quiet, pitch-black window, it was so silent outside! No Bakayaro people to make noise and tease her, no stupid idiotic cars zooming around.....just silence, and Bra liked it like this. She was on her way to New Mexico, and when she got there, she supposed she would go on her way somewhere East of California. She had thought about what her earthling mother would say if she turned around and went back, and she really didn't feel like getting a lecture, or being grounded. She was happy with what she had decided to do. Finally, she was taking action in her life and going on a search, for something so important, that even she wasn't sure what it was. She needed to go far away and look for that something, which she knew, was very, extremely serious in her life. This....this object would be the key to her destiny and freedom, she felt a powerful current in her blood that told her so. She smiled her bright, hardly seen smile. This feeling made her feel special, a certain feeling inside her bones had returned to her, although she didn't really remember ever having it, but it sure did feel nice. So here she was, a young girl with only a tiny bit of money, on her way to a place foreign to her. She felt brave and good doing this, and it made her have hope inside herself. She was so tired of the things in life that she decided to do something about it, and that made Bra feel excited, not at all scared. The courage and hope burning inside her heart and mind made all the scary thoughts disappear into oblivion. Bra took a deep breath and decided to catch a few hours of sleep. She quickly fell into a dreamy sleep.
~*~Dream~*~
"Pan! Let' go check out the sunset! It'll be so pretty, especially off of that mountain." Bra said, pointing towards a cliff to her west. Pan nodded her head and ran down beside Bra, they both chuckled. They had been friends forever, and they shared everything together. They knew both of each other's secrets and they didn't hide anything for one another. They seemed to share the same hopes and desires, and their friendship was very tight. Suddenly two familiar figures popped next to Bra and Pan and scared them. Bra turned around to look face to face with Goten. Trunks had grabbed Pan's waist and began tickling her. Bra looked deep into Goten's soft eyes and smiled.
"Trunks! Stop!!! Trunks! I'm so going to kill you for....f-for this!!" Pan giggled hysterically, she had always been a bit tickling, but being tickled by Trunks always made her especially laugh. Bra chuckled and Goten started walking beside them.
"We were going to check out the sunset over there, you guys want to come?" Bra asked Trunks and Goten, who nodded vigorously. Pan stared at Trunks' beautiful features and had to quickly look up, before he looked at her. Bra watched them and giggled, Goten chuckled while scratching his head. All four ran towards the cliff and climbed up it energetically. They reached the time and were right on time. The beautiful sun was painting magnificent colors of red, dark pink, orange, and yellow onto the light sky. Pan and Bra sighed at the beautiful sight that illuminated the sky. Goten and Trunks stood back to watch their babes look up into the sky. They sat down and continued to watch the amazing, natural sunset. Pan leaned back against Trunks and smiled. Bra sat on Goten's legs and he put his arms around her. The two sweet couples stared into each other's eyes until their breaths got caught in their throats.
~*~ End of Dream~*~
Bra's eyes jerked awake and she lifted her heavy eyelids. The sun was barely peeking over the edge of the horizon, setting a mysterious gray look over the sky. Bra sighed, every time she dreamed of DBZ, her heart swelled up and she felt at home with the characters, but now she was to pathetic Earth.
"How come every time I'm having the totally best dream ever, I get pulled away from it?" Bra asked herself aloud. She shrugged the thoughts off; it was time to start her long journey......to where ever it was she was going to go. Bra shook her head and chuckled slightly, thinking her life over.
"My life is so complicated! Why can't I just fly away to the wonderful DBZ life and forget about this whole place and its people, God gives me all the Kami4Saken problems!" She muttered while grabbing her stuff and jogging down the steps. At once she felt a chill take over her body and was a bit glad that she'd brought her extra thick jacket with her. 'Time for your adventure chic,' Bra thought and headed off towards the horizon, her bag and a picture of the Z Gang close at hand. Bra looked at the people and the streets and all of the stores, 'they're right, California is a preppy state. So clean......Ugh!' Bra thought and spat at the dusty roads. She walked down some street called "El UchiCuchi" *Playing!* and found herself facing a lone desert, with many cactus trees and wild animals roaming around. Bra took a deep breath and an abrupt scene flashed across her mind.
~*~Scene~*~
"No matter what you do KEEP THAT FAITH ALIVE!! Don't ever forget me Bra, I love you! I LOVE YOU! Remember, anything can happen, but deep down inside.....I-inside you're still a TRUE SAIYAN!!" Goten yelled and gave Bra one final, mesmerizing kiss, and made it feel almost fatal.
~*~End~*~
Bra gasped, and a small smile crept across her pointy face, and she looked at her tiny picture of the Z Gang on it. She stared at Goten's wide grin and took; yet another, deep breathes.
"You're with me, aren't you Goten?" And as if she really didn't even need anyone to answer, Bra started ahead, full speed and strength gushing through her every cell. About two hours later, Bra was sweating and she had gone quite a distance, but at this rate, she'd be at her destiny when she was 80 years old. Bra looked up at the beating yellow sun and cursed at it, where's the moon when you need it damn it! Bra took out her canteen of cold water and drank a sip of it, the water rushing down her dry throat and making her sensational thirst cry out painfully. Bra held her stomach and groaned, but started walking, and this time a bit faster. About a half-an-hour passed and there was still no sign of a new state coming, or going, and Bra was now absolutely soaking with dripping wet sweat, she licked her dry lips and coughed. All she did was look at the small picture of the Z Gang and as if it was always there, a newly formed power surge filled her and she'd begin to walk again. Bra smiled, 'This isn't the most fun thing in the world, but if in the end it's going to make me happy, I know I can do it, and I swear on my own Kaa......*Bra looked at the picture in her hand and spotted a blue haired women happily smiling up at her.....Kaasan?
"Kaasan? What? Why do I feel so closely bonded with Bulma? She's so much more than just a cartoon to me, and I believe I was just about to call her...... to call her Mother....wow this sun definitely is messing me up!!" Bra said to herself, yet a beautiful memory, that hid itself from Bra, made Bra feel happy when she looked at Bulma and said the word "Kaasan" it made her feel loved. It made her feel more like a daughter, and most importantly, it made her feel closer to the DBZ world. Bra thought of what she was going to say again........Hmmmmmmm?
"Oh Yeah! I swear with my whole heart and soul on my K-K-Kaasan's life that I'll never give up on my hope, my faith, my life or my destiny. I know that to be complete that is the whole answer and I feel so close to it, yet so far, but with this *Bra stared at the picture adoringly* I'll surely make it, and that's a promise to myself." Bra said dignifiedly.
"Somewhere in your body you've got a power like, our very own, Vegeta's!" Bra giggled to herself at the joke, which made her feel full of encouragement.
HOOOONNNNNKKKK! HOOOOONNNNNNKKKKKK!! BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPPPPPPP!! BEEP! BEEP!
Bra turned around suddenly, a loud horn making her jump about ten feet high. She put a hand over her chest and looked at the crazy person who just happened to make her flinch a bit. A short, plump man stood with his old, dusty car and peered at Bra over his glasses. Bra flinched again, but this time it was because the man looked a lot like her history teacher. Bra peered right back into the bald man's eyes, but she was surprised when he smiled back.
"Hi little girl, I'm sorry if I happened to frighten you. You seem a bit tensed and hot, so I thought that I'd ask you if you needed anything. You look very tired, and this is the desert, do you need a ride somewhere??" The man asked friendlily. Bra watched him intensely, thinking about the situation carefully. The thought of an air conditioner made her feel lured towards the car. The man chuckled when she didn't answer.
"Don't worry, I swear I'm not a masked murderer or anything, I'm just curious if you want a ride or not, I mean this temperature kills and it could hurt you. I'll drop you off at the upcoming state, if that's what you want." He said nicely, and Bra felt her toughness give away. She grinned and walked up to the opposite door.
"I'd love a ride, where are you going anyways?" Bra asked curiously.
Bra smiled widely, she and the plump little guy, Herbert, where walking towards a tall home. She hadn't told Herbert her whole life story, but she had told him that she wanted to get out of the country, quickly. Herbert had been a bit confused with her decision, he thought she was a bit young to travel alone, but she told him it was to find her destiny. They had chatted a while, nothing serious and Herbert had happily agreed to take Bra to Mississippi, where she could rest at his sister's house. Bra was full of gratitude towards Herbert, and made a mental note not to destroy the Earth, if she ever had enough power to. 'Power??' She had thought, a bit dazed out, but soon Herbert had announced it was time to leave.
"Thanks so much Herbert! You are a wonderful person, and I don't say that to many people." Bra said cheerfully. Herbert smiled and walked up to the doorstep, however Bra stood still. He turned around a bit confused and looked at her expectantly. Bra smiled warmly, making the dark street shine.
"I really appreciate all of the thoughtful help, but if I stayed, it'd be too much. I hope you don't take it to your heart, it has absolutely nothing to do with you, and you're a really nice person Mr. Herbert, but I got to go." Bra said slowly, making Herbert frown slightly.
"Oh come on Bra........" He started to say something but she interrupted.
"Sorry, I slept on the way here, I'm all fresh now and I can make it to New Jersey, there, I'll try and get some sleep and figure out a way to get to the next place in my little story book life. I can handle all the traveling and I'll be fine, don't worry about me Herbert, I better be going now. Thanks, really." Bra said, Herbert walked back down the steps. He patted her shoulder and shrugged.
"Are you sure? Well, if you are that insistent on leaving, I wont keep you up, but at least take some money from me, because it's the least I can do for a girl with a huge heart." Herbert said, Bra was about to say NO but he shook his head and put his hand over her mouth. He pulled out a $100 bill and $3 in cents.
"This is emergency money that EVERY person should have, it'll help you, besides, and that's nothing to me! I just got paid!" He said, his eyes twinkling. Bra felt her face go serious and her smile dry up. She hugged Herbert tightly and thanked him for the hundredth time. He smiled and wished her luck, and in an instant she was gone.
Bra had looked for a map store, found one, bought a map, and was now facing a very confusing freeway sign. She muttered something under her breath and then chuckled.
"Duh." She thought. She looked at the zooming cars and shook her head, she headed to the brush that was always at the sides of every freeway. They had put it there to make it look pretty, but Bra used it as a camouflage. She quickly went to go to the restroom, and took out her water and washed her hands. She sat down behind a huge green bush and ate one of her pieces of sandwich.
"Mmmmmm, so good!" Bra said and whipped her mouth, she stood up and again walked towards the end of the freeway. She was now in the heart of Mississippi and it had been about 3 1/2 days since she'd left the house. She was on her way to The East Side.
A damp, moist breeze lifted Bra's hair and gently fluttered her bangs. She was asleep in an old cardboard box, about as big as a medium sized TV and it was silently hidden in a quiet alley. Bra had just about fell straight to sleep when she found the watertight box. Her jacket lay beneath her, and her extra shirt over her shivering arms. She was all the way in Virginia now, it had taken her a week and 4 days to get there. She had walked, jogged, ran most of the way, almost without stopping but for two nights she slept on the hard pavement. When she could no longer feel her muscles, she had decided to take a bus from the city she was in, all the way to West Virginia. When she had gotten there, she'd asked what the easiest way to get to New York was, and a tall husky man had given her an address from Virginia and he'd told her he had a friend who could get her on a train to New York for 50% off if she mentioned his name. It had taken Bra about 3 1/2 days to find the small, musty building, but she had found it with little ease and bought a train ticket for New York. She had left Mississippi with $125.00 and she had $73.25 left. Bra moved in the cardboard box, even though her legs were practically purple from all of the exercise and she was exhausted, she found the will power to survive and with the thoughts of a saiyan warrior, she had made it thus far. Bra didn't exactly know where all of her momentum cam from, or how she got so much energy, except that whenever she decided to take a short break and check out some Dragon Ball Z stuff on the internet, she always had a tugging feeling at the back of her mind that made her get up and start her journey again. She always felt the need to be held by Goten or be criticized by Trunks, and all the dreams she had had in the past week made her want to scream out, "Tousan! Help me!!" She had always thought of DBGT & DBZ as her life and it was. The characters were her closest friends and family, she knew her biggest dream some day was to become a member of the Briefs household, then marry Goten, who to her wasn't even a cartoon. Bra knew her dreams were far away and she'd have to go way out to seek her destiny and loved one's but a desiring hope inside her burned off more and more power for her to use on her journey, and she wasn't about to give up without Goten.
~*~Flash Back~*~
"Goten, do you really love me? I thought I was just a little sister to you.......I just love you so much Goten, I wont be able to live without you!" Bra whispered slowly, feeling a teardrop watering her aqua eyes *actually cerulean* Goten looked down at Bra and put his soft hands on her face, and she felt the love tenderly zap her insides. They stared at each other and slowly leaned forward to finally kiss.
"I've always loved you Bra, you're my angel Bra, forever." Goten whispered back and they almost met in a passionate kiss........before........
"Yoo-Hoo! Uncle Goten and Bra sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G! First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes tiny Vegeta in a baby carriage!" Pan ran around the two crazy lovers and screamed, before Trunks grabbed her waist and smirked.
"Pan-Chan, didn't you notice they could say the same exact thing to us?" He asked her, sniffing her sweet hair, Pan sweat dropped.
"Trunks! You totally messed up my enthusiasm! I wanted to annoy my dearest B-Chan!" Pan giggled as Trunks kissed her lightly and she pecked him on the check quickly also. Pan had waited almost her whole young life to finally be able to be with Trunks, and Trunks had lovingly asked Pan out the first chance he had gotten. They made the sweetest pairing, and they were both so close to Bra and Goten. Bra kissed Goten's cheek lightly before running after Pan, who had flew past the two and out the door. Bra pounced on Pan and practically chocked her before the sprinklers came on and they both almost died of laughter. Goten and Trunks watched their mates with love and adoring eyes, they went outside and grabbed the girls.
"Let's go for a double-date!!" Trunks yelled and the two couples flew away into the evening sky.
~*~End of Flash Back~*~
Bra stirred awake, feeling the breeze hit her face almost immediately. She opened her eyes and shook herself out of the dream. This time though, Bra had a confused look on her face.
"I swear that was the most realistic thing ever, I cant have feelings for those people if they don't mean anything to me, I have to have some kind of connection to them, and I've got to find that out. For some reason, that dream makes my destiny feel closer, and my heart race faster." Bra thought, it was nothing surprising to her that she'd been dreaming about Pan, Trunks, Goten and herself, she felt happiest when thinking of them. Bra sat up in her box uncomfortably and opened her backpack. She looked through her things and sighed contently.
She had: Two clean pairs of clothes, one extra water jug, with another half full, she had some food, that would probably last till New York. He could buy some more there, she had her tiny laptop computer, and some things of DBZ, which she took out. She yawned and stared at the figures and stickers deeply, 'they mean something to me, not just me, but also my body and my blood, and my heart, and.......' Bra stopped, she knew she didn't have to think any further, the answer to it all was just one or two weeks away, and she could live with that. She ate an apple and a Caprison, something she had grabbed from a close Liquor Store. She gulped it down and licked her lips again, she packed up her stuff and now sat quietly in the box, she thought of something to do and silently carved her name into the far side of the box. The signature read: BraVegetaBriefsSon in bold deep letters. Bra chuckled, looking at the signature that she and an old friend had made up together, it had suited her perfectly, and that was her new identity.
"Time to go out there and get on that train Bra," Bra said aloud and climbed out of the box, when she got out she felt a sudden streak of wind hit her and that's when she realized how warm it had been in the box. She put her jacket on tightly and set off towards the train station, which was two blocks away. Bra seemed to get there within 2 or 3 minutes and she hadn't even broken a sweat.
"I guess I'm used to all this exercise!" Bra said aloud, she looked at the sign and it had all kinds of different train sections, she found the one that read New York and walked towards Platform 7. The train was due in 30 minutes and it was still kind of dark outside, so she decided to just relax and sit, since she hadn't really been doing any of that lately. Before Bra even knew it, the loud speaker had clicked on and a crackly voice said, "If you're going to get on the train for New York, go to Platform 7 and get ready to board the train. Click." Bra got up, dusted off her clothes, brushed her hair out of her face and waited for the bus patiently. She bit her lip and watched as the swift, black train flew up to her and made all kinds of hidden dust spray into her face.
"Cough. Cough. Wow, nice train." Bra said slowly and climbed into the train as the doors slid open. She found it wonderfully refreshing to be in an air-conditioned room with comfortable seats and free food, Bra smiled wickedly, 'nice' she thought sweetly. She was the only passenger in that compartment of the train, which was absolutely fine with Bra, seeing how she could eat more food. Almost immediately after the train started to quickly move, Bra got used to the atmosphere and grabbed some grapes and ate them hungrily. By the time they were half way there and the train had stopped to get some gas, Bra was stuffed and was now watching some TV comfortably. A stewardess came into the room and asked to see her ticket, which she marked off and went down to the next compartment. Bra could feel her heavy eyelids fight to stay open, so she switched off the TV, went to a little dresser that was located just outside the door, grabbed a spare pillow and quickly feel asleep.
~*~
Screaming. Isolation. Space Pod. Goten. Family? Thoughts kept running through the passed out Bra's mind, as her Space Pod quickly left the planet and was quietly streaming through the galaxy. Bra could merely think straight, seeing how she had just been injected with a syringe and she couldn't remember hardly anything at all. Bra's head felt so light, and her body felt useless, images of a spiky haired young man kept flying back into her mind, and she kept hearing screams and power rages. 'What's going on?' Her mind asked, yet she was totally blacked out......so there really wasn't anyone to ask.
~*~
Bra snapped awake as somebody nicely nudged her shoulder, Bra jumped up, and the stewardess stepped back. Bra looked at her with a weird look, then smile apologetically.
"Sorry, I was dreaming and......you kinda surprised me." Bra said slowly pulling her hair back up into a ponytail and whipping her clothes and face.
"It's okay honey, I get that surprise from everyone. The train has stopped, we're in New York City, and it's 7:30 am which means TRAFFIC." The lady said, then moved on towards the next door, with the same smile. Bra stretched out her arms and for the first time heard the noises of N.Y. It was beyond all noises she had ever heard, and it made her ears thump. She had always had sensitive ears, Bra rubbed her ears and moaned slightly. She looked into the mirror and changed her clothes, she had been given thirty minutes time to get ready and get off the train, so she decided to take a 5-minute shower, brush her hair, and eat more free food, which she delightfully packed into her backpack. Gradually time came close and Bra stepped off the train, into the world of the public. Thousands of humans, small, tall, fat, skinny, dark, light all seemed to walk in a circle, talking, running or simply chilling. Bra took a deep breath and started walking, she didn't know how or why, but in 24 hours, she wanted to be off the whole continent for good. Bra looked around crazily and whispered for the saiyans of DBZ/GT to help her and guide her in the wild world of earthlings, she silently let her heart guide her, in the direction, EAST?
2 hours. 2 hours in this jam-packed city and I have no idea where to go or what to do. All I know is that I have to keep my eyes open at all times. I have to keep my faith alive, even if this stupid sun is giving me a total sunbath and I'm burning close to a crisp. I've got to get out of this traffic if it's the last thing I ever do! I need to get somewhere that's quiet and there's no disturbance anywhere.
Bra smiled intelligently as she saw a small shop that read: Tours and Trips to the most popular mountain ranges here in the East! Bra jumped over a small construction sign and bumped into thousands of people before she was right in front of the shop. She grabbed the door and ran inside, instantly the odd odor hit her nose and she practically ran back outside. She held her nose as an excited man came up to her.
"Are you interested in going on a mountain tour?" He asked smugly, Bra coughed.
"Can you get me to a mountain and leave me there by myself?" She asked straight out, he eyed her in a confused manner but shrugged and nodded.
"Yes, of course. But wouldn't you be more interested in a packet where there's free food.........."
Bra interrupted the man's long speech and held out her hand.
"I need to get to a mountain where it's quiet and I don't need all this extra pampering, I can take care of myself." Bra said straight forwardly, the man just nodded and took her to a small desk. He asked her some information, which she made up and then told her the price. He'd said it would be $47.00 to get to the mountain, and since she didn't want any "pampering" they'd leave her there and come back. Bra thought about it and agreed. She gave him the money and he told her that a small plane would be leaving from the tiny airport three miles away, and it'd be best for her to catch a ride there. Bra nodded and took her ticket she took a deep breath.
"There's all my money.......gone.......... just because I have sensitive ears......." She thought depressed, but quickly shook herself out of it. I didn't come here to groan and moan, I could've done that at home too, I came here to do something, and maybe this is going to get me there.
Bra walked down to the busy street and looked around her, millions of people were also standing at the tip of the street, and had their hands out. She caught the clue and stuck her hand out quickly, waving it around wildly. Suddenly a bright yellow taxi came up and stopped in front of her. Bra stared at the taxi for a second then jumped in.
"Where to Miss?" The taxi driver asked, he had a gray beard and a slightly tilted black cap on.
"Uh.....the C-C-Cinder Airport." She mumbled.
"Gotchya." The taxi driver zoomed into the traffic and they were off, zillions of other cars honking and beeping all around their small car. Bra clamped her hand over her ears and within 5 minutes they were closing in on the airport entrance. Bra unclamped her ears and moved to open the door, she crawled out and looked at the expecting taxi driver. She noticed his twinkling gray eyes and smiled.
"That would have been $10.75 since it's a public place an' all, but you seem young and I told expect ya' to have that much on you, so I'll take $5.45 and be on my way." He said politely, Bra nodded and gave him the necessary money. He drove off again, into the dusk. Bra looked up at the large sign and walked into the small, unnoticeable room. The woman behind the counter looked tired and worn out, but she still gave Bra a weak smile.
"Hello, how may I help you?" The woman said robotically. Bra gave the lady her ticket.
"I need to know where to board the one way plane to those mountains." Bra pointed out, the woman nodded.
"Very beautiful mountains......good choice. The plane is due in about 15 minutes, you should go out that door and to your left where you are to find two different doors, take the bright green one and you should end up face to face with a waiting room. Once you're there, all you have to do is wait for a gentlemen to call you from the speakers and you'll be off within a couple of minutes or so." She said. Bra nodded and walked pass the door and found her way, quietly, to the waiting room. There was a mystical orange-ish look to the small, comfy room. There wasn't anyone else waiting there, so Bra decided to flop onto the small couch and she flicked on the TV. Thank God for her, the TV had cable and it was just about time for DBZ. Bra sat up excitedly as she flicked the channels to Cartoon Network.
"Yes! I get to watch DBZ!" Bra said, but then her face went blank as the episodes name came across the screen.
"DENDE'S DRAGON! I've seen this one so many times I can practically say all the lines! Man.....rerun after rerun after rerun.....oh well, at least I get to see my buddies and "family." Bra said contently as she fell peacefully into the world of Dragon Ball Z.
"Miss? Miss? Cough....Excuse me Miss?" A young man said as Bra snapped out of the Dragon Ball Z episode. Bra looked at him dreamily and shook her head.
"Oh....uh sorry." She said simply, he shrugged and held out his hand.
"This way to the plane, please." Bra walked next to him without taking his hand or anything and he led the way towards a medium sized plane, it looked like a bush plane, but Bra wasn't an expert on planes, so she just shrugged it off. The pilot and co-pilot of the plane smiled at her and she just boarded the plane, they told her to buckle up, and showed her the emergency stuff. Bra nodded silently through the whole session and they took off.
"Air. This is nice, it's definitely better than being on the Kami4Saken ground, that's for sure. This is so beautiful." Bra thought. She was deeply impressed by the sky and flying and not having to walk. She could see billions and trillions of small specks on the ground and it seemed so unimportant to her. Within moments they had reached a type of huge countryside, and then, before Bra knew it they almost reached the high, dark mountains. Bra stared out at the blackish mountains and they seemed so sad to her. She felt a couple of bumps and twists as the plane got ready for landing. Bra closed her eyes and thought of Vegeta. Then.....before Bra knew it.....The pilot was telling her to unbuckle her belt. Bra smiled and practically flew out of the plane itself. The pilot gave her a map and the time they would be returning to this exact same place.
"Okay, I get it, I understand. I'll see you guys." She said as she watched them lift off, leaving a swirl behind them.
"Okay......so where do I go now?" Bra asked herself, she looked all around and thought she saw something glimmering at the top of the left hand cliff. She immediately felt her heart tug towards the shining object and she quickly started up the cliff. Bra grabbed on to some rocks and slit her foot into the dented places, managing to pull herself up, in a climbing manner. Bra's shoe struck into the cliff's edge as she put all her efforts into climbing higher and higher up the steep cliff.
"Huhhhh.....uhhhh...this is...this is not that easy....but challenging and I love challenges." Bra whispered slowly to herself. She finally pulled herself up, after what had seemed like a millions hours. Bra sat down and rubbed her hands together. She took a deep breath and then took out her water jug to drink some. She gulped it down and then abruptly turned around, it felt as if someone was watching her or something. Bra shook her shoulders loose, feeling them tighten tensely. She stood up and a ray of sunlight flickered off of a sparkling light orange rock. She felt her curiosity peek over herself, so she went up the small, hidden trail. Bra felt her leg muscles tighten and she stretched out, trying to avoid from slipping. She grabbed some dead logs and hopped over stray rocks. She kept her mind focused on the glittery object and her heart determined. Bra jumped over the last bit of dead logs and rocks and bent down. Her eyes grew wide as she saw what the "rock" was. The sparkling object looked amazingly like a dragon ball, except it had a different sign on it. Bra stared at it mysteriously as she felt a gasp shoot out of her open mouth. She gulped excitedly as she realized........
"I KNEW IT!! I knew my destiny had to do with Dragon Ball Z or at....at least Dragon Balls!! This just has to be some kind of key to it all, it's amazing! Yes!!!!!!" Bra picked up the cloudy object and stared at it unrealistically. She just stood there looking at it unbelievably. It had a symbol on it that looked like a flying star or something. Bra felt her mind racing and her heart thump wildly, somewhere in her body a voice shouted, "GO farther!" Bra put the object safely away in her backpack and went ahead excitedly. But her mind wasn't even focusing all the way on what she was doing, it kept going back to the fact that she had a DRAGON BALL IN HER BACKPACK AND SHE WAS GOING TO MEET HER FAITH SOON!! YAY!!! Her brain shouted, Bra smiled, without noticing she did.
"Yes! See Bra, you did the right thing, you're going to get to see all of your real family and even be held tenderly by Goten himself! I was sick of waiting and now I've realized taking action is the best thing to do! I am so excited! Yes!!" Bra's thought magically. Bra felt her heart rise into a new level of hope and pride.
"Myself is coming back to normal, finally, I can feel it...........AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!" Bra screamed as she felt her foot slip lightly off of a branch. Without realizing it, she had climbed all the way up into a forest, mountainous type of place. Bra felt her brain go dead and her heart stop. Falling. Now she felt herself grasp desperately for something to keep her balance on. She couldn't see anymore. She didn't know where to place her feet anymore and she couldn't keep track of all the things going on. 'You're not going to make it......you need to survive......' Bra felt her feet dangling dangerously off of the highest cliff and she screamed until her lungs hurt. Bra held on for her final moment of hope until........................
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Bra felt herself fall, fall into a pitch of nothingness, and she didn't know if she'd survive. Bra lost consciousness, and all her heart thought was......."You where so close......so close." All Bra remembered now was a small figure and....................
~~**~~**~~**~~**~~**Time for Pan's side of the story!!~~**~~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**~**
A/N: Hey, Bra here and I just wanted to say I am so sorry for the wait. Pan, my Internet is so messed up and I have no way to post this or anything! Please understand, I'll try desperately to post this chapter! I even tried making it longer! Hey everyone we need nice, good reviews ok! Please! Be nice to my friend Pan, who is going to start this next brilliant chapter! Oh, what did you think of the evil cliffhanger? Get it......cliffhanger?? Bwwuuaahhhhahaaahhaaaahhaaaa! *laughs evilly*