Well, I haven't written for this story in a long time so Last Time on Black Bird's Flight:
Raven finds herself on a road leading to a strange, almost futuristic city where a celebration seems to be going on. Not long after she set out to the city, a man named Yamne showed up to give her a ride into town. They met Yamne's wife Sarro and Raven was invited for lunch at the Golden Dragon to which she could not decline…
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Luckily for Raven, it was an all-you-can-eat buffet. She dove into the food as soon as it was placed on the turntable, and Yamne was right…it was good!
Yamne and Sarro stared at Raven, their chopsticks paused halfway between their bowls of soup and their mouths on their first bite as Raven finished her first bowl. Yamne grinned at her.
"When was the last time you ate?" he laughed and Raven froze while she was reaching for more food.
"This morning…" she said and realized what she had just done…inhaled a whole bowl of soup in two seconds flat. Yamne laughed.
"Eat up!" he said and Raven grinned at him and complied. Bowls soon piled high on the table and it was one waiter's sole job in clearing them and another's to keep up the supply of food on the table. But strangely enough, there was a different table that had even more waiters who spent their time carrying away toppling towers of dirty bowls and plates. Raven's eyes were glued to her food and she missed the sight, but they did catch Sarro's eyes. She looked over at the next table watched as a short, muscular man with wild hair and a boy with purple hair made huge amounts of food disappear in gaping black holes that served as mouths. She grinned, she would know Bulma's son anywhere. Sure enough, Bulma was there also, partially blocked from view by buildings made of empty bowls.
"Hey Bulma!" Sarro said waving. Raven choked on her mouthful of food and dropped her chopsticks into her soup. Yamne looked up at her with a smile.
"Sarro and Mrs. Briefs are business partners. Sarro's a manager of a company that works closely with Capsule Corp." he said mistaking her shock of finding Bulma here for seeing a celebrity.
"Come and meet her!" Sarro said standing up. Raven went to follow but hesitated. "Come on!" Sarro encouraged, "She's really nice." Raven swallowed and followed Sarro over to Bulma's table.
How could I have missed Vegeta and Trunks! She thought as she walked to the table, her heart fluttering, could the dream have been true? Neither Vegeta nor Trunks paused in their devouring of the restaurant's entire stash of food as Sarro and Raven approached the table. Bulma stood up smiling.
"How are you Sarro?" She said, shaking Sarro's hand.
"I'm good. This is my friend Raven." Sarro said, introducing Raven. Bulma shook her hand too.
"You eat like a Saiyan!" Bulma laughed glancing at their table that was finally being cleared of all the plates. Raven swallowed nervously. Vegeta glanced up from his bowl as two words cut through his food-hazed brain. Raven and Saiyan. Raven began shifting her weight from foot to foot under Vegeta's stern gaze. Trunks looked up confused when his father stopped eating. Raven swallowed again. She knew this wasn't a dream this time.
"Uh…Hi Vegeta, Hi Trunks." Raven said with a slight wave. Bulma and Sarro were busy chatting. Vegeta stood up.
"Come with me." He snapped. Trunks wore a face more suited for Goku and his Vacant Look as Vegeta walked towards the exit with Raven following.
"Vegeta! Where are you going?" Bulma demanded.
"To talk." Vegeta grunted and continued. They walked outside the Golden Dragon and stopped in front of it on the busy sidewalk where Vegeta stood studying Raven. She soon got tired of staring into his coal-black eyes so decided to have a little fun. She always loved putting Vegeta in award situations in the fanfics that she wrote, why not in real life. He wouldn't kill her.
"You're wondering how I know your name." Raven began managing not to plaster a grin on her face, "And the fact that you are the Prince of all Saiyans." She was rewarded as surprise washed over Vegeta's face and then she couldn't help but grin.
"Who are you?" Vegeta growled, "You were in my dream." Now it was Raven's turn to be surprised.
"Y-your dream!" she stuttered and Vegeta blinked at her. "Wait, don't tell me. You fought Dabura?" She asked.
"Yeah."
"And lost?" Raven said hesitantly and Vegeta snorted.
"Tell me this." He said, "How do you know that I'm the Prince of Saiyans?" Raven grinned.
"I know a lot of things. I know Trunks is your only son. Goku, or Kakarot is your rival. You first came to Earth with Napa to find the dragonballs and wish for immortality from Shenron. Your father's name was Vegeta, and the Saiyan home planet was Vegeta…too many Vegetas if you ask me…" she trailed off as Vegeta's eyes widened. Bulma came out of the Golden Dragon.
"Vegeta, are you done eating? We're going to join Sarro, Yamne, and Raven for the parade."
"I wanna go to the parade!" Trunks said appearing behind Bulma. Vegeta snorted.
"What is the parade for?" Raven asked.
"And here I thought you knew everything." Vegeta said.
"Be nice Vegeta." Bulma told him. "Today is the anniversary of the Victory over Cell." She told Raven and Raven made a face.
"Why go?" she said. "You know full well that Gohan beat Cell! That...lying…Hercule has no right to claim the victory! Why go?"
"To see him make a fool of himself!" Trunks cried. Bulma studied Raven.
"How do you know that?" she asked.
"She also knows exactly who I am." Vegeta said.
Uh oh. Now I'm in trouble. Raven thought. How was she ever going to get them to believe that she knew their entire life history from a TV show?
"But how?" Bulma asked and looked at Raven.
"Um…well…I…" Raven was at a loss for words. Yamne and Sarro came out of the restaurant.
"Ready to go?" Yamne said. Bulma nodded and Raven bit her lip nervously.
"Okay." Bulma said turning from Raven. "We can walk. It's not far from here." They all walked towards the main street. Raven trailed the group. Trunks slowed down and dropped back to walk next to Raven. She turned and smiled at him.
"Hi Trunks, I'm Raven."
"Hi." He said. "How do you know my name?"
"I know a lot about you." She grinned at him. "Quiz me." Trunks looked at her for a bit.
"Okay…" he said. "Who are my parents?"
"Come on! That's an easy one! Bulma and Vegeta!"
"Who's my best friend?"
"Goten." Raven replied without hesitation.
"Does he have any siblings?"
"One older brother, Gohan."
"How old am I?"
"Eight."
"Well how old is Goten?"
"Seven."
"Anyone could know that." Trunks said and Raven laughed.
"I know you broke Piccolo!" Raven said and Trunks missed a step. Raven laughed again. "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone." Trunks continued to quiz Raven on everything from the relations of the Z-Fighters to stuff from Dragonball to which he wouldn't know the answers to, like how did Bulma and 'Goten's dad' meet.
"Wow." Trunks said at last. "How do you know all that stuff?"
"I'll tell you later." Raven said. They had arrived at the main street that the parade was going to follow down. Vegeta opened a spot for them by flexing his muscles and glairing. They soon had a wide space in the very front. Trunks sat cross-legged with Raven on the curb and they laughed and chatted away.
"Well," Vegeta said staring straight ahead, "It looks like Kakarot's brats came too." Trunks twisted around to look at Vegeta.
"Goten?" he said and stood up. "Hey! Goten! Gohan!" he said waving his hands above his head to catch their attention, well it was more of the bubble of emptiness around Vegeta that caught Gohan's attention rather than tiny Trunks waving his hands about. Raven stood up and saw Goten up on Gohan's shoulders. Gohan was wading through the thick crowd to get to them, muttering apologies along the way. They finally managed to reach Vegeta's bubble and Gohan set Goten down.
"Hi Trunks!" Goten said.
"Hi Goten!" Trunks said, "Guess what! She knows everything about us!"
"Hi Goten." Raven said. Gohan stood staring at her in shock.
"You're name's not Raven by any chance…is it?" he asked and Raven smiled at him.
"Yes Gohan, it is."
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Cliffhanger……..I really need to find a better place to end my chapters *sigh*