Disclaimer: I don't own Dragon Ball Z. Comet and Starla are characters that I made up. They are not me or none of my friends.

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Strangers from a Different World Chapter 2
by Dark Earth aka Tasukiden
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The water was cool and refreshing. I was floating on my back before a giant wave washed over me. When I reached the surface again, Gohan, Goten, Trunks and Comet was laughing their asses off. I decided that I couldn't let them get away with that. I looked over to Bra and knobbed my head. Bra and I ducked under the water below the four laughing guys. Bra grabbed Goten and Comets legs as I grabbed Trunks and Gohan legs. The guys didn't realize what was happening as they went under the water. Bra and me flew up in the sky laughing our asses off. The four guys broke the surface of the water at the speed of light and tackle the two unexacting females. Comet grabbed Bra around her waist as Trunks did the same to me. Gohan and Goten got the pleasure of tickling us.

Later that day, I was lying on my back with one leg in the air. Trunks walked up to me and flapped down on the towel. I smiled at him as I turned my head to face him. This time, Trunks wasn't smiling.

"What's wrong Trunks?" I asked him. Trunks turned on his side to look at me. He was still upset with me from last night.

"Starla, what was you thinking last night when you and Comet took off from the party without telling me or Goten where you were going?" Trunks kept his voice low so only I could hear. My jaw dropped.

"We tried to find one of you to tell you but we looked all over the party. We decided that we would just let you have your fun and went back ourselves. Grant that we did get lost though." I said with my eyes close. I didn't like the feeling that I had when Trunks was talking to me. Trunks made me promise not to do that again. I shock my head at him. Trunks was still lying on his side looking at me. I open my eyes and tried to smile at him. Trunks sighed and smiled back. Bra yelled over to us if we wanted to play a game of volley ball. Trunks jumped up and grabbed my hand. We started to play till we went back home.

*******Back Home*******

Later that night when everyone was at home, Starla and Comet was in her room talking. We thought everyone went to sleep a couple of hours ago. Comet was telling me that he felt something major was heading towards us from outer space. I knew that when Comet got those feelings, something would happen. Most of the time, it was bad. I shook my head at my best friend. We agree that in the morning before anyone would be up, we would go and have a peak in the sky. We didn't know that Trunks was walking back to his room from a midnight snack and heard us talking. He made a point to wake up early to follow us. Vegeta also heard us talking and decided that he would find out what could be coming also. Comet said his goodnights and left the room. I pulled my covers up over my head and fell asleep.

Early in the morning, I woke up. I quickly jumped from the bed and got dress. I tiptoe to where Comet was sleeping at and walked in on him. He was up and was just pulling his shirt over his head when I walked in. We quickly walked down the stairs and was almost pass the kitchen when Vegeta's voice rang out to us.

"So where do you brats think you are going this early in the morning?" Vegeta asked us. Trunks was hoping down the stairs and ran into us. I looked at Comet and was deciding if I should lie or not. I didn't really know that much of what was going on so it wouldn't have been a big lie. Vegeta crossed his arms and told me not to lie. Some how, he knew what was going through my mind. I shallow and brought up my hands.

"We decided to see what was up in the sky. That was all." I told the angry man that was standing in front of me. Vegeta knobbed his head and told us if that was all we were going to do, then we wouldn't mind if he would tag along with us. Comet couldn't help but chuckle. He got a snarl from Vegeta and myself. Trunks crossed his arms and told us that he was going also. I couldn't get out of it, so all four of us took off in the early morning air.

We were going up really high and I was wondering if Trunks and Vegeta could fly as high as we could. There was only one way to find out. We kept going straight up past the clouds where the air was thinner. Vegeta and Trunks couldn't take it any more and they had to stop. Comet and me didn't even notice when they stopped. Vegeta was not happy at all. Trunks kept looking up at the sky till he couldn't see us anymore. Vegeta told his son to fly back home and get two oxygen mask from his mothers lab. Trunks quickly followed the order. When he came back to where his father was waiting, they put on the mask and continue flying up. After a few minutes, they cleared the Earth's surface. We were in space without any oxygen. Trunks notice that we was breathing fine in space. Little did they know that we couldn't stay in space for that long without passing out. Way out to the right, we saw something heading towards us. It was still very far away but it would come within three days. I turned to Comet and both of us went back to the Earth quickly. Vegeta and Trunks followed us back. When we reached a part in the sky that we could breathe better, we had to stop to fill their lungs again. We almost stay in space to long. Trunks had to grab me before I past out and fell to the ground. Comet almost blacked out for a minute but he caught himself before he fell. I thanked Trunks and went to fly down to the ground. Trunks wouldn't let go of me so I had to allow Trunks to fly me down. Vegeta and Comet went after us.

Once they were standing on firm ground, Vegeta turned towards us.

"What in the hell was that!" I didn't have an answer for him.

"I sense it last night and we thought we should check things out before we told anyone." Comet stared at Vegeta. Vegeta look like he wanted to do more shouting but Bulma walked out of the house and told us to get inside for breakfast. Vegeta and Comet fly back inside. I didn't realize that Trunks was still holding me tight. When I went to move my legs, I didn't go anywhere. I looked down at his tan arms that was around my waist. He had his head in my long hair. I swear that I heard him mumble something but I couldn't tell what he said.

One of his hands reached up and brushed my hair to one side. I felt his cool breathe on the back of my neck. A shiver went up my spine as I closed my eyes. I like the feeling that I was going through. Trunks started to kiss my neck and every now and again, I felt his teeth snipe at my sensitive skin. I didn't realize that I was leaning back into his body. I let out a soft moan as I felt his teeth again. Trunks turned me around so I was facing him. His soft lips lowered to me. The kiss was gentle at first but it soon turned deeper. I opened my mouth a little and Trunks thrust his tongue inside. No one ever did that to me before. The feelings were new also. Trunks was rubbing his hands up and down my back as he deepen the kiss more. My body was glued to his as I felt all of his muscles. His chest was hard but soft at the same time. My hands came up and I started to run my fingers through his hair. He moaned into my mouth as one of his arms crushed me closer to him and the other was going through my hair. It took us a few minutes to realize that Vegeta was yelling at us to get inside. Trunks reliantly let me go as we walked back to the house. My head was swirling as I was trying to figure everything out.

Later that day, Vegeta and I was practicing in the gravity chamber. It seemed like he was going easy on me for some strange reason. It has been two days that Comet and I had came here. I still wonder how we got here and if my parents back home knows that we were even gone. My mind was some place else when Vegeta placed a well aimed punch to my side. I fell to the floor. That really hurt! Vegeta was just smirking at me from the sky. I didn't want to get back up. My mind was trying to figure everything out. Vegeta finally had enough and floated down towards me.

"What's wrong brat, can't take it now?" Vegeta smirked at me. I was not in the mood to be playing right now. I got up from the ground and without a word, I walked out of the chamber. I didn't see the look that Vegeta was giving me. I walked outside and saw a nice place to sit. I walked across the yard and sat down in the chair. I didn't even notice when Goku and Vegeta sat down by me. Comet must had felt something because he also sat down with us.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Goku asked. Comet was starring at me and I shuck my head. I had to do something or I would burst.

"I don't understand why we are here. Why Comet and I were the only ones from home that could do the things we can." I started. Vegeta even kept silent as he listen to me talk. That was not like him at all. When I was done, I felt better. Goku and Vegeta was still thinking over what I just told them. Vegeta wouldn't admit it but he was a bit happier now that he got to know them better. He would still treat them like he did before. He didn't want them to think he was getting soft.

"Maybe you came here to help us fight that thing that is coming." Goku said finally. I couldn't believe it! I forgot all about that. That thing should be here anytime now. Everyone had to be ready!

Now that everyone knew about what was coming there, everyone was standing around. Goten, Gohan, Goku, Comet, Trunks, Vegeta and I was training every minute of the day. We still took time out for food though. We was the only seven people that could do anything about the evil. The next day, when everyone was outside training, the sky lit up with shades of red. What ever that was coming had finally arrived.

I looked up in the sky and saw that everything was red. It would had looked pretty if it wasn't for the huge spaceship that was heading for us. I notice everyone else was getting ready to do battle if we had to. I was trying to stay clam. I didn't notice when Trunks came up behind me. He stop and placed a hand on my shoulder. I glanced back at him and smile. I had to do something or I would had gone nuts while we wait. The spaceship stopped in the air and twenty things fly out. I called them things because they were not human. They didn't even look human from where I was standing. They looked like red blobs flouting down in the sky. The blobs formed a circle around us and closed in.

Vegeta looked like he would love to strike the closest one to him. He got the chance when they started to attack. Everything went hay wired. Comet was sticking close to me as he fought one of the blobs. It took me a few minutes to realize that only seven blobs were attacking at one time. The rest stay up in the air away from the battle. It was a good thing also, because they were hard to fight. Vegeta and Goku finally got two of the blobs before two more attacked them. When things were looking bad for the blobs, the rest jumped in to help their friends. The one that I was fighting was a real pain. Every time that I would strike it, my punches would just bounced off. My attacks where not doing any better than my punches. Comet was trying to fight two and three ganged up on Trunks. Gohan manage to help Trunks before a couple more attacked him.

One blob was coming for me from behind and I was still trying to get the one in front down. Things were not looking good. When I finally destroy the first one, three came at me. I didn't know what to do. The first one was too hard to fight and now I have four to deal with. I managed to blow another one up, it was a lucky shot. When I went to attack another one, the one behind me blow up. I was covered in red from it blowing up. It was all sticky. I notice that it was getting hard to move my body. Comet was too busy with two more blobs to notice that I was losing my fight. It seemed like they were laughing at me. More blobs were coming at us. I see no end to them. I had a feeling that this is one fight that I'll have trouble winning.

Goku and Vegeta was all the way powered up. That was when everything was going in their direction. Gohan, Goten and Trunks was finally making dents in the blobs also. Comet was hit from behind and he fell to the ground. Goku took out five blobs that was going to attack Comet. No one seemed to remember that I was there. Even Trunks was having fun destroying the blobs. At this time, I couldn't move or talk. The blobs grabbed hold of my waist as everything went black. The last thought that I had was that I had to train some more.

The blobs that was still around headed back to their ship. Comet finally looked around and notice that Starla was gone. He yelled to the other crew. Everyone started in after the ship. Vegeta got there first and blow a huge hole in the side. He went in and started to blast everything in site. Trunks had to dodge the attacks so he could search the ship for Starla. Goku, Gohan, Goten and Comet helped Vegeta with the remaining blobs.

Trunks was searching every room of the ship. The last door on the right was a bit jarred. He went straight for it and kicked it open. Inside the room, a huge blob sat holding Starla in front of him. He didn't want to take a chance. Since he was the biggest blob, he had the other smaller blobs do all of the work. He didn't want to dirt his hands. In time, he lost the ability to do attacks but he would never tell the other blobs that. Trunks starred at him with hate in his eyes.

"Give her back to me!" Trunks shouted at the blob. The blob smiled a toothless smile and hold onto the girl tighter. There was no way that he was going to lose his only protection. Trunks yelled again as he disappeared. The blob looked around the room for the yellow hair Saiyan. Trunks reappeared behind the blob and shot an attack at its head. The blob didn't know what happen as his head was blown off his shoulders. Starla was still out cold when Trunks picked her up. He was yelling at himself for not paying closer attention to her in the battle. Trunks couldn't believe it when he notice that she was gone. It felt like his heart stopped when he saw that she wasn't with them. Starla was barely breathing as Trunks flew out of the ship. The rest of the fighters completely destroyed the ship as they watch it burned.

Trunks yelled at them that he had her and everyone went back home. The first thing that Trunks did was yelled to his mother. Bulma ran over and quickly had Starla placed on a bed. She started to put wires into her body to help her breathe.

"Trunks! Go get some water and towels! We have to get this stuff off of her before she dies!" Bulma yelled. Trunks quickly left to do his mothers orders. Goku and the rest was sitting down in the living room waiting for Bulma to come back out. Comet was very sickly looking as he waited on the news on his best friend. Starla ment everything to him and he didn't want to lose her. Goten and Gohan was worry about her and Trunks. Trunks was acting crazy when he found her. They knew that he had feelings for the girl. Vegeta was silent in the corner as he listen to Bulma and his son. He wasn't blind to the way that his son act towards that strange girl. It was only three days that they came here and this was the second time that she was in danger. She needed to be toughen up some more. Vegeta would never tell the others about the way he feels because it wasn't him. He still wanted to know more about Comet and Starla and he'll be dammed if he would let the girl get away from not answering all of his questions.

Trunks was sitting on the couch with the rest of the guys. His kept going over everything in his head. Trunks was still yelling at himself for not protecting her better. Bulma finally came into the room. She looked worst now than when she went in Starla's room. Everyone turned their eyes to her waiting for her to speak.

"I finally got all of that sticky stuff off of her. She is breathing a bit better but it is still to early to tell if she will pull through or not." Bulma had to blink back the tears that was threatening to spill from her eyes. Trunks got up from the couch and left the room. Vegeta stared at his sons back before he too left. Comet looked like he was going to go into shock at any minute. Goku asked Bulma to give them a call when she finds more out about Starla's condition. Bulma weakly shuck her head. Goku and his sons left Bulma's and took off towards home. They knew that Chichi would be worried about them.

Trunks opened Starla door and walked into her room. He notice that she was very pale. Her chest was barley moving with each breathe that she was trying to take. Trunks wanted to destroy something, anything to let some of his anger, fear and helplessness out. He didn't know that his father was at the door the whole time watching. Trunks sat down in a chair near Starla and picked up her hand. It felt cold in his warm ones. Trunks didn't realize that a single tear made its way down his face. He could see them kissing from before and he vowed that he would not let her down again. That was when he really knew that he had stronger feelings for the girl that he found in his back yard four mornings ago. Trunks started to talk to her about anything and everything. Some how he knew that she could hear everything that he was saying. Vegeta silently left his son alone.

Comet was still sitting in the same spot as he was before. He didn't move or talked. Bulma was trying to get him to go to bed but Comet looked like he didn't hear a word that she was saying. Vegeta walked into the room and grabbed him by his shirt. Comet still didn't move or even blinked an eye. Vegeta wanted to punch him but he stopped himself and just dragged him to his room. He was not to gentle about either. After Vegeta slammed the boy down on his bed, he turned and went to his own room. This was going to be a long night, Vegeta sighed. It wasn't that much later when Bulma went to bed. She checked on Starla before she went to her room to find her son asleep in the chair. He was still holding her hand in his. Bulma put a blanket around Trunks and sighed. She wished that she could do more about Starla but it was now up to her if she wanted to live or not.

The next morning, Comet woke Trunks up and sat down near him and Starla. His eyes was dull and they would be till his best friend wake up or when he would die himself. Neither guy would talk but just starred at the girl. It looked like some of her coloring was coming back but they wasn't sure. Bulma brought them some food but neither one notice and the food was left untouched. Vegeta walked in an hour later to see both of the guys not moving. He grabbed his sons shirt and told him to wait for him in the Gravity chamber. When Trunks looked like he wanted to refuse, Vegeta growled at him. Trunk reluctant stood up and went to the chamber for his father to show up. When Trunks left, Vegeta turned to Comet.

"When I get done with Trunks, you're next boy." Vegeta growled at him. Comet just blinked at him.

In the gravity chamber, Trunks was punching at an imagine enemy when Vegeta walked in. He didn't say anything as he went after his son. Trunks was taken back at first but with the first punched to his stomach, he caught onto what his father was doing. Trunks knew that Vegeta was trying to get some of him to left out some of his feelings as they spar against each other. Vegeta never came out and said anything to his son but Trunks could tell it in his eyes that Vegeta was worry also. They went at it for two hours when Trunks collapse onto the floor. Vegeta picked his son up and placed him on his bed. He than went to get Comet for the same thing.

Three hours later, Bulma called out that lunch was ready. No one seemed to be in the mood to eat but they knew that it wouldn't do anything good if they starved themselves. Chichi and the others came by after lunch to see how Starla was doing. Bulma shuck her head and told them that Comet and Trunks was sitting with her. Goten and Gohan went up to see for themselves. Chichi and Bulma sat down on the couch while Goku went to find Vegeta. Trunks and Comet was talking to Starla when Gohan and Goten walked in. Starla was still pale but with more coloring in her cheeks.

"If we talk to her, she might come back sooner." Comet told them. He seen it before and he hope that would bring her back faster. Gohan and Goten pulled up chairs on the other side of the bed. All four guys were talking to Starla like she was awake. Starla could hear everything that they were saying to her. Her mind was trying to reach out to tell them that she will be alright but she was soo very tired that she couldn't do anything.

Later that night, Vegeta told Comet and Trunks to go to bed.

"I'll stay with her for a few so off with you too now!" He yelled at them. Comet and Trunks left Starla's room with one final look at her. Vegeta was getting annoy with the girl. He sat down in one of the chairs and just starred at her for a few minutes.

"I know that you can hear me girl, so listen up good." Vegeta snarled at her, "You better wake your ass up now." When she didn't move, Vegeta started to yell at her.
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Okay Chapter 2 is done!
Dark Earth