CHAPTER THREE- A GIRL NAMED AIKO
The next morning dawned clear and early. (as they usually do dawn early) Bulma sighed and stretched in bed. She saw that Vegeta was already gone out of bed, probably to train with Trunks and Goten. Bulma pulled herself out of bed and grabbed her robe before slipping into the hall.
She peered into the room that Trunks and Goten had been staying in and indeed, both twin beds were empty, and unmade. She checked in on Bra and Pan too, who were still sleeping. Then Bulma proceeded down the hall to one of the many guest rooms where the girl was staying. She knew very well that Vegeta and Trunks wouldn't approve of her going by herself just in case this stranger was an enemy, but Bulma didn't really believe that the petite, defenseless girl in front of her had been an enemy.
Bulma looked into the room, and saw a tousled head with strawberry blonde hair resting on the pillow. At first Bulma thought that the girl was still sleeping, but then she saw blue eyes peering out from beneath the covers.
"Are you awake?" Bulma asked tentavily.
The girl sat up and nodded.
"Why are you here?"
The girl made no more sounds, but patted her throat gently. Bulma frowned. What did that mean?
"What's your name then?"
The girl touched her throat again and shook her head.
"Does...Does that mean you can't speak?" Bulma asked hestitantly, halfhoping she was right, so she wouldn't embarass the girl, but halfhoping she was wrong so she could talk to the girl.
However she nodded.
"Do you know sign language?" Bulma said in a burst of genius.
The girl shook her head again.
Bulma pondered for a moment how she could still communicate with the girl. Suddenly she jumped up, startling the girl on the bed. Bulma ran over to the desk, and grabbed the Capsule Corp. stationery, and a pen.
She handed them to the girl.
"Would you write down your name please?"
The girl looked at Bulma for a moment and then leaned her head down, so that her hair spilled in front of her face, and Bulma couldn't see the paper. The girl looked up a moment later, smiled, and handed the paper to Bulma.
On the paper, four letters were written.
A-I-K-O.
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Goten and Trunks were trying, unsuccessfully, to defend themselves against Vegeta who was going all out on them.
He smirked at them, knowing that they had been slipping up on their training.
"Dad!" Trunks whined. "Why do we have to train so hard?"
"Because I won't have weak baka for a son!"
"Ok, why do I have to train so hard?" Goten asked, as he dodged a ki blast from Vegeta.
"Because a Saiyan shouldn't be stronger as a seven year old!" Vegeta snarled and punched Goten in the gut.
Goten flew backwards, and Trunks tried to land a kick at his dad's head. Vegeta brought his arm up just in time to block the kick, and raised his other arm, and blasted Trunks to land beside Goten.
"You two were the youngest Super Saiyans, and now you can't even defeat me fighting together!" Vegeta spat. "You're lucky we haven't been attacked again, I think that jerk Yamcha could defeat you two!"
Trunks and Goten glanced at each other, as Vegeta headed back to the house.
"Geeze. Why is he so intent on training us?" Goten asked, rubbing the back of his head.
"Maybe in case the Earth is attacked again?" Trunks suggested.
"What are the chances of that?" Goten asked, laying back in the grass.
"Hmm... I don't know." Trunks replied. "What do you think of that girl that we found?"
"She's cute."
"Goten, you think every girl that walks the face of this Earth is cute."
"Do not!"
"Ok you think that every girl that walks the face of this Earth, is between fifteen and twenty-five, not releated to you is cute."
"Well...yeah ok. Shut up Trunks! Hey look there's Misha!" Goten yelled, saying the name of a girl that 'secretly' adored Trunks.
Trunks hit Goten solidly on the head. Goten yelped, and jumped up.
"Come on Goten, we better get back inside if we want any pancakes.But knowing my dad, he'll probably make us arm wrestle him for the syrup."
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Bulma tried to get Aiko to write a little more, but her hand shook so bad that she was unable to write. Bulma glanced up at the tiny girl's face and saw her nervousness. She vaguely wondered why Aiko was so nervous.
"Would you like something to eat?" Bulma asked.
Aiko nodded her head gently.
Aiko slipped out of bed to follow Bulma, and was surprised to find that she was in a pair of silk pink and white pajamas. Bulma smiled slightly at the girl's astounded expression, before gently taking her hand and leading her into the kitchen.
Aiko blushed as she saw the three men fighting over food in the kitchen. Bulma noticed this and smiled. She was hoping that Aiko would be able to fit in. From the look's of it, Aiko might be staying for awhile, if she was too scared to tell Bulma what had happened to her.
"Vegeta! Trunks! Goten! Would you bakas stop fighting over food for a minute!"
They all froze in place, and the site was quite comical. Trunks had a piece of ham stuck in his mouth, and Goten was biting onto the other end, while Vegeta had sausage sticking out of his mouth and was grabbing for the same piece of fruit as Trunks. Goten's hand was over Vegeta's plate of bacon. When Vegeta saw this he snarled at Goten.
Bulma snorted.
"Boys, this is Aiko."
Three pairs of eyes fixated on the figure standing shyly behind Bulma. Goten and Trunks turned a bright shade of red, since Aiko was obviously close to their age. Vegeta snorted, and brought a knife down into Goten's hand that was over his plate. Goten's eyes quickly left Aiko and went back to Vegeta as he howled in pain. In a moment the table was the place of chaos that it had been moments before.
Author's Note: Yeah! Aiko is here! Now... let me see... who could Aiko be? Hmm.... that's a hard one, don't you think? I'm such an obvious writer... but for good reason! I hope this story starts to get good soon. Oh well... REVIEW! the caps lock just 'accidentally' got stuck there or EMAIL darn caps lock! me at vegetaztwin@hotmail.com