CHAPTER FOUR- Getting To Know Each Other
After Bulma made sure that Aiko had gotten something to eat, she took her down into the lab.
"I'm just going to make sure you're not sick or anything."
Aiko nodded, and patiently sat, while Bulma checked her eyes, nose, mouth, and took a sample of her blood.
Suddenly there was a crash, and Aiko and Bulma looked up to see Bra and Pan tumbling down the stairs still in their nightgowns.
"Mom! Who's that?" Bra asked.
"This is Aiko. She's going to be staying with us for awhile, ok B-chan? Oh yeah... do you think that you could lend her some clothes? I think mine will all be too big for her."
Bra nodded, not saying anything.
Bra and Pan hurried back upstairs. Aiko looked up at Bulma and smiled.
"Go with them ok?" Bulma suggested.
Aiko hesitated for a moment, and then walked up the stairs too. Bulma carefully took Aiko's blood sampel and inserted it into her computer.
"I'm going to do a background check on her real quick..." Bulma said to herself.
The computer began to scan through all the people on Earth, but then flashed with a red screen.
NO MATCHES FOUND.
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Pan, Bra, and Aiko sat in Bra's room. Pan and Bra were pulling apart Bra's whole room just to find an outfit for Aiko.Aiko sat on Bra's bed, smiling at what a fuss the two girls were making.
Pan pulled out a pair of light blue form fitting jeans.
"How 'bout these Aiko?"
Aiko shrugged, not caring, but still finding Bra and Pan amusing.
Bra pulled out a light blue t-shirt with the words "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful, Hate me because your boyfriend thinks so." written in white. that may be copyrighted, if it is, i don't own, and i'm not making money off it
Aiko put a hand over her mouth, trying to conceal her happiness.
Bra and Pan brought the outfit over, and made Aiko put it on in the bathroom, before trying to decide what they were going to do with her hair.
Pan began to braid Aiko's strawberry blonde hair, while Bra began to put some make-up on Aiko.
When they were half way done, the door burst open, and suddenly Trunks and Goten were in the room.
"What are-"
Goten froze at the site of Aiko. He blushed for a moment, but Trunks took over without taking notice of Goten.
"What are you girls doing? We're leaving soon, and if you're not ready in ten minutes we're leaving without you."
"Trunks-kun, can Aiko come with us?"
Aiko held up her hand and shook her head, but Bra and Pan protested.
It seemed they had taken a real liking to their new friend.
"You have to convince her first." Trunks said, leaving.
Goten stood still dumbstruck. Trunks leaned back into the room, and grabbed Goten by the collar of his shirt, and dragged him away.
Bra and Pan giggled, and then quickly pronounced Aiko done.
Aiko got up and peered into the larger mirror in Bra's room. She looked surprised for a moment, and then smiled. She looked into the reflection for a few more moments before turning and giving Bra and Pan a thumbs up.
Then they hurried out of the room.
At the mall, they did what they usually did. Trunks and Goten would go wander the mall, while Bra went to every single store that had clothes, makeup, or any other girl stuff, and dragged Pan in with her.
Aiko stopped going into the stores after the first three, and sat outside, slightly bored. Bra had insisted upon buying her a few outfits. This included, two pairs of shoes, a few tshirts, a tank top, jeans, skirt, and a pair of capris. Aiko looked up and saw a bookstore, and got up, deciding that, seeing as Bra had locked Pan in the dressing room until she tried on a dress, that they wouldn't be back for a few minutes.
Aiko walked quietly around, looking at the books. It was a rather large store, and Aiko liked how calm and solitary it felt. She reached up to get a book, by using one of those ladders, but then lost her balance, and almost toppled over, when she felt two arms grab her around the waist. She looked up surprised to see Goten.
She nodded slightly, for a thank-you.
Goten grinned at her.
"You have to be more careful." he paused a moment. "I'm taking it you ditched the girls and came here?"
Aiko nodded.
"Yeah... Trunks dragged me in here. He needed to pick up a book for his mom." Then Goten reached up and grabbed the book that Aiko had been trying to get.
"Is this the one?"
Aiko nodded, blushing slightly.
"It looks good. Have you read it before?"
Aiko shook her head.
"Do you want it?"
Aiko nodded, but took out of her pants pockets, signaling that she was broke.
"Well I'll buy it for you then, but you have to let me read it too."
Aiko smiled and nodded.
When the two came out of the aisle, they found Trunks arguing with a sales clerk about the book.
"Look! This is in horrible shape and you're charging me more for it!?" Trunks was yelling.
Goten shook his head, and went up to the counter to purchase the book.
Trunks was still arguing when they were done.
"Come on Aiko. We'll let Trunks duke this out." he said winking at her.
Aiko nodded, and followed Goten back into the bustle of the mall.
They sat down on a bench across from one of the water fountains.
"You know... they say you could make a wish by throwing a penny in and it will come true. When I was younger... Gohan and I used to gather pennies and throw them into the creek by our house... Silly, isn't it?" Goten said laughing.
Aiko shook her head, and took some of the change out of the bag with the book. She sorted through it until she found two pennies. She handed one to Goten, and took the other. Aiko closed her eyes for a moment, and held the penny in her hand, close to her chest.
'Wow... she looks like an angel.' Goten thought. Aiko tossed her penny in and then turned to grin at Goten, who hurriedly tossed his penny in too.
"Hey Aiko, I'll be right back. I'm going to go check on the girls, ok?" Goten said.
Aiko nodded, and went to go sit down at one of the benches. Suddenly three guys came out of a nearby store. Aiko didn't notice them until they were right next to her, because she had been reading the book that Goten had bought her.
"Hey cutie... wanna go have some fun?" one said sitting down next to her.
She looked up at him, and then ignored him and went right back into her book. His two friends hooted, and the guy turned a shade of red.
"Come on sweetie, ditch the books."
The guy ran a hand up her leg, and then grabbed her book. Aiko stood up quickly, and tried to grab her book from the guy. He stood up too, and pulled her closer to him. Aiko fought against him trying to get away, but she wasn't very physically strong. He pulled her face closer to his, and then suddenly she heard a voice that she was ever grateful for.
"Hey you jerk, I don't think she likes that."
Suddenly Goten was in front of her, and her book was back in her hands.
"Why you little punk..." the big guy said, and took a swing at Goten.
Goten grabbed the guy's fist quickly, and for the first time was thankful to Vegeta for continuing his training.
The guy looked slightly surprised, but took another swing with his other arm. Goten blocked the other messy swing too.
"I'd get out of here if I were you." Goten hissed.
The guy took the hint, and motioned to his buddies to leave.
After they were gone Goten turned back to Aiko.
"Are you ok?"
Aiko looked up at him and nodded.
"Come on, you and I can go some place else. Park, maybe?"
Aiko smiled and nodded, as Goten escorted her out of the mall.
The two walked calmly down the road to a nearby park, where they sat on a bench underneath the shade of a tree. They watched the little kids run around the park, on the swings, slides, and see-saws.
Aiko leaned back into the bench, and rested her head on Goten's shoulder. Goten was somewhat surprised by the movement, but he cautiously put his arm around his shoulder. She opened her eyes, and Goten started to take his arm off, but Aiko grabbed his arm, and put it back on his shoulder. Then she closed her eyes again. Goten half-excepted to find himself with his jaw on the ground.
Aiko suddenly looked back up into his face, and before either knew what they were doing, they had given each other a quick kiss.
Both felt equally shocked about this, but their second thoughts were those of pleasure, and slowly they turned to look at each other and grinned.
Author's Note: Ah... young love. Anyway, that chapter didn't come out as good as I wanted it to, but oh well. It's ok. Email me or join my mailing list at vegetaztwin@hotmail.com, or simply review.