Boiled Bananas and Vodka
Chapter One: Foul mouthed and shnockered-earth's last hope?
Authors note: Hehe.I'm an author! Yay.uhh, this story assumes a lot of things, by writing this in this particular time I have made it as if the Buu saga does not exist, please bear with me and imagine Goku and Vegeta reached SSJ two by other ways (fighting each other perhaps.?) it also assumes that Zarbon is not gay as the general consensus seems to be, and it also says that Goku is alive, sorry if this bothers you but ya gotta love that screwball grin, he has to be in, is that everything? Oh yeah, there is a bit of foul language, none of the "F*** you" business, but a few occasions of female dog and a lot of very fiery places, apologies if this bothers you but I am foul mouthed and aggressive by nature, so most of the main character was modelled off me (barring her abilities and looks, that's just what I want to be). Ummm.......ok I think that's it, I may have left out certain details and made Krillin bald again but I think that's everything, if there's anything I have forgotten to apologise for please forgive me as I beg you-the wonderful peoples in the wonderful world of oz- ahem.I mean the internet, down on my knees. By the way this is a freakily dark story touching on murder, insanity andpretty much a whole lot of vil, not the kind we normally see in DBZ, on the surface though it is just a major romance and girl-kicks-ass sort of story with the slightest bit of citrus, implied, not descriptive....I think. So if you hate mush don't swallow.
K den das it den!
Chou! Please don't hate me if you hate my story
Quick pronunciation lesson
Miko=Me-co (as in baldy & co. inc)
Sheme=She-me (just so there's no confusion)
Mika=Me-ca (as in cuppA)
Karva=Car-va (like that narcotic drink made from roots that 15 mls in concentrated form will blind you and in 250 mls will kill you, I'm an expert on such things *_*)
Sona=So-n-ya
Sheme awoke with arms around him, he became aware of a lot of wind force buffeting against him, his sister was screaming, he closed his ears to her loud curses, she had told him never to listen to her when she swore, he realised some one was carrying him through the air. He glanced up and saw a short bald man with six stars tattooed on his forehead
"Mr?" he asked urgently, tugging at the mans orange shirt, he looked dawn
"Oh, you're awake, what is it?"
"Mr, can you help my sister, she's really scared" them man looked to his left, Sheme followed his gaze, a large muscled man was trying to hold onto his sister without flying into a mountain, she was squirming and calling him every name under the sun, he heard a low whistle
"She's got some tongue, I swear every female I know has a temper to make the greatest fighters in the universe cower in fear" Sheme, noticed that the big man had three eyes, but being the seven years that he was nothing seemed impossible
"Don't worry kid, your sister will be fine" the bald man told him, he watched as his sister kicked free of the three eyed man's grasp and plummeted downwards, the man made a "here we go again" face and swooped after her
Miko screamed as the ground approached, she closed her eyes tight, praying Sheme would be ok, when arms encircled her again. She cursed and bit the nearest thing. There was a grunt and a loud cuss word
"For Dende's sake hold still!" an annoyed voice said. Her hair was all over her face, she cursed and wriggled harder. She felt a thud, and she was promptly dropped. She yelped as the ground leapt up to meet her. She heard Sheme laughing. She scrambled to her feet
"Sheme!" she screamed, pulling her hair out of her eyes and looking wildly around. A short bald man was setting her little brother on his feet. He ran up to her
"Hey! You ok?" he asked worriedly. Miko felt as if her knees would give out under her, She sank down to hug him, he gagged
"Hey, I can't breath" he whined, she let him go, then spun to face the massive triclops
"Who the hell do you think you are?! You do not just grab people, and then drop them out of the sky! You...you" she searched for a word and settled for the filthiest one she knew. A hand touched her arm; the bald man was next to her
"Hey relax, we aren't going to hurt you"
"Remove your hand before I bite it" she said sweetly, he backed away, saying something to the triclops
"She's a bad as Bulma"
"I heard that! What the hell do you want with us" she pulled Sheme closer to her, he was grinning from ear to ear
"Well actually you are important to the survival of earth, all of us have been looking for you for ages, you're very important. Listen, if you let us take you to the others we'll explain everything" Miko considered
"If either of you harms Sheme I will do everything in my power to ensure you suffer a most painful death" she said darkly, the bald man took a step back in fear, the triclops placed a hand on his shoulder
"Let's just get this over with" the bald man nodded
"Will you at least come with us, if not for anything else but to serve your curiosity?" he extended his hand, Miko paused then took it
"Alright but Sheme rides with me" she told them
Tien grinned at Krillin, he was carrying the pair of them, the girl was holding onto the kid tightly, and Krillin had his arms around her waist, he was blushing deeply. Tien grinned wider, the dark green haired girl didn't seem to notice one bit, she was too busy telling the boy off for repeating one of the many curses she had screeched in Tien's ears. He was surprised really, she was taller and more solidly built than he had expected, he had thought she would be smaller and more delicate looking and with less of a foul mouth. He started a little as she turned her head to see him staring at her. She scowled and said something to Krillin he didn't catch
"So what's your name anyway?" Miko asked the bald man
"Krillin" he told her without looking down. Miko was beginning to enjoy flying, the wind was sending her waist length hair into Krillin's face, she smirked and somehow twisted the thick curtain into a messy knot then stuffed it down the back of her shirt with one hand, keeping the other tightly around Sheme. Krillin nodded gratefully. Miko tightened her grip on Sheme again; the boy was enjoying the flight enormously, laughing and pointing at the landmarks below them
Elsewhere..
Piccolo felt Krillin and Tien approach, he scanned the sky, they would be a minute or so yet. He was curious to know what this woman looked like, he imagined her to be small and delicate looking, as were Vegeta and Goku's wives. Her father had been a real pretty boy he was told, but he guessed she would have a warriors build. Gohan nudged him as two specs appeared on the horizon. He crossed his arms and waited, a minute later they touched down. Piccolo gaped at the tall, well-built girl before him. She gaped at him
"What is this place, first baldy, the triclops and now.....you" she gestured with her hands, Piccolo growled a little. He noted her hair as she pulled it out from the back of her shirt; it was the right colour. He also noted the little boy hiding behind her leg; he was not part of the plan. Gohan stepped forward as she shook her head around to free the dark emerald strands, he extended his hand, she stared sceptically at it
"Hi, I'm Gohan" she scowled
"I'm waiting" she crossed her arms and tapped her foot impatiently, Gohan indicated the Capsule Corp house behind them
"Maybe you should come inside" she followed him through the door, the boy still clinging to her leg. Piccolo noticed she marched with a predatory air, like she was waiting to spring on something. A huntress
Gohan wondered just how well she could fight, if she could not they would have to train her. He opened the door of the massive living room, Bulma was sitting on a couch with the rest of the z fighters, she stood up to greet them
"Hi! I suppose these guys told you nothing," she said in a most cheerful tone
"No" Miko told her frostily
"I'm Bulma"
"I want an explanation" Bulma sat down again
"Maybe you should sit"
"Maybe you should begin, or I walk. Now" Bulma sighed, not particularly liking this girl's out rightly hostile attitude
"Most of the people in this room are fighters, they make up a group called the Z fighters; they defend earth"
"So, who from?"
"Evil bad guys and so on, the thing is, there's a dangerous threat near earth now, we need your help"
"Go on"
"The newest threat is a queen of a dead race, she means to destroy earth and you are the only on who knows how to defeat her"
"What's her name?"
"We don't know but you should"
"Never heard of this queen"
"She's you twin"
"I would know if I have a twin, how can she be off earth anyway, there are no space faring vessels here"
"Not here, but in space there are, and we have spaceships now anyway"
"So what's this about, I already know at least some of you are aliens" she indicated the green man
"Most of them are"
"Why am I not surprised" Miko shifted her weight, the green man was leaning against the wall, as was a short spiky haired man. He caught her eye for a second. She scowled at him and returned her attention to Bulma
"Go on"
"She is identical to you in every way except that she is evil and wants to blow up earth, and you don't"
"What make you so sure"
"I don't know, you don't seem the type"
"Really, however did you guess? I mean earth is only the only spot I know in this merry little solar system with breathable air" she said sarcastically
Bulma sighed; she was getting frustrated
"You are the only way to stop her, you share a telepathic link, I bet when you dream you hear her thoughts, you are both descended from an alien race, neither of your parents were human, we know who your father was though, his name was Zarbon"
"Riiiiight" the girl nodded sarcastically
"Believe me this is true, anyway, your mother was killed and you were separated, one of you got sent here by accident, and the other was raised by a man name Freiza, he's been dead for nearly a decade now"
"Yeah. Right"
"You're an orphan"
"Then how do you explain my little brother?"
"The family you were adopted into as a child, it explains your hair; Zarbon's legacy"
"So he's dead then"
"Good thing too, he's tried to kill a few of us" Piccolo cut in
"Go dad" she raised an eyebrow sarcastically
"If Sheme is my adoptive brother, then how did I get here?"
"I have no idea, ship, pod, if I knew I'd tell you"
"How do you know all this?"
"Outside sources, the guardian of this planet told us to find you, he wants to speak to you if you agree"
"Does it involve being carried at hundred's of miles per hour three hundred feet above the ground by a hulking idiot"
Silence
"Yes" Bulma said after a pause. The girl uttered an extremely dirty cuss word extremely loudly, Bulma winced, she preferred not to use language such as this in the presence of Trunks, who was staring at the emerald haired girl as if she were a space oddity
"But only till you get to the lookout"
"And just where is that?" her voice was deadly, Bulma paused again
"In the upper atmosphere"
"Did I mention I am most utterly afraid of heights?" she paled slightly
"You are going whether you like it or not girl" Vegeta cut in, the girl scowled at him, muttering about muscle as opposed to brain. Bulma guessed this girl had a strong intellect from the choice of words she wielded.
Miko cast a glance at the one who called himself Gohan, he was poised; she guessed ready to restrain the spiky haired one. She smirked and spoke a few scathing words. He lunged at her. She blinked, Gohan was holding him back, at this she smirked wider
"Take your best shot, I'm only your only hope after all" the spiky haired one threw Gohan off and stalked away. Bulma was staring at her
"No one insults Vegeta" Miko scowled
"I don't respond well to orders" she said deliberately, Gohan grinned
"So umm, what's your name?"
"Miko" she regarded him, he was a few inches taller than her, and he had unruly ebony hair. She noticed he was well toned with defined muscles, she supposed he could be considered cute, and his face was kind and his eyes twinkled, but he came off incredibly naive. He had a solid sort of build, his shoulders made wider by a lifetime's worth of trained muscles she guessed. He blushed slightly as her gaze flicked over him before resting on his eyes
"You want a drink?" Bulma stepped in. Miko noted Gohan had almost shrunk from her stare, people did that; she attributed it to having golden eyes. She turned to the blue haired woman and half smiled
"Why not? I could use a stiff drink" Bulma smiled
"Now you know how I feel every time the guys go running off to save the world" a tall dark haired woman got up, she was not as tall as Miko but tall none the less
"I'm Chichi" Miko grinned, the woman's eyes told her Chichi was not one to annoy unless you liked to fight, and Miko did
"You're a fighter too" she said shrewdly, Chichi grinned
"I was, a while back I was the strongest female fighter on earth"
"Then you met a guy"
"Yup"
"Such is the ways of chauvinism" Chichi nodded knowingly
"What'll you drink?" Bulma asked
"Anything stronger than whisky, I have a lot to digest" Bulma nodded understandingly
"Come on then, I'll show you to the kitchen, you'll be staying for a while" Miko started but followed her anyway, she had not realised she would be staying with these people
Bulma led Miko through the maze of corridors to the kitchen, she indicated a stool at the bar of sorts and Miko collapsed into it, her little brother still clinging to her leg. Bulma stuck her head back through the door they had come through
"TRUNKS" he came running
"Yeah?" he asked, Goten trailing behind him
"Why don't you guys take Miko's little brother outside and play" Trunks nodded, his nine year old head bobbing in the cute mushroom cut that suited him so well, Bulma turned to Miko who nodded to the small boy clutching at the leg of her combat pants, she smiled a little and detached him as he tried to hold onto her heavy army boots
"Go on Sheme, they won't bite" he grinned and raced away with the lavender and ebony haired boys. As soon as he had gone Miko completely lost her cool composure and buried her head in her hands, sobbing quietly, Bulma placed a hand on her shoulder
"Come on, it'll be ok. I know it's a big shock" Miko didn't look up
"For god's sake, I was hauled through the air and high speed by a hulking oaf, then dropped three times, my little brother was kidnapped by a man half my height, then a huge green man appears and some idiot who looks like he'd rather kill me than speak civilly nearly jumps on me!" she wailed
"Hey, it's alright, you're just in shock" Miko raised her head, her lip quivering
"I need some reading material, what's the history of this little group of yours" Bulma grinned, Miko was displaying a thirst for knowledge
"I compiled a database going right back to Master Roshi"
"Hey I've heard of him, I went to the martial arts tournament, one of his students was competing, I was about three"
"You can't be older than twenty then"
"People take me for a lot older than I am"
"I suppose they think Sheme is yours then"
"I let people believe that so we wouldn't get split up, our parents, my adoptive parents died three years back"
Miko wasn't sure why she was divulging this but Bulma seemed nice enough. Chichi suddenly entered
"Hey, the others were wondering if you wanted to come for a flight to get used to it" Miko paled
"I hate heights" her face went slightly green
"I need alcohol" she said, Bulma poured her a small glass of brandy, she downed it in a gulp
"Got any vodka?"
*
Goku look up as the dark emerald haired girl strolled out, her movements were slow and deliberate
"Hey, are you ok?" he asked
"No" she snapped
"I just found out I'm not even human! Would you be ok" she said sharply
"Most of us have gone through that"
"I don't care! You weren't kidnapped before! Or dropped" she said glaring at Tien. Piccolo, Tien, Goku and Krillin were gathered on the lawn
"You'll get over it" Krillin said comfortingly
"I'm in shock you idiot! Of course I'll get over it, or it'll kill me!" she snapped. Then plonked herself on the grass, there was an awkward silence
"I'm also half drunk" she murmured sleepily
"O..k" Tien said uncertainly
"Shut up!" she told him frustratedly, he retreated
"So how many of you actually qualify as human? And I have another question" Goku smiled with relief
"Well, me Vegeta, Piccolo, and Chou zu are all completely non human and Trunks, Goten and Gohan are half 'n' half"
"You mean the triclops, I never got his name, counts as human?"
"Yeah I do" Tien said quietly
Miko was surprised, he had quite a hoarse voice, but it was gentle, almost soft
"Whatever, now my other question"
"Shoot"
"Who exactly was my mother? I mean if I was adopted." there was silence, and then a voice reverberated inside her head
"A woman named Zan; she was of a race similar to humans, the colouring was similar, very similar, she was a guaran, from the planet Guar"
"What the hell."
"My name is King Kai. I am communicating telepathically with you, I train fighters in the northern part of the universe, you have great potential my dear, you could become the equal of anyone here, you have two forms you know"
"Ok, number one, get the hell out of my head. Number two, what makes you think I give a dam about my potential; I'm already a fighter. And number three, how the hell do you know this"
"I am the over see-er of the northern part of the universe, show a little more respe-"
"Shut up! You talk too much, now out!" Miko ordered to the voice, it disappeared
"Did anyone else hear that?"
"Uh huh, no one's ever spoken to King Kai like that"
"By the way what do I call you guys?" the tall man with the impossible hair grinned, he had the same face as Gohan. Miko had a suspicion they were both related to Chichi. There was something about his manner that told her Gohan was Chichi's son
"The green one is Piccolo, and that's Tien, and you already know Krillin and I'm Goku, and the one with the tall hair, that was Vegeta, and he's married to Bulma and the kid with the purple hair is their son, Trunks, and then there's Chichi; my wife and our two sons, Gohan, you know him and Goten, the little version of me, and the one with the short hair, in normal clothes, that's Yamcha, and then there's Chou zu, the little white one you saw before. And I think that's all of us, oh yeah, and Master Roshi, he's not here, but you'll meet him soon"
"Cool" she said, lying back on the grass, her hair only a shade darker, sprawling out under her head, Goku noticed Tien staring, he grinned as Miko closed her eyes. Tien noticed Goku grinning at him and looked away, a slight blush on his cheeks
"So how old are you?" Miko yawned
"Old enough if that's what you're asking. I've had too much to drink, geez Bulma has good whisky" they all grinned, she was obviously a hardened drinker
"She sure does, none of us drinks much"
"I know, she said" Miko told him drowsily
"I think I'm going to fall asleep now, maybe when I wake up this will all be a dream" she yawned widely again and her breathing evened out
*
Miko felt herself gently shaken awake, Tien was standing above her, it was dark
"Hey it's night, do you want to go inside? Bulma would kill us if we left you out here" Miko yawned
"Whatever, by the way, where am I supposed to sleep if you expect me to stay here?" Tien grinned, his three floating faces blurring slightly. Miko shook her head and they merged together as one
"Come inside and Bulma will show you I guess" he extended his hand and Miko took it uncertainly, he pulled her to her feet as if she were a feather
"Whoa" she wobbled a bit
"I think you had a bit much to drink"
"I think you might be right" she giggled as he slung her arm over his shoulder and helped her back into the massive house
"I guess I didn't sleep long enough, but believe me, when you get a shock like that alcohol really helps" she said, her words slightly slurred, Tien just grinned as he helped her into the room she had first met them all, Bulma was chatting to Chichi, they were drinking cups of a steaming liquid Miko guessed could be tea
"Hey Miko, still not over the whisky yet?" Miko nodded dazedly
"I think I had just a little bit too much" she indicated a large space between her index finger and her thumb
"It's been a while since I had anything that strong" she wobbled a bit. Nearly falling over, Tien steadied her. She noticed Bulma grinning at her
"What?"
"Nothing, come on, I'll show you to your room" Miko turned to follow her when she tripped, a hand shot out and grabbed her, she winced, the grip was a little tight on her arm
"Maybe you should carry her Tien, I didn't realise she'd had so much to drink" Miko heard the words but her vision was completely fuzzy, she felt herself lifted of the ground, she giggled, alcohol always took a while to sink in
"You're gonna have a bit of a hangover when you see Dende" she giggled again, some one set her down on something soft, the last of her vision disappeared, she yawned and everything went black
Tien shook his head in wonder
"She's crazy" Bulma nodded and left the room with him
"She's just had a shock that's all, I mean if she thought her brother was in any danger she most likely wouldn't have drunk anything but she seems to trust us. I think when she sees Dende we'll all know more. Hell! You're covered in scratches" Bulma indicated her own neck, Tien touched his gingerly, pain shot through his flesh
"Yeah, she was hysterical, geez she's got a mouth on her, she scratched me pretty bad. I dunno if she meant to or was just trying to hold on"
"Maybe both" Tien nodded
"I'll find you a room somewhere, we may as well stay centralised"
"Nah, I'm staying at Master Roshi's, so are the others, hey listen, it might be a good idea if you flew Miko up to the lookout, I don't think anyone really wants another set of these" he indicated the welts on his lower neck. Bulma shook her head
"I can't, I have three appointments in the morning and a deadline on my latest project, maybe she won't hurt you to bad next time" she grinned a little, in the semi dark Tien blushed deeply
"I'll see you bright and early tomorrow then" he waved and disappeared in the semi dark of the hallway, Bulma sighed and switched on the fluorescent lights, she closed the door on Miko who was sleeping soundly, the effects of a lot of whisky finally kicking in, Bulma had been surprised at how long it had taken her to realise she was drunk; the emerald haired girl hadn't appeared even tipsy until well after she had stopped drinking. She shook her head smiling and strolled to her own room expecting to find a very smelly and ticked off Vegeta, the Son family had already left, Piccolo was up at the lookout, Krillin had gone home, he said 18 couldn't come, and everyone else had headed for Master Roshi's. Yamcha was staying here though. She grinned, wondering what would happen if he and Vegeta met in the halls. Though Yamcha had given up fighting he was still keen to help save the world. She found it hard to believe that the solid looking highly hostile and foul mouthed girl could possibly be the only hope for the earth, she made a mental note not give her alcohol anymore, she couldn't save the world from her evil twin if she was shnockered.
Authors note: ok so this one was a little boring but the next one has plenty more action in it, I promise. Uh, I'm getting addicted to writing authors notes! ~_^ But please feel free to email me with insults, ideas, compliments (especially compliments) and ways I can improve on the original chapter, I have a I thing about writing the whole girl-kicks-ass scenario, so sorry guys, that part most likely will not change. But other than that! Buh by!
The (weak stomached) storyteller of ages
Written by The Raven Queen
Chapter One: Foul mouthed and shnockered-earth's last hope?
Authors note: Hehe.I'm an author! Yay.uhh, this story assumes a lot of things, by writing this in this particular time I have made it as if the Buu saga does not exist, please bear with me and imagine Goku and Vegeta reached SSJ two by other ways (fighting each other perhaps.?) it also assumes that Zarbon is not gay as the general consensus seems to be, and it also says that Goku is alive, sorry if this bothers you but ya gotta love that screwball grin, he has to be in, is that everything? Oh yeah, there is a bit of foul language, none of the "F*** you" business, but a few occasions of female dog and a lot of very fiery places, apologies if this bothers you but I am foul mouthed and aggressive by nature, so most of the main character was modelled off me (barring her abilities and looks, that's just what I want to be). Ummm.......ok I think that's it, I may have left out certain details and made Krillin bald again but I think that's everything, if there's anything I have forgotten to apologise for please forgive me as I beg you-the wonderful peoples in the wonderful world of oz- ahem.I mean the internet, down on my knees. By the way this is a freakily dark story touching on murder, insanity andpretty much a whole lot of vil, not the kind we normally see in DBZ, on the surface though it is just a major romance and girl-kicks-ass sort of story with the slightest bit of citrus, implied, not descriptive....I think. So if you hate mush don't swallow.
K den das it den!
Chou! Please don't hate me if you hate my story
Quick pronunciation lesson
Miko=Me-co (as in baldy & co. inc)
Sheme=She-me (just so there's no confusion)
Mika=Me-ca (as in cuppA)
Karva=Car-va (like that narcotic drink made from roots that 15 mls in concentrated form will blind you and in 250 mls will kill you, I'm an expert on such things *_*)
Sona=So-n-ya
Sheme awoke with arms around him, he became aware of a lot of wind force buffeting against him, his sister was screaming, he closed his ears to her loud curses, she had told him never to listen to her when she swore, he realised some one was carrying him through the air. He glanced up and saw a short bald man with six stars tattooed on his forehead
"Mr?" he asked urgently, tugging at the mans orange shirt, he looked dawn
"Oh, you're awake, what is it?"
"Mr, can you help my sister, she's really scared" them man looked to his left, Sheme followed his gaze, a large muscled man was trying to hold onto his sister without flying into a mountain, she was squirming and calling him every name under the sun, he heard a low whistle
"She's got some tongue, I swear every female I know has a temper to make the greatest fighters in the universe cower in fear" Sheme, noticed that the big man had three eyes, but being the seven years that he was nothing seemed impossible
"Don't worry kid, your sister will be fine" the bald man told him, he watched as his sister kicked free of the three eyed man's grasp and plummeted downwards, the man made a "here we go again" face and swooped after her
Miko screamed as the ground approached, she closed her eyes tight, praying Sheme would be ok, when arms encircled her again. She cursed and bit the nearest thing. There was a grunt and a loud cuss word
"For Dende's sake hold still!" an annoyed voice said. Her hair was all over her face, she cursed and wriggled harder. She felt a thud, and she was promptly dropped. She yelped as the ground leapt up to meet her. She heard Sheme laughing. She scrambled to her feet
"Sheme!" she screamed, pulling her hair out of her eyes and looking wildly around. A short bald man was setting her little brother on his feet. He ran up to her
"Hey! You ok?" he asked worriedly. Miko felt as if her knees would give out under her, She sank down to hug him, he gagged
"Hey, I can't breath" he whined, she let him go, then spun to face the massive triclops
"Who the hell do you think you are?! You do not just grab people, and then drop them out of the sky! You...you" she searched for a word and settled for the filthiest one she knew. A hand touched her arm; the bald man was next to her
"Hey relax, we aren't going to hurt you"
"Remove your hand before I bite it" she said sweetly, he backed away, saying something to the triclops
"She's a bad as Bulma"
"I heard that! What the hell do you want with us" she pulled Sheme closer to her, he was grinning from ear to ear
"Well actually you are important to the survival of earth, all of us have been looking for you for ages, you're very important. Listen, if you let us take you to the others we'll explain everything" Miko considered
"If either of you harms Sheme I will do everything in my power to ensure you suffer a most painful death" she said darkly, the bald man took a step back in fear, the triclops placed a hand on his shoulder
"Let's just get this over with" the bald man nodded
"Will you at least come with us, if not for anything else but to serve your curiosity?" he extended his hand, Miko paused then took it
"Alright but Sheme rides with me" she told them
Tien grinned at Krillin, he was carrying the pair of them, the girl was holding onto the kid tightly, and Krillin had his arms around her waist, he was blushing deeply. Tien grinned wider, the dark green haired girl didn't seem to notice one bit, she was too busy telling the boy off for repeating one of the many curses she had screeched in Tien's ears. He was surprised really, she was taller and more solidly built than he had expected, he had thought she would be smaller and more delicate looking and with less of a foul mouth. He started a little as she turned her head to see him staring at her. She scowled and said something to Krillin he didn't catch
"So what's your name anyway?" Miko asked the bald man
"Krillin" he told her without looking down. Miko was beginning to enjoy flying, the wind was sending her waist length hair into Krillin's face, she smirked and somehow twisted the thick curtain into a messy knot then stuffed it down the back of her shirt with one hand, keeping the other tightly around Sheme. Krillin nodded gratefully. Miko tightened her grip on Sheme again; the boy was enjoying the flight enormously, laughing and pointing at the landmarks below them
Elsewhere..
Piccolo felt Krillin and Tien approach, he scanned the sky, they would be a minute or so yet. He was curious to know what this woman looked like, he imagined her to be small and delicate looking, as were Vegeta and Goku's wives. Her father had been a real pretty boy he was told, but he guessed she would have a warriors build. Gohan nudged him as two specs appeared on the horizon. He crossed his arms and waited, a minute later they touched down. Piccolo gaped at the tall, well-built girl before him. She gaped at him
"What is this place, first baldy, the triclops and now.....you" she gestured with her hands, Piccolo growled a little. He noted her hair as she pulled it out from the back of her shirt; it was the right colour. He also noted the little boy hiding behind her leg; he was not part of the plan. Gohan stepped forward as she shook her head around to free the dark emerald strands, he extended his hand, she stared sceptically at it
"Hi, I'm Gohan" she scowled
"I'm waiting" she crossed her arms and tapped her foot impatiently, Gohan indicated the Capsule Corp house behind them
"Maybe you should come inside" she followed him through the door, the boy still clinging to her leg. Piccolo noticed she marched with a predatory air, like she was waiting to spring on something. A huntress
Gohan wondered just how well she could fight, if she could not they would have to train her. He opened the door of the massive living room, Bulma was sitting on a couch with the rest of the z fighters, she stood up to greet them
"Hi! I suppose these guys told you nothing," she said in a most cheerful tone
"No" Miko told her frostily
"I'm Bulma"
"I want an explanation" Bulma sat down again
"Maybe you should sit"
"Maybe you should begin, or I walk. Now" Bulma sighed, not particularly liking this girl's out rightly hostile attitude
"Most of the people in this room are fighters, they make up a group called the Z fighters; they defend earth"
"So, who from?"
"Evil bad guys and so on, the thing is, there's a dangerous threat near earth now, we need your help"
"Go on"
"The newest threat is a queen of a dead race, she means to destroy earth and you are the only on who knows how to defeat her"
"What's her name?"
"We don't know but you should"
"Never heard of this queen"
"She's you twin"
"I would know if I have a twin, how can she be off earth anyway, there are no space faring vessels here"
"Not here, but in space there are, and we have spaceships now anyway"
"So what's this about, I already know at least some of you are aliens" she indicated the green man
"Most of them are"
"Why am I not surprised" Miko shifted her weight, the green man was leaning against the wall, as was a short spiky haired man. He caught her eye for a second. She scowled at him and returned her attention to Bulma
"Go on"
"She is identical to you in every way except that she is evil and wants to blow up earth, and you don't"
"What make you so sure"
"I don't know, you don't seem the type"
"Really, however did you guess? I mean earth is only the only spot I know in this merry little solar system with breathable air" she said sarcastically
Bulma sighed; she was getting frustrated
"You are the only way to stop her, you share a telepathic link, I bet when you dream you hear her thoughts, you are both descended from an alien race, neither of your parents were human, we know who your father was though, his name was Zarbon"
"Riiiiight" the girl nodded sarcastically
"Believe me this is true, anyway, your mother was killed and you were separated, one of you got sent here by accident, and the other was raised by a man name Freiza, he's been dead for nearly a decade now"
"Yeah. Right"
"You're an orphan"
"Then how do you explain my little brother?"
"The family you were adopted into as a child, it explains your hair; Zarbon's legacy"
"So he's dead then"
"Good thing too, he's tried to kill a few of us" Piccolo cut in
"Go dad" she raised an eyebrow sarcastically
"If Sheme is my adoptive brother, then how did I get here?"
"I have no idea, ship, pod, if I knew I'd tell you"
"How do you know all this?"
"Outside sources, the guardian of this planet told us to find you, he wants to speak to you if you agree"
"Does it involve being carried at hundred's of miles per hour three hundred feet above the ground by a hulking idiot"
Silence
"Yes" Bulma said after a pause. The girl uttered an extremely dirty cuss word extremely loudly, Bulma winced, she preferred not to use language such as this in the presence of Trunks, who was staring at the emerald haired girl as if she were a space oddity
"But only till you get to the lookout"
"And just where is that?" her voice was deadly, Bulma paused again
"In the upper atmosphere"
"Did I mention I am most utterly afraid of heights?" she paled slightly
"You are going whether you like it or not girl" Vegeta cut in, the girl scowled at him, muttering about muscle as opposed to brain. Bulma guessed this girl had a strong intellect from the choice of words she wielded.
Miko cast a glance at the one who called himself Gohan, he was poised; she guessed ready to restrain the spiky haired one. She smirked and spoke a few scathing words. He lunged at her. She blinked, Gohan was holding him back, at this she smirked wider
"Take your best shot, I'm only your only hope after all" the spiky haired one threw Gohan off and stalked away. Bulma was staring at her
"No one insults Vegeta" Miko scowled
"I don't respond well to orders" she said deliberately, Gohan grinned
"So umm, what's your name?"
"Miko" she regarded him, he was a few inches taller than her, and he had unruly ebony hair. She noticed he was well toned with defined muscles, she supposed he could be considered cute, and his face was kind and his eyes twinkled, but he came off incredibly naive. He had a solid sort of build, his shoulders made wider by a lifetime's worth of trained muscles she guessed. He blushed slightly as her gaze flicked over him before resting on his eyes
"You want a drink?" Bulma stepped in. Miko noted Gohan had almost shrunk from her stare, people did that; she attributed it to having golden eyes. She turned to the blue haired woman and half smiled
"Why not? I could use a stiff drink" Bulma smiled
"Now you know how I feel every time the guys go running off to save the world" a tall dark haired woman got up, she was not as tall as Miko but tall none the less
"I'm Chichi" Miko grinned, the woman's eyes told her Chichi was not one to annoy unless you liked to fight, and Miko did
"You're a fighter too" she said shrewdly, Chichi grinned
"I was, a while back I was the strongest female fighter on earth"
"Then you met a guy"
"Yup"
"Such is the ways of chauvinism" Chichi nodded knowingly
"What'll you drink?" Bulma asked
"Anything stronger than whisky, I have a lot to digest" Bulma nodded understandingly
"Come on then, I'll show you to the kitchen, you'll be staying for a while" Miko started but followed her anyway, she had not realised she would be staying with these people
Bulma led Miko through the maze of corridors to the kitchen, she indicated a stool at the bar of sorts and Miko collapsed into it, her little brother still clinging to her leg. Bulma stuck her head back through the door they had come through
"TRUNKS" he came running
"Yeah?" he asked, Goten trailing behind him
"Why don't you guys take Miko's little brother outside and play" Trunks nodded, his nine year old head bobbing in the cute mushroom cut that suited him so well, Bulma turned to Miko who nodded to the small boy clutching at the leg of her combat pants, she smiled a little and detached him as he tried to hold onto her heavy army boots
"Go on Sheme, they won't bite" he grinned and raced away with the lavender and ebony haired boys. As soon as he had gone Miko completely lost her cool composure and buried her head in her hands, sobbing quietly, Bulma placed a hand on her shoulder
"Come on, it'll be ok. I know it's a big shock" Miko didn't look up
"For god's sake, I was hauled through the air and high speed by a hulking oaf, then dropped three times, my little brother was kidnapped by a man half my height, then a huge green man appears and some idiot who looks like he'd rather kill me than speak civilly nearly jumps on me!" she wailed
"Hey, it's alright, you're just in shock" Miko raised her head, her lip quivering
"I need some reading material, what's the history of this little group of yours" Bulma grinned, Miko was displaying a thirst for knowledge
"I compiled a database going right back to Master Roshi"
"Hey I've heard of him, I went to the martial arts tournament, one of his students was competing, I was about three"
"You can't be older than twenty then"
"People take me for a lot older than I am"
"I suppose they think Sheme is yours then"
"I let people believe that so we wouldn't get split up, our parents, my adoptive parents died three years back"
Miko wasn't sure why she was divulging this but Bulma seemed nice enough. Chichi suddenly entered
"Hey, the others were wondering if you wanted to come for a flight to get used to it" Miko paled
"I hate heights" her face went slightly green
"I need alcohol" she said, Bulma poured her a small glass of brandy, she downed it in a gulp
"Got any vodka?"
*
Goku look up as the dark emerald haired girl strolled out, her movements were slow and deliberate
"Hey, are you ok?" he asked
"No" she snapped
"I just found out I'm not even human! Would you be ok" she said sharply
"Most of us have gone through that"
"I don't care! You weren't kidnapped before! Or dropped" she said glaring at Tien. Piccolo, Tien, Goku and Krillin were gathered on the lawn
"You'll get over it" Krillin said comfortingly
"I'm in shock you idiot! Of course I'll get over it, or it'll kill me!" she snapped. Then plonked herself on the grass, there was an awkward silence
"I'm also half drunk" she murmured sleepily
"O..k" Tien said uncertainly
"Shut up!" she told him frustratedly, he retreated
"So how many of you actually qualify as human? And I have another question" Goku smiled with relief
"Well, me Vegeta, Piccolo, and Chou zu are all completely non human and Trunks, Goten and Gohan are half 'n' half"
"You mean the triclops, I never got his name, counts as human?"
"Yeah I do" Tien said quietly
Miko was surprised, he had quite a hoarse voice, but it was gentle, almost soft
"Whatever, now my other question"
"Shoot"
"Who exactly was my mother? I mean if I was adopted." there was silence, and then a voice reverberated inside her head
"A woman named Zan; she was of a race similar to humans, the colouring was similar, very similar, she was a guaran, from the planet Guar"
"What the hell."
"My name is King Kai. I am communicating telepathically with you, I train fighters in the northern part of the universe, you have great potential my dear, you could become the equal of anyone here, you have two forms you know"
"Ok, number one, get the hell out of my head. Number two, what makes you think I give a dam about my potential; I'm already a fighter. And number three, how the hell do you know this"
"I am the over see-er of the northern part of the universe, show a little more respe-"
"Shut up! You talk too much, now out!" Miko ordered to the voice, it disappeared
"Did anyone else hear that?"
"Uh huh, no one's ever spoken to King Kai like that"
"By the way what do I call you guys?" the tall man with the impossible hair grinned, he had the same face as Gohan. Miko had a suspicion they were both related to Chichi. There was something about his manner that told her Gohan was Chichi's son
"The green one is Piccolo, and that's Tien, and you already know Krillin and I'm Goku, and the one with the tall hair, that was Vegeta, and he's married to Bulma and the kid with the purple hair is their son, Trunks, and then there's Chichi; my wife and our two sons, Gohan, you know him and Goten, the little version of me, and the one with the short hair, in normal clothes, that's Yamcha, and then there's Chou zu, the little white one you saw before. And I think that's all of us, oh yeah, and Master Roshi, he's not here, but you'll meet him soon"
"Cool" she said, lying back on the grass, her hair only a shade darker, sprawling out under her head, Goku noticed Tien staring, he grinned as Miko closed her eyes. Tien noticed Goku grinning at him and looked away, a slight blush on his cheeks
"So how old are you?" Miko yawned
"Old enough if that's what you're asking. I've had too much to drink, geez Bulma has good whisky" they all grinned, she was obviously a hardened drinker
"She sure does, none of us drinks much"
"I know, she said" Miko told him drowsily
"I think I'm going to fall asleep now, maybe when I wake up this will all be a dream" she yawned widely again and her breathing evened out
*
Miko felt herself gently shaken awake, Tien was standing above her, it was dark
"Hey it's night, do you want to go inside? Bulma would kill us if we left you out here" Miko yawned
"Whatever, by the way, where am I supposed to sleep if you expect me to stay here?" Tien grinned, his three floating faces blurring slightly. Miko shook her head and they merged together as one
"Come inside and Bulma will show you I guess" he extended his hand and Miko took it uncertainly, he pulled her to her feet as if she were a feather
"Whoa" she wobbled a bit
"I think you had a bit much to drink"
"I think you might be right" she giggled as he slung her arm over his shoulder and helped her back into the massive house
"I guess I didn't sleep long enough, but believe me, when you get a shock like that alcohol really helps" she said, her words slightly slurred, Tien just grinned as he helped her into the room she had first met them all, Bulma was chatting to Chichi, they were drinking cups of a steaming liquid Miko guessed could be tea
"Hey Miko, still not over the whisky yet?" Miko nodded dazedly
"I think I had just a little bit too much" she indicated a large space between her index finger and her thumb
"It's been a while since I had anything that strong" she wobbled a bit. Nearly falling over, Tien steadied her. She noticed Bulma grinning at her
"What?"
"Nothing, come on, I'll show you to your room" Miko turned to follow her when she tripped, a hand shot out and grabbed her, she winced, the grip was a little tight on her arm
"Maybe you should carry her Tien, I didn't realise she'd had so much to drink" Miko heard the words but her vision was completely fuzzy, she felt herself lifted of the ground, she giggled, alcohol always took a while to sink in
"You're gonna have a bit of a hangover when you see Dende" she giggled again, some one set her down on something soft, the last of her vision disappeared, she yawned and everything went black
Tien shook his head in wonder
"She's crazy" Bulma nodded and left the room with him
"She's just had a shock that's all, I mean if she thought her brother was in any danger she most likely wouldn't have drunk anything but she seems to trust us. I think when she sees Dende we'll all know more. Hell! You're covered in scratches" Bulma indicated her own neck, Tien touched his gingerly, pain shot through his flesh
"Yeah, she was hysterical, geez she's got a mouth on her, she scratched me pretty bad. I dunno if she meant to or was just trying to hold on"
"Maybe both" Tien nodded
"I'll find you a room somewhere, we may as well stay centralised"
"Nah, I'm staying at Master Roshi's, so are the others, hey listen, it might be a good idea if you flew Miko up to the lookout, I don't think anyone really wants another set of these" he indicated the welts on his lower neck. Bulma shook her head
"I can't, I have three appointments in the morning and a deadline on my latest project, maybe she won't hurt you to bad next time" she grinned a little, in the semi dark Tien blushed deeply
"I'll see you bright and early tomorrow then" he waved and disappeared in the semi dark of the hallway, Bulma sighed and switched on the fluorescent lights, she closed the door on Miko who was sleeping soundly, the effects of a lot of whisky finally kicking in, Bulma had been surprised at how long it had taken her to realise she was drunk; the emerald haired girl hadn't appeared even tipsy until well after she had stopped drinking. She shook her head smiling and strolled to her own room expecting to find a very smelly and ticked off Vegeta, the Son family had already left, Piccolo was up at the lookout, Krillin had gone home, he said 18 couldn't come, and everyone else had headed for Master Roshi's. Yamcha was staying here though. She grinned, wondering what would happen if he and Vegeta met in the halls. Though Yamcha had given up fighting he was still keen to help save the world. She found it hard to believe that the solid looking highly hostile and foul mouthed girl could possibly be the only hope for the earth, she made a mental note not give her alcohol anymore, she couldn't save the world from her evil twin if she was shnockered.
Authors note: ok so this one was a little boring but the next one has plenty more action in it, I promise. Uh, I'm getting addicted to writing authors notes! ~_^ But please feel free to email me with insults, ideas, compliments (especially compliments) and ways I can improve on the original chapter, I have a I thing about writing the whole girl-kicks-ass scenario, so sorry guys, that part most likely will not change. But other than that! Buh by!
The (weak stomached) storyteller of ages
Written by The Raven Queen