Author's Note:"I still don't have much to say."

Disclaimer:I don't own Dragonball.









Chapter 20:A Girl Named Ashley

Ray's Point of View









"Time to wake up."

I opened one eye and saw Sarah standing over me,"How'd you get into my room?The door was locked."

"I have my ways,"she replied,nodding towards the window.

I had left it open the night before,"Why'd you have to wake me up?I was having a pleasant dream for once."

"Yesterday,you said,and I quote 'We stay here tonight.But first thing in the morning,we leave',"she answered.

"Oh...right...I'm already regretting it,"I said,getting off the bed.

We walked out of the room and Sarah headed to the lobby where the others were.

'Trunks,are you awake?'I thought.

I could hear rather loud snoring coming from his room,so I walked over to the door and knocked on it.The snoring didn't stop.I turned the nob and found that it wasn't locked and walked in.Laying on Trunks's bed was a blonde girl sleeping peacefully,and Trunks was sitting in a chair snoring.

I raised an eyebrow,'Now this is a strange scene.'

I walked over to Trunks and nudged him.He just mumbled something about breakfast and started snoring again.

'What was it he did to wake me up that one time...?Oh yeah,'I thought,"Trunks,breakfast is ready."

"Where!?"he exclaimed,jumping up from the chair and knocking it over in the process.

When he realized there was no food,he glared at me,"That wasn't funny..."

I smirked,"Yeah it was.I've got two questions.Why were sleeping in a chair,and why's there a girl sleeping on your bed?"

He looked to his bed and it seemed like he had forgotten where he had slept.

"Oh,that.Well,I heard a scream and I went to the window,then I saw a person being attacked by a monster so I opened the window and flew as fast as I cou--"he started.

"Woah!Ever heard of a summary?"I asked sarcastically.

"Sorry.Anyway,there was a person being attack and I naturally went to help.I beat the monster and since the girl was unconscious,I brought her back here to rest,"he said.

"All right.Well,we should try to wake her,"I suggested.

"Wake who?"

"AH!"we both shouted,jumping back in surprise.

We turned our heads to the source of the voice.It was the blonde girl.She was staring at us with curiosity in her green eyes.I glanced toward Trunks and noticed he was staring at her.

'She's beautiful...'he thought.

I elbowed him in the ribs,'Heh.Trunks,you're drooling.'

He shook his head and become a very deep shade of red.

I turned back to the girl that was still looking at us curiously,"We were talking about you.A monster had attacked you and knocked you unconscious.Trunks saved you."

"A pair of trunks rescued me?"she asked.

I chuckled at the look on Trunks's face,"No.That's his name."

The girl turned to Trunks,"Oh.Thank you."

She smiled at him,and I could have discovered a new shade of red by looking at Trunks's face.

'Dude,if blood keeps rushing to your head like that,you'll pass out or have a nose bleed,'I thought,"So,what's your name?"

The blonde turned back to me,"I'm Ashley.And you're...?"

"The name's Ray,"I replied.

"What is taking you morons so long!?They made me come up here to--"

Zapland stopped mid sentence when he saw Ashley,"Who is this?"

"I'm Ashley,"she replied.

"Hmph.Well,you had better hurry up before they send me up here again,"Zapland growled and walked away.

"That's my brother.His name's Zapland.He's not the social type,"I stated.

"That was your brother...?He's not anything like you!"Ashley exclaimed.

"It's an extremely long story,"I muttered.

"We should head down before they get angry,"Trunks said,finally overcoming his embarrassment.

I nodded and we lead Ashley to the lobby where the others were.

"Hey,whose the chick?"Skye asked.

Ashley's eyes widened,"How can...a bird...talk?"

"Skye,you should learn to keep your beak shut while other people are around!And her name's Ashley,"I said.

"Hmph.Learn not to talk when other people are around.Look who's talking,loud mouth,"Skye said.

"At least I don't put worms in my mouth,"I muttered.

"I heard that."

"Right,anyway,"I started to point people out,"That's Sarah,Jessie,Cirrus,Alia,Nono,Vivi,and the bird wonder over there's Skye.You've all ready met Zapland and Trunks."

"Wow...What brought this strange group together?"Ashley asked.

"To summarize it,we're on a quest,"Sarah replied.

"A quest,huh?Is there any way I can help?"Ashley questioned.

"I don't know..."I trailed off.

"I can cook."

Trunks,Zapland,and myself immediately turned to her.

"Welcome to the group,"the three of us said.

I could hear someone mutter,"Poor girl doesn't know what she's getting in to."

"Well,we should be going now,"I said,remembering why we were all gathered together.

Everyone nodded and we walked out of the inn.Skye landed on my shoulder and we started toward the harbor.









Ending Notes:"See Author's Not at the top.Then,please review."