Ch.3 A Home away form home
It was always a difficult journey for Trunks but it wasn't as bad for him as it was for
Jasmine and Veronica. By the time Trunks had let them out, both had fainted and had to
have ice-cold water poured on them.
"Are you two okay?" Trunks asked watching Jasmine help Veronica off the ground.
"I'm not sure I want to take another trip on the machine." Veronica told him stumbling
slightly. Jasmine took a seat on a nearby boulder. Jasmine looked up at her friend.
"Same here Nia." Trunks slipped off his shirt.
"Well trust me, it's worse if you end up somewhere you didn't want to." Veronica looked
up at her brother worried.
"We did land where we wanted to didn't we?" Trunks looked at his sister and nodded.
Jasmine let out a sigh of relief. Trunks glanced at his watch.
"Well let's go home ladies." The three of them flew towards Capsule Corp.
"So Trunks tell me," Jasmine said looking at Trunks. "What is Vegeta really like?" He
thought for a second.
"Well from what I met of him. Well he was a total jerk but he did have a soft side."
Trunks answered.
"I remember my mother the day before she died." Veronica looked at Trunks wondering
how much Jasmine really remembered about her mother. "She sat down with me and
told me about my father. She said he had been a gangster and they were just a one-time
thing but she missed him. Kami I miss her though. She told me that she would not be
coming back when she left." A tear slipped from Jasmine's face. Veronica turned away.
Jasmine had never cried, never in front of anyone at least.
"It's hard for all of us. Both of you are orphans and me, well I've…" Trunks trailed off.
"Well the only parental figure I will ever have was Bulma." Jasmine told him coldly.
"You're strong Jasmine. It takes a real woman to defend the honor of people you don't
know." Veronica told her remembering when Jasmine had stuck up for a kid who had
been constantly harassed by other kids about Veronica's age. Jasmine had noticed the kid
was too sick to take care of himself so Jasmine pointed him to a homeless shelter and
swore off the harassing kids and promised to rip them to shreds if she ever saw them
picking on the kid ever again.
"I know Nia." Jasmine said looking down. "This is the same city right Trunks?" Trunks
nodded his head.
"Hard to believe isn't it?" He asked.
"Looks like it's a happy town in this time. Wish it was like this in our time." Veronica
said watching a couple pushing a little boy on a swing. "They don't have to worry about
the androids showing up and blowing them away." Trunks spotted Capsule Corp.
"Alright let's touch down." They landed on the front doorstep. Veronica looked around
and spotted Chichi's car.
"Oh no. Not her." She whined. Trunks shook his head and rang the doorbell. Vegeta
answered the door. Veronica felt his ki rise.
"Well Trunks what are you doing here?" Vegeta asked harshly. Veronica and Jasmine's
tails flipped out. Vegeta held the door open. "Get in here. Bulma's in the living room."
They walked in. Veronica stared unconsciously at Vegeta. Jasmine tapped her with her
tail.
"Actually Vegeta, we're looking to talk to you." Trunks said. Vegeta stalked off ignoring
Trunks, Veronica and Jasmine entirely.
"Imagine that," Veronica muttered to Jasmine. "He's already starting to piss me off."
Bulma went into the hall to see who had shown up.
"Well Trunks is that your girlfriend? She is so pretty." Bulma said looking at Veronica.
Veronica rolled her eyes in Trunks' direction and Jasmine muttered "hell no" under her
breath.
"No actually mom, this is my sister Veronica and her best friend Jasmine." Bulma's
mouth dropped.
"I have a daughter? Trunks I didn't think you were serious." Bulma said excitedly.
Veronica gave Trunks a warning glare. Trunks ignored her. Veronica took action.
"No actually I'm not your daughter." Veronica said.
"Nia!" Trunks said warningly. Veronica ignored him.
"You helped deliver an eight pound, nine ounce baby girl on June 17, 2000 named
Veronique Matthews." Bulma looked at her strangely. "Her mother's name was Cecila
Matthews. Cecila died shortly after giving birth. Her last words were 'Tell Vegeta he has
a daughter.'" Bulma looked amazed.
"How did you know all of that?" Trunks glared at Veronica.
"I'm not exactly your kid. You just raise me." Veronica answered. A child started crying
from somewhere in the house. They heard Vegeta shouting for Bulma. The baby fell
silent. Bulma rushed off to get the child. Trunks turned to his sister.
"I cannot believe you just did that." He said, an angered tone in his voice. "My mother
gave you way too much freedom with these security tapes."
"Trunks you would have kept lying about Veronica. You just would have said that she
was Bulma's the whole time." Jasmine informed him. "Veronica just took this into her
own hands which is the best move she'll ever make." Bulma came back with a little girl
who was about one in her arms. The girl's tail was flipping around.
"This is Veronica Brief or Veronique Matthews." Bulma said smiling. Chibi Veronica hid
her face in Bulma's neck grinning.
"Well then you are going to end up calling me Nia." Veronica said before turning to
Trunks. "I was so cute at that age."
"Yeah," Trunks started, "who knew you would grow up to be a total bitch." Trunks
received a slap not only from Veronica but from Jasmine.
"Trunks watch your mouth." Chichi said coming into the hall. "Oh little Miss Veronica is
awake." Chibi Veronica turned around, looked at Chichi and began to bounce up and
down. Chichi took Chibi Veronica into her arms. "So Trunks are these your girlfriends?"
"No this is Veronica and Jasmine." Trunks answered. "Veronica is my half sister and
Jasmine is her best friend." Jasmine wrapped her tail around her waist. Veronica flipped
her own tail around impatiently.
"Chichi go make sure Trunks doesn't come in here." Bulma said beckoning Trunks,
Veronica and Jasmine into a room. They followed her into the security room. "Veronica
how much do you know about your mother?" Veronica cocked her head and thought.
"She was… No I don't know anything."
"Trunks how much?"
"I don't know a Kami dammed thing about Nia's mom." Trunks answered. Bulma leaned
over the computer that was sitting on the counter and typed in Matthews, Cecila. A
picture popped up along with a profile.
"Cecila Matthews isn't dead. In fact," she changed the key name to Brief, Veronique.
"Nia your mother's name wasn't even Cecila. Your mother's name was Alishia Connelly.
And trust me that little bitch is around on some street corner somewhere." Veronica
looked at Jasmine. Jasmine's jaw had hit the floor.
"My best friend's mother is a whore?" Jasmine asked out of pure shock. "Trunks you
didn't know about this?" Trunks shook his head. Veronica fell to the floor, shaking in
pure shock.
"My mother, a prostitute." Veronica said shaking her head.
"No wonder why Bulma never wanted me on the streets." Jasmine bent down to hug her
friend. "Nia it's okay calm down." Jasmine said. Vegeta came in.
"Veronica get up." Veronica refused to move. Vegeta scowled at her. "Two more
Saiyans. And they're onnas." Vegeta said smirking. "A strong onna and a weak onna."
Veronica's ki began to rise spontaneously as she pulled herself up.
"Shut up." Bulma said. "This is Mirari Veronica, your daughter." Vegeta walked over
and cupped Veronica's face in his hand.
"Well she looks everything like our onnas look like." Vegeta said. He looked at Jasmine.
"Well if it isn't Elize Rachelle." Jasmine looked confused.
"No I'm Jasmine." Jasmine said feeling fear enter her body. "Her only daughter."
"You look just like your mother. Pity you're a half breed." Vegeta had lit a wild fire.
Jasmine hated being called a half breed.
"Screw you Vegeta. If you weren't Veronica's father I'd kill you."
"Chill Jasmine." Veronica said boldly. "So you're my father?"
"Depends on who you are." Vegeta answered.
"My name is Veronique." Veronica answered.
"Well," Vegeta said beginning to circle both Jasmine and Veronica, "I could mistake
both of you for pure breeds. You onnas need training." Jasmine rolled her eyes. Vegeta
was going to test her patience. Veronica was nothing like Vegeta. Trunks could sense
Veronica's ki drop. She had been sick a couple weeks before and completely bedridden
because of it.
"Nia are you okay?" Trunks asked watching his little sister fall slightly.
"No Trunks. I'm f…" Veronica said fainting and falling into Jasmine's arms.
"Whats wrong with the onna?" Vegeta asked. Trunks walked over and picked Veronica
up out of Jasmine's arms and held her in his arms.
"Jas can you check her temp?" Trunks said looking closely at his sister. "She has been
really sick lately. Nia has been fighting a more advanced version of the flu." Jasmine laid
her hand on Veronica's forehead.
"She's warm but it's not dangerous. She'll be okay. I expect the cap trip has weakened
her."
"Okay Trunks, take her into a bedroom." Bulma said worried. Trunks carried Veronica
into a room upstairs.
It was always a difficult journey for Trunks but it wasn't as bad for him as it was for
Jasmine and Veronica. By the time Trunks had let them out, both had fainted and had to
have ice-cold water poured on them.
"Are you two okay?" Trunks asked watching Jasmine help Veronica off the ground.
"I'm not sure I want to take another trip on the machine." Veronica told him stumbling
slightly. Jasmine took a seat on a nearby boulder. Jasmine looked up at her friend.
"Same here Nia." Trunks slipped off his shirt.
"Well trust me, it's worse if you end up somewhere you didn't want to." Veronica looked
up at her brother worried.
"We did land where we wanted to didn't we?" Trunks looked at his sister and nodded.
Jasmine let out a sigh of relief. Trunks glanced at his watch.
"Well let's go home ladies." The three of them flew towards Capsule Corp.
"So Trunks tell me," Jasmine said looking at Trunks. "What is Vegeta really like?" He
thought for a second.
"Well from what I met of him. Well he was a total jerk but he did have a soft side."
Trunks answered.
"I remember my mother the day before she died." Veronica looked at Trunks wondering
how much Jasmine really remembered about her mother. "She sat down with me and
told me about my father. She said he had been a gangster and they were just a one-time
thing but she missed him. Kami I miss her though. She told me that she would not be
coming back when she left." A tear slipped from Jasmine's face. Veronica turned away.
Jasmine had never cried, never in front of anyone at least.
"It's hard for all of us. Both of you are orphans and me, well I've…" Trunks trailed off.
"Well the only parental figure I will ever have was Bulma." Jasmine told him coldly.
"You're strong Jasmine. It takes a real woman to defend the honor of people you don't
know." Veronica told her remembering when Jasmine had stuck up for a kid who had
been constantly harassed by other kids about Veronica's age. Jasmine had noticed the kid
was too sick to take care of himself so Jasmine pointed him to a homeless shelter and
swore off the harassing kids and promised to rip them to shreds if she ever saw them
picking on the kid ever again.
"I know Nia." Jasmine said looking down. "This is the same city right Trunks?" Trunks
nodded his head.
"Hard to believe isn't it?" He asked.
"Looks like it's a happy town in this time. Wish it was like this in our time." Veronica
said watching a couple pushing a little boy on a swing. "They don't have to worry about
the androids showing up and blowing them away." Trunks spotted Capsule Corp.
"Alright let's touch down." They landed on the front doorstep. Veronica looked around
and spotted Chichi's car.
"Oh no. Not her." She whined. Trunks shook his head and rang the doorbell. Vegeta
answered the door. Veronica felt his ki rise.
"Well Trunks what are you doing here?" Vegeta asked harshly. Veronica and Jasmine's
tails flipped out. Vegeta held the door open. "Get in here. Bulma's in the living room."
They walked in. Veronica stared unconsciously at Vegeta. Jasmine tapped her with her
tail.
"Actually Vegeta, we're looking to talk to you." Trunks said. Vegeta stalked off ignoring
Trunks, Veronica and Jasmine entirely.
"Imagine that," Veronica muttered to Jasmine. "He's already starting to piss me off."
Bulma went into the hall to see who had shown up.
"Well Trunks is that your girlfriend? She is so pretty." Bulma said looking at Veronica.
Veronica rolled her eyes in Trunks' direction and Jasmine muttered "hell no" under her
breath.
"No actually mom, this is my sister Veronica and her best friend Jasmine." Bulma's
mouth dropped.
"I have a daughter? Trunks I didn't think you were serious." Bulma said excitedly.
Veronica gave Trunks a warning glare. Trunks ignored her. Veronica took action.
"No actually I'm not your daughter." Veronica said.
"Nia!" Trunks said warningly. Veronica ignored him.
"You helped deliver an eight pound, nine ounce baby girl on June 17, 2000 named
Veronique Matthews." Bulma looked at her strangely. "Her mother's name was Cecila
Matthews. Cecila died shortly after giving birth. Her last words were 'Tell Vegeta he has
a daughter.'" Bulma looked amazed.
"How did you know all of that?" Trunks glared at Veronica.
"I'm not exactly your kid. You just raise me." Veronica answered. A child started crying
from somewhere in the house. They heard Vegeta shouting for Bulma. The baby fell
silent. Bulma rushed off to get the child. Trunks turned to his sister.
"I cannot believe you just did that." He said, an angered tone in his voice. "My mother
gave you way too much freedom with these security tapes."
"Trunks you would have kept lying about Veronica. You just would have said that she
was Bulma's the whole time." Jasmine informed him. "Veronica just took this into her
own hands which is the best move she'll ever make." Bulma came back with a little girl
who was about one in her arms. The girl's tail was flipping around.
"This is Veronica Brief or Veronique Matthews." Bulma said smiling. Chibi Veronica hid
her face in Bulma's neck grinning.
"Well then you are going to end up calling me Nia." Veronica said before turning to
Trunks. "I was so cute at that age."
"Yeah," Trunks started, "who knew you would grow up to be a total bitch." Trunks
received a slap not only from Veronica but from Jasmine.
"Trunks watch your mouth." Chichi said coming into the hall. "Oh little Miss Veronica is
awake." Chibi Veronica turned around, looked at Chichi and began to bounce up and
down. Chichi took Chibi Veronica into her arms. "So Trunks are these your girlfriends?"
"No this is Veronica and Jasmine." Trunks answered. "Veronica is my half sister and
Jasmine is her best friend." Jasmine wrapped her tail around her waist. Veronica flipped
her own tail around impatiently.
"Chichi go make sure Trunks doesn't come in here." Bulma said beckoning Trunks,
Veronica and Jasmine into a room. They followed her into the security room. "Veronica
how much do you know about your mother?" Veronica cocked her head and thought.
"She was… No I don't know anything."
"Trunks how much?"
"I don't know a Kami dammed thing about Nia's mom." Trunks answered. Bulma leaned
over the computer that was sitting on the counter and typed in Matthews, Cecila. A
picture popped up along with a profile.
"Cecila Matthews isn't dead. In fact," she changed the key name to Brief, Veronique.
"Nia your mother's name wasn't even Cecila. Your mother's name was Alishia Connelly.
And trust me that little bitch is around on some street corner somewhere." Veronica
looked at Jasmine. Jasmine's jaw had hit the floor.
"My best friend's mother is a whore?" Jasmine asked out of pure shock. "Trunks you
didn't know about this?" Trunks shook his head. Veronica fell to the floor, shaking in
pure shock.
"My mother, a prostitute." Veronica said shaking her head.
"No wonder why Bulma never wanted me on the streets." Jasmine bent down to hug her
friend. "Nia it's okay calm down." Jasmine said. Vegeta came in.
"Veronica get up." Veronica refused to move. Vegeta scowled at her. "Two more
Saiyans. And they're onnas." Vegeta said smirking. "A strong onna and a weak onna."
Veronica's ki began to rise spontaneously as she pulled herself up.
"Shut up." Bulma said. "This is Mirari Veronica, your daughter." Vegeta walked over
and cupped Veronica's face in his hand.
"Well she looks everything like our onnas look like." Vegeta said. He looked at Jasmine.
"Well if it isn't Elize Rachelle." Jasmine looked confused.
"No I'm Jasmine." Jasmine said feeling fear enter her body. "Her only daughter."
"You look just like your mother. Pity you're a half breed." Vegeta had lit a wild fire.
Jasmine hated being called a half breed.
"Screw you Vegeta. If you weren't Veronica's father I'd kill you."
"Chill Jasmine." Veronica said boldly. "So you're my father?"
"Depends on who you are." Vegeta answered.
"My name is Veronique." Veronica answered.
"Well," Vegeta said beginning to circle both Jasmine and Veronica, "I could mistake
both of you for pure breeds. You onnas need training." Jasmine rolled her eyes. Vegeta
was going to test her patience. Veronica was nothing like Vegeta. Trunks could sense
Veronica's ki drop. She had been sick a couple weeks before and completely bedridden
because of it.
"Nia are you okay?" Trunks asked watching his little sister fall slightly.
"No Trunks. I'm f…" Veronica said fainting and falling into Jasmine's arms.
"Whats wrong with the onna?" Vegeta asked. Trunks walked over and picked Veronica
up out of Jasmine's arms and held her in his arms.
"Jas can you check her temp?" Trunks said looking closely at his sister. "She has been
really sick lately. Nia has been fighting a more advanced version of the flu." Jasmine laid
her hand on Veronica's forehead.
"She's warm but it's not dangerous. She'll be okay. I expect the cap trip has weakened
her."
"Okay Trunks, take her into a bedroom." Bulma said worried. Trunks carried Veronica
into a room upstairs.