The New Z-Fighter
When I first met the Z-Fighters, I was amazed to see how many people were part of the group…and then we found out that there was another person in training.
The day started off like any other day…or it did…
"Come on, Danny, time to wake up!" Goten said, jumping on the bed.
"I think I beat you to it this time!" I said, walking into the bedroom.
"Danny? But if you're there then who's…" Goten thrown all of the blankets off the bed to find only pillows!
"I got up earlier than you just to trick you!" I laughed.
"You sneaky little…" Goten was going to say something, but Chi-Chi cut in.
"Boys…Breakfast's ready!"
"Race you downstairs, Danny!" Goten shouted, trying to get a head start.
"Oh no, I'll win this one…" I answered. Running after him…I jumped from the top of the stairs, over Goten's head, and landed at the bottom of the stairs.
"Easy as that!" I said to him.
"You cheated!" Goten said, just finishing the race.
"Who tried to get a head start?" I answered, "Boy, Goten, this just isn't your day, eh?" With that, Goten jumped on my back and pulled me to the ground. He 'tried' to do wrestling moves on me…sometimes they worked, sometimes they didn't. It was Chi-Chi that stopped it.
"Stop it, you two! You're using up all of your energy before the day's even begun!" she said. I clambered to my feet.
"Yeah, she's right. Come on. Breakfast's ready now."
"OK, but I won that time!" Goten said, I laughed.
"Sure, Goten. Whatever you say!"
After breakfast, there was a phone call. Goten went to answer it. A couple of minutes later, he put the phone down.
"Do you feel like going to the park with Trunks and me? His dad's going along as well."
"Why is his dad going too?" I wondered, "Oh well, yeah, I'll come along with you."
"Can I take my new soccer ball." Goten asked.
"Yeah, sure you can." I answered.
"He's coming along in an hour…could you take us there in the car?" Goten asked, giving me the old 'puppy eyes' look that young kids always do.
"You're pushing your luck now." I laughed, "But OK…I think it'll be alright. I'll take you in the car."
An hour later, there was a knock at the door. Trunks was waiting there, but his dad was nowhere in sight!
"Trunks, I thought your dad was coming along too?" I said.
"He is…he's meeting us there." Trunks answered.
"Well, we'll take your word for it. Jump in the car."
As soon as I finished, Goten and Trunks jumped into the car without any delay!
Sure enough, when we got to the park, Vegeta was there waiting for us. He was wearing black pinstripe trousers and a leather jacket; similar to the one I was wearing.
"You took your time!" He said to us.
"Yeah, we all wish that we were as fast as you." I laughed. Vegeta laughed too. Goten got his soccer ball out of the car and we had a two-on-two match, Trunks and Vegeta versus me and Goten. In the end, Trunks and Vegeta won 4-1. Afterwards, Goten and Trunks wanted to have a practice spar, Vegeta agreed, so they did that while me and Vegeta just watched them.
"How do you do it?" Vegeta asked me.
"Erm...do what?" I asked him, confused.
"You getting along with Kakorot's kid. He's not your son and yet he treats you like you're his dad."
"Who's Kakorot?" I asked him.
"It's Goku's real name" Vegeta said, sternly.
"Oh, you mean Goku!" I said, finally starting to get the point, "Goten and me get along 'cos we understand what each of us wants. Goten wants someone to look after him when his dad's away for…whatever reason, it don't matter. I do that and he is grateful for it. I also talk to him whenever he has a problem."
"OK, but you are starting to do that to my boy and it looks like you are trying to take…"
"Don't worry about that…I only talk to Trunks AS A FRIEND, NOTHING ELSE."
"That's OK, as long as that is all you are…friends."
"Vegeta, do I look like a man that'd lie to you?" I asked him.
"I don't judge people by their faces, I judge them on their word."
"OK…now I'm confused!"
"Anyway, where is Kakorot?" Vegeta asked, looking around the park.
"That's a good question, I haven't seen him in ages…" I said back to him.
Just at that moment, Krillin landed in front of us. Goten and Trunks stopped their sparring and walked up to him.
"Hey, Krillin, what's up?" Goten asked.
"There's a massive meeting taking place at the lookout in a minute. Everyone has to go to it."
"Even me?" I asked him.
"Yes, INCLUDING you. This meeting is partly because of you." Krillin answered. I looked confused…what have I done wrong now?
"Why am I part of the meeting?" I asked him.
"I haven't got time to explain…come on…we need to go now."
"What about my soccer ball?" Goten asked.
"Lock it in the car." I said, throwing him my car keys, " I want them back when you have done that." As soon as Goten locked away the soccer ball, he gave me my keys back and we all went to the lookout.