"Hey people! I don't have much to say so we'll talk to Mrs. Sock Puppet. Hi there Mrs. Sock Puppet!"

"Hidey ho Lady Starlight!"

"Whats our special word of the day?"

"Well, when a man and a woman love each other veeerrry much…" *SMACK*

"I SAID WORD NOT GAME!"

"Oopsey! My bad!"

"Damn Straight!"

"Our word o the day is Celticgoddess"

"That's right! She's my friend and needs some publicity! (actually she might kill me for doing this but, HEY WE ALL LIKE REVIEWS AND SHE'S GOT A FUNNY STORY THAT NEEDS SOME!"

"Is it a DBZ story Lady Starlight?"

"Yes, Yes it is. So don't forget to check out the author, CelticGoddess if you get a chance. Bye Mrs. Puppet!"



"ENGAGED! WHAT DO YOU MEAN ENGAGED!" Bulma roared as she stalked towards her husband who just looked at her with a raised eyebrow.

"It was a long time ago Bulma." He put an arm around her waist and turned to face Starista again. "And since then I found *cough* you *cough*." Bulma smiled and pecked him on the cheek. He obviously meant to say, "Bulma I love you not her now, don't worry."

"Fine then." She sized up Starista. "How old are you then?"

"I'm 22. Why?"

"Well, because you're going to want to hang around those 5 over there," she said pointing to Trunks, Bra, Goten, Marron, and Pan. "You won't derive any entertainment from the rest of us. Now why don't we all go outside for a bit, we've been inside too long." With that, everyone stood up and walked to the back door. Pan paired up with Trunks.

"What do you think of princess over there?"

"Haha Actually, I kinda like her." Pan's heart stopped.

"Say WHAT! She's so stuck up though!"

"Well, I think its kind of cool, she's proud and she knows she's a princess."

"Not here she's not!"

"I take it you don't like her?" They stepped out back and started walking towards a tree.

"What was your first clue?" He gave her a weird look. "She called me a weakling Trunks! A WEAKLING! That's one thing I won't just take. It's hard being the weakest saiyan (geneticly)," She jumped up into the tree, "And being a girl. Everyone thinks I'm weak." She leaned her back against a branch and laid back. She closed her eyes, and felt the tree shake. She looked up to see trunks laying face down on a branch several feet up and staring at her.

"I don't." He said quite simply. Pan smiled and just looked into his beautiful eyes for a moment. But she started to feel awkward under his glare and chucked a fistful of leaves in his face and jumped up to a branch higher than his.

"Well Trunks, that's only cuz you know how SUPERIOR I am!" And she laughed evily jumping higher into the tree, just daring him to follow. The branches pulled at her legs and sides, Pan went higher and higher, and finally looked down. "Trunks?" He wasn't there. She looked up and….NO! It was that stupid saiyan girl! And she was acting all flirty!

"Oh hi Pan! Sorry, but I saw you up here with Trunks, and he was already up here, so I joined him! You don't mind right?" Pan looked at Trunks, he was standing on one branch, and hanging on to another above him. She looked at him blankly.

"No, actually I was just getting down." Pan turned, ran off the branch she was standing on, and fell to the ground, landing perfectly, then stalking off towards her path down through the trees.

"Oh no." Starista sighed looking at Trunks. He looked up at her. "I pissed her off didn't I?"

"Well, yeah I guess so. I mean she's fairly protective of her friends and you just showed up out of nowhere and popped in on us." The saiyan girl blushed slightly.

"I'm sorry. I think I offended her before."

"You called her a weakling."

"Yes, but she's only a quarter saiyan. She is a…"

"No!" Trunks shot back. "Just because her blood isn't as strong doesn't mean she isn't."

"Hmmm. I suppose you could be right." She shrugged. "I'll find out eventually I guess. YES! That's exactly what I'll do. I want to have a friendly match with all of you that fight!"

"Hah! I don't know if that's a good idea. We're all pretty strong."

"Are all of you saiyans, super saiyans?"

"All except Pan." Trunks realized what he had said wasn't going to help Pan's status in Starista's opinion.

"She may not be able to go super saiyan. Nomokai can't and he's a full blooded saiyan." Trunks looked up at her slightly shocked.

"Why?"

"Nomokai is a lower class bodyguard and isn't all that important in the eyes of saiyan nobility. He's more of a scholar, and has never, (to my knowledge) gone super-saiyan."

"Hasn't he tried?" Trunks was reminded of Gohan. He was more scholarly once he was older and if it hadn't been for Cell, then maybe none of them (Gohan, Goku,Vegeta) would be super saiyans.

"Sure he's tried, but there never seemed to be enough motivation for him." She dropped down a few branches. "I should talk to her."

"I wouldn't do it now if I were you." He advised. "Wait until later. Tell me more about being a princess."

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Pan went back down the path she had always played in when younger , and started to run. What was with that girl anyways? She just showed up and showed off! And for Trunks no less. WHO TOTALLY BOUGHT IT! Pan stopped when she heard a rustling noise in one of the trees next to her, and ducked behind a large bush. Someone was over there, but she didn't recognize their ki, in fact, she couldn't sense it at all. She was a little suspicious of this, but waited a moment, only to find that Nomokai popped out looking more then a little panicked. She stood up so he could see her. "Nomokai, what are you doing here?"

"Whoa! Pan where'd you come from?"

"I was right here the whole time, but what are you doing?"

"Umm, running."

"What from?"

"That girl with the blue hair and the blonde one." Pan only laughed.

"I understand completely. There's a field at the end of this little forest, if we run fast, then they won't care to follow us." Suddenly Bra's familiar voice could be heard yelling for Nomokai.

"Let's go!" He began to run not knowing where to go, and Pan quickly caught up to him and grabbed his wrist to steer him in the opposite direction. She felt her bare feet hitting rocks and sticks. They could just fly, but this was so much more fun. Nomokai started to speed up, pulling ahead of her. "No you don't Pan thought." She picked her knees up higher and took longer strides.

"Come on you! You're not trying hard enough!" She taunted as she passed him. And he sped up more, they were tied and the tree line was close.

"HAH! I could beat you any day!" He laughed back, taking the lead. Pan frowned, they were almost done and she was losing, she was always slower than Bra, she had to beat him! And as the light became more intense and they broke out of the forest, Pan found that they were tied.

"HAHA! You see!" She gasped "You weren't trying hard enough!" He smiled at her, and they sat down on the ground. They were now several feet into a neighboring farm's wheat field, the sun on the golden stalks and warm ground made everything perfect. Pan laid down on her back and put her hands behind her head. "So what was that about anyways? Why were they after you?"

"Ok, I was just walking out of the house with Starista when……."

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Nomokai looked up at the sky and the sun, It had been so long since he had looked up and around him and seen a peaceful world. Starista had linked her arm through his, and he liked that. She was so strong and brave. She had been engaged to the prince of their entire race, but she never wanted to be. They had grown up together, Nomokai and Starista, but things were so different once they grew up. Maybe they would have been engaged, but they were separated when he was 10 and she was 9, their ranks became important at that time. He sighed and watched as Pan and Trunks walked in the opposite direction. "I like that girl." He said out of the blue. Starista giggled a little.

"Really? Why?"

"Well, she spoke to me first, and she has a certain air about her that I like."

"She seems stubborn."

"So do you." She jabbed him in the side with her elbow. "SEEM! I SAID YOU SEEM STUBBORN! But that's not important. I like that she's proud of what she is."

"I find her rather amusing as well."

"Star, you can't look down on these people. You're not the princess anymore."

"Ouch Nomokai."

"Well, they took us in and took care of us last night. Plus they don't know how long we'll be here and don't seem to care. You need to stop being arrogant."

"Hey! I just said one thing! Relax!"

"Sorry, its just that I know how you are, and I want to be comfortable with these people, after all, there's no telling what might have followed us." He touched her wrist where the bandages were. He was taller than Starista by about a foot, and she was at least 5ft 7in. Her black hair flowed behind her gracefully in the light breezes, and she suddenly held his hand, and stopped to face him.

"Nomokai, you know me. And I'm not afraid of much, but what if they did follow us?"

"Star, no! We killed them. They're gone."

"No, we killed those that attacked us. HE was the ring leader, but there's still that woman master-minding the whole thing. Nomokai, she crushed the most brutal, powerful race on the planet, she'll find us."

"Enough Star! I don't want to talk about it now." She simply nodded.

"Hey Nomokai, why don't you go talk to those guys?" She nodded towards Marron and Bra, who were sitting on a railing around a deck eyeing him up, Goten was standing between them, leaning against the rail looking threatening.

"I don't know Star, I don't think that'd go over real well with tall dark and pissy!"

"HA! And you were just telling me not to be arrogant! Go on, play nice with the other kids, I'm going to go talk with Pan and Trunks." The two parted, and Nomokai approached cautiously.

"Hey." He said quietly to Goten, and he outstretched a hand, "I'm Nomokai, and I think its more proper to introduce myself to you privately than have Mrs. Briefs do it." Goten's face lit up with a smile immediately, he wasn't a naturally angry kind of guy, and he took Nomokai's hand.

"No problem man! So, yeah I'm Goten, this is Bra, and this is Marron." He bowed slightly to each girl. "So tell us, what exactly happened that brings you here?"

"Oh, I figured I could enlighten everyone at the same time, with Star's help."

"Star?" Bra asked.

"Yeah, it's her nickname."

"Duh." Marron mumbled. Bra *shoosh*ed her.

"Well then what was life like on planet wherever?"

"It was Planet Vegeta, and not very exciting. Wake up at dawn, breakfast, train, read, go to the palace for training, lunch, read and study, go back home to train a little, study some more, go to the palace again for my shift, dinner, socialize with neighbors, study and read, and go to bed."

"Wow, that is kinda boring." Marron laughed. "What was the palace like?"

"From what I saw, clean, strict, full of nobility, but very comfortable furniture and good food."

"Ahh, a guy who just LOVES to talk." Goten mumbled, obviously annoyed that both Bra and Marron were practically drooling over him.

"Oh Goten be quiet!" Bra snapped. "What exactly do you study?"

"Um, foreign relations, mathematics, botany, and some history and politics."

"Wow. Do all the people study like that?" Marron gaped.

"Hell no! Most of them fight and train constantly. I love fighting, don't get me wrong, but roundhouse kicks and energy blasts are only fun for so long. I really wanted to know more about life and life on other planets."

"Ha, my brother will love you!" Goten smiled.

"Well, he's ours right now." Bra giggled and latched onto Nomokai's arm, she motioned for Marron to do the same, and Nomokai blushed.

"Heheh. Ummm, well I uhhhh you see….." Goten frowned slightly.

"Well aren't we lucky. Got both girls." He folde his arms and backed away a little. "Why don't we have a race!"

"That's a great idea Goten!" Bra jumped up all excited and Marron seemed equally pleased."

"Ok great, but the rules aren't quite the usual. Nomokai, you up for a challenge?" He nodded. "Nomokai will start running into the forest with a 20 second head start, then you two girls go after him, whoever catches him gets this!" He pulled 20 dollars out of his pocket.

"Hold on Goten, I don't really think that's.."

"What? I think it'll be great! The girls will get to show off their speed, and you can demonstrate yours! What's the harm in that?" Though he wasn't too thrilled about the idea, Nomokai knew that Goten was trying to embarrass him and couldn't allow that, so he stepped down to the grass.

"On your call Goten." He was going to prove himself. He knew he wasn't in the best shape, but even if he was he wouldn't run full speed because he'd be in the next town in a flash.

"Ok Nomokai, GO!" His feet pounded against the ground as he whizzed past ChiChi and Bulma who were just sitting in lounge chairs talking and then past a small building where Vegeta's energy was recognizable, but someone else's was not quite familiar that was also in there. The treeline came and he broke past it and several seconds later, he heard, "Marron, Bra GO!"

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"So then I saw you Pan and realized that Bra and Marron were really catching up to me. I don't really know my way around yet so I figured you could help me."

"Well, you figured correctly. Now that I have spared you from the wrath of Bra, tell me about yourself."

"Actually I was hoping to handle that at dinner with Star's help. Why don't YOU tell me about YOURSELF. I'm sure it's more exciting."

"Oh I doubt that."

"Try me."

Ok that was a bad ending, but that's like 5 pages and I want to post it and work on my sailor moon story, PLUS I've got an idea for yet another fic! I won't allow myself to start another until I finish one of these.*COUGHCOUGH**yeahright**COUGHCOUGH* Ahhh, whats a girl to do. I know! Lets ask Mrs. Sock Puppet! *Lady Starlight gets freaky look from people near her.* Or not. Peace.