Chapter 9: Trunks Arrives!
Disclaimer: I do not own Dragonball Z or any of the following characters, except Celeste. She is © me.
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Celeste pulled a pair of jeans off the rack at Wal-Mart (AN: Copyrights and all that. I don't own Wal-
Mart.) and held them up. The front of them we're shaded white with little pink and purple butterflies stitched
to the sides of the legs.
"Ugh, too pink." Celeste hung them back up. She wandered into the Electronics section and browsed
through the CDs. She picked a few up and looked them over before putting them back. Hey, she had no
money, so all she could do was browse.
Celeste was getting bored. It was way to hot in here and the music they had on the intercom was old. She
sighed and walked out of the building, emerging into the noise and brisk winds of the city. She took off her
jacket and let her wings stretch.
"Much better." She told the breeze. Her wings extended to catch the wind and she took off, much to the
wonder of an employee gather up shopping carts.
~*~
Celeste landed on the roof of the Brief's house. Bulma was still out and Trunk's still at school. And since
Vegeta had no where to go, so he was probably training. Celeste jumped down and walked over to the
Gravity Chamber. She peeked into one of the windows.
Nope, no Vegeta. Where could he be? Celeste thought for a moment. She felt a small prick in the back of her
mind, directing her towards the clearing where she first grew wings. Something told her that's where Vegeta
is.
"Ooo, it's like I can sense him." Celeste whispered. She was still hyped up from the coffee and was in the
mood for some games. "Let's see if I can find Veggie."
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Vegeta was training in the clearing. Goku had left a few minutes ago, and Vegeta was glad to be alone again.
Gave him time to think, and the quiet was extremely calming. He stopped in the middle of the clearing. A
noise from the left side, in the bushes.
"Who's there?" He called. Of course, no one answered. Vegeta stood still, not moving or making any
sounds. He watched calmly as the noise came again, and a simple rabbit dashed across the clearing, quickly
followed by a fox, who paused to stare at Vegeta before continuing after it's terrified prey.
"Endless cycle of life and death." Vegeta mumbled. ::Oh great,:: He thought. ::I'm getting philosophical.::
Pause.
Another sound. Like the that of a strong wind. Vegeta watched as the Time Machine landed not 3 yards
from him. Trunks hopped down as soon as the top opened and quickly put the Machine back in it's capsule.
"Father, good. I thought I'd have to go find you. Where's Mom?" Trunks sounded worried.
"Your Mother has gone out." Vegeta said.
"Figures." Trunks sighed. "But anyway, I've got something to tell you father."
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Celeste listened to them talk. 'Them' being Trunks and Vegeta. And she couldn't really hear them either.
Basically she sat there, crouched in the bushes, ears straining to hear their conversation, trying her best to
not make a noise for fear of being discovered.
She stopped thinking for a minute when she noticed that Vegeta had made a slight gesture towards her
position. Trunks's head turned and he strode over to her. He couldn't see her, that was obvious by the way
he turned his head back and forth.
"Sense her, child. It's not that hard!" Vegeta called.
"Alright, Father." Trunks yelled back. He came closer towards Celeste, still oblivious to her actual position.
::Eep!:: She thought and pulled in her wings and attempted to make herself as small as possible. She
flattened out on the ground. Suddenly Trunks's hand shot through the bushes and grabbed hers. He pulled
her up out of her little spot and held her in front of his face. She smiled guiltily. He yelled and dropped her
again, causing her to land sharply on her butt.
"SHE'S GOT NO EYES!" He yelled. Vegeta sighed and walked over, pulling Celeste out of the bushes again.
"She has eyes, boy. They're just. different." Trunks looked closer and saw that her eyes were just black,
and through the pitch he could sense only turmoil. He brought his face up closer in fascination, but pulled
back when she stuck her tongue out at him. He gave another gasp when wings sprouted from her back and
she wrenched her arm from Vegeta's grasp and took to a tree.
"Nyah!" She called from the hidden depths of the leaves. Vegeta growled.
"She's still got some coffee in her system from her first cup this morning." He explained. "Child! Get down
here now!"
Trunks looked confused. "But. it's 2 pm.." Celeste suddenly appeared, but she was upside down. Her
wings clasped to her back as she clung to a thick branch, her anchor. Trunks started to approach her, but
she stretched her wings out and hissed. Then she giggled and shot back up into the tree.
"I give up." Trunk surrendered.
"I don't." Vegeta smiled and shot a small ki blast into the tree, knocking Celeste from her perch and burning
off half the tree in the process. Celeste lay there, growling, before flipping over and aiming a kick at Vegeta's
chest, in an attempt to attack. Vegeta dodged easily, grabbing her foot and fling her back against the burned
carcass of the tree. She gracefully pushed off the stump, breaking it in half in the process, and shot back at
Vegeta. He caught he with his foot in her ribs, sending her to the ground.
"We've got no time to play, child." Vegeta scorned. "We must go back to the house."
Celeste only growled, clutching her ribs.
"Poor sport." Vegeta mumbled before heading back in the direction of the Brief's home, with Trunks right
behind and Celeste following a little afterward, still holding her side.
~*~
Vegeta had gotten Trunks to call Goku over. Gohan was in school, so he couldn't come. The big news that
everyone had been called for? A new villain, of course. Only this time, this one was in Future Trunks
timeline and he was screwing with time and dimensions. He had some sort of device that skipped through
time and parallel dimensions in the blink of an eye, according to Trunks. He had been using it lately to bring
back and modify creatures from other dimensions in an attempt to, what else? Rule the world. Man, life had
been cliché lately.
Celeste, for some reason or another, was hiding somewhere in the house. As soon as Trunks had finished
calling Goku, she had dashed off and now hid in some unknown reaches of the rather large house, so Vegeta
made no attempt to find her. Trunks wanted to, but he couldn't locate her, even when scanning for her
power. Maybe she wasn't even in the house anymore.
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And she wasn't. She sat on the roof, hidden behind a large raised section, waiting silently for Goku.
Kakarot. Whatever.
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Goku knocked on the door. Trunks was quick to answer it.
"Hey Goku." He welcomed.
"Hi Trunks! Where's Vegeta?" Goku answered.
"He's in the living room, waiting."
"Oh, ok. Do you think he'll mind if I grab a bite to eat out of the fridge?" And without waiting for approval,
he merely began raiding the refrigerator anyway.
"Kakarot, get your ugly face out of my fridge!" Vegeta yelled. He walked into the kitchen and sat down.
Goku sat down himself after pulling some food from the fridge and munched on it as Vegeta explained what
was going on. Goku got tired of listening, so his mind started wandering.
::I wonder if there's any more food in the fridge. This is boring. What's he going on about? I'm hungry. I
shouldn't have trained so long; I missed lunch. Is he still talking? Hmmm, I can sense someone on the roof.
I'm reeeaaalllly hungry.::
"Kakarot? Are you listening?" Vegeta snapped.
"Goku?" Trunks asked. Goku had a glazed look to his eyes, which went away as he regained his thoughts
again.
"Uh.. Yeah! Yeah." Goku said. "Uh, did you guys know there's someone on the roof?"
"Some that's where she went.." Trunks mumbled to himself, but as quiet as he tried to keep, Vegeta still
heard him.
"Keep silent boy!" He hissed.
"But shouldn't we tell him about." Trunks stopped when he saw the look Vegeta gave him. ::Why's he so
concerned about her?:: Trunks thought.
Goku looked up.
"Huh? What're you guys talking about?" He looked up from the new plate of food he had gotten. Both
Trunks and Vegeta sweatdropped.
"Nothing, Kakarot, you moron. Go back to stuffing yourself." Vegeta snapped. Goku shrugged and
continued eating.
"So. what are we going to do about the bad guy?" Trunks asked, half- heartedly. This was confusing and
exhausting. Why was Celeste hiding? Why did Vegeta care so much about keeping her secret? Why. does
Goku eat so much?
"Wha bah geh?" Goku said, mouth crammed with food. Trunks sighed. This was very tiring.
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Not as long as I would have liked, but it's alright, I suppose. Must get working on a school project again, *sigh*. Ah well, do review, please. I would like it very, very much, since I don't plan to update another chapter until I get, lets see, 5 more reviews, maybe? Sorry to do this, but I'm really lacking in motivation. Oh, just so you know, Goku's saying 'What bad guy?', although I hope that was obvious. And if you need something to do while you wait for the next chapter, listen to 'Mad World' by Gary Jules or watch 'Donnie Darko'. Gotta be my favorite (right after Nightmare before Christmas) movie ever. If you took the time to read all of this little note, thanks. Oh, and don't forget, please review!
Disclaimer: I do not own Dragonball Z or any of the following characters, except Celeste. She is © me.
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Celeste pulled a pair of jeans off the rack at Wal-Mart (AN: Copyrights and all that. I don't own Wal-
Mart.) and held them up. The front of them we're shaded white with little pink and purple butterflies stitched
to the sides of the legs.
"Ugh, too pink." Celeste hung them back up. She wandered into the Electronics section and browsed
through the CDs. She picked a few up and looked them over before putting them back. Hey, she had no
money, so all she could do was browse.
Celeste was getting bored. It was way to hot in here and the music they had on the intercom was old. She
sighed and walked out of the building, emerging into the noise and brisk winds of the city. She took off her
jacket and let her wings stretch.
"Much better." She told the breeze. Her wings extended to catch the wind and she took off, much to the
wonder of an employee gather up shopping carts.
~*~
Celeste landed on the roof of the Brief's house. Bulma was still out and Trunk's still at school. And since
Vegeta had no where to go, so he was probably training. Celeste jumped down and walked over to the
Gravity Chamber. She peeked into one of the windows.
Nope, no Vegeta. Where could he be? Celeste thought for a moment. She felt a small prick in the back of her
mind, directing her towards the clearing where she first grew wings. Something told her that's where Vegeta
is.
"Ooo, it's like I can sense him." Celeste whispered. She was still hyped up from the coffee and was in the
mood for some games. "Let's see if I can find Veggie."
~*~
Vegeta was training in the clearing. Goku had left a few minutes ago, and Vegeta was glad to be alone again.
Gave him time to think, and the quiet was extremely calming. He stopped in the middle of the clearing. A
noise from the left side, in the bushes.
"Who's there?" He called. Of course, no one answered. Vegeta stood still, not moving or making any
sounds. He watched calmly as the noise came again, and a simple rabbit dashed across the clearing, quickly
followed by a fox, who paused to stare at Vegeta before continuing after it's terrified prey.
"Endless cycle of life and death." Vegeta mumbled. ::Oh great,:: He thought. ::I'm getting philosophical.::
Pause.
Another sound. Like the that of a strong wind. Vegeta watched as the Time Machine landed not 3 yards
from him. Trunks hopped down as soon as the top opened and quickly put the Machine back in it's capsule.
"Father, good. I thought I'd have to go find you. Where's Mom?" Trunks sounded worried.
"Your Mother has gone out." Vegeta said.
"Figures." Trunks sighed. "But anyway, I've got something to tell you father."
~*~
Celeste listened to them talk. 'Them' being Trunks and Vegeta. And she couldn't really hear them either.
Basically she sat there, crouched in the bushes, ears straining to hear their conversation, trying her best to
not make a noise for fear of being discovered.
She stopped thinking for a minute when she noticed that Vegeta had made a slight gesture towards her
position. Trunks's head turned and he strode over to her. He couldn't see her, that was obvious by the way
he turned his head back and forth.
"Sense her, child. It's not that hard!" Vegeta called.
"Alright, Father." Trunks yelled back. He came closer towards Celeste, still oblivious to her actual position.
::Eep!:: She thought and pulled in her wings and attempted to make herself as small as possible. She
flattened out on the ground. Suddenly Trunks's hand shot through the bushes and grabbed hers. He pulled
her up out of her little spot and held her in front of his face. She smiled guiltily. He yelled and dropped her
again, causing her to land sharply on her butt.
"SHE'S GOT NO EYES!" He yelled. Vegeta sighed and walked over, pulling Celeste out of the bushes again.
"She has eyes, boy. They're just. different." Trunks looked closer and saw that her eyes were just black,
and through the pitch he could sense only turmoil. He brought his face up closer in fascination, but pulled
back when she stuck her tongue out at him. He gave another gasp when wings sprouted from her back and
she wrenched her arm from Vegeta's grasp and took to a tree.
"Nyah!" She called from the hidden depths of the leaves. Vegeta growled.
"She's still got some coffee in her system from her first cup this morning." He explained. "Child! Get down
here now!"
Trunks looked confused. "But. it's 2 pm.." Celeste suddenly appeared, but she was upside down. Her
wings clasped to her back as she clung to a thick branch, her anchor. Trunks started to approach her, but
she stretched her wings out and hissed. Then she giggled and shot back up into the tree.
"I give up." Trunk surrendered.
"I don't." Vegeta smiled and shot a small ki blast into the tree, knocking Celeste from her perch and burning
off half the tree in the process. Celeste lay there, growling, before flipping over and aiming a kick at Vegeta's
chest, in an attempt to attack. Vegeta dodged easily, grabbing her foot and fling her back against the burned
carcass of the tree. She gracefully pushed off the stump, breaking it in half in the process, and shot back at
Vegeta. He caught he with his foot in her ribs, sending her to the ground.
"We've got no time to play, child." Vegeta scorned. "We must go back to the house."
Celeste only growled, clutching her ribs.
"Poor sport." Vegeta mumbled before heading back in the direction of the Brief's home, with Trunks right
behind and Celeste following a little afterward, still holding her side.
~*~
Vegeta had gotten Trunks to call Goku over. Gohan was in school, so he couldn't come. The big news that
everyone had been called for? A new villain, of course. Only this time, this one was in Future Trunks
timeline and he was screwing with time and dimensions. He had some sort of device that skipped through
time and parallel dimensions in the blink of an eye, according to Trunks. He had been using it lately to bring
back and modify creatures from other dimensions in an attempt to, what else? Rule the world. Man, life had
been cliché lately.
Celeste, for some reason or another, was hiding somewhere in the house. As soon as Trunks had finished
calling Goku, she had dashed off and now hid in some unknown reaches of the rather large house, so Vegeta
made no attempt to find her. Trunks wanted to, but he couldn't locate her, even when scanning for her
power. Maybe she wasn't even in the house anymore.
~*~
And she wasn't. She sat on the roof, hidden behind a large raised section, waiting silently for Goku.
Kakarot. Whatever.
~*~
Goku knocked on the door. Trunks was quick to answer it.
"Hey Goku." He welcomed.
"Hi Trunks! Where's Vegeta?" Goku answered.
"He's in the living room, waiting."
"Oh, ok. Do you think he'll mind if I grab a bite to eat out of the fridge?" And without waiting for approval,
he merely began raiding the refrigerator anyway.
"Kakarot, get your ugly face out of my fridge!" Vegeta yelled. He walked into the kitchen and sat down.
Goku sat down himself after pulling some food from the fridge and munched on it as Vegeta explained what
was going on. Goku got tired of listening, so his mind started wandering.
::I wonder if there's any more food in the fridge. This is boring. What's he going on about? I'm hungry. I
shouldn't have trained so long; I missed lunch. Is he still talking? Hmmm, I can sense someone on the roof.
I'm reeeaaalllly hungry.::
"Kakarot? Are you listening?" Vegeta snapped.
"Goku?" Trunks asked. Goku had a glazed look to his eyes, which went away as he regained his thoughts
again.
"Uh.. Yeah! Yeah." Goku said. "Uh, did you guys know there's someone on the roof?"
"Some that's where she went.." Trunks mumbled to himself, but as quiet as he tried to keep, Vegeta still
heard him.
"Keep silent boy!" He hissed.
"But shouldn't we tell him about." Trunks stopped when he saw the look Vegeta gave him. ::Why's he so
concerned about her?:: Trunks thought.
Goku looked up.
"Huh? What're you guys talking about?" He looked up from the new plate of food he had gotten. Both
Trunks and Vegeta sweatdropped.
"Nothing, Kakarot, you moron. Go back to stuffing yourself." Vegeta snapped. Goku shrugged and
continued eating.
"So. what are we going to do about the bad guy?" Trunks asked, half- heartedly. This was confusing and
exhausting. Why was Celeste hiding? Why did Vegeta care so much about keeping her secret? Why. does
Goku eat so much?
"Wha bah geh?" Goku said, mouth crammed with food. Trunks sighed. This was very tiring.
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Not as long as I would have liked, but it's alright, I suppose. Must get working on a school project again, *sigh*. Ah well, do review, please. I would like it very, very much, since I don't plan to update another chapter until I get, lets see, 5 more reviews, maybe? Sorry to do this, but I'm really lacking in motivation. Oh, just so you know, Goku's saying 'What bad guy?', although I hope that was obvious. And if you need something to do while you wait for the next chapter, listen to 'Mad World' by Gary Jules or watch 'Donnie Darko'. Gotta be my favorite (right after Nightmare before Christmas) movie ever. If you took the time to read all of this little note, thanks. Oh, and don't forget, please review!