On with chapter 5!
I checked it out and guess what? I got a Review!! [Smiles proudly] And honestly, I don't know why I haven't been getting reviews, but I can say that I will be elaborating on Alex's [ahem] 'change'. I had planned on this and Alex and I have come up with a good way to explain it. Just bear with me and hopefully I'll make it a bit clearer.
Alex: Hey, want some Pizza?
Alex Ultra: No, I'm at the computer.
Alex: Ok, more for me then!
Alex Ultra: Give me that! [Alex Ultra hungrily downs four slices of pepperoni pizza]
Alex: o.O Uh... so... I guess you're writing chapter five?
Alex Ultra: [Smiles proudly] Yup!
Alex: Well, let me know how it turns out!
Alex Ultra: -_- ...
Whatever... Anyway, standard disclaimers apply, I don't own DBZ. But I do own Alex, and the plot.
Alex: [Chomping down on various pizzas][Turns to Goku, who is also stuffing his face] Fis ift fud?
Alex Ultra: Huh?
Goku: Yeath!
Alex Ultra: Could you speak without food in your mouths?
Alex and Goku: Sthobry. (Sorry.)
~~~~~~*** A NEW LIFE ***~~~~~~
Well, what could I do? Just by coming here I probably already changed the way things go!
So, no harm in doing a little more, as long as I did it in the background... "Tien, how long till you all meet on Roshi's island?" Okay, remember how calm he was before? Well, now he all but threatened to send my head rolling if I didn't tell him how I knew all this stuff.
So, smiling innocently, or what I thought was innocently, I told him that I'd talk.
And I did. At first all I told him were the things that already happened, oh and about the TV show thing. Then, to prove that I knew all that stuff, I told him even more stuff, in greater detail, like about the death of Mercenary Tao at the hands of Goku. I even told him some things he didn't know, like how Goku was a Saiyan and that Gohan was about to be abducted (making him promise not to tell and NOT to interrupt, otherwise Goku and Piccolo would stay enemies for good!). I then told about the future, though a bit more vaguely, like how Gohan becomes incredibly powerful and then has a kid (making a point of telling him to help the Z-senshi not to kill Hercule, as annoying as he is). I felt okay with telling him these things mostly because I knew that he and Chiaoutzu go off training and basically never come back. Though I left that little detail out.
When I was done, Chiaoutzu still looked as unaffected as ever, but Tien was having trouble taking it all in. "So, I get killed... by a future ally? And HE ends up with Idiot's (Yamcha's) girlfriend, having two kids?"
"Yep. But that's not all, but I don't want to go into all of it, or else we could be here for hours." For some reason, I was fidgeting more than usual, even though I felt rather comfortable with Tien. I think the young age was catching up to me.
"Uh, huh..." I think he was still trying to make sense of it all.
Then the floating mime thing decided to speak up. "So, how do you think this happened to you?" When he saw my confused face look up at his colorless one he elaborated. "I saw it in your mind. You weren't always like this. Do you know why it happened?"
I looked down at the ground. Why would I know the answer? But it was a question I wanted answered, so I thought about it.
You know, being both a scientist (hehe) and a user of ki (barely until now) had taught me two things. One was that energy was very unpredictable, and two was that, given enough energy, just about ANYTHING was possible. So, on that precedent, I came up with a theory.
"Well, about the only thing I can think of is overload."
Tien decided to look up from the floor at this comment. "Overload?"
"Yeah," seeing his confused face spurred me to continue, "it's like this. A computer chip (if you know what those are, and he assured me he did) uses a whole lot of very small metal wires put next to each other, but can't handle high voltage. So when high voltage is forced through it the resistance heats it up, then the little wires melt. Eventually the wires fuse together and can carry more voltage. That makes it useless for being a processor, but optimal for carrying a charge. That's what I think happened to me, I overloaded on energy, and it changed me so I would have the highest efficiency for my energy. Granted I don't know why I became a young girl, though I bet it was because that's the way my energy was aligned because that would make the most sense. I know I certainly didn't ask for it, I know that!"
"But why were you in so much pain?" Tien was a little faster on this subject.
"It's like the processor. All that voltage made it heat up until it could carry it all efficiently enough. And besides, don't you think it would hurt if your insides were changing that much that quickly?" I guess they understood because they both nodded their heads.
~~~~ A/N ~~~~
I hope that cleared it up for y'all. But one more thing, MY reason for making her a five-year-old girl, and they both make sense.
First, in the sequel (which is already out) Alex is already a girl and used to living like that. Second, she becomes five because it's a lot easier to adjust to being a five-year-old girl than a teen-aged one. And I'm sure you can imagine why. I chose five because it wasn't too young or too old. I wanted her to grow up and adjust that way, so that's what I did.
I hope that it's all clear as mud now, or clearer. Anyway, I'm sorry for putting such a big Author's Note right in the middle of the chapter, but I thought it might have more bearing here.
~~~~ BTTS ~~~~
"So." I broke the long silence. "How long before you go to Roshi's?"
Tien though for a moment, then said that he said it was probably about ten days.
"Great! In the meantime, do you think you can teach me to fly?"
Again, he thought for a moment, then responded, "I think we can handle that. But how do you feel about getting something to wear first?"
I looked down at the shirt that somehow had served as a gown now that I was so much smaller than I had been. Then I put on a silly (and slightly embarrassed) grin and scratched the back of my head. "Yeah, I guess I can't exactly wear this all the time, can I?"
He looked at me funny for a second, then spoke again. "You know, you remind me of Goku when you do that."
"Well, I guess when you watch someone long enough, you start to act like them! Don't you?" Then I laughed nervously.
"So what kind should I get?"
"Preferably some warm training clothes. We are in the mountains, after all."
You know, even though I had only known him in person for a few minutes, for some reason I got the feeling that he really cared for me. As much as he can anyway.
~~~~~~*** End of Chapter 5 ***~~~~~~
Sorry to end it there, but I believe I've made my point?
By the way, BTTS stands for 'Back To The Story'.
You know, it is kind of disappointing that I only have one review up to chapter 5, but it's not like there won't be ample time to get more. Honestly this story has only started! How does 50+ chapters sound? I do, after-all, have twelve years and three-or-four sagas to cover. And that's not including Alex's own adventures!
Anyway, next chapter Alex will get a new wardrobe.
Alex: I still think I was awfully cute back then!
Alex Ultra: My wrists hurt.
Alex: I wonder why. Look at that workspace! It's all wrong! (My stupid computer can't decide if it wants me to say 'all wrong' or 'all-wrong'! It's annoying me!)
Alex Ultra: Anyway, it looks like this story needs some word-of-mouth action, if any of you out there know someone who would like this story, encourage them to read! I accept anonymous reviews by the way.
Alex: He just wants someone to tell him how great he is...
Alex Ultra: That's not true! I accept flames too!
Alex: Whatever...
Alex Ultra: [Looks around] I thought you said you'd pick up these pizza boxes.
Alex: But I'm not done! [Picks up an Anchovy, Pepperoni, Sausage, Mushroom, and Pineapple pizza, taking big bites]
Alex Ultra: You know, sometimes I find it hard to believe you're not a Saiyan...
Alex: Well, it takes a lot to keep up at my level!
Alex Ultra: [Half growl half sigh] And I guess I'll have to explain that too!
Jennifer: Hey! When do I come in?
Alex: Hey sis! Where ya' been?
Alex Ultra: It might take a while...
Alex: Hey, do we need to tell about Jenn?
Alex Ultra: I think you just did...
Alex: ...?
Jennifer: You called me sis.
Alex: OH! ... I don't get it.
Jennifer: And you're how smart?
Alex Ultra: Of course it didn't exactly hurt that she had already gone through high school by age 5.
Alex: Ah! Now I get it!!
Jennifer: [Sigh]
Please review!
Jennifer: Hey Alex! Ya' wanna go train?
Alex: Sure!
Alex and Jennifer leave, Alex Ultra leans back in chair.
Alex Ultra: Ahhh. Solitude.
Goku: Hey Alex U. You gonna eat these?
Alex Ultra: [Sighs and says no.]
While Goku pigs out I'm going to see if I can borrow a Senzu bean for my hand. Then I can get to work on chapter 6.
Later!
I checked it out and guess what? I got a Review!! [Smiles proudly] And honestly, I don't know why I haven't been getting reviews, but I can say that I will be elaborating on Alex's [ahem] 'change'. I had planned on this and Alex and I have come up with a good way to explain it. Just bear with me and hopefully I'll make it a bit clearer.
Alex: Hey, want some Pizza?
Alex Ultra: No, I'm at the computer.
Alex: Ok, more for me then!
Alex Ultra: Give me that! [Alex Ultra hungrily downs four slices of pepperoni pizza]
Alex: o.O Uh... so... I guess you're writing chapter five?
Alex Ultra: [Smiles proudly] Yup!
Alex: Well, let me know how it turns out!
Alex Ultra: -_- ...
Whatever... Anyway, standard disclaimers apply, I don't own DBZ. But I do own Alex, and the plot.
Alex: [Chomping down on various pizzas][Turns to Goku, who is also stuffing his face] Fis ift fud?
Alex Ultra: Huh?
Goku: Yeath!
Alex Ultra: Could you speak without food in your mouths?
Alex and Goku: Sthobry. (Sorry.)
~~~~~~*** A NEW LIFE ***~~~~~~
Well, what could I do? Just by coming here I probably already changed the way things go!
So, no harm in doing a little more, as long as I did it in the background... "Tien, how long till you all meet on Roshi's island?" Okay, remember how calm he was before? Well, now he all but threatened to send my head rolling if I didn't tell him how I knew all this stuff.
So, smiling innocently, or what I thought was innocently, I told him that I'd talk.
And I did. At first all I told him were the things that already happened, oh and about the TV show thing. Then, to prove that I knew all that stuff, I told him even more stuff, in greater detail, like about the death of Mercenary Tao at the hands of Goku. I even told him some things he didn't know, like how Goku was a Saiyan and that Gohan was about to be abducted (making him promise not to tell and NOT to interrupt, otherwise Goku and Piccolo would stay enemies for good!). I then told about the future, though a bit more vaguely, like how Gohan becomes incredibly powerful and then has a kid (making a point of telling him to help the Z-senshi not to kill Hercule, as annoying as he is). I felt okay with telling him these things mostly because I knew that he and Chiaoutzu go off training and basically never come back. Though I left that little detail out.
When I was done, Chiaoutzu still looked as unaffected as ever, but Tien was having trouble taking it all in. "So, I get killed... by a future ally? And HE ends up with Idiot's (Yamcha's) girlfriend, having two kids?"
"Yep. But that's not all, but I don't want to go into all of it, or else we could be here for hours." For some reason, I was fidgeting more than usual, even though I felt rather comfortable with Tien. I think the young age was catching up to me.
"Uh, huh..." I think he was still trying to make sense of it all.
Then the floating mime thing decided to speak up. "So, how do you think this happened to you?" When he saw my confused face look up at his colorless one he elaborated. "I saw it in your mind. You weren't always like this. Do you know why it happened?"
I looked down at the ground. Why would I know the answer? But it was a question I wanted answered, so I thought about it.
You know, being both a scientist (hehe) and a user of ki (barely until now) had taught me two things. One was that energy was very unpredictable, and two was that, given enough energy, just about ANYTHING was possible. So, on that precedent, I came up with a theory.
"Well, about the only thing I can think of is overload."
Tien decided to look up from the floor at this comment. "Overload?"
"Yeah," seeing his confused face spurred me to continue, "it's like this. A computer chip (if you know what those are, and he assured me he did) uses a whole lot of very small metal wires put next to each other, but can't handle high voltage. So when high voltage is forced through it the resistance heats it up, then the little wires melt. Eventually the wires fuse together and can carry more voltage. That makes it useless for being a processor, but optimal for carrying a charge. That's what I think happened to me, I overloaded on energy, and it changed me so I would have the highest efficiency for my energy. Granted I don't know why I became a young girl, though I bet it was because that's the way my energy was aligned because that would make the most sense. I know I certainly didn't ask for it, I know that!"
"But why were you in so much pain?" Tien was a little faster on this subject.
"It's like the processor. All that voltage made it heat up until it could carry it all efficiently enough. And besides, don't you think it would hurt if your insides were changing that much that quickly?" I guess they understood because they both nodded their heads.
~~~~ A/N ~~~~
I hope that cleared it up for y'all. But one more thing, MY reason for making her a five-year-old girl, and they both make sense.
First, in the sequel (which is already out) Alex is already a girl and used to living like that. Second, she becomes five because it's a lot easier to adjust to being a five-year-old girl than a teen-aged one. And I'm sure you can imagine why. I chose five because it wasn't too young or too old. I wanted her to grow up and adjust that way, so that's what I did.
I hope that it's all clear as mud now, or clearer. Anyway, I'm sorry for putting such a big Author's Note right in the middle of the chapter, but I thought it might have more bearing here.
~~~~ BTTS ~~~~
"So." I broke the long silence. "How long before you go to Roshi's?"
Tien though for a moment, then said that he said it was probably about ten days.
"Great! In the meantime, do you think you can teach me to fly?"
Again, he thought for a moment, then responded, "I think we can handle that. But how do you feel about getting something to wear first?"
I looked down at the shirt that somehow had served as a gown now that I was so much smaller than I had been. Then I put on a silly (and slightly embarrassed) grin and scratched the back of my head. "Yeah, I guess I can't exactly wear this all the time, can I?"
He looked at me funny for a second, then spoke again. "You know, you remind me of Goku when you do that."
"Well, I guess when you watch someone long enough, you start to act like them! Don't you?" Then I laughed nervously.
"So what kind should I get?"
"Preferably some warm training clothes. We are in the mountains, after all."
You know, even though I had only known him in person for a few minutes, for some reason I got the feeling that he really cared for me. As much as he can anyway.
~~~~~~*** End of Chapter 5 ***~~~~~~
Sorry to end it there, but I believe I've made my point?
By the way, BTTS stands for 'Back To The Story'.
You know, it is kind of disappointing that I only have one review up to chapter 5, but it's not like there won't be ample time to get more. Honestly this story has only started! How does 50+ chapters sound? I do, after-all, have twelve years and three-or-four sagas to cover. And that's not including Alex's own adventures!
Anyway, next chapter Alex will get a new wardrobe.
Alex: I still think I was awfully cute back then!
Alex Ultra: My wrists hurt.
Alex: I wonder why. Look at that workspace! It's all wrong! (My stupid computer can't decide if it wants me to say 'all wrong' or 'all-wrong'! It's annoying me!)
Alex Ultra: Anyway, it looks like this story needs some word-of-mouth action, if any of you out there know someone who would like this story, encourage them to read! I accept anonymous reviews by the way.
Alex: He just wants someone to tell him how great he is...
Alex Ultra: That's not true! I accept flames too!
Alex: Whatever...
Alex Ultra: [Looks around] I thought you said you'd pick up these pizza boxes.
Alex: But I'm not done! [Picks up an Anchovy, Pepperoni, Sausage, Mushroom, and Pineapple pizza, taking big bites]
Alex Ultra: You know, sometimes I find it hard to believe you're not a Saiyan...
Alex: Well, it takes a lot to keep up at my level!
Alex Ultra: [Half growl half sigh] And I guess I'll have to explain that too!
Jennifer: Hey! When do I come in?
Alex: Hey sis! Where ya' been?
Alex Ultra: It might take a while...
Alex: Hey, do we need to tell about Jenn?
Alex Ultra: I think you just did...
Alex: ...?
Jennifer: You called me sis.
Alex: OH! ... I don't get it.
Jennifer: And you're how smart?
Alex Ultra: Of course it didn't exactly hurt that she had already gone through high school by age 5.
Alex: Ah! Now I get it!!
Jennifer: [Sigh]
Please review!
Jennifer: Hey Alex! Ya' wanna go train?
Alex: Sure!
Alex and Jennifer leave, Alex Ultra leans back in chair.
Alex Ultra: Ahhh. Solitude.
Goku: Hey Alex U. You gonna eat these?
Alex Ultra: [Sighs and says no.]
While Goku pigs out I'm going to see if I can borrow a Senzu bean for my hand. Then I can get to work on chapter 6.
Later!