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"Kakarot? Do you realize that this girl is the reason we are here???" The short man's temper seemed to be growing thinner by the minute.
"Uhhhh...."
"Excuse me, but, who are you people?" Ren surprised herself when the words went tumbling out of her mouth.
In response to her question the man named Kakarot walked up to her and stuck out his hand. Ren cringed backwards at first; not wanting to get any closer, but then realized he was trying to shake her hand. Reluctantly she withdrew her hand from her pocket and placed it tentatively in his outstretched hand.
"My name is Goku!" The man declared happily. Ren's brows creased. ~ Is this man really stupid enough to forget his own name... or does that guy just call him Kakarot? ~ Ren looked to the other man as she slid her hand out of the firm (almost painful) grasp; he wasn't going to correct his friend. When her gaze fell on him he looked annoyed and then said:
"Vegeta..."
Ren stared at them both. She absently rubbed her hand against her shorts and then placed it in her pocket. "Um, so what are you here for?" ~ I don't believe I am running the conversation. ~
Goku didn't respond. Ren looked to Vegeta, but he didn't seem to care that Goku wasn't going to answer. Again, there was a long silence. Finally Vegeta rolled his eyes and walked a little closer to Goku and Ren. While he walked Ren could see his lips moving violently in angry muttering. "Did you read the letter they sent you girl?" He demanded. "My name is Ren." Vegeta seemed to ignore this comment; waiting for a response. "No, I didn't. Why is it important? I don't want to be special I just want to go back to Nebraska and live my life normally." ~ Why doesn't anyone get that I don't want to be a part of any of their 'special opportunities'. Though, this has been the weirdest way anyone has ever contacted me. ~ "But you are not normal. You are special!!" Goku, who had been staring into space for awhile now, perked up and declared to Ren happily. Ren raised one eyebrow and leaned away along with Vegeta, and for a few seconds they stared at Goku. "Ahem." Vegeta cleared his throat. "Well, he... is..." "Just... what is going on?" Ren asked. She suddenly had the greatest feeling that these people were not after her for her abilities. Her hand slid out of her pocket and hung limply. "Read the letter." With that last thought Vegeta went back to the round room. Goku stood staring for a moment. Then suddenly screamed "Vegeta!" and ran after him. Ren stared for a few more moments as Goku jumped up and down in front of Vegeta. Finally, scared out of her mind, she turned to the bed to find the letter and read it.

Ren skimmed past the place she had stopped reading. She wasn't reading particularly carefully until she came across the sixth paragraph. Her eyes widened and her mouth opened. She turned on the pair waiting in the room behind her. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN DON'T WORRY??" Her face flushed with color and the paper was crinkled in her hand. She pointed at Vegeta with the crinkled paper. Vegeta looked at her like she was from another planet. Goku's eyes were wide and he looked frightened. "In a safe place?? Don't worry?? WHO THE HELL DO YOU FRIKKEN, GODDAMN PEOPLE THINK YOU ARE?!?!" Goku opened his mouth to answer but Vegeta didn't trust the stupid man not to mess things up even worse. He drove his elbow into the other man's stomach and stepped in front of him as he collapsed. Ren looked horrified. "Safe with you? My family is safe with you?" Her voice was filled with rage. Vegeta was getting annoyed. He had been forced to come to Hawaii to chase this girl, who was turning out to be a bitch he reminded himself, forced to 'blend in' by wearing stupid clothes, given the idiot as a 'partner', and for all this his stupid woman wasn't giving him anything. "Look, girl..." he paused and clenched his teeth, "Ren," His use of her name was strained and Ren was slightly taken aback, but her anger would not be avoided, "this would really be a whole lot easier if you just finished reading the letter. Neither of us is very happy about this. Okay?" Ren's eyes narrowed, but she turned and stomped back to her room. Vegeta rolled his eyes and leaned against the wall crossing his arms again. Goku stumbled to his feet and walked up to Vegeta. "Why'ja hit me?" He stared trustingly at the shorter man. "Guess" "I don't like guessing Vegeta! Please tell me!" Vegeta's left arm came loose at this and knocked Goku out. Goku fell to the floor and Vegeta resumed his neutral position again. Ren came out of her room not a few minutes later. Vegeta noticed that she was still flushed, and now she looked like she was on the brink of tears. He mentally cursed. "Where are they?" She demanded. "I would love to tell you. You have no idea how bad I really would like to. I could tell you and then ditch this bastard and then I would be out of a job because you would go find your family and then we all would be happy, but I can't now can I?" Ren was beginning to really hate this Vegeta. "So, why don't you make this really easy on me and just follow. It would be really great if you could carry the lump too, but if that is too much we'll leave him here." Ren stared at him with pure hatred. "You are just like all the rest of them. You don't care about anything but yourself." "Yeah. That is the world today. So if you'll just follow..." "Take me to my family, bastard." "I thought that we already went over this part. I would love to, but can't." Ren's fists clenched tighter and her nails were beginning to dig into her palms. "Take-me-to-my-mother-and-brother." She paused, "WHAT IS SO HARD ABOUT THAT??" "Okay, well number one, your mother is dead. I don't know if you ever had a brother, and I can't take you to your adoptive family. Good enough for you?" He un-crossed his arms almost comically, but Ren didn't even notice. She was turning redder by the moment. She couldn't find words to express her rage. It overcame her and she acted on impulse. With all her might she kicked Vegeta's exposed stomach then ran out of the room, breaking the door down.

"That could have gone better." Goku stood up and offered a hand to Vegeta, who seemed to be stuck in the wall. "Get away from me, asshole." He spat. With that he pulled himself out of the wall with great force. "Just helping..." The wall suddenly caved in, Vegeta clenched his teeth and slowly walked out of the room, past the broken door. Goku stood for a second and then began to shuffle after him, rubbing his stomach. They passed a very confused bellboy on the way out, which Vegeta didn't even acknowledge. Goku smiled guiltily and passed him too.

What nerve! Ren's thoughts were screaming at her. How dare he? He doesn't even know me! I am going to kill him. I am going to kill him! Ren was rapidly losing control of her emotions. She was adopted, and it was a kind of touchy spot for her; one of her few weaknesses. To have someone march in who didn't even know her and then start telling her about herself, that was totally unacceptable in her book of rules. Once she stopped the tears he—Vegeta—was going down.

"VEGETA!!!!!!!!" Bulma's shrill screech rang through the air. "Where is Ren??" She was walking quickly after him and Goku. She noticed that while her husband kept walking with a purpose, Goku stopped dead. "Vegeta, come here!" "I'm going to do what you told me to woman!" Vegeta yelled back. Bulma smiled and waved apologetically to the people across the street as she blazed past Goku. "Vegeta, get back here!" With that final yell, he finally stopped and turned around. "Fine, I didn't want to go and get her anyway. You do it!" With that he flew away. "VEGETA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU AREN'T SUPPOSED TO FLY HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She screamed to the small line in the air that was flying away rapidly. With an angry sigh she stalked up to Goku. He didn't notice her as he watched the sky where Vegeta had disappeared. "GOKU, "AHHH, IT WASN'T ME!" Goku flailed and nearly fell down. "Go get Vegeta. Bring him to me. Okay?" With that Bulma left to find everyone else.

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Ren's feet stopped walking. They had taken her as far as she could go; the ocean was spread before her. A short drop with a few rocks below was all that she had to endure to be in it. ~I've never been in the ocean. It looks so beautiful. ~ Her feet took a step forward and she peered over the edge. Her right foot rose and she took her last step; so that her toes hung over the edge. Through her mind raced her life.

She was eight and around her was the orphanage. They'd just brought her in from the streets. A plump man in front of her kindly began questioning her; the only one she could answer was her first name.

She was with the children. 'You'll never get adopted.' A five-year-old girl declared. Ren believed her. Every family that came didn't even show any interest in her; until him.

Her father stood in front of her. His smile brightened. 'You want a family real bad don't you baby.' Her nine-year-old emotions were won over immediately. She would spend the next four years with him, learning English. A bond between them was instant, and could never be broken, until the crash.

Sirens blared in around her. The foggy rain surrounded her. The seat next to her was bloody. Voices were quiet and sober. Until the fourteen-year-old climbed out of the small car, unscratched. It was a miracle. The car, with her father inside, was entirely devastated by the semi, and there were no tears that she could let fall.

As Ren hovered over the ocean, she let her first tear since that day fall. "Ren," She wheeled around once she heard his voice. "Wait a second. Talk about what is wrong. Don't do this." He had long hair for a guy, and it was purple. Strangely, it suited him. "If you really cared, you would leave me alone. I've made my decision!" She screamed. His gaze became sympathetic. "If you wish for that, we will. Just come away from the edge, I'll explain everything." "There is nothing to explain. You are detaining my family." She held her left wrist, feeling the many scabs and scars that covered it. "I never wanted to live. And you never wanted to understand me." Her mind, in its breakdown, began demonizing the entire world. "Just wait! Please!" The man's pleas were unheard; Ren spread her arms and dropped backwards.

Sorry it took forever to get this chapter out but I was in Hawaii myself ^.^ and I had writer's block really bad x_x. So, forgive and review!! Please, please review!!! I beg you!!! REVIEW!!! Just review to show me you read the story! Don't even write anything but 'I read it.' AND I WILL BE GREATFUL FOREVER!!! Okay... I'm done now. Review! *black shadow comes from behind and knocks out* Just review to shut her up.
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