A New Life
The young woman was kind enough to carry Vegeta who now looked like an eight-year-old boy with an tail home while wondering what he was doing out in the forest dress like he did. "Kids these days." She said shaking her head while putting him to bed and went to hers.
The black hole had allowed Vegeta's ship to traveled through the space-time continuum back on time to the Saiya-jin original planet Saiya-sei[1]. The Saiya-jin were a warrior race who love to fight and this tendency was one of the many reasons why they didn't have any advance technology. Almost every problem on this planet where resolved by fighting and it wasn't surprising that the planet was plague with wars for centuries. But all these battles had worn out the planet that became very unstable; terrible earthquakes and volcanic eruptions were more and more frequent throughout the planet which led its inhabitant to believe that Saiya wouldn't last very long under these conditions. So one day the seven Kingdoms which the planet was divided into agreed on choosing one emperor to rule over them all as a way to put an end at these incessant wars between them. Choosing a strong emperor wasn't simple, that was the reason why the seven kingdoms held the great tournament in which each kingdom will send three of its best fighters to participate and the winner of this tournament will be proclaim the emperor of Saiya. The emperor wasn't absolute as he could only stay in power until he was defeated by another fighter in the next tournament twenty years later.
The actual emperor was Turnip who was also the ruler of the Third Kingdom. He was known to be a man who won't stop at nothing to stay in power, and rumor as it that he killed his elder sister so he could be crown king of the Third Kingdom at her place. There were two unforgivable crimes in Saiya-sei, shed royal blood and shed family blood, but it seemed that Turnip was getting away with both as he made sure that he won't have any serious competition by eliminating his strongest rivals before the upcoming great tournament. One of his victims was the husband of the young woman who had found Vegeta in the forest.
Vegeta slowly opened his eyes and sat on the bed and began to look around wondering where he was and how he got there when he heard a feminine voice in the other room, so he got out the bed and opened the door. He was bare feet and wore only an oversize long sleeved black shirt when he entered the kitchen where the woman was cooking.
"I see that you are awake, how do you feel?" The woman asked.
"I feel a little light-headed and I am hungry." He said while getting a seat in front of the table.
"Lunch will be ready in a few minute." She said to him. Fifteen minutes later the woman served him and they began to eat when Vegeta asked.
"Are you my mommy?"
The woman put down her spoon and looked at him. "What? No, I am not. Why do you ask?" She said curiously.
"Because I can't seem to remember anything." He said.
"Oh. Do you know at least your name?" She asked and the boy answered that he didn't know.
"So you don't remember what you were doing in the forest last night, huh?"
"No, I don't." He replied.
"Well you do have a big lump on your head maybe you suffer from amnesia." She said.
"Oh. What's amnesia?" He asked.
"It's when you lose your memory."
"Ah. When do you think I'll remember?"
"I don't know. Anyway we have to find a new name for you. Hmm…what do you think of Fushigi[2]? It suits you seeing the circumstances I found you."
"Okay." He said finishing his plate.
"We should go back where I found you last night; maybe this place will jog your memory. By the way my name is Zucchini."
"Nice to meet you Zucchini-san." He said smiling. The two left for the crashing site and it was for the first time Zucchini saw the spacecraft.
"What is that thing?!" She exclaimed and was surprised when the boy gave him an answer.
"It's a spacecraft."
"How do you know what it is? I never saw something like that before." She asked.
"I don't know, I just know." He said while looking at the logo on the spacesuit and the one on the ship and walked closer to the craft.
"Wait it could be dangerous!" Zucchini warned him.
"It's not, it's just a machine used to travel in space it can't hurt anyone." Young Vegeta said while getting inside.
"Travel in space, how could that be possible?" She said following him.
"Well it just is, I guess. You said I was wearing this when you found me."
"Yes, I mistook for a monster." She replied smiling.
"Really?" He said while putting the suit away.
"One thing for sure that thing was not here until last night, and I think I saw it coming down from the sky though." She said.
"I don't understand, all this is so puzzling." The young boy said while holding his head.
"Don't worry you'll remember who you are someday." She said while disheveled his hair.
"If I never do."
"Well just move on with your new life. You can always stay with me I don't mind." She said to him with a warm smile.
"Thank you Zucchini-san." He said.
"You're welcome, now let's get you some descent clothes my boy." She said while passing a hand around his shoulder.
The young Vegeta began to live a normal Saiya-jin boy life and learned that his adoptive mother was three months pregnant and that her husband was killed during a bar brawl. So the boy was helping the best he could in her daily tasks. When he got some free time he went to the ship and tried to see if he could make it work.
"You are wasting your time this ship is too damage to go anywhere, anyway." He heard a little voice say to him.
"Who's there?" Fushigi asked as he didn't see who just talk just now and then he saw her standing on top of the crystal jar. She was a tiny girl about six inches tall having multicolor dragonfly wings, spiky ears, long pinkish hair tied up in a ponytail and was wearing a cute green dress.
"Wow a talking bug!" Fushigi exclaimed.
"Hey I ain't a bug you baka[3] saru[4]." She replied angry.
"Oh so what are you then?" He asked.
"I am…huh…I don't know." She said sighing.
"Well if you don't know, how could you said that you aren't a talking bug?"
"Because I know okay!" She shouted at him.
"Okay! No need to yell, you sure are loud for someone so small."
"Humph!"
"Where do you come from?" He asked her.
"I don't know I just woke up one day inside that wrecked ship." She said to him.
"So you are the pilot of this ship!"
"No Einstein I ain't, just look around you the pilot of this ship must be a giant like you."
"Is that mean you don't know who the pilot is?"
"Never saw him or her."
"Aw man. So hum…huh…what's your name?" Fushigi asked.
"I don't have a name." She said blushing lightly.
"You don't have one or doesn't remember it; maybe you suffer from memory lost like me." Young Vegeta said.
"No, I never had any memory prior the day I woke up here." She said.
"How come?" Fushigi asked curious.
"Because I am not like you people, I wasn't born I…I just am." She said.
"Gosh you should be the one named Fushigi you are so weird." Young Vegeta said.
"No I am not." She protested.
"Well what about I named you Anaki[5] huh?"
"Who do you think you are to just come around and give me a name?" She said angrily.
"Sheesh! I was just trying to help you, jeez just go and name yourself then!" Fushigi said actually hurt. The tiny girl sighed and said "Anaki it's a beautiful name I think I'll keep it."
"If you say so." Young Vegeta said leaving.
"Where are you going?" Anaki asked.
"Back home Zucchini is waiting for me. If you want you can tag along."
"Well I don't want to freak her out."
"Why would she? I think she'll find you adorable." Fushigi said and Anaki blushed lightly.
"I hope so." She said while sitting on the boy's shoulder and they left together. Zucchini was a little surprise to see someone of her size and began to wonder what else came out of that ship.
Anaki and Fushigi became inseparable and went everywhere together. Seeing how people reacted when they saw her Anaki decided to make a profit by putting a show to get some money for Zucchini. But one day things got out of hand when a guy named Toma asked Fushigi to pay for doing business on his territory, of course the boy refused because he wanted fifty percent of the meager revenue.
"If you don't want to pay, well I taking your friend." He said and grasped Anaki which didn't see it coming.
"Hey let go of me!" She screamed.
"Give me all the money you have on you and maybe I'll consider returning her to you in one piece." Toma said laughing.
"Let her go now, before I hurt you." Fushigi warned him but Toma and his four friends just laughed at his face.
"Well don't say I didn't warn you." Fushigi said while taking a fighting stance.
"My word the tyke is serious!" Toma said still laughing.
"Go easy on him Toma!" One of his friends said.
"Yeah you wouldn't want him to wet his diaper!" Another added. Toma gave Anaki to one of his friends and grabbed Fushigi by the collar, this one took Toma's hand away almost breaking it.
"I am going to teach you some manner you little pest." Toma said while throwing a punch at the boy who dodged it and stood on the tip of his toe on Toma's fist to everyone great surprised.
"Hey just hand Anaki over and maybe I'll reconsider kicking your ass." Fushigi said.
"We'll see about that!" The man said while shaking him offs his arm, Fushigi wrapped his tail around the Toma's arm and jumped down making the man swept the floor with his face. Toma got up furious that such a small kid was able to bring him down so easily, and charged the boy who jumped over his head and kicked it on his back sending him through a wall head first. Toma's friends attacked him together and Fushigi made short work of them with no sweat.
"Sugoi[6]!" Anaki said with admiration.
"They were only a bunch of weaklings." Fushigi said while walking over them to leave.
"Toma and his friends are far from being weak young man; you are the one who is exceptionally strong." A man said to him.
"It's possible." Fushigi said in good spirits.
"My name is Cucumer and I am always looking for people like you huh…"
"Fushigi."
"Unusual name but it fit you well. So Fushigi have you ever thought to take part in the great tournament?" Cucumer asked smiling.
On the other side of the street one of Turnip's spies was taking mental notes of the little boy prowess.
[1] Planet Saiya
[2] magical, mysterious
[3] idiot, fool, stupid, etc. (all-purpose insult)
[4] monkey
[5] Sister (I think)
[6] awesome!, cool!, great!, wow!, etc