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AN-Again, I would like to know if I have screwed something up or have wrong information. I'd really appreciate it if you would tell me. I really think this story is coming along. Well, at least it's better than all of my other ones. Well on with this chapter. Don't forget to review.
Chapter 3: Fifteen
"Shizuru, I'd never thought that you would ever use the dragon balls for anything. You've always seemed so independent," Mr. Popo said looking at Shizuru in shock.
"I am dependent, but I can't live my immortal life. I hate it," Shizuru said looking down.
"You mean you're using the dragon balls to take away your great life span?" Mr. Popo asked shocked.
"Let us discuss this later. I would really like to know about what happened 200 years ago," Shizuru changed the subject.
"I do not think you are ready for this story my dear. Please wait until I think you are ready," Mr. Popo pleaded.
"I see that you are sincere to your word and can read it in your mind. I will let you tell me when you think I am ready," Shizuru said to Mr. Popo sincerely.
"Now, back to the matter of the dragon balls. Tell me just what you're planning to wish for and why," Mr. Popo demanded Shizuru.
"Mr. Popo, you know what it is like to live a long life, do you not?" Shizuru said walking over to the edge of the lookout and looking down at the Earth.
"I do my dear, but my age does not come anywhere as close to yours," Mr. Popo replied.
"You know what my life was like, do you not?" She said still looking down at the Earth. Everybody sat and listened intently to what she was saying.
"Yes, I do. It must have been horrible for you to live like that for so many years," Everybody was starting to feel bad now. They had know idea that such a pretty girl could look so peaceful and really be scarred on the inside.
"That is why I want to use the dragon balls to shorten my life span. And if it is alright with the new Guardian of the Earth, I wish to live on this planet and help protect it from any danger that comes to harm the people of this planet," Shizuru looked over at Dende.
"You may stay here as long as you like. I would be honored to have you protect my planet, and I'm pretty sure everybody else here would like you to stay too," Dende told her smiling happily.
"May I use the dragon balls for this wish?" Shizuru asked him.
"Certainly!" Dende exclaimed.
Shizuru was so happy she ran over to Dende and hugged him, "Thank you so much! You have no idea how much this means to me!" Shizuru let go of Dende and looked around at everybody. "Now I have to go find the dragon balls..."
"That should only take a few hours," Bulma said smiling at her.
"You mean you can search the entire planet in a few hours?!" Shizuru was shocked.
"No, we have this new device called a dragon radar. It tracks down dragon balls and shows their exact location," Bulma explained.
"Oh I see. Would you mind if I borrowed your radar so I may find the dragon balls?" Shizuru asked politely.
"Certainly, but only under one condition..." Bulma said.
"And what is that?" Shizuru asked.
"You let us help you look for them!" Bulma said happily.
"You mustn't go out of your way for me. I don't want to be hassle. You probably have more important things to do than to go around the Earth and look for dragon balls," Shizuru stated. Everybody was so shocked by her politeness.
"I guess you're right, but I would still like you to come back to my house after you collect all of the dragon balls. So I'm sure Trunks and Goten will go with you to help you find all of the dragon balls and bring you back to my home afterwards," Bulma said smiling.
"I'm sure that they don't..." Shizuru started.
"We'd love to take you around and look for dragon balls! Besides we can all get to know each other a little better," Goten cut her off.
"If you're sure you don't mind..." Shizuru said.
"Goten, I thought you had a date with Marlene tonight," Trunks reminded Goten.
"It wouldn't be very polite of me if I went," Goten gestured towards Shizuru.
"Don't cancel your plans because of me. Go on your date, I'm sure Trunks doesn't mind taking me along," Shizuru said smiling.
"No, I'd rather go with you guys. Sometimes these hunts can be quite fun!" Goten said smiling sheepishly at her and blushing.
"But what about Marlene? Won't she be disappointed?" Shizuru asked.
"Yeah right! Goten probably had to beg her to go on a date with him..." Trunks said.
"NO! I ONLY ASKED HER ONCE AND SHE SAID YES!" Goten retorted.
"I bet..." Trunks replied.
"Umm...do you fight like this all of the time?" Shizuru sweat dropped.
"Sorry," Goten and Trunks said in unison.
"It's alright, it was actually pretty funny," Shizuru smiled.
"Come on let's get going!" Trunks said and walked over to the side of the lookout and jumped off floating in the air.
"Ok!" Shizuru and Goten said at the same time. They both walked over to the edge of the lookout and jumped off to and started to fly away.
"WAIT! YOU FORGOT THE DRAGON RADAR!" Bulma yelled to them. Trunks went back and got the dragon radar.
"We'll be back later mom!" Trunks said to his mother flying off after the others.
"Don't get into any trouble!" Bulma yelled after her son.
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"So how do you work that thing?" Shizuru asked flying next to Trunks looking at the dragon radar.
"It's quite simple really. You see all you do is press this button here and it gives you different views of where the dragon balls are. Then you just go in the direction of where the dragon balls are and you can close in on that area and go straight to it," Trunks explained. He pressed the button and steered Shizuru and Goten towards the next dragon ball.
"Well that's quite fascinating. Technology has grown so much..." Shizuru followed Trunks and Goten.
"Don't worry we'll show you everything and how to work it!" Goten said flying next to her.
Shizuru smiled at Goten, "Thank you very much! Now when we get the dragon balls what age should I ask to be and from what race?"
"Okay, now are you changing your whole race or just the aging process?" Trunks asked.
"Just the aging process," Shizuru replied.
"Okay, you know we're half saiyjin half human. Maybe you should wish to age like that," Goten said.
"I don't know," Shizuru was thinking.
"Well, you have time to think about it," Goten smiled. "Trunks how close are we to the dragon ball?"
"It's not too far ahead," Trunks said getting a more a precise grid on the dragon radar.
A few minutes later Trunks stopped on a plateau, "The dragon ball is somewhere around here."
"Then let's get looking!" Goten said and started looking around.
Trunks sweat dropped, "Umm...Goten?"
"Yes?" Goten turned around from looking around a bunch of rocks.
"We do have the dragon radar," Trunks said looking at him.
"Oh yeah, huh?" Goten smiled sheepishly. Shizuru just giggled at their antics.
"May I see the radar?" she asked.
"Sure!" Trunks smiled and gave her the radar. She pressed the button on the top giving an even more precise grid. She walked about 100 yards forward and reached into a bunch of rocks.
"I got it!" Shizuru took out the five star ball.
"Hey! You got that the hang of that fast!" Goten exclaimed and took the dragon ball from her.
"I'm a fast learner," she replied and stood up.
"Goten would be stupid to probably even to look at the radar and understand it if he were you," Trunks said making fun of Goten.
"That isn't very nice," she said to Trunks.
"Yeah!" Goten exclaimed. "Besides everybody can't be geniuses like you."
Shizuru giggled at the two boys who just started arguing and looked at the radar again. She pressed the button a few times and she noticed that there was a dragon ball not too far from them on the same plateau. She wasn't able to see it earlier because she had the grid so precise. Shizuru walked past the arguing Trunks and Goten towards the dragon ball.
"Hey! Where are you going?" They both stopped fighting to look at her and ask the question.
"There's another dragon ball on this plateau and I as much fun as it is to watch you two fight, I'd really rather go find the dragon balls..." She walked even farther away from them.
"Hey wait up!" Goten yelled and ran after Shizuru with Trunks on his tail. "What's the big hurry?"
"Nothing, it's just I just woke up from a 200 year sleep. I don't want to just stand around all day," Shizuru said smiling. "Besides, it's a very beautiful day."
"Yeah, I guess it is," said Trunks walking up next to her.
"I agree!" Goten walked on the other side of her. "So how far away is the other dragon ball?"
"Not too far. Just on the other side of this plateau," she replied.
"Why don't we just fly?" Trunks asked.
"Because it's a beautiful day and I want to walk. My joints are a little stiff," Shizuru said putting a little bounce in her step.
"Why not just skip?" Goten laughed at her.
"That's a good idea..." Shizuru started to skip. Trunks and Goten just laughed as she skipped ahead of them.
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So what did you think? Try telling me in a REVIEW. Again, please tell me if I have something wrong. Helpful criticism only, no FLAMES!
AN-Again, I would like to know if I have screwed something up or have wrong information. I'd really appreciate it if you would tell me. I really think this story is coming along. Well, at least it's better than all of my other ones. Well on with this chapter. Don't forget to review.
Chapter 3: Fifteen
"Shizuru, I'd never thought that you would ever use the dragon balls for anything. You've always seemed so independent," Mr. Popo said looking at Shizuru in shock.
"I am dependent, but I can't live my immortal life. I hate it," Shizuru said looking down.
"You mean you're using the dragon balls to take away your great life span?" Mr. Popo asked shocked.
"Let us discuss this later. I would really like to know about what happened 200 years ago," Shizuru changed the subject.
"I do not think you are ready for this story my dear. Please wait until I think you are ready," Mr. Popo pleaded.
"I see that you are sincere to your word and can read it in your mind. I will let you tell me when you think I am ready," Shizuru said to Mr. Popo sincerely.
"Now, back to the matter of the dragon balls. Tell me just what you're planning to wish for and why," Mr. Popo demanded Shizuru.
"Mr. Popo, you know what it is like to live a long life, do you not?" Shizuru said walking over to the edge of the lookout and looking down at the Earth.
"I do my dear, but my age does not come anywhere as close to yours," Mr. Popo replied.
"You know what my life was like, do you not?" She said still looking down at the Earth. Everybody sat and listened intently to what she was saying.
"Yes, I do. It must have been horrible for you to live like that for so many years," Everybody was starting to feel bad now. They had know idea that such a pretty girl could look so peaceful and really be scarred on the inside.
"That is why I want to use the dragon balls to shorten my life span. And if it is alright with the new Guardian of the Earth, I wish to live on this planet and help protect it from any danger that comes to harm the people of this planet," Shizuru looked over at Dende.
"You may stay here as long as you like. I would be honored to have you protect my planet, and I'm pretty sure everybody else here would like you to stay too," Dende told her smiling happily.
"May I use the dragon balls for this wish?" Shizuru asked him.
"Certainly!" Dende exclaimed.
Shizuru was so happy she ran over to Dende and hugged him, "Thank you so much! You have no idea how much this means to me!" Shizuru let go of Dende and looked around at everybody. "Now I have to go find the dragon balls..."
"That should only take a few hours," Bulma said smiling at her.
"You mean you can search the entire planet in a few hours?!" Shizuru was shocked.
"No, we have this new device called a dragon radar. It tracks down dragon balls and shows their exact location," Bulma explained.
"Oh I see. Would you mind if I borrowed your radar so I may find the dragon balls?" Shizuru asked politely.
"Certainly, but only under one condition..." Bulma said.
"And what is that?" Shizuru asked.
"You let us help you look for them!" Bulma said happily.
"You mustn't go out of your way for me. I don't want to be hassle. You probably have more important things to do than to go around the Earth and look for dragon balls," Shizuru stated. Everybody was so shocked by her politeness.
"I guess you're right, but I would still like you to come back to my house after you collect all of the dragon balls. So I'm sure Trunks and Goten will go with you to help you find all of the dragon balls and bring you back to my home afterwards," Bulma said smiling.
"I'm sure that they don't..." Shizuru started.
"We'd love to take you around and look for dragon balls! Besides we can all get to know each other a little better," Goten cut her off.
"If you're sure you don't mind..." Shizuru said.
"Goten, I thought you had a date with Marlene tonight," Trunks reminded Goten.
"It wouldn't be very polite of me if I went," Goten gestured towards Shizuru.
"Don't cancel your plans because of me. Go on your date, I'm sure Trunks doesn't mind taking me along," Shizuru said smiling.
"No, I'd rather go with you guys. Sometimes these hunts can be quite fun!" Goten said smiling sheepishly at her and blushing.
"But what about Marlene? Won't she be disappointed?" Shizuru asked.
"Yeah right! Goten probably had to beg her to go on a date with him..." Trunks said.
"NO! I ONLY ASKED HER ONCE AND SHE SAID YES!" Goten retorted.
"I bet..." Trunks replied.
"Umm...do you fight like this all of the time?" Shizuru sweat dropped.
"Sorry," Goten and Trunks said in unison.
"It's alright, it was actually pretty funny," Shizuru smiled.
"Come on let's get going!" Trunks said and walked over to the side of the lookout and jumped off floating in the air.
"Ok!" Shizuru and Goten said at the same time. They both walked over to the edge of the lookout and jumped off to and started to fly away.
"WAIT! YOU FORGOT THE DRAGON RADAR!" Bulma yelled to them. Trunks went back and got the dragon radar.
"We'll be back later mom!" Trunks said to his mother flying off after the others.
"Don't get into any trouble!" Bulma yelled after her son.
* * * * *
"So how do you work that thing?" Shizuru asked flying next to Trunks looking at the dragon radar.
"It's quite simple really. You see all you do is press this button here and it gives you different views of where the dragon balls are. Then you just go in the direction of where the dragon balls are and you can close in on that area and go straight to it," Trunks explained. He pressed the button and steered Shizuru and Goten towards the next dragon ball.
"Well that's quite fascinating. Technology has grown so much..." Shizuru followed Trunks and Goten.
"Don't worry we'll show you everything and how to work it!" Goten said flying next to her.
Shizuru smiled at Goten, "Thank you very much! Now when we get the dragon balls what age should I ask to be and from what race?"
"Okay, now are you changing your whole race or just the aging process?" Trunks asked.
"Just the aging process," Shizuru replied.
"Okay, you know we're half saiyjin half human. Maybe you should wish to age like that," Goten said.
"I don't know," Shizuru was thinking.
"Well, you have time to think about it," Goten smiled. "Trunks how close are we to the dragon ball?"
"It's not too far ahead," Trunks said getting a more a precise grid on the dragon radar.
A few minutes later Trunks stopped on a plateau, "The dragon ball is somewhere around here."
"Then let's get looking!" Goten said and started looking around.
Trunks sweat dropped, "Umm...Goten?"
"Yes?" Goten turned around from looking around a bunch of rocks.
"We do have the dragon radar," Trunks said looking at him.
"Oh yeah, huh?" Goten smiled sheepishly. Shizuru just giggled at their antics.
"May I see the radar?" she asked.
"Sure!" Trunks smiled and gave her the radar. She pressed the button on the top giving an even more precise grid. She walked about 100 yards forward and reached into a bunch of rocks.
"I got it!" Shizuru took out the five star ball.
"Hey! You got that the hang of that fast!" Goten exclaimed and took the dragon ball from her.
"I'm a fast learner," she replied and stood up.
"Goten would be stupid to probably even to look at the radar and understand it if he were you," Trunks said making fun of Goten.
"That isn't very nice," she said to Trunks.
"Yeah!" Goten exclaimed. "Besides everybody can't be geniuses like you."
Shizuru giggled at the two boys who just started arguing and looked at the radar again. She pressed the button a few times and she noticed that there was a dragon ball not too far from them on the same plateau. She wasn't able to see it earlier because she had the grid so precise. Shizuru walked past the arguing Trunks and Goten towards the dragon ball.
"Hey! Where are you going?" They both stopped fighting to look at her and ask the question.
"There's another dragon ball on this plateau and I as much fun as it is to watch you two fight, I'd really rather go find the dragon balls..." She walked even farther away from them.
"Hey wait up!" Goten yelled and ran after Shizuru with Trunks on his tail. "What's the big hurry?"
"Nothing, it's just I just woke up from a 200 year sleep. I don't want to just stand around all day," Shizuru said smiling. "Besides, it's a very beautiful day."
"Yeah, I guess it is," said Trunks walking up next to her.
"I agree!" Goten walked on the other side of her. "So how far away is the other dragon ball?"
"Not too far. Just on the other side of this plateau," she replied.
"Why don't we just fly?" Trunks asked.
"Because it's a beautiful day and I want to walk. My joints are a little stiff," Shizuru said putting a little bounce in her step.
"Why not just skip?" Goten laughed at her.
"That's a good idea..." Shizuru started to skip. Trunks and Goten just laughed as she skipped ahead of them.
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So what did you think? Try telling me in a REVIEW. Again, please tell me if I have something wrong. Helpful criticism only, no FLAMES!