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AN: Sorry this chapter took so long. School's been a little harder lately and cheerleading practice has been running late. Please tell me if there is anything wrong about any of the characters so I can fix it. I would like to know if my information is wrong. Thanks to all of those who have reviewed, I really appreciated it. So here we are with the next chapter.
The Last One Chapter Four: Getting the Dragon Balls
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It had been about 2 hours and they were currently looking for their 5th dragon ball. "According to the radar, the dragon ball is somewhere in this cave," Trunks said pointing into a big, dark, wet cave.
"Well then let's go get it!" Shizuru said walking into the cave.
"Wait Shizuru, we can't see it's too dark!" Goten called to her.
"Oh...umm...well Trunks if you give me the radar I can get the dragon ball myself," Shizuru walked back out of the cave.
"But you won't be able to see either," Trunks said giving her the radar.
"Yes I can, I can see clearly in the dark without a problem," Shizuru said and took the radar from him. "This should only take a minute."
Shizuru walked into the darkness and dampness of the cave with the dragon radar in hand to find the dragon ball that was hidden inside. Once inside she got a more precise grid on the radar to tell her exactly where the dragon ball was. To her dismay, it was in the back of the cave. 'Great! Now I have to walk through this gloomy cave. I'm going to get filthy!' Shizuru thought to herself. She was walking towards the back of the cave and slightly directed herself a little more towards the right. She was now within a few feet of the dragon ball, so she looked up and around to see if she could see it. 'I don't see it anywhere. It's probably hidden' she thought. She walked right to where the dragon radar said the dragon ball would be and looked around. She looked up and saw it in a small crevice in the cave wall. She reached up to get it and just as she put her fingers around the smooth shiny crystal she heard the flap of many wings behind her.
"Uh oh..." she mumered and grabbed the ball and slowly turned around to see millions of red eyes looking at her. She took off as fast as she could towards the entrance of the cave with the dragon ball firmly in her grasp.
As she emerged from the cave Trunks and Goten were smiling and talking, then as they saw her they waved at her. But when she ran by them they shouted to her, "HEY WHAT'S THE HURRY?"
"LOOK BEHIND YOU!" she shouted back and kept running. Moments later Trunks and Goten were on her trail.
"Why did you have to go and wake all those bats up?" Goten asked as he now ran beside Shizuru.
"I didn't do it on purpose. I had just found the dragon ball when they came after me," she explained.
"You know, since you have long hair I bet one got stuck in it," Trunks said watching her long hair stream behind her like a vale.
Shizuru stopped dead in her tracks and started screaming, "IS ONE IN MY HAIR?! GET IT OUT! GET IT OUT!" Trunks and Goten had to cover their ears from her loud screams. Luckily they had already lost the bats.
"Good going Trunks! Now look what you've done, you've upset her!" Goten said and wallked over to Shizuru. "There isn't anything in your hair...Trunks was just being stupid and said that."
"Oh really?" Shizuru stopped jumping around and screaming and looked at Trunks evily. "That wasn't very nice of you Trunks, what did I do to you? You're lucky I don't know you very well or you'd be getting the beating of your life right now. So this will have to do..." Shizuru walked over to Trunks and slapped him across the face. "I don't think that the universe has changed as much to not have girls be over protective about their hair."
"Yeah you're right there...girls are always so picky about their hair," Goten thought aloud.
Shizuru glares at Goten, "What did you say?"
"N-nothing!" Goten lied hiding behind Trunks away from her death glare. 'What is it with girls and their hair?' he thought.
"Hmph!" Shizuru turned around, away from the two boys, and looked at the dragon radar. After a few moments she turned back around to the two boys, "Now we only have two more dragon balls to find, right?"
"No, we only have one," Goten said. He noticed Shizuru's confused face and explained, "My dad, Goku, has the four star ball already."
"Oh, okay," Shizuru walked over to Goten. "Sorry about earlier, I guess I am a little picky about my hair. Here, I don't know where you live so I don't know which ball to go after..." Shizuru handed Goten the radar.
"We'll have to go to my house anyways and get the four star ball, but we'll do that last," Goten looks down at the radar in his hand. "Why don't you look at that? The other dragon ball is closer anyways."
"Well then what are you waiting for...tomorrow? Let's get going," Shizuru impatiently urges Goten.
"Okay, okay...follow me," Goten took off into the air. Shizuru and Trunks both took off after him.
Shizuru flew up next to him and looked at the dragon radar in his hand, "We're not far from it. How long do you think it will take us to get to it?"
"About maybe ten to twenty minutes. It shouldn't be too bad, unless a bunch of people are collecting them. It's happened before, but things have calmed down a lot since then. Now the only people who want them are people from other planets. All of the people on this planet that want them have learned not to mess with us, we've put them in their place," Goten replied.
"I hope you didn't put them in their place too forcefully...I think it would be mean to do it like that," Shizuru said.
"It wasn't like that at all. The humans made a bunch of androids and they attacked and killed a lot of people. We had to do it to protect the earth," Trunks explained.
"That's horrible and to think it was all over the dragon balls. It's hard to believe that one can be so selfish as to kill others for what they want," Shizuru said.
"It is pitiful..." Goten sighed and looked back down at the dragon radar. "We should land now, the dragon ball isn't too far from here." Goten flew down and landed, Trunks and Shizuru followed.
"Which way do we go?" Shizuru asked.
"To the west, it should be right over there in those trees if I'm right," Goten said and pointed at a bunch of trees. Shizuru walked over to the trees and started to search, soon Trunks and Goten joined her.
"I found it!" Trunks exclaimed and he held up his hand which had a smooth crystal ball in it.
"Great job! Now we can go to my house and get the one that's there," Goten said as he took flight to head towards his house.
"How far is your house from here?" Shizuru asked flying next to him.
"About a 30 minute flight. Shizuru, would you get angry with me if I asked you a question?" Goten asked not looking at her.
"Sure go ahead, you can ask me anything you want," Shizuru smiled at him. Right then Trunks decided to break in after hearing the conversation.
"Goten's going to ask you out on a date. I can tell by the way he's acting right now," Trunks laughed as he saw Goten blush a deep crimson color. "Isn't that right Goten?"
"M-maybe...maybe not!" Goten exclaimed still blushing.
"Guys...I'll never understand them," Shizuru shook her head and took the radar from Goten and put on a little bit of speed and headed towards his house.
Trunks and Goten looked at each other as Shizuru took off. "What's wrong with her?" Trunks asked.
"I don't know. Did we do or say something wrong?" Goten asked.
"I don't know either, but we should catch up with her...come on!" Trunks took off after Shizuru with Goten on his tail.
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Shizuru quietly followed the dragon radar to where Goten lived. She knew the boys were right behind her but she decided not to talk to them. She didn't know why she was upset with Goten asking her out on a date. 'Why am I acting this way?' she asked herself. 'Maybe it's just because I'm still getting used to this new place. I was asleep for a long time' she reasoned with herself. 'Yeah that must be it' she reasured herself.
They were about maybe 10-15 minutes away from Gotens house when Goten flew up beside Shizuru. "Look, I'm sorry if I upset you back there..." Goten started.
"No, it's my fault," Shizuru interrupted him.
"How is that?" Goten asked curiously.
"I had no reason to snap at you like that. I should have been flattered at the offer of me going out on a date with you. I guess I'm still getting used to being in this new place. I mean I was asleep for a really long time," Shizuru explained.
"I guess that could have some effect. But will you?" he asked.
"Will I what?" Shizuru asked confused.
"Go out on a date with me," Goten said shyly.
"I don't know, I've only known you for a few hours...not even a day," Shizuru said softly trying to let him down easily.
But of coarse Goten had to be stubborn, "That's why we should go out on date, to get to know each other better."
Shizuru thought for a few moments then responded, "Alright, when would you like to go?"
"How about this Saturday?" Goten asked her.
"Sure, but what day is it?" Shizuru asked.
"It's Wednesday, so by then you should be all settled in," Goten smiled at her.
"Alright, sounds good!" she smiles back at him.
Trunks came up beside Goten and Shizuru, "Hey! What about Marlene?"
"That's right. I don't want to interfere in your relationship with her. Maybe you should work things out with her first..."Shizuru said.
"NO! She'll understand really, besides, she'll probably go out on a date with Trunks instead of me. I mean the girls always go crazy over him," Goten whined.
"I think you should work things out with her first, or, I'll never go on a date with you," Shizuru threatened.
"Alright, alright. I'll work things out with her. But you'll see that she never really wanted to go out with me..." Goten sighed in defeat.
"Are we almost to your house yet?" Shizuru asked looking around.
"Yeah, it's right on the other side of that cliff over there," Goten pointed as he took off with a burst of speed. Shizuru followed closely, as did Trunks. When they were over the cliff they followed Goten down to the ground around a small house. "Welcome to my house!"
"It's very nice," Shizuru commented. Trunks and Goten walked inside. "Hey, wait for me you guys!" Shizuru rushed in after them.
"Hi there!" Goku said when he saw Shizuru. "So have you guys collected all of the other dragon balls?"
"Yeah dad, we have all of them except the one that's here," Goten said.
"Your father wasn't talking to you Goten. Where are your manners?" Chichi said to her son.
"Sorry mom," Goten apologized.
"Well anyways," Trunks said, "We need the other dragon ball that you have here."
"You shouldn't speak out of line so rudely Trunks. Where are your manner?" Goten mocked his mother. Trunks laughed.
"Goten!" Chichi warned him.
"Goten, you shouldn't be so rude," Goku said trying to hold back his laughter, but was failing miserably.
"Men," Shizuru said shaking her head.
"I hear you there sweety," Chichi said glaring at the men in front of her. "Come have a cup of tea with me."
"Well at least they aren't pigheaded like most of the male species on my home planet," Shizuru followed Chichi into the kitchen and sipped on the tea that she had given her.
"Oh my dear. I'm sorry to hear that. You must have felt horrible staying in a place like that!" Chichi gave Shizuru a sympathetic look.
"I am the princess of that race, I didn't have it as bad as the peasants did. I felt so badly for them..." Shizuru frowned.
"Well, I think it's time that you move on my dear," Chichi said putting a hand comfortingly on Shizuru.
"You're right, there's no use in living in the past. There's nothing I can do to change that now, but I can change my future," Shizuru said and smiled at Chichi.
"I'm glad to see that you look on the bright side of things," Chichi smiled back. Just then the men walked into the room talking about how their training was coming along.
"I try to," Shizuru said.
"Try to what?" Goten asked.
"Look on the bright side of things," Chichi replied.
"Well, that's good," Goku said, "Wait here while I go get the four star ball." Goku left the room. A few minutes later he walked back into the room holding the smooth crystal dragon ball in his hand. "Who's holding on to them?"
"I am," Shizuru replied.
"Well here you go," Goku handed them the ball.
"You guys better get back to Capsule Corp. before your mother gets worried Trunks," Chichi said and walked them to the door. "It was nice to talk with you Shizuru. I'll see you some time soon!"
"Bye!" Everybody said as they took flight towards Capsule Corp.
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So what did you think? Why don't you try telling me in a REVIEW! I'm sorry it took so long. My comp. was down for a while and I couldn't do any work on my fic. Well I hope you liked it.
AN: Sorry this chapter took so long. School's been a little harder lately and cheerleading practice has been running late. Please tell me if there is anything wrong about any of the characters so I can fix it. I would like to know if my information is wrong. Thanks to all of those who have reviewed, I really appreciated it. So here we are with the next chapter.
The Last One Chapter Four: Getting the Dragon Balls
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It had been about 2 hours and they were currently looking for their 5th dragon ball. "According to the radar, the dragon ball is somewhere in this cave," Trunks said pointing into a big, dark, wet cave.
"Well then let's go get it!" Shizuru said walking into the cave.
"Wait Shizuru, we can't see it's too dark!" Goten called to her.
"Oh...umm...well Trunks if you give me the radar I can get the dragon ball myself," Shizuru walked back out of the cave.
"But you won't be able to see either," Trunks said giving her the radar.
"Yes I can, I can see clearly in the dark without a problem," Shizuru said and took the radar from him. "This should only take a minute."
Shizuru walked into the darkness and dampness of the cave with the dragon radar in hand to find the dragon ball that was hidden inside. Once inside she got a more precise grid on the radar to tell her exactly where the dragon ball was. To her dismay, it was in the back of the cave. 'Great! Now I have to walk through this gloomy cave. I'm going to get filthy!' Shizuru thought to herself. She was walking towards the back of the cave and slightly directed herself a little more towards the right. She was now within a few feet of the dragon ball, so she looked up and around to see if she could see it. 'I don't see it anywhere. It's probably hidden' she thought. She walked right to where the dragon radar said the dragon ball would be and looked around. She looked up and saw it in a small crevice in the cave wall. She reached up to get it and just as she put her fingers around the smooth shiny crystal she heard the flap of many wings behind her.
"Uh oh..." she mumered and grabbed the ball and slowly turned around to see millions of red eyes looking at her. She took off as fast as she could towards the entrance of the cave with the dragon ball firmly in her grasp.
As she emerged from the cave Trunks and Goten were smiling and talking, then as they saw her they waved at her. But when she ran by them they shouted to her, "HEY WHAT'S THE HURRY?"
"LOOK BEHIND YOU!" she shouted back and kept running. Moments later Trunks and Goten were on her trail.
"Why did you have to go and wake all those bats up?" Goten asked as he now ran beside Shizuru.
"I didn't do it on purpose. I had just found the dragon ball when they came after me," she explained.
"You know, since you have long hair I bet one got stuck in it," Trunks said watching her long hair stream behind her like a vale.
Shizuru stopped dead in her tracks and started screaming, "IS ONE IN MY HAIR?! GET IT OUT! GET IT OUT!" Trunks and Goten had to cover their ears from her loud screams. Luckily they had already lost the bats.
"Good going Trunks! Now look what you've done, you've upset her!" Goten said and wallked over to Shizuru. "There isn't anything in your hair...Trunks was just being stupid and said that."
"Oh really?" Shizuru stopped jumping around and screaming and looked at Trunks evily. "That wasn't very nice of you Trunks, what did I do to you? You're lucky I don't know you very well or you'd be getting the beating of your life right now. So this will have to do..." Shizuru walked over to Trunks and slapped him across the face. "I don't think that the universe has changed as much to not have girls be over protective about their hair."
"Yeah you're right there...girls are always so picky about their hair," Goten thought aloud.
Shizuru glares at Goten, "What did you say?"
"N-nothing!" Goten lied hiding behind Trunks away from her death glare. 'What is it with girls and their hair?' he thought.
"Hmph!" Shizuru turned around, away from the two boys, and looked at the dragon radar. After a few moments she turned back around to the two boys, "Now we only have two more dragon balls to find, right?"
"No, we only have one," Goten said. He noticed Shizuru's confused face and explained, "My dad, Goku, has the four star ball already."
"Oh, okay," Shizuru walked over to Goten. "Sorry about earlier, I guess I am a little picky about my hair. Here, I don't know where you live so I don't know which ball to go after..." Shizuru handed Goten the radar.
"We'll have to go to my house anyways and get the four star ball, but we'll do that last," Goten looks down at the radar in his hand. "Why don't you look at that? The other dragon ball is closer anyways."
"Well then what are you waiting for...tomorrow? Let's get going," Shizuru impatiently urges Goten.
"Okay, okay...follow me," Goten took off into the air. Shizuru and Trunks both took off after him.
Shizuru flew up next to him and looked at the dragon radar in his hand, "We're not far from it. How long do you think it will take us to get to it?"
"About maybe ten to twenty minutes. It shouldn't be too bad, unless a bunch of people are collecting them. It's happened before, but things have calmed down a lot since then. Now the only people who want them are people from other planets. All of the people on this planet that want them have learned not to mess with us, we've put them in their place," Goten replied.
"I hope you didn't put them in their place too forcefully...I think it would be mean to do it like that," Shizuru said.
"It wasn't like that at all. The humans made a bunch of androids and they attacked and killed a lot of people. We had to do it to protect the earth," Trunks explained.
"That's horrible and to think it was all over the dragon balls. It's hard to believe that one can be so selfish as to kill others for what they want," Shizuru said.
"It is pitiful..." Goten sighed and looked back down at the dragon radar. "We should land now, the dragon ball isn't too far from here." Goten flew down and landed, Trunks and Shizuru followed.
"Which way do we go?" Shizuru asked.
"To the west, it should be right over there in those trees if I'm right," Goten said and pointed at a bunch of trees. Shizuru walked over to the trees and started to search, soon Trunks and Goten joined her.
"I found it!" Trunks exclaimed and he held up his hand which had a smooth crystal ball in it.
"Great job! Now we can go to my house and get the one that's there," Goten said as he took flight to head towards his house.
"How far is your house from here?" Shizuru asked flying next to him.
"About a 30 minute flight. Shizuru, would you get angry with me if I asked you a question?" Goten asked not looking at her.
"Sure go ahead, you can ask me anything you want," Shizuru smiled at him. Right then Trunks decided to break in after hearing the conversation.
"Goten's going to ask you out on a date. I can tell by the way he's acting right now," Trunks laughed as he saw Goten blush a deep crimson color. "Isn't that right Goten?"
"M-maybe...maybe not!" Goten exclaimed still blushing.
"Guys...I'll never understand them," Shizuru shook her head and took the radar from Goten and put on a little bit of speed and headed towards his house.
Trunks and Goten looked at each other as Shizuru took off. "What's wrong with her?" Trunks asked.
"I don't know. Did we do or say something wrong?" Goten asked.
"I don't know either, but we should catch up with her...come on!" Trunks took off after Shizuru with Goten on his tail.
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Shizuru quietly followed the dragon radar to where Goten lived. She knew the boys were right behind her but she decided not to talk to them. She didn't know why she was upset with Goten asking her out on a date. 'Why am I acting this way?' she asked herself. 'Maybe it's just because I'm still getting used to this new place. I was asleep for a long time' she reasoned with herself. 'Yeah that must be it' she reasured herself.
They were about maybe 10-15 minutes away from Gotens house when Goten flew up beside Shizuru. "Look, I'm sorry if I upset you back there..." Goten started.
"No, it's my fault," Shizuru interrupted him.
"How is that?" Goten asked curiously.
"I had no reason to snap at you like that. I should have been flattered at the offer of me going out on a date with you. I guess I'm still getting used to being in this new place. I mean I was asleep for a really long time," Shizuru explained.
"I guess that could have some effect. But will you?" he asked.
"Will I what?" Shizuru asked confused.
"Go out on a date with me," Goten said shyly.
"I don't know, I've only known you for a few hours...not even a day," Shizuru said softly trying to let him down easily.
But of coarse Goten had to be stubborn, "That's why we should go out on date, to get to know each other better."
Shizuru thought for a few moments then responded, "Alright, when would you like to go?"
"How about this Saturday?" Goten asked her.
"Sure, but what day is it?" Shizuru asked.
"It's Wednesday, so by then you should be all settled in," Goten smiled at her.
"Alright, sounds good!" she smiles back at him.
Trunks came up beside Goten and Shizuru, "Hey! What about Marlene?"
"That's right. I don't want to interfere in your relationship with her. Maybe you should work things out with her first..."Shizuru said.
"NO! She'll understand really, besides, she'll probably go out on a date with Trunks instead of me. I mean the girls always go crazy over him," Goten whined.
"I think you should work things out with her first, or, I'll never go on a date with you," Shizuru threatened.
"Alright, alright. I'll work things out with her. But you'll see that she never really wanted to go out with me..." Goten sighed in defeat.
"Are we almost to your house yet?" Shizuru asked looking around.
"Yeah, it's right on the other side of that cliff over there," Goten pointed as he took off with a burst of speed. Shizuru followed closely, as did Trunks. When they were over the cliff they followed Goten down to the ground around a small house. "Welcome to my house!"
"It's very nice," Shizuru commented. Trunks and Goten walked inside. "Hey, wait for me you guys!" Shizuru rushed in after them.
"Hi there!" Goku said when he saw Shizuru. "So have you guys collected all of the other dragon balls?"
"Yeah dad, we have all of them except the one that's here," Goten said.
"Your father wasn't talking to you Goten. Where are your manners?" Chichi said to her son.
"Sorry mom," Goten apologized.
"Well anyways," Trunks said, "We need the other dragon ball that you have here."
"You shouldn't speak out of line so rudely Trunks. Where are your manner?" Goten mocked his mother. Trunks laughed.
"Goten!" Chichi warned him.
"Goten, you shouldn't be so rude," Goku said trying to hold back his laughter, but was failing miserably.
"Men," Shizuru said shaking her head.
"I hear you there sweety," Chichi said glaring at the men in front of her. "Come have a cup of tea with me."
"Well at least they aren't pigheaded like most of the male species on my home planet," Shizuru followed Chichi into the kitchen and sipped on the tea that she had given her.
"Oh my dear. I'm sorry to hear that. You must have felt horrible staying in a place like that!" Chichi gave Shizuru a sympathetic look.
"I am the princess of that race, I didn't have it as bad as the peasants did. I felt so badly for them..." Shizuru frowned.
"Well, I think it's time that you move on my dear," Chichi said putting a hand comfortingly on Shizuru.
"You're right, there's no use in living in the past. There's nothing I can do to change that now, but I can change my future," Shizuru said and smiled at Chichi.
"I'm glad to see that you look on the bright side of things," Chichi smiled back. Just then the men walked into the room talking about how their training was coming along.
"I try to," Shizuru said.
"Try to what?" Goten asked.
"Look on the bright side of things," Chichi replied.
"Well, that's good," Goku said, "Wait here while I go get the four star ball." Goku left the room. A few minutes later he walked back into the room holding the smooth crystal dragon ball in his hand. "Who's holding on to them?"
"I am," Shizuru replied.
"Well here you go," Goku handed them the ball.
"You guys better get back to Capsule Corp. before your mother gets worried Trunks," Chichi said and walked them to the door. "It was nice to talk with you Shizuru. I'll see you some time soon!"
"Bye!" Everybody said as they took flight towards Capsule Corp.
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So what did you think? Why don't you try telling me in a REVIEW! I'm sorry it took so long. My comp. was down for a while and I couldn't do any work on my fic. Well I hope you liked it.