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In order to make this more easy to read, I'm going to continue with my original intention, and provide a cast list. It can be hard in a story to make sense of everything, especially when you come into characters lives part way through. And so, I present, our main players in this little drama. Others will be held back to prevent spoilage of later chapters, but these are the main ones, and those connected to them. - WR

Our Players:

The Boys

Orinji Kuririn: The Artist. It should be duly noted that Kuririn is deathly shy around girls, and this stems probably from his mother, who is the self-proclaimed "most successful matchmaker in the city." Kuririn comes from a rather rich family, due to the fact that his father is a reputed architect. His family consists mainly of his parents and his five year old sister Kala, who can be described simply as a petulant brat. The last member of his family is his Grandfather Yukio, who maintains a shrine not too far from where Kuririn lives. This is the reason that Kuririn shaves his head, because he is training to take over the family staffed temple. In addition to his talents in martial arts, which he was trained in almost from birth by his grandfather, he excels at music. He is accomplished in the playing of both the piano and the guitar, as well as singing and songwriting. This makes him not only shy, but sensitive, because it causes him to spend greater amounts of time alone with his thoughts.

Son Goku: The Jock. Goku really isn't as stupid as most people like to make him out to be. He isn't on the same level as Buruma, but he definitely isn't a slobbering Turret's patient. The thing that gains most of his attention is sports, where he is the captain of all the big contact sports teams at the high school, which include but are not limited to football, hockey and lacrosse. Goku lives alone with his grandfather, Gohan, while his older brother Radditzu is busy at college. Goku's parents both died in a freak plane accident soon after he was born, so his grandfather is the only parent he's ever known. They live simply in Gohan's old house, although Goku and his brother are quite well off, due to the fact that their mother was an heiress. If you want to know more about this, you will simply have to read. Goku is also a martial artist, and trains mostly with his brother and his two best friends. His real name is Kakkarott, but he prefers to be called Goku, his great-grandfather's name, because in classical Japanese style, the child inherits part of the parent's name. He considers Gohan his real parent, partially because he doesn't remember his own, and partially because he resents them for not being more careful with their plane, and orphaning him and his brother. His grandfather allows it because it is seen as respect.

Ouji Vejiita: The Loner. Vejiita suffers from his usual chronic affliction: a bad attitude coupled with a jaded world outlook. He's quite smart, and definitely could rival Buruma for top slot in the academic totem pole, if he wasn't constantly causing problems for himself. He often gets himself involved in gang fights simply for the sport of beating people up, although he isn't in one. He seems to use school simply as a place to come to escape his stressful home, because he doesn't participate in sports either, being more content to avoid others at all costs. He prefers to pursue his martial arts training alone and without any known teachers except his mother. Vejiita's family owns a large technical corporation which was originally part of Briefs and Ouji Inc., but split after internal bickering. Vejiita's overworked father expects him to take over the company when Vejiita Sr. retires. Their family is somewhat richer than Kuririn's, but their family only joined high society when Vejiita's grandfather started the company with Buruma's over 70 years ago. Vejiita's mother died in a mysterious accident at Capsule Corporation when he was just six years old and resulted in a feuding of families. He basically raised his twin younger brothers, Cumba and Toma. He fears losing his loved ones like he lost his beloved mother, so he keeps them at bay.

Kuririn and Goku have been friends practically from birth, mostly due to the fact that they complement each other's personalities, and because their grandfathers are also friends who studied under Kamesennin. Vejiita started talking to them while Goku and Kuririn were in kindergarten, because they were the only children not afraid of him and they've been friends ever since. None of them seems to remember why they're at odds with the girls except Vejiita. They've lived in West City their entire lives. Goku and Kuririn are both seventeen, while Vejiita is the lone eighteen year old in this story. This is because when his mother died he basically dropped out of school, and was kept back a year. Vejiita and Goku are not Saiyajins, so don't try and reference that to anything. They're just strong growing boys...

The Girls

Gero Juuachi: The Fighter. Juuhachi would be a friendlier girl if she hadn't met with so much tragedy in her early life. Her father, a certain eccentric scientist Dr. Jerrif Gero, left their mother soon after she and her twin brother Juunana, were born. Her mother worked two jobs to support her children, receiving no help from her rich family, who disowned her when she left to be with Jerrif. She recently came into some money when her father died, which has allowed her to send the twins to their expensive prep school, West City Academy. Juuhachi is bold, brash and tomboyish. She's also an accomplished martial artist, although she doesn't compete in tournaments like her brother does; hers was simply for survival on the harsh streets of her youth. She could probably beat up any boy in school, except the boys, her brother and Piccolo. Juuhachi has a deeply rooted fear of abandonment, which makes her tough as nails, especially in relationships.

Mau ChiChi: The Princess. ChiChi is the ultimate blue blooded princess. Her family is very distantly related to the royal family, and her rich lifestyle has pampered her from day one. Even though she is supposedly spoiled, she's quite nice to people, more specifically, the ones she likes. To those she doesn't, let's just say she can be quite violent, although she has little training to back up her mouth, due to the fact that her father brought her up to be the traditional girl. She is a good little girl, a cheerleader who gets straight A's and has more extracurricular activities than one could count. Desperately, she wants to escape her chauvinist pig of a father before he breaks her spirit, like he did to her long-dead mother. Her only sibling is a brother, Julian, who takes after his father in every way. Thankfully for ChiChi, he's away at Law School, poised for a career in politics. ChiChi has spoilt ass for a boyfriend who she wishes she could break it off with, but it would upset her father.

Briefs Buruma: The Rebel. Buruma is an absolutely unequal genius, and heiress to the Capsule Corporation fortune. She has knowledge beyond her years, yet she wishes to have a normal childhood, so she attends a semi-regular school. She moved to West City after living in the country surrounding it for the first four years of her life. She's affectionately nicknamed "Speed Demon" and is known for her love of fast mobiles, be it auto or aerial. Whether she's burning it up as the track team's star runner or on the race track with her motorcycles and cars, one thing is obvious. She is trying to outrun something, though no one can determine what, for she has apparently lived a charmed life. She's gone through a multitude of boyfriends, and all claim to have taken her virginity. She's currently involved with Yamucha, the baseball team's star pitcher and hitter. It seems though, that all these little boys are merely a diversion.

The three girls have been friends for as long as they can remember, although Juuhachi hasn't always gone to the same school as Buruma and ChiChi. They've all managed to attract the most pathetic and lowlife males, and this in turn has turned them off to the "Inferior Sex" completely. They're extremely mistrustful and cynical when it comes to love and men. They have all made a pact never to fall in love and end up like ChiChi's mother, who was crushed by the one she loved. They are all seventeen.

Our Matchmakers

Princess Lily of Faerie: Lily's purpose in the story should be fairly obvious; she's there to help the boys with their love lives. She's also a convenient form of comic relief. She gives insight into the female side for her charges, and acts as an adviser to them. She can be quite pushy and irritating at times and also likes to play tricks, but she has a good heart. She stays with each boy in turn, helping them find the love of his life.

Derrick of Faerie: Derrick's purpose in the story is also fairly obvious; he's the counterpart to Lily and helps the girls with their love lives. He provides a darker version of comic relief. He's a quiet sort, but he's unbelievably sneaky and can be very vengeful if provoked. He's quite protective of his charges, probably because on some level they represent his lost love. He stays with each of the girls in turn, proving for an interesting arrangement.

Supporting Cast

Daimaou Piccolo (Piccolo of Namek): Piccolo is a friend and sparring partner to the guys. He's not with them all the time due to the fact that he studies and trains very hard. He is a Namekian in this tale, but his people are not as gifted. They simply came here when their planet was destroyed eons ago. Most of them are normal citizens, and although they reproduce through a form similar to parthenogenesis, they are hermaphedites who can change their sex at will. They do appear male from a distance all the time, though, and this causes most of them to choose to be male, at least on Earth. Piccolo's interesting role shall grow later on in this story.

Gero Juunana: Juunana is Juuhachi's hard twin brother. He's very protective of his sister and he hates Yamucha with a passion, mostly because he can't stand to see women treated like cattle and because Yamucha irritates his superior mind. Juunana is extremely obsessed with cars, particularly his vintage, cherry-red Mustang convertible.

Unigami Yamucha: Yamucha is Buruma's loser boyfriend, and he cheats on her frequently, probably because the only time she really shows she cares is when he does. It's also because Yamucha has been taught boys have needs, and Buruma won't sleep with him, so he looks elsewhere. Yamucha is the son of Kamesennin's adoptive son, so perhaps something rubbed off. His father is quite rich because not only does he run a dojo, he's also been involved in many movies. Yamucha likes to think he's a bad boy and a streetfighter like Vejiita, but he isn't, and he doesn't study either, so he'll most likely mooch off his parents and wife or live off his brawns. Yamucha spends most of his time playing around with his baseball groupies, and posing, flexing his muscles in a bored sort of way.

Tsuru Tenshinhan: Tenshinhan is Yamucha's best friend, although he's got a much better personality. He works as a part-time mechanic at the race track where Buruma races. His family is moderately well off. Currently he's dating Launch and attending West City High School.

Ranchi Launch: Launch is Tenshinhan's girlfriend as well as being Buruma's racetrack friend, where she's an accomplished racer, second only to Buruma herself. Launch suffers from a curse that afflicts all the women in her line and was placed on her family long ago, called Kushami, which causes her to turn into an alternate, more violent form when she sneezes. She also attends West City High School.

Tsuru Choazu: Choazu is Tenshinhan's younger brother. He's thirteen years old and friends with his counterparts.

Daimaou Dende (Dende of Namek): Dende is Piccolo's younger brother. He's thirteen years old and friends with his counterparts.

Orinji Kala: Kala is Kuririn's evil five year old sister, who has a penchant for lying.

Ouji Cumba and Toma: Cumba and Toma are Vejiita's younger twin brothers. They're thirteen years old and friends with their counterparts.

Son Radditzu: Radditzu is Goku's older brother. He's quite popular with the ladies, and is attending college to become an Engineer, like his and Goku's father. Radditzu has a rather playful personality, and he enjoys having fun when he isn't occupied with work. He turned twenty-one the summer before this story.

Mau Julian: Julian is ChiChi's annoying and chauvinistic older brother, who is twenty-three. He's also a golden boy pansy, so it all works out in the end.

The Parents

Orinji Yotan and Mai: Kuririn's parents. His father is an architect and his mother a confirmed matchmaker.

Dr. Gero Jerrif and Juukyuu: Juuhachi and Juunana's parents. Jerrif left his family long ago to pursue his first love: science. Juukyuu brought up the twins herself and put herself through college. She's now employed as a nurse practitioner.

Son Bardock and Taanipu: Goku's parents. Both of them died while he was still a baby when the plane they were piloting crashed.

Mau Gyuu and Morwena: ChiChi's parents. Her father is a chauvinist and her mother is dead. Anything else has been or will be explained.

Dr. Ouji Vejiita and Matsutake: Vejiita's parents. Vejiita Sr. is mostly nice but pressured and overworked. Matsutake was killed at an accident at Capsule Corporation.

Dr. Briefs Hanzubon and Lenora: Buruma's parents. Lenora is a socialite from the western part of the continent, which allows for her coloring and personality. Dr. Briefs is a gifted scientist.