Chapter 1
Hey all. This is the first story I'm letting others besides my friends read. So, helpful criticisms and reviews are welcome! Oh, and i don't own dbz... I do own Arilena though, she's an original character, so please don't steal her. LA! . Now on to the story.
"Man, what is taking him so long?" Arilena said to herself as she stood, her arms crossed in the middle of the field she was waiting in. Suddenly, as if from thin air, Trunks' time capsule landed about a hundred feet from her. She walked over to it and waited underneath as her older brother got out.
"What took you so long? I've been waiting here for about fifteen minutes already!" Arilena said, anger slightly creeping into her usually calm voice.
"Sorry, sis, I guess this old thing just ain't what it used to be. And I kind of landed in another time first." Twenty-year-old Trunks said to his thirteen year old sister, while looking down at the ground. He was afraid of her, there was no doubt about that. Not just because she was stronger than him, but also because she had a temper that could rival, well, Vegeta and Bulma's combined.
"Okay, well, do you have any fuel left in the machine?" she asked, trying to remain calm.
"Yeah, there should be just enough to get back home again." He said a little less scared.
"Well let's go then." Trunks nodded his head and quickly capsulized the time machine, placing the capsule in his pocket.
The two then flew off towards their destination, Capsule Corp. They had come here to help everyone fight the androids. They arrived five months early though so they could help everyone train also. This was Trunks' second trip to the past, so he was not all that excited, but this was Arilena's first trip, so she didn't know what to expect. Her excitement showed as she began doing spins and flips in mid- air, taking in the scenery of the still intact city that she was used to seeing as a pile of rubble. Snow lie on the ground, beginning to melt. 'Heh. Guess they had a white Christmas here...' she thought with a sigh. They continued flying for about an hour and landed a few blocks from the capsule corporation building. They walked to the front of the house and up the path that led to the front door. Trunks knocked on the door.
"Hey, I wanted to knock, stupid head!" Arilena said to trunks, a mad look on her face.
"Sorry, but it's too late I already..." Trunks was cut off as the door opened to reveal a blue-haired woman in her thirties.
"Hey, it's you! You're the one who showed up here three years ago to warn everyone about the androids. What are you doing back here, and with a friend I see." Bulma said.
"We came so we could help to fight the androids, with how strong they are we thought the earth's special forces could use a little help." Trunks said.
"Well, any hero of the earth is a friend of mine, quite literally actually," she said smiling "so come on in." she said gesturing them to come into the house. "So, could you maybe tell me your name now, you couldn't before, but I was just wondering..." Bulma asked Trunks.
"My name is Trunks." Bulma stopped dead in her tracks and turned around to look at the young purple-haired boy.
"Trunks?" she said in disbelief. "Okay, well that explains a lot. And how about you, young lady, what's your name?"
"Who, me?" Arilena asked, confused. "Yes, you." Bulma said back to her.
"My name is...is..." she looked to Trunks for help, but he gave none. "Is what?" Bulma asked sweetly. "Uhm..."
"WOMAN!" shouted a voice from another part of the compound, most likely the kitchen. Then the sounds of a baby crying followed soon after.
"Oh, no, what did he do this time? Excuse me, I have a certain matter to attend to." She said turning and walking toward the kitchen. "What did you do to Trunks this time, Vegeta?!" Bulma could be heard yelling.
"Whoo, saved by the, well, little you. I didn't even think of a name. What should I do, Trunks? I obviously haven't been born yet, so I can't use my real name." Arilena said quickly. She began chewing on her thumbnail, a habit she received from Bulma.
"You'll just have to make one up, that's all." Trunks said. He then began walking toward the kitchen.
"Oh, that really helps." Arilena said under her breath. She began to follow after him, but decided not to. She needed to stay away from everybody until she could come up with a name and a good story to back it up. She then went upstairs to where her room was in her future time. It used to be the room her father had stayed in, but it became hers because, as her mother told her, she acted so much like her father. She then walked to the room across the hall, Trunks' room, then to the room on the right side of hers. This was where Gohan had slept when he stayed at Capsule corp.
"Gohan, why did you have to die?" she asked in a soft, sorrowful voice. A single tear made its way down her cheek and she wiped it away immediately.
"Crying is for the weak," she told herself, only half believing what she thought.
She then continued down the hallway and at the end of it, she opened the window and climbed out of it. She levitated up to an area on the roof, a place where she had always gone to think. She sat down and began thinking of names and stories that she could use, and then she finally came up with a story, but no name. Her story was that she was Trunks' friend from the future who had insisted upon going into the past with him to help fight the androids, in revenge for killing her mentor, Gohan, which was not entirely untrue. Her parents are dead, killed by the androids. The biggest lie she would tell is that she is not a Saiyan, that she is completely human. Now she just needed a name... Her thoughts were interrupted when someone landed on the roof near her.
"Who are you, what are you doing here?" The figure asked in an angry, gruff voice.
"I, I..." Arilena stood up so she would not be at a disadvantage if the figure tried to attack her. And if he did, man would he be in for a surprise. "I came up here to think. I'm here with the purple-haired guy." She said matter-of-factly. She remained still as the figure walked out of the shadows and into the light where she could see him. He had tall, spiky hair and a large widow's peak hairline. He was only about three inches taller than her, but she could sense great power in him. 'He's a Saiyan' she thought to herself.
"What are you doing up here?" she asked.
"I live here, I have the right to be up here." He said anger creeping into his voice more and more. "What is your name?" he asked.
"I have no name as of yet. And I'm not going to tell you anyway, I don't even know you, and one thing my mother always told me was to never talk to strangers." She said smartly. The figure smirked, the same smirk Arilena had used a million times so far in her short life. Then it hit her.
"You're Vegeta." She said, half thinking, half stating.
"Yes, I am," he said. At this, Arilena began to realize what her mother meant by she acted so much like her father. She looked at Vegeta then at herself. Both were standing, their backs completely straight, arms crossed, and looking straight ahead. At this sudden insight, Arilena leapt off of the roof and flew away from her "father".
Vegeta remained on the roof, watching the girl fly off.
"Not another one" he thought, "The last thing I need is another kid being stronger than me, but then again, what should I expect, she is my daughter." Vegeta thought out loud. Little did Arilena know that when she was 'thinking' about what her mother had always said, she was really speaking it, very softly, barely audible to a human's ears, but to a Saiyan, clear as day.
The next morning, Arilena woke up on a rock ledge about ten miles from Capsule Corp. she got up, and looked over the ledge at the trees below. She was surprised when she saw a figure running through the trees, much faster than a human could run. Then she saw another figure run after the first. Then a hover car made its way through a small path in the trees. In it were two people. Humans, she could tell. They were coming from the area around North district 439 and headed towards West District 333, where Capsule Corp. was located.
She decided to follow them and flew off at top speed. She caught up with the first of the four within a matter of seconds. Once she did, she slowed down. She noticed it was a boy, about her age, probably a couple years younger, with long, spiky, black hair. She stopped and hid in a tree as the boy stopped and began looking around him, as if looking for her. He looked right at the tree she was in, but luckily, he did not see her. Before anyone else could come along and spot her, she flew off at top speed once again and landed in the yard of Capsule Corp. within three minutes.
She walked to the back door and was startled when trunks opened the door and hugged her tightly, cutting off her circulation. "Uh, trunks, I can hardly breathe." She said in gasps of air. He let go of her and she backed away quickly so he could not get her again.
"Where were you, I was worried that you had run away or something. Remember mom told me to take care of you, so if anything happens to you, I'm dead." Trunks said quickly, nearly whispering the last part.
"I went somewhere to think, to clear my head. To get away from you," she said jokingly "I was only about ten miles away, within easy flying distance."
"Well don't do it again!" he scolded her. "Geez, when did you turn into mom?" Arilena asked. "Oh, I saw some people headed this way coming from the North district 439 area. There were four of them that I saw, but I sensed five. Two were humans, the other three weren't, well, two weren't at least, the last one was part human I think."
"Really? Did you see what they looked like?" Trunks asked.
"Not all of them, but the one, yeah. He looked like he was about my age, actually, that's him over there." She said pointing to the young boy emerging from the trees. Trunks ran into the house. Bulma appeared in the doorway soon after and walked out, standing next to Arilena. Another figure emerged from the trees that she recognized as Goku, followed by another one, Piccolo and finally the hover-car stopped in the backyard and Chichi and Ox-King stepped out.
As Bulma began to greet everyone, Vegeta came out of the house, followed by Trunks, carrying the little version of himself, and another man, Arilena recognized as Yamcha with a young boy also, maybe a year or two older than Arilena.
"Hey, guys, long time no see." Bulma said.
"It's great to see you too, Bulma." Chichi said walking over to Bulma, hugging her. She then stepped away from Bulma and looked at Arilena. "Who's this?" she asked.
"Well, actually, I'm still waiting for that explanation." Bulma said.
"Oh, yeah..." Arilena said, then she thought of it, "My name's Michelle." She said. "I came here with Trunks, to help fight the androids."
"Trunks?" Chichi asked, confused. "That would be me." Trunks said stepping forward.
"Okay, well, now that that's over with, let's go get some food." Bulma said.
"FOOD!!" Goku yelled excitedly and ran into the house.
"Oh no you don't Kakarrot, not if I get to it first!" Vegeta yelled running after him.
"Well, there they go again." Bulma said, a little embarrassed.
"I've seen worse," Michelle said. (Arilena will be referred to as Michelle from now on). "I think Trunks and Gohan are much worse." She said under her breath.
"Well, whoever you've seen must've been pretty bad then." Bulma said and began walking into the house everyone else following behind. Michelle turned around when she sensed someone staring at her. It was the boy she had seen in the woods. He quickly looked away, settling his gaze on the grass under his feet. Michelle walked over to him.
"Hi." She said. He looked up, but did not look her in the eyes; he instead stared past her.
"Uh, hi." He said in a shy voice.
He was distracted by something, someone. Michelle looked behind her and noticed that he was staring at the other young boy she had seen with Yamcha who was now staring at Michelle, in a place he should not have been looking. She looked back at Gohan then quickly turned around, but to her dismay, Derek was gone already, inside the house.
"Who was that?" Michelle asked, turning back to the boy she was speaking with before.
"His name's Derek. He's Yamcha's son. He's a real jerk. And my mom actually makes me be his friend." The boy said silently.
"That sucks. So, what's your name?" Michelle asked. "Gohan. Gohan Son. My dad is..."
"Goku. And your mom is Chichi." Michelle finished for him. "Yeah, how'd you know that?" Gohan asked.
"I know a lot more than that." She said.
"Like what?" he asked.
"Well, I cannot disclose that information at this time, please try again later." She said in a cheesy secretive voice. Gohan smiled at the joke.
"Well, we better get inside before all the food is gone."
"That's if it isn't already gone." She said, smirking. With that, they walked into the house and joined the others.
To Be Continued...
Well, there's the first chapter. Hope you liked it. Please, read and review. Please, please, please. Let me know if I should keep adding more.