Okay, it's time I updated this. Anyway, I hope no one minds if I skip a few years in the story.......Besides, would YOU want to read a story that long? Trust me, you'll know when I get there though.

Chapter eight - Getting acquainted.

Sarah heard a knock at the door.

"Who could that be?"

"I'll get it!" Maggie called from the hall.

Maggie walked up to the door, and looked through the peephole before opening the door.

"Yes?"

"Hi, I'm Kenneth Baker, you're next door neighbor."

"Oh hi. Sarah!"

Sarah came into the hall.

"That's Sarah, and I'm Maggie. Sarah, this is our neighbor Kenneth Baker."

Sarah walked over to Ken and shook his hand.

"Hi."

"I noticed you just moved here, so I thought I might introduce you to the other neighbors."

"That'd be great."

"Besides, your child already met my son Billy and my daughter Emily."

Sarah became somewhat nervous.

"Oh really?"

"He's a.......unique boy........"

"We can explain........But it's a long story.........."

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"So you're hiding out from InGen.........."

"Well, the ARD said they weren't allowed to study him..........So I'm a bit concerned about why they want him." Sarah told him.

Ken, Sarah, and Maggie were in the living room, having tea, and talking.

"I see.........Well, sort of........"

Then Maggie looked out the window.

"Huh?"

Then the others did the same. Kyle, Billy, and Emily were in the backyard playing around, having a good time.

"I wonder how they got in the backyard."

"I've been meaning to fix that loose fence board," Ken noted, "It looks like Billy and Emily aren't afraid of him anymore."

"Sorry if he frightened them, but we didn't......."

"Trust me, it's fine. I've seen a lot of things during my time in the Marine corps."

"So you're a navy man." Maggie noted.

"Got discharged though. Disorderly conduct. I got drunk with some friends."

"Fun-loving...." Maggie noted.

"Been divorced a long time now, and I don't mind Kyle, since he sure doesn't act like those InGen dinosaurs did on L.A. THAT was creepy."

"You know about that?"

"That was on the news across the country."

Maggie then decided it was time to act.

"How about we go steady?"

Sarah sighed.

"It's kind of sudden, don't you think?"

"Don't bother, Maggie's always been direct."

"Direct with what?"

They turned to see Kyle.

"Um, nothing."

"K'."

Kyle then rushed off.........

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Kyle rushed outside with a couple band-aids and opened them.

"Sorry. It was an accident."

Emily had a couple cuts on her hands, and Kyle's claws were bloody. Kyle gave Emily the band-aids, and she put them on, tears in her eyes.

"That hurt......."

"I'm sorry........."

"I guess it's not a good idea to play patty-cake with you........."

"Why?"

Then Billy pointed to Kyle's claws.

"Oh.........Maybe if I'm real careful, we can still play........"

Then adults came out.

"Time to go you two...........Emily! What happened to your hands?"

Emily sobbed a bit.

"Kyle an' Emily were playing patty-cake, and Emily got hurt......." Billy told his father.

"I'm sorry.........."

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The flame haired man on the screen punched the charging foe in the stomach. The blue-green skin of the ugly figure squirmed in pain as the emerald haired alien grunted in pain from the counter. Then the black haired, armor clad man fired an energy blast, sending him into a lake.

"Ah, he hit the water hazard........."

"Way to go Vegeta!"

Then the teen watching the episode of Dragonball Z checked the time.

"Oh no! I'm going to be late!"

He shut the VCR and TV off, grabbed a pack, and rushed off.

"Bye mom!"

"Hey! You forgot your lunch!"

The teen rushed back, grabbed it, and got a good-bye kiss from his mother before rushing off to the park. He skidded to a stop, and stopped at a bus stop.

"Geez Kyle, what kept you?"

"I was watching yesterday's episode of DBZ. I was kind of busy getting ready for today..........."

It is in fact, the same Kyle who years earlier, had hatched from an egg. His outfit was what you'd expect from a normal teen, with alterations. For starters, there's a hole in the pants for his tail. Also, he's wearing shoes, but they've been altered to let his claws loose. Time has changed him, and he's not much smaller than a full-grown raptor. Also, time has worn down his talons slightly. Not much, but enough to help avoid accidents like what happened to Emily........

"Did you see Vegeta owning Zarbon?"

"'Ah, he hit the water hazard.'"

"You saw it all right. I hope the other students don't get scared of you. I mean, since it's your first actual day of school and all, they've never seen you before."

"Why should they get scared?"

Billy thought it best not to answer him.

"I liked being home-schooled, but Mom says that since Aunt Maggie's finally married your dad, no one can stay home to teach me."

"It's kinda funny having your Aunt being my mom now."

Then a girl in a white dress with a blue shirt over it came up. She had blonde hair like Billy, as well as green eyes. It was Emily, and she heard the last part of the conversation.

"You should have seen the looks on everyone's face when they saw Kyle. Talk about rude."

"What can you do?" Billy asked.

"I swear that both sides were going to object to the wedding just because of Kyle."

"Why?" Kyle asked.

"Because some people see you as a monster."

"But you said I'm not a monster."

"You're not. A monster is mean. You're not."

"Hey, did you see Cowboy Bebop last night?" Billy asked.

"No, my mom won't let me watch it." Kyle told him.

"Good for you, for one thing, that woman's wearing clothes that are FAR too revealing." Emily stated.

Then a bus drove by.

"Isn't that our bus?" Kyle asked.

"YES IT IS!!!!!!!! HEY!!!!!!!!!! WHERE ARE YOU GOING!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! COME BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Billy shouted as he chased the bus, "GET BACK HERE DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Oh-oh, Billy's in deep trouble when we get home from school." Emily said as she joined the chase.

"........Why'd the bus leave us?" Kyle thought as he started chasing after the bus.

Kyle quickly overtook both Emily and Billy. He started flailing his arms and shouting.

"HEY! YOU PASSED US!!!!!!!!! HEY!!!!!!!!!!"

This continued on straight to the school............

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Three guesses as to why the bus driver ignored them.