Chapter 5: Enemies

Quite some later…

"You mean to tell us that we are the stars of your favorite anime show!" exclaimed Trunks.

"Yup," said Ann.

"That kind of makes me feel like we're not real people," said Goten.

"Course you are. You're sitting right here in front of us, aren't you?" said Jurori.

"Yeah, I guess you're right," Goten muttered.

"So why are you here?" asked Trunks, leaning back on his hands.

"I really don't know. I was in my room writing when I suddenly appeared in front of Goten's house, where Chi-chi found me," Ann said. She was very confused herself.

"I went to visit Ann. I got caught in some weird temporal anomaly-thing in Ann's room," Jurori added.

"Perhaps I was sent here for a good reason. Now all I have to do is find out why, then maybe I can go home," Ann said. "Not that I don't like it here with you guys," she hastily added at the sight of hurt on their faces. Jurori nodded in agreement

"Well, until then, how about you train with us," Goten suggested.

"Will we be using the gravity rooms?" Ann asked nervously.

"Maybe after you get used to flying and fighting out here. And when you do start to use them, you'll start off with two times gravity and work your way up over 100 times gravity," said Trunks.

"Oh boy," Ann muttered to herself.

"What?" Goten asked.

"Nothing Goten, Just muttering to my self. I have a habit of doing that," replied Ann. He nodded to show he understood.

"Dinner!" Chi-chi called from off in the distance.

The four teens quickly flew back to the Son house and the guys began to shovel down the food. Ann and Jurori filled their plates to the brim before the food vanished.

After dinner, the four teens trooped back outside. Trunks lead Ann back to the field they were in earlier to train. Jurori and Goten opted to stay closer to the house.

For the next few days, the four teens trained as teacher and student at the Son house.

"Not bad Jurori," commented Goten during a training session. "At least for a human," he added with a smirk.

"Shut up! So I'm not a sayain, that doesn't mean I'm as pathetic a fighter as Hurcule!" Jurori retorted. She threw a punch at Goten's face. He caught it in his left hand.

Just then, a huge chi blast slammed into the two teens. When the smoke cleared, Goten could be seen shielding Jurori from the blunt of the force.

"Those two," Goten said, shaching his head. "Their fights keep getting fiercer as time goes on."

"Tell me about it," Jurori said. She looked over at her best friend. Ann was really beating up on Trunks.

"It almost seems like he's still holding back. Look, he still hasn't gone super," Goten laughed.

"So why doesn't he?" asked Jurori.

"Not sure," replied Goten turning back to Trunks and Ann. "Please try to remember we're over here!" he shouted at Trunks.

"Sorry!" Trunks replied, throwing a blast towards Ann. She blocked it, vanished, and reappeared behind Trunks, a chi blast already formed in her hands.

Goten smirked and turned back to Jurori. "How about we take a short break and get something to eat?" he asked, his stomach growling loudly. Jurori laughed and the two teens headed back to the Son house.

Then, one day after a rather taxing spar, Ann fell back onto the soft ground, panting heavily. She placed her hands on the ground behind her, staring up at the clouds. Trunks landed and fell next to Ann. Jurori and Goten landed a few feet away. Ann leaned against Trunks and closed her eyes. The four teens enjoyed the cool breeze blowing when it started to rain lightly. They called it quits to sparring for the rest of the day and went inside. Chi-chi was in the kitchen when the four of them walked in, slightly wet.

Suddenly the teens' stomachs growled loudly, the four of them uttered short laughs.

"Hey Kaasan, when's dinner?" asked Goten hungrily.

"About an hour from now," Chi-chi said, getting the supplies out of the cupboard. "By the way, have any of you seen Goku?" she added, turning halfway to look at the teens.

"He's probably just napping upstairs," supplied Trunks. Chi-chi shrugged, turned around, and began preparing a feast. Ann lead the boys to the living room where the sat to wait. Trunks and Goten had landed on the chairs, Jurori laying on the couch and Ann happily sat herself opposite the window, on the floor. Ann stared out the window, completely forgetting where she was.

After a short time, Ann fell asleep, leaning up against the wall and a bookcase. Both Trunks and Goten had fallen asleep in their chairs too. Jurori had just nodded off when Chi-chi came in, intending to tell them to come eat, but stopped when she saw all four of them asleep. She left for a moment and came back with four blankets. Chi-chi covered each of them, tucking the blankets around Ann and Jurori, and went to put the food in the fridge for later.

Meanwhile, elsewhere...

A couple of pods hurtled along their programmed course. Both pods contained human-like people, with small differences. In one pod, there was a woman in suspended sleep. Suddenly, a furry object twitched ever so slightly. The two pods continued to hurtle towards their destination, planet Earth.

Ann woke up with a startled yell. It took a moment to remember where she was. Her blanket lay forgotten beside her.

"What's wrong Ann?" asked a now wide-awake Goten. Trunks yawned and looked blinching at the startled teen girl.

"I'm not really sure. I had some sort of vision," she replied looching wildly around the room. Jurori lay asleep on the couch.

"What of?" asked Trunks curiously.

"A couple of pods in space," Ann replied.

"Say what?" exclaimed the boys.

"What's all to commotion about?" Jurori asked, blinking and yawning.

"That was the guys yelling in surprise," Ann said.

"What's going on?" Jurori demanded, pushing herself to her elbows. She looked around at the other three.

"In short, bad guys are coming," Goten told her.

"What! How do you know that?" Jurori asked.

"Because I saw two pods in space heading for Earth," Ann told her friend. "There were people in them. On of them was a sayain, teenage woman. I'm not sure what the other one was. The only was I could tell the teen girl was a sayain was because she had a tail."

"But that's impossible!" said Trunks nervously. "The only sayains still alive are Goku, Goten, my father, Bra, Gohan, and I!"

"I guess not, unless that girl I saw is a different race that also has tails," said Ann thinking.

"That's not possible. Tousan has been almost everywhere, and seen every race alive! None of them have tails, at least not furry, brown ones. That's a Sayain trait only!" yelled a very nervous Goten.

"If she is a Sayain, Goten, That would mean we had better start some intense training. Perhaps even use the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Not to mention we'll have to tell our fathers about this so they can train also," said Trunks to Goten, excluding Ann and Jurori.

"Right. I'll tell my Tousan as soon as I find him. You three go back to Capsule Corp., tell Vegeta, and start training in the gravity rooms," Goten said, temporarily taking charge of the group.

"Right," replied Trunks. He, Jurori and Ann then ran outside.

"Look, I know you can fly, but we have to get home fast, so I'll carry you, ok?" asked Trunks. The girls nodded, stepping up to Trunks. They put one arm around his neck and the other arm around the each other. Trunks put his arms around their waists to keep them from falling and blasted off, heading towards Capsule Corp. fast enough to baffle the human brain.

"Tousan! Kaasan!" screamed Trunks when they got to Capsule Corp. and Ran inside.

"What is it Trunks-kun?" asked Bulma walching over to the three teens.

"Kaasan, they are two people headed towards Earth. We don't know how strong they are, or what their intentions are, but we have to prepare for their arrival!" Trunks quickly said, summing it up.

"That means we'll have to tell Vegeta and the two of you can start training," Bulma replied.

"If you don't mind, we want to start training with you two," said Ann. Jurori noddedin agreement. Just then Vegeta walked in, his arms folded across his chest.

"And why do you want to train?" Vegeta asked.

"Tousan, there's something we have to tell you, but promise you won't get too angry," said Trunks.

"Fine. Now, what is it?"

"There are a couple of pods hurtling towards Earth. We don't know when they will get here. In one of the pods is a teenage sayain girl. I don't know who, or what, is in the other pod," Ann quickly explained, filling Vegeta in with what was happening.

"Ok. That just means we'll have to train hard in the gravity rooms," said Vegeta calmly.

'Oh no. That's what I though. He hasn't fully registered what I just said,' thought Ann. She mentally prepared herself for Vegeta to realize what he had just heard. It didn't fully register until Vegeta was halfway across the building, but Ann could hear what was being said.

"What? Two more to fight? I thought we got them all already?" screamed Vegeta. Ann looked over at Bulma and Trunks. By the looks on their faces, they had heard what Vegeta said too.

Jurori giggled a little, causing everyone to snap out of their trances.

"Come on, girls. Let's go start training, shall we?" asked Trunks timidly. The two girls nodded and walked behind him.

Trunks started to set the controls for the girls' training when he stopped, tensing.

"What is it, Trunks?" asked Jurori. Just then, Ann tensed as well. Jurori looked back and forth between her two friends. "What is going on?" she asked again.

"A strange presence," Ann muttered. "It feels familiar though."

"Where?" asked Jurori.

"Not far from here," Trunks said, staring off towards his right, over the heads of Ann and Jurori.

"We have to go see who it is, Trunks," Ann said, looking up at him.

"Come on," Trunks said to the two girls. He lead them outside and into the air, heading for the new power. After a few agonizing moments, the three teens came upon a field. They slowed their pace and looked around for the source of the power.

"Over there!" cried Ann, pointing to a small figure. She lead Trunks and Jurori to the ground half a dozen feet from the stange figure. Ann advanced cautiously towards the person. All of a sudden, the person spun in surprise.

"Ann!" the figure cried, running over to her.

"Mahiru?" Ann asked. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm not sure. I was reading fanfiction on the web when I suddenly appeared here," Mahiru exclaimed. "Where are we?"

"The Dragonball Z world," Ann said gently.

"WHAT?" Mahiru yelled.

"It's true," Jurori added, walking over.

"Who are you?" Mahiru asked.

"Mahiru, this is Jurori. She's been my best friend since the fifth grade. Jurori, this is Mahiru. I met her when I moved away," Ann said, interducing her two friends to each other.

"Encantada," Mahiru said. (A/N: please excuse my Spanish…it's been a while since I used it, and please let me know if I spell something wrong!)

"What does that mean?" Jurori asked.

"It means 'Delighted' in Spanish. Basically, 'I'm pleased to meet you'," Mahiru replied.

"Oh, pleased to meet you as well," Jurori said as well, shaking hands with Mahiru.

"Oh…my…god! Is that Trunks?" Mahiru said, staring openly at the purple haired boy.

"Yes, I'm Trunks," he replied, walking up to the three girls.

"Does he convince you? We are truly in the Dragonball Z world," Ann said. Mahiru nodded. Jurori laughted a little.

"Um, Mahiru? Ann and I were just about to start training with Trunks here. Care to join us?" Jurori asked, cocking her head to one side.

"Sure. Why are we training? Are there bad guys?" Mahiru asked.

"Yup. Two of them. One's a teenage sayain woman," Jurori told Mahiru.

"How do you know? Are they here?" Mahiru exclaimed looking around wildly.

"She saw them in her dream," Trunks said, pointing at Ann. Mahiru stared confusedly at Ann.

"How…?" Mahiru started.

"Not sure. I was dreaming and I just happened to see them," Ann said, her face turning a dull red.

"Huh," Mahiru said. "Strange."

"So do you want to come with us back to Capsule Corp?" Ann asked.

"You bet! Since I'm here, I might as well visit everything I can!" Mahiru said. "Though how am I going to get there? I can't fly."

"Trunks can carry you. He's sronger than us," Jurori said. Trunks nodded and held out his hand to Mahiru, who accepted it. Trunks took off for Capsule Corp with Mahiru safely in his arms. Ann and Jurori glanced at each other with grins on their faces and followed Trunks into the air.