CHAPTER 3 - AN ORDINARY DAY

"Where are your parents?" Bailey asked, and immediately regretted it. The smile, which Bailey suspected was a family trait (she had seen the smile on old pictures of Goku's ancestors), had disappeared. As though it had never been there. Suddenly, he looked more dangerous, more like the warrior race of his ancestors.

"I don't know." He whispered.

"What do you mean you don't know?" Bailey asked out of shock. She wanted to kick herself as soon as she said it. This was obviously painful for him.

"It's ok." He said smiling. "I don't mind talking to you about it. I was four when it happened. I can barely remember them. You see, my parents were archeologists. I know it was weird. My father was raised fighting and training, then turns around and decides to dig up bones." Goku shook his head. "They were at one of there digs and I was at Grandma Pan's house. I remember I had had nightmares of Mom and Dad in an old ruin, as it collapsed. I told them about the dream, but they thought it was an overactive imagination of a child. I had one of the dreams the night they… I had woken up screaming, and had made Grandma call the site. They told us that the place they had been in had collapsed and they couldn't find the bodies, they never found the bodies."

Bailey was silent. She couldn't imagine not knowing if her parents or sisters were alive or not. What must that feel like? Bailey shuddered, that's what her family would be going through right now. They had no idea if she was alive or not. Wait a minute … the same thing that happened to her! "Goku … What if the same thing that happened to me, happened to your parents?" Goku looked at her. "Oh, come on think about it! My family back home has no idea if I'm alive or not. When my parents got home, they would have found a broken window and that I was missing. Just like your parents!"

Goku looked thoughtful for a moment. "You could be right."

"Could you take me to the site?" Bailey asked.

"Why?"

"Because we might find a clue there." She rolled her eyes. Sometimes he could be so slow. Goku quickly turned around and lifted her into his arms. "what do you think your doing!" She shrieked, holding onto his shoulders.

"I'm taking you to the site he said as he started to fly.

"I meant later! I better have enough time to finish my homework!" She yelled over the roaring wind in her ears. Goku just smiled as he picked up the pace


The old ruins of a castle loomed overhead. It definitely looked weird and freaky. It had the kind of atmosphere they loved to put into horror movies. Deciding it would be better to walk in, they started to make their way through the creepy forest. "Have you ever seen the future after that?" Bailey asked.

"What do you mean?" Goku asked as he spun around to face her. Bailey hadn't been expecting that and stopped just before running into him. Her nose was about half an inch away from his chest. She shoved a wisp of brown hair out of her eyes and glared up at him.

"Don't just stop like that! I could have walked right into you, and that's like walking into a wall!" Bailey said sternly, "And I was talking about is how you said you had seen what happened to your parents before it happened. Has that ever happened again?" Goku looked away. "Goku?"

"Can you keep a secret?"

"Of course, do you need to ask?" Bailey asked gently, putting a hand on his arm.

"I haven't even told Grandma this, but … yes I can sometimes see the future." He admitted. Bailey smiled encouragingly.

"How did you get it?" Bailey asked. "the ability to tell the future that is,"

"I guess I was born with it. Now that I think about it, my great, great, great grandfather was supposed to have had visions."

"So what are you saying? That it might have skipped…what? Four generations right to you?" Bailey asked raising her eyebrow. Goku put a hand behind his head and grinned. Bailey got the feeling of familiarity again.

"I guess that doesn't make much sense, does it?"

"I like how you used this fortune telling business to answer the questions in class today." She said slyly.

"How did you know?" Goku asked.

Bailey smiled as she hooked her arm around his and gave him a peck on the cheek. "Darling, your as transparent as they come!" Goku blushed, and Bailey laughed out loud as they continued down the old dirt path, leading to the old castle.


The rest of the tunnel, under the castle, was caved in. They could go no further. Goku was distressed to see tears started to run down Bailey's face. Other then finding out she was no longer in her world, he had never seen her cry. And there were many times she had the right to cry. Getting used to a new world was difficult. Not knowing if you'd ever see your friend or families… Goku didn't know what he would do in her position. Yet she had never cried. She had always smiled and bared it. Until now, and even now she wasn't crying because of her life or what was happening to her. She was crying at the thought of what it would have been like for him to have lost both of his parents at such a tender age.

Goku gently wiped her tears away and held her. "I'm sorry," she muttered against his chest.

"For what?" Goku asked. For some strange reason, she laughed. Goku wasn't sure what he'd said that was so funny, but laughing was better then crying.

"It's just an expression that you say to someone when someone they love dies." She explained. "I remember4 years agowhen my grandfather passed away. He was the only one that really, you know, understand me. I'm not like the rest of my family. I don't fit in. But with him I always did. It hurt so bad, I thought I would shrivel up and die. I know it doesn't come close to what it must feel like to losing both your parents… I guess what I'm trying to say is… is that I'm here for you, you know?"

Goku looked down, in the dimly lit underground chamber, Bailey seemed even more beautiful. And she was so close. All he had to do was lower his head a bit more and they would kiss. Before he could though, Bailey turned away. "What's CC?"

Goku was thrown off by this. "Uhhh….you mean Capsule Corp?"

"I don't know, but that Vegeta person wanted us to go over there remember?" Bailey wouldn't make eye contact with Goku. For a second there she had almost completely lost it and kissed him. She blushed.

"Right! I remember now! Yeah, we had better head out. Come on, I'll carry you." Goku said as he lifted her up in his arms. Bailey quickly wound her arms around his neck and closed her eyes. He moved so fast that it made her feel kinda sick.


Capsule Corp. was a huge building. And needless to say Bailey felt a bit intimidated by the mere thought of walking up to the front door. Goku didn't seem to mind. He walked right up to the front door and then kept right on walking. He entered the building as though he owned it.

"Shouldn't we knock?" Bailey asked as she walked in right behind Goku.

"Why would we knock? It's only Vegeta's house."

"Only Vegeta's house? This place is more like a mall, then a house. Well, in size at least."

"Goku is that you dear?" A lady came out of the many doors and gave Goku a huge hug. "And you must be Bailey. Pan told me about you." She shook Bailey's hand. She was pretty. Her blue hair matched her blue eyes. Bailey guessed that she must be about thirty They always look that age . "Vegeta's waiting for you in the green room." With that she glided out of the room, saying something about shopping.

Bailey was unused to someone coming and going so fast. "These people are rich aren't they?" Bailey asked as she looked around this 'house'.

"Yep!" Goku answered cheerfully.

"My mom would be wanting me to get chummy chummy with them right about now." Bailey said. She hated this house. She knew she was jumping to conclusions, but this house represented everything she hated. The 'high society' life her mom was obsessed with, the dinner parties, the manners, the piano lessons, the arguments.

She forced the thoughts out of her head as she followed Goku up the flight of stairs. When they entered the green room, Bailey understood why it was the green room. Everything was green. The walls, the floor, the furniture, it was all green. Thankfully different shades, but Bailey thoughtsomeone was a little green-obsessed. Vegeta sat near the three windows overlooking the city.

"About time you guys got here!" He said as he stood up.


She had just said goodnight to Goku, before hitting the sack (she slept in a cot in the living room). At Capsule Corp. Vegeta and Goku had fought in this 'Gravity Room'. Bailey had enjoyed watching it, even though Vegeta had mumbled about having to keep the gravity low because of stupid weak humans. That was about the time that she found out Vegeta was a saiyin.

They had told him about her. And after their spar, they had raided the kitchen. Well, thought Bailey, it was more that Vegeta and Goku raided the fridge, asshe sat and ate sugar. She had then convinced them to do some karaoke. That had been fun.

Bailey was actually amazed to find out Goku was an okay singer. Not great, but pretty good. Better then her and Vegeta. Then again she had been on a sugar high, so she had a good reason for being off key. They had made plans to get together again. Man, thought Bailey, Today has Little did she know that this was merely the beginninbeen one very, VERY long day. Between scool and the near kiss and the CC, Bailey was asleep before her head hit her pillow.

Little did she know that this was just the beginning of an adventure unlike any she had ever heard of.


Next Time: Enter Goku Sr! Yeah! I'm so excited!