Kiwi awoke with a gasp. Sitting straight up and breathing in short gasps she turned bright red when she realized what she had done. – I cannot believe I just did that! I totally made out with some guy! Wait! What am I talking about? It was just a dream. Just. A. Dream. - She let out a sigh of relief and turned just in time to see Dave inching away. Seeing her glare the young man grinned nervously. "Kiwi, darling!" she rolled her eyes and said, "Goodness Dave, your such a dweeb."

"Kiwi, it's a good thing you woke up! Trunks and Vegeta will be coming out any moment now." Kiwi looked up and found Bulma offering her hand. After she stood up, Kiwi realized her hair must look horrendous. Quickly uncapsolizing her bag she yanked out a brush and began to pull it through her dark hair. Much to her disgust Apollo had awoken and was now staring at her as if she were some Greek/Roman goddess.

"Apollo, if you don't stop staring at me I'll shove this brush down your throat when I've finished." He immediately said, "I'm not staring." Kiwi mumbled something incoherently and Dave said lazily, "Kiwi, how on earth do you meet such strange people?" Kiwi shrugged. "Well I met you after you scared me half-to-death and I meet Apollo after I made the mistake of saving him."

Flashback

Kiwi slowly walked the battered streets of West City. Buildings were half mutilated and people wondered around in half dazes. It was then she heard the familiar laughter and a scream. People started running past her trying to find a safe place to hide from the androids while Kiwi kept walking on.

After walking on for a few moments she soon saw 17 waving around the limp body of a dog, 18 bored out of her mind, and a boy around her age begging them to give him back the body. "Please, you don't understand, that was my sisters! It's all that I have left of her." 17 smirked and said, "If you want I can kill you. that way you can join her."

" 17, I never knew you had such kindness in side of you! You're the kind of guy every girl would want to go out with." 18 rolled her eyes, "Not you again. When will you learn that you cannot defeat us?" Kiwi smirked, "When will you learn that one of these days your history?" "Ladies, if you don't mind I am now going to destroy this wuss." 17 raised a hand to blast the boy out of existence but Kiwi let out a shout. "OH MY GOODNESS! WHAT IS THAT THING!" the others turned to stare in the opposite direction and Kiwi grabbed the boy and took off.

18 Tuned and slapped 17. "What is your problem? Every time she's around you never kill anything. 17 smiled and said, "I think someone's jealous".

End of Flashback

Kiwi rolled her eyes at the memory of saving Apollo. He had been a pain in the neck ever since. At that moment the chamber door slowly began opening. Everyone stopped what he or she were doing and turned to stare at the emerging duo. Kiwi nearly gasped when she saw Trunks.

Trunks had an extremely serious expression on his face. His normally short hair now hit his shoulders. The clothes he wore were ripped and torn in more than one place. Man, he looked good. Vegeta looked good to but Kiwi barely noticed him. All she saw was Trunks. The silence was broken when Vegeta yelled, "Kakarrot! What the hell are you doing here!" Goku looked confused for a moment. "I'm here Vegeta so Gohan and I can go into the room next."

"What! You are such a copycat! How dare you try to mimic the prince of all saiyans?" Goku laughed. "Awww Vegeta, you need to relax. I'm not copying you." "Yes you are." "No I'm not." "Yes." "No." "Yes." "No." Kiwi raised an eyebrow and smiled at Trunks who had walked up to her.

"Trunks! It's good to see that veggie head over there didn't rip you limb, from limb." The young man punched her slightly. "Yeah right! Tell the truth. You were just hoping to see me come out with a broken leg or something." Kiwi yawned and said, "well there's no hiding the truth now. So what's up with the hair? Trying to out do me?"

About 30 minutes later Kiwi was sneaking around a rock as she watched with growing horror Cell battle with Trunks and the others. Trunks had forbidden her to fight but he hadn't forbidden her to look for the androids. After a while the sounds of the battle faded and Kiwi felt someone grab her arm.

Whipping around she found herself staring into the dark eyes of 17. "Well, if it isn't the girl that everyone's raving about." She raised an eyebrow. "Really? Enlighten me." he said hotly, "oh who cares? I'm going to kill you!" before he could do anything Kiwi threw her arms around him and held him tightly. His arms were now immobile. She whispered angrily, "Stop it! Do you want Cell to come? You do know he's after you! Where are 18 and 16?"

Pale at the mention of Cells name, 17 pried her away from him and silently led her to a small cave. There she saw 18 and 16 sitting up against a wall. "18! Come on, we need to get you off this island." 18 stood her eyes guarded. "Why are you doing this?" Kiwi stayed silent for a moment before saying, "I'm doing this for myself. Now come and be silent."

Slowly they floated out of the cave. For the first five minutes everything went fine. Then it happened. "Kiwi! WATCH OUT!" Trunks' voice rang out across the terrain and Kiwi narrowly dodged Cell's tail. She turned just in time to see Cell grab 17. "18! RUN!" the female fled while Kiwi watched in dumb fascination as Cell sucked 17 up. When he finished he exploded into a bright light. The moment it disappeared Kiwi nearly threw up. Cell looked like a dead, bloated frog. He was still that nasty green color but now he had puffy orange lips and he was

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Seeing Kiwi he laughed and said, "Well, if it isn't the girl that should have been dead! So, what do you think of my new look?" Kiwi's response was to turn and vomit. Growling angrily Cell snapped, "You're ticking me off. I believe I'm going to have to punish you." with lightning speed he grabbed Kiwi around the waist and then sped off in the direction of 18.

Kiwi attempted to pry Cell's arm off of her but he merely laughed and said, "Not so fast. If I'm this strong now then imagine how strong I'll be when I absorb 18." Kiwi wheezed out, "Oh really? Is that before or after Goku destroys you?" Cell squeezed his arm tightly and snapped, "You said that last time and look at how things turned out. You know I'm beginning to fancy you. Your name shall be Apple-Blossom."

Kiwi's mouth dropped and she tried hard not to gag. "A-apple-Blossom! Cell, I have a name you know. It's Kiwi." Cell frowned and said, "Kiwi? What kind of name is that? Who names their child after a piece of fruit?" Kiwi twisted around so she could glare at him. "What do you call an apple blossom!" Cell said smugly, "I call it a flower that grows on an apple tree."

Yawn I'm so tired right now I don't have the energy to say YEAH! Oops to late. Any ways I really don't understand Kiwi in this chapter. She's getting a little too friendly with the bad guys for my taste. Well, I guess that's my fault isn't it?  I'm beginning to wonder if she's beginning to develop feelings for a certain someone…? I've said too much!

B.T.W. Happy birthday Thomas Drovin! 