Alone On Earth
^~The blue wonder's tale~^
Kochou-hime
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Gohan sighed as he flew on his way to Capsule Corporations. The day before he had completely lost control of his actions. He shook the image of kissing Umi out of his head as he picked up even more speed. She's probably really freaked out or even worse she's angry, he thought. Gohan wasn't sure why Umi was so captivating and he had no idea why he acted the way he had. Although he would like to forget all about the situation at the moment, there was a little voice inside of him screaming for an answer to why she had 'magical powers'. He landed on the massive lawn of Capsule corps. only to see his brother and his brother's best friend running toward him. "Hey Goten! Mom wanted me to let you know that you have to come home sometime today and read a book." Goten pretended to gag himself.
"Books are so boring Gohan! I don't see how you can stand to read so many of them!" Goten complained. Trunks readily agreed with a smirk. "I'd much rather fight! Fight Trunks and I Gohan!" Gohan studied the two carefully. If there was one thing he had learned about them it was that when they were together all hell was possible to break loose. He had seen the dynamic duo before and they were professionals at causing trouble.
"Actually I just came to talk to Bulma about the 'party' Master Roshi is having next week...I'll see you guys later!" Gohan waved to the two as he walked into the Capsule corps. building. Trunks turned to Goten and glared at him.
"You brother never wants to fight! Why is he such a wimp Goten?" Trunks said hotly. Goten frowned and crossed his arms.
"My brother is not a wimp! No way! He's just too cool to fight with YOU Trunks. He fights with me all the time." Goten explained proudly. Trunks sighed.
"Yeah...whatever Goten. I know! If we go piss my dad off I bet he'll fight us!" Trunks grabbed Goten's arm and took off flying dragging him along.
"Why does being beat to a bloody pulp by Vegeta not sound too fun!?" Goten complained as the two flew off together.
Gohan ran his hand through his jet black hair as he walked around the enormous building. Why can't I ever remember where Bulma's office is? Gohan thought.
"Hey Gohan! What's the occasion?" Gohan turned around and found Bulma standing right behind him. He smiled.
"Hey Bulma! I've been looking everywhere for your office. I always get lost in this building. Anyway, I just came here to tell you that Master Roshi is having everyone over for a party next Friday." Bulma laughed and led Gohan to her office and sat down at her desk.
"Thanks for telling me Gohan, should I bring food or anything?" Bulma asked politely. Gohan shook his head.
"My mom is doing all the cooking, but if you wanted to bring something it couldn't hurt!" Gohan smiled at the prospect of food.
"Alright," Gohan turned to leave when Bulma caught him off guard. "Oh Gohan, I just wanted to let you know that I'm going to send a check to that girl that Trunks knocked over and broke her fencing pole." Gohan blushed a little but turned around just in time to see Bulma rolling her eyes. "Trunks can be such a case sometimes. He's just like his father, he enjoys breaking things." Gohan nodded meekly. As if speaking of the devil, Trunks with Goten in tow came running in the office.
"Hey Mom! Where's dad?" Trunks asked much to Goten's discomfort. Bulma looked at her son oddly as she wrote the check.
"I haven't seen him since this morning Trunks," she replied uninterested as she continued to write. Trunks hopped on the desk.
"Mom, I have to find him! Will you help me?" Trunks asked sweetly. Bulma looked at Trunks and shook her head.
"Trunks, I'm writing a check for the girl who's fencing pole you broke the other day. I'm busy." Trunks became wide-eyed and began digging in his pocket. After a moment he pulled out a blue braided bracelet.
"Put this in the envelope too mom! She dropped it the other day." Trunks handed the bracelet to his mom as she studied it.
"This is lovely Trunks but it won't fit in the envelope, you can take it to her if you like." Bulma handed the envelope with the bracelet and check inside to Trunks. However, it was quickly snatched away by Gohan much to everyone's surprise.
"Uh, I saw Vegeta in the gravity room and I know you need to talk to him Trunks...so I'll take it." Gohan said quickly as he disappeared out of the building. Everyone looked stunned for a moment but Trunks recovered first.
"Let's go fight my dad Goten!" Trunks grabbed Goten's arm and dragged him out the door.
"No!!!"
Umi was in her backyard enjoying the nice day. She was laying outside on a lawn chair hoping to catch some rays from the broiling sun. Mokona had decided to join Umi outside. He sat on a much smaller chair and had his own mini sunglasses and was sipping orange juice that Umi had given him. "It's so nice that summer vacation is here!" Umi exclaimed thankfully. Mokona nodded in agreement.
"Puu Pu!" Mokona squeaked happily as he slurped the rest of his orange juice. Umi took off her sunglasses and looked at her own empty glass.
"Hey Mokona...how about getting us some more orange juice. I got up to get it last time." Mokona looked at Umi strangely through his sunglasses and put on an annoyed expression.
"Oh Mokona...my parents won't be home until this evening. They won't even see you!" Umi explained. Mokona shrugged and grabbed their glasses and hopped toward the house. "This is the life!" Umi said happily as she leaned back and folded her hands behind her head.
Gohan checked the address on the envelope as he landed in front of a very large house. He admired how nice it was and then checked the address on the gate. "This must be it." He said as he started to get a little nervous. Pull yourself together Gohan! She doesn't know you're Saiyaman so there's nothing to worry about. Gohan commanded of himself. Gohan hopped over the tall gate and walked to the front door. He rang the bell once and waited about a minute before he rang it again. The door opened but no one was standing there. "Uh, hello?" Gohan asked the empty doorway. An annoyed cough came from the ground. Gohan looked down and saw a small white rabbit-like creature with sunglasses on looking at him. Gohan laughed at the mini-doorman which earned an even more perturbed glare from the creature. Before the little guy could slam the door, Gohan caught it and began to explain. "May I please speak to Ryuuzaki Umi?" Mokona sighed and hopped back into the house leaving the door open. Gohan stepped inside the door and shut it behind him. He looked at his surroundings. Her parents must have a lot of money. He thought.
Umi opened her eyes to see Mokona jumping up and down on her stomach ranting about something so fast that she didn't understand. Umi took off her sunglasses and raised an eyebrow, "What is it Mokona? And what happened to my orange juice?" Mokona took of his sunglasses so she could see that his eyes were narrowed. He said what he was ranting much slower and clearer.
"PuPuu...Pu PUU!" Umi blinked and looked over at the house and then back to Mokona.
"Did you just say that Saiyaman...is HERE?" Mokona nodded as Umi gaped at him. "Oh my gosh!" Umi quickly put on her shorts and tank top over her bathing suit. She checked her reflection in the pool. "Do I look ok, Mokona?" Mokona who was obviously confused shook his head which earned a death glare from Umi. He quickly changed his mind and nodded his head in a 'yes, you look awesome' fashion. Content with the answer Umi peaked inside the house through the sliding glass door and saw none other then Gohan standing there. Umi looked down at Mokona. "Mokona! That's not Saiyaman. That's Gohan!" Mokona shrugged as Umi studied him through the door again. "Now that I think about it, he does sort of look like...no, it couldn't be! Could it?" Umi shook her head as she walked inside toward Gohan as Mokona followed behind. "Hey Gohan! Sorry about the delay, I was outside. How are you?" Umi smiled when she looked at Gohan, and he smiled back.
"It's alright Umi, I'm not bad, I came over to bring you this." Gohan handed the envelope and the bracelet to Umi. Umi looked at the items.
"Thank you so much Gohan! I didn't realize I lost this bracelet." Umi slipped the bracelet over her wrist and looked at the check and looked shocked. "That's a lot of money for a fencing pole!" Gohan shook his head.
"Don't worry about it, I'm sure Bulma can afford it." Umi looked at him strangely.
"Bulma Briefs is Trunks' mom? She definitely can afford it!" Umi said referring to the extremely rich technology company that Bulma Briefs owned. The two laughed together when an annoyed squeak Umi knew all too well came from her feet. "Oh, this is Mokona by the way." Umi said holding the marshmallow rabbit in her arms.
"We've met already," Gohan laughed as he tried to pat him on the head. Mokona responded by trying to bite Gohan's hand which was pulled back quickly thanks to Gohan's lightning fast reflexes. "He doesn't like strangers very well does he?" Umi glared at Mokona which caused him to cross his pudgy arms. She set him down and looked back up into Gohan's face.
"I saw you at my fencing tournament the other day..." Umi said quietly. Gohan his hardest not to blush and succeeded for the most part.
"Yeah, I saw you too! You were really good. I meant to talk to you afterwards but I ran off to find Saiyaman when all that shaking and explosions started happening." Gohan explained as he looked down at her. Umi's eyes widened at the mention of Saiyaman.
"Do you know Saiyaman? He saved my life yesterday!" Umi noticed as a blush crept across Gohan's face. For the first time Umi had put two and two together... Gohan knows Saiyaman? Gohan looks like Saiyaman. Oh my...Gohan IS Saiyaman! Umi smirked slyly as she looked at Gohan awaiting his answer. Gohan looked at her expression a bit confused about what she was thinking. He gulped and began to explain.
"Yeah, we're pretty good friends. He goes to my high school...uh...yeah." Gohan finished by putting his hand behind his head. He was still feeling a bit nervous because Umi was smirking at him like she knew something that he didn't. "I really have to go...I'm sorry I couldn't stay longer." Gohan started walking to the door but stopped when he heard Umi talking to him.
"I'll see you later, thanks for all your help Saiyaman!" Umi said happily. Without thinking Gohan turned around and laughed in his superhero voice.
"No problem fellow cit..." Gohan gaped at her in disbelief as she giggled and pointed at him. "Oh my..."
"I knew it! I knew you were Saiyaman, Gohan!" Gohan blinked several times and turned bright red as Umi continued to giggle.
"How...How did you?...You're not going to tell anyone are you!?" Gohan asked fearfully. Umi shook her head.
"I won't tell anyone! But only on one condition!" Umi said holding up one finger. Gohan stepped up to her and stared at her in mock suspicion.
"What's that?" he asked. Umi smiled.
"You have to teach me how to do that floating thing...that was really cool!" Gohan raised an eyebrow and looked at her strangely. Even Mokona seemed to be confused as all eyes were on Umi waiting for an explanation.
"Floating thing...?" Gohan asked as Umi shook her head.
"You know...when we went from the high school to Tokyo? You have to remember." Gohan's eyes widened. I'm having some really bad de-ja vu here. Gohan thought referring back to the time when Videl had demanded that he teach her how to fly. Gohan shook the thought out of his head and look down at Umi.
"You want to learn how to fly?" He asked earning a strange look from Umi. The look was soon returned with a giggle.
"You can't fly! No one can fly without wings!" Umi said amusingly. Even Mokona laughed in his squeaky little voice about the prospect. Gohan looked annoyed at everyone laughing at him as he folded his well-muscled arms against his rock-like chest. The two stopped laughing because frankly, a super-strong guy who was annoyed was kind of scary. Umi gulped.
"Actually, I can fly," Gohan pointed at Umi, "and you would have believed me too if you had kept your eyes open the entire time we were in the air. Umi started to blush but smiled when a remark popped in her head.
"How did you know my eyes were closed huh? You would have had to been looking at me!" Umi smiled. Gohan blushed but shook it away and looked back at Umi. "If you can fly, prove it!" She asked crossing her arms in amusement. Gohan thought for a moment and smirked.
"Alright," before Umi knew it Gohan had scooped her up in his arms and walked outside the door. "I can prove it!" before Umi could protest Gohan took off into the air. Umi squealed and closed her eyes tightly. "Oh come on, open your eyes, I promise I won't drop you." Umi opened her eyes and looked down at the ground hundreds of feet below. She closed her arms tightly around his neck for the second time and looked up into his face as he looked back at her in amusement.
"You...you really weren't kidding!" Umi stuttered as she looked at the ground below. Gohan smiled.
"Nope! The view is really awesome up here, you can see a lot of things. I'll show you if your up for it?" Umi turned her head to Gohan and smiled.
"Alright, just don't drop me ok?" The two spent the day flying around visiting different places in the world. Umi had finally gotten used to the idea of flying and was much more comfortable being carried around Gohan. It was around 5:00 PM when the two were flying around in the United States looking at the tall skyscrapers. "Gohan, you've been carrying me around all day, are you sure you're not tired." Gohan laughed and shook his head.
"Not at all, but we can land if you want too." Gohan landed on top of an extremely tall building and gently set Umi down. Umi's legs were wobbly from hardly using them all day. She started to fall over the edge of the building but thankfully Gohan pulled her back to him. "Sorry about that," he said quietly as he looked down at her. The two were silent for a couple minutes when Umi finally spoke up.
"Flying is so much fun! Would you teach me how to?" Umi asked excitedly. Gohan looked skeptical for a moment.
"Flying isn't easy, it's a lot of work, oh, and the last person I taught how to fly turned into this major bitc-" he was cut off when Umi placed a hand on his bare arm and looked up at him.
"Gohan, please teach me how to fly." She whispered. Gohan's breath flew from his lungs as he stared into her eyes. They were even more amazing in the city lights as they sparkled like water does in sunlight. Gohan finally breathed when he realized that he could never say no.
"Ok," he agreed and smiled when he saw how happy she had become. "Oh, and another thing, I would like to apply a condition to this too." Umi looked thoughtfully at him and smiled.
"Yeah?"
"You have to tell me how you learned how to do that magic stuff you did yesterday." Umi laughed.
"Ok! You have to tell me all about you too. I'm pretty sure normal people around here don't fly!" Gohan nodded and took her hand and shook it.
"Fair enough! It's a deal." The two laughed at their commitments. Umi looked at her watch and face faulted.
"Uh oh, it's 5:30, I have to be home by 6!" Umi exclaimed worriedly. Gohan rubbed his chin in thought and then looked at her amused.
"Not a problem!" he scooped Umi up once again. "Hold on tight! I'm going to have to fly much faster this time." Umi nodded and returned her arms around his neck. Gohan took off into the air in a flash. Umi was amazed at how fast he was going as her hair whipped everywhere around them. She looked at his face as he looked straight ahead. Determination was written all over his well structured face, but at the same time it didn't seem like it took any work for him to go this fast even though he had been flying all day long! The two arrived at Umi's house in 15 minutes. He landed right beside her front door and set her down on her feet.
"You're really good at this flying thing!" Umi laughed. Gohan smiled.
"Well, I've been doing it for a long time!" Gohan answered. He shuffled his feet a bit and then looked back at Umi. "When's a good time to start on 'flying' lessons?"
"Tomorrow is good for me! It's summer break now and my dad works and my mom usually volunteers at an animal shelter everyday." Umi explained.
"Ok then, I'll pick you up at 8 AM tomorrow." Gohan said. Umi looked at Gohan shocked.
"Wow, how come so early?" Gohan laughed at Umi's antics.
"Well, I told you it's a lot of hard work! You have to have discipline." Gohan explained. Umi agreed satisfied with the answer. "I'll see you tomorrow Umi!"
"Thanks for taking me flying today, it was fun!" Umi said smiling up at Gohan. Gohan waved goodbye and started walking down the sidewalk. "Oh...and Gohan?" Gohan turned around to look at her. She walked toward him and jumped up wrapping her arms around his neck. She pressed her lips to his as Gohan responded by holding her to him as they kissed. She pulled back and smiled at him. "Thanks for saving my life Gohan." Umi jumped down and went inside leaving Gohan standing dumbfounded on the sidewalk. It took him a minute to realize that was a really good thing and he leaped in the air grinning as he made his way home.
Umi sighed happily as she skipped in the door. She looked on the bottom of the stairs and saw Mokona there standing with his arms crossed and tapping his foot. "Oh, quit acting like my parent Mokona!" Mokona put a paw to his mouth and pointed to her dad's office. Umi looked over and saw her dad reading the paper.
"Who are you talking to Umi?" He asked without looking up from the paper. Umi froze as a weird feeling washed over her. I hope he didn't see Gohan and I! Umi gulped and stepped in the office.
"Oh, no one dad! You're home early..." Her dad said nothing when the phone rang. "I'll get that!" Umi ran into the kitchen and picked up the phone. "Hello?"
"Hello sweety! It's mom, I just wanted to let you know that I won't be home tonight."
"How come?" Umi asked curiously.
"Your father and I are going to China for a business trip of his! I'll be sure to bring you a lot of gifts, don't worry! You'll be alright alone this week right? Your 17 now and we trust you honey!"
"Wait, you're not coming home first? What about..." Before Umi could finish the line went dead. Umi slowly looked up and saw her father standing there with the phone line pulled out of the phone. "Why did you do that! I was talking to Mom, she said you two were going on vacation..." Umi frowned at the weird look he was giving her. "Dad?" she started backing up as he grinned sadistically.
"Oops," Umi's dad laughed as dropped the line and lunged at her. Umi dodged and ran out of the kitchen.
"You're not my father!" Umi screamed as her 'father' went running after into the main entrance.
"What was your first clue?" the imposter laughed as he swung a coat rack at her. Umi ducked once again and yelled as she hit the floor. She saw Mokona standing worriedly on the stairs.
"Mokona! Quickly! I need my glove!" Mokona didn't need to be told twice as he bounded up the stairs. Umi turned back to her attacker and dodged a blow from the coat rack once again. He dropped the weapon and slammed Umi into the wall pinning her there. Umi screamed in pain as she flailed and kicked against the force holding her there.
"Your magic won't help you now Magic Knight!" The evil man laughed and stepped back as some kind of force help Umi to the wall. "No one can save you now!"
Gohan was almost home when he felt a strange energy back in Tokyo. He stopped in midair as he searched his brain from when he had felt the energy once before. His eyes widened when he remembered the man Umi had called "Ferio" from the day before.
"I'm not through with you Magic Knight! I will KILL you!" Gohan growled and turned back toward the buildings in Tokyo.
"NO!" Gohan blasted back toward the city fearing what he might find there. He landed in front of Umi's house and he could feel the dark energy grow stronger as he approached. Growling once again Gohan ignited into a SuperSaiyan and didn't take time to ring the door bell. Gohan ripped the door off it's hinges and looked into the house. A strange man with hair similar to Umi's was chasing Mokona around the room while Umi was struggling against some sort of invisible barrier holding to her to the wall.
"Give me that glove you blasted..." The man looked up to see an extremely pissed SuperSaiyan standing in the doorway. Umi shifted her eyes toward the doorway also and gasped.
"Gohan!" she yelled. Mokona took the opportunity to slip the jeweled glove onto Umi's hand. She freed herself from the wall and called for her escudo and held the sword in front of her. "Try that again you imposter!" The man who had taken the image of Umi's father looked behind him at Umi and turned around to face Gohan once again. Not changing his emotionless facial expression, Gohan stepped menacingly toward the man. Not wanting to face the angry SuperSaiyan Umi's 'father' turned around and lunged at Umi. Fortuately, Umi ducked just in time to cause the attacker to go flying into the wall. Gohan walked past Umi and picked up the man by his neck with his right hand. He slammed him against the wall and held him there where he was eye level with Gohan.
"Bad move," Gohan said with a snarl ripping through his voice. The man laughed as he started to fade away.
"I admit I can't defeat the both of you, but I will succeed in taking your life Magic Knight. Your on my list too Saiyan! HAHA!" With that the man disappeared for the second time. Gohan dropped his hand and turned around to look at Umi who was sitting on the floor. Her hair hid her face as she looked down at the floor. Gohan powered down but was still in SuperSaiyan form as he kneeled down beside her. He pushed the hair from her face and stared into her sad expression.
"I don't understand Gohan...why is the ones I care for most attacking me?" Umi asked as her eyes met with another pair of aqua-marine colored eyes. Gohan stroked her hair and pushed it back behind her shoulders.
"We'll find out, I promise," he said quietly. Umi smiled at him and noticed that his muscles were expanded because of the transformation and that hair was now blonde and his eyes were no longer brown but aqua-marine.
"You're going to have to tell me how you change your hair color and beef up like that," She smiled trying to sound cheerful. Gohan pulled her into his embrace.
Magic Knight from another world... a voice echoed around the room. Gohan stood up still holding Umi protectively as he looked around for the stranger that had been attacking her for the past couple of days.
"Clef?" Umi whispered. A strange light came from Mokona as an image of a purple haired, young looking man reflected from Mokona onto the damaged wall. Gohan glared suspiciously but was assured by Umi as he set her on the ground. Umi walked up to the image. "Oh Clef! I'm so glad to hear from you, weird things have been happening!" Umi tried to appear brave but she was really troubled by having to deal with these attacks without her magical mentor. Clef smiled at Umi warmly. Gohan felt a pang of jealously go through him as the man named "Clef" smiled at Umi.
"Umi," Clef began, "I believe an ancient enemy of Cephiro is after you on earth right now." Umi wiped her eyes and looked at Clef.
"Whatever it is, its posed as my father and Ferio too! Then it attacks me!" Umi explained. Clef could tell she was really troubled because she hadn't been sarcastic or her usual teasing self.
"Umi, I believe this evil is a cavaliere...the cavalieri take the forms of things dearest to it's prey and try to attack it that way. You must beware of this evil!" Clef looked beyond Umi to see a tall strong-looking young man standing behind her. Emotion swept through his face as he looked back to Umi. "At least you have a friend to help you fight, be safe Umi, and be careful." With that Clef disappeared and Umi picked up Mokona who had his ears laying down in sympathy. Umi sighed and looked up at Gohan. He smiled at her.
"I won't let any evil get to you Umi, we'll defeat it." Umi smiled a little bit more confident this time.
"Thank You, Gohan."
Gohan had returned to his normal black-haired self as he stood in Umi's room and looked around. He looked down at Mokona who stood by Gohan's feet glaring at him. "Oh come on Mokona, I saved you guys today! Will you ever consider liking me?" Gohan asked exasperated. Mokona thought a minute and tapped his foot.
"Puu PuuuPu Pu." Gohan blinked but froze when he heard Umi's melodic laugh ring around the room.
"He said he'll think about it." Gohan turned to her closet where her voice was coming from.
"How can you tell anything he's saying, he just says one word!" Mokona squealed again as Umi came out of her closet slinging a large bag over her shoulder.
"When you're around someone long enough, you can understand what they're trying to tell you, no matter what language they're speaking." Gohan looked at Umi smiling sweetly at him as she walked over to her dresser and continued packing.
I wish I knew what you're trying to tell me. Gohan thought. He quickly shook the thought out of his head as he looked back over to Umi.
"I think I'm ready to go now." Umi finished as she looked around her room. Gohan laughed.
"It's about time! We've been here for half an hour." Umi socked Gohan in the shoulder lightly. The two had decided it would be best that Umi and Mokona should stay at the Son residence until Umi's parents got home. Not to mention that Umi was scared out of her mind that a form changing monster was out to kill her, which made Gohan just as fearful for her safety.
"Oh wait! I forgot something!" Umi ran back over to her dresser as Gohan watched with amusement. Gohan heard a bunch of mumbled "Puu's" from Mokona that was obviously just meant for Gohan to hear. What surprised Gohan the most is what he heard in them.
"If you hurt her I swear, I'll kill you!" Gohan looked surprised at the angry white bunny on the floor.
I must be losing my mind! Gohan thought as he looked at Umi skipping toward them with a full bag.
"I'm ready to go now, but I found the weirdest thing!" both Gohan and Mokona cringed at the word 'weird' but listened as she explained. She held up her friendship bracelet, but instead of one there was two of them. "I'm positive I only had one, but now I have the one I found under my bed and the one Trunks found!"
"That is pretty weird...oh well! The more you have the better right?" Gohan concluded as she slipped both bracelets over her wrist.
"Yeah I guess so, well, let's go!" Gohan nodded as he picked Umi up along with her bag and Mokona and flew outside the window shutting it behind him. After everything was secure the 3 left for the awaited Son residence...
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Till Next Time...
Kochou-hime