Alone On Earth

^~The blue wonder's tale~^

Kochou-hime

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Umi ran her thumb along the rim of the coffee mug which once contained hot chocolate as she finished telling Gohan about her story. The three were sitting at the kitchen table in Gohan's house, Mokona was sitting contently in Umi's lap while Gohan stared at Umi in amazed curiosity as she told her story of being a Magic Knight. Umi sighed. "Well, that about leads up to today's issue, an evil shapeshifting cavaliere is after me now." Umi looked at the ground as her memories reminded her of how she ran off from her friends in such haste. In her perspective, chances were pretty slim that she would ever get to see them again. Mokona's ears flattened against his head as he watched her expression. Gohan noticed this and cleared his throat.

"I think you're a brave warrior Umi..." Umi lifted her head and looked at Gohan thoughtfully as he continued speaking, "especially with the princess...sometimes warriors have to do things that they don't enjoy...at all." Umi's expression went from thoughtful to shocked.

He thinks that I am a brave fighter? He's the one that's saved me twice already. After a couple of moments her shock was replaced with a sly smile. "Yeah, I guess you're right! I think you have a story to tell me now too!" Mokona seemed to agree with Umi as he nodded his head and looked at Gohan. He laughed at how much character Mokona had for a little white bunny-creature.

"Yeah, I guess I do!" he looked at his watch, "we've been talking forever, it's 3 AM. My story is pretty long too, perhaps we can put it off till tomorrow?" Gohan got his reply from a tired yawn from Umi. "Alright, I'll be right back." Gohan stood up and left the kitchen. Umi looked down at Mokona who was sitting in her lap.

"What a day!" Umi breathed as Mokona agreed, "I hope we can defeat this enemy...if Clef cares so much why isn't here helping us fight this thing?" Umi sighed and looked out the window.

"PuuPuuPu!" Mokona defended.

"Well, I guess it's possible that the passage way to Cephiro is blocked, but I hope I can get back to Cephiro... I have some friends to appologize to." Mokona smiled at her in his own unique way. Suddenly the two heard a strange sound coming from inside the house. Umi gasped and clutched Mokona like a teddy bear. "What was that!?" Mokona gasped for air as Umi looked around.

"Aw Gohan, why do I have to get up" complained a small voice. Umi peaked through the door way of the kitchen to see a small boy walking down the hall with Gohan right behind him. Umi set a gasping Mokona on the table and leaned over to see the two better. The small boy looked toward the kitchen only to see a girl with long blue hair looking back at him. His tired, squinted eyes suddenly went wide when he saw her. "AHHH! There's somebody in the kitchen! HE-" Umi fell back in her chair in surprise as Gohan clamped a hand over Goten's mouth and growled at him quietly.

"Shut Up! You'll wake up Mom and then we're both in hot water!" Gohan hissed. Goten nodded as Gohan removed his hand. "Go to my room and go back to sleep on the extra bed, we'll talk in the morning." Goten shrugged as his eyes became small and tired again as he bumped into several walls while walking to Gohan's room. Gohan shook his head as he walked in the kitchen. He noticed Mokona staring at him from the table, he looked down and saw Umi looking up at him from the floor.

"Hi." she squeaked. Gohan laughed and stood her up on her feet.

"You really need to get to sleep!" Gohan led the Umi to Goten's room as Mokona followed close behind. He set Umi's bag on the ground by the bed as Umi gave him a thankful smile. Gohan smiled back.

"Thanks for saving me today...again!" Gohan put his hand behind his head and laughed nervously.

"Well, you know, it's in the job description and all...Not that I wouldn't have done it anyway!...uh" Gohan rambled. Umi laughed at his explanation as Gohan joined in also. Before they realized it the two were lost in each other's eyes. Their eyes began to close half-lidded just as Gohan unconsciously leaned in to kiss her goodnight a white fluff ball jumped into Umi's arms. Gohan quickly backed away about 3 feet while receiving a cold glare from Mokona. "Well, uh, goodnight Umi!" Gohan waved. He walked out the door and was going toward his room when he heard her say:

"I'll have to ask you about that kiss tomorrow..." Gohan paled as he zipped into his room and shut the door. Umi smiled as she shut the door and flopped down onto the bed along with Mokona. "Tomorrow's a new day Mokona! Sleep well." Mokona nodded and the two drifted into dreamland...

Hikaru let out an exasperated sigh as she sat down on the floor with her in her hands. "How can I just sit her while Umi is in danger! Or even worse!" Caldina kneeled down beside Hikaru and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"Don't you worry now little Missy! Umi's a strong girl - always has been and always will be. She's just fine, especially with Mokona helping her along!" Hikaru looked at Caldina and smiled.

"I just wish I could be assured that she's ok!" Fuu nodded agreeing with Hikaru. Ascot looked at the ground and shuffled his feet. He thought about his feelings for Umi which was unknown to everyone but Caldina. She gave Ascot a reassuring smile when Clef caught everyone's attention when he entered the room.

"I just spoke with Umi...she's ok. I explained to her the situation." Clef told the small crowd in the castle from the stairs. The whole lot rushed up to him bombarding him with questions until Clef just about lost his mind. "One at a time please!" Hikaru was the first to speak up.

"How is she fighting this evil alone? Has it attacked yet?" She asked concerned. Concern passed quickly through Clef's face as it was yet again replaced by his professional unreadable expression. It was unnoticed to everyone except the always feelings observant Caldina...

"She is not fighting alone, a young man is helping her, I believe he is a Saiyan." Clef explained. The room fell silent with confusion written across their faces.

"Saiyan huh? I've heard stories bout' them. Aren't they supposed to be mean or somethin'? Caldina asked.

"Saiyans were a super strong and destructive race who were known for purging planets of life and selling them to others," Lafarga, the known military expert, explained as he walked into the room along with Ferio and Lantis. "It was my belief that they were no more." Clef nodded to the new arrivals.

"Yes, Perhaps a few of the Saiyan's survived. If Umi's new friend was raised among humans it's quite possible he has no evil intentions in him. As for being destructive...I believe the counter point is that Saiyans are extremely protective of ones they care for." Clef explained to the shocked crowd. Lafarga nodded confirming Clef's statement. Hikaru looked at Clef.

"Ones they care for? Does this mean that Umi has a boyfriend!?" Hikaru said excitedly, "she's always wanted one I'm so happy for her!" Clef nodded solemnly.

"That may very well be the case, hopefully he will be able to help her fight to the best of his ability. The Magic Knights are strongest when together, hopefully another fighter will be able to fill the void in strength that is offered by Hikaru and Fuu." Clef said as he turned away from the group. The entire group talked amongst each other excitedly about the news. Caldina looked around and noticed that Ascot had disappeared, she looked back to the stairs and noticed Clef's retreating form as well. She turned to Lafarga who was the sole other that had noticed the exit of the two. She placed a hand on his arm as he looked down to her.

"Hun, I think we may have a problem here." She said. He nodded and looked away from her to the others who were discussing what they had heard.

"Indeed."

Light penetrated from the blinds and shone onto Umi's closed eyes. She squinted them attempting to catch a few more moments of sleep but eventually gave up and opened her eyes up to the bright beams of the day. She greeted the new day with a yawn as she sat up and stretched her arms above her head. She heard a rustling at the foot of the bed as her eyes fell onto an anxious Mokona jumping up and down. Umi shielded her eyes from the light as she looked across the room to the digital clock sitting on the dresser. "Mokona! It's only 7:30, how in the world can you have so much energy!?" Mokona squealed happily and leapt at Umi in such an angle that caused her to panic and fall from the bed. Thump! "MOKONA! OW!" Umi lay on the ground tangled in blankets while rubbing her head, "that hurt!" The door swung open and Umi looked up from the ground and looked into the face of a small boy with black hair and dressed in an orange jumpsuit/uniform. If she remembered correctly, his name must be Goten.

"MOM! I think she DIED!" Goten screeched as a woman with jet black hair pulled back into a bun and dressed in a Chinese style dress came running into the room with a frying pan in hand. Her eyes watered and her lower lip trembled as she looked at Umi who was now sitting up and flattening down her hair which was once before sprawled across the floor.

"It's you...you're so beautiful! Oh honey are you alright? I'm ChiChi!" Goten and Gohan's mother said rushing over to Umi and giving her a big hug. Umi pulled back and smiled at the woman.

"I'm Umi! It's a pleasure to meet you!"

Umi smiled and ran a hand through her now clean and silky long blue hair. She was now dressed in a black fitted T-shirt as well as her favorite blue skirt. The Son's household didn't have the modern conveniences that was found in her house but she managed. They didn't have indoor plumbing which meant she had to bathe outside which she didn't mind too much because of the warm weather and the nice day. The household didn't have a good enough electricity circuit to support Umi's hair dryer but Goten assisted by drying her hair with what he called 'ki', much like the blasts Gohan had used to pummel the cavaliere, but of course a lot gentler. Umi found it quite interesting how Goten could use his powers, and truthfully it was a lot more convenient to dry her hair that way then take 30 minutes with the hair dryer. "Thanks a lot Goten!" the young boy smiled at her from across the room and followed her along with Mokona into the kitchen. It was around 8:30 now and ChiChi was finishing up cooking breakfast. Umi's eyes widened as she saw just how much food ChiChi had cooked. Traditional breakfast food lined the counter, but about ten times more of the amount that a normal small family would consume. Along with the traditional food there was various dinner foods such as chicken, turkey, and roast that complimented the gigantic feast. Umi looked down at her feet and noticed Mokona and Goten gaping with their mouths watering from the wonderful smell of the food. She looked back over to ChiChi who was having trouble carrying all the food to the table. She cleared her throat. "Excuse me Miss Son, do you need some assistance." ChiChi smiled gratefully as Umi grabbed a few plates of food and set them on the table.

"Thank you dear, but please, call me ChiChi!" Umi smiled and nodded as she continued to help. ChiChi eventually shooed Mokona and Goten out of the kitchen because of her suspicions that they would gobble down all the food before anyone had a fair chance to fight over it.

"Are we expecting more company ChiChi?" Umi asked as she continued to put food on the large kitchen table. ChiChi smiled as she finished and put her hands on her hips.

"You may think so, but you'll change your mind when you see how this family eats! They sure are growing boys." Umi laughed at ChiChi's comment but was still skeptical that her sons who had no more then an ounce of fat on their bodies could consume this much food. "Why don't you go fetch Gohan dear, he should be right outside." At the mention of his name is seemed as if butterflies broke into a flight frenzy in her stomach. She smiled confidently covering up her nervousness on the inside as she walked out the door.

"I'll be back in a sec. ChiChi!" Umi marched outside looking for Gohan as ChiChi grinned at her handiwork. She then grabbed a frying pan and guarded the table keeping her eyes peeled for her sneaky youngest son and his brand new partner in crime...

Goten and Mokona peaked through the key hole and looked at ChiChi holding a frying pan menacingly in her right hand. Goten frowned and sat on the ground crossing his arms as Mokona looked at him curiously. "Why does she always do this to me! I'm wasting away with hunger." Goten leaned back dramatically putting a hand to his forehead. Mokona made a small squeak which caused Goten to sit back up and look at him. "What are you anyway? Some kind of bunny or somethin'?" Mokona narrowed his eyes and squealed.

"PUU!" Goten blinked at Mokona several times. He narrowed his eyes skeptically and looked at the annoyed marshmallow like creature.

"Poo?" Goten snickered, "You're, POO?" Goten broke out into a howling laughter and rolled around on the floor. Mokona who didn't find the boy's comment funny one bit opened his mouth as wide as possible in order to scare Goten as he did Trunks. Instead of being scared Goten stopped laughing and stared in wonderment. "Wow! You have a really big mouth." Mokona narrowed his eyes, "I could still eat more then you though!" Goten challenged. Mokona closed his mouth and shook his head slowly. "Wanna bet?" Mokona squeaked and agreed.

"PUU!"

Umi became more nervous the more she looked for Gohan and couldn't find him. She sighed telling herself to keep her cool as she continued to look. She heard a sound around the back of the quaint house as she made her way over there. Her breath caught in her throat as she saw what was there. Gohan was punching and kicking an invisible opponent rapidly, almost too fast for Umi to see. Not only did it yet again reveal how strong he was but there was also the fact that he was lacking a shirt. Umi blinked as she watched this incredible guy she had only met a couple of days before beat the hell out of the air itself in only baggy black training pants and no shirt. I knew he was built...but OH MY... Umi shook her head and cleared her throat. Gohan stopped immediately and turned to her noticing her approaching for the first time. Her hair highlighted her figure in the sunlight and Gohan couldn't help but notice how well fitted her shirt and and short but decent skirt looked on her. "Hey Gohan! Your mom sent me out here to tell you that breakfast is ready!" Umi declared playing an act of perfect confidence. Gohan stared at her a couple of seconds before replying.

"Oh, hey Umi! Thanks for coming out here, wait up! I'll walk back with you." He grabbed his dark blue T-shirt and pulled it over his head as he jogged over to Umi and walked back with her to the house. Umi looked over at him and noticed that he walked calmly beside her giving no indication that he had just finished with a rapid workout. She wondered how it was possible for someone to not be out of breath from that, let alone not even break a sweat! Her thoughts were broken as the two entered the kitchen and was greeted by the warm smile of Gohan's mother.

"C'mon and get it boys!" Mokona and Goten almost broke down the door as they rushed to the table and started gobbling down food. Umi turned to say something about the two to Gohan but was really surprised when she noticed Gohan was no longer beside her but instead gobbling down food along with Mokona and Goten. She watched in surprise/horror as all the food ChiChi had slaved over to make was disappearing in seconds. ChiChi was smiling and handed Umi a plate with food on it. "I'm always prepared for these things, I told you they sure do eat a lot!" Umi smiled and joined ChiChi at the counter to eat. "It's safer to eat up here...do you cook dear?" Umi nodded and finished chewing a mouthful of eggs before she spoke.

"It's one of my specialties actually!" Umi replied as she went back to eating. ChiChi smiled mischievously.

"Good...I'm sure that will make your future husband very happy." Umi nodded not taking the hint from ChiChi's comment as ChiChi envisioned planning Umi's and Gohan's wedding. Fifteen minutes later all of the food that had been cooked this morning had disappeared and replaced by a lot of dirty plates.

"I can't believe you beat the both of us..." Goten said as he and Mokona glared annoyingly at Gohan from across the table. Gohan laughed and stood up taking his dirty plates to the sink.

"Well, I am about three times your size!" Mokona and Goten grumbled at Gohan's comment. Umi was already helping ChiChi wash dishes when Gohan came beside her and washed his also. What seemed would take along time to clean took Gohan only a couple of minutes.

"Wow, you're really good at that!" Umi said smiling at Gohan. He put his dishes away and looked down at her amusingly.

"You get used to it!" when the kitchen was clean he turned to her and smiled. "So what now? Ready to learn how to fly soon?" Umi shook her head.

"Not yet, I believe you have a story to tell!" Gohan nodded and led her outside.

"It's really nice out right now, is it ok to talk out here?" Umi nodded as the two took a short stroll across the grassy knoll before picking a good place to sit down. "Where's your little spy? Did he decide not to chaperone this time?" Umi laughed and looked at Gohan who was leaning back on his elbows.

"I think he's getting along with Goten pretty well! Which is pretty weird, he doesn't get along with new people well. He annoyed the hell out of me when I first had to be around him." Gohan laughed along with Umi. The quieted down for a moment as Gohan looked up at her thoughtfully. "So, what about you? what's your story?" Umi asked.

"Well, I guess it all started when I was five years old..." Gohan told Umi about when his dad first found out he was a Saiyan from his older brother who had visited earth intending to take it over. He explained to her how he was kidnapped by his uncle and how his dad had died while he and Piccolo took out his uncle Radditz for good. He explained being trained by Piccolo in isolation for a year while his dad was being wished to life with things called 'dragon balls' and fighting the Saiyans Vegeta (Trunks' father) and his henchmen Nappa. Umi laughed about his journey to Namek and shuddered when he talked about the horrible Frieza. He told her about how his dad had become a Super Saiyan and how Gohan too had achieved it when they had to fight the androids and cell. She was brought to tears when he had explained how he had caused his father's death when he had become too cocky when fighting Cell that he had toyed with him instead of killing him quickly.

"Oh Gohan...I'm sorry, but it's not your fault. Everyone makes mistakes, and it sounds like being a Super Saiyan is hard to control." That must be why he kissed me the other day... Gohan smiled sadly at her and looked up at the sky.

"I'm just angry that we won't be able to wish him back with the dragon balls anymore." Gohan sighed. Umi placed a hand on his shoulder causing him to look up at her from where he lean back on the grass.

"I don't know how...but I'm positive that he's going to be back here someday, besides, I have to meet him!" Gohan smiled at her.

"This is weird...I don't it's impossible, but I believe you." Gohan said to her quietly. Umi smirked and sat back on her elbows smugly.

"That because, I know everything!" Gohan laughed and before she knew it he was tickling her like crazy as she rolled around on the grass laughing. Gohan collapsed in a fit of laughter when she crawled on top of him and attempted her own tickle attack. The two stopped laughing when they noticed the position they were in. But instead of blushing this time they leaned into kiss each other once again when a protesting screech came from behind.

"PUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Umi turned around as Gohan looked over shoulder to see a crazed Mokona waving his arms wildly. The two sprang about a foot away from each other as the small white creature threw a fit. Gohan felt a strange power from the marshmallow.

It's almost evil, he must really be pissed! They watched him as he slowly began to calm down. The two looked at each other and burst out laughing. After a couple of minutes their laughter was interuppted when a tall green man landed in front of them. "Oh hey Piccolo! This is Umi!" Umi waved and Piccolo nodded but kept his arms crossed. He then turned his glare back to Gohan. Gohan gulped. "Oops...we were supposed to spar today." Piccolo nodded.

"Expect your ass to get kicked for forgetting kid." Piccolo bellowed. Gohan smirked.

"Hey Umi, I'll see you tonight." He stood up and both he and Piccolo blasted into the air. Umi sighed happily as she waved goodbye. She looked over at Mokona who was practically steaming out of his ears.

"Oh c'mon Mokona, I'm a big girl now!" Umi stood up and started on the short walk home as Mokona slowly hopped behind her. It's too bad she couldn't see his eyes...they were glowing red.

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Till Next Time
Kochou-hime