Chapter 4- Energy source, Moonlight spirit!
"Manta… hurry up for God's sake!" Kimera continued to pace up and down the park. Every five minutes she would check her watch and let out a disappointed sigh. "Come on, come on…" she tapped her foot impatiently. "He promised he'd be here…"
"That's too bad."
"Huh? Who's there?" Kimera turned around to see a figure hiding in the shade of a nearby tree.
"Yeesh Kimera… you mean you don't even recognise…" the figure then stepped forward. He was wearing a black hoodie with dark blue pants. Kimera still couldn't see his face very well, but she would know all soon. "The face of the guy you beat up?"
"T-Takashi?"
"That's right… I hear you've been excluded for a week." Takashi brushed his hair lightly then walked a little closer to Kimera.
"Come to rub it in huh?" sighed Kimera.
"Actually no… you're lucky." Chuckled Takashi. "I actually understand why you stood up for the little shrimp."
"If you mean Manta… rephrase it." Kimera snarled. "And what do you mean by… lucky?"
"Well, you don't have to go to school for a week… plus, you have a gift." Takashi explained with a smirk plastered on his face.
"Gift? I don't understand."
"Come on… I know you have some sort of power. Some sort of perfect technique!" Kimera froze at those words. Oh no… he realises?
"Takashi… I…"
"No, no… don't say anything. All I have to ask is…" Ah! He's going to ask if I'm some sort of mutant! My cover is blown. I let Vegeta down! Thought Kimera while squeezing her eyes shut. Suddenly Takashi got on one knee. "Will you teach me?"
"What?" Kimera squealed as she fell back.
"Please, I won't bully anyone anymore! I only did that so people would get the idea to stay away from me!" but sadly Takashi had to speak louder, as Kimera was out cold from the shock.
"So you see… if you're company fails to make at least a million sales in the next week, you'll have to sell up." Explained Mansumi while crossing his arms.
"I know that Mansumi." Said Bulma calmly. She then sipped the cup of tea Chi Chi had just poured for her.
"So I guess you realise… that goal is impossible to reach." Mansumi then reached into an inner pocket of his jacket and took out a form. "Sign here and I'll take all you're troubles away. I'll even give you a decent price for the house as well as the company." Bulma stared at the form with a worried look.
"How much are you offering?" Bulma asked.
"Hmm… judging from the condition of the house and the company… I'd say fifty million zennie."
"What?" spazzed Bulma. "That's too cheap!"
"That's all I'm offering. Perhaps if you agreed to this deal a year earlier, the price would be higher. It's either that or watch you're company rot slowly."
"I'd rather let it rot than sell up to you!" spat Bulma. "I don't really know why you want it so badly!"
"To help expand my company." Explained Masumi with a frown. "Unlike you I intend to let my company spread and grow… not stay stationary in a small, unproductive city!"
"I don't know how you can stand living you twisted little man!"
"Bulma! Try to stay calm!" said Chi Chi worryingly.
"Well… don't say I didn't warn you!" snarled Mansumi as he got up. "You had you're chance! Come on Manta, we're leaving."
"Yes father." Murmured Manta as he dragged his feet. Mansumi exited the house, bumping into Vegeta on the way.
"Out of my way." Masumi grumbled. "Manta, come on!" Vegeta frowned at Masumi's attitude. Hmm… looks like Bulma declined again. The saiyan then examined the small boy Masumi called Manta. Manta huh? So this is Kimera's best friend? Vegeta walked up to the front of the house and watched as Mansumi's vehicle pulled out the driveway. Bulma is not going to approve of this.
"Well, will you? Please!" begged Takashi and he got on both knees.
"Er well…" said Kimera while raising one eyebrow. "If you want to learn to be a Z fighter, it's my dad you should be asking."
"No! I want to learn from you! That way you can teach me when we're at school!"
"But Takashi, school is not the best place… besides, I've been excluded!"
"I know… that's what makes it the best time to ask…" smirked Takashi.
"Huh?" spazzed Kimera. "I don't get it. What are you trying to say? Don't tell me you…"
"Yes! I've been excluded too! This is a good opportunity for you to teach me!"
"Gah!" Kimera groaned as she fell over again. "Takashi, it takes more than a week to become a Z fighter!"
"Don't worry, I'm sure we can arrange something." Chuckled Takashi. Kimera cocked an eyebrow. Takashi had gone from the school's hard-ass to a gentle giant. She was slowly starting to believe why he fought in the first place. Could he have lost somebody three years ago too?
"You're persistent." Said Kimera. "But… I don't see what harm it could do." She smiled. Takashi's expression lit up as his world became brighter.
"Oh thank you! You won't regret it! Wow… me, a Z fighter… sounds awesome!"
"It's going to take a while though." Said Kimera as she got up and rubbed the dirt off her coat. "It took me three years to get to this level… and I'm hardly a quarter of the way there."
"It's ok… I only want to know the basics!" laughed Takashi. "So when do we start… Kimera-sensei?"
"Kimera-sensei?" Kimera then slowly realised what she had let herself in for.
"Damn that Mansumi!" snarled Bulma. "The nerve of him… I mean, fifty million zennie? He has to be joking!"
"Bulma… I don't get it." Said Chi Chi. "I thought you wanted to sell no matter what the price. I thought you wanted to start a new life!"
"I did Chi Chi… until I realised that it would remind to much of… you know…"
"Bulma, I have to face the facts sooner or later!" cried Chi Chi. "I have to learn to cope without my boys… because I'm holding you back from making important decisions. But now it's too late… I'm sorry!" and with that, Chi Chi left ran out of the room crying.
"Chi Chi!" Bulma cried. "Come back! It's not you!" It's me…
"What the hell is going on?" spat Vegeta as he entered the living room. "I almost got run over by Kakarotto's wife for no reason!"
"Oh just shut up Vegeta." Snapped Bulma while she wiped her tears away.
"Fine then!" snarled Vegeta. "I won't ask again!" the saiyan prince stormed out, while leaving Bulma to calm down.
"Damn it… damn it all!" she murmured to herself. She then glanced over to the television set across the room. "Maybe this will take my mind off things." She sighed while reaching for the remote. Bulma switched the set onto her favourite channel… only to see the face she hated the most. "Mansumi…" she grumbled. But before she decided to change the channel, something caught her attention.
"Yes, I will tell you how I've been successful these past few months." Spoke Masumi on the set.
"Finally… I get to know you're secret!" said Bulma as she turned the volume up.
"My secret is… energy from the moon."
"What!" Bulma fell of the sofa. "That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard! How can you get energy from the moon?"
"How do I do that you ask?" said Masumi as if he heard Bulma. "Simple, I got a group of highly trained technicians and scientists to create and launch a satellite that will orbit between the Earth and the Moon." Masumi coughed to clear his throat for a moment. "The satellite will pick up small but powerful energy waves from the moon and send them to my factory, where my fifty foot satellite receiver will do the rest." The reporters on the TV awed at what Masumi said, while Bulma on the other hand was totally speechless. So that's how? I thought the moon couldn't do such a thing as produce amazing energy waves!
"But how did you find out that the moon had this kind of power?" asked a reporter on the set.
"Call it a hunch." Chuckled Mansumi. "The moon must have a purpose right? For as far as man has known until now, the moon orbits the Earth… but for what real reason? To aid it… that's why. You could almost say its God's sent."
"What a load of nonsense." Muttered Bulma. "He's buttering them up."
"Soon, this energy source I've discovered will power even more electrical appliances… rendering the source known as electricity useless! No more accidental deaths due to technical errors. This is our future, it was offered to us since man first walked. Now it is our time to finally take it! The name of this energy source you ask? Red Moonlight Spirit!"
"What a load of crap." Muttered Bulma as she turned the set off. "I'm amazed at what he's discovered… but all this future stuff is nonsense."
"So that's what he meant…" Bulma jumped in surprise then turned to see her husband standing emotionlessly in the doorway. "So that's what Kakarotto meant in that dream!"
"What are you rambling about now Vegeta?"
"The planet of destruction… that fool! He'll kill us all!" Vegeta ran outside, leaving Bulma sitting in confusion.
"You idiot saiyan… what now?"
End of chapter 4.
Chapter 5- "Stuck in the middle of death."