Disclaimer: I do not own any part of DBZ, that right belongs to Akira Toriyama. I only own my original character and the imagination that came up with this fic.
Last time, on How I Became the First Female Z Fighter!
Artemis learned that Ginger Town was under attack and everyone in the town had been killed, including her husband Griff. She hurries to the town to search for survivors. As she searches, several men descend from the sky in front of her. They tell that she's not safe here and they take her to Kami house. There she meets Master Roshi, Chi-Chi, and an unconscious Goku. Later that night she meets another Z fighter, Yamcha. The next day, Goku awakens from his coma, fully healed. She watches from the doorway of the house as Chi-Chi and Goku reunite. Then Goku tells Artemis that she has an unbelievable amount of ki and one day she will be a great martial artist.
Chapter 2Goku smiled at me one more time then he walked past me into the house, Chi-Chi and Master Roshi close on his heels.
Ki. What did Goku mean? I wondered as I walked to the edge of the small island and sat down in the sand, the waves coming within inches of my bare feet.
"Hey, you okay?" Yamcha asked sitting down beside me. "You look like you're lost in thought."
"Yamcha, what's ki?" I asked him as I looked out over the waves. "Goku said I have an unbelievable amount of it, but I don't know what it is."
"Ki is an energy that lives inside every living thing. It's the same thing as chakra or chi, it's life energy that all individuals can produce to some degree."
"Chakra, huh?"
"Yeah," he nodded.
After that we sat quietly, both staring out at the waves. Sometime later we heard footsteps approaching from behind. I looked over my shoulder to see Chi-Chi by herself.
"Well, he's gone again," She sighed plopping down on the sand next to me. "Off to train and save the world."
"What will you do now Chi-Chi?" I asked her.
She sighed again. "I suppose I'll just go home and wait for him to come back to me." Then she added as an afterthought. "You could come with me if you want, Artemis."
I smiled and shook my head. "Thanks but I should go to West City and see Rei. Let her know what's happened."
Chi-Chi nodded. "I understand."
"If you like, I can introduce you to my friend Bluma, she lives in West City as well," Yamcha offered.
"That'd be great, Yamcha," I smiled.
Chi-Chi stood up and offered me her hand. "Well, Artemis, let's get you repacked."
Ten minutes later, Master Roshi, Chi-Chi, Yamcha, and I stood on the small beach.
Chi-Chi hugged me. "Remember I'm your friend so if you ever need anything, don't hesitate to call."
"Thanks, Chi-Chi," I said hugging me back.
"Take care of yourself, Kid," Master Roshi said attempting to also hug me and growp me.
I sidestepped his hug and hit him on the back of the head. "I will, Master Roshi, thanks for letting me crash at your house."
Yamcha laughed. "You never learn do you, Master Roshi?" He then turned to look at me. "You ready?"
I nodded and he picked me up then lifted into the air.
Half an hour later, I was standing at the base of the stone stairs that led up to Rei's family shrine, Yamcha by my side.
"I'll wait here for you," Yamcha said sitting down on the stairs. "Take your time talking to your friend. When you're done, I'll take you to Capsule Corp."
I nodded and started to walk up the stairs. At the top of the stairs was a large courtyard with Japanese cherry trees, their petals already gone. As I walked through the courtyard, I saw Rei come out of the temple. Her long raven hair hanging freely down her back and she was dressed in her red and white priestess robes. When she saw me, she smiled. But upon seeing my sorrowful expression, her purple eyes grew pensive.
"Rei, I have some horrible news," I said stopping in front of her.
She smiled sadly like she knew what was coming and sat down on the wooden porch of the temple.
"It's about Griff and Jed, right," she asked as I sat down beside her.
I nodded.
"I saw what happened to Ginger Town on the tv," she informed me. "They were on duty that day weren't they?"
"They didn't make," I said. looking over at her.
She nodded, "I know. I tried calling Jed and Griff when I found out, but neither of them picked up. I also tried calling you but it kept going to voicemail. I'm so glad you're alright."
"Sorry I didn't mean to worry you, I turned my phone off. I just didn't want to talk to anyone yesterday."
"I understand," she replied and grabbed my hand. "So, how are you holding up?"
"Not too bad. I had trouble sleeping last night and cried a lot. You?"
"About the same. Do you need a place to stay?"
I shook my head. "Thanks but I already have a place to stay."
"Where at?"
"I've been invited to stay at Capsule Corp."
"Wow really?! How did you manage that?"
I told her everything that happened yesterday and about the new friends I made. "I actually have someone waiting for me at the bottom of the temple stairs to take me to Capsule Corp."
"Well if you ever need anything, I'm here for you," she hugged me. "My door is always open."
"Thanks, Rei," I said hugging her back.
After that, we said our goodbyes and I left. As I walked back down the stairs, Yamcha turned at the sound of my footsteps and gave me a small smile. I gave him a weak smile back.
"How'd it go?" he asked standing up. "You weren't up there very long."
"It went okay," I replied. "She kind of already knew, I guess the destruction of Ginger Town has been all over the news."
He nodded. "Well, you ready to go meet Bulma?"
"Yeah let's go."
"Okay," he said, picking me up and raising into the air.
We flew over the city as cars and people moved around the streets far below us. After a few minutes, we landed on the large lawn in front of Capsule Corp and Yamcha put me down. On the patio stood a young woman with shoulder-length turquoise hair. She smiled and walked over to us.
"Hey, Yamcha!" she greeted.
"Hey."
"So you must be Artemis?" Bulma asked looking at me.
"Yeah, it's nice to meet you," I said, shaking her hand.
"Likewise. Yamcha called a little bit ago to let me know he would be dropping you off. So I had a little bit of time to throw together one of the empty guest rooms for you," she told me. "Oh, by the way, Yamcha the others are waiting for you to fly the plane to search for Cell. Since he can sense your guy's energy this is probably the best way to find him."
"Right well I'll get going then," he then turned to me. "You'll be okay here, Bulma's great. She'll take good care of you."
"Okay," I nodded. Then added as an afterthought. "Hey, Yamcha, be careful okay."
"Sure," he replied with a smile. Then he left.
"Don't worry," Bulma said putting her hand on my shoulder. "They'll be fine. Now come on. I'll show you around."
End of Chapter 2
a/n: Well, chapter 2 was not my finest work, I had some major writer's block, but I finally pushed out chapter 2. Do you guys like what I did at the start of the chapter; how it opened up like the Dragon Ball Z episodes. Haha, I thought that would be a nice little Easter egg. I hope you liked it. Please R+R.