Chapter 2: A Very Big Thank You and a Strange Gift
After the Supreme Kai of Time showed Pearl the hologram of Soon, the Hero of Toki Toki City, Pearl headed back to her apartment. She saw that Barit wasn't there yet, and saw a note in the Namekian's handwriting saying, 'Won't be back until late. Please water my bonsai and don't drink my whiskey, Barit.' Pearl made a face at the mention of the alcohol, Barit and Kenshiro liked it, but Pearl couldn't stand the taste, except in Hard Sodas. Pearl got out her phone and first made a call to her Papa, Glutto. After ten seconds, she heard him answer, "Hello Pearl! How have you been?" "Great news Papa, I was selected for a top mission with the Time Patrol! I'm going to be defending all of history from now on!" Pearl excitedly told him. "That's great! You worked real hard for this! Hold on, let me tell Mama!" Pearl's Father said, and she heard her Mama, Buudikka on the other end. "You did it!" "I know Mama! I've been working really hard, and now It's paid off!" Pearl told her. After a minute Pearl's whole family yelled into the phone, "WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU PEARL!" All of them, Mama, Papa, and her four siblings, Littlest Sister Amber, Little Sister Jade, Littlest Brother Silver, and Little Brother Jasper.
"Thank you! I'll tell you all about it some time," Pearl told her family, "But I gotta go now, bye-bye!" "BYE-BYE PEARL!" her family yelled, and Pearl hung up. "Alright, now, let's get the bonsai, then see if I can get Kenny here faster," Pearl said aloud. She went into Barit's room in the apartment, past the cushion he meditated/slept on, his closet, and the posters for Disturbed up to his window where his bonsai tree grew. Pearl watered the small tree and headed back to hers and Kenshiro's room. She took her scouter off and put on her glasses, she knew Kenshiro preferred her glasses. Pearl texted Kenshiro, 'I got a surprise for you! But only if you're here in the next thirty minutes.' Two seconds later came her boyfriend's reply, 'Be there in twenty.' Pearl smiled, I wonder if he knows what my surprise will be, she thought as she took off her uniform.
Twenty minutes later an average height but muscular Earthling with black hair, amber eyes, and purple skin wearing a blue gi with black armbands and red undershirt arrived, "Pearly! I-" Kenshiro was stopped in his tracks when Pearl tackled him from behind, onto the living room couch. He turned around and Pearl immediately started Frenching him good. That was when he realized she was only wearing her glasses. "I got the mission," Pearl told him, and then swapped spit again, "I wouldn't have gotten it without your help, so here's your surprise."
Three Hours Later
There Pearl and Kenshiro were on the couch, getting to the big finish when the front door opened and in walked Barit. He was an average height Namekian, very muscular, with yellow skin and pink muscles, green eyes and one antenna in the middle of his forehead, in blue gi pants, white shoes, black vest, and silver Evil Sorcerer Battle Tool gauntlets. Pearl and Kenshiro looked at him, and he looked back at them, everyone's eyes threatening to bulge out of their skulls. Barit recovered first, "Oh come on! It's bad enough I can hear you in your room when I don't wear earmuffs, but now I'm never gonna be able to sit on the couch again!" "W-we didn't think you'd be back so s-soon!" Pearl exclaimed, covering herself up with Kenshiro's gi top. "Well look on the bright side," Kenshiro said, "At least it's over now." Damn it, Pearl thought, I was hoping to cuddle some afterwards.
"Just get cleaned up, please, and open a damn window, the smell you two make when you fornicate is weird, like sweaty gumballs!" Barit said. Kenshiro and Pearl opened two windows and headed for the shower when Barit stretched out his arms and pulled them apart, "Separately! I've seen your movies, I know what happens when males and females share a shower!"
Thirty minutes later, Pearl was in her blue pajamas while Kenshiro was in a black pajama bottom with brown slippers, they were sitting on the couch, after Barit sprayed it insanely with disinfectant, and Barit used his Namekian Materialization to make a recliner for himself, after telling Pearl and Kenshiro, "Don't even think about fornicating on my chair!" Pearl had ordered out two extra-large pizzas and the three of them were watching an old Earthling Western while they waited for the pizzas. "Honestly, I don't get it," Barit commented. "What's wrong? It's simple, the guy with the black hat's usually the bad guy, and the guy with the white hat's usually the good guy," Kenshiro said. "Not the movie, I mean you two! I can't wrap my brain around you two," Barit said.
The yellow Namekian continued, "I mean, you're not even of the same species, and you don't look like each other like Saiyans and Earthlings… Am I missing something?" Pearl and Kenshiro took some time to think about that, and Kenshiro answered first, "Well, Pearly is really cute, especially when she wears her glasses." He then rubbed her head tentacles, and Pearl blushed and moaned a little before saying, "And Kenshiro is pretty tough, and I like the way he smells, he smells so…different." "Really?" Kenshiro asked, and wrapped an arm around Pearl and pulled her closer. "You don't smell like something sugary, you Earthlings smell…meaty," Pearl told him, "Especially when you sweat, that's when you smell really nice." Pearl gave her boyfriend a kiss and the doorbell rang. Pearl answered and the robot on the other end said, "I have two extra-large pizzas, one with double cheese, pepperoni, and onions, and the other is a chocolate supreme with extra marshmallow sauce." "That's me," Pearl said and let the robot scan her debit card before it handed her the pizzas. "Enjoy," the robot said and Pearl closed the door behind him.
Barit and Kenshiro split the double cheese, pepperoni, and onion pizza while Pearl enjoyed her chocolate supreme pizza, made by Majins for Majins. By the time the movie was over, the three roommates were fast asleep.
The Next Day
Pearl was woken up by the smell of chocolate chip pancakes and hash browns. She saw that Kenshiro and Barit were in the kitchen already, making breakfast. "Morning sleepy head," Kenshiro told her, "I told Barit that you were chosen, so we decided to make some extra for you." Pearl rarely handled the cooking, the fact was that the typical Majin diet was so sugary it could probably seriously harm a human who ate too much of it. So Kenshiro usually handled cooking and cleaning the kitchen, while Barit got his room and the living room, while Pearl took out the trash, cleaned the bathrooms, and kept hers and Kenshiro's room clean. "So, what's on the agenda for today?" Kenshiro asked. "I think I might train some this afternoon, and do some shopping," Pearl said as they all sat down for breakfast.
After eating, Pearl got on her purple and black gi and headed out with Kenshiro. The two of them raced each other until they reached the Bamboo Forest District. Under the shade of the bamboo they assumed their fighting stances. "First one to ten points wins," Kenshiro reminded Pearl. "Go!" they both yelled. In the blink of an eye the entire Bamboo District was filled with the sound of fists clashing. Pearl and Kenshiro had sparred each other many times, they lost track of the exact number, ever since he had started helping her train. At first she couldn't even keep up, but for the last month Pearl had been putting Kenshiro on the defensive. For five minutes the two of them struggled to avoid getting hit, dodging and blocking strikes from each other with all their skill. Pearl suddenly avoided a punch and grabbed Kenshiro, "One, two, three, aanndd," Pearl stretched back and rammed her knees into Kenshiro's back, "Four!" Kenshiro quickly jumped up and powered up ki in his hands, "You brought this on yourself Pearly!"
Kenshiro blasted a barrage of small ki balls at Pearl, forcing her to dodge and deflect them as fast as she could, but there were too many, and she got hit by six of them. "Good one, Kenny," Pearl said, but then surprised him when she put two fingers on her head and Instant Transmissioned behind him. Kenshiro jumped forward in time to avoid Pearl's ki ball, but then she hit him with a small Kamehameha Wave, and followed up with a fast kick to his stomach before jumping back and blasting his face with two ki balls. "That's eight!" Pearl excitedly said. "Alright, then I guess it's time for me to get serious," Kenshiro said, and suddenly a red aura erupted around him, "Kaioken Times Three!" Kenshiro was a blur as he quickly ran to Pearl. The Majin girl struggled to block Kenshiro's punches, but he was so fast she could barely keep up. Suddenly he hit her so hard that her arms were knocked away, and Kenshiro went in for the kill, landing four fast blows to Pearl's stomach.
Kenshiro ended the Kaioken and sat down next to the defeated Pearl. "When did you learn THAT?" she asked him. "Yesterday," Kenshiro said after catching his breath, "Man, it's a good thing I didn't use that any longer, it feels like all my muscles are cramping up, including ones I didn't even know I had." "After only 12.3 seconds. No wonder Goku was in so much pain after going Kaioken Times Four during his first battle with Vegeta," Pearl commented. The two of them stayed down and caught their breath for five minutes before getting up and walking to the Shopping District. Pearl bought about twelve healing capsules along with their usual groceries, while Kenshiro helped her carry them. On the way back to their apartment they heard a weird voice call out, "PPEEEAAARRRLLLLL! KEENNNSSHHIIIRRROOOOO!"
They turned around and saw a weird looking Saiyan hybrid with bright green skin and grey eyes with a scar on his right eye and blue hair, wearing Nappa's gear and holding a capsule. "Yes?" Pearl asked as the Saiyan-hybrid ran up to them. "Nice to meet ya, I'm Praxtic. I'm an interdimensional traveler, going all throughout the Multiverse, you could say that I'm a fellow Time Patroller," the Saiyan hybrid introduced himself. "Uh, hello? Did you need anything, Praxtic-san?" Pearl asked. The guy frankly seemed like he was half-nuts, but she knew that when it came to time travel, anything was possible. After all, Soon-sensei was summoned from an alternate reality, why shouldn't there be someone traveling throughout the Multiverse? "A guy I met said that you might need this," Praxtic said and handed over the capsule, "He says that inside is an Interdimensional Cable Box that will let you view other dimensions, as well as any show you want. Plus a DVD Player with a DVD you might like." "Really?" a skeptical Kenshiro said.
"Uh huh!" Praxtic proudly said, "Well, I've completed my mission, on to the next dimension. See you guys later!" Praxtic pulled out some kind of laser gun and blasted the air behind him. A green portal opened up and Praxtic jumped in, and the green portal closed behind him. "Well…that was interesting," Pearl said. "I think I might believe that nutjob now," Kenshiro said as they got to their apartment. Barit helped them put their groceries away and as soon as they were put away Pearl clicked on the capsule and tossed it to the floor. With a small poof, there in the middle of the living room were the items Praxtic told them were there. Pearl set up the Interdimensional Cable Box and DVD Player. She also found a note and read it aloud for Barit and Kenshiro, "To Kenshiro and Pearl,
I wish you the best in your path to protect your world. Be careful and so forth. Here's an Interdimensional Cable Box where you can watch any possible show in the multiverse. It literally has infinite channels. You might be able to see another world where the hero is someone else. Wish you the best,
Rick Merkowshi, Merch.
P.S. That DVD player has a DVD in it. Play it because you'll learn something. :)"
"This is starting to remind me of a book I read about a guy that went to alternate dimensions," Barit said as Pearl read the manual. "What happened in it?" Kenshiro asked. "He went to other dimensions and literally fucked himself," Barit bluntly stated. "Yeesh," Kenshiro said as Pearl turned on the TV. And started flipping through channels. And flipping, and flipping. After an hour Barit finally said, "Yeah, there's infinite channels. What about that DVD?" "Let's see," Pearl said, and set it up as well. The DVD turned on and the title said, 'Cell vs. Kenshiro'. "What!?" they all yelled. They then watched as a man who wore clothes similar to their Kenshiro, but taller with normal Earthling skin tone and even more muscular fought Cell, and blew him up just by punching him rapidly. "Wow…" Pearl said. "Dim Mak, times a billion," Kenshiro said. "Huh?" Barit asked. "Ancient techniques, thought to be lost until recently, where one kills their opponent with a single strike. My Mom told me about them, but she thought they were all lost," Kenshiro explained. "Apparently not," Pearl said, "at least not lost in another dimension of the multiverse."
Thank you to yoshi3000 for the Interdimensional Cable Box. Next chapter we'll get back on track with some Parallel Quests. I'll try to balance Pearl's life with the Xenoverse 2 story when I can.