Chapter 5: A Comforting Date and Meeting a Kunoichi
After speaking with the Supreme Kai of Time, Trunks, and Soon-sensei, Pearl left the Time Nest and ran through Conton City straight to her apartment, trying to ignore the looks people gave the blood spattered Majin. She opened up her apartment door and made a beeline for the bathroom. She quickly stripped off all her clothes and put the shower on as hot as it could go before cooling the temperature to a more tolerable temperature. I killed Nappa… I'm so strong now… Pearl looked at her hands as the blood came off them, she honestly didn't think she would ever become so powerful. As she got her body wash out and started cleaning her body she thought about her life before…
TEN YEARS AGO
"Come on Pearl!" Buudikka encouraged. The ten-year old Majin girl struggled with her chin ups, while her younger siblings were going through them like gravity wasn't even a thing. "Just ten more, give me ten more," her mother said. Pearl was sweating as she got her chin up, and then a second, and third. "Pearl, your little brother Jasper is doing this easily, you can do it too, I know you can," the red skinned Majin said as Pearl made her fifth chin up. Pearl held on, struggling to make it as she did her seventh. Three more, and she would make a hundred. That was her goal now. It was so low compared to her younger brother Jasper, whose goals for exercise were in the thousands. Gotta do it! Mama says I can! The young Majin girl thought as she made her eighth, her body wanting to quit. "That's it Jasper, Jade! You keep going too, Amber!" the Majin woman encouraged her other children to keep pushing themselves, pride evident in her voice.
I'm the oldest! I have to be strong! Pearl thought as she made her ninety-ninth chin up. "Look at Jasper, Pearl, he's already doing more than two thousand! You're older than him, I know you can be strong like him! You're on your last chin up!" Buudikka encouraged her oldest child. Pearl struggled, breathing hard, I gotta make Mama proud! She thought, as her chin rose over the bar. That's when her strength finally gave out. She would have hit the ground if Buudikka hadn't quickly grabbed her as she fell. "Alright, that's enough for today, you are all getting so strong, my precious ones," she said as the rest of her children stopped, still having enough energy for more. "Alright," their father, Glutto said from their house, "It's time for dinner!" "YYYYAAAAAAAYYYYYY!" three of the Majin children yelled as they ran in.
Buudikka was carrying the exhausted Pearl to their home and the little Majin girl asked, "Mama, why am I so weak? Jasper and Amber and Jade are so strong like you, why not me?" Buudikka stopped and hugged her daughter, "My precious Pearl, I don't know. There are so many things out there. Maybe, you're not destined to be a warrior, like I am. Maybe, there's something else waiting for you."
PRESENT TIME
Mama, you were wrong, and right. There was something else waiting for me. It looks like I was destined to be a warrior like you, an even greater warrior, Pearl thought as she washed. There was a knock on the door and Barit said, "Um, Pearl, I don't know how to put this delicately, so I'll get to the point. Are you on your period?" Pearl stopped washing as she thought about how to answer her roommate's question. "No, Barit. Majins don't have periods. On my last mission, I got splattered with blood, I'm sorry I left stains," she answered. "Okay," the Namekian said, "I'll start cleaning. I take it that your mission went well?" "Yes, the Supreme Kai of Time and Elder Kai said I did a great job on it," Pearl answered as she turned the water off. Pearl dried off, wrapped herself in a towel and came out of the bathroom seeing Barit using a spray on the bloodstains she left on the floor. "I'm sorry Barit. I was just so eager to get cleaned up…" Pearl apologized. Barit shrugged, "At least you have a good reason. So, who did you kill?" "Nappa, in his Great Ape form," Pearl answered as she headed for hers and Kenshiro's room, leaving a stunned Barit behind her.
Pearl put on the weighted wrist bands and boots Kenshiro gave her, as well as her glasses and Light Heart Suit pants and shirt. She came out of the room and asked Barit, "Where's Kenny?" "He's out training some Time Patrol recruits right now at the Bamboo District," Barit told her. "Thanks, Barit," Pearl said as she headed out. Pearl ran to the Bamboo District, relishing how her muscles were straining as she ran as fast as she could. I might have to start wearing these all the time when I'm not on missions… Maybe I can make them heavier? Pearl thought about her Majin Magic, she rarely used it for materialization, but maybe it could be used to increase density?
Pearl thought about this as she finally saw Kenshiro and the Time Patrollers he was helping to train. They were all doing pushups, some regular, others one handed, others were doing clapping pushups, or even hand stand pushups depending on their strength. Kenshiro was sweating profusely as he was doing one handed hand stand pushups on his fingertips. The sweat was dripping off his muscular body, mostly revealed since he was shirtless. She could tell that they were almost done, so Pearl made sure not to distract them as she started doing one handed pushups. After ten minutes, Kenshiro finally stopped and stood up, "Alright, good job everyone. You're all improving immensely. I'll see you in three days, for now, make sure you get plenty of rest." "See you later Kenshiro," Tufu said as he walked away. "Later," Kunel said. "Call me some time," Chicori said, and actually handed him her phone number. "Uh, I already got a girlfriend," Kenshiro said, and gave Chicori back her phone number.
The rest of the Time Patrollers in training said their goodbyes, and Kenshiro watched them leave. Pearl saw he was distracted and quietly snuck up behind him and wrapped him up in a hug, "Hi Kenny!" Kenshiro looked behind him and gave her a kiss before saying, "Sorry Pearl, but I'm not done training, yet." "Oh? What else is there?" she asked, "Weapons? Legs?" "No, I'm thinking I wanna try that Hokuto Shinken style the other Kenshiro uses," the Earthling explained. "Really? You think you can use that?" she asked as she let him go. "Who knows?" Kenshiro said, "We live in a city where people fly under their own power, there's a giant dragon in the sky, and we can summon a dragon to wish for anything, even turning your skin purple! Why not try a martial art that lets you blow people up?" Pearl thought about this, and said, "You got a good point… But why would you want to use it?" Kenshiro looked at Pearl. She thought she saw sadness in his eyes before he looked away and said, "You never know what you need until you need it. I'd rather have Hokuto Shinken and never use it, than need it and not have it." Pearl was quiet and practiced her own martial arts as her boyfriend practiced techniques from Hokuto Shinken.
This could work… Pearl thought as she watched him. Kenshiro's body was incredibly fast as he performed multiple techniques to the air. After an hour of this, Kenshiro stopped, breathing heavily as he sat down. "Do you need some water?" Pearl asked him. Between gasps he said, "Yes. A lot." Pearl ran as fast as she could back to their apartment and went to the fridge and grabbed four bottles of water then ran back to him, gasping for breath herself. "Thank you, Pearl," Kenshiro said as he guzzled down two bottles of water as fast as he could. Pearl opened one herself and drank it as Kenhiro stood back up, "Alright, one more thing, then I'm done for today." Other Time Patrollers came by as Kenshiro stood still and his ki aura started to flare out. The Earthling yelled out loud enough for half of Conton City to hear him, attracting more onlookers as his ki aura seemed to shrink. Then, Kenshiro's muscles grew, almost double their usual size, and he turned into a purple blur of motion as he executed dozens of techniques to the surprise of everyone watching. Suddenly, he stopped, and his muscles shrank back to normal as he fell down on his back.
"Kenny!?" Pearl yelled as she ran to him. He was breathing deeply, and looked like he was in pain. "Hold on Kenny, there's something I can try," Pearl said, thinking to herself, Please work! Pearl lifted up her hands and surrounded Kenshiro in an aura of ki, and detected the damage he had done to his body. It's not as serious as I thought, he's mostly just exhausted himself. Pearl poured her ki into her boyfriend's body and healed the damage that she sensed throughout it, repairing damaged muscles and restoring Kenshiro's stamina. After five minutes she was done and he sat up. "You're an angel, Pearl," Kenshiro said. "What was that?" one Frost Demon asked, he was tall and muscular with a red body and no horns, and a blue face with reptilian slits for eyes. "Training in something. I still haven't perfected it," Kenshiro explained as he found his red shirt and put it on.
"Think I can learn that?" the Frost Demon asked as everyone else started to walk away. "I don't know, maybe? It depends, do Frost Demons hold back their power usually?" Kenshiro asked. "Not really, as soon as we sense danger we usually go all out, except for the Frieza Clan," the Frost Demon said. "Then I don't think I can teach you that, sorry. It's something that's supposed to bring out 100% of a human's power," Kenshiro admitted. "Nuts," the Frost Demon said, and flew off. "Well then…are you done training?" Pearl asked, "Because, I kinda want to go out right now." "You don't want me to at least shower first?" Kenshiro asked. "No," she said and leaned up next to him, "Save it for later and tonight it'll be worth it." Pearl used her biggest doe eyes look on him to spell it out for him. After a second Kenshiro grinned, "I know some places we can go."
The two of them walked arm and arm into the Business District, past a few alleys, and found a bright pink door. "What's this? A club?" Pearl asked nervously, she didn't do all that well with clubs, all those people around, the bright lights and loud music, it was pretty overwhelming for her. "No, don't worry babe, this isn't a club, it's actually a restaurant if you can believe it," Kenshiro explained as he knocked on the door. The door was opened by a small Frost Demon with golden body armor on the Hero Suit variety with green skin and all blue eyes. "Welcome to the Fantasy Lounge and Diner, I'll be your server for today," the small Frost Demon said as he let them in, "My name's Pariah by the way. Follow me." Pearl and Kenshiro followed Pariah past a number of closed cubicles, some large enough for dozens, others barely small enough for one.
"So…what is this place exactly?" Pearl asked. Pariah explained, "Here at the Fantasy Lounge and Diner we use virtual reality holograms to enhance your dining experience, hence the cubicles we passed. Everyone in them is eating while watching their preferred movie, historical scene, or nature scene while their choice in music plays around them. We prefer to keep things private during the experience so as not to bother the other guests." "Ah," Pearl said, and thought about that. She thought about what music or scene she'd want while she ate, and couldn't think of anything. "I'm stumped," she said as she and Kenshiro sat down. "I can pick," he said. "Yeah, you do that," Pearl said as Pariah handed them their menus. Pearl ordered a Hard Cherry Soda while Kenshiro had a Spiked Arnold Palmer and ordered an underwater scene with Classical music playing. Immediately walls came down from the ceiling and they were surrounded with an ocean of fish.
"Wow," Kenshiro said as Pearl was quietly awestruck at the beautiful scene and music. "How did I not hear about this place?" Pearl asked. "It's actually really new, it opened just last week. Remember a few days ago when Barit was away? He came here and really liked it. While we trained after that World Tournament PQ he told me about it. How do you like it?" Kenshiro said. "It's great," Pearl said as Pariah came with their drinks. To fit with the theme, Pearl ordered fried scallops with potatoes au gratin while Kenshiro ordered fish and chips. The two of them quietly enjoyed the scene and had two more drinks before their meals arrived. "So, how did your mission go?" Kenshiro asked as they ate.
Pearl told him everything she did and saw, Kenshiro was surprised to learn about the Goku Lookalike, Turles, and also when Pearl told him about how she killed Great Ape Nappa. Pearl was feeling the effects of the alcohol in the Hard Sodas and admitted, "I'm afraid of how strong I'm getting." Kenshiro stopped eating when he heard that and said, "Huh? Why? You've got a good handle on it." "I know," Pearl said, "But, I didn't think it would happen this fast." She took a moment to compose her thoughts and said, "You know how weak I've been my whole life. I'm…not used to being strong. It's exciting, but terrifying at the same time to know that I can actually kill people if I'm not careful." Kenshiro reached out and grabbed Pearl's hand, "Pearl, you have nothing to worry about. I've watched you grow over the last year. This is your power, you own it, you can control it. Yes, you can kill people, a lot of us can. But we won't. There's thousands of Time Patrollers, but the Supreme Kai of Time chose you, not me, or any of the others. I don't think she'd choose you if she didn't trust you."
"Thanks, Kenny. How about we head back home, for 'dessert'?" Pearl said with 'the look' in her eyes. Kenshiro heartily agreed and quickly paid and left Pariah a good tip.
Two Hours Later
The two of them were wrapped up in each other. This was the kind of sex she loved the most, when she could feel almost every muscle of his body, smell his sweat, taste his body, all of it. Almost there, the big finish, and he gently pulled her tentacles, and she could only scream out loud as pleasure in its rawest form soared through her body. The two of them just laid there together, looking into each other's eyes.
"It's nice to see that you have your Father's stamina," a woman's voice sounded. Pearl and Kenshiro quickly looked at their open window and saw an honest to Shenron Ninja standing there in a white outfit. The ninja removed its mask to show a woman with pure white skin only marred by a single scar on her left cheek, black hair tied in a bun, and dark blue eyes. Pearl was paralyzed, HOW LONG WAS SHE WATCHING!? HOW DID SHE SNEAK IN!? HOW DOES SHE KNOW KENNY!? Kenshiro's whole body turned red as he tried to cover himself and Pearl as the Ninja Woman slid into their room and said, "Oh come now, you're not hiding anything I haven't seen before." "K-Kenny, who is she?" Pearl whispered. Kenshiro answered when he said, "M-Mom, d-did you have to come in t-t-through the window?"
MOM!? Pearl immediately hid herself under the covers and screamed into a pillow. "M-Mom! What the Hell!?" Kenshiro finally managed as he stood up. "Oh, it's nothing to be ashamed of, your Father was an amazing lover, the best I ever had. I was worried that you didn't inherit that from him, though after what I saw I'd say you might just surpass him," Kenshiro's Mother said. Pearl screamed even louder into a pillow and tried to think of what she could possibly say to her. Kenshiro's Mother made that decision for her when she yanked off the covers to see Pearl in all her glory. "Ah, so you are Pearl. Kenshiro told me everything about you. It's very nice to meet you dear, you may call me Shurayuki, or Yuki for short if you prefer," Shurayuki, Kenshiro's Mother, said as Pearl looked at her. Shurayuki had a genuinely kind smile on her face, you'd never guess she had just watched Pearl and Kenshiro fucking like rabbits.
"H-h-hellllloo," Pearl managed to squeak. Shurayuki chuckled at Pearl and turned to her son, "I'll just go sleep on your couch. Feel free to carry on." With that, the Ninja Woman left the room, shutting the door behind her. "Oh Shin, oh Chronoa, oh Kami, oh Dende, oh Shenron, oh Porunga, oh Beerus, oh Yemma, oh HHHOOOLLLYYY SSSHHHIIITTT!" Pearl screamed out loud. Kenshiro managed to calm her down and get the covers back on the bed. After fifteen of their most awkward moments together, barring their first time, Pearl finally worked up her courage and said, "So…your Mother's…a ninja." "She prefers the proper term for a female ninja, kunoichi. But, yes. Mom's the one that taught me everything I know about…a lot of stuff, especially fighting," Kenshiro said. "Oh," Pearl said. That was all they said for the rest of the night.
Next Morning
Pearl and Kenshiro woke up to the sound of Barit and Shurayuki laughing. "Oh boy," Kenshiro sighed. "What's wrong?" Pearl asked. Kenshiro blushed a little as he got up and got dressed, "Let's just say that my Mom is very…adventurous when it comes to sex. Part of it is because she's a kunoichi, and had to use every tool she had for assassinations, and part of it is just because she likes sex." "Um…define 'adventurous'," Pearl asked as she got dressed in a black tracksuit, with her weighted wristbands and boots. Kenshiro bluntly stated, "She's gonna try to sleep with every sentient being in the city that's not in a monogamous relationship while she's here. Oh, for the love of Shin, why me?" "Relax, I mean come on, Barit's a Namekian, they can't have sex…I think," Pearl tried to say. "Look, I know that I didn't paint Mom in a good light just now, but she's not that bad. She's pretty good when you get to know her, and plus I could tell that she likes you already," Kenshiro said as he and Pearl left their room.
They saw Barit and Shuryuki sitting at the table with two plates of eggs sunny side up and toast, Barit was laughing as Shurayuki finished, "And poor Jinbei was just staring at us all while Kamiki screamed her head off about how we ruined her garden." "Oh great, she's telling him about the first time I used ki," Kenshiro said. "Oh, there you are. I was worried that you might have exhausted yourselves last night, I was going to wake you both up soon," Shurayuki said. Barit wiped a few tears from his eyes, "Oh man, you seriously destroyed your grandparent's garden?" "Yyyeeah," Kenshiro said, "I mean, come on, it was the first time I ever used ki, I didn't know how to control it at the time!" "Your grandmother still won't let me go anywhere near the garden. I take one step in its direction, and she threatens me with a sickle," Shurayuki said, and Pearl had to laugh at that.
Pearl remembered her manners though and quickly stopped and bowed to Kenshiro's Mother, "It's very nice to meet you, Shurayuki-san." Shurayuki stood up and bowed back, "It's very nice to meet you as well, Pearl-kun. But you don't have to stand on ceremony, I told you last night you can just call me by my name, or my nickname, whichever you'd prefer." "I think I'll just stick with your full name then, Shurayuki," Pearl said and bowed again. Shurayuki chuckled, "Oh son, you managed to find a true Yamato Nadeshiko. All she needs is a kimono and a Tsubaki tree to tend." "Pearl's not that submissive," Kenshiro said, then shut his mouth hard enough his teeth clicked. "Oh well, hurry up and eat your breakfast before it gets cold," Shurayuki said as Pearl and Kenshiro got their own plates. They were about halfway done when a green portal opened up and Praxtic once again came out, this time in a blue and green set of Saiyan armor in Vegeta's style.
"Helloooo! I came for another delivery!" the half-crazy half-Saiyan said as he put down a package. "A few eggs should cover the cost," Praxtic said, and took two each of Pearl's and Kenshiro's eggs sunny side up, after coating them almost black with pepper. "So, Praxtic," Kenshiro said, trying not to get mad at the theft of his breakfast, "Who's our mysterious benefactor?" Praxtic finished the last peppery egg before saying, "He is a reality warper from another dimension, he prefers to be called Merch. He's been watching you guys, and thinks that you deserve a few things for all your troubles. He explains a few things in a letter in…the…package. HELL-O to you!" Praxtic said as he got close to Shurayuki. "So, Praxtic-san, where do you come from?" she asked with a very nice smile.
"Oh I'm from an alternate universe of Toki Toki City, I wanted to see what other dimensions were like, so I made this," Praxtic said, and showed her his Transdimensional Gun. Shurayuki looked at it and said, "My, you must be very good with your hands to make something so ingenious." Kenshiro just turned around and said, "You know, Mom, you can go somewhere else, for a little bit. This is actually the day of the week we usually clean up the apartment. Maybe Praxtic can show you around? I'll call you when it's all done." "That's a fantastic idea, Kenshi. What do you think, Praxtic-san?" "Certainly," Praxtic said as he offered her his arm. She took it, and the two of them left the apartment.
"Uh, is she- and he-" "Don't make me think about that. As long as I don't see it, I don't care," Kenshiro interrupted Barit, "Let's just clean up." And the three of them got to work, Praxtic's Package left in Pearl and Kenshiro's room for the time being.