It wasn't long before an opening appeared in the trees. He slowly descended pulling the girl a little closer to him. She tensed at the sudden change of pace tightening her grip around his neck making them both blush.
When his feet were finally planted on the ground he was about to put her down when something made him stop. He was staring in two of the most beautiful eyes that he had ever seen. He had never seen eyes that deep like the depths of the ocean. His breathe caught as he sunk in deeper and deeper until she snapped him out of his trance.
"Uh, you can put me down now," she smiled at him.
He turned a deep red color as he put her down softly. They were hesitant to look at each other so they both stared at the ground nervously.
"Um, thank you, for saving me," she still refused to look up at him as she clasped her hands in front of her. They were getting sweaty as she became more and more nervous.
He closed his eyes putting his hand nervously behind his neck. "Oh, it was nothing," he said with a big smile.
She giggled a little at his nervousness. "What's your name?" she asked trying to get him to look at him.
He looked down at her, "Gohan. What's yours?"
"My name's Jade."
Suddenly remembering what he had wanted to ask her. "Where did you learn how to do that, Jade?"
She looked up at him confused as she cocked her head to the side slightly. "Do what?"
He smiled. She looks like a puppy when she does that. Especially with those eyes. "Where did you learn how to use your energy like that to make that blast?"
He was confused when he saw her shoulders slump and turn her attention back to the ground. "Oh, you saw that," she said softly.
Did I say something wrong? "What's wrong?"
"I-I-I didn't know you saw that. Now you probably think I'm weird," she slumped down even more.
Gohan started laughing as he closed his eyes and lifted his head back.
Anger rose in Jade as she watched Gohan laughing. "Just because I'm different doesn't mean you have to be a jerk about it!" she screamed before taking off running. She became even more angered when he appeared in front of her STILL LAUGHING. How did he do that? She thought she had been fast enough to leave him in the dust, but he apparently was much faster.
"STOP LAUGHING AT ME!"
"I'm sorry Jade, it's just-"
"It's just what?!"
His laughing died down a little. "It's just, I can do the same thing," he said as he raised his hand to emit an energy blast that destroyed a nearby rock.
Jade's eyes lit up at the sight. She looked up at him with her eyes glowing. "Yo- you mean I'm not the only one?" she asked excitedly.
"The only one what?" he asked cocking his head as she had done.
"The only one who can do that and is really strong and really fast," her voice rising as her words spilled out fast. She had always felt alone in the world, always an outcast as she learned about her strength.
FLASHBACK
"Oww, stop it, please," cried a small boy being picked on by a few bigger kids.
"Leave him alone!" Jade cried.
"And what are you going to do about it?" asked a tall lanky boy who was a lot bigger than her.
Jade didn't say anything, but only stared at him angrily.
"That's what I thought. So shut up and stay out of this," he attempted to push her out of the way, but was stopped by a fist that sent him flying across the playground with great force.
"Wow, how'd she do that?" the witnesses all asked.
Jade smiled a little to herself thinking that maybe she'd make friends now that everyone saw that she wasn't a wimp, but she was wrong.
"What a freak! That girl is so weird! Did you see the way that kid flew? She's probably an alien or something…"
Jade's eyes teared up as she ran away making sure they wouldn't know that she was crying.
End Flashback
Maybe he's just like me?
She smiled up at him hoping that she was right. "Does that mean you have a tail too?" she said as the belt unraveled into a long monkey-type tail.
Gohan's eyes widened as his jaw dropped. "Yo- you have a tail?!"
Jade felt horrified at his reaction, wanting so bad to just run away, but Gohan continued.
"You're a Saiyan?" he just about yelled.