School has resumed and is currently kicking my butt, so it's been hard to find time to write this chapter. Still, out of my love of procrastination, namely when it comes to school work, here's the chapter.
The sun was barely over the horizon and Shin was wide awake. He hovered into the bathroom. He glanced at himself in the mirror and ran his hand through his Mohawk. I'm going to need a trim soon, he thought to himself. He drifted over to the shower and let the warm water cleanse him.
As he stepped out of the bathroom, wrapped in a clean white bath towel, the smell of brewing coffee tickled his nose. Mrs. Briefs must be fixing breakfast, I should go help, he told himself. He hurriedly got dressed then drifted down the stairway. As he turned the corner, his mouth dropped open at the scene…he couldn't believe it.
Bulma was pushed up against the counter locking lips with her Sayian Prince. Vegeta held her by her slender waist, both their eyes closed in the moment of passion. Kaioshin tried to bring himself to say something but the words wouldn't come. The scene in itself was shocking enough….. but the thoughts that were emitting from the couple caused him to blush. Oh my….he thought to himself as and image of Bulma showing off in dark blue lingere for her husband flooded into his mind. He shook his head trying to rattle the image he'd just gotten…but a part of him wanted to see what was next. Bad Kai! Stop thinking about it! He verbally punished himself then severed the mental connection he had with the couple.
Shin started to turn around and leave, hoping if he left soon enough the thoughts would leave, too, but it was then that Bulma broke the kiss. She opened her eyes slowly, still in blissful state, that is, until her eyes caught a glimpse of the blushing kai trying to flee the scene.
"Oh, uh, Kaioshin," She quickly nudged Vegeta, who then whirled around and saw the purple kai. Vegeta began to walk off towards their bedroom muttering something about taking a cold shower.
"Um…good morning Mrs. Briefs," Kaioshin said turning around, avoiding eye contact with the woman.
For a while she tried to engage Shin in small talk. Finally, she remembered his special ability of mind reading. Then recalled her more than pure thoughts she had displayed about her rendezvous with Vegeta just a moment earlier. Soon her face was covered in a small blush. "I'm so sorry….I didn't meant to…" the blush vanished and her eyes began to twinkle, "I've got an idea."
"Umm…" Bra rolled over into sitting position on her bed. She glanced at the clock on her dresser, it was past 10 o clock. After her usual yawn and stretch she made her way over to her closet and looked excitedly for a cute outfit. Today she'd promised Shin she'd take him out to learn more about earth. "Gahh! What should we do first?" she asked herself while she rummaged through her massive closet.
Meanwhile, Shin and Kibito were sweating bullets. Bulma's idea was to see if she could create something that would defend against his mind reading ability. Shin's dark eyes jumped frantically from one flashing panel to another. He'd never been a "test subject" before, quite frankly the idea of being studied freaked him out. Still, he didn't want to displease the woman showing him so much hospitality.
He looked over at Kibito, who had his eyes closed, looking for the most part, completely calm about being a test subject. "Relax a little, Shin." Bulma tried to calm down her nervous little test subject. "I told you it wouldn't hurt. Now close your eyes and breathe evenly. I might need you to answer a few questions."
"Alright…" He replied meekly. He heard Kibito chuckle slightly and tried to ignore it.
"You cannot read Kibito's mind, right?" Bulma inquired.
"That is only partially true. I can read his mind if I am allowed to do so." Shin replied.
"If allowed…so how does he stop you from reading his thoughts?" Her questionnaire continued.
"It is like a force field." He cleared his throat. "As for allowing me to read his mind, I believe it is like that device you all use…a cell phone is what you call it I think." He grinned, figuring he was closer to a more direct answer than before.
Bulma paced, she was in deep thought. Force fields…energy…maybe Kibito emitted an type of energy that acted as a repellent to Shin's ability. "Shin, try and read Kibito's mind. Kibito, don't let him in…I've got some tests to run." Both Shin and and his guardian began working on the tasks assigned to them, closing their eyes in deep concentration.
The blue-haired teen stood proudly in front of her full length mirror. Smirking confidently, she spoke to herself, "Bra Briefs," she paused a moment to flip her hair, "I don't know how you do it…you've just so fabulous! Look up stylish and I know your picture's beside it." She giggled about her typical morning compliments. She was adorned in one of Ed Hardy's infamous shirts, as well as his designer skinny jeans. She topped it of with black knee high boots and a few pieces of flamboyant jewelry.
Bra stepped into the hallway and leased cautiously to her guest's door. She lifted her hands as if to knock, but lost her nerve and found it back at her side. Why was she so nervous? All she had to do was knock, but what if she was disturbing him? Disturbing the future ruler of the universe… I won't know if he's ready unless I knock.
She managed a soft rap on his door, "Shin?" she called out a bit quietly. No answer. A few more aggressive beats on the door face. "Shin, you awake?" She called louder. More silence. "I'm coming in." Bra announced, slowly pushing the door open. She flipped the light switch, to her surprise no one was in the room. She peered into the bathroom. No one was there. The only evidence was the that the room was occupied was the partially dissolved soap in the tray.
Maybe's he's downstairs, she thought. She hurried downstairs rushing from room to room trying to find the purple deity. She couldn't find a trace of him, her mother, or Kibito. When she decided to give up her search and flopped down in one of the vacant living room chairs her father rounded the corner.
"What are you up to?" Vegeta asked, his voice loosing some of its usual gruffness.
"I was looking for Shin, but I can't find him. I wanted to take him out to one of those American style restaurants in town. I figured he'd like a new breakfast experience…Have you eaten breakfast already?"
Vegeta smirked, "Not yet, unfortunately you mother got hit with an idea of some sort and is in the lab running an experiment. I'm sure the kais are there with her."
Bra's eyes lit up, she kissed her father on the cheek, "Thanks, Daddy!" With that she rushed to the stairs that would led her to her mother's lab. When she entered it appeared her mother had finished her experiment.
"-for the data, I should have a solution soon." Bulma said, taking time to shake both Kaioshin and Kibito's hands.
Bra stood in the doorway, she spoke up, "Good morning." She hugged her mother and waved at their guests. She announce her plans about the morning with Shin. Her mother approved as did Kibito. It was at that moment she noticed their very…different apparel. "Wow…you're dressed…differently." She wasn't sure how to phrase the question she wanted to ask him in a polite fashion.
The purple kai chuckled and his bodyguard tried to hide a grin. "Yes, Bra, what I'm wearing is traditional attire on my home planet," he hesitated a brief moment as if in thought, "Kibito, I believe our choice of dress may bring undesired attention when we go out…"
She looked up into space trying to imagine a population of people dressed in a similar fashion. "Don't worry, Shin, I've got you covered. Follow me."
Obediently he followed her. In a matter of minutes he found himself in the northern wing of the house. They walked into a darkened room. With a sudden motion Bra flipped on the light switch. The room was incredibly large, and in it were what appeared to be endless amounts of clothing.
"This is Trunk's junk clothing closet. It's where he puts the thing's he's out grown or doesn't like to wear anymore. As you can see he's a packrat." She laughed and grabbed a pair of dark colored jeans with a bleached front, the price tag still dangled on them. "He never even wore these." She examined them closely, "They were too small for him, but they might fit you. Head's up!" She tossed the pair of pants at Shin and he caught them with little effort. She muddled around a few minutes and they finally decided on his outfit: a simple white long-sleeved shirt, the dark wash jeans, and a pair of red chuck's to add a little more color to the mix.
She observed her work. The pants were a little to long, but folding them under did wonders. "You look good, Shin…" she complimented him.
"Why thank you, Bra," his smile dripped with unearthly amounts of charm, "I must say you look lovely."
"Oh...uh thank you," She managed to say while attempting hide her blush from the prince that stood less than 3 feet away from her. "You ready to go?" She asked, not looking him in the eye.
"Whenever you are." He replied, his voice smooth as ice.
On their way out of the door they waved goodbye to Bulma and Kibito. Bra was headed towards her car but Shin apparently had other ideas. He was levitating 20 feet in the air! "Shin, get down from there!" Bra yelled, startling the poor little kai.
"But don't you think flying is faster?" He replied softly, feet firmly planted on the ground once again.
"It is faster, but majority of people can't fly." She explained to him. "That's why most people drive cars, a much more common form of transportation."
"Oh…I did not know this, I suppose I was wrong in my assumptions that most humans could fly, like Videl." He clasped his hand on the back of his neck. A trudged over to Bra's convertible.
During drive across town, Bra was surprised about how little Shin actually knew about the earth. He had so many questions, and was so amazed by the sights outside the passenger side window. In a few minutes she pulled into the I-hop's parking lot.
"Here we are!" She announced proudly.
Shin's dark eyes lit up with curiosity, as she led him into the restaurant. Soon they were seated and Kaioshin was still looking around like a kid in a toy store.
When the waitress came to take orders Shin still couldn't decide what he wanted, "I would like the…sausage links and…no, I apologize, I would like the bacon slices…actually the smoked ham looks delightful…" His inability to make a decision was beginning to irritate the waitress. He took notice of this, "I will just have whatever she is having." He told the waitress.
Bra was trying to contain her laughter. He's so proper! she thought to herself, Nobody around here sound's like that, it's got to be another "prince" thing. Still, I have to admit I like his voice…It's so suave. She dabbled off into telling Shin about common ways people on earth have fun. Bra couldn't help but notice how his eyes held this child-like wonder, he was genuinely fascinated by every word. Shin was just so adorable it was ridiculous…He's so…innocent, she thought. Just as she finish her thought, the waitress came carrying their platters. They both contained 3 eggs, 2 sausage links, 2 slices of bacon, and 3 pancakes, along with a steaming cup of coffee and slice of cake.
It smells delicious, Shin thought to himself. He observed as Bra unwrapped her silverware and pulled out the fork, then the knife and began to slice her pancakes. He crudely tried to mimic her actions. Every now and then she corrected the grip on his utensils. Nevertheless, he struggled, but to him it was worth it.
Food repeated feel off his fork. His pancake cutting was horrible. Bra smiled, he seemed to be enjoying his meal. When nothing remained on his plate aside from, the cake on the small saucer beside him, he spoke up, "American breakfast is absolutely amazing! I have never tasted anything as wonderful as pancakes." He beamed.
"I'm so happy your enjoying it," she replied positioning her cake slice in front of her, then taking a sip of coffee. "You know what I love, coffee and cake." She position a piece of cake on her fork and took a bite, almost immediately sipped from her mug. "It's just something about sweets and coffee that just tastes so good to me."
Shin pick up his fork and put a piece of the cake on his tongue. As the enchanting flavor-the sheer sweetness of the cake engulfed his taste buds. In that moment his life was complete. In his mind, pancakes, as good as they were, could no longer hold a light to cake.
Bra watched, as Kaioshin downed the slice of cake in less than a minute. "I take it you like cake?" She giggled.
"This…is cake…I cannot describe remarkable it tastes." He shrugged, "Maybe I am being greedy, but I truly desire another piece of cake."
The gears in Bra's mind began to turn, "I've got an idea…" After paying their bill the two stood outside. She took a hurried step forward, "Follow m-" he words were cut off as the ground rushed forward to meet her. She braced herself for impact with the concrete…but it didn't happen. Suddenly, was she back upright and with that her ability to think came back. She was then aware of the strong arms wrapped around her waist…the warm body she was pressed against.
"Are you alright?" Shin asked genuinely concerned, his voice as smooth as a baby's bottom.
Her heart beat rapidly in her chest, it was so loud she was sure he could hear it, too. "I…uh" she glanced up at his eyes. Oh my gosh, how does he expect a girl to think of a coherent response when he' staring at you with those gorgeous eyes… she looked away, "I'm fine…uh come on let's go." How am I fine. I almost ate asphalt in front of the cutest guy in a 3 mile radius! She continued her thoughts, walking quickly but carefully in front of Shin. I bet he think's I'm a loser that can't even put one foot in front of the other. Uggh! Cute guys always make me so freaking nervous! Get it together Bra!
As they turned the corner she looked back at Shin. With each step his Mohawk bounced. His had held his elbow at an awkward position. Her eyes made their way to his delicate face, wait, was that blush she saw? She shook her head and tried to clear her head.
"This is it," she said trying to regain her composure, "Mikey's Bakery." As she pushed open the door, the smell of fresh baked goodies tickle their noses. "They've got tons of cakes here. I'll buy you one."
To her surprise Shin was silent. He observed the cakes on the shelves he pretended to be interested, but something else was obviously on his mind, she knew that much. Shin fumbled around a little while longer then finally decided he'd try a simple chocolate cake. She bought if for him and he told her how thankful he was for her kindness.
The ride back home was a quiet one, much different from the journey that had made earlier. Bra pondered what the problem was, but she never could bring herself to ask him what was wrong.
The red convertible pulled into the driveway and the two swiftly exited the car, Shin carried his package with great care. Just as the two walked into the kitchen, Bulma piped up, "You two have a good time?" she said, fumbling with a couple of necklaces on the kitchen counter.
Bra replied, "I think so, you did enjoy your meal and I found out he likes cake." She told her mother, motioning towards the box Shin handled with great delicacy.
Shin gave a slight smile, "Yes, Mrs. Briefs, I must admit cake along with the breakfast we ate is like nothing I have ever eaten before."
"Glad to hear it," Bulma replied. "Oh, by the way I whipped up this mind barrier while you were gone…" She placed one of the necklaces she had been fumbling with around her neck.
"What would you need a mind barrier for?" Bra inquired. Her mother didn't have much reason for one….or so she thought.
"Oh….I guess I forgot to tell you…Kaioshin here has the unique ability to read minds, he-" she was cut off by her daughter.
"HE CAN READ MINDS?" Bra gasped.
Yea so in this chapter we learned our favorite kai has a sweet tooth. I got the cake and coffee thing from my aunt, she likes it for whatever reason. And Bra now knows Kaioshin is mind reader…but Bulma might just have a way to defend against his ability…more and more things are about to happen, some things you might like, some things you might not. If you've got any suggestions just write me. Please read/review, I wanna improve.