Before we begin, I have some good news, and some bad news. The bad news is that I just lost my beta. The good news is that she's got a job. So congratulations Saiyansweetheart. Let's see here, last time there were a lot of questions and even fewer answers. This time there will be some questions answered. There will be a few more questions and they will be answered at a later time. The only thing I own in this story is Temari! Nothing else!
Ch. 3 Questions answered
Bulma and Temari return long before anyone showed up. She didn't want to buy too many things clinging on the hope that she would go home very soon. No one could blame her for that, not even Vegeta would.
It was fifteen minuets before any of the guests were to show up, Temari dressed in what she was going to ware for the evening. It was a a nice white blouse, blue jeans, and black heals. One problem, she still had a nasty bruise on her right arm form her sparing match with Vegeta. She went to the bathroom to get the makeup that Bulma insisted that she should get to maybe conceal it, when she sees a spray can with a bean on the label it read 'Senzu Spray'. (Idea from HurricaneGohan94)
Flashback:
"Bulma-chan." Temari said trying to sound causal.
"Hai, Temari-chan?" Bulma asked.
"Your tou-san never told me how I was healed."
"Oh that's because he doesn't know much about that stuff. Vegeta gave you what's called a senzu bean."
"What's that?"
"It's a small bean with a lot of power. It speeds healing so fast that's there's practically nothing left of your injuries. But then again, there are some things that it can't fix."
"Like what?" Temari asked timidly. She was frightened at the prospect of the super healing bean not being able to save her.
"The heart virus, but you don't have to worry about it, because if it wasn't for Mari-Trunks then we wouldn't have had the cure for it."
"Mari Trunks…like…he's from the future?"
"Un, and he came here to not only save Goku-san from the deadly illness, but he helped us fight the androids that threatened the Earth, six years ago." ((Yeah,))
"So I assume that it went according to plan?"
"Not quite."
End flashback:
"Well, that was an enlightening conversation." Temari said as she read over the directions to the spray. She learned a lot about the Z-Senshi, and everyone they had faced. She checked the can to see if it had any inside, and sprayed it on her right arm and it healed the bruise faster then you could say, 'Yamcha's gonna die!' 'Man that guy was a real baka to cheat on her. I still can't believe that he's a famous baseball player.' She then went to her bed where she meant to rest her eyes for a few moments, but instead she fell asleep.
…
She wakes up to find herself in the void that she was in only less than twenty-four hours ago. She looks around to try and see if she's not alone. "Hello?" Her voice echoed across the void just like last time. "Hello!" She shouted. This time she thought heard someone's voice. "Hello? Is someone there?"
"Help me." She heard someone say. Then a woman appeared as a vortex just appeared from out of nowhere. It was two dimensional just like the on that brought her there in the first place. But let's just say that that's not what's on her mind.
The woman looked like an older version of a friend of her best friend, but she had platinum blond hair instead, and they were in the same fashion as her friend too. They were pigtails with buns. She wore a white dress, and had gold earrings, but what really set her apart was that she had a crescent moon on her forehead like Sailor V. "Help me, Rin-chan." The woman pleaded.
"Rin?" Temari asked. "I'm sorry, you must have me confused with someone else. My name is Temari."
"Temari-chan."
"Who are you?"
"On Earth I am called Selene, goddess of the moon. I am the Queen of the Silver Millennium, Queen Serenity."
"Serenity-samma?"
"Hai Temari-chan, do you remember?"
"It rings a bell, but…I don't know." She held her head trying to focus on the memory that it came from with no success.
"You must awaken further if you are to rescue me from this place."
"Awaken? You mean this is a dream?" Queen Serenity, put her hand on Temari's head and she felt a strange energy.
...
She woke up to find a green hand near her face. She freaked out until she remembered that they had a green friend that could heal. "Oh, I'm sorry for freaking out like that." She said in the most apologetic way possible for her. Which was better then what most people's best was.
"It's okay Temari-chan. Vegeta-san, though he would never admit it, was worried about you. So he told me to check up on you." The green guy who's name she had forgotten said.
"How long have I been out?" She asked looking at the sky. The sun was finally starting to make it's way to the window outside the balcony.
"I'm not sure, but we've been waiting for you for a half an hour."
"I slept for forty-five minuets?"
"Hey, not only have you had a training session with Vegeta-san, but let's not forget that you went shopping today too." He said to ease her anxiety.
"Your right. Arigato." ((Thank you))
"Dobitashite." ((Your welcome)) He said smiling in a way that seemed to calm her. "So, shall we?"
"Of course. I'm sorry Bulma told me your name, but I forgot it already."
"My name is Dende."
"Well at least I didn't call you 'little green'." He let out a chuckle as they left her room and went to the common room in silence.
After they entered the common room they introduced themselves to the brown spiky haired girl.(AN: They are all warring the same stuff that they wore in the Buu Saga. And Tien's wearing formal ware.)
Everyone was being kind, but they were really curious about her too, and asked her things like, 'Where are you from?' or, 'How did you get here?' and 'Why were you shot in the shoulder?'
Eventually she couldn't take it anymore. "URUSAI!" ((SHUTUP!)) She finally shouted. Vegeta knew that it was going to happen, despite his best efforts to get them to stop. "I'm done with answering your questions!" She then stormed out of the room.
"That went well." Piccolo said sarcastically. He too tried to stop them from making her snap.
"I'll go speak with her." Vegeta said as he got up and followed after her.
"Oh yeah, and he's gonna make her calm down." Yamcha said not even bothering to hide his sarcasm.
"For your information Yamcha, he happens to be the best person to help her." Piccolo said to the idiot known as Yamcha.
"And why is that?" he asked.
"Because from the moment she walked in I saw that she was in the same boat as him. He can help her recover much more quickly then she could on her own, and frankly…I think she can help him too."
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"Temari!" Vegeta called out to her. She stopped but kept her back to him. "I know it's hard, but if you're to heal at all, then you need to open up, and tell us what happened. Admitting it is the first step in the healing process."
She turned around and gave him a blank expression on her face in order to hide her feelings. "Your one to talk. You don't even tell them the reason your so bitter." She said her voice devoid of all emotion.
"Don't change the subject on me." he scolded her. "And for your information, I did tell my story once. Maybe not all of it, but I did tell them why I was so cruel in a nutshell."
"And what's the nutshell?" she asked cocking an eyebrow.
"I did a lot of bad things for a bad guy who would treat me like dirt." Vegeta began. "I would kill innocent people and actually enjoyed it. But then I met Kakarot, though he called himself Goku, and he turned my life around. He's been dead for almost six years now, but if it wasn't for him, I would've never broken away from the monster who not only tortured me, but killed my father and destroyed my home planet." His eyes were watery but no tears fell from them. "To conclude this…'nutshell,' if I hadn't opened up like I did, I would never be a father, a husband, and someone that would want to help you."
Temari had a look of ice that made Vegeta want to recoil, but he stayed his ground. "Really." She didn't ask, but stated in a 'I don't believe this. It's too cheesy.' tone. "You obviously rehearsed this." She then turned to walk away, but she felt a strong hand grab her wrist. She turned back around to see Vegeta with a firm grip that she wouldn't be able to get out of without letting her go. "Let go of me!" she shouted.
He had to stop her from shutting everyone out of her life. He had to do something…anything. Now I would be lying if I said he meant to do this. To be honest he didn't know why he did it. It was completely O.O.C. for him. If he would ever retell this story, he would say that he felt as if he was possessed by some supernatural force.
He put his arms around her, and held her.
Holding her tightly in a hug she could not escape from. It took a few seconds before she finally returned the hug and began to cry. "I know it's gong to be hard, but you don't have to do it alone. You've got me, Bulma, everyone here. Well…maybe not Yamcha." she giggled. "But we can all help you heal. And I know your pain."
"You were beaten?"
"Yes. Raped?"
She gasped. "More times then I can count."
He held the brown haired saiyan girl for what felt like an eternity. He then released her and put his hand on her shoulders, and looked her right in the eyes. "So…what do you say? Give these guys more shot?"
Temari smiled and nodded. "Domo arigato. And don't worry sensei, I won't tell anyone about the hug." She then wiped the tears from her eyes.
'That's a relief' The Saiyan Prince thought to himself. They then went back to the common room and all eyes were on them, but mostly on Temari.
"I'm sorry that I snapped like that. I think that it's best that I tell you my story. And don't worry I'll answer your questions after I tell you my story." She looked around Yamcha couldn't believe that Vegeta could turn her around. Piccolo just had the 'I told you so.' look on his face directed at Yamcha. Everyone else was glad for the change that Vegeta caused.
"As you know I'm from another universe. I was raised in the city of Tokyo, Japan. I had a great life, with a good detective for a tou-san, and a great cook for a ka-san. And for the longest time…everything was…perfect. But one day it all changed."
Silence fell upon the room as they waited for her to continue.
"My tou-san was killed by some creep with a gun. He died saving a young girl named Tsukino Usagi, and she is now my best friend. I was five years old when that happened."
Everyone had some degree or other of sadness on their faces.
"Then a year and a half later, ka-san thought that she had found a great guy. And I thought he was pretty good too. Six months later they married and then reality hit us both hard, as we discovered that what we did was the greatest mistake ever. His name is Akimichi Yoshi."
"He shot her I'd bet my life on it." the Saiyan Prince told Piccolo.
"That makes since." the namekian replied.
"Then for the next five years my life was a living hell. Ka-san and I were beaten for his own enjoyment. And what's worse is that he did things to me that I will not say for the sake of the chibies'." Tears were beginning to well up in her eyes, but she forced them down. "I never told anyone, not even Usagi-chan. You're all the first to know. Then one day, he called me to his office. I was nervous, because I didn't know what was going to happen. But as it turned out he wanted me to work for him.
"He told me that I could do what ever I wanted to do in his 'business'. And in return he would pay me, but what got me to do it was when he said, that neither myself or ka-san would be harmed. I took the deal for ka-san. But if I messed up I would be beaten along with ka-san until I did it right." Vegeta knew that feeling, when he was a boy Frieza told him that if he didn't do what he said then he would kill his father. But in the end he still killed him anyway.
"As a few of you already know I do free running as a hobby. I used those skills to get evidence to put his compaction in jail. It was the closest I got to justice. Well for my first job I was a little too eager to please. I hit the highest security fortresses I could get into, which was the most powerful of all the mobster in Tokyo. I got the information to the Police as an anonymous tip. And some of the mobster's men found out it was me somehow, and I was attacked. I was fortunate that some of Yoshi's guys that actually liked me were near by, I don't think I would have lived much longer if it wasn't for them, because they drove me to the hospital. And the insane thing is that while I was there, the doctors said that I healed at an accelerated rate. Almost… inhuman, and I got stronger too.
"Then over the last…almost two years I got better and then well…after all that time. I got caught by the one man I never wanted to get caught by. Yoshi. I saw him kill a man while I was trying to gain information that would sent him to prison, and I got caught. I wasn't being careless, he just…he just knew that one day I would betray him." She saw the looks on their faces they said 'Oh snap.' (Basically it's a flashback to Ch. 1 to this point) "And the rest you know. So any questions?"
"Did that creep Yoshi ever show any concern at all?" Oolong asked.
"Well he did when I was at the hospital, but he told to not get used to it."
"Who is Sailor V?" Bulma asked this one.
"She's a superhero who usually stops jewelry heists, but for some reason she decided to save my life. I would've been a goner if it wasn't for her."
"What's she look like?" Roshi asked.
"Like I'm going to tell you old pervert. Bulma-chan told me all bout you." Everyone snickered at that.
"Do you think that there is a connection between the crescent moon on that cat's forehead, and the one on Sailor V?" Piccolo asked.
"I think so, I mean why else would they have it?"
Vegeta couldn't hold his question any longer. "Are your parents your real parents?" He received a lot of dirty looks from almost everyone in the room.
"No." That got a lot of surprised looks. "Ka-san's a blond, and tou-san was a redhead, so genetically I'm not theirs. But I found out while I was in the hospital I was looking up stuff, you know for practice. I found out that ka-san's barren, and that she would never be able to have children. So I'm adopted. So I did a little more digging, and found out that I was found at the front doors of that very hospital. I was never born there. In fact…I had…surgery…done on me." She looked embarrassed at the secrete that she was about to spill.
"What kind of surgery?" Gohan asked.
"It was to remove something. It was long black and fluffy." Almost everyone had a look of disbelief on their faces. "And it was at the end of my tailbone."
"I knew it." Vegeta said allow everyone in the room to know that it was him. "You're a Saiya-jin."
"But you said that a Saiya-jin's hair is black, not brown." Yamcha said in a smart-alecky tone.
"True, but she has a rare genetic abnormality that switches hair color with tail color." Vegeta said with his trademark smirk. Yamcha did not look happy.
"I don't get it. I mean what kind of proof do you have that I'm a Saiya-jin?" Temari demanded.
"Well, the first thing to tip me off was after I gave you the senzu. Your ki shot up more then it should've. Also your mussel mass increased as well." At this point he got out of the chair he was sitting in and continued. "Also the senzu as you know speeds healing, but it also keeps the average human being full up to ten days, and this morning…well…your appetite just screamed that you're a Saiya-jin." This got shocked looks from almost everyone. "Then your training today was another sign. You breezed through the basics like if it was nothing. And during our spar…I saw your scar." That made Temari blush. "Freak accident, trust me. And even your telling of the time that you were in the hospital gave it away."
He soon had everyone convinced but then the question came up. "But how?" Chi-Chi asked. "Can there be Saiya-jins in more than one universe?"
"You never know." Piccolo replied.
Mrs. Briefs finally came in the room and said. "Sorry to interrupt, but dinner's ready."
They ate dinner the way you would expect. Many of the people were used to seeing the Saiya-jin boys eat a lot, so Temari eating like them didn't surprise them as much. It just simply confirmed what Vegeta said. So they finished their meal and then Vegeta told her everything about their people, and their abilities.
"So what now? I mean you opened a door that I will never be able to shut." Temari said after absorbing all the information that she was given.
"Just live your life like you normally would. At lease…as best as you can anyway." Bulma said.
"I know it's gonna be hard, but at least your not alone, and you have all the answers to the questions that your gonna have in the future." Gohan said, it made her feel at ease.
"And you can gain training from the strongest people in the universe." Said a voice that came from out of nowhere.
"Who's that? Who's there?" Temari demanded as she got into the defensive stance that Vegeta taught her earlier that day.
"Kaio-samma? Why are you…" Tien's was then cut off by said Kai.
"I'm need to speak to Temari about an opportunity that has opened it's doors to her." The Kai said.
"What kind of opportunity?" Vegeta asked.
"It's a private matter."
"PPIVATE MATTER?" Chi-Chi shouted. "I DON'T THINK SO! I THINK WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO HEAR THIS ONE RIGHT GUYS?" They all nodded in agreement, and were just glad that they were not on the receiving end of her screaming.
"Alright, alright I'll talk. Look I'm just the messenger here. Plus I'm already dead, so you can't kill me. She's going to receive training from the Kaioshin."
This had mixed results. Being either, "Who?" or "What! The only ones using the latter response being Piccolo and Dende.
"Hay can you guys hold on a sec?" He then started to argue with someone and they only heard one side of it so they had no idea what was going on. "What... No... Because I said so that's why... Don't question me... What!? How can you side with him... Oh, alright. Fine, you know the drill."
"Hay guys! How's it going?" Asked and all too familiar voice to all but the three children and Temari.
"Goku…is that you?" Chi-Chi asked. She looked like she was on the verge of tears at hearing her husband's voice.
"Dad." Gohan said a huge smile was on his face.
"Of course it is guys, who else could it be?" Everyone who knew him were all glad to hear his voice, though Vegeta would never want to admit that.
"So Kakarot, what brings you into this conversation?" Vegeta asked, curiosity getting the best of him.
"Well, the Kaioshin wants me to help her train. And don't worry, we'll be done before the school year since you're gonna want to have her make some friends in this universe."
"But why now, and why this kid?" Roshi asked.
"Well it's because apparently, she's the only one who can reunite the Sister Universes." Piccolo and Dende's eyes went wide with this information, while everyone else was confused.
"Hold on Goku." Piccolo began. "Do you mean…"
"Yes it does Piccolo, but she's supposed to figure that out for herself." Goku said quickly cutting Piccolo off from finishing his question.
"What do you mean by all of this? Why do I have to figure it all out myself?" Temari asked close to an outrage.
"Well, it's part of the rules I want to tell you but then I'd get into trouble. So back on topic. Are you interested in training?"
Temari was deep in thought. She'd have to go to another location, because Goku was dead and couldn't train her there. She didn't want to do it alone. Then she got an idea. "Sure, but under one condition."
There was a slight pause. "Were lessening." Goku said.
Temari cleared her thought and said, "Only if Gohan and Goten can come with me."
The reply to all was "WHAT?"
"Think about it. Gohan can improve a great deal there, Goten's never known his father, and think about it Chi-Chi-chan. You can save the money that you usually use for groceries and use it for you. You can go shopping, relax at a spa. You could even send Gohan to school a year early and even save up on his college fund." If nothing else the education part of the persuasion did it, though Goten seeing his father for the first time did persuade her a good deal.
"It's alright with me, but what about them?"
"Un, I think that's a great idea." Gohan said.
"I get to meet my tou-san!" Goten shouted with glee.
"They agree." Goku said I a cherry tone. "I'll see you in two weeks okay guys?"
"Alright, see you then." Temari said. With that the connection was cut off.
"Well, if your going there, I'll have do amp up your training. "Vegeta said. "But then again, you'll probably have what you'll need to do before the end of the week."
"And that is?"
"Ki manipulation." Vegeta said in a 'Duh' tone of voice.
"Oh right." Temari said sheepishly rubbing the back of her head. As time continued, on they all got to know her a little more, and she got to know them. All in all, it all turned out alright.
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