Author: "Imma just put an author's note here, cuz why not. Well, 20 chapters... and this crap hasn't even started yet. It's gonna be a long one... hopefully you guys are enjoying this so far! From what the reviews say, you guys ARE enjoying it, so lyk yeee. Anyways, this chapter starts what I consider saga #3... first was Sizere, second was Joaquin, now this. But yeah, go on and read, review, laff, whatever you want to do. And enjoy. Mostly enjoy. That's the whole goal of this thing, anyways."

Lost Origin: A Saiyan's Quest

Somewhere in the Milky Way…

"…"

Computer: "We are. Halfway. From the. Destination."

"Hmmm… all I have to do is get her."

Computer: "Affirmative."

"OK… full speed ahead."

Computer: "Initiating. Motors. Maximum speed. Reached."

Chapter 20: No Such Thing as a Lone Wolf

After rigorous work and painful sacrifices, our heroes finally managed to defeat the evil Dr. Joaquin. The man spent most of the years of his life on a vile plan against humanity, which ultimately led him to his doom. During the epic battle, Sakura was struck by a sudden storm of thoughts and ideas about the truths of morality and existence. However, she remembers nothing from it, as it was so complicated and quick that it could not be stored on her memory… or was it?

Sakura: "Hngh… oh… what… ah…"

"Oh! She's awake! Sis, she's awake!"

Sakura: "Who… said that…?"

"Hm… looks like she's still out of it, kind of."

Sakura: "Ah… what?" *gets up* "Who are you?"

"Oh, good! You're fully awake now. My name is Plata. Plata Byoodo."

Sakura: "Plata… Pla—OH MY GOSH, A TAIL!"

Author: "I should have called this fan fiction 'Furry Paradise…'"

Plata: "Huh? Yeah, I have a tail. And so does my sister. And you do, too! But yours is different…"

Sakura: "Yeah… yours is all fluffy, and white, and not-as-prehensile-looking."

Plata: "I know, it's because me and my sister are part White Wolves. Are you part monkey?"

Sakura: "No, not really. I'm… wait; let me save that for later. That's your sister, right?"

"Yup. Name's Blanca. Blanca Byoodo, as you might have guessed. Nice to meet you." *leans forward to shake hands*

Sakura: "Oh, you're left-handed, too! Nice to meet you, my name is Sakura. Sakura Ikeda… well, it's not REALLY Ikeda, but it's a long story. Tee-hee!"

Blanca: "Haha! I see. And… I guess you can say I'm left-handed, yes."

The reason Blanca said this… well, let's just take up a whole paragraph explaining these two wolfy sisters, shall we? *clears throat*

Plata is the younger sister. You, the reader, might remember her from a previous chapter. She was Dr. Joaquin's only friend when they were kids. Then something happened and she had to leave. Plata is fifteen years old; about as tall as Sakura (1.71 meters); has silver hair and cyan eyes; a pony-tail that goes as low as her heart; a legit white wolf tail that can almost reach the ground; kind-of pointy wolf ears (and she also has normal human ears… four ears in total (try to whisper without her hearing it)); fangs sharp enough to hurt (but not vampire-sharp); and she wears fairly casual clothing, although she also wears some interesting-looking accessories and finger-less gloves that make her look cooler than the average person. Out of the two, Plata is the more energetic and cheerful sibling, although she's not obnoxious or crazy, just happy.

Let's take another paragraph for Blanca, because why not. Blanca is the elder sister. She is twenty years old; taller (1.80 meters) than Plata… and Sakura, and Andromeda (1.74 meters), but not more than Ninomiya (1.84 meters); has pure white hair, like a white wolf (obviously) and light blue eyes (more like aqua than cyan, though); she also has a pony-tail, although it's much thinner than Plata's (almost like a rat-tail) and it goes slightly longer, too; her tail, the organic one, is slightly longer than Plata's (because Blanca's taller), but otherwise, it looks the same; wolf ears and human ears, too; fangs; Blanca's clothing is slightly different than Plata's, though. Blanca wears heavier-looking clothes (although still relatively casual), with similar accessories to Plata, but heavier looking and more of them, such as chains with fangs at the end; medals on her hole-less belt; a string around her tail (the organic one); strong leather gloves; what looks like armor pieces on top of the jeans on her legs, with a heavy, sharp armor piece that covers about half of her left leg; and leather shoes with metal straps and cloth straps around her ankles. Most noticeably, however, is a very heavy-looking, dark cloth piece with some belts that cover her entire right arm and hand.

Sakura: "Oh no! I forgot about my friends!"

Blanca: "You mean the swordsman and the princess? They're in the other room, healing their wounds. Unlike you, they were actually hurt very badly, so we put some bandages and stuff on them. Go ahead if you wanna see them."

Sakura then went into the room where her friends were at. Ninomiya was on one bed, with his feet covered in bandages and some around his head, but he was fine anywhere else. Andromeda appeared to have broken some ribs, and she had some cuts on her right arm, but nothing that seemed impossible to heal. Basically, they were hurt, but fine otherwise.

Plata: "I found you guys laying unconscious on the plains near-by. Blanca came as soon as I called her to bring you guys to our home."

Blanca: "By the way, if you're going out, you might want to watch your step."

Confused at this, Sakura went to look out the window. The house was on top of a tree! And the tree was one of many in a forest! And the forest was part of Dazper City's outskirts! And Dazper City was one of West Continent's metropolises! And the West Contin—

Author: "Give me that damn script!" *rewrites* "Here."

OK… "For more information on how the place looks like, refer to your imagination…" What does that me—

Author: "Read! You're wasting precious typing space!"

Oh, right… *clears throat* Sakura had not realized it until then, but the house was completely made out of wood, and it received a lot of air from the windows.

Sakura: "You guys live in a tree house! For a tree house, this place looks fancy! All the rustic style of the walls and ground make it amusing!"

Plata: "Gee, thanks! We don't get many visitors around here, besides the birds and monkeys, so it's nice to hear such kind words from others!"

Andromeda: "Hngh…"

Sakura: "Andromeda! She's waking up!"

Blanca: "Andromeda… that's an interesting name. Haven't heard that since astronomy class back in the Byoodo Academy."

Sakura: "And there's a reason for it! Andromeda has these awesome powers to control the stars, and comets, and planets, and all those other things I don't understand!"

Blanca: "Really, now? Guess I'm not the only special one around here anymore…"

Sakura: "Special? You have astronomical powers, too?!"

Blanca: "Oh, no, no! It's something… quite different from that. And, actually, I would prefer for neither you nor your friends to see it."

Sakura: "Oh… well, that's OK, we're not going to make you. Good morning, Andromeda!"

Andromeda: "Ow… my back hurts… oh, hi, Sakura. And hi, ummm… who?"

Blanca: "Good morning, Andromeda. Nice to meet you. My name is Blanca Byoodo, and this is my sister, Plata."

Plata: "Hi!"

Andromeda: "Ah, nice to meet you, Blanca, Plata. I'm guessing Sakura told you about me—"

Before she could finish her sentence, Andromeda noticed how both of them had tails… and ears, and fangs, and relatively sharp nails (but you know how people in this fanfic only care for tails, so it doesn't matter that much).

Andromeda: "OH GOD, TAILS. Oh, wait, they're wolf tails… it's safe, then."

Plata: "Say what? Oh, I get what's big deal about our tails and stuff! Don't be afraid, we're not werewolves! Werewolves look different from half-breed wolves, if you didn't know!"

Andromeda: "Really? You learn something new every day. But, that's not why we make a big deal about tails. It's… hard to put in words. Isn't that right, Sakura?"

Sakura: "Yup!"

Blanca: "Uh… sure… anyways, what's his name?"

Sakura: "That's Ninomiya! He's my best friend! We've been friends since we were little kids! In fact, he's my brother-in-law! Ninomiya and I come from a village in the east, called Waterleaf Village. We're on our way to West City for some information about my race. He and Andromeda stick around to train and venture into the unknown."

Plata: "West City? It's pretty close by, actually! All you do is go into Dazper City, which is just ten minutes away from here. Then, you just keep heading the west road until you get to West City, which is the following city! My sister and I have only been there once. We had to visit West City because—"

Blanca: "Plata! Remember, I don't want to even mention the reason."

Plata: "Oh! Sorry, sis! I got carried away for a second there."

Suspicious words are suspicious.

While apologizing to her sister, Plata did not realize she was rubbing her tail all over Ninomiya's face.

Ninomiya: "Hrm… ah… ah… AH… ACHOO!"

Plata: "Oh, no! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to wake you up like that!"

Blanca: "Plata, now you're rubbing your tail all over me! Hahahaha! It tickles!"

Sakura: "Tails tickle?" *tickles Plata with tail*

Plata: "Hahahaha! Sakura! It…! Hahaha! It tickles too much! Hahaha!" *tickles back*

Author: "Again, why did I not call this 'Furry Paradise?'"

While Sakura and Plata had their tail tickling war, Andromeda and Blanca went over to Ninomiya's bed to say hi.

Andromeda: "Morning, sleepy-head."

Ninomiya: "Ow… oh, good morning, Androme—TAI-"

Andromeda: "Before you make the comment, no, she doesn't transform into anything."

Blanca: "… wait, what?"

Andromeda: "Nothing."

Ninomiya: "That's good to hear! So, anyone care to explain what happened?"

Andromeda: "I'll summarize our part: we were born… years later, we met each other… days later, we found Dr. Joaquin… hours later, he tried to murder us as a monster, and failed… minutes later, he returned and beat the crap out of you and me. The end."

Plata: "Ahah—JOAQUIN?!"

Plata remembered how Dr. Joaquin was her only friend back when they were kids. As far as she knew, she was the only person Joaquin was ever kind to.

Plata: "JOAQUIN?! As in, 'Dr. Chester Joaquin' Joaquin?!"

Sakura: "So that was his first name…"

Plata: "Wait… WAS?!"

Sakura: "Well… he… ummm… we… uh… how do I put this… hmmm… Chester Joaquin… well… I… kind of… killed him…"

Plata: "… w… what…?"

Sakura: "Yes… he attacked us and we… we fought back…"

Plata: "…" *sob* "… ah…" *sob* "… WAAAAHHHH!" *runs crying to room*

Blanca: "Plata! Wait!"

Sakura: "I… I'M SORRY! IF WE DIDN'T NEED TO, I SWEAR I WOULDN'T HAVE!"

Blanca: "Don't… don't blame yourself, Sakura. I know the kind of person Joaquin was. I knew he would die a horrible death. We could continue chatting, but I have to talk to Plata now. Have to make sure she doesn't hate you."

Sakura: "Hate me?! That would be terrible! We just became friends! Please, Blanca, reason with her! There's nothing that saddens me more than to lose a friend!"

Blanca: "Don't worry, I got this." *goes to Plata's room*

Ninomiya: "Oh man… wait, how did you kill Joaquin, Sakura?"

Sakura: "I… I don't remember… all I remember is me suddenly being bombarded by all these weird thoughts, then I did some strange attack. I can't remember what the thoughts were or what the attack was like, but I do remember it killing Monster Joaquin."

Meanwhile, in Plata's room.

Blanca: "Plata?"

Plata was lying on her bed, crying against a pillow.

Plata: *sob* "… I don't want to talk…" *sob

Blanca: "Let me just explain it to you…"

Blanca will try to calm Plata and change her negative feeling towards Sakura. Can Blanca reason with her distressed younger sister? Will Sakura be able to remember the thoughts and the Oversoul Flash? Find out next time on Lost Origin: A Saiyan's Quest!

To be continued…

Bonus skit

Ninomiya: "Hey, Mr. Author, how come Plata and Blanca get a paragraph-long explanation on their looks, but neither Sakura, Andromeda, or me ever got one?"

Author: "Because I didn't think about doing that back then… now is as best a time as ever." *clears throat*

Sakura Ikeda: 1.71 meters tall, 14-year old, black-haired, black-eyed, cheerful kind girl. She wears an orange, sleeveless gi with the Ikeda's symbol on the back and a dark blue weighed undershirt, weighed headbands, weighed ankle bands, Piccolo-styled shoes and a non-weighed, dark blue cloth belt and headband. Her hair has two major spikes on the top, two minor ones right bellow them, and then a bunch of mildly-thin spikes downward that go as far as her heart from the back, with some small spiky hairs covering some of her forehead, but not her eyes. She's relatively thin, doesn't show much muscle (except on Oozaru moments), and has relatively soft hands, but they don't feel soft when they're hitting you in the face. Finally, her tail is 8 cm longer than her leg, allowing her to touch the ground with it, and has a milk chocolate-like shade of brown.

Ninomiya: "Cool! Can I go next?"

Author: "No, you're a loser."

Ninomiya: "WHAT?! BUT I'M YOUR CHARACTER!"

Author: "Yes, and because of it, I choose what to do with you. At this rate, you'll be only friends with Sakura, nothing more. Besides, I've got plans for her love life. That's it, Bonus skit is done, get out, go mock a bird or something, I don't care."

Ninomiya: "BU-BU-BU-BU—" *end chapter*