Chapter 4: The Day My Life Changed Forever

Awakening from my slumber, I realized I was not in the room I was familiar with. Where am I? I feel so groggy. Following that shadow was probably not the smart thing to do...

"Your awake!" A voice says from somewhere inside the room.

I removed the covers off me as I sat up, back against the wall. I watched as a boy with black spiky hair made his way to me. His eyes, equally sharing the color of his hair seemed really innocent. I coldn't help but notice how handsome he was. He looked around the same age as me too... No, now is not the time to be thinking about things like that. He could've been the one that kidnapped me here!

"Who are you? And where am I?" I ask preparing to defend myself if neccessary.

"Gohan. Lis-" He answers before I interrupt him, blaming him for what happened to me at school.

"So then it was you then, right? Why did you kidnap me like that?!" I snap at the one named Gohan. He gave me a confused expression that read 'What are you talking about?' As innocent as he may seems, he wasn't gonna fool me with that nice guy attitude. I needed to know his reason behind all of this!

"You got it all wrong! I only brought you here cause I saw you were unconcious out in the woods."

I clenched my fists, only listening to half of what he said.

"You admit it then! Making me chase after a shadow then... Wait, what?" I question him, remembering what he really said in his defense.

"You were unconscious, so I brought you here so that when you awakened, you'll be able to return to your home." He explains rubbing the back of his head, a small smile forming on his lips. I slightly turn my eyes to the white sheets next to me. Was he lying or did he actually help me?

"Really? Thanks." I awknowledge him. I faced back at him wondering why he seemed so care-free.

"Your welcome! So, what's your name?" He asks continuing to grin. I think it's alright to tell him. After all, if what he claims is true, then I seriously owe Gohan an apology!

"Tani-"

All of a sudden, we heard a rather loud voice coming from downstairs. "GOHAN? GOHAN? WHERE ARE YOU?"

We both cover our ears, hoping we don't go depth! The door slammed open burying the door handle inside the wall. A young woman who looked similar to Gohan barged in hands on hips. Her hair was black and was in a bun with hair lying off both sides of her head. She shared the same eyes as Gohan also, only her's was giving him the death glare I was all to familiar with.

"Gohan, what are you doing messing around? You should be studying!" She shouted irritated.

I felt a quiver running down my spine as I looked at the door knob as it had completely broken off from the door. It continued to roll over stopping right beside the bed. I gently picked it up wide-eyed from what just happened. The wall had the most largest hole I have ever seen anyone make! I noticed as she took note that I was observing the scene she just made.

"Who are you young lady?" she asks politely. I get the feeling I should be asking her that!

"Hi, my name is Tania!" I introduce myself, smiling warmly at both her and Gohan. She then looked at Gohan, a smile plastered on her face.

"Is she your girlfriend?" She asks him, sounding quite excited. I witnessed as Gohan's face became red.

"No, I just met her mom!" He answers embarassed. I tried to hold in a giggle from how things were going so far. I nodded my head, reassuring he was telling the truth.

"Then who is she?"

"I found her unconscious out in the woods, I brought her here until she awakened so that she can go back home." Gohan explained to his mother once again, a small smile forming on his lips.

"Is that so? Sorry for all those questions Tania. By the way, i'm his mother, but you can call me Chi-Chi!" She introduces herself.

"Oh, you don't have to apologize Chi-Chi, really!" I reply nervous while looking around Gohan's room. He has a lot of books in here! All stacked so neatly and organized.

"Thanks, i'll just leave you two alone." She says, giving us a wink as she closed the door. Her words made me sorta embarrassed and I think Gohan is probably feeling the same way too! His face looked so red I thought he was going to explode any second now! I can already tell he was the shy type.

He turned and looked at me. "Tania?"

"Yes. What is it?".

"Why were you in the woods all by yourself?" He asks curious over my situation.

"I don't know, all I can remember is getting pulled into a bright light." I stated.

"A light?"

"Yes." I nod.

I decided to explain to him about how I ended up here. I made sure not to spill out my personal life, I mean I just met the guy! He seemed a little clueless about it, even asking me if that was just my imagination.

"That's what my friend asked me. Anyways, when I was in the locker room someone whispered my name, but when I turned around no one was there only a shadow. I followed it to my school's entrance door and I ended up here." I further explain, ending my side of the story.

The next few seconds was silent. Gohan sat down next to me a little to close.

"Um Gohan, do you mind?" I ask pretty uncomfortable. He saw how close he was to me and scotched to the other end of the bed.

"Whoops, my bad." He apologized. I began to laugh a little and so did he. This is the first time a boy was nice to me... but I already know if he knew me a little better he'll probably be just like the rest. I grew up having to believe this! I should find my way home now, school is probably over by now and my family must be worried sick about me. Speaking of family..

"Gohan, where's you dad? Is he at work or something?"

Gohan stopped laughing and looked a little sadden. "Gohan?"

"He's gone..." He says a bit upset.

"I'm sorry, I should've just kept quiet!" I muttered feeling sorry for him.

I know what he must be feeling. Losing a parent is hard for the child. He then stood up flashing a smile at me.

"That's okay, father's in a better place now, he told me that himself!"

Oh Gohan..

"I'm sure he is!" I agreed returning a smile. I then heard Chi-Chi's voice from downstairs.

"Gohan your friends are here!" She says.

"Hey Tania, let's go. I want you to meet some friends of mine." He insisted. I nodded as he proceeded to grab my hand, leading me out of the house. I blushed at how tightly he was holding onto my hand. He's really strong!

As soon as we step out the door, I saw three men waiting patiently outside. One of them was a short man who was bold and was wearing a orange gi with a blue shirt underneath. Another was wearing a indigo jacket that read capsule corp, he had a black vest with grey pants and short purple hair. The man had a sword that was in its sheathe on his back. Lastly, there was a guy with green.. WAIT, GREEN SKIN? I never seen someone with that skin color, cool! Anyways, he had a white turban and cape and was wearing a purple gi with brown shoes, like Gohan. They all stared at me with a curious look.

"Everyone, this is Tania!" He introduces me.

"Hi, nice to meet you all!" I say with a smile.

"Hey, nice to meet you too. I'm Krillin, the one with the sword is Trunks and the other one is Piccolo." The short man, Krillin introduces the others. I heard as him and Trunks began to snicker.

"What's so funny?" Gohan asks defensively.

"Look who has a new girlfriend!" Krillin says as him and Trunks continued to laugh. Gohan and I went a little red which made them laugh even harder! Lucky us..

"It's not like that, we're just friends!" Gohan claimed. I nod my head telling them it's true. They stopped their laughing as Chi-Chi came out with a laundry bin.

"Gohan, I need to wash your clothes, take it off!" She demanded.

"MOM!" Gohan replied embarrassed. Once again, everyone started laughing but this time, me and Piccolo joined in. And so, he began to discard his gi and for some reason my face was beginning to feel a little warm. I had no idea he had abs! He looks so muscular.

"Are you blushing?" Krillin asks nudging me in the arm while raising his eyebrows. I looked down at my nose and saw that I WAS blushing! I turned my head quickly away from him.

"No! Of course not!" I manged to say while still blushing. There was no way that I could be blushing. I don't even know him that well and he'll probably turn out to be a jerk! I still remember the vow I made a while back. I won't EVER fall in love with anyone! The damage has already been made, i'm not going back on my word.

"Sure.." Krillin says sarcastically.

"How old are you Tania?" Trunks asked.

"Fourteen." I answer.

"Same age as Gohan.. Ah, a couple of teenagers, I remember those days." Krillin says looking into the sky.

I looked over at Piccolo who had magically changed Gohan into the same gi he had on earlier with just using the palm of his hand. How did he do that? I looked at my clothing I had on and saw as it was all muddy. I walked over to Piccolo.

"Hey Piccolo, can you change my outfit too?"

I just had to get these dirty clothes off it was starting to smell. He looked at Gohan who had nodded.

"Sure kid, why not?" He says putting his hand over my head unleashing some sort of light. I looked down at the new outfit I had on. It was a grey school girl uniform. I never worn a uniform before, it was so pretty!

"Thanks Piccolo!" I said. He nodded and looked at the others.

"Listen up everyone! We have to go train if we want to be prepared for any other enemies that might appear in the future!" He demanded.

"Enemy that might appear in the future?"

"Sorry Tania, but we got to go!" Gohan says before him and his friends ascended in the air and took off faster than a jet plane.

I was amazed beyond belief. I rubbed my eyes to make sure I wasn't just seeing things. Okay, the fact that Piccolo could change others clothes with just the palm of his hands was already shocking, but is it only me or did they just fly?