Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ False Pretenses ❯ Chapter 1

Hello everyone, this is the first story I've written in a very long time. Let's see how this goes.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own DBZ or any of the character names that I use from Final Fantasy 8. The character known as Starr Reku is my own creation, as well as any other character that does not belong in the DB universe.

Chapter 1

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"Where am I? How did I get here?" Thoughts raced through the young girl's confused mind. Long black hair swirled around her face, floating in a clear blue liquid. She tried to come up with answers, but all she could see in my mind was fuzziness. Try as she might, she simply couldn't answer her own questions. She was aware of the soreness throughout her body, as well as a sense of heaviness. She felt herself slipping into darkness, unable to pull herself back. Soon her mind went blank as she gave in to the sweet quiet of a blank mind.

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He stood on the balcony of his room staring out into the night. The bright moonlight cast his long shadow on to the ground, his hair sitting like a flame atop his head. The silence filled both the room and the world outside almost as if it was afraid to disrupt his thoughts. "How long is it going to take her to wake up? Maybe I over did it a little...." He continued to stare at the night sky, almost completely oblivious to another presence entering his space. With a wave of his hand and without a word he dismissed the newcomer, and continued to become lost in his thoughts.

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Starr moaned and slowly began to open her eyes. The tiny amount of light was almost blinding and she immediately closed her eyes again. She allowed her other senses to search the room in place of her eyes. She felt that she was laying on something soft, a bed, with satin sheets. A sweet, soothing fragrance filled the air and she breathed it in deeply. She was acutely away that she was wearing minimal clothing, and the knowledge confused her. Slowly, Starr attempted to open her eyes again. This time, however, the sun coming into the room wasn't as blinding. It provided a sense of warmth that the young girl was unaware that she was missing. Eyes fully open now, Starr sat herself up and looked around the room that she was in. It was an extravagant bedroom. Deep blue painted the walls with golden accents. A set of double glass doors were set opposite the bed, and the bright light of day shone on the outside. Starr moved to the edge of the bed and put he feet down on the plush carpeting. She stood up and looked around again with confusion showing on her face.

"Where am I?"

Vegeta breathed heavily as the sparring bots danced around him. He watched them closely as they circled seemingly unaffected by the intense gravity of the room he was in. The room he had the earthling woman build him that could increase gravity exponentially, making training much more effective. Vegeta could already feel the benefits of training in the room and it had only been a week. He dodged away from an energy blast sent at him by one of the bots, and sent his own blast back at it. He smirked as it blew up. Two other bots surged at him in a unison attack. Vegeta brought his leg up to the first one and sent the now broken machine to the wall. He immediately then threw his fist and the second one, completely destroying it. He prepared for another attack when the sound of knocking pulled his attention. He growled as an energy blast was sent towards him, striking him in the arm.

"Computer, power down." The room beeped in acknowledgment and the gravity returned to its normal state. Vegeta approached the door, and opened it. He had a scowl plastered to his face as he stared at the older Saiyan who stood before him.

"You better had a damn good reason for interrupting me, Bardock."

"Sire, you asked to be notified when the girl was removed from the rejuvenation chamber. She has been placed in the chambers that you designated for her. I expect that she'll be waking up soon." Vegeta smirked at the news.

"Good. I have some questions that demand answers from her. Leave." Bardock bowed to the royal Saiyan and turned away. The smirked was still plastered to Vegeta's face and Bardock took to the sky. After a moment Vegeta himself took flight. There was no point in delaying the inevitable and he wanted his answers now.

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Starr approached a mirror that hung from one of the walls. She checked herself over, looking for any clue as to what happened to her. Her reflection stared back at her, seemingly perfect. No flaws or imperfections, nor any type of injuries were present on her body. Her black hair hung below her shoulders in its normal soft spikey way. Her onyx eyes looked back at her, although she felt like there was a hint of sadness. Starr closed her eyes and searched her memory but to no avail. She still couldn't figure out what happened. She suddenly felt ashamed at her near nakedness as she stood in front of the mirror in only her under garments.

"Where the hell are my clothes?" She said aloud to no one specifically. Starr shifted her eyes to the left of the mirror and saw what looked like a closet door. She cautiously moved towards it and opened it, breathing a sigh of relief when she saw the clothes inside of it. There was what looked like armor on one side, and the other side was what she immediately recognized as her own clothing. she grabbed a pair of capris and a tank top and quickly dressed. Feeling slightly more comfortable now that she wasn't fully exposed anymore, Starr decided to move to the double doors. She pulled them open and stepped out on to a large balcony. The shock hit her like a ton of bricks. She looked at the scenery and realized she wasn't on Earth anymore.

"Where the hell am I?" Starr moved to the railing, still looking around. A voice from above her startled her and gave her an answer at the same time.

"Planet Vegeta, the Saiyan planet, the planet you were born on. Now that you're finally awake, you're going to answer my questions." Starr gasped as she looked up in to the eyes of the Saiyan Prince. He smirked as Starr gasped. He landed next to Starr, still smirking as Starr's shocked quickly turned to anger. A low growl came from Starr's throat.

"You bastard.... What did you do?" Her growl became fiercer as Vegeta said nothing but continued to stare at her.

"Not much, other than save you from the same fate as your friends" Starr gasped again as a few memories came flooding back to her. Without warning brought her fist towards Vegeta's face. Starr was about to make contact when Vegeta brought up his own hand and caught the younger girl's punch. He gripped her fist tightly, and with his other hand he threw her backwards into a wall and wrapped his hand around her throat. He squeezed tightly, ignoring Starr's labored whimper. He stepped closer to her and closed the distance further. He lowered his face towards the girl's, a low growl erupting from his own throat.

"Try that again, and I'll make sure you end up back in the medical wing and your stay there will be much longer. Now, I want to know how the fuck you were able to become a Super Saiyan." Starr looked directly back into Vegeta's onyx eyes. He loosened his grip slightly to allow Starr to answer.

"What the hell is a Super Saiyan?"

Short beginning, but hey, like I said, it's been a while. Please review and tell me what you think. Constructive criticism is always welcome.