Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Nakama ❯ Chapter 4: Mitsuko Again ( Chapter 4 )

Nakama

Chapter 4: Mitsuko, again

"Wow, I can't believe you knew that! Where did you learn that?"

Bulma had trouble hiding her enthusiasm and had a wide smile on her face. Mitsuko shrugged.

"I know the right people." She replied, but no one knew what she meant by those words.

Bulma laughed and nudged Trunks.

"You picked a fine girl to be your new friend. She has a brain!" And with the same big smile she turned to Goten and winked. "And you picked a fine girl to nearly kill."

Mitsuko's eyes shimmered. "Oh, he wouldn't have killed me, I'm a tough one."

All of them started to laugh at the comment. Mitsuko would have felt insulted, but knew that those words out of her mouth sounded ridiculous. And she could handle the laughter from these people. Two of them had meant a lot to her.

When Bulma found out Goten had hit her with his car, she had kneeled down in front of her and had grabbed her pulse. A glare at Goten was all before she started rambling.

"Are you sure you're not hurt?" she had asked. "Let me check on you, just to be absolutely sure."

Mitsuko had pulled her hand back, not interested in a check up, at all. Eventually, she managed to convince them she didn't need any special attention. Bulma had smiled at her, and then ruffled her blonde hair.

"Good. Such a waste of a pretty girl."

The touch of Bulma's hand was strange. It made Mitsuko feel odd inside. All the familiar things in this house made her wonder. Little things, noises, and faces. She remembered, but didn't feel a thing.

Suddenly, a cell phone went off in the room, and Mitsuko shook up. She tried to find out where the sound was coming from, but no one responded to it. The noise drove her crazy. Even though she didn't flinch from the outside, she was screaming on the inside.

Pan stared at the girl, when Marron tapped her shoulder.

"Pan, honey, it's yours."

"Huh, what?" she said distantly, but then realized it. "Oh!" The young girl jumped up and searched her outfit. It didn't take long to find the cell phone, and Mitsuko could finally relax when Pan pressed the button.

"Ye-"

Before she could answer the phone properly, she was cut off by a yelling voice on the other end. She cringed and listened to the voice, as she fell back on the couch next to her uncle.

Bulma raised both brows and looked at the girl, then at Goten.

"Does her mother know she's still here?" she asked him. Goten grinned.

"Apparently not."

Bulma rolled her eyes. "Did you bother to check if Pan had phoned home?"

"No? Why?"

"Because you're her uncle!?"

Bulma shook her head in defeat and took place next to Mitsuko.

After a long exhausting talk, Pan put her phone back and sighed.

"I have to get going. Thanks for dinner, Trunks." She said, as she picked up her coat and gave Marron a soft kick against her knees.

"We'll talk later, right?"

Marron smiled at her. "Sure thing, chuck."

When Pan walked past Goten, she grabbed him by his collar and dragged him with her. In the door opening to the hall, she froze and turned around.

"What about you, Mitsuko? Do we need to drop you off somewhere?"

Mitsuko looked up, and thought. She had no place to stay, not that she needed any. But if she wanted to be around them, some more, she had to spend the night somewhere.

She had to tell them a lie, she figured. A lie, again, but this time, one that didn't make her sound ridiculous.

"You can stay at my place?" Pan suddenly proposed.

Trunks frowned. "She can?"

The raven haired girl stuck out her tongue and nodded. "Of course she can, Mr. Trunks. You know my father doesn't mind guests. It will be fun!"

Mitsuko was surprised by the sudden invitation, and studied the girl. She was unknown to her, but this was the perfect chance to find out. She seemed nice enough, and it saved her the trouble of lying.

"I'd love to, if your parents won't mind."

Pan looked completely satisfied and did not hesitate a single moment.

No one had trouble with the fact Mitsuko had an unknown past. Even Gohan and Videl invited her in their house without knowing who she really was. The girl with the blue eyes didn't look like she had to be feared. On the contrary, she looked completely harmless. After Pan told her parents Goten had hit her with his car, they almost felt obliged to take the stranger in. And that's how the girl who had watched Trunks and Pan from the shadows became a visitor in the Son residence.

"I told you they wouldn't have a problem with it." Pan smiled at her and fell down on the bed.

"You'll love it here, Mitsuko, the city is the best. I'm glad I moved here."

Mitsuko sad down on her bed and stared at the other girl.

"You moved here?" she asked softly.

Pan nodded and stared at the ceiling. A small smile appeared on the girls face when she told Mitsuko how Bulma persuaded her father to move to the city.

"She has a way with people, huh?"

"Who? Bulma?" Pan asked. "Most definitely."

Pan turned around and faced Mitsuko. She leaned on her hand and yawned.

Mitsuko simply stared. Pan suddenly felt uncomfortable and cleared her throat.

"Mitsuko?"

The blonde girl blinked and her blue eyes focused on Pan again. The smile never disappeared from her face.

"Sorry about that. I was just thinking."

"About what?" Pan asked.

Mitsuko frowned at her curiosity, but figured it was a natural thing to do. She had explained very little about herself, or her thoughts.

"I was thinking about your family and friends." She explained slowly.

"My friends," Pan frowned. "I don't have that many, just a few close ones."

Mitsuko nodded.

"But you have your family." She said, and stared at her own jacket. It looked old and filthy, but it was what reminded her of her family. She slowly took it off while she continued to stare at Pan.

"Yes, my grandmother claims I got that from my father." She grinned.

"Yes, your father seems nice enough. Gohan, was it?"

"Gohan, he was the son of Gokou, he was one of the most pure hearted fighters that ever lived."

"Yes. Gohan, and my moms name is Videl." Pan frowned briefly, as if she was thinking about something, when all of the sudden she bent over and searched under her bed.

As she leaped back up, she held a photograph and motioned Mitsuko to come and sit next to her. Mitsuko stood up and took of her jacket, showing the rest of her body for the first time. Pan had trouble acting normal, when she noticed a huge scar on Mitsuko's left shoulder. It wasn't entirely visible, but the scar probably ran across her whole upper body. It was covered by a black dress, however, worn over a dirty pair of jeans. Bura would have called this a fashion disaster, and Pan most definitely agreed.

Mitsuko smiled, a little bit uneasy this time, and sat down next to Pan.

"This is a picture of all my friends and family, from a few years ago. It's easier showing you this way." She explained cheerfully.

Mitsuko stared at the picture, completely ignoring Pans reaction on her scars. She didn't notice anymore, nor did she care. She couldn't remember if she ever did.

The photograph was taken at the Capsule Corp, she could tell, and Mitsuko immediately recognized Bulma and Trunks.

Pan followed her look and pointed at a man who was holding a blue haired girl. He was looking away from the camera, and Bulma had her hands on his shoulder.

"That's Vegeta. He's Trunks' father, and that's his sister right there, Bura."

"My father Vegeta, your grandfather was a great warrior, like Gohan was. After I was born, he died, in battle."

She never heard of any Bura. She looked at the girl and saw the resemblances between her and Bulma.

"Trunks has a sister." She repeated softly. Pan hardly noticed and moved her finger from the Briefs family to her own. Mitsuko smiled.

"That's you, you look so young there!" she chuckled softly.

"Hey, I was 14 at the time, all right?!" Pan grinned and pointed at a little guy next to her.

"You have a brother?" Mitsuko asked when she looked at the boy and definitely noticed how much he looked like Goten.

"No. Err. That would be my grandfather, it's a long story. Gokou."

Mitsuko looked up and frowned briefly, before she studied the photograph and the boy further.

Gokou died, he was killed by the heart virus. We were too late finding a cure. He died, you would have loved him.

Pan suddenly laughed. "Haha, my grandfather was a fool. He's gone now, though. We all miss him very much." Her voice dropped to a level where her grief was heard, clearly. Even Mitsuko noticed, but she didn't know what to say or do.

That's when she looked back at the picture and spotted Marron. She froze, completely. It wasn't Marron who caused it, it was someone else.

"Hmm? What's wrong?"

Mitsuko didn't respond, her eyes were locked on the photograph. She noticed only one person, and Pan didn't have a clue.

"Oh, that's Marrons family. The older short guy is Krillin, and the pretty woman is her mother, Eighteen."

"Eighteen?" Mitsuko spoke, with the same melodic voice as always.

Pan rubbed the back of her head. With a look at Mitsuko, she figured all of this was confusing the girl a lot.

"She's a bit different than us, humans.. that's why her name is a number. She's.."

"Jinzouningen"

"I don't get it." She said with a hint of confusion.

Bulma smiled painfully.

"Your mother is an android, Mistuko. She was created by a man called Dr. Gero."

"Are you .. My mother?" Mitsuko looked at her grandmother with disbelief.

"Mitsu-chan," Bulma placed her hand on the girls blonde hair and smiled.

"This is the truth, honey. Your mother is different from other people, and has a number as a name, because she's an android."

"Why didn't anyone tell me this? And .. how, what about me?"

"You are completely human, Mitsu-chan. Eighteen is part human as well, so it's not impossible for her to have children. And look at you now.."

Mitsuko blinked.

"You're a beautiful young girl with no worries, and for your mother to tell you she isn't like the rest of us, is very difficult. They wanted to keep it a secret."

"Then why did you tell it to me?" Her voice was shaky, for the first time in months.

"You know I can't keep any secrets from you." Bulma chuckled.

"Aren't you surprised?"

Mitsuko shook up.

"She had a daughter?"

Pan only frowned. This girl seemed nice enough, but she was very strange. The fact the woman in the picture was an android didn't surprise her, and the fact her grandfather was little boy seemed perfectly normal to her. What was up with this girl?

"Yes, Marron is her daughter."

"And she is married with him?" She frowned at Krillin, who stood in the picture with an enormous grin.

So this was her mother's faith in the past. To end up with a little man like that. To have a different daughter.

She had a sister.

Mitsuko managed to control herself. The surprise was big, but when she saw how Pan was studying her, she quickly changed her attitude. She tried to act normal, but it was very difficult for the girl to do so. She was far from normal after all.

The girl managed to befriend Pan, and the others. While she didn't tell anyone where she came from, she managed to win their trust. How, she didn't even know herself. How these people could trust a complete stranger was a mystery to her. But she didn't care too much. All she knew was that she had infiltrated a group of people who could have been her family and her friends, if she had been lucky. If she had lived in a different world.

"You know, you're a very silent type." Pan commented when they were walking down the road.

"I've been on my own lately, no one to talk to." Mitsuko shrugged.

"I suppose that's true." Pan said and looked at the girl. She couldn't help but wonder why on earth the girl was alone and homeless. She was almost certain there was something wrong with her, but something else convinced her it was nothing.

"Why are we walking, anyway?" Mitsuko suddenly ask, trying to break the silence.

"Trunks promised me to give me a ride. And since you have nothing better to do, I'm taking you with me!" Pan laughed. Then, she paused before she asked the girl :

"Aren't you in university or college or anything?"

Mitsuko stared blankly for a brief moment. In her future, the few schools were crowded, because of a lack of teachers. The world started to blossom again, but slowly. No, there never has been a chance for her to go to university. There had never been school for her. She shook her head.

"Home schooled." She commented.

Pan nodded slowly. That figured.

When they finally reached Capsule Corp, Trunks was waiting by his car. He tapped his feet impatiently, but the grin on his face showed he was only kidding. Pan stepped on his feet on purpose, before she jumped in the car. His grin disappeared and he made a painful face, until he spotted Mitsuko.

"Hi" he moaned, and the smile returned on his face, if slowly.

Mitsuko giggled softly at all of this.

"Good morning Trunks." She said softly and took place in the back of the car. Trunks followed and drove off, occasionally looking in the mirror to observe the girl in the back of his car. Pan did the same thing, from the corner of her eyes, but Mitsuko barely noticed. Or pretended she didn't notice. All the girl did was stare with a smile stuck on her face. Trunks kept exchanging looks with Pan through his mirror, until they reached the university.

"Okay, so what are today's plans?" Pan asked, as she grabbed her bag.

Trunks looked at his watch. "I'll be done at 3, and I've promised to meet Goten and Marron in the city. You two are coming along, right?"

"I'd love to." Mitsuko nodded, and Pan smiled.

"All right, we'll see you at lunch, though, right?"

"No way I'm going to share a table with the teachers, kid. So, yeah."

"Trunks, stop calling me that!" the girl grinned and slapped him on the back of his head as they crossed the street. All of the sudden, they hear a girl scream, and they turned around.

Not far from them, a red haired girl lied on the ground, her leg under a car. Two guys jumped out of the car and tried to lift it, but had no luck.

Pan gasped, and Trunks quickly reacted.

"What's going on! Two accidents in two days!" he yelled as he ran towards the car.

"Hurry, stand aside!" He ordered the guys, and lifted the car.

Pan appeared behind him and looked at one of the guys.

"Is it a Capsule car?" she asked him. The guy blinked, too shocked to say anything. Pan rolled her eyes.

"Well?"

"Yes..Yes I think so!" he eventually answered, and Pan started searching for the right switch on the car, still being held by Trunks. With a loud "POOF" the car capsulated and Trunks picked it up and returned it to the guy.

"Anyone called for an ambulance yet?" he asked to the crowd. Several heads nodded, and the two of them sighed with relief. Trunks grabbed Pans hand and dragged her away from the scene.

"Show's over, we've got class." He said, and Pan nodded.

"That was bizarre," she commented, and wanted to continue, until she noticed Mitsuko was gone.

"Where is Mitsuko?" she asked in confusion. Trunks frowned.

"She didn't follow you then?"

Pan shook her head and turned back to the streets.

"Trunks. Look. She's there." She said, as she poked him to get his attention.

Mitsuko stood in the middle of the street, right where they left her. When Trunks and Pan both ran towards the place of accident, she had frozez, suddenly remembering it, all again. Noises, of traffic, of people. Images, of people, of traffic, of blood. Voices, panicked voices of strange people.

"Girl? Are you all right?"

"She's not answering! Someone, help!"

"It wasn't my fault, I swear. I didn't see her, she was just there, all of the sudden!"

"Does anyone know who she is?"

"It's that girl, isn't it? From the android?"

"What? She?"

"I ran into the androids' daughter!? I'm dead!"

"Run! Before she finds out it was you. You'll be dead for sure!"

"Ugh."

Speaking was hard, her mouth was filled with blood. Her chest felt awful, breathing had never been so hard. It was, as if someone was dancing on her body, and wouldn't stop hurting her.

"Dad."

"She's alive!"

"Mommy."

"Shut up, I think she's talking."

"She's talking all right, she just asked for her mother. What if she has some strange android way of communicating and her mother will be here in an instant!"

"Why don't you just shut up and relax. We need to help her, no matter who her mother is!"

"I'm out of here, just like that other guy. I'm not going to wait around until.."

"What?"

"KAMI NO!"

"What is it- Her!"

"What is going on here?"

She recognized her mothers mono tone voice, and tried to relax. It was going to be okay now. If the hurting would only stop.

"I.. She.. he.. It wasn't me, he took off after he saw her. She's.."

"Mitsuko!"

"Yes, she got hit and.."

"Why didn't you help her!"

"Mom.."

She started to cough up blood when she felt two strong arms around her. Eighteen picked her daughter up and glared at the person in front of her.

"If she dies, I'll have to kill someone."

"I'm sorry, I didn't know what to do, I wasn't.."

"Don't worry Mitsu-chan" Eighteen looked down on the girl in her arms. "I'll get you somewhere safe."

"Really, I couldn't help it."

"Morons." The android glared at them before she took off with the girl in her arms. Mitsuko could barely breathe, and felt the wind blow in her face. At that point, her mother turned silent. And before she could say or do anything, everything turned black.

Okay, work with me ^^ I just figured out the entire story, but it's a little bit blurry right now. But it's all on paper (the idea is, anyway) and we'll get to the point soon enough. Excitement all around, haha.

Oh, school sucks. Main reason I'm not writing. Leave a review, even though you'll probably hate it or don't understand it AT all. Yay!