Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Nakama ❯ Chapter 1: Mitsuko ( Chapter 1 )

Nakama

Chapter 1: Mitsuko

She grabbed her books from her locker and looked to her left with a smile.

"You're late" she commented and walked past him holding a pile of books.

He nodded and walked with her, casually slipping his hands in his pockets.

She ignored the looks the other students gave her, when she walked into the classroom and sat down, throwing the books in front of her.

"Good morning guys." he said as he took place in front of the class. He was obviously nervous and she grinned at him. When he finally noticed she was grinning at him, he returned the favor, before he started talking.

"Right, to be honest, I don't know where to start."

"Why not start by introducing yourself, Mr. Trunks." she laughed as she leaned in her seat and continued to grin at him.

Trunks put on a smirk. "It's Mr. Briefs for you, Ms Son. And to the rest of you, call me Trunks."

Pan rolled her eyes and opened one of her books. As usual, she grabbed a pen and started gnawing on it.

"I'm here to tell you about Capsule Corporation, the company owned by my mother, Bulma Briefs."

Pan smiled and listened to the same story she had heard yesterday. He had practiced his entire speech on her, Marron and Goten. Bura fell asleep listening to it, and if it weren't for Goten making funny faces, Pan would have fell asleep as well.

But for Trunks' sake, she'd stay awake in class. She focused on the so called "vice president" and nodded. Every once in a while she took the pen from her mouth and scribbled some notes. At first, they were notes about CC, but eventually, they became notes on 'How to improve your presentation skills'. At the end of the class, she smiled proudly and signed her notebook.

"A new novel, by Son Pan." she said in a satisfactory tone and stood up.

Trunks' cheeks were bright red by now and he left his spot in front of the black board to walk towards Pans table.

"Here Mr Briefs," she said, "Carry my books."

The two of them left the classroom, before any of the students could ask a question. These were the instructions given by Pan, the other day.

"If you want to be home in time, leave directly after your speech and don't hang around. The girls are well known for their ability to -"

"What? Talk?" Trunks had laughed.

Pan had nodded. "Yes, and talk they do. Trust me on this." she had told him.

Trunks placed her books back in her locker and looked at her.

"Well?"

"It went .." Pan hesitated. "Okay."

Trunks sighed and banged his head against a locker.

"That bad?"

Pan laughed and pulled him with her.

"No, idiot. It was just the same as yesterday, but it isn't exactly funny enough to hear twice."

"Or to tell it, twice." Trunks grunted.

"But.." she continued, again ignoring several looks from fellow students, "I made you some notes on how to improve it."

"Seriously Pan, I hate you."

"You can't hate me, I'm way too cute for that."

"You don't even know how to spell the word cute, damn you."

"Come on," she pulled at his arm and dragged the 30 year old with her to his car.

The strange looks they earned from others were understandable. Trunks was, after all, known around the city for his impressive looks and academic achievements. He inherited his mother's brains and looks, even though his father would claim that otherwise. And Pan was just a girl, known for her ability to learn incredibly fast. She had skipped several classes and was out of her place here, in University. But this story is not about Pan, nor Trunks, even though you might think so. No, this is all about the girl who was watching Trunks and Pan from the shadows. The girl who went unnoticed by everyone else. It was, as if she didn't exist. But when she stepped away from her corner, she caught the attention. Several heads turned her way, when she opened her eyes and focused on the car leaving.

Wide, blue shimmering eyes blinked, and a shy smile appeared on her pale face.

One of the guys who had been sitting in Pans class, walked up to her and blocked her way. He grinned at her, asking for her name.

"Mitsuko." she answered, while trying to look away from the guy.

The guy was trying his best not to be ignored, and continued to ask her questions.

She answered his questions politely, not revealing too much information about herself. It didn't matter, he had no idea. She then looked at him and raised one brow.

"Damn, you have the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen." he suddenly said, stating the obvious.

"Who is she?"

"She's not from around here, is she?"

"She seems a bit strange to me."

People started to whisper, and all the girl did was standing there.

"I'd like to go now, please." she whispered. The guy who had been talking to her looked at her, and stared into big blue eyes.

"Now." she added with a firm voice.

The guy immediately stepped aside and let the girl pass. Mitsuko left the school building and looked to her left and right. Which way did the car go?

She sighed and looked at the ground. If only she had told the guy to bugger off sooner. Then she wouldn't have lost track of those two.

Who was the girl he was with, again?

She searched her memory.

"I don't know." she stated, and searched for tracks on the road.

"This way then." she told herself, and started walking, in the direction the car supposedly went.

She kept on walking, and after she had been walking for 2 hours straight, she suddenly stopped. The city was unfamiliar to her. She didn't recognize any of the buildings. Her city was different. Even though it was supposed to be the same.

Suddenly, she heard a familiar voice and looked up.

"Goodbye guys!"

She blinked, and identified the voice as Trunks'.

"He's here."

She wanted to turn around but the loud sound of brakes startled her and she froze. Had she done exactly the opposite, then nothing would have happened. But just as she remained where she was, in the middle of the road, she nearly got hit by the car, whose driver was desperately trying to stop and turned a sharp left.

"Shit!" was the first thing he said as Goten pushed Pan out of the car and got out himself.

"Goten, you idiot! Look what happened!" the raven-haired girl yelled when she caught her breath and noticed the car smashed against the tree. Goten ignored his car, however, and kneeled down near the girl.

From a bit further away, Trunks started running towards the scene. It didn't take long before they were surrounding the girl on the ground.

Strangely enough, she was still awake. Dirt covered some of her face, but her eyes were open and she looked around with her curious blue eyes.

"I am so sorry!" Goten kept on repeating, while Pan was patting the girls arm.

"Are you okay? Are you hurt?"

Mitsuko turned her head to Pan and recognized her as the girl she had seen before, with Trunks.

It was then, when she saw Trunks leaning over Pan, staring right at her.

She blinked at him and smiled.

"Hello." She said softly.

Her voice was charming, a bit soft, but melodically. Slowly, she sat up straight, and Goten and Pan crawled back to give her some room.

Goten was still worried sick, as he kept on stammering "Shit shit shit."

"Don't worry." She smiled. "I'm okay."

"You seem to be." Pan remarked and got up. She brushed some dust of her pants and offered her hand to the girl with a smile.

Mitsuko hesitated shortly, then took the hand and was surprised to be pulled up by the young girl.

"I'm Pan." She introduced herself.

"This here is Trunks," she pointed to Trunks on her right and then at Goten. "That's my uncle, Goten."

"Listen, I'm really sorry - " the last one started, but Trunks interrupted him. "You look all right, but are you sure you don't want my mom to check on you? I live right here and my mother is really smart."

Mitsuko shook her head in an almost panicked manner.

"No, really, I'm fine. I was just very lucky I suppose. I am Mitsuko, by the way."

Trunks studied her for a moment, and then nodded. "All right, I suppose. At least come inside the house for a minute, they must have startled you."

"They?!" Pan frowned. "It was Goten who wasn't paying attention!"

"It's not like I wanted to hit the poor girl on purpose! You were the one waving and covering my view!"

"Don't try to blame this on me, Goten!" she said with a glare, and Mitsuko giggled shortly. Pan looked at her and shrugged.

"Yes, at least you're okay and all."

Goten nodded and looked at his watch. "Since my car is broke, you think your mom would mind if we staid for dinner?"

"My mom won't, my father will" Trunks smirked.

"Let's get you inside." Pan smiled at the new girl and led the way to the big white building across the street.

Trunks smacked Goten on the back of the head and laughed.

"You're damn lucky, Goten" he said shaking his head.

Mitsuko kept on smiling as she entered the one building she recognized. Little did the others know this was her home in her future.

No, the story doesn't tell the romantic tale of how one person ended up with the other. That tale is impossible to tell. It does, however, let us know what happened afterwards. When Mitsuko was born, she had a mother and a father. But at the moment Mitsuko stepped inside Capsule Corp, she had no one. She was a stranger in this time. And she would never truly exist here, either.

A few things:

- this fic will contain an odd couple (I am -me- after all, but I'm not sure if it will play a big role in the story.

- The story takes place after GT. Since Trunks is 30, that would make Goten 29 and Pan around 17 (I want her to be 17 instead of 16 and that's the power of the author, so :P)

- If I'm not mistaken (and I really hope I'm not!!); Nakama means something alone the lines of "close friend(s)" or "trusted ally".

Thanks for reading, and please review! Pan chan