Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ The Mirai World ❯ Talking Cats ( Chapter 11 )

Title: The mirai world??

Author: J'dee

Rating: NC-17 (offensive language)

Story Brief: An Alternative Reality fan fic of The Storm...

Author's Note: Taken from 1st person / eye of God of my character Leona

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters you recognise but I own the one's you don't.... also know that I have taken a few scenes from "the history of Trunks" DBZ movie...

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There was alot of time I spent at home trying to stay 'safe' away from Android Sixteen so I didn't become a target for him to use as the cliché bait for Goku like Frieza had tried to pull. But really I learned something on the ship. Being confined usually drives one extremely cranky. And I was really getting majorly annoying. Alot of the times I got in to scraps with my brother all because he expected me to cook him a meal. He can be such a pain. I knew suddenly what my mother felt like when Neil got like that. At least he had cut down on the alcohol cause no one would buy it for him. he may of been over the legal age of eighteen but he had that youthful face that they would want I.D.

So this day was no different we were having an indoor war with our stereo's he had Bone Thugs 'n' harmony going full bore while I had the Moulin rouge soundtrack going full bore on the more 'heavier' tracks like Beck and Timberland's 'Diamond Dogs' After about an hour of it I just went to bed and left my music going. I'm one of those people that have that ability to be able to sleep through large and loud bigger than life. Heck I can sleep to Marilyn Manson and meditate to Korn.

Eventually I woke up feeling really groggy and everything was silent and it was pitch black I sat up and opened my door to find Yamcha sitting in a chair outside sleeping. He looked really adorable being the guard. I knelt down by the chair and just looked at him in the dark. Even in the night I could pick out his features clearly. I could see the scars that lined his face that made him look so much more older than what he was. Being in this world my world what I took in more was looking at him as a real person not an animation. I stood up slowly and turned round to walk in to the kitchen when I saw Goku standing in the doorway looking at me.

"Lee what are you doing up it's three am?" Goku asked.

I guessed as normal he had been sleeping on the couch. I looked at Goku. "Well I uh came out to get a drink." I replied and walked past him quickly my head lowered.

I went to the kitchen and poured myself some orange juice and I could sense Goku in the kitchen behind me while I had my juice.

"You truly love him don't you?" Goku asked.

I nodded not looking round at Goku. "Stupid of me huh? At first I thought he could never love me because of Bulma. I was so jealous of her. The way he'd talk about her and act round her. Then when it ended he got so drunk and I was feeling hurt of you. I couldn't let you go. We somehow ended up together in the backseat of his car. We came together for connivance sake not love yet as time went by I realised he loved me. But I didn't show him any in return. Until I realised he was gone." I looked at the bottom of the glass. "Now time's coming close where I'm going to lose him again. At least it's only going to be for a short while before I go." I rinsed the glass out.

"Lee?" I stopped and looked over my shoulder to see Goku and Yamcha standing there together. I quickly turned back round to the sink.

"Goku what's she talking about? She's okay right?" He asked his voice sounding worried. I hadn't told anyone about the treatment having a time limit not even Goku or Vegeta. But I felt that they knew anyway.

"I'll leave you two to talk." Goku said and with that I felt him leave.

I turned round from the sink and Yamcha looked at me. I could tell he had my entire ramble to Goku about my feelings cause he was looking at me in a different way.

"Lee tell me what's wrong." He said walking up to me.

I just hugged him. "I'm dying. I'm sorry. the treatment- there's a time limit on it. I have five weeks." I replied.

The sudden look of horror on Yamcha's face. It was hurt- not only for me but I could tell he was hurting inside too. He hugged me back. I think that's all I needed.

***

Christmas day... The first one I spent without my mother around. But we spent it in her house. The present things. Chhaya and Iris brought news a prophecy more like it from their meditation and for once they were round at my place in stead of me being round at either one of their homes. Android Sixteen no one had seen head nor tail of him. It didn't really matter to me. I was dying slowly he was the last of my concerns.

I sat outside with Chhaya and Iris sitting on the porch. "You sure that's what ya little wolfy companion told you?" I asked Chhaya.

Chhaya had a serious look across her face and she nodded. "Yeah the dragonballs won't bring you back if you die in their world period. If it be from this virus or if it be from those androids either way girl when you die there ain't no coming back."

I looked to Iris and she nodded. "Yeah it was confirmed when I went in to my mediation too. Girl you go back you're going to die."

I sighed. "If I stay here I'm going to die too. At least I can see Alethea before I die. That's the main reason." I replied looking down at the ground.

"I just wish we could do something more to help you." Chhaya said sadly.

"You can. In their world witchy powers are magnified if you were there you could bring me back. But I'd have to leave a message for Trunks to find much later after the androids are dead. He could come and get you." I said.

Chhaya looked worried for a moment. "I don't know girl people brought back by witch powers usually turn out very dark and evil."

I scratched my chin and looked at Iris. "I know there's a way round it. I can come back not evil. You brought me home when I thought I was dying couldn't you just do that in their world bringing me back again after all dying in their world is when the body goes to another dimension." I asked.

Iris looked at Chhaya and they nodded. "Actually that's a great idea! You leave a message for Trunks and we'll do it then." Iris smiled.

I hugged them both. "Thanks."

We headed back inside to see Neil doing a form of a chore and setting the table. I blinked and mockingly fainted. Chhaya caught me and I stood up. Neil glared at me.

"Dad made me." Was all he grumbled and went back to it.

Chhaya opened the oven and she smiled. "Mugi's almost done." She remarked.

"And my salad is still in the fridge. Nothing can spoil this day." Iris added.

I think she shouldn't of said that because bursting through the door Android Sixteen came and he headed straight for me. I let out a scream and covered my eyes.

"Oh no you don't!!! You're not ruining THIS day!!!" Chhaya shouted and flung her hands up in the air and froze him in his place.

I peeked through my fingers and looked at him. Iris held her hand up palm upward and with a flick of her wrist he was flung out the door.

My hands dropped to my side and Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo and Yamcha ran in to the room they looked out as Android Sixteen stood up.

"Okay I hate to sound really typically saiyan here but will SOMEBODY PLEASE KILL THAT GUY!!!" I shouted.

"Hmph." Vegeta grunted and he walked forward. Goku and Piccolo followed. Together the three of them powered up.

"Kaaaa meeee haaaa meeee HAAAA!!!" Goku's signature attack.

"FINAL FLASH!" Then Vegeta's more potent attack.

"SPECIAL BEAM CANNON!!" Followed by Piccolo's trade mark 'killer' move.

We watched as the three attacks hit home in the android.

"Lee you can do the honours." Goku smiled.

I pointed my finger at the android and the ground suddenly opened up and swallowed him and the other pieces of him lying round before the ground returned to normal.

"Man that android was really beginning to bug me." Iris remarked.

Everything seemed to be going so well that day. But truthfully that evening we were all going to go our own separate ways except Yamcha he was going to be spending an extra two days in this world helping me pack for my return to the dragonball world. It was at Goku's suggestion. Why? I guess Goku was actually letting me go after the other day with the whole confession of being in love with Yamcha. It was something both of us were looking forward to. Two days to ourselves.

***

After Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, Krillen, Tien and Chaoitsu were gone. It felt strange wandering round the home. Neil had left that evening too. Gone to Melbourne with my dad. The house was being rented out and my aunty would arrive in a couple of days to make sure the family moved in alright and the money from the renting out would go in to the estate fund.

So me and Yamcha sat in the lounge watching 'Romeo Must Die' together. I had always wanted to show Yamcha my favorite Martial Art movie. He admitted Jet Li was impressive and I admitted I thought he was cute. But I showed him my true idol Russell Wong who would forever be famous from the Vanishing Son TV show and movie series. Strangely enough Yamcha didn't get jealous. I guess that untouchable actor types didn't seem like a threat on the relationship. That or considering in two days time we would no longer have one.

That was one of the strangest feelings two days we had left to show how much we cared for one another. And instead of going out on the town. We hung round home together and just did homely couple stuff.

It was a good two days and I wouldn't forget it for the world but it was the last day that was the most scariest.

I remember waking up that last morning coughing badly my whole insides twisting and doing that expansion thing. But I still had a shower and got dressed despite the pain I was in. For my return trip to the dragonball world I had decided on a new look to leave the past behind me. I had my hair cut and thinned and straightened. I pulled it back off my face and tied it in to a pony tail. I wore a pair of black hipsters over my red plastic platform pulps and a red holter top with a gold belt chain hanging round my waist at my jeans. It wasn't a complete make over but it was the look I wanted to take with me to return to the anime world. When I met up with Yamcha back at home after the make over thing he smiled at me.

"You look good Lee." He kissed me on the cheek and took my hand.

"I'm going to miss you so much." I replied.

He nodded. "I know but think of it this way you've got a new look and a new life and world to save. I'll be the last thing on your mind." He said.

I took his hand as we stepped through to the other world.

***

It felt like waking up in a bad dream of sorts and I found myself in the darkness I was trapped in something and I held my hand up and used a ki ball to light the area and I looked at the bodies crushed under rocks and rubble I realised I was trapped in some sort of building and I powered up throwing the ki ball upwards blasting my way out.

I floated upwards and out of the hole and landed on the ground brushing my hipsters down grumbling to myself about landing positions.

I then felt sudden stares on me and I looked over to a fourteen year old Trunks holding a plushie bunny doll in his hands he looked at me strangely.

"W.W.Who are you?" He asked jumping to his feet and jumping back.

He powered up. It was cute really him trying to act all brave and I smiled.

"Easy Trunks I know her. She's a friend." A voice spoke.

I looked over to see a grown Gohan land on the ground in front of me and I blinked and rubbed my eyes. I could see in him Goku totally he even sounded kinda like him.

"Leona. Long time no see." He smiled.

I was suddenly wrapped up in looking at him. He was now older and taller looking.

"Gohan. You've.... uh.... grown up." I replied.

He hugged me and I hugged him back. "They're still here aren't they?" I asked.

"Yeah. just look around you Lee this is their handy work." Gohan replied.

I did the place was a mess it was like rubble instead of buildings.

"Man. How terrible. Look at this place. How many other places are like this?"

"Almost everywhere." Gohan replied. "They jump countries and do the same then come back here- because I'm here."

"I'm sorry for going Gohan I really am I was luckily saved by my friends before I got turned in to another android stat." I explained.

"Your friends? The witches right?" He asked.

I nodded. "Yeah then I got caught with that stupid virus. So add sick, travel and recovery time on to that and it's a total of nearly fourteen weeks in my world."

"Which is nearly fourteen years here." He replied.

"I can see that. Look at you. Mr. Lady killer." I smiled.

Gohan rubbed the back of his neck he still had that childlike shyness.

"Well not exactly. The Androids killed her not me." He replied.

I looked at Gohan. "I wasn't calling you a killer silly. I was saying you're looks are killer." I remarked and looked at him. He was bulging with muscles in his arms and upper body yet he still had that child like look of Goku.

"Oh." Gohan replied understanding.

I looked over at Trunks. "This is Trunks isn't it?" I asked.

Trunks looked at me. "How'd you know my name?" He asked.

I rolled my eyes. "I'm a friend of your mother's silly. Last time I saw you though. You were still in diapers. Amazing just look at you. You have Vegeta's face shape. Amazing." I remarked the resemblance was really noticeable considering it had been three days since I'd seen Vegeta it was hard to forget his face.

"You knew my father?" Trunks asked suddenly.

"Correction. I know your father." Boy did saying that feel really Lion King cliché.

"I'm sorry to tell you but my father died." Trunks remarked.

"I know I was there I saw it. What I meant is he's alive though may not be in body but spirit and I know he's watching over you Trunks." I gave Trunks a comforting smile.

He wiped the tears away from his eyes with the back of his sleeve and looked at me.

"Now what do you say we head back to Capsule Corp. and surprise your mother?"

Trunks nodded and Gohan looked at me. "Great to see you again Lee."

I smiled and the three of us powered up and we flew back to Capsule Corp.

***

Once inside Capsule Corp. Gohan stood by the window looking outside. Trunks sat in the chair still holding the plushie toy and my mind fell on Alethea I still had to find Baba and then take Alethea aside for her training. I adjusted the shoulder bag and looked at it. I'd almost forgotten I had been wearing it. I opened it up and pulled out the cap Yamcha had given me his Titan's cap he'd been buried with it. But I remembered him handing it to me on Christmas day obviously what you were buried with did pass on to the other side with you. At least in this world. I fingered the rim of the cap looking at the Titans name scrawled across the front of it.

"Lee where did you get that?" Gohan asked me quietly.

"Yamcha gave it to me." I replied placing it back in the bag.

"But I thought we-" Gohan stopped and he looked at me.

I looked over at Trunks staring at the ground in the seat where he was sitting.

"We did. He was in my world with me. Everybody was- the androids when killed they crossed over we had to stop them from destroying my world. So when these two go the same thing will happen. Gero placed some sort of device in them for them to make that cross over. So I've got an idea. If I can get the plans for Eighteen and Seventeen and see if they are planted with the same device. Maybe I can create something to deactivate it so they won't cross over." I whispered to Gohan.

He nodded slowly. "Then perhaps you could create something to shut them down with too." He suggested in a whisper.

We looked over to Trunks. He was crying it was obviously hard on him seeing the bodies in the street and sensing everyone to be dead. The bunny plushie toy fell from his hand and landed on the ground with a soft thud.

"Poor kid he shouldn't have to witness that." I remarked sadly.

Gohan sighed and he turned round and looked out the window again.

"You can help me Lee. Together. Alone I can't defeat them but with your help." He began softly. "Maybe we might stand a chance." He added even softer.

Trunks seemed to be in so much pain over the latest Android attack.

I stood by the window next to Gohan looking back at Trunks. My heart really went out to the kid seriously. I looked out the window at the sky which was now going orange with the sunset it was a beautiful sun set. But that wasn't the problem. Trunks made me feel bad for missing out on fourteen years worth of helping to stop the androids. I watched as the young teen clenched his hands on his legs and I saw the tears hit his hand. I looked down at the plushie toy on the ground.

"Is this the way life is suppose to be? So full of pain?" Trunks asked.

I blinked as I looked at him, yet he couldn't seem to look back.

"Well I'd rather fight and die than watch this all happen. NO! I can't just sneak around while all this is going on." Trunks spoke.

I felt the pain in my heart increase I had to tell them I probably had only a week left to live or a year depending if my immune system switched over to this world.

"Please train me, you have to. Please. I must fight. C'mon Gohan you're half saiyan like me right? Then you must know how I'm feeling! Help me channel some of this anger." Trunks added.

I looked at Gohan looking outside. I could see his reflection as his eyes narrowed. He didn't say anything it was like a dramatical pause or something. I looked to Trunks there was alot of power in him even at his age.

"Gohan!" Trunks almost shouted at Gohan for the silence.

The reflection of Gohan's eyes widened almost just like Goku's.

"You're pitiful Trunks." Gohan finally spoke. "An emotional wreck, just like I was when my mom wouldn't let me train and fight with my father." Gohan turned away from the window and he walked up to Trunks. "From now on I am your master and you are my pupil. How's that?" He asked.

Trunks smiled and he nodded. "Great. I won't let you down."

Gohan nodded. "Yeah I know." He replied.

I thumped my chest trying to breath and for a moment I thought I felt a strong presence behind me. 'Tell them Lee. Don't hide the truth.' I turned round looking for the owner of the voice and I knew that it was Goku. 'Lee you're dying. Tell them.'

'Not now.' I thought back and looked out the window in the reflection I could see Goku's ghost standing there his arms crossed and he looked at my reflection.

'Lee don't be stubborn. There's a cure here.' Goku's image told me. 'Talk to Bulma at least Lee.'

'Fine. I will.'

"Trunks I'm home." Bulma's voice spoke up.

I looked up and Gohan blinked and he looked at me.

"My mom's back." Trunks quickly scrubbed away his tears with the back of his sleeve. "Please don't tell her."

"Right." Gohan agreed.

We all took our positions. Trunks picked up a book and he sat down with his back to the door and Gohan walked back to the window and he looked at me and blinked.

"Lee you look extremely pale. Are you alright?" Gohan asked.

I nodded. "Um yeah." I replied.

Gohan looked at me and I think he knew instantly I was still sick but I didn't say anything and neither did he. He just looked out the window.

I looked out the window to see what he was looking at. I wanted to know what was so interesting that it seemed to have his attention.

Gohan gave me a side long glance I think he picked up on what I was doing. He smiled at me and he brushed a strand of hair from my face and I felt a strange tingle like sensation race up my spine at the touch I looked up at him. I swallowed I actually felt nervous round him. I mean he was now all grown up and I'd missed out on so much of that growing up. Now he stood taller than me and really attractive. I looked down slightly trying to hide my eyes. I thought on what Trunks from the future had told me. Apparently me and Gohan. I think I felt my cheeks go red as I looked down.

"I um should be going." I began I had to find Alethea I didn't have long to train her.

"Lee please stay." Gohan said softly. I picked up a small plead in his voice and I couldn't not stay. I sighed giving in to him.

I nodded slowly. "Okay." I found a seat and I sat down resting my aching head in my hands. The pain was almost unbearable.

"Hello? Anybody in there?" Bulma then entered the room with shopping bags she saw Trunks immediately. "Ah it's nice to see that you're alive son. Do you plan on living long or should I start shopping for one instead of two?" Bulma asked.

"Ah no two is fine mom." Trunks replied quickly.

"And a surprise guest. How are you Gohan?" Bulma asked.

"Fine. Hi." Gohan replied.

"Trunks goes to fight the androids and then you show up." Bulma remarked. She hadn't noticed me yet. She then carried the bag towards the kitchen. "What an interesting coincidence wouldn't you say. You guys aren't planning anything are you?" She asked. That was Bulma sharp as a whistle.

Trunks and Gohan looked at where she had gone and blinked.

Bulma stuck her head out of the kitchen at the silence that greeted her.

"Well I didn't think so. You're not that stupid." She remarked. "Nobody's that stupid..." She added. "Right?" She asked before vanishing back in to the kitchen.

"Uuuhhh..." Trunks and Gohan both blinked in anime fashion it was cute really.

"You know you just reminded me of Goku then Gohan." I said and smiled.

I stood up. "But I should go I have some stuff to attend to." Trunks looked at me.

"Hey mom you missed a guest." He said. "She says she's a friend of yours."

"Huh?" Bulma remarked she came out and then she looked at me and she blinked. "Oh my gosh. Lee! Look at you! You still look like you did when you vanished. Except wow you cut your hair! Where on earth did you come from?" She asked.

"My world I got called back to finish up some lose ends when my mother died." I replied. "I had to sort out the estate and stuff. Make sure my brother was okay. Fight some androids that wanted me dead and then I had this battle with that stupid heart virus. I won all except the latter." I replied in a one breath that was me speed talker.

"Lee. You're still infected with it. Oh gosh. I've got some medicine in the cabinet you stay right there I'm going to get it." She said and rushed off.

"I feel fine though." I remarked.

"Dad felt fine the day the virus struck him too Lee." Gohan finished.

I gave Gohan a 'sorry' look. I still partly blamed myself for Goku getting sick.

Bulma came out and she handed me a small measuring cup filled up with some liquid. She looked at me. "Take this Lee." She said.

I nodded and took it and swallowed it. "Thanks."

"I hope you can stay for dinner Lee." She said.

I nodded. "Sure. But I've got to go and um look for a place of my own and stuff."

Bulma smiled. "Stay the night Lee. Talk to me I think we seriously need to catch up."

"I don't see why not." I replied with a smile

"This could mean you'll be kept up half the night Trunks the rate these two gossip." Gohan grinned. Me and Bulma looked at Gohan. Was he teasing me?

"Don't mind him he just wants your attention now that you're back." Bulma teased Gohan. "He was so hurt when you just vanished like that. Master Roshi thought you'd gone and done something drastic like take on the androids yourself."

"Not in my world they chased me. I nearly did get it but not from the androids from Gero himself. He killed one of my sister witches. Drained her of her energy and he got some of mine. Hence why I lost the tail. Not my choice." I explained.

"No tail?" Gohan asked.

"Turn round show me." Bulma remarked.

I turned round and she looked. "No tail. It ain't gunna grow back either."

I turned back round to Bulma. "Doesn't matter though. Say you need a hand in the kitchen. We can catch up while these two can mull over some stuff."

"Now Lee you aren't encouraging Gohan to encourage my son now are you?" She asked looking at me.

I looked at her. "I actually wanted to talk to you about my daughter." I replied.

"Oh how is she?" Bulma asked.

"Um can we talk in private about this?" I asked.

Bulma nodded. "Sure follow me."

She lead me in to the kitchen and we left Trunks and Gohan in the lounge.

***

After I explained all that I could about what happened and leaving Alethea behind Bulma was in shock. "So you left her here that means she would be the same age as Trunks now. Oh now I see why you were in such a hurry to leave. You saw Trunks and being the mother you are you wanted to find her." She remarked.

I nodded and I pulled out Yamcha's baseball hat and held it up Bulma looked at it.

"Oh gosh Lee you weren't lying about seeing them in your world then?"

"Well I got guarded alot. By all of them from Vegeta to Chaoitsu. But soon you're going to get an idea that's going to send Trunks to me in that time to help everybody out. I can't say now because it'll spoil the future. But this cap I want you to give it to Alethea for her eighteenth. Because I know I won't be here for it." I said softly.

Bulma swallowed. "How was Vegeta?" She asked quietly.

"Oh you know as normal as ever. Even in death he's still trying to surpass Goku. But sometimes I felt I could see that he misses this world and the people in it."

Bulma nodded. "I do miss him. I wish he could be here." She sighed. "But what matters is finding Alethea as of tomorrow we'll go to look for her at Baba's."

I smiled at Bulma and hugged her. "Thanks."

***

Gohan, myself and Trunks sat at the table in the kitchen as Bulma was serving up some rice in to bowls. "I hope you can stick around for a while this time Gohan. We hardly get to see you any more. I miss the good old days." Bulma finished placing a large wad of rice in a bowl and she turned round with the bowl in hand. "Travelling to Namek has got to be the all time greatest adventure." She handed Gohan the bowl.

Gohan got this classic Goku look across his face as he took the bowl.

"Mmmmm CHEW ATTACK!" He then began wolfing the food down at great speed.

Bulma handed trunks a bowl. Trunks took the bowl. I watched as Trunks watched Gohan for a moment before copying. "CHEW ATTACK!" talk about influence.

'How typically Goku.' I thought and smiled.

Bulma handed me a bowl. "Here you go Lee. Tomorrow it'll be just you and me and we'll get you some supplies."

"Thanks." I smiled and I ate my rice slower than the other two indigestion still struck me. Besides Yamcha had given me a large meal before I left.

Gohan had finished the bowl by the time I had started and he handed his bowl to Bulma. "More please." At least he still had some form of manners remaining.

Bulma chuckled. "Yup. Like father like son."

Gohan blinked and he looked at Bulma. "Oh yeah you think so?" He asked.

Bulma took the bowl and she began refilling it up. "Oh definitely. The way you eat. And the way you're so powerful and so gentle at the same time. And the way you look especially with that outfit on."

Gohan looked down at the orange gi with the blue shirt on underneath. He did remind me of Goku in alot of ways 'So much for the Yamcha Chi-chi theory.' I thought.

"I guess I've always dreamed of being as strong as my dad. Yeah it inspires me to wear his old colors."

"Well I know he'd be awfully proud to see what a strong man you've become. I've heard rumours that you've been fighting the androids all by yourself. Is that true?"

Gohan looked at her. "Yes."

There was the like father like son thing again. Goku could never lie either.

"Please be careful. And guess what now Trunks wants to fight to." Bulma looked at Trunks. "I'd wish you'd talk to him. He might listen to you." Bulma remarked.

I looked at Trunks and he swallowed the mouthful he was on hard.

Bulma placed the bowl in front of Gohan. "Uuuhhh..." Was all Gohan replied.

"What about you Lee are you planning on fighting the androids?" Bulma asked.

"I... ah... think I've found Gero's lab so I'm going to go look for the plans for their shut down. So I'm going to focus on that mainly."

"Well Lee I hope you'll be careful we don't want to lose you. Thinking we had was hard enough." Bulma replied.

I nodded. "I'll be okay. I've got the I.T I can get in and out no worries."

Bulma still gave me a worried look.

***

After I thought everyone had gone to sleep I went outside and sat on the roof of Capsule Corp. and I looked up at the sky. I felt the chill of the night air sting my bare arms and I stayed sitting there. I looked at my watch. My father had promised he would drop some of my stuff off in this world so I was looking for an opening in the sky. I saw it about five minutes later the blue opening and I levitated up off the roof and powered up and flew towards the opening to see my dad floating there he handed me a capsule case and I put it in my pocket he then handed me a box and I looked at it. "your cats- boy and I aren't taking them to Australia."

I blinked. "You're leaving me with the cats?" I asked.

He looked at me. "You know how I feel about those things."

"Fine just go live have a happy life." I grumbled.

My father looked at me. "Sorry about not giving you the proper human life Leona."

"Well I'm sorry I wasn't the perfect child."

"You were to me at least." He ruffled my hair and flew back through the vortex.

I landed lightly down on the roof of capsule corp. and I opened up the box. My kitty looked at me and jumped out of the box and on to my lap. "Hey there."

She began purring and rubbing up against me. She looked so odd in an animated reality. I smiled remembering the teasing stories Chhaya used to make about me having a farm with over one hundred cats and being called the 'Cat Lady'.

"I wish you guys were here." I whispered.

I looked at my mother's cat. He was larger than my kitty. He yawned and went back to sleep in the box. I put my kitty back in the box and closed it up and jumped off the roof landing lightly on the ground I walked inside to the lounge and I looked at Gohan sitting on the couch he looked at me.

"Lee you don't just power up like that here. They've learned to trace us by our power levels and movements." Gohan remarked.

I put the box down. "I didn't know okay. Besides I had to say good-bye to my dad."

Gohan looked at me. "At least you got to." He said softly.

"I didn't get to say good-bye to my mother." I sat down next to Gohan.

He looked so sad. I looked down at my lap. "I really missed having you around Lee I felt so alone for a long while, til Trunks was at the age I could talk to him. But he doesn't understand the powers of a super saiyan."

I nodded slowly. "I really wanted to come back I didn't want to be away for that long honest. But when I got sick with the virus. My dad got his ship out and off I went to Yardrat for treatment that gave me only five weeks to live. This is my last week of life." I ran my hands through my hair.

Gohan looked at me. "You're still dying? Lee there is treatment you can take here."

"Will it work? I only have a week left to live." I asked.

Gohan wrapped his arms round me and pulled me in to a hug. I sighed.

"Trust me it'll work. You have a great idea to finish off the androids." He comforted.

I nodded slowly it felt weird knowing this was Gohan and here I was the one younger than him now. Here he was the one acting so much older than I could.

"Maow..." I hear my kitty's meow at me from the box and Gohan looked at me.

"What's that?" He asked.

I blushed. "Uh my cats." I replied.

"Cats as in plural? More than one?" Gohan asked.

"Yeah my kitty Aradia and my mother's cat Maniac." I replied.

***

The next morning I woke up to find that I had fallen asleep on the couch with Gohan I looked down to see Aradia sitting there blinking looking at us. "Maow."

I rubbed my eyes and looked at her. "How did you get out of the box?"

"I climbed out."

I sat up suddenly and she jumped out of the way, and Gohan hit the floor with a thud.

He looked up at me and I bit my lower lip.

"Sorry." I rubbed the back of my neck.

"No problem." Gohan groaned.

Aradia bounced up to him and rubbed up against the side of his arm.

"I like him." she said while purring.

"She's um... talking..." I remarked.

Gohan looked at me and he sat up. "Yeah. And?"

"I've had her for one year she hasn't spoken to me before." I replied.

Aradia bounced round in circles on the floor and ran over to the box and she jumped in. "Maaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiicccccccc!!!!" She called out.

"Hypo cat." I grumbled and helped Gohan stand up.

He looked at me, I felt the sudden awkwardness the whole male female thing again.

"I uh... um..." I stammered.

"Ooooooohhhhhh we play-in hop scotch..." Aradia grinned

I looked over to the box as it bounced about and rubbed my temples.

"This is so weird in my world you've have to be a Dr. Dolittle to understand what they were saying and going on about." I remarked.

"A.D cut it out." Manic's voice scolded and Aradia was flung out of the box and she bolted off outside still in a hyperactive mood.

Me and Gohan looked to the box as Maniac stuck his tabby head out he blinked and looked at me. "Hello." He said and climbed out of the box.

"Hey." I knelt down and he padded up to me and rubbed up against my side.

"You're my property now." He said as he rubbed up against my side and I patted him on the head and under the chin. "Ooooohhh scratchy spot... yea..."

"Gohan what am I going to do with these two?" I asked him. "I have no house or anything in this world for me to stay. Let alone these two and Alethea."

Gohan thought for a moment. "Well Yamcha's house in the desert is still in tact. The androids don't go that far out." He replied. "Eighteen doesn't like getting dirty."

I nodded. "Well if I get them out there then come back later for Alethea."

Gohan looked at me. "Where is Alethea?" He asked.

"Uuuuh with Baba." I replied. "She never went back to my world with me. I was being chased by the androids at the time I couldn't risk taking her through because she's from this world I didn't think the cross over would work for her."

Gohan looked at me in sudden shock. "So she's been here the whole time?"

I nodded. "Yeah that's where me and Bulma are going today. Trunks can't know about her. In four years time she's going to give him a message from me. Regarding the power of the dragonballs." I explained.

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To Be Continued...

R & R please…. Sorry these chappies are a bit off major writer's block for them….

~J'dee