Chapter Three-B When I came to there was a Geodude poking me with a stick. “Urrggg.” I groaned as I realized what had happened and why I was here. When I groaned the Geodude was startled and almost ran off. “Geodude, could you help me out?” I asked it. It came back and asked “Geodude deo?” “Geodude deo means ‘What are you?’ in English” My dex translated for me. “I am a human.” I answered it “Could you help me?” “Gude?” (How?) “Well could you help me get to a Poke Center, please?” “Geo geo geode!” (I will help!) “Thanks Geodude.” I said to it “Ouch.” I muttered under my breath as the Geodude tried to lift me up so it could help me to get to a Poke Center. When we finally got there, Nurse Joy Just looked at me and slapped herself in the face. “Tanya.” Was all she could say. “What?” “What happened to you and is that Geodude yours?” “The Geodude is wild, he’s just helping me out a little, as for what happened, Vegeta tried to kill me.” “That does it! As soon as we get you situated I’m gonna call Officer Jenny! As for the Geodude, do you want to keep it or release it?” “Don’t ask me, ask Geodude.” “Ok then, Geodude, do you want to stay with Tanya or do you want to keep on being wild?” Joy asked Geodude. “Deo, geo deo gude.” (Stay, to keep her out of trouble) is what Geodude answered. “Alright then, you’ll need to stay in a PokéBall though.” “Geo gu.” (Ok.) “Now to get you onto a cot,” Joy said “Geodude, I need you to put her on this cot. Ok?” “Geo gu.” He answered as he carefully put me on it. “I’ll have my assistant call Jenny and I’ll call your mom so she can come get you. Alright?” Joy asked me. “Please don’t call my mom; if you do she’ll never let me out of New Bark!” I answered her. “Ok. But you probably won’t be able to leave town or battle for about a month. Got that?” “Got it.” I said as she gave me a pillow and a blanket as well as a powerful painkiller that made me sleepy. As I was about to fall asleep Joy handed Geodude a PokéBall and told him to get in it when he felt I’d be ok without someone to look after me. In Dream I was in a Pokemon Center, but it kinda wasn’t a Pokemon Center, because it was like I had infared goggles, the kind where everything is black unless it’s got some amount of heat in it. I went upstairs to look around up there and I saw the capsule, it was a cool looking purple color, I wonder if Joy would let me paint it that color if I asked her. Maybe. I was so into my thoughts I didn’t notice the figure next to me and when I turned to check out the Coliseum I was looking straight at a person. (Was it even a person at all?) Who was enormous and had spiked hair that went up and out at the same time and huge muscles. He said, “I’m gonna destroy all the Saiya-jin (Saiyins) on this planet and that includes you! You dirty little runt you!” Out of Dream “AHHHHHHH!” I yelled as I woke up and realized I was upside down. Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny were looking at me with concerned looks on their faces. “What happened?” I asked, the dream forgotten. “You were hanging onto poor Geodude for dear life and when you screamed he flipped you upside down.” Joy answered me. “You look like someone said they were out to get you or something.” Jenny added. The dream came back at that moment. “AHHHHHHHHHHH!” I yelled as I fainted. When I woke up, I saw Arish and Olivie looking down at me. “Why are you guys here?” I asked them. “Well Officer Jenny came to the house and told us to get on her patrol scooter and that she needed us to help her and Joy.” Olivie answered me. “Yeah, what happened?” Arish asked me. “I can’t even remember.” I answered her. Then I noticed Vegeta in handcuffs scowling at me because he must’ve thought I was dead when he left. “Next time, I’ll get you Tanya, next time I’ll get you!” He muttered under his breath. “Gosh, Vegeta, I would think you’d be thinking of saving the Saiya-jin from whoever or whatever’s coming.” I said to him. “What!?!” “You heard me, the entire Saiyin race is endangered, I don’t know how, but it is.” “What!?! What do you mean ‘the entire Saiyin race is endangered'?” He asked “How would you possibly know what I don’t!?!” “I had a dream, I was here and I went upstairs and when I went to look at the Coliseum and a huge guy with spiked hair said ‘I’m gonna destroy all the Saiya-jin (Saiyins) on this planet and that includes you! You dirty little runt you!’ and that’s all I know.” “Humph. It had to be only a dream.” “Oh sure and dreams can scare me, I haven’t been scared by a dream my whole life! The only reason I screamed was because of the threat and normal everyday dreams don’t threaten the dreamer! Only the dreams that come true do that! Pelto ma!” “You’re bluffing!” “As a matter of fact I’m not!” “Pelto ma!” (Idiot) “Nanitch klakstas wawashi!” (Look who’s talking!) “Kla mitlite pelto ma?” (Where’s the idiot?) “Masika delate cultus kla masika!?!” (You talk of yourself!?!) “Masika mamook wake tumtum! Pelto ma!” (You do not think! Idiot!) “Konaway Tillikum!” (Vegetable Man!) “Masika mamook wake entiskookkum nika!” (You will not overpower me!) “Masika tumtum?” (Ya think?) “Nnnnmmmm. What where you saying about the Saiyin race, again?” That was the moment I went bug eyed and face-vaulted. “Did what I said to you about the Saiyin race just now sink in?” I asked in a state of annoyance. He had the guts to nod at me. “You act just like Misty’s Psyduck! You are so dense!” “What the heck is ‘Misty’s Psyduck’? And no, I’m not dense! You’re just a heck of a fast talker!” (I face-vaulted.) “Misty is a gym leader from Cerulean Town’s gym. She owns the densest Psyduck known to man and you’re just like him!” “I resent that!” “I know it! That’s why I said it! Dense boy!” “Enough of this! Now, tell me what you were saying about the Saiyin race!” “I said that I had a dream that I was here wearing Heat sensory goggles and I was looking around then when I went to check out the Coliseum I saw a guy that basically said that he was gonna destroy all the Saiyins, especially me. And that’s all I can still remember of the dream.” “Oh.” He said as Jenny was about to lead him off. “Hey, Jenny!” I called to her. “What?” she answered. “Why don’t you let him off the hook this one time?” “WHAT!?! First he tried to kill you and now you want me to just let him go! Are you crazy!?!” “Hmm… Maybe.” “Fine. I’ll let him off the hook.” She said as she took the handcuffs off Vegeta. “Jenny, why are you letting him go?” Joy asked as she entered the room. “Ask Tanya,” Jenny was interrupted by Joy. “Why?” “She’s very convincing.” Joy face-vaulted. “Why the hell did you just do that?” Vegeta asked me. “Hey, I’m not even half as strong as you so if I’m gonna save the Saiyin race I’m gonna need all the help I can get. Even if the help I need tried to kill me.” I answered matter of factly. “Oh… Ok… I’ll call Trunks and the goof troop…” “Goof troop?” “The Son family, you know Kakkarot and his brats?” “Oh ok.” “Umm.” He paused. “Where’s the phone?” “Over there.” “Humph.” He said as he approached the phone and dialed a number which I wrote down and entered into my gear. Bulma appeared on the screen. “VEGETA ARE YOU GOING WITH ANOTHER WOMAN!?!” Bulma yelled at him as she noticed me. “Humph. It’s her fault I’m here. So shut up woman!” Vegeta answered back. “Why are you there anyway?” “Long story, you don’t wanna know.” “Actually yes I do wanna know!” “Trust me you don’t wanna know, and if you’re that desperate to know, I’m not about to tell anyone.” “Fine. At least introduce us.” “Yeah sure. That’s Tanya. I’m sure she’s heard of you and knows who you are already.” “Hi, I’ve seen you on the news a lot, you must be Bulma. Nice to meet you.” I said. “Lemme guess, first human to go to Namek?” Bulma asked “Yeah, that and a few of your inventions.” “Cool.” Bulma started to notice my outfit. “What are those round things on your belt?” “Those? They’re PokéBalls.” “What are PokéBalls?” “PokéBalls are what you catch Pokemon in.” “Oh. How interesting.” “From what Goku told me Vegeta bet you one of my Hoi Poi Capsules. Do you know which one it is?” “Hoi Poi Capsule? Oh you mean that oval thing? I don’t even know what it’s for.” “Press the button on the top and throw it.” “Ok.” I said as I did what she told me to. It popped open to reveal an odd-looking airplane. “Whoa! How could something that big come out of such a small capsule?” “Humph. You two done chatting yet? I have to make another call.” Vegeta interrupted. Me and Bulma just rolled our eyes at him. “Well Tanya, I’ll let you keep that capsule since I have a copy of it. Bye!” Bulma said. “Ok. Bye!” I answered as we hung up. “About time!” Vegeta said as he dialed another number which I also entered in my gear. As soon as Goku’s face appeared on the screen Vegeta said “Kakkarot! You and your two brats had better get your low-class Saiyin butts over to the Violet City Pokemon Center immediately!” That said, he hung up. A few minutes later Goku, Gohan, Goten, and Trunks showed up. “You’d better listen to Tanya as she explains something very important to you. Or else!” Vegeta threatened. “Ok.” Goku answered. “Now Tanya is gonna explain something to you.” “Ok. Um. Some guy with spiked hair that went up and out that was really big and muscular came to me in my dreams and started threatening me and all the Saiyins on earth and that’s all I know.” I explained. “Yikes!” Goku yelled. “I hope it’s not someone stronger than us!” “Most likely they’re gonna be stronger than us. To beat them will require a lot of training.” Gohan explained. “Everyone will get a training partner and that includes you, Tanya. You're gonna be fighting too. We can all draw names out of a hat and rotate who trains against who. Ok?” “Ok!” The rest of us yelled. “Trunks you write everyone’s names down and include Tien, Chiaotsu, Yamcha, Piccolo, Krillin, Eighteen, Videl, Tanya, and even Hercule. I’ll talk to Kami about using the Room of Spirit and Time to train in. Vegeta tell Bulma we’re gonna need to use the Gravity Room. Dad, you go make sure nobody is in our training area. Everyone else look for a wide-open area more that a mile in diameter. We’re gonna meet back here in an hour. Got that?” “Got it.” “Ok then lets get going!” With that we all went out to do what we were assigned to do. I went north- northwest to see what was there by way of places to train. When I couldn’t see any signs of civilization I started to look more thoroughly. In about a half-hour I had found one good place. I marked it with a bike flag which I had taken off of my bike. Then I headed back. By the time I got back everyone else was already there waiting for me. “What took you so long?” they all asked me. “It’s not like Fly Girl could go faster than sound, she’s still just a Pidgey!” “Looks like whoever draws your name has their work cut out for them!” Trunks joked as a three- eyed man and an extremely small man showed up. “Who’s she?” the three-eyed man asked. “She’s Tanya Nonsutoppo. Tanya, this is Tien and his little friend here is Chiaotsu.” “Hi.” I said. “Hello.” Tien answered as a man with some scars on his face, Krillin, Eighteen, and a green man showed up. “Hi, I’m Yamcha.” The scarred man introduced himself. “I’m Tanya” I answered. “This is Piccolo.” Krillin said as he introduced me to the green man. After a while a girl with chopped hair and a man in a ‘fro came in and introduced themselves as Videl and her dad, Hercule. After that we all drew names from a hat. Hercule ended up being my training partner. “We’ll start training tomorrow so get some rest while you can.” Gohan told us. After a short chat with Hercule I left to go challenge Falkner for his Zephyr Badge. Once I was inside the gym I noticed Falkner sitting on a bench. “Greetings I am Falkner, Leader of the Violet City Gym. You would be?” Falkner asked. “I’m Tanya and I’m here to challenge you for the Zephyr Badge!” I answered promptly. “Alright then, this way to the arena.” “Ok.” “Here we are two Pokemon each, no time limit. I’ll release my Pokemon first. Go Pidgey!” “Go Geodude!” “Gust!” “Tackle!” Pidgey let loose a huge Gust of wind. “Watch out Geodude!” Geodude barely dodged it. He immediately Tackled Pidgey to the ground. “One more Tackle Geodude!” “Pidgey, Quick Attack!” “Quick! Dodge it!” Geodude dodged Pidgey’s attack and hit it head on with Tackle. Pidgey was out for the count. “Return Pidgey! Go Fearow!” “Geodude return! Go Scout!” “Gust!” “Fury Swipes!” Scout attacked first she hit the Fearow five times. “Return Fearow. Good job Tanya! You’ve earned this Zephyr Badge!” “Thanks, it was really my Pokemon that earned it though.” “Good bye and good luck!” “Same to you!” I called back as I left the Gym. “Yes! My first Badge! Yahoo!” “Good job back there, I saw the whole thing.” A voice from behind me said. I whipped around to see who had said that. It was Videl. “Oh. Hi, Videl. What are you doing here?” “Just had to see what a Pokemon battle is like, I’ve never seen one before. It was cool how your Pokemon whooped that other guy’s Pokemon!” “Thanks.” “Oh, and I’ve been wanting to ask you something. Could you teach me Saiyago?” “Sure.” “Ok! See ya!” “Bye!” I decided to call my mom on my gear “Hello, this is Janine Nonsutoppo.” “Hi Mom! You’ll never guess what happened today!” “Tell me!” “I beat the Violet City Gym!” “Wow! Chamreun will be so jealous of you!” “Yeah. When does he get his starter Pokemon anyway?” “Today, he just got it an hour ago.” “Cool! I’m gonna battle him ASAP!” “Go right ahead. I’m sure he won’t mind a battle with you. Well I’d better get on with feeding everyone before they get mad. Bye!” “Bye!” I said as I went east of town to wait for Chamreun. After waiting for an hour I finally saw him come around a clump of brush. “Chamreun! Over here! Wanna battle!” I called to him. He started to run towards me yelling “Sure sis I’ll battle you and win!” “Don’t get your hopes up, I’ve beaten Falkner already.” “I thought you’d be in Goldenrod City by now! What took you so long?” “Hey I can’t help being attacked by someone, being kidnapped, and almost being killed.” “Oh.” “Well do you wanna battle or not?” “Yeah I wanna battle four on four no time limit!” “Fine by me.” “Go Samehadda!” “Go Hotemon!” “Crunch!” “Dodge it and use Ember!” Hotemon dodged the Crunch and did a huge Ember that put Samehadda out of commission. “Return! Go Rattata! Use Quick Attack! “Hotemon try Quick Attack like Rattata!” Hotemon’s attack hit first and sent Rattata to the ground and out for the count. “Darn it! Return Rattata! Go Hoothoot! Use Peck!” “Tackle!” Hoothoot’s aim was off and it was sent flying thanks to Hotemon’s Tackle. “Return! Go Sentret! Use Quick Attack!” “Hotemon Tackle!” Quick Attack hit but didn’t do much damage. Hotemon’s Tackle won the battle. Chamreun ended up giving me P500. “Hey you seem to know what you’re doing when it comes to battles but I’d suggest you train at Sprout Tower with me. I haven’t been there yet.” I told him “Ok.” We were in Sprout Tower when someone called me on my gear. “Hello?” “Hey! Tanya, Gohan wants you and everyone else back at the Pokemon Center now!” “Can my little brother, Chamreun come too?” “Um, sure.” “Ok. We’ll get there ASAP.” “Cchickk” “Tanya what was all that about?” Chamreun asked me. “Oh, a guy I met a while ago wants me to meet him at the Pokemon Center.” “Ok.” He said as we left the tower and headed towards the Pokemon Center. When we got there, Chamreun yelled “What the heck! I’ve seen these people before! You’re Goku, Gohan, Goten, Trunks, Vegeta, Tien, Chiaotsu, Yamcha, Krillin, Eighteen, Piccolo, Videl, and Hercule! Wait till Brad hears about this, he’ll never believe me! Vegeta will you train me?” “Who the heck are you? Why should I train you? You’re not even a Saiyin!” Vegeta yelled. “Hold on you two! Vegeta, don’t even think about trying to kill him like you did to me! Chamreun, I’d advise you not to get on his nerves!” I told them. “Tanya, Hercule, you two will train in the Room of Spirit and Time. I’ll take you two there.” Gohan told us. “Ok.” Me and Hercule replied at the same time. “You, are you Tanya’s brother?” “Yeah.” Chamreun answered. “Do you wanna go watch your sister train?” “Sure. Hold on… Do you mean train as in train Pokemon?” “No, she’s not gonna train Pokemon, she’s gonna train herself.” “Whoa! How cool! Wait a sec, isn’t Hercule a weakling though? Tanya should train against you!” “Hey! Hold on there! She’ll get a chance to train against me after today. Ok?” “Ok.” “Now, let’s get going!” he said as he made me grab Chamreun’s hand as he grabbed my hand and started flying in a west-northwesterly direction. “Why do I have to do this, again?” I asked him as we arrived on a floating platform type of thing with a few buildings on it. “So we can defeat the coming threat, of course!” “What’s coming? What are you guys training for? What threat? Who’s threatened?” Chamreun asked Gohan. “First off, we don’t know who or what’s coming. We’re training to defeat what’s coming. The threat, if we aren’t prepared, the entire Saiyin race will be destroyed…” “If the Saiyins are the only ones threatened then why does my sister have to be ready?” “Well… She’s a Saiyin.” “Hey! Tanya I knew you were always the weird one in the family!” “Shut up Chamreun!” I called back as an old green man came up to us. “Greetings. I am Kami for those of you who don’t know.” He introduced himself. “Kami, this is Tanya, her brother Chamreun, and Hercule.” Gohan said as he pointed to each of us respectfully. “So, this is the young Saiyin girl that first heard of the coming threat.” “Yup.” “Hey! I don’t wanna be rude… but when do I get to see Hercule beat up my big sister?” Chamreun butted in. “Chamreun! I’m gonna wring your neck for that comment!” I yelled as I started to chase him, but unfortunately Kami caught me by the back of my jacket and held me about a foot off the ground “Looks like someone needs to learn to control their temper.” Kami said laughingly as he led us all to the room me and Hercule were gonna train in. “Here it is, Chamreun, you might want to train with them; we’ll need as much help as we can get.” “Ok! First can I have you and Mr. Popo’s autographs?” Chamreun added enthusiastically. “Well… I’m not sure about Mr. Popo, but I’ll give you my autograph.” “Yes! Wait till Brad hears about this! He’ll be so jealus! Wow! This is the best day of my life!” He said as Kami signed his autograph book. “There you go. Ok now Tanya, Chamreun, Hercule, get in there and train!” “Ok!” We answered in unison as we entered the spirit room.