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#5 Trip to the Next
Dimension (part 2)
Just a note: The interviews will no longer be
written in present tense, it’s a lil too hard! Anyway, on with the story...
I stopped hollering and looked up again. Hmm, still no sign of ANYONE.
Well, it wasn’t like they couldn’t hear me! I took another deep breath and started,
“KING KA-” There was a whoosh of air as something flew down toward me from the
planet.
”Please, no more!!!” the... cricket?! begged. He sent a cricket to get
me??!!!
”Where is King Kai? I’m here to interview him, but I can’t get up there-”
”I am Gregory, personal assistant to the one and only King Kai himself. He
has sent me down here to get you, and to cease that horrible screaming! Now, if
you would kindly allow me to take your arm, I will get you to the planet.” the bug
said.
I stared at the tiny creature in shock. “YOU are going to fly ME up there?!
Please!” I started to chuckle, but was instantly silenced as he clamped his tiny
hand onto my arm. I let out a shriek as I was slowly lifted from the ground and
pulled up toward the small planet.
Obviously happy with my shock, Gregory said, “You know, the gravity on
this planet is VERY strong. Guess it makes those of us who live there a lil
tougher than most.”
I looked below us, and shivered. We were slowly moving toward the planet,
with nothing below us but clouds, and, gulp, the H.F.I.L!! “Hey, Gregory, if the
gravity is so strong, how am I going to be able to move?!” I asked suddenly. I
hadn’t taken that thought into consideration...
The cricket was silent for a moment. Finally, he mumbled, “I don’t know.
Guess we’ll find out soon enough.” We slowly began to descend to the green
planet, and I shut my eyes in preparation for being sucked to the ground and
turned to mush. I felt my feet touch the ground, then the cricket let go of my arm. I
waited to be pulled face first into the ground... but nothing happened.
Finally daring to open my eyes, I looked around. There was King Kai’s lil
dome house, his car, the trees, the road, the cricket, and the man himself.
“Welcome to-” the short blue man stopped. “Hmm,” he said in his usual lisp, “who
have you been training with?”
”What?” I asked. “Me? Train?!"
King Kai scratched his head. “Oh please! (it sounded more like pleash, but
you know what he sounds like) If you haven’t been training, how come you can
stay standing under this planet’s gravity?”
”Oh!” I cried. “That’s a good question! I, hmm, uh, I don’t know! Maybe I’m
just special.” Wow, maybe I was stronger than I thought!!
The short man eyed me suspiciously. “Who did you say you were?”
”I didn’t. But, my name is Lini Syani, interviewer of the stars of DBZ! I
wished myself here so that I could interview you, sir. And I must say, it is an
honor to meet you King Kai!”
His smile came back for an instant at my last comment. “Well... that still
doesn’t explain why you are standing. Come on, who has been training you?
Goku? Piccolo? Good Kame, not Vegeta!” he cried.
”No one has been training me! I don’t know, maybe Shenlong gave me a lil
extra with my wish...”
Suddenly, I felt a brush of air behind me. I opened my mouth to say
something, then let out a scream as something slapped my behind. Wheeling
around, ready to slap the pervert, I let out a gasp.
”Bubbles!” King Kai scolded. “You know it isn’t nice to do that to our guests!
Shame on you.” The brown monkey began to jump from foot to foot “Ooh ooh’ing
and aah’ing”. “Oh Bubbles,” King Kai chuckled, “you are so silly sometimes!”
”Silly?! It slapped by butt!!” I shouted. The monkey just gave me a goofy grin
and continued to hop around like an idiot.
”Don’t take it seriously, Miss Syani, he’s just a monkey! But, that doesn’t
solve this gravity problem. Hmm, I think I’d better call the N.D.P.C.D. (Next
Dimension Planetary Control Department) and see what’s going on. Maybe they
turned the gravity down for the day...” he said to himself as he walked into his
house, leaving me alone with Gregory and Bubbles.
”I do hope that you aren’t planning on taking over this planet, or something
of the sort.”
I spun around and stared at the monkey in shock. “Y-you can talk?!”
”Oh please, of course I am capable of speech! Did you honestly think that I
was the ignorant oaf they made me out to be?” Bubbles said, sounding like one of
those robe wearing, pipe smoking, genius guys.
I felt my jaw drop. Beside me, Gregory grumbled, “I told him not to do that.
King Kai doesn’t like it when he acts smart... it isn’t funny enough. You are going
to get us in trouble!”
”King Kai makes him, you, act like that?”
”Unfortunately so. He had wanted a ‘regular’ monkey, but was extremely
disappointed when he received me. He prefers when I put on the monkey act.
Actually, I fear that he has forgotten that I am NOT just a typical monkey...”
I was about to ask more on the topic, when King Kai hurried outside. “Well,
the N.D.P.C.D. didn’t do anything. Are you sure you haven’t been receiving
training?” he asked.
”No, I- AAAHHH!!!” I shrieked as the evil little monkey pinched my bottom.
The horrid little pervert!!! “Why you!!!!” I lunged at the monkey, but he quickly
dodged to the side, ‘ooh’ing and ahh’ing’ again.
”Bubbles! Be nice to Miss Syani!!” King Kai shouted.
Picking up a tiny branch, the wicked creature hurled it at me. Moving aside,
the stick hurled over my head. “GRRRR!!!!!!! Come here you pest!!!!” I
screamed, running after the brown monkey. Where had I seen this before??
”Oh, here we go again,” Gregory muttered.
”Bubbles, noo!!!” King Kai shouted, trying to keep up with us. Somehow,
with great speed and agility, I chased after the screeching monkey, only a step
behind.
”I’ve had it with you!” I took another step, then launched myself forward.
Flailing through the air, it all seemed to happen in slow motion. King Kai let out
another “Noo!!”, Gregory snickered in amusement, I let out a growl, and Bubbles
screamed. I sailed through the air, then very slowly, with my arms outstretched,
landed on the ground, right behind the horrible beast. But, Bubbles wasn’t fast
enough, my hand shot up and grabbed the end of his tail. Still trying to run, he
was caught, and yanked back, falling on his butt right in front of me.
Jumping to my feet, a grabbed the monkey by the neck and began
clobbering him with my notepad. “How dare you touch my behind?!” I shouted.
Bubbles began to screech even louder, trying to get away, but I had no intent of
letting him get away.
King Kai had finally made it over, and huffing and puffing, he muttered,
“Wow, and you’re sure you haven’t been getting training?”
Finally letting the monkey go, watching as he ran away, I snapped, “No!! I
told you, I have NOT been trained!!! I am just an ordinary, weak girl, NO special
powers!!! OK?!!!” The blue man nodded quickly, and took a step back. I could
see a large sweat bead on his forehead. “Now, if we are done with that topic, can
I please start the interview? I only have 24 hours here.”
”Y-y-yes, of c-course! Come inside, please, we can talk there.”
Brushing myself off, I smiled sweetly. “Great!” I said as we went inside the
little dome.
~ ** ~
”So, what was it like training Goku?” I asked from the table.
Busily cooking something, King Kai called over his shoulder, “Ah, that boy
was special. I mean, he was a great fighter and student, but lacking a bit upstairs,
if you know what I mean. I think he may have taken one too many hits to the
face.”
I couldn’t help but smile. “Well, I think most people have that opinion. What
are you making?”
”Hehe, just a lil bit of everything. Hope you’re hungry, I’m used to cooking for
Sayings and half starved fighters! Speaking of which, you’re sure you haven’t
been tra-”
”NO!! How many times do I have to tell you, I AM NOT A FIGHTER!!!”
The blue man seemed to go bluer. He wouldn’t be afraid of me, would he?!
“Right, right. Sorry about that. Okay, so what else would you like to know?”
”Hmm... what was it like having Piccolo here? I got the impression that he
was a bit of a stick in the mud.”
Waving a spoon, King Kai said, “That boy needs a serious attitude
adjustment! He has no sense of humor whatsoever! I don’t think he knows what
a joke is! Hey, did you hear the one about the two Nameks who walked into a
bar?”
”Uh, probably. So Piccolo wasn’t easy to teach then?” Eeek, I didn’t need to
hear any more of his lame jokes!! The entire time I’d been in the small house, it
seemed that was all he could say! And that had been hours!
”Oh, Kame, no!! All he ever wanted to do was sit and meditate! He refused
to take part in any of the activities, which I thought were not only fun, but very
useful too! Then, he would never eat anything! I’m worried that Piccolo has some
sort of eating disorder. I sent him numerous pamphlets about anorexia and
bulimia, but he ignored them! That poor boy is troubled, I’m afraid. But that is to
be expected I suppose, just look at his beginnings!”
”Uh, yeah, right.” I looked down at my watch. Well, I had about 4 hours left. I
had to admit though, this was one of my better interviews... I actually got some
useful information this time! “Hey, King Kai, have you always lived here alone?
Well, besides Gregory and that little monster monkey.”
”Yup, I’m afraid so. Every now and then, we get the occasional visitor and
trainee, but other than that, we’re hermits, I suppose!” King Kai bustled over to
the table carrying 3 plates of some good smelling food. “There you go. Bon
appetite!”
I heard my stomach rumble, and realized I was famished. It had been nearly
a day since I had eaten anything (OMG, me without junk food?!), and wow, did
that food ever smell good.... suddenly compelled to toss my manners aside, I
dove into the food. I didn’t know what I was eating, but it sure tasted good.
I heard a slight gasp from behind me, and slowly stopped shoveling food into
my face. King Kai was staring at me, nearly ready to drop the plate he had for
himself. Swallowing, I said quietly, “I, uh, haven’t had anything to eat all day.”
”Mmhhmm... I’m sure you haven’t, just like you haven’t received any
training!” King Kai tossed the plate aside, and pointed a stubby finger at me. “I
don’t know who you are, young lady, but I know you aren’t who you say you
are!”
Nearly choking on my water, I sputtered, “What? I told you, I am Lini
Sy-”
”Let’s see,” he said, ignoring me. “You land on my planet, and are not even
slightly affected by the intense gravity, which even slowed Goku down! Then, you
proceeded to chase Bubbles, and catch him almost instantly, something even
Goku had trouble doing! Then, you nearly eat me out of food, because ‘you
haven’t eaten all day’! Not to mention the hair that stands straight on end! You,
my dear Lini Syani, are a liar! You are not some ordinary girl, you are a
saiyan!!!”
Outside, I hear Bubbles begin to cough, and Gregory fall from the window
ledge. I don’t know who is more shocked, them or me! “WHAT?!” I cried. “King
Kai, I’m not a saiyan! I’m honestly just a normal teenage girl! You have to believe
me! My dad is a baker and my mother is a seamstress!!! Plus, I’m weak!! I can’t
fight!”
”Ha! Just give up already, girl! You can tell me the truth, who are you really?
Vegeta’s illegitimate daughter with Chi Chi? Or maybe it was Gohan who decided
to go bad for one night?”
I could feel myself starting to get angry. Why couldn’t he believe who I really
was? I knew for a fact that I was nothing special, but would he take my word, no!!
I took a deep breath and knew what I had to do. “Okay, King Kai, I’ve had enough
of your questioning me! I was here to interview YOU, not get a drill on who I am.
Now, this is how it is....”
~ ** ~
FOUR HOURS LATER: “And if you EVER question me about my
background or even SUGGEST that I am a saiyan again, I may just surprise us
all and go SSJ!!!!! AND THAT WILL BE BAD, BECAUSE I AM NOT A SAIYAN!!!
Okay?”
King Kai blinked slowly. He stared at me blankly for a few seconds, then
nodded. “A-all r-right. I believe you, L-lini. You aren’t a saiyan, you’re right.” he
said very slowly.
My watch beeped. My time was up. “Well, I am glad you finally accepted it,
and I didn’t even have to get mad!”
The blue man nearly fell over at my last statement. Seeing my eyes narrow,
he cleared his throat, and stammered, “I-it was nice to have you here. You are
welcome to come back any time, ANY time! You know, just in case you want to
learn how to use your strength...”
”GRR!!! I don’t have any!!” I shouted in exasperation. “How can you not
understand?!”
”Like any normal person would have such anger!”
I raised my notepad, ready to start beating him with it, just as I did to
Bubbles, when I noticed something. “Oh no! I’m fading!!! Piccolo must have
wished me back!”
”Remember my offer, I’d teach you any day!! That power!! It’s
unbelievable!”
”AAAHH!!!!!” I gave up and said no more. Suddenly, I completely vanished,
and everything grew dark.
As I disappeared from the room, I heard King Kai mutter, “Wow, she is so
fast! I didn’t even see her leave! Goku had better watch out....”
~ ** ~
”So you decided to wish me back after all. I knew you liked me!” I teased as
I appeared beside Piccolo. We were once again in the desert he called
home.
His cape flapping in the wind, the Namek muttered, “Just shut up and make
sure that picture of me doesn’t get online. Okay?”
”No problem. But,” I said innocently. “I’ll need a lift.”
Piccolo grumbled some profanity under his breath, then caught me around
the waist. “I don’t know why I don’t just drop you one of these times.... So how
was the interview?”
As we took off into the air, I remembered the annoying and surprisingly
stupid King Kai. My anger renewed, I dug my nails into the green arm holding me.
“Oh, it was great,” I said through clenched teeth. “Just perfect!!”
”Ow!!! Hey!!!!!” Piccolo cried. “That hurts! You should be careful, you are
stronger than you look!!”
BLAM!!! I whacked him in the face with my notepad. “AAAHHH!!!!” we both
screamed as Piccolo lost control and fell toward the ocean. There was a loud
splash as we hit the water, and then another scream.
”What did you do that for?! You have ruined my cape! Do you have any idea
how hard it is to keep it white and crease free? No! Of course not, I’m the only
fool who bothers to take pride in his appearance.... OH KAME!!! NO!!!!!!!!!! The
picture!!!!”
I let out a laugh. “Ooops, looks like we were a bit slow. I guess the picture is
already sending itself to every person on the internet... Don’t worry Piccolo, I’m
sure they’ll all think you made a really cute Care-puff!”
I couldn’t help but laugh as he let out a cry of horror. Well, at least I felt
better after my incidence with King Kai!! Wait, what was that floating beside me...
I picked up the paper and read it:
’Are you tired of hiding your identity in fears of rejection? Are your powers
just too much to bear? Is the hair starting to get you down? Now there is help...
the Proud to Be Saiyan Club....’
As the ocean continued to toss us around, and a beautiful sunset glowed on
the horizon, two pitiful screams echoed across the land.
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