Trunks' Story
Chapter 4 - Discovery

	After finishing their apple dumplings, the trio headed up to Trunks'
room.  The two boys sat on the bed, while Natalie sat on top of his
desk.
	"What am I doing here?  I just met you today, and already I'm
wearing your clothes and sitting in your room!" Natalie commented.
	"Um..." Trunks started.
	"Oh well.  I guess I have nowhere better to be.  It's not like I'm
going home anytime soon..." she trailed off.  "So what were you guys
talking about earlier today, anyway?" she inquired.  Trunks and Goten
had decided not to tell her about it right away.  
	"Oh, nothing." Trunks said quickly.  Natalie just rolled her eyes.  
	"You guys, I'm really worried about my mom.  Can I call the
hospital?" she asked, reaching for Trunks' phone.  
	"Sure."  Natalie quickly dialed the number.  
	"Room 316 please." She said into the phone.  She sat and waited for
a while, but hung up.  "There's no answer." She said, with worry in her
voice.  Trunks glanced at the clock next to Natalie.
	"6:00.  Time for training." Trunks said, standing up and stretching.
 
	"I guess I'll go too." Goten said, getting up as well.
	"Can I come?" Natalie asked.
	"I guess...if you really want to.  I don't think dad will mind." He
said, walking out of the room.  He ran down the hall, followed by
Natalie and Goten.  
	"DAD!" Trunks called down the hall.
	"WHAT!?" Vegita answered from the first floor.  The three ran down
the two flights of stairs to the bottom, where Vegita stood.
	"Do you mind if Goten trains with us today?" 
	"As long as he doesn't mind getting dirty, fine with me." He
replied, crossing his arms once again.
	"Can Natalie watch us today?"
	"Her?" he asked, glancing over at the girl.  "Do you think that
allowing a human into the training area would be a GOOD idea?" he asked,
looking back at the two boys.
	"I'll be fine." She said.  Vegita didn't outburst, seeing that this
was a week, human female.  
	"I don't think that you should." Vegita said, keeping his temper
under control.  Bulma walked into the room.  
	"Honey, give her a chance.  If she says she'll be fine, she'll be
fine." She said.
	"You humans are all the same!  You think you're invincible." Vegita
said, raising his voice.  
	"It's not a big deal.  I won't go..." Natalie said, turning around
to walk away.
	"No, wait!  You can come...just stay out of the way, ok?" Trunks
said, grabbing her arm.  Vegita started to comment, but Bulma shot him a
glare.  The four walked out into the training area, which was a huge
room at least 100 meters long and 50 meters high.  The floor was made
out of artificial grass, and there was an artificial light source.  In
one corner, there was a gravity chamber.  
	"Just sit here for now." Trunks said, and pulled up a chair. 
"Goten, I'm going with dad first, and then you and I go second." He
said, pulling up another chair for his friend.  Trunks and Vegita walked
out in the middle of the floor, and began stretching their muscles in
preparation. 
	"So what are they doing?" Natalie asked Goten.  
	"They're stretching.  In a minute, things are going to get really
exciting, you just wait." He said, smirking.  
	"Dad, did you set the forcefield?" Trunks asked.
	"No, go set it." He replied.  Trunks flew over next to the gravity
chamber and punched a few buttons on a panel in the wall.  Right after,
a transparent wall of energy shot over the area where Natalie and Goten
were sitting, startling them.
	"Don't worry, it'll keep you safe." He said, and flew back to
Vegita.
	"Safe from what?" Natalie asked, confused.
	"Just watch." Goten repeated.  Natalie sat and waited for them to
finish their stretches.  They stood up, bowing out of respect, and then
standing up straight again.  Vegita made the first move.  He rushed at
Trunks, who just dodged.  Vegita spun around and sent his fist flying at
Trunks' back, but Trunks blocked it with his arm and flipped Vegita over
him.  Trunks attempted to punch Vegita in the face, but was blocked and
then kicked in the side.  He retaliated by grabbing Vegita's leg and
flipping him again.  Vegita just used his hand to bounce back and charge
at Trunks, who dodged and got a few punches in.  All this was happening
too fast for Natalie to follow, but she could sense where they were. 
She sat in amazement as the two saiyans battled.  Soon, the ki blasts
started.  Any missed shots were absorbed into the walls.  
	"Can you follow?" Goten asked.
	"Not really." She replied.  Watching the fighting was beginning to
excite her, and Goten noticed that her ki started to rise.  
	"She has no idea of what she's doing." Goten thought to himself. 
Vegita noticed the increase in her ki also.  
	"That girl over there..." Vegita started.
	"Natalie?" Trunks asked,
	"Yeah.  Can she fight?" he continued.
	"Actually she can, why?" 
	"Can you sense it?"
	"Sense what?" Trunks asked.
	"Her ki.  It's rising."  They continued fighting, exchanging blows
every so often.  After a while, they finished.  Vegita commended his
son.  Trunks walked over and turned off the forcefield so that Goten
could get up.
	"Goten!  Your turn!" Trunks said.  "I'm gonna take a break.  You can
go with dad."
	"Sure." Goten said, and joined Vegita on the battlefield.  Trunks
turned the forcefield back on and joined Natalie.  He was sweating from
the training.
	"So what did you think?" he asked, mopping his forehead with a
cloth.
	"Where did you guys learn to fight like that!?" she asked, stunned.
	"Fighting comes naturally to saiyans." He replied, and then
remembered that she didn't know what a saiyan was.
	"What's a saiyan?" she asked.  
	"It's a race of beings.  The only ones left are us three and five
others." Trunks said, gesturing towards Goten and Vegita.  
	"You mean, you aren't human?" she asked, looking into his eyes.
	"Well, I'm half human, half saiyan.  My dad is a full blooded
saiyan." He explained, and then went into the story of planet Vegita and
it's destruction.  When he was finished with that, he explained how his
dad and Goku had come to earth.  
	"Wow." That was all she could manage.  "Is that why you can fly and
manipulate energy as well?" she asked.  
	"Yeah.  Well, if you wanted, you could do that too." He said.
	"Huh?  How, I'm just a normal human girl." She replied.
	"Actually, that's what I've been needing to tell you.  Today when I
stopped you in the street, I sensed a strong force radiating from your
body.  I used the scouter to make sure I was right.  Sure enough, you
aren't a normal human."  Natalie's head was spinning.  She had just met
this boy today, and already he was telling her that she wasn't normal.  
	"What are you talking about?"
	"Well, you have an unusually strong ki.  Something in your genetics
has caused you to be this way." He explained.
	"Well how come I don't notice this?" 
	"You have to be trained to control your ki, as well as how to sense
others.  If you want, I could show you." 
	"I don't believe this." she said quietly.  Trunks felt a strange
feeling wash over him.  Suddenly, Natalie remembered her mom.
	"Oh, I need to see if she's doing okay." she said, getting up
quickly.
	"Well the storm hasn't calmed down, so you better just call for
now." Trunks replied.  Natalie got up and went back inside to use the
phone.  This time, a nurse answered the phone.
	"Hi, this Natalie Holmes.  Is my mother doing okay?" she asked.
	"Well, your mother is still in critical condition.  The doctors are
debating on whether to operate or not.  Would you like me to do get one
for you?" the nurse asked.
	"No, no.  It's okay." She answered, and then hung up the phone.  She
got tears in her eyes.  Instead of going back out into the training
area, she ran upstairs into Trunks' room.  She fell onto the bed and
started sobbing.  A few minutes later, Trunks and Goten came up to check
on her.
	"Natalie?" Goten asked, putting his hand on her shoulder.  "What's
going on?" Natalie didn't answer, instead, she just cried even harder.
	"Her mother is in the hospital in critical condition.  She has
nowhere to go." Trunks explained.  Vegita was passing by and heard the
commotion.  He felt sorry for the human girl.  
	"She can stay here for the night." He suggested to Trunks.  The two
boys turned around in shock.
	"Dad?" Trunks asked.
	"What?" 
	"Care to repeat that?" he asked, just to make sure he wasn't hearing
things.
	"You heard me.  I said she can stay here for the night.  She can
sleep in the room next to yours." He said, and then left, walking down
the hall.  Bulma came upstairs, and tried to comfort Natalie. 
	"I'll go prepare your room." She said, and left.  Natalie sat up,
wiping her eyes.
	"I'm sorry guys.  This is really hard for me right now.  I don't
feel very well." She said, feeling faint.  She strained to see, but the
blackness took over, and she fell to the ground.