Xena's Story: A DBZ Fanfic

Shopping and Playing with Fire

"Come on, let's go find you some new clothes." Bulma said, parking at the mall and getting out of the car. "Xena, you have to get out of the car." She said, sticking her head back in the car to look at me in the back seat.

"No I don't, I'm fine with what I have. This is pointless..." I mutter, crossing my arms and looking away from her.

"Too bad Xena, I'm not going to let you end up like Vegeta and only wear your armor all day, every day. Now come on." Bulma huffed as she unbuckled my seatbelt and tries to pull me out of the car.

"...fine, it's not like you will take no for an answer anyway it seems." I say, sighing as I get out of the back seat.

"Nope, now come on. Let's go get yo-oh hold on...talking with you I almost forgot Bulla." Bulma said, walking around to the other side of car as Chi-chi gets out.

"You could at least be a little excited, you get to have some girl time not have to fight all the time." Chi-chi said, walking over to me.

I just roll my eyes as Bulma walks back with the little girl that looked so much like her. I jerk my hand up and away from her when she tries to grab it, looking down at her confused.

"She's not going to bite Xena, she just wants to hold your hand." Bulma said with a chuckle as she and Chi-chi walked ahead.

"Can I please hold your hand?" Bulla asked, looking up at me with her big blue eyes as she continues to hold her hand out.

I sigh and drop my hand back down, what harm could letting her hold my hand do?

Bulla giggles as she grabs my hand and starts pulling me after her mom, heading towards the mall entrance.

"So Xena, what kind of clothing did you were back at the time patroller place when you weren't wearing your armor?" Bulma asked as we walked into a store.

"Mainly tank tops with denim shorts." I replied, swishing my tail back and forth irritably and drawing the attention of quite a few people.

Bulma looked back at me and saw my tail swishing around before grabbing my arm and pulling me behind a clothing rack out of sight. "Xena try to keep your tail hidden or at least keep it around your waist. People here aren't used to seeing a girl with a monkey tail walking around." She said quietly.

"Yea and seeing a girl walking around in armor and a pair of black panties is normal? You should have known I was going to draw attention anyway." I said, wrapping my tail back around my waist before walking out from behind the rack.

I eventually find an empty bench in a corner of the store where there wasn't a lot of people. I sit down there as Bulla, who has been following around behind me all day, sat down next to me.

"Bulla how come you are sitting here with me instead of spending time with your mom shopping?" I asked, resting my chin on my hand and looking at the little girl.

"I spend time with mama all the time, but you look like you could use a friend." She said, swinging her feet and looking up at me.

"I don't need friends, I'm not a very likable person...but suit yourself if you wanna sit here with me." I said with a shrug, turning my head to watch the humans walk past.

After a while I get bored and hold my hand up...I wonder. My mother was a powerful elemental mage, surely I had gotten some abilities from her and not just Goku. I focus my energy and snap my fingers, I try this many times with no success.

"Um...what are you doing?" Bulla asked, looking up at me as I continue to stare intently at my hand and snapping.

"Just...experimenting. I wanna see if I can do something I've seen my mother do countless times before as a child." I said, focusing too intently to care that is was letting info about my past slip.

"What was it? Wow how did you do that?!" Bulla asked, staring wide-eyed at my fingers as a small flame sits above them.

"I told you, it's something my mother used to always do..." I said, admiring the orange flame before setting it out and relighting it.

"You said used to again...does she not do it anymore? How come you talk about her like you are talking about the past?" Bulla asked, looking up at me from the flame in my hand.

"Because my mother is in the past...she's not around anymore." I replied without thinking, why was I telling her all this? It was none of her business.

"Did something happen to her?"

"Nothing someone your age should ever have to worry about...I wish I hadn't." I said, muttering the last part under my breath so Bulla didn't hear it. I extinguish the small flame as Bulma walks up to us holding multiple bags.

"There you two are, we are just about done. Let's just hope we got the right sizes since you wouldn't try anything on." Bulma said, looking over at me.

"Cause I have no interest in shopping...let's go." I said, standing up and walking off.

"Wait Xena this is kind of an awkward question...but do you have bras or do we need to buy you some of those as well?" Bulma said quietly so she didn't draw attention.

"No...why?"

"Oh my god, how are you fifteen years of and not own a bra?"

"Cause I grew up with only Goku Black and like he would have taken me out to buy them. When I actually started getting boobs he just gave me a...I think it was called a binder...either way it kept them out of the way so I could fight." I said with a shrug as Bulma looked between me and my chest.

"Do you even have an idea of what size you are?"

"A friend of mine dragged me to a shop to get sized and I think the woman said 38-E?" I said, trying to remember exactly.

"There is no way you are the big, you look like a 38-D at most."

"The armor is restrictive so I look a lot smaller than I actually am."

"...Let's just go get you a couple bras and I want you to actually wear them please." Bulma said with a sigh as Chi-chi walked over holding a couple bags as well.

"We ready to go?" She asked, lookin between me and Bulma.

"Almost...we gotta go get Xena some bras."

"She doesn't have any?"

"Can we not have this entire conversation again?" I asked crossing my arms with a sigh.

"Can Xena stay here with me while you two go?" Bulla asked.

"If you want, you two wait here then. We will be back in a couple minutes." Bulma said, walking off with Chi-chi.

"How come you wanted me to stay and sit with you?"

"I wanted to see more of your magic tricks!"

"...Alright, but you gotta keep it a secret between us."

"I promise!"