Memory of the Sun

Chapter 23: A New Start

"What... Where am I?" Luna mumbled, rubbing her eyes as she woke up slowly, taking in her surroundings.

She was in bed in a small room that was plain for the most part. The only thing special about it was the window next to her where she could see a cloudy blue sky shining through. On a small table next to that were her tattered clothes and what was left of the Saiyan armor Vegeta had given her.

"What?!" She gasped, lifting the sheet and looking down before sighing in relief to see that she wasn't naked...

She grasped her pendant that was thankfully, still hanging around her neck as she noticed she seemed to wearing some sort of plain white dress. Luna hopped out of bed, intent on finding out just what the hell was going on as she made her way out the door, peering down the hallway before trying to find her way through the maze of corridors.

"This place is huge..." She mumbled to herself, looking around as she made her way down the hall until a voice from behind startled her.

"Hello there! You must be Luna!" A middle aged man with lavender hair and glasses spoke, smiling at her as he held out his hand. "I'm Dr. Breifs, Bulma's father... Pleasure to meet you my dear!"

Luna eyed him for a moment before stepping forward and grasping his hand timidly, feeling a bit uncomfortable the way he seemed to be analyzing her.

"Fascinating..." He said, continuing to look her up and down before he spoke again. "I didn't know there were any Acaiian's left in the universe... I thought your people were extinct! Would you mind if I ran some tests? I'll just need a bit of your hair and your blood... Maybe some skin cells-"

"DAD!" Bulma shouted, interrupting the man as she walked towards where Luna stood wide eyed, not sure of what to say. "Don't scare her! Jeez..."

"Ah, yes, yes... I'm sure there will be time for all that later... That is, if I have your permission to perform the research?" He said quickly, glancing back at Luna who seemed very hesitant to give him an answer.

"Um, I... I don't-"

"Don't worry about that right now!" Bulma said, making Luna sigh in relief as she grabbed her arm while starting to lead her down the hall and away from her father.

"Ah, um... Nice meeting you sir..." Luna mumbled, glancing back over her shoulder at the man who waved happily at her before returning to whatever he was doing before.

"Sorry about my Dad..." Bulma went on, chuckling before shaking her head. "He gets a little too excited about his research... But hey! You must be wondering what happened on Namek..."

Luna stared at her nervously as she was hoping it was good news.

"Come on," Bulma said, tugging her along as she lead them towards another area of the compound. "I'll explain everything on the way..."

Luna listened quietly to her story about how Goku had chosen to stay behind and fight Frieza while everyone else on Namek was wished back to Earth... She told her about how the rest of the Namekians were brought back to life as well and were now staying with her until they could use the dragonballs again to wish for their planet back...

"So, you mean Dende is alive?! They're all alive!" Luna shouted happily, making the blue haired woman next to her smile.

"Yep, you got it! Except we'll have to wait a little longer to wish back Krillin... He was already wished back to life once before with the Earth's dragonballs-"

"You can only be wished back once?" Luna couldn't help but interrupt, as she was interested in knowing how he was going to get wished back at all...