C.8: Befriend the girl... while the adults talk.

Sitting on a bench Leon felt miserable.

'I wanted to pay the man! But not with my honor!'

At the memory, tears formed at the edge of his eyes.

The little girl from before patted his back trying to cheer him up with ice cream.

"You know, that backflip just now was really cool!"

Practically shoving the ice into his face, he made quick work of it. And actually started to feel a bit less miserable.

The woman, who covered her eyes before, couldn't bear it anymore and stepped forward.

"Young Mistress! You must not touch him! You don't know where the boy has been before."

The girl's expression darkened at that. And she commanded imperiously.

"Silence!"

"Yes Young Lady."

"I said SILENCE!"

The maid didn't say another word. The bluehead turned to him, now with a smile.

"My name is Bulma. What's your name? And why do you have a tail?"

Leon stared at Bulma like she was the alien!

'Come to remember, it was said that she grew up as the spoiled Young Miss of Capsule Corp.'

"My name is Leon. But aren't there plenty of Animal-Type-Humans walking around?"

Bulma nodded at that.

"Yes, that's true. But born Earthlings are either born completely human, or animal. There is no in-between. Even that new Animorphaline drug completely changes a huaman into an Animal-Type-Earthling."

She took a sip from her soda. Leon sighed. Looking at her, she was 1, maybe 2 years old if he was very, very generous.

'Give a genius coffee and sugar, and she'll live in another plane of existence.'

He was lucky that he was a reincarnator! And had the privilige ro go to school for a few years before he came here. It wasn't a very good school, but we digress. Every other normal kindergartener would be very confused with this conversation.

He was at least as smart as Baby Bulma! Hopefully...

"So why do you have a tail."

Seeing the intelligent glint in her eyes, he was less convinced of that.

'People are smart in different ways?'

"Well, I'm a Saiyan. I come from space! And I transform into a giiaaant monkey when I see the full moon. And I'm pretty strong."

At the last bit, he lifted the bench Bulma sat on up. Her eyes widened at that.

"That's so cool!"

She had stars in her eyes, already dreaming of space adventures with a giant monkey she could use as a Pokemon.

The maid opened her mouth to say something, but decided it would be better not to go against her Mistress. Just to call a kid a liar.

Leon had a guilty conscience seeing Bulma so excited. He wasn't lying. But even to him it didn't feel quite real yet.

"And do you have a spaceship?"

"Yes, but it's broken. I wanted to sell it to Capsule Corp."

"What a coincidence! My father owns Capsule Corp! You can leave that to me!"

She said as she patted her chest. Looking at Leon's dirty and tattered clothes. However, her nose wrinkled up.

"But first, we go buy you some decent clothes."

As she stood up, she wiped her hand on her pants, trying not to look obvious about it.

'And she's cleanly.'

Leon compared the real thing with her Anime Version. Nodding his head.

'Looks about right.'

Hastily, he followed her to the next clothing store.

***

Master Roshi woke up from his nap, to the sight of kids burying him in sand. Standing up, he spit out the sand that got in his mouth. He raged.

"What do you think to bury an old man, you brats! Didn't your parents teach you to respect the elderly!?"

"Ahhhh! He's not dead! Run!"

At this, the children dispersed, and Roshi grumbled, looking for his staff. He released his Ki, and removed the Sand from his unspeakable places.

Looking at the sun he was shocked.

"Did I just leave a kid unsupervised in the big city?!"

Thinking about it, he calmed down. It doesn't matter that Leon is a child. With this much Ki, he should be able to beat up bad people left and right. Heck, as far as he knew the kid had an awesome and exciting prison break behing him. Involving that flying egg, and running from a psychopath strong enough to restrain such a srong kid for weeks! Walking towards the city, he took it easy.

***

"Hey kid, do you want candy?"

A shady looking guy in dark coat approached the still shabbily-dressed Leon with a giant colorful lollipop.

The maid tried to step up, but Leon acted before her. With a smile he took the lollipop, breaking the man's fingers with ease.

"Aaahhhh!"

The man screamed and his legs gave in. Leon sniffed the candy, and ate it. Who told him to kidnap children in the middle of the day on a busy street?

"It's poisoned. But don't worry, I'm very resistant."

He stepped over the wailing man and joined the two ladies. His mouth felt a bit numb, like after eating too much ice, but that was it.

"Are you okay? You said it was poisoned, right?"

Not understanding why he still ate the candy, she asked, a bit troubled.

"I'm a Saiyan, right? Unless the poison is lethal it won't harm me. And sugar is sugar."

Leon was well aware that kidnappers don't kill their victims, and Goku actually drank 100% lethal poison, and survived after a bit of pain. He wouldn't be a Saiyan if that small dose coul d knock him out.

It was also a small reality check for him. Like pinching yourself to confirm if you're dreaming. The most recent events were a little much.

Bulma's eyes lit up, like she finally understood. While the silent maid looked worried, but didn't say anything.

Leon looked at the maid with pity. She really held no power over the bluehaired whirlwind, and was at most a cardboard standup. Just to make sure nothing bad happened to the Young Miss.

She seemed to take offense to that, but stayed silent. This made him pity her even more.

'I hope they pay her well.'

"Hey Leon! The store is right over there!"

Feeling like the maid would do well, he went into the store, and picked the first shirt that was his size.

"Nonononono! I won't even pay for that kind of getup!"

Saying this, Bulma took it off his hands, and dragged him through the store. Leon lost his spirit.

'She developed a fashion sense at 1 years old?'

He felt like crying. He couldn't even remember what he did, before he turned 3 years old. The scientists in this world are too overpowered!

"Are you okay? Maybe you should sit down over there, while I choose something?"

Leon could only nod, and sat down.

'I was a fool to believe I was a match for Baby Bulma. She's too powerful. I can't win!'

For all he knew, she might even have a college degree already!

"How are you?"

Leon jerked. He didn't sense anyone coming. Looking up, he saw that it was just Roshi, and allowed himself to breathe.

"Where were you! They almost caught me for dine and dashing!"

"Oh."

Master Roshi tapped his pockets and noticed only now, that he still had all the booty in his Capsule.

"Oh. This? Of course this was a test! Yeah. A test to train your problem solving skills. And you passed! Hehehe."

Leon of course called bullsh*t and fought back.

"I bet you fell asleep on the sand!"

'Did thid kid awaken his third eye or what?'

Roshi suddenly felt very uncomfortable in his skin. Looking away, his eyes fell on the pretty maid standing next to Bulma. Of course he was instantly smitten.

Changing the topic, Master Roshi started coughing.

"Why don't you befriend the girl over there, while I talk to her mother?"

At that, the two of them headed towards them, and Master Roshi hit on the maid, with all the charm a wrinkled old man could muster.

Bulma, not at all bothered by this, went to Leon.

'As expected. I'm looking fabulous! It fits perfectly, and even complements my hair!'

Not noticing his despair, Bulma chattered on and on about matching cuts, colors and how to wear them in style.

'At least I'm a Saiyan, right? I have an advantage when training Martial Arts!'

He tried to cheer himself up.

'But then there is Android technology.'

Failing miserably, he just nodded at everything Bulma said with a smile.

*Slap*

And as expected Master Roshi got violently rejected. He genuinely smiled at that.

'I really hope they pay the maid well.'