Chapter One: Everything Starts

    Danielle Deliah Dean (Dani for short!) sat at her computer, much like you are now(hehe), not doing anything important, just reading fanfics and wasting time. That was the last "normal" moment in her life.
     Then came the knock on the door. Dani's roommate, Andrea, a jock and a partier, was out, so Dani answered the door herself.
     On the other side of the threshold was a Japanese guy of average height and incredible build.   That, in itself wasn't that unusual. What was so weird was the way he was _looking_ at her.
     Danielle wasn't the type that was looked at by guys... well, ever, really. She was actually kinda cute in her own way; she just lacked the confidence that made guys look when a girl isn't knock-out beautiful naturally.
     Her straight dark brown hair just hung on her shoulders, and her dull blue eyes weren't exactly extremely noticeable. That aside, she could have had guys hanging over her when she wanted if it weren't one single fact: she was painfully shy. Painfully shy.
     So that was why when she opened the door to a buy who was glaring at her HUNGRILY, she kinda flipped out.
     This was her exact reaction, as best can be recreated in this forum:
     "Uh--uh....."
     Not the brilliant display Dani wanted, but, eh?
     It wasn't just her shyness that inhibited her coherence; the guy was hot enough to intimidate most girls, well any which are into guys, anyway. His black hair fell over his black eyes, in a way that would have mesmerized nearly half of the population.
     So, anyway, they just kinda stood there for a moment, not doing much but staring. Then a door slammed down the hall, at least knocking the guy back to his senses.
     "Um... hi, I'm Son Gohan," he said, matter-of-factly, in a heavily Japanese-accented voice.
Dani shook her head then got a confused look on her face. "Your name is 'Rice?'"
     He scratched the back of his head, "It's a family name."
     Danielle nodded.
     "Well, anyway, I've come to get you, come on," he stepped into the room.
     "Wha-what do you mean??" Dani jumped back to make room for him.
     He walked to the middle of her room. "I'll explain later--" he turned toward her, "what was your name?"
     "Uh.. uh.. I'm Danielle Dean..." she was slightly scared by this guy now. She looked out into the hall for help.
     "Don't be afraid... I'm sorry, it's just that time is short now, and we need you..." Gohan narrowed his eyes at Dani.
     "W-we?" she stammered.
     He walked up to her and closed the door forcefully. "The whole world needs you!! Don't waste the little time we have left!" he stared down at her. "Gather what possessions you can carry, and then we're leaving."
     There was something in his eyes told Danielle that he could very well back that statement up if needed, so she grabbed her dirty-laundry bag, and her favorite picture, and stood, head bowed before Gohan.
     "Good. Stand back." He put an arm up and gathered energy in his hand, and then blasted away the wall. He picked up Dani with one arm, and pulled out a cell phone with the other. "Have a plane ready at the airport," he said into the phone, and then flew out the hole.