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| ジア, Jia | |
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| Appearances: | Dragon Ball: Heart of the Dragon |
| Nicknames: | Agent-J |
| Species: | Human |
| Gender: | Female |
| Birthplace: | South City |
| Birthdate: | September 3, Age 750 |
| Date of Death: | n/a |
| Birth Power Level: | 0.0001 |
| Maximum Power Level: | 4 |
| Personal Pronouns: | 私 |
| Height: | 5'11" |
| Weight: | 142.9 lbs |
| Hair Color: | Black |
| Eye Color: | Brown |
| Rank: | Caretaker, spy |
| Organizations: | New Red Ribbon Army (Age 767 - present) |
| Favorite Food: | Deep fried shrimp |
| Favorite Vehicle: | Hovercar |
| Hobbies: | Painting, yoga |
| Family: | Cardinal (boss) Ledas (employer) Chari (student) Olivien (student) |
Jia (ジア, Jia) is a human native to South City. In Age 767, she came to be employed by Cardinal. In Age 774, after Cardinal gave Ledas and Ryori a new house, Jia offered to be their caretaker, which they accepted. Thereafter, for years to come, she acted not only as the children's caretaker, but as a spy for Cardinal, helping him work a slow strategy towards ending the Saiyan presence on Earth.
She is a main character in Dragon Ball: Heart of the Dragon.
Overview[]
Appearance[]
Jia is a tall woman with black hair and brown eyes. She has pale skin. She wears glasses sometimes, although she has contacts too. Her ethnicity is perhaps dominantly Han Chinese. She tends to wear professional black suits, black shoes, and white gloves. She wears minimal make-up, but does apply ruby red lip balm. Her hair is long, pulled up in a ponytail, and she has bangs. Her nose is medium-length, and her eyes are also medium in size. She has a rounded face and a long neck.
Personality[]
Jia presents as a motherly figure in the West City Saga. She's somewhat hands-off in her approach to parenting Ryori and Ledas. She isn't able to prevent them from doing whatever they want, as Ledas' power is something she has no control over. Jia tries her best to make the boys act civilized, though she is not super successful in that venture. She tries to keep the boys on a regimented schedule, waking them up early every morning for school. Ledas loves her cooking, respecting her greatly, and considers her a part of the crew because of her somewhat chill personality.
As that saga goes on, she takes a liking to them, even telling Cardinal that she doesn't believe they are a threat in an attempt to save their lives. She refuses to kill Ryori after being ordered to do so, though she does poison Ledas and uses a paralyzing agent on him. As they spend more time together, Jia realizes that she enjoys the boys' company, becoming disillusioned with Cardinal's plot to kill them. She works against Cardinal in subtle ways from then on. After Cardinal is put in a coma by Ledas, she takes a more brazen approach, remorselessly killing Oscalpano when he tries to poison Ledas. She maintains a fake persona around the other NRRA soldiers, such as Nhobusa, pretending to go along with their long-term plot against Ledas. In reality, she no longer believes in the NRRA's mission by the end of the saga and would prefer them to be dead and gone just as much as Ryori.
She has little experience in the dating world. Because she cannot have children, she has not been able to find a long-term boyfriend. She is not interested in one-night stands or friends-with-benefits scenarios, so she hasn't found the right man yet.
Jia is an authoritative person. She carries herself in a dominating way that made Chari and Olivien respect her from a young age. She is strict, but not severe, in her style of child-rearing. She is not a loveless person, but perhaps more introverted in terms of expressing emotions. She is not swayed by tears or by bribery.
As seen in Country Matters, Chari and Olivien had learned how to sneak alcohol into the house. Thus, they knew how to work around her blind spots. Whether or not she was aware of their actions is unknown, but it's unlikely she knew, for she would have likely told Ledas about it. When Jia cannot calm the twins or make them do what she wants, she tends to threaten to tell their father about their actions, which usually shuts them up good, for Ledas can be even harsher than Jia in terms of doling out punishments for bad behavior.
History[]
Dragon Ball: Heart of the Dragon[]
West City Saga[]
On May 28, Age 774, Ryori and Ledas were playing video games in their home when Jia arrived. She informed them that she had been tasked by Cardinal to be their caretaker for the next five years and would make sure they completed middle and high school, otherwise they'd lose funding for the house. She had enrolled them in a four-week accelerated summer program (that would start next Monday) to get them through the seventh grade. They agreed to complete the class, though Ledas refused to allow her to put in place a curfew, citing his training with Vegeta sometimes going late into the night. After learning about Vegeta marrying Bulma, Jia requested a visit Capsule Corp. with the Saiyan because she wanted to snag a prototype CLEAN-BOT 1000 to help her with the housework. Ledas said they could go tomorrow.
The next day, Ledas and Jia visited Bulma at Capsule Corp. Bulma offered them a few CLEAN-BOT 1000s in exchange for Ledas giving her a hand in her lab. The boy begrudgingly accepted after Jia reminded him that he'd otherwise have to clean the bathrooms himself. Ledas then suffered through many hours of tedious lab work with Bulma.
That evening, Jia was putting away dinner when Cardinal contacted her, asking for an update. She assured him everything was going according to plan and the boys didn't appear to be a threat.
On May 30, Age 774, Ses was in the kitchen trying to fill a glass of water. Jia entered, screaming upon seeing Ses. The Saibaman fled out the back door in distress, dropping his glass, and leaving the sink running. Jia tried to apologize, but he was long gone. After calling over a CLEAN-BOT to clean up the broken glass, she looked out the window, watching Wilde and Carawa sunbathe in the backyard while Ses and Ame sparred in front of them, thinking to herself how crazy this was.
On May 31st, after Ryori woke up and went to the kitchen for some orange juice, he noticed Ledas sleepwalking down the hall in Super Saiyan 2. He woke Ledas up. Jia came into the kitchen, saying she saw Ledas sleepwalking in the guest bathroom last night. Ryori reminded him he was in Super Saiyan. The Saiyan didn't know how he ended up out there, though he noted he had a history of sleepwalking both on his homeworld and Planet Cooler 92. Jia asked the boys what they wanted for breakfast, as they'd need to leave for school soon. Ryori wanted French toast, while Ledas demanded eggs and bacon. After getting ready for school, the boys returned to eat breakfast. Only two slices of bacon were ready, and they weren't cooked as crispy as Ledas liked, so he tried to make one crispier with a ki blast. However, he overdid it, turning the bacon to ash.
Ryori reminded him he was still in Super Saiyan. Ledas said he wouldn't leave the form until he had mastered its energy consumption. Ryori didn't like the idea, as Ledas might prove to be a danger in class. Jia didn't think it was a good idea either, as Ledas' hair color was now different, and his teachers would not tolerate that (dyeing one's hair in West City schools was not allowed). Ledas was appalled by human culture relating to dyeing one's hair, saying it wasn't the teachers' business. Jia noted that dyeing one's hair was seen as an act of rebellion and would reflect poorly upon her, but Ledas didn't care, stating again that even if he had dyed his hair, it was none of the teachers' business. He plucked out a hair to show them it wasn't dyed, which eased their anxiety somewhat. Ryori brought up an old case of a girl with naturally brown hair being forced to dye her hair black because her teachers didn't believe that was her natural hair color. She was able to sue the school for a lot of zeni. Thus, Ledas would be safe. While Jia relented, she preferred if Ledas didn't go to school in Super Saiyan. Ledas ranted about humans thinking they had the right to enforce hair color policies on students before scarfing down his plate of bacon.
On June 1st, Ledas, Ryori, and Chiaki returned to the house. Chiaki was freaked out by Carawa in the front yard. Jia, having heard Chiaki's scream, opened the door and let them in. Hachi and Chiwan were inside. Hachi was petrified of Carawa. Ledas apologized for taking so long, Chiaki explaining that Ledas had been in a martial arts street fight. Jia brought them a platter of food, also giving Ledas a bowl of hot and sour soup spiked with poison before excusing herself. Chiaki thanked her, calling her "Mrs. Hareki". Ryori told him that Jia was their caretaker and was not related to him. Nevertheless, Ledas complimented her and called her part of the crew, which touched Jia deeply.
Ledas recounted his bout against Master Kamome as Jia retreated to her room, receiving a text from Cardinal. Jia texted back that she had poisoned the boy, noting that his Saibamen may prove to be a threat as well.
The next day, Carawa watched Jia talk to police officers in the front yard. She told them she wasn't housing leprechauns in her backyard, although she had Capsule Corp. tech. The police apologized for bothering her, noting that crazy neighbors were common in big cities. Jia stated that if the neighbor called the cops on her again, she'd seek a restraining order against her.
Afterward, Jia returned to her room. Cardinal texted her, asking for an update. Jia told him the poison hadn't affected Ledas, asking if she could discontinue it, for if anyone else accidentally ate the poison and died, it would blow their cover. Cardinal told her Dr. Usuba had come up with another means to deal with the Saiyan, so she could pull back.
On the night of June 4th, Jia and the Saibamen watched 90 Day Fiancé. The doorbell rang. Wilde paused the show. Jia went to see who it was. A police officer had Ryori in tow. The boy staggered inside. Jia smacked him on the back of the head and asked him where he'd been. Ryori gave a vague answer. The officer told Jia that Ryori and his friends had been in a bar and gotten drunk. He was going to charge him with misdemeanor minor in possession. Jia gave him a SAARO card, telling the man she was fostering Ryori under the orders of King Furry and would do anything to make the charge go away. Seeing that the king was involved, the officer agreed to let Ryori off with a warning, though if he ever caught the boy doing anything illegal again, he would charge him no matter what. Jia thanked him and said that if he was ever looking for a promotion, she'd put in a good word for him.
Once the officer had left, Jia demanded Ryori explain himself. Ryori said he didn't feel good and needed to lie down. Jia was fine with that but said they'd continue the conversation in the morning. Ryori thanked her for getting him off with a warning. He agreed with Ledas that she was a nice lady before stumbling to his room. Jia felt a great deal of pride, restraining herself as best she could.
In the evening of June 5th, Ledas returned home. Jia was surprised to learn he hadn't been with Ryori and the others the previous night (assuming he had been in jail). Ledas didn't know what she was talking about, saying he had been off-world with Bulma. Jia thought he was joking. He was far more interested in getting dinner. He asked for some chicken korma, which Jia agreed to heat up.
He found Ryori in the living room watching baseball on television. Ryori was peeved at Ledas, saying he'd been texting him for the past two days without hearing back. Ledas apologized, saying he'd been off-world with Bulma and hadn't received the texts until he returned to Earth. He told Ryori about the rejuvenation tank adventure, which eased Ryori's emotions. He asked his friend what had happened on Earth while he was gone. Ryori told him about the debacle at the Guac. Ledas apologized for not being there and offered to make it up to him by taking him on a ride in his gravity training unit to any planet he wanted to visit, as Bulma had installed an AI to pilot the ship for them. Ryori was delighted, eager to see Jupiter and Neptune up close.
While Ledas ate chicken korma, he asked them to change the channel, as he couldn't stand baseball. Jia assumed he was going to rant about how stupid and barbaric humans were, but that wasn't it at all. He said that since Goku and Vegeta had chosen Earth to live on and had humans as mates, he didn't see why it'd be any different for him. Because of that, he loved Jerry Springer, as he found the showcase of human culture very informative. Jia changed the channel to a romantic movie where a woman and a man were kissing. Ledas thought the woman was trying to bite his lips off. Jia and Ryori had to explain to him what kissing was.
Later, Jia, Carawa, Ryori, and Ledas played monopoly. After Carawa lost most of his money to Jia, he rage quit, running down the hall screeching while the others watched The Three Stooges, having a grand old time.
The next morning, Jia cooked breakfast while Ledas and Ryori had a sword-fighting competition to mark the third deleted scene. She called them out when Cardinal texted her to collect the sample. Jia tried to delicately push back, typing that their scheme against the Saiyan had become unnecessary because he didn't appear to be a threat. Cardinal told her to do her job or he would replace her.
After Ledas and Ryori left for school, Jia made a smoothie for the Saibamen. She received a call from Cardinal, excusing herself to the Saibamen's displeasure. Cardinal said he'd be there in five minutes to collect the sample. Jia promised to have it ready. She collected several blond hairs from the shower drain, putting them in a baggie before returning to the kitchen. She found the Saibamen finishing up the smoothie before fighting over who would drink it first. Wilde managed to emerge victorious from the scuffle, taking the first drink. Ame came in with a flying kick, knocking him away and drinking the rest of it (although the container had spilled all over the floor). Jia yelled at them, chasing them to the backyard with a broom.
On the morning of June 7th, Jia was awakened by a strange beeping sound. She noticed Ledas passed out in the guest bathroom as she went looking for the source of the noise. It didn't take her long to realize the sound was coming from Ledas' space pod (which was in the backyard). Jia returned to the bathroom and woke Ledas up. When he heard the sound, he shuddered.
Ryori joined them in the backyard. Ledas swore there wasn't anything wrong with his ship but refused to explain what was going on. After he hesitated to open the pod door, Ryori did it for him, triggering a song the Plantains had recorded mocking his birthday. He ran into the pod to turn off the song (otherwise it'd loop forever), noting he'd disable it if he knew how. Ryori asked if those voices were the members of his PTO team he'd mentioned before. Ledas confirmed it. Ryori felt sorry for him that his teammates had been so abusive. Jia wanted to know if he wanted a party for his birthday. Ledas wasn't comfortable with that human custom. He requested they treat it like a normal day. Ryori was flabbergasted, not understanding why he didn't want a big party with everyone from school. Ledas said having attention on him was awkward and he'd prefer to just chill. Ryori believed the PTO had really messed him up; Ledas returned to the house, hoping to get a few more minutes of rest before class began.
On the afternoon of June 8th, after getting home, in deleted scene #5, Ledas told Jia about the Kiseibachi before asking her to replace his and Ryori's beds with one king-sized bed. While she was surprised, Jia agreed to do so. Later that night, she investigated, noticing the boys sleeping in the same bed and realized they were dating. She texted Cardinal the details.
That evening, Jia, Cardinal, and Dr. Usuba met at the Bluefin Café in West City. Jia informed them Ledas was out of senzu beans and Bulma hadn't yet finished the rejuvenation tank. Cardinal urged Usuba to prepare the next Kiseibachi swarm as soon as possible, as their window to strike was shrinking. Usuba estimated it would take him a week or so. Cardinal offered to bump up his pay by four times if Usuba was able to get the swarm built faster. Usuba thought he would need a much bigger swarm than last time. He would also work to improve their energy tolerance. Cardinal gave him three days to finish the project before dismissing him from the meeting.
Once he had left, Cardinal said that they would use Usuba's Saiyan xenophobia to their advantage. He was the perfect candidate. He then gave Jia canisters of paralyzing agents to be installed in the CLEAN-BOTs. Jia would have to pilot the bots to Ledas while he slept and spray him. Jia asked what was to become of Ryori. Cardinal ordered her to spray him with the paralyzing agent too, which would undoubtedly kill him. Feeling the pressure, Jia wasn't sure if she could do it. She tried to defend Ryori, saying he was innocent. Cardinal threatened to replace her with another agent if she didn't carry out her orders. Jia swore she'd do it.
On June 9th, Jia, Ledas, and Wilde were in the kitchen, the former two working on Ledas' history essay. Wilde enjoyed pineapple juice while watching television. Ledas wanted her to add a point about how ineffective King Furry was in defending Earth from the Saiyans. Jia didn't want to, as that could be construed as disrespectful to the monarchy. Ledas didn't back down, asking her if they lived in a free society or a totalitarian regime where one could not speak one's mind. Ryori entered. Jia said Ledas could say whatever he wanted about the king, but his teachers might lower his grade for offending them (without any way of proving it). Ledas refused to remove the line, stating that were it not for the Z Fighters, Earth would've been conquered years ago. Jia didn't want to add that point either, as while correct, Ledas' teachers would think he was acting like a delusional chūnibyō. Ryori agreed with Ledas' assessment, though he thought Ledas might get another detention for speaking badly about King Furry. Ledas didn't care, saying he'd do another afterimage showcase if that happened. However, that'd be two strikes against Ms. Mahobi. Wilde left, having finished his pineapple juice.
Ledas asked Jia how they could prank Ms. Mahobi. Jia refused to help, worried they could be expelled if they were caught doing anything to their teacher. Ryori dismissed her concerns, stating they weren't going to do anything serious or get caught. Ledas' power and speed would protect them. Ledas also wanted to add a point in the essay about how Mr. Satan was a fraud, incapable of beating even King Piccolo. He and Ryori bickered over Mr. Satan's abilities, with Ryori noting Ledas would probably get a shitty grade if he disparaged the world champ. Ledas didn't care because it wasn't like he was going to become a scholar. They were able to convince him to soften his language, however, to not risk getting too bad of a grade. Jia tried to get Ledas back on track by analyzing the Saiyan invasion.
In the wee hours of June 12th, Jia prepared a CLEAN-BOT with the paralyzing agent. Cardinal texted her that they were ready. She released the CLEAN-BOT into the house soon after. Ledas was sleepwalking down the hall. The CLEAN-BOT flew over to him, spraying him in the face with a bluish mist. His shoulders slumped, and when he reached the door to his room, his hand couldn't clench it, causing him to continue walking down the hall to the back door. Flinging it open, Ledas stumbled outside and collapsed on his stomach in the grass. After a moment of hesitation, Jia, who had been watching from the hall, texted Cardinal that everything was ready to go. Then, she entered Ryori and Ledas' room, the CLEAN-BOT's remote clutched tight to her chest.
In the master bedroom, Jia stood over the sleeping Ryori, unwilling to activate the CLEAN-BOT. After thinking about it, she pocketed the remote and walked out, unable to complete her mission.
That night, she convened with Oscalpano and a man named Nhobusa (Cardinal's second-in-command) in a hospital room in Central City. Cardinal was hooked up to a breathing machine, unconscious. Nhobusa told them their orders were to lay low and wait for Cardinal to wake up. Oscalpano asked how many SAARO employees had survived. Nhobusa told him that they were the only three remaining on the mainland. Five associates and two dozen lower-level employees were stationed in the Crimson Fingers island chain to the south.
Oscalpano wanted to attack Ledas before he had a chance to heal, thinking it was their only chance to kill him. Nhobusa didn't consider that was wise, as they had no means of hurting the boy. Nhobusa said King Furry had appointed a new head of SAARO due to Cardinal's condition, and as such, they no longer had access to government funding in their campaign against the boy. He refused to give Oscalpano access to Cardinal's private accounts to finance further actions against the Saiyan. Jia promised to monitor Ledas without interfering. Oscalpano didn't appreciate that strategy. He suggested they try poisoning Ledas again. Jia reminded him that Ledas had hardly been affected by the paralyzing agent. Her life could be put at risk if they tried poisoning him again. Oscalpano still wanted to try again. Nhobusa warned him that he would be going against Cardinal if he did so. Oscalpano pleaded with them to help him, citing their mission directive at SAARO as preserving Earth at all costs, which they'd only be able to do by killing the Saiyan. Nhobusa told him they had no means of killing Ledas, so he needed to drop it.
A nurse entered the room, quickly leaving after Nhobusa flashed his SAARO badge and asked for privacy. Oscalpano followed her out. Nhobusa asked Jia to contact him if Ledas threatened the planet. Otherwise, her orders were to observe and report. Jia asked if she should stop Oscalpano if he tried anything. Nhobusa wanted her to contact him in that case, noting her account would fund Ledas' house and expenses for at least two more years, so there was no need to change anything yet. He promised to call her when Cardinal's condition improved.
Jia recalled the doctor saying they hadn't detected brain waves in Cardinal, fearing he'd become a vegetable. Nhobusa wasn't as pessimistic as her, reminding her there would need to be more tests done before that was confirmed. Jia wanted them to create a contingency plan in case Cardinal never woke up, but Nhobusa refused to entertain the thought. They said their goodbyes, and Jia left the room.
On June 15th, Bulma showed up at Ryori and Ledas' house with the rejuvenation tank. She wanted to install it on Ledas' gravity training unit. Jia told her the boys weren't home, but she could put the tank in anyway, inviting her inside. Bulma was happy to see Jia was still using the CLEAN-BOTs. They moved to the backyard, entering the gravity training unit. Bulma thought Ledas would want to enter the rejuvenation tank as soon as possible so he could resume his training. Jia confessed she didn't properly understand him, asking Bulma for advice. She wondered why he needed to train so much. Bulma told her about the Saiyans' competitive warrior spirit. Easing Jia's anxiety, she told her Goku, Vegeta, Ledas, and the others were good people and would protect the Earth from outside threats. Bulma was impressed that Jia could handle raising a Saiyan, as in her experience, they were quite a handful (stubborn and voracious, for the most part). They agreed to have lunch together next week to continue their discussion. Bulma then began installing the rejuvenation tank, showing Jia how it worked.
In the early hours of June 16th, Oscalpano snuck into Ryori and Ledas' backyard, entering the gravity training unit. He found Ledas in the rejuvenation tank on the lower deck. He loaded what may have been poison into a syringe gun. From behind, a CLEAN-BOT appeared. Suddenly, it sprayed him in the face with the paralyzing agent Cardinal had given Jia. Oscalpano tried to unholster his pistol and shoot the bot, but he fell to the ground, losing his balance and ability to move. His vision blurred, Oscalpano raised the pistol, shooting randomly, before falling over unconscious.
Jia watched this from a series of camera feeds in her room. She considered texting Nhobusa about what had happened, but deleted the unsent message, thinking better of it. She left her room, ready to spend a long night getting rid of the body.
After class on June 16th, everyone left except Ledas and Ryori. Jia was waiting for them in the hallway. Mahobi, Ledas, and Jia entered the teacher's office while Ryori played on his phone outside.
Mahobi informed Jia Ledas had two detentions (on Friday and Saturday) and had been disruptive in class multiple times. He was at risk of not passing the seventh grade if he continued acting out. Jia said the detentions she'd given him were illegitimate, and after targetting Ledas for his natural hair color, she couldn't trust Mahobi's judgment. Mahobi apologized but noted she had only been following official policy. Ledas called her a terrible person for going along with an immoral policy. Mahobi found that rude and asked Jia to put a stop to Ledas' behavior. She backed up the boy, agreeing that the teachers had been harassing him. She threatened to take Mahobi and perhaps the school at large to court if they did not back down, noting that as a SAARO employee, she'd have access to the king's treasury to pay for the finest lawyers.
Mahobi didn't believe she had done anything wrong by giving Ledas detention for disrupting her lecture on the Saiyan invasion. Ledas was fine with her reprimanding him, but he had a big problem with detention, thinking no teacher should have the power to hold a student after class. He said she wasn't his mother and it wasn't her place to try to parent him. Mahobi wanted to suspend him for saying that. Jia told her to stop getting caught up in emotional bullshit and focus on her teaching. Mahobi realized there was no getting through to the woman, thinking it now made sense why Ledas was the way he was. Ledas questioned the morals of anyone who thought detention was a legitimate teaching tool. Mahobi said it was her right by the law, so he'd have to suck it up. It didn't matter if Ledas thought it was wrong of her to give him detention. It was her call. She refused to rescind either detention. Jia ordered Ledas to remain respectful of Mahobi in the classroom and threatened her with legal action if she tried to suspend him. She and Ledas left swiftly afterward, not saying another word to Mahobi. Ryori regrouped with them and everyone left.
In the afternoon of June 19th, Jia, Ryori, Ledas, and Chiaki visited the West City Zoo, looking through all the exhibits. At the monkey exhibit, Chiaki pointed to one who was masturbating, calling him Ledas' brother. Ryori remarked the monkey had more stamina than Ledas. Chiaki was jealous of the easy life the monkey lived, receiving free food and housing and getting to masturbate all day every day while people watched. Ryori thought he'd enjoy prison if he thought that was so great. At a cafe, Ledas made a bit of a spectacle of himself by eating eight sandwiches and about a pound of fries in one sitting.
Chiaki confirmed to Ryori that Chiwan had found the messages Tabashi had drunk-texted her from his phone funny. Ryori wondered why he didn't ask her out. Tabashi was very worried about what would happen to their friends group if she rejected him. Ryori wanted him to ask Jia for advice. Jia admitted she'd never dated anyone before, so she wouldn't be the best person to ask. Given that she couldn't have kids, her dating pool was a bit shallower than one would expect for someone as attractive as her. Ledas said he and Ryori were pretty much her kids because they were orphans. She very much appreciated how they had accepted her into their lives.
A girl walking by gawked at Ledas' tail (which was clutching a sandwich). Her mother promised it was just a toy and boys did not, in fact, have tails. Chiaki said his therapist had recommended he just ask Chiwan out and see what happens. Ryori agreed with that, but Chiaki didn't find it easy to do. Ryori recommended he should try to learn how to skate to impress her, which Chiaki didn't think was a bad idea.
Later, they visited the tiger exhibit. Ledas thought the tigers looked incredibly cool. Unable to help himself, Ledas flew into the tiger enclosure, trying to pet one. The tiger took several swipes at him. He dodged with afterimages, petting the feline and agitating it. Several women noticed him in the enclosure and began to scream, so Ledas flew back to the others in a flash of light. Jia told them they were leaving before anyone recognized Ledas as the one who had jumped in the tiger exhibit, as she didn't want to deal with the zoo's security staff.
Walking off, she received a text from Nhobusa asking her to meet him at the hospital in two days, as Cardinal's condition had changed.
On the night of June 21st, Jia met with Nhobusa in Cardinal's hospital room. King Furry and a pair of his royal guards joined them. Nhobusa confirmed that Cardinal had no brainwaves. He was effectively a vegetable. He planned on pulling the plug sometime before morning, but not before transferring Cardinal's assets to SAARO. Furry told them they'd maintain their positions in SAARO (Nhobusa as the commander of the detachment in the Crimson Fingers, Jia as Ledas' caretaker). He wanted to know more about what Jia was doing, however. She explained that she was acting as Ledas' caretaker because he was only thirteen and an orphan. Hopefully, with her guidance, she could prevent him from ever attempting to conquer the world. The king wondered if she and Cardinal had been planning an elaborate assassination plot against the boy, speculating that the NRRA tower collapse had been related to that. Nhobusa swore that wasn't the case, lying that Cardinal had ceased action against the boy more than a month prior. Jia noted that Ledas was doing better with a parental figure in his life and was about to graduate seventh grade.
Furry was glad to hear it, confirming he'd fund her position until the boy reached the age of eighteen, at which point she'd return to her previous role in SAARO. He ordered them to never attack Goku's friends again, telling them that the group had been responsible for Majin Buu's defeat, not Mr. Satan, which surprised Nhobusa. He promised to fire them if he found any evidence of them working against the Z Fighters, including Ledas, in the future. With that, he and his guards left the room.
Jia asked Nhobusa what their plan was. He asked her to lay low for now and not tell Ledas about Cardinal's death. He would devise a new plan, but it would take a while. He promised to come up with their final effort against the Saiyan before he turned eighteen and King Furry's funding ran out. Nhobusa began texting someone. Jia took that as her cue to leave.
Back home on June 24th, Jia, Ledas, and Ryori had bowls of ice cream to celebrate the kids' seventh-grade graduations. Jia was extremely proud of them. Ledas wondered if the teachers had known he was scamming them. Ryori didn't believe so. Jia thought they'd recognize that his essays had been written at a level above a seventh-grader's but wouldn't be able to prove it, especially after that last in-class essay. She praised Ryori for his memorization skills that had helped them accomplish that. Ledas said he hadn't really learned how to read many kanji, but he had been able to do the math on his own for the most part. Ryori asked him if he was going to go to school with them next year. Ledas didn't want to (the scam would be much harder to pull off over a whole year), though he confirmed he was going to be around no matter what. He had to make sure he could focus on his training. He knew there'd be plenty of opportunities for them to hang out with the other seventh-graders as Ledas was certain Earth was his home now. He wasn't going anywhere.
While this was going on, Jia poured Carawa a cup of juice. The Saibaman took his prize and scurried off. Jia asked the boys not to get into any trouble, as Ledas' powers wouldn't be able to save them every time. Ryori promised. When the television show went to commercial, Ledas demanded they mute it, and the three conversed about how weird it was that so many people will just sit there and watch commercials. Ryori thought those people belonged in the trash, which made even Jia laugh.
On July 19th, Vegeta and Ledas made their way to the Capsule Corp. backyard so that Vegeta could show him Super Saiyan 3. Bikini watered her flowers while Jia and Bulma had lunch together.
Country Matters[]
In the first section of this story, just when Chari was about to pour Bulla some vodka, Jia, Chari and Olivien's caretaker, returned home. She asked the girls if they had had dinner, and they confirmed they had. She asked Bulla if she was staying the night. The half-Saiyan said she was, and promised to text her mother about it. She asked where Olivien was. Chari told her that the boy had gone out and that she would go fetch him soon. Then, Chari told Jia it would be perfectly fine for her to go to bed, as she looked tired. The woman did not need to be asked twice. In the second scene, Bulla lamented the fact that Jia would soon find out about the hole she had left in the wall.
Girl[]
When he flew home in the second scene of this story, Oli could sense Jia, Chari, and Ledas inside their house. In the third scene, Olivien awoke and went to the kitchen, where he found Jia. His caretaker told him that both Chari and his father were out. She did not know where his father was; Chari was at Capsule Corp. He told her he would be going out that day, but did not tell her where or when he would be back. Jia did not press him to answer either question, though. He asked Jia to tell Chari and Ledas that he was staying over a friend's house that night. She promised she would and then told him that one of his father's friends had come back to Earth with him and wanted to talk to Olivien. Oli sensed for non-human power levels and realized that it was Okinaro. He thanked Jia and departed for the Inari.
Trivia[]
- Jia is one of the only members of Cardinal's team to survive multiple stories that she is featured in.
- As she is introduced in the first scene of the first chapter of the West City Saga, Jia is the first new character introduced in all of Dragon Ball: Heart of the Dragon.