Goku looked down at his youngest son, a boy of 18, and shook his head. He was at home with his family; Vegeta and his family; Piccolo; Gohan's wife, Videl and their young daughter, Pan. Just doing nothing- well, the ladies were inside cooking, but the guys were doing nothing. The earth had been as back to normal as it could get for a short time and things were going pretty smoothly... until Goten had a strange feeling.
"Goten," said Goku, "I hate to say it, but I think your senses are off- this new Saiyan you're sensing can't be real- otherwise the rest of us could sense him."
"Dad, I'm serious!" cried Goten, "I can sense another Saiyan somewhere on earth! It's a weak signal, but I can still feel it." He bit his lip for a moment, then had an idea. "I'll find him. Give me a few minutes, then you can lock on to me and join us!" Before anyone could change his mind, Goten was gone.
Goten flew around until he wasn't quite sure where he had ended up. The presence of the Saiyan was stronger than before, but not as strong as his father's, brother's or even his own. He started looking around- the Saiyan had to be hurt, which was probably why his signal was so weak. Suddenly, he came across an arm sticking out from underneath a pile of rubble. Without wasting a second, Goten turned Super Saiyan and began to move the rocks.
"Whoever you are," he called, "just hang on! I'll get you out!"
Goku sensed Goten's signal, then looked at Gohan, his oldest son and shrugged his shoulders.
"What do you think Gohan?" Goku asked, "Could your brother be sensing a new Saiyan?" Gohan shook his head.
"I'm not really sure, Dad," he said. "Truth is, I can kinda feel it too, but I don't know what to make of it."
"Well, lets go find Goten." Goku replied, "Trunks, Vegeta, Piccolo- you in?" Vegeta hadn't been paying any attention to the conversation, but 19-year-old Trunks was more than excited.
"Definitely!" he cried, "Let's go!" Piccolo nodded his agreement. Suddenly, the four of them were gone and Vegeta was left alone.
"Hey!" he said, "What the...?"
Goku used instant transmission to teleport himself, Gohan, Piccolo and Trunks to Goten, who was moving rocks off of what looked like a person's body. When Goten saw his father he only had two words to say: "Help me." Trunks instantly turned Super Saiyan and helped Goten moved the rocks. The others managed to help the way they were.
Moments later, they saw the body underneath was that of a young girl. She was pretty beat up- her Orchid colored vest, which was worn over a sky blue t-shirt, and pants of the same purplish color were torn. Around her arms were two almost identical bracelets, one each wrist- silver chains with dragon charms. The dragons on her right were red, on the left were white. She had bruises up and down her arms, her short black hair was messy, her face was scratched, except around her eyes, where she was sporting a pair of broken blood-red framed glasses... and speaking of blood, there was some trickling down from the corner of her mouth. Goten just stared at her, his jaw hanging open. Goku looked at him, a confused expression on his face.
"Goten?" he asked, "Are you okay?" Goten nodded, but still looked off in a daze.
"She's beautiful."
Suddenly, the girl started to move, cuing Trunks and Goten to power down to regular Saiyans. Her hand went up to her forehead and she let out a quite moan. A second later, she opened her eyes and looked at the people around her. Her eyes looked full of fear for a second, but when they calmed down, they were soft, kind- almost child like.
"Am I dead?" she asked. Goku shook his head.
"No, you're not dead." he replied, "My name is Goku..."
"Goku?" she asked, a trace of a smile on her face. "My mother told me all about you- do you remember a girl named Arale?" Goku thought back to when he was a kid and he spent his time looking for the Dragon Balls, especially the four star ball that had belonged to his grandfather. His journey had taken him to Penguin Village where he had met an amazingly fast young girl by the name of Arale.
"I remember her." he said, after a short time. "She was a good friend." The girl's smile faded.
"She was a good mom, too."
"I'm sorry," said Gohan. The girl shook her head, as if to say no problem.
"She died a long time ago. I was looking for the Dragon Balls, so I could bring her back, when... I don't know, a fireball came out of nowhere. The next thing I knew, you guys were here."
"What's your name?" asked Goten. The girl looked over at him and smiled.
"Gokéa," she replied. "Gokéa Li. I heard your voice when I was under the rocks- what's your name?"
"Goten." The young Saiyan became lost in her eyes- they were brown in color and they sparkled in the sunlight, taking his breath away.
Suddenly, Vegeta appeared out of nowhere. He looked around at everyone and was about to ask what was going on when Gokéa suddenly became scared. Her face turned pure white and her eyes became very wide.
"You!" she said, as she began to shiver uncontrollably. She passed out a moment later. Everyone looked at Vegeta.
"Dad?" asked Trunks "Do you know her?" Vegeta nodded.
"Yes," he said. "I killed her mother."
Trunks couldn't believe what his father was saying. He knew that Vegeta had killed people before, but Trunks never thought Vegeta would kill a single woman, no matter what the reason. And as he looked at his father, Trunks noticed something he never thought he'd ever see- Vegeta actually looked remorseful.
"What happened, Dad?" Vegeta looked down at his son and shook his head.
"It was before you were born, Trunks," he began. "Not long before I came after you, Kakarot. I was fighting with an old enemy of mine, Karanin, near a place called Penguin Village. He and I had destroyed most of the town before coming upon a small house on the outskirts. There was a little girl, her." He pointed at Gokéa. "She was playing out side and Karanin was flying right in front of her- I never saw her until it was too late. I sent a Gallic Gun his way and he moved, leaving the girl in the line of fire. Suddenly, her mother came and took the blast for her. Karanin escaped and I was left there, looking at a crying little girl."
Vegeta paused his story. He seemed to be trying to remember something and after a few moment, he finally did.
"She looked up at me with a fire raging in her eyes," Vegeta continued. "And something happened that I still don't believe." Piccolo looked at him, a confused look on his face.
"What?" he asked. Vegeta looked at him, nothing but seriousness expressed on his being.
"She turned Super Saiyan."
As his company looked at him like he was nuts, Vegeta thought back to what he had saw. A slip of a girl looking up at him with nothing but pure hatred in her eyes. Suddenly, she started to yell and clenched her fists together. Seconds later, an orange glow surrounded her and her hair went from jet black to golden blonde, her brown eyes turned blue-green. The next thing Vegeta knew, the girl was in the air and heading right for him. She started throwing punches like there was no tomorrow. There was something else about that day that Vegeta knew was important, but he couldn't seem to grasp what it was. He snapped back to the present and looked at Goku.
"Did the girl give a name?" he asked. Goku nodded.
"Gokéa." Vegeta nodded, then gave a sly smile.
"Your son is right, Kakarot." he said, "This girl is just as Saiyan as you... and as Saiyan as I." Goku was confused and was about to ask what he was talking about, when Vegeta beat him to the punch. "Gokéa is a Saiyan name, Kakarot- it means 'Heart of the Tiger.'"