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Hope you enjoy the story, oh and I am the author formally known as Lady Squirt. ;)

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Love Is A Strength, Not A Weakness

Part 1

By Silver Dragonfly

(last time)

"You mean she's a Princess?" Gohan asked.

"Yes that's right Gohan, and she will need help learning how to fight, but she also needs protection, for she is her worlds last hope." Kami responded to the little boy.

"I'll protect her," he said standing as tall and straight as he could beside his dad.

"We'll protect her Gohan, and help her become a strong warrior." Said Goku, more than happy to accept the young girl, especially with already having his family's support.

"Thank you Goku, Gohan. Now I have to return home, but don't forget to visit, she is the closest thing I have to remind me of her mother, who was a very dear and special friend to me. One more thing, from time to time one of her guardians will arrive to give her special training sessions. So don't be surprised if someone just shows up one day looking for her."

(Two years later)

Usagi sat at the table happily eating her breakfast. It was a beautiful morning and she couldn't wait to go outside. Plus her Dad, Goku, had said he was taking her and Gohan to meet some special friends of his. He had left earlier this morning to get some firewood, and Gohan had woken up earlier, and was already outside, Usagi on the other hand had slept in a little later than usual. She heard knocking at the door and watched as her Mom, Chichi, went to answer the door.

Chichi opened the door to find a tall young woman, with long deep dark green hair, dressed in a sort of business suit standing there.

"Hello, may I help you?" she asked.

"Yes I am looking for someone, her name is Usagi. Do you know where I may find her?" the woman asked. Suddenly the whole house shook slightly as a young girls voice was heard.

"PUU!!" and with that the girl ran to the front door and into the arms of the young woman.

"Hello Princess." The woman said hugging Usagi.

"Puu! How many times do I have to tell you not to call me Princess!" she answered after taking a step back and planting her fists on her hips.

"As many times as I call you it." The woman replied then turned to Chichi. "I've come to take Usagi for the day." She said

"What do you mean take Usagi?! I don't even know who you are, and you think I'm just going to let you take my little Usa." Chichi stated her hands also planted on her hips.

"It's all right Chichi-ma. She is one of my guardians, I need training from her as well as Daddy." Usagi said to calm down her mother in this world. Chichi studied the little girl whom she had come to love as if she truly was her flesh and blood, and sighed, knowing she couldn't keep her from this anymore than she could keep Goku and Gohan from training to be so strong.

"All right, but be careful and be home in time for supper. Okay?" she said kneeling down so she was face to face with her.

"Thank you Mama. I'll be home on time." Usagi replied hugging her foster mother, and then leaving with her guardian. Chichi took a deep breath and sighed. 'Now to tell Goku that he's not going to be able to show off both Gohan and Usagi to his friends.' With this in mind she returned into the house.

The small girl arrived at Kami's lookout sobbing, she didn't want to go face her mother yet and tell her the terrible news. Daddy was gone, killed in a fight to protect Gohan and Chikyu. And that green man who looked a lot like Kami, but always insisted on fighting against Daddy, fought alongside him, and then took Gohan to train after defeating the alien man. And now there was going to be another, even stronger enemy here in one year, she had overheard that much from those other people that had come to the battle site. She had been too late, and didn't want to start another fight, besides the fact that she was to shocked from the death of her foster father, the only one she had ever had. Finally she set her tired little body on the ground and walked into the house to find the guardian of Chikyu. Instead she found Mr. Popo.

"Oh my…. Princess, what are you doing here?" he asked going over to the small girl and helping her to a comfortable chair. 'Kami went to take Goku's spirit somewhere where he could receive special training to fight the oncoming threat. So I better make sure she's all right until he comes back,' he thought going to get her something to drink.

"He's gone, . . . . . . Daddy is gone." She whispered quietly still in shock. Mr. Popo was at her side in an instant, and pulled the soon sobbing little girl into his arms. Over the past two years that she had been living in this time and place, she had worked her way into the hearts of all who knew her, mainly Son Goku, Chichi, and their son Gohan, who were now her foster family that she loved as if they were flesh and blood; then Kami and himself. Kami had told him that her mother had had this ability but, not to the extent that Usagi did. Mr. Popo cradled the little girl and then, once she had cried herself to sleep laid her down on a bed in the room that she had occasionally stayed in, and tucked her in.

"Rest well little Princess. All will be well." He said softly before turning to prepare for the coming Z fighters. Kami had left instructions to be ready for them so that they could train and be more prepared for the coming threat. Soon he heard the Z fighters arrive, as well as Kami. Quickly he went out to great them and inform Kami of their guest.

Kami greeted the Z fighters calmly; "You may make yourselves comfortable for now. Training will officially start tomorrow. Oh and thank you Bulma for brining them up here." He told them calmly. He had just finished speaking when Mr. Popo walked up to him and whispered in his ear. Kami quickly called out to Bulma.

"Bulma wait. Could you do me a little favor?" he asked after she had walked over to him.

"Sure what is it?" she replied and then followed Kami as he led her into the house and then to his small guest's room. Bulma looked in surprise at the young girl that lay on the bed. "Who is she? What happened to her?" she asked quietly as she softly walked over to the bed and laid a gentle hand on the girl's head.

"Her name is Usagi, and she cried herself to sleep due to the death of her adoptive father and her missing brother." Kami told her waiting for her to put the facts together.

"You mean, Goku is her dad and Gohan her brother?" she replied shocked.

"Yes, though not by blood, but in every way that counts as far as she is concerned. I also see that she has already worked her magic on you even though she is only sleeping." He told her and then smiled as her shock at the mention of magic. "Yes your guess is right. She had the uncanny ability to draw people to her even to the point of just to see her smile. She is also very strong, but not in the same sense that Goku is, she has the power, but her race is different in how they have the power. She is also the last of her race and the only hope for her world. Well enough of my chatter, I would appreciate it if you could take her home to Chichi. The three of you ought to get along real well."

"Are you NUTS! I don't want to see Chichi right now! How am I supposed to tell her that Goku is dead and that we can't wish him back right away because he is getting special training."

"You won't have to. Usagi will. You forget that Chichi is now a mother. If it had been Usagi that Piccolo had taken as well as Gohan then I would have been very worried, but Usagi will be able to help her, besides you should have seen how the two of them bonded when I first brought Usagi to the Son house." Kami told her.

"All right," Bulma sighed, "I better get this over with." With that Bulma picked up the young girl and carried her out to the waiting air car before setting her in the passenger seat and heading off for the Son household. 'Hmmm. Maybe I'll invite them to stay at Capsule Corp. with me. That way we will be easier to contact if an emergency should arise.' She wondered. Soon Bulma arrived and carefully carried the still sleeping Usagi up to the front door. Bulma had barely stepped up to the door before it was flung open and a hysterical Chichi appeared.

"Oh my poor little Usa-chan!" She cried immediately taking the still sleeping girl from Bulma, then miraculously seeming to calm down. "Oh where are my manners, Bulma come in." she stated now a little calmer that she knew Usagi was safe. "Take a seat, while I put her to bed, she must have had a very hard day in training." Chichi stated as she carried the little girl off down the hall and into a bedroom. Bulma sat down shocked at Chichi's reaction; whatever she had been expecting, this wasn't it. Soon Chichi reappeared, a pleasant smile on her face. "Now to what do I owe the pleasure of your visit?" Chichi asked sitting down across from Bulma.

"Ummmmmmmmm." Said Bulma not exactly sure to begin when a soft voice interrupted.

"There was a fight Momma. Some stranger appeared and attacked Daddy and Gohan. They ended up fighting near where Puu and I had been training. We had just finished, and I was about to head home, when there was a huge explosion. I quickly ran over to see what it was, but I was to late to save Daddy. He and the other green man, Piccolo, had teamed up to fight an alien that wanted Daddy to join him as well as Gohan. But Daddy was killed when they defeated the strange man. I was too shocked to do anything and then Piccolo took Gohan to train him, cause there is going to be two more strange people coming who are after the Dragon Balls, and we can't wish Daddy back for almost a year because Kami sent him somewhere for special training." Usagi had slowly walked over to her mother throughout her entire speech, and now was sitting on her lap, tears running down her face. "If I hadn't been so shocked and scared of all the strange people that where there I could have stopped Piccolo from taking Gohan, or even possibly have saved Daddy. It's all my fault they're both gone." At the end of this she was sobbing so hard that her whole body was shaking.

"Shhhhhhhhh. Usa, don't worry. It's not your fault, at least I have you here with me, and both your Dad and Gohan will be back. And don't forget you still need to train, and I can help you, that way we both will become stronger." Chichi said softly soothing the little girl while Bulma just stared.

"The stranger was an alien called a sayian. He had a tail like Goku used to and like Gohan now does. He said that he was Goku's brother Raditz, and that Goku was a sayian and that his real name was Kakarot. Goku and Piccolo barely defeated him, and Goku sacrificed his life to stop him. As Raditz was dying he said that two more powerful would be coming after the dragon balls, since Piccolo had told him that Goku's friends would just wish him back." Bulma told them quietly. Chichi just hugged her daughter tighter as she heard the story. "Chichi, if you like, you and Usagi can come stay with me at Capsule Corp., and train there." Bulma offered thinking it was the only thing she could do. When she had said this, Usagi turned and looked at her.

"Then you can train to, you have power hidden deep with in you. I can help you learn to use it. Also I don't know how, but you have Mercuian blood, somewhere in the past you must have an ancestor that came from Mercury's royal line. Daddy would be so surprised to find you two much stronger than when he left." She said then giggled. Chichi and Bulma stared at the little girl in shock.

"You mean you could teach us to fly and do some of the things all the guys do." Bulma said in awe.

"Uh huh. I can teach you how to fly, fight hand to hand, throw ki blasts, as well as almost completely hide your power." She answered, "Oh and Ms. Bulma, you will be able to have a strong control over water and ice, that as well as your knack for inventing and being able to work so well with machinery are part of your Mercuian heritage."

"Wait a minute! Just where did my little Usagi GO?! You never said anything about this before!" Chichi began complaining, something very different was going on here with her little girl.

"Every time I train with Puu, I will be receiving knowledge from before my kingdom was destroyed." The little girl answered her mother. Chichi just nodded in acceptance, since she already knew the story behind her daughter.

"Ummm, exactly what do you mean by your kingdom?" Bulma asked totally confused, she knew there was something different about the young girl from what Kami had said, but now it was getting a little weird.

"It's a long story and I'll gladly tell it to you, but first I think it would be wise for Usagi and I to move in with you rather than staying out here on our own. We will go pack our things and then we can go." Chichi said. Bulma just nodded, and helped the two begin to get ready.

Usagi flew as fast as she could to the part of Satan City that had been destroyed when the two sayian space pods landed. It had been one year since that terrible day that her Daddy had died fighting his older brother Raditz, one year since Piccolo had taken Gohan to train, one year that she had spent training with her mother and Bulma. It had gone by so fast. At first Chichi, and Bulma had been no match for her at all, but as she taught them techniques specially designed for female's, they had grown much stronger. She knew that they would never be anywhere near her actual power, or that of her Dad's, Gohan's or even Piccolo's, but they would be a match for any of the other Z fighters. She had been teaching them things that her mother had taught her, techniques that in her world only the Senshi knew. Bulma had instinctively latched onto the power over water that her bloodline gave, becoming almost as skilled as a full noble blooded mercuian.

Chichi, on the other hand had mastered speed and physical strength, and if she hadn't known better would have said she had some jupiterian blood in her, as whenever she had been angry, there was a fantastic lightning storm that night, but then again maybe it was just Chichi's talent to have acquired a control over lighting. The two women had decided to keep their new found strengths a secret, since Usagi had taught them the best techniques in hiding their power from those who could sense it, and they often disguised training trips as shopping sprees or other such things that the guy's would not question. Usagi smiled at the thought, 'The Z fighters will be in for a big surprise when Chichi and Bulma finally let out their secret.'

With a shake of her head she turned her concentration back to the current problem. Both her Mom and Bulma had made her absolutely promise on her honor not to go and join in the fight, so instead she was going to learn as much as she could about these two sayians and hopefully communicate the information to her father and brother through telepathy. Soon she reached the two pods and flew into one, taking a seat she quickly booted up the computer's memory and began to learn all she could about how the tyrant, Freeza, had caused the destruction of the Moon Kingdom, as well as planet Vegeta, and also learned about the last of the royal line of Vegeta, the sayian, Prince Vegeta

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Vegeta laid in shock, he was defeated for now, but how this supposed third class warrior had gotten so strong he had no clue. After using the remote to call his ship he laid there trying to catch his breath; that kid was strong to, stronger than any sayian kid he had ever seen at that age. 'Maybe there was something about this human blood.' he thought then struggled to his feet and stumbled over to his space pod that had landed. Soon he was within three feet of it when the door opened and something began to climb out, Vegeta just stared in shock. A small girl with long silvery hair pulled into a braid, bright crystalline blue eyes, and dressed in a navy blue fighting gi climbed out of his pod and then stared at him with a knowing and understanding look.

"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!" Vegeta shouted at the girl who just stared at him calmly.

"Hello Prince Vegeta, the last of planet Vegita's royal line," the girl said calmly not being fazed by his out-burst. Vegeta just growled and was about to knock the girl out of his way when he heard Kakarot cry out.

"USAGI! Noo! Get away from him!" Goku yelled, terrified for his daughter.

"I'm fine Daddy. He won't and can't hurt me." She said calmly still not taking her eyes form Vegeta.

"WHAT! How could you be Kakarot's Daughter? You look nothing like a sayian, and you have no ki whatsoever!" Vegeta yelled in shock.

"You're right I'm not sayian, but Goku is my Dad in every way that really matters to me. You're wrong about me not having any power just because you can't sense any ki, because that is one characteristic of my people." The girl said calmly.

"How can that be! There was only one race that's ki was completely undetectable, no matter how you tried to detect it, but they were an incredibly strong people. Unfortunately they were destroyed, completely wiped out." Vegeta replied not believing and shocked at what the girl told him.

"Oh Vegeta-sama, you and I have much more in common than you realize," the girl called Usagi replied back to him. Vegeta just stared in shock as a gold crescent moon appeared on the girl's forehead glowing.

"It can't be! Only those of the royal line of the Lunarian race bore that symbol." Vegeta cried sinking to his knees in front of this small girl who seamed to be able to see straight to his heart.

"You're right Vegeta-sama. Like you I am the last of the royal bloodline of my people, but unlike you, I am the very last of my race, you have Goku. Also like you, my Kingdom's destruction was planned and caused by Freeza. Let me help you Vegeta-sama, you don't have to be alone any longer." Usagi said softly then stepped up to Vegeta and hugged him. Vegeta sat there stunned then unconsciously gave the girl a hug in return before pushing her back from him.

"I don't know how you survived Princess, but stay living you are one of the things that Freeza fears the most. Stay alive, one day you and I will stop him. We will make him pay. In the mean time, I will keep fighting in my own way." Vegeta said to the young Lunarian girl, the first being to ever have truly earned his respect, before slowly climbing into his space pod and leaving Chikyu.

Usagi watched him leave, and a small smile found it's way on to her face as her crescent moon disappeared. She then turned and ran over to her adoptive father, while Krillon stared at her, then with Yajerobe's help carried Gohan over to where Goku lay.

"Hang in there Daddy, I'll help you. Mom and Bulma will be here soon," Usagi said, taking control. She placed her hands on the unconscious Goku's chest and soon he was engulfed in a sparkling white light. When it disappeared all of his major injuries where healed to the point where they looked worse than they actually were. The rest of his injuries were nothing more than mere scratches and bruises. She then moved over to Gohan and did the same for him. Once this was done she turned to face Krillon.

"Are you all right Krillon-san?" she asked him.

"Yeah I'm fine, but who are you?" he asked. Usagi was about to answer, but the healing had drained her energy too much, and before she could answer she fainted falling between Goku, and Gohan. Krillon just sighed figuring he'd get the answers later and waited for Bulma and Chichi to arrive.

Everyone was grouped together in the hospital room, one week after the fight with Vegeta. It had taken a while, but soon everyone had been told the story behind Usagi, although it soon became apparent that she fit right in with the Son family, when she ate as much as Goku, and paid Gohan back for a prank.

Everyone was also relieved that Usagi had somehow managed to tame Chichi, something Goku had not even been able to completely accomplish. They were now planning on their course of action to get to Namek and wish everyone back.

"So far it's been decided that Bulma, Krillon, and Gohan will take the Namekian space ship to Namek to get the dragon balls and wish everyone back, right?" Chichi asked not happy that her son was going.

"Man I wish I could go with you guys. I mean, who knows what you may run into," Goku said pouting from his position in his hospital bed. Although Usagi had healed the worst of his injuries he was still too wounded to join them on their journey and was looking at another two to three weeks at least in the hospital.

"I want to go with them," Usagi said firmly from her position in her father's lap.

"No Usagi, I want you to stay here where you're safe, away from danger," Goku answered, not wanting his little girl in danger.

"No Goku! She needs to go with Gohan, Bulma, and Krillon. There are many things she knows how to do that none of the other three could even learn. Also if they run into Vegeta again, she will be able to keep them safe. She told me what happened, and what she learned from Vegeta's ship while she was in it. Besides, Bulma will need the company of another female, AND THAT'S FINAL!" Chichi exclaimed ending in a shout. Everyone just stared except Usagi who just gave out a giggle. She and her mom had discussed this the night before, and both she and Bulma had agreed that they needed Usagi on this trip.

"Are you sure you want to go through with this Usa?" Gohan asked, worried for his sister's safety.

"Yes I'm sure, and don't worry so much. I won't be in any more danger than you," she replied, reminding Gohan how she had managed to kick his but the day before even after all his training with Piccolo.

"All right then it's settled. Usagi, Gohan, Krillon, and myself will leave for Namek in three days," Bulma said and with that, everyone but the Son's left the room.

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