Chapter Two

Videl stood and started at the stranger who just introduced himself as Gohan's brother. It was as if listening to his brother's name had brought him instant disgust. Videl then asked, "Is there any reason you had to blow up my chopper?"

"It's loud and attracts attention, I wouldn't be surprised if you lead them straight to me after all of these years," Goten answered shaking his head.

"Lead who? What are you talking about, and how can you be Gohan's brother, he's young enough to be your grandson," Videl kept barraging.

Goten chuckled a little bit before saying, "guess his wishes were granted after all."

"What are you talking about? What is going on?!" Videl yelled starting to get impatient.

Goten once again shook his head and made a gesture towards the house saying, "we'll talk about it inside over some dinner."

"No you old creep, I want answers now!" Videl yelled, starting to reach her limit.

"I'd keep your voice down now miss Satan. You already made a lot of noise with that chopper, yelling will only draw the wolves closer. That's right there are wolves, they hunt at night and they'll more than likely be snooping around over here. Now you can come inside and I can explain everything and you can be safe for the night, or you can stay out here and enjoy the company of your new friends," Goten said gesturing towards the woods where scuttling could be heard. Videl looked, crossed her arms and started walking towards the house defeated.

"At a girl," Goten said patting her on the back, she reacted by shaking his hand off.

When they stepped inside the house it was clear that the house used to run on electricity but hadn't in decades. There was a fire burning in a fire place that gave enough heat and light to illuminate most of the interior. There were stairs that went upstairs and a bedroom on the first floor visible. Goten walked over to a stove and started to pull out an impressive amount of meat that had been cooking inside.

"Let's start at the beginning, when shit hit the fan," Goten said starting to cut the meat into appropriate portions for himself and Videl.

"I'm listening," Videl said taking a seat near the fire.

"In order to understand this story you must know about the dragonballs, do you know their legend?" Goten asked.

"I know they're a legend and that's all, you gather all seven you get your wish granted."

"Well, they're real, and they're the reason you're sitting next to that fire right now. Here's where I'll be dipping into what you don't know so keep an open mind. There was once a dead race of warriors known as the Saiyans, their homeworld was destroyed with more of their race. Out of the few survivors were my father and the prince, Vegeta. That makes me and Gohan half Saiyan, half human. Vegeta was a man with evil in his heart and a thirst for power, while my father was supposedly a man with a kind heart and only wanted to help others. I wouldn't know, I never met the man and at this point I don't care to," Goten continued.

"Well this is nice and all listening about family drama, but does this all matter?" Videl asked.

"I'm getting there, so shut up. 81 years ago, Vegeta wished back the Saiyan homeworld and the dead Saiyan race using the dragonballs. Then he disappeared with his wife, Bulma Briefs, and their son, Trunks Briefs. Well needless to he came back a year later with an army that ravaged the Earth. That's the reason you see nothing but destruction everywhere. But he found the dragonballs a second time and wished for two things again, immortality for his bloodline and immortality for anyone who married into the bloodline."

"How can that be 80 years ago, I just woke up from it today," Videl asked.

"You have your father to thank for that. After the Saiyans left, he helped my friends, Gohan, and I gather the dragonballs again. We did so to separate and possibly destroy them, but he had wanted to make wishes using them. He wished you back to life and that you were sent somewhere safe. I guess the only safe place Shenron figured was 80 some years in the future," Goten said as he placed two plates with food on the table. Videl walked over and sat at the table across from Goten and started to eat her meat, there were no utensils.

"How did you know my father?" Videl asked.

"Well, he was outed as a fake after the Saiyan invasion and the remaining humans on Earth booted him from his throne. Vegeta even took the time to blast his property into nothing. He had nowhere else to go so he sought out my dad, the world champion before him knowing that he had no other option but to beg for help from the very man he dishonored. He showed up humble and willing to do anything. So he forgot almost everything he knew and dove into our world of advanced martial arts and he helped track down the dragonballs. He even kept a weekly journal, a couple actually. They're somewhere around here, I'll find them for you. You were his only wish. After that we waited a year for the dragonballs to reactivate," Goten then hesitated before again saying, "but that's enough for one night, we'll pick up again another time. I know this must be hard for to take everything in."

Videl merely shook her head while continuing to eat her dinner, "this meat is really sweet, what kind of animal is this."

"Dinosaur," Goten grunted while eating his food. This left Videl confused but at this point after today she was too tired. She wanted to sleep soon and hopefully wake up from this nightmare she was in.

After eating, Goten led Videl to the bedroom on the first floor and said, "this was meant to be a guest room, you may keep the door open and let some of the heat from the fire come in for as long as it burns. If it goes out and you want more heat, then you'll have to restart it. Try to sleep tonight because tomorrow you'll be taking steps into a bigger world. It's what your father would've wanted."

Videl absentmindedly nodded and went to the bed. She laid down and tears started to flow down her face as she tried to forget everything that's happened today. Her body was exhausted however and soon she fell asleep, to have dreams of a better life in a better time.