So this is Daisia's reaction to the revival of … (who do you think?) haha.
This will be the last time I post something in ADW, from now on the rest of Back to Life will be found in the story.
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Her yelp was partly muffled by all the food she had in her mouth. Daisia quickly put down her sandwich, grabbed Goten and pulled her tail away from him. She looked the pouting boy in the eyes and swallowed her food.

"Goten, don't pull my tail." She tried to ease him by smiling at him, uncertain whether he understood her or not. Daisia turned her gaze at Chi-Chi. "I think it's because he doesn't have a tail on his own. Normally saiyan children pull and bite their own tail to figure out how it works and responds."

She stroked the sulking boy's cheek. None of them had figured out why Goten hadn't been born with a tail. According to Chi-Chi, Gohan had a tail when he was young. It had even been the tail's achievement when he beat King Vegeta by turning Oozaru. Tears filled her eyes by the thought of Gohan and absentmindedly she let Goten get her tail once again. This time she only took in a sharp breath when he bit down at it, but she let him continue.

"You don't have to let him do it, Daisia," Chi-Chi said and tried to take her son, but the half-saiyan squirmed in her hold and did everything to stay at Daisia's lap.

Daisia grabbed the unwilling boy and removed him, giving him to his mother. Goten began to whimper, but when Chi-Chi began to nurse him he calmed down. "I think he was hungry," she said and smiled fondly at the now quite child.

Daisia looked out the window and popped the last bite of her sandwich into her mouth. She could feel she was about to be hit by one of her blank-moments. Sometimes she would feel completely empty for some time, making Chi-Chi unable to get into contact with her. According to her host Goten had even pulled in her tail one time during a blank-moment, but she hadn't reacted in any way. She had talked with Burdock; the older saiyan had begun to treat her like family even though his oldest son seemed to detest her. He had told her he had been hit by the same when his mate had died; it was part of the body's attempt to put some distance to the former feeling of being part of a pair and get used to being alone.

She could hear Chi-Chi's muffled voice but knew the other woman would quickly realize what was happening and wait for her to come back.

The colors outside the window began to float together and a single tone began to ring in her ears. It felt like all her senses opened up but chose to ignore what was close to her. She felt completely vulnerable, and if her body hadn't cut itself completely off from her mind her pulse would raise due to the panic she always was hit by. If someone chose to attack her now, she would be completely exposed and unable to defend herself.

Then a feeling hit her; it was so strong it completely blocked out whatever had caused it. Her entire body was burning from pure joy and happiness and seconds later she was finally aware why.

She could feel Gohan's ki. He was back!

For the first time she could will her mind to take control of her body, and she ran out of the house before her eyes had become completely normal. Just outside the door she got into the air and flew towards his energy; it was like a beacon to her. When she was near she began to fly lower and soon she could see him.

"GOHAN!" she screamed and hit him without taking off some speed. He caught her and had no problem standing still even though she hit him full force. "You're back," she huffed while crying out of pure joy.

He didn't say anything; instead he lifted her off the ground, supporting her at her lower back while looking her deep in the eyes. It felt like Daisia's heart exploded by the sparkle of life she could see so clearly in his eyes. This was the real Gohan, not the traumatized and self-loathing ghost of his former self he had become.

Gohan was back.

Daisia's quick exit had made the wheels in Chi-Chi's head start spinning, but she didn't dare end the trail of thoughts. Instead she chose to focus on her youngest son, who was now looking at her with such an intense stare she was certain he was completely aware of everything going on around him even though he was no more than a couple of weeks old.

Chi-Chi heard the small whoosh her husband's instant-transmission made and looked up. Her heart-rate went up when she saw the happy look on his face.

"Did you…?" she said and got out of the couch with Goten at her arm. "Did you find him?"

Goku nodded and pulled her and Goten into a light embrace. "They're all back," he said and kissed the top of her head. "Gohan was revived where he was buried. Daisia's with him, I think we should let them take their time."

Chi-Chi nodded, unable to speak through her tears of joy.

"You're really back," she mumbled while caressing his face and let her hands run through his hair; it was surreal to finally be able to touch him, but she enjoyed it with every fiber of her being.

"Yeah," he said, completely aware of the real meaning of her statement. "Did you miss me?" he asked in a teasing tone and tried without luck to avoid her weak punches of frustration; it was impossible to duck while carrying her.

"Of course I did you… you… you!" She didn't know what to say but punched his shoulders a couple of times more before folding her arms around his neck. "Promise me you won't ever act like that again," she begged with a voice filled with uncertainty

"I won't," he said and put her down on the ground, still having his arms around her. "If I ever begin to do so, promise me you will yell at me, okay? Raditz' and grandpa's way of ignoring my problems only made them grow bigger."

Daisia nodded and leaned even closer to him. "My sanity will go down the drain with you," she mumbled and looked down at his chest, biting her lip while choosing the right words. "Your mother was worried sick for me after you…"

"Died," Gohan said in a normal matter-of-factly voice, making her head snap up. How could he just say it like that? "I'm standing at my own grave; it would be weird not to say it as it is." He let go of her but grabbed hold of her hand while turning towards the gravestone. "Who was here?" he asked in an unsure voice.

"Goku, myself, your grandfather, your uncle, Beetra and Burdock," she said and squeezed his hand. "Goku jumped at Raditz when Beetra and Burdock had left. Your grandfather and I tried to get him off Raditz, but he landed a few punches afterwards before he just took off without a word. Then your grandfather left after telling Raditz to never bring it up." She let out a dry laughter and looked at him; her gaze was quickly returned. "Then it was my turn to fight with Raditz; first it was with words, but…" her voice drifted off. She felt a sting by the mere thought of the long haired saiyan's words, and she wasn't sure she could repeat them.

"What happened?" he asked quietly. His eyes were filled with so much love she gladly took in a deep breath before telling the rest of the story.

"I was perhaps a bit too harsh when I told him I was surprised Goku could even stand him. But he returned the favor by telling me I was just a stray you and Chi-Chi took in to kill some time while your father was away." She looked away. She didn't want him to see the tears in her eyes.

Gohan let go of her hand and pulled her into an embrace. He leaned his head forward, resting his forehead against hers. "You know we've never seen you as that," he said in a low voice.

Daisia sobbed once and nodded, a single tear rolling down her cheek. It was caught by Gohan's thump, before said finger pushed her chin up, forcing her to look at him. If her heart had felt like it would explode earlier it would completely annihilate as his lips met hers.

Her head started spinning when Gohan tightened his around her waist hold while deepening the kiss. Her arms locked themselves behind his neck and tried to force them even closer together. Seconds after she was certain she would faint, Gohan broke of the kiss and looked down at her.

"Shall we go home?"

She smiled at him; now the house would indeed feel like home. "Yeah."