"So, you are related." Vegeta confirmed to himself, spite somewhere in his tone. Maybe it was a distaste for her personality, she was far too much like the clown. "Well, if you really are here for Kakarot, then you've come to the right place. Kakarot is on Earth."

Gine lit up like Christmas tree when she heard that. Fear of the princes power, and all manners forgotten, she jumped out of her seat with a big grin that was far too much like her sons. But, it wasn't just a smile, there were tears threatening to leak from her eye's. After decades of being alone, without Bardock, Raditz, or Kakarot Gine was finally going to be reunited with her family, even if it was just one.

Speaking of her other son, however, there was one question that came to mind. "And what about Raditz?" she asked cheerfully, tail practically wagging. "Is he on Earth, too? If I remember correctly, he was stationed with you, Prince Vegeta?"

Vegeta frowned, then looked to Bulma. He personally didn't give a damn about this woman's feelings. The only reason he was hesitant to tell her about Kakarots killing Raditz was because Bulma was in the room with them and he wasn't in the mood to be on her bad side today. Bulma gave him a look that said 'You shouldn't be the one to tell her' and Vegeta understood immediately.

"After Freiza was defeated we went our separate ways, I haven't heard from or seen him since."

Gine's expression lessened at that, but she seemed to take it quite well. "Well, I was more worried about Kakarot in the long run anyway. He was born a weak child, with only a power level of two there wasn't much of a guarantee that he'd survive. I'm sure Raditz is fine, wherever he is, I'm sure he has grown strong." Gine couldn't tell if that last part was her trying to convince herself or not.

Vegeta, however, was smirking. "You were worried about Kakarot?" he scoffed. both at the idea of a Saiyan being so sentimental and the fact that Kakarot was perhaps the strongest Saiyan to ever live.

Gine smiled uneasily."He is my son, prince Vegeta." As a Saiyan she was always looked on as the odd one out. Where other Saiyans reveled on the battlefield, Gine had a more gentle nature, despite her warriors blood. After it was discovered that she lacked the brutality of a warrior she was transferred to prepare food to fuel the Saiyan army. The only reason Gine wasn't exiled off world was that Bardock had taken her as a mate.

"There's no reason for you to fear for Kakarot, woman. He was the one who fought Beerus." Vegeta almost bragged for Goku. "He's surpassed even me."

Gine, along with relief, felt a sudden rush of pride. Pride and disbelief. "Kakarot fought Beerus?!" she asked, her manners once again forgotten. "But his power level was only-"

"'Was only two'." Vegeta finished for her. "Yes, you said it before." This time Vegeta sounded mildly annoyed with Gine, something she noticed immediately, shutting her mouth.

"I'm going to call Goku's place." Bulma said, as she began to walk to the living room. "But, knowing him, he's probably out training."

"Of course he is." Vegeta commented. "If I was, he's sure to be."

Gine raised an eyebrow and her tail moved a little. "Who's Goku, prince Vegeta?" she asked, this time minding her manners. "He seems to come up alot."

"It's is earth name."Vegeta, without even looking at her, "Apparently, he was taken from the pod you sent him in by an old man who renamed him." His annoyed voice returning, not at the woman, but at the though of his earth name, it was as annoying as he was.

Gine folded her arms, mildly annoyed herself. She thought hard on what to name Kakarot, she wanted him to have a name to be proud of. Kakarot was a great name. What kind of name is Goku? It doesn't sound nearly as handsome. She silently fumed.


Chi-Chi found herself, as usual, preparing a nice, big meal for her family. Gohan and Videl were visiting today and she didn't want to send them home hungry. Videl had offered to help but Chi Chi wouldn't have it this time, this was something she wanted to do herself. Then, the phone began to ring, distracting Chi Chi from her cooking. Switching arms she answered it.

"Hello?"

"Chi-Chi?" a familiar voice answered on the other end, Bulma's voice. She sounded excited about something.

"Bulma?"

"Is Goku there?" Bulma asked, almost before Chi-Chi finished.

Confused at the excited tone in Bulma's voice, Chi-Chi looked towards the bathroom where a light shown under the door and the sound of running water could be heard, though faintly. "Yeah, he just got back, he's taking a shower right now. Why?"

"Something huge just happened." Bulma explained, "Can you keep a secret Chi-Chi? From Goku?"

Chi-Chi raised an eyebrow. "I guess? but why would I need to?"

"It's gonna be a surprise. I don't want him to find out until we get there." Bulma explained more.

"I see." Chi-Chi said, a little intrigued now. "What's the surprise?"

"Will you keep it a secret?" Bulma asked.

"Sure... I don't see the harm if it's going to be a surprise."

"We just met Goku's mother! She's come here looking for him!"

Chi-Chi's mouth dropped. "WHAT!?" she screamed into the phone, more than likely deafening Bulma. Goku's mother? Finally, I get to prove myself as a wife to one of Goku's parents! She thought to herself, a long time fantasy of her fulfilled. But, another thought came to her mind; Goku is a Saiyan, therefore his mother must be too. And if there was one thing Chi Chi knew about Saiyans, it's that they were bottomless pits. Any chef would have shrunk at the challenge. Not the daughter of the Ox King, however. She took this as just another challenge.

"Shhh!" A harsh hiss came through the phone back at her. "You don't want to blow it so early do you?"

Chi-Chi, remembering exactly where she was, cast a worried look around her, making no one had heard her scream. Thankfully, no one was around to hear her, and Goku was in the shower. Sighing to herself in relief she continued her conversation with Bulma.

"Okay! Come on over! I'll have a feast prepared!" Chi-Chi replied enthusiastically.

"One more thing," Bulma spoke quickly, before Chi-Chi hung up, "How's trunks?"

"Trunks? He's out playing with Goten. I don't quite know where those two have gone off too." Chi-Chi replied, focusing on her cooking once again. "I'm sure they're fine, wherever they are. Maybe you'll see them on the way here."

"Yeah, maybe." Bulma replied. "See you soon."

"Bye!" Chi-Chi almost interrupted her, before tossing the phone, not even bothering to put it back properly.


Gine soon found herself in a small, rather slow, pod making it's way through the sky. She'd originally just wanted to fly there, and get their as quickly as possible, but Bulma had insisted, stating that if she got there too early then dinner wouldn't be ready. That was enough to change her mind. There was only one thing worse than waiting for food and that was having to smell it while you wait.

Gine passed the time in the pod with Bulma by gazing out the window at the Earth. It was a beautiful planet to be sure, full of life and resources. It was also strange. For starters along with Humans, like Bulma, there were also being that appeared Human in the way that they carried themselves, but had the face(and in some cases; tail) of other more feral creatures. But, too be fair, she had a tail too.

"So," Bulma's voice brought her attention to the spouse of the prince(who had decided not to come),"If you're Goku's mother, then why did you wait so long to come find him?"

There was that name again. "Goku" it sounded so goofy to her. "Because I didn't know where he was." she answered. "I just knew he was on a planet somewhere in the northern galaxy, I didn't get any actual coordinates until six months ago."

"Ah..." Bulma replied, trying to find other things to talk about. "Were about there now. See that mountain?" Bulma asked, extending her arm to point at a tall, green mountain covered in a dense forest, surrounded by clouds that clung to it. "That's where Goku lives."

Gine looked at the Mountain in wonder. There was something about it that gave a weird feeling to her. It looked almost magic. Maybe it was. Such things weren't unheard of in the universe, though Gine had never seen any magic in her life. Either way, as she grew closer to it, her excitement began to grow. It had been forty years since she'd last seen her sons.

Speaking of seeing her sons, out of the corner of her right eye Gine saw a familiar head of hair. It was spiked wildly about, in the same shape that her sons hair was.
"Kakarot?" she asked herself, quickly turning to see who it was that looked so much like her son. What she saw shocked her. The person flying next to them was a child, he couldn't have been Kakarot, but despite that, he was the spitting image, just a bit taller than when she saw him.

Bulma, hearing the Saiyan mother call out her sons name looked to the right. There, she saw Goten, flying side by side with the car. Smiling, she rolled opened the hatch so she could let him in. "Hey, Goten." She greeted as the boy made his way into the car. "Where's trunks at?"

The boy, standing up between the two, kept looking at Gine with a curious gaze, one she returned. "He said that he should be getting home about now, so he took off. What are you doing so far out here, Bulma? and who is this? There's something that feels familiar about her." the boy spoke with curiosity.

"This is Gine, she's here to meet your father."

"Huh? How does she know Papa? I've never seen her before." The boy asked.

At the mention of father, Gine's jaw dropped. She felt so stupid for not realizing it earlier, this boy was clearly Kakarots son. Still, even with the evidence in front of her, she couldn't believe it. "Kakarots Son?!" she yelled in surprise, causing the boy to jump.

"Weird, isn't it?" Bulma asked. "It was strange to me too when Goku showed up with his first son."

"First son!?" Gine asked hapily, leaning closer to Bulma, "Kakarot has two sons!?"

Bulma simply nodded. "You'll met the oldest once we get there... Speaking of which." Bulma added as the car began to slow, and drop lower to the forest canopy as it approached a clearing.

In the clearing, there was but one, small home, silhoutted by the orange sun setting behind it. The home was shaped like many of the other buildings on Earth, with a round shape. Outside of it, there stood four people. One was a huge, mountain of a man. Another was a tall young man whom was somewhat familiar looking, standing by him were two women, one with the obvious bulge of a child.

"Is this Kakarots family?" Gine asked. "But, where's Kakarot?"

Then, she saw the house door open and out stepped a man, as tall as the young man already there. She recognized him immediately. The hair was a dead Give away. He was the spitting image of his father; Bardock. His eye's however were hers, she could tell from a mile away. And as the pod landed, and Gine got out she looked Kakarot up and down. He'd grown immensely since she'd seen him as a child. It was almost unreal.

Tears threatening to leak from her eye's, Gine smiled.

"Kakarot..."