A.N.: IMPORTANT. In this chapter, writing like this (Bold) represents a bond. In this story, there will be two different types of bonds. One that is between siblings, which is seen in this chapter, and one between mates, which will be seen later.

Summary - Son Arata is Goku's and ChiChi's daughter and Gohan's twin sister. When Arata is taken 2 years before the death of Raditz, she is kidnapped and brought to work for the Planet Trade Organization. This is the story of Arata's pain and torcher that she goes through over 16 years.

Blah. Blah. (Reg. Dialog) Blah. Blah. (Thoughts) Blah. Blah. (Memories/Dreams) Blah. Blah. (Bond)

Different Upbringing

By: Givihe

Chapter 3

-A Year Later-

-Frieza's Ship-

In the quarters of Frieza, 3 fully grown Saiyan knelt in front of Lord Frieza himself as they waited for instructions. A tall and big one with no hair was on the far left. The shortest, with hair that stood on top of his head, knelt in the middle. The last, with long spikey hair, knelt to the far right. Frieza himself sat in his chair in front of them, a smile on his face. He'd gotten news on the female Saiyan child he had encountered a year ago.

"Lord Frieza, what is it you wish for us?" the tall and big one, known as Nappa, asked.

Frieza, still smiling, continued to look at the 3 male Saiyans. "Well, monkeys, I got some news for you." He said.

"And what is it, my lord." The long haired one, Raditz asked.

Frieza's smiled widened even further. It must be something good to him to make him smile like that. The short one, Vegeta, thought to himself

"Well, Raditz, I'm sure you remember that little girl you brought me last year." Frieza said. Raditz's eyes widened as he looked up and looked like he was about to speak when Frieza continued. "Well, she has completed her training with my father. If she passes my test, then she'll stay here. And if she does, you, Vegeta, will be in charge of her further training. If she does not, then she'll be killed."

"Why do I have to train the brat?" Vegeta growled while looking at Frieza directly. "Just give her to Zarbon or Dodoria. We don't need her trailing around us and causing hassle."

"Calm down, Vegeta." Frieza said calmly. "Besides, I'm sure you'll be impressed with her transformation."

A sudden knock came to the door. "Lord Frieza, the girl is here." Zarbon's voice said from outside the door.

Frieza smiled. "Send her in, Zarbon." He said. "This shall be interesting." He said in a lower tone so only the Saiyan men could hear.

The door opened to reveal a, now 3 year old, Arata. She wore the same armor and spandex that she had been given on King Cold's ship. Instead of the sniveling and crying child that Frieza had seen a year ago, Frieza now saw a girl that had her emotions blocked from her eyes and limbs and instead wore a hard expression to cover the emotions running through her mind.

"Lord Frieza." Arata said in a monotone voice after coming closer and knelling like the others.

Frieza clapped his hands. "Oh, goody, manners." He said. "Better than you 3 idiots."

Vegeta growled mentally while staring at the girl. He remembered seeing tears on her face the last time he saw her and was astounded by the difference in her. She's like any other Saiyan woman now and she's only 3. He thought in amazement, but didn't show in.

Raditz was shocked beyond belief. He swore that she was going to be killed. How did she survive a year with King Cold? He probably put her with Onio and he was relentless.

"You monkeys look shocked." Frieza said while laughing. "Any spirit can be broken with time." Frieza stopped laughing and looked at the girl. "Now, I'm going to give you a test."

Arata looked up. "What kind of test?" she asked.

Frieza looked at Raditz and smiled wickedly. "Teach Raditz there a lesson." He said. "I'm sure your still sad from him taking you from your precious family."

Arata looked with surprised eyes. "You mean kill him?" she asked.

Raditz nearly gapped at her choice of words. Frieza chuckled. "Don't kill him, just beat him up a bit." He said.

Arata shrugged. "Alright." She said.

The 3 looked at Arata, stunned. Nappa and Vegeta walked to the side. Vegeta was watching her intently with his scouter. Compared to the last time he saw her, Arata's power level was higher, almost equivalent to Raditz's.

Adding on to her attire, Arata also wore a red scouter on her face. She searched Raditz's power level to find it slightly above her own. Humph. She thought. Instead of going directly, I should use my size to my advantage.

Arata got into the same stance she did a year ago with Onio. She waited for Raditz to get into his own, but he never did, which infuriated Arata. "What are you going to do? Stand there like a bumbling idiot?" she yelled at him. "Or do you want to actually have a chance at not getting your butt handed to you by a girl?"

Frieza and Vegeta started chuckled. She sure has spunk. Vegeta thought. His arms were crossed over his chest and he was leaning against the ship wall with one leg bent.

Raditz was even more shocked at Arata now. He slowly got into a stance of his own, getting ready for the fight ahead of them.

"About time." Arata said. "Go on, have the first move."

Raditz charged at her, aiming with a punch. Arata ducked under Raditz's body and went in between his open legs. Arata pushed herself into the air and kicked Raditz directly in the middle of the back. The force sent Raditz into the wall and maybe a cracked rib or two.

Frieza clapped. "Good." He said.

Vegeta only nodded. Good for a girl. Of course Raditz is weak, a disgrace. He thought to himself.

Arata charged at Raditz when he got up again, aiming blows to his legs so he could be at her level. Once he was Arata punched him in the face and then kicked his neck with her knee, sending him to the other ship wall.

Frieza clapped again. "Enough, child, you passed." He said.

Arata nodded and dropped her fists. At least that is over. She thought relieved. The year with Onio was brutal. But to survive him, you had to toughen up. Once Arata had put her emotions to the side of her mind, she became a good partner for Onio. Onio still treated her similarly and the beatings stayed consistent.

Frieza nodded in approval. "Good child, Arata is it?" he asked.

Arata nodded. "Yes." She said.

"Alright, Arata, you'll be continuing your training with Vegeta here." Frieza informed, pointing to the spikey haired man that was leaning against the wall. "You 4 can leave."

Raditz struggled to get up as Nappa, Vegeta, and Arata left. Once he caught up, Raditz was still hanging back from the pain. Arata did as well. "Sorry." She muttered.

"What?" Raditz questioned with slight surprise.

"You heard me. I'm not repeating myself." Arata said. "Besides, Frieza is right. I'm still upset at you for what you did with me."

Vegeta chuckled. "Your own niece can beat you in less than a minute." He said. "That's pathetic Raditz. Hell, from what you told me, Kakarot's power level was weaker than yours, yet his daughter is able to beat you with a few punches and kicks. She didn't have to use any sort of blasts."

Blasts? What are those? Onio never told me of those. Arata thought to herself as another thought came to mind. "Kakarot? Who's Kakarot?" she asked.

Raditz sighed. "Kakarot is your father." He explained. "He just goes by Goku."

"About time you got here, Kakarot." Raditz said.

"Papa." Arata said through her tears.

"Let my daughter go." Goku said immediately. "And who are you?"

Raditz sighed. "You don't even remember your own brother?" he asked.

"Brother?" Goku asked.

"Yes, Kakarot. I'm Raditz, your older brother." Raditz explained as a green Namekian landed beside Goku. "And you have a fighting partner. Like that'll help you."

"Stop calling me Kakarot, it's Goku, and for the last time: Let my daughter go." Goku growled.

"Right. I remember." Arata said bitterly. "You said you'd go back in a year to get my father to come here."

Raditz gulped. "That's true." He said.

"Still going to follow through?" Arata asked.

"Probably." Raditz said.

"Idiot." Vegeta muttered under his breath.

Arata rolled her eyes. "By taking me, my father will be pissed. Especially if I'm not there." She said. "You're as good as dead. No matter your power level."

Leaving it at that, Arata caught up with Vegeta. "Well said, kid." Vegeta praised.

Arata nodded. "Thank-you." She said. "Earlier you said something about blasts. What are those? Onio never said anything about those."

"Blasts are formed by the use of your ki, your energy." Vegeta explained. "We'll work on it. Can you fly?"

Arata shook her head. "Onio only work on hand-to-hand combat with me." She explained.

Vegeta nodded. "We'll work on that as well." He said. "That will improve your fighting abilities. Raditz, get yourself healed up. Nappa, go do something. I'll train the girl."

"Yes Prince Vegeta." Nappa and Raditz coursed.

"You're a prince?" Arata asked when they had left.

Vegeta sighed. "You'll need to know our ancestry as well." He said. "We have a lot of work to do."

Arata followed Vegeta as he led them towards one of the many training rooms on Frieza's ship. He walked fast, but Arata managed to keep close to Vegeta as they did so.

A man with unruly black hair and hard onyx eyes looked at boy around Arata's age. He was looking at the man with the same amount of fierceness in his eyes. "No, Gohan." The man said.

"But father!" Gohan argued. "It's my fault that Arata was kidnapped. Train me. You said yourself that the man that took her would return. That's next year and you need all the help you can get."

The man sighed. "Let him, Goku." A green man said.

Goku looked at the green man. "Piccolo, I'm not so sure. ChiChi would kill me. She's already protective enough as it is."

Piccolo growled. "Train him. The anger he has will help him."

Goku turned to his son. "Fine." He said. "But we're taking it slow. Understand?"

Arata blinked a couple times to see Vegeta in front of her with a hard look on his face. "Did you hear me?" he asked.

"Sorry, Vegeta." Arata said.

Vegeta eyed him. Didn't Raditz say something about the girl having a brother? He asked himself.

"Tell, me girl. Do you have a brother?" Vegeta asked.

Arata nodded. "Yes." She said.

"A twin?" Vegeta asked.

Arata nodded again. "Yes." She said.

Vegeta nodded. "Have you had any visions or dreams of him? Like it was real and happening directly in front of you?" he asked

Arata nodded slowly. "Like a conversation or something?" she asked.

"It can be more that than, but that's the gist of it." Vegeta said.

"Why?" Arata asked as the entered the training room.

Vegeta sighed. "It's complicated to explain to you, but to put it in basic terms; Saiyan twins have a natural bond that allows them to connect their minds. They can see what the other sees, feel what the other feels, etcetera. Get it?"

Arata nodded. "Yeah." She said. "Can we communicate as well?"

"Only with training and since your brother isn't here to train along with you, it's impossible." Vegeta said. "Each sibling needs to know of the connection to begin with. Plus, it all depends on how your last interaction was with one another. What was it?"

Arata had to think. "Umm." She said. "I know we got into a fight. I wanted to play and he didn't."

Vegeta nodded. "So, it's impossible." He said. "You've connected with him because you've forgiven him. Basically, you can see him when he's in distress."

"What kind of distress?" Arata asked.

"A battle, perhaps. Or even when he's emotionally unbalanced." Vegeta said. "Now, enough of that. You have a lot to learn. You ready to learn of ki blasts?"

Arata nodded. "Whenever you are." She said.