Chapter 7: Is this Romeo and Juliet?

Trunks saw no other possibility. Maybe it was because of the shock, that he could not think clearly, but all in all, it was a good idea. The knowledge that the Tsufurian mutant was Pans kidnapper had upset them all. In a short moment he recalled the happenings of that awful morning, and all of that only supported his decision.

With the greatest amount of dislike Bulma had passed on that information to the two space ships, right after she had called the construction workers; and of course they were all plagued with sorrows now. By the way, it was no help to know the identity of the kidnapper. He could still be elsewhere in the universe.

Goten and Shane had visited more than twenty planets or solar systems in the meantime, and were very exhausted. No one had seen or even heard from a kidnapped Saiyan. They needed a short break, or they would get a burn out.

Gohan and his family had been severely hurt when they followed a false track to the Planet of the Scorpions. They needed recovery at Pital. At least the doctors there had some information about a strange illness, that had gone through the Galaxy and wiped out the lives on some planets; but that had been years ago. Maybe that was one track the Tsufurian left when he tried do get stronger again, but this track was cold now. Gohan and Urian still needed treatment, the poison of the black scorpions had been very strong, and after that, Videl wanted do go back to earth to leave Urian with his grandmother Chichi, to protect him from getting hurt once again. They would lose more than three, maybe even four weeks. That was much too long… everything could happen in that time.

So Trunks had had the good idea to talk to Goku. Maybe Son Goku could make a contact to the Kaioshin; he had been on their planet twice, and trained with them. To be honest, trying to get contact to Goku was the only thing that they hadn´t tried yet. But to talk to Goku he had to get somewhere close to him. Trunks assumed that Goku had been taken to heaven by Shenron, because it was unlikely that Pan´s grandfather had been banned in hell.

But how to get to heaven? Or at least to a place, where someone knew where Goku or one of the Kaioshin currently was? At first he had asked Dende for advice, but the Namekian did not really know where Shenron might have taken Goku.

»It never before happened, that a Holy Dragon sets off with another being.« Dende, the Namekian "god of earth" had explained. »Although I made these Dragon Balls, I do not know where they go, when they disappear. I cannot help you, Trunks. I still try to contact the Kaioshin, or Master Kaio, or anyone out there, but they won´t answer.«

Trunks had not left Dende´s palace then. He knew from his training as a child that the Namekian kept some interesting fluids downstairs, in the cellar of the palace. Not much later he found a little glass bottle in a closed cupboard. The little amount of green liquid inside the bottle was a very strong poison, and if this was the only way to get to heaven, he would do it. Without hesitating or any more think-about-it he swallowed the poison and…

For a few moments it was only dark. He did not know for sure what exactly had happened to him, it was unpleasant, though… but then he could see again. Or couldn´t he? The place where he was, was very bizarre. It was neither a room nor a landscape, neither a sky nor a real floor. There was no end into any direction, and all was dark. There were only two kind of darker planes, one above, symbolizing somewhat of the sky, and one below, that could be the floor, because Trunks was able to stand there; there must be at least a little amount of gravity. But he was as lonely as one could be.

»Um, hello?« he called. »May I talk to someone?« he wrinkled his brow. His voice seemed to disappear into eternity. »I want to talk to Son Goku please! Could anyone tell me where I am? Hello!« His voice was never echoing, and there was no reply, no sound, no noise, just silence, silence, and silence again. Something was clearly wrong here.

Just in that second the elder Kaioshin, who now carried a shining halo over his head, appeared in front of him. »What do you do here!« the old man Kaioshin yelled. »Have you gone crazy? This is not written by Shakespeare!« He gathered speed with his hand and slapped Trunks at the right side of his face. Immediately after that really confusing act he disappeared again.

Trunks was still puzzled, when the younger Kaioshin appeared. Without saying any word, the highest keeper and god of the galaxy stepped closer and greeted Trunks with a mighty left-side-slap. He had more power than the elder Kaioshin and shouted: »Idiot!«

»Ouch, that hurt!« Trunks protested. »I always thought you don´t feel anything when you are in heaven.« he cleared his throat. »Am I in heaven? And may I have a talk to Son Goku please? I thought he´d be happy to see me again, and I thought that he could help me.«

»So you thought, yes?« the Kaioshin was still furious. »Well, then I have to tell you that thinking sometimes is not really your best talent, especially when you are worried! You are not in heaven, nor in hell, you are not even anywhere! This here is the Nowhere! This is a place where exactly no one is allowed to be, you understand? Even I have problems to be here! By the way, I must tell you that you are not dead – not yet, I mean. Your father found you and you are in a hospital now. They try to save your life.«

The Kaioshin took a deep breath, then he continued: »You want to meet Son Goku? Why? And why did you have that silly idea! Poison! Man! Someday I´ll freak out with you… Saiyans. Half-Saiyans. Whatever.« He counted to ten to calm down, then he spoke again to the unwelcomed visitor: »Now Trunks, would you be so good to tell me, what happened?«

Trunks sighed and began: »It is because of Pan, she´s been kidnapped and we try to find her, but her Aura is shielded. Dende said, that you do not make contact with earth, because all of you think that it is better that way. He did not know how to reach you, but thankfully I meet you now, I want to ask you, if you can find Pan. And I assume, Goku also should know. Maybe he has an idea. If you know something, we might find her faster, and I can go to pick her up or one of the others…«

The Kaioshin growled: »Where do you think, that you are, Trunks? This is not an "I-come-for-a-short-visit-and-then-I-go-again" place. Do you mistake this as some kind of coffee shop or anything like that? Trunks, you must understand, this is the Nowhere, and it is almost impossible to leave again – no matter in which direction you go.« he sighed deeply. »But I see that this is very important to you, and why you had this idea. It is completely idiotic, but…at least it was an idea. Would you please wait here, I will go and get Goku here. He´s not actually in heaven or in hell, he went with earth´s Holy Dragon on a long trip. And it is also not easy for him to come here… the Nowhere is a forbidden dimension. So let us hope that I can make it possible.« Before he could disappear, the Kaioshin added: »But be warned, no one likes such news. Goku will also be angry with you.«

The next moment, Trunks was alone again, and he started to get really nervous. What if the Kaioshin was right? What if he couldn't go back? Would Goku find a way to talk to the rest of the family to tell them where Pan was?

When the Kaioshin returned, he had Son Goku with him. Pan´s grandfather was in his grown up body again, but he still seemed no older than he was, when he had his Super-Saiyan-Four body. »Would you please?« he asked the Kaioshin and grabbed over his head, where a ring of shining light was hovering. Goku handed the halo over to the puzzled Kaioshin, then he approached to Trunks and greeted him with a sharp right uppercut.

This blow was so strong that Trunks stumbled backwards a few steps. »Gosh, Goku!« he protested. »Why did I deserve that one? Couldn´t you just say… Hello

Goku shouted: »Good Gracious, Trunks, you do not know that? I mean, look at you, and where you are. You must not be here! Have you ever thought of how you´ll get back?«

»But you did it twice, as I remember.« Trunks replied.

Goku was still furious: »But this is no reason, man! You are only Half-Saiyan and… I still can´t believe it. You couldn´t have done anything more stupid than that. And I always thought that you are the most intelligent of all my friends.« He took a deep breath. »Now tell me what this all is for, before we start to argue.«

As soon as Trunks had explained everything, Gokus rage had settled down a little bit. He had got no news from earth for a longer time and did not know that Trunks and Pan were married, nor that Valese had another son, and so on and so forth. »Chichi.« he snarled. »She could have called me, really. Doesn´t she know that I want to get the news too?« He sat down at the floor and seemed to be really disappointed. »Didn´t she ever think of, that I´d be interested in such things? I mean, I hardly know about Goten´s wedding with Valese, and about Merve and Urian, because she did not call, and I only heard Valeses grandmother in heaven talk about it, when I was there for a visit. But I never know that Bulla married and has two children, and that I have another little grandchild, and, that you and Pan… did Gohan hit you when you asked him for her hand? Well, that´s funny. Chichi could really have called. The master of heaven and earth would have connected me for sure.«

Trunks was confused: »One can call in heaven? Like with a phone

Goku answered: »Yes of course, what do you think? That heaven is far behind the moon or something? We got one call free per year, but only if we left a very beloved person behind; and of course that person must know where the telephone is. It only works until the soul is ready to be reborn, but mine is still here... Oh, Chichi, why haven´t you called me? Those women! Did she expect me to wait for news, until she also comes to heaven? I am sure that Dende would have allowed her that call.«

»Dende?« Trunks was still stunned. »The phone is at god´s palace?«

Goku nodded, but still sat on the floor with a grim face. The Kaioshin returned him his shining halo and the small light ring took back its place over Gokus head.

»Dende´s got a phone in his palace to call heaven?« Trunks still could not believe it. »Why didn´t he tell me?«

»Maybe because you did not ask.« The Kaioshin replied with a smile. »But back to the Pan-problem. We need to hurry, we cannot stay in the Nowhere for a long time. Whilst you were talking, I tried to sense her, but there is really no sign.«

Goku nodded: »I do not sense her too, but that does not mean anything. I cannot feel the Tsufurian mutant either. They must be very well hidden. And if you can´t sense her, Kaioshin, it would be useless if I try again. There is maybe a chance… Shenron told me about it on our journey, when we finally had talked about all other things. You surely know what I mean, but… I do not know if I am allowed to… talk about it. What do you think, Kaioshin?«

The keeper of the galaxy sighed: »I do not know. I must think about all that is put at stake if we choose that possibility; and how low the chances are…«

Trunks asked: »What kind of possibility! What is more important than Pan? And only imagine that this mutant gets what he wants, that he…« he gulped and a shudder ran through him. He needed a few seconds to be capable of continuing: »That he plants his heir into her body and uses her as a kind of incubator for a creature that is…a mix of Saiyan and Tsufurian, or… whatever. I cannot stand the thought of it… that he touches her…«

Goku nodded: »He´s got a point there. If that creature was ever born, it is very likely that you can forget your galaxy, Kaioshin.«

»Well, right.« the keeper of the galaxy said. »Even I do not know what happens, if Saiyans and Tsufurians fuse. And top of it all, this creature will be the result of an experiment, constructed by a mad scientist. It would be dangerous enough if this Tsujyan would exist because of natural fusion, I mean… having mother and father, but…ouch.« He took a deep breath. »In any way Goku, you are not allowed to go back to earth; neither living nor dead. You swore that to Shenron when you left with him. If you want to go back to the dimension of the living, you must go to another planet; but you would still be dead. Maybe you could go to Namek or Yardrat. I could arrange that with the master of heaven and hell. But there is still another problem. Pans Aura will still be untraceable, and you do not have any possibility to call Shenron, or Polunga. You would have only one chance… there is one single set of Dragon Balls – or kind of Dragon Balls – that have not been over-used within the last one-hundred years. You spoke of them, am I right, Goku?«

Trunks asked: »What do you mean by saying kind of Dragon Balls? Are they Dragon Balls, or are they not? And what are they, if they are not Dragon Balls?«

Goku nodded to answer the Kaioshin, but he did not know an answer to Trunk´s questions. He said: »They are called Dark Heart Dragon Balls and are kept in the heart, the center of the galaxy. They are all together there, and they kind of wait for someone to come to them and asks them for a wish.«

»They wait?« Trunks was bewildered. »You do not have to search for them?«

The Kaioshin replied with stern voice: »No. I told you that they are different from all the others. They are green and do not carry stars in them, but from one to seven spheres, that are kind of stapled one in another. The center sphere is pitch black, there the name comes from. They are not made by the Namekians – at least not because they wished it to. They were born when the ancestor of the Dragon-Tribe was ripped in a good and a bad part – the good part fused with the first "Oldest of the Namekians", the bad part… turned into those Dragon Balls. They are the keeper of the Dragon of the Black Chaos, and therefore they are sealed in the center of the galaxy. They are treacherous. The dragon appears and grants one wish, but he also takes a price for it… and most times the price, the sacrifice, is too big to pay. If you try to betray him and don´t tell him what you are going to sacrifice him, he will take something that he choose, as soon as he granted the wish. And he could take everything, one single life, or a whole solar system, theoretically even heaven or hell.«

Trunks replied: »He may take me, if he needs a sacrifice. I only want that Pan is safe; nothing else matters. What do we discuss for? We need to go to that place, find the dragon and everything will be fine, and Pan is back with us. That´s what we all want, isn´t it?«

Goku remembered his younger friend: »But there is some difficulty. As long as you are stuck here, you can´t come to Namek to pick me up, and my sons are too far away. It would cost them too much time to make the detour back to Namek. Gosh, Trunks, if you´d had only phoned me before you did such a… stupidity.«

Trunks was kind of nerve racked now: »No one ever told me about that phone, Goku!« he sighed. »Let us start to think about how I can get back now… slowly this Nowhere is starting to get exhausting.«

The Kaioshin was concerned: »This is because your body is weak… you are dying, Trunks… that is bad. You got that poison from gods palace, right? Dende is furious! But nevertheless the super-holy-water may help you… at least we can try, it neuters every known illness or poison. I will look after that.« He was gone with a small flash.

Goku said: »Okay, Trunks, get well, and please hurry to pick me up at Namek. I am eager to see that Dragon of the Black Chaos. See ya.« and he was gone too.

Trunks stood in the Nowhere alone, and it was dead quiet. Somehow that surrounding seemed to get even more unpleasant now, it looked dense, somewhat misty, as if the "sky" and "earth" of that place had started to melt one in another.

But then suddenly the picture Trunks could see changed. At first it was dim and misty, like a grayish white, but then he noticed that he could see the white roof of a hospital room. It must be night, because only a dim light was on and the other lights that he could distinguish came from the monitors of the medical equipment. He could feel an oxygen mask at his face, and he still felt the hurts where the uppercuts and slaps had hit him.

The Kaioshin was next to his bed and said: »You were not able to drink the holy water, so I mixed it up with that infusion. It seems to work, but slowly. And be warned, Dende is really mad at you and probably next time you meet him he´s gonna strike you with a handful of lightning. That´s triple holy water, by the way… you got to thank Popo too. He knew where the old god hid that water. You need to recover… take care.« With these words the Kaioshin went away by Instant Transmission.

Trunks knew very well that his body was still too weak to do what he wanted, but he felt better with every drop of the holy water. The only thing he could do was wait, but that was not easy. Exactly in the same moment, when he thought that he was able to get up, he tried it, and removed the oxygen mask. I can take a rest again as soon as I am on the way to Namek. One of the medical computers tried to beep an alarm, but ere the machine could do his second wail, Trunks pulled out the main plug. All of the monitors went dark; not a single one of the surveillance computers had a chance to react and to call for a doctor.

And Trunks, who had put on his clothes in a hurry, had no chance to leave the room. As soon as he had opened the door a little bit, a mighty left uppercut sent him back into the room where he had tried to escape from. Trunks found himself next to the bed again and sat down at its edge immediately… that blow had been breath-taking.

»And everything else is ok inside your head, is it?« Vegeta growled at him with sepulchral voice. He tried to stay calm but the undertone in his voice and his still shaking left hand spoke another language. He was dead serious. »Trunks, never dare to scare me like this again.« He sighed. »Can you imagine what Dende and I went through when we found you? Have you lost your mind? Why did you do that? We are not playing Romeo and Juliet here… be happy that the Kaioshin brought you back here.«

»You know that the Kaioshin was here?«

»Of course I know. Do you think that I am blind and deaf? But now Trunks, by all means, tell me why you did that! You almost ended up in the hereafter.« Vegeta sat down on a chair next to the bed.

Trunks explained: »That´s exactly the place where I wanted to go, but unfortunately I took a wrong short cut and got to a place called Nowhere. Not nice there, really – it was like "happy slapping day" at first. But I met Goku; that was why I went… I wanted to talk to him. And please do not forget, I also met the Kaioshin. But neither Goku nor the Kaioshin know something about Pan, and she´s not arrived in heaven or hell, so she is still alive. Goku wants to come with me, I shall pick him up at Namek, and then we go to the center of the galaxy to find the Dark Heart Dragon Balls. They can allow us one big wish.«

Vegeta nodded: »That´s enough talking for the moment. I´ll come with you too. I definitely don't want to leave all the fun to Kakarott. There is no danger to earth right now, even if the mutant was successful, it would need some time ere his heir is ready to be a threat for us. Let us go, you can continue your explanations as soon as we are on the way.«

When they left the room together, Trunks could see that almost everyone was here now. Valese and Merve tried to calm them down with a crossword puzzle. Even Yamchu and Pool had come back from the desert. Bulla and the twins were sleeping on a long bench, Krillin and Marron tried to stay awake with coffee, and C 18 smiled a little bit when she saw that Trunks was walking on his own. Oob and his wife waved at him and Chichi had tears in her eyes. Bulma jumped to her feed and Trunks startled – he had definitely got enough hits and blows within the last time. But Bulma was not up to slap him, she only embraced her son and sobbed a little bit, but she said nothing else.

Back in the shadows, a little bit separated from the family and the closer friends, there was the young Saiyan Kori; she did not mess up with the family affairs, but the tip of her tail was twitching, like that of a nervous cat. Bulma waved her closer, when Vegeta started to explain what they wanted to do now. A few moments later everyone was informed.

Bulla proposed: »You can use that space-ship demonstration model, at our head-quarter of the East Coast Capital. It is fully equipped, but not entirely new. I instructed them to use the vehicle as a publicity-gag. Even Shane once made a short space flight with two of our top-investors. Maybe it will need a little bit of cleaning too. It must be already noon in the East Coast capital, I phone them immediately.« She took out her mobile phone.

Trunks nodded: »Good idea, sister.« Then he turned to his friends: »I thank you all for coming. I am happy that I got so many good friends who hurry together to support me with their thoughts and presence, if needed.« he smiled. ».«

Then he turned to the new person in the round: »Your name is Kori, right? I think I must apologize to you. I have been very rude with you. I was so lost in thoughts that I did not really listen to your story. Would you mind much to tell it to me again?«

Kori shook her head: »No, I do not mind. But… is it possible, that we leave this hospital? I feel a little bit uneasy in hospitals.«

»Like my friend Goku.« Trunks laughed, and this was maybe for the first time since Pan was gone. »He´s my wife´s grandfather, by the way. He hates hospitals and… needles.«

Bulma proposed: »Let us go home, the house is already fixed.«

Trunks asked: »It is ready? How long have I been unconscious?«

»Two and a half days, son.« Vegeta explained.

»I am sorry.« Trunks said at low voice. »I never meant to scare you.«

Krillin asked: »May 18, Marron and I come along to see the space ship depart?«

Bulma answered: »Of course you can, but we need some time to get it here from the East Coast Capital. I´ll call you as soon as we are ready for take-off.«

:-:

When Pan woke up, she felt relaxed and rather good, but she was in a new surrounding again. It was not a threatening look, the room was small, square, and her bed was cozy. Someone had taken care of her left hand, she could see white bandages wrapped around it, and the deep cut on her shoulder also felt cleaned and treated.

As soon as she had opened her eyes, a human-like alien came closer to her bed. It was an old woman with white hair that she half hid under a headscarf. Her ears were big and pointed, as those from Namekians, but her skin was a tender rose color. She had grey eyes and wore a light-green dress. »Nice to see you awake, stranger.« the old woman said friendly. »Don´t be afraid, you are safe. My husband found you at our meadow. You must have been very exhausted, because you slept for almost two days. I do not ask where you came from, but you look like as if you had to fight to stay alive. Please feel welcomed.«

Pan replied: »Thank you so much for helping me. I feel really good now. But may I ask a question? You are not human, why do you know my language? Where am I?«

The old woman smiled: »I´ve learnt your language years ago from visitors. My husband also knows it, but the younger ones will not understand you. Please don´t be astonished, that only the old people are able to talk to you. My name is Adan, my husband is called Tomam. This is the Planet Thaioshti, and our village is called Relenni.«

Pan sat up and asked: »Is it possible to send a message to earth from somewhere? It is important…« all for a sudden she felt upset now. »Really important.«

Adan shook her head: »I am sorry, this is not possible, girl. We do not have contact to other planets, nor do we have space ships that would allow you to go home. In earlier times, when I was as young as you are, we had all this, but this is long gone. Our dictator forbade all of that for civilians. You cannot communicate with other planets from here.«

Pan started to cry: »Then they won´t know that I am fine… they won´t know where I am and that I escaped… I am so worried for them… I… want to tell them that I am ok.«

Adan smiled sympathetically and said: »I believe you. When you were sleeping, you sometimes talked, or cried out for someone… for Trunks or your mother, your father… I am so sorry. I would do anything to help you, but there is no possibility. But you also said that they are searching for you.«

»Yes, they are. They would never give me up.« Pan still sobbed.

»Well, there you got it. They will find you here, sooner or later.« the old woman said.

Pan thought about something: »The Kaioshin could sense my Aura everywhere. Maybe he could guide them here.«

Adan was terrified now; she seemed to be gravely frightened: »No, please… hide your Aura or anything that may tell anyone, that you are here. Please! Our king does not like strangers on his planet, and he would kill you and kill all in this village… please. I know that you want to find your family, but please…«

Pan tried to comfort her: »I did not know that. If it is thus dangerous, I will suppress my presence, of course. In time, I will find a way to tell my family that I am alive and ok. Don´t worry, Adan, please.« She smiled. »My name is Pan, if I didn´t mention that before. May I stand up now?«

»If you want, you can go to the bathroom, but I´d like you to lie down again afterwards. I will prepare you some food and tea. Your bruises will hurt for sure and the healer of our village said, that one of your ribs is broken. It is better for you to stay in bed… « the old woman, Adan, smiled. »It is better for you both, if you stay in bed for a while.«

»Hm.« Pan replied. »What do you mean, better for both of us? I am here alone.«

Adan was surprised: »Now don´t tell me that you do not know.«

»Know what?« Pan was still wondering.

»You are pregnant, girl. Therefore you must be really cautious.«

:-:

The sky was beginning to get grey, when they arrived at home. Chichi helped Vegeta to get the sleeping twins to their beds, so that Bulla and Bulma had time to phone with the Capsule Corporation building in the East Coast Capital. The chief of the branch-building promised to send the space-ship to the Western Capital without any more waiting, so the two women went outside to prepare the hangar, that was next to the house. There were still some start-checks to make before that ship was ready to go to a longer space-flight, and they wanted to do that in their own hangar.

Trunks sat down in the living room; he did not want to admit how exhausted he was only because of the short way from the hospital back home. He was far from being well, and Kori seemed to notice that. But she smiled and he knew somehow that she would keep the secret for herself. No one must know that he could hardly stay upright.

»You said that you were raised by your uncle?« Trunks asked the young woman.

»Yes.« she replied. »I never knew my parents, therefore I cannot answer all the questions your father asked me. I do not know if my father and mother escaped the explosion of planet Vegeta, or if they maybe were already light-years away when it happened. But one thing I know, I am not a full-blood-Saiyan, neither a Half-blood. I am somewhat close to three quarters Saiyan, and one quarter human… my uncle said this is, because all two of my grandmothers; my father´s, as well as my mother´s mother; were humans.«

Trunks supposed: »So your two grandfathers must have been Saiyan, and took human wives, yes? But from the tales of my father I know that only Nappa, Radditz and he ever came to earth; with the exception of Goku, who grew up here. And they never had women… well, maybe they had, or maybe not… maybe there was still another Saiyan who came to earth, but did not fight with the others, because he didn´t see any reason in it. It does not matter, does it? You are here now, and this is far more important.«

Kori smiled: »Yes, I am here now…«

»But what for?« Trunks wanted to know.

»My uncle said that I would be needed here, but he knew very well that it could maybe change everything. Whatever I do, it will have an effect. It will influence and after all also bend history in some way. Maybe this was his reason…«

»Sounds familiar.« Bulma, who had entered the room, said. »We once had some kind of similar story where my future son came back to help us to change history. But you do not seem to know what will happen, do you? Did your uncle tell you what you need to do?«

»He did not tell me what to do; my orders were to come here, search for the Saiyans on earth and talk to them. And I do not know what´s gonna happen, because I was much too little when it started. I think my mother my uncle went to some shelter. I grew up knowing that something was… not right, but I never met that evil. My uncle protected me as if I was his own child. He would never let anything happen to me. Maybe this is the real reason why he sent me here. Our time was running out. Maybe he only wanted me to survive. I think he… kind of did it for my mother. They must have been good friends.«

Bulma asked: »Was he with your mother, when you were born?«

She sighed. »Yes, I think so. Once, when I was old enough to understand, my uncle told me how my mother passed away. So he must have been with her, otherwise he wouldn´t know, I assume. He said that she died not long after I was born. Her heart was broken, because my father had forgotten to love her, and she got very, very ill. I feel so sorry for my mother; and I cannot understand my father… how could anyone just forget his love? I would rather prefer to die than to lose the remembrance of my loved ones. Fortunately he is also dead, because I do not know what I had done if I had ever met him.«

Trunks was the same opinion: »Yes… That must be awful.« Unwillingly, he yawned.

Bulma said: »It is almost morning, Trunks. They will be here with the ship soon. It would be better if you´d get some sleep now, because Bulla and I would need you in the hangar as soon as they arrive.« She turned to the young woman: »Kori, you can use any free guest room that you like. You have also had a few rough days, I think. After we´ve rested, we can talk again. You are invited to stay, if you like.«

»Thank you, Mrs. Briefs.« Kori answered.

No one protested; everyone wanted to get a few hours of sleep now. There was a lot of work coming up and they needed all possible strength.

When the space-ship was ready to start, Trunks felt a little bit disappointed, but he understood very well why his parents had let him sleep. Hours had passed since they had the space-ship in the hangar, and it had been Bulma, Bulla, Chichi and Kori who packed up all the things that Vegeta and Trunks might need on their journey. Dusk was shimmering on the horizon, when the both of them closed the door of the space ship.

It was neither big nor too small; had three floors and a good cockpit with three places. All in all it was an improved model of that space-ship Trunks, Pan and Goku had used years ago on their Galaxy Tour. Every one of their friends had come here to wish them farewell, and they were now watching the launch. When the space-ship disappeared out of sight, they went back to the house, to spend the evening with the remaining family members.