Yeah another chapter!

My vacation was good, except my grandmother died. What a way to end the trip.

This chapter is dedicated to you Mom-Mom!

Disclaimer: Nadda

"This world will never be what I expected, and if I don't belong who would've guessed it…"-Never too Late-Three Days Grace

It was a quiet ride…almost too quiet for Piccolo. No one was speaking, not even the hyperactive Goten and Trunks. They were forced to sit up front where Bulma was, and they were not allowed to sit in the back where Child was. She said that he was dangerous, and that she didn't want Goten and Trunks to get hurt. Goku got an earful when they found the second dragonball at someone's house. Bulma didn't care if Child heard what she said. Why would Child care anyway? To her, he was a heartless monster killing innocent dinosaurs. The dinosaur could have had a nail stuck in his foot, and was cranky.

Bulma didn't want him on the trip anymore, but Goku begged and pleaded for him to stay. Where else could he go? Goku's house was too far away, and Child did not know his way Earth. Bulma did, however, let him stay but he had to be as far away from the children. While everyone sat up front, Child had to sit in the back in the corner. That's where he had to stay.

Piccolo was having second thoughts on Child, but he still saw a dangerous side to him. It wasn't the thought that Child could destroy the planet with a snap of his fingers; it was the thought of someone telling Child to destroy the planet.

Child would do whatever someone tells him to do, with some force of course. Goku said that he wouldn't eat, but with some yelling by Chi-Chi he ate. Then again, once someone told Child to do something he would do it with no hesitation. It depended on how well Child trusted people. If he wanted to trust you, he would hesitate before doing whatever you told him. If he didn't trust you, or if he was afraid of you, then he would do as he was told right then and there.

If Child was in the wrong hands…

Taking a heavy sigh, Piccolo walked over to Child and sat next to him. Bulma looked behind her and watched Piccolo, but she didn't have the power to stop him. She knew he didn't like Child much, so she turned around and continued to fly to the next Dragonball.

Child didn't move when Piccolo sat down next to him. The hood was covering half his face, and Piccolo wasn't able to read him; he was sitting on Child's bad side.

Knowing that Child would never speak first, Piccolo decided to start.

"You did the right thing."

Child turned his head towards Piccolo. At that angle, Piccolo could see Child's face under the shadows. Piccolo didn't look at Child when he spoke, but he knew he had Child's attention.

"Weather that dinosaur was good or bad, you did the right thing trying to protect the wildlife," Piccolo said turning his head towards Child. "It shows that you have a good heart."

Piccolo stood up and dusted off his pants. He began to walk towards Goku, and while he was walking Child stood up.

"Piccolo," Child shouted. Everyone turned around when they heard Child shouting. Realizing all eyes were on him, he quickly stepped back and sat back down in the corner. He placed his hand on his forehead and shook his head.

Another damn headache…

"How are we going to find the Dragonball here," Krillin asked looking at nothing but rocky water splashing all over. Krillin jumped back when water hit him. "The water is freezing!"

"We are near the artic," Bulma said looking at the water. "Maybe if we're lucky we can find the Dragonball on this land."

Behind them the land stretched as far as the eye could see. In front of them water was stretched as far as the eye could see. The Dragonball, however, was close to the area that they were at. So it was on land, or it was in water.

"Anyone want to volunteer to jump in the water to look for it," Master Roshi asked touching the water with his hands. "Whoo! You have to have some extra meat in your bones to take this water on. Bulma, you have some weight in the upper body and in the behind. You should be fine."

Pow!

Bulma gave an upper cut to Master Roshi. Roshi was sent flying backwards, and landed hard on the ground far away. A small vein appeared on Bulma's forehead.

"Maybe if we're lucky he fell on top of the Dragonball," Bulma said shaking her hand she hit Master Roshi with. "Okay. Everyone look on the land first and yell if you find it."

"What about Master Roshi," Goku asked.

"What about him," Bulma growled. "He'll find his way back to the ship."

Goku blinked and shrugged his shoulders. Might as well start looking for the Dragonball.

"Why don't you go into the water," 18 asked Krillin as they started to look around the area. Marron was near the edge where the water was, and when the water came close she would run from it. She went back to the edge, and ran once the water came forth again.

"I didn't pack extra clothes for this trip," Krillin said with a shiver. "Bulma has the ship on A/C. I'll either die from the water or from the A/C!"

"And you call yourself a man."

"I am a man," Krillin whined. He placed his two pointer fingers together and began to tap them. "The water is just too cold right now."

18 rolled her eyes.

"I can't believe-" 18 began to say, but wasn't able to finish her sentence. She was abruptly cut off when she heard a scream. Krillin and 18 both looked in the direction of the scream, and found their daughter in the water. "Marron!"

Everyone stopped looking for the Dragonball and quickly ran to the land's edge. Marron was already pulled away from the island, and the waves kept on pulling her under water. She would resurface again, crying and screaming for her mom and dad, but her screams were being drowned by water.

One wave hit Marron under water, but she never resurfaced.

"I guess I have to go in the water," Krillin said taking off his shoes.

"I'll help," Goku said taking off his boots. Before Goku and Krillin could finish taking off their shoes they saw Child jump in the chilly water. 18 could only watch from a distance hoping that Child would save her child.

Child began to swim around and looking in all directions. He gasped under water when he saw Marron holding air in her cheeks flapping her arms around with her eyes clenched shut. She was trying her best to swim back to the surface; too bad she didn't know how to swim.

Child quickly swam over towards Marron. His hood fell off his head as he swam, but he was able to reach Marron in time. He grabbed her and held her close to him. Marron still had her cheeks filled with air, but Child didn't have enough for him. He blew some air out of his mouth, but only bubbles came out of his mouth.

He had one arm wrapped around Marron while the other one was stretched out towards the air bubbles. One bubble froze while the others floated to the surface. Child brought the air bubble close to him and expanded it one hundred times is size, maybe more. The air bubble engulfed Child and Marron, and that's when Marron exhaled.

She inhaled and exhaled rather quickly, and realized that she was no longer in the water. She opened her eyes and saw that Child had a hold of her. The bubble was warm so it kept both Child and Marron warm.

Marron sniffed the air and smiled.

"Minty," she said. Child couldn't help but chuckle a little bit. Marron looked around and saw fishes swimming around them. She laughed and smiled as she watched the fish swim by. She stopped laughing when she saw something glow in the water. She began to squirm in Child's arm. "Look! It's a Dragonball!"

Child looked to where Marron was pointing, and saw the seven star Dragonball ahead of them. The bubble moved towards the Dragonball until it was in reach. Child picked up Marron and helped her reach the Dragonball. She grabbed it with her little hands, and quickly hugged it near her. She wasn't going to lose it.

The air bubble started floating up towards the surface.

"Look over there," Master Roshi pointed out. Ah, he must have made his way back to the others. Everyone looked in the direction where Roshi was pointing. They saw an air bubble come out of the water with Child and Marron in it.

18 was relieved when she saw that her child was safe, and noticed that Marron had a Dragonball in her hand. She was waving it in the air as Child floated towards everyone.

The air bubble faded one Child landed on the ground. 18 quickly ran towards Child, and snatched Marron out of his arms.

"Marron don't ever do that again," 18 said hugging Marron tightly. "Next time stay close to your dad or me!"

"I'm okay Mommy," Marron said hugging 18 back. "Child saved me, and we saw some really pretty fish."

18 looked over at Child and smiled at him.

"Thank you," she said as she placed Marron on the ground. 18 turned towards Krillin. "Your daughter is drowning and you have to take off your shoes?!"

"Ab-ab-ab-ab," Krillin stuttered as he started to back away from 18. Bulma looked over at Goku and walked towards him with her hands on her hips.

"You too," Bulma shouted as she walked towards Goku. He put his arms up in defense as Bulma walked towards him. "Go ahead and take your time saving a little girl. It's not like she can breathe under water or something!"

"My boots have weights on then," Goku said trying to get away from Bulma as fast as he could. Goku and Krillin were backing away from 18 and Bulma. "I'll just sink to the bottom if I had them on."

"You're a saiyan," Bulma shouted. Both men were at the edge; the only thing behind them was water. Bulma looked at 18, and they both nodded their head. They pushed Goku and Krillin into the water, and the two men had a very big splash. "Now that we have the Dragonball we can go find the next one."

Bulma and 18 walked away from Goku and Krillin, and the rest followed in tow.

"No one is going to help us," Krillin said as he floated in the freezing water. "Hey Child! How about you come save us?"

Child stopped walking and took one step towards Goku and Krillin.

"Don't even think about it Child," Bulma yelled. Child stopped and looked over at Bulma. "They can get out of the water just fine. Now get in the ship where there is hot cocoa for you."

Child looked over at Goku and Krillin. He wanted to help them, but a command is a command. He floated his way over back to the ship and left Goku and Krillin in the water.

Bulma didn't have a problem with Child anymore. After all, Child did risk his life to save Marron's, and he didn't have to take off his shoes. He was able to sit with the others, while Goku and Krillin sat on the back of the ship shivering. Bulma, as a nice gesture, threw them a blanket that they had to share. The blanket was merely s beach towel that has been sitting in the ship since Trunks was born. At least it was clean.

Piccolo and Vegeta were sitting next to each other. Child was across from them, and they watched him as he slept. His head was lowered, and his hood was away from his face. He had his arm keeping his head from falling forward. Piccolo remembered that Child never really…slept. He would stare off into space in a daydream, and sometimes mumble thing even Piccolo had a hard time understanding. This is the first time he actual saw Child sleep, and being struck by lightening didn't count.

"Bah," Vegeta said turning his head away from Child. "I don't know if he's going to snap and kill us all."

"I doubt," Piccolo said still keeping an eye on Child. "As long as you don't command him to Vegeta."

Vegeta chuckled.

"That might be fun."

"As long as he stays with us I don't think he will harm us."

"Unless those hooded freaks come back to get him," Vegeta said turning his attention back towards Child. "How much you want to bet that there are more freaks like him out there? Someone with that kind of power would be hard to just forget."

"We killed them all," Piccolo said watching Child twitch. Three triangles appeared on Child's forehead. "If the triangles on his forehead are blocking his memory, then his memories must be from Earth."

"Like an earthling would have that kind of power."

"Would a saiyan?"

Vegeta turned his head forward.

"Kakkorot's father could predict the future," Vegeta said remembering what Frezia told him. "There are other saiyans out there, but I'm sure Frezia killed them all during their travels."

"There's always that one."

"If he were saiyan then he would be Kakkorot's age or older. He's still a damn kid."

Piccolo folded his arms and lowered his head.

"The only other saiyan out there is Gohan," Piccolo said closing his eyes.

"And you said you saw Gohan's death through Child," Vegeta questioned.

"Yes. I saw everything clearly."

"How the hell would he know Gohan if he can't remember who he is himself?"

"Goku showed him a picture," Piccolo said opening his eyes.

"From years ago? Child can't remember what happened to him yesterday so how the hell can he remember how Gohan died?"

Piccolo sighed.

He saw it clearly. Gohan wanted to go home, but a blast killed him. Child had no other memories of Gohan.

"A single blast killed Head Master with ease," Vegeta said to himself.

"And Gohan would survive a blast from Head Master," Piccolo said lifting up his head. "Child is hiding something from us."

"Well then let's go find out what he's hiding."

Goku was almost dry. He was still cold, but he was almost dry. Krillin was still shivering his teeth, and he was still soaking wet. Maybe because Goku was taller, and he took most of the towel Bulma so "nicely" gave to them. It smelled like old seashells with dead hermit crabs in the shells. Goku knew he had to get a shower as soon as he got home.

"Looks like t-t-trouble," Krillin shivered out. "P-P-Pic-c-c-c-olo and Veg-Veg-V-Vegeta look like their ab-ab-about to have a b-b-brawl."

Goku looked over at Piccolo and Vegeta. They both looked over at Child and nodded. Goku quickly stood up, losing the towel that Krillin quickly grabbed. He quickly walked his way over to Piccolo and Vegeta, and stood in front of them before they reached Child.

"Who's hungry," Goku said with a smile.

"We are," Goten and Trunks said, their face lighting up with the mention of food.

"I'm kinda hungry myself," Bulma said turning around. "The next Dragonball is about another ten minutes away. I think it's in a town somewhere."

"The only thing around here is farms," Master Roshi said looking out the window. "Hey look down there! That's where Piccolo killed Radditz and Goku."

Goten and Trunks looked out the window.

"Is that the place where Gohan was kidnapped the first time," Goten asked.

"Has to be," Trunks said pointing to a giant hole on the ground. "I think that's the place where the space shuttle landed. I thought it was the second time Gohan was kidnapped. That Garlic dude your dad mentioned before, remember?"

"Gohan was kidnapped a lot," Goten said sitting down his seat.

"Poor parenting," Vegeta said with a smirk.

"Coming from a dad who never held his own child," Piccolo said smirking himself. Vegeta's smirk faded, and grunted.

"Trunks is a lot stronger that Gohan was at this age," Vegeta said. "Gohan never made it to a super saiyan."

"With the right amount of training, and a lot of pushing, Gohan could be a super saiyan when the androids came," Goku said proudly sticking up his chest. "I'm sure of it!"

"If you're so sure about it then how did he easily die from the hands of a weakling," Vegeta said glaring at Goku.

"Gohan survived Garlic Jr., Radditz, and even Frezia without dying," Piccolo said. "What makes you think-"

"Woah," Goten interrupted. Everyone turned towards Goten, who was standing up. "What's wrong with Child?"

With that said, everyone turned their attention towards Child. He had a glowing white aura around his body, with his eye opened with no pupil. The blue triangles on his forehead were also white, slightly glowing with the aura.

Piccolo tried to push Goku out of the way, but Goku stopped him before Piccolo could get to Child. Instead, Goku walked over to Child and bent down in front of Child. He placed his hand on Child's shoulder, and Child snapped back to reality. The white aura quickly disappeared, and Child was back to his normal, confused self. That's when he realized that everyone was looking at him.

"Are you okay," Goku asked with worry in his words. Child looked around him, and realized where he was. He zoomed backwards towards the end of the ship, hood covering his face, and stood there near the corner. He floated back towards the ground and sat down in the corner, his knees covering his face. He placed his hand on his forehead and lowered his head.

"Towel," Krillin asked as he placed the towel in front of himself. Child turned his head towards Krillin and mumbled a quiet no.

Another chapter ended!

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