"H-he's right…!" Tenshinhan stuttered as he noticed Dad's chi as well. "I feel it! I feel a chi…!"

"S-something is coming…!" Yamcha reiterated.

Bulma just stared at the sky since she was unable to sense chi. "Then he was right about the time and place?" she asked in complete awe.

"It's Tou-san!" Gohan cried out happily. "It's Tou-san's chi!"

Only seconds later, Dad's ship became visible. It moved at a tremendous pace as it raced towards a nearby plot of land. A huge blast rocked the area once it hit, causing a large dust cloud to wash over us. "OVER THERE!" someone yelled as everyone raced towards the crater the ship had made.

I noticed as soon as I reached the crater, that the ship that Dad was in was rather small and completely spherical. It caught me off guard. I assumed that he was returning in the ship he had used to travel to Namek.

Then, when the dust was just about cleared, the door on the ship opened, causing everyone to hold their breath for a second. It seemed like forever before the person inside stepped out of it. Once he climbed out, everyone began to cheer. Even after not seeing him for years, I immediately recognized him as my father.

"Huh? Why are you guys all here…?" he asked as he stared at us for a second. He then floated up to the top of the crater. "How'd you know I was coming?"

It was about then that I noticed that he was not wearing his traditional gi. Instead, he was wearing something somewhat similar with long sleeves and a collar like the one Gohan wore on his gi. There was also armor covering his chest, although it looked more like an accent than something that would actually give any protection.

"Him!" Bulma said as she motioned to Trunks. "He told us you were going to be here!"

"You know him, don't you Tou-san?" Gohan asked in an accusing voice.

"…? Who is he?" Tou-san then touched down on the ground. That caught everyone but me and Trunks off guard.

Bulma just stared at him in shock for a second. "You mean… you don't know this kid?"

"Nope. Should I?"

"B-but he knew that you were going to arrive at this spot at this moment!"

"Well, Freeza spotted my spaceship, so he knew when I'd probably get to earth…" Dad explained as if that answered the question. He then got sidetracked again. "So who defeated Freeza, anyway? That was some chi. Was it you, Piccolo? Or Vegeta?"

Piccolo was impassive when he answered. "He did it. Instantly. He became a Super Saiyan… like you."

"A Super Saiyan…?" Dad was clearly shocked, but he recovered almost immediately. "That's incredible! And you're so young too! I didn't even know there were Saiyans besides us!" He seemed to radiate with excitement.

"There aren't!" Vegeta snapped. "It's impossible! There can be no Saiyans but us!"

"Yeah…?" Dad's voice seemed to dismiss Vegeta's words. "Well, whatever. He was sure a super something, huh?"

"What do you mean 'whatever'?" Bulma chided.

"Actually… Son Goku-san, sir… can we talk…?" Trunks asked Dad as he motioned to a different location. A slight hint of nervousness could be heard in his voice.

"You can't say it in front of us-?" Yamcha sounded a bit offended.

"Sorry, guys. Be right back." Dad told everyone as he and Trunks began to walk off.

"But... !" I did not expect to be left behind. I pretty much knew what Trunks was going to tell Dad, and he knew that I wanted to be there when he asked Dad if he could continue to train me, so it made no sense to me for him to not take me with him.

He gave me a searching look, before he answered me. "Don't worry. I promise that you be the first to know what happens." Dad gave me a strange look, almost as if this was the first time that he had noticed me. It only lasted a moment before he and Trrunks then began their walk to the other side of the crater.

"What did that mean?" Gohan demanded of me after they were out of earshot.

I sighed as I continued to watch my dad and mentor. "Today, I find out if I'm coming home or not…"

"I don't understand…You sound like that's a bad thing," Bulma noted. "But why would Son-kun be involved?"

"I cannot answer your last question..." I told her. " But I can explain the first thing. I've gotten so used to being away from home and being trained by him that I'm terrified by what the answer to the question will be. I want to go home… but I want to continue to be trained by him as well…"

"How can you say that?" Gohan demanded of me. He was clearly upset by my words, and I was not prepared for it. "How can you think about not coming back home? Isn't your family worried?"

I frowned. I had not been expecting my brother to get so upset. He was definitely speaking from experience, and I did not have the heart to just come out and say that I was his sister. He had been suffering for some time, most likely because of me. Although I was so glad to see that he was alright, I had no desire to hurt him. I was just not compelled to go home. Maybe it was because I was so caught up in Trunks' struggle to free his own time.

….

"I wonder what they're talking about…" Yamcha mentioned Dad and Trunks had been gone for a while. Sure, we could see them across the crater, but there was no way that we could hear them.

A few times, I had been asked what the discussion centered around, but I refused to say anything. It was not my place to expose the secrets of a future to which I did not belong, so they were going to have to wait for the information.

It was not even a second later, when everyone who could sense chi noticed a change in Dad's. It was skyrocketing! Then, he transformed and became a Super Saiyan.

"Wh-what happened to Son-kun…?" Bulma stammered. She seemed very concerned. I mean, it is not very often that someone you know turns blonde in an instant and begins to glow.

"He became… a Super Saiyan…" Gohan told her. He seemed just as taken back though, probably because the last time he had seen this transformation was a year ago.

"Super… Saiyan…?" Tenshinhan asked in an astounded voice.

"What a huge chi…!" Yamcha was just as taken back as Tenshinhan. "And he's not even fighting…!"

I then heard Vegeta growl. "…No wonder he could beat Freeza…" (1)

Just as everyone was beginning to grow accustom to Dad's transformation, Trunks transformed as well. "Th-the kid…" Tenshinhan stammered. "Did it too…?"

"What are they going to do…?" Yamcha faintly asked as the powers of the two super Saiyans in front of him began to overwhelm him.

We then watched as Trunks unsheathed his sword and stopped it only a few centimeters from Dad's face. When Dad seemingly did not react, Trunks said something to him before he attacked again. This time, Dad used his finger to deflect all of the blows.

After a breathtaking moment, the match was over. Trunks backed away, tossed his sword in the air, powered down, and then tilted slightly to allow for his sword to fall into its sheath. Dad relaxed only a few seconds afterwards.

"D-did you see that...?" Tenshinhan asked in complete amazement. He was not the only one who was shocked by the simple display.

"Yeah... but I don't believe it..." Yamcha's words were rather faint.

"...So that... is a Super Saiyan..." I immediately noticed that Vegeta's words sounded as if they were spoken through his teeth. I looked over to check, and I realized that he looked as if he had been overwhelmed by something.

"A-and you actually train with that guy...?" Kuririn asked me. He too was stunned by what he had just witnessed.

I crossed my arms and tilted my head before I answered. "I really don't see what the big deal is... Sure, he's a Super Saiyan, but he needs to be tough... that's just how it is. As I am now, I feel like I'm just a liability to him... but..." I paused before I continued. "...he hasn't given up hope on me... and the chances of survival always increase when there is more than one person fighting an impossible battle..."

"What... what do you mean...?"

Oops, I should not have said that. Everyone seemed to turn their attention to me, which made me uncomfortable since I was now forced to give some sort of answer. "There are things that are stronger than a Super Saiyan... and that's why he's here... you'll probably hear most of the story later... but I can tell you that you should take his words seriously. You don't want to see what I have..."

There was a pause before Yamcha started laughing at me. "I can't believe how convincing you were when you said that!" His voice was full of mirth. "Come on guys! There's no way that he could be serious! After seeing those two in action, there's no way that anything could stand up to them!"

"I don't care if you don't believe me," I told him as frigidly as I could, "but I don't lie." I said nothing else as I looked over towards my dad.

Judging from his reaction at the time, I guessed that he had just gotten over learning who one of Trunks' parents was. They still had a lot to discuss before they got to what I wanted to hear. I sighed audibly. I wanted to know if I was staying with Trunks or not and the suspense was killing me! Besides, I wanted people to stop asking me questions about Trunks. They were going to find out anyways... probably... so why did they have to keep bothering me!

…..

"How long are they going to keep talking? I'm getting angry..." Vegeta demanded after some time. The only interesting things that had occurred during that time period was that Trunks gave Dad something, probably his medicine, and that Dad freaked out over something.

"He looked really shaken up for some reason," Bulma noted as she ignored Vegeta.

We then watched as the two of them looked back towards us, which Yamcha and Pu'ar commented upon. But their look was brief, and they soon began talking again.

My nerves were just about shot when I finally heard Trunks' voice. I looked up to see Trunks beckoning me, so I knew that it was decision making time. I took a big breath to see if I could calm myself before I began to move forward.

"Why is he calling you?" Gohan asked me in an irritated tone.

It took everything I had not to roll my eyes at him. "You sure don't trust him, huh? Anyways... they're going to decide who's going to continue to train me." Before he could ask me another question, I quickly flew over the crater and joined my dad and Trunks.

"You know... Gohan doesn't seem to like you very much..." I pointed out to Trunks before he could say something to me. He just sighed and shook his head.

"So, Goshi," Dad said in an attempt to grab my attention, which it did. "Trunks here says that he wishes to continue training you." I was surprised by his look. He was really looking at me, as if he was trying to figure out if I was really his daughter.

"I know..." I highly doubt that he knew the anticipation that I was feeling at that point.

"Well, do you want him to continue training you?" I was absolutely surprised by the question. There was no harshness in Dad's voice, just honest curiosity plus a little bit of fatherly worry. Did this mean that I was going to make the decision myself?

"..." I opened my mouth to try to reply, but nothing came out. I was so confused; what did I actually want to do? At first, I believed that I was leaning more towards staying with Trunks, but now, I was not as sure.

On one hand, I would finally be able to go home and be with the family that I had missed so much over the past three years. Dad would finally be able to train me, there would be Mother's home cooking, and there would be no androids (at least at this point). But there was still the issue of Rildo, whose thought still gave me chills. Was it possible that he was still a threat to us?

Then, on the other hand, if I stayed with Trunks, I was going to have to deal with the horrors created by the androids and Bulma's cooking (no matter what she tried, she was nowhere near as good of a cook as Mother). But if I left him, would I be able to see him again? He was as much a part of my family as my dad or brother, and when he left; there would be no telling if he would be able to return, but if I left my family, there was a ninety-eight percent chance that they would still be there. Also, I did not have to worry about Rildo's return in his time.

"Tou-san..." I finally said, "...if... if it's okay with you, I'd like to keep training with Trunks-nii until this whole mess is over."

"Don't you want your old man to train you?"

"Yes... but not when Trunks-nii's fighting those things all alone!" I paused for a second before I began to blush slightly. I had said more than I had wanted.

Dad just chuckled as he squatted down so that he could look me in the eyes. "Don't be embarrassed! You two really seem close." He then ruffled my hair. "Take care, Goshi. It's going to be a while before I can see you again. But I'm glad to see that you're still alive and doin' alright."

I just stared for a second before his words finally sank in. "Y-you mean...!"

He stood up before I could finish my question and turned to Trunks. "I'm leaving my daughter in your hands. But please, keep her safe. I've already lost her once before, and I don't want that to happen again."

Trunks seemed taken back for a second at first, but he quickly recovered. "I promise I will." He then turned to me, "Goshi-kun... we need to get going."

"A-already?" I asked him in a confused voice.

"I've already been here longer than I should. I really don't want to potentially cause anything else to change."

"I understand..." I then turned towards where everyone else was standing and waved. I then turned towards Dad and hugged him. "Bye, Tou-san!"

"Bye, Goshi... please, stay safe." His words were little more than a whisper. I understood. He rarely let anyone see how deeply he truly cared for his family. He then looked at Trunks, "Stay alive. Now I have something to work towards. We'll train hard for three years. You two better do the same."

"Sure." There was a grin on Trunks face as he replied. It had been a while since I had seen so positive. "Come on, Goshi-kun." He then took off.

"Hey! Wait up!" I then took off after him.

…..

"I honestly can't believe that Tou-san is letting me go back with you..." I told Trunks as returned to the location of his time machine.

"I really can't believe it either," he confided. "He had mentioned what it was like for him to believe that you were gone. It seemed so out of place for a man who's so... carefree."

"That's just how he is. Tou-san doesn't like to cause other people to worry."

"I guess not... Well, are you ready?"

"Yep!"

The two of us then climbed into the time machine. Trunks almost immediately began warming it up, but before we left, he decided to allow everyone else to see it for a brief moment. Everyone stared at us for a second as we waved from inside its glass dome before the machine began its trip through the time stream.

…...

As Goshi and Trunks travel back through the time stream, Goku and Piccolo tell the others of the bleak future of Trunks' time. Can the two groups keep themselves safe during the three years that it will take for the androids to appear in the present? Find out on the next exciting episode of dragonballz!

1 Contrary to the anime, Vegeta never saw Goku as a super Saiyan until this point in time.