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The last days before the tournament Goku made Gohan and Jade stay out of the house as much as possible so he could spend time with ChiChi.

"Why are your parents acting so weird?" The two Saiyans were walking away from the house and kept looking back to see if Goku was just making a big joke.

"I have no idea. I've never been kicked out of my house before."

"Yeah and your mom was quiet too."

They walked silently for a little bit.

"Jade do you know how to open this?"

She looked over and saw that Gohan had been fumbling with the golden locket.

"No, I've tried, but I could never open it."

"Hmm…," Gohan was about to drop the subject when his face lit up and he stopped walking. "Hey I know, we can ask Bulma to help us."

Jade stopped and looked over as she rose an eyebrow, "Who?"

Gohan smiled remembering that he hadn't introduced her to everyone since they were still training. "Come on, I'll show you." He grabbed her hand, which made her blush, and led her into the air.

After a few minutes of flying…"So she's like the richest woman in the world?" Jade asked after listening to Gohan.

He nodded, "Yeah she's a genius. She's probably the smartest person in the world too."

Wow, first I meet the strongest person in the world and now the smartest. And all in a few days, too.

When Capsole Corp. finally came into view they sped towards the door. Gohan didn't bother to knock, and walked right in. "Bulma! It's me, Gohan!"

A squealing voice responded, "Oh, Gohan! I haven't seen you in awhile." A blue-haired woman emerged from the hall holding a baby boy with purple hair in her arms. "How are you-Ooo! Who's this?" she asked excitedly after seeing Jade. "I'm surprised ChiChi is letting you date."

Gohan grumbled and rolled his eyes, "This is my friend Jade."

Bulma closed her eyes and shook her head as she wagged a free finger in front of Gohan. "It isn't nice to be embarrassed to call your girlfriend, girlfriend. I'm Bulma." She held out the free hand to shake Jade's. "I'm glad Gohan has such a nice girlfriend."

Jade giggled at Gohan's blushed face, "It's nice to meet you."

"Bulma, can you just help us out?" he asked in a very annoyed tone.

Bulma lit up at the chance to help, "Oh of course! What do you need help with?"

Gohan let out a sigh of relief that she had dropped the subject of a girlfriend before lifting the locket from his neck. "We need help getting this open."

"Oh is that all?" unable to hide the disappointment in her voice. "Follow me, I have to put Trunks to bed to have his nap first."

They followed her down the hall and into a room filled with baby toys and bright colors. Jade marveled at the detailed decoration of little animals on the walls. All this for a baby?

Bulma put Trunks down in his crib. He wasted no time to fall asleep when they left the room.

"Now," she turned to them with her hand out, "let me see that locket."

Gohan dropped the locket in her hand. Bulma studied for a few seconds before smiling a wicked grin. "I bet your girlfriend gave this to you, huh?"

They both blushed. Can you just tell us how to open it?" Gohan pleaded.

Jade couldn't help giggling again with Bulma joining her this time.

"Sure Gohan, it shouldn't be a problem. Follow me." Bulma turned the locket over, trying to find the opening as they walked down the hall. She was still busy studying it when they walked into her la. Once again Jade was left amazed. Wow she has to be the smartest person in the world. I wonder if she'll get the locket open?

Gohan and Jade waited patiently as they watched the frown on Bulma's face as she searched for the answer. After a few more minutes of frowning they saw the frown disappear.

"I think I found it, " she announced with a smile.

Jade's pulse quickened, "Really?" she squeaked.

"Yeah, I think it might be this small spot right here." She held out the locket for them to see and pointed out an almost microscopic looking button that no one could have seen. The button almost blended in with the rest of the locket.

How did she see that? Jade frowned a little as she stared at it with doubt, "Are you sure? How do we even open it with that?"

Bulma began searching her drawers, "I'm not positive, but it doesn't hurt to try. I just have to find something small enough to fit." She searched through the drawers, every once in a while pulling out a tool that didn't fit. "No."…"No."…Finally, "Here, this should work."

Jade grabbed the edge of the work table in front of her as she watched Bulma pull out the tiny needle. Her breathing stopped a little as Bulma lowered it to the locket. She pushed the small button and the locket gave an anti-climatic click.

"It worked!" she exclaimed excitedly.

Jade scrambled over to Bulma with her eyes wide and watched as Bulma opened the locket. Jade's heart beat sped up again along with her breathing. There they were. Two tiny fading pictures cut out to the shape of small hearts. The one on the left showed a woman with golden blonde hair and sapphire eyes that shined even in the faded picture. She had a smile on her face that was full of love and passion. (Jade would never know that it was because she was holding onto her round belly as that picture was taken.) However, the picture on the right was of a man who was the complete opposite. The man had dark hair and dark eyes to match. Instead of a smile, he held a nasty scowl that had no signs of any love, but only anger.

Gohan watched Jade closely as her hands went up to retrieve the newly open locket. She tried her best to hold back her tears. Here they are,…my parents. There's my mom. She looks just like me. And my dad, I bet they loved each other. I wonder what happened.

"I'm sorry?" Jade asked politely, realizing that someone was talking to her.

" I asked if that was your mom. She looks just like you. She's very beautiful. What does the inscription say?"

Jade blinked a few times trying to register what she said. Inscription? She had been too busy with the pictures to notice there was an inscription.

Bulma and Gohan leaned closer to read the along with Jade. The inscription was small and ran along the outside of the pictures. "Let love guide you…" Jade scanned for the rest, but couldn't see anything.

"What are you doing?" Gohan asked curiously as he watched Jade turn the locket over.

"I'm looking for the rest of the inscription. That can't be it, look at the dots," she pointed out.

"Maybe it's under a picture?" Bulma suggested. "Here." She used the small needle to left the picture of the woman, without damaging it.

"… My Jamie," they all said aloud.

"My Jamie? Does that mean-?" Bulma started to ask

"That must be my real name," Jade said softly as she held the locket delicately in her hand.

"Wait, what do you mean your real name?" Gohan asked. He was trying to get her to look at him, but she was still focused on the locket.

"Well Jade was the name that the orphanage gave me. This must be the name that my Mom gave me. My name is Jamie."

"But how do you even know that? That could be your Mom's name or grandma's name for all you know. Your name is Jade, it has always been Jade." Gohan held her shoulders to make her face him.

"Why are you arguing about this Gohan? It's my name. Jade was never my real name. How would you like it if you were found wrapped in an orange blanket and you were called Orange your whole life? My name is Jamie, Gohan and even if it wasn't, it is now and that's what I want to be called." She pulled her shoulders out of his grip.

Gohan sighed in defeat. Why am I so mad about her changing her name? It's none of my business. It's because you met her as Jade and you even kissed her as Jade.

Jade seemed to read his thoughts. "Gohan, it's still me. I'm still the same person that you met okay?"

Gohan smiled down at her pleading blue eyes. "Okay, Jamie."

A smile spread across Jamie's face when he said her name.

Bulma meanwhile watched from the sidelines with a smile, shaking her head. "Jamie is an American name though. Maybe that means your mom was an American."

"Or it could mean she just liked the name," Jamie added.

"Well I think it's a beautiful name."

Jamie turned to Bulma with the smile still on her face. "Thank you, Bulma. Thank you so much for all your help."

"Oh, it was no problem. Feel free to come back any time you two."

Jamie and Gohan left her to her work in the lab and headed for the front door, but before they could react, it flew open. Standing in the doorway was a man in a blue suit who had the same Saiyan dark spiky hair, with dark eyes. Jamie felt uneasy as the man stared at her with his dark pools.

"Vegeta-." Gohan started.

"Feh, and here I rushed all the way over here thinking there was a threat in my house, but now I see it was just two weaklings," Vegeta said with an angry scowl. He hadn't taken his eyes off of Jamie. She did her best to swallow the lumps in her throat.

Gohan saw that Vegeta noticed something about Jamie. "Vegeta, this is my friend Jade, I mean Jamie."

"Feh," Vegeta laughed, "you don't even know your own girlfriend's name. Why would I care about you're stupid girlfriend you little runt? I want you two out of my house." He started to walk away from them, but Gohan yelled to stop him.

"But wait Vegeta, she's a Saiyan."

Vegeta stopped and began to laugh a dark laugh before turning to face them. "You're trying to tell me she's a Saiyan. There is no way that weakling could ever be a Saiyan." Vegeta was pointing at a frightened Jamie.

"But she is Vegeta, just look at her. I know you feel it too." Vegeta snorted with and crossed his arms. "She even has a tail to prove it. Look, it's wrapped around her waist." Jamie's hands automatically went around her waist to hide her tail; just as she had always done with she was at the orphanage.

Vegeta stiffened at the mention of a tail. He reached towards Jamie and grabbed the tail that was tightening around her waist. Jamie screeched and fell to her knees as he harshly gripped the tail to study it. A low growl settled in his throat as he realized Gohan was telling the truth about her tail.

Not only is the weakling girl a Saiyan, but she has a tail? He watched Jamie struggle to stay conscious on the ground and ignored Gohan's pleas to stop. Such a pathetic weak creature does not deserve to have this tail, let alone carry the Saiyan blood in her veins. Meanwhile I must be cursed with the loss of my tail and with that Kakarot always taunting me, telling me how he has surpassed me. Now his son has to taunt me too, with this Saiyan he has found. Why must I be cursed so?! He grunted and threw the end of her tail down at her so it hit her.

She collapsed in exhaustion when her tail was finally released. Gohan kneeled and tried to soothe her as she struggled to breathe. "Jamie, are you okay?" he whispered.

Vegeta crossed his arms again and didn't look at Jamie when he talked. "So where are your parents at then girl?"

Jamie remained on the ground staring into his terrifying eyes. She could not find her voice to respond.

"Well?" Vegeta growled again impatiently.

"She doesn't know," Gohan stepped forward in hopes of stopping Vegeta.

"What do you mean she doesn't know?"

"She's an orphan Vegeta, but here," he lifted the locket from Jamie's clutched hands. "These are her parents."

"Hmph." Vegeta snatched the open locket from Gohan's hands and studied it. As soon as his eyes saw the picture on the left his eyes narrowed as his face turned into a scowl. "You're telling me that this is her father!" he growled again.

"We think so Vegeta. Why do you know him?"

"That disgusting disgrace of a Saiyan is her father? Now wonder she's so weak." He kept his scowl on the picture.

"Vegeta, who is he?!"

"Rizuko. That despicable person insisted on marrying that human woman, kept saying she was special. Heh" he laughed, "He just wanted someone he could control."

Gohan held Jamie while she listened with frightened eyes as Vegeta continued.

"That bastard was sick, killing all his children because he couldn't produce a son meanwhile that woman stuck by him. I don't know how many daughters he killed. Even Frieza was disgusted by him and I was sent off to kill him. His pathetic human woman even begged for his life for some reason, but I had to put her out of her misery so she wouldn't have to suffer any more over that creature." He threw the locket down in disgust, not caring that it hit Jamie.

Gohan felt Jamie's body start to tremble as Vegeta spoke. Jamie couldn't take anymore and felt her eyes start to water. In an effort to not show them her tears she jumped out of Gohan's hold and bolted out the door and shot off into the air.

Gohan picked up the locket and stared at the pictures trying to figure out what he could say to make Jamie feel better. With the locket clutched in his hands he stood up and did his best to keep his composure in front of Vegeta.

"Hmph, she should be thanking me that I was able to get rid of that filth. She's lucky she's alive, she should be dead. If Rizuko was still alive he'd probably come back and kill her himself." Vegeta didn't bother to look at Gohan, but walked off with his arms crossed.

Gohan tried to suppress his anger as he watched Vegeta walk away with no feeling of remorse. His fingers curled around the golden heart tightly as he closed his eyes in frustration. Jamie, he suddenly realized and rushed out to find her.

While he flew after Jamie, frantically searching the skies for her, Vegeta's words ran through his head. "She's lucky she's alive; she should be dead." Jamie, where are you? Please be okay. He was becoming frantic and was having trouble sensing her. He had to stop in order to regain his control then he felt her and wasted no time to get to her.

There she was, sitting on the same ledge where he first saved her. Her arms were wrapped around her knees making her look like a small, frail ball. She didn't say anything when Gohan floated down and sat next to her. Gohan looked over at her to say something, but what he saw made a lump form in his throat. Her face was stained with tears and she was still sniffling. His arms instantly went around her and pulled her to his chest. His hands rubbed her back lightly trying to soothe her.

"Jamie, I-."

"Don't Gohan. Don't say anything," she choked out. "I'm okay, I mean, I'll be okay."

"I'm so sorry Jamie. If I would have never taken you to see Bulma this would have never happen-."

She put a finger to his lips and forced a smile, "Don't say that Gohan. Without you I would have never found out the truth, about my name or my mom or even my dad. I don't regret it Gohan."

Her sad face tore at his heart as he looked at her. He softly wiped the tears from her cheeks in hopes to reduce some of the sadness in her eyes as she looked at him.

"Do you think Goku will let us come back yet?" she asked with a curious smile.

Gohan couldn't help, but chuckle. "I'm the one who's supposed to be making you feel better."

"You do," she said in all seriousness.

God, what is this girl doing to me? He pulled her to him again and kissed her on the top of her not wanting to go home just yet.

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