The Sons were rather surprisingly okay with them staying the night. Mirai and Trunks could have very well gone home but they were invited to stay as well seeing as how it was getting late. Despite them being elite martial artists it seemed they were still weak to the Chichi stare of doom as Maeve would learn from Goku. The Son Matriarch she learned was not a woman you wanted to get on the bad side of. Chichi could go from sweet and demure to a raging bitch harpy in zero point two seconds. Maeve wasn't necessarily scared of her but she didn't exactly want to get on her bad side either. Maeve called her mother and didn't explain in great detail, at least not yet, what happened. She just told Maria that Chica was exhausted from training and wanted to spend the night with Goten. Maria agreed as long as Maeve promised to have her back by mid morning. Maeve was not looking forwards to that conversation.

Trunks remained quiet throughout the evening but happened to sneak away for a little bit. Chica had eaten dinner in her room and gone straight back to bed. She was sleeping at the moment and alone so this was his chance to see her and tell her he was sorry. She might still be mad at him but at least he could apologize. Quietly he entered the room and to his surprise she was awake and looking out the window at the mountainscape. Her long hair, past her mid back, was down and she was wearing one of Goku's old shirts.

"Psst...Chica." he called

Chica jumped turning and looking at Trunks he stood awkwardly in the door way and before she could say anything Trunks took a deep breath and proceeded to blurt out,

"LookI'msorryIwasmeantoyouitsjustIwaskindamadaboutthewholeGotenthingandIdidn'tmeantoupsetyouandIknowyou'reprobablystillmadIjustwantedtosaysorrybye!" He said in all in such a rush and quickly went to leave

"Trunks wait..." Chica said

Trunks froze in the doorway looking at her. Chica looked at him with tears in her eyes. "You're my friend and I care about you. I'm sorry I tried to hurt you."

Trunks stepped through the doorway and closed the door coming over to Chica. Tears were running down her face and without a second though Trunks put a hand on her head. Chica froze a moment before he pulled back awkwardly flushing and rubbing his neck.

"Chica you'll always be my friend." he said embarassed

Chica smiled "Thank you."

"I better go before they sense where I'm at. They're still mad at me." he sighed. Chica nodded hugging him tight Trunks tensed a moment in surprise but smiled relaxing. Chica waved goodbye to him climbing back into bed a bit more relaxed than before.

Maeve didn't have her sleeping pills and she was in a strange place. Not too mention she was also feeling the anxiety of what her sister was capable of. She should be sleeping but right now she was terrified and anytime she laid down next to Chica her heart would just pound. It was the middle of the night and she didn't think it was polite to wander around the house she was a guest in but she couldn't sleep. The walls felt like they were closing in on her she had to get some air. Walking outside she took big deep breaths trying to calm her racing heart. When a hand touched her shoulder she yelped in surprise yanking away. She stumbled forwards and fell on her knees.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you." Chest heaving she turned looking at Goku who was staring down at her with concern.

Maeve couldn't stop it she burst into tears. Goku immediately knelt down sensing something was wrong he couldn't help it for some reason with these two girls they seemed so run down and lost especially this one. He touched her shoulders gently.

"Hey, its okay is it because I scared you or are you just having a rough night?" He asked gently

Maeve wiped her tears away and looked at him. Goku was a large man not only in musculature but also in height he was easily 6'3. Despite this though he just had an aura that made you feel calm and protected somewhat like Mirai made her feel but this was more like a fatherly aura. That and that ridiculous smile that looked like his face would crack that actually made you want to smile back. She had never met anyone quite like Goku.

"Rough night." she replied to which he smiled at her

"Do you like the stars?" he asked suddenly

"The stars?" she asked and he nodded and they both looked up. Maeve's eyes widened at the sheer vast midnight sky that was laid out like an indigo blanket. Upon that blanket was a million or so tiny twinkling jewels and what could only be the Milky Way. She had of course seen stars before in her home town but there had still been too much light pollution to see them like this. "Wow." she breathed in amazement

"I know! I never get tired of looking at them." Goku said and stod putting his hands on his hips and grinning looking at the stars. Maeve followed standing up and still staring in awe.

"They're beautiful."

"Yeah they're much prettier here on earth than they are in space trust me." Goku said

Maeve's gaze snapped to his "Y-you've been to outerspace?"

"Yeah. It wasn't all its cracked up to be. Its so dark, cold, and it takes forever to get anywhere I like it just fine here on earth." he said not batting and eyelash

Maeve couldn't help herself her emotions were so out of wack she started giggling. Goku looked at her strangley curious to why she was crying one minute and now laughing. He knew women were always kind of strange, like he was trying to explain to Trunks earlier, but he never would quite get used to the sudden change of emotions they could do. Maeve wiped her eyes seeing his confused expression knowing he probably thought she was crazy.

"Sorry. I laughed because its just everytime I think I know everything about you guys you surprise me with something new." She said with a small smile

Goku chuckled rubbing the back of his head. "Yeah we not exactly normal round these parts. Are you feeling better now?"

"A little bit." Maeve said sighing and her smile fading

"What's wrong?" Goku asked

"Everything! Me, Chica and her weird powers, Mirai, my mother." She said exasperated

"Oookkkaayyy...care to explain?" he asked lost

"Sorry I don't need to bother you with my problems." Maeve said wrapping her arms around herself

"Hey. You can talk to me, if you want. I'm not the smartest guy around but I'm a good listener." he said laying a hand on her shoulder. Maeve looked at him and despite the fact she was a grown woman looking into those sad hazel eyes she looked like a lost little girl.

"I-If I do please don't say anything." she whispered pleadingly

"I promise." Goku said softly

So Maeve soon found herself sitting next to Goku knees drawn to her chest in the grass as he sat crosslegged. She barely knew the man but soon she was practically telling him her life story. He didn't say a word just rested his chin in his large palm and listened a contemplating look on his face. By the time she was done she was crying again but this time she felt like a huge weight had been lifted from her shoulders. She never talked about her past, not even with her own mother, it felt good to talk about it with someone that wouldn't judge her. At least she hoped he wouldn't judge her.

"Wow kiddo you've been through a lot." Goku said with a sigh crossing his arms

"Tell me about it. Most of its my fault though." Maeve sniffled wiping her eyes once more

"You know we all make mistakes. Sometimes our mistakes are bigger than others. Chichi always says you need to learn from them. Did you?" Goku asked curious

"Yes. I almost lost everything. I didn't care if I lived or died at one point but that doesn't matter anymore. My mother and Chica need me." Maeve said

"That little girl loves you a lot for sure. I never had an older sibling, well, nevermind I never did the closest to it was Bulma. I met her when I was ten." Goku said

"I'm just so scared about Chica's power. I mean if she ends up hurting someone she'll never forgive herself and how do I tell my mother about today? I promised her everything was going to be okay and than this disaster happened." Maeve told him

"You can't control everything. Things happen. Don't worry about Chica I know someone who can help her and train her properly. Trunks is a good start but for her type of power she needs a different teacher." Goku said

"Who?" Maeve asked curious

"His name is Piccolo. He's my old enemy but we're friends now and he taught my older son a long time ago. He also has powers like Chica and he's been alive a long time. I'm pretty sure he can help her. The only thing is she would have to leave here for awhile." Goku said

"Leave here? For how long?" Maeve asked worriedly

"Dunno that's up to Piccolo. I'll talk to him first than once we talk to your mom we'll take Chica to meet him. Its the only chance she's got though Maeve." Goku admitted and his carefree expression turned stern.

Maeve bit her lip but nodded "I understand I'll try to talk to my mom. I would help if you could too."

"Oh yeah I'll try. I was planning on it." Goku said feeling awkward about talking to a possibly overprotective mother. His wife was one of those and he wasn't exactly looking forwards to this future conversation. "But now that that is settled what about Mirai."

Maeve looked at Goku who was grinning at her head tilted to the side. She blushed slightly looking back at the stars hoping he wouldn't notice but he did. "What about Mirai?"

"Do you like him?" Goku asked gently nudging the girl with his elbow

"Goku what are you a thirteen year old school girl!" Maeve snapped at him flustered

Goku laughed "Come on I know you do."

"I barely know him! I mean sure he's a good looking guy, and maybe you know if things were different you'd have to be an idiot to not think he was attractive. But we're just friends." She snapped at him with a note of finality but some annoying little voice in her mind was trying to tell her differently.

"Sure, sure." He chuckled seeing the embarassed girl. He wondered if he had had a daughter if they would have had a relationship similar to how he was talking with Maeve now.

"Ahem." Maeve jumped turning around and seeing Mirai standing there. He looked uncomfortable and his cheeks were flushed. That was the moment Maeve realized looking back at Goku who was giving her a knowing grin realized he had known Mirai had been standing there the whole time. He had heard everything possibly she had just said.

"H-how long have you been standing there?" Maeve asked

"Somewhere at 'What about Mirai' and right up to when you said 'We're just friends'." he said crossing his arms and glaring at Goku who only continued to grin like an idiot.

Mirai had awoken startled from a dream like he often did in the middle of the night. He would dream of his apocalyptic world and the death of his mother. He would also flashback to Gohan's death at the hands of the androids from time to time. He was never one to get much sleep to begin with seeing as how he had grown up constantly in a state of terror. He was lucky if he got anywhere from 4-5 hours of sleep a night. He had been sleeping on a spare futon in Goten's room when he woke up. As a habit he scanned the ki's of everyone in the house and was surprise to find Maeve outside with Goku. Worried about the young woman he just went to check on her and low and behold she was talking about him. What she said about him stunned him, excited him, and angered him all at the same time. Stunned because he didn't think Maeve thought of him like that, excited because honestly he did thinks he was attractive and he was a man, and anger because of Goku and his meddling ways and the fact that he wasn't looking for a relationship at all.

"I'm going to go to bed. I will, uh, see you in the morning." Maeve said with hesitation quickly standing not sparing him a glance as she practically ran back inside. He could practically feel the heat radiating off the woman's cheeks and her scent did little to hide her obvious arousal. His blue eyed gaze followed her retreating form back to the house.

"Oh come on. Its just a little teasing." Goku said slapping his shoulder good naturedly.

Mirai offered him another glare very much proving he was Vegeta's son while Goku only continued to grin stupidly at him. "Goku, don't."

"All right I'll stop but like I said she's a cute girl and Goten..."

"Goku!" Mirai snapped with growl at the older man laughed outright again