A.N.: Hello everyone to another addition of "Different Upbringing". I'm SOOO sorry for not updating in forever. School has been a pain and give me so much homework its hard to concentrate on so many things. I'm going to try to make sure that updating doesn't take so long.

Thank-you to asredwer for your deep review of my story and your oppions, I appreciate it very much.

For the AU of the story I'm planning, I know there are others out there that just add another charater to the series in Android/Cell Saga through Buu. Is there something that you'd want to see in the AU? If so, either put it in a review or if you want to discuss something PM me.

I'd like to give an update on the voting:

Yes – 17 [Gohan – 3, Vegeta – 5, Vegeta & Gohan – 1, Unknown – 8]

No – 2 [Doesn't Interest – 0, Isn't Necessary – 2]

Another thing: For this story, I have a basic plan of the rest of the chapters. I'm hoping to take this story all the way to 20 chapters, so if there is something that you want to see in this story, then tell me soon.

Last thing: Last chapter I hinted another character to this story (which if you read my profile, you'll know that there are at least 2 more characters that will be introduced and the young woman is one of them). One has already has a basic guess of who the young woman is. This chapter give more insight of who she is. I've probably given it away, but it's more of how she came into this story.

Anyway, enough of my rambling. Enjoy the story! I'll update again soon.

Summary - Son Arata is Goku's and ChiChi's daughter and Gohan's twin sister. When Arata is taken 2 years before the death of Raditz, she is kidnapped and brought to work for the Planet Trade Organization. This is the story of Arata's pain and torcher that she goes through over 16 years.

Different Upbringing

By: Givihe

Chapter 10

-Understanding-

-Earth-

Gohan looked at the ground while thoughts ran through his mind. He had been having these weird feelings lately. Thoughts and visions that he couldn't quite understand. Vegeta didn't bother helping when he asked. All he did bother to say was that he had to figure it out on his own. So, Gohan knew Vegeta was out of the question. The only person that could help him wasn't even in this time anymore. She hadn't been in this time for 4 years. She, along with Trunks, left after the Cell Games had been dealt with.

"Are you sure we can go rescue Arata now?" Gohan asked.

A young woman with long black hair looked at him with a sad smile on her face. "I'm sorry." She said. "This is the way things have to be. Arata staying on that ship will give her strength. Besides, there are things that have to happen on that ship before she can leave. There is a lesson that she had to learn."

"What has to happen? What lesson?" Gohan asked frantically. "Can't she learn them here?"

The young woman shook her head. "Gohan." She said sternly. "What has to happen is something important and something that I can't tell you." She knelt down to Gohan's leave and let her hands rest on his shoulders. "Listen, I know it's hard losing someone you love. I know that pain from experience. What Goku did may not have been for the best, but he did it in order to keep the ones he loves safe."

"Arata isn't safe." Gohan said. "She's in danger."

"Actually, she's in pretty good hands." She said. Gohan looked at her with furrowed eyebrows. "My m-I mean-Arata is in safe hands. The person watching over her is very much like Vegeta; he has a soft spot for her and won't let anything happen to her."

Gohan looked at the young woman with raised eyebrows. "Are you related to my sister?" he asked.

Her eyes shot wide open. "Me?" she asked while trying to hide her shock through a look of naivety. "I don't know how you came to that conclusion."

"You started saying "My mother" or "My mom"." Gohan accused. "So, either you are related to my sister, or there is something about your past that you're not telling us."

The young woman sighed. "Listen, Gohan, my past isn't something that should come out from me." She said. "It isn't something that you'd understand in my words. Remember the letter I gave you?"

"I remember." Gohan said.

"Once you read it before the games start you'll understand what Arata has been though, who I am, what my past is, and how it connects to Arata." She said. "Just promise me something."

"What?" Gohan asked.

"Don't think badly of Arata after you read it." She said with a saddened look on her face. "The things she's been though and what she's been forced to do nearly tore her apart. The last thing she needs is to be criticized for something she couldn't control."

"You know what she's been though?" Gohan asked.

She nodded solemnly. "Everything and more." She said.

Gohan sighed. He had read that letter. Both he and his father had been quite shocked at what had been written on it, as well as the fact that the letter had been written by Arata herself. Of course, since the deliverer of the letter was from the future, so was the letter and the words that Arata had left. What had surprised Gohan even further was who the letter had been addressed to: him. The letter had definitely answered all of Gohan's questions, but it also just made him feel guiltier even though he was instructed not to.

"Gohan!" a voice yelled happily.

Gohan turned around to see his little brother, Goten, coming towards him. He smiled gently. "Hey Goten. What are you doing over here? I thought Mom wouldn't let you." He asked.

"Mommy wanted me to tell you that dinner is almost ready." Goten answered part of the question.

Gohan nodded. "Alright." He said as he started to get up. He stood by Goten. "Want me to fly us back?"

Goten smiled and started jumping in place. "Yes, yes, yes." He said excitedly.

"Hop onto my back then." Gohan chuckled.

Goten kept the smile on his face. He climbed onto Gohan's back before Gohan took off slowly into the air. Goten enjoyed the feeling of the air hitting his face. Gohan used the wind to try and help calm himself from his growing anxiety from the situation his sister was actually in. It was much more difficult to deal with since his father had decided not to come back to life. When he had been told that, Gohan had gotten angry that he wouldn't help rescue Arata.

"What's going to happen now?" Gohan asked himself. "How will Arata be rescued without Dad's help?"

A light chuckle altered Gohan that he wasn't alone. He turned around to see the young woman there. She walked over to Gohan's side and sat beside him. "Don't worry about that. I've taken care of that factor. Arata will still be rescued." She explained while looking forward into the landscape.

"What do you mean exactly?" Gohan asked. Interest entered his gaze towards the young woman. His eye practically begged her to tell him, causing the young woman to chuckle at Gohan again.

She sighed while stretching her limbs. The young woman gently fell onto the grass with her arms behind her head and gazed towards the sky. "Goku may not be here, but someone more capable is." She hinted.

"Huh?" Gohan questioned. "Who?"

The young woman shook her head. "I swear, you're more clueless than I remember." She said under her breath.

"What?" Gohan asked, catching what she said.

She sent a reassuring smile towards Gohan. "Oh, nothing." She said. "What I meant is that, someone more capable of getting Arata rescued is here. No offense, but Goku wouldn't have the first clue at where Arata would be kept. The only reason I know is because-"

"Because why?" Gohan asked. "And who would be better at rescuing my sister than my Dad?"

"Never mind what I was saying." She said with a distracted look on her face. "As for your second question, I believe Vegeta would be at a better advantage. Arata will still be in the Planet Trade Organization and even though Vegeta isn't familiar with Frig, he is familiar with the patterns that go on with it. He will, with the instructions I gave him, will be able to get Arata rescued faster in the time constraint I gave him."

"So Vegeta knows where Arata is." Gohan said quickly. He sat upright while looking at the young woman, who still had the distracted look on her face.

She shook her head. "Not at this very moment." She said. "He knows where Arata is at a specific time that I gave him." The young woman sighed and sat up and looked at Gohan's disappointed face. "Gohan, I have specific instructions, I can't just have you rescue her right this second."

"Why not?" Gohan asked angrily.

The young woman growled. "Listen, I don't like it any more than you do. Arata changes a lot where she is. Some is for the better and some isn't so good, but she has to go through these experiences for a reason." She said while trying not to raise her voice.

"And what reason is that?" Gohan demanded.

"Gohan, it's like a lesson that you do from the work that ChiChi gives you." The young woman said, trying to relate it to him. "You have to learn it before actually applying it."

"So she has to learn something?" Gohan asked, calming down.

The young woman nodded. "Basically." She said. "It will help her in the future." She looked over to see Gohan looking depressed at the ground. She sighed and placed a hand on his shoulder. He looked up and straight into the young woman's eyes. "Trust me when I say that she'll be fine. Arata won't be killed unless you miss the time constraint that I gave Vegeta."

"Are you sure?" Gohan asked.

"I'm Positive." She said. "Knowing Vegeta, he'll leave earlier than I said just so he can see if all his training up until then paid off. Which it probably will."

Gohan nodded. "Alright." He said. "Are you going to come back to see if we did save her?"

The young woman looked back up to the sky while having her hand on the ground so she could lean back. "No." she said before sending a smile towards Gohan. "I have total faith in you and Vegeta."

"Me?" he asked.

She nodded. "I've told Vegeta this. Even though he probably could take care of the task just fine on his own, I believe that you should go." She said.

"Why?" Gohan asked.

"Because it will help your frame of mind. If you help save her, then it'll get rid of the guilt you currently have in your heart." She said.

"Thanks." Gohan said. It was silent before another question popped into his mind. "Did the me that you know have guilt."

The young woman gave a sad smile. "More than you currently have, Gohan." She said while sighing. "You have no idea how much the Gohan I knew blamed himself for Arata's kidnapping almost every day."

"Did he ever get over it?" he asked curiously.

She sighed. "Honestly?" she asked while keeping her eyes on the sky. "I have no idea."

Gohan looked at her with silence while she ignored his presences as her mind drifted. His eye brows furrowed. Something was telling him that she wasn't saying the complete truth, or just not telling him something. He sighed. "We should probably get back before Mom threatened the frying pan." He said.

The young woman chuckled. "Probably." She said before getting up on her feet. "Come on."

A.N.(PLEASE READ): As said last time (and will be said many times from now), I have a poll up on whether or not I should have an AU where Arata is saved. I've already had two votes saying "Yes". For those who can't (or just don't want to) vote on the poll, just pick one of the four below and tell me in a review (those who have not voted):

Yes - should escape when Gohan jumps in to save Dende

Yes - should not be sent away from Namek and be rescued by Vegeta

No - This story doesn't interest me

No - This story isn't necessary

Again, I'll try to update again soon. Winter Break is coming up in a week and a half, THANK GOD (lol), so my updates will hopefully get more frequent.

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Hope you enjoyed the chapter!