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Dragon Ball Reborn
Background: After deciding to stay in the past with Bardock, he and Ryanna start a new life on Earth. With knowledge of the past, and friends in the future, Ryanna makes careful steps on making sure everything goes right for Goku and the rest of the Saiyan children. Unfortunately, the change in the time caused a much bigger and more concerning problem than anyone could have ever anticipated.
AGE CHANGE!
Radditz/Bulma/Yamcha-17 years old
Goku- 11 years old
Krillen- 12 years old
Mirai- 1 year old
As the story progresses I will state the age change so things don't get confusing.
A/N: Sorry I've been taking so long with the updates… it's that time of year -_- Merry Christmas!
Chapter 12:Raising Mirai
He wished there was some way to talk her out of it, but Radditz knew when Ryanna made up her mind to do something she just went ahead and did it. "How do you know the vision is real? It could be your imagination and worries making you think all that." He tried to persuade with reason, but found it like trying to talk to a brick wall.
"It could be, and who knows it just might be, but I'm not taking that chance Radditz. I made a vow to your father. A vow I promised to be with him until death do us part and as silly as it may be to you Saiyans I and my human mind and heart won't back out."
"Far be it for me to put a stick in your pot, but honestly you're just going to put yourself in danger, leaving Kakarott and I to take care of our baby sister, and left worrying about you and dad." Radditz threw back at her running his hands through his hair. Much to Ryanna's dismay Bulma had convinced Radditz to cut his hair to a manageable length with barely breached his shoulders. He didn't look like a Saiyan anymore, and for some reason it just pissed her off.
"You can't deny it Radditz, you know something's wrong. Your father would never take this long without contacting me."
"Communications may be down. I tried using the scouter the adapted professor gave me and I couldn't get a picture of his location."
"That just makes me worry more. I'm sorry I just can't stay here. I should have gone with him in the first place."
Radditz sighed and plopped down into a seat at the table. "Fine, I can't stop you. I wish I could go with, but someone has to stay here and make sure this family stays safe."
Ryanna winced at the layered guilt Radditz was piling on her. "Look let's say if you don't hear from me in oh, a month, then you know something's wrong okay?"
"Not helping, mom." Radditz grumbled shifting his weight so his head leaned on his fist.
Ryanna sighed and took Radditz tight in her arms. "God I remember when you were such a little thing." She stroked his short hair pouting. "Spunky, hot headed… not to mention a full head of hair."
"Ryanna… Mom… stop, look I won't stop you." He pulls back and holds her shoulders. "I'm a Saiyan too, so I know you're suffering without dad around. It's a mating thing, I get it."
"You'll take care of your brother and sister for me then? Keep an eye on them,"
"I'll keep both eyes on them, and my senses will always be searching for yours and dad's return." He kisses her forehead and pulls away completely holding a thumbs up. "Now go kick some Ice-jin butt!"
Ryanna's face spread with a grin and she held out a thumbs up to match his. "I'll be back before you know it."
~FF~
God she was insane! She hated traveling through space. The queasiness in her belly just made her anxiety worse. She could feel the strong pull of the Saiyan blood in her and its willingness to fight out whatever was lurking behind the cloudy atmosphere of Planet Mete.
As she got closer a signal was transmitted to her and she furrowed her eyebrows trying to configure it. Her landing lights blinked. "I need to make my descent… better just go to the coodinates." She inserted the coordinates and lounged back as the pod shot down with vibrating speed. She could barely make out the battlefield area, large pockets of charred explosions. Her eyes scan the surrounding area and her breath catches when the engines on her space pod suddenly fail and she starts to crash land.
"Whoa! Whoa! Too fast!" She tried to touch the controls but they burned from the fast entrance. "Not even my cooling panels are working." Thinking fast she thrust her body forward into the burning plate but she releases herself from the burning pod. She lets the burning metal seer down to the Planet as she babied her burns by blowing on the red skin. "That was close. What could have done that?"
A flare of energy brought her downward and Ryanna lowered herself down the to planet's surface. She looked around ad was surprised to find a small alcove of makeshift homes. Was it a settlement? Ryanna could vaguely remember that the planet had been wiped of any civilization. However fires were burning, and she could smell assembly slight whiff of food in the air.
"Angel!" The familiar voice rnag in her ears making her feel out for the owner's energy. When she latched onto the signal she darted for it wrapping her arms around her mate. He smelled of sweat and blood but she didn't care.
"Bardock!"
"You shouldn't have come." Even as he said it he gripped her tight to him. "Now you're trapped here as well."
"Trapped?
~Meanwhile on Earth~
"Mama." Little Mira spoke in a soft voice her covers tucked to her chin as her brothers surrounded her by the crib. She welcomed the comfort, but longed for the soft soothing voice of her mother who would sing and rock her to sleep. Goku too felt the missing links in their family and he tried his best to keep his sister happy and comfortable.
"She's with father defeating the enemy. Remember the stories she told you, about Frieza and her becoming a super Saiyan. Well She went off to fight, and defeat the bad guys."
Goku would get no response, but merel a wide sad look from his baby sister's large brown eyes.
"Of course she'll come back." Goku assured her sitting upright his face bright and happy. "When she does she'll tell us lots of stories and show us the big moves she used to take out those ice-jins. Same with father, he'll be back with her… and Vegeta too."
"Veggie," her eyes go soft and dreamy. "Veggie." Her voice soft and cute as it drifted off to dream land. Radditz tucked her in tighter before plucking up his little brother and scooting him out the room.
"It's your bed time too, Kakarott."
"Okay, are you going to train with me and Krillen tomorrow?"
"No, I'll be watching over Mirai for the time being. With mom and dad gone, I'm responsible for her well-being."
"Grandpa Gohan and Launch are here for that. They're good people, Radditz, we can trust them with her."
"That's not the issue here Kakarott, someone's going to have to train her. She's already shown some pre-mental progress in her Saiyan power. I need to do some readings and see where her power level is at so I can decide a good plan for her."
Goku sighed, the lot of what his brother was speaking about sounding like gibberish to him. He knew how to fight, he knew the basics, and he had strength, and in his mind you didn't need all those numbers and figures to be a good fighter. "Whatever you say."
Unknown to her brothers, Mirai listened in from her small bed. She wasn't dumb, she may be young but she knew when she was being lied to. Her brothers worried for her mother and father… they worried about raising her, about training her, and everything that normally mommies and daddies would worry about. She looked out the window gazing at the moon and the space that surrounded it.
"Mama, Papa, Veggie." Come home soon, she added in her mind. Come home soon.
~On Planet Mete~
"What do you mean I'm stuck here? What happened to the battle?"
"It's been over for years now, Angel. The Ice-jins have lost, but there's no way for us to return home."
"How, why, I don't understand?" Ryanna was on the verge of pulling her own hair out. "What's causing this?"
"We don't know," Bardock admitted. There's something interfering with all electronic usage. No spaceship, transmitter, nor even a scouter works here anymore. It's an unexplained phenomenon. As the scientific genius I would hope you have some theory at least."
"Electrical cut off… signal interference… have you checked the atmosphere in every part of the planet? Maybe there's an electrical field in the atmosphere."
"An electrical field, what do you mean?" It was Vegeta who asked. Three years older, and all the more handsome, the Saiyan prince stood tall and proud and the leader of his tribe of Saiyan warriors.
"It's like a giant electrical storm." Picking up a stick she draws lines in the dirt signifying the planet and then the atmosphere surrounding it. She knew how the system worked in her head, but explaining it to a bunch of fist pumping Saiyans was like trying to teach kindergartens the scientific method. "You see every living thing contains atoms, neutrons and electrons. An electrical current occurs when the electrons in the atmosphere go at speed so fast that they circle the entire planet like a barrier." It wasn't exactly the truth but was better than going into detail about a charge separation in a cloud, and about negative and positive regions. "The strength or intensity of the electric field is directly related to the amount of charge buildup in the clouds."
"I see, do you know how we can break this barrier?" A group of the Saiyans gathered to listen in.
"It's a long shot… but we would need a ship to carry all of us at once."
"We don't have one… most of the ships were damaged on the attempted flights home."
"Then we have no choice. We need to collect all the materials we can and put together a new ship. It may take a while, but I'm confident we can get it done."
She didn't waste any time, Bardock smiled as he watched his wife take charge immediately. He found it strange, and yet comforting to see that the Saiyans willingly followed her orders. She spoke with an affirmative tone, and yet he knew her to be gentle and kind, and so un-Saiyan-like.
He followed orders along with her, gathering equipment and pieces of wreckage and gathered them up into a pile. It took most of the day, but with luck she'd have something running within a week, and then they could get home to their families. He thought of little Mirai, tucked into bed. The last time he saw his baby girl she was barely a newborn… and now she'd be walking and talking, and beginning to get a feel for constant movement for battle. Her temper would awaken, and soon she would unleash hell upon any who trespassed upon her path. He wished he'd be thee in time to see her bothers get a load of the hell a true female Saiyan can unleash.
~ On Earth~
The morning fast approached and Gohan slipped on the scouter and set his baby sister up on her feet. "There we go Mirai. Easy does it now." He backed away letting her stand on her own two feet. She wobbled a little but the show of pure determination on her face let him know she wouldn't fall. "Good girl."
He pressed the scouter button. Numbers flashed up at an alarming rate making his eyes widen. She was already passed a normal power level… and for a moment he though the power would breach 1000 but it stopped, resting at 970. "Wow, your power is even higher than mine as a kid. This could be interesting."
"Radditz!" Goku rushed over carrying the empty tray from his daily training. Master Roshi had some of the weirdest techniques, but he could already tell they were receiving strong results. He was already learning how to control his energy when handling day to day activities, and Krillen, his best friend, was growing stronger and stronger everyday.
"What's the matter, Kakarott?"
"Nothing, I just want to see Mirai do the Kamehameha."
"What are you talking about?"
"When I was taught by Master Roshi Mirai also learned how! Mom even witnessed it!"
"She's still too young for thatdon't you thi-"he paused as the numbers on his socuter shot up. He slowly turned his head and his eyes widened as his baby sister was casted in a white aura her hands bundled together. "Mirai…"
"HA!" her squeak of a voice shouted and from her hands a burst of bright blue energy shot between the two boys and released in the sky. Radditz felt the hairs on his arms singeing and he quickly jumped away from the light source.
"Su-Sugoi," he had no other way to express his shock. He slowly turned his head from the bright light to his sister who now plopped herself back on the ground and clapped her hands thoroughly happy with herself.
"Where's a video camera when you need one?" Goku laughed.
Wah-oh seems lke Mirai is gonna be a handful. Will Ryanna really be able to get the Saiyans off Planet Mete? Or will the boys have the trouble of raising little Mirai by themselves? Only one way to find out.. keep on reading!
Next Chapter: 3 years?
