The mood on the lookout was both solemn and joyous. Everyone present was both happy and relieved to have Vegeto back, both as a friend and family member as well as Earths best hope of surviving the coming threat. Further was the new addition to his family, Goten, Trunks and Gohans little sister Bra. Gohan in particular found the development interesting, as he had his own child at home now, Pan, though she was younger than Bra.

It was this girl that he had a great deal of interest in as well. Despite only being a three or four years old, she was incredibly strong, already a SSJ. He had made it a point to ask about this later, but didn't think it was fitting to do so just yet with more pressing issues on the table. In the meantime, the little golden haired girl had planted herself in Gotens hair and was currently chewing on one of his locks.

"I see." Vegeto said, breaking the silence that had settled over the lookout for the past few minutes following Gohan explaining what had transpired. "I can't say that I'm shocked. I knew that there was some greater force pulling the strings behind what happened to me, and out of everyone that we have faced Cell is defiantly the one I would most suspect of pulling a stunt like this."

He looked Gohan in the eyes. "How strong was he?"

Gohan thought back and did his best to compare the power now that he wasn't being overwhelmed by it. "Stronger than your first level of Super Saiya-jin at least, and theres no way for me to know if he had been holding back. If I had to guess, I'd say hes at least as strong as you in your SSJ2 form, and it seemed as though he had further plans. Either way, theres no one that can stand up to him but you."

A slight smirk tugged on the edge of Vegeto's mouth. "Maybe just yet..." It was an absent statement, but he knew what Vegeto was thinking. It came back to his daughter, Bra, whom it was clearly evident he was extremely proud of.

"But for now, we'll work under that assumption. Thats not letting any of you off the hook, I expect all of you to keep up with your training." He turned his attention towards Goten and Trunks. "Though I expect you to also keep up with managing Capsule Corp. Your mothers out of the loop and has decided to retire for the most part."

Trunks eyes widened a bit. "Theres no way I can run the company and find time to train."

Vegeto shook his head. "Your a sharp boy. Figure it out."

Goten chuckled at his friends misfortune until he felt Vegeto's eyes on him. "I'm sure Goten can give you a hand. It will do him some good, isn't that right?"

Goten's response was to gulp. "Ye..yeah. Sure." His mind wondering how many dates he was going to have to cancel.

Dende coughed slightly, indicating that he had retured from the recesses of the Lookout and had knews. Vegeto gave him a nod.

"Shin says that he has some things to manage, but that he will stop by shortly."

A frown came to Vegeto's face as the situation was rather urgent, and he had a number of questions to ask the God, mostly having to do with what Gohan had mentioned...as well as a few of his own realizations and something that Gotenks had mentioned experiancing.

Gohan decided that waiting on Shin provided him a chance to ask a few of the questions that had been churning around in his own mind.

"So...when did she gain the ability to turn into a Super Saiya-jin?" He asked, looking with slight wonder of the little golden haired girl who seemed to pick up on the fact that she was the center of attention, beaming slightly before burying herself in Goten's hair.

"I'm not really sure my self. Truth be told, I think she might have been born with the ability to do so." He looked slightly questioning himself but shrugged it off. It was part of the questions he wanted to ask.

"Its...kind of shocking, but I guess it makes sense. For the time, I was born incredibly strong, and then Goten and Trunks were born much stronger than I was, Trunks being born even stronger than his Future counterpart. If I had to take a guess, it almost seems as though the power of the parent directly influences how strong the child is."

Vegeto gave a slight shrug. "Maybe. Its a hybrid thing though. Saiya-jin families were typically born with around the same strength as their parents and ancestors. It was a steady trend, not a growing one. No, this is something else entirely." Obviously the Vegeta in him was speaking, as Kakarot wouldn't have the knowledge or the care to think too much into it.

"So how strong is she?" He asked finally.

Vegeto grinned. "Feeling a bit threatened?" He chuckled. "She was born about with about as much Ki as either of my parts were back during the whole Buu deal, and I've been training her as best as one can train someone that young...and as much as your mother would let me." He tossed a slightly annoyed look towards Bulma, but Gohan could tell it wasn't entirely serious.

His eyes glanced around as though he was picking up their powers. Though Gotenks wasn't present, he understood the fusion well enough to know his power by examining Goten and Trunks individually.

"And I'd say that at present she has about 60-75% of Gotenks current Ki." He shrugged. "She can't turn SSJ2 yet, and she certainly can't control her Ki for more than basic flight or Ki blasts, so her power is largely pointless. Its just the potential thats there that matters."

Gohan nodded. A toddler within batting range of Gotenks. Even without the higher level transformations, that was a scary thought. "Why is she staying a Super Saiya-jin?"

Another grin from Vegeto. "It seems almost as natural as breathing to her....plus I think she likes the gold more than she likes her normal hair color." Behind him, Bulma gave a slight smile and a shake of her head. The child was very clearly her daughter.

A sudden appearance of a familiar Ki caught their attention, and they all turned towards the edge of the lookout to see Shin standing their, looking towards them. Despite being a fusion of the Supreme Kaio and Kabito, he had preferred for them to continue to call him Shin.

"I'm afraid I have some bad news." His mood was dark, and everyone looked at him with interest except Vegeto, who's face showed understanding instead.

"The planet Namek has been wiped out by Cell. He went there to absorb their dragon as well. When they refused, he destroyed the planet." Sadness seemed to sweep through everyone but the fused warrior, and his daughter who didn't know any better, with it hitting Gohan especially hard.

"But. You mentioned you wanted to see me about something?"

Vegeto gave a slight nod. "I felt Namek." He said as he stepped forwards, placing a hand on Gohans shoulder before moving past. In a shocking move, his hand snatched around Shin's collar faster than anyone could follow, hoisting him into the air

There was a few collected gasps, and laughter from the young Bra, as Vegeto glared into Shin's eyes.

"When did you Gods decide to play around with the Saiya-jins genes?"

He felt Shin gulp, and watched his eyes dart to the side as he tried to avoid the question. With a grunt, he let the God fall to the floor and backed away as he attempted to catch his breath. "It was Western Kaioshin." Was his statement once he finally got his breath back. "But its not what you think."

"Dabura was one of the first Evil Kaioshin's to be born in thousands of years. His birth represented a grave threat to the universe, far more dangerous than any of the more petty villains that you have faced, more dangerous than even Cell back before this whole mess." He started to stand, dusting himself off.

"We did what we were supposed to and banished him to the demon realm, but he was far more powerful than any of us save Daikaioshin, and we feared that he would raise an army and attack the normal realm. We debated on what to do about it, but she had her own ideals, and once she made up her mind there was little you could do to change it."

He waved his hand and images formed, images of a pink clad, purple spiky haired female with red earings. West Kaioshin.

"Tsukuyomi." Vegeto said with some slight awe, for once in his life actually looking like he was in the presence of a God.

"Thats right. To your people, she was the Goddess. Naturally, as the only thing you worshiped was the moon, she came to be associated with it."

He paused for questions, but sensing none, continued on. "Out of all of the races, you had been her favorite people. So when we felt the universe was threatened, it was you that she turned to, to shape into its protectors. She wanted to gift you with the ability of incredible growth, growth that would further accelerate in the face of adversity and annihilation, so that you would have the ability to raise up and defend the universe from any threat."

He shook his head. "But the rest of us sensed danger there. Your race always had an innate taste for battle, and before this was already incredibly strong. To use your old system of messurment, even the weakest of you was born with Power Levels of 20-50 thousand. The Royal Cast could be born with upwards of 500,000...in some very rare cases a million."

The was clear shock around, but Vegeto merely nodded. "I see. So a compromise was made."

Shin nodded. "Yes. We agreed to allow her to grant your race the ability for incredible growth, and the transformations that you know as Super Saiya-jin, but at the cost of greatly reducing your initial Ki."

Gohan spoke up. "I had always felt that the Super Saiya-jin transformations felt out of place, considering the existence of the Oozaru ability. It makes sense that their artificial"

Another nod from Shin. "Yes. The Oozaru form was the Saiya-jins true transformation. The leader of the Saiya-jins race, before Tsukuyomi's interference, was in each generation about the strength of Frieza at full power while in Oozaru form."

Vegeto shook his head. "Thats fairly ironic."

"At any rate." Shin continued. "Thats why Dabura was so shocked at how strong you were. When he was cast down, no race had the potential for that level of strength. But more importantly, it was because of our manipulation that Buu was born."

He cast his eyes downward. "It was an accident. One that we didn't realize until much later. We had to alter the very fabric of the universe in order to make these changed. Doing so left something like a well, and cracks, and required the combined effort of all four Supreme Kai's, along with the Daikaio. Though it only lasted a few moments, our timing couldn't have been worse."

He shook his head. "It was a freak accident. Bibidi had been using his Majin spell on a Dijiin somewhere else in the universe while we were in the process of altering your race. It just happened to hit the cracks in the fabric of reality and mutated, becoming the Majin curse. This is the reason that the curse affecting Buu was so much different, and so much more powerful, than the ones that you saw affecting the human fighters, Vegeta and Dabura. And why its so powerful now."

Vegeto nodded, but wasn't completely satisfied just yet. "We used to be different, didn't we?"

Shin thought back. "Yes. More bestial. A cross between what you are now and a primate. Saiya-jins were much more bulky and well defined, with most of their bodies covered in fur and wild hair."

He looked thoughtful for a moment. "And you say that as we are sealed now, we're only at less than 1/10,000 the power that we would be?"

Shin looked hesitant. "Technically. But it doesn't work like that. Even in your natural form, you would never have come to even a noticeable fraction of your current power."

Vegeto went back to thinking, and Shin continued his history lessen. "We finished what we were doing, but before we could begin tasking your race with, and instructing them about their new roll in the universe, Buu attacked, and you know what happened from there. All but myself were wiped out, and the Saiya-jins were forgotten on their planet. Without any outside threat up until Frieza, your race was reduced to a fraction of its former power without any push of threat to activate your rapid growth."

"Whats stopping us from getting both, changing back to our original forms and using the Super Saiya-jin transformations?" Vegeto continued his line of questioning, seemingly ignoring the most recent statements.

"The universe." Shin said straightforwards. "Its hardwired, programed. When a Saiya-jin's born, the universe itself imposes the rules that we've put into place. Even the powers of the eternal dragon wouldn't be able to undo it. As I said, only a full set of Supreme Kai's can alter reality."

Vegeto looked away and said nothing, still seemingly in thought. Both personalities that had formed him, Vegeta and Kakarot, would have been highly interested in this prospect. Goku for the advancement, Vegeta for the pride of his people.

"And what about the rapid progression of Hybrids, especially with the growing power of their parent?" He asked finally.

Shin looked honestly confused, but Gohan stepped in. "After hearing all that, I think I understand that part, actually. They didn't plan on Saiya-jins mating with other races, so the limits falter based on the strength of the parent. A little bit of the old power passes on, if that makes sense. I don't think it was entirely unintended though. The odds of two races having the ability to mate is near impossible."

Shin smiled slightly, realization coming on. "Tsuku wanted her cake and eat it to. It was her that decided the new form that Saiya-jins would take. She knew the adverse reaction that Hybrids would have to our limitations and made sure that Saiya-jins were compatible to mate with one. She cheated."

Vegeto laughed. "Our Goddess was many things. Clever being chief amongst them."

"Perhaps." Shin said. "Its worked out though, so I suppose I can't complain." His attention seemed to be pulled away towards what they could only assume was Otherworld. "If theres nothing else, I'm afraid you'll have to excuse me."

Vegeto nodded, as he himself tucked Bulma under his right arm and plucked Bra off of Gotens head with his left before suddenly flying off, a lot apparently on his mind.

Shin looked slightly disgruntled but understanding, giving the rest of them a polite nod before vanishing.

"Well...thats quite a bit to think about." Gohan said, looking at the rest, who were all in a good deal of thought themselves.

Trunks looked most curious, looking around at everyone. "Did anyone else notice that Mom was younger?"

In traditional anime fashion, everyone present fell to the floor.