With a flick of her wrist as she closes the front door of the hut for the first time in a long time a bright smile could be seen across the face of 18. A smile from knowing that her plan had gone smoothly. A plan that would ensure her that in no time Gohan's injuries would be healed. Well partially healed anyways.

Not good enough for her. But she knew that it would have to do. Especially if what she was told to be true. That the senzui beans had indeed lost some of it's power. Lost some of it's power thanks to her. Thanks to her killing some of the population. A population that was needed for the bean's power.

A mistake she would never make again. Especially if it meant helping him. If it meant helping Gohan. Whether it was accepting her even more or just for the way the world would see her. An image she had often thought about with disgust. Disgust that the population would always look up towards her with absolute fear.

Even if she didn't want them to. Didn't want to be feared by everyone that would spot her. From just a passing citizen to the countless store managers that would just give her whatever she had wanted in exchange for their lives. A situation she always hated to see but went along every time it was presented to her.

With every footstep she takes as she looks down towards her hands to see traces of dirt along with Trunks's blood over her knuckles from their latest exchange 18 can't help but look down towards her hands with a grin across her face before moments later she slowly enters into the bathroom.

A grin that displayed so much. So much satisfaction. Not because she had caused havoc inside of Polisas City once she had brought 17 to it's location. Not because of the innocent lives that had been taken at the hands of 17.

No it was because of what she had done to him. From the pain she had inflicted upon Trunks. A young boy that she had many encounters with in the past. Especially after he had followed Gohan one day onto the battlefield. A moment she would never forget.

A moment she had instantly seen so many resemblances between him and his father. The same cocky persona. The same arrogant attitude. And most important of all the same mouth.

The same trash talker that his father was. The very same that had instantly made her despise him for. Despise him for the insults he had instantly thrown her way. Insults that had nearly cost the young saiyan warrior his life if it was not for Gohan and a drastic move on his part. A move that she would later enter into her database as the solar flare. A blinding move using the sun's rays to send out a flare that had blinded her and 17 for a few moments to only have their vision return to see them gone.

As she feels the cool water from the sink slowly washing away the blood from her hands slowly with a smile coming to her face 18 closes her eyes from the feeling before mere seconds later as she opens up her hands under the sink slowly 18 brings her hands up to splash water across her face.

Reaching out as she grabs a hold of a nearby towel and washes off her face slowly 18 opens her eyes to stare at her reflection before after a few seconds letting out a sigh 18 throws the towel off to the side to only slowly exit out of the bathroom heading in the direction of the bedroom.

Within moments as she stops at the open doorway of the room to see Gohan's head turned in her direction with a smile across his face 18 can't help but smile back as she leans her shoulder against the doorway with crossed arms.

" How did it go?"

" How did you know it was me and not 17?"

As she sees Gohan shrugging his shoulders slowly 18 rolls her eyes as her smile widens from his reaction.

" Honestly i don't know. I just did."

Leaning off the open doorway slowly 18 shakes her head as she makes her way over towards the bedroom bed before within moments slowly 18 lays down next to Gohan on the bed as she sees his head turning to look in her direction.

" You didn't hurt Trunks too bad did you?"

" Only what he deserved."

" 18?"

" I didn't hurt him to bad. He still had enough energy to fly away from the scene afterwards. However he does need to learn some manners."

" I know."

" You do?"

" Yeah. He got that from Vegeta's side more than Bulma's side like many things. He fights with passion but also with…."

" Recklessness? I've seen it. When you would bring him along to fight against my brother and I every time it was Trunks that would always charge forward first. It's going to end up getting him killed one day."

As she sees Gohan nodding his head slowly leaning up without breaking off eye contact 18 gently rests her head down on his shoulder.

" Why did you do it? Why did you take Trunks under your wing? I thought you hated Vegeta?"

" Hate would be an understatement. I've always despised Vegeta. But i didn't do it for him. I did it for Bulma."

" Bulma Brief? Dr Brief's youngest daughter. What makes her so special enough for you to train Trunks?"

" Bulma is like the mother that i never had. What i mean by that is even though she meant well my mother always wanted me to study all the time. She had this dream that i would make something of myself one day. Like become a doctor or something.

But Bulma on the other hand she was like the fun mom. Always taking me out on adventures with everyone else. She's always looking out for me. She even offered me a place to stay after you know."

" Adventures just like on your trip to Namak?"

" Yeah. Just like then. What do you know about my trip to Namak?"

" Not much. All i know for sure is you along with former Earth special forces member Krillin accompanied Bulma Brief to Namak before days later Goku left Earth on another space craft heading for Namak as well. When you arrived at some point you encountered a being known as Freeza before a year later the tyrant had found his way to Earth with your father not too far behind his trail. What happened out there? Furthermore why did you even go?"

" Have you ever heard of the Dragon Balls?"

As he feels 18 nodding her head into his shoulder slowly Gohan returns the motion before he takes a deep breathe.

" When Vegeta and a fellow saiyan known as Nappa ended up visiting Earth in an attempt to use the Dragon Balls for themselves neither were aware that they actually destroyed any chance of them being able to use the Dragon Balls's power when they killed Piccolo.

My father told me that before Piccolo joined the Earth's special forces that he was once part of a man named Kami. The guardian of the Earth. But before he was granted to become the guardian of the Earth the former guardian denied him at first because of his selfish desire of reaping the benefits of the power the position would bring to him.

Due to this Kami separated himself into two beings. That was when Piccolo was created. And since that day the two have always shared a bond."

" So in a sense whenever one of them was to die the other would die as well?"

" That's right. From what i was told Kami was the one that created the Dragon Balls and when Piccolo died the Dragon Balls lost their power turning them into nothing more than stone."

" So long story short you traveled to Namak because they had another set of Dragon Balls?"

" I did. During the fight with Vegeta, I overheard them talking about a planet that was populated by a race known as namekians. The same race Piccolo was. After the fight was over Bulma ended up flying Krillin and I up to the planet to use Namek's Dragon Balls to revive Piccolo and the Earth's Dragon Balls.

But when we arrived we found out that we weren't the only ones looking to use the Dragon Balls. There was another on the planet already that was retrieving the Dragon Balls."

" Freeza."

As she watches Gohan nod his head 18 does the same before gently she rests her hand down on his chest.

" Then how did you retrieve the Dragon Balls? From what my database says you wouldn't stand a chance against Freeza. Well not during that time."

" You're right. I didn't stand a chance. Back then i still didn't know how to turn into a super saiyan. Nobody did. So what we did was retrieve one of the Dragon Balls making it so that Freeza wouldn't be able to use the Dragon Balls's power. After a little while Vegeta ended up showing up on the planet and he too was after the Dragon Balls.

We ended up deciding to avoid Vegeta and Freeza for the time being while continuing our search for the Dragon Balls. But it didn't last long. Eventually Vegeta found us and it wasn't long after that Freeza's men found us too after we collected all the Dragon Balls. I guess Vegeta ended up getting himself captured to allow himself access to Freeza's ship where a couple of the Dragon Balls were being kept.

Freeza's men made quick work of us. During the fight my neck was broken and i truly thought that i was going to die. But then my dad showed up. He had this bag of sensei beans and ended up giving each of us a bean to recover. It was then that i saw this change within my dad. I didn't know what it was but he started walking up to Freeza's men showing no fear. It was like he was a totally different person.

He ended up taking each and everyone of them down as if they were nothing."

" And that was when he became a super saiyan?"

" No. That happened later on when he was battling Freeza. At first even though he wasn't as strong as him my dad was holding his own against Freeza. You see when Krillin,Vegeta,and I fought against Freeza before Piccolo joined us later on Freeza told us that he was masking his power. He kept changing forms during the fight before he took his final form. The same form he was last seen in on Earth.

When my father took on Freeza's final form at first he was able to keep up with Freeza. But after a while his energy was drained and Freeza gained the advantage. He came close to dying a couple of times before he ended up using Freeza's cockiness against him by forming a spirit bomb just above them.

When Freeza found out it was too late. My dad unleashed the spirit bomb on Freeza and we all thought it was over. None of us could feel Freeza's energy levels anymore. When we attempted to leave Freeza ended up revealing himself and sent an energy blast towards my father to only hit Piccolo instead.

It was then Freeza turned his attention towards Krillin. He killed Krillin right before our eyes. When Krillin had died that was when my father turned super saiyan. The sky all of a sudden turned dark. Thunder and lightening was striking all around us while my father's hair started to glow. He ordered me to get Piccolo out of there and retrieve Bulma before getting off the planet.

I heeded his wishes and did what i was told. But when i went to bring Bulma to the spaceship my father had brought with him that was when i found myself being teleported off the planet along with everyone else from the planet except Freeza and my father. You know the rest."

For the next couple of seconds as she stares at Gohan in complete silence taking in everything he had just said slowly 18 watches Gohan turn his head to look at her as she sees a ghost smile forming across his face.

" It's because i trust you. Why i told you this. That was what you were going to ask me right?"

" How do you know what i'm thinking?"

" I don't. But i've learned from others that you need to have mutual trust in order to have a good relationship with someone. And i want to have that with you."

With a smile forming across her face leaning forward 18 presses her lips to Gohan's own for a gentle kiss before seconds later as she feels Gohan's arm pulling her closer to his body 18 can't help but smile into the kiss as she scoots closer to him to only mere seconds later pull away from the kiss to see a smile forming across Gohan's face.

" Wow."

" You better believe it. Play your cards right and you'll be pleasantly surprised what i'm capable of."

As she sees the smile across Gohan's face widening 18 can't help but smile down towards him before slowly as she leans down intending to give him another kiss suddenly 18 comes to a complete stop when the sound of his stomach rumbling echoes throughout the room.

" I'll go get us something to eat but i'm warning you now don't get used to it. I'm not gonna become some kind of housewife. Is that clear?"

" You're glaring at me aren't you?"

" You better believe it. I'm not going to be some lovey dovey housewife while you go out exploring the world."

" I wouldn't want you to be."

With a confused look coming across her face slowly 18 watches a smile form across Gohan's face.

" It doesn't really suit you. Besides i like you the way you already are."

As a bright smile forms across her face leaning down 18 presses her lips gently to Gohan's own before seconds later as she pulls away from the kiss gently 18 lays her hand down on his cheek.

" Good answer."