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Gohan finished telling Juu his story. He leaned back on the sofa and sighed.

"That's about it, up to the point where you met me."

Juu nodded, she had been listening intently.

"So you were raised by saiyans, and you were taught that your father was a disgrace."

"I wouldn't say that my father was a disgrace…I just don't really care about him."

"So...what should we do now?"

As if on cue, Gohan's stomach growled.

"Does that answer your question?"

"I guess, but what kind of food do you have?"

"I have dehydrated food; just add water. They're very common in most stores across the galaxy."

"I'll bet you're well versed in the languages of the galaxy."

"I know all the important ones. I can easily converse with ninety percent of all intelligent life in this galaxy."

"And here I thought that saiyans were just a bunch of dumb savages."

"I'm gonna forget I heard that. Anyway want to join me for breakfast?"

"No thanks. I don't need to eat. I would just be consuming your resources."

"Eating could be enjoyable. Besides, there's enough food to go around."

"Fine…I'll eat with you."

Gohan got up and walked into the kitchen, followed by Juu. He walked up to a cupboard and pulled two bags out of it. He placed each bag inside some sort of tank that was slightly bigger than it; it was like a cross between the healing chamber and a microwave.

"What are those…?"

"They're hydrations tanks Juu. They add the water to the food, and a reaction with the bag heats the food, creating a hot meal."

"Impressive. I had no idea I was missing out on all this. I can see why my brother was so intrigued by technology."

"What did you enjoy the most…besides killing?"

"I like to shop, and get clothing, though my brother often ended up destroying all the clothes I bought."

"You mean stole?"

"Let's just say I borrowed them without returning them."

Gohan smiled at Juu. She looked somewhat cute as she tried to defend her actions to him.

Must have something to do with me beating that guy she had some trouble with, he thought.

A beeping sound indicated that the hot meals were ready. Gohan opened the hydration tanks and pulled out two bowls from the cupboard. He emptied out the contents of each tank into a different bowl. He then gave one bowl to Juu.

Juu stared down at the bowl. Inside were what appeared to be noodles with chunks of what appeared to be meat and vegetables in them.

"Here." Gohan handed her a fork.

Juu accepted the fork and started to eat. She noticed that it tasted spicy.

"So?"

"So what?"

"How are they?"

"They're spicy…but I like them like that."

Gohan grinned at her before eating his own noodles.

Trunks typed furiously on the keyboard.

Krillin walked up behind him with a concerned expression.

"Have you locked on to them yet?"

"Yeah…they're heading for another planet. With this ship it should take three days to reach it. They would reach it by two days."

"So we might not catch up again?"

"Actually, they might need to refuel on that planet since I doubt they could have refueled here."

"Then we'll get them."

"Yes…"

Trunks' went deep into thought. His features became serious.

"What's wrong?"

"It's Gohan."

"So he beat you. That's doesn't mean you won't win this time. You've grown stronger after recovering."

"But I was a super saiyan and he wasn't. Maybe I'm just weak for a super saiyan. I haven't even surpassed the Gohan of my world yet."

"At least you can hold your own. We just have to do our part and I know we'll beat them. If we lose again we'll just revive Goku on Namek. Then we'll beat them for sure."

"But if they get my father he and Goku would cancel each other out bringing us back to square one."

"No way!" Krillin sounded slightly offended at that statement. "Goku would kick Vegeta's butt any time."

At that moment they heard Tien's voice calling to them. "The food's ready!"

Trunks and Krillin exited and went for the kitchen as the ship flew on auto pilot.

When they got there they saw everyone seated there. Piccolo, had finished his meal, but waited politely. Tien and Chaotzu were still busy digging into the meal Chaotzu cooked up. Goten was only eating in small bites; contradicting his abnormally large appetite.

Krillin immediately took notice of Goten.

"Hey Goten. Is something wrong? You've barely touched your food."

"It's not fair."

"What's not fair?"

"I'm just so weak."

Tien looked up at Goten and tried to cheer him up. "You're nearly as strong as me and you're only eight."

"Yeah…well how strong do you think Gohan was at this age?"

The others became silent. All of them except Trunks and Goten remember Goku telling them about how Gohan was able to fight Frieza at fifty percent. Gohan was only five or six at the time, and he was still stronger than all the human fighters' combined current power levels. Goten was still weaker than the strongest one, Tien, and he was nearly twice the age Gohan was during the battle with Frieza.

Goten looked at all of them with an agitated expression. "I thought so. He was much stronger than this when he was my age. He was even able to beat a super saiyan without becoming one."

Trunks put a hand on Goten's shoulder in an attempt to comfort him.

Goten quickly shook the hand off.

"Why am I so weak when he's so strong? It's just not fair!"

Piccolo stood up and lifted Goten by the shirt. Everyone else knew better and backed off. Piccolo was helping in his own way.

"Listen up squirt. We all progress differently, but the fact remains that you're both Goku's sons. You both have the same potential!"

Goten became quiet. He knew better than to talk back to Piccolo in this situation.

"Um…sorry I ruined the mood."

Everyone nodded with forgiveness and Piccolo set Goten back down, sitting down himself.

They all ate their meal in silence. Each one contemplating the next course of action.

Gohan and Juu had finished their meal. They both disposed on the containers in the disposal hatch. They then put the forks in the sink.

Juu walked into the living room area and collapsed onto the couch. She got an idea and turned her head to look at Gohan who was also coming into the room.

"Is there any T.V. in space?"

"T.V?"

Gohan raised an eyebrow. He clearly did not know what T.V. was.

"It's…like a video message…do you follow?" A nod from Gohan confirmed that he understood. "It's like that, only more of a story teller…well…it can be anything, just for entertainment purposes or mass media purposes. Do you get it?"

Gohan let the information sink in for a few seconds before responding. "I think I know what you're talking about. We get some programs of different types from satellites. The computer monitor has that function. We get multiple channels with different kinds of programming."

"Why don't we watch?"

"Sure."

Gohan sat down next to Juu and activated the monitor with a device on his wrist. The monitor turned on and the program on that particular channel became available. It was some kind of romance drama. A female of an alien species had just discovered that her mate was with another female.

"What is this?"

"It's just a soap opera. I don't really care much for them."

"I'm interested. Is it okay if we watch Gohan?"

"Fine. I don't hate them anyway."

The two sat down and watched the soap opera for an hour before becoming bored with television.

"So Gohan…what do you think we could do now? We still have over a day left."

"I think we should train. There's a gravity room down the hall. I could teach you some fighting skills."

Juu put her hands on her hips and raised an eyebrow.

"And what makes you think I need more training? Aren't my skills just fine?"

"Juu…I'm not insulting your fighting ability. It's just that in your battle with Trunks, your skills were what caused you to need my help."

"But I'm just as good a fighter as you. I fought with you to a stalemate remember."

"If you remember correctly, I could have finished you off. I think that in your timeline you got used to your brother stepping in when the fight went out of your favor, but if we meet the Z-fighters again I might be too preoccupied to step in and help you."

"Alright Gohan…I'll let you teach me some of your skills."

"Let's go then. Follow me." Gohan led Juu to the gravity chamber where they would train.

A little over a day later, the ship landed on Planet Cold. Gohan and Juu exited and saw a tundra-like ecosystem. In the distance they saw the lights of a city.

"Now I see why Cold and his kind would try to enslave the Galaxy." Gohan's facial features hardened. "But that still doesn't excuse all the torment he's caused."

"Let's check out the city Gohan. I'll bet Cold's there. You said we would land a few miles away from his landing spot."

Gohan nodded and they took off towards the city. As they neared it they could hear a faint chanting. The Changelings were likely celebrating the return of their leader.

"How dare you intrude saiyan scum?" A group of four changelings appeared in front of Gohan and Juu.

Gohan smirked at them when he sensed their powers. "Who might you be?"

"We do not have to answer to the likes of you," answered the smallest one, which stood at about Frieza's height.

"I prefer to know the people I'm killing." Gohan then pointed to Juu. "She on the other hand doesn't think about that stuff."

One changeling that resembled Cooler in his final form came forward. "We are the elite guardians of our race. Second only to the royal family. Our power levels are each over one hundred thousand."

Gohan let out a small chuckle. "That low?"

The four changelings let out angry growls before surrounded Gohan. They completely ignored Juu.

"You'll eat your words monkey!"

The four all charged energy attacks, but Gohan blew them away with an explosive wave before they could finish charging energy.

The four were split into two groups of two. Gohan appeared in front of one group and Juu appeared in front of the other.

The two Gohan fought tried to land physical blows. Gohan was able to evade their combined effort and strike back with his owns blows.

He kneed one in the gut, and sent him to the ground with a haymaker to the back. He the appeared in front of the other one; the one that resembled Cooler, and sent him on top of his teammate with a haymaker to the top of the head.

"This is where it ends!" said a confident Gohan.

He then extended his hand and said "Big Bang Attack!" The attack engulfed both of the Changelings and killed them within seconds.

Juu's group wasn't any stronger than Gohan's. However, they preferred long ranged tactics with energy.

Juu blocked and dodged a barrage of blasts from both. She then found herself surrounded by the barrage.

The shortest one smirked and crossed his arms. On cue, the blasts closed in on Juu.

Juu sighed. They must be joking. She generated a shield and emerged from the attack unharmed to the shock of the two changelings.

"B-but how?"

"You underestimated me; big mistake."

Juu pointed her finger at one. An energy beam shot out of the finger, piercing the heart of one of the changelings and leaving the other stunned.

A sadistic grin appeared on Juu's face. "It's your turn now," she said as she turned to the other changeling.

The changeling was cut in half by Juu's kick before he had a chance to react.

Juu landed next to Gohan.

"Shall we pay our friend Cold a visit?"

"Sure."

At his palace King Cold saw the explosion caused by Gohan's Big Bang Attack.

He cupped his chin as a grin formed on his face.

"Sire!" A changeling that resembled Frieza in his second form ran up to him.

"Yes?"

"There are intruders sir. They destroyed our elite guards. What should we do?"

"Mobilize the troops to stall them. I'm going to pay the laboratory a visit."

The changeling bowed. "As you command."

King Cold left his palace and walked into his lab. As he walked he could hear the explosions from the ensuing battle.

The scientist saluted him when he entered the lab.

"Sir, the genomutation capsules are ready."

"Good. I need them right now."

"Yes sir."

The scientists pulled out a crate of capsules.

"These capsules contain strength enhancing genes. They will cause bodily mutation, but it will only be temporary and won't be too drastic provided you only use a small number at a time."

"How do I use them?"

The scientists held a capsule and directed the king's attention to a red dot on one side.

"This red dot has to make contact with skin. It will only react to members of our race. Once contact is made it will only be a matter of seconds before the effects are felt."

"Very good. That will be all."

King Cold took six capsules and made the red dot on each touch his skin. He felt his power surge as his body started to change.

The scientists took a step back in slight fear as the transformation occurred.