Krillin stammered in disbelief, "G-Goku? You came back?!"

The Saiyan martial artist grinned,"Yep!"

As happy tears formed in his eyes, Krillin dashed over to Goku, and hugged his best friend tightly.

"HAHAHA! YOU MADE IT BACK HOME!", the monk excitedly shouted, "For a second I thought we would never see you again!"

Goku laughed,"Yeah, sorry about that!"

The Saiyan saw Gohan run up to him, and he smiled warmly upon seeing the young boy hug him as well.

"Hey Gohan!", said Goku as he ruffled his son's hair.

"Dad!", exclaimed Gohan, "You're back! I can't believe it!"

"Thanks Gohan. It's good to be back.", responded Goku with a smile.

Gohan and Krillin led the Saiyan warrior over to the table.

He looked around, confused with all of the party decorations.

"Um, what's going on?", he asked.

At that moment, Krillin pointed at the duo and explained, "Goku, this is Mafin and Begu. They're former Frieza Force lackeys and-"

The Saiyan exclaimed,"Whoa! No way! They worked for the Frieza Force?!"

"Y-Yeah. It's a long story.", said Krillin with a sigh, "To put it simply, they've reformed and they've been living here for the past five months. Right now, we're currently celebrating their shared birthday."

"Oooh, ok!", said Goku with a nod, "Well that's pretty cool!"

The martial artist cheerfully waved at the duo and said,"Nice to meet you two! Sorry if I interrupted anything."

The duo, who were completely starstruck by his presence, quietly walked over to him.

They could only stammer out,"I-It's o-ok..."

Mafin cleared his throat and calmly said,"Goku...thanks to Bulma, we are aware of your defeat of Frieza, and we just wanted to say..."

He and Begu dropped to their knees and shouted,"THANK YOU! THANK YOU SO MUCH!"

Goku, confused by their sudden actions, awkwardly chuckled,"Uh...you're welcome?"

He turned to Krillin and asked,"Did Frieza do something to them?"

The monk explained,"Yeah. These two have been through a whole lot. They were Frieza Force soldiers after all."

"That makes sense.", said Goku.

He looked down and saw that the duo were still on their knees,

"Um, you guys can get up now."

Mafin and Begu collectively blurted out,"Oh! Right! Sorry Goku!"

They quickly got up and walked back to their seats.

Goku saw 21 sitting near the duo.

He called out, "Hey! Are you new here too?"

21 nodded, "Yes. I am Android 21."

Goku happily said,"Nice to meet you 21! I'm Son Goku!"

The android smiled,"It's a pleasure to meet you."

Bulma pulled up a chair and said,"Come sit with us! We wanna catch up with you!"

He nodded and quietly sat down.

Krillin asked, "So, uh, how'd you escape Namek?"

Goku gained a serious expression on his face, and began recounting his escape.


"Wow!", exclaimed Krillin, "So you learned a new technique, AND you used it to come back here?!"

Goku nodded,"Yeah."

The Saiyan's eyes then widened in shock upon realizing something.

Goku quickly stood up and exclaimed, "Sorry guys, but I gotta head back home! I gotta see how Chi-Chi's doing!"

He turned to his son, "Gohan, grab my hand!"

Gohan blurted out,"U-Um, ok!"

Gohan grabbed onto his father's hand tightly.

Goku was about to teleport away, but then felt something hard underneath his foot.

He moved his foot away, and saw a capsule underneath.

Goku asked,"What's this little capsule doing here?"

Gohan looked at it closely, and he exclaimed,"That's the capsule that Mafin and Begu's gifts are in!"

Goku's eyes widened, "Wait, really?!"

Gohan nodded in response, "I guess it must have rolled all the way over here."

Goku picked it up and yelled out to the duo, "Hey! You guys forgot this!"

He threw it over to Begu, who quickly caught it, and Mafin happily said,"Thank you so much Goku!"

Goku smiled and proceeded to put two fingers to his forehead.

He and Gohan instantly teleported away.


As the party resumed, Android 21 tapped Bulma on the shoulder and whispered, "Can I talk to you for a minute? In private? Again?"

Bulma said,"Sure."

The two women got up and walked to another part of the Atrium, far away from the group.

Bulma asked, "What is it?"

21 nervously asked, "Um...h-how long will the stabilization last? I kind of forgot."

Bulma sighed and replied,"Like I said before, it'll only be for 24 hours. Your cells are very unstable, and it was tricky trying to make some medicine that could at least stabilize them for a while."

21 asked,"Could you make another batch? I mean, if you're not too busy..."

Bulma smiled,"Sure! Anything to help you out! I'll let you know when the next batch is ready."

21 sighed with relief, "Thank you so much Bulma..."

She then bowed politely, prompting the scientist to think, "Jeez, I think Mafin's really rubbing off on her."


Back at the table, Mafin and Begu looked over at Kappukeki, and she asked,"What is it?"

Mafin nervously whispered,"What...did you mean by 'certain events' ?"

Kappukkeki replied,"When I said 'certain events', I meant 'certain events' for the both of you ON EARTH."

She explained, "For instance, in my timeline, you don't encounter 21 until Age 779, and things get really crazy around that time."

Begu asked, "How the heck do you even know about that?

Kappukeki smirked, "I learned about it from 21 herself. Future 21, I mean."

Mafin and Begu exclaimed,"Oooh! Now that makes sense!"

The future heroine stretched her arms and said, "Alright, I better head back now."

She got up out of her seat, and was about to pull out her blaster.

However, she immediately stopped, and looked back at the duo.

"Is there anything else you want to know? About the future I mean. Since, y'know...the Multiverse Theory is still in effect."

Mafin and Begu quietly thought to themselves for a bit.

They nodded at one another, and turned to Kappukeki.

Mafin declared, "No. We decided that we want to figure out the future...for ourselves."

Kappukeki nodded and smiled, "Well, I guess I'll see you dudes at the next birthday celebration. Later!"

Mafin and Begu exclaimed, "See ya Kappukeki!"

The heroine chuckled and she opened a purple portal.

The duo waved at her, and Kappukeki waved back.

She walked in the portal, and it quickly closed up afterwards.


Several hours had passed, and it was now the late evening.

Everyone began leaving the Atrium, and Mafin, Begu as well as 21 sighed with satisfaction.

Mafin smiled, "That was a nice party."

Begu chuckled while rubbing his eye, "Yeah, it was!"

21 smiled,"I'm glad you guys had fun."

She then winced in pain, and thought, "Oh no...it's coming back, and it's even worse now! I...I need to give Bulma time to work on the medicine. I'll have to take deep breaths!"

They heard a yawn, and the trio turned around to see Krillin walking towards them.

He had a rather tired expression on his face.

Krillin asked,"You guys ready to head on out?"

The duo nodded in response, and 21 quickly nodded, while also taking deep breaths.

The small group said goodbye to Bulma and everyone else, and walked out of Capsule Corp.

Afterwards, the group flew out of the city, and all the way back to Kame House.


Krillin stretched his arms out and said, "Can't wait to lie down and rest. Am I right, guys?"

Mafin and Begu happily nodded in agreement. The two heroes were pretty tired as well.

Suddenly, they all heard very heavy breathing.

The trio turned around, and saw 21 standing directly behind them.

Her right eye was twitching, and she sported a very unsettling grin...

Krillin nervously asked,"Um...21? A-Are you feeling okay?"

Just then, 21 let out a blood curdling scream of insanity.

She shouted, "I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE! I MUST FEED!"

The android pointed her index finger at Krillin, and began charging a pink ki attack.

Severely confused and frightened by this, Krillin got into a fighting stance.

But before he could attack, Mafin and Begu jumped in front of him.

Begu quickly kicked 21's attack away, and it exploded in mid air.

"21, I don't know what's gotten into you, but you have to calm down! Now!", exclaimed Mafin.

Begu agreed, "Please 21! Listen to Mafin!"

The android growled and shouted,"SHUT UP! SHUT UP! GET OUT OF MY WAY!"

She unleashed a massive kiai attack, which sent both men flying back a few feet.

Krillin ran over to the duo and helped them get back up.

"You guys okay?", asked the monk.

Mafin replied, "Yeah, we're fine, but I don't think 21 is herself at the moment."

"Do you mean she's being mind controlled?",asked Begu.

I don't know, but what I DO know is that she normally wouldn't act like this. She's usually so quiet, calm and kind whenever I...um...we see her."

Krillin sighed,"Well, hopefully we can help her snap out of it."

Just then, they heard 21 madly giggle with excitement.

"After I devour the bald one, I'll eat the two of you next!", stated a deeply insane 21.

"Devour? What the heck does that mean?", questioned Begu.

"It's just another sign of her insanity!, exclaimed Mafin, "I have an idea to calm her down! Just follow my lead you guys!"

Begu smirked ,"Heh, where'd this courageous leader come from?"

The orange hero charged towards the android, who grinned maliciously.

Mafin thought ,"I'm really sorry for this 21!"

He jabbed the android several times in the stomach, which unfortunately had no effect on her.

She chuckled, as she grabbed the Pesutorian by the shoulders and held him up.

"D'aww! Poor little Mafin!", mocked 21, "Are you trying to stop me?"

Mafin growled,"Yes we are!"

He headbutted her in the face, which briefly made 21 stumble back.

He fell to the ground and shouted, "Guys! Hold her down by the arms!"

Begu exclaimed,"What?! Why?!"

"Just do it!"

The two heroes ran over and grabbed 21 by her arms, causing her to shout,"GET OFF ME!"

Mafin flew up in the air and shouted,"KRILLIN! I'M BORROWING ONE OF YOUR MOVES! NOW CLOSE YOUR EYES! BOTH OF YOU!"

The latter two heroes, realizing what he was about to do, nodded and shut their eyes tight.

Mafin placed his hands close to the center of his face, and spread his fingers out near his eyes.

He shouted, "SOLAR FLARE!"

A bright flash of light emerged from Mafin, and 21 screamed with pain as she collapsed to her knees. Mafin flew down to face the android.

Begu nervously thought,"Oh man, what's he gonna do?"

The Pesutorian quickly pulled 21 into a tight embrace, much to the shock of Krillin and Begu.

Mafin softly said, "21...please calm down. This isn't you at all."

Android 21 continued to growl wildly, and tried prying the orange alien off her, to no avail.

Eventually, after a few minutes, the android regained her sanity.

She stared down at Mafin, who was still hugging her.

21 exclaimed, "M-Mafin! I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! Did I hurt you?!"

Mafin sighed with relief and said,"No, you didn't."

She then returned the embrace, and the two held one another for several more minutes, before finally letting go.

21 placed her hand on Mafin's cheek, and said,"I'm really, really sorry for all of that, Mafin."

Mafin smiled,"It's okay, 21. I know the insane person we saw obviously wasn't you."

21 sighed, "About that...I think its time I tell you."

Mafin raised an eyebrow, "About what exactly?"

"My condition. I need to tell you everything."


Upon finishing her recap, Mafin, Begu, Krillin all stared at her with wide eyes.

21 nervously rubbed her arm, and Begu spoke up,"Well...that explains a lot."

Krillin added, "That hunger addiction...sounds kinda unsettling."

Mafin asked,"21, why didn't you tell us this on the island?"

21 sadly replied,"Because I...didn't want you to worry about me. I knew that your training was important, and I couldn't risk ruining it."

Mafin frowned, "But 21, regardless of our training, you're our friend, and we still care about you. We want to know if you're doing alright."

21 nodded, "I understand. And I'm sorry if this whole conundrum all came out of nowhere."

Mafin said, "It's okay."

He let out a deep sigh, prompting 21 to ask, "What's wrong Mafin?"

"Admittedly, Begu and I also haven't been entirely honest with you."

The Pesutorian looked at Begu, who knew exactly what Mafin was about to do, and gave him a nod of approval.

He looked back at Android 21, "It's time I tell you what really happened to us."

Mafin proceeded to explain his and Begu's backstory in full detail, from the day Octoria was destroyed, to the day they escaped the Frieza Force.

"Oh, wow...", said a horrified 21 as she placed her hand over her heart, "I'm...deeply sorry for what happened to you both. No one should have to undergo that much pain and suffering!"

"Yeah, it wasn't fun for either of us...", said Begu, who sighed deeply afterwards.

Mafin quietly nodded in agreement.

Android 21 then smiled softly,"Well, I'm relieved that you two managed to escape."

Krillin nodded, "Same here. And even after all that, you guys stepped up to the plate, and proved to yourselves that you could be better than the Frieza Force. That you could become great heroes. I'm proud that you managed to make it this far."

Mafin and Begu each smiled bashfully, and both men said, "Thanks you two!"

The monk yawned, "Let's head inside."

The trio quietly nodded and followed Krillin inside the house.

Krillin said, "Okay, I'm gonna go upstairs now. See you guys in the morning."

The trio waved at Krillin, who proceeded to walk up to Master Roshi's room.

Mafin and Begu were about to turn in as well, but then 21 spoke up,

"Wait, guys. I wanted to ask you something. It's about Octoria."

Begu said, "Uh, sure. What is it?"

"Why didn't you use the Dragon Balls to revive the planet? Or at the very least, your parents?"

Mafin explained, "Well, we were thinking about doing that, and we even informed Krillin about it on the island, but then he told us that the Dragon Balls can only revive a group of people if they have been dead for a month. And since our parents and Octoria were gone for two years...we can't revive them."

"I see. Once again, I'm deeply sorry for your loss.", said 21 as she looked down with a sorrowful expression.

Mafin smiled, "21, it's okay. We'll be alright."

Begu groaned, "Enough with this downbeat energy already! Let's just go to sleep!"

Mafin sighed, "He's right. We should get some rest."

The duo got onto their respective beds, and 21 got onto her queen sized bed.

Begu yawned, "Welp, g'night you guys!"

Mafin and 21 responded, "Good night, Begu."

The trio then slowly drifted off to sleep.