Piccollo's body was surprisingly warm for a namekian. Calina struggled to get free. " Let me go.. filthy namekian… I ..have to be the one." Calina struggled to breath. Putting her hands down on the namek's back, she attempted to push up, however a rush of pain made her collapse again. " Why are you helping me.." Calina spoke a little louder this time, enough to make sure the namekian heard her. They were flying somewhere. Calina wasn't sure exactly, but they were in a hurry. Without notice Calina looked down to see the surface of Namek begin to crack and fissure. Moments later an atomic sized blast shook past the four of them. " We need to get out of here, NOW! " Piccollo's tone was urgent. Calina's breathing had slowed and she had given up on getting away. Looking to her left she saw Gohan, and he had Vegeta on over his shoulder. Prince Vegeta was alive, Calina smiled. " I.. Bulma's ship isn't where it was supposed to be.." Gohan sounded frustrated. Another huge blast shook miles away. The florescent light shot past them, followed by a massive push of hot air. The planet was going to blow up. " The wish is mattering less and less Gohan, if we don't leave the planet now we're going to die. Reguardless if we survive the explosion, neither of us can breath without oxygen.." Piccollo's body was becoming tense. Calina could feel some of her energy coming back to her. These few moments of rest had actually done her some good. She was beginning to feel a small amount of energy come back to her. Pushing up off Piccollo again, this time she slipped forwards and in instinct, Piccollo grabbed her again. This time he was holding her with both arms infront of him. " Better? " Piccollo scoffed at her. Calina nodded, and with a deep breath she rested her head against his chest.
The planet was screaming, scorching hot steam was pouring out of the cracks in the planet, and one more blast could set it off. The sound of the planet collapsing into itself wasn't welcoming, and Calina shifted her head over so she was facing Gohan. If this was it.. if this was how she was going to die.. She was.. okay with that. There were things she wanted to accomplish, things she hadn't finished and things she wanted to discover. But if at this moment, this was the way she had to go. She was alright with that, not necessarily content.. Just alright. Without notice Calina was no longer on Namek. She was, some place quiet… With a deep breath in, Calina felt a cool surge of oxygen breach her lungs. They were some place new. Someplace she had never been. Piccollo sighed, and a very small smile crossed his face for just a moment. Gohan was next to them, still holding Vegeta. And around them were well over one hundred namekians. They were at a very high altitude and on some sort of.. floating recreational home? Calina looked around. The floor beneath them was a solid white tile, and dotted amongst the namekian were various dug dirt beds with large trees in them. Off in the distance was a home of sorts. But they were in the air, not on some sort of planet. " Piccollo, Gohan! There you are.. I was beginning to worry.." Calina was slowly put down by Piccollo, and was faced with a very old namekian. His skin was drooping, and he had a wooden walking cane of sorts. His robes were white, but there was a red symbol centered on them, meaning deity. Calina stood for a moment cautiously before Gohan spoke up. " Kami it's so nice to see you." Gohan had already placed Vegeta onto the ground. The Saiyan prince was being healed by one of the Namekians that had been transported to Earth. " Calina! " Gohan was smiling, Calina began to smile at the sight of this. Gohan quickly took a few steps towards her and wrapped his arm around hers. Pulling her away from Piccollo and towards the Kami person. " Kami, this is Calina.. She's a Saiyan who we met on Namek. " Gohan spoke in a broad tone, he seemed proud. Kami took one look at her a smiled. " Its nice to meet you Calina, I'm glad to see we have another Saiyan on our side. " Kami's voice was welcoming, and Calina couldn't believe how humble the namekian was. Calina smiled and nodded. She was a little nervous. " I have an idea. How about you take her to the palace and give her some of your old cloths Gohan.. You have some laying around from the last time you and your father were up here. " Kami spoke to Gohan, his eyes immediately levitating up to Piccollo. " We have some things we need to talk about.." Kami spoke in a quiet tone directly a Piccolo. The place that Kami spoke of was beautiful and to greet them at the door was a creature with a black complexion. Calina was later informed that he was Kami's assistant and that he was a genie.
" Oh, Gohan! You're safe!.. I've been so worried. Where is your father? " The man knew Gohan very well with the way he spoke to him. " Mr. Popo, my father decided to stay on Namek to make sure Freiza didn't try to come after Earth. " Calina looked back and forth between the two. Mr. Popo? What a strange name. " ..I'm sorry Gohan. I've known Goku most of his life and when his mind is set on something.. well that's that." The man paused for a moment before turning to Calina. " And who is this pretty girl? " Mr. Popo laughed and began to smile. His smile continued until he looked at Calina's waist and saw her tail. His body language changed and he began to look uncomfortable. " Its okay Mr. Popo, she's not bad.." Gohan laughed a little as he reassured him. Mr. Popo began to laugh. " Of course.. you'll have to excuse my rudeness." Calina smiled and politely nodded, Gohan led her past the doors and into the palace. There were limitless amounts of rooms, and Gohan warned Calina to stay close so she didn't get lost. She didn't fight his request, and in a sign of trust walked next to him, and wrapped her tail around his wrist. The room they finally arrived at was very clean, as was the entire palace. Gohan pulled out a small white shirt that had the words "Capsule Corp." in bold black print on it. He also pulled out a pair of black shorts to go with it. Quietly he excused himself from the room and Calina changed. Her cloths were in shreds, and to be honest, barely covered her body. She was lucky she was so young, if she was any older she would be really exposing herself. Calina Quickly undressed and clothed herself. Running her fingers through her hair, she did the best she could to tame it. She needed a shower. Specs of dirt and blood lined the skin of her face and arms. For now, it would have to do. Exiting the room, Gohan was waiting for her. " Wait till everything calms down and we can go play in the forest with the animals! Or with Piccollo!.. Well actually most of the time he's really grumpy, but sometimes he'll play.." Calina smiled at the word " Play".. It was going to be something new, something she could really get used to. After a few days or so at the lookout, Calina was sat down and explained where she was. Earth, the small blue planet within the milkyway galaxy. Earth thrived on fresh air and open water. It was a peaceful planet inhabited with weak, but harmless happy humans.
After Gohan explained where she was, he offered to bring her to his house to meet his mother. Calina obliged. She couldn't wait to see the human that had helped make him. Chichi was an interesting woman with unbelievably high perseverance. And for the most part, she hated Saiyans. Infact that was the first things he ever said to Calina. " A WHAT! MY SON IS NOODLING AROUND WITH A WHAT! " ChiChi was a small Earth woman, but her temper was outstanding. And caused Calina to remember that Bulma woman she had met earlier. " NO NO.. NO Gohan..NO! " Everything that came out of her mouth was anger, and Calina understood. Saiyns had caused a lot of damage to this planet, the last thing the Earth woman wanted was her son..noodling? What ever that meant, with a Saiyan. Calina spoke up. " I understand Ms. Chichi.. I will make sure to not bother you during my stay here. I cannot promise I will stay away from your son. " Calina spoke in a warm tone. Chichi noticed that Calina was wearing her son's cloths and went on another rampage. Calina left the house in a hurry, and Gohan quickly followed. The two swiftly took into the air and away from the small, pleasant rural home. The two leapt into the air and took off in a direction of Gohan's choice. Calina could have sworn she heard Chichi's voice booming through the air, even though they were well over ten miles away. " I'm going to bring you to Bulma's, I know she'd like the company." Gohan spoke on a soft tone, and Calina nodded in agreement. Bulma was in her lab. Cigarette in mouth, music blaring. Gohan knocked a few times, but eventually had to let himself into her section of the enormous Briefs estate. At first they were met by a beautiful tall blonde woman, who offered them some food. Calina wanted to say yes, but Gohan dragged her further into the building. Bulma had an old Saiyan spaceship downstairs in her lab. She had it taken apart and all that was intact was the skeleton of the ship.
" BULMA!?" Gohan yelled over the music. Bulma bent awkwardly backwards and once she saw who it was, dropped the cigarette and stomped it out. " You didn't see that! " Bulma quickly got to her feet and waved her hand through the smoke in the air. She quickly turned off the music. " Hey kid, whats up? " Bulma spoke grabbing a rag and wiping some black residue off her hands. " Bulma I need a favor.. Calina needs a place to stay.. and well.." Gohan spoke with a sheepish grin. Bulma paused for a moment, and snapped awake. " OH, I gotcha'. It's no problem you can stay here hun. You know dad has been working on some kind of proto type for a gravity room… And he needs all the test subjects he can get." Bulma smiled and threw her hands behind her back. Her sky blue hair was tied up into a tight bun. Calina thought she was very pretty, especially for a human. Her features were very delicate, but her personality was so assertive. " Are you missing some parts? " Calina spoke up as she walked past Gohan. Calina observed the skeleton of what was left of the ship. " Well." Bulma paused and sighed. " I'm not 100% sure what I need.. If I can replicate this smaller ship, I could market a whole new ship.. But I can't even get the stupid thing to turn on." Calina quickly observed what parts were infront of her, as well as the skeleton of the ship. She smiled and turned and looked up at Bulma. " You need two or three parts.. I've worked on these since I was able to walk.. I could help maybe? " Calina pushed a smile. Her first attempt to fit in. Bulma's face lit up. Calina thought she heard Bulma squeal. " YES, Yes she can definitely stay Gohan. Now, show me what I am missing! " Bulma spoke with a crazed look, as she pulled Calina into another room. The following months Calina spent more time with the Earthlings and decided that they were neither stupid nor worthless. Just simple creatures that had a very wide range of emotions. Bulma was nice enough to make her some new training cloths and take her out to get more cloths at, "stores". Large gathering places where the female human species would fight in battles to obtain articles of clothing. Calina enjoyed watching them claw and punch one another. Gohan would come and visit her every couple days. He would take her places that she had not yet seen on Earth and they would occasionally visit Piccollo. Gohan was summoned back up to Kami's lookout, and Calina followed. Namek's dragon was once again summoned, and thanks to the three wishes, more of Gohan's friends were brought back to life. It was here that everyone found out about Freiza. Calina had heard that planet Namek had blown up, and everyone assumed that Goku was dead. However, Poruga informed everyone that Goku was alive, and that he had refused being sent back to Earth, and that he would come back when he was ready.
Everyone was shocked, but accepted the news. Calina got to meet three new humans; Yamcha, Tien and Chiaotzu. All three were very polite, and Calina was informed they had died in a previous fight with the Saiyans. Lastly the Earth's dragon balls were used to wish back any namekian who had been killed in the fight with freiza, and that a new planet be made for them with similar conditions. The namekians were then transported off Earth. Calina returned to Capsule Corp, only to be met with Prince Vegeta. Calina was thrilled to see him, Vegeta however scoffed her and demanded to be given a ship. He ranted about becoming a super Saiyan like Goku and needed to go into outer space to do it. Bulma agreed, and although she yelled at him for it, Calina felt like she was okay with letting him use it. Almost like a gift. It was around this time that Calina wanted to train, and Dr. Brief was not yet done with a finished model of the gravity room, at least not one that was "Saiyan Proof", as he stated. Calina had a few options, but ended up leaving Capsule Corp. With only a few things with her, Calina headed East and found Piccollo. The green namekian was quiet as she spoke to him. He was either ignoring her or listening. " I want you to train with me, Gohan is always busy with school and I can't train with Prince Vegeta.. So could you? " Calina had gotten better with emotions, and when Piccollo looked over his shoulder at her he sighed. Calina began to smile, Gohan had said such goods things about the namekian, she was eager to have him train her. Gohan would visit more often now. And Piccollo would occasionally let her leave from meditating to play. It was one afternoon that Calina and Gohan sat on a small hill and ate a late lunch. A large drop off was infront of them where a waterfall dropped and seemed to disappear in a cloud of mist. " Piccollo isn't being too cold is he? He's not exactly the best with emotional stuff." Gohan spoke in a joking tone, Calina had noticed that Piccollo had become somewhat of a second father to Gohan. While Goku was away now, and even before she had arrived. He had always been there for Gohan. Calina respected that. " No, he's very reasonable." Calina spoke and then took a long drink of water from a blue plastic bottle. Gohan started to laugh, " Reasonable!? What? " Gohan smiled and laughed some more. Calina looked down and off the drop off that was infront of them. Miles and miles of dropping distance before the Earth's surface leveled off. There was forest everywhere. The two grew quiet and Calina relaxed her head onto Gohan's shoulder. To her surprise Gohan scooted closer to her and positioned her head into his chest, wrapping his arm around her shoulder. Calina felt her body melt. A wide, closed mouth smile crossed her face. They stayed quiet for a while, once the sun started to set Gohan went to speak up. However when he looked down to speak to her, Calina reached up and attempted to kiss him. Gohan's eyes grew wide, and without notice he pulled away from her. " I uh.. I godda get home to ..stuff" Gohan spoke loudly, as though he was shocked. His face had begun to flush a bright red, and Calina began to smile. He was uncomfortable, and stumbled to his feet. Gohan bent down to one knee and pushed his body forwards. Kissing Calina on her right cheek he pulled away and paused for a moment. Calina could smell some sort of unique scent. It was some type of attraction, something coming off of him. The two stood quiet, extremely still with the sun setting behind them. Calina felt as though she was in some sort of dream. The warm breeze pushed past the two of them, and Calina felt Gohan place both of his hands onto both sides of her jaw. Pulling himself forwards he pushed his lips onto hers. Calina didn't push a kiss back, she simply stood still. Gohan held against her for only a few seconds before pulling away and quickly got to his feet. Stumbling a few feet backwards, he started to stumble his words. "Ijustwas..sorrymeantIdidn't ..mean-" Calina spoke in a clear, confident tone. " So I'll see you next week right? You said we were going to go visit your other human friends.. Yamcha and Tien? Was it? " Calina's tone was comfortable and Gohan's body seemed to relax. Calina brought up her arm and waved goodbye, Gohan nodded and stumbled a little, before turning and taking off into the sky.
The next week consisted of more training. Piccollo was ruthless and on multiple occasions Calina told him he was a Saiyan in his past life. Which infuriated him, and he further made her training more unbearable. His training, although very technical and physical, also consisted of more intellectual training then anything. Calina was learning to become more calculated. To predict her opponents movements before they made them, and on occasional Calina would look up to him for guidance. She was constantly shot down. " The only reason I'm doing this is so if Earth is attacked again, we have one more person to help.. That's it." Gohan had mentioned that Piccollo was cold, but Calina never expected the amount of cold emotions that came from him. He was a namekian, they were, by nature, very kind and welcoming. Picollo pushed her, and pushed. On more than one occasion he grabbed at her tail while training to keep her on her guard. Calina was ruthlessly attacked again and again. Even when night finally came and she wanted to sleep from being exhausted, he would attack her when she was weakest. Calina had made a small home. Ontop of a large pillar of rock their was a small cave. Here she would sleep, and on occasion she would travel to Bulma's to shower and eat a proper meal. It didn't take long before Piccollo saw her Oozaru form. He immediately tried to cut off her tail, but when he realized she had full control over her actions, he pushed her to train in this form. Calina's speed increased considerably, her ability to map out an opponent was growing every day, and Calina could swear she was growing on him. Exhausted, Calina collapsed one evening ontop of the pillar of rock. Shivering, she brought her body into a small ball, and fell into a deep sleep. When she awoke, she was covered with a blanket, and there was a small fire infront of her. When Calina saw Gohan later she asked if it was him. When he said no, she knew it must have been the Namekian. Calina's normal routine was beginning to grow on her, and one day she was invited to Bulma's for dinner. Calina was informed that there would be a lot of familiar faces, and most of all Prince Vegeta had returned home and would be there. " Are you ready? " Piccollo spoke allowed to himself. The emerald skinned Namekian was sitting in a sitting position. His eyes closed and head bowed, meditating. Calina nodded, and the two left for Capsule Corp.