A.N. I don't own Dragonball or the Chaotix. They both belong to their rightful owners.
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Twelve years later, the girl had grown into a beautiful young lady. Her eyes were emerald green. Her dreadlocks had grown down to her waist.

"I'm going out now, mom!" she called in a crystal voice.

"Just be back in time for dinner," the woman said.

She flew off. She landed in an open area of the woods. She breathed deeply.

"Today's a perfect day," she said.

Then she remembered what Goku told her about Vegeta coming over to spar.

"That is...until Vegeta shows up. All he ever does is gripe and complain."

She giggled at the remark. Then she heard a small mystically child-like voice.

"Lara!" it called.

A small fairy-like animal came flying up. She was pure silver with golden butterfly wings flew up.

"I've been looking for you everywhere," it said.

"Why?" Lara-An said.

"Vegeta's here," the small animal said.

Lara-An sighed.

"Here we go again," she said. "I don't feel like his griping today."

She flew off.

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Later that night, Lara-An was having a bad nightmare. In her dream, she was fighting with a group of animals, most like her, against a large army. The dream came to an abrupt stop when a bright flash occured. She jumped up in a cold sweat.

"Not again," she said quietly. "This is the fifth time this month. Oh well."

She fell back to sleep.


The next morning, she, Gohan, and Goku flew to the Lookout. When they reached the Lookout, she quietly moved away from the group. Then she noticed another group of animals.
"Hi," she said.

"Hey," one of the animals said.

He looked just like Lara-An except his eyes were black.

"Who are you?" he said.

"I'm Lara-An," she said.

"I'm Knuckles," the animal like her said.

"I'm Julie-Su," the second animal said.

"I'm Mighty," the third animal said.

"I'm Espio," the fourth said.

"Vector's my name," the fifth said.

"And I'm Charmy," the sixth animal said.

"Who'd you come with?" Mighty said.

"I came with my dad and brother," Lara-An said pointing to Goku and Gohan.

"So did I," Knuckles said pointing to Piccolo.

"I did too," Julie-Su said pointing to Vegeta. "Although my baby brother's at home with my mom."

"Ditto," Mighty and Espio said pointing to Krillin.

"Us too," Vector and Charmy said both pointing to Yamcha and Tien.

Then Lara-An noticed that they all had a Chao too.

"You have them too?" she said.

"Yep," Knuckles said. "This is Phoenix."

"Mine's name is Starlight," Julie-Su said.

"Mine's Thunderbolt," Mighty said.

"Mine's called Fireball," Espio said.

"Mine's Aqua," Vector said.

"Mine's Zephyr," Charmy said.

"I named mine Mystic," Lara-An said.

They looked over at the Z fighters.

"I don't know why they won't let us in what goings on," Knuckles said.

"I've been wondering that myself," Lara-An said.

"And I wonder why they won't us train."

"I think I know why," Julie-Su said. "I asked my dad why I couldn't train and he said it was because I was a girl and that I was just a kid."

"But they let Gohan train," Lara-An said. "Why won't they won't let us?"

"They think they're so powerful," Mighty said.

"I know," Knuckles said. "We're just as good as they are."

"Well," Julie-Su said softly. "My dad isn't as strong as he claims to be."

"Why?" Espio said.

"He gets obeys my mom's every single command. She even made him wear a pink shirt," Julie-Su laughed as softly as she could.

"You're kidding!" Charmy said. "Vegeta?"

"Yeah," Lara-An said. "I managed to get a picture of it."

"Oo," Mighty said. "You serious?"

"Yeah! Now I own him. He'll never insult me again."

"Blackmail!" Espio said as quietly as he could.

"But that's nothing," Lara-An said softly.

"You should've seen what my mom made my dad and Piccolo do."

"Oh, I remember that," Knuckles giggled.

"What happened?" Mighty asked.

"She forced them to take Driver's Ed," Lara-An said.

The entire group started giggling.

"Not only that," Knuckles said. "She forced my dad to wear 'normal' clothes. T-shirt, jeans, cap, the works. Not only that, but he couldn't even get his seatbelt hooked. You should've seen it. It was hilarious. They even got in a race."

"I got a picture of that too," Lara-An said.

At this everyone was using all of their will power to prevent themselves from bursting out laughing.

"And didja know that my dad scared of needles?" Lara-An whispered.

This caused more giggling.

"I think we'd better split before they realized we're talkin' about them," Espio said.

"I think that's a good idea," Lara-An said. They flew off.

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They stopped in the woods.

"I think we should make our own fighting group," Knuckles said.

"I agree," Lara-An said. "If they won't let us fight with them, we'll fight by ourselves."

"But what should we call it?" Julie-Su said.

"How 'bout The Trashers?" Vector said.

"Sounds too dirty," Mighty said.

"What about The Bad Boys?" Espio said.

"But Lara-An and I aren't boys," Julie-Su said. "And we're not bad."

"I've got it," Lara-An said. "How does the Chaotix sound?"

Everyone thought it over.

"I like it," Knuckles said.

"It's okay with me," Mighty said.

"Me too," Espio said.

"Fine by me," Vector said.

"I'm for it," Charmy said.

"It's perfect!" Julie-Su said.

"Then it's settled," Knuckles said. "We are now and forevermore known as the Chaotix."

Then seven beams shot from the sky. A beam landed in front of each of the Chaotix.

"What on Earth are these?" Vector said.

"They look like crystal shards," Lara-An said. "What they're for, you're guess is a good as mine."

Knuckles looked at the sky.

"The sun's beginning to set," he said. "We'd better get back before our dads have a fit. See ya'!"

"Bye!" Lara-An said.

They flew off in different directions.