Chapter six: Uncovered Truths, Death's return




Vegeta looked like he was about to kill Mike when Goku popped up just a few yards from them. No words were being spoken, just an eerie silence that seemed to deepen and grow thicker by the second. Goku walked up to them and looked from face to face. Mike looked like he wasn't about to back down, but at the same time, Vegeta looked about ready to tear him limb from limb. The winner of the fight was more obvious than Goku liked it to be, and that caused him to speak up quickly.

"Hey, Vegeta? Is this the newcomer I've heard about?" Vegeta glared over at him and sneered.

"Mind your own business, Kakkarot! Stay out of my fight." Vegeta said so scornfully, that it caused Goku's warning alarm to flare to life.

"But this isn't your fight, Vegeta! This is Ambrlyn's boyfriend, he's obviously here for her, not to challenge you! So, why don't you stay out of her business?" Goku's voice was hard and his face was serious. Mike looked over at him in surprise, he knew just the same as I did, and thus, Goku's change was unfamiliar with him. Than Goku looked over at him. "You've probably been very worried about her, haven't you?" Mike nodded and began to speak, but Vegeta broke in.

"He has no business with her! He can't even protect her efficiently!" Vegeta's anger boiled to the surface, his power level rising swiftly, revealing a fight closing in quickly.

"I can too protect her!! A lot better than you could, you arrogant. . ." Mike started, his anger at being called powerless striking a spot on his ego.

"Oh really?! Well than, you wouldn't mind proving it would you?!" Vegeta snapped, leaning forward, his power level rising enough to kill someone on a short range blast, his hands starting to glow with a ki blast.

Goku quickly stepped up in between them and placed a strong hand on each other their shoulders. "Now, now children! Let's not fight, not right now at least, we have more important things to worry about. Like the Androids? Or have you forgotten, Vegeta? Save your energy for training! Mike, you should probably go speak with Ambrlyn, she's probably worried about you now." Vegeta swung around and knocked away Goku's hand.

"Don't you go reminding me I need to train, Kakkarot! You haven't started training yet either!" Vegeta snapped, returning his attention back to Mike, who stood his ground just as stubbornly as Vegeta was.

For a moment, Goku stepped back and observed them together, the resemblance was there very, very clearly. They could have been brothers, had Goku not thought that Vegeta was right about him and his being the only surviving Saiyans left still alive. Beside that, if they were related, Vegeta obviously had no idea about it. When the sparks started to fly again, Goku quickly got between them, facing Vegeta with a stern face. "Vegeta, listen to me, if you fight him, and you win, Ambrlyn will be devastated. She'll probably never speak to you again! He's her life, he's te reason she's trying so hard to train for; she wanted to go home to him. Not impress you with her talent. Just let him be. If no other reason, than for Ambrlyn!" Goku's argument was sound. Vegeta's affections for Ambrlyn were clear, he would do nothing to harm her, even if that included backing down from this fight.

Vegeta turned to his side, facing away from both Goku and Mike. "I suppose you're right, Kakkarot. I will spare this boy, but only because of Ambrlyn. But hear me well, Kakkarot! If he so much as looks at me strangely, or causes her harm, I will eliminate him!" Goku nodded, knowing that agreement was the only way to get the angry, arrogant Saiyan to agree to anything.

"I'm sure he understands, Ambrlyn will be very pleased and relieved with your decision." Goku said as Vegeta turned and promptly stalked back into the gravity room. Mike watched him go with a look of wary respect and pride.

You're so proud and arrogant, so much like our race, I only hope to live up to your expectations once I tell you who I am. He thought, but turned his attention back to Goku.

"Did you hear me?" Goku asked again, his voice still patient and his eyes as joyful and as happy as ever.

"Oh, sorry, I was just thinking. What was it again?" He asked, hiding his embarrassment about being caught off guard.

"I had asked you, did you want to go see Ambrlyn? I can take you to my house, she should be there with Chichi." Goku repeated, raising an eyebrow in question. "Well, do you? I'm sure she wants to see you."

Mike smiled and nodded his head earnestly. "Yes, I definitely want to go see her." With that, Goku placed a hand on his shoulder and used his instant transmission technique to take them straight to his house.


I sighed as I let my feet dangle over the edge of the huge fountain in the back of Kame's Lookout Point. I starred down at the goldfish as they swam around in the center of the fountain, perfectly content with my presence. Kame had left me to myself nearly half an hour prior and now I had little to nothing to do. Things were rather. . .too peaceful, it frightened me and worried me. The last power signature I'd caught before they disappeared had been Vegeta's, than in one instant it was all over. I had crossed my fingers that Vegeta had not hurt Mike much; a shiver overtook me as I remembered the cold look of hatred in his eyes as they'd locked on Mike. Than as the thought of his hurting Mike ran through my mind, I clenched my fist in sudden rage! I might love Vegeta as a brother to me, but if he hurts Mike, I will make him understand how very wrong that was! I thought as I felt my power level struggling to rise higher than ever before, but I calmed down swiftly as Gohan walked up to me.

"I'm sure everything will be alright, Dad's really good at keeping fights from going too far. It probably didn't even get started." He tried to reassure me as I smiled weakly and blanched inside as I realized just how transparent I was. I would definitely have to learn to hide my thoughts better!

I glanced over at him quickly, smiling briefly. "I'm sure your right, Goku would stop Vegeta at every cost, I believe in him." I tried to make myself believe the words as I stared into the water.

Kame sat down on the other side of me as silence fell over me and Gohan. I started as he spoke. "He's a strong man, your boyfriend." As I jumped, he smiled in apology and put a hand reassuringly on my arm. "I'm sorry, dear, I didn't mean to frighten you."

I waved his apology away with a smile and a small laugh. "It's alright, I'm just really jumpy today." I glanced over at Gohan and noticed the little half-Saiyan's full attention on me. He's so sweet and so dedicated to me, it's adorable that he has a crush! But in nine short years, he'll meet Videl and forget all about me! I thought, a special warm feeling flowing through me as I thought back to Mike.

Kame nodded, but didn't say anything for a while. Gohan broke the silence as he perked up a little. "I can feel Daddy coming! I think he's bringing the newcomer!" I looked up and glanced over at Kame before getting up. I'd found out once when I first arrived here, that Kame was not as weak or as sluggish as he often pretended to be, so I no longer offered him a hand up.

"Really?" But no sooner had the words left my mouth, did Goku and Mike both appear near the main building about twenty feet in front of us. Tears threatened to fill my eyes again, but I refused to let them overwhelm me as I bolted across the way and was met halfway by Mike, Goku smiled as we hugged again and he spun me around in a quick circle, swinging my feet off of the ground. I giggled excitedly as he gave me a playful kiss on my cheek and gave me an extra squeeze. "I missed you so much!! How'd you get here?!" I demanded as he set me back down and we backed up a little, suddenly slightly uneasy with all of the eyes watching us.

He scratched his head and looked at the faces surrounding us. "Well, that's a long story. . .But girl am I so glad to find you here!!! How'd you escape Freeza?!?" I winced and laughed weakly.

"Well, I didn't exactly escape, it was more like I was rescued by total strangers." Mike gave a look of interest, so I sighed and went more into detail for him. "I tried to fight to escape, and I fought really hard too!" Mike nodded his understanding, he once fought me in a tournament, I don't show mercy often, so he knew personally how I fought. "But it was no where near good enough to come close to beating him. In the end, it was a small group of Saiyans that saved my life, I think he probably would have killed me by now, if they hadn't rescued me."

Mike gave me an odd look, I shied away from it, wary. "That was what I was coming to do, to rescue you. . ." His soft voice and gentle words made me smile, releasing my temporary fear. "I'm grateful either way, that you made it away from Freeza."

I laughed a little, and fought the sudden tears as the memories of being with Freeza sprang to the surface. Goku seemed to sense it and took the opportunity to relieve me. "So, how did you get here? I'm sure that's still on Ambrlyn's mind, and I'm a little curious also." I made a mental note to thank Goku next time I got to see him alone again.

"Like I said before, it's a long story." He looked directly at me and seemed to be about to say something when Kame walked up to me and put a hand on my arm.

"I hate to interrupt this reunion, but I really need to speak to Ambrlyn. It's important." I gave him a confused look, and than smiled back at Mike.

"I'll be right back, but man is it good to have you with me again!" I said as I followed Kame away from the others. "What's wrong?" I asked when we were out of ear shot from the others.

Kame grabbed me by the arm and gently guided me to sit down on the rim of a fountain as he sat next to me. "I think you should know something, King Kai has just spoken to me, he says that Freeza is headed towards Earth." My blood ran cold and I felt the color drain from my face. I shook my head, but he grab my shoulders firmly to keep me with him. "Listen! He's not headed here, but to your Earth. He just got word from the South Kai. We thought you should know. . ."

I stood up quickly, my vision grayed out, but I paid it no heed. "Wait!! My Earth?!? But WHY?? He knows I'm not there! He knows it!!! Why look for me back on Earth?" My thoughts were racing, but inside, I had a bad feeling that I already knew the answer.

"I don't know. I wish I did." He replied, his voice filled with remorse.

I sighed, there was no sense getting upset at Kame, he didn't do anything to deserve it, so I forced myself to calm down and take deep breaths. "Alright, lets look at it from his perspective. He probably knows where I was not sent. The Saiyans would not let him know my exact coordinates, so he'll probably go back to my Earth to see if he can flush me out to face him." Kame nodded at my thoughts, having learned that I had an unexplainable gift for predicting others moves before they made them when we began to play chess and other games together. "Now, he'll be angry, that I know without a doubt. But how angry? Will he be made enough to destroy my home? If so, I have to stop it!" I said as I stood up quickly, wrapped up in the sudden conviction, my left hand balled into a fist.

Kame stood with me, trying to calm me. "We don't know about that, perhaps he's looking to see if they lied, perhaps he'll leave Earth alone, and search farther away. . ."

I turned to look Kame in the eyes, he was such a sweet old man, but my eyes reflected something of my inner knowledge of my opponents. "If he goes to Earth, just to see if I'm there, that's just like moving a simple pawn to take over a queen. But if he destroys my home, than that's like moving his queen to take my queen, and only one more move until game over. I'll be in check. I can't let him destroy my home world! I can't!!!!!!" Tears sprang to my eyes as I shook my head, I didn't want to see all of my friends and family die at his hands. It was a horrible fate.

Kame's face had gradually become more distraught as I had told him of my thoughts, until the end, when he looked on the verge of being desperate. :King Kai, please! Help me talk to her! She's just like Goku was about going to Namek to face Freeza, only she doesn't stand a chance! Please!: He plead silently.

:I was afraid of this! I'll try to talk some sense into her!: King Kai replied to Kame in instant response. I had just finished speaking and was running over the plans in my head to find a way back to my home when I heard another familiar voice in my head. :Ambrlyn! You can't be serious about going after Freeza!! He'll rip you apart and then have you for lunch!: I winced and tried not to glared at Kame, knowing it was his fault for this intrusion.

"No. I need to do something about Freeza. I can handle this. . ." I was starting to say to Kame, but then heard three very loud counter-responses.

"NO YOU WON'T!!!!!" I jumped as I spun. Goku was standing right behind me, Kame smiled in relief.

I spun to face the Saiyan. "You'd do the same thing if it were this Earth in danger!! It's my home!!! I can't let him just. . .destroy it!!!!!" I plead with him, but dark eyes remained determined.

"You're not strong enough, not by a long shot! You wouldn't even last five minutes up against Freeza! He's not like us, he's stronger!" Goku was explaining to me as King Kai's voice intruded again.

:Listen to Goku! He fought up against Freeza, please! Reconsider!: I gritted my teeth and closed my eyes, my hands balling up in fists.

"You don't understand!!! This is all my fault!! I have to do something!" But again, I was interrupted, Goku's voice was harder and more firm than before.

"No! I won't let you, and neither will anyone else. Sometimes you have to know when you're not strong enough to take on an adversary! You can't handle him!" I felt my rage build at this, my head bowed down and I squeezed my eyes harder, I could feel my muscles clenching with my growing anger.

Goku opened his mouth a little as my energy pulsed around me, my simple loose clothes Chichi loaned me flapped as though in a strong wind, my hair floated up. "Ambrlyn, calm down!" He tried to tell me as I opened my eyes and glared at him.

"You want me to sacrifice my family, my friends and everything I know to that monster." Goku shook his head, but I could no longer hear him through my anger. It coursed through my veins like a drug, luring me deeper and deeper into it's trap. "I can fight him!!!" With that statement, my power level shot up, Kame backed away and glanced nervously over at Piccolo, who came up quickly at the feel of a quickly rising power level.

"Ambrlyn. . .please, calm down, getting angry isn't going to solve this." Goku tried to reason with me, but I was lost inside the rush of my power.

My eyes locked onto his so fiercely and so coldly that he went ridged, his muscles tensing. "You're telling me I'm weak. Worthless in a fight against Freeza." Of course it wasn't true, but the moment and the surge of unfamiliar power and energy twisted my logic and my senses.

"Goku. . ." Piccolo gave a soft warning as he powered up quickly, preparing to defend himself and Kame if it came to that.

"I know. . .geez! I can't get her to calm down, Piccolo! She's really upset about this." Goku said as he followed Piccolo's example and prepared.

My body began to ache, almost as though I were curled into a small ball and my muscles demanded that I relax. I threw my head back and screamed into the air, the sound caused both of the Namek's to flinch back from me involuntarily and Goku quickly went Super Saiyan. It was almost instantaneous for those surrounding me, but for me, the sudden change took forever! My body grew longer, pain seemed to be everywhere at once, my hands felt strange, one felt as though it were on fire, and the other as if it were freezing. My back hurt so fiercely that it arched, and when it did, I felt my body collapse under the force of the release of pressure.

At once, Goku and Piccolo were at my sides, Goku looked stunned, but all of my anger was gone, for the moment. "Go. . .Goku?" I asked weakly, my once pale icy blue eyes were a dark rich indigo.

"Rest. .." Was the only word I heard before I passed out.

Piccolo looked over at Goku in shock. "Did you know she could do that? I've never felt someone touch that kind of power! For a moment, I was afraid she was going to attack!"

"I know!" Goku said, than focused his thoughts to King Kai. :King Kai! Did you see that?! WOW!! You told me she had potential, but I didn't think it was that strong!:

The reply took only half a moment, and King Kai sounded just as surprised and impressed as Goku, but there was obvious wariness in his voice. :I knew that something of this sort would happen, but this extent was impossible to predict! She's a dangerous mix between races. With her heritage, it's impossible to know what else lies beneath he surface.: Goku frowned at the response, Piccolo just nodded, agree with King Kai.

"Wait? She's a half-breed, like Gohan and little Trunks will be? What's so different? I don't understand." Goku spoke out loud, not really wanting to continue it only mentally if everyone would hear anyway.

Piccolo took a deep breath and Kame backed away, making it obvious he would not be the one to break the confidence. "You can't tell any of the others yet, this is really Ambrlyn's place to say who knows and know doesn't. She's a crossbred between Saiyan and Ice Jin. I don't know who her father was, but I do know her mother was a Saiyan Queen."

Goku didn't look very surprised. "Yeah, well that would explain why she looks the way she does. She's got nearly the same eyes as Freeza, only their blue instead of crimson. Her power seems to be the same also. Hmm. . ." Goku trailed off and left every one in silence.

Kame returned after a moment of being gone and came back with a thick wool blanket. "Perhaps we should all cover her up, she'd not appreciate the immodesty of all this." Goku and Piccolo both nodded, thinking if any of the others would approach and see me in my current look.

My ears were visible through my hair as it fell over my face, my skin had paled a little more and my hands changed slightly, I could feel my legs were stronger and longer. And the 'extra' sort of feeling I had was the tail which had become of my shifting back to normal, of sorts. Or as I'd find out much later, only slightly back to normal. Goku observed me in silence, than looked back over at Piccolo. "Does Vegeta or any of the others know about this?"

The other nodded slightly. "Vegeta knows that she has this extra piece of heritage. But he doesn't know about this right here, although I wouldn't put it past him to already have figured it out. She is Ice Jin after all, perhaps she got this new look from that part of her heritage. . ." He broke off as they both felt a new arrival.

"Hey guys, what's up?" Krillin's voice echoed from behind, Piccolo gave Goku such a sharp look of warning that the other held his breath.

"We're just watching after Ambrlyn, that's all, she had a bit of bad news and it didn't go to well with her. She fainted, that's all Krillin." Goku said with only a little hesitation.

Krillin's eyes widened as he looked down at me. "You mean that power level was hers?!?! I thought almost for a while that it was Freeza's!"

Goku interrupted him with a strict look on his face. "No. She was very upset, you would have been too if you found out that Earth was going to be another Namek." Piccolo nodded his approval for the metaphor.

"Oh, I suppose your right. Is that what's going to happen? Her home's under attack by Freeza? Yeah, that would get my blood boiling too." Krillin agreed, looking away from me as he looked back at Goku. "That young man, Mike? He left with Vegeta, he said that there was something he needed to prove to him. If you ask me, it's more like Vegeta kidnaped him, that man's seriously got something wrong with him. Ambrlyn's going to rip him a new one when she finds Mike gone. I almost feel sorry for Vegeta!" Krillin laughed a little and Goku joined in. Piccolo took the moment to lift me off the ground and look scornfully at the others.

"I'm taking her where she can rest in peace, if I leave her here, she'll be cold and uncomfortable when she wakes up. I'll tell you when she wakes up, Goku, that way we can talk some more sense into her." With that, the both of us left off in the direction of the palace.

"Sure, later Piccolo!" Goku yelled off in our wake, than looked out toward the open sky. "I hope Vegeta goes easy on that boy, he's not half as strong as Vegeta.


Mike looked out at the wasteland in awe, it was hardly as easy to imagine as he originally thought. The air was not hot or unbearable, but warm, with a soft breeze. "Vegeta, I really would rather be with Ambrlyn right now than with you. No offense, but I did travel all this way to see her. . ." He started to say, but Vegeta interrupted him again.

"How did you come across a Saiyan space pod?! HOW?! Answer me, boy!" Vegeta's face was set in determination, as they stood on a cliff's edge.

"I've always had it, my father sent me to Earth in it. How else would I have it?" He snapped back, angry about repeating the same answer for the past twenty minutes. He had considered just decking Vegeta and returning to me, but than thought twice, he wasn't physically strong enough to make a dent in the other Saiyan. Sometimes you're absolutely thick headed Bro. Mike thought as he met his brother's eyes once more.

"It's not possible for you to be a Saiyan! Kakkarot, his kid and I are the last ones!" Vegeta snapped, his temper slipping farther away with each passing moment.

"What about Ambrlyn? I thought she had Saiyan blood? Are you not counting her?" That brought Vegeta's head back to Mike quickly.

"I never told you that she had Saiyan blood, how did you know that?!" He demanded.

Mike smiled and narrowed his eyes. "My father sent me to her, after her mother sent her away to protect her, and since my family and hers were friends, I was sent to protect her, in case anyone should come looking for her." Vegeta glared at his younger brother.

"And who is your father? Another lower class Saiyan?" Vegeta sneered, now struggling to strike a nerve so the fight would start.

"No. My father was royalty." That answer brought Vegeta's blood to a true boil. He clenched his fists in anger and shouted at Mike.

"That's not possible!!! The only family besides mine that was royalty had a girl and she died!!! My father was the only other Saiyan royalty ever and he had me!! You're lying!" With that, Vegeta's power level shot up through the roof! Mike quickly gathered his powers together, prepared to go Super Saiyan if he needed.

"It is possible, and if you'll listen I'll explain how!" Mike tried, but the Saiyan Prince wasn't listening any longer.

"Ambrlyn was surprised to see you here, she spoke of you in ways to say you didn't have these means! I think you lied to her! I know you did not tell her the truth! She's to sweet and innocent to have the likes of you toying with her!" Mike straightened up in sudden anger at his brother's words. "I think you should be put in your place!" Vegeta finished as he suddenly powered up and raced at Mike.

Mike leapt out of the way and hovered in the air above him, it took him a split second to go Super Saiyan before Vegeta's next attack. His brother stopped just a few feet from Mike and gapped in awe. "What!?!?! This can't BE!!!!!!! Not ANOTHER ONE!!!!"

Mike smiled and folded his arms, still wary of his brother's movements. "You've been saying that you 'think' so much about me! You don't even know who I am! If you had listened to me when I tried to explain and let me finish, than you'd know exactly why I have not told Ambrlyn the entire truth!"

Vegeta looked over at Mike in a entirely new light. "How?!?! You're a. . .a Super Saiyan! But. . .it's not possible. . ." Vegeta carried with him a very stricken look of confusion and hurt.

Mike smiled a little, but also felt sorry for this brother, realizing that he honestly didn't know about his existence. "Vegeta," Mike started, approaching his brother cautiously. "My father's name was Vegeta also, King Vegeta. My mother was named Lilanyia. She was his second wife, taken only five years before his death. I was conceived and born nine months after their marriage. We are brothers, Vegeta. . ."

Vegeta looked at him suspiciously, and than took back a foot, looking at Mike through different eyes. "You do have the look of our family, but prove it to me. What is your Saiyan name?" Mike smiled at his brother's acceptance, so he willingly provided the needed information.

"He named me Astrozar." Mike kept his answer simple, watching the other's expression.

Vegeta seemed to think about this for a moment, than smirked and folded his arms. "Well, Astrozar, I believe you, but only because Ambrlyn seems to trust you so much. She is seldom wrong, so I will take your word until I get a test done to prove it. Unless you are lying, you won't mind." It wasn't a request for the test, it was a demand. Mike smiled, he imagined it going differently, but was glad his brother accepted him none the less.

"I'd be happy to." Vegeta nodded once, dropping the matter after that.


Meanwhile, I was starting to stir, pulling myself from the blankness that had engulfed me so swiftly. "Ow. . .oh!" I moaned, wishing now I'd not woken at all, my head pounded and my body ached everywhere! I sat up carefully, surprised that it was not an effort. "Ouch." I winced as I stood and wobbled for a moment, than caught my balance again.

Piccolo came in at the sound of my alertness and then turned around abruptly. "Excuse me, Ambrlyn. It's good to see you're awake, how do you feel?" He asked me, I blinked past my sleepiness and my headache.

Why did he turn around? I asked myself, than looked down, my usual outfit was in tatters, I wasn't revealing anything really, but it was enough to almost show everything. I grabbed my blanket swiftly and wrapped it around me like a towel. "I feel. . .a little woozy." Piccolo turned slightly to see if I had gotten a chance to cover myself and then turned fully when he saw that I had. "Plus my head hurts something fierce."

Piccolo nodded and stepped closer to me, Kame appeared behind him. "Do you remember anything from before you passed out?" I shook my head after a moment of thinking. I felt for a moment that steam or smoke would appear out my ears, as hard as I had tried to remember anything before I passed out. "Kame had told you some really bad news, you went berserk on us and then was overwhelmed by the amount of power through your body, so you passed out to relieve that pressure. . ." I stared at the two of them with wide eyes.

"What. . .was the bad news?" I asked, my bad headache was starting to lift a little.

Kame looked at Piccolo and then I heard King Kai's voice inside my head. :If you'll promise to let me finish this time, I'll tell you, but don't go acting like a two year old who lost her candy!: I nodded, stunned. King Kai did not speak with me often, in fact, this was probably only the second time since I had arrived. :Alright then. Freeza is on his way towards your Earth. He's very upset about losing you and feels that if he can destroy or threaten something close to you, he could flush you out to face him!: My rage boiled up again, but with my promise to stay calm and listen to all of what he had to say, I held it tightly in check, I could feel myself swaying with the force of my anger. But I held it in tight check, for King Kai's sake at least. :The South Kai tells me that it will take him about four to six years to reach Earth, he's not at full speed, due to a few problems he's had with his ship. Which works to our advantage. . .:

I interrupted him with a smile, and a wicked twinkle in my eyes. "Yes, that gives me enough time to train and to become strong enough to fight him! I will be able to meet him in order to keep him from destroying Earth!"

King Kai was quick to respond, I could almost physically feel the hit on the back of my head.:NO!!!! NO, NO, NO, NO!!!! Absolutely NOT!!! I don't want you anywhere NEAR Freeza! He's an evil man and even Goku struggled to defeat him! I will not allow you to be so. . .stupid!!!!: I winced at the volume his voice was growing too.

"Alright! Gees! Just don't yell alright?! Man!" I muttered as I huffed and folded my arms. My tail swished in agitation as I tapped my toes against the floor in thought.

Piccolo gave me an odd look and spoke quietly. "Do you not realize something. . .different about you?" A jolt of realization went through me, while I had been unconscious, I had remembered my times with my Grandfather, and remembered what I was, but I'd failed to acknowledge this to any of my new friends. A feeling of shame rolled over me, I quickly explained to Piccolo. When it was over, his eyes narrowed at me, and he nodded. "I see, so you did indeed know, all along, that you were not human? That you were something else? But you blocked it due to a horrific accident and just remembered it now? Well, I suppose that sounds reasonable, if Goku can bump his head and forget everything, I suppose tragic loss can be just as bad."

A wave of relief washed over me, I hadn't realized just how much his acceptance meant to me until now. Piccolo was the only one that really connected with me, on a different level than the others. He knew what it felt like for me to be so different. So. . .alone in my feelings and powers. "Yeah, now that I remember, or at least partly remember, since there are still gaps, I am twice the fighter I originally was. As well as thanks to you, Goku, and Vegeta, I can be three times as effective!" A smile lit my face as I heard King Kai huff indignantly.

:And what difference does that truly make? None! You aren't capable of taking on Freeza! He's got to much time to think of ways to subvert you and to defeat you! He has too many tricks you're not prepared for!: King Kai shouted, a little quieter than before, but still enough to make both Piccolo and I wince.

"Alright! Fine! I won't fight him! Gees! Don't get your panties in a bunch!" I muttered as I sighed and looked around, I suddenly had the need to be around Mike. . .But I could sense he wasn't around the palace. "Where's Mike at?" I asked Piccolo, who looked at Kame than back at me.

"He's with Vegeta, been gone ever since you left to speak with Kame. But don't worry! They're fine, not fighting or anything! They're actually getting along great!" Piccolo said hurriedly after noticing my sudden fear for Mike.

I nodded my head in understanding and looked over at Kame, he seemed a little. . .reluctant to come near me, I looked down at myself and felt suddenly ashamed for the way I looked. "I'll just go if you want me too. . ." I said quietly, looking away, my tail curling at my feet, my ears lowering and pulling tight against my head.

Kame shook his head suddenly, walking quickly over to me. "No! Stay! I just never imagined what you would look like showing both parts of your heritage, it's remarkable, just how much of your fa. . .um. . ." Kame stopped himself quickly and smiled at me. "I just can't believe it, that's all." He finished after a moment, I smiled a little, but was still not sure about how he thought of me. :Piccolo, isn't it remarkable how much she looks like. . .you know, I never imagined a crossbreed looking so. . .elegant!: Kame spoke silently, Piccolo gave a very brief nod of his head.

"You know, Ambrlyn, if you worried about what we think of you, rest assured, we don't think less of you. We've known you this long, and have known of your heritage longer than you have. Seeing you this way isn't going to change our perspective of you now." Piccolo's words were very reassuring, I smiled a little stronger and relaxed myself.

"If I remember, this was what I originally was before, I can't remember being any more different. And now that I am back to my normal, I must admit that some distant pain has vanished; it's almost like having a heavy load that's been there for longer than you can remember lifted off. It's wonderful!" I said, trying to not sound to corny around it. Piccolo smirked his understanding, and Kame smiled, it made me feel good that the two of them understood what I was trying to say.

"Well, now that you're a little stronger, perhaps you'll stand a chance against those Androids which Trunks came back to tell us about." Piccolo said, sending a cold jolt of realization through me. I remembered where I was on the timeline, surly Mike already knew now as well.

"Well. . .I don't think I would stand a chance against them, but it wouldn't hurt to train. Just in case I came face to face with one of them." Piccolo nodded his agreement with me and turned to Kame.

"Very well, I want you to make sure she learns to Heal. I know one thing, if those Androids are as cruel as Trunks said they are, than we'll need all the help we can get. Korn only has so many senzu beans, a Healing ability would be priceless!" Kame nodded and Piccolo looked back at me. "I agree with Goku, you should train under Master Roshi, it will help you learn some techniques to defend yourself and perfect your Kamehame Wave."

I groaned, instantly regretting having opened my mouth. "I don't wanna train with Master Roshi!" I whined, stomping my foot a little, Piccolo laughed and clasped a hand hard on my shoulder. "Ouch."

"We all do things we don't want to, Master Roshi won't hurt you." With that, he guided me out into the open, I resisted a little as I saw Goku standing outside, but he didn't seem very surprised at seeing me, so I didn't fight much. "Look whose awake, Goku."

"Hey!!! It's good to see that you're alright!" Goku said with a cheerful smile as he walked the extra distance to us and patted me on my arm. "How do you feel?"

I blinked, realizing that most of my headache had vanished and I was nearly back to normal. "Pretty good, actually." I muttered the last, feeling a suddenly strong urge to run away.

"Ready to go back to Master Roshi's?" Goku asked me, his face still lit up like a child's.

I KNEW IT! I screamed mentally, somehow knowing that my fate was already sealed. "Well, if I have too. .." Goku laughed and led me away from Piccolo.

"Don't worry about it! He's harmless! Just humor him and you'll survive." Goku was telling me when Piccolo laughed in the background.

"Don't you mean 'he'll survive'?" Goku looked back, his smile widened and he shook his head.

"Yeah, that's probably true." He replied back, then spoke to me once more. "Just remember that he's human, you're not. You're physical strength could be too much for him if you really focused on it. With both sides of your heritage, you can be very strong, if you learn how. As you train, you'll naturally get stronger, and restraint will start to slip away. Just keep that in mind as you spar and learn from him, alright?" I swallowed hard, what Goku was telling me caused me to feel a little. . .strange. I had always been a powerful fighter, always holding back my true strength, but he was telling me that the more I trained, the less of that restraint I would have. This caused me a little concern. I nodded, not trusting myself to speak at that moment. "Great! Let's get going, Bulma wants to see you before we get there, so . . ." He stopped as he noticed me wince and back away a little. "Don't worry, she already knows about you, she'll not be surprised."

"You're sure." It wasn't a question, it was a sarcastic statement, Piccolo backed away from us a little, my tail twitched in agitation. I'm not sure what caused me to get so suddenly testy. I think it might have been the fact that Goku had told someone else of my. . .new look without my permission. But it was severely irritating me.

Goku froze, his muscles stiffened, he turned and looked directly into my eyes with a warm firmness that told me he was prepared if I tried anything. "I'm sure. She already figured that you might have the ability to transform due to your Ice Jin traits. She knew before I warned her." I froze, my anger faltered, more because I realized it was misguided than what Goku had actually said, but, it fell away none the less.

"Fine." Was all I said as I looked away, feeling stupid for my actions.

Goku put his hands on my shoulders and turned me to face him. "Hey, don't worry about it." I looked up at him and smiled. . .

* * * * * * * * *

Mike watched Vegeta stand at the edge of a cliff, he sighed and looked back in the direction of Kame's lookout. His brother was being very stubborn about achieving Super Saiyan. He had been standing out there, in one spot for nearly two and a half hours! He stifled a yawn and threw another rock towards his brother. "Vegeta, you aren't going to achieve anything but sore feet standing there like that. Come on, it's late! Ambrlyn's gonna think I left her, and Bulma's probably wondering if you're gonna eat her out of house and home again tonight." Mike replied, not expecting his brother to respond.

But was shocked as the other turned with a smirk and folded his arms. "Yes, and I intend to eat her out." Mike fought a blush at his brother's wink. "Ambrlyn will know where you are at, she is very good at that. You can't hide from her. She'll not be worried about you." He looked up at the sky. "Let's return to that woman's house, I'm hungry." Vegeta said suddenly, stalking past his brother, than turned slightly with a sly smile to his brother. "Are you going to enjoy your woman's company tonight, Astrozar?" Mike blushed furiously, but held his silence, instead, he sent a blast at his brother.

"Be respectful!" He shouted after a moment to regain his composure. "Besides, that's none of your business."

Vegeta dodged the blast as if it were nothing and laughed at his little brother. "Fine, but if you ever need advise, you know where to find me." He smirked some more and than left in the direction of Bulma's house.

Man is he a piece of work of what. Mike thought to himself as he shook his head and smiled in spite of himself.