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Additional A/N (04-12-15): I just added a couple of things to this chapter to clear up a misunderstanding with the fourth part of this series "The Lost Warrior - Alternate Reality" concerning Goten's and Jenny's birthday in "The Lost Warrior"...


The last time in "The Lost Warrior":

With a scream she again became a Super Saiyan. 'Hey, that's easier than I thought.' Jenny smirked. She put the gravity on the highest level, at 500 G and then began to train until she felt Vegeta and Goku outside. She glanced at the clock. 'Wow, I've trained for two hours straight. Better I go open the door for them, before they run against the wall.' She put the gravity down to normal, powered down and then made the building visible to let them in.

"I see you're working hard. That's good."

"Hey Jenny!"

"Hey Goku. Vegeta."

"Ok, are you ready brat?"

"Ready as always." With that the training began.


Chapter 16: "Plans and Discussions"

The next day in school, Jenny was sitting bored in her economy/politics class. Trunks, who sat at the same group table with his back to the window, noticed the far away gaze out of the window. 'Is there something interesting outside?' he asked through their bond.

Jenny looked in his direction and saw him smirking. 'Nothing… by the way, do you know that you look exactly like your father when you're smirking like that?'

'I know.' His smirk grew wider.

'And you know that you are a jerk sometimes.'

'Am I?'

'Yes you are. An irresistible jerk. What are you doing in your free periods?'

'Oh yeah, I wanted to tell ya. Mom asked us to come over, she wanted to ask us something. And after that, we can spend some time alone till we have to go back to school, if you want.'

'Of course…'

"Jenny, Tom, I'm sure your little flirting is more interesting than my class, but I'd rather like you to pay attention."

"Oops, sorry."

"Yeah, sorry, it won't happen again." Jenny grinned sheepishly and looked back in her book.


After they have 'survived' biology, Jenny and Trunks went to Trunks' house to spend their four free periods there. As they got there, everyone was already gathered, even Goten and Shana were there. Since they had biology as special subject, they had already one free period. "Hello you two…" they were greeted by Bulma. "Jenny, I'm sure Trunks told you that there's something I have to ask all of you."

"Yeah, but what is it?"

"First of all I wanted to know, when we should celebrate yours and Goten's birthday. I know, it's in four weeks, but I want to be…"

Suddenly Jenny interrupted her with a confused look on her face. "I'm sorry, Bulma, but isn't Goten's birthday in January? You know, with the whole infant-me having to be at least six months old, before this Kaioushin-guy could have transferred the other me from ChiChi's womb into infant-me so that I could become me-me…" Upon the puzzled expression of her new family, Jenny just threw her hands into the air, gesturing wildly. "You know what I mean! Bulma told me that the baby-me in this dimension must be six months older than the other me in your dimension. A younger baby couldn't have taken the power of a Saiyajin, if it had been younger. And according to this, Goten must be born six months after I had been born and this means in January."

"She got you there, mate," Trunks said smirking, as he patted Goten on the shoulder. "She saw through your plan to suddenly become a half year older than you actually are…"

"Not fair," Goten grumbled. "Come on, Jenny! Twins wouldn't be twins, if they weren't born on the same day and since I don't think that you're willing to lose six months, I thought I could choose your birthday as ours. Mom agreed and Bulma already changed some things, like my birth certificate, to make me older… Don't be a spoilsport!"

Jenny had a hard time to keep the splitting grin from her face and her face straight, as she thought about how happy she was about his decision – he was truly doing anything to make her welcome in her new family and to bring them all, but especially the two of them, even closer together than they already were. Beside, the almost pouting look on her brother's face was simply hilarious. "Goten, you do know that this is cheating…" She saw how his shoulders slumped, but then let the grin take over her face, as she tackled him and pulled him into a tight hug. "But this is the sweetest and most wonderful thing you could have done!"

"You're serious?" he asked hopefully.

"Of course I am, little bro!" She let go of him, the grin never leaving her face, as she turned back to Bulma. "So, when does the big party take place?"

"That's what I asked you…" Bulma answered smiling. "I thought of having it directly on the 24th. What do you think?"

"I'm sorry, Bulma," Jenny admitted, "but I don't think that this is a good idea, because I always celebrate my birthday with my family, and I don't think I'll make a party with friends this year. But what about the day after? You okay with that?"

Bulma nodded, "The day after is just fine. So, but there's still something else… I want to know what you, and I mean all of you, think of a little vacation in the summer holidays … in our dimension."

"Yeah, that would be great," Goku cheered.

Bulma smiled. "And what do you others think about that?" The others were happy about it. It was a long time, since they last were there. Just Jenny was a bit thoughtful. Of course, she was curious about this other world, but she was afraid, too.

"Jenny? What do you think? Would you like to know the world where we live?" Trunks asked her. She thought a bit more about it, but eventually her curiosity won.

She smiled. "I'd love to. And when did you plan we will go there?" she turned to Bulma.

"I thought about the 31th of July, because there's something more I wanted to tell ya. On the 1st of August and in the following week will take place the Tenkaichi Budokai."

"The Budokai? But the last one was just 2 years ago, so the next one must be next year. How could that be?" Gohan asked.

"Dende told me that the demand for another one was so big, that they decided to held another one. So, are you interested?"

"Of course am I!" Goku grinned.

"Me, too," Goten said,

"Trunks, Gohan?"

"Sure, buddy!"

"Nah, I think I let you fight…"

"I will fight, too. Kakarotto, this time I'll kick your ass. And you brat," he pointed to Jenny, "you should take part. It will be a good training for you to fight some people for real."

"Did you really think I wouldn't take this chance?" Jenny smirked at him.

"Good, now that that's clear, let's talk about the details," Bulma said excitedly.


After they talked for about one hour about when they will leave, when they will come back, and what they will show Jenny, Bulma began to talk about a big welcoming party at CC where she wanted to invite all of their friends on the day they arrive.

"Bulma, may I say something about that?"

"Sure Jenny, what is it?"

"You've told me that most of your friends are fighters, too. So I think that maybe they will participate at the Tenkaichi Budokai. And therefore I think it's not a good idea for them to get me to know the day before the tournament."

"Why not?"

"You must understand… I think, when they know who I am, that they will go soft on me. And I don't want that."

"I don't think that one of them will take part, because they aren't that young anymore, but if you don't want it, then I won't do it."

"Thank you…"

"But if you don't want them to know who you are, then we must do something to hide your tail when you fight," Vegeta, who was silent all the time, interrupted them.

"That's easy. I'll make you a fighting gi in which you can hide it. Or I think I have a better idea. I'll make it invisible."

"What? How?" the others asked stunned.

"I will use the same fluid I used for the gravity room which Vegeta had lost." She shot an evil glare at him. "And don't worry about the whole in your pants then… I'll find a solution so that nobody will notice. And the best thing is, you can still use the tail in the fight."

"Thank you Bulma… thank you very much."

"You're welcome Jenny. So, now that everything's clear, I will end this 'session'."


As Bulma had finished, Goten and Shana had to go back to school, because they had still maths. But Trunks and Jenny still had two more free periods and decided to spend them in Trunks room, alone. They were lying on his bed kissing. "So, what do you think, will your parents say?"

"I think that they won't mind that I spend two weeks of holidays with my friends and their families, if I'll spend the last two weeks with them. I just hope that Shana's parents will agree."

"Don't worry about that. They like Goten and they trust him."

"Okay." Jenny hesitated a bit, not knowing if she should say it or not, but before she knew, the words just tumbled out of her mouth. "I never thought that Goten would do something like that for me…"

"Why not?" Trunks asked confused, as he sat up.

"I don't know..." Jenny shrugged. "Maybe it's because I never had any siblings, so I don't know what they do for each other..." Or maybe it's hard to accept that people that you only know for a couple of weeks, already give up something of their own identity to make you feel like you belonged, she mused to herself.

"Goten's a decent guy. We've been friends ever since he was born. He loves you, Jenny and I'm sure he would do anything to make you happy... Besides, it's not as if he isn't gaining something by changing his birthday," he added grinning.

Jenny just smiled and snuggled up him, as he lay back down again. The next moments passed way too fast for the two half-Saiyajins, before they had to go back to school.


They arrived at school just a minute before their Mr. Wordman, their teacher for religion arrived. "Hey, where have you two been? I almost thought you wouldn't come," Diana greeted them.

"We, too," Trunks answered, smiling down at Jenny. At this moment Mr. Wordman walked up the stairs. He unlocked the door to their room and they walked inside to their seats.

As their teacher unpacked his books he began. "First of all, hello. I want to talk with you today about a case that is quite actual. I guess all of you have heard about the young woman who is known as The Lost Warrior, right?"

Jenny swallowed. 'That will be funny.'

"Good, now I want to split you into three groups of six persons. I already decided who's with whom. In group #1 are Gina, Shana, Diana, Jenny, Glenn and Tom…"

'Good, at least I'm with people I know good,' Jenny thought while Mr. Wordman was calling out the other groups.

"I hope I chose your groups to your satisfaction. Okay, now I want that you discuss in each group of what you think she is like, why she helps people, how it could be that she's so strong and so on. Just try to characterize her from what you know. You can go wherever you want to do this, just stay on the campus. I'll give you time till 2pm and then you come back and present your solutions. Did you understand?" The students nodded and left the classroom.


Since it was again a warm and sunny day, group #1 decided to go outside and sat down in the grass on the schoolyard. They sat there in silence for about five minutes until Diana suddenly spoke up. "Ok guys, I think we have to start. The best is each of you tells us what you think about The Lost Warrior and then we summarize it. Who wants to start?" Little did she know, that she was the only one in the group who didn't know the identity of The Lost Warrior. Jenny shifted her feet in the grass. She really felt uneasy. "Okay, then I start." Diana said after no one of the others wanted to do it. "I think she does help people because of the publicity she gets. I mean she's really popular and I've already seen fan articles in the shops. Everything's just show… Another thing is her strength. No one can be that strong, no one. I've seen in TV as she caught some bullets with her own hands. That must just be fake. What do you think?"

Trunks felt Jenny's ki lever rising and took her hand to calm her down. He wanted to say something but was interrupted by Jenny. "So the men who had attacked Cindy and Inka were just fake. They scared them nearly to death because of the publicity. They still don't like going out in the dark alone because of what had happened. And you wanna tell me that everything was just fake," she stated in a deadly calm voice.

"Hey Jenny, chill out. Don't you think, too that's unbelievable that she beat up ten strong men without any effort? I think she is now sitting in a big apartment counting her money. Or why do you think she helps people?" Diana tried to convince her friend.

"Maybe because she's a helpful and caring person," Gina threw in.

"What did you say? Where do you know that from?"

"Philippe had a car accident yesterday. He was about to die, when suddenly a black-haired girl appeared in his room and healed him. He recognized her as The Lost Warrior. And there was no press or people from TV. That's what he told me on the phone yesterday."

"And can you tell me where her strength comes from?"

"Training," Shana simply said.

"Huh?"

"You get stronger when you train. That's easy, Diana, that is something you must admit."

"Is everything alright here?" the group heard a voice from behind them.

"Oh, Mr. Wordman, yes everything's alright," Glenn answered.

"Good, and what did you find out until now?"

"I'm trying to convince them that everything is fake about The Lost Warrior. But they won't believe me."

"Mmh, we will talk about that in class. The others have already finished. Do you think you can come, too, so that we could discuss it?" The teens nodded and followed Mr. Wordman back to the classroom.


Back in the room the discussion began. Most of the students agreed with Diana, just a few others didn't think so. "Okay, now I've heard some opinions. But Tom, you are so silent the whole time. What do you think, what kind of person is she?"

"I think," he took a quickly and just for her noticeable glance to Jenny, "that she's lonely. Not knowing where she belongs to, torn between her existence as superhero and her normal life. And I think that she's too proud to admit it to anyone. Not even to the ones she loves."

"That's interesting. Where do you want to know it from?"

"I saw it once on TV. They showed her face and I could see it in her eyes. The sadness and the pride. And eyes do never lie."

"I must admit, that's the same thought I had. Is there anyone else who wants to say something about it? Yes Anne?"

"I think she doesn't just help people because of her caring side. I think she must prove herself that she's able to help and save people. Maybe she had some bad experiences which she tries to digest with it."

Mr. Wordman nodded. "Okay, I think that was enough for today. You can go home now."


As everyone left the room, Trunks and Jenny were the only ones who were still there. "Jenny, are you alright?"

"I think so… But how did you…?"

"Shh, as I said I saw it in the eyes of The Lost Warrior. In your eyes. You don't need to keep your feelings from me, because I can see in your heart." He embraced her. "I think we must go now. I'm starving and we must get home before there's now food left, especially now that Goten has got a head start," Trunks said grinning and they left arm in arm.

So, that was chapter 16!

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And by the way Vindali, as you could see in this chapter: On Thursday I got 2 classes, that 4 free periods and again 2 hours religion. And today there were no classes on the afternoon, that's why I could go home at 9.15am g