A/N: Love, love love.love, love, love.oh, hello. ^_^; I guess I went off for a moment there. I do love the Beatles, don't you? Okay, sorry, I know I must be scaring you. I'll get on with things. Today, it's chapter 3 in What the.? and we're gonna have fun!!! ~_^ There will be some bashing of Vegeta, Gohan, and all the saiyans in general. Yeah! Don't worry, for those of you who like it, it's gonna have a serious overtone with a bit of humor thrown in - or at least it's supposed to. Enjoy!



Ch 3: For Blood and Honor

"SISTER?!" Vegeta yelped.

Everyone stared at him in shock, the girl in surprise turning to anger.

"Vegeta!" she cried.

"What the hell are you doing here?"

"Where have you been?!"

"At home, where you should be!"

"There is no more home! It was destroyed!"

"Yes it was, but it was wished back!"

Gohan slowly put his hand into the air, like a child in school asking a question. The feuding siblings glared at him.

"WHAT?!" they both snapped.

Gohan quailed slightly but stood firm. "Why are you arguing? You-" and he pointed to the angry female saiyan, "- only just got here, and you-" he pointed at Vegeta, "-are being a total idiot, so both of you shut up!"

Now everyone stared at Gohan, including the arguing pair. The girl's surprise turned quickly to indignation.

"You will not address me so! I am Princess Melissa de Vegeta, and you would do well to remember it, boy!"

Gohan looked at her coldly. "I hear you. So I guess you're Mel."

"No, you insolent brat! I am Melissa-"

In an instant, Gohan's hand was at her throat. "Speak another word, and you won't live to regret it, my friend," came the icy growl from deep within his own throat. "Do not call me boy, brat, or any other name you can come up with. My name is Son Gohan, and you would do well to remember that."

No one could understand the disturbing change in the son of Goku, least of all his father.

"Gohan.?" he began.

"Shut up, Father," Gohan said with deadly calm. Goku obeyed, too surprised to do anything else. "As for you, girl, you can tell me where you came from."

"I will say nothing-"

"You will or you will die!" snapped Gohan. "I know ways to make it very painful indeed."

Under that threat, Melissa finally relented. "I came from the saiyan home world, Vegetsai."

"How is that possible? Vegetsai was destroyed."

"Yes, but someone - we've yet to figure out who - wished back our planet. We've gone back to purging planets, which is my mission here."

Gohan snorted. "You've just been relieved of that particular job."

"No!" His hand tightened and she gasped for breath. "Yes, my friend. You are."

Face going slightly blue, her hands clutching desperately at his, she nodded.

"Let me go!" she choked out.

Gohan's hands dropped, and she fell to the ground, trying to gain her breath back. As she struggled, Gohan continued in almost a lazy tone, "Why don't you stay here awhile? From the looks of it-" he stared at her back under her armor, set at an angle so that Gohan could see her shoulder blades, "-you could use a break from whoever did that to you."

Mel stood tall again. "My father is allowed to do as he wishes, and I am only a female. I am unworthy of his attention."

"Oh gee, that's brilliant. 'Hey, I'm the heir to the saiyan crown, and I'm unworthy of my father's attention because I'm a little girl'." He gave a snort of laughter. "Give me a break. If those scars are any indication, he gives you a lot of his attention, doesn't he?"

She flushed angrily. "Those are battle scars-"

"It's not possible for all of that to come from battle, Mel, I know something of it myself. I've been in real, bloody, people-really-DIE battles since I was around 4 years old, and I've yet to get a real good scar. You, on the other hand, seem to have a collection."

Mel gave no reply, and Gohan smirked. He turned to the others, who just stood there. "Well, let's make her comfortable, shall we?"

The others jolted to attention and quickly did as he asked. With Gohan near Mel so she wouldn't take off, they headed back to Capsule Corp. Vegeta didn't like the fact that Kakarot's brat was ordering him, the prince of all saiyans, around. He was grumbling to himself about it when everyone stopped and stared at Gohan and Mel. They were looking at each other in surprise, then Mel asked aloud,

"Shin, you must be mistaken!"

Shin? thought Goku wildly. Is that Gohan's nickname?!

Then a voice echoed in all their minds.

It is no mistake, Melissa. Shake his hand. The same for you, Gohan. The legend must come to pass.

Slowly, hesitantly, Gohan and Mel touched the other's hand. Instantly, both screamed in pain, and white light obscured everyone's sight. The screams continued, and then, quite suddenly, stopped. Very slowly, the light faded away. And the sight that greeted them startled them all.

A/N: Hahaha, cliffhanger! I'm feeling slightly evil right now, sorry. ^_^ I'm doing an update spree so go ahead and check out my other stuff. Oh YEAH!!! I, along with two of my fellow authors, have started a new project together! Yes, ssj2m, super-saiyan-monkey, and myself are writing a story!!! The title is ~ The True Evil ~ and with the three of us working on it, you can be sure it'll be funny, wacky, strange, and full of action, so read it! Um, anything else? Let's see.not really, so.R/R and have a good day!!! -saiyagal