Ria sat at the end of her bed and stared intently at the engagement ring on her finger. She stood up and then not knowing what else to do she flung herself onto her bed again and buried her head in her pillow. She groaned as she heard someone knocking on her bedroom door.



"Who's there?" she groaned as she slipped off her ring and put it into her pocket. "Well?"

"It's Trunks….can we talk?" he asked from the other side of the door.

She sighed with relief. "Thank Kami. I thought you might've been Dad. Sure, come on in."

He opened the door and walked in. "Shut the door behind you………thanks." she said.

Trunks grabbed a chair and sat down as Ria got up and walked over to the window. For a while they said nothing to each other.

"Goten told me you know." He finally said unable to bear the silence any longer. "I helped him find the ring we must have gone to about a million different stores. He had to find the perfect ring. Well, he found it and I'm assuming you've got it."

Ria laughed and said, "He knows I don't care about the ring. It's nice, but, all I need is him."

Ria looked back out the window hiding her joy. Since she was a saiyan she really didn't have trouble hiding her emotions. She gazed silently at the stars in the sky. Trunks studied his younger half-sister from head to toe realizing that she was no longer the energetic little saiyan he had met when he was eight years old. She was the only full- blooded saiyan on this planet that was so young (besides of course Vegeta and Goku). She had gone from a child ho was confused and upset to this beautiful princess that stood before him, who was wise beyond her years even though she was only twenty years old, she knew so much. With her back turned to him he saw something he had never seen before. In small, black, symbols (the saiyan language) was the word "hope" on her left shoulder. But Trunks had no clue what it said because he couldn't read or understand it. He suddenly remembered why he had come here in the first place and frowned. "How do you plan on telling Dad?" he asked her.

She sighed and turned around. "I haven't got a clue. I mean……….he's so protective of me."

"That's because you're his daughter and the only one of his children who's a pure-blood saiyan." Trunks said.

She sat back on her bed and nodded. "I've gotta tell him. I just don't know what to say. I can do it. Sure I can that'll be easy. I just don't know what to say." She layed down on her bed and asked , "Why is this so hard?"

Trunks grinned. "It'll be fine Ria! You and Goten are absolutely perfect for each other. Even Dad knows it! I'm gonna tell you right now to be careful."

"What do you mean by that?" she asked.

"Well, Dad is very protective of you and if he sees you upset…..he might strangle Goten!"

They sat there and looked at each other for a minute or two and then burst out laughing. "Everything will work out Ria I know it will." Trunks told her.