"I really am sorry Kame, I didn't think I left them in too long…" Mr. Popo stuttered as he and Kame examined the burnt-black brownies. Kame shook his head, looking towards the door as he heard someone call out. "Well, nothing we can do about them now…" He muttered as he shifted his weight on his staff and headed out towards the door. "Looks like we've got company." He walked outside to meet the voice, which he quickly discovered belonged to Goku.
"Hello Goku!" Kame greeted cheerfully as he stood in the doorway of the palace, waiting for Goku and the two children to head over. Goku grinned, walking quickly towards the Namek, Gohan and Zoa close behind. "Hey Kame! It's good to see you! We just came by to introduce you to someone! This is Zoa! She's a Saiyan from planet Enogu!" Goku explained, gesturing towards the young girl. Zoa smiled, and reaching up, shook Kame's hand. Kame frowned thoughtfully for a moment as he shook back. Zoa looked up at him, trying to catch a glimpse of what he might be thinking about.
"You're not an ordinary Saiyan, are you?" He asked suspiciously, able to sense something different from the child then even from young Gohan. She had some unique abilities…
Zo frowned, blinking a couple of times. "Well, I don't know! I guess I don't know much about what other Saiyans are like, since Gohan and Goku are two of the first others I've met… But what do you mean?" Kame nodded understandingly. The girl is not aware of her abilities. How expected… He shook his head, lifting himself back up to full height. "Oh, nothing, just curious, that's all. But I must say, it's always nice to find another warrior who might be willing to fight on our side." Zoa's eyes lit up at this mention, and she nodded enthusiastically. "I am! Willing, I mean. I have no where left to go, and I owe it to you for helping me." She declared, looking hopefully over at Gohan and Goku. Goku frowned, still in his mind feeling that the girl was a little young to be a fighter… "Well, sure why not? If you think you're up to it…" Zoa smiled. "Yeah! I'll train, I'll fight!" Goku laughed, putting his hands on his hips. "Well then, we'll definitely have to introduce you to Piccolo when we go home." Kame looked over at Goku as he said this. He frowned, wondering if Goku's intentions were to leave training the girl the protégé of his somewhat evil half, Piccolo. He still felt some deal of resentment towards him, but he had done a good job with Gohan, so hopefully it would be a good idea if Goku carried through.
"So, you probably can't stay long, correct?" Kame suddenly asked, interrupting the somewhat uncomfortable silence that had fallen upon them. Goku shook his head regretfully. "No, we just came to say hi, and to make some introductions. Which reminds me, where is Mr. Popo." Gohan grinned at the name. "Yeah! We were gonna ask him if he had made any of those awesome brownies today. Kame rolled his eyes, a slightly annoyed look on his elderly Namek face. "Yes, well, I'm afraid Mr. Popo burnt the brownies…" "But it was by accident!" Came the reply from somewhere inside, and almost directly after, the large black genie appeared, wiping his hands on a small, checkered dishcloth. Goku held his sides, erupting with laughter.
"Not again! Oh well. I suppose you can still cook a hell of a lot better than I can!" He exclaimed, as a very unimpressed Mr. Popo stood rather silent, no comments to be made at this remark. Gohan took the opportunity to introduce him to Zoa. "Hey Mr. Popo, this is Zoa, we just met her today. And would you believe? She's a Saiyan! Cool huh?" Mr. Popo got an even more shocked than usual look on his face at this. "Oh my! That is extraordinary!" He exclaimed as he also shook Zoa's hand. "Pleased to meet you." "Thanks! You too!" Zoa agreed, as Gohan let out a small laugh.
"We were gonna ask if we could take home some brownies for desert, but I guess not tonight, huh?" Mr. Popo shook his head regretfully, turning a bit of an embarrassed shade of red. "No, I'm sorry. But I'll be sure to save you some from my next batch!" Goku grinned, walking over to the kids. "Great! But, I told my wife we'd be home for dinner, and we wouldn't want to be late. So, we'll see you again soon, okay?" Kame and Mr. Popo nodded as Goku put an arm around either kid and put two fingers to his head. With that, and a wink from Goku, they all disappeared seemingly into thin air as Goku demonstrated his Instant transmission ability.
"Mom, we're home!" Gohan exclaimed as they all arrived in the kitchen of the Son house. Chi Chi was at the counter, getting something out of a drawer. The table was set, and all the food was laid out and prepared, waiting to be eaten.
"And where exactly have you been?" She demanded without turning around to see them. Goku nervously put a hand behind his head and began to stammer an answer. "Well, we just got back from the Lookout Point! We stopped on our way back from the hospital, ahehe, hope we aren't late…" Chi Chi frowned, closing the draw and walking towards the table. "No, I suppose you made it just in time. You're lucky." Goku grinned, nodding as he too started to head towards his seat. But he stopped suddenly at the realization they had brought a guest. "Oh, and I hope you don't mind having one more here for supper, we kind of invited someone to join us." Chi Chi put her hands on her hips angrily. "Oh really? So now I have to cook for two extra people? First you run out to help Gohan with something and don't even tell me what's going on, and now you've invited some mystery guest to our house without even telling me so I could prepare and make sure I had enough food made?" She demanded in a huffy voice. Gohan let out a long sigh. His mother didn't exactly have a good temper… "Well," She continued, placing some forks and knives down on a placemat, "Where exactly is our dinner company?"
"Um, right here ma'am." A shy voice said, peeking around from behind Goku's legs. "I don't mean to be a bother…gosh…" Chi Chi's face got a rather surprised look as she looked down and saw the little girl standing slightly behind her husband. "Oh my!" She exclaimed, turning a little red, "I'm sorry! I must have seemed very rude." Gohan pointed to Chi Chi and nodded at Zoa. "This is my Mom. And mom, this is Zoa. She was in an accident, and we took her to the hospital to get better." Chi Chi smiled, gesturing towards the table. "Well, you're welcome to stay and eat with us. It's always nice to know my little Gohan is helping others and making some nice friends." Zoa grinned, accepting her place, and sitting down at the dinner table. Gohan quickly scrambled onto a chair beside her, continuing his explanation. "Yeah! And she's a Saiyan!" "Another Saiyan?" Chi Chi moaned, looking around at the amount of food she had made, "Then I really do wish you would have told me. You Saiyans are like bottomless pits, I swear…" Goku laughed, pulling his chair closer to the table and beginning to dish out food for everyone. He suddenly stopped, looking around.
"Hey where's Piccolo?" He asked, noticing the absence of the tall green Namek who usually accompanied them at meals.
"Yeah! You have to meet Piccolo!" Gohan assured Zoa as he handed her the mashed potatoes. "He's really cool! He trained me for a while. In fact, I even have this awesome outfit like his!"
"He's a trouble maker that's what." Chi Chi added, looking out the window. "But I don't know where he is. Just as well, I don't need another person to cook for tonight with three Saiyans to feed."
"Well don't worry, I wasn't planning on eating anyway." A rough voice grumbled from the doorway. Gohan spun around in his chair, eyes sparkling as he saw Piccolo standing in the doorway. "Piccolo!" He exclaimed gleefully as Piccolo humored him with a small smile, and headed through to the living room. He turned around as he noticed a young girl sitting beside Gohan. "And you are?" He started, raising an eyebrow.
"Zoa! I've heard a lot about you Mr. Piccolo!" Piccolo nodded, his facial expression changing very little. "Great. I'm sure you have." Piccolo's eyes grew as he looked down and noticed Zoa's tail swishing back and forth through a hole in the back of her baggy, neon green pants. "You're a Saiyan?" He rumbled in his deep Namekian voice, "Great. It's always something. Where'd you guys find this one Goku?" Goku looked up from stuffing his face as he heard his name mentioned. Chi Chi shook her head and sat down beside him at the table. "Wha? Oh! Icarus and Gohan found her ship. She crashed here! Hey, are you sure you're not going to eat anything? Nothing at all?" Piccolo shook his head, turning back towards the living room. "No, I'll be fine. Nice to meet you Zoa." Zoa nodded, watching him disappear behind the doorframe. "You too!" She called.
"Is it just me, or is Piccolo not the happiest individual?" She whispered to Gohan, who taking a long sip of milk from his glass. "Well," He replied, "He's a little paranoid sometimes. And really serious. He's always been like that. But he's a good guy, even if he doesn't like to admit it."
"Good." Chi Chi decided, finally starting to relax after all the happenings of the evening. "Then Piccolo's fine and Icarus was more than happy with leftovers. He's sleeping outside. Out of all of you, he's the only one who got home on time…" Goku grinned sheepishly, his cheeks still stuffed with food. Gohan shrugged also beginning to chow down as his hunger got the best of him. Chi Chi let out a pitiful and tired sigh as she watched the three Saiyans eat, having lost most of her appetite. "And around here, who knows what in the world will happen tomorrow…"