"D'you think Lavender'll be alright by herself?" she asked.
"Who cares?" Vegeta replied.
"What?!" Chichi frowned at him. "What do you mean by that? What's she ever done to you?" "Yeah, Vegeta. What's wrong with her?" Goku asked.
"Oh, come on, Kakarotto!" Vegeta protested. "haven't you figured out by now that she is FRIEZA'S daughter?!" he looked at Trunks. "Why didn't you tell me he had a child?!"
"I didn't know she was his daughter!" Trunks protested. "Anyway, what difference does it make? She's never even met him."
"And how do you know that?" Vegeta demanded.
"I just do! I believe her!" Trunks argued.
"Vegeta, why is your son attracted to a lizard?" King Vegeta glared at the prince.
"Wha?!?!" Trunks looked at him - bright red with anger and embarrassment.
"Is it true?" Goten smirked at Trunks.
"Of course not!!" Trunks exclaimed. "Honest!!"
"So you won't mind if I kill her when she gets here?" Vegeta asked.
"Don't!" Trunks ordered.
"Why not? I thought you said you weren't attracted to her." King Vegeta shrugged.
"Er.... that's true..." Trunks said. "But, er... what if she's the only one that can help us out here?"
King Vegeta looked at him.
"Help you out?" he asked.
"Well we have to get rid of all these people." Gohan told him. "The place is an absolute chaos."
"Get rid of?!" King Vegeta gasped. "You mean send back?!"
"That's right, dad." Vegeta stood up, and pointed to him. "You're going back to Hell." he smirked like a little kid.
"You can't send me back there!!" King Vegeta protested, jumping up off his seat. "I spent over thirty years in that place and after thirty minutes I couldn't stand it!!"
"Well, maybe if you hadn't given away your only son, you wouldn't have gone there in the first place." Vegeta answered back snidely.
"Wha - -" King Vegeta glared at him. "Are you asking for a fight, brat?!"
"Do you WANT a fight, "Dad" ?" Vegeta glared back.
"Whoa, whoa!" Goku stepped in between them. "Guys, just calm down, okay? A fight is the last thing we want!"
"Well tell him to get off my back!" Vegeta growled. "He's always had it in for me, even when I was a kid he wouldn't listen to anyone but himself. He always considered himself more important than me - or anyone else!"
"That's because I am more important for you." King Vegeta smirked nastily.
"YOU -"
"Hey!!" Goku had a hard time holding Vegeta back as he tried to smack his father. King Vegeta stood there, and waved at his son.
"Missed me!" he teased, and pouted. "You always were good at screwing up."
"YOU BASTARD!!!" Vegeta shouted. "KAKAROTTO, GET OFF ME!!!"
"No way!!" Goku refused. "Now I want both of you to calm down!"
"I'm perfectly calm." King Vegeta said. He smirked snidely at Vegeta. "It's just the little boy that's throwing a tantrum."
"ARRRRRR!!!" Vegeta's face went red. "I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU!!!" he punched at his father as fast as he could.
"Little help?!" Goku cried. Sweat dropping, Goten and Trunks helped hold Vegeta back. King Vegeta laughed mockingly.
"Missed again."
"ARRR!!!"
"STOP IT!" Bulma shouted. She glared at King Vegeta. "YOU have been a pain in the ass ever since you got here! NOW GROW UP; SHUT UP; SIT DOWN AND STOP WINDING HIM UP!!!"
"Yes ma'am ^_^" King Vegeta, taken aback by her attitude towards him, sat down.
"Good!" Bulma folded her arms. She looked at Vegeta. "Now are you going to calm down?!"
"Not until -"
"ARE YOU?!?!"
"... Fine then!" Vegeta snapped. "You three, get off!"
Goku, Trunks and Goten reluctantly let go of him, and he sat down angrily. He growled when he saw his father opposite him, and looked away.
There was a knock on the door.
"I'll get it!" about five people said.
"I'LL get it!" Bulma growled. She left the room.
"M - Mizu?!" they could hear Bulma's amazed voice.
"Bulma!"
"Oh my God I have seen you for - how long has it been?"
"Fifteen years? Sixteen?"
"Oh, come here!!"
"Who's Mizu?" King Vegeta asked.
"Lavender's mother." Trunks said.
"Lavender...?" King Vegeta looked at him.
"Frieza's daughter."
"Hi Lavender."
"Hey Bulma ^_^"
"So, Mizu, who's your cute friend?" Bulma's voice asked.
"This is Frieza."
Vegeta's eyes widened.
"Her WHAT friend?!?!"
King Vegeta burst out laughed.
"Christ! A wife that fancies the changeling and a son that fancies the changeling's daughter! Geez, you sure know how to pick 'em!" he declared.
"Do you want another smack?!" Vegeta shouted.
"I don't recall getting one." King Vegeta smirked.
"Why you -"
"Okay, let's just calm down now ^_^;" Goku quickly put his hands on Vegeta's shoulders, holding him down.
"Well he's just saying things to annoy me!" Vegeta protested.
"FRIEZA?!?!" Bulma screamed. "Your "one true love", the guy you left to be with is FRIEZA?!"
"One true love?" Frieza's voice seemed interested. Anyone could picture him smirking at Mizu.
"Bulma, please understand..."
"*sigh* Well, you're still my oldest friend... come in. Meet the family ^_^"
"Great." Vegeta mumbled.
Bulma stepped into the room. She was followed by Mizu, Lavender and... Frieza.
"Trunks!" Lavender smiled. She ran over to him.
"Hey, you're okay?" Trunks greeted her.
"I'm fine ^_^"
"King Vegeta..." Frieza smirked. "Mister "I'm better than everyone else". What do you think of your new, commoner, non - saiyan family?"
"Get to Hell." King Vegeta growled.
"Been there, done that." Frieza replied.
"Can we PLEASE keep this friendly? One more argument in here and we'll have created World War III." Bulma said.
"Lavender knows how we can fix all this." Mizu said. Everyone looked at Lavender.
"You do?" Goku asked.
"Well can I stay here while everyone else goes back?" King Vegeta reasoned.
"If I go back to Hell you're coming with me!" Frieza warned.
"Great." King Vegeta mumbled. "I'll bring Bardock and you can invite Zarbon, we'll have a party." he rolled his eyes.
"What's your idea, Lavender?" Trunks asked.
"Where are the dragonballs?"
~~~
Lavender looked at them. She didn't know what they'd look like, but she didn't expect this. She thought they'd be small things that could fit in the palm of her hand. And those stars on them... they were pretty.
"So... what's your plan?" Goten asked her. They all stood in the same room, surrounding Lavender and the dragonballs.
".... This all happened because of the Black Hope..." Lavender began, still staring at the balls. She couldn't take her eyes off them, because if she looked at any one of them as she spoke, she'd end up crying.
"... So..." she continued. "If I wished that the Black Hope never existed... I wouldn't have become it... and none of this would've happened."
"But then..." Trunks stepped forward, and looked at her. She had her back to him, and she couldn't see his eyes glistening.
"If you couldn't become The Black Hope... there would've been no point in coming here in the first place..."
"... That's right." Lavender said. She closed her eyes.
"But then... we would've never met each other. Our memories will be erased..." Trunks said.
"... That's right."
"No...." Trunks shook his head. "There has to be another way!"
"There isn't. We both know that." Lavender replied.
"But you can't leave..." Trunks said. "I love you."
"... I know." Lavender tried hard not to cry, but a single tear escaped anyway. The crowd was silent. The only thing that moved was the tears that started to run from Bulma's eyes as well.
"But..." Lavender began. "Sometimes... even when you love someone... if they're in danger... you have to do whatever you can to protect them. Even if it means never seeing them again..." she turned her head to look at Mizu, and smiled. "Right, Mom?"
"... That's right." Mizu nodded, smiling back. Frieza remained silent. He knew who they meant. And he tried desperately to blink back the tears. It worked. He was good at hiding emotions.
"Lavender..." Trunks spoke softly.
"Please..." Lavender turned to face him sideways on. She looked at him. "Don't. We have to."
"..." Trunks walked towards her. Lavender turned around completely and faced him when he stopped in front of her. He put his hand on her face.
"Just promise me you'll come to Earth someday, so I can meet you again."
"..." Lavender smiled, and put her hand on his. "I promise. I won't forget."
Trunks smiled back, and slid his hand off her. He stepped back, his eyes still glistening.
"Then do it."
"Okay..." Lavender gave him one last smile, and looked at the dragonballs.
"By your name, I summon you! Shenron!"
~~~~~
Do you still remember how we used to be?
Feeling together, believing whatever my love has said to me
Both of us were dreamers, Young love in the sun,
Felt like my Savior, my spirit I gave you, We'd only just begun
Hasta Mañana, Always be mine
Viva forever, I'll be waiting,
Everlasting like the sun,
Live forever, for the moment,
Ever searching for the one.
Yes I still remember every whispered word,
The touch of your skin giving life from within like a love song never heard
Slipping through our fingers, like the sands of time,
Promises made, every memory saved as reflections in my mind
Hasta Mañana, Always be mine
Viva forever, I'll be waiting,
Everlasting like the sun,
Live forever, for the moment,
Ever searching for the one