"Gokea? Gokea, are you up there?" Gokea let out a yawn and rolled over... falling out of her tree. "Hang on, I've got you!" Seconds later, she felt someone catch her- that someone was Pan. "I'm really sorry about that," the young Saiyan said, apologetically. "I didn't mean..." Gokea began to laugh.

"It's all right, Pan," Gokea replied. "I seem to have a thing for falling out of trees. So, what do you think?" Pan bit her lip and tilted her head to the side. Then, she smiled.

"Grandma Chi-Chi is making blueberry pancakes," she exclaimed. "We could go over there for breakfast, and I know Goten will want to see you!" Gokea blushed dark red- Goten did that to her. She didn't know why... but she did know she liked it.

"Okay, Pan- let's fly!"

Back at his home, Vegeta was just waking up. He sat up in bed and stretched out... and remembered the dream he'd had last night. He shook his head.

"She was the first person I ever cared about," he thought. "Back when I actually had a heart..."

"What are you thinking about, Vegeta?" Vegeta looked over and saw his wife lying next to him, a concerned look on her face. "You had a nightmare last night- I heard you cry out for Gokea. You remember where you saw her?" Vegeta sighed and slowly nodded.

"She's my baby sister, Bulma," he replied. A moment later, he told the whole story. About Karanin, Ayli... and of course, Gokea. "I actually loved someone once, Bulma- I mean someone before you and Trunks and Bulla. She was my weakness... and if Karanin finds her alive, he'll kill her. Like he said he would all those years ago." He put his head in his hands. "I forgot about her, Bulma. I went looking for her and when I couldn't find her I returned home. By then Freeza had destroyed Vegeta-sei and I went after him... and forgot about my little sister." Bulma sat up and put her arms around him.

"She's here now, Vegeta," she told him. "I know you can't change the past, but you can fix her future and let her know that she still has a family." Vegeta was about to reply, when he heard the doorbell ringing downstairs.

"I've got it!" yelled Bulla. There was a pause. "DADDY! MOMMY!" Vegeta rushed out of his room and down the stairs, leaving Bulma where she was, thanking God that the Super Saiyan slept in his boxers.

Downstairs, Vegeta couldn't believe what he was seeing- Gohan's only daughter lying on his doorstep, badly bruised and barely conscious.

"Pan," he said, shaking her. "What happened? Who did this to you?" The young quater Saiyan opened her eyes a crack and looked up at him.

"The bad man," she whispered. "He's after Gokea..." Pan suddenly passed out again. Vegeta to picked her up and took her into the living room, placing her on the couch. He then turned to his young daughter.

"Bulla," he said. "Get your mother down here to take care of Pan. Then call Kakarot and get him over here- can you do that?" Bulla nodded.

"No problem Daddy," she replied. "Is Pan gonna be okay?" Vegeta smiled slightly and gave a nod.

"Pan is strong, Bulla- she'll be just fine." That was the last thing he said to her- he walked out the door and flew off into the sunrise. His sister needed him.

Gokea wasn't always someone to bite off more than she could chew. But when she saw Karanin heading for Pan, doing just that was inevitable. Especially when Karanin fired a shot at them- the same Fireball that had nearly taken her life the day before. And the said Fireball was heading right for Pan.

"Pan, watch out!" Gokea managed to get to her before she got hit, but she couldn't get between her and the blast. She got behind Pan just as it hit. The Fireball was twice Pan's size and blasted both girls to the ground. "Pan!" Gokea had the girl in her arms- she looked like she'd... well like she'd been hit by a huge fireball. "Pan, please speak to me!" Pan opened her eyes. "Oh thank god!"

"Gokea?" Pan asked. "What's going on?" Gokea shook her head.

"Pan, listen- I need you to get home, to your Grandfather's house, wherever. Just get there and get help." The small Saiyan nodded and flew off.

Gokea then turned her attention towards Karanin. His eyes were ice cold, as was the aura that surrounded him. Gokea's aura, on the other hand, was bright orange. The two wasted no words on each other- they just began to fight. Karanin blasted another fireball her way. Gokea easily dodged it and flew over to him at the speed of light. She slammed his foot upside his head, thrust her fist into his stomach, then rammed her elbow into his spine, sending him plumiting towards the ground. She flew down after him and watched him hit. Seconds later, she landed a few feet away and watched him struggle to get up. She wasn't about to grant him that satisfaction.

Gokea put a hand to her chest and let it hover over her heart. Suddenly, a brilliant white light formed in her palm. It grew bigger and brighter until finally Gokea was ready to release it.

"TIGER'S LIGHT!" Gokea extended her arm and flipped her hand around so her palm faced Karanin, who was slowly picking himself up off the ground. The white light left her palm instantly... except it no longer looked like a normal light. It now had the form of a Siberian Tiger's head. The tiger blasted Karanin and the Saiyan felt as though his blood was on fire. He thought his blood vessils would explode. Seconds later, he fell to the ground.

"That was for the life you almost ruined- You almost killed a little girl!" Karanin got back to his feet and glared at her.

"Foolish child!" he called back. "Do you even remember what this is about, what you're fighting for?!"

"I remember you, Karanin!" she yelled. "You lame excuse for a Saiyan- you prey on small children, separate families. Keh- you're nothing more than a snake, a cold blooded serpent that slithers on the gro..."

Karanin had never been much for post-fight lectures. Especially when he had to listen to them. So, obviously he had to shut Gokea up. And the best way of doing that was to teleport behind her and grab her tail. And he didn't just grab it- he pulled on it and lifted her in the air, with such velocity that her glasses fell to the ground. She let out a painful cry, causing Karanin to smile.

"Here we are again, Little Tiger," he whispered. "And this time, no twists of fate or elder brothers will be able to save you." That was the last thing Gokea heard- everything went black.

"Gokea! Gokea, where are you?!" Vegeta looked all over the countryside, but he couldn't find a trace of Gokea... until he spotted something on the ground, glistening in the sunlight. He flew down and picked it up- Gokea's glasses. "NO!"