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Subtitle: Galaxies apart...

Disclaimer: none of the original dragonball Z characters are mine.

Rating: PG-13

Feedback: Must I really repeat myself??

Summery: Several galaxies away a ship that once floated easily in outer space, now blasts off in the direction of earth... Something is up...

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Several galaxies away...

"Queen Tarzon, he was last reported to have been on planet earth..."

The queen looked at her third in command. "Earth...hmm? Just him alone? What about the great big gigantic brute?"

"He has not been found... It appears, as we were scanning the humans' computer systems that he was killed."

The Queens eyebrows shot up, killed? Impossible! "Are you sure Gordon? I am not prepared to deal with anymore of your foolish mistakes! You will pay dearly if this information is faulty!"

The third in command swallowed, sweat trickling down his brown skin "Yes I'm sure your majesty. He was blown to pieces... He's dead! Only the one remains..."

"Only the one huh? Just the one? What of newly acquired alliances, people with which he might have some sort of agreement... a truce?"

"Yes... He has mighty alliances. Of exactly how many we are not sure. But they are dangerous Queen! They have not been beaten yet!"

The Queens eyes moved rapidly back and forth as the wheels in her head span... dangerous. They were dangerous... He had no doubt of it. If the brute was dead. They were nothing less then threatening. The Queen looked up. Her daughter needed to hear about this. Tarzon wondered how she would take the news.

"Get your captain! I would like to speak to her..."

"Yes your majesty!"

The soldier turned and left. Not before long, he returned with his Captain ahead of him.

"Yes mother... You wanted to speak to me."

"Carlita... My child... I have news for you"

Carlita looked at her mother and did not say anything. She was bored with her life. Extremely bored. She had been roaming the galaxies of ages, looking for some power to rival her own. There was none. She had found nothing that's how she knew that no matter what news her mother had to offer, it would not faze her. She was indestructible. Unbeatable and damn near immortal. She looked at her mother's maliciously smiling face.

"He's been found!" Was all Queen Tarzon said, it was all she needed to say.

Carlita's whole body straightened in composure, her eyes were bright, her heart pounding, her energy level rising subconsciously.

A challenge... FINALLY!!

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Back on our beloved planet Earth...

Trunks watched Goten as he happily chattered with his newest girlfriend. Gohan had started on about how he would travel a thousand miles just to be with her and Trunks had contented himself by whispering messages like:

"Yeah... Only because traveling 10 thousand miles takes you... Oh... Let's say... 10 minutes!"

Goten would look at him, roll his eyes, then continue to chatter away. Trunks couldn't help getting irritated though. He had been trying to have a serious conversation with Goten ever since he stepped in through the damn doors. Goten was oblivious.

Finally Trunks just gave into his best friend's naivete and sat down. In a way he sort of admired Goten. Even after everything he's seen, after all the shit they'd been through, he managed to be so carefree. Almost as carefree as his dad. He didn't understand how... He wished he did.

But then again, life for Goten had always been so easy... He'd always received affection from his father. From the first day they met before the world tournament... they bonded like a magnet to metal... Trunks looked down... He'd always been a little jealous, and a lot embarrassed about that jealousy...

Trunks watched Goten chatter away, when he felt a familiar presence approaching the house. It was Goku... Not before long, the presence landed and walked right through the door.

Walking past his son, Goku rustled Goten's hair. Goten didn't pay his dad any attention. Instead he just continued yapping on the phone.

Trunks was outraged: "What your not going to hug your dad? You don't even say 'hi'!?"

Goten stopped speaking on the phone for two seconds then stared at Trunks. Trunks could barely contain himself... "Your so unappreciative Goten! It just pisses me off sometimes!"

With that Trunks got up and stormed out.

Goten stared after him for awhile, stunned and silent. He and his dad looked at each other, both of which had a "What the hell just happened?!" look on their faces. Goten turned his attention back to the phone and saying speedily "Look luv, there's an emergency I've got to go. Call you later ok? Bye ! Love you!"

With that he hung up the phone and went straight after Trunks...

Trunks felt Goten's ki behind him, he knew his best friend was behind him and coming closer. But he did not want to talk, right now all he wanted to do was fly galaxies away from every one and everything...