AN  This chapter is dedicated to ST1 and Achilles.  Thanks guys, you have been faithfully reviewing from the get go!

Chapter 27.

Memories and new Ideas

Tuesday, June 17.  10 A.M.

"Ahhh!"  Ichigo woke in a cold sweat in a strange bed, in a strange room, with strange smells, and it took her several moments to realize were she was.

Clasping one of her hands to her chest she took a deep breath and slowly tried to calm down.  "It was only a dream.  It was only a dream.  I'm fine." she said to herself.  A feeling of unease permeated her. 

Ichigo had not been sleeping well during her mission.  An overwhelming sense of urgency and failure haunted her dreams.  Climbing out of bed, she walked to the big three panel mirror that was between the closet and bathroom.  Closely examining herself, she ran a finger from her forehead down the center of her face.  'No scar, no wound.  It had to be a dream.' Ichigo shuddered.  'I need to go home.  My nightmares are getting worse.  I can't help but shake this feeling of forboding doom.'

Looking around the room, she saw a note stuck to the door of the room, so she walked over to read it.

Ichigo,

There is a new pair of clothes for you on top of the dresser.  Please put them on.  I have the feeling that if you wear anymore of Pan's stuff someone is going to get upset.  My uncle Gotan already saw what you did to the floor in the dining room.  He just about had a mental break down even though I have promised to fix it.  (which I will probably be doing sometime in the next few days by the way, but I am letting you sleep in today.)  Anyway, by the time we got to Dende's last night, he said that what we all needed most was three of four days of relaxation and rest.

'Who the heck is Dende?'  Ichigo thought.  'And what is he talking about?'  A shiver traveled up her spine as she realized she didn't have any recollection of what he was talking about.  'We trained in that gravity room and then...  what happened last night?' She pondered for several minutes trying to remember, but only images from what she had dismissed as a dream came to her.  Ichigo hugged herself and shuddered.  'What happened last night?  How did I get back here?  I think I fought with Roshi, but... but I don't remember.'  Several images of Banana and his goons and then Roshi claming to be King flashed in front of her eyes.  'No, that was only a dream.  Only a dream!'

As I agree with him, we took you here and let you sleep in.  I will probably be awake by the time you read this.  However, my mother is less then happy with me, so I am most likely doing the most impossible chores she can think of.  I have taken the luxury of stocking the pantry and refrigerator downstairs.  So, if you are hungry, which I have no doubt you are, help yourself.

I don't know what you do to relax, but find me, or something to do.  I don't want you to do anything other then the meditations I showed you yesterday, or possibly simple Katas, and remember, Dende is the one who wants us to relax, you may not listen to me, but I hope you will listen to him, since he is Kami.

'Ok, so Dende is Kami which means he is the God of this planet.  And Roshi knows him?  And I have met him?  Why can't I remember this?'

Once again, I am sorry about what happened last night.  I hope you can find the peace within your soul again.  Once my father and Piccolo and Nail get back we will be training very intensively, so please, rest and relax.

Son Roshi

'huh?  What the heck happened to me last night?'  Ichigo shivered.  Then it dawned on her.  'How does he know my real name?  I didn't tell him my real name.'  Ichigo pondered for a few moments.  'Maybe this Dende guy told him.  It doesn't really matter I guess.  I just wish I could shake this feeling of doom.

Ichigo found the Blue and gray gi and bodysuit and decided that she might as well get dressed.  Walking into the bathroom, she paused at the large hot-tub/ Jacuzzi bath.  After a moments worth of pondering, she made up her mind.  'I'll dress after a nice long bath,' she thought taking a deep whiff of herself.  'I stink like that moron Tee's cologne for some reason.'

* * *

Meanwhile, Roshi was busy helping his mother tend her garden, all six hundred and forty plus acres of it. (For those of you who do not know, 640 acres is essentially 1 square mile of land, or 2.58 square km.)

'Dende, let her wake up so I have an excuse to do something else' Roshi thought as he blasted his millionth or so weed into oblivion.  'I really wish mom would hire a gardener.  Having a hobby is nice, but this garden of hers is getting ridiculous.'  Roshi felt Ichigo's ki spike for a moment and then return to a more normal level, for someone who was awake that is.

"Hey mom, Ichigo just woke up, can I go now?"  He asked as nicely as he could manage.

Beth turned to her son and grimaced.  "No!  I don't care if you were saving the world, you were grounded and your father isn't getting you out of it this time!  Besides, I don't like that girl.  You need to find a nice girl in Satan City, not some barbarian space girl!"  Beth said as she bent over to pull out a thistle.

"Mom!  It isn't like that trust me!  That kind of a relationship is that LAST thing that is going to happen.  I just don't think she should be alone right now after what happened last night."  'Oh crap!  I can't tell my mom what happened last night!  She'll freak out and I'll never hear the end of it!'

"Son Roshi!  I know that look on your face.  You're not telling me something.  What is it?  Come on, spill it!  What happened between you and that girl last night?"  Beth said as she got up to walk over to her son.

"Uh... nothing!  Nothing happened between us, I swear!"  Roshi said.  'Like she'll believe that!'

"Roshi..." Beth said with a tone of warning.  "I don't like it when you lie to me.  What happened?"

"Nothing!  At least nothing between the two of us!" Roshi said defensively.

"Ok, fine, I believe you.  So what did happen?  Cause you are obviously worried about her for some reason."  Beth said back.

"Ah, Ah... well um..."

"No stalling to think up a story.  Now spill it!  What happened last night?"

"Well, ah, some Saiyans showed up and they were trying to kill her."  Roshi started.

"I know that!  She blew up the moon and killed all those people.  Dende!  If the media ever figures out what really happened, we will never hear the end of it!"

Ima Gossip had run her farewell story on ZTV last night.  She had claimed that Capsule Corp had blown up the moon and destroyed the town of Homlet in a failed military test.  She had then clamed that she had been fired from ZTV because Capsule Corp was trying to hide the truth.

If there is one thing that humans like more then a good hero, is a good scandal when it involves their heroes.  As everyone knows that the main owners of the CC were descendants of Mr. Satan, they made for a very good scandal.  As of 8 A.M. there was not a single channel that was not airing some sort of theory on the "Moon Incident" as it was being called.

"I know mother, but you have to understand, by blowing up the moon, she probably saved all of our lives."  Roshi protested.

"Both you and your father have told me that, so I guess I have to believe it, but I don't like having a killer so close to me."  Beth said back.

'Oh mother, if you only knew.  My hands are not blood free either.  You may blame Ichigo all you want, but had I not been knocked out, I would have been the one with those lives on my conscience.  I have killed mother.  If you knew that would you still see me as your little boy?'

"And no changing the conversation.  I still want to know what happened last night."  Beth said crossing her arms over her chest and looking over at him as sternly as she could.

'Fine, I guess I will tell you, not everything, but enough to get you off my back.' Roshi took a deep breath.  "Mom, the men who came to kill her also tried to rape her first.  I stopped them, but she didn't take it well.  I think she is in shock.  She also didn't take the fact that there were people on the moon very well."  He finished.

"Oh, that poor girl!"  Roshi was amazed at how fast his mother went from angry dislike for Ichigo to a look of worried pity.  "Those bastards who destroyed Homlet tried to rape her?  No wonder she is in shock.  Oh, that poor girl!"

A little bit of hope flared in Roshi.  "So, can I go?"

Beth looked like she was thinking it over.  "No.  But not for the same reason as before.  That poor girl needs time to think things over.  She may not be open to you right now, and forcing her to talk could only hurt her worse then she is already.  If she wants to talk to you, she will find you."  Beth said with a far away look in her eyes.

"Mom, now there is something you are not telling me.  What is it?"

Beth blushed.  'My baby is growing up to be a hero.'  She smiled surreally.  'First he saves that Mariah girl in school and now this space girl.  Ohhh how romantic.'  She looked over at Roshi and realized that he had asked her a question.  "Oh, nothing dear, just thinking about something."  'If only I could get him to save the right girl.  Neither one of the two he has saved are good enough for my little boy' Beth thought as she started humming to herself while once again pulling weeds.

Roshi watched his mother.  He wasn't certain, but he could swear she was humming "Here comes the Bride"

* * *

Ichigo striped and looked at herself in the big vanity mirror.  "See, no scars, no wounds, no bruises.  It was ONLY a dream."  She said to herself before grabbing the discarded gi to throw it in a hamper.  'That's odd, I don't remember my gi being this silky before.  Must just be cause its coated in my sweat right now.'

Ichigo looked around and found some rose smelling bubble bath.  She filled the bath and sat down to relax.  In no time at all she was serenely relaxing in the Jacuzzi bath.  'Oh this feels so good.' She thought as she absentmindedly tried to rub her back down with her tail.  After a few moments she realized that she no longer had a tail.  'Well doesn't that just spoil the mood.'  Grabbing a (ok, brain fart, what are those puffy scrubber things that come with all the body washes called?  Well she grabs one of those, a pink one ;) ) She tried to use it to massage the tension out of her back.  'This is not nearly as good as a tail, but it works' Ichigo undid her huge tangle of hair and let it soak as well.  'When my hair is wet it weighs a ton' she thought as she grabbed a bottle of shampoo.  'Oh, why can't I stay in here forever?' she asked herself.  'You can't because even now you can't seem to shake that feeling of unease.'  She told herself.  "Why can't I remember what happened last night?" 

After about an hour of soaking, Ichigo used the shower to rinse off and decided that it was time to eat, she was starving.  After using about twenty towels to get as much water out of her hair as possible, (She hated to use ki to dry off, as it dried out her skin and hair.) she put the new gi on and went in search of food.  She let her hair just fall into a mangled mess.  (Think Radditz's hair, only more of it, and longer down the back)

Ichigo spent about an hour eating.  The pantry and kitchen had been well stocked, and she was famished.  'I must not have eaten last night.  I don't think I have ever been so hungry.'  Getting up from the table she saw that it was 12:20.  'Ok, now what?' she asked herself as she walked to the front door of the house.  Opening the door and looking out, she tried to sense Roshi.  'Nope, I just can't sense anything like Roshi, Boxers, and Tee can.  I guess I need more training.'  Having thought this, she decided to go upstairs again and work on her meditation.

* * *

"I don't care if you want to wait for her to come out and be social!"  Slip yelled at Roshi through the vidphone, "I need you here!  That bitch blew up the moon and now the media is trying to eat me alive!  You like to brag about how you do better in school then I do, well come here and help me get the damn vultures off of me!"

"Slip, I would, but I really don't think this is the best time to leave her alone."  Roshi replied.

"Oh, well when is the best time?  Huh?  She hasn't been anything but a pain in the ass since she got here.  She acts like she is some sort of princess and I am sick of it!"  Slip yelled.

Roshi paled.  "Um, Slip, didn't anyone tell you about last night?"

"No, other then my mom, your dad, and the media I haven't talked to anyone since your fight last night!  Why what wonderful new information do you know now?"  Slip asked disgruntled.

"Um, call Tee and Boxers.  Tell them to come to CC.  I will be there shortly.  There is some stuff we need to talk about and I would rather do it in a more secure place."  Roshi replied while grabbing a pen and paper to write Ichigo another note.

"Sure thing.  Just watch out for the media.  They have more choppers flying around, and vans parked out front then I have ever seen before in my life."

"Ok, sure thing!"  'Great, just what we needed, a media frenzy.'

Roshi set about writing his note.

Ichigo,

I know you are awake.  Don't worry, do whatever you want, take your time.  Were I in your position, I would have a lot to think about too.  Anyway, I am over at the Capsule Corp.  If you want to show up over there go right ahead, and come, but be careful.  The media has surrounded CC trying to figure out how the moon blew up last night.  I don't think you should have to face their questions.

Son Roshi

Roshi went and put the note on the front door where she would find it when she left the house.

Up stairs, Ichigo could have sworn she heard something, but after a bit of listening, she went back to trying to duplicate her success in meditation from the previous day.

* * *

Roshi arrived a few blocks from the Capsule Corp grounds.  He landed that far away to avoid having anyone spot him flying.  Even after all the years, humanity as a whole did not know about his family's Saiyan heritage.  Or that the "tricks" that Goku and Gohan had done during the Cell Games were not actually tricks.  Heck, whole books of information taught to everyone from kindergarteners to People seeking Doctorates in History never really even touch on Son Goku and his abilities.  Capsule Corp made sure of that.  Any time someone got very close to finding the truth, they would buy the research, and it would go away.  'These people have a dog for their King, but if they knew the truth about us, they would panic.'  Roshi thought as he walked past several reporters who were swapping story ideas.

"Here, how about this one?  Aliens working for CC landed near Homlet to demand more pay.  When CC wouldn't give them the money, they destroyed the village and the moon."

"Hey, that is pretty good, but it doesn't answer the questions about that home video that guy in Homlet shot."

Roshi stopped dead.  'Home video?  Oh shit!'  He scooted under the van so he could keep listening in without them seeing him.

"Oh yeah, that video.  I forgot about that.  Hmmm, Ok here, Capsule Corp sent some of their people to fight the aliens.  You know they are descended from Mr. Satan.  Oh, and Ima Gossip said that one of the first people she talked to after the fact was Son Goshu.  I bet they tried to fight the Aliens using some new super weapon they have hidden in those domes.  They missed and blew up the Moon.  Cause the video shows that one guy shooting a blue beam at that one big huge ape thing and then another beam just like it hitting the moon!  It has to be some new weapon!"

'This is bad.  This is very bad.'  Roshi thought.   He then used several Zanzoukens to quickly get to a balcony and into the dome where Slip and the others were waiting.  'Thankfully, most of the reporters are camping around the main dome and not this one.'  He thought as he opened the screen door and walked inside.

* * *

Ichigo gave up trying to meditate.  'I don't get what I am supposed to be doing.  I just can't seem to be able to open my mind like I did yesterday.'  She got up to stretch. 

Creak!  On of the floor boards creaked as she stepped on it.  'The floor is loose!  And they act like this house is so special.  They don't even take care of it!'  Ichigo thought as she bent down to look at the loose board.  Looking at it she saw a notch that was carved neatly in the side of one of the board.  'That looks interesting.'  She thought as she looked around for something to use to pry the board up.  'It looks just like the notch in the brick I use to hide stuff at home.'  Finally finding a hook like thing on one of the bookshelves, she pried it into the notch.  The board popped up revealing several books.  Ichigo picked one up and looked at it.  "Memories" the cover read.

"Looks like I found another set of diaries."  She said out loud to herself.

Ichigo opened it up to the first page and started reading.

September 23, 889.

My Beloved Ubuu,

He died one hundred years ago today.  At least, that is what everyone thinks.  I know better.  Goku is still alive.  I saw him.  I saw him at the Budoukai.  Goku is alive!  I felt him.  Our grandchildren think I am crazy.  They think that I am just a crazy old woman.  Why else would I come back to live here?  Why else would I find all my stuff from when I was a child?  Why else would I find my mother's Diaries, and my Father's journals?  Because I am crazy?  Hardly.  Oh, Ubuu I miss you.  I miss you because you were always there for me.  You always listened.  You always cared.  The only other person who ever cared as much as you did was grandpa.  Grandpa Goku.  Our grandchildren think I am crazy.  They don't understand.  Those diaries and journals are the best records we have of just how great Goku and Dad and Krillen and Vegeta and everyone were.  I'm the only one who remembers them.  I'm the only one left and I am so alone.  I sometimes wonder why you had to die.  You could have lived forever.  You were immortal because of Buu.  But you loved me.  You couldn't see me get old.  So you found a way to separate yourself from Buu.  You wanted to grow old with me.  Everything was going to be so great.  What happened?  Why am I the only one who remembers how great they were?  Ok, so Master Roshi is still alive, but he shouldn't count.  I don't know.  Maybe I am crazy.  I miss you Ubuu.  I miss Grandpa.  I even miss my dad.  I just read his last journal entry.  He shielded me from so much.  I always thought of him as a geek.  You and Grandpa were cool because you could fight.  Dad was a geek cause he chose not to.  Maybe in the end he was right.  Who is to say?  Goku Jr. did well in the Budoukai.  You would be so proud.  I didn't see the end though.  I was busy trying to find Grandpa.  I saw him I just know I did.  It is kind of funny.  I always thought of him as a guardian angel.  Maybe he is.  Maybe he just came back one more time to watch out for us.  What do you think beloved?

Always yours,

Pan

Ichigo was intrigued.  She got up and walked into the master bedroom to find the journal she had read the other night.

"March 15, 779."  To say the least, Ichigo was surprised.  'She was over 110 years old.  If the stuff Roshi has said about this planet was right, then that would make her very old indeed!'  Saiyans were long lived, but not exceedingly.  While 110 was not unheard of, it was very rare.  'I wonder if the Goku she was talking about is really the same Goku as the one who appeared in my dream?'

Ichigo flipped to the next entry.

September 24, 889

My beloved Ubuu,

I am not crazy.  Goku Jr. found a Dragonball.  He showed it to me today.  He said that a funny man that looked somewhat like he does told him that the rest would be back when the Earth had proven it could depend on itself again.  I am sure that the man was Goku.  I just know it was Grandpa.  It had to be.  Who else would know anything about the Dragonballs?

I don't know.  I could wear myself out with worry some days.  I am so much like my grandmother.  But not today.  Today, I am going to see our Granddaughter.  Bulma Jr has something to tell me.  She sounded happy about it too.

Always yours,

Pan

Reading the diaries and journals gave Ichigo a sense of peace that she had not been able to find while attempting to meditate.  She spent the rest of the afternoon reading from various journals and diaries.  She had always found history to be interesting.  To read first hand accounts of people who claimed to have done the impossible was truthfully a chance of a lifetime for her.

It also gave her time to think about the people she was slowly becoming to think of as friends.

* * *

Roshi walked into Slip's lab.  She looked up and cocked her head to the side.  "Um, Roshi, what happened to your hair?"

Roshi did one of the trademark Son grins, and swiped his hand over his hair starting at his widow's peak and moving on to the back of his head.  He realized that is mop of unruly hair that was normally about 10.5 cm, (4 inches) long was about a cm long.

"Um, well, I guess I sorta burned it off fighting last night.  Dende healed me, and he doesn't do quite as good of a job as a senzu bean.  It'll grow back."  Roshi said grinning like kid caught with his hand in the cookie jar.

"You should have seen him last night!"  Tee exclaimed.  "His hair has grown a lot since then, he was almost totally bald!  It was hilarious!"

"Ha ha, very funny."  Roshi grumbled.

"Right, anyway, what was so important that you couldn't tell me over the phone?"  Slip asked.

"Well, we should sit down, it is a long story."  Roshi said.  "That, and we have some more problems that we can deal with after we tell you what happened last night." 

After they settled down, Roshi told Slip about the fact that as far as he could tell, Ichigo was in shock.  That was a bad thing, because they needed her help if they were going to be able to beat the Changeling that was coming to earth.

"Wait!!  There is a Changeling coming HERE?  To Earth?"  Slip gasped.

"Um, yeah."  Roshi said.

"Well, what are you going to do about it?  And why aren't you training now?"  Slip demanded.

"Whoa, there, Dende is going to be training us once my dad and Piccolo and Nail get back.  He said that he wanted to teach the rest of them how to do the Kiao-Ken with my help, and then he would teach my dad and I and Tee and Boxers how do the Fusion dance."

"Oh cool!  That is neat!  Well what about the girl?"

"Well, I was getting to that, actually, from what Dende was saying about the Fusion dance, I wonder why he doesn't just teach it to Ichigo and I, we are a lot closer to the same power level then I am with my father."  Roshi said.

Slip started laughing.

"What's so funny?"  Roshi demanded.

"Did you flunk basic biology?"  Slip asked through tears she was laughing so hard.

"No!  What's your point?"

"HA!  And you claim to be the genius fighter here HA!"  Slip laughed.  "The fusion technique when done right combines two people into one body with a more or less doubling of their combined power right?" 

"Yes, which is why the two of us would be better off.  I don't actually know how strong my dad is, but he can't be stronger then she is."  Roshi said defensively.

"Oh, KAMI, I wish was recording this!"  Slip laughed.

"This is getting very old Slip."  Roshi growled.

"Roshi, think, in normal biology when a Male and a FEMALE combine it is called SEX!!  IT'S called MAKING BABIES!!! HA HA HA!  Oh Kami!  It would almost be funny to see what would happen if the two of you were to perform a fusion dance!" (AN at the bottom)

Roshi sat very quiet for a few minutes.  'Ok, so I forgot about that little fact'

Slip, Tee, and Boxers eventually stopped laughing their collective heads off.

"So, should we continue or are you guys just going to laugh at me until the Changeling gets here?" Roshi said sullenly.

"Ok, Ok, I'll try to stop laughing.  Just keep telling us about the girl.  And I can keep imagining what that FUSION would look like! OH! HA, KAMI need air! Hurts oh it hurts!"  Slip laughed.

"Fine then!" Roshi said and he started telling Slip more about Ichigo.  Starting with the fact that Ichigo was her real name, and that she WAS a Princess.  Not just someone who acted like it.  He then told her how the men who came to kill her had tried to rape her last night.

Slip stopped laughing and turned white.

"Um, Slip, what's wrong?"  Roshi asked breaking off his story.

"Um, you said they tried to rape her?"

"Yes, why?"

"Meaning they didn't succeed?"

"I stopped them before they could do much more then just molest her."  Color started to flow back into Slip's face.  "Why?"  Roshi asked.

"Oh, nothing important for you to know."  She said "So you fought and she ended up blowing up the moon, is there anything else or can we start dealing with all the reporters?"

Roshi knew that Slip was changing the subject, but since it got her to stop laughing at him, he didn't push her.  "Um, sure, we can deal with the reporters, but we may have a problem with that."

"What do you mean?"  Slip asked.  "We just need to threaten to sue them for libel and slander if they don't shut up and leave us alone.  Other then the fact that I ordered the Moon to be evacuated, they have nothing they can prove."

"Ah, yes they do."  Roshi said before continuing.  "There was someone in Homlet who caught part of the fight on home video."

"What!"  Slip gasped.  "Ok, ok, no big deal, what parts?"

"Um, from what I overheard the reporters gossiping about, the part where I killed the one guy with a Kamehameha, and the part were Ichigo blew up the moon with a Kamehameha.  The reporters are claming that it is a new weapon that we have developed."  Roshi said.

"Roshi, you may be in big trouble.  If the camera is good enough, they may be able to zoom in on your face well enough to identify you.  Then we would have to tell at least part of the truth."  Slip said slowly.

"Why do you think I said it was a problem?"  Roshi countered.

 "Well, lets turn on the news and see what they are saying."  Boxers suggested.

"It can't hurt, but this is really starting to annoy me."  Slip said as she went to her computer to turn it to show the local stations.  After flipping through a few stations, Roshi told her to stop.

"This is Ima Gossip.  Since I was fired from ZTV for breaking this story, I have been picked up by ZNN.  It is my pleasure to bring you up to date on the facts surrounding the Capsule Corp's involvement in the destruction of the Moon and their attempt to block the public's right to know about it."

"I swear, if she says one more bad thing about me or my mother I am going to go out there and beat her to death!"  Slip stated from her chair.

"Now, a ZNN exclusive!  We will now go to an exclusive interview and show the video shot by a Mr. Nosy Mann last night during the attack on the city of Homlet."

The scene shifted to show the outline of a burning town.  The video was muted and a man was answering questions about the events that befell his hometown.

"So, Mr. Mann, what are we seeing right now?"

"Ah, call me Nosy," the mousy looking man said before continueing on his explination.  "Well, I really don't know.  I heard some explosions off in the distance, so I got my video camera and started taping.  I took cover when this huge ape thing suddenly landed in the middle of town.  It breathed flames and lit the buildings on fire!  It was knocking down buildings and eating people!  We shot at it with our hunting rifles but that only seemed to make it madder.  Then another one showed up for a few moments and they started talking to each other.  I couldn't make out everything they were saying, but they said something about the moon, and killing some girl.  Then one of them left, and this guy wearing bright orange clothing showed up.

Roshi looked down at his gi.  "Guess I need to get a different gi for a while."

The man on the TV continued.  He yelled at the big ape thing for a little bit and then watch this."  The man stopped talking as Roshi's Kiao-Ken times 10 lit the screen with a bright red flash of energy.  Several houses fell over in the energy blast and the camera fell out of the man's hands.  The TV showed legs running up and grabbing the camera and turning it around to catch the tail end of the Kamehameha that vaporized most of Papaya.  "The monster thing ate that child and her mother.  Whatever that red and blue light was, it wasn't a trick like those guys that tried to mess up Mr. Satan's fight all those years ago.  It was real. I felt it.  That guy saved our lives.  I have no doubt about it.  He saved our lives."

The interview was obviously not going were Ima Gossip wanted it to go because she tried to redirect it.  "But what about the blue beam that you saw destroy the moon?  What do you have to say about that?  You claim that the guy who saved your town is a hero, but didn't that same beam of blue light blow up the moon?"

"Well, I guess so.  But I don't think that it was on purpose."

"Why do you get that impression?"

"Well here, let me fast forward to where that happens.  There, see there is a big dark outline above whomever it was who shot that beam of light.  I think the person who blew up the moon was trying to kill another one of those rampaging beasts that tried to destroy my town."

"Well then Nosy, what can you say about the fact that the Capsule Corp admits to knowing that the moon was going to be destroyed?  If they knew then it wasn't an accident now was it?"

"I don't know.  This could all be a chance occurrence.  Who knows if that blue light actually blew up the moon or not.  It just looks like it did.  Now I haven't ever seen anyone at Capsule Corp ever do anything wrong as far as I can tell.  Maybe we should let them exp..." The screen went dead as ZNN clamed to be having technical difficulties.

"Figures, the media are just a bunch of sharks.  They don't want the truth they just want a story.  Boxers said.

Roshi looked at Boxers.  "You do realize that the truth in this instance would be the biggest story since Cell?"

"Roshi, it would be bigger, cause it would prove that those weren't tricks during the Cell Games."  Boxers countered.

"Well, what do we do about it?"  Slip asked.

"I say we tell them a story that they will want to buy."  Tee said.  "The man said it himself, the big apes said something about the moon.  We can use that to claimed that they blew up the moon.

"No, I don't think that is wise.  Slip, call your mother and my dad.  See what they say.  We need to make a statement, but I don't think we should claim any involvement with the destruction of Homlet."

"Why not Roshi?"  Slip asked him.

Boxers spoke up first.  "Because, once we make a statement we cannot take it back.  At this point any connection to Homlet will lead to more questions.  Questions that we don't want to answer.  Besides, the man also questioned if the two events were related.  We know that the moon has been destroyed twice before.  Maybe we can just claim that we had a seismic anomaly detected, so you panicked and ordered the evac.  Tell them that you have no idea what was going on at Homlet but that we were not involved."

"Boxers, I don't think that will work either though.   Besides, saying that we were not involved with Homlet makes me feel like I am dismissing the lives of the people who died.  I don't want to do that."  Slip said.

"Slip is right, and that is not what I wanted to do.  Actually, Tee may have the best idea.  Tell them that we detected the Aliens who attacked Earth and determined that they were hostile.  Since our expansive space network had heard of these aliens before, we knew that the rays of the moon drove them insane for some reason or another.  Claim that you started the evacuation of the moon because the first thing that these aliens usually did was destroy the moon.  Then claim that we dispatched forces to deal with them, but those forces did not arrive until well after the fighting was over.  Claim to have no knowledge of who or what the people that fought the Aliens were or where they went to."

"That may just work.  It is sad that after saving so many lives over all the years we have to hide behind so many lies to protect our own."  Slip commented.

"Yeah, I know what you mean.  Hey Tee, Boxers, go get me a new gi, something blue or black, or maybe green.  I need to talk to Slip alone for a bit."  Roshi said looking back at the other two. 

"Yes master, anything else you need master?"  Tee said while repeatedly bowing and patting the floor in front of Roshi's feet.

Roshi kicked him gently.  "Ok, Please will you go get me a new gi?  Get me a green bodysuit with black outer layer.  I think that will look different enough that people might not link me to Homlet."

"Sure thing.  The computer has your size on file right?"  Boxers asked.

"Actually, yeah, I've bulked up a bit in the last few weeks, so I had to make myself a new gi yesterday before I trained you guys.  I'm just glad Slip left the armor lab out, or I would have never found the thing."

"Ok, be back in a few."  Boxers said laughing while he lead Tee from the room.

After they left he turned back to Slip.  "Ok, why did you turn so white earlier?  You know something, now spill it."

Slip looked down at her lap and then shook her head.  "Look, I don't want to talk about it."

"Well if it has to do with Ichigo, you really should tell at the very least her about it."  Roshi commented.

Slip looked up at him for a few seconds, then turned away.  "Look it does, but it doesn't."

"So?"

"Oh, alright!  One of my friends who shall remain nameless was assaulted a few months ago.  I happened to be walking past the alley when this was happening and I just happened to send the assailant to the hospital with a broken back and several other broken bones."  Slip held her hand up to stop Roshi from commenting.  "I know, that was a bit excessive, but I really don't feel sorry for the guy.  Anyway, I can't help but feel the same outrage at any bastard who even thinks about doing such a thing.  And well no matter how much I may want to keep hating what's her name, I can't help but feel sorry for her."

Roshi watched Slip for a few moments.  "And this is a bad thing?"

"Yes!" Slip yelled, "because, if I start to feel sorry for her, I start feeling really evil and nasty about what I did with her tail and well what I was thinking about doing when I thought you had killed her."

"Good"

"Roshi!  You're not supposed to say that!  You're supposed to try to make me feel better!"  Slip yelled indignantly.

"Sorry, but I think what you should feel good and vile because of your actions.  If you don't have regrets, then nothing will stop you the next time.  I myself would prefer there not be a next time."  Roshi said with a sigh.  "I just wish I knew how to get Ichigo to snap out of the funk she fell into."

"Why should you care?"  Slip asked, "It is not like she would care if the situation was reversed."

"Because I do, now do you have any suggestions?"

"Roshi, I really don't want to talk about her."  Slip whined.

"Slip, I understand that you feel bad about doing your research now that we are getting to know Ichigo, but there is a Changeling coming here. If Dende hadn't ordered me to take it easy for a few days, I would be busy training. The media may seem like a problem to you, but unless we find a sure fire way to beat a Changeling, there won't be anyone left on earth to complain. ANY help you might be able to give me concerning her will mean worlds to me. Please?"  Roshi pleaded.
"I would suggest that you just give her some space for a day or so, and I am sure she will be more apt to be sociable in a few days.

"Why do you say that?"

"Because, she is a Saiyan.  Her pride will get the better of her and she will no doubt bottle up all the emotions and things that have happened to her and just pretend that nothing has happened."  Slip said.  "I mean think about it.  Other then to Boxers, Tee, or Myself, do you EVER admit ever having a problem to anyone?"

'Not if I can help it.' "I guess not, but I don't see how that is going to make everything better."

"It won't, but I am willing to bet on her pride any day.  Even though it should, she isn't going to let this effect her."  Slip retorted.

Roshi didn't like her logic, but he really couldn't argue with it.  'I just hope that her pride doesn't get the better of us all.'

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Over at Pan's old house, Ichigo put down one of Gohan's journals and sneezed.  'I never sneeze.  I hope this planet doesn't have any weird diseases.'

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AN  for those of you who want to know what Roshi looks like in more detail.  Ok.. Here Take Gohan when he was SS2 fighting Cell.  Now take his hair, ONLY his hair.  Turn the SS2 blonde Hair black.  Put it on HS aged Gohan.  Give him a Vegetto Style Widow's peak.  Not as pronounced as Vegeta's, but definitely there.  Then make him a bit taller, but not quite as buff (at first) Slightly more buff looking later on.  You now have Roshi.  His eyes are very very dark Brown, but they are not black.  He is 6'2" or 188cm tall.

For Ichigo... well, first you take... hmmm Ok so I don't really have a good example.  Um, she is about 5'9" (175cm), so she is a LOT taller then either Chichi or Videl.  Then take Videl's eyes and make them darker blue-gray.  Then take SS3 hair and make it black.  Put it on her head.  She normally has it in a HUGE braid that comes out of the top of the back of her head like a Genie braid.  It is just MASSIVE this goes down when braided to her butt.  Middle of her thighs when not.  She has a few bangs, that stick out at odd angles.  Ok... there. 

IF any of you people who can actually draw want to take a stab at drawing them go right ahead.  Descriptions of Tee, Slip and Boxers are in previous chapters..  you can draw them to if you want.. I would love to see the picks... Just email them to me ;)

AN:  Some of you may think that Beth is just a BIT too much like Chichi...  I have to say that yes she is... well only that It has been my opinion that ALL mothers are the same.  Way back when I was a wee little 14 year old, I went on a few dates with a girl in my class. My OWN mother was like...  "She is a nice first girlfriend, but you wouldn't want to marry her.  And I was like...  Um 14!!!!! NOT THINKING THAT FAR AHEAD!!!!! 

Oh, about the fusion, I once had an idea for a fic where Goten innocently taught his girlfriend the Fusion Dance as a joke… and well it worked.  And well, interesting things set forth.  Anyway, when the virus ate my computer that fic was lost forever.  If any of you guys wants to write something on that idea... Take it, I would love to read it. 

Enjoy!  Thank you for all your support.  Please read and Review.