Chapter 20

Old friends and new

"Look, look", yelled Chi Chi all the warriors looked upward at first it was a twinkle then as they got closer the twinkles became blazes of light then the lights became glowing figures. Chi Chi was suddenly swept up by Goku and Goten. 'Cool', thought Krillin before a pair of slender and surprisingly strong arms snatched him into the air spun him around and suddenly he was being smothered in kisses. "I found you" declared 18!!! Kissing him repeatedly. Vegeta landed with a thud. "Woman!" he yelled before he suddenly found himself with double armfuls of Bulma. Whatever else he was going to say was cut off by a kiss that made him realize how much he really loved her.

"Mom!" C. Trunks charged his mother, turning them into a pile of arms and legs on the ground. Vegeta's entire face turned red and C. Trunks gulped and squeaked. Then Vegeta burst out laughing, and C. Trunks' and Trunks' eyes widened. Suddenly, Bulma joined in. And soon the entire family was laughing and crying.

"MOM!" M. Goku latched onto Videl's neck, and she froze in place. She looked down at him and then at Gohan.

"Gohan, what's going on?" she asked

"VIDEL!" Twin chibi voices cried out as they detached themselves from their mothers. The combined weight turned her into a pile of arms and legs. Gohan burst out laughing as Videl attempted to extricate herself from the pile of Chibis.

elsewhere

The evacuation was going on without a hitch Suno had stepped aboard the Capsule corp. dreadnought she suddenly heard someone call her name coming towards her was a tall man in a jumpsuit with the number 24 on it. "Excuse me sir, do I know you"? asked Suno "I am sorry", said the man. "I am a combination of someone you knew and someone you didn't. I was called Eighter". When he saw recognition in her eyes he went on. "After I was destroyed, seventeen brought me to doctor Briefs, there wasn't enough of me to rebuild , so he combined me with another and here I am," he finished. Suno smiled and patted his face gently. "I call myself 24 now". he said.

Suno remembered seventeen telling the story of sixteen and how heroic he was as well as gentle. She wasn't surprised that eight and sixteen were so compatible it seemed right some how. "Lets get you to seventeen, he was very worried about you", He said.

Puar was floating into the ship when she heard two familiar voices approaching She saw Oolong and Yajirobe coming down the passage way making sure that all the refugees were comfortable or taken to the ship's infirmary if injured or sick, the ice jinns were not the most benevolent of races after all. "Oolong!!!" she chirped excitedly.

Oolong looked up to see a swift blob swoop down on him and suddenly a small floating cat was curled around him declaring how much she missed him and was wondering where Yamcha and the others were.

"I've been waiting so long! Where's Yamcha? I was sure he would have come! I've missed him so much! Oh no! Did something happen to Yamcha?! I bet it was the ice-jins! It was wasn't it?! OOH! Just wait till I find them! I'll transform into a dragon and-" she rattled on, floating towards the door. Oolong blinked and yelled for her to stop.

"Puar! Calm down! Yamcha's fine! He's with Goku and the others, they're getting ready for some heavy anti-personnel operations" he said with a ruthless grin.

"OOH!" Puar stopped and turned around "Okay! In that case, where's Dr. Briefs? He's here somewhere isn't he?"

"Well, as far as I know he's with Punch, they're heading out to join Yamcha and the others"

"Dr. BRIEFS?! He's going to be in on that?!"
"Oh yeah! And he's got this awesome suit and-" he went on to explain some of the gadgets, while Puar gaped. How could such a nice, good natured old man want to do something like that? Then she remembered that moments ago she had been talking about doing awful things to ice-jins as a dragon. Something about the thought of someone you care about in danger does something to even the most good natured of people. She understood that.

"So, anyway, doesn't that sound awesome? He took three suits, one he was wearing. The other's for Punch. I don't know who the third one's for"

Yamcha grinned happily at his friends greeting each other, only briefly wishing he had someone to greet. He'd have someone to greet soon enough. But first, there was some serious demolishing to do.

Videl, who had finally removed herself from the chibis, had begun to gape at Trunks, who was fidgeting under her gaze, and C. Trunks, who sighed heavily. Then she turned to M. Goku and Goku, who each gave the Son Family Grin.

"Umm, wait, are you saying this is Goku from the future?!" she yelled

"No"

"But this is Trunks from the future?"

"Yes"

"So who's this?"

"This is Goku's grandson"

"g-grandson?" she asked. Gohan sighed wearily.

"Yes Videl, meet your, our, future son" he said. Videl's eyes rolled back in her head and she was caught by Gohan, who sighed heavily. Yamcha laughed. Gohan shot him a dark look. He gulped.

"Tien!" Punch landed her armor suit and flew at Tien, who froze and was toppled over by the exuberant woman.

"I knew you'd show up"

"Punch!" he returned her embrace and they just sat there, enjoying each other's warm embrace.

"Dad?!" Bulma squealed in disbelief. Vegeta growled.

"I told you to stay on the ship!" he shouted

"I decided to join the fight" he said simply. Vegeta fumed.

"You cannot handle this level of combat!"

"What makes you so sure?" Bulma asked, examining the suit "high energy lasers, photon cannons, anti ice-jin missiles, anti personnel missiles, mortars, all ki powered of course. Hmm, I do believe I see DNA targeting cannons, ki-mortar grenades, standard fire-ite bullets, and of course, the non-radioactive ki nuclear bomb missiles as well. And of course it also has the standard plasma weapons. My dad is a one man army in this suit. And as you know, a person would need hardly any ki to power this, as there is ki stored in a power cell inside the suit."

"And should you get tired, I've brought a suit for you as well" he said, gesturing to the third suit. She grinned.

"I'll remember that, keep it with you until I need it, would ya?" she winked. Vegeta gaped at them.

"You actually intend to let him fight?!" he bellowed

"When will you learn, arguing with him is pointless. Where do you think I got my hard head?"

"Certainly not from your mother" he repeated words she had used

"Look out below!" a voice yelled. They looked up and dove out of the way, allowing Yajirobe to land from the ship above, his feet making large impressions and the ground shaking slightly. He was wearing a suit of samurai armor, and he had twin swords at his side.

"Hey!" He said with a half wave.

"What are YOU doing here?!" Bulma yelled

"My question exactly" Vegeta agreed

"Well, you said to keep the big brain safe, so I decide if he was going into battle, I'd better go too" he said. Bulma turned to Vegeta.

"You told Yajirobe to keep my dad safe?" she sounded incredulous

"I told him to-"

"That's so sweet!" she said, kissing him on the cheek. His eyes widened. Yajirobe looked confused. And Dr. Briefs merely chuckled.

"Hey, Yajirobe?" Goten was tapping him on the shoulder

"Yeah?"

"Where'd you get the cool armor?" he asked

"Well, Anin dropped it off. She said Korin found it somewhere in his tower, I guess I've had it for a while. Got it from the same monks who made my sword" he said

"And what about the other sword?"

"This? She said this was sent by the monks. I left it there last time I was there"

"Oh, okay" he said "But what's that armor gonna do against ki blasts?"

"Hey, what's your bo staff gonna do against them?"

"Hey, this is"

"Special" Yajirobe said. Goten grinned.

"Cool! Does it have any special tricks?"

"You just wait and see" he winked.

"Well, are we ready?" Chi Chi asked

"I think we are" Goku said, his face showing no signs of emotion

"I'm always ready" Vegeta said

"It's time for some" Bulma started

"Good old fashioned" Yamcha continued

"butt whoop" Gohan said

"And remember" Trunks continued

"Give no quarter" Piccolo said

"And take no prisoners" Videl finished

"Save the slaves" Tien added

"Get rid of the overseers" Yamcha growled

"Let's go" the group lifted into the air and Teal stood back for a moment

'They're determination and resolve. It's so absolute. Can I ever really assimilate into such a close knit group?' she thought

"Hey, you coming?" Yamcha called floating back. She looked up.

"Yeah" she said

"I don't think I've met you yet" he said "My name's Yamcha"

"Yamcha? Puar told me about you. My name's Teal"

"YOU'RE Teal? The one who hid everyone, and who saved Puar from being a muff?"

"Yeah, I guess you heard about that"

"I owe you one and we just met!" he exclaimed, grinning broadly "I'll think of a way to pay you back after we take out the trash though"

"Sounds good" she said, grinning viciously. She went Super Saiyan and Yamcha's eyes widened as she rocketed passed him before powering up to SSCJ to catch up.

Soon after the group landed, Yamcha and Teal at the front. The battlefield had become quiet, the ice-jins apparently looking for them.

"So, how should we get their attention?" Goku asked

"Do you really have to ask?" Chi Chi grinned.

"No, after you" he said

"Thank you" "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" she powered up to SCJ. Goku and Vegeta followed by going SSJ, going to two, and Gohan went to mystic SSJ2, Videl, and Bulma powered up as well, to level one of the SCJ transformation. Goten and C. Trunks went to SSJ2, and Trunks and M. Goku went up to SSJ2. Tien, Krillin, Eighteen, and Tien each went SCJ2, and Teal went SSJ. Piccolo powered up to his highest level. The group was sure they had broken a few scouters and moved enough dust and caused enough light to bring the ice-jins. Dr. Briefs, who had fallen behind slightly, landed a safe distance away from the group, carrying Yajirobe.

"Well, isn't that a sight" Dr. Briefs said

"You better buckle up, this could be a wild ride" Yajirobe said. He focused his mind and shouted, and suddenly his face was covered by a battle mask that was reminiscent of an oni mask Dr. Briefs had seen in a museum. He shuddered at the sight. The rest of the armor he saw glowing golden inscriptions on, and the armor shifted to cover any and all chinks in it, changing into a close, protective body suit, but still retaining its metallic protective qualities. His body, which had thinned out some (he claimed Korin had put him on a diet), was completely protected. It was quite the sight, Yajirobe looked completely focused and prepared.

"Now, lets go" Yajirobe said. Dr. Briefs pushed a button and a protective shield appeared around the part of his armor he inhabited.

"Alright, lets go" he said

"Now" Goku said. The group emitted one forceful yell, and an aura surrounded the entire group. Dr. Briefs felt the aura drawing on his very life force, and Yajirobe felt a strong tug on his energy. The aura stretched far into the sky, sure to be seen by every ice-jin for miles. They would ALL come to them. That was a sure thing.

"There, they should be here soon" Chi Chi said, watching the skies.

"If you'll cover us" Krillin said after talking to Eighteen "We have a small score to settle for Marron"

"Go ahead, do what you have to do" Goku said "We said ALL of them, and we mean it"

C. Trunks thought of when he and his two companions had snuck off to the ship during a lull in the reunion.

Marron sat in the ship looking out the window at the reunion when she heard the soft pattering of footsteps.

"Marron!" Goten cried, running, followed closely by C. Trunks and M. Goku. Marron leapt up to greet her friend, throwing her arms around his neck.

"Goten! And Trunks" she let go of Goten to give Trunks a hug, then said.

"And Goten again?" she said, looking at the other chibi in the room

"Nope, my name's Goku" he said

"Goku? Uncle Goku shrunk?"

"No, he's from the future" Goten said

"It's a long story, but remember when Gohan told us about the me from the future who came? Well he's here again, but this time he brought Gohan's son from the future" C. Trunks explained

"Cool! I was wondering why I sensed two of you, only one of you is ridiculously stronger than the other" she said with a grin. C. Trunks frowned slightly. Apparently she'd inherited her father's strong ki sensing abilities

"He's not THAT much stronger than me" he protested

"Yes he is" all three other chibis said. C. Trunks pouted and all the others laughed

"So, how've things been here? Have you been okay?"

"Yeah, mostly" she said with a slight frown "But these stupid ice-jins gave me to their kids as a TOY!" she seemed indignant "When we get out of this mess, you guys are SO going to help convince my mom and dad to train me! I felt completely HELPLESS! It was almost as bad as when you guys used to have to carry me around whenever we wanted to go somewhere! Only this time I got beat up" she finished softly. Goten's eyes widened, then narrowed. C. Trunks fumed. M. Goku looked down.

"I hate it when innocent people get picked on when they can't defend themselves" All three said

"And I hate not being able to defend myself" she said. M. Goku growled. Goten bared his teeth. C. Trunks gritted his teeth.

"We'll help you" Goten said "And we'll settle the score too"

"Uh oh, looks like they're almost ready to go" She said, looking out the window. The chibis exchanged hugs with her and said hasty goodbyes. Marron watched as they rejoined the group, unnoticed by the adults. As they flew off, she watched silently.

"Hit 'em once for me" she whispered

C. Trunks growled and looked at Goten and M. Goku. They each had dark expressions on their faces. They nodded to each other and silently took off after Eighteen and Krillin.

"Alright guys, you heard 'em" Chi Chi said as the ice-jins became dots on the horizon "Lets give 'em some cover fire" the ice-jin army looked like a swarm of bees preparing to attack as they got closer, and the Z Senshi were prepared to get rid of them all. There were far too many to get rid of with a single blast, but as their group aura faded into single auras, they charged a ki blast together and fired it at the army, incinerating a section of the group blotting the sky.

The ice-jins drew closer and soon their front lines hit the ranks of the Z Senshi who instantly started up a giant brawl.