SilverWolfe - Sorry to tell you, but Piccolo won't have much involvement in this. I specialize in Sayins. Vegeta, however, will play major roles in seasons 2 and 3, along with Bardock, Chile, and Goku. And as cheesy as the "missing child" thing is, it is a way to introduce more females into the mix.
Angel-Tinuviel - Glad its believable! I started thinking it was too Xena-meets-Solan-ish!
Cat-Star - Things are gonna get angsty for the Sons pretty soon.
chibibaka - Outta left field, ne? Good! Shockers (believable shockers) are fun!
Davifflaelan - See above

Una: Aw... Only five reviews? Was it really so terrible? I mean, it is cheesy, but it was fun to write four years ago. And Cyra becomes important later on.
Yugi: You've done better, that's all. We're spoiled.
Una: And I can't update as often. Back at school and back to work on those long and pointless English papers!
Yami: You asked for two English classes! Did you not expect tons of work?
Bardock: She's also got Stagecraft. (evil grin) Those power tools look fun!
Una: They kinda scare me. The pneumatic hammer is a semi-automatic weapon! And the different saws can cut off limbs like butter!
Bardock: Like I said, FUN!
Yugi: Why do terrorists import weapons to your country? Why not just raid a hardware store?

Episode 7
Struggle Against the Magician. Goku Is Captured

The next morning, everyone had gone home and slept in late. But as soon as Gohan was up, he called Krillin. "Krillin-san," said the youth. "you wanna start looking for the dragonballs?"

"Sure," said Krillin. "But do you have a DragonRadar?"

"No," he responded. "But I know where one is!"

"Great! I'll see you on the island in a half hour. We'll grab a couple of burgers before we go a-huntin'!"

"I'll bring Goten, too. He'll want to do something."

"Uh, have you told Goku about..."

"Good-bye, Krillin," grumbled Gohan. He hung up the phone.

While Goten dressed for his journey, Gohan flew to Capsule Corp at top speed on Nimbus. As soon as he landed, he picked the lock to the garage and walked in. Sure, he felt guilty barrowing Vegeta's new motorcycle without asking, 1 but the Sayin prince would never agreed to let any "children" play with it. So, for the sake of finding the balls, Gohan was going to temporarily borrow it and put it back before he noticed it was gone. Simple, right?

Not long later, Gohan and Goten landed on Master Roshi's Island, home of Kamesenin and Krillin's family.2 Krillin, wearing normal clothes and a "Krillin" cap, waved them down happily. "Great to see you, guys!"

"Nice to see you again too, Krillin-san," said Goten, wearing a blue Chinese-style shirt and lavender pants. Gohan peered over the other two (which wasn't hard for him, considering who the two fighters were ) and saw Maron watching from the window. "Konichi-wa, Maron-chan," he called.

Goten smiled and waved to Maron. "Ohaiyo, Maron!"

Maron took one look at Goten, blushed as pink as her head bow, and ran back inside giggling.

Goten gave Gohan and Krillin a puzzled look. "What was that about?" Gohan laughed. "I think Maron has a crush on you, Goten!"

Krillin laughed too. "Well, at least she picked some respectable people!" He put a cupped hand to his mouth and whispered to Goten, "Still, stay away for at least another ten years or so, okay?"

Goten just looked innocently puzzled.

"Okay," resolved Gohan, pushing the button to the capsule in his hand. He threw it to the ground. It bounced once, then disappeared in a puff of thick smoke. The smoke settled quickly and in its place was the beautiful bike he had seen the day before.

"Nice bike, Gohan," said Krillin walking towards it. "But, how will this help us find the dragonballs?"

"Simple. See there on the dashboard? The green screen is the latest, most powerful version of a DragonRadar." He pressed a few buttons to activate it. Immediately, the screen buzzed and bleeped. On it were clear images of their current position, written details of the island, and the closest dragonball. "According to this, one of the balls is north by northeast, in the Hikari Mountains."

"Wow," whistled Krillin. "Now THAT'S what I call a helpful DragonRadar! The old model only told us how far away it was."

Secretly, Gohan wished to himself that it was worth the awful risk stealing the bike..

Chile had gone to see a movie in America. As he left the theatre and flew back to China, he began verbally practicing what he was going to say to Goku. But even talking to an invisible friend was hard.

"Goku-kun, listen, Cyra is from Hell. Her original name was Son Gomi. Do you get it?" No, that was awful! Not only was that insensitive, but the thick Sayin would not understand.

"Hey, Otouto, you may want to sit down for this, but..." Maybe that was too forward. Goku might think someone had just died and he'd panic!

"Gohan told us something rather disturbing..." 'Rather disturbing?' What was he, British?!

"Goku, guess what? Cyra is really your dead, evil daughter!" Geez, that was the worst yet!!! 3

He dove into the blue ocean below him and came out into the freezing air. 'Boy, I needed that,' he thought. He had never felt so nervous talking to a friend so much as he did now. And Goku was definitely one of his best; he was like his brother. Technically, he was a stepbrother.. Besides that, he had promised Bardock to watch out for Kakkarot, no matter what! And he'd be darned if he would let Bardock-san down now! 3

At this point, the mountain range where Mt. Potzu was located in came into view. Since there was not much sun, the snow still sprinkled around the area. 'Kirei desu,' Chile thought. 4 'Of all the planets I've been to, I wouldn't trade Earth for any! Well, might as well get this over with.'

Chile searched for Goku's ki as he landed in front of the small house. To his surprise, Goku was nowhere inside. Chichi came outside, wearing a thick overcoat. She smiled at the sight of her friend. "Chile-kun," she called, "how was the movie?"

"It was funny," he answered without thinking. "Um... where's Goku?"

"He left early this morning to the family shrine," the housewife answered with a bit of concern in her voice. "It's very strange. He didn't even stop for breakfast! Will you please take this to him?" She held up a large basket of food and a thermos. "It's for his lunch."

Chile took both in his hands. "A Sayin not eating? Now THAT is the weirdest thing I've ever heard!"

Chichi laughed. "Oh, and here's an extra blanket for him, I don't want him catching a cold." She threw a thick, woolen blanket on top of the basket.

"Sayins don't get sick easily."

"You never know!"

Chile turned around and grumbled as he headed toward the shrine. Chichi meant well, but she could be extremely annoying sometimes!

Commercial Break
It took him several minutes of walking through the woods to get to his destination. Along the way, it started to snow again. The soft white flakes landed in a completely random pattern all around him. Chile stared at the simple pieces of nature as the surrounded him. 'Somehow, I wonder if life is like these snowflakes,' he mused. 'Life itself can be so fragile, but can be so incredibly marvelous and unique. And sometimes, often in fact, it can be so random, that you don't know where you'll land; is it safe or will you melt? And like the fallen snow, life will disappear, and bring new life in its wake.' Chile sighed again. 'I'm starting to sound like Una!' 5

Goku finally came into view some ten minutes later. The shrine, built by Goku in memory of his segregate grandfather, was built on the very spot where he died. As far as Chile knew, when Goku was a little boy he transformed at the sight of the full moon and accidentally squashed the old martial arts master. Goku had no idea that he had been responsible for the old man's death until he faced Vegeta the first time and the prince transformed. It was probably the one deed Goku never forgave himself for. Grandpa Son Gohan was an innocent that Goku killed in cold blood, whether he was conscious of the deed or not.

The man, who was often thought of as a child inside of a man, didn't turn as Chile approached. Chile didn't say a word to disturb his meditation. Goku was standing with his eyes closed and hands respectively together, his head slightly inclined. 'Maybe now's not the best time,' Chile thought.

But Chile didn't know that the food was still hot. The scent of the hot rice and vegetables rose to Goku's nose, clearing the child/man's thoughts of all else but FOOD! His eyes opened wide and he licked his lips. Then he grabbed the basket in such a swift motion, Chile had to step back. He laughed as Goku began to forgo the utensils and eat like a dog. "Thank Goodness! I was starting to doubt if you were the real Goku or not!"

Goku laughed too, in spite of a mouthful of food. "Vewy fuungy," he said. And he hopped onto a rock to eat.

There were a couple minutes of silence. Chile shifted positions. "Goku, I..." he paused, all of the approaches he had practiced forgotten.

Goku misinterpreted this and held out his food bowl. "Gomen, Oniisan. I should have offered you some in the first place."

"Oh, no. It's okay. I'm not that hungry." It was a down right lie, of course. Sayins are always hungry. And Goku knew that.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah."

"You sure?"

"Yeah, I'm fine."

Another silence followed, only being cut by the soft gulps made by Goku's swallowing. He knew Chile was troubled, just not why. So, in his small mind, he tried to remedy that. He took his chopsticks and stuck them both in his ears. He then stuck two pieces of broccoli, one on each side, on the sticks, and pushed two baby carrots in each of his nostrils.

Chile looked up, saw this, and gave him a look of amused curiosity. "What are you doing?"

"WHAT," Goku screamed, cupping his hand to his ear. "WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!"

The other started to chuckle a bit. "You are completely nuts!"

"WHAT," Goku repeated, crossing his eyes. Chuckling wasn't enough. So, he lit the tips of the sticks on fire and began dancing around in circles chanting, "I can't hear you! I can't hear you!"

At this, Chile started howling with laughter. But he stopped when Goku's hair caught on fire. It took a full ten seconds before he realized it. In the usual cartoon fashion, Goku screamed, ran around in circles for a couple of seconds, then stuck his whole head in the snow. Chile started laughing so hard, his face turned red. To top it off, Goku started a snowball fight to get Chile to stop laughing AT him instead of WITH him. It lasted for over an hour.

Both grown men fell on the ground, still laughing at the fun they just had. It was very unusual for Chile to do something so silly, so spontaneously, but Goku's insistence and good smile were as contagious as the flu.

"Chile-kun?"

"Yes, Goku-kun?"

"I'm glad you're here, and that we're friends. No secrets."

It was such a simple statement. Chile pondered on it for a moment. Did he know? No, he didn't know exactly, but Goku knew he was hiding something. What a clever, foolish man!

So, Chile left Goku to his watch, still not having kept his own promise..

Feeling like an absolute fool, Chile landed on the Sons' rooftop. Why couldn't he say it? Why can't he tell Goku about Cyra?

'Because I'm a sentimental baka,' he thought bitterly. 'Bardock-san would be ashamed!' Chile sat down cross-legged to meditate. He knew Goku'd find out sooner or later. It would be better coming from him. 'No,' he resolved. 'It would be best coming from Gohan. This ain't got nothing to do with me. But am I involved now because I'm keeping the secret?' He spat. 'Kuso! I guess having a teenage body forces me to think like one.'

"Thanks a lot, Una," he said aloud sarcastically.

I just like torturing you.

"But why so early in the story?"

Please shut up so I can continue!

Just then, an explosion sounded nearby. Chile jumped up and snapped to attention. "That sounded like it came from the shrine! Oh no! Goku!!" He took of from the roof at top speed.

By the time Chile got there, SSJ2 Goku was in a power struggle with the old woman. Their auras were clashing and both of each of their hands were clutching the dragonball in a tug-of-war fashion.

"Damelo," Triga spoke in her native language. "No tiene razon, tonto mono! No los utiliza para se de todos modos. Pondré estas bolas al buen uso." 6

"You're never getting this ball," Goku growled. He didn't understand exactly what Triga said, but he got the jist of it.

But Chile understood it. "Dejalo, vieja! No jueges con nosotros Saiya-jins. Cuando nos-" 7

Before he finished, he felt an energy rise behind him, and dodged a magic attack from the girl. She began fighting the boy as a distraction.

Triga let go of the ball with one hand. Before Goku could pull it back, the old one chanted a magic spell and placed her hand on his shoulder. An extreme swelling, burning sensation washed over his arm, and he screamed out in pain, loosing his grip. Though his arm had changed in neither size nor shape, the pain still intensified.

The other Sayin and demon-girl stopped their fight to see what was going on with their teammates. Chile was both curious and worried about the attack on his friend. 'How could these creatures have such abilities? Was it a magic thing? Was it a demon thing? Or was it a girl thing?' The little girl had never seen her mentor like this before. Triga was smiling, but not a nice smile. This one was sick and twisted. And terrifying! It was almost like that of a cat playing with her food.

Triga, still smiling that strange smile, turned fully to her student. "Mi hija," she ordered. "Va a casa." 8 With that, she made a large gesture with her hands and chanted.

'That's what you think, pinche vieja!' 9 Chile balled up his fist and dove at the woman. But his punch hit only a puff of green smoke. She, Goku, and the dragonball were gone. When Chile turned around, the girl had vanished also.

1 Vegeta's motorcycle - See episode 4. I mention the bike.
2 Krillin's family - I'm just adding this, even though its basic knowledge; Krillin-tachi live with Master Roshi (Kamesenin)
3 Chile's vocab - "Geez" and "darn" are very tame versions of what Chile would really say, but I want to keep this PG
4 "Kirei desu" - "It is pretty." Thought I'd teach people more Japanese.
5 Una and Chile - Just to remind everyone, I am an Elemental in this story and control most of the action (authorcontroller, get it?). Chile has met me before.
6 "No tiene razon, tonto mono! No los utiliza para se de todos modos. Pondré estas bolas al buen uso." - "Give it to me. You are wrong, stupid monkey! You do not use them for yourself anyway. I will put these balls to good use.
7 "Dejalo, vieja! No jueges con nosotros Saiya-jins. Cuando nos-" - "Leave him alone, old woman! Don't mess with us Sayins. When we-"
8 "Mi hija, va a casa." - "Daughter, go home!"
9 "pinche vieja" - Ano… lets just say it isn't PG rated!

Una: I know, I'm using Spanish, but that's MY second language! HAPPY MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY

Hiya! Its Goku!
Kuso! Now I'm in for it! Triga plans to torture me into telling her were the rest of the dragonballs are. But I don't know! What? What is that you said about Cyra? Next time on DragonballUF: The Truth is Discovered. Is She Friend Or Foe?
Yugi: I liked it better when you just used symbols to say where someone said something else in another language. It was much easier.
Una: Maybe I should go back to that style.
Bardock: At least I can understand 'em all.
Yami: You cheat! You can read minds!
Bardock: First off, my mind-readin' powers are limited. Next, I learned different languages in travelin' to planets and learnin' from Cole. And if I got a better use o' powers than you, it ain't no fault of mine that you're so useless, ya long-dead, maggot-ridden-
(Yami and Bardock fight)
Yugi: (sweatdrop) Funny... I didn't miss their fights at all...