Here's the next chapter guys! Hope you like it! Keep reviewing! :D

By the way, answering some questions for Gohan is MINE not yours :

1. Gohan has just turned 12 in this story

2. To find out what the Rectain is you're gonna have to keep reading

3. And I'm not telling you why they want Gohan! :P

(If there's anything you guys don't understand in the story just ask in the reviews and I'll answer as soon as possible!)


The group stared at the little girl with puzzled expressions, had she been watching them the whole time?

"Who are you?" grumbled Piccolo as he stood up ignoring the wounds from his chest and leg that were secreting an oozing purple liquid.

The girl simply giggled again, ignoring the frustration on the people's faces. "By the way Gohan, happy birthday!" she said with a sweet little smile.

Gohan simply stared at her, he couldn't believe it, she had seen those guys come and she saw them blow up all his friends and then she saw his dad killing them both, and yet she was unafraid? She was saying happy birthday to him?!

Bulma suddenly ran out of the house, pulling the dragon radar out of her pocket. "Goku! Vegeta! Here! Quick, if we get all the dragonballs we can wish them back!"

Goku shook his head sadly, "No, we can't wish them back; we can't make the same wish twice…" He growled angrily ploughing his fist into the ground causing a crater to appear, "If only I became a super-saiyen right away!"

"Yes Kakarot! You and your love of all creatures is pitiful and is your downfall sometimes" snorted Vegeta with his arms crossed.

The little girl didn't flinch, she simply stared at the group almost with no emotion and blinked for a moment before saying "Oh!" and skipping over to the strange gift she had handed Chichi earlier.

"Didn't your mum give this to you Gohan?" she said cheerily handing him the present as if the fight hadn't happened at all.

Gohan blinked at her and took the opened box, queerly looking at the girl.

Seeing Gohan's odd expression she shrugged her shoulders slightly and closed her eyes as she said cheerily, "It's the Rectain Gohan, its yours…sorry it took so long for me to give it to you"

Gohan blinked and looked at the bright light inside the box, "Er…huh?" 'Who is this girl?'

Chichi gripped Gohan tighter shouting at the girl "Who are you?! What is this thing? Why are you here?!"

"Chichi!" shouted the Ox King as he tried to comfort her without much success.

"Wait! Wait!" shouted master Rochi as he moved over to the little girl and Gohan, "This light is the Rectain? The same thing those fellahs were after?"

The girl nodded "Yep!" she said with a slight giggle, "What did you think it was?"

"You mean to tell me it's your fault that my friends are dead?!" shouted Gohan suddenly jumping out of his mum's arms and confronting the girl. "It's your fault they're all dead! And we can't wish them back! Why? Why'd you come here?!"

If the girl hadn't shown any emotion earlier this time she was rather taken aback. She stepped away from Gohan slightly fearfully and lowered her eyes to the floor. "I…I gave you the Rectain, I thought you'd be happy?"

"I don't even know what it is!" shouted Gohan, throwing the box away from him causing an odd sphere of light to roll out of the box.

The girl looked at the ball of light then to Gohan and sighed, "I…I suppose you know nothing of Utolia either?"

Gohan replied by simply glaring at the girl.

The girl sighed and walked over to the Rectain, picking it up and placing it back in the box before she turned to the group of warriors.

"Those two people were simply a test, I wanted to see how powerful you were…they were after the Rectain…they've been following me across the universe. When I finally realised Gohan was on this planet I knew my search was over. When I landed I felt the kis of everyone here…it was so strong, I was so happy that there were so many warriors that could help save Utolia. I thought giving you the Rectain would make you come, seeing as it is yours in the first place. Although, you know nothing about it…so…" she sighed and hung her head, "I suppose Utolia is doomed…"

Goku awoke from his daze of pounding the ground and raced over to the girl. "What? You mean those two guys were just a test?"

The girl nodded, "And you beat them. That means you're all strong enough to help Utolia"

"But what about my friends? They weren't strong enough for you're little test?! They died! They can't come back! Not even with the dragonballs!"

"Enough talk! I'm fed up with questions!" shouted Vegeta charging towards the girl.

He went fast, faster than the speed of light towards her. The girl simply bowed her head as Vegeta aimed for a punch. He hit air.

"Huh? What the?!" he shouted as he looked about himself for the girl.

The girl appeared next to Gohan. She showed no effort, it was as if she teleported, like Goku, although much much faster.

She sighed, "Listen, I know you're all upset by your friends deaths, and…well…there is a way to save them"

"What?" growled Piccolo, "Didn't you hear what Goku said? You can't bring them back with dragonballs!"

This time, the girl raised her head and smirked "I'm not talking about dragonballs. There is a way to bring them back, although, I'm not telling unless you come and save Utolia"

The group frowned at her, unsure of what to do.

Finally Goku stepped towards her with a determined frown on his face. He knelt down in front of the girl and stared at her, his face unmoving, the same as hers. He grunted slightly then held out his hand.

"Want to come inside for some birthday cake?!"

The group fell down animie style

Soon they were all munching away at birthday cake. Only Goku seemed to be enjoying himself. The girl (who had claimed her name was Ayra) sat between Gohan and Master Rochi of whom both kept staring awkwardly at her. Chichi who was next to Gohan ate her slice of cake although had at least one of her eyes upon Ayra. The Ox king sat next to Chichi ready in case she should go into destroy mode and do whateve she could to protect her son. Neither Piccolo nor Vegeta wanted to eat, and Bulma was too busy fiddling with a new gizmo to worry about anything else.

"So…what is this Utolia thing?" asked Goku through mouthfuls of cake.

Ayra (who had decided she wasn't hungry after seeing the immense amount of food that Goku was gorging down) said, "It's my home planet…Gohan should know that."

"WELL I DON'T!" shouted Gohan standing up angrily. The group stared at him fearfully; even Goku held the chopsticks in place and didn't bother to swallow.

Gohan sighed slightly and walked over to his bedroom, slamming the door hard behind him.

Chichi looked at her son's bedroom door with a pained expression, "Usually I'd order him to come back and be a good host. But today's his birthday, and its been totally ruined" although she didn't direct it to her, Ayra knew who she was talking about and she sank lower into her chair.

After a moment of awkward silence Vegeta said, "So what's the problem on your planet? Giant cockroaches? A guy who's too big for his boots and wants to take over the world? An evil genius bent on world domination?"

The girls shook her head, "Nope. An ancient prophecy needs to be fulfilled"

They looked at her oddly but said nothing else. They were suddenly distracted by a door slam.

Out came Gohan, fitted out in a martial arts training suit with a large bag placed over his shoulder. "Well? Are we going then?"

Ayra smiled and jumped over to him happily, "You mean you want to come Gohan?"

Gohan frowned at her, causing her spirits to diminish, "I'm only going to bring my friends back."

"WHAT?!" yelled Chichi as she slammed her fists against the table causing it to collapse while everybody else found a safe hiding spot. "YOU ARE NOT GOING YOUNG MAN!"

"But mum!" Gohan whined.

"Gohan what about your studies?! Don't you want to become a rocket scientist?"

"Not really" he mumbled under his breath.

Ayra giggled, "Hehe! Gohan! You of all people!"

Gohan frowned at Ayra, as if trying to prove her wrong he turned to the fury of his mum, "Mum! I'm going!"

"No you're not!" she shouted, "Isn't that right Goku?" she said, crossing her arms and smirking as if she had won.

"That's right Gohan" said Goku, stepping out from behind the armchair and standing next to Chichi, "It's far too dangerous."

Gohan bowed his head as if he was about to cry.

"That's why I'm going with you!"

"WWHHHAAATTTT?!?!?!?!?!?!"

Soon it was decided that Gohan would be accompanied by his dad, Vegeta and Piccolo (who was already making a full recovery).

"One question" Goku asked as he collected his bag full of things Chichi had given him, "How are we getting there?"

Ayra smiled and said, "I have that already sorted out" she giggled and skipped a small way away from the boys. She placed two of her fingers in her mouth and blew hard causing an incredibly high-pitched whistle to ring out through the air.

The whistle was then answered by an odd wind blowing through the air, the clouds above their heads swirled and turned dark. Suddenly the speed of the wind picked up and blew so hard that all but Piccolo and Ayra struggled to stand upright.

"What is it?" shouted Piccolo through the wind.

Then there was a large CRASH almost as if a meteorite had crash-landed in Chichi's back garden, everyone but Ayra was knocked off balance.

"Our transport has arrived!" she cheered as a cloud of dust disappeared revealing a HUGE ship.

Everyone stood there dumbfounded.

"Wha-at is it?" said Bulma, completely terrified out of her mind.

Even Vegeta seemed somewhat amazed by the scale of the ship.

"How long will it take to get to Utolia then?" asked Goku, stepping towards the ship.

"Um…well…2 Utolian years…"

"2 years?!" screeched Chichi as she tried to escape from her dad's clutches.

"Chichi no! They're big boys now they can take care of themselves!"

Ayra pondered for a moment, "Which is about 10 earth years"

Chichi exploded.

Gohan panicked as his mum charged towards him like a buffalo. He ran away screaming and shouting "Mum! Let me go! Mum!"

"But then again…" thought Ayra, ignoring Gohan and Chichi, "With the amount of energy you guys have the ship should be able to run much much faster. Almost super-speed. It runs on energy, don't worry" she said waving er hand at Piccolo's expression, "It doesn't drain the energy; it just propels itself with it. So…should take no more than 6 earth months? Which is about one and a half Utolian months."

"See Chichi?" said the Ox King catching his daughter from behind as Gohan ran over to the group of intrepid explorers, "They'll be back in 6 months"

"But Gohan was supposed to sit an exam in 2 months!" she cried.

Ayra rolled her eyes and shook her head, walking up to the ship. She clicked her fingers and a launch pad came floating down towards them. "Hop on board!" she said.

As the launch pad rose Gohan, Goku and Bulma waved to the people below,

"Bye! Take care!"

"See you in 6 months!"

"Miss you!"

"We'll bring back everybody!"

"Don't worry!"

"Rochi don't even think about looking through my underwear draw!"

Piccolo smirked at the three. Vegeta stood there unamused and began unbuttoning his shirt, revealing a blue martial arts outfit.

"Gohan?" Ayra whispered stepping over to him.

Gohan turned about to her.

"Here," she held out her hands revealing the sphere of light and passed it to Gohan, "Even if you don't know what it is now, I'm sure you'll find out soon. You're special Gohan…" she rolled the sphere of light into his hands.

Gohan looked at the sphere and then at Ayra. I'm special? How can I be? I may be part saiyen but that's nothing to brag about, dad and Vegeta are both full saiyens. Why am I special?

Ayra closed her eyes and giggled happily as the launch pad reconnected with the ship, and they were set for Utolia!