One year had now passed since that day in the woods. Thus marked the begining of the end. Thisis the day of great regret. This day marked the end of all the days of slight naivity. This is the day that would live in infamy in all the Z warriors hearts.
5 saiyan battles raged at once. Vegeta and Goku's power levels soared as they eachduked it out. Goten andTrunkswere currently trying to overpower one another with their special ki attacks. Gohan simplydarted from one battle to another, looking for an opening in whichto inflict damage. In fact, each of the boys were so caught up in theirbattlethat they didn't see the other two saiyans standing idly by, waiting patiently with arms folded, for the battles to cease. They didn't noticed the two eldestchildren of Kira; Icer and Frost.
Goku was the first to notice the two youths standing near the new battle scene. He halted the other battles so Icer and Frost wouldn't inadvertantly be injured.
"Something you guys need?" Goku asked in his normally happy-go-lucky tone.
"Yeah," Frost answered stoicly. "You all can help us find our sister."
"Find her!" Trunks gasped. "Where is she!" Goten asked slightly franticly.
"If we knew, we wouldn't be asking for help." Icer answered.
"This is pathetic!" Vegeta snarled under his breath. "I've been reduced to a nanny!"
It was true. All the Z warriors had been searching all over the place for hours upon hours on end. Even those who didn't normally use colorfull language were resorting to it by now. Needless to say, none of them were really happy. Hell, 'not really happy' was an understatement. Everyone was downright pissed!
Trunks looked around quickly, both with his eyes and his ki radar. After this ten-second search he continued to spew a line of purely unprintable language from his mouth. "Nothin'" he muttered miserably. Suddenly, something told him to turn around. Just at the right time. There standing directly in his line of view, not twenty feet from him, was theblack wolf with the white star on it's chest.
"Eli!" he whispered maniacly.
They shared one brief second ofuninterruptedeye contact, before Eli began to run opposite Trunks.
Trunks took off in a flying leap, landing directly on Eli's back; forcing her to morph back into her humanoid form. They both tumbled a few feet with them both coming to a halt, with Trunks pinning Eli down.
"Where in the hell have you been!" Trunks practically screamed. "Do you have the slightest clue as to how long we've been out looking for you! Do you!" He proceeded. That's when he noticed something truely odd. Eli wasn't fighting back.
Suddenly Goku instantly transmitted in front of them. Eli gulped. Goku crossed his arms sorely.
"We can do this two ways," He began slowly, controlling his anger. "You can be a civilized being and walk, or I can haul you in. Your call."
Eli rotated her head, allowing the cool, green grass to brush her cheek. "You know I walk." She said defeatedly.
"Oh thank you Goku! Oh my baby! Thank You!" Kira gushed upon seeing Eli in the arms of Goku. Kira clutched Eli to herand stroked her hair emphatically, continuing her spew of thanks. Suddenly, out of nowhere, Brutis came up behind the two women. "Welcome back sweetie." He said, adding his ownhand tostroke the mass of blondehair. "But, you do realize you'll have to be punished for running off and not telling us." He continued.
"How sweet. Eli should be ashamed for running off and worring these people like that. " Goku thought, a slight smirk adorning his face. Kira gushed onelast 'Thank You' before proceeding to shut the door.
Gokucouldn't explain it. As he walked away, and as the light of the door from the house was extinguished by the door shutting, he felt his stomach inexplicably turn over inside him.