AN: another group of chapters! Sorry I took a break, but this is hard work! I used the weekend to catch up on DBZ Budokai 3! Anyway, please read and review!

Chapter 36: The Great Sayaman

(2017, Age 27, by the way.)

Today is the first day of school. That means right now teenagers are gossiping about the Golden Boy that stopped a bank robbery.

That boy was Gohan, but no one knows it. Just like with the defeat of Cell, because everyone thought the great Hercule killed him.

I knew that today was the first day of school because Gohan was so excited. How naive, just like Goku.

Of course, Trunks and I have our own life and home now. Bulma gave me a job as an assistant and Trunks is head of security. But it is really confusing trying to talk to either Trunks when both of these two demi-Sayjins are in the same room. The present Trunks being 7 (Goten is 5, Gohan is 18) and Future Trunks being 30. So we came up with a solution. From now on, Future Trunks will be known simply as Mirai No Trunks, the Japanese translation for the Future's Trunks.

But its okay, my life seems perfect. Maybe too perfect. But I had a project at Capsule Corp. and a happy life at home. The only bad thing was the monster on its way.

But at 3:30 Gohan arrived at Capsule Corp to ask a favor.

"Katie, I need a costume. Something cool, so I can help people without being found out. Got anything I could use?"

"Gohan, I knew this was coming, so here." I said as I tossed Gohan a watch. Little Trunks was there to see Gohan, his best friend's older brother. This was my very own project, and it would make money for Capsule Corp. as a costume seller.

"What's this?" he asked, confused.

"It's a disguise watch, my very own invention. Of course, Bulma did inspire me originally. You press the yellow button and your costume will appear. It's only a hologram, though, but it still works as long as you don't break the watch. The watch still tells time, and I had Vegeta test the metal I used for it, so it should be durable. It's still a prototype, but I'm hoping to sell these for the company. Maybe I'll get a raise…"

"Wow, thanks Katie. Let me see…" Gohan put it on and pressed the button. I used the same basic design for his costume from the show, but I used a mask instead of the goofy helmet. It was just a basic mask like Robin's (Batman/Teen Titans), but it did well to hide his identity.

"Wow, this is great! It even has my hair and eye colors altered. If I turned Super Sayjin, no one could tell by looking at me."

"That was the point. Am I a genius or what?"

"You are truly a genius." Trunks was standing there with his soda spilling onto the floor in a goofy shock. He was shocked at how ridiculous the outfit was, and that Gohan liked it.

"So, any suggestions, Katie?" Gohan asked.

"Be yourself. Don't try to force some cool saying when you're 'fighting crime' or whatever. And please, don't do any poses."

"You mean like this?" then what else did he do, but pose.

"Exactly. No one likes that. It looks stupid. Remember the Ginyu Force?" I asked.

"But their poses were stupid, not like mine at all." I shook my head, "Well, can I have a Moto? Please?" he pleaded.

"If I approve of it first, then you can."

"You're no fun."

"I'm only trying to make you look better as a super hero."

"Well, this is great. It really is." He said gratefully.

"So, what's your superhero name?"

"Don't you know?" I gave him the 'future knowledge isn't free' look. "Oh, I guess you want me to choose it anyway, huh? Then why did you make the watch?"

"Bulma was busy, just another one of those things that has changed from what I know."

"Well, let me see… Sa… Saya… Sayaman? I like it, the Great Sayaman." He did a pose, and I shook my head again. Trunks just stood there as more soda spilled out on the floor.

"Bingo." I said.

"Okay, well, I gotta go. I got homework and mom wants me home to ask about public school. I'll see you soon, though, right?"

"You can count on it."

"Bye!" then he left.

"What a dork." Trunks finally said.

"He'll grow out of it." I sighed.

"I hope so. Hey, wanna go train with my dad?"

"Sure, Super Sayjin boy."

"You know?" he asked in shock.

"Yeah. Goten is too, you know."

"Cool!"

So the days went by and finally Gohan asked me over to train. But that wasn't exactly what he wanted.

"Katie, that's Videl." He pointed to Videl, a pretty girl with dark hair tied into ruff looking ponytails. She was trying to act as though she was bored, but I could tell she was trying to ease-drop. "She wants to know how to fly, but I promised Goten I'd teach him today. Could you teach her?"

"Yeah, if she'd let me." I said with a big smile I couldn't repress.

"What's that for?"

"I'm not telling. But you forgot to tell me that she is Hercule's daughter."

"You know, though."

"It's the principle of the thing. I'll do it; I ain't got nothing better to do. I mean, I don't have anything better to do, sorry. I let my accent slip really bad."

"That's okay, as long as you don't do that in front of mom."

"Yeah, she'd probable hit me in the head with her frying pan." I laughed as Gohan walked over with me to introduce me to Videl.

"Hi Aunt Katie!" Goten said when we got over to them.

"Hey, Goten." I knelt down to his level and whispered, "I heard you can go Super Sayjin." He nodded, "Trunks can, too."

"Cool!" he said a little too loud, and immediately covered his mouth in shame. He does have a better sense of that than Goku, but it isn't by much.

"What was that?" Videl asked, suspicious.

"I just told Goten we're going to fly today." I covered.

"We?" she turned to Gohan.

"Well, you see, I just thought that… uh-" Gohan stammered. I had to save his butt again.

"Gohan though it would be easier if I helped you learn to fly since we're both girls."

"Yeah, that's it." Gohan said, catching on. "And I'm going to teach Goten. Besides, you never said that I personally had to teach you how to fly, only that you wanted to learn."

"Well, fine." She snorted. Sometimes I wonder how these two ever got past the 'friend' stage. Gohan took off with Goten to teach him, leaving Videl and me alone.

"It'll be fun, and besides, girls have to learn it differently. I agreed to help because Gohan doesn't know how to teach a girl."

"I'm not just a girl, I'm-"

"Seventeen, I know. I've been through that a hundred times. But technically, you are only a girl, trust me, Videl. I know how it's been, fighting the bad guys."

"What, are you Saya-woman?" she asked.

"No, no. I'm just an employee at Capsule Corp. and a close family friend. We've all been through a lot together."

"You'll have to tell me some time, but lets get to work on flying now."

"Okay." I said, letting the rude behavior pass. I figured we'd be friends soon enough.

"So, what do I do first? Think happy thoughts?"

"No, no. It's not like that. I guess I'll first explain about Ki."

"Ki? Isn't that just a bunch of hooey?"

"No, remember those explosions Cell made? That was done by manipulating Ki."

"Dad said it was a trick."

"Then I'll prove it. See that tree? I'll hit it from here." I pointed to a tree about 75 yards away.

"Yeah, I bet."

"Then go take a look at it. Check for wires or whatever. Heck, point out something else for me to shoot if you want."

"That tree will be fine, but I'm checking it out first. I'll be right back." She walked off and started to examine the tree. She walked around it a few times before she was satisfied.

"Okay, I'll believe you if you hit it from here." She said when she came back over.

"Good." I formed a small Ki ball in my right hand and aimed carefully, wanting to make sure that I actually hit the tree. Then I fired. There was a burn mark about the size of a baseball in the trunk of the tree.

"How did you… what just happened?" Videl stammered.

"I used my Ki to form a ball of energy and I hit the tree. That was just a basic Ki ball, but there are many different techniques."

"Well, I'd rather use my hands, if you don't mind."

"That's okay, but you'll have to learn basic Ki control if you want to fly." I explained.

So I showed her how to manipulate Ki. It really wasn't too hard for her since she was already strong. She was already stronger than her dad, but she didn't know that. After he made a loosely fit Ki ball I explained about flight. On her first try she levitated a few inches off the ground.

"Wow Videl, that was great! I never saw a human manipulate Ki so easily."

"What do you mean by that? Look at Goten, he's already flying." she pointed up and sure enough Goten was buzzing around and laughing. He saw us just then and took toward the ground.

"Well, uh, I meant, well its different for boys than girls."

"But you said 'human'." she asked with an eye half-squinted.

"I meant a man, but you're a girl, so never mind!" I said way too fast. "It takes a little more practice for girls than boys, but once you got it, you got it. Gohan isn't trying to skip out on you, that's why he asked me to help."

"How's that?" she was actually wanting to talk now.

"I've trained with his dad, and I'm going to enter the tournament that's coming up, and I know for a fact I'll make it to the semi-finals. And that isn't arrogance, its fact. I'm easily the strongest woman on earth."

"We'll have to wait and see, won't we?" Videl said with a smirk.

So the big day came and we got to the tournament grounds and finally met with Goku, who was given one day to live again because he's, well, Goku.

"Hey everybody, I'm back!" Goku said as we walked up. Videl, quite shocked to see a dead guy, was introduced. Then Goten was introduced.

"Hey, who's the little me over there?" Goku asked.

"Goten don't be shy! That's your father, Goku." Chi-chi said. As she did I realized how much Goten looked like Gohan when I first arrived here. Boy it's been a while. Ten whole years, who knew?

"So you're Goten? Katie told me a lot about you."

"Daddy?" Goten ran and jumped into Goku's arms.

"He knows you're the 'Brave Man' from the stories I've told him." I explained. Goten hugged his dad tight, nearly choking him, and making us all laugh. Even Vegeta chuckled.

"That was so cool how you beat Frieza with his own attack!" Goten said.

"Could we please go register for the tournament? I'm ready to fight." Vegeta demanded.

"Vegeta, you're always ready to fight." I said with a smile. Trunks and Mirai were there, too, and Trunks had this habit of looking at his older self. I guess I would too if I could have seen how I would look as an adult. But I could have never guessed I'd have a tail.

So Gohan was fighting as Sayaman, and I was fighting under the name Son Katie. I was wearing my old Gi from the days with the androids, and I had my hair tied in a ponytail with chopsticks. No real reason, I just liked the look, and they weren't even holding my hair up, they were just there. Everyone else was wearing exactly what you'd imagine they would wear. Mirai was wearing his old fighting clothes from when he fought Cyborg Frieza, except for the lack of a jacket and sword. We had our swords hanging on the wall of our study back in our home.

But anyway, soon enough we were in line to hit the machine to see who'd fight in the tournament. I spotted Spopovitch and Yam, the two Majin humans, to one side watching.

Goku hit 800, Gohan 700, and I hit 650, trying to keep the number low like the others, though I could have easily have done like Vegeta just did, and break the machine. Good thing we were last in line.

So the drawing was next. Here's the line up:

Round 1

Krillen vs. Some big idiot

Videl vs. Spopovitch

Round 2

Gohan vs. Kabito

18 vs. Shin (AKA Supreme Kai)

Round 3

Captain Chicken vs. Yam

Piccolo vs. Mighty Mask (AKA Goten and Trunks in disguise)

Round 4

Goku vs. Vegeta

Me vs.Mirai No Trunks

Finals

Hercule vs. whomever wins the Tournament

I also noticed the line up was different than the show.

Yeah, I didn't pay attention to their names, either on the show or reality. We won't get past the second round anyway. And yeah, I noticed that I'd be fighting my husband, but it would be fun, wouldn't it?

Trunks won the junior division, by the way. He and Goten were the finalists and he beat Goten into submission with a tickle fight. It embarrassed Vegeta a little, but then he laughed for the fact that his son beat his rival's son.

Before the first round, Shin and Kabito pulled me aside.

"You are Katie, are you not?" Shin asked.

"Yes. You're Supreme Kai, and you want to know something about Babi-Dee, I bet."

"Not exactly. I want you to try to keep these events as close to normal as possible. I know things have happened differently than what you thought, but try to follow what you is going to happen."

"I'll try, but if that's what you want, why didn't you stop me from entering the tournament?"

"Would you have listened?" he asked.

"No."

"Precisely. Now go on before anyone notices us."

"Yes sir."

And that was the end of that. Krillen won his fight. This may sound like I'm bored, but I am. It was exactly like the show, and its kind of dull if you already know whose going to win.

Now for the real action, Videl's fight. This would be the starting point for the real adventure.

Videl and Spopovitch took their places and the announcer took the stage. He started the round and the fight began.

Videl took after Spopovitch and attacked furiously, but he didn't seem to notice. He grabbed her and threw her to the ground. She got back up and punched and kicked again, but to no avail. He seemed really tough, and I wanted the chance to fight him, but in knew that was silly.

Videl finally kicked Spopovitch so hard that his head spun all the way back and he fell to the ground.

"Oh, no." I saw Videl mouth when she saw what had happened.

"Ladies and gentleman, it appears that Videl has won the fight, but because she used excessive force, she will be disqualified and the proper authorities will… be… notified?" the announcer stopped as Spopovitch got up and twisted his head the right way onto his neck.

"What the HFIL is going on?" Mirai gasped.

"Videl, we have to get her out of there!" Gohan stood, but Shin and Kabito stopped him.

"No Gohan, wait." He said calmly. Gohan did, then finally jumped into the fray and saved Videl.

"Katie, get over here. Take Videl to the hospital wing, I'll take care of this guy."

"Right, Gohan." I whispered as I took Videl and got her into the hospital wing. Lucky for me I thought ahead and had my own bag of Zinzu beans with me. Mirai came too and by the time we got back out there the others had left with Supreme Kai.

"Now what, Katie?" Mirai asked.

"I'm going with the others. You stay here and watch over the others. If I'm right, something bad will come this way. Keep a close eye on Mighty Mask, its Goten and little Trunks in disguise. And if Vegeta shows up in a little while, get the other out of here."

"Dad? What's going to happen?" Mirai said.

"Hopefully nothing. I'll see you later." I gave him a quick kiss on the cheek and teleported to Goku's energy signal.

By the time I got there, Krillen and Piccolo had already been turned into statues and Kabito was dead. I couldn't believe how fast this was all taking place. I got angry with myself for not being able to help.

"Katie, what are you doing here?" Goku asked.

"I'm here to help. You know I'm useful, and I'm nearly as strong as Gohan if not stronger." I said.

"Well, that settles it. The five of us are going inside Babi-Dee's ship." Supreme Kai said.