Chika – Near, to be close to

Takara – Treasure, precious object

Kiyoshi – Quiet

Leiko – Arrogant

Kane – Tribute, warrior, the eastern sky, beautiful

Chapter 2

Takara could feel Goku's ki moving towards Kami's Tower. She was looking forward to seeing him in person again. Sure, he wouldn't remember at first, but once he laid eyes on her, that would be taken care of.

"Dende? Dende, where are you?" Goku's voice rang through the walls of the tower.

"Hello, again, Goku" Takara watched as the warriors face brought on a confused expression.

"Hello…"

Takara smiled at him as his eyes lit up in recognition. "Takara! I haven't seen you in years!"

He swept her up into a big hug, almost crushing her. She winced slightly. Same old Goku.

"I missed you, too. I wish I could just be visiting, Goku, but I'm here under very difficult circumstances. I almost wish I didn't have to come"

Goku looked at her, and let her go. She tested her arm just to make sure nothing was broken.

"Is it a new enemy?" he asked. Before Takara could answer, Chika walked from behind her.

"It is a new enemy, and I'm sorry to say that this battle will not be easy for any one of us"

Goku was once again confused. He was sure he had never seen this woman before.

"I am Chika; I work alongside Takara in otherworld" She bowed respectfully, and Goku just looked at her.

"Nice to meet you" he said.

"I'm sorry, Goku, but I'm afraid to say that we are running out of time, and there are some things I need to clear up with everyone, so it would be best if you could get all of the fighters here, so I can explain the purpose of our journey, and start our training", started Takara. "There are others you need to know about, and things we need to clear up"

Goku's face once again took on a determined look. "Okay. I'll call the warriors as soon as possible"

Vegeta was growing steadily impatient. He was not used to the waiting. It wasn't his fault that the others were as slow as he was. Why did that girl need the other humans anyways? It wasn't as if Goku and himself couldn't take care of this new enemy.

Vegeta looked at strange girl. What did she call herself again? Takara? Yes, that was it. He read her power level, and had to try to refrain from laughter. That girl's ki signature was weaker than a normal human's. For heaven's sake, Bulma was much stronger than her.

As if reading his thoughts, she looked at him, her eyes a deep shade of yellow and her gaze unwavering. She looked away, and smoothed a lock of jet-black hair behind her ear. He noted the small frown on her face. Had she read his mind? She couldn't have.

He looked at Kakarot's second brat; Goten. He looked the most depressed out of all of them. Come to think of it, he had been acting strangely since the week before, but then again, if it was Kakarot's brat, of course he'd be acting strange.

Vegeta looked around at the others who were there. There was the short, bald freak and his tin can wife, and the other tine can. Then there was Kakarot's first brat and his wife, and their brat, and Trunks; his very own first brat. He almost wished that his little girl was there, but she showed no interest in fighting as he and Trunks did.

God, why was this taking so long? Why didn't the girl say what she wanted to say so that they could go home and train? She was wasting all this valuable time.

He got up, and walked over to Takara. "I'm not sure if what you want to tell us is important right now. It was that damn important, you would have told us instead of wasting all our valuable training time …"

"If you want to leave, then leave, Vegeta, and don't impose your presence on us. She'll tell us when Goku gets back"

Takara looked at Goten, and then at Vegeta, who was glaring at him, then Vegeta grunted and went back to his position, still fuming.

"Don't worry about him. He's just full of hot air like that" said Goten looking at Takara.

"Yes, I understand" she said with a slight smile.

At that same moment, Goku appeared right in front of them, a serious look on his face.

"Okay, I'm back". He focused his attention on Takara. "Tell us what we need to know"