Chapter 35:She Return

They all watched Taylor's surgery. Making sure that there were no mistakes made. And there wasn't. Now they all waited around for her to get to her feet.

Vegeta was leaning up against the wall with his arms crossed. Goten stood in between his father and brother. Pan stood next to her father as Piccolo stood with Kotari across from them all. They all stood in a circle deep in conversation about what had happened and what information Kotari knew.

"I know a lot." Kotari said to them. "My father comes to this tournament and kills the strongest member of the team that he's paired with. Taylor happened to be the strongest. He also teamed up with Moritor to finish her off."

"How long has he been doing this?" Piccolo asked as he looked down at her. Kotari looked up at him and shrugged his shoulders.

"I'm not quite sure really. All I know is that this isn't new for him. My a-… I mean Talli knew about it." Kotari answered.

"So that means that your whole team are cheaters." Vegeta said rudely. Goku looked at him.

"Vegeta, we don't know if the whole team knows what Borox does." Goku said.

"You're oddly calm about this Goku." Piccolo said to him. "He tried killing your only daughter."

"Yeah, if itdid happened Grandma would hurt you for letting anything happen to her." Pan said looking at her grandfather.

"I know." Goku said to Pan. "I'm trying to keep my cool about this. The one thing that stops me from going for Borox is Taylor. She's not dead."

"True." Kotari said. "Look, guys, I'm sorry for everything." Kotari said to them. Goku smiled at her.

"There's no need for you to be apologizing Kotari." Goku said.

"Yeah, you came to us and did the right thing. You let us know what your father and Moritor were really doing." Gohan stated. Kotari growled as she looked down.

"He's not my father." Kotari growled. Gohan blinked a few times understanding why she would get upset by him calling Borox her father. He wasn't really her father. She doesn't even know who her parents are.

"Dad?"

Piccolo and Kotari turned their heads. Vegeta looked over as Goku, Goten, Gohan, and Pan looked over Piccolo and Kotari's shoulder. There standing with a smile on her face was Taylor. Her hair was down and rugged looking. Her face had gainedsome color back as well.

"Taylor." Goku said softly. He walked up to her getting onto his knees. He wrapped his arms around her tightly locking her in the Son-hug. "I'm so glad that you're okay." He said.

"Well… I'm not going to be if you keep on squeezing me like this." Taylor said to him. Goku let out a small laugh as he let go of his daughter. Goten walked over locking her in a head lock placing his fist onto her head giving her a nuggie.

"Welcome back sis." Goten said. Taylor struggled and got out of his hold like she usually did.

"Thanks Goten." Taylor said rubbing the top of her head. Pan came out of nowhere jumping onto her.

"AUNTIE TAYLOR!" She shouted with a huge smile on her face. Taylor took a couple steps backward loosing her balance as she collapsed to the floor. Gohan eventually walked over and pried his daughter off of his younger sister. He then helped her up engulfing her into a hug.

"I'm glad that you're alright." Gohan said to her. Taylor nodded her head.

"I am too." Taylor said as she pulled away from her brother. "Hey, Piccolo, Vegeta. It's nice to see you again." Piccolo nodded his head.

"Same here." Piccolo said to her with a small smile creeping across his face.

Vegeta turned his head, "hmph!" Taylor looked around after she had given Kotari a hug. There was a member of her team missing and she got a little worried.

"Where's Trunks?" came her question. Everyone froze as sorrow took over their bodies. Piccolo glanced at Vegeta who was now looking at the floor. Goten had looked over at the wall as Gohan and Pan looked at each other and Kotari took her eyes away from Taylor knowing what the answer was. "Is he back at the room?" she asked.

No one answered.

"Why isn't anyone answering me?" Taylor then asked. Her father sighed placing his hand onto his daughter's shoulder looking at her in the eyes.

"Taylor… Trunks… he… lost his life in a battle." Goku said to her. Taylor's eyes widened.

"He… he's dead?" she said. Goku nodded his head. Taylor looked up at Vegeta. His arms were no longer crossed like they always were. They hung by his sides as he stared at the floor. She saw how upset he was about it. She felt bad. Something inside of her caused her to walk over to Vegeta. Everyone watched curiously. "Vegeta." She called.

Vegeta took his eyes off the floor looking at his rival's daughter in her eyes. She looked up at him. In his eyes Taylor could see the sadness that grew. She suddenly took Vegeta into a hug as everyone nearly gasped.

"I'm sorry about Trunks." She said to him. Vegeta just stood there with his arms by his sides. He looked down at Taylor as she continued to hug him. "It'll be alright you know… we can wish him back with the Dragonballs when we get home." She added.

Vegeta didn't respond. He just stared at Taylor in shock. She was the first person besides Bulma and Bulla to hug him like that. Vegeta felt the kindness in Taylor's hug. He finally did something. He placed his hands onto her shoulder pulling her away from him.

"It's alright." Vegeta said softly. Taylor nodded her head as she smiled at the saiyan prince. Everyone was in shock at what had happened. Taylor had suddenly, no, just randomly hugging Vegeta. It was odd… even for her. Taylor was a kind person who loved to hug people in need of a hug, but for her to hug Vegeta the way she did caught everyone in surprise. But they knew that Taylor saw that he needed a hug. Everyone else couldn't see that but Taylor.

"We… we should get going. We need our sleep. The second round of the tournament is about to start." Gohan said breaking the silence.

"Wait… the second round?" Taylor repeated. Goten nodded his head as he approached his sister.

"Yeah, you've been out for a whole round… and who knows how many days." Goten said to her. Taylor blinked a few times.

"Wow… that's a long time." She said. Everyone nodded their heads.

On their way back to the room, everyone filled Taylor in on what had happened. Taylor grew angry when she found out that Borox and Moritor tried to kill her. She was furious. But her father managed to calm her down and make her forget about it a little bit.

They stepped off of the hover pad and into the room. Where the whole Team Aquan sat in the living room. Borox stood at the right of the couch as Talli, Kui, and Jinx sat on it. Jakx sat on the armrest next to his mother as Guru stood beside him. Loji stood in a direct angle away from Borox

Guru was the first to approach. He looked at Taylor and smiled. "I'm glad that you're all right." He said to her. Taylor nodded her head without a response. She glared at Borox. Borox caught her glaring. He stared at her as she approached her room. For her to do that she had to walk past Borox. She stood when she stood by his side.

"I know what you did to me." She whispered. "I will not let it slide." She added walking into her room. Borox turned away looking at Kotari as she simply walked by him. He went to grab onto her but Goku quickly placed his hand onto his wrist.

"You have no right touching her." Goku growled. Borox stared at the saiyan who gripped his wrist. He finally let go and walked away with his team heading back to their rooms. The Team Aquan then broke up heading upstairs leaving their leader behind.

Borox sighed as he walked over to the kitchen windows staring outward. He knew that Taylor was going to keep her word. Something inside of him told him to watch out for her. Suddenly he heard Taylor's door open. Borox turned and looked to see Kotari leaving. She approached the fridge opening it and taking another apple out.

"You better sleep with one eye opened tonight." Kotari threatened as she entered the room.

The next day; Team Earth and Team Aquan stood around the ring with their opponents on the other side. Moritor stood in the middle of the ring waiting for the crowd to settle down before he started. He finally did.

"Today marks the official end of the first round and the beginning of the second round! Today's battle will consist with Teams Earth and Aquan verses Teams Hendge and Refi. The fighters who will be battling with each other are Vegeta and Loji vs. Eagle and Crane! Fighters please step up onto the ring."

Vegeta and Loji glanced at each other as they stepped up onto the ring. Two men followed their move. Moritor looked at the fighters with a smile on his face as he looked back out into the crowd.

"In the second round! There are no rules except for one!" Moritor said into the mic lifting up his finger. "If you get knocked out of the ring you stay out of the ring as your partner finishes your battle! If your partner dies or falls out of the ring… well, you know the rest." Moritor handed the mic to the ref as he turned and walked away. He then took his seat in a safe area watching the battle.

"Fighters! Are you ready!"

"A saiyan… hm… this odda be interesting, don't you think Eagle?" Crane asked.

"Oh yes, very."

"BEGIN!"