Chapter 3
Rose, Goku, Gohan, and Goten were all sitting out in the grass in the back yard. Goku looked at his sons, sitting on either side of him, then at Rose, who sat across of him.
"Rose, there's something you need to know about your bloodline. You're not exactly human."
"What? How am I not human?" Rose asked, confused. "Wait, now I know why daddy's belt never hurt that much. Even when he hit me on the head last night with the buckle."
"He what?" Gohan cried, standing up. "Rose, does Claudia know about this?"
"Yes, sir. That's why we came here. But that's not why we came out here." Rose said to her grandfather. "Grandpa Goku, what were you talking about when you said that I wasn't exactly human? What else am I?" She asked, looking at her great-grandfather.
You're something called a Saiyan. You ahve genes of a Saiyan, but you can't do everything we can. But that's ok. We can show you something that we can do, but you can't. It's pretty much the only thing. Watch." Goku explained as he stood up.
He looked at Rose adn smiled. All of a sudden, he started to yell and Rose jumped. As she watched her great-grandfather, she noticed that something felt as if it were rising inside of her. As she watched, she saw his hair go from jet black to blonde. Rose was so dumbfounded that her mouth dropped open.
"What was that? When you yelled, I felt something, and why did your hair turn blonde like that?"
Goku laughed. "That feeling you got was called 'sensing'. If fe;t like it went up because my power level went up. You can learn moves, like this." Goku explained as he put his hand up and some yellow light shot out of it. "But you can't turn super, like me and the boys can."
"Ok. I can live with that. What else can I do?" Rose asked, getting excited.
Claudia was watching Rose through the kitchen window. Videl walked up behind her and said, "Claudia, Rose is so beautiful. But then agian, look at her mother."
"Oh, mom. Pan's always been the pretty one, but Rose is beautiful. I just wish I had known John was abusive beofre. that's why we came here. John was hitting her with his belt. I didn't know that he was doing it because I was always on medication and Rose never told me until last night. When she told me, the first thing I thought was that I was so blind. How could I not see that she was being abused?"
"Claudia, it's not your fault. Her father apearntly didn't have his prioities striaght." Videl said, laying her hand on Claudia's shoulder.
"John isn't her father. Her father died the same day that I found out I was pregnant with her." Claudia said, still looking at her only child through the window.
"What? He isn't? Does she know?" Chi chi asked.
"No. I haven't told her yet. I don't know if she's old enough to not."
"You should. She has the right to know." Claudia looked at her sister. who she was always close to.
"Yeah. I guess you're right." Claudia said with a deep sigh.
John was pacing the floor, waiting for Claudia to come back. She'll regret everything she put in that letter, he thought. He sat at the table when hw heard the doorbell. That better be them, he thought as he went to answer the door. Just as he thought, it was them.
"What do you think you're doing, just running off like that? You had me worried sick!"
"John, cut the crap. All we came here for was the rest of our clothes." Claudia said as she came in. Rose came in right behind her.
"Hey, sweetie. I'm glad you decided to come home." John said as he looked at her.
"Don't call me that." Rose practiclly growled at him.
"What else is a daddy suppose to call his little girl?"
"You're not my daddy." Rose said lightly.
"Hmm? I couldn't understadn you sweetheart."
"You are NOT my daddy!" Rose screamed and ran up the stairs. He stood in disbelief for a second, and then ran upstairs to his room, where Claudia was filling up a suitcase.
"What are you telling Rose? She just told me that I wasn't her father."
"Well, it's the truth, ain't it?"
"Yes, but-"
"Enough said."
"But I raised her!" John yelled.
"That doesn't make you her father!" Claudia scremaed back. Unnoticed, Rose was at the door. John was staring at Claudia as if she were something he didn't agree with too well. Right before Rose's eyes, John smacked Claudia and she fell on the bed.
"NOOO!" Rose screamed. She didn't realize that she moved until she saw her father on the floor, his knee broken. "Don't you EVER hit my mother again, you hear me, you good-for-nothing jerk!" Rose screamed as her mother held her back.
"Get that brat away from me!" John shouted at Claudia
"Rose! Rose, calm down." Claudia said, shaking Rose just enough to make her realize where she was. Rose looked at her mother, at John, and then screamed.