Several hours had passed, and it was now nighttime. The moon shined brightly in the starry sky. Crickets started chirping, and a few owls began hooting as well. The night life of the forest was coming alive.
Well, er, alive as in waking up, and...you know what I mean.
The trio was still sitting near the Son Family cottage. Gohan had offered them to come in for a feast he was setting up, but Supai and Bisuk politely declined, for Gine's sake. They could tell that Gine wasn't ready to face her son at the moment.
So, they all quietly sat around a campfire, roasting a few dead birds.
After a few minutes, the trio began eating their food.
Supai exclaimed, "Dang! Earth food is pretty good so far!"
Bisuk nodded in agreement, and saw Gine half-heartedly eat her food.
Her mind was clearly still struggling to accept what she just learned about earlier.
"Um, Gine, are you okay?", Bisuk asked.
Supai scoffed, "Seriously?"
"I was just asking!", exclaimed Bisuk, who raised his arms in defense.
Supai glared at her friend, "Dude, you already know that she isn't okay!"
The Saiyan sighed deeply, "No, I'm not. Kakarot's memory is gone."
Supai asked, "Well, what about the part of the plan with your other son?"
Gine replied, "Raditz is probably too far out in the galaxy at this point, and I don't know if this planet is aware of interstellar travel yet."
She hung her head lower and hugged her knees, "I...just don't what to do anymore..."
Bisuk and Supai sat closer to the Saiyan, and they each rubbed her back in a soothing manner, clearly doing their best to comfort their friend.
Bisuk reasoned, "But look on the bright side of this, Gine. Even though the Raditz plan is no longer an option, you still have the opportunity to make new memories with Kakarot."
Supai added, "It's never too late to start again."
Gine raised her head up, and looked at her two companions.
She wasn't sure what to think. They were right, it wasn't too late, but...she still had her doubts. What if this new Kakarot doesn't like her at first? What if he prefers to be around Gohan more? And what if the new Kakarot never accepts her, like he once did?
The Saiyan closed her eyes in fear.
So many 'what-ifs'...
Gine rubbed her head and sighed, "H-How can I be sure?"
Supai replied, "You can only be sure of it, if you go back into that cottage, dude."
Gine turned her head to see the cottage standing a few feet away.
She nervously bit her lip, and looked back at the duo once more, "I'll do it. But only if you two come with me."
Both Supai and Bisuk quietly nodded in response. They figured that Gine wouldn't want to be alone for this moment, and it was a feast, after all.
The group walked over to the cottage, and Gine knocked on its wooden door.
The door opened up, revealing Gohan, who smiled, "Hello, Gine."
"H-Hello...Son Gohan.", greeted a still nervous Gine, "I...um...I'm ready to join the feast."
With a warm smile, Gohan said, "Come right in! There's enough food for everyone!"
The elderly man opened the door, and the group walked in.
There was a wooden table set within the dining room, with various dining utensils and plates. There was also a large, roasted boar placed in the middle of the table
Gine immediately spotted her son sitting in a small, baby-sized chair, located near the edge of the table.
Her heart skipped a bit upon seeing him place his little foot in his mouth, as he was clearly starting to get hungry.
If she could only rush over to this house's kitchen, and whip up a good dish!
Just like how it was in the old days, when it just her, Bardock, Raditz and her little Kakarot—all safe and sound in their cozy little home on Planet Vegeta, and nothing else.
No threat of extinction, no sending their youngest son away, no explosion, no losing everything she holds dear to her heart-
"Gine! Hey, Earth-to-Gine!", whispered Supai.
The Saiyan mother snapped out of her thoughts, and saw the Fumian tapping her arm.
"Do you need to step outside again?", she quietly asked, "You kinda froze in place for a bit."
Gine nervously replied, "N-No! I'm fine! I can do this!"
The Saiyan mother took a deep breath and walked over to the table.
She grabbed a knife and a fork, and began serving herself some of the meat off of the boar. Everyone else began serving themselves. Bisuk and Gohan got themselves several of meat, while Supai got herself a full on leg. Gohan cut up one of his slices into a few smaller pieces, and gave them to Kakarot, who happily accepted them.
Gine sat down on the opposite side of table, a few feet away from her son. Little Kakarot (or Goku, as he was now being called) looked over at his mother with curiosity in his eyes.
Supai and Bisuk sat down next to the little Saiyan.
Supai cooed, "D'aww! Look at your cutesy little face, and your cutesy little hair!"
Goku grabbed one of Supai's hair strands, and yanked on it, causing her to yelp with pain.
The child let out a happy giggle in response, prompting Bisuk to smirk, "Looks like he enjoys your company as well."
Gohan chuckled, "I should warn you, Goku is a very strong toddler."
"Duly noted.", said Supai as she quickly placed the rest of her hair on her left shoulder.
Everyone started digging in to their food afterwards.
Upon eating, Supai's eyes lit up with excitement, "Bisuk! This is also really good!"
Bisuk nodded in agreement, "I absolutely agree."
Supai exclaimed, "How is Earth's food so amazing?!"
Everyone (with the exception of Goku, who was happily enjoying his dinner) chuckled at Supai's reactions.
Gohan then asked, "So, what was getting here for you all like?"
Supai smiled, "Well, old timer, it's a long story!"
"Is it okay if I start with my side first?", asked Gine.
Supai happily replied, "Sure, dude! You're essentially the guest of honor!"
Gine smiled warmly, and said, "Thank you."
She looked over at Goku, who looked at her with awe.
The Saiyan mother began, "It all started back on Planet Vegeta. Bardock came home one day, and..."
Hey guys, Story Nado here!
Wow, this story is now officially one year old...
That's crazy to me.
I remember the time when I was first writing out this fanfiction.
It was on a Friday night. I was considering doing a Saiyan OC story, and so I began writing out the scene of Planet Vegeta's destruction. Originally, I was gonna open up on Gine running out of the meat distribution center, then cut to the parents of the OC, sending their child away to some random planet.
However, upon writing the actual scene out, I found myself really liking that Gine part. I thought to myself, "Y'know...why don't I just try out a Gine story instead?"
Thus, I set out to write the new fic.
The first chapter itself took about a week to make, because I was constantly altering certain sentences, some details had to be more screen accurate, etc.
In order to make my fic a little different than a usual "What if Gine survived" type story, I added in the twist of her crash landing on another world, as well as the characters of Supai and Bisuk.
I even took out an entire chunk of story (the part where Gine meets the duo) and placed it into the second chapter, because I felt it didn't flow right with the darker first half.
Eventually, I published the story, and I continuously have written for it ever since then.
With all that being said, I want to take the time thank every one of you who have favorited and followed this fanfiction. It really means a whole lot to me. Thank you all, so, so much!
Take care you guys, and please stay safe!