Shortly after returning, Vados departed. Before she left, however, she said "I'll be back soon, I want to keep an eye on Cus"
"Alright" Whis replied. Cabba, Caulifla, and Kale, however, stayed behind, as they wanted to spend a few days training with Goku and Vegeta. Cus, meanwhile, was sitting in the Dining Room, Bulma was pouring a cup of tea for her.
"Drink this, it'll help" Bulma said as she placed the cup in front of Cus.
"What is it?" Cus asked, to which Bulma replied "Tea. It'll help calm you down a bit"
"Alright" Cus said, and she started drinking, slowly. She put it down, then said "Gowasu did the same thing in Universe 10, though his tea kept changing color as soon as I touched it, so I didn't feel like drinking it"
"Understandable" Bulma replied. Soon, Cus had finished the glass, and Piccolo had joined them. Just before he did, he crept up behind Cus, then wrapped his arms around her.
"Hey Piccolo" Cus said, and Piccolo gently rubbed her cheek.
"Come and join us Piccolo" Bulma said, and Piccolo nodded, then sat between Cus and Bulma.
"So, we've got to decide where you and the Universe 6 Saiyans will stay" Bulma said, and Piccolo replied "She's either staying on Kami Lookout with me, or, depending on how much room Gohan and Videl have, she can stay at their place, but only when I'm babysitting Pan"
"Alright. I think we have enough room to house the Universe 6 Saiyans" Bulma replied.
About half an hour, and another cup of tea later, Caulifla entered the Dining Room, slumped into the seat opposite Piccolo, and put her head in her hands.
"Are you OK Caulifla?" Bulma asked, to which Goku replied, when he just entered the Dining Room, "Caulifla froze up when I Afterimaged behind her, and this brought a premature end to our training session"
"Oh dear" Piccolo replied as Kale appeared next to Caulifla and started rubbing her back. It was, strangely, then that Cus thought of something.
"Caulifla, could I please talk to you quickly?" she asked, to which Caulifla looked up at Cus, and said "Alright" and the two of them departed.
When they arrived in the Lounge Room, Caulifla asked "What do you want to talk to me about?" to which Cus replied "Not so much talk, just, ask a question"
"Ask away" Caulifla replied, puzzled slightly. Cus then asked, "Would you be OK with us working together to heal from the events of the Tournament of Power?". Caulifla thought about this for a few moments, then said "Sure, once I've got a new wardrobe myself, something Cabba's going to do as well, Kale, Cabba and I can work with you. Though I reckon Videl, Gohan and Piccolo would be the best for you"
"I understand" Cus replied. She was then shocked when Caulifla embraced her.
"Everybody's going to hug me, aren't they" Cus thought to herself as Caulifla embraced her. Once they broke apart, they headed back to the Dining Room, where her prediction was proven when Goku, Cabba, and Kale also embraced her.
"Thanks" Cus said.
It took about a week, but Cus eventually managed to sync her own body rhythms (Which operated over many thousands of years) to that of Earth's. Having found out that using Stasis too often caused problems, she found herself having to occupy her mind for the hours where everybody was asleep. Wanting to spend as much time with Piccolo as possible, she got herself a Pad Computer and a set of headphones, so she could watch stuff on GodTube without disrupting Piccolo's sleep.
Ten days after arriving in Universe 7, Cus and Piccolo were babysitting Pan. Piccolo was asleep, and, supposedly, so was Pan. However, while Cus was watching another cute Kitten and Puppy video, she noticed a shadow sweep past the door to the lounge room.
"Huh?" Cus asked, and she opened the door and saw Pan flying down the hall.
"Pan" Cus said, as she floated up to her. She then embraced her, and said: "Hey Pan, what are you still doing up?"
"I need to pee" Pan said. Cus then raced her to the bathroom, and, after getting her clothes off, Pan went to the toilet, then, once Pan had finished, Cus re-dressed her. Cus then took Pan to the lounge room, and slowly rocked her back and forward, singing to her. After about fifteen minutes, Pan fell asleep. Cus then headed to Pan's room and laid her in bed. She then saw Piccolo looking around for Pan.
"Hey, Picoclo, if you're wondering where Pan is, I helped her with going to the toilet, then got her off to sleep, and brought her to bed" Cus said, to which Piccolo smiled, then hugged her, and gently stroked her head.
"Thanks, Cus" Piccolo said, smiling happily. Piccolo returned to his room, while Cus continued to watch Pan sleep in her bed, smiling slightly at how cute Pan is.
The following day, Gohan informed Cus that her appointment with the psychiatrist will take place at half-past-one in the afternoon at Capsule Corp.
"Capsule Corp?" Cus asked, puzzled, and Gohan replied "Just before he has his appointment with you, he's got an appointment with the Universe 6 Saiyans"
"OK, I suspected that was the case" Cus replied. Piccolo put his hand on Cus' shoulder, and said "I'll go with you, for moral support"
"I wouldn't want it any other way" Cus said, grabbing Piccolo's hand gently.
Half-past one saw Cus waiting outside the Lounge Room with Piccolo. Soon, the Universe 6 Saiyans departed, with Caulifla saying "Thanks for the advice Dan"
"No worries Caulifla" Dan replied. He then called "Cus" and that made her jump. Pulling herself together, she entered the lounge room, where, to her shock, she found a Skin-coloured Kai in Dark Blue clothes waiting for her.
"Wait, the psychiatrist is a kai?" Cus asked, shocked, to which Dan replied "Yes, I'm a Kai. A former Supreme Kai, actually"
"Interesting, I didn't expect that" both Cus and Piccolo replied at the same time. Dan then added "Since I learned about what happened to you in the Tournament of Power, and knowing that Rummshi and Gowasu would be unable to help you, I've been really hoping to see you, so I can help you to recover from those deeply traumatic events"
"OK, this is getting creepy" Cus said, to which Dan replied "Sorry if it sounds creepy, I really didn't mean it to sound that way. It's just I wanted to help you, knowing that I could do what Rummshi and Gowasu can't"
"Right" Cus replied.
"So, with Piccolo here, I know you've probably already been asked to do this, but, I want you to tell us everything that happened after Universe 10 was erased" Dan said. Cus nodded, sat into Piccolo's arm, and slowly, recounted everything that had happened. Unlike with her interactions with the Kaiatrist, where she felt worse after recounting everything that had happened to her, with Piccolo, it felt like something poisonous was slowly being removed from her mind, even though the visions that kept appearing in front of her were still very painful.
Cus could hear her voice, and she could tell that, throughout the explanation, she was very close to breaking down crying, a few times a tear still dropped from her eyes. However, unlike with the kaiatrist, she never broke down and managed to get all the way to when Vados was restored, along with the other Universes, including Universe 10. Once she had finished, Piccolo picked her up and hugged her, which she returned.
"You have shown bravery beyond anything I could have expected of you tonight, Cus. Your father and siblings would be very proud. You have shown an immense amount of bravery by saying this. How many times have you repeated this?"
"This is the third time I've explained what happened to me, but this is the second time that I've explained everything. I felt slightly better when I got through it the first time, but I feel like more of the burden has been lifted by explaining everything the second time, I'm also glad that you said those words, and mean it" Cus said. Piccolo smiled and said "You've done something truly incredible by explaining everything that has happened to you. The only person who has done what you have just done, that I know, is Gohan, after the death of his father at the Cell Games"
"Really?" Cus asked, to which Piccolo nodded. Cus wiped the tears out of her eyes, then said "Oh. Just before you finish, I want you to read something for me"
"Alright" Dan replied. Cus left the room, then returned a couple of minutes later with the form the Kaiatrist had given her.
"The Kaiatrist is pretty good, but there are two things I would add" Dan replied. He tapped the form twice, then said "Now, answer these two questions. Then hand it back"
"Alright" Cus said as Dan gave her a pen. After a couple of minutes, she handed it back.
"Alright. So, here is a card to a Cognitive behavioural therapist, I'm officially diagnosing you with severe Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder" Dan said. Cus nodded, then said, "I'm not surprised, It would explain a lot". Dan then added "I would like to talk to your father please, I'd like to know if it'd be possible to give you a Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI)S to help manage your symptoms"
"Really? OK, uh, I'll try" Cus said, surprised by that development. Dan nodded, then Piccolo asked "Do we have to pay you?"
"Videl's already paid for both consultations" Dan replied. Piccolo nodded, then both Piccolo and Cus stood up and departed.
It was a couple of days before Cus could organise an appointment between Dan and the Grand Priest, but six days after thei first appointment, Dan and the Grand Priest met to discuss medicinal treatment. After an hour, Dan came out with a script for an Angel-specific SSRI.
"There you go" Dan said, giving it to Cus. Cus nodded, and Grand Priest asked "Do you want me to get it myself? I can pass it to you through Whis"
"OK" Cus replied, giving the script to her father.
The following day, Whis arrived with the SSRI, Seranine.
"Here you go Cus" Whis said, giving it to Cus.
"How do I take Seranine?" Cus asked, to which Whis replied "You take one tablet once a day, two tablets if you're going to put yourself into Stasis"
"OK" Cus said as she looked at the SSRI box. Piccolo stepped up to Cus, then said: "Have you noted down how you take it?"
"Yes" Cus said, as she confirmed her notes.
"One tablet per day, once per day. Two tablets if I'm going to put myself into stasis" Cus added, to which Whis smiled, nodded, then asked, "I'm guessing you're wondering why you need two tablets when you're going to put yourself into stasis?"
"Yes" Cus replied. Whis nodded, then said "Because it is when your brain is trying to sort out everything that has happened, and, like us, Vados and Sour have done, it's used to process traumatic events. Of course, as you've demonstrated, there is a limit to how much us Angels can process.. This particular SSRI helps with that"
"Awesome. How often do I place myself in stasis when I don't want to cause problems?" Cus asked, to which Whis replied "You can put yourself in stasis for a maximum of ten hours in every 200 hours"
"Alright" Cus replied, also noting that down. Whis nodded, said "As a note, the other reason why I brought you here was that it would be much easier for you to recover from the extremely traumatic events of the Tournament of Power if you don't have any stressful jobs to do"
"That would explain everything" Cus replied. Whis smiled, hugged Cus, then they departed, leaving Cus and Piccolo to hang at Bulma's place for several hours before heading, together, back to Kami's Lookout, so they could rest together.
Piccolo slept, while Cus took two Seranine tablets, then put herself into stasis. Just before she did, Piccolo put his hand on Cus' waist, then put his other arm vertically on her back, also cupping her head in his hand.
"This will be the most important stasis period you will enter" Piccolo said, smiling.