It wasn't too long before the group made it to Gohan's house. Gohan stood at the door taking a deep breath as he prepared himself for what was about to come.
"Mum I'm home and I brought a frien....." before he could finish the word, the woman was upon him.

CLANG

"Gohan where have you been!" shouted Chichi over the sound of her frying pan hitting flesh. Iago and Mia winced, that was not a pretty picture. "Dinner was ready hours ago, you had me worried sick!" she shouted not giving the boy time to explain. A cough from his side caught her attention.

Mia bowed as low as she could, her head almost hitting the floor.

"I'm sorry Mrs Son, it's my fault that Gohan was so late. I was trying to prove myself as an archaeologist and Gohan helped me with my findings, I feel ashamed that we never found anything that I could put towards my theory of their being an ancient lost temple dedicated to Anubis in Egypt other then another clue, however I am grateful to your son as he helped me piece together the next location to find the next clue," she said stopping to let Chichi take it in.

Chichi watched the young girl in awe. She was so polite and respectful, even taking the blame after what she had seen her do. Knowing that Gohan had the power of flight she found no reason to think that Gohan and the girl hadn't just come from Egypt. She noted briefly that the girl was a very attractive looking girl, even if she did look a bit of a hooligan.

"My, so you want to be an archaeologist?" Chichi asked as she put her pan down.

"Yes mam' I have been interested in history since I was young. I was surprised to meet someone as smart as Gohan," she replied sweetening the deal. Chichi smiled as stars came to her eyes.

"Yes my little Gohan is going to be a great scholar when he's older," she said with pride.

"Oh there is no doubt about it, at his current level he could probably get a P.H.D within a couple of years," Mia replied with a smile which Chichi returned.

"So dear why don't you introduce yourself," Chichi said still smiling. Mia had the courtesy to blush as she realized her mistake.

"I'm sorry Mrs Son, my name is Mia," she replied extending her hand.

"Please call me Chichi," Chichi replied as she led the girl towards the kitchen. Gohan however stood rooted to the spot, shocked at what had just happened. Mia had conned his mum. His mum! Chichi! The women who could practically sniff out lies. It took a while for him to realize that his mother and new friend were no longer with him, and he was alone except for Iago.

"Get used to it kid, that girl is just full of surprises," Iago said with a laugh.

"So Mia do your parents know that you're here?" Chichi asked the girl.

"No mam' I'm an orphan I only have Iago now," Mia replied nonchalantly. Chichi looked shocked at this.

"What but you must have a guardian?" she asked.

"I did but I ran away, I won't go back to that monster," she said determinedly though she was still talking about her parents, after all they were her guardians. So she wasn't lying. Chichi put her hand over Mia's she could feel the fear the girl felt at the thought of being sent back.

"You know you have to go back right?" Chichi asked knowing how much she worries when Gohan goes missing.

"Please don't send me back, that man and his friends beat me up," Mia replied pulling her sleeves up to reveal old bruises and scars. Chichi frowned she hated violence and it was clear that this girl had been in some fights from these scars, she was no idiot some of these were made with weapons. Her eyes stopped on what looked like a burn mark, it was healing but the skin around it looked painful. She sighed she couldn't send this girl away to people who will be a bad influence on her.

"How old are you dear?" she asked thinking that she and Gohan would be around the same age.

"I am 9 and a half mam'" she replied. She was two months younger then Gohan.

"Do you know how to fight?" she asked her hoping that she wouldn't be a bad influence to Gohan, goodness knows that Gohan got enough of that from Goku's friends.

"You mean martial arts? Yes mam' I do, I learnt it for protection but he's just too strong for me and I don't want to get tide up again and locked in the cellar, it's cold," she said sounding pitiful. She stood up and moved away from Chichi. That was a fatal mistake for her.

"You have a tail!" Chichi proclaimed knowing instantly that the girl was one of those evil monsters, and thus the frying pan made its second appearance. "Get out of my house you monster!" she shouted at Mia whose eyes had widened as she remembered about her tail. Damn and she had the women convinced as well.

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

"Ow," Mia said before Gohan rushed into stop his mother from hurting his new friend.

"Mum wait... Ow!" ah the frying pan claimed another victim.

"Gohan you brought one of those monsters into my house!" the women screeched at her son causing both Mia and Gohan to cover their ears.

"Mum she's my friend, please she doesn't have anywhere else to go," Gohan cried trying to reason with his mother.

"Yes she does, out of this house!" yelled Chichi as the frying pan made another contact with Mia's and Gohan's heads.

"Gohan wait! Mrs Son please I'm sorry I'll leave now," Mia said once she was able to get a word in.

"How dare you lie to me! What were you really doing? Fighting? I should have known!" Chichi screamed not registering what the girl had said.

Iago watched the three in shock, he was sure that the boy had been exaggerating when he talked about his mother, but if anything he was under-exaggerating. This woman was a banshee.

"So much for a good night's sleep," he muttered to himself as he once again crossed his arms.