The next day Jade woke up to Gohan shaking her.

"Gohhhhhhh-han, it's too early," she whined, pulling the covers over her head.

"Come on Jade, we need to train, especially since you just transformed into a Super Saiyan. You need to be able to control that now." He was fighting with her to get the covers away, but she held on tight. "Jade, come on."

"Go, away, I'm too tired and worn out to train."

"Ja ade." He was on top of her bed no, pulling the covers.

Before Gohan could react Jade's energy pushed him back and she punched him across the room. He saw that she was glowing. "There's my training for the day!" she screamed before rolling over and falling right back to sleep as her glow disappeared.

Gohan stayed on the ground and was still staring in disbelief.

A few hours later Jade rolled out of bed at the smell of breakfast. Her hair was disheveled so she made sure to fix it and freshen up before she saw Gohan again. I hope he's not mad at me. After a few minutes she was in the kitchen and saw Goku and Gohan eating at the breakfast table with a short bald man that she met the day before, Krillin.

Flashback:

"She's a Saiyan and she has a tail?!" Krillin asked in shock when Jade was introduced to him. Jade stared at Krillin not knowing what to say.

"Yeah, isn't that crazy?!" Goku was still excited about it. "Gohan's been training with her and she's becoming quite the fighter. She even transformed into a Super Saiyan."

"Jeez Goku, it's like you guys are multiplying. Well at least that means that we have another strong fighter on our team for when we fight cell." A smile spread across Jade's face at the thought of being accepted.

End Flashback:

"Morning Jade," Goku and Krillin said when they saw her walk up.

"Morning," she muttered back softly. When Gohan made eye contact with her she immediately looked away and stared at the ground.

I guess she's still mad at me. Gohan kept his eyes on her, but she was still looking down even when she took her seat across from him. "Are you ready to train now?"

Jade looked up nervously and saw that ChiChi was looking at her out of the corner of her eye as she washed the dishes. "Uh, actually, I was going to stay in today and help your mom with some cleaning around the house."

Gohan dropped his head a little. He knew that she was lying. I'm sorry Jade, I didn't mean to make you that mad.

Jade looked over at Gohan. He looks so sad. Probably because of you, you idiot. Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of breaking glass. A glass had broken in Gohan's hands making the orange juice inside splatter everywhere.

"Again? You got to learn how to control it. Like me." Goku held his glass up with a dumb smile, but in a few seconds his glass was crushed as well.

Jade rolled her eyes at the two and watched as they destroyed the table, leaving it in a pile of rubble. She and the bald man, Krillin backed off as they saw ChiChi coming up behind Goku and Gohan. Jade covered her ears to try to block out some of the screeching as ChiChi yelled at them to get out. They all got up to leave and Gohan gave Jade one last look before he left, making her look down again.

"Well at least they are finally out of the house," ChiChi announced.

Jade turned around and smiled at her, "Yeah now we can get everything ready with no distractions."

They spent the rest of the day cleaning and baking. Jade listened to ChiChi and tried not to mess anything up as they baked and cooked.

"Hurry! They'll be here any minute." ChiChi was running around like a wild woman rushing to make sure the table was set perfectly and that the signs were in place and barking orders at her dad. Meanwhile Jamie was finishing up with the candles on the cake. She set in on the table and rushed out to clean up and change really quickly.

The three guys arrived a few minutes after they had finally finished setting up. Everyone gathered around the new table that was set out to replace the broken one. "Happy Birthday Gohan!" Gohan had a huge smile on his face at the sight of his small party.

"Thank you, you guys." He looked over at Jade. "Is this why you didn't want to train with me today?"

Jade nodded shyly, "I hope you like everything. I helped your mom the best I could."

The others looked at each other and smiled all seeing the same thing about these two young Saiyans.

When ChiChi's father, The Ox King, lit the candles they all gathered at the end of the table and urged Gohan to make a wish before he blew out the candles. Gohan took a big breath and made a wish to himself before letting it out. His breath blew out the fire in the candles before sending the cake flying into everyone's faces. They all stood still in shock for a second before breaking out in laughter. They all glanced around and laughed harder at the sight of cake in people's noses, ears, and hair. Even Gohan laughed even through he felt bad, but stopped when ChiChi yelled at him. Luckily she didn't get too mad because it was his birthday.

After the cake incident they all wasted know time to stuff their faces while ChiChi took pictures of the whole night. Gohan's face remained bright as he received his presents from everyone. Jade watched nervously as he opened his gifts and lifted her hand to the front of her neck, deciding to give him her present later. After Gohan finished wrapping his gifts he glanced over at Jade and smiled.

"Mom, we're going to go outside for a little bit and catch up on training."

"Okay Gohan, but don't be gone for too long."

"Don't worry mom, we won't."

Jade didn't argue, but followed Gohan outside. "We're not really going to train, are we Gohan?"

Gohan turned to her and grinned, "No, I want to show you something. Nimbus!"

Jade watched as a small cloud shot out of the sky and halted in front of them. "What is it?" she asked as she reached out and ran her hands through the fluffy cloud.

"This is a Nimbus cloud. This is what I used to get around with before I learned how to fly."

Jade marveled as he explained how it worked. "But only people with pure-," she jumped on, "hearts can ride it."

"Well what are you waiting for? Let's go for a ride."

He smiled at her and hopped on next to her. The limited space on the small cloud forced them to sit close. When Nimbus took off it caught Jade by surprise and forced her to fall back into Gohan's lap. They both blushed furiously, but to Jade's surprise Gohan didn't pull back. Instead he wrapped his arms around her protectively as Nimbus few on.

After a little while Nimbus stopped and remained floating above a large forest. Jade's heart began to pound in her chest when Gohan didn't let her go. Instead he kept one arm around her as he scooted next to her. Please don't let him hear my heart. Little did she know, Gohan was having the same problem. They didn't dare look at each other or say anything, but only sat in silence as they stared off at the mountains in the distance as they watched the sun start to set. They both didn't seem to notice how their mouths opened and closed trying to find something to say.

"Gohan-." "Jade-." They both started at the same time and stopped in an uneasy chuckle and looked away.

"You first," Jade said as she turned back.

Gohan shook his head, "No, you go first."

Jade took a breath before starting, "Gohan, I- thank you- for everything you've done for me. I've never had anyone before, and then I find you or I guess, you found me. You're very special to me Gohan and that's why I didn't give you my present yet. I wanted to give this to you in private."

Gohan watched unable to speak as she pulled out a necklace from her neck that he never noticed before. She held it in her hand and stared at it as she continued, "Gohan I wanted to tell you this for awhile, but I was afraid to. But I'm not afraid anymore. The truth is Gohan, I've never had a family. I've never known my parents and this is the only thing that I have that reminds me that I did have parents at one time. They told me I was found with this locket. I could never figure out how to get it open though," she said with a smile. She held out her hand to Gohan, revealing the golden heart shape locket with a rose in front. "Happy Birthday Gohan."

"Jade I ca-."

"Don't say you can't take it. I wanted to give you something to show how much you mean to me. This way you'll know that you are my best friend and always will be."

Gohan reluctantly took the locket from her hand and stared at it. He had no idea what to say so went with the first thing that popped into his mind. "Thanks Jade, I'll take good care of it."

Jade smiled and leaned against him and turned to the sunset. Gohan still hadn't stopped looking at her. She could feel her neck heat up when she sensed him looking at her. The heat was so intense that she had to look back up at him. There eyes locked into a deep gaze pulling their faces closer to each other. Their hearts raced as their faces came closer and closer as their eyes slowly closed. Finally Gohan closed what was left of the gap and covered her lips softly with his. They felt the world spin around them and left them in a dizziness of light headedness. Everything around them seemed to melt away with the warmth and tenderness of the kiss.

When they pulled apart after a little while they were both left in a daze staring deep into each other's eyes. With a smile they knew what each other was trying to say and didn't need to hear it out loud to know how they felt about each other. Gohan pulled her closer to him as she laid her head on his chest and watched as the sun disappeared.