Disclaimer: I don't own Dragonball Z; if i did, my name would be Akria Toriyama not KuraiTaiyu. Also, I'd be so rich, I could afford to hire someone to type this stuff for me... Damn, now i wish i was Akira Toriyama...

I know the first chapter was kinda, erm- slow, and this one might be too, depending on if you like drama. And theres a few things that are different from the original anime. Gohan did go SSJ2 but Goku never died and Cell never blew up Kiaosen's planet. Trunks is still in the past. And, well, you should be able to figure out some other differences. If you can't... why the hell are you reading this...

Anyway, on with the chapter,

Chapter 2: Reflections

Krillin pushed to door to Kame house open. With Yamcha sashed over his shoulder, he stumbled in, almost slipping on a pile of Playboy magazines misplaced and left out on the floor 'Damn magazines' he thought to himself, 'most people would try to hide their porno. He just leaves them out for the world to see. It's a good thing I don't have any kids… yet'. He blushed, remembering his little 'encounter' with Android 18 a few days after Gohan finished Cell off. He'd just been out flying around when he bumped into her, though he was expecting a fight.

Krillin was flying over the ocean, taking in the beautiful scenery below. He wasn't going anywhere specific or important. In fact he wasn't going anywhere at all. Just cruising to clear his head, he'd been so tensed during the whole Android/Cell ordeal and even after it was over, he felt no better. Just worse. Thinking about her...

'Damn, I can't believe I didn't kill her...' He kicked himself mentally, 'If I had destroyed her, All those people killed by Cell would still be alive. How can I call myself a hero? I didn't do anything, Gohan beat Cell. I could've prevented the whole Cell Ordeal if i'd shut her down... "but she's so... pretty..."

"Whose pretty?", came the voice that knocked him nearly out of the air. After he'd regained his composure, he looked up to find... "Android 18!?" He exclaimed. She frowned and he immeadiately backed away a bit, but this only amused her and brought a smile to her face.

"Going to run away?" she teased him, "You're not scared are you? You looked at me like that the first time we met, after I'd beaten all of your little friends"

Krillin suddenly turned red, "Me? I'm not scared just... terrified.. I mean Excited!"

She smiled, "Excited? To see me? Why?"

"Uh..." He said turning even more red, if that was possible.

"Hm... You still haven't answered my question, who's pretty?"

Krillin, who's face was now brighter that his fighting gi, decided to get it over with, "Well,... uh... you see..."

"I know!" she exclaimed, "You were excited to see me because you wanting to fight! You did look pretty bored, and I've decided not to waste my time destroying your pathetic race, unless there was someone strong enough for it to be a fair fight. I'd prefer to have some fun fighting one of your saiyan friends, but i guess you'll just have to do."

Krillin had went from blushing nervousness to an angry growl faster than Goku could gobble up a rice bowl. "What do you mean, 'pathetic race' and 'you'll just have to do!'" he yelled. 18 was taken aback by this, but smiled regaurdless.

"Whoa", she said, "seems i struck a nerve. Well, its like this. Goku's is a Saiyan and, along with the other saiyans, is the strongest of the group. They are about my level, except for the kid, Gohan, who's now stronger than me since he was able to beat Cell, and I'd have a good session fighting them. The namek, is next in line, I didn't think he was very tough untill i saw him fight 17, so he should be quite a challenge. Then there's you, the human, the weakest in the group and-"

"Shut up!" Krillin yelled, "I'm not weak! I'll have you know that i could've destroyed you before Cell even absorbed you! And I stuck up for you when you were helpless!"

"Yeah, i guess you're right", she reconcluded, "Though, you didn't help your friends when the attacked me and 17. You were scared weren't you?"

Krillin's anger faded, "Ohh... Ew..."

"Its okay", she said. Krillin looked up and noticed she was a lot closer to him. He turned red again."Fear, anger, love, sadness... There all a human emotion. Something i'm not supposed to feel..." Krillin searched her face and thought he saw sadness in it for a second, "But i was human once", she continued, "And fear... was the last emotion i felt before i woke up one day with no emotions... Now i'm feeling sadness and loneliness. I don't think 17 is still alive, i've been searching for him but i can't find him, and I don't feel like attacking the humans anymore. Its... different... now that i have these... feelings... Plus that kid, Gohan, is stronger than me, he'd tear me apart". She paused for a while, the silence was akward and the wind rustled her hair and tickled his bald head. He fought the urge not to fidget at the feeling. About a minute passed and she continued, "I have no purpose here anymore..." she finally finished. Krillin took a few seconds to let this new information sink in. Then it hit him.

"Everyone has a purpose", he stated rather relaxed. She looked up at him, taking her eyes away from the spot in the ocean she was staring at.

"But i'm not a person... I'm a thing, an 'it'. Not a 'someone'"

"But you were human once. You said it yourself"

She stopped a thought about what he'd just said.

"Maybe you still able feel those emotions" Krillin went on, "The fact that your feeling them now is proof". He looked at her and found her smiling... at him? Not that evil smile he'd seen before, or the indifferent one she was using earlier, 'this is a... happy smile?', he thought to himself.

"Thank you Krillin", she replied,

Krillin imeadiately turned red, appearing to look like one of the creatures he destroyed earlier. "Uh... yeah..." was all he could say.

"I'll see you around, cutie", said and laughed at his shocked reaction to her sentence, and then, she took off. Krillin just sat there for god knows how long before heading home with new hopes, thoughts and 'images' in his brain.

"Hello? Earth to Krillin. Wake up buddy, no time for dreaming in the day, thats what sleep is for". Krillin jumped with a start and almost dropped Yamcha. He looked up to find a very puzzeled Tien staring back at him. "You okay man?" he asked, worriedly

"I'm- I'm fine" Krillin said, feigning a smile, "Really, just a little... flashback", he concluded, turning a little red. Tien just blinked. He blinked again.

"O-kay..." he finally said, "Maybe you should put Yamcha down now"

"Oh right!" Krillin grined. He carried Yamcha over to the couch and layed him down.

"He'll be fine in a couple of hours" Tien stated.

Krillin just nodded, but he could seem to shake some of 18's pre-compliment commentes, '...pathetic race...' '... you'll just have to do...' '... the human, the weakest one in the group...'

Then the question came, the most random and odd thing to say at the moment, no one expected it. Not even the one who ask it.

"Tien, do you think that we're useless?"

"Hunh?" Tien replied, shocked and thrown off gaurd. Krillin's brow furrowed. He didn't remember asking the question or even thinking about it, but he heard himself say it. And Tien's clueless reaction didn't make it any easier. He'd have to go into more detail

"Compared to Goku, where do you think we stand?"

"Goku?"

Then, Krillin's fist clentched, Tien carefully watching him with all three eyes.

"Do you think that our presence today would've made a difference!" He shouted, completely shocking Tien, "When the Vegeta and the other saiyan attacked years ago, were we just bean pitches to delay time? When the androids attacked were we really a match? And why were we even at the Cell games? And-" he paused, fidgeting slightly at the next thing he was going to say, "On namek, Frieza killed me... like it was nothing... Cell put me down with a simple kick... the androids scared me stiff just by looking at me... Do you think that we've ever really made a difference?"

Then something even more unprepared and stunning struck him, it was the answer to the question.

"No,". Tien and Krillin looked down to see Yamcha, awake and serious staring at the ceiling. "Krillin is right, we don't make a difference. We never stand a chance, the saiyans killed us off excepting Krillin, who only died later on Namek. If mirai-Trunks hadn't shown up when Frieza came to earth, we'd all be dead. The androids were too busy playing around and focusing on Goku to even try to kill us, and lets face it, if we had fought in the Cell Games, we'd last no longer than Hercule and his lackies did!". Yamcha was shaking with anger and fustration. "We don't have a purpose!!", he finished, bringing his fist down on a small table, completely shatering it. Krillin once again remembered another of 18's words, 'I have no purpose hear anymore...'. Krillin looked hard at the ground. If he had Piccolo's eye lasers, he'd have burnt a hole through it. Then came Tien's turn to add to the conversation, yet it was a bit different.

"We do have an impact", Yamcha and Krillin looked over at him, anxiously needed the answer, needed to know the difference, if at all, that they made. "Goku would never made it this far without us" he said remembering the first time he fought Goku, and won. Yamcha also remembered back to the time he fought Goku and won, even though he may have gotten lucky for fighting him on an empty stomach. Krillin remembered that he almost beat Goku, and ended up laughing at himself, as he was the only one who never actually beat him. "And lets not forget", Tien continued, "Goku is a Super Saiyan because of Krillin's death. Goku is alive because Krillin was there to save him from Vegeta. Krillin actually had the chance to kill Vegeta if Goku had not stopped him" Tien said this while looking right into Krillins eyes. "Krillin, I hope that answers your question" he concluded.

"Yes it does, thanks Tien, I really needed that" Krillin replied.

With that, the phone rang. Krillin went to answer it. After a minute of conversation he hung up and turned to Yamcha and Tien.

"Well?" Yamcha said.

"Bulma's having a little get together dinner thingy at Capsule Corp." he replied.

"Great" Tien said, "I'm starving"

"We better get there or you really will starve" Yamcha added, "You didn't forget Goku's there did you. Plus those other saiyan food disposals. There won't be anything left if we don't hurry"

And with a light laugh they all headed out the door and lept into the air, headed for Capsule Corp. and for dinner... if they could make it in time.

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