After losing their home planet in the titanic battle between Goku and Frieza, the people of Namek were forced to find a new world on which to continue their peaceful existence. Now, 4 years after Cell's demise at Gohan's hands, an invader of titanic proportions has descended upon New Namek, leaving the entire Namekian race once again in danger of extinction.

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"It's alright Dende, you can ask him." Mr Popo assured.

"Thank you." Dende looked up at the sky, his voice quiet "Gohan… Please, save them."

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After convincing Chichi, which was surprisingly far easier than anybody had expected, Gohan led a team to New Namek, consisting of him, Piccolo, Roshi, Yajirobe, Tien and Krillin, to find out the situation and put a stop to it "Alright! Dig in guys, we've got a lot of work ahead of us."

"So Gohan, what do you think it's like on New Namek?" asked Tien

"Well, it's a lot like old Namek but with more trees, at least from what Dende tells me. Anyway, we'll be sure to take the tour before we leave."

"Great." Yajirobe grumbled "If I'd known this would turned out to be some family vacation then I would've kept my Senzu Beans and stayed home."

Tien grinned "That Yajirobe, always a pleasure. Say, what about Piccolo?"

"Don't you remember? Dende said that Namekians don't eat."

"Oh yeah. After all, a Namekian's gotta watch his figure."

"Now that I think about it, he does look like he's put on a few pounds." Roshi joked.

"Sure, to his ego maybe."

"Hey guys." Gohan pointed to the monitor "I think we're almost to what I hope is New Namek."

"What do you mean?" Piccolo came out and saw what was attached to the planet "Oh."

"Are you sure one of those is New Namek?" asked Roshi.

"Good point, I'm voting no." Yajirobe muttered.

Tien rolled his eyes "It's the green one obviously. But what does that mean then, are those two planets?"

Gohan thought for a moment "Could be, but it looks to me like the little one's trying to eat the big one. Whatever it is, we've gotta stop this thing."

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Namekians were being captured all over the planet by an army of robotic guards.

One of the Namekians finally had enough "Enough of this!" he broke free of his restraints and charged one of the guards, only to be grabbed by the face and thrown on the ground.

The guard prepared to finish him off with a blast, only for a purple cloaked and white caped figure.

Moori stared in awe "My word, could it be?"

"It can and it is, elder Moori." sure enough, the dust settled to reveal Gohan, wearing a weighted cape similar to Piccolo's, which he then quickly discarded as he turned his attention to the robotic guard "I'll say it once, get off of this planet."

"Oh Gohan it is you, thank goodness you've come."

Then Piccolo floated down in front of the guards "The Namekian race is not yours to conquer."

The guard was joined by the rest of the army.

"I'm giving you this one chance to leave quietly." Gohan warned "I don't want to have to settle this with violence if it can be avoided. But you must understand, if you stay then you will leave me no choice but to fight."

"Spare me the theatrics." a metallic voice thundered "You've made your demands clear." a very familiar metallic figure emerged "It's a shame my Cyclopian Guards are unable to answer. But then, even if they were, what would you really expect them to say?" his metallic tail smashed roughly against the ground.

Gohan's eyes widened slightly, then hardened furiously "I shouldn't be surprised. Frieza crawled back from the grave with a bunch of spare parts sticking out, so it's only fitting that his brother does too… Cooler."

Piccolo's eyes shot wide in shock and horror "But… he's dead."

"We said the same thing about Frieza, and look how that turned out."

Cooler smirked "Yes, by all accounts, I should in fact be dead, incinerated in the fires of your sun. But fate, it would seem, saw it fit that I have a second chance. And thanks to the power of the Big Gete Star, I have been reborn, stronger and sleeker. New and improved, as you might say."

"I wouldn't go that far."

"So the Big Gete Star is the monstrosity attacking this planet?" Piccolo questioned.

"I would bother to explain, but you won't live long enough to care." Cooler spat "Namekian filth, you survived me once but my guards will soon correct that. I'd do it myself, but I have a debt to collect."

"You demented freak, I've heard enough." Piccolo watched the guards advance "Spread out, now!"

Krillin quickly got backhanded into a mountain "Ow…"

"Watch it Krillin!" Tien hit one with a blast, but quickly found himself on the offensive.

Piccolo was fighting 3 at once "Dammit!"

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Cooler stood in front of Gohan "Stand aside boy, my business is with your father not you."

Gohan merely took on a combat stance "In case you haven't noticed, my father isn't here. He's been gone for some time, I'll destroy you in his place."

"I see. So be it, if that's the case then the sins of the father shall fall upon the son."

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Despite a valiant effort from Roshi, both he and Yajirobe were easily captured by Cooler's guards.

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With a roar, Piccolo attacked a guard, to no avail "Fine! If that's the way you want to play it." he removed his weighted clothing "Warm up's over." he cracked his knuckles and neck "Time to get serious."

The guards closed in.

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Krillin found himself on the run from several guards "Are you sure we can't talk about this?" so he charged at them and landed several punches and kicks, only for them to hurt his own hands and feet instead.

Tien found the same problem as he continuously attacked, only to be swatted aside "Dammit…"

Krillin landed beside him "So how are you doing there?"

"Not too good, these guys are though."

"Well you know I hate to say it, but I'm glad it's not just me."

Then Piccolo landed beside him "I might have a way to pierce that armor. Concentrate all of your energy into your point of attack, focus. That ought shake them up a bit."

"So basically hit them really really hard?"

"It worked for Goku."

"Fair enough."

Piccolo demonstrated it by concentrating his Ki into his fist and smashing right through one guard, causing him to explode.

Tien found the technique just as effective.

"Well if they can do it!" Krillin didn't have the luck "Nope, didn't think so… Ow…" but he took an arm off, and got bonked on the head.

Piccolo blitzed through guard after guard with little difficulty, even when they started ganging up on him.

Krillin got captured, despite his struggles.

Tien put up a good fight, but he got captured too.

"I'm coming!" Piccolo found himself caught by the arm and was forced to block a barrage of bullets at point-blank range. Then cannons from every single robot he was fighting.

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Cooler caught Gohan's fist with ease "Saiyan trash."

Gohan took their clash to the Namek skies "Why don't you just leave it alone Cooler?!"

"Not until my family's humiliation has been repaid 1,000 times over!"

Gohan caught Cooler by the tail and flung him down towards the ground.

Cooler stopped himself and charged upwards.

Gohan retreated backwards, then charged and landed a full force fist to Cooler's chest.

Cooler wasn't fazed and grabbed Gohan by the head "Let me guess: You're beginning to wonder how your father ever beat me before." he kneed Gohan in the face, punched him in the gut, and slugged him, sending him spiralling downwards and crashing to the ground. He then charged his Supernova and fired it just as Gohan got back up, engulfing him in an explosion "Very nice, I didn't think there was time to dodge. That was quite a clever trick."

Gohan appeared behind Cooler 'I've gotta thank dad for teaching me that in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. You like that one? It's called Instant Transmission, straight from Planet Yardrat."

"I know. It's one of my favorite techniques."

"Exactly- Wait, what?"

Sure enough, Cooler blitzed over and slugged Gohan straight across the face.

"Well this changes things."

Cooler blitzed over and kicked Gohan from behind, resulting in a blitz-clash, each one blitzing using Instant Transmission and failing, ending when Cooler caught Gohan in the Instant Transmission hyperspace and slammed him down through a plateau.

Gohan recovered and retreated into the air.

Cooler charged and aimed a knee at Gohan's face.

Gohan caught the knee, but just barely, his golden aura slowly flaring into life.

Cooler smirked "So the junior Super Saiyan has finally decided to show himself. Well I'd say it's only fitting, wouldn't you? See, this is the way I remember your father best, Saiyan. So this is how it should be when you die."

"Yeah, but unlike my father, I'm only half-Saiyan."

"Full-blooded of half, it's all the same to me. You'll die either way."

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Piccolo lowered his guard after the blasts subsided "Are you finished?!" and with a mighty roar, he unleashed his Hyper Explosive Demon Wave, destroying every last robot guard and scarring the surface of Namek "I think that got the point across." he shook off the remaining claw of the robot that grabbed him "Time I paid a visit to the Big Gete Star." and he flew off.

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The clash continued, with Gohan going on the offensive.

Cooler found an opening and sent Gohan flying.

Gohan quickly recovered "Let's end this!" he quickly did the incantation, entered his Dragon Saiyan mode, and with one final charge, he took Cooler's arm clean off.

However, much to his surprise, Cooler easily regenerated his arm "Perhaps I should've explained earlier. My body is monitored constantly by the Big Gete Star's main computer. Any injury I suffer is instantly detected and repaired, and whatever flaws in my design that allow the injury are corrected. It's quite remarkable really. In simple terms of course, this means you can't win."

"Then I'll just have to try harder."

"By all means, try." Cooler suddenly blitzed forward and slugged Gohan in the gut, then grabbed him by the ankle and flung him away.

Gohan quickly recovered and fired a quick Masenko.

Cooler emerged unfazed and fired a rapid barrage of Ki blasts from his fingertip.

Gohan deflected them all and aimed a punch straight at Cooler's chest.

Unfazed, Cooler grabbed Gohan by the neck "The moment I've dreamt of for so long, not your father but you'll have to do I suppose."

Gohan tried to punch and kick his way free.

Cooler just tightened his grip, slowly choking the life out of Gohan "Goodbye, son of the Super Saiyan." he tightened his grip further, intent on finishing it.

That is, before a blue-haired figure, actually Future Trunks, appeared and kicked Cooler away, allowing Gohan a brief moment to recover "You won't spill any blood today."

"What's this?"

"Trunks…" Gohan gasped, trying to catch his breath.

"A second Super Saiyan?"

Trunks remained serious "Second or not, it doesn't matter. Your fight is with me now. If you want to kill Gohan, you'll have to go through me first!"

"Super Saiyans yes, but monkeys all the same. You're still all show and no substance."

"We'll see about that!" Trunks flashed into Super Saiyan and charged, only to be knocked away. He then charged once more and kicked Cooler in the side.

Cooler caught Trunks' leg and quickly crushed it, then grabbed him by the mouth "You want to know what death tastes like?" he charged a blast to kill Trunks at point-blank range.

Gohan quickly kicked Cooler away.

Cooler knocked him off, then attempted to smash Trunks from above using Instant Transmission.

"No you don't!" Gohan quickly blitzed over and pinned him to the ground "Hurry Trunks, do it now!" he quickly leapt out of the way.

"Right! Burning Attack!" Trunks quickly fired at the downed Cooler with a burning attack, resulting in an explosion.

Cooler suddenly appeared unharmed and kicked Trunks in the nether region, then punched him away.

Gohan suddenly appeared and caught Trunks, only for both to be hit dead-on by Cooler's Lock-on Buster.

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Within the Big Gete Star, Tien, Yamcha, Krillin, and the rest of those captured by Cooler's robotic guards were about to be chopped up so their life energy would be used to power the Big Gete Star.

Yajirobe had been adamant about not letting that happen to him.

Unfortunately, that led them to decide to start with him.

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Piccolo had been making his way through the Big Gete Star to try and find everyone, only to meet a problem of his own "You, what're you doing here?!"

Said-problem hit him with a Ki blast.

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Gohan emerged from the rubble very battered after that last attack "Dammit… I can't pick myself up and we haven't even put a dent in him…"

Trunks was preoccupied with his own issue "He keeps kicking me in the dick… Why… Why does he keep kicking me in the dick?"

"Okay Trunks listen, at this rate we're not gonna make it much longer. I've gotta use my full power if we're gonna survive this." Gohan struggled to his feet and got into a stance "Soar with the winds, crash with the waves, roar with the thunderclap, blaze with the flames, fade with the darkness, shine with the light, shatter the mountaintops and end this fight!" and with a furious roar, he went beyond Super Saiyan and entered his Dragon Saiyan form. With his new power, Gohan flared his sun-kissed orange aura and charged, his burning aura ripping Cooler apart.

Cooler quickly started to reassemble himself.

"No you don't!" Gohan fired a full power Masenko, incinerating him on the spot, leaving only charred bits of metal behind.

"Gohan…" Trunks limped over to him, then collapsed and powered down.

Gohan soon followed "I can't feel my everything…" then he noticed something "Hey Trunks… I beat him, right?"

"Yeah… you turned him into smoke…"

"Then one question… Who's that guy?"

Sure enough, another Cooler appeared on top of the cliff in front of them, joined by several hundred more others.

"What… What's going on?" Trunks stammered.

"Don't look so stunned." Cooler's voice echoed "As I said before, the Big Gete Star corrects any flaws to my body's design, even if the flaw is that I only have one body. Now I wonder, if one Metal Cooler gave you so much trouble then how will you fare against 1,000?"

Gohan got back to his feet as they advanced "Well, I guess we've got no choice but to try."

Trunks followed his lead "I can't feel my legs."

"Okay Trunks, how about this… You take the 500 on the right… I'll take the 500 on the left…"

"Forget that, I'll take 501!"

"That's the spirit!" and he flashed back into Super Saiyan, with Trunks following, colliding with the Metal Cooler army in a blinding golden light.

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Gohan slowly opened his eyes and found both him and Trunks being bound by metallic wires in an unfamiliar location "What happened? Last I remember, Trunks was being kicked in the dick by every single Metal Cooler."

Trunks let out a high-pitched whining noise.

"Welcome to the Big Gete Star." a metallic voice echoed.

Gohan looked around "Cooler… Where are you?"

"A difficult question to answer. In one sense, I am everywhere around you. But I suppose what you're looking for is right here in front of your eyes." sure enough, in front of them sat Cooler's cyborg head "The story is thus: Somewhere forgotten deep in space existed a single sentient computer chip. It floated for eons amongst a graveyard of abandoned spaceships and satellites, until one day this consciousness devised a means of propagating itself, and began to absorb mass and energy from its surroundings until it had grown from a single chip into a giant machine. At some point, what was left of my body, including my brain, was also absorbed. My consciousness was merged with that of the main computer. I took control, so in a sense I am the Big Gete Star. And using the technology at my disposal, I created a new metal body for myself. A Metal Cooler if you will, I think you know the one."

"So what are you going to do with us now?!" Trunks demanded.

"Let's just say I've decided to extract my revenge." he then began extracting the energy from Trunks and Gohan's bodies, causing them to scream in pain "What delicious irony, that your energy is going to fuel the destruction of the very planet you were trying to save."

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Piccolo found himself about to be killed by a Metal Cooler of his own "Go on, finish it."

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"Wonderful, what exquisite agony." Cooler soon finished draining the energy out of Trunks and Gohan, leaving them to lay there motionless "It seems what they say is true, all good things really must come to an end. But to think the Super Saiyans had this much energy, especially half-Saiyans, and one holds the mark of the Dragon Saiyan. Any more and it would've begun to exceed my capacity." then there was a surge, causing explosions all over "What? What was that? How could I still be drawing power?" more power began flowing in "STOP! The circuit is supposed to be closed, why does it keep flowing in?!"

Explosions erupted all over the Big Gete Star.

"Stop! It's overheating! I'm at my limit! Stop! STOP!"

Gohan and Trunks both grabbed onto the wires, pouring in more electricity, causing the Big Gete Star's systems to begin shutting down and the Metal Cooler clones outside to begin exploding.

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Piccolo was about to be killed by a Metal Cooler, when it suddenly exploded.

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Once the guide-bot had deactivated and Yajirobe had been freed, Tien attempted to lead the group to safety "This way!" he found an army of Metal Coolers in front of them "You're kidding me!"

They exploded, and Piccolo emerged "Come on, don't just stand there. Let's go, this place is falling apart."

"...Yet another time I'm glad to have you on our side."

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The Big Gete Star began lifting itself from the surface of New Namek.

"The controls aren't responding! I can't maintain my hold on the planet! It would I seem I underestimated the amount of energy you Super Saiyans are capable of, you in particular Dragon Saiyan."

Gohan lifted his head up "That's the same mistake you made with my father, isn't it? You think you would've learned by now…"

"Gohan!" Piccolo and Tien led everyone to the bridge to the bridge to the main computer.

"All of you get out of here as fast as you can, I'll follow you as soon as I take care of things here!"

"Are you sure?"

"Just go!"

"In the shape you're in, what exactly do you plan to take care of?"

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Once outside, everyone watched as the Big Gete Star removed itself from the planet's surface.

Piccolo waited for Gohan and Trunks to come out 'Come on Gohan, hurry…'

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Gohan got to his feet "You can laugh if you want, but it's not like you're in a position to defend yourself. I don't see any of your Metal Cooler's coming to help you this time."

"I'm not nearly as defenseless as you think, Dragon Saiyan. But you know the real pity? As soon as you figure that out, who will be left to stop me from devouring this planet?"

"I learn from my mistakes Cooler. I know now that there's only one way to deal with people like you." he got into a stance, crimson electricity crackling around him "Soar with the winds, crash with the waves, roar with the thunderclap, blaze with the flames, fade with the darkness, shine with the light, shatter the mountaintops, end this fight!" and with a furious roar and a burst of power, Gohan bypassed Super Saiyan 2 and entered Dragon Saiyan 2.

"I've heard enough of you!" Cooler suddenly formed a gigantic hulking mechanical humanoid body that then trapped Gohan with wires coming from his hand "The prophecy shall not be fulfilled! The Dragon Saiyan shall perish and the great dark demon shall rule all!" Cooler's eyes suddenly turned completely pitch black as his grip tightened, causing Gohan to scream in pain.

That is, until Trunks charged in, sword in hand, and cut off Cooler's arm, freeing Gohan from his hold "And that's… the last time… You'll underestimate… us…" then he collapsed.

With a mighty roar, Gohan broke free of Cooler's hold, crimson energy gathering in his right palm (A/N: Think the energy of the Spirit Bomb, only red instead of white) "Do you see it Cooler? This power was given to me to protect, and I'll protect everyone by destroying you!"

Cooler let out a roar and thrusted his last fist.

Gohan dodged and leapt upwards "This hand of mine burns with an awesome power! It's burning grip tells me to defeat you!" he raised both arms, revealing a crimson ball of energy above his head "Take this! My love, my pain, and all of my sorrow! Dragon Bomber!" he fired the crimson ball of energy downwards.

Cooler was hit by the blast almost immediately, and was destroyed in the ensuing explosion.

Gohan was barely able to grab Trunks in the ensuing chaos before the Big Gete Star itself finally met its end in the ensuing explosion. From within the chaos, Gohan could see a glowing black shard of something from within the center of Cooler's chest.

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Piccolo and the others stared up at the sky after the blast subsided "Gohan…"

Krillin was the first one to see it "Guys, there he is!"

Sure enough, Gohan was seen falling from the sky with Trunks by his side, an exhausted grin plastered across his face.

Piccolo breathed a sigh of relief "Gohan…" he prepared to catch him.

That is, before Gohan and Trunks both hit the ground hard, their legs sticking out of the craters they made.

(5 minutes later…)

Gohan threw Yajirobe back the bag of Senzu Beans "Thanks for bringing the Senzu, Bean Daddy."

"It's what I do." Yajirobe tucked the bag away.

"And this is what we do." Trunks then held up the main chip for the Big Gete Star and crushed it in his hand "Now the Big Gete Star will never threaten anyone again."

"Yeah…" Gohan looked down at the black shard he took from Cooler, which was now glowing a pinkish color "Never again…"

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As they flew through space on their way back home, Gohan sat in one of the private rooms meditating in solitude 'I can't help but wonder… That shard Cooler gave me… the things he said… dark demon, Dragon Saiyan, his glowing black and red eyes… what does it all mean?'

"Something worse than you can imagine."

Gohan opened his eyes and found himself in an empty glowing golden void, with Cooler in front of him, surrounded by a white glow "Cooler…"

"That shard you hold in your hand, that has been a relic passed down in my family's bloodline for centuries. My grandfather Blizzard passed it onto my father Cold, and he passed it onto me, the firstborn."

"But what about the dark Ki I felt from it?"

"According to my family's legend, the shard is one part of a jewel belonging to a legendary dark demon of incredible power, rivalling even the Gods of Destruction. That shard was what allowed me to unlock the fifth form that I used against your father. When I landed on Earth, I felt the dark power within the shard pushing me to kill you, and then your father when he protected you. All of the time I felt a voice screaming at me to kill you, but my will overpowered it. However, when I was nearly incinerated in the fires of your sun, that shard's power was what saved me, but when my brain merged with that of the Big Gete Star, the shard drained the last of my willpower, altering my mindset. I was nothing more than a combination of hatred for the Dragon Saiyan and the artificial mindset of sustaining myself."

"Wow. I didn't think someone of Frieza's blood would come off as so honorable."

"I'm not like the rest of my family, I actually know what it means to have a sense of honor. Anyway, by overpowering the dark energy of the shard that empowered me, you freed me and allowed me to die an honorable death on my own terms. For that, you have my thanks, Dragon Saiyan."

"Son Gohan. My name is Son Gohan."

"Very well." Cooler bowed "You have my eternal gratitude Son Gohan." he held out his hand and a white dragon scale appeared, which he then handed to Gohan "When the final battle comes, you will have my support. Farewell." and with that, he disappeared.

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Gohan exited his meditation and came back into the main area "Hey guys."

"You alright now?" asked Piccolo.

"Yeah, just fine." Gohan gave a small smile "So Trunks, I didn't think you'd come back to the present now that Cell and the androids were gone."

Trunks shook his head "I wasn't, but my mother thought it would be good to train in the past and get some bonding time in with my father in this timeline, and see if I could train with you."

"Well I do have school."

"Oh really? I thought you were home-schooled."

"I was, but about 2 years ago my mom enrolled me in a school in Tokyo."

"Japan?"

"Yep."

"What's in Japan?"

"Two people that help me live with puberty. My friend Kai, and… Kagome."

"Who and who?"

Gohan shot Piccolo and Krillin a look, and they both got everyone else to another room, allowing him to tell Trunks the whole story "Well Trunks, this dates back to the months following the battle with Frieza on New Namek, about a month after Krillin and Yamcha were brought back with the Namekian Dragon Balls. I'd just turned 6 only a few weeks before. I was still upset about dad not coming back. My grandpa was going to Tokyo to visit an old friend of his, Akira Higurashi, so he brought me to his family's shrine try and cheer me up. When I went under the Sacred Tree and started reciting the code of honor Piccolo and I created. Follow your heart wherever it may lead, never run from a battle, and never give up, no matter what. Kagome had heard me reciting it on her way home from school, and that was when I laid eyes on her for the first time. The first thing I thought was that she was cute. Short black hair that went above her fair skin shoulders, beautiful black hair, deep brown eyes. A pink spaghetti strap shirt, an ivory skirt that went above her knees. Ivory ankle socks and pink dress shoes. A "Hello Kitty" backpack on her back and the such a pretty smile. It was her smile that really won me over. I never thought anyone could smile a carefree smile, aside from my dad I mean. But when I saw her smile, it felt different than when I looked at other people smile. I would feel warm inside, a weird feeling that I could not understand. I also remembered the first time she talked to me; she was signed the seated right next to me and she looked at me and smiled. It was her smile that really won me over. From that day on, we became fast friends, and I started to get more and more used to being around Kagome. But as we grew older, I grew WAAAAAY more protective of her. I especially didn't want any other guys coming near her. So I started talking to my adult role-models to try and figure this out."

"And by adult role-models you mean…?"

"My mom, your mom, Yamcha, Piccolo, but I eventually settled on Krillin. So after a long history of his dating failures like that girl Maron, he helped me realize my feelings and understand what it meant: I was in love with her, and I still am. In fact, that's what's been spurring me on all this time during training."

"Wow. I'm really happy for you. So where does Kai come into this?"

"Well it was around a full year after the whole thing with Frieza. My mom put me in this cram school in Tokyo, and he was actually a lot smarter in some areas than most people gave him credit for. First, when he came up to me, I think he saw someone who needed a good friend."

"Sounds like a great guy."

"He is. Anyway, I told him my name, Son Gohan, and he was really quick to put two and two together as Goku's son. It turns out he's a huge martial arts fanboy. He recognized my dad, Krillin, Yamcha, Tien and even Piccolo. Over time, I managed to tell him everything. Dragon Balls, Saiyans, Planet Namek, Frieza, the androids, how I killed Cell, Bojack, everything. I've even been teaching him some basic Ki control stuff. He's a prodigy. I'd say he's around the level my dad was when Raditz showed up."

"Really?"

"Yeah. Sometimes, it feels like he's the only guy I can be myself around."

"He sounds like a good friend."

"He's my best friend. We haven't had much time to hang out lately, I've been really busy. Studying, training, and I got a part-time job on weekends so I could afford Kagome's birthday gift."

"What're you getting her?"

"A necklace. I'm getting my last paycheck when we get back, then I've gotta borrow a flamethrower from Bulma and make the last bit of it."

"So you're making the jewel for a diamond necklace from scratch?"

"Yep."

"Wow, you must really love this girl."

"Yeah, I do. Anyway, her birthday's next week so I've gotta work fast. Still though, I can't shake this feeling."

"What do you mean?"

"That something's gonna happen soon, something big."

"Big good or big bad?"

"I don't really know."