A/N: Espeon804 here for another great chapter for you guys! Just so you know, if they seem rather short, it is because I pulled it out from my composition book. In other words- I handwritten it first. So far, I finished one and in the other one, I have around 15 blank pages yet… a total of at least 19 chapters that are around 10 pages long, so I guess that these chapters will be short, because they look longer in the composition book, so please, don't get mad!

Anyway, I did reword some parts, or added new parts in as I typed, so it won't be exactly like the handwritten version.

So here you go guys. Also, if you're lucky, your review might be featured here!

So, to break down the plot here...

As we all know so far, Hikari is a Human/Saiyan hybrid. But, since her ancestors are Saiyans, she has a bit more Saiyan heritage. Her father is a pure Saiyan. It was first thought that there was only four Saiyans left after their planet was destroyed (Kakarot A.K.A Goku, Raditz, Nappa, and Vegeta.) but as the years go by, more keeps popping up. (In the movies, but I know that they aren't really linked to the main series.) after Goku left in DBGT, 100 years later, King Kai made a discovery, that there is a handful of Saiyans still out and about, loyal to their ways. Hikari's father was one of them... She's often picked on by her heritage. Some people in this world are just... Sheesh...

If you read the prologue, then you probably understand the story a bit more. If you haven't, read it to understand how her life came to be.

Lol, I just realized something. The name "Goku" means "Saber of light" the name "Hikari" means "light" in japanese.

Anyway, you'll learn more as you read along. So, let it begin!

Chapter 1: Hikari, the descendent of Son Goku:

Beyond the mountains and the rivers and, upon the forest, life here is simple. When it comes to nature, nothing is out of the ordinary.

"Yahoo!" A young girl dashes across the field in shocking speed, leaving behind a trail of flying dirt. She quickly changes direction, leaping into the air, and landing on a tree branch. She picks an apple from the tree and takes a bite as she unwraps her furry belt, or should I say, tail, from her waist, using it to hang upside.

It's been seven years since Hikari found her mother dead, and her father missing. She still hold on to the family portrait that was given to her. It's the only part of family she has left. What happens then still puzzles her.

When she was five, she looked at the moon, and she heard her own heartbeat, then came the pain, then everything turned red, and bam. She lost consciousness, woke up naked with a missing tail, (it grows back anyway.), and her mother dead. Her parents were right. That gorilla monster must've ripped her tail off, knocking her out. Then it probably killed her mom and scared away her father. She still remembers what her father said to her.

*flashback*

"Hikari, you must go on. Gather all Seven Red-star Dragonballs... Take good care of this... Make your wish to bring our beloved back. I'll arrive when the time comes."

*End of flashback*

Her father... She never heard him use the word "beloved" or anything close to the word "love". Her mother use to tell her that it's because of his Saiyan nature. But he has his own ways of showing his care. It's quite believable. She's been told many stories about the legendary Z-fighters, especially her ancestors, and Prince Vegeta, the prince of all Saiyans then.

She reaches into her red sack attached to her pocket, withdrawing the same sphere that her father gave her while she was out cold. The Four-Star Dragonball. Six more to go.

Stuffing the sphere back into her sack, she takes her final bite of her apple, and tossed the rest aside. Her stomach still rumbled, despite the small snack. "Looks like one apple isn't enough." She started to swing back and forth like a swing set, then hurls herself to stand on the branch once more. "Time to go hunting." Using her tail for balance, she leaped to another tree branch, then another. The pattern continues for some time. She finally leaps from the tree, landing on the ground. Her ears prickle as her tail calmly swished side to side. She closes her eyes, becoming fully aware of her surroundings.

Suddenly, she heard a rustle. Hikari turns her attention to the sound, finding a small white cat grooming itself in the open. the animal doesn't seem to even notice her.

She crouches down, taking one step at a time. Truthful she must be, if anyone was around, he would admit that she enjoys hunting, but she's not found to killing animals at all. But how else can she get her food? She can taste it already, hungrily licking her lips. "Almost...there…"

Snap.

She cringes after stepping on a twig. The cat spotted her. "Dang."

The cat breaks into a sprint.

"Oh, no you don't!" She runs after it, trying her best to keep up. "I haven't had a good meal for a week, so you're not slipping away!" She lashes towards the feline to attack but, she misses. So she decides to leap to a tree in hopes to surprise her prey. When the cat got under the tree, unaware of the Saiyan watching above, Hikari leaps off, shouting, "You're mine now!" But instead, she gets a mouthful of dirt, and spits it out instantly. "Aw, come on!" She quickly gets to her feet, returning to the pursuit.

This time, the feline takes a sharp turn. This caught her in surprise. The Saiyan runs off track, nearly slipping as she tries to turn back around. She manages to stay in place by dropping to her knees.

"Smart kitty." She growls. Then she runs after it again, only this time, she does it in all-fours to prevent herself from slipping again. It may seem crazy and uncomfortable, but she's done this many times before. "Slow down!" She leaps at it once more, and grabs it by the tail. "HA!" She starts to laugh as the cat rakes it's claws across her hands. "Is that the best you can do." She asks cheerfully. "Sorry kitty, but it's my lunch time!" She rises her free hand to silver a finishing blow, but something snagged her own tail, yanking her into the air. "WHAAAH!" Now that the rope is grasping her tail, her energy is drained away, leaving her body unresponsive, resulting the release of her recent catch, who dashes off as soon as it hit the ground. "So much for that." She tries to move, but it's hopeless. "Somebody get me off of this thing!" But of course, no one would hear her. She's in a forest, away from people. Then again, someone must had set the trap... One probably meant fro squirrels.

The sound of strong footsteps catches her attention. "Looks like we caught something!" A female voice shouts in a distance. "Giru, go check it out!"

Giru? That name sounds awfully familiar.

Suddenly, a small, round, white robot floats towards Hikari. After looking at her for a few moments, he says, "Wrong target! Wrong target! Giru. Giru."

"What do you mean by 'wrong target'?" The voice belongs to a much older teen. Her purple hair flows with the wind, and... She has on hunting gear!

The teen glares at the pre-teen, and aims a BB gun at her soon after. "You stole my catch didn't you?!"

Hikari starts to panic.

"H-hey!" Don't shoot me! I'm Not guilty! I'll never steal! Just do me a favor, and free me from this trap!"

With some thought, she carefully approaches the 12 year old. With curiosity, she looks for anything snagged on the rope, only to find a tail caught in it. She pokes it with the gun nozzle twice before asking, "Is that thing real?"

Hikari isn't sure if she wants to answer that question. Her father had told her that some people can easily identify a Saiyan by looking at their tail. Many people dislike the race, so she lies. "Of course not. It just makes it easier to feel wild."

"Okay then." The teen digs inside her bag, and withdraws a large knife. "So, you won't have a problem if I dug it off to free you?"

On second thought, bad idea. Better tell the truth. "No! Don't do that! My tail is real! If you cut it off, I'll bleed to death!" Well, if the tail gets cut off, that won't really happen. "Can you at least untie me?" She struggles in the rope, trying to break free. "With my tail caught like this, my body can't move."

It seems like the girl isn't so convinced about the tail problem. But, she gives Giru a signal, and the little robot floats to the trap. "Giru help!" He cheerfully announces as his "stomach" opens up, revealing a little lazer. It shoots a beam, and it burns through the rope, freeing her. As she falls to the ground, he cheers again in triumph, "Success! Success! Giru, Giru."

Feeling her strength return, Hikari tears the remaining rope from her tail.p, and quickly wraps her brown furry thing around her waist. "Thank you for helping me." She starts to take her leave, but the rumble of her stomach stops her in her tracks.

"Hungry now, aren't you?" The teen asks with a giggle. She winks at the pre-teen, raising a finger in thought. "How about you stop by my place? You can take what you need there."

Giru comes to Hikari's side. He seems to be observing her for a moment. he suddenly cries out, "Dragon Ball detected! Dragon Ball detected!" Which startles the young warrior off her feet, and catched the teen's attention. He points to the red sack that Hikari carries. "Dragon Ball in there! Dragon Ball in there! Giru. Giru."

"REALLY?!" The teen rushed to her new friend immediately. "Hand it over! Please!" She hold out her hand in hopes that Hikari would co-operate. So when she reaches for the sack, Hikari leans back quickly with a glare.

"No way!" She quickly takes the ball from the sack, and hugs it protectively. "My father gave it to me before he vanished! Not only that! It's been passed down for many generations! I know what they can do, so blah!" She spits a raspberry at the teen to make her point clear.

"Well." The teen shoots back. "I'm way ahead of you buddy. Check this out!" She once again, reaches into her bag, only this time she pulls out the Three-star and Five-star Dragon Balls. "Neither of us are going to get a wish if one of us don't hand over what we got." She extends her hand again.

Hikari growls, turning away. "No way for the last time."

"A little stubborn aren't you?" The teen grumbles under her breathe. "Okay then, how about this? we'll just work together to gather the remaining five."

"What?"

She just offers her hand. "You keep yours, I'll keep mine. Name's Varity. Nice to meet you." She waits patiently for the girl to accept the offer.

At first, Hikari hesitates. This is similar to how Goku and Bulma begun their journey when they meet. But even if it's a trick, it shouldn't be troublesome. She won't have to worry about being attack, or anything related to it. So, she takes the teen's hand, and shakes it with gratitude. "Name's cabba, but you can call me Hikari. Nice to meet you."

Varity smiles, pleased to make a new acquaintance. She puts away her possessions. "Well then Hikari, I'll just show you my camp, and that tummy of yours will be happy in no time soon!" She starts to walk ahead, turning back now and then to be sure that Hikari's close behind.

Eventually, they arrive on a empty field. Hikari finds it strange that there's nothing but grass, so she gives her new companion a puzzled look.

"Well, here we are!" Varity announces with delight. "This is the perfect place!"

Hikari has a thought about Varity's home. "So you guys live in the forest too?"

"Of course not!" The answer was delivered with a annoyed tone, once again, startling poor hikari who's not use to this kind of attitude. As she digs into her bag again, her expression switches to disgust. "Too?" She repeats it, finally realizing what the hybrid just said. "Ew! You sleep out here?! That means you'll need a serious bath before you get your filthy hands on my food!"

"I don't see what the big deal is."

Now the teen looks like she's about to rip her hair out. "Just take a bath, and you can have whatever you want!"

Hikari loves the sound o that. But still, there's no camp around. When she points that out, Varity just smiles.

"I have Dyno caps." She explains, withdrawing a white case of some sort. She opens it removing a small capsule with some number on it. "This might do the trick! You'll be surprised!" She tosses it into the air, and the moment it hits the ground, it explodes into a small round house. "Tah-da!" She smiles at her. "Cozy. Am I right?"

"That's not camping." If Hikari remembers correctly, camping involves sleeping in tents and doing outdoor activities. She would have mentioned this to her, but not wanting to hear any more of her attitude, she just follows her inside. It feels like being five again. Despite the fact that she's been living in a forest for 7 years, she still misses the safe feeling of living indoors. She decides to explore the area to get the familiar feelings in.

"Okay Hikari, your bath water is ready!" Varity calls from the bathroom. When Hikari arrives, she adds, "I'll wash your clothes after dinner, so I'll let you borrow some of my old ones."

"Don't worry about that. I always carry a spare." Hikari announces as she gets undressed. "I wasn't in the wilderness my whole life, so I'm familiar with house stuff if you doubt that." She steps into the water after removing the red ribbon that keeps her hair tied in a ponytail, and the headband that rest on her hair. She then grabs a washing rag and starts to bathe. Several minutes later, everything is clean except her back, which is always a problem for people to wash.

Varity walks into the bathroom with a towel. Irritation appeared on her face as she asks, "You just had to bring that silly tail along with you huh?" Hikari's guess is that the teen thinks it's just a toy... It's not that...

She shakes her head, and grabs the back scrubber. "You're gonna need help with your back, so I'll do it."

However, Hikari resisted the offer. "You don't have to." When she sees Varity's puzzled look, she simply adds, "Look, I'll just do it myself." She rises her tail and grabs the back scrubber with it to get a good hold of it, causing her friend to yelp in surprise. Varity watches in disbelief as the girl scrubs her back, using her tail like another arm!

She tries to hold back a scream. This is very unusual and creepy to her. "IT'S REAL!" The teen exclaims as she points to the furry brown thing. "I-it it actually moves! Who are you?! Since when could a Human grow a tail?!"

Yep. Defiantly Goku and Bulma all over again.

"How is it that you have a tail?" She still can't get over it. Hikari unplugs the tub and steps out, drying herself with a towel. When she doesn't answer, she growls. "Well?"

"I'll explain later." The 12-year-old replies, putting on fresh clothes. She then walks out the room, towards the kitchen. She's back in hevean.

"Hikari!" Varity marches out the bathroom. She gasps, spotting the girl tearing right through the food like there's no tomorrow. "You can't just eat us out! This is rediculous!" She points at the stack of ten plates that the girl just ran through. "What's with your apitite?!"

Giru floats to his partner's side. "Giru met lots of Saiyans!" This makes Hikari choke on the burger she just devoured. How does he know that she is a Saiyan? "Saiyans eat a lot! Saiyans have tails! Giru, Giru."

"A... Saiyan?" Varity now takes a good long look at her half-alien friend. "You are a Saiyan? But... I thought they died off a long time ago."

"Apparently there are more survivors in the universe." The Saiyan replies. "And I'm not just a Saiyan. I'm a hybrid. You know, half Human, half Saiyan." She pauses, thinking over on what she just said, and corrects herself. "But then again, my mother's a descendant from Goku, so she's part Saiyan, making me a little less Human..."

She's almost lost in thought. "That explains your tail... And your appetite." Varity glances at the girl's swinging tail. "It's funny when you think about it." She comments. "A Saiyan looks exactly like a Human being. The only difference is that Humans don't have tails like... You do."

Hikari takes a large bite of her chicken leg, and stuffs rice into her mouth just before drinking a whole glass of water.

Varity takes note on that. With an annoyed expression, she mutters, "Looks like someone needs to learn some table manners, and some house training."

However, the pre-teen ignores the comment. "I think that the tail is a recessive trait." She takes another bite of her chicken. "You see, when a Saiyan and a Human have a child, the child always ends up with a tail, but as generations go by, the more Human heritage a child has...the less likely they'll have a tail. In my case, my mother is only part Saiyan, like I said earlier. She's born with no tail. My father is a pure Saiyan, and they are all born with tails, so when I was born-"

"You had a tail." Varity interrupts, finishing the sentence. "But what's so important about your tail anyway? Can't you just cut it off? I mean... People would think there's something wrong with you."

"NO!" Hikari's sudden shout startles the robot. He falls face-first into the big bowl of potato salad. "If you do that, you may have eliminated my only weak point, but the downside is that, for some reason, my power also is cut down to half. A Saiyan's tail unlocks their true power.. whatever that means…"

Varity gives the girl a strange look. "A Saiyan huh? I've heard that they once tried to exterminate all the people on Earth so that they can sell the planet." She takes a step back. "You're not going to attack me are you?"

Hikari shakes her head. "I'm nothing like those brutes. My dad once told me that my heart is pure enough for me to learn some awesome techniques. But since he fled a long time ago, the only thing I learned from him is karate." She tosses the chicken bone aside, and started to drag the bowl of potato salad towards her. "I don't even know any special attacks, nor can I fly. In my age, I should have known these things long ago." She takes a big spoon to receive a serving of the salad.

"Hikari." Varity calls in a warning tone. "I wouldn't do that if I were you."

But the young warrior ignored her, and jabs the spoon into the bowl. Giru lets out a shout, leaping out of the food item, making Hikari jump out her seat as the food splatters everywhere. The robot falls towards her, and with a yelp, she , instinctively swats the robot with her tail, batting it into the wall nearby.

"Oh Giru!" Varity runs over to the terrified robot, and picks him up. "Sorry, she didn't mean to. She just gotten frightened, that's all."

The poor thing is covered with salad. "Giru...Giru...G-Giru…"

She cleans the robot with a napkin she retrieves from the table, and wipes away the substance all over the machine. She does this while glancing at her friend's tail as it wraps around her waist. "Don't feel bad. You defended yourself. My guess is that tail of yours is as strong as your arms and legs."

"It's the strongest part of my body." Hikari corrects her. She then glares at the salad, and pushes the bowl away. After what just happened, she's afraid that something else might jump out and grab her face. She wipes her face with a napkin. "Well, that's done. I haven't ate like that in years!" She lets out a loud burp, and quickly covers her mouth in embarrassment as her friend laughs.

"At least you're full." The teen points out. She picks up several dishes, carrying them to the sink. "But that doesn't mean you can rest now. You have dishes to clean, and a table to wipe, and a floor to-" She quickly turns around, finding Hikari fast asleep on the livingroom couch. This angers her. "H-hey! You can't just fall asleep on me like that! Don't make me go over there!" But when the girl doesn't budge, the teen walks over to her, and tightly graps her tail.

"AAHH!" Hikari screams in pain. She feels her energy pitfall. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! LET GO! THAT HURTS!"

Varity just squeezes it harder. "You should have never told me that your tail is your weakness. So now you're paralyzed until I release it!" As she squeezes it more, the young Saiyan screams in agony.

"MAKE IT STOP! YOU MIGHT CRIPPLE IT!" But her pled isn't granted. She finally gives in. "OKAY! I'LL DO IT! JUST LET GO!" And at that moment, all her energy returns, and she quickly wraps her now free tail around her waist to prevent any more of that. She then gets from the couch, and storms into the kitchen. "That was NOT cool at all!"

A/N: And that concludes this week's chapter! Yeah, it took me a week to type this in school time, so that's how often i'll be able to publish a chapter. (or more if they don't allow me to use the computers for whatever reason.) So please to review, comment, whatever you want to call it!

Vegeta: This chapter is stupid!

Umm...

To be continued to Chapter 2!