The group danced for most of the night, enjoying the time they had left at their senior prom. They decided to meet back at their table twenty minutes before the crowning of King and Queen. Each couple greeted their classmates as they made their way through the densely packed room. Finally after making the rounds, everyone was seated once more.

"Whew, it's been one heck of a night!" Goku said as he took a sip of his 'punch'. Everyone around the table nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, I'm ready to pass out." Krillin sighed as he reclined in his ornate chair. He abruptly sat up when 18 wacked him in the back of the head.

"What was that for?" His eyes were wide as saucers as he faced his upset girlfriend of three years.

"You know what that was for! We have plans after prom, idiot." 18 scolded as she crossed her arms under her chest, a scowl plastered on her face. Krillin rubbed the back of his bald head in a Goku-like manner and blushed.

"Oh, right honey. Sorry." The table chuckled at his situation. All eyes turned to Bulma as she stood in all her glory.

"I'm only going to the restroom, chill out." she laughed as everyone stared at her. ChiChi made to stand.

"Want me to come?" Bulma shook her head negative.

"I'm not three, I can go pee by myself." she assured before she took off.

"Something is up guys." ChiChi said nervously as she glanced towards the restroom for the twentieth time in the past ten minutes. "Maybe I should go check on her." She was tapping her fingers against the table as a worried look graced her features.

Goku nodded anxiously, "It's not like Bulma to take this long in the bathroom."

Vegeta sneered at the two and took a gulp of his drink, rolling his eyes as he did so.

"The woman probably got her dress hung on the door, she'll be fine."

Turles frowned and looked to him, "I don't know, but I just had a crazy sense of déjà vu." He tapped his chin in deep thought, partially glad he had gotten rid of his whore earlier that night.

They spent a moment of silence as the music blared in the background, each pondering worse scenarios than the one before.

"I'm going to check on her." ChiChi commented after a moment. All eyes were on her as she made her way to the hallway the restrooms were located. Not five seconds later, a loud scream was heard over the music. Goku was the first one up, dashing to the bathroom area as fast as he could, Vegeta right behind him. If ChiChi was screaming like that, something must be wrong with Bulma.

The sight they were met with in the bathroom was anything but what they were expecting. Blood and glass was everywhere, water was flooding the large room, stalls and toilets were broken, and not to mention the large body lying in a puddle of crimson liquid on the other side of the room. Tears were rolling down ChiChi's face as she took in the scene, her face turning a sickly shade of green before she promptly threw up her dinner in a nearby fake plant. As soon as she saw Goku, she ran to him, gripping his shirt tightly, sobbing into his chest.

"Oh god," she cried, "Bulma isn't here!" He rubbed her back as he stared at the dead man. He knew that man. He had done some crude business with him before, when he was with Frieza.

Everyone remained silent as two teachers rushed to the scene. They had heard ChiChi's scream as well and came to investigate. As they laid eyes upon the carnage, one fainted while the other stared wide-eyed.

"I-I better c-call the p-po-police." she mumbled as she made no move to retreat her eyes. 18 tapped her on the shoulder and pulled her from her reverie.

Not ten minutes later, prom had been cut short and the hotel turned into a crime scene. All of the student body reluctantly left, minus Bulma's close friends and family. Shortly after they gathered evidence and taped off the bathroom, an SVU agent came up to them. He gave Goku and Vegeta a handshake.

"Haven't seen you guys in a while." he mentioned as he took out a legal pad.

Goku shrugged, "Yeah, we've tried to stay outta trouble since then."

Vegeta merely grunted.

"I assume you all are the ones who first saw the damage." he asked with a raised brow.

ChiChi gave a shaky nod. The detective wrote something down and looked at them thoughtfully.

"Well, from what we have, there was a fight. It seems that Bulma was in the third stall when her attacker entered. He decided to use the intimidation tactic and broke the door down. It apparently backfired when she retaliated." He motioned to the broken stalls. "Sometime during their disagreement, he was thrown into the first two, crushing the toilet as he went down. When he landed, he hit it the wrong way and busted the pipe, thus explaining the flooding. Then, in a blind rage, he attacked Bulma and threw her against the mirror, which is going to leave some nasty scars. From the teeth we collected, there was some intense hand to hand combat before he pinned her to the wall." That was the first time anyone noticed the large streak marks of blood above the now covered body.

"She must've grabbed a piece of the broken glass and hid it before he got her. As he was supposively choking her, she slashed his face trying to buy some time and ripped her shoe off, shoved the four inch heel in his eye, snapping his ocular cords, impaling the brain, killing him instantly. Since the other shoe has yet to be located, we are assuming whoever kidnapped her from that point used it so subdue her in some fashion or she's walking around with one shoe on."

Turles nodded, "Seems about right."

"Wait, how can you tell all of this from some blood and broken stalls?" 18 questioned as she glared at the detective. He raised a brow at her question.

"It's not concrete, it's just inductive reasoning. Some of the blood is mildly fresher than other places and those stalls are on top of the others, indicating that the third one was broken first. Easy really."

"If Dodoria is dead, then someone else must've taken Frieza's place." Goku snarled darkly as he observed everything. The detective snapped his head to the younger teen.

"You know this man?" he inquired.

Both Goku and Turles nodded gravely.

"He worked for Frieza. Never did like him." Goku replied.

"Yes, Kakarott always swore to kill him. Guess Bulma beat you to it, literally."

He couldn't help but crack a smile at the fact his other rival was now laying with a shoe through his eye.

"That doesn't explain what happened to the woman." Vegeta snapped as he scowled at the grinning cousins. Both sobered instantly. The detective thought for a minute before he held up a golden chain with a blue pendant wrapped in a plastic bag.

"This look familiar? Maybe her atta-"

"-I swore I killed him..." Goku cut the detective off before he finished. There was no way in hell. He specifically remembered leaving that bastard in a puddle of his own blood when he finished with Frieza. If what he was looking at indeed belonged to Zarbon, then trouble was brewing. First thing was first; he needed to see if his hunch was true.

"Where did you find that?" Turles questioned as he examined the evidence.

The detective pointed to the 'Employee's Only' exit on the far wall of the restroom.

"Right over there. The clasp was broken so she must've ripped it off in her struggle to get away."

They all nodded. Without hesitation, Goku pushed pass his old friend and made him way into the bathroom, looking around fervishly.

"Goku? Are you insane? Get out of there!" Krillin yelled. Goku merely waved him off and continued his search. He followed the trailed of blood to the exit and out the door. His group of friends followed, Vegeta in the lead, pushing through analysist, agents, and other people bustling about. Once in the fresh air, they all took a deep breath and looked around for their crazy-haired friend. They spotted him heading down an alleyway, the trail of blood long forgotten.

"Um, honey? Where are you going?" ChiChi asked nervously, still a bit nauseous from the scene she just witnessed.

Without turning around he answered, "To find my sister. Where else?"

They looked at each other and shrugged, running to catch up with him.

"Where do you think she is?" Turles questioned once he was trotting beside his cousin.

Goku had a determined look on his face. His eyes were narrowed and his mouth was set in a thin line.

"If someone really has taken Frieza's place, there's only one place they would be."

Silence reigned for the next few minutes before a timid Krillin spoke up.

"Hey buddy, where did you go that day Bulma got shot? Truthfully?"

Said teen glanced at them from the corner of his eye.

"Truthfully?"

ChiChi listened quietly. She wasn't sure she wanted to know the honest truth. She had her own assumption, but she was positive it was far from the truth.

"I killed Zarbon and Frieza." He didn't look at them for a minute. Finally he stopped abruptly, turning and looking each of his friends in the eye.

"I don't expect you to jump for joy, but I don't need your judgment either. If it would've been any of you, I would've done the same thing," he turned to ChiChi, "I know how much this must crush you on the inside, but please, don't hold it against me. I'm not going to apologize because I'm not sorry. I would do it again in a heartbeat. I love you Cheech and I don't want something like this to ruin what we have. You're the only one who understands me in a way no one else does. Tell me you're not upset?" He looked at her pleadingly as tears rolled slowly down her cheeks. She took a shaky breath before she looked him in the eyes.

"I can't understand how you could murder someone, Goku. It's a terrible thing to do to a person, no matter the deed," she held her hand up as he went to interrupt her, "but there is no way I can hold it against you. You did what you thought was necessary and I'm not going to dictate your actions. I love you too much to allow our relationship to fall apart now, but please, next time ask before you kill someone." A smile was playing on her ruby lips. Goku laughed and hugged her, crushing his lips to hers fiercely. Their kiss was long and deep, filled with unadultered passion and love. After a couple minutes, someone cleared their throat.

"As much as we would all LOVE to watch you two fuck, we have bigger problems to attend to." Vegeta spat as he glared at them dangerously. He stomped off in the direction of their original destination as Goku and ChiChi stood still in their embrace, 18 trailing behind him with Krillin in tow.

Goku finally laughed nervously, letting go of his girlfriend, rubbing the back of his head.

"Hehe, let's go find Bulma guys!"