"What do we want to start with?" Hiei and Hojo questioned, watching Skya.

Bulma, Vegeta, Goku, and Chi-Chi went with Hatchi and Amelia.

Bulla, Amaya, Taiya, Luna, and Nia met up with Pan and Marron and took off with them.

"Hey! Hiei, Hojo!" Some guy yelled, running over to the group.

"Yay…" Raye, Mika, and Hiei sarcastically muttered.

"Who is he?" Skya softly questioned.

"His name is Yo; he's Hojo's friend." Hiei answered as Hojo went to meet the guy.

"You don't like him?" Trunks and Goten noted.

"He's an obnoxious ass." Raye and Mika answered.

"He likes to play pranks that go too far. He's also an all-around bad influence. Don't feel bad or guilty in any way. Yes, you told us to go, but we could've stayed if we felt we needed to. Which—as it would turn out, at least one of us should have. But getting back on track. After we left Venus, Hojo and I had a difficult time adjusting and relaxing. We all worried about Skya and how she was doing. I wish we would've taken you with us—especially now knowing what those dillweeds did to you. Also knowing that who you were truly meant to be with lives on Earth as well." Hiei started rambling, becoming flustered.

"Hiei and Hojo took the transition the hardest and became depressed for quite some time. About three months ago, they met Yo. It's just Yo, but he is just as bad as the group of guys Hojo used to hang out with on Venus." Mika started explaining, sighing in frustration.

"His not so good friends you didn't want me meeting?" Skya softly questioned.

"Yeah, them." Hiei answered.

"Hiei hangs out with Yo from time to time. But that's mainly just to keep an eye on Hojo. Yo made Hiei realize that he wasn't good news and that you most likely wouldn't approve of the crap Yo pulls. Hojo, on the other hand, fell into those same bad habits. And nothing any of us do or say seems to get through to him. But now that we know you're alive, well, here, and safe; he'll hopefully stop hanging out with Yo and start maturing again—at least a little." Raye continued explaining.

"Why me?" Skya questioned, confused.

"Because we love you." Hiei answered.

"Because no matter what, Hiei, Hojo, and I care about you more than anyone. Don't. It's fine; I get it one hundred percent. Like you, I'm only half Venarian; I'm also half Arien, and Raye isn't Venarian at all. But we do know they love us, we love them, and that we're connected proper mates. Hiei, Hojo, their parents, and sisters are Venarian. Skya, you're our princess. And as much as we know you hate this: we worship you. It doesn't matter who we're with or love because you're our princess; we all have this feeling of devotion toward you that we will always have. We will always love and protect you." Mika explained with a smile.

"Don't get me wrong or anything: as a sister, I've grown to love you. But I do not feel the same overwhelming feeling of love for you as the others do. But I will protect you no matter what. As Mika stated, I'm not Venarian; I'm a third Arien, a third Juptarian, and a third Lunarian. But I suppose, being Lunarian is why I feel the need to protect you so much; that's why I feel a connection with you. As for Hojo: he, like Hiei, feels this love for you that is equal to you being not only their princess, but a younger sister as well. He doesn't want to see you hurt or humiliated in any way. And he most certainly doesn't want you influenced by the wrong people." Raye calmly explained.

"Hey, what's up? I'm Yo." Yo introduced himself to the group, walking over with Hojo.

"As he said, this is Yo. Yo, this is Skya and her mate, Trunks. And then these are his friends, Goten, Gohan, and his wife, Videl." Hojo introduced them all.

"It's very nice to meet you." Yo playfully introduced himself, bowing, being cheesy.

"Nice to meet you." Skya politely replied.

"Yeah, nice to meet you." Trunks replied, staying close to Skya. He already didn't like Yo. Neither did Gohan, Goten, or Videl.

"So, what are we doing?" Yo questioned.

"We were going to hang out with Skya, Trunks, and their friends at the fair." Hiei calmly answered.

"Ok, cool. What are we going to do first?" Yo inquired, inviting himself to their group.

"I don't know what you're going to do, but we haven't seen Skya in months; we just wanted to spend time with her and her mate—and their friends. Technically, we're crashing their date." Hojo calmly told Yo before Hiei or one of the girls could say something.

"What's one more person?" Yo questioned, trying to push his way in.

"Normally I would agree, but for us, this is important." Hojo insisted.

"Can we talk for a second?" Yo requested before dragging Hojo away.

"What? Yo, you have to understa—" "It's her." Yo interrupted Hojo.

"What?" Hojo questioned, slightly annoyed.

"That girl—Skya: she's the girl we've been pranking these past few times." Yo explained.

"What are you talking about? Do you know how many people we did stupid pranks on?" Hojo questioned, becoming frustrated.

"You know: the one in the store with the candle." Yo clarified.

"Wait. That was her? You've known that Skya was here this entire time?" Hojo questioned, now pissed off.

"Well, yeah. I heard her name enough times." Yo replied.

"And you didn't say anything? Why didn't you tell me it was her? I would've talked to her sooner." Hojo agitatedly retorted.

"Exactly. You would've started hanging out with her more, meaning you'd want to play less pranks on her. You should have seen her—down on her knees, freaking out the way she was. It was awesome." Yo replied, laughing a little.

"What did you do?" Hojo demanded as his eyes started glowing in anger.

"Jesus, Hojo, relax. I only put a candle that smelt like rustic woods on a shelf along with the others for her to smell. She went down—in the store and at their home. Something to do with some guy named Cassius." Yo answered.

"Dude. That son of a bitch beat her. For the love of God, leave her alone from now on. I will not be able to save you from her mate—or Hiei. Skya is like my little sister: leave her alone. Family is off limits, right? That was one of the rules for pranking people. She's family. Stay here. Go somewhere else. I don't care; this is family time for me. I will see you later." Hojo angrily told Yo before walking away from an incredibly shocked Yo.

"Hojo, are you ok?" Skya questioned, concerned.

"Yeah, I'm ok. I just want to apologize to you for Yo." Hojo replied before informing Skya.

"Why?" Skya questioned, confused.

"I'm sure the others told you already, but Yo and I like to prank people. Typically, just your stupid innocent pranks. I didn't know he was pranking you specifically, but I vaguely knew he was pranking someone on a higher level. Something to do with a candle and its scent. He just told me it was you. I don't know what the prank was, but from what I understand, it wasn't just some harmless prank to you. So, for that, I'm deeply sorry." Hojo explained and apologized to Skya.

"Rustic Woods?" Goten questioned.

"Yeah. He explained that it had something to do with Cassius." Hojo answered, frustrated.

"Please don't fight." Skya begged Hiei, hugging a very shocked Hojo.

"Uh… Umm…" "You really didn't know?" Skya questioned Hojo, interrupting him.

"No, I didn't know. I mean, I knew he was pranking someone with the candle, but whenever he was pranking you, I was usually with family. I'm sorry." Hojo apologized again.

"I don't blame you. I'm sorry you struggled because I told you to go." Skya insisted before apologizing to Hojo.

"That's not your fault; don't beat yourself up for that. As for you three: which one of you spilled that detail?" Hojo insisted before questioning Hiei, Mika, and Raye, pulling away from Skya.

"Now is not the time for any of that. Go have fun before you have to train." Amelia firmly instructed, walking by with Bulma and Chi-Chi.

"Yes, Mom." Hojo and Hiei replied, mumbling a little.

"Oh, and Hojo: I am so very proud of you for admitting what happened and for apologizing to Skya. I love you so much." Amelia proudly told Hojo in a baby tone, hugging, and embarrassing him.

"Mom!" Hojo whined, trying to push away from Mom.

'That kind of punishment sucks.' Hiei, Trunks, Goten, and Gohan thought to themselves, realizing what Amelia did—and why she did it.

"I don't want to upset you by prying, but why does that rustic woods smell bother you so much? I mean, for Yo to use that as a prank; he must've had a reason." Raye questioned, curious.

"Cassius did bad stuff to me in a cave with that smell." Skya softly and distantly answered, walking forward.

"Go ahead; we'll catch up." 'We'll tell them what happened.' Gohan insisted, watching Trunks and Skya. He then telepathically told Trunks.

"Come on; we'll go see what kind of arts and crafts they have to do." Trunks insisted, taking Skya's hand.

"Ok." Skya softly replied.

"What's going on?" Hiei and Hojo questioned, demanding answers.

"Well, you already know Cassius and Goro raped her…" "No. She said they forced her to have sex with them. No one ever said anything about rape." Hiei retorted, interrupting Gohan.

"That is rape." Goten insisted, scratching his head.

"Goten… Apparently not on Venus, it's not. We were actually told that rape doesn't exist on Venus." Gohan stopped Goten before speaking to Hiei, Hojo, Mika, and Raye.

"It used to—when Stella was still alive." Hojo replied as Raye took his hand and squeezed it.

"Here, on Earth, forcing someone to have sex and rape are the same things. Can you please explain how, on Venus, forcing someone is different?" Gohan explained before inquiring.

"On Venus, when you force someone to have sex, you make them agree to it first. Rape is—or was having sex with a person even if they can't get them to agree." Hiei explained.

"Well, I'm not sure Skya understands that because she never consented to it—any of it. We just found out earlier that Goro has been erasing or altering her memories of him raping her. The rustic woods smell bothers Skya because Cassius raped and took her virginity in some cursed cave five or six months ago." Gohan explained, shocking Hiei, Hojo, Mika, and Raye.

Gohan continued to explain what he, Videl, Trunks, Bulma, Vegeta, and Bulla learned the day they went shopping.

With Trunks & Skya:

"Are you ok?" Trunks questioned as he and Skya walked through the art and crafts.

"Mmmhmmm. Or—I will be. Please don't be mad at Hojo." Skya answered before pleading with Trunks.

"Oh, I'm not mad at Hojo. He apologized. And to me, it didn't seem like he was even involved in what Yo was doing. He was sincere when he said he didn't know that it was you that Yo was targeting." Trunks replied, pulling Skya close to him.

"Sincere?" Skya questioned, confused.

"It means being honest or truthful." Trunks answered.

"Oh, ok; I get it." Skya replied with a smile.

"What's that?" Skya inquired, pointing to a pottery tent.

"Pottery. Would you like to try that one?" Trunks questioned.

"Yeah." Skya eagerly replied.

"Have you ever used a potter's wheel before?" An older woman questioned, watching Skya, who was looking at a row of empty potter's wheels.

"No. I've never heard about them before." Skya softly answered, watching the wheel.

"What about you?" The woman questioned Trunks.

"Only once or twice." Trunks honestly answered.

"Would you like a demonstration?" The woman questioned.

"She's offering to show us how to use the wheel." Trunks explained to Skya. When he saw the confusion on her face, he realized Skya had never heard the word demonstration before.

"Oh. Yes, please." Skya politely accepted the woman's offer.

"How much is this going to cost?" Trunks questioned, watching the woman sit on a stool in front of a wheel.

"Normally, only the demonstration is free, and then it depends on how much clay is used. But for the princess of Venus and the Moon—Chi-Tsuki and Stella's daughter; it's on the house." The woman answered, shocking Skya and Trunks.

"How?" "You look just like your mother—and you have your father's eyes. I only met Stella a few times, and I haven't seen you since you were a baby. I was Chi-Tsuki's art teacher on the Moon and Earth. Wherever he went, I and a few of his other teachers went with. We've all been to Venus two or three times—and once after Stella was killed. She and Chi-Tsuki wanted me to continue teaching you art. However, that oath of a man… Never mind any of that. I'm sorry for your loss. My name is Hoshichiro; I am a Star Child, meaning I was born in the universe. I was a star that fell to the Moon when Chibiusa, also known as Rini, was two. I was her art teacher first. And then I became Chi-Tsuki's at the request of Queen Serenity. Those two—they were troublemakers—your father and aunt that is. Though, Queen Serenity wasn't any better. But anyway, I should get to showing you how to use the potter's wheel." The woman, Hoshichiro, explained, interrupting Skya before getting a hunk of clay.

Fifteen Minutes Later:

"And there you go." Hoshichiro proudly showed Skya and Trunks the finished product.

"That's very pretty." Skya marveled.

"And fast. I always thought it took days." Trunks noted, looking at the blue and purple vase.

"That's the Earth-human way. Star Children who don't burn out and land wherever it is they land are born with an ability or two. My ability is art. I am able to fire pottery within minutes vs. a few days. I'm guessing you're Skya's chosen one." Hoshichiro explained before noting.

"Yes, this is Trunks." Skya proudly answered.

"Well, you make sure to take care of her. I may not have known Stella all that well, but I do know that she cherished Skya more than anything. But I will let you get to it. Meet me at my stand and I'll get whatever you get done fired, so that you can glaze them—and I can fire them again. Also, if you don't wish to use the potter's wheel, there are a few tables behind us you can use to make other things." Hoshichiro replied with a smile before going back to her post.

"Thank you." Skya thanked Hoshichiro before dragging Trunks over to a potter's wheel.

"Oh, and put these on, so that your clothes don't get destroyed." Hoshichiro instructed, handing Skya and Trunks each an art smock.

"Thank you." Skya eagerly thanked Hoshichiro.

"Thank you." Trunks also thanked Hoshichiro. He hadn't seen Skya this excited about something outside of the house.

Twenty Minutes Later:

"There they are." Hiei, Hojo, and Bulma spoke, noticing Trunks and Skya at a potter's wheel as they walked past the pottery tent.

Skya had made a few small, lopsided pots—or whatever before Trunks decided to help her; he had made two small pots on his own.

Along with her constant giggle, Skya and Trunks had made one medium-sized vase and two pots.

"May I help you with something?" Hoshichiro questioned.

"Hi, Hoshichiro. No, we were just wondering with Skya and Trunks wandered off to." Amelia answered, watching Skya and Trunks.

At the same time, Bulma was taking pictures without Skya and Trunks noticing.

"Cute." Hojo spoke, popping up next to Skya and Trunks, startling her.

Before either could destroy the vase they were working on, Trunks carefully pulled Skya's hands away from the clay—after getting her foot off the pedal.

"When did you get here?" Skya questioned, looking at Hojo.

"We got here a few minutes ago." Hojo answered with a smile.

"We?" Skya questioned, confused.

"Yeah, we." Hiei answered, getting Skya's attention.

"How much to do pottery?" Bulma questioned, watching Hoshichiro.

"Ten dollars per person per hour for table clay. Fifteen dollars per person per hour for the potter's wheel. But seeing as you seem to know Skya, you may have the first hour free." Hoshichiro answered Bulma.

"Thank you." Bulma, Chi-Chi, Amelia, Mika, Raye, Hiei, and Hojo thanked Hoshichiro before heading to one of the tables.

"Do you want to head back to the table with them?" Trunks asked Skya, watching her head turn to see where everyone went.

"Do you mind?" Skya softly questioned; she didn't want to offend Trunks.

"No, I don't mind. They're your friends: I don't want to ever take them away from you—especially since I know none of them like you more than a friend." Trunks replied, teasing her a little. Of course, it went over her head.

"Nope. And I only love you." Skya responded with a smile.

"I love you, too." Trunks reciprocated Skya's feelings before kissing the top of her head.

"Would you like those fired so that you can glaze them?" Hoshichiro questioned Skya as Trunks stood up.

"Yes, thank you." They replied before heading to the table with the others.

"Where are Dad, Goku, Hatchi, Gohan, Goten, and Videl?" Trunks questioned as he and Skya sat down.

"Sorry, I'm late." Goten called, rushing over.

"Are you with them?" Hoshichiro questioned Goten.

"Yes, Ma'am." Goten replied.

"So well mannered. Go right ahead." Hoshichiro permitted Goten entrance.

"Sorry. I had to use the bathroom after helping Gohan and Videl." Goten explained, sitting down.

"Are they ok?" Skya questioned, concerned.

"Oh, yeah: they're just fine. Pan was climbing trees and throwing firecrackers over a fence, scaring some thugs." Goten answered.

"Thugs?" Skya questioned, confused.

"Not so good people you shouldn't hang out with." Hiei and Hojo answered, picking at the clay.

"Oh." Skya replied.

"Yeah, so despite them trying not to laugh and congratulate her, they were trying to scold her. Bulla, Marron, and the rest of the girls were standing there, laughing their asses off." Goten continued.

"It's just a saying meaning they couldn't stop laughing." Trunks explained, seeing the confused and concerned look on Skya's face.

"Anyway, Goku went to see if he could find Broly and see if he could help." Chi-Chi explained where he was.

"Vegeta is trying to contact his younger brother Tarble and his wife, Gure to see if they could lend a hand." Bulma added.

"And Hatchi went to contact Arlic, Cabbie, their children, Daiko, Chini, their children, and Martius, Aurora, and Nova." Amelia finished explaining where everyone was.

Two Hours Later:

"There you are." Vegeta spoke, annoyed, showing up at the now full pottery tent with Goku and Hatchi.

"Here we are. We were just getting ready to head to our next destination." Bulma spoke, walking over to pay Hoshichiro.

"Good. Home it is." Vegeta replied in a no-nonsense tone.

"Excuse me? Maybe the kids want to spend time together at the other art stations." Bulma argued, annoyed.

"I don't know about you, but it's about three in the afternoon, and we need to train.

"And we have a full house. So, let's go." Vegeta retorted, narrowing his eyes.

"How long have we been together—and married?" Bulma questioned, narrowing her eyes right back at Vegeta.

"What does that have to do with anything?" Vegeta questioned in disbelief.

"You don't intimidate me. But fine, we'll go. And what do you mean we have a full house?" Bulma retorted before agreeing to go home.

"The girls." Amelia spoke up, ready to find her daughters.

"The green guy took them to Bulma and Vegeta's home." Hatchi answered.

"That was Piccolo." Goku happily informed everyone who didn't know.

"And I mean just what I meant: we have a full house. Tarble and Gure are there along with Broly and his wife, Kikoree." Vegeta answered.

"And some of Amelia and Hatchi's friends showed up. They seemed very shocked to see us." Goku cheerfully answered.

"Arlic and Cabbie showed up with their children. Daiko and Chini and their children won't be here until tomorrow sometime. Martius, Aurora, and Nova aren't able to make it here until Friday or Saturday, but they'll gladly come help." Hatchi explained, watching Skya, concerned. He knew exactly how she felt about Nova because of how she used to bully her.

"I'll be ok." Skya replied, seeing Hatchi's face.

"Well, let's go." Vegeta ushered everyone out of the area to head home.

"Thank you." Skya, Trunks, and the others thanked Hoshichiro as they left.

"Are you feeling ok?" Trunks asked Skya, concerned.

"Yeah. It's just my feet hurt." Skya honestly answered.

"Maybe she's been on her feet too much today." Bulma suggested.

"She has a piece of magic glass stuck in her foot." A male voice spoke from behind them just as they reached the exit.

"And just who the hell are you?" Vegeta demanded, annoyed.

"Now, now: be nice, Vocano." A female voice spoke.

"Aunt Bay?" "Bay?" Skya and Amelia questioned, shocked.

"Hi." Amelia happily greeted, getting ready to hug them.

SLAP!

"Ow! What the hell, Amelia?" Bay screeched, holding her face.

"Where the hell have you been?! I haven't heard from you in over five years; we thought you were dead! I understand that you like to travel, but you could at least let us know you're still alive! Or come to visit Skya more often! We left Venus thinking she'd be ok, but because no one was there for her, Goro and the prince of Jupiter, Cassius, beat and raped her! Where the hell have you been all this damn time?!" Amelia let loose and gave Bay an earful.

"I didn't know any of that about your Skya, but I told you your friends would be angry if you didn't say anything to them. Lift your left foot and hold still." Vocano calmly spoke before instructing Skya.

"I have you." Trunks promised Skya, holding her still.

A few seconds later, a tiny sliver of glass from Stella's globe was removed from Skya's foot.

"I'm sorry, ok? I didn't think Skya would be any danger: her mother gave her that crystal thing from her dad." Bay apologized before explaining her side.

"Yes, but she was too little use that!" Amelia snapped.

"Just how old were you when those bastards raped you?" Bay questioned Skya in shock.

"It was only a few months ago—that I'm aware of. It's kind of a long story, but I'd rather not talk about it anymore. And Mom told me to only use the crystal if it was an absolute emergency." Skya softly answered Bay.

"Well, what do you call that?!" Bay snapped.

"I'm not that strong—energy-wise. When Mom told me emergency only, I think she meant something of catastrophic events to the world." Skya clarified what she meant.

"Oh. Yeah, that makes sense." Bay replied, causing Amelia, Hatchi, Bulma, Vegeta, Hiei, Hojo, Chi-Chi, and even Goku to fall over. And except for Skya, the rest of them hung their heads.

"What's this about you gathering an army?" Vocano questioned, changing the subject.

"Within a year, Goro and Cassius are bringing an army to collect Skya and annihilate any Saiyan on Earth. My guess is they're going to attempt to take over Earth as well. Originally, it was us and some other family friends going against them. Then we bumped into Hiei and Hojo and their family. They then contacted some of their friends, Dad got his brother, and Goku found Broly." Trunks explained, holding Skya.

"Oh. I can't believe I didn't see it before: you're Skya's mate. I'm Bay: I can control all major bodies of water." Bay spoke to Trunks, trying—and failing to intimidate him.

"Count me in. My name is Vocano: my specialty is fire." Vocano officially introduced himself, offering his services.

"Great. Now that we're all caught up here, let's get a move on it. Time's a wasting; we're losing daylight and I'd like to be home for my amazing wife's dinner." Vegeta demanded before sucking up to his wife.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on." Bulma sighed, heading down the sidewalk with Chi-Chi and Amelia…