Chapter 6

Six months of training passed in what seemed like a heartbeat, and Piccolo was instructing the children while they sparred together for the last time before the arrival of the Saiyans.

"Gohan, she may be your sister, but right now, she is the opponent! Do NOT go easy on her! Kaia, try harder, I can tell when you're slacking!" Upon this instruction, Kaia smirked.

So, Piccolo-Sensei, you want me to try harder? Fine, then. Sorry, Gohan, but this was by Sensei's instructions. I hope this works. . . she thought as she began to focus her Ki. Within two to three minutes, there was a small burst of Ki charged and ready to be fired from her fingertips.

"Special Beam Cannon!" While Gohan dodged this with ease, Piccolo could do nothing but stare in shock for a moment.

I-Impossible! How could she have possibly learned my technique?

Gohan quickly threw a Masenko, and Kaia dodged it, countering with her own Masenko blast. Gohan teleported out of the way, and threw one more Masenko at her back, knocking her against a nearby rock. She fell to the ground, unable to use any more of her ki. Angry tears streamed down her cheeks. She had lost. Gohan had gotten the best of her. She had tried so hard to prove herself to be the strongest of the two, and she had failed. Slowly, she stood. Her gaze landed on Gohan. Her eyes burned with hate and anger. She ran past Gohan, murmuring,

"It's not fair." before taking off towards the forest. Piccolo reached to stop her, but she dodged his reach and disapeared into the brush. Sighing, Piccolo told Gohan to stay put and followed her. When he finally found the half-Saiyan, she was sitting by the stream, sobbing. He let out a low growl before roughly grabbing her by the shoulders.

"What is your problem? Are you going to give up and run away crying like a baby everytime an opponent gets the better of you? Life's not a bowl of cherries, kid! But that doesn't mean it's the end of the world if you can't get every single freakin' victory! Did I give up just because your father beat me in the Martial Arts Tournament? NO! I kept training! I kept improving my fighting style so I could beat him! Just because you lost to your brother doesn't mean you're weak, you idiot!" Kaia looked up at Piccolo, her eyes were tearstained, but she was no longer crying. Piccolo's words reached just the right place, because she smiled then.

"Heh, it's just as my dad always told me: When you're fighting for something you believe in, only in surrender, will be defeat." she murmured. Piccolo smirked.

"Yeah, something like that. Come on, I want you to try agai-? . . .We have to get back to Gohan, NOW!" Also sensing the menacing power level nearby, Kaia nodded and the two of them raced back to where Gohan was waiting.

As Piccolo, Kaia, Gohan, Tien, Chiautzu, Yamcha, and Krillin stood facing the two Saiyans, a suffocating tension filled the air. The seven of them had each gotten significantly stronger, but even when Goku finally arrived, would they all be enough to defeat the monsters that stood before them?

"Where's Kakarot?" Vegeta, the shorter of the two Saiyans demanded.

"He'll be here." Piccolo growled. Kaia looked up at the sky worriedly, hoping that she and the others would be able to hold off the Saiyans until her father's arrival. As she was about to say something to Piccolo, she felt a strong power level burst by, then disapear. When she looked over at the Saiyans, Vegeta's cruel smirk was replaced by a scowl in the direction of the power level's disapearance.

"Nappa, if she comes back, KILL her. We can't have her interfering, especially not on their behalf." she was barely able to hear him mutter. She blinked in confusion.

What the heck is that creepy shrimp talking about over there? Who is "she"? And if "she" is supposodly someone THEY know, then why would "she" be helping US? she wondered.

"Yeah, yeah. Say, Vegeta, can't we have some fun with Kakarot's brats and the res of them until he gets here?" Vegeta smirked and glanced up at the other Saiyan.

"Fine. But leave the Namekian in one peice, Nappa. Somehow I feel that we can learn more about the Dragon Balls from him." he said coldly. The Z-Fighters tensed. The battle was about to begin.