Chapter 4

Trunks and Kagome had finally reached the area where they felt the Z-gang's ki.

"Finally!" Kagome shouted, excited. The pair had been searching for a good hour and both were slightly exhausted. Trunks shook his head. You would think that after all we've been through that she wouldn't complain so much.

There was a large pit in the ground, a mangled mess of machinery in the middle. Everyone was either talking to each other or pacing around the hole, seemingly deep in thought. They all had worried and confused expressions on their faces.

Trunks shouted, "Hey!" taking all of them out of their conversations and own minds. Bulma was the first to recover from seeing them. "Get over here," she said, "and tell us if this is one of the androids. The Dr. Gero android said he was going to activate more only a couple of minutes ago!"

Kagome and Trunks rushed over to the crater in the ground and gently floated to the bottom, grimacing. Kagome got there first and started saying "No!" over and over and louder and louder. "Kags?" Trunks questioned, "What's wrong?" But his eyes widened as he got a good look at the destroyed android. It looked nothing like Numbers 17 and 18! Crap! He thought franticly, What'll we do, what'll we do? Kagome looked up slowly and said quietly to the rest of the Z-gang, "This is the wrong android! Dr. Gero must be going to activate the real ones!"

Vegeta looked slightly miffed. "Then tell us what the real ones look like so we don't mess up again!" Trunks looked at his father then glanced at everyone else, speaking firmly, "They are Androids 17 and 18. 17 is a boy with straight black hair about as long as mine. He has a black T-shirt and orange bandana he always wears. 18 is a pretty girl with blonde hair that is a little bit longer than Android 17's is. She is constantly changing her clothing, but she started out in a black shirt with a denim jacket. They both have blue eyes. The only difference from a normal human is their powers and nonexistent ki."

Krillin scoffed. "Thanks, kid. You just narrowed it down to about half the people in the country!"

Kagome straightened and said, "We've gotta hurry! If we can blow up Gero's lab before he gets there, we can win with no casualties! They are too strong to fight when they are activated."

Most of the group grunted in agreement, and were about to take off, when Vegeta spoke. "Bah! Cowards! Don't you want a good fight?" Kagome looked at the fun-sized Saiyan incredulously. "You have got to be kidding me. Didn't you hear us when we first came here? Every. Single. One of you dies fighting the androids, except for Gohan, who just managed to escape. And he got killed later anyway! And now you want to fight them? I've seen just as much death as you, Vegeta, and I sure as hell don't wanna see anymore."

She was panting after her shouted speech, but turned around, and was stomping toward anywhere she could get away from that infuriating man. Ugh! She thought as she took to the sky, That man is so awful. Has he no heart, or compassion for anyone?

Trunks quickly followed after her to calm her down. "…Kagome?" He asked cautiously, "Are you ok?" She looked at the lavender-haired boy, saying quickly, "No offense, but your father seems like a cold-hearted bastard."

Trunks felt a smile tugging on his lips as he heard this. Mother had always said Vegeta would never turn down a good fight, no matter what the consequences might be. "Relax, Kags," he said, "that's just Father being, well, Father."

"I-It's just…." Kagome trailed off, "I've seen too much death. I mean, You know my whole 'adventure'?" When Trunks nodded, she continued, "When my friends died trying to help us in our time, I couldn't stand it! I tried going Super, but I just couldn't! The only reason I can now is because that little boy reminded me so much of…" She started to cry here, "My little Shippou-chan."

"Shhhh…" Trunks said softly, holding her tightly in his arms, comforting her, "They're ok in this timeline, remember? You have to believe, that by doing this, we're creating a better tomorrow for you, and me, and everyone else we know, just somewhere else, ok?"

Kagome hiccuped and nodded, her tears slowly stopping. When she was done, the pair flew over towards the group once more and landed. Vegeta, being kind of bitchy today, walked over to Kagome and asked, "Girl! Can you fight?" She gave the Saiyan a cold look that said, Come at me if you want to see, bastard.

So he did.

He rushed the girl and she dodged multiple punches, left and right. She sent a couple his way, but he dodged too. Soon the fight escalated from kicks and punches to ki blasts, as well. Kagome used her Kamehameha, Vegeta used his Big Bang Cannon, but neither gave an inch. Both were bruised and battered by now, but were so proud they would never give up. Finally, Kagome was starting to exhaust. She, feeling the adrenaline rushing through her veins and slightly desperate to boot, turned Super Saiyan.

Vegeta was surprised for a moment, to say the least, and that moment of shock was enough to give Kagome the time to punch the Saiyan straight in the nose. He howled with rage and turned Super too, make their power levels about even, with Vegeta's being the larger. Trunks and everyone else looked up at the fighters, for they had started to float in the middle of the battle, in awe and slight surprise as well. Kagome is a Saiyan?

Trunks started shouting up, "STOP! Stop fighting! Don't waste your energy!" But it was no use. It would not end until: A. one gave up (which was never going to happen) or B. someone was knocked unconscious. Goku, sensing Trunks's desperation, IT'd and knocked both Kagome and Vegeta out from behind and slowly brought them back to Earth.

"Thanks, Goku," Trunks breathed, while taking Kagome from his arms and placing her softly on the ground, "You are the best." "Ah, no problem," Goku said with the Son grin and a hand behind his head. But what the seemingly dense man was thinking was, That girl sure looks a lot like this picture of Chi-Chi's mother I saw once…

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Kagome quickly woke up from her slumber, groaning. Ow, my head… She thought, What in the seven hells just happened? Then all of her fight with Vegeta, and any pains in her body, came rushing back. Damn monkey man! Kagome was seriously pissed off. And whenever she was angry, she cursed. A lot. Just a little habit she picked up from a certain inu hanyou.

"Kags!" someone said. Kagome opened her eyes to see Trunks, a worried look on his face. "Damn," she muttered, "Sure did a number on me…" Trunks's face broke out in a grin so large, it could have split his face in half. "Kagome!" He exclaimed, "You're ok!"

"Yes, I'm ok, Trunks," she said sarcastically. "I'm part Saiyan, remember? How's Prince of the Almighty Monkeys doing?"

"I heard that, brat."

"Good."

Before their fight could get too heated (again), Trunks tried to cut in. "Now, you guys, calm down…" The two didn't stop fighting until Trunks got so mad, he shouted, "SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN! NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR YOUR RIDICULOUS BANTERING ANYMORE!" As he said this, he looked a lot like Vegeta. He continued, "Now that there's no chance to beat Gero to his lab, let's just fly over to see the damage, ok?"

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A/N: This is the chapter that really get the plot going! I'll start changing the original more from here on out, and yes, I will describe Kagome's 'adventures'. Please review!

Disclaimer: I do not own DBZ or Inuyasha, but I own this story! :D