Supergirl Z: The Growth and Maturation of a Superhero

Superspeeder

She was one of the last of her kind, he the last of a world long dead can these two work together to save what's left while growing as a superhero?

Supergirl/Dragon Ball Z Crossover Kara D./Supergirl/Future Trunks

Romance/ Drama(and humor as well)

Supergirl Z: The Growth and Maturation of a Superhero

Disclaimer: "This is East Kai Speaking on behalf of Superspeeder telling you that Superspeeder doesn't own Dragon Ball or Supergirl. They are the properties of their respective owners; if anyone dares say otherwise I'll make you run 1000 laps as punishment." Me: thanks for the review and critique WolfShadow96 hopefully this chapter is more or less even in terms of dialog/story. Sage: yes Trunks will transform into a ssj3 but not just for training purposes or the way that you think that he will. You will see what I mean in the next 4 chapters; Vegeta also will fight in West City but again not for reasons that you expect(I know I'm cruel but hey). Anyways keep the reviews coming its like pudding for Beerus: I NEED IT!

Chapter 4: All wired up-pt. 1

Two weeks after the battle with Reactron, Kara and Alex were chatting about the recent events involving Supergirl; apparently there was a bomb threat that involved media mogul Maxwell Lord and there was an alien who had gotten lose at the DEO. While Supergirl managed to diffuse the threat, she found out that Lord had a vested interest in Supergirl and was determined to find out her secrets. However, Lord was put on the backburner in light of their mother's Thanksgiving visit which is why Alex wasn't at the DEO this day. The reason for this was simple; Kara was an alien and therefore had no knowledge of Earth's customs or behaviors but since Alex was an Earthling, Eliza expected her to know better. Needless to say Alex was worried about her visit, and although Eliza seemed to welcome Kara's alien heritage being public, she quickly dropped it in light of Kara's most recent escape of the bomb threat. Alex was disgusted by her mother's deliberate favoritism of Kara and angrily stated "mom, not everyone knows about Kara's identity, Trunks Briefs the son of the world's richest woman doesn't." "That's another matter I would like to discuss, even though Kara should be interested in boys[1], I wouldn't want her to be involved with HIM" Eliza stated. Kara was confused but shook her head "as much as I would want to talk about Trunks, I have to get to work; Ms. Grant has me on a very important assignment. Frankly, I think she got some nerve having me work before Thanksgiving, but what can you do about it." Eliza wanted to lecture Alex on protecting her sister(and Kara's involvement with the mysterious Trunks) but she saw that now wasn't the time to tell them why he couldn't be trusted and decided to end the discussion for the time-being and Kara(as well as a worried Alex) left for work afterwards.

Meanwhile at Capsule Corporation, Trunks had returned from his time off with his family and was back training with his dad and Pan. Even though Trunks knew that the protection of the planet took the #1 in life, the Saiyan had to admit that his vacation was quite enjoyable. Trunks wouldn't forget how Bulla had forced Vegeta to go to a theme park and the mall to shop as payback for making her train on her birthday. He couldn't forget the appalled faces of the waiters as they served dinner to his family. From Fish to Duck and even Pork, it was all consumed by 3 very hungry saiyans. Still, the best part for Trunks was when the octopus (that his father encountered early on in their vacation) squirted ink all over the saiyan prince[1]. It was so priceless that Bulma took a picture of it and put it in the Z warriors photo album(although Bra had later shared the photograph on the Capsule Corps website). In any case, he was able to keep up with Supergirl's adventures with that bomb threat and even though he was tempted to intervene, Bulma advised him that there were some situations that she had to deal with on her own. Currently Trunks was training with Vegeta in the GR(gravity room) when Bulma called on the Vid-Cam. "TRUNKS COME OUT HERE RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A SITUATION" she screamed. Trunks was about to comply when his father decided to but in "THIS BETTER BE IMPORTANT WOMAN THE BRAT AND I WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTENSE TRAINING SESSION." "Don't start arguing with mom again, come on lets see what's wrong" Trunks replied. Vegeta grumbled but decided to comply with Bulma's demands; "all right woman what's the problem" he said. "Listen to this" Bulma said in an angry tone amplifying the volume of the satellite radio program.

"In recent news, Supergirl was seen defusing a bomb that would've destroyed a building. In my opinion, she is nothing more than a stuck up superhero that's out to manipulate public opinion. Here to comment on this is fighter and martial arts champion Hercule Satan" the DJ said. "THANK YOU VERY MUCH I AM THE WORLD CHAMP RARRGHHH!" he said in his usual boisterous tone. "Hercule rumor has it that she is working with the heir of Capsule Corps, your thoughts?" she said. "WELL IF YOU ASK ME SUPERGIRL AND THAT BOY ARE JUST TRICKSTERS. THEIR POWERS ARE NOTHING MORE THAN SPECIAL EFFECTS THAT ARE AMPLIFIED BY MIRRORS[2]" the champ said. The DJ agreed with Satan but she continued on anyway "I agree with you that both of them are frauds and cowards. However, there are also unsubstantiated rumors about the death of your daughter." Hercule's face was full of anger and rage "DO NOT TALK ABOUT MY DAUGHTER! I BROKE TIES WITH HER WHEN SHE AND THAT FREAK OF NATURE GOT TOGETHER AND HIGH SCHOOL. MY DAUGHTER DIED 6 YEARS AGO AND I REFUSE CONTACT WITH THE BOY AND HIS BASTARD CHILD; THIS INTERVIEW IS OVER!" The DJ was surprised by Satan's anger but since she hated Trunks as much as he did she decided not to ask any more questions "harsh words from a harsh man[3]" she said.

Trunks was filled with disgust and rage after hearing the rant of both the shock joke and Hercule Satan but his emotions were nothing in comparison to Vegeta and Bra(who had informed her mom about the broadcast) "I don't understand why on earth we tolerate that man. She's Pan's grandpa for crying out loud" Bra said. "We tolerate him because we didn't want the government to deem your father, brother, or Gohan a threat" Bulma replied. Vegeta however snorted "If you ask me the real reason we did that is because Gohan loved the coward's daughter and was devastated when she died shortly after giving birth to Pan. He also has a bad history with Satan because the fraud had wanted the girl marry the "king of the world"". "Still it doesn't make it fair; Pan has no connections to the only person who knew her mom" Bra said. "She does; it's just that she is bitter over what happened with her dad and Satan. If there was anything good that came out of it, his rejection of Pan was one of the reasons she asked me to train her personally" Trunks said remembering back when Pan had begged him to train her. It took some convincing from her father as well as Vegeta, but in the end, they thought it only fitting that the girl was trained by the hero of two worlds. "Still either way, I don't want Pan to find about what Satan or that trashy DJ said about either Supergirl or Gohan it will make her very upset." The 3 saiyans agreed however Bra was still very much angry over the whole situation. Along with Supergirl, Pan was one of the few female warriors that she was familiar with, and the fact that a fraud and a shock jock had trashed them left a bad taste in her mouth. She decided to 'cool off' by checking her blog's email while her mom turned off the radio and got back to work. 'I hope Supergirl will be ok wherever she's right now' Trunks thought as he and Vegeta went back to the GR for another round of training.

Kara/Supergirl had arrived to work to find that her boss was not there; "what's going on Winn? Why Ms. Grant isn't out here?" she asked. "Well she's in a meeting with that shock jock that constantly trashes you. Or rather he trashes Supergirl" he said. Kara shook her head; "it's something that I thought that I would've learned to tolerate by now" Kara muttered shaking her head. "You're going to have to tolerate her rants about you Kara, still I would like to know what they are saying" Winn commented voicing his desire to find out what was going on with the DJ and Cat Grant. "I'll take a listen" Kara said and focused her super-hearing on the office. "I've called you in here Leslie to talk about your views on Supergirl, you were completely out of line with calling her a coward" Kara heard Cat scold the DJ in a reprimanding tone. Leslie Willis(that was her name) was the most popular DJ in National City and took offense at Cat's words "so it's not like I'm saying something that isn't true; besides you hate Supergirl as much as me so who are you to say whether or not I'm out of line?" she questioned pointing out the beef the media mogul had with the female hero. Cat sighed "I don't hate Supergirl, I deem my relationship with her as one of my employees since I named her; as such I have the right to call her out. On the other hand, this is not the first time you have made disparaging comments. In the past you have ranted about my client's sexual preferences and her body[3]; comments that I don't agree with and on a personal note find rather insulting." "How dare you say that, I am exercising my freedom of speech about something that is wrong and you say that it's INSULTING?" Leslie screeched in retort "yes I do" Cat calmly said "if I can't go after Supergirl then I will go after the man who has worked with her" Leslie told her not giving up the issue. "You will do no such thing" Cat ordered "in case you aren't aware with this, his mother is the head of Capsule Corps and she and I made a business deal at Supergirl's party. We agreed that in exchange for her investing in Catco and selling her inventions, I was to keep Trunks personal life out of the headlines; I admire Bulma as a great feminist champion, and Supergirl as the daughter that I never had.

Leslie was really mad now; she had spent years working under Cat in a pseudo mother-daughter relationship and now she was turning on her. "Oh and another thing, I don't like you having a man who I consider a laughingstock as a guest trash-talking Supergirl and Trunks" Grant added. "Hercule is a great man and the current world champion; you're just saying that because you hate that he's a womanizer" Leslie answered angrily. "Its true that I don't like his womanizing ways- in fact when I interviewed him he flirted with me; of course I refused and ended the interview right there, but I've seen his fights he won the tournament because there were no real fighters. If you ask me, the real martial arts champion is Son Goku; I've seen him fight when I worked for the planet and unlike the current champion, he fights with honor and dignity" Cat said. Leslie growled angrily but before she could retort Cat told her "as of now, you are being demoted to traffic duty as the consequences, let this be a warning to you Leslie we're done here I have to get back to work" and immediately Leslie left but not before vowing that she would have revenge.

Kara was surprisingly proud of her boss's words about the strange relationship between Grant and her alter-ego. Still, she was very confused as to why her boss called her alter-ego her "adoptive daughter"(as she had a son that Kara had baby-sited during the whole 'bomb about to blow up city' threat she dealt with a week ago). She was even more confused over what Willis had said about Hercule Satan and her boss's retort about 'Son Goku' and decided to ask Wynn. "I've heard the conversion, and to make a long story short she has been demoted to traffic duty" she said. "That's good, at least now, she won't go after your sexuality or body" Winn joked. Kara had to chuckle despite the seriousness of the situation "still there are some things she and Grant said that have me confused and I was hoping you would clear them up?" "Sure ask away" Wynn replied; "well for one, Leslie was going on about Hercule Satan being a 'great man and champion'. "That's true, he is the current WMAT[4]" Wynn replied "however Grant said the only reason that he won was because the fighters were weak and that the real champion is a man by the name of 'Son Goku'" Kara replied. "I can fill you in on the man" a new voice replied; "oh hi Jimmy I didn't see you there." Kara said trying her best not to blush. Their relationship was still somewhat rocky in light of Lucy's revelation of being his ex-fiancé but they still maintained a good attitude. "Yes, I know of Son Goku, I've reported on him along with Lucy and Cat and she's right about his character" James told Kara. "I don't know Kara, from what I read, this guy did things that only you and Superman are capable of" Wunn said skeptically. "What do you mean Winn? You talk like if he's dead or something" Kara replied. "Actually, you're right about him being dead Kara" Jimmy replied; Kara's eyes widened with shock "how did he die?" she asked. "Heart Virus; this month is the 24th anniversary of his death. I still remember the faces of his lovely wife(who he married in that tournament) and his son who was no more than 6 or 7 at the time" Jimmy recalled grimly. "I'm sorry to hear about that but I don't understand how he could do things only me and Superman can?" Kara asked. "Well previous to his victory at the tournament there was an incident Lois reported on regarding a supposed 'demon king', then she reported that a military entity that called itself the 'Red Ribbon Army' was completely wiped out by him. However the most egregious events that I recall were reports of a Godzilla like Creature that terrorized Goku's fight with eventual champion Jackie Chung. It was the first tournament he ever fought in" Jimmy said recalling all the reports the Planet did regarding Goku's early adventures. Kara was shocked; "see I told you so; no human could transform into an Ape its not possible!" Winn exclaimed; "I don't know Winn I still don't see how this is related to Hercule or Trunks" Kara conveyed doubtfully since she figured that her and Clark were the only aliens on Earth. "Well I could find out more if you want but I can't because I'm having dinner with Lucy tonight" James reminded Kara before asking Winn "how are you celebrating Thanksgiving?" "I don't" he replied causing Kara to pit him; getting an idea she suggested "why don't you come to our thanksgiving meal? It will help diffuse the tension between my mom and Alex and you're presence will also stop her complaints about the lack of romance in my life" to Winn. He flushed a bright red and replied "sure I would love to" to Kara happy that she would suggest that as well as thinking that having dinner with her family could lead to something deeper between the two of them.

After finishing up her conversation and leaving work, Kara met up with Alex, and introduced Eliza to Winn(which led to an equally awkward/embarrassing moment between them). However, the dinner quickly turned into a disaster as Alex finally told Eliza what she truly did for a living(at Kara's earlier suggestion). As a result, Winn(who was about to tell them what he was grateful for) couldn't say anything as a frantic phone call from Jimmy interrupted and when Kara answered he told her to transform into Supergirl. This led to some confusion, but using her super-hearing Kara discovered that ex-DJ Leslie was reporting on traffic in the weather in the copter(at the behest of the cameraman). Lightning had struck the plane and it was going down; using her powers, Kara rescued the plane(although Leslie was surprised at her actions). However, what happened next was the real jolt(so to speak); lightning struck Supergirl and it went through her suit and hit Leslie which rendered her unconscious. Everything that happened next with seemed like a flash; a hysterical Cat had come to visit her unconscious employer in the hospital which led to a serious heart to heart with Kara. Kara told her that she 'accidentally' overheard the conversation with Leslie and asked her about her alter ego being akin to "her adoptive daughter". In a rare moment of emotion, Cat explained that the reason she thought of Supergirl as her adoptive daughter, was because of her strained relationship with her mom. Kara was shocked as she listened to Cat tell her how her mom had Great Expectations for her and she constantly missed the mark. Cat essentially raised herself by the bootstrap(so to speak), and that was the reason that she has to be tough with Supergirl(as well why she admired Bulma so much). Kara was touched by Cat's words and it made her think of her sister's relationship with their mom and silently vowed that she would repair it. Emotionally and physically exhausted Cat urged her to go home, which Kara did but then she remembered that she had sent an email to Bra. Curiously wondering if she responded, Kara decided to check her email, and found out that she did. HI KARA, WOW I DIDN'T THINK THAT YOU OF ALL PEOPLE WOULD EMAIL LITTLE OLD ME WITH YOUR RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS! RESPONDING TO YOU MAKES ME FEEL BETTER BUT I RATHER NOT TALK ABOUT ME. I AM HOWEVER INVITING YOU TO MEET AND HAVE THANKSGIVING WITH ME AND MY MOM AT CAPSULE CORPS! DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO GET HERE ARE ENCLOSED IN THE ATTACHED FILE. SEE YOU SOON

LOVE,

Bulla BRIEFS

P.S. TRUNKS GAVE ME SUPERGIRL'S AUTOGRAPH SO THAT'S ALL THE MORE REASON YOU SHOULD COME!

Kara had to scan the email several times to make sure it wasn't an automated email or some sort of joke(A/N: hey it happens in real life). Bulla had invited her over to meet Bulma; this meant that she would also interact with Trunks in a relaxed environment. She felt uneasy seeing Trunks again given what Satan had said about him being a trickster; still she felt like this was the best way to clear her doubts as well as answer questions regarding the mysterious Son Goku, his son and the mysterious girl that Satan had called a 'bastard child'. "Guess I'm going to Capsule Corps, I hope Leslie and Cat will be ok" she said in a soft tone and transforming into Supergirl, she used her X-Ray vision, her super-hearing, and the location Bulla had given to find Capsule Corps…..TBC