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/ Pan/Wynn
Romance/ Drama(and humor as well)
Supergirl Z: The Growth and Maturation of a Superhero
Disclaimer: "I AM THE DRAGON CALLED SHENRON HERE TO INFORM YOU READERS THAT I DID NOT GIVE SUPERSPEEDER THE RIGHTS TO SUPERGIRL OR DRAGON BALL WITH THE DRAGON BALLS! THEY BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS! HE ALSO TOLD ME TO INFORM YOU THAT MOST OF THE MATERIAL IN THE NEXT 2 CHAPTERS WILL COME FROM THE SUPERMAN COMICS, DRAGON BALL MINUS MANGA, AND THE MOVIES MAN OF STEEL AND BARDOCK: FATHER OF GOKU! I HAVE INFORMED YOU OF THE AUTHOR'S DISCLAIMER SO I WILL TAKE MY LEAVE; FAREWELL!"
Me: That depends Sage; if you're talking in the short run in terms of Kara/Trunks accepting their history/identity then your answer is yes. HOWEVER, if you're talking long run in terms of the Dragon Balls and Trunks Adventures (both pre and post Time Traveling but before he met Kara) the answer unfortunately is no. Trunks still has secrets that he's going to keep from Kara; secrets that will undermine their relationship in the 2nd half of season 1(in regards to both the villains they fight as well as in regards to a certain son of Cat Grant). Don't worry despite their secrecy and troubles I'm not going to break up Kara/Trunks! Besides a guy has to keep a few secrets hidden especially since 2 of them(dragon balls and time travel) are so dangerous and Kara might want to use both of them to change the events of history.
Last time on Supergirl Z, Vegeta began telling the saiyans and Bulma about how Goku originally got to Earth in the first place which included the story of Goku's mother Gine! However there was more to his story as he said that Bardock got the idea to send Goku from Allura and Jor-El! What secrets will Vegeta reveal about the kryptonians? How does the 'blue kryptonian' and 'yellow' kryptonian have anything to do with it and will Trunks reconcile with Kara as a result of learning her heritage? Find out RIGHT NOW ON SUPERGIRL Z!
Chapter 13 Vegeta's Tale: SUPERGIRL MINUS?!(pt.2)
Everyone was waiting with baited breath on what Vegeta had to say about Kara's kryptonian heritage and what roles he and Bardock played in it. "This all happened the year before Kakarot was born, and after the Green Martians went extinct I was 3" Vegeta said; "wait a minute, wasn't Goku and that creepy saiyan Broly who Trunks fought in the past born on the same day?" Bulma asked. "Yes although Kakarot wasn't 'born' in as much as he was in 'development'; all saiyan babies are put inside incubators for a period of time in order to acclimate to our home world's higher gravity[5]" Vegeta explained to Bulma. "So how long was grandpa in there?" Pan asked the prince; "from what Raditz kept blabbering he was in there for 3 years developing but Kakarot's development isn't as important as to how his father came to the decision to send him to Earth. "So tell us" Bulma, Gohan, and Bra pleaded and with that distant look in his eyes that signified Vegeta looking into the past, Vegeta began his tale.
"It was in your common age 734 to early 735 Nappa, Raditz and I had returning from conquering another planet; Raditz was going about on how excited he was to be a big brother to me" Vegeta started saying to which Trunks replied "as any brother would" looking lovingly towards Bulla. Vegeta smirked and continued: "Of course Raditz also told us that Bardock started to act strangely particularly he was beginning to have nightmares". "Did Gine ever hear him experience these nightmares" Pan asked well acquainted with that subject thanks to the androids; "no Gine was a sound sleeper through and through but that's minor" Vegeta replied to Pan and continued "Frieza was beginning to get wary of our power in particular because of Bardock and his crew so 2 years later, he ordered Dodoria to be rid of them. Of course I didn't learn that until I 'confronted' him on Planet Namek". "So Dodoria was responsible for the death of Bardock's crew?" Gohan asked with a shudder. "Yes" Vegeta replied to Gohan and continued "Frieza had another mission for us to..accomplish;" "the mission to Planet Krypton" Bulma said in horrific realization. "Correct woman but he wanted the strongest saiyans to go so he wanted me and Nappa to go but Frieza also was intrigued by Bardock's potential as a fighter so he wanted him to go with us" Vegeta said. "Wait, so what happened to Raditz" Pan asked; "he was a baby at the time of this mission but when he did start he always tried to elevate himself to an elite even though he was a low-class" Vegeta replied.
"So what exactly did Frieza tell you; was it anything about Astra father" Trunks asked cutting to the chase about how Alura and Astra knew about the saiyans. "When he called us in" Vegeta began, "he said: "ah Prince Vegeta and General Nappa I'm so glad you're here. "It's an honor to serve the great emperor Frieza, what is your command" said a much younger prince Vegeta sarcastically. "Careful prince" the tyrant replied "I don't want to reprimand you again otherwise your father will die!" The younger prince gritted his teeth as a younger Nappa said "I apologize for the conduct of the prince sire; what is your mission for us? "Well monkeys" Frieza replied; "it has come to my attention that 2 Kryptonian warriors named Astra and General Zod had rebelled against the council; naturally I find this suspicious and alarming so I want to know why they did what they did. "Kryptonians" the young prince questioned "how are Kryptonians a threat to you my lord?" At this point Vegeta stopped and Bulma asked "well what did he say how were the Kryptonians a threat?" Vegeta growled and said "you're not going to like this woman it's an insult to my pride as the Prince of Saiyans" as he continued by saying "well my young prince" Frieza said "as you know Kryptonians were like you are with me exploring most of the known planets and galaxies". "THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO" the younger Nappa roared "they haven't done that since that freak of nature known as the Eradicator attacked their planet and decimated their core which shortened the life span of their planet significantly and caused them to isolate themselves".
"Wait" said Pan confused "what the heck is the Eradicator Vegeta?" "The eradicator" Vegeta said darkly, "was a containment device in which to preserve culture; naturally this being -such as it were- was hell bend on preserving Kryptonian culture through whatever means necessary". "What means did it do; did it invent scouters or rule like Frieza" Gohan asked curiously; "well from what Frieza heard and what we saiyans learned" Vegeta said in a grave voice "the eradicator altered Kryptonian DNA by encoding in them a genetic defect so that they will instantly perish if they ever left their world. It even blew up a Kryptonian city called Argo to nothing but lead that's how much devastation it reeked.[6]" "I thought Sayians were sick under Frieza but that's just disgusting" Gohan said quite appalled; "oh and that's only the beginning brat" Vegeta said shocking everyone "Kryptonians added to the Eradicator's efforts by selecting compatible genetic material that would then be placed within an artificial womb called a "birthing matrix". In the Krypton that emerged, Kryptonians engineered newborns for pre-determined roles in society"."That society sounds totally screwed up if you ask me" Bulma said disgusted even though she had become fond of Kara due to her relationship to Trunks. "Mom, Kara's not like that" Trunks said pleading for the kryptonian, "she was send to Earth to escape what was happening". "Wait a minute" Gohan said you said that Superman-I mean Kal-El and Kara were the first naturally born Kryptonian in centuries isn't that contrary to what their history was?" "Of course" Vegeta replied easily "both fathers saw the flaws in the Eradicators alterations in Kryptonian DNA and the problems with his own people's design on Kryptonian babies and was convinced that the only way to get around both of them to save their race was to have Kal-El naturally like a human. Of course it wasn't easy; we found that out and that plan inspired Bardock to steal an attack pod to save his son[7]."
"Dad, Astra mentioned something about the yellow and blue Kryptonians that Frieza was worried about; did Frieza have anything to say about what that was?" Trunks asked. "Of course" the prince sneered but not before he told us: "I'm well aware of that detail monkey, if Krypton wasn't on the verge of destruction I would've ordered you and Nappa to wipe them out. However, I am sending you, Nappa and Bardock to investigate the rebellion; at the same I also want to know about 2 of their legends namely "yellow" Kryptonian and "Blue" Kryptonian." "Bardock" Nappa replied shocked; "why not Raditz he has a pretty decent power level for a baby!" "Yes I know that General, but Bardock has more experience and commands a formidable force of his own am I right Vegeta?" The younger prince nodded his head shamefully and Frieza said "you are to return in a month by that time I will have another mission for you and Nappa to undertake; when Raditz is old enough he will be on your squad but you are to inform the king about your mission's progress understood?"
"Of course we followed orders, but letting Bardock come with us on our mission was the beginning of Frieza's downfalls" Vegeta opined to the saiyans gathered in the room. "So, what exactly happened on that mission that makes you so worried about Kara's relationship with Trunks Daddy, and did Mr. Bardock and Ms. Alura get along?" Bra asked curious to find out what was going to happen next. "It took some time to get there about a week by space travel, but when we got there the planet was desolate and bare" Vegeta said once again reminiscing: "Look my prince there's nothing here, just wasteland" Nappa said; "don't be so sure General" Bardock said a bit warily "looks can be deceiving". "Your knowledge of the battlefield is quite impressive I can see why Frieza decided that you would come with us on this mission" the young prince complimented. "Of course" Bardock said accepting the complement paid to him "I may not be a commander but I do lead a pretty impressive team. Still I'm glad my wife and my sons(one unborn) are not here to see this."
"OH" Nappa exclaimed "I didn't think you had it in you to be faithful to one woman never mind sire 2 sons"."I used to have your mindset General, but Gine has really changed me..I guess you can say I caught her softness disease." "Bardock" Vegeta said sternly "your son Raditz has good potential but I'm curious to know about your second son." "Heh guess Raditz gets his rashness from me my prince" Bardock replied sheepishly scratching his head in the way Goku often did; "my second son is yet to be born but I have this gut feeling he's going to be an interesting case" "How so?" the prince asked "well he was conceived as a result of Gine 'requesting' me to go gentle when we had sex"."A Saiyan never goes gentle on his wife during sex Bardock; your son be a low class when he is born and my guess is that his power will be lower than your weak-minded wife" Vegeta said dismissively; "he will have my blood and we'll put him in the incubator to increase his power as is custom my prince" Bardock said hoping that Vegeta would not look down upon his son.
"So let me get this straight" Pan said "you guys spend all that time questioning about Grandpa's potential?" "It was small talk Pan and at the time I wasn't aware of the mission to Kannasan, it was true that we had a mission to complete but I was focusing on immortality!" "Figures" Bulma said knowing that from when they first met on Namek all those years ago but added "but you changed you stopped obsessing over that to start a family and defend the planet the 'low class warrior' as you called Goku loved." "So how did you find out about Kara, did you detect them on your scouters?"Gohan asked; "no they found us; a bunch of Kryptonian warriors jumped out of nowhere and asked us "Who are you and where do you come from?" The young prince responded in a haughty tone "Vegeta Prince of Saiyans we have traveled far to investigate your planet"" if you refuse to corporate" Nappa added "we'll destroy this planet!" "NAPPA" the prince roared "don't disobey orders!" The Kryptonians whispered something the saiyans couldn't hear and said "follow us if you want to live" to which Bardock wisely replied "we should follow them"
"Where did they take you?" Bulma asked fearfully; "at first I thought we were being taken to their council" Vegeta replied; "but we were taken into the house of El for questioning". "The house of El what's that" Trunks asked; "The House of El" Vegeta responded "was one of the ruling families on Planet Krypton that extended back thousands of years; it is said that one of the earliest members of the house of El was able to freeze the reactor put in Krypton's core by the Eradicator which allowed Krypton to survive. Unfortunately the efforts only stalled the eventual destruction as we soon learned for ourselves. "House of El- these people called saiyans want to investigate our planet". Immediately a tall man with a beard(A/N think Russell Crowe as Jor-El not Marlon Brando as much as his performance of the character was pretty iconic) accompanied by a woman with a blue dress.
"Wait a blue dress, that's what ALURA's AI had as its design!" Trunks said remembering Kara's emotional confrontation of her mother. "So the woman was Kara's mother Vegeta?" Bulma asked just to be certain; "yes she was the girl's mother in fact the girl was with her but was soon sent away to her room when they recognized who we were; that's how I recognized Kara's face when the brat brought her for that human holiday!" "Wait the child version of Kara must've looked different then she does now as Supergirl how can you be certain that it's the same person?"Trunks asked. "All members of the house of El have that blasted S to signify they belonged to that house; the Kryptonian had the S on her's even though it was all white signifying she was one of the members of its house. In any case llura said "we heard about you saiyans being the beasts of death but we didn't think that a tyrant like Frieza would send you here to investigate in our affairs". "Listen you ex-planetary explorers" Nappa sneered "the reasons we are here is to investigate the 2 revolts of Astra and Zod" "You forget General" Bardock added "we also want to know about the legends of the blue and yellow Kryptonian" but no sooner than he said those words Alura's mouth dropped in shock. She snarled "at least we knew that such things existed; what do you have other than your Oozaru form? One legend that hasn't been achieved in 1000 years and another that's just an old wives fable!" "DO NOT QUESTION OUR LEGENDS!" the young prince roared "I'll have you know that I myself don't believe in the legend of the so called 'Super-Saiyan God' but I will be the first to achieve the legendary Super-Saiyan. It's my destiny and only then will I be great! I will use this power to rule the universe and kill Frieza then I'll achieve immortality using the dragon balls!"
"So wait" Trunks said; "YOU don't believe in the legend of the 'Super-Saiyan God' but that can't be if both Astra and Alura said that one happened". However Pan was confused and asked "what's this about a Super-Saiyan God, I know about regular Super-Saiyan and Super-Saiyan 2 but Super-Saiyan God?" Vegeta snorted in response "the Super-Saiyan god was something that wasn't talked about on our home world because it happened so long ago. If you want my opinion, its good riddance because the legend is contrary to everything we are as saiyan warriors!" "What do you mean by that" Pan asked angrily; "look" Vegeta replied a bit worn out by the topic "all I'm saying is that we Saiyans had to swallow our pride and as Kakarot would say "work together" and that's contrary to everything we are; true saiyans fight alone![8]" "I must admit that Vegeta has a point" Gohan said to everyone's shock "the greatest aspect of a saiyan is pride in itself as a warrior and achieving power through your own merits; if dad had to do something like that, he would hate himself for it because he did not achieve that type power on his own".[9] "When you put it like that Gohan I guess Vegeta is right" Bulma admitted knowing the way Goku lived his life; he marched to the beat of his own drum. "So Alura knew about the legendary Super-Saiyan, but did she know about the dragon-balls?" Pan asked after Bulma's brief argument with Vegeta.
"Yes Pan when I mentioned the dragon balls she said "the dragon balls are something that you don't want to mess with prince! We heard that if you overuse them, they would accumulate evil energy inside of them, and who what'll happen then!" The younger prince snorted and said "I only need 1 wish Kryptonian and no more than 1"; "so wait a minute" Bulla interrupted "if they knew about the dragon balls, then how did Superman come into the picture Daddy?" she asked. "Well" Vegeta responded "it was Jor-El who alerted us to his existence by saying "Well it's a good thing that the planet I am sending my newborn son to which Alura's daughter will protect him doesn't have Dragon Balls"."But Vegeta" Bulma said, "Earth did have Dragon Balls albeit under a different guardian" she stated referring to the time Kami was guardian. "I know that" Vegeta said "but they didn't know that 2 Namekians were on Earth with one of them creating the Dragon Balls; they just assumed as we saiyans did that they all died out". "That makes sense" said Gohan "knowing that when you met Piccolo was the first time you had seen a Namekian" recalling when Vegeta first landed on Earth(albeit he didn't mention to Bulla that her father's general then killed the said Namekian).
"In any case" Vegeta continued, "Bardock's interest was sparked by Jor-El's comment and he asked "what planet are you sending your son to?" Jor-El replied "my son is in the other room with my niece, we will send both of them away before this planet is destroyed". NAPPA roared 'THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE! WE HEARD THAT KRYPTONIANS PRE-PROGRAMMED THEIR BABIES AND EVEN IF THAT WAS THE CASE YOUR ATMOSPHERE WILL KILL IT!" "That may be true General of most kryptonians " Jor-El replied calmly "but not for me and certainly not my son! He is the first naturally born Kryptonian in centuries; Krypton is dying and no one will listen so the only way to save us now is to send my son and my niece away." "Aren't you worried that your atmosphere will kill your niece" the younger prince inquired; "no" Alura replied "that's why we're sending them off at the same time"."That doesn't answer my question to where are you sending him to" Bardock replied impatiently; "we are sending him to Earth" Jor-El replied "the young star will give him his strength, it's a seemingly intelligent population but its location is so remote no one will think twice of 2 aliens inhibiting it." "Why? Aren't you worried that they will be treated as outcasts or freaks by the population the way we saiyans are treated by Frieza? And what about Zod and Astra will they target them?" Bardock asked. "No" Jor-El replied; "both of them will never dare to look on a planet that -although it does have abundant resources for my son and niece to survive-is considered to be weak by other races. It's important that they never obtain the codex; it's important for the survival of my son on Earth.[10]"
"Wait a minute; I remember you saying something about the codex in terms of my son and Kara having a child so what's this about a codex?" Bulma asked; she knew about what Vegeta was thinking thanks to the bond between the two of them. Vegeta winced and replied "damn woman you weren't supposed to hear that"; Gohan chuckled (as he was well aware of the power of a saiyan bond) and asked "so what's this about a codex?" "The codex" Vegeta replied "was the device the Kryptonians use to pre-plan their children-like I said they had no such thing as natural birth- it works by translating a child's genetic attributes before his or her birth"."So if that was the case what was Kara's programming?" Trunks asked a bit scared on what his father would reply; "according to Alura it was "protector, my daughter's mission is to protect Kal-El while his powers develop on Earth; it's a good program and that will ensure her survival" Vegeta replied."So that's the why Kara feels the need to protect National City-it was in her programming since birth!" Pan said feeling a strong amount of empathy for the girl of still. "Actually when I asked her about her it, Kara told me that before Supergirl appeared, she had no purpose and was at a loss what to do with her life" Trunks revealed remembering the conversation he had with Kara during the time she was depowered.
"I'm not surprised" Vegeta said "after all her mission was to protect Kal-El and when she came to this planet, he had already grown up to become Superman". "WAIT A MINUTE WHAT?! KARA DIDN'T GET TO EARTH RIGHT AWAY BUT HOW?! THEY WOULD'VE LEFT AT THE SAME TIME!" Bulma screamed. "I'll get to that woman because it involves another incident while the boy was off training Pan in the HTC" Vegeta replied trying to hold his ears. "I'm lost" Pan said "I don't know how this is related to Grandpa coming to Earth. "Well, Pan, I believe it had to do with Bardock requesting Alura to take us to see the first naturally born Kryptonian in centuries. When he saw Lara(Jor-El's wife) and the infant Kal-El he blacked out!" "Could it be the result of his psychic powers kicking in?" Gohan asked to which Vegeta said "maybe it's possible that he was having a premonition this early on, but like I said I'm not a mind reader so I couldn't tell what was going on in his head." Vegeta unbecomingly hit the nail on the head; Bardock did have a vision which went something like this.
PREMONITION (BARDOCK'S POV)
What where am I(see's Planet Vegeta and Krypton blowing up). No! 2 planets blowing up one looks like Krypton the other like Planet Vegeta! He had no time to think on his home world for in another instant he saw Planet Krypton blowing up internally becoming nothing but the deadly Kryptonite that was to plague Superman and Supergirl for the rest of their days. A voice behind him called "Bardock!" one filled with hatred.
Suddenly Lara's baby was alongside of his unborn son and the voice spoke again asking "how does it feel, Bardock? You'll how we felt months before you and those other saiyans invaded our planet and wiped out all of my kind! Rest easy Bardock, I have given you this gift for a reason. The boys before you are the key to both your kind and his kind's redemption. They will be the ones that will show the universe what a true Saiyan and Kryptonian warrior should truly be". My eyes widened in shock, I was about to ask what he meant when I was transported to another planet, one that I haven't seen before. The sky, the waters in the lake, and oceans were green and the grass was blue. It also had three suns in the sky.
"Bardock!" another man called, but this man's voice was different than the angry Kannasan voice that spoke to him. I turned around and I saw the mirror image of a man wearing an oddly colored orange Gi with a strange symbol, blue pants, and heavy boots. "You know who I am don't you Bardock?" the voice asked; "yes, you're my son!" I exclaimed. Turning around he said "it's not too late father, to be different than him. [11]You still have time to be a true saiyan!" "What are you talking about? What happened to you?"I asked with wide eyes. "I'm a saiyan that was raised on Planet Earth and I learned how to be a true Saiyan warrior! Don't die a pride-less warrior; don't die as his puppet. No matter the odds, fight until your last breath, like a true saiyan. Stop bowing to others!" Kakarot said firmly before he disappeared.
Suddenly I wasn't on that planet, but rather another Planet with a yellow sun and blue waters..Earth that's what Jor-El called it! Earth; suddenly another man with a red cape and an S on his chest stood before me and said "out there among the stars, your son as well as I will have traveled far across the universe. But you and my father will never leave us even in the face of death. The richness of your life shall be with your son as Jor-El's richness is mine. He will make your strength his own; see his life through your eyes. The son becomes the father; the father becomes the son"[12] the man said reciting the speech his own father gave to him all those years ago when he discovered his alien heritage.
"You" I replied, "You're Kal-El!" I said to him shocked, "yes, like your son, I am a Kryptonian raised on planet Earth, and like him, I also learned what it meant to be a true Kryptonian" he said before also disappearing like his son. Suddenly, both my unborn son and Kal-El's life flashed before my eyes; I saw everything: both of them coming to Earth and being raised by humans, Kal-El being tormented…..no not the Great Ape! You can't control it my son! Damn it I have to warn him not to look at the full moon when he's born! I see him meeting a blue haired woman, and Kal-El saving a red head woman. Yes my son, I see that you are growing up to be a fine warrior despite your mother's status as a reject..unbelievable! Fighting the prince of saiyans Vegeta to a draw! What's this..My son..Has a son of his own! I didn't think it was possible that saiyans could reproduce with these low level humans..I'll probably never get to meet or hold you my grandson. I see Kal-El defeat General Zod for threatening Earth..What's this I see something else! Yes it's my son and he's fighting Frieza! [13]END OF VISION
'Heh I understand now, my son will be the one to avenge our race, and Kal-El will be the one to avenge his race. I'm sorry Gine, but I can never repeat what I'm seeing right now or what I learned from this mission to you, it'll break your heart if you found out that we may not live for much longer. I will however, provide a way for escape for our son; if he is going to be the one to avenge us, then I have to send him away like Jor-El and Alura are sending their children away. I must be careful though; Frieza's getting suspicious of our powers and will likely know of my plans through the scouters. When the time is right I'll sneak off to steal an attack pod to get my unborn son off Planet Vegeta. He was raised on Earth so that's where I have to send him, but of course I won't say that to Gine. Instead I'll tell her that it's a place not well known which will keep him safe from Frieza. I'm making a vow now to do whatever it takes to save my unborn son's life, and I'll die if I don't fulfill my promise' Bardock thought snapping out of his trance.
The younger Vegeta and Nappa didn't know Bardock was having a vision and said "even if you do send your children off, Frieza will know about it!" Nappa said. "NO!" Bardock exclaimed shocking the General, "don't repeat any of this to Frieza"! "But Bardock" Nappa protested "If Frieza isn't inform then these Kryptonians will get a chance to live and get stronger"; "I agree with Bardock" Vegeta stated; "this planet is pretty much a goner and chances are that neither Alura's daughter or Jor-El's son will live" "But Vegeta, aren't you worried that these 'yellow' and 'blue' kryptonians will be a threat to us?" Nappa pleaded trying to make the usually intelligent prince see reason. "I'm not worried Nappa, after all after I become a Super-Saiyan, achieve immortality with the dragon balls, and claim Saiyan glory none of this will matter" Vegeta said dismissively.
Back in the present, everyone had mixed reactions to Vegeta's story however he continued by saying, "I didn't know back then how right Nappa was, it's a decision that still puzzles me to this very day.""Vegeta, if you reported this to Frieza and he killed them, then Trunks wouldn't have met Kara and they wouldn't have fallen in love" Bulma said reflectively thinking on everything Vegeta had said. "Even so, Bulma" Gohan stated, "Vegeta still hasn't revealed why he kept it in for so long and what he meant when he stated that 'when Kara got to Earth, Kal-El was already Superman" "Yea, that still confuses me" Trunks added to which Pan and Bulla begged Vegeta to tell them what happened "please Daddy/Vegeta, we have to know what happened next."
"All right, keep your shirts on" Vegeta said with a glare "I'll tell you what happened. For 33 years, I thought the Kryptonians were extinct, then that message came on and I knew I was wrong!"[14] "Shouldn't it have been longer?" Gohan asked meaning the time that Vegeta had been dead it was much longer than 33 years(however he didn't want to upset Bulla further). "Yes I realize that brat, I meant the 33 years I spend here and in that other place, and I thought the Kryptonians were dead." "So Zod's message made you realizes they weren't extinct?" Trunks asked his dad, "yes, once that happened I realized that we were in danger once again after you killed the androids and Cell which is why I ordered your mother to keep you on Planet Namek until the threat died down. I also told Gohan and Piccolo not to intervene, as everyone knew that they were already dead thanks to the androids" Vegeta replied. "In light of what we learned that was the correct call Vegeta, although I disagreed with your judgment at the time" Gohan stated indirectly apologizing for disagreeing with Vegeta when he found out that Earth was under attack.
"Still" said Pan, "I would like to know why Kara wasn't a part of that battle or why you or anyone else couldn't sense her energy." "That's where the woman comes in" said Vegeta explaining and seeing Bulma's eyebrows rose he asked "do you remember that incident during one of your stargazing sessions how you said you saw some sort of object falling from the sky?" "Yes, I remember, I also asked you at the time what that meant" Bulma said to Vegeta remembering the incident clearly. "Well I looked into it and I found that Astra was in there, but then looking more closely I saw the marks of a space pod. Naturally, I was intrigued and using your DNA device, I found out that it was none other than Kara's pod that was trapped in that fort"! "Wait a minute" Trunks exclaimed in shock "you're not implying that Kara was a part of Fort Rozz that Astra said she was imprisoned in by Alura?!" "It's possible brat, unless you forget about your fight with Broly during your time traveling adventures" Vegeta stated; Trunks gulped in as he remembered that terrible battle. "So you're saying that Kara's ship shielded itself from the explosion?" Bulma asked also remembering Broly from Trunks' story; "no woman" Vegeta replied; "my theory is that Kara's ship was knocked off course for Earth into another realm that I believe Jor-El called the 'Phantom Zone".
Everyone's eyes bulged and Pan asked "do you know how long she was imprisoned for?" "Hard to say" Vegeta replied "but from what the boy told me, Kara is 24 years old now, and Kal-El has been known to the world as Superman for quite some time". Bulma laughed and asked "I wonder who gave him that name considering he was kryptonian royalty back on his world". "I believe the woman he rescued Lois Lane gave him that name" Vegeta said; "wait Lois Lane? That's Lucy's sister I should know I met the bastard before Trunks ran off to confront Astra" Pan growled angrily. "Yea let's just say she doesn't exactly know how to make good impressions" Gohan agreed sheepishly scratching his head. "I hear you Gohan" Trunks said laughing for the first time since Vegeta had called the meeting; for the first time, he could be open about Kara's friends and heritage, there were no more secrets now that he had learned the truth.
Bulla picked up on this and asked mischievously "so big brother what are you going to do now that you know Kara's back-story?" Trunks thought for a while then smiled as he said "it's nice that I know her history, but it won't change the way I see her. She's incredible and knowing her history just means that we have a lot more in common." "I think I get what you mean Trunks" Gohan added contemplatively "you're saying that Kara's back-story reminds you of your own in regards to the androids and not knowing if you belong. Pan told me that Kara asked Cat Grant if she could go back in time to change history would she and I think that also speaks to you" he said remembering the few words he did get in his conversation with Trunks. "What about you Vegeta? Do you approve of Trunks pursuing Kara romantically now that he knows the truth?" Bulma asked nervously. "Look" Vegeta said with a sigh "I've always talked about the Saiyan race how we're the last of a mighty people. Well it's time to accept that we're starting a new race one that can be just as strong, just as proud! But not if we're caught up in so much of our old birthrights to see what we have right in front of us! We've lost our old race Bulma, let's not lose this one too[15]. My daughter and Pan are the fruits of a new age in saiyan history, and I think it's about time that I see Kara as being part of it as well. An age that will unite the kryptonians and saiyans together, and if that entails me swallowing my pride, and allow her to be with my son then so be it!"
Trunks was shocked that his father had given his approval of him 'dating' Supergirl but still even with Vegeta's approval Trunks couldn't shake the angry(and hurt) look Kara gave him when she told him that he had been keeping secrets from her. He reflected his worry by stating "I'm not sure if Kara will ever forgive me for hiding my heritage from her" to which Pan stated: "Look Trunks I heard what Kara said to Cat during the whole email scandal which I think needs to be repeated. Try! All you can do is try! The duty falls to Kara if she wants to forgive you or not." "That won't be necessary" Vegeta interrupted with Gohan questioning "what do you mean it won't be necessary Vegeta"? "The boy has been forming a bond with the girl which has been gaining strength, the power of the bond will allow them to reconcile with each other as well as to weather the storms to come, and believe me with our luck and Kara being on Earth, there will be plenty of them" Vegeta stated. "How can you tell that what I've been feeling is not just physical dad?" Trunks asked to which the prince smirked; "you may have been raised by the woman and Gohan but believe me there's no denying it. I can sense it thanks to my bond with the woman and the way you cared for her when she lost her powers is all the proof I need; a hybrid has formed a bond with a Kryptonian" he stated. Bulma likewise smirked at Vegeta's statement and said "see why do you just admit the truth Trunks? Even your father admits that you two were met to be together; it's destiny! Don't deny your destiny because of fear; you have to face it!"
'Mom and Dad are right' Trunks thought to himself; 'Kara is the most special woman in the world and now that I know she's Supergirl it makes me love her even more! I shouldn't be afraid just because my mentor had a tragic relationship with Videl and believe me, I don't intend on dying again anytime soon.' "I'll do it mom; I'll tell Kara how I feel, but under 2 conditions" he said turning serious for a moment. "What are the conditions?" Bulla and Bulma asked; "first, I'll arrange that meeting with J'ohn J'ohnz that you wanted mom"; "GREAT" Bulma said excited that she would get to study another alien species but before she continued Trunks held up his hand. "That's only the first condition mom, there's a second one as well" he said sternly; "what is it Trunks?" Gohan asked.
"I'll tell her that I'm a saiyan and how I was born" Trunks started, "but there's no way I'm going to tell her about the Dragon Balls, or the fact that I traveled back in time and the adventures I had there" he said sternly. "Why not?" Bulla asked to which her brother sighed "it'll be too much for her to handle besides the Dragon Balls and time traveling are things that nobody should know about except us. What if Astra found out that the Dragon Balls actually do exist on this planet, and that we used the time machine to change history?" Pan knew what Trunks meant; "yea Bulla if anything it'll make things more dangerous than they already are, Dende knows we don't need more enemies that'll endanger our safety or worse, another Time Traveler" she said with a shudder. Bulla was sad that Trunks couldn't be totally honest with Kara, but if it was for their own protection then she could live with Trunks not being 100% with the Kryptonian.
"If we're done here, I like to go back to training" Vegeta announced to which Bulma exclaimed "you big lug! You're son is asking for advice on romance and all you want to do is TRAIN?!" "Look woman, all I did was informing him and all of you on the girl's history, I don't want to give him advice on whatever notions of romance you humans propagate" he gritted feeling more like his old self. "That's Vegeta for you, guess some things never change" Gohan joked as Vegeta walked off to the GR, "it's been good getting to know about Kara's history but I think it's time for me to go as well Bulma" he announced. Bulma was going to ask him to stay and see what was going to happen, but Gohan gave her a look that said 'It's better off if Trunks does this on his own without any help'. Thankfully, Bulma got to memo(so to speak), and told Bulla "come on Bra, I'm going to wait in another room until Henshaw/J'ohn comes here, meanwhile its way past your bedtime. "AWWW do I have to go to bed?" Bra pleaded wanted to see the 'romantic sparks' between Kara and Trunks; "no Bra you were a part of a very important meeting and it's time that you go to sleep" Bulma admonished. Bulla grumbled that she won't get to see any 'kissy-kissy' between Trunks and Kara but decided to follow her mom's orders. That wasn't to say that she wasn't going to stay in bed(after all she was the daughter of Vegeta so she naturally had a prankster streak in her!)
In any case Pan and Trunks were left alone(as Gohan allowed her to stay the night at Capsule Corps). Pan looked at Trunks and asked "well Trunks what are you waiting for go get her!" Trunks snapped out of his love trance and said "I will Pan, in that moment you reminded me of your mother. It's scary to think how much of her is inside of you." Pan shyly smiled in response and asked "do you think it's possible that my mom is watching over me?" And do you think it's possible that you will have a family of your own someday?" Trunks thought contemplatively and responded "yes Pan your mother is watching over you along with your grandmother Chi-Chi; in fact I wouldn't be surprised if your grandfather is also taking a look at his granddaughter and I know that he's proud of you. As to whether I'll have a family with Kara I don't know; Dad said to me that Kryptonian and Human DNA are incompatible and I'm part human. Then again I'm also part Saiyan and they can adapt to any physiology alien or otherwise. I guess it's possible that I will have a child but only after we deal with Astra; remember she's still a threat to Kara."
"If you ever do have a child with Kara, will you make me a promise?" Pan asked glad that her mom was watching over her but wanted to ask something else; "sure Pan what is it?" Trunks responded. "Well…you know that thanks to Bulma's device that I can't have children, so I was wondering (if you do have a baby with Kara) if I could be the child's godmother?" she asked. Trunks was astonished that Pan would ask that question(especially since he still wasn't sure if Kara wanted to be with him in the first place or if she could bear him children) but answered "of course Pan, if I do have a child with Kara it would be my honor that you would be his or her godmother. I'm sure that (providing that we are together and are married) Kara would also want you to be my child's godmother, you and her have a lot in common after all." "I know" Pan said glad that Trunks agreed to her being godmother to a baby, "we have such similar backgrounds it's scary" she joked. "Yea you guys do" Trunks said with a smile and then said "alright Pan, I have to go; Kara is still angry over everything and I want to make things right". With that he took off into the night sky to face his fears, and tell the kryptonian woman he had grown fond of that he loved her…END CHAPTER
Outtro: Hi it's me Kara and next time on Dragon Girl Z, Trunks is knocking down on my door wanting to speak to me! I guess it's only fair after all I did run out on Trunks before he had a chance to explain himself…WHAT?! YOU ARE ONLY PART SAIYAN?!... YOU LOVE ME?! A saiyan like you loves a kryptonian like me? And what about Astra? I have a feeling that her plans are more nefarious than I thought of what should I do…Think Kara! Next Time: A New Era begins; Trunks admits his feelings! You don't want to miss it!
Me: AANDD THAT'S A WRAP ON SUPERGIRL MINUS! I hope you liked it, it took me a while to write this and I do apologize if the dialog is a bit long but there was a LOT to cover. Most of the information I wrote came from Superman: the Movie, Dragon Ball Minus, Bardock: the Father of Goku, Man of Steel as well as the Superman comics so I decided not to over label my references. With that said there are a few references that are very important so let's get to it!
References:
[1] and [2] Comes from Dragon Ball minus regarding relationships back on Planet Vegeta
[3] Comes from Gine's biography as told by Minus
[4] The President's broadcast surrendering the world to Zod in Superman II
[5] references how long Goku was in 'development' according to Dragon Ball Minus
[6] comes from the description of Planet Krypton's history on Superman's biography page
[7] Kal-El's birth as to how he got out of Krypton as seen in Man of Steel
[8] Vegeta's quote to Old Kai in the Buu Saga after both him and Goku crushed the Potara Earrings before fighting Kid Buu
[9] is Goku's quote to Beerus during their fight in the Battle of Gods MOVIE-not Super!-in regards to how Goku gained the Super-Saiyan God powers from his friends (which of course he hated since he trained all of his life to achieve the power he had in the first place)
[10] Jor-El's observations about Earth as seen in Man of Steel
[11] Goku's speech to Bardock in the TV special Bardock the Father of Goku
[12] Is a blend of Jor-El's speech from BOTH Man of Steel and the Original Superman movie(except told by Superman to Bardock)
[13] the vision-except for the parts with Superman that wasn't there originally-( I added that) is the same vison as seen in Bardock: The Father of Goku
[14] Is actually Goku's speech to Vegeta pleading to set aside their rival just once to fuse with him in order to fight Buuhan( Super Buu with Gohan absorbed). Many people love to quote the "I am" speech or "I won't let you destroy my world" but this was just as great of a speech from Goku that you will hear anywhere in the Dragon Ball franchise PERIOD!
