PREVIOUSLY:

"Your name is Robin? Like the little birdies? Ohh! Are you going to be my new big brother?" Goku was talking quite quickly and Robin actually caught some of it. He sat there pondering on whether he should stay. 'Wait did Goku ask me if I'll be his big brother? That could be a bad idea but I can't really do much in a world I'm not familiar in. Hell, why not? What's really the worst thing that can happen? Besides, if I'm really a saiyan, I can help fix anything I change.' Robin thought to himself before responding. "Sure thing Goku."

Goku smiled happily and grabbed Robin's arm and dragged him outside. "Come on, I can show you around the area." He said happily. "Don't bring him too far Goku. And Robin, if you start to feel bad, come back. Pushing yourself during recovery isn't a good thing." Gohan said as the two walked outside.

Yep, today was definitely a special day.

Chapter Three: New Sights

Goku was super happy now that he had a big brother. He could show his new brother all the cool things around the forest. 'We could even go fishing. Or we could train together! Yay, now I can have a partner to practice the moves that grandpa taught me!' Goku was dragging Robin around while his mind was racing with all the cool things he could do now.

Robin on the other hand, wasn't quite sure what to think. It also didn't help that he was having trouble keeping up with Goku. His left arm was in constant pain and breathing was difficult due to the altitude. 'Man, how can Goku have so much energy? I understand he isn't human, but is this even normal for saiyans?' Robin's thoughts were more mundane and thinking about how crazy Goku is.

"Come on big brother, I'll take you to the lake first. It's my favourite place because there are always animals there and they're fun to play with." Goku said as he started hopping down the path that leads into the forest. "Alright Goku, lead the way." Robin said as he followed after at a slower pace.

The path through the forest was one that seemed travelled quite often. It was used by Goku, Gohan and all the nearby animals. It branched off at several locations but if you followed the main path, it brought you right to the lake. There were also many animals in the trees and shrubbery around the path.

As Goku bounced path them, he said hi to each one. They seemed happy to see him; obviously they were used to him. They may have even played with him before, who knows? Either way, when Robin slowly walked by, some of them seemed to hide and peek out at him. Others gave him curious looks. He was in their territory and he wasn't recognized.

Robin frowned as more animals seemed to be scared of him. But he thought that they would get used to him after a while and if he didn't do anything too sudden, then he should be fine. Other than that though, the forest seemed like a nice place. It had a peaceful stillness to it and it made Robin feel at ease, like nothing was wrong. And even though everything looked like an anime, everything felt reel and seemed real.

When Goku and Robin made it to the lake, the sight took Robin's breath away. It was beautiful. Never mind the forest being peaceful, this was true tranquility. Everything was quiet except for the noise of rustling leaves and some fish plopping out of the water. There were a couple of deer on the edge of the lake getting a drink, and over on the other side of the lake, there was a saber-tooth tiger. It even seemed to be at peace though.

"Isn't this place amazing?" Robin snapped out of his thoughts when Goku spoke to him. "It's more than amazing." Robin said somewhat of a quiet voice as he feared speaking too loudly would upset the balance of this perfect scene.

Robin felt as though he could stay there until he withered away and wouldn't feel any pain at all. Goku however, had other plans. "Alright brother, follow me. I want to show you something." Goku then grabbed Robin's hand and started running around to the other side of the lake. It was a good thing for Robin that he grabbed his right hand though.

When they got to the other side of the lake, Goku let go of Robins hand and started running up another hill through the trees. Robin followed after him somewhat curious considering there wasn't much known about this area.

When Robin got to the top of the hill, he saw Goku sitting down. As Robin got closer, he realized Goku was sitting on the edge of a cliff. Robin then looked over the cliff and was once again surprised by the view. The cliff was about 1500 feet up from the bottom and you could see for miles. There was a river that seemed to go on forever and alongside it were a couple of houses scattered apart from each other.

Way in the distance you could see the outline of some taller building. "Grandpa says that those buildings way over there are part of Orange Star City." Goku said as he looked around. 'Orange Star City sounds so much better than Satan City. It's too bad that's going to happen.' Robin thought as he looked at the top of the buildings.

*DOING!*

Robin jumped a little as he heard a loud noise ring from some unknown origin. It sounded almost like a cymbal, or gong or something. "Sounds like it's time to eat, come on brother. I bet I can race you home!" Goku said cheerfully as he jumped up and started running back the way they came.

"Hey, that's no fair!" Robin yelled as he got up and started running after him. It seemed he was already feeling better. 'At least my head doesn't hurt anymore, and my hand hurts a lot less.' Robin thought to himself as he was running through the trees.

Goku beat Robin back to the house by just a few seconds as Robin wasn't used to the altitude yet and got out of breath halfway through the run. Other than that though, Robin felt better than he ever had in his entire life. He was in perfect shape, excluding his arm but he had more muscle mass than before and less body fat. He wasn't the same as he used to be, that was certainly obvious.

When they got back, it seemed Goku was right about it being time to eat. Robin didn't see any instruments or gongs around the house, but he wasn't about to question where the noise came from

Anyways, it was kind of early for Robin to eat but he knew if he really was a saiyan, then he should eat. Robin normally didn't eat breakfast, and it was only around 10 am now, but he still enjoyed the fish. He had it with some sort of cold herbal drink that wasn't tea, and he felt great.

Breakfast was quite uneventful, and consisted of only eating and no talking. Robin was surprised at how much he ate. He didn't realize how hungry he was until he started chowing down. It was kind of weird for Robin though because the fish and beverage looked like they were drawn but they tasted great.

Once everyone was done eating, Gohan spoke up. "Alright, now that were done eating, we usually rest for about half an hour then do some training. If you want, you could join us Robin." Robin thought this over for a few moments. 'Well, if I'm a saiyan than it would be a good idea to learn some martial arts in case I screw anything up with history. Besides, I'll probably have to wait until Bulma comes along with the search for the Dragon Balls to wish myself home. And it could come in handy.'

"Sure, I'll join you. If I'm here until I'm healthy again, I may as well pick a few things up." Robin said to Gohan. Gohan just smiled at him and walked into the house, possibly to take a nap. Goku had seemed to vanish, so Robin just decided to walk down to the lake to rest for the next 30 minutes.

Robin was lightly snoozing when he started to hear footsteps nearing him. He felt comfortable and at peace. He wasn't sure at first where he was until he heard Goku yell out to him. "Hey brother, were starting training now!"

'Right, I'm in the land of Dragon Ball now. That's going to take some getting used to.' Robin thought to himself as he opened his eyes and sat up yawning. He had quite a relaxing nap and his arm was only slightly numb now. 'Saiyan healing speed is amazing.' Robin thought to himself as he examined his bandaged arm. "I'll be there in a few minutes Goku." He said.

"Alright Robin. Don't take too long though; grandpa will make you do extra push-ups if you're late." Goku said as he ran back to the house.

Robin got up and stood there staring into the lake for a few seconds. He noticed he was a little bit taller than before. Roughly 5' 10" he would guess. His hair was also quite different. He used to be a dirty blond but his hair was now charcoal black. It also spiked up, when he used to have silky straight hair. His eyes were also different. Instead of their usually blue-gray, they were black. He couldn't even tell where his pupil and iris changed.

Robin decided he was standing there long enough and walked back up to the house. He noticed Gohan was in a stance and Goku was trying to copy him. Gohan then changed his stance quickly and Goku followed his movements. It looked like Goku was having difficulty balancing.

Gohan spotted Robin walking up and dropped his stance. "Finally deciding to join us hmm? Goku continue doing your stances, I'm going to help Robin for a bit." Goku followed Gohan's instructions and kept going through his stances.

"Well Robin, do you have any martial arts experience?" Gohan asked him. Robin just shook his head no, somewhat embarrassed. "Well, don't let that worry you too much. First I'm going to have you go through simple exercises to see where you're at."

Training then began from there and things went on from that point.

3 MONTHS LATER

Robin's hand had healed within days of when he first appeared in this world. He decided to stay with Gohan and Goku though. They both seemed pleased that he would stay. Either way, Robin really had no ideas on how he would get home besides waiting for Bulma to show up. He also decided to continue his martial arts training.

Robin would even secretly go out at night when he couldn't sleep, to practice using energy. He couldn't risk exposing Goku to energy before Master Roshi's Kamehameha, but he thought if he would stay, he should aim to be the strongest fighter, that way if anything did go wrong he could stop things from going south.

Learning to access his energy wasn't even that hard. All he did was remember how Videl would one day learn to access energy. Being a saiyan also helped by giving him more energy than the average human. That along with his other training, he was progressing well and he could even fly. He couldn't fly very large distances yet though, but that would come with time.

Robin also found out that Goku was only seven years old. Tomorrow is his birthday though meaning it would be about 3 years before Bulma would show up. He also found out that it was only July when he got transported here. It was now October, his birthday was in September but he didn't tell Gohan or Goku. Besides, saiyans aged much more slowly didn't they? So Robin decided not to celebrate.

Robin also started to miss his family a lot and spent a lot of time wondering what was going on at home. Was he missing? Or did his body stay and that world and his consciousness formed into a physical body here? He also wasn't sure if this was real or not yet, but he probably would never know.

Anyways, tomorrow they were travelling to a nearby village for Goku's birthday and Robin decided that he shouldn't get all depressed thinking about his family before such a cheerful day. Robin was also tired from that day's training and he fell asleep into a dreamless sleep with one last thought. 'No matter what happens, I will make it home one day.' Robin was positive he would make it home one day, he just wasn't sure how long it would be until then.

Well that's it for this chapter, I hope everyone enjoys it.