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To be honest I expected to wake up alone, tailless and with one less moon in the sky.

To my grateful surprise, instead Piccolo sat across the clearing.

I took a moment sitting up to take stock of my surroundings. Or lack there of. It was flattened. What was once a land full of mountains and life was now a desolate wasteland.

I looked down and my outfit was new, now sporting what was essentially Goku's outfit, an orange Gi with a blue undershirt, and blue belt and wristbands, but named after Piccolo instead of the Kame House. I still had my tail.

"So, uh, what…happened?" I asked, because Piccolo clearly wasn't going to initiate conversation.

"You did."

…

"Can you, uh, elaborate on that? A bit?"

"What do you remember after you looked at the moon?"

What do I remember? Nothing, except, "Rage. It was like, everything I've ever been angry at multiplies a hundred fold. After that, nothing."

"Interesting. What happened then was you changed. Transformed into a giant ape of some kind. You destroyed everything in your path."

"Oh, uh-" I looked at the surroundings again. I knew, logically, that I must have done this, but still. The fact that I didn't remember any of it was…I don't, like it.

"If this is what all the Sayains can do, then we'd be best off destroying the moon long before they get here." So he hasn't destroyed it yet! This can be-

"But what if they have some other way to change?" He frowned at me.

"Yeah, like, not all planets have moons right? And even if they do, it's not like they know when they're gonna be full all the time so they probably have ways to fake it." He was scowling now.

"What if, what if, on the full moons for the next year you take me somewhere that I can't destroy stuff, and I practice and see if I can stay in control. Then, on the last one you destroy the moon. That way, they don't have the moon, but worst case scenario, it's a little more even."

He didn't answer for a few minutes.

"Fine. New plan then. You will still take care of yourself, however, on the full moons we will, see what we can do with this transformation." He picked me up by the back of my Gi and before I could process it we were somewhere new and less destroyed. He turned to leave.

"Wait!" He paused. "Uh-"

He left me with a sword and new clothes that seem like they'll last but, "can, can I have some kind of backpack? To carry food? And something to hold water?"

I glared at me. I smiled back, knowing I was probably pushing my luck. And yet, next think I knew I had a single strapped backpack and in it a bamboo water bottle.

"Oh! Thanks! How about a blanket?" I smiled.

"Don't push your luck with me!" And I was alone. Again.

…

To be honest it wasn't too bad once I got into a pattern. The first few days were a bit rough, and sleeping on the ground wasn't exactly pleasant, but either it be because I was a Sayain, or I was four, I never so much as woke up with a crick in my neck.

I found a cave to make my home base of sorts. It was…habitable.

It was hard to fall asleep without a blanket though.

I mostly focused on gathering berries and fruit. I've never liked fish, and killing animals, wasn't my favorite thing to do. But sometimes fruit wasn't sustainable enough so I didn't have much choice.

I kept my sword in its sheath and the backpack over it, both easy to grab in a pinch. I always kept the water bottle filled and replaced it whenever I came across clean water. Assumably clean water.

By now I was able to harness just enough of my Ki to start a fire so cooking food and staying warm wasn't so much of a pain.

I-

"Oh!" I heard something run through the brush.

I didn't take out my sword as I approached, it was obviously small, and even if it was a rabbit, I didn't need or really want meat yet since it's only been a couple days (I wouldn't need it as much if I knew how to dry it, so I had to eat anything I catch within the day, course I wasn't good at cleaning it, so I probably wasted more than necessary)

"Hey there," I approached slowly, knowing it'd probably run regardless. Except it didn't, it didn't move much at all so I expected it to be injured when I found it-

"Oh!" It was an injured little Fox kit.

"Where's you're mother little one?" It yipped at me as I reached for it. "It's ok, I won't hurt you," of course my words turned out to be a lie when I touched it's leg.

It snapped at me and I paused. There's no reason for there to be a singular fox kit unless it's mother is dead or abandoned it, otherwise it'd be with its siblings since it's rare for a fox to just have a single kit. I could just leave it just in case, but it'd be bad if the injury got infected…

"Well, I guess you're coming with me then…" as picked her up I reached into my bag, "here, would you like some of these?" I held out some berries for her and she sniffed at them before eating.

We went back to my cave where I stored some medicinal plants. More yipping and snapping ensued but I managed to cover the injury without getting cut myself.

I went back to where I found her but with no other foxes in sight, I decided I had little choice but to keep her, otherwise she'd be dead quickly with that injury.

Before I knew it it was the next full moon and Piccolo was sitting across from me.

"Breathe and relax. Empty your mind and focus only on your breath." I'm not sure what I expected we'd do as our first step to control the Oozaru but I suppose meditating makes sense enough. A shame I have no patience for it.

He had moved us to a new island that was small enough that I could easily see ocean from any side. I brought Vixi with me only because she was still limping a bit and I didn't want to leave her-

"What part of clear your mind do you not understand, boy?" I flinched. For two reasons.

Physically I wasn't too bothered yet. After all, there were no real differences between a young boy and a young girl besides their literal parts, but sometimes, the pronouns did get to me. Usually I could ignore it well enough, it's not too different from being called Gohan, which, I also don't care for but there's no getting around that. It helped if I reasoned that if Chichi knew I was a girl, she'd probably be even more overprotective and that's the last thing I want to deal with. But after so long in isolation, I guess I just got, unused to it.

"Um…" he probably wouldn't care, he's an alien, and since all Namekians used male pronouns, it's not like gender roles are a priority for them, "can, can you refer to me as a girl…? Not in front of anyone else! But, just…." I trailed off.

He frowned, not that that was any different from usual, "whatever. It's not like it makes a difference to me. Just clear your damn mind."

"…thanks." The next few hours went by slowly. Frustratingly. For both parties involved. Finally the sun went down.

"Can you make sure Vixi stays safe?" I held the baby fox up, "I'd don't want her to get hurt, or-" "it would die." "Yeah thanks. Anyway, can you like, hold her for tonight? She's young and hurt, and, and taking care of her is good for my training! Because, I have to stay focused to keep her safe along with myself! Plus! I'd feel a lot better and calmer if I knew she was safe!"

He growled, but relented, "Fine. I will watch you animal, if it helps keep you content enough to not go berserk." He took my backpack, and, begrudgingly, held Vixi.

"Now, close your eyes and only when you are completely calm, open them and look at the moon."

…

It didn't work.

I woke up with a fresh set of clothes and the already small island leveled.

"I guess it was hoping to much to make progress that quickly." I tried to brush the sand out of my hair.

"What do you remember?" Piccolo landed behind me and set Vixi down.

"Uhm, a little more I think? Nothing about being a big ape, but I remember starting to change." I smiled as I pet Vixi, who chirped, apparently happy to be away from Piccolo.

"We'll try again next month." And with that I was scooped up yet again and transported back to my previous "living space." And before I could process it, I was alone again.

A whine came from below me.

Vixi looked up, probably hungry.

Well, maybe not completely alone.

Once again I fell into a pattern. I'd wander around, gathering fruit, water, and medicinal herbs. I'd go back to the cave to rest. When Vixi healed she's go off to hunt on her own, and often bring back small animals, mostly rabbits. Which, win-win, I now didn't have to kill.

Which brought me to my next problem. It was, kinda boring.

Don't get me wrong, at first, having to keep an eye out for predators and make sure I have food to eat, but by now I've gotten to the point, much like canon Gohan, where even the Rex didn't concern me and I knew exactly where and how to find something to eat if my stores ever ran low. The hardest part was making sure neither the mountain Lion or Rex got to Vixi.

Most my extra time was spent exploring but after a certain point, there wasn't much left to explore.

There was that mountain…

"What do you say Vixi? Up to the top of Infinity Mountain?" She chirped, likely to the sound of her name rather than to my question. But regardless, I gathered some extra food and up we went.

It was more like a nice hike than the challenging climb it should have been. For most the rougher terrain Vixi stayed perched on my shoulders as I hopped up onto rocks and ledges.

Within a couple hours I reached the top. I sat over the ledge and stared out at my island.

It, was big, I probably would have realized it was an island if I wasn't awake when Piccolo dropped me here last month. (Or didn't have that information from the show) but honestly, I have no idea how Rex gets enough food.

"You know Vixi, I feel kinda bad. There's a group of kids that Gohan is supposed to help, kinda, but there's no way I'm brave enough to make a boat and try to float away.

Maybe I could ask Piccolo to leave me there after the full moon? It's not like I'm not already used to this island enough. Maybe I can pass it off as training. Yeah, learning to deal with antagonistic people, or something."

I laid back, arms behind my head. It is really weird how quickly I got used to this. Even if, physically I could, mentally I should still be bothered a lot more. Maybe it's just because I'm Sayain?

I smiled as Vixi curled up against me. Oh well.

Another month passes, as they do.