Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Family ❯ Memories ( Chapter 7 )

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Piccolo and Adamina had just finished telling Krillian and 18 about what was going on and the plan. Krillian agreed with it but 18 didn't. She had to take care of little four year old Marron, but Ada understand. They were the last people they had to tell. They had already told Yamacha, Tien and Chaotzu and they all agreed. Piccolo and Ada were hovering in the air, not knowing what to do now. "Piccolo, I want to see how well you fight." states Ada has she lowers herself to the ground.

"Why?" asks Piccolo as he lands in front of her.

"Well, I didn't really get to the full extent of what you can do that one day when everyone sparred. I want to see how well you'll do against me, and I don't want you going easy on me like you did last time. I'm almost as strong as Vegeta is so you don't have to worry about hurting me." Ada had the infamous Vegeta smirk on her face as she said this. Piccolo raised an eyebrow at her.

"Well, I didn't know that then. But if you insist, then I'll spar with you. Its not like we have anything else to do."

"Oh, I insist." And with that she lunged at him, ready to punch him. Piccolo was sort of expecting her to try something like this and at the last second flipped over her head and landed behind her, turning around to face her. She half expected this and went to kick him, and just like she expected, he moved out of the way. But she was ready, as soon as he moved, she straightened herself and sent a round of punches his way. He managed to block them all, as she hadn't powered up yet. That's how it was for the next few hours, except they both eventually powered up, with Ada only powering up to what Piccolo was at. They both stopped when they got tired, well Ada wasn't as tired as Piccolo, but she was still a little tired. Then, out of no where, a loud rumbling sound was heard. It was Ada's stomach, and apparently she was hungry. Piccolo chuckled at her. Adamina put her hands on her stomach and smiled sheepishly. "I guess I'm hungry. Wanna come back with me to Capsule Corp so I can get something to eat?"

"Not really."

"Oh come on Piccolo, please? Geta said that he wants me to be with someone who can fight at all times. Please Piccolo?" She stood right in front of Piccolo, with her hands on his chest, as she said this. She also had the puppy dog look on her face. Piccolo, defeated, sighed and nodded his head. "Thanks Piccolo." said Ada as she gave him a peck on the cheek, grabbed his hand and took off towards Capsule Corp.******** Capsule Corp...

Vegeta, Goku, and Gohan were training in the gravity room since they left Piccolo and Ada to tell the others. They had just decided to take a break and walked into the house just as Adamina and Piccolo walked in the door. The three of them smirked as they walked into the kitchen. Ada just 'hmphed' as she too walked into the kitchen with Piccolo right behind her. Bulma and ChiChi were in the living room and had caught the smirk and both were a little confused. A few seconds later, it dawned on them what the smirk was for. Bulma and ChiChi were smiling as they figured it out. "Piccolo and Ada sittin in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g. First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes Ada and the baby carriage." chanted the two of them as they burst into giggles at the end. Piccolo had an expression of indifference on his face, while Ada stood there, trying to figure out what they meant. It finally dawned on Ada and her face went beet red. Vegeta, Goku and Gohan all chuckled. Ada tried to compose herself but just then Goten and Trunks came downstairs. They both saw that Ada was blushing and were confused as to why.

"Why are you blushing?" asked Goten.

"Umm..Well..you see..it's like this...I.." stumbled Ada, trying to think of what to tell them. Unfortunately, (or fortunately) Vegeta cut her off.

"She's blushing because her and Piccolo are dating now." stated Vegeta with a smirk. Ada wanted to go and smack her brother upside the head, but remembered that she was hungry so she decided against it and walked over to the fridge.

"So does that mean you two are going to get married?" asked Trunks.

"Uh, what's that?" asked Ada, not knowing any Earth customs.

"It's the Earthling custom to join a couple for eternity." stated Vegeta as he looked in the cupboards for something to eat.

"oh, so it's like the whole marking thing?" asked Ada as she started to look in the fridge for something to eat.

"Yes, like that." replied Vegeta.

"Well then, Trunks I don't think that's going to happen any time soon. Me and Piccolo just started dating." Trunks looked unhappy with her answer, but she didn't catch it. Everyone else did, but decided to leave it. "So Geta, did you and Bulma mark each other?" asked Ada in an attempt to get the attention off of her and Piccolo. Bulma went red and Vegeta had a look of shock on his face. Both of them tried to say something, but couldn't form any words. Ada noticed this and turned around to see their faces. Everyone else (except Trunks and Goten because their confused) is laughing at the two. "Apparently you are. I knew anyways, I saw Bulma's mark this morning. I just wanted to what your reaction was." stated Ada as she chuckled and went back to finding something to eat. "Piccolo do you want anything?" she asked with her head stuck in the fridge.

"Water."

"Alright. Here you go." Ada handed Piccolo a bottle of water and went back to looking for food. A minute later, Ada decided to make herself a couple of sandwiches to snack on to satisfy her until supper. "So, Goku, ChiChi, did you two mark each other?" Adamina asked as she started making her sandwiches. Everyone, who were still laughing at Bulma and Vegeta (who was yelling at them to stop), stopped and looked at Goku and ChiChi. Both started to blush and answered at the same time with a quiet 'yes'. "Thought so." said Ada as she sat down at the table (across from Piccolo) and started eating one of her sandwiches. "Just out of curiosity, I was wondering if you, Gohan, had a girlfriend?" asked Ada in between bites of her sandwich. Gohan went completely red.

"He does. And her name is Videl." shouted Goten from the couch. Gohan went even redder but at the same time looked like he was going to smack his little brother.

"Is..this..true?" asked Ada through bites of her second sandwich. Gohan turned back to Ada and nodded his head.

"Why are you asking all of this Little Star?" asked Vegeta as he sat down beside her, looking at her last sandwich that she hadn't touched yet. Ada turned to face him and noticed him looking at her sandwich.

"I'm asking because I'm just curious. And stop looking at my sandwich like that. You can go and make your own." said Ada as she finished her second one and picked up the last one. Vegeta gave a little pout as she did this. She rolled her eyes and took a bite out of it. Vegeta continued to pout and stare at her. Bulma rolled her eyes at how pathetic her husband was being. "Didn't anyone ever tell you that it's not nice to stare? Oh, wait, I forgot. You're not nice, but you're still not getting any of my sandwich. So there!" Ada stuck her tongue out at him, then went back to munching on her sandwich. Vegeta still didn't stop looking at her. "Alright! Fine! You win! You can have the rest of my sandwich. Geesh." she handed him the rest of her sandwich as she got up from the table. Before she walked away, she smacked him upside the head. He turned to look up at her, a smirk of victory on his face. Ada growled at him and decided to hit him again. This time he was ready for her and caught her wrist. She growled louder at him. He laughed. Meanwhile, everyone just watched the two, amused at how Ada gave him the sandwich so easily, etc. "Can I have my hand back?" asked Ada.

"No."

"Vegeta let me go. NOW!" growled Ada. Vegeta shook his head no. She growled and went to punch him with her other hand. But he caught this one as well. "Vegeta please let me go." whined Ada. Again Vegeta shook his head no. "Why not?" she said in a whinny voice.

"Because I don't want to."

"What the hell kind of reason is that. I don't find this fun. Let me go." snapped Ada. Vegeta continued to smirk and shook his head no again. Ada's growl got louder. By this time everyone was laughing at the two, mostly at Ada. "It's not funny." growled Ada to everyone that was laughing, even Piccolo was chuckling. Vegeta stood up, still holding on to Ada.

"How about you come train with us?" asked Vegeta.

"How about I don't want to train so I'm not going." stated Ada as she glared at him.

"Oh, come on. When's the last time you trained? I think you should." Goku and Gohan nodded in agreement.

"It doesn't matter when the last time I trained was. I don't want to train." said Ada as she tried to get away from Vegeta.

"Must have been a long time ago. Well if you don't want to train, then what do you want to do?" asked Vegeta as he let go of her.

"About time you let go. What do I want to do? Let's see here...Hmmm...I want to get to know you all better."

"That's a great idea." said ChiChi.

"I agree. You guys can train later." said Bulma. Vegeta didn't look to happy about this but decided that there was no way of getting out of it. So they all went and sat in the living room. ChiChi and Goku sat on the chair. Bulma, Vegeta, Adamina, and Piccolo sat on the couch (in that order). Goten, Trunks, and Gohan sat on the loveseat.

For the next hour, they talked about everything that had happened, from the time Goku and Bulma first met, till they day Ada landed on Earth. Vegeta was the only one who didn't join in unless to make rub something in. "So Adamina, what about you?" asked Goku. Ada wasn't expecting anyone to ask about her, even though she should have, it would only be fair seeing that they told her about themselves. Vegeta glared at Goku with a look on his face that said 'If-this-causes-her-to-cry-I'm-going-to-make-you-cry!' Goku noticed Vegeta's look and decided to change his question. "What I meant to ask was, what was the planet Vegeta like?" Goku glanced over at Vegeta and didn't see that look on Vegeta's face anymore so he assumed that Vegeta wasn't going to hurt him now.

"Well from space it was blood red and had white stripes going through it. It was very pretty, however when you were on the planet it wasn't at all as beautiful as the Earth is. It was pretty barren, except for some stupid looking bushes and the buildings. But hey, it was home and every saiyan loved it. If they would have known that Frieza was going to destroy it, they would have at least tried to defend it. What else do you guys want to know about?" Ada was happily remembering the planet but wanted to change the subject in order to keep the homesickness at bay.

"What kind of things did you and Vegeta do for fun?" asked Gohan.

"Well Vegeta trained for up to 18 hours a day. I played pranks on the elites and some of the lower soldiers and the royal guards. They had a hard time catching me in the act of doing something. They were really pathetic. I also went around and visited every saiyan baby. And know that I think of it, I remember visiting a baby with the same hair style as Goku's for the last month that the planet existed." said Ada, now deep in thought.

"That's because it was him." stated Vegeta. Ada looked at him in disbelief.

"Then that would mean he's Bardock and Pascha's son." said Ada. Everyone else looked confused.

"Pashca and Bardock were mates?" asked Vegeta.

"Yeah, but not many knew. Not even his team. Only the med staff and I knew."

"How did you know? And how come no one else knew, not even our parents?"

"No one else knew because they were good at keeping it concealed from everyone. And mom did know, but not because anyone told her. She just suspected that they were. The reason I knew is because Pascha always looked out for me and she figured that because I was little, I wouldn't tell or fully understand anyway. And I never did tell, until today that is. Besides I always hung around Bardock and his team when they came back from a mission. They were more fun then the elites. The elites always worried too much whenever I went off and did things. Even the second class soldiers did. But for some reason, the majority of the third class knew that I could handle myself pretty well and let me do a lot of things that the stupid guards and elites wouldn't have let me do."

"So, was Vegeta a trouble maker when he was younger?" asked Bulma.

"Contrary to what you might believe, he wasn't a trouble maker at all. He never stepped out of line. I'll have to admit he acted like a spoiled brat, but he still never caused trouble. He was always the one to get me out of it, right Geta?"

"Yes, and you're lucky I did, otherwise you just might not have made it to see your third birthday." stated Vegeta.

"Oh whatever, I wouldn't have gotten myself killed. I never did anything that stupid." said Ada rather matter-of-factly.

"Oh really. What about that time you snuck out in the middle of the night to go check out the cave that was rumoured to have a giant cat creature living in it? You're lucky that one of the lousy guards saw you sneak out and told me otherwise you would have been a midnight snack for it. Its a good thing I got there in time otherwise you would have been." stated Vegeta.

"Okay, so maybe I did get myself into really dangerous situations, but give me a break. I was only 2 and a half years old, how was I supposed to know any better?"

"I have a question. What was grandfather like?" asked Trunks. Vegeta and Ada were both surprised that Trunks would want to know about him.

"Well, he was mean, didn't care about anyone really, not even more or Geta, or even mother. He only cared about ruling the planet, conquering other planets, and keeping Frieza happy." said Ada with resentment in her voice.

"Oh." said Trunks.

"What was your mom like?" asked Goku. Ada and Vegeta exchanged a sad look. Vegeta went to say something but Ada beat him to it.

"Our mother was kind and caring. She was always there for us and she stood up for us when father said that we weren't doing our best or something. All the saiyans loved her and looked up to her. The women wanted to be like her and all parents wanted their daughters to grow up to be like her. She was very beautiful from what I remember." Vegeta nodded in agreement. "Most said she was the most beautiful saiyan woman to ever live." Ada had to stop, she had tears in her eyes and didn't feel she could go on. She tried not to cry, but it didn't work and she ended up crying into Piccolo's chest. Vegeta placed a hand on her shoulder as he continued for her.

"Our mother was the strongest female saiyan, well at the time. The people feared her as much as they loved her. She was stronger then even half of the elites. I've heard a rumour that she was even stronger then our father. I believe that this was true. He always seemed to be afraid of her, especially when he had insulted one of us. Her temper was worse than even his." Vegeta was interrupted by ChiChi.

"So that's were you get your temper from. Was her temper better or worse than yours?" asked ChiChi. All she got in reply was a 'hmph'.

"So, what happened to your father?" asked Gohan.

"Frieza killed our father right after he destroyed the planet" stated Vegeta in a tone that said he didn't care about that.

"How did you two escape the destruction of the planet?" asked Gohan.

"We were both sent out on an assignment by Frieza." stated Vegeta. Adamina nodded in agreement, her tears were under control but she was still leaning into Piccolo.

"How old were you two when the planet blew up?" asked Piccolo.

"I was three and Geta was eight." said Ada.

"What happened to your mother?" asked Piccolo. Adamina's eyes started to fill with tears again as she buried her face in Piccolo's chest. Vegeta was the one to answer, even though it was through gritted teeth.

"A year after the planet was destroyed, Frieza decided that our mother was to much of a threat and decided to kill her in front of us. We weren't allowed to look away, Zarbon and Dodoria made sure of that." Gasps were heard from everyone. "Frieza said that what he did to her was what would happen to anyone who disobeyed him." Vegeta was angry and it was apparent he was holding back tears, despite how hard he was trying to conceal them. It pained Bulma to see her husband like this. The only other time he saw him this sad was when he woke up that one night after remembering when Frieza took Ada away from him. Bulma decided to wrap her arms around him in an attempt to comfort him. Vegeta responded by wrapping his arms around her and burying his face in her hair, still trying not to cry. Ada was already sobbing into Piccolo's chest, who had his arms around her. Piccolo kissed her on the forehead. ChiChi, Goku, and Gohan figured it was time for them to leave.

"We're going to go now. We'll see our selves out." said ChiChi as she, Goku, Gohan and Goten got up to leave. Everyone said their good-byes, except for Ada because she was crying so much that she couldn't get a word out. Instead she waved.

After they left, Trunks went off to find his grandfather (Professor Briefs). Vegeta couldn't hold in his tears anymore. He could careless if Piccolo heard him cry but he refused to cry again in front of Goku again. Adamina looked up as soon as she heard Vegeta crying. She had never heard him cry. Not even after Frieza killed their mom. He refused to cry in front of her. "Geta, are you okay?" she asked softly, voice a little shaky from her crying. She turned around to face him and put a shaky hand on his shoulder. Vegeta turned and looked at her, tears staining his face. It was then he realized that she had never seen him cry. He hugged her, and she hugged him back. They softly cried into each other, letting out the many years of pain and suffering. Piccolo and Bulma decided to leave the two alone and went out side.

"It was very sweet of you to comfort Adamina." said Bulma to Piccolo once they got outside.

"I couldn't stand to see that look of pain on her face. I just wanted to make it all better for her then and there. She's gone through so much, more than I could've imagined." stated Piccolo with his back turned to Bulma, as he was looking up at the sky. Bulma walked up beside him.

"You must love her." stated Bulma simply as she turned to look at him. Piccolo blushed slightly.

"I..uh..well..umm...I--" stammered Piccolo as he was cut off by Bulma.

"See, I'm right and you know it. Well I'm glad that Adamina found someone in such a short period of time. I'm even more glad its you. You two make a perfect couple." sighed Bulma as she watched the clouds. Piccolo's blush went deeper but then he composed himself and watched the clouds as well. Just then, Mrs. Briefs walked out the door.

"There you are. Bulma dear, why are Vegeta and Adamina crying? What happened? Is everything okay?"

"Nothing happened mom. Everything's fine."

"Then why are they crying? I've never seen Vegeta cry before. Heck, I didn't think he could cry."

"I've never seen him cry either." said Bulma as she began to tell her mother about the conversation that occurred earlier.

"Oh my. That's so sad. I had no idea. Are they going to be okay?" asked Mrs. Briefs, who looked like she was going to cry.

"I think so. If not I guess Piccolo and I will be there for them. Right Piccolo?"

"Of course." stated Piccolo.

"Huh, why would Piccolo be there? And Piccolo, why is your shirt wet?" asked Mrs. Briefs.

"The reason why my shirt is wet is because I was comforting Adamina."

"Oh, how kind of you. Say, are you two dating?"

"Yes."

"How wonderful! You two make such a cute couple!" said Mrs. Briefs as she walked back into the house. "(giggles) Trunks is going to have a cousin one day." she said this just as she disappeared into the house. Piccolo heard this and had a slightly shocked expression on his face. Bulma had also heard and shock her head.

"Sorry 'bout that. Its just that sometimes she gets carried away. We should probably go inside now and make sure that she's not bothering Veggie and Ada." Piccolo nodded in agreement and they both walked inside.

When they came in they found that Mrs. Briefs was talking to Adamina (who had stopped crying) about Piccolo, marrying, and having kids. Adamina's face was beet red. Vegeta wasn't helping either, instead he was chuckling over it.

"MOM! Leave Ada alone. Geesh, her and Piccolo only started dating today." shouted Bulma.

"That's not an excuse." said Mrs. Briefs. Bulma sighed. Suddenly, out of nowhere, two loud rumbling sounds were heard. "I guess I should start making supper. Piccolo would you like to stay?"

Piccolo looked over at Adamina then back over to Mrs. Briefs. "Yes, I would."

"Alright then. I'll go make supper." With that she walked into the kitchen.

Adamina walked over to Piccolo. "Just out of curiosity, why are you staying? Before we came here, you didn't even want to come. But now you want to stay. I'm confused." Piccolo cupped her cheek with his hand and looked in her eyes and smiled. ~I could get lost in those eyes. Not that I would mind.~

"I'm staying because I want to spend more time with you." Adamina slightly blushed. Piccolo moved closer to her, while she stood on her tip-toes. and then they kissed.

"Alright you two. That's quite enough. I really don't need to see you two kiss anymore today." stated Vegeta with a smirk, as he purposely ruined the moment. Bulma rolled her eyes and smacked him upside the head and went into the kitchen to help her mom with supper. "Anyways, I'm going to go train until supper. Either of you care to join me?"

"No." they replied in unison. Vegeta cocked an eyebrow at them.

"Fine, but you two better behave yourselves, or else."

"Oh, I'm so scared. Go and train cranky pants." said Ada as she waved him away. Vegeta glared and growled at her then turned and started walking to the gravity chamber. Just then, Adamina started to tremble. Her legs gave out and she fell to the floor. Piccolo caught her before she hit the floor.

"Ada, are you all right?" asked Piccolo, worried. Vegeta, upon hearing this, ran over to them.

"D..Donovan's cl..closer than I thought. He could be here sooner then I thought." Adamina fainted, unable to deal with the thought. Piccolo picked her up and cradled her in his arms.

"Follow me." stated Vegeta as he lead Piccolo to her room. Vegeta stood in the doorway as Piccolo gently placed Adamina in her bed and tucked her in. He gently brushed away a couple of baby blue strands of hair from her face and kissed her forehead. Then careful not to make another sound, the two, most important men in the princesses life, walked out of the room, making sure to close the door gently as they left.

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I hope you like this chapter. I was going to go on but I decided that this chapter was long enough and decided to stop it there. Anyways, please read and review. :)