Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Kotahitanga / The Return ❯ Chapter twenty-one: Whanu ( Chapter 27 )

Title: The Return (Ain't Nothing But Magick 2 - Kotahitanga)

Authors:Mabelle, Tobias, Raine, J'dee, TRF.

Rating: NC-17

Genre: Interactive

Author's Note: sorry this took longer than I thought to get out, still the fic is nearing a close I was waiting to see if anyone contacted me to remain in the fic apart from Belle, Toby, Raine, S'rac, Deathdroid, BananaGirl, TRF and MQ I have heard nothing from anyone else so when the time draws near they will be removed from the fic. *lowers head* I hate doing this but it does tend to happen when I hear no word from anyone. They still have a chance to redeem themselves in the next two chapters though.

The Return

Whanu

Maori translation: family

*J'dee*

The news Eighteen had given me… It was shocking… I sat there and Boy he just blinked like Eighteen was playing a joke on him, but he knew I could tell by his expression, he knew she wasn't joking.

He shook his head in disbelief. "Why didn't she tell me… I hate that!" He flashed in to super saiyan, but it wasn't just an ordinary level, it was the level beyond it was his level five and it happened just like that. He raced out blasting through one of the wall and I blinked.

"Not another wall!" I cried out and slumped to the ground. "I'm not earning enough to keep repairing this house."

I felt Toby place a hand on my shoulder. "I'll fix it don't worry."

"Why didn't anyone tell him?" I looked at Eighteen.

"Oh so you're taking his side now?"

"He's been through this before, his ex girlfriend ended up having a miscarriage and telling him after, how do you think he feels? His best friend knew before he did." I snapped.

"J'dee." Toby began.

"I'm going to go play…" I growled and walked out.

It was an odd sensation as I left the house I could feel something familiar pulsing through me, I closed my eyes and felt the evil… it was become as raw as when Babity had possessed my mind. That side of me I thought I'd forgotten. I needed to go and see someone. I ended up at Belle's and knocked on the door, Picking up Chibi Gabe was a first priority then looking for boy.

~*~*~*~

The door opened. Gohan blinked seeing me standing there he could tell I knew he could I looked like I was about to blow a gasket.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

"I need to vent, rant, something. Can I talk to you?"

"Uh sure." Gohan stepped aside I entered the house slowly. It was something I hadn't done since, since, however long ago it had been. Gohan invited me in and I followed him in to the house.

~*~*~*~

I was seated in the lounge with Gohan and Belle sitting close by. It was an awkward feeling to see him with her so comfortable, but then it must have been the same for Belle when she saw me with Toby.

"You're pregnant?" Gohan asked.

"Half Blake half Toby to complicated…" I took a sip of the drink he'd placed down. I then looked at him. "Gabe's still here right? He's okay he's been good I mean none of that crawling off and doing whatever, he's sneaky like that…"

Gohan smiled. "He's with Gokin in the playpen at the moment. They're getting along well. Thank-you for letting me have him for the night."

"I'll get him." Belle stood up.

When Belle left I knew Gohan had picked up on how awkward I felt. How could I not? All the things he'd told me was it all a lie, it was like a partner-swapping thing. And I was seriously panicking about the wedding, one moment I was all for committing the next I was all for pulling a Toby pulling a Shinji.

Gohan sat next to me and gave me a hug, I let out a defeated breath.

"You'll be okay, it's been worse you know."

"I had a vision of the future… They all come back, every evil we've faced, and every evil they've face." I looked to the door. "Seventeen years time they'll be back and so will Blake." I sighed. "I think I'm going to go insane."

"Well don't you have kids to think about." The look Gohan gave me I knew suddenly it had been Belle's situation after Toby had left. "And you're an aunt." He added.

"Yeah." I smiled. "Amazing I can't believe that part. Boy being a father is kind of a bit of a worry… I'm scared about having a house of boy racing ps-two gamers…"

Belle picked that moment for a return appearance with chibi Gabe and placed him in to my arms and I looked down at him, he was going to know it all, he was going to be the protector when I couldn't be there, it was a lot to put on to him, but I couldn't carry all that weight by myself.

~*~*~*~

Belle had said Good-bye and gone to attend to Gokin. I stood at the door with Gohan. Another awkward moment it would always be awkward for me, he was the first person I had truly opened my heart up to.

"I want them to grow up together you know that." Gohan told me as I was about to leave. "And I know you want it too." He added.

I merely nodded. "I do, I just don't know how to handle this situation just yet. I looked at him. "We'll talk more at the barbeque, we really do need to talk now that I've calmed down."

"We will talk then. Take care Jera."

I placed two fingers to my forehead. Thee talk it was bound to happen sooner rather than later thee talk as in discussing the custody of Gabriel, he had a right to him as much as I did. With that I instant transmissioned back home.

~*~*~*~

When I arrived. I walked in to the lounge and placed Chibi Gabriel in the playpen. "Okay rug rat, you stay in here." I told him. "I've got to go get your uncle and possibly get him to wish an extension on the house, there's no way in H.F.I.L I'm letting a nephew grow up under Master Roshi's roof."

Chibi Gabriel just picked up a ball and rolled it up against the wall and watched as it bounced back, he giggled happily and obviously easily entertained.

*****

*TRF*

"Call me Yura, Vampire Yura," my evil twin had said. 'And then before I could react she did a spinning kick, knocked me to the ground, and took off into the sky. It seems like that was years ago, not…I didn't know exactly, but I know it had probably been more than a month. Soon after that, I'd taken off with Juunanagou, a week later (under "The Influence", I think. Having a bit too much fun with my new adult privileges.) We'd eloped. And despite being under "The Influence" when it happened, stayed together out in the woods for an extended honeymoon.

We'd both sensed the ongoing battles at felt slightly guilty for not being there, but to put it bluntly, we were outclassed. Hell, I can't even go SSJ3, even when I spent some time training in the woods, and you're telling me I should have fought? I have one word for you, "massacre".'

These were my thoughts as I walked down a bustling street in West City. I was going to go back to CC to see everyone, and I hoped there weren't going to be any accusations that I'd walked out and left the world to suffer, or anything like that, but ya know…gotta have a back up plan, or speech, in this case.

"Why hello missy," said a cracked old voice. I jumped slightly. It was a shrivelled old woman, standing behind a booth that read "Predictions! Have your Future predicted by a real clairvoyant! Only 20 zeni!"

"Uh…hi, do I know you?"

"No, no, but I was wondering if you'd like your future told. I sense a few interesting things about you."

'Like my pockets are full of money?' I thought, 'Maybe I should tell her I'm an alien, wonder what kind of reaction that'd get. Oh well, it's always fun to laugh at phoney predictions when they don't come true.' I laid 20 zeni on the table, "Fire away."

"Well, first off you seem to gave a new…addition," she glanced at my abdomen.

My eyes widened, "I'm pregnant? And I just thought my metabolism was starting to slow down…"

She sighed, "Really dearie, you shouldn't be surprised, every night since you eloped you and your husband have been-well, may I just direct you to the pharmacy where they sell birth control?" she asked good-naturedly.

"If that's your amazing prediction on my future, I want my money back. I could have found out THAT myself."

"Did I give you the impression I was done?"

"Kind of."

"Well I'm not."

"Then get on with it! Time is ticking as you sit here rambling to me about birth control, which it's kind of late for."

"Yes…" she looked me up and down, "You have the same oddness about you that Bulma Brief's husband Vegeta has and some others who've been passing by," she then seemed to read my mind. Without my consent. How annoying, "You-you're not human! Not any of you!"

"Got us there," I made a peace sign, "We come in peace, take us to your leader," I said sarcastically.

She ignored my sarcasm and went right on, "I sense a recent event has suddenly uprooted the future you were destined for, and the new future, it's foggy and I can't see into it. But I can tell you what was supposed to happen," she offered.

'A fail-safe? What a crock. This is just so no matter what she says now, she won't be wrong. Stupid hag,' I thought and she whacked me over the head with her purse.

"Don't 'hag' me you insolent child!" she snapped, "And for that, I'll be very happy to tell you that in the old future you died!"

'That seals it. What a faker, get a little mad so she tells me I was supposed to die.' I snorted, I could've been to CC by now, "See ya later grams, have fun with your so-called psychic-clairvoyant-future predicting powers."

As I walked away I heard her mutter something about 'disbelieving arrogant, ignorant kids'. I flipped her off. (A/N: Actually, I believe in predicting the future, and I believe that some people can do it, but wouldn't you be more than a little suspicious if someone told you that they couldn't tell you about YOUR future, but they could tell you about a future that wouldn't happen, then you made them mad and they said you died in that future?)

**********

When I got to CC, I found some people missing among the crowd I was expecting and I learned that a bunch of them were somewhere else, "With brats from the future," Vegeta informed me.

"Damned if that doesn't kill my plans and my back-up speech, might as well hang around here for a while because Lord knows when I go over to where they are I'll probably find out everyone came back here," I muttered. I wandered down to the lab, "Hey Buuuulma," I said sweetly, "Do you need any help with anything?"

Bulma scrutinized me and then scowled, "Aren't you the girl who stole the time machine and travelled to Old Vegeta-sei when you were here once?"

"Er…yes?"

"Then no. I don't want to have to send someone to track you to some planet that spontaneously combusted about a two hours in their time after you were sent back to it."

My eyes drooped, I attempted the Son puppy eyes™ but the result was rather scary-looking and didn't do anything except make Bulma yell at me, "Out! Out! And stay out! Go bother your Banana friend or something!"

As she was shoving me up the stairs another thought occurred to me, 'Dude, I don't have any godparents for my kid! I mean, I just found out…15 minutes ago and all, but hey, better start looking around.'

*********

When the door of the laboratory was firmly shut and locked behind me I walked into the living room to find Vegeta apparently on a lunch break. Yes, the godfather was in the room. I sidled up to him trying to look casual.

"Hi Vegeta," I remarked nonchalantly.

"Hello strange author brat," he grumbled.

"You know what?" I asked him, and without waiting for answer, I continued, "I'm-"

"Pregnant," he cut me off, "By that android, no doubt."

"Oooh…can you tell all of that with just heightened ki?"

"I can tell the pregnant part, and I wouldn't have even needed to ki to say who the father was," he glanced at me, "I mean, you just disappear into the sunset with him one day and come back pregnant? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out."

"It doesn't even take TEAM Rocket scientist," interrupted another voice.

Vegeta groaned, "Not you three again. I swear, the moment you get out of my house will be the moment I start getting full sleep again," he looked at Jessie and James pointedly, "My room is across the hall. I can hear your passionate love-making clearly, disturbingly well." the two blushed, then Vegeta turned on me, "Didn't YOU bring them here in your odd, uncontrolled wish-making state at that party?" I nodded. It was kinda the truth. Vegeta glared, "Then make them go back, pregnant author brat!"

"Uh…ok," I raised my eyebrows, not quite sure what to say to Vegeta about my wish-making disability, so I looked at the three Team Rocket members instead, "Um…catch the annoyingly cute rodent for me…yeah…"

Pause.

Everyone stood there, nothing happened.

"Well send them back!" yelled Vegeta.

"The thing is, I can't. It was my evil self-doing that wishing, but as of my 'I wish I was 22' wish, I have been able to wish no more," I bowed my head.

"You mean you can't?! Then find this so-called evil self and make her send them back!"

I rolled my eyes at him, "Dur Vegeta. She's evil and you think she'll just nicely wish for them to go back?"

"Well find someone who can! One of those new author brats! One of those 'muse' things! And don't face me again until you do!" after being officially kicked out of a second room in the Briefs' house I sat in kitchen aimlessly doing nothing except for quickly walking back into the living room to say, "OhyeahVegetayourgoingtobemybaby'sgodfatherwhetheryoulikeitornotsothere," and then getting away before he could object or tear me limb from limb. Then a familiar face walked in with a monkey, I grinned because I hadn't seen them in awhile, "Oi! Hey BG! Hey Quorky!" Hmmm…maybe I found a godmother and a sender-backer…

Yayness!

*****

*Raine / Belle / Tobias*

"You think Zane and Jujubee will end up like their Mirai counterparts?" Yamcha asked.

He and Tsunami were in the back of the house enjoying the breeze of the beach. Tsunami sat on the rail while Yamcha stood between her legs, his arms around her waist and his head rested against her. Tsunami smiled and wrapped her arms around him, stroking his hair.

"You know from experience that that won't happen. Chibi Zane won't go through most of his childhood without his parents. But I do know he'll grow up to be as handsome as his Mirai form," Tsunami said with a grin.

Mirai Zane happened to walk over to the glass door and stopped in mid stride when he over heard his parents talking.

"I heard Mirai Gabriel was going to be at the barbecue," Yamcha brought up.

"Yes, all the Mirais will. And you'd better not do anything to scare him off," Tsunami said.

Yamcha sighed, "Alright, I'll go easy on him. Call it the protective father complex."

"You know, it might be a premonition for our chibis," Tsunami said.

"Hmm?" Yamcha looked up at her.

"You should've seen Gabe and Jujubee when me and J'dee went shopping. It was like they had always known each other. I think they can even communicate somehow," she said.

"That can't be good. Especially after the 'box incident'. I'm worried that we might have the next Trunks and Goten," Yamcha chuckled.

"Yeah. I'm glad that we've all got children to grow up together. None of them will ever have to feel alienated or unwanted. And plus there's more of us with the same differences," she said.

"That's true. Gohan didn't have other kids like himself to relate too. Now at least this generation won't have to experience that," Yamcha said.

Mirai Zane smiled warmly and headed back the way he came, his hands in his pockets. That's when he came across Mirai Jubilee's room. Her door was open. He peeked in to see her tossing things from her closet.

Mirai Zane blinked and stepped inside, "What are you doing?"

"Huh?" Jubilee stuck her head out of the closet to look at her brother.

"Oh, hey bro. I'm looking for something to wear to the barbecue," she said before going back to looking through her things.

Mirai Zane suppressed a growl and sat on her bed. Jubilee came out shortly with a white and baby blue jersey dress. She held it up over her, "What do you think? Mom gave it to me."

"It's cute," Zane said, resting his chin in his hand.

Jubilee sighed and placed the dress on the bed before squatting before him, "Zane, you've got to promise me that you and dad won't try anything when I see Gabe."

Zane sighed, "Well, you've got to promise not to do a repeat performance of last time."

Jubilee blushed and lightly punched his arm, "Zane!"

"Well, I'm just sayin'…" Zane said before his sister pushed him and got up.

"Deal. Besides, we're just gonna talk….and enjoy each other's company," Jubilee said with a sigh before she picked up her jersey dress and headed back to the closet.

Zane looked at her, "You really love him, don't you?"

Jubilee blushed, keeping her back to him, "Yeah, I guess I do. And it's weird because I kinda always had feelings for him, but they don't compare to this. Ever since we…became mates it's like…man, it's hard being without him."

Zane frowned. Jubilee looked back at him, "Lighten up. You've had it in for him ever since we became teens. He won't try anything."

"He didn't have to, he went for home base already," Zane said.

"Zane! We are mated now. He won't hurt me and you know it. He's a great guy. He's sweet and kind-hearted and you know it," Jubilee said before stomping over to him, "And besides, you act like I can't take of myself."

Zane sighed again, "Yeah yeah. But it doesn't mean I'm gonna stop being protective of you."

Jubilee smiled and glomped onto him, "I know. You're my brother, it's your job. Just as long as you don't threaten him."

Zane rolled his eyes and hugged her back, "Promise. I'll behave."

~*~*~*~*~

After the family had gone to bed, Tsunami headed over to the beach, standing before the shore. The breeze blew at her robe and she clung to it, gazing at the starry sky.

That's when she felt it. His ki. And he wasn't trying to disguise it. She frowned and looked back at the direction of her home, then to the woods. Then with a heavy heart, she flew towards the woods.

~*~*~*~*~

"Toby" could only smirk as he approached her. This was the woman he mated with. The one who bore his child. When he reached to touch her cheek, she shied away from his touch. He only smiled and pulled her to him.

"I missed you onna. After that little trick you pulled back at your house, I was concerned that I wouldn't see you again," he said.

"Your concern is touching," she said sarcastically, avoiding his eyes.

"Do I scare you?" he asked, grabbing her other arm.

Tsunami glared at him, "You brought me here for a reason. Just get it over with."

"Toby" chuckled, "You hate me."

"Very much," she said.

He smiled and circled her, stopping behind her and nipping at her neck, "But through all that hate, I can still smell your fear. And it's very alluring."

She closed her eyes and fought back the urge to vomit as his hands found their way to her waist.

"You see?" he said, inhaling.

"I want to make things interesting. You remember the last time we were together?" he asked.

Tsunami grit her teeth under her grimace. How could she forget? Especially after waking up in Babidi's clutches surrounded by Nappa and all those saiiyan males gawking at her.

"I'd never enjoyed mating more than on that night. And I want to relive it," he said, his voice getting lower.

He got towards her ear and lowered his voice to a whisper, "Run."

Tsunami's eyes shot open. Her feet suddenly took on lives of their own as she soon found herself running through the woods. She didn't need to look back to know that he was following, laughing the entire time. He was faster than she was what with his higher level in power. She then powered up and tried flying out of the forest when a strong, hard force knocked her out of the sky and pinned her to the forest floor.

"Caught ya," "Toby" smiled before nipping her nose.

She struggled to no avail when he paused. She stopped her struggling to look at him, "W-What?"

"Something is…different about you…" he said.

She looked at him as he closed his eyes and concentrated. His eyes suddenly shot open, a glare on his face where his smile once was, "You are pregnant again…"

"No!" she screamed, struggling. She already knew what he would do and would do everything in her power to keep him from accomplishing it.

"Another abomination borne from that farce you dare to call your husband!" "Toby" exclaimed.

He grabbed her robe and ripped it open, tugging at her nightgown underneath, "We will see if he still wants you after I'm done with you."

He bit at her flesh none-too-gently as he ripped at her clothing, her screaming and struggling the whole time. She would not go through this again! His nails began to dig into her arm and she screamed again as she felt him pry her legs with his knee. She wouldn't let this happen again! She promised herself! She promised herself that he would suffer for doing this to her the first time!

"Stop struggling onna! It got you nowhere the last time and it will only do the same this time!" he mocked her, revelling in the 'rip' sound he made as he began to tear through the fabric of her nightgown.

With one final scream, Tsunami by some miracle was able to pull her hand free. She placed her hand on his forehead and concentrated. Much like the energy she used to attack J'dee when she was under Babidi's control, she used on him, forcing the power into his head. He yelled in pain and grabbed his head. It was all she needed and she pointed her palm at him, forcing him off of her and a few feet away. By the time she had risen to her feet, he was unconscious.

Panting and week-kneed, she pulled together her tattered clothing and flew out of the forest as fast as she could. She concentrated on the nearest ki she could find, the one farthest from 'Turles' and even farther from the house. She couldn't let Yamcha or the others see her in this condition.

It didn't take her long to find a friendly ki.

"Belle…" she whispered in relief before flying towards the house. Her friend was standing outside of the house.

~*~*~*~*~

I sighed as I stood in the garden, my hair falling down my back in a braid as I finished my cup of cocoa. It was a beautiful night and I was enjoying the peace, I had been enjoying myself recently, especially with training Goku and Gohan to reach level five. I felt a shiver of fear run down my spine and I turned around.

~*~*~*~*~

"Tsunami?" Belle looked her over in surprise, "What the hell happened?"

Tsunami was shaking now and she quickly pulled her robe over her clothing. Belle quickly approached her and placed her hands on her friend's arms, "Tsunami! What happened to you?"

Tsunami shook her head, trying to find the words, "Woods…chased me…tried to kill the baby…can't let him know.."

She broke down and her friend consoled her.

"Let who know?" she asked softly.

"Yamcha.." Tsunami managed through her sobs.

Belle frowned, "Can't let him know what?"

Tsunami shut her eyes tight, remembering Turles' words. He'd attack Belle, J'dee and Icer if she revealed his secret. But she couldn't let him do this to her! Belle held Tsunami in front of her and looked her over to try to deduce something from her appearance. She looked as if a wild animal in the woods had attacked her!

"Tsunami, this is Belle, you can tell me anything. What happened?" she asked.

Tsunami frowned and shook her head, looking dazed and staring at the ground, "I can't say. I'd risk your health. I'd risk J'dee and Icer if I said anything. I can't."

Her tears began to fall again. Belle was at a loss for words as she looked her friend over and searched for a ki. She felt the ki with Tsunami. The life within was fine. And there was a faint, but still living ki coming from the woods. Then she paused, breathing in the air…why was Toby's scent on her?

Belle's eyes widened and pulled her friend with her, "C-Come inside."

They flew up to the open window of Belle's bedroom and the two headed inside. After Tsunami had come out of the shower, she pulled on a pair of jeans and a white A-shirt that Belle had brought out for her. Tsunami sat at the foot of Belle's bed, her arms wrapped tightly around herself as she stared at the ground.

Belle remembered that look all too well. It was when Turles had possessed Yamcha not too long ago. Sure Yamcha's scent was on her, but it was like a faint breeze in the air compared to Toby's! And why would he touch her? Belle contemplated for a moment but then her mouth went slack.

'The operation…'

~*~*~*~*~

I felt part of me feel ill as I looked at Tsunami. I gently stroked her hand and for a moment I WAS Tsunami. I could feel each touch, hear each whisper, and feel each threat as if it were directed at my loved ones and me. I felt my rage build up and I nearly went SSJ5, but in the long run I could not defeat Turles through Toby, nor could I go for him in person, after all, if he knew I knew, he would come for us in Toby's body.

~*~*~*~*~

Belle pulled over in front of Yamcha and Tsunami's beach house. Belle frowned, "You'll have to tell him sometime."

Tsunami sighed, her breath shuddering with her fear, "I-I will, but just not yet. I just.."

Belle nodded sadly.

"Thank you so much," Tsunami said grimly.

Belle nodded again, "It's okay. It's no problem."

Tsunami got out of the car, waved to her friend, then slowly trekked back inside of the house where her husband would probably be waiting with a million questions.

~*~*~*~*~

I closed my eyes as I shook in rage behind the steering wheel of my car. It was so wrong and what made it worse was that I was unable to do a damn thing. I snarled as I got out of the car and encapsulated it. I would fly home...and train at the highest level in the gravity chamber. Anything that would keep me from going after Turles.

~*~*~*~*~

Tobias groaned and slowly opened his eyes. He was lying face down in the dirt. He slowly pushed himself up and sat there. What the hell had happened? He'd been having a nightmare about Tsunami and Turles, then….he woke up here.

"I thought I had stopped sleepwalking when I was fifteen." He muttered. He shook his head and headed for to shower and go back to sleep.

*****

The next day…

*Toby / Belle / J'dee*

"Toby! Get those steaks on the grill!" J'dee called. Tobias shouted something back, which earned him a smack from Icer. Grumbling he carried the steaks the grill. He began placing them down as he watched the kids play.

~*~*~*~

"Toby! What are you doing?!" I cried as he tried to put my piece of meat on the grill. I snatched it away before growling.

"What?" he cried and I shook my head as I indicated my slightly showing belly.

"Hello, pregnant she-Saiyan, cravings!" I growled as I held up the steak and took a bite, letting the blood run down my chin. "Don't touch my meat for the next six months." Toby rolled his eyes before nodding and I quickly finished before someone pulled on my tail. I turned to see Liana and Alex standing next to Zane and Iczer.

"Mommy?" Liana asked sweetly and I looked at her with a raised eyebrow.

"Yes-sy?" I replied using my 'I know you're up to something' voice. She smiled as she grabbed my hand.

"Train with us!" Alex cried as he pulled at my other hand and I smiled as I looked at his face. The image of my Mirai son's face as he tried to hide his ruined eye from me crossed my mind and I nodded to myself more than to them. I would train them. I may not be the same woman from the future, but I was still able to give my children the power to fight anyone who came at them.

"Okay," I said as I got up and gently stroked their faces with my tail before catching them all in a hug. "I'll make sure all of you will be stronger than your Mirai selves."

"Yea!" they all called and I began to train them.

~*~*~*~

"Tsunami?" Tobias said, sitting down next to her. She jumped.

"T-Tobias, you scared me." She stammered. Tobias grinned and made a face at her.

"MY face naturally scares women." He said and she gave a weak laugh.

"You seem occupied. Want to talk about it?" He said, glancing at the grill where the steaks were sizzling.

"Uh, no, not really." She said. Tobias grinned.

"Okay, but you know I'm here too. You're J'dee's friend, and we really haven't gotten to know each other too well. I may not be a woman and there are certain things you may not want me to know, but that's cool. I can always listen real good." Tobias frowned. "Just don't talk to me about female problems, if you know what I mean. Ugh." Tobias shivered and Tsunami laughed.

"Okay Toby, you got yourself a deal." She said as he stood and flipped the steaks, added a few more, and sat down again.

"Oh, I was also wondering if Iczer could come over and spar with Zane? I have to go spar with Vegeta. Promised I'd help him reach level five, since Belle will probably help Goku. I know you may be worried about them hurting each other but I have senzu beans for them."

"Sure, I'm sure Zane will love the idea. How long?"

"Not sure, depends on Vegeta. Besides, I think it might be good for Iczer to have some more friends his age." Tobias frowned. "He seems to be turning into Trunks. Yesterday he and Alex videotaped me singing in the shower." Tsunami laughed.

"I heard." She glanced at where Iczer was boasting about his level three transformation as Zane stared at him, wide-eyed. Tobias noted to speak to him about concealing his power. "Do you ever think what it's going to be like for them? Growing up the children of another race?"

"All the time." Tobias said. He looked around at everyone and sighed. "I think about it every time I look at him. Right now, he's the only one of his kind. He's still the first, after me and Icer have more kids. But I think he knows it deep down. That's why I push him so hard."

"Why? I mean aren't we in peaceful times?" Tsunami said.

"Oh we are, but still, my son will be far superior to me in everyway. I don't want to next villain showing up and killing him. I want him to be one of the ones who comes back to his family. I determined that Iczer will be the first to reach level six." Tobias stated firmly.

"Six?" Tsunami gasped. "Is there such a level?"

"People thought four was the highest but all the Mirai kids have reached five, and so have me and Belle. So it stands to reason there's a higher level. But I wonder……."

"Wonder what?" Tsunami asked. Tobias frowned and scratched his chin.

"You don't have to be super saiyan to destroy a planet, hell as level four you could easily wipe out the solar system. There has to be a stopping point eventually and I think a level seven may be that point." He said.

"Seven? Why there? And have you told J'dee and Icer all this?" Tsunami demanded. Tobias laughed.

"Of course I've told them." Tobias said, getting up to flipped the steaks. He placed some on a plate and put burgers down in their place. "They know. I would never tell you if they didn't know already. No offence."

"None taken."

"As for level seven? Vegeta takes nothing more than the utmost pride when you sit there, listening for hours on end, telling you about saiyan culture. It's why he comes over to spar with me more than Goku now. He feels he has a real saiyan to spar with. Plus, afterwards, he loves to discuss the super saiyan phenomena. He's heard legends for super saiyans in what may be six forms."

"So that means there may only be six levels." Tsunami said. Tobias shook his head, watching Iczer laughed and run past them as the others tried to catch him.

"No, remember, level two looks almost identical to level one. The body just changes a bit, along with spiker hair. I came to conclusion that they may have gotten mixed up." Tobias sighed and placed what was left of the steaks on a plate, put down more burgers and some hotdogs as well.

"You honestly think there may be SEVEN levels to a super saiyan? What would the seventh level be? Hell what would SIX be?" Tsunami asked. Tobias shrugged as he flipped the burgers he had already laid down.

"I honestly have no idea, I mean level four was mostly red, and five was like a silver version of that. With the way the transformations are going, I have no idea what to expect. Iczer is also unique because of his mixed heritage. He's equal to a level four in his level three form because of his unique blood. His transformations are a mix of the two races. That's why I have the most hope of him reach level seven, not me." Tobias said. He suddenly laughed. "Listen to us, everyone else is having a good time enjoying the barbeque and we're sitting in lawn chairs, sounding like two old farts discussing philosophy." Tsunami laughed as well.

"Well, I think I'm going to see what the babies are doing. Probably getting dirty." She said. Tobias placed a hand on her shoulder, smiling.

"You know I had the weirdest dream last night? I dreamed I was Turles and I was about to do something to you?" he gestured to the tail grafted to where his should have been. "Must be anxiety over this." He said with a laugh. He didn't see Tsunami's shiver.

*****

I sat next to Sei my arms crossed across my chest I was in a huffy emotional mood. Damn pregnancy.

Sei looked at me. "Sooooo…" He began.

"Billy Bob Thornton is afraid of antique furniture." I continued.

"Not what I was going to say…" Sei frowned.

"Ha I still have great powers of unpredictability!!" I announced.

Trey came running past looking flustered. Eighteen growled and began to chase him. He yelped and ran off again. "NAAAAAAH I DIDN'T MEAN IT!!!"

"YOU BETTER OF MEANT IT!!!!" Eighteen shouted angrily. "IF I FIND OUT MY DAUGHTER WAS JUST SOME RANDOM GIRL YOU ARE A DEAD MAN!!!!"

"What's up with her?" Sei asked me. "Man I want her to chase me. I was sooooo close too." He complained.

"Oh she found out while she was visiting me to scold Trey. Marron had a second kid… Twins…boy and a girl." I nodded grinning.

"What?" Sei looked generally shocked.

"Yep. Then the boy said he knew nothing about kids and wished they were at near walking stage… cause it'd be easier to manage. I don't see how though, just goes to show, boy knows nothing about kids."

Sei sweatdropped. "Okay he deserves to be chased."

"The boy's boy has blonde hair and the girl has black hair." I grinned. "I'm an aunty." I added cheerily.

"Wow reverse huh?" Sei asked referring to their image basis of the two android twins.

"Yep. Now they're the same age probably older than Gabe… about Jubilee's age…"

Sei looked over to the two-mirai kids sitting on a blanket with Zane seated firmly between then arms crossed and Yamcha hoovering over Gabe. Making the poor guy feel and look out of place.

"Not those ones." I turned his head to where chibi Jubilee was, in the sand box with chibi Gabe and Gokin the three playing quite happily.

"Soooooo…" Sei began again.

"I'm an aunty." I repeated grinning.

"Yesssss so you said."

"It's so cooooool!"

"Kay…" Sei shuffled away just a little.

~*~*~*~

Mirai Gabriel looked up to see Yamcha yanked away by Tsunami and he let out a cry as she dragged him away by his collar.

Gabriel then looked at Zane who still sat there.

"Zane please." Jubilee looked at her older brother, he let out a sigh and got up eventually giving the two some space.

Gabriel took her hand, even if he couldn't do anything "saiyan" to show how deeply he had missed her, taking her hand and just holding it was a beginning.

"These past few days have been killing me." He confessed, "I'm glad for the barbeque idea." He nodded still holding her hand and shuffling over to be closer.

~*~*~*~

Sei looked up as Gohan stood over the two of them, Sei saw J'dee shift uncomfortably where she was sitting.

"You always dress corporate for a barbeque?" Gohan asked.

J'dee shrugged she was wearing a white collared shirt and a black jersey over top and a small black mini skirt and black roman sandal heels.

"I always dress corporate Gohan, comes from having a mother who made sure my appearance in public was acceptable." She replied and stood up. She looked at Sei. "I'll be back okay find something to eat that isn't sugar. I need to talk to Gohan about Gabriel." She added.

Sei's eyes wondered over to the mirai Gabriel and he blinked and looked at Sei suddenly flushing under the gaze.

"Not that one." J'dee sighed.

Sei looked to where the three chibis were playing in the sand box. Chibi Gabriel was the youngest but he had started building in the sand box a large dragon sculpture.

"Ugh…." Sei blinked and looked to where J'dee and Gohan had walked off. It defiantly needed to be dealt with. He could tell.

~*~*~*~

"Mirai G tells me he has a younger sister in his timeline."

I nodded. "Yeah cause of Uro." It was a conversation to get things going.

"He told me Goten and Videl raised her." Gohan continued.

"I believe so." I leant up against the wall where I was hiding from the shade of the sun, I may of enjoyed the sun but today I wore black as a sign of passing, and the heat was just to hot and I wasn't going to strip down.

"I've decided you will raise him, but he will visit whenever any of his brothers or sisters have birthdays Christmas holidays. I want to be a part of his life so when parent teacher interviews come alone we will go together."

I listened carefully, Gohan had it all sorted out and he was just dictating, he knew I had lousy sense of organization skills, plus the tendency to bolt.

"Orange star high he will go there, I want him to, plus I want him to be home schooled until he's thirteen. That way he can train and have an education." I replied.

"We'll take turns training him then, me and Belle we can teach him. Plus train him in things you don't cover." Gohan continued.

"Fine." I replied.

Gohan sighed. "Why didn't you stay if you were pregnant?" he asked suddenly.

"Pregnancy came to late, a loop hole in a loop hole that allowed the others to stay behind." I replied.

"Goten's spending a lot of time round there." He noted seeing Goten by the playpen watching over the three chibi's.

I rolled my eyes. "You're not my husband." I crossed my arms across my chest. "Don't be paranoid. Besides Goten's a great baby sitter."

"Yeah." He replied and smiled. "When me and Belle need a break-."

"Gohan you don't mind me and Toby do you?" I interrupted.

Gohan frowned. "I don't understand the three way wedding, but no he'll be a good husband I'm sure. I've seen him in fatherhood so far, he's doing great."

"Okay." I slipped away from the fence.

Gohan slipped me a piece of paper. "Just to back up what we decided legally." He stated. I took the piece of paper and looked at the contract. "Add what you want and return it to me okay?"

"Yeah." I slipped away from where Gohan was and Belle joined her husband not long after.

I folded the piece of paper up and slipped it in to my pocket. Trey rammed in to me and jumped sky high then dived behind me as Eighteen stopped in front of us.

Marron entered the scene she held two bundles on in each arm happily. "Trey!!" She called and jogged over and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Ohmigoddess is this them?!" I grinned.

"Yep." Marron smiled brightly.

"They're so kawaii!!" I bounced happily and Marron handed me and little girl, whose small tuff of hair was black and she had large beautiful blue eyes. "Awww." I looked at her. "I've got to show Toby be right back." I raced off leaving Trey with the two women, one excited the other pissed off.

I found Toby by the grill and tugged on his shirt. "Look." I grinned.

He turned round and got the shock of his life as I held the wide-eyed blue-eyed baby girl up. "I'm an aunty." I had become this little mass of bubbliness.

He looked at the baby carefully and then looked over at Trey hiding behind Marron as Eighteen glared.

"She is just the cutest thing." I pulled her back to hold her in my arms. I know I didn't want kids to soon after Gabriel, but I'm actually looking forward to it."

I saw the look on his face, it was a panicked look that was for sure. I smiled and grinned. "If you even think like Shinji I'm going to drag you by the tail back you know that don't you. If anyone runs it's going to be me."

He held a burger out and I frowned. "I'm a vegetarian Toby. No meat."

"You're pregnant, to make sure the baby - is a healthy saiyan baby."

I looked at the burger. "Later." I grinned and held her close getting all clucky.

"J'dee. I know you haven't eaten all day, it's not healthy." He stated.

"I'll eat later, I'm an aunty. This is a big thing." I walked off Toby rolling his eyes.

~*~*~*~

"If you think about it, I'm an uncle now too, and you don't see me freaking over my niece and nephew!" Tobias called after her.

~*~*~*~

I stuck my tongue out at him from a distance before returning my niece back to her mother. I sat down next to Marron at the picnic table and Trey sat next to Marron despite Eighteen's 'die' glares.

Toby placed a pile of meat down on the table and some bread to go with it. He headed back over to the barbeque.

"Memories of home." Trey smirked.

I rubbed the back of my neck remembering the day my mother had bought a barbeque using dad's credit card.

It was the only purchase that went unargued against.

"Except this time you won't be scrapping the grill clean. Unless Toby has a say in the you cook you can clean routine too."

Marron smiled and handed Trey his son he blinked as he held the child who blinked and looked at him with big blue eyes.

"Blonde haired and blue eyed saiyan baby… freaky." He remarked.

Marron elbowed him. "That's your son." She remarked and began to make herself up a burger while skilfully balancing the baby girl on her lap.

"hehehe…" Trey laughed nerviously.

"Freak." I rolled my eyes at him.

"Yo nana's a freak." He retorted.

Marron gave Trey a sidelong glance. "Trey she's family doesn't that mean-"

"No." he replied. "She's adopted."

I kicked him under the table.

"OW!" He looked at me.

"How would you know I was born first boy."

"Dad told me." He replied jokingly.

"Speaking of nana…" I paused.

"Uro was the last of her minions just chill she won't send anyone else, especially when she realises its pointless." Trey replied.

I picked up a slice of bread and pulled the crusts off flicking them to the side and began to eat the slice. "Still I'm paranoid about dad's family you should know that."

"Yea who wouldn't be? It's like hello white power on motorbikes."

"Strange dad would marry mum like that especially since-" I stopped.

"She's part Maori." Trey finished.

"Maori?" Marron looked at him.

"It's just a whanu thang."

I thumped my forehead. There he went in to his 'Maori homey talk' next you know he'll be doing the 'chin greeting' from once were warriors.

"Freak." I muttered.

"Yo nana's a-"

"Stop." I interrupted him, you finish that sentence you'll regret it.

"Freak." He laughed

My left eye twitched.

~*~*~*~

Meanwhile…

In the depths of space…

A shuttle flew its rounds over a planet, the pilot landing the shuttle on a strip and parking it.

The alien stewardess smiled as the passengers of the shuttle began to leave.

"Thank-you hope you enjoyed your flight, don't forget to book your return flight with us."

Once the shuttle was empty the stewardess let out a relieved sigh and slumped to the ground.

"What a day…" She sighed.

The pilot walked out of the shuttle cockpit. "At least you can go home I have one more flight to do today."

The stewardess smiled. "Home oh how good that sounds."

The pilot slung his duffle bag over his shoulder. "Well time to change shuttles see you tomorrow." He waved as he walked out of the shuttle.

The airport was packed as the pilot walked through the crowds. "Hmmnn I hate the rush hour flights." He remarked to a co-pilot who joined him.

"Last flight of the day it'll be fine." The co-pilot smiled.

The two entered the new shuttle as it was being loaded with luggage.

"C'mon what's taking so long?!" A man from the que shouted.

"Security check." A lady replied from in front.

He rolled his eyes. "Typical. I'm late for a meeting you've delayed my flight three times today!"

"Take it as a sign." The lady replied.

"Wha?"

"Get a new job."

The man's left eye twitched. "Of all the…" he began to grumble and complain.

Vapour like steam began to roll through the que.

"Last calling for flight to Saturn nine eight X mark three, those who are booked should be ready to board…" A female voice called over the loud speakers.

The man tugged at his alien like dread locks and growled. "Hey hurry up!! That's my flight!!"

The vapour rolled up and over the man a moment later his eyes flashed.

"Will you just calm down!" The lady in front turned round and blinked as the man straightened up his tie and looked at her.

"Does this flight go on to Earth?"

"Earth?" She questioned and then shook her head. "Everyone knows earth isn't worth visiting saiyans live there."

"Saiyans… that's the reason I'm going." He smiled eerily.

~*~*~*~

To Be Continued…

R & R please!

~J'dee