If Only... - Chapter 3

Geneaviv went to get dressed. She opened her closet to see a multitude of revealing clothing. She didn't know where to start. She had never been able to wear such things in front of her father.

(What happened to my father?)

She realized that she was alone except for the people waiting for her in the living room.

(All my friends, my father, grandfather. I‘ve never been away from them like this).

She wanted to cry. (I wonder if they even know my father. I think he came to earth before. Surely they must know him.) She quickly got dressed and went into the living room.

"Tell me? Have any of you heard the name Freiza?" Goku and Gohan looked at her surprised.

"Yeah, dad fought him a long time ago. Almost killed him too." Gohan said “But when he came to Earth he was killed by Trunks." He said as if relieved.

Her heart immediately sank.

“That can't be!" She said clearly upset. They looked at her, wondering why.

"Why?" Goku asked hoping there wasn't something wrong.

"Is this Trunks person still on earth?" she asked them; her voice trembling from her holding back tears.

"Yeah mom of course he is." Goten said happy to acknowledge his friend.

"Good. I shall find this Trunks and I will take his life for what he's done!" Geneaviv said fiercely. Everyone's mouths dropped.

"Bu…But… he… he’s only 8!" Gohan said with his voice crackly in surprise at the violent outburst.

"That's impossible! An 8 year old could never defeat him! Stop toying with me!" she screamed. Her anger and tears were now visible to everyone.

"The Trunks that killed Frieza was from the future. It's hard to explain and I know that sounds weird but -- " Gohan said cautiously hoping that would calm her down some.

Gen sighed heavy and shook her head. "With everything else that has happened today that explaination doesn't surprise me..." They could see the pain in her face.

"Gen, why did you want to know? Why are you so upset?" he asked in a concerned voice.

"Frieza...is my father." she replied quietly but loud enough to be heard. There was a short silence as Goku and Gohan comprehended what they had just heard. When it finally set in they nearly jumped out of their seats.

"You're joking right?" Goku asked in disbelief. "There was no possible way a monster like Frieza could..." He trailed off. He could see the insult in Genaviv's face.

"Not biologically" she started, "but he has been the only father I've known. He raised me since birth." barely hold her tears back. They all looked at her quietly. The two younger children went over to comfort their mother. Goku and Gohan  felt like it was their fault that she was so upset. If they would have known they wouldn't have been so boastful about it in the beginning.

"Well then. I might as well start cooking. I don't want you guys to starve." Gen said flashing a smile to the two men still sitting on the couch. They could still see the pain in her eyes but smiled back at her. She patted the two kids on the head. "You guys all go get dressed now." she said as she walked it the kitchen. They all got up and went to get ready to start the day. Again.
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(Rest in peace Lord Frieza. Father, I will always love you.)

She looked around the kitchen wondering where to start. (Ok. Humans couldn't possibly eat as much as saiyans so I don't think I should cook as much as I used to.) She decided to try to cook a well balanced "human" style breakfast (whatever that is...)

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"Come and eat you guys!" she called. Her family walked into the dining room to see a plate of food for each of them.

They all looked at each other and then the table and then looked around to see where the rest of the food was.

"What are you waiting for. I thought you guys were so hungry? Are you afraid of my cooking?" Gen said wondering why they would go near the table.

"That's all?" Goten said sadly.

"That's not enough?" she said surprised.

"No. Mom that can't even feed a regular person. You got super saiyans here!" Goten said flexing proudly.

"I've got what?" Geneaviv said in disbelief trying to make sure she heard him right.

“Shut up Goten!" Gohan muttered as he tried to muffle his little brother.

“No, What did he say? Tell me.”

"Umm...heh heh...we're kinda like not all human. We're half of an alien race called saiyans." Gohan said nervously.

Geneaviv's eyes lit up. "You guys are half saiyan?" She looked at them as if they had just given her a new puppy.

"Yeah except me. I’m full blooded." stated Goku "I should have realized that you probably knew what a saiyan was cause you were with Frieza for so long.”

"As I should have realized that you had to have been something other that human. You said you fought my father. I heard humans were weak and if you were human you would have been dead! Even though I don't really know how you're alive at all seeing as how my father was the strongest in the universe!" Geneaviv replied happily. Her eyes lit up even more as she looked at her new husband. Her Saiyan husband. She started to dance in place a with a huge grin on her face. They all looked at her wondering what happened to the violent Gen that they encountered before.

"Give those plates back. I'm about to make a real breakfast!" She said reaching her hands out for the plates. They handed them over quickly and happily.

"Thank God I don't have to hide my tail anymore." She said walking into the kitchen. Goku and Gohan looked at each other. It took them a second to realize what she had said, but with everything else that had happened that day that really didn’t surprise them. Then Goku started laughing at Gohan.

"What Dad? Is there something on my face? What?!" Gohan asked wondering why his dad was laughing so hard at him.

"You're sooo big and I just realized it." Goku said still laughing.

“Yeah I know. One minute I was 12 the next minute I was like this. And then all this too. New house, new mom, new siblings.”

“We'll get to the bottom of this after we breakfast. I'm starving" Goku said rubbing his stomach.
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" Thanks for breakfast Gen. Alright Gohan; let's go. We'll be back and hopefully have some answers." the two began to walk toward the door.

"Hold it! Where are you going?" Gen asked with her arms folded.

"Um...we're going to talk to the guardian of Earth. He should know something about what's going on." Goku said to his wife.

"Then I'm going too. I don't want to sit and wait to find out what's going on. I want to know just as bad as you." she said putting down the dishes she had in her hands.

"Well I guess after that breakfast I have enough energy to get us there in one go."

"Ok. Then let's get going." She said looking at him wondering why he wasn't moving.

"What about the kids?" He asked.

"They can come too. Goten! Anana! Let's go!" She called to the children. They came down ready to go as if they were hoping to go all along. "Well off we go." Gen said smiling. Goku found himself once again staring at her beauty. He snapped out of it and smiled right back, half laughing.
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"The what?" Goku asked confused.

"We're in a time warped world.  It's something that only happens once every million years or so. You guys are very lucky." Dende said with a smile on his face. He was so excited about it that he didn't even notice the blank stares and frowns he was receiving.

"How can you say that we're lucky? I've got a wife that hates me and wants to kill me!" Kuririn said looking at the young guardian as if he were crazy.

"Well you're not the only one who has gone through some changes. I think almost everybody has. Everyone; just as I have, has aged.  If you don't have new people in your life, the people you know may have changed. Your relationships with them maybe different. You may be having a glimpse of your future or you may be experiencing how your life should or may have been if things were different. Put it this way; it's like your reality and all other possiblites of your reality were put in a blender and this world is the result. Everything in this world is here for a reason. This world is here to enlighten you." The young guardian continued to smile at all the new faces.

He looked over at the young wavy haired brunette women who was leaning against a pillar with her arms folded. She seemed pretty pissed at the fact that she didn‘t know where she was or how she got there.

Then he glanced over to the young blue haired woman who had come with Yamucha. She seemed fascinated with everything around her and was mumbling to herself as if she was making notes for a later time. Then the loud roar of a ship broke through the confusion, startling everybody.

"Hey guys!" Bulma waved from the ship.

"Hey it's Bulma. At least she's still normal." Yamucha said in relief. The shuttle landed and Bulma and Trunks jumped out. Trunks ran to play with Goten and Anana while Bulma scanned through the people there.

"Wow, so many new faces. How you guys doing?" Bulma said happily

"Hi! My name's Meliah. I'm Yamucha's wife" The woman held out her hand for a handshake.

"Nice to meet you." Bulma turned back to the ship. "Hey Vegeta! Wake up and Get out here!"

Gen's eyes locked on to the ship as Vegeta sleepily stepped out. "Alright woman be quiet alre..." He stopped in mid-sentence when he saw the brunette woman now with her full attention on him.

"Gene...Geneaviv?" he said quietly turning toward her.

"Vegeta" She whispered to herself and started to run toward him with her usually straight face expression full of teary happiness. He meet her halfway grabbing her and holding her closely. His usually evil look replaced by a not very well hidden look of happiness. A twinge of jealously hit Bulma as she watched them. Goku felt it too but being Goku he was oblivious to the fact that it was jealously and not hunger.

"I'm not alone." Geneaviv whispered through her tears.

"No... You're not alone. I'm here with you now. We're finally together again." Vegeta pulled her back to look into her beautiful tear-filled eyes. He hadn't seen her in so long but a day never went by when he did think about her. She was his best friend and he, her's.

"Hey dad why are you hugging Gen? Why is everybody actin' so funny?" Trunks asked tugging at his father's pant leg.

Vegeta didn't have time to reply before a shrill squeal broke through the air.

"Oh My God! Gen!" Everyone's attention was now focused on the violet-redhead woman running toward Geneaviv. Geneaviv quickly turned toward the voice and looked incredibly surprised.

"Ariel!" The two cousins locked together in a long loving embrace. A warm feeling came to everyone's heart as they watched the two women hugging. Ariel touched Geneaviv's face just to make sure she was really there. The two hadn't seen each other in so long not even in their own time.

"Oh Gen, I've missed you so much! After Frieza sent me away I never thought I'd see you again." She hugged her cousin again still crying. She finally stepped back and wiped her eyes with her sleeve.

"I'm so hap-- Ahhh!! Vegeta!!" she screamed and jumped back, finally noticing him. "Why'd you have to be here?! Shouldn't you be dead or something?!" She snarled at the short man.

"What's your story? Let me guess you're the maid. That's all you're good for unless you're a hooker or something." He retorted with a sly smile on his face.

"Oh please you two don't start. Ariel; what are you doing here?"

"I live here with my husband. I'm married; crazy huh? And I have two kids; twins! They're all around here somewhere." She whirled around happily and faced the door she came out of. "Hey you guys come on!"

Out ran two kids; a little girl and a little boy. The little girl had dark green hair and light green eyes and the little boy had the opposite. They both had a soft sand skin color like their mothers. The little girl resembled her mother while the little boy resembled his father...

"Piccolo! Come on!" All the guys burst into laughter. Just to imagine Piccolo married was hilarious.

The door swung open and out walked the tall Namek. The other guys tried to stop laughing but the sound of stifled laughs still filled the air. Piccolo look around at all the new people. He examined everyone closely trying to figure out if he knew all of them but his examination was cut short as he saw Ariel happily walking toward him. His face began to ball up amost instantly and he wanted to run but he knew that the guys would just laugh at him more; so he stood there and stared at Ariel evilly hoping to scare her away.

“Hi honey!” kissing her husband’s cheek.

Piccolo blushed furiously. Embarrassment and anger both coursed through him. He wanted to hit something he was so mad and the closest thing to him was his newly aquired wife. His face turned from blushed to evil as he looked down at Ariel who was smiling sweetly at him. Her smile could melt the soul of the evilest person that lived and it made it impossible for him to do any harm to her. He snapped out of his evil spell as Ariel unwittingly nuzzled his arm. He just looked at her as his evil smile slowly faded back to a down-turned lip and then walked away slowly.

“I have a question. Since dad was dead and he's here now doesn't that mean that other dead people can come back?” Gohan asked with some worry in his voice.

“Yes they can. So unfortunately….”

“That means somebody like Cell or Freiza could pop up any day now!” Vegeta said furiously.

“We’ll just have to train and keep on our toes.” said Goku. He looked at Geneaviv who had a smile on her face. She was elated to the fact that her father may still be alive.