It was a peaceful night. The moon was full, and all was quiet except for the occasional crackling of leaves as deer trampled them underfoot, hoping to get away from the predators that stalked the night. Then the peace was shattered as two small figures ran through the woods into a small clearing, where it dropped off for 10 feet below. One of the figures skidded to a stop at the edge while the other jumped off and landed with ease on the ledge below.

"come on Gohan, jump down!" the one on the ledge said mockingly. "Or are you just too scared?" the one on above the ledge, Gohan, cowered at the edge of the precipice.

"No, Gochi, I'm not scared; I just don't want to miss the ledge in the dark, that's all." He laughed nervously slowly backing away.

Gochi sighed. Her brother was such a coward, with no pride to speak of. He never wanted to test his limits, instead preferring to study those awful school books. She on the other hand, was just the opposite. It was amazing to her that they could be twins and yet so different. Gochi rolled her eyes.

"Well if you are such a scaredy-cat, why don't you go home to Father and leave me to explore?"

"I'm afraid it is too late for that, Gochi." a voice spoke up behind her.

She froze. Oh crud she thought despairingly. Turning Gochi saw her father's disapproving face.

"Hello father." She said coolly not showing any of her misgivings.

Goku glared at her, standing on the yellow cloud that was the Nimbus.

"Care to explain why you two are out here alone at night?"He asked angrily.

Gochi kept her mouth shut, defiant til the end. To her horror however Gohan piped up.

"Gochi wanted to go exploring, and I went along to try to keep her out of trouble." He explained.

Gochi was furious. What a traitor. She thought and glared at Gohan, who in turn backed away even more. Their father crossed his arms. It took a lot to get him mad, as they had never seen him this upset before.

"You know Piccolo is out here waiting to get revenge, don't you?"

"Hmph" Gochi snorted contemptuously. "I can take him"

Goku gritted his teeth. It was the same story ever since they were born. It was like she was his fighting spirit personified but with none of the control or mercy that he had accumulated over his adventures. He forced himself to relax.

"Look, just get on the Nimbus and we'll go home. Your mother doesn't know that you're gone yet. If you come home with me right now I promise it will stay that way and you won't have to do any more schoolwork."

This last remark was more for Gochi than Gohan as he liked doing schoolwork and Gochi hated it with a passion. Part of Goku empathized with her; he wouldn't want to write boring essays or do maths either. Just like him, Gochi would much rather be out training and adventuring. Gohan jumped towards the Nimbus. Gochi followed a moment later, the threat of schoolbooks quelling her fighting spirit for the moment. Together they flew through the night towards their house.

Gochi's POV

I woke up after my little nighttime adventures and sat up, sighing. Gohan was still sleeping, so I went down the hall where I smelled food. If there was one thing I liked about my mother, it was that she was an excellent cook. Mother was waiting with stacks of home made pancakes and maple syrup. I seated myself at the table and waited impatiently, my stomach growling loudly.

"Good morning sweetie," Mother greeted.

I grimaced once her back was turned at the term of endearment. All she wanted me to aspire to was to be a housewife like her, only smarter. That was definitely not on my to do list. In fact, I thought as I started shoveling food into my mouth, if it ever became on my to do list it will be because I had gone completely insane. I wanted a challenging fight that proved I was stronger than whomever I was fighting not have dishes to do and food to prepare. Just then I heard footsteps behind me and my father's voice rang out in salutations.

"Good morning Chi Chi, Gochi" he greeted. "Man do those pancakes smell good, Chich."

She smiled as he took his seat and looked behind him.

"Hello Gohan you're up early."

I shot a look at him as he walked up to his seat to make sure he knew the consequences of mentioning what happened the previous night. That is to say- a beating from me. I knew he saw me when his eyes widened slightly and he swallowed heavily. As my 'family', honestly if I hadn't heard tales about how father was the only one around with a tail, I would've believed I was adopted, started wolfing down the pancakes Mother apparently remembered something.

"Goku, weren't you going to take the kids to Kame house today to meet your friends" She asked pointedly.

He stopped eating in shock."Oh yeah that's right! Kids finish up quick; I am going to change"

I wolfed down the rest of my pancakes and ran outside to wait for the Flying Nimbus. Anything to get out of this area. I thought sighing. My brother came out with his favorite hat. It had the four star dragon ball on it and was red and gold. He was laughing about something that father had said. I didn't really care and just stood my back to them until father picked my twin and myself up and called for the nimbus. He leapt on and we were off.

"So are you excited to meet my friends?" Father asked us.

Gohan nodded excitedly and father turned to me. I forced a smile.

"Sure am."

Just then I saw a flash of light streak towards us. To avoid it Father jumped off of the nimbus and landed heavily on the ground. My twin and I fell off of his shoulders to the ground. In front of us a man landed. He had long black hair and a...tail? My eyes widened in shock, but before I could point that detail out the man spoke in a condescending tone.

"So we meet again Kakarot."

Many thanks to C4tloverr for editing this chapter for me!