A.N.: To those of you who can't wait for the sequel, I have a sneak peak to Different Upbringing (Book 2): Under Hardship. Enjoy and tell me what you think! These are only exerts from different chapters I already have written.

Exert from Prologue

Gohan finished reading the letter with barely any volume in his voice. ChiChi was speechless herself. Gohan collapsed next to his mother with the note in one hand and his head in the other.

"Oh my." ChiChi said softly with tears in her eyes. "My little girl."

Gohan sighed, anger creeping into his mind again. ChiChi noticed this and placed a hand on his shoulder. "If I wasn't already injured, I'd take my anger out on the androids." He said angrily.

ChiChi frowned, but felt similar hatred in her mind and heart. "You know that wouldn't solve much but get you hurt all over again or even killed." She said softly.

"Mamma always said that pain makes you stronger." A young voice said. Both ChiChi's and Gohan's head snapped towards the sound of the voice. "Though she never let me fight hard enough to make that kind of pain."

ChiChi's eyes watered again. "A young girl like yourself shouldn't be put in that situation." She said as she walked over to the little girl and knelt in front of her. "Your mother was far too young when she was taken."

Natsuki's eyes widened. "You know my Mamma?" she asked.

"A little." Gohan spoke up.

"May I ask who you are?" Natsuki asked.

ChiChi smiled. "Well, it's nice to know that Arata kept her manners." She said aloud. "My name is ChiChi, your grandmother, and that's Gohan, your uncle."

Natsuki's guard immediately left her mind as a smile etched onto her face. "Mamma told me stories about you." She said.

Gohan smiled slightly. Natsuki does remind me Arata. He thought sadly.

ChiChi smiled widely and grabbed the young girl in a tight hug. Gohan smiled slightly but hung back. Mom hasn't been like this for years. Gohan thought.

Natsuki looked over at Gohan while in her grandmother's embrace. She noted the sadness in his eyes and facial expression. Carefully slipping out of her grandmother's embrace, Natsuki made her way to her uncle, whom hadn't noticed her yet.

Gohan looked down at the feel of contact. The little girl's arms were wrapped around his leg while her head dug into his leg as well. A small smile etched onto his face.

"Mamma told me what happened before she was taken." Natsuki started as Gohan knelt down next to her. "She knew you'd be stubborn about this."

"She did now?" Gohan said, smiling still. Secretly he was enjoying being around her with so little time.

Natsuki looked into Gohan's eyes before hitting him upside the head. ChiChi chuckled from behind. "Mamma told me to do that if you were still being stubborn." She said.

"Definitely your mother's daughter." Gohan muttered while rubbing the back of his head before smiling at her. "How about we make a deal?"

"What kind of deal?" Natsuki asked cautiously.

"Listen, if I knew my sister at all before she was taken, I have a feeling I know your personality. I know that you're sad about your mother-" Gohan started before being cut off.

"-and Katsu." Natsuki said stubbornly while looking at the ground.

"What?" Gohan and ChiChi asked at the same time.

"Katsu." Natsuki said defiantly. "Mamma would deny it, but Katsu was Mamma's boyfriend."

ChiChi smiled slightly and nodded for Gohan to continue. "Alright." He said. "I know that you're sad about your mother and Katsu, but you can't hold onto it." Gohan knelt in front of Natsuki. "What you can do is use their sacrifices to your advantage to become stronger."

"But why would I need to get stronger?" Natsuki asked curiously.

Gohan sighed while standing up. Before answer, he patted Natsuki's head. "You'll understand soon." He said before walking off. "Make sure she gets something to eat Mom." ChiChi nodded.

Oh Gohan. You're as blind as ever. ChiChi thought as she watched her son walk to his room. This is your chance to make it up to your sister. ChiChi shook her head and led Natsuki to the kitchen.

Exert from Chapter 1

Gohan smiled and nodded as he walked up to the front door with Natsuki behind him. Once reaching the door, Gohan knocked on the door. Natsuki, a little nervous, hid behind Gohan's leg and clutched his ripped pant leg. Gohan looked down at her and smiled gently.

"Don't worry, they're really nice." He said.

The door opened to reveal a woman with blue hair tied back into a low ponytail. Upon noticing Gohan standing there, she smiled. "Well, Gohan, isn't this a surprise. You're hurt!" She said. Noticing something out of the corner of her eye, the blue haired woman looked down at where Natsuki was hiding behind Gohan's leg. A gentle smile greeted Natsuki. "And who's this? I hope she isn't your daughter Gohan. You're far too young to be having children."

Gohan smiled sadly. "No, but you're close enough. Don't worry, I'll explain." He said. "This is Bulma."

Natsuki nervously came out from behind Gohan's pant leg and curtsied. "N-Nice to meet you, Ms. Bulma." She greeted formally out of habit.

Bulma chuckled. "Ms. Bulma? I haven't heard that for years." She said. "No matter. It seems like you're both hurt."

Gohan shrugged then grimaced in pain. "We ran into the androids on the way here." He said.

Bulma placed her hands on her hips. "And you let a young girl fight?" she asked strictly.

"He didn't want me to. I just jumped in so he wouldn't be killed." Natsuki defended him quickly.

Bulma looked at her and sighed. "Alright. Come in and I'll get you two fixed up while you, Gohan, explain." She said, Gohan smiled and rubbed the back of his head in the similar Son fashion. "Trunks! We have company!"

As Natsuki followed Bulma and Gohan inside the once big house, Natsuki saw a young boy with lavender hair to his cheek bones come down the hallway. The young boy stopped when he saw Gohan and Natsuki. His eyes landed on Gohan immediately; he smiled.

"Gohan!" he yelled jumping into Gohan's arms.

Gohan chuckled in enjoyment and pain at the same time. "Easy there Trunks, I'm a little sore." He said.

Gohan placed Trunks down the best he could. When he did so, Trunks noticed Natsuki standing there. His eyes looked transfixed on her. Trunks quickly turned away, a blush on his cheeks before trying to run off.

"Ah, ah, ah. Not so fast, young man." Bulma said strictly. She held Trunks' shoulder as he turned him around. "This is my son, Trunks."

Natsuki blushed as well and curtsied. "Nice to meet you." She said while looking down.

Exert from Chapter 1

Trunks and Natsuki stayed in silence looking at the happy faces in the picture. They didn't bother to hear the footsteps coming their way. "Looking at pictures are we?" Gohan's voice said.

Natsuki turned again to see Gohan coming their way; she smiled. "Uncle Gohan." She said before he picked her up. "Do you know everyone in this picture?"

Gohan chuckled. "Yep." He said. "Let's see. This was Bulma's last birthday party before the androids arrived." Gohan pointed to a man on the far side away from the main group. "That would be Vegeta, your father Trunks. Way over here would be Tien and Chiatsu. Next to them there's Yamcha and Puar. You both know Bulma, ChiChi, and I. The short one is Krillin. The one person that isn't there, besides my sister, is my father, Goku. That would be your grandfather, Natsuki."

"Who and where is your sister, Gohan?" Trunks asked.

Gohan sighed slightly. "My sister's name is-well was-Arata and at this point of time she's still missing." He said.

"How about now?" Trunks asked again.

"Dead." Gohan and Natsuki said at the same time.

Trunks stayed silent. "She was my Mamma." Natsuki informed proudly.

"Arata?" Trunks questioned.

Natsuki nodded before yawning. Gohan smiled while looking at Natsuki's tired face. "I think it's time to take you home." Gohan informed. "You've had a long day."

Natsuki only nodded and dug her head into her Gohan's chest. Gohan walked towards the living room again with Trunks following. Bulma was sitting on the couch looking at the note in sadness.

"Bulma." Gohan said.

Bulma looked up and smiled sadly. "Oh there you are." She said.

"I'm going to take Natsuki home." Gohan informed. "You can see that she's tired."

Bulma smiled slightly. "I wouldn't blame her." She said. "Alright. Be careful and don't be a stranger, Gohan."

Exert from Chapter 2

Bulma stepped into her son's eye sight. "Young man, what have I told you?" she snapped. "You aren't supposed to be fighting so close to the time that you're supposed to travel into the past."

Trunks sighed. "Sorry Mother." He said.

Natsuki looked confused. "Go into the past?" she questioned. "The time machine is finished?"

"Oh, I forgot you haven't been around lately." Bulma realized, a smile forming on her face. "It sure is finished. Finished it just yesterday."

"You finished it!" Natsuki exclaimed with a smile. "Can you show me?"

Bulma nodded before looking towards Trunks. "At least someone appreciates my work." She teased Trunks, who just rolled his eyes with a smile on his face.

"It's not that he doesn't appreciate it, he just finds it boring since he's a guy." Natsuki joked.

"That's not true." Trunks argued.

"Sure." Bulma and Natsuki coursed before bursting into laughter.

Once the laughter had died down, Natsuki looked at Bulma. "Enough teasing on Trunks' expense." Natsuki said.

Exert from Chapter 2

"Grandma, I'm home." Natsuki said softly.

ChiChi came around the corner, worry and anger etching her features. "Where in the world have you been, young lady?" she yelled. Videl came out and smiled sympathetically.

"S-Sorry, Grandma." Natsuki said. "Trunks got into another fight with the androids and he was knocked unconscious. So, I brought him to Bulma."

ChiChi sighed. "I knew that." She said. "I meant what took you so long? I've been worried."

"Well, Bulma said that she completed the time machine for me and Trunks to travel into the past." Natsuki said as fast as possible.

Hopefully she won't flip out. Natsuki thought. Please don't flip out.

"That's great." ChiChi said, immediately realizing something. "Wait, did you say "you and Trunks"?" Natsuki gave a small smile. "Natsuki, you're leaving too?"

Natsuki sighed. "Grandma, you have Videl and Pan here. It won't take too long. All Trunks and I have to do is warn Grandpa Goku of the virus and of the androids and then head back." Natsuki said quickly. "Besides, someone needs to watch over Trunks."

Videl chuckled and laid a hand on ChiChi's shoulder. "ChiChi, it'll be fine." She said. "This is Goku's granddaughter we're talking about."

ChiChi sighed and walked over to give Natsuki a hug. "You better be careful young lady." She said.

Natsuki smiled and hugged her in return. "It's Trunks you need to tell that too." She joked. "Anyway, I was thinking. Maybe you, Videl, and Pan could stay with Bulma for a while. That way you can wait for us and be the first to know. Also, if I think this out correctly from the stories you and Gohan told me, they'll probably want us to return to help with the androids in that time."

"What?" ChiChi screeched.

"Grandma, calm down." Natsuki said urgently. "Think of it this way. Trunks and I will be training around Grandpa Goku and Vegeta. Maybe, if we're lucky, we can be able to defeat the androids here."

Videl looked at Natsuki as darkness clouded Natsuki's unusually happy gaze. "There's something else, isn't there?" she asked.

Natsuki nodded. ChiChi noticed this with widen eyes. "You want to go for a whole other reason." She stated.

"Yes." Natsuki said. "Trunks could handle this alone, and Bulma knows it."

"Well," ChiChi and Videl pressed.

A.N.: I gave you a number of exerts that I hope you enjoy until I post the story. These exerts don't give half of the story of what will appear in this sequel. As you can probably tell, these chapters are longer than the ones you've seen in Different Upbringing Book 1 and I plan to keep it that way.

Thank-You for trudging along with me and please read the sequel! You'll finally see familiar characters.

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