Formerly known as Three parts Saiyan and Five parts Human.

Update Note: So, after a confident launch, which immediately led to a burn and crash, I had a choice, pull everything offline and pretend this never happened, pull everything offline and try again some other time/place, or rework the entire thing.

Needless to say, I took the latter. Especially this and the next chapter should be so much better now.

Vague things were cleared up, things were added or removed, and the accidental subtext has been ripped out. (Seriously, how did I never notice that when I wrote this?)

I would like to thank the people who send a review or PM to tell me something wasn't quite right with how this story started, and made me realise something had gone a little strange between me getting an idea and it being posted here.

Hopefully, most of the points (one is unfortunately a plot point, but the person who send me the PM already knows that) have been addressed.

I'd like to give special thanks to theAsh0, who gave me a few useful pointers.

And to MrChuckMan, who has spent a lot of time and effort to help me fix this.

Two ideas, which had collided in my mind, for some reason.

Saiyan Videl and Pan travelling from the future-timeline instead of Trunks.

Both of them had been done before, but I don't think I've seen the combination so far.

And of course, I have added its own style and flavour to the story.

As usual, the pacing is going to be slower than molasses. Especially this story, since it is less story driven than my other ones. But I do have a story, I just put less focus on it, and more on the characters themselves, and their lives.

This one can get a little dark at times, and perhaps I will have to change the rating to M, duo to violence, and some somewhat stimulating content.

Casual nudity is the worst of it though. Saiyans have no sense of shame.

This chapter is 'merely' a prologue, and the second chapter will be uploaded soon.

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Legacy of a Fleeing Saiyan.

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Coincidence.

Such a powerful ally, and a horrifying enemy.

Many years ago, only a few years before the near total annihilation of the Saiyan Race, there was a renegade Saiyan, by the name of Bedal. A weak, low class soldier, the only survivor of his team. After returning to planet Vegeta, more dead than alive, he was nearly executed for failure. But he was given another chance.

He did not take it. He had grown tired of being under the rule of a lord that neither knew of his existence nor cared enough to learn too.

He deserted and fled, way out to a planet worth absolutely nothing, where no one would look for him.

For eight weeks he lived among the sentient people of that planet. He made something of a home for himself near a little village in a valley. He kept his tail hidden, and passed himself off as one of the locals, even getting friendly with them after a little time had passed.

But of course, though he may have been fleeing, he had not escaped. Only a few weeks after his landing, the soldiers of the Frieza Empire had caught up with him, and took him back to the voids of space, never to be heard from again.

But that seemingly insignificant coincidence would one day have a large impact.

As nearly nine months after Bedal was taken, a baby girl was born.

Such a small detail on the grand scheme of things. Yet, as luck would have it, this was also the planet where Kakarot, also known as Son Goku, would be dispatched to just three years later.

The man who would one day become a legend and slay Frieza, was not the lone Saiyan on the planet Earth.

Thus, this little act of a fleeing Saiyan would leave a large legacy.

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Chapter 1, Signs gone Unnoticed.

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Perhaps the earliest sign of them all was long before Son Gohan was ever born.

There was a tale, a mere rumour of a powerful shapeshifter that had devastated an entire valley.

Having the likes of Oolong and Puar along, this was passed off as just another shape shifter abusing their powers. Though looking intimidating, changing shapes didn't increase their strength, so they were still relatively harmless.

Even when Goku himself changed under the full moon, no connection was made.

The tale of the giant ape eventually was forgotten. It never reached the only people who could actually make sense of it.

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There was a second sign, many years later. Far more obvious this time around.

It was a rumour, once again about a giant ape. This time, it attacked some village.

However, this event was overshadowed by the mystery of the vanishing of the moon.

The Z fighters were none the wiser. They were preoccupied with training for the arrival of two Saiyans.

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The Saiyan attack. For Gohan, it was a time that would be forever burned into his memories. Even though he was only five years old, he could remember every detail.

But there was one he could not quite place at the time.

At one time, several news copters had flown in, trying to gain a spotlight in the Saiyan invaders.

A suicidal idea, but of course, they didn't know about the immense power those two possessed.

This by itself had not been so strange, if it wasn't for the unusually high power on one of the aircraft.

Standing outside the door of one of the news jet-copters, a woman with long brown hair looked over the battle.

For a moment the young warrior had thought more help had come, more people to assist in the battle against the Saiyans.

Then Nappa launched a powerful energy attack, destroying nearly all of the jets, and the high energy vanished, not even leaving a body behind.

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But not everything about to happen had to do with the Saiyan.

Even in the far past, something had happened that was about to become relevant again.

Some three hundred years before Goku arrived, even before King Piccolo started his war, a visitor came to the Earth.

A demon, the most powerful of them all, was scanning the world for high powers, but didn't find anything worth noting.

This place was good, plenty of life, but no one to oppose them.

His master was going to be pleased.

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Bulma, Krillin and Gohan were travelling through space, and were just approaching the planet Namek.

Goku was still locked in his hospital bed, listening to the radio, not really having anything better to do.

A news errant came, and one of those had a little clue. A detail, insignificant in the face of the horrors they were about to face.

Two teenagers had been reported missing. Twins, boy and girl, raven and blonde, Lapis and Lazuli.

Unknown to anyone listening to that report, this marked the beginning of yet another mystery. This one would prove to have a much darker outcome for the planet.

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More time was passing, and more foreshadowing events were occurring.

It was about a year after the Namekians had been sent off to New Namek. Goku was still in space, doing whatever he was doing out there.

A rather strange call had come in by the Capsule Corp Customer Service. A man was calling about a strange vehicle, which did not match any model in production, but did have the Capsule Corp logo on it.

When pressed, the man admitted he did not own the device, but had found it in the middle of nowhere, and was now trying to get it to work.

But since he did not own the device, he did not have a right to customer support.

The call was ended, and archived.

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One more year had passed since that call was placed. Gohan was sitting in his room, studying, like his mother wanted him too. Like he himself wanted to do.

He had taken a long break from his studies, and though it had been a nice change of pace, he found he actually preferred being in this room, with his homework, under his mother's care.

Yet, ever since he returned from Namek, he had a bit of trouble focusing. Even though he didn't mean to, he was constantly searching the area for energy signatures. Partly because he learned to appreciate the feeling of nature, having spent several months in the literal voids of space. And partly to track unfamiliar signatures, potential threats.

His mother was down, in the kitchen, and for some reason, he was aware of her at all times. From her signature he knew her mental state, her emotions.

And the studies themselves didn't go as easy either. Right now he was busy with a complicated math problem, and for some reason, every time he calculated it, he got a different answer. It eluded him.

Putting the numbers together once again, and getting yet another answer from the previous six, he grimaced, his pencil shattering in his hand.

'Why can't I just do it?' He thought to himself in frustration.

A voice echoed through his mind. High and cruel, laughing at him and his failure.

"Ah great." He sighed. "That's back again." It was the voice of Frieza, still haunting him in his memories, and occasionally, nightmares.

Well, time for a break, he decided. He stood up and walked himself to the front door.

"Where are you going?" He heard his mother ask him as he passed her.

"Just getting a bit of fresh air, mom." He replied honestly. "And maybe catch a fish or two."

"Don't be long." Chichi said after him. She smiled to herself as she watched him leave. He had been studying so diligently, and working so hard as of late.

Ever pushing himself to become better, so much, he didn't even need her to spur him on anymore.

Once outside, Gohan took off for the river. Not the one nearby, but one a few mountains away, near the nest of a few pterodactyls, one of which he named Toto.

But those weren't the only ones living in that area. A new resident had moved in, one Gohan had gotten pretty friendly with over the past two years.

Once there he started fishing for large tuna. Not with a line, but the way his father had taught him. By stripping down and diving in to pull them out.

He just resurfaced, two fishes in either hand, when something landed near the riverbank. the newest resident of the area. A small, purple dragon. Icarus.

"Hey there." Gohan greeted him, and threw him a fish. Icarus let out a cry of delight. Being only a young dragon, he had a hard time fending for himself, which was how Gohan managed to befriend him in the first place.

Oh, his father was going to be surprised when he found out he had his very own dragon. Too bad this one doesn't grant wishes. Probably.

By the time Icarus had finished most of his fish, Gohan had caught a few more, a little stockpile. It was probably going to be gone within a few days, but hey, that's Saiyan appetite for ya.

"How are you doing?" Gohan asked the little dragon.

He got a giant tongue in his face for his answer. And got pushed down.

"Ok, ok, I'm sorry." He laughed, pretending to struggle to push the other off. "I'll visit more often, I promise."

After his licking assault, and a quick bath in the river to wash it off, Gohan put his clothes back on and started making his way back home.

Wearing his gi while still drenched wasn't ideal, but he knew how his mother would react if he came home naked.

Perhaps he should ask Krillin how to dry himself using his energy? It sure seems handy.

Ah, life was good. Even though Goku had been gone for a long time now, Gohan wasn't worried. His father said he'd return on his time, and Gohan believed him. In the meanwhile, Gohan made sure to look after the house, keeping the supply of fish and meat from drying up, and gathering firewood, just as his father once did.

'Soon.' He told himself. 'Dad will come home soon. you'll see.'

Little did he know, in a short time, his life was about to make a large change.

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End of Chapter.