Betaed by Wulfeh

A/N: I apologize for the late update. Life got busy. I don't like this chapter too much but you guys deserve something. Do me a favor though. Please go reread Chapter 1. I made some major edits to fit the direction I want to go with the story. Besides that enjoy! Maybe I'll update in less than a month next time. Hehe.

Chris: Yeah, I have gotten a lot of comments about the racism, but it really is an integral part of the story. Throughout history when two different cultures collide, tension and racism generally follow. Videl herself has a lot of potential (she learned flying faster than any recorded human), but her mental limitations stop her from accessing a lot of it. (Note: Don't take this as I am going to over power Videl, she is still a human with limits.) As for Gohan, canonically he is shy, kind, and has absolutely no idea how to be "normal". He doesn't know how to act around people. After everything he has been through he wants to be accepted and he is afraid to mess it up. You will get to see more backbone on his part at CC (especially if he needs to defend someone *hint, hint*), but I am not going to change his core personality.

chaos267: Thanks. Don't worry, I am not in anyway going to under power Gohan, especially considering he has actually kept training. I will, however, put him in many difficult situations where raw power does him little to no good. For example, he is afraid of humans discovering he is Saiyan not because they could physically hurt him or his family, but because being rejected and hated by society can hurt his family in worse ways than just a punch. Also forcing people to do what he want does him no good either due to the fact it would result in the opposite of what he has been working for this entire time.

DarkVoid116: Thanks for the grammar note. As much as I love languages, commas kill me. I apologize if I continue to mess up even with your tips. Gohan's reaction was mostly instinctual. As has been mentioned in previous chapters people discovering his secret generally doesn't end well for him. Also, consider you were hiding a secret that could destroy everything you have been working for, you would be a little nervous if someone got close to it.

Thank you to Numbuh 006, midnightsun232, SeanHicks4, Aaron Leach, Hellstone Monkey and Ern Estine 13624 for your reviews. I appreciated every one of them.

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Entering the Capsule Corp Main Robotics Building, Videl's eyes darted around the room trying to find every single alien. Her final count scared her more than she was willing to admit. The large open room had around a dozen of creatures of different races and species walking among a multitude of humans all working on everything from jetcopters to something that looked like a spaceship. She glanced at her classmates and saw that many of them seemed slightly off put by the aliens as well. Only Gohan and Nya seemed perfectly at ease. But if Gohan's story about him working here was true, then it only made sense that he was used to this by now.

The entire class had been standing there staring at the aliens for around a minute when Bulma Briefs herself walked in. The presence of the most important woman in the world brought everyone's attention to the President of Capsule Corporation. She addressed the class,

"Welcome to Capsule Corporation. My name is Briefs Bulma. It is my honor to meet all of you."

Many students recoiled in surprise. It wasn't very often international celebrities said they were honored to meet you.

Videl knew her dad never said that, at least since Cell.

Bulma, who saw their reaction, smiled before saying, "It is the truth. I am honored to meet you. You are the future and history in the making at the same time. Whether you love or hate Nya, everything you say, do, and think is forming the future of Earth. We are living in a pivotal point in Earth's history and it is teenagers like all of you who will ultimately make the decision in which direction we go."

Some students rolled their eyes, some looked like they zoned that out completely, but others looked at Bulma curiously. Gohan smiled when he saw those faces and thought how Bulma had out done herself on this one.

"Now down to business. You guys are here today because you have recently acquired a new classmate. The job of everyone at Capsule Corporation is to educate you on everything that isn't terrestrial and even a few things that are," Bulma said with a smile motioning for the class to follow her down a long hallway. "This area is the center of alien activity on Earth. Between Capsule Corporation and the Intergalactic Embassy next-door 72out of the 103 registered extraterrestrials on Earth live here. We have extraterrestrials of different ages, races, and species here."

Videl listened as Bulma went on and on about both the aliens and CC's technological contributions to Earth. It was your basic field trip lecture. Videl listened, but took everything that Bulma said with a grain of salt, knowing that the older woman was highly biased as a Pro-Alien Supporter. She studied her surroundings intently. Being in Capsule Corp made her feel like she wasn't even on Earth anymore. Besides walking amongst scientists and aliens alike, the technology of the compound seemed like things straight out of a science fiction story. Just looking through the windows she passed she saw everything from a room completely submerged in water with what looked like dog-sized fish in it to ones filled with the newest line of Capsule Cars.

It was when Bulma stopped that Videl returned her full attention to the heiress. The older woman paused before saying, "What we are about to enter is one of my favorite of our more recent inventions. I need you all to put on these glasses before you enter. Make sure you watch your step. Many of my testers were disoriented upon first entering."

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Meanwhile, Goten had recently arrived at Capsule Corp by way of Kinto'un. He jumped down off of the Flying Nimbus fifty feet above Capsule Corporation and walked into one of Capsule Corporation's newest buildings where he could sense the Ki of Trunks and Daisy in one of the GRs.

Goten ran up to the door and asked Milly to open it. The door opened with a swish, revealing Trunks and Daisy sitting in the middle of the floor surrounded by sand of all colors in organized piles. Trunks was in his turquoise gi with the sword his mom made him strapped to his back. His Ocarina was also on the floor not far from him. Daisy sat opposite him in her usual long sleeve light purple spandex and the Capsule Corp recreated armor with her blue skin visible only on her head, hands and feet. Her black hair was held out of her face in two short high pigtails.

"Hi guys!" Goten said bouncing excitedly. Before either of the kids could get in another word he continued saying, "Are you guys practicing for Freedom Day?"

Trunks jumped up, happy to see his best friend and said proudly, "I was helping Daisy with hers. I can already do my two parts perfectly."

Goten smiled, "I can't believe we get to all participate this time. I don't remember the last one."

"It was a Wul (3.4 years) ago I am not surprised. You were only one Goten." Trunks said without a hint of ridicule in his voice. "Besides, Mom said no one celebrated Freedom Day on Earth last Wul."

Daisy laughed at the two. Trunks' comment made her remember how much longer she had lived than the pair. Physically and developmentally she was still in her childhood, the equivalent of a seven year old human, but she had lived somewhere between seventeen and eighteen Earth years.

"You two have the easy parts." Daisy said with a smirk. "I am the one doing the real work." Daisy said with a smirk.

"Ohhhh. I have something for you Daisy." Goten said excited pulling a piece of paper out of the backpack he brought everywhere.

Daisy looked at the paper in confusion. To her it looked like a sketch of gold wire wrapped in an intricate pattern making it look to Daisy like an artistic wire net basket. Though with the wide holes between the wires she didn't think it could hold much.

When Goten saw Daisy's confusion he said, "It is the crown of Floran. You wear it like a mask."

Daisy smiled. She had never seen her people's planet. It had been destroyed by Frieza before she was born. She didn't really think about it much though. She refused to grieve for a place she had never been, but she remembered the longing way her mother had talked about it. She knew her mother would have loved to see the "crown".

Trunks looked over at the picture and said, "My mom shouldn't have a problem making that for you in time for Freedom Day. She is already making a bunch of the stuff for everyone else."

Daisy instantly looked up surprised out of the state of reverie. "No. Thanks Trunks, but I want to see if Nya can make it for me."

Goten smiled and said, "Mr. Piccolo already made part of my costume."

"You got Piccolo to make something for you? I thought he only did that for Gohan," said Trunks in surprise.

"Is it that head band?" Daisy asked.

"Mmmhhhm." Goten said nodding his head. "My grandpa had one just like it. I want to see if I can get some armor like his for Freedom Day so I can look just like him. He tried to fight Frieza, but Frieza killed him."

"Dad always gets really mad when I ask him for armor." Trunks said dejectedly.

Goten suddenly went from excited to an expression of sad concentration with his eyebrows furrowed. Trunks was the first to recognize what was happening. He tried to snap Goten out of it by loudly saying. "My mom probably has some armor around here. You could wear that for now."

Daisy's eyes widened at that as she realized what was going on.

Goten's face lit back up. Trunks and Daisy sighed in relief. Daisy then said, "You guys can go look for it if you want. I need to practice some more anyway."

The last thing the Floran-jin heard as Goten and Trunks walked down the halls was Goten shout excitedly, "Did you know my brother is a super hero?"

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Videl stood in awe of what she was seeing around her. So many galaxies floated around her with no visible top, bottom or end. She turned around and saw as the door melted away to reveal more of the stunning sight. It now looked like her classmates, Bulma, and herself were just giants floating through the Universe.

"What do you think guys?" Bulma said with a smile. "A lot of people are disoriented upon first entering, so if you are feel free to sit down." At that a few kids looked at Bulma with skepticism. To the students, it didn't look like there was a floor anymore. The slight decrease of gravity in the room didn't help. "I promise you will be able to sit, even if it doesn't look like it." Bulma said with a slight giggle when she saw their faces.

Many of the less prideful kids in the class tentatively sat down, not having much choice due to disorientation. Those who didn't were either in a slight stage of shock or trying to look strong. Even Gohan and Nya sat down, though not from disorientation. They had been in the room a dozen of times and were happy just looking around and observing the universe. Out of all the projects at Capsule Corporation, the Eidolon was one of Gohan's personal favorites. Augmented Reality at its peak, the whole room was set up to make this as close to the real experience as possible.

Bulma frowned when she saw the few stubborn teens who hadn't sat down. This group included Videl, Sharpner, and a couple of the other athletes in the class. Bulma who had dealt with Vegeta, who she sometimes swore was pride incarnate politely asked, "Could you please sit so those who are sitting can see?"

When the last teenager had sat down she began, "Welcome to your Universe. Not that you really needed the introduction, you have been living in it your whole life."

They began to move, or at least that was what the gravity of the room made it feel like. Galaxies blasted by at alarming speeds. "There are 728 registered sentient species with surviving members in this Universe and 4,103 inhabitable planets in explored space, and that is just the tip of the iceberg. Countless areas have not yet been explored or discovered."

The room suddenly stopped and many students actually jerked even though there had been no extra force acting on them. Suddenly, one of the small dots began to grow above them. "The Milky Way Galaxy, our home."

The dot grew until the point where individual stars were visible. Bulma called to the Namek, "Nya do you want to give your classmates a tour?"

Nya stood up, her eyes scanning for the reference points she had memorized from looking at star charts. She pointed to one speck of space and said, "Our solar system is here." Then pointed to another and said, "This is the binary system where Neo-Namek is.' Her eyes again shifted quickly looking back and forth across the Eidolon, pointing and announcing the names of, "Ir, Capital, and Verbi."

Suddenly, her hands stopped. Her neutral expression flickered. In that moment Videl saw pain, she saw regret, and she saw something that couldn't be expressed in words.

Nya didn't say a word. She just stood there with her hand holding a piece of space she couldn't touch.

Then, finally, she whispered a barely audible, "Namek. Or at least…where it used to be."

"Nameks have an ingrained connection to nature, especially that of their own planet." Bulma explained as Nya was entranced by the Eidolon. "The original planet Namek was destroyed four years before Nya existed, but even she has a strong reaction to seeing the stars that lit her ancestor's sky."

Videl looked at Nya with curiosity. The Namek looked different than Videl had ever seen her. The Namek never looked mean, but she looked like a wall had been torn down inside her. Only now that Videl could make the comparison, did she notice that Nya had been acting guarded ever since she had seen her at the diner yesterday.

The Namek stood there in front of their class. She had an expression that if had to be explained would be called a forlorn, but peaceful look on her face. There was no longing on her face, like she had long since accepted fate, but still felt the sorrow.

"Nya?" Gohan thought at her, concerned over her behavior. Nya's mind was completely blank except for the image of the glowing stars. He realized that even with all the times they had traveled through space or used Eidolon, Nya had never seen the Namekian stars.

Nya simply put her arm down by her side and stepped back. Her expression on the other hand, never changed. Gohan saw that her mind was still strangely blank.

Videl on the other hand was now curious. Videl's curiosity was an ingrained trait she had long since learned working for the Police. Always question. Always double check the details. She had saved herself and others through simply asking question. But this time, she didn't mean to. She knew this time it was none of her business. She didn't even know she was speaking when she asked, "What destroyed Namek?"

Bulma looked at her closely. Krillin informed her yesterday that this girl's mother and brother along with a good portion of her friend's family had been killed in Nappa's attack on East City. Videl stared back without flinching. She then studied the rest of the students of Orange Star High School Class 1-C, before turning to Gohan. Gohan gave her only a slight nod. "Run Program 7149."

The scenery suddenly shifted. It changed from the unending universe to a scene on a planet that was obviously not Earth. The sky was black with green visible near the horizon, the water was green, and the grass was blue. Floating in the air were two figures. One was a purple and white lizard like humanoid alien with huge bulging muscles. The other could pass for human with pale skin and incredibly spiky golden hair if it weren't for the impossibly golden glow it gave off and two aquamarine eyes with no pupils to speak of.

"You have all been taking Universal History correct?" Bulma stated without pausing for a response. "Well, you are witnessing what many would call the most important battle in the history of the modern Universe. This is what is known across the universe as the Battle of Namek, the Battle that decided the fate of the Universe. "

Videl tried to focus on what Bulma was saying. She knew it was important and she was honestly giving it her all. As much as she tried, she couldn't. All she could focus on was the mysterious human looking fighter. She had seen that unnatural glow, those inhuman eyes. Saiyaman had both. However when on Saiyaman they just looked odd, on this alien they looked so much more dangerous. Videl couldn't describe what she saw in his eyes. Videl prided herself on her ability to read people, but aliens were much harder. Anger was obvious, but so many other emotions went along with it. Eagerness and bloodlust were present, mixed with a sense of pride and confidence. Pain as well with vengeance mixed in, and so much else. It was wild- No, alien.

This was the creature that haunted Videl's nightmares. The alien that was a threat to her home. The alien that had caused her so much pain, and that could cause so much more. No one would be able to convince her someone capable of that wasn't a threat. Nya may be a benevolent alien with good intentions, but aliens like that image were what she had to protect this planet from.

Breathe. Videl forced herself to analyze the situation more closely. Coach Chestnut had told her that a group of humans and aliens help to defend the planet. They were called the Earth's Special Forces. She had to talk to Bulma. She had to join them. She needed to be stronger. She needed to protect people. She needed to make sure that couldn't harm anyone else.

Saiyaman might have saved Erasa. But if he was capable of this, Videl didn't want Earth to end up like Namek. And in Videl's gut, she knew Saiyaman was completely capable of that. She saw it in his eyes. It was repressed in Saiyaman, relaxed. It wouldn't take much to bring it out though, and Videl wanted him gone before that could happen.

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A/N: Sorry if my writing wasn't amazing at the end their. I have issues writing panicked characters because I always end up panicking when I write them panicking, author empathy, I guess. Yes, Videl was panicking. Videl doesn't know what we know. All she knows is Saiyans attacked her planet and now they are back. Considering what has happened to the surrounding landscape and nearby civilians whenever a big villain popped up (especially since I acknowledge the movies here), I believe it is a realistic reaction. Videl is by profession, a protector. She does not yet view Saiyans as anything but a threat. I am not justifying her racism. I am just explaining what Videl is seeing. She is an ignorant, scared teenager whose world is changing, and just wants to protect as many people as she can. And hey, the enemy of my enemy, Videl now has next to no objections about fighting along side aliens if it means protecting her home.