After Nina had a good meal and rested up some more she realized that she didn’t call Sam and tell him where she was. She was in the garden admiring the lilacs when it occurred to her. She sighed and walked inside Capsule Corp. On the way inside, she ran into a man with a huge power level. He wore a black muscle shirt and some workout pants. He had a stern face and his black hair flamed up. His eyes narrowed.

"Who are you?" he growled.

Nina cocked an eyebrow. "I’m Nina. Who are you?" she countered.

He sneered and crossed his arms. "That’s none of your business! What are you doing in my house?"

She shut her eyes and waved her hand back and forth. "Well I’m a wounded and recuperating, what are you doing?" Nina said, trying to answer his question and repeating his question.

The flamed haired man huffed at her persistance to irritate him. "That is also none of your business! You look healthy, so why don’t you get out of my way, Nina." he said crossly.

Nina clapped her hands together and sighed. "I just can’t do that. Not unless you tell me who you are."

He returned to his stern look. "I’m Vegeta if you’re so anxious to know! Now that you do, why don't you get out of my way?" Vegeta hissed.

Nina curtsied and stepped out of his path. She then smiled. "I’m sure that Taliyah and Jutus would’ve loved the way you turned out Vegeta!"

Vegeta jerked his head around and glared at her. "How do you know about Taliyah and Jutus?"

Nina placed her hands on her hip and sighed. "That’s for me to know and for you to find out! Have fun!"

Before he could protest Nina bounded out of sight. But he noticed the tail that

fluttered behind her and looked in shock. On the way inside, Trunks caught her off guard and scared her. She shrieked and held her chest. Trunks laughed but she slugged him hard in the chest. He stopped laughing and pouted. "Why’d you go off and do that for?"

She held an accusing finger at him and frowned. "Don’t scare me like that! I was in a hurry so I didn’t know you were there! Hmph! Can I use your phone?"

He smirked and crossed his arms. "I donno. Can you?" Trunks asked, his sarcasm at play.

Nina rolled her eyes and they slowly closed almost, but were only slits. "You know what I meant!" she snarled.

Trunks waved his arms in front of him while shaking his head. "Whoa take it easy! I was just kiddin’! It’s in the living room."

She gave a gleeful smile and slammed her hand on his shoulders with such strength he stumbled. "Thank you Trunks!"

Nina went inside and picked up the phone. She held it to her ears and waited for the dial tone, then she began to dial. Trunks tried to see what she dialed but she was going way too fast. She then stopped and fell onto the couch. Nina stretched out her legs and yawned. In the middle of her yawn she stopped. "Sam? Is that you?" she asked.

~Home of Samuel and Nina~

A tall, muscular boy with black hair that was in a bowl cut was on the other line. He wore a green t-shirt and black jeans and tennis shoes. He had brown eyes. He rolled his eyes and snorted. "Who else would it be? You and I are the only ones livin’ in this house! Where have you been?!" he scolded.

~Back at Capsule Corp.~

Nina sighed. "Sorry Sam! I got hurt while fighting and I’m here at Capsule Corp. recuperating. I would’ve called earlier, but they made me stay in bed and watched me like a hawk! Are you okay?" she asked.

~Back home~

Sam's eyes narrowed in annoyment, mixed with concern. "’Course I’m okay! Who knocked you down?! That’s never happened before!" There was a pause, Nina seemed to be talking rather low, then he threw his hands in the air. He had it on speakerphone so he didn’t drop the receiver. "YOU WHAT?! YOU LOST ON PURPOSE JUST SO YOU COULD TELL THEM?!" Sam yelled.

He breathed and calmly picked up the receiver and shut it off speakerphone. "I’m sorry for shouting. What damage did he do to you?" Sam asked a little more calmly.

There was another long pause. His eyes grew big. "WHAT?! THAT’S AWFUL!" he yelled out hysterically.

~Capsule Corp.~

Nina pulled the receiver away from her. After the shouting simmered, she put the phone back up to her ear. "Will you quit shouting?! Do you think I wanted to heal that way?! I could’ve just popped a senzu bean in my mouth and be done with it if I were at home!" she snapped back at him.

Trunks sat down next to her and had a puzzled look on his face. "How do you know about the senzu beans? No one knows that except for the people I know." Trunks asked his thoughts aloud.

But she continued to speak with her brother as if she had not heard. "I love you Sam! Bye Sam! Bye Samuel!" Nina hissed. She slammed the phone on the receiver and gave an exasperated sigh. She looked at Trunks and stroked her hand through her hair. "I’m sorry. What were you saying?" Nina asked cluelessly.

"How do you know about the senzu beans? No one knows about them except the people I know." Trunks repeated.

Nina smiled sheepishly. "Well Corin gave me some and I examined one of the beans. I'm not the only one with connections you know! I managed to break down the bean into a tiny seed and I planted it. A small tree with a bunch of pea pods grew and I tested it. I let my brother beat me senseless and ate the bean soon after, and it worked! So now I grow them myself."

Trunks gave an unsatisfied, suspicious look. "And how do you know about the ‘Kamehameha’ attack? Only Goten, Gohan, Goku, Krillin, me and anyone else who studied under Master Roshi knows that attack! How come you do?" Trunks demanded.

She stood up and looked at Trunks. "Are you hungry? I’m starving! Hope you got enough to eat!" Nina tried to run to the kitchen but Trunks grabbed her wrist. More softly this time, sympathetic wise. She turned around eyes closed. She gave in and sat down. "Gohan taught me." Nina murmered.

He gasped. "That’s impossible! He would’ve told Goten and Goten would’ve told me! What are you tryin’ to pull?!"

Nina shook her head. "It’s true. I made him promise not to tell anyone! I explained everything I told you and Goten to Gohan. He believed and said okay and taught me everything he knew." she replied.

Trunks held her shoulders and made her face him but she had her head down. "But when could you have? There’s no way! Tell me!" He asked her, a slight bit of curtliness could be heard in his voice.

Nina gave a huge sigh. "I found him in the summer. He taught me at particular times. He knew when you and Goten would come and see him, so he’d teach me then, and later at night." she began.

~FLASH~

"Hey Gohan!" Nina yelled down as she waved from the sky.

A guy with short cut spiky black hair turned around from swimming in the creek. He gave a smile and waved back. Gohan dived under water and disappeared. Nina laughed and removed her socks and shoes. She bounded toward the creek and sat down. She dipped her feet in the icy water. Nina gave a slight wince from the chill that shot up through her legs and kicked her straight in the side.

She felt something grab her ankles and before she could do anything, Nina was being pulled under water. She tried to scream but the splash when she hit the water muffled her cries.

As she felt the grip on her ankles leave she scanned the area around her and she held herself from the bone-chilling feeling that crept up her spine. A power nicked her senses and she turned to see Gohan. He pointed up to the surface and Nina nodded. They swam quickly up to the surface.

When they hit the surface, they inhaled air and Nina wiped the hair that stuck to her face. "So what do we learn today Gohan?" she asked, anxious to learn more techniques.

Gohan smiled. "Well, you’ve learned most of the stuff I know by the discs that your parents sent you. But I bet you don’t know the ‘Kamehameha’ technique do you?"

She shook her head. "No. Is that what you’re gonna teach me?" Nina asked anxiously.

Gohan nodded. "Mmm. It’s really easy, but very powerful. Depends on how much energy you focus onto this technique. But let’s get out the water here."

They climbed out and didn’t even bother to dry off. Nina and Gohan immediately went into a fighting stance. Nina’s tail swished from side to side violently as the water dripped from her soggy blue jean shorts.

"Now, you concentrate real hard. Feel the energy flow through your veins to the very tips of your fingers. When you feel it’s reached the peak of your choice simply yell out, 'Kamehameha'. It’s quite simple. Let me demonstrate." Gohan explained.

Gohan spread his legs apart and powered up. His fists began to glow and he held them to his side. He slowly began to growl and his feet crushed the ground as if some gravity force were pulling him down. He shot his eyes up to the sky. I sure hope no one’s coming. Gohan thought to himself. He shot his hands to the sky and yelled. "KAMEHAMEHA!"

A big ball of bright energy shot to the sky. Nina looked up in amazement. She gaped and her jaw dropped slowly. Gohan looked at her and smiled. "Now you try. But only a little bit at a time."

She nodded and spread her feet apart and her arms forward. Then she concentrated on putting as little energy as possible into the attack. She felt the energy surge up to the very tips of her fingers. A golden wave rippled around her entire body and rocks began to rise off the ground. Gohan looked surprised and puzzled. He felt her ki steadily rise. Before aiming towards the sky she was too excited and yelled out way too soon. "KAMEHAMEHA!"

The huge ball of energy ejected from her hands and headed straight for Gohan. He gave a sudden look of stupidness and dived to the ground face forward. The attack knocked down several trees toward the forest. Gohan, head covered by his arms, looked up at Nina. She gave a shrug and smiled. He stood up and dusted off the dirt on his clothes. "I told you to put a small amount of energy into the attack!" Gohan scolded.

Nina began to protest. "But I did! That was the smallest amount of energy I ever put into anything in my life!"

Gohan’s eyes grew large. "No way! That was as big as mine and I put alot of energy into that! Not much, but enough to literally paralyze someone permanently that hasn’t been fully trained in battle!"

Gohan suddenly felt an abundant source of energy. He looked at Nina and she nodded. She took off and managed to cloak her ki just when Trunks and Goten had arrived.

~Back to the present~

Trunks stood up and paced the room, pondering of what he should say. Let alone what he should think. But he had felt something that day he went to see Gohan. There was only one way to find out. He shot a glance towards Nina and gestured to her. "C’mon." Trunks ordered flatly.

She stood up. "Where are we going?" Nina asked curiously.

Trunks had a severe look on his face. "To see if your story’s true or not. We’re going to Gohan’s." he replied.

Nina gave a look of uncertainty. "But what about my brother? He said he’d be on his way."

Trunks went to the door. "Well, we’ll just meet him on the way." he said matter-of-factly. He opened the door and flew out with Nina close behind.

They soared through the sky not bothering to speak to the other for they had nothing to say. When they were halfway there, another ki was sensed between them both. They both stopped and turned around in mid-air. The ki began to approach with great speed. Nina and Trunks could see a small figure coming toward them with orange ki surrounding it. Nina began to smile and gave a soft chuckle. Trunks turned to Nina and had that stern look on his face like Vegeta did. "What’s so funny?" he hissed.

Nina tried her best to stifle her laughter. "Oh, just that my brother Sam is on his way. He knows that you’re the one who hurt me and he’s gonna kick your tail!"

She began to giggle but Trunks just stared at her. "And you find this amusing do you?"

Nina nodded her head. "Yeah. I do. Did you forget that I said he’s the strongest human I know? He knows almost all the techniques I know!" she replied, still continuing to laugh.

Trunks' eyes widened. "What?! Are you serious?!" he exclaimed.

But before she could answer, a blur swept by and hit Trunks a few feet away. Once he caught his balance he scanned the area as quickly as he could. But it wasn’t quick enough. The blur blew by again and hit him in the face with such tremendous force that blood dripped from his lip endlessly. Trunks looked at Nina and noticed a very pissed figure next to her.

He had jet-black hair that was styled in a bowl cut. He wore a timber green t-shirt with black jeans and tennis shoes. He wore black wristbands and he had orange ki flaming around his body. He growled with anger and his fist were held so tight they were white at the knuckles. They shook violently with rage. Nina placed a comforting hand on his shoulder and his tense figure began to relax just a bit.

Trunks wiped the blood that poured from his busted lip. He glared and went into a fighting stance. Nina gave a moan and smacked the figure on the head. He gave a small ‘ouch’ and looked at her while rubbing his head.

"How many times have I told you?! Never fight first and ask questions later! Geez!" Nina scolded.

The ki that surrounded him faded and he just levitated in the air. "Well he had no business hurting you the way he did!" he retorted.

She hit him on the head again and he gave another ‘ouch’ cry. "Samuel! I told you I got hurt on purpose and that I’m fine! You’re so over protective! Did you bring me a bean?" Nina asked crossly.

Sam nodded, ashamed of himself. "Yeah." he mumbled.

He reached in his pocket and pulled out a small green bean. He gave it to Nina and she broke it in half. She ate one half and tossed the other to Trunks. He caught it and ate it with a sly grin on his face.

Sam's eyes narrowed in disgust. "Why’d you give him one?! He didn’t need it!"

Nina disappeared and Samuel looked around for her frantically. She then reappeared behind him and slapped him upside the head. He turned around and saw her very mad. "It’s not like we don’t have plenty! We have a whole field of them!" Nina snapped at him.

He hung his head down. "Sorry Sis." he mumbled.

Trunks tried his very best to hold back his laughter. Tears began to stream out his eyes from the pressure. He bit his bottom lip and held his sides. He couldn’t believe a guy like him who got good, solid licks on him couldn’t even take on his own sister’s slaps! Nina floated over to Trunks and had a serious look on her face. "Are we ready to go? Or are you just gonna keep floating in the sky trying to hold back your insessive laughter?" she hissed.

Trunks held one hand up and managed to breathe. "We’re....g-going.....just......a m-min...minute!"

Sam sped towards Trunks and stood just inches away from his face. Trunks held his breath to keep from laughing while Sam growled. "And what, pray tell, is so damn funny?" he snarled at Trunks.

Trunks held back his snickering. "Oh..n-nothing!" he sputtered out.

Nina flew up between them and pressed both palms on their chests to pull them apart. She had a tough time with her brother. She gave an aggravated cry and shot a very tiny energy laser into Sam. He yelled out and rubbed his body as if he were freezing. "Awe c’mon sis! (Brr!) Why’d you do that for? (Grr!)"

She gave an evil grin. "Maybe that’ll help you chill out for once! Now you guys are acting like mere children! I won’t have you fighting while I’m around or I’ll tan both your hides! Now, can we get onward to Gohan’s before I go crazy?!" Nina asked irritably.

They both gave severe glances at each other and nodded to Nina. She gave an annoyed sigh and flew off with red ki flames surrounding her. She left the two boys following after her.

They arrived at Gohan’s house seeing Videl with Pan, 18 and Krillin. They noticed Trunks and a few strangers with them.

"Krillin?" Pan asked.

Krillin looked in her direction. "Yeah Pan?" he asked.

She pointed to the sky. "Isn’t that Trunks?"

He looked up and shaded the sun out of his eyes. "Yeah it is. But who are those two with him? They have huge power levels. I better go get Gohan and Goten."

He ran into the house and saw them at the table drinking colas. They looked up from talking.

"What is it Krillin?" Gohan asked.

"Yeah, what’s the problem?" Goten questioned.

Krillin looked kind of nervous. He'd never felt such powers from anyone in awhile besides Goten, Gohan, Goku, Vegeta and Trunks. Even little Pan had a flame of power but this was beyond his own assumptions. "Trunks and two other people are with him. We don’t know who though." he answered.

Goten stood up. "I know one of them is Nina, but the other I don’t know." he stated.

Gohan’s eyes widened. He couldn't believe it. "N-Nina?" he choked out.

Goten looked at him. "Yeah. Why? Do you know her Gohan?"

He shook his head roughly. "No, no I don’t know who she is." Gohan lied.

Goten and Krillin walked to the door. "Well, let’s go and meet them." Goten said.

Trunks, Nina, and Sam landed a few feet from Videl and Pan. Pan ran toward Trunks and gave him a huge hug. "Trunks! It’s so great to see you!" Pan exclaimed happily.

They pulled apart. "It’s good to see you too Pan. Have you become a lady yet?" Trunks asked.

She shook her head and gave her, 'You've got to be joking!' smirk. "No way! I’m stayin’ a Tomboy! Bein’ a girlie-girl is like bein’ a sissy! And I’m no sissy!"

Nina finally took a good look at Pan and noticed how much she was a Tomboy. She wore a bandana around her head that was orange. She had on a red bellie muscle shirt and army jeans. She had on black and white tennis shoes and looked about 13 or 14 years old. She looked over towards Nina and Sam. "So who are your friends Trunks?" Pan asked.

Nina walked towards her and bowed her head. "I’m Nina. This is my brother Sam."

Sam walked up to them and bowed his head also. "Hi, how ya doin’?"

Pan blushed. He’s cute. she thought.

She bowed and then gave a warm smile towards both Nina and Sam. "I’m Pan. Nice to meet you."

Just then Goten, Gohan and Krillin walked out of the house. They walked towards them waving. "Hey Goten!" Trunks called out to him.

Trunks and Goten do their little handshake. Then Trunks shook hands with Gohan, then with Krillin. "Good to see ya Trunks!" Krillin said.

"Yeah Trunks, where ya been?" Gohan asked.

Trunks shrugged. "Around. This is Nina and her brother Sam."

Nina walked up to him smiling. She extended a hand and he took it. "Nice to see you Gohan. How is your father Goku doing?"

"He’s fine." Gohan responded.

Trunks went up to Gohan and whispered in his ear. "Uh, Gohan? Do you know Nina?" Trunks asked him. He nodded. "So you did train her?! Why didn’t you tell us?! That is, me and Goten?!"

Gohan gave an uneasy sigh. "I wanted to, but she made me promise not to tell anyone! I couldn’t break my promise!"

They all went inside and sat at the table. They had already made introductions and were getting to know one another. Nina started laughing and placed a hand on Pan’s shoulder. "I can agree with ya there Pan! I’d rather be a Tomboy over anything else. Y’know, I still am a Tomboy in a way. I hate make-up and jewelry. It makes me feel like I’ve gained extra weight on my body. And then I fight so it get’s in my way."

Pan gasped. "You too?! Wow, and all this time I thought I was the only Tomboy left in this city."

Nina gave a look of uncertainty. "What do you mean? Aren’t there any?" Nina asked.

Pan shook her head. "Nope. All the girls around my age want to be like ladies and they say it attracts guys." She heaved a sigh and looked down in her lap. "No wonder why Bra keeps having guys chasing after her. She’s so pretty." Pan said in despair.

Nina smiled. "Hey, you’re pretty too. You just don’t like showing your feminine side alot and

that’s okay."

Pan looked up at her. "Really?" she asked hopefully.

Nina placed a hand on her shoulder."Sure. I used to be the same way also, until I decided to show some of the guys I really was a girl and not just a Tomboy. I wore a skirt to school every now and then, but I still never wore make-up. Occasional pair of earrings and maybe a bracelet. But a necklace is always a winner for me."

She winked and gave her the peace sign. Pan smiled. "I guess I could try it out. But I’m not gonna change." she said firmly.

Nina shook her head while smiling still. "Just because you wear something nice does not mean you’ve changed. You are still you. Oh and one thing Pan."

Pan looked up at her. "Hmm?"

Nina chuckled lightly. "Always bring a change of clothes. You never know when you’re going to get into a fight." she advised.

Pan laughed. "You got that right!"

Nina stood up from her chair and signaled her brother to do the same. She smiled and

shook hands with everyone before heading to the door. "Well everyone, it was nice meeting you all. I really look foward to seeing you all again. But I really have to be getting home. Thanks again." she said gratefully. Trunks and Goten stood up immediately.

"You’re leaving already?!" Goten asked.

"Without an escort? You think that’s wise Nina?" Trunks asked.

She laughed and placed a hand on Sam’s shoulder. "I’ll be fine you guys. I’m a big girl! My brother and I can take care of ourselves!" They walked to the door, open it and are about to fly away when Nina ran up to Pan. She handed her a white card with an address on it. "Whenever you can, pay me a visit Pan! You’re all welcome!" Nina said cheerfully. She went back up to her brother and they took off.