A Different Path to Happiness (GokuxOC)

Rest of the Gang

Krillin walked out first, and almost right away there was a voice that had my heart clenching a bit as it spoke up.

"Hey, Krillin! Where did you run off to?" I caught sight of Goku looking down at the shorter male with a smile in his face. "You're almost late!"

"Yeah...thanks for waiting for me by the way...," the human muttered as he punched the saiyan in the side with a slight glare on his face. Once he saw Goku laugh with a hand rubbing the back of his head, he lost his irritated expression. "Actually, I ran into another old friend, and I wanted to catch up with her."

He smiled as he looked over his shoulder at the shadows where I was still standing. I lifted my son off my shoulders to place him behind me. I wanted to meet them alone first, and he seemed to sense that. I swallowed my unease as six pairs of eyes looked in my direction as well. I took another deep breath and put a smile on my face as I strolled into the light.

"Hey, long time no see!" I waved at the others and came up to stand beside Krillin. Piccolo immediately recognized me, and looked over at me with a lifted brow. I smirked back over at the namekian. "Hi, Kamicclo!"

"Damn it, Calla!" The green man glared at me after he jerked at the sound of the name. "I don't care how fond Kami was of you, you're more trouble than you're worth. My name is still Piccolo!"

"Sorry! Couldn't resist!" I laughed as I held my hands up. It was obvious that Piccolo was the dominant personality after he had fused with Kami. It made me a little sad, but I think it would have freaked me out to see him act like my old mentor.

Piccolo glared at me for a few more seconds before I caught the faintest hint of a smirk before he looked away. Krillin laughed as he came up beside me to introduce the others. I was grateful to him because I still didn't have the courage to look at Goku yet.

"You know, that's what Goku called him the first time after they rejoined too." The short male gestured over to the rest of the group, starting with the blond haired woman that was glaring at me. "This is my wife, 18."

"Krillin! You didn't tell me she was this beautiful or a fighter!" I interrupted my friend, and he blinked at me in confusion for a second. I looked back at her to see that she had lost the glare, but was looking at me with narrowed eyes. "You really hit the jackpot, didn't you?"

18 huffed as she looked away from us, but I could still see her pleased smile. Krillin's cheeks were flushed as he mumbled over how wonderful she really was before he regained his composure.

"Right, this is Goku's son, Gohan...and Gohan's friend, Videl." I nodded at the two teenagers with a polite smile, and received one back. I could make out some resemblances between Goten and Gohan under that silly outfit, but Krillin continued before I could look closer. My friend had to pull on my arm, making me lean over to see the last person I wasn't familiar with.

"And that is Vegeta." Here Krillin lifted his head to whisper in my ear before I could study the man that was standing with his back to us. "He's the saiyan prince in case you didn't know. I'm sure you'll hear it from him as soon as he sees your tail."

I was allowed to straighten up, and the black haired human turned us towards the only person he hadn't reintroduced me too. I felt Krillin's hand rest on my back for a couple of seconds before it fell away.