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Well, strange but it worked. In either case, I'm glad you helped save the world, dear." Gine said. She didn't expect to say those words over this particular lunch or contemplate that the world was in such danger while she was going about her day. But she was glad if not overjoyed nonetheless, that her little boy, a Saiyan-outcast from where he came from, had saved an entire planet from subjugation. It definitely put to rest any misgivings about her upbringing of him, manners and social skills aside.
"I'm glad too!" Kakarot said, as he continued to munch on his food.
As Gine watched, she noticed something she had missed before, then jumped to his side in horror.
"Where's your tail?!" Gine demanded, she flipped Kakarot over, surprising him. She inspected her son's lower back and sure enough, there was a scabbed-over stub where his tail ought to have been.
"Um, well..." Kakarot said hesitantly, "It-it was cut off."
"What? Why?!" Gine demanded. She looked intensely at Kakarot, waiting for his answer.
He looked at his feet, ashamed.
"W-we were held prisoner by Pilaf in his castle. There was no other way to escape. So..." He paused, trying to get the word out under the accusing stare of his mother.
"...so, I had to look at the full moon." He admitted.
Gine took in a sharp breath, she was terrified something like this would happen. But Kakarot continued.
"I went Oozaru so I could get strong enough to help us escape. I did break us out, but I got too out of control, they said. So, they cut my tail off before I could hurt anyone."
Gine sat there in silence, feeling a surge of horror that her son was kept imprisoned, and enraged at this 'Pilaf'. If she ever set eyes on whoever he was, she would not hesitate to vaporize him on the spot for harming her son.
"I-I'm sorry Mom. I know you said I should never ever look at the moon. But there was no other way out of there. And my friends were in trouble. I had to..." Kakarot finished, his voice choking and on the verge of tears.
Realizing the truth, Gine hugged her son tightly.
"It's okay, it's okay, sweetheart." She shooshed him before he could start crying.
"I'm not mad. In fact, I'm actually very proud of you." Gine said, surprising Kakarot. "You saved your friends, and no one was hurt. That's all that matters." Gine said to him. She did genuinely feel happy that her son's first transformation was out of a noble purpose and helped save the world. Sure, he lost his tail, but until it grew back, he wouldn't have to worry about looking at the moon for a while.
Kakarot hugged her back, "Thanks, Mom." He said gratefully.
They parted from their embrace and Kakarot dried up his tears.
"So when will you head to Master Roshi?" She asked, changing the subject.
"I'm thinking I'll leave tomorrow, unless you want me to stay." He offered.
For an instant, Gine thought of telling him just that, that his brief stint out into the world was enough. Afterall, he saved the world (which was something almost no one else could ever say in a thousand lifetimes) and lost his tail, so it should be plenty of experience for him. But Gine found that she couldn't do that. As much as she missed him and despite her apprehensions of the world, she wanted to not hinder his growth as a person.
"No, you can go train with him." Gine said at last.
"YAY! Thank you, Mom!" Kakarot leapt into her embrace again. But she wasn't gonna let him go that easily.
"But promise me you come back right afterwards, alright?" She demanded.
"I will, I promise." Kakarot assured her.
They finished dinner and Kakarot helped them out with their chores for the night, before leaving in the morning to go train with Master Roshi. In the meantime, he told her more of his adventures, so she got a better idea of what he said earlier. She was really fascinated by it all. By how he made new friends and saw new places and grasped the state of human affairs enough to try and fight against forces of evil from armies to demons to mobsters. It almost made her envy him to go out and see it herself someday.
Kakarot was drifting off before long, so she helped him to bed, carrying to the upper floor of the hut that was the room she shared with her son, and tucked him into his cot.
She watched Kakarot as he snored away. She hadn't felt so calm since she first got settled in on Earth, so happy that her boy was home, even if it was just for one night.
Gohan went off to bed soon afterwards, wishing her good night as he tidied up downstairs. But Gine didn't go to sleep thought. Instead, she lay in her bed across from Kakarot's and stared at the ceiling, lost in thought.
There was a part of Kakarot's story that she couldn't stop thinking about: The Dragon balls did grant wishes. She found it really hard to believe such a thing could exist, but her son never lied to her. Or at least, not lie very well. But she trusted his judgement enough that the wish-granting was legitimate. And it made her wonder, could this dragon grant any kind of wish or were there limits? Perhaps, say, wish for eternal life? Go back in time? Or... maybe even bring people back from the dead?
Kakarot fell asleep before she could ask him about what the Dragon balls could do, but she could always ask him later. But a part of her didn't want to. The part of her that had long-since grieved for the other two Saiyans most important in her life. The pain of that loss never went away, but it had lessened to an aching memory during her time on Earth. It was a pain that Gine learned she had the strength to live with.
But now with this newfound possibility of bringing them back to life, something she never would've dreamed of, Gine was afraid that if those questions were not answered as she hoped, then that old wound would be ripped open anew.
Later that night, Gine wept quietly in her bed. She cried like she did after they first arrived on Earth, but now it was not from grief but from fear. Fear of feeling the pain of loss all over again and losing whatever will she somehow gathered to keep going. So, she decided against asking about what those Dragon balls can really do.
She hoped that, if Kakarot ever asked her to help him find them, she would have the courage to say no.
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