SECRETS

One year later

Shallot and Piccolo are sparing in the forest.

The Namakian makes four copies of himself and surrounds the Saiyan. The four Piccolo's then fires ki blasts at Shallot. Shallot smirks, quickly vanishing out of sight.

The other Piccolo's fuse back into the original as he looks around for his sparing partner. At that moment, Piccolo throws a punch, cutting Shallot on the cheek. The two grin at each other, enjoying this sparing match the most. Soon, they start throwing strikes one another, each one faster than the last. Shallot then catches Piccolo's punch, knees him in the gut, and knocks him through rocks.

As Piccolo moves the ruble out of his way, Shallot flies down infront of him and offers his hand. Piccolo scoffs at the gesture and gets to his feet on his own.

"Come on, you're really gonna act like this on our last sparing match?" Shallot asks with a smile.

"I still wasn't able to close the gap between us. Call me a sore loser, but that bothers me."

Shallot chuckles and turns to leave.

"But... Thank you. The last year- wasn't terrible." Piccolo says.

Shallot smirks and flies away.

"Good luck." Piccolo says as he watches Shallot fly away.

Soon the Saiyan makes it to Capsule Corp, where he is met by Bulma's mother.

"Oh, why hello there Shallot, how are you doing?"

Shallot bows.

"Hey Mrs. Briefs, is the doctor here?"

"Yes, he's been in his lab all day."

Shallot nods and walks towards the lab. When he walks in he sees Bulma's father, Dr. Briefs, working on a big spaceship. The doctor turns around and sees Shallot behind him.

"Ah, Shallot. Come in, my boy."

The two shake hands and Shallot looks at the unfinished ship.

"Looks like it's coming along nicely."

The doctor nods.

"Those spare parts you brought me from your original space pod was a big help. Of course it would be finished faster if I had help from Bulma."

Shallot doesn't say anything for a moment.

"Sorry. I can't allow anyone else know about this."

Dr. Briefs look at the young man for a moment.

"Alright, but it will take sometime before it's ready for space traveler. Especially with the gravity machine you want."

Shallot nods and heads to leave the room.

"Take as long as you need."

As Shallot goes outside, he runs into Bulma.

"Oh, Shallot. What are you doing here?"

The Saiyan smiles at his friend.

"I was just looking for you. I wanted to say- I'm glad I met you, Bulma Briefs."

As Bulma is confused, Shallot hugs her.

"Oh- well- same to you, buddy." Bulma says, patting him on the back and smiling.

Shallot then flies away, leaving Bulma with questions.

After that, Shallot lands on Roshi's island, hearing laughter from inside Kame house. He walks in and sees Yamcha, Krillin, Roshi, Oolong, Paur, and blue haired Launch laughing together. They all then sees Shallot walking in and they all smile at the Saiyan.

"Shallot!"

The young man smiles at his friends and sits down with them.

"Is there anything to eat? I'm starving." Shallot says.

Launch giggles.

"I made something special for you."

"Thanks Launch."

As the night goes on, Shallot enjoys the moment. He listens to Krillin and Yamcha talking about their training, he laughs over Oolong and Roshi arguing over Launch, and he laughs even more when Launch sneezes and beats up both of them.

Later Shallot sits on the beach, looking out at the ocean, keeping his eyes away from the full moon. As he takes a deep breath, Roshi sits next to him.

"You've been quiet all night, my boy." Roshi says.

Shallot doesn't reply and just keeps staring out in the ocean. Roshi turns to look at the young man.

"You're planning on leaving. Aren't you?"

Shallot stays silent for a little while longer.

"It's time. I had Bulma's father make me a ship, I'm going to find Frieza."

A silence passes between them.

"And you're not going to tell them."

Shallot closes his eyes and shakes his head.

"I want to. There's a chance- I might not comeback, and I hate the thought of not seeing them again. But I know if I tell them- they'll want to come with me."

Roshi sighs and takes off his glasses.

"That's true. They'd follow you anywhere. No matter how dangerous it may be. But you don't want them to take that risk."

Shallot sits in silence for a moment, as Roshi puts back on his glasses, stands to his feet, and begins to walk back inside the house. He then stops in his tracks to tell Shallot something.

"Shallot. I understand why you're keeping this to yourself. And I will keep this a secret, but on one condition."

Shallot looks at the old man.

"You come back to us in one piece."

Shallot smiles.

"You got it, old man."

Roshi smirks, then walks into the house, leaving Shallot alone with his thoughts.

The next morning, Dr. Briefs yawns and stretches while walking to his lab to work on a ship for Shallot. When he enters, he's surprised to see Bulma there, looking at his blueprints.

"Bulma?" He says surprised.

Bulma doesn't turn around to face her father.

"Dad- who are you building this ship for?"

Dr. Briefs sighs.

"Bulma, he kept this from you because he thought it was best for you."

Bulma slams her fist on the table and runs out of the room, with tears in her eyes.

"Bulma wait!" Dr. Briefs yells.

Bulma doesn't listen and gets into her helicopter, speeding to Kame house.

"Shallot, you stupid idiot." She thinks to herself.

While that's happening, in outer space space, a pod ship similar to Shallots Saiyan ship, is approaching Earth, unbeknownst to Shallot and the others.