Hello everyone, AnimeWolfGirl9 here! Hoping everyone is excited for the first chapter of Haunting Past. Hope you enjoy it! (Don't worry; I will explain more at the end of this chapter!)

Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball Z and every right goes to its owners. I do own my OC's though.

Chapter 1: Waiting

Waiting… the one thing he had been doing for too long. He hadn't known how long he had been waiting for 'him' to arrive; all he knew that, to himself, it was too long. Personally, he thought that the place that he was in was getting boring; it had gotten boring a long time ago. Yet again, every day he had to stare at the same old surroundings. Once, just once, he wished it would change.

The only bright thing I have to look forward to is that the longer I wait in here, the closer 'he' will be to finding out, he thought with a mixture of excitement and slight annoyance. Excitement that this mission of his would finally be over and annoyance that 'he' was taking so long to get here.

But you can't blame him for taking so long, he reminded himself, he doesn't know yet, and what I have to tell him is going to be a big load on his mind.

He sighed, knowing that the task ahead of him was not a pleasant one. Knowing that when 'he' came, things would just get harder; everything that he would have to explain, and everything that came after. And he knew that soon, the 'rest of them' would find out, and that that would make things even more difficult. A small spark of anger went through him at the small thought of 'the others'. Everything that they had done to him, abandoned him, left him to care for his friends, everything…

He took a calming breath as he closed his eyes. He didn't want to get too worked up; just in case 'he' could actually feel it. Thinking through things, he realized just how much control he had over 'him'.

In a way, things actually worked out better, he thought. Then he started to frown.

That is, until 'the others' can sense me. Although I wouldn't worry about that too much; that most likely won't be for a while now. At least, until I can actually help 'him' without forcing it too much.

He quickly glanced down, getting a quick look at what was currently keeping him alive. It had an almost delicate aura to it, bathed in pure white and glowing. But he did not dwell on it for long, instead his thoughts wandered.

It's only because of her that I know this much and that I am able to do this, he thought, then again, she is coming to help too.

That then sent his mind into wondering when she would get here, and just how much longer he would have to wait. He could feel that his energy was fading with all the time passing, and he knew that he would have to try and replenish it soon. He shuddered as forbidden memories flooded into his head. He tried closing his eyes to make them go away, but they just followed him there. When the memories finally went away, he sighed again. He knew that 'he' would have to face some of the things from the memories, unpleasant things, but he also hoped that some of the memories might just fade away; to never have existed, only to be a bad dream. But he knew that even if that was the case, he would still be haunted by them, still remember them, and still relive them.

And all of the while I am still waiting, he thought, always waiting…

Well there it is; the first chapter! Sorry I know that it is pretty confusing right now, but don't worry, you will understand more when the next chapter comes out. I would like to see if you can guess who is talking in this first chapter. It might be an OC and it might not, we will just have to wait and see. This is going to be a side story from my main one right now: I Need You. I would like to welcome the new readers and the ones from my other fanfiction. Also, if you have read chapter 10 of I Need You, let's say there are some parallels to this chapter and that one. I do have to apologize though. I am not sure how often I will be able to update this fanfiction since some of the chapters might have spoilers for I Need You, but I am going to try my best and to avoid that. Either way, this fanfiction is not really like the show, so you might have to reread stuff to understand it better. And no, you are not being fooled when the character listed says 'Gohan'. Either way, thanks for reading and please review.

-AnimeWolfGirl9

Update: I have edited some later chapters to tone down attempted violence that caused this fanfiction to be rated "M" previously so that I could get it down to a "T" rating without worry about scaring anyone. (Just in case you are rereading this chapter/others or are new to this fanfiction)