Author's Note: Sorry that it has been so long since I updated this story. Like I said in the last chapter though I was basically at a writers block with this story and I wouldn't be able to update for awhile. Well I'm back now and ready to continue this story. I hope everyone enjoys! As always please review and comment!

"Trunks….Trunks! Baby, wake up." He heard a familiar comforting voice whisper.

He felt the sting of his wounds and bandages wrapped around them. As he moved to sit up he felt the cool sheets against his bare skin. Slowly he opened his eyes to find the figure of his mother sitting next to his bed, watching her child closely, worry evident on her face.

"M…Mother?" Trunks asked softly.

She stroked her son's cheek, "You okay, honey?"

Trunks nodded, "Yes mom."

"Trunks can you tell me what happened with Bra and Goten? Did Goten really give you these injuries?" She asked, still in shock that sweet little Goten could be violent enough to beat Trunks this badly and then leave him like this.

Trunks lowered his head, "No….you see we did fight and I said something I shouldn't have said to him, something very cruel. That pushed him too far and he did beat me up. I fell unconscious and when I woke up I was completely healed, I guess he must have given me a senzu bean before leaving."

Bulma was still puzzled, "So if he gave you a senzu bean then how did you get these injuries?"

Trunks looked up at her and nervously admitted, "I did this to myself?"

Her jaw dropped, "Why Trunks! Why would you hurt yourself like this!"

He gritted his teeth and gripped his fist, "Because of dad. I knew if I came back completely unharmed then he would assume I let Bra and Goten escape. So I beat myself up."

Bulma felt a deep choke in her throat as tears started to drip from her eyes, "That's it! I've had it with Vegeta! First he becomes this power hungry king, then he slaughters my best friend's wife, and now he is making my children do insane things which ends up hurting them just so they can make him happy! I've had it with him! He's either going to stop this or I am leaving him and taking you kids with me!"

Trunks stopped her right then and cried, "No mother! If you try to leave him then he'll kill you too mom! Don't please!" He begged.

Bulma held her son close and they tried to comfort each other, "Hush now Trunks, it's okay baby. It's going to be okay." She whispered to him.

Meanwhile Bra and Goten were continuing to fly to the home of this strange witch that Bra spoke of. Goten was concerned about asking a witch for help. The only witch he trusted was an old friend of his father named Fortune Teller Baba. Still Goten didn't want to leave her. Though it has been awhile since he last saw her, Goten couldn't help but feel a sense of understanding with Bra.

"Hey Bra, how far are we from this witch's home?" Goten asked.

She looked at him and answered, "Not too far now."

"How did you meet this witch?" Goten questioned.

Bra thought back to the night she first came upon this witch and began to explain it to Goten, "I had just had an argument with my dad and he had hit me. While my mother and father were fighting over it, I was outside crying. This witch showed up and said she knew my father and wanted to help. She said if I ever needed to get away from my father to come to her home and she would help. I assumed since she knew my dad she was aware of ki, so I figured she has a way of hiding ki so my father can't find me."

This made Goten feel even more uneasy. It seemed to him that Bra was going to this witch purely out of desperation and as such her better judgment was clouded. Then again, was he not desperate to escape his father as well? Even though he suspected this witch was up to no good, he decided to stay with Bra to help her in case the witch tried something funny. Something inside of him made him want to protect Bra.

"Goten?" Bra whispered with a unusual gentleness in her voice.

Taken by surprise of her gentleness he answered, "Yes Bra?"

Like a child seeking to ease some kind of loneliness left by the loss of a parent she asked, "You're not going to leave me are you?"

Goten could sense the fear in her voice. A fear of being alone. He flew closer to her and looked into her tear filled eyes, "I promise. I'm not going to leave you."

Goten was all too familiar with the feeling of being abandoned by someone. That someone was his father. Bra smiled at him, she felt comfort and security in his words.

On the horizon before them came into view a small hut.

"There it is. The place the witch said she lived!" Bra said.

The two half saiyans landed in front of the house. Goten suddenly had a bad feeling. His gut was telling him they shouldn't be here.

At the valley of lightning meanwhile, two old rivals were about to meet. Goku was flying there in search of Goten. Vegeta was flying there in search of Bra. When the two saiyans caught sight of each other they froze in air, the tension rose in the atmosphere.

"Kakarot." Vegeta emotionlessly said.

Goku replied, "Vegeta."