Authoress Note: I sincerely apologize for the wait of this chapter. I hope that I had not kept you wondering if you missed the latest chapter, but the move is not even over as of yet. There will be a slight delay on the next chapter, but after that, I will finish this story and start on the sequel. I would like to thank all of you for reading once again for your patience. Now for the long-awaited chapter after that cliffhanger of a chapter I put up the last time.

-Chibi Mirai Gogeta

Risk

Chapter 11

Darkness surrounded Chi-chi as she looked around in the white mist that surrounded her body like a thick fog. She felt afraid and alone ever since she diverted the blast that protected her husband before she found herself in this foreign place. Now, she had no idea how she ended up here since that incident, so she had decided to walk around lost and confused while searching for the answers she could not find in this void.

"Goku? Gohan? Piccolo? Krillin? Where are you?" Chi-chi called out in the darkness; pleading for anyone or anything to answer the questions running through her mind. A shutter ran down her spine at a dreadful thought. What if they had abandoned her like Goku had done in the past? She felt the tears run down her face at the very thought and prayed that it wasn't true at all.

"Why do you cry?" A voice questioned. Chi-chi turned within the dark void and noticed a Namek standing there almost though he had appeared in her most troubled hour.

"W-who are you?" Chi-chi questioned this mysterious stranger. He was dressed in clothing of white and gold; like an angel from heaven. It was then Chi-chi noticed the halo over his head and she jumped when she noticed one over her head.

"I am Sagiri, one of the first warriors of Namek," the mysterious warrior explained. "You had just come through these gates like the others before you."

"Gates?" Chi-chi noticed a very faint silver gate around her that stood taller than her shrouded by the mist around her. On the other side, she noticed something and gasped when she had a clearer view of what she had seen. She was barely able to make the figure in gold out; however, when she did, she stared in utter shock and awe. "G-Goku? Is that my Goku? Wha-what happened to him?"

Goku had been fighting Frieza mercilessly. The tyrant that had once been mocking the Saiya-jin and his friends, found himself at the receiving end to most of the attacks thus far and it seemed madness was affecting her husband. A pained expression crossed her face and she stared in worry at her husband struggling to overcome this maniac that had taken her life.

"Your husband had changed due to your death and is facing off against the murderer known as Frieza." Sagiri explained.

"I… I need to go back!" Chi-chi pleaded to the male. The feeling was growing stronger and she knew that something was horribly wrong due to her death. If she didn't go back now, it would only get worse. Even worse, he might break the promise he had made to her.

"You cannot for if you did, that would be against the natural order." Chi-chi bit her lip rather hard. She didn't want to see her husband like this. "Besides, there will be a window of opportunity where you may return to the one you deeply care for."

"What? When?"

"Soon."


Ever since he had seen Chi-chi die, Goku had felt empty and confused by the voices telling him to kill. He struggled against it to no avail as control seemed to fall further away as the battle continued on. Since his transformation, most of his punches and kicks were directly making contact with the tyrant's body. The planet beneath them was starting to collapse and was due to explode at any given time. It was because of his carelessness that the world was falling apart like his heart and soul was at that moment.

'Destroy him!' The voice commanded strongly. Ever since his friends left, Goku felt himself struggling against the voice's hold against him. A part of him wanted to show his wife's murderer mercy; however, the voice that he now considered his darker half wouldn't have any of the Earth-raised Saiya-jin's weakness diverted on an enemy that had killed thousands of times before. This darker half that he considered a part of himself wanted Frieza dead at his feet and no longer muttering another word about how pitiful the Saiya-jin race was.

'Why?' That thought was the weakest question to an answer he already knew.

'He's killed the one that has a deep attachment to us.'

'Us?' The last word had caught Goku off-guard; however, before he could question it further, he felt more of the tyrant's lavendar-shaded blood hit his skin from the brutal beating he had been giving the creature.

"Stop! Please!" Frieza begged in helplessness. He never thought of a Super Saiya-jin ever rising up. He had been ignorant and was now paying the ultimate price for it with his own blood that spilled with each blow that landed in utter perfection upon his body.

"You never stopped when someone else begged! Why should I?" Goku questioned in such a bitter voice it would have made Frieza look like he wasn't as guilty for all of the murders he committed in his lifetime. "You've taken the lives of the Nameks, my people's lives, and other innocent lives, even my wife, Chi-chi. Tell me why I shouldn't take your own life you heartless bastard? Tell me why I should even dare give you mercy when you have ignored those pleas as you slaughtered them all with no remorse?"

"M-mercy…" Frieza moaned in agony; begging for relief that may never come no matter how much he tried to obtain it from the mighty warrior before him.

"You'll never have mercy, not even in death," Goku growled in such a morbid voice before blasting the helpless Frieza with a powerful blast. After he ensured that the tyrant had been destroyed, Goku flew off to find a ship instead of heading to his own. He assumed that the others had already left the planet by now and wanted to get as far as he could without harming anyone else. Right now, he considered himself a monster and did not wish to confront those he considered his allies in this state.

For better or worse, he needed time to gain some self-control after his actions. At that moment, the promise had been forgotten and was probably the last thing he would even dare remember until he managed to mourn for his loss.


Elsewhere on Earth, Shenron had been summoned and he had been entrusted in resurrecting all of the people who died at Frieza and his men's hands. That in turn resurrected Porunga who still had one wish left to grant.


At that very moment, Piccolo and Krillin, who waited on the ship for Gohan to return with Bulma, heard a weak moan. He saw Chi-chi sit up perfectly fine and was no longer injured mortally. Not once did she consider that the planet would be due to blow up at any given moment. The only thing that made her get on her feet and cross the ship's hull was the visions she had seen while she had been dead. She looked around before leaving the ship; feeling a tug on her heart that she could not dare ignore.

"Chi-chi! Come back!" Krillin yelled after the female; knowing it was futile to fly after her.

"No Krillin," Piccolo growled. Krillin would have chased her to ensure she was safe like Goku had commanded. "If she wants to die again, then let her."

"Are you heartless?" Krillin questioned; wondering if Piccolo had lost his mind.

"She's worried about Son so if anyone can calm him down, it will be her." Piccolo noted. "I just hope she knows what she's doing."

'Goku, I need to save you from yourself!' Chi-chi thought sadly while flying towards Goku's immense chi.


At Frieza's ship, the Earth-raised Saiya-jin tore at the ship's keys in order to try to make the ship fly when he felt a familiar energy. At first, he had thought he had been imaging it; however, he heard his voice called despite the blood rushing through his ears and trying to silence the world around him. It was then that he had grown annoyed by this pleading that he turned sharply and saw Chi-chi's eyes just then. Was this an illusion or was she really there?

"Goku! Calm down! I'm okay!" Chi-chi begged. He growled and was about to push her away when he noticed tears in her eyes.

'She's alive?' The dark presence in his mind questioned. It was at that moment Goku felt the rage lessen and his thoughts became clear for the first time since he journeyed out in space with this female.

"Chi… chi? Are you really alive?" Goku was barely able to mutter in a soft voice. His once cold eyes held question in them.

"Yes! Please stop it!" Chi-chi begged.

"I can't. You have to get out of here," Goku growled in a warning to his wife. "I'm barely in control and I have no idea what I can do if you stay near me."

"I can help you! You shouldn't push me away! You made a promise to me!" Chi-chi reminded the warrior.

The ground beneath them shifted and Goku grabbed Chi-chi before she could utter another word. She was pulled against him as she clung tightly to trembling frame. It was then that Goku heard King Kai talking to someone by the name of Guru and wanting to make a wish to transport everyone to Earth.

'Transport everyone but Chi-chi and myself!' Goku selfishly asked telepathically to ensure his wife did not hear this.

'What about Gohan? Are you saying you're going to leave him alone?' King Kai questioned.

'I promised my wife something and I can't go back on it,' Goku thought while spotting a couple of space pods. He picked up Chi-chi and started towards them; knowing he only had a minute or two before the planet was due to explode. 'I'll be with him in time, but for now, please just do as I ask!'

"Goku? Where are you…?" Chi-chi squawked when she was dumped in the ship and Goku typed the keyboard randomly before the hatch closed. "Goku! Goku let me out! This isn't funny!" The ship took off from the planet moments later.

The Earth-raised Saiya-jin jumped in the other space pod and typed the same keys after the hatch closed and felt the ship come to life. As his space pod grew fainter within the distance, he saw the planet starting to show the last signs of life before it exploded. The rocks and debris rained against the ship as it hurled through space towards an unknown destination. It was during this he shifted out of Super Saiya-jin completely due to the wounds and exhaustion that starved his body.


"Where's mom and dad?" Gohan questioned as he looked around on Earth with the others.

"The ones named Goku and Chi-chi requested to stay on the planet," Guru confirmed.

"What?" Piccolo looked like he was about to faint. "It was to explode by now!"

"So what? With Kakarrot gone, I can now become a Super Saiya-jin myself!" Vegeta vowed.

"They're not dead!" Gohan denied despite Vegeta's claim. A doubt raised that maybe Vegeta was right, but the boy knew better after seeing what his father had become after his mother's death. "They just can't be!"

"Well boy, they're not here to protect you are they?" Vegeta grinned before Piccolo and Krillin stepped in the way. "Oh. I see your bodyguards are still alive. I'll bid my time and wait to fight you when you're ready." Without another word, the Saiya-jin Prince went to a tree and sat down.

'Mom, dad, where are you?' Gohan thought sadly as he looked to the sky for a sign.


Weeks passed since Goku and Chi-chi left Namek towards their unknown destination. The first thing they both realized when they started to wake was a mysterious planet that they were heading straight towards. The ships both crashed against different pillars and dropped their passengers upon the ground. Goku attempted to crawl to Chi-chi, but after the injuries he sustained during his battle against Frieza and the fall, he couldn't even move a muscle. Just when he thought things would get more difficult, strange creatures appeared in front of them and studied them.

"I guess we're saved," Goku weakly muttered before passing out. Chi-chi, who had fallen out of the ship, whimpered in pain before she too joined her husband in the realm of unconsciousness.


Chi-chi awakened slowly to find herself in a strange grassy hut. She sat up and winced when she felt her ribs complaining. A yelp escaped her throat when one of the aliens she encountered earlier made her lay back down.

"Oh, thanks." Chi-chi muttered before she noticed Goku next to her bed wrapped up with bandage-type cloth. "Is he alright?"

"He will be," the creature replied. "My name's Kenshu and you and the male landed on the Planet Yardrat."

"Yardrat?" Chi-chi questioned. She almost wished her husband hadn't of brought them here in his condition. Who knew what kind of germs these aliens had?

"Yes. For now, you two should get plenty of rest until you recover," Kenshu nodded before walking out. Chi-chi looked over at her husband who seemed more distant than he did when he was fighting Frieza.

'Oh Goku, what's wrong with you?' Chi-chi thought silently to herself while watching her husband toss and turn in his sleep.


Days later, Goku awakened from the strange sleep he fell under. Chi-chi, who had been bedridden until the second day on the planet, spent time helping the Yardrat with various chores. When she saw Goku had recovered, she smiled at him in happiness before he walked off to be alone. The smile faded and she realized in the upcoming days, Goku isolated himself more and more. She had no idea where he went since he suppressed his chi to the point where it almost seemed non-existent.

"Is something the matter Chi-chi?" Kenshu asked the female warrior out of the blue. That caused Chi-chi to jump slightly.

"I'm worried about Goku," Chi-chi admitted.

"Yes, he seems like he's feeling guilt about something."

"Guilt?"

"Do you mind telling me what this is all about?"

"Well, before we came here, my husband and I left a planet called Earth…"


'She'll never forgive you,' the dark voice echoed in his mind in a scorn voice. 'Why should you even keep the promise to her?'

'I care about her deeply and I respect her…' Goku mentally went against the dark voice that had plagued him for over a month now. He was nowhere closer to trying to rid himself of whatever was causing a rift between himself and his wife.

'Respect the woman we love that berates you and considers us a horrible example to your son? If anything, she was better off dead while you could have gone on killing…'

'I'm not a killer…'

'You should kill those who oppose your wishes and make them suffer like Frieza had!'

'STOP IT!' Goku hissed angrily as his tail twitched in agitation. He hated the idea that this voice wouldn't leave him alone and pestered him anytime he thought of what he had done to Frieza on Namek. He felt like he was a mindless killer and could do it again to anyone, including his own wife. 'I wish I was never a Saiya-jin!'


Kenshu had heard Chi-chi's story and was now sitting at a brook alone with her. She looked in the water at the shining rocks and wished that life were simple instead of so complex.

"You should go see him," Kenshu suggested.

"But he always…" Chi-chi began.

"Before he sleeps and let him know that you still love him." Kenshu added. "I do not wish for you to lose sight of the one you devoted your life around when he truly seems to care deeply about you. He may not have shown it lately, but I am sure he's doing his best to keep his promise to you."

"Yeah, he is…" Chi-chi's thoughts drifted off to how he looked back on Namek. "I wonder if he's still shaken from his experience with Frieza…"

"I wouldn't be the one to bring that up unless he wishes to talk about it," Kenshu warned.

"Okay, then I will let him tell me if he needs to." Chi-chi agreed. 'I only hope that this talk will do more harm than good though.'


That night, Chi-chi waited up and noticed Goku enter the room quietly. He was a bit surprised since she was usually asleep before he returned. Something told him that she had something on her mind and that she wouldn't be able to sleep until he listened.

"What is it?" Goku questioned as though she wouldn't sleep until she managed to get whatever she had off her chest.

"Goku, I know you're doing well with your promise to me, but why are you always going off on your own?" Chi-chi asked. Goku looked at her with pain in his eyes and almost pulled away; however, she caught his hand. "Please don't push me away anymore."

"I… I feel guilty for letting you die," Goku admitted. "Why did you push me out of the way?"

"…I didn't want you to die…" Chi-chi whispered with tears running down her cheeks. Goku saw the pained expression on her face and felt like he was hurting her more by avoiding her. "You died before and I couldn't bear the thought of losing you forever…"

"Chi-chi…" Goku pulled her into his arms and wrapped his tail around her waist. For that moment, nothing else really mattered between the couple except for the closeness that they felt. He purred softly to reassure his wife, his mate that he would never allow her to make that type of sacrifice ever again.

To Be Continued…