State of Mind
Beaner-Bop
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A/N: I'm in a writing mood!
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Disclaimer: Me fan - no own.
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Chapter Twelve: Words of Wisdom
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"I've seen a lot of things that are supposed to be impossible, I'm sure you know all about that. Aliens, their powers, the powers that humans themselves have, magic… I saw all of that before you were even born. Of course I didn't know about the alien part but I saw it all the same." Saiya-jin didn't understand why she was saying when 'he' was born. She couldn't know that much about him, could she? "Everything I saw though, it was something I heard that immidiately told me what was going on. Amazing isn't it? How people can remember small things like this when important?" Saiya-jin nodded but kept quiet, wanting to hear what she had to say. "I remember, before everyone was going off to fight Cell, Vegeta told you a 'story' from his homeland. Damn that man, I can't believe he told you THAT… but since you heard it once it couldn't hurt you to hear it again…" Saiya-jin just stared at the woman in shock. He would have spoken and said something about how she could remember this but she kept on talking. "Now let's see here… oh yes… Thousands of years ago on Vegeta-sei, there was a good saiya-jin," She rolled her eyes as she said the next part, "But not a good 'peace-loving' saiya-jin." Saiya-jin laughed lightly as she kept on talking, "Anyway, all he wanted was a break. People always came to him for help, always needing assistance, and he always had his door open. Suddenly, one day, he just left, there was no trace of him anywhere. Nobody understood it."
"Time went on and 'he' returned, but not as he was…He killed nearly everyone blah blah blah… I know the last part was probably just something Vegeta said to make the royal line look better but oh well… I think though, that his story held some truth. Do you remember what you asked him?" Saiya-jin pretty much forgot what he was supposed to act like or who he was supposed to be. All he knew was that this woman was posing as his mother and didn't mind.
"I asked him, 'Did anything bad happen to him beforehand…?'…" She nodded her head for him to continue.
"And he said…?"
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"Yes." Saiya-jin whispered. Chichi nodded her head.
"And he told you what about this 'good guy'?" Saiya-jin thought for a moment, wanting to make sure he had what Vegeta had said to him right.
"He said, he said that the saiya-jin was heading off into a fight that he didn't want to be in. He wanted to stay home with his new mate and their son. This was a new development in saiya-jin society but he waved that off and then…told me that the saiya-jin was ordered to the front lines anyway. It was like a, a sign that said 'We want you dead' to him." Chichi nodded and then took over his story telling.
"-and he knew that nearly all chances that he was going to live was gone. He was a saiya-jin though and he went off to battle knowing that he would never see his wife or their son again(1). People said that they saw him die, but it seemed as though the time before the battle, which was actually a few years because the war that was going on the saiya-jin's predicted, and was right, that it was going to last years. So this saiya-jin was told to train in those few years. Told to get ready because they were going to make that the final battle." Saiya-jin nodded and Chichi kept on telling the story. "He did as told. He trained and he trained and every time he stopped it seemed as though he was more and more ready to go into battle." She looked at him and Saiya-jin took over the narration again.
"He went and, and he fought. Just as predicted, he died. They brought his body back and everything…" Chichi nodded for him to continue. "But he…he came back a few years later and…and massacred nearly everyone in the town that he lived in, except his mate and son…" Chichi nodded and asked him another question.
"And he didn't kill them because…?"
"His quarrel wasn't with them…he loved them…" Saiya-jin looked up in shock and then looked over to Chichi again.
"And you of course remembered how Vegeta told you that he came 'back from the dead', am I right?" Gohan nodded.
"He said…he said that the fear of the person took a shape first mentally and then physically. When the man was fully ready to head off into battle, his fears of never coming back were gone because…his fear was no longer a part of him just an entirely different person who he had no idea existed." Chichi nodded.
"And that's you, isn't it? You're Gohan's fear all wrapped up into a nice little package…" Saiya-jin found himself nodding, giving away all of his secrets that he had tried to keep away from everyone else for years…except for Ledi anyway. Saiya-jin looked at his mother and found her arms open, willing to hug him. He fell into them and asked her something quietly.
"You're still my mom, no matter what, right?" He found himself holding his breath as he waited for her answer. She nodded.
"Of course." And hugged him a little more tightly and kissed him on the forehead.
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Videl opened her eyes groggily and looked around her room. Nothing seemed out of place so she didn't know why she was looking. She started to sit up in her bed but turned on her side when a splitting headache came to her. She groaned and brought her hand up to rub her temples lightly to take off the pain.
The girl thought back to her 'dream' about Gohan. She really was going crazy… seeing Gohan when he wasn't even there. Lovely.
Bet dad'll be thrilled when he finds out…
she thought to herself silently. She closed her eyes, ready to go back to sleep when her door slammed open, making her jump about two feet into the air and make her headache come back. When she turned around she was looking at her grinning father."Sweet pea! You're up!"
"Like I could be anything else…"
"What'd you say?"
"Nothing dad." The girl rolled her eyes but her father ignored it as she knew he would.
"Sweety, guess what?" He didn't give her time to answer which was just as well, her headache prevented her from answering him anyway. "Ms. Briefs is asking to test a new 'dream machine' on you or something like that! Isn't that great?!" Videl just groaned, wanting nothing more than to get her hyperactive father out of her room.
"That's um…great dad. Can you go now? I need my rest…"
"Oh, OH! Whatever you say sweety and if you need anything just call, okay? Okay… you go and rest up…"
With that her father slowly went back and closed the door to her room. Videl rolled her eyes and began to close them. A thought went through her mind before she went into a dreamless sleep…
I wonder what the dream machine does…
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Gohan walked back into his room and stretched. He's never been so tired in his life before. That fight took a ton out of both him and Ledi - but he noticed that Ledi seemed to get the brunt of it.
She ran from one side of the planet to the other to train you idiot, of COURSE it took more out of her! He thought to himself silently. He wondered silently why she was so desperate to train. It was as if she needed to stop HIM from doing something. But that was stupid… what the hell was he doing that was so terrible?
I was seeing the lake, but that was just my imagination - right? He thought to himself. He decided to see if he could try to see it again. Ledi was way to tired to stop him if she even managed to figure out what he was doing, if whatever he was doing was 'wrong' in the first place of course.
He looked at the carpet and started to feel sort of stupid about what he was doing. He was about to stop and go to be when he saw a small glimmer… like water reflecting the sun.
He stared at that spot a little harder and began to see more things taking shape. The rock that was near the edge of the opposite bank from where he usually sat started to take shape and then the grayish coloring started to come over to it along with the green moss that grew on it.
Gohan was about to walk to it and sit down when he felt a tap on his shoulder. When he looked over he saw…himself. He saw his double bring back his fist and hit him square in the face.
That was the last thing he saw in all.
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A/N: Short, I know, but the big stuff is FINALLY coming!!!
Beaner-Bop
(1) - This guy didn't send off his kid sooo…