Author's Note: I had some free time tonight so I decided to hurry up and post this chapter tonight. Enjoy and review and if you don't mind spread the word around about this story if you like it so other people can enjoy it.
Exhausted from the day's events everyone just decided to spend the night at capsule corporation. Bulma was with the other adults in the kitchen going over the results with everyone. The things she was telling them worried everyone.
"I hate to say it, but there really isn't much I know to do about this problem right now." Bulma admitted.
"You can't figure out any sort of solution?" Asked Gohan.
She shook her head, "As you saw Miira is a real woman. She's not just a figment of anyone's imagination or some kind of illusion created by the saiyan brain during sleep. If this was just something to do with the brain then yeah I could figure something out probably, but Miira is obviously using magic to get into your dreams. I'm a scientist so unfortunately magic is out of league.
"So how do we protect ourselves from her while we sleep. Sure we could stay awake until we figure something out but we have to all sleep sometime." Goten stated.
Goku thought it over and smiled, "I got it! We can ask Master Roshi's sister, Fortuneteller Baba! She's an expert with magic, surely she can tell us something."
Roza looked confused, "Master Roshi, the old pervert has a sister? She's not anything like him, is she?" Roza asked.
Goten couldn't help but laugh, "No, she's a good friend of my dad. She lives in the west desert. She's a witch and works for King Yemma in Other World to help guide the souls of the dead from the living world to Other World where they will either be sent to hell or sent to planet heaven so their souls can be protected."
Roza smiled, "I see. Wow you and your family have met a lot of interesting people."
"Tomorrow morning I'll go to see here, right now thought we should all try and get some sleep." Goku said.
Videl looked concerned, "But what if Miira tries to attack one of us in our dreams…well I guess the only one is danger of being attacked is Cheena."
Goku smiled reassuringly, "Videl, I wouldn't worry about her too much. Kakarot is in her room asleep with her. If anything happens Kakarot will be right there and you know as well as I do that little boy would never let anything bad happen to Cheena."
"He is really protective of her. I guess you're right." Videl said.
Goku smiled again, "Speaking of which I'm going to go check on the kids."
Goten jumped out of his chair, "I think I'll go with you, dad."
Once the father and son duo were down a dark hall and away from the rest of the group Goten asked, "So you and I both know why Miira is targeted Cheena, right? And am I correct you've known about the reason for awhile?"
Goku nodded, "Your son cares about Cheena more than anyone, you know that. Its not an accident that Cheena and Kakarot were born on the same day. Some things are destined to happen, Goten, I've learned that over the years. If I'm right then Miira probably figured out those two are destined to be apart of each other's lives forever. Miira wants Kakarot for some reason so she is bound and determined to get Cheena out of the way. If Cheena is taken out of the picture then Kakarot would fall into despair and he would be so much easier to control and manipulate. But as long as Cheena is around, Kakarot has someone to fight for with all his might."
Goten stopped and clenched his fist, "Damn that woman. I had 15 years taken away from me, I lost some of the best years of my life. All I wanted for Kakarot was to be able to enjoy what I never got to enjoy. Now that stupid bitch is trying to ruin it all for him. I wont let it happen, next time I see her I'm going to kill her somehow."
Goku placed his hand on Goten's shoulder, "I know, son. But calm down, you can't do anything tonight."
"I know dad…I know." Goten kept walking with his dad following until the two were standing outside the bedroom where Kakarot and Cheena were sleeping.
They stepped inside and looked at the two kids cuddled up to each other, their tails wrapped around each other. When Goten reached down to stroke his son's bangs out of his eyes, Goten's hand touched Cheena's arm which prompted an interesting response from his sleeping son.
Kakarot held onto Cheena tighter and mumbled, "Mine!" In a possessive tone.
Goten was surprised by his son's response. Goten looked at Goku and Goku only smiled and winked. Goten couldn't help but wonder if his father knew more about Cheena and Kakarot then he was revealing.
Goten had left to go to a guest bedroom of his own. Goku stood there watching his grandchildren sleep and smiled.
"Kakarot, you take care of her. You both need to take care of each other." Goku whispered.
Cheena cuddled up closer to Kakarot and she too whispered in her sleep, "Mine!"
Goku smiled and left his grandkids to sleep peacefully. As he was walking downstairs to get a late night snake before bed he stopped and hid behind a wall to listen in on a conversation between Vegeta and Roza who were standing in the living room alone.
"So the lady in red is real." Vegeta stated.
Roza sighed, "I guess all legends and fairy tales have their beginning in truth of some kind. But why was she bothering saiyan kids in their sleep to begin with on Planet Vegeta, and why as she suddenly after all these years decided to burden saiyans on Earth?"
Vegeta clenched his fist, "I've got a question of my own, why is she being such a coward? Using dreams to hide herself and attack people in their own subconscious."
"Prince Vegeta, surely your father must have known something about this." Roza asked.
Vegeta shook his head, "No, my mother and father believed it to be a fairy tale as well. I did too even though I also experienced nightmares about her when I was a kid."
"Really? Me too!" Roza told him.
Vegeta thought about everything that had happened and recalled the nightmares about the lady in red he had while he lived on Planet Vegeta, "Who would have thought that such childish nightmares, such a ridiculous fairy tale, would turn out to be real."
"At least we know one thing, her appetite for evil is growing. Before she would only bother saiyan children in their dream and if their dreams were anything like mine it was only simple scare tactics she used in our nightmares. Now she's not only attacking saiyan adults like Goten, but she's also becoming more violent and sadistic. On top of that she's no longer shy about letting her existence as a real being be known." Roza explained.
"I suggest we both get some sleep, Roza. One thing is for sure, if that witch tries to get into my dreams I assure you the only one who will experience nightmare will be her." He smirked before walking off to bed.
Goku had hidden in a closet so Vegeta wouldn't spot him. Goku couldn't deny he was worried. It was easy to fight a physical enemy he could punch or throw ki blast at, but how could he fight someone in a nightmare. Somehow he had to keep Miira outside of their dreams and in the physical world where he could actually damage her.
Pan and Trunks had stayed up late into the night talking to one another. They were having a nice time together. These days they didn't need to go out to a city or the beach or anything, all they needed to do to have a good time now was just being together talking like this. Everything was fine until Pan started to cry softly.
"Pan, what's wrong?" Trunks asked out of concern.
Pan shook her head, "Nothing, I'm just worried about Cheena, Kakarto, and my Uncle Goten. I think I'm going to go to bed now." Pan got up and left to go find a bedroom to say in. She was gone before Trunks could say anything else.
Once Pan was alone in a bedroom she fell onto the bed and cried, "I'm such stupid little girl. I can't believe this. He's a year older than my Uncle Goten, and I'm just barely an adult now. I can't believe I'm…."
She took a deep breath and finally admitted to herself, "I'm falling in love with Trunks."
The next morning Goku was at Fortuneteller Baba's place to see what she had to say. Baba was very interested in what had happened and was eager to help Goku.
"I can tell you this, you're dealing with a witch like myself. Dream magic of this level isn't something most people can learn, only highly experienced witches can actually take their physical self and enter someone's dreams, let alone the dreams of multiple people." Baba explained.
Goku only became more concerned, "So she's really powerful right, but not as strong as you, right Baba?"
Baba shook her head, "Goku, I've been a witch for over a hundred years and I have never been able to master the ability to physically enter dreams. What we're dealing with her is a witch that has been training for hundreds possibly thousands of years."
Goku's eyes widened, "No way. What can we do?"
"I don't know how much this will help but try these." Baba handed Goku items that looked like dream catchers.
Goku looked interested, "What will these do?"
"They may look like dream catchers and I suppose you could call them that but they are much more advanced than that. A dream catcher normally catches nightmares, however these little trinkets are like dream sealers. These little items have been known however to sort of close off the passage where dreams come through, thus creating a dreamless sleep which if I'm right should prevent Miira from having a doorway to enter your family's dreams." Baba explained.
"Thank you Baba." Goku said gratefully.
"Since she only seems interested in saiyans have each one of your saiyan friends where these like a necklace while they sleep and hopefully will work. Meanwhile I'm going to Other World to check some records. A witch as powerful as her surely was employed by King Yemma at some point." Baba told him.
Goku nodded, "Thank you for all your help, Baba."
"Wait Goku, one more thing. I took a little peek into Cheena and Kakarot's future. Now of course you know the future can change so none of this is set in stone but you guessed absolutely right about where those two are heading." Baba said with a smile.
Goku smiled back, "That's comforting to know. That's how it should be." With that Goku took off back home.