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Chapter 2 "Goten," Trunks said as he walked over to his wounded friend, "you have to pay attention. This is the third time I've caught you off guard. Is something wrong, you've never lost it before."
"Well," Goten got up and brushed himself off, "it's my dad, he's been acting kind of strange. I think he's sick or something."
"Maybe my mom should take a look at him," Trunks suggested, "she IS a geniuses you know."
"Yeah," Goten thought, "I could bring him over sometime today and your mom could see what's wrong with him!"
"Let's go ask my mom first." With that the two friends ran inside to find Bulma.
"MOM!" Trunks yelled as they entered the house.
"I'm in here," the voice trailed from the living room.
"Bulma," Goten began, "I was wondering if you could take a look at my dad later today."
"What's wrong with him?" she asked, not even looking up from the piece of machinery in front of her.
"If I knew that I wouldn't be asking you to look at him, duh!" he smarted off, which resulted in another punch in the gut by his friend.
"Well," her eyes still on the machinery, "if you put it that way, why do you think something is wrong with Goku?"
"It started the other day, he was being overly nice to my mom-"
"Nothing wrong with that." She added.
"Yeah, but this morning he was acting very not like Dad, usually he likes to be with me when I train so he can make sure I'm doing a good job, but when I asked him if I could train over here with Trunks he said, 'I don't care, whatever'," Goten stopped to she that Bulma didn't look concerned, "AND, he didn't even eat breakfast!"
Bulma jumped up and looked him in the eye, "WHAT! He didn't eat anything!! Something must be very wrong. I'll tell you what, Goten, you bring your father by sometime today and I'll have a look at him."
Goten gave a big smile, "Thanks, Bulma, I knew you would help him."
"Thanks, Mom," Trunks said, "come on, let's go train some more, my dad will get mad if we take to many breaks-"
"TRUNKS!" Vegeta yelled from outside.
"Speak of the devil!" Goten swallowed.
"We're coming Dad!" Trunks yelled as he and Goten rushed back outside.
"So you see, Mommy," Goten was trying to convince Chi-chi to let them all go over and eat dinner with Vegeta's family, "when we go over for dinner, Bulma can casually observe Dad. That way Dad won't object!"
"Well," Chi-chi thought, "he has been acting strange lately. All right, we can go. Why don't you go tell Gohan and your father now so they can be cleaned up in time."
"Yes ma'am!" Goten smiled as he ran out of the room to find his brother and father.
They were all cleaned up and left their house in time to make it to Vegeta's house by 6:00pm. Goku was in some what a better mood, but still very easily irritated. Goten eagerly ran up to the door and rang the door bell. Trunks answered it and gladly let them in.
"MOM!" Trunks yelled as they entered, "they're here!"
"Oh, good!" Bulma said as she walked in the room to greet them, "Hi everyone, I hope you're hungry, because I've made an awful lot of food! It should be ready in about 20 minutes." She looked at Goku, "How ya' been pal?"
Goku gave a weak smile to one of his childhood friends, "I'm okay, where's Vegeta?"
"He's around here somewhere," Bulma looked at the stair way, "VEGETA! Come down NOW!"
Vegeta slowly dragged himself down the stairs, he wasn't very fond of having company over. He extended his hand to Goku, "How goes the training?"
"Pretty good," Goku shook his hand, "how was Goten today?"
"I could tell you were working with him, he'd improved greatly since the last time he trained over here." Vegeta looked down at Goten, "He did have trouble concentrating."
"Huh," Goku looked down at his small son, "that doesn't sound like him. Why weren't you paying attention, Goten?"
"Well," Goten tried to think of an excuse, "I was really hungry because I didn't eat breakfast, remember? I did better after lunch!" He quickly glanced at Trunks, who flashed a thumbs up for the excuse.
Usually Goku wouldn't have had a problem with that, but today was different, "That's no excuse, Goten. You know better than that! Tomorrow you're going to be training at home, and I'm going to make sure you pay attention, hungry or not!" The room grew silent, they were all starring at him.
"Yes sir..." Goten's head hung in shame.
"He wasn't that bad, Goku." Vegeta spoke on Goten's behalf.
"I don't think I need your help in raising my son, Vegeta." Goku glared.
"Well," Bulma interrupted, "why don't we sit down now?"
"Good idea," Chi-chi agreed, "Gohan, Goten, please go wash your hands, you too Goku." All of them looked and her and reluctantly obeyed.
"How long as he been like this?" Bulma asked Chi-chi.
"Well," Chi-chi thought, "this is the first week he's been kind of edgy, he hasn't been sleeping well for about three weeks now."
"Huh," Bulma thought for a moment, "well, after dinner why don't you and Vegeta take the kids somewhere and I'll have a talk with Goku to try to find out what's going on. I think I'll have Master Roshi come over as well, he's know him for a long time."
"Just where to you expect me to take the kids?" Vegeta spoke up, not very thrilled by the plan.
"I don't know or care, just wherever," Bulma snapped, "remember, Vegeta, we're trying to help Goku who has saved our lives countless times, lighten up!"
"Fine," Vegeta agreed, "but I'm only going to tolerate the kids for one hour!"
"That should be plenty of time, don't you think Chi-chi?" Bulma said.
"I guess so," Chi-chi looked towards the bathroom, "the boys are almost done, we'd better get supper on the table."
There wasn't much conversation during dinner. Everyone was quietly eating their food and trying not to do anything to tick off Goku. The only complaining done was by Vegeta who said that Bulma needed to take cooking lessons from Chi-chi because her food wasn't even fit for dogs. Other than that there were no complaints. After dinner Chi-chi and Vegeta took Gohan, Goten, and Trunks back to Goku's place, their excuse was pretty lame, but Goku bought it no questions asked. He was even kind of glad that they left, because it meant the house would be quieter. Shortly after they left Master Roshi arrived.
"So," Master Roshi said to Goku, "is something troubling you?"
"Why do you say that?" Goku asked.
Master Roshi glanced at Bulma, she got the hint that she was suppose to take that question, "Well, you have been acting a little, how should I put this, weird! Since when do you snap at everyone for doing nothing?"
Goku sat down, "I don't know what's going on to tell you the truth. It's just that everything's been getting to me lately and I can't take it anymore, besides I haven't had a good nights sleep in weeks."
"Why?" Master Roshi inquired.
"Do you think that dreams have some kind of hidden meaning, Master Roshi?" Goku asked.
"Why yes I do, but only if you have them repeatedly." He answered.
"What kind of dreams have you been having?" Bulma asked, "Maybe we can help."
"I don't think so," Locoyus walked into the room unseen or heard.
Goku told them about his dreams, "I think they mean I'm going to turn on everyone or something like that. If that's the case I think I better get away from everyone."
"That's right," Locoyus sneered, "leave your friends to me!"
"Goku," Bulma began, "I know you would never do anything to hurt us, they're just bad dreams with no meaning behind them."
"Usually I'd agree, but here lately I've been so edgy that even the smallest things get on my nerves so badly I can't stand it!" Goku sighed.
"Nonsense, Goku," Master Roshi said, "all you need to do is forget about those dreams and get some rest, you'll see."
"But I thought you said my dreams meant something?" Goku reminded him.
"I did huh, well, I say allot of things that aren't true you know, I'm just an old man, you can't believe everything I say." Master Roshi laughed.
Locoyus walked over to Bulma and put her hand on her head and began to speak to her, "What if Goku does become a threat? Did he ever kill anyone in your family in his dreams?"
"Hey Goku," Bulma spoke up, "did you ever kill Vegeta or Trunks?"
"Yeah, I've dreamed I killed just about everyone, including your family." Goku sighed.
"He can't be trusted near your family, what if something were to happen?" Locoyus told Bulma.
"Hey Mom!" Trunks ran in the room and stopped and the doorway starring oddly and his mother.
*Can he see me?* Locoyus thought.
"What, Trunks? Is something the matter? What are you starring at?" Bulma asked him.
"Nothing, I thought I saw something that's all." Trunks answered.
*Good, I was right, he can't see me after all!* Locoyus smiled.
"Well, what do you want, we're kind of in the middle of something." Bulma snapped.
"I forgot," he thought for a moment, "oh, I remember, I'm going to be in my room."
"Okay, bye." Bulma shoed him out of the room, "Sorry about that interruption."
Goku got up and started pacing around the room. Locoyus came over to him whispering little thoughts into his subconscious. He stopped and starred at the doorway, "What do you want Goten?"
"Who's that?" Goten said pointing next to his father.
"Who's who?" Goku said trying not to yell at him.
"That lady next to you, who is she?" Goten started to slowly walk to his father.
"No one is there Goten, you're not making any sense!" Goku snapped.
Locoyus gave Goten an evil glare then disappeared.
"Where'd she go!" Goten ran over to where she was.
"Goten, no one was there," Bulma said a bit concerned.
"Who'd you see?" Master Roshi wondered.
"It was a lady, she had short red hair and was dressed in all black. She was standing right here next to Dad talking to him! I know it!" Goten said looking around to where she could have gone.
"What did she say?" Master Roshi asked.
"It doesn't matter what she said, she wasn't even really there!" Goku yelled, "Why are you making stuff up? You're to old to be doing this!"
"No, I really saw her!" Goten pleaded with his father.
"Get out of this room now!" Goku wasn't pleased.
"She told you that you should go before you hurt anyone!" Goten said as he ran out of the room.
Goku sat to try to calm down, "See what I mean? I have to go before I hurt anyone!"
Bulma stood up and starred at him, "What did you say?"
"I said I have to go before I hurt anyone." He repeated.
"That's exactly what Goten said the lady told you!" Bulma said, "How would Goten know about that?"
"The lady told him, weren't you paying attention?" Master Roshi reminded her.
"But there was no lady!" Bulma said.
"I have to go," Goku sat up, "I can't take much more of this, thanks for your help." He went to the bottom of the stairs, "Goten, it's time to go, NOW!"
Goten slowly walked down the stairs with Trunks beside him, "I saw her, Trunks." He whispered so his father wouldn't hear him.
"I thought I saw something down there too, next to my Mom!" Trunks quietly replied.
"Something's going on, and it has something to do with that lady and why my Dad's been acting so weird!" Goten told him.
"Hurry up!" Goku snapped.
Goten and Trunks said goodbye as Goku and Goten left. They didn't speak to each other on the way home. When they reached their house Goten quickly ran up to his room. Goku sat down in the kitchen.
"You were seen, weren't you?" Hectare asked Locoyus.
"It doesn't matter, they don't believe him!" she told him, "And besides, he shouldn't be that hard to get rid of, he's just a small boy."
"Why didn't you heed my warning? None of this would have happened if you'd just listen to me!" He yelled at her.
Locoyus glanced at him. She grabbed him around the throat and lifted him up from the ground, "Don't you ever forget who I am or what I can do to you, Hectare! You may be my brother, but this is my kingdom! The power is mine, not yours!" she squeezed harder, "The plan will proceed as scheduled! The boy is only one minor detail that can easily be taken care of!" She threw him across the room. He hit the wall and fell to the ground gasping for breath.
"I am sorry," he gasped, "I forgot my place, it will not happen again! You are the one that can visit the other world, not I!"
She gave him a twisted smile, "That is true, but once I find and open the gate, we will all be able to cross over. Come, we must devise a plan that will get rid of this slight inconvenience!" The night was the same for Goku, a night filled with dreams and no rest. The next day Goten stayed in his room and would not come down for anything. Chi-chi tried to get him down, but it's not like she could physically move a super saiyann. So, he stayed up there all day, well that's what everyone thought. Actually he was hardly in his room, he climbed out of his window after his mother brought him lunch and he went to Trunks house.
Trunks heard a tapping noise outside his window. When he looked out his window he saw his best friend waiting to be let in. So, he walked over and let him in. "What are you doing here?" he said, "Your mom called and said that you weren't coming out of your room. I guess she doesn't know you're here then."
"I don't care," Goten whispered, "where are your parents?"
"Outside, I'm suppose to be doing my school work." Trunks sat back down at his desk.
"You can do your school stuff later, this is important!" Goten said seriously.
"If it's about that thing you saw," Trunks said not looking up, "my mom told me you were just playing a joke or something." He looked up to see his friend's head drop, he smiled at him, "But I don't believe her!"
"Really!" Goten gave a big smile, "Thanks! I saw her again at my house last night."
"What was she doing?" Trunks closed his book.
"I think she's the one keeping my dad from sleeping somehow." Goten sat down on Trunks bed.
"My mom said that your dad said he was having awful dreams!" Trunks remembered.
"That would explain it! She's somehow giving them to him!"
"Yeah! Are dads can take her, she's just a girl!" Trunks smiled.
Goten sighed, "I think you've forgotten that we're on our own this time. The grown ups don't believe us, remember?"
"Oh yeah," Trunks sat down next to his friend, "well, we can take her!"
"But how do we find her?"
"I'll come over to your house tonight and we can get her when she goes to give your dad bad dreams again!"
"Good idea-" he heard something, "do you hear that?"
"Yeah, it sounds like my mom-"
"And my parents!" they left the room and spied down the stairs. Their parents were having a discussion in the living room. They crept down the stairs so they could hear what they were saying. When they peaked around the corner Goten pulled them back.
"She's their!" he whispered.
"Where?" Trunks asked.
"She's by my dad again." Goten swallowed, "Okay, we'll go in there, don't act like you can see her, she doesn't know you can yet."
"Got it." With that the two friends slowly walked in the room.
"There you are Goten!" Chi-chi snapped.
"Hi Mom," he stared at the lady who stared right back at him.
Locoyus walked over to Chi-chi and placed her hand on her head and began to speak to her, "What an awful son you have. Just look at him, he doesn't even care that you've been worried sick about him. You should punish him, lock him up in his room since he likes to stay in there so much!"
Goten clenched his fists, everyone else was talking to him but he was only listening to Locoyus giving thoughts to his mother, "Shut-up!" he yelled. "Leave her alone!"
"Goten!" Goku glared, "How dare you yell at us like that!"
Locoyus smiled, "You see Goten, you are the only one that can see me!" she gave a wicked laugh.
"Cut it out!" Goten snapped at her.
"I wouldn't talk to me if I was you, unless you want everyone to think you're crazy or something!" she laughed again. She walked over to Goku and put her hand on his head, at the same time Chi-chi put her arm around his.
"Get you hands off my dad!" he yelled.
"Goten!" Goku yelled, "Don't you ever talk to your mother like that! What's wrong with you?"
Trunks put his hand on Goten's shoulder. He was seeing what was going on, but acting like he didn't. "Pull yourself together, Goten."
Goten looked up at his friend, "Right, sorry."
"Look at your son, he's just a disgrace to you and your family! Why did you want another one? Gohan was nothing like this, he's such a good child, but this one is awful!" Locoyus told Goku.
Goten clenched his fists, "It's not true dad! Don't believe what you're thinking about me, please!"
"What are you talking about?" Chi-chi walked over to him.
"Aren't we going to tell them?" Bulma spoke up.
"Right," Goku looked at his son, "we've been talking and we've decided that something is wrong with you, Goten, and until you tell us what it is you are to stay in your room."
Locoyus laughed, "See my power now child! I can turn everyone against you! They believe what they think, not a small child!"
Goten looked down, *she's right, they won't believe me.*
"Give up child," Locoyus grinned, "you know not what you are up against!"
"Well," Chi-chi said to Goten, "are you going to tell us what's wrong?"
He looked up at everyone, they were all against him. She'd turned them all against him. He didn't know what to do, he decided to tell the truth, "Nothings wrong with me, really. It's just that-" Locoyus walked in front of him, she turned to Trunks, who was still pretending that he couldn't see her. She put her hand into his chest.
:Trunks winced with pain. He grabbed his chest, "I can't breathe!" he managed to say.
"What's the matter Trunks?" Bulma was beside him.
"He said he can't breathe, didn't you hear him, woman!" Vegeta said.
Trunks was beginning to turn blue in the face. He glanced over to his friend. Bulma and Vegeta were trying to figure out what was happening to their son.
"I understand," Goten said to Locoyus, "I get your point."
Locoyus let go of Trunks, she turned to Goten and smiled, "I'll see you again, heed this warning, boy, it is your last!" she vanished.
Trunks fell to the ground gasping for breath, "I'm okay."
"What on earth happened?" Bulma asked him.
"Um," Trunks was trying to think of something to say, "I just couldn't breathe, I don't know what happened." He looked at Goten.
After everyone was done with Trunks their attention was back on Goten.
"Well," Goku said sternly, "are you going to tell us?"
"I'm just a loony, lock me up why don't you!" Goten snapped.
"Fine, have it your way!" Goku looked down at his son, "Let's go."
"Thanks for your help, Bulma, you too Vegeta." Chi-chi said as they left the house.
"Goten!" Trunks yelled as Goku dragged his friend away, "I'm sorry!"
"Don't worry about me! I'll think of something!"
When they reached their house Goku dragged Goten up to his room, because Goten refused to walk. Goku threw him in his room, "Do you have anything further to say, son?"
"Yeah, Daddy," Goten looked at his father whom he loved. He knew that it wasn't really his fault. "if you don't stop listening to the voices in your head your dreams will come true."
Goku looked at his small son and left.
Chapter 2 "Goten," Trunks said as he walked over to his wounded friend, "you have to pay attention. This is the third time I've caught you off guard. Is something wrong, you've never lost it before."
"Well," Goten got up and brushed himself off, "it's my dad, he's been acting kind of strange. I think he's sick or something."
"Maybe my mom should take a look at him," Trunks suggested, "she IS a geniuses you know."
"Yeah," Goten thought, "I could bring him over sometime today and your mom could see what's wrong with him!"
"Let's go ask my mom first." With that the two friends ran inside to find Bulma.
"MOM!" Trunks yelled as they entered the house.
"I'm in here," the voice trailed from the living room.
"Bulma," Goten began, "I was wondering if you could take a look at my dad later today."
"What's wrong with him?" she asked, not even looking up from the piece of machinery in front of her.
"If I knew that I wouldn't be asking you to look at him, duh!" he smarted off, which resulted in another punch in the gut by his friend.
"Well," her eyes still on the machinery, "if you put it that way, why do you think something is wrong with Goku?"
"It started the other day, he was being overly nice to my mom-"
"Nothing wrong with that." She added.
"Yeah, but this morning he was acting very not like Dad, usually he likes to be with me when I train so he can make sure I'm doing a good job, but when I asked him if I could train over here with Trunks he said, 'I don't care, whatever'," Goten stopped to she that Bulma didn't look concerned, "AND, he didn't even eat breakfast!"
Bulma jumped up and looked him in the eye, "WHAT! He didn't eat anything!! Something must be very wrong. I'll tell you what, Goten, you bring your father by sometime today and I'll have a look at him."
Goten gave a big smile, "Thanks, Bulma, I knew you would help him."
"Thanks, Mom," Trunks said, "come on, let's go train some more, my dad will get mad if we take to many breaks-"
"TRUNKS!" Vegeta yelled from outside.
"Speak of the devil!" Goten swallowed.
"We're coming Dad!" Trunks yelled as he and Goten rushed back outside.
"So you see, Mommy," Goten was trying to convince Chi-chi to let them all go over and eat dinner with Vegeta's family, "when we go over for dinner, Bulma can casually observe Dad. That way Dad won't object!"
"Well," Chi-chi thought, "he has been acting strange lately. All right, we can go. Why don't you go tell Gohan and your father now so they can be cleaned up in time."
"Yes ma'am!" Goten smiled as he ran out of the room to find his brother and father.
They were all cleaned up and left their house in time to make it to Vegeta's house by 6:00pm. Goku was in some what a better mood, but still very easily irritated. Goten eagerly ran up to the door and rang the door bell. Trunks answered it and gladly let them in.
"MOM!" Trunks yelled as they entered, "they're here!"
"Oh, good!" Bulma said as she walked in the room to greet them, "Hi everyone, I hope you're hungry, because I've made an awful lot of food! It should be ready in about 20 minutes." She looked at Goku, "How ya' been pal?"
Goku gave a weak smile to one of his childhood friends, "I'm okay, where's Vegeta?"
"He's around here somewhere," Bulma looked at the stair way, "VEGETA! Come down NOW!"
Vegeta slowly dragged himself down the stairs, he wasn't very fond of having company over. He extended his hand to Goku, "How goes the training?"
"Pretty good," Goku shook his hand, "how was Goten today?"
"I could tell you were working with him, he'd improved greatly since the last time he trained over here." Vegeta looked down at Goten, "He did have trouble concentrating."
"Huh," Goku looked down at his small son, "that doesn't sound like him. Why weren't you paying attention, Goten?"
"Well," Goten tried to think of an excuse, "I was really hungry because I didn't eat breakfast, remember? I did better after lunch!" He quickly glanced at Trunks, who flashed a thumbs up for the excuse.
Usually Goku wouldn't have had a problem with that, but today was different, "That's no excuse, Goten. You know better than that! Tomorrow you're going to be training at home, and I'm going to make sure you pay attention, hungry or not!" The room grew silent, they were all starring at him.
"Yes sir..." Goten's head hung in shame.
"He wasn't that bad, Goku." Vegeta spoke on Goten's behalf.
"I don't think I need your help in raising my son, Vegeta." Goku glared.
"Well," Bulma interrupted, "why don't we sit down now?"
"Good idea," Chi-chi agreed, "Gohan, Goten, please go wash your hands, you too Goku." All of them looked and her and reluctantly obeyed.
"How long as he been like this?" Bulma asked Chi-chi.
"Well," Chi-chi thought, "this is the first week he's been kind of edgy, he hasn't been sleeping well for about three weeks now."
"Huh," Bulma thought for a moment, "well, after dinner why don't you and Vegeta take the kids somewhere and I'll have a talk with Goku to try to find out what's going on. I think I'll have Master Roshi come over as well, he's know him for a long time."
"Just where to you expect me to take the kids?" Vegeta spoke up, not very thrilled by the plan.
"I don't know or care, just wherever," Bulma snapped, "remember, Vegeta, we're trying to help Goku who has saved our lives countless times, lighten up!"
"Fine," Vegeta agreed, "but I'm only going to tolerate the kids for one hour!"
"That should be plenty of time, don't you think Chi-chi?" Bulma said.
"I guess so," Chi-chi looked towards the bathroom, "the boys are almost done, we'd better get supper on the table."
There wasn't much conversation during dinner. Everyone was quietly eating their food and trying not to do anything to tick off Goku. The only complaining done was by Vegeta who said that Bulma needed to take cooking lessons from Chi-chi because her food wasn't even fit for dogs. Other than that there were no complaints. After dinner Chi-chi and Vegeta took Gohan, Goten, and Trunks back to Goku's place, their excuse was pretty lame, but Goku bought it no questions asked. He was even kind of glad that they left, because it meant the house would be quieter. Shortly after they left Master Roshi arrived.
"So," Master Roshi said to Goku, "is something troubling you?"
"Why do you say that?" Goku asked.
Master Roshi glanced at Bulma, she got the hint that she was suppose to take that question, "Well, you have been acting a little, how should I put this, weird! Since when do you snap at everyone for doing nothing?"
Goku sat down, "I don't know what's going on to tell you the truth. It's just that everything's been getting to me lately and I can't take it anymore, besides I haven't had a good nights sleep in weeks."
"Why?" Master Roshi inquired.
"Do you think that dreams have some kind of hidden meaning, Master Roshi?" Goku asked.
"Why yes I do, but only if you have them repeatedly." He answered.
"What kind of dreams have you been having?" Bulma asked, "Maybe we can help."
"I don't think so," Locoyus walked into the room unseen or heard.
Goku told them about his dreams, "I think they mean I'm going to turn on everyone or something like that. If that's the case I think I better get away from everyone."
"That's right," Locoyus sneered, "leave your friends to me!"
"Goku," Bulma began, "I know you would never do anything to hurt us, they're just bad dreams with no meaning behind them."
"Usually I'd agree, but here lately I've been so edgy that even the smallest things get on my nerves so badly I can't stand it!" Goku sighed.
"Nonsense, Goku," Master Roshi said, "all you need to do is forget about those dreams and get some rest, you'll see."
"But I thought you said my dreams meant something?" Goku reminded him.
"I did huh, well, I say allot of things that aren't true you know, I'm just an old man, you can't believe everything I say." Master Roshi laughed.
Locoyus walked over to Bulma and put her hand on her head and began to speak to her, "What if Goku does become a threat? Did he ever kill anyone in your family in his dreams?"
"Hey Goku," Bulma spoke up, "did you ever kill Vegeta or Trunks?"
"Yeah, I've dreamed I killed just about everyone, including your family." Goku sighed.
"He can't be trusted near your family, what if something were to happen?" Locoyus told Bulma.
"Hey Mom!" Trunks ran in the room and stopped and the doorway starring oddly and his mother.
*Can he see me?* Locoyus thought.
"What, Trunks? Is something the matter? What are you starring at?" Bulma asked him.
"Nothing, I thought I saw something that's all." Trunks answered.
*Good, I was right, he can't see me after all!* Locoyus smiled.
"Well, what do you want, we're kind of in the middle of something." Bulma snapped.
"I forgot," he thought for a moment, "oh, I remember, I'm going to be in my room."
"Okay, bye." Bulma shoed him out of the room, "Sorry about that interruption."
Goku got up and started pacing around the room. Locoyus came over to him whispering little thoughts into his subconscious. He stopped and starred at the doorway, "What do you want Goten?"
"Who's that?" Goten said pointing next to his father.
"Who's who?" Goku said trying not to yell at him.
"That lady next to you, who is she?" Goten started to slowly walk to his father.
"No one is there Goten, you're not making any sense!" Goku snapped.
Locoyus gave Goten an evil glare then disappeared.
"Where'd she go!" Goten ran over to where she was.
"Goten, no one was there," Bulma said a bit concerned.
"Who'd you see?" Master Roshi wondered.
"It was a lady, she had short red hair and was dressed in all black. She was standing right here next to Dad talking to him! I know it!" Goten said looking around to where she could have gone.
"What did she say?" Master Roshi asked.
"It doesn't matter what she said, she wasn't even really there!" Goku yelled, "Why are you making stuff up? You're to old to be doing this!"
"No, I really saw her!" Goten pleaded with his father.
"Get out of this room now!" Goku wasn't pleased.
"She told you that you should go before you hurt anyone!" Goten said as he ran out of the room.
Goku sat to try to calm down, "See what I mean? I have to go before I hurt anyone!"
Bulma stood up and starred at him, "What did you say?"
"I said I have to go before I hurt anyone." He repeated.
"That's exactly what Goten said the lady told you!" Bulma said, "How would Goten know about that?"
"The lady told him, weren't you paying attention?" Master Roshi reminded her.
"But there was no lady!" Bulma said.
"I have to go," Goku sat up, "I can't take much more of this, thanks for your help." He went to the bottom of the stairs, "Goten, it's time to go, NOW!"
Goten slowly walked down the stairs with Trunks beside him, "I saw her, Trunks." He whispered so his father wouldn't hear him.
"I thought I saw something down there too, next to my Mom!" Trunks quietly replied.
"Something's going on, and it has something to do with that lady and why my Dad's been acting so weird!" Goten told him.
"Hurry up!" Goku snapped.
Goten and Trunks said goodbye as Goku and Goten left. They didn't speak to each other on the way home. When they reached their house Goten quickly ran up to his room. Goku sat down in the kitchen.
"You were seen, weren't you?" Hectare asked Locoyus.
"It doesn't matter, they don't believe him!" she told him, "And besides, he shouldn't be that hard to get rid of, he's just a small boy."
"Why didn't you heed my warning? None of this would have happened if you'd just listen to me!" He yelled at her.
Locoyus glanced at him. She grabbed him around the throat and lifted him up from the ground, "Don't you ever forget who I am or what I can do to you, Hectare! You may be my brother, but this is my kingdom! The power is mine, not yours!" she squeezed harder, "The plan will proceed as scheduled! The boy is only one minor detail that can easily be taken care of!" She threw him across the room. He hit the wall and fell to the ground gasping for breath.
"I am sorry," he gasped, "I forgot my place, it will not happen again! You are the one that can visit the other world, not I!"
She gave him a twisted smile, "That is true, but once I find and open the gate, we will all be able to cross over. Come, we must devise a plan that will get rid of this slight inconvenience!" The night was the same for Goku, a night filled with dreams and no rest. The next day Goten stayed in his room and would not come down for anything. Chi-chi tried to get him down, but it's not like she could physically move a super saiyann. So, he stayed up there all day, well that's what everyone thought. Actually he was hardly in his room, he climbed out of his window after his mother brought him lunch and he went to Trunks house.
Trunks heard a tapping noise outside his window. When he looked out his window he saw his best friend waiting to be let in. So, he walked over and let him in. "What are you doing here?" he said, "Your mom called and said that you weren't coming out of your room. I guess she doesn't know you're here then."
"I don't care," Goten whispered, "where are your parents?"
"Outside, I'm suppose to be doing my school work." Trunks sat back down at his desk.
"You can do your school stuff later, this is important!" Goten said seriously.
"If it's about that thing you saw," Trunks said not looking up, "my mom told me you were just playing a joke or something." He looked up to see his friend's head drop, he smiled at him, "But I don't believe her!"
"Really!" Goten gave a big smile, "Thanks! I saw her again at my house last night."
"What was she doing?" Trunks closed his book.
"I think she's the one keeping my dad from sleeping somehow." Goten sat down on Trunks bed.
"My mom said that your dad said he was having awful dreams!" Trunks remembered.
"That would explain it! She's somehow giving them to him!"
"Yeah! Are dads can take her, she's just a girl!" Trunks smiled.
Goten sighed, "I think you've forgotten that we're on our own this time. The grown ups don't believe us, remember?"
"Oh yeah," Trunks sat down next to his friend, "well, we can take her!"
"But how do we find her?"
"I'll come over to your house tonight and we can get her when she goes to give your dad bad dreams again!"
"Good idea-" he heard something, "do you hear that?"
"Yeah, it sounds like my mom-"
"And my parents!" they left the room and spied down the stairs. Their parents were having a discussion in the living room. They crept down the stairs so they could hear what they were saying. When they peaked around the corner Goten pulled them back.
"She's their!" he whispered.
"Where?" Trunks asked.
"She's by my dad again." Goten swallowed, "Okay, we'll go in there, don't act like you can see her, she doesn't know you can yet."
"Got it." With that the two friends slowly walked in the room.
"There you are Goten!" Chi-chi snapped.
"Hi Mom," he stared at the lady who stared right back at him.
Locoyus walked over to Chi-chi and placed her hand on her head and began to speak to her, "What an awful son you have. Just look at him, he doesn't even care that you've been worried sick about him. You should punish him, lock him up in his room since he likes to stay in there so much!"
Goten clenched his fists, everyone else was talking to him but he was only listening to Locoyus giving thoughts to his mother, "Shut-up!" he yelled. "Leave her alone!"
"Goten!" Goku glared, "How dare you yell at us like that!"
Locoyus smiled, "You see Goten, you are the only one that can see me!" she gave a wicked laugh.
"Cut it out!" Goten snapped at her.
"I wouldn't talk to me if I was you, unless you want everyone to think you're crazy or something!" she laughed again. She walked over to Goku and put her hand on his head, at the same time Chi-chi put her arm around his.
"Get you hands off my dad!" he yelled.
"Goten!" Goku yelled, "Don't you ever talk to your mother like that! What's wrong with you?"
Trunks put his hand on Goten's shoulder. He was seeing what was going on, but acting like he didn't. "Pull yourself together, Goten."
Goten looked up at his friend, "Right, sorry."
"Look at your son, he's just a disgrace to you and your family! Why did you want another one? Gohan was nothing like this, he's such a good child, but this one is awful!" Locoyus told Goku.
Goten clenched his fists, "It's not true dad! Don't believe what you're thinking about me, please!"
"What are you talking about?" Chi-chi walked over to him.
"Aren't we going to tell them?" Bulma spoke up.
"Right," Goku looked at his son, "we've been talking and we've decided that something is wrong with you, Goten, and until you tell us what it is you are to stay in your room."
Locoyus laughed, "See my power now child! I can turn everyone against you! They believe what they think, not a small child!"
Goten looked down, *she's right, they won't believe me.*
"Give up child," Locoyus grinned, "you know not what you are up against!"
"Well," Chi-chi said to Goten, "are you going to tell us what's wrong?"
He looked up at everyone, they were all against him. She'd turned them all against him. He didn't know what to do, he decided to tell the truth, "Nothings wrong with me, really. It's just that-" Locoyus walked in front of him, she turned to Trunks, who was still pretending that he couldn't see her. She put her hand into his chest.
:Trunks winced with pain. He grabbed his chest, "I can't breathe!" he managed to say.
"What's the matter Trunks?" Bulma was beside him.
"He said he can't breathe, didn't you hear him, woman!" Vegeta said.
Trunks was beginning to turn blue in the face. He glanced over to his friend. Bulma and Vegeta were trying to figure out what was happening to their son.
"I understand," Goten said to Locoyus, "I get your point."
Locoyus let go of Trunks, she turned to Goten and smiled, "I'll see you again, heed this warning, boy, it is your last!" she vanished.
Trunks fell to the ground gasping for breath, "I'm okay."
"What on earth happened?" Bulma asked him.
"Um," Trunks was trying to think of something to say, "I just couldn't breathe, I don't know what happened." He looked at Goten.
After everyone was done with Trunks their attention was back on Goten.
"Well," Goku said sternly, "are you going to tell us?"
"I'm just a loony, lock me up why don't you!" Goten snapped.
"Fine, have it your way!" Goku looked down at his son, "Let's go."
"Thanks for your help, Bulma, you too Vegeta." Chi-chi said as they left the house.
"Goten!" Trunks yelled as Goku dragged his friend away, "I'm sorry!"
"Don't worry about me! I'll think of something!"
When they reached their house Goku dragged Goten up to his room, because Goten refused to walk. Goku threw him in his room, "Do you have anything further to say, son?"
"Yeah, Daddy," Goten looked at his father whom he loved. He knew that it wasn't really his fault. "if you don't stop listening to the voices in your head your dreams will come true."
Goku looked at his small son and left.