Chapter 5



Back at Capsule Corporation. "Bulma!" Vegeta yelled, "I told you to lock all windows!" "Well I thought I wouldn't have to," Bulma yelled back, equal to her spouse, "They've been here for four months now, if they'd wanted to escape, they would have!" "Guys..." Goten mumbled, staring out the window. "Not now!" Bulma and Vegeta yelled. "Ok, but I think you should see this..."

Vegeta and Bulma looked up at Goten and Trunks at the same sun window, then at each other. Vegeta picked Bulma up and levitated up to the other window. They looked outside and saw the bright, blue tunnel, looking like a line from their distance, shining high into the sky. "What is it?" Bulma asked. "I don't know." Vegeta said, "But whatever it is, Jessica and Madison are involved." Trunks and Goten looked at each other then took off.

Vegeta took off after them, after dropping Bulma back down on the bed. Gohan and Goku also saw the figures and went after them. Back on the island, Jamie and Samantha were still being transported home. "We'll see you when we get there." Jessica and Madison said. Jamie and Samantha nodded then vanished. Jessica stepped to the side and made a motion with her arm in the direction of the tunnel.

Madison giggled and acted like a lady from the 17th or 18th century. "Why, thank you, good sir." Jessica straightened up and followed her into the tunnel. They held hands and crossed their fingers just as Goku, Gohan, Goten, Trunks, and Vegeta landed in front of them. Madison gasped. She reached forward and realized her hand didn't pass back through the blue light tunnel. She punched against it to no avail. She began sobbing against it.

"It's not fair." she cried, "Why?" Jessica put her hand against the tunnel and stared at Trunks. "We don't belong in this world." she explained to the crying Madison, "And they don't have a way to ours. The first time we came across them, they weren't really in our world. Just blurs, or invisible figures that could touch and feel." Goten and Trunks walked up and pressed their hands against the outside of the tunnel wall. Madison and Jessica had already started disappearing.

Madison looked up and pressed her hand directly on Goten's and Trunks' hand was already by Jessica's. In the background, Goku and Gohan were waving, Vegeta was just staring on. Madison sobbed softly as she continued to disappear. "I love you." she whispered. "Ditto." Goten mouthed. She choked out a laugh and wiped some tears from her eyes. "Come back soon." Goku yelled. "Good bye, Trunks. Never forget me." Jessica said. "I won't. I promise."

Madison pulled her arm away and wiped away a few more tears. Before going back, she'd promised herself to show them what she'd learned with Piccolo, it was now or never, she figured. She clenched her fists at her side and concentrated. Her figure became solid again, and energy crackled around her. Her hair flared up and sparked between gold and the original blond color. Her eyes turned white then she blinked and it was a turquoise green. She unclenched her fists, now a Super Saiyan.

She looked up at them and bounced up and down at the shocked look of Goten, Gohan, and Trunks, and the smile of Goku, and the proud smirk of Vegeta. She had a kitten face as she showed off her power. She finished off with a curtsy and returned to normal. She straightened up and grinned, poking at her cheeks with her index fingers. She winked and gave a peace sign as she disappeared with the sweatdropping Jessica.

The tunnel disappeared, taking the tape along with it. "Cute kids." Gohan said. Goten turned and looked at him. "They weren't kids." he stated, taking off. "And they're not from that dimension either." Trunks added, following after his friend. No one said anything else as they took off after the two. Vegeta looked up and silently prayed to Kami for those two to return to them soon.

Jessica and Madison, in the tunnel, had their knees hugged to their chest and tucked their heads in, and were falling freely and more slowly. They looked up and saw a faint light at the bottom. "Head towards the light..." Madison said in an eerie voice. Jessica laughed and the two of them swam for it. They reached it and stood up. Another light surrounded them and they disappeared from the tunnel.

They reappeared inside the store they were in before. They looked around and saw that everyone was still going about their business, like nothing had happened. They dusted themselves off and noticed they were wearing the clothes they had on when they left the DBZ world. They rushed out of the store, out of the mall. "We need to find Jamie and Samantha." Madison said, looking up and down the streets.

Jessica snapped her fingers. "I remember. Sam said that she and Jamie went to a new store." "Oh, yeah." Madison gasped, I know that shop. It's down on Cobb's Creek." They took off running. Surprisingly, they reached there in a matter of minutes. They walked in and instantly spotted Jamie and Samantha. They were also wearing what they left the world in, black, and they stuck out like a sore thumb.

"Couz!" they yelled when they saw Madison and Jessica by the door. They rushed at them with open arms. Madison scooped up Samantha and swung her around. Jessica just hugged Jamie. "See, we made it after all." she told him. He nodded and laughed. The four of them wrapped their arms around each other's shoulders and walked happily out of the store, heading home.

They soon separated, heading for their rightful houses. Madison looked at her watch. "4:00," she sighed, ""Goten probably had his birthday already." She calculated the hours until October 5th, DBZ World time, their anniversary. "Tonight... 11:00 p.m. I'm going back whether they like it or not." She walked home with her hands stuck in her pockets.

She walked through her door, literally, and it wasn't broken. "Dad," she called, "I'm back." She got no answer. "Ken? Anybody?" She walked through the kitchen doors. She spotted a note stuck to the refrigerator. She walked up and pulled it off. "Maddy. Your brother left with his friends earlier, and I went out also. There's food in the fridge. Be back soon. Love, Dad." She sighed and walked up to her room.

She pulled out two suitcases from under the bed. She emptied her closet of all her favorite clothes and shoes. She emptied the drawers, too. She packed everything into the two suitcases. She put up all her perfume, deodorant, lotions, and all other body needs in a plastic bag and put it on of the suitcases. She took up all her plushies and favorite decorations in her room, and packed it gently in also.

She stuck the bags under the bed and flopped down. She looked over at the window and saw the image of Goten smiling at her. She turned her head and looked at her ceiling. She closed her eyes and fell asleep. She didn't know how long she'd been asleep, but when she awoke, her clocked blinked 10:15. She got up and ran downstairs. Still no sign of her father or brother.

She picked up a pen and wrote a note when they came back. "Dear Dad/Bro. I've gone to spend a week at Jessica's. Don't wait up for me. Love, Maddy." She stuck it on the fridge where the old one was and rushed back upstairs. She grabbed her two suitcases, stuffing the clock in at the last minute, and rushed outside, locking the door behind her. She looked around, and seeming to have the power to do this, took off into the night, quickly.

She flew past the mall and landed in an abandoned field. She dropped her bags and picked up a long stick. She spent a couple minutes building a circle with a pentagon in the middle, from her books on witchcraft. She passed her hands over it and hardened the soil area around her. She picked up her suitcases and got in the middle of the circle.

"Gods of the Heavens, Gods of the Nether worlds, become one with My Power, bestow your great might upon me, send me back to where you know I must be, back with my true love and family!" Madison's chant sparked life into the circle. Every line glowed gold. A faint light shot up around her, making her hair float up. She tilted her head upwards, and with a slight flicker, disappeared.

When Madison opened her eyes, she smiled at the sight around her. The familiar deserted island where she first landed. The landing changed a bit though. She landed and still ended up getting bloody, and she was still able to fly, barely. She picked up her suitcases and took off slowly for Capsule Corporation, keeping her ki level basically dead.

She flew through the back of town and ended up in front of Capsule Corp. She'd never been so tired. She dropped her bags then dropped to her knees, draping her arms over each suitcase. She raised a hand and rang the doorbell, then fainted over the bags. Marron came and answered the door. When she saw the body, she gasped and shouted back into the house.

"Bulma! Someone fainted in front of your door!" Bulma and other came rushing out. Bulma gasped when she saw the person. Vegeta walked past her and bent next to Madison. He lifted her up and took her into the house. Her hair covered her face, so he didn't know it was her. Goten and Trunks each picked up a bag, and followed him, up to the room where she and Jessica stayed before.

Vegeta walked in and over to the bed, resting her down, as Trunks and Goten brought up her bags. Vegeta moved to the side of the bed and pushed her hair away rom her face at last. "Masaka!" he exclaimed, "It can't be!" Trunks and Goten looked over and him and also gasped. "You're right," Goten said, "It can't be." They all stared on as Madison lay there in her bed, looking like a fallen angel.

Jessica now stood next to the circle Madison had made, with her own suitcases next to her. "Tsk. Tsk." she said, shaking her head, "How dare she think of leaving me when it's my anniversary, too." She stepped into the circle. The spell was different, but the same thing happened. "Gods of the Spirit World, take me in your grasp, transport me please, safe and sound, to where I need to be!"

The same faint light surrounded her and she disappeared. The other difference was, when she reappeared, she was perfectly fine. No blood, no dizziness, no nothing. "Huh." she said, looking herself over, "I'm a better witch than I thought." She took off in the direction of Capsule Corporation and made it in minutes, seconds to be exact, before the day started. She rang the doorbell a couple times. Inside she heard Trunks' mouth as he came to open the door.

"...I don't know." he was saying, opening the door, "But she wouldn't be here without..." He looked at the person in the doorway, smiling sweetly at him, "...Jessica..!" "Exactly." Goten's voice came, "So then where is she?" "Standing outside the door." Trunks answered in a trance-like state. Goten laughed, "Yeah. Very funny, man. But, seriously..." He looked over at Trunks and saw it was true.

"They're coming back like bad dream, but just that they're good, and real." Goten stated. "Aren't you going to invite me in?" Jessica asked, giggling. "Would you like to come in?" Trunks asked, still in the trance. She picked up her bags and handed them to Trunks, knocking him to his sense. She floated in, up the stairs, and to her old room. She flung open the door. "Your equal has come back!" she exclaimed.

Vegeta, who was meditating on the windowsill, cringed when he heard the voice. "I had this feeling in the pit of my stomach that you weren't too far behind." he said without looking up. Jessica chuckled, "It's good to see you again, too, Vegeta." He looked up at her and gave his smirk-smile. "Why did you two come back anyway?" he asked, going to Madison's bedside.

Jessica frowned. "What do you mean by, why did we come back?" she half-snapped. Vegeta shrugged. Jessica was practically bubbling with rage. "Vegeta." Madison said, putting her hand on his. He looked down at her. She smiled sweetly at him. "What month and day is it?" she asked, keeping her voice leveled. "It's October, and I think it's the--" Madison gave his hand a squeeze and nodded. "Well, you know, I'm.. ahem, yeah." Madison laughed, "Yes, I know exactly what you are."

"Yeah. Yeah." Jessica grumbled, "We know you're sorry. Now, what do you have to say?" Vegeta was a little surprised by her tone of voice and words towards him, and didn't answer. Trunks came up behind Jessica and wrapped his arms around her waist. She gasped and tried to turn around, but Trunks wouldn't let her. "Happy Anniversary." he whispered. She wrapped her arms around his neck and leaned to the side, bringing his head forward enough so she could see him.

"Happy Anniversary." she said back, bringing his face to meet hers. "Aww. That's so sweet." Madison sighed from where she was, still holding Vegeta's hand. Jessica giggled, but continued kissing her lover. Goten poked his head around the corner and knocked on the already open door. "Can I come in?" he asked. Jessica and Trunks separated from their kiss. "Yeah, you can." she said, "We were just leaving." She took Trunks' hand and led him out of the room quickly.

Goten went to the other side of Madison's bed. He knelt down and took her hand in his. "Now tell me." he started, "How come Jessica is in perfect shape, and you're here, lying in bed, blood on your face?" Madison laughed, her eyes sparkling, "My spell must've been off." Goten laughed also. "Happy Anniversary." he said. "Happy Anniversary." she answered. She let go of Vegeta's hand and wrapped it around Goten's neck.

Vegeta felt it was time he left. He walked across the room. "Bye Veggie-chan." Madison said in a sing-song voice. Vegeta scoffed and walked out, closing the door behind him. She looked back at Goten then shuffled out of the bed, into the joining bathroom. When she back out, her face was clean and some of her hair was tucked behind her ear. She looked at Goten. "I'm sorry." she said, seeing the half-shocked look on his face.

He understood and nodded, moving to hold her around her waist. She laughed as he pulled her close and lowered himself and her back down on the bed. He planted small kisses on her neck and lips. "Did anyone ever tell you how beautiful you are?" he asked in a seductive voice. She smiled coyly and nodded. "I'm tell you now. Madison, you're absolutely breathtaking." She laughed and pulled the covers across the two of them. About an hour later, they were asleep peacefully, entangled in each other's arms.