A/N: Um.. sorry it takes me so long to update, it's just that school is evil and I had this great idea for another story, so I started on that too. Now… on with the reading.

Oh yeah… heh. Disclaimer: I'm a fan of DBZ and I'm actually really glad I don't own it. So.. yeah, don't get me confused with Akira Toriyama, even though he's a guy.. and I'm not!

What's so Wrong with Being Happy?

Chapter 3: Dreams



The golden red of the sunset was as vibrant as a king's robes and she could almost taste the berry red sky. Falling back against one of the many pine trees around her she felt breathless. She had been running all day from something she didn't know. She breathed quickly, dispelling the old air and breathing in the pine smell of her proximity. She was contented here and she wished she could stay, but the haunting always came back, something moving behind and driving her forwards.

The fact that she hadn't identified her shadow was really bothering her. She always liked to know everything about a situation. Her strength couldn't work against an invisible opponent anyways. If she couldn't figure out who was trailing her, she would have no defense. She clenched her hands into fists and growled a little. She would wait this time and face her opponent.

She turned around and saw a blue haired girl standing there with one hand in Goku's while the other held a little orange ball. She woke up with a start.

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Goku hadn't been able to squirm out of Chi-Chi's grasp after she had fallen asleep, so he was sitting next to her bed. He was falling to sleep himself when her fist clenched around his shirt and pulled him nearly on top of her. He started blushing a little and tried to pull back without waking her up.

Her grip loosened and he sighed in relief. He began to get up and walk away when a voice from behind him asked, "Just where do you think you're going Goku? Before you do anything you're going to tell me just what you're doing in my room."

Goku sweatdropped a little. He turned around slowly, very, very slowly, and saw a glaring/smirking Chi-Chi. He gathered up his courage and began explaining to her that someone needed to bring her to her room after she fainted and she hadn't let go of his shirt so he couldn't leave, all the while he was mentally cursing Piccolo.

"Uh.. your dream doesn't seem like it was very happy… what was it about." He asked, trying to change the subject. Unfortunately for him, Chi-Chi wasn't so easily swayed.

"So you're saying that I didn't dream that Piccolo was a monster?" She actually sounded worried.

"Well, I wouldn't call him a monster, but yeah, he's really not human." He said quickly, trying to calm her down. She looked like she could faint again at any moment. "Chi, really, he's harmless…" '…to us at least' he added on mentally.

It took a little while, but eventually Goku calmed Chi-Chi down enough that she actually remembered her dream. She began to tell Goku and he was very startled at her revelation that a blue haired girl with an orange globe was in it. Sounded like Bulma to him. He wondered vaguely about where she was right then.

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Bulma glared at the people milling about the city. She turned to Yamcha and nodded for him to part a way for her. He began to push people aside and she followed him. People gathered along the sides of her path, watching the proud woman walk past. There were some murmurs through the group about Bulma the Sorceress, but many just passed her off as a look alike. Why would Bulma be in their town?

She watched as more and more people became nervous. They were beginning to realize just who she was. She motioned for Krillin to keep up behind her. He was lagging a little because he felt insignificant. She couldn't have guards with inferiority complexes. Krillin began to look more confident as the people shank back in fear around the group. 'Yes that's right, Bulma the "sorceress" is here' she thought as she looked at the mindless masses about her.

She was kind of disgusted to see so many minds either wasted or just mush to begin with. If there was one thing she couldn't stand, it was stupidity. Her claim to fame was as a sorceress, but she wasn't one. She didn't know the first thing about magic or how to do it. She lacked the skill. What she had was a brain. A very powerful one at that. She had mastered so many levels of science that she had invented several different machines. Her fellow apprentices were scared off as well as her teacher, claiming that she was an evil witch. It didn't help that she was left handed. She was definitely different, and when people confront something different, their natural instinct is to fear it.

She focused on the castle ahead of her again. 'I know where you are Goku, and you're going to help me get the dragonballs whether you want to or not!'

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Piccolo sat out in the forest meditating. He thought that he felt Bulma's presence but wasn't sure. She hadn't followed them, had she? He brushed it off and continued meditating while hovering several feet in the air.

A/N: Oh ho! The plot thickens! Can Chi-Chi see the future, what exactly is Bulma planning, and what will Goku do when he finds out that Bulma is almost at the castle? Find out next time on.. uh.. something. Yeah, whatever. Thanks to those of you who have reviewed it really means a lot to me. (. Please review folks!