Gohan moved around the rock. He didn't want to disturb Piccolo. Things tended to blow up if he was distracted.

"Piccolo?" He asked tentatively. The green (what other colour) Namek stopped his meditation and hovered over.

"What are you doing here kid?" He asked gruffly.

"Well..uhh.. Dende said you wanted to see me. What's this about?"

"Through my meditation, I have sensed something approaching. At the moment the ki signal is very weak, but also very far away from Earth. If I'm right, we'll need to be a lot stronger than ever before."

Gohan frowned, the lines clearly creasing on his forehead.

"What's coming? Who? Vegeta's reached SSJ4. What can beat that?" (True Gohan, so true)"I wouldn't know for sure, and we can't be certain that it is headed for earth, but I SUGGEST you get yourselves prepared for the Room of Spirit and Time at Dende's lookout. I don't know how long we have."

Bra zoomed through the air, the water down below getting a little stirred up because of her speed. She NEEDED to get to her mum quickly. And she needed to tell Trunks. Dende hadn't given them many answers, just more to worry about.

"I'm coming, Mom," Bra said out loud and powered up a little, gathering speed.

"Hello? Is anyone here? Bra? Our ebony-haired friend strode into Capsule Corp. not finding anyone except Vegeta, who was leaning over Bulma in the temporary clinic. (near Bulma's lab)

Pan gasped. Bulma was deathly pale.

Vegeta stood up slowly from his chair and left the room, solemn-faced.

"Bulma?" Pan asked softly, disbelieving, her face distraught. What was wrong with Bulma? Was this a side effect of her wishes…her fault?

"uhf." Bulma gave a pained sound and rolled over on her other side. Now Pan could see her fully.

Pan had NEVER ever seen Bulma like this. She looked thin and aged. Usually it seemed she had never-ending youth, but this gave Pan a real fear. If Bulma could die, anything worse could happen. She flung herself from the room and upstairs to find Bra to tell her about the wishes, and rid herself of guilt.

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*sigh * Another chappie (well, its actually part of the last one, but it didn't work out that way). Frankly, I think I'm getting worse and worse. And there's this clu-thunk at the back of my head that's telling me I should re-write the first couple of Chapters. *Gloomy face * Please review. ^_^

And I didn't post this right away-

1.Because FF.net was getting new hardware

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2.Because I thought that if I posted at the same time as everyone else I wouldn't get very far.

Please give/lend me your ideas 'cos I'm running out. Even just maybe what you think might happen next chapter.

A HUGE thanks to Maddy (yay! ^_^) and Tyleet

For reviewing. And I don't own DBZ/GT or anything. I didn't put a disclaimer at the top.

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