Disclaimer: I do not own Dragonball Z or the characters contained (ALL except for Thrake ^_^). Somehow, I wish I was that creative. -_-;

Warning: There is cussing in this fanfic. . .plus some mushyness and violence. Mmm. . .and this is my first fan fic EVER!!!

Bloop. Yay…Chapter 10. Hyped up on caffeine and a recent problem with a friend that's got me all excited has helped me pound out this chapter. I'm basically taking my aggressions out. So what...it's a little more violent and has a little more cussing than my other chapters. I warned you in my disclaimer. XD I'm actually extremely proud of this chapter...much more than in the last chapter. (No...while I did like it...I wasn't exactly happy with it. I know I could have done ten times better but...eh...what ya gonna do?) I know it's a short chapter, but the shorter the chapter the more agonizingly painful it is to wait for the next one! XD I love you guys I really do! Sooooo enjoy the chapter...and hopefully this one will do the story justice.

Thanks to: Lady Nightshade, Tonibelle, and J.Mo for reviewing! Thanks a lot guys!


Copyright 2002 Elizabeth Abbott

The Heart Made of Stone

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Chapter 10 -- Consequences of your actions

She blinked. She could hardly move much less do anything that made ANY sense whatsoever. It wasn't the first time she had seen her husband and her youngest son fighting, but this was different. This was...real. 'Why?' she thought, her lips drying out as the others floated beside her.

Before she knew it, an extremely fast purple streak darted in front of her eyes. Goten slammed up against the spaceship and Trunks, who had obviously caught him off guard, pinned him there.
Goku's eyes grew wide as he looked at Trunks and suddenly with a scowl on his face looked up at the rest of them.

"Chi Chi!" he cried waving his arms, "get out of here now!"

Goten looked up and smirked. His mother. The one thing that made his father more vulnerable than anything else. A blast of sudden ki made Trunks fly directly backwards into a nearby tree. The force was so great it knocked him out cold. Goku's head snapped around just in time to see Goten take off and tackle his mother, slamming her right to the ground.

Chi Chi screamed. A great pain ripped through her body as blood began to come out of her mouth. Her eyes involuntarily closed and a small, quiet moan slipped out of her lips. 'Why is everything getting so dark?' she thought foolishly. 'I can't feel anything...' she thought before finally passing out. Goten held her in his arms and with great speed, appeared back in front of the spaceship. Goku took one step forward before Thrake appeared.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you" he smirked

"You fucking bastard!" Goku screamed out. He knew they had him. He wouldn't do anything to hurt Chi Chi...or put her in danger. And he had already succeeded in doing both.

Goku clenched his fists and finally dropped his arms to the side. Thrake burst out in laughter and took Chi Chi from Goten, taking her into the spaceship. Goten walked over and picked up Trunks, flinging him over his shoulder. Trunks stirred and looked up at Goku, eyes pleading. Goku looked away as the door closed and the ship took off into the air.

Kuririn flew next to Goku and looked up at him. "Goku...what are you doing? They'll leave taking everyone with them!"

Goku looked up towards the sky "No. Thrake is having too much fun playing with me. It will wait. And I will be waiting for them."

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Goten sat cross-legged across from his best friend, waiting for him to wake up. He didn't really remember anything that happened, but his entire body hurt. His head hurt most of all. Trunks turned over in his sleep, waking up suddenly, feeling Goten's ki near him. Goten smiled at him and Trunks sat up extremely straight.

"What the hell are you fucking smirking about? Proud of what you did?" Trunks said to him defiantly.

"Huh? What are you talking about Trunks?" Goten asked curiously, honestly not remembering anything that had happened.

"Stop playing so dumb!" Trunks said sticking his nose in the air and crossing his arms "You fought me and your dad and knocked your mom out!"

The color ran from Goten's face. Images and memories slowly crept back to him as he clenched his fists. Trunks leaned forward and looked at his face.

"Woah...you really don't remember, do you?" he asked

Goten shook his head, muttering a nuh uh just barely. Tears began to stream down his face as the images of his mother laying helpless after being body slammed by him. Why didn't he remember? Why COULDN'T he remember? Trunks studied his face even closer and hung his head.

"I don't know what happened to your mom." he said quietly

Goten let out a few more helpless noises. He remembered. He remembered putting her in a room on the ship, she looked so peaceful. She looked...she looked dead. But she couldn't be dead…if she was dead, he couldn't feel her, right? And he could still feel her. So he knew...he had just hurt her badly. Those thoughts hit him like a ton of bricks. How could he...of all people, hurt his mother so badly. What had that monster done to him???

Goten stood up, looking towards the door. "W...What are you going to do Goten?" Trunks asked.

"I'm gonna make up for hurting my mother." he said quietly, walking out the door and leaving Trunks dumbfounded.

Before Trunks knew it a loud scream came out of the next room. It was Chi Chi! He ran into the room only to see Goten crumpled up on the floor, blood everywhere, and Chi Chi kneeling next to him shaking him.

Trunks kneeled helplessly next to her. "What happened???" he asked, trying to calm her down.

"He...he was here...and he came into my room...and suddenly...this...blast...came out..." Chi Chi buried her face. She didn't need to go any further, Trunks knew where she was going with it. Goten was gone. He was gone for trying to help his mother. And Trunks feared he was next.