The realm of lost dreams

'When reflecting upon life, people often pick out the good points, but leave the bad all together, but when in the realm of lost dreams, the only thing you do is reflect upon the bad points of your life. When someone is at a point where they cannot possibly get any more depressed, they are teleported to a distant place where misery reins supreme. Once there, a person slowly deteriorates to nothing. Never eating, never drinking, just sitting and reflecting on all the things they ever did wrong in life. The only way back is for that person to find the single happiest memory in their life and use it to overcome their great sorrow.'

Goku put down the book and glanced over at Goten, who was sitting opposite him waiting.

"And why did you show me this?" Goku asked, totally puzzled.

"It just sounds so cool." Goku frowned.

"Sounds painfully miserable." Goten nodded his head and grinned. Goku rolled his eyes. Ever since Goten had found the joys of voodoo, he was into everything dark and evil. It didn't really bother Goku that much- he knew it was just a whim his son was on at the moment. Both Goten and Trunks had both turned Goth and were experimenting with voodoo dolls, ouija boards and such. "Well… I'm sparring… with Vegeta… gotta go!" Goku rushed out of the library towards Vegeta's house. He hadn't really been planning to spar with Vegeta, but it was the only thing he could think of. Last time he had stayed longer than ten minutes with Goten and a book like that, he had ended up helping Goten cast a misfortune spell on Chi Chi, that made her grow an extra arm in the middle of her back.

Goku knocked at the door and waited. After a while, Vegeta answered it.

"Hi." Goku said, smiling. "I was wondering…"

"I can't spar right now." Vegeta interrupted.

"You have to!" Goku pleaded. Vegeta raised an eyebrow. "My son is currently looking up observance spells… amongst other things…and if he sees me not sparring with you, he might grow me another head or something!" Vegeta sighed.

"There is a reason I can't spar Kakarott."

"What?" Vegeta held out his arm.

"Feel." Goku was stunned. He reached out and squeezed Vegeta's arm slightly and gasped. Vegeta's arm felt like it was on fire. It was also extremely squishy. "My son found it extremely funny to make the muscles in my arm turn to hot jelly! What's more, he won't stop the bloody spell! This is all your brat's fault!" Goku couldn't help grinning. He shoved Vegeta out of the way and headed upstairs to Trunks' room. "What the bloody hell do you think you're doing?" Vegeta asked furiously. Goku just ignored him and opened the door to Trunks' room.

"Hi Trunks." He said. Trunks was sitting on his bed with his eyes closed.

"Oh hi Goku." He said, sitting up and looking at him. His eyes were glowing red.

"Is that because of the curse you put on Vegeta?" Trunks nodded. "Hmm. Seems a little juvenile don't you think?"

"WHAT?!" Trunks glared at him.

"Well I'm just saying… Goten is doing much better work than this. He's already trying to create a black hole in a jar." Goku lied. If Goten was doing that, he'd be grounded for life. Trunks snarled. If there was one thing Goku knew, it was that Trunks and Goten were really striving to be a better voodoo master than the other.

"Very well." Trunks muttered. His eyes immediately stopped glowing and he shuddered slightly. "I'll look up something better. Many thanks to you. You will not become a victim."

"Uh… thanks… I think." Goku said, walking back out of the room.

He went back down stairs to see Vegeta staring at his arm in fascination whilst poking it lightly. He abruptly stopped and stared at Goku.

"What did you say?" Goku simply grinned and walked into the living room. "Hey! I never actually said you could come in!" he yelled.

After three sparring matches with Vegeta, Goku left for home.

He walked in to the sound of panicked yells.

"Get a doctor quick!" Chi Chi yelled at him. Goku groaned. They had been separated for three months now and she still bossed him around. He looked in the living room and saw Goten covered in red scales. There was smoke billowing from what looked like gills on his neck.

"Don't worry… it's normal for uh, Saiyans." Goku lied. Chi Chi didn't know about Goten and his sudden fascination with voodoo and magic. All she knew was he was a Goth now. When she had grown the arm out of her back, Goku and Goten had blamed it solely on Trunks, who's parents both knew what he and Goten were doing. Trunks didn't mind, and had actually liked it being blamed on him because he hadn't really got the hang of that spell yet. Chi Chi had made him promise never to do anything like that ever again- a promise that of course, Trunks hadn't kept.

"Are you sure?" Chi Chi asked, eyeing him suspiciously. Goku nodded fervently. "Well do something!"

"Ok… but you have to leave the room." He said. Chi Chi huffed and left.

"Thanks dad." Goten said. His voice was high and shrill.

"So… what happened?" Goku was half-expecting him to say it was Trunks.

"I tried to turn myself into a dragon." Goten muttered.

"And the cure is?"

"Half an hour's wait." Goten shrugged and headed for his room. "Just make up something?" he asked. Goku nodded. He had become very good at coming up with stories to tell Chi Chi lately.

Later on that night, when Goten looked normal again, the telephone rang and Goku answered.

"Hello?"

"I need to come over for a while." it was Vegeta.

"Well hello to you too. I'm fine, thanks for asking." Goku said.

"Why would I care how you were? Look, Bulma is driving me crazy!  And I need to talk to your brat about a way to break a really horrific spell."

"Another one huh?"

"Yes Kakarott. I'll be over in five. You'd better let me in." and Vegeta slammed the phone down.

"Good-bye then." Goku muttered. He put the phone down and went back into the living room. "Vegeta's coming over." He announced.

"Why?" Chi Chi asked. Goku just shrugged.

"Since when does Vegeta ever tell me? I think Bulma's just pissing him off right now, that's all."

"And he wants to come here?"

"Well that's not the only reason. He wants to talk to you." Goku said, giving Goten a meaningful look. Goten nodded.

Five minutes later, a loud banging was heard at the door. Goku opened it and Vegeta stormed in. he avoided eye contact Goku and sat in a chair facing a wall.

"Chi Chi's gone to bed, so you can say what the spell is." Goku said. He walked infront of Vegeta to sit next to him and saw him scrunch up his eyes as he went past. "What's wrong?" he asked.

"That bloody little shit's put an love spell on me! Whoever I see, I fall in love with!" Goku and Goten burst out laughing. It's not funny!" Vegeta yelled. Goten finally stopped laughing.

"Well, it's a spell that only lasts over night, so you should be better by the morning." Goku was still puzzled about something.

"Why did you have to come here anyway? You could have just spoken to Goten on the phone." Vegeta flushed.

"I… had to get away… from Bulma's mother…" Goku's eyes went wide as he fought back his laughs.

That night, Vegeta stayed over. He was still fuming over it. There was a knock at the door ad someone entered. Without thinking, Vegeta looked up to see who it was. He was horrified to see Goku. He felt a warm and undeniable adoration for the larger Saiyan as he walked in grinning.

"Are you hungry at all?" he asked. Vegeta opened his mouth, but no sound came out. He felt his feet touch the floor and the next thing he knew, he was kissing Goku. What was even more terrifying was the fact that Goku had started responding to him. He opened his mouth and felt Goku's tongue reaching in and exploring. A soft moan escaped the prince as he backed into a wall, bringing Goku with him. Goku pulled away for air and stared at him.

"I've…… got to go…" he muttered, he turned and ran. Vegeta was glad he had gone, but at the same time, incredibly unhappy.

"Oh fuck." He muttered.

~_~__~_~__~__~_~__~_~__~__~_~__~_~__~__~_~__~_~__~_~__~_~__~_~__~_~_~__~_~__~___~_~_~_~__~

End chapter one! I really shouldn't be starting another story, but it just came to me! Review please!