Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN DB or DBZ. I'm just a poor American that watches dubs and dreams of one day actually seeing some real DB and DBZ. *sigh*. Anyway, why would I waist my time writing this if I did? I could print this out in book form, I could replace GT with it making it into a cartoon, make little action figures which "VEGETA MORPHS INTO A WOOZARU!" and make money off of poor replicas, and nifty video games, etc. *comes out of her daydream* .

Notes: A six, I repeat six page chapter. OMG! Actually chapter 21, 22, and 23 were on chapter, but I decided to split them up. I have no clue why, except they'd be around ten pages long and who wants that. Hey you! Yeah you! Shut up! We all know you don't like reading ten pages in one chapter! lol j/k And it gives me time to write more too. I can't believe this, one review short of a hundred. What's wrong with you people? J/K :) Smile! This chapter is definitely weird. But bare with me here. It all comes together, I think. 'o'; This is mainly about Bulma and a little mishap. Mwahahahaha! There's a tiny inkling of Bulma/Vegeta, but it's so miniscule you'll probably miss it. I promise more after these couple of chapters. Promise!

Chapter 22: Bulma in Wonderland

Bulma felt herself slip away in the glow of the ruby red stone. That was the last thing she remembered before she awoke. She stared around, being both terrified and in awe of her surroundings. A perfectly blue pond with a gorgeous waterfall lay right beside her; the bank was where she lay. Colorful fish darted under multi-colored lily pads and water hyacinths, occasionally jumping up after a dragonfly or other flying insect. Little balls of light floated through the woods. One floated towards her and Bulma realized it was a little girl with wings. She held her hand out and watched the little creature land on her hand. She smiled as she looked it over. Her wings reminded Bulma of a Monarch butterfly's wings, except the color. Her wings were blue instead of the bright orange. The little beings outfit was made of out leaves, a small daffodil covering her head. Blonde, silky hair spilled out from under it. Crystalline blue eyes watched her with curiousity. The little fae flitted off of her hand and flew into the winds with her friends.

Bulma slowly got up, unsure of where she was. Certainly this was not a dream, not hers anyway. Her dreams were never this vivid. She looked up into the sky and seen a fiery bird soar above. Phoenix came to mind as she watched it swiftly fly out of sight.

She was suppose to be in Nick's mind, fusing. How had she managed to get here? Had something gone wrong and she somehow got sent into another dimension? She noticed a path leading deeper into the forest. She looked behind her to if the path lead into a different direction, say, a place not as dangerous and forbidding as the forest. She grumbled a few curses, as she found none. She debated on whether to stay here and wait, but soon decided that no one would ever know to look for her here. How would they? She didn't even know where she was.

She took a step forward and nearly fell on her face. She had a long dress, much like the one's that the medieval royalty wore. It was a beautiful light blue that complemented her hair and eyes, but man was it ever bulky. She lifted her foot up and eyed the shoes. They were much like modern day shoes, but were clear. Cinderella, so where's prince charming? Weird, she thought, I definitly hadn't been wearing this when...

She walked over to the pond, being careful to lift up the skirt of the dress to keep from tripping on it. Her reflection proved her suspicions right. Her hair was long and in a bun, long bangs framing her face. Her makeup looked the same, except her nails were done in a light maroon color. So this is how Nick sees me, huh? I don't know what's more disturbing, the fact that he sees me this way or that he dreams about me.

She turned her head to look down the pathway. She wasn't going to wait. If she stayed here she would die for sure. Sudden inspiration hit her.

"NICK! VEGETA! GOKU! HEY NICK! WHERE AM I YOU BAKAYARO! GET ME OUT OF HERE NOW!" The only reply she got was the calls of several startled. That in turned spooked her into shutting up. Suddenly several bat-like creatures were swooping down at her, screaming their unholy fury as they chased her down the path. Bulma tripped and stumbled as she occasionally lost hold of her skirt, and the fact that she was running down a rocky, pot hole ridden, gravel road with high heels on, enough said.

She came to an open field and ditched her shoes and running barefoot. She set her sights on a lake not too far and ran like hell towards it. Her stalkers were still on her heals, occasionally raking her with their rather deadly looking, incredibly sharp claws. She gracefully dived into the water, but found that the fabric she wore didn't care to sink with her, hence she was floating upside down in the water. She quickly pulled her legs under water. She felt little tugs on the dress. Then tugging stopped. And Bulma sighed mentally as she fought the terror was over. Wrong! Suddenly she was lifted out of the water by her dress and was lifted several feet into the air. She came face to face with an ugly reptilian looking thing with big yellow eyes. Bulma started screaming and the startled creature dropped her, yelped and dove back under. After Bulma got to the shore, she decided that at least some of the layers of the dress had to go. She started ripping furiously, occasionally cursing when she found a little stowaway or something-slimy in-between the layers.

"Never! Never will I do something like this again! Baka-samas! Nijins! All the same, worthless! Errrrrrr.... Stupid...Eeeep! I don't want to know what that was. Oohhh! That either. If they really were men they'd be out here looking for me, where ever in Chikyuu this place is. Boy, are they going to get it. Hmmm.. I got a couple of new defense inventions I could try on them. *Wicked grin* I even think they'd penetrate Saiyan hide. *Evil, half-maniacal laughter* I could see Vegeta's oh-so princely face when I...Nah! That'd be too nice. Maybe.... He'd enjoy that too much, say it would be good practice. Humph! You'll think of something, you are a genius. The most beautiful, gorgeous, sophisticated intelligent, sexy, alluring, not to mention lost and smelly. Grrrrr.... Remind yourself never to jump into a dark pond when ugly bat things are chasing you, just keep on running."

She finished ripping the dress and looked off to the horizon. According to the sun it was in the afternoon, exactly when she didn't know. She looked around, trying to spot the path, she must have ran further from it than she thought. She backtracked, following the broken grass, hoping against hope that this was her track rather than some monstrous creature's. She smiled when she found her shoes, well the remains of them anyway. The bat creatures had chewed them to the point of them being unrecognizable. But how many pairs of shoes were out in an insane place like this? She left the remains there and followed the path to wherever it went.

A while later Bulma came upon a strange phenomenon. Up ahead the area before was rippling. Exactly how water would do if a rock were thrown into it. She could see something beyond it, things moving. She walked up to and tried to see through the 'water' without touching it. It was too blurry to see much. She picked up a stick lying on the ground, startling a little green frog-like creature.

"Ah huh! Perfect!" She grabbed the little frog and pushed it into the portal.

"Let go of me you maniac, what are you trying to do?" Bulma, being startled half to death, dropping the frog and jumped back and up. The little frog jumped on a nearby log, turned towards her, and gave her the dirtiest look it could muster.

"I..I was seeing if it was safe to go through." Suddenly her courage and stubbornness came to her. "And why should I tell you? You're just a little talking frog!"

"Yes, and one that can put a curse on you! And what do you mean to see if it is safe!? Don't you know anything? You're human, no human can go through that gateway, you wouldn't survive it."

"I'm not human; I'm a werewolf." She said it with pride and sarcasm, and in such a way as to make you think she was superior. The little frog sighed.

"Wolves, especially alphas.... *Sigh* Go ahead through. By the way, what are you doing here?"

"I don't know, what is here anyway?"

"Nicholas' dreamscape. His forgotten memories and dreams reside here."

"How'd I get here? Hey, you didn't happen to see to guys with black, spiky hair that sticks straight up into the air? They're suppose to.... Well I can't say be here, but we all were suppose to be together. Grrrrr.... Yeah he was right about it being easy to get lost in here."

"Who?"

"Nick"

"Hmmmm....I did hear a fairy talking about a man with onyx eyes and black hair that shot up like ebony flames. She said she landed on his tail. He swatted her into a tree. I seen the dent. Boy, was ever she angry....I've never heard a fairy cuss before, never. But when they're mad....It'll take me months to reverse spell...."

"How long ago? Did she say what way he went? Did you here anything about the other one? Where does this path lead? Do you...."

"Whoa, Whoa! Slow down! About an hour ago, No, No, and it leads to another part of Nick's mind. I've never been there, I'm the keeper of this part, and hence I can't leave here."

"Keeper?" Bulma questioned skeptically.

"Long story.... He doesn't know I'm here. He mustn't know until the right time. I will come to him and he will remember. You must go. Hurry." Bulma looked at the frog and wondered if screaming at him a little while longer would do her any good; she was really frustrated right now. But she decided the longer she waited, the longer she was separated from the others. She walked up to the portal and looked back to the frog with reassurance. He casually waved her on as he watched a fly buzz around his head. She stuck her tongue out in disgust as he caught it and swallowed it.

"Want some?" He asked sarcastically. Then he smiled mischievously, as best a frog could, "or do you want a kiss."

"Only if you turn into a prince." The frog started laughing, soon tears were pouring out of his eyes and he rolled off of the log. Bulma stared at him in bewilderment and decided to get out of here ASAP before the insanity got to her. She closed her eyes and stepped through the portal, expecting pain or some strange sensation. But she found none.

She opened her eyes slowly, expecting that the little flying shapes earlier were more killer bats from Hades. Trees colored in hues of purple, blue and yellow lined the dirt path; jeweled multi-colored dragons, replacing Earth's birds, flew in the sky doing various acrobatic moves, unusually colored butterflies twirled around her. A sapphire blue sky greeted her with its soft purple clouds. She looked on in awe at the beauty around her.

Hoof beats echoed through the forest. A black unicorn with a golden horn ran across the path and stopped at the edge of the forest. The sleek black equine reared up as if to challenge her. It stared at her with it's crimson eyes, putting the blue-haired maiden into a trance. She smiled and gave chase, childhood dreams remembered. She did not care what the mission was anymore, that she and the rest of her allies were in grave danger. It disappeared, leaving Bulma in a dark part of the forest. She searched around, looking for any signs of it. She only wanted to see the black horse beast, just once more.

She heard rustling and turned to greet the beast. She looked to her left and screamed as she came face-to-face with an ugly cat beast. A scar ran across its right eye, its undamaged eye a deep green. Its hide was grizzled and scarred and its coat was a dirty golden color, large copper stripes going down its rib-ridden side. She felt anger and confusion from the beast. She felt its emotions, and from the confusion, she feared it felt hers too. She stepped back, not sure what to do or what it would do. It turned and stalked off, bushy stub of a tail twitching in annoyance.

She watched the beast go. She felt she should know this beast. But she couldn't place it. The area around her blurred and faded out as a new one faded in. She was in the place she had first seen the unicorn. She now remembered her mission and decided to leave just incase the lion decided it was hungry or before anything else sidetracked her.

She kept going down the trail. Slowly the scenery faded into nothingness until she was in complete blackness. She faintly sensed pain, loneliness, and shame as she traveled through his mind. She realized these as his emotion. For them to be felt they have to be tremendously strong. Nick isn't a strong telepath, but his can put up almost unbreakable shields. I wonder... She had learned this from the lesson he taught the Z-Fighters, encouraging them to try to break his shield. No one had been able to. Did being in his mind change things?

She continues farther into the blackness, searching for something besides the dark emotions going through his mind. She started to feel discouraged as she went further into the endless abyss. What was this place? Nightmares? All she found here was nothingness. No horrible monsters here to frighten or attack her. No, this was something different. Bulma dropped to her knees in defeat. Despair. She was never going to find them. Defeat. They weren't even looking for her. Hopelessness. They didn't care. Fear. She knew Vegeta hated everyone and everything, but Goku...He was her best friend. He had always been there for her, a shoulder to cry on, someone she could count on no matter what. Why would he give up on her? That hurt the worst. She suddenly realized what this place was. The place where Nick locked up his depressing feelings. She wondered if Vegeta had a place like this too, or if he really didn't have any feelings.

She had to get out of here. But how? She didn't have the strength to do it. Why should she? Bulma! Snap out of it! This place is getting to you, you have to get out of here. Now! She got to her feet, wondering which way to go.

Suddenly she felt it. A soft tingling, a gentle mental wind, and the feeling of other beings; she turned and started heading towards the odd sensations. She came out of the darkness, but instead of the beautiful forest, now a beam of neon light illuminated the area, seeming to be fighting the blackness that was attempting to destroy the light. She squealed in delight and ran towards the light. The men were there, watching the light. Goku turned and waved, a big grin on his face. A look, seemingly close to relief quickly went across Vegeta's face before the customary scowl appeared again. Nice to see you too, she thought with a smile. Maybe he did care. She walked down to meet them, getting some unusual looks from the men.

"Hey, you try to run from killer bat creature, trip and fall because of fluffy dress and high heal shoes, jump in a pond to escape said killer bat creatures, fail to escape killer bat creatures because dress likes to float, get picked up by scary reptile creature, get dropped by scary reptile creature, run like hell from scary reptile creature, THEN you can give me funny looks and laugh." Bulma fumed. Goku and Nick laughed nervously and Vegeta smirked his little irritating, totally sexy little smirk. Bulma eyed down Nick, causing him to look away and turn red.

"Ummm...Let's get this over with." He said quickly. He turned to the light and said a few words. The light kept changing colors and patterns as it pulsed. It grew brighter, soon engulfing the "room" with its glow. Bulma found her mind merge into the others. She was alarmed at first, but she trusted Nick and tried her best to contain her fear. Instinctually she knew if she fought it that it wouldn't work.

She was the arrogant Vegeta, never wrong, all-powerful and might. He/She doubted this plan would work. She was Goku, gentle and kind, always ready to fight in the name of Earth. She/He trusted Nick and believed it would work. Another mind came to her, both hopeful and enthusiastic. For she was Nick, timid and shy, but authoritive and powerful. This confused Bulma, but soon it was forgotten to her. Because Bulma wasn't there anymore, their individuality faded and merged. The light faded. There was no one.

What happens on the next episode of DragonBall LE? When will they contact his person? What is the purpose of this merging thing? When will we see little MouChou again? What purpose does the frog serve? What's up with this funny dreamscape? Will you actually learn any of these questions in the next chapter?