Chapter 3
Ki-Proof
"What do you mean I can't leave?" Goten backed away from Edin slowly.
"Once you are here, there is no going back to where you came from. No one knows about this island because no one who has come here has ever left." Goten shook his head.
"I'm not staying here, and you can't make me!" Goten shot up into the air. Edin watched him fly up and then suddenly drop to the ground again.
"Oh, I can make you stay here." The man walked up to Goten as the Saiyan got to his feet. "There is no way for you to leave, the longer you stay here, the weaker your Ki becomes. That means no more flying or fighting; isn't that what you wanted Goten?" Goten looked Edin in the eye.
"You brought me here; I didn't come of my own free will. How do you know what I wanted?" Edin just smiled. He began to back away.
"I just do..." And with that, Edin faded away into the bushes again. Goten stood in the clearing with his mouth slightly open. His brain just wouldn't wrap around what Edin had just said.
"I can't stay here, I won't stay here. No one can make me." Goten lifted off the ground again, this time being careful of how far up he went. It was only a second before he was to tired to fly any further. Goten fell to the ground on his hands and knees. "Damn, what did he do to me?"
"Now, you shouldn't be talking like that." Goten knew that voice. He looked up quickly.
"Otousan!" Goku smiled down at Goten. Goten got to his feet and hugged his father. "How did you find me?" Goten pulled back and looked into his father's eyes.
"I followed your Ki." Goten pulled away from Goku and looked away.
"I'm sorry I ran away Otousan, but I just wanted—"
"We can talk about it later." Goku turned his head to the left. "Right now there is someone coming this way." Goten opened his senses as wide as he could. Goku was right, there was something coming.
"What is it Otousan?" Goku turned back to Goten.
"I'm not sure, but it's strong."
"But Edin said that there was no fighting allowed here." Goku grabbed Goten's arm and lifted off into the air.
"Let's keep it that way." Goku lifted higher and higher until his head hit the invisible wall again. "Hold on a second Goten." Goku let go of his son and powered up. He didn't really want to bash through the wall again, so he used his Ki instead.
Goten was beginning to fall, he couldn't hold himself up without his Ki. Goku pulled back and began firing Ki blasts at the wall. They went right through. "Otousan!" Goten said as he began to fall back to the island. Goku turned back to his son.
"Where you goin Goten?" Goku asked as he grabbed Goten's arm again.
"No where." Someone said behind the two.
"Otousan look out!" Goten yelled as Sei appeared with a large green ball of light in his hands. Goku turned around. He pushed Goten out of the way as Sei let the ball go point blank at Goku's chest. "Otousan!" Goku fell back to the island.
"Now it's your turn." Goten had already been falling toward the island, but now Sei came up and punched him in the face, knocking him down faster. Goten crashed into the ground next to his father. The last thing he saw was Sei coming down beside him. "Sleep good little Saiyan." Sei waved as Goten's eyes fell shut.
In three different directions, heads lifted up. Gohan had found Piccolo in the mountains and had told him about Goten. "Otousan?" Gohan asked as he saw his father's Ki blasts appear in the sky. Piccolo nodded. "Let's go." Gohan and Piccolo flew off to the West where the blasts had come from.
Trunks had wound up back with Vegeta and now they both stopped and looked at the yellow orbs that had appeared in the western sky. "That's Goku's Ki." Trunks looked up at Vegeta. "Think he's in trouble?" Vegeta got an evil grin on his face.
"I don't know, but I'm sure there is a fight." Vegeta took off at an alarming speed. Trunks followed as best he could. Sometimes it worried him how much Vegeta always wanted to fight.
Gohan and Piccolo stopped just above the invisible dome covering the hidden island. They could feel both Goku and Goten's Ki, but Goten's wasn't strong. "Do you see anything Piccolo?" Gohan looked below him.
"There is something under us, it's just covered by a shield."
"Then how do we get in?"
"We blast through it." Gohan and Piccolo turned to see Vegeta and Trunks flying up to them. Piccolo frowned.
"And what makes you think that we can do that?" Vegeta held his hand out below Piccolo and Gohan. A yellow orb formed in the palm of his hand. He threw the small Ki blast at the invisible wall. A small crack appeared.
"That." Piccolo continued to frown but didn't argue. Something was weird about this dome. Gohan was next to throw Ki blasts at the dome. The crack grew bigger. Trunks added his blasts to Gohan's to completely break a hole into the dome.
"Let's go." Gohan was the first one in followed by Trunks and then Vegeta. A smile was still on the oldest Saiyans face, ready for a fight. Piccolo stood outside the dome, using his mind to watch all around him.
"Something is not right." But Piccolo pushed his thoughts aside as he followed the Saiyans into the dome.
Goku sat up and looked around him. Goten still slept beside him. 'Where are we?' Goku got to his feet and went to take a step forward.
"Bad Saiyan, no no ." Goku felt a small shock of electricity go through his body. It wasn't enough to really hurt him, but it made Goku put his foot back down.
"Who are you?" Goku looked down as Goten stirred on the floor.
"Un... Otousan?" Goten opened his eyes and looked up at his father. "Where are we?" The room around them was bare, the walls made of some kind of grey rock. There was one very small window, so small even Goten couldn't have put his hand through it.
"I don't know Goten." Goku looked back up and around at the walls of the room. "Did you hear the person talking before?" Goten nodded and got to his feet.
"His name is Edin, he brought me here." Goten didn't really know what else to tell his father. Edin hadn't really told him where he was or why he was here. "Can we get out of here Otousan?" Goku looked at Goten again, he smiled.
"Sure we can." Goku turned to the window and put his hand out in front of him. Goku gathered his Ki into his hand and threw a blast at the wall. The blast did nothing more than go through the wall. Goku dropped his hand, a look of shock on his face.
"Otousan, what happened?" Goten asked just as shocked as his father. Goku shook his head.
"I don't know Goten." The wall was still in place as it had been before Goku threw his Ki blast at it. "This might be more of a problem." Goku said as someone began to laugh.
Vegeta had taken the lead of the group. "Papa," Trunks said. Vegeta stopped and floated in midair as he turned to look at where Trunks was pointing. Another of Goku's Ki blasts flew up into the air. Gohan flew up to Vegeta.
"It's Otousan." He waited about a millisecond before taking off in the direction the blast had come from. Trunks was right behind him. If Goku was there, maybe Goten was too. Vegeta followed the boys, not about to let them get to the fight before him. Piccolo flew quickly after the Saiyans.
"Gohan!" Gohan stopped and looked back at Piccolo. Piccolo caught up and the two flew on behind Trunks and Vegeta. "Gohan, something does not feel right. Be high on your guard." Gohan nodded and took the lead again.
Piccolo wasn't sure if his words had gotten through to his young friend; right now Gohan's mind was elsewhere. Vegeta glanced back at Piccolo. Piccolo only looked back into Vegeta's eyes. All of the Saiyans and Piccolo could tell they were getting closer to Goku and Goten.
"Gohan, do you think they're alright?" Trunks asked quietly so as to keep Vegeta from hearing. Gohan glanced at Trunks as they flew even with each other.
"Otousan wouldn't let anything happen to Goten, Trunks. You shouldn't be so worried." Trunks looked away. He knew Goten was in good hands with Goku, but something was nagging in the back of his head that said that Goku's hands weren't going to be enough.
"There." Piccolo said behind them. Trunks looked up and saw a small hut about 100 yards away from them. "Goku's Ki is coming from there." Gohan nodded and led the decent down to the ground.
Vegeta walked at Trunks' side as Trunks followed Gohan; Piccolo was next to Gohan. 'Why is Goten's Ki so weak?' Trunks wondered. 'Maybe it's just because Goku's is so strong?' Trunks could still feel both Goku and Goten's Ki and that they were getting closer to their source.
"Keep up boy." Vegeta growled as Trunks' thoughts slowed his walking. Trunks snapped back to reality and walked quicker to catch up with his father. Trunks knew when his father growled like that to just do what he said; it was usually for the best and it made his life easier.
"How are we going to get in?" Gohan wondered out loud as the group stopped in front of the hut. Vegeta pushed past Gohan and Piccolo.
"We blast our way in." Vegeta raised his hand, his palm flat toward the wall. A ball of energy gathered in his hand.
"Papa, wait! Why not just use the door?" Trunks opened a small wooden door on the other side of the hut. Vegeta growled but closed his hand over the Ki blast he held. Gohan, Piccolo, and Vegeta walked to Trunks. All three walked in followed by Trunks.
The door closed with a loud SLAM! behind them. Trunks flinched at the sound. "Come on." Gohan was in the lead again and began to lead the group down a hallway.
'This place is bigger than it looks on the outside.' Trunks thought as Gohan turned around yet another curve in the hall.
"I'm about done following Goku's pup here." Vegeta growled as he crossed his arms over his chest. Gohan smiled lightly at the comment.
"Then go your own way, no one asked you to tag along Vegeta." Piccolo growled back. Vegeta stopped and glared at the back of Piccolo's head as the two in front walked on.
"Fine, this way Trunks." Vegeta snarled as he turned down a different hallway. Gohan had stopped and was looking at the younger Saiyan. Trunks adverted his eyes as he followed his father. Gohan smiled and walked on.
Goku sat on the floor of his and Goten's cell as his son paced in front of him. "Come sit down, all you are doing is wasting energy Goten." Goku leaned back on his hands and looked up at the plain grey ceiling. Goten stopped pacing but did not sit down.
"Otousan," Goten started.
"Hum?" Goku lifted his head and looked at his son. Goten didn't really know how to ask his question.
"What do you think...I mean... Why did Edin bring me here? He said something about knowing what I wanted. He said it was my thoughts that had brought me here." Goku looked at Goten for a minute.
"Do you want to be a Saiyan? Do you like what you are, who you are?" Goku asked back. Goten turned away. He didn't know the answer to that question. Goku watched Goten's face before looking back up at the ceiling. "That guy told me that you didn't want to be a Saiyan anymore. I didn't believe him." Goku smiled lightly. "Maybe I should have?"
Goten turned back to his father and opened his mouth to say something, closed it, and then opened it again. "Otousan, it's not... I don't know what I want. I just was tired of fighting. I wanted a break, that's all. I didn't mean to run away or get stuck here; I just wanted a break..." Goten whispered his last few words.
Goku looked down at Goten again. "You should have just told someone. It's not like we were going to yell at you or anything." Goten looked into Goku's eyes. Goku was right; all Goten need to have done was tell his family, not run away from them. "If you can't trust us, what does that mean?" Goten had never heard his father talk so thoughtfully.
"I'm—sorry Otousan." Goten walked to the other side of the small room he and Goku shared. Goku watched Goten slide to the floor, his head buried in his knees. Goku sighed and looked back up at the ceiling.
A voice yelled and turned off a monitor in front of him. He turned around in his chair as footsteps echoed on the floor behind him. "Edin sir, is everything alright?" Sei asked bending down on one knee and lowering his head to the floor.
"No, Sei. I need you to separate the Saiyans. That older one is planting ideas into the kids' head; and I don't like them." Sei nodded and brought a fisted hand up to his chest in solute.
"Yes sir." Sei got to his feet and left the room again. Edin sighed and turned back around. His plan would work, it had to. "This Saiyan will help me fulfill my destiny..." He muttered as he looked back at the screen and tuned it onto Goku and Goten's cell again. "I will have what I came here for."
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I'm sorry it took so long to update this everyone. I got messed up and sent my beta reader the wrong chapter and didn't know about it till a little while ago. I hope it was worth the wait... :: wink wink:: that means chapter 4 is ready to go, but I'm not going to post it till I have 3 new reviews, so review for me! Until chapter 4,
mystwriter
Ki-Proof
"What do you mean I can't leave?" Goten backed away from Edin slowly.
"Once you are here, there is no going back to where you came from. No one knows about this island because no one who has come here has ever left." Goten shook his head.
"I'm not staying here, and you can't make me!" Goten shot up into the air. Edin watched him fly up and then suddenly drop to the ground again.
"Oh, I can make you stay here." The man walked up to Goten as the Saiyan got to his feet. "There is no way for you to leave, the longer you stay here, the weaker your Ki becomes. That means no more flying or fighting; isn't that what you wanted Goten?" Goten looked Edin in the eye.
"You brought me here; I didn't come of my own free will. How do you know what I wanted?" Edin just smiled. He began to back away.
"I just do..." And with that, Edin faded away into the bushes again. Goten stood in the clearing with his mouth slightly open. His brain just wouldn't wrap around what Edin had just said.
"I can't stay here, I won't stay here. No one can make me." Goten lifted off the ground again, this time being careful of how far up he went. It was only a second before he was to tired to fly any further. Goten fell to the ground on his hands and knees. "Damn, what did he do to me?"
"Now, you shouldn't be talking like that." Goten knew that voice. He looked up quickly.
"Otousan!" Goku smiled down at Goten. Goten got to his feet and hugged his father. "How did you find me?" Goten pulled back and looked into his father's eyes.
"I followed your Ki." Goten pulled away from Goku and looked away.
"I'm sorry I ran away Otousan, but I just wanted—"
"We can talk about it later." Goku turned his head to the left. "Right now there is someone coming this way." Goten opened his senses as wide as he could. Goku was right, there was something coming.
"What is it Otousan?" Goku turned back to Goten.
"I'm not sure, but it's strong."
"But Edin said that there was no fighting allowed here." Goku grabbed Goten's arm and lifted off into the air.
"Let's keep it that way." Goku lifted higher and higher until his head hit the invisible wall again. "Hold on a second Goten." Goku let go of his son and powered up. He didn't really want to bash through the wall again, so he used his Ki instead.
Goten was beginning to fall, he couldn't hold himself up without his Ki. Goku pulled back and began firing Ki blasts at the wall. They went right through. "Otousan!" Goten said as he began to fall back to the island. Goku turned back to his son.
"Where you goin Goten?" Goku asked as he grabbed Goten's arm again.
"No where." Someone said behind the two.
"Otousan look out!" Goten yelled as Sei appeared with a large green ball of light in his hands. Goku turned around. He pushed Goten out of the way as Sei let the ball go point blank at Goku's chest. "Otousan!" Goku fell back to the island.
"Now it's your turn." Goten had already been falling toward the island, but now Sei came up and punched him in the face, knocking him down faster. Goten crashed into the ground next to his father. The last thing he saw was Sei coming down beside him. "Sleep good little Saiyan." Sei waved as Goten's eyes fell shut.
In three different directions, heads lifted up. Gohan had found Piccolo in the mountains and had told him about Goten. "Otousan?" Gohan asked as he saw his father's Ki blasts appear in the sky. Piccolo nodded. "Let's go." Gohan and Piccolo flew off to the West where the blasts had come from.
Trunks had wound up back with Vegeta and now they both stopped and looked at the yellow orbs that had appeared in the western sky. "That's Goku's Ki." Trunks looked up at Vegeta. "Think he's in trouble?" Vegeta got an evil grin on his face.
"I don't know, but I'm sure there is a fight." Vegeta took off at an alarming speed. Trunks followed as best he could. Sometimes it worried him how much Vegeta always wanted to fight.
Gohan and Piccolo stopped just above the invisible dome covering the hidden island. They could feel both Goku and Goten's Ki, but Goten's wasn't strong. "Do you see anything Piccolo?" Gohan looked below him.
"There is something under us, it's just covered by a shield."
"Then how do we get in?"
"We blast through it." Gohan and Piccolo turned to see Vegeta and Trunks flying up to them. Piccolo frowned.
"And what makes you think that we can do that?" Vegeta held his hand out below Piccolo and Gohan. A yellow orb formed in the palm of his hand. He threw the small Ki blast at the invisible wall. A small crack appeared.
"That." Piccolo continued to frown but didn't argue. Something was weird about this dome. Gohan was next to throw Ki blasts at the dome. The crack grew bigger. Trunks added his blasts to Gohan's to completely break a hole into the dome.
"Let's go." Gohan was the first one in followed by Trunks and then Vegeta. A smile was still on the oldest Saiyans face, ready for a fight. Piccolo stood outside the dome, using his mind to watch all around him.
"Something is not right." But Piccolo pushed his thoughts aside as he followed the Saiyans into the dome.
Goku sat up and looked around him. Goten still slept beside him. 'Where are we?' Goku got to his feet and went to take a step forward.
"Bad Saiyan, no no ." Goku felt a small shock of electricity go through his body. It wasn't enough to really hurt him, but it made Goku put his foot back down.
"Who are you?" Goku looked down as Goten stirred on the floor.
"Un... Otousan?" Goten opened his eyes and looked up at his father. "Where are we?" The room around them was bare, the walls made of some kind of grey rock. There was one very small window, so small even Goten couldn't have put his hand through it.
"I don't know Goten." Goku looked back up and around at the walls of the room. "Did you hear the person talking before?" Goten nodded and got to his feet.
"His name is Edin, he brought me here." Goten didn't really know what else to tell his father. Edin hadn't really told him where he was or why he was here. "Can we get out of here Otousan?" Goku looked at Goten again, he smiled.
"Sure we can." Goku turned to the window and put his hand out in front of him. Goku gathered his Ki into his hand and threw a blast at the wall. The blast did nothing more than go through the wall. Goku dropped his hand, a look of shock on his face.
"Otousan, what happened?" Goten asked just as shocked as his father. Goku shook his head.
"I don't know Goten." The wall was still in place as it had been before Goku threw his Ki blast at it. "This might be more of a problem." Goku said as someone began to laugh.
Vegeta had taken the lead of the group. "Papa," Trunks said. Vegeta stopped and floated in midair as he turned to look at where Trunks was pointing. Another of Goku's Ki blasts flew up into the air. Gohan flew up to Vegeta.
"It's Otousan." He waited about a millisecond before taking off in the direction the blast had come from. Trunks was right behind him. If Goku was there, maybe Goten was too. Vegeta followed the boys, not about to let them get to the fight before him. Piccolo flew quickly after the Saiyans.
"Gohan!" Gohan stopped and looked back at Piccolo. Piccolo caught up and the two flew on behind Trunks and Vegeta. "Gohan, something does not feel right. Be high on your guard." Gohan nodded and took the lead again.
Piccolo wasn't sure if his words had gotten through to his young friend; right now Gohan's mind was elsewhere. Vegeta glanced back at Piccolo. Piccolo only looked back into Vegeta's eyes. All of the Saiyans and Piccolo could tell they were getting closer to Goku and Goten.
"Gohan, do you think they're alright?" Trunks asked quietly so as to keep Vegeta from hearing. Gohan glanced at Trunks as they flew even with each other.
"Otousan wouldn't let anything happen to Goten, Trunks. You shouldn't be so worried." Trunks looked away. He knew Goten was in good hands with Goku, but something was nagging in the back of his head that said that Goku's hands weren't going to be enough.
"There." Piccolo said behind them. Trunks looked up and saw a small hut about 100 yards away from them. "Goku's Ki is coming from there." Gohan nodded and led the decent down to the ground.
Vegeta walked at Trunks' side as Trunks followed Gohan; Piccolo was next to Gohan. 'Why is Goten's Ki so weak?' Trunks wondered. 'Maybe it's just because Goku's is so strong?' Trunks could still feel both Goku and Goten's Ki and that they were getting closer to their source.
"Keep up boy." Vegeta growled as Trunks' thoughts slowed his walking. Trunks snapped back to reality and walked quicker to catch up with his father. Trunks knew when his father growled like that to just do what he said; it was usually for the best and it made his life easier.
"How are we going to get in?" Gohan wondered out loud as the group stopped in front of the hut. Vegeta pushed past Gohan and Piccolo.
"We blast our way in." Vegeta raised his hand, his palm flat toward the wall. A ball of energy gathered in his hand.
"Papa, wait! Why not just use the door?" Trunks opened a small wooden door on the other side of the hut. Vegeta growled but closed his hand over the Ki blast he held. Gohan, Piccolo, and Vegeta walked to Trunks. All three walked in followed by Trunks.
The door closed with a loud SLAM! behind them. Trunks flinched at the sound. "Come on." Gohan was in the lead again and began to lead the group down a hallway.
'This place is bigger than it looks on the outside.' Trunks thought as Gohan turned around yet another curve in the hall.
"I'm about done following Goku's pup here." Vegeta growled as he crossed his arms over his chest. Gohan smiled lightly at the comment.
"Then go your own way, no one asked you to tag along Vegeta." Piccolo growled back. Vegeta stopped and glared at the back of Piccolo's head as the two in front walked on.
"Fine, this way Trunks." Vegeta snarled as he turned down a different hallway. Gohan had stopped and was looking at the younger Saiyan. Trunks adverted his eyes as he followed his father. Gohan smiled and walked on.
Goku sat on the floor of his and Goten's cell as his son paced in front of him. "Come sit down, all you are doing is wasting energy Goten." Goku leaned back on his hands and looked up at the plain grey ceiling. Goten stopped pacing but did not sit down.
"Otousan," Goten started.
"Hum?" Goku lifted his head and looked at his son. Goten didn't really know how to ask his question.
"What do you think...I mean... Why did Edin bring me here? He said something about knowing what I wanted. He said it was my thoughts that had brought me here." Goku looked at Goten for a minute.
"Do you want to be a Saiyan? Do you like what you are, who you are?" Goku asked back. Goten turned away. He didn't know the answer to that question. Goku watched Goten's face before looking back up at the ceiling. "That guy told me that you didn't want to be a Saiyan anymore. I didn't believe him." Goku smiled lightly. "Maybe I should have?"
Goten turned back to his father and opened his mouth to say something, closed it, and then opened it again. "Otousan, it's not... I don't know what I want. I just was tired of fighting. I wanted a break, that's all. I didn't mean to run away or get stuck here; I just wanted a break..." Goten whispered his last few words.
Goku looked down at Goten again. "You should have just told someone. It's not like we were going to yell at you or anything." Goten looked into Goku's eyes. Goku was right; all Goten need to have done was tell his family, not run away from them. "If you can't trust us, what does that mean?" Goten had never heard his father talk so thoughtfully.
"I'm—sorry Otousan." Goten walked to the other side of the small room he and Goku shared. Goku watched Goten slide to the floor, his head buried in his knees. Goku sighed and looked back up at the ceiling.
A voice yelled and turned off a monitor in front of him. He turned around in his chair as footsteps echoed on the floor behind him. "Edin sir, is everything alright?" Sei asked bending down on one knee and lowering his head to the floor.
"No, Sei. I need you to separate the Saiyans. That older one is planting ideas into the kids' head; and I don't like them." Sei nodded and brought a fisted hand up to his chest in solute.
"Yes sir." Sei got to his feet and left the room again. Edin sighed and turned back around. His plan would work, it had to. "This Saiyan will help me fulfill my destiny..." He muttered as he looked back at the screen and tuned it onto Goku and Goten's cell again. "I will have what I came here for."
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I'm sorry it took so long to update this everyone. I got messed up and sent my beta reader the wrong chapter and didn't know about it till a little while ago. I hope it was worth the wait... :: wink wink:: that means chapter 4 is ready to go, but I'm not going to post it till I have 3 new reviews, so review for me! Until chapter 4,
mystwriter
