Disclaimer: It is the same as before. I don't know why we must repeatedly do this, but I do it out of afraid of being sued. I'm not rich, as you know. So I don't know what you'll get out of suing me. About $8.00, perhaps?

Everyone should be happy. Against some of my better judgment, I have decided to update rather quickly, without my 'logic' part of my mind. Then again, I don't like that part of my brain anyway... Too sensible. Oh well. Let me hush myself up and let you get on with the story you are graciously able to read.

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Sono Michisuji Kanata Sentou Dzuki Ie Izuko

('The Path That Leads To Nowhere')

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Crash! The echo of the vase breaking echoed throughout the house, tiny fragments spilling all over the soft carpet, making a puddle-like circle.

"Goku! What did you do this time?!"

Goku gulped as he heard pounding footsteps coming up the stairs and he instantly became terrified. Saving the world from evil was one thing; dealing with an angry wife was another. The door slammed open to reveal the infuriated Chi-Chi. She looked around and soon noticed the vase that sat by her side of the bed laying in tattered pieces.

She rounded on Goku, and he gulped again. "What's the meaning of this?" Chi-Chi could barely control the snarl in her voice, the rage increasing in her.

"Well... Uh... I was folding the bed like you asked so... and..."

"And what, Goku?" Chi-Chi gnashed her teeth at Goku.

"... I knocked the vase over on accident! I didn't mean to!" Goku's excuse fell on deaf ears as Chi-Chi exploded.

All the way over by the nearest waterfall, quite a distance away, the Namekian could hear the black-haired woman scream as though she were talking to him herself.

"GOKU, WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO CLUMSY?!?! I THINK YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU DID ON THE COUCH TONIGHT!!!" There was a pause in her voice, as though Goku stuttered back. "NO EXCUSES, GOKU!!! YOU GO OUTSIDE AND DO WHATEVER THE HELL YOU DO!!!"

Piccolo shook his head, a slight smile appearing on his face. "Goku, my old friend, your wife is the only thing you can't win against."

Shikyo gazed out of the window into the dark abyss that was outer space, a tiny planet coming closer and closer slowly into view. "I think the mud ball planet needs a... 'sweeping' of souls, don't you think, computer?"

"Yes sir. Clean the Earth of pollution."

"Yes... sounds thrilling to me. But what should I try doing first? Kill the populace or destroy its heroes?" He put his hand on his chin and shifted his weight, in thought. Slowly a smirk spread across his face. "Let's make the 'heroes' suffer. I'll kill all the people first, city by city." Laughter came from the bottom of his throat as it became a sound, a cruel, merciless sound.

"Earth... will be no more."

Gohan landed outside of the house as Goten fell behind him. He walked up the steps and opened the door slowly. "Hello?"

Chi-Chi appeared from the kitchen with a smile. "Yes honey?"

"Oh, nothing. Just wondering if you were here, mom."

Goten ran in front of Gohan, a small sparkle in his eye. "Is daddy here? Can we go train?" To this question Chi-Chi sighed.

"I told him to go out somewhere. He broke my favorite vase in our room on 'accident' he says, but I don't fully trust him, oddly enough. If you wish to train for a little bit I'll allow you to slip by, Goten. He went out into the meadows in the forest." She disappeared behind the arch where a door could be placed, but wasn't.

Goten threw his arm into the air happily and ran back to the door.

"Oh, and Goten?"

Goten froze in mid step. "Yes, mommy?"

"You and Goku be back before dinner."

"Okay, mommy." Goten gathered his ki and flew off towards the meadows. Gohan watched him go and disappear from view and walked into the kitchen slowly, seeing Chi-Chi cleaning the table with a dishcloth.

"Mom?"

"Yes dear?" Chi-Chi didn't look up from her chore, scrubbing hard on a place on the table where dried food was stuck.

"Uh... Never mind. I'll going to head upstairs to my room. Let me know when dinner's ready." He turned his back and went into the living room, climbing the stairs with ease. Pushing the door to his room open, he laid down on his bed, looking out of the only window in his room.

The trees outside looked marvelous, a summer time splendor even though it was only spring. Gohan sighed and turned to look away when he suddenly noticed something dark in a tree... Standing up, he strode over to the window and peered out. In the top branch of the closest tree, sat something – or someone – in something that was black to the eye. But as he glanced at it, the thing disappeared so quickly it almost seemed Gohan's eyes were playing tricks on him.

He took his head solidly and turned completely away from the window. "That was nothing..." But the wonder did not die from his eyes.

The figure in the pastures flipped and jumped about, practicing moves his body long ago already knew, but he did in spite for training. Goku landed hunched over on the ground, breathing semi-deeply. He stood up and cracked his neck. "Whew. What a workout that was." A small drop of sweat ran down the side of his face.

Then he noticed a small speck coming from the sky, but as it got nearer, he realized it to be Goten. Goten landed softly on the ground in front of his father and looked up at him with eager eyes.

"Let me guess," Goku laughed. "You want to spar with me?" Goten's smile widened and he nodded his head quickly. "Alright, alright. C'mon let's do it then." He flew a few yards away from his youngest son and stood in his position. "You ready?"

"Yeah, daddy, I am!" Goten went into his own position.

"Then let's..." Goku started to say when something out of the corner of his eye moved. He turned to one of the trees as a figure crutched there, watching him intently. He turned his body to speak with them but the person disappeared before he could utter a word.

"What is it daddy?" He asked questioningly.

"Nothing... Just... nothing," Goku replied, turning back to his son. "Let's go again." Trying to put his mind back on to the spar, he charged at his son, the 'battle' about to begin.

A medium-sized ship flickered across the sky, undetected and quite hidden, and crashed into a mountain, crumbling it to a mere pile of rubble. The ship itself landed bumpily on the desert-mountain ground, part of the hull scrapped, leaving a hole in it. When the ship had steadied itself, the door opened to reveal Shikyo standing there, a little disgruntled.

"I'll have to fix that before I leave," He stated casually, in an almost bored voice despite how he looked. "Now, let's see..." His face turned dark. "The girl. Yes, her. I need her first. That little whelp..." Shikyo turned his head to the right. "Aw... there she is. Here I come my dear. You've doomed this planet worse than before..." He sped off into the forest.