Shining Friendship

A/N: Good. I'm not hyper active again. Which is a good thing... Okay! Chapter 4's down! Woohoo! Oh, yeah and I don't own Dragon Ball Z. Now... READ!!!! OR I'LL NEVER UPDATE EVER AGAIN!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA*cough, cough* MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!..... (gosh, I like being evil like Frieza...)

~^o^~ Chapter 4 ~^o^~

"No..." Goten's whole body was shaking all over. He couldn't believe it. Satan City. Destroyed? Just like that? No! "No..."

"I'm so sorry, Goten..." Chi-Chi continued to sob.

The room was soon filled with silence. Everyone was having their own deep thoughts. While Gohan was struggling deeply to not cry in front of his family. But it wasn't fair. It just had to be Satan City. It couldn't be another city instead. Why'd it just HAVE to be Satan City? he kept thinking.

"Dad..." Suddenly the pure silence in the room was interrupted by Gohan. Goku looked at his son. "I want to go to Satan City. Please..."

Goku straightened up. "But, Gohan... Satan City is gone. What are you going to do over there?"

"There may be some survivors," Gohan gritted his teeth, "and I want to check it out."

Goku wasn't sure of what to reply but he nodded.

"Can I come too?" Goten begged.

"No," Chi-Chi stated. Everyone could tell that she made it clear that Goten would NOT and absolutely NOT go.

"But Mom..." Goten protested.

Chi-Chi shook her head, "I said no, Goten. It could be dangerous out there."

"She's right..." Gohan sighed.

"But Chi-Chi, Goten is strong enough to help us. Right, Goten?" Goku patted Goten's shoulder. He and Goten laughed in victory. But not for long...

"I SAID NO!!! IT'S DANGEROUS OUT THERE AND I'M NOT LETTING MY LITTLE BOY GO OUT THERE!! AND BESIDES, GOTEN HAS SCHOOL TOMORROW!!!" Chi-Chi was now breathing heavily.

Goku blinked, "But Chi-Chi. He has no school. It just got blown up..."

Chi-Chi froze. "Um, well. That's true... but Goten has to stay home. I don't want him to get hurt."

"Don't worry, Chi-Chi. Gohan and I will take care of him," Goku promised.

Chi-Chi smiled and nodded in agreement while Goten was carrying a frown on his face. I'm NOT a little kid. I can take care of myself WITHOUT having Dad and Gohan take care of me, he thought. For some reason he felt like screaming it out to all of them.

"Take care, Chi-Chi," Goku and Goten waved to her from the doorway.

"Dad, come one. Let's go," Gohan was being impatient. I hope you're alive Videl, he thought.

Goku and Goten blinked at him before taking off in the air.



"D - Dammit... What did I do to deserve this... ?!" Mr. Satan (Hercule) pushed some boulders and junk aside which were on top of him. He picked himself up and looked at his surroundings. "WHOA!!! What the - ? What happened?!" He sat cross-legged on the ground and tried to regain his lost memories. "Let's see... city was attacked... Buu and Videl... uh, where were they... ? Um, oh yeah, of course... ! Buu was in the dining room and was choking Videl and... wait... I remember now! Buu attacked the entire city! Why?! And he was choking my Videl and wouldn't pay attention to me!" He searched around his surroundings again. "Where's Videl? Am I the only one alive in here? Where's the city?"

Mr. Satan wiped his clothes from dust and looked at the sky. "Now I get it... I'm dreaming..." He kept looking at the sky when he saw three figures flying across the sky. "Are those birds... ?" he had a hand shielding his eyes from the sun and tried to make out the figures. Slowly, Mr. Satan could make out Goku and the others. "Wait a minute!! That's Goku!! I'm saved!!! Hey, Goku!!! OVER HERE!!!! HELP ME!!"

"Hey, Dad. Do you hear someone?" Gohan asked to his father.

"Huh?" Goku could hear someone yelling his name, but he couldn't tell from where it was coming from.

"Dad!! Over there! It's Mr. Satan!" Goten pointed to someone who was waving his hands out in the air. It was Mr. Satan.

"Great! Now let's go down there!" said Gohan.

Mr. Satan smiled as he saw Goku and the others go down. "Wait a minute..." he murmured to himself. "What's Goku doing in my dream? Hmm... Oh, well. If I want to beat this dream, I'll need him to do it for me!"

"Mr. Satan!" Gohan was the first to run off to him. He was actually building up hope that maybe Videl was also alive after all.

"Huh?" Mr. Satan finally looked up from his murmurs. "Oh, yeah. Your Gohan, eh?"

Gohan nodded happily. Goku and Goten made their way next to him. "So, uh," Gohan started. "Do you know where Videl is?"

"Huh? I don't know but isn't this supposed to be a dream?" Mr. Satan looked dumb-founded.

Goku, Gohan, and Goten looked at each other confused. "No, this isn't a dream. Do you know where Videl is?"

"No."

"Then what happened?"

"It was all Buu's fault!!"

"Huh?" the Sons looked at each other again. "Buu?"

"Yeah! He was suddenly being evil! He wouldn't listen to a word I said! He started to destroy the city in the middle of the night, but only a few buildings! I remember Videl trying to stop him, but he... started choking her. That's all I can remember. I guess I must've been knocked out by something."

Gohan's eyes went wide. "CHOKING HER?!?" He looked down. "No... she can't be..."

Mr. Satan laughed. "But this is just another dream, right? Videl isn't actually dead... right?" The Sons were quiet. "It isn't?" Goku and Gohan shook their heads while Goten just looked down in response. "So... Videl... she's dead?" Gohan had to hold back tears on hearing that. That told Mr. Satan the truth. "WHAT?! NO! VIDEL... SHE CAN'T BE DEAD!! IMPOSSIBLE!!"

Gohan just had to let a few tears go down and Goku offered him his shoulder. Goten looked down sadly. "Now, I'll never have a big sister..."

Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked down at the boy. Gohan felt sorry for him. He knew what Goten meant by that even though his father probably didn't. But Gohan truly didn't know his father very well. True, Goku was stupid sometimes, but he clearly understood what Goten meant. It was even sadder for Gohan...



"There's no sign of anybody else," Gohan said. Goku, Gohan, Goten, and Mr. Satan were looking around expecting to maybe find some other survivors. "Why am I not surprised that YOU were the only who survived?" Gohan stared at Mr. Satan.

"What?" Mr. Satan gulped.

Just then the whole gang heard a crash somewhere around the junk. "I'll go see what it is!" Goten made a run for it. Somewhere near the whole junk, he could make out some purple and green... "TRUNKS!!"

"Huh?" Trunks looked to see Goten. You could tell then that neither of them were happy to see each other. "Humph! What are YOU doing in here, spiked hair?"

"Grrrr... I'm NOT spiked hair! I may have some spiky hair, but DON'T call me that!" spat Goten. Goku and the others followed where Goten went only to see an angry Goten pointing an accusing finger toward Trunks, who was smirking.

"Hey, Trunks!" Gohan called. Trunks turned to look at him.

"Oh, hey Gohan," he replied. Goten had a very angry face.

Goku bent down to him and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," Goten frowned.

"Okay, if you say so," Goku stood up again, to see that Vegeta was now next to Trunks. "Oh, hey Vegeta! What's up?!"

Vegeta frowned in response. "Kakkarot... you're as stupid as always..."

Goku had to chuckle at that. "So, you came - "

"Look. We saw the news and all," said Vegeta mockingly, "and we came here to check it out. Ain't it obvious?"

"Oh. Yeah..." Goku's expression changed as he became serious again. "Well. There doesn't seem to be any survivors at all. Except Mr. Satan here... he claims that Buu did all of this."

"What?!" Vegeta said. "HE did this?! I knew we should have killed him right after killing the other Buu!"

"He, he..." Goku chuckled, "But he couldn't have changed so fast... how could he be good all of a sudden and then turn... evil?"

"We'll have to split up and find that Buu," suggested Gohan. The others nodded. "Well, Dad and I can go with you, Vegeta. And Goten and Trunks can go alone."

"WHAAAT?!?" Trunks and Goten shrieked. Unfortunately for them, the adults had ignored them completely.

Vegeta raised an eyebrow. "Isn't that dangerous?"

"It is," Goku prepared to take off in the air. "But they can do Fusion, remember?"

".........."

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Gohan announced.

Trunks glared at Goten. "Yeah... this will be fun..."

"If you can't stop glaring at me, it will be," said Goten sarcastically. Trunks snorted.

The adults waved good-bye to them and took off in the air leaving Trunks and Goten alone with Mr. Satan who had a strange look on his face. "But... what about me?" he wondered.

"Uh, well. You can just stay here," Trunks answered for him.

"But then I won't be save anymore if you guys leave me," he said. "I say you take me with you."

"Uh........... no."

"YES!"

"No."

"I'm an adult and I command you children to take me with you!"

"Well, we're Saiyans and we can kick your ass."

"........ watch yer' language, kid...."

Goten stared at Trunks in disbelief. "Tell me I didn't just hear you say that."

"Well, I did," Trunks said, "other kids do it and so do I."

"Gosh, I just hate you, Trunks."

"Thank-you."

Mr. Satan waved his arms in front of the children. "HELLO! Can't anybody PLEASE think about me??"

Trunks grinned, "But I already told you. You'll be save here. Buu won't come here because he's already destroyed this place up."

"But, Trunks. He won't have any food," whined Goten. "So he's got a point."

"Shut up, Goten!" Trunks yelled. He did and the two took off in the air, quiet.

They, of course, left Mr. Satan alone with disbelief in his eyes of how those 'friends' treated each other. If that's how they treat each other, he thought, I wonder how they treat the bad guys.



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JC: I think this chapter was longer than the others. Oh, and the plot of the story hasn't changed, maybe, but Trunks and Goten's friendship is still the main thing in the story. The bad guys and all of the stuff are just going to help the story more. You'll see why much later!

Rex from Yu-Gi-Oh! shows up: Uh-oh! Trunks and Goten together?! Will this mean trouble?! Will Mr. Satan survive all on his own?! And what a surprise!! Buu did all of this!! But then... what about the Babidi-looking guy? Read MORE!!!!

JC: WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?! YOU DON'T EVEN BELONG IN DRAGON BALL Z!!!

Rex: I know. But I wanted a part-time job and decided to be your announcer.

JC: With WHOSE permition?

Rex: Yami?

JC: AAARGH!! Oh. Wait. That's a good thing. Since you're my new announcer, I want you to announce the most important thingy right now. You know what that is.

Rex: NOOO!

JC: Fine. But then you won't get paid.

Rex: FINE!! PPL!! REVIEW!!! REVIEW OR I'LL LOSE MY JOB!!!

JC: Not really. Don't review for him, review for ME! ^.^ (or I won't continue the story! . I luv being evil like Frieza!) Ooooh... I'm eating candy right now and I'm getting HYPER!!! MUAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!!!

Rex: Why did I even bother to show up for part-time... ?