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Shinzon – New Existence
Chapter 2: Crystals of Illusion
"Get him! Get him! No, don't fall down! I said get him!!!" Trunks screamed at the television, pressing buttons on the Playstation controller. "Dodge! Punch! Attack!"
"Trunks, dear, Goten's here to see you!"
"Send him on up!" Trunks called back to his mother, his eyes never leaving the screen. He was addicted to his new game, Tri Bust Force. He heard footsteps and the door opened with Goten smiling from ear to ear.
"Hey! Is that the new game?"
"Sure is, Goten. Come on, I'll show you how to play," Trunks took one of his hands off the controller and patted the ground next to him. Goten nodded quickly and ran up beside his friend, sitting in the same style as him. Trunks paused the game and handed Goten the second controller, which he reserved for him always. "Ready to learn?"
"Yeah, of course!" Goten's eyes shimmered with pure happiness.
"Then here we go."
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Goku landed outside of C.C. with a smile on his face, feeling Trunks and Goten upstairs, probably playing some video game. His eyes clouded over when he felt a sudden disturbance at home. "Chi-Chi...?" He turned to the horizon he knew the direction of his home was in. Was his wife in danger somehow? But he left her when she was perfectly fine... Something isn't right here. . . He thought. I should head back just in case.
He gave one last glance at C.C, knowing his son was fine, and flew off towards home. He came upon his house a few minutes later to find it eerily silent. "Chi-Chi? Are you there?" He called out to the quiet house and knew something was amiss. Running inside, he checked the lower rooms, finding everything clean and perfect – how his wife always left it. Sensing nothing around, no ki at all, he grew frantic and ran upstairs quickly, almost tripping on the stairs. He steadied himself instantly and burst through his bedroom door. The scene he was met with made him scream out in anger.
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Vegeta nearly fell down from his push-up training when he felt Goku's ki fluctuate high, knowing the fool would never do that unless he was in a battle – or something bad had happened. He picked himself up quietly and exited the gravity room, not stopping when Bulma asked him, "What's going on?" Knowing Vegeta rarely left the GR for anything except food and sleep.
Vegeta bypassed around her and headed outside, taking off immediately for the direction of the Son home.
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Goten froze, his eyes fazing out from the screen. He had felt something very wrong. His father's energy was exploding through the roof. Trunks had noticed it too, but his approach to comprehend it was different from Goten's.
"Hey, isn't that your dad? What's up with him?"
Goten dropped the controller and looked to the window. "Mommy..."
"Your mom? Did something happen to her?" Goten said nothing but ran to the window, opening it with a quick thrust of his hands and then he was gone, flying off. "Goten! Hey, wait!" Trunks yelled after him, following behind him in pursuit.
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Vegeta landed silently outside the Son house, feeling Goku's ki radiate from within. "Kakarot, this had better be good," he muttered, more to himself than his fellow Saiya-jin. He opened the door quietly and stepped within, the place seeming perfect. Vegeta's doubt of anything seriously wrong happening became apparent as he turned to leave when a roar of rage came from upstairs.
The sound was unheard of to Vegeta from Goku, although he had heard plenty of other people scream out. But this... This was a cry of pain, of sorrow, and of anger. Vegeta knew he had better be wise to approach cautiously instead of rushing in. Who knows what could happen if he charged up recklessly up there...
Two pairs of small feet he heard land outside, and turning, he found the two boys walking behind him, confusion apparent on their faces. "Be quiet and stay down here. Things may get ugly," he told the two, and they nodded in understanding. Vegeta gave them a semi-glare, making sure they fully understood what the situation was, and headed up, taking quiet steps so as not to alert Goku to his presence. The last thing he needed was a punch to the gut.
The door was half-way open when Vegeta peered inside, and he was met with the most horrible sight he had seen in all his years of purging planets. Goku was sitting on the bed, holding his wife in his arms, blood dripping from her neck to the floor. Goku's face was that of deep sorrow, one that Vegeta had never seen the fool show.
"You can come in, Vegeta, if you want to."
Vegeta stood stock still for a second, wondering how Kakarot had seen him... Or maybe it was his ki that gave him away. Vegeta shrugged that aside and crossed over to the bed, putting on a face of sympathy, daring not to sit on the bed.
"She's gone. I don't know how it could have happened." Vegeta wondered what to say to this and could find nothing to say. Goku looked up at Vegeta expectedly, that grinning face now a sorrowful hopeless one and Vegeta decided he had to say something.
"Well Kakarot, I really can't tell you how... sorry I am for you." Goku looked back down at his dead wife's face, and tears began to drip from his face. Vegeta couldn't bear to watch this sad performance and he turned away to look out of the window. Footsteps echoed from the stairs and Goten and Trunks were staring at Goku and the limp form of Chi-Chi.
Tears instantly welled up into Goten's eyes. "Mommy..." Goku looked up, the same look in his face as well.
"She's... gone, son..." Goten stood on the spot, quiet, then erupted in a storm of tears and wails. Trunks, revolted by this sudden onslaught of noise, ran over to join his dad by the window. Vegeta placed a hand on Trunks' shoulder.
"Maybe we should leave them alone for awhile, son," he whispered and Trunks nodded silently. The pair turned and walked out of the room. Goten, on the other hand, ran to his father, and hugged his leg, his tears wetting Goku's pant leg. Goku took one hand and gently patted his son on the head.
"Shh... Goten..." He cooed. "All will be fine..." But he knew in his heart how wrong he was.
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Outside, hanging by its claws upright on the farthest out-stretched branch, the raven stood perched, content at what it was seeing, and the ruined hearts of the Son family. It gave a short caw of joy and flew off.
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Bulma looked out the front door to see her husband and son land outside. She ran outside, but stopped instantly at the look on their faces. "What's wrong?" She asked, her voice full of sympathy.
"Kakarot's wife is dead," Vegeta said sullenly.
"What?" Bulma asked in shock. Vegeta didn't reply again as he pushed her aside and headed inside the building. Bulma looked at Trunks for an answer, but he shook his head and ran inside after his father. Bulma turned and sighed sadly. "I wish I knew what was going on..."
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Reina grinned malevolently into the crystal ball, seeing the despair across the hero's face. "You poor, poor idiot..." She chuckled. "That's not all I have in store for you. Oh no, much more will happen to you, you can expect. And there isn't a thing you can do to stop me." She laughed.