AN: here we go again! I'll post 33-35 for the weekend, and starting Monday I'll post more! You'll really enjoy the fight against Buu starting then, but I added a huge twist! You'll have to read and review. I need more reviews! If it's good enough I'll prepare New Destiny 2 for the site!

Chapter 33: Heritage

I walked down the corridor to another dead end, but as I turned around the Darkness was there. I powered up to SSJ and walked right through it as though it were a mere shadow. It was hungry, like an animal, but I was strong and the darkness wasn't about to attack me now. I kept pushing onward, already beating the first obstacle in this labyrinth. I turned and saw a dark figure blocking the path. It immediately changed into Cell.

"Have you found your destiny yet?"

Then it turned into Frieza, in his final form.

"The stupid monkey princess is lost. Pathetic."

Then it turned into Vegeta.

"You really disappoint me. You have the potential, now use it."

Now it became Goku.

"You'll never get home. You're not ready."

"I am ready! Let me go home!"

I shot up in bed, wide-awake now.

Its been about two years since Cell, so as you guessed, its 2012 at home and I'm 22.

I'm still having nightmares. But they aren't the same as the one I had repeatedly. This new one is, of course, set in the maze, but there are others. I keep seeing fights I had been in, even the one I got into back home, though it wasn't a true fight. That boy was just a smart-ass that needed a lesson, so I stepped up as the teacher.

I've seen Raditz, Frieza, the androids, Garlic jr. and his minions, the Cell Jr.'s, and Cell in these dreams. Sometimes they tell me stuff, sometimes I'm reliving the battles.

I gotta clear my head…

I opened the bedroom window and climbed onto the roof. Up here I could stare at the stars and think without interruption, especially late at night.

"Why'd ya have to go, dad?" it was Gohan (now 13), lying up on the roof, too. Like I was going to do.

"Gohan? I guess you had a nightmare too?" he sat up as we began to talk. This wasn't the first time we'd met up here, so it was normal.

"Yeah. I felt your Ki peak a moment ago, so I figured you'd show up. This is where I like to come and think."

"Its perfect." I sighed.

"I guess your nightmare was a good one, huh? Like there is such a thing. But it had to be if you slept through mine. I woke up in Super Sayjin form."

"I never felt your Ki. You dreaming about your dad again?" I asked.

"Yeah. I miss him, and now, with Goten, I miss him more." Gohan said.

"I miss him, too. He could have come back, but he's just too stubborn. It was the same on the show."

"So who took his place as earth's protector?"

"Gohan, you should know by now I can't tell you stuff like that."

We sat quiet for a few moments, staring at the stars.

It's so perfect here, except-

"I bet you miss future Trunks, don't you?"

"Yeah." Gohan guessed it, "We Bonded, a Sayjin way of connecting with your mate. I can't believe he's been gone for only two years."

"I hope I can find someone, someday. It will be hard, once they know about my abilities."

"There's someone for everyone. Look at Vegeta. Hey, did your mom or dad ever tell you about how they got engaged?"

"No."

"Wanna hear, its funny." I said, a smile crossing my face.

"How do you know it's happened the same as the show?" Gohan asked.

"It's hard to think of it happening any other way."

"Yeah, I'd like that." He said as he lay back down. I did too so I could clearly remember that episode of DB.

"Well, Goku was in the World Martial Arts Tournament, along with Krillen, Tien, Choazu, and Yamcha. Master Roshi and Bulma were there to watch, and Piccolo was in the tournament, too. Of course, this was when Piccolo was still a bad guy. Kami even got in on the action, wanting to capture Piccolo once and for all inside a jar with the spell that originally sealed his father inside. And then there was a woman, who remained anonymous as she fought. As you could guess, all these guys made it to the finals. Well, your dad's first opponent was the anonymous woman, and she fought Goku with a passion of hatred.

These two fought, and since your dad was so strong, he won, but was a gentleman about it. Then anonymous revealed she was Chi-chi, Goku's old friend from when they were kids. Back then Goku agreed to marry her, but that was before he understood what that meant."

"That's my dad. I bet he thought it was a food, right?" Gohan asked, laughing. I laughed too.

"Yeah. Well, Chi-chi was upset, but then your dad proposed. His exact words went something like this: 'sometimes my brain doesn't know what my mouth is saying. It's a good thing my heart does. Chi-chi, will you marry me?' It was so sweet and romantic, I nearly cried. And you know how I feel about romance movies."

"Yeah, you're action all the way."

"I guess that's why I got into watching DBZ. There was this world, full of wonderful things, and the people weren't afraid to fight if that was the only way to save others. They were scared to fight in my world. You showed me that fighting Cell on the show, and I re-learned as I watched you."

"You've shown me true courage, too. You fought all these guys so far without backing down. You knew you weren't meant to beat them. And you were with Cell for a week as his hostage. But you were ready to fight him as soon as you got your chance."

"Yeah." I agreed with him, though that wasn't how it went. No one knows or needs to know about that week.

Another secret for the pot…

"Look, the sun's rising." Gohan said. We both sat up and watched in silence.

Only three hours of sleep tonight.

"Gohan, do you remember what today is?"

"Yeah, the eight year anniversary of when you came here. No one would forget that."

"I miss home." I sighed

"But this is home, too, right?"

"Yeah, this is nice, too."

"You'll have to tell me about it sometime."

We were at the table eating breakfast and watching Goten laugh as Chi-chi tried to feed him. Gohan and I were holding back laughs, knowing that would only increase Chi-chi's frustration.

"I give up, here Katie. He seems to like you to feed him better than any of us." Chi-chi sighed as I got up.

"Did dad ever try to feed me, mom?" Gohan asked.

"Yes, one time he tried to show you how good the food was and he ended up eating the rest of the jar." Chi-chi said with a sad smile. She missed Goku the most. No Duh.

"Come on, Goten. Its bananas, look! Your favorite." I said, trying to coax Goten to eat his mushy baby food. He turned his head away. "Here comes the Nimbus! See! Wee!" I moved the spoon around and made airplane noises. Goten laughed, but he wouldn't eat.

"I thought a half-Sayjin would be hungrier than this." Gohan said.

"I'll win him over. I always do, don't I Goten?" I said in a baby voice.

"That's kind of scary. The world's strongest female making baby talk." Gohan said sarcastically.

"Well, it's the only way to talk to a baby!"

"Go-T want nanas!" Goten finally said. Of course he was 2, but he couldn't say everything perfect yet. I hadn't been trying to feed him as I talked, and he felt ignored.

"Maybe I don't want to feed you anymore."

"Pweez Aunt Katie? I hungee! Go-t want nanas!"

"Well, since you said please." I started to feed him with success and I made Chi-chi jealous.

"Why does he like you so much?"

"Because I tell him stories that he likes."

"Go-t like the one with Fweza! He scary, and bwave man beat him! Yay!" Goten started to clap and splattered me with mushy banana goo. Gohan laughed at my difficulty.

But translated from baby-talk to normal talk, Goten likes the story of when Goku beat Frieza. Of course, we don't tell him the 'brave man' is his dad. He'll learn when he's older.

The phone rang and Chi-chi went to answer it as I finished feeding Goten. I got splattered with more mushy food.

"That was Bulma. She said Vegeta wanted to talk with you and Gohan. She also said you could bring Goten so he and Trunks could play."

"Yay! I get to pway with Twunks!" Goten called and clapped some more, sending more banana goo through the air.

"Why would Vegeta want to talk to us?" Gohan asked.

"I don't know, and Bulma didn't either when I asked." Chi-chi said. "You two go get ready, I'll clean up this little monster." Chi-chi said in a sweet voice to Goten.

"She sounds even scarier than you when she talks baby talk."

"Well, lets get ready. Vegeta might want to spar, so dress in something durable, but something that won't look weird if that isn't what he wants."

"Sure." So Gohan and I headed up stairs and got dressed.

An hour later I was driving us to Capsule Corp. Yeah, me. I'm 22, so get over it. I'm good at it, too, or else Chi-chi wouldn't let me drive with her only two sons in the same car as me. Sure, the car was an old one, but it ran, and that's all that mattered.

Goten was playing in the backseat, wearing overalls and a red shirt. Gohan had on an orange shirt and jean shorts, and I had on a black tank top and matching shorts, with my tail wrapped in the belt loops. My hair is still as short as when I cut it, so its styled so it won't get in my face, a.k.a. a headband, if its training Vegeta wants.

We pulled into the compound and walked in with no problem. The first time I tried this security tried to throw me out. They know I'm a friend of Bulma and family, but they don't bother me just because of that. They leave me alone because I beat them all up.

Bulma met us at the door and led us into the living room, where Trunks was playing. I placed Goten down and they immediately started to wrestle. Bulma and Chi-chi gave up on that long ago.

"Vegeta's in his study."

"Yeah, thanks Bulma." Vegeta's study was the joke-name for the GR. Gohan followed me since he had never practiced with Vegeta here before. This was going to be the first time the three of us were going to be together since The Cell Games.

Out in the yard we approached the Gravity machine and I buzzed the intercom. Vegeta knew it was us and came out a moment later.

"Follow me." Vegeta slid past Gohan and I and went off toward the house. We almost had to run after him.

"Vegeta, what's this about?" Gohan asked. Vegeta remained silent as we followed him into another room. It looked like a room for meditation.

"Well talk in hear, its soundproof, so Bulma won't disturb us." Vegeta said as he sat down in the floor, we followed suit and waited patiently for him to begin whatever it was he was going to begin. And yes, he did say Bulma and not woman or onna (Japanese for woman). He's actually a little civilized now.

The room was plain, except for our clothes it was all white. The floor was padded for sitting or fighting, and besides that, it was empty.

"You two have had nightmares since Cell. That's why you're here. You're keeping me up at night." Vegeta said.

"Nani?" Gohan said. (That's Japanese for what.)

"Since we're Sayjins, we already have a connection. I can feel you Ki spike at night because of your nightmares." Vegeta began.

"Then shouldn't we feel yours? You do have nightmares, don't you?" Gohan asked.

"Of course I do! But since I was born and raised a Sayjin, and since I am royalty, I was taught how to deal with these nightmares. You have dreams about your past fights, don't you? It's a fighting instinct we have. Our memories are replayed in our mind to help us see our mistakes and hone our skills as fighters overall, and we even sense what our kind is dreaming, almost see it. Usually they lessen as time passes from the fight, but it never stops, but I will help you control these dreams so that you, and I, can get some sleep at night, Gohan."

"Wow. I never thought how complex Sayjins were. We really are built for battle." Gohan said.

"Well, we'll begin tomorrow. I want a moment with Katie alone."

"Okay, Vegeta." Gohan got up and left the room.

"Why aren't you going to help me, Vegeta?"

"I understand Gohan's dreams from the feeling I get from them. He feels guilty that Kakorot is gone and continues to dream about that fight. But your dreams are too complex for me to sense, its you Ki that wakes me up at night. It feels different, almost like you're not there anymore."

"My dreams are different. I haven't had a nightmare about the Cell fights in over a year. My dreams are trying to tell me something."

"And what do you think that is?" Vegeta asked.

"The characters in my dreams need something from me, or they want to tell me something. But they are all dead."

"Dead? Who is it?"

"Goku, Raditz, Frieza, and Cell."

"You have to go to Otherworld and find out."

"Nani!" (What!)

"It's the only way, kid. Sayjins normally don't have dreams like this, but it has happened. The last time it did a Sayjin was consumed by guilt and killed himself. Others have gone insane."

"So you expect me to go to the HFIL and talk to these guys who tried to kill me? That's crazy!"

"But you are stronger than them now. Don't try to hide it from me, though I don't like it, I know you went beyond Super Sayjin a while ago."

I had. I was so angry with Goku and Cell, and Trunks, that as I trained I achieved SSJ2. I hadn't even heard anything from future Trunks since that day he left.

"So you expect me to go to the other dimension and visit these monsters? There are some problems with that. One, they are in HFIL, so why would I go there? Two, King Enma wouldn't let me go since I'm not dead. And three, how would I get there?"

"To answer your annoying questions, so you won't go mad and try to kill us all, King Enma likes Kakorot, so he'll let you go, and you'll get there by Instant Transmission." Vegeta snorted.

"Well, I guess I can't argue with that. I guess I should go as soon as possible?" I sighed.

"Now. Go now, while you have an excuse. If anyone wants to know where you've been, tell them you were training with me."

"Alright, here goes." I got up and place my fingers to my head, getting ready to go. I found Enma's Ki, "If they kill me, I'm going to haunt you, Vegeta. Don't think I won't."

"See you soon." Vegeta said confidently as I disappeared.