CMG: Hope you all enjoyed the small teaser. I suppose you all are back for more, so with no further delays (I was slacking due to all of the work I've been doing lately, so sorry for being late on my delivery), I bring you back to…

Fear's Revivification

Chapter 1

A golden cloud arced in the sky as Ubuu sped off to get help. After dropping Maya at the nearest village, Ubuu was determined to find someone to save both his people and the strongest fighter in the world from the mysterious Trepidation.

'Kami, anybody, I need to get help,' Ubuu thought.

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Halfway across the world in a small house in the mountains, Chi-chi sobbed in the heap of pillows upon her bed. It was as though she had been cursed to see her husband leave her time and time again when all she wished for was a faithful husband to protect her. Though she had come to accept that he fought for the sake of the world with everyone in it, including herself, it was the waiting that probably killed her.

'How could you have forgotten,' Chi-chi thought while she sobbed in the comforts of her bed; the thoughts of Goku leaving still fresh upon her mind. 'You promised me…'

A knock on her bedroom door alarmed her as her head raised from the heap of pillows upon the bed and wearily looked at the door. The door swung open as Goten entered the room; worried about his mother's health and angered for his father making her cry again. Sitting next to his mother on the bed, Chi-chi saw the anger on her youngest son's face as it seemed to reflect the emotions she had towards her husband.

"Mom, why did he leave us again?" Goten growled lightly; irritated that here, his mother, was pining over him like he died again.

"He probably got anxious," Chi-chi said lightly; trying her best to calm her youngest son from the bitterness that he carried within himself.

"Yeah, but he left with a complete stranger that we never met before," Goten snapped. "He always leaves us and I always hear you cry when he leaves!"

"Not always!" Chi-chi countered. "I haven't cried since he returned to Earth for a single day and had to leave early. Besides, he made a vow to me, but knowing him, he'll tell me about it later through the connection we have with each other."

"What if he doesn't though, mom?" Goten questioned with a hint of venom in his voice. "What if he forgets to tell you and doesn't until he returns home sometime within a few months saying, 'Hey! How's it going?'"

"Goten! He wouldn't dare break his promise to me!" Chi-chi said as she looked at the ring she wore upon her left pinky. She thought back to that night and smiled sadly.

"Well, I think he abandoned you," Goten said; jerking his mother out of her thoughts.

"He wouldn't do such a thing!" Chi-chi said with tears in her eyes. "Just leave me alone right now. Please."

"Yeah right, he's done it before," Goten said and walked out of the room.

'He wouldn't forget the promise, would he?' Chi-chi sadly thought as she looked at the ring; praying for a sign from the heavens themselves.

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The sky grew dark around Ubuu as heavy winds kicked up out of nowhere. He didn't know what was going on, but if the boy knew of the Dragon Balls, he would have been braver and not felt like the end of the world was coming right then and there. Lightning clashed in the heavens as Ubuu grew nervous and thought of descending; however, the thought of saving the one who promised to train him made him continue. In front of him was a strange circular object resting upon a rather high tower as the little cloud suddenly stopped before the staircase. The boy was confused at first before he realized the cloud wasn't going to move another inch.

'I guess it wants me to get off,' Ubuu thought as he hopped off. Kinto-un sped away as the young boy climbed the steps before looking around for anyone. "Hello? Anyone here?"

"Yes Ubuu," an elderly voice said as a white cat known as Korin appeared. The boy was startled when the cat actually said his name, but wasn't really going to ask him how he knew because he needed immediate help to save Goku and his villagers. "I am Korin and I noticed that you didn't climb my tower. So please go back down and…"

"There's no time for that!" Ubuu said. "My people and Goku are in grave danger and…"

"Goku? You mean Son Goku, the strongest fighter in the world's in trouble?" Korin said with a startled gasp. "This isn't good…"

"I thought Mr. Satan was the strongest," Ubuu questioned.

"He's a fraud," Korin spat. "Goku could easily wipe the floor with that loser any day if he desired, but he prefers to keep everyone from knowing about us."

"Well, someone's captured my people and Goku told me to run away," Ubuu said.

"Let's go to Kami's and see what we're dealing with," Korin said. "Just hold onto my shoulder and we'll take the express route." With a flash of light, Korin and Ubuu vanish as Yajarobe climbed up the steps.

"Korin?" Yajarobe bellowed as he held a pot full of steamed rice. "Hm. Must have went on a walk. Oh well. More food for me." With that, Yajarobe walked down the steps; unaware of the disaster unfolding on Earth at that very moment. 'Man! Looks like a bad storm's kicking up. Hope it doesn't affect the reception.'

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"YOU HAVE SUMMONED ME," Shenron boomed as his voice almost seemed like the thunder itself. "I SHALL GRANT YOU TWO WISHES THAT REFLECT YOUR INNER MOST DESIRE. SPEAK THEM NOW." With that, Shenron's eyes flickered slightly as though he was waiting for a command from the one who summoned him.

Shenron boomed as his voice almost seemed like the thunder itself. With that, Shenron's eyes flickered slightly as though he was waiting for a command from the one who summoned him.

"Shenron, I wish for the one bound to the tree to forget everything that he cares about," Trepidation responded with a fanatic look upon his face.

"No! Don't make that wish, Shenron!" Goku yelled at the dragon before Trepidation grabbed the warrior's tail; nearly silencing him as he moaned in pain.

"YOUR WISH WILL BE GRANTED," Shenron replied as Goku felt something tearing within his sub-consciousness and ripping his mind apart. Unable to bear the pain, the Earth-raised Saiya-jin passed out as Trepidation devilishly grinned at the dragon for fulfilling his request. "YOU HAVE ONE WISH REMAINING."

Shenron replied as Goku felt something tearing within his sub-consciousness and ripping his mind apart. Unable to bear the pain, the Earth-raised Saiya-jin passed out as Trepidation devilishly grinned at the dragon for fulfilling his request.

"I wish for the moon that once rotated around the planet to be restored," Trepidation asked the dragon.

"AN EASY TASK," Shenron said as a familiar and nearly full moon appeared within the dark sky. "YOUR WISHES HAVE BEEN GRANTED. I BID YOU FAREWELL."

Shenron said as a familiar and nearly full moon appeared within the dark sky.

"At last, I will have my revenge," Trepidation cackled evilly as the Dragon Balls shot off into the heavens and scattered across the Earth.

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The sky lightened up as the darkness suddenly faded as though it never touched the skies in the first place. However, a mystical energy had been detected by Earth's Guardian as he stared down at Earth in pure horror. The staff that he carried fell to the ground with a clank as he shuttered in fear.

"The Dragon Balls have been used by Trepidation," Dende said in a rather frightened voice as Mr. Popo looked alarmed. Piccolo's head snapped up from meditation with irritation clearly written upon his face.

"Mr. Popo thought that Goku had defeated the Lord of Fear ten years ago," Mr. Popo said.

"Well, it seems he's alive," Dende said.

"But how?! It's not logical that he's alive!" Piccolo growled.

Suddenly, Korin and Ubuu appear as the young boy looked around in pure awe.

"Whoa!" Ubuu said as he took in the sights.

"What is Ubuu doing here?" Piccolo asked.

"Huh?" Ubuu said in total confusion before he recognized Piccolo from earlier. "Do I know you?"

"We don't have time for this nonsense," Piccolo said. "Tell me why you're here."

"I came to tell you that my villagers are in grave danger!" Ubuu said.

"Yeah and so is Goku," Dende said.

"What is Trepidation planning?" Piccolo growled; feeling lost in what's going on while Goku's probably being manipulated.

"Perhaps I can answer this," a familiar voice said as Kibito-shin appeared.

"Kibito-shin, it's nice to see you again," Dende said.

"What is this about," Piccolo asked.

"I have the answers to how Trepidation managed to return, but before I can say anything, we must gather Earth's protectors," Kibito-shin seriously replied. "If we don't gather them, then they won't be prepared for the worst."

"What do you mean?" Dende said.

"Trepidation managed to take Goku and wipe out all of his memories," Kibito-shin said as Dende, Mr. Popo, and Piccolo's eyes widened in pure horror.

"I'll contact the others then," Piccolo growled; half-fearing that if he didn't, what Kibito-shin had just said would pass.

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About nearly two hours later, everyone gathered upon Kami's Lookout. Chi-chi, who insisted that she come with Goten, was carried there in the young man's arms as the others saw the hysterical and grief-stricken wife of Goku had arrived as well. To break the news in front of her would be severely painful indeed.

"Chi-chi, you shouldn't be here," Krillin said.

"I need to know what's happened to Goku though," Chi-chi said determinedly. "I know it's about him because he's not here."

"I'm afraid so," Kibito-shin replied to the Earthen woman. "Trepidation's back."

"You mean that he's alive?" Chi-chi asked the dynasty before her.

"No, he's returned from the dead." Kabito-shin said with a rather gloom look on his face.

"How?!" Chi-chi said as she feared that the Lord of Fear was plotting to commit horrible atrocities while Earth's heroes were talking upon Kami's Lookout at that very moment.

"Somehow, he had managed to contact some of his men from hell to bring him back to life using the Dragon Balls after close to a year had passed," Kabito-shin answered. "It was after he managed to do this that the men paid the ultimate price for it. After he killed all of the men associated in bring him back to life, he searched for the Dragon Balls and decided to invade a village after learning that one of the villagers was going to compete in the tournament. Enter Ubuu."

"Yeah and that's before we got there!" Ubuu said.

"You mean that's the boy Kakarot left with?" Vegeta asked.

"Yes," Kabito-shin said as Chi-chi was on the verge of tears themselves. "He took the village hostage and Goku sacrificed himself to free the villagers from their horrible fate."

"No, not again." Chi-chi wept.

"We'll save him," Gohan comforted. Ubuu was in awe at the way the others spoke in hope rather than despair. He wasn't aware of the dangers that they went through in the past, but somehow, he knew deep inside they had faced many trials together.

'I hope they save my people!' Ubuu thought to himself as he looked at all of them. If he could sense their power, he would have shuttered in pure happiness; however, he already noticed how well-toned most of the fighters were as he felt happy to be around them. 'I know that if Mr. Satan can't save them, then these people can!'

"It gets worse," Kabito-shin interrupted as the focus came back to the Kaioshin before them. "Trepidation used the Dragon Balls to erase Goku's memories so that he could serve him."

"We got to do something!" Piccolo yelled. "We have to go now before it's too late!"

"But we don't have a plan to stop him, do we?" Krillin said.

"No, but we can't sit here and wait either!" Piccolo said.

"If we don't stop him…" Vegeta growled, leaving the threat hanging there.

"Then all humanity will be destroyed." Kabito-shin said.

"We have to go before it's too late," Gohan said. "For our father!"

"For Goku!" Tien said.

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Trepidation saw the Earth-raised Saiya-jin awaken. It had been hours after he made the wish as he smiled in pure amusement as the former hero of Earth looked around confused. The Saiya-jin was no longer bound to the tree he collapsed against earlier; rather on the dirt-trodden ground as he collected himself and dusted himself off.

"What's going on?" Goku asked.

"You fell asleep," Trepidation said. "Which I won't tolerate."

"Huh?" Goku said before Trepidation smacked him in the face as the force drove the Saiya-jin back to the ground. Goku looked at the man with confusion etched upon his face as he rubbed the sore cheek that the fist hit.

"Be grateful that I, your Lord and Master have plans for you or I would kill you where you're at," Trepidation roared.

"What do you mean?" Goku asked.

"From this moment on, you are to do my bidding," Trepidation barked at the Saiya-jin. "Now let's go. The enemies will be here soon and you must be prepared to fight them."

CMG: End of the first chapter. For those of you joining this story, I encourage you to go read "The Fear" so you won't get lost in what this story's about. For the rest of you who have been waiting diligently for this chapter, I applaud for you being patient. Now onto reviews:

Courtney: Thanks for the comment. I'm glad you liked the picture. Question is how are they going to save someone who doesn't know that he's enslaved by some maniac who wants to kill all mankind? ::laughs evilly before she stops:: Right…

super saiyan 4 chichi: Hope you will. This will be my best work yet.

gokugirl9: Indeed. It is an interesting start. And an interesting plot so far.

Psy: Thanks and I won't overflow your e-mail account too much…

Chi-chi: Hopefully this chapter told you a bit about his plan. Having him bring back the moon though doesn't explain much does it? Unless you're counting on one thing…

Sam: Welcome and thanks for reviewing. I will continue writing this story as long as I keep getting my reviews.

CMG: Join us next time when we find more interesting surprises yet to come! Until then, I look forward to any reviews that you have.