CMG: My apologies to everyone! I did not mean to make you wait a long time for another chapter! I have been busy with a lot of things as of late and have been trying to work out the ending to this fanfic. Now that it's all done, I suppose I should include two updates within the same week to make it all up to you. Starting with this one today, I once again send the invitation to read…

Fear's Revivification

Chapter 3

Pain. It echoes and rages through his battle-worn body like the fires of Hell itself. It was so unbearable that it felt like Death himself is coming at any moment. A light streaks towards him like a beacon that resembles the utter doom that was about to befell all that swore to protect the planet. It was then that a lightness comes over his body and the light fades into a dimmer light and then darkness sinks in. Has Death finally welcomed him? If so, why couldn't he see his approach? Was he doomed to remain blind and not see the utter truth of what would be told?

'I doubt I'll be able to see…'

As though his soul was leaving his damaged body, the pain seemed to ebb as though Death was there with him now granting him rest. However, he wasn't ready to go yet and struggled to get up and continue to live his life. He still couldn't see a thing and felt completely and utterly helpless like a baby. While he did try to at least struggle, a gentle hand pressed upon his breast; as though pinning him down to some unknown hard surface. He still couldn't see as he tried his best to lash out at whatever or whoever was trying to keep him from escaping. Eventually though, exhaustion had caught up to his overexerted body and mind as consciousness slowly slips away from him. Whether he lived or died now wasn't in his hands, but rather Fate's hands.

Vegeta slowly came to as he slowly shook his head to remember what had happened before he lost consciousness. His body lightly ached from a forgotten pain that seemed almost familiar to him; but upon awakening, it seemed lost since he had yet to open his eyes. He heard light rhythms of breathing other than his own as he felt confused to hear more than one and finally opened his eyes to see where he was at. At first, he was taken back on why everyone was asleep in different beds in a room unfamiliar to him when he suddenly realized that they were wounded like he was. Then, it all came to him in a rush as he jerked himself out of the bed to get his bearings.

'What on Earth am I?' Vegeta mentally growled as he walked out of the room and down the faintly lit hallways. Pillars and potted plants greeted him upon his way out of the strange place he was in. 'That is if I'm on Earth…'

He suddenly saw an opening as the moon's light illuminated the area outside upon the Lookout. His tail twitched with a familiar feeling as he kept his wandering eyes away from the moon that would be full within two days time. It hovered above the Earth like a beacon of power for the Saiya-jins use if they truly desired the carnal destruction.

'Trepidation's playing with fire for bringing the moon back. If Kakarot looks, then he might as well commit suicide!'

Instead of peering upon the moon, he kept his head downcast as he felt his energy well up deep inside of him. He had lost to the Earth-raised Saiya-jin and the only way to stop him was to kill him from trying to carry out Trepidation's orders. The memories of his loss were still fresh on his mind. The power was slowly boiling within him as his hair flickered slightly in the chi-generated wind.

'That traitor will know what a Saiya-jin does when he betrays his comrades,' Vegeta growled as the power unconsciously built up around him; causing the Lookout to shutter from his power.

Electricity sparked around him as the once flawless tiles upon the ground started to crack and shatter under the strain of the aura around Vegeta's body. Dark inky depths of his eyes became twin cobalt orbs that held a great deal of hidden malice within them. His hair was bleached by the sheer energy that erupted around him as an adulterated roar escaped his lips. That was the only warning anyone received before all hell broke loose within the heavens themselves.

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Within the pagoda unaware of what was happening until a sharp power assaulted his acute senses, Piccolo's eyes snapped open as the ground trembled. Fearing attack, he awakened the others and ran outside. What they saw outside both astounded them and made them afraid for their own lives.

"Vegeta!" Krillin said.

"He's…" Piccolo was at a loss of words. Before the Z-Fighters stood the defeated Prince of the Forgotten Race with rage and fury irrelevant in his now primitive face. Long hair ran down the small of Vegeta's back as cobalt-pupil irises peered up in bitter hatred towards the ones that were once his enemies long ago.

At long last, Vegeta had finally gained the power he had long since been denied from for nearly a decade's time. And so suddenly, he lost it as the strain upon his body became too much for him to handle. No one could predict the next move as it happened as though in slow motion; the transformation flickered out as blank eyes shifted close and the body that was Vegeta's met the ruined tiled ground with a sickening thud. It was when the sound resounded that the warriors broke out of the trance and illusion that they were under.

"He… he had it…" Krillin said out of fear that Vegeta would awaken and incinerate all of the warriors gathered upon the Lookout with no remorse whatsoever. Ubuu was staring in pure shock as well.

"What was that!" Ubuu asked.

"That, Ubuu, was a Super Saiya-jin 3," Piccolo answered.

"Super… Saiya-jin 3?" Ubuu asked.

"Yes," Piccolo said. "Now let's get him back inside and make sure he doesn't do that again. He almost took the whole Lookout with him during that episode!"

"Can I call the first shift?" Yamcha said in a worried manner.

"Do what you want," Piccolo replied. 'I hope that Kibito-shin and Dende can heal the rest of us by morning so we can resume our attempts to stop Trepidation.'

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"You are not to touch her in any way…"

Footsteps echoed through the hallway as Goku took the tray full of soup to Chi-chi's room clad in the new clothing he wore. He now wore a gray tunic and black pants that was held up by a red sash. He wore some black shoes on his feet that was bound in red cloth and had red wrist braces on. Though his body was healed thanks to the master's power, he felt empty from not eating anything. His stomach growled and beaconed him to eat the soup; however, the warning echoed in his mind as clear as day.

"Eat her food and you'll be punished for your crimes…"

'I feel so hungry though,' Goku thought. 'Why?'

Entering Chi-chi's room, he saw her crying on the bed dressed in the red robes that Trepidation left for her. He wanted to comfort her, but couldn't do so. He feared his lord and master's wrath. Gently setting the tray of soup on the table, he walked over to her bed before bowing before her out of respect. When she didn't notice, he decided to break her out of the crying spell.

"Hey," Goku said gently. "I brought you dinner."

"I'm… I'm not hungry," Chi-chi sobbed. "I'm ashamed of you, Son Goku."

"I am not he," Goku replied with no emotion in his voice.

"You are!" Chi-chi turned to face him as the Saiya-jin saw the tears running down her face with anger upon her face. "He brainwashed you… made you… made you forget about who you are!" She got off the bed and walked towards him as she felt irritated for her husband forgetting everything.

"What are you doing?" Goku asked. Before he knew it, Chi-chi slapped Goku in the face rather hard.

"That was for killing our sons and our friends," Chi-chi yelled at Goku angrily. "You might as well kill me while you're at it because I refuse to be with that monster that you call your master."

"I cannot," Goku said. "I was told to protect you."

"Protect me? From who?" Chi-chi yelled at the Saiya-jin.

"From those who to take you away from my master," Goku replied.

"There's no one left to do that," Chi-chi coldly replied. "You killed them. You might as well kill me as well. I don't want to live a life where I'm enslaved to a man meant to destroy all humanity."

"I cannot," Goku ashamedly said. "I was told to protect you, Zealous."

"Chi-chi," she told him. "My name is Chi-chi."

"Master said you were…" Goku started to say, but the woman that Trepidation claimed to be his interrupted the Earth-raised Saiya-jin.

"Your master's done a great deal of bad things and you've killed our friends and family," Chi-chi yelled at Goku. "You're not his dog and you don't have to keep your eyes on the ground while I'm talking to you."

"I cannot look at you," Goku told her. "Master said I'm not allowed to see, touch, or feel any attachments towards you."

"That bastard's has gone too far," Chi-chi cursed as she got off the bed and knelt down to Goku's level. He felt her hands on his face as she lifted his head up to see her.

"Let go," Goku begged; not wishing for the Lord of Fear to see them like this.

"No," Chi-chi said with determination in her voice. "You're my husband and I'm not going to let him keep bossing you around like some puppet." She wrapped her arms around his body as he tensed up to her comforting touch. A part of him wanted to return it, but he had to obey his master's orders.

"Please," Goku pleaded in a worried tone.

"I want you to touch me," Chi-chi said. "I want you to feel the attachments that you have towards me. I want you to look at me. I want you to do because we are equal and are husband and wife."

"No, you lie," Goku hissed as he tried to push away, but Chi-chi's hold on him tightened. "I'm not your husband! Let me go! You're trying to trick me and make it so master punishes me!"

"I'm not tricking you," Chi-chi vowed to him as fresh tears ran down her cheeks. "I… I just want… you back…"

The amnesiac Saiya-jin felt her fall limp against her frame. Trying to pry himself away from him, her grip tightened even further. He gently lifted her in his arms and decided to let her lay upon his chest until she awakened. Laying down upon the bed that she was given upon his back, he heard her moaning sadly.

'Why is she doing this?' Goku thought. 'Why is she calling me Son Goku when master calls me Eclipse? Why is she calling me her husband when I feel I never met her before?' He laid there with her resting while on the table, the food was left forgotten. Slowly, he felt exhaustion claim him.

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Dawn's early light touched the slumbering Vegeta's face as he woke to find that the beds had shifted since last night. He sat up and saw that his bed was surrounded by the other beds; preventing him from leaving without bumping into a single one and awakening one of the fighters. Floating above them, he flew across the room and landed at the door. Before his hand could touch the latch, Piccolo's jaded hand grabbed Vegeta's rather roughly as he was whirled around to see his face.

"Vegeta, you have some nerve for nearly wrecking the Lookout last night," Piccolo growled softly at the former Saiya-jin Prince.

"What are you babbling about Namek," Vegeta hissed.

"You ascended last night," Piccolo countered. "And I believe you weren't aware of the transformation either."

"Maybe it's because I was so fucking angry for that traitor Kakarot for nearly killing us!" Vegeta's voice rose; almost yelling at the Namek that held him.

"Keep your voice down or I'll make sure you stay behind the next time we search for Chi-chi and Son," Piccolo challenged.

"I like to see you try to keep me confined," Vegeta countered as he seemed softer than he was a moment ago.

"Right now, we're not ready to face him again," Piccolo growled. "We need more training!"

"To hell with your training," Vegeta sneered and lunged off the Lookout. 'I want my revenge on Kakarot. Even if it means I'm going alone on this one.'

'Vegeta, you arrogant bastard,' Piccolo thought angrily. 'You'll regret going out there alone.'

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The door slammed shut from afar as Goku woke with a start. He cursed himself for falling asleep with Chi-chi pressed against his body on top of him as he pushes her off. He didn't get out of bed fast enough when the door opens to Chi-chi's room as Trepidation walks into the room and sees Goku laying in bed as Chi-chi started to awaken on the other side of the bed. Goku found himself trying to breathe as Trepidation grabbed him by the neck.

"You touched her, didn't you?" Trepidation said with venom in his voice.

Goku was afraid as Trepidation felt the fear from Goku's body as it strengthened him. The grip around Goku's throat tightened as he struggled to breathe. Chi-chi's eyes opened as she saw Goku struggling to breathe as she felt powerless to stop it from happening.

"Relax. I won't kill you yet," the Lord of Fear reassured the amnesic Saiya-jin. "You still have to do more in order to gain repentance for touching what's mine." Trepidation threw Goku to the ground and stormed out of the room. The door slammed shut while Goku drew the air back into his oxygen-deprived body.

The fear he felt upon his body still radiated off of him like a heavy blanket as Chi-chi appeared in front of him and wrapped her arms around him. He jerked out of the embrace to her surprise as she saw how much fear he had within his eyes. It was as though he was staring at a Goku who did not have confidence with himself or even his own abilities. Because of Trepidation, Goku was stripped of his very freedom to fight against the Lord of Fear himself.

"Goku, don't do this…" Chi-chi replied as she reached out to him. He slid away from her to protect himself in order to keep himself from feeling anymore fear echoing through his body. Yet at the same time, a foreign part of him did not want to see her cry again as the tears glistened in her eyes.

"No," Goku quivered in fear as he tried to push her away. "I can't… I can't touch you without getting punished for it…"

"Yes you can!" Chi-chi replied and before Goku could stop her, she pulled him into a passionate kiss while her other hand reached for his tail.

Time froze as Goku felt himself tremble from the kiss itself. Chi-chi poured her heart and soul into the kiss while she massaged the tail that hung limply in her grasp. Goku felt himself wanting to return the kiss with everything she was giving him, but couldn't move because of his fear of Trepidation hurting her or him was overruling this instinct that was burning within him at this very moment.

'I… we can't,' Goku thought as he felt Chi-chi deepen the kiss; his tail being petted in a sensual way that felt familiar to him. She pressed closer to his body as the heat radiated from their bodies. That was when Goku finally responded by shoving her away and getting up quickly as he ran out the door. Chi-chi called out to him, but he had already left without admitting his feelings for her at all.

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'She's foolish!' Goku thought angrily to himself as he paced around on the balcony that he stumbled upon that made up the Celtic-like castle. 'She's risking my life to see nothing but deception! Trepidation should just take her and be done with it! Why hasn't he done so already? Why do I feel an attachment to her? Is she some sort of witch in disguise meant to seduce me to my utmost death?'

Before Goku could go back inside to inquire about these questions he carried with his heart and soul, he saw someone block his way; a golden aura radiated from the figure with malice in his aura as twin cobalt eyes glared angrily at him.

"Who are…" Goku started to say.

"I'm Vegeta and I'm here to get vengeance against you, Kakarot," Vegeta growled.

"I'm not this Kakarot you call me," Goku replied.

"I'll call you whatever I feel like calling you," Vegeta threatened. "Now are we going to fight or not?"

"Can we fight somewhere besides here?" Goku asked. "My master does not wish for his castle to get destroyed."

"As you wish," Vegeta said before they took off.

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Minutes later on the deserted plains, both Goku and Vegeta land in the middle of the field alone as Goku felt as though he had fought here before.

"Seems your body recognizes this place," Vegeta noted while the other warrior looked around at the familiar caverns and cliffs that were torn up by something that wasn't Mother Nature's doing.

"Where are we?" Goku asked.

"We're at the place we first fought against each other almost two decades ago," Vegeta said. Goku's eyes widened by this before he masked it with determination and honor for defending his master's name.

Both warriors slid into a fighting stance once again. The younger Saiya-jin felt dé já vu come over him. Feeling something come over him, Goku lunged at Vegeta as he dodged the punch.

'This feels familiar,' Goku thought as they traded blows against one another in their Super Saiya-jin forms.

'He's going to pay for betraying us!' Vegeta vowed angrily to himself..

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Trepidation walked into Chi-chi's quarters and saw her crying upon the ground. Seeing his soon-to-be crying, he knelt down and pulled her into an embrace. She felt startled as she felt something sliding around her waist and encircling around her right upper arm.

"Zealous, it's time you return to your lord and master," Trepidation said as Chi-chi suddenly realized that the snake that bit her the last time was wrapped around her body. She tried to jerk away, but Trepidation held her as the snake's eyes began to glow in a deep purple light as the world around Chi-chi began to spin. She felt the fangs of the snake pierce her skin. "The last time, I made a mistake making you slowly succumb to her will. In a night's time under the full moon's light, her soul will instantly take over you and make my love live once again."

"G…Goku…" Chi-chi moaned as her world faded into the darkness; the control of her body slipping.

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Vegeta swung his fist at Goku, but the warrior suddenly fell to the ground on one knee with his hand clutching at his chest. The fist did not connect to the target as the Prince of Saiya-jins looked down at the one who started to breathe irregularly.

"What's wrong, Kakarot?" Vegeta questioned; half of him wanting to smash him into the ground where he was kneeling while the other wanting to know what the hell was going on.

"I… I don't know…" Goku gasped as the pain seemed to grow worse by the second. His vision started to blur as he struggled to breathe. For a fleeting instant, he saw the woman who slapped him; but instead of pain in her eyes, he saw happiness. "Chi-chi…"

"Kakarot!" Vegeta grew worried as he saw the other warrior shaking. Something was wrong with the Earth-raised Saiya-jin as sweat ran down his face as his breathing came in shallow breaths. Before Vegeta could find out what was going on, darkness consumed Goku's mind as Vegeta saw that the warrior before him was no longer conscious and sank to the ground. "Kakarot!"

CMG: Well, well, well. It seems that the plot thickens. :stirs pot labeled Plot as she smiles: I hope that you all enjoyed this chapter since I put a lot of my time into this chapter. Onto reviews then:

Courtney: Nope. You didn't miss anything yet about how Chi-chi learned how to fly. That will be revealed soon. As you can see, not everyone's dead.

The reason I made Goten act so angry at his dad is because of the fact that he never really got to know him. I mean hasn't any other kid ever wonder what their father was like and later on find out what their father did to make their mother upset by abandoning them for long periods of time? I'm trying to take it in that perspective and I believe that I'm making a rather bold move with the stories I've read. Hopefully in time, Goten will learn to forgive his dad for what happened.

Gohan pretty much had a father up until he was around eleven years old while Goten never knew what his father was like until he came back for a day. A rumor from one of the mangas said that it took time for Goten to show his feelings towards his father and at first, he was kind of timid. Anyway, from the latest issue of Shonen Jump, I saw how Gohan was there for Chi-chi after Goku died. The scene kind of struck a cord in my heart because it kind of made sense that after his father died, he would have to do what he can to protect both the Earth and his mother from harm. :thinking to herself: I might write a one-shot that will take place during this story that will explain Gohan's feelings about his father leaving them and having his mind altered. :chuckles:

And yes, I am uber ebil (super evil). Thanks for asking.

Psy:sarcastically: Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed a brainwashed Goku trying to kill his family and friends while breaking Chi-chi's heart in the process. :tail twitches: What in the world's wrong with you:realizes: Actually, I thought it was rather well written. XD

super saiyan 4 chichi: More suspense, but more chances for Trepidation to be stopped now with the heroes not being dead. I hate Trepidation too, but he's one evil dude having Chi-chi all to himself. You'll find out soon if Goku will regain his memories or not.

CrAzY-Fan-Fic-Addict: Welcome to the group. I'm glad you enjoy the story thus far. I rarely write many sequels of a series, but I could not resist with a villain this evil that is determined to bring forth the end of humanity and try to take Chi-chi away from Goku in the process. His plans for her have been revealed, but whether they will succeed are not yet seen.

Kinoha: Afraid so; however, it seems Goku's no longer in Trepidation's castle and is unconscious for a rather ticked off Saiya-jin Prince to take advantage of him in this state. I accept the throne and crown for the 'Queen Arthuria of The Twisted Plot' thingy:puts on crown and giggles before returning to the review: Now where was I? Ah yes. Do you truly believe you have this story figured out and what would happen:looks at what she wrote for Chapter 7 that seems rather blurry at the moment: How can you when I'm still writing it:sweat drop:

Don't worry. Goku and Chi-chi will get together soon and Goten might solve his dilemmas eventually. Not saying when! As for my e-mail, bring it:prepares her hotmail account to be bombarded:

Chi-chi: Yes. There can be an OMG order. Thanks for your enthusiastic review. It certainly made my day. :D

CMG: Now for my first poll for you fanfic readers out there courtesy of Kinoha's review:

Will Vegeta: A.) Kill him without giving him a chance to reform? B.) Wake him up and kick his ass thoroughly before killing him. Or C.) Find out what's going on and decide to help his fellow Saiya-jin in some way?

Shall Chi-chi: A.) Escape Trepidation's clutches? B.) Remain a prisoner in Trepidation's clutches? Or C.) Attempt to fight him in futile?

And will Goten: A.) Find a reason to forgive his father? B.) Attack his father when he sees him? Or C.) Attempt to rescue his mother alone?

This is just a small poll for you all to take to try to figure out which one happens. Answers will be revealed in the next chapter. And no cheating if you are reading this story after the next chapter's posted! I hope to see all of you next time for another installment:waves: