A/N: Another chapter out… about 3/4 through part1 by the end of this one. Read, Review and all the junk that goes with it… Enjoy!
Thanks to Doom187 for the reviews… I appreciate the feedback. The reason I broke the chapters how I did was because I thought it just seemed to go better… But I think I like ur idea of the longer chapters…
Opening the floor to all readers: Do you like longer or shorter chapters? Doom187 told me to make chapters longer, and I think I'll agree with him. Until I get an overwhelming amount of requests for short chapters, I think I'm gonna make them longer. I have been averaging just under 1000 words a chapter (if I leave out ch 6 cuz it was REALLY short… just over 900 if 6 is included) Let me know what all you readers out there think.
Last Time:
"Bye." Videl hung up the phone. She thought again about that weird mystery boy who saved her life last week. It was weird, but she couldn't seem to stop thinking about him… especially his eyes… They were all black, but they seemed so deep, and almost afraid…
'I wonder if I'll ever see him again?' she thought. 'And I wonder who he is?'
WWWWW
Present Time
"Bulma, I really appreciate you doing this for me. Are you sure you don't mind watching Goten for me?" Gohan asked.
"Don't worry; it'll be ready by tomorrow. It is just finished it's charging and fueling and I put everything you asked for. And no, I didn't tell Vegeta about the Gravity Machine I installed in it." Bulma winked at Gohan and held up a single finger, "Besides, he would hate me if he found out. But really, do you think up to 3000x's Earth's gravity is safe to be training in while you're alone in space?" she asked worried.
"Don't worry about that. That's why you put in the rejuvenation tank, remember?"
"I still worry about you, kid. I've known you for, what, like 11 years now? Yeah, you're basically an adult now, but I still worry with you going into space alone. You've been like another son to me these last four years…" her voice trailed out as she thought back to the night that he showed up on her door step in tears. "Anyways, it's late, go get some sleep. The ship should be ready tomorrow, sometime around noon."
"Thanks again, Bulma. See you tomorrow in the morning. Goodnight."
"Goodnight," she responded with a small smile.
Gohan returned to his room. As he opened the door, he noticed Goten asleep on his bed. Goten had been doing this a lot recently, ever since Gohan told Bulma that he wanted a ship to travel into space. Goten told him everyday that he didn't want Gohan to go. He talked about how he would "miss his big brother" or how he "wouldn't feel safe" without his big brother.
It was true. Gohan had never let Goten out of his sight. He felt bad for his little brother, but this was something he had to do. Something out there was calling him, but he didn't know what. He just told Bulma and Goten that he needed to take a vacation, but there was more to this trip than that. He said that he wanted to visit his friends on New Namek, but he also secretly planned a few other stops.
But now wasn't the time to be thinking about that. He slid into bed next to his brother and drifted into sleep. It wouldn't be peaceful; since he had that same dream about what happened almost five years ago… his greatest failure in life… the Cell Games.
AAAAA
2 Years Ago
Gohan ate breakfast with Goten and Vegeta. Plate after plate disappeared in front of the three. Even though Goten was only two, he defiantly had a Saiyan's appetite. As he ate, Gohan thought about the dream he had last night. It seemed to be the only other dream that he has had besides the nightmare about Cell. This one, however just seemed so real.
He was on a planet that looked just like Old Namek. A soft female voice would speak into his mind and say "Come to me Gohan. I need you. In two years you must come to me."
He didn't know what it meant, or if it was real, but something about it just really shook him up. He brought himself back to reality to see a confused look on Vegeta's face. Gohan wondered why until he realized he had stopped eating mid bite and was staring directly at Vegeta.
"What is it brat?" came Vegeta's gruff voice. Gohan just blinked at him. A growl from Vegeta caused him to look away and resume eating.
What could this dream mean?
AAAAA
One Year Ago
"Come to me Gohan. I need you. In one year you must come to me." The sweet voice rang in his ears as his eyes shot open. He looked at his alarm clock and in big red numbers it said 2:30am. "…In one year, you must come to me."
The voice still rang in his ears. This wasn't the first time he heard to voice while awake. For the last two months, he had been having the dream, and he had been hearing the voice while awake. He got out of bed and put on his dark blue gi.
He quietly walked out of his room and eventually walked out of the gigantic dome of Capsule Corp. He took off and flew to a remote island about 2,000 miles from home.
'Heh, home' he thought. 'I used to have a home. I had a family. It's my fault that father is gone, that much is true. But it was his selfishness that caused mom to die.' Venom dripped from every word he spoke to himself within his own mind. 'Vegeta is right. He is a third class clown.'
He landed on his island, well, his new island since Piccolo found all of his old ones. He wanted to train by himself. He didn't want anyone else to know his power. He liked it when they all thought he didn't train.
He would always refuse to spar with Vegeta or Piccolo, no matter how much they pressed him. Vegeta would always mock him saying how he had grown weak and is not a true Saiyan. He liked that. He would always push his power level way down, to around the same level as his father was when he first fought Vegeta. He was so used to it the he did it with out even thinking about it.
This last year, he had been training extra hard, both mentally and physically. He actually spent more time in meditation training his mind as he did throwing punches and kicks and energy blasts.
'That is the difference between a fighter and a warrior' he though as he sat down on the beach of "training island 13" as he called it. 'A warrior has a sharp and strong mind, not just brute strength in the muscles.'
Staring off at the water beyond the beach, he thought for a moment about that girl. It had been a year since the incident, but even to this day he couldn't stop thinking about her and those bright blue eyes.
He settled his mind and entered a deep meditation.
A half hour into his meditation, something strange happened; something that had never happened before. His dream came to him while he was meditating.
He was standing on that planet again.
"Come to me Gohan" the soft sweet voice beckoned to him. "I need you" it sounded so desperate, like she had been waiting for an eternity for him.
"In one year, you must come to me." This time instead of being in his head, the voice was coming from behind him. He turned around quickly and saw a woman standing with her back to him. She wore a long white gown that seemed as though it was glowing and had waist length light green hair that also seemed to be glowing.
"Who are you?" he asked her back.
"You will know when the time is right, Gohan." She responded without moving a muscle.
"You tell me I must come to you. Where will I go to find you?" he asked as he took a step towards her with his hand reaching out to touch her on the shoulder.
The voice in his head responded, "When the time is right, all will be revealed to you. All that must be known will be known…" Just as his hand was about to make contact, it passed right through her. "Farewell, for now. You will see me again in exactly one year," said the voice as the body before him slowly became transparent and then finally disappeared.
His eyes snapped open. 'That was the weirdest thing…' he thought to himself as he stood up. 'I think that that is enough for this morning,' as he shot into the sky flying home. When he got back and lay down and looked at the clock. It read 4:30am.
'Wow that took longer than I thought.' And he drifted into sleep while pondering the recent turn of events.
AAAAA
A Few Hours Later
BAM
He could have sworn he was hit in the stomach by 100 tons of cement… or a Kamehameha from Cell… whatever it was, it wasn't pleasant.
Gohan opened his eyes to see a black haired rug-rat sitting on his stomach.
'Close enough,' he thought. Then he noticed another blur or lavender flying through the air, seconds from impact.
BAM
'This is not gonna be a good day!' he thought, mentally slapping himself for falling back asleep and for not sensing the terror twins when they entered the room.
AAAAA
A Few Days Later
BAM
'Wow, my reaction time sucks when I first wake up,' Gohan thought. Now he had two half saiyan "twin terrors" sitting on his stomach.
"Mom says it's time to wake up for breakfast, Gohan," Goten said. Gohan never said anything when his brother referred to Bulma as mom or Trunks as his brother. Basically, as far as he knew, they were. Bulma said it was best for Goten not to talk too much about Goku and Chi-chi. Goten knew, but didn't acknowledge it to much. Bulma didn't mind Goten calling her mom either.
Gohan rolled out of bed, sending the terrors to the ground; which they hit with a thud. Gohan took a quick shower and got dressed. He paused for a second to look out the window towards the sky. "When will the time be right?" he whispered out loud to the sky, while slowly shaking his head. Then he walked out of his room to get some food.
After breakfast had been inhaled, Gohan went to one of the labs where Bulma was working. As he entered, she was working on repairing a Hover-bike. She didn't notice him as he walked in.
"Bulma?" he said. She lifted her head to look at him.
"Oh, sorry… I didn't hear you come in. Good morning! What can I do for ya kid?" She asked while chuckling slightly.
"Well, this may seem a bit extreme… but I need a spaceship."
Her eyes got wide as she looked at him. "What do you need it for?" she eyed him suspiciously.
"Well… I just… wanted to take a vacation… ya know… get away, be alone… and… to… umm… visit my friends on New Namek."
"Huh. A vacation you say? When will you need it by?"
"In about a year or so. I drew up some plans with some of the things that I'd like for it to have." He said as he handed her some pieces of papers he had been working on since he had the dream while meditating.
"Wow… these are… wow… 3000x's gravity? AND a rejuvenation tank? Good thing you're giving me a year. Even that might be pushing it. These are… big demands Gohan."
"I know, but I know you can do it. Please Bulma?"
"Ok, I'll do it. I'll start tomorrow."
"Thank Bulma. Oh, one more thing; please don't tell Vegeta about the 3000x's gravity…" he trailed off.
"Understood… That could be a bit of a headache…" They both erupted in a fit of laughter.