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"talking"

thinking

:communicating through a bond or telepathically:

dream or something happening within a dream

Disclaimer: I don't own any DBZ.

Chapter Five: Preparations Begin

Yamako headed home after talking with Dende for a long time. After several hours of persuasive words he had finally convinced her that there was nothing coming in the near future. At least it didn't appear that way from space. Youkai had long since left Earth's atmosphere and was light-years away before Dende had searched for any other life forms. Yamako was still very uneasy about the whole thing and she somehow knew it wasn't over. She decided right then that it was time to bring Gohan back. The only problem was she didn't know where he was and she had no way of getting there fast enough. She knew that they didn't have long before something came but she wasn't sure how long. She knew that the only way to find him was to use the Dragon Balls; but the Earth's Dragon Balls were gone. The last 2 wishes that had been made on them were for the Saiyans' families and friends to appear and feel as though they had aged like Saiyans and that they actually would age like Saiyans. This was to ensure that the Saiyans' human mates and friends would be around with them. Goku, Vegeta, and Gohan had been extremely pleased with these wishes because they didn't want their wives to die many years before them and leave them alone. Goten was also happy with this but had never worried about it as much because he and Marron were much younger than the 3. Those wishes had been granted about 4 months after Yamako's 17th birthday; a year before Gohan disappeared and the whole Evil Shenron disaster happened. This occurred 6 months after Yamako had gotten back from the alternate timeline with Kumori. Yamako knew that Porunga could tell her where Gohan was and that they could also grant her 2 other wishes she was thinking about. However, after learning about what happened with the Earth's Dragon Balls Morie, the eldest Namek, had ordered the destruction of their Dragon Balls to prevent anything like that from happening again.

But Dende said that it takes several months to perform the ritual required to destroy the Dragon Balls so it's likely that they haven't been destroyed yet. If I can get to New Namek within the next few months then I can use them to find out where Grandpa Gohan is and then maybe I can bring him back! Yamako thought excitedly.

Yamako was well aware of how far New Namek was and that it would take almost half a year to get there by space ship. But she wasn't planning on going by ship she was planning on teleporting there. She knew she couldn't tell anyone about her plans until she was ready to leave because they would call her crazy and not let her go. So that excluded Goku's Instant Transmission technique, he would never agree to take her there, and even if he did her parents would never allow it. Besides in order to use the Dragon Balls you had to know how to speak Namekian. Yamako was going to need a few days to learn it from reading Dende's mind; she was also going to find out what the password was so she could summon Porunga. Once she learned that she was going to perfect her Universal Space Gateway and use it to teleport to New Namek. The Universal Space Gateway was a special technique that allowed an individual to travel to anyplace in the universe with a simple thought in a matter of seconds. It worked by opening a tear that lead to anyplace in the universe the user desired. Yamako merely had to concentrate on a particular place in the universe while focusing her physic powers on an open space in front of her. If powerful enough a tear would open leading to the place concentrated on and Yamako would be able to pass through to that destination as long as she kept concentrating on that place. Yamako had discovered that she had that ability around the same time Gohan disappeared. She could control it enough to open the tear but she knew that she wouldn't be able to sustain it long enough to travel through and if she tried she would be lost in a kind of dimensional void for all eternity. Yamako knew that all she needed was a little more time and practice and she would master the move. Then she would be able to travel to New Namek with it.

Yamako landed at Capsule Corp. and immediately went into the Gravity Chamber (Bulma removed it from the main building after Vegeta had nearly destroyed the building 1 too many times and built a separate building for the Gravity Room), setting it to 1000 times Earth's gravity; ensuring that she wouldn't be bothered for even Vegeta couldn't withstand that amount of gravity. Yamako remained in there until early the next morning when she left to meditate in the forest and focus on learning how to control the Universal Space Gateway.

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Youkai's scientists were busily working away on building Youkai's super warriors for his battle that was to come against the Saiyans. To Youkai's great disappointment and displeasure the 5 super clones would not be ready for over a year and he just had to wait for their completion before carrying out with his plan to eradicate the Saiyans. While waiting for his warriors to be complete Youkai trained mercilessly. He trained in increased gravity and he studied new fighting styles. He was preparing himself to be the best there was and he was going to do what ever it took to destroy the Saiyans and take over the universe. Youkai smirked evilly, the smirk soon turned into a snicker, which became a sinister laughter that could be heard throughout his palace home.

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Meanwhile the Supreme Kai watched from his planet as Youkai set his diabolical plan into action. He had not interfered on Earth because at that time Youkai was not a universal threat and he could only interfere if the fate of the entire universe rested upon it. However Youkai now proved to be such a threat. He had proven himself stronger that 2 fused level 3 Super Saiyans and showed no intent on simply stopping with Earth. It was time to act in order to ensure the protection of the universe. Quickly contacting King Kai he explained the situation to him and told him to inform Dende and the Z-Fighters of Youkai's actions. He felt terrible about bringing such awful news to them when they had only had peace for 2 months after Bakemono but it was his duty and he knew that they were the universe's only hope.

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King Kai immediately informed Dende who telepathically summoned all the Z-Fighters to the Lookout. He didn't have to summon Piccolo or Yamako because the 2 were already there and had emerged just as the Guardian informed the others.

"What's the matter Dende?" Piccolo asked noticing the concerned look on his friend's face.

Yamako didn't even ask because she already knew. She had intercepted King Kai's transmission and knew all about it. She growled slightly. Sometimes she hated being right all the time. She had known that Bakemono was just doing someone else's dirty work and she had known all along that something else was coming. She knew that it was now or never. If she didn't leave for New Namek now she might not get the chance because as soon as her family found out about Youkai she wouldn't get enough time alone to leave, besides the sooner she left the sooner she could find and bring back Gohan.

"Hey Piccolo would you do me a favor?" Yamako asked.

Piccolo turned towards her and gave her a quizzical look, signaling that he was listening.

"Would you tell my parents that I'll be back in 2 years to help with Youkai and not to worry about me?"

Piccolo looked at her in slight shook and confusion. Dende however had an idea of what Yamako was planning and he didn't like it at all. If the Dragon Balls were already destroyed then it would be a waste of precious training time and if Gohan wasn't dead then bringing him back might change the course of history and their well-beings.

"Yamako I don't think you should-" Yamako cut him off.

"I'll be fine. Besides this is the only way. Take care and tell the others 'good-bye' for me. Laters!" Yamako smirked and walked towards the edge of the Lookout.

Dende and Piccolo were just about to stop her when suddenly the Universal Space Gateway opened and Yamako stepped through. It closed behind her and the tear sealed as though nothing had happened. Dende and Piccolo stared on in shock; their eyes wide open with disbelief and their mouths hit the floor. The 2 glanced at each other then back at the spot where Yamako had been seconds before. Neither 1 of them knew that Yamako possessed the ability to do that and it was extremely surprising considering that she was a Saiyan and Saiyans never have those powers, not even humans have enough physic powers to make a gateway; yet Yamako did and it was amazing yet also terrifying at the same time.

The 2 had not yet recovered when Trunks and the others arrived at the Lookout. Looking around he didn't see Yamako anywhere and he knew that she had come here to spar with Piccolo. Also he could tell from their faces that something had happened. Pan could sense it as well and she began to shake with worry.

"What's wrong? Where's Yamako?" she asked, her voice quivering slightly.

Dende and Piccolo turned around and looked at the daughter of Gohan with regret but at the same time fear. They knew her temper rivaled that of Bulma and Chichi and the fact that she was currently the second strongest being on the planet, next to Vegeta and Goku, she was a 100 times more terrifying. Trunks gulped and tried to keep his own temper in line. Dealing with 1 overprotective Super Saiyan parent was bad enough but 2 would be disastrous.

Dende sighed and decided that he couldn't hide it from them any longer. He was just glad that Jaketsu, Kurige, Jasumin, and Kasaiko weren't here. He didn't want the kids to hear that another enemy was coming or that Yamako was gone again. He was quite surprised to see Yamcha there. He hadn't been around much ever since the whole Evil Shenron incident. But what was even more surprising was the fact that he had brought his family. His wife and daughter were standing off to the side looking at all the fighters strangely, especially Goku and Vegeta. They knew about Saiyans but they had never seen any and the 2 pure bloods had their tails, which they hadn't been told about. Yamcha's wife was named Cherish Razuberii Hito (Hito is Yamcha's last name-since I don't know what it is) and his daughter was named Emma Melone Hito. Cherish seemed to be a generally cheerful and caring person. She had blond hair that came down to her mid-back and was neatly pulled back into a braid. She wore pink caprices, a white formfitting sleeveless shirt-dress with black around the chest, a black headband, and black dress sandals. Emma had blond hair that resembled Videl's hairstyle before she had it cut. Her outfit consisted of pink caprices, a white formfitting sleeveless tank top, a silver chocker and silver arm band on her upper left arm, and black go-go boots. Emma had her father's build and appeared to be fairly powerful. She was probably as strong as Camoren or even Videl.

Another unexpected visitor to show up was Majuub, who hadn't been around much since Uub stopped training with Goku; only showing up briefly during the Evil Shenron event to help by fusing with Majin Buu. Of course the training happened years ago back when Pan was a child and Uub had been an adult for many years now (before fusing with Majin Buu). Also when this fusion took place it was Uub's personality that dominated over Majin Buu's so Majuub was still a kid at heart much like Goku but not infant-like like Majin Buu. He was about 45 or so but since he aged like a Saiyan he didn't look that way. Pan was glad to see her childhood friend and since he was also the reincarnated form of Majin Buu and was now fused with the pink rubber ball he was very powerful. Pan noticed that he couldn't keep his eyes off of Emma and that she couldn't keep her eyes off of him. Emma was about 4 years older than Pan and so she was about 3 years younger than Majuub and apparently she found him quite attractive. The 2 were pretty close in age, unlike her and Trunks, and would probably be perfect for each other. Bra and Camoren were pretty close in age (only 2 years) and so were Marron and Goten (only 4 years) and they proved to be perfect couples. Pan and Trunks were as well but they were special; not many couples with such a large age difference last. Kumori had shown up as well, he was after all 1 of the most powerful warriors next to the Saiyans and Piccolo. He was now as strong as a Super Saiyan level 1 but he was sure that in no time he would be stronger than 1. Although Majuub was strong for a human because he was the reincarnated form and fused form of Majin Buu he was still only as strong as a Super Saiyan. Piccolo and the Saiyans were stronger than him and Kumori was even with him. However that didn't matter to him, he was training hard and was now 1 of the fastest in the group with the exception of the Saiyans at level 2 or higher.

Dende explained the situation to them while noticing how Emma and Majuub never took their eyes off the other. He had a feeling that the 2 were going to get along well together. The Z-Fighters listened intently while Dende continued to tell them all he knew about Youkai. When he was finished all the Z-Fighters seemed to understand all too clearly except for Tien and Chiaotzu who weren't there but up north in their kingdom. Once he explained things to them Piccolo reluctantly explained about Yamako leaving to Trunks and Pan. As he expected Pan screamed and all the Saiyans and Nameks plugged their ears from the noise. He told them he didn't know where she went but that she would be back and although Pan tried to get Dende to explain more he wouldn't. He knew how much it would upset Pan and everyone else for that matter, to hear about Gohan and he didn't want to get their hopes up if Yamako failed. He also wasn't a 100% positive about what she was planning and he didn't want to misguide them. Kumori however knew exactly what Yamako was up to. Yamako had told him everything but he wasn't about to tell her parents. He and Yamako had promised each other that they would respect the other's wishes and that they wouldn't tell anyone about what the other was planning if they didn't want the other to as long as the 2 kept no secrets from each other. Kumori smiled and headed back to his apartment to begin training; the others soon followed. All of them had the exact same thought on their minds.

Gohan where are you?!

Author's Note: That is a very good question and from the looks of it they are going to need his help. Hopefully Yamako will be able to find him in time and bring him back. Meanwhile the other Z Fighters better get their rears in gear for the fight ahead. Hopefully they haven't gotten into anything they cannot handle. I guess we'll just have to wait and find out... Remember to review!