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"talking"

thinking

:communicating through a bond or telepathically:

dream or something happening within a dream

"talking within a dream"

something written/read like a sign or a note

Disclaimer: I don't own any DBZ.

Chapter Twenty: Dreams & Gravity
3 years later

Yamako was running down a long path surrounded by dark red walls with no other being in sight. As Yamako was running she started to notice blurs on either side of her as she pasted. First a single blur on each side then 2 then 3 until there was an endless stream of blurs that went back for eternity. Yamako looked over her left shoulder and finally noticed the endless field of unrecognizable figures. Noticing this she slowed to a stop. When she did she gasped in shock at what she saw. She was gazing at an endless field of Super Saiyans. Although it was clear that they were Super Saiyans none of them had any recognizable distinguishing characteristics. She looked all around her and found that she was surrounded by thousands of Super Saiyans and they were all staring at her. Yamako's mouth dropped open in shock and she kept whirling around and looking at all the Saiyans wondering how they could all be Super Saiyans. After a few moments all the Saiyans turned there heads skyward and stared at something. Yamako looked at them in confusion before following their gaze. Yamako's eyes widened in shock as she saw a giant ki blast heading straight for her and the Saiyans. The ki blast struck them and exploded. Yamako crossed her arms defensively in front of her face. Yamako gritted her teeth as the energy stung and burned away her jacket and burned her right arm. After a moment the burning stopped and Yamako lowered her arms. A look of shock and horror came across her face at the scene in front of her. She stepped back slightly and looked around as her eyes widened and her mouth dropped open. She couldn't believe her eyes. 1 moment they were there the next they were gone (lying dead round her). Yamako suddenly heard a low and cruel laugh.

"You can't escape your destiny or your past! Your time has come Saiyan!" said the voice as a black shadow like demon face appeared right in front of her, laughing.

"I don't think so!" Yamako cried as she charged forward and leaped forward as she punched for the face.

Yamako went through the face and into a completely black chamber on the other side of the face. She rolled into a kneeling position and looked around. After giving a quick look around she stood up and started trying to pick up a signal from the thing that had been taunting her. Yamako couldn't detect anything but at that instant she heard the sound of footsteps. Her head snapped forward and she began to crotch into a fighting stance but stopped when she caught a glimpse of a familiar ki. Yamako's eyes widened ever so slightly as she relaxed her muscles a little. Yamako looked in the direction the ki and footsteps were coming from. In a minute Vegeta stepped out of the shadows and stood there looking at her with his arms crossed over his chest. Yamako's breath caught in her throat and she dropped her guard completely. A moment later Gohan stepped out of the shadows behind him. Gohan stood behind and just to the right of Vegeta and looked at Yamako. Yamako's mouth opened slightly in shock. Her eyes widened a little more when Goku stepped out of the shadows and stood behind and just to the left of Vegeta and looked at her. Yamako watched as Trunks then Pan and finally Goten stepped out of the shadows and stood behind the others. Yamako stared at them in shock while they looked at her with emotionless expressions. Then behind them in the distance the shadowy, faint images of everyone else she cared about, her family and friends, appeared huddled together. Kumori was slightly ahead of all the others and much clearer. He was the only 1 with a smile on his face as he looked at her lovingly. They (everyone) looked at each other for a few minutes before Vegeta and the others turned their gazes rightward and skyward. Yamako looked at them in question for a moment before following their gaze. Her mouth dropped open when she saw a ki blast heading straight for the others. Yamako turned to look at them in shock and horror. The others simply kept watching the sky and Yamako quickly turned back towards the blast. After a moment she looked back to the others just in time to see them get hit full force with the ki blast.

"NOOOOOOOO!" Yamako cried as she extended her right hand towards them, as if she was trying to pull them away to safety.

At that moment the image of the others surrounded by the ki blast shattered as if it were glass and fell away into oblivion. Yamako's expression turned to 1 of disbelief and a somewhat horrified sorrow. Yamako pulled her arm back slightly and relaxed it a little.

"They're…gone…" Yamako said in an unbelieving shaky voice.

Yamako snapped out of her disbelief by the sound of the same cruel laughter echoing all around her. Yamako looked to the sky and all around her as the laughter got louder and louder.

"The fate of all you know is in my hands. Everyone you hold dear will perish before your eyes. You can't stop it. You too will DIE! HAHAHA!"

At that moment the ground beneath Yamako rose slightly and began to shake. In an instant the ground underneath her exploded outwards and Yamako crossed her arms defensively in front of her face as she cried out. It wasn't long before the brightness of the explosion hid her figure from sight.

Yamako snapped awake with a cry. She sat up in her bed and gripped the sheet in her fists as she panted heavily. Yamako sat there catching her breath with vacant eyes. Her breathing began to slow and her mind started working again as the dream's affects began to wear off.

Those dreams again… But what do they mean? Yamako thought as she gripped the sheet tighter.

When Yamako's breathing returned to normal and life returned to her eyes she quickly got out of bed. Yamako looked at the clock by her bed and saw that it was 1 a.m. She groaned. She had just gotten finished training with Vegeta in the Gravity Chamber an hour ago. Yamako changed from a tank top and sweat pants into her everyday clothes. Yamako walked over to her dresser and grabbed the orange bandana from the top of it and tied it around her head. Yamako then tapped the middle of the dresser top 3 times and a small panel opened revealing the Saiyan Royal Family Talisman. Yamako quickly put it on and hid the talisman inside her shirt. Looking around she began searching for her sword in the dark. Finding it on her chair by her dresser she grabbed it and strapped it to her back. Yamako turned towards the window to leave and her eyes instantly focused on her silver star necklace that she had gotten when she was born hanging on the edge of the head-board for the bed. Yamako smiled ever so slightly at it. She used to wear it all the time when she was younger, but now it simply hung there as a reminder of the importance of looking out for family. Yamako had stopped wearing it when she became old enough and powerful enough for Vegeta not to hold back (or at least not very much) when training with her. The chain of the necklace would always brake during a grueling training session so she ended up having to get a new chain every day. Shaking her head she left memory lane behind and set her thoughts on the present. She needed a place to really think and she knew just the place. Yamako walked over to her window and opened it quietly. Yamako quickly and silently slipped out of her room. Yamako flew through the air and soon landed at Kazefern Cliff. Yamako let out a breath and closed her eyes as she tried desperately to calm her normally unshakeable nerves.

What is wrong with me?! I am the Princess of all Saiyans! I shouldn't be this shook up. It was just a dream!

"But…" Yamako stated slowly as she opened her eyes. "…real dreams can't hurt you." Yamako said as she looked down at her right arm and saw the large burn covering her entire forearm.

Closing her eyes and letting out a disgruntled sigh she opened her eyes as she raised her left hand to her arm and held it over the burn. Her hand gently began emitting a small golden glow and her arm soon had a little golden glow around it as her burn slowly started to heal. Yamako dropped her arm back to her side and stared ahead of her with a determined look plastered on her face.

This has gone on long enough! It's time to get serious about training and discover what all my visions mean! Yamako thought as a she frowned slightly.

Yamako nodded gently and took off back to Capsule Corp. She pushed the blue button and changed into her training clothes. Yamako quickly landed at Capsule Corp. and instantly went into the Gravity Chamber. Although it would've been much more effective to train at her lair she didn't think about it at the time. Subconsciously she reasoned that going to her lair for several weeks on end would cause her family to worry and constantly interrupt her training by contacting her or searching for her. Either way she wouldn't get the training she wanted. Besides, she could lock out the Gravity Chamber's controls and make it impossible for anyone to shut it down if she wanted and as long as they knew where she was and that they could get her to the infirmary if something really serious happened they weren't likely to interrupt her. They all knew the consequences of that.

Yamako went over to the control room and began encrypting the system so she'd be the only 1 capable of altering or turning off the gravity. Once she had locked down the computer she went into the Gravity Chamber and turned the gravity to 4000 times the normal gravity. Yamako crouched down and with a cry went level 3. Yamako quickly activated the defense system. Yamako bounced a ki blast back and forth, dodging it and deflecting it without getting seriously hurt. She did this for a couple hours before deactivating the defense system and working on her form.

When she didn't show up for breakfast at 7 a.m. her parents came out to search for her. When Yamako ignored their requests to come out they went to eat and hoped that Vegeta would be able to talk to her when he joined her. However, after breakfast Vegeta came out to join her but she refused to let him in and ordered the computer to bolt the door. Vegeta was almost ready to destroy the thing to get her out but didn't want to run the risk of killing her so he called Bulma out there to open it. Bulma tried to unlock it but found that she was denied access. Annoyed and angry Vegeta went to do his training elsewhere while Bulma tried to decrypt Yamako's encryption and regain control of the Gravity Chamber. Trunks went to work and Pan got Jasumin ready for school.

SCENE CHANGE

For a week straight Bulma worked on cracking the code Yamako had programmed into the Gravity Chamber's computer to lock everyone out but still wasn't much closer to cracking it than she was a week ago. Bulma had long since transferred Yamako's code to the computer lab inside the building so she could work on it in a more comfortable place. During that time Vegeta was getting more and more pissed that he couldn't train in there but luckily for everyone he had found an old space capsule to train in but the gravity he could set it to was much lower than what he preferred. Meanwhile Trunks and Pan were becoming more and more worried with each passing day. Yamako refused to come out even to eat or sleep and they were starting to become paranoid about her. Even Kumori, who knew exactly how much she was really capable of, was starting to get worried about her. However, Yamako didn't care. She was dead set on finding out what her visions meant and she wasn't going to stop training until she found out, even if she died in the process.

SCENE CHANGE

"DAMN IT!" Bulma screamed as she slammed her fists down on the computer table making it shake and nearly causing her empty coffee mug to plummet to the floor.

"Any luck…?" Kumori asked hesitantly from the doorway.

Bulma turned towards him with rage burning in her eyes. She had tried everything she could think of to crack Yamako's code and it had all failed. Nothing had ever taken her this long to figure out and it was driving her insane. No matter what calculation she imputed, no matter what command she initialized the computer wouldn't grant her access. Kumori cringed slightly. Maybe trying to talk to Bulma right now wasn't such a good idea. Bulma sighed heavily. She turned back around and put her face in her hand.

"I'm sorry Kumori… I'm just tired and frustrated with your girlfriend's encryption. I just can't seem to find a way through."

"No backdoor huh?" Kumori asked as he strolled a few feet into the room.

"Not 1 that I have yet to find anyway…" Bulma sighed.

Kumori closed his eyes and nodded slightly in understanding. Yamako's code was going to end up driving everyone insane.

Bulma growled slightly in annoyance. "I don't get it! How could Yamako pull off something like this in a matter of days?! It'd take me months to come up with something this complex!" Bulma growled again as she let her head sink into her palms.

"Actually I think it was hours…" Kumori said cautiously.

Bulma whipped around faster than Kumori thought possible to look at him with an unbelieving, and pretty angry, expression on her face. Kumori gulped and began inching his way towards the exit.

"You're kidding right…?" Bulma asked emotionlessly.

"Ah…" Kumori laughed nervously as he finally reached the doorway. "…no…" Kumori said quietly before he dashed out of the room as fast as he could.

From down the hall Kumori heard Bulma scream in frustration and the sound of Bulma's coffee mug shattering as it hit the wall she'd thrown it at. Kumori let out a breath and nearly banged his head against the wall for being so stupid.

Way to go moron! Tell a very pissed off Bulma that Yamako managed to pull something off in hours that would take her weeks to do. Especially when she's racking her brain trying to decode Yamako's commands. Yeah…real smart! I'm just glad she's not a Saiyan. Kumori thought as he sighed and calmly walked off.

SCENE CHANGE

Bulma took a few deep breaths and managed to calm herself. She'd have to remember to apologize to Kumori for how she reacted. There was no excuse for her overreacting like she had. All that stress had just gotten to her and overwhelmed her. Bulma sat back in her chair and closed her eyes as she cleared her thoughts. Bulma let out another large breath as she started tapping the computer table.

"You alright Grandma Bulma?"

Bulma opened her eyes and turned to look at the doorway. She smiled slightly when she saw Jasumin standing in the doorway holding the straps of her backpack with her hands and her head tilted to the side slightly in question.

"Hey Sweetheart. Did you just get back from school?" Bulma asked smiling.

Jasumin nodded. "Yeah…Kaz and I just got here. Kaz is waiting for me in the backyard. Mommy went to call Aunt Bra and tell her that Kaz is here and to come over with Uncle Cam."

"So what are you doing here?"

"I came to ask you about something."

Bulma tilted her head slightly. "Oh really…? About what?"

"Well my teacher said that when I can't figure out how to solve a problem that I should try working backwards from the end to the beginning. Does that work for everything?" Jasumin asked prancing over and jumping into another chair right next to Bulma and looking up at her with big curious eyes.

Bulma smiled at her and thought for a moment. "For most problems it does."

"What about this…?" Jasumin asked pointing to the computer screen. "Does it work for this 1 too…?"

Bulma chuckled slightly. "That problem is too complex for that to…" Bulma trailed as a thought suddenly struck her. "Wait a second…" Bulma said almost to herself as she began furiously typing in several commands.

Jasumin watched her curiously as Bulma entered in the data. Bulma watched the computer screen intensely as it went completely black with the exception of a small flashing vertical line in the upper left hand corner of the screen. Bulma crossed her fingers and prayed that this would work. After about half a minute the vertical line disappeared and a split second later the screen of complex data reappeared on the monitor. Bulma leaned back and sighed sadly as her eyes closed. A second later the computer beeped and Bulma's eyes shot open and she stared at the computer screen.

"Level 1 access granted…" the electronic voice stated as a small green icon appeared in the middle of the screen which had 'ACCESS GRANTED' written across it in big white letters.

"I don't believe it…!" Bulma said in disbelief.

Bulma stared at the flashing icon in shock. Jasumin looked at her wondering what was up with her. Slowly a large grin broke out across Bulma's face.

"IT WORKED! YES!" Bulma screamed as stood and accidentally toppled Jasumin's chair, sending her to the floor.

Jasumin picked herself off the floor and looked at Bulma with confusion. Bulma looked down at Jasumin with a giant grin plastered on her face.

"JAZ YOU'RE A GENIUS!" Bulma cried as she picked up Jasumin and hugged her.

"You must take after me." Bulma said as she set Jasumin down.

Jasumin smiled brightly and laughed a little. Bulma beamed at her happily as she laughed slightly.

"Glad I could help Grandma Bulma!" Jasumin said as skipped out of the room.

On the way out Jasumin passed Trunks as he walked into the room wondering what all the yelling was about. Jasumin smiled and waved at her father before heading to her room to put her school stuff away before going to join Kasaiko in the backyard. Trunks had just gotten off of work when he heard Bulma scream excitedly and he came to see what had happened. Pan and Goten also walked over. Goten and Marron had brought Jaketsu and Kurige over after school to play with the girls. Right now Marron was in the backyard with Camoren and Bra watching the kids. Bulma grinned at them as they entered.

"What's up Mom?" Trunks asked.

"I just got through the first level of Yamako's code." Bulma said smugly.

Trunks, Pan, and Goten all broke out into smiles. They looked at each other before looking back at Bulma.

"That's great! What did you do?" Pan asked excitedly.

"Well I had tried everything I could think of and I didn't have any luck. It was actually Jaz's idea."

"Well what was it?!" Pan asked impatiently.

"I was trying to solve it from the beginning of Yamako's code. Then Jaz asked me if working backwards would work for her code too. That made me realize that that was the only thing I hadn't tried yet." Bulma paused for a moment. "I've got to hand it to Yamako. That was ingenious the way she made the encoding for the higher levels of access at the beginning of the encryption. It's impossible to unlock the coding for the higher levels of access without unlocking the coding for the lower levels first. That's why I couldn't crack it." Bulma stated admiringly.

"So does this mean that we can shut down the Gravity Chamber now?" Trunks asked hopefully.

Bulma sighed. "Unfortunately no… I've only managed to get level 1 access. That means that I can monitor the gravity and possibly unlock the door but Yamako still has full control over the gravity and it will take me awhile to get through the other levels of coding."

"Well it's a start. At least we'll know how hard she's pushing herself and maybe we'll be able to get Dad in there to talk to her." Trunks beamed.

Bulma nodded and quickly transferred the new data back to the Gravity Chamber's control room. Bulma called for Vegeta to come to the Gravity Chamber as Pan called her parents and grandparents to tell them the news. In no time Gohan, Videl, Goku, and Chichi appeared in the front yard. Pan, Trunks, and Goten joined them and went to meet up with Bulma and Vegeta in front of the Gravity Chamber. Kumori came out too followed closely by Jasumin. She wanted to be there when they found out about how hard Yamako was training. Everyone gathered around as Bulma typed in the commands that would display the level of gravity Yamako was training under on the monitor.

"Well…?" Videl asked.

"Alright just a few more commands and…" Bulma mumbled almost to herself as she typed in the last commands. "There!" Bulma stated as she pushed enter. "The level of gravity should be displayed in a few seconds."

The computer screen began scrolling through the data. Everyone's eyes were glued to the screen. A few seconds passed and the monitor went black. A second later an icon appeared in the center of the screen and a second after that the gravity level was displayed.

"WHAT?!" everyone but Vegeta and Kumori cried in shock at the same time.

The icon displayed the gravity be at 4100. Everyone's eyes grew wide as it flashed in big white numbers on the screen. Vegeta just stared at the screen dumbfounded. He himself was only capable of withstanding 1000 times gravity and the fact that Yamako, his 24 year-old granddaughter, could withstand over 4 times that much was astonishing to him. But it wasn't nearly as astonishing as the fact that he wasn't aware that she could withstand that much. Kumori was a little shocked too. He knew that she could withstand over 2000 times the normal gravity when she got back from the Dragon's Den but didn't know she had jumped to over 4000 in just 4 years.

"WHAT IN THE WORLD DOES SHE THINK SHE'S DOING?!" Chichi screamed hysterically.

Everyone cringed. Luckily, Chichi calmed down a little after a minute or two.

"What is she thinking training under that type of gravity?" Gohan asked.

"Mom can you get the door open?" Trunks asked.

"I'll try…" Bulma said as she began to furiously start typing on the keyboard. "…Alright…I got it…" Bulma smiled as she paused for a moment as everyone heard the door unbolt.

"Vegeta…can you get her out of there?" Gohan asked.

As much as he hated to admit that he wasn't strong enough to he didn't have a choice. He shook his head. He'd last about a minute in there before getting crushed to death.

"Not under that kind of gravity." Vegeta regretfully stated.

Everyone sighed. Kumori looked around at all of their concerned faces and knew that he had to say something. He sighed heavily. He just knew he was going to regret this. When Yamako found out she was going to kill him for telling but he was worried about her too. He knew what she was capable of more than the others but that didn't stop him from worrying about her safety considering the level of gravity she was training under.

"Hey Bulma I think level 1 access will allow you to regain control of the gravity. At least until Yamako's backup systems take over again." Kumori stated hesitantly.

Everyone turned to look at him in curiosity for a moment before turning back to look at Bulma as she began typing in commands again. Bulma typed in about a dozen commands before the computer beeped and the screen went blank and the icon displaying the gravity disappeared. The screen slowly scrolled the data before the icon reappeared with the gravity displayed but slowly dropping from 4100 to 800 times the gravity.

"Alright…I was able to get it down to 800 but it will only stay that low for about 10 minutes. After that Yamako's back up programs will kick in and restore control to Yamako." Bulma stated as she turned to Vegeta. "Vegeta go in there and get her out of there."

Vegeta nodded and walked over to the door. The door slid open as he stepped inside and took a few steps forward allowing the door to shut behind him.

Author's Note: Wow talk about a freaky dream. Yamako isn't even safe sleeping anymore. And talk about insane! Training at 4100 times normal gravity. Yamako is truly nuts. And what will happen now that Vegeta is going into the Gravity Chamber to talk to her? And what about the fact that her dreams are capable of hurting her now? What does that mean? Find the answers in the chapters to come. Anyways hope you liked to review!