A/N: Enjoy!

Bra's Despair

Grumble

Goku slowly stirred awake at the random noise that rang through his ears.

"Ugh, what's that sound?"

Grumble... Swoosh...

Okay, where is that... Oh...

Goku rubbed the back of his head awkwardly and laughed. "I guess I'm hungry ..." He said as he scuffled with the sheets to get off the bed; he stretched and yawned.

He turned and looked at the digital clock on the small drawer nearby and saw that it was past midnight. He frowned when he saw that since it meant that he had gotten less than three hours of sleep. He had been thinking too much...about Chi-Chi... about his son and of course the mysterious half Saiyan, Bra. It had taken forever to even start feeling droopy because he just couldn't stop having taboo thoughts of the beautiful woman. It was driving him insane and on top of that, it just didn't make sense. He barely knew the girl! I just met her two days ago! He yelled, his very voice bouncing off the corners of his mind.

He shook his head, trying to clear it as the Saiyan decided to try to ignore his thoughts and just find something to eat to shut his annoying stomach up, and then, perhaps he'd be able to get the sleep his body desperately craved.

Opening the door of his bedroom, he headed downstairs. The kitchen was quiet except for the occasional cricket sounds and howling winds outside since the porch glass sliding door was open.

Wait, what?

He observed the porch entrance and noticed the woman that's been attacking his head for hours. Her aqua hair glistened radiantly, the bright full moon making her look even more divine than she already was. His stomach lurched pleasantly at the sight, his heart rate increasing quickly.

The mood was ruined when he heard a tiny sob. Then another; this happened a few more times until finally, she broke down into a silent cry.

The older Saiyan Immediately forgot about his protesting stomach and headed to the upset young woman.

"Hey, what's wrong?"

Bra flinched, not expecting anyone to be awake at this time. She hastily wiped the tears from her eyes and cheeks, hoping that when she spoke, her voice didn't crack. "Nothing..." She answered, lamely.

The older Saiyan sat next to her. "Hmm, I highly doubt that... wanna talk about it?"

Bra nodded negatively. "Not really..." She faced the other Saiyan and saw that he was staring at her worriedly. She flushed at the intense look before looking away, stargazing again.

Goku had seen that her eyes were red-rimmed, a sign that she's been crying for a long while. He didn't know why but he felt strongly compelled to help her, to cure her pain and scare the demons that seemed to be haunting her.

Minutes passed before one of them broke the silence.

"It's just... I miss my family... my friends... I want my life back." The half Saiyan said, a stuttering sob escaping her lips.

Goku frowned thoughtfully, wanting to just hold her. It was almost as if his feelings for his wife were vanishing faster than they should be. The older Saiyan swallowed thickly, guilt continuously eating his conscious away. Does this mean that I was never actually in love with Chi-Chi? What if she does decide to take him back, would he want that? What made him feel worse at the moment was that he almost hoped she wouldn't take him back, in turn making it easier to break it off with her. Cowered... A small voice whispered within. What am I thinking? How can I do that to her?! Everyone would look at me like I'm a monster…

"I wish things would have turned out different so bad…I hate it! Hate hate hate it! Hate him!" She shouted as another sob stuttered past her lips.

Goku saw that her irises briefly turned turquoise, which concerned him. So he gave in. He wrapped his arms around her, holding her tightly. She tensed at first but then relaxed. The older Saiyan ran his hand through her silky soft hair, causing the wonderful vanilla scented conditioner to waft through his nostrils. Bra wept for what seemed like hours while Goku just continued to stroke her hair, trying to soothe her. Eventually, she stopped, pulled away and thanked the Saiyan for comforting her.

Bra smiled sorrowfully, wiping the last of her tears. "You're so sweet…you've always been in my timeline and I'm glad here you're no different."

Goku returned the look, giving her grin. "No problem. I just couldn't see you that way and not try to help."

The time traveler nodded before looking at the sky once more. After a minute or so of nothing but the sounds of nature, Bra spoke.

"In my timeline…there's nothing left. I'm sure Planet Earth exploded seconds after I warped into hyperspace…so I'm lucky I guess…" Yet I feel like I should have gone along with it. She added as an afterthought. "But even if it didn't, I wouldn't want to go back. I'm stuck here anyway since my time machine broke on landing."

Goku eyes enlarged. Wow… At least in Trunks' timeline, the planet is still intact... "Was it the Androids?"

Bra shook her head. "No. The Androids never even existed in my timeline. When I heard Piccolo tell us about that, I panicked because telling you all about another possible threatening villain would add to what you'll be facing in three years."

The older man nodded in agreement. "Yeah… dropping a bomb on top of another would have been overkill. So when exactly is this treat supposed to come here? Don't worry, this will stay between you and me until the times right."

The half Saiyan sighed. "It's kind of embarrassing because well…" Bra's cheeks reddened adorably. "It's supposed to happen about twenty years from now. Give or take."

Goku's jaw dropped to the floor. "You're kidding! That's so long from now…"

The young woman laughed nervously. "I know I know! Do you think I was trying to travel to this time period? The freaking planet was literally seconds from exploding and on top of that, my mom made the machine so complicated! I just didn't have the time to try to figure it out so I just punched random numbers and pushed go."

"Wait you said supposed…why?"

"I say that because either me being here changed things or this is just how this timeline goes." Bra started as she breathed in the chilly night air. "Majin Buu might not be here at all and if it is, it might happen in less than twenty years."

"That's the guy's name, Majin Buu? And he's already here?!"

"Yeah, and it's not man… or even a person. It's a monster and the only thing it knows is to destroy." Bra growled at all the unpleasant memories. "I'm going to go with the assumption that it is here. I was told that it has existed since before this planet existed. Buu is in a magically sealed ball, so it's harmless at this point."

"So if it's here already, why not find it and destroy it?" the male Saiyan questioned.

"Because I don't know where it is since I wasn't around the area when it was located. It might be in the same place as mine was or it might be elsewhere. It's probably underground and besides, even if we did find it, do you really think that we can kill it? Also, for all I know, it could be magically concealed, invisible to the naked eye. There is also the risk of waking it up if you attack it. Then we'd most certainly be screwed because we wouldn't be nowhere near its strength."

"Whoa, that strong huh!" Goku exclaimed with surprise. "So can you tell me how it got here? Just tell me the story because these bits and pieces are making it confusing."

Bra dragged her hand down her face, hating to have to tell her story. "Goku, I'm not going to bother telling you the whole story since it's very long. All your questions will be answered when I'm ready to talk or something; I'll just leave it at that. However, I will tell you what it's capable of and how it looks like."

Goku nodded and waited patiently for her to continue.

"It looks very strange. Its pink, has white pants and on top of its head is a long antenna."

Bra's orbs seemed to become distant as she began to recall Buu's special abilities. "Its greatest ability is that it is able to capture and integrate a person into its being and gain its victim's power and mind along with all their special abilities. Buu has shown to possess the skill of quickly learning a signature move by merely watching it performed once and it usually does that if that's all it wants to learn. But if it finds a person to be greatly skilled or a threat to him, he would rather absorb them to get everything they know."

"Buu….it's like a humanoid pink bubble gum-" Goku blinked. "Now-now listen to all I have to say before calling me crazy! Anyways, back to the bubble gum analogy thingy. Do you know how with gum, you can bend, squish, and twist it in every possible direction? Hell, you can even rip a piece off of it and stick it back together."

Goku nodded.

"That's what Buu is like! I don't think there is anything more durable than that monster! Seriously! My father blasted right through its stomach and the monster was able to close the wound within a blink of an eye! Father even went as far as blasting it to tiny pieces and still, Buu could regenerate! Do you know that even blowing it into particles doesn't work? The bastard can just reform itself while in vapor form and within seconds become solid again!"

"Whoa! That's insane!" Goku said, shocked with what he was hearing. "Hey, what do you mean by integrating into its being?"

"Oh, absorption."

"Absorption?" he echoed, having a bad feeling he was not going to like what she was going to tell him next. "How does that work?"

"All it needs to do is have a piece of itself slither onto his target and consume them, and he has done this in various ways. The best is through sneaky methods, usually done when his foe is unguarded. The goo has no ki, so you have to see it to even have a chance of evading it. Kami, it's freaking disgusting watching that pink gunk engulfs someone entirely!" She shivered when she recalled how Piccolo was consumed, his hands flailing wildly as he desperately tried to claw the pink goo off of him, but just couldn't. "He can…he can also absorb you by turning you into sweets." She blushed

To his credit, Goku just coughed.

"Back to the first methods of absorption. Once its target's will to fight is gone, the creepy goo will join back with Buu, becoming one with it. Goku, I watched you, Piccolo, Gohan, and my father get absorbed! I was helpless to save anybody! It's sadistic! Instead of absorbing me, it wanted to toy with me. Taunt me about how much of a failure I was.

Goku's mouth dropped. "You wanted him to absorb you too?"

Bra's eyes watered again with anguish; Goku hated it.

"You think I wanted to live knowing that everyone was dead? Kami! I don't even know if you could die while inside that disgusting freak, but I just didn't care at the time!"

Bra grimaced. "I honestly think it's impossible to kill. Sealing it back where it originally was sealed might be the only way to defeat it; that or prevent it from being released in the first place. That, however, couldn't be done because the wizard who had the ability to do so was killed by Buu, when it turned on him."

"Did this wizard create him?" Goku questioned. He was starting to become frightened, which that in itself scared him since he wasn't afraid of anything…well not anything except needles.

Unlike other fights, Goku didn't think that he could gain any excitement fighting this... thing.

"Maybe…" Bra suddenly smiled weakly. "You know, if it wasn't for Dende suggesting that I use my mom's time machine, I doubt I'd be here."

Goku tilted his head thoughtfully at where he had heard that name before. His eyes then lit up.

"Dende is that little Namekian kid I met during the fight with Frieza, right?"

Bra nodded. "Yeah. Keep him in the back of your mind by the way."

"Huh? Why?"

Bra finally gave a true smile. "You'll know when the time comes…if it does. Don't worry, this is a good thing."

"Oh…" Goku suddenly found himself being hugged by the half Saiyan; Goku returned it.

"Thank you, Goku…I needed to let that out. Maybe now I can get some sleep." Bra took in the older Saiyan's scent, causing her to shiver slightly. Goku…

Bra pulled away, not wanting to do another thing that she might regret, and smiled brightly.

"What do you say tomorrow we start training with the others for the Androids?"

The Saiyan grinned back. "You bet!"

After that, they both said their goodnights and went their separate ways, falling asleep instantly once in bed. Goku never realized that his hungry had disappeared. He was too busy dreaming about the aqua haired female half Saiyan to even remember.

On the other side, Bra smiled dreamily.

The original sucked, so I decided to redo a lot of it...9 years later. I still don't like it =/

(Massive Edit: 6/30/2020)

(Posted: 9-9-2013)

~Gater~