Goku had been soaring over the landscape for some time now, double-checking the most common training spots in his search for the missing Saiyajin prince. So far, his search had only turned up a new nest of tetradactyl eggs, which Goku had made a mental note to come back and check on later.
Gohan and Rejhan were also out searching somewhere, while Myshel was back at Capsule Corp. trying her best to comfort Bulma.
'Something's definitely not right,' Goku mused as he continued to scan the landscape. 'First the two boys, and now Vegeta. The boys hiding away somewhere I can understand, but it's just not like Vegeta to vanish like this. And I can't even sense him, so he isn't off training somewhere…'
Goku's thoughts were suddenly interrupted as his nose picked up a most peculiar smell. Stopping in mid air, he turned around to face the source of the appetising sent. Breathing in deep, Goku drifted closer to the ground as the sent became stronger.
"Oh boy, does that smell good!" he exclaimed, flying even lower. As his feet touched the ground, his stomach gave an almighty growl, causing the Saiyajin to chuckle.
"Guess I am kinda hungry," he admitted, once more following his nose. Pretty soon trees surrounded him, and his mouth was watering at the delectable aroma.
Stepping out into a clearing, Goku was puzzled to see a bonfire burning. After scanning the area, Goku couldn't see anyone around. As he approached the flames, the wind blew a gust of smoke into his face…at least he thought it was smoke. As he breathed in the substance, he was suddenly overwhelmed by the delicious fragrance.
"Man, that smells gooooooood," dragging out the final word, Goku suddenly collapsed onto the ground, fast asleep.
Hidden amongst the trees, a dark-clad figure emerged into the clearing. Taking one look at the sleeping Saiyajin, he gave a devious laugh.
"Four down, and only one to go."
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'That's not good,' Rejhan thought to herself as her father's ki suddenly took a nosedive and vanished.
"Gohan!" She called out to her twin, who was several hundred meters away from her. "Gohan!"
"What!" the demi-Saiyajin yelled back, drifting closer to his sister so that he could hear what she had to say.
"Can you sense dad anywhere?" she asked desperately.
"What?" Gohan asked with a frown. 'Why does she want to know that?'
"He was there a minute ago, and now he's gone! I can't sense him!" Rejhan added in a panicked voice, not even realising what she had said until it was too late.
"What do you mean, you can't sense him? I didn't think…"
"Never mind that now. We have to find him!" Rejhan interrupted, turning the flying nimbus in the direction that she had last sensed her father in.
Puzzled, Gohan followed. Something had been nagging him about his twin for a while now, yet it was like he was missing a crucial piece of the puzzle, and nothing else made sense without it.
His twin was out early most mornings, often returning in a state that suggested that she had undergone a serious workout. Her new friend, Myshel, was a girl whose ki was definitely higher than a normal human's. And there was definitely more to their friendship than the two of them were letting on. Now she'd just let slip that she could sense people's ki levels. Exactly what was Rejhan up to?
Snapping out of his thoughts, Gohan was just in time to see both the golden cloud and his sister disappear under a canopy of trees. Sighing, he followed after her, catching up to her in a deserted clearing.
"He was here," Rejhan muttered, pacing the area. "I know he was."
"Rej, no one's here," Gohan said, absentmindedly kicking the charred remains of a fire.
"Someone was here," Rejhan shot back.
"Well, they're not now," Gohan replied, unconcerned.
"Aren't you even the least bit worried? Dad's missing!" Rejhan stressed.
"We don't know that," Gohan said soothingly, approaching his obviously distressed sister. "Look, why don't we head home and wait for him? It's nearly time for dinner anyway."
Rejhan was reluctant to move, yet Gohan had a firm grip on her shoulders, and was steering her back in the direction of the waiting nimbus cloud. Once she was safely back on, Gohan took to the air, calling after the yellow cloud to follow him. All the while, Rejhan remained silent, desperately trying to locate her father's ki. Yet, as with Goten, Trunks, and Vegeta, he had simply vanished from her senses.
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Rejhan couldn't sleep. Somewhere at the end of the house, she knew that her mother was crying herself to sleep. Goku hadn't returned home in time for dinner, nor had he been 'fashionably' late. He simply hadn't turned up at all, and at Rejhan's insistence, Gohan had found his father imposable to locate when he tried sensing him. He had vanished, just like the other three.
Sighing, Rejhan rolled over and grabbed her phone, dialling the number that Myshel had given her for her room at Capsule Corp.
"Hello?" Myshel answered with a yawn.
"Hi, it's me," Rejhan replied quickly. "We need to talk."
Twenty minutes later, Rejhan quietly landed in the park that the two girls often trained in. Myshel was seated on a nearby bench, and rose to her feet as she saw her friend approach.
"There's something funny going on here," Rejhan stated. "All of these disappearances. They're all Saiyajins. I mean, Trunks and Vegeta both have ties to Capsule Corp., so I could understand a ransom. But who would actually be able to take two Saiyajins on and win? And why take Goten and my dad?" Rejhan stressed, flopping down on the bench.
Myshel stood for a moment, thinking the situation over. It was definitely strange that four Saiyajins had simply vanished without a trace. Yet why them? Vegeta and Trunks did have ties to the richest company on Earth, yet hardly anyone knew that the Sons were close friends of the Briefs. Unless…
"Could it be possible that someone is targeting Saiyajins?" Myshel posed, studying Rejhan's reaction.
"I dunno. Who would be crazy enough, or strong enough to take on a Saiyajin? After what happened between Frieza and my dad, you'd think no one in their right mind would go near us," Rejhan said with a frown.
"I know. But what other link is there?" Myshel asked, and Rejhan couldn't think of anything to say in response. There simply wasn't any other link.
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She was on the move. Yet how was that possible? Gohan strained his senses, trying not to loose the faint power level that he could feel coming from his sister.
He had lain awake, focusing on Rejhan's ki signature in the next room. He hadn't felt anything strange from her; just the usual level that he had always been able to sense.
She had made a phone call. He had heard her talking to someone on the other end. And then, much to his surprise, he had felt a slight flare in her energy before it had been quickly suppressed. If he hadn't have been paying so close attention to his twin, he probably wouldn't have even noticed it.
And then suddenly she was moving. Yet Gohan was certain that Rejhan wasn't using the flying nimbus to get around. Why would she flare her ki if she was? Which left only one other explanation; Rejhan could fly.
As quietly as he could, Gohan opened up his bedroom window and leaped out into the night sky. Suppressing his ki as much as possible, he took off in the direction that Rejhan's ki had headed in.
"What the…?" he muttered as a second ki signature caught his attention. It was weak, like Rejhan's, yet Gohan would have bet a fortune on the fact that it was only weak because it was being deliberately suppressed.
'That's coming from the direction of Capsule Corp.,' Gohan mused, following the direction that the unknown person was flying in. 'And it's going to the same place as Rej.'
Moving forwards once again, Gohan continued to fly carefully after his sister. She was some way ahead of him still, yet Gohan didn't dare go any faster in case he was noticed.
This midnight meeting proved that Rejhan was definitely up to something, and Gohan was determined to find out exactly what she was playing at.
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Author's note. Hey all! I finally got my new laptop, so I'm writing again! Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, and keep an eye out for the next one!
Rejhan.
