I am known as many things, but to you, I'm your creeping death.

Bubun: Shi

The man was being oddly quiet as he sat in the corner. Things would be harder than if they could trust him. They had no clue who he was… damn it Hitomi. He looked up at the people sitting at the table. Saiyans, good ol' saiyans. They were the only ones who could do shit all for well… the world.

With a sigh the man stood up and walked over to the table, he didn't sit down though. He wanted height over them. He didn't smile, his face remained neutral, even though he felt frantic.

He cleared his throat and began. "My name is Kokoro Kurayamino… I know of you because you are Earth's saviours," he paused unsure of what to say, he hated making speeches… "I, in a way, protected the people once, not like you though, or Dende for that matter."

He looked down at the confused faces, Goku and Goten especially. The rest seemed to understand him, Vegeta and Sederi looked rather impatient.

"There is a great darkness… it kills without mercy. Its only wish is for chaos," he smiled in an almost ironic way, but soon his cold emotionless face returned to him. "She killed your only chance."

"What?" Gohan asked, the guy really wasn't making much sense; he was obviously nervous and or frantic.

"She killed the Yume Mis… uh… the keepers of the dreamscape."

"Dreamscape?"

"Yes… that's where she is, for now. I'm the last Yume Mi," he said rather bluntly, he kept staring at Gohan though. "This darkness, killed them all through a much more powerful magic than they possessed, and humans as well. The only people who can kill him… are, well, not humans."

"Why does this concern us if it's in this dream place?" Vegeta asked in his royal manner.

"Well… the dreamscape is connected to the physical plane as well. You see, there are two parts to everyone; they have their body and their soul. If this thing wins-"

"We lose our souls?" Vensu asked.

"Yes," Kokoro said looking at her with a little nod.

"Why were only you and humans affected?" Gohan asked, trying to figure this out in his head.

"Simple, this is the dreamscape of Terra, Earth."

"There's a different dreamscape to every planet then?"

Kokoro nodded yet again.

"Piccolo could help out too then," Gohan suggested.

"That makes sense," Goku chimed in, he wasn't too sure what they were talking about, but if it was a fight, all the help was needed.

Kokoro looked at them, he almost felt guilty inside. Then again… why should he? He was saving the world. They were helping. No guilt could come from victory… so maybe he wasn't guilty about asking them; maybe he was guilty about Manako.

It's coming…

"What is! What is!"

…Death…

That had been the first time he had talked to her since… well, since Vegeta killed her, in a sense. He thought she had gone completely mad, maybe she had, but she still kept an eye on her dreamscape. Once Hitomi died, she was the most powerful Yume Mi. Power never saved Hitomi though, it killed her, and all the other Yume Mis.

"I've got to go now," Kokoro said, snapping out of his daze. "Decide if you want to help or not, I'll be back tomorrow." He started to walk back towards the shadows.

"Wait!" The voice stopped and he swung around to see Vensu standing up, all saiyans looked at her. "Why is this thing killing?"

Kokoro looked a bit dumbfounded at the question. "You'll have to ask her."

"Where are you going?"

"I'll be back tomorrow. Right now I have to get a… friend." He could feel the smirk spread across his face then. "Decide if you want to help or not by then."

And then he disappeared into the shadows like he never existed. They all stared in the place he just was. How had he done that? Where had he gone? More importantly, should they help?

"I don't trust him," Sederi said, and stood up.

"You don't trust anybody…" Vensu mumbled and sat back down.

"I agree with him…" Vegeta added.

"Well I don't know if we should trust him yet or not, but something tells me that he's not lying," Gohan said readjusting his glasses.

"Hey… but aren't we half human?" Trunks asked looking at the rest in a confused manner.

"Maybe it doesn't matter… just as long as we have blood of another race in us."

"Does that mean I have two souls?" Goten asked.

"You are such a retard…" Trunks mumbled glaring.

"Shut up lover-boy-OW!"

"Will you shut up!" Sederi yelled at the two who instantly went silent. They didn't know how strong Sederi was, but they knew he had no control over his temper and they didn't want to find out how strong he was.

"Sederi…" Vensu groaned, banging her head on the table.

"We should help him," Goku chimed in. "We're Earth's protectors right? Well so's he, so doesn't it make sense to fight with him?"

"But we don't know if he's lying to us…" Gohan pointed out.

"True… but we won't find out if he's telling us the truth unless we decide to help him."

"You're so naïve it disgusts me Kakarot…" Vegeta scowled.

"He's the strongest out of you all?" Sederi asked, pointing to Goku in pure shock.

Vegeta glared at him.

"I think Gohan's stronger than dad…" Goten said.

"When he snaps." Trunks added.

"You two truly never grew up did you?" Gohan asked at a loss.

"Growing up is over-rated," Trunks replied.

"Yeah, and when that happens Trunks is gonna end up throwing cats at-"

WHACK

"Well I'm keeping those two brats out of this vote…" Sederi said.

"HEY!"

"I say we help." Goku said.

"I'm with my father on this one," Gohan agreed.

"I see no reason to not trust Kokoro, I say we help," Vensu added, looking up from the table.

Sederi shot her a glare. "Fine… we'll help."

"Do whatever you want," Vegeta mumbled.

"Veggie!"

Trunks and Goten almost fell off their chairs laughing at Vensu's outburst, but they kept it in for the sake of their lives.

"…Fine…"

BANG

BANG

BANG

BANG

BA-

"ONE FUCKING SECOND!" Came the singsong murderous voice from the house.

Kokoro waited patiently as he listened to about one hundred locks being unlocked and then was met with a cold and evil glare being given by a woman about 40-years-old with bright red hair and emerald eyes who glare was unmatched by even Vegeta and Sederi.

"Hello… Kokoro…" She mumbled and looked at her watch. 6:23AM. "Ohhhh, this better be good."

Kokoro stared at the saiyans and namek who stood in the lawn in front of him. Some were fathers, mothers, brothers, had sisters, had friends… were friends. He found himself almost holding back tears. He didn't know if he wanted to do this after all… it felt so wrong, he felt so guilty. He was actually holding back tears. Nin stood behind Kokoro glaring, unsure at the people in front of her, with the exception of Kokoro, she trusted no one.

When everyone said that they had to go out and 'save the world again', Bulma, Chichi and Videl all got together and were taking care of the three kids. Pan and Bori had wanted to go along actually (the two made quite a good team), but Gohan had talked them out of it. Gohan had also tracked down Piccolo and talked him into helping. For some reason Gohan, who barely liked fighting, was jumping right into this one, same with Vensu. Kokoro had an odd effect on people.

"Just some background on this girl… she knows you, she knows everything about you… She knows things about you that you don't even know," he gave a specific glance to Trunks and Goten, "and she will probably use this knowledge to her benefit," Kokoro said glumly.

"Who is this girl anyway?" Vensu asked with narrowed eyes.

Kokoro had to smile at this one. "Heh… my wife."

Everyone, including Nin, only had time to look confused before they all disappeared into the shadows.

Vegeta slowly opened his eyes and found himself in a white nothingness. He couldn't tell if he was lying down or standing up, upright or upside down. It was like he was floating in water, but had a firm holding on the ground, just basic disorientation. It took a few seconds to regain his sense and then he started to look around. He couldn't seem to find anyone and then…

"Where is everyone?" Sederi asked standing in front of Vegeta's view. Vegeta looked around once more.

"I don't know." Vegeta answered with a confused expression on his face.

"So what do we do?" Sederi was truly lost on this matter, and was hoping that his King would have some answers.

"We look for Kokoro's wife."

In another part of the dreamscape two figures were thinking the same thing.

"I think if we look around we'll find someone," Goku suggested in a bright and happy voice.

Piccolo looked annoyed with his reply. "We have no idea how big this place is."

"True… but we might as well do something to pass the time!"

Piccolo looked down at what he figured was the ground. Why the hell did he have to get stuck with the biggest moron on the entire-

"Let's-go-Picc-o-lo!" Goku beamed and began walking away. "Hey! That rhymes!"

Piccolo followed, sulking.

Trunks couldn't help but blush as he saw that he was in the middle of nowhere with Vensu. But she was too preoccupied with looking through the… nothingness to look back at him. Other than that, Trunks actually felt this uneasiness about being wherever the hell he was. It felt very, very familiar.

"We have to find Kokoro," Vensu said in a firm and determined voice.

"Huh?" Trunks asked snapping out of his starring daze.

"I don't know why we're separated from everyone… but we have to meet up. We're stronger in greater numbers."

Trunks got about half of what she said, enough to say a reply though. "Maybe it was that girls doing…"

"His wife…" Vensu drifted off in though. "Isn't that a little odd?"

"That he's married… well it came as a shocker to me, but hey, if my father can get married then anybody can."

"No…" Vensu said, trying not to laugh. "The fact that his wife is trying to destroy the dreamscape."

"Oh that!" Trunks said laughing a little nervously and blushing again. "Yes! Very odd!"

Vensu looked at him like he was crazy, but soon forgot the remark as sakura petals began to encircle them and the small figure of a woman in white came before them.

Why… are you here Trunks?

"Who are you?"

She grinned evilly.

I am known as many things, but to you, I'm your creeping death.

"I think we should start walking to see if we can find anybody," Goten said hopefully. Nin glared.

"We can't be too far away from everybody…"

Nin glared.

"I guess it doesn't matter what way we go either…"

Nin glared.

"This place is pretty disorientating."

Nin glared.

"Please stop doing that…" Goten pleaded with Nin, she continued to glare. "It's even more nerve wreaking than Vegeta's glare… or Sederi's for that matter."

Nin glared. Goten felt like breaking down in fits of crying.

"Please…"

"I don't care who you are, I don't trust you," Nin finally talked as she continued to glare.

"I'm nobody really… but-" Goten paused as he felt something. Trunks' ki… Trunks' ki was out there, near by. "Let's go!" Goten shouted and grabbed Nin's hand and began flying towards Trunks' ki.

"AHH! LET ME GO!" She yelled hitting him, he barely noticed.

"So who's Manako?" Gohan asked after Kokoro had explained basically what had just happened. Kokoro had transported them here through the shadows, and Manako had split them apart.

"…My wife…" Kokoro replied as the two walked.

"The one trying to destroy the dreamscape?" Made sense now…

"Yes…" Kokoro was replying in an oddly distant way. Maybe he was worried about everyone else.

"Who was that girl with you before?" Gohan asked the question and Kokoro's eyes went wide, he didn't know how to answer that. He hadn't planned on everyone getting separated, he thought everything would go as planned and that Nin and him would be done and not have to answer any questions.

"A friend… that can help…"

And then as Gohan felt Trunks' ki appear, Kokoro felt Manako appear as well. Both knew something bad was happening, neither knew what exactly though. In a hurry to get where Trunks was, Gohan picked Kokoro up and the two started flying in that direction.

The guilt struck Kokoro really badly then.

(Foreshadowing rocks. Ok, I'm so happy. I wrote this chapter, hated it, hated the plot, deleted the chapter and started again. I like this chapter and plot so much better. Not to mention that this story will be really short like I want it to be. As you already know, this is the sequel to 'Yume Mi', it's also the most humour I've ever places into an original Fic of mine. However, I didn't want to make this Fic long because I suck at humour come hither angst and am only writing this story because I wanna write a third story. That's right, a trilogy. I'd skip to the next story right now if I could, but I kinda had to introduce the characters for the next story to be possible. It probably won't be too long either… but it will be 'Angst R' Us'! Isn't it great though? Nin is back! Nin is the greatest Kokoro excluded of my DBZ characters I made, she's all my paranoia shoved into a character, so of course I just had to strand her with Goten. Now, I'm not too sure, but I believe this will have one or two more chapters in it, won't be nearly as confusing as 'Yume Mi', and everything will undoubtedly be explained in the next chapter. On that note, for the first time a few days ago I read 'Yume Mi', and I liked it! So I edited the whole thing, changed a lot because it was written over such a long period of time my ideas changed a lot, so I re-wrote a lot of the first part and re-posted it. Ok… dunno what else to say. Please review :-D! CAO!)