(Ok children, just in case you never read 'Yume Mi', though I can't understand why you'd read the sequel before the first story, here's a quick run-down of 'Yume Mi': A girl named Hitomi starts harassing Trunks in his dreams claiming that he killed her. What she means is that he killed her in a past life. In said past life most characters were very OOC, 'cuz well, it's a past life. Manako and Kokoro were married, and their daughter was Hitomi who was dating Trunks - they were very much in love, Bulma had died and Manako was basically in love with Vegeta. The biggest thing that happened in the past life was that Trunks was raped by Goten - he was being manipulated by Marron, who was a jealous little #$$&#. In the present lifetime during the whole Hitomi thing, Manako killed Bulma, because she's jealous little #$$&#, so Vegeta killed Manako. In the end, Hitomi managed to erase that rather traumatic month from everyone's mind because she felt so guilty about all of it and those who died were brought back, though the Yume Mi's still remember. Fuck... did that make any sense? For your sake, I hope you just read the story.)

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

Bubun: Roku

Vegeta took a moment and looked down at Trunks. He was lying there, motionless, his hair back to it's natural purple. He was either unconscious or... No, he wasn't dead. Vegeta looked at his face, he looked like he was in pain.

He looked over at the figure of Manako as she gracefully got back up, wiping away the extra blood that now flowed down her chin. She looked up, wanting to glare at the assailant... but when she saw Vegeta and the cold stare he was giving her, she felt her heart go cold.

"Well, it's good that you'll be hanging out with your friends, but you're leaving me all alone with Vegeta-San."

Snippets of the past flew through her head. They had been friends once... they had been more than friends once. They had all been friends once. Her, Trunks, Hitomi and Vegeta... but they were pulled apart. Ripped away from each other by destiny.

What they had been once suddenly didn't matter. All she saw in Vegeta's eyes was hate. He didn't remember her, he didn't remember loving her, hating her... killing her. He had done this to her. It was only right that she repay the favour.

Ohayo Vegeta-San.

She greeted him with a playful, but still evil smile.

Sederi looked to his left and found Vensu crouched on the ground, holding onto her throat, breathing in rasping breaths.

"Vensu," Sederi went over to her, concern in his eyes. "Are you all right?"

She nodded. She could breathe, but every breath hurt her throat like a knife being jabbed in there. "I am fine... but Trunks..." She looked over at the almost still figure of Trunks. She had let him down. She was useless out here, she wasn't strong enough to help them, she could barely help herself. "Sederi," she looked up at him. "We are not strong enough."

Sederi gave her a smug look, "do not be a fool Vensu."

Vensu glared at him, but said nothing. Sederi helped her up.

"Stop worrying so. We are all royalty here. We cannot be defeated," Sederi grinned smugly.

Vensu glared. "You are no royalty," she thought bitterly to herself.

"I am going to kill you," Vegeta said coldly to Manako. Mananko gave him a smirk and in the blink of an eye Vegeta was a Super Saiyan.

You already have.

Mananko whispered softly to herself.

Sederi staggered back, his eyes almost popping out of his head. How was that possible! For sure he was a Super Saiyan, but wasn't that just a legend? Truly this man was a Prince. No, a King of all saiyans.

Vensu knew it was coming. She was almost certain that every one of these saiyans could do this.

Then Vegeta attacked.

Goten felt like his heart was stuck in his throat. Trunks' power level had just suddenly dropped. He knew he was hurt, and he had to get to him. He looked back at Nin. The woman had her things layed out before her, in one hand was some writing utensil, in the other was a bottle of alcohol. She was having just one merry old time.

He felt his blood boil.

"Sorry, but we are leaving now."

"What?" Nin looked up.

Goten walked over and started grabbing her things, stuffing them back in her bag. "We have to leave, and I don't care what you say."

"I-"

Goten grabbed the bottle from her hand and threw it away, it smashed onto the ground, breaking into hundreds of pieces of jagged glass.

"Now."

Nin quickly jammed the rest of her things into her bag and Goten quickly grabbed her around the waist, grabbed her bag and they were flying away, towards Trunks.

Goten knew that he didn't have another second to spare. Trunks could be seriously hurt or even... No. He pushed the thought out of his mind. He couldn't think like that. But the thought drove him on and he quickly became a Super Saiyan.

Nin screamed, scared out of her wits.

There she was, the love of his life.

Kokoro could feel Manako and his heart went out to her.

"I WAS BEING STUPID! YOU WERE ALL THAT MATTERED! SUMIMASEN! KOKORO!"

That was the last thing she had said to him as he finally turned his back on her. Finally, after so many years of waiting for her to love him... she finally had. But it hadn't been real. She was insane, driven mad by her lust for power and her regret at being defeated. She had been driven so mad that she was going to destroy everything, even herself.

He had to face her for one last time. All their lives were forfeit from this moment on.

And there she was, the love of his life. The woman he'd have to kill.

"Stop!" Kokoro yelled and Gohan did, even though he didn't want to. He could see them, right ahead, small figures fighting in an impossible vastness. The place reminded him mostly of the time chamber, but it was different. This place seemed completely empty, but it didn't feel that way. This was were dreams existed... where nightmares existed.

"Why are we stopping here?" Gohan asked, anxious to get to his friends as fast as possible.

"Nothing has happened like I planned since we got here," Kokoro mumbled, looking around with an anxious look on his face. "I need to find Nin."

"But we have to help them!" Gohan yelled, pointing at Vegeta and Manako fighting in the distance. He didn't have to be close to see that Vegeta didn't stand a chance. He was giving it his all and with the smallest of efforts she was blocking everything he threw at her.

"I know, I just... I have to figure this out. You go ahead."

Gohan looked at him for a second longer, trying to figure him out. "We can't do this without you."

Kokoro tried to smile. In his heart he knew Gohan couldn't save them. "You're not doing this without me."

"So, then what are you waiting for?"

Vegeta couldn't believe how strong she was! Every blow he dealt didn't even seem to phase her, and yet he couldn't feel her own power. It was as if she didn't even exist... and maybe she didn't. This was a dream after all, wasn't it?

Why are you here, Vegeta-Kun?

He didn't answer her, she was just trying to bother him, trying to distract him. he was here to kill her and that's exactly what he'd do.

Did Kokoro drag you along?

His leg swung out to kick her, and she gracefully caught it in her delicate hands.

Did he tell you why? You can't possibly beat me Vegeta-Kun, not this time, and Kokoro knows that.

Her smile faded and by his leg, she swung Vegeta around and threw him away. Vegeta tried to stop himself, tried to grab onto her, but he was going to fast and soon he lost all his bearings, and then suddenly he stopped.

"Hello Manako," Kokoro said silently to the ghostly figure before him, just behind him stood Gohan, who had managed to catch Vegeta, though Vegeta had pulled away from him quite quickly, mumbling something about not needing his help and having the situation under control.

Kokoro...

She smiled, but her eyes seemed to dim with sadness.

I see you're trying to play Kami again.

"I should be saying that to you."

But you're not, you're just sneaking around my home. It's not very appreciated.

"If you didn't want us here, you should have rethought destroying the dreamscape!"

Vensu and Sederi looked on with interest as the two fought with each other. They knelt by the unconscious trunks, trying fruitlessly to wake him up, though they were both more concentrated on the ex-spouses now.

Save the speeches Kokoro. I don't want to hear them!

She threw her hands out and a yellow flash shot out from them and went straight for Kokoro. He held his arms up to block himself, wind seemed to swirl all around him, sweeping by and managing to knick his skin.

Manako yelled in rage and the wind seemed to intensify. It looked to everyone that it would overpower Kokoro and kill him, but what could they do? Everything they did to attack her didn't even phase her, sometimes they could get a punch in when she was totally unawares, but even then it barely bothered her.

Vegeta suddenly couldn't understand why Kokoro had asked them along. Why had he said only they could defeat her when in the end they couldn't even bruise her? Something was going on, something that he hadn't bothered to tell them and something Vegeta wanted to find out.

"KA-ME-HA-ME-HA!"

Eh?

Manako turned her head to the side just in time to see the Kamehameha wave coming towards her, and behind stood the Super Saiyan Goku, whom she had completely forgotten about. Manako screamed as the wave hit her and she fell violently to the ground. The wind subsided and Kokoro remained standing, looking down at Manako, small cuts on his face and arms bleeding.

"Is she dead?" Sederi asked.

Kokoro shook his head, and on cue Manako began to sit up, stretching her neck.

I hate it when you people use those powers.

She said bitterly, glaring at Goku.

Vegeta flew forward and quickly dealt Manako a kick to the jaw, sending her flying once more. If he was going to beat her, he was going to do so while she was phased.

Kokoro turned back to Gohan, a fury in his eyes. "Go! Attack! Everyone just attack her all at once!"

Gohan nodded and followed Vegeta's lead, and then so did Goku and Piccolo. Vensu and Sederi stayed by trunks though, looking at each other for a moment. They knew she was too strong for them, they knew they were by far the weakest people here, but they knew that they couldn't just stand by and watch.

Sederi nodded, and they both flew off to help in the fray.

They landed every kick and every punch they dealt, throwing Manako around as though she were just a rag doll, completely helpless. She didn't make a sound though, didn't cry out in pain. She was collected her thoughts, and everyone else thought that maybe they were wining.

Kokoro watched on, this wasn't his fight. He turned away and looked around the dreamscape. Where in the world was Nin? If they were going to do this, it was better that they do it now.

"Blast it Nin! You're never here when I need you the most!" He yelled at the infinite space, and then he saw them, a far off spec in the distance, but he knew that it was the two remaining people, Nin and Goten. He looked back to Manako, wondering how she would react to Goten showing up. How many grievances did Manako keep locked up in that bitter old mind of hers?

Manako was growing tired of this. She looked at the faces around her and pitied them. Pitied them for their ignorance, pitied them for being used like this by Kokoro and pitied them for the deaths she was about to deal them. None of them would ever leave the dreamscape alive, and that was no lie.

Goten came to a grinding halt and before he could let go of Nin, she had already torn herself away and was running to Kokoro.

"That asshole nearly killed me!" She screamed at Kokoro. "Why'd you have to bring him along anyway!"

"Nin, there are more important things at the moment," Kokoro said under his breath.

"More important than the fact that you brought a mental patient along to save the world!"

"Yes Nin, i.e. saving said world."

Nin huffed, knowing that she didn't have much of an argument here, though that didn't stop her from still being angry with the young saiyan behind her. She turned back to him, wanting to yell at him at least one last time, and found him staring off into nothingness.

"You drag me all the way here, yelling how there was no time to waist, and now you're just gonna stare off in space!" She yelled in disbelief. "What are you even looking at!" She turned her head to follow his gaze, and then were found on the pristine white floor, the still body of Trunks. "Oh."

Nin's yelling seemed to snap Goten out of his daze and he quickly ran forward towards Trunks. He had to be alive, he just had to be alive.

"Trunks," he shook him, nothing happened. "Trunks!" He felt for a pulse, he was still alive. But why wouldn't he wake up? What had Manako done to him?

He continued to shake him, tears welling in his eyes. Nin just watched on, wondering if she should do anything.

"Nin," Kokoro said softly, she turned around. "We need to get rid of Manako, just put her somewhere else for a while. We can't beat her like this."

"But-"

"TRUNKS!"

Trunks' eyes shot open, Goten smiled, but before he could say anything Trunks was sitting up and pushing him away.

"Get the fuck away from me!" He screamed in protest, Goten could only look on confused.

"Trunks, what's wrong?"

Trunks looked around, waves of confusion washing over him. He saw the people around him, he knew the people around him, but he didn't... so many things about them seemed to jumble around in his mind. He felt nauseated; he was going to throw up. He did, and then he fell back and tried to get his mind to go still, but too many things were going through his head, so many memories trying to reach the surface.

He knew this place; he knew this place very well.

Goten looked on, not knowing what to do, not knowing if he could do anything. What the hell had Manako done to him! He felt nothing but rage surge up in him then, and then he heard a scream and turned his head to where the fight was going on.

Vensu fell to the ground, holding her arm in pain. She looked up and saw Manako smiling. Suddenly light seemed to explode from her and everyone around her was thrown back. She was done playing around, now it was time to rid them of her world once and for all.

"Nin, hurry up," Kokoro hissed under his breath, Nin was on the ground beside him, frantically scribbling things on the ground.

"Bite me Kokoro!" Nin screamed.

Manako's attention instantly went to Trunks and Goten. Goten looked at her, a mixture of confusion and anger on his face. Her real attention was on Trunks though, who was staring up into nothingness. She smiled cruelly at him and slowly began to float over towards him.

You can remember, can't you, Trunks?

"I can't move!" Goku yelled from behind her, she ignored him and all the rest.

Trunks looked up at Manako and felt a wave of nausea sweep over him again. He knew this place, and this woman... That woman, just a young girl in his eyes.

"Hitomi," he whispered softly, sadness in his eyes. It was Hitomi, he was sure of it. He reached out to her; all other thoughts suddenly vanished from his mind.

No.

Manako whispered.

You killed her, remember?

"No." He whispered, but he could remember it suddenly, he saw it. He saw Hitomi dying before his eyes. "NOOOO!

Suddenly Manako was on him, her hand around his neck.

"NIN!"

"O gwynnwy cariadferch chan 'r breuddwydia byd. Aswyna 'ch at ad chan 'ma. Aswyna 'ch amrantun s dangnefedd." Nin began to chant beside him, Manako's head shot to the side.

Shut up!

"O gwynnwy cariadferch chan 'r breuddwydia byd! Aswyna 'ch at ad chan 'ma! Aswyna 'ch amrantun s dangnefedd! O gwynnwy cariadferch chan 'r breuddwydia byd! Aswyna 'ch at ad chan 'ma! Aswyna 'ch amrantun s dangnefedd!"

Manako let go of Trunks and fell onto his back, Goten was quickly beside him, pure confusion on his face now.

"O GWYNNWY CARIADFERCH CHAN 'R BREUDDWYDIA BYD! ASWYNA 'CH AT AD CHAN 'MA! ASWYNA 'CH AMRANTUN S DANGNEFEDD!"

Manako could only scream in defiance as she began to glow brightly and suddenly... she was gone.

Everyone looked around in silence, Nin fell to her hands, breathing hard.

"Is... is she dead?" Goku asked suddenly.

"No," Kokoro said quietly. "She'll be back soon."

(Mumbles something inane I just finished reading a whole bunch of reviews from 'Yume Mi' for a little feedback - just so I could maybe answer things I never fully explained in 'Yume Mi' - and I couldn't believe it, but more than half of the reviews all said: "That was an awesome story, but I didn't understand the ending". So I go look back on the ending and for the life of me, can't figure out what they don't get, but just in case my mind works a little differently from everyone else's, here's some answers to some of those irate fan's questions: Yes, all of the events in Yume Mi took place at one point or another. Now, Hitomi wanted revenge, yes? But when she finds out that she's been taking revenge on the wrong person, she feels very guilty and the only way she knows how to say sorry is to erase the memory from everyone's mind. So far so good? So in the end, nobody remembers anything, except for Kokoro and Manako, 'cuz they're Yume Mis. And yes Hitomi did in fact kill herself... twice. Now, about this chapter... I started this chapter right after I posted the last one (March 31st) and right now it's the beginning of September '04. Not too sure what happened there, though I guess it didn't help that I got a job and the local ice cream shop. So I recently sat down and made a little outline of this story, and I decided to just extend it to 10 chapters, hence why it didn't end in this one. Let's hope it doesn't take me three more years to finish it, huh? Anyhoo, Nin was chanting in Welsh by the by, not too sure why. I have been learning Welsh recently, and I do have Welsh blood in me, and it does sound rather magical, so I figured that what she'd be chanting in. Well, I have to get to work soon, I guess I better post this and go)