Chapter 7

:The Nightmare

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{ } King Kai's Telepathy

The gang thanked their lucky stars that new planet Namek was in a system with only one sun intead of three like old Namek so that they had a nightfall to tell them when to go to sleep to. So later during that night, Videl tossed and turned in her top bunk bed as nightmares haunted her sleep. Videl woke up screaming, fell out of her bunk and landed on the floor on her back still holding her blanket. The commotion had forcibly woken up Gohan and made him hit his head on the bottom side of Videl's top bunk. 'Ouch! Great, like I need to have anything more to feel sore.' Gohan sarcastically thought to himself. Gohan looked accross the room to see that Videl was down on the floor in a nervous sweat with some tears in her eyes after having apparentally fallen off her bunk.

It was a good thing that Bulma made the rooms sound proof from the inside going out in expectations that there would be some love making being done by herself, Chi-Chi and their husbands and that it would give them the privacy of not being heard by the rest of the ship while the people outside a room could still talk to them. This little feature made it possible for Videl's scream not to wake up the rest of ship, but which left Gohan alone to deal with the problem.

"*pant*pant*pant*Whew... It was only a dream." Videl said to herself in a low voice that she'd hoped only she heard but unfortunately, Gohan's sharp Saiyan hearing meant that he heard it. "You okay?" Gohan asked, trying to pretend like he hadn't heard her. "Yeah, I'm fine. I just fell off my bunk, that's all." said Videl while wiping the tears from her eyes and trying to conceal her emotional pain from him. "That's funny, it didn't sound like nothing to me. Was it 'just a dream' or was it a nightmare?" Gohan said, clearly referencing that he'd heard her earlier and making a serious looking face that said that he knew something was wrong with her. "*sigh* It was a nightmare... a really, really bad one... And it involved you." Videl said, sighing in defeat knowing that she couldn't fool him. "Then I want to hear about it. Maybe I can help you deal with it? I hear sharing helps to deal with nightmares." Gohan suggested, tapping his hand on a spot next to him on his bed to signal were she can sit. Videl sat on the edge of Gohan's bed, pulled her legs up to her chest and wrapped her arms around them with her face buried in them.

"It starts off were I'm in a dark place, I don't know where and I'm trying to fight off these shadowy figures with red eyes that have surrounded me. Eventually they overwhelm me and they knock me down to the ground. They were about to finish me off when you arrived and began fighting them off like they were nothing. They eventually retreat and I felt so relieved when you came to help me up but you had a disappointed look on your face. 'Your so weak Videl. You should've been able to take care of them yourself. I can't believe you!' you said to me. Then, a giant shadowy figure just like our attacker's with green eyes comes out of the shadows and hits you in the back unawares with a green energy beam. You fall down hurt just like before and the shadowy figure starts slowly walking towards us with a cruel smile on its face. I try to strike at it in anger but it only flicks me away with a simple backhand. It starts to torture you by cutting your limbs off and causing you enormous pain but never killing you. Eventually he picks up your severed head in his hands as I watch helplessly, too scared to move. You look off to me with pleading eyes and say 'Videl, why won't you help me?' and then-then... then the figure blasts your head with green laser eyes and that's when I wake up screaming." Videl explained with tears in her eyes by the end of it.

Gohan could see by Videl's description of her nightmare what was troubling her subconscious. She felt like she was responsible for his injuries because she couldn't stop it because of how weak she feels herself to be. Gohan knew that feeling all too well because he had also felt those feelings of weakness whenever he trained with a great man like his father or when he was reminded of how cowardly he'd acted the first time he was in a battle during the Saiyan Invasion. "Shh...shh... Videl, it's alright, I'm okay. It's not your fault what happened to me." said Gohan while he gently rubbed his hand on her back in a soothing motion. "*sob*sob*Yes it is. If only I'd been strong like you I would've dodged that blast and you would've fine. You nearly died because of me. For a minute I ACTUALLY THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD!" Videl yelled out and then went back to her sobbing. "But Videl, I'm not dead and it's to you I owe my life. If you hadn't transformed and beaten back that attacker I wouldn't be alive right now. Heck, you did a much better job your first time out then I did when I was first in a battle. When I first fought I actually ran away when I could've helped my friends. At least you stayed and made a difference. You're much stronger than you give yourself credit for, you've learned in months what has taken the rest of us years to accomplish. All you need is a little time and a little training and you'll be as strong as any one of us." Gohan explained, trying to cheer her up with words of confidence. "*sniff* D-D-Do you really think so?" Videl asked, her tears beginning to abate she turned her head towards him.

"I know so. You're half-saiyan just like me and that means that whatever doesn't kill us can only make us stronger. So in that case I owe you a very big thank you. Heh heh heh..." Gohan said jokingly, trying to lighten the mood. Videl smiled and then giggled at Gohan's little joke. "I'll try not to make a habit of it." Videl replied, making them both laugh even more. "Hahahaha! So, no more spending energy feeling guilty for yourself?" asked Gohan after getting his laughter under control. "No more spending energy feeling sorry for myself." responded Videl with a sheepish little grin. "That's good to hear because *yawn* that's about as much time as I can make for you tonight. Goodnight." Gohan said shortly before resting his head back on his pillow and going back to sleep. "*yawn* Sounds like a good idea to me." Videl said as she herself fell asleep with her head using Gohan's chest as a pillow. She just felt too tired to either notice what she was doing or care.

The next morning, Chi-Chi woke up after a pleasant night of snuggling with her husband. It was their first night together since his apparent death and return and it was a great night of love making even though they had to limit themselves since she was already pregnant. She got up from under her husbands arms, put on a nightcoat and went out to wake up the children like she usually would. When she got to their room she opened the automatic door and was surprised to be greeted by the sight of her son Gohan and his friend Videl sleeping together in the same bunk. Gohan was still in his torn martial arts pants with bandages covering his torso, Videl was in her pajamas with his arms wrapped around her and her legs were wrapped around his left leg. It appeared that the sheets had fallen off during the course of the night so neither of them were covered. Chi-Chi thought it was just about the cutest thing she'd ever seen. 'Oh My God! They're so cute together! I've definitely got to work on getting them married someday.' giddily thought Chi-Chi inside that twisted head of hers.

Bulma was just coming out of her room when she noticed Chi-Chi down the hall peering into the children's room. "Hey Chi-Chi, what's going on? What're you looking at?" asked Bulma as she walked up next to Chi-Chi. "Shhhhhhh... Look, it's the cutest thing you'll ever see." Chi-Chi whispered and pointing inside the room. Bulma did as she was told and looked inside the room and what she saw made her wanna melt. "Awww, well isn't that just the cutest thing." said Bulma, voicing exactly what both women were thinking.

Suddenly, a truly mischievous idea flashed into Chi-Chi's head. "Wait a minute, *giggles softly* I just got a really great idea. Wait here a minute. I'll be right back." Chi-Chi said as she left and quickly ran at a brisk pace accross the hall to her room. "Wait a minute. Where are you..." Bulma said but before she could finish Chi-Chi was already gone. When she returned, Chi-Chi had a camera in her hands with her. "I'm sorry I took so long, but this is just too precious not to get a shot of this." explained Chi-Chi. She then aimed the camera at the sleeping couple and pulled the trigger.

Gohan flinched first at the flash of the shutter and then soon began to groggily wake up. Videl began to stir around shortly after Gohan and she too began to wake up. Gohan was the first one to open his eyes shortly after lifting his head and he seemed to look around at first to get his bearings. Videl lifted her head soon afterwards and soon both kids were staring straight back at each other. At first they both had looks that said 'What are you doing here?' and then they looked down and realised what positions they were in. They then looked at each other wearing twin looks of embarrassement and blush's the size of they're faces. The shutter flashed again and Gohan and Videl realised that they were not alone. "MOM!?" screamed out Gohan. "Sorry kids, but you were just so cute I had to get a picture." said Chi-Chi, peeking out from behind the camera with cheeky grin.

Gohan and Videl just looked at each other with blushes once again and looks on their faces that were just priceless. They both then comically tried to scramble out of the bed, but because of the injuries he had, Gohan could only scoot over to the wall side of the bunk while Videl was the one who actually got out off the bed. Bulma and Chi-Chi both just laughed their asses off at the whole scene. "MOM! BULMA!? GET OUT OF HERE!" Gohan ordered as he then shot a small energy blast at them just for good measure. Bulma and Chi-Chi got out of the way and ran out laughing and giggling as they went down the corridor.

Later that morning, after everyone had gotten up, Goku lead Videl outside to the clearing so that they could begin her new morning training. Vegeta, Trunks and Bulma tagged along behind so that they could watch. Chi-Chi had decided to stay behind on the ship so that she and Gohan could talk about the balance between his education and training. Everyone agreed that it was a subject that mother and son needed to discuss and left it like that.

As they were getting to the clearing, Goku was contacted mentally by King Kai. {Goku, GOKU! Can you hear me?} King kai said inside Goku's head, which made him stop in his tracks and forced everyone to crash into each other. "Oh, It's King Kai. Hey King Kai. How's it going?" Goku said out loud while looking up and unknowingly being eyed angrily by everyone else behind him. {Goku, I need to see you immediately. Do not delay, it's an emergency.} said King Kai. "No way! I can't leave right now! I'm training Videl on how to control her Super Saiyan willingly and she needs a teacher. Plus Chi-Chi said she won't make me breakfast unless I train her this morning." Goku said in a sort of pout at the end. {I'LL COOK YOU SOME HAMBURGERS, JUST GET HERE! Look, the Earth is in trouble. Something terrible has happened and the whole Galaxy could be destroyed!} King Kai said. "That's terrible!" Goku yelled out loud. "What is it Sensei?" asked Videl, worried by what was so urgent. Goku looked down at her and looked serious but distracted. "Videl, I now this training is important to you but I have to go. Something urgent has come up." Goku said apologetically and then vanished with his Instant Transmission.

"Wait! But who'll teach me how to access Super Saiyan?" Videl screamed out and trying to reach out to him the instant after Goku had vanished. Bulma and Trunks both eyed Vegeta in suggestion that he train her. "Well? Don't look at me. I'm not a babysitter and I won't hold that brat's hand just because Kakarot's decided to leave." Vegeta angrily exclaimed while pointing at Videl who wasn't paying attention by still looking off into space. Bulma and Trunks just sighed and shook their heads since they knew that Vegeta would probably prove to be a poor teacher anyway. Bulma then started eyeing her future son. Trunks took quick notice of his mother and violently shook his head with his hands raised up in a halting position as if to say 'No Way!'. But Bulma eyed her son even more and he knew that there was no getting out of it. He slumped down his shoulders and sighed in defeat as he knew that he had no choice but to do it. "*Sigh* Okay. Videl, I'll train you!" Trunks called out getting Videl's attention immediately. "You are? Really?" Videl asked, running over to where Trunks was and looking up at him with her beautiful blue eyes wishfully. "Sure, I mean I am the one with the most experience as a Super Saiyan next to Goku so it's probably best that I teach you in his place. Besides, it might actually be fun to teach." said Trunks, the last part he said more to himself than Videl. They then went to the clearing to work on her training with Bulma overlooking from nearby and Vegeta casually observing while he rested under a tree.

Author's Final Thoughts: And so Videl has a nightmare and some more cheekiness between the two kids. I hope you enjoyed the little scene with Chi-Chi taking a picture. Now Goku's been summoned away and now things are set up to move on. Anyway, I hope you can appreciate the little 'alterations' I did with the original scene and in the way I have it interact with my original story. Now I don't think I need to explain to you what comes next? I also hope you can forgive the little double posting today? But if you guys think that it might be better that way, I might be pursuaded to post double chapters each day? Tell me what you guys think? Comment in reviews. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed.