(I'm going to start just doing the "thanks" to your reviews first and then do an author's note at the end. That will start after this chapter.)

Yamunaku: Yeah, suspense does kill me too, but the suspense ends with this chapter (well, some of it).

petites sorcieres: Yep, Gohan is pretty much stuck with those "images". There is a reason for them, but that will be revealed sometime later. I figured I would tell you about how to find some of the "other Saiyan" (Gohan's other self)'s past. It's in my other fanfiction "Haunting Past". Just thought I would tell you since you seemed interested.

Chapter 13: No Answers

"What do you mean?" Gohan asked, almost unable to comprehend what he was hearing, "in a coma? For a year?"

Bulma nodded as he looked at everyone else for confirmation, who mostly just looked away. Suddenly, he was feeling very unwelcome where he called home.

"That can't be right though. It's only felt like a few hours," he stated, wanting nothing more than to go back into his room; either that, or wake up from this nightmare. But some part of him knew that he wasn't dreaming, which made him feel a lot worse about the subject. He looked over at his mother, seeing that she was not looking at him, but he also saw that she was crying. He wanted to go and comfort her, but before he could, he heard a voice from below.

"Hey, Sleeping Beauty, are you ever going to talk?" he looked down and saw the kid Trunks staring at him, an irritated look on the little Saiyan's face. He felt that if this was a more comfortable situation he would have laughed at kid Trunks' rude behavior.

"Why is Trunks calling me 'Sleeping Beauty'?" Gohan asked, looking at Bulma for an answer, "I thought that was a girl movie."

"It is. Although I have no idea how he knows about it," Bulma stated as she laughed a bit while staring at kid Trunks. Her son just stared back at her with his blue eyes.

"What? You can blame Goten," was all the little kid said before playfully punching the black haired kid beside him.

"You can't blame me; I heard it from mom," the little kid, Goten, stated as he pointed at his mother, "and John."

At the mention of the word 'John', Gohan saw his mother freeze a bit. He stared at her, a bit unsure of what was going on. He was about to ask her when Goten interrupted.

"Mom, can I have another cookie?" the little kid asked while kid Trunks asked the same. Chi-Chi didn't answer so after a while Bulma did.

"I think you two have had enough cookies for tonight. You won't be able to sleep if you eat any more," Bulma said in a stern but light tone. Both children instantly started pouting. That's when Gohan figured that his little brother's speech was obscured earlier because of him eating a cookie at the moment he met him.

"So, who are you again?" Goten asked as he turned to back to look at Gohan, "you look like me, but I have never seen you before."

Gohan felt kind of awkward that his little brother was asking him about himself, but he wanted to try and figure things out.

"My name is Gohan," he started as he tried to smile at his little brother the best he could, "I'm your big brother."

"I have a big brother?" Goten asked as he turned to his mom to confirm this; she apparently heard him and nodded, still not staring at Gohan. He wondered what he could have done to upset her so much, but he didn't know how to approach the subject. Instead, kid Trunks seemed to feel the tense mood and decided to intervene again.

"So Gohan, what woke you up?" kid Trunks asked while giving him a skeptical look.

"Yeah, did your princess kiss you and then did you wake up?" Goten chimed in full of excitement. Gohan paled at what his brother just said.

"What?" he asked, but then he remembered that they were thinking about the movie, "Um… no, I think I just woke up."

Both of the kids looked at each other with smiles on their faces before kid Trunks replied.

"Yeah, sure," he said while he continued to smile. Gohan shook his head at their vivid imaginations, finally finding something to say.

"They sure are advanced for one and two year olds," Gohan stated to no one in particular.

"Yeah, about that…" Krillin started, but Bulma silenced him with a look. She then stared at Gohan.

"They are kind of four and three year olds," Bulma said with a strange smile on her face. Gohan stared at her for a few moments, still not understanding what she had said.

"What do you mean?" he asked as he stared at his younger brother and friend. They were currently running around the room, but then ran past Gohan and into a different room; one that he could only guess was his little brother's room.

"They have this condition," Bulma started out and he could see that she was trying to find the best way to explain it, "a condition where it alters there ages and appearances to be older than they actually are. I guess you could call it fast growth or something like that. So Goten is technically three while Trunks is four."

"How is that even possible?" he nearly shouted. He could feel that something was definitely not right here. He was asleep for a year but his brother was aging somewhere faster than that.

"We don't know Gohan. It just kind of happened," Krillin finally said while having the nerve to speak up after Bulma's glare. Gohan shook his head as he took a few steps back.

"No, this can't be happening. What is going on? Why are they aging so fast? Why is mom not talking to me? Why…" he started mostly to himself, but stopped when the door opened, revealing a man with blonde hair and blue eyes, "and who is he?"

The moment his last question came out of his mouth, he pointed at the stranger who had just walked into the door. He then knew he made a big mistake, pulling his hand away from pointing at the man to cover his mouth.

"Gohan!" Chi-Chi scolded as she stood up quickly and walked over to him, "Why are you acting so rude?"

"So now you decide to talk!" Gohan shouted back, not caring what his mother would do to him; he was feeling too confused to care. It looked like his mother was going to reply, but a clearing of the throat from the man at the door stopped her. She went to sit down. Gohan stared at the man while he stared back. The stranger finally went over to where everyone else was sitting.

"What woke him up?" the man asked, and Gohan knew that they were talking about him.

"We don't know John, he just woke up," Chi-Chi said and Gohan could tell there was a hidden emotion behind her voice. The man, John, looked over at Bulma for something and, when she nodded, started to walk towards Gohan. Gohan wanted to freak out at that point, but he thought of something first.

Hey, can I ask you a question? He thought while trying to stay calm.

Sure. What is it? His other self's answer came through clearly.

Do you know who this is? Have you ever seen him before? Gohan asked. It was a few moments before the reply came.

No, I don't think so. Although he does look a bit like someone I knew, came the reply and before he could answer, John was standing in front of him.

"Hello Gohan, I've heard a lot about you," John said while he smiled. Gohan could sense no bad intent from him, but he wasn't really sure what to say. Bulma seemed to sense this and came over to stand next to the blonde haired man.

"Gohan, this is John. He's the doctor that delivered Goten," she said. Gohan nodded, understanding what she meant; but when she had said "doctor", Gohan's first instinct was to run away since he thought "needles". Something that he wasn't really thankful he had inherited from his father.

"Gohan, do you remember anything before waking up?" John asked. Gohan thought hard, trying to remember if he did. The only thing he could remember was his talk with his other self.

"A dream," he stated simply, hoping that the doctor would leave the subject alone; but apparently the man had other ideas.

"Can you remember anything from the dream?" the doctor asked, while Gohan was starting to grow annoyed of this questionnaire starting to turn into an interrogation.

"A dark place with mirrors, voices…" he stated but then decided to avoid mentioning his other self as much as possible, "and my reflection."

John nodded, apparently satisfied with his answers, and went to go and sit down with the others again. Gohan stayed where he was, not really sure where he was welcome. But what John started to say next made him want to leave the room.

"What probably caused his coma to lift was a change in brainwaves…" everyone except Bulma seemed confused as the explanation continued. Gohan suddenly felt tired.

"Can I go back to sleep?" Gohan asked as he stifled a yawn. Everyone stopped their conversation before Krillin answered.

"Well, I guess…" Krillin started, but was interrupted by a shake of the head from John.

"I don't think he should sleep yet. Since he did just wake up, if he falls back asleep it might cause him to enter the coma again," John answered, making Gohan feel irritated. A stranger was in his home telling him what to do. He took one last look at the room and then stormed back to his bedroom, locking the door when he got inside. He sat down on his bed as he heard their conversation continue.

"I'm sorry John, he usually doesn't act like this," his mother said. Gohan sighed at her comment, knowing she was right.

"It's ok Chi-Chi. He's probably just not used to being out of the coma yet," Gohan then felt irritated again. He decided not to listen anymore, lying down on his bed. He was about to shut his eyes when a buzzing feeling came into his head, like someone was trying to intrude. Gohan instantly knew that it was Piccolo trying to talk to him. He quickly strengthened the block on their link and the buzzing went away. He was about to try and sleep again when he heard rummaging outside his door, then followed by voices.

"Hey Goten?" he instantly recognized that the voice belonged to kid Trunks.

"Yeah Trunks?" his brother's reply came. Gohan heard his door knob move a bit before the voices came again.

"Let's try and pick lock the door," kid Trunks said, making Gohan wide awake and get out of his bed. He walked over to the door and knelt done.

"No," Gohan whispered as quietly as he could so they could still hear him, "don't picklock the door. You'll break the lock."

"Yeah but mommy says that you shouldn't lock the door," Goten replied. Gohan mentally groaned before answering.

"Goten, I'm sure that in this situation it's ok. Please, I'm really tired," he half begged as he felt his head throb. There were no more noises outside his door after that, only the sound of small footsteps going into another room. Gohan sighed, returning and lying down on his bed, finally able to put his wandering thoughts to rest.

Gohan started to laugh as Goten ran around the room, the little boy's tail waving behind him. He looked down at his own tail that was currently wrapped around his waist; his tail had grown back the night after he had met John. When he had woken up, he had gotten a really severe scolding from his mother about locking the door and going back to bed when John had said not to. He didn't really know why John's opinion mattered; the man was a stranger after all. Gohan had also gotten scolded about convincing his brother and friend to guard the door, not letting anyone in. As far as he was concerned, he hadn't asked for his brother or kid Trunks to do that. When he had asked Goten about it, Goten had said,

"Big brother was not feeling well and you needed sleep, so we didn't want anyone to interrupt your sleep."

Gohan had laughed then when his little brother had said that; although he felt sad when he thought about Future Trunks. Krillin had told him that Future Trunks had stayed for half of the year, but went back to his timeline to see how everything was going. He had no idea when Future Trunks would come back, but he hoped that it was soon; Goten was getting to be quite a handful, and with both Chi-Chi and John out of the house- his mother was going shopping and John had to work- Gohan was left to look after his little brother.

Gohan turned his head to watch his younger sibling. He quickly glanced over at the room that John now occupied. The doctor was now staying in the spare room at their house; they had two spare rooms and John took the one closest to his mother's room. Gohan had no idea why the doctor was staying at their house, but when he asked John, the man had said that his mother wanted him to be looked after to make sure that he didn't slip into a coma again.

"Hey Goten, slow down a bit. I don't want you tripping on your tail," Gohan said to his younger brother while laughing. Goten looked at him and smiled. He was starting to think that his little brother was one of the cutest children in the world, with the plus side of looking exactly like his father; which had its benefits and disappointments. Sometimes, Gohan would wake up from a dream and see Goten in his room, thinking that it was his father, but that usually didn't happen often. He was about to ask Goten if he wanted anything when the doorbell rang. Thinking that it was his mom, he ran to the door and opened it, only to be met with the surprised face of Future Trunks.

"Hi Trunks!" Gohan stated while he smiled, happy that his friend was back.

"Gohan, when did you wake up?" Future Trunks was obviously confused, but Gohan could tell that he was happy as well.

"About a week ago. Come on inside. Mom and John are out of the house so I needed to watch…" Gohan stopped as he felt his strength waver, turning around when he felt something tug harshly on his tail. He saw Goten, who was face down on the ground, hanging on Gohan's tail; which made him suddenly feel really dizzy.

"Goten? Get off," he stated as his vision started to dim.

"I tripped," Goten stated while trying to get up, but that only resulted in the small child falling down again while yanking on Gohan's tail more.

"Goten…" he started, but never got to finish as he soon followed his brother towards the ground.

Trunks had just typed in the coordinates to the past and appeared in front of the Son house. He seen someone in the window and decided to go see if someone was home. He knocked on the door, not quite expecting who answered the door.

"Gohan, when did you wake up?" he asked surprised. Gohan told him about a week ago and looked like he was going to continue when Trunks heard something from behind the younger half Saiyan. He looked around Gohan's shoulder and saw Goten lying on the floor face down. He was about to try and help the little kid when Gohan suddenly fell forward; nearly knocking him over before he caught the unconscious kid. He looked up and saw Goten staring at him strangely.

"Trunks, you got taller," the little boy stated, and then Trunks remembered his kid counterpart.

"Oh no, I'm not your friend Trunks, I'm the Trunks from the future," he said as he smiled, carrying Gohan over to the couch and laying him down, "Do you remember me?"

The little boy thought for a moment before answering.

"Yeah, I think. Trunks told me about you," Goten said before walking over to play with his toys that were currently scattered all over the floor. Trunks laughed a bit in amusement, apparently Gohan's little brother had a short attention span. He stared back down at Gohan and then went over to kneel beside Goten.

Might as well wait for him to wake up, he thought as he helped Goten build a house out of blocks. A few minutes later he was about to try and call Chi-Chi when he heard Gohan wake up and shout,

"No! Why won't you give me some answers?"

"What is going on? Why didn't you try to wake me up?" Gohan shouted at his now irritated other self. The older boy stared at him for a moment before retaliating,

"Hello? It's not my fault! I couldn't contact you for a whole year!"

"Then, what happened?" he asked trying to calm both of them down, "Why did you have to make me faint in front of Trunks to talk to me?"

"I didn't do that either!" Apparently attempt number one at calming down wasn't working.

"Then what did?" he shouted before he was suddenly knocked to the ground, trying to get his breath back while holding his stomach. His other self stared at him for a moment before answering, anger in his voice.

"I don't know what is going on. I don't have all of the answers you seek. You'll just need to find them out on your own," his other self said. Gohan was about to say something, but was stopped by his vision blurring.

"No! Why won't you give me some answers?" he shouted, then opening his eyes, realized that he was in his living room with Future Trunks and his brother staring at him weird.

"Um, who are you talking to?" Future Trunks asked nervously, obviously not sensing anyone nearby.

"Hehe… big brother is talking in his sleep," Goten laughed as he pointed at Gohan. Gohan sighed, ignoring Goten, before he answered Trunks' question.

"No one, just had a bad dream," he answered, getting off of the couch. Future Trunks nodded.

"Ok, well since you're awake, is it ok if I go say hi to everyone else?" Future Trunks asked, apparently forgetting what he was going to tell Gohan. Gohan nodded his head and leaned back against the couch, keeping an eye on Goten. When he was sure that Future Trunks had left, he started to think.

What is going on? What is wrong with me? He thought as he stared at his carefree brother; for once wishing that he could just forget everything.

Gohan came out of his room at his mother's call, looking out the window seeing that it was dark outside. He saw his mother sitting beside John on the couch holding hands, something that he did not like to see for some reason. He sighed before going to sit on the floor in front of them.

"What is it?" he asked, trying to forget that John was currently in a five mile radius from him; no, make that currently trying to forget that John even existed. Chi-Chi apparently saw this, but she brushed it off.

"Gohan there is something very important we need to tell you," Chi-Chi started off slow, waiting for his reaction. Gohan, on the other hand, was very confused.

"Don't tell me I'm going to have another sibling…" Gohan started off hesitantly; Goten was becoming too much of a handful on his own so he didn't really think he could handle another one right now. Chi-Chi looked at him and shook her head, laughing a bit.

"No, no it's nothing like that. I just wanted to tell you that John and I will be getting married in a month," Chi-Chi said as she smiled, pleased with her news.

"What?" Gohan blurted out as he stood up, not quite understanding what his mother was saying, "When did you decide that?"

"Well, around five months ago. We waited to tell you since John thought that you should have a few days to recover from your coma," his mother stated, obviously concerned at her son's sudden outburst.

"No," Gohan said as he shook his head, tears starting to blur his vision, "you can't do this to me."

"Gohan, it's time to face reality," Chi-Chi said softly, while Gohan thought the phrase sounded familiar. He suddenly had a flash of white cover his vision, then hearing voices.

"Gohan you need to sometimes face reality…"

"Dad I have been!"

"NO!" Gohan screamed as he ran into his room, slamming the door and locking it; not currently concerned of how his power level was now rising at dangerous levels.

Sorry I figured that I would leave it off there. So, how did you like it? Gohan's acting kind of strange, don't you think? And Chi-Chi is getting married to John. Hmm… what do you think about that? (And please don't send me death notes!) Hope you enjoyed and please review!

-AnimeWolfGirl9