NOTE: Warning for this chapter - It gets a bit gruesome near the end, so if you don't like that stuff, sorry.

What happens to Chi-Chi will be explained eventually. She's not dead if that's what you're wondering.

I REALLY want to make Majin Buu (Especially Super Buu and Kid Buu) feel like a genuine eldritch horror. Especially since this is a CSM/DB universe. Things can def get pretty gruesome.

Makima does have a strike force of Devil Hybrids and Hunters to help deal with a lot of these world ending threats. She put them together after the Cell Games, because she has some issues with Goku's friends about how they go about things sometimes.

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Intermission (5): Nightmarish Warning

If there was anything Son Makima appreciated since the twins were born it was the silence of the nights on Mt. Paozu brought. She hadn't appreciated them much beforehand since Goku would snore throughout the night and Gohan was never a loud child even in infancy. But the twins were a completely different ballgame for her and Gohan. Their infancy was loud, boisterous, and messy; the complete opposite of Gohan in every way. The Devilish mother still didn't know if that was truly a good thing or not. But the nights that they'd be asleep (and not screaming their lungs out) were a blessing she wouldn't take for granted.

Even as they grew older, became less needy, there were still moments when a mother was still needed in the night.

"Mommy! Mommy! Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!"

Yellow eyes snapped open, shifting to the side to gaze down at the small hybrid standing next to the queen sized bed. Makima, dressed in a pink tank top with bright red shorts, pushed the covers that covered her to welcome her youngest into the bed. She didn't need to ask him whatever was bothering him, long used to Goten coming into her room in the middle of the night. He didn't do it often, only when there was something keeping him from going to sleep.

Goten climbed into the bed, clamoring over his mother's body in the process. Like a kitten, he found his spot to get comfy and curled up next to her mother. Makima pulled the blankets over them and laid down on her sides to look at her son. Mother and son stared at one another as the howls of mountain wolves echoed in the distance.

"Another nightmare?" Makima asked.

Goten shook his head. "It's not that, Mommy! I'm not scared!"

She smiled at her little boy. "Uh huh." She brushed her fingers through his messy hair that looked too much like his father's. "You're my big strong boy, right?"

"Yuh! Like Gohan!" Goten scrunched his face into a 'serious' expression. "He looks like this whenever he's studying really hard!" His mother giggled softly.

"He gets that from me, I'm afraid." Makima explained.

"You make faces, Mommy?!" Goten gasped. His mother made a small expression, furrowing her brows with a small squint of her eyes. Goten blinked at his mother, a confused look etched across his adorable features. "Your face barely changed, Mommy."

"Hm… I'm not good with expressions."

"Then I can teach you! I know all kinds of expressions!" Goten exclaimed with a whisper.

"Really?"

"Yuh uh!" Goten nodded his head. "I'm the master!"

"Well, if the master wants to teach me all about facial expressions, then he's gonna have to go to bed and get some rest. He can't teach if he's too tired to get up in the morning." Makima advised. Her words caused the excited smile to slide off Goten's face, replaced with an apprehensive look.

"B-but…do I have to?"

"Yes, Goten."

"B-but, what if I see it again-UPH!" Goten quickly covered his mouth, but his mother was already aware of his problems.

"See what, Goten? What did you dream about?" Makima asked softly, gently rubbing his back. Her youngest was a sensitive child, even more so than Gohan was at his age. Nayuta inherited too much of her independent nature to confide in her much, but Goten? The little hybrid always ran to her for safety or guidance. It made Makima wonder if at one point in his life, when his grandfather was still alive, had Goku been this sensitive.

Goten clenched the blanket with his little fists as he recalled his nightmare. "I saw fire…lots of it. There were people on the ground and it seemed like they weren't breathing." He trembled as the images returned to him, but his mother's presence soothed his fears. "I-I saw Nayuta and Trunks, but they weren't breathing either."

Makima's hold on the boy grew a bit tighter, an uneasy feeling growing inside of her.

"T-then there was Piccolo, Uncle Auntie War, Auntie Fami, and everyone else too. All on the ground covered in blood, none of them breathing. T-then I saw you a-a-and…" Makima pulled her child into her arms as tears started building in his eyes. "I-I don't like that dream, Mommy."

"I know, son. I don't like it either." The terrible feeling in her gut wasn't going away either. She wanted to just erase the dream from his memory, like she's done with the previous ones, and help him go to sleep. But this nightmare felt off and she needed to confirm things. "Goten?"

"H-huh?" He made the noise through his sniffles.

"Can you be brave for Mommy and continue telling me the rest? I promise that you won't have to think about it anymore afterwards." Makima said softly. "Can you do that? Can you be my big brave boy?"

Goten used his mother's encouragement to push down some of his fears. He wiped away his tears, but stayed snuggled into her chest. "I-I saw Gohan, Mr. Vegeta, and some monster with chainsaws like Denji fighting something. I couldn't tell what it was, but it felt strong."

"Were they winning?"

"No. It killed them too."

"Continue."

"It came for me next, and all I could see was its face before it shot a big attack at me. Then, I woke up." Goten finished retelling his nightmare, pressing his face against his mother. "I'm sorry, Mommy."

"Shhh…you have nothing to apologize for. Thank you for telling me about it." Makima smiled warmly.

"A-are we gonna be okay, Mommy?! The dream wasn't real, right?!" Goten asked, clutching her top.

"No, it wasn't real. Remember what I've told you before, Goten. Our nightmares can't hurt us, because they're nothing but dreams. As long as you remember that, then you'll have nothing to fear." Makima explained.

"Really?"

"Yes, all it takes is control." Makima pressed a finger against her son's head. "Sweet dreams, my little star." She gently forced her son to get his much needed rest before he could realize what was happening. With Goten gently snoring in her arms, Makima got to work locking away the nightmare from her son's memories, but not before taking a look at it for herself.


Makima watched as flames engulfed the world, transforming the landscape into a third hell that threatened to swallow the universe itself. Bodies upon bodies of both humans and Devils painted the ground beneath her feet. She could smell the intoxicating scent of human blood that would send a lower Devil's instincts into overdrive. Makima stepped over the corpses without a second glance, they weren't her target afterall.

Makima found the bodies of their friends and family. Her daughter was torn in half, her eyes gouged out, and a massive hole torn through where her heart should be. Trunks, whose corpse was next to hers, had the entire right side of his body completely eviscerated. Makima scanned the rest of the brutally mutilated corpses. She couldn't even tell what she assumed to be the dead bodies of her sisters apart. Makima found the dream's version of herself. The dream Makima had been completely ripped apart, her body parts scattered all over the pile of bodies.

Makima heard the sounds of battle raging on in the skies above. Her eyes widened as the sight of her son, Vegeta, and the Chainsaw Devil battled against the mysterious assailant covered in dark shadows. Their maniac laughter was loud and clear as if it wasn't even taking them seriously.

Vegeta, in the ascended Super Saiyan state, pulled back his arms to unleash his strongest attack. "SEE YOU IN HELL! FINAL FLASH!" The destructive yellow beam roared with fury that shook the planet. Unfortunately, his attack meant nothing to the monster as it powered through his attack to headbutt the prince. It grabbed Vegeta by his hair and relentlessly smashed the prince's face in with its fist. It laughed as blood, flesh, teeth, and more spilled from Vegeta's body. Gohan and the Chainsaw Devil rushed in to rescue the prince, but they were too late to save him. Vegeta's head had been turned into a crushed watermelon, his body hanging like a pinata. It laughed at the two charging at it and vanished from their sight, allowing Vegeta's corpse to drop to the ground. The two were confused until a shadowed fist tore through the Chainsaw Devil's chest, tearing out his heart. Neither of them could do anything but stare horrified as the monster crushed the heart within its palm. The Chainsaw Devil's eyes instantly lost color, and his body dropped lifelessly to the ground.

Gohan roared with righteous anger, his power skyrocketing in reaction to the death of another person he treasured. The oldest hybrid attacked the shadow monster with ferocious attacks, but there was nothing Gohan could do against it. As if whatever power he could muster wasn't enough, like there was still something preventing Gohan from tapping into the hidden power he held. Makima could only watch as the monster struck down her oldest son by blasting his entire upper half to ashes, leaving nothing but the teenager's legs.

Makima, feeling as if she's seen enough, began to exit the nightmare to gather her own thoughts on what had transpired. However, the monster above wasn't finished even after killing all of Earth's forces. It released a beam of light just as Makima's consciousness was fading away from the nightmare.

"EVERYONE FEED ME NOW! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"


Makima carefully held her son in her arms, cradling him as he now dreamt of eating the biggest buffet the world had to offer. Even after having the dream explained to her, she hadn't expected to see anything like that. Part of her wanted to dismiss it as a nightmare, a product of Goten eating too many Scooby-Doo crackers before bed again. But that was too much and from her experience too much usually meant something was out of her control.

And she HATED when things were out of her control. Unfortunately that started to become a bigger trend the moment she met Son Goku. Not that she would trade her love for him for complete control anymore. But she simply never gave up on trying to control the events around her.

At the moment the biggest issue with this dream, this vision, was that she had no idea on when it could happen. This mysterious creature could show up tomorrow or it could appear next year, or it may never happen at all. Tampering with anything that could mean changing the future meant getting the worst possible outcome. That damn Future Devil explained that much to her when she first got her hands on it. Whatever that vision was, it had been forced into her son's head against his will. She swore she'd punish whoever it was that made such a decision in the most painful ways she could imagine.

Looking down at Goten, Makima released a small breath. At least she didn't have to worry about him not getting any sleep, but now she had another slew of things to worry about. And it didn't help that the tournament was in a few days…

…A few more days till she sees her husband again.

Makima relaxed back on her bed. She'll figure out what to do with this new information in the morning, but for now…it was time for her to get some sleep as well. The Control Devil closed her eyes, entering a dream where her little family was whole again.

Chapter End

NOTE: Not the most...warm intermission, but yeah. Goten was given a vision, Makima saw the vision, and was promptly freaked the fuck out.

Yes, it was Majin Buu. I think that's pretty obvious, and it was the Super Buu form. How did he end up as Super Buu? IDK, things happened differently in that future where Goku didn't come back. The whole point was just to put a bit of fear in Makima about an impending danger she has no idea is even gonna happen. If she even tries to take a single step to avoid it, then the future is gonna come true. At least, that's what she thinks will happen.

Goten's memories of the nightmare are gone, so he suffers no effects from it at all. He told a very abridged version of the dream to Makima, but she delved deep to catch every detail that Goten would've seen.

Will the future pan out similarly even with Goku now a part of the equation? Find out in the next...something number of chapters.