Chapter 1: Another World

Today was a special day. It was the day of the excursion for Blue Hal School. Goten should have been excited, especially since he had been grounded for six months by his mother for playing superheroes with Trunks. But the destination of the excursion took all the excitement away from him—Capsule Corp. Yep. Now, Goten had to go on a school trip to his best friend's house. At least Trunks would be there too.

When Goten and his class arrived at Capsule Corp, the excitement among the students was obvious.

"I'm so excited! We might even see how the capsules are made!" said Goten's friend, Chok.

"Are you stupid?" A voice behind Chok scoffed. "They would never show something that important."

The boys turned around to see Fayra standing there. Here shoulder lenght blond hair as perfectly stylized as usual.

"Hello, Fayra," Goten greeted her with a calm smile.

Chok did the same but with an annoyed expression after being insulted. Fayra, ignoring their greetings, stepped in front of Goten.

"So? Is Trunks gonna be here too?" she ask with a small blush on her cheeks.

Goten took a step back and raised a hand. "Yeah, he will, but I don—"

"Sweet! So can you introduce us? You promised!" she cut him off eagerly.

This time, Goten had no way out. He sighed. "Alright, but that's all I'll do."

While Fayra celebrated, Goten concentrated and tried to sense Trunks' ki. Once he found it, the three of them slipped away from the group to find him.

"Hey, Goten!" Trunks greeted him, looking slightly confused when he noticed the others.

"Hey, Trunks!" Goten smiled at his best friend. They shook hands with a grin.

"So? Who are your friends?" Trunks asked,not really caring either way.

Goten turned around and pointed at Chok. "This is my friend, Chok."

Chok lifted his hand in greeting."yo" and trunks returned the hand wave.

"And this is Fayra," Goten continued, now pointing at the blonde girl, whose face had turned red. "She was really impatient to me—"

"GAHHHHH, SHUT UP!" Fayra screamed, slapping a hand over his mouth. Goten looked at her confused about her reaction.

Trunks raised an eyebrow but decided not to question it. "Nice to meet you guys. Now, Goten, can we talk for a second?"

Goten nodded and moved his mouth away from the hands of the young in love girl and followed him while Chok kept teasing Fayra.

"This way, dude," Trunks said, leading the other half-Saiyan to a narrow passage with a "KEEP OUT" sign.

"Are we really supposed to go there?" Goten asked warily.

"Not really, but I live here, so it doesn't apply to me, right?" he answer with a little too assured smile

"I… guess?" Goten said, still unsure.

The two quickly made their way into the restricted section, eventually arriving in a room filled with strange machines. Among them, working on one, was none other than Dr. Hedo.

"Hmm? What are you two doing here?" Hedo asked, clearly confused since he had specifically told Bulma he didn't want to be disturbed.

Trunks grinned. "I was thinking maybe you could show me that machine again?"

Hedo's expression immediately turned into a frown. "I already told you, it's not stable yet. We shouldn't—"

Before he could finish, Trunks pulled something out of his jeans pocket—an autographed picture of their favorite super hero Clean God.

"What if I give you this?" Trunks say smirking. He got him.

Hedo's eyes gleamed. "…Alright, alright, we have a deal," he said, snatching the picture with a wide smile.

Goten, still clueless, looked at Trunks. "What's this all about?"

"You see, Goten," Hedo started, "thanks to my genius, I have created the very first portal to another dimension!" He puffed out his chest with pride.

Goten's eyes widened, his expression a mix of confusion and excitement. "Wait, really? Let me see!"

Maybe this trip wouldn't be as boring as he thought.

"Alright, I'll show you, but this is the last time! If Bulma finds out I used it again, she's gonna burn my entire Clean God movie collection!"

A shiver ran down the spines of all three boys.

"Now, let's start," Hedo said.

He pressed a button on his wrist, and the machine came to life. A strange humming noise filled the room, growing louder and louder. A blue circle appeared in front of the device, expanding until it was large enough for one or two people to pass through.

Goten and Trunks stared in awe, their mouths hanging open.

"And now, the fun part," Hedo smirked. He typed coordinates into the machine, and suddenly, the portal's color shifted, revealing a view of a village.

"Wow…" the two boys murmured.

"What's that place called?" Trunks asked.

Hedo adjusted his protective glasses. "It's called Dimension 8-9-1974."

"Can we go in?" Goten asked eagerly.

"No. Last time I tried sending something human-sized, it got completely destroyed," Hedo said grabing a biscuit on the table next to him.

Trunks glanced at Goten, who now looked much less excited. "Don't worry, we can still have some fun. Let me show you."

Grinning, Trunks picked up a baseball and threw it through the portal. It smacked a blond-haired boy with a headband on the other side, who turned around looking furious.

Trunks burst out laughing while Goten chuckled.

"See? We can prank them, and they can't do anything!" Trunks said, grabbing a megaphone laying around.

Hedo moved the portal near a pink-haired girl and trunks shouted, "BOO!"

The girl shrieked and jumped, making them laugh even harder.

They continued their mischief until Hedo warned, "The machine is about to run out of power, we should stop there."

While Trunks argued with Hedo about keeping it on longer, Goten noticed something alarming.

"Uh, guys? Is it normal for the back of the machine to do this?" he says pointing at the sparks coming from behind the device

Hedo turned around and went pale. "AAAAAAAAH! Quick! We have to shut it down!"

He pressed the button on his wrist repeatedly, but nothing happened.

"Shit, shit, shit!" Hedo cursed while Trunks looked positively confused.

The machine sparked more violently, and the portal suddenly expanded.

"We need to get out of here!" Trunks shouted.

"No! We must cut the the batteries or i will have to redo everything!" hedo says and lauch himself toward the machine

Goten try to reach for Hedo, but before he could react, his arm was sucked into the portal.

"GOTEN!" Trunks and Hedo screamed.

Trunks tries to catch the hand of his friend that is almost entirely in the portal now. But before he could get to him the portal grew three times its size,completely taking goten in before exploding into a blinding flash of light.

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When Goten opened his eyes, he was falling—fast.

"What the—?!"

BOOM!

He landed hard, forming a crater.

"Ow… what just happened?" He groaned, getting to his feet. He dusted himself off and was sad to see that his clothes were partially torn.

"Trunks? Hedo? Anyone?" he called, but there was no answer.

He tried sensing their ki… but after a few seconds…

"Huh? I can't feel their ki at all." He says outloud puzzled.

He jumped up, scanning the area. He was in the middle of a forest.

"Where… am I?"

He detected a lot of different ki all around the world but nothing he could recognize.

Sitting in the air, he thought for a moment before realization struck him.

"Another dimension?! No way!"

But there was no other explanation for him. A dimensional portal take him and now he wake up in an unfamilliar place? Yeah he didn't need the genius of gohan to figure this one out.

He was really worried though. He remembered being able to break through dimension while fused as gotenks. Now way stronger than back then he thought that he might be able to do it too!

Determined, he landed and prepared to break the dimension with his voice—just like Gotenks had done before. But first, a little transformation was obliged.

"Alright… let's do this!"

His hair spiked up, his pupils turning green.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" he started screaming, his ki flaring up and bending the trees around him.

But just a few seconds in, his power faded, and he gasped for breath.

"What—huff—why am I already—huff—so tired?" he says and fall to his knee

His ki was draining from his body. His vision blurred. He falls on the ground unable to stay up.

"Dad… Gohan… help…" he mutters as he feels himself disconecting

And then, darkness.