*evil laughter* I do not own Dragon Ball/Z/GT… even though I wish I did… Please dun sue me… I have no money… *cough*butihavetonsofanimemovies*cough* Oh, and I changed Bra’s age to fit the fic. Another thing… Talon is writing a fic a lot like this one, we got inspiration from the same place… only I don’t know how her fic is going to be… It’s Gundam Wing, so…

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Mind Games: Chapter 1- The Arrival of Teth

Goten looked over at Trunks and sighed. It was getting harder and harder to keep his secret from him. He fidgeted as Trunks lay down beside him and continued watching the movie they had rented. It was the movie for an Anime called Slayers that Goten had started watching a few months ago. Goten leaned back, a little uncomfortable with being as close to Trunks as he was. He cleared his throat, due to what felt like a knot in it. Trunks looked at Goten and noticed that he was uncomfortable, Trunks blinked and sat up as he turned off the movie.

“What’s up Chibi?” Trunks watched as Goten absently played with a piece of string that he had found laying on the bed. Goten took a deep breath and looked Trunks in the eyes. Goten opened his mouth to speak, but no words came out. He couldn’t figure out a way to say it. Goten sat in a stupor trying to figure out how to tell Trunks he was in love with him. Goten suddenly leant forward and claimed Trunks’ lips. Goten felt Trunks’ arm snake around him, but it suddenly jerked away. Trunks jumped up off of his bed and stared down at Goten with wide eyes.

“Trunks… I…”

“Shut up… Don’t say anything!” Trunks sat down on the floor and rocked back and forth. Goten got up off of the bed and bit his lip. He took a step forward, but stopped when Trunks powered up a ki blast. Trunks took in a deep breath as he glared at Goten. The two stood in a face off for a few moments before Trunks turned around to face the wall.

“I’m sorry… if you didn’t want me to kiss you, you could have backed off in the first place instead of putting your arm around me!”

“My mind didn’t have time to sort things out when you kissed me! The first thing I thought was it was some girl that liked me, but then reality sunk in and it was you!”

“That’s the biggest load of shit I’ve ever heard you try to shove as the truth! Fuck, you’re a self centered, egotistical brat, rude, inhuman, Kami how could anyone like you? How could I like you? Why do I even ask that… It’s all those reasons and so much more that makes you appealing…”

“Get out, go away, never come back, never talk to me again.” Trunks glared at Goten and watched as he stood dumbfounded. Goten took a second to digest what Trunks had just said to him, then turned to go out the door. He stopped and turned slightly. Trunks looked at him for a moment and then turned to face the window. Goten glared at Trunks’ turned back and opened the door and left. He took off down the stairs and out the front door. Trunks watched as Goten flew off into the night, even as the rain fell down from the heavens.

***

ChiChi sighed as she put the last dish away. It was going on midnight and Goten still hadn’t called to let her know if he was staying the night at Trunks’ or not. She bit her lip out of worry as she picked up the phone to call Bulma. Just as she was about to dial her number, the door opened and slammed shut again. ChiChi smiled as she hung the phone up and walked into the living room to greet her son. When she saw Goten, she knew better than to say something to him. He had a depressed look on his face, and every time she tried to talk to him when he was like that, he flipped out and ran off.

“I’ll be in my room if you need me mom…” Goten stalked up the stairs and went into his room. He slammed the door, and seconds later his music filled his room. ChiChi sighed as she sat down in her favorite chair. She wished that Goku, Gohan, and Vegeta would hurry and get back from their training on planet Ayin* so they could figure out what was wrong with Goten. She took a deep breath and headed upstairs to go to bed. She passed Goten’s room and heard him crying inside. It tore her apart to know her son was in this state, but couldn’t do anything about it. She walked into her room and went to sleep.

***

“Goten, welcome to our world.” Goten looked over at the man who spoke to him. His hair was one inch every where and spiked straight up, the coloring of it was a light blue. It was so light, in fact, that it almost looked white. The man stuck his tongue out of his mouth and flicked it up and down like a snake’s tongue. The man was well muscled, and wore no shirt. His pants fit snuggly on his hips at the top and were ankle huggers at the bottom. The pants themselves were very large, almost like parachutes. He wore a four-inch wide studded bracelet on each wrist and a matching two-inch wide choker.

Goten stood on a glass platform over a sea of blood. The man stood on nothing, he floated like East Kaioshin had when his father first saw him. Goten looked to his left and saw a mirror. He was wearing a pair of tight fitting black leather pants and a black unbuttoned shirt. Goten looked over where the man had been standing, but saw only a girl with a twin brother standing in front of him. He couldn’t tell what they looked like normally because both were Super Saiyans. The girl wore a orange gi with a blue long sleeved under shirt, blue cuffs on her pants with black slip on shoes, a blue sash around her waist, complete with the same symbol that was on the back of Goku’s gi. The boy wore a dark green gi with an orange sash and wrist warmers. He had black slip on shoes as well with the same logo as the girl. The man suddenly came running up behind them and then through them. The two vanished and the man laughed as he appeared right in front of Goten.

“Who are you?”

“I’m the beast under your bed…in your closet… in… your… head.” The man laughed as he tapped Goten’s forehead and suddenly the glass vanished from under Goten. Goten fell down towards the blood at a neck breaking speed. He tried to fly, but he couldn’t seem to control his ki in this place. He suddenly stopped falling right before he hit the blood. He looked up and watched as the man walked down a flight of glass stairs to him. Goten gulped as the man picked him up and glared at him.

“Who…”

“You wanna know who I am? Come, I’ll show you.”

***

ChiChi blinked as she looked at her watch. It had been twenty minutes since she’d called Goten down for breakfast, but he still hadn’t come down. She walked over to the phone and picked it up to call Bulma and see if Goten arrived there early that morning. As soon as she dialed the number and it rang once Trunks answered the phone.

“Goten?”

“Sorry sweetie, this is ChiChi… I take it he’s not there?”

“No… no ma’am. Is he not home?”

“He came home last night, all depressed and mad. I called him for breakfast, but he never came out of his room. I thought he might be gone. Why don’t you come over and maybe he’ll come out of his room to see you or something.”

“I think I’m the last person he’ll want to see…. Can I speak to him?”

“Yeah, let me take the phone up to him.” ChiChi sighed as she took the phone down from her ear and walked up the stairs. She knocked on Goten’s door, but no answer. She looked annoyed as she opened the door and walked into Goten’s room. She saw him laying on the bed asleep and growled as she walked over to try and wake him up. He wouldn’t wake when she shook him. ChiChi began to panic as she lifted the phone back up to her mouth. She began to cry before she could even choke out a word.

“ChiChi? What’s wrong?”

“Trunks, you and Bulma get here right now! Something terrible has happened to Goten! I think he’s in a coma!” ChiChi hung up the phone and sat down on the floor for a moment. She took a deep breath as the tears flowed down her cheeks. She rocked back and forth, and then stood up. She walked out of the room and came back with a small hand mirror. She placed the mirror under Goten’s nose to see if he was breathing. A little fog covered the mirror, causing ChiChi to sigh in relief. She placed the mirror on Goten’s dresser and sat down beside him. She took Goten’s hand in hers and tried to convince herself it was all a bad dream.

***

Trunks grabbed Bra and Bulma as he took off through the front door. Bulma screamed for him to top, but to no avail. Trunks powered up right to SSJ2 as he flew off through the sky carrying his mother and sister. In no time at all, they landed outside the Son’s house. Bulma blinked as Trunks, who was carrying Bra, pulled her into the house. Trunks took off up the stairs and his hair fell down and turned its normal purple color. He ran up to Goten’s room and opened the door in a hurry.

“Oh thank Kami you’re here! I don’t know what to do… I tried to wake him up, but he just won’t wake up! He’s breathing, but he’s not responding to anything! Bulma, what’s wrong with my Goten?” ChiChi looked at Bulma as she began inspecting Goten. Trunks stood against a wall watching his mother, and looking at Goten. Bra sat on the bed beside Goten and started to cry. Trunks and ChiChi looked at Bra as she latched onto Goten’s arm and snuggled up to him. She cried, which wasn’t one of the things she did often. Bra suddenly stopped crying and fell asleep.

***

“Goten?” Goten turned and looked behind a wall of glass. A teenage girl stood behind the glass, her hand pressing against its cool surface. She had long blue hair that came to the middle of her back with two shorter strands in the front. She wore a red vinyl skirt that came at least four inches from the top of her boots. Her red vinyl boots came up two inches over her knees, she had on a red spaghetti strapped shirt that came down a few inches above her naval. She wore a pair of elbow high red vinyl gloves that looped around the middle finger, a red vinyl headband that kept her hair out of her face. A golden choker, gold loop earrings, and a belt that had a golden circle as the clasp completed her outfit. She blinked her large blue eyes as Goten walked over to her. Goten placed a hand on the glass and watched as she tilted her head and looked at him with lost eyes. Goten noticed that she looked thirteen, only two years younger than he was. He blinked as he licked his lips.

“Do I know you?” Goten’s voice echoed through the black void as the girl nodded her head yes. Goten went to run his hands through his hair and found it was shorter than it should have been. His hair was cropped off like Trunks’ and shaved underneath.

“Goten, don’t you recognize me? It’s me, Bra…” The girl watched as Goten’s eyes opened wide. He pounded on the glass and screamed for Bra to run. She turned around and the man Goten had encountered grabbed her by the neck and shoved her against the glass. He lifted her up off of the floor and watched as she struggled against him. Goten screamed as he pounded on the glass. The man laughed as he pulled Bra back from the glass and then sent her flying through it. Goten caught her and watched as she suddenly faded out.

***

“NOOO!” Bra sat up suddenly, causing the other three to scream. She turned around and looked at Goten who looked as if he were in a peaceful sleep. She turned to the others and blinked as tears fell down her cheeks. She opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out. The five-year-old started to lay back down, but Bulma stopped her. Bra watched as her mother stood up. It was a little cold in the room, so Trunks walked over and pulled the blankets up over Goten. He sat down in the chair by Goten’s bed and let his head fall down. ChiChi walked out of the room to grab a few cups of hot eye bright tea for the others.

“What happened Bra, why did you fall asleep honey?”

“I know… I’ve seen what happened to Goten… Kaasan we have to save him! He’s in danger. He’s trapped in his own mind, inn a world someone created in his mind. There is someone who locked himself in Goten’s mind and locked Goten in there with him! I saw it, I was attacked by the man!” Bra curled up into a ball and began to cry again. Trunks looked over at his sister and shook his head. He had a few classes on dreams and such, he knew a thing or two about them.

“You have control over what happens in your dreams. If Goten is locked away in his dreams, it’s because he wants to be.”

“But he was frightened! He was scared out of his mind… He, he thinks it’s real!” Bra watched as Trunks looked from her to Goten. He took a deep breath and turned to his mother who was drawing up some plans for something. He leaned over her shoulder and watched as she drew out a machine. He licked his lips as she added the finishing touches to it.

“There, I’m going to have the workers start to build this. If what Bra said is right, then basically you guys have a new enemy who has stationed himself in Goten’s mind. You can go in there and fight him. Then, that should let Goten come out of this state.”

“YOU DON’T GET IT! Don’t you think Goten would have tried to kill the man by now? HE CAN’T USE ANY THING! He can punch and kick, but he can’t shoot ki blasts or fly. I felt it.”

***

2 weeks earlier…

Goku ground his teeth together as his opponent kicked him into a mountain. He stepped out and watched as both Gohan and Vegeta took a swing at it. The man laughed as he easily dodged their kicks and punches. Every since they had arrived on the planet, they lost all ability to fly, go Super Saiya-jin and fire ki blasts. And now they were getting their asses kicked in the worst kind of way.

“You pathetic Saiyans… You’d think that your race would come here with weapons…” The man laughed shortly as he jumped over Gohan’s leg and punched him in the face. The man flew up into the air and landed on a mountain. He fanned himself off with his hands and grinned as the three began climbing the mountain to get him. He suddenly vanished and re appeared beside Gohan.

“Who are you?!”

“They call me Teth. My Gohan, your brother looks tasty. So does his friend Trunks… I think I’ll pay a visit to your coveted Earth. Tata!” Teth suddenly vanished leaving the three standing in bewilderment. Vegeta screamed and suddenly went Super Saiyan. He looked at himself and then to Goku and Gohan. Gohan floated up off of the ground as Goku fired a ki blast into the mountain that Teth had been standing on.

“He was the one blocking us. And now he’s on his way to Earth! We have to get home!” Gohan took off for the spaceship they had come to Ayin in and jumped in. Vegeta and Goku followed suit and they took off. It would take them a month to get home, they had no idea how long it would take Teth to get there. As soon as they took off of the planet, it vanished into thin air.

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Well, that’s chapter one! Yes, this is based after the kick ass movie The Cell. I hope you enjoyed! Sorry about all of the DBZ, DBZ/GW, DBZ/GW/SM fics I’ve been getting posted… *puts hand behind head* I’ve been watching the three so much since I got back to SC it’s pathetic! *mumbles* and it doesn’t help with the fact that I’m trying to write the ultimate crossover… Ice, Fire, Compliments, Flames, Smoke, Trunks, Goten, Vegeta, Goku, Duo, Heero, Juunana-Gou, D, Kenshin… all are welcome to my mailbox!