Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ The Chosen One ❯ Chapter Twenty-Eight ( Chapter 28 )

Author's Note: Before I begin, I would like to clear up a few matters. First, Hiaburi notes that Gohan never told Broly that Goku hit his head, but Broly still knew about it. That is because Broly is familiar with the Saiyan race, being one himself. He grew up in a colony of Saiyans, some of whom had forgotten their missions, so he was quite familiar with it and merely assumed that Goku hit his head. Second, a few people have commented that my chapters have no gap when the setting changes. Believe me, I do put these in when I type, but for some reason Fanfiction.net doesn't acknowledge it. I even tried putting asterisks *** like these in, but it didn't work, either. What I'm now going to try is separating gaps with the chapter number in between two dashes like this -28- and pray that it works.

Also, I have a new addition to the list of "Z-Trax" (tentative title).

Vegeta's theme - "Quarter" by Fuel (On a side note, the group Fuel was formed in the Lehigh Valley, which is where I live. Needless to say, they are VERY popular around here.)

Comments on the themes are more than welcome, and I will listen to any suggestions. Right now, above all, I'm trying to think of themes for Siber and Raditz. Also, I'd like some feedback to the video game question mentioned in Chapter 26. Now, for the story.

The Chosen One

Chapter 28

The room that Gohan, Vegeta, and Trunks were in disappeared and everything went black. The next thing they knew, they found themselves in front of the gate to a large castle.

"Where are we?" Gohan asked.

"I don't know," Trunks responded. "I think we're inside my father's mind."

"We are," Raditz said. He could not hide the shock from his face. "And apparently, it has taken on the form of the Saiyan Royal Palace!"

"What?!" Gohan shouted.

"You're kidding!" Trunks exclaimed.

"I can hardly believe it myself," Raditz said, "but here it is."

"Well, what are we waiting for?" Gohan exclaimed. "Let's go!"

-28-

"Man, this is frustrating!" Gohan said. "How big could this place be?"

"I don't understand," Raditz remarked. "This is nothing like the real palace was!"

"This is all my father's dream, right?" Trunks said. "Well, you know how irrational dreams can be."

"Wait!" Raditz exclaimed. "How can this be? We're back in the entrance hall!"

Gohan and Trunks looked around. Sure enough, they were back where they started. Then, they heard laughter.

Two Saiyan guards emerged from another set of doors. "That's right," one of them said. "All paths here lead back to the entry. They will continue to do so until the two of us are destroyed."

"Then that's what we'll have to do!" Trunks yelled as he powered up to Super Saiyan. Quick as a flash, he dashed over and bounced the guards' heads off of each other. As they slumped down, Trunks backed up and lifted off the ground. He began flinging his hands around in front of him and stopped them with both hands in front. "Take THIS!" Trunks yelled as he fired a Burning Attack at the pair. The energy blast went off and engulfed the entire section of the room were the soldiers were. When the dust cleared, the guards were gone, but there was one odd aspect:

"Look!" Gohan exclaimed. "The building isn't damaged! There aren't even any scorch marks or cracks!"

"That's strange," Trunks commented. "I guess it's part of the dream."

"We'd better go through the door that those two guards came from," Raditz said. "It takes us through the knights' quarters, but we will eventually get to wherever Prince Vegeta is hiding."

-28-

Raditz stopped in front of a pair of steel doors. "Well, here we are," he said. "This is the knights' quarters. King Vegeta's most trusted knights quartered themselves here when not on duty. Let's go." Raditz put up a hand to open the doors, when they suddenly opened all by themselves. The three Saiyans walked in, and then the doors shut on their own, and the room got dark. Trunks turned around to test if the doors would open; however, they did not, and this got Trunks a little nervous.

"Hold it!" Gohan whispered to Raditz. "I thought I heard something." Then, they heard a faint "woosh" and a tap.

"Yeah, I just heard it now," Raditz said.

"I think there might be someone in here with us," Trunks muttered. Then, he felt something pass by his face and he ducked.

WHAM!

Gohan and Raditz spun around. "Trunks!" Gohan exclaimed. "Are you all right?"

"I'm a little shaken up, but other than that, yeah," Trunks responded. "There is definitely someone in here with us."

"Guys, cover your eyes for a moment," Gohan said. He then waited a couple of seconds. "Eyes covered?" Upon receiving confirmations from both of his friends, he bought his hands, palms in, to his forehead and shouted, "SOLAR FLARE!"

Blinding light filled the room and hit the unknown assailant full on. "My eyes, my eyes!" he shouted.

Gohan's and Raditz's eyes snapped open. "That voice!" Gohan exclaimed. "It can't be!"

"It's impossible!" Raditz added.

Then, the lights in the room turned on and they could now see their attacker. Gohan and Raditz's suspicion was now confirmed.

"It's Nappa!!"