Dreaming of the Past 3: The Tusken Raiders Attack Bra was helping Juunanagou wash up, while the others played cards, when an explosion rocked the room. "Fuck!" cursed Goten. He stood up. "The bastards are attacking!" "Kuso!" Juunanagou followed Goten out of the room. "Where are they going?" cried Bra. "They’re not actually going to fight them, are they? Baka na!" "We don’t have a choice," Gohan said, calmly. "If we leave the Tusken Raiders out there, they’ll just hurt some innocent person." "But Goten and Juunana! They’ll be killed." "They’ll be fine, Bra-chan." Gohan’s voice did not sound convincing. "I’m going with them." Bra started to leave, but Gohan stopped her. "No! Goten specifically told me not to let you out there." "Oh yeah? Well, since when do you do what your younger brother tells you to do?" Ha! Gotcha there. "That won’t work, Bra. It was a request from Goten, not an order. And it was my decision to do it. You won’t last ten seconds out there." "Neither will they." Bra slammed Gohan into the wall, and pushed past him. The remaining three men sat in silent awe. Gohan broke it. "Wow, she’s stronger than she looks." "She is Bra-chan," Krillin pointed out. They all let out a defeated sigh. Outside… "Hey, Sakata! Thiacin!" called Juunanagou. "Looking for us?" Sakata stopped blasting the buildings around her. "Oh look. There they are, my darling." "Oh, yes." Thiacin grinned. "Now which one do you want dead?" Goten cursed. "Dammit Juunana! Have you ever heard of the ‘element of surprise’? Baka!" "Shut your hole, Monkey-boy!" Juunanagou shot back. "I’m not taking crap from…." He was interrupted by a narrow ki blast that shot between the two of them. They looked up to see a frowning Sakata. "At this rate, they’ll just kill each other, and I won’t have any fun!" she whined. "Let’s see. Which one? The monkey or the robot?" "Let’s attack while she’s busy deciding," Goten hissed to his companion. Juunanagou nodded. The two of them charged at the Tusken Raiders, Goten attacking Sakata and Juunanagou taking Thiacin. The Elite stayed safely hidden. They were not planning on getting involved in this battle. Goten and Juunanagou hadn’t noticed them yet. Bra had sweet-talked her way past Android 16’s security. Obviously the android had a soft spot for her; at least, he used to for this world’s Bra. Bra also kept safely hidden behind destroyed buildings and piles of rubble. She watched the fight and tried not to scream. Goten had the first hit, backhanding Sakata across the face. She turned to face him, a sadistic grin gracing her oddly attractive face. She greeted Goten’s stomach with a rally of punches. Goten winced in pain, but retaliated by ramming his elbow into Sakata’s jaw. She screamed and belted him to the ground. "I think I know which one I want dead now, Thiacin," she said. Thiacin was still involved in his fight with Juunanagou. The android was on the ground, firing multiple ki blasts at up at his enemy. Thiacin took the blasts with no trouble. He formed a huge ki ball in his left hand, and threw it at Juunanagou. "Oh, fuck," was all the jinzouningen could mutter before he took the blast full on. "Thiacin!" screamed Sakata. "I said I wanted the Saiya-jin dead! You always spoil my fun." Thiacin looked into the crater where Juunanagou’s limp form could be seen. "Eh, he’ll live." "Oh, goody!" cheered Sakata. She focussed on Goten. "Time to die, little monkey." Goten looked up. He figured he had two chances: Buckley’s and none. I’m doomed! No! This can’t be happening. I can’t die! Sakata began charging up. "NO!!!" Bra ran out of her hiding place. "Bra-chan, no," whispered Goten. "BRA, GET OUT OF HERE!" Bra ignored him and ran to his side. "What!?! It’s her!" hissed Sakata. She turned to her partner. "I thought you killed her!" "I did!" roared Thiacin. He had no idea what was going on. "Bra-chan! What are you doing here!?!" "None of your fucking business!" Bra yelled. "And keep your witch away from Goten!" "I heard that!" screamed Sakata. Her expression suddenly softened. "What a lovely thing to say!" "Bra, get out of her!" Goten pleaded. "Not without you," replied Bra. "I…" Bra smirked, in the infamous Vegeta way. "I’m not completely useless, you know." She faced the Tusken Raiders, and brought her hands up to her face. "TAIYOUKEN!!!" "ARGH!" Sakata and Thiacin cursed and hissed. Bra slung Goten over her shoulder, with some difficulty, and flew him to the entrance of their hide out. Then she retrieved Juunanagou in a similar way. "Open up, 16!" she commanded. The doors slid open, and she dragged the fighters inside. By the time the Tusken Raiders had recovered from their blindness, Bra was long gone. "They’ve escaped!" cried Thiacin. "Kusottare!" "This is all your fault!" Sakata glared at Thiacin. "You didn’t kill her." "Yes I did! And you saw me do it!" "Hmph! I’m leaving." Sakata shot off towards their home. Thiacin sighed, and whistled. He shot off after her, with the Elite following closely. * * * * * * "What were you thinking!?!" Goten demanded. Bra was busy bandaging Juunanagou, so she ignored him. "I’m talking to you, Bra!" "I know, but I’m busy!" she retorted. Juunanagou cried out in pain as Bra pulled a bandage too tight. "Oops. Sorry, Juu-kun." "You could’ve been killed!" "So could have you!" Juunanagou looked from one furious demi-Saiya-jin to the other. "Umm, I’m gonna see if Gohan needs any help. Bye!" "Those two were going to kill you, Goten. You didn’t stand a chance." "Didn’t you listen to me earlier? I don’t want your family and friends…." "Yes, I know, I know." Bra’s expression softened and she smiled. "I was beginning to think that you were different to my Go…the Goten from my dimension. But you’re not. You’re very much like him. And like your father – always thinking about everyone else, and never yourself. You are a true Son, Goten-san." Bra turned to leave. "Bra…" Goten called out. She faced him. "Please, call me Goten-kun." Bra smiled, and nodded. * * * * * * Juunanagou, Gohan, Tien and Krillin all rushed to find something to do, trying to hide the fact that they’d been eavesdropping. Bra smirked. "Interesting book, Krillin-san?" she inquired. Krillin quickly turned the book right-way-up, and hid behind it. Bra shook her head. She walked over to Gohan. "Um…Gohan. You guys have a training room, right?" "Yes," Gohan answered. "Can I use it?" "I guess so. It’s just down that corridor." "Thanks." Bra ran down the afore mentioned corridor, until she came to a door with "Training Room" written on it. Bra half-expected to hear her father training, but the room was silent. Bra sighed, and fought back the pain of home-sickness. Bra shut the door, and wandered over to the machine in the middle of the room. "Ah-ha! Time to pump up the volume. How much should I increase the gravity by? Hmm, one hundred times should do! Tousan and Niichan train in, like, five hundred times, so I should be fine." Bra keyed in one hundred times Earth’s normal gravity…and hit the floor with a loud thump. "Argh!" she screamed, trying to move. She couldn’t. It felt like she had an elephant sitting on her back. "Fuck. I can’t move! Help!" The door burst open, and the gravity dropped back to normal. Bra sat up and held her head. "Bra, are you okay?" Goten ran in. Bra heard the door close behind him. "What happened?" "I tried too much, too soon." Bra gave a little laugh. "I should’ve started at a lower level." "Definitely. Honestly, Bra, that’s twice in one day that you’ve nearly gotten yourself killed. Don’t do that to me, babe!" Goten covered his mouth. "Sorry, I…I didn’t mean to call you that." Bra felt her cheeks becoming hot. "It’s…It’s okay. Forget it." Goten started walking towards the door, backwards. He tripped half-way there, landing on the arm he had injured during his fight with Sakata. Bra covered her ears as Goten rattled off a string of curses that would’ve killed a nun. "You done?" Bra glanced over her shoulder. "Sorry," said Goten, the expression on his face somewhere between sheepishness and pain. "Are you okay?" Bra knelt beside Goten. He was holding his elbow, with his lower arm draped between his legs. Bra gently tried to move the arm to examine it, but Goten stubbornly kept it where it was. "Oh, sorry. Did I hurt you?" "N-No, I…uh…" Goten’s cheeks flushed scarlet. "Then why won’t you let me see your arm?" Bra once again tried to move the arm. This time she was successful, and she saw what Goten was trying to hide. "Shit." Goten blushed even more and looked at the ceiling, while Bra stared at the bulge in his pants. "Oh…I…uh…umm…ah…" "You had to move my arm, didn’t you?" Goten sighed. "You don’t know what you do to me, Bra-chan." "I can take a wild guess." Goten returned his view to Bra’s face. "Do you have a boyfriend in your dimension?" "No." "Ever had one?" "Nope. I think it’s pointless to have hundreds of stupid, meaningless relationships with a heap of no-hope losers. I’m saving myself." "For who?" "No one." Bra turned her head away from Goten’s eyes. He smirked. "Stop that." "Stop what?" Goten held up his hands in innocence. "You’re smirking. I don’t like it when people smirk at me." Bra gasped as Goten suddenly covered her lips with his. As the kiss continued, Bra closed her eyes, and placed her hand on Goten’s cheek. He wrapped his good arm around her waist and pulled her close to him. Bra smiled to herself, as something hard dug into her thigh. They broke apart. Goten held Bra’s face in his hand and looked deep into her eyes. But, suddenly, the love in his eyes was replaced with great sadness. Bra looked at him, confused. "Goten, what’s wrong?" "I’m…I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have done that." Goten fled from the room. Bra stared at the spot where Goten had been. "Goten-kun."