The Chestnut Tale
For those who've seen my profile, it's been quite a while. But I finally decided to sit back and write again. I know I still have some unfinished fanfics, I have to work on them eventually. Right now I'm gonna focus on this one. I've always been a big K/18 fan and always wondered how they got together. I've been wanting to write this since years ago, but somehow managed until now. I'm not sure what other stories are out there, but I never read any in the hope to keep mine original
This story is based on several theories I've had. Enjoy ;). It starts with about two weeks after the Cell games.
A/N: Italics are thoughts while normal font is speech.
A/N 2: The title refers to the fact Marron (Krillin and 18's daughter's name is translated as chestnut, and if I'm not mistaken, so is Krillin's name as well)
DISCLAIMER: I do not own anything of Dragonball Z, it all belongs to the genius Akira Toriyama
Chapter one:
'Aaargh!!' In pure frustration Vegeta pounded his fist in the ground, after having fallen to his knees in exhaustion for the hundredth time.
'Why, Kakarot, why dammit?!'
Why did that dumbass Kakarot put his life at stake? It was beyond his understanding. Why on earth would Kakarot do something as reckless and foolish, knowing well how possible he could fail? How could no other than that low class Sayan's son beat the all powerful android Cell while he, Vegeta, prince of the Sayans, had been unable to as much as lay a scratch on him?
Even Vegeta was unsure of which of the two issues frustrated him the most. All the time he spent on Earth was to train himself, to one day beat him, Kakarot, and prove once and for all that he, Vegeta, was superior.
But with Kakarot gone, his purpose of beating him was gone as well, leaving the prince of Sayans slightly confused about what he was to do now. And on top of that, Kakarot wasn't even the strongest. His own kid had surpassed him.
And if that wasn't enough, his training wasn't paying off; two weeks had passed since Cell's destruction and he was no closer of reaching the Super Sayan 2 stage than as he was at the beginning.
More frustrated than ever, he decided to go home, the sun was setting and the last thing he wanted was to hear that woman scold him, again. She was already pissed at him accidentally destroying the gravitational chamber anyway, reason why he was training in the middle of nowhere.
As he begun flying on his way, he noticed someone flying towards him. Him not being able to recognize the person by his or her Ki, made him even angrier.
Android 18 sighed. Another day had passed and no trail of her brother. She had heard from them that he was alive, there could be no mistake. Tired, annoyed and angry of flying around, she decided to find a resting place. She was about to land when she noticed someone flying towards her.
'…17? No, it can't be; his hair isn't like that…'
As she flew towards it to get a closer look, she realized who it was. There was no way to avoid him, he had already seen her. Not that she wanted to, anyway. She wasn't afraid of him, after all she had already giving him quite a beating once. Smirking slightly at that memory, she approached the irritated Sayan. He was the first one to speak.
'My, my, still alive then? What is an android like you flying around here? These are MY training grounds.'
She quirked and eyebrow at this and smirked. She wasn't going to allow him to intimidate her. 'YOUR training grounds? So you're training now, it was to expect, after that monster wiped the floor with you.'
'I wouldn't talk if I were you, after all, I wasn't that useless waste that monster spat out', he answered, smirking equally.
Her smirk never faded. 'If that makes me a useless waste, what would that make you considering the fact that I could've killed you, hadn't it been for your son saving your sorry behind?'
Vegeta's smirk turned into an ugly scowl. No way was he going to allow a low level android insult him like that. He still felt ashamed over the fact she had once given him a massive beating. He was not going to allow her to get away with it.
'I'd watch my mouth if I were you, android', he growled. 'There is no baldy weakling to stop me from destroying you this time.'
Her smirk faded as well. It wasn't like she needed any more reminding of the bald little man in question. She had enough of a hard time trying to push him out of her thoughts. Deciding this was enough she turned to leave, but not without shooting him her last words.
'I wasted more than enough time on you. Instead of seeking fights with old rivals you might as well seek a fight with the kid who, according to what I've heard, out powered you by far. And…' she looked over her shoulder to smirk at him '…he isn't even half your age, is he?'
She struck a nerve, and she knew it. It was an unnecessary risk, but she was as pissed and annoyed as he was, and not planning to allow him to win this verbal battle. She flew off completely turning her back to him, which was a big mistake.
'Aargh!' Wincing in pain, she felt the powerful Ki blast explode in her back. Barely being able to maintain herself in the air, she turned, only to see Vegeta's face contorted in rage.
'If you think that I'm going to let a lowlife android get away with this, you're wrong!' he breathed. 'Today, you messed with the wrong person!'
He flew towards her with barely visible speed, and punched her in the gut. She felt all the air being punched out of her as she flew backwards. He seemed to have reappeared behind her because she felt a hard hit on the upper part of her back, which sent her towards the ocean. As she still tried to locate his position, a yellow blast came crashing into her. She plunged into the ocean, barely being able to move or breathe. In her last strength she managed to get hold of a floating piece of wood.
He was about to give her the final blast, when suddenly Bulma's image popped into his mind. She would be annoyed at him killing an android. The baldy was her friend, after all. His gravitational chamber was at risk. She was already hurt pretty badly; he wouldn't be surprised if she died.
'You're in luck, android. I would thank Baldy for that', he said before flying off.
Everything was fading. With her last strength she lifter her head, and saw far away a small island with a little house on it. If she only managed to reach it…
'Damn it all' she thought. The image of Krillin suddenly jumped through her mind.
'And why do I keep thinking of him? He was only kind to go out with me or something; I'm just another pretty face to him.' She gritted her teeth at the fact a part of her was contradicting this.But before any further thoughts, everything went black.
Little did she know on that very island, the person haunting her mind was staring at the sunset, deeply emerged in thoughts…
Next chapter preview:
Being unable to sleep, Krillin stares out of his window, wishing on a falling star. But this time, he ends up getting much more then he wished for…