Chapter 8 - Don't You Die on Me!
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I do however own Mura and Mizuki, including her origins!
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This is the chapter I've been waiting for!
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Mizuki watched in horror as Piccolo fought an enemy like no other, its strength far higher than the Namek's own Ki. The whole reason he was fighting is because this enemy had almost killed her and Kuririn had just managed to give her a Senzu Bean before dying himself.
Now everyone was dead, even Son Goku. The only two left alive were Piccolo and herself. "Piccolo-sama..." She breathed, she had wanted to fight, but Piccolo had warned her off, saying it was his fight and if she were to interfere, he would never fogive her.
She wanted so badly to help, all the Senzu's had been used and they weren't strong enough to take on this enemy alone. "Piccolo, let me help!" She shrieked up at the Namek who was trying to hit the enemy, but every swipe was missing.
"No! If you get hurt again, I'll never forgive you nor myself!" Piccolo shouted, the conversation enough to make him miss as an elbow slammed into his back and sent him barelling to the floor.
Mizuki gasped and stepped forward as the Namek was buried into a crater of his own making. "G-aaa-aah..." Piccolo choked out as blood spilled from his lips. That attack had injured something important, he was sure of it.
"Piccolo-sama!" The Houlamek cried out, running towards the crater, but she was thrown back by a forceful wind as the enemy dived into the crater and slammed his foot into Piccolo's back, causing the Namek to scream out in agony.
Mizuki stood at the edge of the crater, her face stricken with horror as blood sprayed from her beloved friend's mouth, his eyes going blank as he lost consciousness for a moment.
"Heh, pathetic..." The enemy jeered, stepping off Piccolo and kicking the Namek hard in the ribs, causing another gasp of pain.
Mizuki growled and stepped forward. "G-get away from him, you freak!" She snarled, her voice having an animalistic undertone.
The enemy laughed and glanced at the Houlamek. "What's the matter Mutt? Too afraid to save your boyfriend's life?" He taunted and Mizuki swore she could see red.
Piccolo grunted weakly, his voice barely heard. "Shut up, Namek!" The enemy snarled, kicking the alien harder and causing him to throw up a dangerous amount of purple blood. "I was talking to the stray over there!" He pointed at Mizuki. "Not you!" Another kick and more blood sprayed across the crater.
Mizuki stepped forward and Piccolo's arm shot out, a gesture for her to stay back. "N-no! Mizuki!" He coughed, blood trickling down his emerald lower lip. "H-he's too strong!"
"I can't let him hurt you anymore!" Mizuki cried, tears pooling in her eyes. However Piccolo growled and barked angrilly at her.
"You're too weak! If you try to attack, he'll kill you on the spot!" Piccolo gasped as Mizuki inhaled and stepped forward. "No!" He shot a Temporary Paralysis Ki Blast at her and she was knocked back, hitting the ground hard and unable to move, or speak. "I-I'm sorry...Mizuki..." He felt his Ki reach its lowest and his hand hit the floor, too weak to lift it.
"How about that...The Namek cares for the Houlamek..." The enemy taunted, walking up to Piccolo and standing on his hand, making the Namek wince as the enemy ground his hand further into the solid dirt ground.
"M-Mizuki..." Piccolo gasped, his hand crushed and useless. "I-I hope you forgive me...I-I tried to protect you..."
"How precious...Maybe I'll let you die together..." The enemy jeered, slamming his foot down harder on the Namek's hand, causing him to cry out.
If Mizuki had been able to move, she would have saved Piccolo from this harsh torture, however all she could do was listen to his screams and feel tears well in her eyes.
'Piccolo-sama, please don't give up!' She begged to herself, a tear falling as she heard a crunch and Piccolo's gurgled cries, blood obviously filling his mouth by how he screamed.
The enemy continued to laugh and injure Piccolo, slamming his foot down on Piccolo's leg, breaking it, then his arm, breaking that too. "How does it feel, Namek?"
Piccolo coughed up a tonne of blood and his face began to drain of colour, blood spilling from his arm, hand and leg. "G-get lost, bastard!" He snarled and the enemy growled.
The shadowy figure grabbed Piccolo's Gi top from the back and lifted the weak Namek, holding him high in the air. "I'd say you're about ready to keel over...I'll keep your girlfriend alive long enough to watch you die, then she's next..."
Piccolo's eyes widened and his anger flared, and with what was left of his strength, he landed a strong kick on the enemy's leg, breaking it and causing the man to drop him.
The Namek landed hard on his front, his face cut up by the ground beneath him. "L-leave M-Mizuki out of th-this!" He ground out, his consciousness dimming.
"That's it!" The enemy snarled, lifting his hand to Piccolo's form. "Die you overgrown snot!"
Piccolo glanced at where Mizuki used to be and smiled, closing his eyes. "Mizuki..." He whispered, his last words before a blast was shot at him and he screamed with terrifying volume, the crater exploding around him as he was struck point blank with an amazing amount of power.
Mizuki's tears spilled like Piccolo's blood had moments ago as the smoke filled the air and she heard a figure walk out of the crater, towards her.
"P-Pic...colo..." Mizuki managed to gasp out as the shadow stood above her and was revealed as her enemy. "Where's...Pic-colo..."
"Dying, I believe..." The stranger said, rubbing his hands together with a frown towards the crater. "That stupid ass didn't know when to stop talking, so I silenced him..."
"Y-you monster! I...I'll kill y-you!"
"I hardly think you could in your condition..." The stranger said, smirking cruelly. "I could give you some of my Ki, allow you to move enough to say goodbye to your boyfriend..."
Mizuki gasped and growled. "Wh-what are you play...Playing at?" She seethed and the man chuckled, crouching down and taking her shaking hand.
"Nothing, I believe you deserve one final act of kindness before I end your life..." Just to prove his point, the stranger gripped her hand hard, making her wince, before channelling some of his Ki into her body, stopping the paralysis. "Now say goodbye, his Ki is plummeting..."
Mizuki gasped and shot up, jumping to her feet and pushing past the enemy, running to the crater and sliding down the slope to the centre.
What met her was horrifying to say the least. She felt sickened by what had happened to the man she loved and who had been her friend for years.
Piccolo was lying in the middle of the crater, surrounded by his own blood, burns, cuts and ripped skin covering his entire body. His Gi almost completely singed away and his arm and leg bent at an odd angle. His hand was crushed and several fingers were shaped oddly, blood surrounded Piccolo's head and his breathing brought more out with the air he exhaled.
"P-Piccolo-sama..." Mizuki whispered, walking towards her best friend with tears filling her eyes. She dropped to her knees beside the man she cared for and noticed his eyes were blank, rolled back as he had lost consciousness.
"Piccolo-sama? Piccolo-sama!" Mizuki called out, putting her hand on Piccolo's back, which made him gasp as his eyes refocused.
"A-aagh!" He hissed and Mizuki retracted her hand, feeling fear at what she had done. However Piccolo didn't dwell on the pain and focused on her, feeling a sense of relief that she was still alive. "M-Mi...zuki..." He coughed, blood following. "Th-thank...Ka-mi...You're al-alright..."
"Piccolo-sama, hold on..." She whimpered, her eyes filling with the tears she wanted so badly to be fake, hoping she would wake up from this nightmare to be comforted by the same man she was crouched by right now. "P-please don't die...You can't die!"
"Heh, heh, heh...You're a...S-stubborn one, aren't...Y-you..." Piccolo said, chuckling softly, his own eyes filling with tears. "I-I'm go-ing to miss that..."
"You're not going to die! I'll get Dende, he'll save you!" Mizuki said, standing up, but Piccolo's quiet plea stopped her.
"Don't..."
"I-if I get Dende, you'll survive!" Mizuki cried, dropping back down and letting her tears spill down her cheeks. "You can't give up, Piccolo-sama! You can't, you're all I have left!"
Piccolo smiled softly and grunted, his body trembling as he tried to move, only managing to lift himself slightly, before falling back down on his back, able to speak to her properly, face to face.
"W-we've had good...T-times, ri-ght?" Piccolo asked, blood spilling down the length of his cheek and touching his pointed ear. "It's been a go-od few y-years..."
"Piccolo-sama, please..." Mizuki placed her hands on the ground below her, gasping as she felt fresh blood from the man she loved. "Everyone else is dead, I can't lose you...I just can't!"
Mizuki almost jumped when she felt a callous palm touch her cheek, making her look at the man she loved, who had tears in his own eyes aswell.
"L-look at me...The great Piccolo Daimao...Reduced to risking his life to save your's..." He choked out, blood filling his mouth as he turned his head and threw it up, as not to choke and die quicker.
"Y-you're not going to die, I'll get Korin-sama, he can give you a Senzu Bean!" She said, placing her hand over his, holding it against her cheek as he wiped the tears in her right eye with his thumb.
"Th-there's not e-enough ti-me..." Piccolo coughed, his eyes going dull as his Ki dropped to it's minimum. He had moments. "I-I need to tell you some...Something..."
"What is it, Piccolo-sama? You can tell me anything..." She whispered, her vision blurring out as her tears doubled in speed.
"I...I..." Piccolo's breathing got deeper, harder and his gasps reminded her how little time he had left on this planet. "I..." A cough interrupted him and he threw up more blood, his face blanced now from the lack of life elixer left in his system.
"Piccolo-sama, please..." Mizuki begged, as Piccolo moved his hand to her hair and coiled his fingers in the cyan blue strands.
"I...I love you, Mizuki..." Piccolo gasped, using what little strength he had left to pull her face down and capture her lips with his own.
Mizuki gave the kiss everything she had, all her strength, love and sorrow as she cupped his bloodied cheek and ran her other hand up his arm.
However she didn't get to pull away, as she felt the emerald lips against her own become unresponsive and she froze as his hand dropped from her hair and onto her shoulder, before landing against her right thigh, unmoving.
"Pi-Piccolo-sama?" Mizuki whispered, pulling back as her heart finally shattered into a thousand pieces. Piccolo was lying there, his eyes closed and his mouth open, blood no longer filling the parted lips. His chest not lifting with his breathing and his whole body dull in colour as his spirit left for the Other World.
"N-no...Piccolo-sama..." Mizuki whimpered, grabbing his hand and holding it tight. "Please, wake up! I'll stop eating snakes for snacks, I'll train more, I'll do anything, just please...Please open your eyes!"
However her begging lead to nothing and she felt Piccolo's warm hand go cold as her sobs broke free and she let all her sorrow out.
The enemy watched as Mizuki pressed her forehead against Piccolo's and her tears fell onto his cheeks. "I-I never even got to tell you how much I loved you too...Piccolo Daimao-sama...You're all I ever wanted and all I ever needed...I love you too, please Gods let him rest in eternal peace..."
Mizuki pressed a kiss to Piccolo's forehead and placed both his hands on his chest, closing his mouth and giving his forehead another and final kiss before she rose to her feet, shaking.
"Poor Mizuki-chan..." The enemy cooed, sticking out his lower lip and making it tremble to emphasize his jeers. "Her filthy Namek boyfriend snuffed it...How tragic, ha ha ha!"
"You..."
The enemy hummed and stopped laughing, looking down as Mizuki's body stopped trembling with sorrow and jerked intime with her heartbeat.
"You killed Piccolo Daimao-sama..." She ground out, her voice sounding rather like a wolf snarling. "I'll never forgive you...I'll never forgive you for this!" She turned and suddenly her body began to convulse.
The enemy watched in horror as Mizuki's legs snapped and reconstructed into canine limbs, her nose and mouth elongating into a snout, her eyes turning a burning red and her ears and tail turning stiff due to the transformation.
In the end all that remained of Mizuki was a cyan blue wolf, losing all it's conscious thought as it growled menacingly and the Ki level rocketed to that of a God, fueled by the death of her loved one.
"I-Impossible!"
Then the wolf lunged.
~DBZ~
Several years had passed since the death of Piccolo Daimao, Son Goku, and all his friends. Some say Mizuki died too, that she had given into her rage and it had killed her.
However some still believe she is out there, living without a friend and thriving in the wild, alone and angered.
Some even claim to have seen a cyan blue wolf in the wasteland she and Piccolo had trained in with Gohan. Not attacking travellers, but watching them.
They say to have seen the beast shed tears and howl, causing the entire island to feel sorrow and wonder who it was the wolf had lost.
Mizuki never changed back, not into her human form, or even half form. She had lost herself when Piccolo had died.
She was nothing more than a beast now, Mizuki was lost and all that remained was a beautiful cyan blue wolf with a sorrow that can never be eased.
'I love you, Piccolo-sama...'
A/N: What do you think?
I nearly cried reading this over!
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