She felt herself being shifted around, arms around her, securing her in their hold. She grumbled a little but refused to open her eyes.
She was just too damn tired.
"Hey brat" an all too familiar voice mumbled to her, "Time to wake up. I can't hold you forever."
Chidori cuddled into the man's clothes and grumbled in disagreement.
The man sighed and pet her hair, "I guess it can wait until back up at the tower."
"Yes" another gruff voice whispered, "Just let the girl rest for a little while at least. She deserves it"
Chidori could hear the faint voice of her father whispering as well as he pet her forehead gently and kissed her forehead, "I'm so proud of you, honey"
The next thing she felt in her near unconscious state was that she was floating in the arms of the man she trust more than anyone second to her father. In the distance she could just faintly hear two excited children's voices.
But after that she knew no more and felt the darkness consume her again.
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Chidori heard excited voices around her and saw a green glow on the other side of her eyelids. Slowly, she was able to open her eyes to see blurry images of family and friends.
"W-wha" she tried to speak and grabbed her head in a little pain, "What happened?"
"Chidori!" Dende shouted, "Thank goodness you're conscious again. Everyone's been worried sick about you."
Chi-Chi heard her daughter regain consciousness and barreled in, almost shoving poor Dende away, "My baby!"
Chidori could only feel her mother's arms around her and the wet tears that she sobbed into her hair, "Mom I'm fine"
Chi-Chi practically laughed and shouted sarcastically, "Oh sure you are! You died and just fought the battle to save the universe but you're FINE!"
Chidori chuckled and tiredly shook her head, "I'm just tired"
"Well that's no surprise" Chidori could feel the rumbling of Piccolo's voice behind her and saw that he was still holding her in his arms as Dende had healed her. He wasn't willing to let go after he just got her back.
Chidori leaned back on his chest and smiled, "So I won, huh? Cool"
Piccolo chuckled but flicked her cheek with his sharp fingernails.
"Ow! What was that for?"
Piccolo smiled and rested his head carefully on the top of hers, "You have to stop making me worry about you, kid. I can only handle so many emotions in my lifetime, you know"
Chidori laughed but decided that she should look around at her surroundings. She saw her father smiling down at her, "Chidori I'm so proud of you. You really gave it your all and . . . . I hate to say it but you surpassed me, kid"
Chidori let out a heartfelt laugh, "Dad, I surpassed you a long time ago!"
Everyone chuckled at her words and Dende finally backed off when she was finally healed but nothing could prepare her for the oncoming jolt of a small torpedo in orange, "Sissy! You're okay! I thought I'd never see you again! Are you okay sissy!? Siiiiissyyyyyy"
Chidori hugged her little brother tightly and wrapped her tail around his small waist, "Of course I'm alright. As long as you're okay though, then that's all that matters Goten"
Goten cried in his sister's chest, never having felt this sorrow and joy all at once.
"Chidori" she heard her father's voice again and groggily, she stood up away from Piccolo with Goten still in her arms.
"Yeah dad?"
Goku hesitated for a moment before talking, "There's something that needs explained to you but don't freak out. It's not a threat anymore. I promise"
Chidori put Goten down and growled, "What's not a threat?"
Goku laughed a little, "Well you know how skinny Boo was created by Fat Boo when he got angry?"
"Sure" she didn't know where this was going.
Goku rubbed the back of his head and Vegeta sighed at his rival's stupidity, "Well you see it's like this. That Hercule guy, Videl's dad, actually befriended Fat Boo but when Hercule almost died, that's how Boo got angry. But when Vegeta and I went inside of Skinny Boo to get Piccolo and the kids out, Fat Boo was in there as well . . . ."
Vegeta finished, "So I pulled the fat blob out of Boo with the others and that's how that child-like Boo was created. But apparently Fat Boo is good now. Yippee"
Chidori's fists clenched, "What?! Where is he?! You let him live!?"
Videl popped out of the crowd with Erasa and Sharpner, "Chidori! Wait! It's true! Boo really is a good guy now! Really!"
Videl, Sharpner and Erasa suddenly group hugged Chidori as if to distract her and it was working. Chidori stiffened a little but relaxed slightly in the arms of her friends, "Guys you really trust the thing?"
But before they could answer, Chidori heard a high pitched laughter but this time, it sounded different. Filled with true happiness instead of evil joy. Chidori made her way out of the crowd to see Hercule and Boo playing a small game of patty-cake. Chidori couldn't help but to glare though.
This fat pink blob was the reason she died in the first place!
She marched over to them and swat her tail back in forth, "Hey!"
Boo and Hercule turned to her and suddenly Hercule looked frightened, "Oh! It's you! Uh! Chi or Chip. What's your name again?"
Chidori paid him no mind and glared at Boo, "Do you remember who I am?"
Boo stared at her and nodded a little, "Yeah! You strong girl!"
Chidori's pride puffed a little but she remained threatening, "You killed millions of people and you're playing patty cake!? Is this all a joke to you!? Do the lives you stole mean nothing to you?! You tried to kill my friends and family! You purposefully tried to kill my little brother! What do you have to say for yourself?!"
Boo actually looked guilty and it tore Chidori apart. He really did look like a child. A child that didn't know any better. She cursed herself.
Boo grumbled a little, "Boo sorry. Boo never kill or hurt again. Boo like Hercule and new friends! You be Boo's friend!?"
Chidori looked stunned for a second and so did everyone else, watching their conversation with rapt attention.
Boo held out his two fingered blob of a hand and smiled and suddenly Chidori just couldn't even THINK about killing him. Not now. She sighed and looked away.
"You won't kill anymore? You won't hurt anyone anymore? You swear this?"
Boo nodded furiously and Chidori took his hand, "Alright then. Fine. I'll be your friend, Boo"
Boo cheered and laughed, bringing in the girl for a hug she didn't want. Chidori felt like she was being hugged by a big squishy balloon, however, and let the thing hug her for a second before pulling away.
She nodded to it, "I trust you Boo. Don't let me down or I'll have to kill you"
With that, she turned away back to her friends, leaving an almost scared and confused Boo behind her with Hercule.
Chidori cracked her neck, "Now what?
Dende spoke up, "Well were just talking before that we would need to get the dragon balls from New Namek to bring back everyone who died. We also need to make it so everyone will forget everything about Boo and about what happened at the tournament. Well except for us of course."
Chidori smirked, "Well let's get started then, shall we?"
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6 months passed after Boo was defeated and things were just as peaceful as before.
Chidori had just graduated high school, having only been there for her senior year, and spent her time training with Piccolo, her dad and Vegeta. She fished and played with her little brother(and sometimes Trunks too) and cooked and helped clean house with her mother. And ever since her talk with Cell in the underworld, she hadn't had a nightmare since and she just felt great with each passing day.
Chi-Chi was ecstatic that her little girl was back and better than ever but always complained that she needed to get a job.
Goku always stood up for her though saying that Chidori shouldn't NEED a job if she can feed and fight for herself in the wild. Why would she need money to buy food when she can just go out and hunt for it?
Of course, Chi-Chi hated the thought but kept it to herself, knowing she's get nowhere.
Goten didn't spend as much time with Trunks again until just a few months earlier when Chidori finally had enough of his clinging. Chidori decided just to teleport to Vegeta and Bulma's one day and leave him there until Chi-Chi found out. Chidori loved her little brother and all but it was too much when he NEVER wanted to leave her alone by herself. And although Goten was upset with her for leaving him, he almost at once forgave her when she gave him his favorite treat: Ice Cream.
Finally one day she had had time to herself after she did that and went off to see Piccolo to train and visit. She always loved visiting and talking with Piccolo, not just training. Sometimes the big green badass had an actual soft side but only Chidori could find it, it seemed. Only she could bring out that hidden smile of his and she loved it. She loved seeing her best friend happy and it made her happy.
But strangely enough, things would not stay silent and peaceful for long.
Chidori couldn't explain it but she felt herself remembering a fight long ago that she thought she had made herself forget.
The fight with Broly.
It was before the tournament with Cell and when F Chi was and F Trunks was with them. A saiyan man named Paragus had come to Earth promising Vegeta a kingdom of his own to rule. Stupidly, Vegeta had gone but not without the company of F Chi, F Trunks, Chidori, Oolong, Master Roshi, Puar and Krillin. When they had arrived on the planet, Goku had arrived, sensing a great power that was Paragus's son, Broly. They didn't really get along it seemed and Vegeta was just getting angrier that they hadn't yet found the Legendary Super Saiyan.
Finally though they figured out that it was Broly all along and the fight was terrible, almost unbeatable. Chidori didn't remember much until Piccolo had arrived to save her like he usually did in the nick of time.
Of course her father had won and they had gone back home to face Cell, putting that battle long behind them. Until now that is.
She didn't know why but lately, Chidori had begun thinking of that time again. It was strange but it was like something was trying to MAKE her remember. But why she didn't know.
Piccolo waved his hand in front of her face and Chidori snapped out of her day dream, "Oh hey"
Piccolo rolled his eyes, "What's with you lately? You always seem to be staring off thinking about something. What is it?"
Chidori shook her head, "Ah it's nothing, Pic."
Piccolo narrowed his eyes and placed his hands on his hips, "You can't fool me, brat. I know when something's wrong with you."
Chidori sighed, "Fine. I keep thinking back to when we all fought Broly and his father. I don't know why but it feels important."
Piccolo hummed, "That's it?"
She nodded.
Piccolo smirked, "One would think a teenager like you would be thinking more about that her 18th birthday is today than anything else"
Chidori snapped up with a shocked expression on her face, "It-! It's my-! Birthday?!"
Piccolo nodded slowly, a smirk still plastered on his face.
Chidori freaked out, "Crap! I totally forgot all about it!"
Piccolo sighed with a smile and cracked his neck, "It's alright, kid. Your parents figured you'd forget. They wanted me to keep you with me for some of today while they planned out-"
Chidori stopped him, "A surprise party?! Gah! Oh no" she fell to the ground with a plop and almost snickered as Piccolo sat beside her, keeping his weight on his arms as he leaned back a bit.
Chidori laughed out a little after a while of just laying there, "You know, the purpose of a surprise party is that it is kept secret until the birthday girl is surprised"
"What? I didn't surprise you?"
Chidori sat up with him, "Ah it doesn't matter. I would have sensed everyone there anyway. But ugh! I don't want a party. I don't want to go. Can't I just stay here with you, Pic?"
Piccolo seemed amused at her whining, "Sorry brat but I got tricked into coming too by your father. He promised we could spar. That and . . . well this is supposed to be a . . . happy event for you I guess"
Chidori pouted, "You're lucky. I have to be pampered by mom in front of everyone. Talk about embarrassing."
"Isn't the purpose of these parties that the birthday girl gets presents and cake?"
Chidori perked, "Ooo! You're right!" she bounced up, "Hurry up and let's go! Maybe we can teleport there and surprise them!"
Piccolo stopped her before she grabbed him and teleported, "Wait a second, Chi"
Chidori tilted her head and flicked her tail curiously. Piccolo seemed uncomfortable, "I want to get this out of the way just with you so I won't have to say it in front of everyone else. It's embarrassing, sentimentality"
Chidori nodded, "Yeah, what is it, Pic?"
Piccolo stepped closer to her, "I have a present for you. I've been thinking about it for a while now on what to give you and nothing would suit you better. I've thought up a new uniform for you if you want it"
Chidori grinned with excitement, "Really!? That's awesome! Can you beam it on me now?!"
Piccolo held his hand over her head with a smile and spoke as he created the clothes in his head, "You're my best friend, Chi. I'm happy we met each other so many years ago. I'm glad I got to be the one to train you first and I'm proud of the strong woman you've become. I'm proud of you, kid"
Chidori let a tear of joy fall from her eyes as Piccolo's beam shot down on her to give her a new set of clothes. Chidori didn't even look at the clothes yet. She just leapt at him and hugged him tight, "I love you Pic. You're my best friend too. And yeah. . . I'm glad you kidnapped me that day years ago too" she laughed at the last part and backed off grinning up at him.
Piccolo just snorted and ruffled her hair, "What do you think?"
Chidori looked down at her uniform. It looked a lot like her and her father's old orange and blue uniform except that instead of a blue undershirt, it was black and came all the way up to her neck. She still had the blue belt but the shirt that once was just orange also had blue on the front edges. And her shoes were the same. Her tail wagged around all excitedly.
"It's great! I love it Piccolo! Everyone's gonna be so jealous!"
Piccolo just rolled his eyes with a smile, "Well you want to go now?"
Chidori grinned, "Sure!"
The night passed smoothly and practically everyone had showed up. Her family and friends, her friends from high school and even Hercule and Boo as they had become part of the family too. Everyone had greeted her and Piccolo with smiles on their faces and Chidori was given many great presents and food.
She got books of course from her mother, some jewelry from Yamcha, weights from Tien and Chiaotzu, the latest technology and training gear from the Briefs, a photo album from Erasa, Sharpner and Videl, money from Hercule, cute clothes from Android 18 and Krillin, the four-star dragon ball from her father with the story and meaning behind it and even Boo had given her some candy (none that started out as a human being of course).
The cutest present she had received though was from her little brother. He had found a sea shell when he was exploring with Trunks and gave it to her. Chidori put it in her pocket and promised to treasure it forever, appeasing her little brother's confidence.
And yes, everyone was pretty jealous of Chidori's new uniform. Even Vegeta.
When the night was over, Chidori sat on the roof top looking up at the stars, her brother's sea shell still in her pocket and the memories of the night tucked away safety in her head.
Her father floated up by her, sensing that she wasn't in bed yet and sat beside her.
"Did you have a good day, Chi?"
Chidori grinned at him, "It was perfect dad."
"Good. I'm glad you had fun, sweety. Piccolo told me though that you've been thinking about that fight with Broly years ago?"
Chidori cursed Piccolo in her head a little but nodded, "Yeah but I'm sure it's nothing to worry about dad. Just a few dreams is all"
Goku narrowed his eyes a bit suspiciously, "Well I remember what happened to the last significant dream you had Chi. It came true. Are you sure it's nothing?"
Chidori nodded, albeit uncertainly, "It's not a nightmare. It's almost calming sometimes. Now I just have to laugh. Of course it's nothing to worry about dad. You defeated Broly yourself. He's dead. Gone. And besides, I'm the strongest fighter there is now. What's going to stop me?" There was no smirking though and that worried Goku but he didn't argue. He hugged her and told her to get to bed soon before leaving her on the roof by herself.
Chidori remembered what the old Shin told her and thought back on what he said. Soon she would face threats even more powerful than Boo ever was. Would she be able to fight them? Thoughts rambled in her head asking, 'What if she couldn't?'
And that's what scared her.
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A week later Chidori felt on edge. Like something bad was going to happen.
She didn't tell anyone. What if it turned out to be nothing?
She didn't want to worry anyone.
But it didn't matter. That day, everyone felt the same, edgy feeling. Their battle senses roared and they knew in the back of their minds something was going to happen.
Goku was fed up with the feeling though and decided to go to King Kai's to check it out, "I'll be right back, alright guys? I just need to make sure"
Chidori watched him go and Goten looked up at his big sister, "What's going on, sissy?"
"I don't know, Goten. But something just doesn't feel right. This feeling. I don't know what it is"
Goku landed on King's Kai's small planet via teleportation and greeted him," Hey King Kai!"
"Goku! Thank goodness you're here! I was just about to get ahold of you!"
"What is it?"
"The Galactic Patrol! They found out of saiyan presence on Earth and are going there to destroy it!"
Goku panicked, "What?! Just because of a few Saiyans?! We haven't done anything though! Why do they want to destroy Earth!?"
King Kai explained, "The Galactic Patrol are the most feared policemen in the universe and years ago they had been terrorized by the Saiyans who were making their job very difficult. The Saiyans back then even killed a lot of the Patrolmen but the Galactic kingdom couldn't do anything about it then what with Frieza threatening them too. During the fight with Boo, they must have been able to pinpoint the massive energy somehow. They must know it's the power of a saiyan. Goku, these men are something to fear. They won't bargain for the life of a saiyan and will do any means necessary to kill one even if it means destroying a planet. They don't know that you guys are all that's left and are the good guys! Oh this is bad! You can't kill them or else the Galactic kingdom will just send more and more until they finally destroy Earth!"
Goku blinked, "Okay."
"Okay?! All that and that's all you can say?!"
"I mean" Goku searched for the right words, "I'm sure somehow we could detain them and talk things out if we tried. Besides if worst comes to worst, we still have Chidori"
King Kai sighed, "Alright, if you think it'll be fine. Just don't kill them whatever you do"
Goku nodded and teleported back to Earth to tell his family the news.
Chidori growled, "Oh great. So tedious. What's the big deal? Saiyans haven't bothered a planet since Namek and a Saiyan didn't even destroy it!"
Goku calmed his daughter, "Now, now. I'm sure they're just trying to make sure we aren't trouble is all"
"By trying to kill us"
Goku sweat dropped, "Well that's where we stop them. Just no killing"
Chidori scoffed but suddenly they all felt the sudden energy closing in. There were multiple power levels on the ship and Chidori stiffened when she felt a particular energy.
'This power. It feels like . . almost like . . .from my dreams.'
She felt where the power was about to land and teleported there instantly. Goku shouted after her but quickly told Chi-Chi where he was going to and allowed Goten to come with him. The little scoundrel would just find a way to get there anyway.
Chidori glared at the ship as it landed and in just a few moments, Vegeta, Trunks, Krillin and Piccolo were there too.
Piccolo came by Chidori, "What's going on? Who are these guys?"
Chidori filled him in, "Dad talked to King Kai and he said it's the Galactic Patrol. They're here to kill Saiyans. And Earth if necessary."
Vegeta looked shocked and suddenly for a second, fearful, "Trunks, go over by Goten and get the hell out of here. Now"
"But!"
"No buts, boy! Now go! Listen to your father!"
Trunks remembered seeing his father like this before but never so fearful, "Uh . . okay"
He went over by Goten and they flew a few miles away to watch from a good distance.
Chidori spoke to Vegeta, "Good thinking. We don't know how strong these guys are. No telling what they are capable of doing."
The ship landed people started coming out. They all wore purple undershirts and white armor with a black symbol on their chests. They gazed over at the group curiously and whispered to each other.
Then Chidori saw the last person come out and she gasped.
'This guy . . . he's from my dream. . . . He's not Broly but . . . he looks almost just like him. Who is he?!'
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R&R
So what did you guys think? Good saga so far? Let me know what you think please- I crave the criticism! (no flames though lol)
