Chapter 35: My dream enters reality. . .
Six months later. . .we all sensed Sage coming again. She was very far away but she drew closer and closer. I was worried, sick. I didn't want to lose my baby or anyone for that matter. Goken was nearly seven months old and he could crawl now. Every single day he came close to his first words. . .but it never happened. He loved to get into things. He liked to hide in places all over the house and it worried me a lot. He hid nearly everywhere in the house. Under beds, in the closet if I'd left it open, in the hamper. . .anywhere he could get to. He'd break anything I used to keep him out with ki energy. Goku was impressed with him. He'd follow him around the house as he crawled. He'd even get down on his hands and knees and follow him sometimes. I laughed as I watched them. They were so cute. Goku would pick Goken up after following him and play with him. I played with him a lot too. He was a bit of a mama's boy. It made me happy.
One day, I was sitting in the house sipping my tea as Goku ate and Goken was napping. Goten was at Chichi's house. He came to visit often but he had basically moved in with Chichi. So anyway. . .we were sitting there and Goku jumped out of his seat. I looked up at him.
"Goku. . .what's wrong?" I asked.
"That evil woman. . .Sage. . .she's. . .in the woods." He said.
I called Miku and Niiro they came to the forest immediately. I took Goken with me. Goku stopped me. "Don't come. . .we can handle her." He said.
"Goku I'm not leaving you three alone to do the job. . .I'm coming to help!" I said.
"What about Goken?" Goku asked.
"I can hide him. . .I can put a barrier around him. . .he'll be safe." I said.
"Your sure?" He asked.
"I'm sure. . ." I said.
"Okay. . .do that then. . .I'll go call Piccolo and Krillin and Vege-" Goku got cut off as the ground beneath him collapsed and he was tied by tree branches.
"Goku!" I exclaimed.
"RUN!" he yelled at me.
I ran off into the deep forest and hid Goken very well then ran back quickly. I held the barrier around him as I was running and kept holding it. I pulled out a sword and cut the branches from Goku. His hair went long and golden and there was a huge power source coming from him but it was still a bit smaller than Sage's. I looked off into the distance and Niiro and Miku were fighting Sage. Goku used instant transmission to get us over there. Sage hurled lightning and wind and all sorts of things at us. Goku cupped his hands.
"KAMEHAMEHA!" He shouted and shot a huge ki beam at her. She went flying but came back angrier. I started shooting ki energy at her in big amounts. The next thing I knew branches and vines were tying me up and I couldn't move at all. I tried to break free of them but then these huge tree trunks began hitting me in the head and my body and everything. I screamed with every blow I was hit with then finally the vines released me and I fell over on the ground.
"ALICE!" Goku shouted.
I looked out of the corner of my eye. . .the spot where I'd hidden Goken. . .his barrier was gone and he was visible now. The barrier was gone. No. . .NO! I was slipping out of consciousness and the barrier kept shrinking no matter how hard I tried to pull it through. Finally it just shrunk and everything went black.
I awoke again and the sun was just rising. Piccolo was standing over me and a green guy was waving his hands over me and I was healing. I heard crying. I looked over and Goku was standing there. His clothes were ripped terribly. Finally I stood up. Goku smiled at me. Goken was cut up a little bit but thank god not too severely. . .and Goku was scarred up a little bit. Goken was crying on Goku's shoulder. Scared to death.
I looked around as soon as I stood up. Sage was no where to be found and I couldn't sense her. . .maybe they'd killed her. I went over to Goku and Goken and hugged them both tightly. As soon as Goken saw me he stopped crying and hugged me tightly.
I hugged him in my arms and kissed his forehead. We were all covered in dirt and mud. I checked his whole body for cuts or injuries or anything and found nothing but a few cuts and Goku had already made medicine and fixed him up. There were bandages on his cuts. Goku had ripped parts off of his pants and used them as cloth bandages. Miku was standing the furthest away from us looking rather angry. I ran over to him for a moment.
"Miku. . .where is she? Is she dead!?" I asked.
"She got away. . ." Miku said while growling. He was a bit injured but was okay.
Emiko came up, her clothes were a bit torn. I guess she'd been there the whole time but I didn't notice. She smiled at Goken and Goken smiled back, rubbing his eyes.
"He's brave for a kid who isn't even a year old. . ." Emiko said.
"Why?" I asked.
"He tried to fight Sage himself." Piccolo said behind me in a deep voice.
"H-He did?" I asked."Yep. . .I'm impressed. The kid looked over and saw everyone unconscious. . .he began building up anger towards Sage and he flew at her and attacked her. She tried to hurt him but actually spared some mercy for him and she took off. . ." Piccolo said."Why didn't you jump in and try to attack her?" I asked.
"Well. . According to Goken's power level. . .he didn't need my help. And that's amazing for a kid who isn't even a year old." he said.
I looked down at Goken in thankfulness. I hugged him in my arms. I loved him so much. He drifted off to sleep in my arms. He shivered a little bit. I looked at Goku. He was exhausted and so was I.
"We better get going. . ." I said.
"Yeah. . ." Goku said.
Emiko and Miku both hugged me. "Be careful." Niiro said quietly.
"We will. . ." I said as I held on to Goku with one arm.
"Thanks for all the help, Piccolo." Goku said then transported away.
We got back home and we all went to bed.