The Real Price Of Saving The World: Part 5.
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Hi! Well, this is part 5, and this isn't exactly a happy chapter. :o) This one had a music thing attached to it, but I switched it to the next part because it doesn't exactly fit here. Besides, I'm having "technical difficulties" right now. The symbols at the top are "Real Men Don't Cry".
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"Bulma..." Chi Chi said into the phone, her fear very apparant. "What's wrong, Chi Chi?" Bulma asked, alarmed. "What happened?". "C-could you come to the hospital right now?" Chi Chi asked. "I'll be right there", Bulma assured her.
"Chi Chi! What's wrong? What are you doing here?" Bulma asked. Chi Chi began to cry. "Bulma...I have to have an operation! And I'm so scared! There's no one here! Goku and Gohan are both out to fight something, and - and...", Chi Chi said helplessly. "Don't cry, Chi Chi. Everything will be okay", Bulma told her. "No it won't be! What if something happens to me? There was this lady who died this morning. And I heard these two nurses say about how there was no one who came to see her, she had no friends or family to cry over her when she died! I'm so scared...I'm scared that I'll end up like her, and no one will care about me!" Chi Chi sobbed.
Bulma wasn't sure what to say. So she let Chi Chi continue. "I don't want to die without something good to remember about my life. I don't want to be dying and just think of all the bad things that happened to me and regret living!" Chi Chi said, sniffling. Bulma gave her a tissue. "But you're not going to be alone Chi Chi. I'm here for you. I'm your friend. I know it sounds stupid, but I am", Bulma said comfortingly.
Suddenly her cell phone rang. "Bulma!" came the voice from the other end. "Did you find her?" Chau-zhou asked. "Oh...no. Are you sure she's not just at a friend's house or something?" Bulma replied. "What friends does she have other than..well...who?" Chau-zhou asked. "Oh...good point. I've got to go now. I'll call you if something comes up", Bulma said quickly and hung up without another word from Chau-zhou. "Hey!" Chau-zhou said to the dial tone. "What was that all about Bulma?" Chi Chi asked. "Lunchi, she disappeared. Almost like into thin air. I can't find her anywhere", Bulma said slowly. "I'm going to get a drink of water now. I'll be back in a minute. Your operation is in fifteen minutes. Just don't worry", Bulma said as she walked away.
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"Krillin! Are you okay?" Yamcha asked. Gohan rushed up to his father and his friend. "Come on, you need to get help", Gohan said, helping Krillin up. "Thanks Gohan", Krillin said gratefully. "Good, you're okay", Goku said, smiling. Vegeta looked around. "I can't find Obsidian's power anywhere. Maybe he IS gone", Vegeta said finally. "Good", Piccolo said. "But we can't be sure until we find some scraps of him", Vegeta told the others. "Then let's go look for him", Yamcha said. "But Krillin needs help", Gohan objected. "Fine, then we'll stay here and you go take Krillin to the hospital or something", Yamcha said. "Okay...but what about your burns?" Gohan asked, looking Yamcha over. "Hey, I'm fine. For now, anyway. Just go", Yamcha shooed him off.
"Come on Krillin", Gohan said as he took Krillin's arm and flew into the sky. "I hope you can still fly", Gohan thought to himself. Krillin looked like he would fall to pieces.
Piccolo, Vegeta, Tien, Goku and Yamcha went to the water's edge and looked in. Goku stepped in the water and walked around in it, hoping to find pieces of shattered armor. "Any luck?" Yamcha asked Tien who was a few metres away from him. "Nope", answered Tien. "Oh well, me neither", Yamcha said grinning. He threw a rock into the water. "What about you, Goku?" he asked. "Nothing", Goku told him. "Maybe we should take a break", Yamcha said to Goku. "Sounds good to me. We need something to eat", Goku said thoughtfully. "How about it?" Yamcha asked Tien. "Why not", he answered. "You're so boring", Yamcha sighed and slapped his friend playfully on the back. "OW!" Tien fell forward into the sand. Yamcha backed up. "What happened to you?" he asked. "I don't know...", Tien thought. But that hit had really hurt.
"Hey! Look over here! I found something!" Vegeta shouted. He was holding a piece of glass, and not just a small one, but a huge one that was the shape of Obsidian's chest plate. "I guess we found his armor", Goku said. Piccolo searched the water around it. "There are some glass chips here", Piccolo informed them. "Satisfied, Vegeta?" Piccolo asked. Vegeta nodded.
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"Bulma, I'm going to go somewhere. I'll be back in a minute", Chi Chi told her friend. Bulma smiled at her. "Sure", she said.
Chi Chi went to the main office on that floor. "Miss, I heard about that lady yesterday...the one who died after her operation because it didn't help? I don't know her and I'll understand if you don't let me just see her, but I'd like to just say goodbye. I feel so bad about it", Chi Chi said quickly so if she said something stupid she wouldn't have time to be embarrassed.
The secretary smiled at her warmly. "It's alright. But don't be there too long...you're Chi Chi Son, that's right. You have an operation in ten minutes. I'd suggest you get back to your room early", the secretary advised.
Chi Chi nodded. Then she walked over to the room where the lady was. If there was something she could do, she would like to say goodbye to her. She would never want something like that to happen to herself, and the poor lady must have been very lonely. Chi Chi opened the door quietly and stepped in. A strange feeling washed over her. It was almost spooky to be in the same room as a dead person. But Chi Chi felt so bad for the lady she didn't care that much. Chi Chi lifted the cloth that was covering the whole corpse. But before she got any further than just below the neck, Chi Chi dropped the fabric in horror and covered her mouth. "Oh Kami...", she whispered. Chi Chi rushed back to where Bulma was sitting.
"Chi Chi, you're back...", Bulma began, but the look on Chi Chi's face stopped her. "What happened?" she asked. "Bulma...I found Lunchi", Chi Chi said softly. "Oh no. What's wrong?" Bulma asked, afraid of the answer. "Do you remember that lady I was telling you about, the one who had no one, no friends or family with her?" Chi Chi said slowly. Bulma gasped. "Poor Lunchi".
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So the Z Senshi all went home. Except for Goku and Yamcha, they went to the hospital. Vegeta decided to go too, even though he didn't have a lot of injuries. Goku had gone because he wanted to see how Krillin was doing, and to get something for his bloody eye. Yamcha had gone to the hospital because his burns were starting to get sore.
Gohan was waiting on a bench anxiously to wait for Krillin to come out of emergency. To his surprise, when he turned around, Bulma was sitting next to him. "Bulma! What are you doing here?" Gohan asked. Bulma bit her lip. "It's your mother Gohan. She's having an operation", Bulma explained. Gohan was shocked. And afraid. "W-will she be okay?" Gohan asked. Bulma smiled at him. "Of course", she said. Gohan began to cry, much to Bulma's surprise. "What's wrong?" she asked. "I-I didn't even get to see her. Mom would want to see me and dad", Gohan said. "She did. It's okay, Gohan. She'll be fine. When she comes out of operation she'll see you and Goku", Bulma said, patting Gohan on the back. Suddenly Bulma's expression changed. "What are you doing here?" she asked.
Gohan wiped the last of his tears away. "Krillin got hurt in battle...", began Gohan, and he described what had happened during their battle with Obsidian. "He's gone now, right?" Bulma asked. "I think so", Gohan nodded. Vegeta and Goku at that moment rushed over to Gohan. "How's Krillin?" Goku asked. "Why are you here? Did you burn yourself with that cooking of yours?!" Vegeta asked Bulma, worried. Bulma laughed. "Oh no! Of course not! Chi Chi...", Bulma looked away. "What happened to Chi Chi?" Goku asked. "She's having an operation", Bulma explained. "I knew there was something wrong!" Goku exclaimed sadly. "Is she okay?". Bulma nodded. "She's fine. She'll be out of the operation room in an hour...but someone else isn't", Bulma said. Goku looked relieved until he realized the last part of Bulma's sentence.
Vegeta looked Bulma over. "It's not you, right?" he asked. "No", Bulma assured him. "I need to make a phone call", Bulma said and had the three follow her to the payphone.
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"Chau-zhou?" Tien called as he walked into his house. "You're back! I have something to tell...", Chau-zhou began, but the phone rang. "Who could that be?" Tien wondered. He walked over to the phone and picked it up, at the same time as Chau-zhou. Tien was about to put the phone down, but something in Bulma's voice made him listen in.
"Chau-zhou?" Bulma said. "What happened?" he asked. "You said if I found Lunchi I should call", Bulma said slowly. "Well?" Chau-zhou said hopefully. Tien could sense something was wrong by the way Bulma was talking. "Chi Chi found her. But...", Bulma continued. "But?!" Chau-zhou said loudly. Tien didn't like what was coming. "Something bad must have happened", thought Tien. "She's ah...Chau-zhou...Lunchi's dead", Bulma said finally. There was silence. Then a loud CRASH! Tien dropped the phone on the ground. Bulma hung up.
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Bulma put the phone down. "Lunchi's dead?!?" Goku asked, shocked. Yamcha had just at that moment appeared. "What?!" Yamcha asked. Bulma nodded. "Oh no..." Gohan said quietly.
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An hour later, Chi Chi came out of the operation room, absolutely fine. "Mom!" Gohan said as he went to the side of her bed and gave Chi Chi a hug. "Ouch...it hurts", Chi Chi said happily. (not because of the pain, because her family is here) "You scared me to death!" Ox King said, patting his daughter on the head. Everyone had managed to get to the hospital, even Chau-zhou and Piccolo. "I'm glad you're okay, Chi Chi", Goku said, smiling. But soon the attention turned to the more grim situation.
Krillin had been surprised when he found out about Chi Chi, but even worse when he found out about Lunchi. "Isn't that scary...", was all Krillin managed to say. So the whole group moved over to Krillin's room to see how he was doing.
Except for Goku. "Chi Chi, I'm sorry", Goku said looking away. "Sorry for what?" Chi Chi asked, adjusting the pillow on the bed. Goku moved the bed up into a sitting position. (someone has to do that for the patient, since you can't do it by yourself) "I'm sorry for leaving you by yourself like that. It's not that I want to leave you by yourself, it's because I have to", Goku said, putting his hand on Chi Chi's. "It's okay", sighed Chi Chi. Goku looked up. "But you do know I love you", he said seriously. Chi Chi had to smile. "Of course. And I love you too. No matter what", Chi Chi told him. "Good!" Goku said, his goofy smile back. "I'm going to see Krillin now", and he ran to Krillin's room.
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Tien managed to separate himself from the rest of the group and sit alone on a bench. "What a stupid mistake! Why?..." he asked himself. Tien wanted to just disappear. He closed his eyes (yes ALL of them) "Shit! I'm so sorry Lunchi...", he said out loud. No one was around to hear him. Or at least he thought so.
Yamcha had snuck out of the room too, seeing Tien go off like that. "I don't want him doing something stupid", Yamcha thought. Gohan had followed him. "Where are you going?" Gohan asked. "I'm going to see what happened to Tien", Yamcha said quietly. "I'll come with you", Gohan said. "Are you sure?" Yamcha questioned. Gohan nodded. "I know he's sad", Gohan said knowingly.
Yamcha and Gohan found Tien sitting my himself on a bench. "Tien", Gohan said quietly. "Leave me alone!" Tien growled. "I made a mistake, you don't have to rub it in!". Yamcha sighed. "Tien, everyone makes mistakes. If you didn't make mistakes, you wouldn't learn anything", Yamcha told him.
Tien glared at him. "But this is too big a mistake! I don't care if I learned anything or not...I threw her out. She thought I hated her! But I don't...I love her. But now it's too late! NOW GO AWAY!" Tien said angrily.
Yamcha backed away. Gohan didn't. "But you have to go on living. You can't be sad and sit here forever", Gohan said loudly. "If you feel so bad, then let it out. For kami's sake, cry! You'll feel better!" Yamcha spoke up. "Because boys don't cry!" Tien said darkly and stepped into an elevator before Yamcha or Gohan could stop him.
"We have to follow him!" Gohan said. Yamcha nodded and picked Gohan up. They opened a window and flew away.
"Where did he go?" Yamcha muttered. "What's open at this time at night?" Gohan asked. "Not grocery stores...a bar!" Yamcha said and flew down to the closest one to the hospital. Yamcha and Gohan walked in the door.
"Hey! Kids aren't allowed in here!" the bartender snapped, referring to Gohan. Yamcha shot a blast at some glasses and continued on. "Exception just this once", the bartender said, trembling.
Eventually they did find Tien. Yamcha picked up the glass and smashed it. "What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Yamcha said to him and covering Gohan's ears. "Leave me alone!" Tien said. Yamcha took his hands off Gohan's ears. "Getting drunk and then getting yourself killed isn't going to help anything!" Yamcha told him. "I'm not drunk", Tien mumbled. In reality, he was drunk enough to walk in the middle of the street and not notice cars coming at him.
"Yes you are! Stop this!" Yamcha said loudly. Gohan flinched. This was getting worse than he thought. "Don't do this", Gohan said quietly. Tien put his head down on the table. "I miss her... who else would love a freak like me anyway?" Tien said softly.
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END OF PART 5.
Well, that was nice. ^_~ Next part will probably be soon, just let me fix something. :o) I hope you liked this part! Hmm..what else? Oh yes, DBZ doesn't belong to me, or it's characters. I do own everything else in here though. Obsidian etc.
I also have a reason for putting "Anna" into the story. (the nurse from part 4) And yes, you were right, it WAS Lunchi. :o)
~ Box Turtle
Boys Don't Cry. ¯u ªº ¨k ¤H ¤£ ·| ú
Hi! Well, this is part 5, and this isn't exactly a happy chapter. :o) This one had a music thing attached to it, but I switched it to the next part because it doesn't exactly fit here. Besides, I'm having "technical difficulties" right now. The symbols at the top are "Real Men Don't Cry".
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"Bulma..." Chi Chi said into the phone, her fear very apparant. "What's wrong, Chi Chi?" Bulma asked, alarmed. "What happened?". "C-could you come to the hospital right now?" Chi Chi asked. "I'll be right there", Bulma assured her.
"Chi Chi! What's wrong? What are you doing here?" Bulma asked. Chi Chi began to cry. "Bulma...I have to have an operation! And I'm so scared! There's no one here! Goku and Gohan are both out to fight something, and - and...", Chi Chi said helplessly. "Don't cry, Chi Chi. Everything will be okay", Bulma told her. "No it won't be! What if something happens to me? There was this lady who died this morning. And I heard these two nurses say about how there was no one who came to see her, she had no friends or family to cry over her when she died! I'm so scared...I'm scared that I'll end up like her, and no one will care about me!" Chi Chi sobbed.
Bulma wasn't sure what to say. So she let Chi Chi continue. "I don't want to die without something good to remember about my life. I don't want to be dying and just think of all the bad things that happened to me and regret living!" Chi Chi said, sniffling. Bulma gave her a tissue. "But you're not going to be alone Chi Chi. I'm here for you. I'm your friend. I know it sounds stupid, but I am", Bulma said comfortingly.
Suddenly her cell phone rang. "Bulma!" came the voice from the other end. "Did you find her?" Chau-zhou asked. "Oh...no. Are you sure she's not just at a friend's house or something?" Bulma replied. "What friends does she have other than..well...who?" Chau-zhou asked. "Oh...good point. I've got to go now. I'll call you if something comes up", Bulma said quickly and hung up without another word from Chau-zhou. "Hey!" Chau-zhou said to the dial tone. "What was that all about Bulma?" Chi Chi asked. "Lunchi, she disappeared. Almost like into thin air. I can't find her anywhere", Bulma said slowly. "I'm going to get a drink of water now. I'll be back in a minute. Your operation is in fifteen minutes. Just don't worry", Bulma said as she walked away.
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"Krillin! Are you okay?" Yamcha asked. Gohan rushed up to his father and his friend. "Come on, you need to get help", Gohan said, helping Krillin up. "Thanks Gohan", Krillin said gratefully. "Good, you're okay", Goku said, smiling. Vegeta looked around. "I can't find Obsidian's power anywhere. Maybe he IS gone", Vegeta said finally. "Good", Piccolo said. "But we can't be sure until we find some scraps of him", Vegeta told the others. "Then let's go look for him", Yamcha said. "But Krillin needs help", Gohan objected. "Fine, then we'll stay here and you go take Krillin to the hospital or something", Yamcha said. "Okay...but what about your burns?" Gohan asked, looking Yamcha over. "Hey, I'm fine. For now, anyway. Just go", Yamcha shooed him off.
"Come on Krillin", Gohan said as he took Krillin's arm and flew into the sky. "I hope you can still fly", Gohan thought to himself. Krillin looked like he would fall to pieces.
Piccolo, Vegeta, Tien, Goku and Yamcha went to the water's edge and looked in. Goku stepped in the water and walked around in it, hoping to find pieces of shattered armor. "Any luck?" Yamcha asked Tien who was a few metres away from him. "Nope", answered Tien. "Oh well, me neither", Yamcha said grinning. He threw a rock into the water. "What about you, Goku?" he asked. "Nothing", Goku told him. "Maybe we should take a break", Yamcha said to Goku. "Sounds good to me. We need something to eat", Goku said thoughtfully. "How about it?" Yamcha asked Tien. "Why not", he answered. "You're so boring", Yamcha sighed and slapped his friend playfully on the back. "OW!" Tien fell forward into the sand. Yamcha backed up. "What happened to you?" he asked. "I don't know...", Tien thought. But that hit had really hurt.
"Hey! Look over here! I found something!" Vegeta shouted. He was holding a piece of glass, and not just a small one, but a huge one that was the shape of Obsidian's chest plate. "I guess we found his armor", Goku said. Piccolo searched the water around it. "There are some glass chips here", Piccolo informed them. "Satisfied, Vegeta?" Piccolo asked. Vegeta nodded.
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"Bulma, I'm going to go somewhere. I'll be back in a minute", Chi Chi told her friend. Bulma smiled at her. "Sure", she said.
Chi Chi went to the main office on that floor. "Miss, I heard about that lady yesterday...the one who died after her operation because it didn't help? I don't know her and I'll understand if you don't let me just see her, but I'd like to just say goodbye. I feel so bad about it", Chi Chi said quickly so if she said something stupid she wouldn't have time to be embarrassed.
The secretary smiled at her warmly. "It's alright. But don't be there too long...you're Chi Chi Son, that's right. You have an operation in ten minutes. I'd suggest you get back to your room early", the secretary advised.
Chi Chi nodded. Then she walked over to the room where the lady was. If there was something she could do, she would like to say goodbye to her. She would never want something like that to happen to herself, and the poor lady must have been very lonely. Chi Chi opened the door quietly and stepped in. A strange feeling washed over her. It was almost spooky to be in the same room as a dead person. But Chi Chi felt so bad for the lady she didn't care that much. Chi Chi lifted the cloth that was covering the whole corpse. But before she got any further than just below the neck, Chi Chi dropped the fabric in horror and covered her mouth. "Oh Kami...", she whispered. Chi Chi rushed back to where Bulma was sitting.
"Chi Chi, you're back...", Bulma began, but the look on Chi Chi's face stopped her. "What happened?" she asked. "Bulma...I found Lunchi", Chi Chi said softly. "Oh no. What's wrong?" Bulma asked, afraid of the answer. "Do you remember that lady I was telling you about, the one who had no one, no friends or family with her?" Chi Chi said slowly. Bulma gasped. "Poor Lunchi".
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So the Z Senshi all went home. Except for Goku and Yamcha, they went to the hospital. Vegeta decided to go too, even though he didn't have a lot of injuries. Goku had gone because he wanted to see how Krillin was doing, and to get something for his bloody eye. Yamcha had gone to the hospital because his burns were starting to get sore.
Gohan was waiting on a bench anxiously to wait for Krillin to come out of emergency. To his surprise, when he turned around, Bulma was sitting next to him. "Bulma! What are you doing here?" Gohan asked. Bulma bit her lip. "It's your mother Gohan. She's having an operation", Bulma explained. Gohan was shocked. And afraid. "W-will she be okay?" Gohan asked. Bulma smiled at him. "Of course", she said. Gohan began to cry, much to Bulma's surprise. "What's wrong?" she asked. "I-I didn't even get to see her. Mom would want to see me and dad", Gohan said. "She did. It's okay, Gohan. She'll be fine. When she comes out of operation she'll see you and Goku", Bulma said, patting Gohan on the back. Suddenly Bulma's expression changed. "What are you doing here?" she asked.
Gohan wiped the last of his tears away. "Krillin got hurt in battle...", began Gohan, and he described what had happened during their battle with Obsidian. "He's gone now, right?" Bulma asked. "I think so", Gohan nodded. Vegeta and Goku at that moment rushed over to Gohan. "How's Krillin?" Goku asked. "Why are you here? Did you burn yourself with that cooking of yours?!" Vegeta asked Bulma, worried. Bulma laughed. "Oh no! Of course not! Chi Chi...", Bulma looked away. "What happened to Chi Chi?" Goku asked. "She's having an operation", Bulma explained. "I knew there was something wrong!" Goku exclaimed sadly. "Is she okay?". Bulma nodded. "She's fine. She'll be out of the operation room in an hour...but someone else isn't", Bulma said. Goku looked relieved until he realized the last part of Bulma's sentence.
Vegeta looked Bulma over. "It's not you, right?" he asked. "No", Bulma assured him. "I need to make a phone call", Bulma said and had the three follow her to the payphone.
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"Chau-zhou?" Tien called as he walked into his house. "You're back! I have something to tell...", Chau-zhou began, but the phone rang. "Who could that be?" Tien wondered. He walked over to the phone and picked it up, at the same time as Chau-zhou. Tien was about to put the phone down, but something in Bulma's voice made him listen in.
"Chau-zhou?" Bulma said. "What happened?" he asked. "You said if I found Lunchi I should call", Bulma said slowly. "Well?" Chau-zhou said hopefully. Tien could sense something was wrong by the way Bulma was talking. "Chi Chi found her. But...", Bulma continued. "But?!" Chau-zhou said loudly. Tien didn't like what was coming. "Something bad must have happened", thought Tien. "She's ah...Chau-zhou...Lunchi's dead", Bulma said finally. There was silence. Then a loud CRASH! Tien dropped the phone on the ground. Bulma hung up.
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Bulma put the phone down. "Lunchi's dead?!?" Goku asked, shocked. Yamcha had just at that moment appeared. "What?!" Yamcha asked. Bulma nodded. "Oh no..." Gohan said quietly.
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An hour later, Chi Chi came out of the operation room, absolutely fine. "Mom!" Gohan said as he went to the side of her bed and gave Chi Chi a hug. "Ouch...it hurts", Chi Chi said happily. (not because of the pain, because her family is here) "You scared me to death!" Ox King said, patting his daughter on the head. Everyone had managed to get to the hospital, even Chau-zhou and Piccolo. "I'm glad you're okay, Chi Chi", Goku said, smiling. But soon the attention turned to the more grim situation.
Krillin had been surprised when he found out about Chi Chi, but even worse when he found out about Lunchi. "Isn't that scary...", was all Krillin managed to say. So the whole group moved over to Krillin's room to see how he was doing.
Except for Goku. "Chi Chi, I'm sorry", Goku said looking away. "Sorry for what?" Chi Chi asked, adjusting the pillow on the bed. Goku moved the bed up into a sitting position. (someone has to do that for the patient, since you can't do it by yourself) "I'm sorry for leaving you by yourself like that. It's not that I want to leave you by yourself, it's because I have to", Goku said, putting his hand on Chi Chi's. "It's okay", sighed Chi Chi. Goku looked up. "But you do know I love you", he said seriously. Chi Chi had to smile. "Of course. And I love you too. No matter what", Chi Chi told him. "Good!" Goku said, his goofy smile back. "I'm going to see Krillin now", and he ran to Krillin's room.
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Tien managed to separate himself from the rest of the group and sit alone on a bench. "What a stupid mistake! Why?..." he asked himself. Tien wanted to just disappear. He closed his eyes (yes ALL of them) "Shit! I'm so sorry Lunchi...", he said out loud. No one was around to hear him. Or at least he thought so.
Yamcha had snuck out of the room too, seeing Tien go off like that. "I don't want him doing something stupid", Yamcha thought. Gohan had followed him. "Where are you going?" Gohan asked. "I'm going to see what happened to Tien", Yamcha said quietly. "I'll come with you", Gohan said. "Are you sure?" Yamcha questioned. Gohan nodded. "I know he's sad", Gohan said knowingly.
Yamcha and Gohan found Tien sitting my himself on a bench. "Tien", Gohan said quietly. "Leave me alone!" Tien growled. "I made a mistake, you don't have to rub it in!". Yamcha sighed. "Tien, everyone makes mistakes. If you didn't make mistakes, you wouldn't learn anything", Yamcha told him.
Tien glared at him. "But this is too big a mistake! I don't care if I learned anything or not...I threw her out. She thought I hated her! But I don't...I love her. But now it's too late! NOW GO AWAY!" Tien said angrily.
Yamcha backed away. Gohan didn't. "But you have to go on living. You can't be sad and sit here forever", Gohan said loudly. "If you feel so bad, then let it out. For kami's sake, cry! You'll feel better!" Yamcha spoke up. "Because boys don't cry!" Tien said darkly and stepped into an elevator before Yamcha or Gohan could stop him.
"We have to follow him!" Gohan said. Yamcha nodded and picked Gohan up. They opened a window and flew away.
"Where did he go?" Yamcha muttered. "What's open at this time at night?" Gohan asked. "Not grocery stores...a bar!" Yamcha said and flew down to the closest one to the hospital. Yamcha and Gohan walked in the door.
"Hey! Kids aren't allowed in here!" the bartender snapped, referring to Gohan. Yamcha shot a blast at some glasses and continued on. "Exception just this once", the bartender said, trembling.
Eventually they did find Tien. Yamcha picked up the glass and smashed it. "What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Yamcha said to him and covering Gohan's ears. "Leave me alone!" Tien said. Yamcha took his hands off Gohan's ears. "Getting drunk and then getting yourself killed isn't going to help anything!" Yamcha told him. "I'm not drunk", Tien mumbled. In reality, he was drunk enough to walk in the middle of the street and not notice cars coming at him.
"Yes you are! Stop this!" Yamcha said loudly. Gohan flinched. This was getting worse than he thought. "Don't do this", Gohan said quietly. Tien put his head down on the table. "I miss her... who else would love a freak like me anyway?" Tien said softly.
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END OF PART 5.
Well, that was nice. ^_~ Next part will probably be soon, just let me fix something. :o) I hope you liked this part! Hmm..what else? Oh yes, DBZ doesn't belong to me, or it's characters. I do own everything else in here though. Obsidian etc.
I also have a reason for putting "Anna" into the story. (the nurse from part 4) And yes, you were right, it WAS Lunchi. :o)
~ Box Turtle