Never Give Up; Life Goes On
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I'm really sorry for making you wait so long for this part (a whole month) , but I was really busy. But here it is. The conclusion to my story. Tell me what you think, ok? There IisI swearing in this one too. ^_^ Yeah...and review please? Please? PLEASE? ^_~
Enjoy: :o)
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"Tien get your sorry ass back up!" Yamcha said loudly. "This isn't helping! Now wake up!". Gohan shook his head. "He's out of it. I think he's drunk. Now what are we going to do?" Gohan asked. Yamcha sighed. Suddenly, Gohan and Yamcha both felt a "ZAP" hit them. Their eyes widened. "Obsidian?" Yamcha and Gohan whispered at the same time.
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"Wha?" Vegeta popped up from sleep. "I don't get it...he's back", Piccolo said, confused. "We have to go find him before he finds us and does damage to the hospital!" Krillin exclaimed. Goku looked down at his friend in the hospital bed. "Krillin are you sure you should go with us?" Goku asked doubtfully. Krillin tried his best to look energetic and absolutely fine. "I have to come along Goku, I wouldn't want to miss anything", Krillin said to the other three.
Bulma walked in the door to Krillin's room. "Uh guys, do you have any idea where Gohan went? He's disappeared", Bulma said worriedly. "Gohan? I haven't seen him since yesterday night with Yamcha and... Oh no!" Goku replied. "Where do you think they've gone?" Bulma asked, biting her lip. "I mean, Chi Chi is going to freak out".
Vegeta glared at the others. "What are we waiting for? Let's go kick some Obsidian butt!" Vegeta said loudly, causing a bunch of passerbys to look at him strangely. "But what about Gohan?" Piccolo asked. Vegeta was already out the door, followed by Krillin. "I'll go look for Gohan. You just go on and get rid of that Obisidian guy", Bulma reassured Goku and Piccolo. The three hurried off in their different directions.
Bulma sighed. "Well...I guess I'll get started around town. I don't think Gohan would stay in the hospital", she decided. Bulma went out to the parking lot, got into her car and drove off.
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Anna and a bunch of other nurses and doctors left the hospital in a sleepy kind of trance as their night shift was over. "Do you want a ride home Anna?" her friend Janet asked. "You look very tired". Anna nodded. "Thanks. I don't think I'd want to take the bus home today". That car and many others drove off into the dark sky of the early morning.
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"Tien! Get up! We need your help!" Yamcha said, shaking his friend. The bar was empty, because it was closed. The owner had decided not to mess with Yamcha and left in a hurry. "Come on Tien, we have to go! Obsidian's not dead after all!" Gohan said into Tien's ear. A hand pushed Gohan away. "He's not completely out of it then", Gohan said hopefully.
"Do I have to go?" Tien mumbled. "YES!" Yamcha and Gohan shouted at the same time, and dragged Tien off of his chair.
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"Where are they?" Bulma wondered, and drove past a dark bar. Three people were coming out of the door, one apparently drunk. One was very short. Bulma drove past them and then turned back. She opened the window. "What are you three doing here? Especially YOU, Gohan!" Bulma sighed, tired from driving around the city.
Gohan started to answer. "We were following -", began Gohan, but Yamcha grabbed him and sat him down in the car. "Bulma, take us to where Goku is now!" Yamcha commanded. "Who died and made you the king of the world?" Bulma asked, annoyed. "Please take us to my dad Bulma", Gohan said softly. Bulma hesitated. "Oh alright, but only because you asked, Gohan".
Yamcha hoped they wouldn't already be too late.
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Too late. Obsidian had already tracked them down, and was at the hospital. He was standing outside of the building, a dark shadow looming over the area. "It's not that easy to get rid of me, Earthlings", Obsidian growled.
"I'm not an Earthling! I am Prince Vegeta, of the Saiyajins!" Vegeta snapped. "What are we waiting for?" Krillin said angrily, and threw a destructo disc at Obsidian. "NO!" Goku shouted, and blocked the attack with a rock. "What was that for?" Krillin fumed. Piccolo stood between them.
"Do you see where Obsidian is standing? Do you? He's standing right beside the hospital! Think of all the innocent people inside who will die because of our foolishness!" Piccolo told them.
"The green one has a brain", snarled Obsidian. A sudden blast of glass nearly knocked Krillin off his feet. "Krillin, you're injured, you shouldn't be fighting!" a voice said. Goku, Piccolo and Krillin all turned. Bad move. "Look out!" the voice shouted. "Yamcha? What!?" Krillin turned around to see a giant ball of fire headed straight for them.
Vegeta shot one of his beams to try and counter the fireball. Obsidian frowned and shot a second fireball into the first one, to give it more power. Vegeta flew up into the air and used Gallot Gun at Obsidian. The fireball hit a few trees, turning them instantly to ashes.
"We have to lure Obsidian away from the hospital!" Goku said, looking around for ideas. "I'll distract him", Piccolo answered, and walked up to Obsidian.
"Ah? What does the green man want?" Obsidian asked, obviously surprised that his opponents would walk up to him. "You still haven't told us why you're here", Piccolo said calmly. "My revenge!" Obsidian replied just as calmly. "But what did we do?" Piccolo asked. Obsidian was beginning to get annoyed with Piccolo. "Because the Saiyajins broke a promise to me. They promised that I would be able to live with them even though I am only a half Saiyajin. If I destroyed a certain planet. But now, thousands of years have passed, and they broke their promise! I am here to destroy the remainder of the Saiyajin race and all their descendants", Obsidian answered.
Now Piccolo was shocked. A broken promise could bring death and destruction to a whole world? And a small promise at that. "I'm sorry that they broke their promise. But these Saiyajins are not the ones who made that promise. Why should you destroy them?" Piccolo asked, and couldn't help thinking how stupid this whole thing was. "They are Saiyajins. I will destroy them ALL", Obsidian replied.
Piccolo went back to where Goku and Vegeta were standing, unable to move Obsidian away from the hospital. "Does anyone else have an idea?" Vegeta grumbled, wishing that he could just ki-blast Obsidian even though he was standing there. All of a sudden, Tien walked away from the rest of the group.
"Alright Obsidian, if you want a fight, you've got one!" Tien shouted. Obsidian looked at him. "Hmm...". "But you've got to come over and fight me! One on one!" Tien continued. Gohan's eyes widened. "Not lure him like that! You'll get yourself killed!" Gohan screamed.
Obsidian however, was interested in the offer. "Alright then three-eyes, let's go", Obsidian agreed. Tien zoomed up to Obsidian and began punching him. Obsidian laughed. "You think you can defeat me with that?". Obsidian blasted Tien away from him. "Solar Flare!" (because i honestly do not know what else Tien can do) "EARTHQUAKE!" Obsidian boomed, and the ground began to shake as glass flew everywhere.
"NO!" Goku shouted, as the hospital began shaking as well. Obsidian tried to shoot a giant energy fireball at Tien, but the movement of the earth was so great that the fireball was sent flying backwards - straight into the middle of the hospital building.
All the Z Senshi could do was watch in horror as the middle of the building exploded as it touched the fireball. The Earth was shaking and the foundation of the hospital was cracking, they could hear it. Sparks flew and glass fell onto the ground. Obsidian looked almost afraid of his own power on Earth. The top part of the hospital seemed to float in mid-air for a moment, then crashed down with a giant BOOM! Into the firey debris of what had been the hospital. The roof was still visible, but the broken walls and glass was completely ruined. A giant building had been destroyed. And with it, hundreds of people.
Smoke rose up from the ashes, and flames flickered in the whole mess. The Z Senshi were horrified. "CHI CHI!" Goku managed to scream as the last of the roof was burnt and cracked through the middle. "Mommy..." Gohan whispered.
But there was something else missing. Obsidian seemed to have disappeared. Black glass was all that remained. Gravel and rubble flew around in the smokey air. Obsidian was nowhere to be found. His power had disappeared completely. Obsidian is a volcanic glass from the ground of molten lava and magma. Obsidian had gone back to where he belonged.
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A few hours later, everyone was sitting at Vegeta's house, wondering what to do. Bulma sighed. "I can't believe all this stuff happened to us", she said sadly. "All those people...gone", Krillin said quietly. "Mommy...", Gohan repeated. Puar had been ecstatic about Yamcha's return, but upon hearing the horrible story of the hospital, had lost all her enthusiasm.
"But wait, aren't we forgetting something?" Piccolo asked. "What?" Vegeta asked curious. "Dragonballs. We can wish back all those people that Obsidian killed. It wasn't a natural death", Piccolo explained. Goku's eyes lit up. "Great idea Piccolo!". "But it will take us so long to find them", Yamcha mumbled. "But we'll find them eventually!" Gohan said happily. "Mr. Piccolo is right!". "So then there's no sense sitting here and crying", Puar said. "Who's in for some food?" Puar asked. "Food?" Vegeta perked up. "Who's going to cook?" Krillin asked. They all looked at Bulma and groaned. "It's still food after all", Goku said, smiling.
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Later that night, Bulma couldn't get to sleep. She sighed. There had been a question that had really been bothering her today. Ever since Lunchi died, and Chi Chi's operation, she had been wondering. She shook the sleeping form beside her. "Veggie-chan!" she hissed. "MMph" came the sleepy reply. "I need to ask you something!" Bulma said loudly. "Leave me alone lady, I'm trying to get some sleep!" Vegeta grumbled. -_-; "Vegeta... do you love me?" Bulma asked quickly. "I live with you woman, what do you think?" Vegeta answered grumpily. "Oh". Bulma sounded disappointed.
Vegeta immediately realized his mistake. After all, when two other guys you know lose their mates, you don't try to make the same mistakes they did! Normally Vegeta knew he wouldn't soften up like this, but ah well, once in a while didn't hurt. Vegeta put his arm around Bulma, and he could tell she was surprised. Bulma smiled and closed her eyes. She hadn't made a mistake after all.
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Two days later:
Tien was sitting in the Kame house, staring up at the ceiling. Everyone else was outside, having a little party. But Tien couldn't think of anything to celebrate. It was 1:00 in the afternoon, and Tien decided to stay inside. There was a knock on the door.
"Come in", Tien said blankly. Bulma came in carrying a tray with food on it. "Tien, I think you should eat something", she said. But it was more like a command, "EAT THIS OR ELSE". "I already ate breakfast", Tien replied. "Tien, you REALLY should eat something!" Bulma tried again. "I said, I already ate breakfast", Tien repeated. "Tien! Eat this!" Bulma was out of patience as she set the tray down on a table. "I already ate breakfast", Tien said again. Bulma was very irritated. "But you know, THIS IS LIKE, LUNCH!" Bulma screamed. Tien didn't even flinch. That is, until the last word. He looked away. "Oh...oops...sorry", Bulma said quietly. She was about to walk out the door when Tien stopped her.
"I think I'm going to take a walk. I'll be back later", Tien told her, and went out the back door. "Good. Then maybe you'll have a better appetite after some air. I have never seen you eat so little!" Bulma called to him as he walked away.
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Tien went to the city. He didn't know why. He didn't even want to be around bustling busy people. But part of him must have wanted to, because before Tien knew it, he was wandering around the busy streets. He walked past restaurants and clothing stores and marketplaces. An hour passed by quickly.
Tien was about to head back when he noticed a very familiar looking person. Someone with long dark hair and a headband. But she had her back to him. Tien managed to push past crowds of people and caught up to her. He banged into her actually, because one person had shoved him out of their way to get across the street. "Ouch!" the girl said, and her shopping bags fell to the ground. "I'm sorry", Tien said quickly. She bent down to pick up her belongings, and turned to face Tien.
She looked so much like Lunchi! But she couldn't be...
Tien couldn't help staring at her; how was it that two people looked almost exactly alike?
The girl must have noticed Tien watching her. She stared back at him. "Lunchi?" Tien muttered quietly. The girl smiled at him. "Lunchi? I don't think I know you. I'm not Lunchi", the girl told him. "I'm sorry, I must have...", Tien began, but didn't finish. He turned to walk away, but the girl started talking to him. "You must have mistaken me for someone else. I'm sorry you didn't find your Lunchi", the girl said, and turned to look for someone. Tien didn't walk away, but watched to see what she was doing.
"Anna!" a voice called. The girl's eyes lit up and she smiled. A young man walked over to the girl, and took her hand. "Scott, what took you so long?" Anna said teasing him. "It wasn't my fault -", Scott began, and then saw that she was joking. "Come on, let's go", Anna said, linking her arm through his.
Tien walked away. Inside he didn't feel so sad anymore.
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That night, when the group had finished their party, they had gone inside the Kame House. All except for Gohan and the Turtle. They sat on the shore of the beach, looking up at the moon. Gohan was sitting outside because he didn't feel like going inside. The Turtle had prefered the outdoors to inside. Besides, he was so slow, no one would wait for him.
The Turtle, seeing that Gohan was sitting alone, padded slowly up to him. "Just a little while ago, all of us were so happy", the Turtle sighed sadly. Gohan turned to smile at the Turtle.
"But Obsidian is gone. Krillin is fine now, his injuries have healed. We can wish mommy back with the Dragonballs and Tien will keep on living. We IareI happy now, just in a different way", Gohan said, smiling. "Life goes on as long as you don't give up on yourself".
And the Turtle knew that Gohan was right.
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Three months later:
"Look Anna, I don't think this is such a good idea after all", Scott said softly. Anna nodded. "I have something to tell you", Scott continued. "So do I", Anna said. "You go first", Scott suggested. "Fine. I wanted to say that I don't feel the same way for you anymore. It's over Scott. I'm ... sorry. There - there just isn't anything left to say", Anna looked down at the ground. "I was going to say the same thing", Scott replied. Anna looked up, looking hopeful. "Really?"
"Really".
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THE END.
Well, there you go! My last part to my longest story yet. ^_~ Did you like it? Please Review, I mean, I hate it when I get 100s of hits and one or two reviews. :o) I just had to add in that "Three months later" bit. I had to write out *everything* I thought of. It had sort of a "Final" thing about it. I didn't change my story one single bit...and I thought of it before I wrote my first one. I don't know when I'll have my next story finished, so you'll have to wait! Thanks for reading! =P
~Box Turtle