TITLE: Draco Meets Orion
AUTHOR: Echo the Nymph
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Dragon Ball Z.
Chapter Seven: Guess Who's Here?
Piccolo jarred to a halt. "Goku, this way!" he cried. They took off in the direction Gohan's battle ki was coming from. When they got there, the sight that greeted their eyes confused them. A group of warriors that were defiantly from Frieza's army had surrounded Gohan and the girl with him. The girl was struggling against the hold of one of them, who really thought this was all rather amusing.
Finally, Echo just elbowed him in the gut, stomped on his foot and then flung him over her head. Goku's jaw temporarily dropped open in shock. Then they flew into the battle. "Piccolo-san, Tousan?" Gohan cried in shock.
"Yes, Gohan, it's us. You might want to leave." Goku told the girl. She nodded and attempted to run off. Just as suddenly as she had moved, one of the warriors caught her, again. A low growl of anger came from her, surprising the warrior that had caught her.
"You aren't going anywhere, girl." he hissed. He then clapped his hand over her mouth to keep her from crying out. Then Gohan was hit right in the abdomen with a ki blast. He cried out and fell to the ground.
Echo bit the hand of the evil warrior holding her. "Gohan!" she cried. A brilliant flash of sky blue light filled the small clearing. When seeing was again possible, they were shocked into silence at the girl's transformation. She had gone from being apparently human to a saiya-jin. And a very angry one at that.
Echo managed to get free from that soldier's grip. The now injured soldier stared at her in confusion. What in all of creation was going on here? How could a human girl do that? "Gohan, are you all right?" she inquired as she knelt next to him.
"I think so." His gaze then shifted up to the girl. "Echo, what happened to you?!"
"I don't know. I just got very angry and then I looked like this." I'm guessing that someone cast a glamour on me and all with me. This is my true appearance.
Another attack soared their way. Gohan managed to reflect it back to the one who had sent it. The girl's eyes seemed to cloud over. Her instincts took control, causing her to savagely knee one of their attackers right in the groin. (AN: She's fighting on instinct here, people. She's going to go for a male part that hurts pretty badly when it gets hit.) He fell to the ground moaning in pain.
What is going on here? If she's really who Master Frieza thought she would be, then we are in deep shit. the leader of the force thought to himself. Goku took advantage of the startlement, and launched a Kamehameha wave at one of them. The one hit cried out in pain as he died.
Gohan charged up his attack and fired. The one hit by his attack was vaporized in an instant.
Echo let out one of her own ki blasts, as she was still operating on instinct. Piccolo took advantage of the fact that the last few soldiers were attempting to get away from the oncoming blast by attacking them from the side. The combined force of the ki attacks vaporized the remaining soldiers. Only then, did the girl come back to a fully conscious state.
She was trembling, for what she recalled of that battle was very vague and frightening to a girl who had been raised as a human. Her complexion was pale with terror that was slowly receeding like the tide. "Echo, are you all right?" Gohan inquired.
"I'm not sure. I can't be sure of anything anymore." she muttered. Her trembling had intensified, for she was very frightened.
"Echo, please listen to me." Goku commanded. When she looked over at him, he continued. "We really don't want to do this, but we have to take you with us. You see, you are a saiya-jin, so you don't belong here."
"My family..." she broke off.
"They won't worry, because they don't remember you." Piccolo explained. Echo looked surprised and distinctly hurt.
"But how?" Her voice trembled. All she had known was a lie. Perhaps an animal would remember for scent was unchanged.
"When your true form showed itself, their memories of you were erased."
The two adult warriors lifted off. "Echo, what are you doing?"
"Getting something I hid here." she explained. The girl reached into a tree's trunk and pulled out a bag. This has my High School Diploma in it, but it also has my magic supplies. I won't leave either behind. Gohan lifted her up and took to the skies. She clung to him, looking over the farm she'd called home since she was an infant.
Sure, she knew she and her older sister were adopted before they immigrated from Spain; but this? It was almost too much. Yet if I am as they say, then Lana could be as well. That may be why we are so different from others, especially the Wicca. They don't understand us at all; or why our powers seem to get answers more swiftly. My place is now with them, even if I should not like it.
AUTHOR: Echo the Nymph
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Dragon Ball Z.
Chapter Seven: Guess Who's Here?
Piccolo jarred to a halt. "Goku, this way!" he cried. They took off in the direction Gohan's battle ki was coming from. When they got there, the sight that greeted their eyes confused them. A group of warriors that were defiantly from Frieza's army had surrounded Gohan and the girl with him. The girl was struggling against the hold of one of them, who really thought this was all rather amusing.
Finally, Echo just elbowed him in the gut, stomped on his foot and then flung him over her head. Goku's jaw temporarily dropped open in shock. Then they flew into the battle. "Piccolo-san, Tousan?" Gohan cried in shock.
"Yes, Gohan, it's us. You might want to leave." Goku told the girl. She nodded and attempted to run off. Just as suddenly as she had moved, one of the warriors caught her, again. A low growl of anger came from her, surprising the warrior that had caught her.
"You aren't going anywhere, girl." he hissed. He then clapped his hand over her mouth to keep her from crying out. Then Gohan was hit right in the abdomen with a ki blast. He cried out and fell to the ground.
Echo bit the hand of the evil warrior holding her. "Gohan!" she cried. A brilliant flash of sky blue light filled the small clearing. When seeing was again possible, they were shocked into silence at the girl's transformation. She had gone from being apparently human to a saiya-jin. And a very angry one at that.
Echo managed to get free from that soldier's grip. The now injured soldier stared at her in confusion. What in all of creation was going on here? How could a human girl do that? "Gohan, are you all right?" she inquired as she knelt next to him.
"I think so." His gaze then shifted up to the girl. "Echo, what happened to you?!"
"I don't know. I just got very angry and then I looked like this." I'm guessing that someone cast a glamour on me and all with me. This is my true appearance.
Another attack soared their way. Gohan managed to reflect it back to the one who had sent it. The girl's eyes seemed to cloud over. Her instincts took control, causing her to savagely knee one of their attackers right in the groin. (AN: She's fighting on instinct here, people. She's going to go for a male part that hurts pretty badly when it gets hit.) He fell to the ground moaning in pain.
What is going on here? If she's really who Master Frieza thought she would be, then we are in deep shit. the leader of the force thought to himself. Goku took advantage of the startlement, and launched a Kamehameha wave at one of them. The one hit cried out in pain as he died.
Gohan charged up his attack and fired. The one hit by his attack was vaporized in an instant.
Echo let out one of her own ki blasts, as she was still operating on instinct. Piccolo took advantage of the fact that the last few soldiers were attempting to get away from the oncoming blast by attacking them from the side. The combined force of the ki attacks vaporized the remaining soldiers. Only then, did the girl come back to a fully conscious state.
She was trembling, for what she recalled of that battle was very vague and frightening to a girl who had been raised as a human. Her complexion was pale with terror that was slowly receeding like the tide. "Echo, are you all right?" Gohan inquired.
"I'm not sure. I can't be sure of anything anymore." she muttered. Her trembling had intensified, for she was very frightened.
"Echo, please listen to me." Goku commanded. When she looked over at him, he continued. "We really don't want to do this, but we have to take you with us. You see, you are a saiya-jin, so you don't belong here."
"My family..." she broke off.
"They won't worry, because they don't remember you." Piccolo explained. Echo looked surprised and distinctly hurt.
"But how?" Her voice trembled. All she had known was a lie. Perhaps an animal would remember for scent was unchanged.
"When your true form showed itself, their memories of you were erased."
The two adult warriors lifted off. "Echo, what are you doing?"
"Getting something I hid here." she explained. The girl reached into a tree's trunk and pulled out a bag. This has my High School Diploma in it, but it also has my magic supplies. I won't leave either behind. Gohan lifted her up and took to the skies. She clung to him, looking over the farm she'd called home since she was an infant.
Sure, she knew she and her older sister were adopted before they immigrated from Spain; but this? It was almost too much. Yet if I am as they say, then Lana could be as well. That may be why we are so different from others, especially the Wicca. They don't understand us at all; or why our powers seem to get answers more swiftly. My place is now with them, even if I should not like it.