Krillin
followed the teacher down the hallway of the elementary school with his gray
suit and shinny black shoes. A blue baseball cap covered his weakness as he
stared at the backside of the woman teacher.
Caught up in the thought he didn't realize that the teacher had stopped in front
of him. He ran right into her. "Oh man, gosh I'm sorry!" he pleaded.
She just smiled at him then pointed toward a large wooden door. "This is
the class you will be teaching today." Opening the door for him Krillin
poked his head inside.
Over thirty wild and crazed children ranging from four to six ran around the
room screaming as if they were on fire. Krillin took a large swallow and entered
the room. "I'm sure you'll do just fine. If you need anything I'm just
across the hallway." She smiled again then left, closing the door behind
her.
Some of the children were bashing each other over the heads with stuffed
animals. Others were painting on the walls. "Um...kids." he crocked.
No response. "Hey!" Nothing. "EVERYONE LISTEN UP!!!!" he
screamed. A small vain in his head protruded. The children stopped what they
were doing and looked at the funny little person yelling at them.
They began to whisper
amongst themselves. "Who is he?"
"I don't
know." Three said at once.
"Maybe he's
lost."
"I like his hat,
it's funny."
Then one of the kids
pushed his way to the front and screamed, "NEW KID!"
Krillin took a step back
as all the children shot forward and attacked him. One kid took his hat.
Another tried to pull off his ears to see if they were real. Another grabbed a
paintbrush and began to paint new orange dots on his head.
Krillin panicked. His
power lever began to rise, but he quickly halted it. They were just kids. What
could they possibly do? He began to laugh along with them, but the fun had
quickly vanished when a large explosion rang out from outside the window.
Krillin pushed the kids off and stood to his feet.
Leaving the kids to talk
amongst themselves Krillin ran over to the window and peeked out. He didn't see
anything at first, but the more he stuck his dotted head out the window he
began to make out a figure in the distance. He squinted his eyes. It was NAPPA!
In shock Krillin fell back to the floor.
What
was...Nappa...what...he was... He thought to himself.
Suddenly one of the kids
spook up. "What was it?"
Turning to the young
child he tried to say calmly, "It was nothing. Now I want everyone to go
sit down over there and be very quiet." He pointed off to a far corner.
The children did so and
Krillin looked back out the window. Nappa was killed by Vegeta years ago. How
was it he was standing right outside? He peeked around the sill. Nothing. Nappa
was no longer there. Perhaps he has imagining it. He began to calm down.
"Man Krillin, you're flipping out. Get a grip." He brushed the sweat
from his forehead and turned to face the children.
But there were no
children. Instead a well-built green figure stood in their place. His wings
shot forth in two different directions. His white face and purple eye shadow
sent a wave of fear over Krillin. The green figure took a step foreword.
"Why do you act so
surprised to see me Krillin?" His deep voice stung Krillin in the heart.
"C..Ce..Cell?"
he managed to spit out.
"Yes Krillin. It's
been a long time hasn't it?" He smiled.
What? Was he dreaming?
First Nappa and now Cell. Had the Under World split apart? All these thoughts
raced around inside his head. Then one came to mind that needed to be answered.
"Where are the kids?"
Cell took a moment to
think about that one. Then he said simply. "I killed them."
Krillin let out a small
gasp. Then he heard another deep voice. This one was familiar. "Don't take
all the credit." It was VEGETA!
Krillin looked as though
he was going to have a heart attack.
"Trader!" He
snapped at him.
"Shut up
baldy!" Vegeta hissed as he took a place next to Cell.
Krillin stared at them
for a moment then he suddenly felt himself being picked up off the ground by
two massive arms. He began to yell.
"Hey! Not so
loud!" Nappa said as he tightened his grip on Krillin.
Knowing the voice
Krillin didn't bother turning around to face him. "What's going on?!"
He finally asked.
"Why...you're
coming with us." said Cell.
"For what?"
"My...you're full
of questions." he paused for a moment. "Okay, I'll tell you. You see
Krillin you're a..."
"WHAT ARE YOU GUYS
DOING HERE!!!" yelled someone from behind Krillin. He tried to turn his head
to look, but Nappa held him tightly.
"You were suppose
to meet Kakarot and myself over an hour ago! What's the hold up?!" The
voice continued.
"Goku?"
Krillin sighed.
"Yes you're beloved
Goku." Said the voice. "I don't see why you can't just call him by
his real name."
"Don't look at me.
It was green boy here that wanted to spill the beans early." said Nappa.
The figure walked into
view. It was RADITZ! He gave a dirty look to Cell. "We agreed to save it
till we're all together."
Cell just shrugged.
Krillin didn't like what they were talking about. He was stronger then Nappa
now. Or at least he thought he was. Without warning he delivered an elbow into
Nappa's side and spead off out the window. Raditz turned to go after him, but
Vegeta held him back.
"Don't worry about
him. He should be easy to find." Vegeta hissed. "We have more
important things to attend to while we're here."
"Like what?"
snapped Nappa.
Vegeta gave him a dirty
look then continued. "This is my son's school." He began to smile,
and so did the others. Then the four walked slowly out of the room into the
hallway.
Krillin sat under the windowsill. He was breathing hard. "I have to find
Trunks before they get him." He got up and started down the wall of the
school looking into each window he passed.
Finally he came upon
Trunks' classroom. The window was already open. "Piss...Trunks." He
whispered.
Trunks turned around in
his chair, which was placed at the back of the class. "Krillin!" He
yelled. The teacher turned and gave him a nasty look. "Sorry." He
replied.
"Shh, come with
me."
"Why?" He
asked softly.
"I'll tell you
later. For now you must come with me."
Trunks waited till the
teacher turned around then he jumped out the window into Krillin's arms. Then
the two jumped into the air and took off.
A few min later Vegeta swung open the door and walked inside. The class
panicked and ran out of the room. Vegeta studied each child that ran by. None
of them were his purple haired Trunks. "He's not here?! Where is he?!"
He screamed.
Raditz poked his head
inside the room. A Snicker's candy bar hung from his mouth. "You mean he's
not here?"
Vegeta walked out of the
room to face the others in discuss. Cell was finishing off the last of his
nachos and Nappa was emptying a coke. "I knew we shouldn't of stopped for
snacks." He slapped himself for the mistake. Raditz just shrugged and
continued to eat the candy bar.
Meanwhile Krillin and Trunks landed at Goku's house. He prayed that Raditz was
wrong. But to be safe he warned Trunks to hind and to keep his power down.
"Don't come out until I tell you to okay?"
"Okay baldy."
He smiled.
Krillin looked at him
for a moment. "You hang around your dad to much." He forgot about it
and patted Trunks on the head softly.
Next came the hard part.
He walked up to the front door and lifted his hand to knock. Suddenly the door
opened wide. Goku looked down at him with a big smile on his face. "Hey
what's
up Krillin." He scratched
his head. "Aren't you supposed to be teaching or something?" Krillin
sighed with relief.
Goku poked his head out
the door to find Trunks standing in plain view by a tree. "Hey
Trunks." He called waving his hands. Trunks ran into his arms. So much for
the plan.
Once inside Krillin told
Goku the whole story. Goku sipped on some tea as he listened to the odd story.
"You don't say?"
"Yeah! And to
think, I thought you were in on it." He began to laugh. Goku did too, and
then he leaned over the counter toward Krillin. "Well?" He said. He
turned his head alone to face Trunks whom sat next to him. He held out his hand
and the young boy grabbed it. Then he turned back to Krillin.
"Krillin?" he
said softly.
"Yeah man?"
"I hate to be the
bearer of bad news but...Raditz was right." His grip tightened around
Trunks' hand till the boy began to pull away.
A look of shock came
over Krillin. He sat there staring at him. Goku smiled once more then he
vanished along with Trunks. Krillin jumped out of his chair and ran outside.
They were nowhere to be seen. "TRUNKS!!!" he yelled.
Suddenly the ground
began to shake. Krillin fell to his knees. The sky blurred into the ground
forming a brown efect. Then a picture arose above him. He saw Vegeta looking
back at him.
"Is he suppose to
look like that?" he asked.
Then Bulma came into
view. "Well maybe if you hadn't screwed it up he'd look normal!" She
scolded him then fell out of focus, but Krillin could still hear her.
"Just give me a sec...there!" Suddenly everything was returning to
normal.
Vegeta looked off into
the distance. "Trunks don't play with that." Then he too faded out.
Sure enough the ground stopped shaking and Krillin stood up. He was no longer
in Goku's front yard. Now he was standing in a large black room. Red furniture
lined it.
Suddenly Gohan appeared.
"Gohan?" he questioned.
"Shh...listen!"
He scolded. Goten stood next to him shaking his head.
"What's going
on?!"
"Again with the
questions?" called Cell. He stood behind Goku, Vegeta, Raditz, and Nappa
at the far end of the room. Vegeta held the purple haired Trunks by the hand.
Krillin became brave.
"Yeah... I want to know what's going on here! Now tell me!"
"If you'd shut up
and think about it for a moment, maybe you'd find the answer." Quoted
Vegeta. Krillin gave him a puzzled look. "Okay...I'll give you a head
start. Look around and tell me what everyone here has in common."
Krillin thought for a
moment. "You're all Saiya-jins." Why hadn't this come to him earlier?
Vegeta began to clap.
"Very good. Someone give him a prize."
Then Krillin pointed
toward Cell. "But what about him?"
Cell took it
offensively. "I AM MADE UP OF NEARLY A THIRD OF SAIYAN BLOOD YOU IDOIT! SO
IN A WAY I AM ONE!!!"
Krillin stumbled back.
"But I don't get it."
"Well it's simple."
Goku started. "We are Saiya-jins, the most powerful beings in the
universe. Together we will take the universe and rule it!"
Coming from Goku...this
was a surprise. Vegeta was really starting to rub off on him too. "But why
am I here?"
"Why, isn't it
obvious. You're a Saiya-jin warrior like us." Vegeta smirked.
"Yeah!" He
yelled. Suddenly his power level shot through the roof and Krillin became a
SSJ. His eyebrows grow out and curled around his head forming hair. Vegeta
walked up to him holding out his hand. "Welcome Super Saiya-jin
Krillin."
Krillin reached to take
his hand then the ground began to shake once again. Krillin fell to the floor.
Suddenly the Saiya-jins began to vanish around him. Then the floor caved in
sending Krillin screaming down into the darkness below.
"BALDY?! BALDY?! SNAP OUT OF IT! WAKE UP! BALD?!" Krillin was being
shaken so hard that he felt he would fall apart. He opened his eyes to find
Vegeta yelling at him. "BALDY?!" he jerked Krillin about.
"VEGETA STOP IT
BEFORE YOU KILL HIM!" screamed Balma as she forced her husband off him.
She went up to Krillin and sat him up on the table. Krillin looked around to
find himself in a Capsule Corp laboratory. He found Trunks sitting safely at a
table coloring and Vegeta in front of him wearing normal clothes.
"It was all a
dream!" he sighed.
"Yeah, that was
what the invention was for. Dreams." said Bulma as she unhooked Krillin
from the machine
"What?" he
questioned.
"You mean you
forgot?"
"I guess so."
He rubbed his head. He felt like his brain was beating against his skull to get
out.
"Well." she
paused to recap. "You volunteered to test my "dream machine". It
was designed to make your dreams come to life. Chi-Chi programmed the machine
because she asked first."
"The school.
Okay."
"Well...everything
was going great till Vegeta here," She glared over at Vegeta whom just
smiled. "Decided to play around with the program. After that, I was about
to wake you up from his nightmare but you took control and began to dream up
your own dream. So we couldn't really wake you up."
"Oh." He
frowned.
"What's the
matter?" she asked.
"Nothing...I'm just
going to miss being a SSJ."
Vegeta glared at him for
a moment then began to laugh. "You mean to tell me that you told yourself
you were a Saiya-jin?" He began to laugh harder.
Krillin began to turn
red.
"You...hahaha...a
Saiya-jin..." He couldn't control himself so he left the room. Even
through the sound proof walls Krillin could hear him laughing all the way down
the hall.
(the end)
