TITLE: A Dynasty Emerges
AUTHOR: Echo the Nymph
DISCLAIMER: I don't own the shows.
NOTE: Just in case you haven't read the first installment, Son Echo and I are NOT the same person. I know, a long wait, but I thought that some people would read both and not just one. It's just that I don't want people to confuse me with her. This isn't a self-insertion.
Chapter 5: A Warrior Recovered
The woman's eyes fluttered open. Echo sat sharply, not knowing what was going on. Destiny came into the room and jumped on the bed. "Kaasan, you're awake!"
"Destiny, how long..." she trailed off, noticing the mess in the room.
"You're at home and were out for three days." the little girl explained.
She shot out of bed. "This place is a mess."
"Tousan's been out of it for a while. He was so worried about you. He won't sleep, eat, or train. He just sits there."
"Destiny-kun, could you clean this up for me?"
The chibi-amazon nodded, beginning to pick up the clothes that were scattered all over the floor. Echo slid on her robe before going down stairs. She approached Gohan, seeing that he was just brooding. Her hand came down on his shoulder, causing him to turn sharply.
His eyes grew wider at the sight before him. He threw his arms around her, pressing his face into her hair. "Echo, I thought I lost you!" She returned his hug happily.
You'll never loose me. Even if I leave this plane before you, part of me will stay behind in Destiny. He looked into her face again, tears streaming down his own. Don't cry anymore, Gohan. I'm still here. Their faces drew closer together, then met in a passionate kiss. His tears stopped.
With her near him, he finally felt complete. You're back. Promise me that you'll never leave me.
I promise, Gohan. Somehow, I'll always be with you.
~*~
The Ronins came back to the house. Ryo's blue eyes opened wide in shock as he saw Echo sparring with Gohan, and Destiny sparring with Goten farther off. "Do you guys see what I'm seeing?"
Sage followed his friend's gaze. "Echo sparring with Gohan? Okay, if no one else sees this, I'm going to hand the Armour of Halo back to the Ancient." The other Ronins were too startled to say anything. They'd all thought that she'd be unconscious for at least one more week. Needless to say, this was a pleasent shock.
The two stopped, trying to catch their breath. It had been a while since they'd sparred so harshly. "You're even more powerful than you were before. With one attack you could now take out about twenty warriors. And I'm talking about Frieza's warriors, mind you." Gohan panted.
The young woman wiped the sweat off of her forehead as the sunlight made her hotter than she would've liked. It made her raven black hair shine slightly, even though most of it was in a braid. "Well, you told me that becoming more powerful happens to a saiya-jin after they recover from a hard battle or a serious injury. I guess that's happened." She tensed up, sensing something dark. "Someone is watching us, and no, not the Ronins."
Destiny ran up to her mother, a concerned, rather frightened look on her face. "Kaasan, did you hear that?" Her voice trembled with nervousness. The young woman turned about, listening. There came a sound of walking, slightly off-kilter, as there was a limp.
Then, a face unknown to all but Gohan showed through the trees. The man fell down from exhaustion flooded with pain. The amazon went closer to help him, but her mate grabbed her arm.
"Echo, that's Raditz. You might not want to get too close to him. Even when he was injured, he was tough to beat."
"Gohan, he's injured. Don't you think he's suffered enough?" she inquired. Raditz let out another moan of pain. Vegeta. Her call went through to him, and she could feel his irritation.
What do you want?
A little snippety aren't you? Well, there's a saiya-jin warrior in our backyard. Gohan called him Raditz.
Raditz! I hope he's not awake.
Nope. He's unconscious. She glanced in the direction of Capsule Corp, a slightly confused expression on her face.
Good. I'm coming.
She looked back over to where the warrior lay. "Goten, watch out!" Her cry made the young warrior jump.
He came over to them. "Um, Gohan, his tail is missing."
The young man turned his eyes to the small of the warrior's back. Sure enough, there was only a bloodstain where the tail should have been. Vegeta and Trunks landed in their yard, gathering the group's attention.
Suddenly, a sandstorm seemed to surround them. They brought up their hands to shield their eyes and coughed, trying to get it out of their lungs. When it died away, they lowered their hands.
"Who's there?" Ryo forcefully called.
"I am Desert Demon. And this, Ronins, will be your last battle."
"I don't think so. Ronins, to arms!!" he cried. They got on their armour in a split second. The saiya-jins that could, transformed into Super Saiya-jin.
The demon laughed sinisterly. "The mystic armour won't help you. And becoming golden won't help you." Echo's now turquoise eyes flashed in anger, then her scream filled the yard.
Her golden hair became metallic, and strings of small stars seemed to be streaming through it. Stardust seemed to encircle her body, combining into one huge light. This light exploded, slowly dying away. Once seeing became possible, they could see the anger in her eyes.
"What the Hell?" the evil warlord cried.
The amazon glared at him, the light of ancient stars seeming to shine from her soul. "Hey, lookin' good, Echo!" Kento commented.
She sighed softly. "Don't have such a hard head, Hard Rock. Desert Demon means business."
Cyae glared angrily at the demon. "SUPER WAVE SMASHER!!"
He stumbled backwards, the force of the attack almost making him fall. "Nice try." Attacks were then combined on him, forcing him out of existence. Yet, Kento's attack left a gaping scar in the earth.
Echo took ahold of some of the scattered stardust, and cast it into the scar. It closed, leaving no trace of its presence. At this time, Raditz came around, attempting to sit up. But a pair of hands kept him on the ground. "If you must look around, then stay on your back." Her tone was slightly scolding, as if she had dealt with this before.
He opened his eyes, then got the shock of his new life when he saw a legend. "Now, Raditz, how did you come back?" Vegeta demanded.
"Prince Vegeta, I have an urgent message. Taulpa forged an alliance with the Cold family. The two will stop at nothing to destroy this world."
Echo took a sharp step back. This was bad. Frieza had been tough to beat, and Cold had never come. He'd only sent his clone with his son, who hadn't known it was a clone. And she'd found that out by her work at Capsule Corp. She'd been working with the old DNA, and knew what happened to the DNA of clones many years of death.
"Sounds like you need to get in touch with the spirits of your armours. This could get ugly." Her gaze was directed to the samurai warriors that stood with them.
Raditz gave her a closer look. Somehow, she looked familiar. But how? Why would she seem familiar? Then he saw the nephew he hadn't seen in years, a young girl, resembling both of them, and a young boy that strongly resembled Kakkarott.
The small girl looked in a startled way at the woman. "Better tone it down, Echo. You're scaring Destiny." Gohan declared. She laughed softly, and powered down. This allowed her daughter to calm down, but both were unsure of the older saiya-jin warrior.
"What about this alliance? Taulpa can't leave this planet, so how did it happen?" Ryo inquired, somehow managing to stay on the warrior's good side.
"Apparently, someone from the nether realm who could acted on his behalf." Slight anger showed through a weary voice. It had become quiet clear that this warrior's soul needed to be healed. And that was beyond the senzu, which only healed the body.
AUTHOR: Echo the Nymph
DISCLAIMER: I don't own the shows.
NOTE: Just in case you haven't read the first installment, Son Echo and I are NOT the same person. I know, a long wait, but I thought that some people would read both and not just one. It's just that I don't want people to confuse me with her. This isn't a self-insertion.
Chapter 5: A Warrior Recovered
The woman's eyes fluttered open. Echo sat sharply, not knowing what was going on. Destiny came into the room and jumped on the bed. "Kaasan, you're awake!"
"Destiny, how long..." she trailed off, noticing the mess in the room.
"You're at home and were out for three days." the little girl explained.
She shot out of bed. "This place is a mess."
"Tousan's been out of it for a while. He was so worried about you. He won't sleep, eat, or train. He just sits there."
"Destiny-kun, could you clean this up for me?"
The chibi-amazon nodded, beginning to pick up the clothes that were scattered all over the floor. Echo slid on her robe before going down stairs. She approached Gohan, seeing that he was just brooding. Her hand came down on his shoulder, causing him to turn sharply.
His eyes grew wider at the sight before him. He threw his arms around her, pressing his face into her hair. "Echo, I thought I lost you!" She returned his hug happily.
You'll never loose me. Even if I leave this plane before you, part of me will stay behind in Destiny. He looked into her face again, tears streaming down his own. Don't cry anymore, Gohan. I'm still here. Their faces drew closer together, then met in a passionate kiss. His tears stopped.
With her near him, he finally felt complete. You're back. Promise me that you'll never leave me.
I promise, Gohan. Somehow, I'll always be with you.
~*~
The Ronins came back to the house. Ryo's blue eyes opened wide in shock as he saw Echo sparring with Gohan, and Destiny sparring with Goten farther off. "Do you guys see what I'm seeing?"
Sage followed his friend's gaze. "Echo sparring with Gohan? Okay, if no one else sees this, I'm going to hand the Armour of Halo back to the Ancient." The other Ronins were too startled to say anything. They'd all thought that she'd be unconscious for at least one more week. Needless to say, this was a pleasent shock.
The two stopped, trying to catch their breath. It had been a while since they'd sparred so harshly. "You're even more powerful than you were before. With one attack you could now take out about twenty warriors. And I'm talking about Frieza's warriors, mind you." Gohan panted.
The young woman wiped the sweat off of her forehead as the sunlight made her hotter than she would've liked. It made her raven black hair shine slightly, even though most of it was in a braid. "Well, you told me that becoming more powerful happens to a saiya-jin after they recover from a hard battle or a serious injury. I guess that's happened." She tensed up, sensing something dark. "Someone is watching us, and no, not the Ronins."
Destiny ran up to her mother, a concerned, rather frightened look on her face. "Kaasan, did you hear that?" Her voice trembled with nervousness. The young woman turned about, listening. There came a sound of walking, slightly off-kilter, as there was a limp.
Then, a face unknown to all but Gohan showed through the trees. The man fell down from exhaustion flooded with pain. The amazon went closer to help him, but her mate grabbed her arm.
"Echo, that's Raditz. You might not want to get too close to him. Even when he was injured, he was tough to beat."
"Gohan, he's injured. Don't you think he's suffered enough?" she inquired. Raditz let out another moan of pain. Vegeta. Her call went through to him, and she could feel his irritation.
What do you want?
A little snippety aren't you? Well, there's a saiya-jin warrior in our backyard. Gohan called him Raditz.
Raditz! I hope he's not awake.
Nope. He's unconscious. She glanced in the direction of Capsule Corp, a slightly confused expression on her face.
Good. I'm coming.
She looked back over to where the warrior lay. "Goten, watch out!" Her cry made the young warrior jump.
He came over to them. "Um, Gohan, his tail is missing."
The young man turned his eyes to the small of the warrior's back. Sure enough, there was only a bloodstain where the tail should have been. Vegeta and Trunks landed in their yard, gathering the group's attention.
Suddenly, a sandstorm seemed to surround them. They brought up their hands to shield their eyes and coughed, trying to get it out of their lungs. When it died away, they lowered their hands.
"Who's there?" Ryo forcefully called.
"I am Desert Demon. And this, Ronins, will be your last battle."
"I don't think so. Ronins, to arms!!" he cried. They got on their armour in a split second. The saiya-jins that could, transformed into Super Saiya-jin.
The demon laughed sinisterly. "The mystic armour won't help you. And becoming golden won't help you." Echo's now turquoise eyes flashed in anger, then her scream filled the yard.
Her golden hair became metallic, and strings of small stars seemed to be streaming through it. Stardust seemed to encircle her body, combining into one huge light. This light exploded, slowly dying away. Once seeing became possible, they could see the anger in her eyes.
"What the Hell?" the evil warlord cried.
The amazon glared at him, the light of ancient stars seeming to shine from her soul. "Hey, lookin' good, Echo!" Kento commented.
She sighed softly. "Don't have such a hard head, Hard Rock. Desert Demon means business."
Cyae glared angrily at the demon. "SUPER WAVE SMASHER!!"
He stumbled backwards, the force of the attack almost making him fall. "Nice try." Attacks were then combined on him, forcing him out of existence. Yet, Kento's attack left a gaping scar in the earth.
Echo took ahold of some of the scattered stardust, and cast it into the scar. It closed, leaving no trace of its presence. At this time, Raditz came around, attempting to sit up. But a pair of hands kept him on the ground. "If you must look around, then stay on your back." Her tone was slightly scolding, as if she had dealt with this before.
He opened his eyes, then got the shock of his new life when he saw a legend. "Now, Raditz, how did you come back?" Vegeta demanded.
"Prince Vegeta, I have an urgent message. Taulpa forged an alliance with the Cold family. The two will stop at nothing to destroy this world."
Echo took a sharp step back. This was bad. Frieza had been tough to beat, and Cold had never come. He'd only sent his clone with his son, who hadn't known it was a clone. And she'd found that out by her work at Capsule Corp. She'd been working with the old DNA, and knew what happened to the DNA of clones many years of death.
"Sounds like you need to get in touch with the spirits of your armours. This could get ugly." Her gaze was directed to the samurai warriors that stood with them.
Raditz gave her a closer look. Somehow, she looked familiar. But how? Why would she seem familiar? Then he saw the nephew he hadn't seen in years, a young girl, resembling both of them, and a young boy that strongly resembled Kakkarott.
The small girl looked in a startled way at the woman. "Better tone it down, Echo. You're scaring Destiny." Gohan declared. She laughed softly, and powered down. This allowed her daughter to calm down, but both were unsure of the older saiya-jin warrior.
"What about this alliance? Taulpa can't leave this planet, so how did it happen?" Ryo inquired, somehow managing to stay on the warrior's good side.
"Apparently, someone from the nether realm who could acted on his behalf." Slight anger showed through a weary voice. It had become quiet clear that this warrior's soul needed to be healed. And that was beyond the senzu, which only healed the body.
