Disclaimer - I do not own any of the following characters, nor do I own Dragonball Z... Goddamn.
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Title - Hard to Say I'm Sorry
Author - MECHA-Griever
Chapter 2 - For Whom The Bell Tolls
"You shall suffer for this.... you bitch....."
Soaring through the skies was a namek on a mission to destroy an android. Tien's dying form flashed through Piccolo's mind as he tried his best to force it out,
and concentrate on his self-proclaimed enemy. His reaction would have been the same no matter which friend had been destroyed... well, except Vegeta. His rage
rose as well as his ki as the thought of revenge blinded his senses. Almost as if his evil form was beginning to break through once again, and reign supreme as it
once had done so long ago. Anger could do more damage than one could ever imagine...
An oh so familier forest passed underneath him as he smiled to himself again. The regenerative blood coursed through his veins growing warmer by the second.
He knew very well where her old residence, or rather her brother's, was located. He had even stopped by once or twice. He never considered himself welcome
there for reasons wich were probably more selfish than he first imagined. The sun drew away into the parted clouds almost as if it knew of the events to come.
The rain began to drop lightly, only adding to his frustration.
As he landed, he felt a familier ki form far behind him. He turned around quickly to see a gleaming light dart towards him.
'Goku... Stubborn fool...'
Piccolo knew exactly who it was. He was probably the only one who would dare to stop him when he was in such an emotional state.
Not even his younger friend Gohan would attempt such a feat. Judging by the distance and speed that he was travelling at, Piccolo would have
5 minutes until his friend could arrive to stop him... or at least attempt to.
'More than enough time...'
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A spark almost struck in 18's head as she immediately recognised the owner of the enormous ki she was sensing outside the house. She stood up and wiped away
what tears had remained running down her soft, pale cheek.
"If the namek's here, then he's here for a reason" she said out loud. She could feel a battle was to commence.
Juuhachigou tried her best to create a form of rage inside her body, but found sadly that she coud not. She was a smart fighter, but one who had never fought
without motivation, and anger was a bloody good one. Her attempt at anger turned slowly into a frown as she realised for the first time in her short-lived so-called-life,
that she did not want to fight. She was empty. She tried her best to hate her husband, but could not. She could never hate him, and thats what hit her the worst.
She truelly had nothing to live for.
'Krillin, Marron-chan, everyone would live better without a souless droid like me around... I have nothing to lose..'
Nothing to lose.... nothing to lose.... nothing to lose....
"NOTHING TO LOSE!!!"
She yelled as the tears streamed down again. She blasted throught the door as she charged at the unsuspecting Super Namek who was knocked to the ground by the
sheer force of her attack. Both fighters were running on adrenaline, but in different ways. Juuhachigou had nothing to lose, Piccolo had already lost one. Piccolo tried to
return the blows of the Android, but found for the first time since Cell, that his opponent was simply faster. Android 18 dodged everyblow and continued to literally
pound him into the ground. She screamed as the anger poured out after each blow. She leaped back into the air again. Piccolo was beginning to lose his patience now,
as he leapt into the air after her. Being an android, Piccolo was unable to sense her making matters even worse. But Piccolo was a smart fighter, if he could not see her, he
would just lure her out...
As he reached the peak of his jump, he quickly initiated Tien's Tri-form technique and created three of himself.
"Split up. Left and right, and I'll take centre..." he said almost silently. If the other Piccolos didn't have Namekian hearing, they never would have heard.
They did as they were told, and Piccolo remained stationary as he powered up for an attack. He placed two fingers to his forehead as he prepared for his patented
Special Beam Cannon. He heard a sound to his left which was obviously #18 battling with his counterparts.
'Now that I've lured her out, I need my full power...' he thought to himself. In order to reach his full power, he needed to be whole. He watched the battle between the three and waited for
them to gain the upper hand before he could call them back. Unfortunately, this seemed harder than he thought at first. Android #18 was too fast for them despite her emotional state
The tears were apparant in her eyes, as well as the sound of her sobbing. Piccolo was beginning to lose his nerve. He almost felt sorry for her, after all, she had just
lost her husband... or so she thought.
Piccolo managed to focus on the battle again, and remembered the inventor the technique he was currently using. The anger returned and his power level increased again.
Suddenly, he charged at #18 and caught her with a strong right hook to her gut, before he followed up with an axehandle to her back sending her to the wet ground below.
"This is what you get when you kill innocent people #18!! Rot in the next dimension!!!"
He pulled his counterparts together and retained his full strength. Juuhachigou could only clutch her stomach in pain as the tears continued to fall.
'Good.... bye...... life....' Android #18 dropped here head and prepared for the inevitable.
Piccolo charged up his ki attack as the rage consumed his body.
"Special Beam Cannon!!!!!!!!!"
The beam shot from his fingers toward Juuhachigou, resulting in a massive explosion, as the forest was consumed in smoke. Then suddenly, all was silent. The fog made
it impossible to see, and all that could be heard was the patter of the rain aginst the wet mud. Piccolo thought over what he had done and smiled deviously.
It had been a long time since he had a good fight, and it had been a long time since he had destroyed anything.
As the smoke began to fade, Piccolo's attention was brought to another life form in front of him. He stood in horror as he realised his attack had never even touched #18.
Instead, he saw a pair of light blue eyes with glowing blonde hair that was pulled up over his head. An ominous golden light emualted from him. He had just locked eyes
with the Saiyan Warrior Goku...
"Piccolo!! What the hell do you think you are doing!?!"
Piccolo still in state of shock stared with wide eyes at his former enemy before screaming back at him.
"Eye for an eye Goku... she will die for what she has done!!"
"Piccolo you fool!!! Can't you see the mistaek you have made!! She didn't kill Tien!!"
Piccolo was enraged at what he believed to be, Goku's ignorance. "...Who else!? Tien said Android! This bitch is the only one who could have done it!!!"
The Super Saiyan could only glare back at the Namek. He stared into his eyes and realised that Piccolo knew exactly what he was doing. The Namek was fuelled by rage,
but he was not blinded by it. He thought to himself, 'What if #18 did do it? Tien never said the number... How can I be sure...?' Goku's super saiyan aura began to fade
as he began to softly question his own motives. He looked back down at #18 and saw her weepeing into her arms. His heart began melting at the sight of her crying
like a child who had lost someone they loved.
He floated down and placed a hand on he shoulder. Juuhachigou turned around and came face to face with a concerned Goku.
"Can you walk Juu-chan?" He asked gently with a soft smile on his face. #18 stared in suprise for a second before nodding slightly Goku quickly observed her and realised
that she was shivering from the cold, and her stomach and back needed medical attention, or a Senzu Bean.
18# tried to stand up, but stumbled over. Goku caught her before she could fall and helped her back to het feet. His eyes slowly turned to Piccolo who seemed completely
shocked by this display. His fists were clenched so tight that his green skin began to turn white around his knuckles. His blood was boiling over at the thought of Goku
betraying Tien. Goku only gave him a sincere stare back. Piccolo was not satisfied.
"Goku you Traitor!!!!! How can you aid the person who murdered Tien!!"
#18 heard this exchange and wondered in confusion. 'Murder Tien? But I never left the hou-.........#17.....'
She tried to open he mouth to say something, but was too late. Piccolo had powered up, and had charged for Goku.....
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~FLASHBACK~
Krillin landed in the forest with a hesistant smile on his face. The sun was shining brightly refelcting off his bald head toward a nearby bird. The bird flew away at the
sight of this bright reflection as Krillin watched it with a frown.
" I really should stop waxing my head..."
Ever since the encounter with #18 where she gave him a second kiss, Krilllin couldn't stop thinking about her. Her beautiful blue eyes remained imprinted in his
memory, as well as the sweet smell of her soft hair. His daydreaming was broken by a soft explosion nearby. 'Is she in trouble?!'
Krillin powered up and charged at the direction of the explosion at full speed. The grass below him divided as he passed due to the extremely fast speed at which he was
flying. As he reached closer to where he could see the smoke began to engulf the trees, he began to slow down. The problem was, he couldn't see where he was!!!
He could hear the sound of flowing water near him, but he still remained surrounded in darkness. Unaware of his surroundings he gently tried to set his feet upon the floor.
However, when he couldn't find it, he began to get even more worried.
"What the hell is going- WAAAAHHHHH!!!!"
Krillin suddenly lost control as he fell the rest of the way down and landed in....... water?
By the time Krillin surfaced from under the cool liquid, the smoke had cleared. He looked around and found that he was in the middle of a lake surrounded by vast mountains and trees.
Krillin floated onto his back ans sighed in relief as well as defeat.
"...I wish I could do something properly for once...."
"But then you woudn't be as entertaining..." a new voice chimed in.
Krillin immediately turned around and locked eyes with a grinning Android #18, who was flying inches off the water. He immediately went red as soon as he realised that
she had just seen him make an as of himself.... Again!
"Is there anytime I see you when you're not embarassing yourself?" she laughed.
"....If only life were that good..." he only replied.
"I heard an explosion, I thought you may be hurt or something..." Krillin added in a concerned voice.
Juuhachigou only burst out in laughter at the thought of her being hurt by an Earthling or someone weaker than herself. Krillin suddenly realised that she was almost like
a female version of Vegeta when it came to fighting... He shuddered at the thought...
Normally he would never have done what he was about to do, but for some unknown reason, he did....
"I-it isn't that funny you know!"
Whoops. He said it much louder than he had intended to at first. He immediatley covered his mouth upon doing so, not daring to look at her face
'Oh man, she's gonna blow me into the next dimension!!'
Krillin covered his eyes and prepared for her wrath. Would she kick him? Would she blast him? Or worse....
What came next had instead shocked him like a blow. He heard a faint ripple into the water next to him as he slowly brought his hands away from his eyes. Android #18
had entered the water next to him and was looking at him sincerely. Her puppy dog eyes penetrated deeply into his causing him to stand mesmerized by them. Usually
such a moment would have caused him to blush, but instead he didn't. He remained in his trance-like state.
"I'm sorry Krillin... I didn't mean to offend you.."
Krillin was unable to breathe because of this situation. She was standing less than a meter away from him apologising because she thought she had insulted him!
'...Is this a dream?.... If so, don't wake me..'
"..I-I-Its okay #18. I shouldn't have lashed out at you..."
Juuhachigou took a step closer hesistantly, until she was face to face with him..... or in Krillin's case, Chin to Forehead.
'I hate being small....' he thought to himself.
"Thanks anyway........Krillin..."
Krillin looked puzzled. "What for?"
#18 gave Krillin a rare smile and maintained eye contact with him.
"...For.....caring..."
#18 once again felt a familiar sensation, that she had only experienced twice before. She began to lean closer toward Krillin against her own wishes, as she prepared
to kiss him.
'Is she.....IS SHE TRYING TO KISS ME!?!'
Krillin began panicing in his mind, but his body was screaming to lean in as well. They both leaned further until their lips were about to touch...
"JUU-CHAN!!!! LUNCH TIME!!!"
Both pulled away suddenly and quickly flew back onto land at the speed of light attempting to act as if nothing happened. Android #17 suddenly worked out from behind a
row of trees as his eyes fell upon the two blushing warriors. Juunanagou was wearing his usual battle outfit excluding the orange scarf, plus a white cooking apron.
"Umm.. Juu-chan, time for lunch"
#17 pries his eyes of the blushing #18 and onto the Earth Warrior, who was blushing equally as much whilst rubbing his foot against the soft grass nervously.
".......Is cue-ball joining us today?"
~FLASHBACK END~
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Gohan had searched everywhere for #17, with no result. The land seemed untouched without a trace of damage, just an ordinary late afternoon.
'...A little too ordinary for my liking..'
He floated in the air thinking about his next move. He let his mind wonder to the situation around him, Krillin, the Androids, and Piccolo.
'Maybe its best that Dad went after him. I don't think I'd be able to face him should it come to that... Not after all we've been through..'
The death of Tien had affected Gohan for numerous reasons. Firstly, it was a great shock that a death should come after years of peace amongst the Earth. Secondly
because it reminded him that there will always be trouble in some shape or form in this world.... A thought that depressed him even more.
"Who would have thought that love could be so dangerous?" He said out loud. He attempted a small chuckle which came out muffled due to his train of thought.
Suddenly, he began to think of Videl. He pondered these thoughts before coming to his senses.
"ARGH!! Why when I think of love do I always think of her!?!?"
Realising how misleading the statement sounded, he covered his mouth quickly and looked around hoping that no one he knew was near by. He laughed nervously
before dismissing these thoughts.
'Maybe that question is better left unanswered...' his mind replied for him.
Gohan let a quick yawn escape as he wandered what the time must have been. It felt like days since Tien's death, despite the fact it had only been a few hours.
"Maybe I'll go ask Bulma if she has some kind of Android tracker or something!" He said out loud again, as i it was the best idea he had ever had. He was becoming
more like his father everyday (Much to his mother's discomfort).
He promptly took off toward the direction of Capsule Corp.
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The sun had become fully invisible now as the evening was embraced by the horizon. A purple hazed cloud hovered above the Earth maintaining an ominous feel of
uncertainty. The evening breeze blew across the scene adding a coldness to the air, as if it were merely the calm before the storm.
Gohan remained oblivious to the secene around him as he remained focused on his destination. He could feel two forces clashing in the direction
of Capsule Corp. One was extremely high and never faltered, only expanded. The other could not be detected, only sporadic ki blasts of a great
force could be felt.
'I dunno about the first power, but the second has gotta be Android #17...'
Gohan clenched his teeth and quickly began to speed up in the direction of the forces. The water seperated as he flew over it causing a tidal wave to be formed
in opposite directions. Capsule corp came into full view as he descended quickly, any slower and he would have passed it at the speed he was going....
'I hope I'm not too late..' Gohan grimaced at the thought of what lay ahead of him.
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A strong flash of light engulfed the landscape as the Saiyan prince battled the Android #17. Gohan arrived just to see the Vegeta's Big Bang Attack
battle the Android's own energy blast. Krillin was no where to be seen.
"Am I too late?" Gohan said out loud. Both warriors turned to the newcomer.
The super Saiyan Vegeta seemingly was brining #17 to his knees before this comment. However, Android #17 had thought of an even better plan...
Removing one hand from his own attack, he aimed at the unsuspection Gohan who was still perplexed regarding the whereabouts of Krillin.
"GOHAN WATCH OUT!!!!" Vegeta cried out loud.
"Huh?" Gohan looked up just in time to see Android #17's ki blast strike his chest... Unable to defend himself, Gohan was shot bacward through
a tree and knocked out cold...
"Argh!!!" Vegeta screamed. He attempted to fly over to aid Kakarott's son, much to the pleasure of #17.
"Forgetting something Prince Vegeta?!" He smirked.
"What!?"
Vegeta turned and realised that he had forgotten the energy battle they were previously having... The consequences were extreme...
"NOOO!!!" he screamed before he too was struck by #17's attack. He was thrown to the ground next to Gohan, barely consciencious. #17 grinned
in victory.
"When will you saiyans learn that power isn't everything... but intelligence, is a very different matter. Fools...."
He walked slowly over to the bodies of Vegeta and Gohan with a menacing smile. He stepped up to Vegeta and glared at him straight in the eye.
The Saiyan Prince attempted to stand, but was unable to. He fell back onto his chest, at the feet of android #17.
"You're lucky.... If that brat wasn't here, you would be nothing but.... dust on my shoes punk.." He attempted to smirk at the android..
"..Oh Vegeta, I'm shaking in my boots..." the Android only replied.
Vegeta looked left toward the remains of an old oak tree. Further on he could see the form of Gohan, the strongest being on the planet, out cold.
' Dammit kid......why do... I have to care...?' Vegeta mentally punched himself for letting such a stupid weakness affect his fighting.
'Damn you Kakarott! You've made me so weak!!!!" Vegeta's rage slowly incresed until his super saiyan glow began to slowly return to him...
"Oh no you don't...." Juunanagou launched a ki blast at Vegeta shooting him further bacward until he was side by side with the still Gohan.
Vegeta's golden glow had soon vanished as he admitted defeat with one last sigh. He too soon lost conscienciousness...
"What a pity, I was hoping for a good fight, not to find out that you have grown 'feelings' Vegeta..."
His attention turned over to the young man next to the Saiyan Prince.
"Aah young Gohan... The strongest fighter in the world is it? You ure have grown indeed. You know what?"
He lifted Gohan's head until he was level with himself and finished his threat..
"...I don't care how strong you all are.. You shall all pay for what that earthling has done to my sister.... Shame, I was just beginning to like you all,
too...." Android #17 dropped Gohan's motionless body once again and stepped back a few paces untill he was a good distance away.
He looked at his hands. Both dirty with sweat, mud, and blood. The same hand that had killed Tien.... and the same hands that would claim the lives
of two particular Saiyans....
He raised both hands toward the two and prepared for the finishing touch.
"....Such a shame..... But thats the way it has to go..."
An orange ball had emulated in his hands as it slowly grew, creating a powerful energy blast. He reached back behind him, and prepared to
throw it.......
"STOP!!!!!!!!!!"
Android #17 looked in the direction of the voice and squinted upon the sight of the persn. Slowly, the energy ball disappeared from his hands
as he placed his full concentration on the new challenger. His shaven head and orange gi stated clearly who the person was....
"..............Cue-ball..............."
Krillin remained unphased by the tone of Juunanagou's voice as the glare remained present in his eyes He slowly lowered himself until his feet
had made contact with the ground.
"Juunanagou...... Juu-kun. Can't you see what you're doing...?" He questioned.
#17 remained emotionless. "All I see is..... a dead man."
" We don't have to fight we're brothers in-"
"WE ARE NOTHING IN RELATION!!!!" #17 interupted with fire in his eyes.
Krillin still remained confident as he took a step closer to his brother in law.
"Juu-kun..."
"Don't call me that...." #17 shot a glare at Krillin which basically translated as "Keep your distance". Once again, Krillin stepped forward.
"..okay, #17. Please, you've gotta stop. You have to understand, I still love Juu-chan. I always have...."
"You should have thought of that before you threw yourself at that whore asswipe..."
Krillin stepped back as the memory flooded back to him. Marron, the wet kiss, Juuhachigou's face....
'NO! Get a hold of yourself Krillin...' he thought to himself.
"Be that as it may! I still love her! Me kissing that other woman was a mistake!!!" Krillin shouted unable to contol his emotions.
Android #17 stood in slight shock of his words.
"Don't you see? She's my family, just like you and Marron-chan are...."
Krillin attempted to close the gap finally, but Android #17 had had enough.
"ENOUGH TALK!!! You shall die for what you have done to my sister!!!!"
Juunanagou charged at the Z warrior who blocked his 4 punch combo, and reappeared behind him.
"If this is how you will have it #17.... Then I won't hold back..."
'.......I'm sorry.... Juu-chan...'
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OH MY GOD! Piccolo has attacked his friend Goku, but will Goku be able to defend both him and Juuhachigou? But what about Juunanagou!?
He has smartly defeated both Vegeta and Gohan and has murdered Tien. All that stands between him and the death of the two Saiyans
is the Earth Fighter Krillin. Will Android #17 have his revenge? Or will Krillin destroy his only love's brother? Find out next time....
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Just alittle note for the future, no Juunanagou is not evil again. Just imagine it this way. He finally7 excepts a human to be a good guy and
even allows his sister to marry him so that she can be happy. And now, that same man has ruined her life. His whole belief that people can be good
is shattered because of this. So, no he is NOT evil again, just reverted to his old way of thinking.
Still a large amount of chapters to go. I apologise about the delay with this chapter, I just hope it was worth the wait. I have decided that
every chapter will have a flash back which tells the story of how Krillin and Android #18 got together, got married and had a child. Please
review. If I don't get enough, I will stop writing....
Thanks for your support....
MECHA-Griever
