My DBZ Adventure—Part 12
A/N: Hi! Looks my creative block is over and here's the next part! Thanx for being so patient with me. But I'm afraid I have more bad news. See, I have two camps that I'm going to this summer and I won't have too much time to write. I mean, I will, but I won't be able to post the parts. My first camp, Music at Hartwick College in Oneonta, I'll be coming home at night so I can post then, but a few weeks after that I'll be going to Camp Amahami with Red Kat 9 and I'll be in the middle of nowhere, unable to even check my e-mail. :( But that's ok, I'll live, right? Right. If any of you readers out there are going to any of these camps feel free to e-mail me and tell me when you'll be going, I'd really like to know and maybe I'll see you there. Well, that's it for now, so enjoy the story!
Disclaimer: ~Finds that convenient picture of all the DBZ people everyone else is using.~ These people are not mine! I wish they were, but they're not, as much as I'd like them to be.
After a bit of discussion Gohan, Kat, and I decided that after breakfast we'd and get everyone, meaning us and the girls, together at the Kame House and talk about why we think we're here.
"Chichi, breakfast was great, thanks," I said once I was finished. Kat nodded her agreement.
"No trouble at all, Jessie," Chichi replied, smiling.
Gohan then finished his breakfast, too. "Mom, we're gonna go pick up Jo and Cassie and head over to the Kame House."
"What are you going to do there?" Chichi asked.
"Try and figure out why we're here," Kat answered.
"You're not doing any training?"
"Not there. Don't worry, nothing's gonna happen," Gohan assured her.
"That's what your father said before the Cell Games. But go ahead. Let me know if you find out anything."
"Okay, thanks, Mom."
"Bye, Chichi!" Kat and I said. With that we followed Gohan outside.
"Flying Nimbus!" Gohan called. The cloud immediately appeared and we hopped on. "We'll go to Krillin's house first." I nodded as we continued flying. [A/N: Okay, I have no idea where Krillin and 18 live, so if anyone could tell me that'd be really great!]
It took only a few minutes to get to Krillin's house and he came out to meet us. "Yo, Gohan, Jessie, Kat! What brings you guys here?"
"Actually, we came to get Cassie. Do you know where she is?" I asked.
"She's inside with 18. Go on in."
I smiled. "Thanks, Krillin." I grabbed Kat's arm and we went inside. "Rose?" I called. "Rose?"
"Jessie?" we heard.
I followed the voice into the living room. "Hey, guys," I greeted cheerfully.
Cassie did a double-take. "Hi, Jessie." Then she noticed Kat behind me. "Hi, Kat."
"Why are you here?" Rose asked.
"We came for Cassie," Kat said, in a low, spooky voice. The whole effect was ruined when I started laughing. Rose looked a little creeped out.
"Why? Where are we going?" Cassie asked.
"To the Kame House," I told her. She smiled and got up. "We're gonna see if we can figure out why we're here. Gohan thought maybe Master Roshi could help."
Rose snorted. "What can that dirty old man do?"
I shrugged. "I dunno, but I guess anything's worth a shot." Cassie nodded and stood next to Kat and me. "Well, we'll see you later, Rose."
"Bye, guys," she said, then we walked outside.
Gohan saw us and wrapped up his conversation with Krillin. "W'll let you know if we come up with anything, Krillin," he said, seeing us as we approached.
"All right, Gohan. Good luck."
We waved as he went back inside the house. Kat hopped up on Nimbus while Cassie looked at it uncertainly.
"Nimbus?" she asked.
"Don't worry, it's safe," Gohan said. Cassie looked uncertainly at it until I picked her up and put her on top of it. Once she saw the cloud wasn't going to drop her Cassie smiled.
I laughed and took to the air next to Gohan. "How fast can Nimbus go?" I asked.
"You wanna see?" Gohan asked in return. We all nodded. "Okay. Hold on tight." Kat and Cassie grabbed onto each other and Nimbus tightly. Gohan grasped my hand tightly before shouting," Go, Nimbus!" The cloud reared up and sped after Gohan and me.
As Gohan pulled me though the sky, I was afraid to open my eyes. But when I did, I saw everything whiz by me at a speed like I've never known. I squeezed Gohan's hand and he pulled me into his arms, carrying me the rest of the way to Capsule Corps. to pick up Jo.
We reached Capsule Corps. in record time. When we touched down Cassie, Kat, and I were out of breath from the thrill of the ride.
"Gohan, that was awesome!" Kat exclaimed. "That was too cool!"
Gohan landed softly on the ground next to them, still carrying me. I wasn't about to tell him to put me down. (^_~)
Jo saw us and came running outside. She opened her mouth, but stopped when she saw Gohan and me. She approached us slowly and casually. "Hey, guys," she said, looking at Gohan and me. Realizing that, we both blushed and Gohan put me down.
"Jo, what's—oh, hi, Gohan."
"Hi, Bulma."
Bulma came out upon seeing Jo run outside and approached us. "Gohan, Jo, who are your friends?" she asked. Again we went through the introduction ritual. "So you're on your way to see Master Roshi? What's he gonna do?"
"Gohan shrugged. "Dunno, Bulma, but I intend on finding out. Let's go, guys." With that Cassie helped Jo onto Nimbus and the five of us set out for the Kame House, waving good-bye to Bulma.
"Wow, this place really is small," I commented upon seeing the tiny little island. "But it looks cozy."
"It is," Gohan said. "It's an okay place for training, too, with all the surrounding water."
"I bet," I said.
"I wonder where Master Roshi keeps all his magazines," we heard behind us. We stopped flying and turned to Jo. It took her a minute to realize we were all staring at her. "What?"
"Jo," we all groaned.
"What? I was just wondering." She got a disgusted look on her face. "You don't...how could you think that?! That's disgusting! I would never...you guys!"
I rolled my eyes and turned back around. "Nevermind, we're almost there. Let's go." With that we descended to the Kame House.
Gohan knocked on the door. "Master Roshi, are you here?"
In response a little face popped up in the doorway. "Hiya, Gohan. Whatcha doin' here?"
"Hi, Oolong. I was looking for Master Roshi."
"Well, I knew that," the little pig replied. "Whaddya want him for?"
"We just wanna talk to him, Oolong, jeez. You don't have to be s nosey," Jo said, drawing his attention to us.
Oolong looked at us. "Gohan, who are they?" he whispered, staring at us.
I stood next to Gohan. "Jeez, Oolong, you'd think you've never seen a girl before. You can stop staring."
He shook his head and blushed, laughing nervously. "Uh...Master Roshi's inside. Hehehe..." He opened the door and watched us as we walked inside.
"Master Roshi?" Gohan called.
"Gohan? In the living room," he called back. We followed Gohan there and found Master Roshi watching young women exercising on TV. He promptly turned it off when we came in. "Hi, Gohan. What brings you he—" he cut off when he saw us. We all sighed and rolled our eyes.
"We came to talk to you, Master Roshi," Gohan said loudly, thankfully drawing his attention away from us.
"Well, sit down and tell me what's going on." Gohan did just that and told him everything since we arrived.
"We were hoping that you might be able to tell us why they're here," Gohan told him.
Master Roshi scratched his chin and circled the four of us, looking us up and down. "I'm really not sure. There hasn't been any danger lately so I don't think that Dende brought them here...hmm...but even if there was danger, why would he bring us girls? They don't seem too powerful. What could they do?"
Gohan grimaced, seeing how angry that comment made us. Cassie's, Kat's, and Jo's faces all turned red with anger and approached him, fists clenched while I flared up my ki.
"Just girls?" I asked through clenched teeth. "Just girls?!" As my anger peaked my ki flared red and wind started to pick up in the room slightly. Master Roshi backed up. My friends encouraged me to pummel him.
Gohan approached me, putting his hand on my shoulder. "Jessie..."
Reluctantly I lowered my ki and crossed my arms, Piccolo-style. "You're lucky Gohan's here," I muttered. Master Roshi gulped and sat down on the couch, eyeing the girls and me warily.
"I'd watch what you say, Master Roshi," Gohan said. "She has a lot of power and doesn't like to be insulted. Next time I may not convince her to stop."
"Hehe...right. Sorry, girls. I'll, uh, keep my opinions to myself..."
"Good," we all said."
"Master Roshi, can you think of any reason, no matter how far-fetched it may be, of why these girls might be here?" Gohan asked in all seriousness.
Master Roshi thought long and hard. "I'm sorry, Gohan, but I'm not coming up with anything."
"It's okay," he replied. "But if you come up with anything let us know, okay?"
"Okay, Gohan." Then the all went outside.
On my way out with them, I spotted something that caught my interest. I forgot about our earlier problem. "What's this, Master Roshi?" I asked, picking up a pictur of a gruesome looking monster. It was only a picture of the head, but it was enough to send shivers down my spine. Something that felt like recognition tingled in the back of my head when I looked at it, but it was gone as soon as it came.
It looked so life-like it wasn't even funny. The monster had spikey dark green hair and a light green face. It's ears were pointed and it's fangs, which all it's teeth seemed to be, were red toward the tips. It's eyes were huge and bloodshot, right pupil bigger than the other. Actually, it didn't really have pupils, but just black circles with the rest of the eye white. Needless to say, I was creeped out. And the fact that it looked completely crazy just added to the affect.
"Oh, that. I'm not exactly sure what it is. If you look on the back I think it has the creature's name." I turned it over and found the name 'Vaul'. "I have no idea where it came from, either. It just showed up in my house one day. It had a note with it, too."
"What'd it say?" I asked.
"It warned of impending danger and doom. It also said..."
"What? What else?" I pressed.
He looked at me, no humor at all in his features. "It said look for help in the least likely of places."
My eyes widened. "Does it mean...?" I pointed to myself, then the others outside.
"Perhaps. But you may want to keep it to yourself until you know more about it."
I nodded. "Okay. Can I keep this picture, Master Roshi?"
"Well, sure if you want to."
"Thanks, Master Roshi. I'll let you know if I find out anything new." With that I went outside with the others. I changed my attitude when I saw them. "So, what now?" I asked.
Gohan shrugged. "Dunno. I'm not sure who else would know about this." Everyone else shook her head.
I smiled when I sensed Piccolo's now somewhat familiar ki. Gohan smiled as well. But our smiled turned to frowns when we felt that he wasn't alone and his power level sharply decrease. Silently Gohan and I agreed to reach out with our minds to him. But all we got in response was pain. We both cried out and clutched our heads, startling the others.
They ran to us. "Jessie? Gohan?"
Quickly Gohan shielded both of us and cut the connection. We both stood up and looked in Piccolo's direction and saw an explosion, followed by a fading ki.
"What was that?" Jo asked, looking at where the explosion just was.
I put a hand to my mouth in shock. "Oh no..." Tears sprang to my eyes.
The others turned. "What?"
"Piccolo..." Gohan and I looked at each other.
"Nimbus, take them to Goku. Kat, tell Dad to go to Piccolo. Hurry! Go, Nimbus!" Gohan shouted. Nimbus shot off toward the Son House.
I followed Gohan as he zipped through the air toward Piccolo. Surprisingly I was able to somewhat keep up and we got to Piccolo in less than a minute.
I gasped as I saw Piccolo lying on the ground, bloody and beaten. Immediately Gohan stood in front of him while I brought him to safety. Looking up I saw Gohan facing off with a monster. Not worrying about it I turned my attention back to Piccolo. I put his head on my lap and cradled it.
"Piccolo? Piccolo, wake up. Please, Piccolo, wake up," I pleaded. There was still no response from the Namek. Tears stung my eyes. "Piccolo, wake up! Piccolo!" With still no response I decided to try telepathy.
:Piccolo? Piccolo, it's Jessie, please wake up. I know you're still there. Piccolo come back to me, please. Piccolo!: I guessed I said his name loud enough when I saw his eyes shoot open. He tried to sit up but he just ended up falling back instead. Catching him, with some difficulty, I eased his fall and lowered him into the position he was in before.
Piccolo grimaced in pain. "What...what happened?" He looked around and finally saw me. "Jessie? What are you doing here?"
"I was looking for you. Are you all right?" I asked.
"I'm fine," he said gruffly, trying to get back up again. He only succeeded in falling back into me again. He grunted.
"Piccolo, hold still. You'll only hurt yourself more."
He chuckled slightly. "You sound like..." His expression changed to one of worry. "Gohan. Where's Gohan?"
In response to Piccolo's question our attention was diverted to our right where Gohan was lammed into the ground next to us. I shielded Piccolo from the flying debris. When the dust cleared we saw Gohan sit up and shake his head, glaring at the monster in front of him.
I gasped as I recognized the monster. I quickly took out the picture I got from Master Roshi. No way, I thought. Vaul? He's real and not some fictional monster? Oh boy. And judging by how Gohan looks he's really powerful. This cannot be good.