My DBZ Adventure—Part 17
A/N: Same old stuff. Thank you to everyone who has given me good reviews! They mean a lot to me and make me feel better about myself. TwilightDemon, I will try to put more Piccolo in for you in future parts. This one has Piccolo in it, but you may feel like killing me after you read it. Remember, this is their past! It already happened! So please don't kill me! Everything will be fine, I promise. :) Thank you to everyone who's given me their support. Especially Red Kat 9 because without her I never would have come up with some of this stuff and it would have taken me twice as long to make everything work. So, thank you "Kat" and everyone! I'm a very happy girl! :)
Disclaimer: * glares at people* If you make me do this I'm gonna hurt you. As Marron said in How Chibi Trunks First Went Super Saiyan by Reepicheep-chan "I know who you are, I know where you live, and by god, you hafta sleep sometime."
What's going on? I asked myself. It looks like a war zone here. What happened? Gohan!
Gohan bowed to the High King. "You can count on me, sir. I'll die before I let anything happen to her."
"Good." I watched him kneel before Jessica and take her in his arms. "I love you, Jess. Always remember that."
Jessica started crying. "I love you, too, Dad," she said through her tears.
The King stood. "Go now. Be safe—both of you." With that he turned and ran into the soldier's lines.
"Jess, let's go. It's not safe here." Gohan pulled on her arm and dragged her away.
"Gohan!"
We all looked up and saw someone flying above us. "Piccolo!" we exclaimed.
He landed and Kat jumped out of his arms. "Take care of her. I'm going to fight Vaul."
"Piccolo, you can't! He'll kill you! Only the High Queen has that kind of power," Gohan exclaimed, taking his arm.
Piccolo smiled down at him. "Don't worry about it, kid. It's time I repaid you guys for the kindness you've shown me. No one would have taken me in and saved my life like you all did after I attacked the Palace. Trunks and Juunanagou should be coming with Princess' Jo and Cassie, so keep an eye out for them."
"Piccolo, no!" Gohan cried. "You can't go! It's suicide!"
"Use your head, Gohan. You have to protect the High Princess and the others. Use what I taught you. It's not much but it should help a little. Now get out of here!"
Kat was crying. "Piccolo, please don't."
"All three of you know it's the right thing to do. I may be the extra power Mary needs to beat him." He fired a small ki blast at their feet. "Now run!"
Instead of running away, Gohan ran toward Piccolo and threw his arms around his waist. "Be careful, Piccolo, please. You're my best friend."
Surprisingly Piccolo didn't shove him away. Instead he put a hand on Gohan's head. He did the same to Kat when she copied Gohan. Jessica stayed back, silent tears flowing free.
"I can't promise I'll make it out of this, but I'll try. We'll all meet again, I promise." With that Gohan and Kat let go and Piccolo flew away.
Gohan followed Piccolo with his eyes for as long as he could. Then he fell to his knees, sobbing. I watched as Jessica approached him and took him in her arms. He cried into her shirt, clutching her like she was his only link to this world.
My heart ached and I cried, too, as I watched this. I had think sinking feeling that more than just Piccolo's death would ensue this monster's rampage.
Oh how I wished I was wrong...
"Gohan, I can't just run away," Jessica said when his tears stopped. "I have to help them fight him. My mother needs me as well as my people."
"We'll help you," we all heard from behind us.
I turned to see Jo, Trunks, Cassie, and Juunanagou run up.
"What are we waiting for?" Jo asked. "Let's go!"
"Count us in," Cassie said, crystal glowing icy blue.
"We may still be able to help Piccolo," Kat said.
That agreed I followed them all back the way we had come. We ran to the sounds of battle and found the battlefield. There were hundreds of dead, dying, and wounded soldiers lying all across the field.
Somehow we ignored all the carnage and pressed onward to where we saw Vaul battling the soldiers. Approaching the battle we all recognized our mothers and fathers among the fighters. The men fought with all they knew how while the Queens used their crystals.
"Mother!" Jessica called, but couldn't be heard over the din.
Everyone but Jessica, Kat, and Gohan ran to their mother (or girlfriend's). They searched the battle scene for Piccolo, but couldn't find him anywhere.
Jessica turned to Kat. "Kat, I want you to go to our Mothers. They need your extra strength to help them fight.
"But what about you?"
"I'll be fine, don't worry about me! Just go! Kat, look at them, they need your power. I'll make sure Piccolo's safe, okay? Now run!"
She hugged her tightly. "Be careful, Jess. I don't want to lose you."
"You won't. I love you, Kat, you're the best friend anyone could ever hope for. Please, help me save my Kingdom."
Kat nodded and ran toward our Mothers.
"Jessie, I can't see Piccolo anywhere!" Gohan exclaimed.
"We'll keep looking. Let's make our way closer. I promised Kat I'd keep him safe."
I went with them as they made their way toward Vaul. I tried not to look at the dead bodies littering the ground as I followed them. Luckily I didn't see any familiar faces in with the dead I was forced to see.
We all looked up as we heard an explosion ahead of us. There was smoke coming from Vaul's chest and we saw Piccolo in front of him with an arm outstretched, smirking.
"Piccolo!" we all exclaimed with joy.
But our joy turned to fear as the smoke cleared and Vaul was unscathed. He stood there, trembling with rage and got ready to aim an attack at Piccolo.
Jessica saw this and started at a dead run toward them. Once she was in range she started he own counterattack. She released it when Vaul released his. Her fire knocked his attack from Piccolo and into the woods.
The whole battle seemed to stop when Gohan joined Jessica. Everyone's eyes turned to them and it was almost silent. Piccolo gaped at them as well as everyone else.
"Nice shot, Jess," Gohan said.
"I couldn't let him hurt Piccolo. He'll pay for everything."
"Is that so, High Princess?" Vaul asked in his reptilian-like voice.
Jessica raised her voice. "Yes, it is. You cannot beat us, Vaul. We are all a team and on the side of good. That gives us an advantage. And we will never give up!" Her young voice carried across the field. There was a cheer from the soldiers, hope restored.
During Jessica's speech, Piccolo had flown over to her and Gohan. "I thought I told you to run," he hissed.
"I couldn't," Jessica replied. "I couldn't just run away while my Kingdom was being attacked. My friends and family live here and I'm not about to let them perish! I am prepared to die defending my Kingdom just as my parents are, and if I must, so be it!"
"Well, I'm glad you're ready to die, little girl, because I'm ready to kill you!" Vaul roared.
"If I take you with me, that's fine by me! But I won't go down without a fight!"
"Jessica!"
She turned. "Mother!"
"What are you doing here? I thought you ran away like you were supposed to."
"No time for reunions!" Piccolo shouted. "Here he comes!"
They all got ready to attack him with everything they had. However, Vaul attacked much too quickly for them. He managed to take out Cassie's mother, Queen Linda, first. He aimed his attack at her and hit her, full force. The energy beam went straight through her stomach, knocking her several feet back.
"Mother!" Cassie screamed, running to her.
Queen Linda looked at Cassie and smiled. "Love you, Cass," she managed to say.
"I love you, too, Mom," Cassie said through a sob. We all watched as Linda took one last shuddering breath before falling limp. Cassie sobbed into her mother's chest. "Mother!"
Seeing an opportunity, Vaul readied another attack and fired it at Cassie. Luckily Juun got there first and got her out of the way. They both rolled on the ground out of harms way.
The others were all enraged at Linda's death and attacked Vaul in the moment he was distracted. Their attacks hit their mark and Vaul was injured, but not enough to kill him.
Piccolo and Gohan kept up the ki blasts and the Princesses supplied their mother's with extra energy. When Cassie started helping the Queen, it left Jessica free to attack Vaul herself.
I watched them all fight him, wishing there were something I could do to help. Knowing that I couldn't was breaking my heart. I also saw that their fighting was getting them nowhere. Vaul was too fast and powerful for them to beat.
Suddenly there was a huge flash of light and a massive energy beam was released from Vaul. I could do nothing but watch as it headed straight for the fighters. They all gathered around the High Queen and Jessica to shield them.
After the blast everyone collapsed. But I noticed that most everyone had been killed. I saw that the High Queen, Jessica, Gohan, Piccolo, and Kat were still alive. They all struggled to rise, except Kat. She just lay there, unmoving.
Jessica made her way to her. "Kat?"
"Jess...where's Piccolo?"
Piccolo knelt by her. "I'm here, Kat." She made him bring his head down to her and she kissed his cheek.
"Always wanted to do that. Now I can die happy."
"Kat, you're not gonna die!" Jessica told her.
She clutched her stomach. "Yes...I am. I...love you...Piccolo."
A tear fell from his eye. "Kat..."
Kat smiled at Jessica and squeezed her hand weakly. "Sayonara, Jess." With that her head fell to the side and her breath left her body.
Jessica shook Kat with all her might. "Kat! Get up! Kat, no!" she sobbed. "No..."
Vaul laughed. "Problems, High Princess?"
Jessica glared at him. "You bastard!" She threw a fireball at him, which he dodged.
"My turn." Vaul aimed an attack at her and fired. It came right at her, but she didn't have time to move or counterattack.
"I failed..." She closed her eyes.
Gohan, who had been helping Queen Mary, turned and saw what was happening. "No, Jessie!"
Piccolo ran in front of Jessica, taking the brunt of the attack. When it passed he fell forward onto the ground.
"Piccolo!" the exclaimed.
Jessica took his hand. "Piccolo, why did you do that?" she cried.
"Don't...worry about it, kid. We'll all meet again...don't sweat it."
"Piccolo, no..." Gohan mourned. "You can't!"
"I'll...see ya, Gohan, Jess." With his last breath he gave them what little energy he had left in hopes they would win.
While Vaul watched them with interest Mary had built up a massive attack of her own. Before he could sense it she fired it at him. Luckily for us he saw it too late and couldn't dodge it. The fire stream hit him in the chest, knocking him back. Jessica made her own fire stream and added it to her mother's, pouring all her rage into it. Gohan fired ki blasts, too.
When they had no more to give they broke off the attack and Vaul collapsed. Jessica and Gohan passed out with no energy left.
High Queen Mary looked at the battle scene and saw she was the only one standing. All her friends were dead as well as her husband.
She knelt by Jessica and smoothed back her hair. "My Princess..." She took her crystal in her hands and it glowed. "Take these people back to where they can learn strength that they cannot here. They have all been faithful and loyal to me, as well as my good friends. Send King Vegeta and Son Goku, also, so that they may help us in our future battle with this monster. Please, go now! Your pasts will be revealed to you in due time. I love you all."
That said, there was a brilliant flash of light and Jessica, Gohan, Kat, Piccolo, Jo, Trunks, Cassie, and Juunanagou all disappeared, as well as Goku and Vegeta.
The last thin I saw was Queen Mary collapse before the scene faded and I awoke.