Niy's eyes were blinded by her own aura of white light. Sorting out
the ki signatures, Niy tired through her pain to focus her energy into her
hands. Instead of storing itself in her fingers, the energy formed into a
ball above her hands. Not caring enough to pay attention to the
difference, Niy threw the spirit bomb at Goku.
Goku blanked as he saw the spirit bomb coming, no one else had ever been able to do that move. The blue-white ball of intense brightness floated toward him and magically stopped. It spun itself around slowly in the air as if recognizing Goku for the savior of Earth he had been so many time before. The ball glare off a dull yellow glow that seemed to blaze as it was reflected in a once invisible aura around Goku's body. Goku slightly smiled as he felt the familiar tug of the Earth's power encourage, reassure, and warm him through his skin and into his blood.
The spirit bomb, having realized his foe was not a foe at all, flung itself back at Niy, receiving its power full force and ending her hold onto consciousness with a cry of pain. She fell into the sand and the waves of the ocean lapped at the island's beach greedily.
A bead of sweat dripped from Piccolo's forehead. What the Namek had just seen confused him more than ever. He had seen her evil, felt the darkness radiate from her ki and then her ki had suddenly changed from a lukewarm anger into a pit of frozen despair. To make things worse, her ki had been packed with the force of the Earth. Did the earth turn on its fellow warriors?
"No," the Namek thought to himself, "That Niy creature had thrown a spirit of her own creation at Goku, and the power of the Earth had recognized him some how. The power had gone back to its source.
Goku looked at Piccolo with concern and confusion. "What the heck just happened here, Piccolo?"
Piccolo narrowed his eyes and said, "I need you to tell me exactly how you felt when she threw the spirit bomb at you."
Goku's eyebrows furrowed deeper into his skin. "I had no time to react," he said in a low voice, "And I knew the bomb would hit me, so I held my breath in anticipation to take the brunt of the spirit's bomb's force. It was then that I felt something singing in my blood. The spirit bomb stopped and sang back to some inner part of me. It was like the Earth was communicating with its- that's it," Goku exclaimed. "The Earth must have chosen someone to wield its power."
Piccolo frowned and slightly nodded his head. "It probably got sick of someone else always fighting its battles," Piccolo sneered. "It's about time," he grumbled.
"Does that mean the Earth has a chosen a new Guardian?"
Piccolo froze mid-breath. He stared at Goku with a mixed look of shock and amazement as realization struck him hard.
"That might mean Dende's in trouble," Goku added.
The Namek scowled, mad at himself that Goku had (for once in his miserable existence) beaten Piccolo to the punch.
"We had better head for Kami's lookout right away," Piccolo snarled, turning to take off into the air. "We should take that Niy creature with us," he said, bending his knees, prepared to launch into the sky.
"Then why don't you carry her," asked Goku mischievously.
Piccolo turned his head, glared at the Saiyan, said, "There's no way I'm touching that thing," and used his ki to blast into the sky.
Goku shrugged to himself, smiled, threw Niy's body over his shoulder and launched himself into the air, right after Piccolo.
Goku blanked as he saw the spirit bomb coming, no one else had ever been able to do that move. The blue-white ball of intense brightness floated toward him and magically stopped. It spun itself around slowly in the air as if recognizing Goku for the savior of Earth he had been so many time before. The ball glare off a dull yellow glow that seemed to blaze as it was reflected in a once invisible aura around Goku's body. Goku slightly smiled as he felt the familiar tug of the Earth's power encourage, reassure, and warm him through his skin and into his blood.
The spirit bomb, having realized his foe was not a foe at all, flung itself back at Niy, receiving its power full force and ending her hold onto consciousness with a cry of pain. She fell into the sand and the waves of the ocean lapped at the island's beach greedily.
A bead of sweat dripped from Piccolo's forehead. What the Namek had just seen confused him more than ever. He had seen her evil, felt the darkness radiate from her ki and then her ki had suddenly changed from a lukewarm anger into a pit of frozen despair. To make things worse, her ki had been packed with the force of the Earth. Did the earth turn on its fellow warriors?
"No," the Namek thought to himself, "That Niy creature had thrown a spirit of her own creation at Goku, and the power of the Earth had recognized him some how. The power had gone back to its source.
Goku looked at Piccolo with concern and confusion. "What the heck just happened here, Piccolo?"
Piccolo narrowed his eyes and said, "I need you to tell me exactly how you felt when she threw the spirit bomb at you."
Goku's eyebrows furrowed deeper into his skin. "I had no time to react," he said in a low voice, "And I knew the bomb would hit me, so I held my breath in anticipation to take the brunt of the spirit's bomb's force. It was then that I felt something singing in my blood. The spirit bomb stopped and sang back to some inner part of me. It was like the Earth was communicating with its- that's it," Goku exclaimed. "The Earth must have chosen someone to wield its power."
Piccolo frowned and slightly nodded his head. "It probably got sick of someone else always fighting its battles," Piccolo sneered. "It's about time," he grumbled.
"Does that mean the Earth has a chosen a new Guardian?"
Piccolo froze mid-breath. He stared at Goku with a mixed look of shock and amazement as realization struck him hard.
"That might mean Dende's in trouble," Goku added.
The Namek scowled, mad at himself that Goku had (for once in his miserable existence) beaten Piccolo to the punch.
"We had better head for Kami's lookout right away," Piccolo snarled, turning to take off into the air. "We should take that Niy creature with us," he said, bending his knees, prepared to launch into the sky.
"Then why don't you carry her," asked Goku mischievously.
Piccolo turned his head, glared at the Saiyan, said, "There's no way I'm touching that thing," and used his ki to blast into the sky.
Goku shrugged to himself, smiled, threw Niy's body over his shoulder and launched himself into the air, right after Piccolo.