Here's the 13th chapter of "TLW-The Sequel"!
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The last time in "The Lost Warrior – The Sequel":
In front of the door, Shana and the other were explaining the happenings after the disappearance of Goku and Vegeta to the five warriors from past and future. At the exact moment as she was finished, they saw the handle from the door moving. Tensed they saw the door slowly open. A glaring light came out of the room, so that the group could just see two shadows walking towards them, but they already could feel how powerful the two female warriors have become.
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Chapter 13: "The calm before the storm"
The first one who walked through the door was Pan, followed by Jenny. Everyone in front of the room was stunned. Even Goku and Vegeta, who knew about the effects of the ROSAT. It was hard to believe that those two warriors have become so much stronger in two days, well two years, and that they still didn't show everything. Mirai Goku and Mirai Gohan just hit the same thought: 'This is my daughter?' But not just they were stunned, also Pan and Jenny couldn't believe their eyes as they saw the presumed dead Saiyans standing in front of them.
'How could that be? They were dead. Their kis vanished. The others saw how the blast pulverized them. How is that possible that they're alive?' Jenny was interrupted in her thoughts as two small pairs of arms were wrapped around her body. Surprised she looked down into the expectantly faces of her children and smiled. "Michael, Faith," she said with tears in her eyes, kneeled down and hugged them tightly. "I'm so sorry, so sorry."
"Mom, don't cry," Michael said. "Everything will be fine. Grandpa Goku and grandpa Vegeta are back and they brought help."
"I know Michael. I've just missed you so much." Jenny squeezed her children a last time and then got back up, walking over to Goku and Vegeta. "Hey…" she greeted them smiling. "You two have no halo, that must mean you could somehow escape Buu's blast."
"Yep, we're alive," Goku told her grinning.
"Is that true grandpa?" Pan asked him disbelieving.
"Yes, it is, Panny," he assured her and after he said that, Pan ran up to him and threw her arms around his neck, sniffling.
"And how were you able to escape?" Jenny wanted to know.
"What do you think brat? Shunkan Idou of course," Vegeta told her, as he walked up to her.
"Thought so. And how many times do I have to tell you not to call me brat. I'm not a brat anymore." Jenny told him as she hugged him. The three Mirai Saiyajins stiffened as Jenny did that. Mirai Vegeta snorted, while Mirai Goku and Mirai Gohan were about to interfere, but they stopped dead in their tracks as Vegeta also put his arms around her.
"You will always be a brat and therefore I won't stop calling you that," Vegeta said smirking and Jenny punched him lightly in the stomach.
"Jenny, I know you haven't seen him for two years, but I too, so now it's my turn to say hello. And I'm sure that my grandpa would like to be hugged from his only daughter," Pan said laughing.
"Okay, you can have him. But treat him nice. He's the prince of all Saiyajins after all," Jenny said also laughing as she walked over to Goku and hugged him.
It was hard for Mirai Goku and Mirai Gohan to hold back their laughter about the way those two women treated their Vegeta, but a death glare from Mirai Vegeta quickly shut them up. "Aww, come on Vegeta. It seems like it doesn't bother your other-self. Looks like he got soft during the years."
"Shut up Kakarotto!" both Vegetas shouted in unison.
"I'm sorry if I interrupt you," Mr. Popo said. He was standing in the background the whole time, together with Shana. "But I think we should go back downstairs, so that Buu won't know where we are." Goku just nodded at him and he led the group downstairs. On their way there, Jenny and Pan used the time to talk to the three Mirai Saiyajins.
"I can't believe that you're the daughters of me and Gohan," Goku said, wearing the typical Son-grin.
"Well dad, they aren't exactly OUR daughters. They are the daughters of the other you and me. But I must admit, it is somehow a strange feeling that there's another me who has such a beautiful young daughter," Pan blushed as Gohan said that. "If you weren't my daughter I would ask you out for a date. I'm sure my other self has much to do with your admirers."
"Gohan?" Jenny interrupted him. "Don't you think we should talk about something else? You're embarrassing Pan. And besides, she doesn't need admires anymore."
"JENNY!" Pan shouted.
"Because she's bonded with the Trunks from your timeline."
This comment made Mirai Vegeta's head jerking up. "She's what? Bonded with my brat?" He shook his head. "I can't believe it. Two brats of Kakarotto's family are bonded to my son. How unfair can life be? An elite class Saiyajin related to a third class Saiyajin. Oh, well. Better a third class Saiyajin than some weak human."
"A third class Saiyajin who is stronger than you," Goku threw in.
"What are you talking about Kakarotto?"
"Well, both Pan and Jenny have trained in the ROSAT under extreme circumstances. I know how it is in there and as a kid I couldn't stay there for more than a month. What I want to say is, they are stronger than any of us could possibly imagine. Even though they're hiding it, I simply can feel it. It's not their ki, but their potential. It's a lot like Go…" Mirai Goku was interrupted by the twins, who came running towards her mother. They have arrived in the bottom of the Lookout in the meantime and the kids were really excited that they finally had their mother back.
"Mommy! Pan!" They shouted in unison as they reached the group.
"Come with us. We want to show you where you and Pan should stay at night!" Michael told her.
"Okay… Sorry Goku, but they won't stop if I don't go now," Jenny said and Mirai Goku laughed.
"It's okay Jenny. We can talk later."
"Mom! Pan! Come!" Faith shouted as she grabbed the hands of the two part-Saiyajins and pulled them to a door at the end of the room.
"Those kids are really cute. Don't you think?" Mirai Gohan asked.
"Yes, they are," Mirai Goku said smiling.
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Shana and Mr. Popo were in one of the rooms in the ki-shielded area, making the beds for Pan and Jenny, as the twins came running into the room, followed by Jenny and Pan. "So, mom, Pan, this is your room." Michael told them grinning, while Faith was silent most of the time. She still had this dream in her head and asked herself if it could mean something. She had heard once how her parents talked about the prophetic dreams her mother had now and then and was worried that she also got those dreams, because she didn't want to experience what she had seen, even if it seemed as if everything will be fine at the end.
"Wow," Pan said excitedly, "I didn't know that there was something like this on the Lookout."
"No one knew about that." Mr. Popo told her. "Kami and I were here during the Androids attacks and I stayed here after Kami's death. We have everything to live here."
While Pan and Mr. Popo were talking, Jenny noticed her friend Shana and shifted nervously with her feet. "Mr. Popo, why don't you show Pan everything. The kids can come with you. I'll help Shana here."
Mr. Popo nodded, understanding that those two women needed some time alone and walked over to the door. "Pan, kids, you've heard what Jenny has said. Come on."
Pan was the last one who left the room and closed the door behind her, leaving the two friends talk in privacy. The whole time, Jenny was pacing nervously in the room, searching for the right words to say, while Shana had sat down on one of the beds. "Shana… I–I just wanted to say…"
"Jenny."
"I'm sorry… I shouldn't have reacted like that, knowing that you, Pan, the kids…"
"Jenny."
"…all had to go through…"
"Jenny! You don't have to do that," Shana told her.
"But I have to… I already said that I'm sorry to Pan, after she beat me almost senseless… I mean, I knew that this would happen. I knew that their kis would vanish. I knew that I couldn't help them. I dreamt of it. I was prepared for that," Jenny said, feeling tears in her eyes.
"Jenny, you're never prepared for something like that, never. It will always be a shock."
"And how are you coping? And the kids?"
"Well, the kids are taking this well, better than I've ever thought. Chris and Will have cried a bit, shortly after you told us that their kis vanished. I've heard Michael crying yesterday, as he thought he was alone and Faith… Well, Faith hadn't cried. It almost seems as if she has inherited much of Vegeta. But she didn't sleep well in the last nights. Will told me that she woke up quite often. I tried to talk to her, but she answered coolly that you and Pan will take care of Buu. Nothing else. And I just tell me all the time that they died fighting for us, for this world." Shana chuckled lightly. "Isn't that the only purpose for a Saiyajin? Going down fighting?"
"They didn't die," Jenny told her, as she sat down next to her on the bed.
"What?" Shana asked confused.
"They didn't die," Jenny repeated. "Buu just absorbed them and uses their energy for himself, but he hadn't killed them. That's one reason why Buu got that strong."
"Really? Is that true?" Shana asked and as Jenny nodded, she began to smile. "Then we just have to separate them somehow from Buu and he's weaker again?"
"Most likely. And that's the best thing that could happen. … So, I think we should now go back to the others… I bet they're ready to bombard me and Pan with thousand questions." Jenny said grinning as she got back up. "Are you coming?"
"Sure… And Jenny… I like your hair. It looks good at this length… But please do me a favor… When we're back home, please cut off your tail," Shana told her laughing.
"Why? Tell me one good reason," Jenny asked, playing innocent.
"Uhm, Oozaru maybe?"
"No problem, can control it."
"And you have to cut a hole in all your clothes."
"No, not when I'm…" She dropped out of Saiyajin mode, "in this form. See? Tail's gone." In the last part of their conversation it was hard for both, Jenny and Shana not to burst out laughing. But it felt good.
"Okay, okay, if you ask me, you can keep your tail. But I'm not sure what Trunks will say when he sees it."
Jenny shrugged. "I'll simply make him like it," she said as she powered up, letting her tail appear again.
"And may I ask how you want to do it?"
"That, my dear friend, is my little sweet secret," Jenny told her laughing and left the room. Shana followed her, also laughing hard.
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The same night, Jenny and Shana came out of the kids' room. They've just brought them to bed, telling them that they should sleep, because they had to protect Shana, ChiChi, Muten Roshi and Mr. Popo the following day. The kids complained at first, telling their mothers that they really weren't tired, but eventually the two women managed to get their children to bed. After Jenny closed the door, Shana prepared to go, but Jenny stayed at the door. "What's up Jenny?"
"I think I'll stay here and make sure that they don't do anything stupid," she said smiling.
"Okay… I'll go on ahead…"
"Okay…" Jenny watched as Shana left and leaned against the wall behind her, sliding slowly down. Unnoticed by her, she dropped out off her Saiyan mode and buried her head in her hands and took a deep breath. She didn't know how long she sat there like this, but as she removed the hands, she looked at them and noticed that they were shaking. She was scared and nervous, but she didn't want to admit it to herself. 'No, I cannot be scared or nervous. I have an important fight tomorrow. A fight that decides over the fate of this world and this whole universe.' "Well done Jenny, now you've made it even worse," she mumbled sarcastically. "Come on Jenny, you were totally calm before the fight with Fieldner, why are you now that nervous?"
"Because you thought you knew how the fight would end, you thought you knew you would die." Jenny looked to the direction where the voice came from, and she saw Vegeta standing next to her, leaning against the wall in his typical pose, but with a thoughtful look on his face. "But in this case, we don't know how the fight will end. We could all die or we could defeat Buu. So it's just natural that you're nervous and scared. Every great warrior feels that way before a battle. And now, stop worrying about that and do your best tomorrow. I want to see how you and Pan have improved in those two years in the Room of Spirit and Time," he told her smirking as he walked over to her, so that he stood now directly in front of her. "So, are you now coming, or what? We want to talk about the strategy for the fight," Jenny nodded and Vegeta held out his hand for her. She took it thankfully and he pulled her up.
"Thank you Vegeta," Jenny said with a light smile, which Vegeta returned.
"You're welcome."
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After they talked about their strategy for the upcoming battle, everyone went to their rooms to get some sleep. There were three bedrooms, with each four beds, so the kids have one room for themselves, Shana, ChiChi, Pan and Jenny slept in the second and the men, that means the two Gokus, the two Vegetas, Gohan, Muten Roshi and Mr. Popo had to share the last room. And since the Vegetas and Muten Roshi already claimed three beds as their own and Mr. Popo already lived there, the Gokus and Gohan slept on the floor.
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Jenny felt a sharp pain in her spine. She tried to open her eyes, but her vision was just blurry. After blinking a few times, she could barely see a figure walking in her direction and as her vision slowly cleared, she could see that it was Buu, again in another form. This time he was smaller and looked less threatening and also pretty beaten up, but from her aching body Jenny could tell that he must be way stronger than the former version. She tried to get up, but collapsed again in pain. Her body wasn't willing to carry her without any support. After she got hold on a rock, she squeezed her eyes shut and pulled herself up and this time was able to stay on her feet, leaning against the wall behind her.
After she opened her eyes, she could see where she was. 'The Lookout? What the hell am I doing here?' The warriors agreed to stay as far away from the Lookout as possible, so that the others would be safe. 'The others… Where are they? … Oh shit!' As she looked around, she saw the unconscious bodies of the other warriors lying on the surface of the Lookout, but what shocked her most were the unconscious bodies of ChiChi, Muten Roshi, Shana and the kids. She gritted her teeth. "This bastard!" Jenny clenched her fists and tried to power up to Super Saiyan, but failed miserably, she was simply too weak.
"No… Michael… Faith…." Gathering all the energy she had left, Jenny lunged at Buu, but he just grabbed her at her throat, lifting her off the ground. She struggled with all her might and tried to get his hand off of her throat, but she got weaker every second, because of the lack of air. After what seemed like hours for the Saiyajin, she slowly felt herself following her friends into unconsciousness. Her hands fell to her side and everything went black around her and in the distance she could hear a voice calling out for her.
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"Mom? Mommy?" Faith stood at the side of Jenny's bed. As she felt her mother stirring, she took a few steps away, but let the eyes on her. "Mommy, please, wake up. It's time."
Jenny opened her eyes, but it took a moment before she realized where she was. "Faith?" Jenny got out of her bed and hugged her daughter. "You're okay…" she said sighing with relief.
"It's okay, mom. It was just a dream…"
"I know… just a dream," the woman said, letting go of her daughter and taking her hand. "I guess the others are already waiting for me, aren't they?" she asked smiling as she looked around and saw that nobody else was in the room.
"Yep, they're waiting for us in the main room," Faith answered, also smiling.
"Well, then, let's go!"
On their way to the main room, Jenny thought again about her dream. 'We were all on the Lookout, that must mean that Buu somehow found out about the others here. But how? Someone must have left the ki-shielded rooms, so that he could track down his ki… But why? And why weren't Pan and I fused?'
"Mom? We're here!" Faith interrupted her thoughts.
"Huh? Oh yeah… Hi!" Jenny greeted them simply and walked over to Pan.
"Okay!" Goku said. "Now that everyone's here, we could go! I can't wait for the fight!"
"Yeah! Me too!" Mirai Goku told them. Jenny had to chuckle a bit about the two Gokus' anticipation for a good fight and the two Vegetas growled in unison.
Vegeta then walked up to the two women. "Are you ready?" he asked, a hint of concern in his voice, and both Pan and Jenny nodded. "Okay, then let's go."
"Vegeta, wait," Jenny stopped him and turned to the people who wouldn't fight. "Before we go, I want to tell you to stay here the whole battle. I don't want anyone of you to come to the surface. Buu might sense your ki and then come up here. And when something happens, that means the kids feel our kis vanishing and that Buu will win, I want you to call Bulma and tell her to open the portal here. Shana, I count on you."
"I know, but please be careful," Shana said, walking over to Jenny and hugging her.
"Thank you. Please take good care of Faith, Michael and Joey if something happens to me."
"Sure," Shana reassured her smiling.
Jenny smiled back and kneeled down in front of her children. "Michael, Faith. If I don't survive that, don't do anything stupid. Listen to Shana and go back to our world. You have to take care of your little sister then. Will you do that for me?" The twins nodded. "Good. And remember. I love you… I will always love you." Jenny hugged them tightly and then got up, walking to the other warriors. "Let's go."
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