Yet again, welcome back to Time Can Only Tell. I am so very sorry. I have
had writer's block and I haven't worked on this story for what I think is
about 2 weeks. Sorry peoples. I'll try harder. I guess that is what I
get for trying to do four different chapter stories at one time. Oh well,
one is nearly done, so we're good. I hope you enjoy this chapter, though
it gets odd at times, just like most of my other chapters. Oh well, give
it a chance, that's all I ask. Happy reading.
Disclaimer: P.G. (that's me!) does not own Dragon Ball Z.
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Time Can Only Tell
By: Ponytail Goddess
Chapter 4: Dreams and Realities
Drip. Drip. Drip.
Soft droplets of water suddenly started to drop onto her face. She twitched. Her eyes slowly and painfully opened. Her vision was blurry.
*Where am I?*
She thought about it for a moment, or at least tried to. She felt rather dizzy and lightheaded. She could tell that it was dark wherever she was. Dark, damp, and cold. Her memory didn't seem to be working on her side now. She tried harder, searching the deep depths of her brain.
*Oh yeah...Buu......threw me......*
Right then she began to notice the pain again. It shot through her body intensely. She screamed, but no sound escaped from her mouth. As the waves of pain came, it could only bring tears to her eyes, for she could not call for any help.
She tried to make sense of her surroundings. Her bruised hands slowly moved and felt around the hard surface that she was laying upon. Rock. But there was also some warm liquid. Blood, she realized. Her own shed blood.
"Book", she said, using some of her quickly fading strength. No sound came out of her mouth. Her voice must have been damaged. However, the glass book mysteriously came anyway. It knew when it was being called. It flew over to her gracefully and stopped about a foot away from her face.
"Open"
It opened, obeying her every silent command. It was bound to her and her only, and would not take orders from any other person who might try.
She tried to stay focused, within the confines of consciousness. That was hard. The pain kept coming, not stopping for her to find the healing spell that she so desperately needed.
"Find...healing spell"
The book quickly obeyed, its beautiful glass cover shining as it flew open. It flipped through its own pages, searching for the spell that she had requested. It suddenly stopped and leaned over so that she could read it.
She looked at the pages. They were a big swirling blur. She felt her lightheadedness. She would not be able to read this off of the page on her own anytime soon.
"Read to me"
Suddenly she knew the exact spell. She knew the chant. The book had easily placed that information into her brain. The incantation was now hers to use.
Surprisingly, it took a lot of energy to heal one's self in that manner. She wasn't sure if she was up to it.
She could feel her ki dropping at a quick pace. Yes, indeed something had to be done about this situation. She could not sit here and die.
However, if she didn't succeed she would be worse off than she was right now. This whole thing was very hard to consider reasonably too, since her mind wouldn't fully cooperate, due to the pain she was enduring. Thinking really strained her brain at this point in time.
She looked around the dark cave, or at least, what she thought was a dark cave. She could see shadows lurking around. She didn't like it at all. She had no desire to die here.
Quickly, she came to the conclusion that this was her only choice. She had gotten herself into a lose/lose situation. This was her only chance to live, and damn it, she wanted to live! She was not about to let this possibility go to waste.
She lipped the words slowly. She could feel her majik surround her, draining her energy so that it could perform the task at hand. Hopefully she would not die from the lack of energy. If she did, the majik could not bring her back to life, making this move very risky on her park.
Her power now lowered at an extremely fast pace. Spookily fast. It felt unreal to her. She found that she could no longer stay focused or even awake. Her eyelids grew heavy. Her eyes rolled to the back of her head and she fell into the familiar state of unconsciousness. However, this time it was not peaceful or restful like the other had been. She could feel the majik in her dream this time. This time her dream would be laced with the future. Events that had yet to come, though they would. Every time she had one of these they always came true. Her premonition came.
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The Supreme Kaio was having a time getting to Gohan. He was all beat up and bloody. He felt so very weak. He dropped to his knees and tried to crawl over to him. He knew Gohan was close. He was, in fact, the only chance they had now to win over Majin Buu.
*I must........get to ........Gohan.........*
He dragged himself as far as he could. However, that wasn't very much further. He soon could not take it anymore and went off into a vast state of unconsciousness. He soon found himself in a dream world and in a dream that he had not had for an eternity, quite literally.
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He walked outside, finally done with today's work. He looked around. A soft breeze gently pulled at his Mohawk as he looked around for the bodyguard and child. They were easily spotted.
The East Kaioshin watched her with a look of amusement plastering his face. This was always fun to watch. Infinity had always been incredibly fast for any Kaioshin or any age. Surely she would fare well if she raced a Saiya-jin. Speed was one of Infinity's many talents, and she always took full advantage of it.
Kibito chased after her. Poor Kibito. The bodyguard had never once been able to tag the child while playing this game. And by Kaioshin standards, Kibito was very fast. However, the child was always a few yards ahead of him.
Now Kibito looked rather worn out. He had sweat beads running down his face. His face sported a look of exhaustion. However, the child appeared unphased. In fact, it didn't even look like she was trying. She had a look of craftiness on her face, her Majikxcian bloodright showing through her Kaioshin placement.
And she had every right to wear that look because she was indeed very clever. Perhaps a little bit too clever for her own good. She showed it too. Everytime that Kibito would phase out and reappear right in front of her, she would run the opposite way, leaving Kibito in the dust. Every time he did it he came so close to catching her, but she didn't ever panic, she just went in the other direction. This showed her confidence as well.
The East Kaioshin watched Kibito again. Well, at least this kept him in good physical condition and helped keep his reflexes sharp (since Infinity enjoyed making sharp turns, hurdling over objects, and running in tight circles). He did however feel sorry for Kibito as he slowed down and fell to the ground to catch his breath. He was too tired to continue. The child had a never-ending energy supply and Kibito truly couldn't handle it any longer.
Now, where had the child went off to? He had been so busy thinking about Kibito's well being that he had forgotten about her whereabouts. He scanned the light horizon in search of her. There were no children to be seen anywhere. In fact, the place was a little bit too quiet now with the only sound being Kibito gasping for air.
"HUG ATTACK!!!!!"
The East Kaioshin was suddenly ambushed from behind. Small but strong arms tightly gripped around his waist. They both fell to the ground. She still held him tightly, her face buried in his stomach.
"I win Shin-san! You couldn't find me or even sense my attack coming!", she stated, giggling like mad.
He sighed. "So I did. Well, I shall have to work on my ki sensing skills.", he stated, wrapping one arm around her to somewhat return her monstrous bear hug.
These carefree moments were ones that he truly cherished. The child made him feel so very stress-free and happy to be alive. For the first time he was looking at his life with a positive attitude.
As she got up he opened his eyes again. He blinked a few times. He was staring at her........but she was the mysterious woman who had fought with Buu a while ago! She looked down at him and gave him something of a smile.
Why hadn't he seen this before!!!!! She was Infinity!!! How incredibly stupid he had been to not notice the resemblance and remember the previous battle with Majin Buu! She had of course been there! He saw it all now!
He was awake, he just now realized. She was really looking down at him. Emotions started to overtake him, for he hadn't seen her for ages! Why had she left him? How was it that she had survived all of this time and he had never found her?!?
"You......You are her! You are Infinity!", he somehow stuttered out. Shock covered his face. She was alive. After all of these years......she was still alive!!!
"Yes", she replied softly, "Come along, we must get Gohan."
Gohan had fled his mind with her now here. He knew that he had to get to him, yet there were so many things he wished for her to explain to him right now.
"...but.....where......how....?"
"I'll explain later. Right now it is important to get to Gohan before he passes on. He must go and pull the Z Sword out from the stone."
"But....wait! Maybe it is you who should take a pull! Have you ever tried it?"
"I could, but it is not my destiny. I have seen the future. Gohan is the one to do it, as you have suspected all along. Now, we must hurry and try to get there before it is too late."
There were so many things in Shin's head right now. If only he could ask her a few questions.......but he couldn't. The fate of the universe had to come first. No one needed to tell him twice. They both took off running in the direction of Gohan's fading ki.
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Did you like it? Please review. Thank you. Sorry if that got confusing. In case I lost you, it was Shin's dream, and then he woke up only to find that she had healed him. I tried. Expect some explanations in the next chapter. I'll try and have it up before I go off to camp. Have a good day!
Disclaimer: P.G. (that's me!) does not own Dragon Ball Z.
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Time Can Only Tell
By: Ponytail Goddess
Chapter 4: Dreams and Realities
Drip. Drip. Drip.
Soft droplets of water suddenly started to drop onto her face. She twitched. Her eyes slowly and painfully opened. Her vision was blurry.
*Where am I?*
She thought about it for a moment, or at least tried to. She felt rather dizzy and lightheaded. She could tell that it was dark wherever she was. Dark, damp, and cold. Her memory didn't seem to be working on her side now. She tried harder, searching the deep depths of her brain.
*Oh yeah...Buu......threw me......*
Right then she began to notice the pain again. It shot through her body intensely. She screamed, but no sound escaped from her mouth. As the waves of pain came, it could only bring tears to her eyes, for she could not call for any help.
She tried to make sense of her surroundings. Her bruised hands slowly moved and felt around the hard surface that she was laying upon. Rock. But there was also some warm liquid. Blood, she realized. Her own shed blood.
"Book", she said, using some of her quickly fading strength. No sound came out of her mouth. Her voice must have been damaged. However, the glass book mysteriously came anyway. It knew when it was being called. It flew over to her gracefully and stopped about a foot away from her face.
"Open"
It opened, obeying her every silent command. It was bound to her and her only, and would not take orders from any other person who might try.
She tried to stay focused, within the confines of consciousness. That was hard. The pain kept coming, not stopping for her to find the healing spell that she so desperately needed.
"Find...healing spell"
The book quickly obeyed, its beautiful glass cover shining as it flew open. It flipped through its own pages, searching for the spell that she had requested. It suddenly stopped and leaned over so that she could read it.
She looked at the pages. They were a big swirling blur. She felt her lightheadedness. She would not be able to read this off of the page on her own anytime soon.
"Read to me"
Suddenly she knew the exact spell. She knew the chant. The book had easily placed that information into her brain. The incantation was now hers to use.
Surprisingly, it took a lot of energy to heal one's self in that manner. She wasn't sure if she was up to it.
She could feel her ki dropping at a quick pace. Yes, indeed something had to be done about this situation. She could not sit here and die.
However, if she didn't succeed she would be worse off than she was right now. This whole thing was very hard to consider reasonably too, since her mind wouldn't fully cooperate, due to the pain she was enduring. Thinking really strained her brain at this point in time.
She looked around the dark cave, or at least, what she thought was a dark cave. She could see shadows lurking around. She didn't like it at all. She had no desire to die here.
Quickly, she came to the conclusion that this was her only choice. She had gotten herself into a lose/lose situation. This was her only chance to live, and damn it, she wanted to live! She was not about to let this possibility go to waste.
She lipped the words slowly. She could feel her majik surround her, draining her energy so that it could perform the task at hand. Hopefully she would not die from the lack of energy. If she did, the majik could not bring her back to life, making this move very risky on her park.
Her power now lowered at an extremely fast pace. Spookily fast. It felt unreal to her. She found that she could no longer stay focused or even awake. Her eyelids grew heavy. Her eyes rolled to the back of her head and she fell into the familiar state of unconsciousness. However, this time it was not peaceful or restful like the other had been. She could feel the majik in her dream this time. This time her dream would be laced with the future. Events that had yet to come, though they would. Every time she had one of these they always came true. Her premonition came.
*~*~*~*~*
The Supreme Kaio was having a time getting to Gohan. He was all beat up and bloody. He felt so very weak. He dropped to his knees and tried to crawl over to him. He knew Gohan was close. He was, in fact, the only chance they had now to win over Majin Buu.
*I must........get to ........Gohan.........*
He dragged himself as far as he could. However, that wasn't very much further. He soon could not take it anymore and went off into a vast state of unconsciousness. He soon found himself in a dream world and in a dream that he had not had for an eternity, quite literally.
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He walked outside, finally done with today's work. He looked around. A soft breeze gently pulled at his Mohawk as he looked around for the bodyguard and child. They were easily spotted.
The East Kaioshin watched her with a look of amusement plastering his face. This was always fun to watch. Infinity had always been incredibly fast for any Kaioshin or any age. Surely she would fare well if she raced a Saiya-jin. Speed was one of Infinity's many talents, and she always took full advantage of it.
Kibito chased after her. Poor Kibito. The bodyguard had never once been able to tag the child while playing this game. And by Kaioshin standards, Kibito was very fast. However, the child was always a few yards ahead of him.
Now Kibito looked rather worn out. He had sweat beads running down his face. His face sported a look of exhaustion. However, the child appeared unphased. In fact, it didn't even look like she was trying. She had a look of craftiness on her face, her Majikxcian bloodright showing through her Kaioshin placement.
And she had every right to wear that look because she was indeed very clever. Perhaps a little bit too clever for her own good. She showed it too. Everytime that Kibito would phase out and reappear right in front of her, she would run the opposite way, leaving Kibito in the dust. Every time he did it he came so close to catching her, but she didn't ever panic, she just went in the other direction. This showed her confidence as well.
The East Kaioshin watched Kibito again. Well, at least this kept him in good physical condition and helped keep his reflexes sharp (since Infinity enjoyed making sharp turns, hurdling over objects, and running in tight circles). He did however feel sorry for Kibito as he slowed down and fell to the ground to catch his breath. He was too tired to continue. The child had a never-ending energy supply and Kibito truly couldn't handle it any longer.
Now, where had the child went off to? He had been so busy thinking about Kibito's well being that he had forgotten about her whereabouts. He scanned the light horizon in search of her. There were no children to be seen anywhere. In fact, the place was a little bit too quiet now with the only sound being Kibito gasping for air.
"HUG ATTACK!!!!!"
The East Kaioshin was suddenly ambushed from behind. Small but strong arms tightly gripped around his waist. They both fell to the ground. She still held him tightly, her face buried in his stomach.
"I win Shin-san! You couldn't find me or even sense my attack coming!", she stated, giggling like mad.
He sighed. "So I did. Well, I shall have to work on my ki sensing skills.", he stated, wrapping one arm around her to somewhat return her monstrous bear hug.
These carefree moments were ones that he truly cherished. The child made him feel so very stress-free and happy to be alive. For the first time he was looking at his life with a positive attitude.
As she got up he opened his eyes again. He blinked a few times. He was staring at her........but she was the mysterious woman who had fought with Buu a while ago! She looked down at him and gave him something of a smile.
Why hadn't he seen this before!!!!! She was Infinity!!! How incredibly stupid he had been to not notice the resemblance and remember the previous battle with Majin Buu! She had of course been there! He saw it all now!
He was awake, he just now realized. She was really looking down at him. Emotions started to overtake him, for he hadn't seen her for ages! Why had she left him? How was it that she had survived all of this time and he had never found her?!?
"You......You are her! You are Infinity!", he somehow stuttered out. Shock covered his face. She was alive. After all of these years......she was still alive!!!
"Yes", she replied softly, "Come along, we must get Gohan."
Gohan had fled his mind with her now here. He knew that he had to get to him, yet there were so many things he wished for her to explain to him right now.
"...but.....where......how....?"
"I'll explain later. Right now it is important to get to Gohan before he passes on. He must go and pull the Z Sword out from the stone."
"But....wait! Maybe it is you who should take a pull! Have you ever tried it?"
"I could, but it is not my destiny. I have seen the future. Gohan is the one to do it, as you have suspected all along. Now, we must hurry and try to get there before it is too late."
There were so many things in Shin's head right now. If only he could ask her a few questions.......but he couldn't. The fate of the universe had to come first. No one needed to tell him twice. They both took off running in the direction of Gohan's fading ki.
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Did you like it? Please review. Thank you. Sorry if that got confusing. In case I lost you, it was Shin's dream, and then he woke up only to find that she had healed him. I tried. Expect some explanations in the next chapter. I'll try and have it up before I go off to camp. Have a good day!