XIX
The Grand Kai flew to the tournament ring, meeting Trunks as he appeared in random strips. The super saiyan saw the Grand Kai approaching and was puzzled, but figured it was best to wait until after Tien was already healed. Trunks took Tien from his arms and placed the fallen warrior on his back on the tiles of the floor. Tien's head lolled to one side once Trunks let go of it, but his chest was still rising and falling with each breath he took, letting Trunks know he was still alive. The Grand Kai arrived, setting his ever-present boom box at his side, and kneeled down next to Tien. His mouth formed a grimace as he felt the human's energy fading quickly, however, this only forced the urgency of the situation to sink in faster.
"I saw y'all coming on Baba's crystal ball, you know?" the Grand Kai stated, pointing his thumb behind him, back into the stands where Baba sat, never taking his eyes from Tien. "But I didn't think he'd have survived the fall he did, you dig?"
"You have to be there to understand, Grand Kai. The ground is super soft; it's like stepping on air. I'm not surprised he could withstand a fall of a few hundred feet. I'm just glad that an animal or something didn't get to him first, the most dangerous animals back on earth lived in swamps after all."
"I'm glad too. Now go back and get your dad, I need some space, cool?" the Grand Kai told Trunks. The demi-saiyan nodded and placed two fingers to his forehead, focusing on his father's energy. When he found it, Trunks disappeared, leaving just Tien and the Grand Kai on the stadium. The old guardian placed his hands on clear areas of Tein's chest where blood hadn't stained the skin yet. He let his power flow out, encasing the tri-clops in his white aura. The Grand Kai's long flowing hair flew upwards as his ki was pushed around them. White pulses of energy gently massaged Tien as his wounds, internal and external, were healed at amazing rates.
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Goten searched through the ki energies he felt on the planet. He felt out his father, Gohan, Piccolo and Trunks. His friend's power kept fading and reappearing. But he could sense that Trunks was using shunkiado to travel between Kimahri and Other World, so he wasn't bothered by that. What he was bothered by, however, was he didn't feel Vegeta. Pikkon wasn't strong enough to do much damage to Vegeta at all, let alone somehow erase him. That meant Diamao must have done it. But if Diamao had enough energy to erase Vegeta then he must also have enough ki to defeat Goku too...
"I have to hurry!" Goten shouted aloud. He clenched his fists and focused on Goku's ki; once he found it, Goten put two fingers to his head and disappeared.
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"Wait, where's Pikkon's energy? I felt a huge flash from Goten, and then Pikkon was gone. But before that, both of their ki was shooting around like crazy! Plus I don't feel Tien, Yamcha or Krillin either. Dad, do you think maybe Packer came back?"
"I doubt it, son. Packer was extremely weak, so I doubt he could have beaten them. Besides, everyone was traveling in pairs. There's no way that they could have been beaten that quickly," Goku said, floating over the abandoned city. When he first looked, it just seemed as if no one had ever lived there. But inside the windows he could see rooms with drawers pulled out and the rooms were askew. They had definitely left in a hurry, whoever lived in this city.
"Hey, dad. Piccolo's coming, maybe he knows what's going on," Gohan called over to his father. Goku turned his head and nodded. Both of them activated their aura's, and once they were covered in the white energy, the sped off to meet their comrade.
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"Last chance, you freak. Get the hell out of my body or Goku is going to erase you," Piccolo warned Diamao, tormenting his fellow namek inside their head.
"Will you shut up already? How many times do I have to tell you, 'I'm not leaving.' This is my body now, Piccolo. You've had your fun, now I'm going to actually put it to use. Besides, with this power there's no way I can be beaten. Look how easily I defeated Vegeta. He was nothing to me!"
"Goku is stronger then Vegeta. The only reason they stayed equal on earth was because Vegeta was constantly pushing his body to its limits and back. The gravitrons let him train infinitely harder then Goku could in normal time. Face it Diamao, you have no chance."
"Diamao? Whatever happened to father?"
"I don't have a father."
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"Where am I? Answer me!" Vegeta raged, regaining consciousness. Tien was sitting in the stands of the arena, struggling with a splitting headache that was raging in his... head.
"Chill, dude. You're in my tournament room," the Grand Kai told Vegeta. "Trunks brought you here after he found you. But I couldn't heal you completely... Your ki was to much for me to restore after helping Tien."
"What?! That human was healed first? He had no right! What can he do against Diamao? Nothing. I am the Prince, not him. I should have been healed first!" Vegeta yelled, shaking his fists in the air. Baba thought he looked sort of like a monkey.
"Dad, he was nearly finished. Another few seconds and Tien would have been erased. You still had enough power to sustain you a few more hours, he didn't," Trunks argued desperately. Vegeta had only awoken a few seconds ago and already he was becoming a pain in the ass to deal with. Again.
"I don't care! I am the Prince of the Saiyans!" he said, his eyes bulging from their sockets.
"Vegeta, I don't feel like hearing it. I have a headache right now," Tien said, pointing to his third eye.
"... Alright."
The Grand Kai flew to the tournament ring, meeting Trunks as he appeared in random strips. The super saiyan saw the Grand Kai approaching and was puzzled, but figured it was best to wait until after Tien was already healed. Trunks took Tien from his arms and placed the fallen warrior on his back on the tiles of the floor. Tien's head lolled to one side once Trunks let go of it, but his chest was still rising and falling with each breath he took, letting Trunks know he was still alive. The Grand Kai arrived, setting his ever-present boom box at his side, and kneeled down next to Tien. His mouth formed a grimace as he felt the human's energy fading quickly, however, this only forced the urgency of the situation to sink in faster.
"I saw y'all coming on Baba's crystal ball, you know?" the Grand Kai stated, pointing his thumb behind him, back into the stands where Baba sat, never taking his eyes from Tien. "But I didn't think he'd have survived the fall he did, you dig?"
"You have to be there to understand, Grand Kai. The ground is super soft; it's like stepping on air. I'm not surprised he could withstand a fall of a few hundred feet. I'm just glad that an animal or something didn't get to him first, the most dangerous animals back on earth lived in swamps after all."
"I'm glad too. Now go back and get your dad, I need some space, cool?" the Grand Kai told Trunks. The demi-saiyan nodded and placed two fingers to his forehead, focusing on his father's energy. When he found it, Trunks disappeared, leaving just Tien and the Grand Kai on the stadium. The old guardian placed his hands on clear areas of Tein's chest where blood hadn't stained the skin yet. He let his power flow out, encasing the tri-clops in his white aura. The Grand Kai's long flowing hair flew upwards as his ki was pushed around them. White pulses of energy gently massaged Tien as his wounds, internal and external, were healed at amazing rates.
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Goten searched through the ki energies he felt on the planet. He felt out his father, Gohan, Piccolo and Trunks. His friend's power kept fading and reappearing. But he could sense that Trunks was using shunkiado to travel between Kimahri and Other World, so he wasn't bothered by that. What he was bothered by, however, was he didn't feel Vegeta. Pikkon wasn't strong enough to do much damage to Vegeta at all, let alone somehow erase him. That meant Diamao must have done it. But if Diamao had enough energy to erase Vegeta then he must also have enough ki to defeat Goku too...
"I have to hurry!" Goten shouted aloud. He clenched his fists and focused on Goku's ki; once he found it, Goten put two fingers to his head and disappeared.
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"Wait, where's Pikkon's energy? I felt a huge flash from Goten, and then Pikkon was gone. But before that, both of their ki was shooting around like crazy! Plus I don't feel Tien, Yamcha or Krillin either. Dad, do you think maybe Packer came back?"
"I doubt it, son. Packer was extremely weak, so I doubt he could have beaten them. Besides, everyone was traveling in pairs. There's no way that they could have been beaten that quickly," Goku said, floating over the abandoned city. When he first looked, it just seemed as if no one had ever lived there. But inside the windows he could see rooms with drawers pulled out and the rooms were askew. They had definitely left in a hurry, whoever lived in this city.
"Hey, dad. Piccolo's coming, maybe he knows what's going on," Gohan called over to his father. Goku turned his head and nodded. Both of them activated their aura's, and once they were covered in the white energy, the sped off to meet their comrade.
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"Last chance, you freak. Get the hell out of my body or Goku is going to erase you," Piccolo warned Diamao, tormenting his fellow namek inside their head.
"Will you shut up already? How many times do I have to tell you, 'I'm not leaving.' This is my body now, Piccolo. You've had your fun, now I'm going to actually put it to use. Besides, with this power there's no way I can be beaten. Look how easily I defeated Vegeta. He was nothing to me!"
"Goku is stronger then Vegeta. The only reason they stayed equal on earth was because Vegeta was constantly pushing his body to its limits and back. The gravitrons let him train infinitely harder then Goku could in normal time. Face it Diamao, you have no chance."
"Diamao? Whatever happened to father?"
"I don't have a father."
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"Where am I? Answer me!" Vegeta raged, regaining consciousness. Tien was sitting in the stands of the arena, struggling with a splitting headache that was raging in his... head.
"Chill, dude. You're in my tournament room," the Grand Kai told Vegeta. "Trunks brought you here after he found you. But I couldn't heal you completely... Your ki was to much for me to restore after helping Tien."
"What?! That human was healed first? He had no right! What can he do against Diamao? Nothing. I am the Prince, not him. I should have been healed first!" Vegeta yelled, shaking his fists in the air. Baba thought he looked sort of like a monkey.
"Dad, he was nearly finished. Another few seconds and Tien would have been erased. You still had enough power to sustain you a few more hours, he didn't," Trunks argued desperately. Vegeta had only awoken a few seconds ago and already he was becoming a pain in the ass to deal with. Again.
"I don't care! I am the Prince of the Saiyans!" he said, his eyes bulging from their sockets.
"Vegeta, I don't feel like hearing it. I have a headache right now," Tien said, pointing to his third eye.
"... Alright."