Author's Note – Zett – Hey everyone! Here's Chapter 5!! And out in good time I might add… ;) Hehe, this chapter gets into a lot more action and fighting, hope you like it! Oh, and if any of you were wondering, I did change the summary of this story, hopefully to make it more interesting and get more reader's interested. So anyway, without further ado, please read, reply, and enjoy!
Chapter 5 – Let the Games Begin
Zoa shook her head, trying to shake away some tears as she plummeted through the sky at high speed, completely oblivious to the beauty of the landscape rushing past beneath her. I shouldn't have gotten so angry… She thought with a mix of bitterness and regret, I shouldn't let myself be so touchy with the subject, it's done, it's over, in the past. And now I may have just pissed Gohan off to the point of not wanting to help us… Damnit…
She crossed her arms and let her eyes fall closed, smiling slightly at the feel of the wind rushing past against her face. It felt pretty good… But wait.
She paused, coming to a dead stop and hovering in the air, looking around with a suspicious and worried expression on her face. She had just sensed something, and it definitely DID NOT feel good… Something's up… Something bad…
She reached out, trying to decipher the power. "NO!" Her eyes grew wide as an image flashed before her eyes and answered her question. "I-it's them… They're hurting people…" Zoa furrowed her eyebrows, feeling her body tense. What should I do?? I want to help, but I don't know if I can take them both alone… Maybe if I can separate them… It doesn't matter! I have to do something! I can't just run away and let them torture and kill the innocent! I won't!!
Zoa shook her head and shot off in the direction of the source. However, her lack of confidence about winning this fight was growing to a very concerning size…
Gohan reached out with his senses, finally feeling Zoa's Ki somewhere off in the distance. He nodded solemnly, picking up speed and hurrying in her direction. I've got to explain myself. I didn't mean to hurt her feelings like that, and I know now she wasn't trying to hurt mine… Well I'll fix things. He sighed heavily, keeping his eyes focused ahead for any sign of her as he pressed on.
Gohan…
Gohan stopped short as someone said his name. He did a 360 to look in all directions, but saw no one. "Huh? W-who's there!?"
You can do this. I know you can. You just need to fight with your feelings. Like you did against Cell.
"D-dad…?"
Believe in yourself son. And anything you set your mind to can be possible…
"Dad! Wait! Who am I going to fight!? And when?? Now? Do you know? Don't go! I-I don't know if I can do any of this without you…"
It was then that Gohan sensed a great feeling of forewarning coming from the direction Zoa was in. Was this what my father meant? Great… I really don't have a good feeling about this… Something's going to happen soon. Something big.
"Do you realize how fantastic this is!? Soon we'll have enough power to resurrect Majin Buu! Then this whole planet will be destroyed!! Hahahahahahah! This is all so wonderful!"
"I think you had better worry about your own health before you concern yourself with the health of your monster Babidi." Zoa shouted angrily, fists clenched as she glared down at the two figures bellow her. Babidi frowned, looking up to see the girl uttering the threats aimed in his direction. He sneered as he recognized her, letting out a somewhat hoarse and evil chuckle.
"Well, well! If it isn't that rat Kai's little sister!! Don't tell me he's sent YOU to try and stop me!! Isn't that a laugh!!" Babidi continued laughing at his own comment, shaking his head and crossing his arms. Zoa repressed a sudden urge to shudder. Just the mere sight of that little gopher-like, so-called wizard made her sick. He was just like his father, twisted, ugly, and evil. However, Zoa wasn't as concerned with Babidi as with the ominous individual who was standing beside him. A slight pang of worry and fear hit her as she turned her glance to him, memories of the last time she had encountered the evil bastard.
"Laugh all you want." She stated, keeping her calm and turning back to Babidi, "But you will suffer the same fate as your father. And as for you," She continued, looking towards Babidi's bodyguard, "This time, I will finish what I started, Dabura."
Dabura chuckled, cracking his knuckles loudly. "You're just lucky your brother got you out of there in time. Or I would have finished you. This time I'll make sure you're dead before anyone can come to your aid." He retorted snidely, looking over at Babidi. "Master, may I remove this pathetic little weakling from your sight?"
Babidi put a hand to his chin, considering things carefully in his demented and malevolent mind. "Hmm… Well, that would be terribly amusing, but I was just thinking… If we kill her, the Kai would be without a bodyguard. But, she's so weak regardless, that she'll be easily disposed of. But if we take her hostage, the Kai will storm after us to save her, and might more easily fall into a trap… Hm, I can't decide…"
"Well I'll decide FOR YOU!!" Zoa screamed, powering up a huge orb of brilliant blue energy and hurtling it at the wizard. Babidi, startled, made a move to try to block the blast, but found himself suddenly unable to move at all. Zoa's eyes flashed pure azure as she used her telekinetic powers to keep him from escaping the attack. However, Dabura rushed in, throwing Babidi to the side and taking the blast himself. He grunted as it hit, digging his feet into the ground to stop from being thrown backwards. He quickly tossed it aside where it plunged into a large cluster of rocks nearby and erupted them in a blast of bright red and blue flame. Zoa gritted her teeth, flaring up her aura and glaring down angrily at Dabura. Damnit… I'm gonna have to kick things up a notch if I want to win this fight…
Dabura laughed, dusting himself off and looking up at Zoa. "Well, you've gotten a bit stronger. But it doesn't matter. Your little mind tricks and psychic powers will not save you. Now, how would you like to die? Perhaps I'll turn you into stone."
"Don't count on it Asshole!!" Zoa shouted, pushing her power up higher and crying out as she threw multiple blasts of energy towards the demonic Dabura. "Take this you bastard!! KuSanKoDa!!!!" She yelled as she threw even more orbs of energy from her hands. The blasts shot down in all directions, each completely missing Dabura and hurtling towards the distance. Dabura snorted, looking back at the blasts, then back up at Zoa.
"How pathetic. I'll surely have no trouble eliminating you." He began to power up also, but stopped suddenly as he sensed something heading in his direction. Zoa smirked as she watched a look of shock come over Dabura as all of the energy orbs that had missed him were now formed in a circle, surrounding him on all sides. Before he even had a chance to form an aura around him, Zoa let out a shout and all of the blasts plummeted into him from every direction, exploding in a huge crash of energy, sending rock and dirt flying everywhere, stirring up smoke and dust up into the sky from the huge upsurge of power.
"Oh no!" Babidi gasped, shielding himself and stumbling to his feet. "Dabura!!"
Zoa grinned, her confidence slowly gaining as she watched the scene below. But her newfound assurance was quickly drowned with disbelief as when the dust cleared, Dabura was standing with hardly more than a few rips in his cape. He started to laugh loudly and obnoxiously at the look on Zoa's face and shook his head. "Well, now that you've had your fun, I'd say it's time for you to die." After saying this, Dabura shot up into the air, pulling back his fist and slamming it into a slightly off guard Zoa's face. Zoa cringed at the pain as she flew down into the ground, her body crashing and embedding slightly into the rock at the force of her fall. Babidi, still watching from the sidelines, clapped his hands together and laughed, encouraging Dabura on.
"That's it Dabura! Crush the little twerp!! Hahahaha! Yes! Beat her to a pulp!!"
Dabura sneered, landing a few feet away from Zoa and heading quickly towards her. "Of course Master. I'll make the weakling suffer."
Zoa groaned, pushing away some rocks, and jumping up into a fighting stance. "I'm not finished yet!!" She declared, thrusting her arms out straight in front of her and issuing a wave of invisible mind energy towards Dabura, pushing him sharply backwards. But it wasn't enough to stop him from hurrying forward after he almost instantly recovered, leaving Zoa no time to form an attack before he lunged at her, grabbing her around the neck tightly.
"Let go of me you creep!! AHHHH!" Zoa tried to flare up her aura, but this simply resulted in Dabura tightening his grip all the more. He chuckled scornfully, squeezing harder and laughing even more as Zoa struggled to get away. "You know," He began, "I was considering turning you into stone, but I believe something far more painful is appropriate. So, when I rip out your heart, you should have just enough time left before you die to watch it stop beating…"
"HEY! If you want to talk about 'beating', you should speak to me! Cause I'll give you one!!"
"Huh!?!?" Dabura spun around, but not fast enough, as a white boot connected with his face, causing him to lose his grip on Zoa and go hurtling into a nearby boulder. Zoa coughed, rubbing her neck and looking up at her sudden savior. "Gohan!!"
"Yeah, it's me." Gohan answered, smiling down at her and nodding, holding out a hand to help her up. Zoa gladly took it, letting Gohan pull her to her feet as they both turned to the pile of rubble where Dabura had landed.
Zoa glanced back over at Gohan, her eyebrows knitted together slightly. "Hey, I'm sorry about what happened earlier, I didn't mean to-"
"I know." Gohan interrupted her, "And, I'm also sorry… But hey, what do you say we talk about that later and worry about kicking this guy's ass for now?"
Zoa grinned. "Sounds good to me."