This is the last chapter and yet it is not. Following these words will be a
sort of epilogue; sort of.
Disclaimer: I flat out don't own DBZ.
Chapter 13; This is Earth's Future, Thus Earth's Fate
'He must be destroyed. If Majin Buu is not killed, there will be no more. He was taught to kill and he will until he is wiped from the face of the Earth. And if he is not defeated, I will remain in this prison forever until the end of my days.' My father's words echoed in the back of my mind as I raced on.
I was on the Earth with Gohan flying at my side, his powers improved to the fullest. We knew Dende and Hurcule were the only left on the planet so we had to act quickly. Everyone else was gone, Krillin, Gotenks, Piccolo.
I had been training so hard my speed had caught up to Gohan's, I would bring them back, every single damn one of them. I didn't care what they thought of me.
Buu was close, 'Good,' I thought, 'now I can get my revenge. This fight will be for every person killed by Buu, for the lives of everyone who remains living, for Robert, for my father, and especially for my dear mother. You shan't be forgotten.'
We stopped and landed at the sight of Buu standing on a cliff watching us. He was no longer the plump marshmallow, but a tall, skinny pink figure, a confident smirk painted across his face.
"You Majin Buu," I said calmly.
"Your reign of sorrow ends today." Gohan said in equal calmness.
"You murdered my mother and imprisoned my father,"
"You killed the people of my world,"
"Your master killed my love and almost killed me,"
"And you threaten to end all life."
"We,"
"Will not,"
"Stand by,"
"And watch."
"You will be stopped Majin Buu,"
"And we are the exact people who are going to do it."
He laughed aloud as if we had just told the funniest joke he had ever heard, but we were quiet, calm, expressionless. We exchanged glances as he only continued to laugh mockingly.
I made a slight nod and Gohan repeated the motion, a split second later I had gone from one hundred yards away from him to right in his face. He stopped laughing.
He narrowed his eyes at me as Gohan came behind him.
"A girl." He said, "a girl of your size, age, and race is sent to defeat me? The great Majin Buu?" then he threw his head back and laughed even more violently.
As he was distracted Gohan locked his fingers together and raised his arms in the air, then came down full force. He missed.
I backed away, searching for that hideous face when he was right in front of me. His arm shot out and grabbed my chin, pulling me closer to his face as if to get a better look.
"Say," he said in a low voice, "you look like that girl who attacked me before."
"Very good." I replied socking him in the stomach.
He let go and backed away stunned. Gohan was already on him and kicked his back; we both came with a full force attack. It surprised him, but Buu quickly recovered. He dodged and blocked, but some shots still came through.
Finally he got angry and hit my collarbone with a straight hand. I backed up, recovered, then went back, I wouldn't give up. He had already knocked Gohan to the ground and Gohan had turned SS.
The fight resumed.
~*~
We had been fighting for half an hour straight with no victor; the three of us bloody and bruised. I thought of my mother and how quickly she had given up, maybe I was to just follow in her footsteps.
I ran and attacked him again, but he hit me and sent me to the ground. I lied there panting; it was impossible, he couldn't be beaten.
"I'm sorry mother, I have failed." I whispered.
Just as I was about to close my eyes and give my life up, I heard a soft voice in the back of my mind. A language I did not know, yet I understood. It was a young woman speaking, then a young man, then another, another, another person.
A countless number of people were whispering to me in languages I didn't know, and yet I did. I understood perfectly, every race, every gender, every dimension, they had come together, they were acting as one, speaking as one.
Praying to me, telling me, encouraging me, giving me hope. Over all the voices, though, I heard the first voice the clearest, the young woman, mumbling words I did not know. They chorused together something like, "Trinity, you have not yet failed, but where you act alone, you have. Remember Trinity; remember the power of your people. The stone, the stone, the stone..."
The voices trailed off as I stood. That woman, she had been my mother. She had been so strong mentally and physically. Beautiful, but firm, with the same dark flowing hair as mine, but pulled into a low braid.
'Kyatara, my mother, I will not let you down.' I thought.
I watched as Gohan crashed into the ground from the heights he had flown up to. I walked over and touched his face.
"Gohan," I whispered to him, "you are a warrior of great skill, but allow me to take this fight alone."
Then I stood to face Buu.
"I am no longer fighting alone, Buu. I will defeat you, no matter what." I stated confidently.
He kept his smirk as he walked closer. I knew what I had to do.
I began whispering the words coming to my mind, not understanding them, but knowing they were going to help me. Memories were still buried under time- the chant was one of those memories. I only knew it because all had faded out except my mother's strong voice telling me the spell, word by word.
I had only used these words once before, when I had saved my father and myself, and now, it was time to use them to destroy this beast. As I continued, my necklace started to glow, then it came in full power; it was a bright light.
It slid out of my necklace, then gently pushed its way through my skin and into my body. The light temporarily blinded Buu, and when it was in my body, I stood confident. Now a bright blue aura surrounded me, it was my power. My hair had braided itself and my eyes flicked from green to a deep, dark blue. I held out my hand and a small energy ball formed, slowly growing larger.
"You," said Buu starring at me, "I killed you over fifteen years ago! You're dead! This can't be! You are dead Kyatara!"
"I, Buu, am not Kyatara." I said, "I am her offspring. My name is Trinity. You know what they say about children, they're always stronger than their parents ever were."
The energy ball had already grown to twice the size of myself and I now held it above my head.
"And Buu, you know I must destroy you, because then and only then will my father be set free and only then can I know you will kill no more."
Something caught Buu's attention and he turned his head to see Gohan with an energy ball the size of himself no longer growing. Mine was larger and brighter than one could tell.
"Goodbye Buu." I said, shooting my blast with more energy trailing behind it, Gohan did the same.
A loud, unearthly scream pierced the air, the last anyone would ever hear of the great Majin Buu.
~*~
He was gone. He was finally gone. We had actually destroyed Buu. I fell, my energy drained.
"Too much," I said to myself, "I put in too much."
"No Elizabeth," I heard Gohan say, "just enough."
My breath was heavy, short, and hard to draw. I coughed, spurts of blood trailing out of my mouth.
Gohan stood in front of me, "Come on," he said, "let's collect the Dragonballs." And turned away.
"No, Gohan." I said in a melancholy voice.
He turned back around to face me.
"What?" he asked.
"I'm not going anywhere." I replied weakly.
"What are you talking about? Of course you are!" Gohan said smiling.
"No Gohan, my time has come, I must pass through to the next dimension."
"What?" Gohan asked hoarsely.
"Gohan, I must leave this world behind."
"No! You're not going to die! I won't let you!" he yelled kneeling next to me, "We'll get a sensu bean, you'll be healed, you won't die, you're too young!" he was desperate, I could tell, but it was out of my hands.
"No, there is no time for a medicine that will do nothing but keep me here for an extra five minutes. And I have lived my years away, I only appear to be young. There is no way, I am just glad I will die with my soul in one piece and my memory restored once more."
"Don't leave me." He whispered.
"I'm sorry Gohan. At least I'll be with Robert." I said smiling weakly.
"But you can't leave." He whispered in my ear, his voice choked with tears, "I love you."
My eyes widened, this had caught me by surprise I must admit.
"Gohan, I'm so sorry, I don't- you can't- oh, Gohan. You must find Videl, she is your one true love, she is meant to be, not I. Gohan, find Videl. I'm sorry. Gohan."
I felt gravity pulling me down and Gohan caught my head before it hit.
"I can't bring myself to love anyone as passionately as I do you." He said.
"If you can't do it for yourself, then do it for me."
He pulled me in for a final embrace.
"Goodbye." I whispered.
"Goodbye Elizabeth, Queen of my Heart. I will never forget you, never." He said, letting a tear slip down his cheek.
He pulled me close, and for that moment alone, I felt no pain, only his lips softly pushing against mine, and then, I drew my last breath.
"Goodbye."
Disclaimer: I flat out don't own DBZ.
Chapter 13; This is Earth's Future, Thus Earth's Fate
'He must be destroyed. If Majin Buu is not killed, there will be no more. He was taught to kill and he will until he is wiped from the face of the Earth. And if he is not defeated, I will remain in this prison forever until the end of my days.' My father's words echoed in the back of my mind as I raced on.
I was on the Earth with Gohan flying at my side, his powers improved to the fullest. We knew Dende and Hurcule were the only left on the planet so we had to act quickly. Everyone else was gone, Krillin, Gotenks, Piccolo.
I had been training so hard my speed had caught up to Gohan's, I would bring them back, every single damn one of them. I didn't care what they thought of me.
Buu was close, 'Good,' I thought, 'now I can get my revenge. This fight will be for every person killed by Buu, for the lives of everyone who remains living, for Robert, for my father, and especially for my dear mother. You shan't be forgotten.'
We stopped and landed at the sight of Buu standing on a cliff watching us. He was no longer the plump marshmallow, but a tall, skinny pink figure, a confident smirk painted across his face.
"You Majin Buu," I said calmly.
"Your reign of sorrow ends today." Gohan said in equal calmness.
"You murdered my mother and imprisoned my father,"
"You killed the people of my world,"
"Your master killed my love and almost killed me,"
"And you threaten to end all life."
"We,"
"Will not,"
"Stand by,"
"And watch."
"You will be stopped Majin Buu,"
"And we are the exact people who are going to do it."
He laughed aloud as if we had just told the funniest joke he had ever heard, but we were quiet, calm, expressionless. We exchanged glances as he only continued to laugh mockingly.
I made a slight nod and Gohan repeated the motion, a split second later I had gone from one hundred yards away from him to right in his face. He stopped laughing.
He narrowed his eyes at me as Gohan came behind him.
"A girl." He said, "a girl of your size, age, and race is sent to defeat me? The great Majin Buu?" then he threw his head back and laughed even more violently.
As he was distracted Gohan locked his fingers together and raised his arms in the air, then came down full force. He missed.
I backed away, searching for that hideous face when he was right in front of me. His arm shot out and grabbed my chin, pulling me closer to his face as if to get a better look.
"Say," he said in a low voice, "you look like that girl who attacked me before."
"Very good." I replied socking him in the stomach.
He let go and backed away stunned. Gohan was already on him and kicked his back; we both came with a full force attack. It surprised him, but Buu quickly recovered. He dodged and blocked, but some shots still came through.
Finally he got angry and hit my collarbone with a straight hand. I backed up, recovered, then went back, I wouldn't give up. He had already knocked Gohan to the ground and Gohan had turned SS.
The fight resumed.
~*~
We had been fighting for half an hour straight with no victor; the three of us bloody and bruised. I thought of my mother and how quickly she had given up, maybe I was to just follow in her footsteps.
I ran and attacked him again, but he hit me and sent me to the ground. I lied there panting; it was impossible, he couldn't be beaten.
"I'm sorry mother, I have failed." I whispered.
Just as I was about to close my eyes and give my life up, I heard a soft voice in the back of my mind. A language I did not know, yet I understood. It was a young woman speaking, then a young man, then another, another, another person.
A countless number of people were whispering to me in languages I didn't know, and yet I did. I understood perfectly, every race, every gender, every dimension, they had come together, they were acting as one, speaking as one.
Praying to me, telling me, encouraging me, giving me hope. Over all the voices, though, I heard the first voice the clearest, the young woman, mumbling words I did not know. They chorused together something like, "Trinity, you have not yet failed, but where you act alone, you have. Remember Trinity; remember the power of your people. The stone, the stone, the stone..."
The voices trailed off as I stood. That woman, she had been my mother. She had been so strong mentally and physically. Beautiful, but firm, with the same dark flowing hair as mine, but pulled into a low braid.
'Kyatara, my mother, I will not let you down.' I thought.
I watched as Gohan crashed into the ground from the heights he had flown up to. I walked over and touched his face.
"Gohan," I whispered to him, "you are a warrior of great skill, but allow me to take this fight alone."
Then I stood to face Buu.
"I am no longer fighting alone, Buu. I will defeat you, no matter what." I stated confidently.
He kept his smirk as he walked closer. I knew what I had to do.
I began whispering the words coming to my mind, not understanding them, but knowing they were going to help me. Memories were still buried under time- the chant was one of those memories. I only knew it because all had faded out except my mother's strong voice telling me the spell, word by word.
I had only used these words once before, when I had saved my father and myself, and now, it was time to use them to destroy this beast. As I continued, my necklace started to glow, then it came in full power; it was a bright light.
It slid out of my necklace, then gently pushed its way through my skin and into my body. The light temporarily blinded Buu, and when it was in my body, I stood confident. Now a bright blue aura surrounded me, it was my power. My hair had braided itself and my eyes flicked from green to a deep, dark blue. I held out my hand and a small energy ball formed, slowly growing larger.
"You," said Buu starring at me, "I killed you over fifteen years ago! You're dead! This can't be! You are dead Kyatara!"
"I, Buu, am not Kyatara." I said, "I am her offspring. My name is Trinity. You know what they say about children, they're always stronger than their parents ever were."
The energy ball had already grown to twice the size of myself and I now held it above my head.
"And Buu, you know I must destroy you, because then and only then will my father be set free and only then can I know you will kill no more."
Something caught Buu's attention and he turned his head to see Gohan with an energy ball the size of himself no longer growing. Mine was larger and brighter than one could tell.
"Goodbye Buu." I said, shooting my blast with more energy trailing behind it, Gohan did the same.
A loud, unearthly scream pierced the air, the last anyone would ever hear of the great Majin Buu.
~*~
He was gone. He was finally gone. We had actually destroyed Buu. I fell, my energy drained.
"Too much," I said to myself, "I put in too much."
"No Elizabeth," I heard Gohan say, "just enough."
My breath was heavy, short, and hard to draw. I coughed, spurts of blood trailing out of my mouth.
Gohan stood in front of me, "Come on," he said, "let's collect the Dragonballs." And turned away.
"No, Gohan." I said in a melancholy voice.
He turned back around to face me.
"What?" he asked.
"I'm not going anywhere." I replied weakly.
"What are you talking about? Of course you are!" Gohan said smiling.
"No Gohan, my time has come, I must pass through to the next dimension."
"What?" Gohan asked hoarsely.
"Gohan, I must leave this world behind."
"No! You're not going to die! I won't let you!" he yelled kneeling next to me, "We'll get a sensu bean, you'll be healed, you won't die, you're too young!" he was desperate, I could tell, but it was out of my hands.
"No, there is no time for a medicine that will do nothing but keep me here for an extra five minutes. And I have lived my years away, I only appear to be young. There is no way, I am just glad I will die with my soul in one piece and my memory restored once more."
"Don't leave me." He whispered.
"I'm sorry Gohan. At least I'll be with Robert." I said smiling weakly.
"But you can't leave." He whispered in my ear, his voice choked with tears, "I love you."
My eyes widened, this had caught me by surprise I must admit.
"Gohan, I'm so sorry, I don't- you can't- oh, Gohan. You must find Videl, she is your one true love, she is meant to be, not I. Gohan, find Videl. I'm sorry. Gohan."
I felt gravity pulling me down and Gohan caught my head before it hit.
"I can't bring myself to love anyone as passionately as I do you." He said.
"If you can't do it for yourself, then do it for me."
He pulled me in for a final embrace.
"Goodbye." I whispered.
"Goodbye Elizabeth, Queen of my Heart. I will never forget you, never." He said, letting a tear slip down his cheek.
He pulled me close, and for that moment alone, I felt no pain, only his lips softly pushing against mine, and then, I drew my last breath.
"Goodbye."