TITLE: Her Light Shines Through
AUTHOR: Echo the Nymph
DISCLAIMER: If those lawyers ask me one more time, I'm going to scream! DBZ isn't mine!
Chapter 30
"What's wrong, Bu-bu? Don't tell me that you're scared." Gohan taunted.
"It's Bu, not Bu-bu! Nobody taunts me!" His punch was easily blocked by the saiya-jin. Gohan let out a barrage of kicks and punches before stopping suddenly. Repeatedly, his elbow hit the back of Bu's neck.
Finally, he stopped and stepped back. "Give it up, Bu. You can't win."
Instead, the monster laughed. "So, it was you. You were the one I was waiting for, even when I was fighting Gotenks, I could sense your power growing, far away. I cannot allow a power greater than mine to exist!" He powered up to self-destruct.
Gohan leapt back, grabbing Piccolo as Anemone grabbed the boys and shot into the sky. A loud explosion rocked the planet as a plume of dust and smoke filled part of the sky.
"Thanks, that could've taken us out." Piccolo stated as Gohan let him off his shoulder.
"You're welcome, Piccolo."
Anemone's tail lashed about violently for a few seconds after she had released the boys. Then, it was resecured about her waist. "Let's jet. I don't want to be around here when that sneak regenerates." They flew off swiftly, to a far away cliff before landing.
"Now we can gather the Dragon Balls." Goten sighed.
"Aren't you forgetting something? Without the guardian, they are inert!" Piccolo cried.
"Wait a minute." Gohan and Anemone chorused. She smiled and gestured to Gohan.
"There's still a power. Anemone and I first sensed it before I started to fight Bu. It's faint, but there."
Their companions concentrated and picked up Dende's ki as well. "Let's find him before Bu does." Piccolo declared as he shot into the sky once more. Very quickly, he was followed by the others. "What bothers me is that Bu had so much time to find him and didn't."
"Weren't you in the Room of Spirit and Time?" Gohan inquired as they soared over the desert. The Namek blinked as his one-time student spotted something below them.
"Do you see something?"
"Yeah, a man and a dog. The man's Mr. Satan." Gohan replied.
"Let's just leave the liar here. He's such a cheat." Trunks proposed.
Anemone groaned and swooped down, leaving Piccolo to explain her actions. She noticed Goten following her. Getting a firm hold on his shirt, she took back to the sky. "Quit wiggling. It's a long way down."
Mr. Satan opened his eyes to see Anemone above him and young Goten carrying Bee. Then, he heard her voice address another warrior.
"Piccolo, don't forget: while it may have been long for you, only minutes passed outside the chamber. He plainly didn't have the time." Anemone supplied. The Namek warrior jarred to a halt in front of her. Unable to stop in time, she ploughed into him.
Mr. Satan fell from her grip and she dove, easily catching him. More excitement raced through the group as they spotted Dende waving to them from the ground below. After landing in the cliff-riddled area, Piccolo asked Dende how he survived.
"If Mr. Popo hadn't been there, I wouldn't have. He threw me from the Lookout shortly after Bu escaped from the room."
"Mr. Satan, you might want to sit down." Anemone stated as she met his gaze. Unsure of her expression, he sat upon a boulder. "Videl was on the Lookout, too. When Bu escaped from the Room of Spirit and Time, he turned those there into chocolate and ate them."
He cried out, in spite of her gentle tone. "What do you mean, Videl's gone?!" He leapt to his feet and over to Gohan. Once there he took a fistful of orange gi. "Why didn't you save her? What kind of boyfriend are you?!"
"I wasn't there and there was no way I could've gotten there in time to save anyone." Gohan had lifted his hands in an attempt to calm Mr. Satan.
"Besides," Goten piped up, "she can be revived."
Instantly, he was over there and shaking the little boy. "What do you mean boy? Is this some kind of sick joke?!"
"I'm not joking." he replied.
Anemone got fed up with his reaction and gently knocked him to the ground. "Settle yourself. Remember, truth is stranger than fiction." Her tail fell from her waist and swatted about in the air before rewrapping. A startled gasp escaped her as she turned around swiftly.
"Bu." Gohan growled. "And its only been an hour." He lifted into the air. "Stay here. I don't want any of you involved if I can help it." The warrior shot over to wait on another cliff.
After Mr. Satan's vain attempt to reach Bu, the monster challenged Goten and Trunks to another fight. "Come on, don't tell me that you are scared now that your hero's here."
Anemone jumped around to be in front of the boys, then lightly placed a hand on each shoulder. "Stay calm." She knelt in front of them to forcing them to meet her gaze. "There is a reason for his action. Don't listen to him. Stay in control."
The boys pulled free of her grip. "I think he needs a good kick in the butt." Trunks growled as he and Goten moved away from her. Anger was radiating off them as they prepared to fuse.
AUTHOR: Echo the Nymph
DISCLAIMER: If those lawyers ask me one more time, I'm going to scream! DBZ isn't mine!
Chapter 30
"What's wrong, Bu-bu? Don't tell me that you're scared." Gohan taunted.
"It's Bu, not Bu-bu! Nobody taunts me!" His punch was easily blocked by the saiya-jin. Gohan let out a barrage of kicks and punches before stopping suddenly. Repeatedly, his elbow hit the back of Bu's neck.
Finally, he stopped and stepped back. "Give it up, Bu. You can't win."
Instead, the monster laughed. "So, it was you. You were the one I was waiting for, even when I was fighting Gotenks, I could sense your power growing, far away. I cannot allow a power greater than mine to exist!" He powered up to self-destruct.
Gohan leapt back, grabbing Piccolo as Anemone grabbed the boys and shot into the sky. A loud explosion rocked the planet as a plume of dust and smoke filled part of the sky.
"Thanks, that could've taken us out." Piccolo stated as Gohan let him off his shoulder.
"You're welcome, Piccolo."
Anemone's tail lashed about violently for a few seconds after she had released the boys. Then, it was resecured about her waist. "Let's jet. I don't want to be around here when that sneak regenerates." They flew off swiftly, to a far away cliff before landing.
"Now we can gather the Dragon Balls." Goten sighed.
"Aren't you forgetting something? Without the guardian, they are inert!" Piccolo cried.
"Wait a minute." Gohan and Anemone chorused. She smiled and gestured to Gohan.
"There's still a power. Anemone and I first sensed it before I started to fight Bu. It's faint, but there."
Their companions concentrated and picked up Dende's ki as well. "Let's find him before Bu does." Piccolo declared as he shot into the sky once more. Very quickly, he was followed by the others. "What bothers me is that Bu had so much time to find him and didn't."
"Weren't you in the Room of Spirit and Time?" Gohan inquired as they soared over the desert. The Namek blinked as his one-time student spotted something below them.
"Do you see something?"
"Yeah, a man and a dog. The man's Mr. Satan." Gohan replied.
"Let's just leave the liar here. He's such a cheat." Trunks proposed.
Anemone groaned and swooped down, leaving Piccolo to explain her actions. She noticed Goten following her. Getting a firm hold on his shirt, she took back to the sky. "Quit wiggling. It's a long way down."
Mr. Satan opened his eyes to see Anemone above him and young Goten carrying Bee. Then, he heard her voice address another warrior.
"Piccolo, don't forget: while it may have been long for you, only minutes passed outside the chamber. He plainly didn't have the time." Anemone supplied. The Namek warrior jarred to a halt in front of her. Unable to stop in time, she ploughed into him.
Mr. Satan fell from her grip and she dove, easily catching him. More excitement raced through the group as they spotted Dende waving to them from the ground below. After landing in the cliff-riddled area, Piccolo asked Dende how he survived.
"If Mr. Popo hadn't been there, I wouldn't have. He threw me from the Lookout shortly after Bu escaped from the room."
"Mr. Satan, you might want to sit down." Anemone stated as she met his gaze. Unsure of her expression, he sat upon a boulder. "Videl was on the Lookout, too. When Bu escaped from the Room of Spirit and Time, he turned those there into chocolate and ate them."
He cried out, in spite of her gentle tone. "What do you mean, Videl's gone?!" He leapt to his feet and over to Gohan. Once there he took a fistful of orange gi. "Why didn't you save her? What kind of boyfriend are you?!"
"I wasn't there and there was no way I could've gotten there in time to save anyone." Gohan had lifted his hands in an attempt to calm Mr. Satan.
"Besides," Goten piped up, "she can be revived."
Instantly, he was over there and shaking the little boy. "What do you mean boy? Is this some kind of sick joke?!"
"I'm not joking." he replied.
Anemone got fed up with his reaction and gently knocked him to the ground. "Settle yourself. Remember, truth is stranger than fiction." Her tail fell from her waist and swatted about in the air before rewrapping. A startled gasp escaped her as she turned around swiftly.
"Bu." Gohan growled. "And its only been an hour." He lifted into the air. "Stay here. I don't want any of you involved if I can help it." The warrior shot over to wait on another cliff.
After Mr. Satan's vain attempt to reach Bu, the monster challenged Goten and Trunks to another fight. "Come on, don't tell me that you are scared now that your hero's here."
Anemone jumped around to be in front of the boys, then lightly placed a hand on each shoulder. "Stay calm." She knelt in front of them to forcing them to meet her gaze. "There is a reason for his action. Don't listen to him. Stay in control."
The boys pulled free of her grip. "I think he needs a good kick in the butt." Trunks growled as he and Goten moved away from her. Anger was radiating off them as they prepared to fuse.