TITLE: Her Light Shine Through
AUTHOR: Echo the Nymph
DISCLAIMER: I don't own DBZ. How many times do I have to say it for those lawyers to realize that I'm in no way shape or form those who do?!!
Chapter 40
Anemone gazed into the crystal ball quietly. "Perhaps," she mused, "he learned it during the time you spent inside him rescuing those who he'd absorbed." Her troubled obsidian eyes gazed at the wanton destruction Bu caused of other worlds.
Old Kai turned to the warriors near him. "He's looking for you three. That creature searches for unusually high ki levels and teleports to them."
"Is he going to destroy every place he looks?" Goku cried. Then, his eyes widened in terror. "Not Other World! Krillin and Yamcha have already died! If they cease to exist there, they will no longer exist in this plane!"
Lightly, a hand came to rest on his shoulder. "Calm down, soul-father. There could be a way yet unseen."
"I will not allow that to happen." He shrugged the amazon's hand off his shoulder and walked a short distance away.
"Kakkarott, wait." He halted, startled that Vegeta had spoken to him without blowing up. "He searching for us by sensing ki. Let's call him away from Other World and to this one." His gaze shifted to Anemone. "If you can sense any you know there, take them." The Prince gestured at the unconscious warriors.
She nodded silently before walking over to her charges. Then, she spoke in saiya-go. "I understand your reasoning Vegeta. But I won't stay there idilly if you need my help." She gathered the group of four up into her arms again before locking onto the kis of two friends. The amazon vanished from sight.
Other World filled her vision. It was lit by a pink glow, much like Chikyuu had been only moments before. Suddenly, the glow and the dark power vanished. Good. He's gone. Gently, she lay the warriors down on the ground, transferring a small amount of her ki to them with the directions to teleport them back to Chikyuu if it were restored. Then, she stood up.
"Anemone!" Krillin bellowed, leaping over to her.
"Whoa, Krillin! Calm down!" She laughed, greeting her friend. "Before you ask, no we're not dead. Vegeta and Goku didn't want them on the Kais' world when Bu showed up." Her gaze shifted to the sky. "Speaking of which, I had better head back." The amazon gathered her ki together, ready to leave Other World, when someone spoke.
"Young lady," a voice from behind her drawled, "you mean to tell me that Bu is on the Supreme Kai world?"
She turned to meet his gaze. "Unfortunately, yes, Grand Kai." The flaring kis on that distant world grabbed her attention. "I have to go back."
"Hold it!" Grand Kai grabbed her arm. "I think you should stay here, Anemone."
She ripped her arm from his grasp, startling a few of the warriors. How could she have done that when Grand Kai was supposed to be so strong? The amazon whirled around, glaring at him. "Vegeta and Goku are in grave danger! Everything in this universe is at stake here!" Her obsidian black eyes glittered with anger as she glared down at him. "I won't stand by and let it be destroyed! Many lives are at risk! If they know enough of what's happening here to have faith in us, then I won't let them down, or I'll die trying!" Her tone made quite a few of the nearby people step back.
She had guts to speak to a kai like that. None other than those who were his equals had rebuked him, and now one from the living realm had told him what was what in a manner that spoke of courage and determination.
Grand Kai stepped back, startled. She was so forceful... Then the North Kai pulled him from his thoughts. "She's too much like her people to stay here. Anemone may have been raised by the Nameks; yet they taught her to be a warrior. She is true to her nature, as it was unaltered by her trip there. She and Goku are saiya-jins as they once were, before darkness took their hearts. Vegeta shows that they could come out of darkness. And their sons show a unique blending of the two."
Meanwhile, Pikkon attempted to stop her. She leveled her gaze at him. "I don't want to hurt you, Pikkon, but by the Creator, I will if you try to stop me."
Yamcha drew the other warrior back. "Calm down, Anemone. How can you teleport when you're so worked up?" He pointed out.
The amazon took a deep breath, calming as surly as the world turned. "Thanks, Yamcha. You had a point." She easily located the kis of the warriors that were fighting Bu. "Stay here, You may be powerful, but in this form, Majin Bu is out of your league." Her eyes met his and held them. "Goku would really get upset if something happened to you."
The amazon stepped back from the group of warriors before teleporting. Once she ended her instantaneous movement, she ducked an explosion. Goku and Bu were fighting furiously, in the air and on the ground.
The amazon sighed softly. Doesn't Goku have enough time to ascend?
AUTHOR: Echo the Nymph
DISCLAIMER: I don't own DBZ. How many times do I have to say it for those lawyers to realize that I'm in no way shape or form those who do?!!
Chapter 40
Anemone gazed into the crystal ball quietly. "Perhaps," she mused, "he learned it during the time you spent inside him rescuing those who he'd absorbed." Her troubled obsidian eyes gazed at the wanton destruction Bu caused of other worlds.
Old Kai turned to the warriors near him. "He's looking for you three. That creature searches for unusually high ki levels and teleports to them."
"Is he going to destroy every place he looks?" Goku cried. Then, his eyes widened in terror. "Not Other World! Krillin and Yamcha have already died! If they cease to exist there, they will no longer exist in this plane!"
Lightly, a hand came to rest on his shoulder. "Calm down, soul-father. There could be a way yet unseen."
"I will not allow that to happen." He shrugged the amazon's hand off his shoulder and walked a short distance away.
"Kakkarott, wait." He halted, startled that Vegeta had spoken to him without blowing up. "He searching for us by sensing ki. Let's call him away from Other World and to this one." His gaze shifted to Anemone. "If you can sense any you know there, take them." The Prince gestured at the unconscious warriors.
She nodded silently before walking over to her charges. Then, she spoke in saiya-go. "I understand your reasoning Vegeta. But I won't stay there idilly if you need my help." She gathered the group of four up into her arms again before locking onto the kis of two friends. The amazon vanished from sight.
Other World filled her vision. It was lit by a pink glow, much like Chikyuu had been only moments before. Suddenly, the glow and the dark power vanished. Good. He's gone. Gently, she lay the warriors down on the ground, transferring a small amount of her ki to them with the directions to teleport them back to Chikyuu if it were restored. Then, she stood up.
"Anemone!" Krillin bellowed, leaping over to her.
"Whoa, Krillin! Calm down!" She laughed, greeting her friend. "Before you ask, no we're not dead. Vegeta and Goku didn't want them on the Kais' world when Bu showed up." Her gaze shifted to the sky. "Speaking of which, I had better head back." The amazon gathered her ki together, ready to leave Other World, when someone spoke.
"Young lady," a voice from behind her drawled, "you mean to tell me that Bu is on the Supreme Kai world?"
She turned to meet his gaze. "Unfortunately, yes, Grand Kai." The flaring kis on that distant world grabbed her attention. "I have to go back."
"Hold it!" Grand Kai grabbed her arm. "I think you should stay here, Anemone."
She ripped her arm from his grasp, startling a few of the warriors. How could she have done that when Grand Kai was supposed to be so strong? The amazon whirled around, glaring at him. "Vegeta and Goku are in grave danger! Everything in this universe is at stake here!" Her obsidian black eyes glittered with anger as she glared down at him. "I won't stand by and let it be destroyed! Many lives are at risk! If they know enough of what's happening here to have faith in us, then I won't let them down, or I'll die trying!" Her tone made quite a few of the nearby people step back.
She had guts to speak to a kai like that. None other than those who were his equals had rebuked him, and now one from the living realm had told him what was what in a manner that spoke of courage and determination.
Grand Kai stepped back, startled. She was so forceful... Then the North Kai pulled him from his thoughts. "She's too much like her people to stay here. Anemone may have been raised by the Nameks; yet they taught her to be a warrior. She is true to her nature, as it was unaltered by her trip there. She and Goku are saiya-jins as they once were, before darkness took their hearts. Vegeta shows that they could come out of darkness. And their sons show a unique blending of the two."
Meanwhile, Pikkon attempted to stop her. She leveled her gaze at him. "I don't want to hurt you, Pikkon, but by the Creator, I will if you try to stop me."
Yamcha drew the other warrior back. "Calm down, Anemone. How can you teleport when you're so worked up?" He pointed out.
The amazon took a deep breath, calming as surly as the world turned. "Thanks, Yamcha. You had a point." She easily located the kis of the warriors that were fighting Bu. "Stay here, You may be powerful, but in this form, Majin Bu is out of your league." Her eyes met his and held them. "Goku would really get upset if something happened to you."
The amazon stepped back from the group of warriors before teleporting. Once she ended her instantaneous movement, she ducked an explosion. Goku and Bu were fighting furiously, in the air and on the ground.
The amazon sighed softly. Doesn't Goku have enough time to ascend?