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Chikyuu: Black Hole for Evil

Book One: Into the Rising Sun

Author: Cka3ka

Chapter 6: Super Eighteen

Krillan paced back and forth anxiously at Capsule Corps. He had been there since Gohan had called him and told him of Juuhachi-gou's condition and that she was at Capsule Corps under Bulma's expert eye. He had been at first shocked and then terrified that Juuhachi had gone into convulsions. He had rushed to Capsule with Maron in tow. That had been two days ago.

Looking at his wife as she lay on the plain operating table, he was suddenly hit with a wave of grief. Walking over, he held her hand. "Juuhachi, you have to make it through this. What am I going to do without you? Marron and I need you. Be strong Juuhachi, fight whatever it is," choked Krillan with tears in his eyes. He truly loved his wife. Not only was she beautiful but he also knew she truly loved him despite his shortcomings. He knew he was ugly, a coward, short, and not overly bright. Yet, this beautiful blonde had still married him and gave him their life's delight, Marron. They had built a life together and had just been planning to move into an estate outside of Satan City. Three days ago, he could remember training with her, and laughing together at little Marron's antics. Now she laid comatose, eyes open but not registering anything. Strapped to the table by restraints to prevent her from hurting herself when she began convulsing, with drool dripping from her mouth, she was a sorry sight indeed. Krillan couldn't help but begin to shed tears.

"Krillan, are you ok?" asked Bulma as she walked in the room with her test results. She knew Krillan was in pain but she was still excited at what she found. Dr. Gero was truly a genius, she thought, but I'm going to surpass him.

"Sorry Bulma, I didn't mean to get in your way," said Krillan through his tears. He sobbed again as he looked his wife.

Putting a hand on his shoulder Bulma smiled and told him, "I have some good news for you Krillan, I've figured out what is wrong and I'm already bringing in the equipment that I need to cure Juuhachi."

Looking up at Bulma, he gave her a fierce hug. "What's wrong with her Bulma?" he asked.

"Well, apparently when Juuhachi-gou went into her rage something triggered in her. Actually, I should show you a bit of what makes your wife an android," answered Bulma. She walked over to a viewing screen and activated, bringing up a picture of Juuhachi-gou. The picture outlined her body, and showed where all the wires were in her body. Krillan could see that all the wires attached to something in her brain.

"See Krillan, What Dr. Gero did was replace a lot of her nervous system with electronics. Most of her muscles and other parts are still completely human. In fact, she's 90% flesh and blood. The place where she's obviously not human is her spine, and apparently when she went into her rage she triggered something. Look here." Bulma pointed at a small clump of what appeared to be pulsing cell tissue.

"What is that??? It looks like some type of cancerous tumor."

"Actually, that's exactly what it is. Its spreading really fast, but I don't thinks its suppose to harm her. If you look closely, you can see that this tissue seems to be replacing her electric parts. The tumor seems to be converting her back into a full human, but something is missing and I need to make some adjustments."

"Is she going to be alright Bulma?" The words came out in a whisper as Krillan hung his head. He only half understood what Bulma was telling him. He was especially afraid of how Juuhachi might react if she found out that she was a normal human. After all, flying and fighting were a part of her that came to her without thinking. It would be like losing your arms and legs.

"Of course Krillan, trust me. Don't worry about her losing any of her powers either. I think Dr. Gero intended this as a way to power her up. I think he built these safeguards into her just in case Cell didn't work out or if Cell became a problem. Anyway, I have to finish the clone of her I'm growing in the generation tank. As soon as I'm done with that I'm going to fuse the two of them together. This will fix the problem."

"Umm… What are you doing? A Clone?" Krillan asked in an obiviously confused manner. Bulma had completely lost him.

"Well you see its her DNA, only half the coding is there. Its symmetric though, so what I'm doing is cloning some of her DNA and reversing the DNA code. After that I'm going to throw her in the regeneration tank and fuse the new DNA with the old. Don't worry Krillan. Trust me in this, I guarantee this will work."

"I trust you Bulma, I just wish I could be as confident as you."

"Don't worry Krillan. Everything will be just fine. I'll be back in two hours to perform the operation. Oh, I have to make a few phone calls to my brokers and lawyers, do you think you can get Gohan for me. We're going to need him when we move her."

"Sure Bulma, no problem. I'll see you in a little bit," answered Krillan. He walked out of the room with his head hung and his hands in his pockets. He blasted out of Capsule Corps as soon as he located Gohan's ki.

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"Ok guys, put her in, and take cover," said Bulma as she walked over the to the regeneration tank control console. Over the last six months she had been working feverishly on getting everything ready for when Goku and Vegeta got back. She knew that Senzu beans were limited so she had turned one of the rooms in Capsule Corps into a regeneration chamber. It had six tanks and a database of all of their DNA's. She'd also been working on new improved versions of scouters.

At the moment they were deep underground in her private lab. A single regeneration tank stood and Gohan, in SSJ2 form, was restraining a convulsing Juuhachi-gou and trying to put her in the tank without letting her destroy it.

"NOW BULMA," yelled Gohan as he finally managed to get her in there, get the mask on her, and shut the door.

Bulma quickly activated the chamber and watched as the cloned DNA fluid quickly filled the chamber. As the liquid covered Juuhachi-gou, she began to glow. Without warning the light became unbearable and the people in the room had to avert their eyes.

An explosion rocked the room and threw Bulma off her feet. She turned and looked to see Krillan covering Maron. Even Gohan, had been rocked back. Well just a little bit.

The dust slowly cleared and standing there was Eighteen. The differences in her bearing and appearance were subtle. Her muscles were leaner, and more toned than before. Her hair had grown, and now hung to the small of her back. Another, not so subtle change was the fact she now stood another inch taller. She was crackling with power and as she stood there, she could feel power coursing through her veins and it was sheer intoxication. It really made her want to destroy things.

"Mommy, you're alright," cried Marron as she ran up to hug her mother. Juuhachi-gou snapped out of her hate-fogged daze and swiftly picked up Marron. She swung her around a few times and then pulled her daughter in for an embrace. Her daughter was one of the pillars of her life. Marron's birth had brought something that had been missing her entire life. The ability to love.

"Of course sweetie," replied Juuhachi-gou while placing a kiss on Marron's forehead. Walking over to Krillan, she kissed him on the check and put her arm around him in a half-hug. "You do know that I love you right?"

"Ahh…Juuhachi," started Krillan. It took a moment for him to take control of his emotions before replying, "I know Juuhachi, I love you to."