The Necklace

Part Five

Bulma opened the front door of Master Roshi's house. In her hand was a piece of paper. "Roshi, are you here?"

Krillin and Yamcha who were in the kitchen eating came into the room. "Hey, Bulma, what are you doing here? Master Roshi said you were out of town on a business trip with your Dad," Yamcha asked munching on a sandwich.

"I had to cut it short. Where's Master Roshi?" Bulma asked insistently.

"He's in the can," Krillin said. "Why'd you cut your trip short?"

"I don't know if Master Roshi told you this, but Goku gave Chi-Chi a necklace for her birthday. Goku gave it to me to have it cleaned. I knew I've seen it somewhere, so while I was on my trip, I researched on it and found out what it was."

At that moment, the bathroom opened and Master Roshi stepped out. Bulma covered her nose at the smell, as did Yamcha and Krillin. She waited until he closed the door before talking to him.

"Hey, Bulma, what are you doing here?"

"Roshi, I've got to talk to you." Bulma shoved the piece of paper in his face. "I found out what that necklace meant and I think you know what it's about."

Roshi gasped as he saw what was on the paper through his shades. "Tashi."

Krillin and Yamcha looked at each other confused. They looked over the turtle hermit shoulders and saw a beautiful woman with long purple hair, purple eyes and that same purple necklace that Chi-Chi's wearing.

"Hey, she's cute. Who is she?" Krillin asked.

"Beautiful she may be, but she was the deadliest thing on this planet. With the beauty of a goddess and the heart of a black widow, Tashi was a deadly adversary—a fighter and seductress. No man could resist her beauty and charms. She brought down the mightiest of men. Tashi was very clever with a lust for power and world domination. With a simple kiss, she'd have men under her power and she would use that to get men to do her work, kill for her and once they die—whether by her hands or in doing a task for her, she'd take their life energy, becoming even more stronger," Master Roshi explained.

"How much stronger?" Krillin asked getting nervous.

"Whatever powers the victim had, she had once she took his energy. Let's say, Tashi took your energy, Krillin, she'd have all your fighting abilities, including the Kamehameha Wave, distructo disc and that Solar Flare technique you learn from Tien."

"Whoa, Roshi. She speak as if you've seen this with your own eyes," Yamcha noted.

"Indeed I have, Yamcha. Tashi used her tricks on me and Crane. She turned us against each other when we were friends. We almost killed ourselves fighting because of her. If it wasn't for Baba snapping me out of her spell, we would've been dead."

"How was Tashi defeated?" Krillin asked.

"I used my strongest Kamehameha Wave on her. Tashi was so weak that she was near death. Her body was destroyed and with the last ounce of her power, she put her essence in the necklace. She was basically powerless and in a way dead after that. So I put it in a box and buried deep in a lake. I didn't think anyone would get to it."

"Why didn't you destroy it?" Bulma asked.

The old man shrugged his shoulders. "Maybe I was still under her influence, but I couldn't because I loved her.

"So, if Tashi is in the necklace Goku gave his wife, then you're saying Tashi's essence might've take over Chi-Chi's body?" Bulma asked to be sure.

"Yes."

"That means she's probably taken control over Goku," Krillin said. "We've got to get to him and warn him."

Master Roshi's senses picked up something far away. He looked out the window. "Too late, boys. It's already started. Tashi has control over Chi-Chi's body and she's turned the two strongest fighter on each other."

Bulma gulped. "You don't mean…"

"Goku and Vegeta?" Yamcha guessed.

Roshi nodded. "Exactly."

Bulma screamed. "If Vegeta fights Goku, he's done for! We've got to stop them."

*****

Piccolo and Gohan were training when they felt a huge energy not that far away. "You feel that, Piccolo?" Gohan asked.

"Yes," the Namek said grimly. "And it's not good. It feels like Goku and Vegeta are fighting and it's not a simple sparring match. Let's go."

Piccolo and Gohan quickly flew back towards the house to see Goku and Vegeta fighting in the air and from the looks of it, Vegeta looked at Goku wanting to kill him while Goku continued to block Vegeta blows trying to get him to stop fighting.

"Dad! Vegeta! Stop!" Gohan said.

"Stay out of this, brat!" Vegeta shouted and shot a ki blast at him.

Gohan dodged it. Gohan looked down and saw his mother watching the fight. She wasn't in her robe but dressed in her blue fighting gi. It looked as if she was smiling. He landed in front of her. "Mom, what's going on?"

"Oh, Gohan," Chi-Chi said surprised. "Vegeta attacked me and your father is fighting him."

"Why would Vegeta attack you?"

"He wants me as his wife," Chi-Chi said.

Gohan looked shocked and then tilted his head upwards at the fight.

"Give up, Vegeta," Goku said. "You're no match for me. I can ascend to a Super Saiyan. You don't stand a chance so stop this."

"No, Kakarot! I will fight you to the death! Chi-Chi will be mine!"

"But she's my wife," Goku argued. 'I don't get it. Why is he going after Chi-Chi when it's Bulma he's going to end up with?'

At this time Bulma and the others were arriving in a Capsule Corp. plane. Yamcha and Krillin flew out of the plane to Goku and Vegeta.

"Goku! Vegeta! Stop! It's all a trick!" Krillin shouted.

"Yeah, that's not Chi-Chi down there! It's Tashi! She's turning you guys against each other!" Yamcha shouted.

Chi-Chi gasped. "How did they know that?"

Gohan looked up at Chi-Chi. "Mom?"

The plane landed near the house. Bulma and Master Roshi stepped out. Chi-Chi gasped again and then smirked. "Roshi, so after all these years, you're still alive."

Roshi looked her over. It was Chi-Chi's body but he could see Tashi in her eyes. "Your body is different, but I see it's you, Tashi."

Gohan looked at Chi-Chi. "You are Mom, aren't you?"

The woman laughed, but it wasn't Chi-Chi's laughed. It was Tashi's. "I'm not your mother, boy. She is gone forever, and I'm in control of her body."

Piccolo looked at Chi-Chi. Something wasn't right about her. "Stay away from her, Gohan. That's not your mother."

Gohan shook his head. "No, you're not. You're my mom."

"Silence, child!" Tashi spoke and smacked Gohan into a tree.

"Gohan!" Piccolo cried and went to check on Gohan. Gohan shook his head groaning.

Goku heard Piccolo call Gohan's name. He looked down for a moment and saw Gohan by a tree and Piccolo looking over him. He flew away from Vegeta to check on Gohan who was still rubbing the back of his head. He then looked at woman he thought was his wife. "Who are you and what have you done with Chi-Chi?"

"The woman you know as Chi-Chi is gone. I am in control of this body now."

"No, you're not!" Goku said powering up.

Tashi laughed. "What are you going to do, Goku? Hit me?" She changed her voice to Chi-Chi's. "Your wife? The mother of your child?" She laughed and her evil voice returned to normal. "Get him, Vegeta!"

Vegeta came flying out of nowhere and side blinded Goku. The two resumed fighting again.

"We have to stop them before Goku and Vegeta kill each other," Yamcha said.

"If anyone's going to get kill it's Vegeta," Bulma said worried.

"We have to get that necklace off. It's the only way to beat her," Roshi said.

"Right. Let's do it, Yamcha," Krillin said and the two flew to Tashi to attack her.

Tashi saw them coming toward her. "Two against one? That's not fair," Tashi said and powered up. "You forget I am a Martial Artist." She said and blocked both their attacks.

Yamcha and Krillin couldn't believe this was Chi-Chi they were fighting. They knew she could fight but it seem like her fighting skills had tripled. They were having trouble holding their own against her. While Krillin threw a punch at her and Yamcha a kick, Tashi ducked and kicked Krillin in the stomach and elbowed Yamcha in the chest. Krillin clutched his stomach in pain. He didn't know that the possessed Chi-Chi had that type of power. Yamcha was on all fours coughing up blood and trying to gain his breath. He hadn't felt such a hard punch in a long time and felt a rib or two were broken. Slowly, they rose to fight her again.

Krillin was up first. He flew toward her to punch her again. Tashi grabbed his arm and head butted him. Krillin cried out in pain as blood shed from his forehead. "You should never try hitting a lady."

She grabbed his other arm and kneed him in the stomach repeatedly and hard. "Especially one who has enough power to destroy you!" Krillin cried out as he felt the pain getting stronger and stronger with each blow.

Meanwhile up in the air, Goku and Vegeta were fighting once again. Goku knew he had to stop this fight and save his wife. "This is the only way to stop you, Vegeta," Goku said and yelled as he transformed into a Super Saiyan. Now at higher power than Vegeta, he punch him hard, sending Vegeta plummeting to the ground, knocking him out instantly.

Bulma ran to Vegeta. "Is he dead?" She asked worried as Goku landed to check on him.

"No," Goku said as he powered down to normal. "Just knocked out. He's going to have a bad headache when he wakes up," he told her and saw Krillin and Yamcha taking on Tashi and losing.

Tashi saw that Vegeta was down and she knew she had to make her move. "Time to end this," Tashi said. She looked at Krillin who looked like a rag doll right now. She threw him in the air and raised her hand. "HA!" She yelled and a yellow ki blast left her hand and hit Krillin. "That should take care of the monk for a while. He won't be getting up anytime soon after he crash to the ground anyway." She saw his body hit the ground and Krillin laid their unconscious. "Huh?" She said as Yamcha grabbed hold of her necklace. That enraged Tashi. "How dare you?!"

Tashi put her hand over Yamcha's and pulled it off her necklace. She began squeezing it. Yamcha screamed in pain as he felt Tashi breaking the bones in his hand. She laughed manically as she twisted his arm around and around until a sharp cracked was heard and Yamcha's scream alerted everyone to what was going on.

Gohan and Piccolo looked in shock, unable to move at what Tashi was doing to him. It was impossible seeing a woman in Chi-Chi's body doing this. It reminded them when Frieza held Vegeta captive, beating on his as Gohan, Piccolo and Krillin stood there in shock. Bulma and Goku who were checking over Vegeta looked back and saw Krillin crashed to the ground unconscious and Yamcha screaming in pain.

Yamcha fell to his knees clutching his broken right arm. Tashi kicked Yamcha in the face. He fell flat on his back. Tashi stepped on Yamcha's neck, slowly breaking it and cutting off Yamcha's will to breath.

Unable to watch anymore from the sideline, Gohan ran to Tashi. "Mom, stop. This isn't you."

"I'm not your mother!" Tashi stepped off Yamcha and saw Gohan running towards her. His guard was down because he was thinking of her as his mother so when he approached her, Tashi grabbed Gohan by the throat choking him, lifting him off the ground. Gohan cried in pain.

"Gohan!" Goku cried out running to his son.

Piccolo rushed to Tashi and she saw him. She fired a huge ki blast at the Namek with one hand, knocking him back. She knew it wasn't enough to knock him out, just distract him. Tashi saw Goku coming towards her and so she tossed Gohan aside. While Goku rushed to check on his son, Tashi went to Vegeta.

Bulma stood in front of him protectively as Tashi approached. "You stay away from him."

"Or else what, weakling? You're no match for me." Tashi folded her arms. "Come on, give me your best shot. Try to defend this pathetic man from me."

Bulma knew she wasn't strong enough. She broke Yamcha's hand and arm. She didn't stand a chance but she was going to fight anyway. Bulma punched Tashi. The punched hurt Bulma more than it then Tashi for she didn't flinch while Bulma held her hand in pain.

Tashi laughed. "That's the best you got? Pathetic. Vegeta must like weak woman." She and backslapped Bulma sending her flying to the plane that was twenty feet away, knocking her out on impact.

"Are you okay, Gohan?" Goku asked his son.

Gohan coughed and rubbed his neck as his breathing came back. "I'm fine, Dad, but what about Mom? What's wrong with her?"

"She's been possessed, Gohan, and I'm going to free her," Goku promised.

"What's she doing to Vegeta?" Gohan asked.

Goku turned around and looked at Tashi kneeling at Vegeta's head, her hands on each side, a strange glow surrounded them.

Roshi looked on. "She's taking Vegeta's energy. Like she did with me and Crane."

"What's she going to do with it?" Gohan asked.

"With the power she's taking from Vegeta, she's taking his strength, all his battle wits and fighting techniques. If Vegeta's energy isn't returned to him, he's going to die."

"How can we stop her and get Chi-Chi back?" Goku asked.

"She's controlling Chi-Chi by that necklace and she's going to guard that with her life. There's only one way you can stop Tashi and that is to kill her…meaning killing Chi-Chi."

To Be Concluded

Nisha: Yeah, finally I get to the fights.

Vegea Kalorale: Thank you.

Polka Dot: Chi-Chi's just getting warmed up in her fighting. Goku's just naïve for not noticing.  I will explain more in the end.

Princess: Thank you.

Nisaa: Hmm, I get the feeling you love my story. Well, thank you. Admit it, you love it because Vegeta and Chi-Chi don't sleep together. Hee. Hee.

Catnip: Thank you. I find it funny putting Vegeta in the middle. He's fun to write about.

GD: I know. You want to strangle me for what Chi-Chi did to Gohan. It's not her, and if you think she's bad here, wait until the next one. Sorry about your hand.