Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ but I do own Mara.
Saying Goodbye
Chapter 1: First to the Future
Blood trickled between her fingers as they tightened around the man's neck. His dying cry rent the silence of the destroyed city. Echoing off of the charred, crumbling buildings.
"I'll kill you and your whole damn race." She hissed between clenched teeth, tightening her grip more.
The sun glinted off of her razor sharp claws as she raised her right hand. Pulling backwards, she plunged her hand into his chest. Tearing back, she ripped out his beating heart. With a last gasp of pain, he slumped to the ground, dead. Kicking him away, she bit into the heart, relishing in the taste.
"That's disgusting!"
Out of the corner of her eyes, the girl saw a young man in his late twenties. The wind blew his light purple hair over his eyes. Finishing off the heart, she licked the blood from her fingers. Slowly she turned to him, smiling as the dead mans' blood dripped from her lips.
"Can I help you?"
"You just wiped out this entire city," He pushed his bangs out of his face, "Don't you have any remorse for what you've done?"
Rubbing the blood from her lips, she shrugged, "I was hungry."
"Who do you think you are?" His hair started to turn gold, slowly turning upwards. No one had ever pissed him off like this before, except for his father.
A light blue aura emanated from her skin as she powered up too, "My name is Mara."
"Interesting name, wouldn't you say Trunks?"
She spun around. Another man, looking to be around the same age as the purple-haired man, stood with his arms crossed. His short, spiky black hair waved in the wind. Looking at this new person, she tucked her shoulder length blue hair behind her ears.
"I agree Goten."
Looking from Trunks to Goten, she smirked, "You think that just you two humans can defeat me when a whole city couldn't?"
"We are NOT humans." A gruff voice came from behind her.
Glancing over her shoulder, Mara saw a below average to an average height man, with very spiky hair (and a rather large forehead). He now completed a three-point arc around her.
"Your not!" She blinked, "Then what on Earth are you?!"
"We are Saiyans." A complete, 4 point circle was now finished. Opposite of the large- fore headed man was a taller man with messy black hair.
"Late again Kakkarot." Said the gruff voiced one.
The new arrival smiled, "I had to notify the others, Vegeta."
"Others?" Mara raised an eyebrow, smirking.
Six other men appeared in the other spaces around the circle. Making it impossible for her to escape, unless she flew upwards. This idea didn't quite appeal to her. Her eyes scanned over the group
::If I fly up, they all just appear again. How am I supposed to get out of this mess::
"What are you thinking about?" A tall green man dressed in a turban, cape and purple clothing asked.
Mara examined her claws, "I'm plotting your deaths. By the way, who the hell are you and how the hell did you all just appear like that?"
"We are the Z Senchi. The Protectors of Earth. I am Gohan!" He transformed into a Super Saiyan.
"I'm Goku, or Kakkarot." The messy haired one grinned, going Super Saiyan too.
Powering up, a three eyed my curled his hands into fists, "My name is Tien," Looking down at a little doll sized, clown faced boy beside him, he said, "This is my friend, Chiaotzu."
Trunks smirked, "You already know my name."
She rolled her eyes as the green man took of his weighted cape and turban, tossing them over his shoulder, " I am Piccolo."
"Your not from Earth, are you?" She sighed.
A short man with straight black hair powered up, "He's a Namekian. And my name's Krillen."
"Prince Veg-" Everyone burst out laughing, except for Mara. She looked around at the laughing group. Most of them doubled over in giggles. The "prince's" face turned red. "SHUT-UP!! I AM A PRINCE!!!!" He roared, skipping right to the third level of Super Saiyan.
Giggling, the next man in the circle powered up. Mara noticed he had many scars on his face, "I'm **giggle** Yamcha."
Transforming to a Super Saiyan, the last person grinned, "Last but not least, I'm Goten!"
"You can't all be Saiyans! I-" She began. Gohan stepped forward, "We're not. Only Vegeta, his son Trunks, his daughter Bura, my father Goku, my brother Goten, my daughter Pan and myself are Saiyans. My father and Vegeta are the only full Saiy-" A yellow beam, a foot in diameter shot from Mara's hand and punched a hole through Gohan's chest. Before anyone could react, she shot forward and drop kicked him. He landed miles away. Goten shouted his brother's name, but it was too late.
"What did you do that for?!" Goku shouted, powering up past the first and second levels of Super Saiyan to the third.
Smiling, Mara landed back in the center of the circle, "He talked too much, and interrupted me."
"That doesn't give you the right to kill him!!" Tears flowed down Goten's cheeks as he followed his father's example and powered up to Super Saiyan level three.
Piccolo, who had known Gohan since the half-Saiyan was a child, attacked first. Mara didn't move an inch as he raced forward, arm drawn back, ready to punch. Swinging forward, he punched her square in the jaw. But his fist passed right through her. She still seemed to be there, smiling cruelly at him. From above, Mara flew high speed downwards headfirst. Piccolo had just enough time to turn his head before her outstretched hand dug through the back of his chest. His eyes grew wide as her hand came out the front, holding his heart. Placing her feet against his back, Mara pulled her arm out and flipped backwards.
Dropping the bloody heart on the ground, she turned to the rest of the Z Senchi, all of who were looking VERY angry. "As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted," She wiped Piccolo's purple blood off of her arm on her clothes, "I know for a fact that Planet Vegeta blew up, and I'm damn sure nobody survived. Explain how there could be so many of you on this planet."
"YOU DON'T DESERVE AN EXPLANATION!!!" Krillen cried, running towards her at a very fast speed.
Yamcha, Tien and Chiaotzu followed his example. All four of them charged towards her. Looking up from her arm, Mara's bright green eyes widened as Tien administered a bone crunching kick to the side of her head. Goten stepped out of the way as she went sailing by, crashing into the debris of a destroyed building. Chiaotzu gave a 'good-job-thumbs-up' sign to his buddy for a job well done.
Goku, Goten, Trunks and Vegeta weren't so easily fooled when Mara didn't stand up. The other four faced the pile of rubble with confusion when they noticed the four Super Saiyans hadn't dropped their power levels. The ground beneath their feet began to rumble and shake. All around the world, humans and animals could feel it. Something was definitely going down.
In Capsule Corp. the rest of the Z Senchi's families were getting worried. Bulma and her daughter Bura decided it would be a good idea to lead everyone to a bomb shelter she had outside. ChiChi, Eighteen, Marron, Videl, Pan, Bura and Bulma cowered in the shelter. Soon Mrs. and Dr. Briefs, Bulma's parents, joined them.
"Goku," Krillen shouted, taking to the air, "What's happening?!"
"HOW AM I SUPPSOED TO KNOW?!" Goku yelled over the growing noise, following Krillen into the air.
Suddenly, a beam wide enough to swallow Prince Edward Island burst from the ground below them. Goku and the other three Saiyans managed to fly out of the way before the beam reached their altitude. But Tien, Krillen, Yamcha and Chiaotzu weren't so lucky. All of them were caught in the beam as it flew onwards into space, slowly disappearing.
"How in hell?!" Vegeta gapped at the beam.
Trunks turned to look down at the gigantic hold in the Earth's crust. Far, far below, he could just barely see the molten core of the planet. Since he was the only one noticing it, the heart of the Earth decided to make itself even more noticeable by sending up one heck of a hello.
"RUN!" He screamed, grabbing Goten's arm and rocketing off.
Confused, Goku and Vegeta followed. Only to be plowed into the ground by the shockwave of the monstrous lava geyser. The few remaining Z Senchi were thrown across the country side, separated.
"God damnit!" Vegeta grumbled standing up and looking around, "Where the hell did everyone go?!"
"Oh, they're around," Mara grinned, breaking from the ground in front of him.
"GALATIC GUN!" Vegeta roared, blasting a large yellow beam at her. With a flick of her wrist, she deflected the attack, knocking it over her shoulder and into the air. Immediately, Vegeta launched himself into the air and started firing rapid blasts at her. They exploded the instant they touched anything, including Mara. Everything was torn up by his attack.
Landing on a boulder, Vegeta smiled at his handy work and dusted his hands off, "No possible way a weakling that her could have survived that!"
"Guess I'm not such a weakling then," She said, kicking him in the back, "You were wrong to under estimate me. Dead wrong."
He was knocked from the boulder, but instead of falling to the ground, he spun around in midair. She was already gone. Spit flew from the Saiyan Prince's mouth as her fist made contact with his stomach. The thoughts in his head were running a mile a minute.
::How can she move so fast?! I'm at level three and I still can't see her, let alone attack!::
"This has been fun Vegeta," Mara appeared in front of him, her index finger pointed at his chest, "But I've got three other Super Saiyans to take care of. Enjoy the next dimension."
A sharp cry burst from Vegeta's lips as his body combusted, leaving no trace of him left on planet Earth. With a satisfied smirk, Mara took off, towards the nearest of the three remaining Z Senchi. But, something dropped from the sky.
"Wha?!" She cried as fists pummeled her back, nailing her into the ground.
"You killed him."
Quickly she got up and spun around, nobody was there, just a bodiless voice whispering: you killed him! For the first time in a long while, Mara began to feel scared as the voice grew louder and louder, until finally it screamed in her ear.
"YOU KILLED HIM!!" Trunks shouted. With tears snaking their way down his cheeks, he grabbed her around the neck, "You killed my dad!!"
"Let. GO!" She grunted, rapidly punching him several times in the stomach. He let go, but only to wrap his arms around his waist. Mara raised her fists above her head and brought them crashing down at the base of his neck. The half-Saiyan's eyes snapped open as his spine shattered. She fell to the ground, limp as a wet spaghetti noodle. With her foot, she flipped him over onto his back and crouched down next to him,
"I've hear stories about the Super Saiyans. That you're strong and impossible to defeat," A cold smirk appeared on her face, "Guess I proved those stories wrong."
Trunks didn't say a word. He just stared blankly at her. With a sigh, Mara put her index finger over his heart. A thin white beam pierced through his body. As she was standing up, a small capsule rolled out of his jacket pocket.
"Hmmm, what's this?" She bent down and picked it up, "Oh, it's one of those Capsule Corp. thingies. I wonder which-" Her head snapped up.
Immediately, Mara's eyes scanned the horizon all around her. One of the two remaining Super Saiyans was on their way, and this one was the strongest out of them all. Instead of inspecting the capsule and its contents, she quickly shoved it into her jeans pocket and ducked behind a rock, lowering her power level to the point where it was unnoticeable.
"Trunks? Vegeta? Dad?!" Goten called coming into Mara's view, "Hellloooooooooooo?"
He passed over the area where Trunks and Mara were. As he continued to fly by, the girl moved behind a bunch of different boulders, keeping herself hidden the entire time until she was farther from Trunks then she was before. Slowly, the Super Saiyan made a circle over the land, coming back towards Trunks and the hidden girl. The dense man known as Goten landed on t he exact same boulder she was hiding behind.
"I'm sure the last power I sensed was around this place," He sighed shading his eyes against the sun, "Two powers levels just disappeared. I know for sure that one of them was Vegeta's. The fact that the other PL could be Trunks' or dad's scares me."
Rising up before him, Mara smiled cruelly, "Then prepare to be terrified."
The Super Saiyan snapped his head back in surprise, then he glared at her, "Which one did you hurt?!"
She reached out and turned his head in the direction where Trunks lay, "Go find out for yourself."
Watching her, Goten jumped off the rock and stumbled over to where she directed him. Soon he caught sight of the dead man. The Super Saiyan stood and stared at his best friend in the whole world.
"Can I ask you something before you kill me?" He asked, turning to her.
She shrugged, "Sure."
"Why? Why are you doing this?" Tear filled his eyes, "What has Earth ever done to hurt you?!"
Mara shrugged again, "You did nothing. I would have left this planet all alone if you Z Senchi had just let me leave peacefully."
Silent tears slid down Goten's face, "What are you talking about?"
"I only eat once every two years. So I attack a whole city. Only one city from one planet," She tossed his a Kleenex from her pocket, "It's a different planet every year, so I'm not doing much damage."
"Then why are you killing all of us Protectors of Earth?" He wiped his eyes and blew his nose with the tissue.
Behind her back, Mara formed a energy ball, "Self defense. You've got to remember, you attacked me first."
Goten looked at his friend, "It doesn't really matter if you kill me or my dad. Our families will just use the dragonballs to wish us back."
"I've heard of those," Mara smiled, taking advantage of him not looking, "And thank you for telling me that, I'll make sure to destroy the Namekian guarding them. Oh, and by the way, I can't believe you fell for my little lie." Goten looked as the energy ball was hurled at him, smack in the face. With little time to react, since they had only been a few feet apart, he just let the attack hit him. Not much damage was received from it; even through he was knocked through a couple boulders. Mara followed close behind, pounding him into the ground with many more blasts. With every attack, he was pushed farther and farther down, creating a huge crater. Groaning, Goten opened his eyes.
The girl's smiling face came into focus, "I've got another question: how old are you?"
She placed her claws against the side of his neck, "I'm seventeen years old. You?" "Twenty-nine."
"Pity you've got to die at such a young age," She grinned, tearing out his throat.
Blood, dripped from her claws onto his face. His glazed eyes stared up at her. With a sigh, she stood up and looked about. Closing her eyes, Mara searched for Goku's ki.
"Too far off," She mumbled, taking flight, "He must have run in fear. Oh well, I've got to find that Namek in charge of the dragonballs. But where to look?"
With a shrug, she flew off across the countryside at top speed. Zooming over farms and villages, rivers and lakes and hills and valleys, always keeping an eye out for something that might hint as to where the Namekian was hiding. Until.
WHAM
"Who the hell placed a damn pole in the middle of a forest?!" She shouted, prying her face off the carved wood.
A weird tingle passed through her body as she looked up at the pole. She kept on looking up and up and up and up until it disappeared into the clouds. Being what she was, curiosity got the better of her and she shot up the pole like a rocket. Growing nearer to it's top, Mara could definitely tell something was at the top, and it was waiting for her. Sure enough, something that appeared to be a floating 'island' was drawing closer. It seemed to be made of cement, like a building, but it managed to be floating a foot or two off the top of the pole.
Quickly, the seventeen year old flew up the curved side of the 'island' and came over the edge. There, standing between two rows of trees and flowers, was a short, fat black man, dressed in a turban, vest and white pants. Behind him, a magnificent building loomed tall.
"So it is true," The fat man spoke, "A teenage girl has defeated the Z Senchi."
Mara continued to hover in the air, "I'm looking for a Namek. He's in charge of the dragonballs."
"What makes you think it's a Namekian?" He continued to stare at her with his large, round, white eyes, "Maybe it is I, Mr.Popo, who is the keeper."
The girl's eyes narrowed, "Do not play mind games with me. I know that only Namekian's can control the dragonballs. Now tell me where he is!"
"How do you know that it is a he? The guardian could be a she," Mr.Popo crossed his fingers behind his back, hoping she'd believe him.
She burst out laughing, "Any idiot knows that there are no such things as female Namekians, they are all boys!! Now stop trying to bide your time, and tell me where he is if you value your life."
"As long as Dende and the dragonballs are safe, then I do not value my life."
Rolling her eyes, Mara sighed, "Stupid loyalties. Always bring about your death one way or another."
Moments later, she was walking into the grand building, leaving behind her a devastating explosion. She started walking down a huge hallway, when all of a sudden, it expanded to twice its size, with new hallways just branching off out of no where.
"Come out, come out wherever you are!" She called, putting her hands around her mouth to amplify the sound, "You can't hide forever Dende! I'll find you!"
A tall, green man (looking a lot like Piccolo), with a tall walking stick, stepped out from behind a column, "By the time you find me, Goku will have already found the five remaining dragonballs, and he'll wish back the Z Senchi. Also, for your information, the Saiyans you've killed are going to come back stronger than they were when you killed them."
"Congratulations to them, but I've already found you." She said, pointing at him.
He smiled happily, "Actually you haven't. I am merely a shadow of myself. In fact, there are many shadows planted throughout my home, enjoy your hunt. But mind you, time draws short. Goku now only has four dragonballs to find." \
Grumbling, Mara blasted the shadow and watched it shatter and disappear. She continued to stomp down the halls, blasting each shadow she came to after it told her how close Goku was to the next dragonball and how much time she had left. Finally, she came to the end of the main hallway. It opened up onto the main plaza. The burns of the explosion she had made earlier still smoked.
Every room she had checked had been empty. Devoid of any Nameks, let alone other life forms. All that was left for her to check was a door. It didn't look too special at all. She tried the knob but it was locked. Pulling and pushing with all her might, still Mara couldn't open the door. Stepping back, she placed her hands in a cupped position by her hips.
"KA-" A small, yellow energy ball began to form.
"ME-" It grew larger and brighter.
"HA-" She poured more of her power into it.
"ME-" The blast's energy was enormous.
"HA-" Mora roared, blasting the carefully concentrated beam of energy at the door.
It splintered under the immense power of the Kamehameha attack. Wight an energy ball in hand, for protection, Mara stepped into the room. A gargantuan clock ticked above her head. Gazing around, she walked through the room and out onto a wide, white void.
"God almighty," She gasped, staring at the whiteness stretching to all points of the compass, "Where the hell am I?!"
"The Room of Space and Time. Or you could call it the Hyperbolic Time Chamber," Dende stepped out from around a very tall, very wide hourglass, "It's Mara, isn't it?"
"Yes," She nodded, raising the hand holding the energy ball, "And I've brought a nice present for you."
"Nice try," He laughed, raising his staff to defend himself, "Goku is already preparing to wake the dragon. You have no choice but to face the entire Z Senchi again."
Mara shook her head and threw the ball high into the air. Dende watched it, following the path it took. He thought it was a trick of the light, because to him, it seemed to be getting bigger, brighter and more powerful.
Quietly, Mara turned and ran out the door. She didn't' stop running till she reached the edge of the plaza. There, she jumped and plummeted down towards Earth, using gravity and her flying ability to speed up her descent. A minute later, the look out blew up. The teen was knocked head over heels, just from the sound.
"I really, seriously hope Goku didn't make that wish before I took care of the Namek," She sighed, floating on her back.
Judging by how a Ki far off to her left flared greatly, her was right. It was then that she realized that the capsule she had taken from Trunks was still in her pocket. Pulling it out, she pushed in the top and threw it to the forest floor, fifteen feet below.
Poof
A large, yellow machine appeared in a puff of smoke. It stood on four, prong- like legs. A see-through plastic dome capped off the top. When Mara drew near, the top slowly opened, and she entered it, sitting in the only chair there. Buttons and levers lined a panel in front of her.
"Whoa!" Mara stared, wide-eyed at all the pretty flashing lights, "I wonder which one turns this thingy on."
A screen above the panel opened up and started flashing. It flashed minus twelve in big red numbers, filling the entire screen.
"Red numbers must equal red button!" The teen wrongly concluded, scanning the buttons for a red one, "Nope, no red button,"
She continued searching for a sign of what might start the machine.
"MARA!!"
Standing up, she peered over the edge of the top, "Oh, hello Goku. How ya doing? Ya look pretty damned pissed if ya ask me."
"Get out of that time machine and come face me in battle!!" Super Saiyan level four Kakkarot roared.
The ground rumbled when his awesome Ki flared beyond what she could ever hope to muster. But instead of coming out like he had demanded, she placed her hands on the panel, reflecting on what he had just said.
"Time machine." She cocked her head and looked down at the fuming Saiyan.
All of a sudden, the transparent dome slammed shut, knocking her back into the chair. Moderately fast, the machine rose off the ground, hovering in the air above Goku's head. It started to whir and hum.
"What did I push?!" Mara cried.
With a flash of white light, Mara and the time machine disappeared, leaving Goku screaming with frustration. She was screaming too, but not for the same reason. Her cries were of fear. The time machine barreled through a pitch-black tunnel. Patches of all the colors of the rainbow flashed at random intervals.
Streaks of light blue lightning shot ahead of the machine, tearing a hole in the side of the tunnel. A bright light shone from the hole as it sucked the time machine into its shining light. The bright light became a swirling vortex of colors as Mara blacked out.
NOTE: What'cha think about it, being my first fanfic and all? Please R&R! And, I may not know all the facts to DBZ because I've fallen behind in my watching, but I'm slowly getting there (so some facts might not be right, and if you notice they aren't for the love of God tell me so I can update my DBZ knowledge!)
Saying Goodbye
Chapter 1: First to the Future
Blood trickled between her fingers as they tightened around the man's neck. His dying cry rent the silence of the destroyed city. Echoing off of the charred, crumbling buildings.
"I'll kill you and your whole damn race." She hissed between clenched teeth, tightening her grip more.
The sun glinted off of her razor sharp claws as she raised her right hand. Pulling backwards, she plunged her hand into his chest. Tearing back, she ripped out his beating heart. With a last gasp of pain, he slumped to the ground, dead. Kicking him away, she bit into the heart, relishing in the taste.
"That's disgusting!"
Out of the corner of her eyes, the girl saw a young man in his late twenties. The wind blew his light purple hair over his eyes. Finishing off the heart, she licked the blood from her fingers. Slowly she turned to him, smiling as the dead mans' blood dripped from her lips.
"Can I help you?"
"You just wiped out this entire city," He pushed his bangs out of his face, "Don't you have any remorse for what you've done?"
Rubbing the blood from her lips, she shrugged, "I was hungry."
"Who do you think you are?" His hair started to turn gold, slowly turning upwards. No one had ever pissed him off like this before, except for his father.
A light blue aura emanated from her skin as she powered up too, "My name is Mara."
"Interesting name, wouldn't you say Trunks?"
She spun around. Another man, looking to be around the same age as the purple-haired man, stood with his arms crossed. His short, spiky black hair waved in the wind. Looking at this new person, she tucked her shoulder length blue hair behind her ears.
"I agree Goten."
Looking from Trunks to Goten, she smirked, "You think that just you two humans can defeat me when a whole city couldn't?"
"We are NOT humans." A gruff voice came from behind her.
Glancing over her shoulder, Mara saw a below average to an average height man, with very spiky hair (and a rather large forehead). He now completed a three-point arc around her.
"Your not!" She blinked, "Then what on Earth are you?!"
"We are Saiyans." A complete, 4 point circle was now finished. Opposite of the large- fore headed man was a taller man with messy black hair.
"Late again Kakkarot." Said the gruff voiced one.
The new arrival smiled, "I had to notify the others, Vegeta."
"Others?" Mara raised an eyebrow, smirking.
Six other men appeared in the other spaces around the circle. Making it impossible for her to escape, unless she flew upwards. This idea didn't quite appeal to her. Her eyes scanned over the group
::If I fly up, they all just appear again. How am I supposed to get out of this mess::
"What are you thinking about?" A tall green man dressed in a turban, cape and purple clothing asked.
Mara examined her claws, "I'm plotting your deaths. By the way, who the hell are you and how the hell did you all just appear like that?"
"We are the Z Senchi. The Protectors of Earth. I am Gohan!" He transformed into a Super Saiyan.
"I'm Goku, or Kakkarot." The messy haired one grinned, going Super Saiyan too.
Powering up, a three eyed my curled his hands into fists, "My name is Tien," Looking down at a little doll sized, clown faced boy beside him, he said, "This is my friend, Chiaotzu."
Trunks smirked, "You already know my name."
She rolled her eyes as the green man took of his weighted cape and turban, tossing them over his shoulder, " I am Piccolo."
"Your not from Earth, are you?" She sighed.
A short man with straight black hair powered up, "He's a Namekian. And my name's Krillen."
"Prince Veg-" Everyone burst out laughing, except for Mara. She looked around at the laughing group. Most of them doubled over in giggles. The "prince's" face turned red. "SHUT-UP!! I AM A PRINCE!!!!" He roared, skipping right to the third level of Super Saiyan.
Giggling, the next man in the circle powered up. Mara noticed he had many scars on his face, "I'm **giggle** Yamcha."
Transforming to a Super Saiyan, the last person grinned, "Last but not least, I'm Goten!"
"You can't all be Saiyans! I-" She began. Gohan stepped forward, "We're not. Only Vegeta, his son Trunks, his daughter Bura, my father Goku, my brother Goten, my daughter Pan and myself are Saiyans. My father and Vegeta are the only full Saiy-" A yellow beam, a foot in diameter shot from Mara's hand and punched a hole through Gohan's chest. Before anyone could react, she shot forward and drop kicked him. He landed miles away. Goten shouted his brother's name, but it was too late.
"What did you do that for?!" Goku shouted, powering up past the first and second levels of Super Saiyan to the third.
Smiling, Mara landed back in the center of the circle, "He talked too much, and interrupted me."
"That doesn't give you the right to kill him!!" Tears flowed down Goten's cheeks as he followed his father's example and powered up to Super Saiyan level three.
Piccolo, who had known Gohan since the half-Saiyan was a child, attacked first. Mara didn't move an inch as he raced forward, arm drawn back, ready to punch. Swinging forward, he punched her square in the jaw. But his fist passed right through her. She still seemed to be there, smiling cruelly at him. From above, Mara flew high speed downwards headfirst. Piccolo had just enough time to turn his head before her outstretched hand dug through the back of his chest. His eyes grew wide as her hand came out the front, holding his heart. Placing her feet against his back, Mara pulled her arm out and flipped backwards.
Dropping the bloody heart on the ground, she turned to the rest of the Z Senchi, all of who were looking VERY angry. "As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted," She wiped Piccolo's purple blood off of her arm on her clothes, "I know for a fact that Planet Vegeta blew up, and I'm damn sure nobody survived. Explain how there could be so many of you on this planet."
"YOU DON'T DESERVE AN EXPLANATION!!!" Krillen cried, running towards her at a very fast speed.
Yamcha, Tien and Chiaotzu followed his example. All four of them charged towards her. Looking up from her arm, Mara's bright green eyes widened as Tien administered a bone crunching kick to the side of her head. Goten stepped out of the way as she went sailing by, crashing into the debris of a destroyed building. Chiaotzu gave a 'good-job-thumbs-up' sign to his buddy for a job well done.
Goku, Goten, Trunks and Vegeta weren't so easily fooled when Mara didn't stand up. The other four faced the pile of rubble with confusion when they noticed the four Super Saiyans hadn't dropped their power levels. The ground beneath their feet began to rumble and shake. All around the world, humans and animals could feel it. Something was definitely going down.
In Capsule Corp. the rest of the Z Senchi's families were getting worried. Bulma and her daughter Bura decided it would be a good idea to lead everyone to a bomb shelter she had outside. ChiChi, Eighteen, Marron, Videl, Pan, Bura and Bulma cowered in the shelter. Soon Mrs. and Dr. Briefs, Bulma's parents, joined them.
"Goku," Krillen shouted, taking to the air, "What's happening?!"
"HOW AM I SUPPSOED TO KNOW?!" Goku yelled over the growing noise, following Krillen into the air.
Suddenly, a beam wide enough to swallow Prince Edward Island burst from the ground below them. Goku and the other three Saiyans managed to fly out of the way before the beam reached their altitude. But Tien, Krillen, Yamcha and Chiaotzu weren't so lucky. All of them were caught in the beam as it flew onwards into space, slowly disappearing.
"How in hell?!" Vegeta gapped at the beam.
Trunks turned to look down at the gigantic hold in the Earth's crust. Far, far below, he could just barely see the molten core of the planet. Since he was the only one noticing it, the heart of the Earth decided to make itself even more noticeable by sending up one heck of a hello.
"RUN!" He screamed, grabbing Goten's arm and rocketing off.
Confused, Goku and Vegeta followed. Only to be plowed into the ground by the shockwave of the monstrous lava geyser. The few remaining Z Senchi were thrown across the country side, separated.
"God damnit!" Vegeta grumbled standing up and looking around, "Where the hell did everyone go?!"
"Oh, they're around," Mara grinned, breaking from the ground in front of him.
"GALATIC GUN!" Vegeta roared, blasting a large yellow beam at her. With a flick of her wrist, she deflected the attack, knocking it over her shoulder and into the air. Immediately, Vegeta launched himself into the air and started firing rapid blasts at her. They exploded the instant they touched anything, including Mara. Everything was torn up by his attack.
Landing on a boulder, Vegeta smiled at his handy work and dusted his hands off, "No possible way a weakling that her could have survived that!"
"Guess I'm not such a weakling then," She said, kicking him in the back, "You were wrong to under estimate me. Dead wrong."
He was knocked from the boulder, but instead of falling to the ground, he spun around in midair. She was already gone. Spit flew from the Saiyan Prince's mouth as her fist made contact with his stomach. The thoughts in his head were running a mile a minute.
::How can she move so fast?! I'm at level three and I still can't see her, let alone attack!::
"This has been fun Vegeta," Mara appeared in front of him, her index finger pointed at his chest, "But I've got three other Super Saiyans to take care of. Enjoy the next dimension."
A sharp cry burst from Vegeta's lips as his body combusted, leaving no trace of him left on planet Earth. With a satisfied smirk, Mara took off, towards the nearest of the three remaining Z Senchi. But, something dropped from the sky.
"Wha?!" She cried as fists pummeled her back, nailing her into the ground.
"You killed him."
Quickly she got up and spun around, nobody was there, just a bodiless voice whispering: you killed him! For the first time in a long while, Mara began to feel scared as the voice grew louder and louder, until finally it screamed in her ear.
"YOU KILLED HIM!!" Trunks shouted. With tears snaking their way down his cheeks, he grabbed her around the neck, "You killed my dad!!"
"Let. GO!" She grunted, rapidly punching him several times in the stomach. He let go, but only to wrap his arms around his waist. Mara raised her fists above her head and brought them crashing down at the base of his neck. The half-Saiyan's eyes snapped open as his spine shattered. She fell to the ground, limp as a wet spaghetti noodle. With her foot, she flipped him over onto his back and crouched down next to him,
"I've hear stories about the Super Saiyans. That you're strong and impossible to defeat," A cold smirk appeared on her face, "Guess I proved those stories wrong."
Trunks didn't say a word. He just stared blankly at her. With a sigh, Mara put her index finger over his heart. A thin white beam pierced through his body. As she was standing up, a small capsule rolled out of his jacket pocket.
"Hmmm, what's this?" She bent down and picked it up, "Oh, it's one of those Capsule Corp. thingies. I wonder which-" Her head snapped up.
Immediately, Mara's eyes scanned the horizon all around her. One of the two remaining Super Saiyans was on their way, and this one was the strongest out of them all. Instead of inspecting the capsule and its contents, she quickly shoved it into her jeans pocket and ducked behind a rock, lowering her power level to the point where it was unnoticeable.
"Trunks? Vegeta? Dad?!" Goten called coming into Mara's view, "Hellloooooooooooo?"
He passed over the area where Trunks and Mara were. As he continued to fly by, the girl moved behind a bunch of different boulders, keeping herself hidden the entire time until she was farther from Trunks then she was before. Slowly, the Super Saiyan made a circle over the land, coming back towards Trunks and the hidden girl. The dense man known as Goten landed on t he exact same boulder she was hiding behind.
"I'm sure the last power I sensed was around this place," He sighed shading his eyes against the sun, "Two powers levels just disappeared. I know for sure that one of them was Vegeta's. The fact that the other PL could be Trunks' or dad's scares me."
Rising up before him, Mara smiled cruelly, "Then prepare to be terrified."
The Super Saiyan snapped his head back in surprise, then he glared at her, "Which one did you hurt?!"
She reached out and turned his head in the direction where Trunks lay, "Go find out for yourself."
Watching her, Goten jumped off the rock and stumbled over to where she directed him. Soon he caught sight of the dead man. The Super Saiyan stood and stared at his best friend in the whole world.
"Can I ask you something before you kill me?" He asked, turning to her.
She shrugged, "Sure."
"Why? Why are you doing this?" Tear filled his eyes, "What has Earth ever done to hurt you?!"
Mara shrugged again, "You did nothing. I would have left this planet all alone if you Z Senchi had just let me leave peacefully."
Silent tears slid down Goten's face, "What are you talking about?"
"I only eat once every two years. So I attack a whole city. Only one city from one planet," She tossed his a Kleenex from her pocket, "It's a different planet every year, so I'm not doing much damage."
"Then why are you killing all of us Protectors of Earth?" He wiped his eyes and blew his nose with the tissue.
Behind her back, Mara formed a energy ball, "Self defense. You've got to remember, you attacked me first."
Goten looked at his friend, "It doesn't really matter if you kill me or my dad. Our families will just use the dragonballs to wish us back."
"I've heard of those," Mara smiled, taking advantage of him not looking, "And thank you for telling me that, I'll make sure to destroy the Namekian guarding them. Oh, and by the way, I can't believe you fell for my little lie." Goten looked as the energy ball was hurled at him, smack in the face. With little time to react, since they had only been a few feet apart, he just let the attack hit him. Not much damage was received from it; even through he was knocked through a couple boulders. Mara followed close behind, pounding him into the ground with many more blasts. With every attack, he was pushed farther and farther down, creating a huge crater. Groaning, Goten opened his eyes.
The girl's smiling face came into focus, "I've got another question: how old are you?"
She placed her claws against the side of his neck, "I'm seventeen years old. You?" "Twenty-nine."
"Pity you've got to die at such a young age," She grinned, tearing out his throat.
Blood, dripped from her claws onto his face. His glazed eyes stared up at her. With a sigh, she stood up and looked about. Closing her eyes, Mara searched for Goku's ki.
"Too far off," She mumbled, taking flight, "He must have run in fear. Oh well, I've got to find that Namek in charge of the dragonballs. But where to look?"
With a shrug, she flew off across the countryside at top speed. Zooming over farms and villages, rivers and lakes and hills and valleys, always keeping an eye out for something that might hint as to where the Namekian was hiding. Until.
WHAM
"Who the hell placed a damn pole in the middle of a forest?!" She shouted, prying her face off the carved wood.
A weird tingle passed through her body as she looked up at the pole. She kept on looking up and up and up and up until it disappeared into the clouds. Being what she was, curiosity got the better of her and she shot up the pole like a rocket. Growing nearer to it's top, Mara could definitely tell something was at the top, and it was waiting for her. Sure enough, something that appeared to be a floating 'island' was drawing closer. It seemed to be made of cement, like a building, but it managed to be floating a foot or two off the top of the pole.
Quickly, the seventeen year old flew up the curved side of the 'island' and came over the edge. There, standing between two rows of trees and flowers, was a short, fat black man, dressed in a turban, vest and white pants. Behind him, a magnificent building loomed tall.
"So it is true," The fat man spoke, "A teenage girl has defeated the Z Senchi."
Mara continued to hover in the air, "I'm looking for a Namek. He's in charge of the dragonballs."
"What makes you think it's a Namekian?" He continued to stare at her with his large, round, white eyes, "Maybe it is I, Mr.Popo, who is the keeper."
The girl's eyes narrowed, "Do not play mind games with me. I know that only Namekian's can control the dragonballs. Now tell me where he is!"
"How do you know that it is a he? The guardian could be a she," Mr.Popo crossed his fingers behind his back, hoping she'd believe him.
She burst out laughing, "Any idiot knows that there are no such things as female Namekians, they are all boys!! Now stop trying to bide your time, and tell me where he is if you value your life."
"As long as Dende and the dragonballs are safe, then I do not value my life."
Rolling her eyes, Mara sighed, "Stupid loyalties. Always bring about your death one way or another."
Moments later, she was walking into the grand building, leaving behind her a devastating explosion. She started walking down a huge hallway, when all of a sudden, it expanded to twice its size, with new hallways just branching off out of no where.
"Come out, come out wherever you are!" She called, putting her hands around her mouth to amplify the sound, "You can't hide forever Dende! I'll find you!"
A tall, green man (looking a lot like Piccolo), with a tall walking stick, stepped out from behind a column, "By the time you find me, Goku will have already found the five remaining dragonballs, and he'll wish back the Z Senchi. Also, for your information, the Saiyans you've killed are going to come back stronger than they were when you killed them."
"Congratulations to them, but I've already found you." She said, pointing at him.
He smiled happily, "Actually you haven't. I am merely a shadow of myself. In fact, there are many shadows planted throughout my home, enjoy your hunt. But mind you, time draws short. Goku now only has four dragonballs to find." \
Grumbling, Mara blasted the shadow and watched it shatter and disappear. She continued to stomp down the halls, blasting each shadow she came to after it told her how close Goku was to the next dragonball and how much time she had left. Finally, she came to the end of the main hallway. It opened up onto the main plaza. The burns of the explosion she had made earlier still smoked.
Every room she had checked had been empty. Devoid of any Nameks, let alone other life forms. All that was left for her to check was a door. It didn't look too special at all. She tried the knob but it was locked. Pulling and pushing with all her might, still Mara couldn't open the door. Stepping back, she placed her hands in a cupped position by her hips.
"KA-" A small, yellow energy ball began to form.
"ME-" It grew larger and brighter.
"HA-" She poured more of her power into it.
"ME-" The blast's energy was enormous.
"HA-" Mora roared, blasting the carefully concentrated beam of energy at the door.
It splintered under the immense power of the Kamehameha attack. Wight an energy ball in hand, for protection, Mara stepped into the room. A gargantuan clock ticked above her head. Gazing around, she walked through the room and out onto a wide, white void.
"God almighty," She gasped, staring at the whiteness stretching to all points of the compass, "Where the hell am I?!"
"The Room of Space and Time. Or you could call it the Hyperbolic Time Chamber," Dende stepped out from around a very tall, very wide hourglass, "It's Mara, isn't it?"
"Yes," She nodded, raising the hand holding the energy ball, "And I've brought a nice present for you."
"Nice try," He laughed, raising his staff to defend himself, "Goku is already preparing to wake the dragon. You have no choice but to face the entire Z Senchi again."
Mara shook her head and threw the ball high into the air. Dende watched it, following the path it took. He thought it was a trick of the light, because to him, it seemed to be getting bigger, brighter and more powerful.
Quietly, Mara turned and ran out the door. She didn't' stop running till she reached the edge of the plaza. There, she jumped and plummeted down towards Earth, using gravity and her flying ability to speed up her descent. A minute later, the look out blew up. The teen was knocked head over heels, just from the sound.
"I really, seriously hope Goku didn't make that wish before I took care of the Namek," She sighed, floating on her back.
Judging by how a Ki far off to her left flared greatly, her was right. It was then that she realized that the capsule she had taken from Trunks was still in her pocket. Pulling it out, she pushed in the top and threw it to the forest floor, fifteen feet below.
Poof
A large, yellow machine appeared in a puff of smoke. It stood on four, prong- like legs. A see-through plastic dome capped off the top. When Mara drew near, the top slowly opened, and she entered it, sitting in the only chair there. Buttons and levers lined a panel in front of her.
"Whoa!" Mara stared, wide-eyed at all the pretty flashing lights, "I wonder which one turns this thingy on."
A screen above the panel opened up and started flashing. It flashed minus twelve in big red numbers, filling the entire screen.
"Red numbers must equal red button!" The teen wrongly concluded, scanning the buttons for a red one, "Nope, no red button,"
She continued searching for a sign of what might start the machine.
"MARA!!"
Standing up, she peered over the edge of the top, "Oh, hello Goku. How ya doing? Ya look pretty damned pissed if ya ask me."
"Get out of that time machine and come face me in battle!!" Super Saiyan level four Kakkarot roared.
The ground rumbled when his awesome Ki flared beyond what she could ever hope to muster. But instead of coming out like he had demanded, she placed her hands on the panel, reflecting on what he had just said.
"Time machine." She cocked her head and looked down at the fuming Saiyan.
All of a sudden, the transparent dome slammed shut, knocking her back into the chair. Moderately fast, the machine rose off the ground, hovering in the air above Goku's head. It started to whir and hum.
"What did I push?!" Mara cried.
With a flash of white light, Mara and the time machine disappeared, leaving Goku screaming with frustration. She was screaming too, but not for the same reason. Her cries were of fear. The time machine barreled through a pitch-black tunnel. Patches of all the colors of the rainbow flashed at random intervals.
Streaks of light blue lightning shot ahead of the machine, tearing a hole in the side of the tunnel. A bright light shone from the hole as it sucked the time machine into its shining light. The bright light became a swirling vortex of colors as Mara blacked out.
NOTE: What'cha think about it, being my first fanfic and all? Please R&R! And, I may not know all the facts to DBZ because I've fallen behind in my watching, but I'm slowly getting there (so some facts might not be right, and if you notice they aren't for the love of God tell me so I can update my DBZ knowledge!)