TITLE: Price of Redemption
AUTHOR: Echo the Nymph
DISCLAIMER: I don't own the show.
Chapter 4
Bardock and Adria watched as the other members of the Z senshi got used to the idea of having them around. Their family had accepted them so easily and they already felt like they were a part of it. Yet it was easy to see that the others would have a harder time adapting to them.
"What the hell?" Vegeta spat. "That ki is enormous!" It was so huge that it had nearly ki-blinded him. That would not have made him very pleasent company.
Bardock shook his head firmly, trying to clear it of a cob-weby feeling. He knew what he was about to see, and was trying to fight it off. "We are in trouble. Whoever that warrior is, he is very angry at the people of this world. Something about his ancestors being driven away from here by powerful ningen and...mythical creatures actually."
Krillin looked at him sharply. "How do you know that?"
"I have psychic abilities. Don't ask! I'd rather not relive the experience." Bardock had not sounded like that in their presence before.
Juuhachi placed a hand upon his shoulder. "Better not try to get him to talk about it. People deal with different situations in different ways." Krillin nodded, understanding. What happened in the past could be too painful or difficult to tell. He decided that staying on the good side of these two was more important.
After the others left, it settled down a little more. Yet the ki was still being sensed, and it was getting on their nerves. Goten came barreling down the stairs, wide-eyed. "Tousan!" He leapt into his father's arms. "Why? Why is that ki coming?"
"Goten, calm down. He's coming because of what happened to his ancestors. Easy, there. Whoever he is, he most likely isn't after you." Goku set him down, still trying to calm his youngest. However, what he was doing wasn't calming him.
Adria picked him up and placed him upon her lap. Goten blinked in confusion. She held him in a comforting manner and started humming softly, and ancient nameless tune. He slowly relaxed as she continued to comfort him. When the final note silenced she spoke. "Feeling better now?"
"Yes, arigato." Goten slid off her lap and started towards the door.
"Hold it, young man. It's past your bedtime." Chichi grabbed his arm and steered him back to the stairs. "Gohan!"
"Coming!" He rolled his eyes silently, following her up to their room.
"Is she always like that?" Bardock inquired.
Goku chuckled. "Chichi knows more than she is letting on. That is just a way for her to get the kids out of here without them suspecting anything." His expression grew more serious. "She knows that this battle will be very dangerous."
Chichi came back down and sat next to her husband. Adria scooted closer to Bardock, both women sensing something coming that was more serious than what either of them had previously thought.
Bardock smothered a moan. "We don't have time to find the allies that helped the earlier warriors. All we have is five days at the most."
Chichi wrapped her arms around Goku in response to her father-in-law's words. She buried her face in his shoulder. "I don't want to loose you again!" she cried, tightening her grip.
"Chichi," he began, trying to untangle them without hurting her. "I would rather die protecting you than loose you."
She slapped his cheek, leaving her handprint across it in an angry red. "I have lost you too many times, Goku! Do you realize what would happen to me if you died again?!"
Adria couldn't help herself. She burst out laughing. "Kakkarott, you had better watch it." Her laughter nearly got the better of her again and she nearly fell off the couch.
Bardock caught her arm, keeping her from falling. "Careful, Adria. This planet may not have the gravity Vejitasei did, but it'll still hurt if you land on your tail."
She nodded, calming down. "Her expression looked like one I gave you when you went on the mission before he was born."
Goku alerted with the suddeness of mist vanishing under the sun. "Someone's coming."
A green light shown outside their dwelling then vanished. The next thing they knew, a woman dressed in green stood in the center of the room. She drew back her hood to get an unobstructed view. Gemma's eyes grew wide. How could it be? Did our parents do it right? "Aria?"
~
"Vegeta, quit hovering!" Bulma commanded. He snorted, staying close to her. She was working with chemicals again, and he didn't want her hurting herself. A blue glow startled him out of his reverie.
"Stop, woman. We have company."
She halted at his command, ready to chew him out. Then, she noticed the blue glow that had startled her husband. The light halted right in front of them then the form of Leila came from it. She drew back her hood. "Relax. There is no need for you to be on your guard against me." The Goddess of Time turned to Bulma, then looked to Vegeta again. A smile came over her features. "Althea was right, you are Lilith." Her statement was directed at Bulma.
"What are you talking about? That's not my name." Bulma sounded confused.
Leila lauged. "But it is. Althea had to hide your true identity from you so you would become the woman you had to be. You are Lilith, Elemental Goddess of Water." She placed her hand upon the scientist's forehead, bringing forth memories and the ki that had been long dormant within her. The goddess pulled her hand back then stepped away. "Eventually, you will remember how you first met, for you met before Namek. Before your original quest for the Dragon Balls." Leila vanished in the same light that she had come in.
Vegeta lifted his mate from her seat and carried her into the house. She pulled away from him, still very confused about what was happening to her.
AUTHOR: Echo the Nymph
DISCLAIMER: I don't own the show.
Chapter 4
Bardock and Adria watched as the other members of the Z senshi got used to the idea of having them around. Their family had accepted them so easily and they already felt like they were a part of it. Yet it was easy to see that the others would have a harder time adapting to them.
"What the hell?" Vegeta spat. "That ki is enormous!" It was so huge that it had nearly ki-blinded him. That would not have made him very pleasent company.
Bardock shook his head firmly, trying to clear it of a cob-weby feeling. He knew what he was about to see, and was trying to fight it off. "We are in trouble. Whoever that warrior is, he is very angry at the people of this world. Something about his ancestors being driven away from here by powerful ningen and...mythical creatures actually."
Krillin looked at him sharply. "How do you know that?"
"I have psychic abilities. Don't ask! I'd rather not relive the experience." Bardock had not sounded like that in their presence before.
Juuhachi placed a hand upon his shoulder. "Better not try to get him to talk about it. People deal with different situations in different ways." Krillin nodded, understanding. What happened in the past could be too painful or difficult to tell. He decided that staying on the good side of these two was more important.
After the others left, it settled down a little more. Yet the ki was still being sensed, and it was getting on their nerves. Goten came barreling down the stairs, wide-eyed. "Tousan!" He leapt into his father's arms. "Why? Why is that ki coming?"
"Goten, calm down. He's coming because of what happened to his ancestors. Easy, there. Whoever he is, he most likely isn't after you." Goku set him down, still trying to calm his youngest. However, what he was doing wasn't calming him.
Adria picked him up and placed him upon her lap. Goten blinked in confusion. She held him in a comforting manner and started humming softly, and ancient nameless tune. He slowly relaxed as she continued to comfort him. When the final note silenced she spoke. "Feeling better now?"
"Yes, arigato." Goten slid off her lap and started towards the door.
"Hold it, young man. It's past your bedtime." Chichi grabbed his arm and steered him back to the stairs. "Gohan!"
"Coming!" He rolled his eyes silently, following her up to their room.
"Is she always like that?" Bardock inquired.
Goku chuckled. "Chichi knows more than she is letting on. That is just a way for her to get the kids out of here without them suspecting anything." His expression grew more serious. "She knows that this battle will be very dangerous."
Chichi came back down and sat next to her husband. Adria scooted closer to Bardock, both women sensing something coming that was more serious than what either of them had previously thought.
Bardock smothered a moan. "We don't have time to find the allies that helped the earlier warriors. All we have is five days at the most."
Chichi wrapped her arms around Goku in response to her father-in-law's words. She buried her face in his shoulder. "I don't want to loose you again!" she cried, tightening her grip.
"Chichi," he began, trying to untangle them without hurting her. "I would rather die protecting you than loose you."
She slapped his cheek, leaving her handprint across it in an angry red. "I have lost you too many times, Goku! Do you realize what would happen to me if you died again?!"
Adria couldn't help herself. She burst out laughing. "Kakkarott, you had better watch it." Her laughter nearly got the better of her again and she nearly fell off the couch.
Bardock caught her arm, keeping her from falling. "Careful, Adria. This planet may not have the gravity Vejitasei did, but it'll still hurt if you land on your tail."
She nodded, calming down. "Her expression looked like one I gave you when you went on the mission before he was born."
Goku alerted with the suddeness of mist vanishing under the sun. "Someone's coming."
A green light shown outside their dwelling then vanished. The next thing they knew, a woman dressed in green stood in the center of the room. She drew back her hood to get an unobstructed view. Gemma's eyes grew wide. How could it be? Did our parents do it right? "Aria?"
~
"Vegeta, quit hovering!" Bulma commanded. He snorted, staying close to her. She was working with chemicals again, and he didn't want her hurting herself. A blue glow startled him out of his reverie.
"Stop, woman. We have company."
She halted at his command, ready to chew him out. Then, she noticed the blue glow that had startled her husband. The light halted right in front of them then the form of Leila came from it. She drew back her hood. "Relax. There is no need for you to be on your guard against me." The Goddess of Time turned to Bulma, then looked to Vegeta again. A smile came over her features. "Althea was right, you are Lilith." Her statement was directed at Bulma.
"What are you talking about? That's not my name." Bulma sounded confused.
Leila lauged. "But it is. Althea had to hide your true identity from you so you would become the woman you had to be. You are Lilith, Elemental Goddess of Water." She placed her hand upon the scientist's forehead, bringing forth memories and the ki that had been long dormant within her. The goddess pulled her hand back then stepped away. "Eventually, you will remember how you first met, for you met before Namek. Before your original quest for the Dragon Balls." Leila vanished in the same light that she had come in.
Vegeta lifted his mate from her seat and carried her into the house. She pulled away from him, still very confused about what was happening to her.