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By the way, I didn't get any suggestions for a name to Alex's attack so I guess it's still open. Anyway, on with the next chapter, I'm kind of tired of sticking with Tien so I'm getting to the point where they go their separate ways. Kind of exciting, eh?
Well, anyway, here comes the chapter! No, really! I mean it!
~~~~~~*** NEW PLACES ***~~~~~~
Hmm, well, I may not be used to flying at high speeds yet, but I've got plenty of time to get used to it, because Tien can't go that fast anyways. "How much longer?"
"Not long now, you should be able to see it now!" He was right, I could see the ball part of Korrin's tower, even though I couldn't see the tower part or the top, I could see the part where Korrin resides.
"Yeah, I see it. Barely."
"Okay, time to start going up!" He flew almost straight up and I followed, fighting back the urge to follow him.
"Hi Korrin!" The little white cat-guy looked shocked to see someone he didn't know act like they knew him, let alone fly by as if nothing was wrong. I smiled as I looked up, and I saw the great big top of the Watch Tower, and knew that I was going to probably be putting Kami in an uncomfortable situation, or maybe not. He is the guardian, after all.
"Stay here, Goku might be up here."
"Okay." I waited as Tien got Kami and checked for Goku. Honestly, I don't know what we planned if Goku was coming down while we were going up. I went over the top as I saw Tien's signal, saying that it was all clear.
I fumbled with my suitcase a bit, which was full of everything I had in this world, even those things that I would need if I was restored to myself again. I grunted a bit as I set the thing down. "Whew, this thing is big."
"Is this the one?"
"Yes, it is."
"Well, let's see what we have here." I stood there nervously as Kami looked me over, I had no idea what to expect. He went into a series of 'Hmm's and 'Ahh's, which made it look like he was thinking really hard, though for the life of me I couldn't figure out what was so hard to figure out. "Okay. Now, what's the problem?"
"Uh, Kami?" He looked back to me, so I continued. "See, I'm not supposed to be like this. When I came here, however that was, I was... uh, changed. And I just want to know if Shenron can help me out of my... situation." Kami looked a bit, puzzled, then turned to Tien.
"So, you've told her about Shenron, eh?"
Tien only shrugged. "No, sir. She seems to know a lot about us, but I know almost nothing about her, except that it was apparently an accident that she even got to this world, and that it was her own energy that changed her. Or, that's the impression I got."
"Yeah, that's the only conclusion that seems to fit." Kami looked back to me.
"Why didn't you tell me that before?" I shrugged, I didn't think it was important. He looked thoughtful for a moment, then turned around and walked back towards the main building part of the Lookout. "I'll have to look this up. It's very complicated, but only Shenron can give you a definite answer."
"What now?" Tien looked down at me, I suppose he was as surprised as I was.
"I guess we... wait?" So, we sat down to wait.
And wait. And wait. And wait some more. Until, finally Kami came back out.
And he was carrying a statue of a dragon, and Mr. Popo was carrying a large book. He looked solemn so I feared some bad news.
"Well, I have some bad news." Looks like I was right.
"What is it?" Tien stood up, not bothering to look at what it was Kami had brought with him.
"Well, I've consulted the book," He gestured toward the book Mr. Popo was carrying, "and have found that it is possible. But there are great risks involved."
I was happy to hear him say it was possible, but a little worried about the risks. "What kind of risks?"
"Well, according to my research... I've found that the chances of someone in your, unique position making a safe recovery is less than one-in-one- hundred."
"And what about the rest?"
He looked me straight in the eye. "The results are not good." I gulped. "You could find that, after being changed back you could find yourself simply going through the same change to this form all over again." Flashes of those memories came back to me and I shuddered. I definitely didn't want to go through that again.
"And what else?"
"Well, the other possibility is that it could simply kill you." Well, that didn't sound so bad, but staying like this was definitely sounding better and better.
"So, what's with the statue?"
Kami placed the statue on the ground, as did Popo to the book. "Well, like I said before. Only Shenron can give the final word. So I thought you might want to ask him yourself." I looked at the items on the ground, then I looked up at Kami. He only nodded.
So, I tried to talk to Shenron, the dragon. I knocked lightly on the glass around the statue and said, "Uh, excuse me. Shenron? Can I ask you a question?" Kami looked like I had said or done something really stupid and shocking, he nearly lost his balance and did a face vault (nearly). "Did I do something wrong?"
Kami laughed slightly and wiped the sweat off his forehead. "Uh, not really. I suppose I should have told you how first." He knelt down to my level and opened the book to the first page and put one hand on it, he then put the other hand on the glass around the statue. "Then you speak to him with your mind." He was silent for a moment, then he looked back to me. "He's ready to speak to you. Go ahead."
"Okay." I did as he had shown me, and I heard Shenron in my head, he said {WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION?}
It was novel, speaking with my mind, but I thought nothing of it. So, I spoke to him. {Uh, Shenron. See, I was wondering if it was within your power to return me to my true form?}
He was silent for a moment, then he spoke again. {I DO NOT KNOW. THIS DEPENDS ON WHAT YOUR TRUE SELF IS.} I didn't know what he meant, but it wasn't a no! Well, not yet anyway. {I AM SORRY. BUT YOUR REQUEST IS IMPOSSIBLE.}
{But, why?}
{YOU CANNOT BE RETURNED TO YOUR PRESENT FORM.}
{Huh?}
{YOU ARE CONFUSED. ALLOW ME TO EXPLAIN.} I had never heard of the dragon explaining anything, but then, he was still inside the DragonBalls, wasn't he? {YOU SEE, THAT WHICH CHANGED YOU FROM WHAT YOU WERE, IS YOUR JING, THAT WHICH CONTROLS WHAT YOU ARE. SO YOU SEE, YOUR CURRENT FORM IS YOUR TRUE FORM. ANYTHING ELSE WOULD BE A FALSE FORM AND YOUR JING WOULD SIMPLY CHANGE YOU AGAIN. OR SIMPLY KILL YOU. I AM SORRY, BUT THAT IS THE WAY IT IS.} Jing huh? I've heard of that, it's supposed to be the energy version of DNA or something like that. Well, that makes sense, I must have screwed it up or something when I pulled out all my ki, or when I got really mad like that.
Well, Shenron has spoken. {Okay, thank you for giving me your time. Good bye.}
{GOOD BYE.} So, I pulled my hands from the mystical objects and looked at the ground.
"So?" Tien was curious, probably because a conversation he couldn't hear had just happened right in front of him.
"Uh, he said... that it was impossible. Something about my Jing."
"Jing?"
"Don't worry about it, Tien. It simply means that Shenron cannot help her." Kami was being helpful. "I was afraid of such a thing. If it truly is your Jing, then that means that you brought it forth. What made you lose that much control?"
I suddenly felt sad and angry at the same time. I looked at the ground and answered, "I don't want to talk about it. It's done and there's apparently nothing I can do about it now." I'm sure I looked sad, or angry, or gloomy, because that's certainly how I felt.
We all sat there for a time, just sitting (or standing) in silence. Till Tien broke the silence by suggesting that we get going. "Yeah, sure. Just lead the way. I'm ready." And we went to the only place where I felt I would be able to stay out of the way.
~~~~ At that place ~~~~
Time Creek Westside Orphanage, or at least that's what Tien told me those scribbles over the door meant. Honestly, I couldn't read that Japanese writing. That's right, I was staying in a Japanese orphanage. How long? I don't know, but I do know that I would stay out of the way, and if anything important happened, at least I would know what was being said, in time anyway.
{Tien, are you sure?}
{Take it easy, there should be some translators here. They deal with a lot of English-speakers in this part of town.} Oh, did I mention that I got Chaotzu to teach me to do thought-speech? Well I did.
{Well, if you say so...} There were so many people here, I wasn't so sure. But hey! I'm strong enough to take care of myself, right?
Tien walked inside and led me to the back. {Adoptions. That's what it says.} I knew that, it was written in English right below the Japanese lettering after all.
I only tightened my grip on my suitcase and followed him inside.
He said a bunch of things I couldn't understand (in Japanese obviously) and looked at me. I smiled. What else was I supposed to do? "Uh, hi." Well, that was smart. But I guess, she wasn't expecting me to act smart, was she?
"Okay, so what's your name?" She went from speaking Japanese to English in the blink of an eye.
"My name? Alex."
"And what about your parents? Why aren't they here?" Tien gave her a really nasty look, but it was too late. I was already lost in my thoughts.
"They're gone."
"Oh, where t..."
"He killed them." I was getting more worked up by the second. "He killed them, right in front of me! And he liked it!" She was in for it now. "He gauged their eyes out, crushed their heads and carved out their hearts!" Now she was really worried. "And he did it, all while smiling. He ENJOYED killing them! My friends, my family. He killed them ALL!" I had nearly smashed my fingers through the handle of the suitcase, but I was still restraining myself, barely. "And I couldn't do a thing to him." Now I was muttering to myself. "No one could. Not even the cop. Cold-blooded killer, deadly monster! I'll never forgive him!" I was staring down at the floor, I was now so lost that I didn't even notice the cold sweat on my forehead. "Nothing... MONSTER!" The room was starting to spin now. "All of them. Dead. Nothing left. Nothing. Nothing!!!" I couldn't see anymore, was there something wrong? No, I was just fainting again. "Oh, man. I... I..." And I blacked out again. Too many bad memories, too soon.
~~~~ Well, let's skip to, when she woke up! ~~~~
I woke to a warm, though slightly stiff bed. "Ungh. Where am I?" I heard a nurse, or whatever she was, say something I still didn't understand, and walked off. Hopefully to get a translator. "Well, it looks like I'm still in Japan." I smiled. "Good."
A lady walked in and looked at me, she spoke in near perfect English. "Good to see you awake! My name is Miss Kainey; I think we'll have a good time together! Tien tells me you're pretty smart! Good for you! But he also told me you want to learn Japanese, is that true?" I nodded my head. "Great! But first, let's get you settled in... do you want to see the rest of the building?"
Well, what could it hurt? "Sure." And I was practically formally introduced to every nook and cranny in the building, or each room anyway. "Hello room." She actually said that! And wanted me to say it! Well, I guess I can't get past my age, oh well. I guess I'll have to get used to it.
After all, I don't have any other choice, do I? Nope, didn't think so.
~~~~~~*** End of Chapter 9 ***~~~~~~
Okay! That's the end of that chapter! Soon she finds out what it's like being so aware of energy while two Saiyans and a Namek are fighting no more than 100 miles away! (Which really isn't that far away considering their power levels!)
Like I said, not by choice, it was all practically forced on her, wasn't it? Well, anyway, it all makes more sense now, doesn't it? If you look up Jing, I'm pretty sure you'll find it described how I've described it here, though some places go into a little more detail...
Well, anyway, I hope to hear from you. So review please!
Alex: Yeah, that sucked.
Alex Ultra: Yup, sucked pretty bad. Oh, well. You're done feeling sorry for yourself, aren't you?
Alex: Hey! That was 15 years ago! I've been through a lot since then!
Alex Ultra: I know! I'm writing that for you too! Remember?
Alex: Oh yeah! Well, whatever. I'm hungry. [Walks off to find something to eat]
Alex Ultra: Uh, sure. While she eats I hope to see you people review me.
REVIEW ME!!!
Uh, that's it, till
LATER
By the way, I didn't get any suggestions for a name to Alex's attack so I guess it's still open. Anyway, on with the next chapter, I'm kind of tired of sticking with Tien so I'm getting to the point where they go their separate ways. Kind of exciting, eh?
Well, anyway, here comes the chapter! No, really! I mean it!
~~~~~~*** NEW PLACES ***~~~~~~
Hmm, well, I may not be used to flying at high speeds yet, but I've got plenty of time to get used to it, because Tien can't go that fast anyways. "How much longer?"
"Not long now, you should be able to see it now!" He was right, I could see the ball part of Korrin's tower, even though I couldn't see the tower part or the top, I could see the part where Korrin resides.
"Yeah, I see it. Barely."
"Okay, time to start going up!" He flew almost straight up and I followed, fighting back the urge to follow him.
"Hi Korrin!" The little white cat-guy looked shocked to see someone he didn't know act like they knew him, let alone fly by as if nothing was wrong. I smiled as I looked up, and I saw the great big top of the Watch Tower, and knew that I was going to probably be putting Kami in an uncomfortable situation, or maybe not. He is the guardian, after all.
"Stay here, Goku might be up here."
"Okay." I waited as Tien got Kami and checked for Goku. Honestly, I don't know what we planned if Goku was coming down while we were going up. I went over the top as I saw Tien's signal, saying that it was all clear.
I fumbled with my suitcase a bit, which was full of everything I had in this world, even those things that I would need if I was restored to myself again. I grunted a bit as I set the thing down. "Whew, this thing is big."
"Is this the one?"
"Yes, it is."
"Well, let's see what we have here." I stood there nervously as Kami looked me over, I had no idea what to expect. He went into a series of 'Hmm's and 'Ahh's, which made it look like he was thinking really hard, though for the life of me I couldn't figure out what was so hard to figure out. "Okay. Now, what's the problem?"
"Uh, Kami?" He looked back to me, so I continued. "See, I'm not supposed to be like this. When I came here, however that was, I was... uh, changed. And I just want to know if Shenron can help me out of my... situation." Kami looked a bit, puzzled, then turned to Tien.
"So, you've told her about Shenron, eh?"
Tien only shrugged. "No, sir. She seems to know a lot about us, but I know almost nothing about her, except that it was apparently an accident that she even got to this world, and that it was her own energy that changed her. Or, that's the impression I got."
"Yeah, that's the only conclusion that seems to fit." Kami looked back to me.
"Why didn't you tell me that before?" I shrugged, I didn't think it was important. He looked thoughtful for a moment, then turned around and walked back towards the main building part of the Lookout. "I'll have to look this up. It's very complicated, but only Shenron can give you a definite answer."
"What now?" Tien looked down at me, I suppose he was as surprised as I was.
"I guess we... wait?" So, we sat down to wait.
And wait. And wait. And wait some more. Until, finally Kami came back out.
And he was carrying a statue of a dragon, and Mr. Popo was carrying a large book. He looked solemn so I feared some bad news.
"Well, I have some bad news." Looks like I was right.
"What is it?" Tien stood up, not bothering to look at what it was Kami had brought with him.
"Well, I've consulted the book," He gestured toward the book Mr. Popo was carrying, "and have found that it is possible. But there are great risks involved."
I was happy to hear him say it was possible, but a little worried about the risks. "What kind of risks?"
"Well, according to my research... I've found that the chances of someone in your, unique position making a safe recovery is less than one-in-one- hundred."
"And what about the rest?"
He looked me straight in the eye. "The results are not good." I gulped. "You could find that, after being changed back you could find yourself simply going through the same change to this form all over again." Flashes of those memories came back to me and I shuddered. I definitely didn't want to go through that again.
"And what else?"
"Well, the other possibility is that it could simply kill you." Well, that didn't sound so bad, but staying like this was definitely sounding better and better.
"So, what's with the statue?"
Kami placed the statue on the ground, as did Popo to the book. "Well, like I said before. Only Shenron can give the final word. So I thought you might want to ask him yourself." I looked at the items on the ground, then I looked up at Kami. He only nodded.
So, I tried to talk to Shenron, the dragon. I knocked lightly on the glass around the statue and said, "Uh, excuse me. Shenron? Can I ask you a question?" Kami looked like I had said or done something really stupid and shocking, he nearly lost his balance and did a face vault (nearly). "Did I do something wrong?"
Kami laughed slightly and wiped the sweat off his forehead. "Uh, not really. I suppose I should have told you how first." He knelt down to my level and opened the book to the first page and put one hand on it, he then put the other hand on the glass around the statue. "Then you speak to him with your mind." He was silent for a moment, then he looked back to me. "He's ready to speak to you. Go ahead."
"Okay." I did as he had shown me, and I heard Shenron in my head, he said {WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION?}
It was novel, speaking with my mind, but I thought nothing of it. So, I spoke to him. {Uh, Shenron. See, I was wondering if it was within your power to return me to my true form?}
He was silent for a moment, then he spoke again. {I DO NOT KNOW. THIS DEPENDS ON WHAT YOUR TRUE SELF IS.} I didn't know what he meant, but it wasn't a no! Well, not yet anyway. {I AM SORRY. BUT YOUR REQUEST IS IMPOSSIBLE.}
{But, why?}
{YOU CANNOT BE RETURNED TO YOUR PRESENT FORM.}
{Huh?}
{YOU ARE CONFUSED. ALLOW ME TO EXPLAIN.} I had never heard of the dragon explaining anything, but then, he was still inside the DragonBalls, wasn't he? {YOU SEE, THAT WHICH CHANGED YOU FROM WHAT YOU WERE, IS YOUR JING, THAT WHICH CONTROLS WHAT YOU ARE. SO YOU SEE, YOUR CURRENT FORM IS YOUR TRUE FORM. ANYTHING ELSE WOULD BE A FALSE FORM AND YOUR JING WOULD SIMPLY CHANGE YOU AGAIN. OR SIMPLY KILL YOU. I AM SORRY, BUT THAT IS THE WAY IT IS.} Jing huh? I've heard of that, it's supposed to be the energy version of DNA or something like that. Well, that makes sense, I must have screwed it up or something when I pulled out all my ki, or when I got really mad like that.
Well, Shenron has spoken. {Okay, thank you for giving me your time. Good bye.}
{GOOD BYE.} So, I pulled my hands from the mystical objects and looked at the ground.
"So?" Tien was curious, probably because a conversation he couldn't hear had just happened right in front of him.
"Uh, he said... that it was impossible. Something about my Jing."
"Jing?"
"Don't worry about it, Tien. It simply means that Shenron cannot help her." Kami was being helpful. "I was afraid of such a thing. If it truly is your Jing, then that means that you brought it forth. What made you lose that much control?"
I suddenly felt sad and angry at the same time. I looked at the ground and answered, "I don't want to talk about it. It's done and there's apparently nothing I can do about it now." I'm sure I looked sad, or angry, or gloomy, because that's certainly how I felt.
We all sat there for a time, just sitting (or standing) in silence. Till Tien broke the silence by suggesting that we get going. "Yeah, sure. Just lead the way. I'm ready." And we went to the only place where I felt I would be able to stay out of the way.
~~~~ At that place ~~~~
Time Creek Westside Orphanage, or at least that's what Tien told me those scribbles over the door meant. Honestly, I couldn't read that Japanese writing. That's right, I was staying in a Japanese orphanage. How long? I don't know, but I do know that I would stay out of the way, and if anything important happened, at least I would know what was being said, in time anyway.
{Tien, are you sure?}
{Take it easy, there should be some translators here. They deal with a lot of English-speakers in this part of town.} Oh, did I mention that I got Chaotzu to teach me to do thought-speech? Well I did.
{Well, if you say so...} There were so many people here, I wasn't so sure. But hey! I'm strong enough to take care of myself, right?
Tien walked inside and led me to the back. {Adoptions. That's what it says.} I knew that, it was written in English right below the Japanese lettering after all.
I only tightened my grip on my suitcase and followed him inside.
He said a bunch of things I couldn't understand (in Japanese obviously) and looked at me. I smiled. What else was I supposed to do? "Uh, hi." Well, that was smart. But I guess, she wasn't expecting me to act smart, was she?
"Okay, so what's your name?" She went from speaking Japanese to English in the blink of an eye.
"My name? Alex."
"And what about your parents? Why aren't they here?" Tien gave her a really nasty look, but it was too late. I was already lost in my thoughts.
"They're gone."
"Oh, where t..."
"He killed them." I was getting more worked up by the second. "He killed them, right in front of me! And he liked it!" She was in for it now. "He gauged their eyes out, crushed their heads and carved out their hearts!" Now she was really worried. "And he did it, all while smiling. He ENJOYED killing them! My friends, my family. He killed them ALL!" I had nearly smashed my fingers through the handle of the suitcase, but I was still restraining myself, barely. "And I couldn't do a thing to him." Now I was muttering to myself. "No one could. Not even the cop. Cold-blooded killer, deadly monster! I'll never forgive him!" I was staring down at the floor, I was now so lost that I didn't even notice the cold sweat on my forehead. "Nothing... MONSTER!" The room was starting to spin now. "All of them. Dead. Nothing left. Nothing. Nothing!!!" I couldn't see anymore, was there something wrong? No, I was just fainting again. "Oh, man. I... I..." And I blacked out again. Too many bad memories, too soon.
~~~~ Well, let's skip to, when she woke up! ~~~~
I woke to a warm, though slightly stiff bed. "Ungh. Where am I?" I heard a nurse, or whatever she was, say something I still didn't understand, and walked off. Hopefully to get a translator. "Well, it looks like I'm still in Japan." I smiled. "Good."
A lady walked in and looked at me, she spoke in near perfect English. "Good to see you awake! My name is Miss Kainey; I think we'll have a good time together! Tien tells me you're pretty smart! Good for you! But he also told me you want to learn Japanese, is that true?" I nodded my head. "Great! But first, let's get you settled in... do you want to see the rest of the building?"
Well, what could it hurt? "Sure." And I was practically formally introduced to every nook and cranny in the building, or each room anyway. "Hello room." She actually said that! And wanted me to say it! Well, I guess I can't get past my age, oh well. I guess I'll have to get used to it.
After all, I don't have any other choice, do I? Nope, didn't think so.
~~~~~~*** End of Chapter 9 ***~~~~~~
Okay! That's the end of that chapter! Soon she finds out what it's like being so aware of energy while two Saiyans and a Namek are fighting no more than 100 miles away! (Which really isn't that far away considering their power levels!)
Like I said, not by choice, it was all practically forced on her, wasn't it? Well, anyway, it all makes more sense now, doesn't it? If you look up Jing, I'm pretty sure you'll find it described how I've described it here, though some places go into a little more detail...
Well, anyway, I hope to hear from you. So review please!
Alex: Yeah, that sucked.
Alex Ultra: Yup, sucked pretty bad. Oh, well. You're done feeling sorry for yourself, aren't you?
Alex: Hey! That was 15 years ago! I've been through a lot since then!
Alex Ultra: I know! I'm writing that for you too! Remember?
Alex: Oh yeah! Well, whatever. I'm hungry. [Walks off to find something to eat]
Alex Ultra: Uh, sure. While she eats I hope to see you people review me.
REVIEW ME!!!
Uh, that's it, till
LATER