A Different World
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A/N: Hey everyone, sorry for updating like a month later. School's been a drag and I've had many papers to do already. Damn English and History. Anyways I want to thank all of my reviewers for great reviews and hopefully you will all stick with me through all of my later chapters. Please REVIEW AND REVIEW some more and I'll guarantee the more you review, the faster the next chapter will come out. Well enough of my blabbering, here's ch.17. ENJOY!!
Chapter Seventeen
Something Very Unexpected
*********All five of them gazed at the TV, but then whipped their heads around as they heard footsteps coming from behind them…. *********
"Hey guys. What's going on?" Krillin rubbed his bald little head and looked at them with curious eyes. Everyone sighed in relief and averted their eyes back to the television. "Uhhh….ok." Krillin walked around the couch and sat down on the recliner on the other side of the room. He looked at his five younger friends who were entranced with whatever was on the TV and he decided to take a look for himself.
TV Reporter: "Oh well it looks like these two new people have come to help one of the two fighters. Ouch…that had to hurt. I'm still surprised that these…things….are still alive after all of the crucial attacks we are showing you now."
"What the...? Is that Goku, Piccolo, and Vegeta?!" Krillin asked as he gripped at the arms of his chair in anxiety.
"Yes it is Krillin. Jess, my dad, and myself were down there first. That villain, Drake, he came and blew up the grocery store and all the rest of the city as well. We fought him, but then Jess got hurt and Goten, Lexy, Gohan, and Goku showed up and Goku told us to leave, so we left. We saw Piccolo on our way out and here we are now," Trunks answered. Krillin glanced over at Jess who was staring at the screen intently and looked her up and down. ::She doesn't look hurt to me:: He shrugged and continued to watch the television.
"Kami I can't take this! I want to go back out there and help them. I don't care what Goku says, I'm going." Jess stood up from the sofa and was about to walk away until a pair of strong arms wrapped around her waist and pulled her back onto the sofa. Trunks looked at her with sorrow eyes and shook his head at her.
"Sorry Jess, I won't let you go back out there. I don't want to see you get hurt like that again. It was almost worse than you coming back from your training with Lexy." Jess growled in frustration and glanced at the back door that was just on the other side of the room.
"I'm sorry Trunks, I really am, but I can't just let someone else fight for my world. It makes me feel weak, like I am not strong enough to take this guy on and I have to have someone else do it for me. I hate that feeling Trunks….I hate it." Suddenly before anyone could stop her, she jumped over the back of the couch and landed firmly on her feet and dashed for the back door. Lexy, knowing her friend well enough, jumped after her and tackled Jess to the floor before she reached the doorknob.
"Umff….get off of me! I said let me go! I have to help them, I have to!" Jess struggled underneath Lexy's strong hold and Lexy had to strengthen her grip on her friend.
"No Jess! You can't do this. I agree with Trunks, I don't want to see you like that again….please just calm down. Let someone else do the work for once! You've gone through enough!" Jess stopped struggling and just lay there on the ground with a blank expression as those words kept ringing through her mind. Lexy lessened her hold on Jess, but still had a pretty strong grip on her just in case. Everyone walked over to them and kneeled down next to her.
"You know you won't do anything but distract them. You'll just get in the way…that's why we left. I feel the same way Jess, but I will stay here cause I know that they can handle this and I have faith in th-" Whoa guys! Come look at this! It's that villain guy…he's…he's transforming!" Everyone whipped their heads towards Krillin's direction and then to the TV he was pointing to. They all leaped off of the floor and raced over in front of the TV.
TV Reporter: "Something strange is happening…..one of the creatures is getting bigger! He's increasing in size and he has this whitish color tint surrounding his body. Oh my Kami…somebody help-" And the TV turned black.
"Oh my god! What just happened?" Lexy touched the screen with her fingertips and growled in irritation. Goten put his hand on her shoulder and tried to comfort her but she just shrugged him off. "People are hurt and dying out there. I…I think I need to get a drink." Goten nodded and wrapped his arms around her in a nice big bear hug before releasing her and she slowly stumbled over to the kitchen. Krillin sat down on the sofa and grabbed the clicker and flipped through some more channels. "Hey look…there's another channel on with them! Now we get to know what happened!" Everyone gazed at the TV and was relieved to see all three of their friends and family alive, but so was Drake and he was much different now.
"Finally! It's done dad! Can you believe it? We finished this baby in just under a few days." Bulma lifted her creation high into the air and twirled around in happiness while laughing for joy.
"Yes, yes Bulma. We did a fine job on that piece of work. Brilliant idea if you ask me." Dr. Briefs complimented his daughter. Bulma smiled at him and put her invention back on the table and gave her father a big hug.
"Thank you daddy. I couldn't have done this without you." Dr. Briefs chuckled and patted her head.
"No problem dear. Just be sure to get everyone back safely. You never know what will happen with that new piece you added." Bulma sighed and treaded over to her desk chair and sat down.
"I know. The new part is just a little something extra that should help out the process."
"Yea, I guess. I think it is a marvelous idea though sweetie. Having it that when the person or living creature is being transported, anything it is touching with only its hands will be transported with it. Just marvelous."
"Thank you daddy, but I just hope it gets my boys back as well as everyone else."
"Yes, well it shall. Now why don't you go call up Chi-Chi and 18 and tell them to come over and then you can test it while you are waiting for their arrival."
"Sounds good to me. Thanks again dad." She rose from her seat, kissed her father on the cheek, grabbed her invention, and sprung out the door. Dr. Briefs nodded his head and stepped over to his coffeemaker on the counter for a cup of coffee.
Bulma jogged over to the phone in the kitchen and dialed Chi-Chi's number and told her the good news.
"Great, I'll be over there in a few minutes! I can't believe they are really coming back. I'll be over there ASAP! Don't do it without me Bulma."
"I won't Chi. Cya in a little while."
"You bet. Bye." Bulma hung up the phone and dialed 18's number at the Kame house.
"Moshi, moshi. Marron speaking."
"Marron…oh good. It's Bulma. Is your mother around?"
"Yes she is. How are you Bulma? Any good news?"
"Yes that is why I am calling. My invention is done and you want you all to spring over here ASAP."
"YES!!! I can't believe it! Daddy and Goten and Trunks are coming back! I'm so happy! Thank you so much Bulma! I'll tell her and then we'll be over there in like twenty minutes."
"Ok. Good to hear. Cya then. Bye."
"Bye." Bulma hung up the phone and hugged her creation to her chest. "Let's go test you out." She sped out the back door and into the yard to test out her new invention.
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"Hahaha…..you think you can actually defeat me? Fools….." Goku powered up into his SSJ2 form and charged at Drake followed by Piccolo. They threw a series of punches and kicks at his body, but he was much too fast and easily dodged them. Goku grew more and more frustrated as he couldn't land any hits on this guy even in his SSJ2 state. He was suddenly struck in the face and sent flying back towards the ground, but he quickly recovered from the attack and halted himself in midair. He wiped the blood trickling down the side of his mouth with the back of his hand and scowled at Drake. Piccolo continued on with his assault and just barely missed the punch that was aimed for his ribs. He counter attacked with a roundhouse kick to Drake's head, but Drake was fully aware of his next attack and grabbed Piccolo's foot and threw him into another building hundreds of meters away. He smirked and suddenly gathered a large amount of ki in his hands and created a ki ball of about the size of a two-story house ad launched it towards Piccolo. Piccolo, unaware of the giant ball heading towards him, tried to pull himself out of the wall he was in, but was unsuccessful as the huge ball hit him dead on. Goku gazed at the smoke filled area with wide eyes and his whole body started to tremble in anxiety.
"Holy kuso!! That was enough energy to blow up the Earth more than 100 times!" Drake's smirk grew even wider as the smoke cleared and there was no building in sight……and no Piccolo either.
"Hmmm…..looks like he was vaporized as well as that building. Weak fool." Goku growled and looked frantically around for his Namekian friend.
"No. You couldn't have killed him. Piccolo is way too strong for that." As he kept searching the lands around him, his hope for his friend's survival began to dissipate and soon it vanished. Goku clenched his teeth together in anger and finally decided to take it to the next level. He spread his legs apart to support his body and crouched down a bit while flexing his fists at his sides. He powered up and shook with unimaginable rage as he screamed out in fury and his hair started to grow rapidly until it hung at the back of his knees. Drake raised an eyebrow amusedly and crossed his arms over his chest in a superior manner.
"Hmph. I'd think twice if I were you. You are no where near my power level you pathetic little fool." His eyes rolled lazily and a sigh escaped his lips. Goku growled and crouched down into a fighting position.
"Yeah that might be true, but I have something you don't." Drake raised both of his eyebrows and chuckled.
"Oh yeah? And what is that? A dead companion?" Now it was Goku's turn to smirk.
"No. I have a good heart and I promise you that you'll pay for killing all of those innocent people." Drake laughed and smirked evilly at Goku.
"Well then….let's see wh-"Don't leave me out of this! I am still alive and ready to fight as well you sleezeball!" Drake turned around to see Vegeta floating above him with a huge ball of energy resting in both of his hands that were above his head. "Hmph…I hope you like hell. You'll be there for a long while. Final Flash!!" Vegeta released his attack and the huge beam headed straight towards Drake. Drake brought his arms up in front of himself and the beam soon collided with his hands. He battled the beam head to head and kept it from scorching his body. With little effort, he shoved the blast up towards the sky and the beam soared into space to never be seen again…
"Did you guys just see that? Piccolo…", Krillin lowered his head and closed his eyes. Everyone else just looked at a certain object and never took their eyes off of it.
"I can't believe it. Piccolo died after one hit? One hit?! That guy wasn't even that strong!" Jess huffed and clenched her fists in fury. "This isn't fair. This isn't the way it is suppose to be. It's wrong." She titled her head down and squeezed her eyes shut as the mere thought of death ran through her mind repeatedly. Goten sighed and stared at the hurt expression on her face. He treaded over to her and wrapped his arms around her waist and brought her in close.
"It's ok Jess. Just remember that Piccolo's death is not in vain. That Drake guy will be defeated and we'll be the one's to do it. You can count on that." Jess slowing opened her eyes and gazed into Goten's big black orbs. She frowned and shrugged him off of her.
"I don't want to hear it Goten. You must understand, this is MY planet, MY people. I should be fighting out there, not you guys. I've been saying that for the past few hours and now one of your friends is dead when he shouldn't be. He shouldn't have been fighting for my planet, I should. And I will!" She clenched her fists in anger as the rage started to build up inside of her and a blood red aura surrounded her as she screamed in fury and a giant wave of energy was sent through the whole house. Every object around her vaporized as it couldn't withstand the force of the energy and everyone had to shield themselves from the massive power that overwhelmed their friend. Suddenly, Jess unleashed a greater deal of energy and her body started to change shape…
Man, what a cliffy! Sorry for not updating so soon….school has been a bitch and I've been on vacation since I get a lot of breaks. I still do! Well since I doubt I'll get another chapter up before Turkey Day….Happy Thanksgiving and oh yeah….Happy belated Halloween. Lol. Well anyways, I hope you liked the chapter and please REVIEW AND REVIEW!! Oh and I expect to make a Sequel to this story, so there will only be a few more chapters until the sequel comes out. So I hope you all stick with me and look forward to the sequel as much as I do. Till next chapter….