Kaira-chan: And now on for my next crappy chapter ^_^
Hope: ... yes, it sucks that much...
Vegeta: Than again, what of Kaira-chan's stories don't suck?
Kaira: -.-; you're all so cruel...
Vegeta: And thank Kami-sama that Kaira doesn't own DragonballZ.
Hope: Although she claims she owns me, Jihi, Tommy and Faith.
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"I don't understand it," Hope said. It was midnight, and she had snuck out. Now she was laying on the grass, on a cliff, staring at the stars. "Jihi, what's with that Faith girl?" she asked one of the stars. It seemed to flicker in response.
The vision was still clear in her mind. There she was, getting beat up by that guy, Miyenu. When Faith came out of no where and punched the invisible guy. He went flying into the dresser. But Hope couldn't understand it. Normal humans couldn't punch that loser, Mr. Satan, who she saw on T.V back more then a few steps. So how could Faith punch a strong guy that hard that he could fly across the room? She just didn't understand. She admitted if it weren't for Faith, she'd be done for. Soon, the stars disappeared, and the sun began to rise.
"I'll talk to you tonight," she said to the sky quietly, before flying to Goku and Chichi's place. She flew into her bed, and went to sleep. About an hour later, Goku walked into her room. "You've been out all night again, haven't you?" He asked quietly, even though he knew she couldn't hear him. He put his hand to her forehead, and using his mind reading technique, he figured out what was bothering her.
Some boy, named Jihi, had died, trying to save her a few years back, and now she missed him.
The phone rang. Goku answered ((My Ra… was I ever…. Come on some, help me find the word I was back then….)). "Hi, is Hope there?"
"Faith? I'd like to thank you for that great plan you though up," Goku said, somewhat ignoring her question. ((I know, lets play the "What lines is Kaira-chan adding/rewriting as she rewrites this fic!)).
"Uh, you're welcome," Faith said uneasily. "Can I talk to Hope now?" she asked.
"Sure, I'll wake her up," Goku said, walking back into Hope's room.
When Hope woke up, Goku handed her the phone. "Tell everyone that I'm going to be gone a while, a couple of days maybe," Goku said, and explained they were all at the mall. ((If anyone can figure out who "They" are, please tell me…))
A while later, she was just leaving for Faith's, when Chichi and the boys came home ((Oh…maybe they're "they…))
"Hope, I'm going out of town for a week, so you, Gohan, Goten and Goku have the house to yourselves," Chichi said.
"But Goku won't be –" Hope started, but stopped when she saw Gohan shake his head. "Um, got to got o Faith's, bye," she said, flying out the door.
* * *
Goku laughed as he picked up another dragonball. He already had four.
"At this rate, I'll have all seven in the next hour," he said to himself, dropping it in his pocket.
Just then, he sensed someone behind him. He spun around. There was a guy, whit black hair. He had cold eyes.
"Give me the dragonballs Goku," the man drawled. Goku's eyes widened. 'he has Cell's voice. He says my name like Cell says my name' Goku thought.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Goku said, standing up.
"You are Goku. You have the dragonballs," He said, obviously.
"My name isn't Goku. You must have me mistaken for someone else. And I don't know what the dragonballs are," Goku lied. Cell had grown much stronger. He didn't even think Gohan would be a match for him now ((Especially considering Gohan's lack of training)).
"Don't you remember me, Goku? It's Cell," the man said.
"I figured that much out already," Goku said. Suddenly, he flew off. Knowing Cell was after the dragonballs made Goku want to find them faster then ever.
* * *
Hope landed on Faith's roof. She looked into the sunroof part. Inside, was all of Faith's friends, well, at least the group Faith usually hung out with. So much for Hope's usual entrance. She flew down to the ground, just as Kathy walked up the drive way.
"Hope, hey," she said. Hope looked her over. Her light brown hair was hanging loosly. A lock of hair hung over each shoulder, while the rest flowed down her back. Her brown eyes were sparkling in the sun. She was holding a wrapped gift.
"What did you get Faith?" She asked.
"What did I get her?" Hope asked skeptic. "What are you talking about?" Hope asked, eyeing the wrapped gift once again.
"Duh. It's her birthday," Kathy said, as if it explained it all.
"And that means..." Hope said, obviously not understanding.
"On someone's birthday, you get them presents," Kathy explained.
"Oh, will..." Hope started digging in her pocket. "Five cents and a stick of gum do?"? She asked, pulling out a nickle, and a piece of gum out of her pocket.
"Add the lint an I think you may have a present," Kathy joked.
"So... it's not enough?" Hope asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I'll tell Faith you went out to do some last minute shopping," Kathy said, ringing the doorbell.
Hope flew towards the mall, as the door opened.
Hope landed at the mall, and rushed in. She first ran into Halmark, grabbed a card, and ran out before anyone saw her. Then she ran into a cloths store, and grabbed a cute outfit she knew Faith would love.
She looked at the door. There were alarms. No worries for her. She was a skilled shop lifter.
She went up to the cashier. "Can I try this on?" She asked.
The girl was admiring her nails, and just handed Hope the keys. Hope ran into the change room, and using a very small ki ball, blasted off the thing that set off the alarm on one of the shirts. She handed the girl back the keys, and put the thing in someone's bag, who was just about to walk out. The alarm went off, and while everyone was looking at the woman, Hope walked out the door, then flew to Faith's blasting the alarm things off as she neared the mansion.
By the time she got there, everyone was changing into their bathing suits.
Hope took Faith aside. "Okay, first you don't tell me it was your birthday, and now you didn't tell me we were even going swimming. Unless I can swim with my clothes, I ain't going," Hope practically screamed. The others didn't hear her however.
"Why?" asked Faith.
"You're my friend right?" Hope asked.
"Best," Faith confirmed.
"You can keep a secret, right?" Hope asked again. Faith nodded. Hope slapped her.
"What the -" Faith said, seeing both Hopes hands were behind her back. She looked over, and saw Hope's tail waving at her. Faith started mumbling something under her breath, but Hope couldn't hear what.
Faith walked to her closet. She pulled out a bathing suit. The bottom had a loop thing, that would completely hide Hope's tail.
"Phone call for Miss Hope," Larrissa said, over Faith's intercom. Faith picked up the phone, and gave it to Hope. The other girls were all goofing off and joking.
"Oh, hi Gohan," she said. The other girls stopped.
"She knows Gohan, as in, really hot Gohan?" Hope heard one of them ask.
"Do you know where Dad is?" Gohan asked.
'Nope, this morning he just said he would be gone, a couple of days a the most," Hope said. She heard something break in the background.
"What was that?" Gohan called away from the receiver. In the background she could here the reply "Uh, was that white glass thing important?"
"Whose over?" Hope asked.
"Nothing," Gohan said, not answering the question. "I'm just going to have a party. High School thing. If you and Faith want to come..." He said.
"Well, would some other people be able to?" Hope asked, looking at the group.
"Oh yeah," Gohan said.
"I'll come if I can," she said, hanging up.
She asked Faith, and soon everyone was piling into the cars to Hope's place.
"I can't believe I'm going to meet Gohan. He is so fine," one of Hope's friends gushed. ((Please remember, this is before I knew he was considered a nerd in high school.))
"I wonder if he remembers me. I sat in front of him in an assembly once," Jodie bragged.
"What's so great about Gohan? He's not like some God or something," Hope screamed, not being able to help herself.
Everyone stopped, and stared at her. They stopped in front of her house. She jumped out and walked into the house. Big mistake. She walked out of the house soaked.
"How, you smell like beer," Faith said, trying not to muffle a laugh.
Hope stormed back ingot the house again. "Whoever did that is so dead! Hope screamed. The rest of the girls went into the house.
"I'm sorry. This one guy sprayed me, so I was getting him back, then you walked in the door and he ducked," Gohan said, coming up to her and started her face.
"Go-!" She started, but he stuffed a sock in her mouth.
"Gohan, do you remember me? I sat in front of you in an assembly once," Jodie called.
He walked away, pretending not to hear her.
Two hours later, the music that was blasting was brought to a quick stop.
"Gohan! Hope!" Everyone heard Goku yell.
Everyone backed away, revealing Hope and Gohan.
"Dad, I'm not as think as you drunk I am," Gohan slurred.
"He means I"m not as drunk as you think I am, Mr. Gohan's dad, sir," Someone called from the back of the room.
"It his was idea," Hope slurred, also clearly drunk.
"Both of you, clean this place up, and Hope, when you're done, someone's waiting for you outside. Everyone else, go home," he yelled the last sentence so everyone could hear.
He went to some teens, who were making out on the couch, apparently oblivious to his presence. He poked them, and told them to leave also.
Hope and Gohan stumbled to work. Faith decided to help, seeing they bother were too drunk to do much good. Eventually they were done, and Hope went outside to see who was waiting for her. She stopped. There was a young teenage male. He had spiky hair, was muscular, and looked about 14.
"Hiji?" She asked.
"Uh, Jihi," he corrected. "Geez, I remembered your name, Tatakai."
"Sorry, I'm a little drunk," she managed to make an actual sentence that wasn't muddled. Suddenly, she became angry. She slapped him (Sending him into a near-by tree) and stormed into the house.
He followed, rubbing his cheek. "Come on, what did I do?" He asked, trying to make her look at him. .
"Hey man, hi girl, thanks again Goku," he said, acknowledging Gohan, Faith and Goku. Then he turned his attention back to the drunk Hope, who had just ran into the wall near her room. "Are you okay?" He asked. She walked into her room and slammed the door in his face.
Jihi went up to Gohan. "What's your name?" He asked him.
"Gohan," he answered. Jihi went to Hope's room again. "Tatakai, it's me, Gohan," he said, changing his voice slightly.
"Go away, Jihi," she grumbled.
Faith went to Hope's room. "It's Faith, can I come in Hope?" she asked.
"The door's unlocked," Hope said. Faith walked in. Jihi tried to follow, but Faith slammed the door and locked it.
"Hope, what's the matter? That guy his hot, why are you so mad at him?"
"He left me, all alone," Hope said, so quietly Faith could barly hear her.
"Well, some guy was attacking us. Jihi was laying there, beat up pretty bad. And I was sitting there, about to be blasted, you know, finished off. And he jumped in front of the blast, and then, he was like, gone," she explained sorrowfully.
"Maybe you and Jihi should talk it out or something," Faith said, getting up. She didn't even think about how he should be dead at the moment.
She walked out of the room, and told Jihi to go in. She sat down beside Jihi, and he stood up and walked into her room.
"Tatakai? What's the matter?" Jihi asked.
"How could you leave me?" She asked him.
"Listen, I'm sorry, but I couldn't let you just die then. You were only 9," he said, taking hold of her shoulder.
"You were only 11!" she countered, screaming.
"Well, I've been training for three years, and I'm probably still stronger then you," he grinned, changing the subject, knowing she would accept his challenge.
"Oh, I'm so sure," she rolled her eyes, smiling at him.
"There's that smile I love," he said, touching her cheek.
"She's smiling," Faith whispered over her shoulder. "I think." Her ear was up to the door, and was listening to Jihi and Hope's conversation, filling Goku and Gohan in.
"You know that guy who killed you?" Hope asked.
"How could I forget?" He replied.
"Did you know Aku was his brother?" Hope asked.
"What happened to Shark, anyway?" Jihi asked.
"After he killed you, I went super saiya-jin, and kicked his a–" Hope was cut off.
"Goku?! Why does it smell like beer in here, and where is Hope?" Chichi screamed.
Hope got up and went to Chichi. "You're home early, Chichi. Why are you back so early?" Hope said, flopping down beside Faith, who had ran from the door when she heard Chichi.
Jihi walked out of Hope's room, and stood in the doorway.
"Goku, did you have a party?" Chichi asked, sternly.
"It was me, dad wasn't home," Gohan confessed.
"And why weren't you home?" Chichi asked, not taking her eyes off of Goku.
"I was looking for the dragonballs," Goku said. "And Cell's back," he added quietly.
"What do you mean?" Gohan cried, jumping off of the couch. Hope had other things on her mind. Like where she had heard that name before.
* * *
"You're getting stronger every day, Tatakai," a young woman said to her nine year old daughter. The woman had short, black hair, spiked outwards at the bottom.
"Not as strong as my Koma, Memma," a young man said, blocking his 11 year old son's punch, and sent him flying into a nearby tree ((Wow.. I had a thing with tree's didn't I?)). To the normal eye, they looked like a normal family ((Minus the fighting O_o... wow... I didn't pay much attention to detail.)). The mother and daughter with black hair, father and son with brown hair. Hardly anyone noticed they all had tails.
"I'm the strongest saiya-jin around, right Memma?" Tatakai asked her mom as they all took a break to eat.
"No way runt, everyone knows I'm stronger then you. So's Memma and O'uma," Koma said, stuffing a cake in his mouth. To most people, it would be weird that the kids would call their parents by their first names, and weirder still that most people knew the family as; mother; June, Father; Jake, daughter; Hope, and son; Tommy.
"Tatakai, I noticed that you would be talented with a sword," O'uma said.
"Why O'uma? Neither of us has ever used a sword before," Koma said, getting jealous that his younger sister was getting more attention then him.
"The way she swings in her punch tells me," O'uma answered. "Here you go, girl," O'uma said, throwing Tatakai a white box. Just then, all four of their heads turned to a forest behind Tatakai and Koma.
"It's a half lizard, half bug thing. The other half must be man," Tatakai and Koma cried out at the same time.
"You humans are so dumb," the creature snickered.
"We aren't humans," Tatakai yelled, about to run at the creature.
Her dad went in front of her. Him and Memma lunged at the creature at the same time. Quickly they were thrown into the woods.
"Mom! Dad!" Tatakai cried. She hardly ever called them that.
"Tatakai, you stay here. I don't want you to get hurt. This guy is way to strong," Koma told his younger sister, trying to protect her.
He lunged at the creature, dodging all of his attacks. He was always really fast. But soon, it stuck the tip of its tail into Koma's arm.
Tatakai watched in horror as it melted away.
Koma cried in pain. Tatakai pressed a button on the box, and a sword with a golden flame running down a silvery blade appeared.
It glowed an eerie green colour. Right away Tatakai could feel power, raw, uncontrolled power, running through her body.
O'uma and Memma cam out of the woods at that moment. "She's the one. When she kills that creep, we can teach her how to use that power," O'uma said. Memma nodded.
Tatakai lunged at the creature, and cut off it's tail. Koma fell to the ground, only one arm left.
"Are you okay?" She asked, concerned.
"It'll grow out," Koma said, clearly in pain.
"Tatakai! Koma! Watch out!" Memma cried as the creature grew yet another tail.
Tatakai grabbed Koma's good arm, and pulled him away, as the creatures tail hit the ground where Koma would've been laying.
O'uma jumped at the creature from behind. It stuck it's tail into the young, second-class saiya-jin warriors stomach. He absorbed him quickly.
"Dad!" Tatakai and Koma cried.
Memma, outraged at what happened to her husband, was about to attack the creature from behind. As he whipped his tail at her, she jumped out of the way, and kicked his head. When it stuck it's tail into her, she said; "Not that it will do any good, but who are you. Before you absorb me, tell me your name. It's a warriors honour to know who was their slayer."
"My name is Cell," he granted, and with that, he absorbed one of King Vegeta's youngest warriors. The first woman first class warrior.
"Koma, run into those trees. I'm still at full health. I think I can hold him off," Tatakai said. Koma looked at her face, which was set in a cold determination, and without another word, he ran into the forest.
Then she used some of the dirtiest tricks she knew of. She lunged at Cell, jumped on his foot, jumped up and poked his eyes. Then she cut off his arm, and ran after her brother.
* * *
"But how did he come back, dad?" Gohan asked. Hope had no idea how much time had gone by.
"Who are you?" Chichi said, noticing Jihi for the first time.
"Uh - wha? Oh, um - my name is Jihi. I'm Tatakai's friend," he said, caught off guard. He was watching Hope, seeing what she'd do about the Cell news.
"Oh, I'm sure you're just friends," ChiChi sneered, remembering what Hope said her name was when they had first met.
Seeing her opportunity, Hope ran for the door. Jihi saw, but was too busy with ChiChi, so he couldn't do a thing.
"May I please be excused?" he asked, looking at the door.
"Fine," ChiChi said, surprised at how polite he was.
Jihi ran out the door, and pulled a scouter out of his pocket. He put it on. It would be easier to find Hope that way.
After he found her signal, he flew at full speed after her.
When he did catch up with her, he bombarded her with energy blasts, then tackled her and brought her down to the ground.
"What the -" she started, spinning around to see who had attacked her.
"You don't stand a chance against Cell, if you couldn't beat him then. He probably has been training and is stronger than ever, just don't do this, not on your own," Jihi said, helping Hope up.
"But, I just want to get back at him. He killed my parents, and after that, I didn't see Koma ever since that day. I just -" Hope chocked up, and a tear ran down her face.
Jihi was completely surprised. Not even when Hope's parents had died, when Jihi found her, she was angry, but not crying. He hugged her, and allowed her to cry into his chest.
"How come you only smile, be happy, or cry around me?" Jihi asked, pulling her away and smiling down at her.
He was almost six inches taller than her. "Jihi, I couldn't do it around my parents or brother, 'cause they'd think I was weak. I already put on a tough girl act for the others, and since you're so weak anyways..." she let her sentence linger.
"Oh, shut up," Jihi stuck his tongue out at her.
Their faces moved closer together.
"There you two are! We've been looking all over for you," Goku said, shining his car headlights on then ((because it was night?)). They pulled quickly away from each other.
"Kakarrot! Get those things out of my eyes!" Hope cried, covering her eyes with her arm.
"Sorry," he said, turning off his headlights. Hope and Jihi jumped in the car, making Faith be in the middle of the two.
"What are you two doing out here?" ChiCHi asked from the front seat as they drove back to Goku's place.
"I saved her from being killed," Jihi answered.
"Did not," Hope grumbled, "I could have took him."
When ChiChi got home, she took Hope and Jihi inside. "Jihi can stay for the night, but I don't like the idea of a teenage couple in the same house. Tomorrow, we'll call Vegeta and ask if he'll let you stay with him, Jihi," she said.
"Prince Vegeta?!" Jihi asked, once ChiChi had finished. He was as surprised as Hope was when she first met him. Hope laughed.
"Tomorrow, what do you two want to do?" Goku asked, walking in the room.
"Train," Hope and Jihi said at the same time.
"Why don't you two train together?" Goku asked.
"Just like old times," they said together, giving each other high-fives.
"Well, I'm allowed to sleep over," Faith said, walking into the room. She had just been on the phone with her parents.
"Good, you can watch Jihi and I train," Hope said. Since ChiChi was in the room, she didn't want to make any grammar mistakes.
The three of them walked into the living room to watch TV. First thing on the TV was the news.
"The thief is up to it again. We thought he stopped three years ago, but whoever it was they've started again. The thief's approach was to somehow get the things that set off the alarm, without spilling any of the ink that's inside it. Then they'd throw it into a customers bag, and some how get out. This time se stole five shirts, and three pairs of jeans," it showed the clothes that were stolen. ((Wow... he sounds so professional **Rolls eyes**))
"Tatakai, I thought you news days were over," Jihi said, glaring at Hope.
"Those were the same clothes you got me for my birthday, Hope," Faith said, glaring at Hope also.
"Uh... oops?" Hope said, looking at both of them.
* * *
"I can't believe Goku didn't want to stay and talk... or be killed," Cell in the human body smirked. "I need those dragonballs to wish back my old body... my perfect body," he said to himself.
"Hi mister," a little girl said to him. She had blond hair, and blue eyes, and was holding a stuffed bear. "What's you're name?" She said, obviously trying to make a friend ((And obviously never hearing that you shouldn't speak to crazy homicidal strangers... erm.. Any stranger actually...)).
"My name is Cell, and I'm back after four years," Cell said, hoping to scare whomever could hear him.
"You're not Cell. Cell was big and green and ugly," she smiled.
"Really now?" he picker her up by her shirt. "As I recall, I used to be nearly perfect..."
* * *
Jihi and hope's heads turned North.
"What is it you two?" Faith asked.
"Come on," Hope said, getting up.
Jihi and Faith jumped up and followed Hope into the kitchen, where Goku and the others were discussing.
Goku had the whole gang over to tell them the Cell news, when they sensed it. Everyone was looking North. "What's with everyone?" Faith practically screamed.
"Jihi, get your scouter," Hope said, holding out her hand. Goku placed it in her hand.
Hope ran out the door, placing the scouter over her eye.
Jihi followed, not wanting her to get hurt.
"It's Cell, I know it," Hope said over her shoulder, feeling Jihi behind her.
Soon she felt the others behind her.
"Gee, thanks for taking me, Hope," she heard Faith comment sarcastically behind her. Goku had grabbed her.
"Sorry," Hope said simply, landing, obviously not sincere.
There, in front of a Café, was a man holding a girl by the front of her shirt. Her mother was screaming, and tons of people were crowded around them.
"That's Cell," Goku said.
Hope walked up to him.
"Put her down, Cell," Hope commanded. Her voice was steady, but you could still sense the anger dripping off her every word.
"Very well," he smirked, and threw her as hard as he could. Hope ran and caught her, before she plowed into a brick building.
Cell charged at Hope. Hope threw the girl to Jihi, and blocked, wincing at the impact.
Jihi had an idea. She always trained better with it, maybe she can fight better with it also, he thought. He pulled a capsule out of his pocket, a CD player one to be exact, and placed a CD within it. The song the began baring out of it was in a different language.
Hope attacked Cell, always in time with the music.
It wasn't until she pulled out her sword that he recognized her as someone other then the pathetic do-gooders and show-offs who had tried to (or in Gohan's case, succeeded in) killing him.
"You. Did you know your parents helped me destroy your brother and defeat you?" he said.
That caught her off guard. She dropped her sword.
"Oh, I forgot, you didn't even know that your brother was gone, did you? Without his arm, he was no challenge for me, and your parents were so weak. Just like you," Cell smirked, punching her in the stomach with every syllable he said. No one else really knew what they were talking about, not even Jihi, who had been told the entire story.
Hope didn't even try to fight back. Her eyes were lifeless, absorbing every word he said. She was in a stunned state of shock.
"There was something your parents wanted to tell you. It was important. About you and your sword I believe. Too bad you'll never find out, since their DEAD!" At the word dead, he punched her in the face, and sent her flying.
"That's not NICE!" Yelled Jihi, coming up behind Cell, and kicking him in the head on the word nice. He was sent crashing into the cement.
"Who are you?" Cell asked him, turning around.
"Like I'd tell you. You can't even fight fairly," Jihi said powering up a ki blast.
He fired the blast, then ran to Hope.
"Tatakai, attack form one," Jihi said lowly. Hope nodded.
Jihi charged at Cell. Cell watched Jihi, preparing himself, waiting to block and attack. Jihi suddenly stopped. Hope jumped out from behind him and fired a deathbeam.
Cell didn't have time to even block.
"Dance form!" Hope and Jihi said, as one of their favorite songs came on over the speakers.
The dodged all of Cell's attacks, making it look like they were dancing.
They attacked, making it look like they were dancing.
Finally, they blasted him to his final (and hopefully permanent) death.
"Now what was that? Tatakai has a weakness?" Everyone heard a voice. A teenage boy, around Jihi's age, walked out of the shadows.
"Happy late birthday, Tatakai," he said, throwing her a wrapped gift.
"It was your birthday? When?" Goku asked.
"Two months ago," Jihi answered, eyeing the other teenage boy with obvious disdain.
"Who are these dorks you're hanging out with, Tatakai?" The boy asked.
"Tein, Yamcha, he's a human, Faith is a human, Jihi, a Saiya-jin, Prince Vegeta," Hope paused.
"Prince Vegeta? The one who used to have a crush on Memma?" The boy looked amused.
"Shut up, boy," Vegeta growled.
"Kakarrot," Hope paused again.
"Oh, the weakling saiya-jin who was too weak to destroy the planet?" he laughed.
"Kuririn is a human, Piccolo is a namek, Gohan is half saiya-jin, half human, so is Goten and Trunks," Hope finished, pointing to each as she said their names.
"Now, what did you get me?" Hope asked, ripping open her presnt. "More weighted clothes," she answered herself, lifting up the same clothes she was wearing, but newer. She looked deeper into the bag that the clothes had been wrapped in. "And a double chocolate fudge cake with chocolate cream and strawberries! How'd you know it was still my fav?" Hope cried joyously. Jihi eyed him, if it all possible, more venomously.
Goku and Vegeta took Hope aside.
"I don't like this guy," Goku growled.
"I did not have a cruse on Memma," Vegeta growled.
"Who is he/" Goku asked.
"My brother," Hope answered, and then turned to Vegeta, "and that's not what Memma told us," Hope smirked.
"So you're Tatakai's brother?" Jihi asked, and the boy nodded in reply. "Cell said he killed you though."
"Well, I guess he'd know it would get to Tatakai," he muttered.
"Why do you guys call her Tatakai?" Faith asked, walking up to the two of them.
"It's her real name," Jihi answered.
"Memma and O'uma just gave each other and us more humany names, because they didn't want everyone to know we were saiya-jins," Tatakai's brother said.
"What's you're humany name?" Faith asked, going into her flirt mode.
"Tommy," he answered.
"Really? I love that name. Cell said you were missing your arm. Looks to me that you have them both," she said, taking his hands in hers. Tommy looked surprised, and Jihi tried to muffle a laugh.
"Yeah, it uh... grew out," he said, wondering what to do.
"Faith," Hope said. Faith spun around to her, pretending she wasn't doing anything. "I see you met Koma," she said, then added in a whisper, "you flirt."
Hope leaned on Jihi, and he put his arm around her shoulder.
"Hey man, get away from my sister!" Tommy commanded, grabbing Hope's arm and pulling her away from Jihi.
"Koma, I'm fine. If I didn't want him to do that, I'd pound him," Hope growled at her brother.
"But -" Tommy started.
"Faith was wondering if you'd go out with her," Hope inturruped him. That shut him up.
She went back over to Jihi, ignoring the looks both her brother and best friend were shooting her.
"Well, Cell's dead. You don't have to worry about me no more," Hope said, leaning against him again.
"Yeah," he answered.
* * *
Hope's sword was still laying on the ground, from the fight with Cell.
"What's this?" A girl asked, walking past it. "It's beautiful! Dad would love thins," she said, walking up to it. She picked it up. It started glowing black. The 15 year old could feel power running through her body. The jewels turned into spikes, and the gold flame turned black. The silver turned a dark gray colour.
The girls blond hair turned gray, her blue choker turned black and grew spikes, and her eyes turned completely white. By the end of the transformation, she looked completely different.
"Need... more... power," she growled.
* * *
"It's a little something called school," Hope told Jihi and Tommy. "I've got to go."
She ran out the door, and caught up with Gohan, Goten and Trunks.
"Should we?" Jihi asked Tommy.
"Let's," he answered, and they ran after Hope.
* * *
"ChiChi didn't get you ready today?" Faith asked, when Hope walked up to her in the school yard.
"Nope, she was still asleep," Hope smiled.
"You didn't do something to her, did you?" Faith asked.
"It wasn't my fault. The sleeping pills were in my hand, I slipped, and they fell into her morning coffee. It wasn't my fault she drank it," Hope said innocently.
Faith laughed.
"What did Tommy said?" Faith asked.
"He's not sure," Hope answered. Just then the bell rang.
Hope and Faith walked in.
"Now, as we all know, school ends next week," Ms. Kuruna started. "We're having a good-bye dance next Friday, where the Guest of Honour will be Hope." The class cheered, but Hope looked surprised.
"Now, as you all know, last week Goku and Chichi, the people who Hope is living with called and said Hope was going for a year of training in the forest. Then they said Hope was going to study space for another year. None of us may see Hope for a while," she said.
Hope looked around. It looked to her like everyone already knew.
"Hope, we were told to keep it a surprise. Since everyone already knew you were going, we managed to each get you a gift," Ms. Kuruna smiled.
"Since you're going to be studying space, I decided to give you some extra textbooks," Todd, the class nerd, said, handing her three huge textbooks. Hope looked at him funny, slightly surprised such a scrawny guy like him could carry the books, but didn't say anything.
"ChiChi's making you study for a whole year? Poor you," Faith said, handing her a special expensive inflatable punching bag.
"They meant I'm going into space," she whispered, accepting another gift.
"Wow," Faith breathed.
"Hope, I was wondering if you would like to go to the dance with me," Tim, the most hottest, and athletic guy in school asked her, handing her a cute stuffed bear, on it was a note.
I know I've seen you fight twice. I know you're a warrior, it read.
"I'm not sure. I might be going with someone," she answered.
Just then, Jihi and Tommy smashed threw the class window ((wow... how ironic/good timing is that?)).
"Jihi! Tommy!" Hope cried, running to her brother and her boyfriend. They looked pretty beat up.
"What's going on here?" Ms. Kuruna asked, walking up to them.
"Ms. Kuruna! Don't go near them!"Faith yelled, getting out her video camera. So far she had recorded all of Hope's battles since the one with Aku.
"What happened?" Hope asked, helping them up.
"Hope, get your sword," Jihi gasped.
"She has one almost identical to yours," Tommy said.
Hope ran to her locker, searching for her sword. ((She's still in elementary, so the lockers are in the class ^-^;; and there's no locks... just thought I'd let you all know)).
"Need ... power," Hope heard a voice. She didn't have time to look, she had to find her sword.
"Hope!" Faith called. Hope looked. The girl had Jihi by the neck. Her mouth was open, and so was Jihi's. A mist-like substance was coming out of his mouth, and going into hers.
"No!" Hope cried, running at her. She jump kicked at the girl. The girl ducked, and Hope flew through the wall.
At least Jihi's energy stopped going into her, hope thought.
Hope jumped back in the school. The girl had put down Jihi, and was waiting for Hope.
As soon as Hope was in, the girl grabbed her arm and spun her around, and into the wall.
She took out Hope's transformed sword, and held it to Hope's throat.
Hope was frightened immediately. She recognized that it was her sword. The sword that could penetrate near anything. Her skin, even with all her power as a defense, was defiantly one of them.
Jihi and Tommy stood up.
"Just call me Swordy," the girl said, moving the sword closer to Hope's throat.
Jihi and Tommy went on either side of Swordy, and pulled her away from Hope. Jihi was more than a little shaky on his feet, after having most of his power drained.
"Hope! Quit playing these childish games. You're disrupting the class!" Ms. Kurana yelled.
"You think this is a game, geezer?" Swordy asked, walking up to the pompous teacher.
She picked up Ms. Kuruna by the shirt, and threw her at the wall.
Jihi jumped in front of the teacher, and went crashing threw a few walls, landing in a Grade 2 classroom.
"Jihi!" Hope cried, running through a Grade four classroom to get to the grade two one.
Hoep threw her teacher off of Jihi, the kids screaming.
"Jihi," she said quietly, picking up hi head.
"Looks like *wince* Swordy's up to *gasp* you and Tommy," he managed to say.
"You're not going to leave me again, Jihi?" Hope asked.
"Not a chance," he smiled, then closed his eyes, falling limp.
"Okay! Swordy, now it's personal! You're going down!" Hope screamed, running through the rooms.
Hope jump kicked her. Swordy ducked. Hope spun around in the air above her, and punched her in the head.
Swordy crashed through the floor into the Grade Eight class underneath them.
Hope jumped through the and started pounding on Swordy.
Tommy jumped down behind her. "Tatakai! Don't get blinded by your anger! She has the advantage right now!" He yelled. Hope ignored him, and went Super Saiya-jin.
"What the hell is this?" One of the boys in the class yelled, his voice going high from the fear.
"Shut up you girl," Tommy sneered.
Faith jumped through the hole, wanting to capture this all on tape.
Tatakai cranked her super saiya-jin up a few notches, becoming more and more angry.
"Give me back my sword! Tatakai yelled.
"Ha! It's my sword now," Swordy said, taking hold of Tatakai's arm and throwing her across the room.
The grade eight's, and the teacher ran out of the room. Bu now it was brought to the office's attention.
"Anyone still in the school, please evacuate," it crackled over the intercom.
"Die!" Tatakai and Swordy yelled in unison, firing energy blasts at each other.
Swordy's blast quickly overpowered Tatakais' and sent her flying.
"Tatakai!" Tommy called.
She looked.
"Use my power!" he said, starting to glow.
"I can handle this without your 'power'," Tatakai sneered. She stepped it up a bit. Her hair went black, and started to float. Her clothes were floating. Her tail turned gold, and started to glow.
"What the -" Tommy looked at Faith. "What is this?" He asked.
"Something Hope managed to do. I call it Saiya-jin beyond. I don't think it has a name," Faith said, taking her eyes off the camera. "She hasn't lost in the from. Swordy's finished," she finished, looking back in the camera.
Tatakai grinned at Swordy.
"You changed again, but I bet it'll be about as useful as your other forms."
"Will you shut up?" Tatakai snapped.
The girl who not only stole her sword, and nearly killed her boyfriend, was now also insulting her power, her fighting skills, and her Saiya-jin pride.
The Saiya-jin Beyond stage was starting to get the better of her.
Tatakai charged and grabbed the sword out of Swordy's hands.
Swordy said something under her breath, and the sword sent a blast so powerful at Tatakai, that she dropped the sword and went sailing through the air, landing painfully on the teachers desk.
Tatakai screamed in pain as she landed. She lay motionless.
"Hope!" Faith yelled running up to her best friend. She began shaking Tatakai.
"Get up Hope," she whimpered.
Tommy no longer cared about what Tatakai had said. The second she went back to a normal saiay-jin, he started glowing again.
An energy ball flew from him to Hope.
As Hope opened her eyes, Tommy collapsed. He had given her all of his energy.
Even with his energy combined, Hope didn't put up much of fight. As Hope lay there unconscious, Swordy was about to deliver the last blow. The one that Faith knew would finish Hope.
Faith snapped. She jumped at Swordy, and threw punch after punch to her face. Swordy couldn't lay a hand on her.
She dodged each of Swordy's attacks, and continued eteo attack her in between. She knocked the sword out of Swordy's hand.
Faith was beating her up so much, Swordy couldn't call the sword back. A necklace Faith had been wearing under her shirt started to glow, and it floated out on top of her shirt.
It was a beautiful necklace. It looked a lot like Hope's sword. It was a dragon pendant. The dragon was silver, with a gold flame running down it's spine. It was holding a gorgeous emerald on it.
The emerald on Faith's necklace looked identical to one of the jewels on Hope's sword.
Faith's emerald started to glow, and a green blast show out of it, and hit Swordy.
She went flying backwards, and was knocked unconscious.
Faith necklace started to glow green-blue.
The light flew through the school, and Hope, Jihi and Tommy were quickly healed.
Swordy turned back to the blond she ordinally was, and her clothes went back to normal. Also, Hope's sword went back to normal.
Jihi jumped down the hole in the roof.
"Tatakai! You finished her off!" he cried out, joyously embracing her.
"Told you you could use my power," Tommy grinned.
"Yeah, I uh... guess..." Hope said, rubbing her head and staring at the girl, confused.
She didn't remember finishing her.
But it must have been me, the only other person here that was still conscious was Faith, she chuckled at herself, for almost thinking Faith could have defeated the girl.
"Congrats Hope," said Faith, not remembering anything about her amazing battle.
Hope picked her sword off the floor.
It started to glow, as did Faith's necklace.
In the middle of the flame on Hope's sword, a platinum dragon appeared.
"Huh?" Hope exclaimed as the dragon appeared.
She looked at Faith's necklace as it glowed.
"The Flame Sword and Light necklace will work together as one, birthing the Dragon's Flame, a most powerful Sword. The two people who own the items, will be the two most powerful beings in the universe once they enhance the power.
"If one understands their power, and understands how to use them both, he'll be unstoppable, immortal to fight forever. But, if one owns both, and doesn't understand one or both, he'll have so much power, such a great hunger for more, that he'll become greedy, and destroy hisself," Hope's mothers voice ran through her mind from years ago.
Hope was in a trance.
Thoughts running through her head. Thoughts about swords and necklaces.
She saw four baby dragons. A black one, a white one, a baby blue one, and a blood red one.
"Hope," the black one said, walking up to her. The others walked up to three other figures, and that's when Hope realized that the four of them were forming a circle.
"Tatakai," the little dragon said once again. It opened its eyes.
The crimson of it's eyes glowed, and shone into her's.
It blinked, and it's eyes were suddenly crystal blue. It's claws dug into her skin, and then put a gem into her pocket.
She blinked, but when she opened h er eyes, she wasn't looking into the face of the dragon. Instead, Jihi stood in it's place.
Hope yelped and stepped backwards, surprised the black dragon wasn't there.
"Well, Hope's back," Faith said, confused why Hope yelped like that.
Hope looked at her sword, then Faith's necklace, but neither were glowing.
That was such a strange dream... so real, she thought.
That night, as she was getting ready for bed, she noticed it.
She had six, small scratches on her stomach. Hope automatically reached into her pocket.
When she looked into her hand, there was a small, black diamond looking back at her.
She knew something was going on, and also knew she wanted to find out what.
But the usually impatient saiya-jin understood that it was something only time would give the answer to.
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Please review T-T This story is so unpopular... it's making the 11 year old inside of me sad...
~~~~Review Replies~~~~~
Crecy:
Lol ^-^ Like I say in the summary "I now realize Hope is a Mary-Sue" ^-^;; I'm glad you like it though ^-^
someonenamedgoggles:
Who does like Mary-sues?