(Author's note: ~Talking telepathically~ (…said…))
Chapter 12- The promise
Three months went by and Katrina and Goten had just started to go out. On Katrina's birthday, Goten gave her a gold charm bracelet, with a cross, a heart, and a dove charms. The two also continued her training with Trunks at 'Vegeta training camp' or a.k.a. 'Boot camp' as she like to call it, but some times they got out of his camp and went to the mountains in the back of Goten's house and trained there, sometimes with Goku. Everyday Goten started to waiting at the gate of Katrina's school before it let out.
"Hey Sara! Where is Kat?" questioned Goten.
"Oh, she's changing from track practices. She should be coming out soon."
"Thanks." Sara, with Jane and Rori all had walked out the gate and went there separate ways.
Goten felt a serge of energy coming from inside the school. After figuring out how much it was, he realized that Katrina must have transformed.
~Hi, Goten, How are you?~ Goten looked around and saw no one, but then he caught the sight of Katrina, walking out from the school. ~Sorry, I had to get changed,~ she said to him.
"Oh, hi!" he replied. He walked over to her and gave her a kiss on the check.
"I felt that you were here, so I transformed fast."
"Oh, no, that's okay. I wasn't I a rush." Goten took her books in one hand and her hand in his other, and walked toward the gate. "What are you doing today?"
"I going to visit my mom, then I have to go to marshal arts at seven, you?"
"I have nothing going on," Goten replied, as the two walked out the gate.
"Is that so, then do you want to join me, today then?" Katrina questioned.
"Sure. Then we can watch the sunset." Goten took his hand that was holding Katrina's and placed in around her shoulder. She looked at him then rested her head on his shoulder.
~Katrina, please you have to help me. Darius has come after Reyna and I. I don't know how long I can hold him off for, please help. You know where I am.~ Katrina's mom pleaded to her daughter. Katrina stopped dead in her tracks. Goten looked down at the girl, her face was pale, and empty.
"Katrina, what's wrong? Tell me what is the matter?" Goten shook her and she did respond. She broke free from Goten's grip and flew off, without a word. Goten was on his way to Capsule Crop. to find Trunks.
"Hey Trunks! Are you home?" He asked barging through the door and looking around. A little girl came from behind the corner.
"Yes, I believe that he is in the gravity room, with my dad."
"Thank you," said Goten going back outside to the gravity room.
"Hey Trunks! Can I see you a minute?" Trunks looked up to see who was talking and got a punch in the stomach.
"Dad, can you hold on a second. Goten's here." Trunks powered down avoiding any more of his attacks.
"Hurry up," Vegeta said angrily. Trunks walked over to Goten.
"What's up?"
"Something is wrong with Kat."
"What?"
"I don't know, one minute she asked me a question and next thing I know she's flying away."
"I'll help you look for her," Trunks said following Goten out the door.
"Where do you think that you're going?"
"Dad, Katrina is acting strange. Goten needs my help," Trunks said over his shoulder. "I have to ask mom for the scouter."
"Yeah, so she is strange. Why is now any different?" Vegeta asked.
"Because she might be danger, is that okay?" Goten snickered back at Vegeta. Vegeta shot a glance at him then ignored him. "I thought so," whispered Goten. Vegeta went to turn off the gravity room, and followed behind.
"Mom, where is the scouter?" Trunks questioned. Bra walked out from the corner, with an innocent look. "Hey Bra! Do you know where the scouter or mom is?" Bra looked over Trunks shoulder to see Reyna and Vegeta.
"I believe that Mom, is in the science wing," Bra said walking to her dad and giving him a big hug. "Daddy, can we go to the park today?"
Vegeta looked down at his daughter and said, "No."
"Oh, please daddy?"
Vegeta couldn't resist his daughter's big eyes, and finally caved in and said, "Fine, I'm taking Bra to the park." Vegeta turned around, with Bra in his arms.
"Mom, are you here?" Trunks looked through the doors that lined the hall. "There you are mom. Do you know where the scouter is?" He found his mother hunched over a table with instruments all over the table.
"Yeah, I think that it's over there in the top drawer," Bulma said pointing to the left of her to a shelf.
"Hey! Thanks mom." Trunks went to the shelf and found it right where his mother said. Then he went out the door and gave his mother a kiss on the cheek as he left.
"Oh, Trunks, if you see your dad, tell him to be home before dinner. That applies to you too," Bulma added.
"I'll try."
He left the room and put the scouter on. He adjusted it, and walked out the front door, with Goten. With a push of the button, the scouter began to pick up energy signals. It sensed one coming from the park, which was Trunks' dad, but he couldn't sense Katrina's.
"Did you get anything?"
"Nope," Trunks replied. "So what do you think is happening?"
"I don't know but I think Darius has something to do with it. I think that we should get back up just in case."
Darius had been flying for awhile and ended up at this underground room in the mountains near some woods. Nefara and Reyna were tied up behind him unconscious.
"Soon, your daughter, Nefara, would be pleading with me to be my wife," Darius said at Nefara.
"She'll never marry you," Reyna muttered trying to wake up.
"Oh, she will after I hurt everyone that she loves." He placed them inside a clear cage.
Katrina landed at an opening in the ground and went in. Katrina walked toward Darius. "Let them go. I'll do anything just don't hurt them," she pleaded.
"Why welcome, I am glad that you came," Darius announced. His voice was coming from behind the corner. "Oh, don't worry I wont hurt them, just as long as you agree to do something."
Katrina looked over to her mother and Reyna. They were all battered and bruised, with their heads looking at Katrina. "Name it."
"I'll set them free, if you marry me. Your mother all ready agreed to the marriage with my parents, for safety,"
"No, don't. You don't have to worry about us, we can handle this ourselves," begged Reyna.
"Leave me alone. The only way for you safety is if I agree. Mom, all ready said yes to save me once now I am repaying the favor." She turned to Darius and looked down at the bracelet that Goten gave her and said, "Fine, I'll marry you but you have to let them go now, and leave anyone that I love alone for ever." Darius went over to a control panel in the corner and began to push some buttons. The shield in front of Katrina fell and she ran toward the occupants. "Mom, I'm sorry, but I couldn't help seeing you and everyone I love get hurt. I had to do it." Katrina hugged her mom and Reyna. "You are going to be all right now. Tell Goten I love him and that I'll miss him," she whimpered in her mother's shoulder.
"Now, my darling, I think that is time for you and me to get married." Katrina turned around.
"Mom, Reyna, leave now," she said over her shoulder.
"But…" Nefara looked at her daughter's sad eyes and said nothing-grabbing Reyna's hand and left.
"For now on you won't harm one them?"
"Yes, I always keep my promises." He went to her and gave her a kiss on the cheek, before he knocked her out. "But, then again. You didn't say anything about you harming them."
At Goten's house,
"What happened, Goten?" Goku questioned.
"Well, I was walking with Kat, home, and Katrina just got pale and flew off," Goten replied. "I know that the last time that we, Trunks and I, fought him before he wasn't that strong, but now, I think that he might be behind of all of this."
"Do you know where she went?" asked Goku.
"No, she just took off and I didn't have time to follow her, but she was heading toward the woods."
"Then what are we waiting for let's go," Trunks said flying toward the woods. Everyone followed behind him. About five minutes later they ended up in the woods.
"Trunks, can you sense where they are?" Trunks pressed a button on the scouter, and looked around. The scouter began to pick up a faint signal coming from ten feet away.
"Hey, I got something. It's over there, about ten feet away. It's weak though," Trunks said pointing to the direction from which the scouter had said. Trunks flew to the spot but saw nothing. "It should be here. Maybe it's underground." Trunks began to look around.
"I have an idea, it almost worked with Buu. OPEN SESAME," Goku yelled causing everyone to fall over.
"That almost worked on Buu?" questioned Trunks. Goku nodded his head.
"How else do you think that Vegeta and I found out how to get out of him?" Goku snickered.
"Hey, look it worked," Goten interrupted. He pointed to the ground that just recently been open.
"See, I told you," Goku gloated.
"Whatever," Trunks said.
"Well, are you guys coming?" Goten questioned descending through the entrance. The rest followed close behind. "Shhh." They entered a dark cave. Goku lit his left index finger like a flashlight. They walked for about three minutes when as they turned the corner, Goku stopped them.
"Wait, I'm sensing something around the corner," Goku announced.
Goten peaked around the corner, and saw Katrina in the corner. Goten didn't even heisted and ran toward Darius. He couldn't resist saying, "You bakemono. Give Katrina back." Goten lunged at Darius knocking to the ground. "Someone try and get Katrina out of there, NOW." Goten was punching Darius in the chest.
"I'll go," Trunks said flying toward Katrina.
"Oh, no you don't." Darius was able to get free from Goten's grip and sent a ki right to Trunks.
"TRUNKS, watch out," yelled Goku he as he went to block the attack Trunks turned around and deflected it before Goku could get there. "Okay, I guess you can handle it," Goku said rubbing his head.
"Hey, thanks for the heads up," Trunks said and continued to help Katrina.
"Any time," added Goku. Goku turned his attention to Goten and Darius.
Goten had lost his grip on Darius again.
"Kat, can you hear me?" questioned Trunks as he got closer he couldn't move any farther. "Goku, can you help me?"
"Sure," said Goku. "What's wrong?"
"Goku, I can't move any farther." Trunk tried again but just hit the wall.
"Um, Trunks, what is wrong?" Goku asked puzzled.
"I think that Darius put up a wall," Trunks remarked.
"I don't see it," Goku replied.
"No kidding. It's invisible," Trunks said with a sweat drop. He walked over to see more closely. When he was at the wall, he wasn't able to walk any further.
"Hey, your right," said Goku, wide-eyed. He felt the air to see how big the hinder was. "Okay, stand back. I'll make this wall come down. Ka…Me…Ha…Me…Ha."
The blast left Goku hand and was deflected off of the wall, and came flying back toward him. Luckily, Goku was able to send it to the ceiling, causing that the ceiling to start caving in.
"Was that part of the plan?" questioned Trunks.
"Not, quit but I think that it will work," replied Goku dogging the falling rock. "Goten, we have to get out of here, the ceiling is caving in." Goku and Trunks started to leave through the ceiling.
"I'll get you later, my daring, you made a deal you remember?" Darius questioned leaving. Goten started to go after him, but then turned back around.
"No, we can't leave Katrina, here. I have to save her," Goten said running to where Katrina was. "KATRINA, can you hear me? KAT, you have to get up." Goten tried to knock the wall down.
"Goten, is that you?" Katrina questioned as she started to open her eyes. "What's going on?"
"Maybe, the barrier would crumble when the ceiling falls," suggested Trunks.
"Katrina, the ceiling is falling so you think that you would be able to protect yourself until the barrier is down?" Goten asked.
Katrina was barely able to nod her head; she was able to put a shield around herself for protection. Goten went through the ceiling. As soon as he left the cave the whole thing fell on top of Katrina. When the dust cleared, Goten started to clear the rocks from where Katrina was.
"Kat, are you all right?" Trunks asked. "Where are you?" Unable to speak, Katrina had increased her energy for a second so that everyone would know that she was all right. Goten had cleared all of the rock, and unveiled Katrina lying down unharmed.
"Kat, are you okay?"
"Yes, I'm fine," she responded. Goten helped her up.
"I guess that I was right about the barrier," Trunks gloated.
"But what are you doing here?" She pushed Goten aside.
"We came to rescue you," Goten replied.
"I don't need your help I had everything under control."
"Oh, you mean being in a force field unconscious, is having everything under control?"
"Yes, as a matter of fact it was. I was saving my mom and Reyna, from harm, also everyone else that Darius was going to threaten." Katrina curled up with her head on her knees, crying. "Now, you came and he might go after you or my mom or Reyna again. I can't let that happen."
"What do you mean, how were you saving them?"
"I agreed to marry him, if he let everyone go. I had too, Goten, I didn't want you to get hurt," she cried, running into his arms.
"Oh, Katrina, I didn't know. You should have let me know, and I could have saved you and everyone else." Goten hugged her.
"No, you couldn't Darius is much more powerful than he looks. I couldn't, he would have harmed them if I brought any body else."
"Um, I don't mean to interrupt but he's back," Trunks said, pointing up toward the sky, behind Goten. Katrina looked over Goten's shoulder whipping a tear from her eye.
"Katrina, what is going on?" Darius asked.
"Nothing, I was just saying goodbye, and then I was going to go and find you," Katrina said walking away from Goten and the rest.
"Katrina, you don't have to go with him you know that?" Goten said as she walked passed him. Katrina looked up, with sad eyes and then swung her arm in the back of his neck. He looked at her with surprise then fell face first in to the ground. "Kat…ah."
"I'm sorry Goten, but I have to." She continued to walk toward Darius.
"Katrina, what do you think that you are doing?" Goku asked coming right behind her and swung his arm. She sensed it and dogged it. Trunks followed behind Goku.
"I'm sorry to do this. This might hurt, but it'll keep you safe. I also now that I'm no match for you. Kawaiikagayakuto." A blue blast shot from her hands. Goku and Trunks tried to avoid it but it served useless, because their bodies became paralyzed and fell limp. "When you wake up, I would take some medicine. It might not hurt now, but in about five hours when you wake up, you'll wish that you didn't attack me, and you stayed on the sidelines." She looked at Darius and flew toward him. "We should leave before Goten wakes up."
"I'm impress you fought the same people that you are trying to save." He placed his arm around her shoulder.
"Leave me alone. I just didn't want them to get hurt, by you, more than what I did," she said brushing his arm off of her shoulder. "Any ways when they wake up they'll forget about me and you and everything that happened today. Even my friends will forget, and my mom won't be able to remember, and if she does she'll have a long time trying to heal everyone."
"Wow, you really went all out on this, didn't you?" asked Darius. "Why don't you want them to remember?"
"Because I don't want to remember the pain that I put them through or will put them through, with my loss." She lowered her head, and one tear came from her eye, rolled down her cheek and landed on the ground. "Just one more thing, what I did will only last if you or me or them won't see us, so please don't let them see you. One by one that sees us will remember."
"Okay, I won't let them see you. Now, come with me. We should get started on our wedding," said Darius.
Katrina looked at him, then down to the unconscious Goten. She flew down to him and gave him a kiss on the cheek then followed Darius.
I love you, and I'm sorry that I hit you, but I'm doing this to save you.