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Chapter 17 (my soccer jersey number)- Tricks and Taunts
Blood ran from Gohan's mouth; he wiped it but it just smeared across his face. There was a slight gouge in his stomach, a wound that he could die from if not treated soon. Coughing up more blood, he raised his head to look Mystro straight in the eye. He was a damn cheater; not that you can expect much from a clown, but still, he had blasted him in the gut.
"Having a little trouble are we? I'm so sorry, that one just slipped out of my hands!" Mystro shrieked.
"You monster!" Gohan yelled back.
"Maybe we need more space, it's getting too crowded in here. Well, let's see, I've killed the orange man, and your brother. Oh, and poor Namek over there is half alive, or should I say, half dead? Hahahahaha! Maybe we should kick the green man out? And the bald man too! It will be fun!" Mystro's eyes were like the swirls of a crazy cartoon character.
Not joking, Mystro lifted his hands up and Piccolo and Krillin floated in the air.
"Hey! Put me down! Goku! Help!" Krillin screamed, trying to get rid of the invisible hands holding him up there.
Piccolo was motionless.
"No!" Supreme Kai yelled.
Mystro's eyes flashed and the black hole appeared again. This time Gohan could see down into it, and he saw the tournament, with people lying all over the grass, camping out. Then he saw her. Pan.
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Pan kicked the grass in frustration. The blades and dirt went flying in all directions. She was so helpless, sitting here. Not where she should be. She should be fighting that clown. She should be helping out her father. But no. She was stuck here. On Earth. Suddenly she heard a shout and the wind picked up.
"Pan! Look! The hole!" Bra cried out, pointing up at the swirling
ebony mass of evil.
Pan followed Bra's arm, her eyes traveling upward to see the familiar face of the black hole.
"Trunks! Look!" Pan shouted, motioning for him to come here. Trunks saw her and looked up too, his eyes went round as he saw the hole. He didn't say anything.
Trunks' silence scared Pan, and all of a sudden she was afraid to do anything. Any wrong move could kill all these people. She bit her lip until she tasted blood on her tongue. Then, in that deciding moment, a green hand was suspended in the air coming out of the black hole.
"Piccolo!" Pan charged the hole, and when she got there, she saw the whole scene before her. But they seemed far off; she couldn't reach them. She was so confused. But, regaining her wits, Pan grabbed Piccolo's arm and pulled. She hefted his blood soaked body out and slung him over her shoulder. He was unbelievably heavy. She couldn't hold him.
"Trunks! Catch!" She let Piccolo fall, and down below Trunks caught him. Out of nowhere, an on-fire Krillin came hurling out of the hole at practically the speed of light. Pan went after him, using all of her speed to catch up with him. He was screaming for he really was on fire. Pan's anger boiled again, but this time her fingers grew cold and numb with the madness. She sped up one last time and caught him by the foot. Krillin grew rigid and her hands smothered the fire.
She looked down and couldn't find Trunks. She saw Bra though, hefting Piccolo. She panicked and searched for the hole. It was closing. Damn.
"Bra! Catch him!" And down went Krillin, with Bra grabbing him with one arm as he came down.
"Where are you going, Pan?!" Bra yelled after her.
Pan nodded her head toward the hole and Bra's eyes widened, as Trunks' had.
"You better not Son Pan!"
"Take care of them, Bra! I'm counting on you!" Pan yelled back, and with a grin she took off for the hole.
She stuck her arm threw the swirling black mass and it nearly killed her with the pain. She screamed, for the pain was nothing like she had ever felt. She was in the middle of a portal; of course it was going to hurt. She was tampering with the workings of Hell. Pan regained her concentration and her brow furrowed.
"Ahhhhhh!" She kiahed, and pulled herself through, landing on the ground on her rump. She glanced down at her hands (which were still covered with Piccolo's and Krillin's blood) but then her eyes traveled to the sky, and then back to the ground. But the ground was the sky. How odd, Pan thought, to be sitting on the sky.
"Pan! Oh my god! Are you okay?" Pan's father came limping up to her, a bloody wound in his gut.
"Dad! What happened to you?!" Pan exclaimed, standing up and leaning her father on her shoulder.
"I happened to him," the clown said.
"Who do you think you are! Coming to Earth and killing a bunch of people!" Pan cried, but the Supreme Kai came up behind her and with surprising strength held her back.
"Calm down, Pan. This is not the way to go about it," Kai said in her ear. Pan took his advice and relaxed.
Pan looked around a bit more; her Grandpa Goku and Trunks were a few feet away from them. Goku was holding Trunks back, like the Supreme Kai was holding Pan. What is this? Pan thought. We aren't children. It seemed to her that the older Z fighters were trying to keep the "kids" from getting hurt. What a time to act the protective! Right when they could all die.
"I am an all powerful super being. No one created me; I have just always been here. I am the fear of all children. The scaring of the dark. The monsters under your bed, little girl. Do not try me. I know all about you, what you are afraid of, what you really feel, and what's in the dark depths of your heart. I know all about those corners of your mind that you've shut out, the cobwebs you keep there, the fears you try to overcome but can't. Nothing and no one can destroy me. I encourage you all to give it a shot though. I haven't had this much fun since........well.......never! Hahahaha! Who's next then?" Mystro finished his long, bone chilling speech and slid into a fighting stance.
Goku, Supreme Kai, and Vegeta all stepped forward. Now you may think that this clown doesn't stand an inkling of a chance. Honestly, Goku and Vegeta? Super Ascended like 5 times saiyans? Plus they are working together and if you add the Supreme Kai of the Earth, you get a dead clown. But this is where you are wrong. If you recall before in Mystro's speech, he told you that he knows you. Each and every one of you. You are all a part of him. All of the fear that you keep bottled up inside you has come out to form the evil being that stands here now. Just keep that in mind.
"Three against one, that's not really fair, now is it? Oh well! You'll all end up dead anyway, so why should I care?" Mystro said, and with this last statement, he disappeared.
"Where did he go?" Vegeta asked.
"He's here!" And Goku whipped around and threw a punch into the air. "Damn it! I lost him."
They stood all three back to back now, after Goku's little hallucination. But you couldn't blame him. Mystro was everywhere, either that, or moving really fast.
Pan and Gohan and Trunks just all stood by and watched, praying that this night (or day) would end soon, but in their favor. Ki blasts out of nowhere flew at the Z fighters, and they were scattered. Now that the three of them weren't together anymore, it was much easier for Mystro to get them. He went from one to the other, attacking and playing with each one before he got bored and went to the next fighter. It was horrid to watch; he'd beat Goku up; then move to Vegeta, and then Kai. Then by the time he got around back to the beginning, Goku would be ready to fight again. So they couldn't really gain any sort of strategy from this. Pan felt so helpless again, except that she was here, and she still couldn't do anything.
Trunks was just as frustrated. They were getting absolutely nowhere by waiting for Mystro to come for them. So he jumped in.
"Trunks! No!" This came from Gohan, who wasn't capable of doing anything at all at the moment.
"Stop waiting for him and fight!" Trunks yelled at the top of his lungs. Goku and the others took notice and it was almost like they were waking up from a dream. Mystro came at Goku but this time Trunks came with him, Vegeta and Kai too. They all ganged up on him and at last! One of them hit Mystro on the back of the head and he fell down....... down.......and hit the ground (or sky, whichever you like). Vegeta charged up and made an energy ball in his hands. He meant to hit the clown while he was down.
But Pan saw a flicker of movement in Mystro's eyes. Vegeta pulled his arms back, ready to throw it but......wait. He froze right where he was and his eyes went round and wide. He seemed to be staring at nothing. Then the ball disintegrated and left his hands, fully dissolved. Vegeta screamed like he was dying and he went into an almost insane fit.
"Vegeta!"
"Dad!"
"What the hell!"
Powering up, Vegeta screamed, "No!" over and over, then finally, losing his strength and will, he fell.
"Dad!" Trunks flew after him, and caught his father midway. He floated down and put him on the ground.
"Dad? Are you okay? Speak to me!" Trunks was crying, even though Vegeta was still breathing. Pan couldn't imagine what it would be like to see your dad go insane like that.
"What did you do to him?!" Goku yelled at Mystro, who now stood up with a grin on his face.
"Simple," he said, his eyebrows rising as if anyone who didn't know was ignorant. " I found out what he feared the most, and used that against him. No, no," he said, waving his finger like scolding young children, " Don't ask me what he's scared of, I'm not allowed to give that information. Strictly confidential. How would you feel if I told all your secrets to your friends? You wouldn't be very comfortable with that, now would you?" Mystro said, taunting them all. (A/N I advise you guys to remember that.)
"You imbecile!" Goku yelled, and charged the clown.
Mystro held out his arm, and Goku was frozen in place.
"Now, now, don't lose your temper. You don't want to go through what your friend over there went through, do you? Because that can be arranged. For instance, your son Gohan over here has very mixing emotions. Unlike Vegeta, who refuses to let any emotions show through that rock hard façade of his. Gohan is afraid of many things."
Pan looked at her dad, whose teeth were ground together, in pain and anger.
"He is terrified of losing anyone. He went through numerous deaths as a child, and he's not sure what he would do with himself if he lost his loved ones. Pan, why doesn't your father let you fight? You're a top fighter, I know you are, and I know you know you are. Does Gohan trust you?"
"Of course he does!" Pan shouted, trying to override the unsure feelings she was having. Everyone had stopped and was staring at them.
"Well, if he does, then how come he won't let you steer your own life? After all, you are almost sixteen! Then again I could be completely wrong. Maybe Gohan trusts you like any other. But then, maybe not. I have a sneaking suspicion he's worried you might hurt someone with your rash actions."
Pan's thoughts swirled. Could it be true? Her dad never did let her do something without interrogating her like a police officer.
"Pan," Gohan said weakly, "It's not true, don't listen to him."
"But Daddy," she referred to her old name for him, "Do you trust me? How come you won't let me fight?"
"I don't want you hurt. You have no idea what it's like to lose someone you love. I'm doing it for your own good," Gohan said a little stronger.
Pan moved away from him, "For my good, or someone else's, Daddy?"
"Pan don't you dare listen to that creature!" this was Trunks.
At that point a sword, Trunks' sword, cut through her mind. She clutched her head as two forces fought. One for control, and one for her freedom. She screamed endlessly, for the pain was unbearable.
"Let go of her now!!!" Trunks screamed and suddenly she was free once again. She was free from Mystro and his horrible mind games.
Tears streamed down her face mixing with the dirt. Nevertheless she ran over to Gohan and hugged him fiercely, whispering apologies in his ear.
"Damn you!" Mystro yelled, and blasted the Supreme Kai, who was behind him at the moment. They all heard him scream and the blast was blinding. He fell smoking onto the twinkling sky, which was actually happy looking, if you weren't in the situation that now took place. Luckily, as the Z fighters would find out later, the Supreme Kai was not dead, just severely injured.
Mystro gave a fierce kick out to his side where Goku floated in the air, making Goku fly back and falling.
"Goku! Supreme Kai!" Pan yelled, the fear kicking in.
"And now Ladies and Gentlemen!" announced Mystro, laughing wickedly. "Our young warrior Pan over here is completely bewildered by what is taking place. She is frightened beyond all comprehension and doesn't know what to do! You know, Gohan, maybe Pan isn't ready after all! This poor, little, helpless girl," Mystro's words stabbed her one by one, until she almost couldn't take it. "Who's going to help her? I know she wants to kill me, but how can she? There's no one here!"
Pan started to sweat badly. Anger boiled and swirled like a witch's brew. If she ever gets a chance to lay her hands on him..........he will pay........
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All of my wonderful reviewers I am so sorry for not updating faster. I feel so bad about it I'm establishing an optional rule. If I do not update for a week, then please send me a review telling me to update. I hope you guys weren't too mad at me........ anyway, I really hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. As you can see, Mystro is a sick man, or clown. Hopefully, Pan will fulfill that little oath she made at the end there, or will Mystro really kill all of them? He's done a pretty good job so far. Please read and review.
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Chapter 17 (my soccer jersey number)- Tricks and Taunts
Blood ran from Gohan's mouth; he wiped it but it just smeared across his face. There was a slight gouge in his stomach, a wound that he could die from if not treated soon. Coughing up more blood, he raised his head to look Mystro straight in the eye. He was a damn cheater; not that you can expect much from a clown, but still, he had blasted him in the gut.
"Having a little trouble are we? I'm so sorry, that one just slipped out of my hands!" Mystro shrieked.
"You monster!" Gohan yelled back.
"Maybe we need more space, it's getting too crowded in here. Well, let's see, I've killed the orange man, and your brother. Oh, and poor Namek over there is half alive, or should I say, half dead? Hahahahaha! Maybe we should kick the green man out? And the bald man too! It will be fun!" Mystro's eyes were like the swirls of a crazy cartoon character.
Not joking, Mystro lifted his hands up and Piccolo and Krillin floated in the air.
"Hey! Put me down! Goku! Help!" Krillin screamed, trying to get rid of the invisible hands holding him up there.
Piccolo was motionless.
"No!" Supreme Kai yelled.
Mystro's eyes flashed and the black hole appeared again. This time Gohan could see down into it, and he saw the tournament, with people lying all over the grass, camping out. Then he saw her. Pan.
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Pan kicked the grass in frustration. The blades and dirt went flying in all directions. She was so helpless, sitting here. Not where she should be. She should be fighting that clown. She should be helping out her father. But no. She was stuck here. On Earth. Suddenly she heard a shout and the wind picked up.
"Pan! Look! The hole!" Bra cried out, pointing up at the swirling
ebony mass of evil.
Pan followed Bra's arm, her eyes traveling upward to see the familiar face of the black hole.
"Trunks! Look!" Pan shouted, motioning for him to come here. Trunks saw her and looked up too, his eyes went round as he saw the hole. He didn't say anything.
Trunks' silence scared Pan, and all of a sudden she was afraid to do anything. Any wrong move could kill all these people. She bit her lip until she tasted blood on her tongue. Then, in that deciding moment, a green hand was suspended in the air coming out of the black hole.
"Piccolo!" Pan charged the hole, and when she got there, she saw the whole scene before her. But they seemed far off; she couldn't reach them. She was so confused. But, regaining her wits, Pan grabbed Piccolo's arm and pulled. She hefted his blood soaked body out and slung him over her shoulder. He was unbelievably heavy. She couldn't hold him.
"Trunks! Catch!" She let Piccolo fall, and down below Trunks caught him. Out of nowhere, an on-fire Krillin came hurling out of the hole at practically the speed of light. Pan went after him, using all of her speed to catch up with him. He was screaming for he really was on fire. Pan's anger boiled again, but this time her fingers grew cold and numb with the madness. She sped up one last time and caught him by the foot. Krillin grew rigid and her hands smothered the fire.
She looked down and couldn't find Trunks. She saw Bra though, hefting Piccolo. She panicked and searched for the hole. It was closing. Damn.
"Bra! Catch him!" And down went Krillin, with Bra grabbing him with one arm as he came down.
"Where are you going, Pan?!" Bra yelled after her.
Pan nodded her head toward the hole and Bra's eyes widened, as Trunks' had.
"You better not Son Pan!"
"Take care of them, Bra! I'm counting on you!" Pan yelled back, and with a grin she took off for the hole.
She stuck her arm threw the swirling black mass and it nearly killed her with the pain. She screamed, for the pain was nothing like she had ever felt. She was in the middle of a portal; of course it was going to hurt. She was tampering with the workings of Hell. Pan regained her concentration and her brow furrowed.
"Ahhhhhh!" She kiahed, and pulled herself through, landing on the ground on her rump. She glanced down at her hands (which were still covered with Piccolo's and Krillin's blood) but then her eyes traveled to the sky, and then back to the ground. But the ground was the sky. How odd, Pan thought, to be sitting on the sky.
"Pan! Oh my god! Are you okay?" Pan's father came limping up to her, a bloody wound in his gut.
"Dad! What happened to you?!" Pan exclaimed, standing up and leaning her father on her shoulder.
"I happened to him," the clown said.
"Who do you think you are! Coming to Earth and killing a bunch of people!" Pan cried, but the Supreme Kai came up behind her and with surprising strength held her back.
"Calm down, Pan. This is not the way to go about it," Kai said in her ear. Pan took his advice and relaxed.
Pan looked around a bit more; her Grandpa Goku and Trunks were a few feet away from them. Goku was holding Trunks back, like the Supreme Kai was holding Pan. What is this? Pan thought. We aren't children. It seemed to her that the older Z fighters were trying to keep the "kids" from getting hurt. What a time to act the protective! Right when they could all die.
"I am an all powerful super being. No one created me; I have just always been here. I am the fear of all children. The scaring of the dark. The monsters under your bed, little girl. Do not try me. I know all about you, what you are afraid of, what you really feel, and what's in the dark depths of your heart. I know all about those corners of your mind that you've shut out, the cobwebs you keep there, the fears you try to overcome but can't. Nothing and no one can destroy me. I encourage you all to give it a shot though. I haven't had this much fun since........well.......never! Hahahaha! Who's next then?" Mystro finished his long, bone chilling speech and slid into a fighting stance.
Goku, Supreme Kai, and Vegeta all stepped forward. Now you may think that this clown doesn't stand an inkling of a chance. Honestly, Goku and Vegeta? Super Ascended like 5 times saiyans? Plus they are working together and if you add the Supreme Kai of the Earth, you get a dead clown. But this is where you are wrong. If you recall before in Mystro's speech, he told you that he knows you. Each and every one of you. You are all a part of him. All of the fear that you keep bottled up inside you has come out to form the evil being that stands here now. Just keep that in mind.
"Three against one, that's not really fair, now is it? Oh well! You'll all end up dead anyway, so why should I care?" Mystro said, and with this last statement, he disappeared.
"Where did he go?" Vegeta asked.
"He's here!" And Goku whipped around and threw a punch into the air. "Damn it! I lost him."
They stood all three back to back now, after Goku's little hallucination. But you couldn't blame him. Mystro was everywhere, either that, or moving really fast.
Pan and Gohan and Trunks just all stood by and watched, praying that this night (or day) would end soon, but in their favor. Ki blasts out of nowhere flew at the Z fighters, and they were scattered. Now that the three of them weren't together anymore, it was much easier for Mystro to get them. He went from one to the other, attacking and playing with each one before he got bored and went to the next fighter. It was horrid to watch; he'd beat Goku up; then move to Vegeta, and then Kai. Then by the time he got around back to the beginning, Goku would be ready to fight again. So they couldn't really gain any sort of strategy from this. Pan felt so helpless again, except that she was here, and she still couldn't do anything.
Trunks was just as frustrated. They were getting absolutely nowhere by waiting for Mystro to come for them. So he jumped in.
"Trunks! No!" This came from Gohan, who wasn't capable of doing anything at all at the moment.
"Stop waiting for him and fight!" Trunks yelled at the top of his lungs. Goku and the others took notice and it was almost like they were waking up from a dream. Mystro came at Goku but this time Trunks came with him, Vegeta and Kai too. They all ganged up on him and at last! One of them hit Mystro on the back of the head and he fell down....... down.......and hit the ground (or sky, whichever you like). Vegeta charged up and made an energy ball in his hands. He meant to hit the clown while he was down.
But Pan saw a flicker of movement in Mystro's eyes. Vegeta pulled his arms back, ready to throw it but......wait. He froze right where he was and his eyes went round and wide. He seemed to be staring at nothing. Then the ball disintegrated and left his hands, fully dissolved. Vegeta screamed like he was dying and he went into an almost insane fit.
"Vegeta!"
"Dad!"
"What the hell!"
Powering up, Vegeta screamed, "No!" over and over, then finally, losing his strength and will, he fell.
"Dad!" Trunks flew after him, and caught his father midway. He floated down and put him on the ground.
"Dad? Are you okay? Speak to me!" Trunks was crying, even though Vegeta was still breathing. Pan couldn't imagine what it would be like to see your dad go insane like that.
"What did you do to him?!" Goku yelled at Mystro, who now stood up with a grin on his face.
"Simple," he said, his eyebrows rising as if anyone who didn't know was ignorant. " I found out what he feared the most, and used that against him. No, no," he said, waving his finger like scolding young children, " Don't ask me what he's scared of, I'm not allowed to give that information. Strictly confidential. How would you feel if I told all your secrets to your friends? You wouldn't be very comfortable with that, now would you?" Mystro said, taunting them all. (A/N I advise you guys to remember that.)
"You imbecile!" Goku yelled, and charged the clown.
Mystro held out his arm, and Goku was frozen in place.
"Now, now, don't lose your temper. You don't want to go through what your friend over there went through, do you? Because that can be arranged. For instance, your son Gohan over here has very mixing emotions. Unlike Vegeta, who refuses to let any emotions show through that rock hard façade of his. Gohan is afraid of many things."
Pan looked at her dad, whose teeth were ground together, in pain and anger.
"He is terrified of losing anyone. He went through numerous deaths as a child, and he's not sure what he would do with himself if he lost his loved ones. Pan, why doesn't your father let you fight? You're a top fighter, I know you are, and I know you know you are. Does Gohan trust you?"
"Of course he does!" Pan shouted, trying to override the unsure feelings she was having. Everyone had stopped and was staring at them.
"Well, if he does, then how come he won't let you steer your own life? After all, you are almost sixteen! Then again I could be completely wrong. Maybe Gohan trusts you like any other. But then, maybe not. I have a sneaking suspicion he's worried you might hurt someone with your rash actions."
Pan's thoughts swirled. Could it be true? Her dad never did let her do something without interrogating her like a police officer.
"Pan," Gohan said weakly, "It's not true, don't listen to him."
"But Daddy," she referred to her old name for him, "Do you trust me? How come you won't let me fight?"
"I don't want you hurt. You have no idea what it's like to lose someone you love. I'm doing it for your own good," Gohan said a little stronger.
Pan moved away from him, "For my good, or someone else's, Daddy?"
"Pan don't you dare listen to that creature!" this was Trunks.
At that point a sword, Trunks' sword, cut through her mind. She clutched her head as two forces fought. One for control, and one for her freedom. She screamed endlessly, for the pain was unbearable.
"Let go of her now!!!" Trunks screamed and suddenly she was free once again. She was free from Mystro and his horrible mind games.
Tears streamed down her face mixing with the dirt. Nevertheless she ran over to Gohan and hugged him fiercely, whispering apologies in his ear.
"Damn you!" Mystro yelled, and blasted the Supreme Kai, who was behind him at the moment. They all heard him scream and the blast was blinding. He fell smoking onto the twinkling sky, which was actually happy looking, if you weren't in the situation that now took place. Luckily, as the Z fighters would find out later, the Supreme Kai was not dead, just severely injured.
Mystro gave a fierce kick out to his side where Goku floated in the air, making Goku fly back and falling.
"Goku! Supreme Kai!" Pan yelled, the fear kicking in.
"And now Ladies and Gentlemen!" announced Mystro, laughing wickedly. "Our young warrior Pan over here is completely bewildered by what is taking place. She is frightened beyond all comprehension and doesn't know what to do! You know, Gohan, maybe Pan isn't ready after all! This poor, little, helpless girl," Mystro's words stabbed her one by one, until she almost couldn't take it. "Who's going to help her? I know she wants to kill me, but how can she? There's no one here!"
Pan started to sweat badly. Anger boiled and swirled like a witch's brew. If she ever gets a chance to lay her hands on him..........he will pay........
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All of my wonderful reviewers I am so sorry for not updating faster. I feel so bad about it I'm establishing an optional rule. If I do not update for a week, then please send me a review telling me to update. I hope you guys weren't too mad at me........ anyway, I really hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. As you can see, Mystro is a sick man, or clown. Hopefully, Pan will fulfill that little oath she made at the end there, or will Mystro really kill all of them? He's done a pretty good job so far. Please read and review.