Bubun: Juunana

The four men stood by the doorway, Kokoro was knocking and Gohan, Goku and Krilin stood very impatiently behind him. Apparently this friend of Kokoro could help them beat Hitomi. But it was delaying them a lot. It was almost midnight.

Finally they could hear movement from inside and after about one hundred locks were unlocked, the door slowly opened and the head of a girl popped out. She had bright red hair and emerald green eyes; she had a very timid look on her face.

"Kokorosan? I see you made it out of your bar… Who are your friends?" She asked not wanting to open the door completely.

"Nin, we're in a great hurry and need your assistance," he said and grabbed the door trying to come in.

"Names first," she said, and her timid look got more and more paranoid.

"This is who's helping us?" Gohan whispered to himself contemplating how well this could work out.

"Gohan, Goku and Krilin," Kokoro said pointing at each in turn.

"What do you need my help for?"

"It's about Hitomi."

"Hitomi?" Nin asked looking shocked. "You're dead daughter?"

"Dead?" Krilin asked aloud. "That's how…"

"She's not dead anymore," Kokoro said with a serious face.

Nin finally gave into him and opened the door quickly ushering them in. She was very paranoid at the age of 40, but she knew Kokoro from when she hadn't been so scared of the world, but Kokoro had.

*

Vegeta went to the only place he could think of to find Manako. He went to her store. The place he has first seen her. On first impression she almost seemed likable. And then…

"Wait here Bra," he said to his curious daughter, he didn't want her to see this and didn't want her to leave his side either.

With determination and sheer anger Vegeta walked away from his daughter and up to the door. He didn't stop to open the door though, instead he just took a look at it and it burned up as he walked through.

Manako was waiting with a smug grin on her face. She knew she could beat Vegeta with her hands tied behind her back, and what made it better was that Vegeta didn't know this.

"Nice to see you at my store again Vegetasan," she greeted him happily.

Vegeta just glared. Manako continued her smirk and then Vegeta just couldn't take it anymore and charged forward, before he could hit her though Manako put her hands up and Vegeta found himself punching what appeared to be a shield of some sort.

"AHHHHHHH!!! CAN'T YOU EVEN FIGHT FAIR!?!" Vegeta yelled trying to get around this.

"Fair? What's the fun in that?" She said almost laughing. "I don't play fair with anyone Vegetasan! Not even my daughter!"

Using the shield as something to put his hands on, Vegeta flipped up into the air and landed behind Manako, he then kicked her in the back sending her flying into the counter.

Manako began to rise shaking a bit, then she turned around and smiled cruelly.

"That the best you can do?"

*

"Ok! Where do I begin?" Nin asked grabbing a near by bottle of Jack Daniels. "You guys drink? I know Kokoro does…"

Kokoro put his hand on hers and shook his head.

"There's not time for drinks," he said calmly.

"I never thought I'd see the day when Kokoro Kurayamino said 'no' to alcohol."

"Nin! Onegai!" Kokoro pleaded with the girl.

"Ok, ok, ok," she mumble and but the bottle down. "Come down to my lair."

"How long is this going to take?" Krilin asked getting more and more impatient. He wanted revenge and he wanted it now.

"Pushy, pushy," Nin mumbled and began walking down to her basement.

Once down there she began to light candles instead of turning lights on. Then she sat down on the bare wood floor and took a white piece of chalk.

"Sit," she said motioning to the floor. "Five people… perfect, I can have one on each point."

"Point of what?" Goku asked not seeing any points to anything.

"To my pentacle."

"Pentawhat?"

"A star," Nin, answered back figure he was the slow type.

"Oh… ok."

Quickly Nin drew a pentacle on the floor. She was at the top and the other sat down on the other points. The pentacle was about a meter in diameter, so they were sitting right next to one and another.

"Now… everyone concentrate," she instructed.

"Don't you want to know what we want to find out first?" Gohan asked.

"It's quicker this way, besides, none of you know what you came here for… except Kokoro."

Realizing that was nothing but the truth, because Kokoro hadn't said how she was going to help them, Gohan closed his eyes and thought of the only thing he could think about for days.

Goten.

He remembered how he couldn't help him, how for the longest time he blamed Trunks and how now his mother was in this state where she lived but she didn't.

Krilin thoughts were much the same. He could only think about Juuhachigou and Marron. Their smiling faces, how they could always make him smile. How without them he was nothing, how when he found out they were dead he wanted to join them right away. All he wanted was to find away to kill Hitomi without killing Trunks.

Kokoro tried to think of nothing knowing that Nin would see all their thoughts. But he couldn't help but think of Manako betraying him, only pretending to like him and love Hitomi because Hitomi could have killed her before. And how the one and only person he loved, Hitomi had betrayed him.

"So much death…" Nin mumbled. "So much hate."

Nin then let her years of practice take over and she looked for a way to get Hitomi out of Trunks. They were bonded together by something… but what?

She searched on for a bit more and the found it. Spirits never lied. It was the katana… the katana that Gohan had on him. Kokoro knew it was important, but not that it was that import.

Destroy that and she could separate the two… but then what about Hitomi.

Nin opened her eyes; she knew exactly what to do. The katana couldn't be destroyed yet; they had to find Hitomi first.

"Ok, we have to go find Hitomi," Nin said standing up; she began to rub the chalk pentacle away with a cloth from her pocket.

"We?" Goku asked eyeing her funny.

"Yes, we. I have to go with you," Nin said and threw the cloth down. "We have no time to waist, I know where Hitomi is now, but she may leave soon."

"Then let's go," Kokoro said and the five were soon gone thought the shadows.

*

Vegeta glared at Manako and considered for about five seconds how to kill her. If kicks and punches wouldn't take her down, techniques could.

He ran forward and just before reaching her, moved to the side a bit and then went behind her. Before she couldn't turn around he put up his hands.

"FINAL FLASH!!!" He yelled and the beam flew forth hitting her.

"Nani?" Manako managed to choke out before the beam hit her.

The next thoughts for Manako were a bit fuzzy seeing they were her last. The Vegeta she knew was definitely into martial arts, every year he was a contestant in the martial arts championships, coming only second to Goku Son. Gotens' father.

She was expecting that Vegeta. This one was different. So her downfall was underestimating him. How easily she lost her body in the physical plain. It pissed her off.

Vegeta looked on at the crater left in the earth and smiled. That had been too easy, but she was dead now. He had his revenge. From behind him Bra ran up to her father.

"Daddy… what happened?" She asked confused.

Vegeta didn't answer. He didn't know how to answer such an innocent question. So he left the question alone and was just happy that he had his revenge.

Now to find Trunks.

*

It was already past midnight, the moon still ever so slowly disappearing into itself. When it was gone, Kokoro knew, Hitomi would be gone too.

The five people entered the warehouse and looked around trying to find Hitomi or Trunks or even Manako.

"I don't feel anyone's ki," Goku said in a bit of frustration.

"You wouldn't," Kokoro replied. "It doesn't work like that for us."

Goku blinked at him. What did it work like then?

"Tousan… what do you want?" Hitomi asked coming out of the shadows.

"Trunks?" Goku exclaimed, and then he saw the hollow eyes and knew it couldn't be Trunks. He really was possessed.

"You…" Krilin said in a horse voice. "You killed them!"

Krilin ran forward in rage, tears rimming his eyes. He didn't care about his life, this bitch had taken the only thing he cared for, fought for, lived for away.

"Krilin wait!" Goku called after him.

"NOT YET!!!" Nin yelled after him. "OI!"

"Nin do whatever needs to be done now!" Kokoro ordered.

Krilin got to Hitomi and punched her. Hitomi simply caught his fist and looked down at him with those hollow eyes.

"This is no longer your fight," she mumbled and clenched her first still holding his. A loud cracking signified the fist was broken.

"Krilin!" Gohan yelled and raised the katana. He had to do something.

"I need that!" Nin yelled after him, things were not going as planed. These people were just rushing into their battles blindly.

Hitomi threw Krilin to the side just as Gohan was there. He didn't want to kill Trunks, but he had to do something. So he ran the katana through Hitomis'… Trunks' right shoulder.

Hitomi let out a small cry and then grabbed Gohan by the neck. She lifted him up and then smashed him down into the ground.

With Gohan dazed a bit she straightened herself up and pulled the katana out of her shoulder wincing in a bit of pain.

"Arigatou, I need this," Hitomi said smiling down at Gohan.

"DIE!!!" Krilin yelled jumping up from her right and tried to punch her with his good hand.

She put her left arm out straight, still holding the katana, and it went straight through Krilins' chest.

"I take it you want to see you daughter and wife," she mumbled, eyes still affixed to the front. "Then have your wish."

Then in a move faster than the eye Hitomi turned to Krilin and pulled the katana, but she kept spinning and came around 360 degrees to cut the other have, severing Krilin in two.

Goku looked on in wide eyes. How could anyone be so cruel? So inhumane!?!

Gohan struggled back to his feet and looked on with angry eyes. What did it matter that it was Trunks? For all he knew Trunks' soul was dead. He could only see the heartless bitch that murdered his brother, Krilin, Marron, Juuhachigou, Juunanagou and Tenshinhan. And with those thoughts a red aura appeared around him.

"Do you really think you can beat me?" Hitomi asked with cockiness belonging to her mother.

"Yes," Gohan said, eyes affixed in a glare.

"Then tell your brother I said hi," she spit out.

That had to have been the snapping point for Gohan. His red aura flared and the building began to shake as he yelled in anger. Hitomi looked mildly amused by this.

"What the hell is going on?" Nin asked panicked.

Kokoro grabbed her arm. "You better do what you can to do now!"

"Fine! Destroy the fucking katana then!" She yelled. She wondered why she was even doing this. Maybe she figured she had lived long enough.

Kokoro nodded and walked over to Goku who stood in a fighting stance. Kokoro could barely feel the blast, such things he could simply ignore.

"Goku," he said softly. "Whatever happens, we have to destroy that katana."

Goku nodded without looking away.

Nin was holding on to a pillar for dear life.

"C'mon Gohan, quit with the light show and fucking hit me," Hitomi said.

Suddenly Gohan was right in front of her and he punched her right in the face sending her flying into the wall. She slouched over, but was soon on her feet.

"Fucking hell," she mumbled and Gohan was soon on her again punching her in the ribs hundreds of times per second.

Hitomi spit out blood, but other than that seemed unfazed. She still held the katana tightly in her right hand.

Finally taking no more of this Hitomi lifted up her leg and planted it right where it counted. Before Gohan could react she brought up the blunt of the katana down and hit him on the back of his head, the motion sending his face into her already raised knee.

"You pathetic Human-Saiyan thing!" Hitomi yelled and then kicked her leg out sending him into the other wall. "Stop wasting my time!"

"Gohan!" Goku yelled and took a step forward; Gohan put his hand out to stop him. He wasn't done yet.

Gohan got back onto his feet just as Hitomi reached him. He didn't have time to react as Hitomi flung the katana out.

It was then when Goku ran forward in between Gohan and Hitomi and the katana went through him instead.

Hitomi looked at him oddly, but thought nothing of the event. She would simply chop him up to, but as she tried to pull the katana out, Goku grabbed it.

"Not today," Goku mumbled and then the blade began to glow.

"No!" Hitomi yelled, but was forced to let go of the blade because of the heat it was emitting. "You can't do that!"

"Just watch me."

Then with the last bit of strength Goku blew the blade up, the only side effects being that he took most of his stomach in the process.

"Father!" Gohan yelled and caught Goku as he fell to the ground, his intestines burned, but none the less falling out onto the floor. "NO!!!"

"NIN! NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO DO SOMETHING!" Kokoro yelled back to his redheaded friend, she simply nodded trying to hold her lunch in.

Then she fell to her knees in prayer and began chanting.

"What… AHH!!!" Hitomi yelled as she felt her soul being ripped from Trunks' body. Somehow this gril knew how to sever their connection and take her from there. Hitomi winced as the pain continued, Trunks fighting from the inside and her from the outside and then her soul was dislocated from Trunks.

Trunks felt his soul re-enter his body. Everything hurt, especially his stomach and shoulder. In pain and exhaustion from fighting for control with Hitomi, Trunks found himself falling to the alien ground.

Hitomi looked on from above the crowed. She looked at Nin; the girl knew what she was doing, so that meant…

Gohan looked up at the fallen Trunks.

"You bitch!" He yelled and ran forward, he picked up the limp body as was about to ki blast his to Hell and beyond when Trunks opened his eyes in fear.

"Gohan! Wait!" Trunks yelled putting his hand out scarred beyond belief.

Gohan looked on in shock as he saw Trunks eyes, they were his, and this was Trunks. Hitomi was gone, somehow. But it didn't matter.

He could feel his aura disappear and he let go of Trunks, who fell onto his knees, still not having enough strength to stand.

"Trunks… are you ok?" Gohan asked, also falling to his knees to support the teen. Trunks nodded in response with his eyes closed, but that was about it.

"Where's Hitomi?" Kokoro asked. He could still feel her presence.

"Right here father," came Hitomis' cold voice.

Kokoro swung around and saw Nin standing there with Hitomis' grin. Her emerald green eyes now hollow and white.

"Nin? What have you done?" Kokoro asked in shock.

"She tried to kill me, but failed."

Gohan was quickly on his feet holding Trunks in his arms.

"Oh well."

(Well, that was shorter than I thought it would be. I suppose I should explain why Nin was there in the first place. I had originally planed to have Hitomi possess Trunks 'till the very end of the story. But as it annoyed you people, it annoyed me just as much. I was gonna make Nin a boy, but it was so much less confusing to make her a her. Now, it's time for Elise's rant: STUPID FUCKING INTERNET!!! WORK!!! WORK!!! ARG!!! I still haven't put up part 16 because my Internet isn't working dammit. Of course to make it up for you guys I'm putting two stories up at once, and might even out up a third part *if I get around to writing it*. But damn this pisses me off! I want to go on the net; my mom's paying for this dammit!!! AHHHHHHHH!!! *Cries a bit* I need another one of those bath and Hershey kisses… I guess I'll just have to watch game 7 of the hockey playoffs *GO LEAFS GO!!!!!!!!!!! WE WILL WIN!!!!!!* and game 2 of the basketball playoffs *GO RAPTORS! GO RAPTORS!!!*. Here's a quiz, if you can tell me what city I live in I'll… um… I dunno. But that my quiz. So I dedicate this story to all the members of the Raptors and Leafs *especially Domi, poor, porr, Domi*. Sayonara!)