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A/n: nothing to tell, just a thank you to my beloved reviewers.
Cold-eyes-for-you: I'm very glad you like it. Hope you'll continue to read and like the story. Thanks for reviewing.
Deadly Beauty: *Blushes* thank you so much, you have no idea how much it means to me. And here's the chap that will answer some questions. Good luck with the campaign.
Dark Wizard: Thank you, here it is. I hope you'll like it. At least it has some answers.
Children of an angel, the next story.
Chapter 8: Other World
A bit of wind, a burned leave. And a lot of sand. That was all that could be see, heard and felt in the desert where a little while ago, the battle for the universe had taken place. No, there was nothing anymore. Shrik was gone, his spaceship had been destroyed in the explosion of Artemis' arrow and right now you couldn't see the difference between the ship and the sand. And also Eighteen was gone. She had joined with the arrow, and disappeared with it. Nothing of the battle was left.
"W..what just happened" Earth's guardian stambeld. He'd seen what happened down on his beloved planet, but he couldn't believe it. It couldn't be that Eighteen invoked the Arrow of Artemis.
Dende heard of the arrow, but only in the stories, when he was just a young Namek. The arrow was said to be an incredible powerful force, created by the Goddess Artemis to stop evil. But it could only be invoked by certain chosen ones. Angels. And then not just by any angel, but only by the most high and powerful ones in the universe.
It had been centuries ago since anyone has invoked the Arrow. Since then it had simply been a legend. Many had tried to create an Arrow, but they all failed. So the Arrow transformed from weapon to story and was never seen again.
Suddenly something snapped in his mind. He remembered something Kami had said to him, in his dreams, when he had just became the guardian and was young an inexperienced. Kami had said that the Arrow could be needed in the near future, of coarse 'in the near future' could mean that it would take another century or two. But the Arrow would be needed again. And the one that would use it, would die in the process. Since the evil the Arrow had to fight would be too strong to defeat without that sacrifice.
~So, Eighteen had died fighting Shrik!~ Dende said to himself. ~I wonder where she is right now?~.
Dende wasn't the only one surprised and shocked. Nearly every leading creature in the universe was freaked out. The Kais where having all kinds of meetings, talking about how it was possible that the Arrow had appeared so suddenly, and how it was possible that a CYBORG, a creature made to destroy could invoke it.
But the most stressed was the angel-court. The ones that sentenced Jonathan to 250 years in hell. They didn't knew this creature that was able to create an Arrow, ad the entire court was turned upside down when they sensed the weapon.
Everyone was talking trough each other, you couldn't hear a word of what was said. The seer however smiled a little, "good job angel child, I knew you could do it" she whispered.
King Kai's eyes where still wide open, as well was his mouth although he hadn't said a sing word but a few gasps.
"Erm, King Kai, could you please tell us what happened down there, I mean we all saw it, but we don't understand a bit of it. And all the sudden the entire after life is turned upside down. Did Eighteen do something wrong or what?" Goku tried asking again.
"No," King Kai finally answered. "She did nothing wrong, au contraire, she did something wonderful, powerful, mythical.".
"What did she do?" Krillin asked. It was the first time he'd said anything since he saw his wife transforming in a light and disappear with an arrow.
"She invoked the Arrow of Artemis, also called Artemis' Arrow." King Kai answered.
"Is that a bad thing?" Goku asked in his usual naive tone.
"No, I told you it's wonderful, Artemis' Arrow was a mythical weapon created by a goddess to protect the universe. But no one has been able to use it for centuries." King Kai said stills sounding shocked. "But I don't know what happened to Eighteen, I mean Shrik is dead, that's for sure, but Eighteen...?"
"King Kai!" A voice in the air suddenly said.
"Ah Dende, want to hear a joke now that the evil is gone" King Kai answered.
"No, King Kai, no jokes. Goku must go to King Yemma at once" Dende said.
"Why?" Goku asked.
"Because Eighteen probably died when she used the Arrow" Dende answered.
This shocked the entire crowd even more. "WHAT!!!" Everybody yelled at once.
"I'm on my way" Goku said. He placed two fingers against his forehead and disappeared.
Inside King Yemma's office it was a huge mess. The blue creatures that usually held the souls in line with ease where now all standing in a little corner, trembling at the sight of the white monster that had appeared.
"Er...m...mr...S...Shrik...y..you" King Yemma tried to read the sentence, but he was too afraid. Suddenly Goku appeared on his desk. Who looked at Shrik curiously.
"So, you're the evil huh?" He said.
Shrik growled.
"Cranky" Goku said. "Hey King Yemma, seen Eighteen recently?"
"Could you please first take care of THAT thing, he needs to go to hell and be put in jail there" King Yemma said.
"Don't worry" a weird voice said and the seer also walked into the office, Eighteens unconscious body was floating behind her. "Shrik was defeated by an angelic attack, so he can be controlled now." She snapped her fingers and strings of light tied Shrik together. He tried to break them, but he looked powerless.
"Amazing" King Yemma said. "Alright, send this guy to hell, jail number 54662C, makes sure there are guards in front of it, tell them they're safe" Yemma ordered.
Shrik was taken away growling and cursing.
"Eighteen" Goku suddenly yelled and he walked over to the unconscious woman that was still floating.
"No need to worry warrior, the angel-child is tired, but she'll make it. I can heal her" With that the seer placed her hands on Eighteens body and immediately a light appeared and all of Eighteens wounds and scars disappeared.
Slowly she started to open her eyes. "How do you feel?" the seer asked her.
"Dead" Eighteen replied.
"Oh, that's good, look up" Goku said happily.
Eighteen looked up and saw a halo floating above her head.
"You are dead" Goku continued.
"Aha" Eighteen still sounded a little messed up.
"I suggest the angel-child is taken to your friends Goku, they'd want to see her. We still need to arrange some things. But that'll happen after she's completely recovered" the seer said to Goku.
Goku nodded and wanted to help Eighteen up, but he was stopped by King Yemma's voice "Wait a sec. I haven't judged her yet you know, she HAS done some pretty nasty things in the past and...."
He was stopped by two evil glares from Goku and the seer "Alright she can go to Other World" he said softly.
"GREAT, come on Eighteen" Goku said, only to find out that Eighteen had slipped in unconsciousness again.
"She needs rest" the seer said.
Goku nodded and lifted Eighteen up in his arms "Come on, let's go resting, and see the rest, I know two people who'll be thrilled to see you". He put two fingers to his forehead and once again disappeared.
Inside the town where all the z-fighters and family lived everybody was gathered. King Kai had send everybody back home and told them that Goku would come back to the town, so now they where waiting for him.
And, as usual, Goku suddenly appeared thanks to his instant translocation technique. Everybody was happy to see Goku, but they became thrilled when they saw the woman in Goku's arms.
"Hey" Goku said softly "Please be quit, I thinks Eighteen deserves some rest here".
Everybody nodded in reply, everybody but Krillin and Marron, who stared at Eighteen like she was something unbelievable.
"It's really her you know" Goku said softly.
"Is she alright?" Krillin whispered in a tiny voice.
"She's fine, she just needs to rest, I'll put her on your bed alright?" Goku said.
Finally Krillin nodded, Goku flew into Krillin and Marrons house, when he got back, Krillin was still just standing. Next to him was his daughter who looked just as intelligent.
"Erm, guys, are you two ok?" Goku asked.
Suddenly they both started screaming like idiots. "SHE'S BACK".
Goku smiled, "I'm glad you two are happy".
Eighteen moaned a bit and stirred in her bed. She turned around, and suddenly her eyes flashed open. She got up and looked around herself panicking, she was surprised to see her husband in front of her.
"That's it I'm nuts" Eighteen whispered to herself.
"You're not nuts honey" Krillin said.
"Oh yes I am, first I think I safe the world with some arrow, then I'm here, with you, all things that are impossible. I'm probably talking to myself right now". Eighteen said confused.
Krillin smiled, "sweetie, listen to me, you DID saved the world, and the universe on top of it. You DID invoke an arrow, and you ARE here in Other World, and so am I. This is real, you're not crazy".
"So this is real?"
Krillin nodded.
"Please don't tell me this is a dream".
"It's really real" Krillin said smiling, he walked towards Eighteen and hugged her. "It's real".
He looked at his wife, her eyes where teary and she had a mouth that looked like it didn't knew if it had to smile or cry. Krillin simply covered it with his own, and soon they where both lost in a long deep kiss.
The kiss seemed to last an eternity, nor Krillin nor Eighteen felt like breaking it. But they where stopped by an tiny voice coming from the door opening. "Mom?"
Eighteen looked up and saw her daughter standing there, she also looked happy. Marron ran into the room and jumped into her mothers arms.
"Mom, I missed you...I missed you". Marron said sobbing.
Also Eighteen wasn't keeping her eyes dry again. It was like all the happiness she missed in all the years she had to live without her husband and daughter had to come out off her at once.
"I missed you two" Eighteen said, nearly whispering.
"We missed you to mom, and we where so worried about you"
"Why?"
" 'Cos you became so unhappy at earth we where scared you might..er.. you know. And then with Shrik..."
"SHRIK!!!!" Eighteen suddenly yelled.
"I forgot, he killed a lot of people, when he powered up. Ah, that's all my fault, I made him angry." Eighteen said, with guilt in her voice.
"No need for that Eighteen" another voice came.
Everybody looked up to see Goku standing in the door opening.
"Hey" he said. "Listen, I've talked to Dende a little while ago, Dende himself had talked to the Nameks, and they are willing to use their dragonballs to bring back all of the people that died because of Shrik."
"Thank goodness" Eighteen said.
"You did a wonderful job out there Eighteen" Goku continued. "You posses more power than any of us could ever dream of".
"How is that..?" Eighteen started but Goku cut her of.
"Why don't you get ready, take a shower, get dressed and stuff. Everybody wants to see you" with that Goku walked out of the room, leaving a confused Eighteen behind.
"Guess I'll do that" Eighteen said. "Who's house is this anyway?"
"Ours" Krillin replied "All the z-fighters ad their family live here in the town".
"Sounds good" Eighteen said "Well, I'm going to take a shower".
"Can I join you?" Krillin asked.
Eighteen smiled "Sure"
"Yakkee!" came a voice, and Marron walked out of the room.
Once they where fully dressed (which took a while) Krillin and Eighteen left their home. Outside they where greeted by all of their friends who immediately stormed at them to congratulate Eighteen with her victory on Shrik.
Eighteen smiled a little, she was very embarrassed with all the attention. But mostly she was ultimately happy to see all of her friends again.
After about an hour of greetings, kissing and laughing Eighteen broke herself free from the group and walked over to Goku.
"So, when are you planning on explaining me everything?" she asked.
"What do you mean?"
"Don't play stupid with me Goku, you're keeping things from me, you said it yourself in the time-chamber. I want to know what's going on. With my father, with this arrow, and mostly with me. I don't know the slightest bit of what I am and you can tell me that" Eighteen said.
Goku sighted, "I can't tell it, but I can take you to the ones that can".
"Take me there"
"Very well, GUYS!"
Everybody looked up.
"Me and Eighteen are going out, Eighteen has the right on some information" Goku said to the group.
"Are you leaving mom?" Marron asked, afraid she'd loose her mom again.
"I'll be back soon" Eighteen promised.
Goku put a hand on her shoulder and the duo disappeared. They reappeared in a large room. It was white and covered with balconies on the sides, like an meeting room.
In the middle of the room stood the seer. She smiled when she saw the two.
"Eighteen" Goku started "this is where all of your questions will be answered, are you ready for the truth?".
A/N: How was it? Good, bad, to horrible for words. Let me know please.
A/n: nothing to tell, just a thank you to my beloved reviewers.
Cold-eyes-for-you: I'm very glad you like it. Hope you'll continue to read and like the story. Thanks for reviewing.
Deadly Beauty: *Blushes* thank you so much, you have no idea how much it means to me. And here's the chap that will answer some questions. Good luck with the campaign.
Dark Wizard: Thank you, here it is. I hope you'll like it. At least it has some answers.
Children of an angel, the next story.
Chapter 8: Other World
A bit of wind, a burned leave. And a lot of sand. That was all that could be see, heard and felt in the desert where a little while ago, the battle for the universe had taken place. No, there was nothing anymore. Shrik was gone, his spaceship had been destroyed in the explosion of Artemis' arrow and right now you couldn't see the difference between the ship and the sand. And also Eighteen was gone. She had joined with the arrow, and disappeared with it. Nothing of the battle was left.
"W..what just happened" Earth's guardian stambeld. He'd seen what happened down on his beloved planet, but he couldn't believe it. It couldn't be that Eighteen invoked the Arrow of Artemis.
Dende heard of the arrow, but only in the stories, when he was just a young Namek. The arrow was said to be an incredible powerful force, created by the Goddess Artemis to stop evil. But it could only be invoked by certain chosen ones. Angels. And then not just by any angel, but only by the most high and powerful ones in the universe.
It had been centuries ago since anyone has invoked the Arrow. Since then it had simply been a legend. Many had tried to create an Arrow, but they all failed. So the Arrow transformed from weapon to story and was never seen again.
Suddenly something snapped in his mind. He remembered something Kami had said to him, in his dreams, when he had just became the guardian and was young an inexperienced. Kami had said that the Arrow could be needed in the near future, of coarse 'in the near future' could mean that it would take another century or two. But the Arrow would be needed again. And the one that would use it, would die in the process. Since the evil the Arrow had to fight would be too strong to defeat without that sacrifice.
~So, Eighteen had died fighting Shrik!~ Dende said to himself. ~I wonder where she is right now?~.
Dende wasn't the only one surprised and shocked. Nearly every leading creature in the universe was freaked out. The Kais where having all kinds of meetings, talking about how it was possible that the Arrow had appeared so suddenly, and how it was possible that a CYBORG, a creature made to destroy could invoke it.
But the most stressed was the angel-court. The ones that sentenced Jonathan to 250 years in hell. They didn't knew this creature that was able to create an Arrow, ad the entire court was turned upside down when they sensed the weapon.
Everyone was talking trough each other, you couldn't hear a word of what was said. The seer however smiled a little, "good job angel child, I knew you could do it" she whispered.
King Kai's eyes where still wide open, as well was his mouth although he hadn't said a sing word but a few gasps.
"Erm, King Kai, could you please tell us what happened down there, I mean we all saw it, but we don't understand a bit of it. And all the sudden the entire after life is turned upside down. Did Eighteen do something wrong or what?" Goku tried asking again.
"No," King Kai finally answered. "She did nothing wrong, au contraire, she did something wonderful, powerful, mythical.".
"What did she do?" Krillin asked. It was the first time he'd said anything since he saw his wife transforming in a light and disappear with an arrow.
"She invoked the Arrow of Artemis, also called Artemis' Arrow." King Kai answered.
"Is that a bad thing?" Goku asked in his usual naive tone.
"No, I told you it's wonderful, Artemis' Arrow was a mythical weapon created by a goddess to protect the universe. But no one has been able to use it for centuries." King Kai said stills sounding shocked. "But I don't know what happened to Eighteen, I mean Shrik is dead, that's for sure, but Eighteen...?"
"King Kai!" A voice in the air suddenly said.
"Ah Dende, want to hear a joke now that the evil is gone" King Kai answered.
"No, King Kai, no jokes. Goku must go to King Yemma at once" Dende said.
"Why?" Goku asked.
"Because Eighteen probably died when she used the Arrow" Dende answered.
This shocked the entire crowd even more. "WHAT!!!" Everybody yelled at once.
"I'm on my way" Goku said. He placed two fingers against his forehead and disappeared.
Inside King Yemma's office it was a huge mess. The blue creatures that usually held the souls in line with ease where now all standing in a little corner, trembling at the sight of the white monster that had appeared.
"Er...m...mr...S...Shrik...y..you" King Yemma tried to read the sentence, but he was too afraid. Suddenly Goku appeared on his desk. Who looked at Shrik curiously.
"So, you're the evil huh?" He said.
Shrik growled.
"Cranky" Goku said. "Hey King Yemma, seen Eighteen recently?"
"Could you please first take care of THAT thing, he needs to go to hell and be put in jail there" King Yemma said.
"Don't worry" a weird voice said and the seer also walked into the office, Eighteens unconscious body was floating behind her. "Shrik was defeated by an angelic attack, so he can be controlled now." She snapped her fingers and strings of light tied Shrik together. He tried to break them, but he looked powerless.
"Amazing" King Yemma said. "Alright, send this guy to hell, jail number 54662C, makes sure there are guards in front of it, tell them they're safe" Yemma ordered.
Shrik was taken away growling and cursing.
"Eighteen" Goku suddenly yelled and he walked over to the unconscious woman that was still floating.
"No need to worry warrior, the angel-child is tired, but she'll make it. I can heal her" With that the seer placed her hands on Eighteens body and immediately a light appeared and all of Eighteens wounds and scars disappeared.
Slowly she started to open her eyes. "How do you feel?" the seer asked her.
"Dead" Eighteen replied.
"Oh, that's good, look up" Goku said happily.
Eighteen looked up and saw a halo floating above her head.
"You are dead" Goku continued.
"Aha" Eighteen still sounded a little messed up.
"I suggest the angel-child is taken to your friends Goku, they'd want to see her. We still need to arrange some things. But that'll happen after she's completely recovered" the seer said to Goku.
Goku nodded and wanted to help Eighteen up, but he was stopped by King Yemma's voice "Wait a sec. I haven't judged her yet you know, she HAS done some pretty nasty things in the past and...."
He was stopped by two evil glares from Goku and the seer "Alright she can go to Other World" he said softly.
"GREAT, come on Eighteen" Goku said, only to find out that Eighteen had slipped in unconsciousness again.
"She needs rest" the seer said.
Goku nodded and lifted Eighteen up in his arms "Come on, let's go resting, and see the rest, I know two people who'll be thrilled to see you". He put two fingers to his forehead and once again disappeared.
Inside the town where all the z-fighters and family lived everybody was gathered. King Kai had send everybody back home and told them that Goku would come back to the town, so now they where waiting for him.
And, as usual, Goku suddenly appeared thanks to his instant translocation technique. Everybody was happy to see Goku, but they became thrilled when they saw the woman in Goku's arms.
"Hey" Goku said softly "Please be quit, I thinks Eighteen deserves some rest here".
Everybody nodded in reply, everybody but Krillin and Marron, who stared at Eighteen like she was something unbelievable.
"It's really her you know" Goku said softly.
"Is she alright?" Krillin whispered in a tiny voice.
"She's fine, she just needs to rest, I'll put her on your bed alright?" Goku said.
Finally Krillin nodded, Goku flew into Krillin and Marrons house, when he got back, Krillin was still just standing. Next to him was his daughter who looked just as intelligent.
"Erm, guys, are you two ok?" Goku asked.
Suddenly they both started screaming like idiots. "SHE'S BACK".
Goku smiled, "I'm glad you two are happy".
Eighteen moaned a bit and stirred in her bed. She turned around, and suddenly her eyes flashed open. She got up and looked around herself panicking, she was surprised to see her husband in front of her.
"That's it I'm nuts" Eighteen whispered to herself.
"You're not nuts honey" Krillin said.
"Oh yes I am, first I think I safe the world with some arrow, then I'm here, with you, all things that are impossible. I'm probably talking to myself right now". Eighteen said confused.
Krillin smiled, "sweetie, listen to me, you DID saved the world, and the universe on top of it. You DID invoke an arrow, and you ARE here in Other World, and so am I. This is real, you're not crazy".
"So this is real?"
Krillin nodded.
"Please don't tell me this is a dream".
"It's really real" Krillin said smiling, he walked towards Eighteen and hugged her. "It's real".
He looked at his wife, her eyes where teary and she had a mouth that looked like it didn't knew if it had to smile or cry. Krillin simply covered it with his own, and soon they where both lost in a long deep kiss.
The kiss seemed to last an eternity, nor Krillin nor Eighteen felt like breaking it. But they where stopped by an tiny voice coming from the door opening. "Mom?"
Eighteen looked up and saw her daughter standing there, she also looked happy. Marron ran into the room and jumped into her mothers arms.
"Mom, I missed you...I missed you". Marron said sobbing.
Also Eighteen wasn't keeping her eyes dry again. It was like all the happiness she missed in all the years she had to live without her husband and daughter had to come out off her at once.
"I missed you two" Eighteen said, nearly whispering.
"We missed you to mom, and we where so worried about you"
"Why?"
" 'Cos you became so unhappy at earth we where scared you might..er.. you know. And then with Shrik..."
"SHRIK!!!!" Eighteen suddenly yelled.
"I forgot, he killed a lot of people, when he powered up. Ah, that's all my fault, I made him angry." Eighteen said, with guilt in her voice.
"No need for that Eighteen" another voice came.
Everybody looked up to see Goku standing in the door opening.
"Hey" he said. "Listen, I've talked to Dende a little while ago, Dende himself had talked to the Nameks, and they are willing to use their dragonballs to bring back all of the people that died because of Shrik."
"Thank goodness" Eighteen said.
"You did a wonderful job out there Eighteen" Goku continued. "You posses more power than any of us could ever dream of".
"How is that..?" Eighteen started but Goku cut her of.
"Why don't you get ready, take a shower, get dressed and stuff. Everybody wants to see you" with that Goku walked out of the room, leaving a confused Eighteen behind.
"Guess I'll do that" Eighteen said. "Who's house is this anyway?"
"Ours" Krillin replied "All the z-fighters ad their family live here in the town".
"Sounds good" Eighteen said "Well, I'm going to take a shower".
"Can I join you?" Krillin asked.
Eighteen smiled "Sure"
"Yakkee!" came a voice, and Marron walked out of the room.
Once they where fully dressed (which took a while) Krillin and Eighteen left their home. Outside they where greeted by all of their friends who immediately stormed at them to congratulate Eighteen with her victory on Shrik.
Eighteen smiled a little, she was very embarrassed with all the attention. But mostly she was ultimately happy to see all of her friends again.
After about an hour of greetings, kissing and laughing Eighteen broke herself free from the group and walked over to Goku.
"So, when are you planning on explaining me everything?" she asked.
"What do you mean?"
"Don't play stupid with me Goku, you're keeping things from me, you said it yourself in the time-chamber. I want to know what's going on. With my father, with this arrow, and mostly with me. I don't know the slightest bit of what I am and you can tell me that" Eighteen said.
Goku sighted, "I can't tell it, but I can take you to the ones that can".
"Take me there"
"Very well, GUYS!"
Everybody looked up.
"Me and Eighteen are going out, Eighteen has the right on some information" Goku said to the group.
"Are you leaving mom?" Marron asked, afraid she'd loose her mom again.
"I'll be back soon" Eighteen promised.
Goku put a hand on her shoulder and the duo disappeared. They reappeared in a large room. It was white and covered with balconies on the sides, like an meeting room.
In the middle of the room stood the seer. She smiled when she saw the two.
"Eighteen" Goku started "this is where all of your questions will be answered, are you ready for the truth?".
A/N: How was it? Good, bad, to horrible for words. Let me know please.