Orphaned Chapter 6
Disclaimer- I do not own dragon ball/z/Gt.
Note- What? No three-page-long note this time? I can tell you're all disappointed. Well, I'm finally getting this up. Here is a recap of last time
Gohan played in the midst of chaos with his new-found friends Chris Bobbi Al and Dani. Dani is not a big Gohan fan. Piccolo nearly got killed by Radditz, but some unknown guy saved his life, we'll find out who it is in this chapter.
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"C'mon, hurry up!" Dani pulled Chris into the bushes. "OK, we're safe here." They were still playing 'Save the City'.
"That's great," Said Chris, "But what about Bobbi and Al?"
"We won't stay long. I need to ask you about Gohan."
"OK, shoot. What about him?"
"He's one of Mr. Chute's patients, isn't he?"
"Yes. But so am I." Chris replied, wondering where this was going.
"Are you sure he's all right? He bears an… uncanny… resemblance to the real Psycho Guy."
"So what? Are you saying he's crazy?"
"I'm not saying anything. It's just… well, everyone here comes from somewhere, right? Your parents were too young and abandoned you. Bobbi's parents died and left her in the care of an uncle, but he didn't want her. Al showed up here just last year, saying she was left in a store, but we know she ran away. I was put here by my parents because they were psychic and I was born under the wrong planets."
"What does all this have to do with Gohan?"
"Why is he here?"
"His parents died!" Chris said, defensively.
"How?"
"How should I know? I just met him."
"Well, watch out for him. He is not normal." Chris watched as Dani stalked off back to the 'battlefield' to help Bobbi and Al. Dani was odd sometimes. Both her parents had worked in a temple, and Dani had inherited their power of seeing visions occasionally. She was the type of girl who could look into a person's soul and find their true personality. Chris wondered what Dani had seen in Gohan.
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A small figure landed next to the taller one. Piccolo stood and was able to see them clearly.
"Tien," He said, somewhat surprised to see the triclops here. He looked down at the small figure next to him. Chautzhu was here too. "How-" He began.
"We sensed his power. You'd have to be pretty dense not to." Tien said, never taking his eyes off Radditz, who had decided to laugh.
"A clown and a freak show? This is your defense?" Tien and Piccolo looked at each other, both thinking the same thing. They attacked simultaneously and the fight was on. They moved slowly to the center of the city with Chautzhu trailing behind. Tien had told him to stay out of the fight until it was necessary.
Radditz seemed just as skilled in fighting two opponents as one. As Tien and Piccolo threw all of their energy into attacks, Radditz defended himself perfectly, though not quite effortlessly.
Tien broke from the hand-to-hand combat and began charging a ki blast. Piccolo held off Radditz while Tien threw the blast, ducking just as it approached. Unfortunately, Radditz saw it and also had time to dodge. The energy hit the building behind him, completely demolishing it. The battle continued.
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Playing their game still, Gohan had a sudden feeling of impending doom.
"Everybody duck!" He yelled, running for the slide. He dragged Al and Dani with him, while Chris and Bobbi instinctively followed. Seconds later, the entire orphanage was leveled, sending bricks and debris everywhere. Had they not been under the slide, the five children would have been seriously hurt. The rest of the kids, safe in the far corner of the yard, watched in awe as the building was reduced to a pile of rubble.
Gohan stepped out first as the smoke cleared. He now had a clear view of the street. He watched, amazed, at the power struggle between the three warriors. The fight was moving to fast for ordinary eyes to follow, but Gohan somehow managed it. When Chris, Al, Bobbi, Dani emerged, all they saw was a little clown who seemed to be watching an invisible show. They also saw Gohan watching the same thing.
"Um, Gohan?" Chris touched him on the shoulder to try and shake him from his trance-like state. But Gohan didn't move. His tail was rigid behind him as he watched the fight. The power he was seeing triggered something inside of him. Dozens of memories came reeling in from nowhere. The green man was a friend, and the man with the tail was most definitely not. Gohan didn't know the three-eyed one, but assumed he was good because he was helping to defend the city.
Chris, Al and Bobbi didn't quite know what to think. Dani shrugged as if to say 'I told you so.' and walked off to join the rest of the orphanage. Al and Bobbi followed soon afterwards. Chris stared after Gohan for a while. She was convinced he wasn't crazy, and that he actually saw something there. Perhaps Mr. Chute had given him some sort of hallucinogen? She grabbed his shoulder and shook him a little. He turned to look at her.
"Gohan, what are you watching?" The boy cocked his head, looked back to the street, then looked at Chris again.
"What do you mean?"
"Well," Chris said, "You look like you're watching something, but no one else can see it. All I see is that little clown boy.
"He's watching too. It's a fight."
"A fight?" Chris arched an eyebrow and stared intently at the spot.
"You see?" Gohan asked, watching again. "It's very fast-paced. And those little explosions they're throwing at each other? It's very strange." And it was very strange, both for Gohan and Chris. For Chris because she still saw nothing, but for Gohan because it was familiar. He could sense the potency of each blow or explosion, and was excited. In a rush, his dream came back to him, and he saw his father once more wrapped in golden light. The energy radiating from him was immense and Gohan knew no one else would have power like that for a long time. The image shattered suddenly as another ball of light exploded, and he found himself being shaken by Chris.
"Come on, let's go!" She said urgently. The rest of the orphans had boarded busses and they were the only two left.
"Yeah, I'm coming. Just a sec." He pushed Chris in the direction of the busses and she left him. He wanted to watch just a while longer, but tore his eyes away. As he boarded the bus, two other powers approached the site. He looked up instinctively and saw two bright lights jetting across the sky and landing near the fight. The battle stopped momentarily and Gohan saw a short bald man and a taller fighter before the bus turned a corner.
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The fight was not going well. Radditz lived up to his confidence and countered Piccolo's and Tien's offensive with ease. Both knew he was toying with them, but they continued anyway. Tien skidded across the pavement after a harsh blow from Radditz and stopped at Chautzhu's feet.
"Tien-"
"Stay back, Chautzhu." Tien said as he got up and went after Radditz again. Chautzhu watched helplessly form the sidelines as the battle continued none to well for his friend.
The struggle was seeming pretty grim to Piccolo's eyes. If Radditz continued to pretend he was at the same power level as they were, the fight would go on until they were to exhausted to continue. Then Radditz would kill them. If Radditz upped his power to its full potency, he would easily overpower them. Then he would kill them. There was no hope in sight until a small break in the struggle. Two figures landed beside Piccolo and Tien.
"So you decided to come." Piccolo commented. Yamcha was sizing up Radditz with a quizzical eye. With the four of them, he should be easily beaten.
Krillin was looking at Piccolo and Tien. "You guys look kind of worn down. Uh, how strong is he?"
"Strong enough," Tien replied stoically.
"Think we can take him?" Yamcha asked.
"That depends," Piccolo said. "If you've gotten stronger than last we met, then maybe." Krillin laughed nervously.
"Well, well, well." Radditz said, spreading out his hands in front of himself. "Isn't this a touch uneven? You're not all going to try to go after me at once, now are you?
"Go for his tail." Krillin whispered, slipping into a fighting stance. Piccolo nodded. Radditz, however, laughed.
"I heard that," Said he, undaunted. He tightened his tail around his waist and frowned. He had checked each of their power levels on his scouter and decided it was time to show these puny earth-things who now owned this planet. Powering up to his max, he felt confident he could destroy them. They had to know that with four fighters attacking, all with different styles, someone was bound to get in the way.
Not knowing this, or perhaps choosing to believe they could all work together, the four warriors attacked at once, each at a different angle. The Saiyan, in truth, was having difficulty blocking attacks from all sides, and looked wildly for an opening in someone's defenses. He found one in Yamcha's and quickly sent him flying. He spun around and kicked Tien out of the circle too. Piccolo and Krillin, however, doubled their assault. But Radditz could handle two much easier than four and soon had the upper hand again. That was when Yamcha bounced back.
"Note to self:" Radditz thought. "Make sure they stay down." The Freak Show however, he noted with satisfaction, is not back. But then-
"Get back!" Piccolo yelled. He, Krillin, and Yamcha jumped back, and Radditz found himself face-to face with a huge ki blast, compliments of Tien. It hit him hard; he'd barely enough time to throw up a hasty shield. As it was, that hasty shield was enough to protect Radditz from the full force of the blast, and when the dust cleared, he was only slightly singed. As the four warriors came in for another attack, Radditz sent out two ki blasts- one from each of his hands- at Piccolo and Tien, feeling that the two should be weakest. He then spun around and dealt the same with the approaching Krillin and Yamcha. They dodged and came back at him. Tien and Piccolo were up again too.
"Like insects," Radditz thought, flying up so the four attacking him had to stop abruptly to keep from ramming into each other. "It's been fun. Say goodbye, pests!" Radditz raised his hand to wipe out the entire city, quickly forming the blast the would do the job. Tien didn't wait, but began to fly up to stop him. The attack being more than half-finished, however, he didn't have a prayer of making it in time. Radditz prepared to wipe the city off the face of the Earth when a small body hit his back and latched on, causing the deadly blast to go out of control.
"What the Hell?!" Radditz tried to reach the thing on his back, but couldn't.
"I'm sorry, Tien. But it's necessary now." A small, high voice came from behind Radditz, along with a pulsing blue light.
"Chautzhu!" Tien stopped in midair. "No! Don't!
"Goodbye, Tien." And he exploded in a brilliant blast, taking Radditz down with him. The Saiyan's body, too tough to disintegrate, fell to he earth with a thud. His armor had been severely mangled and he was quite bloody. Tien floated slowly back down and hung his head, his face a mixture of anger and grief. Yamcha smile and walked over to him.
"Don't worry, Tien. We'll wish him back with the dragon balls."
"No. He's already been wished back. Damn it!!" Tien began involuntarily powering up.
"Woah! Calm down!" Krillin exclaimed. "Ah, don't you think we oughtta… well,, make sure he's really dead?"
"I hope he's not. Tien said, momentarily pausing his power increase. Piccolo had his back to the group and his arms crossed.
"What are you talking about? Of course he's—" Yamcha was cut off suddenly by a large hole in his abdomen. Piccolo whirled around as Yamcha fell to his knees, then dropped to his face.
"You." Tien hissed at Radditz, who was quite alive. His armor was cracked and bloodied, but he was grinning.
"Yes, me. Surprised? Don't be. That weak attack wasn't enough to kill me." He said smugly. Tien screamed his anger and flew at Radditz in a blind rage. Radditz caught his fist and flipped Tien onto his back. Tien got up and came back for more.
"Tien, Stop it!" Piccolo yelled, but Tien didn't let up. Radditz should have been hurting, but he was still attacking like it was the beginning of the fight. Something was seriously wrong with this picture. Piccolo couldn't understand it, but knew that if Earth was to have a chance, Tien needed to stop acting so foolishly and clear is head of the rage.
"Krillin, let's go." If Tien wasn't stopping, then they'd help. Krillin hesitated, still in shock from Yamcha's death. "He's dead! There is nothing you can do until we beat him! Now MOVE!" Krillin dragged his eyes off his dead friend's corpse and rushed to rejoin the fight with Piccolo.
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Gohan's bus trundled to a stop outside a rest stop. The rest of the buses carrying orphans had gone on to the nearest city, but one overly-obnoxious five-year-old just wouldn't shut up about the newest addition to his vocabulary- 'bladder'.
Gohan had been quiet the entire ride, ignoring Dani's looks and Chris's attempts at conversation. Eventually the four girls had left him alone, but he didn't even notice. He had been busy 'keeping an eye on' the fight, and it took a certain amount of concentration the further the bus got from the site. He had noticed that each fighter had a separate… feeling. Directly when the bus had stopped, Gohan had felt a pulse and fade of one of the 'feelings'. It had happened so quickly he'd jumped and was now gripping the edges of his seat very tightly. He knew someone had died, and he knew the enemy wasn't dead yet. Shortly afterward, another 'feeling' had faded and the enemy was strong again. Gohan felt he should help. He didn't know why, but he felt he should have been there to prevent this. Someone else would die soon, but what could he do?
So go help them. A little voice said in his head.
"I'd probably be in the way. I'm just a little kid!" Gohan protested silently.
You must go.
"Um…"
NOW! Gohan jumped.
"Chris, cover for me. I'll be back." He said as he ran past the confused looking girl. She didn't even have time to argue; the boy was out of earshot in a second.
You actually probably won't be back.
"What?!"
Don't worry about it. Just run as fast as you can. So Gohan ran. The speeds that he was achieving should not have been humanly possible; he felt like he was flying across the ground, just barely skimming it with his feet. The closer he got to the city, the more livid the fight became in his mind. Soon he was on the outskirts again and sensed that at least one of the fighters was out of commission, though not dead. He hurried on his way.
Finally, he found the center of destruction. The Psycho Guy looked battered, but certainly didn't act that way. The short, bald one was down, the clown-ish boy was gone, and the scarred one had a large hole in his torso. Gohan blinked. He had never seen death before, and certainly not so violent. The fight was moving too fast, so even if he could fight, he wouldn't have been able to keep up. Maybe he could help the bald guy. Ducking as the green man flew over his head into a building, Gohan rushed over to Krillin.
"Hey mister, can you hear me?" The monk opened his eyes painfully. Gohan smiled.
"Kid, get away from here." Krillin said, trying to sit up.
"Uh-uh. I ran a long was to get here and I'm gonna help." Gohan helped him get to his feet and half carried him behind a pile of rubble to get out of danger.
"Kid-"
"My name's Gohan."
"Gohan?!" Krillin looked shocked. Hadn't that been the name of Goku's Grandfather? How common a name was it?
"What?"
"Nothing. What are you doing here?"
"A voice in my head told me to come." Gohan said innocently.
"Right. The voice in your head."
"Yeah. He said you guys needed help, though I don't know what I can do." Krillin looked Gohan over. He didn't sense much power in him, but his ki was higher then most. He appeared to be no more than five years, at the most, and didn't look exceptionally strong. And he had… a tail?!
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TA-DA! What do you think? I know that theoretically, Piccolo, Tien, Yamcha, and Krillin should have been able to beat Radditz, but I've got other plans… a little theory… that'll probably explode in my face. But whatever. So, If you like long winded explanations ask me a question ^.^ in any case, leave a review. Until next time, toodles!
~mysticGohan33~