New chapter! Long chapter! Didn't think I'd be writing this so soon, sorry
the saga ended like in three chapters or something to that effect. But I
love this chapter, despite the sadness of it, I know a lot of authors have
done this kind of thing before, but it seemed to fit and I have lots of
ideas for the next chapters. Please read and review! Thanks for all the
reviews last chapter by the way!
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While he was in the recovering Satan city, healing people Saiyaman thought about Phate.
'The first blow he threw me surprised me, I didn't think he could punch that hard but then again he left after I threw him a couple blows. His defence was pretty low, is that why he left so quickly? Because he was losing? I don't know, he may not be stronger than me, but he's strong enough to kill a lot of people on this planet.' He thought.
Videl, who was bandaging a woman's arm noticed that he was lost in thoughts. After she had finished with the woman and had given her a comforting smile she went to him. She put her hand on his arm.
"Thinking about him, again?" She asked.
He nodded.
"About our fight, he just ran away, usually when an enemy does something like this.." he said, spreading hands out to the recovering Satan city.
"I can do something about it, hunt him down by searching his ki, but I can't do that since we don't know what body he's in, and when I do know all I can do is break his nose and he goes to a different body." He finished.
Videl gave him a look.
"At least you can do that, I can do nothing. I can watch my boyfriend fight this thing, even if Phate just runs away but I can't fight him at all. I know how angry you must be at not being able to beat him but neither can I." She said coolly.
'That's right..' he hadn't thought of how she must have felt, having to get Gohan to relay he everything that happened.
"I'm sorry Videl." He said, turning to her.
She shook her head.
"It's fine, but now we have to help these people, so let's get to work." She said.
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Videl was exhausted, she dragged herself to her room and opened the door. She was so tired from fighting and then helping all those people she could hardly open the door. She saw Erasa sitting on her bed, Videl hoped she didn't want to talk, she was too tired to keep her eyelids from drooping, much less hold a conversation.
"Oh Videl, you look tired, come lie down on the bed!" She said, concern displaying on her face.
She got up from her bed. Videl lumbered over and slumped on the bed.
"Oh poor Videl, you were helping people all day, right?" She asked, bringing a chair over to her bedside.
She grunted a yes.
"My, that is a lovely necklace Videl! May I borrow it?" she asked.
Videl's eyes snapped open.
"No, I need this, I can't ever take it off." She said, despite her tiredness.
Erasa made a face.
"Come on Videl, what could happen if you take it off, just for a second." She said, moving towards Videl.
Videl held her necklace tight as she could to herself. Erasa easily pried Videl's hands from her throat and pinned her arms down, one with her leg, one with her arm. With her free hand, Erasa reached for the necklace.
"Please Erasa, you're my friend, you wouldn't do this to me." Videl said, frantically.
Erasa paused, Videl held her breath.
"No, but I would." Erasa said, sinisterly.
Gohan's present for her slipped off her neck and she blacked out.
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Gohan had felt her ki spike, he knew he did. He went as fast as he could to her house. He cautiously went into her room.
"Videl?" he asked.
She was sitting on her bed, brushing her hair, she was wearing a nightrobe, he blushed a little at seeing her in it. She smiled a smile that didn't reach her eyes.
"I had warned her, not to get involved with you, that she could only get hurt, and in a way she will be. I had always felt some sympathy for her, when I first came on this planet her mother was the first I tested my power on." She paused, recalling.
"Oh yes, I remember well what I did, she was sitting in the dining room with her husband, sipping tea gracefully. But then things changed, I made it so her heart would not beat, would no longer beat, and then," she snapped her fingers "She was gone, like that." She finished.
Gohan was in shock, he noticed Erasa, unconscious, sitting in a chair by the bed, she was clutching something in her hand, he looked closer. It was Videl's necklace. He glared at 'Videl'.
"I suggest you get out of her body now, before I come in after you. Because we both know I mean to kill you." He said, threateningly.
Videl raised a finger.
"No, I don't think you will, in fact I think you'll bring down your barriers stopping me from possessing you." She said.
"And what gives you that idea?" he snarled.
"You see, as I said before, I know much more things that I can do with a mind. Such as controlling memory, unless you allow me to rent your body, just for a little while, I will destroy her memories of you." Phate threatened.
Gohan stopped, his face blanching.
'Remove her memories of me.. of us?' he thought, eyes widening.
'But he wants to possess my body, he could do some terrible things.. but Videl..' he thought, torn.
He closed his eyes and tried to think of everything bad that could happen while Phate was in his body. Immediate to come to his mind was destruction, the earth destroyed everyone dead, for spite he might kill Videl in his body. When thinking about this, his own feelings that he would die if Videl couldn't recognise him seemed shallow and selfish. He sighed and opened his eyes. Maybe if he was quick he could beat Phate before he wiped her memories. He went into Videl's body. The dark area came into view, Phate stood there, in a rage.
"You fool! You thought you could stop me without me possessing your body, right?! I can still do things while I'm here. This is, after all her mind." He calmed down.
He aimed an open palm to an area of the darkness, to Gohan it seemed as if it were at random because it just looked like another black spot. Phate sent a large ki blast to the spot he was aiming at before Gohan could interject. He put on a gruesome smile.
"There, it's done, could have been prevented but now you have two predicaments on your hand, Videl not knowing who you are and me." He said, once again taking a fighting stance.
Gohan didn't know if it was true that Videl's memories were gone, but his emotions were drawn as if they were. Taking a ragged breath, he let the rage take over. Super Saiyan three was easy to obtain, just like it had been with Jackson. Phate's eyes widened, he hadn't fought Gohan before in any super saiyan form.
"You can't fight like that! D..did you see how I did that one energy blast and it destroyed her memories of you? If you fight with so much raw energy, you'll destroy her mind!" he warned.
He could have just been trying to save himself but Gohan wouldn't take the risk. He went back to his normal form.
"Fine I won't fight like that, but let me just tell you that all this rage has to go somewhere, and I intend it to be your broken body." He said, rushing forward.
Phate lifted up his arms in defence, he was beaten down. Phate threw him some punches, Gohan ignored them, they were flies, stopping him from getting revenge, revenge for Satan city, revenge for himself. Phate couldn't leave the mind, Gohan set up a mind defence, nothing could go out, nothing could go in. Phate kicked at Gohan's torso and broke a couple of ribs, it was a little harder to breathe, but Phate would soon be drowning in his own blood. Finally the fight was over, Phate's tattooed chest no longer rose. As Gohan expected, the body disappeared, but then something he didn't happened.
"My name is Phate, on the planet Somesh I was the one who was best in mind control among other things you could do in one's body. The tattoos I had on my chest represented the rank I had received for being so gifted. I was in an elite order, we were hired by planets to control their enemies and make them turn against each other, but in my case I found it easier to just kill them. None of the others could stop the heart from beating so they began to get scared. They were scared that I could control them so they started a ritual to expel me from my body and into the air, the fools thought they could be safe then. They just gave me a reason to kill them, I killed everyone on my planet, but my body was dead so I couldn't return to it."
"As a soul in the air, it was easy for me to just possess the nearest person that I could feel their ki, usually planet hopping. Many years went by but souls don't age, finally I came to Earth. The first person I possessed was Videl's mother, while in her body I found out that all the greatest fighters were in the world martial arts tournament. I killed her and hopped to her husband's mind. The imbecile, he won every year and his power level was lower than most of the people on my planet, even the children. So for awhile I went to Videl's mind, that's how I came to learn about Gohan, her boyfriend with the amazing power level. I sought to break up Gohan and Videl, I saw how Gohan loved her and his defences would be low if they broke up. It would have been easy to take over his mind. But no, they stayed together, but now she won't remember him, now he will be heartbroken, if only he was ignorant of mind control.. if only.."
Gohan got out of there. He hoped Phate was wrong, he hoped to Kami he was wrong.
Videl opened her eyes. She looked over to where he stood. Her eyes opened wide, she looked down to what she was wearing. She folded her arms across her chest.
"Who are you?!! What are you doing in my room? Get out before I call the police!" She yelled.
Gohan took a step forward, hoping against hope that a spark of recognition would go off in her mind and she would run into his arms saying "Gohan! It's you, please forgive me it was dark and I couldn't recognise you!"
"Videl, it's me, I'm in most of your classes, my brother Goten is friends with Rin, Erasa's brother. We pass notes in history, and we're together. Please remember me.." He said, forlornly.
She paused a second, scrutinising his face.
"We are certainly not together, and how do you know Goten, you're not his older brother! You look a bit familiar but I don't think it's right for any of my obsessed classmates to go in my room saying that we have a relationship!" She said, glaring.
"What is your name?" she asked him, as he turned around.
"Apparently, I'm nobody." He responded.
He went to the open window and climbed out. He heard the lock to the window click in the distance, it echoed through his hollow existence.
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Woah long explanation by Phate, I started this saga off with a vague idea and tried my best to tie it all in. Please read and review!
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While he was in the recovering Satan city, healing people Saiyaman thought about Phate.
'The first blow he threw me surprised me, I didn't think he could punch that hard but then again he left after I threw him a couple blows. His defence was pretty low, is that why he left so quickly? Because he was losing? I don't know, he may not be stronger than me, but he's strong enough to kill a lot of people on this planet.' He thought.
Videl, who was bandaging a woman's arm noticed that he was lost in thoughts. After she had finished with the woman and had given her a comforting smile she went to him. She put her hand on his arm.
"Thinking about him, again?" She asked.
He nodded.
"About our fight, he just ran away, usually when an enemy does something like this.." he said, spreading hands out to the recovering Satan city.
"I can do something about it, hunt him down by searching his ki, but I can't do that since we don't know what body he's in, and when I do know all I can do is break his nose and he goes to a different body." He finished.
Videl gave him a look.
"At least you can do that, I can do nothing. I can watch my boyfriend fight this thing, even if Phate just runs away but I can't fight him at all. I know how angry you must be at not being able to beat him but neither can I." She said coolly.
'That's right..' he hadn't thought of how she must have felt, having to get Gohan to relay he everything that happened.
"I'm sorry Videl." He said, turning to her.
She shook her head.
"It's fine, but now we have to help these people, so let's get to work." She said.
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Videl was exhausted, she dragged herself to her room and opened the door. She was so tired from fighting and then helping all those people she could hardly open the door. She saw Erasa sitting on her bed, Videl hoped she didn't want to talk, she was too tired to keep her eyelids from drooping, much less hold a conversation.
"Oh Videl, you look tired, come lie down on the bed!" She said, concern displaying on her face.
She got up from her bed. Videl lumbered over and slumped on the bed.
"Oh poor Videl, you were helping people all day, right?" She asked, bringing a chair over to her bedside.
She grunted a yes.
"My, that is a lovely necklace Videl! May I borrow it?" she asked.
Videl's eyes snapped open.
"No, I need this, I can't ever take it off." She said, despite her tiredness.
Erasa made a face.
"Come on Videl, what could happen if you take it off, just for a second." She said, moving towards Videl.
Videl held her necklace tight as she could to herself. Erasa easily pried Videl's hands from her throat and pinned her arms down, one with her leg, one with her arm. With her free hand, Erasa reached for the necklace.
"Please Erasa, you're my friend, you wouldn't do this to me." Videl said, frantically.
Erasa paused, Videl held her breath.
"No, but I would." Erasa said, sinisterly.
Gohan's present for her slipped off her neck and she blacked out.
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Gohan had felt her ki spike, he knew he did. He went as fast as he could to her house. He cautiously went into her room.
"Videl?" he asked.
She was sitting on her bed, brushing her hair, she was wearing a nightrobe, he blushed a little at seeing her in it. She smiled a smile that didn't reach her eyes.
"I had warned her, not to get involved with you, that she could only get hurt, and in a way she will be. I had always felt some sympathy for her, when I first came on this planet her mother was the first I tested my power on." She paused, recalling.
"Oh yes, I remember well what I did, she was sitting in the dining room with her husband, sipping tea gracefully. But then things changed, I made it so her heart would not beat, would no longer beat, and then," she snapped her fingers "She was gone, like that." She finished.
Gohan was in shock, he noticed Erasa, unconscious, sitting in a chair by the bed, she was clutching something in her hand, he looked closer. It was Videl's necklace. He glared at 'Videl'.
"I suggest you get out of her body now, before I come in after you. Because we both know I mean to kill you." He said, threateningly.
Videl raised a finger.
"No, I don't think you will, in fact I think you'll bring down your barriers stopping me from possessing you." She said.
"And what gives you that idea?" he snarled.
"You see, as I said before, I know much more things that I can do with a mind. Such as controlling memory, unless you allow me to rent your body, just for a little while, I will destroy her memories of you." Phate threatened.
Gohan stopped, his face blanching.
'Remove her memories of me.. of us?' he thought, eyes widening.
'But he wants to possess my body, he could do some terrible things.. but Videl..' he thought, torn.
He closed his eyes and tried to think of everything bad that could happen while Phate was in his body. Immediate to come to his mind was destruction, the earth destroyed everyone dead, for spite he might kill Videl in his body. When thinking about this, his own feelings that he would die if Videl couldn't recognise him seemed shallow and selfish. He sighed and opened his eyes. Maybe if he was quick he could beat Phate before he wiped her memories. He went into Videl's body. The dark area came into view, Phate stood there, in a rage.
"You fool! You thought you could stop me without me possessing your body, right?! I can still do things while I'm here. This is, after all her mind." He calmed down.
He aimed an open palm to an area of the darkness, to Gohan it seemed as if it were at random because it just looked like another black spot. Phate sent a large ki blast to the spot he was aiming at before Gohan could interject. He put on a gruesome smile.
"There, it's done, could have been prevented but now you have two predicaments on your hand, Videl not knowing who you are and me." He said, once again taking a fighting stance.
Gohan didn't know if it was true that Videl's memories were gone, but his emotions were drawn as if they were. Taking a ragged breath, he let the rage take over. Super Saiyan three was easy to obtain, just like it had been with Jackson. Phate's eyes widened, he hadn't fought Gohan before in any super saiyan form.
"You can't fight like that! D..did you see how I did that one energy blast and it destroyed her memories of you? If you fight with so much raw energy, you'll destroy her mind!" he warned.
He could have just been trying to save himself but Gohan wouldn't take the risk. He went back to his normal form.
"Fine I won't fight like that, but let me just tell you that all this rage has to go somewhere, and I intend it to be your broken body." He said, rushing forward.
Phate lifted up his arms in defence, he was beaten down. Phate threw him some punches, Gohan ignored them, they were flies, stopping him from getting revenge, revenge for Satan city, revenge for himself. Phate couldn't leave the mind, Gohan set up a mind defence, nothing could go out, nothing could go in. Phate kicked at Gohan's torso and broke a couple of ribs, it was a little harder to breathe, but Phate would soon be drowning in his own blood. Finally the fight was over, Phate's tattooed chest no longer rose. As Gohan expected, the body disappeared, but then something he didn't happened.
"My name is Phate, on the planet Somesh I was the one who was best in mind control among other things you could do in one's body. The tattoos I had on my chest represented the rank I had received for being so gifted. I was in an elite order, we were hired by planets to control their enemies and make them turn against each other, but in my case I found it easier to just kill them. None of the others could stop the heart from beating so they began to get scared. They were scared that I could control them so they started a ritual to expel me from my body and into the air, the fools thought they could be safe then. They just gave me a reason to kill them, I killed everyone on my planet, but my body was dead so I couldn't return to it."
"As a soul in the air, it was easy for me to just possess the nearest person that I could feel their ki, usually planet hopping. Many years went by but souls don't age, finally I came to Earth. The first person I possessed was Videl's mother, while in her body I found out that all the greatest fighters were in the world martial arts tournament. I killed her and hopped to her husband's mind. The imbecile, he won every year and his power level was lower than most of the people on my planet, even the children. So for awhile I went to Videl's mind, that's how I came to learn about Gohan, her boyfriend with the amazing power level. I sought to break up Gohan and Videl, I saw how Gohan loved her and his defences would be low if they broke up. It would have been easy to take over his mind. But no, they stayed together, but now she won't remember him, now he will be heartbroken, if only he was ignorant of mind control.. if only.."
Gohan got out of there. He hoped Phate was wrong, he hoped to Kami he was wrong.
Videl opened her eyes. She looked over to where he stood. Her eyes opened wide, she looked down to what she was wearing. She folded her arms across her chest.
"Who are you?!! What are you doing in my room? Get out before I call the police!" She yelled.
Gohan took a step forward, hoping against hope that a spark of recognition would go off in her mind and she would run into his arms saying "Gohan! It's you, please forgive me it was dark and I couldn't recognise you!"
"Videl, it's me, I'm in most of your classes, my brother Goten is friends with Rin, Erasa's brother. We pass notes in history, and we're together. Please remember me.." He said, forlornly.
She paused a second, scrutinising his face.
"We are certainly not together, and how do you know Goten, you're not his older brother! You look a bit familiar but I don't think it's right for any of my obsessed classmates to go in my room saying that we have a relationship!" She said, glaring.
"What is your name?" she asked him, as he turned around.
"Apparently, I'm nobody." He responded.
He went to the open window and climbed out. He heard the lock to the window click in the distance, it echoed through his hollow existence.
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Woah long explanation by Phate, I started this saga off with a vague idea and tried my best to tie it all in. Please read and review!