Chapter 119
They walked out of the orchard and across more grassy plains to reach Sanzu. Genji only knew it as a river that seperates the living from the land of the dead. Plus, he had seen enough horror movies to get an idea what the Sanzu looked like. He shivered slightly at the spooky thoughts.
"Scared, Genji?" 17 asked.
When the boy shook his head, the android laughed.
"Don't worry about it, kid. It's just a river, nothing big."
Genji sighed, thinking otherwise.
It felt like a short time later when Genji spotted the river down a hill. He looked up and down it for anything unique, and saw nothing.
It was just an ordinary, wide river.
**So, it's just got a scary name, is that it?**
"That's about it." 17 nodded. "But, as a side note, don't drink the water. Or else, you'll end up like those guys." He pointed at the opposite side of the bank. Genji looked, and freaked!
Skeletons of all kinds were walking around the shore. Some were fully clothed, others were missing bones here and there. All of them walked around normally, acting just like living people.
Genji turned blue in the face, picturing himself as a skeleton.
**Thanks for the warning.**
"No prob, kid."
"Hey, guys!" Masq called a short distance away. "Come on, already. The boatman is here!"
17 and Genji hurried to her side. Sitting just on the bank was a small, wooden ferryboat. Sitting in the boat was a figure in a dark cloak and hood. It looked like the Grim Reaper from the European stories, which made Genji shiver slightly.
But Masq and 17 weren't scared at all.
"Hi!" Masq greeted. "It's me again!"
"It is a bit early for a temple gathering, isn't it?"
The voice from the boatman was feminine, and rather deep (indicating she was in her early fourties), and had a light accent. That had Genji blinking in confusion. Wasn't the boatman of Sanzu a man?
"There's no gathering today." Masq shook her head. "But, I need to take my son to the temple for an exorcism."
The boatma......er, boatWOMAN turned to Genji, who waved nervously.
'I can't even see her face.....' he thought to himself, 'Is she a skeleton under there?'
"So, that is your son." the boatwoman said. "I can see he isn't dead."
"I'll explain later." Masq insisted, hopping into the boat. "Can you take us to the temple please?"
"Of course." she turned to 17 and Genji. "Better to come on board, gentlemen."
"Don't we have to pay the ferry toll?" 17 asked, scratching his head.
"I don't charge those heading to the temple."
"Okay." 17 accepted, climbing into the boat. Genji was next on board.
**Yes! I'm going to be cured! I'm going to be cured! I'm going to be cured!**
The boatwoman dipped her oar into the water, and swatted it on something below the boat.
"Hah!"
Suddenly, a snake-like neck attached to a reptilian head rose out of the river in front of the boat. Wings fanned out from the sides of the boat, startling Genji. Then a tail rose from behind the boat and slapped the water harshly. Genji looked around in confusion as the boat sligtly rose from the water, showing that it was attached to a scaly back.
"Don't be alarmed." the boatwoman told the boy. "This boat is attached to this river dragon's back. Nothing to be scared of."
Genji held onto the side for dear life as the head dove back into the water with a whale-like squeek and the boat began to move foreword. The wings and tail disapeared into the river as well, and the boat moved along as though the current was taking them downstream.
Genji sat nervously next to his mom while 17 lounged on the side.
"We'll be there in no time." the android sighed in content.
**I hate this place.....**
/|\
The boat was being watched on the other side of the bank.
"That punk! He's going to pay for this!"
"Pay for what, this?"
Poke.
"OW! Papa, don't touch that, it hurts!"
Freeza and King Kold lifted themselves out of the bushes, the son rubbing his bandaged head.
"That punk is going to pay, I swear it, papa! How dare he make complete fools of us."
"I don't think the two of us alone could make him pay for anything. Shouldn't we have someone like the Ginyuu Force take care of this?"
"Those morons can't even take care of themselves, let alone a teenage Mononoke boy. We're going to do this ourselves, papa."
"Are you absolutely certain?" Kold asked, touching his son's head wound again in reminder.
Poke.
"Owwww.....papa! Stop it, that really hurts!"
"I think it will be more painful if we fought that boy again."
"It will be. For HIM!" Freeza insisted. "He got the better of us by taking us by surprise. So, we're going to take him by surprise instead! He'll rue the day he was born......and the day he died too!"
"Now, you're sure this will work?"
Poke.
"Owwww! Papa, quit it! Yes, it will work!"
Freeza ducked back into the bushes.
"Now let's get following."
King Kold sighed to himself.
"My youngest son has never ordered me around before.......ever since Cell mysteriously disapeared sixteen years ago, Freeza's been ordering everyone around......"
They walked out of the orchard and across more grassy plains to reach Sanzu. Genji only knew it as a river that seperates the living from the land of the dead. Plus, he had seen enough horror movies to get an idea what the Sanzu looked like. He shivered slightly at the spooky thoughts.
"Scared, Genji?" 17 asked.
When the boy shook his head, the android laughed.
"Don't worry about it, kid. It's just a river, nothing big."
Genji sighed, thinking otherwise.
It felt like a short time later when Genji spotted the river down a hill. He looked up and down it for anything unique, and saw nothing.
It was just an ordinary, wide river.
**So, it's just got a scary name, is that it?**
"That's about it." 17 nodded. "But, as a side note, don't drink the water. Or else, you'll end up like those guys." He pointed at the opposite side of the bank. Genji looked, and freaked!
Skeletons of all kinds were walking around the shore. Some were fully clothed, others were missing bones here and there. All of them walked around normally, acting just like living people.
Genji turned blue in the face, picturing himself as a skeleton.
**Thanks for the warning.**
"No prob, kid."
"Hey, guys!" Masq called a short distance away. "Come on, already. The boatman is here!"
17 and Genji hurried to her side. Sitting just on the bank was a small, wooden ferryboat. Sitting in the boat was a figure in a dark cloak and hood. It looked like the Grim Reaper from the European stories, which made Genji shiver slightly.
But Masq and 17 weren't scared at all.
"Hi!" Masq greeted. "It's me again!"
"It is a bit early for a temple gathering, isn't it?"
The voice from the boatman was feminine, and rather deep (indicating she was in her early fourties), and had a light accent. That had Genji blinking in confusion. Wasn't the boatman of Sanzu a man?
"There's no gathering today." Masq shook her head. "But, I need to take my son to the temple for an exorcism."
The boatma......er, boatWOMAN turned to Genji, who waved nervously.
'I can't even see her face.....' he thought to himself, 'Is she a skeleton under there?'
"So, that is your son." the boatwoman said. "I can see he isn't dead."
"I'll explain later." Masq insisted, hopping into the boat. "Can you take us to the temple please?"
"Of course." she turned to 17 and Genji. "Better to come on board, gentlemen."
"Don't we have to pay the ferry toll?" 17 asked, scratching his head.
"I don't charge those heading to the temple."
"Okay." 17 accepted, climbing into the boat. Genji was next on board.
**Yes! I'm going to be cured! I'm going to be cured! I'm going to be cured!**
The boatwoman dipped her oar into the water, and swatted it on something below the boat.
"Hah!"
Suddenly, a snake-like neck attached to a reptilian head rose out of the river in front of the boat. Wings fanned out from the sides of the boat, startling Genji. Then a tail rose from behind the boat and slapped the water harshly. Genji looked around in confusion as the boat sligtly rose from the water, showing that it was attached to a scaly back.
"Don't be alarmed." the boatwoman told the boy. "This boat is attached to this river dragon's back. Nothing to be scared of."
Genji held onto the side for dear life as the head dove back into the water with a whale-like squeek and the boat began to move foreword. The wings and tail disapeared into the river as well, and the boat moved along as though the current was taking them downstream.
Genji sat nervously next to his mom while 17 lounged on the side.
"We'll be there in no time." the android sighed in content.
**I hate this place.....**
/|\
The boat was being watched on the other side of the bank.
"That punk! He's going to pay for this!"
"Pay for what, this?"
Poke.
"OW! Papa, don't touch that, it hurts!"
Freeza and King Kold lifted themselves out of the bushes, the son rubbing his bandaged head.
"That punk is going to pay, I swear it, papa! How dare he make complete fools of us."
"I don't think the two of us alone could make him pay for anything. Shouldn't we have someone like the Ginyuu Force take care of this?"
"Those morons can't even take care of themselves, let alone a teenage Mononoke boy. We're going to do this ourselves, papa."
"Are you absolutely certain?" Kold asked, touching his son's head wound again in reminder.
Poke.
"Owwww.....papa! Stop it, that really hurts!"
"I think it will be more painful if we fought that boy again."
"It will be. For HIM!" Freeza insisted. "He got the better of us by taking us by surprise. So, we're going to take him by surprise instead! He'll rue the day he was born......and the day he died too!"
"Now, you're sure this will work?"
Poke.
"Owwww! Papa, quit it! Yes, it will work!"
Freeza ducked back into the bushes.
"Now let's get following."
King Kold sighed to himself.
"My youngest son has never ordered me around before.......ever since Cell mysteriously disapeared sixteen years ago, Freeza's been ordering everyone around......"