AN: Hey! Angel Saiyan here! You like the story? Things will get heated up here real soon for those of you that are tired of all this talk and mushy stuff.
But I gotta send a few messages here:
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Okay, enough said, here's the chapter!
Chapter 16: Stories Never Told
3rd P.O.V.
Mirai and Cell were the only ones in the room with Katie. Everyone else was on the outer reaches of the Lookout as the sun made its way down. Only an hour until the sunset, and no progress had been made.
"Come on, Cell. I know you can bring her back."
"If he doesn't, I'll kill him." Vegeta said as he walked in.
"Father, I can't lose her again. I just can't."
"What does that mean? You never lost her."
"In the alternate time, I did. She died to save me then, and now she's dying again, and there isn't anything I can do."
"You've done all you can." Vegeta assured.
"You know, you're the reason she became a Super Sayjin in my time. 18 killed you, and she transformed. A lot of good it did."
"She never became the Angel Sayjin, did she?"
"No. She never made it to Super Sayjin 2, either. When she died, I transformed into a Super Sayjin."
"It must have been hard for her then, not knowing exactly what was going to happen." Vegeta sighed.
"She told me once that she would have preferred the unknown, like the rest of us." Goku said when he came in.
"If she dies, Drazark will get her power. No one could stop him then." Mirai said.
"Well, we'll have to pray that Cell succeeds." Goku replied.
"We need more than prayer this time."
"I wonder what she's seeing right now." Mirai said.
"If I know her, she's fighting Frieza." Vegeta said.
Her Ki suddenly went through the roof, causing the sheets to fly off the bed. As Mirai replaced them her Ki declined to the normal sleeping level.
"Hey, do you remember how she threw the bouquet through the ceiling after your wedding?" Goku said with a small laugh.
"Yeah, she was so embarrassed. But she said there's no thing as a perfect wedding."
"That almost made me want to go through with a formal earth wedding." Vegeta said, "Almost."
"Its kinda hard to believe that's the same girl I found in the woods thirty years ago. Look how she's changed. She surpassed us all in strength, she's a brilliant scientist, and she's braver than anyone I've ever seen." Goku stated.
"I've never faced an opponent who could look me in the eyes and not react. In fact, I nearly flinched as she stared right back at me. She was born a Sayjin, and that didn't change, even growing up human. Unlike you, Kakorot. You're too pure."
"I was until Roxx came along. I haven't been able to ride the Nimbus since he tortured me." Goku confessed.
"She doesn't know yet, does she?" Mirai asked.
"No, we were going to surprise her the other day as part of an anniversary present." Vegeta explained.
"We'll have to show her when she makes it out of there." Goku said.
"We may need it to fight Drazark."
"Too bad I can't do it, but I guess only pure-blooded Sayjins can do it, right?" Mirai asked.
"Right, but you did your best at it. I bet she would go loony if you could do it, too." Goku said, "Oh, do you remember the tournament she entered four years ago? Before the one last year?" Goku asked.
"Yeah, she could have easily beaten Buu, but she gave it to him so Hercule could win. She beat all of us before the tournament began, those humans didn't stand a chance." Vegeta scoffed.
"Yeah, too bad we all were in the same preliminary ring. It would have been fun to fight in front of all those people again." Goku said.
"She put the prize money into a college fund for the kids." Mirai explained.
"Well, at least she isn't like your mate, Kakorot. She's letting them choose their own lives."
"Chi-chi was just a… little over excited about Gohan's education. But you have to admit, that didn't stop his training. He did defeat Cell, after all. She did much better with Goten."
"Speaking of Cell, how do you think she stayed alive those ten days?" Mirai asked.
"Well, Cell is in love with her. He just couldn't kill her." Goku said.
"I wonder what she'd say if she realized we went off to fight Brolly while Cell held her captive?"
"She'd probably be mad at us. But I think she'd mostly be mad at you, Vegeta. You did run off to rule another planet and left her here. I just followed so I could stop the evil Super Sayjin." Goku said.
"We never did find out why Brolly was so mad at you, Goku." Mirai said.
"Katie might know. All of this was a TV show to her once." Goku said, scratching the back of his head.
"She knew all about us. She knew us better than we knew ourselves." Vegeta said.
"But she's only mortal. Remember how she became Majin?" Goku said.
"I'll never forget that. She was just scared of the Darkness. When we were separated in the tunnels in Roxx's castle, the Darkness attacked Katrin. I realized how scared she was because she didn't try to power up. But I'd never think of her as a coward."
"She's been through a lot of amazing things, things we haven't done. Some of those things I don't think we could do." Mirai said with some awe in his voice.
Even though Frieza isn't real in there, what he's done to her will scar, possibly worse than her time as Katherine the Slaughterer. Vegeta thought.
"Has anyone ever wondered why it was Katie was sent to a dimension where we were all cartoon characters?" Goku asked.
"She had to learn the future somehow, I guess." Mirai said.
"The council sent her there purposely so she'd know the future and be able to fulfill the prophecy." Vegeta surmised.
"And to think, after all she did they put her on trial. They're the ones who saved her in the first place." Goku said.
"Ironic, isn't it? Just like all of this. The one thing that has always been her biggest asset is now working against her. If it wasn't for her extraordinary power, Drazark would have left her alone. But then again, we'd all be dead right now." Vegeta smirked.
"I bet if she could realize how much we love her right now, she could easily break free from that illusion." Goku said.
"I wonder how Drazark did it. It isn't just an illusion, but it isn't a separate dimension, either. It's something that could have happened if Frieza hadn't blown up the planet. Things in there are as real as reality. She may come out of this with a better knowledge of Sayjin heritage than I could have ever explained to her. And of course, growing up on Planet Vegeta means her Inner Light was never created, so she isn't the Angel Sayjin. It was her experiences on earth, her earth and this one, that made her what she is now." Vegeta said.
That's what she said earlier, that our memories make us what we are. I guess this proves it, I only hope she makes it out to write that one down. Mirai thought
"I've been to many planets in my life, but I have never met such a powerful wizard. If he could make an illusion this detailed in a mere moment, just think of what else he could do with a few moments longer." Vegeta continued.
"And he was able to hold me off in Super Sayjin 3 form." Goku agreed.
"She let her arrogance get to her for the first time in her life, and now she's paying for it. Unlike you, dad." Mirai laughed.
"Yes, I've let pride be my weakness instead of a strength."
"It hasn't always been bad, Vegeta. Your pride did help you become a Super Sayjin, after all."
"True, it did. But she helped as well. I felt some sort of need to protect her from the androids at the time I was training."
"It's a circle. We helped her do the same thing she helped us do. We trained her, and in many ways, she trained us."
"I'm not as arrogant now because of her. When Cell beat me after all that training I did in the Hyperbolic Time chamber, I realized I lost because I didn't listen to her."
"But you're still arrogant." Goku laughed, but continued, "She showed me what true courage is. To do the right thing even though it's hard. Like on Namek. She knew Krillen had to die so I'd become a Super Sayjin."
"And she showed me what love is. True love won't be beaten so easily, not because of a spell."
"She'll come back to us, she did before. She went to HFIL and back. Roxx actually killed her, but she came back." Goku told.
"Yeah, but if this spell kills her, there isn't any coming back."