AN: This is one of my favorite chapters I've ever written. I absolutely love the ocean and anything found in it. I would love to act out what Katie does in this chapter! Enjoy! Read and review!

Also, I owe my little phrase from the song to Mulan! I heard Akira Toriyama was inspired by Mulan, and I can see how.

Chapter 28: Dragonball Hunting

Part 3: Swimming With the Monster

Well after an awkward sleep that night we all got up and ate breakfast. Needless to say, it was kind of unnerving knowing that a giant monster was swimming just under your bed.

I was up, brushing my hair in the mirror.

"Who is that girl I see, staring straight back at me? When will my reflection show who I am inside! When will my reflection show who I am inside…"

"You're not half-bad." I looked in the doorway of my room to see Ariel. She was leaning on the frame looking in.

"Thanks. It was one of my favorites when I was a kid. I haven't heard it since I… I moved here."

"Katie, were you serious about your power?" Ariel asked as we headed above-deck.

"Yes, I don't let pride get in my way. Well, usually. The one time I did it nearly killed me."

"Then I have a favor?" Sam asked.

"What kind of favor?"

"When you go for your dive after the Dragonball, would you take this with you?" Sam had a tagger and a camera.

"You want me to tag and film Green Eyes!"

"He sinks every sub we send, Katie. And you don't have to go after him, just if you see him. You said you wanted to be a Cryptozoologist, right? Here's your chance."

"Why not? It sounds fun." I shrugged.

"Then where to?" Ariel asked. I took out the radar and looked carefully.

"About three hundred yards that way. I'll dive and search from there." I pointed.

"Right, here we go." Ariel must really love her job, she was really enthusiastic about this whole thing.

So I went down below deck and took out my capsules. One of them had a suitcase in it, so I popped it out and found my bathing suit.

It was a one-piece, orca-style suit, only it was green with a light green stripe. Once I put it on I was reminded of Cell. But instead of dwelling I got out my diving mask.

I went back up deck as the ship came to a halt. Something big swam under the boat, circling us and then that weird sound started again. Then it disappeared.

"Sam, was that screech coming from Green Eyes?" I asked.

"Yes, but it hasn't helped me classify what Green Eyes is yet. Without a good look and further study I can't even guess what it is."

"We're not even sure if it's a mammal, reptile, or fish." Ariel added.

"So Green Eyes might just be a plankton eater and not a man eater?"

"Could be, we just don't know." Ariel said.

"Sounds even better to me now. This'll be no problem after-- well, never mind. I'm going in!"

"Be careful!" Sam called as I jumped in. A good look around and no sign of Green Eyes.

He was here a second ago… Alright, where's that Dragonball?

I took off to the reef and began there. My little pack on my hip carried the camera, the tagging device, and a place of the Dragonball, plus I had a headset so I could talk to Sam and Ariel.

"Do you see anything, Katie? Over." Ariel called when I resurfaced.

"Nope, not a thing. I'm going deeper. Over." I replied.

I took off a little deeper and transformed into Water A-SSJ. This way I wouldn't need diving equipment and I could move faster, and I wouldn't have to come up for air.

Water A-SSJ makes me look like an embodiment of water. My skin turns blue, my hair turns aquamarine, and my hands and feet turn webby. I can breathe above or below water, and I can move very fast. Every form has wings of some kind, and in this case it was a dorsal fin. And, since I didn't power up before I transformed, I didn't gain a large amount of power, so I wouldn't harm the environment.

Deeper and deeper I dived, searching under every seashell and in every crevice. An eel nearly ripped off my finger, too.

Some dolphins joined with me and their fun attitude was contagious. I ended up playing with them for almost an hour, forgetting every worry.

"Katie, are you okay? You've been down there a long time. Over." Ariel called.

"I'm playing with the dolphins. Still no sign of the Dragonball or Green Eyes. Over."

"That's because Green Eyes is here. He came back to the boat, and he hasn't stopped circling us since you went in. Over."

"I'm coming back. Over." I waved goodbye to the dolphins and swam back to the boat. My mission may be Dragonball hunting, but I couldn't let my new friends get hurt. No one else is ever going to get hurt because of me ever again.

When I got to the boat what I saw was amazing. Green Eyes was a, well, a Loch Ness monster looking thing. It was the size of a whale, and its skin was smooth like a whale. It had a long neck and a small head, though the head was far larger than myself. Its head reminded me of a crocodile, and each of his four fins was my length. Its tail was long with a fin at the end, and there was a large spine down its back.

Oh my goodness. This is amazing. Oh, the camera!

I took out the camera and took a shot, but Green Eyes didn't like that one bit and came after me. It started that sound again, but it was different underwater. It was more like a whale now, whereas above water it sounded like a terrible scream.

Green Eyes opened its mouth and I saw rows of razor sharp teeth. It lunged at me, but I got out of the way and turned to face it.

I guess that rules out plankton eater.

"Katie, get out of there now! Over."

"Not yet. I gotta make contact. Over."

Green Eyes came at me again and I swam around the side of the boat. It followed me, and every time it got close to me it would back off.

"Sam, I think its… playing with me. Over."

"What? I didn't catch that. Over." Sam said.

"Green Eyes is playing with me, over."

"Really? That's amazing! Take some more pictures, over."

So I did, and Green Eyes would roar again. When I moved near Green Eyes, it would back away, not letting me any closer. I wanted to make contact somehow.

Goku always said to follow my heart, so I guess that's what I'll do now.

"I won't hurt you, I want to be friends. See?" I held out my hands and Green Eyes did a roll, looking at me curiously.

"Sam, I think Green Eyes is a juvenile… whatever it is. Over."

"Place the tracker! Over."

"I'll try, over."

I moved closer to Green Eyes, but it moved away again.

"Please let me get closer. I won't hurt you." I tried again, but it still backed away. It wasn't threatening me, but it was scared and curious at the same time.

It backed away from me and bumped into the boat. He was getting scared, and I was afraid that if it panicked it might over turn the boat.

"Let me get closer. I won't hurt you." mental contact was all I could think of to make contact, and it worked.

"What are you? You look funny. I've never seen a creature like you before."

"I come from the surface. My name is Katie, what's yours?" I asked.

"Mama called me Tyde. But mama died a long time ago. Now I'm all alone."

"How did she die?"

"She got sick. That was ten years ago."

Does that mean she died because of Roxx? Why do I keep hurting people?

"Tyde, I have some friends on the boat that would like to meet you. Would you like to meet them?"

"I'm scared. Mama always came to the surface when something bad happened, and I do too."

"The bad thing is gone, but there are some nice people that would really like to meet you."

"Will you go with me?"

"Of course." So I swam to the surface and called up to Sam and Ariel.

"Hey guys, her name is Tyde!" Tyde lifted her head and neck way out of the water and moved it over to the boat. Sam and Ariel froze.

"I don't think they like me." She said, turning to me.

"They're a little scared of you. Wait just a second."

I jumped into the boat and placed my hand on Tyde's snout, patting it.

"Katie, what happened to you?" Sam asked.

"Oh, this? It's one of my abilities. But see? She's friendly. She's more scared of you than you are of her."

Ariel moved closer first and copied me, patting Tyde's snout. The Sam came closer and looked her over.

"Amazing. Reptilian, a juvenile, female plesiosaur. But there are gills, too. A reptile with gills, this'll rewrite all the biology books!"

"Isn't she sweet, dad?" Ariel asked, petting Tyde.

"Sam, we just can't put a tracker on her. Once word gets out about her, this place will be flocked with tourists and hunters. She's the only one of her kind left." I pleaded.

"You're right, Katie. I'll keep the pictures for myself, and I'll mail you a copy since you know about her, if you like. I'll write that there is no creature here and I'll make up an excuse about the green eyes everyone sees. A school of fish or something."

"Thanks, Sam."

"Katie, how did you communicate with her?" Ariel asked.

"I have a psychic ability. I can communicate with others with my mind. I had to calm her down or someone might have gotten hurt."

"Katie, ask her about the Dragonball." Ariel said.

"Oh, good idea."

I turned and faced Tyde, looking right into her big green eyes.

"Tyde, I have a question for you. Have you seen one of these nearby?" I took out one of the Dragonballs and showed it to her.

"Yes, I have. I saw one in the tunnel that leads to my cave."

"Can you take me there?"

"Sure!"

"I'm going under, she knows where it is. I'll be back soon." I jumped back into the water and followed Tyde down, deeper and deeper.

Soon we came to an opening in the sea floor, and Tyde went through it. I followed reluctantly and soon it opened into a massive cavern.

"Down there." Tyde pointed with a fin to a shiny rock in the floor. I picked it up and made sure that in fact it was a Dragonball, so I placed it in my bag and we went back up to the surface. All of that took 30 minutes.

Once at the surface I jumped into the boat and took out the Dragonball. Then I started to cry.