Chapter 4: Forget the Future
I woke up to an all too familiar scene. I was alone in my room at the Son house, and it was starting to get dark outside. It reminded me of my first day here.
I went to get up and I was shaky. Everything was fuzzy, like I needed my glasses again. Soon my vision cleared and I headed downstairs.
I made it to the staircase and started my descent. I was wobbly and had to hold the rail tight. When I reached the bottom I came upon a familiar scene.
"Goku! Get in here right now!"
"But Chi-chi, I was only-"
"Don't say another word. You know Gohan has to study! Gohan, come in here and go study! Goku, I swear-" I came around the corner and waved to Goku.
"Chi-chi, Katie's up." Goku said, pointing at me.
"Katie?" she turned around, "Oh Katie, we didn't wake you up, did we?"
"No, you know me. I could sleep through Shenron."
"Are you okay? How are you feeling?" Gohan asked.
"I'm fine. Really, I'm okay."
"Alright then."
"Hey Katie, wanna go fish?" Goku suggested.
"Sure, I'd love to."
"Good, a moments peace." I heard Chi-chi say as I headed out the door.
I went with Goku and once we were out of the yard I started laughing at him.
"What's so funny?" he asked, totally clueless.
"You are. You're a Super Sayjin, yet you're scared of Chi-chi."
"And that's funny?"
"It is to me." I said as we waded out into the water.
"Well, sometimes you're scared of her too."
"Yeah, but I'm just a kid. I'm suppose to respect authority." I was still laughing at Goku some as a large fish started swimming close. For a decent meal we'd need about ten of these large fish.
"Katie, what happened to you yesterday? Chi-chi thinks Frieza just hit you too hard, but I don think that's what it was."
"Yesterday? Oh, I was about to tell you guys something and then my head started to hurt. It was like getting drilled in the head. I don't think I had even been in so much pain before."
"Yeah, and then you just passed out. What were you going to say?"
"I was going to say… it was… oh on. I can't remember." I stood up.
"Well, it couldn't have been too important, right?" Goku said as he wrestled with a fish.
"But Goku, I can't remember any of it. I can't remember the events from the show. I don't know what's going to happen."
"What!" Goku dropped his fish and chased after it. I was in such a state of shock I didn't know what to do. My fish swam away as I stood in a stupor.
"I just can't remember. I know I use to know, but I can't remember…"
"That's bad, right?"
"Yeah, that's bad. We need to have a meeting, now."
"It's a little short notice, isn't it? Maybe we better wait until tomorrow afternoon."
"Yeah, that'll work. As soon as possible." So I tried to shake it off as I helped Goku fish.
After dinner I went back to my room. I remembered my journal had the forgotten events written, and thought I could just read them. But when I opened my journal all that was written was 'Freiza's back' in bold letters and the date and time of his return. I knew that was important, but the rest of the book was blank.
What's going on? What did I forget? It was important, but what was it? There was something… someone was supposed to come yesterday and he or she didn't. This person was very important, but who is it?
What's wrong with me? Is this what Guru meant? He said I was destined for something, but what?
What do I do now? Who can I turn to? I guess the others will support me, but now I'm useless. My only attribute was my future knowledge, and now I've lost it.
I still have the SG, so I'll have to use that. Then again, maybe I don't. It never did go off today. Or yesterday, I mean. I'm not very strong, but then again I am a Sayjin, I could be the first female Super Sayjin. Well, of course I could be. I'm the only female Sayjin left.
But why did that stuff disappear from the book?
I went to sleep thinking these thoughts, dreaming but not remembering the dreams now, either.
When I got up I barely poked at my food, which is weird since even when I was human I always ate a lot. We all made some phone calls and decided we'd all meet in the West City Park so I could tell them what had happened and we could come up with something.
So around 1:00 we were all in the park. And for once nobody was wearing any sort of fighting clothes. Vegeta was sitting under a tree at the edge of the group, and when Goku, Gohan and I got there everyone gathered around. Once more I was put on the spot.
"So, what's going on Katie?" Krillen asked.
"Its bad, real bad. I can't remember the events from the show. That means I don't know the future anymore. And I think I've lost my Sensory Gift as well."
"So you're normal, then? Wow, I feel so bad for you." Yamcha said.
"Lay off her, Yamcha. What did she ever do to you to tick you off so much?" Tien asked.
"Yes, do tell, Yamcha." I asked.
"Well, uh, she didn't do anything, I guess."
"Oh, so you're mad at me for nothing?" I snapped.
"I'm jealous of you, okay? Get off it." Yamcha finally admitted.
"Jealous? Of me? Why would you be jealous of me?"
"You just showed up one day stronger than me and the others and you never had to train for it. The rest of us busted our butts and we were still killed by Nappa, but you could hold your own against Vegeta."
"Gosh, I never thought of it that way before. I'm sorry, Yamcha, but its not like I could help it, you know."
"Yeah, I know. I'm sorry. Friends?" he stuck out his hand, so I took it.
"Yeah, friends."
"Well, now that this distressing feud has been settled, can we please get to the point?" Vegeta snapped.
"Right, the point is that I'm normal, like Yamcha said. All I can say is that I know something big is coming, but I can't remember what it is. I even wrote everything in a journal at home, but when I went to read it, it was blank except for what I wrote yesterday, which was the date and time of Freiza's arrival."
"Well, I guess that means I'll be sticking around. Once this thing is over I'll kill Kakorot and move on." Vegeta said, got up, and left.
"Why that guy. How do you put up with him, Bulma?" Yamcha asked.
"Yeah, I don't get it, either." I said. Was that something I forgot?
"I figure he needs to stay somewhere, right? At least this way we can keep an eye on him. Well, I better get home, too. If Vegeta gets there first he'll tear all the doors off their hinges so he can get in."
"Bye, Bulma!" I called, laughing. The others started their own ways, too.
"Katie, would you come to the Lookout, please? Bring Goku, too." It was Kami.
"Goku, Kami wants to see us. He just contacted me."
"Oh? Okay. Gohan, tell you mother we'll be a little late."
"Sure thing, dad." Gohan said as he headed home.
"So Goku, are we teleporting or flying?"
"We'll teleport." So I placed my hand on Goku's shoulder and he teleported us to the Lookout.
Once at the Lookout Kami was waiting for us. Mr. Po-Po was in the distance humming and watering the flowers.
"What's wrong, Kami?" Goku asked as Kami walked over. He looked grim about something.
"Katie's memory lapse. It couldn't have come at a worse time."
"You're telling me." I said.
"Something big is about to begin, but not even I know what it is. This memory lapse isn't from Frieza hitting you in the head, but something else. Your notebook was blank, right?"
"Yes." I nodded.
"And the Sensory Gift is gone as well?"
"I think it is, but I'm not sure."
"Guru warned me of this."
"Warned you of what? I'm tired of being the only one who doesn't know my own fate!"
"Katie, calm down. Yelling at Kami won't help." Goku said, placing a hand on my shoulder.
"I'm sorry, Kami, Goku. But this whole situation is hard for me, you have to understand that. Until two years ago this was all a TV show to me."
"Well, to answer your question, your destiny has changed. We don't know how, or why, but to be destined for whatever it was you were destined for you needed to have the Sensory Gift, the knowledge of the future, and a great strength. Now that you're not needed for whatever it was, those gifts left you."
"But if I'm not needed, then why wasn't I sent home?" I asked. I still wasn't sure about all of this.
"That's the other thing. This is your home."
"Nani!" Goku and I cried. That's Japanese for 'what'.
"There is a council that rules over this dimension, Otherworld, and HFIL. They knew Planet Vegeta was going to be destroyed, and they thought you were destined to save this dimension from… something big, whatever it was. They sent you to another dimension so you'd be safe from whatever this thing was. But now someone else in another dimension has your destiny. You were only one of many possible chosen warriors. The Council wouldn't tell me the details except that you were born with the name Katrin."
"Is that a Sayjin name?" I asked.
"Yes. Now do you see?"
"This council goofed and sent the wrong kid?"
"No, but something else stopped this thing. You aren't needed to save the dimension anymore." Kami clarified.
"So I was born a Sayjin and this is really my home?"
"Yes. Your mother was Andorra, and your father was Kanji. Andorra was Bardock's sister."
"So Goku and I are cousins?" he nodded, "Wait a minute, then why am I only 17? Ginyu said Planet Vegeta was destroyed over 20 years ago. Shouldn't I be at least 21?"
"Well, that's got to do with physics. Space time continuum and all that sort of thing. I don't understand it myself." Kami sighed.
"That sort of makes sense. What about my human family? My parents?"
"The council erased your existence from that dimension."
"Then am I Katie or Katrin?" I thought aloud.
"I think that's like saying am I Goku or Kakorot." Goku said.
"Yeah, I guess so. Kami, will I remember any of that future stuff I forgot?"
"Possibly. Believe it or not, I'm still kind of in the dark about all of this as well." Kami sighed.
"So I'm normal again. I really was born a Sayjin. That's so cool. Okay, thanks Kami. Is there anything else?"
"No, that was it. Good luck, Katie, Goku. I fear you'll need it."
"Bye, Kami."
And then Goku teleported us home.
