Chapter 7: Kooler Gets an Up-close Look at the Sun
When I woke up that morning it was because Krillen was being noisy. For someone without a nose he sure snored really loud.
I stretched and took a look outside. No one was near at the time, and Gohan was coming closer.
"Well good, now Goku can whip Kooler's ass and we can all go home."
But it wasn't going to be so easy. I suddenly felt Neizu, Doore, and Sauzaa approaching Gohan fast, so I took off in that direction. We needed those Zinzu beans.
I flew as fast as I could, but made it in time to see the bag of Zinzu beans burst into flames. Sauzaa was laughing as Gohan started getting mad. And we all know what happens when Gohan gets mad.
I immediately took toward Sauzaa and started beating him into a pulp before he even knew I was there. He quickly turned and smacked me away, then saw who his attacker was.
"Oh, it's the girl. Too bad about that medicine, hm?" he began to laugh.
"Damn you to HFIL and back!" that had become one of my favorite sayings. I charged at him and kept him busy, then Piccolo showed up.
"Piccolo, you're here!" Gohan cheered.
"Who started the party without me?"
"Piccolo, these guys work for Kooler, and Kooler is Freiza's older brother. We gotta stop them."
"No problem." Piccolo helped out Gohan as I fought Sauzaa. I wasn't winning, either. Finally Piccolo got done with the other two and blasted Sauzaa, but the blast missed and lit up the partially dark sky.
"Katie, take Gohan and get out of here. I'll handle this guy."
"Piccolo, be careful!" Gohan called.
"He knows what he's doing. Come on, let's go!" I grabbed Gohan by the arm and started back to the cave. I stopped once to make sure we weren't being followed as we got closer to the cave. When we landed we ran inside.
"Good, you're back. Where are the Zinzu beans?" Oolong asked.
"They're gone. Neizu blasted them." I said.
"Not all of them." Gohan had one Zinzu bean hidden in his belt.
"Gohan, you're an angel, a literal angel!" I cheered. Gohan gave Goku the Zinzu bean while I stood at the entrance, happy but on guard. I could feel Kooler coming closer.
And I was right, Kooler landed a moment later.
"So, you survived the fall after all. Well that's fine with me, because I'm going to destroy this planet. You'll all be dead soon enough."
"That sounded vaguely like Frieza. I think I know what you're really doing here, Kooler. You're here to prove that you are better than Frieza. Its basic sibling rivalry, I get that. I feel the same way with Goku and Vegeta."
"Well, aren't you smart. I hated my brother, true, but I only came here to avenge the family honor."
"Your kind has no honor." I spat.
"You seem quite brave. Or foolish. Now step aside and I promise to give this planet a painless end."
"No. I won't move." I planted my feet in the ground, taking a different stance, "Either way I'm dead, right? So why not go out fighting?" I got into my fighting stance, waiting.
"How very much like a Sayjin. But I guess I'll humor you." he charged and we began to fight. I knew I had regained some of my power from earlier, but I also knew it wouldn't be enough to stop Kooler.
"You fight well, for an Icejin." I said. We were in the air now, but that seemed to help me better. Most people move easier in the air.
"Funny, I was going to say the same thing about you, Sayjin. You know you can't win, so why do you fight?"
"For one, I'm a Sayjin, and for two, I promised Goku I'd protect him until he could fight again."
"Then I've decided you're just a fool."
"You think I care what you think?"
"Destruction Blast!" Kooler shot out a blast at me from his eyes, and if it weren't for my speed I'd be dead. It hit me and went straight through my leg. Kooler began to laugh, "Darn, I missed."
I screamed out in pain. Freiza's Death Beam was nothing compared to this. It was fire and… it's just hard to describe the pain for someone else.
And Goku took one of these full on and lived? He's stronger than I ever gave him credit for.
"Ouch, that had to hurt." Kooler said with a smirk.
"Not as much as this will, Ka-me-ha-me-ha!" I did the Kamehameha as fast as I could and knocked Kooler back a little.
"That actually hurt! No one can hurt me! Especially not some third-class, female Sayjin!"
"Get over yourself!"
We went into fighting again and apparently my little attack did nothing to him. He was still as strong as ever, and I couldn't fight with one of my legs. He wasn't going to cut me any slack, either.
If Vegeta were here we wouldn't have to worry about Kooler. He may not be a Super Sayjin, but he could hold him off better than I'm doing.
But I was here, and I had to fight. I was starting to waver in my fighting from fatigue and probably blood loss from my leg. Kooler did a simple axe-kick and sent me to the ground in my own little crater.
I couldn't move. My shoulder was dislocated.
Body part hits score: Kooler 2, Katie 0.
"What's the matter, Katrin?" Kooler called.
"You are to never call me by my Sayjin name! Only my friends can do that!"
He landed next to me and started to walk over. He got to the crater's edge and leaned over to face me.
"And what about your executioner?" he powered up a blast, "You know, I killed a female Sayjin who looked very much like you."
"What?" I growled.
"I believe her name was… Andorra. I killed her mate as well."
No… mother, father… I will make him pay!"You monster! I will avenge my parents!"
"So that's who they were?" Kooler fired the blast.
It wasn't long that I woke up. I thought I should have been dead, but I hurt too much to be dead. I heard two people fighting, flesh hitting flesh and cries being screamed. I was weak now, so weak that all my injures felt heavy. Even my hair felt heavy.
I tried to open my eyes, but they hurt as well. Kooler's last blast must have been off, or surely I would be dead now.
I finally forced my eyes open and saw the blurry forms of Gohan and Krillen next to me in a pile. They were alive, but not much better off than I was. I looked up and saw Goku's orange Gi, and something purple. That was Kooler. I strained to see, but it didn't help very much. When they got a little closer I saw that Kooler had changed. It had never dawned on me that Kooler might have had another form. But if that was true, then why wasn't Goku SSJ?
I couldn't bare it any longer and I felt myself drift again. I slept, but it wasn't like normal sleep. It was uncomfortable, like sleeping in a hospital. My body was so tired, and my mind couldn't resist either as darkness came to me.
I was in the tomb, the same one that I was in from before.
"What's going on?"
"You're near death, but you will not die this day."
"You sound familiar, who are you?"
"I am someone you never met, but I know you very well, Katrin. Or do you prefer Katie?"
"Katie. What I am doing here?"
"Only near death could I talk to you. I'll make this quick so you can go back to your normal life."
"My life isn't normal."
"True. You were supposed to be destined to stop a great evil, Katie. This evil was stopped by another because someone who should have come to this time did not, and thus changed your destiny. He doesn't know this, and neither do you. Or will either of you. His impacted changed more than anyone will ever know."
"I'm confused." I sighed.
"It'll all make sense one day."
"What's the deal with the tomb, anyway?"
"I don't know. It's your soul room."
"Like from 'Yu-Gi-Oh!'?"
"Yes and no." the feminine voice said with a laugh.
"I want to see you."
"You can't because technically I don't exist yet. I knew I had to warn you, the things you have forgotten will be remembered as you die. I mean when you really die, not during a time when you'll recover or be wished back."
"But why wouldn't I be wished back?"
"You'll have to find out on your own. I'll be back on that day, but now I must go. I have to watch over someone besides just you. Goku is right, love is your armor. In this life and the other."
"The other? Wait-"
I shot up, and that really hurt. I collapsed back onto the ground, and that hurt too. I was wide-awake and I looked at the surroundings. Kooler in his 5th form was in the sky, and I saw his planet destroyer Ki ball.
How long was I out? Those things take forever to charge.
Then I saw Goku, knelt on the ground and looking mad, calmly mad. There was no emotion on his face. Then his Ki flared and he transformed into SSJ, and I noticed a bird fly out of his hands.
WTF? We're all about to die and a bird sets him off? I laughed. It must have been the final straw, go figure, Goku.
My strength was totally spent, but I was awake.
"Go, Goku. Finish him." I said in a whisper, all I could give was in that sentence. I had fought my hardest, and I was satisfied with the job I did.
Kooler's blast started to descend, but Goku stood tall and let out his angriest and most powerful cry.
"KA--ME—HA—ME--HA!"
The blasts hit, yet instead of exploding they were pushing at each other.
Goku's starting to push Kooler back!Soon I couldn't see Kooler from the light of the two blasts, but I could sense everything. He was in space now, but he could breathe out there, just like Frieza. But then he got further away, and soon I saw the sun eclipse.
Kooler is right on top of the sun!Then Goku let out on final burst of Ki and I saw the sun shimmer. Then I felt Kooler disappear. His Ki was completely gone.
And then Goku fell to his knees, exhausted. I was too and I fell asleep again. I don't know for how long, but after a moment I felt myself being gently lifted through the air. I opened my eyes and saw that it was Goku carrying me.
"You took care of me, and now I'll return the favor." Goku smiled. I closed my eyes. There is just something about Goku that makes you feel safe, makes you feel warm. Chi-chi was lucky to have him, and as I slept I hoped that one day I would find someone special, too.
Goku beat Kooler, and he was gone for good. Piccolo, Gohan, Krillen, and I helped some, but in the end it was all Goku, as usual. But I'm fine with that, I've got the greatest cousin in the world.
Turns out I was worse off than I thought. Out of all of us who fought Kooler, I was injured the worst. Krillen said it was because I was just too stubborn, that I wouldn't give up, but I'll never give up. Giving up is for the weak, and on that day I proved that I am most definitely not weak.
