Chapter 51: A Friend's Rage

Kotari watched as Goku repeatedly called his daughter's name. But nothing came from the body of the young thirteen year old saiyan girl. Her body was completely lifeless. Her fingers were curled lifelessly. Her head fell back and towards her father's chest lifelessly. Everything about Taylor that had once brought joy to them all was gone.

Kotari felt a few tears slide down her cheeks as she stared at Taylor's damaged face. She would never see this saiyan alive again. Taylor was Kotari's only friend in her whole entire life and now she was gone, nothing was left of her but the few memories she has to keep her spirit alive.

Kotari walked around Goku dropping to the other side of Taylor. Goku watched her as Kotari placed her hands onto Taylor's cold cheeks as she turned her head towards herself.

"Come on girl, wake up. Please, you can't die, not until you go grow old and you're able to watch your grandchildren grow up. Your planet needs you Taylor… please… don't go, I beg of you."

Nothing. Nothing came from the saiyan. Kotari shook her head as she dropped her hands onto her knees letting Taylor's head fall back onto Goku's forearm. Kotari covered her face in her hands as she began to cry. Goku then pulled Taylor's cold and lifeless body to his chest holding her tightly as he buried his face into his dead daughter's shoulder.

"AUNTIE TAYLOR!" Pan screamed out in Goten's grip, thrashing around trying to get him to let go. But Goten kept a firm grip on his niece as she continued to thrash around. Pan then pounded her fists onto Goten's body as she dropped to her knees slipping out of Goten's grip. "Why Auntie Taylor? Why her? She's so young! She can't leave us now!" Pan cried as she gripped the grass underneath her hands.

Goten sulked right next to his niece. His eyes began to water but he tried his hardest not to let them go but that attempt failed horribly. A couple of them fell as he placed his hand onto his niece's shoulder. Pan lifted her hand off of the grass and gripped her uncle's hand. She could feel it trembling. She turned her head to see Goten with his hand on his forehead shielding his eyes. But the way the sun glowed on that planet; she could easily see the tears stream down his face.

Piccolo and Vegeta watched the family mope. It was hard to see it, even for them. Piccolo looked away as Vegeta looked at the ground. They listened to the family's silent yet loud sobs as they cried for Taylor.

"She was stupid." Goten said bluntly. "She should've listened and stayed here with us."

Pan sat back onto the heels of her feet. She turned around and placed her hands onto her uncle's shoulders. "Uncle Goten, that's not true. Of course there are times that Auntie Taylor does stupid things but this one couldgo either way."

"Pan's right." Vegeta said. Goten, Pan, and Piccolo looked at Vegeta. "Too me her action was stupid, but to Taylor she probably believed this was right. If she didn't try to help Kakkarot, Kakkarot would be the one you all would be crying for right now."

"My father tried to protect her! And she didn't see it!" Goten shouted letting one more tear slide down his cheek. "She doesn't understand anything!"

"She understands what she wants to understand." Piccolo said. "Taylor jumped out into the battle to save her father. She understood what we all knew. She understood that if no one tried to help Goku he would die. But the one thing she didn't understand was why any of us didn't help him. So Taylor took it upon herself to save him, she understood that."

Goten looked away knowing that Piccolo was right. But it still didn't matter to him. She should've done what she was told which was stay where she stands. But Goten also didn't want to see his father dead just as much he didn't want to see his sister dead. Goten lifted his head toward his father who held Taylor.

Goku stroked her hair as he continued to hold his daughter. Then he gently placed her body down onto the ground letting her head fall to the left towards Kotari. Kotari lifted her hands away from her face looking down to see Taylor facing her. Kotari reached out wiping off some dust on her face that revealed a dark blue bruise on her cheek.

"You're all pathetic!" Came Moritor's voice. Kotari lifted her head and turned to see Moritor standing where she had tossed him with her foot. "You're all crying for a fighter who wrote her own fate for stepping into the battle."

Kotari gritted her teeth as she stood up. She clenched her fists tightly as she began to speak. "Taylor was not a pathetic fight! She's more of a fighter thenyou'llever be! And I won't let her death be in vain!"

Kotari thrusted her fists back causing a burst of energy to appear around her. Goku covered his face as dust whipped in the wind around Kotari. Kotari was back in her transformed state ready to rock n' roll.

"HAH!" Kotari lunged forward tackling Moritor to the ground. She sat on his midsection and began to pound her fist into his face repeatedly. But Moritor powered up throwing the young girl off of his body. But that didn't stop Kotari.

She lunged at him once more, grabbing onto his face she began to fly over the ground pressing his back into the ground and then she twirled herself and Moritor around and let go causing him to crash into some rubble over Goku's head.

Goku covered his daughter's body as large pieces of rubble went flying into the air. When Goku uncovered his daughter and paid attention to what was going on, Kotari was standing in front of him as a rather large boulder came towards them

"HAAAH!" Kotari threw her hand forward letting her ki beam blast through the boulder breaking it in half. Goku watched as the boulder landed on either side of him and Taylor's body. He turned back at Kotari looking at her.

'Her rage gave her some powerful energy. Maybe she'll be able to defeat the man that killed Taylor.' Goku thought turning his head to look at Taylor's body.

"Goku." Kotari called as Goku turned his head to look at her. Kotari turned her head slightly looking at him from the corner of her eye. "Take Taylor's body and get out of here."

Goku's eyes widened when his eyes made eye contact with hers. Within her eyes he could see pure hatred and rage. Something that can be used to make powerful energy. Something that could end up being dangerous. Goku nodded his head. He picked up Taylor's dead weight body with all he could and picked himself up. He limped over to where the others stood safe and sound.

When Goten saw his father approaching them he ran forward taking Taylor from his grasp. Vegeta and Piccolo then walked over to lend Goku a hand. They both took one of his arms and wrapped it around his neck allowing him to use them as crouches as they brought him towards Pan. Vegeta and Piccolo settled Goku in the grass carefully as they laid him down. Goku laid there staring at the sky as Taylor was placed next to him. Pan then appeared by her grandfather's side looking at him.

"You alright Grandpa?" Pan asked. Goku nodded his head as he tried to sit up. Goten helped him up. Goku looked at Taylor's body that laid lifelessly next to him. Her head facing him. Goku looked at the grass to see some blood forming underneath her from her wounds on her body.

"Rest in peace Taylor." Goku mumbled to himself as he stroked his daughter's forehead. Goten looked at his sister as she laid there.

"It's… it's almost looks like she's just sleeping." Goten said to his father. Goku nodded his head glancing at his son.

"I know." Goku said to him. Pan crawled around her grandfather seating herself on the left side of her aunt looking down at her.

"We can use the Dragonballs to wish her back right?" Pan asked looking at her grandfather.

Goku nodded his head. "Yeah."

"Then we can use the second wish to wish back all of the people that were killed by Moritor and his tournament." Goten stated.

"Sounds like a plan." Pan said looking at her uncle. Goku ignored them as he continued to look at his daughter thinking to himself.

'I can't believe I failed her. I wanted to protect her, keep her alive. She has much more of her life to live then I do. I can't believe I let that happen to her. I should've done something besides just lay there and watch.' Goku thought to himself. He looked up at Kotari to see her pounding on Moritor.

Kotari dodged all of Moritor's attempts to hit her. She then landed her fist in his face and her knee in his stomach. She then grabbed onto his orange hair and slammed him into the ground. Kotari leapt back as she watched Moritor slowly get to his feet. Kotari glared at him as she began to speak.

"What's the matter Moritor? You're suddenly not so TOUGH!" At her last word she lunged at Moritor throwing her fist into his gut causing his body to create a sideways V. As Moritor's body collapsed to the ground blood soon began to trickle down his mouth.

Kotari bent down and grabbed onto his vest lifting him off of the ground and onto his feet. She placed him on the ground making sure he wouldn't fall over. Then, she twirled and kicked Moritor in his face tossing him onto the ground once more.

Borox watched as his daughter pounded on Moritor for the death of Taylor. He looked over at the remaining Earth Team and watched as they watched the battle closely. To Borox, Goku seemed out of it a little bit. But who wouldn't be after losing a daughter to a man whose probably over 1,000 years old.

"I feel pity on them." Jinx said. Jakx nodded his head as he seated himself next to his uncle.

"I do as well." Jakx said.

"Yeah… Taylor was an amazing girl." Borox said. Jinx looked at him funny as she crossed her arms.

"I thought you hated her." Jinx stated. Borox turned looking at his teammate.

"That's what I thought till I realized that there was always going to be people stronger then me no matter what age they were. And Taylor happened to be one of them. And I thought she had hated me till she had saved my and Kotari's life." Borox explained.

Jinx nodded her head. "I'm glad you came to reality."

Borox looked away from her looking back at the battle that commenced.

Kotari threw her fist into Moritor once more, causing him to stumble back and nearly collapse. She lunged at him punching him twice in the face and once in the stomach. Moritor twirled to the hits he took to the face. He then lunged a ki beam at Kotari. But she simply knocked it away with a flick of her wrist.

Kotari lunged forward grabbing onto Moritor's vest slamming him against a remaining wall of the arena with his feet dangling in the air.

"I'm going to make you experience what you caused Taylor to experience!" Kotari shouted.

Moritor smirked as his face hurt a little bit from Kotari's beatings. "You sure about that?" he asked her.

Kotari raised an eyebrow trying to understand what he was talking about. Suddenly Moritor's hand came ripping out of the concrete of the wall. She didn't even realize that he sunk his hand in. He slammed her face with a handful of dust causing her to close her eyes and step back. She tried her hardest to rub the dust out of her eyes so she could see butthat failed.

Moritor punched her right cheek tossing her body to the left. Kotari got to her hands and knees slowly shaking the dizziness out of her head but that only made it worse. Moritor smirked as he pulled his hands tohis side and called an enormous amount of energy.

"DIE! HAAAAH!"

Kotari snapped her head in the direction of Moritor's voice. She thenheard the racing of ki energy and the warmth of the attack approaching her.