Chapter 5
After having walked for several days, Chi-Chi, Bulma, Kami and Yamcha found themselves on a clearing at the outskirts of West City. In their current condition, they could best be described as completely wrecked. All but Yamcha, that is, as he had years of experience surviving in the desert. True, his skills were a little rusty after training with Muten Roshi on his island, but a forest was still a cakewalk to him. When the joy of finally arriving at West City subsided a bit, Bulma suddenly remembered something.
"Oh Kami, I forgot you look a lot like Piccolo," Bulma said, "Can you take control of another body again?"
"Yes I can, Bulma," Kami said, "but I need to touch them and I doubt most people here would allow me to get that close."
"Also, there are some things you must know about this," he continued, "I have no access to their memories and it won't work if the target is too strong in ki."
"Well that rules out Bulma, she's the only one who knows how to get to Capsule Corp.," Yamcha stated, "and I'm probably too strong in Ki for you to be able to use my body."
When they saw Kami nod, everybody looked in Chi-Chi's direction.
"What are you looking at me for?" Chi-Chi yelled, "No way am I going to let him get anywhere near me, you hear, I won't!"
Bulma and Yamcha gave each other a brief nod, then pinned Chi-Chi on the ground.
"Sorry Chi-Chi, but this is for a higher cause..." Bulma said.
Still, the three humans looked in amazement as they saw Kami turn into green smoke and start drifting towards Chi-Chi, who was vainly trying to wriggle free.
"C'mon Kami," Bulma said in a tight voice, "I can't hold her for long!"
They saw Kami drift into Chi-Chi's nose and mouth and they felt her resisting less. When all the smoke was in Chi-Chi's body, she said with Kami's voice:
"You can get off of me now, but we must be quick. I can only hold on to this state for one hour before I an forced to regain my natural form."
They stood up and Kami-Chi-Chi (now called Kamichi) signalled Bulma to take the lead. Bulma scanned the city to locate landmarks, places she knew where they were so she could get her bearings. With a sigh, she walked into the city, followed by Kamichi and Yamcha.
After about forty minutes, they reached the entrance to Capsule Corp. Bulma walked towards the door and typed her personal I.D. code in the panel before her. The door opened with a slight hum and they went inside towards the living room.
"Good thing my parents went away on a business trip this week," Bulma said, "If Mom saw me like this she'd throw a fit."
"Oh man," Yamcha sighed, lowering himself onto a couch while kicking off his boots, "it's been a while since I did that, and I'm beat."
"It's a start," Kamichi said, "yet the road ahead is long and hard."
"Whatever, I'm going to take a shower," Bulma said, heading back to the hallway, "Oh and I'll make you a disguise so you won't be stuck in here all day, okay?"
"Ah yes, which reminds me." Kamichi said.
Kamichi's eyes seemed to lose focus, and its body wavered slightly. Green smoke poured out of her nose and her mouth, the tendrils seemingly alive and heading towards a set point in the room. The newly formed cloud seemed to take a humanoid shape and thickened, until the surface was all that could be seen. Then, the image solidified, the cloud becoming Kami, who was gripping the table for support.
"Whew," he sighed, "I forgot how much that takes from an aged body like mine."
Chi-Chi, now snapping out of her trance, merely looked at Kami, shaking off the effects in her mind while mumbling something under her breath about never doing that again. She blinked, as if remembering something, and looked around the room again.
"Where is my Goku?" she asked, "Where are the others? I thought they'd all be here..."
"I don't know how to tell you this, Chi-Chi," Yamcha said grudgingly, as is he had to pull the words from him, "but Goku, Krillin, Tien and Launch are all dead. Killed by that monster, Piccolo"
Chi-Chi looked at him like he'd gone mad, and was about to berate him on making such a bad joke, but then she noticed the look in his eyes and knew that he spoke the truth. She passed out cold.
"I'll get her to a bed," Bulma said, returning from the doorway to pick up her unconscious body, "She'll need to rest."
--------------------------------------------------------------------
====================================================================
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Well i'm back, it's been an Age since i updated (almost a month now) and as for my spare time, i can actually SEE it shrinking *rolls eyes*
My chapters keep getting shorter as well... o_0 Thing is, i only notice that happening when i upload, and FF.net counts the words for me :P
Anywayz, pls tell me what you think ;)
After having walked for several days, Chi-Chi, Bulma, Kami and Yamcha found themselves on a clearing at the outskirts of West City. In their current condition, they could best be described as completely wrecked. All but Yamcha, that is, as he had years of experience surviving in the desert. True, his skills were a little rusty after training with Muten Roshi on his island, but a forest was still a cakewalk to him. When the joy of finally arriving at West City subsided a bit, Bulma suddenly remembered something.
"Oh Kami, I forgot you look a lot like Piccolo," Bulma said, "Can you take control of another body again?"
"Yes I can, Bulma," Kami said, "but I need to touch them and I doubt most people here would allow me to get that close."
"Also, there are some things you must know about this," he continued, "I have no access to their memories and it won't work if the target is too strong in ki."
"Well that rules out Bulma, she's the only one who knows how to get to Capsule Corp.," Yamcha stated, "and I'm probably too strong in Ki for you to be able to use my body."
When they saw Kami nod, everybody looked in Chi-Chi's direction.
"What are you looking at me for?" Chi-Chi yelled, "No way am I going to let him get anywhere near me, you hear, I won't!"
Bulma and Yamcha gave each other a brief nod, then pinned Chi-Chi on the ground.
"Sorry Chi-Chi, but this is for a higher cause..." Bulma said.
Still, the three humans looked in amazement as they saw Kami turn into green smoke and start drifting towards Chi-Chi, who was vainly trying to wriggle free.
"C'mon Kami," Bulma said in a tight voice, "I can't hold her for long!"
They saw Kami drift into Chi-Chi's nose and mouth and they felt her resisting less. When all the smoke was in Chi-Chi's body, she said with Kami's voice:
"You can get off of me now, but we must be quick. I can only hold on to this state for one hour before I an forced to regain my natural form."
They stood up and Kami-Chi-Chi (now called Kamichi) signalled Bulma to take the lead. Bulma scanned the city to locate landmarks, places she knew where they were so she could get her bearings. With a sigh, she walked into the city, followed by Kamichi and Yamcha.
After about forty minutes, they reached the entrance to Capsule Corp. Bulma walked towards the door and typed her personal I.D. code in the panel before her. The door opened with a slight hum and they went inside towards the living room.
"Good thing my parents went away on a business trip this week," Bulma said, "If Mom saw me like this she'd throw a fit."
"Oh man," Yamcha sighed, lowering himself onto a couch while kicking off his boots, "it's been a while since I did that, and I'm beat."
"It's a start," Kamichi said, "yet the road ahead is long and hard."
"Whatever, I'm going to take a shower," Bulma said, heading back to the hallway, "Oh and I'll make you a disguise so you won't be stuck in here all day, okay?"
"Ah yes, which reminds me." Kamichi said.
Kamichi's eyes seemed to lose focus, and its body wavered slightly. Green smoke poured out of her nose and her mouth, the tendrils seemingly alive and heading towards a set point in the room. The newly formed cloud seemed to take a humanoid shape and thickened, until the surface was all that could be seen. Then, the image solidified, the cloud becoming Kami, who was gripping the table for support.
"Whew," he sighed, "I forgot how much that takes from an aged body like mine."
Chi-Chi, now snapping out of her trance, merely looked at Kami, shaking off the effects in her mind while mumbling something under her breath about never doing that again. She blinked, as if remembering something, and looked around the room again.
"Where is my Goku?" she asked, "Where are the others? I thought they'd all be here..."
"I don't know how to tell you this, Chi-Chi," Yamcha said grudgingly, as is he had to pull the words from him, "but Goku, Krillin, Tien and Launch are all dead. Killed by that monster, Piccolo"
Chi-Chi looked at him like he'd gone mad, and was about to berate him on making such a bad joke, but then she noticed the look in his eyes and knew that he spoke the truth. She passed out cold.
"I'll get her to a bed," Bulma said, returning from the doorway to pick up her unconscious body, "She'll need to rest."
--------------------------------------------------------------------
====================================================================
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Well i'm back, it's been an Age since i updated (almost a month now) and as for my spare time, i can actually SEE it shrinking *rolls eyes*
My chapters keep getting shorter as well... o_0 Thing is, i only notice that happening when i upload, and FF.net counts the words for me :P
Anywayz, pls tell me what you think ;)