Chapter 17
Marron
Marron woke up and got ready for her day as usual, deciding to dress in the qipao Chi-chi had given her for her birthday and doing her hair into odango style when she sensed a powerful presence approaching. Marron quickly powered up herself and went to the front door, her Dad was already in uniform and her Mom was ready to start kicking ass. To the family's surprise, there was a knock on the door, and then they heard someone yell, "Krillin? You awake yet?" "VIDEL!?" everyone in the house yelled, and Marron opened the door. It was Videl alright, but she looked a whole lot different! The short sleeves and shorts on her uniform showed a much, MUCH more muscular physique, her hair was down to her shoulder blades, and the look in her blue eyes had a powerful confidence blazing in them Marron had never seen before.
"Yo," Videl greeted them. "Wha…but you…buff!" Marron declared as she let the older woman in. "Yeah, Gohan and me trained in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, and man did it work," Videl said with a smile. "I'll say…we thought you were the enemy," Krillin said as he looked at her, "Man, Gohan must have run you ragged, like Piccolo trained him." "Yeah, he did, but, you can't say it didn't work," Videl said as she bent down, put her left index finger on the ground, and then started standing straight up on just her index finger. "Honestly, I never should have given up training," Videl said, "I feel better than ever before!" "Well, looks like this old man doesn't have to worry about you," Krillin said as Videl stood up. "Man, Videl, when you're off, we gotta spar!" Marron said. "I'll see if we can. Already sparred Goten, Pan, Bra, Trunks, Goku, and even Vegeta," Videl said. "How'd that go?" Marron's Mom asked.
"Well, they couldn't go Super Saiyan, but I won against everyone except Goku and Vegeta," Videl told them. "Makes sense, those two are the strongest we got," Eighteen said. "Wow, I should try to get Goten to spar after school too, so I can train in Kaioken better," Marron said as they left the Krillin Residence. "How is that going anyway? Goku told me you got it down alright on your first time," Videl asked. "I can hold it for almost thirty seconds, but it's tough, I can only do the basic move right now," Marron admitted. "Hey, that's still good," Videl said, putting a hand on Marron's shoulder, "According to Goku, it's supposed to take a lot out of you. Just remember, slow and steady, nobody ever got truly strong taking shortcuts." "Right," Marron said, she gave her Dad a kiss goodbye as he and Videl headed to work, while Marron ran to her bus stop to head to school.
Nothing important happened, a History test was taken, quizzes in Math and Science done, announcements for Picture Day, just an average school day for the most part, until Lunch.
Marron sat with Kuki and Mya, and Mya started talking, "Well, that was a hard test with Spaghetti-sensei." "I think I did better than usual," Kuki said, "But all that studying I had to do to get ready, oh, my head hurts." "I just hope I pass this," Marron agreed. "Right, after this it's P.E., Marron, you know any magic techniques to give your strength to people?" Mya asked. Mya was your typical nerd in school, physically weak, mentally powerful. She always struggled to make it through P.E., Marron tried to train her, but Mya actually passed out in the first fifteen minutes. "Sorry, Mya. I gotta work hard for this bod, no shortcuts. I could give you extra energy, but that won't make you stronger, or faster," Marron told her. "AAAGGGHHH! If I fail another P.E. Class then Mom will torture me to death, I'll have to do so many push-ups my arms will fall off!" Mya groaned, but then a massive explosion rocked through the school!
"The Hell!?"
"What was that!?"
"THE ALIENS ARE HERE!"
Teachers quickly lined up students to get out of the school, when the exit doors flew in, straight off their hinges. Marron quickly grabbed people in the way of the flying doors, and two huge guys that looked like twin bodybuilders with heterochromatic eyes, left one grey and right one brown, walked in. "EVERYBODY DOWN!" The huge thugs yelled, and then blasted the ceiling with ki balls. Everyone ducked down, everyone except for Marron. The thugs grinned, and one pulled out a walkie-talkie, "We got the girl, cafeteria, wearing a blue and green qipao." "Keep her there," a deep man's voice said from the other end of the walkie-talkie.
"Alright little girl," one of the Twin Thugs said, "Be good, and we won't mess up that cute face of yours." The Other Twin then said, "Or, you can fight, and we kill everyone here." Marron was sure she could take on these two guys easily, but, they had friends. She had to resolve this fast. Marron raised her hands and silently prayed, Please work! "KAIOKEN!"
The millisecond Marron felt the power flow through her, she darted forward and knocked one Twin out with an elbow to his stomach, sending him flying through the cafeteria wall, and then slammed a side kick into the second Twin's stomach, sending him flying out the door he came in from. Marron quickly deactivated Kaioken and yelled, "EVERYONE GET OUT OF HERE! CALL THE COPS!" Students and teachers ran out as fast as they could, and Marron sensed four more ki signatures coming her way, fast.
Marron's ki aura flared around her body as she went to the main entrance of the cafeteria and threw a hard punch at the first face to come in. The person blocked the punch, it was a man with a scarred face and eye-patch whose body was thin, but powerful. "I GOT HER!" Eye-patch yelled as he threw a kick Marron dodged. Marron blocked three punches and kicked Eye-patch in his stomach. Eye-patch was knocked back and Marron quickly landed a leopard's paw strike to his throat. Eye-patch went down, gasping for breath, as Marron was blasted from behind by the fourth and fifth men who yelled, "Ultimate Dodonpa!"
Marron felt like her back was on fire as she crashed through a hall door, then stood up and dodged two yellow ki waves. Marron blasted ki balls at her two attackers, stopping them from attacking as they dodged her attacks. The teen girl opened her mind and sensed no students or teachers were coming her way, but a much larger ki signature was on its way, taking its time. That distraction was all the two attackers needed to get close ot Marron. She saw both were bald, although one had a large birthmark shaped like an oval on his head, before she started blocking and dodging their punches and kicks. After only three seconds Marron realized that these two were better than the three she had beaten, as well as the two at the Mall.
Gotta end this fast, that last guy is stronger than everyone else combined, and he's not even trying to hide it! If I fight these guys and him, I'm a goner, Marron realized as she jumped back and yelled, "SOLAR FLARE!" Her gambit worked as the two Bald Guys were blinded and Marron summoned ki balls in both hands and charged forward. She slammed them into the Bald Guys' faces as hard as she could, she heard teeth crack as she blasted the ki balls out and sent them flying through the wall into the now empty cafeteria. She heard hands slowly clapping and turned around.
This last one was handsome, movie star handsome! Well groomed black hair combed back to show deep navy-blue eyes, a slightly pointed nose and a clean-shaven face with a strong jaw and a confident smile with lots of pearly whites showing. "You're more beautiful than I thought," the Pretty Boy said as he looked at her. Marron felt like he was undressing her with his eyes as she took a fighting stance. "I saw pictures, of your parents. I'm thankful you take more after your Mom than your Dad. I appreciate a woman who can handle herself, I'd like to not have to hurt you, more," Pretty Boy said, and Marron was aware of how painful her back felt. They got me better than I thought. I need to take him down fast, or at least hold him off until Dad and Videl arrive, Marron thought to herself as she summoned her power.
The Pretty Boy sighed, and his own ki aura flared out, larger and brighter than hers, it was like comparing a candle to a fireplace. "Come on," Pretty Boy said, and Marron flew at him as fast as she could. He caught her punch like it was nothing and caught her second punch as well. Marron saw stars as he slammed his forehead into hers. Marron backed away, but blood fell from her forehead and into her left eye. "It always hurts me to have to ruin a pretty face. I suggest you give up now," Pretty Boy said, and Marron felt her legs start to shake. FOCUS! Marron screamed in her head as she focused her power one more time, "KAIOKEN!"
Marron shot forward faster than a bullet, and Pretty Boy blocked her punch with his arm, then his navy-blue eyes widened in surprise as he saw how much stronger she was. She used that shock to kick his nuts as hard as she could, and then round kicked his face, knocking out a tooth. Marron tried to continue her attack, but he blasted her back with a Tri-Beam. "YOU BITCH! THE MASTER SAID TO BRING YOU BACK ALIVE! NOT UNHARMED!" Pretty Boy screamed as he flew at her and punched Marron hard in her jaw. Before she could stop him, he then stomped on her right knee, shattering it like glass! Before Marron could scream, he grabbed her face and slammed her head into the wall hard enough to crack the wall, and then again to send her crashing through it. Marron deactivated Kaioken and struggled to breathe as she coughed up blood.
Pretty Boy walked up and pulled her up by her qipao top. "Look at me," he said. Marron looked and saw that Pretty Boy wasn't so pretty anymore, his face contorted into a wrinkled parody of his face with anger. She felt him fondle her through her shirt and glared at him. "Don't worry, there's no time for that fun," he said as he started to drag her out of the school. Focus. Need to…take him…by surprise… "Damn, cops are coming fast. Need a distraction," Pretty Boy said as he flew up and lifted the hand that wasn't holding her. Marron saw as he summoned a large red ki ball, and it grew larger, and larger!
"KAIOKEN!" Marron yelled and chopped on her opponent's hand to make him let her go before kicking his stomach. "TRI-BEAM!" Pretty Boy yelled, blasting Marron point blank, sending her crashing to Earth. Marron watched as the ki-ball grew larger, too large for her to handle, but she had to. Marron forced her body to stand as she summoned everything she had left, "KAIOKEN TIMES THREE!" she yelled, and it felt like acid was flowing through her veins as she raised her hand, "DESTRUCTO-DISC!" A Destructo-Disc large enough to slice a bus clean in half appeared in her hand. "RED BOMBER!" Pretty Boy yelled as he threw the now massive ki ball down at the school. Marron threw her Destructo-Disc with all her power, bisecting the attack before it could touch ground, making it explode. The force of the explosion combined with the raw power of Kaioken Times Three was too much for the human girl, and she passed out.
Krillin
The second Krillin heard Marron's school was under attack, he rushed out, only force of habit prevented him from crashing through the roof in his haste. Those bastards! They're going after her friends and classmates! Krillin wasn't a cop then, he was a parent protecting his child, the most fearsome force on Earth! Images of slaughter filled his mind as he came closer to the school, and sensed Marron's friends had evacuated, all of the students had. Krillin saw a bright red ki ball, and then saw it disappear and someone fell from the ground. He arrived just in time to see Marron toss a Destructo-Disc at an even larger ki ball, destroying it before it hit the school. "MARRON!" Krillin screamed as he flew down to his injured daughter. "MARRON! IT'S DADDY! SAY SOMETHING!" he yelled as he held her close.
Her eyelids fluttered, but Marron only coughed up blood. Krillin felt blood from the back of her head, her head was covered in blood as he flet her ears, and realized she had a fractured skull. "Of all the times to forget a senzu bean," Krillin cursed. He looked up and saw the man who had done this to Marron, his little Marron, and almost instantly his vision filled with red. He barely acknowledged Videl as she flew over, while the man flew down. "Videl, Marron's skull is fractured. She needs a doctor now," Krillin said, his voice frighteningly calm. "Get her to a hospital, or a senzu bean. I'll handle this bastard." The veteran martial artist and cop heard his partner say, "I got it. Leave her to me." When Videl was gone, the Bastard Who Hurt His Daughter said, "She's quite a fighter. You should be proud. The Master said to kill you if I got the chance. I hope you're half the fighter she is."
Krillin only took his fighting stance and focused on how best to take the Bastard down. The Bastard yelled out his kiai, he had an amazing aura around himself, his confidence was earned. Krillin struck then, shooting forward like a ballistic missile, and landed a hard kick right in the Bastard's stomach. Before his opponent could recover, Krillin got in front of his face and roared, "SOLAR FLARE TIMES A HUNDRED!" The Bastard screamed as he fell to the ground, holding his eyes. "I can't see! I CAN'T SEE!" "That was for attacking a school!" Krillin yelled. The Bastard tried blasting ki balls at Krillin, but his lack of experience showed, he couldn't sense Krillin and all his blasts went wild, Krillin only bothered deflecting any to protect the students still evacuating.
The Bastard got up to try to fly away, but Krillin slammed his elbow into his nose, ruining the Bastard's good looks and knocking out teeth too. "That was for hurting my daughter!" he yelled before grabbing the Bastard by his ears and finishing him with a head butt that knocked him right out. "And that's because of how pissed off I am."
Krillin's vision returned to normal, and he sensed others in the school, unconscious. He went in and saw all the fighters Marron must have defeated, all of them were adults, and their clothes showed none of them were teachers. Krillin carried them all out and handed them over to arriving EMS ambulances, making sure to tell them they were all the criminals who attacked the school. His phone then rang, it was Eighteen. "Krillin, where's Marron?" she immediately asked. "I don't know for sure, I let Videl see to her while I dealt with the last son of a bitch that attacked the school," Krillin told his wife. "What happened to her!?" Eighteen yelled. "Those crooks who know ki attacked her school. Marron took most of them down, but the last guy was too strong for her. I took care of him. Eighteen, don't do anything rash," he quickly said. "They went after our daughter! At her school!" Eighteen yelled.
"I know! I can see the damage now! Do you know how hard it was for me to NOT kill the last one!? I must have thought up a hundred different ways to cut him with Destructo-Disc, blast him away with Kamehameha, and thought up at least a dozen ways to break his neck! Eighteen, if I was ten years younger, I would have done it all! But we need to do this by the book, we need to follow the rules, or else, what was the point of raising our daughter?" Krillin yelled back. Eighteen was coldly quiet for two minutes, Krillin could barely hear her breathe. "I'm calling Videl. I'll text you the Hospital. Where the Hell are the senzu beans?" Eighteen said, her calm even scarier than her anger. "Alright, I'll be there as soon as I can," Krillin told her, "I love you." Eighteen took a second before saying, "I love you too," and hung up. Krillin focused on escorting the prisoners to their Hospital, trying not to think of ways to break them the whole time.
Author's Note: So I got some complaints about how strong I made Videl. On looking back, I admit I've played too many Dragon Ball Video Games and forgot her actual power level. Even after training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, she wouldn't be as strong as I wrote her. I'm sorry, I'll try to remedy that in the future and try not to go overboard in the future.
I'm sorry it took me so long to put this up as well, my family evacuated to avoid Florence, and I didn't have much time to write as we stayed at a hotel and spent time with my sister. I'll try to be faster about writing from now on. Luckily, my piece of South Carolina avoided any real damage, but a lot of people in North Carolina weren't so lucky. Please do what you can for them, be it through donations or volunteer work. As for me, I'll see you later.