Chapter 12 – Been/Kassava (the same day)

A/N: For the chapter titles, I decided to write the full titles in the chapters themselves since I can't fit the full titles in the chapter labels. Also, I would like to thank all of you for reading this story! You guys are awesome and I am really thankful!

Been

I now walk to the hospital, still crying from the death of my daughter. I ask a woman in the front of the counter, "Excuse me. Do you know which room he is in, ma'am?"

"Yes, he is on the second floor, in room 2A," she replies, "I hope things go well for you, ma'am."

"Thank you," I say, nodding before walking to the elevator. When the elevator door opens, I tap on the button that will take me to the second floor.

I was and am still confused when I saw Kassava's body vanish. I wonder what that means.

When the elevator door opens, I see the first door on the left that marks "Room 2A". I knock on the door, waiting until Lauren opens the door.

"Hey," Lauren says before she looks around, "Hey, where is Kassava?"

"She's dead," I reply.

Lauren's eyes widen, "She's what?"

"She's dead," I reply again.

"What? No, no," Lauren says, her hands covering her mouth before she lets me in. I close the door behind us.

She sits on the chair that is next to Gabriel. She begins to sob and I bring another chair in the room before walking to her. I comfort her by hugging her. I am still crying.

"Kassava's really dead?" Gabriel asks sadly.

I nod my head slowly. Gabriel lays there and some tears fall from his eyes, but it's not as much as Lauren's or my tears. He does look really sad though.

I then see one of his hands curl up into tight fist and he now has an angry look on his face, "Those sick Saiyans. They killed her. They should of killed me instead."

"No, why would you say that you want to be killed at all? No one should be killed," I reply.

I hear a knock on the door.

"Is that Dr. Brief and his family?" Gabriel asks.

"I think so. I will go get it," I reply, getting up to get the door. I open the door to see Dr. Brief, Panchy, and Bulma.

"Hello. How is Gabriel doing?" Dr. Brief asks.

"His ribs are in really bad condition right now," I reply, sniffing.

"Hey, Mrs. Been. Everything will be okay, I promise you," Bulma says.

"Yes and I brought some desserts for poor Gabriel too," Panchy replies.

"Thank you," I reply, letting them in.

When they walk in, Bulma asks, "Where's Bianca?"

"She's dead," I reply.

"She's what?" Bulma asks, being very shocked by what she heard.

"She's dead," I reply again.

"Oh no!" Both Dr. Brief and Panchy replies.

"I'm really sorry about you guys' loss. She was a really nice young lady," Dr. Brief says.

"I agree. She was a sweetheart," Panchy says.

"Well, we do have the Dragon Balls," Bulma replies.

"The Dragon Balls? What do they do?" Gabriel asks.

"When you collect all seven Dragon Balls, you can summon the dragon that can grant any wish you want. You can bring Bianca back too. Bianca deserves this because you all along with Bianca protected the people from the chaos that those evil monsters wanted to cause. You guys were really brave out there," Bulma says. I can't believe it! We can bring Kassava back to life! She will be alive again! We all smile very big at this.

"Thank you so much!" Lauren and I say, "She's coming back!" We then hug each other.

"Thank you guys so much. You don't know how happy and grateful we are to have very friendly and kind people like you all to help us," Gabriel says to the Brief family. He lays his head back on the pillow of his hospital bed with a huge smile on his face.

"No problem! I am so glad that we can be a big help," Dr. Brief replies, smiling under his mustache while tilting his head with his eyes closed.

"Oh, this is really exciting," Panchy replies with her eyes closed as well and she is smiling too while she has her hands clasp together.

"You're very welcome! She didn't deserve to die at all and as I said before, you guys were really brave out there and you guys were protecting the world," Bulma says, smiling.

Kassava

I am now in front of a huge red ogre behind the huge front desk. Besides me, there is someone who has green skin and he looks elderly, but looks really wise.

"King Yemma, can Kassava go train with King Kai?" the man besides me says to King Yemma. Who's King Kai? I get to go train?

"Yes, she may go trPain with King Kai," King Yemma replies.

"Excuse me, may I ask some questions?" I ask, very curious to know what's happening.

"Of course," King Yemma replies, "Kami will explain to you everything."

"You're probably wondering who King Kai is and why you are allowed to go see him," the other man replies, "My name is Kami and I am the Guardian of the Earth. I am the one that created the Dragon Balls and the dragon of the Earth Dragon Balls, Shenron. The Dragon Balls can grant you mostly anything with one wish, even if the wish is to bring somebody back to life because they were killed by someone. I also watch whatever is going on and I have seen you fight all these years. You are a very brave, young, and kind Saiyan warrior and an assassin who fights for justice. You deeply care and you protect the people on Earth. That is why you were recommended and granted permission to go train with King Kai."

When I heard about the Dragon Balls, my face lights up in pure excitement, "Can I be brought back to life?"

"Yes, you can. If someone or the people you care about bring all seven of the Dragon Balls, they can summon Shenron. They can wish you back then."

"That is really really awesome," I reply, smiling really big.

"To answer your first question, King Kai watches the universes from the North quadrant. Of course you have to cross Snake Way."

"How long is Snake Way, sir?" I ask.

"Miles and miles and miles away. It's a very very long way," Kami replies. Whoa, really? But I won't give up. I want to train with King Kai.

"Do you, Kassava, want to train with the King Kai?" Kami asks me.

"Of course. I really want to, sir."

"Your journey awaits you, young Kassava," King Yemma says and then I say to them, "Goodbye. Thank you guys for everything. I truly am really grateful."

"Goodbye and best of luck to you," Kami says. I then leave to see a blue ogre, waiting for me in his taxi cab.

"You're going to Snake Way, right?" The ogre asks me.

"Yes, sir," I say, before going in the cab.

He starts driving and then he tells me, "No one has ever finished crossing Snake Way and trained with King Kai except for King Yemma."

"Oh really?" I ask.

"Yes," he replies, nodding his head and smiling, "be very careful in crossing Snake Way. If you fall down, then you will land in Hell." Oh no!

"Man, I gotta be more careful," I say.

"Yes."

He keeps driving until we see a very long path that is shaped like a snake.

We get out the car and then he says, "Best of luck goes to you, miss."

"Thank you, sir. I'll try my very best," I reply.

When he leaves me to the long path, I stare at it for some time until I tell myself, "Here we go." I step on Snake Way.

I start walking some distances and then, I think to myself, How long will it take I were to run?

I start to run some distances until I stop at one point. I look back at the distances I already travelled and I feel proud of myself for travelling this far. I then look what is in front of me; I see that there's a long path that I still have to cross. I can do this!