Chapter 16: Time Flies
"… we will defeat this wannabe Saiyan together Kakarot!" Saying Vegeta burst off with full speed towards Korin's tower to get the energy returning 'Sensu Beans'…
Goku gave a short smirk and turned towards Piccolo and Krillin, his eyes set on Ornichi, "Are you both ready?" he asked, they nodded…
"All right then…Remember whatever you do don't go too close and don't beat him to death… We still don't know how he regenerates his power…" Goku said slowly and then raising his hands in the air he quickly brought them to his side and started increasing his Ki as he shouted "Let's do this!"
He rushed towards Ornichi with Piccolo and Krillin following suite, both of them who were now three of a kind…!
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"Aha! There it is!" Vegeta exclaimed as he reached the tower of Korin, the maker of the Sensu beans… He quickly entered it and frantically started searching for the beans, but couldn't find any…
"Damn it! Where can a cat hide some goddamn beans?" He shouted, now angered, the nerves of his forehead popping out, as he continued the search for them.
"By god if I don't find them some one is going to pay…" He broke off in between as he saw a small crack on the wall in front of, which was shining like gold.
"What is it?" He thought and moved towards it, slowly, and as he reached it something strange happened…
His body felt like it was being crushed under tones of weight. He had never experienced such pain before, not even during his fight with Ornichi! He was slowly being sucked into the small crevice. He felt like his body was going to explode into a thousand pieces. He wanted to shout, but he couldn't, and suddenly his eyes opened…
He was lying on the floor, "What the... What happened?" He asked to himself and quickly stood up. He suddenly had a sensation and as he saw his left hand, his confusion increased as it held three Sensu beans…
"How… how?" He thought but knowing there was no one to answer he quickly flew out towards the battle field, to execute their plan…
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"Say Trunks, how much more time till we leave this place?" Gohan asked as he leaded the way deep into the thick forest…
"15 minutes real and three months our" the answer came from behind.
"I hope dad and the others are all right…" Gohan said under his breath but not quite slow as everyone heard it…
Jenna cleared her throat to grab some attention which she quickly got, quicker then she expected, "I forgot to tell you… Yamcha and Tien, they are no more" She said quietly… And it felt as though Gohan, Goten and Trunks had expected some bad news as no one gave any exclamations, or gasps of disbelief. They all moved ahead quietly, hanging down their heads slowly, to pay respect to their brave friends…
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"Special Beam Cannon… Fire!" The three Piccolos shouted together… The beams built up and moved straight towards Ornichi, who was now beginning to get overwhelmed by the Z Warriors. It was a direct hit, but no severe casualties…!
"This can't be…" He, the real Piccolo, thought and quickly turned towards Goku, who was having trouble maintaining his Super Saiyan 3 form, as his Ki had been over used by his last attack, the 'Warp – Kamehameha'…
"Goku! Where's Vegeta?"
"Have patience Piccolo, he will be back soon…You take care of Krillin. I am going in…" Saying he rushed towards Ornichi, for a duel, head on, with the strongest warrior alive.
Piccolo came down, now as one, near Chiaotsu who had Krillin's head in his laps. He still had some life left in him.
"This is not good, first Yamcha, then Tien and now… Krillin too! Please do something Piccolo…Stop him" Chiaotsu said, with tears in his eyes, his voice breaking…
Piccolo looked towards Krillin, keeping his hand on his head he quietly said, "How could you forget? He's blind!"
…"Kamehame…Ha!!" All the three Krillins shouted as the waves built up and went towards Ornichi, from three sides, and as they closed in, the real Krillin teleported and burst in towards his foe, shouting "Solar Flare"…Everything was fine, till he realized that for eyes to get distorted, the eyes should be able to see…Ornichi quickly caught him by his neck and drove his knee into his ribs, all of them which broke, one by one. Then he started squeezing the life out of him, and he would have been successful if it were not a desperate attack by Goku, to save his best friend's life…
"Hey… Pi…coll.. I want… to…than…yu…Fo…bein…my…fren" Krillin managed to say as the air in his lungs began to reduce…
"Shut up! You are going to be all right. Vegeta is going to be here any moment now…" Piccolo scolded him, trying to hide his feelings, but this time even he was unable too…
"Ple… tell…Gok…u…i…will…miss…" That was the last Krillin spoke before losing consciousness. His heart beat was now slow and with every breath he took it became much slower…
"10 more minutes… I hope the kids are unto our expectations!" He though to himself…