Princess of Saiyans
Chapter 9: Sibling Reunion
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Dragon Ball Z or any of its characters, expect for Nonica, of course.
Hello all! Long time no hear lol. So this is the new chapter and you may notice that it was supposed to be chapter 8, but I went back and wrote a whole new chapter and made it Chapter 4. It's called Kami so when you're done, if you have not done it already, please go back and take a gander. Hope you guys enjoy it and so sorry that it has taken so long to write, but things in the real world have been crazy. So, hear it is. There is some fighting in it and I would like to remind everyone that I am not the best fight scene writer so please take it for what it is and enjoy. As always please review when you're done, thanks. Now without further ado…..Chapter 9!
The dark day had arrived. Nonica stood on the Lookout looking down on the earth below. She was watching when the two Saiyan space pods landed in the middle of a busy city. The Saiyan Prince has arrived. she though to herself. Just then, she saw Nappa blew up a huge part of the city they had landed in and she became angry.
"Nonica, you must calm yourself. You can not go into battle with your mind clouded by anger." said a voice.
Nonica turned to see Kami walking up behind her. "But, did you see what they did? All those of innocent people gone." she replied.
"Yes, they are evil and ruthless, but you must keep your emotions under control. You must channel them, use them." said Kami.
Nonica knew that her father was right, so she did as he had told her. Taking a deep breath and then releasing it, she regained her composure. Nonica turned and looked at Kami, "Piccolo is going to be on the battlefield. He's going to fight." she said.
Kami nodded, "I know. But, you can't be concerned about him. He can take care of himself." he said.
"I'm not worried about him, I'm worried about you." she said quickly.
Kami smiled, "Are you certain that's the only reason you are worried?" he asked.
Nonica was surprised by his question, but she answered, "I'm certain."
Kami walked over to her and put his hand on her cheek, "I want you to stay focused while in battle today. Be careful and don't let anything take your mind off the fight, not even for a moment. These Saiyans are merciless and they will use any advantage they can to gain the upper hand."
Nonica smiled, "I promise I'll be careful, but if something should happen, I want you to know that I love you very much and I'm grateful for all that you've done for me." she said. She then wrapped her arms around her adoptive father and hugged him tightly. When she pulled away she looked over the edge once more, "The Saiyans are on the move. I have to go now. Goodbye, Father." she said and took off to battle.
Kami waved his hand as he watched his only child go to defend the Earth. Mr. Popo stepped out of the temple just as Nonica was out of sight. "I hope she'll be alright out there." he said.
Kami smiled slyly and replied, "Piccolo will see to it that she stays alive. I am certain of that."
Nonica arrived on the battlefield right after Yamcha. "So, I see you made it." Piccolo said.
"I wanted to make sure my goodbyes were said. You never know what might happen." she replied. That's when she laid eyes on them. It was easy for her remember that the tall, bald one was Nappa and, of course, the shorter one with the black, spiky hair was… "Vegeta." Nonica said.
Everyone looked at her then. "Oh yeah, I almost forgot. You're a Saiyan too. Makes sense that you'd remember him." said Krillin.
The short Saiyan then noticed the tail and he began to laugh, "She should remember me. How could she forgot her older brother?" he said.
The Z Warriors stood there in shock. "So you were hiding something. You have a brother?" said Piccolo, breaking the silence.
"I couldn't tell that one of the Saiyans was my brother. I thought that I did it would make you question my loyalties." Nonica explained, "I needed you to know that I was…am on your side."
Piccolo nodded, "I understand. I know that you are." he said.
Nonica smiled. "How touching. But, if you don't mind, we were in the middle of something." Vegeta said, losing his patience. Nappa had already planted the evil saibamen and they were ready to tear into the Z Warriors. Yamcha volunteered to go first. He did well at the start of the fight, but just as soon as he thought he had won, he let down his guard and the saibaman latched onto him and self-destructed. When the dust had settled, Yamcha was lying lifeless on the ground.
"Yamcha!" Nonica screamed, "No, Yamcha. Bulma and Puar are going to be so broken hearted." Krillin, in a fit of rage, destroyed three of the saibamen. The last one jumped out from behind a rock and tried to attack Gohan. He was destroyed by Piccolo. Once they were taken care of, Nappa stepped up to take his turn. He attacked Tien, cutting off his right arm. Tien fought the best he could, but Nappa was just too powerful. That's when Chiaotzu made the ultimate sacrifice. He clung onto Nappa's back and used a self-destructing technique of his own. Unfortunately, Nappa still lived. Tien then attacked the monstrous warrior in pure fury. Nappa quickly gain the upper hand. "Come on, guys. We have to help him." Nonica declared as she took toward Nappa.
"Nonica!" Piccolo shouted.
Nappa saw her flying at him, Come on, Princess. Let's see what you've got!" he yelled. Nonica smirked and vanished. "Where is she?" Nappa said. He soon found himself crashing into the side of a huge mountain. Nonica was hovering where Nappa had been hovering, her leg still extended from the kick.
"Still the fastest of the Saiyans, huh, sister? I almost didn't see you." Vegeta said, smirking.
Atta girl! Piccolo thought.
Nappa came back quickly and he headed straight for his attacker. "Let's go, big boy!" said Nonica. She flipped over Nappa's head, "KAMEHAMAHA!" she yelled as she blast Nappa right in his back. It did some damage, but really served to further anger Nappa. He turned around and was facing her. Nonica's fist collided with his face. Nappa returned the favor, punching Nonica in the jaw. Nonica grew very angry, "You stupid, bald bastard!" she yelled. The two began to exchange blows. Nappa managed to knee the lady fighter in the stomach. Nonica went forward from the impact and Nappa punched her and sent her flying toward the ground. Just before she hit the ground, Nonica did a back flip. As soon as her foot touched the ground, she sprang back up to Nappa.
"Krillin, come on!' Piccolo yelled and he and Krillin joined the Saiyan Princess.
Vegeta continued to watch the fight from the ground, "I must say, Nonica is holding her own against Nappa. It's too bad that she might have to die." he said.
Piccolo and Krillin reached Nonica and Nappa. They joined Nonica in an attack of kicks and punches. "It's about time." Nonica said as she tried to land a punch.
"Couldn't let you have all the fun." Piccolo replied. The warriors for good threw punches and kicks, but Nappa was dodging them all. Krillin landed one then Piccolo landed another, sending Nappa flying toward Gohan. "blast him, Gohan!" Piccolo ordered. Gohan stood frozen with fear and, at the last second, he ran and hid. "Damn! A whole year wasted." Piccolo exclaimed.
"He's a child, Piccolo." Nonica reminded him. Piccolo said nothing. The battle continued on until Tien tried one last technique, but he used up all his energy and didn't survive. The blast barely phased Nappa. Nonica touched down, "Tien?" she said as she kneeled down to check him. "He's gone." she said. Vegeta then called a three hour timeout to give Goku time to get to the battlefield. Nonica sat down on a large rock, "Goku had better hurry up. I don't think we can take much more of this." she said.
"He'll be here. We just have to keep these monsters busy until then." Piccolo replied. "Do you know about me being from Namek?" he then asked.
Nonica looked at him in, a stunned expression on her face, "You mean you didn't?" Piccolo shook his head. "I'm sorry. I never mentioned it to Kami. I always figured that he knew especially sense you both could speak the language." she said.
"Is there anything else you want to tell us?" Piccolo asked.
"Well, let's see…Goku is a Saiyan named Kakarot, he had a brother named Raditz, I'm the princess of Saiyans, you're originally from a planet called Namek, and I have an older brother who wants to kill us all and use the dragon balls for his own personal gain. No, that's pretty much it." Nonica said with a smile.
Vegeta began to walk towards the four remaining warriors of Earth. "Hey, guys, that spiky haired Saiyan is coming over here." Krillin said. Vegeta stopped halfway and motioned for Nonica to walk the rest of the way. "I think he wants a word with you, Nonica." said Krillin.
"I'll bet he does." replied Nonica as she stood up and began to walk over to him.
"You're going over there?" Piccolo asked.
Nonica looked over her shoulder, "Vegeta may be a vicious space pirate, but if he says that he's giving us three hours, then he isn't going to do anything until that three hours are up. Why do you think he sent Nappa away?" she turned and walked on over to Vegeta. "You summoned me, Prince Vegeta?" Nonica said.
Vegeta smirked at her, "My, my, look how you've grown." he said, "I'm surprised to see you after all this time."
"As am I, but I figured you'd come running after you heard what Piccolo over there had said about the dragon balls." Nonica replied.
"You want in? Think about it. You could live forever. We could be the most feared warriors in the entire galaxy. How bout it?" Vegeta said.
Nonica smiled and answered, "Living forever is not appealing to me, Vegeta, neither is being feared. I have made a life for myself here and now you've come and try to destroy it. I'm going to remain on Earth even if it means my death."
Vegeta only chuckled and said, "Well then, I guess that's that. Don't say I didn't offer. Would have been good to have my sister by my side again. To be a family again."
Nonica looked over at Piccolo, Krillin, Gohan. She thought of Kami and Mr. Popo, of Goku, Yamcha, Tien, Chiaotzu, Bulma, Master Roshi, and all her other friends that she had made over the years. She looked back at her brother and said, extending her arm toward her friends, "They are my family."
"Hmph!" Vegeta said, "Then die with them."
His sister turned her back to him and, as she walked away, she said, "I'm not the one that's going to die today, my brother."
"What did he want?" Piccolo asked.
"Oh, you know he wanted me to join him and become immortal." she replied, :I personally don't get it. Living forever seems so dull."
"Not everyone feels that way, Nonica." Krillin said. She just shrugged her shoulders.
"The important thing is that they never get to make their wish." said Piccolo.
"I sure hope my dad gets here soon. Our time's almost up." Gohan said.
Nonica placed her hand on his head, "He'll be here, don't worry." she said. Soon the three hours were up and Goku still hadn't managed to get to the battlefield. Piccolo had come up with a plan. He had remembered when Goku grabbed Raditz's tail that it hurt so badly that he was unable to continue to fight. They decided that that was the best course of action. The plan was for Piccolo to grab Nappa's tail while Krillin, Gohan, and Nonica blasted him. When their time ran out, Piccolo grab a hold of his tail. The others were ready to blast him with everything they had. But, their hopes were dashed when Nappa brought his elbow down on Piccolo's head, knocking him out. They were all very confused by this turn of events. "How can that be?" said Nonica.
"Nappa and I aren't like Raditz. We've outgrown that little weakness." Vegeta explained.
Nonica stood there in bewilderment, "I didn't know we could do that." Nonica muttered.
Vegeta laughed, "Well, that's what comes from living on a planet of weaklings." The battle picked back up after that. Nappa injured Krillin and even managed to knock Nonica unconscious. Gohan became enraged and attacked Nappa. Nappa became furious and was then determined to destroy him.
Nonica stirred a bit on the ground and finally came to. She looked up in time to see Nappa shoot a huge blast of energy straight at Gohan. "Gohan, run!" she yelled as she tried to get up, but she was too late. "NO!" she cried out. When the smoke had cleared, Gohan was fine. Nonica saw Piccolo standing in front of him protectively. Piccolo had jumped in front of the son of Goku at the last second and took the full force of Nappa's attack. He fell to ground. "No, Piccolo." said Nonica as she ran over to him. She helped Gohan roll him over. "Piccolo?" she said.
He looked up at her, "Nothing more than what I am, huh?" he said with a weak smile.
"Hey, I can be wrong, right?" she replied with tears welling up in her eyes. "What a hero you turned to be."
Piccolo reached up and wiped a tear from her cheek. "Thank you, Nonica. For everything you've done for me. I'm sorry about Kami." he said. Nonica's tears began to flow then. Piccolo looked over to Gohan, "Gohan, you were the first real friend I ever had. You were the first to not look at me like I was a monster. Thank you for that." he said and with that, Piccolo was gone. Gohan become infuriated and focused all his energy into a massive attack. He hit Nappa head on, but Nappa was still left standing.
"Nice try, kid.' Nappa said as began to walk toward the exhausted child.
"Gohan, run away!" Krillin shouted.
"No, Mr. Piccolo wouldn't run." he replied.
Nonica was about to intervene, but just as she stood, she went back down to her knees in pain. When she looked back she saw that Vegeta had a firm grip on her tail. "What a disgrace you've become. A waste of our royal Saiyan blood. You are the princess of a proud race of warriors and yet here you are sniveling over a pathetic dead Namek." he said. Nappa then lifted his huge foot, meaning to crush Gohan as if he were some insignificant bug. Just as it came down, Gohan was gone. The young half-Saiyan had been saved by the flying Nimbus just in the nick of time. Goku had finally arrived. He heard Nonica screaming out in agony. When he looked over, he saw Vegeta torturing her, "Hey, let go of her now!" he demanded.
"This doesn't concern you. This is a family matter." replied the Saiyan prince.
"LET ME GO!" Nonica screamed.
"I don't think so, traitor!" he snapped back. Nonica then did the unthinkable. She unsheathed her dagger and quickly sliced through her own tail. The pain was almost too much, but she was free and she quickly scurried away from her tormentor. Vegeta was left standing there with his sister's severed tail in his hand. "You…you cut off your own tail. How could you?" he said in disbelief.
Nonica got up on her feet and replied, "I'd rather lose my tail than to have you use it to gain an advantage on me." She then turned and walked over to Goku and the others.
"Are you okay?" Goku asked.
"Yeah. It hurts like hell, but I'll be fine. I'm sure glad to see you." she said.
"Sorry, but Korin only had two senzu beans left and I gave my last one to Gohan and Krillin." Goku said with his hand on the back of his head.
Nonica smirked and responded, "Goku, do you really think that I would go into battle unprepared." she then reached inside her boot and retrieved a bean of her own. Once she ate it, she was healed and the pain from the lose of her tail was gone.
"Good thinking." Goku said. That's when he turned his attention to the fight. He challenged Nappa first. It soon became apparent that Goku was just too much for the brute. He left him laying at Vegeta's feet. Vegeta would be the one to finish Nappa off.
"Your own teammate, Vegeta?" Nonica asked.
"He was of no more use to me. He failed." Vegeta answered. Goku told Gohan and the others to go back to Master Roshi's island, he was going to off Vegeta alone. They left Goku to it. Goku turned out to be more than the Prince of Saiyans bargained for and Vegeta resorted to creating an artificial moon and became the mighty oozaru. That's when he was able to gain the upper hand on our hero. Gohan, Krillin, and Nonica came back to help Goku. Gohan and Nonica tried to distract the beastly form of the Saiyan prince so Krillin could use his destructo disc attack, but Vegeta just jump over it. In a strange turn of event, Yajorobe would be the one to save the day when he sliced of Vegeta's tail, causing Vegeta to return to his normal state. Of course, this angered Vegeta and he used his Big Bang attack in an attempt to wipe them all out. The remaining Z Warriors were knocked unconscious. When Gohan came around, he caught sight of the artificial moon that was still burning brightly in the sky. Gohan would be next to transform, but he was not like Vegeta. The boy was inexperienced and didn't know how to control himself in that form so he went wild and Vegeta was his target.
"Ha! Bet you wish you had use that trick now, huh, Vegeta?" Nonica chuckled as she watched the Saiyan prince try and stay alive. After a while Vegeta was finally able to remove Gohan's tail, but when Gohan went to change back, he fell on top of Vegeta. The Saiyan fighter was left broken and injured on the ground. That was when he decided that he'd had enough and summoned his space pod so he could beat a hasty retreat. When the space pod arrived Vegeta crawled to, but Krillinn had other plans. He retrieved Yajorobe's sword and was going to end the prince's life, but Goku stopped him. He told Krillin that he wanted to fight Vegeta again one day and asked that Krillin just let him leave. Reluctantly, Krillin lowered the sword. Nonica got up and walked over to her injured brother. She opened the hatch on the space pop then reached down, grabbed Vegeta, and put him in seat of the space pod, "Get off this planet. You were shown mercy today, Vegeta. Next time you won't be so lucky." she said. As the door of the ship closed, Vegeta swore that he would be back and that he would kill everyone when he returned. The ship blast into space and with that, it was over. Earth's fighters had won the battle and the planet was once again safe.
The battle is over, but with many casualties. The princess has lost two people that she dearly cared for, but they have a plan. Tune in next time as the remaining warriors of Earth prepare to venture into space and revive their fallen friends on the next installment of….Princess of Saiyans.
There you have it my dear fans. Hope you enjoyed and sorry again that it took so long. If you haven't done it already please remember to go back and read the chapter I added. It will listed as Chapter 4: Kami. Please review and I will see you guys in Chapter 10. Later!