Hey there people! I know that very few of you actually read this, so I just want to make a couple of shout-outs. My thanks to...
ericat5, who actually helped me get through my writer's block on the previous chapter (we know each other from school).
Halley Vanaria, who has been a constant help by continuing to write reviews and giving me new ideas for the chapters ahead.
And last, but definitely not least, (cue drum roll...)
CrazyGohanGurl, who has been my constant inspiration to keep on writing this fanfic, and even inspired me to start writing it. Thank you everyone! Now, before the story can continue, there has to be this annoying little piece of info...
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Dragon Ball Z, or D. Gray-Man. If I did, Dragon Ball GT would not even exist, and D. Gray-Man would NOT have ended at the point where the level 4 akuma comes to the order (spoiler alert! Spoiler alert! Sorry guys).
Okay, now, onwards with the story! Please enjoy my fellow fangirls and fanboys! And as always, please review. Thank you!
I found the two sitting at a table in the dining hall. Gohan was stuffing his face and Piccolo was just sitting there looking at him in disgust. And to add insult to injury, my brother was with them. Great. He, too, was stuffing his face. He had a look of determination on his face, and I could just tell by the crowd of people that the two were having an eat-off. I walked up to Piccolo and opened up the telepathic connection that he, Gohan and I would sometimes use when we were training.
/Eat-off, I'm guessing?/ I asked as I slowly approached him. He turned his head around, a look of disgust still plastered on his face.
/You have absolutely no idea./ His voice echoed inside of my head. /You gonna break this up, or should I?/
/No, I've got it./ I told him as I walked up behind Gohan. Gohan and Allen were yelling at eachother between mouthfuls of food.
"You'll mefer feet ve!" (Translation: You'll never beat me!) Gohan yelled as he stuffed his mouth full of mashed potatoes.
"Oh mef I woll!" (Translation: Oh yes I will!) Allen yelled as he slurped down a bowl full of spaghetti. As they continued their eating match I tapped Gohan on the shoulder.
"So, you two all done here?" I asked as Gohan turned around to look at me. He had mashed potatoes falling out of his mouth.
"Mafie!" (Translation: Katie!) He yelled.
"Dude, swallow first, then talk." I scolded him as he sprayed potatoes everywhere. He did, and I turned to Allen. "So, was this your idea or Gohan's?" I asked him as he finished eating his spaghetti.
"Well, um, it was...ah," He stammered as I glared at him. Gohan snickered at my brother's feeble attempt to explain. Piccolo just rolled his eyes, though I could see the faint shadow of a smile on his face.
"Oh, never mind. It doesn't matter anymore. Come on Gohan, lets go train!" I said as I pulled him away from the table, and his mountains of food. "Piccolo, you coming with?" I asked him as I walked by.
"Sure kid, I'll be right there." He said as he ruffled Gohan's and my hair. With those words I opened one of the gigantic windows of the dining hall and flew outside, with Gohan at my heels. I could just barely hear Allen's words of protest as I slammed the window shut.
"So, where are we going?" He asked as we flew around the building a couple of times.
"Well, first we are going to wait on the roof for Piccolo, then we are going out into the woods, to train. No holding back, just like old times." I said as we landed on top of the roof of the Black Order.
"You're going to regret saying that." Gohan mumbled. I just shook it off, he always said smack like that before we trained. Not before long Piccolo landed on the roof next to us. "Alright, lets go!" I said excitedly, blasting off of the roof and into the woods.
'Ah training, how I've missed it so' I thought as I dodged a ki blast from Piccolo. Training had always been one of my most favorite pastimes, mostly because my free time pretty much always consisted of either training, studying, or housework, but also it gave me a chance to show everyone that just because I'm a girl, doesn't mean that I can't fight. Turning my focus back to training, I saw Gohan who was flying at me with a kick. I dodged him and punched him right in the middle of his back as he flew past me. This caused him to curl his back outwards a bit, and then he fell back down to the Earth with a loud crash.
Groaning, he slowly pulled himself back onto his feet and turned his head to look at me. I landed in front of him and shot him a goofy smile, rubbing the back of my neck.
"Sorry." I said sheepishly as Piccolo landed behind me. He was eventually able to pull himself off of the ground and onto his hands and knees. Standing back up, he turned around to face me.
"Oh, you will be." He smirked at me devilishly as his black, endless eyes flashed a greenish-blue color. His hair started to flair up, flashing from blond, to black, and then blond. With one last flair of his ki, he burst into full on super saiyan. My jaw hit the floor. 'Is he really going to do this?' I thought as he fazed out of existence, and appeared just a few inches in front of my face. I gave a small yelp of surprise, not expecting him to come so close. I could feel the heat of his aura as he smirked at me. I turned my head around a bit to look at Piccolo, who was casually leaning against a tree. /Are you sure that him being super saiyan around here is such a good idea? No one at the Order knows about saiyans, people might see!/ I thought to Piccolo frantically, hoping that he would step in and stop him.
Instead, he just gave me his usual neutral expression. /Hey, you're the one that wanted to train./ He answered.
/Yeah, but I can't fight a super saiyan! I'm outmatched majorly here!/
/Hey, tell you what Katie, if it gets too much for your arm, just tell me and we'll stop./ I snapped my head around to look at Gohan, hearing his voice inside of my head. He still had a smirk on his face, but in his eyes I could see a glimmer of worry. Blushing at the sheer closeness of the situation, I quickly nodded my head.
"Okay." I answered. With that one word, Gohan sent a barrage of punches straight into my gut. I stumbled backwards, trying to catch my breath, but before I could Gohan sent a roundhouse kick right into my side, sending me flying into a tree. He sent a pack of ki blasts at me, and I managed to roll away from them, but not before one of them managed to plant itself on my left leg. I yelped out in pain as I continued to avoid Gohan's ki blasts.
"Ready to fight me yet? Or are you just going to keep on avoiding me?" I could hear Gohan taunt as I ran from his ki blasts.
"Gohan, don't let the power go to your head." I could hear Piccolo instruct. Same old Piccolo, no matter what we go through, he would always try to make us better. "Oh, and Katie," He continued, "don't just dodge, attack! You can take him."
"What do you think I'm trying to do!" I yelled back at him as Gohan stopped his bombing of ki blasts on me and started to come closer. I dropped into my fighting stance, ready to take him on. As he began to send punches at me, I managed to block them. He seemed to be caught a bit off guard and stopped trying to attack me. As soon as he did so, I kicked him square in the stomach, sending him flying to the ground.
"That's it." Piccolo muttered as I continued to attack Gohan. For some reason, he wasn't responding. Not at all. I wondered if I had done something to hurt him, I knew that I wasn't doing any damage to him by just hitting him. A smirk reappeared on his face, and I knew that this wasn't going to be good. Electricity began to crackle around him, giving him this evil glow. He reached out, grasping for something. Before I could respond, he managed to grab the wrist of my right arm. I gasped as he bent my arm backwards in an unpleasant position, the pain returning to it as it did before.
"Gohan...stop...please!" I pleaded.
"Gohan, you're letting the power go to your head. Stop it!" Piccolo snarled. I looked at his face as he continued to bend my arm backwards. I could see that his eyes were slightly glazed over, like he wasn't really there. I heard a loud crack come from my arm, and I felt a whole new wave of pain overcome my body.
Without warning, he let go of my arm and backed away. I could see the faint glint of sorrow in his eyes as he dropped out of super saiyan. I fell in a heap onto the cold grass.
"Katie...I'm sorry. I didn't mean to, I don't know what came over me!" He said as his back hit a tree with a thud.
"Kid, what happened back there?" Piccolo asked as he walked over to us. I tried to pick myself up off of the ground, but as I tried to another wave of pain washed over me, even more horrible than the last. I hissed as I slowly lowered myself back onto the ground. My head was swimming and I couldn't even think straight. My vision began to fade.
"I don't know Piccolo, I just sort of...lost control." I heard Gohan explain to Piccolo. 'Oh crap, I'm losing consciousness...' I thought as Piccolo and Gohan came over to my limp body.
"Are you alright kid?" Piccolo asked, his gruff voice laced with worry. I just groaned as a response, unable to speak.
/Please Piccolo, can we just talk like this for now? I can't talk, the pain is too much.../ I asked telepathically.
/Sure kid./ He answered. I could see Gohan come over and kneel next to me. He reached out a shaky hand and placed it lightly on my left shoulder. His hands were still warm from firing off ki blasts.
"I'm so, so sorry Katie." He said. I could tears start to form in his eyes.
/Gohan, it's okay. It wasn't your fault./ I thought as I reached out my left hand to his face. His hand moved from my shoulder to touch my hand that was on his face. I could sense a slightly large ki approach the clearing. Before I could turn my head, Lenalee, Lavi and my brother came bursting through the trees and into the clearing. 'Oh crap' I thought as they came rushing towards us.
"What the hell happened here?!" Allen yelled as they came closer. "What did you two freaks do to my sister?!" He sounded mad, and I mean, really, REALLY mad. He stormed over to where I was, kneeling down to look at me. He looked disheveled, his hair was all wild and he had this crazed look in his eye. Swatting Gohan away from me, he attempted to pick me up. But he was stopped, by none other than my mentor Piccolo. And he was angry. Grabbing Allen's fleshed arm, he flung him to the ground.
"Freaks, huh? That's what you think we are?" Piccolo accused as he picked him up by the shirt collar. Lenalee and Lavi tried to get him down, but Piccolo just swatted them away. They landed flat on the ground. I winced when I saw them land, bouncing back with the sheer force of the hit. Piccolo and Gohan must have noticed, because as soon as I did Piccolo dropped my brother with a thud and slowly walked back to me. Still in pain, I tried to think of ways to regain their attention. There was only one thing I could think of.
/Allen...this is no time to argue./ I thought to him. It must have gotten through because as soon as I finished, he looked down at me in shock.
"Katie, did you just-"
/Yeah yeah, we can speak telepathically, get over it. But in the meantime, Gohan!/ I nearly shouted inside my head to get his attention. /I can't particularly move, would you mind.../ I didn't need to finish. He got the message. Nodding his head and wiping away the last of his tears, he carefully scooped me up in his arms.
"Hey, wait!" Allen called. But his attempts to argue were futile. Gohan and I were already at the entrance of the clearing.
"Gohan..." I croaked, my voice ragged and dry for some reason.
"Hey, it's okay. I'm sorry for trying to hurt you. I just lost control of super saiyan, and slipped into ascended." He explained as he slowly carried me back to the building. There was a long pause, and I did nothing to break it. The silence was nice after the weeks of noise. Not wanting to break the silence, I slowly lifted my head off of Gohan's arm and started to observe his face. My joints groaned in protest, but I ignored it. I have to say, the scene on his face was not pretty.
Pain and guilt were the first I recognized on his face. His eyes that were usually happy and full of light were darkened with a mask of sympathy as he glanced shamefully down at me. Tears still streaming down his face. I gently lifted my right plated hand to try and wipe them away. I could hear the cracks and groans coming from my arm as I gingerly placed it on his face, wiping the tears away with my thumb. Gohan stopped walking.
"Sh... it's okay, it's okay. You're fine, I'm fine, everything is alright." I whispered, trying to comfort him. As he finally started to calm down, none other than the idiotic Allen and co. came bolting out of the woods. Looking around frantically, they finally settled their gazes on Gohan and I. I froze.
"Katie!" Allen and Lenalee yelled simultaneously.
"Little Moyashi!" Lavi yelled with an amused smile, winning a smack upside his head from Lenalee. Glaring at Lavi for the nickname, I wrapped my arms around Gohan's neck for fear of Allen tearing me away. Gohan, understanding my actions, tightened his grip around my knees and shoulders, also casting a withering stare that could make Vegeta quake in his boots. Despite our glares, Allen still came storming towards me. Clutching tighter still onto Gohan's neck, I closed my eyes in the anticipation of an argument. I could almost feel the anger waving off of him.
"WHAT the HELL was THAT?!" He screeched. I cringed at the sudden raise of his voice, a headache starting to pound in the back of my head. My body began to shake, and my scar started to throb. My face started to scrunch up in pain as Allen grabbed my wrist and yanked it off of Gohan's face. I yelled out at him, hearing the cracking in my arm again, pain no longer dull but strong and horrible. Alas, Allen did not notice. "You just took off out of the dining hall, going God knows where, with those-those freaks!" I opened my mouth to say otherwise, but I was cut off before I could even say a word. "Then, there were explosions coming from the forest. You scared all of us half to death! We thought it was an akuma attack, and that you were caught in it! Do you know how terrifying that is?! Do you know how scared we all were?! Then I find you on the ground, completely covered in blood and scrapes, with your anti-akuma weapon broken, and your face looking like you just got your heart ripped out!" His grip tightened on my wrist, crushing whatever bone was left. "Oh, and having that green monster throw me around like a rag doll was a pleasant surprise. Then, he picked you up and bolted back to the castle. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW THAT FELT?! Finally finding your sister, and then after a month, having her ripped away from you?" Cracking sounds came from my arm. "Let me tell you, it doesn't feel good!" He screeched.
He had a death grip on my wrist, and he pulled me out of Gohan's arms. He was now holding me in the air by my wrist, my feet inches off of the ground. I could hear it groan and crack as it started to slip out of my socket. My eye throbbed more painfully, headache pounding in the front of my mind, arm practically screaming to be let go of. Then, there was a shift in the air, and I could feel my wrist being let go of, falling to the ground. I landed on my feet, standing wobbly in front of my brother. My mind swimming, I saw that he lay flat on his back with my father standing right in front of me.
"DAD!" I nearly screamed as I jumped into his arms. I then heard Gohan follow suit a few seconds later.
"Hey guys!" He said cheerfully, pulling both of us close to him. My eye and arm were still throbbing in blinding pain, but I didn't care. I just wanted my dad to hold me tight and never let go. But I knew that that couldn't happen, I knew that he would, at one point, have to let go.
Ooooo, Goku getting protective of his little girl!
Sorry this took so long. I just lost track of the months, so yeah, that happened. Anyways, I hope that you liked this chapter! The next one will come out in about a few weeks.
Sorry if this chapter wasn't the best, I just needed to get something out soon so my friend would stop bothering me. (Yes Erica, I am talking about you...)
Also, in next chapter, it will be time for Katie's first mission! Yay! Plot development!
Thanks for reading! Katie out.
