Chapter 40: Gohan Cries
Thornkin, Goku, Wisheater, Krillin, Piccolo, and I, were all standing on a large field of grass. I looked around my surroundings to see no one around anywhere. There were plateaus, but that was about it.
"It's now or never, Gohan. FIRE!" A voice that sounded like Piccolo shouted from above. When I looked more closely, a kid version of Gohan was trembling in fear as somebody was heading straight towards him from the sky. I couldn't hear what the boy was saying, but I did hear Piccolo shouting his name.
Moments later, the hybrid child ran for cover out of intense fear. Piccolo and Krillin, who was with him, had noticed and charged up their energy and shot it towards the guy falling from the sky, who had taken note of their strategy and moved out of the way in time.
"Where are we?" I asked while I watched the fighting take place. Thornkin glanced at me before returning his attention to the sky. "This is the day the Z fighters were going head-to-head with the saiyan, Nappa."
"Nappa?" I repeat.
"Yes, that was his name Tania." Krillin answered. "I recall this day. Man, Vegeta and that other guy was causing so much chaos to us. We couldn't hardly lay a scratch on Nappa! They killed Yamcha, Chiaotzu, Tien and even Piccolo that day."
Krillin had a look of devastation as he began to remember about his past. Piccolo warned Krillin to not let it get into his head too much or he might end up like Gohan. The bald man listened and took a deep breath. "Yeah, you're right Piccolo; I'll calm down."
When I looked to my left, Piccolo was down on the ground after Nappa had beaten his multi-forms. Gohan had ran to his master and tried to help him. The namekian pushed him out of the way and forced the boy to slam onto a plateau before falling flat on the ground. I gasped slightly, not expecting to see Piccolo ever doing that to Gohan.
"I have no time to babysit, Gohan. If you can't help, go home to your mother." Piccolo suggested, a bit irritated from Gohan's cowardice. Him and Krillin then flew back into the air for another round.
Rocks falling were then heard and I spotted Tien barely clinging to life. He looked awful and his arm was torn off. My eyes widen from the sight.
"Calm down..." Wisheater spoke to me.
"What's my mission?" I asked Thornkin.
"Hmm..." He thought for a bit. I glared at him after seeing Tien looking very distressed, with Gohan right next to him.
"ANY DAY NOW!" I scream, finally losing my patience. Thornkin panicked and told me to be quiet
"W-Who are you?!" Someone asks from out of nowhere. I froze, hoping that whoever was talking, wasn't talking to me. T-That voice... It s-sounds j-just like...
"Vegeta, who is she?!" The saiyan named Nappa questioned his boss.
I slowly turned to see Vegeta walking over towards me. The others all watched as the younger version of the saiyan prince finally made his way to me. Oh now I've done it... Why does this always happen to me?
"A little girl..." The prince says as he observed me in suspicion. His eyes then grew big. "WHAT! A T-TAIL?!"
I tried to cover up my tail the best I could, but Vegeta just smirked. "Nappa!"
"What is it?"
"This little girl has a tail; Just like us."
"So what if I have a tail?" I retorted, stepping back away from Vegeta. Nappa suddenly flipped his attention to the two of us and when he did, Krillin and Piccolo had taken advantage and kicked the bulky saiyan in the head at the same time. He quickly shot towards the ground, forming a huge crater on impact.
With Vegeta distracted from the sudden explosion, I sprinted towards Gohan and Tien.
"It's you again miss." Kid Gohan pointed out. I simply smiled and told him to move aside so that I could help Tien to his feet.
"Who are you? Why are you trying to help me?" The injured man questioned me. I couldn't tell him who I was so I just kept quiet. 'Thornkin... Why don't you tell me my mission? What am I suppose to do?'
'Try your best to keep Tien and Piccolo alive; If you let these two die, then i'm afraid...' Thornkin trails off before I cutted him off.
"I understand!" I exclaim.
Tien blinked in confusion. I looked at him and Gohan and laughed nervously.
"Was you talking to yourself?" The taller man asked. I shook my head. "No, no, I was just um-"
"Hmph! You thought you could honestly escape?" Vegeta questioned me as he suddenly appeared in front of Gohan, Tien and I. I gritted my teeth, not liking how everything was going into play. Tien gently moved me aside and stood in front of Gohan and I, glaring at the saiyan prince.
"You murderers killed Chiaotzu!" He spat in anger.
Vegeta only laughed loudly. "We didn't kill your little friend... He did that for us by blowing himself up! The fool! Didn't he know beforehand that his sacrifice would do absolutely no damage? Ha!"
Without warning, Tien brought his fist up to Vegeta's gut. The saiyan held his stomach in pain. Tien smirked, but just when he thought he shutted Vegeta up, the prince grinned widely. "I was just kidding..."
Tien's eyes widened as Vegeta stood up perfectly straight. He then brought his knee up to Tien's gut, who spat out blood. I could see that Gohan was becoming very afraid as he watched Tien getting beaten around like a ragdoll. I had enough and rushed to help my friend. When Vegeta was off guard, I swept in and kicked him on the back of his head.
"What! I-It didn't work!"
The kick I had thrown seemed like nothing. Vegeta just dropped Tien out of his grasp and turned around with a very irritated expression. I stood my ground as he continued to glare evily into my eyes.
"I was gonna let you live and let you become my henchmen." He muttered. "But since you've done that, i'll kill you!"
"I like to see you try!" I retorted, getting into a stance, drawing Wisheater out of his sheathe.
"Master, are you sure you want to do this?" My blade asked. I gripped the handle tight. "Of course i'm sure, Wisheater! Lets just hurry and defeat this lunatic!"
"What do you think you're doing?! Are you insane?!" Came a voice from behind that sounded like Piccolo.
"You have no idea how strong these guys are. They'll tear you to shreds!" The younger Krillin warned with a shout.
Ignoring the warning, I dashed at Vegeta and attempted to swin Wisheater at him. He simply moved to my left. I then growled and continued to try and attack the prince, but to no effect. I'm way too slow! Darn!
With one last effort, I tried to jab Vegeta in the face. The prince only caught my fist then head-butted me into a plateau. Tiny rocks began to fall onto me as I sat up. Blood dripped from my head.
"Are you alright master?" Wisheater asked in concern.
"Yeah." I reply truthfully. "I'm alright, I just need to think with my head before I attack next time."
I then sighed heavily. "Why is it that we're the only ones that everyone here can see or hear? Why can't they notice Goku, Thornkin and the others? Geesh."
'Would you like some help?' Goku asks me as he floated and reached out his hand to me. I took it and answered yes.
'I'll help you once I come up with a plan.' Gohan's father responded. I fell over. Should've known he didn't have any thing useful in mind...
"Partner! He's headed right towards us!" Wisheater yelled, sensing Nappa's energy. Goku shrieked, but before he could move out the way, Nappa just flew right through him as if Goku was some sort of ghost.
"I'll fight you from now on!" The bulky saiyan determined just before throwing me into the air. Without the gift of flight I just couldn't situate myself in the air. Nappa threw a energy blast at me, but missed because the Krillin of this time took the hit. We both fell onto the ground.
The bald man's clothes were teared and I crawled over to him in deep concern. However, before I could reach him, Nappa once more pursued me. I quickly threw Wisheater at the saiyan.
Thankfully, the sword pierced right through his armor into his chest. Nappa stood in place, horror displaying on his face. He looked down to see that his chest was bleeding badly. His body began trembling. Vegeta looked as though he was more surprised than his buddy was.
As the gruesome scene continued I went over to Krillin and asked him if he was alright.
"H-How did y-you actually manage t-to h-h-hit that guy straight o- Agh!" He screamed. I felt pain throughout my back. I turned to see that Nappa had pulled Wisheater out of him. He weakly walked up to me with a VERY MAD facial expression.
"YOU! LITTLE PIPSQUEAK!" He shouted at the top of his lungs while holding onto his wounded chest. "HOW DARE YOU PERMANENTLY SCAR MY AMAZING BODY!"
"Go..." Krillin murmured. "Get out of here! He's going to kill you."
"I'm not going to leave you here to die!" I respond.
"We don't even know eachother! Please, save your own life!"
Nappa charged up a powerful ball of energy on top of the palms of his hand. His face looked like it was about to explode. I got up.
"Lady!" Gohan screams as he began to ran towards me.
"No! Don't come over here Gohan!" I yell, worrying for his safety.
"I got your sword for you!" He claimed before throwing Wisheater over to me.
"Sorry kid," Nappa apologized, throwing his energy wave at me. "BUT THIS GIRL IS AS GOOD AS DEAD!"
Krillin closed his eyes in fear as the immense wave of energy pushed itself through the ground, causing the ground to split in half. In order to save Krillin, I had to kick him out of the way. I jumped up to get Wisheater and held it tightly while I prayed a small prayer before the blast collided against Wisheater. The force of the impact pushed me yards back. I held my ground with gritted teeth.
"Hold on partner!" Wisheater encouraged me. "Don't lose your focus or you'll be destroyed!"
"I think I know that!" I responded.
"Stop resisting and just die!" Shouted Nappa. He then intensified the blast.
"Wisheater! I don't think I can hold out much longer! I'm way too weak like this!"
'Use my Bolten Crusher!' I hear Thornkin cry out to me telepathically.
'Bolten Crusher? What?!'
"Of course!" Wisheater spoke loudly. "Why didn't I think of that?! Master, transfer some of your energy into me."
"The little bit of strength I have? And you only want some?!" I reply, confused as to what my sword was planning to do.
'Trust him, Tania." Piccolo demanded, speaking to my mind just like Thornkin.
'Alright... If that's what you want...' I sighed. "HAAA!"
My strength transferred into the blade and with one last thrust, Wisheater busted through Nappa's blast and made the enrgy shoot back towards him.
"BOLTEN CRUSHER!" I yell. The sword released a dark blue, tornado swirling, ki blast out of its pointy tip. In a instant, the Bolten Crusher had hit Nappa straight on. It looked as though the blast had completely blown him out of existence.
I dropped Wisheater out of my hand and flapped onto the ground like a pancake.
"Yeesh! That guy is toast!" I breathed out.
'I wouldn't count him out just yet Tania.' Goku commented.
I sat up. 'What do you mean?'
'Look ahead." Krillin answered.
Doing as I was told, the smoke cleared and I saw Nappa very badly inujred, but somehow still alive. I risen up to my two aching feet. "You got to be kidding me... He's still alive?"
The bald saiyan roared. "That does it... NO MERCY!"
Within moments, the saiyan ruthlessly began punching and kicking me all over my body. I could see the others watching in horror as this took place. I didn't have any chance against this guy. I'm so powerless!
Nappa grabbed me by the neck and began to choke me. I coughed out blood as he kneed me in the gut. Wisheater was out of my grip so I couldn't stab him to get free. Out of nowhere, the Piccolo that was already battling this guy had kicked him right on the back. He screamed out in pain and released me. I gasped for air.
"You didn't forget about me, did you?" Piccolo asked the wounded alien.
'I didn't think your past self was so willing to help out, Piccolo.' I joked to the present time namekian.
'Whatever...' He murmured. I laughed weakly.
As Piccolo and Nappa battled, the kid with long hair sprinted towards me. "Are you okay miss?"
"I had better days to be honest." I answer. Gohan still had a worried expression on his face. He narrowed his eyes to the ground sadly.
"What's wrong kid?"
"My friends are in danger and I haven't done anything to assist them." He expresses. "I'm so afraid to fight. I hate it!"
"I know how you feel Gohan." I say truthfully. "I hate fighting too, but you got to understand that its necessary to do it when your own or other peoples lives are in jeopardy. If you don't, they are going to die."
"Why can't we just talk things over? They may learn what they have done and want to turn from their ways."
"I highly doubt it, Gohan. But I have to confess, their may be some enemies that might just do that." I observed Piccolo defending himself from Nappa, who I knew was almost dead. "However, this enemy is not the type that would turn to a good guy."
'Heads up!' Shouted Goku and Krillin. Piccolo was flying right at me. I screeched, grabbed Gohan and moved to the side. The namekian slammed into a plateau and had became stuck.
"Piccolo!" Cried Gohan.
"Move!" I commanded to the boy after sensing Nappa's presence right behind him. He yanked on Gohan's long hair and held him up. "Let go of me you stinky bully!"
"Like he said!" I agreed. "Let the boy go!"
"And why should I?!"
"Because, you and I both know that you're knocking at death's door!" I spat. This made Nappa angry. "What did you say?! Me? You really believe that i'm going to die?!"
"TRI BEAM!" I overhear Tien scream out. The oversized blast collided into Nappa, who then released Gohan. I held the kid in my arms and ran for cover. A huge explosion made its self known like a ticking time bomb. It lifted me out of place and thrown Gohan and I wildly about a mile away. I lifted my face off the ground and spat out dirt. "Yuck!"
I turned my attention to Gohan who was faced down to the ground. He wasn't budging an inch and it made me become very concern. "Hey!"
I shook the hybrid, but he wouldn't open his eyes.
'Oh no!' Thornkin spoke. 'This isn't good.'
"Gohan! Get up!" I demanded. The kid was breathing, but he was just so...
"I killed him. I managed to avenge your death Chiaotzu, my buddy."
I looked behind me. Tien collapsed to the ground and I felt his life force fade to absolutely nothing, scaring me to death. Oh gosh no! H-He's dead! I failed my mission... Gohan...
Just like last time, the ground gave away beneath me and I fell to complete nothingness. I screamed a loud scream as I continued falling. Feeling a hand catch me, I sensed Goku's presence. He was in his super saiyan form.
"I got you Tania." He says. I stopped my hollering and smiled. "Thank goodness."
Krillin, Piccolo, and Thornkin, who was holding Wisheater came flying behind us.
"Thornkin I need to tell you so- ahhhh!" I hollered once more. The mysterious dimension thing we were in began to shake violently and Goku had let go of my hand from all the drama. The black walls surrounding us broke like mirrors and various scenarios was appearing from out of nowhere.
"Tania!" Thornkin called as he struggled to keep himself still. "Goku, Krillin, Wisheater, Piccolo nor I can come close to you. I think Gohan is trying to make us separate for some reason."
"So then, what's going to happen to me?!" I ask in complete terror as I was rocking from side to side.
"I'm sorry, but I don't know." Thornkin replied. "Whatever happens, just know that you are the best chance that we got to get Gohan back to his senses. I believe in you!"
A bright pink light pulled me to one of the scenarios that was playing throughout the dimension. I was helpless to let myself free and soon enough, everyone else disappeared from my sight.
When this bright light dropped me, I felled from the sky. However, just like the two other times, someone catched me in their arms. I calmed down and opened my eyes.
"Gohan?!"
When I looked into his eyes their was sadness in them. It looked like he was in deep pain. It struck me inside to see him so... depressed.
I observed everything else around the two of us and saw the z fighters watching a battle that was taking place. I noticed that the people fighting were Gohan and Cell. Gohan was in his super saiyan 2 form and was beating Cell senseless.
"I killed him." Gohan, who was still holding me in his arms finally spoke in a very depressing voice. I gave him a confused look. "I know! You killed Cell, you're a hero."
"No!" He quickly growled angry, shocking me. "I killed my father! It's my fault he died! I let him get killed!"
I kept silent.
"I let my powers get to my head." Gohan continued. "I should've listened! I should've listened!"
His bang then covered his eyes. My heart broke once more when I saw the pained look on his innocent face. He was usually so cheerful and happy. I would've never guessed he was in so much pain.
"Gohan..."
I felt a tear fall onto my cheek. I stared up at Gohan. Even though his bang was covering his eyes, tears were gliding down his cheeks rapidly. I just... Let's just say I felt like my heart was going to die of heartbreak as I watched the boy I was in love with cry silently.
What do I do?