Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Dark Appearance: Part 1 ❯ Save Gohan! ( Chapter 9 )

CHAPTER 9: SAVE GOHAN!

Marley looked down again and then walked out of the house into the front lawn and stood looking at the sky. "Why did I tell them?" she said out loud, "I should have allowed myself to be killed first. There are gonna be more questions now. I need to start training. I need to get the Key back. It will kill that man Gohan if I don't get it back. How did I get so weak?" She turned around to go back in the house but Gohan stopped her, he had been listening to her talking to herself.

"What do you mean it will kill me?" he asked surprisingly calmly.

"The Key was supposed to be my burden. If I pass it over to someone else, it attaches to their soul and sucks their life energy. The Key eats away at them until they die. It is looking for me, but it is blind." She replied. Marley felt at peace next to this being. How can this be? I'm never at peace!

"So I am dying?" He asked quietly. "I knew I felt weak but, I couldn't understand why."

"If it makes you feel better, most people die in the first hour or so of being in contact with the Key, you must be very powerful."

"Oh. Well thanks, I guess. I'm a little more interested in how to keep living though."

"I would help you, but I'm not sure how. I mean, I know how to take the Key in theory, but it might kill you anyway, it isn't very safe."

"Hey!" Vegeta shouted over the noise in the house. Everyone had been talking and no one had noticed two people had left the room. "HEY! Have any of you noticed that the freak woman and Kakkarot's brat aren't in here?"

Every one went silent. They hadn't. Every one turned to the window and saw that Gohan and Marley were outside talking. One by one they went out onto Goku's front lawn.

Marley turned around and spoke first. "Look we don't have much time. Kakkarot's son is dying and needs help."

"Why should we believe you? You are a freak and not to be trusted! I say we kill you but Kakkarot still wants to question you." Vegeta said with his `Take That!' voice.

"I wouldn't be talking Prince Vegeta if I were you. I know things that would make even your blood run cold." She faced Goku again. "When I was battling the general I couldn't allow him to get the Box or its Key. I had the Key the whole time but I ripped it from my soul to hide it during the fight, I don't know whether you saw that or not. But I put it in the purest heart I could find that was close by, it just happened to be your son's. But now it is killing him because he isn't completely compatible with it. I have to remove it or he will die."

Once again this strange woman had managed to surprise the whole Z-team. Goku was thinking this over in his head for a while and then said, "I don't completely understand this whole process, but do whatever you have to do to keep him alive. I trust you."

He trusted her? Was he stupid? Vegeta was practically foaming at the mouth. The Z-warriors were amazed again that day. What was Goku thinking?

"Kakkarot," Marley said a little relieved. "I wont let you down.

"Now everyone stand back. Gohan, I have to warn you, I've never done this before. I know of a way to do this but it wont be pleasant. When I take the Key, it will weaken you drastically. Every wound you ever sustained will inflict you again, all at the same time. That I know I can fix. But, again, I'm not sure how to get at the Key. Let me think a moment."

She closed her eyes and every one waited.

"Give me one of the knives you took from me Kakkarot. Any one will do."

Goku disappeared into the house. A few seconds later he reappeared carrying a twelve-inch knife from her collection. She took it and strapped it to her thigh. Marley looked up at the half-human, half-Saiyan again. He showed no fear.

She walked over to him and stopped a few feet away. She raised her hand up and placed it over his heart. She could feel it beating faster as she touched him. She closed her eyes again and a reddish glow seamed to form under her hand.

Gohan felt suddenly weak. Then a searing pain shot throughout his whole body. He struggled to stay standing.

"Kakkarot!" Marley shouted sharply, eyes still closed. "Hold him up!"

Goku rushed behind his son and hooked his arms under Gohan's keeping him standing. Goku could feel his son's body convulsing in pain.

Blood appeared on Gohan's orange training suit. His wounds were opening. Still Marley held her hand on his chest. The reddish glow grew bigger and bigger. Then Marley yanked her hand off of Gohan's chest. The red glow absorbed into her body and she could feel the Key taking its place in her soul. She gasped and opened her eyes.

Automatically her eyes fell on Gohan. He was now lying on his back shaking in pain. His brother Goten, his father Goku, and his mentor Piccolo were kneeling over him. Marley ran over to him, stumbling on her way. "Get out of my way!" she yelled as she violently pushed them all away from Gohan.

She looked at him for a moment and straddled his stomach. She drew the blade form its spot at her side.

"Noooo!" she heard a yell from behind her. It was the Namek, Piccolo. She turned her head around and saw him charging at her. He thought she was going to kill him. She put up her hand and used her mental abilities to stop him in mid-air. He looked surprised at first, then grew angry and tried to free himself. With a flick of her wrist she sent him flying into a nearby tree, which broke as he kept on flying.

"Stay away!" she yelled at them all.

With her knife in her left hand she grabbed Gohan's wrist with her right and spoke to him, "Do you freely give your blood to me?"

He looked at her not comprehending what she was saying but for some reason found him self nodding.

She cut his hand with her knife then let go to cut her own. She dropped the knife and joined her cut hand with his. A bright light came from the center of the two joined wounds. Energy flared all around them, threatening to rip them apart, and then it did. Marley flew into a nearby tree and Gohan was slammed back on the ground.

The Z-fighters circled around Gohan checking him to see if he was okay.

"I'm all right, I'm all right!" Gohan yelled at his friends.

"Man, I thought for sure she was gonna kill you!" Piccolo said as he came running back to his best friend. "I just can't believe it."

"Yeah, that was weird!" Goten agreed.

Then everyone heard a loud coughing noise and turned around. Marley was on her hands and knees hacking up blood. She weakly stood up. She was covered in cuts and large gashes, her blood was everywhere.

"She took your injuries for you Gohan," Dende said stepping forward.

She looked at Dende and the rest of the Z-warriors and laughed weakly and a little wickedly. "You got it Namek."

She was still reeling and was about to fall over, blood covered her clothes. Gohan rushed over offering his help.

"I'm just fine. Now you are the one who needs help." He said gently.

"Stay away from me!" she screamed not knowing why, she really needed his help. "Don't touch me any of you! I need no one's help, I'm a Saiyan warrior!"

She coughed up more blood and promptly passed out and fell on the ground at Gohan's feet.

Every one stood in amazement once again at this strange woman, except Gohan. "What is everyone looking at, we need to take her to a rejuvenation tank or something, now!"