Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Daughter Of A Warrior ❯ Meet The Z Warriors ( Chapter 5 )
[ P - Pre-Teen ]
Chapter Five - Meet The Z Warriors
The journey to Earth took one year, and when they landed in a remote, mountainous area, Sakura couldn't have got off the ship fast enough.
She ran round for a while, looking at the flowers and the trees, and listening to the birds. She thought about what a beautiful planet this was, with it's blue sky, bright sunshine, green grass and wonderful wildlife.
Suddenly, she heard a young child's cry, and she was sure that this was not a child playing, but a child in trouble. She and her family ran to the source of the cry.
From her perch in a tree, Sakura could see a boy around her age, and a small boy around one or two years old. There were also two extremely large Nameks, one holding the older boy still, and the other holding the toddler upside down by his feet. Sakura began to rush forward, but Ayane held her back. "Stay here." She told her daughter, "We can handle this." With that, she, Kanata and Kasubi leapt from the tree, leaving Sakura in the tree to hang off branches by her tail, a little game she had not played since she was six years old, when she used to wrap her tail around people's arms and swing on them.
Sakura's family landed a few feet from the Nameks and ran up to them, preparing to fight. The Namek holding the baby looked at them and raised a hand. Sakura looked up, and realised what the Namek was about to do when it was already too late to stop him. There was a massive explosion which hurt Sakura's ears and a blinding light, and screams of agony filled the air, but were sharply silenced after just a few seconds.
After the dust had settled, Sakura looked onto the new makeshift battlefield. Her family lay on the ground, bruised, bloody and motionless. Sakura's scouter picked up none of their power levels. They were dead.
Sakura threw herself forward, overcome with rage. She began attacking the Nameks using every move taught to her by Furiza and his henchmen, and by her personal Saiya-jin trainer whom Furiza had appointed to be responsible for her. His training sessions and responsibility over Sakura had lasted under a month before he had turned himself against Furiza. The Namek in front of her suddenly threw the toddler, noticing Sakura's power. The older boy looked in horror. "GOTEN!" He yelled, following the flying baby with his eyes. "NO!" Sakura shot forward and caught Goten before he hit a tree. Sakura hid him in a hollow in the tree, before rushing back down to the older boy and the Nameks.
Sakura raised her fist, about to hit the Namek holding the boy, when somebody grabbed her arm. She spun round to see a third Namek standing over her. He was a tall Namek, wearing a turban and a cloak. "Gohan," he said, his voice deep, near to a growl, "What's going on here?" This Namek surprised Sakura. He seemed so serious, mature and strong, but he could not possibly have been much older than his late twenties, and, despite the hatred towards Nameks that Sakura had developed over the years of her imprisonment, Sakura could not help respecting him. She suddenly flew up into the air, breaking the new Namek's grasp, and drove her foot into the neck of the Namek holding the boy her age, Gohan, that was what the Namek had called him, the Namek's neck broke, and he was dead before he hit the ground.
The second Namek ran at her, and she attacked. She flew up, and stood herself firmly on the Namek's shoulders. Placing one hand on each side of the Namek's head, Sakura took a deep breath, and twisted. The Namek's corpse fell onto the grass.
The third Namek yelled, and ran towards Sakura, but in a blink of an eye, Gohan was in front of her. The Namek looked shocked. "Move, kid." He said staring at Gohan, and then looking down at the bodies of the two Nameks, whose green skin was stained purple by their blood. "She just killed two of my kind, now move out of my way."
"No Piccolo, I won't." Gohan stood his ground, and Sakura was not sure who was more stubborn, him or this Namek, Piccolo. "She turned up when those Nameks came and attacked Goten and me, and killed those three people over there. If it wasn't for her, we'd both be dead. Er, come to think of it, where is Goten?" Sakura stood staring at Gohan for a couple of seconds, before rushing to retrieve Goten from his hiding place in the tree.
When she landed back next to Gohan and Piccolo, they were talking about her, but Sakura did not hear, she was too busy staring at Gohan. He had black spiky hair, around not short, but not long either, and dark eyes. He was also quite tall. Wow, she thought to herself, not taking her eyes off Gohan, He is so cute. I wonder if he likes me.
"Er, excuse me, miss?" Sakura blinked and looked at Gohan.
"Yeah?" she said, blushing slightly.
"Well," Gohan began, taking a deep breath. "We have a few questions we'd like to ask you. Like who are you? What are you doing here of all places? And why did you help Goten and me? I'm Gohan by the way. This is my little brother Goten, and my friend Piccolo."
"Well Gohan," Sakura began to explain all about herself. "My name is Sakura. I'm a thirteen-year-old Saiya-jin, and this is the first time I have been outdoors without a Namek escort in seven years. When I was six, my family and eye were kidnapped by Furiza, an evil beast who pretended to be a great Saiya-jin trainer, and have been held prisoner ever since, to be trained to serve Furiza, just like the Saiya-jin prince was. He was a brave man who I was lucky enough to have training me. However, my heart was not turned to evil when Furiza trained me, unlike the prince's. They are my family over there. I finally escaped with them so that we could all live happily together. Now though, that is impossible, as I was told a long time ago that, should they ever die or be killed, I was not to attempt to revive them."
Gohan looked at Sakura with pity in his eyes. "I know just how you feel." He said sadly. "My dad died two years ago, and he didn't want to be revived. That's why Goten and I are here. It's the anniversary of his death today, and he used to bring me fishing here all the time, in that river just over there. I miss him a lot. I'll ask my mom if you can stay with us if you like." To Sakura's surprise, Gohan also blushed.
Sakura, Gohan and Piccolo buried the bodies of Kanata, Ayane and Kasubi, and lay three flowers on top of the grave. Sakura could not describe the sadness that she felt. It was as though everything for which she lived had been destroyed, and she wanted more than anything to be inside that grave with her family. It felt like there was suddenly a great hole inside of her, which would never be filled. Her whole family had arrived on Earth happy to finally be together, and now that happiness was gone within twenty minutes of first being achieved, as now, only Sakura remained to enjoy this beautiful planet.
"Erm, Sakura," Gohan said uncomfortably. "I was wondering if it would make you feel any better to, er, go to see a movie or something, like a date if you want." Sakura looked at Gohan, shocked. She had no idea what a movie was, but she nodded anyway and smiled, a date sounded fun. Gohan returned the smile, and the four of them flew off towards Gohan's house.
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When Gohan, Sakura, Goten and Piccolo arrived at Gohan's house, they were surprised to see a large number of people there when they walked through the door.
"Mom, what's going on?" Gohan asked a dark haired woman standing in the middle of the room.
"Oh! Hi Gohan, Goten, Piccolo." The woman replied, her face lighting up. "Krillen called. He got engaged to his mystery girlfriend, so we're holding a little party for them. Who's your friend?"
Gohan introduced Sakura, and Sakura was introduced to everybody in the room. There was Krillen, a short, bald man with six dots on his forehead and a huge smile on his face, ChiChi, Gohan's mother, Chao-zu, a tiny little man with pure white skin and rosy cheeks, and a very high voice, and Tien, a tall muscular man with three eyes! There was also Yamcha, a dark haired man with scars on his face, Bulma, a turquoise haired woman with a very cheerful face, Trunks, a young boy a little older than Goten with lilac hair and blue eyes. There was also a man, medium height with large and spiky black hair. He looked surprised when he saw Sakura, who quickly backed away from him in horror.
"V - Vegeta!" she stuttered, backing further and further away from him. Everybody in the room stared at them, looks of ultimate confusion on their faces. Vegeta smiled.
"Well, well, well," he said, grinning and looking Sakura up and down. "Look who we have here. It's Vegeta's little baby. That's what Furiza used to call you, isn't it? You've grown a lot, but you still look exactly the same with your hair up in that ridiculous plait. Vegeta's little baby!" He knelt down besides her, chuckling, and pinched her cheek like you would a baby, just to taunt her. Sakura slapped his hand away from his face trying to ignore his taunting laughter. She raised her fist to hit him, when there was suddenly a knock at the door.
The journey to Earth took one year, and when they landed in a remote, mountainous area, Sakura couldn't have got off the ship fast enough.
She ran round for a while, looking at the flowers and the trees, and listening to the birds. She thought about what a beautiful planet this was, with it's blue sky, bright sunshine, green grass and wonderful wildlife.
Suddenly, she heard a young child's cry, and she was sure that this was not a child playing, but a child in trouble. She and her family ran to the source of the cry.
From her perch in a tree, Sakura could see a boy around her age, and a small boy around one or two years old. There were also two extremely large Nameks, one holding the older boy still, and the other holding the toddler upside down by his feet. Sakura began to rush forward, but Ayane held her back. "Stay here." She told her daughter, "We can handle this." With that, she, Kanata and Kasubi leapt from the tree, leaving Sakura in the tree to hang off branches by her tail, a little game she had not played since she was six years old, when she used to wrap her tail around people's arms and swing on them.
Sakura's family landed a few feet from the Nameks and ran up to them, preparing to fight. The Namek holding the baby looked at them and raised a hand. Sakura looked up, and realised what the Namek was about to do when it was already too late to stop him. There was a massive explosion which hurt Sakura's ears and a blinding light, and screams of agony filled the air, but were sharply silenced after just a few seconds.
After the dust had settled, Sakura looked onto the new makeshift battlefield. Her family lay on the ground, bruised, bloody and motionless. Sakura's scouter picked up none of their power levels. They were dead.
Sakura threw herself forward, overcome with rage. She began attacking the Nameks using every move taught to her by Furiza and his henchmen, and by her personal Saiya-jin trainer whom Furiza had appointed to be responsible for her. His training sessions and responsibility over Sakura had lasted under a month before he had turned himself against Furiza. The Namek in front of her suddenly threw the toddler, noticing Sakura's power. The older boy looked in horror. "GOTEN!" He yelled, following the flying baby with his eyes. "NO!" Sakura shot forward and caught Goten before he hit a tree. Sakura hid him in a hollow in the tree, before rushing back down to the older boy and the Nameks.
Sakura raised her fist, about to hit the Namek holding the boy, when somebody grabbed her arm. She spun round to see a third Namek standing over her. He was a tall Namek, wearing a turban and a cloak. "Gohan," he said, his voice deep, near to a growl, "What's going on here?" This Namek surprised Sakura. He seemed so serious, mature and strong, but he could not possibly have been much older than his late twenties, and, despite the hatred towards Nameks that Sakura had developed over the years of her imprisonment, Sakura could not help respecting him. She suddenly flew up into the air, breaking the new Namek's grasp, and drove her foot into the neck of the Namek holding the boy her age, Gohan, that was what the Namek had called him, the Namek's neck broke, and he was dead before he hit the ground.
The second Namek ran at her, and she attacked. She flew up, and stood herself firmly on the Namek's shoulders. Placing one hand on each side of the Namek's head, Sakura took a deep breath, and twisted. The Namek's corpse fell onto the grass.
The third Namek yelled, and ran towards Sakura, but in a blink of an eye, Gohan was in front of her. The Namek looked shocked. "Move, kid." He said staring at Gohan, and then looking down at the bodies of the two Nameks, whose green skin was stained purple by their blood. "She just killed two of my kind, now move out of my way."
"No Piccolo, I won't." Gohan stood his ground, and Sakura was not sure who was more stubborn, him or this Namek, Piccolo. "She turned up when those Nameks came and attacked Goten and me, and killed those three people over there. If it wasn't for her, we'd both be dead. Er, come to think of it, where is Goten?" Sakura stood staring at Gohan for a couple of seconds, before rushing to retrieve Goten from his hiding place in the tree.
When she landed back next to Gohan and Piccolo, they were talking about her, but Sakura did not hear, she was too busy staring at Gohan. He had black spiky hair, around not short, but not long either, and dark eyes. He was also quite tall. Wow, she thought to herself, not taking her eyes off Gohan, He is so cute. I wonder if he likes me.
"Er, excuse me, miss?" Sakura blinked and looked at Gohan.
"Yeah?" she said, blushing slightly.
"Well," Gohan began, taking a deep breath. "We have a few questions we'd like to ask you. Like who are you? What are you doing here of all places? And why did you help Goten and me? I'm Gohan by the way. This is my little brother Goten, and my friend Piccolo."
"Well Gohan," Sakura began to explain all about herself. "My name is Sakura. I'm a thirteen-year-old Saiya-jin, and this is the first time I have been outdoors without a Namek escort in seven years. When I was six, my family and eye were kidnapped by Furiza, an evil beast who pretended to be a great Saiya-jin trainer, and have been held prisoner ever since, to be trained to serve Furiza, just like the Saiya-jin prince was. He was a brave man who I was lucky enough to have training me. However, my heart was not turned to evil when Furiza trained me, unlike the prince's. They are my family over there. I finally escaped with them so that we could all live happily together. Now though, that is impossible, as I was told a long time ago that, should they ever die or be killed, I was not to attempt to revive them."
Gohan looked at Sakura with pity in his eyes. "I know just how you feel." He said sadly. "My dad died two years ago, and he didn't want to be revived. That's why Goten and I are here. It's the anniversary of his death today, and he used to bring me fishing here all the time, in that river just over there. I miss him a lot. I'll ask my mom if you can stay with us if you like." To Sakura's surprise, Gohan also blushed.
Sakura, Gohan and Piccolo buried the bodies of Kanata, Ayane and Kasubi, and lay three flowers on top of the grave. Sakura could not describe the sadness that she felt. It was as though everything for which she lived had been destroyed, and she wanted more than anything to be inside that grave with her family. It felt like there was suddenly a great hole inside of her, which would never be filled. Her whole family had arrived on Earth happy to finally be together, and now that happiness was gone within twenty minutes of first being achieved, as now, only Sakura remained to enjoy this beautiful planet.
"Erm, Sakura," Gohan said uncomfortably. "I was wondering if it would make you feel any better to, er, go to see a movie or something, like a date if you want." Sakura looked at Gohan, shocked. She had no idea what a movie was, but she nodded anyway and smiled, a date sounded fun. Gohan returned the smile, and the four of them flew off towards Gohan's house.
* * * * *
When Gohan, Sakura, Goten and Piccolo arrived at Gohan's house, they were surprised to see a large number of people there when they walked through the door.
"Mom, what's going on?" Gohan asked a dark haired woman standing in the middle of the room.
"Oh! Hi Gohan, Goten, Piccolo." The woman replied, her face lighting up. "Krillen called. He got engaged to his mystery girlfriend, so we're holding a little party for them. Who's your friend?"
Gohan introduced Sakura, and Sakura was introduced to everybody in the room. There was Krillen, a short, bald man with six dots on his forehead and a huge smile on his face, ChiChi, Gohan's mother, Chao-zu, a tiny little man with pure white skin and rosy cheeks, and a very high voice, and Tien, a tall muscular man with three eyes! There was also Yamcha, a dark haired man with scars on his face, Bulma, a turquoise haired woman with a very cheerful face, Trunks, a young boy a little older than Goten with lilac hair and blue eyes. There was also a man, medium height with large and spiky black hair. He looked surprised when he saw Sakura, who quickly backed away from him in horror.
"V - Vegeta!" she stuttered, backing further and further away from him. Everybody in the room stared at them, looks of ultimate confusion on their faces. Vegeta smiled.
"Well, well, well," he said, grinning and looking Sakura up and down. "Look who we have here. It's Vegeta's little baby. That's what Furiza used to call you, isn't it? You've grown a lot, but you still look exactly the same with your hair up in that ridiculous plait. Vegeta's little baby!" He knelt down besides her, chuckling, and pinched her cheek like you would a baby, just to taunt her. Sakura slapped his hand away from his face trying to ignore his taunting laughter. She raised her fist to hit him, when there was suddenly a knock at the door.