Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Daughter Of A Warrior ❯ Gohan To The Rescue ( Chapter 9 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]
Chapter Nine - Gohan To The Rescue

Gohan flew between buildings, avoiding the rock that fell around him as the Oozaru knocked down skyscrapers right in front of his face. Okay Gohan, he thought to himself as he came to the Oozaru. Just keep her from hurting the people as my first priority, then work on getting her back to good old Sakura.

There was a sudden scream from the ground. Gohan looked down to see a large pillar falling down onto a large group of people who had nowhere to run in the chaos. He flew down and threw himself under the pillar, catching it and holding it on his back as he floated in mid-air, much to the amazement of the people below, who just stood and stared.

"Hello people," Gohan yelled down at them as they stood and stared at him. "Will you MOVE? Believe it or not there is a great big - er - 'ape' over there, and for some reason, I don't want to die when I'm thirteen!" People immediately ran from beneath the pillar, and Gohan let it fall as he ran up to the Oozaru. He flew in front of its face, and unsheathed his sword. The Oozaru roared and hit out at him, but Gohan dodged it, flying down towards its legs.

Police and military helicopters flew around overhead, and one helicopter from the local television channel flew very near to the Oozaru as the reporter and cameraman leaned out trying to get a close up picture of the Oozaru and Gohan.

The Oozaru continued to follow Gohan, trying to grab at him, but failing. Gohan was far too fast as a Super Saiya-jin. Gohan flew towards the Oozaru's tail, trying avoid its attacks as it lashed out with its huge fists and feet. Gohan flew up to the Oozaru's shoulders and raised his sword high above his head. He flew down, and sliced his sword through the base of the Oozaru's tail, cutting it off. The Oozaru roared and fell to the floor as it began to shrink. The hair on its body disappeared and it shrank back to a regular human size. Gohan covered Sakura's naked body with the blanket and wrapped her up. He wiped blood from her face before flying off with her in his arms.

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Gohan sat in the dining room of his house looking at the wall, while ChiChi fussed over him with a bowl of hot water and a plaster. Gohan suddenly looked at the bathroom door, where Sakura had just appeared. She was wearing a pale pink fluffy bathrobe and white slippers, and her long hair was dripping wet, draped over her shoulder so it fell down her front. "Er, hi guys," she said as she walked into the room and sat down at the table. "Gohan, I'm really sorry about tonight, I had absolutely no idea that was going to happen. What did happen?" Sakura was confused, and shocked about what happened that night. Gohan looked at her, trying to find the words.

"Well," he began to explain to her. "If a Saiya-jin still has their tail, then every full moon, if the moons light touches them, then they turn into an Oozaru, a bit like the weird werewolf story. It's only ever happened to me twice, but my dad was there to control me th…" He never got any further than that, because he was suddenly interrupted by a cough from the other side of the room.

Gohan, ChiChi and Sakura looked up to see Piccolo leaning against the doorframe of Gohan's bedroom. "Anyone mind if I sit down?" He asked looking at Gohan angrily. Gohan shook his head, unable to look at Piccolo. Piccolo sat down, and put a hand on Gohan's shoulder. "It's OK kid," he said to Gohan soothingly. "I understand why you knocked me out. You couldn't just sit around doing nothing while Sakura got beat up by a whole army with machine guns. You had to go and help." Piccolo suddenly coughed, and blood was sprayed over the table. ChiChi scowled at Piccolo, but Gohan jumped up.

"Hold on!" he said as he ran up to a draw in the kitchen, and took out a small brown bag. He emptied the bag onto his hand, and four small green beans fell into the palm of his hand. He gave one to Piccolo, who swallowed it, and was healed immediately. Gohan offered one to Sakura, but she refused.

"No, it's OK." She assured him, shaking her head. "I'm fine, really." Gohan nodded and smiled at her. ChiChi stood up, and put a hand on Gohan's shoulder.

"Come on hero," she told him, a proud smile on her face. "It's time you got to bed. You too Sakura." She added as Sakura grinned at Gohan and pointed towards his bedroom door a taunting grin on her face. Her face fell, and she traipsed towards the spare room dragging her feet across the carpet. Although Sakura was sad that her tail had been removed, she was also relieved that she could never turn into an Oozaru again. She did not want to endanger anybody's lives like that ever again. That was not what she was on Earth to do.