Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Slumber Party! ❯ The Cystal of Y'lasha ( Chapter 21 )

"Dying?" Tori asked, "What do you mean?"

"It's nothing, Tori." Terra said, waving her hand in a dismissive gesture, "My brother loves dramatics…"

"Knock it off, sis." Cyclone said, looking as worried as he sounded, and angry as well, he turned to Tori and Piccolo, "Something inside of her is breaking, dissolving. Every time she uses her power she gets a little weaker. Soon…if we can't find her help…soon…"

"Oh, hush!" Terra said, coughing, "Stop scaring these good people. You know I don't like to be fussed over. I'll be all right…"

"Not if we can't find that crystal, Terra!" He cried out, and Terra sighed, to Tori and Piccolo, who were standing by, silently listening, he added; "Ever since she started getting sick…we've been traveling from world to world in search of a very powerful crystal that is said to have the power of healing and renewal."

"So, a place to live wasn't the only reason for your visit to Earth, then?" Piccolo asked, "How do you know this crytal is here?"

"We don't." Terra said, "But we've looked everywhere, for years. If we can't find it here than…"

Her words trailed off, but Cyclone finished them for her, "Than there is no hope."

"Don't say that!" Tori cried, taking Terra's hands in her own, "There is always hope! You won't die, Terra! I promise you!"

"You are a sweetheart." Terra said, "And I was thinking of making you your own staff and sphere…and instructing you how to use it…but…"

"You still can!" Tori said, her eyes bright, as a thought passed over them, making them sparkle. She turned to Piccolo, "The dragonballs, Piccolo, they can grant any wish?"

"The dragon can, yes." He answered, he had a feeling he knew what she was up to.

"Than, after we locate them all," She went on, "I want to give my wish to Terra. I want her to live…"

"But, Tori…what about your family?" Piccolo asked, shocked, and more than a little proud of her selflessness, "You've greived so much…"

"And still do, but they are all ready dead and Terrra isn't." She said, "If I could not save my family at least I can save my new friend."

"So…we…won't even need the crystal." Terra said, "If what you say is true. We can just ask for anything and it will happen? Come true?"

Piccolo nodded and Tori said, "Yes. That is, of course, if that is what you want, Terra…."

Terra was about to speak, but she saw her brother moving off to the side, a look in his eyes she'd seen many times before and heard his mental voice in her head.

** Any wish at all…think of it! Any wish! I could be the most powerful being who ever lived…! **

She sighed and turned away, putting up her mental blocks as she did so. No matter that he loved her and would always worry about her, nothing could really change her brother. It made her terribly sad inside to think that once, as children, they had understood each other so well.

"Terra?" Tori asked, "Are you all right? What is it?"

"Nothing, dear." Terra said, "I was just thinking."

Cyclone touched the lapel of his jacket, which he wore over his shining tunic, and began to shimmer, before he went, he said; "We'll find those dragonballs, sister, and you will live..." He added, in his mind where Terra picked it up clearly enough; ** Among other things…**

"Even if we do find those dragonballs," Terra said, as her brother went back to the ship, "We still need to keep looking for the crystal. It's more than just a really powerful rock. It's sort of a family heirloom. The last living piece of our birthhome, Y'lasha…before it was destroyed…"

"Surely there are other pieces floating around…" Tori began but Terra shook her head, explaining that after the attack on their world they had used great monsterous machines to blow up ever little bit and piece floating through space.

It was only luck or fate that caused one of the pieces, about as large as a fist, to end up in one of the captive's pockets as they were taken off-planet to be sold as slaves…