Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ The Mirai World ❯ Treatment on Yardrat ( Chapter 10 )

Title: The mirai world??

Author: J'dee

Rating: NC-17 (offensive language)

Story Brief: An Alternative Reality fan fic of The Storm...

Author's Note: Taken from 1st person / eye of God of my character Leona

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters you recognise but I own the one's you don't....

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Krillen rubbed his throat and he looked at me. As I served up my food on to a plate. Hot dogs and french fries not the healthiest of choices for a sick person but there wasn't anything else in the house. I sat down at the kitchen table and just as I was about to eat when a knock came at the door and I sighed.

"Hey you sit tight I'll get it okay." Krillen remarked.

I nodded and Krillen went to the door to answer it. I started eating my food basically like I hadn't eaten before I didn't realise I was that hungry until I had cleaned the plate and I heard Krillen talking to the person at the door. There was someone familiar I knew that much and I put the plate in the sink.

"Krillen? Who is it?" I asked.

I walked to the door and saw my aunt standing there she smiled at me.

Krillen looked at me.

"Your family. It appears someone called them and told them you were sick. So you're aunt came down with your cousin." Krillen replied.

I looked at Matariki and she smiled at me. I looked at my aunt. "Um hi come in."

She smiled and walked inside "So did Iris or Chhaya call you?" I asked.

She shook her head. "Oh no some nice young man." She replied.

"Um nice young man... that could be anybody auntie. Did he give you his name?"

"Oh yes. Yamcha."

I smiled and nodded. "Figures."

Krillen looked at me. "Everyone's still pretty worried about you Lee."

"I know. It's nice really but until the other can find that transport thing to go to that place I'm pretty much done for." I replied.

I couldn't exactly tell my aunt my friends were looking for a space craft on a planet full of people who still hadn't proven publicly that aliens actually exist.

"So you have an appointment overseas?" My aunt asked.

I nodded. "Overseas... yeeees..." I looked at Krillen and he looked back I think he picked up on my thought of 'make sure Piccolo doesn't walk in anytime soon to relieve you'.

"I'll be right back I'll leave you three to catch up. Um Lee I'll be back in half an hour you better be back in bed by then." Krillen remarked and he dashed out.

My aunt looked at me. "So you've been bedded huh?"

I nodded slowly and looked at her. "Yeah I get these black outs and stuff, it's for my own safety." I replied.

"Well then off to bed with you now young lady." she then shooed me in to my room.

I shut my door and I looked round the darkness and I found my bed and got in to it. I pulled the blanket up and I prayed silently when I next woke up I'd be one step closer to being better.

***

It was strange in my sleep I felt as if there was something always there with me at the back of my mind guiding me and keeping me to fight this virus there were no visions of the future or past just dreams. I wondered if I had lost my power of foresight and gained something else or if I had lost the foresight thing because I was sick and possibly dying?

When my eyes opened it was because of movement and I looked to my side and blinked to see my father's face he looked at me seriously. Everything was moving and I felt groggy and sick to the stomach like if you've eaten a whole family size bag of chips and candy and ya stomach regrets it by throwing it back up. That kind of sick. It was because he was carrying me in his arms, like he had when I was little the fireman's hold as they called it. That movement was part of the problem I was feeling sick I guessed. I rested my head on my father's shoulder.

"Open that door quickly we got to get her hooked up to the machine we'll be able to slow it down." He ordered.

"Gotcha." I heard Goku's voice reply.

My eyes stained to make heads or tail of sight and then I felt myself being laid down I looked up as I saw Goku looked over me he smiled.

"Everything will be okay Lee. When you get better thank Vegeta he found your father and his ship." Goku replied.

"Ship?" I asked. "But I'm not-" I began.

"Bollocks Leona you are I am." My father interrupted.

"Dad but why didn't you tell us?" I asked.

"Oh yeah as if you'd believe your old man was from a parrel universe. I may of acted nuts but I didn't want you kids to think I really was." He replied.

I blinked. I nodded slowly and I felt myself being strapped in to something and I looked round and watched as a mask was put over my face.

As I was moved again and sat in to one of those healing tanks I saw Vegeta standing in the background a gruff expression as normal across his face his arms crossed he looked at me. I think I felt his reason for helping me. I wasn't dead like they all were. I was very much alive and I would go back. Back to that world to help Gohan and Trunks. I think I realised Vegeta's true actions then. Helping me so I would in turn help his son. I knew Vegeta would never say it. That's just Vegeta for you.

"Close your eyes Lee." My father remarked.

"Darrsan." Vegeta growled. "Not like that. You'll kill her."

I saw Vegeta stalk up to them and he pushed them aside and I realised what they were doing hooking my waist in to some sort of harness and I watched as Vegeta did it.

"Like that." Vegeta growled. "any tighter or looser and you'll cut her circulation and she won't be able to breath and she'll suffocate. Remember even we need to breathe."

I felt my father's hand touch my brow. "Relax Lee you'll be at Yardrat in no time."

My father stepped back and he looked at Vegeta and Goku. "Take care of her for me. Do a better job than what I did."

I felt my eyes drift close as the tank filled up with that liquid stuff. It was like thicker version of water and it was like some sort of cool balm relaxing every part of my body it contrasted with the heat I felt I was in. But I didn't feel suddenly cold it was like a luke warm feeling even though it was coldish and I just kept relaxing within it till I felt my self drift off once again.

***

I was jolted awake by a sudden loud beep noise and my eyes opened just in time to see a very messy looking Vegeta walk in. Followed by Goku. By the looks of them they had been training. Goku stayed back while I watched Vegeta walk up to the controls and he pushed a few buttons he seemed obviously familiar with the controls. Suddenly the liquid was drained from the tank, and the glass opened up. Goku reached in and he helped me out. I was seemly shaky on my feet and I leant on him as he helped me over to the bench where I had first been laid down. Goku sat me down and him and Vegeta removed the various belt and holters and whatever else they had used to hook me up to the machine.

I let out a sigh of relief and Goku wrapped me up in a large fluffy feeling towel and he smiled at me. I saw Vegeta look disgusted and he went to walk out.

"Vegeta." I started and he stopped at the door and turned to look at me. "Thanks."

"Hmph." He then turned round and walked out.

Even though it came out as a grunt I guess it was Vegeta's own personal language, for perhaps a 'whatever' or maybe in another alternative universe 'your welcome.'

I looked to Goku and he rubbed the towel up and down my arms drying me off.

"So this is my dad's ship?" I asked looking form Goku round to the vast size of the ship. The interior was probably the same size a Frieza's monstrosity of a ship.

"Yeah your dad was the commander of this ship he had in total about seven on this ship when they left Planet Vegeta. Unfortunately three of them died on the way to earth. Apparently your dad's mate was one of them. I blinked and looked at Goku.

"Wow so dad had a girlfriend before my mother? He never said anything about previous girlfriends." I remarked.

"Well he wanted to keep your saiyan side hidden from you and your brother so he got your mother to perform a glamour on the two of you to hide the tail in your mind and from the normal eye. When you jumped realities it somehow stopped hiding."

"Jumped realities? Is that um like 'warp speed Mr Sulu' or something?" I asked.

Goku shrugged. "I don't know. But it appears Vegeta's mother also was on this ship. Also one of the ones that passed on." He said.

"Hey wait so you mean out of three of those who died two were female? And why on earth was Vegeta's mother on this ship?" I asked.

"Your dad said something about Bardock, my father coming in to warn the saiyans, they all laughed at him, but my dad left to take on Frieza. Your dad went to King Vegeta who in turn went to also take on Frieza, but he sent your dad and his crew of elites along with Vegeta's mother off to a safer planet. Away from Planet Vegeta before Frieza blew it up. Last mission really. Keep the saiyan's alive. So you were right about your world being filled with half saiyans. Only two of them married within the group." Goku explained.

I looked to the door. "So that's why Vegeta's onboard? He wants to find something of his mother's?" I asked.

Goku gave me that Son smile. "Yeah I figured it out that way too. He won't admit it though. Plus he's the only one apart from your father who knows how to run the ship. He must of been shown how to fly a ship at a young age."

"So what did my dad do when you told him I was sick?" I asked. My curiosity was getting the best of me.

"Well he came with us no worries. He explained to me about the court order your mother threw on him to keep you away from him. But he didn't want to say why."

I looked down. "Well 'normal' humans don't beat their children up. I learned otherwise about Saiyans. All that time he was putting abuse on me and my brother I never knew he was doing what a 'normal' saiyan does." I shook my head.

"I think I understand now." Goku replied.

"Still though me and the boy we turned out stronger than normal able to access power through that anger we held towards our father. It was so odd the first time that happened. Without even thinking I could rip doors off the hinges. My brother could put his fists through walls. I think I forgave my father. But my brother he just rebelled against both my parents." I let out a breath. "Is there a shower on this ship so I can clean this slimy stuff off me and a change of clothes?"

Goku nodded. "Sure I'll show you."

As we walked the halls to the room Goku looked at me and I looked back at him.

"Lee." He began.

"Yes?" I questioned.

"Promise me you'll get better and you'll go back to our world and watch over Gohan for me." Goku said. I blinked and looked at Goku.

"Goku it's not up to me to decide that."

"Please Lee." He said softly.

I nodded slowly. "I promise Goku. I'll watch over Gohan and I will protect him- with my life. Til the day I die."

***

After cleaning up and changing my clothes I decided to take a walk around my father's ship What I found first was the room I felt he had been my father's while he had stayed on this ship there were no signs of any uncleanliness. But then again that was my father. I walked to a dresser and I picked up a strange looking clock and turned it round in my hand trying to figure out if it was working the strange shapes ticked over like a clock when I stood it upside down. I stepped back and watched it tick over and looked round the room. Using my wiccan senses I tried to get my powers of future and past sight back. Without it I was just a 'normal' tail-less half saiyan. My foresight I felt was what made my being, they had always been there since I was a child. But walking round this room I felt nothing not one sign of emotion. I sat down on the bed and I looked round for any signs of photo's or memories from my father from his life before me. But still there was nothing just ya typical 'commander scenic space photo' that goes on the wall and I looked at the photo. Sitting in the corner was a reddish colored planet with a gathering of stars. I looked at the painting then at the larger of the stars it was an orange glow. I jumped up off the bed and walked up to the photo I looked round and picked up and old empty bottle filled up with liquid and I held it up in front of the orange star using the liquid as a magnifying glass. Something I had learned over the years when magnifying glasses are hard to come by. I blinked as I saw the strange pinkish creature in a tiny dot below the orange star. I realised I was looking at the last shot my father's ship must of had of Planet Vegeta. The other 'stars' I realised were the men of Frieza who had the infortune of being outside the ship to stop Bardock from attacking.

'Who would keep such a reminder in their quarters?' I thought.

"Every true saiyan who knew what happened and survived that day." a voice answered my thought I turned round and looked at Vegeta standing there.

He walked up to me and walked up to the photo and he pointed to a certain 'star'.

"That is Kakarott's father." He said.

I looked at Vegeta and looked at the little dot. "How can you tell?"

Vegeta pointed to another star. "This is Bardock's last blast heading straight towards Frieza." He replied. The dot was a strange yellowish glow.

"This a really depressing photo I've just decided." I remarked.

Vegeta looked at me. "Life isn't a picnic girl. Get used to it."

I sighed. "But surely this would of effected them emotionally having this as a reminder that they are the last of their kind. It'll bring bad and troubled um vibes in to the area." I remarked.

Vegeta nodded. "Perhaps. But your father kept this as a reminder of that day. So he would keep his saiyan spirit alive." He replied.

I looked at Vegeta. "Um could you tell me about planet Vegeta?" I asked.

Vegeta shrugged. "What is there to say? It existed, now it doesn't."

I frowned. "Life on planet Vegeta." I remarked. "What-was-it-like?" I asked.

Vegeta glared at me with the slow tones I took with the last part of my sentence. I'd insulted him. As if that wasn't hard to do.

"Girl I lived in a palace my life on Planet Vegeta would certainly be different from your fathers or any one else who survived." He replied.

I looked at Vegeta and nodded slowly. "I was just curious."

Vegeta didn't say anything and I saw him look to the photo. I knew inside he was remembering what Frieza had said about killing his father. It must of been hard to know that the guy you worked for, for most of your life killed a family member.

I walked to the closet and I opened it up to look inside and I found a saiyan elite armour hanging up and I looked at it one armour in the entire wardrobe I scratched my head confused. I thought seriously that saiyans had more armour options than that.

"Girl you should go eat something. Keep your strength up before you realise the virus has only been partly subsided." Vegeta remarked.

I looked over at Vegeta who hadn't turned away from the photo. I looked at him. There was something up with his voice. It wasn't as hard as it had been. I think he wanted some mourning time for his mother. So I nodded.

"I'll leave you Vegeta." I simply said and walked out leaving him alone.

***

Wandering the ship I realised how large the ship was but how restricted I was. I wasn't allowed to do anything that would cause me harm. If it wasn't Goku restricting me it was Vegeta and it was hard to do anything on my own. I couldn't eat and I couldn't sleep and I couldn't even think alone. Everywhere I went they were watching over me. So I'd recovered a day early and the virus was still in me. But this restriction was driving me pretty much insane. Though I was glad for my little yellow bag Iris and Chhaya had packed full of stuff for me. So I spent time restricted in my room just so I could be alone. Read my books and listen to my music I never realised how long the trip to Yardrat was, first time I was sleeping. This time I wasn't.

As I sat on my bed in my room listening to the Moulin Rouge soundtrack. I found myself suddenly wondering what Yamcha was doing. I put my book down and wandered up to the window and placed my hand against the cold double or triple glazed glass. I realised then seriously what would happen when we returned from Yardrat. Goku would find sixteen and he would destroy him. Then they would go. I would be stuck in my world till I recovered. Then I'd go back to a world where I wouldn't have Yamcha. I wouldn't have Goku or the friendship of the others. The loneliness sunk in at that moment staring at those stars. My mind briefly flicked to that painting in the room of the saiyans and their demise. I felt alone suddenly. Why was I so obsessed with keeping what I had with Yamcha. Was it because I didn't realise what I had until it was gone? Or was it because I felt alone? I never really opened up enough for this love he had for me. Why? I touched the side of my neck to the scar of the 'mark' Goku me. It was made in lust yet it was my sudden love for him that helped me achieve super saiyan. But all in all he couldn't love me back. So many times I had never given a thought to this thing called love. Now it was haunting my mind. I couldn't bare this being apart from Yamcha. I couldn't feel anything in my heart for Goku it wasn't so bad really it was just this blasted saiyan lust thing that drove me nuts.

I thumped the glass I suddenly wanted out. I wanted to go back I didn't want to be on this ship with Goku. I wanted to be on earth to spend my last few moments of life there with Yamcha before he returned to the other world. I wanted to die in the world I had forever known as 'home'. I fell up against the wall in internal despair and slid down it slowly. Why was I thinking so much why was I wishing for this and that? Why wasn't anything going my way? Why couldn't I live happily ever after? Why did it happen that when I think I finally find love that it's wrong. Was there such a thing as true love the whole one look and that both sides know that it's meant to be. I sat on the ground looking at the door I hugged my knees. I was getting depressed over this.

I was so depressed that I didn't feel the virus strike up on me with the greatest force it clogged my breathing making me think I was having some sort of panic attack. I grabbed my chest and took in a deep wheezing breath something was incredibly wrong I knew it and I tried to get up to walk but I only fell over. On hands and knees trying to breath. I knew what Vegeta meant then by the virus being subsided. I pushed myself up but my head spun my lunges failed and my eyes were blurred while my insides were expanding while my bones were shrinking all these feelings at once. That's what the virus was a million and one pains at once so many that the only way to fight it was to do it while sleeping. But I was so scared that I would die. I made my way to the wall and used it to help myself up to my feet and I looked out the window and blinking I spotted Yardrat coming in to view. I touched the glass thinking I was dreaming for a moment as the planet grew closer and closer. Maybe I could live just a bit longer to get back to Yamcha and we could properly say our goodbyes.

I was so hooked on him. What could I do inside I felt something more than what I had felt for Goku the first time I turned super saiyan. I rested up against the wall looking out the window as the ship landed. There was something so strong inside of me that I felt the virus subside suddenly. When the ship landed I felt Goku near by and the door opened. I turned round and he stood there with a person of Yardrat. The Yardratian looked at me and he nodded understanding the circumstance for the visit.

***

Over the next few days I was taken under their care for treatment. But I knew inside of me that my blood and immune system was different from theirs, they meant well.

So I had a plan for my last few days or weeks get their treatment go back in to the tank then come out return to the dragonball time and get their antidote and if they didn't have it then die by the hands of the androids before it killed me slowly and painfully. It was pretty depressing but what choice did I have. Either way I would die.

Being under the study of the Yardratian's I learned quickly how to communicate with them. It was quite amazing actually I guess I knew what Goku was going on about when he explained that he learned to understand them.

There's this one scene in the movie "Thirteenth Warrior" Where Antonio Banderas (insert drool mode here) is sitting round a fire the only Arab with a bunch of Scandinavians and they are chatting away in their native tongue and he sits there watching them their expressions as they talk and learning their tongue slowly. And like in that cool scene from "Hunt for Red October" Where Sean Connery (insert another drool mode here) is rambling off in Russian and then suddenly he's talking English. Well combine those two scenes from those two movies and you got how I finally picked up the Yardratian lingo. Strange how it's so much easier second time round. I sat back watching the two 'doctors' talking to each other.

"I don't see how she survived this long without being effected." the first remarked.

The other nodded and he looked at me and I looked back.

He then looked to the first and he shook his head.

"So she survived. She won't live much longer. Even if we treat her. Saiyan or not the girl will die. Treating her will just extend the process of her dying. There is no cure for this for her species our species yes- hers no. And she's cross bred." the second one said it was so clear and crisp like I could hear it in English.

I arched an unimpressed eyebrow. 'This crossbred objects you stupid jerk.' I thought.

"Ahem!" I cleared my throat.

They both turned to look at me and for the first time I saw beyond the false smiles and in a blipping and whirling noises they called 'their' language I spoke to them.

"You make me sound like a dog. With this cross bred stuff." I remarked.

They both blinked and their mouth's dropped open in shock.

"She understand us?" The first one remarked.

"She has a name you know. Lee-own-ah." I said it slowly and clearly for them.

"Leona. Well I'm sorry my partner here disturbed you with his talk but he's right. With this treatment we can only give you another five weeks to live." The first said. "I'm sorry." he added.

At least he was being honest with me I liked this one better than the other one.

"Five weeks? It's plenty enough especially where I'm planning on going. So get it over and done with." I remarked.

What's five weeks when a total of ten weeks had been since I'd left the dragonball world. I spent most of them on that ship coming here so I needed longer. At least I knew if I went back to the dragonball world in a few weeks I should be able to live longer one week this time is one year theirs so they were giving me a possible five years which was more than I needed. I suddenly saw an upside to this treatment. So I let them get on with it.

***

After the treatment was complete it took a total of three weeks so you can imagine my rush to get back to earth just in case android sixteen had torn apart our friends. Goku decided instant transmission would be faster so he placed his hand on the side of the ship once me and Vegeta were inside and transported us back to earth. I would of done it but Goku was still weary on me using my energy just in case.

Walking back in to my house I saw it had been totally done up in time for my twenty-second birthday I caught dad in the lounge placing a handful of presents on the table. I looked over at Yamcha I think he knew how much I still felt for him by that one look. He just smiled warmly and he walked up to me and gently guided me away from everyone and then outside. I looked up at him standing on the porch.

"Lee I'm going to miss you when we go back and I didn't mean to make you feel like I was pushing you away. I care for you and Alethea very much. I just want you to know when the time comes and we go our own ways. I'll be right here for you." his hand touched were my heart was and I smiled at him.

"Will you stay for a while longer? I don't want to be alone." I asked.

He smiled and nodded his head. "Sure thing. I have a gift for you and one for you to give Alethea when you go back to." He replied.

I hugged him. Even though I knew we really only had a week it didn't take a good prediction or vision to know that android Sixteen would come along in this week and Goku would end it. Then they would go back and I would follow. Arriving to find Trunks fourteen years old and Gohan twenty-four nearly twenty-five. I blinked Gohan no longer that cute wee Gohan I had thought so adorable in child-like curiosity. I sort of dreaded seeing him old. I think it was the awkwardness that would scare me.

I felt Yamcha rub my back as I hugged him. "You know when some one dies there is always someone stronger to come forward and step up in to their place. Be careful when you go back if and or when these androids are gone I don't want you getting hurt by this other force." He said softly.

I stepped back and looked at him and blinked.

"Chaoitsu said something didn't he?" I asked.

Yamcha nodded. "Yeah he said he saw a grown Trunks come to you for training so that means you must be powerful in a sense for the son of Vegeta to come to you."

I smiled at Yamcha. "You're not going to tell Vegeta to rub it in are you?"

He grinned. "Nah as much as I'd love to. I promised Chaoitsu. It'll stay between us. as in you me, Chaoitsu and Tien." He said.

"Yeah that's cool with me. Just us lot then- the strong but not too strong gang." I smiled and kissed Yamcha on the cheek and he smiled.

I think that's where I belonged in the power level wise of the group I couldn't beat Goku or Vegeta. I was strong but I wasn't that strong. So I think I found that I managed to fit in nicely with the trio. Inside my head though I always partly wondered what I would find when I returned back to the dragonball world.

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To Be Continued...