Pokemon Fan Fiction / Pokemon Fan Fiction / Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Stranded ❯ Chapter 9 ( Chapter 9 )
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Chapter 9
(Pokemon Dimension)
Gohan, Ash, Misty, Brock and Kuririn were walking on there way to the first stop on their list, Celedon City. The path they were following was largely unused that connected Celadon City to Viridian City. As they walked, Gohan was thinking about the information they recieved from Bulma earlier. Dr. Gero, one of Goku's old enemies, had stolen some portal technology from the project. They also learned that Dr. Gero was the one responsible for destroying the world in the future. Kuririn and Gohan responded to this information by staying more alert than usual. 'I wonder what he is planning to use it for', Gohan wondered.
Gohan's thoughts were interupted by the sound of Ash and Misty's arguing. Gohan sighed has he saw Kuririn getting a headache from listening to Ash and Misty. Brock was just ignoring them. Gohan assumed that Brock's ability to ignore them was from experience, since he has travelled with them for a while.
Kuririn nudged Brock. "Do they do that often?" he asked.
Brock sighed. "You have no idea."
Kuririn wasn't too happy to hear that information. "Can't you stop them or something?" he pleaded.
"Believe me, I've tried." Brock said with a sad face.
Kuririn couldn't stand it anymore. He turned to Ash and Misty and yelled, "What is your problem?!"
Gohan laughed and waved his tail happily as he saw the surprised looks on Ash and Misty's face. The five of them stood there while Kuririn calmed down and for Ash and Misty to pull themselves together.
Ash recovered quickly, and answered, "We were talking about the path we were planning on taking." He said as he handed over a map to Kuririn.
Misty snorted. "If we took his directions, we'd get lost, like usual."
"No we won't!" Ash shouted back in defense.
Kuririn stopped them. "Here. We're taking this route." he said flatly as he showed them a rather clear path to the next city.
Ash and Misty were going to start to argue again, but thought better of it, seeing how Kuririn blew up at them earlier. They all contiuned walking, thinking to themselves.
That night, after the capsule houses were set up, Gohan was taking a look at a map of the area. Gohan calculated that they had travelled a majority of the path already. He did some more calculations and figured that if they kept the same pace they had earlier, they could reach the city shortly after lunchtime.
Gohan sighed and started thinking about home again. He missed his mom, his dad, and Piccolo. He hoped he would be able to go back soon. He was starting to worry if he'd get home at all.
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(DBZ dimension)
Bulma sat down at the kitchen table across from Chichi. She was working all day, and she finally had something to show for all of her hard work. She sighed from exhaustion with a tired smile on her face.
"How's work been?" Chichi asked as she sipped a cup of coffee.
Bulma set down a few devices. "The machine could be ready by tomarrow, but it's probably won't be able to bring Gohan home yet." Chichi nodded sadly with understanding. "These things, however, can make it better to contact them." Bulma continued.
Chichi perked up a bit. "Really? What do they do exactly?" She asked Bulma.
Bulma picked up a device. "This is a communicator with more extensive features." she explained. "It will allow us a video link as well as an audio link, so we will be able to see Gohan and Kuririn."
Bulma put it down and picked up another device. "This one isn't finished yet, but when it is, it will allow someone in the other dimension to create a portal leading to the machine." she said with a smug sense of satisfaction in her voice.
Chichi smiled. "That's some good news right there." she replied with an encouraging look. She pointed to the last remaining device on the table. "What does that do?" she asked.
"Oh, that." Bulma answered with considerably less enthusiasm. "Piccolo was upset he couldn't go and help find Gohan because of his link with Kami, so I built this device to bypass that."
Chichi's mood darkened. "I won't allow him to get near my Gohan again!" she nearly screamed.
Bulma tried calming her down. "He won't hurt Gohan, you know that!" Bulma pointed out. "He gave his life for him in that fight against Vegeta, remember?"
Chichi calmed down a little. "Bulma, Goku is a bad enough influence on him. I want him to study, not train!" she spat back.
Bulma was rather embarassed. "I thought you meant that you still didn't trust him. Sorry about yelling back." she said sheepishly.
Chcichi gave Bulma a small smile. "Dont worry about it. So you know, trust had nothing to do with it." she said with a little bit of spite in her voice. "You know I don't like most of Goku's friends anyways." Chichi paused, the sighed heavily. "I miss Gohan so much." she said, almost in tears.
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(Pokemon Dimension)
'Only an hour or two to go,' thought Gohan as the four of them walked on their way to Celadon City. It had been rather quiet so far. Both Ash and Misty came close to sarting arguments, but one annoyed look from Kuririn did a pretty good job of disolving their conflicts.
Despite Ash and Misty's occasional bickering, everyone seemed to be in a good mod. Brock was in his usual mood, Kuririn walked with his arms behind his head with a look of deep thought on his face. Gohan was enjoying watching the wildlife.
A sudden unknown ki source came into the area a few miles ahead. Both Gohan and Kuririn reacted immediately. They stopped walking and scanned the area ahead to tell themselves where it could be coming from.
Ash, Misty and Brock turned around and looked at Gohan and Kuririn. "What's going on?" Ash asked.
"I feel an evil presence a mile or so ahead of us. I think it may be in the city," Gohan commented, still concentrating in that direction.
"What kind of evil presence?" asked Misty. "And how are you two able to sense it?"
Gohan was still trying to read the strength of the presence. "The ability to read an enemy's strength is an ability that is gained in some styles of martial arts." he explained. "It doesn't seem like this being is strong enough to cause any problems, though." Gohan and the others relaxed.
Kuririn shook his head. "It's possible they are hiding their power. I saw we start walking faster."
Gohan glanced at Pikachu, and he saw that the little pokemon could also sense something about to happen. Gohan turned his mind back to the task at hand as they started moving at a jog rather than a steady walk.
Kuririn called Bulma on the communicator to update her on the situation while still at the jogging pace.
"That could be one of Dr. Gero's creations. keep your guard up! I'm going to send some people over to help, and I'll have some others search for Dr. Gero's laboratory. They should be be there in an hour or two." Bulma's voice replied, somewhat frantic.
"We'll see what we can do," Kuririn responded.
Ash, Misty and Brock exchanged questioning glances, but decided that now wasn't the time to ask.
'We might make it there in a half hour now. I just hope that's not too late,' thought Gohan as they jogged towards the city.
They soon came up to the outer city limits, and stopped to rest for a moment. Gohan and Kuririn decided to let Ash, Misty and Brock rest before they continued.
Brock regained his breath relatively quickly. "Can you sense what's going on?" he asked, a little worried.
Gohan shook his head. "I think they lowered their strength in order to fit in with the populace." he turned to look at Brock. "Even if I did feel them, I wouldn't be able to tell exactly what they were doing. I can only tell their strength, and a little bit of their intentions."
Just as he finished talking, he felt a sharp spike in the entities' ki before it went back to being undetectable. It was then followed by a slight rumbling in the ground.
"What was that?" asked Misty.
Gohan and Kuririn looked at one another. "It means it's attacking the city..." Kuririn said with a sense of dread in his voice.
(End of Chapter 9)
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(Pokemon Dimension)
Gohan, Ash, Misty, Brock and Kuririn were walking on there way to the first stop on their list, Celedon City. The path they were following was largely unused that connected Celadon City to Viridian City. As they walked, Gohan was thinking about the information they recieved from Bulma earlier. Dr. Gero, one of Goku's old enemies, had stolen some portal technology from the project. They also learned that Dr. Gero was the one responsible for destroying the world in the future. Kuririn and Gohan responded to this information by staying more alert than usual. 'I wonder what he is planning to use it for', Gohan wondered.
Gohan's thoughts were interupted by the sound of Ash and Misty's arguing. Gohan sighed has he saw Kuririn getting a headache from listening to Ash and Misty. Brock was just ignoring them. Gohan assumed that Brock's ability to ignore them was from experience, since he has travelled with them for a while.
Kuririn nudged Brock. "Do they do that often?" he asked.
Brock sighed. "You have no idea."
Kuririn wasn't too happy to hear that information. "Can't you stop them or something?" he pleaded.
"Believe me, I've tried." Brock said with a sad face.
Kuririn couldn't stand it anymore. He turned to Ash and Misty and yelled, "What is your problem?!"
Gohan laughed and waved his tail happily as he saw the surprised looks on Ash and Misty's face. The five of them stood there while Kuririn calmed down and for Ash and Misty to pull themselves together.
Ash recovered quickly, and answered, "We were talking about the path we were planning on taking." He said as he handed over a map to Kuririn.
Misty snorted. "If we took his directions, we'd get lost, like usual."
"No we won't!" Ash shouted back in defense.
Kuririn stopped them. "Here. We're taking this route." he said flatly as he showed them a rather clear path to the next city.
Ash and Misty were going to start to argue again, but thought better of it, seeing how Kuririn blew up at them earlier. They all contiuned walking, thinking to themselves.
That night, after the capsule houses were set up, Gohan was taking a look at a map of the area. Gohan calculated that they had travelled a majority of the path already. He did some more calculations and figured that if they kept the same pace they had earlier, they could reach the city shortly after lunchtime.
Gohan sighed and started thinking about home again. He missed his mom, his dad, and Piccolo. He hoped he would be able to go back soon. He was starting to worry if he'd get home at all.
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(DBZ dimension)
Bulma sat down at the kitchen table across from Chichi. She was working all day, and she finally had something to show for all of her hard work. She sighed from exhaustion with a tired smile on her face.
"How's work been?" Chichi asked as she sipped a cup of coffee.
Bulma set down a few devices. "The machine could be ready by tomarrow, but it's probably won't be able to bring Gohan home yet." Chichi nodded sadly with understanding. "These things, however, can make it better to contact them." Bulma continued.
Chichi perked up a bit. "Really? What do they do exactly?" She asked Bulma.
Bulma picked up a device. "This is a communicator with more extensive features." she explained. "It will allow us a video link as well as an audio link, so we will be able to see Gohan and Kuririn."
Bulma put it down and picked up another device. "This one isn't finished yet, but when it is, it will allow someone in the other dimension to create a portal leading to the machine." she said with a smug sense of satisfaction in her voice.
Chichi smiled. "That's some good news right there." she replied with an encouraging look. She pointed to the last remaining device on the table. "What does that do?" she asked.
"Oh, that." Bulma answered with considerably less enthusiasm. "Piccolo was upset he couldn't go and help find Gohan because of his link with Kami, so I built this device to bypass that."
Chichi's mood darkened. "I won't allow him to get near my Gohan again!" she nearly screamed.
Bulma tried calming her down. "He won't hurt Gohan, you know that!" Bulma pointed out. "He gave his life for him in that fight against Vegeta, remember?"
Chichi calmed down a little. "Bulma, Goku is a bad enough influence on him. I want him to study, not train!" she spat back.
Bulma was rather embarassed. "I thought you meant that you still didn't trust him. Sorry about yelling back." she said sheepishly.
Chcichi gave Bulma a small smile. "Dont worry about it. So you know, trust had nothing to do with it." she said with a little bit of spite in her voice. "You know I don't like most of Goku's friends anyways." Chichi paused, the sighed heavily. "I miss Gohan so much." she said, almost in tears.
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(Pokemon Dimension)
'Only an hour or two to go,' thought Gohan as the four of them walked on their way to Celadon City. It had been rather quiet so far. Both Ash and Misty came close to sarting arguments, but one annoyed look from Kuririn did a pretty good job of disolving their conflicts.
Despite Ash and Misty's occasional bickering, everyone seemed to be in a good mod. Brock was in his usual mood, Kuririn walked with his arms behind his head with a look of deep thought on his face. Gohan was enjoying watching the wildlife.
A sudden unknown ki source came into the area a few miles ahead. Both Gohan and Kuririn reacted immediately. They stopped walking and scanned the area ahead to tell themselves where it could be coming from.
Ash, Misty and Brock turned around and looked at Gohan and Kuririn. "What's going on?" Ash asked.
"I feel an evil presence a mile or so ahead of us. I think it may be in the city," Gohan commented, still concentrating in that direction.
"What kind of evil presence?" asked Misty. "And how are you two able to sense it?"
Gohan was still trying to read the strength of the presence. "The ability to read an enemy's strength is an ability that is gained in some styles of martial arts." he explained. "It doesn't seem like this being is strong enough to cause any problems, though." Gohan and the others relaxed.
Kuririn shook his head. "It's possible they are hiding their power. I saw we start walking faster."
Gohan glanced at Pikachu, and he saw that the little pokemon could also sense something about to happen. Gohan turned his mind back to the task at hand as they started moving at a jog rather than a steady walk.
Kuririn called Bulma on the communicator to update her on the situation while still at the jogging pace.
"That could be one of Dr. Gero's creations. keep your guard up! I'm going to send some people over to help, and I'll have some others search for Dr. Gero's laboratory. They should be be there in an hour or two." Bulma's voice replied, somewhat frantic.
"We'll see what we can do," Kuririn responded.
Ash, Misty and Brock exchanged questioning glances, but decided that now wasn't the time to ask.
'We might make it there in a half hour now. I just hope that's not too late,' thought Gohan as they jogged towards the city.
They soon came up to the outer city limits, and stopped to rest for a moment. Gohan and Kuririn decided to let Ash, Misty and Brock rest before they continued.
Brock regained his breath relatively quickly. "Can you sense what's going on?" he asked, a little worried.
Gohan shook his head. "I think they lowered their strength in order to fit in with the populace." he turned to look at Brock. "Even if I did feel them, I wouldn't be able to tell exactly what they were doing. I can only tell their strength, and a little bit of their intentions."
Just as he finished talking, he felt a sharp spike in the entities' ki before it went back to being undetectable. It was then followed by a slight rumbling in the ground.
"What was that?" asked Misty.
Gohan and Kuririn looked at one another. "It means it's attacking the city..." Kuririn said with a sense of dread in his voice.
(End of Chapter 9)
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