Pokemon Fan Fiction / Pokemon Fan Fiction / Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Stranded ❯ Chapter 12 ( Chapter 12 )

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Chapter 12

Piccolo was looking through the rubble with Ash. Piccolo would have rather done it alone, but Gohan insisted on teaming up. Ash, Brock nor Misty would have been able to move any of the rubble themselves, so they were teamed up with someone. Piccolo didn't care for the idea, but he had to agree it made sense. He just wished that he wasn't teamed up with the most annoying one.

Ash was using his Pikachu to try and hear the movments of people under the rubble with its large ears. Piccolo soon discovered that his kis sensing would be of much help, seeing that most people would be too hurt to be detectable. Piccolo was moving a large piece of debris trying to get at a person that the little rodent heard.

Ash looked at Piccolo rather curiously. "Gohan told me his father was a saiya-jinn. What kind of alien are you?" he asked.

Piccolo grunted from moving the large piece of concrete. "I am a namek-jinn." he replied with a bit of annoyance in his voice.

"Why did you go to earth in your dimension?" Ash asked.

Piccolo set the concrete down on an empty area. "I didn't come to earth. I was born on it." Piccolo stated as he began moving the smaller pieces of debris.

Ash thought for a moment. "Are you half human like Gohan, or are there several namek-jinn on earth?"

Piccolo turned to look at Ash. "Do I look human to you?" he asked in a snarl. He calmed down quickly, and responded, "My species is asexual. There are no genders, so there cannot be an interspecies mating with namek-jinn. Now stop askind questions and help me find more survivors."

"But you didn't answer the question," Ash complained, but a glance from Piccolo was all it took to keep Ash quiet.


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Goku was searching a room of a building that was still partially standing. There was a lot of rubble lying around, but he couldn't really pick up any signs of life or detect any ki around.

Goku turned to the red haired girl nearby. "Are you sure the duck knows that there's someone in here?" he asked.

Misty sighed. "He seems to be able to locate them telepathically. I don't know how reliable he is, though."

Goku looked around again. "Well, if they were near death, I would have a hard time spotting them anyways, so he could be right."

Misty looked at Goku curiously. "Gohan said that you aren't human. Is that true?" she asked.

Goku shrugged. "Yeah. I'm a saiya-jinn." he then sighed.

Misty thought for a moment. "Why did you come to that earth in the first place?"

Goku stopped looking around and turned to Misty. "I was sent to earth as a child in order to clear it of life." he said sadly. "I hit my head shortly after arriving, and forgot all about my mission. The only reason I know about it now is because I was told."

Misty was rather shocked. "Why would they want you to do that?" she asked.

Goku sighed. "Saiya-jinns are born tofight. They were getting paid to do so, but they enjoyed it. I grew up with human values, so I fight to keep those I love safe. I still have the same instinct to fight a saiya-jinn does, but I do it for the right reasons."

Misty nodded her head. "Gohan said they were almost all dead." she commented.

Goku nodded his head. "There is one more that's still alive. He was the prince of the saiya-jinns, and tried to conquer earth himself. We fought, and he ended up losing, and I spared him in exchange for him leaving the earth alone."

Misty thought about that for a minute when Psyduck pointed to a large piece of rubble near one of the walls of the room. "I think he's found a survivor." Misty said, somewhat suprised.

Goku walked over and moved the debris to find a man that was hardly breathing. Goku picked up the man and brought him outside.

'I hope some people were lucky enough to escape,' thought Goku. 'because if Dr. Gero released those androids here, not even we will be that lucky.'


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Gohan and Brock were searching for bodies around the pokemon center, which had suprisingly been left unscathed. Brock had brought Vulpix so it could use it's sense of smell to find other survivors. It was still hurt from the battle, but it seemed to be in good enough shape to help them locate any survivors.

Gohan and Brock were currently searching a dilapedated building that didn't appear to be very stable. Vulpix detected someone in the area, and they went to check it out. This particular building seemed to be around the edge of the affected area.

Brock sighed. "I hope Ash will be alright around Piccolo." he said to Gohan.

Gohan looked at Brock quizically. "Why wouldn't he be?" he asked.

Brock appeared uneasy. "I'm just unsure if he's trust worthy, that's all."

Gohan looked at Brock with a stern look. "Of course he's trust worthy. He's my best friend."

Brock appeared a little shocked by that comment. "Who did you make friends with him, exactly."

"I spent a year training with him in preparation for the two saiya-jinns that were heading towards earth. He was the only one to talk to, so I talked to him." Gohan said simply.

"Oh", Brock answered with a somewhat confused tone to his voice as him and Gohan continued their search for survivors.


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Gohan and Brock walked into the pokemon center after making sure the people they took found were sent to the hospital. The search and rescue crews told Gohan and Brock to leave the search to them, and were sent to the pokemon center.

The Nurse Joy took brock's pokemon and had the chansey's take them into the treatment area. The pokemon were just in need of recuperation at that point, so she came back to the front desk to wait for any other causualties of the attack.

Gohan and Brock went to wait in the visitor area for the other four people to show up. 'Man, I hope Kuririn is getting the treatment he needs in the hospital...' Gohan thought.

After a few minutes of waiting, Piccolo and Ash came in through the front doors. Both were rather quiet, which was uncharacteristic for someone like Ash. Even Pikachu was silent as he sat on Ash's shoulder. Ash came up to the desk and set Pikachu and his other pokeballs down, as Piccolo stood beside him.

Nurse Joy looked up from some paper work and saw Piccolo standing beside Ash, and gave a big look of suprise, followed by a smile.

"I've never seen a pokemon like you before." she said as she looked at Piccolo. "What kind of pokemon are you?" she asked.

"I am not a pokemon!" Piccolo bellowed, clearly annoyed and embarassed. Nurse Joy was very suprised at such an outburst. Piccolo let the anger he was feeling leave him. "I am a namek-jinn. I am Piccolo."

Nurse Joy was relieved to see Piccolo no longer so angry at her. "Sorry, my mistake." she said sheepishly as she took Pikachu and Ash's other pokemon into the treatment room.

Piccolo and Ash sat down in the visitor area next to Gohan and Brock. Before long, Misty and Goku came in and sat down with the others after Misty deposited her pokeballs with Nurse Joy.

Goku looked at everyone else. "Can we get something to eat now?" he asked.

Nurse Joy gave them a rather large dinner, as was the usual for travellers. Piccolo stood in the corner drinking water. Gohan ate normally while Goku ate in is usual large quantities. Ash attempted to grab some food, but Goku ate it before he was even able to touch it. It was obvious Gohan was used to this sort of behaviour, because he was able to grab the food before his dad did.

When Nurse Joy saw Goku eating, she set up another table far away from Goku for Ash, Brock and Misty to eat at. They ate while staring at the speed at which the food was dissapearing off the table Goku and Gohan was at.

Goku finished quickly, and announced he was going outside to train. Ash, Misty and Brock finished eating at about the same time as Gohan. Misty, Brock and Gohan helped to clean up the plates and the tables, while Ash walked over to Piccolo.

"What's wrong? Not hungry?" Ash asked Piccolo.

Piccolo looked at Ash with uncaring eyes. "My species never eats. Water is all I need."

"Oh," Ash said as he thought for a moment. He then walked over to where Gohan, Misty and Brock were sitting.

"So, what do we do now?" asked Misty.

Gohan sat there for a moment, then responded, "First, we go to the hospital to check on Kuririn. After we check on him, we got back to see Professor Oak. He knows enough about these pokemon things, and about this world in general, to give us some useful information."

"What use is information on pokemon?" Ash asked.

"That creature that I fought earlier today was partially made of pokemon DNA. I want to find out if he can give me any useful information on them that I can use in a battle against another creature like I just fought." Gohan explained. The other three nodded in understanding.

Gohan thought for a moment, then said, "I really don't know how much time we'll have before the next monster appears, so I think Piccolo, my dad and I are going to have to fly. We're also going to have to carry you three with us."

"Are you sure that's not dangerous?" Misty asked, somewhat frightened by the idea.

"Not at all." Gohan said with complete confidence in himself. "We'll start in the morning. No use going in the dark."

Goku returned by nightfall, and slept on a bench near Gohan, Misty, Brock and Ash. Piccolo sat next to the wall and meditated as usual for him, since he never needed to sleep.


(End of Chapter 12)

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