Pokemon Fan Fiction / Pokemon Fan Fiction / Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Stranded ❯ Chapter 13 ( Chapter 13 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]
Chapter 13

Gohan woke up before sunrise and stretched. He went to sleep early the night before in order to get an early start. He saw the sleeping form of his father, and the now familiar forms of Ash, Brock and Misty. He walked over to the dark mass of the still meditaqting Piccolo and sat down next to him.

Piccolo almost instantly broke out of his trance and looked at Gohan. "I overheard your plan of a course of action last night." he said quietly. "Do you think that this Professor Oak will have any information that will be of use to us?" he asked.

Gohan nodded. "When Kuririn and I were fighting that monster yesterday, he said he was made from DNA of some species from our dimension and of DNA of some of the creatures found here. Professor Oak is supposed to be one of the most renowned scientists here on those creatures. He may also give us some information on the world itself to possibly give us a clue to where the next attack will be."

Piccolo thought about it for a while. "Sounds reasonable enough." he told Gohan. "Better than our other options, anyways."

"First, though, I want to go and see Kuririn in the hospital to make sure he's going to be alright." Gohan pointed out. "He'll probably be alright, but I want to make sure."

Gohan and Piccolo sat next to one another in silence for some time. Gohan then turned to Piccolo. "To make the travel time as short as possible, I was thinking about having you, me and dad carrying one of them." Gohan said while pointing to Ash, Misty and Brock. "I was wondering if you'd mind carrying Ash..."

"No!" Piccolo protested almost forgetting to whisper as to keep from waking the others up. "I'll carry anyone else, but not him."

Gohan was more than a little suprised. "Okay, then. We'll figure out who carries who when they wake up." he replied in a quiet whisper.

Gohan sat there while Piccolo went back to meditation. Gohan sat on the floor waiting for the others to wake up, while thinking about the fight against the monster the day before. He knew it had to be destroyed, but Gohan was still feeling remorse for what he did, and neccesity wasn't very good for consolation.

Eventually Brock woke up, followed shortly be Misty. Goku woke up next shortly after sunrise, and a few minutes later Ash was up as well. After a short breakfast, Gohan explained to Goku his course of action. Goku agreed it was their best bet at getting ready for the next attack, so they all started getting ready.

Gohan was thinking about good carrying arrangements. "I think I will carry Ash while Piccolo carries Misty and Goku takes Brock." Gohan suggested.

Piccolo just stood there not moving, but Gohan did notice a look of relief in Piccolo's face. Ash, Misty nor Brock had any objections. Gohan looked at Goku, and his face clearly showed that he'd be happpy to take any of them.

After Ash, Brock and Misty retrieved their pokemon, they headed outside. Gohan looked around, then asked Misty, "Do you remember where the hospital is that they took Kuririn too?"

"I'm pretty sure they said Ceruelean City." Misty recollected. Gohan gave her a blank stare, and she pointed north. "it's that way." she explained.

Before any of them could start getting ready to go, Goku interupted them. "Well, if we're going to see Kuririn now, I have a faster way of getting there. It requires a ki source I can distinguish for me to use this.I know Kuririn's, so I can use it."

"Use what?" Gohan asked, more than a little confused.

Goku smiled. "You'll see." he replied. "I need all of you to be touching to make sure this works."
he told them as he put his hand on Gohan's shoulder. Piccolo put his hand on Goku's shoulder, and Ash, Misty and Brock put their hands on various parts of Goku's body.

Before any of them could say anything, They all vanished and reapeared in a hospital room. All of them were pretty startled, and they all let go of Goku right away. Goku also took his hand off of Gohan's head. All of them looked around and saw Kuririn laying in one of the hospital beds.

To say that Kuririn was startled would be an understatement. Kuririn was bandaged up, and sat almost upright at the sudden entrance of the six guests.

Goku smiled in his usual way at Kuririn. "Sorry for coming unanounced, but we wanted to make sure you were fine before we went anywhere."

They spent ten minutes visiting with Kuririn. "Well, we'll keep you updated where we are via the communicators. Give us a shout when you're better." Goku told him when they were finished talking with Kuririn, and they all filed out of the room. They walked down the hall of the hospital getting strange looks by doctors when Goku and Gohan walk by wearing their training Gi, and then the doctors ran and hid in fear when Piccolo walked by them.

They walked out of the building, and they stood in the hospital parking lot where everyone else was put their hands on Goku, expecting another quick trip.

Goku looked at them with an odd look. "What are you doing that for?" he asked, a little confused.

Gohan looked at him quizically. "Aren't you going to teleport us?" he asked.

Goku shook his head. "I need to be able to find a ki source at the destination that I can distinguish from others. I'd need this Proffesor before I'll be able to teleport us there."

The others took their hand off of Goku with an embarassed look. Goku shrugged. "Don't worry about it." he told them.

Goku Put Brock on his shoulders, and Piccolo followed suit with Misty. They flew up about 50 feet in the air, and Gohan picked Ash up under his arms and followed them. Gohan then flew out in the direction he remembered Pallet Town to be in, and Goku and Piccolo flew in behind him and they flew on.

Ash seemed rather uneasy. "What's wrong?" Gohan asked.

Ash turned his head towrards Gohan as much as he could. "How can you do this and not be scared to death?" Ash asked uncomfortably.

Gohan chuckled. "It stops being scary when you can fly." he replied. "Don't worry, though. It's not like I'll drop you or anything."

"I sure hope not..." Ash said as he stared at the passing terrain beneath them.


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Goku was enjoying his flight overtop this world that was new to him. He had little problem flying with Brock on his shoulders, but he yearned for the freedom of flying solo.

Brock interupted Goku's thoughts. "How is it that you guys fly?" he asked with a degree of fear in his voice.

"We propel ourselves by pushing our body with our ki." Goku said simply. "We've aquired the ability through some intense training."

"Ahh..." Brock replied, lost in thought. "Would normal people be able to learn this ability?" he asked.

Goku nodded. "Yeah, but it would require most normal people at least 10 years of severe martial arts training before you'd have enough ki to learn basic ki manipulation. After a rather short, several hour lesson of ki manipunlation, you'd be ready to learn flying." Goku repled after considering the idea.

Brock thought about it for a minute. "I don't think any of us would have that kind of time to learn something like that." Brock said with a sigh.

Goku laughed. "I wouldn't worry too much about it. You can get by just fine on foot." he told Brock.

"I guess," Brock said lost in thought.


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Piccolo flew along, thinking how glad he was he didn't have to carry that annoying Ash kid again. He wasn't too thrilled at the idea of carrying anyone, but that one boy could have angered him to the point that he wouldn't think twice about harming him. Even if Gohan objected, Piccolo doubted it would have stopped him.

Piccolo noticed Misty shaking slightly. "What's your problem?" Piccolo asked, sounding slightly harsher than he really meant to say it.

Misty shook her head enthusiastically. "No!" she said quickly with fear clearly evident in her voice.

Piccolo turned his head somewhat to look at her. "I won't hurt you." Piccolo stated.

Misty was going to say something back, but she realized that Piccolo was right. "I'm... I'm just not used to you." She said feeling guilty.

Piccolo gave a small chuckle. "At least you're not like that one boy. He kept asking questions."

Misty nodded. "He can be annoying sometimes."

Piccolo spat. "That's an understatement."

Misty laughed comfortably. Piccolo gave an uncharacteristic grin. 'Well,' he though, 'at least she isn't asking dumb questions.'


(End of Chapter 13)

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