Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Dragonball Z Lives On: The Shizen Saga ❯ Chapter 10, Part II ( Chapter 11 )

Author: I was on such a roll, I already finished part II of chapter 10 and I was too impatient to wait 'til next Saturday to post it. So here you go. In answer to a question I'm not sure if I answered yet or not, Sixteen is alive because Bulma rebuilt him.

Chapter 10, Part II

At first it wasn't noticeable. But as time went on, first Piccolo, than Sixteen, and then the others, including mini-dragons, noticed that Kyloa seemed to be avoiding Piccolo. Even Goku finally noticed it. She avoided all contact with him and only spoke to him when it was absolutely necessary. She also spent more time in the forest, as if she was trying to hide from something. It puzzled them all. But Piccolo suspected it had something to do with the mysterious tattoo on his chest that no one could figure out and the peculiar mission he had been given.

And than suddenly Piccolo had another unusual dream. This time it didn't hurt as much as he forced his sleeping mind to focus on it. He needed to figure out this mission before he lost anymore sleep on it. The dream began with images of Mr. Popo discovering a baby with a Shizen marking. He watched the baby grow to become a happy young girl with dark, forest green hair and bright leaf green eyes. She was so familiar somehow. She seemed quiet and serious in the images he saw but she also seemed happy for she smiled and laughed as well. Then the dream went out of focus and he could only get a sense of pain and deep remorse and later horror and fear. He briefly caught a glimpse of the girl fighting a female creature that looked pretty similar to King Kold and Frieza.

When the dream came into focus again, the girl was older and more quiet and serious and he realized why she was so familiar. It was Kyloa. The dream was about Kyloa. She no longer laughed or smiled and he rarely saw her with Mr. Popo or any other people. Than a younger version of Goku appeared and he realized that this was when he was her student. He watched as Goku completed his training and then his memory was erased, leaving Kyloa alone again. He watched as seasons passed and Kyloa continued to be alone except for her dragon, Embyr. Brief images were shown of her watching over Goku and his battles with Radditz, Nappa, and Vegeta. She had even observed Mirai Trunks battle with Frieza and Piccolo realized that was why her energy seemed so familiar. She was always there, just beneath their sight. She was witness to their battles with Cooler, the Androids, and Cell. The images swirled and again the baby appeared. Just as Piccolo was close to seeing whether the baby was human, the strange creature he saw earlier in the dream snatched the baby and also grabbed Kyloa, who appeared out of nowhere, crying.

Not knowing why, Piccolo felt a wave of intense rage go through him and chased after them. But he before he could catch them, the creature killed Kyloa and the baby, laughing the whole time. His rage increased but before he could leap to attack her, she disappeared and Piccolo found himself staring at the concerned face of his former student, Gohan.

"Hey Piccolo. Are you all right? I could sense your ki rising, as if you were about to attack someone." Niko chirped worriedly from his perch upon Gohan's shoulder.

Piccolo sat up, shaking his head as he tried to force his mind to accept that it was just a dream. A very disturbing dream. Byrn trilled gently in his ear, trying to comfort. "I'm fine Gohan. Just a strange dream, that's all."

"Was it another clue from the Earth?" asked Gohan curiously.

"Yes, it was." Piccolo stood up and adjusted his cape. "I think nature girl and I should have a talk." With that he walked into the forest to find Kyloa, leaving a puzzled Gohan behind. He sent Byrn away, saying he needed to talk to Kyloa alone. Byrn was instantly annoyed and flew away in an angry huff. Piccolo shook his head at him. He'll understand, once he cools down.

Piccolo went straight to the clearing with the waterfall but he couldn't see Kyloa anywhere. But Embyr was sleeping in a tree nearby and she never strayed very far from her mistress. He spread out his senses and eventually picked up a trace of her energy. She seemed to be in the rock outcropping above the waterfall, where she usually sat to think. She must have disappeared into the rock when she sensed him coming. Well, he wasn't about to hit that rock just to get her to come out. Instead he calmly floated up to it and announced, "I can sense you in that rock. Come out now. We need to talk."

A few moments passed and Piccolo began to think she was going to be stubborn. Then a large piece of granite appeared out of the rock and quickly morphed into Kyloa. She tilted her head at him, scrutinizing him and then said calmly, "Kaachi has sent you another dream."

Piccolo didn't brother to wonder how she knew. He just nodded in response. She fidgeted, becoming nervous. Her next question was barely above a whisper. "Have you discovered what her clues mean yet?"

Piccolo shook his head and became puzzled as he watched Kyloa sigh in relief. "What did you dream about?"

"I dreamt about you." Kyloa started in surprise. Piccolo took note of it and continued. "I dreamt of you being found and raised by Mr. Popo. You seemed happier then. You smiled more. And then the Earth seemed to skip over a section of your life. It seems to me that that part of your life must have been pretty important for the rest of the dream showed you spending time isolated and seemingly in mourning. Over what though, I don't know. I saw the baby again as well. But before I could get a good look at it, a strange creature came and took it away. I watched as this being killed the baby and . . . you."

Kyloa looked into his eyes with a look that Piccolo was unable to read. "I'm pretty certain that that life altering event has something to do with the time King Kold spent on Earth and your battle with Queen Frozena. But both you and the Earth keep quiet, not relating any details about it. What are you trying to hide? If it has something to do with our upcoming battle or my mission, I need to know."

Kyloa turned away and went to the river. Placing her hand in the water, she churned it 'til an image appeared. It was the female creature in his dream. "Was this the creature you saw in your dream?"

"Yes." Piccolo studied it. "Who is it?"

"This is Queen Frozena." She stood up and the image faded away. "I think Kaachi wants you to protect me and this baby from Queen Frozena."

"But that's not the whole mission." It was a statement, not a question.

"No, it isn't." She floated back to her rock and sat upon it.

Piccolo followed. "Who is the baby?"

She avoided looking into his eyes. "I don't know."

Piccolo reached out his hand and turned her face to him. "I think you do."

"You're right. I do. But I can't tell you if you haven't figured it out yet."

Piccolo sighed in frustration. He was on his own. But there was still the other matter. "You avoided my question earlier."

Kyloa glanced back at him in confusion. He gave her a patient look. "What are you trying to hide? There's something from your encounter with King Kold and Queen Frozena that you seem to be trying to bury."

Kyloa looked at him with glistening eyes. He realized she was trying to hold back tears. "I did bury it. But it resurfaced anyway."

"You are too distrustful. And don't tell me that's a Shizen trait. You have to trust someone sometime. Or this secret you are keeping will eat you alive."

Kyloa studied him, as if trying to see into his soul. "Are you saying I should trust you, Piccolo?"

Piccolo facevaulted. He hadn't meant to imply she should trust him. But now that he thought about it, he did want her to trust him. He was tired of her hiding all the time for no reason he could see. The others were centered on their training and did not want to delve deeper into the mystery that was Kyloa. He should be concentrating on his training as well but for some reason this girl kept creeping into his thoughts and distracting him. Maybe if he got her to confide in him, he could concentrate better. But he doubted it.

"I've trusted you. Why can't you trust me?" came Piccolo's reply. By the look on her face, Piccolo knew that he had gotten to her.

Kyloa studied him for a few moments longer and then finally looked away. "You have a point. I have no reason not to trust you. And I do trust you."

Piccolo felt like tearing out his hair, if he had hair. "So what's stopping you?"

"I'm afraid," murmured Kyloa.

"Of what?"

"Of what you and the others will do when you find out."

"Find out what?"

Kyloa turned her eyes back to him. "Why do you want to know? Why do you care? We're not friends."

Piccolo looked at her eyes and made a decision that changed everything. "Yes, we are friends. And friends trust each other."

Kyloa's eyes widened in surprise. Then she gave him a timid little smile, the first Piccolo had seen since he had met her. "Friends," she whispered. "It's been a long time since I have had a friend besides Embyr." Kyloa paused, as she seemed to be considering something. "If we both survive the fight with Queen Frozena, I will tell you everything you want to know. I promise."

Piccolo raised an eyebrow. "Everything? Even the dreams?"

Kyloa nodded. "Everything."

Piccolo gave one firm nod in acknowledgement. Then he decided to suggest something that had been rolling around in his mind for awhile. "It'll be much easier to protect you if you learn how to defend yourself."

Kyloa shook her head almost instantly. "I don't fight. I was not made for fighting. It is not in my nature."

Piccolo rolled his eyes. "That doesn't mean you can't learn. Besides, I was talking about just learning how to defend yourself against someone attacking you. I didn't think you would like to learn how to attack others yourself. Or at least how to fly faster so you can get away from danger."

Kyloa tilted her head at him, contemplating. "I guess that would be all right."

Piccolo snorted. "Of course it would be all right." And that was the beginning of a curious friendship.

Questions asked by you bring pain So let it be forgotten

For I cannot tell

What you want to know.

Far away from this peaceful place . . .The dark vastness of space surrounded the small ship as it flew at a breakneck speed towards its destination. It was not nearly as calm inside as it was outside though. In the recesses of this strange ship sat an even stranger creature with a heart even darker than the darkness that surrounded the ship. Her purpose was one of vengeance and that was the only thing that filled her being. But vengeance was a powerful motivator. It had been the cause behind many disasters and deaths. And it was yet the cause again for the threat to a certain blue planet deep in the suburbs of space. Earth.

*End of the Shizen Saga*

Frozena Saga Coming Soon