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| Chp 2- Memories |
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| �Come on you damn thing, COOK!� Goku was getting frustrated now. The kitchen surrounding him was a mess of pancake batter, eggs, toast, and bacon. Piles of dirty dishes cluttered the counters and the sinks. Goku himself wore a dirty green lurex apron. He had bits of egg hanging from his hair. Sighing, Goku leaned wearily against the counter. �How did Chi-Chi do this everyday?� |
| Recalling the events from the previous day, which never really strayed from his mind, Goku�s face crunched up. Tears were welling in his eyes, and he covered his face with his hands. �Ew!� Goku exclaimed as he felt something gooey sliding down his face. He looked at his hands, and saw that they were slimy from the eggs. �This just isn�t my day.� He chuckled to himself. Turning back to the stove, he saw some movement from the stairs. He looked up and saw his son. |
| Gohan had his head bowed low and his face was stained red from crying. Goku�s heart melted as he saw his son so sad. He held out his arms to his Gohan and gestured for him to come and receive a hug. Gohan walked slowly toward his father and hugged him tightly. A fresh batch of tears welled up in Gohan�s eyes and he gulped them back down. He was determined not to cry for his mother anymore. That was too childish for a strong and fierce warrior like himself. Still, he was sad and needed the comfort of his father. |
| After a while, Gohan pulled away and glanced up at his father. All of a sudden, he jumped and took a step backward. He had an odd look on his small innocent face. |
| �Ha ha ha! D-dad! Ha ha!� He laughed as he pointed to his father. Goku�s confused look asked for more of an explanation. �You - you, Ha ha ha!� Gohan could not pull himself together. |
| Goku looked down at himself. He was covered in ooey sticky eggs, smothered in gooey pancake batter, and there was bacon grease everywhere. Goku stared at himself in astonishment as he felt laughter bubbling up inside him. Chuckling, Goku and Gohan smiled at each other. |
| Goku sighed. �Well Gohan, are you willing to give me a chance to be both your parents?� He asked with a goofy grin on his face. |
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| Gohan smiled even broader, showing off his pearly whites. �Well Dad, I don�t think your woman enough!� Gohan laughed and jumped away as Goku leapt to catch him. They ran around the house recklessly in a game of tag. Finally, Goku went Super Saiyan and caught Gohan around the middle. |
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| �Gotcha!� he cried and they both collapsed breathing heavily on the couch. |
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| �Cal?� a young voice called out. Calisto turned from the control panel to see a rosy cheeked saiyan girl. �Are we there yet?� Zoa asked. |
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| Calisto laughed; her crystal blue eyes were shining. �Not for a while kiddo. Not for quite a while. Why aren�t you sleeping?� |
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| Zoa flipped her dark hair over her shoulders. �What? Are you kidding? And miss the scenery? This is my first trip into space you know!� |
| Cal chuckled. �Yes, well get used to it. This is all you will get to see for the next month, at least!� Zoa groaned. �Hey, I didn�t beg you to come with me. And there�s no turning back now. So don�t get any ideas.� Zoa sighed. |
| Zoa cast her eyes downward and her dark hair fell over her forehead, covering her eyes. Cal could sense that Zoa was puzzling over something. �What�s up buckeroo?� she asked questioningly. Gently reaching over and brushing the hair away from Zoa�s eyes, a look of concern filled Cal�s face. �Honey, what�s wrong?� |
| �Cal...what was my mother like?� Zoa asked, curiosity replacing the downcast look in the young saiyan�s eyes. Calisto thought a moment, then picked Zoa up and placed her on her lap. |
| �Your mother was the most wonderful friend I could ever have. She was smart, funny...and STRONG! Ever so much stronger than I.� Cal�s eyes watered as she remembered the last day she ever saw Lotai. �The last time I saw your mother, we were battling an evil race, the Vellians from the East quadrant. Those horrible, vile aliens killed your mother and father right before my eyes...� Cal burst into tears as the memories flooded her. |
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| She could not prevent the flow of the memories. It was like watching an old movie of her past. She remembered the chaos and the madness when the Vellians attempted to invade her planet Doff. Her and her best friends, Lotai and Theo, stood at her side as they readied themselves against the enemy. She remembered how many civilians of the planet were killed as she watched the large, fierce army advanced, leaving mass destruction behind them. |
| It was Lotai who broke the deathly silence amid the clamour of war. �Alright you guys, this is it. No holds barred. Just remember what Azure taught us during training and we�ll be fine!� Lotai�s voice cracked noticeably at the end of her speech and a few tears trickled down her pale cheeks. The cause was evident. Cal looked at the hopeless horde of aliens in front of her. They were coming quickly and she had to control her urge to run away. Tears streamed down her face as she readied herself, positioning herself the way her trainer, Azure, had taught her and her friends. |
| The enemy was all over them in an instant. There was no time to feel pain, no time to breathe, no time to think. They quickly gained the upper hand, but there was too many. There was just too many. Cal was knocked painfully to the ground, sliding several feet away to come to a bone- crunching stop into the side of a building. Sharp pieces of shrapnel and glass which littered the ground gnawed at her skin. She struggled back to her feet only to be struck once again to her knees. Cal felt immense pain flow through her body and she coughed up blood. She opened her bleary eyes and looked up at her attackers. Three vile creatures stared back at her, smirking at her shaking body. They went to attack her again, but Cal summoned up her strength and bounced off the earth. Floating a few feet above the ground, she blasted powerful beams of energy down at her enemies, dissipating them instantly. Her head whipped around, her frightened eyes scanned the barren landscape, void of any Doffian life, searching for her friends. |
| Finally she spotted Theo and Lotai fighting back to back holding off their enemies with their superior martial arts skills. Cal smiled, glad that they were alright. |
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| A movement in the corner of her eye caught her attention. The large mother ship was crossing over towards them. Many single-piloted war saucers spilled from an opening in the hull, heading over to them. Cal yelped as she barely evaded a strong beam shot from one of the crafts. She destroyed two of the saucers with minimum difficulty, but watched in horror as another hovered directly above her friends. |
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| �Lotai!!! Theo!!!! Above you!!!� She screamed loudly, waving her arms, hoping to catch her friends� attention. It worked and they noticed the craft at the same time. Lotai lifted her hand and shot it out of the sky with ease. |
| They had let their guard down. Calisto gasped, terrified as a huge swarm of vellian warriors engulf her friends and they were swallowed up in the hoard, only Lotai�s limp hand still remained above the heads of their nemesis. That too slowly disappeared amidst the chaos. |
| Cal�s heart fell and she felt sick to her stomach. �Nooooo!!!� she cried. She flew with every ounce of strength she had, willing herself to go faster as tears poured down her face. She burst into the group of aliens kicking and punching her way to her friends. She had killed twenty vellians before she reached her friends. The aliens had backed up, encircling and watching her in wonder as she knelt down beside her partners� mangled bodies. |
| Disbelief clouded Cal�s mind as she slowly knelt down beside her friend Lotai�s lifeless body. This was quickly replaced by grief as she poured her heart out in wracking sobs which shook her body. She clutched the hands of her dear friends to her lovingly. |
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| The Vellians had obviously been confused at this strange behaviour, because they didn�t attack again for a long time. Yelling a war cry, they finally charged her. Cal�s head remained lowered until they were practically on top of her, then it snapped up. The enemy stopped in their tracks as they saw her twitch violently in anger, her eyes blazing, an aura of indescribable brilliance surrounding her. Unquenchable, unrelenting fury boiled up in Cal and her wrath was overwhelming. An inferno of emotions clouded her mind, but one in particular stood out, clear and strong. The need for revenge. |
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| With an anguished cry that could wake the dead, Cal stood and powered up reaching a level beyond which she had ever reached before, fuelled by emotion. The blast of unforgiving power sent the aliens who were unfortunate to be near her to another dimension, and those who were just far away enough to live, were very fatally wounded. With the army out of her way, Cal blindly made her way towards her next target, the ship. |
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| It was evident that the lord of the ship had heard the going ons outside, since it retreated. Cal, her face frozen in a seriously pissed off expression, powered up an immensely powerful beam and shot the aircraft out of the sky. It fell crashing to the ground killing all that dwell within it, and the war was over. |
| As quickly as it had come, Cal�s power left her and she fell to her knees from exhaustion and hurt. She crawled slowly and painfully over to her friends and held Lotai�s hand in one hand, and Theo�s in the other. Then, she vowed with all her heart and soul to fight evil wherever it lurked for what it had done to her friends and her life. She made a promise then that she would never break. She would find a home for their daughter, since she was incapable of raising their child on her own, and watch over her, like a guardian angel. With that last thought in mind, Cal fainted in the broken rubble. |
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| The war may had been over, but the pain it caused still killed Cal little by little as she remembered. She cried hard for a few minutes, reliving her past, an almost vacant look in her eyes. Zoa sitting awkwardly on her lap. Then, gently, Zoa held her. Cal clung onto her like her life depended on it, her tears streaming down her face like a torrential rain in monsoon season. |
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| Slowly, Cal pulled away from the young ten-year-old saiyan. �I do love you Zoa. You know that, right?� She asked, knowing the answer already, but needing to hear it from Zoa�s mouth. |
| �Of course, you big goof, and I love you too!� Zoa smiled. Cal smiled back and embraced her with the love only a guardian could have. |
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| Suddenly, the ship shook. The jolt sent the two saiyans reeling onto the floor. After rolling twice, Cal managed to gain control of her body and looked over at Zoa whom, after one more roll, managed to do the same. |
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| �What the hell was that!?!� Zoa screamed above the loud warning sirens emitting from the control panel of the space ship. |
| �Hey! Watch your language young lady!� Cal screamed as another semi earthquake hit. This time, they were prepared and braced themselves against the force of the blast. The instant the ship was level again, Cal and Zoa leapt forward and landed in their pilot�s chairs. Through the glass, they could see large hunks of rock hurtling toward them. |
| �Oh, no.� Cal screamed as another asteroid crashed into the ship causing it to turn in a dangerous tailspin. The crash sent Zoa flying from her seat. �ZOA!!� Cal cried after putting the ship on auto pilot. She leapt after Zoa and caught the young girl in mid air. Crashing painfully into the wall of the spaceship, Cal and Zoa were knocked unconscious. |
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| �Ready son?� Goku asked Gohan as they stood in the middle of a field. |
| �Just bring it dad!� Gohan yelled smiling as he powered up. Goku chuckled and did the same. A powerful yellow aura surrounded the two Z- fighters. Gohan clenched and unclenched his fists as he anticipated his father�s first attack. �The way he is pivoting on his toes, he is going to attack with a ... hmm, left punch I believe,� Gohan thought to himself, studying his father�s movements carefully. �And when he does, I will get him with a low kick in the gut. Heh heh, Dad, you can�t fool me!� |
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| Grinning, Goku gritted his teeth. His son was studying him very closely. �That�s all fine and dandy.� he thought to himself. �He�s probably thinking about my attack. By the way he keeps looking at my feet, I am pretty sure he�s thinking that the way I�m pivoting, I will attack with a left punch. Hee hee, you can�t fool an experienced fighter Gohan!� |
| Goku pivoted a few seconds longer then, without warning shot ahead toward his opponent. Gohan steadied himself as his father came barrelling towards him at great speed. As anticipated, Goku swung out with his left hand in a mighty punch. Gohan readied himself to block it, when suddenly Goku teleported behind him and kicked him in the legs, tripping him and making Gohan fall to the ground. �Ha!� Goku cried as Gohan hit the ground wincing a bit. �You know son, you should really be more conspicuous when observing your opponent. They could easily feint an attack and you could, well, find yourself on your stomach with your face in the dust!� Goku grinned as he held out his hand to his son. |
| Gohan wiped his face with the back of his hand. �Cheap trick Dad, but not good enough!� Quickly Gohan formed an energy ball and hurled it at his father. Goku, of course, avoided it, but this gave Gohan enough time to do a triple back flip with a half twist and land gracefully on his feet again. |
| �Oh ho! You think your so tough huh?� Goku mocked his son. �Then lets see how much power you really have, son!� Turning super saiyan, Goku�s turquoise eyes settled on his son. They glinted with anticipation in the sunlight. In answer to Gohan�s confused expression, Goku grinned. �Let�s see if you really can be a super saiyan.� |
| Gohan�s eyes widened and his heart leaped into his throat. �M-Me? A s- super...super saiyan? Me?� Gohan�s eyes studied his feet as he kneeled on the ground. The thought of being as powerful as his father both intrigued him and excited him. Yet he was scared, also. |
| �Yeah!� Goku cried. �Now Gohan, I know that it would be a big step power wise, but I know you can do it! You have great potential Gohan. I have faith in you.� Gohan looked up and into his dad�s eyes. �Are you willing to try?� |
| Gohan�s mind was a jumbled mess. He thought over the pros and cons in his mind while Goku stood silently in anticipation. Then, slowly Gohan rose up. His eyes met his father�s, a serious expression on his face. His eyes glinted and sparkled in the midday sun. �Let�s do this.� he half whispered. |
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