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Dragon
Ball New Generation
The Ii-Shenron Saga
Chapter
21 - Beware Linni! Pastri!
"Did
you feel that Pastri?" asked Linni.
"Feels like that battle is over..."
"I can't sense Piccolo's, Thyme, Rue and Sage's ki.
Could they be..." Pastri said before shaking at the thought
of their deadly defeat.
"They'll be fine, I know they will be. The bad news
is that Ii is after us now. We better go on foot
now."
"Yeah, it should buy us more time." Pastri
agreed. They both descended on the ground and began
running.
***
Ii
continued flying over the vast lands, looking side to side for
any signs of the remaining 2 Dragon Balls. Hoping he was
getting closer, Ii kept looking at the 5 he
possessed.
"They're not reacting!" he growled.
"Where are those balls? I'm growing impatient, and so
is my appetite to murder those meddling Saiya-jin. Make no
mistake, I will find all of the Dragon Balls and finally defeat
those Saiya-jin once and for all!"
***
On
the world of the powerful Kaioshin, Nion and the Supreme
Kai were watching everything through a crystal ball after some
extensive training. Gokou who was going to train with them
had entered the Training Dimension beforehand, and still hadn't exited.
"Do you think my cousin and her friend will be okay
Kai-san?" Nion inquired.
"I don't know as long Ii is trailing them. Lets hope
they can keep out running him. They both may not be as
powerful as Piccolo and the others, but they are smart
girls."
Nion nodded, and left the purple being for a minute to visit her
brother who was still training outside.
"Linni and her friend are being chased by that bad guy, Vegeta."
"I know" he answered, still punching and kicking air.
"I'm scared."
"Don't worry Nion, when I'm done training, I'll go destroy
Ii okay? Nothing to be scared of."
"Its not that. I'm scared for mama."
Vegeta stopped and looked at his sister. She was so
big-hearted, and he had a liking to her innocence, but he
wouldn't be caught dead telling her that. He's was her big brother, and as a big
brother it was his job to annoy her.
"I told you not to worry Nion."
The girl wiped her tears, but they kept flowing steadily.
Vegeta sighed, and hugged her trying to comfort Nion.
"Mother's going to be fine okay? Trust me."
Nion backed away, and wiped her tears again. She put
on a brave smile.
"Thank you Vegeta."
and then she ran back to Kaioshin who was watching them.
Kaioshin smiled at Vegeta, seeing he did have a heart after all,
but the young boy just turned around and flew off to train
elsewhere on the planet.
"Kaioshin-san!!!" Nion called.
"What is it Nion-chan?"
"We have to start training again! I have to help
Vegeta protect mama!"
Kaioshin smiled tenderly at the girl. As they began
training, Kaioshin mentioned to Nion that her brother had an
attitude.
"No he doesn't. He's just being my big brother." Nion
answered happily.
Gokun
watched the two fight, and then watched Vegeta training in the
distance.
"Elder Kai, after all this training, do you think we have a
good chance of winning?"
Elder Kai looked up from his manga.
"Its not possible to say just yet. The training isn't
complete. Saiya-jin... I can never estimate
how powerful they'll become. For instance, Gohan...after my
training..."
Gokun nodded, and was about to resume meditation when he felt a
great energy surge coming from one of the dimension
rips.
"Is that Gokou?"
"No. He's in the other one. He's meditating at
the moment."
Gokun was confused.
"Then who is it?"
"You dummy! Its that other one, G."
"G?! But he came out of there a few days ago to train out
here didn't he?"
Elder Kai shook his head.
"Yes he did, but he entered again. He thought he
could do more in isolation where he could concentrate
better...now get back to work! Face me, and relax or
you're power up will be useless!!!"
Gokun sighed again.
That other guy who took Elder Kai's training...what's his
name? Gohan wasn't it? How did he put up with all
this?
He then turned his eyes to the dimension G was situated in.
G...I can sense you're power is growing. Keep
training...we'll need all the power we can get.
***
Piccolo
was still faced down like Rue, Sage and Thyme, but his mind
wasn't. Currently, he was emerged in a nightmare.
What is that light? Its all of the Dragon Balls...they
are safe. NO! Ii-Shenron! He has them!
What about Linni and Pastri? I failed again...like I did
against Semi.....
What is that warmth I feel? Am I dead? No, it can't
be. I'm not finished...the Dragon Balls aren't safe
yet. Ii, get away from them! Get away from them
now!!
Piccolo woke up in a shock, realizing it was only a
dream. He wiped the dirt and sweat from his face and then
realized Dende was kneeling beside him with the palm of his hands
over his chest.
"Did you heal me Dende-san?"
"Yes I did. I came here straight away."
"That explains the warmth I felt..." Piccolo said,
"What about the others? Sage, Thyme and Rue?"
"I'm going to heal them now. Be patient Piccolo, I'm
very old."
Piccolo laughed and stood up. He watched as one by one,
his friends regained consciousness. He was glad to see
they were all right.
***
Linni
and Pastri were still on foot, and still had the two Dragon Balls
with them. Running, jumping and leaping
over any obstacles, the two girls evaded any signs of Ii-Shenron.
"Lets stop for a while Linni." Pastri insisted.
Linni agreed.
"It should be okay. As long he can't sense us."
"We'll make sure to keep our ki suppressed. Lets hide
in that cave over there."
Linni turned to see the cave Pastri was pointing at, and both walked
in. It was dark and cold, but it didn't bother them at
all.
"Finally, we get to rest a little." Pastri sighed in
relief. Linni agreed and stretched her arms. She
placed the 2 Dragon Balls beside her and pulled out a capsule.
"What's that for Linni?"
"You'll see."
Linni pressed the button and threw it onto the ground.
With a puff of smoke, a tiny refrigerator appeared. Linni
opened it and handed a can of soda to Pastri, who smiled and
drank from its contents eagerly.
Linni also had a can of soda.
An
hour passed by, and the fridge became empty. They both let
out tiny burps, and laughed.
"That was delicious!" Pastri chirped.
"We should get going now." Linni said.
They walked outside, and tried to sense Ii's
whereabouts.
"That's strange. I can't sense anything." said
Pastri.
"Is it possible Ii is keeping his ki suppressed to confuse
us?" Linni wondered.
The girls gave a worried stare to one other. This was getting
serious.
"Then maybe he's on foot." Linni wondered.
"But how can we leave this cave? I mean, he might not
be faraway and could see us." Pastri said.
Linni agreed and both looked around to see if Ii was in sight. No he wasn't. Pastri paced over to the water
surrounding the island.
"Would swimming use a lot of ki?"
Linni smiled.
"What an idea Pastri, and as long we don't put too much
energy into it, we should be fine. We'll swim to the
closest island and hide there okay?"
The
two girls both dived into the blue water, holding their
breaths. Pastri tucked the Dragon Balls deep inside her
pockets and followed Linni. Linni looked at her
watch. She pressed some buttons, and a diagram of her
surroundings appeared. Looking at the screen, she pointed
at the direction for them to travel. After a few minutes
of swimming, they resurfaced for air, after checking for Ii's presence.
Their plan seemed to go on fine.
***
Sage
stretched his arms and stood up.
"Thanks Dende-san. I feel good now."
Dende smiled.
Sage turned to Thyme and Rue. They were standing with
Shin-Piccolo, talking among themselves.
"Hey guys! What are you all mumbling about over
there? Fill me in!"
They turned around with worried faces.
"It's Ii Shenron. We can't sense his ki."
"Isn't that a sign of hope?" Dende said, "If you
cannot sense him, then there is a possibility that he's dead
isn't that right?"
Piccolo shook his head.
"He might be doing it deliberately to confuse us,
especially Linni and Pastri."
"That's right." Thyme added, "But we can't sense
them either. Something may have happened to them, or
they're keeping their ki suppressed too."
"Then that means...we can't go help Linni and Pastri if we
don't know where they are." Sage concluded.
There was a slight silence, when Dende walked over to
Piccolo.
"Are you forgetting again Piccolo? The two girls have
the Dragon balls with them, and so does Ii. You are in tuned
with them, so you can feel their location."
The boys all smiled at the sign of hope.
"How could I have forgotten?!" Piccolo beamed,
"So there's still hope."
***
Linni
and Pastri were still swimming, and did run into a few snags
with giant squids, fishes and octopuses, but they simply
disposed of them. Suddenly the 2 Dragon Balls started to
glow. They both stopped to look at them, and both gave a
confused look. It was then they noticed that above the
surface, they saw a faint blurry image. But it was simple
to make out who it was...it was Ii-Shenron!
Pastri and Linni gasped, and air left their mouths.
Quickly, they grabbed the air and put it back in their
mouths. What were they to do?
Above
the surface, Ii was flying, trying to keep his energy signal
low, when he noticed his set of Dragon Balls glowing.
"What is this?"
He stopped and looked at them, wondering why they suddenly chose
to glow.
:"Could it be?"
Ii looked around, and finally turned his gaze to the waters
below him. It was faint, but it was there; a glow.
"It must be the two Dragon Balls!"
Ii laughed, and the two girls heard it. They were running
out of air, and would have to resurface soon. They were in
trouble.
"Maybe
those kids put them in the water hoping I wouldn't locate
them. Stupid kids."
Ii started to descend into the water, and the girls saw
this. What were they to do? They had to protect the
balls, and so they had no choice but to swim for it.
Ii was just above the water when he saw the glow move away.
"The balls...they are moving away from me." He glared,
"I can sense two ki's...there must be two people trying to
keep them away from me."
Ii laughed, and flew into the sky again. Linni and Pastri
saw this and began to think they out swam him, but they were
wrong. Ii held out his hands and began shooting into the
water.
"Why chase the rats, while I can draw them out?!" Ii
laughed devishly.
The girls freaked out, and swam crazy trying to avoid the balls
of energy. Ii followed them, and the girls set their eyes
on the islands they were heading too.
***
"Do
you guys feel that?"
"I think that's them!"
"It is them!"
"It seems Ii has found Linni and Pastri. Lets
motor. They won't be able to escape him for
long."
And so Piccolo, Rue, Thyme and Sage flew into the sky and
followed the ki signals into the distance, leaving Dende behind.
***
Linni
and Pastri safely avoided the ki balls, but their faces were
turning red. Their air was almost completely gone.
Linni had to stop; she had to get some air, but Pastri grabbed
her hand and pulled her away from the surface just as energy balls hit the
water above them. Pastri then saw the edge of an island,
and swam with all her might. It was then they saw
it. An underwater tunnel. Without considering any
dangers, they
both swam into the tunnel, still with the sounds of explosions
in the water. There! They saw it...it was light.
Finally reaching the surface, they gasped for air.
"That was intense!" Pastri cried, still huffing and
puffing.
Linni looked around, also huffing and puffing.
"We're in a cave in an island that goes straight into the
ocean."
"Lucky we chose this island." Pastri said.
The two walked out of the water onto the bank side.
"Ii's not throwing anymore attacks at us." said
Pastri with relief.
"Yeah, that's because he knows were in here, and has us
where he wants." Linni said alarmed. Both grew
worried, and checked if the Dragon Balls were safe. They
were.
"We can't just sit here Linni!"
"I know, but what can we do? Ii's waiting outside for
us, and we got to protect the Dragon Balls."
The two girls looked at the 2 round objects and sighed.
"How could these 2 balls cause so much trouble?"
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