The Saiyan Heritage and the Loneliness of the Warrior [Piccolo x OC]

Chapter 22

PICCOLO

The next few months were harder than I expected.

In addition to my constant anguish at not being able to be with Lettie and Naíma, we had to face another problem: Goku.

Days after that weekend together, our entire group gathered at Bulma's house to make the wishes with the Namekian Dragon Balls. However, we barely got there and I was already nervous, as Lettie met Vegeta again for the first time since our battle against the Saiyans.

It was a very tense moment. Vegeta clearly disliked her, for in his view, she was nothing more than a traitor who preferred to stay on Earth's side. As for Lettie, her post-traumatic stress disorder didn't allow her to forget all the atrocities that Vegeta did and said.

When I read Lettie's feelings while we waited for everyone to arrive at the Capsule Corporation's garden, I felt that she was terrified as she stared at Vegeta from afar, pressing Naíma against her chest as if just the look of that bastard could kill her precious little daughter. It must have been horrifying for her to know that the guy who threatened to force her to have "pure-blood children" was now watching her with a baby in her arms.

If Vegeta dared to lay a single finger on them, I would finish him off.

Fortunately, he didn't say a word to us the entire time we were there. However, Vegeta's presence was not the only disappointment we suffered that day.

Gohan, Chi-chi and Lettie were quite anxious, as that meeting also meant the possibility of bringing Goku back (from wherever he was). All of us, including Goku's other friends and the Namekians, surrounded the large Dragon Balls.

Since he belonged to the Dragon Clan, Dende was responsible for summoning Porunga, the Namekian wishing-granting dragon. To my dismay, Naíma found it really amusing to see him talking to those bright orange spheres. However, when the massive and gigantic Porunga appeared in the sky, her little black eyes opened wide and she turned to ME, asking for MY arms.

With a triumphant smile on my lips, I took Naíma from her mother's arms and snuggled her in mine, giving her the protection she was looking for. I was even happier when Lettie also cringed against my chest, because it was the first time she was witnessing the appearance of the great dragon.

Being translated by Dende, Bulma then first asked for Goku and Krillin's souls to be brought to Earth, since they had died on Namek and the planet had been blown up. If they were resurrected there, they would die again from the vacuum of space.

However, something happened.

Porunga claimed that only Krillin's soul could be brought back, because Goku was alive. It was quite a shock for everyone there. How could Goku have survived a global explosion?

For a moment, there was a warm celebration as we discover that Goku was alive. Chi-chi and Gohan hugged each other emotionally next to us. But, I noticed Lettie's closed expression.

"What is it?" I asked.

"It's odd..." She looked at me with a frown. "If my brother is alive, why didn't he return to Earth?"

"Well, Aunt Lettie," said Gohan happily, "maybe the spaceship he has escaped got broken in the way or something."

Lettie and Chi-chi and I exchanged worried glances. Something wasn't right in that story, and we, the adults, noticed it. I saw how Chi-chi grabbed the clothes around her chest, evidently holding back her tears.

The second wish was for Porunga to resurrect Krillin, which was done without any problems. He appeared in front of us, with a pretty confused look, but he soon realized that he had been resurrected. Apparently, that was already becoming a routine for him.