𝕙𝕚𝕣𝕒𝕖𝕥𝕙 // 𝕘𝕠𝕜𝕦 𝕩 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕩 𝕘𝕠𝕙𝕒𝕟

// 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕖𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕪-𝕖𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 //

hiraeth - part eighty-eight

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       "Y/n?"

Goku warily called out to Y/n, hesitantly reaching out for her. She took a deep breath, startling the poor man beside her as she lifted her hand, staring down at her palm. She remembered everything.

Well, not really. They weren't her own memories. When she had fused with Goku, the first thing she noticed was that they shared memories. It felt odd as it was, sharing memories with someone, seeing things Y/n had never seen before. Things such as Goku's childhood, or events that she had never been around to see. But then memories of her started coming back to her, memories from Goku's point of view that she couldn't remember. There was so much, so much time she had never even realized she had lost. Memories of meeting Goku both her first and second time, memories of when they had gone out in search of the Dragon Balls, she didn't know she had lost that much. She didn't know she was even that close to Goku until after gaining her power. She knew she had a whole life as a human, but this was something else. She had seen her own memories, memories that she couldn't recall herself.

And now this. It felt like her ki was overwhelming her, escaping her very being, begging to be free. It wanted to forget memories that she didn't even have, it was trying so hard to erase the fact that Y/n L/n ever even existed. The stress on her soul was almost too much to bear, and yet...

"It doesn't hurt," Y/n muttered, catching Goku off guard. The man looked down at her incredulously, almost like she had grown a second head.

"Wh-What? What do you mean?" Goku asked, tilting his head to the side with furrowed brows. He didn't know what exactly was going on with Y/n or her energy, but it certainly looked painful.

"It's not like last time. I don't feel like I'm losing control," Y/n said, squeezing her fist tightly. She hadn't even lost any memories, as far as she could tell. She was entirely coherent, and had simply just lost control of her own energy. So long as she didn't push it anymore like with the fusion, she could even perhaps continue fighting. She had to anyway, even if she didn't want to.

The pop of a rock caught their attention as Y/n's eyes snapped upward, spotting multiple other contestants surrounding them. It was an ambush. "We don't have time to worry about this right now, we're under attack!"

Y/n shoved Goku aside as one of the contestants tried to get the jump on him. Attempting to launch him with a ki blast, Y/n's eyes widened as the melted energy around her blasted straight at him, covering him in the blue substance. Without hesitation, Y/n gave the energy a squeeze, the energy squeezing the man with a vice grip as she flung him into the other enemies, the wave of melted energy taking them out and even knocking some over the edge.

"Woah! You can control that gunk!?" Goku asked with starry eyes, as if excited by the idea. A chuckle escaped Y/n's lips, as she should have known such a thing would excite Goku.

"Apparently," Y/n said, leaping into the air to dodge a team of contestants that had shown up. Goku yelped as he was suddenly ripped from the ground by his ankle, Y/n's energy wrapped tightly around him.

Pulling him into her arms, Y/n landed behind a pile of debris, safely hidden as she masked her energy levels. Setting Goku down, she shot the man a smirk as he stood up straight. "You somehow keep ending up in my arms today."

"You have been saving my butt a lot, thanks," Goku spoke as he rubbed the back of his neck abashedly, a small blush coloring his cheeks. But his smile fell as his brows furrowed, face turning serious. "This is bad. We only have twenty minutes left, and only two universes have been erased so far. That means we still have eight universes left to beat, and we're not doing so hot ourselves. Vegeta's been occupied with that Toppo guy this entire time, and both Master Roshi and Tienshinhan have been eliminated. Gohan and Piccolo are probably together and doing fine, but that still leaves Frieza, 17, and 18 out there somewhere. We need to look for them and give them our support."