Harry Potter and the Secret Inheritance

Chapter 54

So this chapter was hard to write, I had to rewrite the fighting scenes several times and I'm still not satisfied with how it ended but I refused to rewrite it again so this is how it'll be.

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Adriane turned back to Nappa, her scream still echoing around the vast emptiness of their fighting field. She glared at him, hatred burning in her eyes as she shot her laser eyes at him before charging forward.

Nappa dodged the lasers, but that was what she wanted. She used all her speed to punch him in the face as he was distracted by the red beams she had shot from her eyes.

Nappa would pay for his cowardly attack on someone who was not fighting him. These people weren't her friends, she might not know them, but they were living, breathing people, and she would defend them with her life. Their lives were on the line, and she would protect them no matter the cost.

Nappa's smirk had been knocked off his face with the force of her punch. He turned to face her and raised his fists, prepared to face her head-on. His voice was still cocky as he spoke, "You think you're so tough, don't you, brat?" He growled as Adriane started attacking with a flurry of punches. Each punch pushed him back as she used all her strength in every strike.

"I've fought in wars and killed more than you can imagine. You're just a kid playing at the big people's game!" He growled again as he blocked her punches.

"And yet, this kid has sent you flying twice by now!" Adriane retorted, finally landing a punch that broke through his guard and sent the man flying into a mountain.

Adriane hovered in the air, breathing heavily. "Correction, make that three times," she said coldly.

Nappa clearly wasn't finished yet. With a roar, he unleashed a massive wave of energy, vaporizing the mountain and forcing everyone to back away. Adriane had to fly back and brace herself from the force of the energy.

When the dust cleared, he was standing in a crater, bruised and bloodied, but grinning darkly in spite of it all. "Not bad, kid," he sneered with a smirk as he wiped blood from his mouth. "But you're not strong enough to beat me."

Adriane glared back, finally feeling the exhaustion of fighting full force for so long sink into her bones, but she refused to back down. She would either kill this monster or die trying. With that thought, she powered up as she lowered herself to the ground, her face cold.

"I don't care if you're some Saiyan Elite," she shouted, her voice laced with strong defiance. "As people on this planet have learned, I'm not the type to roll over like a bitch and let you win. I'll keep fighting until I can't anymore!"

The smirk on Nappa's face turned into a twisted snarl at her words. His eyes then caught the people standing behind her. He remembered how she reacted when he killed that three-eyed freak, so what if he killed more of them? He would kill everyone and break this girl by watching her friends die in front of her.

He let out a dark chuckle as his face shifted to cruel delight. "Let's see if you're still so willing to play hero after this!" he shouted as he shot an energy beam full force at the Saiyan child.

Adriane felt her blood freeze. "KID, MOVE NOW!" she screamed as she shot toward him. Gohan was frozen in fear, though, and she knew in her heart that she wouldn't make it in time. Her exhaustion was pulling her down, slowing her speed, so she wasn't able to get to him before the beam would. That didn't mean she wasn't going to try, though!

"GOHAN!" Krillin shouted, panic thick in his voice, knowing he wouldn't be fast enough to save his best friend's son in time.

But just as Nappa's attack neared, a figure jumped in front of Gohan, his arms spread wide to take the attack in place of the child he had come to care for. It was Piccolo.