Finding Hope

Chapter 12: Mission: Get Goku and Chichi to Safety!

Tsubaki's pov

I lost track of those damn androids and it pissed me off, they were now roaming around the city looking to kill dad. I had to get home as soon as I could, so I rushed home. It was a far distance from where I was to get home, so to save energy I went out of Super saiyan and continued to fly. "Please let me get there before those damn androids find them. Hopefully Gohan and some of the others have made it there to warn them. Don't worry, mom." I stopped short, when I sensed something. It was the androids! I flew to where they were and threw an energy blast at them, but they dodged it. "So you're back to fight us again, huh?" 18 crossed her arms, as she floated next to her brother. "Yeah, I am. You didn't really think I would let you kill my father, did you?" My tail flicked back and forth. "I suppose not. 16 here was programmed to kill him. But we just wanna kill him for fun." 17's statement pissed me off enough that I charged at him, he dodged me and kicked me in the back but I didn't let that stop me. I spun around quickly, kicking 18 in the back which sent her flying into the ground. "Hyperion Crasher!!" I sent a barrage of blasts at 17, who dodged them but was cornered by them since there were so many. "Oh S-" I gave a hand move and all the blasts hit 17. 18 punched at me but I caught her hand and punched her in the stomach sending her back towards 17, who caught her.

"How is she this strong and she isn't going blonde?" 17 asked, glaring at me. "I don't know, this is absolutely nuts." They dodged my blast and looked to each other and nodded. They threw several energy blasts at me and I blocked them with my power pole. I slid it back into it's holster but before I could make out what was in the thick smoke, I was kneed in the stomach. I coughed up some blood and was punched in the back by two fists and sent hurtling to the ground only to be kicked back up into the air and then kicked off to the side, and back up and finally to the ground.

I stopped myself from hitting the ground, by using my rapid movement. "You should always-" I cut 17 off, when I kicked him in the stomach. "Yeah, yeah, I know. Always watch your back!" I sent him flying backwards and disappeared, reappearing behind him. I elbowed him in the back and kicked him in his side, sending him flying upwards. But I didn't see 18, she blasted me in the back sending me into a nearby boulder. The rock collapsed on me and yelled out in pain, "Well, you should have listened to that boy with the sword when he said not to underestimate us." I lowered my ki level and instant transmitted behind them, but they seemed to have expected this. They both kicked me in the stomach and I heard the ribs that healed a while ago, crack a little. I hit the boulder, as 17 broke my left leg and almost my right arm, but 16 called them away.

"This isn't finished." 18 and 17 turned to me while in the air and blasted me but I couldn't dodge it, I was blown back hitting another large boulder and I screamed out in pain. They flew off and I pushed the debris off of me, my gi was badly torn up and I could barely stand up so I decided to find someone's ki from where I was. I locked onto Gohan's ki and instant transmitted towards him, taking him by surprise.

"Whoa, what happened?!!" Gohan's big brother instincts kicked in, seeing his little sister from the future injured badly. He caught me in his small arms, before I passed out. "Androids. I Found them." I gritted out in pain, as Gohan started flying. "Are we going home?" I asked, "Yeah, don't worry. My mom can fix you up." I chuckled a bit, "What's so funny?" He asked, looking to me for a brief moment.

"You're forgetting that I'm your little sister from the future, Gohan. Remember Chichi is my mother too." I shook my head and he smiled. "Oh yeah, sorry I forgot about that, little sis." He laughed, "Hey! You shouldn't be calling nobody little, cause you're little yourself. You may be older than baby me in this time but I'm an older version of baby me, who is older than you at the moment." Gohan and I started laughing, but that only made me groan in pain and Gohan flew faster. "Gohan, I need you to stop. I think when I was fighting the androids either broke my ribs or they at least bruised them." He set us down on a small cliff, leaning me against the tree. "Gohan, I can't move very well. I want you to lift my gi. If there is a large purple bruise then they bruised it but if there isn't press down on the area. If I groan or cry out, then that means they broke it." He did just as I instructed, although he was nervous and hesitant about lifting my shirt.

"Gohan, it's fine. You've bathed with me haven't you?" I asked, "Yeah, since you're still a baby. Mom thinks it's a good idea. So I'm in charge of bathing you. But you're older, so this is different." He blushed, "Gohan, it's alright. Really." When he checked it wasn't what I expected, it was bruised. He started flying away with me in his arms, I was so tired and in a lot of pain but I was also bleeding. Gohan had to wrap my wounds, but none of the material used was good enough to keep me from bleeding.

"Dad gave you his power pole?" He asked, noticing it on my back. "Yeah, before he died in my time line from the heart disease. I take great care of it." I smiled, but felt my eyes droop a little. "Don't fall asleep. Stay awake." Gohan ordered, making me chuckle. "Big brother's orders." I chuckled slightly, before groaning in pain. "Just hold on, sis. We're almost there." He said and finally landed home just as he ran into someone else. I closed my eyes and felt so sleepy, "What happened to her?" I heard Krillen ask, "Androids. She ran into them and instant transmitted to me." Gohan explained and I heard the door open.

"Oh my God!! Chichi we have a problem." Yamcha yelled out and gave baby me to Krillen, "What's wron- oh my god! Tsubaki!! Gohan what happened?" Mom yelled, "She ran into the androids. I guess she fought with them and was injured badly. She instant transmitted to me." Gohan told Mom and they quickly brought me inside, laying me on the couch. "Her ribs are not broken, but they are bruised. And her leg is dislocated, I need to pop it back in place but I need you to hold her down." Mom said, "Tsu, look at me. You're gonna be alright. Chichi is gonna pop your leg back into place." Trunks said, keeping my attention on him.

"Good job. Just keep her distracted. Alright, 1......." She positioned her hands on my leg. "2........." Everyone else held me down tightly, "3... Now!" I felt my bones snap and pop into place, making me scream in excruciating pain. "You're okay. It's alright. She got it into place. Tsubaki, calm down. It's alright." Trunks soothed, as tears streamed down my face and Mom started treating my other wounds after I had calmed down. After two hours, Mom had cleaned and stitched my wounds and it hurt like hell but she gave me pain pills, so I was currently sitting at the table, eating. Mom forced me to and Trunks thought it was a good idea for me to eat.