Chapter:53“The Night They Came for Kakarot - Legend of gine !!

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That got Gohan by surprise as Gine went on. "I made a promise to Kakarot to watch him fight in the tournament, and I intend to keep it no matter what."

Gohan was taken aback but smiled. "It's unlike you to take such an interest in all this drama."

Gine looked like she was caught. "I'm not interested! It's completely banal..." Then looked sheepish. "...and... a little enthralling at the same time."

Gohan chuckled. "Can't turn away from a good fight, is that it?" Gohan thought in the back of his mind that little remark sounded more for her than for Kakarot. Whichever the case, he felt something was going to go down with Crane. And he felt somewhat worried either way.

Gine smiled. "Yeah. Pretty much."

"Good night, everyone! And congratulations again Krillin!" Bulma said as she went into the girl's room. "Same here buddy! Good night!" Oolong called before entering the boys' room.

They all stood in the hallway of the hotel they were all staying at for the tournament and were parting ways for the night after another filling feast to celebrate Krillin's victory. They went to the same restaurant as they did the night before as it was really good, but Gine also secretly hoped Crane would be there to see the tables literally turned on him for once. Yet he nor his students weren't there this evening, and she wondered why as they ate.

Chi-Chi was the last to enter the girls' room but stopped and looked back. "Good luck tomorrow, Kakarot. You're gonna need it!" She said playfully before retreating.

Now it was just Gohan, Gine, and Kakarot in the hallway.

"Alright, guess this is goodnight, Mom!" Kakarot said as he hugged Gine. She thought for a moment how much her little boy was growing, and how close he is to his sudden growth spurt and be taller than her before she knew it. But then remembered what she had to say.

"Kakarot, do you know anything about Master Shen?"

Her son looked at her for a moment. "No, not really, why?"

Gine sighed, then asked. "Did you know that Mercenary Tao was his brother?"

That got Kakarot's attention. "No, I didn't know that!"

"Yes, apparently it's true." Gine affirmed. "He said he wanted to avenge him by trying to hurt Krillin in his fight with Chiaotzu."

"Would definitely explain why he's been so mean to us, but didn't know he was as cruel as Tao was." Kakarot thought of that mercenary and frowned.

"I'm not sure he is, but hopefully he isn't." Gohan offered. "Does he know it was you who killed him?"

Kakarot looked thoughtful. "I dunno…I hope he doesn't." He then said, "I only mentioned Tao when talking about that move Chiaotzu was using, that Tao used it. Tien heard me and walked off..." Kakarot realized what he said and as he jogged more of that memory, he grew worried. "Maybe he does... Tien walked away from our stand after talking with Jackie Chun about him."

Gine and Gohan could fill in the blanks of what that could mean. "He most likely knows." Gine said, with some resignation and worry in her voice.

"We'll keep an eye out for him if he tries anything." Gohan said, then gestured toward the boy's bedroom. "Let's get some rest, Kakarot. Your mother, Roshi, and I will keep you safe."

Kakarot looked at them determined. "Don't worry, if he comes near me, I'll be happy to fight him." He pounded a fist into an open palm, eager to have an excuse to fight.

Gine sighed, "Alright then, but in the meantime let's go to bed." She hugged Kakarot and Gohan one more time before parting ways to their respective bedrooms.

"Be careful." Gine said to them as they entered the room, but didn't hear her as the door closed. She was thinking why she said those words for some reason as she turned back into the room where all the other girls were already tucked in and fast asleep. Bulma snoring loudly and Launch somehow blonde in her sleep. Hopefully she wouldn't wake up and cause a racket.

Gine took off her shoes and slipped into her hotel bed, trying to let her tiredness of the day overtake her. But tired as she was, sleep was having trouble claiming her.

She could sense the energies of Kakarot, Gohan, and the others in the room next to her. She knew they were safe and sound asleep. Yet something kept her from dozing off and wanting to just keep an eye on them. She kept sensing them for a time, an hour then two of just lying in bed listening to dead silence and snoring. Her eyelids grew heavier and heavier as she slowly slipped into unconsciousness...

A slight screeching sound of glass being scratched made her hypersensitive ears perk up, and Gine was jolted awake. There was a faint scent in the air too coming from the window. She knew that scent, and as she felt around for the ki of her sleeping companions, she felt the presence of another ki just entering the boys' room. Entering from the outside of a ten-story building. The hairs on the back of her neck stood up as she suddenly knew who it was.

Gine flew out of her bed and rushed out of the room, slamming the door open and startling the other girls awake. Wheeling around the corner towards the boys' hotel room, she kicked the door down as if it weren't there.

Almost everyone in the room sprang up from the door crashing.

"AAAAHH IT WASN'T ME I SWEAR!" Roshi cried out drearily, still half-asleep and in dreamland. He didn't notice the shape that Gine was staring at as she burst into the room.

She saw a masked figure with dark shades and dressed in black standing over Kakarot's bedside, his hands pointed down at him like knives as if readying a killing blow.

"Wh-wha? Mom?" Kakarot hadn't fully woken up yet, but the assailant next to him saw her and froze.

"YOU!" She screamed.

The assailant flinched in surprise, then turned and leapt to the glass window. She was not going to let someone hurting her son get away.

The glass window shattered as the assailant leapt out of the building, trying to slip away into the night. But in a rush of air that destroyed the rest of the room's décor and drowned out her friends cries of shock, Gine dived out of the window after the figure using her Saiyan speed to catch up with him easily. She reached out and grabbed his ankle before he could land on the ground, coming to a jarring halt in midair.

"OW!" The figure cried when he realized he was caught, hanging upside-dow

n by his ankle where she held. She immediately recognized his voice.