Chapter Seven

The Heart of a Fighter

Serena and Darien are found downtown Juuban. She was pulled Darien's arm while they were running like maniacs. Serena wore herschool uniform while Darien wore his brown jacket with a dark green shirt and black pants.

"Come on Darien! We're going to be late!" Serena screamed.

"Hey guys! Wait for me!" Rini cried. She was running not too far behind the group. She also wore her school uniform like Serena.

"No way! I told you squirt that we weren't taking you on our date."

"I don't care, I wanna be with Darien!"

"Why don't you ever listen to me and stay home!" The bickering between the two had started. Soon two figures cast in front of them. Serena and Rini stop their bickering early enough to catch a glimpse of the figures. The figures were Serena's older sister Aya, who had her arm wrapped around a very handsome boy. The boy was a bit taller than her with slick black hair, blue eyes, and wore a rugged get up.

A very romantic scene appeared behind them as they passed the two.

"Aya?"

Serena and Rini skipped the date that Serena wanted to go on and decided to tell the other about what they saw. All the girls joined here and discussed this in Serena's living room. All the girls were wearing their school uniforms. They looked all alike except for Rayes; she had a grey, brown and red uniform from a very special school.

"I'm telling you guys, she was practically grasping onto the guys arm like a little girl." said Serena.

"Serena, has it ever accord to you that it's just your sisters boyfriend?" Raye asked. Annoyed that she called a meeting for this kinda of thing.

"But she never mentioned having a boyfriend, even to mom."

"Well not everyone wants the world to know about them dating." Lita pointed out.

"Yeah Serena, even you don't tell your parents that your dating Darien." said Mina. That hit the nail right on Serena's face. Soon the door slid open and someone enter the room. The girls turned to see it was Aya who joined in the meeting. She looked a little tired and her clothes that she wore in the first episode were a little worn out from the day's activities.

"Hey girls, What did I miss?" Aya asked in a tired voice.

"Wow Aya, you sound horrible." said Rini.

"Yeah, I've been all over town today, my body is sore all over."

"Guess it' because you've been hanging onto your boyfriend all day." Raye said with a smirk. Aya just stared at Raye with her tired eyes.

"He's not my boyfriend." Raye just stared at her with confusions, along with Serena. "I just met the guy, for crying out loud." All the girls sighed in disappointment.

"I guess he another friend of your huh?" Mina asked.

"Not that either. He just an acquaintance."

"Acquaintance?" Serena repeated.

"It means someone that not a friend but not a stranger either. It's somewhere between those two." Amy explained.

"Exactly. I don't go to friend as quickly as anyone else dose. I have to trust them and get to know a little more before they become my friend."

"Dose that means that we're your acquaintances too?" Lita questioned.

"Yep, you hit the nail on the head." The girls had gloom marks and the scene to match. Aya got up from the floor and table and cracked her neck. "Listen girls, I'm a little tired and I gotta get some rest before our so call 'date' tomorrow. So I'll see ya later." She walked right out of the room and shut the door.

"Man, she acts like going out with a guy is a bad thing." said Serena.

"Only if the boy you're going out with isn't the one for you." Raye stated. Serena and Rini looked at one another, and then turned their glance back to the door.

Aya was messing with her shoulder on her way back to her house. It was as if she got a cramp or something.

"Man, my shoulders are killing me." Aya moaned. "I don't know how much longer I can take this 'dating' thing." She looked back to the conversation that she had with her partner Comet not too long ago.

"You should go out with this guy." Comet suggested.

"Are you insane! This guy's a geek, a wiredo. He won't stop looking at me for one second." Aya screamed.

"But you said he had a high magical reading and humans with high magical have to have a summoning stone with them. All you have to do is wait till your attack by the Shadow hearts then we can grab the last summon stone. Unless you want them to get this one too?" Comet reminds her.

"No." Aya spoke in a moody voice. "I lost to them once; I won't let them win twice. I'll do it."

"I guess hope those jerk attack soon. I don't know if I can keep smiling for that long." Aya complained as she messed with her lips. Then without warning she runs into another person and falls to the ground. The other person did the same. "Hey! Watch where you're going!" she yelled. But she gasped as soon a she found out that the person she rammed into was no other than Son Goku himself. "Mr. Son." She said in shock.

"You know, we've got to stop seeing eachother like this." Goku joked. Aya let a smirk to grow on her face.

"Yeah, your right." They both slowly lifted themselves up from the ground. "What are you doing out here anyway?"

"I should be asking you that question. It's not like you to be out here by yourself." Aya smile quickly vanished and was replaced with a frown.

"What do you know? You barely know me." She yelled and with that she pushed Goku out of her way and stormed off. Goku just watch and she walked off in a huff.

"What eaten her?" He asked. Soon the sound of people approached him filled his ears. He turned fast a saw the Sukino girls coming towards him. "Serena? Rini?"

"Goku, What are you doing here?" Serena asked.

"I was just taking a stroll when I ran into your older sister Ayuna."

"Did she say anything?" Rini Questioned.

"Not much, actually she seems more a bit crabbier the usual." Goku scratch the back of his head while turning back to the path that Aya took.

"Must be because of her boyfriend." Serena wondered.

"She's got a boyfriend?"

"Not really, she calls him her "Acquaintance"." Rini said in her snobby voice. Goku looks back at the path, but angered frown took the confusion.

"Uhh Goku…Are you alright?" Serena asked in a worried tone.

"Something doesn't feel right. I think your sister may be in danger." Goku warned them.

"Are you sure it isn't jealousy your feeling?" Rini asked.

"Rini!" Serena and Goku screamed. Rini giggled at their reaction.

"Either way I'd like to know whose cause my sister such pain. And I know just how." Serena said in a sly voice. Goku and Rini stared at her while she laughed in a slightly evil way.

Marinaka and Takito were relaxing at the usual spot, the bar at the end of the hideout. Both wearing their uniforms and practically drinking the same margarita.

"Where do you suppose Nariki is?" Takito asked his older sister.

"I don't know. He's been disappearing and repapering a lot ever since we got our first summoning stone." Mariaka replied.

"Speaking of summon stone, how exactly are we gonna get the summoning stones that the pinhead D Moon has?"

"Shouldn't you be more worried about where the location of the last summoning stone is than how to retrieve the others?"

"That won't be necessary." Nariki's voice loomed over the conversation. The two shadow hearts turned fast and saw Nariki. But he wasn't in his usual dark blue and black uniform. He looked like a human with slick black hair, blue eyes, and wore a rugged get up.

"Nariki?"

"What the hell are you suppose to be, a bear?" Takito asked in a gloomy voice.

"What are you suppose to be, a plant?" Nariki replied. Takito sneered and turned back to the counter.

"Nariki, you sound more evil than ever. Something good must have come your way." Marinaka stated.

"As a matter of fact lady luck is smiling down upon me as we speak. I'm close to obtaining the four star summoning stone. And I won't even need to bring out my shadow." Takito spewed out the mango kila that he just took a slug out of.

"How the heck are you gonna accomplish that!" Takito screamed.

"Simple, follow me." Nariki order. He leads them from the bar and to the back of the room. The back looked like a training facility, ropes, bars and dummies everywhere. Each dummy had a drawing of a gem in the center of the chest cabinet. Nariki heads over to a wooden table and picks up a black gauntlet. He places it on his arm and shows it to the others.

"What's that?" Marinaka asked.

"This is the Spirit Snatcher 2000; made it myself. It's guaranteed to rip the soul out of any human without the use of a shadow. Allow me to demonstrate." Nariki turned to on the dummy that was held up by one of the poles. He charges towards it with the gauntlet right in front.

He soon reaches out and his arm goes right inside of the dummy. Marinaka and Takito were stunned at these feet. Nariki yanks his arm out of the dummy and pulls out a red colored stone.

"See." said Nariki. "It even works on distant targets too." He turns to a dummy that was hanging from the ceiling. He opens his hand and a small hole enlarged from the center. A black ball of energy was created and was shot at the dummy. Soon the dummy was thrust forwards and the fake stone came out in the front. The black ball carried the stone back to Nariki and placed it in his hands.

"Nariki! You're a genies!" Marinaka complimented.

"So who's the poor human who get the first test?" Takito asked.

"A ruff Goth girl, but by tomorrow. Her gem will be mine." Nariki said, pulling out the photo of the victim from his pocket. The picture of the girl was no other than Ayuna Ashanti.

Tomorrow had already begun and Aya and 'Nariki' were on their date. The two were resting in the park on one of the many hills. 'Nariki' wore the same thing he wore before, but Aya wore her violet and black outfit with matching shoes and visor. He tried to sound interested in her and she tried to act shy to him. Little to the both of them that they were being watch from a far off bush and tree.

"Oww! Quit pushing Serena, I can't see!" Rini barked.

"Quiet squirt, you'll give us away?" Serena ordered.

"Why are we hiding?" Goku asked.

"You want to know why Aya acting so rough, this is the only way."

"So why did we join him?" Rini added

"So he'll do the job right and not blow it."

"Or it because you want to know a little more on who Aya's going out with." Rini question her wisdom.

"Well, kinda off."

"I knew it!" Rini screamed.

"Rini! Quite!" Serena cried. The girls' slightly loud argument and their movment in the bushes drew the attention of the Dark scouts.

"What was that?" Aya asked.

"What was what?" 'Nariki' asked her.

"That noise, it came from over there."

"It's just some squirrels, fighting over a silly nut. Let's not let them ruin our perfect date." 'Nariki' pulled Aya closer to him. Her face had disgust written all over it.

"Aww man…where are the Shadow Hearts when you need them." Aya wondered. While she sighed and looked at the scenery Nariki took the opportunity to end this little date. Nariki pulls from his coat the SS2000 and placed it on his available hand. Unannounced to him, Goku was watching the entire thing instead of trying to break the two girls apart. He uses he's dark power to place his arm in perfect position for grabbing.

A look of fear ran across Goku's face. But fear was soon taken over by anger.

"Nariki!" Goku cried. Without thinking he burst out of hiding spot and ran towards Nariki before he could take her gem. Once he left, Serena and Rini stopped bickering.

"Goku! What are you doing!" Serena screamed. Her screamed attracted Nariki and Aya's attention.

"Aya! Move!" Goku ordered. Aya quickly did what she was told and dove down on the ground. Leaving Nariki vulnerable and allowing Goku to knock him off his feet. The two landed on the slope of the hill and rolled down while trying to strangle one another. At the end of the roll Nariki was pinned by Goku. Serena and Rini joined Aya at the top of the hill and all three of them head down together.

"Mr. Son! What are you doing!" Aya screamed.

"Aya, you don't understand! This guy is a Spirit Snatch; he was trying to steal your soul with this gauntlet!" Goku explained. The girls gasped in fear and Aya covered her mouth in fright.

"You fool…" Nariki proclaimed. He kicks Goku in the gut and knocked him off of himself. Serena and Rini quickly run over to his side. "You blew my cover!" he snapped her figures, and then a black visible wind circled around her body. When the wind died down the original Nariki took place of the human.

"Nariki!" Serena gasped. Nariki raise his hand and opened it. The hole opened up and the black ball of energy was released. The girls followed the balls path and it was heading straight for Aya.

"Aya!" Serena screamed. Aya was too scared to move or even to brace herself. Suddenly Goku jumped right in front of her and took hit right in the chest. He screams in pain as the ball slowly retrieves his soul.

"Goku-sama!" Aya cried. Goku soul was now inside the black sphere and his eyes became lifeless. He collapsed to the ground and lied there. "Goku-sama!" Suddenly the sphere let of a brilliant white light. Serena, Rini, Aya, and Nariki stared at the right with amazement. It shines brighter than the sun itself.

Comet slept peacefully on top of Aya's bed. Ever since she went out on her so called date, Comet had been catching up on his Z's. Soon enough the light from the sphere enter the room and shined in comets face. Waking him up from his cat nap (haha).

"Hey…what's the big idea?" Comet yawned. He got up from his comfy spot and went towards the window. Their he saw that light that was coming from the orb lighting up the park like the fourth of July. "What's going on over there?" he wondered. Suddenly the same light that covered the park came into the room.

Comet turned fast and saw the light was rising from the floor. Comet jump from the bed onto the floor and looked around. The light was coming from under the bed, from the bag that head the summoning stone that D Moon and Comet collected. "What the…?" the bag was ripped open and the stones flew out across the room. All of them were shining a brilliant light.

They soon made their way out the room and heading towards the park. "It can't be…"

Back in the park the stone fro Aya's room shined through the sky like comets and circled Goku soul. Suddenly Serena scream and her body fell forward like her soul was being stolen.

"Serena!" Rini cried. The white light shine in the center of her chest and the four star summoning stone appeared. Nariki satchel also showed signs of the white light; he took it out and opens it quickly. The One star summoning stone that Marinaka obtained flew out and joined the four star in the circle. The stone began to circle even more quickly and then merged on by one with Goku soul. Soon the light vanished and a new object appeared in the place of Goku's soul.

It was a small white orb with a ruby red star pained on the front. Everyone gasped at this site.

"It can't be." Aya whispered.

"I can't believe it. It's the Silver Millennium Dragon Ball!"