you!" Toba yelled at his best friend.He shook his head. "If someone has to die, it's me!" He said. Bardock didn't want to answer that one of his group died. And if so, then he "wanted" to be that someone. After all, Chilet had her parents and brother. Typeroh had his family ... Toba and Jaliko probably just had their friends and parents. Bardock himself had no one. Ok, his parents, but ... well. "Now run faster, otherwise this beast will get you!" Shouted Bardock. He was running as fast as he could. Usually faster, but he hurt his left foot. "I can't and won't let you die alone!", Toba didn't run at full speed, Bardock just noticed that. "If I go for it, then you are the new leader of Group 17! No arguing! And now step up your teeth!", Bardock said this with desperation. Toba wanted to contradict him, but Bardock didn't respond. "If you mean ..." said Toba and flew away.



Bardock couldn't get this little discussion out of his head. He was running away from these cattle for about 15 minutes. Every now and then he fell to the ground, but had to get up again. The Mai-Ma chased Bardock, and every now and then it slapped forward with its long paw to snap at him.


Shit, he fell back to the ground, the monster stopped behind him and lifted his paw. So his end had come, he knew that. He screwed up his eyes, that was not how he had imagined his death, he thought he would die in a fair fight and then something! His whole body ached. Especially his left leg, the pain was tremendous. He wasn't a wimp himself, but he had something stuck in his foot earlier ... It was a branch that had stuck in his foot. When Mai-Ma showed up ... Yes, yes ... It can go that fast and he had the branch in his foot! Toba tore the branch out and then they fled .... And now he was lying there helplessly.Near his end ... Tears welled up in his eyes. He didn't want to die! He was only 18! He still had his whole life ahead of him!


Bardock noticed a draft that meant so much that the opponent's paw was coming towards him. So its end was there ... Or was it?


As if by reflex, he turned on his back and shot the monster a beam of energy through his left eye. The blood spurted from his eye and fell so far that Bardock was hit. The monster screamed and fell on its back. Bardock took the opportunity and jumped to his feet. He ran on as fast as possible .....




(After 5 minutes)




He couldn't go on .... How far was the way ?! His stamina was strained to the limit. He couldn't take it any longer. Bardock fell over a stone. He remained motionless. After a few seconds he looked up. He heard pounding noises. The Mai-Ma must have picked himself up.The ground shook ... Bardock hit the ground with his fists. "Kuso !!" he shouted desperately. He had no more strength ... He was finished. The monster was about 1-2 kilometers away, but you could feel and hear the footsteps up here. Bardock sat up slowly. He looked at his leg. It was smeared with blood and there was a throbbing ... Bardock looked up. The monster was only a few meters away. "So that's it ..." he sighed and swore softly. There was no point in fighting back, he was too weak, hurt and alone ... Yes, he was alone .... He would die alone. The monster now stood in front of him. Bardock looked up at him. He stood up. Maybe he had a small chance? Even if he didn't have one ... he didn't care. Bardock got into fighting position. If he had to die, it was fighting!


The blood was still dripping from the monster's eye. It screamed and then lifted its paw and hit Bardock. This dodged just in time by falling on his back.He got to his feet again, kicked his right leg off the floor and headed straight for his opponent. He hit his fat paunch. The Mai-Ma screamed and waved wildly. Bardock had neglected his cover and was hit hard. He was hurled against the nearest rock and buried under it.




"Did you hear that?" Asked Toba and looked in the direction from which he heard the noises. Chilet nodded. "I think ... we should check." Jaliko looked confused at Chilet. "But Bardock said .....!" "No matter! If he has difficulties, we have to help him!" Toba shook his head. “He doesn't want any help !!” Chilet looked at Toba angrily. "I don't care, I'll go anyway!" And so she flew in the direction from which she heard the noises. Toba screwed up his eyes. "You ... should stay here!" Jaliko giggled and put a hand on Toba's shoulder. "You know she loves him. Give me a reason why she should leave him alone!"" I can't think of any ... ", Toba answered after a while." Well then! ", she said angrily and lifted off the floor." We'll help too ... "




Chilet landed in front of the rubble. "There was fighting here.", She stated and looked around. She felt uncomfortable ... Something was in the air ... She could feel it. The earth shook again and directly below her the ground opened. She screamed and then blew up. Chilet quickened her flight when she saw the monster rise below her. She also noticed that he was missing an eye. "That was sure Bardock ..", she thought and aimed a beam of energy at the Mai-Ma. The beam was shot through his whole body. It fell to the ground and made a few more gasping noises before it finally died. The blood was all over the floor.


Chilet landed. She looked at the monster ... How it was bleeding to death ... This monster ... was the reason that Bardock hurt ... Speaking of Bardock!Where was he actually? Chilet looked around, the only thing she saw was a heap of rubble. "Maybe ...", she whispered thoughtfully and approached the stones. She saw a hand sticking out. It was Bardock's! "Bardock !!!", she called ... but there was no answer. Was he dead? Or just unconscious? Why wasn't she with him anyway? Chilet moved the stones aside to free Bardock. What should she do with him now? She felt like crying ... But she couldn't just ... and it happened. She cried. A tear fell on Bardock's cheek. His eyebrows twitched slowly. Shortly afterwards he opened his eyes. , He noticed that he was in Chilet's arms. Just as he was about to say something, Chilet put her hand to his mouth. "Don't say anything ...", she said and stroked his cheek. "I ... have to tell you something ..." she began a short time later. "And ... what?" Asked Bardock. Chilet closed his eyes. "Bad time .. I'll tell you another time.", she said." Tell me. "Chilet shook his head." No, better not ... Another time ... ", she repeated. Bardock gave her a strange look." What ... you mean ... ", he pressed away painfully before he passed out.




Bardock woke up in bed about 7 days later. Chilet was sitting next to him on the bed. "You woke up!" She said happily. Bardock turned his head to one side. "What .. did you want to tell me that?" He asked her. He wanted to bring up the subject right away, and not just keep talking about the bush. He was pretty curious. "I ... wanted to tell you ..." she began. Bardock turned his head towards her and looked into her eyes. "I wanted to tell you that I ... fell in love with you ..." she said hesitantly. Bardock's gaze was suddenly stunned. What did she just say ??? SHE fell in love with HIM ?????? !!!! "What ...?" He asked. He couldn't believe it ... What he had heard, so he suspected that he had misheard."I ... love you," she said. Chilet was visibly embarrassed. Hopefully she hadn't said the wrong thing, but it was true! She couldn't help it! It was just like that ...! "I ... will surely never love you ...", Bardock said coldly and turned his head to the side. He couldn't love her ... never ... The only person Bardock loved was Zuma ... Nobody else!


Chilet felt a sharp pain in his chest. Tears welled up in her eyes. Why did he say that so coldly? Chilet got up. "I'll ... go again ...", she said and disappeared out the door. Toba just came around the corner and saw Chilet run away crying. He wanted to stop her, but she didn't react, just kept walking. "Oh God ... What has Bardock done again?" Toba asked himself and went into Bardock's room. "What's the matter with Chilet?" He asked carefully. He wanted to bring this up slowly. "What do I know?" Bardock replied, annoyed. "Bardock!"Toba admonished him." She said she loved me! Satisfied??! "Bardock sat up in bed." And you? What did you say? "" That I don't love her! "Toba screwed up his eyes." You said it about Zuma, didn't you ?! You broke Chilet's heart because of Zuma, right ??? "Bardock turned his head to the side. What was the business of Toba? Nothing, right ???" Answer! You said you'd never love her just because of Zuma, right? "" Yes, mind? " "You're so stupid! ", and Toba slapped Bardock in the face." You only think about Zuma, don't you? "Bardock screwed up his eyes." What is that to you? What? Tell me! It is and remains my business !!!! "Bardock almost screamed that out." There are other people ...! Not just Zuma! I understand that you love Zuma! But ... if you break other people's hearts because of her, that was definitely not what she wanted! " "Mind your own business?? It's my business alone! "" Bardock, you repeat yourself!" "So what?! You too! "Toba sat down on a chair." Listen ... I want to tell you that. All you think about is Zuma. But she is no longer here ... She is dead ... She died in a stupid accident ... I know that you still haven't got over it completely! Zuma sure wanted you to fall in love again. And don't always think about her. I mean, you don't have to forget Zuma! You can keep it in your heart! You can keep the best moments with her in memory! But ... if you shut yourself up because of her, then ... Oh, what I really want to say is that you can fall in love all over again. Do you understand what I mean? "He looked over at Bardock, who was crouching in bed and screwing up his eyes. It was true what Toba said, but ... He loved Zuma too much for that ..." I ... can't imagine that. .. ", whispered