Falling into Darkness
Chp 10
Uncontrollable Rage
Disclaimer: So now, we left off with Giku and Krillin face to face. Giku is about to begin his evil scheme, and all the necessary preparations are set. The thrilling part of the story begins today, and it's going to be fun for me to go through this story, get ready, because it takes an even darker turn at this point. As always, I do not own any of the character in this story, except Giku and Shinta.
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The wind howled around them, Krillin's eyes had widened in fear. He stared down the monster that had sprung to life from that of a tortured child, a child who Krillin had no idea the story of. Giku smiled sadistically at Krillin, he could hardly contain himself. Feeling that now the final preparations had been set, he decided that now was a time to start his plan of action. He needed a way to get the so called allied forces he had heard from Chichi earlier to him, this bald man was surely one of them. Giku looked up at the storm that was coming in, he vaguely recognized it, and his eyes narrowed with a clouded rage. This was the same kind of cursed storm that had been in the area when his parents died. It was a storm that was born from an uncontrollable rage.
"Hey baldy, have you ever heard of these kinds of storms before?" Giku looked at Krillin with a sinister glare on his face.
Krillin gulped, but hesitated in no time replying, "What kind of storm?" He asked.
"These kinds of storms, that one that looms over us now is one of them. It's a storm born from an uncontrollable rage, it is created when someone becomes so angry they change the very atmosphere. It follows me, because I am inflicted with an uncontrollable rage, a desire for carnage." Giku replied, then smirked, pleasure showing on his face.
Before Krillin even had time to react, Giku rushed in and nailed the bald man to the stomach with his knee, this hit caused Krillin's eyes to become unfocused, and become blank, before he passed out cold. Giku caught him, a small smile on his face, but his eyes were blank, no emotion in them, only two empty voids looking down at his prey.
"Ah ah ah." Giku said, that small smile on his face still, his eyes still with that same expression, a blank, empty look. It was the kind of look that would send chills down the spine of even a mighty, cold hearted warrior like Vegeta. Giku took Krillin by his side, and flew off, leaving just a blaze of the orange aura he usually surrounded himself with behind. Giku's chuckle echoed in the distance, things were about to get a little more interesting for the Z Warriors once their friends had begun to go missing.
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Goku was playing Gohan on the lookout. They were enjoying a rather peaceful time, with the father tickling his son, causing him to laugh uncontrollably, although Gohan admitted to himself that he was enjoying this, his guilt seemed to be clearing up. Off in the distance, Piccolo stood, and scowled a little bit, catching the attention of the Father and Son duo.
"Piccolo, what is it, what's wrong?" Goku asked worriedly, wondering why he seemed so upset.
Piccolo turned back to Goku, a passive look on his face, and he replied, "I can't sense Krillin's ki signal anymore, something seems to be blocking it."
Goku and Gohan's eyes widened, Krillin's ki signal was being blocked? Gohan's eyes turned to concern for his best friend. He had known Krillin practically all his life, and they had become really great friends. He wondered who would want to block Krillin's ki signal, and for what purpose had they intended it? Goku also had his eyes filled with concern for his friend, he too wondered why someone would want to block Krillin's ki signal. No one on the planet as far as he knew had any real purpose for doing that. Unless... Father and Son looked at each other, eyes widened.
"He's made his first move, hasn't he?" Gohan looked back to Piccolo, and Piccolo nodded, confirming their suspicion. The kid that been taken over by the ki of anger that had left Gohan, had finally struck out at one of their own. They knew the time was inevitable, but it would happen eventually. At that point, they would have to get involved, and that point had arrived, but a bit too soon for Gohan, he was enjoying the time he was spending with his father. Somehow, something always seemed to jar the peace of the world, but then, that's why they were there in the first place, to protect that peace to begin with. Gohan looked up at his father, and Goku nodded down at him.
Piccolo turned to them and spoke intently, "The time is now, move out, we need to find him as quickly as possible. I'll have the holy water prepared, but it's up to you guys to hold him off."
Goku and Gohan nodded, and without a moment's notice they were flying off the tower. They needed to save their friend, and to save the man who had been turned evil unintentionally. Gohan sighed, they were going to battle again. Vegeta, who had been watching the activities from the sidelines, took off moments later to join them.
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Chichi was busy packing the basic things she needed up. She didn't have time to worry about the fine details, getting away was more important than that. She didn't know if or when the kid known as Giku would return. She did know one thing though, he was dangerous, and she was in harms way now that she had met him. He knew where she lived, and he could use her to his advantage to hold Gohan and the others hostage. She didn't want that to happen to any of them, they needed to have their full attention focused on the task at hand, which was saving the man known as Giku.
Shinta looked at the worried expression of the woman in front of him, he had heard her story of how Giku passed by. He couldn't believe how innocent she made him seem to turn out, but he knew it was an act on Giku's part, he was still human after all, he needed to eat and drink in order to survive. Still, he didn't think he had actually traced Giku's path to the house correctly, he was certain he had been wrong. He got up out of his chair, and helped Chi Chi pack her things, he looked out the window, and decided it would be best to wait until the storm was over, after all, with that storm raging, there would be no way to travel in a car, period.
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Deep in the mountainous area, an explosion occurred. A loud yell could be heard, the sound of what appeared to be training. In the shadows of a smoke, the silhouette of a tall man, and an apparently young child appeared. The smoke cleared, and the young man was finally visible, he wore a scarf around his neck, and he was draped in a blue gi as well as blue pants, with a red obi around his waist, and red wristbands on his hands. He was fit and suited to be training in mountains, he had no hair on his face, and he had a third eye on his head. Beside him, stood a person about no taller than a kid, he had a cap on his head, with a red dot on top of it. His skin was blue, and he had red spots on his cheek, he worn the same type of heavy clothing as his partner did, only toned down to his size. The young childlike figure looked up at the tall man.
"Tien, did you sense that?" The young man asked him?
Tien looked down at him, "Sense what, Chaozu?" Tien replied.
He scanned the area, and then he noticed something. Krillin's ki had seemingly dissipated, his eyes narrowed. He couldn't sense it no matter where he tried, but it had been there only five minutes ago, that was far too fast for Krillin to have been killed. He thought about it, and came to the assumption that something, or someone, had somehow blocked off the ki of his friend. He didn't like it, no one he knew had a reason to do it, and just recently he sensed a rather strong ki signal fight with Vegeta. His eyes snapped open wide when he felt a familiar ki, Chaozu's eyes widened as his mouth opened as he felt the same ki. It was Goku's ki! Tien and Chaozu looked at each other, and without another word, they flew off into the air, leaving white trails behind them. Tien was confused, first a strong ki fights Vegeta, now Krillin's vanished, and Goku has returned? He was getting a really foreboding feeling about this.
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Goku, Gohan , and Vegeta were flying along the same mountainous area Tien and Chaozu were in, the breeze blowing in their faces. Gohan let out an involuntary shiver, the chill of the wind made him feel cold, but he continued flying onward, a little cold couldn't hurt him more than this new threat might hurt his friend. He snapped to attention, as did Goku and Vegeta, when they felt two strong, but familiar ki signals coming their way. They stopped, and Tien and Chaozu appeared in front of them, Tien gasped as he saw his old time rival and friend.
"G..Goku?" Tien shot out immediately, almost in pure shock.
Goku smiled at him, "Hey Tien, nice to see ya again!" He replied cheerfully, his usual Son smile spreading across his face.
"How are you here?" Tien asked, slight suspicion in his tone.
"He was granted the ability to come back for two whole days, he might even actually stay forever!" Gohan chirped up happily. Tien's eyes widened, he had no idea Goku would be granted such a privilege, but there had to be a catch to it.
"So, why decide to come back now?" Tien asked, concern in his voice.
Vegeta scowled coldly, and spat out his words harshly, "A new problem has come up."
Tien looked at Vegeta, he raised and eyebrow, and then turned to Goku.
Goku's expression turned serious, "Fly with us, I'll explain the entire story to you," he replied.
Tien nodded, and the five warriors took off through the mountain side again. Tien felt happy to be beside his old time friend once more, but he wondered what this new problem Vegeta was talking about was, yet he knew it had something to do with Krillin's disappearance. White trails were left in their wake as the warriors flew into the distance.
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Water seemed to fill the area, as it panned out an ocean appeared. Slowly, an island comes into view, on the island is a little Pink house, and on it reads the name "Kame House." This island is the island of the Great Turtle Hermit, Master Roshi. On the island outside the house, a young woman, wearing blue jeans, a white shirt, and a black vest over it, paces back and forth. She has blonde hair, and blue eyes which look icy cold, still, the expression of worry is shown behind them. Sitting on a chair behind her, looking concernedly out toward the ocean, is a man with a red gi on, he wears a blue obi and has blue wristbands on. His hair appears to be spiked up too, but not in the same way as Vegeta's, it has multiple points on it. In front of them, an old man with a cane in his hand stares out into the ocean, he is wearing sunglasses, is bald, and has a beard, though not too long. He had on an orange shirt, navy blue pants, and the buttons on his shirt are black. He is wearing brown sandles, and he has a turtle shell nearby him.
"Rrgh! How could this happen?" The woman paced back and forth, causing the man with the spiky hair to look at her.
"I don't know, 18, I really don't." He sighed, he didn't know what happened to Krillin.
18 turned to look at him, "I don't know either Yamcha, but I promised to date him! Now his ki signal has disappeared, what do you think, Master Roshi?" she turned to look at the old man.
Roshi sighed a little bit, "Something appears to be blocking Krillin's ki," he replied, and paused, then continued, "But I have no idea what that is. Dark times loom ahead for the Earth it would seem, and here I thought the peace would last after Cell was defeated."
18 and Yamcha's eyes both widened, that meant a new threat was on the loose, but what could this be? Before 18 could speak, Yamcha stood up out of his seat, and even more wide eyed look on his face, and Roshi's eyebrows raised, indicating that his eyes too were wide.
"T-That's Goku's ki, and he's with Tien, Chaozu, Vegeta, and Gohan, isn't he?" Yamcha asked?
Roshi could only nod, shock did not allow him to speak, he could tell they were headed to his location, probably to warn them about whatever it was that blocked Krillin's ki off. All three people looked out at the ocean intently, waiting for the 5 warriors who were already flying to arrive on the island.
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It was dark, so dark, and the sound of rustling could be heard in the background. Someone was lying on the ground, but through the darkness it was incredibly hard to see just who it was. Eventually the lighting seemed to adjust, and the person turned out to be Krillin. Slowly, his eyes seemed to open up, and he groaned a little bit, he tried to raise his hand, only to find that it was chained to a wall. In fact, both hands, and his feet where bound together with chains, and these chains weren't made with ordinary metal, he knew it would take all his strength, and then some to break them, and he was still far to tired to even try breaking out of the chains. He could hear foot steps in the room, and then suddenly Giku appeared in front of him, his eyes widened slightly, but he couldn't see the room very well to know exactly where he was. Giku smiled down at him, a smile of innocence, but once again his eyes showed no emotion, they just looked like two empty voids staring into Krillin's eyes.
"What do you want with me?" Krillin asked quietly.
Giku turned around, and walked over to a window, looking out of it, "I want nothing from you, it's your friends I want," Giku spoke in a monotone voice.
A shiver went up Krillin's spine, that voice scared him so, the emptiness behind it, it was like this kid was void of emotion, in fact, he was void of everything, even his aura seemed to be empty, it was almost like he was a ghost, like he wasn't real. Krillin wondered how a kid could be like this, how someone could be so empty inside. It scared him beyond belief, he wondered if the kid could even be saved.
"What do you want from them?" Krillin asked again softly, afraid of incurring a wrath in the young man.
"I want them to suffer, I want them to hurt, like I had to." Giku spoke once again in a monotone voice, causing Krillin to shiver again, and his eyes widened.
"Hurt, like you had to?" Krillin asked, confused by what he meant.
Giku turned back to him, the empty look in his eyes still, and Krillin stared into those empty eyes, hoping maybe he could find some hint of emotion in them.
"My name is Giku," Giku started off, then paused for a second, but continued, "I was born in a small village to the west of here. I was raised by my parents to be a strong martial artist, but I took an interest in building things as well." Giku paused again, letting out a deep breath, then continued, "Eventually I had a younger brother who was born, we had a lot of fun together, until that fateful day Cell attacked, he left behind a trail of destruction, and killed both our parents. I was never the same from that day, I trailed down into a deep sadness as time went on, I tried to be strong for Shinta, but my world fell apart without them." Giku stopped, his empty eyes still looking at Krillin. Krillin nodded at him, asking him to continue.
"Eventually I had completely isolated myself, I felt so numb inside, until one day while outside, I noticed a storm. I looked up, and the next thing I knew, a red light had flown into me. It changed me into what I am now." A sly, sinister smile crossed his face, before he continued in a dark voice, "I want vengeance for the deaths of my parents, and I will start with the man named Son Goku, then I will take it out on his son, you will be my bait," he finished this statement in monotone, and the descriptive of the words used with that tone of voice sent a major chill down Krillin's spine.
'This kid is mad' Krillin thought, he couldn't believe that the kid would honestly go through such lengths to get to his friends. He suddenly felt dizzy, and darkness creeped over his eyes again, as he slipped back into unconsciousness. Giku looked over to him, he knew he hadn't injured him enough to kill him, and he smiled slyly, the chains around Krillin's wrist and feet created a barrier, which kept his ki from being felt by the others. This gave him time to contemplate on exactly what it was he would do in the meantime, and how to plan his next assault. He looked back out the window, watching the rain as it poured down, his eyes took on a look of sadness, the first emotion he had shown since he started facing Krillin.
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Tien was flying along, a shocked look on his face, he couldn't believe what he had been told. Somehow, Gohan had exerted off a ki from finding a new friend, due to his guilt being ridded, and his rage being contained, this ki had seemingly possessed another person, driving him to be something he wasn't, and now this person was threatening the life of one of his close friends. His head snapped downward, and he noticed they were over ocean water, he had been caught up in his thoughts for so long, he hadn't even noticed the change. He knew where they were headed now though, to Master Roshi's Island, where 18, Yamcha, and Master Roshi awaited them, after this, they would instant transmission to Gohan's house, and bring them all back over to the island. It would be a lot better than Capsule Corporation, as it was located in a major city where thousands of people lived.
Kame House seemed to come into view, and he saw Yamcha, 18, and Roshi all standing, and waiting for them. They flew in close, and landed on the island in front of the others. All three people's eyes widened in shock when they saw Goku, but he stopped them before they could speak up to ask him questions.
"I know, you're all wondering how I'm here, but right now is not the time to explain that, I'll explain it later, right now there's grave danger on the horizon." Goku said, causing the others to get serious expressions.
"As you all know, Gohan deeply regretted the sacrifice I had to make, he felt guilty, like he had killed me, eventually though, someone ridded him of that guilt, the anger and sadness from that escaped his body, taking on the form of a dark ki," Goku paused to take a breath, then continued, "This dark ki has possessed someone, and driven them to be a bad person which they were originally not, this person has taken Krillin to a place where we can not sense his ki, however, if we are to fight this person, we must not kill him unless absolutely necessary," Goku concluded his speech with a hint of sadness in his voice.
18's eyes widened in shock, that one love of her life had been taken by someone who had been inflicted with a curse he should not have had. She almost felt like she could cry, she couldn't believe life could be so cruel to some people. Yamcha looked to the ground, hard and thoughtful, and wondered why the hell Krillin always had it the hardest out of all of them. Everyone remained silent before Goku spoke up
"So, what's up with you being here 18? I thought you were one of the bad guys," Goku said, looking slightly confused.
18 narrowed her eyes at him, "I was never really a bad person, just looking for some fun, and if you must know, I really love Krillin," she replied sincerely.
Goku looked at her and nodded, but he had other places he had to be. He had a wife that he needed to pick up, and bring back to the island. He also needed to pick up Bulma as well, and he knew he only had a short time before he could do so. He turned around to look at the ocean before them. It seemed so calm and peaceful, but he knew it was just the calm before the storm. Goku let out a small sigh, and one last thought crossed his mind, 'Stay alive, Krillin, I'll find you as soon as I can,' With that thought, Goku placed his hands on his head, and set himself to the task at hand, he vanished right before the others eyes, leaving them to sit there and think on what ensuing actions were to come. One thing was sure to them, though, the Earth was in danger, and it was up to them to protect it yet again.
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Author's Notes: Damn, that was a long chapter, wasn't it? Okay okay, on to the summary! Giku plans to use Krillin as bait, but is his motive really vengeance, or does his eyes giving off a sad look as he sees the rain suggest something else? Also, all the gang has gathered! Is there anything they can do to stop Giku's plot? And is it possible for Giku to be saved? Just wait for the next chapter, it will shed a lot of light!
Author's Preview: In the next chapter, Krillin wakes up again, and has another conversation with Giku shedding some light on Giku's actual intentions! Goku and Chichi also have an emotional reunion, as does Bulma with her old time friend! Gohan and Shinta also discover that Giku and Gohan had a lot in common, personality wise, and Shinta finds solace in Gohan's cheerful behavior! I will have the next chapter up as soon as I possibly can, guys, so just keep reading on!