Genetically Mutated

Chapter Eleven

Areiko stared at Vegeta in silence. Vegeta growled at the teen, then he snapped. "Answer my damn question!" he shouted causing Areiko to jump. "What the fuck are you doing here!"

"I…" Areiko started her voice shaking in fear as she looked at Goku. "I came to see how… Goku… was doing."

"He's doing fine as you can see." Vegeta said glaring. Areiko looked up at him.

"I don't blame you." Areiko started walking around the bed. Vegeta kept his eyes locked on her as she moved to the other side of Goku seating herself down onto the stool. "I don't blame you for wanting to kill me. Look at what I've done."

Vegeta just realized that everyone's ki's were missing. Including little Marron's. "You killed them… didn't you?"

Areiko turned her head from Goku looking at Vegeta. "Killed who?"

"You know who!" Vegeta shouted. "Don't play dumb with me!"

"I don't know what you're talking about!" Areiko shouted standing up from her sitting position.

"Piccolo! Yamcha! Tien! Chiaotzu! Krillin! Master Roshi! 18 and little Marron!" Vegeta shouted approaching her. Areiko backed herself up away from the angry saiyan. "They're dead! And you killed them!"

"No I didn't!" Areiko shouted. "I just saw Yamcha about ten minutes ago!"

"Liar!" Vegeta grabbed onto her forearm pulling her away from Goku. Vegeta turned now having Areiko's back facing the entrance of the infirmary. "You killed them! And you know it!"

"Vegeta… you're… hurting… me…" Areiko said softly trying to pull herself out of the saiyan prince's grip. Vegeta gripped tighter pulling her to him.

"Just say you killed them!"

"I didn't know they were dead till y—" Areiko's sentence was cut short. She clenched her eyes shut feeling extreme pain rushing through her head. Vegeta looked at Areiko oddly managing to keep his glare in his eyes.

Areiko groaned in pain taking her free hand placing it onto her head. Suddenly, she started to growl. Vegeta raised his eyebrow slightly. He winced as Areiko grabbed onto his wrist. Vegeta looked down at her hand seeing that claws had grown and were now finding their way into his flesh. Areiko growled louder lifting her head up looking at Vegeta with her blank eyes.

Vegeta took a long stare into the girl's eyes. He realized that the eyes that he was staring into possibly didn't belong to the girl her knew as Areiko. Her iris and pupil were missing as if she was any other villain they had faced. Her eyes reminded him of Brolly, maybe just a little too much.

Areiko managed to pull her arm out of Vegeta's grip, now being able to hold onto the prince with both hands. Vegeta set his feet on the floor trying to pull away from her, but Areiko refused to let go. She then parted her lips growling showing Vegeta these rather large and long vampire looking fangs. Areiko lifted her head and turned it in a creepy motion that even sent shivers down Vegeta's spine.

She then let out a loud demonic screech. Vegeta winced wanting to block both of his ears but that wasn't possible since Areiko had a tight grip on one of his arms. He then screamed a little in pain, but his scream quickly turned into a painful sounding moan clenching his eyes even tighter.

He opened one eye looking down at his arm. Areiko had sunk her fangs into his flesh. His blood poured over both sides of his arm. Vegeta cringed in pain as he felt Areiko bite harder and harder onto his arm every time he tensed up. And every time Areiko bit down onto his arm, the more his blood spilled onto the floor.

Vegeta finally had enough. He grabbed Areiko by her hair tossing her to the side. Her teeth ripped off a small portion of his flesh on his arm, but nothing to serious. Areiko's back hit the wall. She bounced off landing on all fours. Vegeta instantly grabbed onto his arm in pain staining his white glove with his blood.

"If you attack me Reiko, it'll only be fair to warn you that I will NOT hesitate to kill you…" Vegeta said coldly. But Areiko didn't hear him, and Vegeta knew it. He knew that he was talking to Areiko as if he was talking to a brick wall.

Areiko's eyes widened as her vision went black.

Suddenly a view of a boy, at the age of twelve appeared before her. He was grinning showing her that he had fangs as well. He had purple cat like eyes and his skin was teal. He wore a red headband around his forehead keeping his orange hair out of his face, but it didn't work much with his bangs. His bangs fell over the headband curling and touching the top of his eyelids. His ears were pointed and his hair was spiked. He wore no shirt but was wearing an earth foreign white hakama with black boots and yellow socks. He had a dark blue sash tied around his waist and tucked within it keeping the left over of the sash secure.

The boy turned his upper body holding out his hand. He closed his eyes ashis grin widened as the boy spoke to her.

"Come on Lekira! There is a ton more of this place I want to show you! Let's go! Then we can play!" then this grinning boy laughed as if he didn't have a care in the world.

Areiko's vision returned to her soon after the boy spoke to her. Vegeta watched as Areiko's cold gray eyes returned her. Whatever she had visioned, it had obviously brought her back to reality.

Areiko stood upright gagging at the taste of blood in her mouth. She placed her hand over her mouth turning her head. She then spat onto the floor trying to get ride of some blood. Areiko's ears picked up the sound of blood pouring onto the floor. She looked up and over at Vegeta. Her eyes widening as she realized thatshe had hurt him.

"Oh my god…" She was stunned to the point where she couldn't find anything to say. Vegeta winced gripping onto his arm. "I… I gotta go!" Areiko suddenly ran towards the window jumping out then taking off into the sky. Vegeta watched her the whole time. His face getting a little pale from his arm. Soon after Areiko had left, his pregnant wife, Bulma, walked into the room.

"Vegeta how's—OH MY GOD!" Bulma placed her hands onto her face looking at her bleeding husband. Bulma rushed over to Vegeta placing her hands onto his. "What happened?" She asked trying to remove his top hand.

"Nothing onna…" Vegeta said turning away from Bulma letting his arm bleed even more. "It's just a flesh wound."

"Just aflesh wound!" Bulma repeated looking at Vegeta. Vegeta turned his head looking at the panicking pregnant woman. "This is NOT a flesh wound! Because a flesh wound wouldn't be bleeding this much!"

Vegeta didn't want to stress the pregnant womananymore. So he allowed her to tend to his bite wound. As Bulma was cleaning up his arm, she realized that this mark came from an animal or something.

"Vegeta…" Bulma looked up at him. "What bit you?"

"It's not the matter of 'what' bit him." Vegeta said looking at his wife as she stared at him. "It's the matter of 'who' bit me."

Bulma looked down at the wound placing a piece of gauze over the wound. She then began to bandage it. "Okay… who bit you?"

Vegeta was hesitant to answer, but he did it anyway. "Areiko."

"What?" Bulma looked up. "She was here? When? Why didn't you tell us? What did she do? Did she—"

"Stop Bulma." Vegeta said looking at her. "She didn't do anything but bite onto my arm like some wild animal. She didn't hurt Kakkarot, and I don't think she had any means too."

Bulma stared at her husband. She sighed shaking her head. She turned putting everything back into the first aid kit then putting it away. Vegeta stood up rubbing his bandaged forearm then looking up at his wife as she started to speak.

"I don't understand what's going on," Bulma said turning her head while placing her hand onto her pregnant stomach. "Areiko attacks Goku… then disappears and then shows herself again biting onto your arm like a'wild animal' as you say… and then doesn't want to hurt Goku."

"I'm not getting this either onna." Vegeta said walking past her. "But we'll get our answers soon enough." Vegeta blinked looking around as he stood in the door way of the infirmary. "Where's the punk?"

"Aya?"

"Yes."

Bulma blinked. "Hm. Actually, I don't know. To tell you the truth, the last time I saw her was when you brought Goku in with you. She was standing by the doorway with you. I assumed she followed you to go train or something."

Vegeta shook his head. "She didn't follow me…"

"Then where could she be?"

Aya flew around all over the country. Searching high and low for her best friend. "Areiko! Areiko! Where are you! Rei—ko-chan!"

"Rei—ko-chan! Rei—ko-chan!"

The only response that Aya had gotten back from anything was her very own echo. Aya sighed hanging her head low. "Where could she have gone?" Aya asked herself lifting up her head looking to the left and then to the right.

"Aya!"

"EK!" Aya squeaked and jumped at the sound of Vegeta's voice. She turned around searching the area behind her thinking that's where she could find him. But the voice wasn't coming from behind her. It was coming from her head.

"Yo! Aya! Answer me damnmit!" Vegeta yelled once more. Aya blinked as she stood upright hovering there in the air.

"Vegeta?"

"Where are you!" he snapped. Aya jumped. She could feel his presence just like he was behind her. That was the one thing she hated about telepathy.

"Um…" Aya glanced to her left. "Searching for… Reiko-chan." Aya didn't get a response for a few moments.

"Why…?"

"Because she's my best friend. My sister, someone who needs my help right now." Aya answered.

"Stay away from her." Vegeta suddenly ordered. "She'll find you. And when she does I want you to fight back."

"Stay away from her? Fight back? Veggie-kins… why are you—"

"She was here just a few minutes ago. Attacked my arm." Vegeta interrupted her. "Areiko's not stable. She never was. And never will be. It's happening just like I told Kakkarot it would."

"What's happening Vegeta? You're loosing me on this…"

"You know the story behind Areiko. About how Kakkarot found her. Well, what you didn't know was that she came from space. Most likely here to destroy earth… and us."

Aya gasped placing her hand over her mouth. She then shook her head removing her hand. "No! Areiko-chan would never kill us!"

"Look at what she's done to Kakkarot! Do you think she'll hesitate on me! Or you! She didn't fucking hesitate on the others!"

"What… do you… mean by that?" Aya asked sounding troubled, knowing she wasn't going to like the answer that she was going to get.

"Damnmit Aya… open your senses!"

She did what she was told. Her eyes widened when she realized that everyone was gone. Including Marron. Aya stared off into the distance. "Areiko… didn't do it."

"And how do you know?"

"I JUST KNOW VEGETA!" Aya shouted clenching her fists and eyes shut. Her voice echoed throughout the land as she continued to yell. "I'M LOOKING FOR HER WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT! YOU CAN'T CONTROL ME AT THIS MOMENT! I'M GOING TO GO LOOK FOR MY BEST FRIEND EVEN IF IT FUCKING KILLS ME!"

Aya cut the connection that she and Vegeta had then she blasted off towards Mount Paoz.

Areiko appeared in the forest. She hugged herself walking aimlessly. She began to cry softly thinking that she was going insane. She must have been. And if not, she will later. The life that she once knew and loved was just torn from her hands in a blink of an eye. Her friends were gone and the remaining onesdidn't trust her. Vegeta probably just wants to kill her. And Goku… she didn't even want to think about him.

Areiko came to a stop looking forward. She was looking forward into a crater that had grown grass over the years of it being there. She squinted her eyes as the wind blew blowing dust into her eyes. She rubbed them then proceeded forward. Areiko got down onto her hands and knees crawling tothe edge of the crater. She looked downward.

Sitting in the middle of the gigantic hole was a space pod. She recognized it from Dr Briefs's space pods. But this one was a lot smaller. Areiko glanced behind her. She lowered her ki level as she swung her legs over the side of the hole. She then pushed off sliding down the grass on her butt. She lifted up her feet placing them against the ship stopping herself. She stood upright turning her head looking behind her seeing that she had grass stains on her. But she didn't care at this moment.

Areiko looked at the space pod. It was rusting and old looking. Vines had found their way all around the ship, and so didn't dust. She approached it with caution. She then walked around it spotting the door wide open. She got onto her knees and crawled into the ship.

The vines had found their way inside the ship as well. The controls looked damaged from water filling the hole or something like that. She was now facing the back of the ship. She placed her hands onto her seat looking over it. Her eyes widened at the sight that she saw.

Laying there with his eyes closed was that boy that she had seen for a split second. He looked rather peaceful, as if he was sleeping. To Areiko, he looked handsome. She reached over the seat going to run her fingers through his orange spiked hair when she didn't feel a thing. She blinked knowing that there was something wrong with that. She then pulled her hand away. She reached forward once more going to press her palm onto his chest but her hand went straight through.

Areiko's eyes widened when the vision of this handsome boy disappeared and all that remained was his skeleton. Areiko screamed placing her hands onto her mouth staring at it. She clenched her eyes shut in pain as she turned herself around sitting into the old torn up seat. Her head began to pound, and then her vision blacked out.

Areiko had landed at her destination a little to early. Her spaceship door opened with air rushing out of it. Areiko sat there with her knees tucked to her chest. She blinkedcovering her blank eyes for a split second. She got onto all fours walking out of her ship slowly.

She found herself in a desert area. There was nothing around but reddish brown looking dirt. Areiko growled smelling the sign of life standing upright at the same time. She knew that she couldn't do anything without first getting permission from her master. The reason is because she knew that if she did, she would get punished with his 'game' that involves being strapped to an iron bed.

"What are you doing down there!" Came a twelve year old boy's voice. Areiko growled lowly snapping her head in the direction of the voice. She looked up out of the crater spotting the boy.

He stood there with a fine posture, but he was slouching a little bit. He had a red headband strapped around his forehead. His orange bangs curled resting against the top of his eyelids. His hair spiked oddly in the back, and his bangs matched with the hair style. He wasn't wearing any kind of shirt or gi. His slightly built chest showed as he stood there. His white foreign hakama pants waved in the wind signaling to Areiko that they were a little big for him. His fangs hung over his bottom lip slightly like a vampire, and his skin was teal.

"Did you hear me!" the boy called to her again. "What are you doing down there!"

Areiko stared at the boy not knowing what or even how to answer him. The boy turned around looking at something then hesmiled. He waved his hand speaking to someone, saying something that Areiko could not hear. He then turned around and looked at her once more.

"My name's Ziyan!" he shouted out to her. "What's yours!"

Areiko knew this answer. Her master called her this every time he had forgotten to call her 'pet' or 'dear.'

"L… L…" Areiko tried sounding out the words. "Le…" She then knew she had it. "Lekira…"

"What?" Ziyan called out to her. He then pointed to his rather large and pointed ears. "I can't really hear you! Just because I have big ears doesn't mean that I can hear you!"

"Lekira!" Areiko shouted out to him. Ziyan smiled.

"Lekira huh…" he said to himself. He then closed his eyes grinning happily showing Areiko a pair of fangs just like her own. "Nice to meet you Lekira! How about I help you get out of this crater and I take you to my house?"

Areiko's eyes shot open. She was panting and sweating. She glanced around quickly seeing that she was still inside the spaceship that she had found. She placed her hand onto her forehead leaning back into the chair. The chair creaked and that caused Areiko to jump. She turned around looking back over the seat looking at the skeleton before her. She blinked a few times realizing that the right eye socket was wider then it really was supposed to be. She then saw a rather large hole in the back of the skull. Indicating to Areiko that he was murdered by something stabbing him in his eye.

Next thing Areiko knew, she found herself outside the spaceship and out of the crater. She was tying two sticks together with a piece of her nightshirt making a stick cross. She then stood up jabbing it into the ground. She looked at the grave that she had dug for this boy.

"Ziyan…" the boy's name escaped her lips. She then got down onto her knees writing his name in the brown dirt with a stick. She then tossed the stick aside turning to look back at the crater. She walked forward looking down at the spaceship.

"The only way he got here on earth is that… I brought him with me…" That's when it hit Areiko. She came from outer space. This ruined her life even more.

Areiko breathed in through her gritted teeth. She placed her hand onto her head gripping her hair tightly as her vision blcked out on her once more.

Areiko ran towards the village as fast as she could. She huffed and puffed and allowed her sweat to pour down her face. When she got closer, she saw that every village hut was on fire. And everyone was screaming trying to run away from their demise.

Areiko came to a stop at the borderline of the village. Her hair waved in the heat waves that the fire created. She watched as men dressed in space armor attacked, killed, and destroyed the village and its people.

"Stop it!" Areiko shouted lunging forward her feet lifting off of the ground. She tackled one soldier to the ground.

"Oof!" the soldier rolled and came to a stop onto his back. Areiko was seated upon him punching him over and over again in the face. Suddenly she began to sweat and her body felt weak. She nearly fell into a limp. She turned her head spotting another soldier behind her gripping tightly on her tail.

The soldier that she was on top of pushed her off throwing her into the arms of two others. As he stood up, he began to pound his fist into her stomach. Areiko's eyes widened further and further with each hit she took. Soon enough blood started to drip out of her mouth.

"LEKIRA!" came a voice that was familiar to her. Areiko coughed spitting blood onto the soldier in front of her. Her eyes widened when she spotted Ziyan running over to the group of soldiers.

"No! Ziyan! Don't!" Areiko called out to him trying to pull herself out of the grips of the soldiers. "Get away from here! Take my ship and leave! Please!"

"I'm not leaving you behind!" Ziyan shouted to her. He then jumped on the back of the soldier in front of Areiko. Ziyan bit into his neck killing him instantly. He then knocked out the two soldiers holding onto her. Areiko stumbled forward falling into Ziyan's arms. Ziyan held her tightly as she hugged him back.

"Why didn't you leave!" Areiko shouted resting her head on him. "I could've handled it."

"From what I was seeing… you couldn't have." Ziyan said. He then pulled her away from his chest looking down at her. "Come on we gotta g—"

Areiko's eyes widened as she spotted a black ki beam entering Ziyan's right eye and exiting out the back of his head. His purple blood splattered onto her black jumpsuit. She watched as his corpse fell to the ground.

"Zi—" Areiko once again felt her body weaken. She dropped to her knees turning her head to spot her master.

"Hello there Lekira." He said to her baring his own fangs at her. "You were a hassle to find. Considering you sent us to the wrong damned planet!"

Areiko smirked. "Hey… you're the stupid one that followed the signal."

Her master's eyes widened coming to a shock that she could talk. "You bastard…" Areiko said to him once more. "You killed him… YOU KILLED ZIYAN!"

"He was only a mere boy, nothing to important." Her master said to her. Areiko growled. She then gathered as much energy she could find within her body. She threw her hand forward blasting a ki beam at him. Her master went flying backwards hitting the ground letting go of her tail.

Areiko quickly stood up onto her feet running over to Ziyan. She looked down at him seeing that his head was resting in a small pool of blood, and his ki signal was gone. Areiko closed her eyes tightly trying to hold back her tears. She then picked up Ziyan's corpse taking off into the sky.

Areiko flew away from the burning village. She listened as the screams became faint and the heat of the fire disappeared from her body. She looked down at her ship that was seated in a crater blow her. She landed hunching over to fit into the small pod. She then set Ziyan's body behind the seat. She let a tear escape her eyes falling down onto Ziyan's left eye and then slipping down his cheek, looking like he was crying as well.

Areiko turned around seating herself into the seat. She closed the hatch then began to press random buttons. The ship lifted off into space leaving the planet behind.

Areiko leaned back in her chair placing the ship onto auto drive. She had just remembered that she had the body of her best friend in the back. She began to cry uncontrollably. Suddenly the ship began to shake violently. Areiko placed her hands onto the side of the ship trying to secure herself. Suddenly a red light in the ship began to go off as the computer began to talk.

"WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!"

Areiko removed her hands from the walls of the ship, bad idea. Due to the shaking Areiko was thrown to the right. Areiko bashed her head onto the ship splattering some of her own blood onto the wall, then she blacked out.

Areiko knelt there staring at the ground. "That's… that's how you died…" She turned her head looking at the grave that she had just built for Ziyan. "Were we… in... love…?" Areiko asked as she stared at the grave. She then sighed turning her head away.

"Areiko! I found you!"

Areiko's eyes widened as she turned around and spotted Aya running out of the woods. "I finally found you!"

Areiko stood up looking at Aya as she approached. Areiko stepped back as Aya tried to get close to her. "Get away from me!" Areiko shouted holding out her hands.

Aya looked at her, "Reiko-chan… I just wanna know what's—"

"STAY AWAY! AND NEVER COME LOOKING FOR ME AGAIN!" Areiko suddenly suppressed her ki even lower then teleported off somewhere leaving her Aya-chan behind in puzzlement and worriment.