Disclaimer: I do not own the song Justify that was written and published by Scott Stapp. I suggest that you go and get his CD .
Her Return
Chapter Thirty-Five
"Aya!" Areiko called waving her arms. She would get up and fly over to her, but she just didn't have the energy to do that quite yet. Her body needed to recharge. "AAAYAAA!"
AAAYAAA!
Aya heard the echo of Areiko's voice. She spun around in circles trying to figure out where it was coming from. That's when she realized that it was coming from her left. She turned her head to see a small dot in the distance sitting on the ground waving their arms like crazy.
AYA!
Came the echo once more. A smile crept across Aya Briefs's face now that she had found her best friend that she was beginning to think was dead. She charged over grinning and screaming out Areiko's name as she got closer and closer. Aya came to a slow stop when she saw that Areiko wasn't going to get up to meet her half way.
"You alright?" Aya asked grabbing a hold of Areiko's arm.
"Yeah, my ankle's just broken. That's all."
Aya lifted Areiko from the ground. "GENTLE!" Areiko screamed feeling pain shoot through her broken bone. Aya flinched as Areiko screamed directly in her ear, not meaning too of course.
"Sorry." Aya said wrapping her friend's arm around her shoulder. "To the lookout?"
"Why there?" Areiko asked looking at her oddly.
"I just have a feeling that Kira's there…" Aya's voice trailed off. "I mean… everyone is up there."
Areiko looked at her best friend for a moment. She then nodded her head as she climbed onto Aya's back. "Off to the lookout we go!"
Chichi held onto her husband tightly not knowing when the two were going to die. Kira let out an insane evil laughter as she began screaming in some language.
"Me ta tuk oply! Shlaa on, rr dook yu!"
(I am powerful! Come on, and fight me!)
Chichi held Goku closer to her. She felt his weak arms wrap around her, accepting death with his wife. They were ready to die, ready to accept defeat. But someone in the room wasn't.
Videl charged out of her hiding place, tackling Kira from her right side blindsiding her. Chichi and Goku heard the tackle and looked, there they saw Kira and Videl collapse onto the broken bed frame causing it to collapse. Kira growled, punching the human right in her nose. Blood gushed out and Videl's body was tossed into the air coming down onto the tile floor hard. Kira got to her feet looking down at Videl who rolled a few times because of the pain in her nose.
"Ka srith itei treegla!"
(You filthy little bitch!)
Kira pressed her foot onto Videl's chest and began to crush her chest bone. Videl cried out in pain, causing Pan, her daughter to react. Pan screamed as she ran towards Kira and began to pound her little fists onto her thigh.
"Let my mamma go!" she cried out. Kira looked down at the little girl who was beating on her leg. To no surprise, she wasn't hurting Kira at all. The evil woman flicked her head back moving her hair from her face. She then lifted up her hand and flung it downwards backhanding Pan into a wall.
"P-Pan!" Videl cried out in pain. Chichi then placed Goku to the side and charged towards Kira.
"Chichi!" Goku winced. "Don't!"
"HYHA!" Chichi leapt into the air about to kick Kira in her head. But her free hand came up and grabbed onto her ankle. Chichi swung downwards hanging upside down in Kira's grip. Kira shook her head as she held the human outwards so she could get a look at her face.
"All you humans are retarded." Kira said throwing Chichi into a wall. Goku tried going to his wife, but it was just impossible for him to move.
Bulma and Bulla came out the closet. Bulma knelt down by her daughter placing her hands onto her shoulders. "Quickly get out of here!"
"But mommy, what bout Pan-chan?" Bulla asked looking over at an unconscious Pan lying on the floor.
"I'll get her out of here." Bulma answered. "But you leave and go find your father, see if he's alright."
Bulla nodded her head and bolted out of the room. Bulma ran to the closet where Yajirobe was still locked in. Suddenly a ki beam pierced through the wood and the heavy set man stopped moving. Bulma looked down and her eyes widened. Seeping through underneath the door was blood, crimson red blood. She turned towards Kira who was still applying pressure on Videl's chest. The more pressure she applied, the paler Videl's face got.
"There's no more escape from me." Kira said to the blue haired human with an evil smirk on her face…
Bulla ran down the hallway, tumbling and tripping every time she came across something on the floor or saw something from the corner of her eye. She ran right passed Mr. Popo who was hiding in a corner. She stood in front of him for a moment but then took off running outside.
When she got out there, she saw her father, Vegeta, lying down in a crater still unconscious. "Daddy!" she cried running to him as fast as her little legs could take her. She tripped and scrapped her knee on the tile. But for the first time in a long time, Bulla didn't cry because of a scrape. She just got up and ran over to her father.
"Daddy?!" She shook his shoulder. Vegeta didn't respond for he was in a deep sleep because of him being knocked out. "Daddy please wakes up! Mommy needs you!"
Vegeta still didn't wake up.
"Bulla?"
Bulla lifted her head. Landing on the lookout deck was Aya and Areiko. Bulla's eyes started to well up with tears as she charged towards her older and adopted sister. Bulla threw her arms open and wrapping them around Aya's waist tightly. Bulla began to sob as Aya set Areiko on the lookout deck. She picked up her little sister and held her close.
Areiko got to her feet, even though her leg was filling up with pain. She limped her way over to Vegeta and knelt down beside him, checking him over. The saiyan prince was still alive. Areiko was glad for this relief, no one else has died yet… to Areiko's understandings.
"Where's Bulma?" Aya asked as she put Bulla down getting Areiko's attention.
Bulla wiped her nose with the back of her hand. "Mommy's inside." She answered tearing up again. "She ganna die!"
Aya and Areiko looked at each other. They nodded as they took off running; Areiko on the other hand limped. Bulla stood there on the deck watching as her sister and her best friend went into the lookout building.
Aya glanced over at Areiko to see that she was falling behind, but was keeping up slightly. "Do you need help?" she asked her.
Areiko shook her head. "No, I'm fine." Areiko answered. "I don't wanna seem too weak."
Aya gave Areiko a slight laugh. As they ran, they could hear the sound of someone getting their ass handed to them, someone who couldn't fight. Soon Bulma came flying out of the room carrying an unconscious Pan in her arms.
"Bulma!" Aya cried out, getting the blue haired woman's attention.
"Aya! Run!" Bulma screamed holding Pan close to her.
Areiko and Aya came to a stop, not quite understanding why they should run when suddenly, Kira came bursting out of the wall next to them slamming her shoulder into Aya's side, easily breaking a rib or two. Aya cried out in pain and hit Areiko. Areiko screamed when her face met with the wall collapsing instantly putting the two girls in the next room.
Kira smirked as she stood there in the hallway looking through the hole that the two teenaged girls had created when she hit them. Her smirk widened as she tilted her head towards Bulma. Bulma's eyes widened as she pulled Pan even closer to her. She turned around and took off running for her life.
"Where are you going?!" Kira asked. "I wanna play!" she took off after the human.
Areiko pushed Aya off of her as she sat upright. She looked at her best friend to see that she was out cold and blood was coming down from her forehead. Areiko wiped off the crimson color to see a cut, as if she had bashed her head on a sharp rock. Then a scream tore Areiko's attention down the hallway.
"Bulma!" Areiko cried getting up. But she fell back down because of her ankle. Areiko was now going to take a dangerous step.
She took off her shirt exposing her bra and rolled it up. She tightly clenched her rolled up shirt between her teeth as she placed her hands onto her ankle. With very quick movements; Areiko snapped her ankle in the other direction. She went to scream but she bit down onto the shirt instead. She looked at her swollen and throbbing ankle moving it around. There was no more pain.
Areiko threw her shirt to the side, deciding not to waste time putting it back on as she got to her feet and ran down the hallway towards Bulma's screams.
Bulma screamed again as Pan was torn from her grips. Kira smacked Bulma into the wall. She hit her head hard and collapsed forward falling unconscious. Kira looked at the little girl that she held by the wrist. She thought for a moment.
"Hm… once I'm done here. I'm going to take you home and raise you as my own." Kira thought out loud.
"Over my dead fucking body!"
Kira turned her head to just have her face meet with Areiko's fist. Kira grunted as she let the little part saiyan girl go as she went flying through a wall. Areiko held out her arms as Pan came down from the air. She caught her gently and then rested her on the tile floor near the unconscious Bulma.
Kira growled as she got to her feet and turned around to look at Areiko. Her sister stood there with a horrifying glare in her eye. Her fists were tightly clenched. Areiko growled at her sister standing before her. Kira crossed her arms over her chest and placed a smirk onto her face.
"What?"
"How dare you attack someone who doesn't have a chance against you!" Areiko snapped, clenching her fists tighter.
"How dare you say that to me." Kira snapped lowering her arms. "You attacked innocent people for years while you lived with Father Orx. So don't tell me what I can and cannot do."
"I didn't say that now did I?" Areiko questioned.
"You're correct you didn't." Kira smirked. "But what justifies your actions?"
Areiko growled. "I don't have to justify myself to you…"
I met a man in New Orleans,
Wore a half suit with dark blue jeans,
Kicked his heels together,
Winked at me real nice.
Kira smirked as she began to walk towards Areiko. Areiko also began to walk as they started to form a circle.
"Come on Sister Lekira," Kira started. "You should know by now that what you've done does not justify what you've done all those years ago."
"Who said that I was trying to justify it?" Areiko asked. "I'm just trying to be a better person."
"A better person? HA!"
I saw him a mile away,
But in my state of mind I let him make his play,
"Hey boy… have you seen the other side?"
Yeah…
In this man I saw the Devil's hand,
So I looked at him man to man and said,
"This time… it's ganna be a fight!"
"What do you know about being a better person?" Kira asked stopping, now standing near Bulma and Pan as Areiko stood where Kira was once located. "You know nothing. You came back to this city and was a bitch to your friends and family when all they wanted to do was get close to you again."
"I have realized my wrongs." Areiko said to her. "I don't need someone like you to tell me what I have done wrong. I have repented for the things that I have done, I have asked God for forgiveness and I have received it. I'm going to show you by defeating you!"
Areiko lunged forward.
I do not have to justify,
The way I live, my, life.
I do not have to justify,
The reason, I'm, alive.
Kira smirked as she lunged at Areiko as well. The two of them pulled their fists back and threw them forward. Both of their fists collided with their cheeks causing blood to spit out of their mouths. Areiko then leapt backward blasting a ki attack at Kira.
Kira glanced to the side as she smirked looking at Pan and Bulma. She turned forward looking at the attack that Areiko had sent at her. Right at the last second, she flicked it away towards the sleeping, helpless people on the hallway floor.
Areiko's eyes widened as she charged herself towards Bulma and Pan. She landed on her knees right in front of them. She picked up Pan holding her close to her chest as she grabbed Bulma by her wrist. She then leapt up into the air as the beam crashed into the wall, giving them more space to fight. The building shook violently as Areiko slowly lowered herself to the floor and set Bulma and Pan somewhere safe.
Kira smirked.
I saw her across the room,
With diamond eyes,
She's Heaven's jewel.
Dropped two aces smiled and threw my cards back,
Yeah I've been that man,
Who lives deceit,
Surrounds himself with worldly things.
"Can't you just let them die?" Kira asked. Areiko growled. "Or are you trying to justify their wrongs as well?"
"They never made any wrongs!" Areiko snapped. "The only wrong in their life was me! And I'm fixing it but getting rid of you!"
Kira laughed.
In the distant, outside of the lookout. Vegeta, in his sleep, could hear Kira's laughter echoing throughout the hallways of the Lookout. He groaned in his sleep and opened his eyes to see his daughter's bright blue eyes looking down at him.
"Daddy?"
"I can't wait to kill you!" Areiko shouted clenching her fists tightly. "Then I can rid this world of anything that I have regretted!"
"Are you sure about that?" Kira asked. "It seems to me that you are feeling very guilty for something."
"I am." Areiko answered getting into her stance. "I'm regretting the fact that I have ever listened to you. I shouldn't have. Maybe then I'd still be in New York with a happy life or Trigger and Pyro would still be alive!"
"There's nothing that you can do about it now, now is there?"
So let me tell you a story,
Let me feed it too you.
"There is something that I can do about it," Areiko answered. "I can kill you."
"You've said that plenty of times already." Kira told her. "But I haven't seen you getting any closer to your goal then you were in New York."
"I will defeat you!" Areiko thrusted her arms backwards, instantly shooting her ki level through the roof to reach the next transformation, which was Super saiyan.
Kira smirked again as she powered herself up to super saiyan as well. The two young girls lunged at each other.
Vegeta sat upright placing his hand onto his head. "Daddy!" Bulla screamed as she threw her arms around her father. Vegeta looked at Bulla as he wrapped his arm around her getting to his feet slowly picking up his daughter.
"Are you alright Bulla?" he asked.
Bulla just nodded his head. "Yesh daddy." She answered. She then pulled away from her father and pointed into the building. "Aya and Aweiko went in dere."
Vegeta looked at his daughter and then up at the building. "Alright. You stay here." Vegeta put Bulla down as he entered the building again.
We fly around like we were Superman,
Live in another trance,
A different way to dance,
With dark romance.
You get another chance,
To do the dirt dance,
Without consequence.
Vegeta walked into the lookout. He glanced to the side to see a whole in the wall. Out of curiosity he peeked through. There he saw Aya lying on the ground on her back with her head facing to the right. Her chest slowly rising and falling. He stepped over the broke wall and knelt down by his daughter.
"Aya?"
Aya just groaned.
Kira and Areiko fought dangerously. They swung their fights wildly and threw random ki blasts at each other. This truly was a battle to the death.
Kira leapt backwards dodging Areiko's fist as it went straight through the floor. When Areiko looked up, Kira collided her fist with Areiko's chin throwing her up through the ceiling. Kira flew upwards flying high into the air looking down waiting to see Areiko coming towards her. But her sister never showed up. She looked around her till she turned her attention above herself.
Areiko was coming down on top of her, hammering them both down towards the lookout through a different part of the roof. Vegeta could hear them crashing through the roves as they came right down near them. He quickly moved Aya out of the way as the smoke cleared. There he saw Kira and Areiko holding onto each other by the throat, gripping tightly.
I do not have to justify,
The way I live, my, life.
I do not have to justify,
The reason, I'm, alive.
Areiko began to punch Kira over and over again in the face when she could feel her claws jabbing into her neck. Soon, Kira let go and backed away from Areiko shaking her head. Since Areiko was punching her temple, Kira's sight started to mess up on her. Areiko lunged forward at her, elbowing her stomach tossing her onto the ground.
Kira grunted in pain. She looked up to see Areiko powering up an attack.
"Fire ka me ha me hah!" Areiko threw her hands forward. Kira rolled right out of the way as the attack just barely missed her, burning her hair. Kira growled loudly since she could smell her beautiful lavender hair burning from the attack.
"You'll pay for that." Kira threatened getting into her stance.
"Then come and make me pay!"
Kira lunged at Areiko once again. Areiko sidestepped her sister throwing her knee up. Kira crossed her arms forming an X shape as she blocked her knee. Kira then swung the back of her head upwards hitting Areiko's chin once more. Her head went flying back, her neck cracking loudly. Kira then began to punch Areiko over and over again in the stomach.
Let me change the timber of the section,
Add a little booze to ice,
I guess you've probably noticed,
I've been living a double life.
Vegeta watched from his position near Aya feeling rather helpless. But then he heard another groan come from the sleeping girl next to him. He looked over and saw Aya opening her eyes.
"Veggie…?"
Vegeta leaned over looking into her face. "Glad to see that you're awake."
Aya smiled. She then heard the sounds of battle and sat upright suddenly, hitting her forehead on Vegeta's. The two of them rubbed their foreheads as they turned towards the battle. Aya realized that Areiko looked like she was going to win, but that could always turn around.
"How long have they been fighting like this?" Aya asked.
Vegeta shrugged. "I'm not totally sure…" he answered.
"Well," Aya turned her head to look at Vegeta, placing a smile onto her face. "Let's help her!"
Vegeta smirked. This time the saiyan prince had no protest against her. They both stood and powered up, Vegeta going to super saiyan two and Aya went as high as her power would take her. They cried out as they lunged at Kira, getting her attention.
Kira turned around and her eyes widened. Vegeta and Aya's fists collided with her face, throwing her through a few walls. Areiko blinked, looking a little confused as she got to her feet walking over to them.
"What are you guys doing?"
Aya grinned, "we're helping you out."
Areiko grinned at her. Areiko also had no protest. They all turned toward Kira and lunged at her. Right when Kira got up, she got attacked by Aya, Vegeta, and Areiko. Her body was getting tired, really tired. She wasn't going to be able to fight any longer. She allowed the three Z fighters to beat her, since there was nothing that she could do now.
They blasted her away and she hit the wall causing it to collapse.
So fly around like we were Superman,
Live in another trance,
A different way to dance,
With dark romance,
You get another chance,
To do the dirty dance without consequence!
Kira shoved them all off by powering up. Her aura threw the two super saiyans and the human off to the side and off of their feet. She started huffing and puffing as she hung herself forward hanging her head.
"How… how could this be possible?!" She screamed looking up at the three fighters. "I was stronger than you three five minutes ago! I was tearing you apart! I was winning! I was going to win! I was going to avenge Father Orx and complete what he didn't finish! How can this be?!"
Areiko placed a smirk onto her face. "When you have the power of your friends and family." Areiko glanced at Aya and Vegeta. "You can do anything."
I do not have to justify,
The way I live, my, life!
I do not have to justify,
The reason, I'm, alive.
Areiko got back into her stance. "Looks like I've justified myself to you…" Her voice trailed off as Kira growled.
"I won't let this happen to me!" She shouted as she lunged forward once again.
"Fire... ka... me... ha... me...!"
"Gatlick…" Vegeta pulled back into his stance.
"Ka me ha me…"
No more.
Kira screamed loudly as she pulled her fists back thinking that she had some sort of a chance with these attacks.
"HAH!!"
"GUN!"
"HAH!!"
The attacks were released.
It's just not me!
Kira stopped suddenly as she watched the attacks combine into one. She shook her head knowing that this was the end of her. She screamed loudly holding her hands out in front of her, hoping that she could stand some type of a chance... which she did.
"MUWHAHAH!" she laughed evilly as she began to walk forward. "Nothing can destroy me!"
"Sounds like someone lost their mind!" Aya shouted over the roaring of the energy beams that have been combined together.
"I happen to agree with you!" Vegeta shouted back to her, his arms shaking from the pressures of the energy beams.
"Everyone," Areiko started looking at both of her sides. "We have to hold it! If we don't she'll kill us!"
"Ka me ha me…" a voice behind them started. Areiko's eyes widened as she turned her head to look over her shoulder.
"No way!"
Not me!
Kira started laughing evilly, but she stopped when she heard something: "HAAAH!!"
"No!" she cried out spotting another Kamehameha Wave that came shooting in between Vegeta and Areiko fusing with their large attack.
Areiko watched as Goku came limping over with a smirk on his face. Vegeta moved so that Goku could fit into the line of fire. He looked at Areiko and then turned his smirk into a smile.
"Were you going to have all the fun without me?" He asked.
Areiko looked at him, "why are you here? You can die!"
Goku shrugged, "hey, we get rid of her together. And then we worry about one of us dying."
"Shut up!" Vegeta shouted, his arms about to buckle. "Let's just kill her already!" Areiko and Goku smiled trying not to laugh as all four of them powered up, adding more power to their attacks.
Kira screamed as her arms were forced by her sides, the ki beam went straight through her torso, separating it from her lower body. When the attack disappeared, the four of them slowly approached Kira's two body parts. They looked at her pale face and lifeless eyes. Aya smiled as she suddenly began laughing. Vegeta just looked at her as she held her stomach in laughter placing one hand onto his shoulder. Goku and Areiko watched her weirdly as well as blinking a few times.
Areiko then started to laugh just as hard as Aya. Goku turned his head to look at her. He then turned and faced Vegeta. "Looks like the girls have gone mad…"
"Apparently so." Vegeta said.
"How can you guys not laugh about this?" Aya asked standing upright looking at Vegeta and Goku. "It was funny!"
"I don't find anything funny about this." Vegeta said crossing his arms over his chest walking away. "We almost got killed!"
Aya turned and followed him. "That's why it's funny!" She said to him running to catch up to the saiyan prince.
"Heh." Goku smiled and turned to Areiko. "How are you doing?"
"Fine." She answered. "What about you?"
"Same. You sticking around?" Goku asked as the two turned around and followed Vegeta and Aya who were still arguing about the fight being funny or not.
"Hm…" Areiko took Goku's arm and wrapped it around her neck. "I think I will be, for a little while at least."
Goku grinned. "Good."
I'm just like you…