Hey guys! I've finally updated this! Gomen about the wait. But,
you know, if I got more reviewers or letters for this fic, I might
update it more often! *hint, hint*
A14: The Fight for Ki, chapter 6
Slowly, almost painfully slowly, Sailor Chaos sat up. Her limbs
were weak, very nearly dead weight. Forcing herself to concentrate, the
dark senshi pulled her arms up an inch at a time until her palms faced
outward towards the three silent, astonished onlookers.
"What in Threta is going on?!" the woman, Nia, whispered. Her
only response was Rian's head slowly shaking back and forth. Their
other companion promptly fell to the floor, the soft thud as his head
hit the ground not even breaking his friends from their shock.
Several minutes passed by, until a small smirk curled Chaos's
lip. "Corwin told me this was a very friendly planet. Seems strange
that such a friendly species would leave one of their own on the floor
like that." She stretched her arms as if just waking up from a short
nap as Nia broke from her shock and ran to help her friend.
"He's been drained," Nia softly said, her voice a whisper
hardly louder then a bee's buzz. Her eyes came up, meeting Chaos's over
the edge of couch. "What did you do to him?"
"You're Seline!" Rian promptly shouted. From his pocket, he
pulled a small object with the basic shape of an earth gun. Two lights
lit up as his fingers wrapped around where she supposed the trigger
was. "Return his energy now, or I'll know exactly where to cart you
when you're down."
"For goodness sake Rian! Selines can't drain one of their own
kind! Besides, have you ever known of one to drain without even
touching the victim?" Nia asked, exasperation heard in every word she
spoke.
"But Yrui isn't Seline..."
"Yes, but mystery woman was drained by one." Rian thought about
that for several moments, finally lowering his weapon. It remained
firmly clenched in his fist though, as if he had to be prepared for an
attack.
"What did you do to him?"
Chaos did not respond. She slowly, elegantly stood up. Her ink
black skirt rested against her legs, her cape brushed gently across her
calves. Hazel-black eyes returned the glare the man sent her before
turning to examine the layout of the room. They must have moved her
into Corwin's room. Below her was a couch, clearly what she had been
laying on judging by the indention still in the cushions. To the side
was Corwin's bed. Chaos smiled faintly, remembering that bed very well.
But now was a different time, and now Corwin laid on it appearing
lifeless. His leg hung from the side, as if whoever had carried him
there either tired out before they could finish, or in a hurry.
"Why is she here anyway?" Nia whispered, asking herself, eyes
narrowed with suspicion as she watched the other woman. Chaos grinned,
almost laughing as she heard the words spoken. She took a step forward
and bent down to retrieve the abandoned staff off of the wooden floor.
It had fallen between the couch and a table, and she was mostly hidden
from sight as her fingers wrapped around the cold rod. Extending her
arm out slightly, she was able to touch Corwin's foot with the tips of
her fingers. She released some of the energy she had gained from the
man Yrui and let it flow through Corwin.
"Halves become," she whispered, the top of the staff touching
the floor. Standing up quickly, she pointed the black wings formally
brushing the floor up to the sky. "Whole!" Her shout filled the room,
startling the two onlookers
Where their friend and the mystery lady had been moments ago,
there was now only air.
"Selines can definitely not do that," Yrui said softly, his
eyes opening at a snail's pace as he recovered. "At least not that
quickly."
Silence fell over the crowd. All onlookers had since realized
the danger they were in and fled. As police sirens wailed in the
distance, Android 17 stepped forward. Dark strands of hair brushed
across his cheeks as he met Shis's eyes.
"17?" Goten questioned, wondering what the android was up to.
"He has something to do with 14." Goten waited, expecting him
to say more.
"17!" The earth born sayijin watched, shocked, as 17 suddenly
flew forward, his sister directly behind him. He lifted himself into
the air, ready to follow, when he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Matte, otooto. They don't use ki. From what I can understand,
they have the advantage here." Gohan smiled faintly at his younger
brother.
Bra's half sayijin hearing picked up on something in the other
room and, slipping away to leave her best friend to talk with the
grownups, she silently slid her way down the hall. Carefully, she
peeked her head around the doorframe and looked into the room where her
oniisan and 14-san had been placed to be watched over.
"What are you doing back here?"
"Wonderful greeting, 14. Three long years we've been apart, and
you seem ready to say bye again already." Bra's eyes opened as she saw
the dark sailor senshi. She hadn't been born yet the last time she was
on earth, but her kassan had told her about their old enemy many times.
She wore an outfit that was similar to the sailor senshi and carried a
long staff in one hand. Her cape blocked the rest of the room from view
until she spun around. The black fabric flared out around her legs,
allowing Bra to see 14 sitting up on her cot. At Chaos's feet lay a
man. Ridges lined the bridge of his nose and a strange tattoo on his
neck was almost completely hidden by his black and blue streaked hair.
"Who is the little girl, 14? If her hair is any indication, it
seems you and your android boyfriend have been up to something." Chaos
grinned, winking at the little girl. "Iie, I see it now. One of the
sayijins that destroyed so many of my yoma last time I was here. Maybe
even the imouto of your sleeping mate here."
"You haven't answered my question yet, Chaos." Chaos turned her
head back to the recovered android. Once Bra saw she wasn't being
watched anymore, she ran down the hall as quickly as her young legs
could carry her.
"I suddenly feel very useless," Yamcha muttered. Krillian
laughed as he continued to watch the fight going on not far away.
"Don't like to be upstaged by a couple of androids and 100 year
old women, do you?"
"I resent that, Krillian. We're not 100 years old. Only 80."
Krillian turned around to see the four inner sailor senshi, Jadeite,
and Tuxedo Kaman walk up.
"Hehe. Gomen, Jupiter. That's still pretty far up there, you
have to admit," he said, grinning.
"He's just jealous that he's starting to get up there in age
and he doesn't have the ability to physically stay in his 20s forever,"
Venus told her senshi, laughing. She allowed her eyes to wander back to
the fight, and her smile vanished.
"17 is fighting harder then I've seen him do before. Is
something wrong?"
"Hai. We haven't gotten the chance to get in touch with you
guys, but something happened to 14 the other day," Gohan answered as he
approached the small group.
"Nani?! What happened?!" Jupiter shouted, voicing the fear for
the entire group.
"We aren't sure. She just collapsed all of a sudden. She's
stable, but it's almost as if she doesn't have enough energy to wake
up. Like Trunks," Gohan finished, his voice trailing off as he thought.
"14. Usagi." Jadeite looked over at Tuxedo Kaman. Since the
disappearance of Chaos, he returned to the service of his prince and
best friend. Unfortunately, this meant that much of the time, he had to
be the one to remind Mamoru that 14 was not his princess anymore.
"Mamoru-kun," Jadeite whispered, shaking his head once he
caught the earth prince's attention.
"Gomen, Jadeite. It's still hard though." Tuxedo Kaman forced
himself to watch the alien and the androids fight as he listened to the
rest of the conversation between Gohan and the senshi.
"Studies say that releasing your anger through physical
activity is healthy. I suppose that fighting our enemy is as good a way
as any for him to release his fear," Mercury softly reasoned.
"Demo 17 said this guy had something to do with 14's
condition," Goten replied as he stepped up. "Then both he and 18
started their attack."
"Venus?" Jupiter asked their leader, the rest of the question
showing in her eyes.
"Iie."
"Demo if he has something to do with 14, we have to do
something!" Mars shouted.
"Iie!" Venus yelled back, her eyes flashing. "We were doing far
less damage to this guy then 17 and 18 are. Besides, we are unable to
fight hand to hand at this level, and unless you want to tell those two
to get out of the way, our attacks will just hit them too."
17 tried to hurry. He had been thrown down to the road by one
of the alien's strange energy attacks, and he didn't know how long 18
could last alone. Yet it was taking him longer then before, as he began
to feel the beating they were taking sink through his skin. He lifted
his head and flew up towards where the fight had moved to when he saw
18 thrown back, her head smashing into a brick building. The impact was
enough to break through the wall. She lay motionless on the floor
inside the building, eyes closed and pieces of rubble. 17 turned back
to Shis, his eyes burning.
"If you think we're that easy to beat, you're sadly mistaken."
His voice made clear his determination, and with the sight of his
sister unconscious, his strength seemed to be renewed.
As the fight began again, it was clear Shis was not fairing as
well as he first seemed. Realizing this, 17 took full advantage and
flew forward, his fist grinding into the alien's gut. A trickle of
blood the same color of his hair trickled down from Shis's lip. He
sneered at the android as he backed away to regain his breath.
"I didn't expect someone like your sister or you to be on this
dreadful planet. You're lucky I haven't fed enough yet. I'll return for
your friends though. You can be sure of that." His form seemed to
shimmer slightly, and before 17 could grab him and prevent him from
getting away, the alien was gone.
Setri looked at the ground at her feet. She felt responsible
somehow. She needed some more time to think before they confronted her
though. They had to know she was of the same race as Shis by now. She
focused her mind on the CC building and, using the energy she had
drained from the teenage sayijin, vanished from the battlefield.
"Bulma-san!" Bulma looked around at the familiar voice. Bra
stood by the door and looked over her shoulder nervously as two women
stepped through the doorframe. "Bulma-san, what happened?"
"14?!" Bulma shouted, her eyes wide in shock. Behind her, Umi
looked between Yukai and 14, while Yukai only watched the android with
wide eyes.
14 frowned. "Hai."
"How are you awake?!"
"She was awake when I got here," the other woman answered.
Shoulder length black hair brushed over the straps of a tight black
tank top. Boot cut jeans covered her legs more then the skirt Bulma
knew she normally wore. Her hazel and black swirled eyes were what
assured Bulma of the person in front of her.
"Chaos," Bulma growled.
"Do we know each other?" Chaos asked, her eyebrows drawn
together in confusion.
"I know of you."
"Oh! Well, nice to meet a fan," Chaos replied, smirking.
"What is going on here, Bulma? Why was I unconscious? Where is
everyone?" 14 asked demandingly.
Shis glared out at the life around him. An empty apartment was
serving as the den to which he could retreat and lick his wounds, and
neighbors leaving their own apartments alone served as perfect snacks.
Yet he still was not at one hundred percent. Several bodies lay on the
floor, likely never to move again, but humans were weak. He would need
at least ten more to fully heal if he didn't want to wait. But that was
exactly what he was going to have to do.
He sat on the balcony, thinking. He'd have to do something
about those androids. He couldn't drain something that had no ki. They
were weaker then his chosen food, but they didn't have to be careful
with him, thus making them stronger.
He allowed his thoughts to drift to the past. Another Hectia
prisoner, an old Seline that had died several years back. The old man
spoke of a technique that could make the difference in this fight. A
way to control the person through their energy.
Suddenly, he decided it would not be for food that he would
take his neighbors. The time had come when he had to learn the art of
the puppet master.
~Jade Nova
moon_archer82@lunap.com
you know, if I got more reviewers or letters for this fic, I might
update it more often! *hint, hint*
A14: The Fight for Ki, chapter 6
Slowly, almost painfully slowly, Sailor Chaos sat up. Her limbs
were weak, very nearly dead weight. Forcing herself to concentrate, the
dark senshi pulled her arms up an inch at a time until her palms faced
outward towards the three silent, astonished onlookers.
"What in Threta is going on?!" the woman, Nia, whispered. Her
only response was Rian's head slowly shaking back and forth. Their
other companion promptly fell to the floor, the soft thud as his head
hit the ground not even breaking his friends from their shock.
Several minutes passed by, until a small smirk curled Chaos's
lip. "Corwin told me this was a very friendly planet. Seems strange
that such a friendly species would leave one of their own on the floor
like that." She stretched her arms as if just waking up from a short
nap as Nia broke from her shock and ran to help her friend.
"He's been drained," Nia softly said, her voice a whisper
hardly louder then a bee's buzz. Her eyes came up, meeting Chaos's over
the edge of couch. "What did you do to him?"
"You're Seline!" Rian promptly shouted. From his pocket, he
pulled a small object with the basic shape of an earth gun. Two lights
lit up as his fingers wrapped around where she supposed the trigger
was. "Return his energy now, or I'll know exactly where to cart you
when you're down."
"For goodness sake Rian! Selines can't drain one of their own
kind! Besides, have you ever known of one to drain without even
touching the victim?" Nia asked, exasperation heard in every word she
spoke.
"But Yrui isn't Seline..."
"Yes, but mystery woman was drained by one." Rian thought about
that for several moments, finally lowering his weapon. It remained
firmly clenched in his fist though, as if he had to be prepared for an
attack.
"What did you do to him?"
Chaos did not respond. She slowly, elegantly stood up. Her ink
black skirt rested against her legs, her cape brushed gently across her
calves. Hazel-black eyes returned the glare the man sent her before
turning to examine the layout of the room. They must have moved her
into Corwin's room. Below her was a couch, clearly what she had been
laying on judging by the indention still in the cushions. To the side
was Corwin's bed. Chaos smiled faintly, remembering that bed very well.
But now was a different time, and now Corwin laid on it appearing
lifeless. His leg hung from the side, as if whoever had carried him
there either tired out before they could finish, or in a hurry.
"Why is she here anyway?" Nia whispered, asking herself, eyes
narrowed with suspicion as she watched the other woman. Chaos grinned,
almost laughing as she heard the words spoken. She took a step forward
and bent down to retrieve the abandoned staff off of the wooden floor.
It had fallen between the couch and a table, and she was mostly hidden
from sight as her fingers wrapped around the cold rod. Extending her
arm out slightly, she was able to touch Corwin's foot with the tips of
her fingers. She released some of the energy she had gained from the
man Yrui and let it flow through Corwin.
"Halves become," she whispered, the top of the staff touching
the floor. Standing up quickly, she pointed the black wings formally
brushing the floor up to the sky. "Whole!" Her shout filled the room,
startling the two onlookers
Where their friend and the mystery lady had been moments ago,
there was now only air.
"Selines can definitely not do that," Yrui said softly, his
eyes opening at a snail's pace as he recovered. "At least not that
quickly."
Silence fell over the crowd. All onlookers had since realized
the danger they were in and fled. As police sirens wailed in the
distance, Android 17 stepped forward. Dark strands of hair brushed
across his cheeks as he met Shis's eyes.
"17?" Goten questioned, wondering what the android was up to.
"He has something to do with 14." Goten waited, expecting him
to say more.
"17!" The earth born sayijin watched, shocked, as 17 suddenly
flew forward, his sister directly behind him. He lifted himself into
the air, ready to follow, when he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Matte, otooto. They don't use ki. From what I can understand,
they have the advantage here." Gohan smiled faintly at his younger
brother.
Bra's half sayijin hearing picked up on something in the other
room and, slipping away to leave her best friend to talk with the
grownups, she silently slid her way down the hall. Carefully, she
peeked her head around the doorframe and looked into the room where her
oniisan and 14-san had been placed to be watched over.
"What are you doing back here?"
"Wonderful greeting, 14. Three long years we've been apart, and
you seem ready to say bye again already." Bra's eyes opened as she saw
the dark sailor senshi. She hadn't been born yet the last time she was
on earth, but her kassan had told her about their old enemy many times.
She wore an outfit that was similar to the sailor senshi and carried a
long staff in one hand. Her cape blocked the rest of the room from view
until she spun around. The black fabric flared out around her legs,
allowing Bra to see 14 sitting up on her cot. At Chaos's feet lay a
man. Ridges lined the bridge of his nose and a strange tattoo on his
neck was almost completely hidden by his black and blue streaked hair.
"Who is the little girl, 14? If her hair is any indication, it
seems you and your android boyfriend have been up to something." Chaos
grinned, winking at the little girl. "Iie, I see it now. One of the
sayijins that destroyed so many of my yoma last time I was here. Maybe
even the imouto of your sleeping mate here."
"You haven't answered my question yet, Chaos." Chaos turned her
head back to the recovered android. Once Bra saw she wasn't being
watched anymore, she ran down the hall as quickly as her young legs
could carry her.
"I suddenly feel very useless," Yamcha muttered. Krillian
laughed as he continued to watch the fight going on not far away.
"Don't like to be upstaged by a couple of androids and 100 year
old women, do you?"
"I resent that, Krillian. We're not 100 years old. Only 80."
Krillian turned around to see the four inner sailor senshi, Jadeite,
and Tuxedo Kaman walk up.
"Hehe. Gomen, Jupiter. That's still pretty far up there, you
have to admit," he said, grinning.
"He's just jealous that he's starting to get up there in age
and he doesn't have the ability to physically stay in his 20s forever,"
Venus told her senshi, laughing. She allowed her eyes to wander back to
the fight, and her smile vanished.
"17 is fighting harder then I've seen him do before. Is
something wrong?"
"Hai. We haven't gotten the chance to get in touch with you
guys, but something happened to 14 the other day," Gohan answered as he
approached the small group.
"Nani?! What happened?!" Jupiter shouted, voicing the fear for
the entire group.
"We aren't sure. She just collapsed all of a sudden. She's
stable, but it's almost as if she doesn't have enough energy to wake
up. Like Trunks," Gohan finished, his voice trailing off as he thought.
"14. Usagi." Jadeite looked over at Tuxedo Kaman. Since the
disappearance of Chaos, he returned to the service of his prince and
best friend. Unfortunately, this meant that much of the time, he had to
be the one to remind Mamoru that 14 was not his princess anymore.
"Mamoru-kun," Jadeite whispered, shaking his head once he
caught the earth prince's attention.
"Gomen, Jadeite. It's still hard though." Tuxedo Kaman forced
himself to watch the alien and the androids fight as he listened to the
rest of the conversation between Gohan and the senshi.
"Studies say that releasing your anger through physical
activity is healthy. I suppose that fighting our enemy is as good a way
as any for him to release his fear," Mercury softly reasoned.
"Demo 17 said this guy had something to do with 14's
condition," Goten replied as he stepped up. "Then both he and 18
started their attack."
"Venus?" Jupiter asked their leader, the rest of the question
showing in her eyes.
"Iie."
"Demo if he has something to do with 14, we have to do
something!" Mars shouted.
"Iie!" Venus yelled back, her eyes flashing. "We were doing far
less damage to this guy then 17 and 18 are. Besides, we are unable to
fight hand to hand at this level, and unless you want to tell those two
to get out of the way, our attacks will just hit them too."
17 tried to hurry. He had been thrown down to the road by one
of the alien's strange energy attacks, and he didn't know how long 18
could last alone. Yet it was taking him longer then before, as he began
to feel the beating they were taking sink through his skin. He lifted
his head and flew up towards where the fight had moved to when he saw
18 thrown back, her head smashing into a brick building. The impact was
enough to break through the wall. She lay motionless on the floor
inside the building, eyes closed and pieces of rubble. 17 turned back
to Shis, his eyes burning.
"If you think we're that easy to beat, you're sadly mistaken."
His voice made clear his determination, and with the sight of his
sister unconscious, his strength seemed to be renewed.
As the fight began again, it was clear Shis was not fairing as
well as he first seemed. Realizing this, 17 took full advantage and
flew forward, his fist grinding into the alien's gut. A trickle of
blood the same color of his hair trickled down from Shis's lip. He
sneered at the android as he backed away to regain his breath.
"I didn't expect someone like your sister or you to be on this
dreadful planet. You're lucky I haven't fed enough yet. I'll return for
your friends though. You can be sure of that." His form seemed to
shimmer slightly, and before 17 could grab him and prevent him from
getting away, the alien was gone.
Setri looked at the ground at her feet. She felt responsible
somehow. She needed some more time to think before they confronted her
though. They had to know she was of the same race as Shis by now. She
focused her mind on the CC building and, using the energy she had
drained from the teenage sayijin, vanished from the battlefield.
"Bulma-san!" Bulma looked around at the familiar voice. Bra
stood by the door and looked over her shoulder nervously as two women
stepped through the doorframe. "Bulma-san, what happened?"
"14?!" Bulma shouted, her eyes wide in shock. Behind her, Umi
looked between Yukai and 14, while Yukai only watched the android with
wide eyes.
14 frowned. "Hai."
"How are you awake?!"
"She was awake when I got here," the other woman answered.
Shoulder length black hair brushed over the straps of a tight black
tank top. Boot cut jeans covered her legs more then the skirt Bulma
knew she normally wore. Her hazel and black swirled eyes were what
assured Bulma of the person in front of her.
"Chaos," Bulma growled.
"Do we know each other?" Chaos asked, her eyebrows drawn
together in confusion.
"I know of you."
"Oh! Well, nice to meet a fan," Chaos replied, smirking.
"What is going on here, Bulma? Why was I unconscious? Where is
everyone?" 14 asked demandingly.
Shis glared out at the life around him. An empty apartment was
serving as the den to which he could retreat and lick his wounds, and
neighbors leaving their own apartments alone served as perfect snacks.
Yet he still was not at one hundred percent. Several bodies lay on the
floor, likely never to move again, but humans were weak. He would need
at least ten more to fully heal if he didn't want to wait. But that was
exactly what he was going to have to do.
He sat on the balcony, thinking. He'd have to do something
about those androids. He couldn't drain something that had no ki. They
were weaker then his chosen food, but they didn't have to be careful
with him, thus making them stronger.
He allowed his thoughts to drift to the past. Another Hectia
prisoner, an old Seline that had died several years back. The old man
spoke of a technique that could make the difference in this fight. A
way to control the person through their energy.
Suddenly, he decided it would not be for food that he would
take his neighbors. The time had come when he had to learn the art of
the puppet master.
~Jade Nova
moon_archer82@lunap.com