Chapter 2 The New Beginning

And So It Begins Again

Chap. 2

AN alright now the second chapter is done, now I will leave this without a title seeing as I can't come up with any new and original title, I will leave that for you to decide, if any of you come up with one please notify me and I will decide which one I choose I will get to work on the third chapter as quickly as possible, so that you will get to enjoying my story quicker, I can't promise any more than that. Oh yeah, just be warned, this wont make much sense unless you know a couple of animes besides Cardcaptor Sakura alright? arigato

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Shoalan just sat there looking at Sakura, "this doesn't change anything" he said getting up from his seat. "I will still love you as much as I always have maybe even more" he said looking down at Sakura who was smiling. "Oh, Shoalan that's wonderful!" she said giving him a big hug. She released him and cringed as her side began hurting again. The moment Kerro was in the kitchen with Zanzalin he checked to be sure nobody was listening than asked her " are you absolutely sure that it is a girl?" he said frantically. "Yes, is that a problem?" she said curiously, "iie, no not really" he said, but she didn't believe him. "What's the problem with it being a girl?" she asked looking straight at him, "if it's a guy thing I could change back to Kerro", "no, it's fine, Zanzalin, it's perfectly fine, my presence here seems to have changed the future after all, no problem" he said that convincingly enough, but he knew he was lying, it wasn't alright. At this moment, Sakura and Shoalan walked into the kitchen, "do you want anything to eat Zanzalin? Or Kerro?" Sakura asked, "no, we're fine". "Oh, alright then, I am hungry though" she said sheepishly, "alright, what you want for dinner?" Kerro asked, "umm, I kind of feel like just some of that instant noodle soup" she said thinking hard. "Well, we could have that, or I could probably get some leftovers from Sasami, she always cooks far to much food, and I don't think you have ever tasted it" Zanzalin said, "sure, that sounds alright, if it is alright with her that is". With that Zanzalin bowed and portalled out, "She is really nice" Shoalan said, "yep, that's the same Zanzalin I remember from all those years ago" Kerro said. "But there is one thing I don't get, what is she?" Sakura asked trying not to sound rude, "Well, from watching the show you probably know about psuedo-space, she is a psuedo-space creature, that lived in psuedo-space many, many years ago". "Back at the academy, a few years after she had created Ryoko, Washu found Kerro, he was an orphan at that time, and she decided to run a few tests on him, to see if he had any powers…"

Flashback many, many years ago…

Click, click, clickity, click went the computer keys as Washu typed furiously on them, "well, by all accounts, he is just an ordinary little boy" she said as you hear Kerro's faint crying in the backround. "Washu" came a voice on an intercom, "what is it?" "is it true, that you are in possession of a small orphan boy?" "Yes, I was running some tests on him, and he appears to be just a normal boy" she said. "Well, that will change soon, we are authorizing the activation of operation Zanzalin, on the boy" he said delightedly, "what! You can't be serious, that project was scrapped decades ago, it can't work, the merging process just isn't sound enough to work on humans". "You are wrong, it wasn't sound enough to work on human adults, we have changed it and we conclude that it could work on a human infant" "that's barbaric! I will not potentially sacrifice a human baby, just for some silly experiment!" "Well Washu, it is your choice, because if you don't do the experiment, you get booted out of the academy for good". Washu looked sick "what?" she said weakly, "yes that is the new incentive to keep the scientists in line so you are to begin the experiment A.S.A.P, agreed?" "Agreed" she said downheartedly. The intercom cut off and Washu returned to her work, "well little one, for better or worse you will never be the same again, and it will be all my fault if something happens to you" she said with a heavy sigh. The experiment went underway within the hour, "psuedo chamber pressure 34.7 and climbing" "synch ratio climbing, nearly reaching startup levels" " opening portal in 5…4…3…2…1 now!" the portal opened, and a creature was sucked out of it, and flung into the chamber where it merged with Kerro. All of a sudden, Kerro's crying stopped; he looked straight ahead of him into the portal. "The experiment seems to be a success" the lead scientist said, "yes, I hope he is alright" Washu said worriedly as she held on to Ryoko who was about four. "Amazing! The boy is still conscious" "how can that be? He should have lost consciousness long ago, he just keeps staring at the place where the creature came out of, he hasn't budged an inch" Washu said astounded. Washu looked into the young boy's eyes and saw something flash within them, "what was his eye color before the experiment?" she asked, "it was…" her assistant said checking the chart "brown, I believe, why?" "well, for a moment there they flashed a light blue" Washu said sounding a little hysterical, "well, changes like that are expected" her assistant said. "I suppose your right, but…" she was cut off when Kerro started moving. "waaah! waaaah!" he was crying like normal again, Washu just couldn't stand it any longer, to her colleagues this crying was just another reaction to the merging process, but it was killing her on the inside to listen to it. She went into the tank, "wait Washu I don't think it is safe to go in there!" her assistant called frantically, "can you stand to see a little baby cry like that?" she said questioningly. "No, of course not! But Ms. Hakubi it's dangerous!" "it's alright, don't cry I'm here" she said as she walked up to the infant. "Mamma?" it said wiping away it's tears, Washu was shocked, "that is extremely odd, a baby this young shouldn't be able to talk yet" she thought as she picked him up and put him in her arms. He quieted down immediately in her arms, and even began to fall asleep as Washu rocked him gently. "What is his name?" she called up to her assistant, "umm, let me see, K441 I believe", "what kind of a name is that?" her assistant just shrugged, "I will call him Kerro, what do you think, do you like that name?" she said as she tickled Kerro making him laugh. Washu stepped out of the chamber holding the baby as she announced, "I think for the best results possible out of this experiment, I will adopt Kerro" she said proudly "I will start on the papers right away Professor" "come on Ryoko, let's go home and have something to eat!" "yay! Maybe some chocolate for desert, mommy?" "sure!" Washu said happily, as they walked out of the laboratory.

End of flashback…

"And that is what happened" Kerro said finishing his long story, "that was a pretty amazing story Kerro" Sakura said in awe. "Oh I'm full of stories just like that one, any of you ever see Neon Genesis Evangelion" they nodded "well, I bet you can't guess how much they screwed up on that one!" Kerro said excitedly as he was about to tell another story when Zanzalin showed up. "Food's here!" she said happily carrying what looked like a wheel burrow full of food. "Wow! That's a lot of food, I hope Sasami didn't have to work too hard just for us" Sakura said hoping they weren't too much trouble. "No, not at all this was just stuff we had lying around" she said examining the whole turkey and a large pile of mashed potatoes, "I told you Sasami cooks too much" she said laughing. "Oh and Kerro" "yes?" "Sasami made you your favorite" "and what would that be?" Zanzalin dug through the food and came out with a wrapped bundle, "Swordfish!" "Wow, I can't believe she remembered, I mean it has been what ten years?" After the massive dinner was consumed down to the last crumb it was time for Zanzalin to go, so she changed back into the brown-eyed Kerro for the farewells. "Goodbye everyone, I had fun!" he said as he went through the portal, "bye Kerro, tell Sasami I said thank you!" Kerro called after him. "Well, that was quite an unusual evening" Shoalan said sighing contentedly. "It was wasn't it?" Kerro said before jumping in surprise, "oh no! I forgot to tell Meleni I'm not dead anymore she is going to kill me!" everyone laughed even Kerro. A few hours later everyone settled down to some well-deserved sleep, it had been a long day. The very next day, Kerro woke up at 6 O'clock as well as everyone else to a wonderful Saturday morning. "Well, I think I'll call Meleni" Kerro said stretching, "don't you think you should wait? I mean it is only 6 in the morning," Shoalan said yawning. "Nah, I've waited far to long as it is, she rightly should have been the first person to see, oh well" Kerro sighed. He stretched one last time, and walked into the center of the room, ::Meleni:: Kerro was mentally counting the seconds "one, two, three" "KERRO!". He saw her for a split second in front of him before he was barreled over. "Your back! Your really back!" Meleni said ecstatically, she hadn't changed a bit, "umm, Meleni I love you and everything, but your kind of crushing me right now" "oh…" she looked down and noticed that she was directly on top of him. "Oops, gomen!" she said blushing, "it's ok it's really nice to see you again" he said smiling up at her, "I would have called you sooner, but I was a little busy with Sakura and Shoalan over there". Meleni looked over and saw them, "oh, nice to see you again Sakura and Shoalan" she said embarrassed, Kerro got up and sat in one of the seats in the living room, and Meleni did the same. "Guess what Meleni? Sakura said, "what?" "I'm pregnant" "wow, that's amazing!" she said turning her head to look at Kerro ::oh no you don't, don't get any idea's:: Kerro thought frantically blushing. "I have some good news too," Meleni said. "What?" Sakura asked as Meleni moved closer to Kerro, "Kerro said that if he did end up coming back he and I would get married!" "that's wonderful!" "Yeah well, maybe we'll have a little girl of our own one day" Kerro said smiling. The rest of Saturday went by smoothly until the afternoon; everyone was just sitting around in the living room after having a large meal. All of a sudden, they heard the doorbell ring, "I'll get it" Sakura said getting up, "hello?" she said at the door, "hello, is this the Kinomoto residence?" said a man about Kerro's height, but his face was covered in a hood. "Yes, it is, what is it?" "I am looking for a man called Kerro is he home?" "Yes, I will go get him" she said as she walked off to the living room. "Kerro, there is a man at the door who wants to talk to you" "oh really?" he said getting up and following Sakura. "what is it?" Kerro said as he looked at the hooded figure, "well Kerro, death must have affected your memory" the man said looking up at them, his hood falling off to reveal a person who looked exactly like Kerro in every way, he even dressed the same. Kerro looked at him for a second, "oh, right you're the Kerro from Babylon 5 aren't you? I should have recognized you from the robe, how are things?" "Not good, there is a fire" he said blankly, "what kind of a fire" Kerro said apprehensively, "a bad one". "Ok then so you want me to come help you again? Well…" he said looking back towards the living room, "I suppose they wouldn't mind me gone for a day or two, right Sakura?" "Okay I guess so, just where is it you are going?" "I can't tell you, it's a matter of security, that and you wouldn't believe me much if I told you" he said getting ready to leave. He walked back into the living room and explained the situation to the others "well, I have to go on business for a couple of days, so you should have some free time to yourselves" "wait where are you going?" Meleni and Shoalan asked "I can't tell you, but don't worry, I am sure it is nothing too major so I should be back soon" he said as he walked out the door. "Well, Kerro what sort of trouble have you gotten yourself into this time?" "We are not in trouble Kerro, you are" he said, "Four Star Light!" parallel Kerro yelled as four little stars came out of his hand and formed a portal. "Dear god, you haven't changed that in all these years?" "We like to be consistent" he said as they walked through the portal. They were across many dimensions in an instant to a large ship, "the old place hasn't changed in so many years" our Kerro said "yep, not at all" parallel Kerro said. "So what exactly is our little problem?" Kerro said, "sit down, Kerro and have a soda" he said pointing to a little table by a viewing screen, "ok" he said sitting down. He took a sip from a cup of soda placed on the table and looked at Kerro, "so, what have we got?" "this message arrived for you, apparently he didn't have your address" Kerro thought back, "it couldn't be him?" "Right on the mark". "Oh come on! Can't that bastard get a hobby or something?" "His hobby is trying to kill you remember" "oh right" "well, put it on already" Kerro said annoyed. Parallel Kerro pressed a button on a small remote, which played the message on the screen. "Hello Kerro" came a voice, which belonged to a man who looked almost exactly like Kerro except he wore black instead of brown. "If you are seeing this than I am already dead" "cheers" Kerro said raising his glass, "I want you to know that my feelings of murderous rage toward you have subsided over the years, and I wish to make peace" "best thing you've said in you entire life". "Setting that aside, I have ordered all of my financial and magical funds to be liquidated in order to create a giant monster to come and kill you, have a pleasant day!" he said grinning broadly. "That bastard Korro! God he can hold a grudge for a thousand years!" Kerro said drinking the last of his soda and tossing it out. After hearing this all of the Kerros gathered together in the large assembly room in the ship, "we want Kerro here to know that we will stand behind him through this crisis, which of course means…" Kerro from Babylon 5 said, "you are completely on your own!" everyone in the crowd chorused. "Why did I ever join this thing?" Kerro thought despairingly as everyone had a good laugh, "no, seriously we will help him in any way we can, cuase that is what we do here right?" "Right". At that moment, a man walked into the room, and the leader of the council, the Kerro from Babylon 5 said, "who are you? And what do you want?". The man stood up straight, "is there a man named Kerro Kinomoto here?" Kerro walked up boldly, "I am Kerro Kinomoto, what do you want?" "Nothing personal, but I am here to kill you" he said flatly, Kerro thought about it for a second before shrugging and firing an energy blast at him, an orange energy shield appeared in front of the man which stopped the blast in it's tracks, "an A.T. Field?… shit" Kerro said as he dodged several volleys of fire from the stranger. Now back to Sakura and the others, "I hope Kerro is ok" Meleni said, deciding to just stay at Sakura and Shoalan's house for a little while. "Don't worry I am sure he will be fine" Sakura said soothingly, "yeah Kerro is the strongest person we know" Shoalan chimed in. "Your right" Meleni said, "he will be ok and I have nothing to worry about" she said resolutely. "So Meleni, do you know anything about these dimensions that Kerro has been talking about?" Sakura asked, "yes, he showed me a couple of them, and I met a couple of the parallel Kerros as well" "oh, what where they like?" Sakura asked trying to kill some time on what remained of the Saturday afternoon. "Well…" Meleni said thinking hard, "One day Kerro took me to a dimension that looked kind of like an episode of Dragon Ball Z, but we couldn't stay very long, it was one of the World Tournament's so their Kerro was really busy" "wow, a dimension that looked like Dragon Ball Z? That's pretty amazing" Sakura said thinking of what that would be like. "So who were that Kerro's parents?" "Well, he was Videl and Gohan's son, see they had a son and a daughter in real life, not like in the anime" "that's interesting" "why do the animator's always screw up like that?" "Lack of imagination, or the fact that most of the Kerros are just too powerful, you couldn't make much of a story out of that". "No, I suppose not" Sakura said sighing, "I wish Kerro didn't have to go, or at least that I could see what he was doing" she said downheartedly. All of a sudden, she felt a powerful aura around… herself! "Shoalan do you feel that?" she said worried, "yeah, what could it be?". "What's that over your head?" Meleni asked, "what?" Sakura looked up and saw a glowing crystal over her. "What the heck is that thing?" "There is one over me as well" Shoalan said as the crystals moved a few feet away from them, one of them turned into a maiden, much like the ones on the cards. "Hello" it said bowing, "who… who are you?" Shoalan said shakily "my name is Sasabi, Sosobi and I, were created to be your guardians around 5 years ago" she said smiling. "Who is Sozobi?" Shoalan asked, "he is right next to me" she said looking to her right, "oh wait" she said grabbing the crystal and shaking it. "He's still asleep" she said chuckling while everyone sweat dropped, "wake up!" "Alright already" came a reply from the crystal, as it changed into a man who wore almost the exact same clothes as his counterpart, except they were more green than pink. "I still don't get this" Sakura said, "you probably wouldn't, because Kerro didn't have time to tell you about us" Sasabi said, "we were created to be your guardians, because Kerro knew he was going to die soon, so he needed someone to take his place". "Well, if you are our guardians, where have you been all this time?" "we have been right above you all this time" Sasabi said politely, "if you have been their all this time, than why didn't you save me when that truck was going to hit me? Sakura asked puzzled, "well…" Sasabi said looking embarrassed. "We knew Kerro was going to save you, that and we fall asleep sometimes" Sasabi said hoping they wouldn't get mad at them. "Well, I guess Kerro saved me anyway, so it didn't matter that you were asleep" Sakura said knowledgably, "there is one thing that still puzzles me" Shoalan said. "What's that?" Sosobi asked, "How did Kerro come back to life?" "Hmm, that is a tough one, but he told us before he died that he had created a very powerful crystal a long time ago, but unlike all the others he never imbued it with a task or purpose, he left it adrift in space, that crystal could have resurrected him" Sosobi said finishing. "So, why did you two just appear like that after waiting for five years?" Sakura asked, "well, we just thought it seemed like a good idea, because we can show you what Kerro is up to" Sasabi said happily, "honto!" Meleni said ecstatic, "yes, one moment please" she said concentrating hard. A large crystal ball that had to be something like 3 feet in diameter appeared in front of them, "we will see what he is doing through this" she said happily as a picture began to form within the crystal, getting clearer and clearer. It showed a picture of Kerro fighting someone they didn't recognize, and everyone squatted down to watch. "Ladies and gentleman! Please stand by and watch the fight of the century, between the Kerro from the dimension that bears an uncanny resemblance to an episode of Cardcaptor Sakura, and an absolute stranger bent on his destruction, who has now been identified as Shin!" came a Kerro announcer. "Come on everybody, they've moved into the holo-deck!" "wait didn't we set that thing to Pacific Ocean?" "oh well, they will just have to do a mid-air battle then!" "yeah this is going to be great!" came the shouts from the large mass of Kerros sitting in the audience. "Hey Babylon 5 Kerro, shouldn't we go and help him?" "Nah, lets wait till they break something valuable" "well, they already broke, the gold depository, the jewel vault, gem land, the money factory, and that place the makes silver dollars" "no, I mean really valuable". The fight was getting brutal, Kerro had his sword out as he rammed the stranger at top speed his feet just skimming the water "BOOM!" they crashed together, Kerro's sword slashed across Shin's side as Shin misses with a left punch. They turn around and come at each other again locked in punches and kicks for several minutes, until Shin fires a Ki blast at Kerro, who dodges it and counters with a Solar Flare "thank god Tien taught me that" he thought, which blinded Shin long enough for Kerro to get under the water. "Where did he go!" Shin yelled out in frustration before plunging into the water, he fired several Ki blasts trying to hit Kerro, all the time losing energy, when Kerro flies up only a few feet away from Shin, builds up his energy in an instant and, "FINAL FLASH!" he yells out as Shin is engulfed in a massive ball of energy. "Well, that should have done it" Kerro says panting hard, that last blast had used every bit of energy he had left. All of a sudden, he looked up and saw Shin coming down on him and before he could move, he got kicked far across the ocean and hit the wall on the other end, crashing through it. "umm, Babylon 5 Kerro, sir" "what is it?" "well, that last energy wave that Kerro fired broke through the wall and destroyed the recreation area" "oh well, we can always build a new one" he said shrugging it off, "well, that last kick of Shin's that sent Kerro smashing through the wall destroying that area". "Yes, what about it" "that was the animation room", "don't tell me, that was where all the animes were kept" Kerro said in shock. "Precisely, it even had your show in it" his assistant said, Kerro stood up "come on boys, lets take him to school" he said rubbing his fist several times "arrgh!" came several voices behind him as well as many people carrying bats and sharp metallic implements, as well as several murderous glints in peoples eyes. "Well, this is quite a show" Sakura said grabbing some popcorn, "yeah, I am sure Kerro is fine and he is very entertaining" Shoalan said also getting some popcorn and watching as every Kerro on the ship rose into the air. If you have ever seen the first episode of Gundam X with all of the Mobile suits in a line firing their satellite cannons, every Kerro got in a huge line, and aimed every shot in the book at Shin. "FINAL FLASH!" "DISTRUCTO DISK!" "SCATTER SHOT!" "WHITE MAGIC BLAST!" and just about every other form of magical or energy blast that you could imagine all merged into one. "Nooo!" was Shin's last word as he was blasted into nothingness.

Wasn't that exciting! Well, I hope this satisfies anyone who cares that my story gets completed or not. I wanted the fight to last longer, but a short fight and a joke is better than a long boring fight of kicking right? ok fine ill try better next time and believe me there will be a next time! Ja ne