Kaiooshin-kai: A History

Book of Wands, Part 4: Magick Maneuvers

A DBZ fanfiction by LadyRivka

(continued from where author left off…)

Ten'ue Hoshiko and her soon-to-be-divine wunderkind headed off to a clearing to practice techniques used in the magical arts. The mage concentrated her energy, not choosing to have mercy on Ban'noh, even though he was a mere child.

Ban'noh, creeping a short distance behind her, suddenly appeared in front of her, smirking.

What are you going to do to me? His voice resounded in her head. I'm pretty sure I can take it.

You're sure now? She replied in thought.

Quite. You'll be surprised to find out how much I know.

"Yeah, right," she answered. "Just a few minutes ago you were turning grass into chocolate. ANYONE can do that."

"But I wanted chocolate!" he protested. Sure, Ban'noh acted like a god when he wanted to be; but, about half of the time he acted like a normal four-year-old boy with a know-it-all streak. Sometimes he acted so normal Hoshiko forgot he really did or at least would know everything, and it made her remember why she didn't want to have any children of her own. They were pains in the you-know-where.

She took a deep breath and sighed, defeated. This was one of those times he did make her remember that he was a deity; sure, to the untrained eye he was being cute, but to Hoshiko he was being underhandedly bossy and commanding…a dominant submissive, as someone had once put it.

"Yes, you wanted chocolate. Now we have much more important things to do than make chocolate. Like the magick training…"

"Okay." The boy sulked ever-so-slightly.

"Okay, first we levitate." She demonstrated on herself, eyes closed, palms out, floating about a foot off of the ground. Opening her eyes, she said "Now you tr…"

She was shocked to find the boy about two feet off the ground, traversing here and yon, around and around.

"What? That's magick? It's easy!" he grinned.

Hoshiko returned herself to the ground, entranced by the young god's floating. Then, suddenly, he stopped. The mage tried to take a step forward, but found her feet immobile, as if they were rooted into the ground.

And then she heard the boy's voice boom in her brain:

Ha ha. Gotcha.

She was simply too amazed to get angry, as much as she wanted to. She'd heard of older Kaiooshins doing this psychic immobilization trick, and she had attempted it on some of her suitors, but she didn't expect it from a young boy!

She tried to talk, but her mouth wouldn't budge an inch, so she resorted to telepathy.

Ban'noh-kun, you're a bit strong for me. How about I arrange some training with the Dai-Kaiooshin? Would that make you happy?

"Yes," he whispered. Hoshiko felt the psychic grasp on her loosen, and then subside entirely.

"Good. I'll make an appointment tomorrow."

He smiled at her, black eyes staring knowingly. He was going to get the most out of his education.

TO BE CONTINUED…

Part 5…. We meet Dai Kaiooshin, and let's just say it's different than you'd expect. ;) (OK, we know he's a pervert. 'Nuff said.)