Kaiooshin-kai: A History
Book of Swords part 5: Stasis and Life Anew
A DBZ fanfiction by LadyRivka
After their latest bout of ecstatic dancing, Bibidi sealed Majin Buu up once again in the confines of his egg and headed for the Eastern Universal Quadrant, this time with slightly higher hopes.
If the Star-Child wasn't in the other quadrants, mused the wizard, he must definitely be here.
So on they went into the East, asking all people living there if they knew anything of a mystical being called the Star-Child. When they answered "no" (and all of them did), he would release Majin Buu and have them turned into brownies or bundt cake or something of that nature. And, like always, the pink demon-spawn would go stuffing the desserts-that-used-to-be-Kaiooshin-kai-jin's into his mouth.
"Ha ha! Excellent work, Buu! We are just a few steps closer to having the whole of the Universe right in the palms of our hands… we must kill the East Kaiooshin and his mage and absorb the Star-Child's power! Won't you follow me?"
"Buu!" agreed the pink blob.
"Good, good." With that Bibidi sealed up Buu in his egg with the customary incantation of "Pa-pa-ta pa-PAAAA!" and headed for the domain of the East Kaiooshin.
_ _ _
Did you feel that? thought Hoshiko to the two men standing beside her.
Yes, quite, answered Kaiooshin. They are now in the Eastern Quadrant…we had best be on our guard, for many have died, and I do not want the three of us to be next.
So much havoc…so much…thought the mage. I can't stand it! What if I watch one of you die? What if? So many questions, with so few answers, and so little time to answer them in… Her lips curled upwards in an expression of panic.
Lady Hoshiko, please calm down. I assure you that there is no fear, even if we die, for we die for a noble cause, thought Kibito, again staring at Kaiooshin-sama.
Oh, great, not this again, thought Hoshiko, slapping her face in embarrassment.
What? answered the god. Please do not harass Kibito-san, he is necessary for my survival in times such as this…
He's more than THAT, if you get my idea, thought Hoshiko in the back of her head where no one could hear her. It's downright disturbing…
Suddenly, a dark force snatched Hoshiko from the pit of her own private thoughts.
"Guys…" she announced,"…they're here."
And indeed they were, for not fifty feet in front of the trio stood a chartreuse rat-like creature, Hoshiko guessed the wizard, and a giant veined ball.
And closer and closer they came… closer still…
Kaiooshin and Hoshiko trembled in absolute fear. Then all three of them found the wizard and the demon-egg standing within a foot of their faces.
The wizard waved his arms bout above his head and the ball split in two, revealing a creature that appeared to be an enormous pink glob of glue.
"Buu!" it shouted, and Hoshiko felt the evil pangs of Kuromajutsu in her stomach. "ME EAT ALL OF YOU UP!"
"Oh, no!" yelled Kaiooshin.
"Oh, yes indeed! He will turn you all into snacks!" Bibidi cackled.
Kibito got down on his knees, submissive, and gently asked, "If you wish to kill us, kill me first. I know I will die nobly for my Lord East Kaiooshin…"
"WHAT? What kind of religion does this man practice?" asked the wizard, bewildered. "Well, if you want to die so bad, maybe I should let you live and watch you suffer!"
As the Namae-nai rose to his feet, Kaiooshin complimented him telepathically. Nice use of reverse psychology, Kibito-san.
It wasn't reverse psychology. I really meant it, sir. Kibito smiled as well as he could manage.
"Hold on!" yelled the wizard. "I sense some unusual energy coming from the girl…" Bibidi looked around, and he held up his hand, in which appeared a small black globe.
In the globe were the floating words, Star-Child.
Yes…it makes sense…mused the wizard. But how in the hell can a girl be the Star-Child?
"What do you want?" asked the mage.
"How can this be?" asked the enraged wizard. "How can the Lead Eastern Mage, of all the people in the Universe, be the Star-Child I'm after?"
"Star…Child?" Hoshiko looked very puzzled. "Odd, that's what my name means. My dad told me that when he died… In my understanding, he wished upon the stars for a girl, and he got me, more or less."
"You are he…I mean, she, my dear," cackled Bibidi, "and therefore I have to kill you." The rodent-like wizard smirked evilly, coldly, before the dark-crystal orb disappeared from his hand, and in its place was a ball of black energy, prepared for launch.
"You sure as hell aren't going to kill me!" yelled the mage as she placed her hands together and said this incantation:
If you cannot start life anew
Upon this orb, please keep stasis;
And as for our adversary here,
I pray thee, give him a deadly kiss!
As her hands separated, fine threads of glowing white energy wrapped around each other to create a ball of purest white. She stepped back on her right foot and threw the orb at Bibidi and Buu; but what she didn't see was that Bibidi had created a dark barrier out of the black energy he had in his hand, and that her pure white magick-energy had been tainted by Kuromajutsu and was coming back at her, all black and all-engulfing.
The sheer force of the reversal-attack had Hoshiko down on her back, her body littered with near-deadly wounds.
"Lady Hoshiko!" gasped the young god and his assistant in unison.
Do you want me to go heal her? asked the Namae-nai to his superior.
Yes, go ahead, please. The god gave one of his mysterious smiles to Kibito.
Kibito walked towards where the young woman lay, almost on the brink of death, her body almost drowned in blood. It will be alright, Miss Hoshiko, he thought to her. I can heal you. Lord Kaiooshin-sama thought it would be best if I did…
No, no, she thought back. I have a question for you…
Yes?
Can you absorb energy and give it to other people?
Not that I know of, but it's worth a try. Kibito smiled slightly. You want to give your energy to Lord Kaiooshin-sama, yes?
Yes. He is more powerful and skilled than I am. Please do it, if you can. With this she started to form a small spark of energy in her left palm, and Kibito picked up her hand, meditated deeply for about ten minutes, and watched, fascinated that he could do such a thing and also somewhat envious of her for dying a martyr's death, as her life-energy left her and gathered up into his arm.
His arm still swirling with Hoshiko's life-energy, Kibito walked over to the young god and whispered, "Take my hand. If you want to defeat him, take my hand."
Kaiooshin-sama looked up at Kibito and blushed slightly. He felt rather awkward around his assistant, but he didn't know why, exactly. Embarrassment, or something even a god had yet to figure out?
Stopping his train of thought, he slowly extended his hand and hesitantly gripped Kibito's. A surge of energy went through him, making him stronger and more confident. He then proceeded to blow Bibidi to smithereens with a very strong energy beam coming from intense staring (Ki Aigan), which the wizard was too weak for and didn't see coming.
And then, with a wave of his hands, he caught Majin Buu off-guard and sealed him up. He whispered some incantations to himself and the veined ball flew off of Kaiooshin-kai, into the Universe-knows-where.
Kibito smiled. You did a very good job today, sir.
Yes, but business is not finished, the god thought, a nod of his head indicating Hoshiko's nearby corpse.
The two survivors of the Majin massacre went into Kaiooshin's abode and put on their clothes of mourning, simple black tunics tied with their normal-colored sashes instead of the fancier shirts they were accustomed to wearing. They then got a pick-axe and Kibito went to work digging up a grave for the mage that was somewhat dignified, being as rather harried and wrought with panic as they were.
Kaiooshin rolled her dead body in, and spoke softly. "Dear Universe, I know that this planet has been a war for quite some time now, but I pray you, let Hoshiko's soul and the souls of all others killed on this sphere find peace and rest."
Kibito stared at Kaiooshin, a tear welling in his eye, but the rest of his face still. "Very eloquent, sir. I couldn't have said it better myself."
"Yes, but we must move on. Please, take my hand." The young god smiled. This time, Kibito blushed. "What, do you not want to be immortal like me?"
"I-It would be an honor, sir," said the Namae-nai as he firmly gripped his hand. Kaiooshin closed his eyes, and, in an instant, Kibito became immortal.
You can let go now, the god thought. It's over.
I don't feel any different, but thank you ever so much. Kibito let go of his hand, and Kaiooshin wandered off a few feet into the distance, put his hand on the ground, and whispered an incantation to himself. Soon the ground of Kaiooshin-kai was covered in a soft white glow.
What…what the…? thought Kibito.
That was a preventative measure. I made it so no mortals can walk upon this planet unless the Universe is in grave danger. This should prevent us from any further attacks of this magnitude.
Indeed, sir, but there are only two of us…
We will keep the Universe sane this way, thought the god with a smirk. Now let's go inside, shall we? It has been a long past few days, and we need our rest.
Of course, sir, thought Kibito.
_ _ _
On a planet far from Kaiooshin-kai, a rodent-like young wizard named Babidi screamed in utter pain because he felt that his father was gone.
And to whoever killed him, he swore revenge. He would find Majin Buu and kill whoever killed his father. This would be his life's mission.
Sweet, sweet revenge….
END OF SWORDS
CUPS- whatever happens in DBZ/GT, with a few pieces of the puzzle resolved. I will not re-write DBZ/GT, and I will skip over some parts.
A/N-
Felix McCadden- I got your review and it made me laugh! Honestly, I thought, "Yeah, I KNEW he was queer" to be absolutely hilarious! Probably b/c you put something I assumed and said it so bluntly! Although in traditional societies like Kaiooshin-kai (and medieval Europe and feudal Japan, upon which it is based), there's not really such a thing as a fixed sexual orientation. You get married, have kids, and everything else you do gets shoved in the closet. LOL
Lyonette: Glad you like my stories! I was expecting to get a lot of flames for my pairing, but I didn't. Actually, I got a lot of COMPLIMENTS!!! *G*
Everyone: Thank you sooooo much for supporting me! And they say the authors on FF.net are evil and cruel…Well, we proved them wrong, didn't we?
Until Pentacles, Rivka