Hiya and again thanks for the reviews, well here goes
Chap 5
"WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UUUUUUUPPPP."
Shins eyes snapped open only to be greeted by a small grinning purple face hovering roughly four inches from his own, he let out a quiet groan and closed his eyes again, gosh was he tired this morning. With his eyes still closed his listened, he heard a small patter sound as bare feet slapped gently against the marble floor. The bed shook a little as a small form slipped under the covers and curled up nearby.
Shin opened his eyes and turned his head a little to face his young daughter, she was curled up with her eyes closed sucking the knuckle of her index finger on her left hand. He never did know why she did that, he had heard of children sucking their thumbs but never bending their index finger and sucking their knuckle. He smiled slightly, she had good reason to be cheerful this morning, the past week had been very stressful, on all of them, last night was the only night for the past week they'd had, a proper nights sleep.
He slowly climbed out of bed, yawned, stretched and headed for the bathroom, on the way he gathered his clothes that were neatly folded on a nearby dresser. He left them hanging by the bath as he stepped into the shower. As he let the warm water flow all around him he let the past weeks events turn over in his mind.
flashback
It was the middle of the night and everybody in the palace was asleep, when a strange noise drifted into his head, at first it didn't register in his mind was as he was still drowsy, but it was a scream, a scream filled with fear and terror, followed by a single word that brought him to his senses, "daddy!!!!!!!!!! with that Shin was awake and leapt out of bed. He headed quickly for the adjoining door that linked the door to his room and Kalaya's. He opened the door quickly and stepped inside. The room was pitch black and at first all he could see was a small crack of light that came from the door opposite with Kibito's head poking round.
Kalaya's screaming was louder than ever, Shin turned and faced the bed and ran to his wailing child while Kibito turned on the light. Kalaya was sitting up in bed but her eyes were still closed, tears were streaming down her panic stricken face. He ran over too her and gently placed his hands on her shoulders and began to shake her while trying to sooth her, she was shaking violently. Finally her eyes opened and she stared into the kindly eyes of her father, she then burst into tears. Shin held her tight, he guessed she had some sort of nightmare and from her expression it had been a vivid one at that.
"ssssssshhhhhh, its okay now, sssshhh what happened, he whispered, he could see she was calming down.
"Oh daddy it was horrible" she whimpered
"what was honey, tell me, was it a bad dream?"
"Uh-huh" she nodded, "you were in it, and me and these other people too"
"other people?"
She whimpered "yeah, I was standing by you and everybody was so afraid, even you daddy, you were so scared, even those you were with, I, I could feel you fear, you, you were all looking at something, it was that that was making you so scared, but I don't know what it was, it was in shadow, it was strange though, in the dream I was standing next to you, but in a way I wasn't, it's like I was nearby but above you watching from above too, but I couldn't be could I? how could I be in two places at once? it doesn't make any sense."
"Dreams don't often make sense," he said quietly as he laid her down again, smoothing some stray hair from her eyes, "but one thing that is true for all dreams, is that they are only dreams and will soon fade, if you need anything else you know where I'll be." he kissed her lightly kissed her and left.
The same dream woke Kalaya screaming her lungs out three more times that night, much to her fathers concern, by the fourth time she was pale and quivering, her words were mumbled and incoherent through stress and exhaustion, so Kaioshin simply picked her up and carried her to his room where he placed her in his own bed hoping her nightmare would cease.
The same thing occurred for the next five nights, by the fifth night she was terrified even to go to bed, she begged her father to let her stay up, he felt so useless, he could see the fear in those dark blue eyes, parents were meant to take away their children's fears and make them feel better, but even he, Supreme Kai couldn't banish the fears of the subconscious. In the end he made her a warm drink and put in it a drug made from the plants that lived on Kaioshin-Kai that acted as a weak but effective sedative. When he eventually did put her in bed she refused to let him turn off the light, she also begged him to stay with her until she fell asleep, so he did. While she was sleeping he placed his hand on her forehead and sent a gentle energy pulse throughout her body, it was an old Kaioshin trick used to help sooth restless infants and children, he'd had to use it with Kalaya countless of times. That was last night, ad the first night in a while that they both slept soundly.
He began to remember soon after the Majins came and devastated their world, the first few days afterwards was a nightmare. Kalaya seemed to know something was wrong, she seemed to understand that someone was missing, Shin felt helpless, he couldn't explain to her why the nice lady who fed her and played with her was no longer around, he wished he could make her understand. Shin had all but given up on life, he had blamed himself for what had happened to his people, he was Supreme Kai, he was meant to protect them from the likes of the Majins and instead he let them destroy his world. The only thing that got him out of bed in the morning was his daughter, just knowing that there was someone who depended on him, someone who needed him, someone who loved him. In his eyes she was the only thing that mattered, as the years passed the bond between them had only grown stronger.
End flashback
Shin smiled as he climbed slowly out of the shower, muscles slightly aching from lack of sleep himself for the last week. He got dressed and slowly stepped back into his room only to find Kalaya bouncing up and down on her bum on Shins bed. He laughed a little and shook his head, a moment later he heard somebody clear their throat behind him, they both turned to see the usual surly face of Kibito, Kalaya scowled.
"Excuse me master," the tall man muttered "but breakfast is ready"
Kalaya squealed with delight, she was very hungry, she hopped off the bed and made her way over to where Shin was standing, he smirked, bowed his head and extended his hand, "would you care to join me for breakfast, Miss Kalaya?" he asked still smiling, Kalaya giggled and skipped over to her dad, she curtseyed and took his hand, "it would be an honour sir" she giggled. He picked her up as she rested her head on his shoulder and he playfully flicked her ear with his finger, Kaioshin ears were very sensitive to the touch and only close family or very close friends dared touch the ear of another Kaioshin, of one Kaioshin touched the ear of another even by accident they were considered to be breaking the greatest law of etiquette.
They started to make their way to the dining area for breakfast, although walking slowly didn't last very long, for as soon as Kalaya smelt food she left her father and Kibito behind as she bolted down the corridor nearly crashing into Dai Kaioshin who was coming the other way. He laughed to himself as he passed the other two, "I take it she's happier this morning?" Shin just nodded.
If Kalaya wasn't eating, she was training if she wasn't training or eating then she was either asleep or bugging Kibito (which she was very good at, she knew exactly what to do to annoy him.)
By the time the others reached the dining area she was already eating. As usual Shin ate slowly with Kibito standing in the corner, but much sooner than Kibito had anticipated Shin stood up and turned to leave, just as Shin had anticipated Kibito prepared to follow, "no thank you Kibito, I do not require your assistance," the small god swept his hand over the food table "here, eat something if you wish, I shall not be long" with that he left.
Kibito mumbled something under his breath, and reached over to the dining table and helped himself to a piece of fruit.
Shin walked hastily through the palace until he reached Dai Kaioshins private quarters, he knocked quietly on the door,
no response,
he knocked a little louder, still no response
Shin sighed and opened the door. Looking around the room he spotted Dai Kaioshin sitting in a large comfortable chair nodding his head up and down with a pair of headphones in his ears.
Shin walked over to him and waved his hand in front of the old Kaioshins face.
"Huh....what? Oh its you" he grunted
"yes, I need to talk to you, if your not to busy that is" he said glancing at the stereo on the table
Dai Kaioshin rolled his eyes, "well only if its urgent."
Shin smiled "it is, there is something concerning me greatly........"
"Oh let me guess, its about that little girl of yours"
"er..yes as a matter of fact it is about Kalaya, its just......."
"I might have known, what has that little tyke been up to now, it was only the other day that......"
"WILL YOU PLEASE STOP INTERRUPTING, please let me finish" Shin sighed, having a conversation with Dai Kaioshin was very difficult indeed.
"Ooooohhhhhh, those sleepless nights have really gotten to you haven't they?"
Shin clenched his fists as he tried to stop himself doing something he would regret
Dai Kaioshin scowled, "you may continue"
"thank you" sighed Shin "its about those dreams she has been having recently, I have a feeling they are more than just dreams, I think they are trying to tell us something."
"Oh yes," the old man smiled, "they are telling us that eating cheese before bed is not a good idea" with that he fell about laughing at his own joke.
Shin groaned and sat down, this was going to be harder than he thought, he watched as Dai Kaioshin picked himself off the floor.
"Now where were we?" he asked now he too sat himself down.
"I was saying" Shin continued "that her dreams are some sort of sign, almost like a sort of premonition,"
"a premonition? Now what ever could you mean by that boy"
Shin growled again, he hated being called boy, "do you remember when the Majins came?"
Dai Kaioshins face grew sombre, "how could I forget, that was a sad, sad day"
Shin lowered his head, "I know, but that day, she was...well...er a little off"
"off?"
"Yes something was bothering her, and then a few hours later they arrived, don't you think that is a little bit of a coincidence?"
"Well she was teething I believe at the time wasn't she?"
Yes, but it wasn't that, it was something else, and you have to agree that her psychic powers are very advanced for a Kaioshin of her age, her telepathic ability is very acute......."
"Oh you don't have to tell me twice, the other day she was out in the grounds, training I think and I was there under one of those trees.....er reading one of my magazines, and do you know what happened?"
"No, what?" Shin sighed giving up finally giving up
"she told me something about myself that even I'd forgotten"
"What?" Shin asked, now a little bit interested
"Yes" the old Kaioshin continued, grinning "very intriguing it was"
Shin snapped "WHAT WAS???????"
"She reminded me that my ultimate favourite snack is a salami and peanut butter sandwich"
Shins mouth fell open.
Dai Kaioshin stood up patting his stomach, "yep, thank that girl next time you see her for me won't you?"
He turned to leave, when he stopped his face serious again, "Shin" he said quietly "do not worry yourself, whatever will be will be, whether or not Kalaya's dreams are a sign or not I cannot say, but if you really want to know I don't think I have the answers," with that he turned and left.
Shin stood there for a few moments and then he too turned and left.
Shin headed for the one place he always went to escape his hyperactive daughter, the library. He didn't think she had ever even been to the Palace library, he couldn't get her to read a book if she was given all the strawberry jam sandwiches in the Universe. As you would expect from most library's this one had books, but unlike most libraries this one contained millions upon millions of books, from all corners of the universe. Everything was in it's correct section, (Higashi no Kaioshin was very organised.)
Shin straight away headed for a small dark corner of the library that was full of very old, very dusty books. This area contained the journals about the Kaioshin history. Because Kaioshin are immortal it is very difficult to remember everything that ever happened EVER, to Shin even though he may have somewhere or done something, they were just a distant memory that he needed reminding of.
He hovered around the dark shelves until at last he found what he was looking for, "aha" he smiled and pulled a large leather bound book from the top shelf and took it to a desk and began to read every page, one by one. He was there for hours, occasionally Kibito would bring him a drink, he never asked any questions, he knew that Kaioshin would tell him all he needed to know when the time was right.
Kalaya even came before bed to say good night.
As the night drew on Kibito kept vigil, even after Shin had told him numerous time to go to bed himself he had refused and so waited.
He continued to scan the pages and finally in the early hours of the morning he let out a small cry as he found what he wanted to know:
......once the foul creature that was forged from the heart of darkness had ceased it's destruction of our homeworld, four of the five wise Kaioshin, that watched over this universe had been annihilated. The one remaining Kaioshin sealed the creature in it's sacred sphere, and sent it to a distant planet, the master and creator of the creature had been eradicated, and now that the only way to bring forth the creature by the evoking spell, the only one who could utter it was destroyed so the creature would remain forever sealed on a planet known as Earth.......
Shin jumped up and dashed over to Kibito who was trying desperately trying not to fall asleep woke with a start. Shin smiled at the slightly bewildered face.
"Kibito I know what I must do, I understand now"
"but master how could you know?"
Shin looked at him sharply "Kalaya said that in her dream myself and these others were afraid, you know as well as I do that there is only one thing that strikes fear in my heart, so therefore her dreams were telling me only one thing, I must go to this Earth and discover just what this fear is"
"but master how do you know Miss Kalaya's dreams are anything at all?"
"I don't know Kibito, I just know that they do mean something, I must go"
"Then I'm coming too" they both turned around to see Kalaya in the door way.
"No Kalaya you cannot" said Shin sternly "I do not know how long I will be away and it may become dangerous"
She ran over to him, tears in her eyes "I don't care I'm coming, this is because of me anyway and those stupid dreams, I don't want to be on my own"
"Dai Kaioshin will be here"
"It's not the same, please let me come daddy, I'll good I promise" she whined
Shin wrapped his arms around her in a gentle hug, "I don't want you to get hurt, I don't know what I would do if something happened to you?"
"I'll be alright, and I'm a good fighter you might need me, I'm not afraid"
Shin sighed, he was torn as to what to do, on the one hand he was worried for her safety but on the other her dreams may make more sense soon, and in her dream she was there too which could only mean she was meant to be.
He kissed her lightly on the forehead and smiled a sad smile, "fine you may come"
"yiiiiiiiippppppeeeeeee" she squeaked in glee, "When do we go then?" she asked
"Tomorrow I think, I have to do a little research in to this place called Earth that we are going."
With that the child bounded out of the room, but Shin couldn't feel excited in the least about the trip, he had a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach, but as Dai Kaioshin said what will be will be, he would find out what was to come soon enough.
I know that was a little depressing in parts but don't worry the next chap is more lighthearted, I'm really not sure if I like this chap but anyway please R&R and tell me what ya think THANKS
