The Kagato Chronicles
By: nyke
Book One: Inner Demons
Chapter Five
Things were peaceful over the next few weeks. Kagato's child, or Dakori as he now called her, was developing perfectly, and Yanouku was so happy about how well things were going that he decided to leave Kagato alone for a while. In fact, he now spoke to him so rarely, that Kagato began to wonder if he was ever there at all. But sooner or later, the voice of the demon always returned, though usually in reference to Dakori's training.
Kagato now spent every moment with Dakori. He spent most of the day teaching her. He taught her combat, science, and how to use her newfound powers. She pleased him with her abilities and eagerness to please him. While in the span of two weeks, her strength and intelligence were powerful enough to rival his own, she still had the emotional state of a child. He spent each night curled on his bed with her in relaxed slumber, holding her with nothing but fatherly affection.
It would be wrong to say that they loved each other. Dakori knew Kagato as her protector and provider. He had given her life and was now the only person in her life. She idolized him as what she knew she should become.
Kagato held affection for the girl, but not much else. In a way, he was envious her. Dakori was innocent and sweet and beautiful. She was everything he once was and could never be again. Yanouku saw Dakori as a tool. She was his key to destroying his enemies and bringing the empire of Jurai to its knees.
A week after Dakori was born, Washu's child was ready to be brought to life as well. By this time, Dakori had developed the intelligence of Kagato and the emotional state of a full grown adult, though her physical aging process ceased at twenty-one. She had basically the same powers as him, give or take a few. She was amazingly beautiful as well, with a tall lean build, a large bust, slim curves, and endless legs. She had hip-length hair that was red, but so dark that you could only see the red in direct light. Her features were catlike and dominated by two large, sharp dark green eyes with vertical pupils and tiny fangs showed in her smile.
Kagato was there for the birth of Washu's child. He was reluctant, since it was a violation of the academy's rules to conduct such an experiment without the board's consent, and some small part of him still respected those rules, even though he himself had already broken the same ones. Yet Yanouku had a strong control over him and had insisted that he help Washu. He claimed that it was vital to the plan that he be the first male in the child's life, so as to establish himself as a father figure.
The day before, he entered Washu's lab and found her in the back of the lab. She was puzzling over some sort of space ship that was large, white, and frightening. As he stared at it, transfixed, he realized that it reminded him of a large cobra with its ribs spread, reared for attack. Yanouku was buzzing in his head with excitement. This remarkable ship would be theirs. This was turning out better than he could have hoped.
"Why would you build something like this?" he asked, bringing her attention to him.
"Well, Kagato," she smiled, "I was building it for you. I was going to surprise you with it, but you've caught me. So what do you think?"
"It's perfect," he said distantly, as if in deep thought. "Thank you."
"No problem," she replied, " After all, you've been so much help to me, so I wanted to."
Kagato drifted off into the inner reaches of his mind as she droned on. With this new development, he could set the plan into motion tomorrow.
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Kagato and Washu stood around a large tank in her lab. The birth wasn't actually a human birth; rather it was just increasing the child's vitals until it burst from the tank, much like a baby bird from an egg. The only difference between Dakori's and this child's birth was that Dakori was full- grown. This child would be born a baby.
Washu generated her laptop and began typing rapidly. Soon the tank exploded, blowing glass and water everywhere. Washu walked over to the remains of the tank and picked up the screaming child. She smiled in relief and held her baby girl to her.
Seeing that the procedure had been a success, Kagato crept out of the lab, giving the mother in child some time alone.
Halfway between the lab and his dorm, a blinding pain shot through Kagato's head.
"Wh-what's going on?" he cried as he collapsed against the wall, gripping his head.
Nothing personal Kagato, but I don't think you can handle something this important. Yanouku's voice rang through his mind. I'm just going to take over for a while.
"Take over? But you can't just-" Kagato was cut off in mid sentence as Yanouku's power gained the control over his mind and body. He stood up, and tried to put his hand to his head so he could massage his aching temples. His hand didn't move, but his feet did. Suddenly he was standing in front of his dorm.
He slipped in and walked over to Dakori, who was sleeping on his bed and pulled her up by the throat, shocking her into consciousness. "We will be leaving soon," he said in a voice that was nothing like that of the man she called father. "Be ready my child."
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A tall, dark man watched Kagato leave the dorm with a girl he didn't recognize. Instinct told him to prepare for the worst and his instinct was never wrong. They were headed towards Washu's lab. He crept back to his own dorm and pulled a uniform out of the closet.
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Washu sat a large purple egg in front of her baby, who had already gained the ability to sit up. It would continue like this until she hit the physical age of three, then her growth would slow to that of a normal human being.
The egg cracked and a small paw popped out. Another leg popped out. Then the shell gave way and a small creature with the face of a cat and the body of a rabbit. It scampered over to the child and meowed curiously before leaping onto her lap. Washu smiled at the sight.
She turned sharply at the sound of the door slamming. "Oh hi, Kagato. Can I help yo-"
Her words were cut short as she was thrown against a nearby console.
"What the hell?" she yelled, "Kagato, what's the meaning of this?!"
"You're the genius," he said with a sneer, sarcasm dripping from his voice. "You figure it out." Dakori walked up beside him, and frowned. She wondered what he was doing, but it wasn't her place to question him.
Washu stood and prepared to face him and was once again thrown back by an energy blast from Kagato. She stayed there this time.
"It's all quite simple really," Kagato smirked, "I seek to be invincible, and with the power of Tsunami, I shall be. You are going to help me find it."
"And if I refuse?" Washu asked calmly.
Kagato frowned as if he hadn't considered this. He then turned and leveled a smirk at her child. "You won't. Of that, I am sure."
Washu saw Dakori then. She was in awe that their coloring was so similar, even though Dakori's was many shades darker. She momentarily wondered if it was intentional or not. She figured that they looked alike for the same reasons that her child resembled Kagato.
It was a bad time to get lost in her own thoughts, and she realized that when Kagato suddenly thrust a squirming ball of fur into her face. She backed up and saw that he was holding the cabbit by its hind leg and it was meowing loudly in protest.
"What's this?" he sneered.
That's when Washu became Professor Washu. "Well Kagato, that is a cabbit. It was made by a combining the Mass that we used for our children and several other minerals. They have the ability to morph into ships and have telepathic bonds with their owners. That one belongs to my child."
"But why are there two of them?" he asked, pointing to the cabbit on a nearby table. The shattered light blue shell around it showed that it had recently hatched.
"Well," she said, choosing her words carefully, "I thought Dakori might want one as well."
She had known. And she hadn't said anything. He could lie with ease, but he couldn't stand to be lied to. Inside, Kagato screamed with rage. Outside, Yanouku smirked in amusement. "How long have you known?"
"From the beginning. I can't believe that you would assume that I don't know where my own egg cells are. I also can't believe that you completed the experiment successfully before I did. Perhaps I don't give you enough credit."
Kagato began to reply, but the lab door was thrown open once more.
Washu smiled "Officer Migal, haven't seen that uniform in awhile have we? Now, are you gonna use that gun, or just stand there and pose with it?"
His suspicions were confirmed. "Kagato Hitare, I am placing you under arrest on charges of theft, assault, and the threatening of an Academy professor. You have the right to-" before he could finish, he was knocked unconscious.
While this was happening, Dakori had crept over to Washu's laptop and began typing. As she typed, Ryoko began to grow. Her physical age increased to about eighteen then stopped. Washu then turned and saw that her child was no longer a child. She shrieked in outrage and tried to leap at one of them. She didn't care who she hit, but she found that she couldn't hit anyone. Her feet were cemented to the floor by light green crystal that was slowly creeping up her leg.
"WHAT THE HELL?" she screamed.
Kagato smirked again. She was beginning to hate that smirk. "I'm sorry Professor, but it seems that you have out lived your usefulness."
Washu watched helplessly as he transported the girls to Soja. He returned to grab a few pieces of research and equipment, including a small box that she had hidden in the depths of a sub-space pocket. As what appeared to be an afterthought, he grabbed Migal by the collar and was gone again. When he was satisfied that he had taken everything of use, he returned for her. She realized he was purposely taking his time. He had nothing more to fear of anyone at the academy.
"What are you gonna do with my daughter?" she asked, her voice calm despite her fear for both of them.
"Don't worry about her. She will be well taken care of."
"By who? You? That's comforting," Washu replied in a biting tone.
Kagato's smirk became a frown, then a glare. "You are in no position for sarcasm, Professor."
He grabbed her hair and transported her to the ship. He was contemplating where to put her when he remembered the one way level. He had her taken down there and began working on the creatures to guard her. When she fell into unconsciousness, she would be guarded by two giant stone snakes. (What else?)
Washu cursed herself for ever building a mirror level in the ship. She had no idea why she had done it. What purpose did it really serve? She guessed it was one of those things that had seemed like a cool idea at the time. She wished she had left a flaw in the program that would allow an escape, but sometimes she was betrayed by her own genius.
As she pondered her position, an astral projection of Kagato appeared. The smirk was back. "Comfortable?"
"Fuck you," Washu replied, as composed as ever.
"Good. Since you are alright down here, I'll just return to the girls." Then he was gone again.
That's when Washu finally lost it. "Damnit, Kagato! You can't just leave me here! Come back!"
. "KAGATO!" she screamed as the crystal crept over her neck. She kept screaming until it covered her face. Then everything went black.
Kagato returned to the bridge where he had left the girls. After Dakori had calmed Washu's child, the two of them had sat down to play with the two cabbits. Kagato kneeled beside them.
He motioned to the fallen GP officer and smirked. "Pay attention ladies. It's time for your first lesson. I'm going to teach you how to kill."
~Fin~
Author's Note: I've finally finished book one. Book two should be out very soon. Please review. I'd love to hear your opinion.
By: nyke
Book One: Inner Demons
Chapter Five
Things were peaceful over the next few weeks. Kagato's child, or Dakori as he now called her, was developing perfectly, and Yanouku was so happy about how well things were going that he decided to leave Kagato alone for a while. In fact, he now spoke to him so rarely, that Kagato began to wonder if he was ever there at all. But sooner or later, the voice of the demon always returned, though usually in reference to Dakori's training.
Kagato now spent every moment with Dakori. He spent most of the day teaching her. He taught her combat, science, and how to use her newfound powers. She pleased him with her abilities and eagerness to please him. While in the span of two weeks, her strength and intelligence were powerful enough to rival his own, she still had the emotional state of a child. He spent each night curled on his bed with her in relaxed slumber, holding her with nothing but fatherly affection.
It would be wrong to say that they loved each other. Dakori knew Kagato as her protector and provider. He had given her life and was now the only person in her life. She idolized him as what she knew she should become.
Kagato held affection for the girl, but not much else. In a way, he was envious her. Dakori was innocent and sweet and beautiful. She was everything he once was and could never be again. Yanouku saw Dakori as a tool. She was his key to destroying his enemies and bringing the empire of Jurai to its knees.
A week after Dakori was born, Washu's child was ready to be brought to life as well. By this time, Dakori had developed the intelligence of Kagato and the emotional state of a full grown adult, though her physical aging process ceased at twenty-one. She had basically the same powers as him, give or take a few. She was amazingly beautiful as well, with a tall lean build, a large bust, slim curves, and endless legs. She had hip-length hair that was red, but so dark that you could only see the red in direct light. Her features were catlike and dominated by two large, sharp dark green eyes with vertical pupils and tiny fangs showed in her smile.
Kagato was there for the birth of Washu's child. He was reluctant, since it was a violation of the academy's rules to conduct such an experiment without the board's consent, and some small part of him still respected those rules, even though he himself had already broken the same ones. Yet Yanouku had a strong control over him and had insisted that he help Washu. He claimed that it was vital to the plan that he be the first male in the child's life, so as to establish himself as a father figure.
The day before, he entered Washu's lab and found her in the back of the lab. She was puzzling over some sort of space ship that was large, white, and frightening. As he stared at it, transfixed, he realized that it reminded him of a large cobra with its ribs spread, reared for attack. Yanouku was buzzing in his head with excitement. This remarkable ship would be theirs. This was turning out better than he could have hoped.
"Why would you build something like this?" he asked, bringing her attention to him.
"Well, Kagato," she smiled, "I was building it for you. I was going to surprise you with it, but you've caught me. So what do you think?"
"It's perfect," he said distantly, as if in deep thought. "Thank you."
"No problem," she replied, " After all, you've been so much help to me, so I wanted to."
Kagato drifted off into the inner reaches of his mind as she droned on. With this new development, he could set the plan into motion tomorrow.
-~- -~- -~- -~- -~- -~- -~- -~- -~-
Kagato and Washu stood around a large tank in her lab. The birth wasn't actually a human birth; rather it was just increasing the child's vitals until it burst from the tank, much like a baby bird from an egg. The only difference between Dakori's and this child's birth was that Dakori was full- grown. This child would be born a baby.
Washu generated her laptop and began typing rapidly. Soon the tank exploded, blowing glass and water everywhere. Washu walked over to the remains of the tank and picked up the screaming child. She smiled in relief and held her baby girl to her.
Seeing that the procedure had been a success, Kagato crept out of the lab, giving the mother in child some time alone.
Halfway between the lab and his dorm, a blinding pain shot through Kagato's head.
"Wh-what's going on?" he cried as he collapsed against the wall, gripping his head.
Nothing personal Kagato, but I don't think you can handle something this important. Yanouku's voice rang through his mind. I'm just going to take over for a while.
"Take over? But you can't just-" Kagato was cut off in mid sentence as Yanouku's power gained the control over his mind and body. He stood up, and tried to put his hand to his head so he could massage his aching temples. His hand didn't move, but his feet did. Suddenly he was standing in front of his dorm.
He slipped in and walked over to Dakori, who was sleeping on his bed and pulled her up by the throat, shocking her into consciousness. "We will be leaving soon," he said in a voice that was nothing like that of the man she called father. "Be ready my child."
-~- -~- -~- -~- -~- -~- -~- -~- -~-
A tall, dark man watched Kagato leave the dorm with a girl he didn't recognize. Instinct told him to prepare for the worst and his instinct was never wrong. They were headed towards Washu's lab. He crept back to his own dorm and pulled a uniform out of the closet.
-~- -~- -~- -~- -~- -~- -~- -~- -~-
Washu sat a large purple egg in front of her baby, who had already gained the ability to sit up. It would continue like this until she hit the physical age of three, then her growth would slow to that of a normal human being.
The egg cracked and a small paw popped out. Another leg popped out. Then the shell gave way and a small creature with the face of a cat and the body of a rabbit. It scampered over to the child and meowed curiously before leaping onto her lap. Washu smiled at the sight.
She turned sharply at the sound of the door slamming. "Oh hi, Kagato. Can I help yo-"
Her words were cut short as she was thrown against a nearby console.
"What the hell?" she yelled, "Kagato, what's the meaning of this?!"
"You're the genius," he said with a sneer, sarcasm dripping from his voice. "You figure it out." Dakori walked up beside him, and frowned. She wondered what he was doing, but it wasn't her place to question him.
Washu stood and prepared to face him and was once again thrown back by an energy blast from Kagato. She stayed there this time.
"It's all quite simple really," Kagato smirked, "I seek to be invincible, and with the power of Tsunami, I shall be. You are going to help me find it."
"And if I refuse?" Washu asked calmly.
Kagato frowned as if he hadn't considered this. He then turned and leveled a smirk at her child. "You won't. Of that, I am sure."
Washu saw Dakori then. She was in awe that their coloring was so similar, even though Dakori's was many shades darker. She momentarily wondered if it was intentional or not. She figured that they looked alike for the same reasons that her child resembled Kagato.
It was a bad time to get lost in her own thoughts, and she realized that when Kagato suddenly thrust a squirming ball of fur into her face. She backed up and saw that he was holding the cabbit by its hind leg and it was meowing loudly in protest.
"What's this?" he sneered.
That's when Washu became Professor Washu. "Well Kagato, that is a cabbit. It was made by a combining the Mass that we used for our children and several other minerals. They have the ability to morph into ships and have telepathic bonds with their owners. That one belongs to my child."
"But why are there two of them?" he asked, pointing to the cabbit on a nearby table. The shattered light blue shell around it showed that it had recently hatched.
"Well," she said, choosing her words carefully, "I thought Dakori might want one as well."
She had known. And she hadn't said anything. He could lie with ease, but he couldn't stand to be lied to. Inside, Kagato screamed with rage. Outside, Yanouku smirked in amusement. "How long have you known?"
"From the beginning. I can't believe that you would assume that I don't know where my own egg cells are. I also can't believe that you completed the experiment successfully before I did. Perhaps I don't give you enough credit."
Kagato began to reply, but the lab door was thrown open once more.
Washu smiled "Officer Migal, haven't seen that uniform in awhile have we? Now, are you gonna use that gun, or just stand there and pose with it?"
His suspicions were confirmed. "Kagato Hitare, I am placing you under arrest on charges of theft, assault, and the threatening of an Academy professor. You have the right to-" before he could finish, he was knocked unconscious.
While this was happening, Dakori had crept over to Washu's laptop and began typing. As she typed, Ryoko began to grow. Her physical age increased to about eighteen then stopped. Washu then turned and saw that her child was no longer a child. She shrieked in outrage and tried to leap at one of them. She didn't care who she hit, but she found that she couldn't hit anyone. Her feet were cemented to the floor by light green crystal that was slowly creeping up her leg.
"WHAT THE HELL?" she screamed.
Kagato smirked again. She was beginning to hate that smirk. "I'm sorry Professor, but it seems that you have out lived your usefulness."
Washu watched helplessly as he transported the girls to Soja. He returned to grab a few pieces of research and equipment, including a small box that she had hidden in the depths of a sub-space pocket. As what appeared to be an afterthought, he grabbed Migal by the collar and was gone again. When he was satisfied that he had taken everything of use, he returned for her. She realized he was purposely taking his time. He had nothing more to fear of anyone at the academy.
"What are you gonna do with my daughter?" she asked, her voice calm despite her fear for both of them.
"Don't worry about her. She will be well taken care of."
"By who? You? That's comforting," Washu replied in a biting tone.
Kagato's smirk became a frown, then a glare. "You are in no position for sarcasm, Professor."
He grabbed her hair and transported her to the ship. He was contemplating where to put her when he remembered the one way level. He had her taken down there and began working on the creatures to guard her. When she fell into unconsciousness, she would be guarded by two giant stone snakes. (What else?)
Washu cursed herself for ever building a mirror level in the ship. She had no idea why she had done it. What purpose did it really serve? She guessed it was one of those things that had seemed like a cool idea at the time. She wished she had left a flaw in the program that would allow an escape, but sometimes she was betrayed by her own genius.
As she pondered her position, an astral projection of Kagato appeared. The smirk was back. "Comfortable?"
"Fuck you," Washu replied, as composed as ever.
"Good. Since you are alright down here, I'll just return to the girls." Then he was gone again.
That's when Washu finally lost it. "Damnit, Kagato! You can't just leave me here! Come back!"
. "KAGATO!" she screamed as the crystal crept over her neck. She kept screaming until it covered her face. Then everything went black.
Kagato returned to the bridge where he had left the girls. After Dakori had calmed Washu's child, the two of them had sat down to play with the two cabbits. Kagato kneeled beside them.
He motioned to the fallen GP officer and smirked. "Pay attention ladies. It's time for your first lesson. I'm going to teach you how to kill."
~Fin~
Author's Note: I've finally finished book one. Book two should be out very soon. Please review. I'd love to hear your opinion.
