Power's Decadence

Kirikou

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ALT-UNIVERSE, ANGST, BLOOD AND GORE

WARNING: SUPRIME KAI BATTERING

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"Gohan!" Shin ran over to the creature, blowing off the thing with an energy wave. It squealed, flying in to the wall at the end of the hall. Its many legs flew in every direction, trying to right itself. Gohan jumped up, Kamehameing the thing into oblivion and sending it's millions of appendages everywhere. Shin ducked as a leg flew at him. Kibito grabbed it, staring at the make.

"Never seen anything like this before and I've been alive longer than you." He dropped it and Shin jumped fifteen feet like a little girl.

"Don't do that! You know nasty creatures and stuff give me the willies!" Kibito almost laughed at this. The Supreme Kai was afraid of a little creature's leg? Shin shot him an accusing glance, and they all went forward.

"I'm so scared..." Videl had gone over to Gohan, hanging onto him. Kibito thought all this was just pathetic, ignoring everything.

They continued down the hall, watching the doors as they went by. Shin just continued down thousands of halls twisting and turning like a labyrinth, never ending. The halls where lavishly decorated with silver and gold lining them. Shin looked around upset as they continued knowing all well that someone would have stopped them by now. He thought about that, thinking about Mikuni now. He remembered, but just barely what had happened the first time he had seen the man.

He had been one of Bibbity's minions. It had been only a hundred years or so before he had become Supreme Kai, so he was fairly young. The others where helping him get things together. He had been looking through papers and things of the sort when an alarm in the building had gone off. Kibito had quickly left to find out what the problem was. He had run back in moments later out of breath, saying something about Buu. Now, Shin wasn't too familiar with this 'Buu' and didn't really know what to do, but he was quickly informed, and they had gone out try to get rid of him and Bibbity. It was when they where fighting that Shin had first seen Mikuni. Shin had gone behind something, when he saw the man. He was setting something up in the building. When Shin yelled at him, he ran, and Shin pursued. He had cornered the man, but he did something so horrid, so mutant that he didn't even want to remember it, and that was just why he was so upset about the whole thing. What if he did that again....

"Hey, Kaioshin, are you alright?" He jumped out of his trance, turning to Gohan. He was concerned.

"It's nothing. I'm fine...really." They continued walking down the hall. Shin knew that he'd have to tell them eventually. Kibito knew too just what this Mikuni could do. But the rest of them, Videl, and Gohan, did not.

They arrived at large double doors at the end of the longest hall. They where extravagantly done, and very large. When Shin walked in, nothing. He looked around, nothing. A few other rooms, nothing. He was suddenly knocked back by a flash in his mind.

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"They're coming here my lord."



"Good. That way, while they're here, we can attack the Earth. There's no one to defend it."

"Genius. Absolute Genius!"



"Thank you."

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"They're going to Earth!" Shin turned quickly, running back to the front door. Gohan gasped, following behind at the same speed, taking Videl by the arm, Kibito only feet away.

"What? How do you know that?"

"I don't know...you'll just have to trust me in this!" They ran back down the twisting halls, until they came to the door, which was blockaded with those creatures. They squeaked and squealed, barking at the group. Their legs thrashed out in every direction, their eyes, twirling about their heads. Shin backed away fearfully. Kibito almost fell over at the sight of them.

"Why, oh why can't I have normal mid-life crisis?" He sighed, getting ready to fight them off. Videl backed in to a corner, slowly panicking. Gohan ran back to comfort her while Shin just stayed shaky. Gohan assured her it would be all right, going back to Kibito, and getting ready to strike.

The first one lounged with a squeak, attaching itself to Gohan. He ripped it off, blasting it. With that energy, the rest of the pack flew at the group. Videl screamed, unable to get herself to fight them. Shin gulped, knowing there was nothing to be done, and jumped into the fray.

"Get down!" Shin yelled to the group. Gohan ran for cover, and Kibito shielded himself as best he could. Gohan remembered Videl, grabbing her, and going around a corner. Shin took a deep breath, eyes glowing an iridescent blue. He screamed, a huge blast of light and energy blew away everything in his path. Kibito was thrown back against a wall and the creatures where blown to bits in a screaming parade of noise. The last one fell dead, his head exploding from the immense amount of energy circulation through the room. Shin fell to the ground, his breath coming in ragged gasps. Gohan checked Videl over as soon as he deemed it safe. Kibito just sighed in relief that he was alive after that.



"You ought to take my job Kaioshin...seriously." He made the gasping Kai start laughing, which sent him into a coughing fit. Gohan was extremely concerned with his friend, but he had stopped a few moments later, clearing his throat, and standing with aid from Kibito. He shook his head out, finally getting a good look around. He noticed Gohan's look at him.

"I didn't know you could do that..." Shin grinned tiredly.

"That was nothing. You should try and back me into a corner.

We've got to get to my place first, since I know that's where he'll try to go. Don't think he'll do all that well though..." They all disappeared with that to his place again. They arrived only moments later. Shin didn't look all that great as they made it, almost sick.

He continued to walk, until they made it to the door. Shin walked on in, being greeted by his workers and such. It almost seemed as though Shin was completely wrong about his strange prediction. He walked to his room, sitting down and examining all the things. Nothing was moved or touched since the last time he had been there, but wait. Something wasn't right. The room just had an eerie feel about it, as if something was watching him. He checked his closet, and everywhere that seemed suspicious, finding nothing but blank, empty darkness. He sighed, sitting back down on his bed, staring out the window on the right. There was no sign of Mikuni anywhere. He thought he had just been imagining things, when a small thing on the ground caught his eye. He picked it up, examining it. A little bit of something he'd never seen before. A stone maybe? From his planet, definitely. He had been here earlier. He ran out of his room and down the hall, cursing as loud as he could for being so stupid.

"Shit, shit, shit!" He ran down the hall, tripping on his way in the main room, scaring the hell out of everyone who was in that room. "We've got to get out of here! He went back! He's already been here!" Gohan was suspicious by now, wondering just when this Kai would make up his mind.

"Don't you understand? They've already been here! They're going back!" They headed off again, Kibito completely dazed over the whole situation. They arrived, noting immediately that everything had returned to its normal busy situation. Creatures where everywhere, squealing, and jerking at everything. They saw the group, running over to attack. The group got ready for another attack. Gohan stepped forward.

"Watch out everyone. This one's gonna get hot." Kibito dragged down shin and Videl as Gohan unleashed another power attack. As they where destroyed, they continued to the palace. They entered, immediately being bombarded again. The creatures came from every direction, destined to kill the group. This time Shin let them have it.

"Go back to Hell where you belong!" He put out a hand, an energy wave flying from it at the proceeding group. They growled, ripped apart by the energy. They thought it was over until Gohan gasped in horror. The animals continued to cultivate like bacteria, spreading all over the room. They where surrounded in that moment and Gohan suddenly found himself fighting for his life. Videl has stayed back, taking cover under an overhang in the building.

"Kaioshin, get out of here! You're the only one that knows the way around here!" Shin shook his head violently, blasting a thing out of his way.

"I'm not leaving you all here!"

"You have to, now go!"

He shook his head again, but ran off down a hall, while Gohan held off the things. Shin ran down the hall, leaving the others to fend for themselves.

He ran around a million corners so it seemed, until he had to stop to breathe. He didn't remember all these corners before.... Was the place just re-built? It could not have been since it had only been hours....

He continued to run, not noticing the eyes watching him. He stopped again when he heard a shuffle, whirling around to meet the sound, but found nothing in its place. He heard it again above him. He looked up, finding nothing yet again. It had to have been in the ceiling! He ran to get away from the sounds, and as soon as he got half way down the hall, a flash and pain was all he saw and felt.

He fell to his knees, grasping the sword hilt through his chest. He gasped for air, ripping it out with a scream and trying to stand when he heard the voice. Someone was laughing at him. He looked up, almost falling over at the sight of him.

"Mikuni..."

"You've got that right darling. I see you're in a bit of a jam. Poor thing...." He frowned, watching the Kai double over from the pain. He gave a little peace sign, dissolving. Shin stood, screaming in pain trying to find the way he came. The place had changed again...

He dragged himself down the hall, blood coming from the wound at a steady gushing pace. He thought he would be lost forever until he came to the end of the hall. A door resided at the end of it, a small plaque telling what it was. It said in bold engraved font, Employees only. He reached for it, opening the door and walking into the dark room. He searched around for a light, accidentally going off the wall. He walked backwards, still looking, when he bumped into something. It was hanging from the ceiling. He didn't notice the stench in the room until then. He finally found the light, flicking it on, his eyes growing at what he had bumped into. A dead human skinned and hung. He screamed, turning towards the door as the hundreds of bodies hung there, bleeding and rotting. He bumped into another, screaming again. His heart pounded as Mikuni re-appeared in front of him, grabbing him by the neck into a strangle hold, lifting the choking Kai strait off the ground. He gripped him tighter, smiling ironically.

"So sad. The Supreme Kai comes to his untimely death...." Shin closed his eyes, forcing out a scream as he smashed his neck, dropping him to the ground, and pulling out a sword. He turned the Kai to his back, shoving the large sword into his chest with a crunch and a bloody scream. He ripped it out, shoving it back in his stomach. He screamed again, taking his last breaths as the sword went in for the final time, visions of glaring eyes and a maniac grin filling his memory.

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Gohan destroyed the last monster, suddenly stopping, and a grave look on his face.

"What's the matter?" Videl asked the still Saiyan.

"I used to feel all our power levels...There's one less...Oh my God..." He ran down the halls, twisting and turning, until he came to a spot, where there was something...He got closer, before falling against the wall, completely sick. Videl screamed. Kibito did nothing. Gohan gathered himself up, continuing.

"Kaioshin? Shin!" He yelled out to the Kai, following the pool of blood to where it dragged on. They continued running until they came to the end of a hallway, with a door. The blood went through the door. Videl was too scared to go in, staying against the wall. Kibito and Gohan walked in the dark room. Gohan walked towards the middle, looking for a light. He tripped and fell, hitting his head. He sat up, rubbing it. What did he trip over? Kibito found the light. Gohan screamed. He had tripped over a body.

"Shin?" He scrambled over to the body. His complexion had faded, now pale as a ghost, and blood surrounding him, still warmly flowing from his dead body, filling the floor around him. He saw the rest of the bodies, running out of the room. He caught his breath outside, throwing up his lunch in the hall. Kibito shook his head, trying to get out the visions of dead bodies, the vision of Shin, laying there...bleeding...

"Dear lord...." Gohan choked out the words. Videl figured out what was going on. She screamed again, crying. It was a shriek that Gohan would remember every day for the rest of his life, which he feared, was coming to an end very soon.