From Sin, The Author
Wow, Chapter Three. Hehe. I'm really looking forward to that break after Chapter Four, it'll give me a chance to rest my poor brain and regain strength before I get to the next part. (sigh) Don't be surprised if there's a long vacation in between Chapters Four and Five; I don't plan on making my vacation short. (We're talking serious fun in the sun time during which my computer won't even be turned on)
I would like to make a point of explaining something before this chapter begins, and hopefully if you read it you won't flame me about this later. There is going to be a lot of talk about Heaven, Hell, Purgatory and all that but I'm telling you right now that it is NOT RELIGIOUS. Bad people still go to Hell and all that but I won't be going into the whole religious side of it. Basically the Otherworldly realms are just like the realms of earth, except each one has a different purpose to serve. So I don't want to hear any whining about how I didn't represent Heaven correctly or someone wouldn't go to Hell if they were really sorry for what they did. Got it?
There will be a character guide included at the end of this chapter for anyone who needs some help with the original characters. I will try to include as many details as I can about not only their place of origin and their reason for being but also their personality so you can get a good idea of what they're like.
Well, not much else to say except for the usual bit.
Disclaimer: I do not own any DBZ/SM characters. Admittedly, I do wish I were that special but unfortunately I'm not. Instead I have to settle for normal things like making faces at little kids, growling into the phone when annoying people call and running through the mall after random people screaming 'no don't leave me I LOVE you!!!' What, don't you do that? Shit. Never mind. ^_^
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What Do You Mean, Dead?
The back up in Purgatory was roughly equal to a traffic jam on a major highway right before several major exits just before a very major holiday. Long lines of people filled every inch of the main buildings and swept out into crowded streets where the hard-assed locals vied for position with newcomers still waiting to be judged. Now and then a poultry- geists, a small demonic chicken skeleton capable of something akin to flight, would hop by, hoisting a sign demanding rights for magically reanimated creatures. In short, it looked like a toy store at Christmas. In fact, the only things missing were the random catfights that broke out between over-stressed soccer mom's trying to get Billy and Tommy the last power morph with laser action and helmets that go swoosh.
Hel, sitting in an office that was flooded with the recently deceased and already somewhat crowded because of the new file cabinets needed to hold the new files, was beginning to lose her grip. There had been several billion people on each one of the Four Worlds when they were destroyed and now every single one was standing in her realm waiting to be judged, by her. The thought was galling even to a seasoned veteran and Hel, sensitive and somewhat insecure person that she is, was not dealing well with it.
"Um yeah, so you say that you once stole a gumball from one of those little candy baskets at the candy store?" The little girl across the desk nodded, her eyes wide as she stared up at the deity that ruled Purgatory.
"Mommy wouldna let me 'ave it," she exclaimed, and Hel jotted a few notes down on the file in front of her.
"Anything else?"
"One time I 'it my brofver cuz he wouldna let me 'ave my dolly back." The girl folded her arms and stuck her tongue out at a little boy who stood a few feet away.
"All right then." Hel brought her personal seal down on the file, closed it, and placed it in a file cabinet marked Elysian Fields. "Off you go." She made a shooing motion with her hands and reached for the next file in the pack.
"Um, m'lady?" The secretary stood in the doorway with a troubled expression on her face.
"Yes, what is it?" Hel looked very calmly up at the woman who had been her secretary for over a thousand years, even as the little boy waiting in her office screamed and stuck his gum in her hair.
"There's a, someone out here demanding to see you." The secretary shifted her weight from foot to foot, looking uncomfortable.
"Well tell him he'll have to wait his turn. I still have over a hundred people to see today and I'm not really in the mood." The little boy was running in circles and making Indian calls, knocking over furniture as he went.
"M'lady you might want to see him, he seems to have something important he wants to say."
"Oh all right, but let me get rid of Squanto first." She fixed her blue-green eyes on the little boy who was now climbing her bookshelves. "Hey scrawny, get down here, answer my questions, and I'll give you some candy." The boy squealed and jumped down from his perch to sit in the chair in front of the desk. "Good boy. Now just tell me all the.the good things that you've done and I'll see if I can get this gum out of my hair." In a very cheerful voice the little boy started ticking off all the good things he had done in his years on earth. It was a very short list.
"Candy! Candy Candy Candy CANDY!" The boy started hopping up and down and Hel smiled as she handed him a chocolate bar.
"Don't eat all of that before you get to the Elysian Fields, I really want you to get some on Lady Elysian's dress." Grinning evilly Hel waved him away and called to her secretary that she would see the stranger now. A few moments later the door opened and Vegeta walked into the office.
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The Guardian sat on the old rock wall surrounding his lookout, gazing over the remaining Five Worlds. He hadn't really meant to destroy the first Four, teach them a lesson maybe but not completely eradicate them. Now he could see empty rings where they had been, a lifeless measure of space where billions of people had lived and worked. Closing his eyes he turned his head slightly so that the emptiness was not in his line of sight.
"Not what you expected?" Kismet sat beside him, her mismatched eyes regarding him coolly. The Guardian grimaced and shook his head slightly, gripping his staff in an attempt to soften his guilt.
"I just wanted them to understand; I didn't mean to kill them all."
"Of course I understand." Kismet patted his hand reassuringly and he looked up to see her smiling at him. "You just lost your temper, and who could really blame you? That Vegeta was really very arrogant and everyone else that you had already seen did not help you to feel better about your sacrifice."
"I just couldn't stand it, the way that they wasted their lives away doing such ridiculous things. They did nothing good with their lives at all." Kismet was nodding, but her face was sad. She sighed.
"I know, but you still killed them." The Guardian slumped his shoulders and the deity of fate continued. "Maybe Hel would understand, but none of the others would."
"Others? What are you talking about?"
"The mass-destruction of a race is punishable by death you see, and Satan won't let you get away with this. Especially after you threw such a fit trying to get our assistance when the invaders came eight hundred years ago. This will be seen as a sign that you are not fit to guard any longer, and the Council cannot let you dwell in the Tenth World after what you've done." Kismet sighed again. "I'm afraid their only choice will be to have you executed."
"But.you said it yourself, how could I have done anything else?"
"Yes, well, I'm afraid that I'm the only one that will see it that way. Hel might, you know how sympathetic she can be but she doesn't have the power to put a stop to it without assistance. Maybe if Void helped her.but that would never happen. You see, Void keeps a few humans as company and the destruction of Four Worlds will upset her a great deal." She put an arm around the Guardian's shoulders. "You've made yourself quite a few enemies, my friend."
"What can I do? I can't just let them kill me!"
"Of course not, although I don't really see what you can do. With the death of the Four Worlds there will be a veritable army in the Otherworld and you can bet that Satan and Arcadia will use every resource available to track you down and kill you. Without a force to equal theirs, I'm afraid you'll have no way to win."
"But I could." The Guardian's eyes had turned to the last Five Worlds and a strange expression had crossed his face.
"Why, what do you mean?"
"I could contact the powers of the last Five Worlds and bring them into an alliance against the Otherworld. They could be my army, to face off with the deities and their forces. That might keep them from killing me, right?" Kismet tilted her head to consider his words.
"You know, that might just do the trick. After all, they may not want to face off with another force equal to their own. Even if they do still go after you, you'll have a large force between them and you." Kismet was nodding. "Yes, that could work." Then the Guardian was climbing to his feet, leaning against his staff and staring down at the last Five Worlds.
"Thank you for your counsel Kismet. You are really a true friend." He nodded at the deity and took off toward the remaining rings that were still active with life. From his lookout Kismet watched him go, a deep sorrow on her face.
"I'm sorry, really I am." She whispered. "But the alternative is far worse." And she closed her eyes, vanishing slowly from view as she returned to her loom of time to watch the future unravel and reweave, as it had been doing since the moment the Guardian had asked for the Council's assistance eight hundred years before.
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"Uh, how many people was that?" Vegeta repeated the number he had spoken a moment before and Hel coughed. "Quite an uh, accomplishment isn't it?"
"Yes."
"Well then, have you ever done anything, er, good?"
"I saved those pitiful humans a few times." The Saiya-jin scowled. "Not that such a thing can be construed as 'good' but you know how those creatures are." Hel nodded meekly. "Oh yes, and I had a son. Strong boy." There was an odd sort of satisfaction in Vegeta's eyes as he said this and Hel cocked her head slightly.
"Hmm. All right let's just take a look then." She trailed off as the phone began to ring. "Please excuse me for a moment." Vegeta nodded and she picked up the receiver. "Hello? Oh yes he's here now. I was just about to make a final decision and send him on his way.oh. Yes, yes I understand. Right, uh-huh. Sure thing, Bye."
"Well?"
"Turns out you're a special case." Hel grinned at him and her personal seal was stamped on the front page of his file. "I'll see that you're given proper quarters in Hiatus and we'll schedule a meeting for a few weeks from now, you know, after all this mess had died down."
"A meeting for what?"
"Well you see, there's been a bit of a crisis." She opened the door and waved him out. "Turns out you get the chance to the save the Universe this time, not just the Earth." Then the door closed and Hel returned to her desk. A new file had appeared and as she gazed at it she smiled. "Well I'll be damned." She picked up her phone. "Yes, send the next one in would you?" The door opened, shut, and the next customer sat down in the chair.
"Not a word Hel, I don't want to hear a single word." Void glared at her friend and the girl stifled a giggle behind her hand. Then she coughed, shuffled her papers and fixed a serious gaze on the ruler of Hiatus.
"So, what did you do in your life on Earth?"
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Serenity knew what it felt like to die, or at least, what it was like to leave life for a while before returning. She had done so before, perishing along with her friends and her beloved in the midst of battle only to be returned to the earth a short time later. Unfortunately the Ginzuishou had always caught her before, holding her soul in the living realm until she was animated once again. Therefore she had never fallen through the Gate of the Dead and was completely unprepared for the icy shock of the Otherworld.
Groaning, she rolled over onto her stomach and rose shakily to her knees, glancing around in confusion. The landscape had been formed in muted tones of gray, green and blue that had been streaked here and there with gold, giving the sky a look of permanent sunset. Overhead the sun flickered indecisively, shadowed by dark clouds so that it cast only a weak glow upon the land. It was eerie enough by itself, but on top of the strange lighting her husband and her friends were nowhere to be seen. Nor, in fact, was anyone else.
"Mamoru?" her voice cracked and she swallowed heavily, trying to keep a firm grip on her emotions. "Rei?" Only silence replied and she allowed herself a tiny shiver as she climbed nervously to her feet. "Is anyone there?" A chilly wind blew and she wrapped her arms around her torso in an attempt to warm her flesh. "Ami? Minako, this isn't funny."
After a few moments she struggled clumsily out of the stream that she had landed in, slipping several times as she fought against the sheer banks on either side. Just as she got a firm grip on the silvery grass that grew along the rim of the stream one foot caught a wet patch of mud and shot out from under her. She grasped sharply with both hands, her stiff fingers closing around the dark root of a twisted tree growing a few feet away. Tears sprang to her eyes as she clung to the vine-like piece of wood, feeling helpless as she considered how she would get up to the top now.
"Hey, do you need some help?" A shock of dark hair appeared, followed by a pair of curious dark eyes. "You kinda look like you might be in trouble." Without waiting for a reply the stranger reaching out with one hand and pulled her easily up onto solid ground.
"Thanks." Serenity stood up and began brushing some of the mud off her skirt. "Oh no!" she cried, looking around suddenly. "The Ginzuishou, what happened to it?"
"Uh, what's a Ginzee shoe?" The man who had helped her up was scratching his head in confusion and the young queen found herself blushing.
"It's my, ah, my brooch." She explained weakly, giving one last look around as she tried to remember what she had done with the power crystal. "I must have dropped it or something when I fell." Then she frowned as she realized she didn't really know where she had fallen from.
"Oh, you're new here huh?" The stranger chuckled. "When I first got here I was so lost I didn't even know where I was." He looked down at her. "My name's Goku."
"Se.Usagi." She smiled. "You wouldn't happen to have seen anyone else around here would you? I don't know where my friends went."
"Well I haven't seen anyone else in the area, but there was just a major influx of people from the living world. I think I heard something about a cat, or maybe it was a chasm." He frowned as he tried to think. "It could have been a catachasm."
"A what?" Goku shrugged, grinning widely.
"I have no idea. I just know that there are suddenly a lot more people than there were before and they're all making their way to the main city of Purgatory. Maybe your friends are there."
"Great." Usagi grumbled. "I'm lost!" For a moment she felt a tickle of panic at the back of her mind as she considered the fact that she was wet, tired, lost, and alone with a very strong man. It was enough to make her nervous. "You know I should probably just go and."
"I could take you to the city. I'm going anyway to see if my wife and son are here and I wouldn't mind showing you the way." At the mention of a family, Usagi felt the tension begin to ease away. He couldn't be that bad if he had a wife and a son, right?
"Could you?" Her eyes grew to the size of milk saucers and shone faintly with tears as she looked at him. "I would really appreciate it."
"All right, this way." Goku took a step, frowned, and stepped back. "Or maybe it was this way." After a few moments he stopped, scratched his head, and laughed. "Okay, I have no idea. Why don't we just head that way, between those trees over there and we'll see where we end up."
"I'm lost." Usagi wailed, and reluctantly began to follow her directionally challenged guide on a winding path that would, hopefully, lead them both to the city.
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The poultry-geist rebellion was not going well. After three months of campaigning, the reanimated chicken skeletons found that aside from being out of a job, nothing else was happening. The recently deceased demonic chicken had reassured them that if they went on strike and refused to work until they received improved conditions, things would get better. Now they could only watch as their long-time rivals the hemo-goblins were promoted and life went on without them as usual. Disconcerted they had sought the creature that had encouraged them to rebel, only to discover that he was nowhere to be found.
That morning they had nominated a new leader who had called a meeting in order to discuss what they should do. Of course, chicken skeletons can't speak even if they have been reanimated, so the entire meeting was silent save for a few clicking sounds that could be accepted as speech. Basically the gathering went as follows:
"Hey all you dead-but-living chicken skeletons," (they have no word for reanimated) "The recently dead non-skeletal chicken has left us and we need to decide what we should do. The boss-lady said she'd let us come back to work whenever we wanted and I think we should go. Any questions?" Utter silence reigned in the small woodland clearing that the poultry- geists had scoped out as their meeting place. "Okay. Let's go back to work." If only all problems could be solved so easily.
Knowing that reanimated chicken skeletons have very little brainpower at all and are only able to think because of the energy their creator puts into them, this was a very big deal. Not only had the poultry-geists formed their own government structure but also they had made a very clear choice involving their future as citizens and workers in Purgatory. Now that they were ready to work again it was just a matter of receiving their orders from Lady Hel. When they did they set out at once to comb the countryside, looking for a man with spiky black hair and a girl with blonde hair tied up in odangos.
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"Are we lost again?" Usagi's inquired, looking around as Goku struggled to figure out where they were.
"To tell you the truth I don't think we ever got un-lost. That path we were following doesn't seem to go anywhere." He chuckled and glanced at the trees surrounding them. "I guess we should just pick a direction and go."
"I hate this and I want to go home." While not the childish whine it had once been, Usagi's voice could still hold a certain note that made those around her do anything to shut her up.
"Calm down, we'll figure it out." Goku frowned. "Maybe I could try using instant transmission."
"Instant what?" The question came out in a squeak and Usagi shook her head. "I mean, what is that?"
"Well, I can focus my energy into transporting myself to a place far away without having to actual go through the motions of traveling there. I can go from here to there instantly." Remembering the Sailor Teleport Usagi nodded.
"Would it work if you had to take me with you?"
"I think so." The Saiya-jin shrugged goofily. "Although I'm not really positive. You could end up in the middle of nowhere."
"Great, that's just great." Folding her arms across her chest Usagi tried to think about what she should do, something that had never really been her strong point. Before she could get very far a strange clucking noise caught her attention. "What."
"Ssh." Goku waved a hand to silence her as he looked toward the bushes, which had begun to rustle. "Stay here." He darted forward and, in a move far too swift to be seen by the young queen, plucked a squirming chicken skeleton from the brush.
"Euwww. What is that thing?" Usagi demanded, making a face. The skeleton clucked again and Goku frowned.
"I think it wants something," he said after a moment, setting the creature on the ground and watching it intently as it began to scratch something in the dirt. When it finished Goku was staring down at the picture, which looked like a bunch of shapes, laid out in a design. "Uh, I don't know what that is," he admitted, and the skeleton hopped up and down in frustration, pointing a wing at the drawing. "Nope, not ringing any bells. Sorry."
Usagi, who had been hovering at the edge of the clearing, moved forward curiously. Leaning over the kneeling Goku her eyes widened in surprise as she recognized what looked like an overhead view of city buildings. Having seen something similar before the construction of Crystal Tokyo her face lit up.
"That must be the city we're trying to go to."
"Wow, you know what you're right! That looks like the main buildings in the center of the city." Goku studied the map carefully, identifying several familiar places. Realizing that for once she had done something helpful, Usagi beamed. "But why is that thing showing us this?"
"Maybe he wants us to go there," Usagi suggested, and Goku's eyes widened as he turned to the small creature, which was now hopping up and down and clucking excitedly.
"You know, I think that's it." Feeling even better after doing two helpful things in a row, Usagi's smile widened.
"Then let's go. Those fish you caught were good but I'm still really hungry."
"Funny, me too." Then they turned and began following the chicken skeleton back in the direction it had come from, glad that they had managed to figure something out.
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The Guardian gazed across the wide table at the men and women arrayed before him, each watching him expectantly in return. For a moment the image of the empty rings that had once held the first Four Worlds filled his mind, but he shook it away and smiled. Reaching across the table he began to shake hands with his new generals, nodding at each one in turn.
"You're doing the right thing," he assured them pleasantly. "I promise you won't regret it." His eyes met those of the silver-haired young man sitting directly across from him and the man smiled, his lips pulling back to reveal sharp fang-like teeth.
"Oh I'm sure we won't." His voice was silky and he spoke in a low tone, his dark eyes shadowed in his handsome face. "After all, its not every day you are offered this kind of power."
"Then we have a solid agreement?"
"Absolutely."
"Good. I think it would be best if we started laying our plans." The Guardian called for some paper and sat back with a satisfied smile on his face as the final discussions began. "Excuse me for a second." The others nodded as he excused himself and they returned to their conversations as he walked out of the tent. Once outside he gazed across the wide fields stretching around him, fields that were covered with the largest living army ever mobilized in the history of the universe. He'd like to see the deities of the Tenth World try and destroy him now.
*** Sailor Ronin Usa-chan- You are NOT a monkey. I am very glad you enjoyed my descriptions, because I am a freak and like writing them. Also.....drrnrnrn, oops, sorry. Random moment. Anyway, thanks for pointing out the minor error in Chapter Two. Those things just kinda slip by, you know? Oh well, thank you for reviewing.
Black Aura-Sama- At least you tried. I am rather happy you actually made an attempt, unlike some other monkey-type creatures that I know. ^_^
Niamh- You are also not a monkey. However, I would like to clarify that I am not holding updates until I get a certain amount of reviews. That would be a monkey-like thing to do and I would probably have to indulge in a few rounds of self-punishment if I did such a heinous thing. The truth is, I wait until the chapter moves to a later page, just so that it actually moves when I update. That gives people the chance to surf a little and read it at leisure, rather than having it barking up their ass every time they click on an icon. ^_^
Almaseti- Yay. You're cool. Thank you for the compliments on my descriptions and the slight warning about using too many of those same old plot devices. I will do my best to avoid doing that, and if you spot a nasty little screamer you have permission to smash me over the head with a concrete bat and yell at me to rewrite it. Oh, on Chapter Three, you may not have read the paragraph with Bulma and Vegeta as carefully as you thought. Bulma is actually inside the house and is found to be standing on the porch when Vegeta takes off, yelling at him. However, mix-ups are understandable and I hope I will be able to clear up any confusion readers may have.
Silver Moon Goddess- You are a monkey. Did you not read my author's notes? If you don't want to be thoroughly trashed in my notes, leave a better review than that. What kind of a review is 'this is interesting so far...blah blah blah the end?' Did you find that in the mind of a crappy little middle school brat or did you actually think of it on your own? Maybe if we gave you a typewriter and you sat there long enough, you'd come up with a review worthy of Shakespeare, or at least me. Goo you freak. Um, did I mention you are a monkey?
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Thank you for the warnings about run-on sentences. I tend to mutter incoherently when I type and sometimes it leaks into my writing. I will try to watch out for that in the future.
Also, I will think about what you said concerning the title. That was more of a...well, I was braid-dead and drooling on my shirt at the time so I just typed out the first thing that popped into my head.
Hehe. Thanks for the review. I must go off into my own little world now.
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From Phèdre, the Editor: ::shoos monkeys away:: For those of you who aren't monkeys, thank you for reviewing. ^_^ Umm...I dunno what else. Go read the character guide, and maybe you'll be less confused. Or more confused...
CHARACTER GUIDE ^_^
Villain: The Guardian. He is very misled and after almost giving his life for the Nine Worlds he feels a little bit cheated when the humans throw their lives to shit. After some urging from Kismet and a few choice words from Vegeta he gets pissed and unleashes a blast that destroys the first Four Worlds and everyone on them. Then he goes and raises a massive army from the people of the other Five Worlds with plans to fight the Otherworld.
Heroes:
1st World: Z-fighters right after Cell battle
2nd World:
Deepak: a very thin, wiry type of kid. He has black hair, darkly tanned skin and blazing green eyes. As a sorcerer he is very strong and his powers are based on earthly things.
Jabilo: old man with long white beard and leathery skin. He is a very talented healer and aside from being very odd can control some pretty nasty magic from the stars.
3rd World:
Hirobi: buff-warrior type with sun-bleached hair and faded blue eyes. His weapon of choice is a battle-axe and he can be a real ass.
Naoise: very small woman with long fair hair and gray eyes. She fights with a pair of daggers and is extremely effective in tight situations. Most of the time she's as much of a hard-ass as Hirobi but she can be somewhat sensitive.
4th World: SM Girls- you know them too but I'm not really sure if I'm going to put Setsuna, Haruka, Michiru and Hotaru in this one or not, that's kinda up in the air still.
Villain Army:
5th World:
Kaisha: brown hair/blue eyes, a skilled hand to hand fighter and something of a priss.
Llywelyn: silver hair and dark eyes; a smooth-talking lady's man but also a real bastard most of the time.
6th World:
Sivan: blonde-haired, brown-eyed, a prophetess and also a priestess who believes in a Goddess of Darkness.
Eilwen: red-haired and freckled, fights with bow and arrows and is a very talented tactician.
7th World:
Hedva: Oldest of the Villain Army officers, white hair and faded eyes, mostly just a tactical advisor but she has power over the weather.
8th World:
Isha: very sweet and young, but she fights better with a blade than most men. She has curling blonde hair and cat-like green eyes.
Naya: older than Isha, specializes in types of poisons and explosives. She has short brown hair and dark eyes and her personality matches her profession.
9th World:
Moran: Black-haired brown-eyed young man who is a very talented telekinetic- he is boyish and kind to most until he goes out onto the battlefield.
Zhetarah: Long black hair and almost golden eyes, Moran's sister, a telepath who can control the minds of others she is very reserved and cold.
Other
10th World: Otherworld-
Hel: ruler of Purgatory, brown hair drawn up into pigtails and blue-green eyes, she is very childlike and extremely stressed out.
Void: ruler of Hiatus and the Sovereign of Souls, long auburn hair and green/gray eyes, can be very lonely but she has a pair of judged humans, Juraviel and Kuren, to keep her company.
Cyrille: Representative from one of the Unnamed human sectors of the Otherworld, blonde hair and honey-brown eyes, very calm and collected.
Seda: Also a Rep from an Unnamed human sector, long brown hair and hazel eyes, he is very withdrawn and quiet.
Arcadia: Ruler of Heaven, beautiful and very snobby, long pale hair and crystal blue eyes.
Elysian: Fun-loving ruler of the Elysian Fields, short, curly dark hair and flashing brown eyes flecked with green.
Limbo: Ooh, he's swarthy. Very dark and very disagreeable to boot, the sovereign of that non-place called Limbo.
Satan: Well well well, a familiar face at last. Sort of. He's the ruler of Hell and the ruler of Purgatory's big brother. He can be very pompous and arrogant but has something of a good heart; he is protective of Hel and in love with Void.
Kismet: The deity of the future, one bright blue eye and one gold, long dark hair, mysterious and appears to be working with the Guardian to destroy the Tenth World.
Wow, Chapter Three. Hehe. I'm really looking forward to that break after Chapter Four, it'll give me a chance to rest my poor brain and regain strength before I get to the next part. (sigh) Don't be surprised if there's a long vacation in between Chapters Four and Five; I don't plan on making my vacation short. (We're talking serious fun in the sun time during which my computer won't even be turned on)
I would like to make a point of explaining something before this chapter begins, and hopefully if you read it you won't flame me about this later. There is going to be a lot of talk about Heaven, Hell, Purgatory and all that but I'm telling you right now that it is NOT RELIGIOUS. Bad people still go to Hell and all that but I won't be going into the whole religious side of it. Basically the Otherworldly realms are just like the realms of earth, except each one has a different purpose to serve. So I don't want to hear any whining about how I didn't represent Heaven correctly or someone wouldn't go to Hell if they were really sorry for what they did. Got it?
There will be a character guide included at the end of this chapter for anyone who needs some help with the original characters. I will try to include as many details as I can about not only their place of origin and their reason for being but also their personality so you can get a good idea of what they're like.
Well, not much else to say except for the usual bit.
Disclaimer: I do not own any DBZ/SM characters. Admittedly, I do wish I were that special but unfortunately I'm not. Instead I have to settle for normal things like making faces at little kids, growling into the phone when annoying people call and running through the mall after random people screaming 'no don't leave me I LOVE you!!!' What, don't you do that? Shit. Never mind. ^_^
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What Do You Mean, Dead?
The back up in Purgatory was roughly equal to a traffic jam on a major highway right before several major exits just before a very major holiday. Long lines of people filled every inch of the main buildings and swept out into crowded streets where the hard-assed locals vied for position with newcomers still waiting to be judged. Now and then a poultry- geists, a small demonic chicken skeleton capable of something akin to flight, would hop by, hoisting a sign demanding rights for magically reanimated creatures. In short, it looked like a toy store at Christmas. In fact, the only things missing were the random catfights that broke out between over-stressed soccer mom's trying to get Billy and Tommy the last power morph with laser action and helmets that go swoosh.
Hel, sitting in an office that was flooded with the recently deceased and already somewhat crowded because of the new file cabinets needed to hold the new files, was beginning to lose her grip. There had been several billion people on each one of the Four Worlds when they were destroyed and now every single one was standing in her realm waiting to be judged, by her. The thought was galling even to a seasoned veteran and Hel, sensitive and somewhat insecure person that she is, was not dealing well with it.
"Um yeah, so you say that you once stole a gumball from one of those little candy baskets at the candy store?" The little girl across the desk nodded, her eyes wide as she stared up at the deity that ruled Purgatory.
"Mommy wouldna let me 'ave it," she exclaimed, and Hel jotted a few notes down on the file in front of her.
"Anything else?"
"One time I 'it my brofver cuz he wouldna let me 'ave my dolly back." The girl folded her arms and stuck her tongue out at a little boy who stood a few feet away.
"All right then." Hel brought her personal seal down on the file, closed it, and placed it in a file cabinet marked Elysian Fields. "Off you go." She made a shooing motion with her hands and reached for the next file in the pack.
"Um, m'lady?" The secretary stood in the doorway with a troubled expression on her face.
"Yes, what is it?" Hel looked very calmly up at the woman who had been her secretary for over a thousand years, even as the little boy waiting in her office screamed and stuck his gum in her hair.
"There's a, someone out here demanding to see you." The secretary shifted her weight from foot to foot, looking uncomfortable.
"Well tell him he'll have to wait his turn. I still have over a hundred people to see today and I'm not really in the mood." The little boy was running in circles and making Indian calls, knocking over furniture as he went.
"M'lady you might want to see him, he seems to have something important he wants to say."
"Oh all right, but let me get rid of Squanto first." She fixed her blue-green eyes on the little boy who was now climbing her bookshelves. "Hey scrawny, get down here, answer my questions, and I'll give you some candy." The boy squealed and jumped down from his perch to sit in the chair in front of the desk. "Good boy. Now just tell me all the.the good things that you've done and I'll see if I can get this gum out of my hair." In a very cheerful voice the little boy started ticking off all the good things he had done in his years on earth. It was a very short list.
"Candy! Candy Candy Candy CANDY!" The boy started hopping up and down and Hel smiled as she handed him a chocolate bar.
"Don't eat all of that before you get to the Elysian Fields, I really want you to get some on Lady Elysian's dress." Grinning evilly Hel waved him away and called to her secretary that she would see the stranger now. A few moments later the door opened and Vegeta walked into the office.
***
The Guardian sat on the old rock wall surrounding his lookout, gazing over the remaining Five Worlds. He hadn't really meant to destroy the first Four, teach them a lesson maybe but not completely eradicate them. Now he could see empty rings where they had been, a lifeless measure of space where billions of people had lived and worked. Closing his eyes he turned his head slightly so that the emptiness was not in his line of sight.
"Not what you expected?" Kismet sat beside him, her mismatched eyes regarding him coolly. The Guardian grimaced and shook his head slightly, gripping his staff in an attempt to soften his guilt.
"I just wanted them to understand; I didn't mean to kill them all."
"Of course I understand." Kismet patted his hand reassuringly and he looked up to see her smiling at him. "You just lost your temper, and who could really blame you? That Vegeta was really very arrogant and everyone else that you had already seen did not help you to feel better about your sacrifice."
"I just couldn't stand it, the way that they wasted their lives away doing such ridiculous things. They did nothing good with their lives at all." Kismet was nodding, but her face was sad. She sighed.
"I know, but you still killed them." The Guardian slumped his shoulders and the deity of fate continued. "Maybe Hel would understand, but none of the others would."
"Others? What are you talking about?"
"The mass-destruction of a race is punishable by death you see, and Satan won't let you get away with this. Especially after you threw such a fit trying to get our assistance when the invaders came eight hundred years ago. This will be seen as a sign that you are not fit to guard any longer, and the Council cannot let you dwell in the Tenth World after what you've done." Kismet sighed again. "I'm afraid their only choice will be to have you executed."
"But.you said it yourself, how could I have done anything else?"
"Yes, well, I'm afraid that I'm the only one that will see it that way. Hel might, you know how sympathetic she can be but she doesn't have the power to put a stop to it without assistance. Maybe if Void helped her.but that would never happen. You see, Void keeps a few humans as company and the destruction of Four Worlds will upset her a great deal." She put an arm around the Guardian's shoulders. "You've made yourself quite a few enemies, my friend."
"What can I do? I can't just let them kill me!"
"Of course not, although I don't really see what you can do. With the death of the Four Worlds there will be a veritable army in the Otherworld and you can bet that Satan and Arcadia will use every resource available to track you down and kill you. Without a force to equal theirs, I'm afraid you'll have no way to win."
"But I could." The Guardian's eyes had turned to the last Five Worlds and a strange expression had crossed his face.
"Why, what do you mean?"
"I could contact the powers of the last Five Worlds and bring them into an alliance against the Otherworld. They could be my army, to face off with the deities and their forces. That might keep them from killing me, right?" Kismet tilted her head to consider his words.
"You know, that might just do the trick. After all, they may not want to face off with another force equal to their own. Even if they do still go after you, you'll have a large force between them and you." Kismet was nodding. "Yes, that could work." Then the Guardian was climbing to his feet, leaning against his staff and staring down at the last Five Worlds.
"Thank you for your counsel Kismet. You are really a true friend." He nodded at the deity and took off toward the remaining rings that were still active with life. From his lookout Kismet watched him go, a deep sorrow on her face.
"I'm sorry, really I am." She whispered. "But the alternative is far worse." And she closed her eyes, vanishing slowly from view as she returned to her loom of time to watch the future unravel and reweave, as it had been doing since the moment the Guardian had asked for the Council's assistance eight hundred years before.
***
"Uh, how many people was that?" Vegeta repeated the number he had spoken a moment before and Hel coughed. "Quite an uh, accomplishment isn't it?"
"Yes."
"Well then, have you ever done anything, er, good?"
"I saved those pitiful humans a few times." The Saiya-jin scowled. "Not that such a thing can be construed as 'good' but you know how those creatures are." Hel nodded meekly. "Oh yes, and I had a son. Strong boy." There was an odd sort of satisfaction in Vegeta's eyes as he said this and Hel cocked her head slightly.
"Hmm. All right let's just take a look then." She trailed off as the phone began to ring. "Please excuse me for a moment." Vegeta nodded and she picked up the receiver. "Hello? Oh yes he's here now. I was just about to make a final decision and send him on his way.oh. Yes, yes I understand. Right, uh-huh. Sure thing, Bye."
"Well?"
"Turns out you're a special case." Hel grinned at him and her personal seal was stamped on the front page of his file. "I'll see that you're given proper quarters in Hiatus and we'll schedule a meeting for a few weeks from now, you know, after all this mess had died down."
"A meeting for what?"
"Well you see, there's been a bit of a crisis." She opened the door and waved him out. "Turns out you get the chance to the save the Universe this time, not just the Earth." Then the door closed and Hel returned to her desk. A new file had appeared and as she gazed at it she smiled. "Well I'll be damned." She picked up her phone. "Yes, send the next one in would you?" The door opened, shut, and the next customer sat down in the chair.
"Not a word Hel, I don't want to hear a single word." Void glared at her friend and the girl stifled a giggle behind her hand. Then she coughed, shuffled her papers and fixed a serious gaze on the ruler of Hiatus.
"So, what did you do in your life on Earth?"
***
Serenity knew what it felt like to die, or at least, what it was like to leave life for a while before returning. She had done so before, perishing along with her friends and her beloved in the midst of battle only to be returned to the earth a short time later. Unfortunately the Ginzuishou had always caught her before, holding her soul in the living realm until she was animated once again. Therefore she had never fallen through the Gate of the Dead and was completely unprepared for the icy shock of the Otherworld.
Groaning, she rolled over onto her stomach and rose shakily to her knees, glancing around in confusion. The landscape had been formed in muted tones of gray, green and blue that had been streaked here and there with gold, giving the sky a look of permanent sunset. Overhead the sun flickered indecisively, shadowed by dark clouds so that it cast only a weak glow upon the land. It was eerie enough by itself, but on top of the strange lighting her husband and her friends were nowhere to be seen. Nor, in fact, was anyone else.
"Mamoru?" her voice cracked and she swallowed heavily, trying to keep a firm grip on her emotions. "Rei?" Only silence replied and she allowed herself a tiny shiver as she climbed nervously to her feet. "Is anyone there?" A chilly wind blew and she wrapped her arms around her torso in an attempt to warm her flesh. "Ami? Minako, this isn't funny."
After a few moments she struggled clumsily out of the stream that she had landed in, slipping several times as she fought against the sheer banks on either side. Just as she got a firm grip on the silvery grass that grew along the rim of the stream one foot caught a wet patch of mud and shot out from under her. She grasped sharply with both hands, her stiff fingers closing around the dark root of a twisted tree growing a few feet away. Tears sprang to her eyes as she clung to the vine-like piece of wood, feeling helpless as she considered how she would get up to the top now.
"Hey, do you need some help?" A shock of dark hair appeared, followed by a pair of curious dark eyes. "You kinda look like you might be in trouble." Without waiting for a reply the stranger reaching out with one hand and pulled her easily up onto solid ground.
"Thanks." Serenity stood up and began brushing some of the mud off her skirt. "Oh no!" she cried, looking around suddenly. "The Ginzuishou, what happened to it?"
"Uh, what's a Ginzee shoe?" The man who had helped her up was scratching his head in confusion and the young queen found herself blushing.
"It's my, ah, my brooch." She explained weakly, giving one last look around as she tried to remember what she had done with the power crystal. "I must have dropped it or something when I fell." Then she frowned as she realized she didn't really know where she had fallen from.
"Oh, you're new here huh?" The stranger chuckled. "When I first got here I was so lost I didn't even know where I was." He looked down at her. "My name's Goku."
"Se.Usagi." She smiled. "You wouldn't happen to have seen anyone else around here would you? I don't know where my friends went."
"Well I haven't seen anyone else in the area, but there was just a major influx of people from the living world. I think I heard something about a cat, or maybe it was a chasm." He frowned as he tried to think. "It could have been a catachasm."
"A what?" Goku shrugged, grinning widely.
"I have no idea. I just know that there are suddenly a lot more people than there were before and they're all making their way to the main city of Purgatory. Maybe your friends are there."
"Great." Usagi grumbled. "I'm lost!" For a moment she felt a tickle of panic at the back of her mind as she considered the fact that she was wet, tired, lost, and alone with a very strong man. It was enough to make her nervous. "You know I should probably just go and."
"I could take you to the city. I'm going anyway to see if my wife and son are here and I wouldn't mind showing you the way." At the mention of a family, Usagi felt the tension begin to ease away. He couldn't be that bad if he had a wife and a son, right?
"Could you?" Her eyes grew to the size of milk saucers and shone faintly with tears as she looked at him. "I would really appreciate it."
"All right, this way." Goku took a step, frowned, and stepped back. "Or maybe it was this way." After a few moments he stopped, scratched his head, and laughed. "Okay, I have no idea. Why don't we just head that way, between those trees over there and we'll see where we end up."
"I'm lost." Usagi wailed, and reluctantly began to follow her directionally challenged guide on a winding path that would, hopefully, lead them both to the city.
***
The poultry-geist rebellion was not going well. After three months of campaigning, the reanimated chicken skeletons found that aside from being out of a job, nothing else was happening. The recently deceased demonic chicken had reassured them that if they went on strike and refused to work until they received improved conditions, things would get better. Now they could only watch as their long-time rivals the hemo-goblins were promoted and life went on without them as usual. Disconcerted they had sought the creature that had encouraged them to rebel, only to discover that he was nowhere to be found.
That morning they had nominated a new leader who had called a meeting in order to discuss what they should do. Of course, chicken skeletons can't speak even if they have been reanimated, so the entire meeting was silent save for a few clicking sounds that could be accepted as speech. Basically the gathering went as follows:
"Hey all you dead-but-living chicken skeletons," (they have no word for reanimated) "The recently dead non-skeletal chicken has left us and we need to decide what we should do. The boss-lady said she'd let us come back to work whenever we wanted and I think we should go. Any questions?" Utter silence reigned in the small woodland clearing that the poultry- geists had scoped out as their meeting place. "Okay. Let's go back to work." If only all problems could be solved so easily.
Knowing that reanimated chicken skeletons have very little brainpower at all and are only able to think because of the energy their creator puts into them, this was a very big deal. Not only had the poultry-geists formed their own government structure but also they had made a very clear choice involving their future as citizens and workers in Purgatory. Now that they were ready to work again it was just a matter of receiving their orders from Lady Hel. When they did they set out at once to comb the countryside, looking for a man with spiky black hair and a girl with blonde hair tied up in odangos.
***
"Are we lost again?" Usagi's inquired, looking around as Goku struggled to figure out where they were.
"To tell you the truth I don't think we ever got un-lost. That path we were following doesn't seem to go anywhere." He chuckled and glanced at the trees surrounding them. "I guess we should just pick a direction and go."
"I hate this and I want to go home." While not the childish whine it had once been, Usagi's voice could still hold a certain note that made those around her do anything to shut her up.
"Calm down, we'll figure it out." Goku frowned. "Maybe I could try using instant transmission."
"Instant what?" The question came out in a squeak and Usagi shook her head. "I mean, what is that?"
"Well, I can focus my energy into transporting myself to a place far away without having to actual go through the motions of traveling there. I can go from here to there instantly." Remembering the Sailor Teleport Usagi nodded.
"Would it work if you had to take me with you?"
"I think so." The Saiya-jin shrugged goofily. "Although I'm not really positive. You could end up in the middle of nowhere."
"Great, that's just great." Folding her arms across her chest Usagi tried to think about what she should do, something that had never really been her strong point. Before she could get very far a strange clucking noise caught her attention. "What."
"Ssh." Goku waved a hand to silence her as he looked toward the bushes, which had begun to rustle. "Stay here." He darted forward and, in a move far too swift to be seen by the young queen, plucked a squirming chicken skeleton from the brush.
"Euwww. What is that thing?" Usagi demanded, making a face. The skeleton clucked again and Goku frowned.
"I think it wants something," he said after a moment, setting the creature on the ground and watching it intently as it began to scratch something in the dirt. When it finished Goku was staring down at the picture, which looked like a bunch of shapes, laid out in a design. "Uh, I don't know what that is," he admitted, and the skeleton hopped up and down in frustration, pointing a wing at the drawing. "Nope, not ringing any bells. Sorry."
Usagi, who had been hovering at the edge of the clearing, moved forward curiously. Leaning over the kneeling Goku her eyes widened in surprise as she recognized what looked like an overhead view of city buildings. Having seen something similar before the construction of Crystal Tokyo her face lit up.
"That must be the city we're trying to go to."
"Wow, you know what you're right! That looks like the main buildings in the center of the city." Goku studied the map carefully, identifying several familiar places. Realizing that for once she had done something helpful, Usagi beamed. "But why is that thing showing us this?"
"Maybe he wants us to go there," Usagi suggested, and Goku's eyes widened as he turned to the small creature, which was now hopping up and down and clucking excitedly.
"You know, I think that's it." Feeling even better after doing two helpful things in a row, Usagi's smile widened.
"Then let's go. Those fish you caught were good but I'm still really hungry."
"Funny, me too." Then they turned and began following the chicken skeleton back in the direction it had come from, glad that they had managed to figure something out.
***
The Guardian gazed across the wide table at the men and women arrayed before him, each watching him expectantly in return. For a moment the image of the empty rings that had once held the first Four Worlds filled his mind, but he shook it away and smiled. Reaching across the table he began to shake hands with his new generals, nodding at each one in turn.
"You're doing the right thing," he assured them pleasantly. "I promise you won't regret it." His eyes met those of the silver-haired young man sitting directly across from him and the man smiled, his lips pulling back to reveal sharp fang-like teeth.
"Oh I'm sure we won't." His voice was silky and he spoke in a low tone, his dark eyes shadowed in his handsome face. "After all, its not every day you are offered this kind of power."
"Then we have a solid agreement?"
"Absolutely."
"Good. I think it would be best if we started laying our plans." The Guardian called for some paper and sat back with a satisfied smile on his face as the final discussions began. "Excuse me for a second." The others nodded as he excused himself and they returned to their conversations as he walked out of the tent. Once outside he gazed across the wide fields stretching around him, fields that were covered with the largest living army ever mobilized in the history of the universe. He'd like to see the deities of the Tenth World try and destroy him now.
*** Sailor Ronin Usa-chan- You are NOT a monkey. I am very glad you enjoyed my descriptions, because I am a freak and like writing them. Also.....drrnrnrn, oops, sorry. Random moment. Anyway, thanks for pointing out the minor error in Chapter Two. Those things just kinda slip by, you know? Oh well, thank you for reviewing.
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Thank you for the warnings about run-on sentences. I tend to mutter incoherently when I type and sometimes it leaks into my writing. I will try to watch out for that in the future.
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From Phèdre, the Editor: ::shoos monkeys away:: For those of you who aren't monkeys, thank you for reviewing. ^_^ Umm...I dunno what else. Go read the character guide, and maybe you'll be less confused. Or more confused...
CHARACTER GUIDE ^_^
Villain: The Guardian. He is very misled and after almost giving his life for the Nine Worlds he feels a little bit cheated when the humans throw their lives to shit. After some urging from Kismet and a few choice words from Vegeta he gets pissed and unleashes a blast that destroys the first Four Worlds and everyone on them. Then he goes and raises a massive army from the people of the other Five Worlds with plans to fight the Otherworld.
Heroes:
1st World: Z-fighters right after Cell battle
2nd World:
Deepak: a very thin, wiry type of kid. He has black hair, darkly tanned skin and blazing green eyes. As a sorcerer he is very strong and his powers are based on earthly things.
Jabilo: old man with long white beard and leathery skin. He is a very talented healer and aside from being very odd can control some pretty nasty magic from the stars.
3rd World:
Hirobi: buff-warrior type with sun-bleached hair and faded blue eyes. His weapon of choice is a battle-axe and he can be a real ass.
Naoise: very small woman with long fair hair and gray eyes. She fights with a pair of daggers and is extremely effective in tight situations. Most of the time she's as much of a hard-ass as Hirobi but she can be somewhat sensitive.
4th World: SM Girls- you know them too but I'm not really sure if I'm going to put Setsuna, Haruka, Michiru and Hotaru in this one or not, that's kinda up in the air still.
Villain Army:
5th World:
Kaisha: brown hair/blue eyes, a skilled hand to hand fighter and something of a priss.
Llywelyn: silver hair and dark eyes; a smooth-talking lady's man but also a real bastard most of the time.
6th World:
Sivan: blonde-haired, brown-eyed, a prophetess and also a priestess who believes in a Goddess of Darkness.
Eilwen: red-haired and freckled, fights with bow and arrows and is a very talented tactician.
7th World:
Hedva: Oldest of the Villain Army officers, white hair and faded eyes, mostly just a tactical advisor but she has power over the weather.
8th World:
Isha: very sweet and young, but she fights better with a blade than most men. She has curling blonde hair and cat-like green eyes.
Naya: older than Isha, specializes in types of poisons and explosives. She has short brown hair and dark eyes and her personality matches her profession.
9th World:
Moran: Black-haired brown-eyed young man who is a very talented telekinetic- he is boyish and kind to most until he goes out onto the battlefield.
Zhetarah: Long black hair and almost golden eyes, Moran's sister, a telepath who can control the minds of others she is very reserved and cold.
Other
10th World: Otherworld-
Hel: ruler of Purgatory, brown hair drawn up into pigtails and blue-green eyes, she is very childlike and extremely stressed out.
Void: ruler of Hiatus and the Sovereign of Souls, long auburn hair and green/gray eyes, can be very lonely but she has a pair of judged humans, Juraviel and Kuren, to keep her company.
Cyrille: Representative from one of the Unnamed human sectors of the Otherworld, blonde hair and honey-brown eyes, very calm and collected.
Seda: Also a Rep from an Unnamed human sector, long brown hair and hazel eyes, he is very withdrawn and quiet.
Arcadia: Ruler of Heaven, beautiful and very snobby, long pale hair and crystal blue eyes.
Elysian: Fun-loving ruler of the Elysian Fields, short, curly dark hair and flashing brown eyes flecked with green.
Limbo: Ooh, he's swarthy. Very dark and very disagreeable to boot, the sovereign of that non-place called Limbo.
Satan: Well well well, a familiar face at last. Sort of. He's the ruler of Hell and the ruler of Purgatory's big brother. He can be very pompous and arrogant but has something of a good heart; he is protective of Hel and in love with Void.
Kismet: The deity of the future, one bright blue eye and one gold, long dark hair, mysterious and appears to be working with the Guardian to destroy the Tenth World.