(Authors note: *Rina 'talking' to Katrina and vise-versa* and ~Talking telepathically~ (…said…))

Chapter 19: Over Powering Desire

Katrina was ready for him. Goten had noticed her expression. Her eyes were cold, but they did have a cheery gaze in them. Katrina is just toying with him. She is not going to be able to win, if she doesn't take him more seriously, Goten thought to himself.

"Rina, what is Katrina think that she is doing?" Trunks asked. Rina looked at him and then back at the fight that finally had started.

She stared deep and hard at Katrina. I hope that you know what you are doing, Kat. If you die you wont be able to come back even with the Dragons help. "Trunks, to be perfectly honest with you, I don't have a clue. She didn't tell me."

Trunks looked back at the fight. Next to him, he noticed that Reyna was afraid too.

"Reyna, it's going to be okay. You have seen Katrina fight before, and you know her power better than anyone else here. So you know that she is going to be just fine," Trunks said trying to cheer her up. She looked up at him.

"I hope that you're right." She let out a small sigh. Her hair fell in front of her face.

~HEY, why are you guys so worried? You know that this guy is no match for me,~ said Katrina to everyone. Katrina quickly glanced at them with a wink, before turning back to Darius. The four looked at one another surprised and vexed.

"Oh, no…" said Reyna under her breath and saw Rina agreeing.

"But…how?" Goten questioned.

"When a Humaikian is having fun or fighting their abilities are heightened, and they are able to do more than one thing at a time," explained Rina. "But when they are in true form… that is when you have to watch out what you think, say, or anything for that matter. I think that Katrina is having a little too much fun fighting him. That could cost her," she nicely added. They turned their attention back to the fight.

Katrina had a split break from Darius' hard buffets. She quickly transformed, and then she had disappeared with an askew smile and chuckle. Darius was left dumbfounded.

"Where did she go?" he asked trying to pierce through the darkness.

"I'm over here." She reappeared behind him. He turned around and kicked, but she was gone. His foot went through an after image of his enemy.

"Ha, ha, you can't catch me." She evaded his attacks. "Try as you might, but it is just pointless. Nothing that you can do is going to defeat me," she chuckled as she reappeared and disappeared in front of him.

"Wow, you are right. I can't even follow her movements. It like she is actually disappearing," Goten said trying to follow Katrina's voice.

"Well I told you. She actually has a small advantage," Rina said. Reyna turned to her wide-eyed.

"No, are you serious? She is really using that?" Reyna asked with disbelief. "I kind of figure."

"Is she using what?" asked Trunks.

"Katrina or rather I told you about what I was able to do after Katrina's fight with Goten, right? She is stopping time then moving and then unfreezing time, over and over again fast, to make it seem that she is disappearing, but what I didn't tell you is that when that is used our power is drained faster than normal and…" Rina stated.

"We are all ready down to 3/4th of our power," Reyna finished. Trunks and Goten looked at the two.

"What do you mean 'we'?" asked Goten.

"That is another thing…" Rina tried to gather her strength to tell them. "You know that Kat and I are one, so our powers are shared, but Reyna is like a…"

"What I am is like Katrina's inner self. Anything that she feels, I feel and anything I feel…"

"You feel. So, she is actually the both of you, just in a different form. Your powers are her powers," Goten said trying to understand.

"That is why she is so powerful. So, when facing her, it's like facing three people. I'm glad that I'm not Darius right now," Trunks said.

"What would happen when Katrina or one of you guys are killed?" worried Goten. Rina looked at the fight then Reyna, who also looked at the fight. Both of their eyes had a hint of a tear in them. Trunks and Goten understood and went back to watch the fight.

~Would you guys just stop it? I really don't want you to think about that. For right now, Darius can't harm me, and that is how I intend to keep it,~ Katrina said behind them.

Trunks and Goten stood stiff; they could feel her and hear her breath, but they could not see her. On the other hand, Reyna and Rina glanced behind them. Rina began to talk but stopped, Katrina gave her a wink. ~Don't,~ she demanded. Katrina disappeared again. Rina stood staring at the place that Katrina was, a tear ran down her face, leaving a stain. *Kat, I really hope you know what you are doing, and don't let that power get to your head.* She turned back to the fight.

"Stop fooling around. Do you really think that you can defeat me by just avoiding me?" Darius roared turning to the enemies the four friends. "I wonder… if you would listen if your friend over there is in trouble?" He began to power up.

"Don't you dare harm them. You will have to get pass me, and from the look of it…" She appeared in front of the group. "You are just a weakling." She knew that what she said would expaserate him into a better fight. She stared at him. He looked at her, and she seemed to be looking right through him.

"You are in for it now." He continued his powering up. His eyes turned a dark royal blue; they seemed to turn his face dark.

"You know what I have been hearing that a lot lately, but I never knew what the person is talking about. They're always fleeing." She vanished laughing.

His power was becoming so strong that is knocked Katrina off guard and caused her to fall in front of him. She began to stand up, as Darius walked toward her.

"I told you," he began to cachinnate.

"Oh, no, Kat. She is in trouble," said Goten running toward her. Katrina stopped him.

~NO, I said it before I can handle him.~

"But…"

~NO, do make me fight you, too.~ Goten could hear her voice turn into something that was full of bitterness and anger. He obeyed her wishes and left her alone, to fight her own battles.

"Is temper part of that strength?" he whispered to Rina. Aware of Katrina, Rina moved out of the way. "What's wrong?" Just as he asked that, he was blown back against the wall, by a powerful attack.

"I would watch what you say," snickered Rina.

"Yeah, what was your clue?" remarked Goten rubbing his head.

She knocked Darius to his knees, and turned to Goten with death defying darting glare. "Now you better not come help me again, or think that I can't handle this," she said to the four shocked onlookers. She sent three more kis to Trunks, Rina, and Reyna. Sending them against the wall with Goten. "And now to make sure you don't try to help again." She sent another ki to the machine in the corner.

Goten got up shaking his head. Then helping the others. When the three were okay, Goten walked back to the doorway. "Um…, you guys she shut us back out," he said feeling the force field.

"I didn't know that you had it in you to shut out your friends, and your only way of protection," Darius said getting up.

Vesta was looking on the fight with a gleam. She started to clap.

"Very good, Kat. You are starting to turn," she said. She was knocked to the ground by a hard blast to her chest, knocking the wind out of her. She gained her breath and got up staring at Katrina. Vesta's eyes burned the crimson fire that they were. With the stare, a cold shudder trickled down her spin. Katrina just shook it off.

"Don't ever call me by that name. Only my friends can call me that, and you are not one of them," Katrina said to Vesta with smoke coming from her finger.

"I thought that you were fighting me?" Darius asked.

"I am," snarled the Humaik. She placed her hair in a ponytail. "No more messing around. I am going to take care of you right now." She started to power up even more, and her body started to glow the darkest shade of green, that Darius had a hard time trying to spot her, but it if wasn't for her hair having a golden tint to it. Her eyes burned with rage.

The room was now becoming lighter as the two powered up. Katrina started to appear in front of Darius more clearly than before. He finally saw the look of anger on her face.

Outside of the room, came the screams of both Rina and Reyna. Their checks and eyes were stained with tears, and their faces burned bright red.

"Katri… na…, d… on't…" said Rina crying wiping the tears away.

"What's wrong?" asked Goten. He and Trunks tried to calm the two.

"I-it's Katrina. She… is powering up too much… She is… asking for… too much power," said Reyna holding her chest, same with Rina.

"We have to find away to stop her. She is going to kill them," said Goten pounding the barrier, with no luck of knocking it down. "What has gotten into her?"

Rina was breathing heavily. "Like I said before you have to watch what you say, think, or do when a Humaik has transformed and having fun or fighting," she tiredly said. She then transformed into her true self, to try and make some of the pain go away. Plus she couldn't hold her human form any longer.

"She must really in joy this fight, because I'm not. I wish that she could ask for help, instead of doing it all herself," Goten said looking through the barrier. His face was full of tumultuous emotions. "There has to be a way to get inside besides this way," he said. Rina looked at him through tear stained eyes. She slowly shacking her head down, then staring to the floor.

"That's okay though. With all of the power that Katrina is using, I'm sure that she will be fine," said Reyna coming up behind Goten and placing one of her Humaikian leather hands on his shoulders. Goten took his hand and placed it on hers and looked at her with a worried gaze.

"And if she continues powering up like this, I'm afraid that I won't be able to hold this body any longer. She might come back to her own body," Rina said looking at the fight. Goten felt her hand tremble under his as she said that.

Back with the fight, Katrina was attacking Darius. Her attack hit some of their targets, while others were blocked and knocked aside. Darius' attacks, on the other hand, were blocked.

Darius jumped back and wiped the warm liquid that ran down his chin from his lip, with his thumb.

"I'll have to admit you have gotten pretty good." He spat more of the liquid from his mouth. "You actually managed to make me bleed." He then began to get into an attacking stance. "But you will regret it… Ki…tto…hen…al." The ki blast from his hand toward the Humaik.

Katrina waited for the last minute; just to make it seems like he won, before she dodged it.

"Oh, come on… like you said 'you have gotten pretty good,'" she snickered in a mocking impression of him. "Now, let me have a shot at this." She moved into position. "As…ahi…nike…zu…tto." Her eyes began to glow, and the floor around her started to crumble. The power that she was calling for was unbearable.

"I hope that she knows what she is doing? This place isn't going to last very long," said Trunks observing the walls.

Katrina released her ki toward Darius. As the four onlookers watched as Darius, and the building stopped moving.

"She's using it again, isn't she?" questioned Goten with a worried tone.

"Yeap," replied Rina. "And if that doesn't kill him, than I have no clue how we can destroy him."

The ki flew full force toward Darius and exploded with a great force that caused the building to shake. When the smoke cleared Darius was no were to be found, nether was his energy. Katrina let the floor unfreeze. In doing so the floor crumbled and fell into a hole.

Stepping out of the shadows Vesta emerged. "Very good Katrina, I didn't think that you would find away to finish him, but you realize that you could freeze him…oh and honey, don't think that you can freeze me that easily," she said getting into position.

*Kat, you know that you can't take her on now. You used up too much energy, and Reyna and I can't quiet give you anymore right now. So, please, just let us in and we can help you,* Rina pleaded.

Katrina didn't look at her, she just continued her fixed gaze on Vesta.

Down in the deep hole, that was created, something slowly began to stir around. The fighters above did not sense the power that was increasing, below.

That idiot doesn't realize that she can't defeat me.

Vesta kicked off and lunged at Katrina. She pulled her fist back and then trusted it forward right in Katrina's face. Katrina didn't flinch, as Vesta's fist stopped less than an inch away from her nose.

"What's wrong Vesta? Are you afraid of hitting me?" chuckled Katrina.

"How did you know that I wasn't going to really punch you?"

"Oh come on, Vesta. How long have you known me that you can't realize that I don't flinch easily? You would never hurt me even if you are evil," Katrina said.

"Guess that I should stop taking you likely and really attack," Vesta replied finally lowering her fist.

"That would be a real improvement, and oh, by the way you can't fool me for a second. I know what's going on."

"Why, what are you talking about?" Vesta asked hesitantly.

"Do you really expect me to believe you one minute?" Vesta didn't say anything. She just looked at Katrina in the most confused way that she could conjure you. "No, you didn't."

"Umm… Rina, Reyna, would you mind explaining?" asked Goten.

"We don't know what she is talking about or doing," Reyna replied.

"Vesta, would you like me to explain?… Well you really don't want to fight me right now, do you?… No, I didn't think so. You wanted to fight me when I was weaker. So, you had Darius fight me first, and when I had defeated him you had to fight. When you swung that first hit, you felt Darius grow stronger. That is the real reason that you stopped. Your fun was about to end," explained Katrina. "You thought that you had more time, didn't you?" she spat. "I guess that I didn't use enough energy. I'm surprise that it took him this long. I was sure that I had a little more time," she added jokingly. Vesta looked at her angrily. "So Vesta…. Would you like to wait, or would you like to fight me for a couple of seconds while Darius comes too, a bit more?"

"It's not fair for you, but I'll wait until you can finally defeat him," Vesta growled. That is if you can. Vesta took a step back.

"Fine with me, but then when did you care if something was unfair? It won't be an unfair fight."

Vesta walked to the other side of the room and sat down against the wall.

"Have it your way then," she said.

"Katrina Alexis Kol, what do you think you are doing? Why are you just standing there?" asked Reyna.

Vesta had started to chuckle.

"Come one, Reyna…" She laggardly turned her head toward to see her. "Don't tell me that you forgot?" Vesta signaled Reyna to look over toward the hole. The group turned and also looked at the spot.

"Yeah, so? It's a hole that Kat created," said Rina.

"Well…" Vesta was cut off by an angrily voice emerging from deep down the hole. Just then a huge burst of energy was emitted. Knocking Reyna and everyone off guard.

"She didn't get rid of me," the voice said.

"That's right. Nefara and everyone must have not found the Dragonballs and made a wish, yet," Trunks said trying to sound intelligent.

"Well, I hope that they make it soon. I don't know how long Kat can fight him. She all ready used ½ of her energy on that last stupid attack, and I know that Reyna and I can't give Kat any more of our power," explained Rina.

"The group look back at the two fighter, staring at eachother, with worried faces.

"Don't worry, they'll find them in time," Reyna replied putting her arms around Rina.

"Yeah, I hope you're right."

"Well, I think that we're standing around too long," roared Darius.

"Then let's get going," replied Kat. The two got into their fighting stance.