I'm back for the highly acclaimed and even more highly anticipated chapter
14!
YAY!!! WOOHOO!! I'M CRAZY!!! Okay, there's enough of that...
Alex: Hey, isn't this the one where I...?
Alex Ultra: Yes it is. Now don't spoil it for them!
Alex: Oh, okay.
Okay! Now I'm ready!
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Alex swam from one end of the endless abyss that was her portals to the other yet again. But there was something different this time.
Her portals had never pushed against her before!
She pushed against the portal, or whatever was holding her back, with as much strength as she could muster. But she didn't get anywhere. 'Hmmm, I wonder...'
Quickly, she powered up to her maximum, going quickly to the orange glow of the mega level, and pushed with all her might. And surprisingly found very little resistance. 'Like I thought. It's just to keep out the weaklings. This should be interesting!'
She was making her way to the other end when she noticed that it was beginning to close. "Oh shoot!!!" She poured on the speed, not caring to diminish her energy level like she usually did.
As he contemplated where to go next, Kanoovf noticed a strange orb of black energy. "Must be a portal." His first inclination was given a test when no one came out anytime soon.
His curiosity to see anyone strong enough to pass through the wards of this world kept him observing the portal with mild interest.
He was still watching the portal when it started closing, and he felt a mild ki signature starting to emerge. But the portal was getting dangerously small.
At the last possible second, Alex flew through the portal just as it closed. In fact, it cut off her left foot.
"OH SHOOT!!!" The new person closed her eyes as the blood gushed out the wound.
The first thing Kanoovf noticed happening was that the blood started flowing as if there was still a foot attached to the stump of a leg.
Alex grunted a little with the effort, not so much with doing it, more so with doing it right. She had never replaced a whole limb before!
Before Kanoovf's eyes the space where her foot should have been started glowing assorted colors. Like a rainbow, each little curve and par had its own color.
Even as the bone started materializing, it seemed to reflect the sea of colors surrounding it as the blood continued to move inside the invisible vessels.
Slowly, piece-by-piece, the rest of the flesh seemed to pop into existence and take its proper place. Within a minute she had an entire foot as if it had never happened and had even materialized a new pink-and-white tennis shoe to match the one that was lost.
"Ahem." Alex looked up to the voice to see a strange being.
"Um, hello?" She didn't know what to say, but she did power down to normal.
"No, please keep your power up!" Alex looked confused, but she did power back up as requested. "I'm sorry, I suppose introductions are necessary. My name is Kanoovf."
Alex caught herself trying to sound out the name. "Oh! Uh, my name is Alex. Alex Hintuki."
Alex looked Kanoovf over. 'Must be an alien race.' He looked fairly muscular and he had a tremendous ki. His skin was orange and Alex swore that if he had holes in his head or arms she would swear he was Majin Buu's brother. His bright yellow hair ended in blood-red tips just above his shoulders. Where there should have been white in his eyes was orange surrounding pupil-less iris's of a bright red and his pearl-white teeth was in contrast to the blood-red tongue that made him look as if he had just had a meal fit for a vampire.
His bright blue pants seemed out of place for him, but what he chose to wear was his choice so Alex didn't point it out.
She could tell that he was measuring her up as well. "Impressive." Alex smiled and flexed her muscles so they could actually be seen.
"Somehow you can have incredible strength, but your muscles do not get larger. You look as if you are a marathon runner or a gymnast, rather than a body-builder. Your power is indeed incredible, though you're still not an Eternal..." That last comment had Alex confused.
"Eternal...?"
Kanoovf looked into her face. "Well, yes. Oh! You don't know what an Eternal is!" He chuckled at himself for a bit before moving on. "Okay, I'll make sure you know soon. But first, what race are you?"
Alex's confused look was a mirror to Goku's as she thought about the question. "Uh, race? Human."
Kanoovf looked slightly surprised. "Human, huh? Hmm, if you do make yourself into an Eternal, you'd be the first Human to do so..."
"In how long?"
"Ever! Now come on, human. I have someone for you to see." He flew off at a great speed and Alex followed, matching speeds.
"Hey! Where are you taking me?"
Kanoovf smiled as he took off at a higher speed and went straight into the sky.
Alex easily matched his speed at this level, but realized that if she were only on Super 2, she would have been left behind. (Super 2 is the second Super Human level, that's what she named it. It's easier than saying Higher Super Human or something stupid like that. Sorry, I'll shut up now.) 'He's testing me, I can tell.' As the planet below them diminished into a green ball in the distance, another, more rugged looking planet came into view.
It seemed to be covered in every terrain imaginable, with millions of square miles of each. The oceans seemed larger than Earth's yet only covered about 10% of the surface. There were incredible expanses of mountains that seemed to be constantly growing somehow. And the Valleys were covered in rivers and small towns that couldn't possibly house any more than fifty people each, yet had huge houses.
Kanoovf led her to one of these cities, to a particular house that had the look of a more medieval build to it. "Here is the house." He knocked on the door and soon an old looking man opened the heavy door.
"Yes?" His voice sounded old, but still held strength to it. Alex looked, but couldn't find any ki.
"Sir Merlin. This is a human who has made her way here. I was hoping that you could give her an explanation of this world?"
The kind-looking old man looked Alex up and down and sighed. "All the great warriors of my time and the first human here is a young woman." His mumblings were not lost to her, even as she noted the confidence he carried himself with, despite his old age. "Well, girl? Come in already!" He motioned for her to follow him inside.
As she walked inside she decided it safe to ask a question. "Excuse me, did he say your name was Merlin?"
"Yes, that is my name. And I too am a human living in this world, though I do not fight as most who live in this world do. To me this is more of a retirement home."
"NO WAY!! YOU'RE THE WIZARD MERLIN!?!?"
"Not so loud!!! Yes, I am the wizard Merlin. The greatest of the human mages. In fact, I was the first living being to discover the connection between magic and that ki stuff these people talk about so much..."
"Magic and ki?"
"Yes, see, they stem from the same energy. Which is why you cannot sense of my energy, because I convert it to magical energy."
"So, can you go Hyper?"
"Hyper? What are you talking about woman?"
Alex let go of his disrespect for her womanliness, realizing that he was from the time of castles and dragons when women were nothing more than maidens to be saved from dragons and such. "Well, it's when your hair and eyes become brown and your power increases."
"Oh, well, yes I can. But I haven't done that in so long. Not since the growing mountains failed." Alex noted this for later. "Now, to tell you about this world. Hmm, where should I start?" He walked over to a green crystal ball-type thing and waved one hand over it. Instantly a hologram of what Alex guessed was this whole world appeared and floated in the air. "See this is this realm as a whole."
Alex looked closer and saw ten different things. Each planet was different from the other eight, and in the middle was something that looked like a black hole or a portal.
"You see, this world..." He pointed to an image that looked just like the planet they were on. "... is basically the world where people put up their houses. This is the living planet, here the plants grow at an incredible rate in order to feed all the people here while taking minimal space." He chuckled a little. "Sometimes I wonder if they would be able to keep up with those Saiyans though, if they ever came here..." He stifled his laughter and continued describing the planet as Alex listened out of a mixture of respect, curiosity, and politeness. "The growing mountains give the fighters here a great battle ground that constantly changes. The mountains grow with a magical force and so they will never stop. When one mountain gets just tall enough, it falls away and other mountains move in to replace it. They grow fairly slowly, but even if the entire range is cleared by the end of the day, it will be totally replaced by the next morning." He smiled in what seemed to be some kind of pride. "The oceans are for little more than swimming and housing those of them who hail from planets of water." He thought for only a moment more before continuing. "The valleys are home to the Eternals here and are where the plants grow. Some choose to have gardens and to hunt for meat on other planets, but I eat these vegetables because I have no access to the meat on those planets myself." He sighed a little but continued again. "Except of course for the fish that live in the streams and ponds here. I must say, they are good, but I long for a good turkey or ham." He seemed a bit depressed.
Alex turned her attention to the black-hole in the middle. "Ah, yes. My best work. That is the portal to the world of gravity." Alex looked at it with interest, despite that there wasn't much to look at. "See, in the world of gravity, time goes much faster, and there is all the room you could ever want." He frowned a little. "Too bad that Earthling Namek found his way there. Oh well, I suppose no one was ever bothered by that."
Alex's thoughts wandered a bit until she thought of something. "You mean that's the hyperbolic time chamber!?!?"
"Hmm, well, I don't know what the Namek calls it, but that sounds like a good description. It is my favorite work, a magical world that has lower gravity on the poles and higher the closer to the equator you get. It attacks the occupants with the elements, getting more severe toward the equator." He smiled a little. "Only I can go there without worrying about the effects. I did, after all, make the whole thing."
"But can't only two people go in at a time?"
"Ah, yes. Of course, there is an infinite number of that world. And the portal there cycles between them. The only way for two fighters to make it to the same one together is to go in at the same time. The portal back stays for only two days by the time outside, but some stay longer and make their own way out."
"It sounds like you've made almost this whole realm."
"Oh, my no. I was brought here only a few thousand years ago. The Eternals who were already here thought that my magic could make their world better so they asked me and three others to construct this realm into what it is today. Though those three chose to leave, I had already done all I could do on Earth so I chose to stay here. So now I stay and tend to anything that goes wrong here."
"Wait, you said there were three other mages. Who were the others and what did they do?"
"Well, I don't remember their names, and their faces are all fuzzy now. But they were all legendary mages on their own worlds. When the Eternals who were living here brought us all here, they asked us to make a world they could spend Eternity in and still never get bored. Now, I must admit that was quite a request, but we went out of our way to make sure this world stayed challenging always. Of course, the growing mountains was one idea that came up. Yes, the blue one's idea I believe it was. Mountains that can be torn down and destroyed and always come back. Designed after the roiling seas of Sinquintis, the Water storm planet."
"But you said that gravity chamber, er, planet was your doing?"
"Well, yes it was. But I designed and created it long after the other three had already left."
"So that means that the four of you must have already constructed a training world, right?"
"Well, yes. The planet of gravity and danger. Armed with giant monsters and great demons, but after the three had left, I found that many of the monsters there were not strong enough. Yes, I'm afraid that soon, even the world of white may not be enough of a challenge for them soon. But until I've created my next great work, I'm afraid that they will just have to deal with it."
"Okay, well. There's one question on my mind. You keep referring to Eternals..."
"Oh, yes. Eternals, of course." He thought for a moment and banished the model of the planets. "Well, how can I describe this?" He thought for a moment and looked back to Alex.
"Tell me, do you believe in the afterlife?"
"Oh yeah! I've been to the Other world! And the Kais aren't bad either. They're pretty nice."
"Yes, of course. Well, Eternals are like living souls. Pure spirit, in a way." Alex looked confused, and most likely was. "Okay, let's see. When you gather your ki, you are gathering your spirit. When you use your life energy, or lose your life, that means that the energy needed by the soul to keep a connection to your mind is being used or lost. When you use your spirit with your mind, that means that you are using your mind to move your, ki I think is what they call it." Alex was following him now, and sat Indian style on the floor. "And finally, your body has its own energy, I believe it's called chi. Well, normally, these four energies, that of the soul, mind, spirit, and body, are all separate. But when one transforms to the next form, such as your 'Hyper' or whatever you call it, the connections between the soul and others are brought closer together and that extra energy is released for use in whatever way the user likes." He pulled up another image, one with four pictures representing these four energies he was talking about. "But an Eternal is one step further. Eventually, the distance between these four energies becomes as zero. They act and are as one. Not simply in effectiveness but in reality. Once this happens, all the energy previously needed to keep that person alive is released as that energy is no longer needed where it normally is."
Alex's eyes went a bit wider as she pulled down her backpack and started rummaging in it. "You know," she said this while pulling out a capsule, "I've got something like that, or represents something like that." She opened the capsule and picked up her gi, showing the drawing thing on the back. "See? Each arm represents one of those four parts of the person, and the stars in the middle represent the equilibrium. The power created when they're brought in unison!"
He eyed the drawing, smiling and nodding slowly. "Yes, I've never noticed it before, but you're right. Hmm, interesting. But anyway, where was I?"
"I think you were still telling me about Eternals?" Alex put away her gi and recapsulated the gym bag she kept it in.
"Oh yes. You see, for an Eternal, even when the body is lost, they can live completely off of their own energy because the energy is as the body. However, before this happens, a strange thing tends to happen. When the energy of the soul, which happens to be energy in the first place, is brought to the surface. It fuses with the body, changing it. Now, when this happens, the body is changed. This change is permanent and often makes it so that one would not be able to tell which race they come from. Sometimes the change cannot be seen, but in other cases, such as with Kanoovf here, the changes are more drastic."
Alex looked puzzlingly at Kanoovf. "Really? What did he change?"
"Once, as he tells me, he was of hard skin. His is a race of rock-eating people and they have no hair. His coloring changed as did his gender." He looked slyly to the orange man in the corner, who seemed to be half asleep.
"Wait, he used to be a she!?!?"
"Well, yes. But his is an extreme case. Normally, the changes aren't that drastic. Maybe the addition of a pair of wings, or alterations in the design of the eyes or teeth or something else. Of course, I haven't many here to tell me how they've changed and I've never witnessed a change myself."
Alex looked Kanoovf over a bit 'Sounds just like Jing...' then turned to Merlin with another question. "Well, sir. How many have you observed and questioned?"
"Well, if my memory serves me, there are roughly 213 Eternals living in this world currently. I think I have observed just over 150 of them, and am currently making you my next project. To observe one in the change... I do believe reality will far out-measure my expectations. Already you are on level ground with the weaker of Eternals in this world. And you have yet to even make it to that level, and you haven't even changed yet so you may have two fights before you become one with all your energies." He had an excited smile on his face that spoke of energy within him that defied his apparent age.
"Okay, but if I may, could I ask how old you are, exactly?"
"Oh, of course, of course. I have lost track, but I am nearly ten thousand years now. Like you I explored the space between the different roads of Earth. And during my journey I started those legends of myself and brought some knowledge and wisdom of an era and peoples of learning to an era that needed a well-rounded and intelligent leader."
"King Arthur!"
"Yes, King Arthur. But I also discovered Immortality. I never died, only disappeared from each world and left my legacy behind. I can't remember how I achieved immortality exactly, but I believe it was a dragon of life or something like that. Like a genie he granted me the wish of immortality."
"The Eternal Dragon."
"Yes, I suppose. I found him when I requested the knowledge of the elder of a race of green men. He saw that I would be needed and told me of his pet dragon."
"Porunga."
"I don't know, but I couldn't voice my request to him myself. I'm not sure why, but I couldn't. Well, anyway, where was I?" The four of them fell silent for a minute or two.
Until Kanoovf started snoring, which lasted another couple of minutes before they got back on subject. Whatever that was.
"But you, yes, I've been watching you. You are indeed an incredible individual. Appearing out of nowhere to become the most powerful being the dimensions of warriors has ever seen. Oh, yes, the Saiyans are powerful, but even the most powerful of them pale in comparison to you now."
"Why have you been watching me?"
Merlin waved a hand over his green ball and an image of her back on Earth appeared. "I have made it my business to keep a watch on the most powerful human across the dimensions. For a time, you people have kept me guessing, and doubting that you would ever develop true strength. But when that master gained the power of energy, with no help from any outside help, I saw hope. True, for a while, it was all about that Saiyan Goku, or Kakkarot or whatever. But that Krillin person has done well indeed. But when you appeared, there was no doubt that you were human, because only a human's energy can attract the attention of this orb. But almost instantly, your power grew to surpass his. I'm not sure what drove you to such incredible lengths, but you put yourself into the most dangerous situations and strove to learn and know as much as you could. I have found you to be the kind who is not satisfied until you do it yourself. You could have asked another to take you to the different worlds, or you could have had another teach you how to do such techniques as the Instant thingy. But you had to do it yourself. True, you had to be walked through learning to use your energy well, but once you had broken that well. Well, you know what you did, never learning someone else's attacks and making your own instead." Alex was having a good time being told about herself. "And you always took it upon yourself to protect others. And your striving for control led to such incredible things as your bubbles thing. Yes, you are my new pet project. But I will be in the background so you won't even know I am there."
"Uhm, sure. Okay."
"Oh, and try not to hurt him too badly..." He indicated to the sleeping form in the corner. "I think he has some things to show you in this world, but he will likely have a surprise in store for him. And I expect you to do your best to get better."
"Okay, but tell me. What have you heard of one called 'Kinkilla'."
"Oh, well. Hmm... His is a very particular case. I'm afraid I'll have to send you elsewhere for that."
"Oh, okay. Well, thank you sir. I'm glad we got this chance to meet!" She smiled and woke Kanoovf with a swift slap to the face so they could leave.
"Did I fall asleep again?"
"Yeah, snoring and everything!"
"Yeah, well. That old man's ranting always puts me to sleep. Sorry about the snoring though... hehehe..."
"Well, okay. But he told me to go elsewhere to ask about Kinkilla. Do you know who I should ask?"
"Oh yes. That's an evil one he is. But the only one who knows all about him is one called Gokui or something like that."
"GOKU'S HERE!?!?"
"Yeah, that's it! They're from the same original dimension and he can tell you all about him." Kanoovf took off and Alex followed.
'Let's see what he has to say about things.'
~~~~~~*** End of Chapter 14 ***~~~~~~
Okay, if you want to know what Goku says, just read chapter 8 of Hidden Power. I don't want to write it again so just read that bit of story. Sorry, I'm lazy and I know it.
Right, I know that was a bit long-winded, but I needed to have him explain things. And I still haven't gone over it all.
Oh, and I've gotten one name sent in, and I think I'll use it. But I have 213 different Eternals that need names, and 211 that don't have one. I'm going to need at least two more so please, send them in. Also, they are all from different worlds, so Japanese names and/or American names may not fit. These guys are all aliens. If it sounds good, I'll probably use it, but I would like for it to sound alien.
If you can help it, I need two kinds of names. One needs to be a macho, warlike name. And the other needs to be an elegant type of name. You know, total opposites.
Okay, that's enough out of me for this chapter. You review, I write. Okay?
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Alex: Hey, isn't this the one where I...?
Alex Ultra: Yes it is. Now don't spoil it for them!
Alex: Oh, okay.
Okay! Now I'm ready!
~~~~~~*** THE WORLD OF ***~~~~~~
Alex swam from one end of the endless abyss that was her portals to the other yet again. But there was something different this time.
Her portals had never pushed against her before!
She pushed against the portal, or whatever was holding her back, with as much strength as she could muster. But she didn't get anywhere. 'Hmmm, I wonder...'
Quickly, she powered up to her maximum, going quickly to the orange glow of the mega level, and pushed with all her might. And surprisingly found very little resistance. 'Like I thought. It's just to keep out the weaklings. This should be interesting!'
She was making her way to the other end when she noticed that it was beginning to close. "Oh shoot!!!" She poured on the speed, not caring to diminish her energy level like she usually did.
As he contemplated where to go next, Kanoovf noticed a strange orb of black energy. "Must be a portal." His first inclination was given a test when no one came out anytime soon.
His curiosity to see anyone strong enough to pass through the wards of this world kept him observing the portal with mild interest.
He was still watching the portal when it started closing, and he felt a mild ki signature starting to emerge. But the portal was getting dangerously small.
At the last possible second, Alex flew through the portal just as it closed. In fact, it cut off her left foot.
"OH SHOOT!!!" The new person closed her eyes as the blood gushed out the wound.
The first thing Kanoovf noticed happening was that the blood started flowing as if there was still a foot attached to the stump of a leg.
Alex grunted a little with the effort, not so much with doing it, more so with doing it right. She had never replaced a whole limb before!
Before Kanoovf's eyes the space where her foot should have been started glowing assorted colors. Like a rainbow, each little curve and par had its own color.
Even as the bone started materializing, it seemed to reflect the sea of colors surrounding it as the blood continued to move inside the invisible vessels.
Slowly, piece-by-piece, the rest of the flesh seemed to pop into existence and take its proper place. Within a minute she had an entire foot as if it had never happened and had even materialized a new pink-and-white tennis shoe to match the one that was lost.
"Ahem." Alex looked up to the voice to see a strange being.
"Um, hello?" She didn't know what to say, but she did power down to normal.
"No, please keep your power up!" Alex looked confused, but she did power back up as requested. "I'm sorry, I suppose introductions are necessary. My name is Kanoovf."
Alex caught herself trying to sound out the name. "Oh! Uh, my name is Alex. Alex Hintuki."
Alex looked Kanoovf over. 'Must be an alien race.' He looked fairly muscular and he had a tremendous ki. His skin was orange and Alex swore that if he had holes in his head or arms she would swear he was Majin Buu's brother. His bright yellow hair ended in blood-red tips just above his shoulders. Where there should have been white in his eyes was orange surrounding pupil-less iris's of a bright red and his pearl-white teeth was in contrast to the blood-red tongue that made him look as if he had just had a meal fit for a vampire.
His bright blue pants seemed out of place for him, but what he chose to wear was his choice so Alex didn't point it out.
She could tell that he was measuring her up as well. "Impressive." Alex smiled and flexed her muscles so they could actually be seen.
"Somehow you can have incredible strength, but your muscles do not get larger. You look as if you are a marathon runner or a gymnast, rather than a body-builder. Your power is indeed incredible, though you're still not an Eternal..." That last comment had Alex confused.
"Eternal...?"
Kanoovf looked into her face. "Well, yes. Oh! You don't know what an Eternal is!" He chuckled at himself for a bit before moving on. "Okay, I'll make sure you know soon. But first, what race are you?"
Alex's confused look was a mirror to Goku's as she thought about the question. "Uh, race? Human."
Kanoovf looked slightly surprised. "Human, huh? Hmm, if you do make yourself into an Eternal, you'd be the first Human to do so..."
"In how long?"
"Ever! Now come on, human. I have someone for you to see." He flew off at a great speed and Alex followed, matching speeds.
"Hey! Where are you taking me?"
Kanoovf smiled as he took off at a higher speed and went straight into the sky.
Alex easily matched his speed at this level, but realized that if she were only on Super 2, she would have been left behind. (Super 2 is the second Super Human level, that's what she named it. It's easier than saying Higher Super Human or something stupid like that. Sorry, I'll shut up now.) 'He's testing me, I can tell.' As the planet below them diminished into a green ball in the distance, another, more rugged looking planet came into view.
It seemed to be covered in every terrain imaginable, with millions of square miles of each. The oceans seemed larger than Earth's yet only covered about 10% of the surface. There were incredible expanses of mountains that seemed to be constantly growing somehow. And the Valleys were covered in rivers and small towns that couldn't possibly house any more than fifty people each, yet had huge houses.
Kanoovf led her to one of these cities, to a particular house that had the look of a more medieval build to it. "Here is the house." He knocked on the door and soon an old looking man opened the heavy door.
"Yes?" His voice sounded old, but still held strength to it. Alex looked, but couldn't find any ki.
"Sir Merlin. This is a human who has made her way here. I was hoping that you could give her an explanation of this world?"
The kind-looking old man looked Alex up and down and sighed. "All the great warriors of my time and the first human here is a young woman." His mumblings were not lost to her, even as she noted the confidence he carried himself with, despite his old age. "Well, girl? Come in already!" He motioned for her to follow him inside.
As she walked inside she decided it safe to ask a question. "Excuse me, did he say your name was Merlin?"
"Yes, that is my name. And I too am a human living in this world, though I do not fight as most who live in this world do. To me this is more of a retirement home."
"NO WAY!! YOU'RE THE WIZARD MERLIN!?!?"
"Not so loud!!! Yes, I am the wizard Merlin. The greatest of the human mages. In fact, I was the first living being to discover the connection between magic and that ki stuff these people talk about so much..."
"Magic and ki?"
"Yes, see, they stem from the same energy. Which is why you cannot sense of my energy, because I convert it to magical energy."
"So, can you go Hyper?"
"Hyper? What are you talking about woman?"
Alex let go of his disrespect for her womanliness, realizing that he was from the time of castles and dragons when women were nothing more than maidens to be saved from dragons and such. "Well, it's when your hair and eyes become brown and your power increases."
"Oh, well, yes I can. But I haven't done that in so long. Not since the growing mountains failed." Alex noted this for later. "Now, to tell you about this world. Hmm, where should I start?" He walked over to a green crystal ball-type thing and waved one hand over it. Instantly a hologram of what Alex guessed was this whole world appeared and floated in the air. "See this is this realm as a whole."
Alex looked closer and saw ten different things. Each planet was different from the other eight, and in the middle was something that looked like a black hole or a portal.
"You see, this world..." He pointed to an image that looked just like the planet they were on. "... is basically the world where people put up their houses. This is the living planet, here the plants grow at an incredible rate in order to feed all the people here while taking minimal space." He chuckled a little. "Sometimes I wonder if they would be able to keep up with those Saiyans though, if they ever came here..." He stifled his laughter and continued describing the planet as Alex listened out of a mixture of respect, curiosity, and politeness. "The growing mountains give the fighters here a great battle ground that constantly changes. The mountains grow with a magical force and so they will never stop. When one mountain gets just tall enough, it falls away and other mountains move in to replace it. They grow fairly slowly, but even if the entire range is cleared by the end of the day, it will be totally replaced by the next morning." He smiled in what seemed to be some kind of pride. "The oceans are for little more than swimming and housing those of them who hail from planets of water." He thought for only a moment more before continuing. "The valleys are home to the Eternals here and are where the plants grow. Some choose to have gardens and to hunt for meat on other planets, but I eat these vegetables because I have no access to the meat on those planets myself." He sighed a little but continued again. "Except of course for the fish that live in the streams and ponds here. I must say, they are good, but I long for a good turkey or ham." He seemed a bit depressed.
Alex turned her attention to the black-hole in the middle. "Ah, yes. My best work. That is the portal to the world of gravity." Alex looked at it with interest, despite that there wasn't much to look at. "See, in the world of gravity, time goes much faster, and there is all the room you could ever want." He frowned a little. "Too bad that Earthling Namek found his way there. Oh well, I suppose no one was ever bothered by that."
Alex's thoughts wandered a bit until she thought of something. "You mean that's the hyperbolic time chamber!?!?"
"Hmm, well, I don't know what the Namek calls it, but that sounds like a good description. It is my favorite work, a magical world that has lower gravity on the poles and higher the closer to the equator you get. It attacks the occupants with the elements, getting more severe toward the equator." He smiled a little. "Only I can go there without worrying about the effects. I did, after all, make the whole thing."
"But can't only two people go in at a time?"
"Ah, yes. Of course, there is an infinite number of that world. And the portal there cycles between them. The only way for two fighters to make it to the same one together is to go in at the same time. The portal back stays for only two days by the time outside, but some stay longer and make their own way out."
"It sounds like you've made almost this whole realm."
"Oh, my no. I was brought here only a few thousand years ago. The Eternals who were already here thought that my magic could make their world better so they asked me and three others to construct this realm into what it is today. Though those three chose to leave, I had already done all I could do on Earth so I chose to stay here. So now I stay and tend to anything that goes wrong here."
"Wait, you said there were three other mages. Who were the others and what did they do?"
"Well, I don't remember their names, and their faces are all fuzzy now. But they were all legendary mages on their own worlds. When the Eternals who were living here brought us all here, they asked us to make a world they could spend Eternity in and still never get bored. Now, I must admit that was quite a request, but we went out of our way to make sure this world stayed challenging always. Of course, the growing mountains was one idea that came up. Yes, the blue one's idea I believe it was. Mountains that can be torn down and destroyed and always come back. Designed after the roiling seas of Sinquintis, the Water storm planet."
"But you said that gravity chamber, er, planet was your doing?"
"Well, yes it was. But I designed and created it long after the other three had already left."
"So that means that the four of you must have already constructed a training world, right?"
"Well, yes. The planet of gravity and danger. Armed with giant monsters and great demons, but after the three had left, I found that many of the monsters there were not strong enough. Yes, I'm afraid that soon, even the world of white may not be enough of a challenge for them soon. But until I've created my next great work, I'm afraid that they will just have to deal with it."
"Okay, well. There's one question on my mind. You keep referring to Eternals..."
"Oh, yes. Eternals, of course." He thought for a moment and banished the model of the planets. "Well, how can I describe this?" He thought for a moment and looked back to Alex.
"Tell me, do you believe in the afterlife?"
"Oh yeah! I've been to the Other world! And the Kais aren't bad either. They're pretty nice."
"Yes, of course. Well, Eternals are like living souls. Pure spirit, in a way." Alex looked confused, and most likely was. "Okay, let's see. When you gather your ki, you are gathering your spirit. When you use your life energy, or lose your life, that means that the energy needed by the soul to keep a connection to your mind is being used or lost. When you use your spirit with your mind, that means that you are using your mind to move your, ki I think is what they call it." Alex was following him now, and sat Indian style on the floor. "And finally, your body has its own energy, I believe it's called chi. Well, normally, these four energies, that of the soul, mind, spirit, and body, are all separate. But when one transforms to the next form, such as your 'Hyper' or whatever you call it, the connections between the soul and others are brought closer together and that extra energy is released for use in whatever way the user likes." He pulled up another image, one with four pictures representing these four energies he was talking about. "But an Eternal is one step further. Eventually, the distance between these four energies becomes as zero. They act and are as one. Not simply in effectiveness but in reality. Once this happens, all the energy previously needed to keep that person alive is released as that energy is no longer needed where it normally is."
Alex's eyes went a bit wider as she pulled down her backpack and started rummaging in it. "You know," she said this while pulling out a capsule, "I've got something like that, or represents something like that." She opened the capsule and picked up her gi, showing the drawing thing on the back. "See? Each arm represents one of those four parts of the person, and the stars in the middle represent the equilibrium. The power created when they're brought in unison!"
He eyed the drawing, smiling and nodding slowly. "Yes, I've never noticed it before, but you're right. Hmm, interesting. But anyway, where was I?"
"I think you were still telling me about Eternals?" Alex put away her gi and recapsulated the gym bag she kept it in.
"Oh yes. You see, for an Eternal, even when the body is lost, they can live completely off of their own energy because the energy is as the body. However, before this happens, a strange thing tends to happen. When the energy of the soul, which happens to be energy in the first place, is brought to the surface. It fuses with the body, changing it. Now, when this happens, the body is changed. This change is permanent and often makes it so that one would not be able to tell which race they come from. Sometimes the change cannot be seen, but in other cases, such as with Kanoovf here, the changes are more drastic."
Alex looked puzzlingly at Kanoovf. "Really? What did he change?"
"Once, as he tells me, he was of hard skin. His is a race of rock-eating people and they have no hair. His coloring changed as did his gender." He looked slyly to the orange man in the corner, who seemed to be half asleep.
"Wait, he used to be a she!?!?"
"Well, yes. But his is an extreme case. Normally, the changes aren't that drastic. Maybe the addition of a pair of wings, or alterations in the design of the eyes or teeth or something else. Of course, I haven't many here to tell me how they've changed and I've never witnessed a change myself."
Alex looked Kanoovf over a bit 'Sounds just like Jing...' then turned to Merlin with another question. "Well, sir. How many have you observed and questioned?"
"Well, if my memory serves me, there are roughly 213 Eternals living in this world currently. I think I have observed just over 150 of them, and am currently making you my next project. To observe one in the change... I do believe reality will far out-measure my expectations. Already you are on level ground with the weaker of Eternals in this world. And you have yet to even make it to that level, and you haven't even changed yet so you may have two fights before you become one with all your energies." He had an excited smile on his face that spoke of energy within him that defied his apparent age.
"Okay, but if I may, could I ask how old you are, exactly?"
"Oh, of course, of course. I have lost track, but I am nearly ten thousand years now. Like you I explored the space between the different roads of Earth. And during my journey I started those legends of myself and brought some knowledge and wisdom of an era and peoples of learning to an era that needed a well-rounded and intelligent leader."
"King Arthur!"
"Yes, King Arthur. But I also discovered Immortality. I never died, only disappeared from each world and left my legacy behind. I can't remember how I achieved immortality exactly, but I believe it was a dragon of life or something like that. Like a genie he granted me the wish of immortality."
"The Eternal Dragon."
"Yes, I suppose. I found him when I requested the knowledge of the elder of a race of green men. He saw that I would be needed and told me of his pet dragon."
"Porunga."
"I don't know, but I couldn't voice my request to him myself. I'm not sure why, but I couldn't. Well, anyway, where was I?" The four of them fell silent for a minute or two.
Until Kanoovf started snoring, which lasted another couple of minutes before they got back on subject. Whatever that was.
"But you, yes, I've been watching you. You are indeed an incredible individual. Appearing out of nowhere to become the most powerful being the dimensions of warriors has ever seen. Oh, yes, the Saiyans are powerful, but even the most powerful of them pale in comparison to you now."
"Why have you been watching me?"
Merlin waved a hand over his green ball and an image of her back on Earth appeared. "I have made it my business to keep a watch on the most powerful human across the dimensions. For a time, you people have kept me guessing, and doubting that you would ever develop true strength. But when that master gained the power of energy, with no help from any outside help, I saw hope. True, for a while, it was all about that Saiyan Goku, or Kakkarot or whatever. But that Krillin person has done well indeed. But when you appeared, there was no doubt that you were human, because only a human's energy can attract the attention of this orb. But almost instantly, your power grew to surpass his. I'm not sure what drove you to such incredible lengths, but you put yourself into the most dangerous situations and strove to learn and know as much as you could. I have found you to be the kind who is not satisfied until you do it yourself. You could have asked another to take you to the different worlds, or you could have had another teach you how to do such techniques as the Instant thingy. But you had to do it yourself. True, you had to be walked through learning to use your energy well, but once you had broken that well. Well, you know what you did, never learning someone else's attacks and making your own instead." Alex was having a good time being told about herself. "And you always took it upon yourself to protect others. And your striving for control led to such incredible things as your bubbles thing. Yes, you are my new pet project. But I will be in the background so you won't even know I am there."
"Uhm, sure. Okay."
"Oh, and try not to hurt him too badly..." He indicated to the sleeping form in the corner. "I think he has some things to show you in this world, but he will likely have a surprise in store for him. And I expect you to do your best to get better."
"Okay, but tell me. What have you heard of one called 'Kinkilla'."
"Oh, well. Hmm... His is a very particular case. I'm afraid I'll have to send you elsewhere for that."
"Oh, okay. Well, thank you sir. I'm glad we got this chance to meet!" She smiled and woke Kanoovf with a swift slap to the face so they could leave.
"Did I fall asleep again?"
"Yeah, snoring and everything!"
"Yeah, well. That old man's ranting always puts me to sleep. Sorry about the snoring though... hehehe..."
"Well, okay. But he told me to go elsewhere to ask about Kinkilla. Do you know who I should ask?"
"Oh yes. That's an evil one he is. But the only one who knows all about him is one called Gokui or something like that."
"GOKU'S HERE!?!?"
"Yeah, that's it! They're from the same original dimension and he can tell you all about him." Kanoovf took off and Alex followed.
'Let's see what he has to say about things.'
~~~~~~*** End of Chapter 14 ***~~~~~~
Okay, if you want to know what Goku says, just read chapter 8 of Hidden Power. I don't want to write it again so just read that bit of story. Sorry, I'm lazy and I know it.
Right, I know that was a bit long-winded, but I needed to have him explain things. And I still haven't gone over it all.
Oh, and I've gotten one name sent in, and I think I'll use it. But I have 213 different Eternals that need names, and 211 that don't have one. I'm going to need at least two more so please, send them in. Also, they are all from different worlds, so Japanese names and/or American names may not fit. These guys are all aliens. If it sounds good, I'll probably use it, but I would like for it to sound alien.
If you can help it, I need two kinds of names. One needs to be a macho, warlike name. And the other needs to be an elegant type of name. You know, total opposites.
Okay, that's enough out of me for this chapter. You review, I write. Okay?
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