Ah, okay. I'm here and I'm ready to get on to this chapter for Traveler X.
Suzuka Masio, Kewe Shinobi, Hayabusa Sansagara
These are the names I have been submitted so far, and I intend to use them! Except for 'Shinobi' since that's the name of a video game. (Hehe, and I'll bet Chaos didn't even realize it!)
Okay, I had a thought. Maybe if I start putting in Reviewer Responses I might get more Reviews? (Hey, it's just a thought...)
Dragon Fire: Don't worry, Chaos, I won't tell... let the massive hordes of my devoted fans read it for themselves! (Dreaming again...) And thanks for the name suggestions, but I only really needed first names so I might break them up, that way I'll have more! (Remember, Alex only has a last name 'cause she was adopted!)
What? No more reviews? Oh well. Maybe this time...
Okay, well, I say okay too much. Right, well, what did I want to do next? Great, now I can't remember. Oh well, I guess it's not important.
Okay, like I said, I'm not going to go over the story that Goku tells this chapter, because I've already told it and it's too long of a story to tell again. But this chapter starts at the tail end of the telling of that story.
~~~~~~*** ANOTHER ONE ***~~~~~~
Alex sat as she listened to the story of how Kinkilla came to be (sounds mysterious, doesn't it?)
"Excuse me, Goku?"
"Hmm?"
"Exactly how powerful was he, when he first transformed?" It was a nagging question, had he always been so powerful, or had he grown?
"Ah, well. I'm not exactly sure, but he wasn't nearly as strong as he is now. At least, that's what I've been told. Everywhere he goes, he somehow gets stronger, not that it matters anymore. No one can beat him."
"But was it like the difference for you when you went to Super Saiyan?"
"Well, more like if I had skipped directly to Super Saiyan 2. Yeah, I guess that's about the power he had at the time. But like I said, he was far more powerful by the time he got to Other World." Alex only went back to her own thoughts.
'And he was far more powerful than that on Earth too. But how am I going to compare?'
Kanoovf watched on as Alex took in the information. After a time, he noticed someone land behind him. "So, Canny? Who's your friend?"
Kanoovf turned around to see the massive bulk that was his friend. Hayabusa looked a bit like a troll, but spoke with an unmistakable intelligence. His low-set head allowed his shoulders to cover his skull, but he somehow managed to look dignified. (Honestly, now that I think about it, he looks a bit like Egore except with muscles instead of wrinkles or warts.) "You should have a bit more respect for her, she's already more powerful than you are!"
The brown-skinned Manore looked puzzlingly at the small creature on the ground. "Okay, I still find it hard to believe that such small beings can be so strong."
"And she's not even Eternal yet. In fact, Merlin says she hasn't even changed yet."
The now-more puzzled Manore simply looked on at the girl on the ground. "So, where's she from?" His curiosity hadn't come out like that in centuries, usually because he already knew the answer.
"Well, she's from that new Cluster. You know, the Sister's worlds?"
"Sister's worlds, huh? Well, she must be one of those Immortals I keep hearing about so, I don't see why we're even letting her in here."
"No, she's mortal, just like any of the rest of us were. She is simply very powerful."
Hayabusa grinned mischievously. "So does this mean that she's more powerful than you Canny?"
Canny, er, Kanoovf frowned. "No, not yet anyway. But she very well could become so. And you know what the strangest thing is?"
"What's that?"
"You know those Saiyans everyone keeps talking about?"
"Yeah, so what?"
"Well, it seems Merlin was correct. The first Eternal from that realm is not one of them..."
It took a minute for this new information to sink in, but when it did Hayabusa nearly found himself on the ground. "What!? There is no possible way that she can be an Earth Spawn! I mean, EVEN THE KAIS AREN'T MORE POWERFUL THAN THOSE SAIYANS!!!"
"Yes, my large friend, she is indeed human. And yes, she is the most powerful being to ever have come from those realms."
The Manore looked on in new awe at the stringy being on the ground before him. His shock kept his words at a choked whisper. "The Sister's world." It was never his place to judge anyone, but just the fact that she was human gave him new respect for those two. Intelligence AND power, even in death, those sisters continued to surprise him.
Life returned to his cheeks when he remembered why he had come here. "Oh, Kanoovf, the old man's askin' for ya. And I think he wants you to bring the girl too."
"Is that why you came here?"
"Yeah, actually! Sorry, I got sidetracked!"
"I noticed. Well, thanks anyway."
About a half-hour after Hayabusa had left, Goku finished his story and Kanoovf and Alex left to return to Merlin's castle house.
"Hello? Old man?"
"Why do you all persist in calling me old man? You're all far older than I am!"
"Hehe, yeah. But you're the only one who looks it!"
"Yes, whatever. Alex! Would you come with me please?"
"Uh, sure. But what for?"
"Well, I'm going to help you!"
"Really? How?"
Merlin's eye held a bit of a glimpse of pride and mischievousness. "I'm going to cut your power in half!"
"WHAT!! WHY??"
"Calm down, calm down. It's not as bad as it sounds!" Alex calmed down enough to listen as he walked her down a hall. "Now listen. You may not have noticed, but I have been watching you long enough to suspect..."
"Suspect what?"
"Well, the truth is, you are very complex. You do rather well for yourself, but you can only do just so well as you are."
"What are you talking about!?!?"
After a short pause, Merlin turned to Alex and looked her in the eye. "You, my dear, are two people."
"... Huh?"
"You have dealt with it well, but the simple truth is that, while you were indeed born with only one, your soul has split into two! Not just in personality, you actually ARE two people!"
"... Soooo..."
"What I am going to do, is not only to your benefit, it is actually something that could help you later on, even if it leaves you weaker for a while."
"And what would that be?"
"I am going to split you!"
"... Huh?"
"You will still be there, and the two of you will be as one person, twins in a way. But eventually you will be separate enough to lead your own lives. And if you ever need your full power again you can always re-fuse."
"Okay? So how will this help me... 'In the long run.'"
"Well, with the same training, the two of you will each increase in power at the same rate as you have on your own... which means that when you re- fuse your power will have gone up twice as much as it would have." He then pointed to a green crystal in the middle of a large room decorated with various gems woven into a red fabric with gold trim. On the floor around the floating crystal was a strange design that seemed like it should mean something, but Alex couldn't make it out. "Here, look into the core of this crystal and put your left palm to this surface here." She did as she was told. "Now point your right hand in the opposite direction without taking your eyes off that crystal."
Alex felt rather silly, standing there looking at some kind of gem. But she didn't move as Merlin started muttering some kind of enchantment around her. Somehow his voice seemed to be coming from four places at once.
As Kanoovf watched on, Alex's ki suddenly dropped by half, accompanied by the appearance of another ki just opposite hers on the other side of the crystal. For a moment, he swore that he could see the energy and light of a soul flowing from her arm, into the crystal, and into the empty space on the other side.
But it didn't stay empty for long.
Like magic (probably because it was) another form started to take up the empty space where the ki and soul seemed to be. Slowly, the unmistakable look of a human hand appeared on the crystal, a left hand that grew a left arm. Slowly, the growth continued as another person materialized just opposite to Alex.
Finally, as the glow subsided, Kanoovf could see the orange glow of this other person's ki as the split completed.
"You are finished now. Go ahead, look yourselves over."
Alex truly felt no different, but she could tell that she seemed to be in two places at once.
Both of her looked at the other as their eyes widened.
One was unchanged, the same as she had been when she had come.
But the other was different. He looked familiar, yet she couldn't put a name to the face.
In fact, she knew exactly who that was. It was her, from long ago.
Suddenly, his foreign, yet familiar voice picked up. "Oh man! I know who this is!"
Alex finished his sentence, as if they both had the same thought at the same time. "This is me!"
"Before I first changed!"
Kanoovf looked confused, but Merlin was all-knowing (yet again). "Yes, when your Jing changed you it unlocked your ki and changed you permanently. But your soul remembered that person, even if the rest of you didn't. You don't even know what that person's name was, do you?"
Both of them shook their head no.
"Well, now you are brother-sister. In a way. But you are also one and the same. You are going to have some trouble acting separately for a while, as you share thoughts. Like telepathy except like sharing one mind, rather than connecting two. Eventually, you will develop two minds, but you will always be strongly connected."
Like some sort of strange mirror, the both of them dropped their hands and shoulders as they looked puzzlingly to the ancient mage. "You see? But I have confidence that, especially in battle, you will be able to adapt very well. In fact, it may be an asset to work so well together!"
A shiver worked its way up Kanoovf's spine as he watched the two of them do everything in perfect unison. Even when they spoke, it went one of two ways. Either they both said the same thing at the same time, or they would each say a sentence at a time, or even complete each other's sentence like it was their own.
Just listening to them talk was a confusing experience.
"Man!" "This" "is" "going to take" "a while to" "get used to..."
To them, it almost seemed like a fight just to do anything different. When they tried to turn their heads in opposite directions, they repeatedly messed up by turning them in the same direction.
For an hour or more, little progress was made.
"Man" "Mer" "lin!" "Why didn't" "you tell me it" "would be this confusing?"
"YOU think it's confusing!?"
"Well, I did try to warn you. But there's really nothing someone can do to prepare for something like this. I know it's hard, but you'll get the hang of it soon. But until then, why don't you practice here for a while?" He motioned for the two of them to follow him as he walked back down the hall they had come from.
Kanoovf found it still creepy how even the swing of their arms and their steps seemed like a double image. If they weren't so different looking, Kanoovf thought he might need to check his eyes. (Okay, you get the idea now, right? Yeah.)
"So, what should we call you?"
"Me?" "Me?"
Kanoovf motioned to the new one. "Uh, just that you."
"Oh." "Oh."
"Well?"
"Alex."
Merlin spoke up quickly. "Sorry, but I think he means a way to tell you apart so the right you responds. How about 'Alexander' and 'Alexandra'? Does that work?"
"Uh, sure. But how about just using 'Alex' when only one of me is present."
Kanoovf was still confused, but they were showing progress. Only the boy had spoken that time. "I guess that would work." Even though he was only focused on Alexander, the both of them were looking back on him.
And when Alexander got his head caught in a hanging spider-web, the both of them flailed to get rid of it.
"Well, that was a bit much, wasn't it?" Merlin was smiling at the display put on by the twins.
"Uh, hehe, sorry. I've always hated" "spiders." The way they did it without even a pause only solidified the effect that they really were having trouble telling each other apart.
~~~~~~*** End of Chapter 15 ***~~~~~~
Well? How was it?
Hehe, I can't tell you how long I've been waiting to do this chapter! And now that it's done, I'm glad I did it! I've always intended for Alex to have a brother in this way. For one person to be two people is not only confusing, it is also an interesting experience! I have all sorts of plans for those two! Or, those one! HAHAHA!!!
Don't worry if you're confused, just ask me to clear it up and chances are I will. Or I'll try anyway.
Okay, the truth is that I didn't accomplish all that I wanted to accomplish in this chapter, but that's okay. It can wait for next chapter!
Alexander: Okay, I'm the brother.
Alexandra: And I'm the sister.
Alex Ultra: I guess they're both 'The Original'. But now they're so solidly connected that it really doesn't matter.
Alexander: Yeah! Man! That took a while to get used to!
Alexandra: But, was I really two people?
Alex Ultra: Yes. You were. In fact, you always have been. Alexander was the first 'you', then your Jing changed and gave Alexandra's half of your soul a chance to exist. The Human Psyche is funny that way! HAHAHA!
Alexandra: So, what? Did I have a split personality?
Alexander: I was wondering the same thing.
Alexandra: Well duh!
Alex Ultra: NO! Geeze! Don't start fighting yourselves! Look, your personality wasn't a split. Your soul simply had two sides to it, like two pieces of a puzzle, each with their own picture. The pictures fit so well that they made one soul, but given the chance, they were always capable of separating into two souls!
Nayana: Oookay. Too confusing for me.
Alex Ultra: Where'd you come from?
Nayana: Um, I was just leaving... bye!
Whatever.
Well, I'm tired and really don't have anything else to say. So... I'll be back
LATER
Suzuka Masio, Kewe Shinobi, Hayabusa Sansagara
These are the names I have been submitted so far, and I intend to use them! Except for 'Shinobi' since that's the name of a video game. (Hehe, and I'll bet Chaos didn't even realize it!)
Okay, I had a thought. Maybe if I start putting in Reviewer Responses I might get more Reviews? (Hey, it's just a thought...)
Dragon Fire: Don't worry, Chaos, I won't tell... let the massive hordes of my devoted fans read it for themselves! (Dreaming again...) And thanks for the name suggestions, but I only really needed first names so I might break them up, that way I'll have more! (Remember, Alex only has a last name 'cause she was adopted!)
What? No more reviews? Oh well. Maybe this time...
Okay, well, I say okay too much. Right, well, what did I want to do next? Great, now I can't remember. Oh well, I guess it's not important.
Okay, like I said, I'm not going to go over the story that Goku tells this chapter, because I've already told it and it's too long of a story to tell again. But this chapter starts at the tail end of the telling of that story.
~~~~~~*** ANOTHER ONE ***~~~~~~
Alex sat as she listened to the story of how Kinkilla came to be (sounds mysterious, doesn't it?)
"Excuse me, Goku?"
"Hmm?"
"Exactly how powerful was he, when he first transformed?" It was a nagging question, had he always been so powerful, or had he grown?
"Ah, well. I'm not exactly sure, but he wasn't nearly as strong as he is now. At least, that's what I've been told. Everywhere he goes, he somehow gets stronger, not that it matters anymore. No one can beat him."
"But was it like the difference for you when you went to Super Saiyan?"
"Well, more like if I had skipped directly to Super Saiyan 2. Yeah, I guess that's about the power he had at the time. But like I said, he was far more powerful by the time he got to Other World." Alex only went back to her own thoughts.
'And he was far more powerful than that on Earth too. But how am I going to compare?'
Kanoovf watched on as Alex took in the information. After a time, he noticed someone land behind him. "So, Canny? Who's your friend?"
Kanoovf turned around to see the massive bulk that was his friend. Hayabusa looked a bit like a troll, but spoke with an unmistakable intelligence. His low-set head allowed his shoulders to cover his skull, but he somehow managed to look dignified. (Honestly, now that I think about it, he looks a bit like Egore except with muscles instead of wrinkles or warts.) "You should have a bit more respect for her, she's already more powerful than you are!"
The brown-skinned Manore looked puzzlingly at the small creature on the ground. "Okay, I still find it hard to believe that such small beings can be so strong."
"And she's not even Eternal yet. In fact, Merlin says she hasn't even changed yet."
The now-more puzzled Manore simply looked on at the girl on the ground. "So, where's she from?" His curiosity hadn't come out like that in centuries, usually because he already knew the answer.
"Well, she's from that new Cluster. You know, the Sister's worlds?"
"Sister's worlds, huh? Well, she must be one of those Immortals I keep hearing about so, I don't see why we're even letting her in here."
"No, she's mortal, just like any of the rest of us were. She is simply very powerful."
Hayabusa grinned mischievously. "So does this mean that she's more powerful than you Canny?"
Canny, er, Kanoovf frowned. "No, not yet anyway. But she very well could become so. And you know what the strangest thing is?"
"What's that?"
"You know those Saiyans everyone keeps talking about?"
"Yeah, so what?"
"Well, it seems Merlin was correct. The first Eternal from that realm is not one of them..."
It took a minute for this new information to sink in, but when it did Hayabusa nearly found himself on the ground. "What!? There is no possible way that she can be an Earth Spawn! I mean, EVEN THE KAIS AREN'T MORE POWERFUL THAN THOSE SAIYANS!!!"
"Yes, my large friend, she is indeed human. And yes, she is the most powerful being to ever have come from those realms."
The Manore looked on in new awe at the stringy being on the ground before him. His shock kept his words at a choked whisper. "The Sister's world." It was never his place to judge anyone, but just the fact that she was human gave him new respect for those two. Intelligence AND power, even in death, those sisters continued to surprise him.
Life returned to his cheeks when he remembered why he had come here. "Oh, Kanoovf, the old man's askin' for ya. And I think he wants you to bring the girl too."
"Is that why you came here?"
"Yeah, actually! Sorry, I got sidetracked!"
"I noticed. Well, thanks anyway."
About a half-hour after Hayabusa had left, Goku finished his story and Kanoovf and Alex left to return to Merlin's castle house.
"Hello? Old man?"
"Why do you all persist in calling me old man? You're all far older than I am!"
"Hehe, yeah. But you're the only one who looks it!"
"Yes, whatever. Alex! Would you come with me please?"
"Uh, sure. But what for?"
"Well, I'm going to help you!"
"Really? How?"
Merlin's eye held a bit of a glimpse of pride and mischievousness. "I'm going to cut your power in half!"
"WHAT!! WHY??"
"Calm down, calm down. It's not as bad as it sounds!" Alex calmed down enough to listen as he walked her down a hall. "Now listen. You may not have noticed, but I have been watching you long enough to suspect..."
"Suspect what?"
"Well, the truth is, you are very complex. You do rather well for yourself, but you can only do just so well as you are."
"What are you talking about!?!?"
After a short pause, Merlin turned to Alex and looked her in the eye. "You, my dear, are two people."
"... Huh?"
"You have dealt with it well, but the simple truth is that, while you were indeed born with only one, your soul has split into two! Not just in personality, you actually ARE two people!"
"... Soooo..."
"What I am going to do, is not only to your benefit, it is actually something that could help you later on, even if it leaves you weaker for a while."
"And what would that be?"
"I am going to split you!"
"... Huh?"
"You will still be there, and the two of you will be as one person, twins in a way. But eventually you will be separate enough to lead your own lives. And if you ever need your full power again you can always re-fuse."
"Okay? So how will this help me... 'In the long run.'"
"Well, with the same training, the two of you will each increase in power at the same rate as you have on your own... which means that when you re- fuse your power will have gone up twice as much as it would have." He then pointed to a green crystal in the middle of a large room decorated with various gems woven into a red fabric with gold trim. On the floor around the floating crystal was a strange design that seemed like it should mean something, but Alex couldn't make it out. "Here, look into the core of this crystal and put your left palm to this surface here." She did as she was told. "Now point your right hand in the opposite direction without taking your eyes off that crystal."
Alex felt rather silly, standing there looking at some kind of gem. But she didn't move as Merlin started muttering some kind of enchantment around her. Somehow his voice seemed to be coming from four places at once.
As Kanoovf watched on, Alex's ki suddenly dropped by half, accompanied by the appearance of another ki just opposite hers on the other side of the crystal. For a moment, he swore that he could see the energy and light of a soul flowing from her arm, into the crystal, and into the empty space on the other side.
But it didn't stay empty for long.
Like magic (probably because it was) another form started to take up the empty space where the ki and soul seemed to be. Slowly, the unmistakable look of a human hand appeared on the crystal, a left hand that grew a left arm. Slowly, the growth continued as another person materialized just opposite to Alex.
Finally, as the glow subsided, Kanoovf could see the orange glow of this other person's ki as the split completed.
"You are finished now. Go ahead, look yourselves over."
Alex truly felt no different, but she could tell that she seemed to be in two places at once.
Both of her looked at the other as their eyes widened.
One was unchanged, the same as she had been when she had come.
But the other was different. He looked familiar, yet she couldn't put a name to the face.
In fact, she knew exactly who that was. It was her, from long ago.
Suddenly, his foreign, yet familiar voice picked up. "Oh man! I know who this is!"
Alex finished his sentence, as if they both had the same thought at the same time. "This is me!"
"Before I first changed!"
Kanoovf looked confused, but Merlin was all-knowing (yet again). "Yes, when your Jing changed you it unlocked your ki and changed you permanently. But your soul remembered that person, even if the rest of you didn't. You don't even know what that person's name was, do you?"
Both of them shook their head no.
"Well, now you are brother-sister. In a way. But you are also one and the same. You are going to have some trouble acting separately for a while, as you share thoughts. Like telepathy except like sharing one mind, rather than connecting two. Eventually, you will develop two minds, but you will always be strongly connected."
Like some sort of strange mirror, the both of them dropped their hands and shoulders as they looked puzzlingly to the ancient mage. "You see? But I have confidence that, especially in battle, you will be able to adapt very well. In fact, it may be an asset to work so well together!"
A shiver worked its way up Kanoovf's spine as he watched the two of them do everything in perfect unison. Even when they spoke, it went one of two ways. Either they both said the same thing at the same time, or they would each say a sentence at a time, or even complete each other's sentence like it was their own.
Just listening to them talk was a confusing experience.
"Man!" "This" "is" "going to take" "a while to" "get used to..."
To them, it almost seemed like a fight just to do anything different. When they tried to turn their heads in opposite directions, they repeatedly messed up by turning them in the same direction.
For an hour or more, little progress was made.
"Man" "Mer" "lin!" "Why didn't" "you tell me it" "would be this confusing?"
"YOU think it's confusing!?"
"Well, I did try to warn you. But there's really nothing someone can do to prepare for something like this. I know it's hard, but you'll get the hang of it soon. But until then, why don't you practice here for a while?" He motioned for the two of them to follow him as he walked back down the hall they had come from.
Kanoovf found it still creepy how even the swing of their arms and their steps seemed like a double image. If they weren't so different looking, Kanoovf thought he might need to check his eyes. (Okay, you get the idea now, right? Yeah.)
"So, what should we call you?"
"Me?" "Me?"
Kanoovf motioned to the new one. "Uh, just that you."
"Oh." "Oh."
"Well?"
"Alex."
Merlin spoke up quickly. "Sorry, but I think he means a way to tell you apart so the right you responds. How about 'Alexander' and 'Alexandra'? Does that work?"
"Uh, sure. But how about just using 'Alex' when only one of me is present."
Kanoovf was still confused, but they were showing progress. Only the boy had spoken that time. "I guess that would work." Even though he was only focused on Alexander, the both of them were looking back on him.
And when Alexander got his head caught in a hanging spider-web, the both of them flailed to get rid of it.
"Well, that was a bit much, wasn't it?" Merlin was smiling at the display put on by the twins.
"Uh, hehe, sorry. I've always hated" "spiders." The way they did it without even a pause only solidified the effect that they really were having trouble telling each other apart.
~~~~~~*** End of Chapter 15 ***~~~~~~
Well? How was it?
Hehe, I can't tell you how long I've been waiting to do this chapter! And now that it's done, I'm glad I did it! I've always intended for Alex to have a brother in this way. For one person to be two people is not only confusing, it is also an interesting experience! I have all sorts of plans for those two! Or, those one! HAHAHA!!!
Don't worry if you're confused, just ask me to clear it up and chances are I will. Or I'll try anyway.
Okay, the truth is that I didn't accomplish all that I wanted to accomplish in this chapter, but that's okay. It can wait for next chapter!
Alexander: Okay, I'm the brother.
Alexandra: And I'm the sister.
Alex Ultra: I guess they're both 'The Original'. But now they're so solidly connected that it really doesn't matter.
Alexander: Yeah! Man! That took a while to get used to!
Alexandra: But, was I really two people?
Alex Ultra: Yes. You were. In fact, you always have been. Alexander was the first 'you', then your Jing changed and gave Alexandra's half of your soul a chance to exist. The Human Psyche is funny that way! HAHAHA!
Alexandra: So, what? Did I have a split personality?
Alexander: I was wondering the same thing.
Alexandra: Well duh!
Alex Ultra: NO! Geeze! Don't start fighting yourselves! Look, your personality wasn't a split. Your soul simply had two sides to it, like two pieces of a puzzle, each with their own picture. The pictures fit so well that they made one soul, but given the chance, they were always capable of separating into two souls!
Nayana: Oookay. Too confusing for me.
Alex Ultra: Where'd you come from?
Nayana: Um, I was just leaving... bye!
Whatever.
Well, I'm tired and really don't have anything else to say. So... I'll be back
LATER
