Chapter 26: The Blood of a Thousand Souls
A fist connected with Kaykora's chest as she drifted through the air. As it did, a massive and blinding flash came forth from her. When the light cleared only one thing was left... Kaykora made purely of stone laying on her back on the ground. Everyone stared open-mouthed trying to fathom what had just happened.
"KAYKORA!" Naros finally called out in horror as he rushed to her. "No! How? How could she break your pendant?" He said running his fingers over the cracked artifact now centered in a star shape gauged into her chest as tears poured forth.
"Well that was invigorating..." A voice said from above. "But sadly now she's no fun to play with. Oh well I suppose I can finish the job now and move on."
Naros looked up at the unidentified foe above him. "You will pay for this!" He screamed standing up. Something none of them had seen before started to happen as Naros transformed but he started to grow unexplainably. His tail long hidden broke free of the material holding it down. His whole body started to glow a brilliant bright light from every pore. When the light had faded there was Naros covered in shiny orange-ish red fur his hair had gone back to black and hung at his shoulders.
"Wha... What... What happened to him?" Vegeta stammered.
"I think he reached the fourth level of power..." Goku choked out. "He's incredibly powerful now..."
"Well this little party just got more interesting." The Saiyan smirked. It was obvious that whatever happened to Kaykora affected her attacker. The woman was battered and bleeding from several cuts and scrapes all over. She lunged at Naros but failed to connect with his face. Instead he grabbed her hand and squeezed hard. She tried to pull away but he pulled her back in and introduced her to his knee. He flung her up into the air then followed up by of volley of kicks and punches before sending her crashing back down. In the mean time, it took Vegeta and Goku both to drag Kaykora out of harm's way.
Brolli's eyes flew open and he sat up. A strange voice echoed in his head and a strength built in him. He got up and flew towards the group who were too busy watching the fight notice him float up from the side. He knelt down beside Kaykora's petrified body and put his hand on her face. "The crystals... You must eliminate the crystals to eliminate her. They have power." A voice spoke in his mind. Brolli looked up in time to see Naros power up massive blast that he fully intended to use to destroy his foe.
"WAIT!" Brolli screamed just before Naros let it go.
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"Now wait a second you can't go out there! You're not registered and processed for a visit to that dimension!" A demon worker shouted as an army of soldiers plowed passed him quietly. They reached the gates to the Land of the Living and to the amazed disbelief of all the workers they opened before them.
"What's going on?! This is not right! Something is very VERY wrong with this picture."
"Kaioshin some major power is upsetting the balance in the Land of the Living." Kibito said quietly entering the bright office.
"What? What is it Kibito." Kaioshin said turning and facing him. "Is it evil?"
"I'm not sure Sir. I've never felt energy like this before." Kibito replied.
"ANARCHY!!! CHAOS THE END IS HERE!!!" A demon shouted running into the office and collapsing on the floor. "SIR!!! THOUSANDS OF DEAD SAIYANS AND ARCHESAIYAN JUST MARCHED OUT OF THE OTHER WORLD!!! THE DOORS EVEN OPENED FOR THEM!!!" He screamed frantically. Kaioshin and Kibito ran out of the room and made their way to the disturbance. Whatever is was, it had to be connected to the march out somehow.
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The blast hit its mark head on but something was wrong. It looked like it was being sucked up somehow. "THE CRYSTALS!" Brolli shouted. "THEY JUST ABSORBED YOUR ATTACK!"
Naros looked at his foe who had not a new scratch on her. She simply smiled and powered up a blast of her own and let it fly. However this blast was just as strong as Naros's and then some as she used the power of his blast against him. Everyone thought that was the end of the road for Naros until the smoke cleared. All around him was a wall of Super Saiyans and Archesaiya!
"Where did they come from?" Vegeta asked confused.
"Look around there's hundreds of them." Brolli said standing up. Sure enough they were now completely surrounded by Supers. The ones guarding Naros charged the Saiyan attacker and kept her quite busy. As they did, the beings surrounding them one by one stepped up to Kaykora and cut open a finger and let a few drops fall on her broken pendant. "Who are you?" Brolli asked quietly not expecting answer. Just then Kaioshin and Kibito arrived.
"What's gong on here?" Kaioshin questioned Goku.
"You tell us." He said shifting his eyes from one thing to the next. Kaioshin and Kibito did the same.
"The disturbance isn't from her." Kaioshin finally concluded as she stared at the Saiyan being attacked by 10 others. "It's coming from her..." He said turning around and staring at Kaykora.
"She's the Key." A voice rang out. It was King Vegeta! Vegeta turned to look at his father in disbelief. "The door to the Ancients has been partially unlocked when her pendant was broken as the power of the blood of the Ancients within the crystal directly fused with Kaykora's body. Her spirit is now purely energy conveyed by the Ancients. It's filling all of us now if you clear your mind and accept it, you can feel it."
"Father... Why are they bleeding on her then?" Vegeta spoke quietly.
"The power of the Ancients flows through our blood Vegeta. The stronger you are the more of their blood that is in you and thus more of their power. By bleeding on the pendant we are returning some of that power to the pendant. When it is completely restored, the door will close and Kaykora will return."
Naros heard all of this and decided he could speed things up. He was now the strongest there, which meant he had a high concentration of the Ancients blood in him. He placed a hand in front of his arm and blasted a good-sized wound into it. He floated down and laid down beside Kaykora with his bleeding arm draped on her. Vegeta and Goku realized why he'd done this and did similarly. Brolli gashed open both arms and watched the blood flow down his arms and hands and drip onto her. Kaioshin's eyes widened when he remembered what he had learned. His blood was purely that of the Ancients as his kind were made by them!
"Kibito blast me." He said turning to his companion.
"Sir?"
"Just do it!" Kibito nodded and sent a small but powerful blast at Kaioshin. It hit his arm tearing up his sleeve and leaving a small bleeding gash. He walked over and let it drip on Kaykora's body.
"Now I see." Kibito said with a smile. "You're blood is purely that of the Ancients."
"Exactly." Kaioshin said wincing a little.
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"Wh... Where am I?" Kaykora said groggily as her eyes came into focus.
"You're in the Temple of Time and Fate." A soothing but powerful male voice rang out.
"What? Where? Who are you?" She called out to the darkness. Suddenly there was a bright flash and the room lit up. IT WAS HUGE! Kaykora gazed around her to see she was lying beside a huge column that went up to a ceiling to high for her to see. Just by a rough guess, the column she was by had to be at least a mile around.
"I am Yuronaica the Ancient God of the Chosen." The voice boomed and the column shook a little. Kaykora stood up and looked around.
"How... How did I get here?" Kaykora stammered pulling herself to her feet. A massive pain shot through her chest and looked down to see her pendant broke and her chest ripped open and blood oozing from her.
"Najaki broke your pendant and it caused all of Beolinka's power within the blood crystal to be absorbed by your body and soul, the bearer of the pendant. When the internal system established by The Guardian Kaiokarsha detected you had purely holy energy but not a body of the Kais it brought you here to be destroyed believing you were evil and obtained the energy as such. But you are a Chosen and therefore your mortal body and soul alone can exist here without fear of destruction." Yuronaica boomed out. A small glowing green creature that seemed to be made out of pure energy floated up to her and danced in front of her in the air. Suddenly hundreds more appeared before her and started dancing around her. They began shooting through her at alarming speed then flew away. When Kaykora looked down again the gash in her chest was healed.
"Thank you very much!" Kaykora exclaimed happily. "Where is Beolinka anyways?" Kaykora called out.
"She is taking care of some things away in the Other World."
"She can go to the Other World! I thought you didn't leave this place for fear of setting off the balance!"
"In our mortal bodies we can wherever we please as only a tiny part of our energy goes through them."
"I see. I don't mean to sound ungrateful for getting to visit you or anything but I have to get back. The mission isn't completed." Kaykora said with a serious tone.
"Your soul has been broken into two pieces as there are now two pieces of the pendant since your soul is bound to the pendant. As we speak Beolinka is unleashing the strongest of the deceased of your race. They are giving a portion of their blood to restore the energy of the pendant and your life." Another sharp pain shot through Kaykora's body and she started to fade away. "Good luck on the other side."
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The bloody sacrifices were worth it, Kaykora started to radiate a bright blue light. Everyone stepped away not wanting to take a blow like the one delivered when the pendant broke. A bright flash went out from her but when it cleared, she was gone. The mystery foe started laughing maniacally.
"FOOLS! THE MASTER HAS HER NOW!" She shouted shoving off her attackers. "And you all shall die at my hand!" She powered up a ki bomb.
"NIA NY CARU!" All of the Super Saiyan spirits shouted in unison firing in unison a horrific blast at her. To their surprise she was left smoking and panting but still alive.
"Naros come on, she's ours." Brolli said with an evil malicious look on his face. Naros nodded and they took to the air as Supers. Vegeta pounded the ground where Kaykora had been relentlessly.
"Vegeta she's gone but we're going to find her. We're going to bring her back." Goku said trying to pull him off the ground.
"Don't you see Kakorrot? I've failed! I am her father it was my duty to protect her and I failed." Vegeta said shoving him off and going back to staring at the scorched ground.
Goku yanked him up and punched him across the face. "And it's also your duty to believe in her and do whatever it takes to find her and bring her back when you lose her Vegeta. Now pull your self together and get ready to fight I have a feeling we might just need to fuse for this one." Vegeta put on a serious look and nodded.
"Who do you work for!" Naros screamed again as he punched the Saiyan now restrained Brolli. She just smirked. "You will tell me..." Naros said in a low evil tone.
"I work for the Dark God Daricus and he shall kill you all." She said with a proud smirk.
"Daricus?! Don't you realize what his objectives are? He means to wipe out all of us including you! It doesn't matter if you're loyal to him now or not! He will kill you when he's done with you!" Naros shouted in half disbelief.
"Never!" She shouted flipping Brolli off of herself and sending him flying into Naros. She then blasted them with a huge ki bomb that rocketed them across the sky and planted them in the ground several hundred yards away.
"I guess we're up..." Goku said in a serious but excited tone.
"WHAT IN THE ANCIENT'S NAME IS THAT!!!" Kaioshin cried his eyes practically busting out of his head. "Kibito come on we have to get to the Other World!"
"Yes that's definitely not a good sign." Kibito agreed.
"What is that!" Goku exclaimed turning his attention to Kaioshin.
"That is part one of my Master's grand plan. And now I, Najaki, will destroy you all!" The Saiyan called out.
"We don't have time for this!" Kaioshin called out in a frustrated rage. Moments later a well aimed finger sized ki beam shot through Najaki from behind shattering the crystal on her chest. She dropped to her knees gasping for air.
"How can this be?!" She shouted in pain.
"We told you we'd make you pay for what you did to her. But now we'll spare Daricus the pleasure of killing you by doing it ourselves." Naros said placing a hand on her shoulder. Brolli floated in front of her and Naros stepped around.
"I'm still stronger than you." She said defiantly standing up. "I absorbed all their energy!" She said pointing around to the Saiyan and Archesaiya spirits.
"You won't be stronger than us for long." Brolli smirked as he and Naros went level 2.
"FU... SION... HA!" They shouted while doing the fusion dance. Najaki looked on in horror as there before her stood a being vastly more powerful than her.
"They can handle this!" Kaioshin shouted grabbing Vegeta's arm. Kibito grabbed Goku and the four of them disappeared.
"It's time for you to die." Baros said with a smile. "All of you can go now. We've got this under control." He smirked. They slowly started to disappear. "GIA HIE NARA CARU!" He powered up a ki bomb that rivaled the power of a spirit bomb and let it rip towards Najaki. "May the Ancients forgive your tortured soul!" And it hit rocketing her back half a mile or more before exploding engulfing a vast area in a dome of destruction.
"WHAT IS THAT THING!!!" Goku said freaking out at the sight of a giant yellow blob in front of him.
"It was a worker but then it got possessed by a huge demon spirit that soaked up the negative energy in the washer and blew it up." A worker choked out clinging to life. Kaioshin rushed to him. "His name is... Janemba..." The worker choked out before dying in Kaioshin's hands.
"Come on Kakkorot. Let's go to work." Vegeta said gritting his teeth and charging the demon.
A fist connected with Kaykora's chest as she drifted through the air. As it did, a massive and blinding flash came forth from her. When the light cleared only one thing was left... Kaykora made purely of stone laying on her back on the ground. Everyone stared open-mouthed trying to fathom what had just happened.
"KAYKORA!" Naros finally called out in horror as he rushed to her. "No! How? How could she break your pendant?" He said running his fingers over the cracked artifact now centered in a star shape gauged into her chest as tears poured forth.
"Well that was invigorating..." A voice said from above. "But sadly now she's no fun to play with. Oh well I suppose I can finish the job now and move on."
Naros looked up at the unidentified foe above him. "You will pay for this!" He screamed standing up. Something none of them had seen before started to happen as Naros transformed but he started to grow unexplainably. His tail long hidden broke free of the material holding it down. His whole body started to glow a brilliant bright light from every pore. When the light had faded there was Naros covered in shiny orange-ish red fur his hair had gone back to black and hung at his shoulders.
"Wha... What... What happened to him?" Vegeta stammered.
"I think he reached the fourth level of power..." Goku choked out. "He's incredibly powerful now..."
"Well this little party just got more interesting." The Saiyan smirked. It was obvious that whatever happened to Kaykora affected her attacker. The woman was battered and bleeding from several cuts and scrapes all over. She lunged at Naros but failed to connect with his face. Instead he grabbed her hand and squeezed hard. She tried to pull away but he pulled her back in and introduced her to his knee. He flung her up into the air then followed up by of volley of kicks and punches before sending her crashing back down. In the mean time, it took Vegeta and Goku both to drag Kaykora out of harm's way.
Brolli's eyes flew open and he sat up. A strange voice echoed in his head and a strength built in him. He got up and flew towards the group who were too busy watching the fight notice him float up from the side. He knelt down beside Kaykora's petrified body and put his hand on her face. "The crystals... You must eliminate the crystals to eliminate her. They have power." A voice spoke in his mind. Brolli looked up in time to see Naros power up massive blast that he fully intended to use to destroy his foe.
"WAIT!" Brolli screamed just before Naros let it go.
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"Now wait a second you can't go out there! You're not registered and processed for a visit to that dimension!" A demon worker shouted as an army of soldiers plowed passed him quietly. They reached the gates to the Land of the Living and to the amazed disbelief of all the workers they opened before them.
"What's going on?! This is not right! Something is very VERY wrong with this picture."
"Kaioshin some major power is upsetting the balance in the Land of the Living." Kibito said quietly entering the bright office.
"What? What is it Kibito." Kaioshin said turning and facing him. "Is it evil?"
"I'm not sure Sir. I've never felt energy like this before." Kibito replied.
"ANARCHY!!! CHAOS THE END IS HERE!!!" A demon shouted running into the office and collapsing on the floor. "SIR!!! THOUSANDS OF DEAD SAIYANS AND ARCHESAIYAN JUST MARCHED OUT OF THE OTHER WORLD!!! THE DOORS EVEN OPENED FOR THEM!!!" He screamed frantically. Kaioshin and Kibito ran out of the room and made their way to the disturbance. Whatever is was, it had to be connected to the march out somehow.
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The blast hit its mark head on but something was wrong. It looked like it was being sucked up somehow. "THE CRYSTALS!" Brolli shouted. "THEY JUST ABSORBED YOUR ATTACK!"
Naros looked at his foe who had not a new scratch on her. She simply smiled and powered up a blast of her own and let it fly. However this blast was just as strong as Naros's and then some as she used the power of his blast against him. Everyone thought that was the end of the road for Naros until the smoke cleared. All around him was a wall of Super Saiyans and Archesaiya!
"Where did they come from?" Vegeta asked confused.
"Look around there's hundreds of them." Brolli said standing up. Sure enough they were now completely surrounded by Supers. The ones guarding Naros charged the Saiyan attacker and kept her quite busy. As they did, the beings surrounding them one by one stepped up to Kaykora and cut open a finger and let a few drops fall on her broken pendant. "Who are you?" Brolli asked quietly not expecting answer. Just then Kaioshin and Kibito arrived.
"What's gong on here?" Kaioshin questioned Goku.
"You tell us." He said shifting his eyes from one thing to the next. Kaioshin and Kibito did the same.
"The disturbance isn't from her." Kaioshin finally concluded as she stared at the Saiyan being attacked by 10 others. "It's coming from her..." He said turning around and staring at Kaykora.
"She's the Key." A voice rang out. It was King Vegeta! Vegeta turned to look at his father in disbelief. "The door to the Ancients has been partially unlocked when her pendant was broken as the power of the blood of the Ancients within the crystal directly fused with Kaykora's body. Her spirit is now purely energy conveyed by the Ancients. It's filling all of us now if you clear your mind and accept it, you can feel it."
"Father... Why are they bleeding on her then?" Vegeta spoke quietly.
"The power of the Ancients flows through our blood Vegeta. The stronger you are the more of their blood that is in you and thus more of their power. By bleeding on the pendant we are returning some of that power to the pendant. When it is completely restored, the door will close and Kaykora will return."
Naros heard all of this and decided he could speed things up. He was now the strongest there, which meant he had a high concentration of the Ancients blood in him. He placed a hand in front of his arm and blasted a good-sized wound into it. He floated down and laid down beside Kaykora with his bleeding arm draped on her. Vegeta and Goku realized why he'd done this and did similarly. Brolli gashed open both arms and watched the blood flow down his arms and hands and drip onto her. Kaioshin's eyes widened when he remembered what he had learned. His blood was purely that of the Ancients as his kind were made by them!
"Kibito blast me." He said turning to his companion.
"Sir?"
"Just do it!" Kibito nodded and sent a small but powerful blast at Kaioshin. It hit his arm tearing up his sleeve and leaving a small bleeding gash. He walked over and let it drip on Kaykora's body.
"Now I see." Kibito said with a smile. "You're blood is purely that of the Ancients."
"Exactly." Kaioshin said wincing a little.
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"Wh... Where am I?" Kaykora said groggily as her eyes came into focus.
"You're in the Temple of Time and Fate." A soothing but powerful male voice rang out.
"What? Where? Who are you?" She called out to the darkness. Suddenly there was a bright flash and the room lit up. IT WAS HUGE! Kaykora gazed around her to see she was lying beside a huge column that went up to a ceiling to high for her to see. Just by a rough guess, the column she was by had to be at least a mile around.
"I am Yuronaica the Ancient God of the Chosen." The voice boomed and the column shook a little. Kaykora stood up and looked around.
"How... How did I get here?" Kaykora stammered pulling herself to her feet. A massive pain shot through her chest and looked down to see her pendant broke and her chest ripped open and blood oozing from her.
"Najaki broke your pendant and it caused all of Beolinka's power within the blood crystal to be absorbed by your body and soul, the bearer of the pendant. When the internal system established by The Guardian Kaiokarsha detected you had purely holy energy but not a body of the Kais it brought you here to be destroyed believing you were evil and obtained the energy as such. But you are a Chosen and therefore your mortal body and soul alone can exist here without fear of destruction." Yuronaica boomed out. A small glowing green creature that seemed to be made out of pure energy floated up to her and danced in front of her in the air. Suddenly hundreds more appeared before her and started dancing around her. They began shooting through her at alarming speed then flew away. When Kaykora looked down again the gash in her chest was healed.
"Thank you very much!" Kaykora exclaimed happily. "Where is Beolinka anyways?" Kaykora called out.
"She is taking care of some things away in the Other World."
"She can go to the Other World! I thought you didn't leave this place for fear of setting off the balance!"
"In our mortal bodies we can wherever we please as only a tiny part of our energy goes through them."
"I see. I don't mean to sound ungrateful for getting to visit you or anything but I have to get back. The mission isn't completed." Kaykora said with a serious tone.
"Your soul has been broken into two pieces as there are now two pieces of the pendant since your soul is bound to the pendant. As we speak Beolinka is unleashing the strongest of the deceased of your race. They are giving a portion of their blood to restore the energy of the pendant and your life." Another sharp pain shot through Kaykora's body and she started to fade away. "Good luck on the other side."
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The bloody sacrifices were worth it, Kaykora started to radiate a bright blue light. Everyone stepped away not wanting to take a blow like the one delivered when the pendant broke. A bright flash went out from her but when it cleared, she was gone. The mystery foe started laughing maniacally.
"FOOLS! THE MASTER HAS HER NOW!" She shouted shoving off her attackers. "And you all shall die at my hand!" She powered up a ki bomb.
"NIA NY CARU!" All of the Super Saiyan spirits shouted in unison firing in unison a horrific blast at her. To their surprise she was left smoking and panting but still alive.
"Naros come on, she's ours." Brolli said with an evil malicious look on his face. Naros nodded and they took to the air as Supers. Vegeta pounded the ground where Kaykora had been relentlessly.
"Vegeta she's gone but we're going to find her. We're going to bring her back." Goku said trying to pull him off the ground.
"Don't you see Kakorrot? I've failed! I am her father it was my duty to protect her and I failed." Vegeta said shoving him off and going back to staring at the scorched ground.
Goku yanked him up and punched him across the face. "And it's also your duty to believe in her and do whatever it takes to find her and bring her back when you lose her Vegeta. Now pull your self together and get ready to fight I have a feeling we might just need to fuse for this one." Vegeta put on a serious look and nodded.
"Who do you work for!" Naros screamed again as he punched the Saiyan now restrained Brolli. She just smirked. "You will tell me..." Naros said in a low evil tone.
"I work for the Dark God Daricus and he shall kill you all." She said with a proud smirk.
"Daricus?! Don't you realize what his objectives are? He means to wipe out all of us including you! It doesn't matter if you're loyal to him now or not! He will kill you when he's done with you!" Naros shouted in half disbelief.
"Never!" She shouted flipping Brolli off of herself and sending him flying into Naros. She then blasted them with a huge ki bomb that rocketed them across the sky and planted them in the ground several hundred yards away.
"I guess we're up..." Goku said in a serious but excited tone.
"WHAT IN THE ANCIENT'S NAME IS THAT!!!" Kaioshin cried his eyes practically busting out of his head. "Kibito come on we have to get to the Other World!"
"Yes that's definitely not a good sign." Kibito agreed.
"What is that!" Goku exclaimed turning his attention to Kaioshin.
"That is part one of my Master's grand plan. And now I, Najaki, will destroy you all!" The Saiyan called out.
"We don't have time for this!" Kaioshin called out in a frustrated rage. Moments later a well aimed finger sized ki beam shot through Najaki from behind shattering the crystal on her chest. She dropped to her knees gasping for air.
"How can this be?!" She shouted in pain.
"We told you we'd make you pay for what you did to her. But now we'll spare Daricus the pleasure of killing you by doing it ourselves." Naros said placing a hand on her shoulder. Brolli floated in front of her and Naros stepped around.
"I'm still stronger than you." She said defiantly standing up. "I absorbed all their energy!" She said pointing around to the Saiyan and Archesaiya spirits.
"You won't be stronger than us for long." Brolli smirked as he and Naros went level 2.
"FU... SION... HA!" They shouted while doing the fusion dance. Najaki looked on in horror as there before her stood a being vastly more powerful than her.
"They can handle this!" Kaioshin shouted grabbing Vegeta's arm. Kibito grabbed Goku and the four of them disappeared.
"It's time for you to die." Baros said with a smile. "All of you can go now. We've got this under control." He smirked. They slowly started to disappear. "GIA HIE NARA CARU!" He powered up a ki bomb that rivaled the power of a spirit bomb and let it rip towards Najaki. "May the Ancients forgive your tortured soul!" And it hit rocketing her back half a mile or more before exploding engulfing a vast area in a dome of destruction.
"WHAT IS THAT THING!!!" Goku said freaking out at the sight of a giant yellow blob in front of him.
"It was a worker but then it got possessed by a huge demon spirit that soaked up the negative energy in the washer and blew it up." A worker choked out clinging to life. Kaioshin rushed to him. "His name is... Janemba..." The worker choked out before dying in Kaioshin's hands.
"Come on Kakkorot. Let's go to work." Vegeta said gritting his teeth and charging the demon.