Riki's Appearance



Bulma watched everyone land in her backyard. They said they had felt an amazing ki before they left and they had gone to see what it was. There was a woman with them. She had shining silver hair. It didn't make her seem older though. Bulma walked outside.

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Piper stood before the steps.

"RIKI! I have brought Amaya to you!" The shadows started to changed. They started to collect in a one spot. After a moment or two Riki appeared. He was 19. He was blonde. A bit of his hair was in front of his left eyes. His clothes were styled like some ancient Chinese clothes. They weren't that bad looking. They were alittle fancy but not too fancy. He had the darkest green eyes Lady Onra had ever seen. He smiled at Lady Onra.

"I don't believe this. Amaya before my very eyes. Of course, for me to take your power I have to have you in your other form. But for now . . . this form will do. Because I want to talk to you. Piper!" Riki turned to Piper. "Go to the Divine Star of Eternity. Mari will check there first." Piper bowed and disappeared. Riki walked over to Lady Onra. He kneed down to her. Lady Onra looked at him. There was something that she felt then. She had never felt it before. Fear. And Riki could smell it. She knew that he could. And she knew that Riki could kill her at anytime.

"What do you want with me?" Riki looked into Lady Onra's eyes.

"Your power. And . . . you." Lady Onra didn't show her emotions in anyway. Except with her eyes. They held confusion in them.

"What?" Riki took Lady Onra's hand and pulled her up.

"Amaya, you shouldn't hide in this form." Lady Onra pulled her hand back.

"I do not hide. Not from you or anyone!" Riki shook his head and laughed.

"Why don't you change in to your true form. Stop hiding."

"I told you once and I will tell you again. I do not hide. And if I do change then you will take my power. In this form you can't. You said it yourself." She said this slowly.

"Yes, but I could make you change." Riki reached out for Lady Onra's hand and took it. Lady Onra aged. She turned 19. Her clothes even changed. She was now wearing a red dress. It was beautiful. Its style was from medieval times. It was something a princess would wear. Lady Onra looked at her clothes.

"How . . . you . . . its . . . " Lady showed her emotions not just in her eyes.

"I have all the other powers. With the exception of you and Mari. I can make you any age I want." Riki snapped his fingers. Lady Onra fell to the ground. She was ninety years old. "You see, you really can't do anything to me." Riki snapped his fingers again and Lady Onra was 19 again.

"Ima yamero You cannot change the age that I have chosen for my mortal form!" Lady Onra stood up again. Riki glared at her.

"I can do whatever I want!" Lady Onra took a few steps back. She was in total fear. "You don't seem to get it Amaya. I have all the power here. I may not have your power but I have more than you do!" Lady Onra's eyes were wide with fear. She kept on stepping back. Riki took a step towards her for every step back she took. She tripped and fell and crawled away looking at him with eyes of fear.

"What do you want from me?!" Riki calmed down. He looked down at Lady Onra.

"Amaya. You can rule this universe. You can be the Empress. A title which belongs to you and only you. You will finally get what you deserve. And you will be at my side. In any form. I won't need to take your power. Because that way I'll have you. If I take you power . . . " Then it all came together in Lady Onra' mind.

"I die."

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Mari turned and saw Bulma come up to them. Mari smiled.

"Why don't we go inside. I know it would be best it some of you were to sit down as I tell you this. It is really . . . how should I say this . . . oh yes I know, interesting."

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Piper flew through space on a small ship. She was leaving the edge of the universe. Probably beyond that. Now she needed to go to the center of the universe.

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Lady Onra crawled away from Riki the best she could. Riki reached down and grabbed her arm.

"You don't have to do this. You can rule by my side. You can use your power for me. Tell me the destiny of the universe. Tell me anything I want to know. You can live. You can stay in this form or you can be in your true form." Riki pulled up Lady Onra. Her wrist was in pain. He had a strong grip on her arm.

"Let me go!" She tried to push him away. She tried to hit him.

"You know the path of Destiny! You must know that it is your destiny to do this." Riki pulled her close. Then he kissed her. Lady Onra tired to pull away. She used her free arm. She slapped Riki across the face. He let her go and she fell to the ground again. Lady Onra got up and ran. She ran to the doors. She had knocked Riki down with that slap. She pushed the doors open. She ran inside and closed the doors. The room was circular. It had a beautiful crystal tower in the center. It went up about 20 feet and was 4 feet wide. She ran to the tower. She placed her hands on it. She heard Riki banging on the door.

"Ancient forces near and far! With power of every star! Lend to me what all desire!" The tower glowed. "Open to me gates formed by star fire! This is what I command! Amaya stands here on sacred land!" Lady Onra glowed and Riki broke into the room. She faded.

"So . . . Amaya is connecting with Destiny again!" Riki walked up to the tower. He put his hands up on the tower. It was covered with green lighting. It threw Riki across the room. "Amaya! Not even you can stay in there forever! And when you come back out you'll be in your true form! You can either join me or die!!!" Riki left the room.

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Mari sat down in a chair. Bulma's mother walked up to everyone with a tray. On the tray there were a bunch of cups and a tea pot. She looked at Mari.

"Oh my, I don't think I know you. Here, have some tea." She gave Mari a tea cup and poured some tea in to it.

"Arigatou." Mari sipped her tea. "This is the best tea I've ever had."

"Oh, you're just saying that." Bulma's mother turned to everyone else. "Does anyone else want tea?" No one did. She left the room. Mari quietly sipped her tea. After a few moments she placed the cup on the table in front of her.

"Where do I begin?"

"Let's start with the truth." Piccolo stood against the far wall.

"Of course the truth. Well the truth is there is no Lady Onra." A silent gasp went through them all.

"What do you mean?! Onra is real! She spent time with us. She cried, she screamed, she laughed, even she got scared! She touched us! She ate with us! I held her! How can you say that she isn't real!"

"Goku . . . calm down. I know you cared for her. Like a father. I didn't say that she wasn't real. Goku, now is the time that you must learn not to always read in between the lines. All I said is that there was no Lady Onra. And there isn't any Alex. There is, however, Mari and Amaya."

"Onra's real name . . . is Amaya?" Goku sat down. Mari nodded.

"Hai. And she doesn't really look 11. Truth be told, Amaya and I are older than time. Of course we don't look it. Lady Onra and Alex are merely our mortal forms. But . . . they don't really age. We all have mortal forms, or had mortal forms."

"We?" Piccolo looked straight at Mari.

"Yes, we. There are 7 of us. Sasaki, Cathan, Tomiko, Dora, Amaya, myself, and then there is one of us that only Tomiko knew the name. But, if what Amaya said was true then the others are dead. But I don't see how that is possible."

"How is that not possible?" Mari looked at Vegeta when he asked her.

"Well Vegeta, you should know. Piccolo and you have talked about it. But then again, it does seem unlikely. Impossible is more it. To believe that would be extremely hard. But I am sitting here before you am I not?"

"How did you know what Vegeta and I talked about?" Mari looked at Piccolo.

"I am in tune with everything. Plus, reading minds doesn't hurt. But that doesn't matter. Let me tell you our past. We had been around forever. Amaya has always been my best friend. For some reason we were the only ones that became friends really. My brother is Cathan. He is only my brother in power. We are like a yin-yang in one way and we are the same in another. For Sasaki and the other one are exactly like a yin-yang, one dark, one light. " Mari got up and walked to a window. She looked outside. "None of us have blood relations. We have no father, no mother, no brother or sister by blood. We are above that. We are above everything." She looked back at them then back outside. "We make the laws for the universe. In fact, everything is a pawn for us. You are merely pawns for Amaya. But, like the rest of us, she would have grown tired of you and your antics in a few more weeks. Two months would have been pushing it but this was one of the first times she really had to play with you creatures. You see, nothing can hold our attention really. Nothing, and that goes for even one Sayian. Sayians are the only things that can really hold our interest. But one Sayian can't really hold our interest. A lot can but not one or two. The Sayian race is almost gone. Two Sayians are all that's left. We loved to watch them fight. It was like nothing else. Sayians were barbaric before Amaya came. True, they did fed off her powers. It was one of the best things that happened really. When I became Mari again I learned of all the history that had happened while I was . . . how show I say this . . . preoccupied." Goku stood up.

"We aren't pawns for you to be interested in!" Mari chuckled.

"Oh please, I have power over you! Unlike Amaya I have no limits! No taboos that must never be broken. But than again, Amaya most likely has only one left that remains unbroken. But not even she can break that. I have power over life! Tomiko was the queen. Cathan had power over creation. Sasaki has power over darkness. Evil. That kind of stuff. Dora has the power of the mysteries. Then the one that only Tomiko knew the name had powers opposite of Sasaki. And then there is Amaya."

"Onra. What does she have power over?" Mari frowned as she looked out the window.

"You really can't fathom the fact that there is no Lady Onra. Her name is Amaya. But . . . I understand what Amaya meant went she said that we are different in our mortal forms. We look different. And we act different. So . . . I guess there might just be a Lady Onra. But never the less, she will always be Amaya. Amaya is her true self. And Amaya has power over Destiny. You see, the seven of us, are more than you can imagine."

"What are you and Onra . . . Amaya? What are the seven of you?"

"We are many things."

"That doesn't make sense! Onra . . . Amaya and you can't be many things! You can only be one thing or another."

"Perhaps you are right."

"Then tell us what you really are." Mari turned around slowly and looked at Goku.

"Do you think you are ready for the truth?"

"We said it when you and Onra asked us that before."

"Bakamono! Do you know that you are ready? Because when you know things change. The rules of life shall change forever. Everything you know will seem to go right out the window. When I tell you nothing can go back to the way things were. Is this a path you are willing to take? Answer now, because there is no turning back! No way to! If you say no then I will go get Amaya and you will never see us or hear of us again. In fact, you'll probably forget about us. Think of it as a dream. And if Amaya does come back to this planet she won't be able to remind you. Of anything. She won't say a word to you. You might see her but only for a second and you will dismiss her only as deja vu. But Amaya can't leave her post. She did once. But she probably won't do it again."

"And if we do?" Mari looked at Vegeta when he asked her.

"Peace is over for you. You will be dragged into a world which you thought only exist in dreams. Maybe even beyond your dreams. Nothing shall be the same. Everything will somehow find its way to you. Or so it will seem. You will be apart of something much more than you can imagine. The battles you have fought up till now like nothing. Death will always be near. The foes shall make the other enemies you have fought seem like babies. If you don't want that then leave the room. But, most likely you will forget about all the people that stay. But you would live a nice long life. You might have a few enemies still. There will still be great fights. But you would live mostly in peace." Everyone looked at each other. No one left.

"Alright Mari, tell us what Onra . . . Amaya and you are." Mari looked at them all.

"We are Gods."

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________This Piper. Next time Mari will take the warriors of Earth to Red Eyes 7. They have to make worry about supplies and such. And Lady Onra will try to become Amaya. She goes though something intense. But now it the time for things to change. Will Lady Onra become Amaya? Will she be back in touch with Destiny? And how well will the warriors of Earth take the news of Amaya and Mari being gods?