Endless Memories

Chapter 5 Tragedy part 2

Kakarot and Serenity looked at the person in the doorway. It was too dark to tell who it was, but the person walked into the light. It was Darien!

"Darien! How could you do this!" Kakarot yelled at his "friend". But Darien didn't answer he just walked towards the enraged Saiyan and fell. "Darien?" Kakarot walked up to him and saw a dagger impaired in his back.

"You would have been so proud of your friend Kakarot, he put up a good fight against the mighty queen Beryl's soldiers, but no one survives when Beryl wants to kill someone," the betrayer said. Kakarot looked at Darien, he had a shocked look on his face, and his eyes were still opened. The only thing Kakarot could do was to close his friend's eyes.

"Rest in peace my friend," he whispered.

"Yes give your friend a proper burial even though, the princess might give you one once I'm done with you," the betrayer said with chuckle and pulled out his sword. Kakarot started breathing faster because of his rage. His eyes turned from the bright kind ones Serenity learned to love to cold dark eyes. It was like the true Saiyan inside of him was awoken.

"I swear on Darien's grave I will kill you," Kakarot said in a cold vicious voice. He grabbed his dead friend's sword and pointed it to the dark figure.

"That last statement I seriously doubt," the figure said. With that said Kakarot charged and thrusted forward. The dark figure parried and slashed the general across his chest. Kakarot growled and blocked a thrust towards his sternum. With a strong left hook, he knocked the figure into the wall. The enraged charged to finish the job, but the figure blocked the attack and stabbed his left side.

"You always did leave yourself open on the left side," he said. Kakarot gripped his left side and felt the cold damp liquid on his palm.

"How do you know that!"

"I know everything about you, you monkey." Kakarot charged in rage. The figure blocked his thrust and slashed his arm. Kakarot continued with a strong strike towards the figure's chest. The dark soldier blocked upwards and slashed Kakarot across his right cheek. The Saiyan growled, and swung towards the soldier's neck, but he blocked and slashed his right cheek again creating a cross shaped cut on him. Then the betrayer blasted Kakarot into the south wall of the room. The blast was powerful enough to weaken Kakarot a great deal. The figure chuckled at the weaken warrior.

"Like I said, I know everything about you. Your strengths your weakens, I even know about the love you have for the moon princess," the figure said. Kakarot dropped his sword in defeat.

"For the last time who are you!!" Kakarot yelled. The figure walked into the little light in the room. It was Grome!

"Grome!" Kakarot said with a growl.

"Yes you monkey it was me. I planned everything, the attack, that army you and that idiot Darien fought. I even put all those soldiers in your way just to weaken you," Grome.

"Why are you doing this?" Kakarot asked.

"It's complicated."

"Complicated?" Kakarot repeated.

"Let's just say it's revenge for the glory you took from me."

"What?"

"Before, you came along I was a great soldier. I was promoted to Lieutenant. My unit and I were a great force. We insured the moon's kingdom's safety for five years. I even had my eye on the moon princess. When war was passed I would have told her my feelings, but then you and Darien came along, and took everything! My unit, my glory, the respect of the queen! You even took Serenity's love for me!" Grome yelled in rage.

"So you're betraying your own people, your queen just because of some lost glory!" Kakarot said.

"It's more than that," Grome said. "After your victory over Wei's forces, I saw how everything I worked for was gone! I fell into denial as I saw you and the princess together. That's when I thought of it. A plan formed in my head. I went to Beryl. She gave power and strength greater than any soldier in the kingdom. I even planned that little distraction unit away from the castle. Then the true attack force attacked with me leading a unit as a general!"

"So that's why I didn't see you at the battle," Kakarot whispered.

"Very good monkey boy. But I still wasn't satisfied. I wanted more power. So, I attacked the queen and took away her power. Even as we speak her blasted life is fading along with this kingdom!"

"You're doing all this just for power and fame!"

"Exactly. And Darien that dog. He saw what I did to the queen, and he attacked me. Luckily for me I had an extra dagger, while he fought my men, I stabbed him in his back."

"You call yourself a warrior, your nothing but a damned bastard!" Kakarot yelled.

"Think what you want of me monkey. And if you want, know what happened to your mate here. I took her energy too. And with the royal family gone, I will rule!" Grome laughed.

"Your still forgetting Beryl, don't tell me you plan on betraying her too."

"Already thought of."

"And there's still getting rid of me!" Kakarot shouted and rushed towards Grome. The dark warrior smirked and put his hands out in front of him.

"Portal of Darkness!" he yelled and a hole appeared in front of him, sucking in Kakarot. The Saiyan fell into a void of darkness. Nothing was around him, there was just silence, and the only sound there was, was of the portal that was still opened. Kakarot looked and saw Grome with Serenity, and a dagger to her throat.

"Remember when I said the Beryl factor was already thought of with this is it! I will kill the princess and the queen will be so grieved that she will, with the last of her strength make all of us become reborn into a new world. There I will take over with no one to stop me!" Grome laughed.

"Don't do it!" Kakarot yelled, and ran towards the fading portal. Then he heard Serenity's last thought to him.

'Kakarot I will always love you, and we will meet again in the after-life.' And with that, the portal faded away. Kakarot stopped in his tracks.

"SERENITY!!!!!!!!!" he bellowed and fell to knees and wept.

AN: Short I know, but it will get better. Kakarot is stuck in an endless void. His love and best friend are all dead. What is left for our Saiyan hero? And how will he escape and stop Grome and take his revenge? You will have read the next chapter of Endless Memories. See ya!