Chapter 44: Kai World
Sometimes you have to push away the ones you care about, and that was exactly what I was doing now. If Babi-Dee found me the others would die right then and there, even if I didn't become Katherine the Slaughterer again. But I knew if he found me I'd be too weak to fight his power now, so I fled to save them all. I wouldn't let what I did to Vegeta happen again. Never.
I decided to go to the only place I could think of to stay away from Babi-Dee. That place was the Supreme World of the Kais. Babi-Dee could get here, but he wouldn't until he finished earth, which I knew he wouldn't accomplish.
Once there I immediately felt drained of energy. In my current state I was as weak as a normal person, so the Instant Transmission took a lot out of me. I raised my Ki a little and walked toward the familiar SSJ2 energy I felt from Gohan. He was trying to remove the Z sword. I stayed out of immediate sight as I watched Gohan pull out the Z sword, and I knew he could defeat Buu if he stayed focused. But that probably wasn't meant to be, either.
"Great, Gohan! That was great!" Supreme Kai said. Kabito seemed upset with his master's choice to allow a mortal on the planet, so I knew he'd be mad when he saw me. But so what? I had to keep the others safe by staying as far away from them as possible.
Gohan powered down and the trio started off the plateau where the sword had been stuck all these centuries. When they got to the bottom where I was Gohan went into a fighting stance.
"Gohan, its okay. I'm me again."
"How can I be sure? You seemed to like being evil. You betrayed us all, Katie. Even Vegeta!"
"Gohan-"
"No, Supreme Kai. He's right. I did betray you. I got Vegeta killed. But that brought me back to my senses. I realized that if someone cared that much for me… I had to fight the evil. It was my own fears that got me into that mess, but now I've paid, and I'm afraid the whole world will pay, too. All because I was too scared to trust my friends."
Gohan relaxed his pose, I guess when your opponent cries you loose your edge to want to hurt them.
"Katie, I'm glad you're okay." Gohan finally said. I smiled, the little boy that trained with me and fought with me could trust me again. I hoped Vegeta could someday.
"Katie, your fear, what was it?" Supreme Kai asked.
"That's a little personal, isn't it?" I replied.
"How dare you speak to the Supreme Kai like that!" Kabito said.
"No Kabito, she's right. It was a little personal. I guess I should have made myself clearer. Do you know the full extent to your destiny, Katie?"
"From the way you said that, I guess I don't."
"The legend says that a girl from another dimension will come to help defeat the three mighty tyrants. The first a mighty Icejin. That was Frieza. The second a being made of many beings. That was Cell. And the last a monster once thought defeated. That's Buu. She will posses four unique powers. One will be the legendary Sensory Gift, one will be the power of a Super Sayjin, one will be knowledge of the future, and the last an Inner Light. Five years after the defeat of the third tyrant a new evil will arise and threaten all worlds across all dimensions. She will defeat this evil and save all the worlds, then her home will be revealed."
"Wow… only five years to train. I hope it will be enough. I can't let anyone else down."
I'm not so sure I want to go home now, anyway.
"There's more. It is also said that a Darkness will haunt this girl and place many doubts onto her. This Darkness is a servant of the evil. Is that what you were afraid of?"
"Yes. Babi-Dee said he could keep the Darkness away, and that was enough to weaken my mental shields and he took over from there."
"Katie, I didn't know…"
"Its okay, Gohan. I have to back to earth soon, but I wanted you to forgive me first."
"I do, don't worry. But what happened to your arm?" Gohan said, pointing. I held my hand over my arm, at first unknowingly. I realized I was ashamed of it. It was a symbol of my weakness.
"When I started to battle my evil side I had control of myself for only a moment. I used that time to blast off the Majin symbol, it was the only thing I could think of to get rid of the evil. Not too smart, huh?"
"No, it wasn't. Kabito, would you mind healing her?" Supreme Kai asked.
"Don't bother, neither Zinzu beans or Dende's magic could help, the wound was self-inflicted."
"My powers would have no effect, master." Kabito said.
"Will you ever get use of your arm again?" Gohan asked sincerely.
"I don't know. I hope so, but it's highly doubtful. I damn near blasted my whole arm off. Oh, sorry, Supreme Kai."
"It completely understandable. But I fear the hardest thing is yet to come. After Buu, I mean. I couldn't begin to comprehend this new evil's power. You have been through a lot; not even a Kai could normally handle the stress. How do you do it?"
"I figured it like this. Dragonball Z was my favorite show, and I always thought I'd love to be a Sayjin and fight bad guys. I never expected my wish to come true, though. I feel lucky to get to meet my favorite TV show characters. I guess I got my wish."
"That's why you were chosen, Katie. You feel lucky that you're here, even now." Supreme Kai said.
"I better go back to earth now. I need to get to the Lookout for later. Gohan, train hard with the Z sword. And fight Buu to your full extent. If you try to play with him or show off you'll regret it."
"Right, I remember Cell."
"Fight hard."
"Good luck on earth." Then I decided to teleport back to Earth, but not to the Lookout just yet. I'd return there after Babi-Dee was dead.
What I needed was something hard to drink. Something to relax me a little. It takes about twice as much liquor to get a Sayjin drunk, and apparently I could hold my alcohol well anyway. I went to the Flare, a nightclub where my bridal shower was held. It had thick smoke and good liquor. I said I'd never come here again because of the atmosphere, so no one would look for me. (And in case you're wondering, a girl never leaves home without her Platinum Express credit card. I had it in my boot.)
This nightclub was one of the best in the city. The music bass was so high it shook the whole building and the building was dark, strobe lights the only illumination. The music was fast and the smell of crack, pot, and weed filled the room, though it was in small amounts. Needles were popular here as well, but I couldn't see anyone doing heroine as of right now. The owner of this club was only in it for the money, because if I ran a club I'd run it clean.
I took a seat at the bar and ordered tequila. The bar tender and the occupants in the room gave me funny looks as I sat and drank my tequila. A 27-year-old girl with a crippled arm wearing fighting clothes isn't weird at all, no matter what dimension you're in. (insert sarcasm here!) I threw them all dirty looks and they turned away. I ordered another round and thought of the bad things I had done as Katherine the Slaughterer. I killed who knows how many people at the tournament, along with Vegeta. I took another swing of my drink and ordered another.
I wasn't meaning to, but with my partial telepathy I sensed other people's thoughts. The thoughts were so strong I could hardly think straight.
"My son, he was right there, I should have taken him to the zoo instead, but he wanted to see Hercule."
"All those people are dead. How'd she do it? Why didn't Hercule stop her? Who was she?"
"She had a tattoo on her arm that looked like an M. That other guy had one, too. So does that monster running around."
That didn't make me fell any better. The guilt grew to an almost unbearable level. I ordered a Whiskey this time, wanting a stronger drink. It didn't seem to help.
"Hey, pretty girl. What's a pretty girl like you doing all alone?" some drunk idiot thought he had a chance.
"Go away."
"Did it hurt?"
"Did what hurt." Here it came, one of the corniest pick-up lines in the history of pick-up lines.
"When you fell to earth, cause you're an angel." He belched
Yeah, let's go to your cheap hotel room right now, baby.
"I'm married, so go away."
"Don't be like that, baby." He just wouldn't give up.
"Leave me alone."
"Did you see that crazy girl blow up the stadium? That was nuts. It damn near killed me."
He reached for my butt, so I decided to play around with him. I was already in a bad mood, so why not try to have some fun?
I powered my Ki up just a little, only about three points. It was at five, and level eight would insure that I would take him without trouble.
I grabbed his arm and twisted it hard enough to make him cry out.
"Now you listen to me. Go home, drink some coffee. And if I see you here again, I'll snap your arm next time. Am I clear?"
"Yes ma'am!" in less than a minute I had gone from baby to ma'am. I let him go and he ran off, nearly knocking down the next person to come into the doorway.
"Well that was fun." I looked over to see Piccolo in the bar, right next to me. He looked really out of place.
"Piccolo, what are you-"
"Coming to get you. Goku is about to back to the Otherworld. I know you know why."
"I missed the fight against Buu, didn't I? Goku had to go Super Sayjin 3 and that drained his energy." Piccolo nodded, "Right, let's go." I paid for my drinks and we went outside, where I teleported us to the Lookout.
