"Trunks!" Kia yelled, running over to his fallen friend. The battle was finally over, he had won, but the fight had taken its toll on both the small island and his body. He could very vaguely remember the intense pain his body had gone through the first time he had transformed, but it seemed as if nothing compared to what he had experienced just moments ago. For starters, the transformation was painful enough on its own, but forcing his body to control and use the energy to fight, well that was just plain unbearable. Trunks had told him that the first few times that he transformed would be painful, but he never expected it to be that bad. Kia began to remember one of the several stories Trunks had told him about his Grandfather, Goku, as he leaned over his twisted and unconscious body. Kia couldn't even begin to imagine what kind of pain Goku must of felt when he had transformed into the first Super Saiyan in over a thousand years. How much pain he must have been in when he went all out against Freiza, fighting for the people he loved and not to mention the safety of the entire universe. Kia had only been toying with Isaac and it still felt as if at any second his body would be ripped apart by the energy that was still flowing through his veins at that very moment. Even now his muscles were trembling just kneeling next to Trunks. Kia groaned as he slowly looked around. The Supreme Kai was tending to the red fellow who called himself Kabito, neither looked to be in to good a condition. Kia's eyes continued to move around the small island for a few seconds longer, before his body slowly began to un-tense, Isaac's corpse was nowhere to be seen. Most likely the only remains of it were a few dust molecules floating harmlessly in the atmosphere. With the threat of Isaac no longer around Kia was able to power down from his Super Saiyan form, relieving a great deal of stress from his torn and tired muscles. The short battle (if you could call it that) had taken a lot out of him, not only because of the transformation, but Isaac's last attack. Kia didn't want to admit it, but for a brief moment Isaac's blast had been winning, forcing him to go all out in order to deflect the attack back at him. If Isaac had of charged it any longer, or if Kia himself hadn't reacted when he did, then there was a good chance that he wouldn't of been standing there right now. Kia grimaced as he looked down at his burnt and bloodied hand. He shouldn't of been so arrogant, the battle could of easily of gone to Isaac if he hadn't suspected something when he noticed he couldn't sense the power of the blast. After all, Trunks had told him that when he was in the future, a strange genetic creation called Cell had been fighting Vegeta, and although Cell had Vegeta outclassed in both strength and speed, Vegeta was still able to out smart him, playing on Cell's arrogance. This allowed Vegeta to power up an attack strong enough to hurt him, which if Cell hadn't of had the ability to regenerate, would of handed the fight to Vegeta.
"Trunks, are you ok?"
There was no reply from Trunks, just shallow breathing.
"He needs help." The Supreme Kai said from behind Trunks, Kabito hanging unconscious over the side of his shoulder. "They both do, do you have any healing devices?"
Kia nodded as he bent down and picked up Trunks, turning around and staring him in the eyes, "Yeah, there are some machines back at Trunks's house that should heal them both. Can you teleport us there?"
Supreme Kai just stood there staring into his cold blue eyes, amazed at what stood before him.
"Did you hear me?" Kia growled, struggling to hold Trunks.
"Where did you get that power? That strength…you aren't a god are you?"
Kia scrunched up his face, "What? No, I'm a Saiyan. Listen we don't have time for this can you teleport of not?"
"A Saiyan? But I thought they had all been wiped out-" Supreme Kai began before seeing the look on Kia's face. "No, I'm sorry only Kabito knows how to. We'll have to wait until we have enough energy to fly back to your friends house"
Kia shook his head and reached into Trunks's jacket pocket and pulled out a small capsule. "No, we don't have enough time, Trunks will die if he doesn't get help, well just have to use this instead." Kia said, clicking on the capsule before throwing it in front of them, revealing a large air craft. "It's a good thing Trunks always keeps some capsules encase of emergences. I'm surprised it's still in one piece to tell you the truth."
Getting a better grip on Trunks, Kia began to make his way over to the large white air craft that was currently resting awkwardly on the cracked and unlevelled ground before them. The Supreme Kai quickly followed him.
"Where did you get that power from. It's absurd that a mortal would posses that much power…it's just impossible. I haven't seen that much strength since the days of Majin Buu…And your still just a boy!"
Stopping in front of the ship, Kia turned back towards the Supreme Kai and held out Trunks to him, "Listen, this isn't the time, we will talk when these two aren't in such a dangerous situation. Now take Trunks for me and put him in the ship and don't touch anything until I get back. He'll kill me if I leave his sword behind."
Nodding, the Supreme Kai took Trunks from Kia and walked inside the large ship. Kia's eyes however were wondering around the landscape in search of Trunks's sword. A look of hopelessness came over his face.
"Knowing my luck it would of fell down one of those cracks" He mumbled walking over to a large cluster of rocks and glancing around them. "Maybe I can come back while Trunks is healing…"
Sighing, he began to float back towards the ship, annoyed at how finding something as simple as a sword proved to be more of a challenge than a fight for life or death.
Suddenly his senses flared, stopping him in his tracks.
"That's not possible" He hissed in shock, spinning around and barely dodging a long silver blade by just a few inches.
"WHY WONT YOU JUST DIE?" Isaac screamed, swinging Trunks's sword again, splitting Kia's arm open and sending a spray of blood across the ground.
Kia screamed in pain, clutching his now bleeding arm and trying to put as much distance between himself and Isaac.
Isaac's body was in horrible condition, he was bleeding from several gashes across his chest as well as suffering from what appeared to be several broken ribs. His clothing was ripped to shreds and it seemed as if he was having trouble just trying to stand up.
"I killed you! How could you of survived?" Kia hissed, dodging another swing of the sword.
Landing a hard kick to Kia's chest, Isaac quickly followed it up with a knee to his face, knocking him back a few feet.
"Being under Babidi's control gives me…special abilities I guess you could say. That last attack you used on me would have been enough to kill anyone normal, but thanks to the power Babidi gave me my body can endure more than you can think."
"All it cost you was your free will" Kia sneered, hunched over and gripping his bleeding arm tightly.
Isaac laughed, a cough escaping him as he did so, the fight earlier had obviously taken a large toll on his body.
"Small price to pay for this kind of power. Besides I can still think for myself…well to a degree. And thanks to that power, your power has dramatically decreased, I'm stronger than you now and we both know it." Isaac said smirking. "I told you that blast would destroy you. I just didn't say in what way."
"Your not doing to good yourself." Kia grunted.
"It's enough to crush you!"
Kia was knocked into the air by a right hook to the face before he was able to continue the conversation any further. Isaac quickly followed after him, not having enough energy to fly he was forced to launch himself off the ground. Before Kia was able to regain control of himself, Isaac was upon him, sending his knee into Kia's chest and grabbing him around the throat with both hands before plummeting back to earth. Unfortunately for Kia, he was currently positioned between Isaac and the hard earth below, and therefore felt the fall grunt of the fall, creating a small crater upon impact.
Pain lanced through Kia's back and the wind was knocked out of him, he was losing and losing badly, he was given no time at all to recover with Isaac already pounding relentlessly on his chest and face. A demented smile came over Isaac's face with each punch as Kia's body began to soften, his bones giving way and breaking under the thrashing he was going through.
"What's wrong Saiyan? To much for you?"
Kia finally stopped struggling, his eyes were swollen, many bones were broken, he face felt so sore it was hard to breath. He knew he had to do something soon, otherwise he would lose consciousness and be at Isaac's mercy, which by his guess was nil.
"I have to make my move now, if I don't I'm dead." Kia thought to himself, his chest burning as he struggled to breath.
Isaac took a moment to rest despite his slight advantage, at the moment he doubted that his body was in much better condition than Kia's was. It was true that Babidi's magic gave him extra strength and endurance, but there was a limit to it. He would have to end this fast if he was going to walk away from the battle. Isaac had a quick look around him, his main concern was the Supreme Kai, if he happened to come and help Kia, he would be out numbered and out classed in the condition he was currently in.
Isaac's attention was brought back to Kia when his fist slammed into his gut, causing him to scream in pain. Using the momentary distraction, Kia grabbed Isaac around the throat with his left hand and began charging up a blast with what little energy he had left with his other. It mightn't be enough to kill him, but it would sure as hell hurt.
With a cry of agony, Kia released the small amount of gathered energy directly into Isaac's face and was met with a scream equal to his as Isaac was blown off him, creating a short trench as he skidded across the ground.
Kia climbed out of his small crater, cradling his bleeding arm and trying not to move any part of his body that appeared to be broken. He knew if he transformed into a Super Saiyan he could easily beat Isaac, but at the moment he knew he just didn't have the right state of mind nor the physical strength to do so. He was struggling just to stand. His main concern was that Isaac would be up soon and he was starting to run out of ideas to hold him off. Then his eyes fell on Trunks's sword. Kia grimaced as he used what little energy he had to stagger over to Trunks's sword and pick it up before turning back to Isaac, who was still laying on the ground a few metres away holding his face with both hands and screaming in pain.
"Looks like I put more energy into that than I though." Kia mumbled with a smirk, slowly making his way over to his fallen foe, using the sword as a type of walking stick.
Isaac was making his way to his knees by the time Kia finally got to him, but his hands were still covering his face as he screamed in agony. Kia merely ignored this, kicking him in the chest, forcing him onto his back.
"You should of left when you had the chance. I wouldn't of known you were alive."
Isaac either didn't hear or didn't care as he continued to claw at his face.
Kia cocked an eyebrow and sneered at him, struggling to keep his cool despite the pain.
"What's your problem? There wasn't enough energy in that attack to hurt you that much. If this is a trick it wont work-"
Kia was cut off as Isaac let out another agonising scream as he began to pound on the ground, clawing at his face at the same time. It was then that Kia realised he wasn't faking it, it was genuine pain. Then before he could begin to understand what was happening, Isaac slumped onto his stomach, breathing deeply and harshly.
"No more games, goodbye Isaac." Kia said, kicking Isaac in the side, making him roll onto his back. Lifting the sword he prepared to deliver the final blow, but instead Kia's eyes widened in shock at what lay before him.
It wasn't the burn marks that startled Kia, it was the fact that the 'M' that had been on Isaac's face from the moment Kia had met him had disappeared. Isaac groaned as he gingerly touched his forehead, his eyes too widening in shock almost in the say way that Kia's had.
"I'm free…" He mumbled, more to himself that to Kia.
"What are you talking about?" Kia asked, ready to drive Trunks's sword through Isaac's heart at any moment.
It was then that the Supreme Kai arrived, placing a hand on Kia's shoulder, letting him know not to use the sword.
"Don't attack him, he is of no danger anymore."
Isaac lay there in silence letting his figures trace his forehead as he stared at the sky in thought, ignoring Kia's question. "He must of though I died…He let his control go…" A smile formed on Isaac's face, not like any of the ones Kia had seem in the duration of their fight, but one of genuine happiness. "It's finally over…"
It was the that Kia understood, "He's no longer controlling you?"
Isaac shook his head as he tried to sit, but his body was in to much pain to do so, instead he stared into Kia's eyes, realisation hitting him.
"I'm sorry for what happened here, I thought if I were to do this I might be able to find happiness again…the kind I had before Babidi took everything away from me. But now I'm free…and I can finally see that I'll never find it here." Isaac said swallowing deeply, wincing at the pain that had increased 5 fold since he lost the magic acquired through Babidi's control. His voice then took on a serious tone as he continued to speak. "Listen to me, Babidi will be here soon and he will bring fighters much more powerful than me, probably stronger than you. He will stop at nothing to revive Majin Buu, and if that happens…well Kami save us all…"
"Stronger than Kia!" Supreme Kai yelped in shock.
"Why are you telling me this." Kia asked in shock, letting the sudden change sink in.
"Because I need to make things right, otherwise I'm just as bad as Babidi…He took everything from me…I see that now. You have to stop him, when he gets here he will be looking for you and your friend, he needs both of your energy to awake Buu. He will be here in a little under 2 months so in that time you both need to train as much as possible, Buu must not be revived." Isaac said as he coughed up some blood.
"Listen, come with me and we can get you help, I have a machine that will heal you wounds, just-"
"No!" Isaac cut in forcefully. "No, my time is up. I have done many things in my life that I'm not proud of and it's about time that I faced up to my sins…and because of it there is a nice spot for me in HFIL"
Isaac's eyes then fell upon the sword, "I need you to finish what you started Saiyan, give me piece."
Kia's eyes to fell upon the sword, "What? Are you crazy! Look it doesn't have to be this way, you can help us fight Babidi. The things that you did in the past weren't your fault, you were under his control."
Isaac shook his head, coughing up more blood. A small smile came over his face as he stared back up to Kia. "We always have a choice Saiyan, I didn't have to do what Babidi ordered me to but I did anyway for my own selfish reasons. I've lost my family and my life. But most importantly I have lost my pride, a man with pride can never be controlled. Now finish the job Saiyan, I am of no more use, I have told you all you need to know. At least grant me this one request."
For the first time that day the battle field was deadly silent as both Kia and Isaac stared at each other, until finally Kia nodded. The Supreme Kai, tried to object, but found it be pointless. Isaac smiled softly as he closed his eyes and let his body relax, a tear slowly slid down his cheek.
Kia swallowed deeply as he brought the sword above Isaac's stomach, stopping for a moment as if waiting for him to change his mind. There was no such request.
Tightening his grip on the hilt of the sword, Kia too closed his eyes, "Goodbye."
With that Kia drove the sword into Isaac's chest, bring an end to the man's torment as well as the battle.
Well that's all for this week, I hope it wasn't to bad, I would of gotten it out earlier but Kylewin gave me some ideas from his last review and not to mention I have so many tests right now its not funny…damn I hate Chemistry. Anyway keep up the reviews. C-ya next time.
Kylewin: Thanks for the review. I'd have to agree with you on the whole Isaac's final move thing, after re-reading it I decided it was pretty pointless having him do all that and have no effect at all. I hope this chapter fixed that up a bit, I'm not sure, I just thought I would take your advice and try and make the attack actually have an effect on Kia. Anyway, I hope you and the other readers liked it, if not then I'll have to try harder next time.