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Chapter 15: Old Enemies Return

Thank Kami for the Dragonballs. We were back on earth, Planet Plant was gone, and peace had come again.

And Gohan and I still missed Piccolo. In fact, everyone that knew him missed him. Even the non-emotional Sayjin prince missed earth's Namekian, I could tell, though he didn't show it.

For the first time Codie and I sparred at full power. He was in his Nymph transformation, and I was SSJ3, in the new and improved Gravity Room.

Nymph was strong, really strong, even against me. I wondered how he'd pair with SSJ4, but our fight wasn't long lived. Bulma came on the screen, looking and acting frantic.

"Katie, Codie, we have a situation, get out here now." Then the screen went blank, and Codie and I were left scratching our heads. We reverted to our normal forms and headed inside.

"Bulma, why did you-" but Codie interrupted me, answering my incomplete question.

"Trunks! What happened?"

I looked, and saw Trunks on the couch, beaten and bloody. He looked like he just came out of a meat grinder. Mirai was right next to him.

"It was… 17. He was crazy… came out of nowhere." Trunks said. He sounded as bad as he looked.

"No, 17? But, why…" I thought aloud.

"What could have brought this on? He's been so nice…" Bora said.

"I don't know, but I'm going to find out." I said, starting outside.

"Mom, wait-"

"Codie, I can take 17 if I have to. You stay here, I'll be careful."

"I was gonna say take this. It was suppose to be a surprise, but…" Codie took out a new, shiny Japanese sword, looking as good as Arina.

"We took the remains of your old sword and crafted you a new one. Its called Shikara, the Sayjin word for hope." Mirai explained.

I took it, and swung it around in form. It was a good sword.

"This is great, and I'm sure it'll help if I need it." I smiled at Codie and Mirai, then took to the air.

I started to fly toward 17's hangouts, trying to find him, but I couldn't find him at any of his usual places.

Then I felt energy, a strange and powerful energy. Very dark and evil, too. It wasn't 17, it was HFIL. I've been there enough to know.

"Now what?" I looked, and saw a hole in the sky. Hundreds of dots were flying out of it. "Oh Kami dammit!"

Those dots were souls. Every warrior sent to HFIL was coming out, and most of them were enemies of mine.

Everyone we ever fought is going to be out and looking for revenge. Everyone… including Bebi, Roxx, and Drazark!

I flew at full speed toward the hole. I was going to be the first on the scene this time, and I thanked the Kais for my sword. I'd need it.

"Guys, we have a bigger problem than 17 going nuts." I said to the other whom knew about 17, then I redirected my message for all the Z Senshi, "HFIL just opened up. I need help, everyone who can help."

"I heard you, I'm on the way." Goku called out.

I sensed the others coming my way, and I sped to the hole to slow down the destruction.

I landed and saw only chaos. People were running, and dead people were terrorizing. I decided to leave the small guys for later and search out the strongest. They'd probably be leading.

And I was right.

"Look, its monkey girl!" I turned and saw all the Ginyu force.

"Oh, its you. I was looking for a villain, not a circus." I stood ready, but they didn't seem worried. Were they stronger now?

"But see here, we're stronger than before." Ginyu said, then they all posed. I nearly laughed at their ridiculous poses, too.

"You guys never change. I don't have time for this, I gotta save the world." I powered to SSJ and struck with my new sword in one swipe at them all. They vanished instantly.

I relaxed for a second, but then felt another strong Ki behind me.

"Maybe I'll be more of a challenge." He said coolly.

"Nice to see you again, Kooler. Where's Frieza?" Kooler was in his final, fifth form. He moved the visor away from his mouth once we made eye contact. I put Shikara back in the sheath.

"He's waiting for Goku, but I want to face you. You said we'd fight again, but every time you came to HFIL you came to see Cell. Then once Cell's soul was destroyed, you stayed on earth."

"Well, you know, raising a family is tough, and then there's saving the dimension again."

"We'll have our fight now, destiny led us to another fight."

"Screw destiny." I sneered.

"We will fight now!"

"Kooler, this is not the place!"

"Well then how about if I told you I know how your parents died?"

"They died because Frieza blew up the planet." I said, trying to think of a way to get him to go peacefully.

"No. They were on a mission. I killed them."

"What?"

"Frieza got your pathetic planet. In an attempt to besmirch his record, I killed Sayjins, strong ones."

"You bastard!"

"They're names were Andorra and Kanji, right? Your mother was pregnant at the time."

"No, Affray…"

"Fight me, Katie! Avenge them!"

I had to agree. I charged at Kooler, tears flying in the wind. I could have met my family, but Kooler took them away. My own baby brother was killed, no even born as of yet.

Our fists connected, causing a sonic boom. We jumped back, and as I rubbed my hand, my anger flashed in my aura. My hand went numb from the anger, a neat trick if you can keep from over doing it.

"You've improved, Kooler."

"Funny, I was going to say the same about you."

We started a dogfight in the air, then went back to the ground, and then to the air. I have no idea how long we had been fighting, but I was having a blast. My Sayjin blood was boiling.

We backed away, and Kooler took toward the left. I followed, and we ran, facing each other.

"Stop making time, Kooler, I thought you wanted to fight." He replied with a quick Death Beam, hitting my left shoulder.

"I do." he sneered.

"Cheap shot! Gatlik Wave!" I fired, hitting him head-on, and causing him to go through a building. The building started to collapse, and there was a young man standing under it when it started to fall. I grabbed him and got the two of us out of the way.

"Thanks, but I think you messed up." I looked, and he had a Red Ribbon Army logo on his jacket. I noticed the halo.

Why do the bad guys get halos too?

"I'm guessing you're General Blue, right?"

"How'd you guess?" he asked.

"You haven't aged a day since your death."

"Oh, you really think so?" he replied. He was such a pretty-boy.

"Hate to break it to you, but you're going back to HFIL soon anyway, so I'll make it quick." I blasted him full on, full body.

"Curse you!" I heard him scream as he vanished.

"A bit cruel, don't you think?" Kooler said, coming out of the rubble.

"You would know, wouldn't you? You really killed my family? Maybe I was a bit cruel just now, but he was going back soon enough anyway."

"I won't be so easy to send back."

"Hey! Katie, save us some action!" I looked up and saw Mirai, Goten, Gohan, Trunks, Vegeta, and all my kids come flying up.

"Hey guys." I called.

"Another distraction. At this rate our fight will never get finished. Maybe I'll just kill them all right now."

"You do, and I'll destroy every bit of you as slow and painful as possible. Besides, with them here to help, we won't get distracted by anyone else wanting a piece of me." I replied quickly as the others landed.

"Hey mom, what's going on?" Andy asked.

"I dunno, all I do know is HFIL is open, and all our past enemies are free again."

"So who's that? An enemy of your's we never met?"

"You could call us bitter rivals, right Kooler?" I asked. He nodded, looking annoyed.

"Freiza's older brother is one of your rivals?" Vegeta asked.

"Yeah, I fought him in HFIL, and I owed him a rematch."

"And we were in the middle of our rematch until you filthy monkeys showed up." Kooler said.

"He means I can settle this, so you guys go ahead and stop some other released souls. And if anyone finds 17, tell me… Hey, where's Goku?" I just noticed he wasn't there.

"That's the thing, there are two 17's and they opened HFIL with their power. Goku got trapped inside." Codie (Nymph) said.

"And while you've been fighting Kooler, we took care of the others." Gohan said.

"You were having too much fun, weren't you Katrin?"

"No, it was revenge. If he wasn't already dead I'd claim Blood Right on him. Vegeta, Frieza didn't kill my family on Planet Vegeta, Kooler killed them before that." I said.

"Shut up and let's fight already!" Kooler roared.

"With his power, skill, and enthusiasm, we might be done by next week." I said, laughing. I turned back to Kooler.

"I hate to be so blunt, but we've wasted too much time on this fight." I said seriously.

"Then maybe you should stop playing." Kooler said.

"I will." I transformed to SSJ3 and we started again, but this time I didn't let my feelings for revenge or a good fight get in my way.

"As far as I can see, you still want to keep this fight going." Kooler said as he blocked my axe-kick.

"I'll have to visit sometime, but right now I have to finish this. Revenge will have to wait. Super Gatlik Wave!" my attack did it, and Kooler disappeared. I took in a deep breath, and reverted back to normal, "I should have done that from the start."

"Hey, never blame your instincts, Katrin. You wanted to finish him, and you did."

"But what about Bebi, Roxx, and Drazark?"

"Never saw them, and no one can sense them. Maybe they didn't get out in time."

"They didn't." I turned to the familiar voice, and it was 17.

"17!" I called.

"Dr. Gero and Dr. Myuu didn't want them to escape." I turned, and there stood a second 17.

"What!"

"I see you are confused by our creations." This time I turned to see Dr. Gero and a blue guy with orange hair, who resembled Gero a lot.

"He's a Tuffle." Vegeta said, staring at Myuu. I smelled it too.

"Yes, I am. We designed a new 17, who will combine with the older model to become a perfect fighting machine."

"Gero already attempted a perfect creation, and look where we are now." I said, looking over to Codie.

"Yes, Cell would have been perfect if I had finished him. He would have absorbed you, Mrs. Briefs, and then reached a higher state of power. Instead I got a lovesick fool obsessed with you and not much stronger than Super Sayjin 2. I shouldn't have added your DNA to his mutation."

"Don't you dare talk badly about Cell in my presence. You didn't know him at all."

"Didn't know him? Dear girl, I created him, remember?" Gero laughed.

"That doesn't mean you knew him. He had a heart, and he truly was your perfect creation, Gero."

"A heart?" Gero laughed again, "My best creations don't have hearts."

"Cell did. I know it, I broke it." I responded.

"I wouldn't worry about a dead robot, I'd worry about your imminent future." Myuu said, "17's, fuse together to become Hell-fighter Super 17!"