AS22: Hey! I'm back! Did U miss me? I missed U! SSorry for the wait…

Okay, a bit more serious, I've done a few cool things in this story. One is that I have written a Sayjin language, Saya-jin! Yipee! I'll translate as you go.

Example:

D'rar ka da Jutir!

(Damn you to hell!)

Get it? Ok, then let's go! R&R!

Combined Destinies

Part 5 of New Destiny

Prologue:

A lot of weird things have happened to me in my life. The time known as GT to me and my friends has passed, Goku is gone, and I am the new protector of earth.

When I first came to this dimension I was already swept into trouble. I didn't even get the chance to enjoy meeting my new friends before we fought a powerful enemy. I know I have enemies, and in a way I am my own enemy. My own doubts and fears are a weakness, but there's more to it than that.

I've also had many experiences with prophecy. Being part of one makes you think you know 'em all. Ha!

I've talked many times about parallel dimensions. Roxx destroyed many dimensions, but not all of them, thanks to me. The one I grew up in was what you would call 'normal'. The one I was born in, this dimension, is what I use to watch on TV as a kid. The creator of that show was actually receiving a radiation signal, or what psychologists may call subconscious messages, from this dimension, dreaming and imagining what was really happening to this dimension. When your mind wanders, it really wanders.

Just when I thought no more weirdness could happen, something happened. This time the Dragonballs were gone, so we were careful. We didn't have many causalities, but the ones that died were brought back thanks to Purunga, New Namek's dragon. Thank goodness we could use his power, even if it was just this once. We couldn't let another Shadow Dragon incident occur.

Well, I've said too much without giving the story, so I'll get started. And it started just a few months after the end of the Shadow Dragons…

Chapter 1: Earthquake

Codie and I were training in the Gravity Room at full strength; he was in his complete Naiad form, and I was SSJ4. We were even, we had been going at it for hours, and the gravity was at 1,000x. Our warm-up was almost through.

On an interesting side note, Vegeta and I both have our tails back. I'm not sure how, but I believe it had something to do with transforming to the SSJ4 level. Vegeta and Bulma agree with me as well.

"Codie, I know you're better than this! Let's kick it up a notch!"

"If you say so!" Codie stopped and powered up, going higher and higher. The room and the ground shook. I couldn't believe he was so strong. If he kept going he'd prove to be stronger than me. But strength isn't everything, experience can win the battle. Piccolo taught me that as a kid.

When Codie finished I was struck with recognition of Cell even more so. The more powerful Codie becomes, the more he looks like Cell it seems.

"Alright mom, give me your best!" Codie challenged.

"Are you sure about that?" I asked, smirking.

I began to power up, so much so that the room shook. In fact, the computer in the room went crazy and the gravity shut down, leaving us at earth's normal gravity level.

"Mom…"

I kept powering up, and then I went too far. The wall behind me fell apart, thus causing the rest of the room to collapse.

Codie and I dug ourselves out of the debris, both of us back to normal. Bulma came running out, followed by Vegeta and Giru.

"What have you done!" Bulma cried out, screaming. Vegeta stood there, mouth agape.

"She did it!" Codie said, pointing to me. Then he ran inside, getting away from what we both guessed to be inevitable doom.

Where's an evil monster or robot when I need one?

Then, to my surprise, Vegeta started to laugh. Bulma and I both stared at him, confused.

"Well Katrin, you finally out did me! I'm not ashamed to admit it this time!" Vegeta was laughing so hard his face turned red.

"Giru scared of Vegeta's laughing! Giru, giru."

"How do I put up with you Sayjins?" Bulma said, shaking her head, "Oh well, those robots will fix it. It's a good idea I thought of it!"

Bulma headed back inside and Giru followed.

"Katrin, I don't know how you did it, but you must have grown stronger than me. Bulma made that room nearly indestructible. Once that room is fixed, I call 'dibs', as the humans say."

That got me laughing.

"Alright, Vegeta. I guess I have been training a lot lately. But I am earth's protector now."

"I know, and there isn't anyone alive more suitable for the job." Vegeta left at that note.

Thanks, Vegeta. I know you'd be good at it, but you have a few faults, faults that I admire, but faults that hurt you during battle-

Just then I felt the earth shake again, only this time I couldn't sense anyone powering up. It wasn't Ki causing the quake. Cars in the distance had their alarms going off, dogs were barking, birds were zipping around the sky like maniacs, the wind picked up, and then the sky darkened. This earthquake was stronger than my powering up a moment ago, but then again, the Gravity Room did contain most of my energy.

"What's going on?" I asked, falling on my butt. I landed on my tail and fell over from the shock to my body, cursing. And just as suddenly as it began, it ended. The sky went back to bright blue and the wind died down. Everything was calm again.

"Katie, are you alright?" Mirai called from the roof.

"Yeah, I just landed on my tail, that's all. How about you?"

"I'm okay, the house is another thing." He replied, shaking his head.

"Right, I'm coming." I called, standing. I headed inside and looked at the damage.

The walls were sturdy, but anything not nailed down had fallen over, and water was flooding the halls as I made my way from one side of Capsule Corp. to the other.

Our house was even worse. It looked like every single thing had been knocked over. I picked up a photo of Cell and me, the frame broken. I took out the picture and threw away the frame, moving on to the next mess.

Luckily I wasn't alone in my efforts. Mirai and Codie were there to clean as well. Giru even came in handy and fixed the back door.

I went down the hall to get a ladder when I saw Vegeta floating off the ground, trying to put in a new light bulb. He cursed in Saya-jin as the light bulb fell and broke on the ground.

"Vegeta, having problems?" I asked.

"Yes, I still can't figure out how why you earthlings insist on using artificial light anyway. I can't get this light bulb to screw in without breaking it."

I snorted trying not to laugh, but Vegeta caught me.

"What's so funny, Katrin?" he asked. I took out another light bulb from the box on the floor and screwed it in.

"There's a joke that goes, how many blondes does it take to screw in a light bulb? You can substitute blondes for something else."

"I don't get it." He said, dead serious.

"Yeah, I figured you wouldn't. Just remember, lefty-loosey, righty-tighty. That'll help you remember how to screw in light bulbs or whatever. And now, my prince, I think I'll go fix up my own house, if your need of me is completed."

He nodded, looking a bit ticked as I walked on down the hall for the ladder. It sort of dawned on me that I could just hover and not use a ladder, but I was already at the utility closet by the time I thought of it.

News went through the grapevine that everyone was okay. No one we knew had been hurt. In fact, no one anywhere had gotten hurt.

"Hey Mirai, I just discovered a new joke." I said when I came in.

"Oh yeah, what is it?"

"How many Sayjins does it take to screw in a light bulb?" I asked. Mirai shook his head, "Just the prince, but it takes him a while." I said. Mirai and Codie laughed. I explained to them what just happened in the hall.

"What was that, anyway?" Mirai asked.

"That earthquake was registered as only a 2.1. But didn't it feel… creepy?" Codie asked, glancing outside.

"Yeah, now that you mention it. It felt… creepy. That's the only word for it. Dark, too."

"And I'm afraid that's only the beginning." Mirai, Codie, and I all stopped to listen.

"Supreme Kai, is that you?" Codie asked.

"Yes it is. Is everyone okay?"

"Yeah, it appears everyone on earth is okay, actually." Mirai replied.

"Well that's good. I need to speak to Katie though, in person."

I looked to Codie and Mirai first, asking permission.

"We can finish up here." Mirai said, and Codie gave me a thumbs-up.

"I'll be right there." I told him, then I teleported to the Kai Planet.