Chapter 2: Things as Usual

"So what's up Supreme Kai?"

"Well Katie, you aren't going to be happy."

"Oh no… don't tell me-"

"Your title as earth's protector is about to be tested." Old Kai said, coming up to meet with us.

"Shit… Oh! Sorry!" I said, covering my mouth as I remembered where I was, "Me and my foul mouth apologize, Supreme Kai, Elder Kai."

"Dear girl, I'd swear too under these circumstances." Old Kai said.

"So… what is it? A monster? A robot?" I asked, remembering how I had thought the same thing moments ago.

"Technically its you and you're friends." Supreme Kai said.

"…What did you say?" I asked, shaking my head.

"You heard him right Katie." Old Kai said, letting out a deep sigh.

"Well, give me details." I looked behind Old Kai to see Suguro and his son playing.

"Well, Roxx left his mark in more ways than one. Of course you already know about that." Old Kai began, "His dimensional travel, along with the negative energy the Shadow Dragons left behind caused a… I guess you could call it a rift, between dimensions."

"And what does that have to do with us?" I asked.

"This rift is opening somewhere on earth. At first we saw no harm in it, but it's been growing stronger ever since. It'll open up completely very soon. That earthquake was only an aftershock of the rift pulsing." Old Kai continued.

"I'm guessing whatever is on the other side isn't all sunshine and daisies?" I asked, sighing.

"Right, it's a parallel dimension. It's the opposite of this dimension. Once it opens, whatever is on the other side can pass through to our side."

"But what is in there, Supreme Kai?" I urged.

"We can't see what's in there, but we can sense it. You and all of your friends have an evil counterpart there. We Kais call them Darklings. No doubt they know about the rift already and they'll come here once it opens."

"Why would they do that?" I asked.

"Katie, don't be dumb. They're evil, and they have the same powers as you and your friends. They already conquered their universe, so they'll be coming to this one now." Old Kai said.

"Oh… and what about… what I mean is, did the people we fight, like Frieza, Cell, and Buu, join with them?"

"We cannot be certain, but we do know that the bad guys here would be the good guys there. The personalities of everyone are nearly the same, except for the ethics differences." Old Kai explained.

I didn't say anything for a moment, thinking it all out.

"So we have to stop them? And without the Dragonballs, we couldn't wish back anyone… or close the rift."

"We've decided, along with the Namekians, that once the fight is over you can restore earth's people. If you win, of course. But no more wishes after this. We can't afford another Shadow Dragon incident. The Dragonballs can't close the hole in the barrier." Supreme Kai said.

"I understand. What can you tell me about these evil counterparts?"

"We don't know how history progressed there to differ from here, but we do know that Frieza never conquered Planet Vegeta, and therefore all the Sayjins you know were raised as Sayjins. Even the half-Sayjin children."

"Okay." I said, understanding.

"Vegeta became king… Goku, well technically Kakorot, rules earth… what else?" Old Kai scratched his chin, thinking.

"What about me? And the villains we faced here?"

"We know nothing about your evil counterpart, I'm afraid. No idea if she even exists. And our dimension's villains were heroes there, but they were all killed as far as we know."

"Great. How long until it opens completely?"

"One year." Old Kai said.

"Right, one year to prepare."

"You must be careful. As far as we know, none of their Z Senshi has died, like Piccolo and Goku. And luckily, they don't have Dragonballs there."

"Why's that lucky?"

"They're like you, but evil. They would have wished for immortality if they had Dragonballs."

"Oh yeah. So what do we do?"

"What do you mean!" Supreme Kai asked, scared and shocked.

"Well, can we kill them if we have to? It won't hurt us to kill them, would it?" I asked.

"That's actually a very smart question, it's about time you started using your head. No, it won't hurt you to kill them." Old Kai said, "And I suggest you fight your own counterparts. It'll get confusing if, let's say, Vegeta tries to fight your counterpart and then he accidentally hurts you."

"Okay… but what if someone doesn't have a counterpart?"

"Then that person should fight the evil Goku or the evil Piccolo, or whoever else they might bring. I doubt they have a Mirai No Trunks."

"Yeah, makes sense."

"You have to act fast; just the existence of this rift is causing chaos." Supreme Kai said.

"How's that?" I asked. I was intrigued by all of this information.

"There are hundreds of dimensions in existence, but to obtain a balance these dimension have to have an equal, yet opposite, counterpart. These opposite dimensions were never supposed to be accessed through our dimension. Its like a wall was built, a barrier, but Roxx and the Shadow Dragons made a small hole in this barrier. If one person comes through that rift, the whole balance is threatened. If your counterparts aren't sent back quickly, the two universes will combine, and it will be the same as if matter and anti-matter met."

"Holy shit… it's my fault…"

"It isn't your fault, Roxx and Omega Shenron are to blame."

"But if it wasn't for me, Omega wouldn't have existed, and then Roxx-"

"Roxx would have destroyed this dimension as well. Not even he knew the damage he was causing. He threw the universe out of whack by destroying dimensions. Without those dimensions on our side of the wall, the ones on the other side were left unchecked, and eventually they collapsed onto themselves. If you hadn't stopped Roxx when you did, there really wouldn't have been anything left. Roxx weakened the barrier by destroying the dimensions, and the damage Omega caused on earth made it possible for the rift to open on earth."

I took in all this new information.

So am I to blame? I did create Omega… but I was meant to kill Roxx… Roxx wasn't my fault…

"Alright, I better inform everyone. We only have 365 days to prepare, and if I know me, my counterpart will train twice as hard, so I have to train that much harder. Then again, I guess there is a chance I won't be fighting my own counterpart, depending on how things went there."

"Go warn your friends. You all have to be prepared. I'm only guessing, but I think they'll only bring with them the strongest warriors they have."

"That would be…" I thought on it, counting how many we had, "…that, plus Goku and Piccolo for the evil side makes 7 in all. They wouldn't bring any humans…"

"And this is only 'if', remember that Katie. They could have many more warriors with them." Old Kai said.

"Right, I better go."

I went to teleport, but I got a shiver up my spine. It was like the SG.

"Elder Kai, what about animals?" I asked.

"How's that?"

"I dunno, I got a weird feeling. Like my SG. What if animals cross over through the barrier?"

"Well, technically, animals can't be good or evil… I guess it wouldn't matter… if a single bird flew through the barrier, how would we know about it to return it? I will meditate on this… if your Sensory Gift is acting up, we have to know."

"I'd say thanks, but with that news I'll wait to see if we win first."