Chapter 6: More Truths Revealed

Kale and Megan hitched a ride on Icarus as they continued north. He wanted to get as far away from the castle as soon as possible.

Whose voice was that? Why did she help me?

As Kale rested, he dreamed. He dreamed of warriors with tails like his own fighting other creatures.

There was a Saiyan fighting a green man with antennae. The Saiyan, a small boy, about 10, was injured badly but kept fighting the being anyway. He used a punch to hit the creature through the chest, killing it.

Kale woke with a start as Icarus landed. They were in a park, in a city.

"Kale, we're in North City!" Megan cried. Kale jumped down and helped Megan off Icarus' back.

"Stay here, dragon." He said, then started out of the park with Megan, "Good, time to get you to safety."

"Kale, I wanna stay with you. Please?"

"Megan, it'll be dangerous."

"I don't care! I love you Kale!" Kale stopped in his tracks.

Now what? Someone actually cares for me, and I'm going to push them away. But it'll be dangerous, she could get killed.

Kale was tired of being alone and tired of no one caring. But at the same time he didn't want Megan hurt.

"Do you promise to be careful and safe?" Kale asked, monotone.

"Do you mean-"

"Do you promise?" Kale sternly asked.

"Yes! Yes!"

"It won't get any easier, Megan. It might get harder."

"I'll be good! I promise!"

"Right, then it's you and me, kid."

"Yeah! We're a team!" Megan's smile could light up a black hole right then, Kale mused.

XxX

"Megan, you stay here. I have research to do. Remember, be quiet, it's a library." Kale said. They were at the North City Library, and Kale took Megan to the children's section first.

"Okay!" she went and started looking at books.

Kale went to the receptionist at the desk, an old lady with glasses.

"How may I help you?"

"I need to see some books and then the microfilms."

"Okay, I'll ready the microfilm while you find your books. What are the names?"

"The New Destiny series." Kale responded.

"Oh yes, I read those as a child. Great works of fiction. Made you believe it could have happened. I believe there were... 10 of them or so. Go over to the fiction section," she pointed, "and it's the third aisle, toward the middle I think. The author was Katie Briefs."

"Right, thanks."

Fiction, hmm?

"Will you be checking them out?"

"No. And I need micro film from 17-20 years ago, anything from West City."

"Well, that's quite a lot-"

"And anything from 100 years ago, about Son Goku."

"Goku? Well, I haven't heard that name in years. My grandmother told me stories about him."

"She knew him?"

"Her father was his best friend. His name was Krillen."

"I see. Well, I'll go look for those book now. How long will the micro film take?"

"Maybe… 30 minutes."

"That's fine."

Kale headed off to the fiction section and began to look for the book. As he traveled the aisles, he came across a set of old books, but the titles fit his list.

New Destiny 1: The Beginning

New Destiny 2: The First Tyrant- A Monster

New Destiny 3: Tricksters and Fate

New Destiny 4: The Second Tyrant- A Friend

New Destiny 5: The Third Tyrant- A Test of Honor

New Destiny 6: Training for the Destiny

New Destiny 7: Angel of Legend

New Destiny 8: A Different Threat

New Destiny 9: Unseen Future

New Destiny 10: Opposite Destiny

New Destiny 11: A Destiny's End

New Destiny 12: The Other Destiny

New Destiny 13: Before the Destiny

Kale got all 13 books and went to an empty table. He looked at the summaries of each book first. The back of the book had a picture of the author and her family. Directly behind her was her husband, Trunks. To her left was Goku, and the guy on the right was a mean looking man with flame-like hair. Kale reasoned he was Vegeta, and that was whom he got his traits from. Sitting in front of her were three teens; Kanji, Andorra, and Codie.

The front covers were illustrated. The first one had Vegeta, Goku, and Katrin. Kale reasoned immediately that the names in the book were pseudonyms and that these were who they really were.

The second had a white and purple lizard-man, in the background a planet that looked similar to earth, but the sky was green and the plants were blue. The third had a boy with purple hair and a sword, the lizard-man with machine parts, and a small green thing all with their own 1/3 of the cover.

The fourth had two robots and a giant dragonfly creature. The fifth had a large symbol similar to an 'M'. Six had two crossed swords across the cover. Seven had Angel wings on the cover. Eight had a set of armor and that lizard-man again. Nine had an odd symbol with 'GT' in the middle, and ten had a blank cover. Eleven had a tombstone, 12 had what Kale guessed to be Saiyan armor with 22 over the heart on the armor. Last, 13 had a red planet on it with a spaceship in orbit.

Kale skimmed the books, reading places here and there. He read about the fight with Raditz and Vegeta, the fight with a creature called 'Iceman'. He figured that name was false as well. He read how Katrin learned of her destiny and her powers. He read how she lost faith after fighting 'Sage junior', and how 'Pipe' helped her see the truth. He read of Android 21, who she called her best friend in time, and how she loved 'Kirai' since the day they met. He read how she became evil and tried to kill her family, and how she spent time in HFIL for the acts she committed. He read her training and her changing into the Angel Saiyan for the first time. He skipped the illusion, but did read how Android 21 sacrificed himself for her, and then he read the GT story, as she called it. At last, the death of Katrin's youngest son. Last was a story about her past, her parents and how 'Iceman' destroyed the planet.

Good Kami, can it all be true? Am I related to Vegeta and Goku? Who were my parents? A car crash couldn't kill two Saiyans, could it?

Kale looked at the picture of Katie's family again. He didn't think he looked anything like those three kids. But he could feel as though he was related to Vegeta and Katie.

Is Katie really Katrin?

"The microfilms are ready." The librarian said.

"Okay." Kale was still trying to sort all of this out. Was it all real?

Kale got to the basement and started looking at the old newspapers. He found the obituaries of his parents after nearly 30 minutes of searching.

Diana, age 25, and Michael Briefs, age 27, died in a fatal car accident on May 3rd, 875 AD. The cause of the crash is still unknown. Their only son, Kale Briefs, age 1, was placed in the West City Orphanage.

No known cause for the crash, but that did settle that Kale was a member of the Briefs line. He could have been rich, but Capsule Corp. went under fifty years ago.

So I am related to Vegeta, but which of those three kids am I related to? Obviously not Codie, if I have the name right. Katrin's youngest son died at age 21, and the author info said Codie died at age 21. If it's true, that is.

Kale looked through the microfilm for Goku, and found quite a lot of stuff on him. He read about the defeat of the Red Ribbon Army, and then King Piccolo. He read about the Saiyan Invasion and later Goku participating in the battle with Cell.

Could Cell be android 21?

Kale read the article carefully, and sure enough, the story fit what he had read in the book about 21's tournament. The article said Hercule won, but Kale read that Goku's son had won.

Later was Majin Buu's attack on earth. After that it was Bebi, then Super 17, and at last the Dragons.

It all fits. Katie Briefs changed names and locations, but it's all the same. Hasn't anyone figured that out but me?

Kale went back upstairs and put the books away. As he got to the shelf, he noticed a book had fallen over into the empty spot the books were at before. When he lifted it up to move it, he saw the title. He put the other books away and sat down again, reading the summary.

A Saiyan's Life: The Autobiography of Katrin

It was in the fiction area, but so were the others. Katrin had written a book about her life. The inside cover had a map of earth. It showed him where Kami's Lookout is located. Kale went on and read the first page. Everything was hand written in this book.

My name was Katie for many years, but once I went home it changed, along with my destiny. Now I am Katrin, and my story is all true.

Kale couldn't believe she wrote all of her life down, summed into one book after all those others had been split up. Granted, it was a big book, but it didn't make sense to write it down again.

I thought I was human, but I wasn't, and realistically I never was. I was sent to another dimension as a baby, in order to stay safe until I was old enough. Then I came back here, and it was all different.

My earth, the one I grew up on, was very different from this one. Dinosaurs had gone extinct 65 million ago, and our technology was primitive compared to what we have here.

I grew up a loner, watching a TV show called Dragonball Z. Turns out that was what our dimension is. A man named Akira Toriyama created the show, and to sum it all up, he recorded the history of this dimension for a short time and played it off as an animated series.

I watched that show everyday, even the reruns. It's a good thing I did, too, because once I returned to this dimension I needed all that information to help me keep earth safe.

Kale skipped ahead a few chapters and read some more.

On Namek I fought 'Iceman', but that name isn't his true name, as I've said before with other people. I can't let anyone know who these people are in truth. But Kale, he was called Frieza.

Kale froze. It was like it had been written just for him.

Frieza was incredibly strong, and I already knew that when I charged at him in battle. I knew I couldn't win, but I tried anyway.

Fighting against Frieza was a challenge. I had a lot of those that day on Namek. But my biggest challenge was losing Vegeta. You've read him as Vejita until now.

He was my hero and my mentor, and Frieza killed him. Luckily though, the Dragonballs revived him later, but as he died he told me if he had a daughter, he hoped she'd be like me.

Kale skipped ahead once more.

Goku fought hard, and at last Frieza disappeared. Even I believed he was gone, but that was foolish. Frieza came back and killed Krillen. That caused Goku's Super Saiyan transformation.

It is said that a Saiyan warrior with a pure heart filled with rage will transform into a Super Saiyan. This happened to Goku, Vegeta, me, and our children in time. When I transformed it was due to anger at myself for being weak. But that's not for a time yet.

But years later I lost my memory, and I didn't know I could transform. I got help from Kooler, Frieza's older brother and my rival. He was about to kill me and I transformed again, this time for self-preservation. His threat was only a bluff, but it worked.

XxX

Garlic junior had a plan to turn all of earth's people into his slaves. He used the Black Water Mist on earth, and nearly everyone was under its spell.

In an attempt to stop Garlic, Piccolo and I decided to act as though we were under his spell as well. It worked, and we got close enough to him to fight him and beat him. This time I saved the day.

Garlic opened a portal called the Dead Zone, and was attempting to suck us all in. I used the force of the portal to jump over it and blow up Garlic's power source. As we all said, for once we didn't need Goku.

XxX

I couldn't stop 17, no matter what attacks I used. He defeated me easily. After that, Android 21 came and I went into training with Vegeta and Mirai. We went into the Time Chamber, a place where we could train for a year and only one day would pass.

XxX

Mirai and Vegeta stared down at me, the both of them in Super Saiyan form. I grew angry. I still didn't have the power I needed, and if I couldn't become stronger I couldn't save everyone when I was needed. I wouldn't stand a chance against 21 or any other villain.

Something inside snapped, my fury blinded me as I charged once again. They still had smirks on their faces as I fought, and when I at last lost my breath I screamed at them. It was then that I realized I had transformed. My hair and aura were now gold, and my eyes were sky blue. I had become one of the legendary warriors.

XxX

I stayed as 21's guest for the 10 days, and we became close. I knew he had to die, and he wouldn't listen to me. I tried to get him to stop what he was doing, but he wouldn't.

XxX

Babi-Dee's hold over my mind wouldn't break, and at last he got to me.

"I can keep the darkness away…"

My darkest fear, a living darkness that serves the threat I'd have to face in the future. That was all he needed to break my mental shields, and he had me. I became Katherine the Slaughterer, a Majin warrior. I attacked my friends and family. I wanted blood.

In truth, the evil fueling me felt good. I liked it. And I wanted to kill, I wanted blood. Saiyans are natural predators, and my darker side acted on that.

I went after Goku and Vegeta. I wanted them dead because they were stronger than me. My power level was higher, true, but they possessed an inner strength I didn't. Vegeta could fight Babi-Dee's mind, but I couldn't.

XxX

A large blast headed right at me. It was strong enough to kill me. I panicked and screamed. I covered my face, but then I looked up and saw Vegeta blocking the attack. He died to save me.

I was willing to kill him, but his sacrifice snapped me out of the Majin hold. I blasted the Majin symbol off my arm, nearly killing myself in the progress.

XxX

Roxx tortured me for days on end. Many times I nearly broke, but I never let him know that. He did many awful things I can't think about without crying now. I'm amazed at myself that I lasted through all the pain.

XxX

Sarah fell dead. She was an innocent creature trying to help me, and Roxx killed her for it. Something inside snapped, much like the Super Saiyan transformation. I stood and transformed. My reflection showed an angel. Light engulfed my body, and wings shot out of my back. No one could stop me now.

XxX

Kale read these paragraphs, but still didn't know if he believed it or not. He stuffed the book into his coat and headed back out the door.

"Did you find what you were looking for?" the librarian asked.

"That and more." Kale called Megan, and together they left, heading back to the park to get Icarus. They once more started off, toward Kami's Lookout in the east.