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I do not own Dragon Ball Z. This is a work of Fanfiction using the Dragon Ball Z world. Dragon Ball Z is owned by Akira Toriyama.
When Riki awoke the first thing she noticed was the pain running through her body. Stupid old man. She thought irritably. Why'd he have to go and break bones? That hurts. Oh well, he's dead now. At least he showed me that I can get far stronger.
Then she noticed the feeling of cold metal around her arms. What in the world. She attempted to move her arms, but found she couldn't, same for her legs and tail.
She opened her eyes, and found she was laying, face down, wrapped in bandages, on the ground outside of Gohan's house. She rolled over, looked down at herself, and saw she was wrapped in chains around her arms, and legs, and there was another chain securing her tail.
"You're awake." Said a voice from the side.
Riki looked over and saw the blue-haired girl Gohan had been talking to standing over her. She was wearing a short pink dress, with green shoes and purple socks, a glove on one hand, and a watch on the other, and she had her blue hair tied in a braid that had a ribbon on the top.
"I guess you're the one that chained me up, huh?" Said Riki, glaring at her. "You'd better release me, blueberry, or I'll get out myself. And then I'll kill you."
The blue haired girl glared right back at Riki. "Listen, your the one chained up, kid." She said, angrily. "And I'm not. You aren't in any position to be making demands. I could leave you here to die, and you couldn't do a thing about it."
Riki laughed, she just couldn't help it, she threw back her head and laughed.
"Kid, what's so funny?" Demanded the bluenette.
Riki was able to cease her laughter, and smirk at the taller girl. "You saw what I did to Gohan." She said, the blue-haired girl nodded. "You saw how I killed him." Another nod. "Now what makes you think I can't break through these chains if I really wanted to? I'm giving you a chance to save yourself, you should take advantage of it." Not that I won't kill her if she turns out useless, but she doesn't need to know that.
Riki could see the gears turning in her head as the other girl's face paled.
"I-I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me." Said the girl as she unlocked Riki's chains. "Is there anything else I can do for you?" Asked the girl nervously as she backed away.
Riki stood and looked around the area, noting with satisfaction that Gohan's body was still exactly where she'd left it. She walked to it and looked down at the old man that had given her so much trouble.
Now what should I take as my trophy? It doesn't look like he's got very much on him. I guess I could take the hat, but there's probably hundreds of old men wearing hats like that scattered around the world. I need something more unique.
She crouched down over the body and began to dig through the coat trying to find pockets. After some searching she found a pocket that had been soaked through with blood when she tore through his chest.
She stuck her hand inside and found some kind of ball. It was covered in blood, but it felt kind of like glass.
She ripped it out, and saw that it was an orange ball with four stars. She frowned as she turned it over in her hand. Why aren't the stars moving to? This is strange, but I guess I'll keep it. It is pretty unique.
She walked over to her bag, wiped the ball on her pants leg, then dropped it in. Then she walked started walking down the path leading out of the mountains.
That was an amazing battle. She grinned as she thought about the next battle. And Roshi's supposed to be even stronger than he is. This is so exciting! I might actually lose!
"Hey!" Called a voice from behind her. Riki turned and saw the bluenette that had tied her up running towards her. She stopped a few yards away and leaned on her knees, panting.
"What do you want?" Asked Riki, already trying to decide the most interesting way to kill her.
"I wanted to ask you some questions." Replied the taller girl.
"Fine, hurry up." Responded an annoyed Riki.
"First, what's your name?" The bluenette began her slew off stupid questions.
"Riki"
"I'm Bulma, now you picked up an orange ball over there just a few minutes ago, right?" Riki nodded. Is she really so blind that she needs to ask that?
"Can I have it?" She asked excitedly.
Riki snorted. "Of course not. I killed him, and this ball is my trophy. Not yours."
Bulma looked confused for a moment. "Your planning to keep that ball as a trophy?"
"Obviously." Replied Riki.
"Well did you know that these balls can grant wishes?"
"No, I didn't."
"Well there are seven of these orbs, they're called Dragon Balls, and if you collect all seven you can have any wish you want granted." She explained excitedly.
Riki raised a skeptical eyebrow. She really doesn't expect me to believe that does she? "Prove it."
Bulma rolled her eyes and pulled two orbs that looked just like Gohan's, except with a different number of stars, out of her belt pouch. "There, happy?"
Riki smiled as she considered her wish. I'm going to wish for the strongest fighter on the planet to be brought to wherever I'm at. Yeah, that sounds perfect, then I won't have to waste time searching. Now I can kill her, then find the balls.
"I guess I'll need another trophy then." She said as she approached Bulma with a bloodthirsty gleam in her eye.
"Um, yeah that will probably be for the best. And you'll have to travel with me if you want to find the ball, because I'm the only person in the world that can find the balls." Said Bulma nervously as she backed away.
"Why are you the only one that can find them?" Asked Riki skeptically.
"I've got a special radar that's designed to track down the balls, and if it breaks I'm the only one that can fix it." She replied.
Riki halted, then frowned. "Crap, well I guess you get to live longer." I really wanted to kill her though.
She ran over to Gohan's house and looked inside, trying to find another trophy. Eventually she walked out with a red staff strapped to her back.
She approached Bulma, and stopped looking excitedly at the taller girl. "Lets go. I guess you have some kind of vehicle so you can keep up with me, since I'll be running."
"Are you sure you want to run, kid? My bike will be going pretty quick and there's no way you'll be able to keep up."
"Just get out your bike and lets go!" Snapped Riki, who was getting rather annoyed. "If I say I can keep up, then I can keep up. Now hurry up, before I kill you."
Bulma gulped and hurriedly got out a bike capsule. As soon as she was on they started going down the path, out of the mountains.
Riki was surprised that Bulma's bike could keep up with her at the pace she'd set. Guess I won't have to slow down for her.
They continued to travel for the remainder of the day, until they stopped in a clearing at nightfall.
Bulma popped out a house capsule, while Riki tossed her bag on the ground and laid down next to it.
"You're going to sleep outside?" She asked, somewhat shocked.
"Yes." Answered Riki. "And if you're not ready to go at dawn I'm going to kill you, take your radar, and continue the search on my own, understand?"
Bulma gulped, then rushed inside.
Riki chuckled, she loved terrifying weaklings like that. If only all weaklings were so easy to play with. Oh well, there's bound to be a town I can play in somewhere on this journey. And if there's not we can just make a pit-stop. I wonder how long it'll take blueberry to try to betray me? I can probably allow her the privileged of watching while I play around in a town somewhere, and that should scare her for the rest of this search. After this is done I should be able to kill her as well, then I won't have to put up with her anymore. Riki laughed as she imagined the bluenette begging for mercy, and even more as she imagined killing her.
Riki fell asleep and dreamed of the other humans laying in bloody piles, while she battled the strongest of their race.
Riki awoke to the sound of something heavy slowly approaching her. She leapt up and looked in the direction the noise was coming from. All she saw was a turtle.
"Stupid turtle, woke me up." She grumbled. "Guess I know what's for breakfast." She walked toward the turtle ready to find out what turtle tasted like.
"Wait, don't eat me!" Shouted the turtle, looking absolutely terrified.
Riki stopped and looked at the turtle in confusion. "A talking turtle? Now I've seen everything." The turtle continued to talk while she slowly made a connection in her head. Then she smiled. The only reports of a talking turtle are the ones about Roshi's pet. This turtle should be able to lead me to Roshi.
Then the door to the capsule house opened and Bulma came out, ready to go.
"Who are you talking to kid?" She asked, then she saw the talking turtle, and her jaw dropped. "I-It's talking..."
"No, it's being completely silent." Said Riki sarcastically as she approached the turtle. Once she was close enough she grabbed it's head and lifted it up.
"Tell me where Roshi is or I'm going to kill you, and eat you." She said threateningly.
"He lives on an island that way." Croaked the turtle, sounding completely terrified. "Now can I go?"
Riki ignored him and turned to Bulma. "You said there's a Dragon Ball in that direction, right?"
"Yep, there's one over there." She confirmed.
Riki smirked and turned back to the turtle. This is perfect! I can get a Dragon Ball, and fight Roshi at the same time.
"Can you please let me go?" He croaked.
"Sure." Said Riki, still smirking. She let go of his head, then kicked it straight off. She heard Bulma retching off to the side as the turtle's body spewed blood everywhere.
Riki broke the shell of the turtle, then ate it raw. After she was done she stood up, licking the juices off her lips. "That was really good. I'll have to do that again sometime."
She looked at Bulma, who was staring at her, looking horrified. "What?" She asked.
"You just lied to him, and then you ate him." She said, horrified.
Riki was confused. "Is that a problem?"
Bulma looked at her incredulously. "Yes, you shouldn't lie to people."
Riki shrugged. These weaklings and their stupid morals. "Just get on your bike, we're leaving."
Bulma got on her bike rather quickly, and they were on their way again. Riki was even more excited now then she had been yesterday. I'll get to fight Roshi, and get one step closer to fighting the strongest person on the planet.
They were soon stopped by an anthropomorphic orange furred bear, in purple and brown armor, black pants, and brown boots and bracers.
"Give me all of your food and I'll let you live." He said as he hopped onto the road in front of them.
Riki scoffed. "I'm going to fight somebody that's really strong, so I'd rather not wast my time killing you. I'll give you one chance to get out of the way, refuse and I'll kill you."
He laughed at her. "So, little monkey girl wants to die does she? I'll make it happen." He drew his sword and swung at her.
She smirked and caught the blade in one hand. His expression turned into one of amazement. She then pulled him towards her, and kicked him in the shoulder, which flipped him over. Then she leapt into the air and came down, slamming her knee into his throat.
She jumped off and turned back to Bulma, who was looking a little blue in the face. What's up with her. She simply shrugged. Probably just amazed at how strong I am.
"Lets go." Then she started running again, not waiting for Bulma.
They kept going for a while until they came to a beach. Riki stopped and looked around for a moment. Where's Roshi? That stupid turtle better not have lied to me.
Then she saw a group of three people further down the shoreline, and she smirked. One of them was that abnormally strong bandit she'd beaten before, another was the little girl she'd spared at the Ox-King's village, and the last one looked suspiciously like the old man she'd been searching for.
She started to walk towards them, then she turned to Bulma. "Come with me, but let me do the talking." Without waiting for a reply she walked towards the group.
When she got within earshot they still hadn't noticed her. Riki toyed with the idea of killing one of them to get their attention, but decided against it.
"Which one of you is Roshi?" She asked.
They all whirled, and upon seeing her there were varied reactions. Yamcha's face paled, the old man's expression didn't change but she couldn't see his eyes through the sunglasses he was wearing, and Chi-Chi attempted to lunge at her only to be caught by Yamcha.
Riki smirked seeing the hatred on Chi-Chi's, and to a slightly lesser extent, Yamcha's face's.
"I'm Master Roshi." Said the old man. "Now what do you want with me?" Riki looked him over, and was unimpressed. He was wearing an orange button up shirt, khaki shorts, and flip flops. He had a Dragon Ball around his neck, and he was clutching a gnarled staff in his right hand.
"My name's Riki." She replied. "And I came here to fight you."
Roshi nodded. "I've heard about you." He gestured to his pupils. "These two have told me what you did to the Ox-King and his people."
Then his voice turned angry, and Riki could tell he was glaring at her. "Why did you do it, huh? Those people have just as much of a right to live as you do! You have no right to use others for sport! If you are going to fight it should not be done in the name of evil! And you have no right to hunt others like animals!"
Riki threw back her head and laughed. "I know they have a right to live." She said as her mirth subsided. "They can have life taken away just as easily as me."
Riki thought Roshi looked shocked.
"I chose to end their pathetic lives. They couldn't give me a challenge in battle, and had no potential to do so either, so they died." She smirked at the shocked expressions on everyone else's faces. "It was fun hunting them down, though. So I guess they did give me some sport before they died. Just as you three will."
Roshi, and Yamcha were gaping at her. "I won't die until I've gotten revenge for my father!" Shouted Chi-Chi.
Riki looked at the girl, and smirked. "Your father was a weakling, and a pathetic fighter. The only strong fighters I've met so far are Ryu, and Gohan. And of those two Gohan was stronger, but I liked Ryu more, it's almost sad that I killed him."
"How can you kill all those innocent people for sport?" Asked Roshi softly.
Riki smiled maniacally as she remembered her dreams. "I want to fight strong opponents, they were weak so they died. If they were stronger they could've killed me and saved themselves. Someday though, there will be no weaklings left on this planet. They will be dead in piles, and I will be fighting the strongest on the planet for what is left."
They all looked horrified at this. Riki took pleasure in their expressions of horror.
"Now I came here to fight you, but since you're training pupils that can get a lot stronger, I'll make a deal." She said to Roshi.
"What deal?" He asked. "I hardly need to make a deal with you to beat you, seeing as how you're wrapped in bandages."
"Yeah, Gohan did a number on me before he died. If Bulma hadn't been there I might be in danger of dying." She admitted reluctantly. "But my deal, is that I won't kill your pupils, and you give me that thing around your neck."
Roshi nodded. "Deal." He tossed her the orb, and watched as she walked away.
"Come on." Riki said to Bulma, as she walked by, smiling. That turned out nicely. Now I know how to find him later, and that he is training potential challengers for me in the future.
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