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Kie Bane was the youngest of seven brothers, but despite that, he was loud and proud but he wasn't always liked that.
Believe it or not, once upon a time, Kie was a very shy boy who thought he would never be able to amount to much like his brothers.
Being the youngest of seven siblings, really impacted his self confidence, it made him think because he was the youngest, he was weakest out of them, that the only fight he would be winning would be the one with a rock.
It was fairly common for the youngest of a big family to have that kind of mindset, it was even harder to get out of a prospering sibling shadow, especially if you had six of them.
The strength and power his brother seemed to wield, was also a major factor that struck at his confidence in himself, as he found himself always comparing his strength to one brother or the other, he thought he would always be out of his big brother's shadow.
What was the point?
So he did what he should never do.
He stopped fighting.
He fought against his natural born instincts and put his fists down.
At that time, he thought, what was the point of trying to get stronger when your own brothers were leagues ahead of you?
Kie didn't know it but at that moment, his body had become a ticking time bomb.
To go against your very nature was like going against god himself.
You couldn't win no matter what you do, you had to accept it, that it was a part of you or it would destroy you from the inside.
Little Kie went about each day, feeling like he could fight his instincts forever, that eventually it would get easier on him and he would feel no urges at all.
But it never did.
His body began to heat up as time went by, he began to feel so dizzy and weak, that it got so bad, that one of his brother's had to pick him up from elementary school a week later because he was looking quiet sick.
But nobody could predicted have what happened next, when his brother Owen, walked through that gate.
It probably wasn't a good idea to have part of the reason why he was rejecting his own body walk through the door.
Kie, fist had met his brother jaw before his brain could even register he had risen it.
No matter how much he tried to force his body to stop, it wouldn't listen to him, it was like he was looking at himself through the eyes of another person, he could nothing but watch as the stranger in his own skin, beat his own brother black and blue without mercy.
Oh, the man did try to defend himself but how can you predict somebodies movement's when their mind wasn't even there and the only thing controlling your opponents body was your natural born instincts?
And those instincts were determined to make his brother hurt.
Kie could hear his own body screaming, it wanted to know why he had reject it, it was in so much pain that Kie couldn't believe that he was the cause of such pain.
The screaming and pain, was enough to drive even the most sanest people mad.
And through the pain, he came to a startling realization.
His instincts were the only thing that kept him alive to live another day, just how many times did he have to dodge a falling object that somebody happened to throw because they were in a fight? How many times did he have to dodge a powerful kick from a family member that happened to come his way?
And he had tried to kill that.
He had tried to kill himself.
It wasn't possible to live his whole life without raising his fist even once.
Who was he trying to kid?
He had been foolish in trying to defy the very thing that god gave him to survive the crazy world he lived in, so what if he didn't have power like his brothers?
He shouldn't be aiming to be like them, he should be aiming to suppress them.
It was at that moment, that his body and mind finally reached an understanding, he finally accepted the parts of himself he had hidden away and welcome them with open arms.
He had become whole...
Only to wake up, to a sight of a bloody and beaten Owen, while his home room teacher's dialed 911.
Huh.
After that, there was a visible change in him. as he entered middle school and met the kid who would become his lifelong friend, Goten Son, the son of a famous fighter, and who had one goal in mind.
To one day surpass his old man.
He didn't know how but they just clicked right away.
Then Trunks, fricken Briefs had to enter the school, Kie swore the guy had a stick so far up his ass, that it came out of his mouth.
Just the way the guy waltz down the corridor and the attention he would got, poked him the wrong way, and in an effort to finally dislodge the stick from his ass, he thought he could take the guy down a notch.
After all, the guy was clearly a pampered little prince that was used to having everything handed to him on a silver platter, the guy probably hadn't really fought a day in his life.
Of course, Kie never once saw what the guy life was truly like, just what was portrayed at school.
He foolishly challenged the guy to a fight, thinking this was an easy win, so imagined his shocked when he opened his eyes twenty minutes later, finding out from Goten that he received a swift blow to the head.
He had been disgraced before he even swung a fist.
He wasn't used to losing to anyone but his own family, teacher or sometimes Goten so he made some excuse to nurse his wounded pride.
After all, it was typical if the guy had the best fighters around to spar with him because of his money.
Kie was sure that if he got the chance, it would have been the other way around if he had been prepared and hadn't underestimated his opponent, greatly.
That's why he was so excited when the Ruler of this world announced that such a thing was happening.
Kicking the Prince of Saiyans ass on live Television?
Sign him up!
So he had to ask himself...
How did it end up like this?
Kie was currently, lying in a pool of his own blood while the guy himself walked away without even a scratch.
And all he could think about was, one word to describe his situation right now.
Fuck.
Ch 13: The Power of the Bane blood awakened.
Well that was easy...Trunks thought, disappointed, it looked like his opponent hadn't learnt from the last time he kicked his ass, he thought as he walked away, waiting for the referee to announce he was the winner to the audience.
"Well that was disappointing." Bulma, the Queen and his mother said from the stands, she thought the Saiyan had potential too, maybe her eyes were wrong? "Who goes down that fast?"
Meanwhile Vegeta had the biggest smirk on his face and said. "Well of course, I would be disappointed if he's doesn't get a result like this after all the training, I put him through. He should at least get this result with other Saiyan's that are not bread from the Son blood. The ref should have announced my son the winner the moment they took stage"
And Bulma wanted to roll her eyes, boy did the man like to boast when things went his way.
The referee instant transmission himself back to the battlefield to check on Trunk's opponent to see if the Saiyan was either dead which in that case the Prince was disqualified or just unconscious.
The man bent down and put two fingers on the Saiyans pulse.
It was still beating but faintly.
He rose and said. "All challengers have a minute to regain consciousness or their opponent is automatically the victor, not only that but they have to declare with their own mouths that they are fit to go on"
"Well, there is obviously no way the boy can get up within a minute" Vegeta said, smirking. "It's a shame though, I heard the Bane blood is pretty powerful, although I didn't expect much from the youngest of seven brothers"
"It's looks like someone did they research" Bulma said.
"Of course I did women" Vegeta said, frowned. "If you want to stay on top, you have to have full knowledge of the subjects you rule over, or one day your own subjects will deem you too weak to rule and that causes problems within a race, especially a race so hot blooded as the Saiyans"
"I swear, the moment the word 'Saiyans' comes up, your like a walking encyclopedia" Bulma said.
Vegeta said, nothing, he didn't expect Bulma to understand, after all she wasn't born Royalty like he was, she hadn't spent countless hours he had growing up with various different teachers on the history of the Saiyan race, prepping him for the day he would take over from his father and become King.
Either way, this match was as good as over.
"KIE DON'T GIVE UP!" A voice suddenly shouted through the silence, they all turned to find it was none other Goten. "DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THAT ONE DAY WE'LL HAVE A BATTLE ON A GRAND STAGE? DIDN'T YOU SAY, THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MATCH BLOWS WITH ME AND PROVE TO EVERYONE THAT YOU WERE JUST AS STRONG AS YOUR BROTHER'S OR EVEN STRONGER? SO HOW CAN YOU LET IT END LIKE THIS, AND IN SUCH A PATHETIC WAY? DIDN'T YOU SAY, YOU WANTED TO GO OUT WITH YOUR HEAD HELD HIGH, KNOWING YOU DID ALL THAT YOU COULD?"
Goten...Trunks thought, did his rival truly think so highly of this person? Even though he was so weak?
"SO GET UP KIE! AND FIGHT BACK! I KNOW YOU GOT A HIDDEN FLAME IN THERE SOME WERE!" Goten said.
And then a miracle happened.
Kie body started moving.
That's right...Kie thought, from the depth of unconsciousness, Goten voice somehow reaching him from the depth of unconsciousness, he couldn't let it end like this.
He still needed to fight Goten.
He needed to prove that he wasn't the same boy who let other's expectations define him, but he was afraid to push his own body.
Even now, after so many years the image of his body screaming in pain still burned into his mind.
It made him treat his body like a temple even though he know he wouldn't get anywhere, if he never pushed it beyond it's limits.
He know he had much more fight than this, he could feel it, something in him was trying to burst out and it was powerful.
But he would not let it control him.
No he wouldn't try to suppress it either.
Instead he would try to understand it and become one with it.
And that's how Kie Bane, became the first Bane in a four thousand years to successful breach the seal on the Bane's blood.
A shock wave erupted from his barely moving form.
"What?" Trunks said, the mere force, pushed him back while he shielded his eyes and he wasn't the only one.
When the smoke cleared, he was alarmed to feel a being with immense Kai appear through the smoke.
A being named Kei Bane and boy did, the Saiyan look different.
Kie had was not only injured but there were two noticeable stumbles coming out of his forehead and his eyes were slits.
It reminded Trunks and many other's of the Xaibal clan, a race that was know to have been descendants of demons themselves and were rumored to be extremely powerful, the horns was like status in the clan, the bigger the horns, the more mature a demon was.
But this was the first time, anybody had ever seen those same horns on a Saiyan.
Kie, couldn't believe the power that he could feel coursing through his veins, it was unreal, he felt like he could do anything, even take over this whole town.
Heck he felt like taking over this whole planet.
But he won't.
He refused to get drunk with power, he didn't want to end up as scum of the Bane family, only to be hunted by greed hunters looking for a quick buck.
First, he would defeat this guy then set his sights on Goten.
"Contestant, Kie Bane are you fit to battle?" The referee said.
"Yes" He said, his eyes never leaving Trunks form.
The referee nodded and left.
Kie crouched down.
Let's see what he's got- Trunks thought, only for his eyes to widened in shock when he saw a foot that was just about to land a blow to his face.
His arms were fast enough to protect himself but it came at a cost, he definitely heard the sound of a loud crack coming from one of his arms.
But Trunks didn't have time to inspect the damage because he was backhand from behind, sending him flying forward.
However, Trunks managed to recover only to find a Kai blast right to his face.
Shit! Trunks thought as he tried to instant transmission his ass out of there, but it was too slow, it hit him at full force.
The pain was enough to make anyone scream out in pain but Trunks was used to being in pain from his constant training session with his father, so he handled it a lot better than most people would.
Damn it, it hurts...where did all this power come from? Trunks thought, he had thought Goten friend was nothing special and just dismissed him as a nobody with a big mouth but he should have know.
Goten had a way of making friends with people who weren't quiet normal.
Trunks wiped the blood from his lip before smirking, a very Vegeta like smirk, he could feel his blood boiling, now this was more like it, he didn't think he would ever get a battle like this from anyone other than Goten.
It made his blood start pumping and his instincts go haywire.
"ZEDU!" Trunks heard behind him.
Kie didn't know why but it suddenly came to his mind, along with instructions on how to use it and before everyone eyes, they saw the very technique the Xaibal clan was famous for.
Three rings of pure power showed up, inscribed on each one of them was ancient text that only a handful of people could read, before a purple beam formed in Kie hands.
He sent it hurdling through all the beams, it picked up two colors, golden and blue before it got within arm distance of Trunks.
Trunks immediately moved out of the way but imagine his shock when the beam followed him, he didn't know it but on his back were ancient runes similar to the one Kie casted earlier.
Many of the audience couldn't believe what they were seeing, a Saiyan was showing a Xaibal clan technique?
Since when did the Saiyan line get crossed with that clan!? Many couldn't help but wonder, since the idea of experimentation with genes in a lab was something that no fighter would ever do because of the overwhelming disgrace.
"Brother" Date Bane said, to his older brother, Yoshimi Bane in the audience. "I can't believe what I'm seeing, how is he able to do this to the Prince? Why does he resemble some from the Xaibal clan? Where did he get this power from?"
"Date, I never know this day would come" Yoshimi said, confusing his younger brother. "A longe time ago, our parents told me about our heritage, you were too young to remember when they told me but I still remember. Did you ever wonder why our family seemed to produce more powerful babies more than what was deemed normal?"
"Huh?" Date said, weren't they just a regular Saiyan family? He never thought there could be something special in his blood.
"Our parents told me that a long time, ago. Our blood mixed with the Xaibal clan" Yoshimi said, shocking pretty much everyone around him. "It's been 4000 thousand years since that day, the day, our great ancestor fell in love with a Xaibal women and produced a child. Of course, the Xaibal clan weren't happy that their own blood was mixed with the Saiyan race of all races, and that their blood would live alongside Saiyan blood. They would have ended our line right there and then the moment they found out where the baby was, if it wasn't for the deal being struck"
"A deal?" Date said, shocked that there was such a history behind their family.
"The deal was, they would suppress the Xaibal blood in our lineage in exchange for our lineage to live, this is why it never showed itself until now" Yoshimi said, "But it can still be unlocked however certain conditions have to be met. The person who unlocks it must be born a full Bane. Secondly there has to be a point in their lives that their body and mind must separate and pull itself back together."
"That's crazy" Date said, wondering who was crazy enough to even attempt that. "To surpass your instincts so much that you literally tear yourself apart and then manage to come back from that insanity, has rarely been heard of before, anyone who has died their body usually ends up dead within a week."
"I know, I tried to awaken the Xaibal blood in me before but to no success. I couldn't handle the pressure and madness that came with it." Yoshimi admitted.
"Brother you did what!" Date said, had his older brother gone crazy!?
"The third condition that has to be met, is for that person to somehow find a way to concur the power obtain." Yoshimi said, brushing it off. "You may not know this but Xaibal blood is much potent than a Saiyans, it could easily override you and cast you into madness. If Kie hadn't found some way to concur it, there is no doubt in my mind that Kie would have been executed on the spot, the moment he was deemed a threat."
Drawing from his younger brother, and Date couldn't help but wonder if Yoshimi would be the one doing it in the first place.
"If you managed to fulfil those requirements, the power is yours" Yoshimi said, "As you grow, the power grows alongside with you, if left alone without proper training it would only bring about one's destruction."
"And that would mean?" Date said.
"Meaning, one day Kie will have to be trained by a member of the Xaibal clan to control his powers" Yoshimi said, and he could just see the envy in his brother eyes, he too wished to be trained by such a clan. "But right now, Kie is too small. The stumbles on his forehead are barely visible, he's just awaken his power, he's like a baby who's only knows how to swing, sooner or later, his body will give out."
And true to what he said, Kie suddenly stopped moving and than everyone wince at the sight of all the muscles in his body bulging outwards, in a way it clearly should not, clearly he must be in pain.
Kie knees immediately gave way,it hurt just to move his finger.
My body...Kie thought, it couldn't end here, he still had to fight Goten but his body refused to move.
If he didn't move than he wouldn't go to where Goten was.
He forced his body up, much to everyone shock and surprise.
What willpower...Trunks thought, amazed to see the Saiyan still standing when it was clear, every step was it's own slice of hell for him, Trunks know his right arm was effectively broken and several bone in his skull had been cracked.
"I-It's not over yet" Kie said, blood gushing from his mouth. "I still have to go where Goten is, I still have to keep moving forward"
And never in all his life had Trunks seen such an admirable Saiyan.
Trunks couldn't help but admire the Saiyans guts and he wasn't the only one as many was struck by Kie determination.
In that moment Kie unknowingly had earned Trunk's respect, so it was with a loud silence that the Saiyan Prince opened his mouth and said.
"Kie Bane, I, Trunks Briefs, the Prince of all Saiyans, hereby acknowledge you as a worthy opponent" making Kie look at him in shock, before he saw Trunks raised his uninjured arm in a chopping motion.
Kie couldn't stop it.
Kie vision fade quickly and he finally collapsed.
Everyone saw, that he was definitely not going to be getting up any time soon.
A minute passed, in suspense before the Referee announced to the whole stadium.
"AND THE WINNER IS TRUNKS BRIEFS, THE PRINCE OF SAIYANS RACE! PLEASE GIVE A WARM ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO HIS OPPONENT, KIE BANE!"
And boy did they do it.
One by one, people stood up, touched by the young man display and determination and clapped.
If Kie had been conscious he would have been shocked at the sight of so many people clapping for him and acknowledging him, not as the youngest Bane child but as Kie, a guy who went a step and beyond just to follow after his friend, even the King and Queen of the Saiyan race, were on their feet, congratulating the young man.
His brothers eyes shone with pride.
"Kie, do you hear that" Goten said, from the winners section.
"That's the sound of a Winner."
And scene!
Finally this chapter is finally over and boy was it emotional. Next chapter, Universe 12, version of Universe 10, Supreme Kai apprentice Zamastu makes an appearance, just how different will he be, if was never born a god and or never grow developed a twisted ideology? Meanwhile Radis, decides to get off his throne and go and visit, Universe 6, god of destruction Champa. Review/Fav and follow!