Pawsy: Hello again! I'm here with the lovely disclaimers! *Like you're actually reading this!* Anyway, I don't own DBZ. It belongs to Akira Toriyama. But, if I'm lucky, I can buy Akira off E-bay, and then maybe…*ahem!* Sorry, thinking to myself…ow…it hurt… Just to be annoying, all I own are my room, my stories, my crazy little man in this story, and my stuff. Please also keep in mind…*demented grin* My Axe Is My Buddy!!
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The Threat BeginsThe newcomer's smile flashes a twinge of insanity that's very easy to see, but it doesn't matter. He's pretty crazy to believe there's a way to escape, and Babidi is starting to believe him.
"Of course, it's not an easy task to get there, you know." The man paces a bit. "There are…specific steps to be taken." The wizard stares curiously at his new partner.
"What kind of steps?" he asks. The man stops pacing.
"It's a painful and difficult trial. All of those who try to enter must be prepared two ways: emotionally and spiritually." The man's words don't make a lot of sense.
"You're first trial is coming along fine," the newcomer states.
"What?" The man points to the sliced arms of the wizard.
"Pain," the man says with a gray tone. "It helps to fuel your power…"
"What power?" Babidi asks. The man faces with a deathlike glare. Suddenly, for no reason, that demented smile returns.
"A power that no one can comprehend. The power to harm…the power to torture with absolute pleasure in the game…the power to kill with a thirst for more. No one can truly understand it." The man comes down to Babidi's height level so they see eye to eye.
"I know you want to hurt them. I mean, there's probably not a single person you enjoy being in company with. They all hate you, correct?"
"…yeesss…." the wizard mutters silently.
"I bet you want revenge! For once, you'd like to see them in agony and humiliation!" The man stands up and starts pacing furiously. "You want to see them writhing in pain! Watch as their blood is being spilt to color this fucking soil!" He swivels sharply around to see Babidi staring at him, but nodding in agreement. "Well, guess what? I do too," the man hisses. "They've caused enough pain to us, no?"
"Of course, they have. They have nothing better to do," Babidi growls.
"Yes! Now, you're getting the spirit of things!" the newcomer is suddenly beside Babidi. "But, there is a price to it all. In order to cause pain," he quickly glides to the other side of the room, "you must feel it." The man's voice drops dramatically.
"Think back to your life…a day where you will never forget what happened. It was the most tormenting day of your life!" he ends the sentence with a hiss. "Try to reawaken those emotions. Make them stir and live again." The newcomer turns his back on the wizard. In hearing these words, Babidi pretends to try to make sense of it. But he knows what the man's talking about. His eyes close in thought. A day you'll never forget. He knows he'll never forget it. Lost everything in under a week. A home, his best friend, his father, a group he knew he belonged in…a life that actually didn't hurt him…
Babidi's unaware of the transformation going on around him. I had the perfect life…and it's my fault I lost it! Suddenly, something seems different. He quickly opens his eyes and looks at himself. His heart plummets at the sight. There he is, the same as always, but with a different wardrobe. The torn black jeans with the frayed ends, the worn sneakers that barely stay on…and the sleeveless, once white shirt in it's now blood soaked red color.
"Oh hell," are the only words he manages to say.
"Interesting…" the newcomer says with a tainted smile. "Although it doesn't look much, but by your expression, I'm guessing there's quite a history to your…appearance." The wizard looks at the newcomer, but doesn't see a difference to him.
"What about you? Your look exactly the same as before," Babidi mutters. The man's death-like cheery mode fades into an emotionless state.
"No, I don't…you didn't see me before."
"Tell me why we're doing this again?" Babidi asks in a nervous tone. The man heaves a disgruntled sigh but decides to answer.
"It's simple," he starts. "In order to truly prove your worthiness, you need to show your toleration of giving pain."
"You act like I can give them pain!" the wizard exclaims. He already sees their destination. The Ginyu Force is straight ahead. The newcomer swivels around to face his accomplice.
"Look! They thrash you mercilessly on a daily basis!"
"Actually, that would be Cell or Frieza…" Babidi interrupts causing the newcomer to let out a groan.
"Don't you want to get back at them!" he yells.
"Well, of course, I do! But how do you propose I do that?! Every time I try to use my magic to defend myself, they're already pounding me into the ground!"
"You don't need magic!" the man snaps. He then lets out a small grunt, shrugs his shoulders, and stands up straight. In seconds he's back to his calm demeanor.
"I confident there are other ways to harm them…"
"Yeah?" Babidi laughs disgustingly. "Like how?" The man rolls his shoulders back while staring into the sky.
"Oh, I don't know, maybe you can shoot them," he states.
"Shoot them?" Babidi says with an 'I-can't-believe-you' grin on his face. "You act like a gun shot would hurt them! More or less, that I could!"
"I don't know," the man says again. "You did a pretty good round on that other guy at his home." Babidi falls dead silent.
"H…how do y…you know about…that?" he says quietly.
"You're not the only one who can read minds." The man looks down at the wizard with a demented smile. "And believe me, you think very loudly…" The man jerks his head up and walks forward.
"Come along! We can't have them waiting all day, can we?" Babidi follows after him without another word of protest.
"Remember that time on Fuji-faw?" Recoome asks the group. "I don't think we've ever destroyed a planet so full of royalty."
"That's because they were having wedding to unite planets, Recoome," Ginyu, who died recently due to a 'highway incident', says with no interest.
"Okay, I think we've gone through enough memories today. Let's find someone to spar," Jeice says and jumps off the rock he has been sitting on for the last hour. "Maybe, if we're lucky, we'll find one of those saiyans around here."
"Why have a saiyan…!" the Ginyu Force turn their sights to the right, "…when a challenge has come to meet you…" The newcomer emerges from the shadows with a slightly nervous Babidi behind him. After a few seconds, the whole group bursts out laughing.
"Oh my gosh," Jeice says in between breaths. "Are you serious?!"
"You two think you can actually hurt us. I mean, sure, the dude looks sorta prepared," Recoome says, "but the wizard too? Pathetic!" Babidi starts to feel his blood boil slightly.
"All right, all right," Captain Ginyu steps forward and stands directly face to face with the newcomer. "You want to challenge us?"
"That is the idea," the man says unwavering to the horned alien's cocky threats. "And I will beat you." This is welcomed with another round of laughter…that ends just as quickly as it had begun. Ginyu just stood rooted in his spot, his once pleased expression giving way to a painful one. The newcomer stands in his spot too, with his sword still in the alien's stomach.
"Do not doubt me," the man swivels his sword with every word. Then, he quickly jerks the entire blade from the purple alien and slings it over his shoulder. Blue blood drips from the sword's point and soaks into the deep red soil.
"Hmm…" the man says. "Red and blue make purple…how ironic!" he hisses with pleasure. He turns to walk away when the other four leap in front of him.
"How dare you hurt the captain!" Guldo sneers.
"Now you'll pay for it and dearly may we add!" Burter adds. They all leap forward but the man doesn't budge. Three inches from him, they all halt.
"Well?" he asks.
"…er, well, uh…aren't you gonna, you know…fight back?" Jeice says quietly.
"I will if you give me a reason to." The man shifts his footing slightly. "Come and get me and then I will attack." The four look to each other, to the man, and back to one another. Finally they all glare at the man hatefully.
"You better be glad 'cause we're letting you go this time!" Burter growls.
"Yeah! If our leader wasn't in this condition, you'd be in real trouble!" Jeice snarls.
"I see. May I be as blessed the second time we meet again," the man smiles.
"M…meet…again?" Guldo stutters.
"Why, of course! I won't rest until you're all down," the newcomer says with a joyous tone. "Which may be sooner than you think." He flickers his blade slightly. The Ginyu Force members stare in shock and rapidly retreat from the spot.
Babidi can't help but watch as they leave. Never has he been able to get rid of them. The newcomer had won, just like he said he would. He looks towards the man, who is staring at blade. In seconds, the sword just vanishes from sight.
"How did you do that?" Babidi quickly asks. The man smiles slightly.
"I let my emotions control me. They conjured my blade, they showed me how to use it, and they let me win. I used pain to create pain. It's that simple. You can do it too."
"Are you crazy? Me?" The man laughs at the wizard's reaction.
"Yeah, you. I've been telling you that all along!" This is all too confusing.
"I still don't think I can do nowhere near half the things you speak of…" Babidi mutters.
"Well, we'll just have to test the theory, correct?" Before Babidi can reply, darkness sweeps over him.
What happened? Babidi lifts himself up slightly and looks around. He's in the forests.
"What the…" he pulls himself onto his feet. "Hello? Anyone?" No answer, just silence. What the hell? He gets a better view of his surroundings. It's then that it hits him. This is where he met the strange newcomer. He had just finished…'relieving stress' when that man saw him. From there on, he would see the guy repeatedly. Up to the point where he tried to get the wizard to understand something only the newcomer can comprehend. But, where is he now? Babidi looks around but only finds the spike edge he used a week ago. Was it a dream? He's finally torn away from his thoughts when a familiar voice rings out.
"Hey you!" The Ginyu Force, minus their leader, comes charging forward.
"What do you want?" Babidi snaps.
"Heh, bold aren't we?" Recoome says. "That little attitude won't last long."
"Yeah, we're here to teach you a lesson after your friend's demonstration," Jeice looks around. "Hey, where is that guy anyway?" Babidi stares at them before looking at himself. The bloodied shirt and torn jeans remain. It really happened…oh, hell, what's going on? Then another thought hits him. The newcomer is nowhere in sight.
"Huh! Looks like you don't have your bodyguard with you this time…" a twisted smile flashes across Jeice's face. "This should make things a lot more interesting for us." They start to advance upon the wizard. Strangely, for once, Babidi didn't feel like backing down…at least not immediately. When he finally realizes the situation, he tries to escape but it's too late. Recoome has him down in seconds.
"Man! Talk about pathetic!" he looks towards the others. " I don't think it'll take much to beat this one to submission." Recoome then lowers his voice to a joyous low tone. "Shall we get started?"
It didn't take much, Recoome was right about that. Unfortunately, all four decided they needed to avenge their healing leader and took it out on the wizard. Babidi can barely move, but watches as the four stalk off, laughing at their triumph. Seeing them so victorious causes his blood to boil. Bastards! Somehow, he manages to slowly rise up. I hate them. I so damn hate them! He doesn't know what comes over him, but he knows he can't take it any more.
"Leaving already…you bastards," Babidi pants.
"Well, well, well, you can still stand!" the others look back as well to see their struggling prey.
"Well, hell, of course I can stand," Babidi growls.
"He's just asking for it, isn't he?" Jeice laughs.
"Who cares? More fun for us!" Burter stalks forward. "I wanna start the game this time."
"Come and get me, you abused bastard." Burter stops suddenly.
"What did you say?"
"I can read minds, you fuck. It's easy to see your wonderful home life," Babidi says, a red streak of color in his eyes that disappears quickly. "Which wasn't all that great, correct? So tell me, how many times were you 'punished' a day?" Burter quickly powers up to his top power.
"You little…" The blue alien leaps forward. In a flash, he is screaming and gripping his right arm. His hand lies on the ground, separated from his body; his blood dripping from the new blade. Jeice runs over to the fallen member…and loses a chunk of his shoulder in return. He grabs onto his shoulder in shock and pain, but that hardly stops the bleeding. Babidi stands before the two. He fixedly stares in a strange awe at the sword in his hands; its blade is dripping with the other two's blood.
"Hey, now!" Recoome snarls. "What's going on here? You're doing that sword thing like that other guy did." Babidi looks at the four force members.
"No, I'm not…" he says and grips the blade's handle. "I haven't gutted one of you yet." The wizard quickly charges forward and, with a swift movement, opens a large gash across Guldo's abdomen. The small toad slowly crumples forward, twitching slightly. Babidi stands straight with a smile on his face.
"Now I did that 'sword thing,'" he says, mocking Recoome's words. Recoome is the only one left without an injury. True, he's the strongest of the four, but the question remains whether to stay and challenge the bastard, or to run off and never look back.
"Okay, I don't know what you've done to yourself," Recoome says fiercely, but quietly, "And it's obvious that other guy is involved with the change." He walks over to Guldo and picks him off the ground. "I'm in no mode to lose a limb or bleed at for that matter. I'm leaving." Recoome turns and leaves in the other direction. Jeice follows behind the taller member with a whimpering Burter tagging along. Watching them leave, Babidi just stands rooted to the ground.
"They left. They left without leaving a single scratch on me…" he mutters in disbelieving joy. I got them to leave… He looks down at the sword in his hand and breaks a twisted smile. He likes this power. It gives him the best feeling he's had in years.
"I'm sensing a change coming to Hell," Babidi says happily as he walks off to another spot in Hell. From a tree limb, the newcomer laughs quietly.
"I do too, wizard. I do too…"
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Pawsy: Heya! That's it for Part 3. Not bad if I say so myself…which is a big thing for me. I'm an art critic and criticize everything I do, written or drawn. Speaking of drawn, I'm trying to draw a picture of the newcomer. I think it will turn out good, but I really can't draw people. Oh well.
Frieza: Next time…
Pawsy: Huh? Oh! Next time, we have two new characters into the plot. Heaven's catching on to the disturbances in…er…
Frieza: Hell…
Pawsy: Thanks, Frieza. Yes, Hades, and it's catching the attention of certain people. The Supreme Kai might be a person. You never know. *hint, hint!* Also, the newcomer gives out another step to leaving. An interesting step…
Frieza: That's about it…
Pawsy: Yes it is…oh, except for one more thing…my cousin's probably asking this question too, but I have to know…WHAT THE HECK IS 'MARY SUE??'
Frieza: No need to scream, kiddo…
Pawsy: What are you talking about? It's been driving me crazy! People are mentioning about this Mary Sue person in their stories. And why is it Mary Sue? Why not Cathy May? Or Brandy Carmen? Puhleeze tell me what it means…I'll be very happy and I'll stop being so annoying.