Her Return

Chapter Five

Areiko was sitting at an outdoor café by herself. She held her cup of coffee in her hand tightly sitting there staring off into the distance while playing with a napkin in her hands. Britnay, Scott, and Aya had gone out to the movies to go see The Descent. Areiko had no interest in that movie; she didn't even know what it was. So she decided to have this day to herself.

Areiko tore a hole into the napkin with her long finger nail. She looked at the ripped hole thinking of what had happened yesterday and the way she yelled at Goku and the way she mad Pan cry. After that, Pan refused to go anywhere near Areiko. She didn't really mind that. That way, the little one couldn't have gotten hurt from being around her. That was what she wanted right now, after she was reminded of what had happened with Pyro and Trigger, she had decided to separate herself from her friends and family, even if that meant that she had to be a complete bitch to them all.

"Reiko, is that you?"

Areiko blinked then turned her head. There she spotted Krillin standing next to his daughter Marron, who was almost his height. Her blonde hair was down and against her shoulders. She had a pair of black jeans and a pink shirt.

Krillin was wearing a pair of jeans and a white button up shirt with a tie. It looked as if he had just gotten out of work or something. He carried a suit case in his right hand and a cell phone in the other with it open as if he had just gotten off the phone with someone.

"Why are you here by yourself?" Marron asked her approaching the table with her father following her.

Areiko looked away, "because I want too." She answered.

"I kind of figured that you would be with Goku helping him watch over Pan again like yesterday," Krillin added also walking over after sticking the cell phone into his back pocket. Areiko shook her head.

"I'm not a good babysitter." She said standing up looking down at him. "Wow… you're short."

Krillin placed a "whatever" look onto his face, "yeah… I know that." Krillin said. Areiko pull money out of her pocket placing it onto the table.

"I don't mean to be rude… actually I do but, I'm leaving." Areiko shoved her hands into her pockets and walked off down the street. Marron and Krillin watched as Areiko disappeared.

"What's her problem?" Marron asked her father looking at him. Krillin shrugged his shoulders turning his head to look at his daughter.

"I couldn't tell you Marron." Krillin answered sighing. "Well, we better get going before your mother throws another fit because we're late."

Marron nodded her head. The two of them continued onward down the street then turned the corner going in the opposite direction of Areiko.

Areiko had her hands shoved in her pockets playing with her cell phone. She stared down at the sidewalk as suddenly, another memory of a conversation that she had with her two friends appeared in her head…

You in here Lekira?

"Yeah, come on in Pyro…"

Trigger told me a little about your life.

"Lives."

… Doesn't matter to me. Even though we might not know who this Goku or Vegeta or Aya people are… we trust their judgment with you, and you can stay here.

"What? Are you serious?"

Dead serious.

"But why?"

Look, Lekira… we know how difficult this must be for two complete strangers to tell you that you can live in their home with them even after everything you've done. But we accept you, and we want to help you anyway we can. Even if that means shielding you from the outside world.

"Thanks a lot Pyro… really, that means a lot."

No problem Lekira, definitely no problem. You're family now.

But I'm assuming that you want your space and what not. So I'll give it to you.

"Thanks again."

No problem.

"Family… what a strong word to use… maybe I can find myself here again…"

This conversation that she remembered having wasn't something too serious like the last one in the shower two nights ago. It was right after Areiko had told Trigger everything that she has done in her past life that she remembered and everything that she has done here, in West City. But they had still accepted her. She thought that it was ironic, two strangers that had accepted her died because of her.

Suddenly Areiko's shoulder came in contact with someone else throwing her onto the sidewalk. "Hey! Watch where the fu—"

Areiko looked up into the face of a woman. Her skin was pale, really pale. She had long lavender hair that reached to her waist. Her bangs that spiked out in front of her face and came down and they were completely white. Her purple eyes glared down at Areiko as her pupils narrowed into little slits like a cat's eye. Her clothes looked normal. She wore a white shirt with spaghetti straps. The shirt came done in a V shape at her sides hugging the side of her legs. From the left side of her neck all the way down her arm was a vine tattoo – well it looked like a vine, but it could've been flames too – which stopped at her finger tips. She wore black jeans with silver looking jewels going up and down the pant legs. Her fingernails were long, almost like claws. Touching her bottom lip were a pair of fangs.

"Run sister," the woman spoke, "run! But I will tell you this. You can run but you can not hide from me. I'll find you," the woman bent down to her ear whispering. "And destroy everything you have."

Areiko's eyes widen. She went to go punch the woman she had bumped into, but she was gone. She leapt to her feet looking around. She then heard laughter, but it was coming from within her head. Areiko began to panic and took off running.

Areiko stumbled a few times trying to keep herself up. Then she stumbled up onto the porch of her destination. Areiko could still hear the laughter, but it was louder then before and she didn't like it.

She through the front door open slamming it shut pressing her back against it. She heaved looking forward to see Vegeta standing there looking at her oddly. Areiko stared at him wiping sweat off of her forehead that had gotten there from panicking. Vegeta approached but he kept his distance from her considering he still hated her.

"Are you alright Reiko?" Vegeta asked. Areiko nodded her head glancing back at the door as she walked away from it.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Did Aya come back from the movies yet?" she asked walking passed Vegeta but not coming in any kind of contact with him.

"No." Vegeta replied doing the same thing. "The movie doesn't get out till later today. I'm assuming – knowing Aya – they'll be seeing two movies."

Areiko didn't reply to that. She continued walking till she seated herself into the kitchen. Vegeta turned his head looking over his shoulder. He then turned his eyes onto the door approaching it. He opened his front door stepping out onto the porch. The saiyan prince glanced around opening his senses. He didn't see or sense anything that was out there that had apparently, scared Areiko.

Areiko could see Vegeta standing on the front porch looking around. She turned her eyes away from it as he turned around and entered the house. He then walked into the kitchen getting himself something to drink. Neither Areiko or Vegeta said a word to each other, even though they stood in the same room for about five to ten minutes, nothing was said. It was obvious that the two still had strong dislikings against each other.

Before Vegeta left the room, he decided to say something, "what got you so scared?"

Areiko turned her head looking at him. "Nothing did." She replied. Vegeta looked at her as she stood up approaching the steps. He continued to watch her till she had completely disappeared up the stairs.

Vegeta rolled his eyes then turned walking out into the backyard towards the gravity room. He happened to glance over his shoulder, and on the roof of his home stood a weird looking woman with lavender hair. When Vegeta turned around quickly, she was gone. Just like that. Vegeta lowered his eyebrows.

"Who the…"

Areiko entered one of the guest rooms. She shut the door and locked it. Once she turned back around, a hand came swiping against her face throwing her to the side. Areiko hit a dresser knocking everything on it over onto the floor, including the dresser itself.

She rubbed her cheek as she laid there on the floor. Slowly getting to her feet, someone had grabbed onto the hair in her ponytail keeping her on the floor by placing their foot onto her back.

"Where do you think you're going Sister Lekira?"

Areiko clenched her eyes shut not answering the voice.

"You know, it took me awhile to find you. You're a pain in my ass."

"What do you think you are to me?" Areiko snapped back. Suddenly she was thrown against the bed. Areiko quickly stood up on the mattress walking across it putting distance between her and her attacker.

When Areiko's eyes locked with her, she recognized her as the woman that had knocked her down on the sidewalk. The lavender haired woman crossed her arms underneath her breasts looking at Areiko with death written in her eyes.

"Well, I don't know, you actually never told me." the lavender haired woman replied.

"Well, you're a bigger pain in my ass then I am in yours." Areiko said with a scowl on her face. Suddenly the lavender haired girl leapt across the bed pinning Areiko to the floor tightly. She straddled Areiko pinning her wrists to the floor.

"Watch what you say around me." the lavender haired woman smirked, "because I can turn everyone against you like I did with Trigger."

Areiko growled animalisticly. The woman laughed as she gripped harder against Areiko's wrist causing her to wince. The woman noticed some bandages on one. She smirked looking back into Areiko's face.

"I see you've been feeding."

"Shut up!"

"So you did take my advice."

"I said shut! Up!"

Suddenly an unseen force through the woman off of Areiko and into the wall. The woman hung her head low chuckling lowly as she stood up off of the floor at the same time as Areiko. The lavender haired woman looked up placing a wide smirk onto her face baring her fangs at Areiko.

"I know what you're thinking," she started. "You think that if you can let out the animal in you… you can defeat me." the woman crossed her arms again walking across the room. "But little do you know, that can't stop me."

"Then I'll just leave this place." Areiko growled baring her teeth that were slowly transforming.

"You know," the woman started again, "you were supposedly the 'perfect' creation according to Father Orx."

"Don't speak that name here."

"Why not?" the woman questioned turning her cat like eyes onto Areiko, "he is your father. He did give you life just like he had given me life."

"The only life he gave us was a hell!"

The woman let out a snort, "you think that it was hell, but I on the other hand, enjoyed it."

"How can you enjoy something that you haven't' experienced yet?" Areiko asked, "you were just woken by his men just a few years ago!"

"To be correct, I was awoken about… um… four to five years ago. When you were on that stupid planet with that stupid little boy."

"He wasn't stupid!"

Areiko was suddenly hit again being tossed against the window that buckled, but didn't shatter. Areiko turned her head looking over her shoulder at the woman who was now seated on the bed looking at her animal like claws.

"He was stupid," the woman corrected, "he completely converted you. If you weren't converted, we wouldn't have been awoken."

"We?"

"I'll get on that topic sometime later." The pale woman said waving her hand in the air as if smacking a fly around. "You don't have to worry about it, only if I'm defeated the others will be awakened."

"What do you mean by others?"

"Do you think that Father Orx just created you?" the woman asked turning her eyes onto Areiko. "I don't think so. He knew that something wrong was going to happen to you so he created some others. And I happened to be next in line to be awoken."

"What do you want…?"

"What do I want?" she repeated. "Hm, let's see. I want my sibling dead for killing our Father."

"He was NO Father!"

"Maybe not to you," the woman stood up. "This is how it's going to happen." The woman looked at her claws once more turning her body to face Areiko. "If you leave this city or that stupid mountain in which you live on… I'll kill everyone you hold dear."

Areiko's eyes widened.

"That's right," the woman started heading for the door of the room. "If you leave, they'll die."

"Goku and the others aren't normal earthlings." Areiko said narrowing her eyes.

"Oh I know that Sister. I've done my homework on them. But… like I said, if you leave they die. Which means that they get to deal with you, your counter part, and of course me."

"K—"

"Reiko?"

The woman smirked, "looks like I'll be going now. See you later Sister Lekira, oh… and you might wanna try cutting yourself before you loose it." She suddenly disappeared.

Areiko looked over her shoulder realizing that her tail was turning black. She sniffed the air, she could smell the scent of blood in the air, saiyan blood. But it wasn't spilt anywhere, she could just smell it. And by the scent of the blood, she knew that it was a certain saiyan prince that she didn't want to encounter at that moment.

She turned towards the window and then punched it, shattering the remaining glass on the window that she thrown into. When Vegeta had entered the room, Areiko was long gone.

He glanced around the place seeing that it was a mess. Everything on the dresser was knocked over, the window was broken, the wall looked like it was pushed inward, and the bed kind of looked like it was used.

Vegeta entered the room further placing his hand onto the edge of the bed. He could feel the heat of someone sitting there. He glanced around the room a little more. He thought to himself that there was no way Areiko would've done this on her own unless someone had provoked her or caused the mess themselves.

He stood there for a minute deciding if he should dismiss the problem. It wasn't like Bulma went into this room every day or anything, and if she did, he would lie about the broken window.

The next day, Areiko decided that she would show up for school late. She wanted to walk. For a normal person, the walk would take about a day or two. But for someone like Areiko, it really wouldn't take that long. She arrived at school around eight o'clock, and since she was a senior, she didn't need a late pass or anything.

The class that Areiko was trying so hard to miss was English. It wasn't so much because she had Aya and Scott in her class, it was because she didn't like her teacher Mrs. Mathieu. Her English teacher always had something to say to Areiko, whether it was about her clothing or the way she did her work. It was always something that Areiko did or hasn't done, at least not yet.

Areiko walked into the classroom and seated herself down in the back of the class. Mrs. Mathieu – who was always seated at the front of class or at her desk – looked up at Areiko placing a scowl onto her face.

"You're late," Mrs. Mathieu started. Areiko completely ignored the teacher turning her head towards Scott.

"What page are we on?" Areiko asked him.

"Um… Reiko—"

"What page?"

"567."

"Areiko!" Mrs. Mathieu shouted. Areiko blinked turning her head too look at her teacher.

"Did you say something?" Areiko questioned.

"Do you have a pass?" Mrs. Mathieu asked her ignoring her comment. Areiko shook her head leaning against her chair that was connected to her seat.

"Nope, the office said that I didn't need one."

"Go get one."

Areiko shrugged her shoulders deciding not to fight with her teacher today. She stood up taking her pen with her placing the cap into her mouth as she walked out of the classroom. Areiko shut the door rather loudly then walked off down the hall in the opposite direction of the office.

Areiko got herself a drink from the bubbler. She then looked up, and when she did, she noticed her reflection on the tile wall.

Her fangs were hanging over her bottom lip. Her nails were starting to grow, and her tail that she usually had tied around her waist was turning black. Areiko began to freak. She turned the corner quickly throwing the girls' bathroom door open. She then started to crave blood, which was never a good thing, especially when she was in school.

Suddenly, Areiko lost control. She got down onto all fours once she heard someone's footsteps coming towards the bathroom door. Areiko tapped her claws against the tile floor as the door then opened to reveal Britnay.

Britnay's eyes widened looking down at Areiko. She recognized that look on her face three years ago when she had lunged trying to attack her and Scott. Britnay dropped the wooden pass in her hand as Areiko started to take small steps toward her human friend.

"Reiko… please…"

Areiko threw her head back letting out a rather loud roar that caused Britnay to jump and cover her ears. Areiko leapt at her, but Britnay threw the door shut, but that didn't do anything. Areiko dove right through the wood making it shatter into splinters. Britnay fell back onto her butt as Areiko placed her hands onto the broken pieces of wood, getting splinters stuck in her hands.

"AYA!"

Right when Britnay shouted out for Aya's name, Areiko attacked.