Her Return
Chapter Twenty
"KIRA!"
Areiko had her hands cupped around her mouth. She stood in the desert all by herself looking around calling out her enemy's name again. "KIRA!"
"KIRA!"
The only response that she got was her own echo. She sighed, continuing to walk forward glancing around the desert area. The wind blew, blowing sand into her eyes. She stopped and hissed a bit.
"Stupid sand…" she mumbled rubbing her eyes.
You do realize that sand can't be stupid since it's not living.
Areiko growled at the voice within her head, "don't you ever shut up?! You've been bugging me since I left the lookout."
It's fun to torture you.
"I think you just wanna kill me."
If I wanted to kill you, wouldn't I have done it by now?
"Maybe not," Areiko counted shouting out Kira's name before talking out aloud again. "You said that I need you to live, and you need me to live. So, maybe you do wanna kill me but you're going to torture me instead."
Took you long enough to figure that out.
Areiko growled, pressing onwards. "No one's talking to you so shut your fucking mouth."
No one's talking to you, so shut you fucking mouth. The voice mocked. You're talking to me aren't you? And you're someone… oh, wait no never mind. You're not someone, you're someTHING. So I guess you don't count.
"If I'm a 'someTHING' then aren't you a 'someTHING'? Considering you do live in my body."
You're body?!
Pain quickly shot through Areiko's head as the woman within her laughed.
You're body? She repeated. Please, this is OUR body. We BOTH live in it.
"Not if I can change that."
If you're thinking of dying, don't even try it. The voice snapped harshly. When you're mentally weak, or even weak period, I can easily take control and save our lives.
"But you told me that any pain that I feel you feel, and vise versa."
Yes, you're right.
Areiko looked over a rock as the woman within her head continued explaining something to her.
I do feel you're pain. But I'm not weak like you. I don't lose my energy when I get hit with pain, I actually gain more energy. But you my dear friend—
"I'm not your friend."
Are a pathetic piece of trash.
The word trash echoed throughout Areiko's head, causing her to stop.
You're a disgrace to life, like we have established before. No one really cares for you. They all hate you.
"You're… you're lying…"
Oh am I? Areiko's darker part chuckled. Where is everyone? Vegeta, Aya, and Goku are no where to be found.
Areiko turned her head looking at a group of large boulders in the background. "They should be right there."
Do you really think that they're really there? Come on Areiko, I know you have more common sense then that. Didn't you see that when you came up with this plan, they all didn't hesitate to stop you.
"Goku did…"
That's because Goku's just as weak as you. He doesn't like to kill unless he's forced. But right after you told him that you were going to do it… he didn't hesitate to stop you again.
"I just wouldn't let him…"
Areiko, don't keep yourself in denial. The only reason why they probably would've came was to save Chichi, Videl, and Bulma. You know that everyone hates you. I mean, honestly, all you bring around with you is destruction. Don't you think it's about damn time that you just get it over with and leave them all alone? They hate you, so they won't care if you disappear again.
"Did you know that talking to yourself is a sign of insanity?"
Areiko looked up and turned her head towards a cliff. There at the top of the cliff was Kira. Her clothes drenched in purple blood, Dende's blood. Areiko could smell it from where she was standing. Kira looked as if she was glowing in the sun because of her pale skin. Her lavender hair waved in the wind as she glared down at Areiko.
"I know that." Areiko started. "Where's Chichi, Videl, and Bulma?!"
Kira smirked, "you don't have to worry about them."
Aya listened in to the conversation. "They're perfectly fine."
Goku, Vegeta, and Aya were hiding behind a group of rocks watching closely. Aya sighed softly so that no one but Goku and Vegeta heard her. "This is the stupidest plan I've ever heard of." Aya whispered peering over the rocks.
"It may be stupid," Vegeta whispered back sitting next to her peering over the rocks as well, "but it's the best thing we got."
"Even if it is risky." Goku added.
"Give them back!" Areiko shouted at her. Kira walked forward walking off of the cliff. She plummeted to the ground landing on all fours. She looked up slowly at Areiko.
"I'll give them back," Kira answered standing upright. "In pieces."
Areiko clenched her fists. "Where are they? At least give me some type of hint that they're okay."
"They're on the other side of the cliff, tied up." Kira answered pointing. "They're going to be fine."
"That's our cue…" Aya whispered as she crouched down about to move across the open field. Vegeta rolled his eyes a bit placing his hand onto her shoulder. Aya blinked turning her head to look at him as he then rested his hand onto Goku's shoulder. Goku placed two fingers onto his forehead and then used instant transmission.
When Aya reappeared, she was on the other side of the cliff. She blinked a few times standing up off of her hands and knees. She wiped herself off turning to look at Vegeta and Goku.
"Heh…"
Vegeta rolled his eyes and shook his head, very amused by her. "Let's go." Vegeta instructed walking off with Goku and Aya following.
"You think you're tough don't you?" Kira asked approaching her. "Because you're here all by yourself. You think you can defeat me all on you own like you did with Father Orx. But you're not going to defeat me now, because me shal dlass ka!"
(I will kill you!)
"Ara da jutir ka lekira treegla!"
(Go to hell you demon bitch!)
Both Kira and Areiko were shocked that Areiko knew the saiyan language. Kira smirked crossing her arms over her chest. "So you do know how to speak Saya-jin."
Areiko lightly touched her lips with her fingers. She didn't even know where that came from. It was just… so random. Areiko didn't know what she said, but in yet, she did. That's the weird part about it.
There was a laugh in Areiko's head. Let me talk for you Areiko.
"Me ta y saiyan. Ka, Ser'ta Kira, shal mer by mi handars rr ara da jutir rr ruut!"
(I am a saiyan. You, Sister Kira, will die by my hands and go to hell and rot!)
Kira smirked, catching on how quickly the voice and tone changed. "I'm not talking to the good Sister Lekira am I?"
"Naal."
(No.)
"Laen, yhe ka uun?"
(Then, who are you?)
A wide smirk appeared on Areiko's face, showing Kira how slowly her fangs grew. "Mi junla iz Lekira. Lae true fuun fa Orx." (My name is Lekira. The true daughter of Orx.)
Kira laughed loudly. "The true daughter of Kuun Orx?" Kira smirked, "I didn't know that he created more than one of you."
Kira watched as Areiko's features changed, going back to normal. Kira suddenly disappeared and reappeared behind her sister. She wrapped her arms tightly around Areiko's waists holding her still. Areiko began to struggle a bit, feeling a little bit weird about this "hug" that she's receiving from her sister.
Kira began to whisper into Areiko's ear. "I now know who's the true daughter of our father." Kira started. "Of course, you are his daughter as well, but the true killing machine that he had created is locked up inside of you."
"Let go of me you bitch!" Areiko shouted, her voice echoing. Kira wrapped her arms tighter around her sister's waist.
"Not until I meet my other sister." Kira said with a smirk. "I'll let you go then."
A sharp pain shot through Areiko's head. You heard her. She wants to meet me!
"AAAHH!!" Areiko screamed loudly as Kira let go of her.
"AAAHH!"
"Reiko-chan!" Aya turned suddenly looking about listening to her best friend's screams. "Reiko!" A hand laid upon her shoulder. She turned her head to see Vegeta standing there next to her.
"She'll be fine Aya," Vegeta started. "We need to focus on getting the onnas."
"But Reiko…"
"Vegeta's right Aya," Goku started walking over to the two of them. "It pains me as well to listen to her screams." He paused as Areiko screamed again. "But if we didn't think that she could do this… do you think that we'd be over here and not over there helping her?"
Aya sighed, "you guys are right." she said turning her head one more time to look over her shoulder. "She can do this…" she turned back around facing the saiyans. "Let's keep going."
Vegeta and Goku nodded their heads as they turned back around and continued walking. Aya waited for a few moments before she actually decided that she was going to follow them. Something within her told her that something was going to go horribly wrong. Like she was going to end up fighting Areiko and Kira instead of just Kira. But she sighed that feeling away, thinking that her best friend would be just fine.
Videl, Bulma, and Chichi were seated upon the ground, tightly bond by the chains that Kira had used. The three women were sort of having a hard time breathing from the chains being so tight, but they had found a way to breathe and talk to each other.
"This really sucks." Bulma came out with letting out a sigh. Chichi turned her head looking at Bulma.
"Yeah it really does."
"I hope the girls are okay." Videl came out with looking at the dust that drifted by her in the wind. "They're up at the lookout all alone."
"Videl," Chichi started gaining her daughter-in-law's attention. "Try not to think about it."
"And they're really not up there by themselves." Bulma said to her. "Mr. Popo is there."
"But there's no Dende, doesn't that worry you?" Videl asked the older women. "Without Dende we… can't wish back everyone that we lost."
"The reason why we're not thinking about it right now is because there is another set of dragonballs." Chichi said.
"I know that." Videl countered, "but… getting to New Namek could take weeks."
"Not really Videl." Bulma said looking at her. "My father was in the process of making a new ship."
"But West City is basically destroyed," Videl nearly shouted. "How are we going to get there without a ship or supplies to build one?"
The two older women looked at each other, knowing that she was right. How were they going to get to New Namek without a ship?