Her Return
Chapter Thirty-Three
Chichi followed Yajirobe all the way into the Lookout as the two little girls followed. They walked awfully close to Chichi, but Chichi didn't yell at them. She didn't blame them for walking so close. They were very young and had already experienced too much death. Bulla was only three and Pan was only two, to Chichi, two-year-olds and three-year-olds shouldn't be seeing death and they shouldn't be seeing their mothers getting kidnapped.
Yajirobe stopped in front of a door, opening it slowly. Chichi peered over his shoulder trying to look into the room. But his big and bushy hair got in her way. Sooner or later, Chichi ended up shoving Yajirobe out of the way and stepped into the room. There she spotted her husband lying in bed, some of the bandages were removed as he laid there asleep. Chichi stepped into the room as Bulla and Pan stood at the doorway behind Yajirobe.
"Goku?" Chichi called softly approaching her husband. She heard a slight moan coming from her husband. "Honey?"
"Chi… chi…?" Goku spoke softly, very softly. But Chichi heard him.
"Hey hun…" Chichi said with a sweet smile on her face when she spotted her husband's eyes opening. Chichi stroked back his hair looking into his face. She could see the old lines where the bandages once lay. She gently ran her finger across the old line, but then she gave her husband a kiss. "How are you doing?"
"G-Good…" Goku answered smiling at her from the kiss.
Chichi nodded her head, "I'm glad."
"Where's… Reiko?"
Chichi took a few moments to answer him. "She's… I don't know. She's still fighting Kira."
Goku looked at her and then gave her an encouraging smile. "She'll win it."
Aya and Vegeta watched closely as the dark black smog engulfed around Areiko. Silence fell among the two fighters waiting for the smog to clear hoping to see Areiko hovering there untouched, not scratched by the powerful attack that was thrown at her. But when the smog cleared out, there was nothing in the sky. Not even an afterimage of Areiko was left. She was completely gone.
Aya looked around, turning her body around in circles. "Areiko! Where are you?" she shouted out, her voice echoing.
"Right here Aya-chan!"
Aya and Vegeta looked up to see Areiko hovering above them. Vegeta squinted his eyes a bit, catching something that seemed a little off about her. Her tattoo was missing.
"Are you okay?" Aya asked keeping her eyes locked on her. Vegeta quickly grabbed onto Aya's hand getting her attention. Vegeta kept his eyes locked on Areiko as he whispered to his daughter.
"That's not Areiko," he whispered gently.
"How do you know?" Aya questioned.
"Her tattoo's missing."
"Vegeta," Aya turned her attention up to the Areiko look-alike. "It makes me wanna cry that you don't trust me."
"The Areiko we know would never cry!" Vegeta shouted out. Areiko smirked as she folded her arms over her chest stepping right off of the cliff. She levitated herself down towards Vegeta and Aya as they backed up.
"You're smart." She said shape shifting back to her regular self, the face of Kira. "I thought that you'd fall for that."
"It'll take more then that for you to get us to believe that you are Areiko." Vegeta snapped weakly stepping in front of Aya who looked at him weirdly.
Kira laughed. "You think you can protect her by yourself? You make me laugh!" Kira backhanded Vegeta in his right cheek sending him to the left. Aya screamed out his name reaching out for him as he crashed into the ground. But Kira's hand latched herself onto Aya's wrist getting her attention again. When Aya looked at her, she saw that her hair was still that golden blonde color like that of a super saiyan.
"Do you think you can fight against a super saiyan?" Kira asked throwing her fist right into Aya's stomach.
Aya's eyes widened as her body bent forward. Saliva came right out of her mouth as she fell to the ground. Kira lifted her foot above Aya's head about to crush her brains, but Aya rolled right out of the way letting Kira's foot stomp right into the ground getting stuck. She struggled to get her foot out of the ground so that Aya couldn't attack her, but that's when she realized that Aya wasn't going too. She was running towards Vegeta who was lying on the ground not lifeless.
She threw herself down onto her knees sliding over to her father placing her hands onto his shoulders. "Vegeta?!" when she rolled him over, she saw him choking on blood that was coming out of his mouth. His neck was broken, or possibly snapped and it was just taking him a while to die. Aya placed her hand over her mouth.
"HAAH!"
Aya turned her head to see a powerful attack coming her way. That's when her body froze. She wasn't able to move. She just sat there with her eyes locked on the burning ki beam that came straight for. But suddenly, someone jumped right in front of her slapping the beam away like it was nothing.
Aya blinked as she saw that the back of her rescuer looked very familiar. When she saw the golden blonde hair, she realized who it was; it was her best friend Areiko.
"Fuck with my friends, and you fuck with me!" Areiko shouted thrusting her arms downward towards her hips. A golden aura suddenly busted around Areiko as she lunged herself forward towards Kira.
Areiko pulled her fist back throwing it forward hitting Kira right in her face. She hit her sister with such force that Kira was thrown into the air tossing some rocks into the air because of her foot that was stuck in the ground. Areiko then teleported herself above Kira throwing her foot down about to hit her in her chest. But that's when Kira lifted her hands up grabbing onto Areiko's ankle. She snapped her born in half, causing Areiko to scream in pain as it shot up her leg. Kira smirked as she then pulled her leg downwards pulling it right out of its socket. Areiko screamed again as she was then thrown into the ground.
A crater formed around Areiko as she hit the ground. She clenched her eyes shut, trying not to cry. But then, pain landed in her stomach throwing her eyes open. Areiko saw Kira right above her with her fist implanted in her stomached throwing her deeper into the ground. Areiko swung her arm hitting Kira right in her cheek throwing her into the side of the crater that just got deeper and deeper. When Kira hit, there was a tunnel that was created as she flung right through the ground.
Aya watched as the ground seemed to split in two. Suddenly, Kira flew right out of the ground with an angry look on her face. She glared as she watched Areiko lift herself slowly out of the crater holding onto her leg. She placed a smirk onto her face glaring at Kira. Areiko then popped her leg back into place.
"Hey Aya!" Areiko called out to her. "Take Vegeta back to the lookout!"
Without hesitation Aya wrapped Vegeta's arm around her neck. His gasping were getting smaller and smaller. Aya could tell that more blood was filling his throat. She tried keeping his head straight as she held onto him. She then teleported off.
Kira glared at her, "do you really think that sending her away will help you?"
"I do actually," Areiko smirked. "Because I know Aya, she'd come back here. To help me."
Aya reappeared at the lookout. She looked about seeing that there was no one outside. She liked that idea that they were all inside keeping themselves hidden, but it was also a bad thing for her because she couldn't really move Vegeta without putting him in more pain. She gently rested him on the ground and took off running into the lookout looking around.
"Mr. Popo! Hey! Anyone here?!"
Down the hall, Yajirobe could hear Aya yelling from where he was standing. He stepped out into the hallway looking around for her till he heard something…
"Yajirobe! Move!"
"Huh?"
CRAASH!
Aya crashed right into Yajirobe. The two of them skid on the sleek floor making their skin squeak against the tile. Aya sat upright sitting on Yajirobe's lower half as she shook her head. She blinked and looked down at the fat man blow her who was just looking up at her with a weird look on his face.
"What are you looking at?" She asked cocking her eyebrow upwards. Yajirobe pointed down to where she was sitting. She blinked and looked, realizing how she sitting, she leapt upwards. "OH MY GOD EW!" Aya shuddered as she stuck her tongue out making the oddest face that she could have ever make in her life.
Yajirobe stood up, "why are you running down the halls anyway?"
Chichi stepped out just in time to hear Aya's answer. "I need to find Mr. Popo!" She shouted. "Vegeta's neck is broken and I need the senzu bean! Where is he?!"
"I'm right here Miss Aya." Mr. Popo said calmly, standing behind Yajirobe with the senzu bean in his hand. He walked around the fat man and gave Aya the small little bean.
She quickly took it and turned around jumped straight over Chichi. "Hi Chichi! Bye Chichi!" Chichi just watched her for a moment as she ran right towards the lookout deck.
"Where is she going?" Chichi asked looking at Yajirobe and Mr. Popo who just shrugged their shoulders not wanting to answer for some odd reason.
Aya went back out onto the lookout deck only to see Bulma kneeling by Vegeta holding his hand with Videl standing right behind her. "Move Bulma!" Aya shouted running over. Bulma moved herself out of Aya's way before she was thrown somewhere. Aya gently picked up Vegeta's head opening his mouth. She dropped the bean inside and watched as he swallowed it. The weazing and oozing sound that he was making disappeared as he sat up cracking his neck.
"Vegeta you're alright!" Bulma shouted throwing herself onto him knocking the prince down onto the lookout deck again.
"Yes onna, I'm alright."
Aya stood up and ran to the edge of the lookout. "Where are you going Aya?" Videl asked looking up at her.
"To help Areiko!" Aya answered as she jumped off of the edge of the lookout plummeting back down to the ground.
Kira's fist met with Areiko's face. Areiko's nose broke easily as blood came pouring right out of her nose. Areiko spun and hit the ground, landing on her broken ankle. She cried out in pain gripping a pile of dust in her hand as pain shot through her leg. Kira touched ground and smirked as she walked closer and closer to Areiko.
Areiko could hear her walking over. She tried getting away, but Kira grabbed right onto her broken ankle and pulled. Areiko screamed once more feeling the pain shoot through her again. Then the feeling of the uncomfortable ground disappeared as she felt herself being lifted into the air. She hung upside down in Kira's grip.
"What are you going to do now?" Kira questioned with a wide smirk on her face. "You only have the use of one of your legs."
Areiko glared, feeling her blood rushing to her head. "I'll figure something out."
Kira smirked. "I'm sure you will." She held her hand outwards.
"Coming down!!"
Areiko and Kira looked up; down came Aya. Kira and Areiko blinked looking at each other. Areiko shrugged her shoulders at Kira. "Don't look at me."
Kira looked up at Aya, but when she did, her face met with Aya's foot throwing her into the ground making her let go of Areiko. Areiko turned herself right-side-up to look at Aya in the face.
"What are you doing here?" Areiko asked.
Aya grinned. "I told you that if I sensed any type of struggle, I'm stepping in."
Areiko paused. "Well I'm glad you did. Because I need you for something." Aya blinked and tilted her head looking at Areiko weirdly.
Kira got up off of the ground shaking her head. Dust and rocks flung out of her super saiyan hair. When she focused her vision in front of her, she saw an… odd sight.
Areiko was sitting on Aya's shoulders with Aya's hands tightly wrapped around Areiko's shins. Kira blinked a few times looking at the girls weirdly. This looked different because Areiko was only about a foot taller than Kira now that she was on Aya's shoulders because Aya was so short. Kira cocked an eyebrow placing her hands onto her hips.
"What… what are you guys doing?" Kira asked confusedly.
"What does it look like?" Aya snapped.
Kira lifted her hand shifting her weight to her right leg. "Trust me, you don't WANT to know."
"You're gross." Areiko said rolling her eyes.
Kira stared at her. "…What?"
Aya looked up at Areiko. "I don't think she was thinking like that Reiko." Aya said to her getting Areiko's attention.
"I don't think she was either…" Areiko mumbled looking back up at Kira.
Kira finally caught on. She put a disgusted look on her face and threw her arms into the air. "Ew! You two are disgusting!"
"Hey, you said it." Aya and Areiko chimed in together pointing at her. Kira just stared at the two girls with the same disgusted look on her face. She then shook her head crossing her arms over her chest.
"I thought this was a battle, not a dirty moment!" Kira shouted throwing her arms suddenly by her sides glaring at the two girls as if two laser beams were going to come straight out from her eyes. "Now are you guys going to tell me what you guys are actually doing?"
"Well it's easy," Areiko started. "I'm going to be Aya's arms and Aya's going to be my legs."
Kira stared cocking her eyebrow up again. That's when she toppled over in such a fit of laughter, Aya and Areiko stood there with a 'whatever' look on their faces. Aya looked up at Areiko as she looked down at her.
"I thought villians weren't supposed to laugh like that."
Areiko shrugged.
"Are you guys kidding me?" Kira asked standing up to her feet. "Or are you serious?"
"We're serious." Areiko and Aya answered. Aya set her feet into a stance position and Areiko moved her arms into the same position so that the stance matched.
"You are huh?" Kira smirked. "Well, then let's get started!"
Kira lunged forward at the two girls pulling her fist back. Aya waited a few moments as Kira got closer and closer. She then leapt backwards and bent forward a bit. Areiko threw her fist down into the back of Kira's head throwing her face first into the ground. Kira growled as she pushed herself upwards. Aya leapt back once more dodging Kira's head assault.
"Grr…" Kira growled, she threw her hand forward blasting a quick ki beam at Areiko.
A smirk came across the super saiyan's face as she slapped it away. Kira growled again but she was hit in her face by Areiko's fist and kicked in the stomach by Aya's foot. Kira tumbled backwards stopping at her knees panting.
"Are you running out of breath?" Areiko asked looking at her as Aya shifted her weight to get her so that she comfortable.
Kira looked up at them sweating and breathing hard.
"Looks like she is getting tired Reiko." Aya said placing a smirk onto her face.
Kira stood. "No! I'm not going to let a couple of brats kill me!!" She powered up. A burst of red energy surrounded her dissolving the very ground below her. The energy around her started to intensify greatly.
Aya and Areiko's eyes widened. They didn't move because they knew that there was no where to escape this sudden burst of violent energy. When it hit them, Areiko was thrown right off of Aya's shoulders and Aya followed behind her. The two girls screamed on top of their lungs in pain, and in fear that this could be the end of them both.
Vegeta quickly snapped his head in the direction of Aya. He didn't follow her because he believed that Areiko and Aya would be able to take care of themselves. But from what he faintly heard in the distance, he didn't believe so.
"Vegeta?" Bulma called getting her husband's attention for just a few moments. "Is… everything okay?"
"I'm…" Vegeta's voice trailed off for a minute. "Not sure…" he answered walking to the edge of the lookout. He looked down, and his eyes widened as he started stepping back.
"Vegeta?"
"Onna," Vegeta started, "get into the building…"
"But…"
"Do it!"
Bulma stood there in silence for a moment. She then nodded her head and turned around running off into the lookout building. Vegeta watched her, but he turned his attention back towards the edge of the lookout when he heard the roaring sound of powerful energy.
Lifting up from what it almost seemed like the pits of hell, was Kira. She hung her head with her hands closed tightly in fists. A red energy roared around as her power continued to sky rocket to amazing heights. Vegeta's eyes widened almost in fear. Kira lifted her head up, her eyes sending a death glare at the Saiyan Prince. It was almost as if she was spelling out his death.
"Hello…" she whispered smirking as she began to laugh insanely.