Risk
Chapter 43
After the satisfying lunch from Shin and Kibito, Chi-chi found herself dressed in similar garbs that they wore; however, it was more of a feminine touch to her clothing due to the various curves and dips to her form. She found her first task to be the most grueling of them all: meditation. She was barely able to keep with this with the most unnatural patience in her waning fast due to the amount of worries of her family on Earth. Not knowing that her youngest had already been killed, she believed everyone was struggling against this vexing threat that was Majin Buu.
On Kami's Lookout, Gohan was receiving healing from Dende who was at the time waiting for Goku to awaken from the sleeping drought. Neither one knew of the fate of the Earth-raised Saiya-jin since he had fallen into the deep sleep he was in.
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Speaking of which, Goku dreamed of Earth's destruction while he mentally sparred against a figment of his own imagination that represented Majin Buu. He wanted to murder the pink blob after killing his youngest, nearly murdering his wife and probably was doing the same to his oldest son at that moment. Little did he know that Gohan was safe for the moment.
Three fates were assigned to three different people that were destined to come together when the pieces of the puzzle were ready to reveal their final destiny. Out of these three, one would come out of this experience totally changed, one would be altered, and one would learn never to take life for granted ever again.
For the time being, the monster that threatened the fate of millions was entangled with a fight with one of the remaining pure-blooded Saiya-jin left on the planet. As Vegeta fought in total vain against a demon whose pure intent was to destroy the entire universe, the Saiya-jin realized that the slimmest chance of coming out of this alive with his mortality seemed moot the more he fought. Yet, he kept charging back in despite his reserves, his body aching from overused and tense muscles burning for relief and rest. The prince of Saiya-jins was fighting a battle against the strongest in order to prove that yes, he was the most powerful that Earth has to offer, but he did it only to show off his pride in vain.
"Final Flash!" Vegeta roared; his attack striking the monster head on and despite this valiant display of power, it wasn't enough to erase the threat that seemed to manifest itself back together within seconds of being cleaved. It was almost though this monster refused to die. "What?"
"Interesting display in attack, maybe I should add it to my list of attacks…" Buu spoke in such a serious tone before putting his hand into the signature attack that the prince had unleashed moments ago.
"NO!" Vegeta realized that not only did he do the correct positioning, but he also summoned the same blast that was not called out by name. The prince barely had time to avoid the blast that grazed his blonde hair by the slightest tips. Angered, the Saiya-jin flung a blast at the pink bastard that had stolen his own attack and used it against him. Another explosion, one that again did not erase the threat, ensured he had the cover for a counter attack.
Which Vegeta fell for moments later when he found the creature's pink putty-like hands choking the life out of him by grasping the fighter's throat.
"Is it almost time master?" Kibito asked Shin.
"Yes, but for now, we must be patient," Shin instructed.
Chi-chi had been training for the last few hours now on her own; her body artistically spinning in the air in various flips and gracious moves that made her almost look like she were doing gymnastics on the field of grass. They had told her to make up any fighting moves she wanted in a warm-up attempt. For what, she wasn't told, but she would have her answer soon enough since they were now starting onto the field where she was standing calmly in place; her heart racing with anticipation.
"Alright, time to go to your next level of training…" Shin explained.
"You mean all that I did these past three hours was a waste of time?" Chi-chi asked the deity.
"Not at all, I was just gauging your strength needed for this task and I think it's time you pull out the Z Sword."
"The Z Sword?" Chi-chi repeated these words in confusion.
"Yes, it was a sword used to help seal Majin Buu in the first place. I believe if you yield it, you can not only seal him, but destroy him…"
"Alright, if it'll make him disappear, I'm game," Chi-chi grinned. They lead her to a tall mountain where a sword was buried within the mountain.
"Master, what makes you think that she could pull out the sword when others before couldn't even lift it?" Kibito asked.
"She will pull it out. I believe she's stronger than she was when she first arrived here," Shin stated. "In time, she'll even surpass us as well."
Chi-chi landed on top of the mountain before gripping the sword. It felt like it hadn't been handled for so long; however, it still seemed practically ageless compared to other weapons that probably weathered many a season and various elements that would tarnish any weapon's blade. Tightening her grasp on such a weapon destined to defeat what the Kais themselves failed to do, she pulled hard on the blade; feeling her feet dig into the unforgiving rock beneath her feet.
The female fighter strained her muscles; summoning chi through her every fiber of her being that she was grateful to have again. Almost though it felt like an eternity, she felt the blade tug against the ground slightly. It was though the weapon itself was not yet ready to give up all foothold of its position to anyone, including a mere mortal. Still, she persisted and inch by painstakingly inch, the blade slowly emerged from the ground before the very pillar that it was buried in finally surrendered the blade that hovered only a mere inches from its former resting spot.
Yet, the aura that crackled around Chi-chi's frame was horribly unrefined due to the recent issues and each slight deformity within it scathed the sword; causing the weapon capable of defeating Buu slight damage. It started with the slightest scratches much less than that of the width of one's fingernail when scratched lengthwise; however, it started building up to the more evident cracks before the blade suddenly shattered off the hilt of the legendary weapon. The deities who had watched with bated breath stared on in mute and pure horror at how this legendary weapon, one that was meant to destroy the greatest evil of the universe, got easily denounced by a woman who had only pulled it out moments earlier.
"No! The Z Sword…" Shin fell to his knees in utter anguish, watching the shards of the broken blade falling earthward towards the ground.
"This can't be…" Kibito was equally aghast at this scene. He had heard many legends pertaining to the mystical weapon.
"I guess the legendary sword was a total waste of time…" Chi-chi released the remaining part of the sword. It fell towards the ground before landing next to the broken shards; its utmost breaking seemed disheartening to all. "It was hard to move anyway, so why were you guys so bent out of shape of it breaking?"
"We figured you could have used its heightened weight to train your body until you were strong enough to defeat Buu, but if it shattered that easy, maybe it was a fake…" Shin looked down.
"Look at it this way master, at least she proved she's strong enough to take Buu down a notch." Kibito agreed.
"You're both wrong," a voice said from behind the two deities who froze in fright from this elderly voice that seemed to flow through the air in an annoyed manner. All focus fell on the figure that appeared almost magically behind them before their eyes. "What are you gawking at?"
"W-who are you sir?" Shin asked.
"I am a Kai from fifteen generations ago," the elderly Kaioshin exclaimed. "Honestly, I figured that a Kai would have broken open a sword, but I forgive you if a woman did…"
The gawking eyes of this man didn't escape Chi-chi's gaze as he drew nearer. Of course, she had the feeling he was as perverted as Master Roshi and she started to wonder if he was even a Kaioshin for his abrupt and irrational behavior. As he drew nearer still, she started to feel uneasy about the proximity he was in; only a mere few inches away from touching and completely invading her personal space.
"Um… what are you doing?" Chi-chi asked. She had an angry, embarrassed blush on her face while this geezer checked her assets out.
"Why, I am only checking out your power…" the elderly Kai stated in a horribly bad mannered way. He touched her left breast and all of Chi-chi's self-restraint of not hitting an old man went completely out the window.
Moments later, he ended up with a reddened slap mark on his left cheek that was worth the price of touching such flesh. A flustered, irritated Chi-chi was sending a deathly glare at this man who decided to utilize her helpless state to his advantage.
"Ancestor!" Shin replied. He was as equally embarrassed to have been related to this man and almost regretted meeting him at such an inappropriate time.
"Wow… that's some power…" the older male spoke in such a woozy voice. He stared at her with a demented look on his face that only made things more tense at that moment.
"I could do without being fondled thank you very much!" Chi-chi yelled at the elderly Kaioshin in pure adulterated anger. If her mate was here right now, oh… she could imagine Kakarrot totally maiming, cauterizing, or even doing both plus some to this old man who decided to have the guts to touch her.
"Well, I can see you have a great deal of power, but it seems rather unrefined after all the abuse you went through," Elder Kai muttered. "It would be a shame if you went on the battlefield in that state and end up cracking the Earth with such power."
"What do you suggest? That I sit this battle out while everyone I care about dies?" Chi-chi asked.
"Now hold on, I never said you needed to do that. All I require is your time to unlock and soothe away all the rough spots in your current pool of chi," Elder Kai stated. "After all, it would do no good if you went down there as you are and end up cracking the planet with it."
"Will I be still the same person if you did that?" Chi-chi asked.
"Of course, now sit down. This ritual's going to take about eight hours…" Elder Kai gestured; giving her the very grass to sit down upon an option. If it were anywhere else, she would have resisted, but hopefully, things would work themselves out, right?
"Hopefully, this won't be eight hours of you staring at my breasts or ass the whole time…" Chi-chi muttered softly under her breath before sitting down. Elder Kai sat across from her and instructed the female to close her eyes with her hands folded across her lap. Thankfully, Chi-chi felt a little safer in this position and hoped that he didn't attempt to grab at her breasts while he did this little 'ritual' of his.
Buu could have killed Vegeta many times by now, but since this warrior refused to go down, he decided to toy with him. On the other hand, the Saiya-jin prince was growing exhausted and his body ached for rest that the demon would not grant him. His vision blurred and he wanted nothing more than to fall asleep and never wake up again; however, each punch and kick to bruised and broken skin and bones reminded him of where he was at that moment. He was sure he was in hell since his tormentor seemed rather pleased to the pained cries from his scratchy throat.
"What's wrong? Are you starting to get tired?" Buu teased the Saiya-jin prince. "I'll make you a deal, if I heal you, will you provide more entertainment for me?"
"You're… you're bluffing…" Vegeta gasped in pain. Each breath was harder for him to take and it probably didn't help that he could have internal bleeding and punctured lungs. "You want me to continue giving you entertainment?"
"For the moment…" Buu reassured before the long antenna curled and pressed against the prince's chest. A strange pink light dazzled Vegeta's vision before he was forced to shut his eyes; his skin mending and the pain receding from his body. It was almost though he were being granted release from any further pain until he felt the appendage leave his chest and go for his throat; encircling it and cutting off his air circulation for a second time.
One must wonder what pleasure Buu had in his victim at that moment.
On Kami's Lookout, Goku finally came to with his power fully restored to full capacity. He stretched every muscular fiber within his once battered body and despite the stiffness, he felt much better than he did almost ten hours prior. He walked outside where he saw his eldest son sparring against Piccolo who was egging him on.
"What's happened to Majin Buu? Where's Vegeta?" Goku asked.
"Vegeta's currently fighting Majin Buu with all of his power despite the demon toying with him for the last six hours…" Piccolo grimly replied.
"We should save him," Before Goku could teleport, Piccolo grabbed his arm.
"Not a good idea Son, he's already learned Vegeta's abilities, if he sees you utilize instant transmission, he will copy that as well," Piccolo forewarned.
"Gah! Thanks for the warning Piccolo," Goku replied. "Damn, how are we supposed to rescue him then?"
"Maybe we should distract him while you teleport in Goku!" Trunks suggested.
"It wouldn't be a good idea," Piccolo stated. "Buu could easily cut us off and he's toying with Vegeta this long in order to draw us out of hiding. We need a better plan than going there and trying to save him in vain."
"Hey, wouldn't Kakarrot have a good plan right now Goku?" Trunks asked.
"Um… well, you see… Kakarrot…" Goku started to explain to them what had transpired in the midst of what happened while they battled Casmir.
"So Kakarrot and you both joined personalities for good," Piccolo commented. "It's a rather strange idea, but it does seem to make you more well-balanced."
"Yeah, but the problem is I feel kind of lonely thinking to myself and expecting him to respond," Goku admitted. This earned a sympathetic head shaking from Piccolo. "What?"
"Have you really forgotten that mirror you used to talk to him a few times?" Piccolo asked.
"Oh! Right!" Goku ran off.
"Mirror?" Trunks asked.
"It'll be easier if you guys saw it for yourselves…" Piccolo commented.
The mirror stood in front of Goku and at first, he saw no difference in his reflection. Was Kakarrot truly too much a part of him to reach now?
"I don't see a difference…" Goku admitted while standing in front of the mirror. "All I see is myself…"
"You only see yourself because he's unreachable," a voice spoke from behind Goku and he saw Shin behind him.
"Oh! Is Chi-chi alright?" Goku asked the deity.
"She is, but she's currently going through training," Shin explained. "In any case, you wish to talk to your other half right?"
"Of course!"
"Close your eyes and concentrate… remember how you felt when instead of one entity, there were two completely separated ones…" Ripples appeared in the mirror's surface and Kakarrot began to reappear. "He still exists in you… he can never be separated from you… he is you…"
It took a few tense moments until Kakarrot fully appeared in the mirror, wearing the alien armor he usually wore; however, the action was instant. Goku felt Kakarrot inside of him again and it felt completely strange having the persona re-emerge after what transpired. The others had just caught up when he managed to complete the task. Shin on the other hand had vanished, leaving Goku and Kakarrot alone to stare at one another for the first time in what felt like an eternity.
"If anything, I figured I'd no longer be able to have a word in what the fuck's going on," Kakarrot muttered this easily without being restrained by mental walls of any sort.
"I'm glad you're back Kakarrot," Goku smiled.
"I never went anywhere," Kakarrot huffed. "In any case, shouldn't we check up on our love?"
"Not yet, you heard Shin…"
"I don't care what his orders are; he should have brought her back if she's no longer under Lamoch or whoever the fuck possessed her heart so easily."
"Just be patient a little while longer, besides, we have another issue to worry about…"
"Yeah, Buu…" both warriors seemed to nod their heads to confirm it almost mirroring one another. "I really should have seen us destroy him; however, we lost Goten in the process…"
"True, but we can always bring him back…"
"If it wasn't for Buu's regeneration, we could have destroyed him once and for all… I mean what kind of fucking cheap ass technique did Dr. Gero and this fucking wizard have in their minds to have installed on their greatest creations when they went on to outlive both?"
"I have no idea, but Kakarrot, what are your thoughts of saving Vegeta?"
"Our prince? If he wants to die, then let him die. Like I said, we can always bring him and the others back after the battle's over…"
"Even if it means Earth's destruction?"
"If Majin Buu hasn't killed Vegeta as of yet, I'm assuming he's using him as a bargaining chip until we appear down there. For now, our prince will have to fight without us until we are at full strength."
"Agreed then," Goku sighed. "I hope we can keep our shared personality…"
"We should since it'll be hard to remove one from another now…" Kakarrot smiled a much softer smile before vanishing from the mirror. Moments later, Goku felt a slight pain before it vanished; almost though it never existed in the first place.
"Why would Kakarrot not care about my dad?" Trunks asked Goku. The Earth-raised Saiya-jin noticed both Piccolo and Trunks standing there staring at him with grim looks on their faces.
"He knows that your father's fighting for us bravely right now and if he gives up, Buu's just going to find us. Right now, he's Earth's only line of defense left."
"I hope dad hangs in there…" Trunks muttered. He was worried about his father and didn't want him to die. He already lost his best friend, would he lose his father to this monster as well?
"Vegeta's tougher than you give him credit," Piccolo commented. "He will have to buy us time just a little longer."
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"Hey! I told you not to touch me!" Chi-chi yelled at Elder Kai who was currently eating dirt after yet another futile attempt of fondling the earthen woman's breasts. She was already annoyed as hell for this older male for practically molesting her for the first three hours of the eight hour 'ritual' he insisted that they go under. Now, she's almost wishing she hadn't of pulled out the sword or even agreed to such a thing. 'Why must I always have the worst luck?'
To Be Continued…
One more chapter and an epilogue to go everyone!
~Chibi Mirai Gogeta