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Preciously on Part 14: It doesn't matter now but if you really want to know, here's what happened. Kageto and his entire crew reached Super Saiyan 2... This is a special chapter. It does not follow Part 14. You'll have to wait for Part 16.
Part 15
Destiny's Descent
What am I doing here?
What am I doing with my life?
My eternal life...
All alone in this... nothingness.
All of this power...
Millennia and millenia doing nothing with it.
All I have are my other inanimate life partners.
I wish they'll do anything else except existing. Be a little more... talkative.
My life depends on them. Their existence depends on me.
Why am I the only one with a consciousness?
What can I do with this power?
Can I create another being like me?
I'd better try if I don't want to die of boredness.
What do you think, Time, Space? Nothing? I thought so.
I wish I had someone exactly like myself to talk to.
"At your service."
"Whoa, who are you?"
"I am your creation. You created me."
"Is it that easy to create something?"
"Well, you don't have anything else but your voice to create with. You are nothing... WITH a couscious."
"I can say the same thing about you. The only thing I can hear is your voice. How about I create something to make you visible? I'm tired of watching black and light-blue. They don't DO anything."
"Ok, how about we call it a body? I can't come up with anything better."
"Good idea, you're like the best company I have ever had. Ok, let's see how we're going to do this. I wish for a body for you?"
In front of him The Creator appeared in a relatively big body.
"Well, now I can see you but you can't see me," Destiny said.
"No, I can't."
"How about we work together? I live with you in your body and we'll create some more life out there? Call it an experiment."
"Sure, I don't mind. What are we making?"
"You know, life."
"Doesn't that life have to be sustained on a place to... live?"
"Well, you have a point there."
"How about more kinds of life instead of one? And life depending on certain factors? How about some obstacles in life?"
"Whoa, whoa, slow down there, you've got some great ideas. Can we give them all a good think through before doing it?"
"We don't have time. We need to come up with a complicated system so that life can sustain itself. Oh, and of course there is adapting to circumstances. How about giving them a mind to think on their own?"
"Seriously, you're overthinking things. That makes ME overthink things. I'm living inside of your head."
"No, really, we should start right away. We should think about the basics."
"The basics?"
"Yes, I must recreate this feeling right now. It feels... cold. I just came up with that word. Do you know how many words I have to come up with for this to work? I need to create something opposite to cold. I think I'm going to call it 'heat'."
"Hey, listen to me, you are kind of overthinking this. We have unlimited time."
"Ok, one question. Do you know how long you exist?"
"No, I don't, I just... exist."
"Exactly, you don't know how long you exist. You also don't know how long you're going to exist. That means that you have to do something now, if you want to do it."
"Hmm, that makes sense. But we only start with the basics. The more complicated stuff are for later."
"Ok, first we have to modify Space. It looks empty and endless. We'll divide it into four sections. We'll have to organize Time too. It's just flying everywhere. Now we have a problem. There is no light. Time was giving us the light we needed to see."
"So we just create new things that give light, right?"
"Yes, like a big source of lights. Or wait, multiple sources of light. Or even millions of light sources. We have to think about all the lifes that we're going to create. There HAS to be enough light for everyone of them. So we alternate between big light sources and small light sources."
"Ok, do your thing. You OBVIOUSLY know better than me."
The Creator was too busy talking that he didn't hear that last remark. Millions of years have passed and Destiny felt the exact same way he always did. He felt lonely and cut out. The Creator was creating everything and he could do nothing but watch or sleep. Until one day...
"Hey, you still there?" The Creator asked.
"You're asking me NOW? Out of all times, you ask me now?"
"You don't need to get all emotional."
"Of course I do. You haven't talked to me for a few million years! When I tried to start a conversation you wouldn't listen. What do you want from me now that I miraculously unintentionally got your attention? Are you done with life and you're finally asking me for my opinion?"
"No, I just wanted to ask you a favour."
"Wha..."
"Could you like make life plans for my creations for me? That way you can control them and decide how they'll live their life."
"What? You're too busy to do it yourself? YOU, the one who said we should start working right away? Creating a very complicated life system two seconds after I created YOU?"
"It WAS your idea. It's not MY fault that I got started. We have plenty of free time when we're done, right?"
"WE? NOW you're talking about WE? YOU have been doing everything and haven't even ASKED me if I wanted something done."
"You said it was MY body."
"I created you AND your body. Besides, we're NOT done when we're finished. Who has to watch over YOUR creations till the end of Time, if it HAS an end, so they don't do something stupid?"
"I just asked you if you wanted to do it."
"NO, you asked me to do it. You didn't ask me if I WANTED to do it. Those are completely different things."
"Look, I made them for YOU. YOU asked me to create life. That's what I did."
"NO, I proposed WE could make life TOGETHER, but all of this has been about YOU. You can rest after you're done but I am the one stuck with the eternal job."
"It's not that difficult from what I did. Compared to MINE, YOUR job is EASY. I have to decide everything."
"That's because you CHOOSE to decide everything. Do I get a say in this? NO!"
"Have you asked for a say in this?
"Countless times! But you don't listen. You're too busy blabbering about the plans you have to someone who isn't me. How can someone ignore a voice in their heads? Can you tell me that?"
"I was talking to YOU all of those times."
"And I was there to listen everytime! Why can't you do the same?"
"It's just... I... just wanted to... you know."
"Apparently I don't! Care to explain?"
"I'm so... excited to be able to show you all of this and to have someone to share it with."
"First of all, I gave you your powers. I already know what they do so you don't HAVE to share them with me. Secondly, I was just as excited as you are right now, but you slowly began to take control of everything. And now it looks like you just conveniently remembered that I exist so you can give me this endless job. Very good. Veeeery good," Destiny said in a sarcastic tone.
"I... it's just that..."
"You know what? I've HAD it. I'll take your stupid job and leave. I don't NEED your body to do it. I can manage doing it without your help. It's MY job after all. I don't ask YOU for help. I do it all by myself. That's just who I am. Take your power of creation with you. I don't need it. I have countless other abilities to use that I haven't figured out yet. Have fun with your creations. I know I will. I'm the one spending individual time with them."
"But... Destiny, d-don't leave me."
Destiny got out of The Creator's head and went wherever he would land. Soon enough he found a planet with life on it. He tried getting in the head of the first person he found. It didn't work. He tried the next. It didn't work either.
"Grrr, why can't I enter them? Did he do it on purpose?"
"Destiny, are you there?" The Creator said.
"How did you find me? You can't see me. Can you tell me why the hell I can't enter them?"
"That's just it. You can already control them. You can't enter them. They are under your control."
"That doesn't make sense! I control them already but I can't enter their bodies."
"They are connected to you. They are also connected to Time and Space. That doesn't mean that Space or Time can enter them. You are an entity just like them. You are the smartest one. I gave you the job because I wanted to do something... nice for you. To give you full control over their actions and decisions was a present for you. I'm sorry I didn't pay more attention to you. To be honest, those millions of years seemed like six days to me. I'm almost done creating everything. I wanted to help you with your work but it seems you want something to do on your own. I understand. If you want I can create a body especially for you."
"No, I'll stay like this. I don't need you to do anything for me.
You've done enough. Now if you excuse me, I'm going to write my plans in a book. I'm going to give you that Book. I don't care who you give that book to. Only I can change the data in that Book. If you want to know something about any of your creations, just open the Book. I think I'll finish it in a few days. I don't need the Book to control anyone. I can do it myself. I'll be constantly traveling. When I finish the Book it will be the last time I see you. I don't need you to search for me. You are clearly not part of me anymore. The only way we'll reunite is if a giant catastrophe would happen. See you later."
"Wait, before you go, I have something to tell you."
"Make it fast, I have to visit every single being in the universe to write in my book."
"Well, if it WOULD happen that someone would break free from your connection, you WILL be able to use that body. Oh, and you probably already know that you're connected to Time and Space, right?"
"Of course, how did I not know?"
"Well, the thing is, when any of the other two are damaged, YOU are damaged. You will feel some kind of pain. The three of you SHARE the pain."
"How can someone damage Space? Or Time?"
"I don't know but it could be possible. The thing is, if they break free from the - let's call it Destiny - you put out for them, they will get disconnected from you. You will feel pain. But that's how you know there's someone out there without a destiny."
"I don't like my name to be repeated that often. Let's give it another name. I call it 'Fate'."
"That's fine by me. We can alter between those two words. Ok, I'll see you later."
"Bye," Destiny said dryly.
"Why did I ever create someone smarter that me?"
A few days later Destiny finished the Book and he dropped by to 'drop' the Book off. He then left the place The Creator created for himself. It was some kind of space inside of Space. The Creator called it 'dimension'. Since that day, Destiny hasn't seen The Creator again. He decided to leave him in his own world. A world that obviously had no place for him.
The Supreme Saiyan
"Aaah, what was that? I think that was Time. How the hell did anyone manage to damage Time? It hurts a lot."
A few decades later...
"Aaaaah, this pain is unbearable! I think someone has broken free from my control. This pain is way worse than that time someone damaged Time. I need to find whoever managed to do that. This might be my chance to take a very long break from this job. Now, how to find someone who has no Fate?"
Destiny scanned all of the connections he had with all the beings in the universe. He felt the pain getting worse when he scanned the Saiyan race.
"Ok, I know he's a Saiyan. Now to find him."
It didn't take long for Destiny to find the Saiyan he's been looking for. He was sleeping inside of a space pod. Destiny entered him. He suddenly woke up to a warm feeling entering his body.
"What is the meaning of this?" he said.
"I see you've acknowledged my arrival."
"What are you planning to do to me?"
"Oh, the brave Saiyan warrior is scared?"
"No, just concerned."
"Well you don't need to concern yourself. I am just taking a well deserved break from my work. From now on I just sit and watch from the sidelines while you do all the working."
"So you are just planning to let me do all the work?" Kageto asked sarcastically.
"Hey, watch your mouth, I am not your equal. Oh wait, I am. But that does not give you a reason to speak to me like that."
"Well since you're in MY body, I think I can."
"Fair enough, but if it wasn't for me you wouldn't exist right now."
"And if it wasn't for me, you wouldn't have a well deserved break right now."
"Touché."
"Exactly and don't you forget it," Kageto said.
"You know I am capable of anything, right? Why don't we just become friends and share this body?"
"On one condition."
"Name it."
"Why me?"
"I was just waiting for the first being to achieve free will and congratulations, you are the lucky winner!"
"And I should be happy to share my body with an unknown stranger, why?"
"Oh, you know me alright. Don't you know the feeling you sometimes get when you make a decision? That's me controlling your life. Whenever you're in doubt, I step in. I haven't had a single break in like forever. Depending how long you decide to live, I will stay on my break. That is not the reason I wrote your Fate down as the Saiyan Supreme. I did not know you were going to break free. But even after you broke free, the Fate of the previous Saiyan Supreme was still to choose you as his successor. So unless you want to pass your title onto someone else, I stay with you forever. How is that for an unforseeable plan that not even I could see coming?"
"It's clever especially because you had nothing to do with it."
"Don't tempt me, boy. I can be a nice guy and everything but you are pushing it too far. I can help you get that time trapped so called hero back."
"Wait, I have been meaning to ask you. Was sending him back in time part of your plan?"
"No, it was not. That was an unforseen reaction between Frieza's energy and Bardock's psychic energy. It happened too fast for me to notice. I did notice his arrival a thousand years ago but I did not know from what exact time he came from."
"So he's actually the first to have free will, right?"
"No, he will break free from me in a month when he travels back in time, remember?"
"I thought you didn't know from what exact time he came from."
"I am living in your body, remember? Which means I have full access to your memories. You think it didn't hurt me when you broke free from my connection? I see you experienced the same pain when you saw Bardock rip open a hole through time when he was inside Frieza's Death Ball. That is the excrutiating pain I felt. And I'm going to feel it again in one month but it will be double. You will feel time being damaged and I will feel myself being damaged. Since we are now together, I will also feel your pain on top of mine and you will feel mine in addition to your own pain."
"The more reason why you shouldn't be here."
"Just go with it. You can't get rid of me."
"Well, in that case, I accept."
"Accept what?"
"Your friendship, the one you offered me a while ago."
"Well then, my friend, we are going to make the best of it."
The computer announced their arrival.
"One more question, Destiny. Now that you are in my body, does that mean you can control my arms and legs?"
"That's right."
"Don't misuse your position."
"I would never think about doing that."
"I'm just checking."
Kageto braced himself for impact and he safely landed on the planet. He stepped out of the pod and looked at miles and miles of deserted wasteland.
"I have to tell you a few facts before we begin, Kageto."
"What is it?"
"As you already know, space is a collection of dimensions. To switch dimensions, you must slip in between them and choose which dimension you wish to go to. In order to do so you must vibrate in a certain speed to slip in between the dimensions. With this skill you can transport yourself anywhere you want to go in a matter of seconds. If you want to travel through time, you must be able to slip in between dimensions while connecting to the infinite body of Time.
You must access it the same way you do when you see the future but this time you must look in the past. Once you've got the image in your mind, you have to vibrate to slip in between dimensions except this time you will actually slip out of the present and into the past. Normally when you vibrate at that speed you slip in between dimensions because you are in constant connection with Space. But when you connect to Time and do the exact same thing you will not transport yourself anyWHERE but anyTIME."
"So you are telling me that I can basically already travel through time?"
"Yes, but you must do exactly what I just said. Take a deep breath and concentrate..."
Approximately 30 years later. West City
Destiny was walking through the city the day after Kageto's dream of saving his brother. He created a new body for himself using the power of Creation he rejected a long time ago.
"Should I leave Kageto and his crew now that I have my own body? Why can't I seem to make this decision? I control the decision of everyone but I can't control my own? God, it's just so hard."
"You were saying?" The Creator said appearing out of nowhere disguised as an everyday businessman.
"What are YOU doing here?"
"I just heard you call my name. I thought I should drop by."
"Out of all the beings in the universe who pray to you every day, you answer my sentence incorporated 'God'? Why don't you go help anyone else?"
"Because it's not written in their Fate to meet me. Who's the one in charge of the Fate of the universe again?"
"YOU'RE the one who gave me this useless job."
"And YOU'RE the one who took it."
"You left me no choice. I didn't want to go back to before you were created and just hang around and do nothing. I needed a purpose to live."
"Yeah, I'm sorry about that, but it appears that my job doesn't end either. I thought I had a few millions of years to sit back and relax, but apparently I needed to do a lot of adjustments. I have been adjusting my creations ever since. I haven't had one week of rest."
"This is the second time I've heard you apologize."
"Yeah, it's just... My life is so empty without you. Would you return to me?"
"I... um... I'm kind of attached to Kageto. He IS doing my job after all. I can't let him do it all by himself. It would look like I just dumped my work on him and left. Besides, they are all my friends. I'd hate to leave them. They are my only friends since... you."
"Why? Why can't we just be friends again?"
"I was not the one responsible for our friendship falling apart. You are feeling the consequences of YOUR actions. I had nothing to do with it."
"Don't you think I've suffered enough?"
"You're the one who said that millions of years feel like days to you. If I follow YOUR rules I don't think you've suffered enough. You've been doing well all of those 'days'. Why do you suddenly need my help?"
"It's just that I'm sitting day in day out in my own dimension adjusting and adjusting and thinking about different things. What I want to say is that I... m-miss you."
Destiny stood speechless. He didn't know what to say.
"Please say something," The Creator pleaded.
"I have nothing else to say. I'll think about what you've said. For now, just... leave."
The Creator was on the verge of crying but he understood. He disappeared and appeared back inside of his own dimension. His lair where he was the King and the servant at the same time. With the Supremes just a thin layer of space away he started crying. Millions of years after Destiny left, NOW he has been affected. He has finally recognized the mistakes he made. If only there was a way to go back and change it all.
"I don't think I can hold him back much longer. I sealed off that part of Space with him in it. I'm using all of my power. It's weakening me. There will be one day in the future when I won't be able to supply anymore energy to the seal. I'll have no choice but to rest and recharge. If only I haven't created him. If only I could undo his existence. I'll need Destiny's help to do it. HE has the power of destruction, not me. We'll need to become one again if I want to undo my mistake. Please, Destiny..."
All of this is only the beginning. I feel that the great catastrophe is close yet still far away. One name is the cause of all of this chaos... Shade.
End of Part 15
... (silence) ... Please comment. Who is this Shade? When the hell did that happen? The Creator crying? He has to be desperate. But for what? Destiny and him becoming One? Only way to undo his mistake? What mistake? I'm sorry but these questions will be answered after the Dragon Ball GT saga. Be patient. It'll come before you know it. Like I said, you could contact me and we'll talk about it. You'll know some info nobody knows yet. We could PM or mail (screen name) + (at yahoo dot com). Inside info available for all readers.
-Kagetoworld
