Chapter 28- A Murder Mystery, Part 2
=Kara=
I was rolling on the floor laughing.
"KARA LOOK OUT!!" 17 screamed.
I snapped out of my laughter to see a dagger, heading straight towards me. I caught it easily and ripped it out of the owner’s hand. I grabbed the person and came seconds away from impaling a knee into their head.
"who is this?" I asked.
There was no answer, so I flipped the figure up and pulled down the hood.
"Goten, why did you try do kill me?" I asked.
"BECAUSE I’D BE HAPPIER IF YOU WERE DEAD!!" he screamed in my face.
"but why?"
"because, Kara the Kimetae Seer Io, if Terrace takes your body, you’d be worse off so I figured I’d kill you now." He said, perfectly strategically, calculating every second.
"You’ve turned into an Io general", I laughed a sad dusty-sounding laugh It seemed to infuriate him. Goten had a point. But that wasn’t it. " Now, Goten. Numbero Uno: if I had even thought about it, I would’ve killed myself. And Numbero Dos: This is murder, not a plan. Numbero Tres: you’ve turned into an Io general because all they do is calculate. The mission comes first. That what this is an example of."
"JUST LET ME GO, JACKASS!!"
"you just have severe prejudice. Against all non-humans and non-nameks." 17 said.
"LET ME GO!!!!"
"Okay, okay." I put him down and he flew away at top speed. However, I had managed to put a tracking device on him.
"what’s his problem?" Karait asked.
"I don’t know, Karait, but I think it’s gonna affect my life span."
"I will protect you to the bitter end, Kara!" Karait said in loyalty.
"Everyone says that, but most don’t live up to it" Kimetae said. He’d been quiet for quite a while. "I’ve been calculating. NO, I can’t kill Kio without destroying whoever is wearing me. Also, the only way I can destroy is by sending out an intense shock wave of such a high frequency that it will only hit non-biological things. Androids. That means, that all androids with be destroyed if I sent out the shock." Onoca summarized.
"Then the decision is mine, 17’s and 18’s." I said.
"However, there is one small chance that I could share a actual body with someone, like I told Kio. There is also the chance I could be a free spirit. But then you would lose all your ki, Kara."
"I shouldn’t wear you anymore, Kimetae." I said, sorrow in my voice.
"Why?" Onoca asked me.
"Because the Kimetae Pendant is always given to the newest generation." With that, I took off the pendant and put it on Karait.
"Karait- Nioko- Ocala, you are now the official Kimetae."
I looked into distance. I hated to decide Karait’s fate for him. "Onoca, you’re not sending out your shock wave. There, it’s settled." I said, demand in my voice.
"Then…….Then how will defeat Kio and Cell?" 17 said. His throat was raspy.
=Android No. 17=
I was shocked at Kara’s decision. I was angry at it too. Then how were we gonna fight them? Kara was a fool. A fool!!
"KARA, BY TURNING DOWN KIMETAE’S WAVE, YOU’VE GOT RID OF OUR ONLY CHANCE OF WINNING." I screamed at her. She faced me with suprising calmness.
"yes I know that. I’m not a fool, like you think I am. I have another plan. Karait, undo the Kimetae pendant." Kara said, instructing him.
"why?" Karait asked as he undid it. He put it in Kara’s outstretched hand.
Chapter 29- The New Onoca
=Kaseen= (remember he’s still there, he just isn’t saying anything.)
I knew exactly what Kara was going to do. Depending on the success, it could either screw up my mission totally or help it greatly.
"now 17, leave." She said shortly and briskly, but she held an amazing amount of demand.
"I’m not leaving here." 17 said.
"okay, then you can die. Kaseen, you have to leave also."
"I will leave, but first I want to know why." I said.
"I’ll tell you. I am going to attempt to fuse Kimetae and Karait, and send him into the other dimension. This way he will be able to fight Cell with Goku and Piccolo." Kara said to me. Hehehehe…… thanks for helping me with my plan, sister. I thought. 17’s shock was incredibly obvious I didn’t have to read his thoughts, I could read his face.
"but why do we have to leave?" 17 asked.
"Because the energy output that this will be putting off will be immense. If a energy field of the same energy reading isn’t put on, the output will incinerate anyone else. Kaseen could stay, but he doesn’t have energy. And you use ki, so the energy would incinerate you." Kara explained to us.
"Can I hitch a ride on you, android no. 17?" I asked.
he shrugged carelessly, "sure why not?"
I latched my hands around his neck.
17 flew off, and I with him.
When we got to the human dwelling (aka Goku’s house) he landed and I let go.
17 opened the door and almost directly in his face was a ki blast. He deflected easily and grabbed Goten swiftly by the neck.
"Listen Goten," his voice radiated anger, "stop trying to kill Io and Androids, or else they might come and get you." He put Goten down and walked upstairs. I followed. I wondered what Kara was doing now. Hopefully, she wasn’t planning, but fusing.
"hey 17, hey, uhh……." Gohan said.
"Kaseen." I corrected him. I was very tight right now, but I didn’t need to make them suspicious of me.
"sorry I forgot. Hey 17, hey Kaseen." Gohan said.
"hey that rhymes!" Trunks said.
"so what’ s happening at Kara’ s place?" Gohan asked.
"HEY LET ME IN!!!!" Goten yelled from outside the door.
"did you lock it?" 17 asked.
"uh huh." Gohan answered.
17 laughed a little, but then shut up.
"so what is happening at Kara’s place?" Gohan asked again.
"Perhaps I should explain." I said.
But I didn’t need to.
"Goten, move." I heard an Io voice, however it wasn’t Kara or Karait.
BANG! The door was thrown straight of its hinges by the force being put on it.
"Wha…..?" Gohan said, total awe.
Standing in front of us was 3 Io. 3? But I was the third of the group. And Karait is supposed to be one with Kimetae, so how is this possible? Kimetae must have gained his own body in the process. Now that would totally screw up my plan. At least, I hoped it wouldn’t.
"Great, 4 Io now." Goten said. A large cracking
noise followed by a THUMP that he was knocked to the ground by
the one in the back. Probably knocked out cold.
"Kaseen, we need to talk." Kara said, grabbing me by the arm. After I was out, Karait neatly put the door back on his hinges.
The third Io gave me a look. A cold, hard look. It was a look that said, ‘I despise you’. Kimetae. Yes, It was he. And he saw straight threw me. He knew my plan. Or at least, a vague motion. Wait a second…. him telling Kara that I was evil would help! This is going to be easier then I thought it was. Hopefully, they will leave me outside or something so I can use ambush techniques.
"Kaseen, hello?" Karait shook me lightly. I snapped out my strategizing.
"yeah?" I said.
"The fuse went even more successful then I could imagine. Not only does Onoca have a body, he has a body of his own." Kara said.
Perfect! This is will work nicely to my advantage.
"I am Onoca- Kias- Minohko. And I despise you, Kaseen." He said.
"Why is this, Onoca?" I asked.
"Because in your heart lurks a warrior. And not just any warrior, either. The warrior that brought my downfall so many years ago." He said.
"Kio? I believe he killed you." I said, slightly sarcastic.
"Exactly. You wouldn’t be working with him for any reason, would you?"
"Of course not. I’m a seer. It is taught to hate Kio."
"Mind me for correcting you, but my entire family is of Seers. And like he said, all Seers hate Kio" Kara said, slightly aggravated.
"You wish, Kara. Warriors wish to be Seer sometimes. And your brother is an example of visa versa. And all warriors despise the Kimetae. Especially a Warrior that works with Kio. Especially a person who wishes to be Kio. Your brother." He said.
"is this true, Kaseen?" Karait asked me.
Hmm…….this will be the part to reveal my plan, so I’ll get kicked out and be able to ambush.
"Yes, it is. I want to like Kio, and I despise the Kimetae." I said. I felt strong again. I attacked Karait.
"You despise me? After all I’ve done for you, you still despise me? After all the happiness we had, you still despise me?" Kara said. She was angry.
"Kara…MMMMPHHHH!!!!!" Karait yelled, he didn’t finish the sentence after I shoved dirt into his mouth.
=Kara=
My own brother despised me. I was hurt. And I was losing it, too. I grabbed Kaseen. Hard. Jerked him around, cutting off any use of his right arm. Of course, he said nothing. I pushed him into the dirt.
"What about Kimetae who are warriors? Like Karait?" I asked. I was seconds away from killing Kaseen. All I had to do was snap his neck. He wasn’t moving.
"Bad luck to them." Onoca said. "now are we gonna continue with this?"
I took a deep breath. "yes, we are."
Chapter 30 – A Mission for Kimetae
=Kara=
WE walked back into Goku’s house and explained everything. Oh yeah, and we left Kaseen whining in the dirt.
"Gohan? Do you have a sure way to get people to the other dimension." I asked.
"Nope." He said.
"I have an idea." Karait said. "Do they have kioakasime?"
"kioakasime?" Gohan asked.
"Instant Transmission." I translated.
"Well what does that mean anyway?" Trunks asked.
"Well it was first found out when Kio was at Ion. Thus ‘kio’. ‘akas’ means instant. And ‘sime’ means teleport. So ‘kioakasime’ means Kio’s instant teleportation. "I said.
"Not in this dimension. Maybe Kio has it?" Gohan suggested.
"That wont work." Onoca said.
"No, I think I do." Karait said. He thought hard and focused. He disappeared and reappeared a few minutes later. "Yeah I do." He said.
"Good." Onoca said. "come on, lets go." Onoca grabbed Karait’s hand and they disappeared.
"good luck, Kimetae." I said.
"God Speed." Gohan said.
Trunks closed his eyes. He was thinking….i think….
I walked out the door.
"why are going?" Gohan asked. Goten was regaining consciousness.
"because I have something to do. DON’T follow me. If you do, 17, I will kill you." I said. I was sure 17 was going to follow me. So instead I left very large slash marks in the door.
By this time I was at the front door. A grinning figure was standing there.
Chapter 31- Kara’s Demise
=Trunks=
I was deep in thought when I heard a scream. I ran downstairs. Kara was laying on the carpet, blood spilling from places where she’d been stabbed. The knife was slammed into her head.
"GOHAN GET DOWN HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KARAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I screamed upstairs.
Karait had just gotten back to hear his name being called.
He jumped down the stairs. Gohan came also.
"KARA!!!!!!!!!" Karait kneeled down by Kara and sobbed. Gohan was crying and so was I.
"Kaseen. He did this." Karait said. "I have to seek him out." He blew off.
"I thought Kaseen was on our side." I said to Gohan.
"I did too, but hey, Io are pretty unpredictable." He said.
"Kara, you were our only hope. Now your gone….." I said.
17 was watching TV in the room next to us when we where upstairs. Eavesdropping, probably. He came downstairs and fell down most of the stairs when he saw Kara.
"who……….? What……..?" he said. "I wish I could cry." He said. His voice held sorrow.
17 pulled the knife from Kara’s head, tucked it into his gun hoister.
=Karait=
I flew to Kara’s hideout. I knew Kaseen would be there. Probably Kio too.
I landed behind a tree, and made sure I couldn’t be seen.
"I gave you my part of the bargain. That all I had to do. Now I want my share." Kaseen. The traitor was bargaining with Kio, obviously. That’s what Onoca had said. DAMN!!! We should have listened to him.
"Very well Kaseen. You shall have your part. A white light surrounded them and I could not see inside, but when it cleared, Kaseen was floating. Kio had obviously given him ki.
Kaseen was ready to fly away. "and Kaseen?"
"yeah, Kio?" he said.
"be careful for that Kimetae."
"okay."
That was all I needed. I flew away, but Kaseen noticed me.
"so decided to eavesdrop on my conversations, eh?" he said.
"You traitor, selling Kara to Kio and…." I was so angry I could hardly speak.
"Hey, I’m no traitor, I’m just a bounty hunter."
"YOU SOLD YOUR OWN SISTER TO A VILLIAN!!!" I screamed at him.
"yeah so?"
I punched him hard in the gut. And then I flew away.
"Karait? You there? It’s Onoca."
"Onoca? Yeah I’m here."
"what just happened? I know an Io died but who and what else happened?"
"Well, Kaseen stabbed Kara and went to Kio and Kio gave him ki."
"THAT BITCH SOLD KARA’S LIFE TO KIO?!"
"basically."
"I need to get back."
"no stay there. That’s where you’re needed."
"okay, for now. But soon I’m coming back. I have to help Goku now."
"okay. Bye."
I was even angrier now.
"Come on, Kimetae, I wanna test this ki thing out." Kaseen said. His voice had a large amount of sarcasm.
I turned to face him, turning my anger-stricken face into a smirking one. "I’m sure you don’t want to fight the ACTUAL Kimetae, do you? I know that any intelligent Io seer would." I said. I was actually very afraid of the results, because I had very little training. (So what I’m trying to say is he’s pulling a Vegita)
"I was there, you know. You have about NO training."
"and you do?" I laughed a harsh laugh.
Kaseen flew at me. I dodged easily, and responded with an uppercut that made contact with his stomach. He came back with a punch to my head, hitting me square on the forehead. I fell like a stone.
"So, I was really afraid to fight the ‘actual’ Kimetae. What a laugh." He said. He kneeled down over me and raised retractable blades to my throat. One twitch and my head would be rolling across the floor.
"wha………?" Kaseen turned around to see Gohan with a large ki blast, hitting Kaseen at point blank range.
"thanks………….." I said, gathering up my strength and trying to stand up. Gohan offered a hand to me, and I took it.
"No problem, Karait." He smiled a genuine smile.
"after Kaseen killing Kara, you still trust Io?" I asked with awe.
He laughed. "There’s always an exception to the rule. Kaseen was the exception. I tyr to go what my dad would do." He made a dusty sounding laugh.
Kaseen got up too quickly and back fisted me in the back of the head. Suddenly my world went black.
Chapter 32- Karait’s Nightmare That He Wasn’t In (That means its’ F*CKING SERIOUS)
Onoca and Cell were locked in battle, and the others watched Kimetae’s skill and accuracy. Onoca nailed Cell in the gut with and elbow, and he fell. Onoca landed next to him.
"how did you meet Kio? How do you know his story?" barely suppressed rage.
"I met him on a journey to here. He was leaving and I was coming. The similarities between our main body parts (head, eyes, and tail) were remarkable, so we hatched a plan to trick you guys into thinking that he was Cell. Later, he would actually reveal himself to be Kio because he knew you, Onoca."
Onoca pressed his retractable claws into Cell’s neck. "and what does this have to do with Kara’s death and this Terrace guy?" he pressed the blades into his neck, not severing (cause then it would just grow back) but cutting it badly.
"Kio was only a spirit, as he had been defeated by you, Onoca. He found Terrace and they fused. When Kio told Terrace he wasn’t actually me but still after Goku and Gohan, Terrace was thrilled. However, Kio told him that he wanted to kill them, and this depressed Terrace. When Kio told Terrace he could use Kara, they snuck into Kara’s shelter and made a deal with her closest brother, Kaseen. He had always been jealous of Kara. Now get your blades off my neck." Cell said, shoving them off.
"you wish."
"oh yeah?"
"yeah." Kio appeared.
"how’d Kio get here?" Piccolo asked.
"how did I get here?" Kio asked, sneaking up behind a shocked Onoca, breaking his neck, killing him.
Cell and Kio stood up together. "who wants to fight us both?" they said together.
Piccolo nodded at Goku. He nodded back.
"okay, we’ll take a shot." Goku said, referring to him and Piccolo.
"you almost beat me once, Goku. You wont beat me this time."
"Piccolo, I hate green. It’s the color of Io." Kio said, smirking.
"then you hate yourself……….?"
"oh no, I’m blue." Kio said as his color rapidly changed.
"this time there is no quitting, or son to save your ass, like last time." Cell said.
"GOKU WE CANT WIN THIS BATTLE!!!"
"I know that Piccolo, but we can try."
Goku and Piccolo’s efforts were in vain. In a matter of minutes, both were killed, both absorbed. (what a terrible fate L )
"now who wants a shot?" Kio said, his tail retracting.
Tien looked at Yamcha, who looked at Vegita, who looked at Krillin. "I guess we’re all gonna die." Krillin said.
"I WILL NOT GO DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT!!!" Vegita screamed.
Cell smirked at Kio. "you take Vegita. I wouldn’t want to spoil the fun of killing him. I’m sure you can make it nice and painful and long."
" Ohhh, I’m very good at that, Cell."
"ahh I like that."
Kio and Cell smirked in unison.
Kio and Vegita sparred for several milliseconds before Kio was holding Vegita by the neck and choking him.
"put your hands on your head and I will spare you from a long painful death." Kio said.
"ne……..ver……." Vegita choked out.
Kio’s eyes went from smirking to angry to smirking again. He calmly placed his other hand on Vegita head; long blades shot out of his knuckles and into Vegita’s skull.
"ARGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Vegita screamed in pain. "STOPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!"
"should I?" Kio asked himself. "nah…." He answered as he pushed the blades farther into Vegita’s head, piecing his entire skull and into his head, but missing his brain purposely.
"i……..cant stand this…." Tien said tightening his fists, but not drawing attention to them.
"are you going to place your hands on your hips now?" Kio said.
"n……..o……." Vegita tried to say through the immense pain he was feeling.
"okay. I shall cause you more pain now." Kio said as he dropped Vegita on his head (he screamed in agony of course) and proceeded to put a foot on Vegita’s head. He pressed down. Hard.
"ARRRRRARRRRRRARGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"this is fun." Kio said
"except for the screaming." Cell pointed out.
"yeah. Good point." Kio said as he moved his other foot to block Vegita’s nose and mouth so he could not breathe or scream. "Now this is fun."
"I CANT STAND THIS ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!!!" Tien yelled. Both Cell and Kio looked his way. Kio walked over.
"so you want me to kill you so you want have the pain of watching your friends die?" Kio asked.
"i……i…..i……..don’t want to die…." Krillin stuttered.
"Krillin, I didn’t want to die but Onoca killed me anyway. And I’m sure Cell didn’t want to die when Gohan killed him." Kio said, his facial emotion back to a smirk.
"kkkkk………….i….llll….mmmmm.eeeeee…..nnnnowww…….." Vegita struggled to say.
"nope. You wouldn’t put your hand on your head or your hips so I’m just gonna let you die." Kio said.
"YOU’RE EVEN WORSE THEN CELL!!!!" Yamcha screamed in Kio’s face.
"Thanks."
"yyyyyy…………….ooooou……..wiiiin……" Vegita said as he tried to get up. He succeeded, and swayed drunkily over to Kio.
"Kiiiiio…………….." his painful breaths shot through Krillin’s heart each time. "uuuuu………………are as ruthl.l.l.less…… as……. me……" Vegita said. He collapsed and stopped breathing.
Vegita’s chest moving up and down, breath and painful breath, stopped moving. The large cuts on his head where Kio had pierced his skull were bleeding profusely over his face; it was covered in blood. Vegita’s head was deformed from Kio stepping on it, and large portions of his flesh were poking out, evidence of that his sku had crack in a few places.
"what a horrible way to die." Cell said with sincerity. He looked down at Vegita, deformities and all. Cell sighed. "and he could have been an excellent addition to me and Kio." His eyes, unlike Kio’s with sadistic happiness, were serious, angry and annoyed. "let Vegita be a example of anyone who doesn’t listen to either of us."
"WAKE UP KARAIT!!!!!" Trunks yelled.
"CELL!!!!! KIO!!!!I’LL GET THEM FOR YOU VEGITA!!!!!!!!!" I screamed. I snapped out my nightmares and woke to a bed soaked in sweat. The covers were torn and spread messily.
"you woke us all up." Goten said.
"you were unconscious." Gohan explained. " I brought you back here and put you in my bed. And those are my best sheets, you know."
I looked at the now-destroyed sheets. "oh. I’m sorry"
"don’t worry about it."
"hey guys, wanna smoke?" It was Kara, was her voice had a raspy tone. Kaseen and Kio were next to her.
"Terrace." I said. "I had a nightmare about you, Kio."
"I’m honored to be in your nightmares, Karait." Kio said, the others laughed.
"that’s right, little Kimetae. Your old teacher’s body is now my use." Terrace said. "and I have all her experience, too."
"So this is what Kio looks like in his natural state." Goten stared.
I looked up to see and creature that looked like Cell, but his head cone things were swept back, and he was wingless. (for all of you who have no imaginations, he just looks like Kobra with an evil touch that’s blue) he looked exactly like in my nightmare. I wondered if it had really happened.
"Finally I have my own body." He said. His voice had a large, powerful sound. It was like an Io general’s when he was angry.
To Be Continued……..
What is Terrace going to do with Kara’s body, and can she resist it? Can Karait stand up to not only Kio, but Kaseen and Terrace as well? Can Onoca help him? Speaking of Onoca, how’s he doing in the other dimension? Find out in Cell’s Return 9!!!!!!