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The Saiyan of Two Universes Saga, A Dragon Ball story
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<blockquote data-quote="India Actual" data-source="post: 1580" data-attributes="member: 80"><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Chapter 6: (Part 2)</span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Universe 6, <em>Planet Sadala</em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Shihori pulled on her white boots and gave her white sash a tug to ensure it was taught. Her damaged clothing was replaced thanks to Caulifla and Kale. She exited the spare room she used to change and caught the attention of the two women sitting at the table. There was a new face in the room, the young man from before was near the door leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. They threw each other an awkward glance before Caulifla pushed out a chair for Shihori to come join them at the table. Once she was settled in, Caulifla folded her hands and studied her for a moment, “So you’re from the ninth universe, your father is a Saiyan from the seventh universe and your mother is that rabbit we fought in the tournament? Remember, Kale?” Kale nodded shyly. Caulifla continued, “So how did you wind up here in Universe 6?” Shihori struggled with her thoughts for a moment but her bright red eyes grew wide and welled up with tears when she recalled the events surrounding Towa and Mak, she worried about her father being left behind in an entirely separate universe with no way to reach him. She wiped her eyes and looked up to Caulifla directly across the table from her. “It was this demon named Towa, it’s her fault that I’m here.” Caulifla looked uncomfortable having to deal with a crying child and Kale just continued to appear uncomfortable from the moment Shihori laid eyes on her. It was the young man who spoke up next from across the room, “Shihori, now that you’re here there’s nothing to fear. We can keep you safe.” Shihori looked up with shock at this gesture of compassion from a stranger, but a sudden interjection of “Pffffttt” by Caulifla broke the mood right away, “Give it a rest, Cabba. There’s nothing some weak ass Sadala Defense Force member like you can do that I can’t accomplish a hundred times better.” Cabba suddenly grew red in the face and clutched his fists in anger, “Oh yeah? Maybe if you weren’t such a thug who was busy causing havoc all the time….” Caulifla stood up and got face to face with Cabba, “Who’re you callin’ a thug?” Kale grew embarrassed and seemed to want to get between the two but Shihori banged a fist down on the table, “Enough!” This put a stop to their squabbling for the moment and Shihori strode across the room to the front door. She pulled it open, “When you two are done with your pissing contest, I’ll be outside.” She slammed the door behind her and left everyone stunned with her admonishment of their bickering. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Shihori leapt up to the roof and sunk her head down in her hands, she used to always sit on her roof at home to watch sunsets with her parents, it gave her a sense of peace and familiarity. “What am I going to do? This is all so messed up.”, she racked her brain to sort things out. She could hear Caulifla and Cabba going back and forth blaming one another for chasing her away, although she had found what seemed like a safe place amongst her people, she felt anxious being here and felt like it was hard to breathe. She closed her eyes to try and block everything out and calm herself down but that only let her darker thoughts creep into her mind. She started thinking about her mother again and seeing her near death in the clutches of Mira, she couldn’t control her emotions as the tears began to spill from her eyes and she sobbed to herself, her hands were shaking and she buried her face in her knees. Sorrel called out to her in her mind, “Shihori” which she could swear she heard plain as day in her ears. Shihori broke down and cried when she thought she heard her mother’s voice calling out to her. “I’m sorry I let you die. It should have been me. I miss you so much, Mama.” Kale was down below out of sight with a look of concern for the young girl.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">A few days later, Caulifla and Kale had taken Shihori out to train at her request, she wanted to see how she had healed and prove her abilities to these two Saiyan women. Out in the desert Caulifla and Kale stood opposite of Shihori, a light breeze blowing across the landscape which caused Shihori’s ears to sway in the breeze. “If I’m going to find a way back home, I need to be strong enough to handle anything that gets in my way. So, come on and bring everything you’ve got.” Shihori said with a striking amount of confidence in her voice. Caulifla smirked and Kale gave her a look of concern. “I hope you know what you’re asking for, squirt. Cause here I come!” Caulifla quickly dashed in a threw a strike which Shihori narrowly evaded with a twist of her torso. Shihori grabbed her arm and twisted around fully to hip toss her across the open desert. Shihori shot a look to Kale and gave her a nod to show that she was all right with this and so Kale leapt into the fray and mixed it up with Shihori in hand to hand. While the two ladies were busy Caulifla caught her footing and looked back to the little lady, “Tch. Like it’d be that easy.” She came back in and tried to jump Shihori by surprise who was preoccupied with Kale’s attacks, but Shihori’s ears twitched and quickly spun to meet the attack head on and switch dancing partners. A flurry of fists and feet came for her and she fell back to the basics of her martial arts to preserve economy of motion and use simple movements to evade or parry each attack. “Come on guys, this can’t be all you’ve got?”, she said smartly. This set Caulifla off and she leapt backwards and focused on building up her power. “HAAAAAAAAAH!” Kale fell back and did so in unison with Caulifla clenching her fists and raising her power until both ladies’ energies exploded in golden auras and they completed their transformations to Super Saiyan. Shihori smiled to herself, “Heh. Now it’s a party.” She instantly transformed into Super Saiyan and got into a wide stance to meet their attacks. Both Kale and Caulifla started to work in tandem to attack the young girl, but their powers seemed evenly matched and Shihori was the more skilled martial artist of the group. She came in low and caught Caulifla in the stomach with an elbow which stopped her in her tracks but Shihori kept pressing forward to Kale who hesitated once she saw Caulifla get hit. “Eyes up here.” A flash of white came in from Kale’s peripheral vision and she caught a boot to the side of the face which sent her bouncing across the ground. “Kale!” Caulifla cried out as she used this opportunity to reel around and grab Shihori who was still airborne, she caught her by the neck in a clothesline and drove her into the ground. Shihori’s head bounced off the ground which made her see stars and Caulifla grabbed her up by an ankle, she dug in and whipped Shihori as hard as she could into some rocks. Kale recovered and met back up with Caulifla just as she sent the young girl flying. The rubble began to quake and exploded into tiny debris and smoke as Shihori emerged powered up into Super Saiyan 2, electric discharge sparking around her aura as she came in like a missile to mix it up with Caulifla who was quickly overwhelmed by the increase in power and smashed down into the ground with a kick. Kale powered up into Super Saiyan 2 herself and traded blows with Shihori who looked determined but noticeably tired, droplets of sweat creased her forehead and Kale grew concerned that she was pushing herself too hard. “I think you’ve had enough.” Shihori grit her teeth and exploded with a combination barrage of fists which ended in a side kick to the chest for Kale, “NO! Stop patronizing me and fight!” Caulifla stood back up and powered up to Super Saiyan 2 herself to come in on Shihori with blazing speed and smash her across the jaw with a right cross. This smashed the young lady down to the ground but surprisingly Shihori caught herself on a knee and twisted her head some to absorb the force of the blow. She sneered at Caulifla whose fist was still pressed into her face. A leg was swept around which took Caulifla off her feet and she was sent into the ground with a double hammer fist. Shihori panted for air and pressed a hand against her stomach to hold in the pain. Kale brought herself back to her feet and called out to her, “Shihori, stop this or someone is going to get hurt. Enough!” Shihori thumbed some blood from the corner of her mouth and looked incensed at the notion, “Stop treating me like a kid! Come at me like you’re going to kill me!” She dashed forward and started to beat on Kale who was both unprepared and unwilling to continue with this self-destructive behavior. Like an instinctive reaction Kale’s power surged and she grabbed onto Shihori’s fists before they came in for the next strike, her eyes washed over completely white and her muscles swelled to more than twice the normal size. Shihori was shocked and caught off guard from this transformation she had never seen, but her marveling didn’t last long as she was smashed into the ground from side to side like a toy. “GAH!” Shihori lost consciousness for a moment and when she was finally released, she huddled against the ground in a shaky posture. “What is this crazy transformation?” Kale wasn’t herself now and cried out as she continued to press the attack and slammed heavy handed blows down against Shihori’s weak guard which was quickly smashed and brought her to her knees. Caulifla recovered now and noticed that Kale was on the rampage, “Damnit! Kale stop it!” She tried to get in the way but was quickly swept aside with a back hand. Shihori rolled and dodged the best she could but knew that her only chance at surviving now would be to push herself as hard she could go now. Before Kale’s next attack Shihori channeled all her power which shook the very earth which they stood upon, Caulifla watched in awe and horror as the young girl’s energy exploded and she transformed into Super Saiyan 3. Shihori was able to keep up with this berserk, overpowered version of Kale for now but her body felt like it was on fire. “Kale! Stop it! I don’t want to lose you!” Caulifla called out again as she tried to reach her dear friend, this gave Kale momentary pause. Shihori took advantage and charged up her right arm with as much power as she could bring forth, she felt the blood rise in her mouth which she spat out onto the ground. “Come at me, Kale! It’s my fault that she’s gone! I deserved to die not her!” In that moment of truth, all her feelings came pouring out to reach everyone present, she was done with all the anger and pain she felt, she was done with reliving her mother’s death again and again, she wanted release. She pushed her body further and Kale’s eyes became clear as Caulifla dove in to reach them both. “Nooooooo!” Shihori leapt forward with her ki charged fist, ready to feign blasting Kale at point blank range, she meant for this to be a suicidal charge and a release from all the suffering she had been feeling. Kale now back to her normal Super Saiyan 2 form, looked to accept Shihori’s feelings and take the deadly blow head on. Shihori met her eyes and was stunned that she would bear the burden of her pain. The blow never came as the young girl collapsed down to the ground on all fours with blood being coughed up and dripping down her chin, “Kale……I” she immediately reverted to her base form and fell face first down to the ground in a growing pool of blood.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Kale was sitting beside Shihori’s bedside, the young lady had really done some damage to herself by pushing her wounded body too hard, too fast. Shihori’s eyes opened with startled look as she tried to sit up but winced in pain, holding her re-opened wounds on her stomach. Kale stood up quite shocked herself, but Shihori wouldn’t meet her eyes out of shame for what she had done. Kale turned to leave “I’m sorry. I just wanted to check on you to make sure you were alright.” Shihori reached out to stop Kale from leaving, “No, please, I don’t want to be alone.” She wiped the tears that were welling up in her eyes and gestured for Kale to sit by her. Kale did so but looked timid like she wanted to ask her something and started off shyly, “Um, Shihori, if it’s okay, I’d like to ask you, um, why did you say all that earlier?” Shihori shook her head and sniffled, “I’m sorry for what I did, but I’ve been feeling so angry lately, then it’s turned into me being really sad and I can’t take it anymore. I’ve had enough and I don’t want to feel this way anymore.” Kale thought on this for a moment and spoke up more clearly, “Did something happen you?” Shihori’s lip quivered as she thought about it and she managed a nod before covering her eyes to wipe away more tears, “My mom was killed not too long. Now my father and I are trying to find a way to bring her back.” Kale looked saddened by the truth about Sorrel, while she didn’t know her personally, she did meet the Universe 9 fighters in the tournament, and it put a face to Shihori’s pain. “I’m sorry, you must have really loved your mom.” Shihori nodded and wiped her face so she didn’t start ugly crying. “I love both my parents so much. I yelled at my dad before I got sent here, I told him to leave me alone. I know he could see I was hurting and all he wanted to do was comfort me, but I acted like a stupid kid. Now I may never have the chance to tell him I’m sorry.” Tears started to fall and her face trembled as she was trying to hold in so much emotion in right now. “I don’t know what happened to him but maybe he thinks I’m dead too. Maybe I deserve to die for failing my mom.” Kale put a hand on Shihori’s shoulder, “That isn’t true. You deserve to live after what happened to your mother. She would want you to carry her memory on forever. You know, all my life people told me I was good for nothing and wouldn’t amount to anything, but my Sis, Caulifla, she believed in me no matter what. During the tournament we fought in with your mom, even when we failed, she believed in me. I’m sure your father loves you and believes in you, I’m sure he wants to see you again, no matter what.” Shihori wiped her eyes and looked to Kale who gave her a smile, “Everyone needs people they can count on. We’ll help you get home to see your father again and I’m sure one day you’ll see your mother again too.” Shihori broke down again and gave a clingy hug to Kale, this surprised her for a moment, but she reciprocated and made sure that Shihori knew that she had friends that she could count on.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">A couple of weeks later, Shihori was discussing her plans about finding the Dragon Balls with Kale and Caulifla over dinner. Caulifla was stuffing her face with meat and rice but decided to talk anyway, “So…you need…. *munch* the Super Dragon Balls…*munch* to wish back your mom and anyone else…*munch* the demons killed?” Shihori nodded with her face stuffed full of food as well. Kale blinked as the two tried to converse with their mouths full of food, she sighed. Caulifla washed down her dinner with a large glass of beer and let out a satisfied, “Ahhh.” Shihori did the same but with a half-gallon of water and settled in patting her stomach like her father would do after he finished a meal. “Don’t worry, shrimp. I’ve got the perfect plan to get you on your way. We just have to get you over to Lord Champa’s place and he can tell you where to find these Dragon Balls.” Caulifla looked satisfied with herself but was getting an intense stare from Kale, “What?!” Kale cleared her throat, “Do you think it’s such a good idea to have her just drop in on him unannounced? He is the God of Destruction after all.” Shihori sat up in her chair and waved her hand dismissing Kale’s comment, “Oh, is that all? I’m friends with our God of Destruction and Angel. Totally nice guys once you get to know them.” Caulifla snapped her fingers and gave Kale an ‘I told you so’ look. “See? The kid has it all worked out. So tomorrow at dawn we launch the operation!” Kale just sighed and Shihori was wondering by what she meant by operation.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">At dawn the next day, Shihori was led by Caulifla with Kale in tow to the Sadala Defense Forces headquarters in the city. Kale looked nervous but Caulifla kept her stride and walked right up to the security checkpoint like she owned the place. “Oy, I’m here to see a Cabba. Is that scrawny…I mean, is he here right now?” Caulifla tried to bat her eyelashes at the guard who gave her a dumbfounded look given her demeanor. “Who’re you and what do you want?” Caulifla covered her mouth with the back of her hand and gave the guard a light chuckle, “Oh, dear. Maybe I didn’t make myself clear.” She grabbed up the guard by the collar and lifted him off the ground one handed with an intensely displeased look on her face. “You call Cabba and tell that scrawny mother f*$@%# to bring his ass here now! Do I make myself clear?” The guard was sweating bullets and gave her a nod like he understood so he grabbed up the radio to call for Cabba. Caulifla smiled back to Kale and Shihori whose jaws were both on the ground from her antics. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">A few minutes later, Cabba marched over to the gate to see the guard tied up and gagged at his post. Caulifla was leaning up against the wall with her arms crossed like she was just passing the time. “What’s the meaning of this, Caulifla?!” She gestured and around the corner came Kale and Shihori, who was wearing a backpack like she was going on a trip. “We need to borrow your ship. Shihori needs to see Lord Champa.” Cabba looked beside himself with anger but sighed with relent as he had an underlying desire to protect innocent souls such as Shihori. “Fine! Just follow me and keep quiet.” Caulifla snapped her fingers like it was mission accomplished and strode past the gate with her arms tucked behind her head, Kale and Shihori followed her and once they met up with Cabba, Shihori gave him a sweet smile, “Thanks, Cabba.” He just blushed and ruffled his hair as he followed along behind the group, “I’m so going to get fired for this.” Behind them the tied-up guard bounced on his rear and tried to call out for help from behind his gag in vain. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Cabba opened the ship door for them and lead them inside, it was a smaller personal sized craft of the Sadala Defense Forces. He led Shihori over to the pilot’s chair and explained the navigation and controls of the craft. “I’ve got this, my mom showed me how to fly a few times.” Cabba seemed satisfied by her competency and made a further point about the trip, “It’s going to take a few days to get there from here. If you need to stop for supplies or anything these are the safe planets for you to visit, I mean, Super Saiyan aside.” He looked embarrassed and rubbed the back of his head as he gave her a little laugh. “E-arth? What a weird name.” Shihori looked over the navigational chart and set her bag down in the cockpit. She surprised Cabba by giving him a tight hug in thanks. “Thank you, Cabba. I’ll never forget your generosity.” Cabba got red in the face and patted her on the back awkwardly. Next Shihori went up to Caulifla and held out her fist to bump which Caulifla did so enthusiastically m, “You’re not a half bad fighter, shrimp. You take care of yourself out there.” Shihori smiled and turned her attention to Kale who stood shyly near the door of the ship. Kale stepped up to her and took her by the hand, giving it a squeeze and smiling down to the young girl with tears in her eyes. “You’re going to be okay, Shihori, I just know that you’re meant for great things.” Shihori fought back tears herself and fell forward into a clingy hug while burying her face in Kale’s shirt. “I’m going to miss you, Kale. You’re like the big sis I never had.” Kale wiped the tears off her face and wrapped an arm around Shihori to give her a proper hug. “Then little sister it is.” Shihori pulled back and wiped the tears out of her eyes and put on a big smile, she was so happy to have found people who were willing to accept her, and she even made a big sister out of whole ordeal. Once all the proper good-byes were said Shihori set herself up for the next leg of her journey to get back to her father. The ship took off and hovered in the air, she waved out of the cockpit window at her new friends before soaring off to the stars.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Shihori reviewed the navigational charts and found the coordinates for the world of the God of Destruction in the log, but it sure was a long way off and she only had enough food and water for a few days. She knew she would have to stock up along the way, so Earth seemed like a good choice since the name sounded so funny and Cabba mentioned that it was a safe place anyhow. So, she punched in the coordinates for Earth and settled in for the voyage, her heart raced with excitement at being off on her own and the prospect of reuniting with her father.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Universe 6, <em>Planet Earth</em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">It seemed like no time at all before the ship came rocketing down through Earth’s atmosphere and Shihori stretched with a yawn and scratched as she seemed to have dozed off along the way. Once that beautiful blue sky with white puffy clouds came into view she was amazed at the beauty of this world, it seemed so peaceful and picturesque. Once she found a good place to set the ship down, she disembarked with her backpack around her shoulders and took a deep breath of the fresh air. “Alright, let’s get some food and see the sights.”, she said enthusiastically. She leapt into the air and took off in the direction of a city she flew over on her way down. After a few minutes flight time she landed in the middle of the city much to the surprise of a few startled pedestrians, but she seemed blissfully unaware of their shocked gazes focused in on the flying girl with rabbit ears. She spun around and looked at all the tall buildings around her “Wow, so big.” Shihori began to walk down the street in search of a meal and it didn’t take long. She smelled one of the most delicious aromas she had every encountered in all her life, “Holy crap! What is that?” She followed her nose to the front of a restaurant adorned with colorful banners and signs that bore pictures of bowls with soup and long noodles in the mix, “Ra-men?” she said trying to sound it out. She stepped inside to a gracious greeting, “Irasshaimase!” This startled her at first, but she was overwhelmed by all the wonderful sights and smells of the establishment. She crept up to the counter and found herself an empty seat to take. She removed her backpack and set it down in front of her as she hopped up onto the chair. There were a few chefs tending to the food and serving up delicious looking portions of soup in big bowls. One of them came up to her and set a glass of water down on the counter in front of her and said, “Ah, nice cosplay, convention in town again? Anyway, what’ll you have, young lady?” Shihori looked confused when the man was referring to her ears, but she looked up to the picture menu and saw one that looked particularly delicious, “Ton-kat-su?” The man nodded, “House specialty. Good choice.” Then he was off and a few minutes later he set down a piping hot bowl in front of her with so many delicious looking ingredients. At least they had chopsticks which she used at home, she broke the wooden pair in half and took her first bites of noodles. Her eyes grew wide with excitement, “This is amazing!” The chef behind the counter smiled and laughed at her enthusiasm as she dug into the meal, it didn’t last long at all as she somehow managed to slurp up all the noodles in one giant disgusting stream and then she quickly chugged down the remains left in the bowl. The patrons beside her and everyone behind the counter were left stunned and slightly nauseated by this display of hunger, but Shihori politely dabbed her mouth with her napkin and held up the bowl for seconds. “Can I have some more please?” The chef nodded quietly and went to refill her bowl.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Several minutes and a dozen bowls later, Shihori washed down her meal with some more water and let out a very satisfied “AHHH!” Everyone was staring and taking pictures of the tiny girl who powered through the meal like a competitive eater. Shihori patted her stomach and was suddenly handed a tall receipt which indicated her bill for the meal. She was left speechless, and her face looked at the bill in dismay at all the numbers which she didn’t have in her pockets. She began to snicker timidly as the chef waited for her to cough up the money. Later that day, Shihori was in the back of the restaurant with her hair tied into a ponytail and her ears pinned back under a hair net, she was over a large sink continuing to wash dishes to repay her debt. She sighed to herself and continued scrubbing the dirty dishware wearing a pair of rubber gloves. The chef who she had dealt with earlier in the day came into the back, “Alright, kid. I think that’ll do. Here.” He held out some money which she took and looked back up to him confused, “Seems you worked off your meal and then some. Next time, make sure you have a little walking around money.” Shihori smiled to the man and pulled off her dish washing uniform and hurried out the back. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">As she headed back across town to make her way to her ship, she spotted a store with packaged food and such on the shelves. She slipped inside with a *beep beep beep* chime as she pushed open the door and started to look around the shelves at the different items on display. She noticed that they had a packaged version of ramen on the shelves which she decided to grab up quite a few, a pack of sweets, and a liter bottle of iced tea. She went up to the cashier who rang up everything and she handed over the money that the man from the restaurant had given her, she received back a little bit of change which she tucked into her backpack along with the items she bought. She pressed on and once she was clear of the city, she took off into the air to head back to her ship and continue with her journey.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Universe 6, <em>Planet Zorert</em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">A few days later, Shihori was on another alien world in this strange universe, she had entered a city and managed to trade some of her supplies for some currency so she could get a nice hot meal. She was eating some grilled meat on a stick when there was an explosion a few blocks away which sent the masses scrambling for cover. She took the last bite of her food and tossed the stick into the trash before she rushed to see what was causing the commotion. Shihori pushed her way through the crowd of people fleeing the opposite direction and soon came upon a group of terrified looking citizens who were staring at a short, blue, and white skinned alien with black horns poking out the sides of his head. “Everyone if I may have your attention please.” The alien smirked as he surveyed the remaining frightened citizens too afraid to move. “I am Frost and I have come here today to rid you of the troublesome burden that is freedom. From now on you shall have benevolent guidance in your pathetic lives as you serve under me, your ruler.” Frost tucked his hands behind his back and took a few steps forward and gazed down at the cowering people that fell to their knees before him, “Anyone who disagrees please step forward now so we may deal with any reservations you might be having.” A short statured set of rabbit ears floated through the crowd and pushed their way to the front of the group of people, Shihori looked across to Frost with an air of insubordination about her. Frost was both surprised and delighted by the sudden appearance of this child willing to stand up to his hostile takeover. “Oh my, the bravest among you is nothing but a child. Well, no matter…” Frost raised a finger up and charged a red point of energy at his finger tip which shot out aimed for Shihori’s chest, the crowd gasped in terror but before the energy beam impacted on her it crashed into the ground with a loud bang. Frost’s eyes widened in surprise at Shihori who had smacked down the attack with a simple knife hand. “What is the meaning of this?” Shihori’s face remained focused and defiant as she proceeded to walk toward the tyrant. “You said your name was Frost, am I right?” Frost regained his composure and shot the young lady a serious look, “Indeed I am. How unfortunate for you to decide to stand up for yourself today.” Shihori stopped a few paces short of him and gave him a cocky smirk, “I’ve been dying to meet you.” Frost chuckled to himself, “That’s the idea….” He was cut off in mid-sentence as Shihori vanished from sight and had gotten past him in a flash, she grappled onto his horns and before he knew it, he was airborne and being flung by a mere child. Shihori had whipped Frost around with great force and threw him clear of the city limits and any innocent bystanders that might get hurt.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Frost came crashing down into the ground and rolled up to his feet as he was now hundreds of yards removed from the city perimeter. He appeared to have landed in a small grassy clearing surrounded by trees with some rocky outcroppings dotted inside the area. Shihori came to a soft landing a short distance away not too long after Frost regained his balance, he gritted his teeth in anger and shouted, “Who do you think you are?! I’ll kill you for this!” Shihori scoffed at his remarks, “Please can we just get on with the showboating, I have places I need to be.” Frost grew angry by the dismissive comments from this little girl and launched himself in to attack with a right straight directed at her face. Shihori caught Frost’s fist and slid backwards on her toes from the force of the blow with a smirk on her face. Frost reeled back and whipped his tail around which Shihori cleaning dodged by leaning back “Oh please, you might as well transform and use your full power because you’re never going to get anywhere like that.” Frost seemed stunned by his outing of holding back his power, “What?! How could you?” He exhaled sharply with a “Hmph. No matter, it will be even more pleasing to finish you off.” Shihori continued to grin at him in a very smart manner. Frost clenched his fists tightly and began to raise his power level to transform directly into his true form, a brilliant light flashed outward which caused Shihori to shield her eyes. Once the light cleared from view, Frost stood in his final true form which by appearances seemed to be far less threatening than before but somehow felt even more ominous. “Well, what do you think, little girl? Are you prepared to meet your untimely demise?” Shihori laughed aloud at his boasting, “Ha! Not so fast. You showed me yours now let me show you mine.” Shihori punctuated her statement by raising her power level quickly, while Frost was unable to sense the increase in pressure from her power level skyrocketing he took a step backward while a golden surrounded the young girl, her hair rose into the air before flashing to gold, her red eyes cooled to a piercing blue. “Su…...Super…Saiyan?!”, he stated in disbelief of what he was seeing just now as even her rabbit ears glowed with a golden hue in her aura. “I want to see just how strong you are, Frost.” Shihori beckoned Frost to come at her which incensed him to the point he recklessly attacked with a flying kick. Shihori ducked low and deflected the blow off the back of her hand as she came underneath him and buried her fist into his stomach. Frost stumbled backward clutching his gut, saliva dripping from the corners of his mouth. “Damn you. Who do you think you are?!” Shihori clenched her fist and shouted him down, “I’m your worst nightmare, bitch!!” She leapt forward to attack and began to pummel him across the open ground, but Frost was not done just yet, he had caught on to the attack pattern and locked up her arm with a tight grapple. “Hehehe. Keep dreaming, runt.” He flipped her over face first into the ground and spun his tail around to whip her across the ground into the rocks some distance away. Frost charged up two beams from his fingers and rapidly fired them in the direction where she landed, hoping to quickly finish her off and be done with this nuisance. He noticed that the last of his attacks seemed to veer off from their trajectories and collide with the ground some distance away. Behind the dust shown a golden aura which grew closer and closer at a rapid pace, out burst Shihori who was dirtied and a little bruised, but she came in with a swift spin kick which drove him into the ground. She shot out her hands and shouted, “KITSUNE-HA!!!!!” and a blue energy wave shout out from her palms which seemed to bear down on an incredibly surprised Frost. Shihori broke off the attack once she could no longer see him at the point of impact. Frost came in with blinding speed from her right side and a surprised Shihori barely had time to lift her forearm to block a crushing kick. “Underestimating me is the last thing you’ll ever do, girl.” Shihori released her block and swiped a rising front kick at him which he easily dodged leaving an after image in his place. “I’ve fought your kind before. I know your tricks and I’m not impressed. Let me show you something else before I bring the curtain down on you for good.” Frost cockily held up a finger to indicate for her to pay attention. He began to raise his power level even further to it’s most extreme limits and his muscles bulged from his torso. This gave Shihori pause, she hadn’t experienced anything like this since her spar with Kale had she felt such an overwhelming pressure from her opponent. Frost disappeared from where he stood and came crashing into Shihori like a ton of bricks, smashing the young girl down into the ground with tremendous force. Shihori was left breathless from the attack and gasped as Frost brought a kick down to crush her against the earth. Shihori only just rolled out of the way in time as Frost collapsed the soil into a large sink hole. Frost barely gave her time to recover and he dove upon her in an instant. Shihori traded blows with him to little effect but was staggered quite a distance by the blow. Frost came in to finish this off while he maintained his full power, but Shihori managed to lock hands with him in a power struggle which slowly began to collapse her down to the ground. “Ha ha ha ha! Your fraught resistance is useless, submit and I may allow you a quick death.” Shihori sank to a knee and cast him a defiant gaze from below, “Not when I have you right where I want you.” She sneered at him and gripped down harder on his hands with a crushing force, she pushed him back which slowly caved in his posture until he was leaning backward under her ever rising power. “It can’t be…. you’re a monster.” Shihori cried out and her energy exploded outward directly in his face which sent him flying across the field into a rocky alcove. She had transformed even higher into Super Saiyan 3 and began to walk toward him with energy being siphoned from her sparking aura and focus it into her right fist. Frost was paralyzed by fear of this child who drew ever closer with her piercing blue eyes. She finally dashed forward with blinding speed and came sailing toward him with her fist glowing right fist ready to strike him down, “USAGI no ken!!!!” She brought the strike down on him and when it made contact all the energy concentrated into the target at a tremendous rate that it exploded outward leaving absolute devastation in its wake. Frost opened his eyes and saw a brown-haired girl looming over him with her fist extended just past his face. The entire alcove of rocks was completely wiped from the face of the earth with barely a pebble left as a reminder of what had once been. Shihori withdrew her fist which she clenched in front of her body. “Mama was right. You’re extremely strong.” Frost was confused and gave her a bewildered look, “What? What do you mean?” Shihori gave him a grin, “You fought my mother Sorrel in the Tournament of Power and she told me you handily defeated her.” She closed her eyes reminiscing of that conversation she had with her. The excitement she felt when she heard about all the strong people that took part in the tournament. “You’re not an evil guy, Frost. Misguided but not evil.” She held out her hand to him to assist him to stand up to his feet. He looked at her offered hand for a moment warily but accepted it, nonetheless. “I’m glad I got to meet you. Even though she lost, it made her happy to have fought someone so strong. Thank you.” Shihori turned and began to walk away which left Frost utterly confused. He didn’t know what to say, he had been so callous and yet this child was treating him like a long-lost friend. “What’s your name, kid?” She turned back and beamed at him, “It’s Shihori. See you around and remember to behave.” She waved before she leapt into the air and departed from the scene, leaving Frost looking up at the sky in amazement of what had just transpired.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="India Actual, post: 1580, member: 80"] [COLOR=rgb(204, 204, 204)][B][SIZE=4][FONT=verdana]Chapter 6: (Part 2)[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [FONT=verdana] Universe 6, [I]Planet Sadala[/I] Shihori pulled on her white boots and gave her white sash a tug to ensure it was taught. Her damaged clothing was replaced thanks to Caulifla and Kale. She exited the spare room she used to change and caught the attention of the two women sitting at the table. There was a new face in the room, the young man from before was near the door leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. They threw each other an awkward glance before Caulifla pushed out a chair for Shihori to come join them at the table. Once she was settled in, Caulifla folded her hands and studied her for a moment, “So you’re from the ninth universe, your father is a Saiyan from the seventh universe and your mother is that rabbit we fought in the tournament? Remember, Kale?” Kale nodded shyly. Caulifla continued, “So how did you wind up here in Universe 6?” Shihori struggled with her thoughts for a moment but her bright red eyes grew wide and welled up with tears when she recalled the events surrounding Towa and Mak, she worried about her father being left behind in an entirely separate universe with no way to reach him. She wiped her eyes and looked up to Caulifla directly across the table from her. “It was this demon named Towa, it’s her fault that I’m here.” Caulifla looked uncomfortable having to deal with a crying child and Kale just continued to appear uncomfortable from the moment Shihori laid eyes on her. It was the young man who spoke up next from across the room, “Shihori, now that you’re here there’s nothing to fear. We can keep you safe.” Shihori looked up with shock at this gesture of compassion from a stranger, but a sudden interjection of “Pffffttt” by Caulifla broke the mood right away, “Give it a rest, Cabba. There’s nothing some weak ass Sadala Defense Force member like you can do that I can’t accomplish a hundred times better.” Cabba suddenly grew red in the face and clutched his fists in anger, “Oh yeah? Maybe if you weren’t such a thug who was busy causing havoc all the time….” Caulifla stood up and got face to face with Cabba, “Who’re you callin’ a thug?” Kale grew embarrassed and seemed to want to get between the two but Shihori banged a fist down on the table, “Enough!” This put a stop to their squabbling for the moment and Shihori strode across the room to the front door. She pulled it open, “When you two are done with your pissing contest, I’ll be outside.” She slammed the door behind her and left everyone stunned with her admonishment of their bickering. Shihori leapt up to the roof and sunk her head down in her hands, she used to always sit on her roof at home to watch sunsets with her parents, it gave her a sense of peace and familiarity. “What am I going to do? This is all so messed up.”, she racked her brain to sort things out. She could hear Caulifla and Cabba going back and forth blaming one another for chasing her away, although she had found what seemed like a safe place amongst her people, she felt anxious being here and felt like it was hard to breathe. She closed her eyes to try and block everything out and calm herself down but that only let her darker thoughts creep into her mind. She started thinking about her mother again and seeing her near death in the clutches of Mira, she couldn’t control her emotions as the tears began to spill from her eyes and she sobbed to herself, her hands were shaking and she buried her face in her knees. Sorrel called out to her in her mind, “Shihori” which she could swear she heard plain as day in her ears. Shihori broke down and cried when she thought she heard her mother’s voice calling out to her. “I’m sorry I let you die. It should have been me. I miss you so much, Mama.” Kale was down below out of sight with a look of concern for the young girl. A few days later, Caulifla and Kale had taken Shihori out to train at her request, she wanted to see how she had healed and prove her abilities to these two Saiyan women. Out in the desert Caulifla and Kale stood opposite of Shihori, a light breeze blowing across the landscape which caused Shihori’s ears to sway in the breeze. “If I’m going to find a way back home, I need to be strong enough to handle anything that gets in my way. So, come on and bring everything you’ve got.” Shihori said with a striking amount of confidence in her voice. Caulifla smirked and Kale gave her a look of concern. “I hope you know what you’re asking for, squirt. Cause here I come!” Caulifla quickly dashed in a threw a strike which Shihori narrowly evaded with a twist of her torso. Shihori grabbed her arm and twisted around fully to hip toss her across the open desert. Shihori shot a look to Kale and gave her a nod to show that she was all right with this and so Kale leapt into the fray and mixed it up with Shihori in hand to hand. While the two ladies were busy Caulifla caught her footing and looked back to the little lady, “Tch. Like it’d be that easy.” She came back in and tried to jump Shihori by surprise who was preoccupied with Kale’s attacks, but Shihori’s ears twitched and quickly spun to meet the attack head on and switch dancing partners. A flurry of fists and feet came for her and she fell back to the basics of her martial arts to preserve economy of motion and use simple movements to evade or parry each attack. “Come on guys, this can’t be all you’ve got?”, she said smartly. This set Caulifla off and she leapt backwards and focused on building up her power. “HAAAAAAAAAH!” Kale fell back and did so in unison with Caulifla clenching her fists and raising her power until both ladies’ energies exploded in golden auras and they completed their transformations to Super Saiyan. Shihori smiled to herself, “Heh. Now it’s a party.” She instantly transformed into Super Saiyan and got into a wide stance to meet their attacks. Both Kale and Caulifla started to work in tandem to attack the young girl, but their powers seemed evenly matched and Shihori was the more skilled martial artist of the group. She came in low and caught Caulifla in the stomach with an elbow which stopped her in her tracks but Shihori kept pressing forward to Kale who hesitated once she saw Caulifla get hit. “Eyes up here.” A flash of white came in from Kale’s peripheral vision and she caught a boot to the side of the face which sent her bouncing across the ground. “Kale!” Caulifla cried out as she used this opportunity to reel around and grab Shihori who was still airborne, she caught her by the neck in a clothesline and drove her into the ground. Shihori’s head bounced off the ground which made her see stars and Caulifla grabbed her up by an ankle, she dug in and whipped Shihori as hard as she could into some rocks. Kale recovered and met back up with Caulifla just as she sent the young girl flying. The rubble began to quake and exploded into tiny debris and smoke as Shihori emerged powered up into Super Saiyan 2, electric discharge sparking around her aura as she came in like a missile to mix it up with Caulifla who was quickly overwhelmed by the increase in power and smashed down into the ground with a kick. Kale powered up into Super Saiyan 2 herself and traded blows with Shihori who looked determined but noticeably tired, droplets of sweat creased her forehead and Kale grew concerned that she was pushing herself too hard. “I think you’ve had enough.” Shihori grit her teeth and exploded with a combination barrage of fists which ended in a side kick to the chest for Kale, “NO! Stop patronizing me and fight!” Caulifla stood back up and powered up to Super Saiyan 2 herself to come in on Shihori with blazing speed and smash her across the jaw with a right cross. This smashed the young lady down to the ground but surprisingly Shihori caught herself on a knee and twisted her head some to absorb the force of the blow. She sneered at Caulifla whose fist was still pressed into her face. A leg was swept around which took Caulifla off her feet and she was sent into the ground with a double hammer fist. Shihori panted for air and pressed a hand against her stomach to hold in the pain. Kale brought herself back to her feet and called out to her, “Shihori, stop this or someone is going to get hurt. Enough!” Shihori thumbed some blood from the corner of her mouth and looked incensed at the notion, “Stop treating me like a kid! Come at me like you’re going to kill me!” She dashed forward and started to beat on Kale who was both unprepared and unwilling to continue with this self-destructive behavior. Like an instinctive reaction Kale’s power surged and she grabbed onto Shihori’s fists before they came in for the next strike, her eyes washed over completely white and her muscles swelled to more than twice the normal size. Shihori was shocked and caught off guard from this transformation she had never seen, but her marveling didn’t last long as she was smashed into the ground from side to side like a toy. “GAH!” Shihori lost consciousness for a moment and when she was finally released, she huddled against the ground in a shaky posture. “What is this crazy transformation?” Kale wasn’t herself now and cried out as she continued to press the attack and slammed heavy handed blows down against Shihori’s weak guard which was quickly smashed and brought her to her knees. Caulifla recovered now and noticed that Kale was on the rampage, “Damnit! Kale stop it!” She tried to get in the way but was quickly swept aside with a back hand. Shihori rolled and dodged the best she could but knew that her only chance at surviving now would be to push herself as hard she could go now. Before Kale’s next attack Shihori channeled all her power which shook the very earth which they stood upon, Caulifla watched in awe and horror as the young girl’s energy exploded and she transformed into Super Saiyan 3. Shihori was able to keep up with this berserk, overpowered version of Kale for now but her body felt like it was on fire. “Kale! Stop it! I don’t want to lose you!” Caulifla called out again as she tried to reach her dear friend, this gave Kale momentary pause. Shihori took advantage and charged up her right arm with as much power as she could bring forth, she felt the blood rise in her mouth which she spat out onto the ground. “Come at me, Kale! It’s my fault that she’s gone! I deserved to die not her!” In that moment of truth, all her feelings came pouring out to reach everyone present, she was done with all the anger and pain she felt, she was done with reliving her mother’s death again and again, she wanted release. She pushed her body further and Kale’s eyes became clear as Caulifla dove in to reach them both. “Nooooooo!” Shihori leapt forward with her ki charged fist, ready to feign blasting Kale at point blank range, she meant for this to be a suicidal charge and a release from all the suffering she had been feeling. Kale now back to her normal Super Saiyan 2 form, looked to accept Shihori’s feelings and take the deadly blow head on. Shihori met her eyes and was stunned that she would bear the burden of her pain. The blow never came as the young girl collapsed down to the ground on all fours with blood being coughed up and dripping down her chin, “Kale……I” she immediately reverted to her base form and fell face first down to the ground in a growing pool of blood. Kale was sitting beside Shihori’s bedside, the young lady had really done some damage to herself by pushing her wounded body too hard, too fast. Shihori’s eyes opened with startled look as she tried to sit up but winced in pain, holding her re-opened wounds on her stomach. Kale stood up quite shocked herself, but Shihori wouldn’t meet her eyes out of shame for what she had done. Kale turned to leave “I’m sorry. I just wanted to check on you to make sure you were alright.” Shihori reached out to stop Kale from leaving, “No, please, I don’t want to be alone.” She wiped the tears that were welling up in her eyes and gestured for Kale to sit by her. Kale did so but looked timid like she wanted to ask her something and started off shyly, “Um, Shihori, if it’s okay, I’d like to ask you, um, why did you say all that earlier?” Shihori shook her head and sniffled, “I’m sorry for what I did, but I’ve been feeling so angry lately, then it’s turned into me being really sad and I can’t take it anymore. I’ve had enough and I don’t want to feel this way anymore.” Kale thought on this for a moment and spoke up more clearly, “Did something happen you?” Shihori’s lip quivered as she thought about it and she managed a nod before covering her eyes to wipe away more tears, “My mom was killed not too long. Now my father and I are trying to find a way to bring her back.” Kale looked saddened by the truth about Sorrel, while she didn’t know her personally, she did meet the Universe 9 fighters in the tournament, and it put a face to Shihori’s pain. “I’m sorry, you must have really loved your mom.” Shihori nodded and wiped her face so she didn’t start ugly crying. “I love both my parents so much. I yelled at my dad before I got sent here, I told him to leave me alone. I know he could see I was hurting and all he wanted to do was comfort me, but I acted like a stupid kid. Now I may never have the chance to tell him I’m sorry.” Tears started to fall and her face trembled as she was trying to hold in so much emotion in right now. “I don’t know what happened to him but maybe he thinks I’m dead too. Maybe I deserve to die for failing my mom.” Kale put a hand on Shihori’s shoulder, “That isn’t true. You deserve to live after what happened to your mother. She would want you to carry her memory on forever. You know, all my life people told me I was good for nothing and wouldn’t amount to anything, but my Sis, Caulifla, she believed in me no matter what. During the tournament we fought in with your mom, even when we failed, she believed in me. I’m sure your father loves you and believes in you, I’m sure he wants to see you again, no matter what.” Shihori wiped her eyes and looked to Kale who gave her a smile, “Everyone needs people they can count on. We’ll help you get home to see your father again and I’m sure one day you’ll see your mother again too.” Shihori broke down again and gave a clingy hug to Kale, this surprised her for a moment, but she reciprocated and made sure that Shihori knew that she had friends that she could count on. A couple of weeks later, Shihori was discussing her plans about finding the Dragon Balls with Kale and Caulifla over dinner. Caulifla was stuffing her face with meat and rice but decided to talk anyway, “So…you need…. *munch* the Super Dragon Balls…*munch* to wish back your mom and anyone else…*munch* the demons killed?” Shihori nodded with her face stuffed full of food as well. Kale blinked as the two tried to converse with their mouths full of food, she sighed. Caulifla washed down her dinner with a large glass of beer and let out a satisfied, “Ahhh.” Shihori did the same but with a half-gallon of water and settled in patting her stomach like her father would do after he finished a meal. “Don’t worry, shrimp. I’ve got the perfect plan to get you on your way. We just have to get you over to Lord Champa’s place and he can tell you where to find these Dragon Balls.” Caulifla looked satisfied with herself but was getting an intense stare from Kale, “What?!” Kale cleared her throat, “Do you think it’s such a good idea to have her just drop in on him unannounced? He is the God of Destruction after all.” Shihori sat up in her chair and waved her hand dismissing Kale’s comment, “Oh, is that all? I’m friends with our God of Destruction and Angel. Totally nice guys once you get to know them.” Caulifla snapped her fingers and gave Kale an ‘I told you so’ look. “See? The kid has it all worked out. So tomorrow at dawn we launch the operation!” Kale just sighed and Shihori was wondering by what she meant by operation. At dawn the next day, Shihori was led by Caulifla with Kale in tow to the Sadala Defense Forces headquarters in the city. Kale looked nervous but Caulifla kept her stride and walked right up to the security checkpoint like she owned the place. “Oy, I’m here to see a Cabba. Is that scrawny…I mean, is he here right now?” Caulifla tried to bat her eyelashes at the guard who gave her a dumbfounded look given her demeanor. “Who’re you and what do you want?” Caulifla covered her mouth with the back of her hand and gave the guard a light chuckle, “Oh, dear. Maybe I didn’t make myself clear.” She grabbed up the guard by the collar and lifted him off the ground one handed with an intensely displeased look on her face. “You call Cabba and tell that scrawny mother f*$@%# to bring his ass here now! Do I make myself clear?” The guard was sweating bullets and gave her a nod like he understood so he grabbed up the radio to call for Cabba. Caulifla smiled back to Kale and Shihori whose jaws were both on the ground from her antics. A few minutes later, Cabba marched over to the gate to see the guard tied up and gagged at his post. Caulifla was leaning up against the wall with her arms crossed like she was just passing the time. “What’s the meaning of this, Caulifla?!” She gestured and around the corner came Kale and Shihori, who was wearing a backpack like she was going on a trip. “We need to borrow your ship. Shihori needs to see Lord Champa.” Cabba looked beside himself with anger but sighed with relent as he had an underlying desire to protect innocent souls such as Shihori. “Fine! Just follow me and keep quiet.” Caulifla snapped her fingers like it was mission accomplished and strode past the gate with her arms tucked behind her head, Kale and Shihori followed her and once they met up with Cabba, Shihori gave him a sweet smile, “Thanks, Cabba.” He just blushed and ruffled his hair as he followed along behind the group, “I’m so going to get fired for this.” Behind them the tied-up guard bounced on his rear and tried to call out for help from behind his gag in vain. Cabba opened the ship door for them and lead them inside, it was a smaller personal sized craft of the Sadala Defense Forces. He led Shihori over to the pilot’s chair and explained the navigation and controls of the craft. “I’ve got this, my mom showed me how to fly a few times.” Cabba seemed satisfied by her competency and made a further point about the trip, “It’s going to take a few days to get there from here. If you need to stop for supplies or anything these are the safe planets for you to visit, I mean, Super Saiyan aside.” He looked embarrassed and rubbed the back of his head as he gave her a little laugh. “E-arth? What a weird name.” Shihori looked over the navigational chart and set her bag down in the cockpit. She surprised Cabba by giving him a tight hug in thanks. “Thank you, Cabba. I’ll never forget your generosity.” Cabba got red in the face and patted her on the back awkwardly. Next Shihori went up to Caulifla and held out her fist to bump which Caulifla did so enthusiastically m, “You’re not a half bad fighter, shrimp. You take care of yourself out there.” Shihori smiled and turned her attention to Kale who stood shyly near the door of the ship. Kale stepped up to her and took her by the hand, giving it a squeeze and smiling down to the young girl with tears in her eyes. “You’re going to be okay, Shihori, I just know that you’re meant for great things.” Shihori fought back tears herself and fell forward into a clingy hug while burying her face in Kale’s shirt. “I’m going to miss you, Kale. You’re like the big sis I never had.” Kale wiped the tears off her face and wrapped an arm around Shihori to give her a proper hug. “Then little sister it is.” Shihori pulled back and wiped the tears out of her eyes and put on a big smile, she was so happy to have found people who were willing to accept her, and she even made a big sister out of whole ordeal. Once all the proper good-byes were said Shihori set herself up for the next leg of her journey to get back to her father. The ship took off and hovered in the air, she waved out of the cockpit window at her new friends before soaring off to the stars. Shihori reviewed the navigational charts and found the coordinates for the world of the God of Destruction in the log, but it sure was a long way off and she only had enough food and water for a few days. She knew she would have to stock up along the way, so Earth seemed like a good choice since the name sounded so funny and Cabba mentioned that it was a safe place anyhow. So, she punched in the coordinates for Earth and settled in for the voyage, her heart raced with excitement at being off on her own and the prospect of reuniting with her father. Universe 6, [I]Planet Earth[/I] It seemed like no time at all before the ship came rocketing down through Earth’s atmosphere and Shihori stretched with a yawn and scratched as she seemed to have dozed off along the way. Once that beautiful blue sky with white puffy clouds came into view she was amazed at the beauty of this world, it seemed so peaceful and picturesque. Once she found a good place to set the ship down, she disembarked with her backpack around her shoulders and took a deep breath of the fresh air. “Alright, let’s get some food and see the sights.”, she said enthusiastically. She leapt into the air and took off in the direction of a city she flew over on her way down. After a few minutes flight time she landed in the middle of the city much to the surprise of a few startled pedestrians, but she seemed blissfully unaware of their shocked gazes focused in on the flying girl with rabbit ears. She spun around and looked at all the tall buildings around her “Wow, so big.” Shihori began to walk down the street in search of a meal and it didn’t take long. She smelled one of the most delicious aromas she had every encountered in all her life, “Holy crap! What is that?” She followed her nose to the front of a restaurant adorned with colorful banners and signs that bore pictures of bowls with soup and long noodles in the mix, “Ra-men?” she said trying to sound it out. She stepped inside to a gracious greeting, “Irasshaimase!” This startled her at first, but she was overwhelmed by all the wonderful sights and smells of the establishment. She crept up to the counter and found herself an empty seat to take. She removed her backpack and set it down in front of her as she hopped up onto the chair. There were a few chefs tending to the food and serving up delicious looking portions of soup in big bowls. One of them came up to her and set a glass of water down on the counter in front of her and said, “Ah, nice cosplay, convention in town again? Anyway, what’ll you have, young lady?” Shihori looked confused when the man was referring to her ears, but she looked up to the picture menu and saw one that looked particularly delicious, “Ton-kat-su?” The man nodded, “House specialty. Good choice.” Then he was off and a few minutes later he set down a piping hot bowl in front of her with so many delicious looking ingredients. At least they had chopsticks which she used at home, she broke the wooden pair in half and took her first bites of noodles. Her eyes grew wide with excitement, “This is amazing!” The chef behind the counter smiled and laughed at her enthusiasm as she dug into the meal, it didn’t last long at all as she somehow managed to slurp up all the noodles in one giant disgusting stream and then she quickly chugged down the remains left in the bowl. The patrons beside her and everyone behind the counter were left stunned and slightly nauseated by this display of hunger, but Shihori politely dabbed her mouth with her napkin and held up the bowl for seconds. “Can I have some more please?” The chef nodded quietly and went to refill her bowl. Several minutes and a dozen bowls later, Shihori washed down her meal with some more water and let out a very satisfied “AHHH!” Everyone was staring and taking pictures of the tiny girl who powered through the meal like a competitive eater. Shihori patted her stomach and was suddenly handed a tall receipt which indicated her bill for the meal. She was left speechless, and her face looked at the bill in dismay at all the numbers which she didn’t have in her pockets. She began to snicker timidly as the chef waited for her to cough up the money. Later that day, Shihori was in the back of the restaurant with her hair tied into a ponytail and her ears pinned back under a hair net, she was over a large sink continuing to wash dishes to repay her debt. She sighed to herself and continued scrubbing the dirty dishware wearing a pair of rubber gloves. The chef who she had dealt with earlier in the day came into the back, “Alright, kid. I think that’ll do. Here.” He held out some money which she took and looked back up to him confused, “Seems you worked off your meal and then some. Next time, make sure you have a little walking around money.” Shihori smiled to the man and pulled off her dish washing uniform and hurried out the back. As she headed back across town to make her way to her ship, she spotted a store with packaged food and such on the shelves. She slipped inside with a *beep beep beep* chime as she pushed open the door and started to look around the shelves at the different items on display. She noticed that they had a packaged version of ramen on the shelves which she decided to grab up quite a few, a pack of sweets, and a liter bottle of iced tea. She went up to the cashier who rang up everything and she handed over the money that the man from the restaurant had given her, she received back a little bit of change which she tucked into her backpack along with the items she bought. She pressed on and once she was clear of the city, she took off into the air to head back to her ship and continue with her journey. Universe 6, [I]Planet Zorert[/I] A few days later, Shihori was on another alien world in this strange universe, she had entered a city and managed to trade some of her supplies for some currency so she could get a nice hot meal. She was eating some grilled meat on a stick when there was an explosion a few blocks away which sent the masses scrambling for cover. She took the last bite of her food and tossed the stick into the trash before she rushed to see what was causing the commotion. Shihori pushed her way through the crowd of people fleeing the opposite direction and soon came upon a group of terrified looking citizens who were staring at a short, blue, and white skinned alien with black horns poking out the sides of his head. “Everyone if I may have your attention please.” The alien smirked as he surveyed the remaining frightened citizens too afraid to move. “I am Frost and I have come here today to rid you of the troublesome burden that is freedom. From now on you shall have benevolent guidance in your pathetic lives as you serve under me, your ruler.” Frost tucked his hands behind his back and took a few steps forward and gazed down at the cowering people that fell to their knees before him, “Anyone who disagrees please step forward now so we may deal with any reservations you might be having.” A short statured set of rabbit ears floated through the crowd and pushed their way to the front of the group of people, Shihori looked across to Frost with an air of insubordination about her. Frost was both surprised and delighted by the sudden appearance of this child willing to stand up to his hostile takeover. “Oh my, the bravest among you is nothing but a child. Well, no matter…” Frost raised a finger up and charged a red point of energy at his finger tip which shot out aimed for Shihori’s chest, the crowd gasped in terror but before the energy beam impacted on her it crashed into the ground with a loud bang. Frost’s eyes widened in surprise at Shihori who had smacked down the attack with a simple knife hand. “What is the meaning of this?” Shihori’s face remained focused and defiant as she proceeded to walk toward the tyrant. “You said your name was Frost, am I right?” Frost regained his composure and shot the young lady a serious look, “Indeed I am. How unfortunate for you to decide to stand up for yourself today.” Shihori stopped a few paces short of him and gave him a cocky smirk, “I’ve been dying to meet you.” Frost chuckled to himself, “That’s the idea….” He was cut off in mid-sentence as Shihori vanished from sight and had gotten past him in a flash, she grappled onto his horns and before he knew it, he was airborne and being flung by a mere child. Shihori had whipped Frost around with great force and threw him clear of the city limits and any innocent bystanders that might get hurt. Frost came crashing down into the ground and rolled up to his feet as he was now hundreds of yards removed from the city perimeter. He appeared to have landed in a small grassy clearing surrounded by trees with some rocky outcroppings dotted inside the area. Shihori came to a soft landing a short distance away not too long after Frost regained his balance, he gritted his teeth in anger and shouted, “Who do you think you are?! I’ll kill you for this!” Shihori scoffed at his remarks, “Please can we just get on with the showboating, I have places I need to be.” Frost grew angry by the dismissive comments from this little girl and launched himself in to attack with a right straight directed at her face. Shihori caught Frost’s fist and slid backwards on her toes from the force of the blow with a smirk on her face. Frost reeled back and whipped his tail around which Shihori cleaning dodged by leaning back “Oh please, you might as well transform and use your full power because you’re never going to get anywhere like that.” Frost seemed stunned by his outing of holding back his power, “What?! How could you?” He exhaled sharply with a “Hmph. No matter, it will be even more pleasing to finish you off.” Shihori continued to grin at him in a very smart manner. Frost clenched his fists tightly and began to raise his power level to transform directly into his true form, a brilliant light flashed outward which caused Shihori to shield her eyes. Once the light cleared from view, Frost stood in his final true form which by appearances seemed to be far less threatening than before but somehow felt even more ominous. “Well, what do you think, little girl? Are you prepared to meet your untimely demise?” Shihori laughed aloud at his boasting, “Ha! Not so fast. You showed me yours now let me show you mine.” Shihori punctuated her statement by raising her power level quickly, while Frost was unable to sense the increase in pressure from her power level skyrocketing he took a step backward while a golden surrounded the young girl, her hair rose into the air before flashing to gold, her red eyes cooled to a piercing blue. “Su…...Super…Saiyan?!”, he stated in disbelief of what he was seeing just now as even her rabbit ears glowed with a golden hue in her aura. “I want to see just how strong you are, Frost.” Shihori beckoned Frost to come at her which incensed him to the point he recklessly attacked with a flying kick. Shihori ducked low and deflected the blow off the back of her hand as she came underneath him and buried her fist into his stomach. Frost stumbled backward clutching his gut, saliva dripping from the corners of his mouth. “Damn you. Who do you think you are?!” Shihori clenched her fist and shouted him down, “I’m your worst nightmare, bitch!!” She leapt forward to attack and began to pummel him across the open ground, but Frost was not done just yet, he had caught on to the attack pattern and locked up her arm with a tight grapple. “Hehehe. Keep dreaming, runt.” He flipped her over face first into the ground and spun his tail around to whip her across the ground into the rocks some distance away. Frost charged up two beams from his fingers and rapidly fired them in the direction where she landed, hoping to quickly finish her off and be done with this nuisance. He noticed that the last of his attacks seemed to veer off from their trajectories and collide with the ground some distance away. Behind the dust shown a golden aura which grew closer and closer at a rapid pace, out burst Shihori who was dirtied and a little bruised, but she came in with a swift spin kick which drove him into the ground. She shot out her hands and shouted, “KITSUNE-HA!!!!!” and a blue energy wave shout out from her palms which seemed to bear down on an incredibly surprised Frost. Shihori broke off the attack once she could no longer see him at the point of impact. Frost came in with blinding speed from her right side and a surprised Shihori barely had time to lift her forearm to block a crushing kick. “Underestimating me is the last thing you’ll ever do, girl.” Shihori released her block and swiped a rising front kick at him which he easily dodged leaving an after image in his place. “I’ve fought your kind before. I know your tricks and I’m not impressed. Let me show you something else before I bring the curtain down on you for good.” Frost cockily held up a finger to indicate for her to pay attention. He began to raise his power level even further to it’s most extreme limits and his muscles bulged from his torso. This gave Shihori pause, she hadn’t experienced anything like this since her spar with Kale had she felt such an overwhelming pressure from her opponent. Frost disappeared from where he stood and came crashing into Shihori like a ton of bricks, smashing the young girl down into the ground with tremendous force. Shihori was left breathless from the attack and gasped as Frost brought a kick down to crush her against the earth. Shihori only just rolled out of the way in time as Frost collapsed the soil into a large sink hole. Frost barely gave her time to recover and he dove upon her in an instant. Shihori traded blows with him to little effect but was staggered quite a distance by the blow. Frost came in to finish this off while he maintained his full power, but Shihori managed to lock hands with him in a power struggle which slowly began to collapse her down to the ground. “Ha ha ha ha! Your fraught resistance is useless, submit and I may allow you a quick death.” Shihori sank to a knee and cast him a defiant gaze from below, “Not when I have you right where I want you.” She sneered at him and gripped down harder on his hands with a crushing force, she pushed him back which slowly caved in his posture until he was leaning backward under her ever rising power. “It can’t be…. you’re a monster.” Shihori cried out and her energy exploded outward directly in his face which sent him flying across the field into a rocky alcove. She had transformed even higher into Super Saiyan 3 and began to walk toward him with energy being siphoned from her sparking aura and focus it into her right fist. Frost was paralyzed by fear of this child who drew ever closer with her piercing blue eyes. She finally dashed forward with blinding speed and came sailing toward him with her fist glowing right fist ready to strike him down, “USAGI no ken!!!!” She brought the strike down on him and when it made contact all the energy concentrated into the target at a tremendous rate that it exploded outward leaving absolute devastation in its wake. Frost opened his eyes and saw a brown-haired girl looming over him with her fist extended just past his face. The entire alcove of rocks was completely wiped from the face of the earth with barely a pebble left as a reminder of what had once been. Shihori withdrew her fist which she clenched in front of her body. “Mama was right. You’re extremely strong.” Frost was confused and gave her a bewildered look, “What? What do you mean?” Shihori gave him a grin, “You fought my mother Sorrel in the Tournament of Power and she told me you handily defeated her.” She closed her eyes reminiscing of that conversation she had with her. The excitement she felt when she heard about all the strong people that took part in the tournament. “You’re not an evil guy, Frost. Misguided but not evil.” She held out her hand to him to assist him to stand up to his feet. He looked at her offered hand for a moment warily but accepted it, nonetheless. “I’m glad I got to meet you. Even though she lost, it made her happy to have fought someone so strong. Thank you.” Shihori turned and began to walk away which left Frost utterly confused. He didn’t know what to say, he had been so callous and yet this child was treating him like a long-lost friend. “What’s your name, kid?” She turned back and beamed at him, “It’s Shihori. See you around and remember to behave.” She waved before she leapt into the air and departed from the scene, leaving Frost looking up at the sky in amazement of what had just transpired.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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