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A New Destiny: Book 1
Part 6: The Final Lesson

By Rosbter80

A/N: I don not own any of the characters except for King Robert. Also, be sure to have some tissues for this. There will be tears...

Previously: After getting a new sword as well as the exact location of where Friezor's ship was going to land, TK and Burter headed over to rescue Kari and the others taken there by Friezor's soldiers. Once the stage was set, TK easily wiped out the soldiers before powering up to Super Human and took on the now cybernetic Friezor. Cell and the others watched as Burter settled an old score with King Cold, killing him for the death of his only son. In turn, he was struck down by Friezor, who then faced an angry Super Human 2 TK. But, when the dust settled...


"TK, NO!" Kari shouted. Her hot tears blurred her sight.

Nodoka, Genma, Cell, and the rest cried out for the teen, but he was gone. He had been destroyed by Friezor's exploding energy ball.

Cell looked at Friezor angrily. "How many innocent lives must you take before you satisfy your lust for power and revenge?!"

Friezor grinned deviously. "I merely sent him to join his dear cousin in the next world. And soon you will all be joining him."

Burter struggled to his feet, blood still running from his wound. "You're a fool, Friezor," he said. "You once told me... one must never stop fighting... until the fighting is done..."

Friezor raised his one eyebrow. "But it is done, Burter. TK is-."

"FRIEZOR!!"


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TK stood on one of the nearby wrecked buildings. He watched below as Friezor and everyone else believed he was dead. <Almost was. Luckily I teleported out of there before the fireworks began. Now to finish this once and for all!>

He aimed his hand down at Friezor and shouted, "FRIEZOR!!" He then shot a low-level bolt down, which Friezor easily avoided by leaping into the air.

TK then gripped his sword. <Burn in Hell, you monster!>


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The shout caught everyone off guard as they looked up to see a small energy bolt fly at Friezor. The villain leapt into the air, missing the attack, causing it to blow up the ground. "Damn him! He's like a fucking stubborn stain-."

"DIE YOU BASTARD!!!!!!!"

Friezor looked up at the source of the scream. He saw TK fly at him, sword in hand. Too stunned to react, he was helpless as TK sliced him several times with inhuman speed. The last thing he saw was TK just before his vision fractured, blurred, and went dark.

Everyone looked as Friezor's entire body disassembled into many pieces before TK backed away and blew them up with a ki attack. He then sheathed his sword and powered down to normal.

Burter smiled. "Well done... TK..." Then he fell to his knees.

TK looked down as Burter fell. "BURTER," he cried as he raced down to beside his fallen sensei. Cell and the others joined him as he slung Burter's arm over his shoulder. "Cell, you get my family and friends back to their homes! I'm taking Burter back to the Mansion."

Cell nodded. "I'll meet you there afterwards."

TK placed his fingers on his forehead, and then he and Burter vanished.

Cell faced everyone. "Gather closely, everyone. This is gonna be fast."


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Tai paced his parent's living room like mad. He got word from someone at the Mega Avengers that Kari had been kidnapped along several others, including Matt. He tried to tall TK, but he wasn't home. What also shocked him was that a dead man with a gun had been found in TK's bedroom, killed by a small device on his neck.

Sora, his fiancee, watched him from the couch and said, "I'm sure she's okay, Tai. Maybe TK is with her since Matt is also missing."

Suddenly, Cell and Kari appeared and scared Tai and Sora out of their wits. Tai hugged his sister tight and looked at Cell. "I had a feeling you Mega Avengers would somehow save the day again. What happened?"

Cell just said, "Kari will explain everything. Right now, I have to catch up with TK at the Mansion. Ja ne!"

Before he could leave, Kari broke off of Tai and grabbed Cell's arm. "Not without me! You said TK would need me in the aftermath, so I'm going."

Cell looked at her then at Tai, who said, "Go ahead! I'll let our folks know she's okay. Tell TK that Sora and I said hello."

Cell nodded before he and Kari teleported.


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Cell and Kari found themselves in the lounge of the Mega Mansion, where Duo sat in a chair. The teen was so surprised by their appearance, he fell backward, chair and all. "Whoa! Dammit, you two, don't' sneak up on me like that!"

They apologized and asked to be led to see TK and Burter. Duo took them to the new medical wing, where TK and Rusty sat across the room while a Transformer closely resembling a Veloceraptor was examining Burter on a table. There was a white sheet covering Burter up to his waist.

Cell said, "Dinobot! How is he?"

Dinobot looked up and motioned for everyone to come closer. TK and Rusty stood with him on one side of the bed while Cell and Kari stood on the other.

"It's very bad," Dinobot said as he looked at everyone but his patient. "The connection between his windpipe and his lungs has been all but totally destroyed. Frankly, I'm amazed he held out this long."

TK then asked, "Will he live?"

Dinobot shook his head sadly. "...No..."

No one could speak after that, save for a small gasp from Kari. Cell sadly looked at Burter, lying on his deathbed. TK closed his eyes and hung his head.

"Do not grieve... for me..." They all looked at Burter, who weakly smiled with half-opened eyes. "At long last... I shall see my wife... and my son once more... All things happen... for a reason."

The giant slowly lifted his left hand, which TK took in his own hands. He looked at the teen and said, "It is not your fault... Only one being... could see the future... and he died... a long time ago... You were my only student... yet you were the best... I will miss you the most..."

Burter then looked over at Cell. "I want to thank you... for sparing my life... so long ago... and for keeping your promise."

Cell smiled as tears fell from his eyes. "Hey... it was the least I could do. You deserved to kill King Cold more than I did. Is there... anything you want Ginyu and the others to know?"

Burter nodded. "Tell them... they will always... be the best friends... I ever had." He then returned his gaze to TK. "There is... one last lesson... you must learn..."

As he said this, he weakly removed TK's glove from his hand. Taking his right hand, he grasped Kari's one hand, and, with TK's hand in the other, brought them together so as their hands touched and held. He held them together at the wrists so that their hands held each other.

Kari slightly blushed, yet she welcomed TK's touch.

TK wasn't sure what this was about, but Kari's touch felt warm. It was good, despite what was going on. Neither wanted to let go of the other's hand.

Burter smiled as he said, "Here ends... the final lesson... Kari... take care of him... for me..." Then, he closed his eyes and exhaled for the last time. His arms shook just before they fell to his side, never to move again.

TK and Kari still held hands, but they stared at Burter's body along with the others. Moving together, the two took the edge of the sheet in their joined hands and pulled it over the body, covering it completely. TK then let go of Kari's hand and left the room quietly.

Kari stared after him, unable to decide whether or not to go after her friend.

"Why are you standing here?" she heard Cell ask her. She turned to face him as he said, "Go after him, Kari. Only you can save him from what he may become. Your love is what he needs, though he doesn't know it yet."

Nodding, Kari grabbed TK's forgotten glove and left the room.

Rusty looked at Cell. "I'll contact Rob and the others-."

"No," Cell cut him off. "I'll do it. I haven't seen or spoken to them in a long time. Now is as good as any, though the situation is wrong."


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The entrance to Heaven was not what Burter had imagined. First, he found himself in a very long line for the check-in station controlled by King Yemma, which he had heard about from Rob and several others. Second, after waiting only for a few seconds he was pulled out of line by an ogre wearing tiger-striped pants, a suit and tie, and taken straight before King Yemma himself, who was a very large being.

King Yemma looked down at him. "So," he said in a deep voice. "You're Burter, the guy who recently killed King Cold." He checked his big book. "Ex-member of the Ginyu Force, AKA the Avengers Elite, and the last leader of the Mega Avengers before death. This is enough to grant you access to Heaven, my friend. But that is not the only reason why you were brought ahead of the line..."

Burter watched as Yemma snapped his fingers and a door to the right of the room opened. Burter looked to see a small boy of his race running towards him, and smiled. "Alexir! My son!" He rushed up and took his son into his arms, giving him a great big hug as tears stained his face.

"Papa," the boy said as he cried. "Mommy and I missed you so much!"

"Not as much as I missed you both," Burter said. He looked his son in the eye. "How did you know I was coming?"

"He was with us," someone said from the door. Burter and Alexir looked to see a familiar teen with black hair and a pigtail. "King Kai saw it all and informed us of your coming."

Burter smiled. "Thank you... Ranma Saotome! So, how have you been?"

Ranma shrugged. "Besides being dead, I'm okay. Kodachi and I are dating now, since she came to her senses after she died. She's really a nice person once you get to really know her. Plus I've been sparring with Ryu and Bardock to pass the time and prepare for the annual Afterlife Tournament, when I'm not looking in on TK from time to time. I want to thank you for looking out for him."

"He's a good kid, but he likes to keep to himself a lot. I just hope Kari can change all that."

Ranma nodded in agreement as they left for Heaven. "Me, too. I don't want him ending up just like me."

"A little too late for that, I'm afraid."


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Kari tried to follow TK through the Mega Mansion, but she had lost him. Now she was wandering down the halls aimlessly, still clutching his glove. <Where is he? For that matter, where am I?>

"Looking for someone, my friend?"

The voice startled Kari as she turned to see a boy about her age with black hair that stood out in all directions, and wearing a white tank top with jeans. She said, "As a matter of fact, I'm looking for a friend of mine. He's-."

"Takeru Saotome," the boy said. "Also known as TK. I know of him. You'll find him in the training room." He pointed to behind her. "Go back down the hall, make a right and go past three doors on your left. The fourth door is the one you want to go through."

Kari looked down to where the teen was pointing. She turned to thank him, but he was gone, as if he had never been there at all. Quickly she ran back down the hall and followed the directions before she found the door and opened it.

TK was standing in the middle of the room, staring at the floor. Kari could tell he was crying as she silently walked up to him. "TK?"

He slowly looked up at her, exposing the tears still flowing from his eyes. He spoke in a weak, sad voice. "I know he said I shouldn't grieve for him... and that I should be happy that he'll see his family again."

He looked away as he clenched his fists. "But... I just can't stop myself from crying."

Kari was crying now as well. She grabbed TK and hugged him tight. He started to protest, but she said, "Please, TK? Let me hold you, and you me?"

It was a moment before TK wrapped his arms around her, and they wept on each other's shoulders. Kari then whispered, "TK, please let me into your heart again. I know you want to protect me from what you fear you will become, but you mean more to me than anything in this world. Even my own life."

This took TK aback. He moved Kari's head gently so that their eyes met. They looked at each other for what seemed like forever.

"Kari... I..."

"Sssh! Don't speak. Just..."

Kari didn't finish as they leaned in and kissed each other. She seemed to melt in TK's arms from his lips touching hers. It was what she had dreamed of ever since she turned 15.

TK's head was swimming. <What am I doing?! Kari and Davis are supposed to be dating! I shouldn't be doing this... but... I can't resist. Somehow, this feels right.>

Finally, they reluctantly broke the kiss. There was silence until Rusty called from the door. "I hate to ruin the moment, but I think you two had better get home before your parents get worried. TK, why don't you walk Kari home? And I do mean walk."

TK took off the sword and sheath on his back and tossed it to Rusty. "I'd feel better if you kept it for me." He then looked back at Kari and held out his hand. "Do you mind-?"

Kari immediately took his hand. "Not at all. Besides, you left this behind," she said as she waved the glove in her free hand.


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TK and Kari walked in silence most of the way to her apartment. They were thinking deeply about each other as they still held hands.

<What was it,> TK thought. <That Burter was trying to tell me before he died? And what does Kari have to do with it? I never wanted her to get involved in all this, yet it seems she wants to involve herself and the others are helping her, save for Puppetmon.> He looked at their joined hands briefly. <And somehow... I'm glad she's with me.>

Kari had similar thoughts. <I'm not sure what Burter was trying to tell TK before he died, but... I think he wanted us to be together. Now if only TK can see that.> She looked at their hands, but longer than TK had. <This is a good start. Maybe a movie should be next...>

Finally, they reached Kari's apartment. She opened the door and called inside, "I'm home!"

Tai and Sora came up to the door. "Welcome back, sis!" Tai said. "Mom and Dad will be home soon." He then saw TK and his jaw dropped. "TK, is that you?! You look buffed!"

Sora also couldn't believe the way TK looked. "I agree. You looked dressed to kill."

Kari then said, "Don't say that! He's had a very bad day."

TK said, "It's okay, Kari. No harm done. It was good to see you two again. I have to go now." He turned to walk away, but Tai grabbed him by the shoulder.

"Not so fast, TK," Tais stated. "You can't go until you agree to have dinner over here Friday night." Kari stared at her brother, who winked at her quickly.

TK sighed and said, "Okay, I'll come. Kari can give me the time at school later on. Now can I go? My parents are worried, you know."

Tai released his grip. "Now don't forget. And by the way, thanks for saving my little sister."

TK waved as he walked away from the three.


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King Robert walked into the communications room, followed by Captain Ginyu. They had been called away from the meeting at Rigal 7 for an urgent message from the Earth, and were glad to get away from the boring peace talks for a while.

<If only the delegates from Druidia and Naboo hadn't kept disagreeing,> Robert thought. <Luckily, we're finally getting some progress.> "What is it?" he asked the alien in charge of communications.

The alien simply turned on the main screen and Cell's face appeared.

Ginyu smiled. "Cell! It's good to see you again!"

Cell shook his head. "I only wish I could say the same, my friends. But, I have terrible news. I'm calling you from the Mega Mansion. Friezor and King Cold recently attacked the Earth, but they were killed."

Robert then noticed something in the back behind Cell. It was covered with a white sheet and sitting on a table. "Cell, where's Burter? Why isn't he contacting us?"

Cell moved to the side and looked at the covered something on the table. "Because that is Burter. He was our only casualty."

Ginyu's widened at this. "It... it can't be... Cell, what happened?"

"He killed Cold, finally getting his revenge. However, Friezor then shot him in the chest. He died a few minutes ago."

Robert then said, "And who killed Friezor, Cell? I can tell you didn't. During the meeting, I felt a power level all the way from there, but I didn't recognize its owner."

Cell gave a half smile. "It was TK, believe it or not. He got his revenge as well. All of the training he went through definitely paid off, not to mention he reached Super Human 2 to do it."

Robert's jaw dropped at this. "A Super Human 2?! I never knew there was a SH 1!"

A soldier then entered the room and said, "Forgive me, your majesty, but the others are ready to sign the treaty. They await your, and Captain Ginyu's return."

Ginyu hung his head. "I... I can't. Rob, go on without me..."

Robert looked at his friend, and nodded. He then faced the monitor once more. "Cell, we will return home in a few days. Please tell TK that... I would like to speak with him upon my return. And you stay there. We'll need your help in choosing a new leader."

Cell bowed. "As you wish, King Robert." The screen then went blank.

Robert then said to the guard, "Tell the delegates I am on my way, and tell them also that Captain Ginyu will not be rejoining the meeting. I will explain when I get there." After the guard left, Robert turned to the communications commander and said, "Let Ginyu take over for you."

The alien nodded and exited with Robert, leaving Ginyu alone. The purple warrior sadly pulled up a chair, then sat down. He recalled the last words spoken between Burter and the Avengers Elite. They were in anger, and the result was Burter quitting to join the Mega Avengers.

"I never meant to say those things..." he whispered to the silence, tears running down his face. "How I wish I could have seen you fulfill your revenge... Goodbye, old friend..."


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Hidden somewhere far beneath the ruins of Dr. Gero's laboratory, a back-up computer stood within a cave. Beside it, several stasis pods stood hooked to a large machine that was connected to the computer. The pods were numbers twelve to fifteen, and the last one was numbered twenty-two.

That one pod suddenly opened, and inside was a being that looked human, yet his eyes were cold, lifeless. He was wearing a black Chinese vest and white pants, and his black hair was sleek with a small pigtail in the back.

A silhouetted figure stood beside the pod, grinning evilly. "Soon," it said. "Very soon, we both will have our revenge. At long last, I will kill Goku... and you, my young friend, will get to kill the one responsible for the cruel end you had to accept. As well as the death of dear little TK..."



To Be Continued...



Oh boy! There I go again, setting up more stuff for future chapters! Well, you're all wondering what happens now, right? And who was that guy Kari met? The plot thickens...