Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ From Beyond the Grave ❯ Chapter 3 ( Chapter 3 )

Here we are once again I decided to try and write a little more so without further adieu here is chapter 3

All characters that are my creation are MINE all others are on loan from their original creator thanks A.T. when you see a bunch of 0000 it means we are moving towards a new part of the story whether further along in time or to another setting

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Emotionally distanced, yes that was a term that could be used to describe the state Lennex was in. After Piccolo arrived and Bulma came out with news they had released the dragon without making any wishes. Now everyone was in Capsule Corporation's Living area discussing recent events, save Lennex. Talking was something he couldn't do right now, Shenron's rejection still fresh in his mind.

He was currently in the gravity room. Destroying the training robots as fast as the rooms A.I. could put them out. One would have expected him to be angry, but he obliterated robot after robot with no emotion showing on his. Neither anger nor sadness. It could almost be called a plain expression on his face, and the way he took out each robot was cold and clinical. See the robot, destroy, and look for a new target. He'd been at it for well over forty-five minutes when he heard the door open.

“Unless you have any news on why my wish didn't work or how we can bring her back, go away, I'm in no mood to talk.” He spoke these words while dodging a strike from one of the training bots and shoving his hand right through the chest section of the machine, never once looking at the person in the room with him.

“I thought you might like to know what was discussed, things are definitely not what they seem to be right now, Bra spoke up watching the man she had chosen as her mate go through her mother's robots like Goku through a buffet, quick, fast, and leaving nothing left behind. “It seems all is not right in Heaven or Hell.” She finished. Bra smiled inwardly as he destroyed the last robot to come at him and halt the training program, a result she was hoping for with that statement. But her face never betrayed her inner emotion. While a smile on her face would be something Lennex would normally want to see, she knew now he was all business, something he had learned from her Father. Lennex, although being turned into a Sayjins by a wish, took his duties as one of three full blooded Sayjins very seriously.

Her Father, while teaching him to fight from the beginning, had also started teaching him about the culture of the Sayjins. Something he'd only briefly touched on with her and Trunks. But since Lennex was a full blood, Vegeta had gone the extra mile. Their mother had told both her and Trunks that Vegeta wasn't playing favorites, in fact if there was still an Empire to rule he would have continued in teaching them their royal duties, but with Lennex it was different. Vegeta was keeping another small part of the past with him. Every Prince had a retainer, a general of his army. Long ago Nappa had filled that position, and it had been vacant ever since Vegeta had killed him. Now it was filled with Lennex, and with all that time together in both training and learning customs Lennex had picked up a few traits.

“Would you care to elaborate please?” he asked her touching down in front of her. While not visible, Bra could still feel his power aura surrounding him, the first sign to her that all emotion was not completely void. He was keeping it bottled up, but his anger at the situation was still on the surface.

“I'd be glad too, the news was a bit of a shock to me but here's how it went.”

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Fifty Minutes ago

“There is no doubt about it, the markings on the boys' foreheads are that of the Majin, Babidi's symbol,” Bulma said to the gathered group. “Vegeta backs me up one hundred percent, and he would know.” She looked around at the faces of the assembled people. Everyone who was at the summoning of the dragon, minus Lennex, was in the main living area. Most sitting down their attention drawn on her, except for Vegeta, who stood off to her right, and piccolo, who stood by the entranceway and she really couldn't blame him. She looked at the younger generation of their families and while Trunks, Goten, and Marron had thoughtful looks on their faces, the rest looked confused. The older fighters however looked on with grim determination; they remembered clearly what that sign meant. Krillian voiced the question on everyone's mind.

“How is that possible, last time I checked wasn't Babidi dead?” He looked over at Piccolo, another question in his eyes, one that Piccolo answered.

“He is dead, I made sure of it, but this does explain a few things. I was in a trance earlier today and I picked something up, something evil, but also something not of this world. The side of me that's still Kami recognized more then I did. I went to talk with Dende and we made a couple of discoveries.”

“What did you two find out, Mr. Piccolo?” Gohan asked as he took his glasses off to clean them.

After all this time, Gohan still referred to him with that ridiculous pet name.

“Apparently something came out of Hell. We thought it was a spirit from down there but from what you're saying here it must have been Babidi's magic. The spell could cause that kind of disturbance. Dende went to the check in station to confer with King Yemma as I left to come here. Speak of the devil.” Piccolo broke off as everyone in the room heard the young guardian's voice in their head.

“Hello everyone,” Dende greeted, “I wish I had better news but it appears we have a situation in the afterlife. As you know there are rules in both Heaven and Hell that must be enforced, and apparently the Kai of Hell has been less than honest. I will ask you all to the Lookout in one hour, the Supreme Kai will be coming to fill us in with the rest of the story.”

“And here I thought I met all the Kai's.” Goku said rubbing his chin as he went through the list of rulers he met when he was dead. “huh, oh well,” he said looking up at the rest in classic Goku fashion of going from one thing to another, like a child bored with a toy, “We should get ready and head towards the lookout, Shin probably doesn't want to be kept waiting, but can we get something to eat first?” he pleaded to both his wife and Bulma. There were a couple snickers and half concealed laughs at the typical Goku question. But the tension breaker was sorely needed. Chi-chi rolled her eyes and made her way to the kitchen and Bulma followed. The rest of the group broke up to do their own preparations, but most went to the kitchen also hungry.

Krillian went to find a phone to call Yamcha and Tien. He figured they might need all the help they could get. Most of the younger fighters silently looked at Bra.

She shook her head and walked off towards the gravity room. Apparently being his girlfriend made her the messenger. Oh well, better now then never, maybe a stop in the kitchen for a quick bite to eat was in order first. After all, they had an hour, and he needed time to do...well, whatever it was he was doing. She changed her course to the kitchen.

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“And that's where we stand now,” Bra said “I came to get you so we could fly there together. I don't know exactly what's going on, but by my parents' reaction I can defiantly tell something like this has happened before.”

Lennex nodded his head in agreement. He had heard the name Babidi briefly in story told by either Vegeta or Goku, but he couldn't remember exactly what it was. However there was one bit of good news out of it all. If what was going on wasn't natural, there might still be a way to get his friend back. He would hold on to that hope until told otherwise. “Lets get to the Lookout; I don't want to miss anything.” He said to the blue haired girl. He walked out the door, but not before Bra caught a flicker of life in his eyes. She hurried up to catch up to him and when she did she grabbed his hand. He glanced at her briefly, but gave her had a small squeeze. They walked like that until they reached the outside of the compound. Once there they were joined by the rest of the group and they all blasted off into the sky towards the Lookout.

 

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“You can't be serious, King Yemma, this is an outrage!” Shin yelled at the towering giant behind the equally large desk. The extremely large man played an important role in the world of the afterlife. He judged the souls that died and appointed them to their proper destination, Heaven or Hell. The large man tilted his double horned hat back on his head and regarded Shin, the last Supreme Kai left.

“You know as well as I do that the rules governed between Heaven and Hell were put in place for a reason. Without hard evidence to back up your claim it cannot be permitted. You of all people should know that, Supreme Kai, you and the others helped make up these rules for reasons such as these.”

Shin shook his head. King Yemma was right, with out having the proof he needed there wasn't anything he could do. Rules were Rules, but still…..this was outrageous.

“Isn't there anything that can be done?” he asked the giant.

“Even though you technically outrank me in the grand scheme of things, it's my job to keep the peace between the two areas. Once again rules set up by you Supreme Kais. You may have more power, but you know the consequences. However since it's an unusual circumstance, this is what I can allow.”

Shin grinned at the large man finally, something he could tell Goku and the rest that wouldn't immediately get him blown up, and not that he had to worry about that sort of thing with Goku, Vegeta and his new protégé Lennex however, best not to take chances. Shin turned his whole attention back to King Yemma to listen to the allowance.

 

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The large group that had taken off from Capsule Corporation touched down on the marble ground of the Lookout. The Lookout had served as the home of the Guardian of the Earth since the planets existence. It floated high above the ground and remained invisible to the normal eye, only those gifted enough to come here to see the Guardian and deemed worthy enough were allowed here. In the past exceptions were made to include family and friends of those individuals. The Lookout itself was shaped like a large bowl with a flat surface on top. On that surface a small temple was built in the center, which acted as the residence for the Guardian. Outside there were several small gardens and trees, all attended to by the Lookouts other resident, Mr. Popo. Mr. Popo was a small, round black man who had served the Guardians as assistant, grounds keeper, and a friend. No one knew how old the man was since he looked the same as he did when the first of their group had met him. Currently Mr. Popo was standing to the right of Earth's current guardian, the Namek known as Dende. As they walked over to Dende, two more fighters touched down on the lookout, the one time dessert bandit, now turned baseball superstar, Yamcha and the three eyed warrior Named Tien. Both men had been allies with Goku from the very beginning, well after they had given up their less than good intentions. Something they both thanked Goku for helping them in.

“Greetings, my friends, I wish this little reunion could have happened under better circumstances.” A few nods followed the young Namek's statement showing their agreement.

“I don't suppose you guys could fill us in could you?” Yamcha asked after giving a quick high five to Krillian. Dende bowed his head, showing that he would indeed do just that. The two warriors listened to the narration of the day's events and both were a bit startled about the possibility of Babidi controlling people from Hell.

“And that is all we know so far. We currently await the arrival of the Supreme Kai.” Dende finished.

“You won't have to wait any longer my friends.” A voice said from behind them. The group turned to see Shin behind them. The breeze ruffled his white Mohawk as he walked towards Dende. Goku nodded his head in greeting which Shin returned Shin stopped next to Dende and greeted the fellow deity. He then turned to the gathered members of Earths strongest.

“The news I have for you is not all good, but there is hope.” He noticed the increased aura from Lennex as he knew he would have. He looked at the tall Sayjin and noticed his face was set in neutral mask, but Shin could tell he was not happy, a supreme Kai knew these things. “As you know King Yemma controls the passage of souls to Heaven and Hell. He also holds another job, An intermediary between the two lands. Long ago when the lands were first divided rules were set into place to keep the peace. The Six Supreme Kais at the time made up these rules, and they have been followed to the letter.”

“I thought they were only five Supreme Kais?” Goku asked rubbing his neck with his arm in a sort of nervous gesture.

“Yes Goku, at the time I told you of the fate of the other four Kai's the fifth was no longer with us. He volunteered to control Hell the same way we control Heaven. Only after a time this Kai let the evil around him Influence him. Before the arrival of Buu, this Kai tried to invade heaven with a legion of souls. The Supreme Kais were able to repel this invasion and a sort of peace conference was held to amend the rules.” Shin looked around making sure everyone understood what he was saying. Shu the Supreme Kai of Hell demanded that he be able to take the lower levels of Hell and make his own since we would deny him the chance to take over the rest of the world of the afterlife. For those of you who have been to hell before, you have only scratched the surface. There is an even worse area in that forsaken land. One controlled by souls of the dead who were strong enough to regain their bodies. Shu would help these souls in return for the power to make sure he remained top dog. We advised him that he would be allowed to do this if we were able to send the Ogres down to police the upper levels of Hell. Shu agreed under the condition that without out explicit proof or hard evidence the Kais would not be allowed to interfere. King Yemma was given the power to make sure each side would not try to stab the other in the back. If we were to try and invade Hell, King Yemma could strip us of our powers and vise versa. Now here is were we stand. King Yemma recorded the death of your friend, but was never able to pass judgment because the soul never went through his check-in station. And after an investigation it's now known that the soul does not reside anywhere in Heaven.” Shin closed his eyes and cringed inwardly at the outburst he knew was coming. He was not disappointed.

“Are you telling me my friend went to Hell?” Lennex shouted.” That's impossible, she was nothing but a good person, how could this have happened?” he continued moving towards the Supreme Kai to shake the answerers out of the deity. Shin's eyes popped open as he felt the aura coming off Lennex grow and move closer to him. Luckily Vegeta sensed the coming conflict and held his arm out, blocking Lennex's path. Vegeta turned to the Kai. “Answer quick, or I'll let him continue.”

Shin swallowed noticeably and continued. “Unfortunately as I said her soul is no where in Heaven. Really the only logical explanation is it must have gone to Hell, but not under King Yemma's direction. Unfortunately we have no proof. I cannot go into hell and find out.”

An audible growl resonated from Lennex and Shin gave him a quick look, his eyes widening just a bit. He was sure Goku would be able to protect him, and that Vegeta wouldn't really let the young Sayjin go through with any type of threat, but why take that chance. “King Yemma has expressly forbid me going down to question Shu for fear of another war between the worlds of the afterlife, but since the circumstances are a bit, how shall we say, unnatural, he will allow a small party to go down and investigate. Fact finding only, mind you, but it's a chance to find out some solid evidence that Shu somehow stole the soul right out from under our noses.”

This time is was Piccolo who spoke up. “Who's going down into Hell, some of the Grand Kai's fighters?”

The Grand Kai was a lower God then the Supreme Kai's. Exceptionally good souls were allowed to keep their bodies and compete against others for the chance to be trained under the Grand Kai, Goku being once such soul during his brief death. After the Grand Kai came the Four Kais of the Universe, each watching a sector of the Galaxy. A number of the fighters on the Lookout who had died had met the North Kai, or as he like to be referred to as King Kai.

“Unfortunately, no Piccolo, Any of the fighters, let alone the souls of heaven that went into Hell would be a breach of our Rules. We will allow however six people of a neutral party to go down.” He finished.

“A Neutral party, Supreme Kai?” Gohan asked.

“Alive Gohan. A neutral party in the afterworld would be alive.” Shin watched the faces of the group light up in understanding. Before anyone could speak, Shin put the last bit of information out.

“We will allow you to go, but like some of your governments of this planet do, this will be an unsanctioned mission. If you are caught and cannot escape neither King Yemma or I will be able to free you, and we will have to disallow any information of knowing you were doing this. With that said, Goku must be one of the six to go. With your Instant Transmission Technique, you're the only one who will be able to transport this team into the reaches of Hell. Once you're there asking any Ogre to point you in the right direction will get you the rest of the way. Once you find what you're looking for, and make no mistake, I believe one hundred percent that Shu is behind this, come back to us and we can take an army in to free the soul and put an end to this nonsense.”

Goku nodded to the Supreme Kai and Looked at the rest of the group. “Well, who's going to Hell with me?” The question brought a couple of chuckles and then almost ten minutes of arguing. Finally, after things quieted down it was decided. Goku and Vegeta would be going since they both had previous experience with the upper levels of Hell during their deaths. Lennex made sure he was on the team since it was his friend that had died. The three girls who were with Alexis before she died argued the most heatedly to go along and help bring her back since they failed to protect her. In the end only two of them were allowed to go. Goku and Vegeta both reasoned that another `senior' member of the group go with to round the team. In the end Bra and Pan were allowed to partake in the mission since they were above Marron in power. And Gohan would be the last member. Piccolo opted to go, but since a part of him had once been the Guardian of Earth, it would be considered a breach of treaty between the worlds of the afterlife. A few short goodbyes were said and hugs exchanged between siblings, spouses, and parents and children and the five members stood next to Goku.

“Good luck my friends, even you will need it in the depths of Hell.” Shin said.

“Hey, it's nothing we can't handle Supreme Kai, after all it's us!” Goku said flashing a carefree smile that he was so known in giving. “All right everyone, grab onto me, this won't take but a moment.” The team grabbed onto Goku and after assurances that everyone was attached Goku closed his Eyes and brought two fingers to his forehead. A few moments of concentration later the group disappeared.

“Be safe my friends, there's no telling what Shu has let happen down there.” Shin whispered.