A Wounded God in the King's Clutches

Karota was so immersed in her own sorrows that she barely noticed when Tomina approached, only realizing the hybrid elemi girl was there when she actually spoke. Karota stared at her with her emerald colored eyes in confusion, paying some attention to what she was saying; the saiyness was still quite shocked and grieving. When Tomina finished, Karota sighed deeply and stared back at Miso, carefully caressing the stone where his cheek was supposed to be. ”He did love to battle… And he only died because of that bitch’s trickery! I’m glad and grateful Nasu killed her. Serves her right! I don’t even care what Nasu wants to do from now on, but I will follow. I will follow what Miso wanted and I will make sure anyone who stands in our way will suffer the most! Will suffer a greater pain than I’m suffering!” she stated in a bitter tone, filled with hatred.

Laufey was amazed about the amount of interesting information he was acquiring by invading the mind of the Kaioshin, he could see glimpses of the very foundation of the universe and the World of the Kais. He could also see a divine temple somewhere in that world, but before he could find the exact information he desired, Maikeru seemed to wake up which was quite impressive; maybe he was indeed a god as he claimed to be. His sudden rise in power made Laufey back off for a moment, rivaling his fifty percent power true form, to which he would have to transform if he was willing to keep him under his control, but even then he doubted he would be able to do it without a real fight. ”Nasty one, aren’t you?!” he said in an ironic tone.

[Laufey’s 50% True Form. PL: 885,660]

The god’s rant was filled with emotion and Laufey could barely contain him even on his powered state. He knew he could still push himself a bit forward, but he didn’t want everyone in the room to know the full extent of his capabilities and, on his calculations, he was pretty sure that wouldn’t be enough either, and it was just frustrating now. So much knowledge in the head of that Kaioshin and yet so hard to harvest. The burdens of science are always unchanged.

Still, he resisted the Kaioshin’s grip with ease. ”Give us this godhood of yours, if it’s this much trouble, Lord Kaioshin, I would most definitely love to study it endlessly. But there’s still information I want and you will give it to me, aren’t you?” he defied the god, chuckling evilly as he stared at Maikeru with his bright crimson eyes.

Negi felt on top of his buttocks, breathing heavily as Maikeru showed him the images and suffering and, although he held no love or sympathy for the brenchians, Sadla proposal was quite tempting and Nasu’s hunger for power was terrifying. Still, even Negi would decline that offer because of his hatred for the brenchians, but the sensation was too much even for him, who was already conflicted with his own actions. Karota, on the other hand, just glared back at the Kaioshin, with her eyes filled with a deep burning hatred due to Miso’s demise. Her soul was getting darker and thus her empathy was dying off and she did not care.

Some other saiyans seemed conflicted, but the vast majority just laughed and the image of the brenchian people suffering and despised the idea of Planet Sadla, because none of them had an attatchment for it; most of them were born either on Vegeta,
Natto or Earth and thus Sadla was a long lost lore.

Karota was rather surprise on how helpful Kinoko was lately, she didn’t sound like her normal self at all, but maybe war had changed her, it changes some people. Still, the hybrid saiyaness was so much in to her grief that she just nodded. ”Thank you.” she limited herself to say that.

Meanwhile, Laufey continued to struggle within the depths of the Kaioshin’s mind and he was loving the experience, even though it was far from fruitful so far. The Kold demon was taken to what was a representation of the world of the Kais and that made him smile widely. ”Marvelous place here.” he commented as he approached Maikeru for that illusionary cup of tea. Laufey chuckled when he spoke and shrugged, if he was there, he may as well share a bit too; it helped building trust and making his target lower his guard. ”My first drink ever was the ice from my planet, suck dry by the Tree of Might.” he said with the smile still on his face, as if that experience no longer bothered him and it was true: Laufey was pragmatic and what was in the past was gone and thus incapable of bothering anymore.

”They all do submit to me. Sooner or later. And I’m patient. And for you, my lord of creation, I will be extra patience if I must.” Laufey said, chuckling a bit as he enjoyed the view inside the Kaioshin’s mind. When he stood up to Laufey for doing nothing, he chuckled a bit more. ”Oh, but I did. More than you did. My servitude saved my planet and my kin. Nasu may be a wicked evil bastard, Kaioshin, but he is a man of his word. The moment he promised me to cease the assault on Bris, he did. You just didn’t have something worth bargaining for…. Or did you? I’m sure if you told him how to become a god on his own, he would have been much more flexible and willing to negotiate with you, but a long dead planet from the dawn of the saiyan history? That’s a terrible offer if you ask me, especially for someone who wants power.” Laufey shrugged, chuckling yet again. ”No, Kaioshin, you condemned the universe the moment you refused to share your knowledge. I find solace in knowing that I, Laufey, saved my planet. Maybe I’m a hero now… At least more of a hero than you.” he teased the god.

When he mentioned his titled, Laufey stared at him with his crimson eyes. ”In this irrational world, did you really think people would stop to listen, when they are so deaf by the melody of power? In this irrational world, did you really think people would stop to see, when they are so blind by the light of eternal glory? You are indeed months old, being so naïve. I’m not ancient, but having lived for a century, I know when to pick my battles. You should learn, God of Creation, or you won’t accomplish anything.” and Laufey approached too. ”You should learn patience. And when to give your enemies a victory, only to, much later, claim an ultimate victory.” and when he said that, he smiled widely with a nasty look inside his eyes. Laufey was definitely plotting something against Nasu in the far future, but for now, he was happy being his dog.

Maikeru spoke about the demise of his predecessors, and Laufey just listened and when it began to snow, he just stared at the skies for a second, remembering his home planet, but feeling nothing really. But then, when the Kaioshin grunted in pain, he was slightly alerted and took notice of what was going on. The Kaioshin, against all of the Kold demons’ predictions, was committing suicide. ”I didn’t anticipate that. Oh well…” he seemed more disappointed than scared and, because of that, he temporarily severed their mind’s connection.

When he came back, the hybrid elemi girl wanted to go inside and Laufey knew it would be dangerous to her but he did not care. ”I will put you inside, girl. But I can’t go with you. I have to make sure our friend here doesn’t die.” and with that being said, he touched Tomina’s head and pushed her into Maikeru’s mind using his ki.

Negi jumped on top of his feet when he noticed that Maikeru was suffering and then he roared at Laufey. ”What are you doing?!” he demanded an answer, but Laufey didn’t mind him too much. ”More than you can ever hope for, boy.” and Laufey’s tone just further enraged Negi, who then stared at Kinoko. He too had notice her change of heart and he just hoped it was enough so that she would understand what he meant. He knew she could read minds too, so he was hoping she would and thus he lowered his mental defenses. ”Kino… I mean, Queen, we can’t let him die! He is a God. This is just wrong. I hope you are with me…” he focused his thoughts, hoping she would catch it.

Then, Negi spoke to her out loud. ”Close your eyes, Queen, because you won’t like what you are going to see!” he said and, hoping that people wouldn’t understand what he meant, Negi put both his hands by the side of his head, closed his eyes and shouted. ”Twin Suns Flash!” and when he roared, a bright blinding light filled up the whole medical bay area, blinding everyone who wasn’t fast enough to react. Laufey and Karota were caught completely off-guard by that, and while Laufey had managed to send Tomina inside Maikeru’s mind, this connection would be short lived, so whatever she had to say, she had to be quick because the technique was dispelled shortly afterwards.

Laufey was working hard on keeping the Kaioshin alive by increasing the healing pace of the medical tank in order to counter his attempt on suicide, while, at the very same time making sure Tomina was able to remain inside of his head. Of course Laufey was still hearing to everything they were talking about as he wouldn’t miss such a marvelous opportunity, but this time he was making his presence unknown. The most important piece of information he gathered was that there was a God of Destruction and that the Kaioshin’s death would piss her off. It was incredible to say the least when he said he loved Tomina even though he had every reason to hate them all at this point. ”Weird little creatures, those so called gods. But I wonder what is a God of Destruction. Seems very frightening, but is it strong?” he wondered and, if anything, he would rather have Nasu finding that out.

But before he could do anything else, a bright light blinded him so much that it severed the link in between him, Tomina and Maikeru. Laufey screamed in pain and touched his eyes, unable to see anything and feeling even stunned by the amount of pain that sudden light brought. At the same time, Negi suppressed his power level until it vanished from anyone with ki sense other than Karota, who was very well trained in both sensing and suppressing and, approaching the healing machine, he opened it quickly and took Maikeru onto his arms once again, being as silent as he could about it. ”Thank you, Kinoko. I’m really screwed after this, but whatever…” he thought, hoping she would still be able to read his mind.

In the next second, Negi had already taken the skies, flying as fast as he could while still suppressing his ki energy. It was basically impossible to detect him now and, once he was out of their reach he spoke to the Kaioshin. ”Kaioshin, please suppress your energy! I will take you to my ship and we can flee this planet. I won’t let you be hurt anymore and I’m sorry I couldn’t do something sooner… Hehe… I’m doomed now, but… I don’t regret it at all. Nasu will probably arrest me or kill me if he finds me, that’s why we need to be quick!” he said it one more time, sighing deeply as he headed towards the ship he left hidden among the ruins of the brenchian capital on purpose; he knew he probably wouldn’t be sticking around after his revenge.

Karota, at the same time, didn’t really mind in pursuing Negi, she was more troubled by Miso. ”Negi, I hope you understand what you just did… I’m sorry, kiddo, but later on I will have to fight you most likely…” she thought to herself with grief.