A Troublesome Fiend Episode 2: Kidnapped!

[Keishoumaru]

The landscape below her was but a blur as Keishoumaru soared through the sky at a blazing speed. Numerous things were running through her mind as she glanced around her surrounding to catch a glimpse of any sign of a large city. She had already flew past several cities along the way but dismissed them after having threatened some of its denizens to confirm whether it was East Capital or not. None of them were, but one of the people she threatened assured her that she was going the right direction and that she was looking for a very large city compared to what was around. Keishoumaru's rage continued to build up as the her search continued; anger towards the miscreants who dared kidnap her young, and anger towards herself for letting it transpire. The whole situation did not sit well with her. Yet, it was almost as if something within compelled her to ensure Amiko's safety and retaliate at those who would bring her harm; A different kind of instinct that she wasn't accustomed to. As she continued her flight she remembered what her former mentor, the Grand Supreme Kai, had tried to teach her. {Flashback...80 million years Before Age...} A young Keishoumaru was sitting atop a plateau overlooking a growing settlement of a race of anthropomorphic bears that she has watched over for the past millenia. She was recently appointed the sacred duty of becoming the Eastern Supreme Kai and was now in the process of selecting an eligible candidate among the denizens of this world to become their Guardian, a deity that would oversee the populace of the planet. Keishoumaru frowned in irritation as she gazed down at the settlement below. She had better things to do and didn't care about watching over lesser races. She only had one goal in mind: To become stronger so that she could defeat the Southern Supreme Kai. He was the strongest of the Supreme Kai, perhaps even stronger than the Grand Supreme Kai himself. She was always the one defeated whenever she tried attacking the Southern Supreme Kai, and he hardly became serious while she did her utmost to destroy him. He was also the first to speak out against her becoming a Supreme Kai, saying that she was an abomination to the sacred duty of being the protector of the galaxies. However, the Grand Supreme Kai was the only one who from the very beginning, believed in her and taught her much of what he knew. Keishoumaru didn't care if they liked or cared for her. She was only content on becoming stronger so that she could first slay the Southern Supreme Kai and anyone else who got in her way. A familiar voice from behind her spoke in an annoyingly cheerful tone that made her cringe outwardly. It belonged to the Grand Supreme Kai. "Having fun watching them?" He asked as he sat down next to her and began eating some fruits. He was always eating something. Keishoumaru merely ignored the blob of a kaioshin and continued to stare down below in growing irritation. "You could always go down there and interact with them a little, you know?" He continued. "It is not forbidden to communicate with them. It would probably help with selecting the Guardian for this world." She would rather destroy them and this world. Though she was taught the reasons for her role and the role of Guardians, it was all just a ridiculous farce to her. "Why must we pick a guardian just so that they would merely watch over the masses? Can't I just find the strongest and promote him? And why am I even doing this in the first place? This is suppose to be a Kai's job. I'm a Supreme Kai!" As always, she barraged him with questions and complaints. The large Kai merely continued to eat and smile. After a moment of silence, he answered. "We pick a guardian because each planet is entitled to a being who they can look up to for guidance and protection. It is not enough that only the strongest would fit the role. True strength is having the heart and wisdom to protect those under your care." The Grand Supreme Kai turned to look towards Keishoumaru and she noticed him smiling sadly at her before continuing. "You, were born different from the rest. You have yet to know the value of caring for others and the high morals expected of all Kai. That is why you must do this to learn and realize that there is more to your existence than becoming stronger for your sake." Keishoumaru merely smirked at that. He was wasting his breath and she was wasting her time. "What a load of crap," Kei retorted. "Like I'm gonna care about these lesser races just by watching over them." The Grand Supreme Kai smiled gently at her. "One day, you will eventually find something to nurture and protect. It may not be a race or a planet, but it will be something other than yourself. Then you can look back at today and hear me say...'told you so'..." {End Flashback} Keishoumaru frowned at the memory. Why did she have to remember that now? She still refused to believe in his or the other Kais ideals. She only looked out for herself, and now Amiko. Nothing else has changed...right? "Kuso ji-ji!" Kei snarled under her breath. Up ahead of her, she could see the outlines of a massive city. It was much larger than the ones she has seen so far. No doubt about it, this must be East Capital. Kei stopped mid flight as she got to the middle of the city and looked down. Searching for Amiko in this city would take some time. But that didn't change the fact that she was kidnapped just so that Gojyo and his crew wanted to pick a fight with her. Regardless, all she had to do was sense their demonic presence. That would be the normal way to go about doing things. But she Kei was pissed. If this was Gojyo's territory, she was going to start breaking shit. As she began to scour the city sensing any demonic presence, she started to ki blast random things: buildings, houses, cars, anything that she even remotely upset her in some way. "GOJYOOOO!!" Kei shouted as she continued her rampage. "If you don't come out and give Amiko back right now I'm going to obliterate your territory along with you!!"

[Sha Gojyo]

Despite all assurances, he still did not feel good. The mysterious and deep gash that he had suffered a couple days ago was healed thanks to Hakkai...But the terrible pain permeating through his body was still there. He couldn't tell what hurt more, his head from hitting it on the counter, his sternum from jerking back in the arc he had, or the small of his back which throbbed with a dull pain. Time had only seemed to make him more sore. For fear of Hakkai's pestering, Gojyo kept to himself about the aches though. They were just sore muscles or something. No big deal...

Fighting back a wave of nausea, he opened the fridge to look in for some cold tea, figuring it would be soothing then everything seemed to quake from a small tremor. He leaned away from the appliance and blinked, pushing some of his crimson hair behind an ear. Then another. And why did it sound like a car blowing up somewhere nearby?

"The fuck is going on out there...?"

For a brief, unsettling moment he wondered if Goku's diadem had come off and he was running rampant around the city. But stuff didn't normally blow up. It just got smashed with a great deal of bloodshed. He knew Goku had learned a neat ki trick or two from their healer, but nothing that was potent enough to cause explosions or tremors. Mustering an itty bitty ball of light didn't cause much damage at all. Slamming the fridge door shut with an angry snarl, his temper flared as he would have to figure out what the hell was going on. He wanted some damned rest!

Dressed in black jeans and boots with a loose white wifebeater, he grabbed his leather jacket and pulled it on before he went stomping out of the simple house. Rubbing his chest to try and ease the ache of what felt like a pulled muscle, possibly a consequence of that spazzed movement he had back at work from the wound, Gojyo followed the direction of the ruckus to figure out what was going on. Hakkai and the others would probably be joining him at some moment if the commotion caught their attention too, so he figured he would make a point not to get into too much of a fight if it was something he couldn't handle. In a flash of light, his pole arm materialized and he stomped along with his shakujo in hand.

When he drew closer to the source of the chaos, he arched a brow at the voice bellowing with undisguised rage. He recognized Keishoumaru's voice, but what the hell was she talking about? He gave a resigned sigh he relaxed his posture though he kept his weapon out. He knew she could fly, but was that her blowing shit up too? It reminded him of that televised tournament he watched one time. Which was bad news, cause he couldn't even think of how to do stuff like that let alone deal with it.

However, it sounded like she was out for his head but for a very wrong reason. With a pained grunt, he tried to jump onto a rooftop of a nearby building for better visibility, but he failed rather miserably and wound up having to sluggisly drag himself up. For a second, Gojyo wondered if he looked as bad as he felt, because that had been pretty bad, unaware of the dark circles under his eyes or the fact he had steadily gotten paler. Then again, he had been more inclined to bedrest than preening in the mirror since the other day. 'Maybe I do need to talk to Hakkai...' Well, first things first...Stop the demolition derby. He'd make sure to set her straight, though it worried him that the kid was missing. On his feet again, he leaned on his shakujo with some fatigue as he frowned at the culprit of mayhem. "Oi! Stop blowing up shit! I'm here! But why the hell do you think I have your kid?!" The redhead frowned in her direction, looking both annoyed and tired.

[Keishoumaru]

Keishoumaru snapped towards the direction of the familiar voice she heard from a nearby building. It belonged to Gojyo, and from the looks of it he was waiting for her...weapon drawn. The halfbreed had the audacity to try and order her around and now feign ignorance. However, she couldn't sense Amiko's presence nearby. So this bastard didn't have Amiko. That meant Amiko was probably hidden away by one of the other two working with him. She would most likely have to deal with all three. His posture seemed different, however. She could see that he seemed somewhat drained, weakened. It was as if he went through a tough ordeal recently. Maybe it was from fighting her daughter. If that was the case then this halfbreed was out of his mind trying to fight her in that condition. While Kei didn't like fighting already weakened foes, she was pissed enough to not care. "You picked the wrong person to pick a fight with, insect!" Keishoumaru snarled at Gojyo. As she glared back at him, she felt her anger grow by the second. If it's a fight they want, then she'll oblige. "After I'm done with you, your superiors are next. If you don't hand her over before I rip you apart then you can regret ever kidnapping her just to fight me!" As a passing hovercraft flew past Kei, she extended her arm out and stopped the vehicle completely, crumpling most of the front end of the car as if it crashed into a wall. With her other hand she grabbed the side of the car and swung both arms to hurl the car towards Gojyo.

[Sha Gojyo]

"Woah!"

Yeah, she was pissed, especially if she was willing to sling a hovercraft at him. When the demoness chucked the already smashed up vehicle, Gojyo tumbled out of the way in a roll. In a flash, he also dismissed his weapon. Whatever the hell happened, she was going after the wrong guy, and even though having the weapon on hand would be nice for protection, it would also be threatening.

"I ain't out to pick fights with anyone!" The shocked redhead shot back, sitting low in a crouched position. He ignored the stabbing pain that wracked his body as he tried to reason with her. It was causing him to feel light headed and he couldn't afford to possible pass out at the moment. Not with a tempermental momma on the loose. "Kei, I don't have any superiors and I sure as fuck didn't take your kid! Why the hell would I?! Where's all this coming from?"

Gojyo was highly tempted to point at how she was a shitty mother for losing her kid in the first place, but he stayed his jibes for when she wasn't out to kill him. "The last time I saw her was with you at Banri's stand...After you two took off, I came straight home. HERE." The halfbreed tried to keep eye contact with her as best he could, so she could determine for herself whether he was really lying or not. He was still confused as to why she thought he was the culprit. And who were these so called superiors she thought he had? The only boss he had was the chick who owned Shangri-La and the lazy wench didn't care much for kids, let alone be able to make Gojyo do something like kidnap one. Hell, she barely managed to get him to really work-work on the job!

'Or maybe she's gone nuts? I've heard of people doing fucked up shit to their kids and then thinking someone else did it...But I don't think that's the case here.'

[Keishoumaru]

In her furious state, her reasoning became more and more impaired. This halfbreed was playing the ignorant when it was him who revealed himself to be the culprit using a device. Perhaps he was just mocking her, or trying to confuse her to get an advantage. Well, she was having none of it.

"Shut your fucking mouth! You left a message saying that you took her just so you could fight me!" Kei clenched her fists as she landed on the rooftop. "But since you dragged my daughter into it, now it's personal. So if you keep trying to lie in my face, I'm going to rip your jaw off first!"

Kei narrowed her eyes menacingly as she rapidly lunged towards Gojyo, jabbing with a clawed hand towards his throat. She wasn't going to go easy just because he seemed fatigued. But right away she noticed herself slow down and the power of her jab decrease, as if she was weighed down significantly. She could feel her tattoos burn from underneath her skin.

Shit! The damn seal last this long?!

[Sha Gojyo]

Seriously...What the hell was she going on about? Apparently he was being set-up somehow, but he wasn't sure why...or even how.

His crimson eyes widened in shock as she moved in and fast. At his best, he would likely dodge it pretty well, but since he was a little worse for wear, he knew he wouldn't be fast enough. But when she seemed to slow down, and not of her own doing because he knew she was too pissed be gentle in any way, he took advantage of that. The halfbreed pushed the outstretched hand to the side before he moved back in a less than graceful manner. Damn, this week sucked.

"I ain't lyin' to ya! And what message are you talking about? If I have shit to say, I say it to their face usually." Letters and couriers were not his cup of tea. He put his hands up in a gesture of surrender even though he wasn't even really fighting yet. "Honestly. I mean every fucking word I'm sayin' here...I didn't kidnap your kid, I didn't leave any messages, and I sure as hell don't want to fight you. Besides, why would I help you one minute, at personal cost to me cause now I have to work overtime to make up what I spent, and then turn around and steal your kid just to pick a fight? If I wanted a fight, I would have when you were chowing down my friend's merch!"

Having narrowly avoided possibly getting his throat ripped out, Gojyo backed up some more while keeping the available rooftop behind him in mind, wary for another attempt. Part of him was really missing the pissy priest and his demon binding sutra, surely the scripture could have her tied up enough for them to figure out what the hell was going on and sort shit out. The anxiey coursing through him from trying to stay alive made him feel even more ill to his stomach. 'C'mon! Take the fucking hint, you spaz! I'm not the enemy here!'

[Keishoumaru]

Kuso! Again with the denial! How long must he continue this farce. What was the point of forcing her to come here to fight him when he won't even fight back? This situation was starting to become confusing, and in turn frustrating. Just pummeling him to death would have atleast given her some satisfaction, but the seals placed on her was subduing her efforts. The momentary pause caused her to wonder why they would activate now? Despite being responsible for deliberately placing the seals on herself, the full effects were still a mystery to her. It reacted whenever she was subjected to certain virtues by individuals so that she could not harm them afterwards. However, she was unsure of how long the prohibition lasted nor what the effects would be if she tried to break it. There was a catch, however; if the subject committed a sin towards her within the timeframe, then the prohibition was forfeit.

Fighting him under her current condition would be troublesome, especially if he was just trying to stall her until his friends arrived. She had to do something about the seal. If he just caused her any harm, then the seal wouldn't interfere any longer. That's right, she just had to get hit by him in some wa-

A sudden realization struck Kei like a bolt of lightning. He kidnapped Amikoharu, and possibly could have harmed her trying. Then...why was the seal still activating to hinder her against him? The seal's effects also took her daughter into account. Details aside, Kei shouldn't be prohibited from harming Gojyo if he kidnapped Amikoharu. Something didn't add up, now Kei was more confused. This was becoming aggravating, and she was reaching her breaking point. Something was wrong, and her daughter was missing. She was starting to doubt who her enemy was now. This uncertainty was building up inside her and it's pushing her over the edge. She just wanted her daughter. Fuck everything else, they can all just disappear!

The stone underneath her began to crack and split as energy around her started to build up. Kei's body trembled with rage as she glared towards Gojyo. Something or someone was toying with her, or perhaps it was some elaborate plan to letting her guard down...Just like the time with the Supreme Kais...Just like the time with Dabura. Everyone was against her, in the end. Everyone was her enemy. The old feeling bottled up inside her was welling up. Destruction. She'd feel better if things around her was destroyed. If everything was destroyed...then nothing would be in the way of looking for Amiko. In her enraged state, it sounded like a great plan.

"Gojyo..." Kei snarled venomously, black lightning crackling around her body. "I saw someone with you form admit to kidnapping her. I don't care whether it was you, that Vegeta or Son Goku friends of yours that kidnapped her or not." The city itself started to tremble as the disruption to the planet's geomagnetic field around the area started to build up.

"If you truly don't have her, then I have no use for you or this place. I'll just send you all to the depths of Hell!" The build up was nearly complete, her open hand ready to finalize the technique. Bakuhatsuha. She didn't know how her seals would react to using the technique, but the target wasn't Gojyo specifically, it was the whole city. She didn't know what the repercussions were, and deep down inside she didn't want to resort to this. But in her rage, she didn't care. She didn't even consider the possibility that Amiko would be in the area and get caught by the blast.

[Sha Gojyo]

What.

The.

Fuck?!

Gojyo had no idea what the hell she was doing once the lightning started to crackle around her figure. But everything was shaking and that power was not something to scoff at. He was looking at a full blown bomb ready to go off and he was pretty sure it would take a good chunk of the city out. Again. East City did not need to become another recovering crater, if she even turned it into that.

He was going to have to reason with her somehow.

"Taking out the city isn't going to help you! If she ain't here, she ain't here and ya don't need killing thousands of innocent people on your damned conscience!" The redhead yelled, his brows furrowed in agitated anger. He kept his voice raised in order to be heard over the groan of the earth which was not liking what she was doing one bit. The names she spouted off...He wasn't sure who the hell Vegeta was and he couldn't tell if she meant his own monkey or not. If she calmed down long enough for a talk, he would figure it out.

He was sure his constant denial to involvement in the girl's kidnapping had pushed her over the edge. It was likely someone was fucking with her and now she knew it. But the city had nothing to do with it, it wouldn't do her any bit of good to waste it. "And if you can't calm the fuck down, how the hell are you gonna find your kid? You go blowing shit up all over the place and you probably won't ever see her again! Hell, you might even kill her doing shit like that!"

Gojyo hated pointing out such things. But facts were facts. Her uncontrollable rage and likely confusion were going to really bite her in the ass before she realized it. He didn't want to see that happen, she wasn't such a bad demon when she wasn't on a homicidal streak after all. "Take a damn chill pill! We'll get some drinks and you can explain what in the blue fuck is going on but for the love of all that's unholy and sacred...Don't blow up the fricking city!"

If the others hadn't noticed what was going on yet, they probably did now. That or they would be the bunch of morons that they were and think that it was some earthquake out of the blue. 'That would be my luck...' Uncertain as the whether his attempts to reason with her would work, he decided he would have to resort to violence after all. Extending his hand, the shakujo reappeared out of thin air and he shifted into an uncomfortable battle stance with the weapon held up. "I'm sorry, Kei, but if you don't stop...I'm gonna have to resort to trying to stop you. So please, leave the city out of your agenda!"

Ha, yeah. Trying. Pretty sure I can't stop someone capable of blowing up a city let alone buildings but it never hurts-Well, it helps to try. Oh, it will hurt. Most likely a lot. 'This hero shit sucks ass sometimes...'

[Son Goku {Saiyuki}]

Goku and earthquakes did not work well with one another. The temple had learned the hard way that one time there were tremors, Goku acted like a cornered animal for a bit. It was sometimes hard to even listen to Sanzo, but at least the monk could calm him down a bit. But when those earthquakes were caused by unnatural means like this one, the monkey freaked out.

Like...Tearing through the temple freaked out, busting down walls, knocking things over whether they were people or objects with his fists, and screaming bloody fricking murder.

Being born of the Earth itself had it's drawbacks and this was one of them. His diadem had started to crack just a little and if he didn't figure out what was causing the problem, a whole other beast was going to rear it's ugly head. It was debatable how the Seiten Taisei would react once free and he wasn't inclined to figure that one out. Without so much as searching Sanzo out as the very notion evaded his frenzied mind, the severely agitated demon scurried off, leaving a dust cloud in his wake as he left the temple grounds.

'Find it and kill it! Find it and kill it! Or make it stop. But find it, find it, find it, FIND IT!'

The nimble short stack leaped from roof to roof once he was in the city, making a beeline for the source of the destructive energy. He hadn't bothered to properly dress, clad in only his shirt and a pair of jeans with his boots. He didn't have the time.

It didn't even register to him that Gojyo was in said direction as well. All he knew was that the source of his woes at the moment was there and he was going to knock the stuffing out of it. If the water sprite got in his way, he'd knock the stuffing out of him too. And Sanzo too, if the monk somehow caught up to him and tried to stop him.

He gripped his staff so tightly his knuckles were white as he drew in on Keishoumaru and Gojyo. Without even bothering to call much warning or even stop to ask what the hell the kappa and his possible girlfriend were doing on a smashed up roof giving him the mother of all headaches, the monkey leaped up and started coming down on the other demon with an almost feral battle cry, fully intent on smacking her right upside the head if she didn't see him coming first.

Back at the temple, the frightened monks tried their best to clean up the mess caused not only by the shaking but by the anxious monkey as well. The head abbot sighed, dabbing a cloth to his forehead as he watched from one of the doorways. "Master Sanzo really needs to do something about that boy..." While it would be unpleasant (kinda sorta...honestly, he was almost looking forward to it) that Master Sanzo would be away on a trip for some time, it would also mean no Goku. For that, he was grateful, hopefully the monkey would not return with the priest.

[Keishoumaru]

Keishoumaru paused momentarily at the mention of her daughter's safety. As the built up energy reached its peak, she felt intense pain coil around her body as the magic of her seal worked to suppress the impending Exploding Wave technique. Kei growled in vehemence. Her pain, her worry, her rage, she had to eliminate the cause of it all. All that was left to do was to lift her index and middle finger and...

An explosion of pain erupted from the back of her head as she was brought down to both knees from Goku's surprise attack. Kei turned to look at her attacker as the destructive energy she gathered started to dissipate. The blow had affected her vision and balance but she was starting to see a humanoid form charging at her. This one too had a demonic aura. Before she could recover, Goku's barrage of attacks started to rain down upon her which she was forced to parry and give ground.

Keishoumaru winced as she blocked each staff blow. Every hit sent a sharp pain where normally it wouldn't have. The effects of the seal must have weakened her more than she thought. Kei grunted in pain as a glancing blow to her shoulder nearly staggered her back again. She needed some distance to recover. Kei jumped back away from Goku and flew some distance away from the rooftop, above the city streets.

Panting slightly, she glared towards the two as vision was started to clear when the pain subsided. The one that attacked her looked like a human-like demon wielding a staff. She didn't know him, but it seemed like he was affiliated with Gojyo.

"Kisama! Who are you?!" Kei growled. Though the immediate threat of the city's destruction was averted, she was still very much enraged. Looks like Gojyo and his other demon friends finally decided to fight her after all. She heard all of what Gojyo had said. Under normal circumstances, even she would be convinced of his logic. But she was very close to going berserk. Reason was giving way to instinct. She knew she needed to compose herself, but now that the fight has been brought... it was time to get serious.

[Vegeta]

"Honestly, Kakarot goes on vacation and people decide to come out and blow things up."

Well to the west, the prince had sensed the discharge of several ki blasts. At first he had started to lazily make his way along, telling Pepper to entertain herself with her new found friend Raditz while he went to investigate. The way the energy had spiked did not suggest that it was some training exercise and the lively cluster of life he could detect from the city had not fluctuated by much, so he wasn't initially worried. But then there had been a significant build up for what felt like a powerful attack. His lazy flight had shifted to one of haste, though he doubted he would arrive on time. He needed to learn that damned transmission trick sometime...

So Vegeta was pleasantly surprised to see that the city in the east had not been decimated. At least not yet. He wasn't sure who or what had stopped the impending doom, since he couldn't sense any of the others in the area.

When he arrived on the scene, he kept himself well above the three he assumed were the combatants fighting it out. The two on the roof, whom he glanced over were fresh faces to him. The one in the air...She was the one whose energy he had detected. That meant she was the troublemaker.

Crossing his arms, he lowered himself to her level, a good distance behind her. "I'm not sure what the hell is going on, but I can't have someone blowing up cities here. Who are you and just what the hell do you think you're doing?" Vegeta glowered at Keishoumaru's back, waiting for her to turnabout and answer him. If what he sensed was accurate, she would have more to worry about from him than the two small fry below.

[Sha Gojyo]

Gojyo gaped in shock when Goku arrived on the scene and managed to put a stopper on whatever she was planning to do. Still, that was one less crisis to worry about.

He opened his mouth, about to take a step in order to try and call Goku off from his assault...then he just stopped. His body hurt too much for this shit. Gojyo was prepared to throw his hands in the air and scream 'Fuck it all! I don't care!'. Instead he groaned to himself and turned away, fishing out one of his Hi-Lites and lit it on some of the burning rubber from the smashed remains of the hovercraft. Once the nicotine was flowing through him, he felt a little more at ease.

'Shit, let Goku deal with her...I tried talking some sense into her, but it's like talking to a brick wall. Or Sanzo.' Speaking of which, there was no gunfire going off. Had Goku come alone?

With a tired sigh as he decided that he should be grateful for that much, he turned to look up as Keishoumaru demanded to know who the monkey was. "That's Son Goku...Though I'm not sure if he's the one you were talking about or-Who the fuck is that?!" Gojyo pointed past the demoness at yet another person hovering in the air, whose mouth moved but the distance was a little much for him to hear clearly. Okay, how the fuck did they do that? Honestly! Someone had damn well better explain that to him and fucking fast!

[Keishoumaru]

Kei turned to look at Vegeta as she heard him speak. Immediately, his face was recognizable; he was one of the images she saw earlier, the one that ordered Gojyo to kidnap Amikoharu. There's no doubt about it now, they were finally revealing their true intentions. They were playing her all along, to get her confused and weaken herself.

She silently observed him for a few seconds to try and gauge his strength. His physique was built more like a warrior's compared to the other two nearby, and his posture told her that he was confident in his strength. Surprisingly, she found herself slightly calming down. She was becoming more focused as her uncertainty started to fade.

Glancing back at Gojyo and the one who attacked her, she thought about whether or not she should deal with them first. She still couldn't understand why Gojyo was protected by her seal or what the newcomer's role in attacking her was, but she'll get her answers once she's beaten all three of them into the ground.

Then he heard Gojyo mention the staff-wielder's name and her eyes widened in surprise. Kei looked towards Goku in disbelief. That man is their leader?! No, the one she saw looked nothing like him. But...she can't be sure anymore. The one named Vegeta was definitely the same, but this one was different. Then again, she did get hit pretty hard by him. In her angered state, facts were becoming a blur to her. She wasn't sure whether or not this Goku seemed strong because she was weakened by the seal's power or if he truly was stronger than her.

"Kuso! So you all did plan to ambush me after all!" She snarled.

Kei looked back at Vegeta with a vicious glare. Since this one was the individual who plotted to kidnap her daughter, she won't be holding back. If this Goku was indeed stronger than her, then all the more reason to fight seriously from the start.

"Me?" Kei spoke with an icy tone. "I'm the mother of the kid you told your minion to kidnap." Kei tensed her muscles and took a deep breath. "Now I'm here to break you until you hand her over!" Keishoumaru accelerated from a stand still, enough to create a sonic boom, to reach Vegeta in the blink of an eye. Kei spun her body around mid flight to gain more momentum as she charged with an elbow strike right towards Vegeta's neck. Since he was a humanoid like herself, she was already plotting attacks that will strike his vitals. As long as she can keep him in close combat, she'll show him what it feels like to mess with a Makaioshin.

Though she was quick to dismiss it, she didn't sense any demonic aura coming from him. He's not a demon?...

[Son Goku {Saiyuki}]

Once he had succeeded in venting his rage, Goku was back to his normal self. The shaking had stopped and all was well in the world again...though the crack in his diadem had started a very gradual growth as the weakened metal started to lose strength.

Unaware of the fact that the guard over his sanity was slowly giving out, Goku tilted his head in curiosity. Since he arrived and he had smacked Keishoumaru around, he had yet to determine what was going on exactly. The offending woman was now in the air somehow and was facing off with some other guy, and Gojyo was talking to her like her almost blowing up something big had not happened. Well, she had curves, so that wasn't all that surprising...

Since he couldn't get airborne, at least for very long, he simply stood back to spectate with his nyoi-bo draped over his shoulders. He glanced at the water sprite with his gold eyes, looking somewhat perplexed, "Uh...So what's goin' on anyway? Who's that bitch who was makin' the ground shake? And who's that other guy? What the hell'd you do this time, ya dumb pervert?"

Maybe the lady was the guy's girl and Gojyo had hit on her too much? But then why would the guy fight her and not Gojyo? She couldn't be protecting Gojyo, cause even in his semi-maddened state, he knew she had been more likely to blast the kappa away. The monkey's childlike mind kept trying to come up with possible scenarios that could explain what was going on.

"You dumb ass...I'mma go tell Sanzo you screwed up again."

[Vegeta]

As Keishoumaru gave him a once over, Vegeta was doing the same. Since he made himself known, she seemed to gradually become less enraged like she had been with the weaklings below. He shot them both a glance and deduced that if she had been forced back by them, she wasn't likely to be all that strong. Still, he knew from past experiences that underestimating a new opponent sometimes backfired. It was a bad habit he sometimes had trouble shaking off. And considering she had the stench of a demon, that automatically meant she would have some devious tricks up her sleeve.

"A planned ambush? Hardly. I sensed your energy all the way from the west and came to investigate." Why the hell would he ambush her? Pfft, like he knew her and had plans for her or something.

The vicious glare he received made him arch a brow. It was evident in her eyes...She had some beef with him. But when she answered his question, her statement caught him off guard, causing him to blink in surprise with the most ridiculously dumbfounded look on his face before her sudden movement brought his concentration back and caused him to throw his defenses up quickly. Without really thinking about it, he flared into super saiyajin and blocked the blow aimed for his neck. Her elbow slammed into his arm and that caused him to growl, growing agitated. Then he backed off a few paces in the air, if only for a moment. His radiating gold aura made his changed hair shift from the movement of the coursing energy. He wasn't yet ascended, but he was ready to go that far...after a little explanation.

"Now hold on just a damned minute! What nonsense are you babbling here?!" His right eye squinted, getting an irritated twitch. The prince was not about to have some moron from out of no where come up and claim he was some abducter. Why would he steal some child he didn't even know existed from some complete stranger? If she didn't make for a good explanation, he would just go full force and beat the daylights out of her. Accuse him? Like fucking hell!

Vegeta huffed, his indignation at the lies she was slinging at him evident in his tone. It was so tempting, to not bother getting her reasons for believing such tripe but he was mordidly curious as to what was going on in the redheaded peon's mind. "I've no idea what minion you speak of for I have none and unless you present me with some solid proof that I took your brat, I would recommend you step off before I tear your crazed carcass limb from limb."