The 7 Elements of New Namek and its... end?

The Z Warriors flew through the air in a flash. The further they went the hotter the air began to grow around them. Goten and Trunks held each other’s hand while they flew and so did Piccolo and Akasha. The ground beneath them was erupting and boiling. Spitting out molten lava everywhere and gases and smoke, which seemed to be trying, reach up and grab them. It kept getting hotter and hotter and now the earth beneath them was nothing but an ocean of red-hot lava. Akasha was sensing some kind of power coming from the volcano ahead of them. It seemed to be calling out to all of them suddenly like a painful moan in the fiery darkness. They suddenly stopped in the air and Akasha began to look about.

“It all stops here.” Akasha announced suddenly. “The source of power I am sensing is coming from… right underneath us.”

They all looked down and saw nothing under them but a sea of molten lava. Vegeta was just about to speak when suddenly… the lava underneath them began to toil and bubble and churn in a mad rage. Suddenly the sea of lave began to split in two revealing a path to a tunnel. Akasha began her descent with Piccolo by her side and the rest followed in her path. The walls around the path were nothing but lava that at any moment could come down and kill them all. But none of them showed any fear and they all walked on the path to the tunnel, which had two large doors in front blocking there way with another inscription.

“ONLY THE ONE WHO KNOWS THEIR WAY MAY CLAIM WHAT IS MINE. SEEK NOT WHAT IS MINE WITH CRUEL INTENTIONS FOR THE FIRE WILL BURN YOU BEYOND ASHES.”

They pushed open the massive doors each of them bracing themselves for what may lie behind them. Low and behold when they opened the doors the floor was covered in black smoke. The room was the same size as the one before but it looked different. The throne was smashed and knocked over and the walls were jagged and rough unlike the ones of ice. They all looked around not knowing what to expect and Akasha drew out her sword in anticipation. She suddenly looked behind the destroyed throne and saw the figure of a woman holding herself on the floor. Her hair was bright red like fire itself and her eyes were red like rubies. She was wearing thin gold clothing with metal spikes coming out of the shoulders and on her back resided a pair of wings of nothing but fire.

“I have been awaiting your arrival. Are you ready to face me?” she said as she looked up at Akasha. It was obvious that she had been crying by the look on her face.

“What is your name?” Akasha asked her holding fast to her sword still. “My name is Valaria. Are you ready?” “You’re not like the other elements are you?” Akasha said lowering the sword away from Valaria. “Not any more. I finally have control of the evil inside of me now. And now we will fight. Fight me or choose your champion. Are you ready?” Valaria asked again as she stood up slowly.

The others stood ready close by to begin to battle, except for Goten. He kept staring at Valaria as if he saw something in her. Some kind of sorrow that he could feel emanating from her and he knew that Akasha must also be feeling it, which she was.

“If you are no longer evil than help us. Help us stop Enkil.” Akasha said. “You know I can not. I can barely fight the evil inside of me now. I was such a fool. O you what true evil is? I though I could just touch it. Control it and then kill Enkil and take his place and I would do the same for all the elements and rain supreme. Instead it consumed me, enveloped me, and devoured me. And I liked it. I really liked it. It gave me so much pleasure to kill all those people. To burn them from the inside out. To trap an entire family together and then make a member of the family choose who dies first and melt them in molten lava little by little while I make the other watch. It was so intoxicating that I relished in it. And now here I am in control now once again. So are you ready?”

Akasha nodded in response and quickly the others stepped back. Akasha got into a fighting stance and so did Valaria. They both stood apart from each other staring at each others bodies to see any indication of what the other’s first opening move was. Akasha suddenly astral projected herself in front of Valaria. Valaria swiftly sprang into action but Akasha slashed her left arm just before Valarie was able to completely dodge her attack. Then Valaria flipped herself in the air and kicked Akasha’s astral form in the face and it vanished as fast as it had appeared in the first place. TAkasAkasha herself jumped into the air and tried to cut off Valaria’s head but Valaria dodged that and grabbed Akasha from behind. Akasha dropped her sword as Valaria was using all her strength, binding Akasha squeezing the breath out of her.

“AKASHA!!!” Piccolo cried out as he watched.

Akasha then unwrapped her tail from her waist and wrapped it around Valaria’s throat. It was obvious that none of them was going to give in any time soon. For several minutes they stayed the same way, choking the breath out of each other. But Akasha never needed air to live but like fire itself Valaria needed the air to exist. Like a snake, Akasha’s tail was constricting tighter and tighter around her throat, while Valaria’s was getting weaker and loosing her grip. Finally Valaria let go and in that instant Akasha, who was still constricting Valaria’s throat with her tail, flung her across the room like a rag doll with her tail. Akasha picked up her sword and charged Valaria who was gasping for air. Valaria looked up and suddenly threw out a giant fireball from her mouth at Akasha hitting her dead on. Akasha was thrown back with great force as the fire was burning her all over her body. Valaria quickly got up and jumped kicked Akasha in the chest breaking 4 of her ribs. Valaria then covered her entire body in fire and attack Akasha furiously with flying kicks and punches, in her face, torso and stomach. Suddenly Akasha punched Valaria in the face with such force she herself was flung again to the far wall but with the fire all around Valaria’s body; Akasha’s fist was burned severely, nearly to the bone. Valaria flew at Akasha and they both vanished into the air only reappearing for a few brief seconds, since they were both moving so fast. No one could tell what was happening since all they could here was the hits that the two warriors were inflicting on each other. It went on like this for a while, when suddenly a great blast came from the center of the room. Valaria was on the ground and Akasha stood surround by a blue aura. Valaria sprang to her feet and tried to continue her attack, but Akasha just dodged all of them. Then Akasha kicked Valaria to the ground and with the blue aura all around it acted like a shield against all the fire around Valaria. Before Valaria had the chance to get up Akasha grabbed her by her throat and lifted her up in the air and drove her hand into Valaria’s chest and ripped out her heart. Akasha let the dead body fall to the ground as the blood poured out from the cavity in her chest as Akasha looked at Valaria’s still beating heart in her hands. The body then changed into a dragon ball in a great flash of light just like before, and the heart turned into a bright red ruby in Akasha’s hand. Akasha and the others gave a great sigh as the battle was finally over and Akasha ran to Piccolo and embraced him. No one spoke a word as they all left and when they got out side, to their surprise, all the lave had cooled down and was turned into nothing but rock. They all flew back towards the ship to get the location of the next element but it would be a few hours before they would leave since Akasha had to heal her wounds from the battle with Valaria. As soon as they reached the ship Vegeta went off by himself in what seemed to be an angry rage. Goku, Tien Krillin, and Piccolo all went to the sick bay to try and help Akasha recover faster. Trunks and Goten left with each other to their room to rest for the next battle. Vegeta went to the observatory, a room that Akasha had built, for the ship. It was a place that didn’t hold any real importance in how the ship was run. It was merely a place with a giant window in the far wall to see out into the stars of space. Vegeta stared out into the stars aimlessly thinking to himself in a rage:

“How could this be?!? I am the Prince of the entire saiyan race and now even my own baby sister towers over me in power! How could this be? I have the blood of the countless kings coursing through my veins, I am a pure blooded saiyan and I should be the strongest in the universe! There must be some way to ascend higher; there must be new plateaus for me to reach. Before it was Kakarot who became stronger than I, and now Akasha. But I will be the strongest! I swear by my blood I will become the strongest and all will bow down to me!”