This planet was still so beautiful to her. It was the first one she and Akisei created together. Even now it was perfect to her. Until recently it had enjoyed a long period of peace but now? Well like several planets in her sector had descended into a form of turmoil. The leader of patch saiyans had been cut down for example. A big part of the reason she had come down was to look into this major disruption in the peace of her sector. But the reason she came to earth?

Two energies that felt familiar to her. One she could clearly place, the holy sword she made all thos years ago... but less obvious was the feeling she got from someone on this planet. It felt like... someone who coudn't possibly still be around. But she coudnt simply ignore it if it was right? So she decided she would look into it. If nothing else she wanted to know how her holy sword was doing! Did she have a new wielder? Was she happy? Was she still as energetic as ever? She wanted to find out!

This flight led her into the icy north of the planet. There were not many establishments this far out. She could see why, it was cold! She was having to layer herself with ki like a coat! Whoever was running around with energy akin to Dawn's... they clealry didn't dress like her Dawn! Though... to be fair Dawn's endurance had been a sight to behold....

Nope nope! Dont get hook on the past... focus on.. there! Their was the energies!

A woman clad in armor, with that sword she knew so well at her side. Hmmm sealed? It wasn't radiating the energy it should. No she wasnt even in her humanoid form. No wielder yet then? Then why was she in this womans possession? Their was something about her... something about the energy inside her.

And so she warped herself right in front of the knight!

"Hello there! I'm Rumia and... oh one sec..."

She would snap her fingers and the helmet upon Atuko's head would vanish from its place. It woudnt go far however, neatly wrapped beside her feet. The helmet removed revealed quite the sight for the kai. A blonde, noble visage. She was... she was...

"Ahhh your just beautiful! So adorable! Oh that armor goes so well with you and... oh oh wait wait focus!

She went over what she knew, what that energy fed her back in the world of kais. She stretched a bit playfully as she got all her facts together.

I am Rumia, the Supreme Kai! Oh... apologies I forget most don't know about us.. should I explain... Atsuko right?"

Excalibur was defnelty still asleep, did that mean this Atsuko wasn't her chosen wielder, or did she simply not think she was at the proper level yet? Or, perhaps it was simply that she didnt think she was needed yet. That was what happened when you gave creations their own free will-they got to make their own choices.

But stubborn holy sword aside! Atsuko seemed the mature, calm type. Was that why she felt so familiar? No... that wasn't the sort of thing she would have felt all the way from Otherworld. No now that she was close she was certain. It was HER energy. It was different-but also the same, if quite a bit weaker right now.

"Thata right Rumia! The Supreme Kai Of The Northern section of the universe! ...oh right I still need to explain what that it is"

A family member? No every mortal, even blood related had their own unique energy signature. For this to be so close to Dawn's... something was up.

Dawn shouldn't be around anymore.... in any form.

No, she coudnt let herself get down right now!

"This universe is divided into four sectors, and each sector has it's own god of creation, a Supreme Kai that looks over and maintains its balance..... one sec"

Focusing her energy once more a small fur coat appeared over the kais robes, she took a moment to adjust go it and then sighed in relief.

"There much better jeez... of all things her energy had to be in someone from a frozen place like this! Anyway... we look over, keep our part of the universe in balance.... at peace. That's what I am, Earth is part of my sector-along with all you little cuties that reside here, I do so loveee the knightly stoic types!"

She very much enjoyed the knights company even as confused as she must be right now. She would do her best to ease her along as they talked, keep her as informed as she could.

"The universe is slowly etching towards turmoil again... so it's my job to do soemthing about it. But before that, while I'm on thia wonderful planet... I had to look into the familiar energy I felt... coming from you"

Their was only one way to really find out wasnt there?

"It's a long shot but... does the name Dawn mean anything to you? Red and blonde hair-usually wearing a shirt with a sun on it, with or without a jacket?"

Atsuko seemed to be taking this information in well. Good, most would probaly freak out or make a huge deal out of it. Rumia was simply Rumia. She preferred to be treated as such. The only difference in her mind was her duty to the people of her sector. She was a god, this was true but she preferred to simply be treated as anyone else. This meeting was going well! Usually when she got to the whole 'god' part people ether refused to believe her, or just... got way to enthusiastic.

But what brought a sparkle to her eyes was Atsuko's answer to her question. She did see something... but it was in her mind. What did that mean? From the way Atsuko talked it sounded like if this was Dawn-or anyone else for that matter that Atsuko was only familiar with the figure from her vision training-which should not be the case. With that form of training you would to a degree be using your memories and what you could imagine. This would mean that whatever Atsuko formed shouldn't surprise her. And yet... a mind and will of it's own, like it was assessing her progress...? That certainly sounded like Dawn. But... that made no sense. Dawn was erased from this universe, why would she be in this random knights mind? Why would this knight have her energy...?

"I see... that is curious... does this happen often?"

She didn't want to get her hopes up but this was a good lead! Could Dawn still be..? No that was impossible but this woman, Atsuko could be her...

No, she coudn't jump to conclusions.

It was clear that Rumia didnt think Atsuko was crazy at all-if anything she was intently interested in the subject.

"Since you only recognize the apprence I assume shes never spoke her name... in image training no less..... you should be able to recognize anything within your own image training...

Yes in that moment she made a choice, it was the only way to know for sure.

"Would you mind if I accompany you for a while Atsuko.... this has my interest. If that image is who I think it is... I'm sorry but I need to know, oh and I can help you train some of you like!"

The kai shifted from serious to chipper and playful on a dime, she truly was a handful!

This wasn't a one time occurence, Atsuko confirmed that. It brought a smile to Rumia's face. She was no fool, she knew this wasnt 'Dawn was suddenly back' but it meant that in some way... she could be in someone else. It was unprecedented of course. But then Dawn's circumstance was practically unique as well. So few were truly erased.... could she really have been... rencarnated? If so it would make sense for her echo to be guiding Atsuko. Of course she didnt want to say these things aloud get-out would probaly still sound crazy at this point, even from a god! But... it was a possibility that made her smile.

"That certainly sounds like her... I have some ideas but jumping to conclusions isnt something I want to do... perhaps while we travel I'll be able to see for sure!'

The kai was the cheerful sort, even more so now with potential good news like this! Even if she could never get Dawn back. If she was somehow reborn like this... more than that somehow guiding her new self. Well she count not be happy. It was the best possible result she could hope for!

"Ah your right! I'm rambling aren't I? Please feel free to ask your own questions next, its probaly silly this is just... an important matter for me"

Rumia was probaly one of, if not the most human god among the stars. Her emotions were very much on tap, even more so after all she had been through. They were basically at their peak with thia subject to... but really, it was probaly something seeing a God act this way.

A flash of golden light... lightining... that was defnelty a power Dawn had possessed. It was one could argue the greatest power her race possessed. A power that had both saved and caused chaos in the world. But it had been lost to time now. No saiyan today knew of that golden power. It made no sense for Atsuko to have seen it somewhere else in that case. Everything wa lining up-as unbelievable as it still felt after all this time. Even what the figure said to Atsuko sounded like what Dawn would say...

Brought from her thoughts by Atsuko's next comment Rumia was briefly confused. Protect her? Why would she need...

Oh right

Atsuko coudn't feel her ki, as far as she knew Rumia was as weak as a common human. Her ki was different than a mortals, because of that it coudnt simply be sensed by mortal techiques such as ki sense. No this was perfect for eldest Kai however as a wide grin crossed her face. She proceeded to quite eagerly cross her arm with the knights.

"Oh of course my knight! I'm weakened in the mortal realm.... it's a part of keeping balance. As a result I will very much need your protection in order to stay safe! Will you truly do so? I would be more than happy to assist with your training, belive it or not I've learned quite a few things in my life~

Yep she was playing right into Atsuko's nature-letting her be the protector both for her and because honestly? Rumia liked being protected by a really cute girl. Even better if she turned out to be Dawn's reincarnation. besides it wasnt like she was lying or anything. She really WAS weaker in the mortal realm! ...just not to the extent Atsuko belived.

Who woudnt want such a lovely soul as their guardian though?

Ooooh Lady Rumia huh? She liked the sound of that! Yes she could defnelty get used to it.... so long as Atsuko didnt go to far in on it of course! Respected was fine but she didnt want to be treated like... well a god. Worship was ANNOYING! She just wanted to mingle with the mortals she helped create like she was one of them. But more than that if this was Dawn's rencarnation.... she just woudnt allow it. They were certainly alike that was for sure, though Atsuko seemed even stiffer than Dawn was in her actual stiff days. Not that their was anything wrong with that of course, she respected it. It was wasnt a bad thing to be kind and respectful. Even if Rukia didnt consider above Atsuko in anyway, she supposed she could understand showing respect in that fashion to.

"Happy to come Madam Atsuko!"

But that didnt mean she wasnt going to return what she saw as equal respect to someone helping her. Putting aside the suspicions about Dawn after all she was still taking care of the Holy Sword, whether or not she was its chosen wielder was irrelevant in that matter. To take care of her was a tremendous favor she was doing for the Kai, whether she realized it or not.

She listened to the knight's questions closely, it was probaly quite noticable in fact-she hung on every word so she could give her a proper answer. Why did she remove the helmet? Well their was a couple reasons, but the most important was:

"When talking to someone, I wish to meet there gaze with my own, see how they feel, their emotions. Behind a helmet or a mask it's easy to hide your emotions you know? But the face? Not nearly as easy, even with heavy training.... I prefer to know how someone feels, truly.... plus I had a feeling you were cute-and I was right!"

Whole the last part was true, it was clealry the least serious of what Rumia said, the statement made in a much more playful manner than the rest. She then asked why she complimented her so? Was it bothering her? In truth it was hard for her to tell sometimes. She simply spoke the truth of what she saw. Before her was a beautiful woman. In every regard this was true in Rumia's eyes. It wasnt a complicated thing really, not like the deal with Dawn.

"Because your beautiful Atsuko, it's as simple as that. Your body, of course but also your attire, ths aura you radiate... every part of you Including the eyes... the maturity you show-its beautiful. Have you never been told that? It seems an obvious fact to me"

And why woudnt it be? It was everything she had seen for herself thus far. Rumia new a beautiful woman when she saw one. One might assume that simply meant their looks but that was not the case. Rumia looked at everything, inside and out.

Atsuko seemed more than happy to be her guardian while she was here. Rumia was Happy to oblige the request even if she didnt TRULY require it. Why? Well the simplest reason was that it let her observe the knight. She was curious about her. But it was more than that. Rumia liked the feeling of being protected, of someone looking out for her-caring about her. Even in something as simple as this. It just... felt nice.

"Thank you, Atsuko! I appreciate it... and I'm sure you'll do the job perfectly"

Atsuko then brought up a rather interesting proposal. It would be a bit difficult to set up. They would defnelty need a peaceful area but...

"Oh yes Atsuko please! That would be wonderful! We could both know for sure. If its true... theirs a lot to do!"

Her curiosity was peaked to be sure, but she also wanted this to be true. As much as she didnt want to get her hopes up... she wanted it to be so.

"Oh but did you have a destination on mind before we met? I would hate to hold you up. But if not... we could find a spot for that training, or perhaps we could even find a spot to make something to eat! I.. have not today"

Kai's didnt really HAVE to eat it was true. But she still enjoyed it from time to time.

...besides, if she could get the knight to cook for her.... oh or even the other way around!

This felt nice, familar. She would be happy to join Atsuko on this journey. Perhaps she could even find what she was missing. It was a long shot... but it would be nice if this dream of hers was true as well. She supposed another thing was... she didnt want to be alone. Even if she deserved such a thing. She supposed it was selfish of her, not to simply dissapear. But... she shoudnt just focus focus on her thoughts. She could drown in them herself when she slept. She was awake right now and because of that she should focus on the beautiful person she was having the honor of meeting. She wanted to learn more about her... and her possible connections.

"No ones told you? That's so sad... well rest assured like can see it. Not just outer beauty. From our interactions so far... I can see you have it on the inside as well, truly. The people of Earth have always been intresting.... but it has been a while since I've seen someone like you. And of course... if shes inside you... I need to know"

She sighed in relief when Atsuko said she didnt dislike it. Good then that meant she wasnt making Atsumo uncomfortable. Though she was quite the playful kai, and she did enjoy pushing people to try new things she would never make them do something they didnt want to. She wanted mortals to grow, more so in her sector. But not in power. Of course she would be proud of them if they did, but more important was that they grew mentally- emotionally. She wanted each and every mortal she watched over to grow as much as they can. Become the best version of themselves they can.

"I'm glad, because I am certain you will only become more beutiful to me, please do keep growing Atsuko"

She gave a bright grin at the knight. Yes that was all she wanted. Originally Akisei made the people of their sector, namely Earth weak naturally. They coudn't stop them from becoming stronger from there of course. But they wanted to avoid dangerous conflicts as much as possible. But overtime that changed. Now she belived they should be allowed to grow to their fullest ability in all regards. She could only hope that as few did so with malicious intent as possible.

She smiled warmly at Atsuko's next statement. So she had no particular place she wanted to go? So it was just a sort of wayward journey then. She had a goal she was sure, more so with her carrying Excalibur-she just had no exact method of getting there. She would like to camp with her new friend. She was quite interested to know what her cooking was like as well. It had also been a while since she was able to hang out with mortals like this. Typciully she didnt get involved in their life-it wasnt how Kai handled things after all. But every once in a while she would come down and visit. But this time? It was more important to her than usual given what could be happening here.

She wanted to know... no

She needed to know

"Atsuko I would love to camp with you. Of course... I would very enjoy a meal made by you as well! I havent had anything from the mortal realm in a long while honeslty! Do you have the food you need for it? If not I'm sure I could assist in gathering it!"

Just creating it was out of the question for now. She wasnt certain yet after all. If she WAS wrong she just coudnt go showing off her powers to random mortals-even ones as kind as Atsuko was. Thiugh she wasnt certain she would anyway unless it otherwise involved taking life needlessly. The power of creation was skill to be treasured-to never be abused. It was to only be used on things that mattered in the mortal realm-or safely with people who already knew of it.

If her theory was right though... she woudnt have to worry about it to long! She... really hoped so.

"Come on! You can make a spot, I'm sure you know of a nice one right?"

They certainly acted a lot alike that was for sure. It made her giggle. it made her more confident that she was on the right track. Even if she was wrong she knew this woman would be respectable enough. Besides if nothing else she came from the people she entrusted Excalibur to. Well, person. regardless it was a trustworthy source-that much she knew. But... she wasnt exactly like Dawn ether. well she shoudnt be-Atsuko would still be her own person even if she was the rencarnated form of her. She already wanted to help Atsuko with confidence in her appearance. she could understand why of course. More so given the current climate of the universe. the knights were being cut down across the universe. Because of that it made sense that whoever raised Atsuko would be very careful, even raining her to hide her identity. However it would not due for Atsuko to remain that way, or only know that for the rest of her life. It would serve her wlel to know both sides.

"Atsuko... so long as you continue to grow you will meet every expectation I have. That's all I expect, all I want. the most joyous thing I can hope for is watching the mortal realm grow, it's all I want!"

When Atsuko confirmed she knew where to go the Kai nodded. Resourceful... that was wonderul! Even in a place she wasnt completely familiar with-she was trained well, shed have to complement the ones who did so for her later. Along the way she thought over Atsuko's suggestion. Hunting was apart of the cycle of life after all. Predictor and prey and all they. However if they already had enough rations to spread between them she would prefer they leave animals be. Having to was one thing, but she saw little point if they could already be reasonably maintained.

It was a shame to, Dinosour WAS quite the meal. She thought it over in her head. Atsuko was a Saiyan. Would her rations really cover both of them?

"I have! it is quite tasty I admit! it has been a while... hmmm would your rations cover us both Atsuko? Please do be honest, if not It would certainly benefit you to gather one of those creatures for your meal when you need it"


Rumia took a seat as Atsuko prepared everything. She was such a hard worker. It seemed she did not even use capsules like so many did these days. she respected that-making something yourself always gave you more satisfaction in the end. She smiled brightly.

"You really like putting things together by hand don't you Atsuko?"