Disclaimer: Same old same old for this part…we all know I don't own DBZ, because if I did, why the Hell would I be writing a fanfiction????

Terror and A Beginning

'There's just no getting up from a punch like that. Stop standing here! If he gets you, too, all is lost. Run…' a voice in her head whispered to her. She just didn't understand. How could he have lost? After everything…HOW?!

She ran. She wasn't going to stand around like a fool and wait for him to notice her. And yet…she stopped for a minute again, envisioning that wild hair and evil, seductive smirk.

'NO!' She screamed at herself. She had to keep going; for him. She shuddered as images of the pink and white lizard flooded her mind. She shook her head and kept running. There was no turning back now.

She ran from the battle scene and away from the nightmare. She knew that it was probably pointless, but she didn't care. She wasn't going to just wait for that beast to capture her.

She squeezed her eyes shut against the wind that was lashing her hair into her face and ran as fast as she could. 'God, if only I'd worked out more!' She scolded herself. Her legs were already giving out on her, and she couldn't keep running forever.

She stumbled as pain shot through her left knee and collapsed to the ground. Yelping in pain as her knee slammed into the hard ground, she gathered herself up from the ground. She looked around and saw that she was already far from the battle scene, and praised any god that would listen for somehow delivering her from that gruesome sight.

She took a deep breath and then continued trying to run; achieving more of a jogging limp than any measure of a run, but it was something. She ran into some tall growth of shrubs and bushes and tried not to cry out as the sharp points dug into her legs and side. Somehow, facing the pain of some shrubbery seemed like Heaven compared to what she could be going through with that monster.

She continued to "run" along through what seemed to be an endless sea of sharp bushes, and into a forest full of entwined trees and ancient wildlife. She kept going into the trees until she couldn't move her legs anymore and collapsed at the base of a particularly old tree that seemed to have a life and voice of it's own. As she sat, she could swear the base itself was pulsing with energy.

She closed her eyes and breathed in ragged spurts. She finally let tears run their course down her dirt and sweat soaked face. Pain, anguish, sorrow, and betrayal ran through her blood as she sobbed. Before she knew it she was asleep. Asleep in a forest bringing her slight protection, and an obvious hiding place.

She didn't know it. She couldn't have guessed. But he sat there in the tree, watching her as she breathed, and scheming as to how to capture her without having to kill her. For all he knew, she could still be useful. All might not be lost in her puny head.

In her sleep she heard rustling above her and her eyes shot open. Beautiful, endless blue eyes opened to see her worst nightmare right above her. Malicious, evil eyes stared back her. All she could do was scream, but she knew no one was listening. The gods had left her long ago.

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Author's note: Hey all! Weeeell, here's the first chappie…more of a prologue really. Don't worry if you're confused; I intended to have anyone who read this extremely lost. ^______^ I'm nice like that! Well, if you liked, didn't like, or whatever else, please review! I really want to know how you liked my story!!! Constructive critism is greatly appreciated, and flamers will be ignored! Arigato ^_____~

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