Dreams of the Past
***To begin with this takes place in an alternate time dimension. I do not own DBZ. However, I do own Aurora, Juuhachi(she isn't android 18, even though juuhachi is 18 in Japanese) and Jousui, I also own the nekojins(I don't think anybody else ever written with them in it) I've made some changes in the story I added some things. I also changed some names in chapter 2.
The actual DBZ characters should be coming in chapter 3.
Chapter 1: The dream that started it all
It was a chilly autumn night on Vegetasei, everyone was sleeping in the Royal Palace except for a young girl. This girl was the Princess of all Saiyajins.
The young Princess was 13 years old, her beauty was incredible. She had long blond hair with the most beautiful curls. Her eyes were green as emeralds. The princess was simply breath taking. King Reficul has been searching for a suitable mate for his daughter. Only one man came to his expectations, Captain Fire. He was 23 years old and quite handsome with his dark brown hair and brown eyes. He had a smile to kill for, every other man envied his appearance. Juuhachi thought differently, she wasn't willing to get married in about 3 years; she wanted to live her own life outside of the Palace. She was sick of the Royal Guards following her around 24/7. She wanted to experience adventure. There was something that stopped her, her status as a female. Sure she was the princess, but women weren't treated nicely outside of the royal court. If she did run away, she'd have to act as a peasant.
Princess Juuhachi lay awake in her bed; she was waiting for the signal to leave. Captain Fire had been training her in secret at night; when she was suppose to be sleeping. She wanted to train so she could fight, show her father that she's as good as he.
A month went by with her secret training; she was on her way to the fields when she noticed her father and Captain Fire talking. They were discussion an upcoming marriage, her marriage! How could they? Captain Fire was suggesting that even if he is 10 years older than Juuhachi he would still make an excellent mate for her. Together they would have a son that would rule the planet, turn the pathetic Nekojins* and few humans who lived there slaves to the saiyajins. Juuhachi then decided that she would run away the following night. She'd go to her sparring lesson tonight and then cancel tomorrow night's lesson saying that she needed a break from training.
The next day went by quickly. Juuhachi gathered supplies in secret for her trip tonight. She had no idea where she was going or what she would do if someone where to stop her. She was strong enough to kill any body that crossed her way.
Later that evening after she made sure everyone was asleep. Juuhachi slowly sneaks out of her bedroom window. She flies and lands on the ground gracefully. She looks back at the palace and whispers "Goodbye father. I'll miss you. Perhaps someday our paths may cross again. Until then I am truly sorry for leaving you this way. I just cannot except my marriage with Fire." She ran towards the woods with a few tears threatening to leave her eyes. She did not look back in fear of being followed.
An hour or two past dawn Juuhachi noticed two girls walking down a path; one seemed to be a Nekojin and the other a human. The nekojin had strait brown hair, her eyes were an odd mixture of green and brown and the human had short dark brown hair with brown eyes. They seemed friendly enough, and Juuhachi was starving. The young saiyajin didn't bother packing food because she figured there would be enough game in the wild for her to catch. She hasn't had the chance to hunt for food because she's been too busy trying to make the distance between her and home as large as possible. The saiyajin slowly approached the two strange girls. She had never actually seen anything else besides Saiyajins in her sheltered life. The Nekojin came up to her first, with the human warning her to be careful incase she was dangerous. After all, Juuhachi was a saiyajin. They were considered to be the most deadly creatures alive, even to their own kind since they constantly thought of war and getting stronger.
"Aurora, She's probably nice, just leave me alone! I can handle myself you know. I am a warrior." The nekojin argued with her human friend. "She's a saiyajin Jousui! She'll kick your butt in a second!" The human replied. "Yeah yeah.' -the nekojin turns towards Juuhachi. 'H-hello. My name is Jousui. What's your name? . Are you lost?"
The saiyajin smiled then replied, "My name is Juuhachi. I must admit that I am sort of lost; I don't really plan on going back home. If I do I'll have to face the consequences of my irresponsibility. What will my kingdom say? Heck what would my father say? He'll kill me! Could you help me hide? I'm sure the news has spread over the country side by now!" The nekojin was clearly shocked. "Your kingdom? That means. you're. Oh my God! I heard all about it before I left the village with Aurora. Your father has guards out for you. Of course we'll help you hide! Right Aurora?" The human just seemed kind of fazed. 'Help the Princess hide? If the King finds out, we're both dead! What have I gotten myself into now?'
On the way back to Aurora and Jousui's home, Juuhachi explained to her new friends why she ran away. Jousui agreed with her decision and talked a bit of her past. Her parents were slaughtered right in front of her eyes when she was 10, and Aurora's parents had drowned, they've both been living together and now they had a third person to occupy one of the guest rooms. They eventually became best friends.
Juuhachi's new home was on the other side of a very small human and nekojin village that went by the name of Solace**. When she first arrived she told the villagers her true identity and made them swear to keep it a secret. Not wanting to anger a saiyajin they all agreed. As the months went by, the 3 friends were known as the village protectors. Aurora was the town cleric. After 2 years of Juuhachi living there the villagers still weren't used to having a saiyajin live so close by.
Juuhachi was having the most rotten day. To start it off her and Jousui had got into another fight about who ate the last slice of bacon and ruined Aurora's herbal garden. As a punishment Aurora sent them into town to run some errands for her. Some of these errands included the shopping list. While she was there this one human jerk that liked her ever since she arrived, had decided to show his affection by jokingly spilling a few buckets of water on her with the help of his friends. Juuhachi gave in to her anger and exploded. Jousui stopped Juuhachi just in time. She was about to blow up the entire village. Jousui and Juuhachi quickly dropped off Aurora's food and they went into a nearby forest to let out some anger.
What they didn't know is that in the forest the King's royal army was marching by still in search of their missing princess. Since Juuhachi had been firing random ki blasts she accidentally hit Captain Fire and nearly killed him. Of course as soon as Juuhachi discovered whom she hit she told Jousui to come with her elsewhere.
The army immediately went to the nearest village; once they arrived the villagers directed them to the clerics place. The cleric of this town just happened to be Aurora. When Juuhachi and Jousui got home they didn't know that Captain Fire was in the kitchen talking to Aurora, so they walked right in sat down at the table and asked what was for supper. It took Juuhachi a few minutes to register into her brain that the man that was sitting on the other end of the table was her mortal enemy and perhaps future mate. She ran out the door as fast as her legs could carry her, that's when Captain Fire realized that the Princess was just here. So he decided to stay a few days to see if she would return anytime soon. He still had no idea that it was she who injured him.
After waiting a fortnight Fire decided that he should leave Solace. There was no trace of Juuhachi anywhere; perhaps it was just his imagination. Juuhachi was relieved that Fire had finally left she missed her home.
They were now 16 years old. Aurora was supposed to be getting married with an arrangement that had been made before the death of her parents. She found the man adorable so she still agreed in one condition; they lived with Juuhachi and Jousui. At first he disliked the idea of living with a saiyajin, but decided that he wanted Aurora so he agreed.
It was the wedding day; it took Aurora and Jousui so long to get Juuhachi to get into the bride's maid dress. During the wedding Juuhachi had a scowl on her face. She really didn't like wearing the dress and she wanted everyone to know it! Deep inside Juuhachi enjoyed the festivities and would love to get married herself. Just not with some rude soldier that her father choose.
Juuhachi's 18th birthday was coming up soon. Aurora now had a child; she was almost 3 years old. They haven't heard from or even seen the royal army since the last unfortunate event, and rumors of Princess Juuhachi being dead was a really big hit with travelers at the local taverns. Captain fire had grown an obsession with trying to find Princess Juuhachi. He decided that once he got his hands on her he would make her his mate. They would rule the planet and exterminate the nekojins and humans. Only Saiyajins were worthy enough to live on Vegetasei.
Captain Fire had heard rumors of a girl whose appearance was remarkably like Juuhachi's in Solace. At first he thought it was an old tale because he was there when she first disappeared, of course perhaps she just moved there? He finally decided to gather up a huge army and go there just to make sure. Once he arrived he gave the orders to attack head on.
The army circled around the village and a 2-mile radius around it, so that nothing would escape. Especially not his little mate-to-be, if she truly was there. When he started to launch his attack he noticed that 3 people were trying to get all the villagers to safety, he took a closer look. It was the cleric who once healed him, a Nekojin and his Princess Juuhachi. All three of them were running with children in their arms, across the small lake and into their land, they'd leave them and go back for more children or elderly people. Fire couldn't believe what he was seeing, his Juuhachi helping out. a village of pathetic humans and Nekojins! He'd have to teach her a good lesson and he was looking forward to it.
He flew into the village and landed in Town Square. He yelled out at the top of his lungs the traditional Saiyajin battle cry. Only Juuhachi recognized it back where she was. She felt fear creep up her spine and froze completely. She then cried out her own battle cry and flew towards Fire.
He was standing in the middle of Town Square, his arms were crossed, his tail was moving around behind him, and he was grinning evilly. He didn't budge a muscle when he saw her fly towards him. He just stood there grinning at her with a wicked look in his eyes. She knew what he was planning. He was going to kill the village then drag her back to the Palace to be his mate. The thought of that got Juuhachi ticked off more than anything in her life. Juuhachi then started to walk away only to have him appear right in front of her blocking her way.
"Not so fast little Princess" "Go away Fire, or else" "Or else what, Princess?" "Or else I'll be forced to kill you and destroy your army" He then started to laugh. When he laughed it was horrible to hear, once you've heard it a person usually ends up having nightmares. He reached out to grab her arms only to have Juuhachi move out of the way and slap him hard in the face.
"You shouldn't have done that wench! I'll drag you back home in chains if I must!" "Ha! You wouldn't even be able to touch me. I bet I could beat you anytime, anywhere. I've gotten way stronger. I'm not some weak little Princess anymore. Now, if you excuse me. I have more important things to do" She pushed him out of the way, causing him to stumble backwards a bit, and walked away. Captain Fire stood there dumbfounded for a few minutes before he realized that she was gone. He ran back after her and grabbed her weakness, her tail. She fell to the ground and screamed in pain. She couldn't move. "LET GO NOW OR ELSE!!!" "Or else what girl? You'll somehow overcome the pain and hurt me?"
At that precise moment Jousui flies in and kicks him in the face. He let Juuhachi go out of surprise. Juuhachi quickly wraps her tail around her waist and glares at Jousui. "What? It looked like you needed some help there Juu-chan." "I had him! I was just about to kill him!" Fire only snorts in reply. "You couldn't kill me. To prove it, I challenge you to a fight. I win, the villagers all die, you come back to the Palace, we become mates and rule this planet having the Nekojins and Humans as our slaves." Juuhachi was silent for a moment. "And if YOU lose?" Fire smirks. "If I lose, you can kill me and keep living your life here. My army will tell your father that we never found you and something rather, unfortunate happened to me" Juuhachi still didn't seem completely satisfied. "If you win, promise me you won't destroy this village." "I won't destroy it. For the time being at least." He says the last part a little lower so Juuhachi didn't really understand it. "Fine. We'll fight, but not right here. In a nearby field, where I spend most of my time training." "Alright, deal. You lead the way" Jousui just stared as her best friend lifted into the air and flew to their favorite training spot.
They arrived in a once beautiful field. It was obvious that Juuhachi trained here daily with Jousui. Juuhachi and Captain Fire powered up a little bit. Juuhachi flew at him at full speed, which shocked Fire; he knew she was a little fast, but not this fast. She had him pinned to the ground within 10 seconds. Of course getting cocky she let her guard down giving Fire the upper hand. "Looks like I win, Captain." She was grinning. "Princess, don't you remember the lessons I taught you? Never under estimate your opponent." He goes SSJ causing Juuhachi to jump into the air. He wastes no time to take a hold of her foot rather roughly and brings her to the ground face first. Fire pushes down with his left foot in her lower back and lifts up both of her arms behind her back as hard as he can. The pain was so unbearable it feel like her arms are about to snap off. Juuhachi cried out in pain.
At the sound of someone screaming in pain, the remaining villagers, Jousui and Aurora come running into the field where the battle was held. Some of the royal guards ran up to their captain asking if he needs help. "I need some rope preferably chains if you have some for the Princess. She defiantly won't come back home willingly so we'll have to force her back home. I want some heirs and fast when I get back!" The guards simply nod and get some rope. They tie Juuhachi's hand behind her back and pull her up rather roughly. "Well, I guess you've won, Captain. Just remember, don't harm any of the villagers."
"I won't my little thorn. Not today anyway. Men! I got what I came for, let's move out" With that, the saiyajin army moved out dragging Juuhachi along with them. When Jousui went to help Juuhachi, Juuhachi shook a no.
The army had moved out entirely. The villagers had already started cleaning up the mess that they left. Some of them were glad that Juuhachi was finally gone. Although most were upset at her lost. Especially Aurora and Jousui who were sitting alone at home. "Aurora, I'm going out after Juuhachi!" "WHAT? NO! ARE YOU INSANE?" "No, I just want our friend back. That captain is nothing but trouble. He hurt her! And now she'll be forced to marry him! How fair is that?" without even waiting for a reply she runs out of the door and quickly takes to the sky, flying as fast as she can to catch up to the army.
When she finally caught up to her best friend. Juuhachi and the Captain were alone on a high cliff. It would have been a perfect scene if Fire weren't there. At the bottom of the cliff, there were tons of sharp edged boulders that had water splashing over them. The sun was setting in the horizon making the sea appear to be on fire, everything seemed perfect. Jousui noticed that Fire was trying to kiss Juuhachi but she refused so he pulled out a dagger. Jousui couldn't understand his words. The next thing she sees is that Juuhachi is holding the dagger that's in her stomach and it appeared that he pushed her off of the cliff. Juuhachi yelled while falling down, once the yelling stopped you heard a crushing sound. Jousui's guess was that it was her friend crashing into the rocks she cringed at the thought.
Jousui powered up at her maximum and tackled Captain Fire; they both fell off of the cliff. Jousui was yelling as loud as she could. The air went silent with the exception of the water crashing into the rocks below. A bunch of the guards came running to the scene and saw nothing. They looked below to the water and noticed three dead bodies, Juuhachi, her friend and their Captain.
Elsewhere Aurora sensed the death of her friends. She had nothing left, her husband and child were killed in the attack. There was only one solution, death. "I'll be with you all in a few minutes. Don't be angry with me for doing this. I cannot stand to be alone in the world." She grabbed a knife and slit her wrists. She fell to the ground with a thump and slowly felt her life drain out of her.
A few days later a messenger came to Solace. He claimed that he had an important message to deliver to Aurora it was about her friends death. The villagers explained that she had killed herself on the same day. Instead he gave the message to the villagers. They were shocked and wondered if that was the reason Aurora took away her own life. A few weeks later the villagers made some memorial statues in honor of Juuhachi, Jousui and Aurora. Juuhachi's statue was of her standing in a fighting stance with a ki ball in her hand. It was placed in her training field. Jousui's statue was beside the cliff where she died. She was sitting down crossed legged and had a small ki ball in her hand. Aurora's statue was in front of her house, in her garden. She was on her knees and it looked as if she was planting something. Each one of these statues glowed. Juuhachi's was red, Jousui's was blue and Aurora's was green. People would come to these places and pray believing that the glowing was because their spirits were trapped in the stone.
A few hundred years have gone by. The story of Juuhachi and her friends became a legend. Everyone knew of her. What made the legends even more real was the fact that the statues still glowed. Legends say that once they stopped glowing their spirits would be granted a new life. They would be born to help out a world that would soon be in great peril. They would somehow discover the true powers that lay within them.
A girl came running into the village, it was obvious that she was tired. She was panting hard and was covered in sweat. She must have run pretty fast. This girl had to be 15 years old and she was obviously human. She yelled out of joy "The statues have stopped glowing! Juuhachi and her friends have returned!"
That's the end of chapter 1. I hope you liked it. I changed around a bunch of things in it. For example the ending, at first I just had the death of Aurora and stopped it like that. My friend told me it seemed kind of . morbid, so I changed it. You can always IM me at CandaceAndroid18 or e-mail me at Fire_Star_18@hotmail.com about the fic. Please give me some feedback.
*Nekojins: The technical term to this word is "cat people" They are a race of creatures who's original home planet has been destroyed. The ones who were on Vegetasei at the time are the only survivors. Of course they've reproduced there, so there's around 200 of them left.
**Solace: Yes, I know it's the name of a town in Dragonlance. I couldn't think of anything else to call it.
***To begin with this takes place in an alternate time dimension. I do not own DBZ. However, I do own Aurora, Juuhachi(she isn't android 18, even though juuhachi is 18 in Japanese) and Jousui, I also own the nekojins(I don't think anybody else ever written with them in it) I've made some changes in the story I added some things. I also changed some names in chapter 2.
The actual DBZ characters should be coming in chapter 3.
Chapter 1: The dream that started it all
It was a chilly autumn night on Vegetasei, everyone was sleeping in the Royal Palace except for a young girl. This girl was the Princess of all Saiyajins.
The young Princess was 13 years old, her beauty was incredible. She had long blond hair with the most beautiful curls. Her eyes were green as emeralds. The princess was simply breath taking. King Reficul has been searching for a suitable mate for his daughter. Only one man came to his expectations, Captain Fire. He was 23 years old and quite handsome with his dark brown hair and brown eyes. He had a smile to kill for, every other man envied his appearance. Juuhachi thought differently, she wasn't willing to get married in about 3 years; she wanted to live her own life outside of the Palace. She was sick of the Royal Guards following her around 24/7. She wanted to experience adventure. There was something that stopped her, her status as a female. Sure she was the princess, but women weren't treated nicely outside of the royal court. If she did run away, she'd have to act as a peasant.
Princess Juuhachi lay awake in her bed; she was waiting for the signal to leave. Captain Fire had been training her in secret at night; when she was suppose to be sleeping. She wanted to train so she could fight, show her father that she's as good as he.
A month went by with her secret training; she was on her way to the fields when she noticed her father and Captain Fire talking. They were discussion an upcoming marriage, her marriage! How could they? Captain Fire was suggesting that even if he is 10 years older than Juuhachi he would still make an excellent mate for her. Together they would have a son that would rule the planet, turn the pathetic Nekojins* and few humans who lived there slaves to the saiyajins. Juuhachi then decided that she would run away the following night. She'd go to her sparring lesson tonight and then cancel tomorrow night's lesson saying that she needed a break from training.
The next day went by quickly. Juuhachi gathered supplies in secret for her trip tonight. She had no idea where she was going or what she would do if someone where to stop her. She was strong enough to kill any body that crossed her way.
Later that evening after she made sure everyone was asleep. Juuhachi slowly sneaks out of her bedroom window. She flies and lands on the ground gracefully. She looks back at the palace and whispers "Goodbye father. I'll miss you. Perhaps someday our paths may cross again. Until then I am truly sorry for leaving you this way. I just cannot except my marriage with Fire." She ran towards the woods with a few tears threatening to leave her eyes. She did not look back in fear of being followed.
An hour or two past dawn Juuhachi noticed two girls walking down a path; one seemed to be a Nekojin and the other a human. The nekojin had strait brown hair, her eyes were an odd mixture of green and brown and the human had short dark brown hair with brown eyes. They seemed friendly enough, and Juuhachi was starving. The young saiyajin didn't bother packing food because she figured there would be enough game in the wild for her to catch. She hasn't had the chance to hunt for food because she's been too busy trying to make the distance between her and home as large as possible. The saiyajin slowly approached the two strange girls. She had never actually seen anything else besides Saiyajins in her sheltered life. The Nekojin came up to her first, with the human warning her to be careful incase she was dangerous. After all, Juuhachi was a saiyajin. They were considered to be the most deadly creatures alive, even to their own kind since they constantly thought of war and getting stronger.
"Aurora, She's probably nice, just leave me alone! I can handle myself you know. I am a warrior." The nekojin argued with her human friend. "She's a saiyajin Jousui! She'll kick your butt in a second!" The human replied. "Yeah yeah.' -the nekojin turns towards Juuhachi. 'H-hello. My name is Jousui. What's your name? . Are you lost?"
The saiyajin smiled then replied, "My name is Juuhachi. I must admit that I am sort of lost; I don't really plan on going back home. If I do I'll have to face the consequences of my irresponsibility. What will my kingdom say? Heck what would my father say? He'll kill me! Could you help me hide? I'm sure the news has spread over the country side by now!" The nekojin was clearly shocked. "Your kingdom? That means. you're. Oh my God! I heard all about it before I left the village with Aurora. Your father has guards out for you. Of course we'll help you hide! Right Aurora?" The human just seemed kind of fazed. 'Help the Princess hide? If the King finds out, we're both dead! What have I gotten myself into now?'
On the way back to Aurora and Jousui's home, Juuhachi explained to her new friends why she ran away. Jousui agreed with her decision and talked a bit of her past. Her parents were slaughtered right in front of her eyes when she was 10, and Aurora's parents had drowned, they've both been living together and now they had a third person to occupy one of the guest rooms. They eventually became best friends.
Juuhachi's new home was on the other side of a very small human and nekojin village that went by the name of Solace**. When she first arrived she told the villagers her true identity and made them swear to keep it a secret. Not wanting to anger a saiyajin they all agreed. As the months went by, the 3 friends were known as the village protectors. Aurora was the town cleric. After 2 years of Juuhachi living there the villagers still weren't used to having a saiyajin live so close by.
Juuhachi was having the most rotten day. To start it off her and Jousui had got into another fight about who ate the last slice of bacon and ruined Aurora's herbal garden. As a punishment Aurora sent them into town to run some errands for her. Some of these errands included the shopping list. While she was there this one human jerk that liked her ever since she arrived, had decided to show his affection by jokingly spilling a few buckets of water on her with the help of his friends. Juuhachi gave in to her anger and exploded. Jousui stopped Juuhachi just in time. She was about to blow up the entire village. Jousui and Juuhachi quickly dropped off Aurora's food and they went into a nearby forest to let out some anger.
What they didn't know is that in the forest the King's royal army was marching by still in search of their missing princess. Since Juuhachi had been firing random ki blasts she accidentally hit Captain Fire and nearly killed him. Of course as soon as Juuhachi discovered whom she hit she told Jousui to come with her elsewhere.
The army immediately went to the nearest village; once they arrived the villagers directed them to the clerics place. The cleric of this town just happened to be Aurora. When Juuhachi and Jousui got home they didn't know that Captain Fire was in the kitchen talking to Aurora, so they walked right in sat down at the table and asked what was for supper. It took Juuhachi a few minutes to register into her brain that the man that was sitting on the other end of the table was her mortal enemy and perhaps future mate. She ran out the door as fast as her legs could carry her, that's when Captain Fire realized that the Princess was just here. So he decided to stay a few days to see if she would return anytime soon. He still had no idea that it was she who injured him.
After waiting a fortnight Fire decided that he should leave Solace. There was no trace of Juuhachi anywhere; perhaps it was just his imagination. Juuhachi was relieved that Fire had finally left she missed her home.
They were now 16 years old. Aurora was supposed to be getting married with an arrangement that had been made before the death of her parents. She found the man adorable so she still agreed in one condition; they lived with Juuhachi and Jousui. At first he disliked the idea of living with a saiyajin, but decided that he wanted Aurora so he agreed.
It was the wedding day; it took Aurora and Jousui so long to get Juuhachi to get into the bride's maid dress. During the wedding Juuhachi had a scowl on her face. She really didn't like wearing the dress and she wanted everyone to know it! Deep inside Juuhachi enjoyed the festivities and would love to get married herself. Just not with some rude soldier that her father choose.
Juuhachi's 18th birthday was coming up soon. Aurora now had a child; she was almost 3 years old. They haven't heard from or even seen the royal army since the last unfortunate event, and rumors of Princess Juuhachi being dead was a really big hit with travelers at the local taverns. Captain fire had grown an obsession with trying to find Princess Juuhachi. He decided that once he got his hands on her he would make her his mate. They would rule the planet and exterminate the nekojins and humans. Only Saiyajins were worthy enough to live on Vegetasei.
Captain Fire had heard rumors of a girl whose appearance was remarkably like Juuhachi's in Solace. At first he thought it was an old tale because he was there when she first disappeared, of course perhaps she just moved there? He finally decided to gather up a huge army and go there just to make sure. Once he arrived he gave the orders to attack head on.
The army circled around the village and a 2-mile radius around it, so that nothing would escape. Especially not his little mate-to-be, if she truly was there. When he started to launch his attack he noticed that 3 people were trying to get all the villagers to safety, he took a closer look. It was the cleric who once healed him, a Nekojin and his Princess Juuhachi. All three of them were running with children in their arms, across the small lake and into their land, they'd leave them and go back for more children or elderly people. Fire couldn't believe what he was seeing, his Juuhachi helping out. a village of pathetic humans and Nekojins! He'd have to teach her a good lesson and he was looking forward to it.
He flew into the village and landed in Town Square. He yelled out at the top of his lungs the traditional Saiyajin battle cry. Only Juuhachi recognized it back where she was. She felt fear creep up her spine and froze completely. She then cried out her own battle cry and flew towards Fire.
He was standing in the middle of Town Square, his arms were crossed, his tail was moving around behind him, and he was grinning evilly. He didn't budge a muscle when he saw her fly towards him. He just stood there grinning at her with a wicked look in his eyes. She knew what he was planning. He was going to kill the village then drag her back to the Palace to be his mate. The thought of that got Juuhachi ticked off more than anything in her life. Juuhachi then started to walk away only to have him appear right in front of her blocking her way.
"Not so fast little Princess" "Go away Fire, or else" "Or else what, Princess?" "Or else I'll be forced to kill you and destroy your army" He then started to laugh. When he laughed it was horrible to hear, once you've heard it a person usually ends up having nightmares. He reached out to grab her arms only to have Juuhachi move out of the way and slap him hard in the face.
"You shouldn't have done that wench! I'll drag you back home in chains if I must!" "Ha! You wouldn't even be able to touch me. I bet I could beat you anytime, anywhere. I've gotten way stronger. I'm not some weak little Princess anymore. Now, if you excuse me. I have more important things to do" She pushed him out of the way, causing him to stumble backwards a bit, and walked away. Captain Fire stood there dumbfounded for a few minutes before he realized that she was gone. He ran back after her and grabbed her weakness, her tail. She fell to the ground and screamed in pain. She couldn't move. "LET GO NOW OR ELSE!!!" "Or else what girl? You'll somehow overcome the pain and hurt me?"
At that precise moment Jousui flies in and kicks him in the face. He let Juuhachi go out of surprise. Juuhachi quickly wraps her tail around her waist and glares at Jousui. "What? It looked like you needed some help there Juu-chan." "I had him! I was just about to kill him!" Fire only snorts in reply. "You couldn't kill me. To prove it, I challenge you to a fight. I win, the villagers all die, you come back to the Palace, we become mates and rule this planet having the Nekojins and Humans as our slaves." Juuhachi was silent for a moment. "And if YOU lose?" Fire smirks. "If I lose, you can kill me and keep living your life here. My army will tell your father that we never found you and something rather, unfortunate happened to me" Juuhachi still didn't seem completely satisfied. "If you win, promise me you won't destroy this village." "I won't destroy it. For the time being at least." He says the last part a little lower so Juuhachi didn't really understand it. "Fine. We'll fight, but not right here. In a nearby field, where I spend most of my time training." "Alright, deal. You lead the way" Jousui just stared as her best friend lifted into the air and flew to their favorite training spot.
They arrived in a once beautiful field. It was obvious that Juuhachi trained here daily with Jousui. Juuhachi and Captain Fire powered up a little bit. Juuhachi flew at him at full speed, which shocked Fire; he knew she was a little fast, but not this fast. She had him pinned to the ground within 10 seconds. Of course getting cocky she let her guard down giving Fire the upper hand. "Looks like I win, Captain." She was grinning. "Princess, don't you remember the lessons I taught you? Never under estimate your opponent." He goes SSJ causing Juuhachi to jump into the air. He wastes no time to take a hold of her foot rather roughly and brings her to the ground face first. Fire pushes down with his left foot in her lower back and lifts up both of her arms behind her back as hard as he can. The pain was so unbearable it feel like her arms are about to snap off. Juuhachi cried out in pain.
At the sound of someone screaming in pain, the remaining villagers, Jousui and Aurora come running into the field where the battle was held. Some of the royal guards ran up to their captain asking if he needs help. "I need some rope preferably chains if you have some for the Princess. She defiantly won't come back home willingly so we'll have to force her back home. I want some heirs and fast when I get back!" The guards simply nod and get some rope. They tie Juuhachi's hand behind her back and pull her up rather roughly. "Well, I guess you've won, Captain. Just remember, don't harm any of the villagers."
"I won't my little thorn. Not today anyway. Men! I got what I came for, let's move out" With that, the saiyajin army moved out dragging Juuhachi along with them. When Jousui went to help Juuhachi, Juuhachi shook a no.
The army had moved out entirely. The villagers had already started cleaning up the mess that they left. Some of them were glad that Juuhachi was finally gone. Although most were upset at her lost. Especially Aurora and Jousui who were sitting alone at home. "Aurora, I'm going out after Juuhachi!" "WHAT? NO! ARE YOU INSANE?" "No, I just want our friend back. That captain is nothing but trouble. He hurt her! And now she'll be forced to marry him! How fair is that?" without even waiting for a reply she runs out of the door and quickly takes to the sky, flying as fast as she can to catch up to the army.
When she finally caught up to her best friend. Juuhachi and the Captain were alone on a high cliff. It would have been a perfect scene if Fire weren't there. At the bottom of the cliff, there were tons of sharp edged boulders that had water splashing over them. The sun was setting in the horizon making the sea appear to be on fire, everything seemed perfect. Jousui noticed that Fire was trying to kiss Juuhachi but she refused so he pulled out a dagger. Jousui couldn't understand his words. The next thing she sees is that Juuhachi is holding the dagger that's in her stomach and it appeared that he pushed her off of the cliff. Juuhachi yelled while falling down, once the yelling stopped you heard a crushing sound. Jousui's guess was that it was her friend crashing into the rocks she cringed at the thought.
Jousui powered up at her maximum and tackled Captain Fire; they both fell off of the cliff. Jousui was yelling as loud as she could. The air went silent with the exception of the water crashing into the rocks below. A bunch of the guards came running to the scene and saw nothing. They looked below to the water and noticed three dead bodies, Juuhachi, her friend and their Captain.
Elsewhere Aurora sensed the death of her friends. She had nothing left, her husband and child were killed in the attack. There was only one solution, death. "I'll be with you all in a few minutes. Don't be angry with me for doing this. I cannot stand to be alone in the world." She grabbed a knife and slit her wrists. She fell to the ground with a thump and slowly felt her life drain out of her.
A few days later a messenger came to Solace. He claimed that he had an important message to deliver to Aurora it was about her friends death. The villagers explained that she had killed herself on the same day. Instead he gave the message to the villagers. They were shocked and wondered if that was the reason Aurora took away her own life. A few weeks later the villagers made some memorial statues in honor of Juuhachi, Jousui and Aurora. Juuhachi's statue was of her standing in a fighting stance with a ki ball in her hand. It was placed in her training field. Jousui's statue was beside the cliff where she died. She was sitting down crossed legged and had a small ki ball in her hand. Aurora's statue was in front of her house, in her garden. She was on her knees and it looked as if she was planting something. Each one of these statues glowed. Juuhachi's was red, Jousui's was blue and Aurora's was green. People would come to these places and pray believing that the glowing was because their spirits were trapped in the stone.
A few hundred years have gone by. The story of Juuhachi and her friends became a legend. Everyone knew of her. What made the legends even more real was the fact that the statues still glowed. Legends say that once they stopped glowing their spirits would be granted a new life. They would be born to help out a world that would soon be in great peril. They would somehow discover the true powers that lay within them.
A girl came running into the village, it was obvious that she was tired. She was panting hard and was covered in sweat. She must have run pretty fast. This girl had to be 15 years old and she was obviously human. She yelled out of joy "The statues have stopped glowing! Juuhachi and her friends have returned!"
That's the end of chapter 1. I hope you liked it. I changed around a bunch of things in it. For example the ending, at first I just had the death of Aurora and stopped it like that. My friend told me it seemed kind of . morbid, so I changed it. You can always IM me at CandaceAndroid18 or e-mail me at Fire_Star_18@hotmail.com about the fic. Please give me some feedback.
*Nekojins: The technical term to this word is "cat people" They are a race of creatures who's original home planet has been destroyed. The ones who were on Vegetasei at the time are the only survivors. Of course they've reproduced there, so there's around 200 of them left.
**Solace: Yes, I know it's the name of a town in Dragonlance. I couldn't think of anything else to call it.