And I Stand At the Edge
(Written by Juu-chan)
"The uncertainty scares me
But uncertainty is part of the thrill…"
She stood staring at the edge of the cliff. Her eyes were distant and her hair blew in the wind, unheeded. She hated this waiting; the knowing that something was about to happen, but not knowing when or where. She could sense a large ki signature in the area, though it was well masked. Seeing through ki masks had been the first lesson in her training. The power level would be easy for her to beat, should she need to, but before she could do anything, she needed to know where the ship was going to land. She could not yet see the ship; from what she could tell, it wouldn't be on the earth for another half-hour. This was the hard part. She tapped further into the ki signature, until she could tell which direction the ship was heading. West. It would land to the left of Hope City. About thirty miles from the city, one hundred from where she was now. She wondered for a moment if Earth's Special Forces had sensed the power yet, then wondered how they would have. She was the only who had been taught how to "see" through ki masks; they couldn't have felt it, not even the most powerful of them. She thought about telling them, but decided not to. She could defeat this baka before they even knew what was going on. Probably. It was always possible that whoever this enemy was had more than one form. She thought about using telepathy on the enemy; she'd fought enemies with multiple forms before. She decided not to quickly. Magic of any form was tiring, and if the enemy had more than one form, or was better than she thought at hiding its ki, she would need her strength. She would know soon enough. She took off at a leisurely pace toward the site at which the ship was to land. She would be there when it did.
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She landed at the site with a good ten minutes to spare, wondering why the ship had to be so slow. She'd been flying slowly and it hadn't taken her half an hour! She could have been there less than second if she had chosen to teleport, or even less than ten minutes flying quickly. She sighed and settled on a rock, almost certain that the Z team would be there soon. She hadn't hidden her ki because she really didn't care if they felt her power. She could take care of the battle herself, but if the enemy had multiple forms that somehow made it much, much stronger than even she, which she sincerely doubted, she could use some help. If she didn't need them, and didn't ask for their help, she hoped they would have the good sense to stay out of her way.
Ten minutes later, she watched the ship land. Actually, she felt it before she saw it. Its size was massive, and it blew a great deal of air around. She could feel several ki signatures rising; obviously, some of the Z fighters were considerably weak, having to raise their ki to stand still in the intense winds. Her eyes shone with the same intense blue fire that they did before every battle she fought. Though she didn't necessarily enjoy having to kill people, fighting made blood race. That was the enjoyable part. The ship triggered a vague memory, but she shrugged it off. Unfortunately, she could not shrug off who the enemy was. "Frieza," she hissed under her breath, clenching her teeth to keep from rushing headlong into a battle. That would be foolish, and she was never foolish. She assessed Frieza's power level quickly, and nearly laughed aloud. It was extremely low compared to her own. This battle shouldn't take more than a few minutes. And his father's ki wasn't much higher.
Frieza and his father stood side by side, assessing the girl in front of them even as she assessed them. Her hair fell to her shoulders in blue-black waves, and her eyes shone with a deep blue fire. The gem that was imbedded in her forehead seemed to shine with the same fire, and her clothing was extremely revealing. A dark blue tank top, low cut around the neck, but showing her mid-drift, hugged her body tightly, as did her blue-jeans. Her shoes were also dark blue, sneakers worn with no socks.
Frieza started as he looked at the girl. She looked like a child whose family he had killed long ago, from the planet Samura-sie, a planet of powerful warriors. He had been worried about their growing power, so had eliminated the planet. He couldn't quite remember her name. "You! I remember you! I killed you and your family years ago!!"
"No, you killed my family years ago. They sent me away right before the planet was destroyed."
"Don't tell me I'm supposed to fight you!! You were so insignificant, I don't even remember your name! What are you, twelve? Thirteen?"
"Almost seventeen. And I have power beyond your imagination," she said quietly.
"Is that so? Well, I'm guess I'll have to show that against me, you will always be nothing! You hear me, nothing!!"
"We'll see." She was quite calm; losing her temper now could be a fatal folly. She had learned long ago that when you were so angry that you couldn't see straight, it was extremely hard to aim. When you began destroying large amounts of buildings, it was a fair sign that you were becoming pissed off.
Frieza began to laugh as he watched her. His laugh was cut short abruptly as her flickered yellow and her eyes green. She continued to power up until she was nearly into the second level of Super Saiya-jin, though she was still far from her full power. This wasn't even half of what she could do. She smirked. This would be an easy battle indeed.
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Author's Note & Disclaimer-DBZ is not mine, nor are the characters therein, but the Super Saiya-jin in this chapter-you will find out who she is later-is mine, as is this fanfiction. Please do not take them ^_^*
Sorry about the length of this chapter; it was kind of short, but I'll try to make the next one a little longer. It will be out soon I hope. I'm going to try really hard on this, so bear with me. PLEASE REVIEW!!! If I don't get many reviews, I'm going to stop posting the story. I'm going to try to make this a good story, but if I don't know what you people think about it, I won't know whether to continue it or not. Ja ne!