Chapter One – When the wind whistles
Hey everyone, this is a story I put a lot of effort and time into and it might be slow, but it's by no means boring.
I've written 177 A4 for this story; this is the first six pages, so there will be no shortages in updates as this story was actually a one shot.
This follows the Dragonball Z story line closely, but I did alter it, so don't flame me for it.
Please R&R
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The forest was quiet for all but one sound, the sound of leaves being rustled and something being dragged across the bed of the forest ever so slowly. A creature with the appearance of an insect larva was dragging itself across the forest floor slowly; each step seemed to be a burden as its brown body cracked with each movement.
'So different,' the creature known as Cell said to himself; he had taken the ultimate risk by coming to the past in order to be complete and he was already paying for that choice. Forced to regress to his larva form he was completely unable to protect himself from attacks.
How he wished he could just go to a corner and wait for the four years to pass, wait to hatch again; but alas, he could not, he needed to eat in order to progress and grow. While he had still been in the lab the tubes had fed him so he was able to just remain there, but now… now he was in danger.
Lying beneath his cracking brown exoskeleton was his real body and at the moment this planet's bigger animals could make a snack of him, his protective layer was only so strong and if he 'hatched' before he was complete he would never become perfect.
He needed to find a place where he would be safe, where he could find food and grow in peace. He never fully considered the possibility of danger while in this form.
'I will not succumb to my fear,' he said to himself, berating himself for even considering his weakness at the moment, he was perfect and he would survive!
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"Hina, Hina, come back here!" A woman yelled as she watched the raven hair of her daughter disappear around a rock outcropping. "Hina!" The woman screamed as she fell down on the ground.
She had now officially lost her daughter, she was sure of it, how could she have been so foolish?
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Hina bolted through the forest as she wiped the tears from her eyes; it took all her effort to stop herself from running into trees accidently. "Shit, I can't see!" She yelled to herself as she furiously started to wipe the tears for her face, to rid herself of the blurry mirage they were creating, but doesn't matter how much she wiped them, they just kept on coming.
"Why…. Why did you have to do that mom, why did you have to…" she couldn't complete the sentence and instead shook her head furiously as more tears streamed down her face like an endless river.
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Cell heard a sound heading towards him and he was immediately alert to any danger, but he knew that regardless of how quick he moved the sound would reach him before he could reach a place to hide, so instead he listened to try and decipher what it was.
It took him a second to realize it was crying. 'A human,' he said in his mind and he immediately knew this was a good opportunity to feed, this human seemed to be distraught and wouldn't be in any position to fight possibly.
He would wait for the person to reach the area and then he would attack, he was designed to absorb bio-extract so a human would be much more feasible than anything else he could hope to find in the forest.
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Hina burst through the last few trees and was shocked when she found herself in a clearing, she lowered her hands from her face as her tears had momentarily ceased. "Wow…" she whispered as she looked around, she had never been in this area before and it was beautiful.
Lush trees sprung up from the ground, creating a canopy above that allowed rays of sunshine to filter through that fell onto a small pool next to a rock outcropping. As she continued to look around she suddenly noticed something on the ground, something big, brown and…moving.
A yell escaped her throat so quick she didn't even realize she had screamed; she fell back against a tree and stared at the thing before her as it was slowly making its way towards her.
Cell stopped and looked at the girl as she had noticed him and just stared at her as she did the same; he wondered what her next move would be, he wasn't capable of chasing after her if she chose to run so the best choice of action would be to remain stationary until she made her move, perhaps even moved closer. Humans were such simplistic and idiotic creatures after all.
Hina stared at the odd creature and she was between disgusted and fascinated; she had never seen anything like this thing before and she had been living near the woods her entire life, practically in the woods her whole life. This thing didn't exist according to the world and that caused her fascination to spark, putting aside her sadness for the time being.
"What are you?" She asked without expecting a reply as she took a step forward, the bug just remained there and stared at her with beady, almost catlike, eyes. Once she was a few feet away from it she took a closer look, the bug was completely brown in color; the only other color was its eyes, which seemed glazed over. To her it appeared like it was a larva of something, something big.
Though she couldn't place her mind on anything of the sort, it definitely looked like an insect, though the mouth of the creature was peculiar; it was a very funny looking specimen indeed.
Cell watched as the girl's leg was but a mere foot away from him and he decided to take the opportunity. He moved forward in one quick burst of energy and tried to bite her leg, but instead he bit air as the girl jumped back with a yelp of fright.
"Woh, easy there fella," Hina said with a laugh to get rid of the uncomfortable feeling, the thing had tried to bite her! "Are you hungry, is that it?" She questioned it and naturally the thing couldn't respond, so instead she reached into her pocket and pulled out a packet of crisps she had grabbed on her way out. She had no idea why she was giving her only food to a creature that tried to eat her, but she had a soft spot for animals; even if this was an insect.
She opened up the packet and poured out the crisps in a heap for the creature. "Don't know if you'll eat that," she said with a laugh, but when she saw the creature take a step forward she decided to wait and see.
Cell looked at the crisps and then up at the girl, why was she feeding him and not running away? He had tried to bite her after all; did she not realize his intentions with this action? 'Of course she doesn't… she's just a human after all,' he thought to himself as he pulled a piece of the food into his mouth and chewed it, he was surprised that it wasn't half bad.
"Oh good, you like it," Hina said as she went to sit down a few meters from the creature, she didn't quite feel comfortable being any closer, given he had tried to bite her only moments earlier. She watched him as he ate the rest of the crisps and then gave a long sigh. "Where's your family?" She asked it as it continued to eat.
Cell scoffed inwardly at the females question as he continued to eat, was she completely idiotic? Any smart person would've bolted at his mere presence, but instead she decided to stand around like the idiot she was.
"Must be hard being out here all alone," Hina continued as she still stared at the creature. "I'm going to be here now as well, in the forest," she said and Cell lifted his head to look at her once the crisps were gone. "Not quite sure where I'll stay though, this place is huge and I want to be as far away from my home as possible," she said and Cell was suddenly curious.
The female was running away from her home to live in the forest? Why would a human do that? He stared at her intently for a few seconds before taking a step towards her and when she didn't move back or get up he was intrigued; she instead just gave him a smile.
"I don't have any more food, I gave you mine," she said as she got to her feet and Cell stopped dead as he watched her, in this form he needed to be wary of anything and everything. "Well, I'm going to go and set up 'camp' somewhere," she said with a laugh as she started to walk away and suddenly it struck Cell like a thousand bolts of lightning.
The girl was going to be staying in the forest and would constantly need to feed herself, she had already shown weakness by giving him food and if she could continue to do so he would be guaranteed a steady food supply. He doubted she would be any good at protecting herself, but at least if something attacked it would go for her first.
He took a step towards her and when she heard the noise she turned around and looked at him, a curious look on her face. "Something wrong little guy?" She asked, even if the thing wasn't little at all.
Cell growled at her 'little guy' comment, but instead of lashing out he crawled forward a bit and looked up at her, he hoped her idiotic mind would be able to comprehend what he was getting at.
Hina stared at him for a few seconds before realizing he wanted to come with. "Oh… you want to come with?" She asked and the creature took a step forward to indicate she was right, or at least she thought so. "Well, I don't know, you tried to bite me," she said as she bended down by it, looking into its cat-like eyes. Her resolve suddenly crumbled as she pitied the creature. "Oh very well, but you won't try to bite me again, will you?" She asked and naturally it didn't give a response so she decided to take a chance.
Cell watched as she slowly extended her hand towards his mouth and he knew she was testing whether he would bite or not, he knew this was an opportunity to kill her, but the chance was big that she would be able to move her hand out of the way in time. So instead he just nudged her hand and immediately a huge smile appeared on her face.
"Great, then come with me," she said as she turned around and started to walk deeper into the forest and all Cell could do was follow her idly, at least one thing was looking positive at the moment. If the girl was capable of looking after both of them in the forest it would be great, if she wasn't he would be able to 'absorb' her while she slept. It was a win-win situation.
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(Two Hours Later)
Hina was standing in another clearing, which was bigger than the previous one, and seemed to be content; she looked down at Cell. "Great place to build a hut, don't you think?" She asked.
Cell rolled his eyes as he looked at her jubilant expression, hadn't the female been crying earlier, and now she was happy? 'How confusing…' he said in his mind. He watched with boredom as the female immediately started to get to work to build her 'hut'.
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(Three Hours Later)
"Tada!" Hina yelled happily as she looked at her completed work, she had managed to construct a small hunt from dead branches and palm tree leaves and she had to admit she was relatively pleased with herself.
Cell looked at the structure completely bemused, it looked like a weak breeze could tear the thing apart, and yet the girl was applauding her terrible work? When the thing came crashing down on her she'd realize her construction mistakes.
Hina turned towards Cell and gave him a warm smile. "Feel free to go in there and make yourself at home, I'm going to go and get something to eat," she said and Cell couldn't argue with the idea of food, but he wasn't going to climb into the disaster she had constructed.
She turned away from Cell and immediately set off to where she had seen fruit trees earlier when she got the material; she was happy she was this busy because it stopped her from thinking, stopped her from recalling what her mother had told her and even having a freaky bug as a friend was better than thinking of that.
She didn't know how long it would take before the forest took its toll on her, but she would never return to her mother, she would never face that woman again, she would rather die here than pretend to live there.
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Cell watched as she went and decided to calculate a few things in his head; he knew it took four years to 'evolve' if he ate regularly, but if he was going to get extra food in it would take shorter, maybe a year shorter if he was lucky. This was good, because the sooner he was out of this body the better; as far as he knew the androids had still not appeared on this planet so they were still 'alive' in a sense, he couldn't let them die twice, he needed them.
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(Few minutes later)
Hina returned with an armful of bananas, when she reached the front of her hut she dropped it down on the ground and immediately saw as Cell edged closer to the fruit. "Knock yourself out," she said as she picked up one for herself and a few seconds later Cell started to eat the fruit.
Hina was halfway through her banana when she suddenly dropped it out of shock; everything was gone! The creature had eaten every single banana she had brought and was heading for her dropped one now. "You have quite the appetite," she said with a nervous laugh and the creature ignored her as he gobbled down her banana.
'You have no idea little morsel,' Cell said inwardly as he ate her piece, the more food he got the better and if she chose to pile it up he would eat it.
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(One day later – 1 day in company)
Hina was sitting by the fire she had made and looked at Cell, he was lying on the opposite side of the fire and she was terribly curious about him. "You're still in your larva stage I'm guessing," she said and the creature didn't give any indication that he had heard her.
"I wonder what you turn into," she said as she went into thought. "If you turn into a butterfly you're going to be a big one," she giggled at the thought of a giant butterfly and it seemed peaceful to her.
A breeze wafted through the trees suddenly and she immediately shivered. "It's cold here," she mumbled as she sat closer to the fire and Cell looked at her now.
The girl wasn't going to make it, she couldn't handle the cold and the previous night she had cried herself to sleep, only to be woken up moments later by the howling of a wolf. She wasn't cut out for the wild and he wondered how long it would take before she gave up. If that time came he would have to absorb her before she left.
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(Two days later – 3 days in company)
Hina was busy frying some fish on the fire and she was transfixed by the flames as she went into thought. Every time she thought she thought of her mother and what she had said, what she had done. "No," she said aloud as she shook her head, getting rid of the memories.
Cell watched as she shook her head and spoke to herself and he hissed softly, she was annoying and he was stuck with her.
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