I thought this up while trying to get out of a tight squeeze that I had gotten myself into while writing Ryu no Knight. Thanks to everyone who reviewed Ryu no Knight, you guys are great! =) I'll try and get the next chapter out soon, but for now...enjoy this and don't forget to review!!
Chapter 1: Who I am
Lady of Earth (kawaii_lady@fushigiyuugi.net)
Disclaimer: All SM characters copyrights of Naoko Takeuchi, all Dragon Ball characters copyright of Akira Toriyama. The song, "Immortality" is sung by Celine Dion and Bee Gees (OK, there's actually another version where it's only Celine Dion but I got this from my mom's CD collection), personally, I don't like them but I'm making exceptions for this one. It's such a beautiful song.
So this is who I am
And this is all I know
An angel...
That was what many called her. A vision of a goddess that was sent from above to bless the Earth, a warrior of moonlight, protector of all that is good.
If she was all of the above and more, why was she alone?
Perhaps that was because, those were merely one of her many identities. She was something more than that.
She roamed the cold streets, packed with millions of faces, she was just another face in the busy street. But even in the middle of the crowd, she felt alone. She glanced at the glass window of the shops, sighing as she pushed the strands of her messy blonde hair back. It had been a while since she last took good care of her tresses. She once prized it, but now...it wasn't important.
She touched her forehead, where her crescent was. She smiled softly as it glowed under her touch and resumed walking. She knew where to go this time. Yet another mission for her to fulfill.
Countless lives she has lived and time after time she saw her friends fall. The sight of blood did not bother her any more and the screams of agony were mere breezes to her deaf ears.
"Do you accept this mission?" Asked the voice of mystery that is Pluto. She nodded.
"I accept." She whispered. The Time Guardian handed her the key.
"You know what to do of course." Once more she pushed her bangs back.
"Hai."
She stepped forward, amazed at the open landscape before her. None of her missions looked anything of this sort.
She fingered the chain she wore around her neck, carefully hidden by her trench coat. The round pendant had an inscription on it of a name. Her name, or at least, the name given to the soldier that she was.
Tenshi.
It was truly a contradiction to who she really was. She wasn't an angel, the savior of humanity and all that lived. She was a destroyer, roaming through out the realities given missions to cleanse out the cosmos of the evil of man. Although that meant she had to destroy every single living being before they are brought back to life again.
She had the power of Death and Rebirth. And with her powers too came reincarnation. She sighed softly at the thought. She was growing tired of eternity, she didn't want to live countless lives only destroying world filled with evil, but also filled with the innocents.
She was no protector, she wasn't any better than any of the killers out there. But she remained unseen, no one can sense her true powers.
No one.
Until now...
Perhaps it was by sheer luck that she stumbled her way to him. Or maybe Fate had some other plans in her mind. All she knew was that she had not planned to stumble upon this man as she began to seek the truth in this new realm.
Her mission started like any other, she was to examine the world and see what needed to be done. And execute.
He was...
She couldn't exactly describe him. but seeing him for the first time really made her heart skip a beat. He walked down the street with his companion, a purple-haired man as they talked and teased each other. Then he took a glimpse at her and froze. Both of them seem frozen with time as eternity forever foretold. His dark eyes met her clear blue ones.
And once in all of her life, she found a feeling she thought she would never experience ever in her life.
She never truly had it during her time with Endymion, it had been out of duty and nothing else that she had been with him. But this man, he woke something deep within her that stirred at the sight of him.
And her duty called her once more. She gave a mysterious smile his way and walked away.
Doushite?
She hadn't even known. The pain wrecked her body as she drew in sharp breaths. She was suppose to destroy this world, not to save it. Why then, did she try to save that man?
She had seen his friends fight against the enemy that was called Buu but the moment that his life was in danger, as Buu was about to release the ki blast to destroy earth...she acted. She had stepped in front of the now short creature.
"I don't think so." She said, her voice clear yet venomous. It chilled all of them. No sense of light or happiness.
"Who are you?" Buu demanded.
She smirked. "That's none of your business." She told. She threw her cloak open to reveal a navy blue costume. Long sleeved blue shirt and long blue pants. She wore a black belt with a metal buckle with a crescent symbol. Strapped to the belt was a sword. She took the sword from the sheath and looked at Buu. "Don't think you can destroy me with that." He sneered.
She narrowed her eyes. "Perhaps you have not heard of this sword. It can release an energy that destroy this whole Cosmos with one word. I don't think you will survive." She hissed. Before Buu could say anything else, she opened her mouth and the words flew out.
"Cosmic Light Obliterate!"
A flurry of light flew out various ways which caused the onlookers to shut their eyes. Buu was gone, not even a hint of him left. But she suddenly realized her mistake of using a strong attack in a new reality so quickly. Her body had yet time to recover from the dimension travel. She felt her knees go weak and could only faintly feel the strong hands catching a hold of her before she could hit the hard ground.
She woke up to see lavender eyes blinking down on her she gasped and shot up. Big mistake for her part, the room began to spin. "Lie down!" The owner of the eyes exclaimed. She felt herself being pushed back down to the bed. She closed her eyes, cursing the stars that seem to dance around her vision. She opened her eyes once more trying to focus. This time, she finally saw the person. She had lavender hair to match her equally colored eyes.
"Watashi wa Brief Bulma desu. And you are?"
She bit her lip, she knew she couldn't and shouldn't tell anyone who she really was. Besides, no one would really believe her. What was she suppose to say, "Oh hello, I'm the Shi no Tenshi, here to your door step by the Guardian of time herself. Is it all right if I kill you all now?"
Instead she said, "Tsukino Yuki."
"Nice to meet you Tsukino-san, although it's ashamed it's under unfortunate circumstances. Lucky for you Gohan caught you before you fell or you'd hurt yourself." Said Bulma.
She let out a short laugh. "I don't get hurt easily, trust me." She said.
Suddenly, the door burst open and she lifted her head up to see who entered. She stopped breathing for a second, when she realized who had walked in. "She's awake?" Asked Gohan, approaching her.
Bulma nodded. "You can see that, can't you?" Gohan reached her bedside in a moment.
"Daijabou ka?"
"Daijabou." She said, her face reddening slightly. But she felt her strength returning to her and pushed herself to sit up.
"Don't-"
"I'm fine." She told Bulma firmly, pushing her blonde bangs back.
"Why did you save us?" Questioned Gohan.
She froze for a moment, not knowing how to answer that question. "Because I had to." She answered finally, getting out of the bed.
"Demo-"
She shook her head. "Do not ask me, onegai. I have my reasons to." She said softly, a hint of a smile was appearing on her lips. "Demo, it is not at all what I'm suppose to do." She whispered, barely audible for most people. Although Gohan heard it loud and clear. He frowned and was about to ask her as she began to walk away. Suddenly, she spun around, a serious look on her face.
"Whatever you do, if you see me doing something...anything that may seem to jeopardize this planet...Do me a favor." She told.
"Nande?"
"Kill me." His eyes widened with shock, mouth agape. Bulma too was looking at the girl with disbelief.
"You are joking...I hope." Bulma told.
The girl shook her head. "If you love this planet as much as you say you do... If you love this planet as much as I loved mine...you have to kill me before it all ends." Before another question was asked, before another word was uttered, she snapped her fingers and disappeared suddenly.
The two person left in the room stared at the very spot she had stood and
looked at each other. "What do you think of it, Gohan?" Bulma asked.
"I-I'm not sure what to make out of it, Bulma-san. She has just saved Earth as well as everyone's lives. Why would she want us to kill her?"
"Perhaps it is because she wants us to protect this planet." She said.
"Nani? From what?" Gohan asked in confusion.
"From herself." A voice answered. Bulma and Gohan looked at the doorway, revealing three figures. Piccolo, Vegeta and Son Goku entered the room.
"Demo...doushite? She saved Chikyuu!" Exclaimed Gohan. Piccolo shook his head.
"I knew who she is the moment I saw her fall, Gohan. She might have saved Earth and I have no answer to why she did, but she came to Chikyuu...to destroy it."
"Nande? I don't believe you!"
"She is the Angel of Death, the one that comes to each reality to purify each cosmos."
"That's not so bad." Bulma commented.
"Her ways of purifying a reality is by destroying everything so the cycle can begin from the very start of life." Finished Piccolo.
Bulma let out a nervous laugh. "OK, perhaps it's not so good after all..."
"She hasn't done anything yet. If she does, we will be forced to destroy her." Goku said quietly. He didn't like the thought of killing anyone innocent. And from his point of view, Tenshi, or whatever her name may be, is innocent. She was given the task and has no means of refusing. Trapped in an endless cycle, the horrific fate of having to witness the planet she loved most be destroyed over and over again. Piccolo had told him after Gohan had brought her to Capsule Corps. Piccolo knew straight away who the girl was. Although the old Kami may only know about this reality, there are a few things he did know about some of the other realities as well. And the legend of the Shi no Tenshi was well known throughout the realities.
"Who is she?" Asked Bulma, moving closer to her husband. Vegeta had been unusually quiet, even for him. But the arrival of the girl did shake him a little. Perhaps he had seen something like her before...
But it was just a thought.
"She was once a Princess of the Moon, or so the legend goes. She was reincarnated after the destruction of her Kingdom and lived on Chikyuu at that time. From then on she fought as the legendary Tsuki no senshi." Piccolo began.
Gohan was frowning. So she protected chikyuu at that time. It doesn't explain how she became the Shi no Tenshi. Piccolo saw the look on his student's face and continued.
"Why she became the Shi no Tenshi is rather mysterious but an accident apparently happened which caused the destruction of her planet. It had not been her fault but because she was suppose to guard the Chikyuu, she was given a fate that she could not refuse. She was doomed to roam for all eternity to go to each reality and purify them. And that means destroying Chikyuu over and over again."
"Hasn't anyone tried to stop her?" Asked Vegeta coldly, he was thinking murderous thoughts even at that minute.
"She has been killed a number of times, hai. Demo, she is immortal."
"NANI?" This time, everyone in the room shouted.
"Even if she is killed, she will be reincarnated again and again."
"So even if we destroy her, she will come back and try and destroy it again?" Asked Goku.
"I'm not sure of that." Piccolo replied.
"Eh?"
"No one has ever killed her before." Piccolo told.
"Demo you said-"
"She was killed before she was Shi no Tenshi but her deaths while being Shi no Tenshi were not caused by any other living thing."
"What do you mean?"
"She killed herself."
Gohan thought his blood had run cold when he heard the statement. He didn't know what he was feeling, but he felt strangely drawn to her. He knew she had to be the girl he had seen while he was walking with Trunks. Feeling the urge to sigh, he swallowed it, he didn't know what he was feeling exactly towards this girl he had just met.
She had not been too far away, in fact, she had been standing right outside the house as she listened in on their conversation. Her lips curled to a melancholic smile as she recalled her past life, before she was the creature of Destruction that she was. Tears prickled her eyes but she forced them away by blinking a few times. Her ki was hidden from them, she had to make sure of that or else the one called Vegeta would try and kill her then.
Not yet.
She wanted to see the world before she was killed off. It reminded her of her peaceful home, unlike the other Chikyuu that she had seen. The Chikyuu in those dimensions looked just like the Chikyuu she had failed. She hadn't known how the Chikyuu could change so quickly, her Chikyuu had changed from a peaceful planet to one filled with hatred. In the end, it was the planet that caused the destruction more than anything. She shook her head, if she thought more of it and actually remembered what had happened, she wouldn't be able to concentrate. She had to fit in first and by doing that, she made a face at this thought, she had to go and enlist herself to the nearest school. She couldn't just walk around this new reality without even an identity. She had given the Briefs woman her real surname by accident. Luckily enough she had remembered to give a fake first name.
Usagi-chan!
She looked at a distant space, she could almost see them all. Each one of them smiling at her, laughing and chatting happily. They would wave at her, call her to them. She would smile and approach, but the always apparition fade away quicker than she want to. That was why she would sit still and watch as they come. It was all she had to remind herself of them all.
They didn't have to die.
She opened her eyes once more and the purple eyed senshi appeared in front of her. The eyes of the Senshi of Destruction was as sad as her own, they were two of a kind.
"Usagi-chan, do not blame yourself." Pleaded the apparition.
"I can't help it, Hota-chan. I could have...Iie, should have done something."
"What could you possibly have done? It was our time."
"Iie! It was NOT your time!" Shouted Tenshi. A tear finally trickled down her face. "I should have done something." She whispered.
"Serenity-hime..."
The apparition and the voice faded away as if blown by the gust of the wind. She sighed, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. She watched the sun setting peacefully on the horizon, then finally flew off to her temporary home.
Honestly, I feel I don't need to write this. In most anime fics these words are used too often. But I'll write them anyway. *sighs* If they're still not clear, go and see Eternal SailorM's A Little Japanese list.
Japanese Translations:
"Daijabou ka?" "Daijabou." - "Are you all right?" "Fine.", "All right". etc.
Demo - But
Doushite - why
Hai - Yes
Iie - No
Onegai - Please
Nande - What
Nani? - What? (form of surprise)
Shi no Tenshi - Angel of Death
Tenshi - Angel
Watashi wa Bulma desu - My name is Bulma
