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Dani never considered herself to be a 'normal' girl, not that she had a problem with it.
For one, she just loved to fight; when she was younger she would pick fights with a lot of boys at school for the sole interest of testing her own abilities and strengths out.
Second, she had a tail. She never thought much of it other than it being an extra appendage. When she was younger, she could recall her tail being the source of uncontrollable pain. She would completely freeze in pain when someone would grab it, almost to the point of passing out. She eventually grew out of it due to the number of times she would accidentally step on it, or accidentally close a door on it, or even grab it herself so she could overcome the pain.
And finally, she could fly! What the hell! Normal people definitely don't fly. She tried to keep it hidden from her parents but she was sure they had seen her at least once. It all just came naturally to her. She could feel energy swelling up inside her so she tried to focus it and next thing she knew, something shot out of her hand and she accidentally blew up her lamp. Awesome! Next she wondered if she could focus that energy under feet, and success! She could now fly.
She knew that she was different from the others; her tail being a major part. But her parents would just tell her that not every child is the same and that her tail made her more special than the rest. Then came the day in which her parents told her that they weren't her real parents and that they had found her one day in a small crater on a mountainside while they were hiking, before they had gotten married. They couldn't just leave her there since she looked so small and innocent, so they took her in and raised her as their own. Dani didn't care if that was case since they were the only parents she had ever known her entire life. Even if they weren't her real parents, nothing could ever replace the memories and bonds she had with them which is why she considered them her real parents no matter what.
Everything went to normal after that but deep down Dani was left with a will and desire to find true meaning to her life. Just who was she exactly? And why is it that her parent found her in a small space-like pod in the mountains when she was a mere baby? And did her tail have anything to do with it? So many questions she wanted answered. She liked the way her life was but she wanted more. She wanted to find true meaning. She wanted to find more excitement. But most importantly, she wanted to find herself. . .her true self.
Because of that, once she was of age and done with her high school studies, she said goodbye to her teary-eyed parents and embarked on a journey. To where exactly? To where her will and drive led her.
Which leads us to the now. . .
~GROWL~
"Ugh I'm so hungry," Dani groaned as she floated up in the air with her tail wrapped comfortably around her slim waist. "There must be a city around here somewhere," she murmured as she looked around and successfully spotted a town nearby. "Hang in there, mommy needs you!" she addressed her stomach as she took off towards the town.
She landed near the 'Welcome to Nicky Town' sign and sought out a place to eat. Her sights landed upon a buffet down the road. And so her feast began!
Once she had eaten her fill, she watched the TV that was overhead when all of a sudden gun shots could be heard echoing from the outside also joined by the faint screams of people out in the distance. Everyone in the building went dead silent as she ran outside. It was completely silent. What the hell? The town was so lively when she had arrived about an hour ago. More gunshots sounded in the distance. She couldn't help but get a really bad feeling in the pit of her stomach and she knew it wasn't the food.
Suddenly many screaming people came into view as they appeared to be running away from a certain part of town. She wanted to get to the bottom of things so she flew up and over to where the people were coming from. There were no more gunshots sounding. Her eyes widened at what she saw as she floated above the town. Scattered throughout the ground where clothing of people yet not a single person in sight. She touched down on the streets and looked at the clothes. There were no traces of the people yet each set of clothing had a similar tear-like puncture.
Just what the hell was going on?
She snapped out of her thoughts when gunshots sounded from the area where she was before but this time the gunshots and screaming didn't last long. Soon the town fell into an eerie silence. She immediately flew back and she was shocked to find more clothing on the floor yet again no signs of the people. Just what the hell was this? She flew above the town in search of any life but she found none. Then out of the corner of her eye, she could have sworn she spotted something below. It, however, did not appear to be human so she touched down on an empty street in front of a park and looked around while on guard.
"Well would you look at that, it seems as though I missed one," a raspy voice chuckled.
Dani was on edge. She turned around and was face to face with the monster responsible for the events transpiring.
She jumped back to get some distance between that thing. She noticed its tail and realized that that must have been what caused those holes. Now she wanted to know just what the hell he was doing.
"Who are you? What are you doing here? What have you done to these people!" she demanded.
It just stared at her with those cat-like eyes. Her heart was beating a furious drum inside her chest but she couldn't let her fear show! She couldn't let this thing find weakness!
"What a coincidence that I find you here, my dear. With your life energy, I can attain full power," he said.
"My life energy? Full power? Hey! Don't ignore my questions!" she called out, clenching her fists.
Seeing as how she was going to die either way, he supposed he could answer her questions. "My name is Cell. And as you can see, I have absorbed these people's life energy as means to increase my own power. And as I was saying, you appear to have more than enough for me to achieve my full power."
W-what the hell? He just completely absorbed all of those innocent people for the sake of his own goals. What a monster! And now he wanted to absorb her too? Hell no! She wouldn't let that happen!
"Now my dear, do stay put and this will be over before you know it," he said as he began to walk towards her with that creepy tail and stinger right behind him.
"Ha, you think I'll just let you absorb me? You're greatly mistaken!"
"Now, prepare to be a part of something far greater than you can ever imagine!" he called out as his stinger shot out directly at her.
She managed to jump back as it created a hole in the concrete.
"Hmm, you are fast my dear, but are you fast enough?" he exclaimed as he charged at her with an array of kicks and punches.
Man this guy was fast! She was just barely able to physically block, or dodge each of his attacks. He was powerful, but every time they came into contact, she could feel much more power than he was letting on against her. She needed an opening, she needed to fight back! But first she needed to regain herself a bit. She continued to defend until she got an opening and landed a direct kick to the side of his head causing his head to snap to the side. She jumped back a few feet to make some distance between them and catch her breath.
She couldn't exactly make out his expression due to the shape of his face, but she could clearly see his eyes. His head was still to the side and his eyes, she could see them gleaming. . .almost as if in amusement.
Throughout the array of punches and kicks, her tail had slipped from around her waist and was now behind her. He turned his head back towards her and that's when his eyes fixed upon her tail. Oho how things were now getting interesting.
"A Saiyan, huh? My, now you are even worth more into absorbing into my being!" he chuckled.
"A Saiyan? What the hell are you talking about?" she questioned, genuinely confused now.
"Huh? You mean you do not know what a Saiyan is?"
"If I did then I wouldn't be asking you!"
Things were getting even more interesting for him. Oh how he could just imagine the power he would gain if he absorbed a Saiyan! His stinger shot out towards her once again in an array of strikes as he continued to push her back. She continued to dodge until her back met with the hard surface of the building. Crap! Here came the stinger! She JUST managed to duck as his tail shot through the building and made it collapse. This guy was too powerful! All she could do was defend; she had no chance of offense. She needed to retreat. With his tail still through the building, she delivered a swift kick to his jaw and took off to the skies.
That was way too close, she thought as she looked back without stopping. She had to get as far away from here as possible! She turned back forward and immediately stopped. Her eyes widened and her heart continued to pound her chest. She was frozen in fear. Her face was inches away from his. Those eyes of his, they were smirking at her.
"You know my dear, in all of this fun, I never seemed to have gotten your name," he said with his arms crossed across his chest.
She was still completely frozen. "D-Dani," was all she was able to spit out.
"Dani," he repeated in that raspy voice. "Nice to meet you Dani!" he exclaimed as he slammed his tail to her side and sent her flying to the Earth below.
She groaned out in pain as she crashed into a playground set in the park they had been hovering over.
"Mother fu-owww ," she groaned.
She forced herself to lift her head as she saw him touch down on the grass.
He let out an evil chuckle as he approached her. "As much fun this has been, it is quite unfortunate that it must end."
No! There was nothing she could do! She was completely exhausted and she now knew she couldn't just fly away either. Damn it! Things weren't supposed to end like this!
Suddenly three shots of energy hit Cell from out of nowhere causing him to stagger back and away from her slightly.
"Gah!" Cell grunted.
Someone had landed, no, it sounded like more than one person. Cell now had his back to her but that stinger was still hovering above her.
"Why hello there boys," Cell greeted. "Quite rude of you to drop in while I'm dealing with someone," he glanced back at Dani.
"Cell! Let her go!" Piccolo demanded as he and his three companions took a stance.
"Why would I do that Piccolo? She looks so delicious, I could just absorb her!" he let out an evil laugh as his stinger shot straight at her.
"NO!" they all called out as Dani's sharp cry of pain sounded. Wait, Dani was crying out in pain, yet Cell was growling in frustration.
"Hey wait!" Krillin exclaimed.
"Look!" Trunks called out as the dust settled.
Upon further inspection, Cell's stinger was caught in the ground and Dani was laying a little ways away holding what appeared to be her bloody right side. So she had moved out of the way once again, but not fast enough for her side was cut in the process. Well, she supposed it could have been worse.
"QUICK! GET HIM!" Piccolo ordered. "Krillin, Trunks, get the girl to safety. Tien and I will deal with Cell, now go!"
"Alright!"
Tien and Piccolo attacked Cell and lured him away from Dani so that Trunks and Krillin could get to her.
Trunks bent down and carefully grabbed Dani while Krillin kept a lookout on the battle.
"Uh, Krillin," Trunks began quite uncertainly as he held Dani.
"Yeah?" Krillin turned around only to widen his eyes. "I-is that. A tail?"
"I think so," Trunks replied.
"But I thought that only Saiyans had brown bushy tails like that!"
"I thought so too."
"TRUNKS. KRILLIN. GET OUT OF HERE!" Piccolo hollered.
"No time to ponder about it, we gotta go!" Krillin said as they took off.
Dani had one hand holding her side while the other wrapped around Trunk's neck so she could steady herself. As they were flying away, Dani looked over Trunk's shoulder and her eyes locked with Cell's. She faintly smirked and gave him her lucky middle finger salute while mouthing, 'I win'. She could see the emotion in his eyes. That sure got to him. He was about to charge after the trio but Piccolo and Tien blocked his way which seemed to anger him even more.
Looks like I WILL be living after all. Suck on that, Cell.
A/N: So what do you think so far? :D
