A/N: Hello readers! Saiyan God.101 back with another chapter. Now last time around, Chapter 10 was the last chapter of this first arc. It's kinda reassuring to know that not only will this NOT be the last chapter, we've still got a long way to go, before that final chapter, so strap in and enjoy! Quite proud of myself for this chapter too!
Disclaimer: Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT and Dragon Ball Super are all owned by Toei Animation, FUNimation, Fuji TV and Akira Toriyama. The only thing I can stake a claim to are my original characters.
Opening Theme: "Hero" by Flow
Ending Theme: "Haruka Kanata" by UNLIMITS
Chapter 10: Lexi and Clawness
Lexi looked on as Clawness and Pan glared at each other. She couldn't see what the look on Pan's face was at this moment, but judging by the ferocious look in Clawness' eyes, and the way the quarter Saiyan's shoulders tensed up, she could make a few guesses.
She's serious, Lexi thought as she stared at Pan's back.
"S-Stop her..."
Lexi looked down to find Vegeta struggling to even move, his eyes trained on the quarter Saiyan, a rare look of faint worry on his face.
"Whoa easy!" Lexi exclaimed, reaching down to keep the Saiyan Prince steady.
"You... you mustn't let Pan fight Clawness," Vegeta croaked out, pain racking through his body as he glared at the fiery feline.
"Why not?" Lexi questioned.
"Because she'll kill her," Rin cut in, uncaring as she watched the silent stare down between the Neko and the quarter Saiyan, her arms crossed.
Lexi stared up at the woman, before rising to her feet, making sure to keep the Saiyan Prince steady. She looked back at Pan, worry starting to gnaw at her.
Blue flames flickered against Clawness' skin as she frowned in annoyance at the quarter Saiyan. "Do you truly intend on fighting me?"
"If you think I'm just gonna step aside, then you're sadly mistaken," Pan replied evenly.
Clawness hummed, her lips twitching upwards in faux amusement, irritation shining through her bright blue eyes. "Is that so? And with that measly battle power?"
Pan smirked.
In the next moment, the Saiyan teen was upon Clawness, her fist colliding with the Neko's flaming forearm. The ground cracked beneath the feline's feet, making Clawness' vibrant blue eyes narrow as they made eye contact with Pan's black angry orbs. "Measly huh?"
Pan suppressed a wince as Clawness' flames burned through her fingerless gloves, and leaped away from the fiery Neko. The quarter Saiyan snarled as she slammed her fists together, which lit up with energy.
"I'll show you measly!" Pan shot forward with a burst of speed, catching Clawness by surprise, as the quarter Saiyan launched her ki-infused fist at the flaming cat.
Clawness quickly got her arms up in an 'x' formation, Pan's fist slamming into her defence with such force, that a fierce wind blew outwardly from the impact, dust flying everywhere.
The Neko smiled through her crossed arms, making the quarter Saiyan's black eyes widen at a sudden surge in battle power. The blue flames that licked harmlessly across Clawness' skin suddenly ignited into one concessive explosion, Pan crying out in pain as she got caught up in the large blast.
"Pan!" Lexi exclaimed in worry. Vegeta and Rin stayed silent, the strong breeze sweeping through their hair as the fight raged on.
Pan shot out of the large cloud of black smoke, her jacket and the cloth tied around her waist, having been heavily burned and torn beyond repair in the blast, leaving most of her skin bare, revealing the burns and bruises that was seen on her arms and her abdomen. Her baggy white pants was starting to show signs of tears, Clawness' flames having burned through the fabric in the blast.
Pan slammed into a tall pillar with tremendous force, conjuring up a big dust cloud as the impact caused the pillar to topple over, shattering against the rocky floor.
The last of the smoke cleared to reveal Clawness with a smug grin on her face, her flames calming down as she watched the quarter Saiyan struggle to stand.
"Did I burn you?"
Pan snarled thickly at the female cat's cocky quip, slowly pulling herself back up onto her feet.
Clawness' eyes narrowed as Pan panted. Clearly that explosion had caught the Saiyan completely off guard.
"Give up," the black, blue-flamed cat said. "You're in way over your head kid."
Pan stood up straight and glared at Clawness, her dark eyes blazing with determination. "No way."
Clawness sighed at this. "Suit yourself."
Pan suddenly moved to the left, narrowly avoiding the Neko's flaming claws as the female cat closed the distance between them in seconds, taking a swipe at the quarter Saiyan.
The two forces engaged each other in a fast-paced flurry of kicks and punches, shockwaves pounding throughout the canyon as the two women threw combos at one another in a furious assault. The rocky ground cracked even more, and began to cave in beneath their feet, forcing the two women to continue their furious dance whilst hovering above the rocky ground.
Clawness caught Pan in the gut with a flaming fist, making her choke on her saliva, hunching painfully over the cat's fist. The Neko then sent the quarter Saiyan flying with a powerful kick, immediately giving chase.
The flaming feline caught up to Pan in mere minutes, shockwaves booming throughout the area as the two warriors attacked one another with furious kicks and punches, creating a long trail of cracks and flames.
Their speed kicked into another gear, appearing as nothing more than shockwaves that tore craters into the ground as they continued to battle ferociously.
As the fight raged on, getting more and more distant, Rin wordlessly began to walk towards her Harley, catching the two full blooded Saiyan's attention.
"Where are you going?" Lexi questioned.
"I'm following them," the black-haired woman answered simply.
Lexi narrowed her eyes at the woman's retreating form. "I thought you didn't care."
"I don't," Rin replied as she sat onto her motorbike. "But I've already gotten pretty involved."
Rin leveled the female Saiyan with a lazy glare. "Might as well see this fight through to the end."
. . . .
A shockwave rang through the skies, Pan finding herself on the receiving end of a fiery kick, with enough power to send the quarter Saiyan hurling into the side of a cliff.
Pan winced, the wall cracking and caving in on itself around her. The quarter Saiyan's eyes widened when Clawness appeared in front of her instantly, a crazed smile on the Neko's face.
Pan barely got her arms up in front of her body in time, before being brutally punched through the cliff-face, with enough power behind it to send the quarter Saiyan cleaving right through the cliff. The massive wall of rock crumbled to pieces, creating a large amount of dust and debris.
Pan flew out of the large cloud of smoke and towards the ground, regaining her sense of balance, kicking up a trail of smoke as she slid heavily across the rocky ground.
Pan breathed heavily, her eyes wide with surprise. The look on Clawness' face just before she punched Pan through the cliff, ingrained itself into the quarter Saiyan's mind. She's gettin' aggressive... what's wrong with these guys?!
Lexi landed just a few paces away from Pan, Vegeta in tow. She placed Vegeta down against the side of a cliff-face and turned her attention back to the quarter Saiyan. Lexi's brow creased with worry as Pan rose to her feet, watching as sweat rolled down the fellow female Saiyan's cheeks.
"Something's wrong..." Vegeta muttered.
"Yeah..." Lexi agreed.
Rin was above them on higher ground, her arms crossed as she watched the fight silently.
Pan's head snapped up, eyes widening at the large blue fireball that rocketed down towards her, forcing the black haired woman to hastily launch herself into the sky and out of the way.
The earth exploded as the fireball slammed violently into the ground in a roaring blue explosion, forcing Lexi to cover her face with her arms, and making Vegeta scowl. Silver eyes widened in horror as a familiar silhouette rose from the blue flames with a demonic smile.
"I smell your fear girl!" Clawness yelled, cackling madly as she conjured up two blue fireballs that hovered above her clawed flaming paws, before throwing the flaming projectiles at the quarter Saiyan.
Pan evaded the flaming spheres, energy igniting around her form, and pulsing through her veins as Clawness threw more fireballs at her with a maddening cackle. This frenzied attack forced the quarter Saiyan on the evasive, shooting across the skies as Clawness relentlessly threw fireball after fireball at her.
"Tsk!" Pan growled as fireballs whizzed past her, exploding against rocky pillars and small cliffs. "This is getting me nowhere!"
With a surge of energy, Pan took a dive towards the flaming Neko, energy blazing around her fists as she twirled and evaded the army of fireballs as best she could.
Clawness raised a brow, her crazed smile widening in amusement. "Oh?"
Flames curled around the flaming cat's lips, before a blast of blue flames shot from her fanged maw, making Pan's eyes widen at the sight.
"PAN!" Lexi exclaimed in horror as Clawness' flames engulfed the quarter Saiyan, shooting up into the blue sky. Lexi's hands shook with worry, forcing her to clench them tightly. I have to help her!
Lexi began to hover off the ground, but before she could even take off, a hand caught her by the wrist, stopping the female Saiyan.
Lexi looked back, shocked to see Vegeta still had enough strength to keep her from flying off, a frown on his face. "Don't do anything foolish girl."
Lexi growled at that. "I can help her!"
Vegeta scowled. "With what?! You'll just get in the way!"
Lexi growled in frustration and looked back at the battle, her silver eyes widening instantly.
Pan's fists glowed against the blue blaze that engulfed her, the quarter Saiyans ki-infused fist splitting through the intense funnel of flames. The flames licked at her skin and burned even more of her clothes, but she paid it no mind.
With a yell and a surge of ki, Pan shot through the flames, making Clawness' eyes widen at the sight, before a furious fist of energy violently slammed into her face, with enough strength behind it to cave in the ground beneath the Neko's flaming feet, a large shockwave shaking the earth from the impact.
Pan then released a pained yelp, being sent flying into a large stone pillar with a single swipe of Clawness' claws, an explosion booming throughout the arena at the force of Pan hitting the pillar.
"Oh no!" Lexi cried out, looking up at where Pan had crashed as smoke poured outwardly from the impact.
The smoke cleared to reveal the quarter Saiyan sat in a makeshift hole inside the pillar. A thick line of blood traveled from her forehead right down to her chin, dripping onto the cold surface.
"Impressive."
Pan let loose a painful cough, refusing to look up at the flaming Neko floating in front of her. Clawness grinned evilly, wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth. "You actually managed to land a solid punch on me."
The flaming cat narrowed her blue killer eyes. "But that will be the only time you ever touch me again."
"No."
Clawness raised a brow as Pan chuckled, ripping off her tattered black, gold-trimmed jacket, leaving the saiyan in just her crop top.
"I got a hit on you," Pan muttered, shakily pulling herself back up onto her feet. "I made you bleed."
The black-haired quarter Saiyan looked up at the silent Neko, a large smirk on her face. "That means I can beat you."
Clawness blinked, and tilted her head as she stared blankly at the young woman.
In the breath of a second, Pan suddenly found herself holding Clawness' flaming claws at bay, the sharp, blazing edges mere metres away from the quarter Saiyan's face.
Pan snarled thickly, trying to supress her pain as best she could, Clawness' flames burning her hands relentlessly.
"Oh I'm gonna take immeasurable pleasure in killing you~" the humanoid cat growled, licking her lips as her blood lust slammed into Pan, nearly choking her.
"Like hell you will!" Pan growled, before slamming her boot into Clawness' abdomen, greatly surprising the female Neko, as she was sent souring backwards, crashing clean through a pillar before regaining control of her flight.
The Neko didn't have time to collect herself, as Pan shot forward in a blast of light, tackling the female cat out of the sky. They cleaved clean through pillars and cliffs, creating a long massive trail of smoke as they violently rocketed back down to the rough grounds of the Gizard Wasteland.
Lexi's eyes widened, watching as Pan and Clawness barreled further into the wasteland, a large explosion shaking the entire area. Resolve and determination shone through her silver eyes and she took off, blasting into the sky, heading right towards the raging battle.
"Hey! Get back here!" Vegeta yelled in irritation, but Lexi was already out of hearing distance.
"Damn it!" he snapped, slamming a fist against the side of the cliff he sat against, denting it.
. . . .
Smoke covered a large amount of the rocky terrain, bits of debris falling seemingly from the skies. Pan shot out of the smoke, her long black hair whipping wildly in the rough winds as she pulled her legs in, flipping backwards through the air, until she planted herself against the side of a cliff-face.
The smoke quickly dispersed, as Clawness rocketed forward, blue flames blazing violently as she charged at Pan with a roar.
The side of the cliff-face cracked violently beneath Pan's feet as she blasted off it, and shot at the charging Neko with a battle cry of her own, energy igniting around her fists.
The two powerful women collided violently, their fists colliding with such force that the earth beneath them exploded into a giant crater, bits of debris rising rapidly into the air in response to the clashing forces.
Pan and Clawness engaged each other in a intense display of hand-to-hand combat, the crater growing deeper beneath them as the two otherworldly women fought ferociously, until Clawness caught Pan's fist in her blazing claws.
The feline smirked dangerously, and violently punched the quarter Saiyan in the face. Clawness laughed madly, refusing to release her hold on Pan's fist, continuing to punch the black-haired teen in the face, until Pan caught the Neko's fist, the blue flames not bothering her as much due to the ki around her hands.
Clawness grinned widely as she clashed heads with the fierce quarter Saiyan, her blue eyes boring into Pan's dark eyes.
"I was wrong about you!" the cat laughed, her sharp canines on full display as she engaged the quarter Saiyan in a struggle of dominance, her flames flickering wildly. Her enhanced strength clashed with Pan's Saiyan might, their clash of strength creating bolts of electricity that destroyed the nearby pillars. " You're stronger than you appear to be!"
The look on her face intensified with crazed excitement. "But it won't be enough to stop me. That girl is coming with me whether you like it or not!"
Veins pulsed on Pan's arms and forehead, her anger boiling.
"She ain't a weapon for you to use as you wish," the quarter Saiyan snarled darkly. "I'll be damned if I let someone I consider a friend go through that!"
Clawness' smile widened evilly. "You don't have a choice!"
Pan's eyes widened as Clawness violently kneed her in the stomach, with enough strength to cause her to cough up blood, making her release the cat's fist on instinct.
Clawness grinned widely as she pulled her blazing fist back, the flames intensifying, and increasing in density. She punched the quarter Saiyan hard underneath the chin, with enough power behind it to send Pan spiralling back, barreling through a couple cliff-faces, before the teen slammed violently into the side of a massive cliff, smoke pouring out from the force.
Clawness smiled in amusement. "Oh? Are you done now?"
The thick smoke that enveloped Pan suddenly shifted violently, making Clawness narrow her eyes, before lifting her arm, blocking a powerful punch from the quarter Saiyan. The impact that followed caused the rocky terrain below them to crack violently from the pressure, caving in on itself even more, piercing winds sweeping throughout the area.
Clawness shoved Pan's fist away, engaging the young quarter Saiyan in close combat, shockwaves ringing throughout the sky. The two appeared and disappeared repeatedly as they battled at a fast pace, all in the span of a few seconds, kicking and punching at one another furiously, until Clawness appeared above the black-haired teen, with her fiery hands clasped above her head.
Clawness slammed her clasped flaming hands down into the quarter Saiyan's head, making Pan cry out in pain as she was sent plummeting towards the caved in surface.
Pan hit the earth with tremendous force, causing the ground to implode, a huge dust cloud forming from the impact. Clawness cackled madly, not even letting the smoke clear and dived down at the quarter Saiyan with reckless abandon.
Pan cried out in pain as Clawness drove her right through the ground with her flaming foot, smoke and debris thickening as the two women drove deeper and deeper below the surface.
They crashed through the ceiling of an underground dark cave, the powerful kick that was strong enough to plough the quarter Saiyan through the surface, sending her crashing down into the shallow underground lake, water spraying everywhere from the impact.
The quarter Saiyan shakily pulled herself up onto her hands and knees, droplets of water dripping from her long black locks. Blood dripped from her busted lip, and into the shallow water. Pan froze for a moment, staring at her reflection in the water.
"Damn... I'm a mess..." she muttered quietly.
"That's what happens when you fight a losing battle."
Pan looked over her shoulder, her eyes half closed in pain as she gritted her teeth at the smug look on the cat's face. Clawness floated high above Pan, looking down at her with a smug smirk, the blue flames blazing against her dark-as-night skin, illuminating against the dark walls of the cave and shining against the sparkling water.
Clawness watched silently as Pan shakily and slowly rose to her feet, blood trailing from out her mouth, her arms hanging limply as pain coursed through her. Clawness narrowed her cat-like eyes, as the quarter Saiyan shakily clenched her fists. She slowly shifted into a familiar stance, raising her hands to the side of her hips.
"And yet... you still intend on fighting me. You Saiyans are so stubborn," Clawness commented, a deep frown on her face as Pan let loose labored breaths, and looked up at the cat, a smirk on her face.
"I've experienced pain... it's nothing new to me," the quarter Saiyan whispered harshly.
Clawness held a flaming clawed paw out at Pan, a sphere of blue flames appearing before her outstretched paw.
"Then allow me to introduce you to a new experience," the feline drawled darkly, a wide vicious smile stretching across her lips. "Death!"
The shallow pool of water Pan stood in shifted and rippled in response to the quarter Saiyan's rising energy, a sphere of ki forming between her palms.
"I refuse to die!" she snapped.
"That's not your choice to make," Clawness replied, before unleashing a storm of burning blue flames in the form of a blazing blast, that blitzed down at the young Saiyan teen.
"HAAAA!" Pan roared, firing off her Kamehameha wave in response, the shallow water stirring and rippling heavily in response to the energy output.
The two beams collided in the middle, the pressure and power of the colliding attacks causing the cave to shake, the walls cracking violently, before everything was enveloped in a chaotic explosion.
. . . .
"Do these women ever listen?!" Vegeta growled, using the pillars to help him walk, an annoyed scowl on his face. "Since when did they get so headstrong!"
He could sense Pan and Clawness fighting below the surface.
The Prince of all Saiyans paused, and looked down at the ground with wide eyes when he sensed the two women launch their respective blasts at one another, the ground shaking violently.
"Damn it!" he cursed in irritation, using his remaining power to launch himself into the sky as quickly as possible.
. . . .
Lexi landed on a pillar, smoke blowing everywhere from the fight that took place. She looked down at the ground, sensing Pan and Clawness' energy pulsating beneath the surface. How'd they get down there?
The ground suddenly began to shake and shudder violently, making Lexi yelp, stumbling off her feet and falling on her butt.
"What the-" the female Saiyan was cut off by the sight and thundering boom of the loud, massive sphere-like explosion that ignited from beneath the surface, ferocious, biting winds picking up violently, nearly blasting Lexi off the pillar.
Her wide silver eyes watched as everything before her was destroyed, consumed by the blast's unforgiving wrath, until all that was left was a large mushroom cloud and a massive crater.
Lexi grunted, pulling herself back up onto the pillar, dusting herself off with a touch of annoyance. As the dust settled, a shallow pool of water began to fill the hole left by the large explosion, making Lexi wonder where it had come from.
"The hell are they doing down there?" she grumbled, rubbing her head. The full-blooded Saiyan paused suddenly, a foreboding feeling icing her veins.
She looked up, her silver eyes widening in pure horror at the sight before her. "No..."
Clawness' blue eyes shone with bloodlust as hot ruby liquid dripped from her burning claws. Pan stared at the Neko with wide dull black eyes, blood pouring out of her mouth. Clawness stared right back at her, with a wicked smile on her face.
The quarter Saiyan slowly looked down to find Clawness' blazing arm pierced right through her stomach, the feline's flaming, bloodied claws protruding out of Pan's back, burning the Saiyan's insides.
"NO!" Lexi screamed in horror.
Vegeta looked up into the sky at Lexi's anguished cry, eyes widening at what he saw.
Rin, having seen the whole thing, simply closed her eyes.
Clawness violently tugged her flaming arm out of Pan's abdomen, pools of blood pouring out of the quarter Saiyan. Clawness watched silently with an evil grin, as Pan began to fall out of the sky, her dull wide black eyes staring up at Clawness.
"PAN!" Lexi yelled, leaping off the pillar as Pan fell into the massive new crater, and slammed into the shallow water with a large splash, a geyser of water forming from the impact.
Ignoring the droplets of water that fell back down, Lexi dashed towards the felled quarter Saiyan, dropping to her knees as soon as she reached her.
"Hey Pan..." Lexi whispered shakily as she snaked her arms underneath Pan's head and lifted her slightly out of the water, trying her best to ignore Pan's blood staining the pool of water. "It'll be okay... We'll get you some help I promise! Y-you'll be okay..."
Tears flooded Lexi's silver eyes as Pan's dull black orbs stared up at her, unresponsive. Lexi's entire body trembled, failing to hold back the flowing tears that rolled down her cheeks. "Please answer me Pan! Please! I've only just met you! You can't die here!"
Vegeta, who had finally made it to the heart of the battlefield, watched silently as Lexi sobbed, closing his eyes and looking away with a frustrated scowl.
"Give it a rest." Clawness' voice cut through the canyon like ice. "She's dead."
The fiery cat landed in the shallow pool, the water seemingly having no effect on the blue flames that blazed around her feet.
Lexi froze at Clawness' voice, falling deathly quiet for a moment. "How could you..."
Clawness closed her eyes, raising her arms in a nonchalant shrug.
"Don't blame me. All I did was deliver the killing blow." The Neko opened her blazing blue eyes, an unforgiving, dark expression on her face. "Her blood is on your hands."
Lexi growled lowly. "Shut up..."
Clawness continued, unfazed by the Saiyan's rising anger. "If you hadn't come here, maybe your little friend would still be alive..."
"I said be quiet!"
Clawness's blue eyes glowed maliciously, a wicked grin on her face. "If you had just joined my crew from the start, none of this would have happened."
Lexi's rage and pain reached past its boiling point, at which point she had lost all sense of reason, letting her hatred flow through her, to the point she couldn't contain it and lost control.
Clawness suddenly lifted her arm, blocking Lexi's fist, but was caught off guard by the woman's increased speed, and the overload of power behind the strike, sending the Neko stumbling back across the shallow pool, the power from Lexi's fist creating a powerful wind that conjured up waves of water.
Vegeta straightened up, his eyes wide. I didn't even see her move! And this power...
Sweat traveled down the Prince of all Saiyan's cheeks as he stared at Lexi, her bangs hiding her eyes from view, a large aura of foreboding enveloping him. What is this?! I-I don't sense a thing from her! And w-what is this overwhelming pressure?!
Clawness regained her footing, her blue eyes wide. Lexi lifted her head, her eyes as gold as the sun, and filled with seething rage, making Clawness freeze in shock. Gold... that's new.
Her shock was quickly replaced by excitement, a crazed look in her eyes as she grinned darkly.
"Yes! That's it!" Clawness exclaimed, holding her arms out wide. "Show me that terrifying power that rages within you!"
Lexi's sharp teeth pressed against each other as she attempted to get a hold of her rage, but all that came out was uncontrollable power like no other. "SHUT UP!"
A blaze of gold engulfed Lexi, uncontrollable, and gigantic, creating large ripples in the water as the young female Saiyan roared in outrage, a loud boom echoing throughout the area.
Both Clawness and Vegeta stared at the jagged aura in shock.
Lexi broke the distance between herself and Clawness, at such a speed that the cat didn't notice until the woman had punched her in the face, the ground beneath her feet caving in on itself in response to Lexi's sudden power up, the water beneath them splitting apart in a circular motion momentarily.
Lexi plunged her fist into Clawness' gut with enough force to cause the feline to cough up a bout of saliva. "You destroyed the planet I called home!"
Lexi drove her fist underneath the feline's chin with a powerful uppercut, sending the cat flying through a pillar, knocking it down in a field of smoke, that settled in the water, her black hair starting to shift wildly. "You slaughtered everyone I ever thought of as a friend!"
Lexi appeared above Clawness, puncturing her fist into the cat's face, her hair shining gold momentarily before going back to black. "YOU KILLED MY MOTHER!"
Clawness plummeted back down to earth, the impact causing a geyser-like explosion of water.
Vegeta's eyes widened at the sight of Lexi's flashing hair. Is she gonna do it?
Lexi dived down at the Neko, her raging gold eyes flashing teal green for a moment as she rocketed down at Clawness with reckless abandon. Before she knew what was happening, small bolts crackled between her finger tips, and a large battle axe of light formed in her hands.
Vegeta stared at the ethereal object in shock. That's no ordinary weapon of ki!
"I'D NEVER WORK FOR SOMEONE LIKE YOU!"
Lexi brought the weapon down with a single swing, and instantly the entire canyon was enveloped in golden lightning, thunder booming throughout the wasteland, painting the area in gold.
Rin stared at the sudden display of explosive lightning with a frown and narrowed eyes. "Interesting..."
Vegeta heaved heavily as the display of light settled down, his black eyes wide as he laid on a tall pillar. Beside him, Pan's prone and still body laid, her eyes now closed. The Prince of all Saiyan sat up, supressing a gulp, scowling angrily as his hands shook. Fear gripped the sturdy heart of the prince, making his blood boil. Fear of the unknown. Fear of Lexi and the unusual power that burst from her so suddenly.
It was a good thing he managed to get himself and Pan's lifeless body to safety before they had been electrocuted.
She wielded lightning... How is that possible! No Saiyan should be able to do that?!
Vegeta rose to his feet, staring down at the pool of water as it crackled with lightning, the fear in his heart nearly choking him. She nearly went Super Saiyan!
Who... What is that woman?!
. . . .
Clawness fell to her knees with a low growl, lightning crackling around her form. She had managed to leap out of Lexi's range, but due to the sudden voltage of lightning that the full-blooded Saiyan unleashed, she got caught in the crossfire.
The cat slowly rose to her feet only for her eyes to widen, the fur on the back of her neck standing up.
Clawness turned rapidly around, only to be sent flying into the side of a cliff with a single swing of Lexi's lightning-made axe, a thundering boom resounding throughout the area as the Neko slammed into the cliff hard, causing a large explosion of white smoke.
Lexi glanced at the powerful axe in confusion as it faded into nothingness, her burning gold eyes flashing back to her soft silver eyes. Did I just wield lightning?
A laugh caught her attention, making her steel silver eyes narrow, a scowl of hatred forming on her face as the smoke cleared to reveal Clawness' smiling visage. She sat against the rubble, laughing as she stared at the full-blooded Saiyan, blood running down her face.
"What the hell is so funny?!" Lexi snarled, her anger rising.
Clawness chuckled. "Your brain is a scrambled mess, ain't it girl."
"What are you talking about?" Lexi replied with biting icy anger.
Clawness slowly pulled herself back up onto her feet, that smug smile never leaving her face. "You really don't remember?"
"Get to the point!" Lexi snapped, struggling to keep her anger in check.
"Our recollection of that event is clearly different," Clawness commented, her smile widening as she began to saunter towards the full-blooded Saiyan, stumbling a little bit. "Cuz as far as I'm concerned, that precious planet of yours still exists."
Lexi's anger froze, her silver eyes widening in pure shock. "What...? T-that can't be! You destroyed it! I saw you destroy Planet Declia!"
"Did you?" Clawness quipped, raising an eyebrow. "If I had destroyed that planet, don't you think I'd be bragging about it right now?"
Lexi remained silent for a moment, stumped. Planet Declia is...
The full-blooded Saiyan shook her head rapidly, snarling darkly at Clawness, her rage starting to bubble again. "Quit fucking with me!"
"Such vulgar language," Clawness commented in amusement. "But I'm afraid I'm telling you the truth, my dear Lexi."
Lexi let loose a guttural growl as Clawness came to a stop in front of her, a wicked smirk on the feline's face, as she stared down at the slightly smaller rage-filled woman.
"I wasn't the one who drove your dragon friends to extinction," the feline told Lexi, her smile wide and smug, enjoying the rage on the Saiyan's face. The young woman was visibly shaking with anger. "And while I did fight her, I wasn't the one who ripped your mothers heart out."
"If what you say is true then who did?!" the full-blooded Saiyan snarled darkly.
Clawness laughed in amusement, making Lexi let loose an inhumane growl of pure rage at the sound.
"Isn't it obvious?" the Neko sniggered.
Clawness leaned forward until she was staring directly into Lexi's silver eyes, her flaming fists resting against her hips as she smiled widely into the furious Saiyan's face.
"Why it was you my dear!"
A deafening silent enveloped the entire canyon, as Lexi's blood ran as cold as ice, staring into the fiery blue depths of the woman before her, with wide, absolutely horrified silver eyes, her face paling.
"W-What... did you just say...?"
And that's chapter 10 done! Tell me what you think! Was that too much angst? Hope y'all enjoyed that.
'Goodbye and Goodnight'