Well, next chapter is up. Please read and review.
Dreamrevolution: Thanks for the review and words of encouragement. I don't have any intention to let this story go to waste and luckily I have the next 20 or so chapters already written, so I'll continue to update unless I mysteriously die
Which I really hope doesn't happen…
Random note: I love pickles
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(One hour later)
Cell watched as Hina dismounted her horse and led her back to the stable, she was graceful on the animal, more so than she was on her own two feet. When she was done stabling Blossom she headed back towards the house, Cell followed behind her.
"What are you going to do now?" He asked as she walked into the kitchen.
She turned towards him. "I'm starving, I need to eat," she said as she turned towards the fridge and opened it, pawing through the contents gingerly as she searched for what she wanted.
A few seconds later she pulled out a sealed jar of pickles and walked towards the counter, she placed it down on the counter and got a knife from the drawer, cutting away the plastic covering the lid.
"That is your supper?" He questioned and she gave a nod as she twisted the bottle, but to no avail. Cell watched for half a minute as she wrestled with the pickle jar and he felt laughter build up in his throat. "Need some help?" He asked as he attempted to stifle his laughter.
She looked at him and then at the jar and then back at him. "No, I'm fine," she said as she continued to try, after another 30 seconds she sighed in resignation and held it out towards him.
Cell took the jar and twisted it open before handing it back to her, she nodded her thanks and immediately dug her fingers into the slightly green liquid, pulling out a pickle and propping it into her mouth.
"How can that full you, is it even nice?" He asked and she held up her hand for him to wait as she chewed it down.
"Pickles are awesome, best thing ever," she said once she swallowed and then pulled out another one and held it out towards Cell.
"No thanks," he said with a laugh, but she still held it out to him.
"Just try it, you eat, I know that from personal experience," she said and Cell crossed his arms as he turned to her fully.
"I only ate to enhance my growth spurt, I don't need food," he said and she didn't seem to be demotivated from her desire to make him eat it.
"Yes, but you can still eat, and I'm sure you can distinguish taste," she said and Cell grunted as he took the pickle from hand and took a bite of it, she wasn't going to give up it seemed.
He chewed on it for a few seconds before swallowing. "Yes, it's nice, happy now?" He asked as he put the leftover pickle down on the counter.
"Don't you get hungry at all?" She asked as she took the pickle and started to munch it down; a wasted pickle did not exist in her house.
"I used to be, but my creator made it so that I would not be in this form," he said and she was immediately confused by his sentence.
"Creator?" She asked and Cell realized she didn't have a clue of his origins.
"I'm an android," he said and her eyes widened. "Organic android," he added, he was sure that question would come otherwise.
"Oh… so… you were created to destroy everything," she said and Cell gave a nod. "Ever thought of rebelling?" She asked with a hopeful laugh and he smirked.
"My mind is my own, I'm not being controlled, I just have a knack for being on the 'wrong' side of the law, as you mortals like to call it, this is my choice, not my creators," he said and then stepped back to observe her. "No more questions, I'm not here to answer yours," he said and she stared at him for about five seconds before giving a quick nod and then she continued to eat.
Cell watched her chow down on the pickles like they were the last source of food on the planet, it reminded him of when he was in the forest with her, he had eaten like that to make sure he morphed sooner.
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(Few minutes later)
Hina was finished with the pickle jar and was now sitting in front of the television, flipping through the channels in a lazy fashion. "Why are you so demotivated?" he questioned and she looked at him.
"I'm bored," she answered honestly, she often got streaks were she was just bored.
"There's plenty to do," he answered.
"Like what?"
Cell looked around the house. "For one, you can clean this place," he said with a laugh and she grumbled.
"I was referring to something interesting," she mumbled and Cell laughed again.
"I know," he answered, she wanted to bite back, but decided it would be wiser to keep her mouth shut. He wasn't her friend and even if he appeared relatively lax at times, he was not.
"How about…climb on the roof, watch the stars," he said and she scoffed at his reply.
"They're just little dots Cell, I've seen them since I could open my eyes," she answered and Cell snickered.
"They're actually giant balls of fire, most are bigger than this mud-ball," he commented and she looked at him.
"So I've read," she replied and then looked back towards the television lazily, flipping through the channels once more.
"There really is plenty to do around here," he said again and she sighed as she turned off the television and looked at him.
"Humor me then," she said and Cell looked at her and smirked.
"It's going to rain soon, it's actually going to be quite a storm," he said and she looked at him oddly, and then stared outside, it was almost completely dark now, but she could see the sky was pulled open, barely a cloud in sight.
"Right, I can see that," she said sarcastically, was he pulling her leg with all this 'there's plenty to do' business?
"Remember girl," he said with a bit of venom, though he was still smiling. "I do not lie," he finished and she continued to look at him.
So far he hadn't told a lie, but that didn't mean he didn't lie, besides, saying you didn't lie was the biggest lie of all. "We'll see then," she said as she got up from the couch and walked to the backdoor.
She opened it and stepped outside, she could feel a slight breeze, it was an icy one, but it was no indication of a storm, but just to be safe she would take Blossom into the barn.
Cell watched her go and smirked; despite her disbelief she was still cautious. There was going to be a storm, he could feel it, and she would obviously know when it hit.
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(One Week Later)
"Yes, mom, I'm fine," Hina said over the phone, Cell was examining her as he stood in the corner of the room. "No mom, yes mom, no mom, I'm sure mom, yes mom, he's still here mom, okay, love you mom, goodbye," Hina said and when the phone was down on the hook she gave a sigh of relief.
"I would assume you'd be happy to hear your mother's voice," he said and she looked towards Cell.
"Well, considering who my company is, I would as well," she said and Cell's eyes immediately darkened at her insult. "Don't give me that look, we both know I don't want you here," she said and then walked off towards her room.
Cell grunted as he watched her go, as far as he had gathered mortals were usually extremely considerate with their words, so why was she constantly bashing him verbally?
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(Four Weeks Later)
"Strike two," Cell hissed out as he grabbed her by her throat and dragged her up by the wall she was cowering against. "I'll give you the choice of deciding where," he hissed and she grunted as she stared into his cherry-blossom eyes.
"My eyes," she said and she saw Cell's confusion at the decision. "So that I don't need to look at your fucking smug face all the time you bastard," she spat out in clarification and Cell's eyes narrowed.
"Very well!" He yelled as he brought his free hand up to her face and she was immediately panicked as she tried to pull away, but it was impossible to win against Cell's grip.
"No, I was joking you sadistic freak!" She screamed as she tried to escape his hand, but he quickly gripped her by her forehead.
"I wasn't when I asked you to pick, you decided to be sarcastic," he bit out and immediately sent his energy through her nerves, severing those connected to her eyes; the damage was irreversible unless he fixed it. She would be blind forever, because he was not planning on fixing it.
"Welcome to darkness," he said to her as he watched her previously emerald eyes pale to a teal color.
"Oh god," Hina said as she frantically looked around, but she couldn't see anything but darkness, absolutely nothing! "What have you done!" She screamed at Cell, or the place where she had last seen him.
"Don't be so dramatic, you asked for it," he said with a laugh and then walked away, let her struggle and feel pain, he didn't care.
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(Few days later)
Hina was sitting in her room and staring at the place she knew the ground to be, what had made her be so arrogant as to insult Cell like that? How could she even have joked about her sight?
She couldn't do anything now, she couldn't ride Blossom, she couldn't work in the garden, she couldn't read, she couldn't watch television properly, hell; she couldn't even find the soap in the shower!
She felt tears stinging at her eyes and allowed them to escape, what had she done to herself? If it wasn't for her it would only have been an arm or her stomach again, but she chose her eyes! "Idiot! You're an IDIOT Hina!" She screamed to herself as she shook her head.
Cell watched her as she cursed herself and cried, she was completely unaware of his presence and at the moment he preferred it that way. Since he had taken her eyes from her she had grown quiet and depressed and for good reason. Her eyesight used to be a big part of her life.
She had actually grown fearful of him since he took it, as if she was unsure of what he was going to do each second he was close to her; but the fear wouldn't last long, she was far too arrogant for that.
He would see how she survived without the thing she depended on most, she had asked for it after all.
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(Three weeks later)
Hina was sitting in the living room, her legs crossed as she stared ahead at nothingness, she could hear Cell's faint breathing to her right. Her hearing was increasing now, but she didn't care, she couldn't see with her ears.
Cell, on the other hand, was happy she couldn't see him right now because he was conflicted. She hadn't gotten better, she had gotten worse, she was answering his questions like a puppet and otherwise she did nothing but listen to the radio, listen to the TV and feed her horse and herself. Whatever fire used to be in her he had killed when he took her eyes.
"You regret ever muttering that sentence, don't you?" he asked her and she looked in the direction of his voice.
"Yes," she answered truthfully.
"You've been extremely quiet since then, is it only because of your eyesight being gone, or are there other factors involved?" He asked and she grimaced at his question.
"Cell, you've taken everything from me, I have nothing left to lose except my life," she said and Cell was taken aback by her answer.
"Surely your vision didn't mean that much to you?" he asked and she gave a tired sigh.
"Let's just say I didn't realize exactly how much it meant to me until it was gone," she said and Cell was fighting against the desire to heal her and eventually the fight won. He wouldn't heal her, she had asked for this with her attitude.
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(3 Months Later)
"Just kill me," Hina muttered and Cell looked at her astonished, her request catching him off-guard.
"Excuse me?" He asked for verification and she sighed.
"Kill me, you've gotten every question you could possibly ask out of me, so kill me and get it over with," she said and Cell stared at her peculiarly.
"I have no desire to kill you just yet as I still have plenty of questions left, why the sudden death wish?" He asked and she sighed.
"Ask your questions," she said instead of answering his question.
"That was one of them," he responded coolly.
"I can't see Cell, and beyond that I'm stuck in this house with you," she said and Cell grunted at her answer, must she hate him so?
"The only times I've hurt you is when you deliberately disobeyed me and insulted me, otherwise I believe I have been quite a decent houseguest," he said and she snorted.
"You're holding me captive, you blinded me, I'm too scared to ask my mother to come back and you're constantly observing me like I'm a specimen in a bottle, so don't you dare try and tell me you're being civilized about this matter," she spat out angrily.
"Fine," Cell said as he walked towards her, when he was in front of her he grabbed her by her forehead and slammed her down against the couch. "If you want to keep holding this above my head like an axe, I'll fix it," he said and immediately Hina's skin was white.
'Does he mean…no…he wouldn't be that nice, he sees what it does to me,' she thought and suddenly a bright green light penetrated her vision, the first color, besides black, that she had seen for so long.
A few seconds later Cell let go of her forehead and stood up completely, he crossed his arms as he looked at her. "Open your damned eyes and greet the light," he hissed out and she did as he asked.
When she did she was immediately greeted by shapes she had started to forgot, her eyes landed on Cell a second later and she felt her eyes water over. "Why… why would you do that?" She asked and he raised an eyebrow at her.
"What? Are you angry at me now because I did this?" He asked in disbelieve.
"No!" She yelled immediately. "I just don't understand why, you saw what it did to me, why would you want to fix it?" She asked and Cell crossed his arms as he stared down at her.
"Because depression doesn't befit you," he answered and then walked away, he had no desire to answer her trivial questions, at least the depression would pass now.
Hina watched him go and felt such relief that she could see that she wanted to cry, being in darkness for so long had made her feel isolated and completely alone… and yet he… a monster… had reversed his damage.
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Well, a bit of drama, cruelty and bonding in this chapter, hope you enjoyed it.