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Hiding the Truth
Vegeta's Fate
Calis breathed the cool air into his lungs then glanced towards Honno, "Are we going?" He glanced towards the ground, a tight knot forming in his stomach.
"Yeah, but what's up with you?" Was her response.
"I don't know...I'm feeling a little...under the weather..." He weakly smiled at her, then glanced up towards the sky. Every particle of dust, every breath of air that touched him, made him wince, his body felt hot, even outside in the cool weather, he thought vaguely whether he was sweating or not.
Honno looked him up and down, cocking an eyebrow as she did, there seemed to be something wrong with him, it was as if he was trembling, and that wasn't normal for Calis, "Well, you better shape up, boy...tonight's gonna be a late night." She chalked it up and refused to admit her concern even to herself.
A cheerful Enjeru skipped out, followed by a grumbling Chris, "So?! Are we gonna leave yet?!" Enjeru voice pierced Calis's thoughts like a sharp knife, it didn't sound like Honno's it wasn't as calm as most of the other saiyan's, a flash of color glew past his eyes and he sighed as he glanced towards the ground.
"Yeah...we're about to leave..." That was all he could say, his own voice surprised himself even and he shook his head in frustration, then his old annoyed voice returned, "Can we just go?! Where is everyone else?!" His immediate mood change, and hostile behavior surprised Honno nor anyone else.
Enjeru simply nodded and gestured towards Vegeta and Krystal who were already at the end of the drive way, both half-smirking at him, he then snorted and walked over to them, "You're feeling really smug right now, aren't you?" He retorted.
"Yeah, but c'mon, Calis...if we take any longer we're gonna miss the dance entirely..." Vegeta pointed in the direction they needed to go, but Calis noticed something was wrong with him as well, Vegeta seemed slightly off, as if something within him didn't want to comply with anything he said.
"Right..." Vegeta saw it in Calis as well. Calis looked into Vegeta's icy blue eyes, they glowed with a strange emanating blue light, that captured your attention. Calis smiled and shrugged, "That wouldn't be so bad..." He tried to shove the feeling aside, in spite of himself.
The young prince glanced back in the direction of the girls, Honno was speaking with Enjeru about something, and his eyes noted what he was looking for, Krystal; she caught up to him. The uneasiness in his body flowed, as he tugged silently at the collar of his red shirt, he shifted his feet, he struck a piece of gravel loose as he did. Slowly following and listening to Krystal talking, he wondered again what Bulma was going to do, trying to think of anything but his gut feeling, "I'm not sure, but this dance is bound to be interesting."
She smiled at him, trying to look into his eyes and catch a glimpse of what he was thinking, it was nearly impossible to see past his eyes, but it was a skill she had half-picked up from all the pain he used to be in all the time, he seemed to be somewhat uneasy. This troubled even her spirit, since the feeling between them was obvious, she didn't feel easy about the night either, something was amiss and she knew it, "I'm sure it will be...anything with you is interesting..." She smirked and nudged him with her elbow.
Enjeru pranced ahead of Calis who was currently walking ahead of everyone, a good distance ahead as well, "Calis?! Why don't you ever talk to anyone! You don't know how annoying you are!!" She whined and got in his face.
Calis rolled his eyes, "Likewise, Enjeru." He continued walking, ignoring her insulting comments on his anti-socialism which he had so carefully tried to maintain on this rat-infested planet, "Feel free to keep your mouth closed, Enjeru..." He murmured another insult that she didn't understand as he continued on.
Chris didn't speak much on the walk and the wind seemed to be picking up; his bangs blew across his face, easily brushing against his forehead. His aqua eyes showed something was troubling him as well, no one felt right about where they were or what they were doing. "...there." He finally spoke and pointed his finger in the direction of the school.
Honno eyed him, then nodded, "Yeah, right...some–"she cut herself off, knowing she wouldn't get a clear answer because she never did from these saiyans. "I'm going to start charging them for being vague." She declared as Enjeru began walking at her side again.
Enjeru nodded, "Something's wrong tonight, can you feel it?" She looked Honno in the eyes, neither of them had felt these tense in a long time. "They all are so on edge, they're never on edge...what could they possibly have to fear?" She looked towards the ground, "It's always seemed like them–or, Vegeta has been hiding something from us. There seems to be so much we don't know, so much mystery surrounding him."
"And he's so sweet no one would ever expect anything of him." Honno seemed to be agreeing with Enjeru which was awkward, and they both kept their voices low, so the saiyans didn't overhear. "But, then again...from what I've been through...any time someone seems so generous and kind, or...is...so generous and kind, in Vegeta's case, there's something to hide...something they can hardly bare...a past nearly impossible to comprehend or deal with. I would know...but..." She trailed off, like she often did when her and Enjeru would have intense conversations.
Enjeru didn't respond, she just kind of nodded and looked towards the young prince whom of which they spoke, "...but, if it's serious...how could he manage to be so sweet?" She did finally give a very distant response, that was almost to low for Honno to hear, and wasn't directed at anyone in specific, but it was a good question; the very one Honno herself couldn't get up the energy to ask a troublesome Enjeru.
"Are you coming?" The light, teenage voice pierced both of their thoughts like a knife. It had so little demand in it you had to listen to it. The voice belonged to the young warrior prince himself, partially why it was so interrupting. "You two are just standing there like a couple of nobodies..." He didn't ask the oh-so-famous "what's wrong?" or "is something wrong?" question. He never did.
"Veggie-chan!!!!" Enjeru heard the voice and immediately her spirits lightened, even Honno's did. Something about his voice, something about him seem to make everything better, that's why when he was captured nothing was right. Honno watched as she wrung her arms around him and half-jumped on his back.
"Whoa....Enjeru....don't...." He stammered through his objections, as his cheeks flamed. Vegeta still was nervous when girls grabbed him like this, it wasn't his specialty.
Krystal snarled viciously watching the affection Enjeru let on to Vegeta, he was cute, but he was HERS, "En....jeru...."
Enjeru looked at her, saddened slightly, "....aww, Krystal....can't you share?"
"Yes, Vegeta is quite the ladies' man..." A smirking Kakarott added, as he put his hands behind his head and grinned at an annoyed Krystal and Vegeta.
Krystal jerked her head to the side in frustration, her cheeks felt hot and she half spit as she turned her head, embarrassment and anger were mixed in her mind, Vegeta always got her so flustered. "I do believe Ms. Krystal is slightly angry, neh? Me thinks your jealous..." She then received a smirk from Max, who she could have easily killed on the spot.
"Of course she's jealous!! She's in 'love' with Vegeta!!" A silly grin came over Lee's face, he was worn from feeling's of anxiety too, and he didn't mind some carefree joking about Krystal's little secret crush that he had so graciously discovered recently.
"Kakarott, you are such a dork..." Calis grinned and nailed Kakarott in the rib-cage with his elbow, "She'll beat you like a punching bag if your not careful, but then...I'd pay to see that type of torture bestowed on you, my friend." The my friend was emphasized with enough sarcasm a three-year-old could understand and this infuriated Kakarott, much to Krystal's enjoyment.
"You guys are weird..." Vegeta managed to shake Enjeru a grinned at them all, "Let's go, we can't very well stand out here all day..." He saluted them all and bowed, then ran off towards the buildings.
Krystal laughed at him, "Vegeta!" She ran after him, "You're my date....so don't you go running off you get harassed by other girls! You know they will!!"
"Understood, ma'am!" He grinned back at her and the rest of them followed her, all screaming other things at her and him.
Calis entered the building after everyone, they all seemed to have dissipated into the crowd, except Kakarott, Kakarott was in a position as if he was cold, he walked over to him, "....don't you have a date, you loser..."
"No..." A cold-hearted response followed.
"Where's that crazy, lunatic girl who's obsessed with you...?" Calis glanced at him, they both knew what the other was thinking but it was weird, that had always had one thing in common, if nothing else.
"She's here...I've been avoiding her, but what about you, and Miss Honno?" Kakarott cocked an eyebrow, smirking in his direction.
"Hmph! Shut up, Kakarott...I'm not here with her and we both know it!" He crossed his arms and looked away in disgust. "I don't know why....but I can't seem to relax to night..."
'Liar, you know exactly why...' Kakarott nodded, "Same here...I guess it's just the wind, everyone seems to be this way, neh?"
'You're lying as well, hm...Kakarott?' "Ok....whatever....oh, lookie, lookie..." An annoyed Calis rolled his eyes at Jade, who looked remotely evil. "...get lost, freak..."
"Yeah, who invited you to a dance, you demented loser?" Kakarott finally agreed with Calis on something other than Vegeta's safety.
"Calis, Kakarott..." The voice was like a hiss, it was the type of voice that sent chills down your spine, "Both of you are going to regret this night....for the rest of your lives...."
"What?!" Calis's voice was harsher than it ever had been with anyone, except Niten, but then it was cold, and Calis felt his blood boil as he wondered desperately what she meant.
"What are you talking about, you demented freak?" Kakarott's voice was much different, "What are you?" He sounded appalled, she looked into his eyes and for some reason seemed to change momentarily, then the feeling in herself and Kakarott, yet Calis being to arrogant to notice, vanished.
"I'm Jade...don't you remember?" There was something about the voice, that seemed so familiar Calis could feel a knot forming in his stomach, like remembering a near-death experience first-hand painted like a vivid and colorful picture.
"Yeah, we know your name....but what are you, you bitch?" A glare met his eyes just as coldly as the one he sent, yet Calis's overpowered either of their glares. Calis was looking so intense at that moment, the arrogance and pride that seemed so prominent about him seemed to dissipate in the presence of the intensity he shower to apparently be feeling.
".....what do you want, Jade?" Calis said shortly, he didn't wish to continue a conversation with this seemingly possessed and crazy thing, if you could even consider it a human being in itself, "If it's nothing of importance get out of my sight..."
"Oh, it's important, but I'll leave....I can't tell you, but remember these words...a sleeping stone lies dormant....until fire bestowed on it beckons and destroys it in itself....without mercy..." She looked into his eyes, "....can you imagine...having every part of your body torn and beaten away except your ability to feel pain?"
Calis's eyes let up, fright creeping in before he had a chance to block it out, "V-Ve...?" He couldn't finish, his heart raced faster than he had ever dealt with, "...what?" All he could get out, he meant to say so much, "What phrase?"
"....you heard it....he can't live....his power...."
"How do you know?!" Calis snarled, and Kakarott soon was nodding and agreeing with his words, "How do you know....what are you talking about!?" Calis shook his head, "Why?! Why would anyone tell you, who 'are' you?"
"He's...been...you've been protecting him for a long time, and he's been holding it in for a long time, how much longer before suffers a fate just like you would imagine it to be, Calis....Kakarott?" She turned to Kakarott eventually, and he too realized he couldn't and they couldn't hide from anything that was going on. "Tonight..." She turned and walked away, leaving her words circulating in Calis's mind, his heart pounding like a drum his head spinning like a tire on a car going over five million miles per hour. Kakarott felt the same, his heart was low in his his chest he wasn't sure it wasn't just going to fall out, then it felt like it was in his throat blocking any speech.
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Jade smirked, enjoying watching everyone suffer and getting more enjoyment out of what was soon to be, then she felt a hand on her shoulder, a firm one, a recognizable one, she whirled and saw to piercing red eyes staring into her own jade eyes, ".....Shadow?" She spat out his name, the dryness of her throat so obvious that she might have well not have taken a drink of anything but salt and sand for the past decade.
".....he won't die, I'll make damn sure of it..." Shadow's voice was deep, the knid of voice you didn't want to have to listen to, it was frightening. She glanced away, shivering sightly and she met to beautiful green eyes that she had admired since the day she laid eyes on them.
She turned back to Shadow, her voice in nothing but a gasp, "He's....still alive?"
All she got in response was a glare, Shadow turned away in desperation his vision blurred and he fought something he had only done once in his life, "......yes." He finally gave her a satisfying remark as a response, her heart raced in her chest. She couldn't meet the eyes again, she watched Shadow from there on, he had saved him, he had vowed he would and he had, and just now, he had vowed the young prince of saiyan race wouldn't die.
Chaos greeted Shadow halfway across the floor, saving Shadow the trouble of another fun journey across the noisy dance floor, "....is that her?" His voice was solemn, which was unlike Chaos and Shadow didn't need him being down right now.
Shadow nodded, then put his hand on Chaos's shoulder, "...don't worry about her." His voice was solemn and he felt like he was on the edge of despair, again. Ever since he had finally come to terms that he could actually 'feel' emotions everything was a swirling vortex of despair, it was a mistake to ever let that happen and he was slowly trying to fix it., leaving only a few to be desired.
Chaos grinned, "Why would I worry about that demented freak? She's always been there to annoy us!" Chaos seemed to come to an immediate realization, "She's stalking us!!" He whined, then looked around suspiciously and dove under a table, promptly knocking it over.
"CRIKEY! It attacked us!!" Chris sprinted out from under the table and hid elsewhere, though Karen was thoroughly searching for him, he seemed to have slipped into another of his strange crocodile hunter spells. Though, no one could really figure out who the crocodile hunter was.
Chaos lookws up, grinned and gave Shadow a peace sign, "I'm ok!"
Shadow smirked then rolled his eyes, "C'mon, Chaos...get up before you embarrass yourself further...if that's physically possible."
"Oh it is!" Chaos declared with great pride, "Just wait!! I'll even manage to embarrass you one of these times! Seriously!" Chaos seemed happy with his declaration, then walked off to go check to see if anyone had spiked the punch yet, because some weird girl was flirting with him earlier, and she seemed a bit on the tipsy side.
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"What....do you think she meant?" Kakarott fired a question at Calis after their long silence, neither of them dared to speak during that time, and even if Kakarott had been overcome with enough density to do so, his intense thought as well as Calis's kept them from thinking about speaking for awhile, but Calis had no response, his heart raced as if sprinting the one hundred meter dash.
After a few sputtering remarks and a couple of failed attempts to respond, Calis spoke, "....I don't know, Kakarott, maybe....we should leave?" Calis was serious, his attitude seemed desperate his throat felt moist but dry at the same time, he wanted to blurt out so much but couldn't speak.
Kakarott looked up at him, his own body seemed to be twisted into an apparent series of knots all seeming to be pulled tighter with every breath he took, and when he looked in Vegeta's direction, who was doing nothing more than sitting down looking around curiously, he felt as if the mental knots themselves could cut off his circulation in a heart beat, "Isn't the cowardice...."
"I can't....I can't let it happen....not again..." Calis looked at Kakarott, "Can you?!" Kakarott met his eyes and the reoccurring pain returned remembering Frieza, remembering the thing they had never gotten a name for, remembering walking in and seeing Vegeta in so much pain it hurt to cry, remembering Krystal crying having to watch Vegeta fight battle after battle, remembering Frieza's incessant demands, remembering Vegeta's cries late at night and their visions, remembering Vegeta lying in a puddle of blood, motionless, lifeless, remembering Vegeta...dead.
Kakarott gritted his teeth and shook his head, "Calis....he can't die! I'd rather be tortured and put to death than him have a quick and painless death, I don't know why....no, I do know why...he can't die...not after everything he's survived....I won't-I won't let it happen!"
Calis stood up and met Kakarott's eyes, the one serious moment these two had ever had, not having to do with an argument, Calis's eyes flashed; remembering walking in and seeing that knife raised, remember hearing Vegeta plead desperately for him to leave him for dead, remembering him screaming for Calis to go, remembering him whimpering in nothing put pain, remembering his eyes nearly crying out in pain as he saw Calis, remembering the look of terror when he saw Niten again, remembering that determined five-year-old boy, who would give anything to save his family, and who were killed anyway, remembering the years of torture Vegeta endured, remembering every dream he'd ever had of watching Vegeta get slaughtered at the hands of Niten, Kyosuke, or Frieza, remembering Vegeta...his best friend. "Kakarott, you're right..." He took in a deep breath, any onlookers probably had no idea why the two were acting so intense.
Any onlooker except the two that happened to be watching, Lee walked over to them, "What did she say?" He, for once, didn't sound curious, or stupid, he sounded sober, serious, apprehensive, his body shook with uneasiness.
Calis was surprised at Lee's immediate grasp of the situation unfolding, "How did you know...how did you know it was about..."
"The look in your eyes...and I killed her, Calis...I watched her die...she shouldn't be here..." Lee's dark green eyes met Calis's an intensity that had never crossed them before was there, an anger that no one, not even Calis himself could go without shuddering at the fast of coming to uneven terms with, Lee was a force to be reckoned with, but his anger was completely unbearable.
"You what?" Krystal looked at Lee closely, she was near tears, "You killed her, you killed Jade?" She grabbed Lee's shoulder and eyed him, "Are you sure she was dead?" There was no sarcasm, or skeptical tone to her voice, she was serious she wanted to know, she was questioning Lee and serious about it, "What did you do?"
"...The day we got back, she came up to me and wanted to talk...I murdered her, I shot her six times in the torso and twice in the head, she wasn't breathing, her heart quit, she had no pulse, I'm a space police officer, I know if a person is dead....she was dead..." She looked into Krystal's eyes, not even she could scare him out of his mood, he was infuriated and there was no question about it.
"Right..."
Vegeta looked at them all, his heart pounding, 'What? Do they think I'm stupid, deaf, or just blind?!' He looked towards the floor, "What is it now?" He gritted his teeth, "I'm always causing trouble for everyone around me...but as long as there is a breath in my body, I will not let a one of them die before I do..."
Chris walked up behind him, coming out of his weird state of mind, and grabbed his shoulder, "Vegeta...making that sort of a promise to yourself isn't necessary!" Vegeta turned and looked at Chris, wanting to cry, but of course he couldn't. Vegeta could never cry, ever.
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Bulma twirled her hair as she paced up and down, she felt like something was wrong but didn't know what, she kept looking at Vegeta and he seemed to get sadder and sadder as the night and hours seemed to slip through her fingers, and her concern grew every hour, every minute, every second of th time she stood there. "I shouldn't be worried about him, yet I am..." She watched him looked towards the floor, away from Chris muttering something, "I love you, Vegeta-san...please, don't leave me...whether I can have you or not....I love you." She walked over to the door and stepped out for a moment, she needed some fresh air after all this mental arguing.
"Hey..." She turned to see Jade standing behind her, she looked at her awkwardly. "What are you doing out here?" Jade's voice was still evil- sounding, and Bulma didn't deal with fear well.
"J-JADE?!" She shook her head, "Where....did you come from?!" She looked back towards the door, her heart raced inside her chest. She shook her head, "What-what is it?!" She tried to spit out all the words at once, nothing sounded right.
Jade smirked evilly, "Oh...I just wanted to talk to you...about....Vegeta...." Jade's eyes pierced into her body and Bulma felt like Jade could see everything.
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Max walked out of the bathroom, soaked to quite a large extent, "Uh...uh....th-that was slightly unexpected..." He blinked for a moment, then screamed, "MY HAIR!!!! OH MY GOD!!!! THIS IS HORRIBLE!!!" He then began the first of around five hundred trips in the exact circle before he finally felt like barfing all over himself he was so dizzy.
Calis stared blankly at him, "Ok...Max, I know about the expression of falling in the toilet when you take too long....but, no one's actually serious, you know..." He blinked, wondering what Max had just done in the bathroom.
"It attacked me..." He looked like he was about to puke all over himself, but then he regained his composure, sorta, "I walked into the bathroom and the toilet EXPLODED!!!" Max stared at Calis, as if this had seriously traumatized.
Calis made an incredibly annoyed face, "You moron...is all you're ever concerned with your hair?" It then changed to very disturbed, "...what do you mean the toilet EXPLODED?! How in the crap can a toilet EXPLODE?!"
Max described it in vivid detail, "I walked in there and looked at the toilet because...man, it was makin' a funky noise, and when I looked down in just blew up in my face SO messing up my hair totally! And I was like 'Holy hell!' and I just was totally lost!" Right, vivid.
Calis's blank expression returned with an immediate vengeance, "I'm going to find, Vegeta....go take care of your boy, you fag." He turned and looked vaguely around for Vegeta, and it didn't take long. Vegeta was playing with the spoon in the punch, not intending on fixing himself any, considering his past experiences with punch. "Vegeta!" He called to Vegeta across the room and the saiyan prince immediately turned and waved to him. Calis then took note that Krystal was already next to him.
"Hey, Calis!" Vegeta grinned and turned back to Krystal, and the punch, "Do you think this punch could possibly attack me?" He looked thoughtful, "Hm? I'm not sure...." He seemed to be talking to himself, "But, I'm pretty sure that 'gelatin' stuff good..." There, he finally seemed to actually be speaking to Krystal, who was ill at ease.
"Vegeta....you goof-ball..." She smirked and rolled her eyes, still half- smiling at his disbelieving expression, which didn't change even after Calis walked over and began talking to them.
After a rough five minutes into the next conversation, Vegeta's expression didn't change he stared at Krystal still, seeming to not believe something, but Krystal and Calis completely ignored him. Finally, he spoke, saying the ominous and dramatic words of, "...you dare call me a goof-ball?" He looked appalled.
Calis burst into a spell of laughter, which wasn't common for him, he had been just about to what Vegeta was staring at, then he remembered overhearing Krystal's comment right before he walked over there. "Vegeta!!" He shoved the grinning prince, "You dork!!"
Krystal was laughing too, she was laughing hard, "You are SUCH a loser, Vegeta!!" She pushed him as well.
"Whoa, guys....no reason to ASSAULT me, really...sheesh, trying to assault your own prince, where's the love?!" They both smirked and pushed him again.
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Niten stared at the city and growled, "...Jason, you ready?" He glanced back towards Jason, who was PRANCING around like an idiot, again. "JASON! You babbling idiot!!" He screamed and Damian rolled his eyes.
Jason grinned and waved sheepishly, "Ok! I'm ready, we can go beat people up, now!!" He smirked, "This should be fun...when they see you again, they're going to FLIP!" He looked at Niten and Niten shut his eyes.
"I know...I just hope their anger doesn't do what it did to me last time..." He smirked, "Oh, but I've got them all figured out this time...that prince will be dead before this night is over. Vegeta's life will be in my hands and him at my mercy."
"What mercy?" Damian smirked and flew off towards the direction of their power-levels, which were very prominent over the other weaklings who inhabited the planet and Niten and Jason were soon to follow.
Niten stopped and looked towards the building, he glanced to Damian, who was right next to him and had gotten there a few seconds before, "You ready?" Damian looked at him and nodded soberly.
"If this boy is going to die, it's going to happen tonight...no more wild- goose chases, no more playing cat and mouse! I'm tired of it! Niten, let's kill him." Damian snarled and looked at the building, but the prince's look of terror was forever implanted in his mind, his body trembled at the thought of murder, but he couldn't back out now. Not now, he'd come too far, now.
Niten smirked, glad to see Damian was agreeable with killing Vegeta for once, which he had often been hesitant about in the past,. Niten flared his ki, "Alright, boy...you can feel it, can't you? That's right it is me..."
"Niten..." Vegeta's voice wasn't above a whisper, it almost got lost over the sound, his body trembled he knew it was Niten, he could feel the negative energy, the dark shadow.
Shadow glanced at Chaos and nodded, "You feel it?" Chaos simply nodded to his friend and looked up.
"You ready?" Chaos gave a response, and continued looking into the two red eyes that hadn't been so intense since the day they first met, hwich was a long time ago.
"Yeah..."
Calis looked at Vegeta, "What is it?"
Vegeta smiled at him, "I-It's nothing...hey, I need to step outside for a minute, I'll...be back..." He ran out the door and looked up, sure enough there sat, "Niten....Damian...and....JASON?!" He snarled at Jason, then growled at the other two, "What do you morons want?!"
Niten smirked evilly, "Do you have to ask, Vegeta?"
Vegeta's blood ran cold as he met Niten's gray eyes, "Niten! If it's me you want, I'll fight you...but, no one else is going to fight you here!"
"Wrong!" Shadow stepped out of the darkness, his red eyes seeming to glow and Niten growled.
"Holy hell!! SHADOW?!" Niten smirked, "So, how is it that all my long-time enemies..."
"...and ultimately strong people..." Damian mumbled under his breath.
"...are gathered on this pathetic planet...?" Niten smirked at Shadow seeing the anger and fury so utterly apparent in his soul. "Oh, by the way? How is that friend of yours...?" Niten's smirk seemed to widen as he spoke.
Vegeta glanced over to Shadow, "Shadow?" He sounded slightly baffled, but the name seemed to roll of his tongue.
"He's fine!" Chaos stepped out of the shadows as well, glaring up at Niten evilly, "And he's quite ready to kick your ass!"
Shadow smirked, "Yeah...he is perfectly fine..."
"You're alive, I see....Chaos...you never cease to amaze me." He looked at Shadow, "Nor do you..." Niten glared at them both, "But, you know hwy I'm here...and it's not for the two of you." He stared at Vegeta. viciously, Vegeta half-trembled.
"Shadow...Chaos, I've got this..." Vegeta stared at them both, seeing fire in both of their eyes, and Shadow finally spoke up.
"Vegeta...don't get killed, you idiot." Shadow seemed as if he had known Vegeta for years, which was exactly how Vegeta felt towards him and Chaos.
"Right...come on, Niten!! Let's do this..." Vegeta flew at Niten, 'Krystal, Calis, Kakarott...forgive me for this...' "I can't let you continue to live and make me continue to look over my shoulder."
Niten smirked, "Agreed, pathetic saiyan!!" Niten flew at him and a black blade formed in his hand, and Vegeta's own katana formed in his, even solidifying. "DIE!!" The blade went directly into Vegeta's body, the saiyan snarled but his own katana slammed into Niten's torso.
"Vegeta!!" The prince opened his mouth and blood poured over the edges of his pale lips, desperation obvious in his eyes. Shadow snarled, "Calis!! Krystal!!" He activated two air-skated that he happened to be wearing and caught the saiyan in his arms, Vegeta was small so it was easy.
Calis and Krystal soon answered Shadow's call and Chaos pointed in the direction, a slightly concerned look on his face. "Vegeta!" The two screamed simultaneously.
Niten landed on his feet and tried to balance himself, but failed, "Damn, the kid had more in him than I intended, I wonder if he'll live...I still need...that information..." He stared at Shadow, who was holding Vegeta, shaking him. "...Shadow...damn you..."
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Niten smirked as Chaos tried to regain his balance, blood pouring from every inch of his body including his mouth and even eyes, looking as if he was crying tears of blood. "Chaos...do you actually intend to continue?" Chaos nodded, roughly, but only managed to let out a whimper. "You're absolutely pathetic..." Niten landed a kick to Chaos's head, sending him skidding across the rough terrain.
Jade stared at Niten, "There's no reason to kill him, Niten!! Don't do this!! He has no energy left, he doesn't pose a threat anymore!" Jade was different, she was less pale and her eyes looked slightly brighter.
"You let yourself fall in love with him, this is Chaos...the only thing he knows about love is that it is an emotion...he considers it a burden, Jade, don't be a fool." He walked over to a moaning Chaos, who was about out of life, he continued to twitch, but as he tried to stand Niten put a foot on his neck and pressed down.
Chaos winced, "Damn you, Ni–ten!! I swear....you're goi–you're going to d-d- die! And it's going t-to hurt ten times worse than anything you've done to me, or Shadow!!"
"Speaking of which...where is he, Chaos...? Did he back out? Leave you behind to take all the strain for yourself, so what else is new?" Niten's eyes narrowed, then widened in amusement, as he simply used his powers to crush each of Chaos's ribs into a fine powder.
"H-He's not scare of you, you bastard!! And he's 'not' a coward or that type of person..." Chaos screamed in agony, desperation welling inside him, he called out the name that was on his tongue, "SHADOW!!!!"
"Air kick!!" Niten turned to meet an air-skate, which took this fine opportunity to activate him and send him about 6 thousand miles west. Shadow flipped and caught himself, "How dare you....Niten, you should have known better than this, even you..." Shadow looked down at Chaos, who seemed to be staring at him in disbelief. "...you ok?"
"...uhh, I knew you'd be here..." Chaos let a weak smile cross his lips and his eyes seemed to roll to the back of his head and he lapsed into unconsciousness.
"C-Chaos?!"
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"He's changed....but, then again, he's the exact same as before...and Chaos too...that prince's fate is mine, and him and myself are going to live through this..." He smirked, "Vegeta...I will kill you, and it won't be anywhere near as painless as this, prince."
Calis stared at him, "V-Vegeta?! Vegeta?! VEGETA!! ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?!" He knelt down, and Vegeta forced an eye open.
"...C-Calis, I'll be fine.....but, I-I'm convinced....it will be my fate to fight this guy...I-I don't think there's anyway around it, I....I...have to.....beat....him...." The word "him" was drowned out as he promptly fainted before he could get out the 'm'.
Calis looked worried, then weakly smiled, "...take it easy...." Calis looked up at Krystal, "His...fate?"
Krystal nodded, "Maybe he's right, Calis...."
Shadow let Calis have him, and walked over to Chaos, "....think he can beat him....?"
"....I don't know....that's for him to determine, huh?" Chaos grinned at Shadow, "As for you, I think we probably need to be there, lending a hand, neh?"
Shadow nodded, "This 'is' Vegeta's fate...Chaos..."
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Hiding the Truth
Vegeta's Fate
Calis breathed the cool air into his lungs then glanced towards Honno, "Are we going?" He glanced towards the ground, a tight knot forming in his stomach.
"Yeah, but what's up with you?" Was her response.
"I don't know...I'm feeling a little...under the weather..." He weakly smiled at her, then glanced up towards the sky. Every particle of dust, every breath of air that touched him, made him wince, his body felt hot, even outside in the cool weather, he thought vaguely whether he was sweating or not.
Honno looked him up and down, cocking an eyebrow as she did, there seemed to be something wrong with him, it was as if he was trembling, and that wasn't normal for Calis, "Well, you better shape up, boy...tonight's gonna be a late night." She chalked it up and refused to admit her concern even to herself.
A cheerful Enjeru skipped out, followed by a grumbling Chris, "So?! Are we gonna leave yet?!" Enjeru voice pierced Calis's thoughts like a sharp knife, it didn't sound like Honno's it wasn't as calm as most of the other saiyan's, a flash of color glew past his eyes and he sighed as he glanced towards the ground.
"Yeah...we're about to leave..." That was all he could say, his own voice surprised himself even and he shook his head in frustration, then his old annoyed voice returned, "Can we just go?! Where is everyone else?!" His immediate mood change, and hostile behavior surprised Honno nor anyone else.
Enjeru simply nodded and gestured towards Vegeta and Krystal who were already at the end of the drive way, both half-smirking at him, he then snorted and walked over to them, "You're feeling really smug right now, aren't you?" He retorted.
"Yeah, but c'mon, Calis...if we take any longer we're gonna miss the dance entirely..." Vegeta pointed in the direction they needed to go, but Calis noticed something was wrong with him as well, Vegeta seemed slightly off, as if something within him didn't want to comply with anything he said.
"Right..." Vegeta saw it in Calis as well. Calis looked into Vegeta's icy blue eyes, they glowed with a strange emanating blue light, that captured your attention. Calis smiled and shrugged, "That wouldn't be so bad..." He tried to shove the feeling aside, in spite of himself.
The young prince glanced back in the direction of the girls, Honno was speaking with Enjeru about something, and his eyes noted what he was looking for, Krystal; she caught up to him. The uneasiness in his body flowed, as he tugged silently at the collar of his red shirt, he shifted his feet, he struck a piece of gravel loose as he did. Slowly following and listening to Krystal talking, he wondered again what Bulma was going to do, trying to think of anything but his gut feeling, "I'm not sure, but this dance is bound to be interesting."
She smiled at him, trying to look into his eyes and catch a glimpse of what he was thinking, it was nearly impossible to see past his eyes, but it was a skill she had half-picked up from all the pain he used to be in all the time, he seemed to be somewhat uneasy. This troubled even her spirit, since the feeling between them was obvious, she didn't feel easy about the night either, something was amiss and she knew it, "I'm sure it will be...anything with you is interesting..." She smirked and nudged him with her elbow.
Enjeru pranced ahead of Calis who was currently walking ahead of everyone, a good distance ahead as well, "Calis?! Why don't you ever talk to anyone! You don't know how annoying you are!!" She whined and got in his face.
Calis rolled his eyes, "Likewise, Enjeru." He continued walking, ignoring her insulting comments on his anti-socialism which he had so carefully tried to maintain on this rat-infested planet, "Feel free to keep your mouth closed, Enjeru..." He murmured another insult that she didn't understand as he continued on.
Chris didn't speak much on the walk and the wind seemed to be picking up; his bangs blew across his face, easily brushing against his forehead. His aqua eyes showed something was troubling him as well, no one felt right about where they were or what they were doing. "...there." He finally spoke and pointed his finger in the direction of the school.
Honno eyed him, then nodded, "Yeah, right...some–"she cut herself off, knowing she wouldn't get a clear answer because she never did from these saiyans. "I'm going to start charging them for being vague." She declared as Enjeru began walking at her side again.
Enjeru nodded, "Something's wrong tonight, can you feel it?" She looked Honno in the eyes, neither of them had felt these tense in a long time. "They all are so on edge, they're never on edge...what could they possibly have to fear?" She looked towards the ground, "It's always seemed like them–or, Vegeta has been hiding something from us. There seems to be so much we don't know, so much mystery surrounding him."
"And he's so sweet no one would ever expect anything of him." Honno seemed to be agreeing with Enjeru which was awkward, and they both kept their voices low, so the saiyans didn't overhear. "But, then again...from what I've been through...any time someone seems so generous and kind, or...is...so generous and kind, in Vegeta's case, there's something to hide...something they can hardly bare...a past nearly impossible to comprehend or deal with. I would know...but..." She trailed off, like she often did when her and Enjeru would have intense conversations.
Enjeru didn't respond, she just kind of nodded and looked towards the young prince whom of which they spoke, "...but, if it's serious...how could he manage to be so sweet?" She did finally give a very distant response, that was almost to low for Honno to hear, and wasn't directed at anyone in specific, but it was a good question; the very one Honno herself couldn't get up the energy to ask a troublesome Enjeru.
"Are you coming?" The light, teenage voice pierced both of their thoughts like a knife. It had so little demand in it you had to listen to it. The voice belonged to the young warrior prince himself, partially why it was so interrupting. "You two are just standing there like a couple of nobodies..." He didn't ask the oh-so-famous "what's wrong?" or "is something wrong?" question. He never did.
"Veggie-chan!!!!" Enjeru heard the voice and immediately her spirits lightened, even Honno's did. Something about his voice, something about him seem to make everything better, that's why when he was captured nothing was right. Honno watched as she wrung her arms around him and half-jumped on his back.
"Whoa....Enjeru....don't...." He stammered through his objections, as his cheeks flamed. Vegeta still was nervous when girls grabbed him like this, it wasn't his specialty.
Krystal snarled viciously watching the affection Enjeru let on to Vegeta, he was cute, but he was HERS, "En....jeru...."
Enjeru looked at her, saddened slightly, "....aww, Krystal....can't you share?"
"Yes, Vegeta is quite the ladies' man..." A smirking Kakarott added, as he put his hands behind his head and grinned at an annoyed Krystal and Vegeta.
Krystal jerked her head to the side in frustration, her cheeks felt hot and she half spit as she turned her head, embarrassment and anger were mixed in her mind, Vegeta always got her so flustered. "I do believe Ms. Krystal is slightly angry, neh? Me thinks your jealous..." She then received a smirk from Max, who she could have easily killed on the spot.
"Of course she's jealous!! She's in 'love' with Vegeta!!" A silly grin came over Lee's face, he was worn from feeling's of anxiety too, and he didn't mind some carefree joking about Krystal's little secret crush that he had so graciously discovered recently.
"Kakarott, you are such a dork..." Calis grinned and nailed Kakarott in the rib-cage with his elbow, "She'll beat you like a punching bag if your not careful, but then...I'd pay to see that type of torture bestowed on you, my friend." The my friend was emphasized with enough sarcasm a three-year-old could understand and this infuriated Kakarott, much to Krystal's enjoyment.
"You guys are weird..." Vegeta managed to shake Enjeru a grinned at them all, "Let's go, we can't very well stand out here all day..." He saluted them all and bowed, then ran off towards the buildings.
Krystal laughed at him, "Vegeta!" She ran after him, "You're my date....so don't you go running off you get harassed by other girls! You know they will!!"
"Understood, ma'am!" He grinned back at her and the rest of them followed her, all screaming other things at her and him.
Calis entered the building after everyone, they all seemed to have dissipated into the crowd, except Kakarott, Kakarott was in a position as if he was cold, he walked over to him, "....don't you have a date, you loser..."
"No..." A cold-hearted response followed.
"Where's that crazy, lunatic girl who's obsessed with you...?" Calis glanced at him, they both knew what the other was thinking but it was weird, that had always had one thing in common, if nothing else.
"She's here...I've been avoiding her, but what about you, and Miss Honno?" Kakarott cocked an eyebrow, smirking in his direction.
"Hmph! Shut up, Kakarott...I'm not here with her and we both know it!" He crossed his arms and looked away in disgust. "I don't know why....but I can't seem to relax to night..."
'Liar, you know exactly why...' Kakarott nodded, "Same here...I guess it's just the wind, everyone seems to be this way, neh?"
'You're lying as well, hm...Kakarott?' "Ok....whatever....oh, lookie, lookie..." An annoyed Calis rolled his eyes at Jade, who looked remotely evil. "...get lost, freak..."
"Yeah, who invited you to a dance, you demented loser?" Kakarott finally agreed with Calis on something other than Vegeta's safety.
"Calis, Kakarott..." The voice was like a hiss, it was the type of voice that sent chills down your spine, "Both of you are going to regret this night....for the rest of your lives...."
"What?!" Calis's voice was harsher than it ever had been with anyone, except Niten, but then it was cold, and Calis felt his blood boil as he wondered desperately what she meant.
"What are you talking about, you demented freak?" Kakarott's voice was much different, "What are you?" He sounded appalled, she looked into his eyes and for some reason seemed to change momentarily, then the feeling in herself and Kakarott, yet Calis being to arrogant to notice, vanished.
"I'm Jade...don't you remember?" There was something about the voice, that seemed so familiar Calis could feel a knot forming in his stomach, like remembering a near-death experience first-hand painted like a vivid and colorful picture.
"Yeah, we know your name....but what are you, you bitch?" A glare met his eyes just as coldly as the one he sent, yet Calis's overpowered either of their glares. Calis was looking so intense at that moment, the arrogance and pride that seemed so prominent about him seemed to dissipate in the presence of the intensity he shower to apparently be feeling.
".....what do you want, Jade?" Calis said shortly, he didn't wish to continue a conversation with this seemingly possessed and crazy thing, if you could even consider it a human being in itself, "If it's nothing of importance get out of my sight..."
"Oh, it's important, but I'll leave....I can't tell you, but remember these words...a sleeping stone lies dormant....until fire bestowed on it beckons and destroys it in itself....without mercy..." She looked into his eyes, "....can you imagine...having every part of your body torn and beaten away except your ability to feel pain?"
Calis's eyes let up, fright creeping in before he had a chance to block it out, "V-Ve...?" He couldn't finish, his heart raced faster than he had ever dealt with, "...what?" All he could get out, he meant to say so much, "What phrase?"
"....you heard it....he can't live....his power...."
"How do you know?!" Calis snarled, and Kakarott soon was nodding and agreeing with his words, "How do you know....what are you talking about!?" Calis shook his head, "Why?! Why would anyone tell you, who 'are' you?"
"He's...been...you've been protecting him for a long time, and he's been holding it in for a long time, how much longer before suffers a fate just like you would imagine it to be, Calis....Kakarott?" She turned to Kakarott eventually, and he too realized he couldn't and they couldn't hide from anything that was going on. "Tonight..." She turned and walked away, leaving her words circulating in Calis's mind, his heart pounding like a drum his head spinning like a tire on a car going over five million miles per hour. Kakarott felt the same, his heart was low in his his chest he wasn't sure it wasn't just going to fall out, then it felt like it was in his throat blocking any speech.
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Jade smirked, enjoying watching everyone suffer and getting more enjoyment out of what was soon to be, then she felt a hand on her shoulder, a firm one, a recognizable one, she whirled and saw to piercing red eyes staring into her own jade eyes, ".....Shadow?" She spat out his name, the dryness of her throat so obvious that she might have well not have taken a drink of anything but salt and sand for the past decade.
".....he won't die, I'll make damn sure of it..." Shadow's voice was deep, the knid of voice you didn't want to have to listen to, it was frightening. She glanced away, shivering sightly and she met to beautiful green eyes that she had admired since the day she laid eyes on them.
She turned back to Shadow, her voice in nothing but a gasp, "He's....still alive?"
All she got in response was a glare, Shadow turned away in desperation his vision blurred and he fought something he had only done once in his life, "......yes." He finally gave her a satisfying remark as a response, her heart raced in her chest. She couldn't meet the eyes again, she watched Shadow from there on, he had saved him, he had vowed he would and he had, and just now, he had vowed the young prince of saiyan race wouldn't die.
Chaos greeted Shadow halfway across the floor, saving Shadow the trouble of another fun journey across the noisy dance floor, "....is that her?" His voice was solemn, which was unlike Chaos and Shadow didn't need him being down right now.
Shadow nodded, then put his hand on Chaos's shoulder, "...don't worry about her." His voice was solemn and he felt like he was on the edge of despair, again. Ever since he had finally come to terms that he could actually 'feel' emotions everything was a swirling vortex of despair, it was a mistake to ever let that happen and he was slowly trying to fix it., leaving only a few to be desired.
Chaos grinned, "Why would I worry about that demented freak? She's always been there to annoy us!" Chaos seemed to come to an immediate realization, "She's stalking us!!" He whined, then looked around suspiciously and dove under a table, promptly knocking it over.
"CRIKEY! It attacked us!!" Chris sprinted out from under the table and hid elsewhere, though Karen was thoroughly searching for him, he seemed to have slipped into another of his strange crocodile hunter spells. Though, no one could really figure out who the crocodile hunter was.
Chaos lookws up, grinned and gave Shadow a peace sign, "I'm ok!"
Shadow smirked then rolled his eyes, "C'mon, Chaos...get up before you embarrass yourself further...if that's physically possible."
"Oh it is!" Chaos declared with great pride, "Just wait!! I'll even manage to embarrass you one of these times! Seriously!" Chaos seemed happy with his declaration, then walked off to go check to see if anyone had spiked the punch yet, because some weird girl was flirting with him earlier, and she seemed a bit on the tipsy side.
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"What....do you think she meant?" Kakarott fired a question at Calis after their long silence, neither of them dared to speak during that time, and even if Kakarott had been overcome with enough density to do so, his intense thought as well as Calis's kept them from thinking about speaking for awhile, but Calis had no response, his heart raced as if sprinting the one hundred meter dash.
After a few sputtering remarks and a couple of failed attempts to respond, Calis spoke, "....I don't know, Kakarott, maybe....we should leave?" Calis was serious, his attitude seemed desperate his throat felt moist but dry at the same time, he wanted to blurt out so much but couldn't speak.
Kakarott looked up at him, his own body seemed to be twisted into an apparent series of knots all seeming to be pulled tighter with every breath he took, and when he looked in Vegeta's direction, who was doing nothing more than sitting down looking around curiously, he felt as if the mental knots themselves could cut off his circulation in a heart beat, "Isn't the cowardice...."
"I can't....I can't let it happen....not again..." Calis looked at Kakarott, "Can you?!" Kakarott met his eyes and the reoccurring pain returned remembering Frieza, remembering the thing they had never gotten a name for, remembering walking in and seeing Vegeta in so much pain it hurt to cry, remembering Krystal crying having to watch Vegeta fight battle after battle, remembering Frieza's incessant demands, remembering Vegeta's cries late at night and their visions, remembering Vegeta lying in a puddle of blood, motionless, lifeless, remembering Vegeta...dead.
Kakarott gritted his teeth and shook his head, "Calis....he can't die! I'd rather be tortured and put to death than him have a quick and painless death, I don't know why....no, I do know why...he can't die...not after everything he's survived....I won't-I won't let it happen!"
Calis stood up and met Kakarott's eyes, the one serious moment these two had ever had, not having to do with an argument, Calis's eyes flashed; remembering walking in and seeing that knife raised, remember hearing Vegeta plead desperately for him to leave him for dead, remembering him screaming for Calis to go, remembering him whimpering in nothing put pain, remembering his eyes nearly crying out in pain as he saw Calis, remembering the look of terror when he saw Niten again, remembering that determined five-year-old boy, who would give anything to save his family, and who were killed anyway, remembering the years of torture Vegeta endured, remembering every dream he'd ever had of watching Vegeta get slaughtered at the hands of Niten, Kyosuke, or Frieza, remembering Vegeta...his best friend. "Kakarott, you're right..." He took in a deep breath, any onlookers probably had no idea why the two were acting so intense.
Any onlooker except the two that happened to be watching, Lee walked over to them, "What did she say?" He, for once, didn't sound curious, or stupid, he sounded sober, serious, apprehensive, his body shook with uneasiness.
Calis was surprised at Lee's immediate grasp of the situation unfolding, "How did you know...how did you know it was about..."
"The look in your eyes...and I killed her, Calis...I watched her die...she shouldn't be here..." Lee's dark green eyes met Calis's an intensity that had never crossed them before was there, an anger that no one, not even Calis himself could go without shuddering at the fast of coming to uneven terms with, Lee was a force to be reckoned with, but his anger was completely unbearable.
"You what?" Krystal looked at Lee closely, she was near tears, "You killed her, you killed Jade?" She grabbed Lee's shoulder and eyed him, "Are you sure she was dead?" There was no sarcasm, or skeptical tone to her voice, she was serious she wanted to know, she was questioning Lee and serious about it, "What did you do?"
"...The day we got back, she came up to me and wanted to talk...I murdered her, I shot her six times in the torso and twice in the head, she wasn't breathing, her heart quit, she had no pulse, I'm a space police officer, I know if a person is dead....she was dead..." She looked into Krystal's eyes, not even she could scare him out of his mood, he was infuriated and there was no question about it.
"Right..."
Vegeta looked at them all, his heart pounding, 'What? Do they think I'm stupid, deaf, or just blind?!' He looked towards the floor, "What is it now?" He gritted his teeth, "I'm always causing trouble for everyone around me...but as long as there is a breath in my body, I will not let a one of them die before I do..."
Chris walked up behind him, coming out of his weird state of mind, and grabbed his shoulder, "Vegeta...making that sort of a promise to yourself isn't necessary!" Vegeta turned and looked at Chris, wanting to cry, but of course he couldn't. Vegeta could never cry, ever.
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Bulma twirled her hair as she paced up and down, she felt like something was wrong but didn't know what, she kept looking at Vegeta and he seemed to get sadder and sadder as the night and hours seemed to slip through her fingers, and her concern grew every hour, every minute, every second of th time she stood there. "I shouldn't be worried about him, yet I am..." She watched him looked towards the floor, away from Chris muttering something, "I love you, Vegeta-san...please, don't leave me...whether I can have you or not....I love you." She walked over to the door and stepped out for a moment, she needed some fresh air after all this mental arguing.
"Hey..." She turned to see Jade standing behind her, she looked at her awkwardly. "What are you doing out here?" Jade's voice was still evil- sounding, and Bulma didn't deal with fear well.
"J-JADE?!" She shook her head, "Where....did you come from?!" She looked back towards the door, her heart raced inside her chest. She shook her head, "What-what is it?!" She tried to spit out all the words at once, nothing sounded right.
Jade smirked evilly, "Oh...I just wanted to talk to you...about....Vegeta...." Jade's eyes pierced into her body and Bulma felt like Jade could see everything.
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Max walked out of the bathroom, soaked to quite a large extent, "Uh...uh....th-that was slightly unexpected..." He blinked for a moment, then screamed, "MY HAIR!!!! OH MY GOD!!!! THIS IS HORRIBLE!!!" He then began the first of around five hundred trips in the exact circle before he finally felt like barfing all over himself he was so dizzy.
Calis stared blankly at him, "Ok...Max, I know about the expression of falling in the toilet when you take too long....but, no one's actually serious, you know..." He blinked, wondering what Max had just done in the bathroom.
"It attacked me..." He looked like he was about to puke all over himself, but then he regained his composure, sorta, "I walked into the bathroom and the toilet EXPLODED!!!" Max stared at Calis, as if this had seriously traumatized.
Calis made an incredibly annoyed face, "You moron...is all you're ever concerned with your hair?" It then changed to very disturbed, "...what do you mean the toilet EXPLODED?! How in the crap can a toilet EXPLODE?!"
Max described it in vivid detail, "I walked in there and looked at the toilet because...man, it was makin' a funky noise, and when I looked down in just blew up in my face SO messing up my hair totally! And I was like 'Holy hell!' and I just was totally lost!" Right, vivid.
Calis's blank expression returned with an immediate vengeance, "I'm going to find, Vegeta....go take care of your boy, you fag." He turned and looked vaguely around for Vegeta, and it didn't take long. Vegeta was playing with the spoon in the punch, not intending on fixing himself any, considering his past experiences with punch. "Vegeta!" He called to Vegeta across the room and the saiyan prince immediately turned and waved to him. Calis then took note that Krystal was already next to him.
"Hey, Calis!" Vegeta grinned and turned back to Krystal, and the punch, "Do you think this punch could possibly attack me?" He looked thoughtful, "Hm? I'm not sure...." He seemed to be talking to himself, "But, I'm pretty sure that 'gelatin' stuff good..." There, he finally seemed to actually be speaking to Krystal, who was ill at ease.
"Vegeta....you goof-ball..." She smirked and rolled her eyes, still half- smiling at his disbelieving expression, which didn't change even after Calis walked over and began talking to them.
After a rough five minutes into the next conversation, Vegeta's expression didn't change he stared at Krystal still, seeming to not believe something, but Krystal and Calis completely ignored him. Finally, he spoke, saying the ominous and dramatic words of, "...you dare call me a goof-ball?" He looked appalled.
Calis burst into a spell of laughter, which wasn't common for him, he had been just about to what Vegeta was staring at, then he remembered overhearing Krystal's comment right before he walked over there. "Vegeta!!" He shoved the grinning prince, "You dork!!"
Krystal was laughing too, she was laughing hard, "You are SUCH a loser, Vegeta!!" She pushed him as well.
"Whoa, guys....no reason to ASSAULT me, really...sheesh, trying to assault your own prince, where's the love?!" They both smirked and pushed him again.
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Niten stared at the city and growled, "...Jason, you ready?" He glanced back towards Jason, who was PRANCING around like an idiot, again. "JASON! You babbling idiot!!" He screamed and Damian rolled his eyes.
Jason grinned and waved sheepishly, "Ok! I'm ready, we can go beat people up, now!!" He smirked, "This should be fun...when they see you again, they're going to FLIP!" He looked at Niten and Niten shut his eyes.
"I know...I just hope their anger doesn't do what it did to me last time..." He smirked, "Oh, but I've got them all figured out this time...that prince will be dead before this night is over. Vegeta's life will be in my hands and him at my mercy."
"What mercy?" Damian smirked and flew off towards the direction of their power-levels, which were very prominent over the other weaklings who inhabited the planet and Niten and Jason were soon to follow.
Niten stopped and looked towards the building, he glanced to Damian, who was right next to him and had gotten there a few seconds before, "You ready?" Damian looked at him and nodded soberly.
"If this boy is going to die, it's going to happen tonight...no more wild- goose chases, no more playing cat and mouse! I'm tired of it! Niten, let's kill him." Damian snarled and looked at the building, but the prince's look of terror was forever implanted in his mind, his body trembled at the thought of murder, but he couldn't back out now. Not now, he'd come too far, now.
Niten smirked, glad to see Damian was agreeable with killing Vegeta for once, which he had often been hesitant about in the past,. Niten flared his ki, "Alright, boy...you can feel it, can't you? That's right it is me..."
"Niten..." Vegeta's voice wasn't above a whisper, it almost got lost over the sound, his body trembled he knew it was Niten, he could feel the negative energy, the dark shadow.
Shadow glanced at Chaos and nodded, "You feel it?" Chaos simply nodded to his friend and looked up.
"You ready?" Chaos gave a response, and continued looking into the two red eyes that hadn't been so intense since the day they first met, hwich was a long time ago.
"Yeah..."
Calis looked at Vegeta, "What is it?"
Vegeta smiled at him, "I-It's nothing...hey, I need to step outside for a minute, I'll...be back..." He ran out the door and looked up, sure enough there sat, "Niten....Damian...and....JASON?!" He snarled at Jason, then growled at the other two, "What do you morons want?!"
Niten smirked evilly, "Do you have to ask, Vegeta?"
Vegeta's blood ran cold as he met Niten's gray eyes, "Niten! If it's me you want, I'll fight you...but, no one else is going to fight you here!"
"Wrong!" Shadow stepped out of the darkness, his red eyes seeming to glow and Niten growled.
"Holy hell!! SHADOW?!" Niten smirked, "So, how is it that all my long-time enemies..."
"...and ultimately strong people..." Damian mumbled under his breath.
"...are gathered on this pathetic planet...?" Niten smirked at Shadow seeing the anger and fury so utterly apparent in his soul. "Oh, by the way? How is that friend of yours...?" Niten's smirk seemed to widen as he spoke.
Vegeta glanced over to Shadow, "Shadow?" He sounded slightly baffled, but the name seemed to roll of his tongue.
"He's fine!" Chaos stepped out of the shadows as well, glaring up at Niten evilly, "And he's quite ready to kick your ass!"
Shadow smirked, "Yeah...he is perfectly fine..."
"You're alive, I see....Chaos...you never cease to amaze me." He looked at Shadow, "Nor do you..." Niten glared at them both, "But, you know hwy I'm here...and it's not for the two of you." He stared at Vegeta. viciously, Vegeta half-trembled.
"Shadow...Chaos, I've got this..." Vegeta stared at them both, seeing fire in both of their eyes, and Shadow finally spoke up.
"Vegeta...don't get killed, you idiot." Shadow seemed as if he had known Vegeta for years, which was exactly how Vegeta felt towards him and Chaos.
"Right...come on, Niten!! Let's do this..." Vegeta flew at Niten, 'Krystal, Calis, Kakarott...forgive me for this...' "I can't let you continue to live and make me continue to look over my shoulder."
Niten smirked, "Agreed, pathetic saiyan!!" Niten flew at him and a black blade formed in his hand, and Vegeta's own katana formed in his, even solidifying. "DIE!!" The blade went directly into Vegeta's body, the saiyan snarled but his own katana slammed into Niten's torso.
"Vegeta!!" The prince opened his mouth and blood poured over the edges of his pale lips, desperation obvious in his eyes. Shadow snarled, "Calis!! Krystal!!" He activated two air-skated that he happened to be wearing and caught the saiyan in his arms, Vegeta was small so it was easy.
Calis and Krystal soon answered Shadow's call and Chaos pointed in the direction, a slightly concerned look on his face. "Vegeta!" The two screamed simultaneously.
Niten landed on his feet and tried to balance himself, but failed, "Damn, the kid had more in him than I intended, I wonder if he'll live...I still need...that information..." He stared at Shadow, who was holding Vegeta, shaking him. "...Shadow...damn you..."
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Niten smirked as Chaos tried to regain his balance, blood pouring from every inch of his body including his mouth and even eyes, looking as if he was crying tears of blood. "Chaos...do you actually intend to continue?" Chaos nodded, roughly, but only managed to let out a whimper. "You're absolutely pathetic..." Niten landed a kick to Chaos's head, sending him skidding across the rough terrain.
Jade stared at Niten, "There's no reason to kill him, Niten!! Don't do this!! He has no energy left, he doesn't pose a threat anymore!" Jade was different, she was less pale and her eyes looked slightly brighter.
"You let yourself fall in love with him, this is Chaos...the only thing he knows about love is that it is an emotion...he considers it a burden, Jade, don't be a fool." He walked over to a moaning Chaos, who was about out of life, he continued to twitch, but as he tried to stand Niten put a foot on his neck and pressed down.
Chaos winced, "Damn you, Ni–ten!! I swear....you're goi–you're going to d-d- die! And it's going t-to hurt ten times worse than anything you've done to me, or Shadow!!"
"Speaking of which...where is he, Chaos...? Did he back out? Leave you behind to take all the strain for yourself, so what else is new?" Niten's eyes narrowed, then widened in amusement, as he simply used his powers to crush each of Chaos's ribs into a fine powder.
"H-He's not scare of you, you bastard!! And he's 'not' a coward or that type of person..." Chaos screamed in agony, desperation welling inside him, he called out the name that was on his tongue, "SHADOW!!!!"
"Air kick!!" Niten turned to meet an air-skate, which took this fine opportunity to activate him and send him about 6 thousand miles west. Shadow flipped and caught himself, "How dare you....Niten, you should have known better than this, even you..." Shadow looked down at Chaos, who seemed to be staring at him in disbelief. "...you ok?"
"...uhh, I knew you'd be here..." Chaos let a weak smile cross his lips and his eyes seemed to roll to the back of his head and he lapsed into unconsciousness.
"C-Chaos?!"
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"He's changed....but, then again, he's the exact same as before...and Chaos too...that prince's fate is mine, and him and myself are going to live through this..." He smirked, "Vegeta...I will kill you, and it won't be anywhere near as painless as this, prince."
Calis stared at him, "V-Vegeta?! Vegeta?! VEGETA!! ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?!" He knelt down, and Vegeta forced an eye open.
"...C-Calis, I'll be fine.....but, I-I'm convinced....it will be my fate to fight this guy...I-I don't think there's anyway around it, I....I...have to.....beat....him...." The word "him" was drowned out as he promptly fainted before he could get out the 'm'.
Calis looked worried, then weakly smiled, "...take it easy...." Calis looked up at Krystal, "His...fate?"
Krystal nodded, "Maybe he's right, Calis...."
Shadow let Calis have him, and walked over to Chaos, "....think he can beat him....?"
"....I don't know....that's for him to determine, huh?" Chaos grinned at Shadow, "As for you, I think we probably need to be there, lending a hand, neh?"
Shadow nodded, "This 'is' Vegeta's fate...Chaos..."
A/N: La-de-do...well, that was fun. {That was a fast development of 'those' two characters, moron....} I had to!! They needed to be fully developed. {All in three words?} Stop putting me down. {I can't help it, it just rolls off the tongue, moron...} Wanna hear, what I'M gonna do? {No!} I'm going to... {I'm leaving...} It's almost SUMMER!! {Go away...} That's mean... {What's your point?} Hey, I'll try to update sooner next time, after all, like I said summer is coming up! I'm making this into a trilogy as well, just for those of you who care. {Which is nobody...} I got some reviews... {Like two?} I like writing... {God help me!} Yes! {Loser....you have no reviewers, but you persist.} Grin ...I have a few, and they all matter. Sparkly eyed {What a total loser...} JERK!