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Hiding the Truth
Focused
Niten activated his blade, smirking evilly at the pain laden prince, he mocked him just for the fun of it, "Is something wrong, Vegeta? Can't get up?" Vegeta growled, then glared up at him, just to prove him wrong he staggered back to his feet. A smirk came over Niten's face as he slashed Vegeta again, forcing him to the ground.
"Ah..." Vegeta moaned, his blue forced their way back up to Niten's eyes, Niten seemed pleased with himself. "You...are a bastard." He mumbled barely audible. He tried to get back up, but it was to no avail.
The smirk widened as Niten kicked Vegeta hard in the face, sending him a ways backwards, doing a few flips in the process, Vegeta landed on his back, whimpering following thereafter. "Still alive? I can take care of that." His voice had changed, he seemed more evil now than before.
Calis eyes shot open and all he saw was red, blood red, he was ready to kill Niten at any costs, he couldn't take this anymore. His power-level shot sky-high, getting Niten's attention. Niten glanced in his direction, "NITEN! Leave him alone!" Calis's fury was all to apparent and Niten took a step back.
Vegeta forced himself up on to his arms, "NO! Calis, don't!" He growled, pain shooting through him, but he jumped up on to his feet, "Calis! Let me handle this! I 'have' to finish this, do you understand!" Calis's eyes pierced right into Vegeta's soul, but Vegeta seemed quite determined in his decision.
"ARE YOU CRAZY!" Calis's eyes just widened as he stared at the now standing prince, "I can't let you fight this alone. You can hardly pick yourself up!"
"As touching as this is..." Niten's blade surged with power as he glanced in Vegeta's direction, "Now, can you fight your own battle, or is your pathetic excuse for an ally going to have to step in...again." Niten started walking towards the prince, Vegeta never moved, "It would appear you always need someone to intervene." Niten, knowing very well Calis may just give Vegeta the needed to time to gain the power to defeat himself, became a good tactician.
Calis growled, "Don't listen to him, Vegeta! That's not true! You beat him before, and you could beat him again, but you're HURT! You can't fight with your injuries! I won't let you, i-it's absurd!"
Vegeta hsook his head, "No, Calis! I started this alone, and I'll end it alone, then you can intervene if he's still alive! Do you understand! And tell Kakarott and everyone else to stay out of it too! This is 'MY' battle, not any of yours! So, let me handle this and get away from here!" The anger level in his voice seemed to reach maximum, as his power shot up, "You may think because of these injuries I don't have the power to defeat you, but you couldn't be more wrong!" His eyes glowed an icy blue and he snarled, "Bring it on!"
Niten smirked, "Have it your way, Prince!" He charged towards the saiyan, who did a qucik back-flip to dodge the maneuver, but Niten decided he'd be relentless and turned and immediately attacked again. "This is useless." He swung his sword, but Vegeta ducked under it, he truly did seem to be ignoring the pain completely. Niten knew it was there, but it was af Vegeta didn't, that the only proof he had of his wounds was the blood and gashes in his own body, it was as if he couldn't feel it. 'What is wrong!'
Vegeta did duck under the slash and he took his own katana and forced in under Niten's feet, forcing him to jump and lose balance, he fell to the ground and Vegeta stabbed the weapon into his chest, an emotionless expression on his face, "Stop talking!" Suddenly, anger was apparent on his face, as he withdrew the sword and kicked Niten a good distance.
Niten flipped and caught himself before too much damage was done, but he was staring at Vegeta, who looked ready to take anything else he threw his way. "You think you're ready for anything? I'll make you 'think' anything!" He ran towards him again, Vegeta side-stepped and swung his sword, but Niten re-brought his sword around and stabbed him in the back, Vegeta yelped immediately and fell to one knee, but as soon as Niten withdrew the sword, Vegeta whirled and punched him in the face.
Niten gasped, surprised, then Vegeta's fist met his gut and he spit up blood. The black blood covered the prince, it almost sent a chill down his spine. The blood was cold, but at the same time it seemed to burn his skin, "You are a monster!" The black blood ran down his arm, and it ran down Niten's mouth and chin, but he seemed unaffected by his own blood, which was reasonable.
"You really think so? If you think my blood is bad, wait til you see how ruthless I can truly be." He smirked, "Because, boy, you've seen nothing yet!" This even frightened Vegeta sightly, he hoped he was bluffing because the horrid thing he had suffered through in Niten's captivity were not things he ever wanted to be forced to recall.
"Well, show me your worst." The fear was no where in sight on the young warrior's face, it was as if nothing Niten said or did could affect him. Inside, his emotions were turbulent, but outside, they were dismissed, as if they weren't there. He was totally emotionless in Niten and Calis's eyes. He walked forward and drew up his sword, then slashes downwards, Niten narrowly avoided, not expecting the attack, and the energy disk it let off nailed him.
Niten got knocked down, again, grasped off-guard by the power and intensity of the attack that had just hit him. It had been just a shock wave, but it had, had the power to force him to the ground. He laid on the ground, thinking of anything he could do to get to the saiyan. Suddenly, he remembered Calis standing by the cliff-side, he glanced in the direction, and he was still there, jaw-dropped, not understanding any of what was going on. "Hm...his friends, his one true weakness...how typical." He flipped up to his feet and met the prince's blade with his own.
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Kakarott landed next to Calis, a worried expression ridden over his own face, "What's going on?" He noted Vegeta's injuries, then his face and his confusion got to be as bad as Calis's in the first five seconds, meanwhile, Calis said nothing. He did receive a glance from the saiyan, but he didn't get it. Why had Vegeta gotten so angry? It hadn't hurt his FEELINGS or anything, he was just worried that he might not be able to stop his friend's impending death.
"I...I'm not sure." Calis finally managed to stammer a response, realizing Kakarott was next to him that he hadn't just imagined someone. He didn't know why he was so shocked, but he knew for certain he was shocked. He shook his head, "Kakarott...where is Krystal? Did she not come here!" Kakarott looked into Calis's eyes, hearing the anguish and desperation in his voice, his heart beat sped up. He wondered what had happened, Calis seemed really shook up and seeing Vegeta fighting Niten so intensely with such severe injuries worried him as well.
"Calis, take it easy, man. You look like you just got thrown out of the tail-pipe of an airplane...she'll probably follow me. I just didn't know what had happened to Vegeta. She was talking to Shadow when I left...they were being really secretive, so I came over here, following your lead." He watched Calis's expression attempt to shift as he spoke, Calis seemed to be eyeing him as if he expected him to do something random or weird, or as if he expected him to punch him in the face or something of the sort. Kakarott, of course, had no intentions of clobbering Calis for no apparent reason, so he tried to ignore the wariness, unaware that he was giving off some too.
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Vegeta felt the rocks slam into his back, he felt one fall and hit him in the head, he let out a half-grunt as it did so, "Ah..." He watched Niten stagger back some, apparently feeling the effects of his last blow, giving him time to get to his feet. He stammered to them and advanced fowards slightly, proving his superiority to recover faster than Niten, but his opponent recovered shortly after he did.
Niten motioned for him to attack, daring him to, almost, "Show me what you got, Saiyan. I'm eager to see what you'll put out before I finally decide to kill you." He stood up and crossed his arms, watching his adversary advance, then Vegeta stopped abruptly and looked him in the eyes, he stepped forward when he did this, figuring the saiyan had gone as far as he would go, either because he could no longer walk, or just because he was too stubborn to go the entire way. As he took a step, though, it obviously wasn't the former because the saiyan flickered out of existence and suddenly he felt the blade stab into his back.
"I'm afraid I'm not going to be the one who dies here, Niten." The sword slowly twisted, Niten's jaw was dropped and it took a very conscious effort to close it as more of his blood ran down his mouth. Vegeta watched the blood drip on to his katana and dissipate as it touched it, he withdrew the sword and blocked the immediate turn-around kick he received, "You're getting far to predictable, buddy." He took Niten's foot in hand and flipped him to his back.
Niten growled, furious with this comment, "Predict this!" The anger had come back in his voice and the evilness from earlier had long-since dissipated since he was no longer in control of the fight. His legs wrapped around the young prince's neck, as Niten whirled him, picking him up off his feet and threw him all with his legs, then did a back-flip and landed on the saiyan, his sword to his throat. "I will kill you."
Vegeta growled and grabbed the sword, his hand being deeply cut, he threw the sword and Niten back, he got to his feet and used the bloody hand to hit Niten across the face and send him flying, because yet again in this fight, Niten had been caught off-guard by the prince. "That's what you get for not paying attention. Now, do you intend to breeze through this fight still?" He managed a slightly triumphant smirk, infuriating Niten further.
"Oh, like I can't beat you just as easily now, you pathetic excuse for a warrior!" His power flared around him like he had caught on fire. His glare seemed to just add to the intensity, but Vegeta didn't stop smirking, he didn't look intimidating. Niten's heart sped up, he knew he had to beat the prince, or he'd go insane. He stared him down, and for the longest time it felt like neither of them was ever going to move. Finally, Vegeta shifted his sword and cocked his head to the side, signaling for Niten to fight him. He was ready, or so it seemed.
Vegeta felt like he was about to collapse, he longed to look in Calis's direction and want help. But, he couldn't, he couldn't keep depending on Calis for everything. He could not put his friend in danger to save himself. He spun his katana and he growled, "Okay, Niten...this time, after we quit fighting. I want one of us...to be dead."
"That can be arranged, prince."
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"IS HE CRAZY!" Calis shook his head, he couldn't breathe he felt like someone had a tight grip on his throat and was shaking him, screaming at him for him to do something but he couldn't understand what. His thoughts were racing and he had almost forgotten Kakarott was next to him. Kakarott watched him, seeing the despair written all over his face, knowing he would be of no assistance no matter what he said or did. His eyes focused on Vegeta, his heart was going faster than Vegeta's was.
"Of course he is, Calis, he's Vegeta!" Kakarott halfway smiled as he muttered these words and Calis tried to do so when he looked In Kakarott's direction. He decided not to push his luck since Calis' and his history together had not been the best over the past few years, and if not for Vegeta they most likely would have murdered each other brutally by now.
"CALIS!" Calis perked up at the voice and he whirled to check to see if his assumption was correct, it was. It was the last person he would have expected to come up, and he was beginning to wonder where Krystal was.
"...Syaoran! The hell! Where is everyone else?" Lee landed, shaking his head.
"They said they were right behind me, they were about to come when I left, so, they should be here soon. Is Vegeta-san okay?" He seemed more anxious than anything, Lee always was. Though, he was a bit curious, he didn't ask why Calis referred to him by his last name, now. He hadn't been for awhile, but he did when they had first met, before they had even gotten to Earth.
"Why don't you try looking, Syaoran?" Calis gestured towards the direction of the fight, clearly frustrated with his helpless niche in the whole turn of events that were occurring.
"Wh! He's hurt!" He stared at Calis, his eyes seeming somewhat shifty and untrusting, he pushed his hand back through his hair. "Why aren't you helping him!" He looked confused and slightly angry that Calis was just sitting there.
"He doesn't want me to." Calis seemed almost expressionless as he said these words, they didn't come easily but he ignored the emotion they brought on him, he wanted to collapse to his knees and start crying.
"...that's never stopped you before!" Lee shook his head, then grabbed Calis's shoulders. "You have to help him! Is his pride worth DYING for!"
Calis didn't respond, he just looked towards the battle.
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Niten fell backwards on to his back, letting out a slight groan but quickly flipping to his feet, then he proceeded to kick Vegeta's ankles out from under him, causing the saiyan to hit the ground with more force than he intended too. "You still wanna continue?" A smirk crossed his lips, confidence returning, as he looked at Vegeta's struggle with his own body, blood pouring from his wounds.
"I'm...fine." Vegeta forced himself up and accordingly dodged a punch, he drew his katana again and swung sharply at Niten, drawing a small thin line across his chest, but also drawing blood. His eyes narrowed, "I'm far from finished, Niten." He almost hissed the words as he spoke, anger pouring out into his voice along with about three million other emotions he was feeling.
Niten rolled his eyes, unaware how to deal with the constant persistence this saiyan tended to display. "Okay, prince...then come show me."
Vegeta smirked, triumphantly, "You asked for this." He jumped at him, hitting him across the face, charging in less than a blink of Niten's eye. Niten proceeded to skid across the ground, moaning as he hit it one, two, three times.
As he slowly started to stand up, an immediate wreck, "Damn, don't you EVER just stay DOWN!" His blade activated once again, he charged at Vegeta, who jumped to the side, wincing. Vegeta staggered back severely after he hit the ground though. A crimson jet a liquid shooting out from his side where Niten had slashed so expertly.
Vegeta moved his right arm to cover the wound, as if this would protect in front Niten's view, a smirk crept across the tyrant's face. "Gahh..." Vegeta shook is head, glaring at Niten.
"Oh dear, another cut like that and I don't think you could continue to stand..." He smirked, revealing his blade in front of him, "Well...I'm curious, shall we test my theory?"
Vegeta stumbled back, "..." He whimpered, as his shaky knees could hardly support him now, and he, for one, knew Niten's theory was correct. "I-I am the prince of all saiyans!" The saiyan flared his power again, the gold in his hair flashed, and his teeth gritted, "FUCK YOU, NITEN!" Blue electricity crackled about his soaked body, crimson liquid running down it even now.
"Oh, there's that old familiar spirit, Vegeta..." He shook his head, looking pityingly at the saiyan, "But, you know you can't win in your current condition..."
The young prince shook his head, again, refusing to believe he could not win, knowing that if there was still air in his lungs, he could will himself to get up and fight. "You freak, I'm going to redefine your definition of spirit, you worthless piece of CRAP!" He got in another readied position, his body trembling ever so slightly at the pain it was enduring.
Niten laughed as he saw the body of him trembling helplessly, he noticed this, a smirk of total evil came across his pale face, "...oh? You do sound defiant, but from the looks of your body...you do not mean what you say...I know you can endure a lot, but you simply cannot endure forever."
Vegeta was obviously quite willing to take that bet, because he clutched his katana tightly, "...enh!"
"But don't worry, Prince, I'll make sure your death is slow and painful...as I rip in hope you have left in you out."
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Calis watched, own fists wrenched in blood form his own finger nails digging into the tensed flesh of his palms. His teeth gritted, his eyes narrowed as he watched the on-going battle, he shook his head. "...no, Vegeta...stop it...you're hurting yourself! He'll kill you!" Calis shook his head, his heart pounding being the only sound he heard.
Kakarott stood and stared blankly at Calis, seeing the anger pouring out of his soul as he himself could see it, and he knew HE was no psychic, "Calis, Vegeta asked you if he could do this alone, he feels incapable, and he's starting to develop some pride and it's bruising it when people have to continually save him."
Calis glanced at Kakarott, knowing the saiyan that stood before him was correct, Vegeta had developed something of some saiyan pride since Frieza had gone away, with good reason, he was a super saiyan, he was nearly invincible when one of them were in danger, but he just didn't have that same motivation when it was his own life on the line, and to Calis, that did not make any sense. "...I know...I know that, Kakarott...but, I cannot just stand back and watch him struggle helplessly into his own death."
Lee starred back and forth, his green eyes flashing angrily, "...Calis, I know you can't...but maybe Vegeta can pull through, he always has in the past...hasn't he?"
Calis eyed him quietly, "Yes..but I have a bad feeling about this, and I'm starting to pay attention to my bad feelings more so than not."
The only third class there took this moment to make a comment, "Yes, to be honest, I have a bad feeling to...but, what about Krystal and those other two guys? Where are they? I have a better feeling that they do not what their up against and they know how to handle it. You have to admit, they both seemed pretty composed."
"Are we including Krystal in that? Because, if so, then when it comes to Vegeta-san...I don't think composed is the right word." Lee smiled, actually, his attempt to lighten the mood being a success when Calis grinned slightly at him.
"I think he means Shadow and Chaos, though..." Calis nodded, agreeing with the comments that Kakarott had made, though he seemed to make a face as he figured out who he was agreeing with, and when he realized about what, it seemed to bring some justification to it, "...they did seem to know what they were doing, there seemed to be something weird about them both, but I can't tell, maybe I'm going mentally insane."
"Or just senile." Kakarott decided that him and Calis needed to argue, since it was only natural when they talked for long period of time.
Lee laughed, a smile creeping across his lips, "Well...yes, they should be here soon, they said they'd be right behind me."
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Krystal growled, flailing her arms as she glared in Shadow's direction, "So you DO know him! Gah, you're confusing me."
Shadow slapped his hand to his forehead and nodded, "Yes, I know Niten, and I know Vegeta too...we met before." He eyed Krystal, seeming to come a decision, "I can't specifically say where, but...we have met."
Krystal glared at him, "Why? Why can't you tell me!"
Chaos made a face, "Because your personality scares young children and you're a bigger spaz that Vegeta or Calis, which is, indeed a really big spaz...but, I can tell you one thing, Krystal...Vegeta is going to be in a lot of pain if we don't get over there really soon."
Krystal's expression changed to a very worried one, "Then, why aren't we already over there helping him!"
"Because you were interrogating us." Shadow smirked at her, obviously not being extremely good with people who shared his frustrated-easily personality.
Krystal growled, then she shook her head and flew off in the direction she knew everyone who had left had gone, and Shadow and Chaos followed. Krystal, noted Shadow talking to Chaos, a lot, feeling left-out again she decided to be immature, "IT'S RUDE TO WHISPER!"
Chaos looked up and cocked an eyebrow at her, "Yeah, well...it's rude to shout at people too but that doesn't stop you from doing it now does you?" He flew up beside her, smiling, his smile was a bit more comforting that Shadow's, since he, himself seemed more sincere. "You look kind of worried, you must really love that prince, neh?"
Krystal got bright red at this comment but looked away, "I've told everyone time and time again, I don't love him, he's my fr-"
Behind them, Shadow decided he now needed to become involved in this conversation, "Oh yeah...right...it's so obvious why do you even hide it anymore? Just tell him, I would, I mean chances are he's going to die in some horrid accident before he turns twenty with his attraction of weird crazy psychotic people!"
Chaos laughed off-handedly, "Yes...that might be smart." He sighed though, "But...look...when we get there, which will be very shortly, you can't interfere with this fight...no matter how bad it looks until Vegeta is on the ground with Niten's sword to his throat, you can't do anything, it will save you a lot of grief in the end!"
"Will that happen! Is he hurt now?" Krystal now seemed more upset than anything else, she had even managed to forget the embarrassment, but the flush of her cheeks did not disappear, but just took a new meaning.
Shadow, nor Chaos decided to respond, though both of them knew the answer, they also knew how badly it would upset Krystal, but they also both knew that their silence would tell her and probably upset her more, but still, neither of them spoke.
Krystal shook her head and went fast, leaving those two behind to finish whatever conversation they had been having before she initially butted in.
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Calis and Kakarott, now on a new topic of being extremely worried about their friend's persistence to get up did not even break stride to greet Shadow, Chaos, nor Krystal, but were forced to after no-time flat. "Calis! Kakarott! Lee!" Krystal glanced from one to the other as she said their names, as if she was a teacher calling role during a fire.
Calis smiled meekly at her, then glanced to Shadow and Chaos, "Hey, Krystal..." His smile faded, "Vegeta's still alive, but I think he's seen better days." He gestured to the battle field where Niten now stood and Vegeta was, on his knees and hands.
"V-Vegeta!" A teary-eyed and worried Krystal, looked at Calis a questioning expression in her eyes, then it shifted from Calis to Chaos to Shadow, none of them responded though and Shadow stared more solemnly than he had ever looked down at Vegeta. The saiyan prince struggling to get to his feet, his face expressing something similar to concern or pain.
Lee tried to comfort Krystal, "It's okay, Krystal, at least he's still breathing! He'll be okay, he's been in worse shape than this before and Niten is kind of hurt too!" Krystal looked at him, surprised.
"Thanks, Syaoran..."
Lee smiled, knowing that it was not a sincere thank you but it was the best he was going to get when Vegeta was as injured as he was and out of her care. "No problem, Krystal."
Chaos looked at Shadow, "Maybe we need to interfere sooner than we thought, he's in pretty bad shape."
"No." Shadow's tone was sober, "This is exactly what I figured, but it just...it's hard to look at him like that." Shadow's thoughts circulated with unwanted memories, with memories he didn't want to remember, ones that would be better forgotten.
Chaos looked worried about his friend, "Are you sure? I've never heard you say anything like that before." He cocked his head to the side.
Shadow looked at him, not saying anything, but thinking about everything he had ever been through, 'That's because...last time, you were the one I was talking about Chaos...' He looked back down at Vegeta, leaving Chaos in total confusion.
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Vegeta staggered back up to his feet, but he felt like more people than just Niten were watching him fail to get up, and this alone forced his helpless and shaking body to stand. "...I can't give up, I won't."
Niten's laugh was colder than any he had ever heard before, "Worthless..." He did attempt to kick the saiyan, who actually managed to dodge. He smirked, seeing that Vegeta still indeed did have a will to continue.
The prince jerked his head around, trying to find where people were looking at him from, but after a few seconds his vision got red and blurry so he stopped and focused back in on Niten, suddenly charging a silver beam in his hand, with no warning at all. He fired to blast directly at Niten, it seemingly like it had come from a fresh fighter who had been in combat for anymore than three seconds. "...die!"
Niten looked shocked as the blast hit it's mark, blowing him back into a nearby cliffside, he staggering back up, "Dammit!" He looked over to the saiyan, and a smirk came across his face once more. "Oh, what do we have here?"
Vegeta whimpered helplessly, a sword slammed into his back, as he whirled around, a man, with light, almost glowing green eyes, his hair silver and face slightly wrinkled from age, a smirk forged across his face, an evil look in his eyes. The saiyan prince stumbled a few feet and collapsed into a puddle of water, which soon turned red from his blood, yet he still struggled to get up. "...wh-who!"
The man landed, he wore a robe, it looking very majestic as it flowed around him, as if it were celestial in some kind of way, but the smirk looked evil, almost demonic. Vegeta winced, forcing himself up again, looking as if he wanted an explanation as to who the man was. And the man offered it, "Hello Vegeta...if I'm correct, Prince Vegeta." The prince to which he referred winced, nodded.
"Ah, in that case, I've arrived where I need to be...I've been looking for you for quite some time, prince...and it is a royal pain to keep up with you." He kicked the saiyan in the chest, leaving him short of breath.
Niten walked back up, "A-Ayumi?" He looked surprised to see the man, "What are you doing here?"
Ayumi, as he was clearly named, gestured to their young opponent, "Looking for your young adversary..." He smirked at Niten, "Do you have a problem with that, since you clearly need the assistance?"
Vegeta felt helpless, sitting there in between two people who wanted to see him dead, as they conversed, his body trembling in constant fear that one of them would kill him, yet he said nothing, and struggled still to stand. Suddenly, he saw the man, Ayumi, at a high velocity fly past him into a cliff side. "YOU!" Shadow landed on the muddy surface, growling.
"Shadow?" Vegeta's voice cracked as he spoke, not knowing Shadow was still around, he actually had not been thinking that his allies still remained.
"Yo!" Shadow smiled at him, this time he looked sincere. "Okay, I was going to let you handle this lame-excuse of a fighter, but Ayumi and me have a rough past and two on one is not fair, so I decided I needed to butt in." He glared at a growling Niten.
Ayumi walked back up, or kind of flashed back up, "Shadow, hello there...I'm flattered you remember me so well, and on that note, how is your friend?"
"Fine!" Vegeta jerked his head back, and Chaos was standing there, arms crossed looking as angry as Shadow did.
"Chaos and Shadow, long time no see...and I never thought I'd see you two again. How times change." He smirked, "And Shadow, you've gotten soft, you're protecting this prince? That doesn't seem like you."
"Feh, I owe him, and plus, I just don't like you."
Vegeta managed to get back up, scrambling to his feet now, being the only one out of five that was on the ground, "Shadow! Who the hell is this guy!"
Ayumi glanced back at Vegeta, "Still standing?"
"A bastard..." Shadow looked at Vegeta, "A moronic and pathetic bastard that no one cares anything about." He looked Ayumi in the eyes, and now Ayumi seemed angry at him.
Niten growled, shaking his head fervently, "Ayumi...you can't kill Shadow, I thought we'd established that!"
"Or...is it Shadow...that you're protecting him...because you have so much in common, because...neither of you...can stand to see your friends hurt, and both of you have an extraordinary power than can be unlocked if this weakness is presented, is that it, Shadow, is that why you're here, protecting someone with the exact same values?"
Chaos looked surprised, "Shadow...?"
Shadow didn't respond, but he did look at Chaos, his eyes seeming to send him a message to just not say anything. That recurring flashback in his mind, the exact same one that had haunted him for so long. But, this time, the one following it...
i FLASHBACK /i
i "What's wrong? You seem upset..." Chaos looked at him, his forearm wrapped in a bandage.
"...nothing, Chaos. I'm not upset." Shadow looked up at Chaos since he sat on a bed, looking distant.
"Okay...sorry for being such a pain back there, I know you have to think I'm absolutely worthless..."
Shadow laughed a little, "No...not at all...I was just...nevermind."
"...just what?"
"...nothing, Chaos, it doesn't matter."
"Yes, it does!"
Shadow smiled, "You're right, it does...but...I'm not going to tell you." /i
i END FLASHBACK /i
Chaos eyed Ayumi and Niten, "Do you two honestly think you can beat us, in a fair fight?"
Ayumi smirked at Chaos, whirling completely, "I never could beat you in a fair fight, Chaos, you know that...just like Niten can't beat this prince in a fair fight...but...it's just not our style to fight fair..."
Calis and Kakarott quickly landed next to Vegeta, seeing that "fair" indeed was not happening anymore, "Vegeta, are you okay!"
Vegeta winced, but nodded meekly, wanting to grab them and hug them both. "...s-sure." Crimson liquid was leaking from many of his wounds and his mouth.
"...do you know who this guy?" Calis was obviously speaking to either Kakarott or Vegeta, as he tried to help Vegeta put less weight on his feet.
Vegeta was about to say something.
Kakarott took a deep breath, "Yes." It was a solemn voice.
"You do!" Calis seemed surprised.
"NOPE!"
"THEN WHY DID YOU–YOU...GAHHH!" Calis proceeded to nail Kakarott, growling.
Vegeta half-smiled at him, "...heh."
"...do you, Vegeta?"
"N-no...not...that I can remember..."
"But of course he would want to KILL YOU!"
Chaos shook his head, "Shadow, why...?"
"...I don't know, but it saddens me...deeply." They both looked right at a fallen Kakarott.
"Agreed," mumbled Chaos.
Ayumi and Niten both smirked evilly in Vegeta's direction now.
A/N: OMG! I LYK TOTALLY JUST UPDATED THIS SUPER OLD STORY! I have been getting reviews for stories so I just decided to...yes, it lives, so...whooo...uhm, anyhow... No one cares, shut up. YES, I'M STILL SKITSOPHRENIC! Yes you don't know how to spell it! I used to not know how to say it. Well, only a few chapters to go. I'll try to update soon. Pshhh...whatever...
