*Chapter 19*
.:: The King Gives No Mercy! ::.
As Rosemary recovered she thought of all the people that died that day. She wouldn't let that happen again. Sure they died with the honor in knowing they fought for their beliefs, but they also died afraid. Now that she thought about it, this wasn't their fight! This was her fight! This was between her and her father! No longer would she let anyone fight for her, from now on she fights alone. No more of her people shall fight, no more shall die.
"Rio." Rosemary called out with all the energy he could come up with.
"He had to check up on his brother and sister-in-law, but he'll be back." Trunks was sitting in a chair next to Rosemary's bed. He had his arms crossed and his eyes closed as he leaned his head on the wall. He stood up all night for her.
"Trunks… you guys… you saved me." Rosemary stuttered.
Trunks smiled tiredly at her.
A sayian nurse walked in, "There's an empty reviving chamber if you want t use it?"
"That… that won't be necessary…" Rosemary tried to sit up, then fell back down, "Well… maybe I could use it…"
"Will they be all right?" Jacko asked Collie as he looked at his mother and father revive in the reviving tanks.
"Yes, they should be fine." Collie replied.
"Will YOU be all right?" Jacko looked at Collie.
Collie looked at him then away. She looked at her broken arm and felt the band aid covering the stitches on her nose and looked back at Jacko. They stared each other in the eye for the longest and Collie finally grinned. "Of coarse lil' bro. Ya know me, you haven't changed that much have you?"
Jacko shook his head and hugged his sister.
"My little girl, how could I let this happen to you?" Koi looked at Sushi through the glass sadly. He kneeled and put his hand on the glass, "I won't lose you like I lost your mother… I promise… I'm not a coward anymore."
Sushi slightly opened her eyes and touch he glass her father's hand was on with her own.
"Sushi." Koi gasped and Sushi went out again, "Sushi you must hang on."
~ I know daddy, I won't let go, I promise. ~ Sushi thought.
~ Don't leave me, kid… I need you. ~ Rosemary felt as though Rio had said that and opened her eyes. She was in the reviving tank, she put her hands on the glass and tried to see outside. She felt so alone. Then a hand knocked on the glass. Rosemary's vision cleared--- Trunks!--- it was Trunks. Where was Rio though? Rosemary looked around worried. She wouldn't leave him if he did the same for her.
Rio kneeled in front of the glass and grinned at her. Rosemary let out a little sigh of relief. They were okay, but the others, did they make it?
"Everyone's alright Rosemary." Rio said as if he had been listening in on her thoughts, "Only a few… didn't make it."
Rosemary wanted to ask about Sushi, Collie, Jacko and their families, but that darn mask was holding her back.
This time Trunks answered, "Sushi's pretty beat-up, but she's in the reviving tank now. Her dad is fine, considering the circumstances. Collie and Jacko are doing fine as well, but their parents haven't come to yet."
~ They're strong… they'll make it…" Rosemary smiled to herself.
It took more than a month for the group of sayians to get better and back on their feet. During that time they got pulverized by the king. When Rosemary finally fully recovered(with the exception of her broken ribs) she made up her mind, she was going solo.
"Thank you all for coming." Rosemary stood in front of her people, "I have something to announce…"
"Don't hesitate Princess Rosemary! Whatever it is just spit it out!" A sayian man shouted.
"Yes milady! Just tell us!" A sayian woman shouted.
Rosemary cleared her throat and looked down, "We've… You've been so much… and for what? To see your families die? To be close to death in battle? To shed the blood of your own people?"
"What are you saying princess?" A sayian called.
"Yes Princess Rosemary, tell us!" Another called.
"I'm saying that…" she looked at her people, she loved them so, that's something her father would never understand! He would make them suffer, suffer for eternity, and yet… what was she doing? She was doing exactly what her father would do--- killing them. It was not in the same manner, but lives were being lost. She couldn't bare it anymore, "I'm saying that I can no longer watch you--- my people--- die… not for me. This is my battle and I can no longer involve you."
The crowd began to roar with disagreement.
"We're fighting for you milady!"
"Yeah! If we didn't want this war we would've topped along time ago!"
"Lady Rosemary! We care to much about you to let you down!"
"We care to much about ourselves as well!"
"We're in too deep to back now!" Miko joined in.
"If you were killed we'd never forgive ourselves!" Tiff shouted.
"SILENCE!" Rosemary yelled, "I'M FIGHTING ALONE AND THAT IS FINAL!"
Rosemary jumped down from the stage and pushed through the crowd ignoring all their comments.
"You really are arrogant aren't you." Trunks stood in her path.
"How is this being a arrogant?" Rosemary glowered at him.
"This is the most selfish act I've ever seen." Trunks crossed his arm.
"I'm doing this for them!" Rosemary snapped.
"Look at them!" Trunks raised his voice, "All this time, they've been fighting for you! They've risked their lives for you! They've even DIED for you! Now you're turning your back on them and discarding them, saying this is stopping the pain when it makes matters worse!"
"How?!" Rosemary snarled.
"Now they'll have to live knowing it was all for nothing! They fought for NOTHING, they died for NOTHING, because in the end you decide to be the hero and cover up your act of stupidity with an act of bravery. You haven't even thought about what they really want. They're sayians! They live for the fight! They also live for pride and honor! But the king has stole it away from them… now they want it back."
Could it be true? Could these sayians truly want to fight? Rosemary turned and looked at her people firmly. They took a few steps back to let her speak.
"Is that what you want?" Rosemary shouted, "Is that it? Do you really want to risk your lives?!"
All the sayians nodded in approval.
"Then do so," Rosemary looked down, "but I'll have no part of this."
Rosemary retreated once again through the crowd in he other direction so that Trunks couldn't stop her.
"Your mother wouldn't approve of this Rosemary." Rio ran after Rosemary.
Rosemary felt like slapping him, she felt like yelling at him, but she stomped off in silence. Her mother would disapprove of her saving her people?
"Nevertheless, I'm by your side." Rio caught up with her.
"No." Rosemary stopped, "I can't let you…"
"You mean, you can't STOP me." Rio crossed his arms, "I understand that you want to fight your dad alone. I understand that… and I'll let it be, but I refuse you to get hurt in your condition."
"My condition is fine." Rosemary said through clenched teeth. Then, with out warning Rio punched her right in the ribs. Rosemary gritted her teeth to keep from crying out as she dropped to her knees holding her ribs.
"My point exactly." Rio looked down at her.
"Out of the way! Out of the way!" Two beggars dressed in large tattered brown cloaks that covered head to toe and big hats ran by after Rosemary.
"Rosemary!" The taller male one yelled stopping in front of Rosemary as Rio helped her up. The beggar pulled out a sword and put it to Rosemary's throat. Rio was about to attack, but Rosemary stopped him. "I demand you help us in the battle with the king!"
"Leave peasant." Rosemary said without fear of the sword to her throat, "If you understood my reasons you'd leave it alone."
The male beggar went on, "You think you're doing us good, but you're not! What do you take us for? Damn weak humans?!"
Rosemary was silent and waited for him to go on.
"We're not humans and we're not afraid to die in war! We're afraid to die without a leader! We're afraid to die without reason! We're afraid to die without honor!" The beggar thrust the sword closer to Rosemary's neck, "I was once the king's best slave! Or rather soldier… but I felt like a slave! I fell in love with you Rosemary! I believed you'd lead us to victory! You made me realize I was fighting for the losing side."
Rosemary's eyes widened, "T-Tofu?"
The beggar ripped the hat and cloak from him and dropped it to the ground, it was him, it was Tofu. "I lost everything to fight with and for you!"
The second beggar ripped the cloak and hat from her, revealing to be Millie, "We cannot win without you!"
"I just can't." Rosemary shook her head.
Tofu dropped his sword and shook Rosemary by the soldiers, "You an and you will! If you were as weak and cowardly as you're acting now we'd let you leave in a flash! But you're not Rosemary! You're the only one who can set us free! You are our future!"
Rosemary looked into Tofu's dark brown eyes and looked at him. He was filthy from head to toe, so this is what was to become of the king's second hand man. Tofu shook her again.
"Are you listening, dammit!?!" Tofu shouted.
"Let go! I hear you!" Rosemary knocked Tofu off, "I see I cannot convince you people to give into my ideas, so there's only one thing left to do…"
"In conclusion my dear people, I'm sorry for seeming selfish or coward, I did not understand what YOU wanted--- as a friend of mine said—so I take back what I said. But! If you feel as though you don't want to fight, by all means, go! And that's an ORDER!" Rosemary announced, "I must warn you all though. Once I'm fight my father I can no longer help you."
"Your majesty," Sarge bowed, "Should we plan another attack."
"Yes," The king smirked, "But this one I want to be different."
"Sire?" Sarge looked up.
"I've been told that the humans use a war method called 'divide and conquer'," The king began.
"Humans are strong enough to battle?" Sarge asked.
"I-uh guess… but that's beside the point!" The king cleared his throat and went on, "This method takes little differences the other side has and use the little differences against them. Therefore separating the groups and making them easier to beat."
"Do you think that's nessary? I mean, we got those rebels cornered! And even if we do use this earthling technique, how could we execute it? With Princess Rosemary as their leader, the rebels will never go against each other!"
"Oh we'll see about that," the king snickered, "as for it being nessary, I highly believe it is! You forget, our first war with the rebels. We thought we had them right where we wanted them, then they turned around and beat the bloody crap out of us! Although we won, thanks to me, I refuse to let that happen again!" The king replied.
"So then what's the plan, my lord?" Sarge asked.
"Get my best spies, swat team, and soldiers, then I'll tell you the plan."
"Everyone get ready! The king is coming!" A sayian shouted at the first class village as the soldiers marched by.
They merely passed the first class camp.
"What gives?!" A sayian pulled a soldier out of line.
"By order of his majesty and Princess Rosemary the first and third class villages are not to be harmed." The soldier said.
"The princess ordered that?" The sayian let o of the soldier.
"Affirmative." The soldier saluted and went on his way.
The sayian looked at her comrades in confusion.
As soon as the troop got to the second class village they attacked without warning.
"Limme go ya asshole!" Collie shouted as she was slammed against her house.
"No you can't go in there!" Jack shouted as two guards tried to get in his house. Ika and Unagi still were not well, they couldn't fight yet!
"Get out of my way!" One of the guards punched Jacko to the side.
Rosemary jumped in front of the door with her arms spread out, "I will not let you go any further."
"Princess Rosemary!" The guards exclaimed and bowed. All the other guards stopped and dropped to their knees.
"Look at that." The sayians whispered among themselves and looked at Rosemary.
"She's pledged her alligence to the king! It's the only explanation!" A sayian man pointed.
"Silence rogue!" A guard stood up and elbowed the man in the face.
"Stop that!" Rosemary shouted, "Don't you touch them!"
"Sorry milady, I was only following the orders you set when you signed the contract with the king." The guard went on his knees.
"What!?!" Everyone exclaimed including Rosemary. All eyes were on her.
"I don't know what he's talking about!" Rosemary shouted.
"Don't you remember the plan princess? You were to escape with Rio our soldier and pretend you were fighting with the rogues, when you were really making them lose." Another stood.
Everyone's look of shock turned to one of anger.
"What all ya? Idiots! They're lyin'!" Collie shouted.
"SILENCE I say!" One of the guards who were trying to getting Collie's house shouted about to punch her.
Rosemary caught his fist without effort and crushed it. She looked at the sayian that had just finished talking, "Well go on, and then what?"
"Well uh…" The guard stammered.
"Exactly." Rosemary let go of the guard's hand.
"Well, no, I thought you didn't want me to tell the rest. That was the plan wasn't it?" The guard lied.
Rosemary shot a look at him.
"Well everyone," The guard looked around, "Princess Rosemary purposely lead you all into a losing battle, she knew we had that special technology all along! Then she tried to cover it up with that 'I'm going solo' lie to make you think it wasn't on purpose and then…"
Suddenly, the guard held his heart as blood ran down his arm and out his mouth. He dropped to the ground dead.
Everyone looked at Rosemary. They couldn't think she killed him!
"Traitor!" The sayian that had spoke before pointed at Rosemary, "She deceived us!"
"You can't believe I would…" Rosemary looked at them all, she felt alone. She knew Collie and Jacko trusted her, but she still felt so very alone.
"She's not a traitor!" Trunks guarded Rosemary.
"That's right! She isn't a traitor!" A sayian who seemed to be from first class ran in, "She's something more than that! My friend told me that she's planning to wipe-out the second class and then the first class and leave the third class because both her boyfriends are the equaivalant of third classes. The father of her child is in the third class!"
"Baby?" Rosemary exclaimed. She felt Trunks' heart stop as he looked t her, what really surprised her was the fact that she felt Trunks' heart.
"How dare you lie about something like that!" Rio appeared putting a dagger to the sayian's throat.
"You can't hide it forever! You know it's true." The sayian grinned putting his hands up, "You just didn't know it wasn't your kid."
"What are you talking about?" Rio scowled at him.
"It's okay," Ryo stood up, "We don't have to hide it anymore Rosemary."
"Ryo?" Rio gasped, "But you're dead!"
"That's what Rosemary wanted you to think." Ryo approached Rosemary.
Trunks stood in his way.
"Move out the way." Ryo pushed Trunks out the way. He held rosemary and kissed her hard, he forced his tongue into her mouth. His lips were hard and cold and hurt Rosemary. His breath was terrible, like stale beer, and left a bad taste in Rosemary's mouth. When Rosemary tried to get away he punched her in the ribs secretly, she let out a small yelp and he banged her against the wall kissing her neck.
"That's it bay, that's my name." Ryo whispered loud enough for everyone else to hear.
Trunks couldn't take it, he went to stop it but a guard shocked him with the stun gun.
Rio wasn't about to let that happen to him.
"You damn bastard! Let her go!" Rio shouted running to Rosemary killing all the soldiers that tried to stop him.
"He'll ruin everything!" The sayian that called Rosemary a traitor whispered to the sayian that got shot in the heart.
"Not for long." The dead sayian opened his eyes and rolled on his back. Just as Rio reached Rosemary he shot him, so that it look like Rosemary was the one who did it.
"Rio!" Rosemary shouted trying once again trying to get free of Ryo.
Ryo hit her even harder in the ribs so that she let out an even louder scream, "That's it baby! Say my name!"
"You pig-face bastard!" Rosemary kneed Ryo right below the gut.
Ryo backed up wide-eyed and dropped to the ground.
"Don't ya'll see! You're being deceived!" Collie shouted. The sayians kept on staring, "Dammit! Listen to me!"
"She's right." Bulma said helping Vegeta walk into the village. Vegeta had been missing since their last important battle. It looked as though he's been badly beaten. "Don't you think if this were all true the king would keep it a secret."
"Should we eliminate her?" A guard asked Rosemary.
Ryo covered her mouth and put his ear close to her, "What's that Rosemary? Yes? She said yes!"
Bulma backed up with Vegeta.
The guard shot at Bulma and Vegeta. Vegeta stood up and reflected the beam, "You bastards are going to die! You've taken away my mate, but you will not destroy my son's!"
Bulma looked at Vegeta shocked and somewhat hurt in a way.
"And because I couldn't hear my mate's last heartbeat, you will all lose yours!" Vegeta shouted and blew-up all the sayian soldiers. "you idiots thought you could hold me captive forever! Now you'll pay!"
Vegeta attempted to kill them all, but most got away by using their armour.
"Goodbye baby." Ryo kissed Rosemary one last time right before leaving.
Rosemary looked at all the sayians, they couldn't still believe she was a traitor could they?
"You traitor slut!" An old woman shouted, "Get out of our village!"
Rosemary felt like crying but instead she looked down and walked out the village.
"And take your third-class trash with you!" Another sayian shouted.
Rosemary stopped and helped Rio up.
Slowly, they let the village.
"You should've seen it sire! We rocked!" Ryo exclaimed.
"Yes." Sai pulled the face of the sayian that claimed Rosemary to be a traitor off his face, "You should've seen it!"
"You should've seen Princess Rosemary's face!" Sarge pulled the face of the dead sayian off.
"It's a trick! It's a trick!" Ryo mocked Rosemary and everyone started laughing.
"If you think you had fun now," The king grinned, "just wait."
"Rosemary!" Trunks jetted up in bed.
"It's over Trunks." Bulma held his hand.
"Damn, damn, damn!" Trunks said over and over. He blew it again! How could he help Rosemary I he couldn't help himself?
"Got that right." Vegeta walked in, "Are you really going to let those scum-bags walk all over your mate like that? In that case, maybe you don't deserve her at all."
Trunks looked at his father. Why was he pushing this? It couldn't just be because he lost all chances with Rose, could it? Was he really thinking of Trunks or just himself?
"Dad, where were you?" Trunks asked.
"That's none of your business!" Vegeta snapped, "And that's not what you should be worrying about!"
"Where were…" Trunks attempted to ask again, but Bulma shock her head stopping him.
Rio sat outside the ditch smoking as Rosemary cried her eyes out inside. This was his way of crying, since he was eighteen years old. He finished his fifty one and went to get another, the pack was empty.
"Damn." He began to swear and tried to remember where he put his new pack of cigarettes.
Suddenly a pack fell from the sky into his lap. He looked up and saw Miko.
"Ya best off leavin'," Miko said, "Ever'body's afta you and yer lil' girlie."
"Thanks." Rio saluted.
"T'ain't nothin'," Miko nodded and started to fly off, "I ain't neva been here."
"I don't know you." Rio nodded as well getting up and Miko flew off. Rio jumped down into the hole, "Rosemary?"
"Leave me alone." Rosemary sobbed digging her head into her haystack.
"We've gotta go, they're coming for us." Rio said.
"Let them come." Rosemary backed talked.
"Listen lady, I got shot in the leg for you, the least you can do is get up." Rio said.
"Just go on without me!" Rosemary shouted crunching up into a ball, "I don't care anymore! They'd rather trust the king then me! Do you know what that means?! They never believed in me to begin with!"
"C'mon Rosemary!" Rio shouted, he went over to her and turned her over.
She looked at him with tearstained eyes and he let her go.
"At least tell me if it's true so that I can protect you." He told her.
"No! You don't honestly believe I would do any of that!" Rosemary sat up.
"Well… Are you really having a baby… I mean not with Ryo, with anyone?" Rio asked.
"No." Rosemary gasped hurt that Rio would believe that lie above all.
"Not with Trunks?"
"Of coarse not," Rosemary hugged Rio, "you know that I don't love him like that."
"Do I?" Rio mumbled.
"Rio?" Rosemary looked at Rio.
"It's nothing." He turned away.
Suddenly, there was stomping outside and people summoned Rosemary to come out.
Rosemary came out followed by Rio.
"So you decided to show yourself!" A second class soldier smirked, "You have guts after all."
"Did you ever truly believe in me?" Rosemary looked at them, "Did you? Obviously not if you're so quick to believe lies from the king!"
The second class looked around worried and looked at Rosemary as if to say, "Shout up! We don't mean it!"
This made Rosemary a little confused until Trunks spoke to her through her mind.
~ Rosemary! Just play along! This is so that those sayian spies will come forward! All your true followers won't say much to harm you. ~ Trunks told her. Rosemary grinned evilly.
***NOTES*** 0_0 Hey!!! I wanna know how Ryo and Sai came back! Those lucky bastards...REVIEW!!!
.:: The King Gives No Mercy! ::.
As Rosemary recovered she thought of all the people that died that day. She wouldn't let that happen again. Sure they died with the honor in knowing they fought for their beliefs, but they also died afraid. Now that she thought about it, this wasn't their fight! This was her fight! This was between her and her father! No longer would she let anyone fight for her, from now on she fights alone. No more of her people shall fight, no more shall die.
"Rio." Rosemary called out with all the energy he could come up with.
"He had to check up on his brother and sister-in-law, but he'll be back." Trunks was sitting in a chair next to Rosemary's bed. He had his arms crossed and his eyes closed as he leaned his head on the wall. He stood up all night for her.
"Trunks… you guys… you saved me." Rosemary stuttered.
Trunks smiled tiredly at her.
A sayian nurse walked in, "There's an empty reviving chamber if you want t use it?"
"That… that won't be necessary…" Rosemary tried to sit up, then fell back down, "Well… maybe I could use it…"
"Will they be all right?" Jacko asked Collie as he looked at his mother and father revive in the reviving tanks.
"Yes, they should be fine." Collie replied.
"Will YOU be all right?" Jacko looked at Collie.
Collie looked at him then away. She looked at her broken arm and felt the band aid covering the stitches on her nose and looked back at Jacko. They stared each other in the eye for the longest and Collie finally grinned. "Of coarse lil' bro. Ya know me, you haven't changed that much have you?"
Jacko shook his head and hugged his sister.
"My little girl, how could I let this happen to you?" Koi looked at Sushi through the glass sadly. He kneeled and put his hand on the glass, "I won't lose you like I lost your mother… I promise… I'm not a coward anymore."
Sushi slightly opened her eyes and touch he glass her father's hand was on with her own.
"Sushi." Koi gasped and Sushi went out again, "Sushi you must hang on."
~ I know daddy, I won't let go, I promise. ~ Sushi thought.
~ Don't leave me, kid… I need you. ~ Rosemary felt as though Rio had said that and opened her eyes. She was in the reviving tank, she put her hands on the glass and tried to see outside. She felt so alone. Then a hand knocked on the glass. Rosemary's vision cleared--- Trunks!--- it was Trunks. Where was Rio though? Rosemary looked around worried. She wouldn't leave him if he did the same for her.
Rio kneeled in front of the glass and grinned at her. Rosemary let out a little sigh of relief. They were okay, but the others, did they make it?
"Everyone's alright Rosemary." Rio said as if he had been listening in on her thoughts, "Only a few… didn't make it."
Rosemary wanted to ask about Sushi, Collie, Jacko and their families, but that darn mask was holding her back.
This time Trunks answered, "Sushi's pretty beat-up, but she's in the reviving tank now. Her dad is fine, considering the circumstances. Collie and Jacko are doing fine as well, but their parents haven't come to yet."
~ They're strong… they'll make it…" Rosemary smiled to herself.
It took more than a month for the group of sayians to get better and back on their feet. During that time they got pulverized by the king. When Rosemary finally fully recovered(with the exception of her broken ribs) she made up her mind, she was going solo.
"Thank you all for coming." Rosemary stood in front of her people, "I have something to announce…"
"Don't hesitate Princess Rosemary! Whatever it is just spit it out!" A sayian man shouted.
"Yes milady! Just tell us!" A sayian woman shouted.
Rosemary cleared her throat and looked down, "We've… You've been so much… and for what? To see your families die? To be close to death in battle? To shed the blood of your own people?"
"What are you saying princess?" A sayian called.
"Yes Princess Rosemary, tell us!" Another called.
"I'm saying that…" she looked at her people, she loved them so, that's something her father would never understand! He would make them suffer, suffer for eternity, and yet… what was she doing? She was doing exactly what her father would do--- killing them. It was not in the same manner, but lives were being lost. She couldn't bare it anymore, "I'm saying that I can no longer watch you--- my people--- die… not for me. This is my battle and I can no longer involve you."
The crowd began to roar with disagreement.
"We're fighting for you milady!"
"Yeah! If we didn't want this war we would've topped along time ago!"
"Lady Rosemary! We care to much about you to let you down!"
"We care to much about ourselves as well!"
"We're in too deep to back now!" Miko joined in.
"If you were killed we'd never forgive ourselves!" Tiff shouted.
"SILENCE!" Rosemary yelled, "I'M FIGHTING ALONE AND THAT IS FINAL!"
Rosemary jumped down from the stage and pushed through the crowd ignoring all their comments.
"You really are arrogant aren't you." Trunks stood in her path.
"How is this being a arrogant?" Rosemary glowered at him.
"This is the most selfish act I've ever seen." Trunks crossed his arm.
"I'm doing this for them!" Rosemary snapped.
"Look at them!" Trunks raised his voice, "All this time, they've been fighting for you! They've risked their lives for you! They've even DIED for you! Now you're turning your back on them and discarding them, saying this is stopping the pain when it makes matters worse!"
"How?!" Rosemary snarled.
"Now they'll have to live knowing it was all for nothing! They fought for NOTHING, they died for NOTHING, because in the end you decide to be the hero and cover up your act of stupidity with an act of bravery. You haven't even thought about what they really want. They're sayians! They live for the fight! They also live for pride and honor! But the king has stole it away from them… now they want it back."
Could it be true? Could these sayians truly want to fight? Rosemary turned and looked at her people firmly. They took a few steps back to let her speak.
"Is that what you want?" Rosemary shouted, "Is that it? Do you really want to risk your lives?!"
All the sayians nodded in approval.
"Then do so," Rosemary looked down, "but I'll have no part of this."
Rosemary retreated once again through the crowd in he other direction so that Trunks couldn't stop her.
"Your mother wouldn't approve of this Rosemary." Rio ran after Rosemary.
Rosemary felt like slapping him, she felt like yelling at him, but she stomped off in silence. Her mother would disapprove of her saving her people?
"Nevertheless, I'm by your side." Rio caught up with her.
"No." Rosemary stopped, "I can't let you…"
"You mean, you can't STOP me." Rio crossed his arms, "I understand that you want to fight your dad alone. I understand that… and I'll let it be, but I refuse you to get hurt in your condition."
"My condition is fine." Rosemary said through clenched teeth. Then, with out warning Rio punched her right in the ribs. Rosemary gritted her teeth to keep from crying out as she dropped to her knees holding her ribs.
"My point exactly." Rio looked down at her.
"Out of the way! Out of the way!" Two beggars dressed in large tattered brown cloaks that covered head to toe and big hats ran by after Rosemary.
"Rosemary!" The taller male one yelled stopping in front of Rosemary as Rio helped her up. The beggar pulled out a sword and put it to Rosemary's throat. Rio was about to attack, but Rosemary stopped him. "I demand you help us in the battle with the king!"
"Leave peasant." Rosemary said without fear of the sword to her throat, "If you understood my reasons you'd leave it alone."
The male beggar went on, "You think you're doing us good, but you're not! What do you take us for? Damn weak humans?!"
Rosemary was silent and waited for him to go on.
"We're not humans and we're not afraid to die in war! We're afraid to die without a leader! We're afraid to die without reason! We're afraid to die without honor!" The beggar thrust the sword closer to Rosemary's neck, "I was once the king's best slave! Or rather soldier… but I felt like a slave! I fell in love with you Rosemary! I believed you'd lead us to victory! You made me realize I was fighting for the losing side."
Rosemary's eyes widened, "T-Tofu?"
The beggar ripped the hat and cloak from him and dropped it to the ground, it was him, it was Tofu. "I lost everything to fight with and for you!"
The second beggar ripped the cloak and hat from her, revealing to be Millie, "We cannot win without you!"
"I just can't." Rosemary shook her head.
Tofu dropped his sword and shook Rosemary by the soldiers, "You an and you will! If you were as weak and cowardly as you're acting now we'd let you leave in a flash! But you're not Rosemary! You're the only one who can set us free! You are our future!"
Rosemary looked into Tofu's dark brown eyes and looked at him. He was filthy from head to toe, so this is what was to become of the king's second hand man. Tofu shook her again.
"Are you listening, dammit!?!" Tofu shouted.
"Let go! I hear you!" Rosemary knocked Tofu off, "I see I cannot convince you people to give into my ideas, so there's only one thing left to do…"
"In conclusion my dear people, I'm sorry for seeming selfish or coward, I did not understand what YOU wanted--- as a friend of mine said—so I take back what I said. But! If you feel as though you don't want to fight, by all means, go! And that's an ORDER!" Rosemary announced, "I must warn you all though. Once I'm fight my father I can no longer help you."
"Your majesty," Sarge bowed, "Should we plan another attack."
"Yes," The king smirked, "But this one I want to be different."
"Sire?" Sarge looked up.
"I've been told that the humans use a war method called 'divide and conquer'," The king began.
"Humans are strong enough to battle?" Sarge asked.
"I-uh guess… but that's beside the point!" The king cleared his throat and went on, "This method takes little differences the other side has and use the little differences against them. Therefore separating the groups and making them easier to beat."
"Do you think that's nessary? I mean, we got those rebels cornered! And even if we do use this earthling technique, how could we execute it? With Princess Rosemary as their leader, the rebels will never go against each other!"
"Oh we'll see about that," the king snickered, "as for it being nessary, I highly believe it is! You forget, our first war with the rebels. We thought we had them right where we wanted them, then they turned around and beat the bloody crap out of us! Although we won, thanks to me, I refuse to let that happen again!" The king replied.
"So then what's the plan, my lord?" Sarge asked.
"Get my best spies, swat team, and soldiers, then I'll tell you the plan."
"Everyone get ready! The king is coming!" A sayian shouted at the first class village as the soldiers marched by.
They merely passed the first class camp.
"What gives?!" A sayian pulled a soldier out of line.
"By order of his majesty and Princess Rosemary the first and third class villages are not to be harmed." The soldier said.
"The princess ordered that?" The sayian let o of the soldier.
"Affirmative." The soldier saluted and went on his way.
The sayian looked at her comrades in confusion.
As soon as the troop got to the second class village they attacked without warning.
"Limme go ya asshole!" Collie shouted as she was slammed against her house.
"No you can't go in there!" Jack shouted as two guards tried to get in his house. Ika and Unagi still were not well, they couldn't fight yet!
"Get out of my way!" One of the guards punched Jacko to the side.
Rosemary jumped in front of the door with her arms spread out, "I will not let you go any further."
"Princess Rosemary!" The guards exclaimed and bowed. All the other guards stopped and dropped to their knees.
"Look at that." The sayians whispered among themselves and looked at Rosemary.
"She's pledged her alligence to the king! It's the only explanation!" A sayian man pointed.
"Silence rogue!" A guard stood up and elbowed the man in the face.
"Stop that!" Rosemary shouted, "Don't you touch them!"
"Sorry milady, I was only following the orders you set when you signed the contract with the king." The guard went on his knees.
"What!?!" Everyone exclaimed including Rosemary. All eyes were on her.
"I don't know what he's talking about!" Rosemary shouted.
"Don't you remember the plan princess? You were to escape with Rio our soldier and pretend you were fighting with the rogues, when you were really making them lose." Another stood.
Everyone's look of shock turned to one of anger.
"What all ya? Idiots! They're lyin'!" Collie shouted.
"SILENCE I say!" One of the guards who were trying to getting Collie's house shouted about to punch her.
Rosemary caught his fist without effort and crushed it. She looked at the sayian that had just finished talking, "Well go on, and then what?"
"Well uh…" The guard stammered.
"Exactly." Rosemary let go of the guard's hand.
"Well, no, I thought you didn't want me to tell the rest. That was the plan wasn't it?" The guard lied.
Rosemary shot a look at him.
"Well everyone," The guard looked around, "Princess Rosemary purposely lead you all into a losing battle, she knew we had that special technology all along! Then she tried to cover it up with that 'I'm going solo' lie to make you think it wasn't on purpose and then…"
Suddenly, the guard held his heart as blood ran down his arm and out his mouth. He dropped to the ground dead.
Everyone looked at Rosemary. They couldn't think she killed him!
"Traitor!" The sayian that had spoke before pointed at Rosemary, "She deceived us!"
"You can't believe I would…" Rosemary looked at them all, she felt alone. She knew Collie and Jacko trusted her, but she still felt so very alone.
"She's not a traitor!" Trunks guarded Rosemary.
"That's right! She isn't a traitor!" A sayian who seemed to be from first class ran in, "She's something more than that! My friend told me that she's planning to wipe-out the second class and then the first class and leave the third class because both her boyfriends are the equaivalant of third classes. The father of her child is in the third class!"
"Baby?" Rosemary exclaimed. She felt Trunks' heart stop as he looked t her, what really surprised her was the fact that she felt Trunks' heart.
"How dare you lie about something like that!" Rio appeared putting a dagger to the sayian's throat.
"You can't hide it forever! You know it's true." The sayian grinned putting his hands up, "You just didn't know it wasn't your kid."
"What are you talking about?" Rio scowled at him.
"It's okay," Ryo stood up, "We don't have to hide it anymore Rosemary."
"Ryo?" Rio gasped, "But you're dead!"
"That's what Rosemary wanted you to think." Ryo approached Rosemary.
Trunks stood in his way.
"Move out the way." Ryo pushed Trunks out the way. He held rosemary and kissed her hard, he forced his tongue into her mouth. His lips were hard and cold and hurt Rosemary. His breath was terrible, like stale beer, and left a bad taste in Rosemary's mouth. When Rosemary tried to get away he punched her in the ribs secretly, she let out a small yelp and he banged her against the wall kissing her neck.
"That's it bay, that's my name." Ryo whispered loud enough for everyone else to hear.
Trunks couldn't take it, he went to stop it but a guard shocked him with the stun gun.
Rio wasn't about to let that happen to him.
"You damn bastard! Let her go!" Rio shouted running to Rosemary killing all the soldiers that tried to stop him.
"He'll ruin everything!" The sayian that called Rosemary a traitor whispered to the sayian that got shot in the heart.
"Not for long." The dead sayian opened his eyes and rolled on his back. Just as Rio reached Rosemary he shot him, so that it look like Rosemary was the one who did it.
"Rio!" Rosemary shouted trying once again trying to get free of Ryo.
Ryo hit her even harder in the ribs so that she let out an even louder scream, "That's it baby! Say my name!"
"You pig-face bastard!" Rosemary kneed Ryo right below the gut.
Ryo backed up wide-eyed and dropped to the ground.
"Don't ya'll see! You're being deceived!" Collie shouted. The sayians kept on staring, "Dammit! Listen to me!"
"She's right." Bulma said helping Vegeta walk into the village. Vegeta had been missing since their last important battle. It looked as though he's been badly beaten. "Don't you think if this were all true the king would keep it a secret."
"Should we eliminate her?" A guard asked Rosemary.
Ryo covered her mouth and put his ear close to her, "What's that Rosemary? Yes? She said yes!"
Bulma backed up with Vegeta.
The guard shot at Bulma and Vegeta. Vegeta stood up and reflected the beam, "You bastards are going to die! You've taken away my mate, but you will not destroy my son's!"
Bulma looked at Vegeta shocked and somewhat hurt in a way.
"And because I couldn't hear my mate's last heartbeat, you will all lose yours!" Vegeta shouted and blew-up all the sayian soldiers. "you idiots thought you could hold me captive forever! Now you'll pay!"
Vegeta attempted to kill them all, but most got away by using their armour.
"Goodbye baby." Ryo kissed Rosemary one last time right before leaving.
Rosemary looked at all the sayians, they couldn't still believe she was a traitor could they?
"You traitor slut!" An old woman shouted, "Get out of our village!"
Rosemary felt like crying but instead she looked down and walked out the village.
"And take your third-class trash with you!" Another sayian shouted.
Rosemary stopped and helped Rio up.
Slowly, they let the village.
"You should've seen it sire! We rocked!" Ryo exclaimed.
"Yes." Sai pulled the face of the sayian that claimed Rosemary to be a traitor off his face, "You should've seen it!"
"You should've seen Princess Rosemary's face!" Sarge pulled the face of the dead sayian off.
"It's a trick! It's a trick!" Ryo mocked Rosemary and everyone started laughing.
"If you think you had fun now," The king grinned, "just wait."
"Rosemary!" Trunks jetted up in bed.
"It's over Trunks." Bulma held his hand.
"Damn, damn, damn!" Trunks said over and over. He blew it again! How could he help Rosemary I he couldn't help himself?
"Got that right." Vegeta walked in, "Are you really going to let those scum-bags walk all over your mate like that? In that case, maybe you don't deserve her at all."
Trunks looked at his father. Why was he pushing this? It couldn't just be because he lost all chances with Rose, could it? Was he really thinking of Trunks or just himself?
"Dad, where were you?" Trunks asked.
"That's none of your business!" Vegeta snapped, "And that's not what you should be worrying about!"
"Where were…" Trunks attempted to ask again, but Bulma shock her head stopping him.
Rio sat outside the ditch smoking as Rosemary cried her eyes out inside. This was his way of crying, since he was eighteen years old. He finished his fifty one and went to get another, the pack was empty.
"Damn." He began to swear and tried to remember where he put his new pack of cigarettes.
Suddenly a pack fell from the sky into his lap. He looked up and saw Miko.
"Ya best off leavin'," Miko said, "Ever'body's afta you and yer lil' girlie."
"Thanks." Rio saluted.
"T'ain't nothin'," Miko nodded and started to fly off, "I ain't neva been here."
"I don't know you." Rio nodded as well getting up and Miko flew off. Rio jumped down into the hole, "Rosemary?"
"Leave me alone." Rosemary sobbed digging her head into her haystack.
"We've gotta go, they're coming for us." Rio said.
"Let them come." Rosemary backed talked.
"Listen lady, I got shot in the leg for you, the least you can do is get up." Rio said.
"Just go on without me!" Rosemary shouted crunching up into a ball, "I don't care anymore! They'd rather trust the king then me! Do you know what that means?! They never believed in me to begin with!"
"C'mon Rosemary!" Rio shouted, he went over to her and turned her over.
She looked at him with tearstained eyes and he let her go.
"At least tell me if it's true so that I can protect you." He told her.
"No! You don't honestly believe I would do any of that!" Rosemary sat up.
"Well… Are you really having a baby… I mean not with Ryo, with anyone?" Rio asked.
"No." Rosemary gasped hurt that Rio would believe that lie above all.
"Not with Trunks?"
"Of coarse not," Rosemary hugged Rio, "you know that I don't love him like that."
"Do I?" Rio mumbled.
"Rio?" Rosemary looked at Rio.
"It's nothing." He turned away.
Suddenly, there was stomping outside and people summoned Rosemary to come out.
Rosemary came out followed by Rio.
"So you decided to show yourself!" A second class soldier smirked, "You have guts after all."
"Did you ever truly believe in me?" Rosemary looked at them, "Did you? Obviously not if you're so quick to believe lies from the king!"
The second class looked around worried and looked at Rosemary as if to say, "Shout up! We don't mean it!"
This made Rosemary a little confused until Trunks spoke to her through her mind.
~ Rosemary! Just play along! This is so that those sayian spies will come forward! All your true followers won't say much to harm you. ~ Trunks told her. Rosemary grinned evilly.
***NOTES*** 0_0 Hey!!! I wanna know how Ryo and Sai came back! Those lucky bastards...REVIEW!!!
