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Chapter-8

The next morning Pan lead the others back to where Bura was. All were in awe at the size of the army. There were tents spread as far as the eyes could see. It was amazing and horrifying. Pan pushed through the brush she had been hiding in the previous night. "It wasn't this big before." Pan said turning to the group. "Where is Bura, Pan?" Vegeta asked eyes focused on his daughter's kidnappers.

"This way." Pan said stepping out onto the bare field where the tents were pitched. The group followed until Pan came to a halt in front of a smaller tent. "She's in there." Pan said peeking in. "But she's not alone. Looks like only one guard though." She said turning around. Vegeta nodded and gave what sounded like orders in sajiago (I don't know if that's spelled right but it's say-uh-go the name for the sajin language) to the sajins who nodded and crept off into the darkness.

Vegeta pushed past Pan and walked into the tent ignoring Pan's 'humph'. He could make out his daughter's form asleep in a corner. It infuriated him to see his princess in such a distressed condition. Her hair was wild and her clothes were filthy from the dirt floor. His gaze snapped over to the young male, who though was sitting straight up appeared to be asleep as well. In anger Vegeta rushed at him. Only the thoughts of what this monster could have to done to his fragile, innocent little girl flooding his mind and providing the hate for the fire in his heart and eyes to increase. Dayu's eyes snapped open as he was roughly pulled up so his feet weren't even on the floor any longer. His hand flew up as he found his air supply was being cut off by a hand jammed into his throat. "Bura!!!"Dayu managed to get out though it hurt. "Bura wake up!!!" He yelled. "I will kill you for what you have done to her!" Vegeta yelled his grip tightening. Bura opened her eyes as she heard Dayu's muffled voice strain. All she could see was a man clad in shadows who had his hands tightly around Dayu's neck. Thinking quickly she picked up the nearest object and swung. She gasped as it made a 'thud' and the figure dropped to the ground. Dayu fell with it landing in a crouching position. He rubbed his swore neck and took air in gulps. "What took you so long?" Dayu asked angrily. "I was sleeping!!!" Bura snapped back. Dayu rolled his eyes and turned around. Bura's scream sent him spinning around again. "What!?!?!" He asked to her horrified face. "M…m….my…. Daddy!!!" she shrieked pointing to Vegeta's body. "Oh boy." Dayu mumbled rubbing the back of his head. The others stumbled in ready for a fight after hearing Bura's horrified scream and a loud thump. They took one look at Vegeta's body and pulled Bura away and stood in fighting stances, glaring deeply at Dayu. "Bura!!!" he begged looking around. "He's a friend." Bura said hurriedly stepping out from behind her friends and standing in front of Dayu. "Bura?" Pan asked questioningly. "I'll explain…." Before she could get out 'later' a blast snapped everyone's attention back outside. "Father." Dayu mumbled in dread. Vegeta moaned and sat up rubbing his head. Before anyone could explain. Another round of blasts being exchanged sent the group running out. Explosions lighted up the sky and people were running everywhere. Everything seemed insane. "I'll go see what I can find out." Dayu whispered to Bura. She nodded not removing her gaze from the fighting before her. Dayu turned and began to run when Bura called to him. He stopped not bothering to look back. "Be careful." She said softly. He smirked but kept going. As he neared his father's tent, from the shadows something lunged out grabbing him. As he fell to the ground wrestling the man who had tackled him he noticed it was one of his fathers advisors. "Young master Dayu, your father wishes to have a word with you." He said pulling Dayu's arm tighter to his back causing him to cry out. He was jerked to his feet and lead away.

Meanwhile the Z Senshi had joined in the fight and where holding up all right, but the other sajins were falling fast. Bura gasped as another body fell right beside her. She kneeled down searching desperately for a pulse but to her utter horror couldn't find one. She stumbled back in shock, but regained herself and continued to fight.

Dayu stood patiently as his father paced back and forth. Dayu ran his tongue along his blood-coated lip. They hadn't been as gentle as they could have been dragging him to where his father was located. "A sajin girl! Not only a sajin girl, but the Princess of the sajins!" He growled. His father stood with his back to Dayu and was quiet for several minutes. Apparently he had found out about Bura and thought they were a couple now. "Father…" Dayu started but was stopped suddenly by a hand being brought across his face hard. "I have no son." His father said monotony. Dayu felt his heart tear and his soul die. "Father please!!!" he begged His father held up a hand. "General Handerburg? Escort this soldier to the field." "Sir?" the general questioned. "You heard me! In fact make it the front lines." He said his voice threateningly low. The general bowed and grabbed Dayu's arm. As they reached the battle the general ducked just in time from getting hit by a blast and ran yelling a 'Good Luck' behind him. Dayu took a deep breath and stood watching all the activity in the air. He wasn't going to fight. He had nothing to fight for! Suddenly something caught his eye. He saw a flash of aqua and smiled as he recognized the owner of the brightly colored hair. As he grabbed for her shoulder she turned with a sneer and punched him straight in the nose. "Dayu!!!" she stuttered as she recognized who she had hit. He stood up holding his nose. "Look my dad….. I can't stop this." He said wiping the blood pouring from his nose. They turned quickly as they noticed everything had stopped. All the noise and yelling, everything. As the pair gazed in the sky they both let out horrified gasps. "Father" Dayu called. "Daddy!" Bura cried voice trembling. Both parents stood glares focused on one another. Neither turned to look at their horrified children. Then without warning they clashed. Elbow to elbow eye to eye. "Daddy!" Bura cried again starting up after her father. "No Bura wait!" Dayu said grabbing her arm before she could get too far. She tried to jerk away but Dayu only tightened his grip. "Dirty sajin!" Dayu's father yelled as he hit Vegeta across the face. "Don't blame my race! Your planet was obviously just too weak to survive!" Vegeta yelled back hitting him in the stomach and kicking his opponent to the ground. This went on for sometime until finally Dayu's father landed hard on the ground for what seemed the millionth time, but this time he didn't get up. Dayu ran over to his father's side. Vegeta landed and stood arms crossed as Dayu kneeled beside his father. "Dad?" he asked gently touching his face. "You never were good for anything….." Dayu's father laughed. Dayu looked away trying to hide the great amount of pain that shown in his eyes. "Stupid. Never let your guard down around your opponent!" his father suddenly yelled stabbing a dagger through his chest. Dayu doubled over and stared at the dagger in disbelief. His father laughed again as Dayu fell back. He heard a muffled cry from Bura and was vaguely aware of arms being wrapped around him. Dayu felt tears fog his vision as he took a rigid gasp for air. He felt the dagger move within him. He begged for Bura to pull out the dagger. She did though with great difficulty and help from Dayu. He looked at his fathers smiling face then it was gone. All that was left was a small whole. Vegeta's hand was a couple inches above the spot and a look of hatred covered his face. "To stab an enemy is worthy of pride, but to stab your own son is worthy of death." Vegeta growled. Dayu's saw a vision flashed before his eyes and he faded into the dark.

Authors note: sorry that took me so long but I was really busy! Thanks and keep a look out for my next chapter (I promise it won't take as long) Thanks

~Unmei