Sorry to get this chapter out a little late. I'll try to make up for it
somehow. Maybe I'll post two chapters in one day tomorrow or I'll make the
next chapter longer or something... I don't know. I just hope you all
enjoy. Happy reading! ^_^
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Masquerade: Thanx!(again...) Maybe he does, maybe he doesn't... ^_^ He can be complicated at times. You don't have to wait any longer 'cause the next chapter's here! O.o You don't have spring break?! How evil your school must be! I'll keep writing, especially if it makes your days feel like spring break. ^_^
SSJ4 Goku: That was a lot you wrote... I love it! I love long reviews! They're so fun to read. Yeah, I read your review to her and I couldn't help but admire you for the way you spoke to her. You kept everything in check; you didn't lose your cool. Now if I were to review that story... Well, you wouldn't think of me as such a nice person. ^_^() Nobody disses my favorite character and their fans! So I just keep my mouth shut for the sake of others who read the reviews... Hey, you deserve to be praised! Don't sell yourself short.(I'm sounding really hypocritical right now, aren't I? ^_^() *sigh* How do I end up trapping myself like that?) I'm glad I've done something to help you... That's reassuring. I'm just afraid that I'll begin to slack off on the updates. Yep, yours are good to look back on. Thanx, I already am a bit! Trust me, it's not rambling. I'm taking notes of all that you're saying... Definitely creepy. Sends chills down my spine. O.o Yeah, Tien better beware... Well, he loves to talk about himself, too. They never are shaping up good for her... I'm wondering too...
lilmissgoten: Hey, I'm glad you did! ^_^ Uh-huh, now she's not so clueless. But she'd better watch what she says too often. She's getting in over her head. Yes, he does. He must get it from Vegeta. ^_~ Thanx, I will! ^_^
SSJSkaterTrunks: All right! Nobody's abandoned this fic yet! ^_^ And I'm still keeping those thumbs up! Yep, talk about a bloated ego... Ah, Cell's not defending himself very well against ya, is he? *LOL* You just keep nagging him like that. ^_~
Pen Dragon: Aw, I'm sorry. Try not to fall over it this time... Yeah, I want to keep things as acurate as I can. ^_^() So references to the anime will also be made. Forgot to mention that.
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Disclaimer: DBZ belongs to Akira Toriyama, not me. (Hey, now it's twice I've mentioned him! Ooh...) Sekai, her parents, and that mysterious guy from her dreams are, however, mine.
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Cat and Mouse: Chapter Eleven
"Ah!" Sekai cried out as Cell's fist made contact with her gut. She countered with a kick to the side of his head only to have it dodged and caught in his hands. Cell held her by the ankle tightly and laughed.
"Not doing so well, are you? Too bad. Why don't you try not to focus so much on attacking and just try to defend?" He suggested. Sekai's face reddened at being treated like a child. She tried to free her leg, but Cell's grip on it was too strong. In a moment, he twisted it so far that it cracked.
"AH!" Incredible pain shot all through her ankle and up her nerves. In a panicked pain, she brought her head towards Cell's and hit his with great force, wanting to get away from him. Stunned momentarily, he released her and she backed away as quickly as she could on her injured ankle and leaned against a surviving tree.
Panting hard, Sekai observed her injury. The bone in her ankle had been completely dislocated and stuck out slightly, creating a little bump on her skin and making her foot shift in an outward direction from her body. Grinding her teeth, she gingerly bent down and touched her ankle.
She could feel Cell's gaze upon her and looked up to glare at him. 'No good bastard... I can't fight like this.' Yet she knew that Cell wouldn't let her just walk-- hobble, more acurately speaking-- away like that. He was smirking at her cockily and her hate for him grew ten-fold.
'God, I hate it when he does that. I'd better do something before he does,' she thought. Once again focusing on her ankle which was quickly swelling up, she wrapped her fingers around it lightly and knew what she had to do.
'I'm not going to like this...' she thought and shut her eyes tightly as she rotated her ankle sharply back into place.
SNAP!
She bit her lip so hard that it started to bleed. Sounds of shuffling sounded in front of her, but she ignored it all. All she thought about was the fiery sensation shooting through her leg and the tears she tried in futility to control. Cell stared at her as she grunted and stood on her now fixed leg, intrigued.
"Well, I'm impressed," he said. "Where did you learn to do that?"
Sekai took in several deep breaths before answering. When she did, she spoke evenly and calmly, hiding her true fear. "It was an important skill I learned when I was young. My father told me to learn it so that it would be useful to me in situations like this," she said.
"Then your father is a very wise man. That technique just saved your skin," he pointed out.
"Was," she corrected.
Cell blinked. "What?"
"Was," she repeated. "He was a very wise man."
Cell rose an eyeridge skeptically under his giant headcrest. "I see. So he is dead. Did I happen to be the one to come across and kill him?"
Sekai smiled, bemused. "Heh, I wish. Then I would have had enough rage to rip you apart."
Cell smirked. "So you mean to tell me that you still aren't as mad at me after all the destruction I've caused as you would have been had I killed your father?"
"No, not yet at least. No matter how many lives you've destroyed, nothing could match up to the rage I would have had you killed my parents. They mean more to me than this world and all the people that live in it," Her eyes had gone emotionless suddenly. "I swear, if you were the person I lost my family to, then I would have crushed your bones, torn off your head, and have fed it to a wild animal."
Cell narrowed his eyes at her, as if trying to see into her soul and find out her secrets. The blank, passive eyes held nothing; no pain, no anger, nothing. Surprisingly, he could feel his heart begin to pound faster.
'What is it about her that causes me to feel this way? It's as if she suddenly lost her soul,' he thought. She continued to stare at him and then suddenly blinked, looking confused. Cell blinked as well and wondered what happened.
A moment later, Sekai felt a sharp pain in her head. She grabbed her head and squeezed her eyes shut.
'What's happening? Why is my head hurting so?' she thought. The thinking only made her headache worse.
Cell watched and decided to attack while she was distracted. He shot and aimed his tail to her back as she fell to her knees, screaming and holding her head.
Before he could reach her, he felt himself get blown back by a strong wind. He tumbled back through the air and stopped himself. Landing on the ground, he brought up his arms in defense from all the leaves and rocks flying up from it all. Sekai's screaming continued and increased in pitch as her body began to glow a faint ultraviolet. Her ki rose higher and higher.
The pain in her head grew enormously. She just wanted it all to stop. What was happening? Why was this happening? And why to her? She shook her head furiously and felt the planet swerve about her in a vertigo. She cried out in her anguish.
"Ah! Make it stop! Please, just make it stop!" she yelled. Cell backed away a few steps and watched as the light grew brighter and stronger. Soon, he had to shield his eyes from its very intensity.
The events only lasted a few minutes. Dawn broke over the trees and land, and everything seemed to stop right then. The wind stopped blowing, the light faded away, and Sekai's screaming stopped as she fell unconscious.
Silence reigned the land in those last moments. Cell could only stare at the fallen girl and try to make sense of all that had happened. He stood perfectly still, breathing lightly.
'What happened to her? The light emitting from her body was so intense and bright. It was definitely something strange,' he thought and narrowed his eyes. 'There is more to her power than I thought. More than even she thinks. I must kill her before she becomes a threat to me.' He started walking towards her in determination.
As he reached, he looked at her closely. Her face was scrunched up in an expression of pain and sweat beaded on her forehead. Her ki had gone down dramatically after the surge of power she had shown, leaving her helpless and unable to defend herself. Cell reached down and picked her up by the back of her collar to get a closer look at her face.
Her eyelids fluttered unconsciously, like she was having a bad dream or something, and her jaw was set tightly as she slept. Cell could feel her body convulse and her fists open and close at random. He held her body out in front of him and took aim at the center of her chest with his tail.
'The game was fun while it lasted, little Sekai. But sadly, all good things must come to an end some time. I cannot risk having you become a threat to me. Goodbye...' He shot his tail at her...
... and made contact.
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Well, there's the end of this shorter chapter. I'm getting scared of this fic now. O.o Why must I scare myself and leave you all at a cliffhanger too? That's two evil things I did at once! Even though the first one doesn't really affect you all... But I'll post the next chapter as soon as I can for all your sakes and for mine as well. ^_^() Bye for now!
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Masquerade: Thanx!(again...) Maybe he does, maybe he doesn't... ^_^ He can be complicated at times. You don't have to wait any longer 'cause the next chapter's here! O.o You don't have spring break?! How evil your school must be! I'll keep writing, especially if it makes your days feel like spring break. ^_^
SSJ4 Goku: That was a lot you wrote... I love it! I love long reviews! They're so fun to read. Yeah, I read your review to her and I couldn't help but admire you for the way you spoke to her. You kept everything in check; you didn't lose your cool. Now if I were to review that story... Well, you wouldn't think of me as such a nice person. ^_^() Nobody disses my favorite character and their fans! So I just keep my mouth shut for the sake of others who read the reviews... Hey, you deserve to be praised! Don't sell yourself short.(I'm sounding really hypocritical right now, aren't I? ^_^() *sigh* How do I end up trapping myself like that?) I'm glad I've done something to help you... That's reassuring. I'm just afraid that I'll begin to slack off on the updates. Yep, yours are good to look back on. Thanx, I already am a bit! Trust me, it's not rambling. I'm taking notes of all that you're saying... Definitely creepy. Sends chills down my spine. O.o Yeah, Tien better beware... Well, he loves to talk about himself, too. They never are shaping up good for her... I'm wondering too...
lilmissgoten: Hey, I'm glad you did! ^_^ Uh-huh, now she's not so clueless. But she'd better watch what she says too often. She's getting in over her head. Yes, he does. He must get it from Vegeta. ^_~ Thanx, I will! ^_^
SSJSkaterTrunks: All right! Nobody's abandoned this fic yet! ^_^ And I'm still keeping those thumbs up! Yep, talk about a bloated ego... Ah, Cell's not defending himself very well against ya, is he? *LOL* You just keep nagging him like that. ^_~
Pen Dragon: Aw, I'm sorry. Try not to fall over it this time... Yeah, I want to keep things as acurate as I can. ^_^() So references to the anime will also be made. Forgot to mention that.
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Disclaimer: DBZ belongs to Akira Toriyama, not me. (Hey, now it's twice I've mentioned him! Ooh...) Sekai, her parents, and that mysterious guy from her dreams are, however, mine.
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Cat and Mouse: Chapter Eleven
"Ah!" Sekai cried out as Cell's fist made contact with her gut. She countered with a kick to the side of his head only to have it dodged and caught in his hands. Cell held her by the ankle tightly and laughed.
"Not doing so well, are you? Too bad. Why don't you try not to focus so much on attacking and just try to defend?" He suggested. Sekai's face reddened at being treated like a child. She tried to free her leg, but Cell's grip on it was too strong. In a moment, he twisted it so far that it cracked.
"AH!" Incredible pain shot all through her ankle and up her nerves. In a panicked pain, she brought her head towards Cell's and hit his with great force, wanting to get away from him. Stunned momentarily, he released her and she backed away as quickly as she could on her injured ankle and leaned against a surviving tree.
Panting hard, Sekai observed her injury. The bone in her ankle had been completely dislocated and stuck out slightly, creating a little bump on her skin and making her foot shift in an outward direction from her body. Grinding her teeth, she gingerly bent down and touched her ankle.
She could feel Cell's gaze upon her and looked up to glare at him. 'No good bastard... I can't fight like this.' Yet she knew that Cell wouldn't let her just walk-- hobble, more acurately speaking-- away like that. He was smirking at her cockily and her hate for him grew ten-fold.
'God, I hate it when he does that. I'd better do something before he does,' she thought. Once again focusing on her ankle which was quickly swelling up, she wrapped her fingers around it lightly and knew what she had to do.
'I'm not going to like this...' she thought and shut her eyes tightly as she rotated her ankle sharply back into place.
SNAP!
She bit her lip so hard that it started to bleed. Sounds of shuffling sounded in front of her, but she ignored it all. All she thought about was the fiery sensation shooting through her leg and the tears she tried in futility to control. Cell stared at her as she grunted and stood on her now fixed leg, intrigued.
"Well, I'm impressed," he said. "Where did you learn to do that?"
Sekai took in several deep breaths before answering. When she did, she spoke evenly and calmly, hiding her true fear. "It was an important skill I learned when I was young. My father told me to learn it so that it would be useful to me in situations like this," she said.
"Then your father is a very wise man. That technique just saved your skin," he pointed out.
"Was," she corrected.
Cell blinked. "What?"
"Was," she repeated. "He was a very wise man."
Cell rose an eyeridge skeptically under his giant headcrest. "I see. So he is dead. Did I happen to be the one to come across and kill him?"
Sekai smiled, bemused. "Heh, I wish. Then I would have had enough rage to rip you apart."
Cell smirked. "So you mean to tell me that you still aren't as mad at me after all the destruction I've caused as you would have been had I killed your father?"
"No, not yet at least. No matter how many lives you've destroyed, nothing could match up to the rage I would have had you killed my parents. They mean more to me than this world and all the people that live in it," Her eyes had gone emotionless suddenly. "I swear, if you were the person I lost my family to, then I would have crushed your bones, torn off your head, and have fed it to a wild animal."
Cell narrowed his eyes at her, as if trying to see into her soul and find out her secrets. The blank, passive eyes held nothing; no pain, no anger, nothing. Surprisingly, he could feel his heart begin to pound faster.
'What is it about her that causes me to feel this way? It's as if she suddenly lost her soul,' he thought. She continued to stare at him and then suddenly blinked, looking confused. Cell blinked as well and wondered what happened.
A moment later, Sekai felt a sharp pain in her head. She grabbed her head and squeezed her eyes shut.
'What's happening? Why is my head hurting so?' she thought. The thinking only made her headache worse.
Cell watched and decided to attack while she was distracted. He shot and aimed his tail to her back as she fell to her knees, screaming and holding her head.
Before he could reach her, he felt himself get blown back by a strong wind. He tumbled back through the air and stopped himself. Landing on the ground, he brought up his arms in defense from all the leaves and rocks flying up from it all. Sekai's screaming continued and increased in pitch as her body began to glow a faint ultraviolet. Her ki rose higher and higher.
The pain in her head grew enormously. She just wanted it all to stop. What was happening? Why was this happening? And why to her? She shook her head furiously and felt the planet swerve about her in a vertigo. She cried out in her anguish.
"Ah! Make it stop! Please, just make it stop!" she yelled. Cell backed away a few steps and watched as the light grew brighter and stronger. Soon, he had to shield his eyes from its very intensity.
The events only lasted a few minutes. Dawn broke over the trees and land, and everything seemed to stop right then. The wind stopped blowing, the light faded away, and Sekai's screaming stopped as she fell unconscious.
Silence reigned the land in those last moments. Cell could only stare at the fallen girl and try to make sense of all that had happened. He stood perfectly still, breathing lightly.
'What happened to her? The light emitting from her body was so intense and bright. It was definitely something strange,' he thought and narrowed his eyes. 'There is more to her power than I thought. More than even she thinks. I must kill her before she becomes a threat to me.' He started walking towards her in determination.
As he reached, he looked at her closely. Her face was scrunched up in an expression of pain and sweat beaded on her forehead. Her ki had gone down dramatically after the surge of power she had shown, leaving her helpless and unable to defend herself. Cell reached down and picked her up by the back of her collar to get a closer look at her face.
Her eyelids fluttered unconsciously, like she was having a bad dream or something, and her jaw was set tightly as she slept. Cell could feel her body convulse and her fists open and close at random. He held her body out in front of him and took aim at the center of her chest with his tail.
'The game was fun while it lasted, little Sekai. But sadly, all good things must come to an end some time. I cannot risk having you become a threat to me. Goodbye...' He shot his tail at her...
... and made contact.
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Well, there's the end of this shorter chapter. I'm getting scared of this fic now. O.o Why must I scare myself and leave you all at a cliffhanger too? That's two evil things I did at once! Even though the first one doesn't really affect you all... But I'll post the next chapter as soon as I can for all your sakes and for mine as well. ^_^() Bye for now!