Chapter 7
When Vegeta walked in, he saw all of his friends. Yokito and Kakkarot were sitting against one wall, looking at the weapons they had received. Next to Yokito a staff was leaning against the wall. Everyone else (Radu, Radditz, Lyra, and Adrian) were standing in various standing positions talking to each other. When Vegeta walked in, they slowly stopped talking. Everyone turned their eyes to his. He could see that they were more subdued then usual.
"What?" Vegeta demanded.
"Well?" Adrian said. "What did Master Sakuno tell you? You were in there the longest of any of us."
"Well, first he lectured me and then he told me my future and then he went on to tell me about an underworld of the palace that I didn't know existed." Vegeta said sarcastically. "How about you?" No one volunteered any information.
"I got a weapon," Kakkarot said quietly. "And he said I had potential. He also said." Kakkarot trailed off. "Actually, watch this." He stood up and brought the pole out in front of his face.
"Nyoibô! Extend!" And to everyone's amazement, the pole started to get taller. Then Kakkarot let go and it stayed vertical by itself. Right before it hit the ceiling, it stopped.
"Whoa." Lyra whispered. Everyone seemed to share that sentiment.
"Nyoibô! Return!" Kakkarot said again, and the red pole returned. He grabbed and turned back to face everyone. Before anyone could say anything, something whizzed past Vegeta's ear. He looked behind him and there was a ninja star stuck in the wall. He quickly turned back around and saw Yokito holding an open box with his hand posed in a position of having just thrown something.
"What the hell is your problem? You could have hit me! Don you know how lucky you are that you missed?!" Vegeta raged.
"Those are what Master Sakuno gave me." Yokito said quietly. He walked passed Vegeta and tugged the star out of the wall. Then, placing his back against the wall in which the star had just been in, he sunk to the ground. He put his arms on his knees and his head in his arms.
All Vegeta could do was stare. What was wrong with Yokito? He wasn't acting normal. Lyra whooshed past Vegeta and kneeled next to Yokito. She put an arm around his back.
"He said that my brain waves were hard to determine. That I had a lot of choices. What's that supposed to mean?" Yokito said in a lost and (slightly) scared voice. His voice came out muffled. Everyone had come and stood around Yokito in a small half-circle, except for Lyra, who was kneeling next to him.
"Yokito." Radu said softly. "Who can say if your choices are going to be good or bad? Large or small? Hard or easy? Don't you see? This was to make us more wary of our future, to make us more mature! Who wants a child to purge a planet?"
Adrian sniffed. She walked over to Yokito and brought his head up. She saw tears, which were mirrored in her own eyes. When she spoke, heavy emotion spiked her words.
"Yoki, what does it matter what choices you make if we're all together? This is all I need now and all I'll ever need!" She rasped. They threw their arms around each other and cried silently.
Lyra looked up. Radu had embraced her two brothers and they also cried silently. She looked at Vegeta, who watched the floor with an empty face. She walked over to him. He looked up and Lyra read the comment in his eyes.
What path are we on? What fate is it that awaits us that has dampened our spirits so?
Tears streamed down her face.
"Vegeta." she murmured, her voice breaking. He brought his arms around her and pulled her close to him. She buried her face in his shoulder and with her hands, grasped the fabric of his uniform.
They needed this. This love, this unity, this knowledge that, through whatever lay ahead, they would have each other.
This family.
When Vegeta walked in, he saw all of his friends. Yokito and Kakkarot were sitting against one wall, looking at the weapons they had received. Next to Yokito a staff was leaning against the wall. Everyone else (Radu, Radditz, Lyra, and Adrian) were standing in various standing positions talking to each other. When Vegeta walked in, they slowly stopped talking. Everyone turned their eyes to his. He could see that they were more subdued then usual.
"What?" Vegeta demanded.
"Well?" Adrian said. "What did Master Sakuno tell you? You were in there the longest of any of us."
"Well, first he lectured me and then he told me my future and then he went on to tell me about an underworld of the palace that I didn't know existed." Vegeta said sarcastically. "How about you?" No one volunteered any information.
"I got a weapon," Kakkarot said quietly. "And he said I had potential. He also said." Kakkarot trailed off. "Actually, watch this." He stood up and brought the pole out in front of his face.
"Nyoibô! Extend!" And to everyone's amazement, the pole started to get taller. Then Kakkarot let go and it stayed vertical by itself. Right before it hit the ceiling, it stopped.
"Whoa." Lyra whispered. Everyone seemed to share that sentiment.
"Nyoibô! Return!" Kakkarot said again, and the red pole returned. He grabbed and turned back to face everyone. Before anyone could say anything, something whizzed past Vegeta's ear. He looked behind him and there was a ninja star stuck in the wall. He quickly turned back around and saw Yokito holding an open box with his hand posed in a position of having just thrown something.
"What the hell is your problem? You could have hit me! Don you know how lucky you are that you missed?!" Vegeta raged.
"Those are what Master Sakuno gave me." Yokito said quietly. He walked passed Vegeta and tugged the star out of the wall. Then, placing his back against the wall in which the star had just been in, he sunk to the ground. He put his arms on his knees and his head in his arms.
All Vegeta could do was stare. What was wrong with Yokito? He wasn't acting normal. Lyra whooshed past Vegeta and kneeled next to Yokito. She put an arm around his back.
"He said that my brain waves were hard to determine. That I had a lot of choices. What's that supposed to mean?" Yokito said in a lost and (slightly) scared voice. His voice came out muffled. Everyone had come and stood around Yokito in a small half-circle, except for Lyra, who was kneeling next to him.
"Yokito." Radu said softly. "Who can say if your choices are going to be good or bad? Large or small? Hard or easy? Don't you see? This was to make us more wary of our future, to make us more mature! Who wants a child to purge a planet?"
Adrian sniffed. She walked over to Yokito and brought his head up. She saw tears, which were mirrored in her own eyes. When she spoke, heavy emotion spiked her words.
"Yoki, what does it matter what choices you make if we're all together? This is all I need now and all I'll ever need!" She rasped. They threw their arms around each other and cried silently.
Lyra looked up. Radu had embraced her two brothers and they also cried silently. She looked at Vegeta, who watched the floor with an empty face. She walked over to him. He looked up and Lyra read the comment in his eyes.
What path are we on? What fate is it that awaits us that has dampened our spirits so?
Tears streamed down her face.
"Vegeta." she murmured, her voice breaking. He brought his arms around her and pulled her close to him. She buried her face in his shoulder and with her hands, grasped the fabric of his uniform.
They needed this. This love, this unity, this knowledge that, through whatever lay ahead, they would have each other.
This family.