nyc_pwyncess: no big intro, just the basics. i'm writing this at ten at night, and i hope you all like it!! but, please review!! i mean, two chappies and no reviews?? please, please, please review!! i don't own dbz, and if you thought i did, what have you been smoking?? well, read on!!
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That night while everyone was sleeping, I picked the lock on my cell door with one of my claws. The door slid open slightly and I began to walk through the maze of corridors that I had long since memorized. I finally walked out of the exit that was hidden behind some bushes. I opened the door and shut it ever so quietly and began running like I had been earlier that day.
After running for an hour or so, I stopped to catch my breath when I heard someone coming. I sniffed the air and recognized the scent, Seventeen. I began sprinting through the trees, weaving a hard to follow path, but then his shadow fell over me as he rose into the air and flew above me.
"Dear, dear kitsune, trying to run away again?? Well, I'm allowed to blast you this time and I will!!", he shouted as he raised his hand. I yelped in surprise and jumped, waiting for the blast to hit, but it didn't. I looked down and realized that I was hovering over the trees!! I was flying on my own!! As soon as I realized this, I abruptly turned my back to a shocked Seventeen and blasted clear away from him. I kept going until sunrise, and he never caught up...
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Back at the lab, Gero was throwing a fit!! "You mean that she flew away?! She just upped and flew?!", screamed Gero.
"Yes, but Eighteen and I can get her back in no time. She's still a kitsune and she doesn't even know how to properly fly yet, she was looking kind of clumsy.", Seventeen retorted.
"You don't understand," began Gero, "Her body accepted the blood sample and meshed with it!! It was a saiyan blood sample!!"
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I had been running for two weeks now, emptying out villages in the path of the androids. Oddly enough, many people still shunned me just based on my looks, but I didn't let that bother me. As long as they lived, it was okay. I also heard villagers talk about the stories involving the Z-fighters who were fighting against the androids. How much I wanted to be with them, they sounded like the total opposite of Gero and crew.
I was fine, until one day I felt Seventeen's and Eighteen's energy nearby. I ran into a cavern and waited for them to pass, which I thought they did. So when I stepped out, I was surprised to find myself being turned around and coming face to face with an angry looking Seventeen. "Any last words, kitsune??", he yelled.
"Only one, MACE!!", I shouted and sprayed him with my little canister that I had found in a nearby village. As he clutched his eyes I ran, only to hear him bellow, "EIGHTEEN!! SHE'S HERE!! GRAB HER!!" And as I pumped my legs to move faster, since I seemed unable to fly I was lifted by my right arm and brought back to where Seventeen stood, looking more irate than ever.
"So, you're the one going around warning villages. Ruining our fun isn't a smart thing to do, because now for all of the people you saved, we're going to kill you.", stated Seventeen as he raised his hand and ki blasted me in my shoulder than the other.
Eighteen just kind of stood there, while Seventeen drew out my imminent end. He grabbed my tail, swung me around a let go, resulting in my flying into a cliffs edge and being embedded a foot into it. I struggled to breathe, but he just kept ki blasting me, over and over again!! He grabbed me by my collar, and floated down to the ground, still holding me so that I didn't touch the ground. He rose his free hand to ki blast me once more in the face which would obviously result in my death, when I heard small voice say, "Leave here alone Seventeen!!"
Seventeen dropped me unceremoniously to the ground, and I must admit that I winced in pain as my already hurt body smacked the ground. I opened my eyes as I struggled to push myself up and saw Seventeen walking towards a young boy who was standing in a fighting stance. This kid couldn't have been more than eight or nine, and I guessed he had no clue who the androids were. "Kid...Run, get out of here now...", I managed to choke out, "Run and hide kid, don't let him hurt you."
"Heh, stupid kitsune,", started Seventeen, "But you should listen Gohan, you don't want Eighteen and I to hurt you now would you??"
"I can take you, and the others aren't to far behind.", the one who Seventeen called 'Gohan' answered, as he sprang at Seventeen.
For a while, it looked like the kid was doing okay, but then I saw Eighteen raise her hand to charge a blast at Gohan. "KID!! LOOK OUT!!", I yelled from my shakey standing position. He shot his head around and was able to avoid the blast hitting his temple, but it hit the back of his head and he was out cold.
As I watched Seventeen walk over to the now unconscious boy, I felt a rage swell inside of me. I felt as if my blood was boiling and bubbling inside of me. How many people had they hurt just like they were doing to me and Gohan?? How long would this go on if someone was never able to stop them?? How could I let this go on?? As my rage grew, I saw the kid stir as Seventeen yanked him up by his hair.
"See,", Seventeen sneered, "your saiyan blood didn't help you, just like the kitsune's saiyan blood transplant didn't help her as Gero said it would. You're all so pathetic."
"Damn you Seventeen!! My name's not kitsune!!", I screamed before Seventeen could bring the final blow. Before I knew what I was doing, I felt energy and power in the palms of my hands. I rose my hands to see each vibrant with ki, and almost by instinct shot a blast at Seventeen and Eighteen simultaneously. Each fell backwards and Gohan was thrown about ten yards to the left, I fell to the ground, weak and tired.
Seventeen got up and yanked me up by my hair as he had done with Gohan and rose about fifty feet into the air. "Little kitsune, what have I told you about talking back?? You leave me no option but to kill you, which I will relish.", he sneered. Then all of a sudden he doubled over. He swiftly turned around, and I saw a green man, three men with blonde hair, and one bald guy. "Oh well, I wish I could have drawn out your death longer, but I have to contend with these.", Seventeen stated in a matter-of-factly tone, then he sent me plummeting towards the cliff.
As I fell, I saw Seventeen and Eighteen begin to fight the five men, and the taller of the blonde ones tried to catch me, but Eighteen caught him with a ki-blast to the back, and he had to fight once more. My back hit the ground hard, but I kept going. The rocks tore at my skin, but I refused to cry out as I ha done in lab tests before. I kept on smashing through rock until I ended up on the other side, rolling down the rest of the cliff. Behind me I could hear a battle, but by my feet was the kid who had tried to help me earlier.
I knelt down, ignoring my own bruises and cuts and checked to make sure he was still breathing. He opened his eyes and looked at me, "It's okay, I'm here to help. Just stay there while I get you some stuff.", I reassured him before limping into the woods. My fox-like ears picked up the sounds of a stream nearby, so I went there. I used one of my claws to rip off a strip of my black jeans and soaked it in water. As I was returning to the fallen child, I spotted a plant that my Mother had told me was equal in healing power to that of a senzu bean. I grabbed a couple of leaves and brought them back to Gohan who had propped himself up against a fallen tree.
"Here.", I said as I handed him the leaves, "They have the healing power of a healing plant known as a senzu bean." He seemed friendly enough, and took them. I then took my soaked strip of denim and washed away the dirt from some of his wounds. "Thank you.", he said, "My name's Gohan, what's yours?? And why were they trying to kill you??"
When he broke the silence, I was shocked!! He was comfortable talking to me, a freak such as myself?? I felt a solitary tear of confusion at this new boy, hate for my looks, and sorrow for knowing he was probably one of the few people who would actually talk to me!!
"Are you hurt??", he asked.
"Oh no, it's just that you're the first person who actually talked to me. From the villages I've warned of the androids, most backed down in fear or called me names, very few thanked me."
"Just because of how you look?? That's not fair. Mr. Piccolo is a Namek and sticks out, but he's nicer than other people around here. But anyway, what's your name??"
"My name's Moonlight, and the reason why they were trying to kill me was because I've been a lab rat, err-vixen, for the past seven years in Gero's labs. I've only recently made a successful escape from the labs and have been warning villages ever since."
"Well, thanks for helping me Moonlight, but why did Seventeen say you had saiyan blood??", he innocently questioned.
"Well, I don't know what a 'saiyan' is exactly, but Gero put some of it's blood into my body to see if my body would accept it. I must say though, after the test I feel a lot more powerful. By the way, it sounds like the battle stopped, will your friends find you??"
"Find who??", a gruff voice unknown to me questioned. I whirled around and saw a relatively short man with black hair that shot up like a candle flame.
"Get away, leave us alone.", I growled at the stranger, lowering into a fighting stance.
"Heh, puny weakling. Who is with you??", the man asked, taking a step closer. I growled a warning, but suddenly heard Gohan pipe up, "Vegeta, I'm over here. Moonlight, it's okay, he won't hurt you."
"He's one of your...friends??", I asked with a puzzled expression.
"You could call him that, I guess...Dad!! Mr. Piccolo!! Trunks!! Krillin!! You found us!!", Gohan said as he stood up and rushed over to the one he called 'Dad.' As I watched them look so happy together, I felt a hand on my shoulder, and spun around looking up at a man with lavender hair. "Who are you??", he asked.
"Ummm...Leaving.", and with that I spun on my heel and dashed into the forest scattered around the cliffs.
"Moonlight, come back!!", I heard Gohan yell, but I couldn't join with them. I knew that the androids weren't finished, just scared off and I knew that they would continue to hound me when they found out I was still alive.
"Why should we care, let her run, the weakling.", I heard the man named Vegeta snort.
"She helped me, Dad please help her. Gero did some tests on her, that's why she looks like that. She has no one else, and she said that she has saiyan blood after a test he did!!", I heard Gohan say. My sensitive ears allowed me to stay entuned with the conversation, when I heard footsteps trampling behind me!! I kept running, not knowing if Gohan's "friends" would be as nice as he was. I kept on running until I was tackled from the behind and then lifted in the air, being held delicately, like a baby in the arms of the one Gohan called Dad.
"Put me down!! They're only going to come after you as well!! Do you want your family to die because you took in a stranger??", I yelped, struggling to get out of his hold, but even though he held me like a newborn, I couldn't get out of his grip.
"Listen, the androids are already coming after us, so having you with us doesn't make a difference.", Gohan's Dad said with a goofy grin.
Then flame-head came up next to him and said, "Kakkarot's brat said that you had saiyan blood, is this true??"
"Yea, what of it??"
The big green guy called Piccolo and said, "Gohan said you mentioned having power but not being able to use it. Is this so?? If it is, we can help you harness this power"
"Yea, I flew once and shot blasts at the androids, but how can you help??"
Cueball flew by and asked, "We'll get to that later, but what's your name??"
"What is this?? The Spanish Inquisition(A/N: Monty Python rox!!)?! And my name's Moonlight."
As we touched down in front of a place labeled "Capsule Corp.", Gohan said, "Well, looks like you might be a new Z-Fighter..."
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nyc: well, how was it?? nice, horrible, great beyond belief?? i'm just looking to please!! and please tell me what you think of Moonlight!! ty muchos!!