"Whispers of the Willow"

WHOO HOOOOOOO! She's back! Yep, still got the writer's block, but I thought of something other than what I was originally gonna write, and decided what the heck? So, here it is. Chapter seven of Whispers of the Willow.

Disclaimer: Doubt the owner of DBZ would neglect you as long as I did.

Chapter 7: Her Evil Minion

"This is what we're gonna do." Trunks said shaking his sister slightly. "First, we're not gonna panic, we're gonna go about this the right way. Pan and I are the only fighters besides Goten. Bra, I want you to stay here and make sure if you see Marron, she doesn't go after us, ok?" Bra nodded. She took a deep steadying breath and reduced her flow of tears to a slight trickle. Trunks smiled warmly and hugged his sister tightly.

"Bring Goten back safe. Please." Bra managed before she walked back to her dorm slowly.

"Don't worry, sis. We will." Trunks whispered. He looked over at Pan who looked slightly taken aback by the current situation, but nevertheless, she was ready for action. "Let's go." Trunks commanded as he walked to the balcony and took off towards the bordering forest. Pan nodded and followed.

"Over there." Pan gestured to a clearing in the forest where a cozy cabin stood alone. Trunks looked at her and she nodded in understanding. They flew about one hundred yards away from the clearing. They were going to attempt a sneak attack.

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"Who the hell are you?" Goten croaked. He couldn't pull his gaze from her enticing eyes. She snickered slightly.

"You can call me Sazuki, my pet." She sneered and turned away from him. She raised a hand and pointing her index finger to the cabin. "And that is where I keep my other pet. You two will make quite the couple, I think." She looked back towards him and let out a cackle. Goten cringed.

Goten squeezed his eyes shut. He had to concentrate. He was a trained warrior; he couldn't let someone who possessed absolutely no physical strength overpower him.

Goten gasped when he felt an icy chill run up his arm. His eyes snapped open to find that Sazuki had placed her hand on his arm, completely paralyzing him. In a split second, Goten felt her power skyrocket. 'What is going on? She has no ki. How can she have so much strength all the sudden?' Goten wondered frantically.

"In fact, it's time for you to meet her." Sazuki hissed and began dragging the immobile Goten towards the cabin. He tried to resist but couldn't. She had planned on him coming all along.

When they got to the door, Sazuki let it slowly creak open and she threw him on the floor beside a wooden chair. Goten did his best to look around. There was a fireplace on one side of the cabin. There was various furniture including a bed and some chairs. All in all, it looked as though it could be a rather comfortable and cozy place to live. Goten did a double take as he saw the figure in one of the dark corners of the room.

He gasped. "Marron?" Goten whispered. It was her. She was bundled up into a ball, hugging her knees and rocking back and forth. Her hair was a mess and her clothes were torn and tattered. Black tear streaks (A/N: don't you hate it when mascara does that?) were visible on her cheeks. She had obviously been doing a lot of crying. She whispered something that was inaudible to Goten. 'She looks so helpless. What is she doing here?' Goten wondered. He was just about to ask but Sazuki let out a big laugh when she saw that the two knew each other.

"So, you know each other already, eh? Well, that makes it all the better for me." She laughed again and picked Goten up and threw him at Marron. He landed with a thud in Marron's lap. He looked up into her face. Her pupils were gone.

"Marron? Are you alright?" Goten asked worriedly. Goten winced in pain as Sazuki kicked him in his abdomen.

"Stupid boy, she can't hear you. She's my little minion." Sazuki cooed and smiled almost lovingly at Marron.

"Bitch! What'd you do to Marron?" Goten demanded from the floor. He tried to sound serious but it was hard to look it from his position. He was utterly helpless. The fact that Marron was here didn't make things better either. Goten felt an anger arise in him as she looked at him and broke out in a fit of laughs. "Answer me!" Goten yelled again.

"Fine, if you really want to know. She sold her soul to me." Sazuki said simply as the laughs subsided. Goten looked at her as though to say 'what the hell happened to the little thing I like to call sanity?' (A/N: what does 'sanity' mean?)

"What are you talking about? You're crazy." Goten said in disbelief. This triggered more ear shattering laughs.

This time she didn't stop to answer Goten's questions. She instead proceeded to knock him unconscious. She took great delight in hearing his howls of pain from the floor.

"Who's the great super saiyan now, huh?" She mocked. 'How did she know I'm a super saiyan?' Goten wondered through kicks and punches.

Before he had been beaten completely into unconsciousness, Goten turned over and looked back up into Marron's eyes. 'What did you get yourself into?' Goten asked her silently. She subconsciously raised her hand and traced Goten's jaw line. She smiled a childish smile to herself. Goten smiled despite the beating he was receiving. 'At least you're not being hurt.' Goten thought before he drifted off into unconsciousness.

*fin

Stupid me. I figured this would be longer, guess not. Oh well, the part that matter's is that I updated for once in my life. Heh heh, well, I'll try and get some more of this posted soon, but I'm not makin' any promises. Bye now.

~S saiyan Vegeta4013