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Title: Sane
Chapter 2: In Motion
Author: EC-Chan
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Disclaimer: Don't own Dragonball Z.
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- - - means it's a flashback- not a song………or anything like that ^^;;;;
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Running.
The pounding of feet, bombardment of wind. Strangled cries of half yelps, a heavy lifeless body limp in his arms. The rain pounded down on him as if heaven itself had judged and condemned him to his fate.
A thin fork of lightening, the booming sky amplifying his apprehension. But mainly there was simply silence and the pounding of his shackled feet.
"She deserves death," his mind screamed at him. "Kill them all!"
"She's…" He struggled for the word, but found only emptiness. His mind seemed strangely empty.
"A demon," His mind told him. "An evil, vile demon-child who deserves nothing but your contempt."
"No!" he said vehemently, though he wasn't quite sure why. Something about that statement simply sounded…wrong. He was panting now in both his efforts to run and struggle to fight his inner demons.
"You won't even kill her will you?" the voice was disgust ridden. "Not even such an atrocity? Instead you're running to who knows where- I don't even think you yourself know. I don't see the problem. It's not like you haven't killed before."
- A flash of blonde hair, white
dress bleeding red-
He stumbled, almost dropping the girl, but instead held her all the more tightly, "No," he said softly. "You told me she was unclean! That she had to die!"
-Blue eyes widened, hand half
upraised in greeting. A deadly
sword glistening in the air, unsheafed-
"You said that she was evil," He said trembling in a shocked rage. "You said that I had to kill her!"
"Yes." His mind mused. "Even when you say you won't, you always cave in. And their deaths ARE necessary. So why don't you save yourself the bother and kill her now? You're only making things worse on yourself."
-A scream flashing across the night,
a stumbled run, one last cry
cut short- angry black eyes frozen in time-
"She's different," he shook his head, clutching the girl closer. "I know you're lying now!"
"I'm not lying," his mind shook his head [1]. "You know that- she IS a demon."
The man said nothing.
"And demons ARE evil," his mind said logically. "So therefore, by your standards, she deserves death."
"She's not evil," the man shook his head, his eyes boring into the girl indecision. "I'm the one who is."
"Nonsense," his mind shook with laughter. "What have you been trying to do all this time? The right thing! And if you listened to me, no questions or annoying hesitations, then you never will be."
"I won't listen to you anymore," he warned his mind and for the moment they continued on in silence.
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Pan groaned, rolling over on the hard floor and slowly blinked herself awake. "What the…." But her voice trailed off in surprise when she saw a familiar crouched figure clutching his head in front of her.
"Grandpa?" She asked, her mouth dry. He turned slowly to face her and she gaped at him in a stunned amazement.
His face was caked in blood and dirt as if he had tried to claw it off. His eyes were wide and unfocused as if he had one too many beers, and his mouth drooped a bit as if he had no control over it. He still wore the same gi, except now it was full of holes and was long since worn, and his power pole was still slung over his shoulder.
"Look now she's awake," He spoke but not to her. Her eyebrows knitted together in confusion- there was no one else in this room.
"I won't- I refuse!" He argued and Pan froze in a transfixed fear. "She's not evil! I know she isn't!"
"Then why did you bring her here?" an amused triumphant voice spoke. "If you weren't going to kill her then you would never have picked her up and ran in the first place."
"I want her here…."
"Why? There's no reason- She's evil. Didn't you swear to yourself that you would destroy all evil that threatened the galaxy? Look- here's your chance!"
"No. No! NOOOOOOO!!!"
Pan whimpered despite herself, drawing attention away from her Grandfather's "inner" battle. She had no idea when she saw him standing there, looking like a half crazed animal that this man was her one and only grandfather…..and now she knew. She new the truth. The true nature of what had attacked them- what had…. She bit back a cry that seemed to want to split from her chest- killed Bura…….. He had killed Bura! And then Marron- right in front of her eyes!
"Look now you scared her!"
It was Marron's wedding day….she didn't deserve for something like this to happen. And she and Bura where finally happy- why? Why now? She buried her head in her hands trying to block out the memories of what had just happened, but it was a vain attempt.
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[1]- I know this seems really odd *rubs back of head* But think of 'his mind' as not him- but something in it;;;;;;; okay….. I know that makes no sense ^^; But you get what I mean don't you? Or…..perhaps not ^^; Just read and it will all straighten out eventually ;p; hopefully;
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The next chappy will be a giant flashback ^^;;; I randomly decided to do these first few chappies out of order, but the strangeness will end soon ^^; It's just so much fun…..; *shrugs*
Thank you to the five people who've reviewed the first chappy ^^; You'll see a lot of Bura/Pan in the next chappy, and in future ones. And there actually is a plot for this story *proud of self* and it's extremely amusing *not about to say anything* I have the next chappy written- just hafta type it -.-;
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