Hey Chibi! I'm glad to see you're still reading the fic! Glad you're pleased with Vegeta's reappearance and all! Also good to hear from DarenK glad to see you're still reading as well. Another good analysis too, what are you a psychology major or something? *Bows to the applause from Debido and Poetess* Glad you like how it turned out! I did the best I could to come up with new stuff and all. Keep up the reading everyone! More good ish to come so keep an eye out okay!? And in case you didn't catch the title...get a Linkin Park CD ready eh?
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Vegeta's energy lit the pale colored realm flowing as he exhaled long and hard breathes, fogging before disappearing into the atmosphere. The pale blue grass beneath his feet didn't waft and wave at his power like it normally did when he displayed his strength. It just parted slightly setting in a stiff position, crackling vaguely under each ripping revolution of energy. He could feel the crispness of the air enter his lungs as he exhaled again. It was cold in this place, damn cold. Even in his numerous trips into death he hadn't felt a cold like this. It wasn't a freezing cold, but a deadening one. Flat and unruly in it's demeanor that you weren't cold but deep inside you couldn't resist shaking from it. Peculiar indeed, but Vegeta didn't care. He only cared about letting lose his aggressions and frustration.
"Since I can't trap you, I guess you have to die..."
Vegeta's nose wrinkled up at her cocky pose, spreading his feet apart ever so gingerly before bending at the knees. His hands slowly pulled up to his side as she continued.
"..but then again death has never bothered you has it Vegeta? Always dying...a martyr I believe you called yourself..."
He smiled before chuckling. She looked over him amazed as his arrogant chuckles turned to wild laughter echoing through out the realm with booming resonance. He turned his head to the side looking a hole through her.
"That was the old Vegeta..."
"Old Vegeta? You look no different to me..."
"If I were you I wouldn't talk about looks. It's obvious you haven't glance in a mirror in quite some time..."
"What!?"
"Neither had I...I hadn't looked at myself in so long due to all the shame I felt deep with in. I allowed the hierarchy of my race to consume me, turning my blood impure and corrupt. True, I was tired of being saved, I was tired of loosing, but I remembered something..."
His scowl deepened as he continued to talk, pride brimming from his very sense of self.
"...I remember who I was and where I came from. I remembered what I always told the others. I am the last of a mighty people, I am of royal blood..."
He screamed turning on his power.
"....and no matter what that can never be taken from me!!! I am a Sayain! Strong and true! Proud and valiant! I'm done sulking and bawling over nothing!!! AND THAT'S ALL I NEED TO CRUSH YOU!!!"
Alexial set into her fighting stance with a grimace of her own.
"You are the same Vegeta...and I guess I'll have to prove it once more by handing your ass to you on a silver platter. Just remember that you'll be letting them down again..."
Those words rung in his ears, causing him to pull out of his stance.
(Beat starts)
Vegeta looked over at his family, peering into their cold frozen faces. His breathe floating in the sheer frozenness of the realm around him. Slowly his rage began to set it, eating away at his soul while the Sayain clutched his fist. The electricity popped around his hand as his ogle flashed it's deep emerald green. The more he looked at Bulma, the more he felt a mixed emotion. He wanted to die, he couldn't stand to see Bulma lifeless like that, her eyes the only window to the passion she still held deep inside. And part of him...part of him wanted to tear Alexial's arms off and beat her with them, how dare she take the only thing sacred to him? Vegeta asked questions no more as he took to the attack.
It starts with...
Vegeta swung nailing Alexial in the jaw, sending her back. With saliva sprawling from her mouth.
One thing I don't know why
And with that he started his assault; swinging with everything he had. Alexial rebounded soon flipping away from the charging warrior before launching her chains at him rapidly. Vegeta quickly took to the defense, flying in the opposite direction, just dodging to the best of his abilities. He quickly grew tired of her attack stepping on a loose chain, scaling it with lightening speed springing over her in a twisting flip, hitting the ground behind her charging into an attack, nailing an elbow into her back driving her across the air with anger in his eyes. He quickly grabbed her ankles as they approached a lone tree spinning her around, doing farther damage to her spine as she wrapped around the massive trunk. Alexial took no extra time flying after him engaging into a grand battle, slowly floating into the air. Vegeta ducked and dodged, dark glare equipped across his face with each counter he made.
It doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind
I designed this rhyme
To explain in due time
Alexial slowly began to drive harder and harder, overwhelming the Sayain prince with a blow to the gut. Vegeta sprawled in pain, and despite that pain he continued. He fought hard, raging with every shot he tossed in her direction. She batted him away again blasting several punches to his chops before planting a solid energy blast to his chest, knocking him through the glass of the Son clan, slashing Vegeta's very flesh. His blood fell slowly, floating through the air in synch with the glass. It turned pale blue before freezing in it's status absorbing in the realms frozen nature. Vegeta flung his arm forward pushing a wave through the wall as his breathe stilled around him. Alexial smiled absorbing the energy through her jewel. He took off after her yelling in rage again.
All I know
time is a valuable thing
Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings
Watch it count down to the end of the day
The clock ticks life away
It's so unreal
A pair of stern palm shots awaited his next attack, pushing him back with more pain. Vegeta rebounded quickly swiping a leg at his opponent drilling her ribs with heavy precision and power, as he wound up repeating the process
"NO!!"
Vegeta yelled out as he missed due to Alexial dropping quickly underneath him stopping just short of the ground blasting a set of chains at him, wrapping around his legs and arms. Squeezing him tight.
Didn't look out below
Watch the time go right out the window
Trying to hold on but didn't even know
Wasted it all just to watch you go
She began to whip him around running him through the still trees and heavy ground. Vegeta only yelled out in pain as he pushed hard trying to escape.
I kept everything inside and even though I tried...it all fell apart
What it meant to me
will eventually
be a memory
of a time I tried so hard
Vegeta yelled out as she released him into the ground pressing hard with two more chains penning him to the surface falling hard from the air placing two knees to his stomach. Vegeta coughed up blood, watching it freeze in time just in front of his face. It was an unnerving sight to see his blood floating in his very face like that. Almost enough to make him realize his mortality. It was tough, but so was Vegeta. It only drove him harder, pushed him on. His eyes widened as Alexial summoned Trunks' Galic Gun again from that unknown void she kept it stored in unloading it after the Sayain Prince.
I tried So hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
He rolled on the ground evading to his fullest capacity as the blast crushed into the ground causing the terrain to kick up high freezing in that same motion. Alexial took after him with an angered yell. She swung at him hard as he spun on his upper back placing his palms flat on the ground shooting a pair of ki blast into the ground propelling him up and over her head in the nick of time. As he flowed over top of her he followed through punting the goddess high above, slapping his hands together at the wrist forming a cup with both hands as his nose wrinkled.
"FINAL FLASH!!!"
His voiced echoed through the frozen realm as his beam gave chase to her scorching with boiling hot passion. Her eyes went white as it made contact leaving her in a cloud of dust. Vegeta covered his eyes as the wind gave a gust across the motionless universe. The light was intense slowly dying down. Alexial survived however chasing him down shooting a hard kick to his side sending him across the air into the distance.
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
Vegeta tossed a hand down to the turf stopping himself in a hand spring before setting into his battle stance. He began to breathe again as she gave hot pursuit, tossing a hard jab at his head causing the Sayain Prince to side step her as she blew past. She didn't miss on the second bypass, locking into battle with him once more. They fought at a high level offsetting the other with every shot. They're breathe intertwined, eyes filled with hatred Vegeta cuffed his hands in a double axe handle swing over the top at her.
One thing
I don't know why
Vegeta looked around as he saw nothing. He didn't see her disappear, nor would he catch her re appearance as she scooped him from behind in a bear hug. Vegeta yelled in agony pushing at her arms with the shake of his head. She slowly placed her head to his back laughing at him giving a gentle kiss to his spine. Vegeta's eyes went white as the memory of Bulma's gentle embrace in the shower came back to him then.
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Bulma continued to just stare with sympathetic eyes at him before finally wrapping her arms around him from behind, gently kissing his back with a stray tear.
"You aren't alone Vegeta..."
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He couldn't allow himself to loose, not here; not now. He couldn't let Bulma stay trapped like that forever and with that he placed his hands flat against her, pushing back with all his strength firing a blast to her face. She yelled as he spun around fully placing a round house to her dome, knocking her away. He shuttered flowing with anger and rage.
It doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind
I designed this rhyme
To remind myself how
I tried so hard
Alexial rebounded engaging with him in battle...and it was then they waltzed. His mind began to wander as he continued to loose a grip on the battle, absorbing every blow she planted to him. He began to hallucinate with the memories of the people below him. He remembered being saved by Goku, so many times, everybody coming to his aid. Especially when he didn't ask for the help. It was as if they didn't believe in him, as if they thought he couldn't do it. Allowing him to fight as simple pacification for his massive pride.
In spite of the way you were mocking me
Acting like I was part of your property
And Bulma, his dear Bulma. Always at his side despite everything. He took another stern jab blocking several more, distributing one of his own as he began to feel for her. She was always there despite his numerous attempts to turn her away, to keep himself away from feeling the warmth of the others. To keep him loving Bulma, but despite everything she was...they were always there with him.
Remembering all the times you fought with me
I'm surprised it got so far...
Vegeta took the full force of Alexial's chop to his neck causing him to fall down in pain, absorbing the pummeling she was dealing them. He could feel failure setting upon him once more, perhaps Alexial was right. Perhaps he couldn't be the way he was before. After all, he wasn't around to fight with them, and only now was he giving his all to fight for them and maybe this was his fate...
Things aren't the way they were before
You wouldn't even recognize me anymore
Not that you knew me back then
But it all comes back to me
In the end
Maybe it was his punishment for what he use to be before Goku, before Bulma. To have everything taken from him, and that was the self justification he had to keep to himself for so long. Bad things only come to those who align themselves with the Sayains. And despite trying to change, here he was...
You kept everything inside and even though I tried it all fell apart
What it meant to me
will eventually
be a memory
of a time when I tried so hard
Vegeta yelled out in pain again as she set a blow to his lips with the flat end of her boot. He shook off the cobwebs taking after her again with everything he had. His eyes short of tearing up with his efforts. She began to taunt him, waiting till the last minute to move out the way or block.
I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
Vegeta drilled her hard in the gut turning on his energy landing the same blast repeatedly before she halted him with wrapping chains, sneering at him as she dropped a heel to his skull dropping him to the planet.
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
The earth crumbled slowly from the grand impact. Vegeta slowly pushed himself up as he looked up at his wife.
I've put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
And for all this
There's only one thing you should know....
He stared into her face, shivering with pain and self doubt. A lone tear fell from his eye as he looked at how hard they fought. He knew it was only him, he was the last chance they had. He had to shoulder the load of the universe now, they had all their stock in him, and he wasn't about to loose here, not again, not ever. He stood shaking off the pain, glaring through his blood as Alexial floated down to the planet in front of him, gesturing with her hands for him to continue. He clutched his fist tight before screaming out.
I've put my trust in you!!
Pushed as far as I can go!!
And for all this
There's only one thing you should know--!!
His Level 2 energy ripped through him with the rising cloud of yellow light, filled with emotion, filled with hatred and pain. Filled with love. Most of all filled with their hope and so he attacked.
I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
They engaged once more, a courageous fearless assault by an emotionally torn Prince. Screams of fury in every punch, every kick, every effort.
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
And he failed, she knocked him away once more sending him sliding across the ground on his back. He pushed his body up off the ground, quivering, breathing into the cold silence of the zone. She paced towards him with only simple chuckles....
(Beat Ends)
*announcer guy*
Vegeta's brave attempts have once again been foiled at the hands of the tremendous power of Alexial. As she moves in closer to Vegeta one can only ponder if she marches to the beat of the Sayain prince's doom! Does Vegeta have any reserves left to finish the fight or is it lights out for them all! Stay tuned for more Dragonball Z!!!
END OF PART XXIX
Another late night edition for you people. I hope it's satisfactory. Please review and tell me what ye thinks eh? Oh yeah...no chapter title for you! MWAHAHAHAH! Till next time! Love, Peace, and Chicken Grease!