Nottori Written by: Fira Flame

I do not own these characters; they belong to their respective owners. Keeren belongs to me and Missy and Teri belong to Missy and Teri.

This is a re-written version of the original version I wrote in the summer of 2002, it sucked royal ass, so I'm re-writing it! Enjoy!

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Chapter 6

The room was silent. None in the group knew what to do, or say. Everyone, on the discovery of the love held between both Saiya-elves, didn't want to hurt Teri anymore. She'd been silent for a day and a half so far, which was very unusual. The 23 year old was usually the peppiest in the house, not to mention nearly the weirdest.

Melissa ran a hand through her hair, which she left down for the day. It was a relatively cool July day, so she was taking advantage of it. Earlier that day, Teri had left for the GT dimension without a word and some were wondering why she had left and when she'd be back.

"So... nobody knows what to do... huh?" Keeren said, her voice missing it's usual snap. Keeren too felt the depression Teri was spreading. Melissa sighed and shook her head. A handful of people around did the same.

"Wait..." Chiriko said, his mind reflecting the day before. "Ryu-Oki had said we could find her where it is cold and bright 75% of the year."

"Your point? We're not geniuses you know...." GT commented rather bluntly. A few glares were shot at him.

"Yeah, well Chiriko IS a genius, bonehead." Melissa responded.

"Oh" GT simply responded.

"75% of the year..." Chiriko said quietly, thinking hard. It suddenly clicked. Without a word, he jumped up from his seat on the sofa and dashed to his room. Upon returning, he had a small paperback book in hand.

"Emerald Springs." He said, placing his finger in the book. "It's a jewel ore mine up in Alaska. It says that only 25% of the year they have basic 12 hour nights. A ten mile radius around the area is like this. Most of the year it's complete daylight. During that 75% of the year they have their winter season" Chiriko looked up at the rest of the group, each with an expression of hope on their face.

"Y'mean we might be able t' find th' elf-man?" Tasuki questioned, leaning over the back of the couch behind Melissa.

Chiriko nodded. Suddenly, Mirai, GT, Keeren and Melissa looked up. The ki of Teri suddenly appeared in the forest and was flaring madly. There was another ki out there, Mirai and GT quickly learned that it was Vegeta.

"What's Vegeta doing here?" Keeren inquired, standing from her seat on the floor. Melissa shrugged and stood also, stretching her cramped arms above her head.

"Lets go find out."

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Teri cried out as her arm was pinned between a tree and Vegeta's leg. She asked for the special training and she was going to put up with it. Teri reached out to hit Vegeta in the side but he moved to fast. The Saiya-elf was just too slow to keep up with him.

Vegeta's fist suddenly met with her chin and sent her to the ground. Teri jumped up, swinging her leg at the Saiya-jin prince, but it just went through him. Trying again, Vegeta caught her leg in his hand and he quickly spun her around, dropping her onto her face.

"Come on woman." Vegeta growled. "You asked to be trained properly, and you're getting it. The least you could do is hit me."

Teri growled, balling her fists in the wild grass. She stood and glared at the prince. Vegeta crossed his arms at her. Minus the hair, Vegeta was about 5'4". Teri was 5"6, close to 5'7". She was almost as tall as his hair. Teri summoned forth her mage powers and she let fire run down her arms and fingers. Vegeta held back a laugh at the tactic, but fought again.

Saiya-elf and Saiya-jin charged at each other. Teri landed a punch down on Vegeta's face. Vegeta was half burned from the fire and half shocked by her actually hitting him. Teri knew not to let her pride get in her away, but couldn't help feel proud about hitting him. Vegeta scowled and rushed at her.

Teri leaned into her attack as she dashed in-between the tall trees, her fire-y arms winged out at her sides, careful not to ignite the trees. When Vegeta came up at her, she swung her arms forward and locked them around his neck. Vegeta chuckled at her, her face only a few inches away from his.

"If you're trying to get a quick one out of me, you're out of luck."

Teri frowned at him, her fire-y-lock seeming not to work. Instead, she just squeezed her arms together around his thick neck, trying to pop it like a zit. Vegeta seemed pretty calm at first, until the pressure became a little too tough, when he started having problems. He reached up and grabbed her upper arms and attempted to pull them away from his neck. The prince had to admit, she had a strong hold on him. But after a moment of pulling, she finally gave way.

Teri stepped back, rubbing her arms where Vegeta had gripped. How could she fight Ryu-Oki hand to hand at this low level of strength? Again she charged after Vegeta.

In the corner of her eye, she saw a figure behind the trees, moving closer to her. The sunlight reflected off of it's hair, creating a golden texture to it. Instantly, Teri saw that it was the very prince of Mirkwood, Legolas. She was so distracted by him that she didn't realize that Vegeta was attacking until his fist connected with her jaw.

Teri tumbled backwards to the ground several feet. She rested her hand on her jaw where pain seemed to radiate from it. She suddenly looked up, searching for her elven prince. There was was, stepping out of the thicket, several other followers behind him. He stepped out of the beams of light as the shine from his hair decreased. It was only Mirai.

Her heart suddenly sank, her eyes becoming damp. Behind Mirai came her sister and friends. He wasn't there. Teri lowered her head to rest face down in the forest floor. When the tears came, she didn't bother to think about anything else. The love she held for Legolas had taken her over and she could think nothing more of what had happened to him. Possessed, to be used against her, in an act of revenge.

Melissa quickly went over to her weeping sister. She lifted Teri up and held her in her arms. This broke her spirit to see her sister, the one person who had taught her not to give up, in this mental state. Had she loved the prince this much.

Renee looked over to Vegeta, who was leaning against a tree, rolling his eyes. She felt a sudden anger flame over her. How could that bastard be so cold hearted? She was severely provoked to stomp over there and give him a good slap across the face. But something held her back. Perhaps it was the fact she was so weak compared to the Level Two Super Saiya-jin.

"What's wrong?" Melissa asked through the Saiya-jin bond she held between her sister. For several moments, her sister was silent.

"I thought Mirai was Legolas..."

Melissa turned and looked over her shoulder at the lavender headed Saiya- man. How exactly could she think he was Legolas?

"The light... caught his hair and made it look blond... Something in me made me think it was him."

Melissa nodded, embracing her sister in a hug. Teri returned the hold weakly. Melissa wiped her sibling's tears away and helped her stand.

"No, I want to continue training..." Teri said sternly when Melissa tried to walk her back to the house.

"Are you sure?" Melissa asked, a spot of concern showing on her face. Teri nodded, taking in a deep breath and keeping her eyes to the ground, eyes away from Mirai. She stepped up to Vegeta and tapped his shoulder. The Saiya-jin prince nodded and began to go farther into the wood, away from the group of people.

Teri looked back at her sister with a dissatisfying grin on her face. Melissa frowned. The Saiya-elf would kill herself if she kept training non- stop. When Teri disappeared from view, Melissa turned back to her friends and began to exit the forest. She caught a look from Keeren, who looked as bewildered as the next person. She'd explain later.

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