Disclaimer Can I retire?
Sierrakoi: -_-;
Random dude: Sorta coughs and hands Sierrakoi a teddy bear Here...to help you feel better and stuff.
Sierrakoi: ?! Smiles and bear-hugs Random Thank you! Rubs her nose and sniffs
Random dude: x_X I'm not supposed to be fluffy...
Last time: ...Cell and Foreign skirmished, and Foreign found an orphan...
...And Roshi revealed his horror for Piccolo!
This time: ...Foreign learns more than she knew...
Bittersweet Medicine
"I want to be somebody, to be noticed and to be loved...but how can I get others to understand when I don't even know myself?"
Houyoku slept through the drear silence of the room. Foreign frowned at the careless display of trust. That child could just turn and go to sleep in the presence of a potential enemy. What a pathetic display of intellect.
Brushing her hair out of her eyes, a second conscience in the android's mind stated otherwise. She often argued with herself to make her mind mentally stronger and able to withstand pressure, and to escape being bored.
-More like loneliness.-
-I am not lonely.-
-Yes you are. You don't want to admit it, but you are and always have been. At least as far as you can remember.-
-Inactivity leaves me angsty.-
-You call the child foolish, but it might not be. It might know something you don't.-
-Like what?-
Her other conscience fell silent and Foreign sighed out of her nose. She leaned against the wall and focused on the particles of dust that could be seen floating through the air in the moonlight that streaked through the window. She was going to challenge Cell again, or string him along...but right now she was focused on learning more about this planet, and more- ironically- about herself.
Oh, this is so very touching! So much deep empowerment of emotion and confusion, it's absolutely splendid and very entertaining!
Foreign did not jerk but leaped to her feet in fluid motion, her eyes flashing dangerously as she looked around the room. The voice faded, as did her patience.
"Who's there?" she growled stoically.
Oh just me, little old me, everyone and no one and all in-between!
The android's frown only deepened. The voice left her disoriented and confused at its rhythmical tone and avoidant manner. "You didn't answer my question." Foreign glanced to Houyoku, who was still sleeping soundly. The android decided she did not hear the playful voice.
Oh dear Foreign, I already knew you would demand I do so and ask me to show myself, and such I have already prepared all this for you! Then the voice was cut off and Foreign felt a draft of cold air. She spun on her heel and saw an old, fragile human male hobbling out of the shadows he seemed to manifest from. He gave her a crooked grin.
"That's not your real form," Foreign pointed out angrily. No human could do what he had done.
"Oh? No, of course it's not, that would be rather EXPECTED and impolite to be so direct," the old man responded wittily in a verbal voice. His eyes were constantly checking out the room around him, but somehow his gaze always held on Foreign. He was dressed in Chinese-like attire, a blue tunic with white flowers and a red belt. His hair was white and his eyes slanted and black as night. His arms remained folded in front of him.
The android snorted. Houyoku moved some in her slumber but fell still again.
"I hate to be so abrupt, but who are you and what do you want?" Foreign asked agitatedly. This allusive being that seemed to know quite a bit about her was beginning to aggravate her patience.
"Oh, nothing and everything. The Winds sail upon us, the refracted light! No, I don't want anything that you can offer me now."
"I tire of your riddles!" Foreign snapped. Houyoku moved once more in her sleep, causing the android to fall silent.
The old man noticed this behavior. "Oh, quick of temper and slow of patience! Odd attributes pinned in you, oh yes, so many causes and effects that could result!" the old man chuckled crazily. "The android of foreign memories, the enemy of Cell and unbeknownst villain of Blue Planet! The keeper of a human child and bearer of the souls of dead heroes!"
Foreign felt anger bubbling in her, but she calmed the flames that dared to rise. She would show this lunatic patience.
She lowered her emotionless voice. "Then what is your purpose in coming here?" she asked frankly.
For some reason, this caused the creature to bellow in laughter. Foreign tensed at his sudden change in behavior, her fists clenching. Her guess was proven correct as Houyoku did not stir- she could not hear this maniac.
"My purpose, my purpose..." the man chortled. Then he stopped giggling as abruptly as he had started. "It's not any fun to play a game if your opponent doesn't know the rules," the man stated.
Foreign smirked icily. "Rules? A game? An opponent?"
The man nodded solemnly, then suddenly a smile broke across his withered face. "I'm going to let you know your limitations!" He broke out into giggles again.
Foreign took a deep breath, letting herself calm down. "Then do enlighten me."
The old man began to pace, seemingly very excited. "Oh, to know your limitations is to know where you stand! And to know where you stand involves knowing who you are! So in order to let you know who you are, you must be informed of that very thing. Following me?"
The android nodded, strangely interested in this being's purpose and distant as well.
"You know your name, you know you were sent here on a mission." The man was practically dancing in place as he spoke. "But you do not know your true goal. Right? Of course I'm right! You were sent with a plan, a part of a bigger plan that was made a long time ago, a veeery long time. Emphasis on 'very'! And see, you were made to forget your goal so you could accomplish it quicker. See? Much easier to have a blind cricket sing than an aware cricket with its legs tied! But you must also understand that a blind cricket is not very much fun when let to fly, so I've decided to lift a veil in front of your eyes. Your goal is very different from what you think it is. Yes, a hint! I'm giving you a hint! So very different, you would be quite surprised!" The man stopped talking and peered at the android in front of him as he smiled, revealing crooked and spaced teeth.
Foreign frowned. She was only a part of some plan that was made long ago? She was made to forget her goal so she would accomplish it quicker and with more accuracy? She had a different purpose?
Foreign opened her mouth to reply snidely to the being's comments but he cut her off.
"Oh no, no talking, talking is a waste of atmospheric gases and energy! I think therefore I am. Hah! Ingenious human quote! Humans are so very entertaining and controversial, sometimes blowing things out of perspective or not caring enough to do so!" The aged man waved a hand at Foreign, chuckling. "Don't fret of this, quite pointless in doing so. I suppose I shall see you at some time or another, as planned!" There was a piece of paper or some similar material in his hand as he waved it. The writing on it was illegible to the android. "I suppose this is a good-bye, a sayonara, a ja ne!" And within the blink of an eye the shadows had engulfed the old man as he faded into empty air as quickly as he had appeared.
Foreign stared, slack-mouthed at the empty air that was left. -What all was he prattling about?-
Slowly she sat back down to her previous position, legs curled under her as she tried to grow accustomed to her unexpected meeting.
-Not my goal...a different goal...a different purpose...so I'm not aimlessly wondering, I've actually got a purpose that I don't know about...-
The android frowned at the bland wall on the other side of the room.
-Just like a bittersweet medicine...-
-_-_-_-
Cell was bored. Or as her preferred to call it, he was 'un-entertained'. Or even 'inactive'.
Usually he could amuse himself by hunting down humans in his spare time, but the nearest ones were too close to the city of Sanrioki to provide comfortable hunting.
Cell cursed at Foreign. Ever since her words, the idea that he had a defect plagued him. -This is absurd!!- he grumbled mentally. She was lying. In a minimum amount of time he would be Perfect again, and Foreign would be one of the first to fall.
But still, Cell was curious. His curiosity rarely surfaced except when he was faced with something baffling, which was usually rare. Foreign proved quite the enigma indeed, and he had realized something that he hadn't noticed earlier.
-She looks similar to a human, but she's not from this planet. How can that be?-
Cell studied a tree while he thought, growing accustomed to finding himself in a small area of woods.
-That can't be coincidence, saiyajin looking similar to humans was a far-fetched occurrence. There must be something more to her creation. Perhaps she was originally created on earth? Perhaps Gero had a rival who also wanted to create androids? But surely the good doctor would have programmed that knowledge into me...-
Cell suddenly stopped his train of thought as a strange feeling overtook him. It felt as if somewhere in the back of his mind a void had opened up. Confused, Cell waited as the void continued to be open and then slowly closed again.
-What was that?- Cell wondered. -I felt as if I a piece of me temporarily merged with something else...something familiar. Foreign?- Cell frowned. -Perhaps her near absorption indeed has side-effects...It almost felt as if I was feeling someone come into this plain of existence for a short time and then leave...-
Cell began to pace back and forth, his tail whipping lazily behind him. He would have to research Foreign's and his bond a little more. Deciding his closest answers lie within his internal data banks, Cell came to a halt and closed his eyes. He began to focus inwardly upon himself, letting his internal processes flow through his thoughts as easily as words. -Nothing abnormal here...wait.- The bio-android stopped as he felt an abnormal electric current travel with his body processes. -That current reminds me of Foreign. So some of her indeed was adsorbed into me during the rejection process...-
Cell was delighted and cynical of his find. Suddenly he came across something interesting.
Very interesting...
The android chuckled darkly.
-_-_-_-
Foreign was looking through the window, absently going over the previous encounter in her mind, when she felt the extra pair of eyes resting on her form. Determined not to let herself show weakness again, Foreign turned her splitting gaze upon Houyoku, who had woken soem minutes ago and was watching the android intently.
The first rays of the sun- the first signs of day- lightened the room. It had been an hour or so since the man had appeared and day was starting. Foreign stood and Houyoku's eyes watched her every move.
"What are you looking at?" Foreign mumbled. Houyoku continued to stare, then sheepishly looked away.
"Yeah, that's right Houyoku," Foreign snipped as she brushed off her clothing. The human child looked at Foreign, confused.
"That's your name in the native language around here," Foreign explained impatiently. She glowered at the small child. "Do you understand a word I'm saying?"
Hesitantly, the child nodded meekly.
"Are you mute?" Foreign snapped.
The child looked at her blankly.
"I suppose so," the android stated, agitated. "Look kid, I'm leaving. I'm not going to play Mommy anymore. I'm going to go outside-" Foreign motioned toward the door "-and explore, and I'm most likely not coming back, okay? So run along and take care of yourself." With that Foreign marched toward the door, pushing it open as the hinges creaked in protest. Dust bellowed and the android marched down the collapsing hall, broken glass and rotten boards strewn across the floor.
Suddenly the android felt a pull on her leg and she glared down. There was Houyoku, grabbing onto her pants and looking up with wide, dark eyes.
"I thought you understood what I was saying," Foreign grumped. The child made no mood to leave, and the android sighed. "You can come along, but you're NOT staying with me. Is that clear?"
The child shrank back from the android's harsh words, but nodded again.
Foreign felt a heavy pull in her hardened heart. That accursed built-in whiff of human conscience.
Foreign dismissed the child and continued to find her way out of the abandoned building. She heard the crunching of old material under the child's feet as she followed. Foreign cursed under her breath.
Finally Foreign found the door and pushed it open, sunlight streaming down from the sky as people hurried by, all the noise from the city loud and clear now. Pushing a few nailed boards away from the door for an easier exit the android ignored the stares a few passing people gave her. Uncaring, the android switched on her hologram and gained the appearance of a young black-haired, green-eyed woman in a black suit she had seen walking down the street earlier when she was looking through the window. Houyoku obviously saw this because she froze and stared at her changed companion.
"It's still me," Foreign snapped. Houyoku recognized the cold voice and only nodded again, edging closer to the transformed android. Foreign turned around the corner of the street an headed down an alley she hadn't explored before, Houyoku close behind. She was inspecting the crumbling brick when she saw it.
Out of the corner of her eye, Foreign saw the object rushing through the air with great speed and accuracy. The keen edge of the knife glinted as it flew.
Houyoku's mouth opened in silent warning as the knife hit its mark.
End of Episode bonus!
Piccolo: What happens when you choose not to do a dare?
Krillin: Shrug
Yamcha: Come ON, Pic!
Sierrakoi and Random dude: Shut up, Yamcha. -_-;
Yamcha: Baka Yamcha bashers. -_x
Master Roshi: Fuming PICCOLO, DO THS DARE! I did not use a lifetime's worth of hentai just so YOU could get out of this!
Piccolo: I wasn't stupid and signed a contract before I READ IT.
Master Roshi: IT WAS A TRICK!
Krillin: Maybe you can give Piccolo another dare?
Master Roshi: NO! Pouting I want him to do this one!
Piccolo: Ugh...fine. Give me that. Snatches the outfit from Roshi and storms off
Random dude: He's going to do it!
Sierrakoi: Hmm...
Trunks and Goten pop up: In unison We're back!
Sierrakoi: Good job boys!
Goten: Roshi had a hidden stash of hentai under a cement block in his basement, but we found it!
Master Roshi: NOOOO! Sinks to knees, wailing
Piccolo: Walks back, outfit in hand Here. Hands it to Yamcha You said I had to put it on, you didn't say where.
Everyone: NO FAIR! ;-;
((A/N: Hey guys. I hope you enjoyed this. I enjoyed writing it because I got my inspiration up. I was depressed but all of you guys made me feel ten times better! Stops herself from going on and on again Anyway..^^;...Yasha was the first one to get Suiitohaato right! YES, it means 'sweetheart'! Throws Yasha twenty points, along with a basket of freshly-baked digital cookies Go Yasha!
The winner of the age guess is DOCTOROC/Evil beneath Loch Lomond! Go you!! Holds out a #1 Cookie Trophy to Doctoroc/EBLL, along with a Seru plushie that has a mind of its own, and a light-up pen!))