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Sorry, I had to go on a little trip to the Amazon. Why? I had to blow up the HUGE writers block doing none other than blocking my progress in this story. *gasp* THE HORROR!!!! I ending up just tunneling through.......*sigh* I used my last stick of dynamite too........*cry*
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It had been several days since Serena's arrival at the lookout, her wounds almost completely healed thanks to the help of a few magical beans. But the beans couldn't heal the mental scares still fresh in the delicate girls mind. The blonde couldn't help but jump every time Kami or Mr. Popo appeared out of nowhere and it took a continuous effort not to start to shake whenever one or the other came near. She tried, Goddess did she try, to forget what happened, but every night her nightmare would repeat and every morning she would awake with tear soaked pillows.
It wasn't until Serena accidentally came across Kami training did she feel she could find a way to coup.
It was the fourth day of her stay at the lookout and the poor girl was looking for any form of entertainment to keep her thoughts away from the past. Lately she had been pondering her seemingly mature behavior that appeared out of nowhere. She no longer seemed to trip over her own limbs and her speech pattern was strange yet familiar. It was like awaking from a dream you thought was real life and finding yourself different from the dream, yet the same.
Turning a corner, Serena encountered a beautiful sight. 'It's like a dance' the blonde's mind whispered. 'A beautiful deadly dance'. Before her stood none other then the old namek, performing an intricate martial Kanza. Serena stood perfectly still and watched the old man till the sun was high in the sky and Mr. Popo interrupted with the announcement that lunch was ready.
"You may close your mouth now Serena" Kami stated as he took the offered towel from Popo.
The girl blushed at being caught staring. "I apologize for staring but I haven't seen such a beautiful Kanza sense......" Serena stopped short. She remembered coming across a scene much like this one with Haruka. The Moon fighter had asked the lone sailor to teach her.......but was refused.
'Koneko, you can hardly walk' The tall warrior had said, laughingly dismissing the obviously ridiculous thought of training such a klutz and crybaby.
The memory, though old, still stung.
Kami could see the instant withdraw. For the so few days the girl had been with them they had learned next to nothing of her past. Every time she seemed about to share something she would withdraw, much like she was now, and become silent and reflective. The mood didn't soot such an angelic creature.
"Would you like me to teach you, young one?"
Serena was startled from her revere by the gentle words spoken by the old guardian. "Really? You would teach me? It wouldn't be to much trouble?" Hope began to arise in the pit of her stomach.
"Trouble? Nonsense. The days are to long without anything to fill them. I would enjoy teaching what I know to such an eager student." It was true. Spending all day worrying about what was to come with the arrival of the Saijins and Goku's training wasn't the way to spend the year and a half till their arrival.
"We will begin after lunch"
As it turned out the girl was a remarkably quick learner. Not that they didn't have their ruff spots. But the girl seemed determined not to fail in any way. There where certain times when they where sparing a few weeks after training began that the namek wasn't sure if the young women was fighting HIM or another opponent.
A month later, Kami began to suspect that the girl was not human. It could have been her unusual amount of energy. Or it could have been the glowing mark on her forehead.
O.k. Contest time!!!!! Yeah!!!!!! Here it is.....Guess who Serena's dad is.
Clues:
1. A unknown character , I made him up. You don't need a name just a "He's the guy standing outside my window picking he's nose" description.
2. Bad guy
3. New idea. NO author has used this as a character idea. (I'm so proud!!!)
4. A clue would be for me to say........"enmy" (He's not in the series but his relatives/descendents are)
Its hard to give good clues without giving it away! you can e-mail me or IM me at AOL: slyncunning or Yahoo: luna_the_lune. I'll answer yes or no questions sent to me by IM. I'll be on everyday at 5 probably earlier or later but definitely at 5 so we can catch each other.
The winner gets..........A HUG!!!!!!!!!! No, how about the next chapter sent to them by e-mail two days before I post it. (I'm already working on the next chapter so don't worry about me taking long.
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