How am I doing so far? This chapter, however, may make it or break it.
Disclaimer: I do not own DBZ
Ch 15 Full Circle
The cap cut off Buu's scream and the ball launched up into empty space. A tear fell down her cheek as Buu's cry rang in her ears. "Why did you lie to him?" she whispered.
"I did what I had to to make sure you lived," Shin answered.
"I see... And what about Sarinor?" She averted her eyes as he cupped her jaw and his face drew near. "Torres then perhaps? What of them?"
"Without their influence, Buu would have run wild again. Killing thousands!"
"Didn't you see the look in his eyes?" shifting her eyes to look deep in his.
"I saw..." said a quiet voice.
Shin gasped and jumped back.
Tiny hands pushed the cover down from pale green eyes. "I saw..."
"Since when have you spoken?" Zari asked softly.
"I didn't want to speak to father."
"You were just being shy," she said teasingly.
The child pulled the cover back up under his eyes.
"What's his name?" Shin asked shakily.
"I'm Babi-Dee!" he said enthusiastically. "And I'm going to be a great wizard, just like father!"
"Oh?" Shin asked quickly. Zari could sense the tension in his voice.
"We'll see," she said, her eyes on Shin. "You may want to be something else."
"No!" Babi-Dee protested. "I'm going to be a great wizard, and everyone will respect me, even the Kais."
"Quite ambitious... isn't he?" Shin said, his voice giving out in spots.
"Like his father," she replied softly.
"Where is father?" Babi-Dee asked.
"I don't rightly know," Zari said. She looked up hopefully at Shin. "Maybe closer than you think."
Shin shook his head and stepped back. His posture was completely defensive. He glared at Babi-Dee, although he didn't seem to notice, then turned his back to her.
"Then again maybe not," she said sadly.
Babi-Dee pulled the cover down beside his face and glanced at Shin. "Who's he?"
"No one in particular," Shin said quickly. "After today you'll never see me again."
"Good!"
"Now you needn't say that," Zari said bluntly. Babi-Dee groaned then fell silent and said nothing more. She looked up at Shin, who was gazing at her imploringly. ~*I know what you would say...*~ She pulled Babi-Dee securely to her chest. ~*But I can't let it happen.*~
~*Kalila... you heard his ambitions, his desires. For insanity there is a fine line between want for respect and greed for power. What seems like an innocent quest for respect and a place in the universe quickly becomes a gateway to pain. Especially for one with such a seed already in his veins!*~
~*I don't care. He's still innocent...*~
He sighed. ~*He holds no bond to you. Bibi-Dee merely used you because he knew Desdelona would never agree to it. Your blood does not run through his veins. It is solely the blood of his wizard father. You've experienced for yourself what his kind is capable of.*~ She averted her eyes. ~*You know firsthand! Do you want others to suffer as you have? As we have? Or worse?!*~ She shook her head. He held out his hands. ~*Then give him to me. I'll end it quick and painlessly.*~
She stepped back and her back pressed against the jagged wall. ~*You're so eager to kill aren't you? Is that your answer to everything? Death?!*~ He dropped his hands. ~*I won't have it! What you propose may seem like the easy choice... to you. It is as I said. I gave birth, despite the truth. And the truth being... no! He is not mine. But I will not end a life meaninglessly when his future has yet to be written! I said it for Buu... now I say it for Babi-Dee... 'I can save him!'I will teach him virtue, loyalty, and love. I will erase the shadow that lies over him by guiding him through a happy life, supporting him as any mother would her child.*~
Shin shook his head and his eyes rippled from unshed tears. ~*If you chose this course...*~
She nodded. ~*I know what my decision is forcing from you... and I grieve that it causes you pain. But... I have made my choice and will stand behind it despite the scars it inflicts upon my heart.*~
A low chuckle emitted from under a slab that landed a few short feet from them. Shin growled when he recognized the voice. "Bibi-Dee," he snarled. He hooked his foot under the edge and flipped it off of the wizard's crushed body.
He choked on the blood in his throat but chuckled just the same. "Go ahead Kai... you know what you have... to do."
"Yes," Shin growled in a quivering voice. "I know and you needn't remind me."
Bibi-Dee laughed then a spray of blood erupted from his mouth and he lie quiet.
When Shin turned back to her, she pulled the cover over Babi-Dee's closed, sleepy eyes and stepped up to him. He tilted his head until shadow masked his eyes and clenched his fists at his sides.
"I'll help you," she said. Holding Babi-Dee in the crook of her right arm, she took Shin's hand and put it over her heart. Her voice was suddenly choked with tears. "Go on, let's get it over with." Shin's hand quivered. The tremor ran up his arm then down his spine until his whole body trembled. He felt his stomach churn. All of a sudden he had an intensified urge to yank his hand away and run, run somewhere where she wouldn't see him. He felt the queasy feeling travel up from his stomach until he could taste the bile in his mouth. "If you're going to be sick it's okay," she said, trying to subdue the bile rising in her own throat. "If this drags on any longer... I'll be right there with you."
"Kalila... I beg you please..." The tears finally overflowed and streamed down his face. His voice cracked, "I'll do anything." He slowly sank to his knees. She held his hand firmly over her heart. "Anything you ask... except what you ask of me now."
Her knees too grew weak and she sank down to him. "Then one last time," she said softly in a high tone on the verge of cracking. "... to kill the pain."
In one moment he looked up into her eyes. The next, his heart cried out desperately for her. In one last fiery kiss, he let his torment fuel him and flow into her. Instead of standing still, he felt the full weight of time slipping away, running to the moment he dreaded most; when he, by his own hand, would sever her from him forever.
Soft silent whispers ran through his mind and his tears fell in a constant stream. He could hear the whispers become words, then sobbing shouts as if to chase themselves away. He felt a fire travel down his arm to his hand then sink into her skin. He could feel it beneath his palm, like a thin line weaving itself into elaborate loops within an intricate circle of thorns. The design continued to take shape in his mind. The motion beneath his palm began to slow, then fade. The words grew soft again and all images faded to black.
Reluctantly he pried his lips from hers. He could feel her soft panting brush over his lips. He closed his mouth, feeling his stomach churn suddenly. Opening his eyes, he could see a pale light over her shoulder.
She stood, eyes still closed and slowly turned her back to him. Opening her eyes, she saw the fiery doorway and felt the mark beneath her collar bone burn then freeze. She clutched Babi-Dee closer to her chest. ~*I can save you... and I will... all this hurt in me now... will bring about a new ray of hope... and it will all be worth it.*~ She let out a long nervous breath. In the back of her mind, she knew that which ever planet the portal would choose for her, she was capable of adapting. And yet, she suddenly felt as if all her memories of past hunts, reconnaissance missions, and battles had all been seen through another's eyes. Her memories suddenly felt as if they weren't hers. She was a blank slat. All that she had ever known was his love and the future she imagined. A fantasy! Closing her eyes tightly, she took the first step, then another, until she was standing before the mouth of the portal.
"Kalila..." Shin said, almost collapsing into a sob. "Please... let me..." His voice faded. It would not let him so easily undo what had newly been put in motion.
"I can't... for this argument between us would... never end."
~*I...*~
"Farewell."
Bibi-Dee suddenly broke out in a mad laugh. "Reap the seeds of the harvest you have sewn Kai! Even though I-"
Babi-Dee woke at the sound of his father's voice and pushed himself up over Zari's shoulder. "Silence!" Shin cried as he spun sharply. Intense white light eradicated the wizard. Babi-Dee's eyes widened.
"... murderer..." Babi-Dee whispered.
Shin scrambled to his feet. ~*I can't let her go!*~ "Zari!" He took one step and the portal suddenly leaped out like an exploding wall of water and swallowed her. "Come back!" The light faded then evaporated. Shin staggered forward through the wispy twirls and touched the smooth outline in the rock where the door once was.
Disclaimer: I do not own DBZ
Ch 15 Full Circle
The cap cut off Buu's scream and the ball launched up into empty space. A tear fell down her cheek as Buu's cry rang in her ears. "Why did you lie to him?" she whispered.
"I did what I had to to make sure you lived," Shin answered.
"I see... And what about Sarinor?" She averted her eyes as he cupped her jaw and his face drew near. "Torres then perhaps? What of them?"
"Without their influence, Buu would have run wild again. Killing thousands!"
"Didn't you see the look in his eyes?" shifting her eyes to look deep in his.
"I saw..." said a quiet voice.
Shin gasped and jumped back.
Tiny hands pushed the cover down from pale green eyes. "I saw..."
"Since when have you spoken?" Zari asked softly.
"I didn't want to speak to father."
"You were just being shy," she said teasingly.
The child pulled the cover back up under his eyes.
"What's his name?" Shin asked shakily.
"I'm Babi-Dee!" he said enthusiastically. "And I'm going to be a great wizard, just like father!"
"Oh?" Shin asked quickly. Zari could sense the tension in his voice.
"We'll see," she said, her eyes on Shin. "You may want to be something else."
"No!" Babi-Dee protested. "I'm going to be a great wizard, and everyone will respect me, even the Kais."
"Quite ambitious... isn't he?" Shin said, his voice giving out in spots.
"Like his father," she replied softly.
"Where is father?" Babi-Dee asked.
"I don't rightly know," Zari said. She looked up hopefully at Shin. "Maybe closer than you think."
Shin shook his head and stepped back. His posture was completely defensive. He glared at Babi-Dee, although he didn't seem to notice, then turned his back to her.
"Then again maybe not," she said sadly.
Babi-Dee pulled the cover down beside his face and glanced at Shin. "Who's he?"
"No one in particular," Shin said quickly. "After today you'll never see me again."
"Good!"
"Now you needn't say that," Zari said bluntly. Babi-Dee groaned then fell silent and said nothing more. She looked up at Shin, who was gazing at her imploringly. ~*I know what you would say...*~ She pulled Babi-Dee securely to her chest. ~*But I can't let it happen.*~
~*Kalila... you heard his ambitions, his desires. For insanity there is a fine line between want for respect and greed for power. What seems like an innocent quest for respect and a place in the universe quickly becomes a gateway to pain. Especially for one with such a seed already in his veins!*~
~*I don't care. He's still innocent...*~
He sighed. ~*He holds no bond to you. Bibi-Dee merely used you because he knew Desdelona would never agree to it. Your blood does not run through his veins. It is solely the blood of his wizard father. You've experienced for yourself what his kind is capable of.*~ She averted her eyes. ~*You know firsthand! Do you want others to suffer as you have? As we have? Or worse?!*~ She shook her head. He held out his hands. ~*Then give him to me. I'll end it quick and painlessly.*~
She stepped back and her back pressed against the jagged wall. ~*You're so eager to kill aren't you? Is that your answer to everything? Death?!*~ He dropped his hands. ~*I won't have it! What you propose may seem like the easy choice... to you. It is as I said. I gave birth, despite the truth. And the truth being... no! He is not mine. But I will not end a life meaninglessly when his future has yet to be written! I said it for Buu... now I say it for Babi-Dee... 'I can save him!'I will teach him virtue, loyalty, and love. I will erase the shadow that lies over him by guiding him through a happy life, supporting him as any mother would her child.*~
Shin shook his head and his eyes rippled from unshed tears. ~*If you chose this course...*~
She nodded. ~*I know what my decision is forcing from you... and I grieve that it causes you pain. But... I have made my choice and will stand behind it despite the scars it inflicts upon my heart.*~
A low chuckle emitted from under a slab that landed a few short feet from them. Shin growled when he recognized the voice. "Bibi-Dee," he snarled. He hooked his foot under the edge and flipped it off of the wizard's crushed body.
He choked on the blood in his throat but chuckled just the same. "Go ahead Kai... you know what you have... to do."
"Yes," Shin growled in a quivering voice. "I know and you needn't remind me."
Bibi-Dee laughed then a spray of blood erupted from his mouth and he lie quiet.
When Shin turned back to her, she pulled the cover over Babi-Dee's closed, sleepy eyes and stepped up to him. He tilted his head until shadow masked his eyes and clenched his fists at his sides.
"I'll help you," she said. Holding Babi-Dee in the crook of her right arm, she took Shin's hand and put it over her heart. Her voice was suddenly choked with tears. "Go on, let's get it over with." Shin's hand quivered. The tremor ran up his arm then down his spine until his whole body trembled. He felt his stomach churn. All of a sudden he had an intensified urge to yank his hand away and run, run somewhere where she wouldn't see him. He felt the queasy feeling travel up from his stomach until he could taste the bile in his mouth. "If you're going to be sick it's okay," she said, trying to subdue the bile rising in her own throat. "If this drags on any longer... I'll be right there with you."
"Kalila... I beg you please..." The tears finally overflowed and streamed down his face. His voice cracked, "I'll do anything." He slowly sank to his knees. She held his hand firmly over her heart. "Anything you ask... except what you ask of me now."
Her knees too grew weak and she sank down to him. "Then one last time," she said softly in a high tone on the verge of cracking. "... to kill the pain."
In one moment he looked up into her eyes. The next, his heart cried out desperately for her. In one last fiery kiss, he let his torment fuel him and flow into her. Instead of standing still, he felt the full weight of time slipping away, running to the moment he dreaded most; when he, by his own hand, would sever her from him forever.
Soft silent whispers ran through his mind and his tears fell in a constant stream. He could hear the whispers become words, then sobbing shouts as if to chase themselves away. He felt a fire travel down his arm to his hand then sink into her skin. He could feel it beneath his palm, like a thin line weaving itself into elaborate loops within an intricate circle of thorns. The design continued to take shape in his mind. The motion beneath his palm began to slow, then fade. The words grew soft again and all images faded to black.
Reluctantly he pried his lips from hers. He could feel her soft panting brush over his lips. He closed his mouth, feeling his stomach churn suddenly. Opening his eyes, he could see a pale light over her shoulder.
She stood, eyes still closed and slowly turned her back to him. Opening her eyes, she saw the fiery doorway and felt the mark beneath her collar bone burn then freeze. She clutched Babi-Dee closer to her chest. ~*I can save you... and I will... all this hurt in me now... will bring about a new ray of hope... and it will all be worth it.*~ She let out a long nervous breath. In the back of her mind, she knew that which ever planet the portal would choose for her, she was capable of adapting. And yet, she suddenly felt as if all her memories of past hunts, reconnaissance missions, and battles had all been seen through another's eyes. Her memories suddenly felt as if they weren't hers. She was a blank slat. All that she had ever known was his love and the future she imagined. A fantasy! Closing her eyes tightly, she took the first step, then another, until she was standing before the mouth of the portal.
"Kalila..." Shin said, almost collapsing into a sob. "Please... let me..." His voice faded. It would not let him so easily undo what had newly been put in motion.
"I can't... for this argument between us would... never end."
~*I...*~
"Farewell."
Bibi-Dee suddenly broke out in a mad laugh. "Reap the seeds of the harvest you have sewn Kai! Even though I-"
Babi-Dee woke at the sound of his father's voice and pushed himself up over Zari's shoulder. "Silence!" Shin cried as he spun sharply. Intense white light eradicated the wizard. Babi-Dee's eyes widened.
"... murderer..." Babi-Dee whispered.
Shin scrambled to his feet. ~*I can't let her go!*~ "Zari!" He took one step and the portal suddenly leaped out like an exploding wall of water and swallowed her. "Come back!" The light faded then evaporated. Shin staggered forward through the wispy twirls and touched the smooth outline in the rock where the door once was.