The Silent Fighter
By Dragoness (aka Rogue White Dragon)
Disclaimer: I don't own Dragonball Z
Chapter 13 - Tears
Daikon watched as Vivta degectedly left the loby and head back towards the stairs that would lead her back to one of the rooms at the inn. She had eaten, spoken a little, then excused herself. He knew why she had such a change in her mood. Daikon was closest to her, after all. He sighed, and leaned back in his chair. Out of all the people that Vivta knew, Daikon was the only one that had ever seen her cry.
(Daikon's POV, thinking back)
I had to struggle to turn onto my side. Vivta was only a few feet away, laying motionless on the ground. She was alive, I could fainly sense her ki. I didn't know why either of us were still alive. Rikon had been so enraged, I thought he'd destroy the entire planet. I groaned, and painfully crawled that few feet towards Viv.
"Daikon?"
Vivta's quiet, raspy voice spoke to me. I replied finally, when I managed to get my beaten and broken body besides hers.
"Yeah, Viv, it's me."
I replied softly. I could see all of her injuries. Cuts and bruises everywhere, he saiyan armor tattered. Purple bruises circled her neck. She spoke again, her voice barely audible.
"Where's Pheonix?"
I bit my lip, and closed my eyes tightly. She tensed up beside me, and asked
"Rikon?"
I looked into her eyes finally, and could see the tears begining to gather.
"Gone."
I replied quietly. I didn't know what else to say. Vivta visibly struggled to keep herself under control. Our child, our son, taken from us only hours after his birth.
"Daikon..."
Vivta tried to speak again, but choked up, and finally let it all out. She sobbed quietly at first, but when I carefully put an arm around her waist, she burried her face in my chest, and just cried harder...
Daikon was snapped out of his thoughts, when Pan asked worridly
"Daikon, is she gonna be ok?"
Daikon didn't reply at first, but when he noticed all of the hard stares from his companions, he sighed and replied
"I'm not sure. I hope so, but it's just too complicated to say. I don't know if she'd feel comfortable if I told you all what..."
He trailed off, looking in the direction of the stairs. Vegeta growled slightly, and Daikon looked at him with a little suprise. Yiko spoke up quickly
"It's a long story, Vegeta, not one that we're aloud to just go blabbering to everyone. Gideon and Ri don't even know."
Gohan raised an eyebrow, and Goten asked
"Why not? I thought all of you were pretty close."
The four men spoken too all looked at each other, before looking at the ground
"We all have our secrets."
Ri carefully replied. Vegeta gave him a suspisous look. Pan noticed, and quickly went to his defence.
"Uh, guys, isn't it getting late? Maybe we should all follow Vivta's example, and get to bed."
Gideon nobbed in agreement, and said
"Well, we reserved three rooms."
Pan was silent for a moment, and then grinned
"Well, I'll asign the rooms then."
Before anyone could protest, which all of them looked about to do, Pan continued
"Vivta and I will share a room, since we're the only girls here."
Daikon frowned slightly, but didn't argue. Pan looked at them all closely, and then grinned.
"Daikon, Vegeta and Ri are in the second room. Trunks, Goten, Gohan, and Gideon can all share the third, and biggest room."
Without allowing any of them to comment, Pan bounded up the stairs and to her newly asigned room.
~
"Rikon, sir, we uh, can't find your son anywhere."
A young warrior said nervously. Rikon scowled, and demanded
"And why is that? I gave orders that he was to be sent here as soon as he woke up."
"I know sir, but he must've somehow gotten past the guards..."
Rikon's eyebrows narrowed, and he turned towards Rext and Matrim, who stood a few feet behind him
"Rext, you were guarding his door before anyone else, was there any movement coming from his room?"
Rext shook her head, and replied
"No. I heard nothing from him, sir, and he never left the room."
Rikon stared at her quietly, before finally turning back to the young warrior
"Bring Ally in, I'll see if she knows."
"Yes sir!"
The young man replied, before nearly running from the room. Matrim spared a glance at Rext, before turning his attention fully on the entrance, where a young woman finally enetered, a young red haired saiyan following closely at her heels.
"You wanted to see me?"
She asked casually. Rikon growled angrilly
"Where's my son?"
Ally shrugged her shoulders, and finally replied
"He's gone."
Rikon glared, and took a menacing step forwards
"Where? I need specifics."
Ally smirked, before replying
"Well, you did nearly kill him. I don't blame him for leaving."
Rikon growled again, before raising hand, to slap her.
"No!"
Rikon was stopped when the small saiyan went infront of Ally protectivly. Rikon glared at the child, and asked
"What did you just say? I dare you to try and stop me, fire-child."
As Rikon carelessly powered some energy into his left fist, Pheonix lunged at him, filling in the small distance between them. Rikon took a harsh blow to his head, and was sent flying backwards till he hit the back wall of the room, nearly breaking through the wall. Rext gapped at him, while Matrim's jaw just dropped. Pheonix's eyes showed only anger and hatred. Ally smiled aprovingly, and said to Rikon
"You see, Rikon? Violence to those around you, only gives you more enemies."
Rikon glared resentfully at the child, before standing up.
"You're lucky I don't want you dead yet, kid."
Pheonix relaxed into a casual fighting stance, watching his enemy closely. Rikon grabbed a small remote from a near by table, and pointed it directly at Pheonix. Without any hesitation at all, Rikon pushed a button, and held it down. The small red haired saiyan gripped his arm, where the metal band still remained. He winced slightly, and glared back at Rikon. Rikon only smirked before he pushed another button. Ally's eyes widened into shock and horror, as Pheonix screamed in pain, and fell to the ground.
~
Malcolumn grinned, as he and his men entered a small village. It was the closest one to that earth ship, and would logically be the first place to start looking for them.
"Sir?"
Griff questioned, a tired look on his face. Malcolumn looked back at him for a moment, and then sighed.
"I know, it's late."
Trae came up behind the two and said
"The others are refussing to get out of the ship. They say they're too tired."
Malcolumn sighed, again, and looked at the two.
"Well, you guys want to at least get a good meal in, before we turn back?"
Trae grinned, and nobbed. Griff looked relieved
"Then, let's go."
~
Everyone but Vegeta and Daikon had headed to bed. The two saiyans quietly glared at each other, neither willing to look away.
"Well, Griff, I must say, you sure know how to follow your nose."
A young laughed. Both saiyans grudgingly turned their attention towards the group that had just entered. The man that owned the Inn walked up to the three, and spoke with them a bit. Soon, the three took a table close to where The saiyans were.
"I can't wait to get some real food."
A different young man said. Daikon watched them curiously.
"You'd better not let Gladis hear you speak like that, Trae, she'll skin you alive."
The young man being spoken too, laughed nervously. The third man with them looked at Vegeta and Daikon, and asked
"Hello, and what planet might you two be from?"
Vegeta folded his arms, and turned away from them. Daikon sighed, and replied politly
"Well, I'm not really from any planet. It was blown up a long time ago."
"Well, I'm sorry to hear that. My name's Malcolumn, who might you two be?"
"I'm Daikon, and this is Vegeta, though, he doesn't talk much."
Malcolumn chuckled a bit, and responded
"Maybe that's a good thing."
Daikon grinned, and looked at Vegeta, who was glaring at all of them.
~
Pan tried to sleep, but found it difficult. Vivta wasn't even a sleep, nor did she look like she'd be sleeping anytime soon. Pan shook her head, and sighed
"Something wrong?"
Vivta asked casually, not even looking at her. Pan looked across the room, where Vivta sat on her bed. Pan sat up in hers, and replied
"No, not really. I'm just not very tired."
Vivta smiled slightly, and looked at her
"Niether am I, actually."
Pan nobbed slowly, and said
"It's hard to sleep when you know you're gonna be in a big fight, huh?"
Vivta sighed, and slowly nobbed her head.
"How many times have you faught with Rikon?"
Pan asked testily. Vivta's eyes narrowed slightly, and she didn't reply
"Just wondering, is all."
Pan said defensivly. Vivta scowled and replied
"Too many times."
Pan slowly nobbed, and asked causiously
"Viv, uh, would you mind if I asked you why Daikon is so worried about you?"
Vivta smiled sourly, and replied
"Sure, why not. I guess I could tell you."
******************* .....yes....a cliff hanger, eh? Well, anyways, even if you don't think so, I had to stop here. One, I have to do home work, and I really wanted to post the next chapter, second, I hope to put up chapter 14 tonight, if I have time. Third, I'd like to give my thanks to the few of you who have been reviewing. It's encouraging to know that people actually read this, and enjoy it. Any-who, I've got some dreaded homework to do. Until the next chapter...dun dun dun.....oh, and here's a hint, Vivta and Pan do some talking, and Pan learns some more about Vivta's *dun dun dun * mysterious *haha... * past, and Rambil's a day away..........(Ok, I'm seriously gonna go now, I think I'm beginning to stall.....). ^_^ c'ya O_o ( I like that face....*slaps face * I'm really gonna go now....bye
By Dragoness (aka Rogue White Dragon)
Disclaimer: I don't own Dragonball Z
Chapter 13 - Tears
Daikon watched as Vivta degectedly left the loby and head back towards the stairs that would lead her back to one of the rooms at the inn. She had eaten, spoken a little, then excused herself. He knew why she had such a change in her mood. Daikon was closest to her, after all. He sighed, and leaned back in his chair. Out of all the people that Vivta knew, Daikon was the only one that had ever seen her cry.
(Daikon's POV, thinking back)
I had to struggle to turn onto my side. Vivta was only a few feet away, laying motionless on the ground. She was alive, I could fainly sense her ki. I didn't know why either of us were still alive. Rikon had been so enraged, I thought he'd destroy the entire planet. I groaned, and painfully crawled that few feet towards Viv.
"Daikon?"
Vivta's quiet, raspy voice spoke to me. I replied finally, when I managed to get my beaten and broken body besides hers.
"Yeah, Viv, it's me."
I replied softly. I could see all of her injuries. Cuts and bruises everywhere, he saiyan armor tattered. Purple bruises circled her neck. She spoke again, her voice barely audible.
"Where's Pheonix?"
I bit my lip, and closed my eyes tightly. She tensed up beside me, and asked
"Rikon?"
I looked into her eyes finally, and could see the tears begining to gather.
"Gone."
I replied quietly. I didn't know what else to say. Vivta visibly struggled to keep herself under control. Our child, our son, taken from us only hours after his birth.
"Daikon..."
Vivta tried to speak again, but choked up, and finally let it all out. She sobbed quietly at first, but when I carefully put an arm around her waist, she burried her face in my chest, and just cried harder...
Daikon was snapped out of his thoughts, when Pan asked worridly
"Daikon, is she gonna be ok?"
Daikon didn't reply at first, but when he noticed all of the hard stares from his companions, he sighed and replied
"I'm not sure. I hope so, but it's just too complicated to say. I don't know if she'd feel comfortable if I told you all what..."
He trailed off, looking in the direction of the stairs. Vegeta growled slightly, and Daikon looked at him with a little suprise. Yiko spoke up quickly
"It's a long story, Vegeta, not one that we're aloud to just go blabbering to everyone. Gideon and Ri don't even know."
Gohan raised an eyebrow, and Goten asked
"Why not? I thought all of you were pretty close."
The four men spoken too all looked at each other, before looking at the ground
"We all have our secrets."
Ri carefully replied. Vegeta gave him a suspisous look. Pan noticed, and quickly went to his defence.
"Uh, guys, isn't it getting late? Maybe we should all follow Vivta's example, and get to bed."
Gideon nobbed in agreement, and said
"Well, we reserved three rooms."
Pan was silent for a moment, and then grinned
"Well, I'll asign the rooms then."
Before anyone could protest, which all of them looked about to do, Pan continued
"Vivta and I will share a room, since we're the only girls here."
Daikon frowned slightly, but didn't argue. Pan looked at them all closely, and then grinned.
"Daikon, Vegeta and Ri are in the second room. Trunks, Goten, Gohan, and Gideon can all share the third, and biggest room."
Without allowing any of them to comment, Pan bounded up the stairs and to her newly asigned room.
~
"Rikon, sir, we uh, can't find your son anywhere."
A young warrior said nervously. Rikon scowled, and demanded
"And why is that? I gave orders that he was to be sent here as soon as he woke up."
"I know sir, but he must've somehow gotten past the guards..."
Rikon's eyebrows narrowed, and he turned towards Rext and Matrim, who stood a few feet behind him
"Rext, you were guarding his door before anyone else, was there any movement coming from his room?"
Rext shook her head, and replied
"No. I heard nothing from him, sir, and he never left the room."
Rikon stared at her quietly, before finally turning back to the young warrior
"Bring Ally in, I'll see if she knows."
"Yes sir!"
The young man replied, before nearly running from the room. Matrim spared a glance at Rext, before turning his attention fully on the entrance, where a young woman finally enetered, a young red haired saiyan following closely at her heels.
"You wanted to see me?"
She asked casually. Rikon growled angrilly
"Where's my son?"
Ally shrugged her shoulders, and finally replied
"He's gone."
Rikon glared, and took a menacing step forwards
"Where? I need specifics."
Ally smirked, before replying
"Well, you did nearly kill him. I don't blame him for leaving."
Rikon growled again, before raising hand, to slap her.
"No!"
Rikon was stopped when the small saiyan went infront of Ally protectivly. Rikon glared at the child, and asked
"What did you just say? I dare you to try and stop me, fire-child."
As Rikon carelessly powered some energy into his left fist, Pheonix lunged at him, filling in the small distance between them. Rikon took a harsh blow to his head, and was sent flying backwards till he hit the back wall of the room, nearly breaking through the wall. Rext gapped at him, while Matrim's jaw just dropped. Pheonix's eyes showed only anger and hatred. Ally smiled aprovingly, and said to Rikon
"You see, Rikon? Violence to those around you, only gives you more enemies."
Rikon glared resentfully at the child, before standing up.
"You're lucky I don't want you dead yet, kid."
Pheonix relaxed into a casual fighting stance, watching his enemy closely. Rikon grabbed a small remote from a near by table, and pointed it directly at Pheonix. Without any hesitation at all, Rikon pushed a button, and held it down. The small red haired saiyan gripped his arm, where the metal band still remained. He winced slightly, and glared back at Rikon. Rikon only smirked before he pushed another button. Ally's eyes widened into shock and horror, as Pheonix screamed in pain, and fell to the ground.
~
Malcolumn grinned, as he and his men entered a small village. It was the closest one to that earth ship, and would logically be the first place to start looking for them.
"Sir?"
Griff questioned, a tired look on his face. Malcolumn looked back at him for a moment, and then sighed.
"I know, it's late."
Trae came up behind the two and said
"The others are refussing to get out of the ship. They say they're too tired."
Malcolumn sighed, again, and looked at the two.
"Well, you guys want to at least get a good meal in, before we turn back?"
Trae grinned, and nobbed. Griff looked relieved
"Then, let's go."
~
Everyone but Vegeta and Daikon had headed to bed. The two saiyans quietly glared at each other, neither willing to look away.
"Well, Griff, I must say, you sure know how to follow your nose."
A young laughed. Both saiyans grudgingly turned their attention towards the group that had just entered. The man that owned the Inn walked up to the three, and spoke with them a bit. Soon, the three took a table close to where The saiyans were.
"I can't wait to get some real food."
A different young man said. Daikon watched them curiously.
"You'd better not let Gladis hear you speak like that, Trae, she'll skin you alive."
The young man being spoken too, laughed nervously. The third man with them looked at Vegeta and Daikon, and asked
"Hello, and what planet might you two be from?"
Vegeta folded his arms, and turned away from them. Daikon sighed, and replied politly
"Well, I'm not really from any planet. It was blown up a long time ago."
"Well, I'm sorry to hear that. My name's Malcolumn, who might you two be?"
"I'm Daikon, and this is Vegeta, though, he doesn't talk much."
Malcolumn chuckled a bit, and responded
"Maybe that's a good thing."
Daikon grinned, and looked at Vegeta, who was glaring at all of them.
~
Pan tried to sleep, but found it difficult. Vivta wasn't even a sleep, nor did she look like she'd be sleeping anytime soon. Pan shook her head, and sighed
"Something wrong?"
Vivta asked casually, not even looking at her. Pan looked across the room, where Vivta sat on her bed. Pan sat up in hers, and replied
"No, not really. I'm just not very tired."
Vivta smiled slightly, and looked at her
"Niether am I, actually."
Pan nobbed slowly, and said
"It's hard to sleep when you know you're gonna be in a big fight, huh?"
Vivta sighed, and slowly nobbed her head.
"How many times have you faught with Rikon?"
Pan asked testily. Vivta's eyes narrowed slightly, and she didn't reply
"Just wondering, is all."
Pan said defensivly. Vivta scowled and replied
"Too many times."
Pan slowly nobbed, and asked causiously
"Viv, uh, would you mind if I asked you why Daikon is so worried about you?"
Vivta smiled sourly, and replied
"Sure, why not. I guess I could tell you."
******************* .....yes....a cliff hanger, eh? Well, anyways, even if you don't think so, I had to stop here. One, I have to do home work, and I really wanted to post the next chapter, second, I hope to put up chapter 14 tonight, if I have time. Third, I'd like to give my thanks to the few of you who have been reviewing. It's encouraging to know that people actually read this, and enjoy it. Any-who, I've got some dreaded homework to do. Until the next chapter...dun dun dun.....oh, and here's a hint, Vivta and Pan do some talking, and Pan learns some more about Vivta's *dun dun dun * mysterious *haha... * past, and Rambil's a day away..........(Ok, I'm seriously gonna go now, I think I'm beginning to stall.....). ^_^ c'ya O_o ( I like that face....*slaps face * I'm really gonna go now....bye