The Silent Fighter By : Rogue White Dragon

Disclaimer: I don't own Dragonball Z, or any of it's characters

Chapter 16 – Rikon jr

Vivta smiled as she powered up. This guy, Malcolumn, didn't know what he was up against. Vivta stopped powering up when she reached super saiyan level 2. She'd see how he fought, before she beat him. "I thought you said you were strong." Malcolumn laughed. Vivta smirked, before making the first move. She vanished from where she stood, and reapeared behind him. Malcolumn swung around, his fist aimed for her stomach. He hit nothing but air, because she had already moved to the side "Come now, you're not even trying, are you?" Vivta asked with a smile. Malcolumn grinned, and jumped back a few feet, and charged at her. Vivta side stepped him, and turned around to attack, but he wasn't there. Vivta froze for a moment, trying to pick up where he was. She couldn't sense him anywhere. "What the-" Just before the blow, Vivta sensed him in front of her. Before she could move, Malcolumn punched her several times, and then kicked her in the side, making her fly several feet in that direction. Vivta jumped up though, and smiled. Malcolumn watched her causously, a puzzled look on his face. Vivta took that time to attack, and managed to get through his defense. Though he blocked half of her blows, she got in a few. "Vivta, will you just get this over with?" Yiko yelled. He was standing beside Daikon, an annoyed look on his face. "Be quiet." Vivta snapped. Her gaze never left her apponant. Malcolumn frowned at her "Don't hold back." He warned. Vivta smiled and replied "I can take care of myself." Malcolumn attacked her again, and their fight continued
Vegeta looked towards Daikon, with a scowl "Why is she holding back. She defeated Rikon, why can't she defeat this guy?" Daikon shrugged, and looked back at him. "She does this sometimes." Yiko sighed, and looked at the confussed earth saiyans "Instead of 'training' Vivta puts herself at the same level as the person she's fighting, and is then forced to fight harder. That's the reason she's gone so far with the whole super saiyan thing." Vegeta frowned at him, and looked back at the fight. Vivta had just been kneed in the stomach, and looked a little winded. Malcolumn didn't waste time in attacking again, and kicked her in the face. She stummbled backwards, and muttered a few curses. "Viv, will you finish this already?" Ri asked, Vivta looked at her companions sharply, and hissed through clenched teeth "I said be quiet." Malcolumn shook his head, and said stubornly "I'm not going to fight a woman who's too stuborn to fully power up." Vivta smirked, and replied "I'm just warming up. You won't be able to handle my max." Without warning, Vivta jumped up, and kicked Malcolumn in the side of his head. He was almost sent crashing into a nearby building. Vivta took this time to power up one more level. "This should be enough. Though, if the guys were just a bit more patient, I could've gotten more out of this fight." Vivta's features had changed a little upon turning super saiyan three. Her eyebrows we gone, and her hair was much longer. The normal braid it was in seemed to struggle to release itself. Malcolumn got up to his feet, and glared at her, till he realized she was powering up some energy into one of her hands. He smirked, and began gathering energy of his own. "Oh crap..." Gideon muttered, taking a few steps back "Their gonna destroy the place!" Goten gasped. The two warriors fighting, unleashed their attacks at the same time. Both energy beams tore through the air towards each other. They hit, and a loud explostion could be heard. As soon as the smoke cleared, Daikon's eyes widened in horror. Vivta lay on the ground, back to her normal level. "No.." Daikon whispered, he ran forwards. Yiko, Gideon, and Ri quickly followed. Vivta tried to pull herself up, but groaned and fell back down. "Viv..." Daikon said worridly. "Wow..." Daikon turned his attention towards Malcolumn, who had managed to get into a sitting position. "I didn't think she could do that..." Daikon glared at the man. "Daikon, lay off." Vivta told him. Daikon scowled, and lifted Vivta off the ground. He stalked towards the Inn, not even listening to Vivta's protests. Trae and Griff casually walked towards Malcolumn "Well, did that satisfy your thirst for a battle?" Trae asked. Malcolumn didn't reply right away, but suddenly grinned "She wasn't even at her max! I'd sure like to fight her when she is." Griff sighed, and shook his head. "Oh, and Griff?" Griff at Malcolumn questioningly "Put those parts back in their ship." Griff grimaced, but did so.

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Daikon had brought Vivta back upstairs in the Inn. No doubt he was worried. Pan shook her head, and glanced over at Ri. "Hey, Ri, what do you think the delay will be because of this?" Ri shrugged, and replied "Well, Daikon won't let us leave, unless he's sure Vivta's alright. He's kinda protective that way. Even though she is stronger than him." Pan smiled slightly, before remembering a little mental note she had made to herself the night before. "Hey, Ri, would you mind taking a walk with me? I don't know where I'm going around here, and I don't think it's a good idea if I go alone." Ri looked at her puzzled for a moment, before he nobbed "Sure, why not?"

Pan waited till they were quite some distance from the others before she spoke. The two were walking through a forest path at the moment. "Ri, can I ask you something?"

Ri nobbed his head as he looked around "How did you meet Vivta?" Ri froze for a moment, and slowly looked at her. He had stopped walking, and Pan stopped to look at him. "Why?" Ri asked causiously. There was a slightly nervous look on his face. "Just wondering. I mean, I've heard how Daikon and Yiko met her, I was just wondering how you came to be in their group." Ri was silent for a minute or two, before he finally replied "Well, she saved me from an unhealthy uh, planet. Not very safe at all." Pan frowned. "That's all? She saved you? Come on, Ri, can you give me more details? I won't tell anyone, I swear." Ri looked nervous again. "Ri, I'm your friend now, I'm not gonna tell anyone if you don't want me too." Ri looked at her quietly for a moment, before replying "Fine, I'll tell you, but you have to promise me you won't tell anyone else. Alright?" Pan nobbed her head, and sat down on a patch of leaves. Ri slowly sat down across from her. She grinned at him, and waited expectantly. "Well, uh, you know that boy that Viv was talking about earlier?" Pan nobbed her head "Well, it's me." Pan looked a little puzzled "Why didn't she just say that then?" Ri looked down at the ground, and replied "Because Rikon didn't just kill my mother, he killed his wife."

Pan looked confussed, but then froze. Ri's mother, Rikon's wife... "You mean that Rikon is your father?" Ri bit his lip, and slowly looked up at her "Yeah." Pan's jaw dropped. "Well then why on earth does Vivta let you travel with her and the others?"

Ri looked away, and replied "Well, my father isn't exactly the uh, nicest person in the universe, you know. He killed my mother when I was ten, just because she didn't want me to start fighting. Rikon's way of training my brother and I was pretty much just to uh, beat us till we faught back." Ri looked down at the ground, as if a stray leaf was quite interesting. "So, does Rikon know this?" Ri shook his head "Viv didn't want me to come along. My father will quite angry to find out that I'm still alive. She somehow managed to make him think she killed me. Kind of like 'You killed my son, I killed yours', type of thing." Pan stared at him quietly. "My full name's not even Ri." He spoke bitterly now, and Pan new that he hated his father. "What is it, then?" Ri glared at the ground now and replied "It's Rikon jr. My father named me after himself. Daikon and Viv couldn't stand calling me Rikon, so we shortened it up to Ri." Pan nobbed slowly. Ri stood up, and helped Pan stand up. "Please don't tell your friends. I don't know how they'd react. They actually faught against my brother and father." Pan smiled reasuringly at him. The two then began walking back towards the Inn.

*********** So, did that answer any questions? Well, it's getting late. I'm gonna go, this makes it three chapter in one day. I was on a roll! Well l8er!