I know I know *cowers from thrown vegetables* bleh, broccoli, Anyhoo, I've been very busy and have had a lot on my mind so erm, sorry for delaying so long….
Full Moon Firstie
Lynx looked curiously at Raven, wondering what they were going to do now. They were in the middle of nowhere in a vast rocky desert and dusk was falling quickly. Finally she had to break the silence, "uh, why are we here anyway?"
Raven smirked, "do you know what happens when a Saiyan looks at a full moon?" Lynx shook her head, Raven explained, "a Saiyans turns into a giant ape at the sight of a full moon, AKA an Oozaru. They're power increases tenfold from what it was before the transformation."
"Oh," Lynx said, "so why are we here then?"
Raven tweaked the younger Saiyan's nose, "it's the full moon, I'm going to train you a little in that form."
Lynx's eyes lit up, "is it really cool!"
"The world looks very small when you're that big." She laughed, "cars look like toys and airplanes seem like flies. On a more serious note, for a while, you'll most likely loose control of your mind, the amount of power is so stressful that most Saiyans do on their first few times." Raven snorted a she looked on the horizon, "the moonrise is slow today, we'll have a few minutes." She sat on the sandy ground and sighed.
Lynx followed suit and sat down, after a few seconds of silence as there was before she asked, "do you think we'll win?"
Raven was quiet before answering, "I really don't know. True, all of us are extremely powerful, but personally I don't think it will be enough."
Lynx turned her head, "how so."
Raven sighed once again, "I'm not as powerful as Goku or Vegeta, but that night months ago I was pretty strong, and I was getting whooped until and, ahem, looked at the blood moon. Now I'm betting that those were not the most powerful fighters from the planet Vegeta, I have a feeling that the ones we will face in about two months will be stronger by many times."
Lynx looked down, "people might die."
Raven glanced at her young friend, "yea, they might, just don't think about that part ok."
But Lynx took a breath, "all for me, it's all my fault." Lynx, eyes watering, looked at Raven, "have you ever killed anyone?"
Raven leaned back and looked at some of the early stars, "once or twice."
"Is it horrible?"
"It depends on why you killed them. If the reason is kill or be killed, than you don't feel bad afterward because you know that if you lost, he'd have killed you, get what I'm saying." Raven's eyes followed the trail of a shooting star as the delicate white line disappeared into the inky blackness before continuing. "Remember, that those we are going to fight don't think twice about taking a life. They have done it before, they have destroyed entire planets of life, they get an order and carry it out, not caring what dies and what lives. I want you to remember that."
Lynx nodded and sniffed, but said not a word more. Raven eventually stood up, dusted some of the sand off her dark green gi, which seemed black in the dark, and held out and hand to help Lynx stand up. "Ok, now that the moon is up, we can train."
Lynx nodded, "ok, I just look at the moon?"
"Yea, and concentrate really hard on keeping yourself as you change, thing of happy thoughts, good memories and such."
Lynx closed her eyes and concentrated really hard on who she was and other things. She opened them again and looked at the moon, for a few seconds, was trapped by its beauty, before breaking away her gaze, "is something supposed to happen or…."
Raven's eyes widened a little, with those few seconds Lynx had taken her mind of her thoughts, she's lost it all together! The tail twitched in rhythm with the throbbing heartbeat, breath came in short gasps! It was all the signs of lost control. Lynx clenched and unclenched her fists and growled horribly as the transformation started. Raven took a few steps back as an Oozaru slowly, but still quickly rose into the sky, roaring and snapping great jaws.
This was no ordinary Oozaru. Eyes glowed white instead of fiery red and the fur seemed tinged with fire, more spiky than usual! Lynx-Oozaru slammed down a massive tail upon the ground, great slabs of rock jutting into the air like shadowy pillars in the night. The ears twitched and eyes fixed themselves on Raven, whom was now high in the sky, looking down on Lynx. Teeth were bared in a more menacing snarl as the Oozaru too a step, roaring at the little fly way above! Lava poured from giant cracks in the earth that split open with the next great step! The very elements seemed out of wack as deadly lightning clouds gathered and wind whipped sand into suffocating clouds!
Raven swore to herself as Lynx-Oozaru raged, bent on destruction. She barely moved out of the way as a white-hot jet of flames burst past her. With a quick decision, she knew that it was better not to transform also, it was better to stay small at a time like this.
Another jet of flamed roared by and there was a slight crackling sound! It took a few seconds to realize the source of the fire. 'OWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!! She flew around the air, beating fire out of her tail, a few tears in eyes. "Owe," hugging her tail she stuck a tongue out at Oozaru-Lynx, who did the same. Raven pulled down an eyelid in the true, anime fashion and was engulfed in flames. A little smoke drifted off her hair and that little puff of smoke escaped from her mouth when she opened it, "damn…"
Within a few seconds, Lynx-Oozaru was moving away, destroying everything in her path. Raven, still smoldering, followed, but very far behind. Maybe, just Maybe she'll regain herself, Raven thought hopefully. This was the situation she'd not been wanting though, no real training going on, and she'll be exhausted afterward. She winced as a volcano rose out of the ground, spewing molten earth, that's gonna leave a mark!
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Lynx's sensitive nose twitched, life forms. In the distance her sharp eyes could pick up the glittering lights of a city. She licked her fangs and proceeded towards it, itching to flatten it.
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What Raven saw almost made her stop dead. It was a city, and the Oozaru was heading strait for it, "Shit." Lynx, I'm soo sorry, but this is to keep you from smashing that up. Sadly, a shining, blue disk formed in her hands. With one last look, it shot from her, spinning in the air. Time seemed to stop for a split second, then it curved and sliced through the base of the giant tail!
An earsplitting roar broke through the air. The tail thrashed and withered on the ground. Lynx-Oozaru took a few trembling steps, and fell out of Oozaru, rapidly shrinking back to her normal form and coming to rest in a clump of trees.
Raven breathed a sigh of relief and landed quickly. She picked up Lynx, who was sleeping soundly and flew her back to CC, where she was put in bed.
She closed the door to Lynx's room quietly, behind her Bulma asked, "I guess that didn't go well." There was concern in her voice instead of displeasure.
Raven sighed, and walked downstairs, flopping on a couch "first times can be tough, but I can make her tail grow back."
"Like you did when Goten accidentally ripped off Trunks's in training?"
Raven laughed when she remembered that, "yea, it just has to do with a special type of ki which forces the growth of a new one. I had to figure that out over time because I had the tendency to loose my tail in nasty fights when I was younger."
Bulma nodded, "it must hurt to get a tail pulled off, I saw it happen to Goku, or it broke off at least."
Raven hid a shudder, "yes, it does hurt." There was a clunk upstairs and she stood up, "hmm, who could that be?"
There was a yelp of pain and the banging of someone falling down the stairs. An ashen-faced Lynx stumbled in and Raven caught her just before she fell. Lynx sobbed, "d-didn't do it, I l-l-lost control?"
Raven bent down and hugged her in a "big sister" fashion, "its ok, you don't have to cry, c'mon, first times are tough, I couldn't even do it properly my first time."
Lynx buried her head in Raven's soft gi, "all I remember is seeing the moon, then all of it is blank, I hurt people didn't I?! I'm so ashamed!"
"No, nobody was hurt, everything was fine, there is nothing to be ashamed of." Raven Set her on the couch and looked her in the eye, "it was awesome, you did better than I thought, your really good so stop feeling bad, just try a little harder next time."
Lynx sniffed and nodded, "ok, I'll try harder next time."
"That's the spirit!" Raven said happily, "now, why not head up to bed and in the morning I'll get your tail regrown!"
Lynx smiled, and jumped somewhat unsteadily off the soft, overstuffed sofa and raced up the stairs. In her room (which she'd gotten not too long ago) she looked out the window. There the moon glowed so high up. She uttered a soft, "wow!" She'd never actually seen it before ,well not for very long because of Oozaru and it was beautiful. Looking farther into the sky, she saw hundreds of stars winking and twinkling like little lamps. But she new better, with Raven pointing out, a lot of those were planets, not stars. After looking at the stars for a few more minutes she climbed into bed, wrapping her fingers around her tanto like a favorite stuffed animal. The last thing she though of before drifting off to a peaceful sleep was the surge of strength she felt before she transformed. In her sleep she smiled, she's really enjoyed that feeling…