(AN: Okay, I don't expect this one to be that good since it was about five
in the morning when I wrote it, as well as chapter 4 which I am still
currently working on. Well, enjoy! And if there are any/many mistakes, feel
free to bring it to my attention!)
Chapter Three
Human Weaknesses
As the days passed, the two held on to each end of their deal. Anytime Frieza would rear his ugly head, it would be Arana to save the day. And in return, Cell helped Arana minimize her boredom or anything else she had a problem with.
One day as Arana was sprawled on the ground and Cell sat nearby, staring off into space, the human girl got to her feet and slowly backed away from him. "What are you doing?" Cell grumbled.
"Trying something..." she replied simply. After she was quite a distance away, she took off running towards him and rammed her shoulder into his back, trying to push him over. Unfortunately for her, he didn't budge, but she flew backwards a few feet and face-faulted on the ground. Slowly getting to her feet, she rubbed her face and then circled around and tried it again from the side, he still didn't budge.
"Is that supposed to hurt?" Cell asked. He looked less than a slight bit concerned for the girl's mentality.
"No, it's not supposed to hurt you... but it sure as hell hurt me..." she grumbled, popping her shoulder back into place. She sighed heavily and walked over to Cell where she put her hands on his arm and pushed with all her might, trying to get him to at least move an inch.
After a while of useless work, Cell still hadn't moved and was still staring straight forward, Arana slunk down to the ground completely exhausted. Her arms were angled up; hands still on Cell's muscular arms, but her face and body were flat on the ground.
"Are you done?" the green creature asked.
"I... won't... give up so..." She looked up at him and saw that her attempts would be forever futile so she growled, "Screw it, I'm done..." Waiting for a few moments, Arana sat up and looked in the direction Cell had been staring in for so long. "What, there some pretty girl over there or something?"
He shot her an angry glare that made her practically shake so much she turned into a puddle of warm goo right on the ground. "No," he said. The 'goo' nodded in a scared understanding way. "Just thinking," he whispered.
Regaining her composure, Arana sighed and then sprawled backwards onto the ground; she closed her eyes and put her hands behind her head. "Do you ever wonder what it would be like if a dog mated with a goose?" she asked.
Cell immediately got the unwanted image of the product of the pair and turned his head to look at her in a deeply disturbed manner.
Her eyes flickered open and the human girl looked to him. "I guess I only wonder about that, huh?" He slightly nodded in response and turned back around. Moments of silence passed by and when Arana opened her eyes once more and looked up, she screamed at the sight of Frieza standing above her.
Turning slowly, as if not worried at all Cell looked to back at the frightened human and then to the hideous purple-white thing near her. He slapped his forehead in his misfortune and then looked to the human girl. "Are you twitching?" he asked her.
"Yes," she replies softly, "Yes I am!" She was curled up on her back, her eyes still focused on Frieza and her hands twitched slightly.
When she recovered from her slight state of shock, Arana got to her feet and looked to Frieza with the look only a rebellious female teenager could give. "Ya mind taking a hike? I gotta talk to Mr. Green privately for... like... a while," Arana said plainly.
"You insignificant little human worm," Frieza growled, "I could crush you with one finger, how dare you stand up to me?" With a flick of his wrist, he grabbed her around the throat and lifted her up above his head. A bit panicked, Arana dug her nails into his arm, drawing out the purple like fluid that would seem blood to the likes of Frieza, but it didn't faze him.
"A little help here," Arana choked.
Not even having gotten up from his seated position, Cell said, "You got yourself into this, get yourself out."
"What about... our deal?" she gasped. Cell shrugged and stared out into the distance again. "You'll regret that..." she mumbled. The black winged Cell turned his head and looked at the girl in a slightly puzzled manner; he wondered how he would 'regret' not helping her. "Hey Pinky," Arana spat out, her eyesight becoming dark and blurry, "Cell said he really likes you and wanted you to go around the block with him..." She winked and added, "If ya catch my drift..."
Frieza dropped the now completely unconscious Arana to the ground and looked to Cell who, angered and horrified all in the same facial expression, stood and vanished. Frieza went after him.
The weaknesses Arana had already shown for being human: Kindness and Aid (in the times of need), Lack of Strength, Idiocy, Panic, and Trust.
When Arana awoke, she was leaning against a tree near the same place she had been thrown down, Cell sat nearby. The first thought that came into her mind was to knock herself back out. Since, if he probably knew she was still alive, he would dismantle her body and use her head as a talking trophy.
"So you finally decided to wake up," Cell said calmly. He noticed a soft increase in her heartbeat when she regained consciousness.
"Um, no?" she replied, her hands trembling. She moved her hands to her sides and then sat on them. She was so scared that she new if he moved, she would pee her pants. Arana Xerial had never been so scared in her entire life or death-time. She breathed in heavily, trying to steady her heart rate from its rapid pulse. She expected the organ to fly out of her chest and explode on impact with the ground at any moment, but it didn't do any such thing.
"Calm yourself," Cell said. But those words only made things worse, Arana began to slightly hyperventilate. He turned his head to look at the human girl and she froze. Her breath was silent, as was her heartbeat. "This is really getting annoying, do you realize this?" he asked her, not expecting an answer and receiving none. A bit curious about what was wrong with the petrified human, he got to his feet and walked over.
Kneeling at her side, Cell waved his right hand in front of her face. Arana suddenly snapped out of whatever trance she was in and latched onto his hand with her teeth. He looked to her with a strange bewildered expression as she smiled sheepishly and let go. "Instinct?" he asked and she looked at her feet after nodding slightly. "I swear, you are the strangest creature I've ever met."
"Likewise," Arana mumbled, watching her toes move inside her worn out shoes. Cell sat next to her and without looking remotely at him, she asked, "So did he catch you?"
"I ran like a bat out of... never mind."
Arana started laughing but then quieted herself and asked once more, "Did he catch you?"
"Almost," Cell replied.
"You blast the shit out of him?"
"Of course."
Getting onto her knees and turning her body to face the green creature, she bowed down, her head to the ground. "I'm sorry," she whispered. "I'm so sorry..." He looked at her confused as weak tears fell from her eyes onto the ground below her.
"Stop it," he said sternly. It wasn't because he was being a hard-ass that he said it like that, but because, what guy knows how to deal with a crying girl? None, exactly; so considering the circumstance, he panicked, maybe just a bit.
Sitting up, Arana wiped her eyes and looked to her knees as she sat on her legs. After more silence had passed between them, she moved back to her original spot next to him and moments later fell asleep, her head leaned on Cell's shoulder.
Maybe it was because the human girl was so tired that Cell didn't bother to wake her up. Maybe, it was because she wasn't as much as a problem when she slept. Or maybe, just maybe, he felt a slight something for her... Yeah right... I mean, this is Cell, that couldn't happen... right? ... Right?!
(AN: Now to go back to the work on CH4... waves buh bye!)
Chapter Three
Human Weaknesses
As the days passed, the two held on to each end of their deal. Anytime Frieza would rear his ugly head, it would be Arana to save the day. And in return, Cell helped Arana minimize her boredom or anything else she had a problem with.
One day as Arana was sprawled on the ground and Cell sat nearby, staring off into space, the human girl got to her feet and slowly backed away from him. "What are you doing?" Cell grumbled.
"Trying something..." she replied simply. After she was quite a distance away, she took off running towards him and rammed her shoulder into his back, trying to push him over. Unfortunately for her, he didn't budge, but she flew backwards a few feet and face-faulted on the ground. Slowly getting to her feet, she rubbed her face and then circled around and tried it again from the side, he still didn't budge.
"Is that supposed to hurt?" Cell asked. He looked less than a slight bit concerned for the girl's mentality.
"No, it's not supposed to hurt you... but it sure as hell hurt me..." she grumbled, popping her shoulder back into place. She sighed heavily and walked over to Cell where she put her hands on his arm and pushed with all her might, trying to get him to at least move an inch.
After a while of useless work, Cell still hadn't moved and was still staring straight forward, Arana slunk down to the ground completely exhausted. Her arms were angled up; hands still on Cell's muscular arms, but her face and body were flat on the ground.
"Are you done?" the green creature asked.
"I... won't... give up so..." She looked up at him and saw that her attempts would be forever futile so she growled, "Screw it, I'm done..." Waiting for a few moments, Arana sat up and looked in the direction Cell had been staring in for so long. "What, there some pretty girl over there or something?"
He shot her an angry glare that made her practically shake so much she turned into a puddle of warm goo right on the ground. "No," he said. The 'goo' nodded in a scared understanding way. "Just thinking," he whispered.
Regaining her composure, Arana sighed and then sprawled backwards onto the ground; she closed her eyes and put her hands behind her head. "Do you ever wonder what it would be like if a dog mated with a goose?" she asked.
Cell immediately got the unwanted image of the product of the pair and turned his head to look at her in a deeply disturbed manner.
Her eyes flickered open and the human girl looked to him. "I guess I only wonder about that, huh?" He slightly nodded in response and turned back around. Moments of silence passed by and when Arana opened her eyes once more and looked up, she screamed at the sight of Frieza standing above her.
Turning slowly, as if not worried at all Cell looked to back at the frightened human and then to the hideous purple-white thing near her. He slapped his forehead in his misfortune and then looked to the human girl. "Are you twitching?" he asked her.
"Yes," she replies softly, "Yes I am!" She was curled up on her back, her eyes still focused on Frieza and her hands twitched slightly.
When she recovered from her slight state of shock, Arana got to her feet and looked to Frieza with the look only a rebellious female teenager could give. "Ya mind taking a hike? I gotta talk to Mr. Green privately for... like... a while," Arana said plainly.
"You insignificant little human worm," Frieza growled, "I could crush you with one finger, how dare you stand up to me?" With a flick of his wrist, he grabbed her around the throat and lifted her up above his head. A bit panicked, Arana dug her nails into his arm, drawing out the purple like fluid that would seem blood to the likes of Frieza, but it didn't faze him.
"A little help here," Arana choked.
Not even having gotten up from his seated position, Cell said, "You got yourself into this, get yourself out."
"What about... our deal?" she gasped. Cell shrugged and stared out into the distance again. "You'll regret that..." she mumbled. The black winged Cell turned his head and looked at the girl in a slightly puzzled manner; he wondered how he would 'regret' not helping her. "Hey Pinky," Arana spat out, her eyesight becoming dark and blurry, "Cell said he really likes you and wanted you to go around the block with him..." She winked and added, "If ya catch my drift..."
Frieza dropped the now completely unconscious Arana to the ground and looked to Cell who, angered and horrified all in the same facial expression, stood and vanished. Frieza went after him.
The weaknesses Arana had already shown for being human: Kindness and Aid (in the times of need), Lack of Strength, Idiocy, Panic, and Trust.
When Arana awoke, she was leaning against a tree near the same place she had been thrown down, Cell sat nearby. The first thought that came into her mind was to knock herself back out. Since, if he probably knew she was still alive, he would dismantle her body and use her head as a talking trophy.
"So you finally decided to wake up," Cell said calmly. He noticed a soft increase in her heartbeat when she regained consciousness.
"Um, no?" she replied, her hands trembling. She moved her hands to her sides and then sat on them. She was so scared that she new if he moved, she would pee her pants. Arana Xerial had never been so scared in her entire life or death-time. She breathed in heavily, trying to steady her heart rate from its rapid pulse. She expected the organ to fly out of her chest and explode on impact with the ground at any moment, but it didn't do any such thing.
"Calm yourself," Cell said. But those words only made things worse, Arana began to slightly hyperventilate. He turned his head to look at the human girl and she froze. Her breath was silent, as was her heartbeat. "This is really getting annoying, do you realize this?" he asked her, not expecting an answer and receiving none. A bit curious about what was wrong with the petrified human, he got to his feet and walked over.
Kneeling at her side, Cell waved his right hand in front of her face. Arana suddenly snapped out of whatever trance she was in and latched onto his hand with her teeth. He looked to her with a strange bewildered expression as she smiled sheepishly and let go. "Instinct?" he asked and she looked at her feet after nodding slightly. "I swear, you are the strangest creature I've ever met."
"Likewise," Arana mumbled, watching her toes move inside her worn out shoes. Cell sat next to her and without looking remotely at him, she asked, "So did he catch you?"
"I ran like a bat out of... never mind."
Arana started laughing but then quieted herself and asked once more, "Did he catch you?"
"Almost," Cell replied.
"You blast the shit out of him?"
"Of course."
Getting onto her knees and turning her body to face the green creature, she bowed down, her head to the ground. "I'm sorry," she whispered. "I'm so sorry..." He looked at her confused as weak tears fell from her eyes onto the ground below her.
"Stop it," he said sternly. It wasn't because he was being a hard-ass that he said it like that, but because, what guy knows how to deal with a crying girl? None, exactly; so considering the circumstance, he panicked, maybe just a bit.
Sitting up, Arana wiped her eyes and looked to her knees as she sat on her legs. After more silence had passed between them, she moved back to her original spot next to him and moments later fell asleep, her head leaned on Cell's shoulder.
Maybe it was because the human girl was so tired that Cell didn't bother to wake her up. Maybe, it was because she wasn't as much as a problem when she slept. Or maybe, just maybe, he felt a slight something for her... Yeah right... I mean, this is Cell, that couldn't happen... right? ... Right?!
(AN: Now to go back to the work on CH4... waves buh bye!)