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A/N IT FINALLY WORKS *runs around laughing*. I can not believe how long it took me to post this. What a pain in the ass! I should have been working on the new chapter instead of trying to post this one for a grand total of forty-eight hours. Anyway, this is not the point of this note. The point is to apologize for the formatting. It was either this or chapter with middle half of if missing or nothing at all. Thank you all for your patience. If nothing else happens *glare at computer* the next chapter will be up sooner than you think (I can read minds ^_^).
A/A/N illustration to this is now available in my bio (be nice, my first try drawing something other
than numbers).
Special thanks to
DemonDancing
Chapter 7
What was this thing? Cell just couldn't understand it. How could it be that he, the strongest
being in the Universe, was being defeated by some little freak with claws and tail? He just
couldn't believe it - his mind simply wouldn't gasp the concept.
As if to confuse him even more, Demon attacked again. Just a lightning-fast - no, wait, faster
than lightning - swipe at Cell with his claws. The android wouldn't have been able to dodge it
even if he'd seen it coming. The razor sharp claws made contact with flesh. Cell screamed in
agony, cut almost in half by the force of the blow.
Light-blue eyes slowly and impartially assessed the damage. Cell had already started to
regenerate, but the pain was still great judging from the tortured screams that he was emitting.
Demon looked unimpressed, while Cell looked absolutely shocked and horrified.
"I'm really sorry about this," Demon began, silently contradicting his statement by the little
predatory smirk that was tugging at his lips "but I have to kill you." Now the sneer left his face
and Demon looked almost bored. "Nothing personal, you understand." Demon was already
raising his hand for the final blast. "I have to make a living too, you know. So, no hard feelings,
right?" After saying that last bit Demon started slowly gathering the energy. He didn't want to
accidentally destroy the whole planet or anything. If he did something like that, his contract
would probably be terminated. It just wouldn't do to destroy the planet he was sworn to
protect. Not yet, at least.
"No, please... wait!" Cell was horrified by what was about to happen. He couldn't die! Not
yet... And certainly not by the hand of a child! "NO!"
***
Demon had taken his time coming to this strange little planet called Earth. According to the
database he found on his ship, Earth was a tiny planet mostly covered by water and populated
by a large population of weak creatures that liked to call themselves humans, people or
mankind... None of the terms were familiar to Demon, so he decided to learn everything he
could about this planet. He had always made a habit of trying to learn as much as possible
about all his assignments - unless he was sent to obliterate the planet/person, in which case he
preferred to know only the necessary things.
It didn't matter what he did, or what he had to go through - contrary to popular belief he still
had some feelings left. Though he had tried hard to wipe them out, and almost succeeded.
~Flashback~
"Why are you acting so cold? Even your eyes look just like little pieces of ice..."
Demon's new assignment was to protect the great king of this planet. The star that was
the source of heat for this planet had died a long time ago, so now this world was just
one dark, solid block of ice. It was only thanks to the advanced technology of "The
Great Ones" (that's what the humanoids wanted to be called) that they survived and
were now living quite comfortably.
Regardless of how developed the science was, they still had a monarch who ruled over
the planet, and that was why Demon was currently there. He was to protect the cazaare -
the ruler of the planet. According to "The Great Ones" their current monarch wasn't the
best thing that ever happened to them. They were trying to get rid of him in any way
possible, and had eventually hired an off planet assassin. For suitable protection, the
cazaare got himself an off planet bodyguard - Demon.
Personally, he would prefer to kill the king himself. Unfortunately, he wasn't willing to
kill the humanoid for free, just for the good of the people, and the resistance had already
hired someone else to do the assassination. So, Demon was stuck protecting the bastard.
And that's where he met her.
"Why won't you answer me?" asked the light haired little girl, still poking at Demon.
Demon just sent her a glare. Even to those who didn't know him, one glare from Demon
was enough to send them on their way - yet the little female appeared to be completely
unaffected by it. It surprised him more than anything.
"Is there something wrong with your voice? Was there some kind of a terrible accident
in space, so now you can't talk anymore? Or maybe it's against your beliefs. You're a
different race, so maybe your people don't talk at all! What race are you? How old are
you? Where are your parents? Do you want to play with me?" amazingly, all these
questions were said in one breath. After the little girl was satisfied that she didn't forget
anything important, she raised her dark eyes expectantly.
Instead of feeling irritated with all the questions, Demon felt strangely content. For the
first time in his life somebody was nice to him and all these questions, he felt, came from
genuine curiosity.
"No. No. Maybe. No. I don't know. I don't know. I don't have any." with
uncharacteristic patience, Demon answered all of the questions. Before the last syllabus
left his mouth another set of questions were thrown at him and he dealt with them the
best he could.
The little girl, she was probably around five, looked happy for some reason, just to be
talking with Demon. She would chatter aimlessly and then ask him more questions.
Demon's answers would be short and to the point, but the little girl seemed to be content
with that.
She was in the middle of asking another question when she almost shouted "Wow, your
eyes changed color! They're a pretty green now! How did you do that? Can you teach
me? Please?"
~End Flashback~
As a policy, Demon always tried to forget the things that happened to him. Some things he
couldn't forget, and those he tried to ignore...
***
The android called Cell was dead, blasted into dust by Demon.
It looked like Cell had fun on this planet. It lay in ruins, inhabitants - dead. Just a small
number of natives, or what Demon assumed to be natives, survived. They were watching him
now, all of them in a state of shock - not that Demon gave a damn about anybody.
Not even himself.
As if to contradict his thought, though, he remembered the strange feeling of loss and regret he
felt when the man called Goku was killed by Cell. Demon assumed that the human tried to
protect his planet from the threat and died trying. Demon felt respect and some other strange
feelings towards the man - he couldn't understand where these feelings were coming from, but
he almost felt guilt for not saving the weakling.
Almost.
Demon learned long ago that emotions were a weakness, and he was anything but weak. He
tried to forget about this whole thing. His job was done. The planet still existed. Cell was dead.
Unable to leave the planet, Demon flew off to meditate, resolutely ignoring the spectators - who
couldn't help staring at him as if they knew him...
***
Thank you all for reviewing!
Mathue
Dagir
A.E.R.3 -I tried to send you the pic. but it didn't work. It doesn't matter anymore because now
you can see it in my bio.
Saiyagal
gaul1
happygohangirl - don't worry about it. It's not your fault that my spelling sucks and you didn't
make me do anything. Thank you for your kind words.
DarkWolfyOne
Nova_Night
Rarity88
Gopu
Nightelf -Thank you very much!
Kia - Kawaii princess
Ashley
HowLong -Thank you!
Ghost-149548 -I'll keep it in mind
Thank you all sooo very-very much. All your reviews really helped me out. I would be lost
without you. So - THANKS!!!
Tell me what you think about this chapter...
A/N IT FINALLY WORKS *runs around laughing*. I can not believe how long it took me to post this. What a pain in the ass! I should have been working on the new chapter instead of trying to post this one for a grand total of forty-eight hours. Anyway, this is not the point of this note. The point is to apologize for the formatting. It was either this or chapter with middle half of if missing or nothing at all. Thank you all for your patience. If nothing else happens *glare at computer* the next chapter will be up sooner than you think (I can read minds ^_^).
A/A/N illustration to this is now available in my bio (be nice, my first try drawing something other
than numbers).
Special thanks to
DemonDancing
Chapter 7
What was this thing? Cell just couldn't understand it. How could it be that he, the strongest
being in the Universe, was being defeated by some little freak with claws and tail? He just
couldn't believe it - his mind simply wouldn't gasp the concept.
As if to confuse him even more, Demon attacked again. Just a lightning-fast - no, wait, faster
than lightning - swipe at Cell with his claws. The android wouldn't have been able to dodge it
even if he'd seen it coming. The razor sharp claws made contact with flesh. Cell screamed in
agony, cut almost in half by the force of the blow.
Light-blue eyes slowly and impartially assessed the damage. Cell had already started to
regenerate, but the pain was still great judging from the tortured screams that he was emitting.
Demon looked unimpressed, while Cell looked absolutely shocked and horrified.
"I'm really sorry about this," Demon began, silently contradicting his statement by the little
predatory smirk that was tugging at his lips "but I have to kill you." Now the sneer left his face
and Demon looked almost bored. "Nothing personal, you understand." Demon was already
raising his hand for the final blast. "I have to make a living too, you know. So, no hard feelings,
right?" After saying that last bit Demon started slowly gathering the energy. He didn't want to
accidentally destroy the whole planet or anything. If he did something like that, his contract
would probably be terminated. It just wouldn't do to destroy the planet he was sworn to
protect. Not yet, at least.
"No, please... wait!" Cell was horrified by what was about to happen. He couldn't die! Not
yet... And certainly not by the hand of a child! "NO!"
***
Demon had taken his time coming to this strange little planet called Earth. According to the
database he found on his ship, Earth was a tiny planet mostly covered by water and populated
by a large population of weak creatures that liked to call themselves humans, people or
mankind... None of the terms were familiar to Demon, so he decided to learn everything he
could about this planet. He had always made a habit of trying to learn as much as possible
about all his assignments - unless he was sent to obliterate the planet/person, in which case he
preferred to know only the necessary things.
It didn't matter what he did, or what he had to go through - contrary to popular belief he still
had some feelings left. Though he had tried hard to wipe them out, and almost succeeded.
~Flashback~
"Why are you acting so cold? Even your eyes look just like little pieces of ice..."
Demon's new assignment was to protect the great king of this planet. The star that was
the source of heat for this planet had died a long time ago, so now this world was just
one dark, solid block of ice. It was only thanks to the advanced technology of "The
Great Ones" (that's what the humanoids wanted to be called) that they survived and
were now living quite comfortably.
Regardless of how developed the science was, they still had a monarch who ruled over
the planet, and that was why Demon was currently there. He was to protect the cazaare -
the ruler of the planet. According to "The Great Ones" their current monarch wasn't the
best thing that ever happened to them. They were trying to get rid of him in any way
possible, and had eventually hired an off planet assassin. For suitable protection, the
cazaare got himself an off planet bodyguard - Demon.
Personally, he would prefer to kill the king himself. Unfortunately, he wasn't willing to
kill the humanoid for free, just for the good of the people, and the resistance had already
hired someone else to do the assassination. So, Demon was stuck protecting the bastard.
And that's where he met her.
"Why won't you answer me?" asked the light haired little girl, still poking at Demon.
Demon just sent her a glare. Even to those who didn't know him, one glare from Demon
was enough to send them on their way - yet the little female appeared to be completely
unaffected by it. It surprised him more than anything.
"Is there something wrong with your voice? Was there some kind of a terrible accident
in space, so now you can't talk anymore? Or maybe it's against your beliefs. You're a
different race, so maybe your people don't talk at all! What race are you? How old are
you? Where are your parents? Do you want to play with me?" amazingly, all these
questions were said in one breath. After the little girl was satisfied that she didn't forget
anything important, she raised her dark eyes expectantly.
Instead of feeling irritated with all the questions, Demon felt strangely content. For the
first time in his life somebody was nice to him and all these questions, he felt, came from
genuine curiosity.
"No. No. Maybe. No. I don't know. I don't know. I don't have any." with
uncharacteristic patience, Demon answered all of the questions. Before the last syllabus
left his mouth another set of questions were thrown at him and he dealt with them the
best he could.
The little girl, she was probably around five, looked happy for some reason, just to be
talking with Demon. She would chatter aimlessly and then ask him more questions.
Demon's answers would be short and to the point, but the little girl seemed to be content
with that.
She was in the middle of asking another question when she almost shouted "Wow, your
eyes changed color! They're a pretty green now! How did you do that? Can you teach
me? Please?"
~End Flashback~
As a policy, Demon always tried to forget the things that happened to him. Some things he
couldn't forget, and those he tried to ignore...
***
The android called Cell was dead, blasted into dust by Demon.
It looked like Cell had fun on this planet. It lay in ruins, inhabitants - dead. Just a small
number of natives, or what Demon assumed to be natives, survived. They were watching him
now, all of them in a state of shock - not that Demon gave a damn about anybody.
Not even himself.
As if to contradict his thought, though, he remembered the strange feeling of loss and regret he
felt when the man called Goku was killed by Cell. Demon assumed that the human tried to
protect his planet from the threat and died trying. Demon felt respect and some other strange
feelings towards the man - he couldn't understand where these feelings were coming from, but
he almost felt guilt for not saving the weakling.
Almost.
Demon learned long ago that emotions were a weakness, and he was anything but weak. He
tried to forget about this whole thing. His job was done. The planet still existed. Cell was dead.
Unable to leave the planet, Demon flew off to meditate, resolutely ignoring the spectators - who
couldn't help staring at him as if they knew him...
***
Thank you all for reviewing!
Mathue
Dagir
A.E.R.3 -I tried to send you the pic. but it didn't work. It doesn't matter anymore because now
you can see it in my bio.
Saiyagal
gaul1
happygohangirl - don't worry about it. It's not your fault that my spelling sucks and you didn't
make me do anything. Thank you for your kind words.
DarkWolfyOne
Nova_Night
Rarity88
Gopu
Nightelf -Thank you very much!
Kia - Kawaii princess
Ashley
HowLong -Thank you!
Ghost-149548 -I'll keep it in mind
Thank you all sooo very-very much. All your reviews really helped me out. I would be lost
without you. So - THANKS!!!
Tell me what you think about this chapter...