Hello everyone, I know that this has taken a while to get out, sorry, but I
got writer's block...again...stupid, annoying...::starts mumbling
obscenities about writer's block, homework and teachers:: Sorry about that,
I hope you like this chapter lots and lots.
Oh, by the way, Vegeta and Luna are no longer half siblings, they're step-siblings...just so you know. Disclaimer: Really people, I don't own Dragon Ball Z, really! Okay, here goes ::takes a deep breath and starts writing:: ***********************************************************************
I looked at my captor for the fifty-millionth time that night. We had become friends over the last couple of weeks which is why this was so hard for me. It was night and he had been asleep for the last couple hours giving me the chance that I had been looking for but now I wasn't sure if I wanted it. It was tempting to remove his mask, but as a friend it was perhaps more tempting to allow him to reveal who he was when he wanted. Then there was the temptation to leave. It was the first time he had been asleep while I was awake giving me the perfect opportunity to leave. On the other hand it would hurt my new-found friend if I left, plus he was just trying to protect me. "Crap," I mumbled to myself as I rolled over. This would be a difficult decision wouldn't it? I thought about it for a little more then slowly stood up. I had grown stronger through the rest and chicken soup (would it kill him to learn to cook something else) and I needed to face and kill Jolon to keep my mother's people safe. I started walking out of the cave, stopped, turned and went back to Roberts. "I'm sorry," I whispered down at him, then turned and ran out of the cave before I changed my mind. ***
'Come on Jolon, I know you're out there. Where is he?!' I thought to myself. 'You would honestly think that this guy would be easier to find.' Suddenly I felt someone's energy go way up. I looked in that direction. 'What in the heck was that?' I quickly changed my direction and ran in that direction keeping my ki as low as possible. When I was close the energy suddenly went away. I kept running in that direction hoping that who or whatever that had been was still there. I slowed down so I could be quieter and listen. Suddenly I stopped and dashed behind a bush.
"You two disgust me. There will be no food until she is found. Come Kacela." I sneaked forward and peaked around the bush. What I saw made me have to try hard not to gasp out-loud. Ramiro and Karayan were lying on the ground covered in blood. Ramiro was gasping for breath and looked as if Jolon had cut open his legs. Karayan looked as if Jolon had broken each bone in his body, including his neck. I found I could almost feel bad for him as I realized he wasn't breathing.
"Luna...get me behind that...bush with you," Ramiro gasped. I didn't move. Why was he talking to my mom...wait...Luna...me? How did he know I was there? "Luna...I know you're...there, now come get...me...before it's too late. I have some...valuable information...for you." I debated for a second then decided to trust him. I quickly ran forward, grabbed him, and ran behind the aforementioned bush.
"How did you know I was there...and who are you really?"
"You should know...your majesty. Don't you remember? I...was your...tutor, I helped you escape when...they showed up to...kill you. Don't you remember...Ramiro?" he said between breaths.
"I'm sorry," I said as I let my guard down, "I'm not Luna. I'm her daughter, Joy."
"Not...Luna. I knew...it couldn't be. She... would have reacted...differently. Her daughter?" I nodded. "Who...was the father?"
"He was a Saiyin. Radditz. I never knew him."
"Radditz...Radditz...I don't remember...a Radditz." He was still gasping for air.
"He was third class." He looked shocked but nodded.
"Well...since you are not...Luna, we have a lot...to talk about. Help me to...some water." I picked him up gently and ran slowly until I heard a river. I quickly went to it and set him down. Refusing my help, he crawled to the edge and sipped some water. 'Why am I helping him?' I wondered. 'It took me forever to trust Roberts and now I'm just suddenly trusting Ramiro?' I sighed and decided to continue helping him; he did say we had a lot to talk about.
"There, that's better. I can speak more clearly now. Water has natural healing abilities for srotuts. It will allow me to talk more clearly, and perhaps even live a little longer, but..." he stopped talking and looked at me as if studying my reactions. "You probably want to know why you trust me so willingly." I nodded. "It's in your blood. That's how I became a tutor to your grandmother. She had many to choose from and she followed her instincts and chose me. It's tradition on Tlarneka."
"I see, I think."
"Her instincts would guide her to best, most trustworthy tutor. That instinct would carry on in her children, grandchildren, great- grandchildren, et cetera, until I die." I nodded, that made sense. "Now, I feel I must tell you my story. It will hopefully help you understand your mother and what you must do."
"Do...?"
"You must find that out because I do not know. I just hope my narration helps you find it out." Okay, this was getting a little confusing. ************************************************************************
Ramiro's story
Ramiro paced outside the queen's chambers. As much as he wanted to help it was forbidden. No male, no matter what species, knowledge or position was allowed in the room while the queen was giving birth, and it was killing him. The queen was his best friend and he would like to think that, outside of her husband, he was her best friend. He heard footsteps coming and looked up. He would have burst out laughing if there was any way he could have done so without being beheaded within two seconds. The king was certainly a sight. He had been pacing with Ramiro earlier but had been taken away on account of his banging on the doors demanding entrance. They had taken him away to get some soothing wine (a special kind of wine used specifically for these kind of cases). Evidently it hadn't helped much for the king had only been gone for all of five minutes and his night robes (the queen had gone into labor around midnight) were covered in a purple substance that smelled suspiciously like wine.
"Well, will those [Ramiro edited this word out for me] we call midwives and servants let me in yet?" Ramiro shook his head, not daring to speak for fear of making the king more angry...if that was possible. "What?! Why not. I am the king of this planet, that is my wife in there giving birth to my child, who do they think they are telling me not to enter." With that he resumed his banging on the door.
"Your majesty," Ramiro risked.
"What?"
"Um...well...don't you think it would make there job easier and your wife more comfortable if you let them have some peace?"
The king looked ready to kill. "Now you're going to tell me what to do. Look buddy, just because you've lived in the castle longer than I have does NOT give you the right to boss me around. I am the king! Does no one remember that I..." he passed out. Ramiro looked up to see a needle in the hand of an annoyed looking midwife.
"I have NEVER had such an annoying person at one of these! My goodness." With that she went back into the queens chambers but not before giving Ramiro a look that said 'If you dare repeat his actions I will personally kill you as slowly and as painfully as possible.' ***Four hours, three shots for the king and five sooting wines for Ramiro later***
"What was that?" the king asked groggily as he woke up.
"That, your majesty, is the sound of a newborn baby," Ramiro answered smiling. It was over at last! The king got up as quickly as his headache would allow and started pounding on the door. He didn't have to pound long though, because the midwife from earlier opened the door, gave him a death glare, then let him in. From inside Ramiro could hear the proud father cooing and fussing over the baby and it's mother. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, the midwife came out and told him that the queen was ready to see him. He entered as quickly as he could without annoying the midwife anymore.
"Ramiro, I would like you to meet your new pupil, Princess Luna Rose Andromeda Alcestis Cassandra Chryseis Leda Antigone Clytemnestra Tlarnek. Luna for short." The queen was beaming.
Ramiro smiled down at the little girl. "Well hello Luna, You're such a pretty little one aren't you? Maybe more beautiful than your mother."
The queen laughed. "Don't put such ideas in her head. Maybe more beautiful than her mother indeed. Don't lie to her, she IS more beautiful than me." **************************************************************************** **********
"Luna, you must concentrate. The Saiyin's are NOT a peaceful nation as you appear to believe. They are a warring nation."
"Of course they're a warring nation. Why would you think I believe anything else."
"Because that's what you wrote on your test." Luna felt herself blush. "Haven't you been listening to me for the last week. That was our lesson: the history of the Saiyin nation."
"I know, I'm sorry Sir. It's just..." but Ramiro never got to find out what it was that had been causing her distraction for at that moment both of them were thrown to the ground as the castle shook. "What was that?" the ten-year old asked with obvious fear. Ramiro didn't have to think long before he knew the answer to that question. He quickly picked the girl up and carried her to the nearest secret passage.
"Follow this tunnel until you come to the underground river. Then take the boat to the left and go down the river until you come to the hidden space-capsule. Get it and take it far away from here. Don't try to communicate with anyone and don't worry about us," he took a deep breath before continuing, "we'll be fine." He hated lying to the girl but he knew he had no choice. "Luna, do you understand?" She nodded, too afraid to speak. "Good, now go." He quickly rushed her into the secret passage, closed and sealed the door and started hiding any proof that he had not been alone in the schoolroom. Just as he hid the last bit of evidence and sat down at his desk he heard the door open.
"Come with us," an evil voice said. He looked up at the five aliens who were supposed to be capturing him.
"Took you long enough," he said with as much calm as he could fake. The lead alien looked confused. Ramiro rolled his eyes. "Take me to Master Jolon." The aliens, still confused, obeyed immediately and quickly bound his arms and took him to Jolon. When they got there they found Jolon sitting on the throne with the king and queen being whipped and forced to bow before him. Ramiro and the aliens entered just as Jolon was demanding where the heir to the throne was. Ramiro gave them a look he hoped they would understand just before he was forced to his knees.
"Master, this infidel wanted to see you." Jolon leaned forward in his chair and glared at Ramiro. Ramiro tried to keep all fear from his face and not tremble.
"Who are you and what do you want?"
Ramiro composed himself. "I am Ramiro, a servant to this family. I know more about this castle and galaxy than the king himself does."
"What's your point?"
"I can help you find the heir."
END OF RAMIRO'S STORY ************************************************************************
"I will never forget the looks on their faces. They didn't understand. They didn't know that I had no choice. I had to become part of Jolon's servants to keep Luna safe." Ramiro closed his eyes tight to compose himself before continuing. "I traveled with Jolon for the next 34 years sabotaging his plans and information to keep Luna safe. Finally he found you, thought you were Luna, and nearly took you back. I thought you were your mother, too, and I hated myself because I couldn't stop him from taking you. I used every ounce of brain power I had to think of a way out of that, but I couldn't. I'm sorry, I failed you." He looked away from me and refused to meet my eyes.
"No, you didn't fail." He didn't respond. "Look, you kept my mom safe for 34 years. If it weren't for you my mom would be dead and I would never have been born."
"Perhaps," he admitted.
"What do you mean perhaps? That's true and you know it." He smiled a little.
"I wish I had taught you, too. Good-bye dear Joy."
"What do you mean 'good-bye'?...Ramiro?...Ramiro!" He stopped breathing. He was dead. I closed his eyes gently while whispering "good- bye".
"Good-bye, indeed," I heard from behind me. I turned around just in time to recognize Karayan and feel his fist on my face. ************************************************************************ wow that took forever. Sorry about that. Happy belated thanksgiving everyone. I'm 17 as of yesterday and feel old. Anywho, hope u liked the chapter. Please, please, please review, even if you've reviewed a million times before. God bless, *dopey*
Oh, by the way, Vegeta and Luna are no longer half siblings, they're step-siblings...just so you know. Disclaimer: Really people, I don't own Dragon Ball Z, really! Okay, here goes ::takes a deep breath and starts writing:: ***********************************************************************
I looked at my captor for the fifty-millionth time that night. We had become friends over the last couple of weeks which is why this was so hard for me. It was night and he had been asleep for the last couple hours giving me the chance that I had been looking for but now I wasn't sure if I wanted it. It was tempting to remove his mask, but as a friend it was perhaps more tempting to allow him to reveal who he was when he wanted. Then there was the temptation to leave. It was the first time he had been asleep while I was awake giving me the perfect opportunity to leave. On the other hand it would hurt my new-found friend if I left, plus he was just trying to protect me. "Crap," I mumbled to myself as I rolled over. This would be a difficult decision wouldn't it? I thought about it for a little more then slowly stood up. I had grown stronger through the rest and chicken soup (would it kill him to learn to cook something else) and I needed to face and kill Jolon to keep my mother's people safe. I started walking out of the cave, stopped, turned and went back to Roberts. "I'm sorry," I whispered down at him, then turned and ran out of the cave before I changed my mind. ***
'Come on Jolon, I know you're out there. Where is he?!' I thought to myself. 'You would honestly think that this guy would be easier to find.' Suddenly I felt someone's energy go way up. I looked in that direction. 'What in the heck was that?' I quickly changed my direction and ran in that direction keeping my ki as low as possible. When I was close the energy suddenly went away. I kept running in that direction hoping that who or whatever that had been was still there. I slowed down so I could be quieter and listen. Suddenly I stopped and dashed behind a bush.
"You two disgust me. There will be no food until she is found. Come Kacela." I sneaked forward and peaked around the bush. What I saw made me have to try hard not to gasp out-loud. Ramiro and Karayan were lying on the ground covered in blood. Ramiro was gasping for breath and looked as if Jolon had cut open his legs. Karayan looked as if Jolon had broken each bone in his body, including his neck. I found I could almost feel bad for him as I realized he wasn't breathing.
"Luna...get me behind that...bush with you," Ramiro gasped. I didn't move. Why was he talking to my mom...wait...Luna...me? How did he know I was there? "Luna...I know you're...there, now come get...me...before it's too late. I have some...valuable information...for you." I debated for a second then decided to trust him. I quickly ran forward, grabbed him, and ran behind the aforementioned bush.
"How did you know I was there...and who are you really?"
"You should know...your majesty. Don't you remember? I...was your...tutor, I helped you escape when...they showed up to...kill you. Don't you remember...Ramiro?" he said between breaths.
"I'm sorry," I said as I let my guard down, "I'm not Luna. I'm her daughter, Joy."
"Not...Luna. I knew...it couldn't be. She... would have reacted...differently. Her daughter?" I nodded. "Who...was the father?"
"He was a Saiyin. Radditz. I never knew him."
"Radditz...Radditz...I don't remember...a Radditz." He was still gasping for air.
"He was third class." He looked shocked but nodded.
"Well...since you are not...Luna, we have a lot...to talk about. Help me to...some water." I picked him up gently and ran slowly until I heard a river. I quickly went to it and set him down. Refusing my help, he crawled to the edge and sipped some water. 'Why am I helping him?' I wondered. 'It took me forever to trust Roberts and now I'm just suddenly trusting Ramiro?' I sighed and decided to continue helping him; he did say we had a lot to talk about.
"There, that's better. I can speak more clearly now. Water has natural healing abilities for srotuts. It will allow me to talk more clearly, and perhaps even live a little longer, but..." he stopped talking and looked at me as if studying my reactions. "You probably want to know why you trust me so willingly." I nodded. "It's in your blood. That's how I became a tutor to your grandmother. She had many to choose from and she followed her instincts and chose me. It's tradition on Tlarneka."
"I see, I think."
"Her instincts would guide her to best, most trustworthy tutor. That instinct would carry on in her children, grandchildren, great- grandchildren, et cetera, until I die." I nodded, that made sense. "Now, I feel I must tell you my story. It will hopefully help you understand your mother and what you must do."
"Do...?"
"You must find that out because I do not know. I just hope my narration helps you find it out." Okay, this was getting a little confusing. ************************************************************************
Ramiro's story
Ramiro paced outside the queen's chambers. As much as he wanted to help it was forbidden. No male, no matter what species, knowledge or position was allowed in the room while the queen was giving birth, and it was killing him. The queen was his best friend and he would like to think that, outside of her husband, he was her best friend. He heard footsteps coming and looked up. He would have burst out laughing if there was any way he could have done so without being beheaded within two seconds. The king was certainly a sight. He had been pacing with Ramiro earlier but had been taken away on account of his banging on the doors demanding entrance. They had taken him away to get some soothing wine (a special kind of wine used specifically for these kind of cases). Evidently it hadn't helped much for the king had only been gone for all of five minutes and his night robes (the queen had gone into labor around midnight) were covered in a purple substance that smelled suspiciously like wine.
"Well, will those [Ramiro edited this word out for me] we call midwives and servants let me in yet?" Ramiro shook his head, not daring to speak for fear of making the king more angry...if that was possible. "What?! Why not. I am the king of this planet, that is my wife in there giving birth to my child, who do they think they are telling me not to enter." With that he resumed his banging on the door.
"Your majesty," Ramiro risked.
"What?"
"Um...well...don't you think it would make there job easier and your wife more comfortable if you let them have some peace?"
The king looked ready to kill. "Now you're going to tell me what to do. Look buddy, just because you've lived in the castle longer than I have does NOT give you the right to boss me around. I am the king! Does no one remember that I..." he passed out. Ramiro looked up to see a needle in the hand of an annoyed looking midwife.
"I have NEVER had such an annoying person at one of these! My goodness." With that she went back into the queens chambers but not before giving Ramiro a look that said 'If you dare repeat his actions I will personally kill you as slowly and as painfully as possible.' ***Four hours, three shots for the king and five sooting wines for Ramiro later***
"What was that?" the king asked groggily as he woke up.
"That, your majesty, is the sound of a newborn baby," Ramiro answered smiling. It was over at last! The king got up as quickly as his headache would allow and started pounding on the door. He didn't have to pound long though, because the midwife from earlier opened the door, gave him a death glare, then let him in. From inside Ramiro could hear the proud father cooing and fussing over the baby and it's mother. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, the midwife came out and told him that the queen was ready to see him. He entered as quickly as he could without annoying the midwife anymore.
"Ramiro, I would like you to meet your new pupil, Princess Luna Rose Andromeda Alcestis Cassandra Chryseis Leda Antigone Clytemnestra Tlarnek. Luna for short." The queen was beaming.
Ramiro smiled down at the little girl. "Well hello Luna, You're such a pretty little one aren't you? Maybe more beautiful than your mother."
The queen laughed. "Don't put such ideas in her head. Maybe more beautiful than her mother indeed. Don't lie to her, she IS more beautiful than me." **************************************************************************** **********
"Luna, you must concentrate. The Saiyin's are NOT a peaceful nation as you appear to believe. They are a warring nation."
"Of course they're a warring nation. Why would you think I believe anything else."
"Because that's what you wrote on your test." Luna felt herself blush. "Haven't you been listening to me for the last week. That was our lesson: the history of the Saiyin nation."
"I know, I'm sorry Sir. It's just..." but Ramiro never got to find out what it was that had been causing her distraction for at that moment both of them were thrown to the ground as the castle shook. "What was that?" the ten-year old asked with obvious fear. Ramiro didn't have to think long before he knew the answer to that question. He quickly picked the girl up and carried her to the nearest secret passage.
"Follow this tunnel until you come to the underground river. Then take the boat to the left and go down the river until you come to the hidden space-capsule. Get it and take it far away from here. Don't try to communicate with anyone and don't worry about us," he took a deep breath before continuing, "we'll be fine." He hated lying to the girl but he knew he had no choice. "Luna, do you understand?" She nodded, too afraid to speak. "Good, now go." He quickly rushed her into the secret passage, closed and sealed the door and started hiding any proof that he had not been alone in the schoolroom. Just as he hid the last bit of evidence and sat down at his desk he heard the door open.
"Come with us," an evil voice said. He looked up at the five aliens who were supposed to be capturing him.
"Took you long enough," he said with as much calm as he could fake. The lead alien looked confused. Ramiro rolled his eyes. "Take me to Master Jolon." The aliens, still confused, obeyed immediately and quickly bound his arms and took him to Jolon. When they got there they found Jolon sitting on the throne with the king and queen being whipped and forced to bow before him. Ramiro and the aliens entered just as Jolon was demanding where the heir to the throne was. Ramiro gave them a look he hoped they would understand just before he was forced to his knees.
"Master, this infidel wanted to see you." Jolon leaned forward in his chair and glared at Ramiro. Ramiro tried to keep all fear from his face and not tremble.
"Who are you and what do you want?"
Ramiro composed himself. "I am Ramiro, a servant to this family. I know more about this castle and galaxy than the king himself does."
"What's your point?"
"I can help you find the heir."
END OF RAMIRO'S STORY ************************************************************************
"I will never forget the looks on their faces. They didn't understand. They didn't know that I had no choice. I had to become part of Jolon's servants to keep Luna safe." Ramiro closed his eyes tight to compose himself before continuing. "I traveled with Jolon for the next 34 years sabotaging his plans and information to keep Luna safe. Finally he found you, thought you were Luna, and nearly took you back. I thought you were your mother, too, and I hated myself because I couldn't stop him from taking you. I used every ounce of brain power I had to think of a way out of that, but I couldn't. I'm sorry, I failed you." He looked away from me and refused to meet my eyes.
"No, you didn't fail." He didn't respond. "Look, you kept my mom safe for 34 years. If it weren't for you my mom would be dead and I would never have been born."
"Perhaps," he admitted.
"What do you mean perhaps? That's true and you know it." He smiled a little.
"I wish I had taught you, too. Good-bye dear Joy."
"What do you mean 'good-bye'?...Ramiro?...Ramiro!" He stopped breathing. He was dead. I closed his eyes gently while whispering "good- bye".
"Good-bye, indeed," I heard from behind me. I turned around just in time to recognize Karayan and feel his fist on my face. ************************************************************************ wow that took forever. Sorry about that. Happy belated thanksgiving everyone. I'm 17 as of yesterday and feel old. Anywho, hope u liked the chapter. Please, please, please review, even if you've reviewed a million times before. God bless, *dopey*