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Lavender and Pink Chapter 22: For the One You Love...
Jimi continued to squeeze the motionless fighter around the neck with a hideous satisfaction. Her ears were waiting for the sickening sound of the spine shattering. So focused was Jimi with the torture that she didn't notice the ki blast heading straight for her. The blast struck Jimi in the back of the head and propelled her far off into the parks trees. Her grip on Trunks was lost and the teen fell onto one of the many rubble piles.
Dashi touched down less than gracefully and rushed over to her peer. "Trunks! Trunks are you alright?" She placed two fingers to his neck and sighed at his beating pulse, but took that same air back in when she discovered Trunks wasn't breathing. Dashi began to panic. She cursed herself for being late and not noticing the battle earlier. "Doing this won't help anything," She told herself. "What's done is done and all I can do now is try and set it right." The girl tilted back Trunks's head and plugged his nose; she was going to use mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Dashi took in a deep swig of air and breathed it into Trunks's open mouth. Next she pressed on his chest as she had been instructed in Health class. The saiya-jin repeated this pattern until her peer was breathing on his own again. Trunks was still unconscious, but he was breathing again and so Dashi once again sighed a breath of relief as her braided hair fell over her shoulder.
An explosion sent bits of trees high into the air and Dashi rose to her feet to meet the fast approaching Amazon. Out of the corner of her eye Dashi spotted a sword and was compelled to pick it up. The sharp point drew an arch in the dirt as the girl pulled it off the ground. She had never used a sword before, but she had fought with a Bo - this would be similar enough. Jimi came soaring through the trees, a ki blast ready in each hand. Dashi, worried that an attack at her might also injure Trunks, kicked off into the air just as Jimi emerged into the clearing. Wasting no time, the Amazon threw a white sphere at Dashi who slapped it harmlessly to the side. Jimi didn't recognize Dashi right away, but the stance that the pink-haired fighter took helped with the connection.
Dashi raised the sword and held it with both hands like a baseball bat. The Amazon smirked at the obviously novice sword stance and squeezed the second attack into a blade-like weapon and floated up to her opponent. "Doku," Jimi said with distain, "let's finish this." Dashi nodded and took the first swing downwards, which Jimi blocked. Dashi moved back and swung again, this time straight across - Jimi blocked. Dashi continued to attack but each stroke was easily blocked by the swordplay expert. Jimi smirked and with a lightning quick slash cut Dashi's left arm and gut. Dashi lurked forward and grabbed at her bleeding stomach with one hand, her other hand received a blow of its own and the saiya-jin dropped the sword.
Dashi's gut had stopped bleeding too badly and she punched out her fist, hoping to connect. Jimi dodged to the side and gave Dashi a roundhouse kick right in the head. Next the Amazon grabbed Dashi's braid and swung the girl around several times before letting go and hurling her into the ground. Vegeta grabbed Jimi from behind and held her tightly as the young chibi Trunks fired attacks at her torso.
The teenage girl rose up on her elbows and looked at the fight above her. Vegeta and chibi Trunks were going toe-to-toe with the hateful fighter and, to put it simply, weren't doing all that good for themselves. Dashi sighed and sat up. "She's stronger than before. Even if I go full super... how much will it help?" A stray blast shot past Dashi and hit the rocks behind her, sending dust into the air. Her yellow eyes looked around and fell upon marai Trunks. He was still laying quietly in the rubble and still unconscious. Dashi's blood began to boil as she thought of how she saw Jimi choking Trunks, the expression was so sinister. Dashi couldn't stand the thought of that ever happening again. She stood and switched into Super Saiya-jin faster than ever before and charged straight for Jimi. She fought with a new found vigor and for a while had the advantage. But then Jimi came back into control and caught a punch sailing straight for her face. She twisted the arm but Dashi flipped her entire body and kicked her opponent square in the head.
Chibi Trunks and Vegeta backed off for a little bit as the two females fought each other. "Is..Is that Doku?" chibi asked more to himself than his father, as his father had never seen Doku to begin with. Vegeta only shrugged and waited for a good time to come in.
Jimi grabbed Dashi's right arm and twisted it behind her back, dislocating it. Vegeta jumped back into battle with chibi close behind him. Dashi once again fell to the ground in pain. She sat up and looked at her wounded arm. The girl grabbed her right arm with her left and shoved it with all her might back into the socket. She screamed a little and bit her lip. 'How? How can I beat her? She's so... evil.'
"Okay Dashi, now pay attention. This one is called 'Reline Hominis' and it's very powerful." Avena placed her arms in an odd position in front of her torso and turned to her young friend. "This move attacks the evil in ones body."
"The evil?" The young girl repeated while copying the arm position.
"Yes. In every thing in good and evil. Most everyone has a perfect balance between the two. Some people who seem extra nice might infact have an imbalance with more good than bad and others who seem extra mean most likely have more evil than good. Even animals, plants, and planets have this balance. However, no one is completely good or evil; everyone has both inside of them." Avena pulled her left arm back and stuck out her right with new finger positions, Dashi did the same. "This move extracts the evil in the target depending on how good you pour into it. But make sure you pour out the good and not the evil or a terrible thing will happen to the target or yourself."
"But how do I do that, Avena?"
"Try to picture something you hold dear. Love is a very powerful good emotion." Avena glanced at the saiya-jin. "Now, watch me." The Nabya-jin repeated the movements again, but this time a white dragon shape began to encircle her arms. "RELINE HOMINIS!" The dragon shot out from Avena's arms and wrapped around a withered old tree before diving into it. The dragon emerged with a black mist in it's maw and vanished into the sky. Dashi was amazed at how the dead tree sprung back to life with beautiful blossoming flowers decorating the branches. Avena smiled and encouraged her friend to try on a simular tree.
Dashi took a stance and moved her arms, concentrating on her parents. The dragon began to form around her small body and flickered white. Her mind wandered to her mother's birthday party and the soldiers coming in. Without realising it, Dashi was bringing out evil energy, and quite a lot of it. "RELINE HOMINIS!" The now black dragon shot forward and passed by the tree, digging into the planet itself. And then, everything began to shake...
Dashi's eyes burst open and she looked around. "It was only a memory... but why..." Her head shot up in realization. Jimi was practically all evil and too powerful for a normal ki attack. She would have to use that technique that Avena showed her, the one that she messed up. Dashi looked around and once again let her eyes rest on Trunks. "This time I won't mess up because I have someone I hold dear." The girl got up and ran to a good place for powering up the attack. She stood under some very thick trees and took the position she was taught. Dashi closed her eyes and focused hard on only good things, good memories - ones with Trunks.
The pure white dragon encircled Dashi, gathering strength and light. Dashi just kept on pouring good energy in, not sure when it would be enough to get Jimi and not wanting to just barely have too little. 'I.. I have to put it all in... but what will happen to me if I do?' She opened her eyes slowly and smiled. 'It doesn't matter what happens to me, because I know that Trunks will be safe...' "Tra! Your Highness! Move!"
Vegeta and chibi Trunks looked down at Dashi surrounded in a white light. The two bolted away from Jimi and landed on the ground. Marai Trunks stirred and opened his eyes. He sat up slowly and looked around. His eyes found Dashi glowing white like some kind of sacred being not fit for this world and his heart stopped and threatened not to start again as she shouted the words to the horrible attack she had told him about.
"RELINE HOMINIS!" The dragon spiraled off and dragged Dashi forward a bit as it sought out the evil in Jimi's heart. The serpent-like dragon surrounded Jimi and she tried to swat it away, but her hands went right through it. The dragon dove into her mouth and slid out from her stomach with a darker than night slimy blob between it's great white teeth. The dragon soared up into the sky and faded away into the clouds. Jimi screamed in horror and pain as her body began to change and shrink. Her power was leaving her too and she sank down to earth. She looked at her child hands and with her last few breaths wept out an apology for the terrible things she did.
Marai trunks stood up quickly, which startled Vegeta and chibi trunks a bit because they hadn't noticed he was there, and ran off to the trees he had seen Dashi last. Chibi followed immediately and Vegeta took a few steps before noticing something blue on the ground.
Trunks rushed down and bent down to Dashi. He checked for a pulse and signs of breathing, both of which came up negative. He began checking his pockets for something, anything that would help. Chibi arrived soon after and froze in his tracks to see Dashi lying on the ground looking lifeless and in the same clothed as Doku. The Child mentally whacked himself in my head for not noticing that the two were one all along. "Trunks!" Marai shouted at the younger him, "Do you have any senzu beans or something?!" The child snapped back to reality and began searching his own pockets.
"I have some," Vegeta called when he finally showed up and tossed the small bag to his future son, "but they won't help. She's already d-"
"-No she's not!" Marai snapped back before Vegeta could even finish. "She'll be fine, just you wait and see!" The teenager stuck a bean into Dashi's mouth, ignoring how cold her lips were. "Come on Dashi, swallow it." Nothing happened. Trunks set Dashi into a sitting position to help the bean slid down her throat. "Come on, come on smurf it! You have to show him. You have to show my dad that you're okay. Because you, you can't... you can't be..."
Chibi Trunks stood completely still and tried his hardest to not close his eyes all the way. Vegeta placed a hand on chibi's shoulder and the child broke down. The kid turned and silently cried against his father. Vegeta jammed Marai's sword into the ground and headed back to Capsule Corp. with chibi Trunks, he looked back only once at his future son and shook his headMarai Trunks didn't look up for some time, but when he did he saw Dashi's blue ribbon wrapped around the handle of his sword. He carefully folded the ribbon and stuck it in his jacket pocket before replacing his sword in its scabbard. The teenager lifted Dashi carefully into his arms and kissed her softly on the forehead. "It's not fair," he whispered to Dashi's silent form, "I was supposed to be the one leaving you."
end chapter 22 S.A. - man... I am such a smurf sometimes... (time of completion: 2:38 AM sat jun 12) But hey, there's still the epilogue left to go!
Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ, but I do like the show, and not just because of the cute teenagers, but they don't hurt. 6 wink
Lavender and Pink Chapter 22: For the One You Love...
Jimi continued to squeeze the motionless fighter around the neck with a hideous satisfaction. Her ears were waiting for the sickening sound of the spine shattering. So focused was Jimi with the torture that she didn't notice the ki blast heading straight for her. The blast struck Jimi in the back of the head and propelled her far off into the parks trees. Her grip on Trunks was lost and the teen fell onto one of the many rubble piles.
Dashi touched down less than gracefully and rushed over to her peer. "Trunks! Trunks are you alright?" She placed two fingers to his neck and sighed at his beating pulse, but took that same air back in when she discovered Trunks wasn't breathing. Dashi began to panic. She cursed herself for being late and not noticing the battle earlier. "Doing this won't help anything," She told herself. "What's done is done and all I can do now is try and set it right." The girl tilted back Trunks's head and plugged his nose; she was going to use mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Dashi took in a deep swig of air and breathed it into Trunks's open mouth. Next she pressed on his chest as she had been instructed in Health class. The saiya-jin repeated this pattern until her peer was breathing on his own again. Trunks was still unconscious, but he was breathing again and so Dashi once again sighed a breath of relief as her braided hair fell over her shoulder.
An explosion sent bits of trees high into the air and Dashi rose to her feet to meet the fast approaching Amazon. Out of the corner of her eye Dashi spotted a sword and was compelled to pick it up. The sharp point drew an arch in the dirt as the girl pulled it off the ground. She had never used a sword before, but she had fought with a Bo - this would be similar enough. Jimi came soaring through the trees, a ki blast ready in each hand. Dashi, worried that an attack at her might also injure Trunks, kicked off into the air just as Jimi emerged into the clearing. Wasting no time, the Amazon threw a white sphere at Dashi who slapped it harmlessly to the side. Jimi didn't recognize Dashi right away, but the stance that the pink-haired fighter took helped with the connection.
Dashi raised the sword and held it with both hands like a baseball bat. The Amazon smirked at the obviously novice sword stance and squeezed the second attack into a blade-like weapon and floated up to her opponent. "Doku," Jimi said with distain, "let's finish this." Dashi nodded and took the first swing downwards, which Jimi blocked. Dashi moved back and swung again, this time straight across - Jimi blocked. Dashi continued to attack but each stroke was easily blocked by the swordplay expert. Jimi smirked and with a lightning quick slash cut Dashi's left arm and gut. Dashi lurked forward and grabbed at her bleeding stomach with one hand, her other hand received a blow of its own and the saiya-jin dropped the sword.
Dashi's gut had stopped bleeding too badly and she punched out her fist, hoping to connect. Jimi dodged to the side and gave Dashi a roundhouse kick right in the head. Next the Amazon grabbed Dashi's braid and swung the girl around several times before letting go and hurling her into the ground. Vegeta grabbed Jimi from behind and held her tightly as the young chibi Trunks fired attacks at her torso.
The teenage girl rose up on her elbows and looked at the fight above her. Vegeta and chibi Trunks were going toe-to-toe with the hateful fighter and, to put it simply, weren't doing all that good for themselves. Dashi sighed and sat up. "She's stronger than before. Even if I go full super... how much will it help?" A stray blast shot past Dashi and hit the rocks behind her, sending dust into the air. Her yellow eyes looked around and fell upon marai Trunks. He was still laying quietly in the rubble and still unconscious. Dashi's blood began to boil as she thought of how she saw Jimi choking Trunks, the expression was so sinister. Dashi couldn't stand the thought of that ever happening again. She stood and switched into Super Saiya-jin faster than ever before and charged straight for Jimi. She fought with a new found vigor and for a while had the advantage. But then Jimi came back into control and caught a punch sailing straight for her face. She twisted the arm but Dashi flipped her entire body and kicked her opponent square in the head.
Chibi Trunks and Vegeta backed off for a little bit as the two females fought each other. "Is..Is that Doku?" chibi asked more to himself than his father, as his father had never seen Doku to begin with. Vegeta only shrugged and waited for a good time to come in.
Jimi grabbed Dashi's right arm and twisted it behind her back, dislocating it. Vegeta jumped back into battle with chibi close behind him. Dashi once again fell to the ground in pain. She sat up and looked at her wounded arm. The girl grabbed her right arm with her left and shoved it with all her might back into the socket. She screamed a little and bit her lip. 'How? How can I beat her? She's so... evil.'
"Okay Dashi, now pay attention. This one is called 'Reline Hominis' and it's very powerful." Avena placed her arms in an odd position in front of her torso and turned to her young friend. "This move attacks the evil in ones body."
"The evil?" The young girl repeated while copying the arm position.
"Yes. In every thing in good and evil. Most everyone has a perfect balance between the two. Some people who seem extra nice might infact have an imbalance with more good than bad and others who seem extra mean most likely have more evil than good. Even animals, plants, and planets have this balance. However, no one is completely good or evil; everyone has both inside of them." Avena pulled her left arm back and stuck out her right with new finger positions, Dashi did the same. "This move extracts the evil in the target depending on how good you pour into it. But make sure you pour out the good and not the evil or a terrible thing will happen to the target or yourself."
"But how do I do that, Avena?"
"Try to picture something you hold dear. Love is a very powerful good emotion." Avena glanced at the saiya-jin. "Now, watch me." The Nabya-jin repeated the movements again, but this time a white dragon shape began to encircle her arms. "RELINE HOMINIS!" The dragon shot out from Avena's arms and wrapped around a withered old tree before diving into it. The dragon emerged with a black mist in it's maw and vanished into the sky. Dashi was amazed at how the dead tree sprung back to life with beautiful blossoming flowers decorating the branches. Avena smiled and encouraged her friend to try on a simular tree.
Dashi took a stance and moved her arms, concentrating on her parents. The dragon began to form around her small body and flickered white. Her mind wandered to her mother's birthday party and the soldiers coming in. Without realising it, Dashi was bringing out evil energy, and quite a lot of it. "RELINE HOMINIS!" The now black dragon shot forward and passed by the tree, digging into the planet itself. And then, everything began to shake...
Dashi's eyes burst open and she looked around. "It was only a memory... but why..." Her head shot up in realization. Jimi was practically all evil and too powerful for a normal ki attack. She would have to use that technique that Avena showed her, the one that she messed up. Dashi looked around and once again let her eyes rest on Trunks. "This time I won't mess up because I have someone I hold dear." The girl got up and ran to a good place for powering up the attack. She stood under some very thick trees and took the position she was taught. Dashi closed her eyes and focused hard on only good things, good memories - ones with Trunks.
The pure white dragon encircled Dashi, gathering strength and light. Dashi just kept on pouring good energy in, not sure when it would be enough to get Jimi and not wanting to just barely have too little. 'I.. I have to put it all in... but what will happen to me if I do?' She opened her eyes slowly and smiled. 'It doesn't matter what happens to me, because I know that Trunks will be safe...' "Tra! Your Highness! Move!"
Vegeta and chibi Trunks looked down at Dashi surrounded in a white light. The two bolted away from Jimi and landed on the ground. Marai Trunks stirred and opened his eyes. He sat up slowly and looked around. His eyes found Dashi glowing white like some kind of sacred being not fit for this world and his heart stopped and threatened not to start again as she shouted the words to the horrible attack she had told him about.
"RELINE HOMINIS!" The dragon spiraled off and dragged Dashi forward a bit as it sought out the evil in Jimi's heart. The serpent-like dragon surrounded Jimi and she tried to swat it away, but her hands went right through it. The dragon dove into her mouth and slid out from her stomach with a darker than night slimy blob between it's great white teeth. The dragon soared up into the sky and faded away into the clouds. Jimi screamed in horror and pain as her body began to change and shrink. Her power was leaving her too and she sank down to earth. She looked at her child hands and with her last few breaths wept out an apology for the terrible things she did.
Marai trunks stood up quickly, which startled Vegeta and chibi trunks a bit because they hadn't noticed he was there, and ran off to the trees he had seen Dashi last. Chibi followed immediately and Vegeta took a few steps before noticing something blue on the ground.
Trunks rushed down and bent down to Dashi. He checked for a pulse and signs of breathing, both of which came up negative. He began checking his pockets for something, anything that would help. Chibi arrived soon after and froze in his tracks to see Dashi lying on the ground looking lifeless and in the same clothed as Doku. The Child mentally whacked himself in my head for not noticing that the two were one all along. "Trunks!" Marai shouted at the younger him, "Do you have any senzu beans or something?!" The child snapped back to reality and began searching his own pockets.
"I have some," Vegeta called when he finally showed up and tossed the small bag to his future son, "but they won't help. She's already d-"
"-No she's not!" Marai snapped back before Vegeta could even finish. "She'll be fine, just you wait and see!" The teenager stuck a bean into Dashi's mouth, ignoring how cold her lips were. "Come on Dashi, swallow it." Nothing happened. Trunks set Dashi into a sitting position to help the bean slid down her throat. "Come on, come on smurf it! You have to show him. You have to show my dad that you're okay. Because you, you can't... you can't be..."
Chibi Trunks stood completely still and tried his hardest to not close his eyes all the way. Vegeta placed a hand on chibi's shoulder and the child broke down. The kid turned and silently cried against his father. Vegeta jammed Marai's sword into the ground and headed back to Capsule Corp. with chibi Trunks, he looked back only once at his future son and shook his headMarai Trunks didn't look up for some time, but when he did he saw Dashi's blue ribbon wrapped around the handle of his sword. He carefully folded the ribbon and stuck it in his jacket pocket before replacing his sword in its scabbard. The teenager lifted Dashi carefully into his arms and kissed her softly on the forehead. "It's not fair," he whispered to Dashi's silent form, "I was supposed to be the one leaving you."
end chapter 22 S.A. - man... I am such a smurf sometimes... (time of completion: 2:38 AM sat jun 12) But hey, there's still the epilogue left to go!