Vegeta looked on as Ash changed the controls again, Red wanted to battle against one of the characters of her favourite game. Doc and Goku were laughing at the uniforms they were wearing giving impossible reasons for what it could be
"It looks like a Tutu."
"Nah! I think it's a scuba diving thingy."
"Isn't that what they use to see with?"
"I thought its what you go to see with."
"Go to see what?"
Goku thought for a moment
"The sea?"
Vegeta shook his head as the laughter broke out again.
No respect! Not one of them! Even when they acknowledge my status it's done in mockery! If father had seen what has become of his people…
"WAIT A MINUTE!"
"What?"
Vegeta turns to see what the commotion is about. Red seemed to be stopping Ash from changing the Dead Cell into the opponent she wanted.
"I don't want to see him all bloodied up! GIVE HIM A SENZU BEAN OR SOMETHIN!"
"I can't do that he's DEAD!"
"Well… I'M gonna be fighting a LIVE person, if he's gonna be all hurt it's gonna be because I MADE him like that!"
Ash, cursing beneath her breath, raises her hand toward the dead Cell
"Full Life."
Red blinked several times as Cell got up and stood waiting in fighting stance, Doc approached Cell, eyes opened so wide you'd think they'd fall right out of her head
"Ooooo, just like BUDOKAI!"
Red turned to Ash
"You can cure?"
Ash shrugged unconcernedly
Goku who had continued to laugh in the background sprung forward remembering the conversation he and the two girls had earlier.
"Ash? What element did you get?"
Ash looked at Goku crossly
"You don't GET elemental powers Kakarotto, you train for them, you work for them and depending on how hard you work for them, you OBTAIN them."
All through Ash's explanation Goku had just stared at her.
"So… what element did you get?"
Ash turns her back on him gritting her teeth, she looks across the room to Vegeta who looks back and shakes his head. Ash took a deep breath and turned to the controls again waving one hand carelessly behind her. In that one second that her hand waved in their direction Doc, Red and Goku fell to the floor. A black sphere had appeared in the air and rotated twice before disappearing.
The three saiyans looked up to see Ash letting go of the controls
"Ok, I put in your character Red-"
"What the heck was that?"
Goku was helping Doc get up, Ash looked ready to kill but another look from Vegeta calmed her down.
"That was my…. Element… you asked remember?"
"Ya, I asked what it was I didn't ask for a demonstration!"
"Its non-elemental."
Ash looked at Red
"So you DO remember Final Fantasy."
Doc started looking starry-eyed
"Final Fantasy Ten…. Tidus, Lulu, Wakka, Kimari…"
The others leave her as she goes through all the Final Fantasy names starting from Ten going down. Goku shrugged at Doc and looks back at Ash
"So what's non-elemental? Whatcha do? It was kinda like something hit me… hard!"
"It's like the opposite of cure, cure heals up about a quarter of whatever energy you've lost and Demi, the spell I just performed, takes away quarter of your strength. Oh and Full Life brings one back to life."
Goku swallowed hard
"And… do you have the… non-elemental attack that's…er…
opposite to that?"
Red and Doc look at each other and begin to
laugh
Ash shook her head
"Lucky for you, no but I do have a very strong attack, one could call it the next best… no… worst thing next to the Death spell, Flare and Mega Flare."
"Flare? That sounds kinda like a fire move, shouldn't Vegeta have it? Him being the one with fire and all?"
Ash looks at Doc and then at Vegeta, who looked pissed but calm, he answered before she could even consider whether to or not.
"That move is by all standards non-elemental, the strongest fire attack is Hell-fire by some 'Aeon' called Infrit. Ash told me about it from this 'final fantasy' s you… people play"
Vegeta couldn't find a word to describe the three girls so he left his sentence hanging.
Doc looked as though she wanted to ask something but she was looked rather worriedly at Vegeta.
"Spit it out Doc, he aint gonna kill ya or nothing… I think."
Doc looks at Goku who had begun pondering again, she takes a deep breath
"How'd you know it's like… you know…. Non-elem stuff and not fire stuff."
Vegeta unfolds his arms and Doc swallows hard wishing she had kept her mouth shut but Vegeta's mouth just twitches for a second before he answers.
"Ash's non-elemental powers can be altered so that she can absorb other elements."
Vegeta turned his back on them at this point, their voices were merely sounds to him as he thought.
Red glanced at the Saiyan Prince, he was quieter that usual. Ash was back at the controls changing the Cell that was standing in fighting stance into the character that Red asked for whilst Doc and Goku stood behind her laughing hysterically at something or, knowing their IQ, nothing.
Vegeta continued his unexplained silence
Maybe I should go over and say something, this isn't really like him"Hey Red! We left our stuff behind shouldn't we go get it?"
"Ummm… sure! You guys go ahead, I wanna try out that training thing of Ash's."
Doc then approached Vegeta before Red got a chance, she turned to join Ash and fight the Grandia character that was now replacing Cell.
"Vegeta?"
Doc was standing in front of him.
"What?"
"Are you cumin?"
"Where?"
"To go and fetch the rest of the supplies at the camp we set up, weren't you listening?"
Vegeta didn't answer so Doc just shook her head slightly and she and Goku took off.
Vegeta faced the circular opening all the while hearing Red fighting and Ash scoffing or complementing her.
"That's gotta hurt."
"Not bad, from Shiva right?"
"Are you taking your time or do you want me to set it to easier level? You never really were any good at Budokai."
He heard someone, probably Red, knocking someone down, the Grandia dude and then.
"Since when did your attitude get such a bad knock? You have got to lay off on Vegeta."
Ash smirked
"Wanna kill something else?"
"Nah, but I'd like to see what Zidane would look like."
"Sure, lemme just download his character, it'll take a few minutes."
"That's ok I'll just keep training, we got about a month left right?"
Ash nodded.
Red smiled and walked over to Vegeta
Maybe sparring against me would do him some good"Vegeta?"
Vegeta grunted not turning to face her
"Hey I cant talk to you like this! It's kinda rude!"
"I'm a Prince, on planet Vegeta one such as you would be executed for sounding so-"
"Well this is earth so turn round!"
Vegeta sweatdrops and reluctantly turns to face the short female Saiyan
Calm down, calm down"Good! So how about some training? Ash said it would be a bit before I can fight against Zidane."
More sweatdrops
S! Training? No, Ash said I have to act as I would normally act…. But my memory seems to fail me. Damn her! What has this thing done to me?
Vegeta tries to keep his face neutral
"Training?"
"Uh huh."
Vegeta turns away from her
"No, I don't feel like training."
Before Vegeta could react Red pulled out a bed from nowhere throwing Vegeta on it (hmmm, wouldn't be the first time… oops! Sorry Doc! Really! I don't mean like that what do you take Robyn for? A mother of two… thousand? Never…) sticking a thermometer in his mouth.
"No to training? Are you Ok? Have you eaten enough? DAMN ASH YOU BETTER NOT HAVE HIT HIM TOO HARD! HIS MIGHT BE BRAIN DAMAGED!"
Vegeta watched Red his eyes wide open, a shocked look plastered on his face, he looks to Ash who seemed to be quite amused at what she was seeing but she shook her head at him and he took it as a sign that he should stop Red's examination.
"Red I'm fine really! I… just haven't been sleeping much… the feud lasted a couple of days."
Red seemed to relax
"Well ok if you say so, I'm just gonna go get Doc and Kakarot."
Red turned to Ash who stopped nodding as Red looked at her
"Keep an eye on Vegeta, he might say he's ok but I think something's up."
Red went out and took to the skies leaving Ash to 'watch over' Vegeta.
Ash watched as Red disappeared into the heavens before she walked over to the Saiyan Prince who had gotten the covers off himself and was now sitting at the corner of the bed his head in his hands
Pitiful, to think that the Saiyan Prince can be… taken by a mere mortal.
"Brother?"
Vegeta looks up looking lost and confused, Ash tries to cover the fact that this look is scaring her more than any threatening look the Saiyan had given her.
"It hurts, I don't understand it, I CANT THINK STRAIGHT!"
This is beyond scary, what has she done…(Ash's thought)Vegeta grips his head turning it away from the spot where Red was standing last
"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME!? YOU SAID IT WAS A GLITCH! YOU SAID IT WOULD GO AWAY! NOT GET WORSE!!!"
"I don't know what it is, what I've been telling you… its my point of view… from what I've learnt about your character…"
"I don't give a F about what you've learnt CURE ME!!
Vegeta griped Ash tightly at the throat but she didn't even flinch
Fighting with this on his mind has made him weaker"Vegeta?"
"What, you decide to respect me now? Now that I'm at my weakest!"
He let go of her his hands still shaking
"Vegeta, I need time. I know there's something with you and I see a change in Kakarot as well…."
"What is the change? Dammit I want it to, to…"
"You need to calm down, the others will sense your discomfort. Don't forget it took me about five minutes alone with you to figure out that you were in-"
"I'd appreciate it if you would SHUT UP! I thought we had an agreement, you say nothing about that and I wouldn't mention… what internal battles you've been having."
Ash's eyes flashed dangerously but she didn't retaliate.
He's been horribly affected; I must keep that in mind"Its hard to believe that the Prince of all Saiyans cant even keep himself from exposure to others. You don't remember what you're supposed act like?"
Vegeta's tail whipped around threateningly
"I also thought you said you would stop invading my thoughts! This queer blood bond of ours shouldn't even exist!"
Ash chose to ignore this; she began walking out of the gravity room
"Just try and keep a low profile but not too low Red already has suspicions, your acting skills really suck. Oh look… they're back."