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Warnings: Not much! It's just that Vegeta fans should beware, he is mean in this one and a little thing happens... it's a surprise... other then a little fighting and a few hits there's nothing to warn you about in this chapter, except for maybe some sluty clothes being worn on my behalf... Any how, on with the story....

Broken Spirits

chapter 6: The wall comes crumbling down...

The next day Vegeta needed to blow off some steam, take out his anger some how. deciding to take the extra energy and put it to good use, he headed for the training rooms. The energy would push him to do a little extra training today, besides, without any missions, he was bored out of his mind.
walking by he saw one of them was being used. Finding this amazing her took a look. He was usually the first one up and training, it was rather early to be staining your body to gain more strength.
He found Flamandria inside, once more in that form he'd beaten so much the other day. Her hair was falling out of the braided bun, the war paints smeared from their normal designs . He was amazed to find her in a revealing little top and small low cut skirt. The top was held on by the strap going from the left side around to the back over her right shoulder, cut off right under her breasts. The skirt was low, two pieces of fabric tied together with something at the sides, slits all the way up and fabric short, barely covering anything at all. And two ankle boots completed the outfit. The entire outfit seemed to be made out of some type of animals skin, slightly faded from drying in the sun.
He watched silently as she trained, pushing her body to do better, move faster. She pulled two daggers from her boots, twirling them skillfully, crossing them in front of her face and tossing them into the air, easily catching them again and bringing them back into a twirl at her sides. Throwing them at the wall merely inches from Vegetas face she went straight back into a back flip, flipping over several times, landing in a crouching position, her head snapped up quickly, extending her hand he felt a gush of wind as the door was all but ripped off as it opened abruptly.
Vegeta moved away shocked by the sudden move. His gaze finally turned back to her, feeling as though he were looking into a mirror as she gave him the same cold, emotionless stare that he'd done for so long. Still crouching she stared, silent until, "What are you doing, Prince?" She shot venomously.
Vegeta regained his posture, returning the evil like stare. "Don't speak to me like that brat! I'll simply have to beat you like the other day! You're up pretty early to be training kitty girl.."
"I never slept, training needs to be done so leave me be..." She turned her back, going back to her work out, ignoring his very presence.
"What do you mean you never slept? Answer me brat!" She remained silent, concentrating on the training she had planned for the day, and her ultimate goal. He grabbed her left wrist, blocking when she came around with her right, knocking it away and striking her across the face. "Now will you answer!"
"I was never asleep last night you arrogant brat!"
"Where were you then?" Silence, before the sound of his hand meeting her left cheek was heard again. Where were you!" Then the idea of where he'd found her hit him. "You've been up training all night! You fool! What are you thinking..."
"Revenge.."
"What?!"
"I'm thinking of sweet, glorious revenge! I crave blood alright! Like a pure Saiyan! I crave the blood of a certain
Ice-jin ruler and all his family! I long to end their reign of terror! I'll kill him with my own two hands! In front of all his men, in front of his family! Like he did to my mother! The bastard will suffer like so many other! He'll suffer! He'll suffer!!" She began to pull and struggle away from his grip, attempting to hit him without even looking. Swinging blindly and weakly. She soon gave up and fell to her knees, pulling fruitlessly every few seconds.
"you're a fool! What makes you think you could ever kill him!"
"I know more about him then you'll ever know. I know more then anyone will ever know! Let go! Let go!"
"Stupid woman!"
She looked up, pure hatred shooting from her eyes. "I have a name!"
"I'll call you what I please, half-breed brat!"
A rage shot through her like none she'd ever felt since the time she was taken by her father. Her body shook with rage, eyes red as the eternal fires of the under world. she clenched her fists tight, letting out a cry of anger as she kneed him right where the sun doesn't shine. (lol I'm so evil aren't I!)
Vegeta let go of her wrist automatically, falling to his knees. "You Bitch!!" He choked out.
Flameandria stepped back, placing her hands on her hips. "You wouldn't let me go dear prince. Now you'll know not to mess with me when I give you an order."" She taunted though her face was dead serious, eyes cold as ice but red as fire. Brushing a stray strand of hair back out of her face She unwrapped her tail and took a step forward. "Now. Leave me alone, I have training to do."
Vegeta glared up at her, snapping up with a snarl. He took hold of her delicate neck, slamming her back against the wall, increasing the pressure on her neck till she was gasping for air, a smirk spread across his face
She kicked against him for the first few moments. Her strength having been used during training, straining her body to much, her attacks were useless. Her tail, slightly frizzed out, wrapped around his arm, her hands around his wrist. She tried to push and pry his hands off. An attempt at screaming only came out as a gasp, air no longer flowing into her lungs. She felt life slowly leaving her body, the extreme pressure on her throat all but crushing her windpipe. She felt her head begin to spin, lightheaded and tired her hands and tail went limps, falling at her sides. Her delicate lips parted as she muttered one last word before her eyes closed and her head fell to the side. "Please...."

She saw nothing but blackness. The world was an empty void. No light shone in and she couldn't even feel the ground.
Suddenly a woman in a white cloak ran past, clutching something close to her breast. Fallowing her Flameandria could hear her breathing, heavy and short. She'd been running from something, unable to stop. "Wait!" She called, falling behind. "Wait! Please wait!" She stretched her hand out, falling to the ground as her feet tripped under her. "Please!! Wait!" The figure was gone as quickly as it had come, fading back into the darkness from whence it'd came.
Behind her she saw a flash of light, the clashing of metal hitting a cold floor and the thud of a body falling to the ground. she turned to find the woman in white on the ground, a small white figure standing before her, holding a white bundle that was...crying?
The woman threw off the hood of the cloak. A beautiful woman with raven black hair, short on the top, shagged, leading into long smooth, silken strands underneath. Her eyes shaded by the spikes hanging over her forehead.
"Mother!!"
The woman in white leapt forward, grabbing the baby but tripping over his foot, the small bundle falling out of her protective embrace. The child sat up unsteadily, crying out to the world, to anyone who would listen.
The scraping of metal along the ground was heard and Flameandria saw the gleam off of the blade. She gasped. "MOTHER! NO!!!" Tears stung her eyes as she leapt from the ground, running as fast she could to them. "NO! PLEASE NO!"
The flash of a blade and the spurt of red as the woman fell to the ground, reaching out to the child. "NOOO!"
A cruel laughter filled the air and a dark smile shone off a pure white face. The dark lips radiated off the features of the persons face, like the darkness in his heart. Turning to her, the smile only grew larger, and the laughter became louder
"You!!!" She pulled her sword, lunging with a growl but before she could land one blow the figure faded into the darkness again. Screaming her rage Flameandria fell to her knees.

With a glass shattering scream Flameandria flew up off the floor. Scared more then she'd ever been in her life she couldn't stop screaming till her throat constricted, to sore to scream. She let out silent sobs, her body shaking violently. She could still see it when she closed her eyes. The flash, the blood, those dark lips.. The final scream echoed in her ears, and the laughter that made her blood freeze every time she heard it.
She felt dizzy and fell back, turning her head to the side. Her eyes were blurred, the tears flowing making her eyes burn and blink constantly. She saw only a clouded figure, oddly familiar. She stared at it, eyes burning, head clouded and pounding. Tall, black something, masculine, spiked top. "Vegeta!" She wanted to sound angry, yell at him to leave, but her throat hurt so much. The word came out choked, barely recognizable as what it was.
"Not so tough are you little half-breed!" He taunted, though he's voice was still full of anger. "Crying like a weak low level newborn!"
"leave!" She managed to mutter just loud enough to hear.
"Get up! You want a real training session you'll get one!!" He slapped her across the face several time, shaking her. "You want to train for real! Lets go!"
"NO! Stop it! Let me be!...Bastard!!!" she curled up into a little ball on her side pulling away from him.
"What's the matter? Now you don't feel so big do you?" He turned her back to face him roughly. "Get up now or I'll make sure you stay down forever!"
"You touch me again and you'll be rewarded with another knee to the one area that's probably more sensitive then your tail!" She pushed herself up slightly, pulling herself back against the wall. She pushed herself back against it, her head tilted up, trying to find some comfort from her aching head.
"You pathetic weakling, half-breed! You can't ever beat me or your sick, twisted father! You're dreaming brat! You really are!!"
"I'll achieve that so called dream! Wait prince! I'll get to him before you do!!!" She kicked him in the leg causing him to fall to one knee. Her body seemed to find a new source of energy, the pain in her body still there but more bearable. She groaned softly as she forced herself up. "Unlike you I use this!" She tapped her head. "Strategy! That's how you win! Or for you it's just plain luck! You charge in blindly, with anger burning like wild fire!! Anger rules your life and controls your actions!! It'll get you killed!!!!!"
Vegeta got to his feet within seconds and simply stared at her icily. She clenched her eyes shut, holding her breath for a moment, expecting a blow that never seemed to come. She opened one eye hesitantly, daring to look at him. He seemed as cool as he normally did, standing tall, tail wrapped securely around his waist and face as emotionless and unreadable as ever. She found herself relaxing, her body leaving it's defensive stance and moving back to stand in front of him, unmoving and face as unreadable as his, not daring to show fear or nervousness.
Vegeta looked over her, watching her face carefully, smirking a moment later. Flameandria's body tensed once more, making much more out of his facial expression then he had planned to give her. She watched carefully, expecting him to attack from the way his face was. She waited for the attack but he never flinched or moved to attack her. She kept her face calm and wouldn't give him the pleasure of knowing that, inside, she was scared to death of what he could do to her.
After what seemed like an eternity to the young half-breed, Vegeta made a sound, his laughter breaking the deafening silence that had filled the room. She blinked at him, confused. "what's so funny..."
The silence once again took over the room for a moment as Vegeta stared at the young woman for a moment before bothering to answer her question. "You can hide your fear and pain well for a young girl." He said with a smirk.
Her eyes grew wide at first hearing the statement then narrowed. "Yes, nearly as well as you do!" She stated with such a serious face, looking far to old for one of her age.
"What was that!" Vegetas smirk faded fast, laughter giving way to silence abruptly and the eyes that had a glint of happiness in them just a moment ago now staring coldly at the small figure in font of him.
"It's simple enough for you to understand. I said I hide my fear and pain about as well as you do."
Vegeta growled, his fist balling. "I'm Vegeta! Prince of all Saiyans! I fear no one!"
"Will you stop with the act already!!" She stood tall and proud, much like the Saiyan prince himself. Vegeta couldn't help but be surprised by her sudden boldness and courage. His anger faded and his eyes came to lock with those of the small hybrid. "I see through all of this! I see what you truly are and how you really feel! You hide it well, but not good enough to hide it from me! You fear him!"
"and who would 'him' happen to be.."
"You know exactly who I'm talking about!" She stared straight to his soul through his eyes, no signs of fear in her own, only true understanding of everything he was going through and everything he was. "You fear my father as much as any other in the universe, and you feel pain! You feel the pain of loosing your planet, your people and your family! Is that why you push everyone away? So you don't hurt anymore... The pain won't go away by isolating yourself from everything life has to offer. There's pain, and there's sorrow, death and war, but there's also love, family, happiness, and a lot of goodness out there! There's so much more then what you're allowing yourself to feel! You're letting him win! Everyday you spend killing others and destroying life you're becoming more like him and that's what he wants.... Can't you see that?"
He stared at her for a moment. Never in his life has anyone ever said so much to him about what he was. Never had he seen one who dared tell him off like she had or tell him so much about what he was without him saying anything they had. Him, the prince of all Saiyans, scared of another, and weak enough to feel those silly emotions like love.... But why did he feel like he was then. He felt as though a burden had been lifted from his shoulders, but yet at the same time, all he'd worked towards in his life was crumbling, his image as the mighty Saiyan prince and ruthless warrior were now being destroyed by one teenage girl, that had somehow managed to see through the protective walls he'd built to keep others out, to keep pain out...... His thoughts were interrupted by her sweet voice coming to his ears.
"You aren't alone prince Vegeta..... I was like you, I still am. I've already been on missions, killing in his name. I've seen the blood, violence and death, no! The slaughter! So many innocent lives taken away, just because they wouldn't go along with him, just because they wouldn't kill like him! The only way I could keep from being like him is because I made a promise, to my mother, myself and to my clan! I made the promise to not be like him, to appreciate life for all it is, the ups and the downs! I made that promise! It stays in here," She put one finger to her head and then her hand over her chest, "and in here... That promise is always there, keeping me from becoming him myself........ but, slowly, he's molding us both into his little robots, to carry out whatever order he has for us to do. He's slowly killing us both, stripping us of what we were and might have been one day! He's killing us....."
Vegeta saw a sparkle come off her eyes n the dim light of the training room and on a closer look he saw the tears gathering at the corner of her eyes, trying to hold them back she was constantly blinking, trying to force them to vanish, unable to.
"Make me a promise..... promise me, promise me you'll never become him, promise me you'll keep fighting, whatever happens to me, or to anyone! Promise me! promise me and keep this one promise!!"
Vegeta stepped forward in front of her as she let out a small sob as the tears began to run down her cheeks, not knowing what to expect of him. When he raised his hand to her face level she held her breath, expecting yet another blow but instead felt large, soft hands wipe the tears from her face. She looked up into his eyes, tears gathering in hers once more. "Prince Vegeta....."
"I promise you,. I'll never let that promise slip away, never let it go." He whispered to her as he pulled her into his arms. "Never let it fade"
Her eyes flooded with tears once again as she was once again held in a warm, safe embrace of one she cared for. All different emotions ran through her at once as she felt safe for the first time since she was taken from her clan mother of the Tigers. She found herself on her toes with her lips pressed against his in a loving kiss before she realized what she was doing. Pulling away, she looked away with a blush on her face, unable to believe she just did that
Vegeta had to admit that her kiss had caught him off guard, but he wasn't disgusted by the fact that he'd just been kissed by the beautiful hybrid child. He could feel that she was ashamed of daring to kiss him without a word though and he pulled her face up with a finger under her chin to look her in the eyes before placing a soft, quick kiss on her lips. She smiled and leaned against his chest, closing her eyes as he lowered them both down to sit on the ground, still holding her safely in his arms. He held her as she fell asleep in his arms, looking so peaceful in sleep, and even more beautiful now that the hurt in her eyes was not visible. The pain that had been inflicted on her since infancy by the one man he hated the most, the man who would pay dearly for her pain and his own. Looking down at her he made the promise he'd keep till death, he promised himself and her that he'd protect her with his life, nothing would happen to her. What ever harm came to her would be returned to her attacker 10 fold! He kissed her forehead, brushing her hair out of her face and leaning back against the wall, still holding her tightly. "I promise you....."

His protective wall had crumbled, for one hybrid child, the child of his enemy. She was no ordinary child, she was much more. Much more to the arrogant prince of Saiyans.....

ooo, looks like Vegeta is falling for me!!!! Who could help falling for me! I'm just adorable!!!! well any how, the more reviews I get the faster I move, come on people! Review! I need to know people like this story!!