(A/N: …You don't even want to hear my excuses this time.)
Lionpire: You must be dead by now. It's been about two months since I last updated. CPR! We need CPR over here!
Amy: Thanks to you, I have forced myself to write the next chapter. Here you go. (And it's probably going to take another two months for me to update again).
You, going through this stageIt's a restless age
Young and insecure
Still, there are doubts to fade
Moments to be made
And one of them is yours
Chapter 9: Young and Insecure
"No, no, no! You're doing it all wrong! Vee! Here, let me show you how you're supposed to do it," Mikirubai shouted in exasperation as she got up from her throne and walked over to the circular disc-shaped area where Vee stood in his perfect formation.
He sighed as he dropped the form, scratching his head as his teacher walked up to be in his face. Mikirubai grunted at him and then showed her version of the perfect formation. She placed her feet to where they were one in front of the other about three feet distance apart from toe to heel. Her blood red cape fluttered as she moved her arms to the position where one arm guarded her face and chest while the other arm was peeled back as if ready to attack.
"This is the correct position to approach the enemy with an attack using defensive maneuvers," Mikirubai told him, assuming a very good I'm-the-teacher-so-I'm-always-right voice.
Vee sighed again—she had really taught him how to sigh in a matter of hours. "How can you attack using defense? I don't think that makes any sense at all. I mean, Reda uses defense and I use attack. That's the way it's always been. You can't combine the two and be better than us. That's why when we fuse we're the best."
This time Mikirubai sighed, "Vee, do you want to learn White Magic or not?" Vee nodded his head emphatically. "I do.""Then you're going to have to follow the steps exactly as I say. Not all magic spells have words that go with them. We are the Rah; we fight with defense and guard with attack." Vee raised an eyebrow in confusion and Mikirubai stood back up to full height, shaking her head. "In other words, the Rah learn to use both attack and defensive maneuvers in their fights. For without both there is no guarantee for a win."
Vee crossed his arms at his chest, turning his head away in disagreement. "Puh. Yes there is. I've won a fight with attack moves, but I see no reason for learning defensive magic except for the fact that it'll show Reda that I am the better of the two of us. There is no possible way to win a fight without attack, but it can be done without defense."
The sorceress opened her mouth as if to say something else to contradict her student, but a male's voice entered the flow instead. "Actually, there are several ways someone can win without attacking. Many a great battle has been fought and won using only defensive maneuvers."
Vee turned his head in the direction of the new voice, his eyes blinking as they crossed in front of the brightly glowing throne. He blinked again when a figure entered the room wearing the common white robe of Mikirubai's several zombie servants. This man did not look like a servant or anything like a zombie. Vee smirked when he saw the confused look on the sorceress's face. Someone had intruded her lair without her knowing it, and had only been caught because he showed himself. That was a real kick in the ass. And, adding insult to injury, the intruder was a Saiyan, judging by the brown monkey tail hanging out behind his back. Ha! Now that had to be a huge insult to "Ms. Perfect Rah Mikirubai." Wait…another Saiyan?
The words popped out of his mouth at the exact same time that Mikirubai found the breath to speak. "Who are you?" They both asked synchronized with each other's voices.
The Saiyan with the princely hairdo—Vee lowered his eyebrows suspiciously at that—gave a grin that nearly split his face before he opened up and spoke. "I was once known as the third prince of a now dead kingdom." He gave a little bow, clicking his heels together when he stood straight again. "However, now that both the kingdom and the planet are gone for good, people have begun to call me by my true name."
The silence that followed gave Vee the time to think it through. He nearly jumped when he discovered who this strange Saiyan was, but Mikirubai beat him to the punch, at least with using her voice. "Which is?"
That gave Vee the moment he needed to speak the name out, and when he did it came out as a shocked exclamation. "Vege! Little brother, you're still alive! And still…young."
Vege smiled with a happy nod. "I'm honored that you still remember me, Vee, after all you've been through with Psyfoam and all.""You know about that?" Vee asked, looking everywhere he could but at his brother.
Vege's voice didn't sound as happy as before anymore. "Yes, I do. I stood off in the background as you and Reda destroyed the civilizations of some of my only friends. I have wandered alone for years—so long I can't count—visiting places like Empty Space and Time Chambers for training; therefore, I have lost many a year in my time of wandering."
Vee opened his mouth to say something and then found that he had to close it again. He had so many questions he didn't know where to begin. Empty Space? Time Chambers? Holy Shit! I killed off his friends?
"What do you want?" Mikirubai asked scornfully, showing her utter distaste for Vege, probably because he was a minor Saiyan.
Vege glared at her, a glare full of such hatred Vee found himself having to tear his gaze away. That look was almost worse than Psyfoam's eyes—almost. Vee shuddered in spite of himself and then forced the courage in him to come to the surface.
Mikirubai and Vege were both giving death glares now. Vee knew he had missed something important. "Great what did I miss?"
Neither one answered his question, but Vege did give a reply of some sort. "Murderer," he said, aiming his scornful words at Mikirubai. "You're a liar and a murderer! I came here for revenge, to stop you from completing your plans to save Psyfoam; I came here to end your power, and to get revenge for all the crimes you've committed against me!" Vege was now standing inches away from the sorceress, spitting his hurtful words in her face. "But before I can stop you, my favorite brother falls under your leadership and now I'm forced to watch and wait until you decide he's trained enough to set free."
Vee's eyes bulged out at that. "Set free? What do you mean by that? I'm not in any position to be 'set free' of anything or anybody. I chose to stay and learn magic and I can leave whenever I want."
Mikirubai surprised him with a grin and then a full out laugh, but it appeared that she was completely ignoring Vee's statement, replying only to Vege. "I wondered when you'd be back, Little Vege. It's been so long since we last slept together I thought you had forgotten about me." It seemed that she was ignoring Vege's statements about her crimes and his revenge. She touched him with one of her blood red fingernails, coaxing him with flirtatious movements and such.
Vege shuddered once at her touch, but then fought it and moved back a step. "No, I won't fall to you again, Mikirubai. I'm not here for your pleasure so you can forget about Psyfoam!" He was backed up against the wall now, staring at her close figure with shaking eyeballs that showed his fear of past experiences, but he remained defiant. "I was young then. I know better now."
"Well then, it's a little late for you. But Vee's still young."
At that, Vee started to freeze up inside. He knew where this was leading. He was beginning to understand it all now. Mikirubai wasn't helping him. She was…
"No! Leave him out of your disgusting ways. Don't touch him, Mikirubai. I swear if yo…"
The cunning yet beautiful sorceress stopped Vege's words with a kiss. Vee shuddered and looked away. His brother…his once younger, but now older brother…had been and probably still was Mikirubai's…sex…slave. He shuddered again. That was just plain disgusting!
"Vee…young one…don't you want to know what it feels like? It's such a rush. I'm sure you'll love it."
He looked up, almost unwillingly, and saw Mikirubai standing right in front of him. Vege was sitting on the ground against the wall, breathing hard, sweating heavily and moaning. Vee shuddered again. No, no, no…I don't want this. It's wrong. I thought I could trust her!
Her eyes hooked his and he found himself frozen at the realization that Mikirubai was worse than Psyfoam…way worse. She got close, personally close. Psyfoam had never done something like this…well…not even to Reda, as far as Vee knew. "I…I…I…" He wanted to tell her a flat out "no." He wanted to say that she was the sickest person he had ever met and that he was officially leaving this place, training or not.
She stopped him, her fingers running along his chest, the fingernails cutting off his shirt. He reached out ready to slap her away and found that his own hand had betrayed him, as it was now caressing her body gently. He tried to draw back before it was too late, but her voice brought him closer. "Come on, Vee. You're so young and insecure it's crazy. You need to have the experience before you try it with the person you really love. I can give you that. I can make you old and secure, just like I made Vege. You wanted to train, remember? Well, I get something out of it, too."
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Goku: What's going on? Why does Pan have a black aura around her? Why is Vegeta looking like he's ready to fight her? What is happening to everybody? We're falling apart; it's not just me. Everyone falls apart if I give up. I know that now. They need me. They need me to…where is Psyfoam?
