DISCLAIMER: I don't own anything from DBZ. It belongs to the guy who created the show, which all of us should know already.
"Come on, girl!"
Matronene looked up and took a deep breath.
"You're hard to keep up with, aren't you?"
She fired a desperate ki beam at Vegeta, who easily blocked it and fired a counter attack. Matronene scrambled out of the way. The training had been going on for three hours; she had never fought so long in her life.
"What's wrong?" taunted Vegeta. "You tired?"
Matronene nodded and Vegeta scowled.
"Never admit to being tired or weakened! That will get you killed without a hope of survival!" shouted the prince. "Now push yourself! Fight harder!"
He fired a large ki beam at her, and she blocked it, but just until she could get out of the way. She ran in a large circle around Vegeta, just one step ahead of his attacks, and leapt forward towards him. She threw a punch, but Vegeta moved his head out of the way. When she pulled her fist back, Vegeta threw his head forward, smashing into her's.
Matronene fell backward, but quickly put herself back together. And not a moment too soon, because she saw the saiyan heading right toward her.
The girl gasped and fired an attack. She had only been this scared twice and concsious enough to realize it once: When Vegeta-sei had been destroyed, and when Styre had been destroyed.
Vegeta hit the blast with his hand and directed it away. He started to power up, and fire another blast, when suddenly, Matronene's power level also seemed to go up. He looked at her, and noticed she didn't even look like she was in her right mind. Like there was something wrong with her. Once again, he was shocked at how evil she looked, and thought that maybe...something wasn't right with the girl. Both planets she had ever called home had been destroyed, maybe it had driven her mad.
"Woman?" Vegeta muttered.
She said nothing, just looked up and fired a blast.
"Damn it!" the prince exclaimed. He jumped out of the way, and let the blast hit the wall.
Then the girl attacked like a hungry dog attacks his food.
Vegeta gasped and was fighting, not just to train, but to practically stay alive. Matronene's power level was flying upward, and Vegeta was almost afraid of her. It was insane.
Then, he powered up much more and knocked her back. He attacked her, and she only attempted to fight back. But he grabbed her wrists and called to her, maybe he could bring her back.
"Matronene!" he exclaimed. "Matronene, relax! It's just training, okay?"
But she didn't stop.
"Matronene!"
After a few more seconds, her eyes seemed to come back into focus, and she slowed down. Finally, Vegeta caught her fist and she stopped completely.
"Woman," gasped Vegeta, "when you get angry, you can really fight."
Matronene swallowed and inhaled. "But...but I wasn't angry."
"What was your emotion?"
"Fear."
"Well then...when you get scared, you can fight like hell. So I think I know what you need to do when you fight. Which is, obviously, let your fear become you. Then...just let it continue. That's what you need to do when you go on missions. I'm going to tell Frieza to try you out. I think you can do it."
"Really?" Matronene exclaimed. She smiled and seemed to be searching for words. "Thank you!" She moved forward to hug Vegeta, but he pulled back.
"Woman!" he snapped. "Don't hug! It's wrong! Not something a saiyan does! Especially a warrior!"
"But I'm not really a warrior, I was born a servant," said Matronene.
"Well, now you're a warrior, and hugging is not allowed."
Vegeta turned around and walked toward the door to tell Frieza what he thought about Matronene.
"Sire."
Frieza looked down at Vegeta.
"I think you should let Matronene, that saiyan girl, go on a mission."
"But she's only had three training session, one with you, one with Nappa, and one with Raditz," said Frieza.
"Yes, but her training has only gotten better. Oh, and...she's had four training sessions. Today was her fourth."
"Whatever," Frieza replied impatient once again. "Anyway, how can she have gotten that good so soon?"
"Today, I found something that makes her fight much, much better. Her emotions can blind her, and she becomes ruthless and insane, her strenghth comes from her frenzy," explained Vegeta.
Frieza was quiet for a moment. "All right. You've got a small, easy mission coming up. You can take her with you. If she doesn't do well, you will be punished. If she does well...you won't be."
Vegeta nodded. "Yes, sire."
He turned around and walked away to tell Matronene, once again telling her the future that awaited her.
"Woman," he said, finding her back at their room. "You will be going on a mission with us soon. You'd better do well on this, because if you don't, I get punished."
"Okay, prince," she said.
Vegeta took a good look at her and noticed she seemed to be glowing. Inside, he sighed. Once she saw what you had to do to these people, she wouldn't like it so much anymore.
