From Bad to Worse

Mira flew low, making sure to keep the fleeing men in view. She was careful to keep out of sight, but she was barely keeping her power in check.

Mira knew her sister was badly injured. She had seen the blood pooling on the arena's surface. The fact that these men had dared to hurt Illia, that they had almost killed her, had invoked a rage in Mira that she had never felt the likes of before. That her strong, confident, sweet, protective sister had been hurt and tossed away like a sack of potatoes had made Mira see red.

It was lucky that Mira had a better grip on her temper than Illia, cause it meant she hadn't leaped out and attacked them herself. In the confusion, she had quietly slipped away to follow the bastards that had hurt her sister. She was in for it when she got back, but there was no way in hell she was going to let them get away.

She looked at the figures in front of her, and continued her pursuit. She'd let them get to where they were going...

Then she'd kill them all.

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"Where's Mira?"

The question hung in the air for a moment, and everyone realized they had no idea.

"Where. Is. My. Daughter." this time the non-question came from Piccolo. When no one answered him he stood and roared, "WHERE IS SHE? Were you guys even watching her? You didn't think she would just sit still when she saw Illia get hurt? Wht do you think you're doing..."

"Calm down."

The group turned to see the short white haired fighter standing beside them. The taller man who had fought Gohan was standing just behind him.

"Who are you to tell me to calm down?" Piccolo asked him, grabbing his collar and lifting him to eye level. "One of my daughters is currently in critical condition, and the other is missing. WHY THE HELL SHOULD I CALM DOWN!"

"I'm Shin, the Eastern Supreme Kai," Shin told him. "And you're no the only one worried about those girls."

"What do you mean?" the question came from Vegeta.

"Those girls have something called astral projection, or at least Illia does," Shin said, "While they were in suspended animation, Illia sent her soul to the World of the Kais. Kibito and I met her there, and trained her for the better part of fourteen years. We know her just as well, or better than you, and we love her too. If anything happened to Mira, she would be devastated and we don't want that, so we'll help you find her. But we can't do anything if you DON'T CALM DOWN!"

The group stood completely still for a moment, shocked at this revelation.

"Alright," Piccolo said, putting Shin on his feet, "What do you need us to do?"

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Mira had found the fighters' destination. Looking out from her hiding place, she saw a large ship, and an alien or monster of some sort standing guard. The two that had attacked her sister landed and were greeted by him. They were talking and Mira moved closer to see what was happening.

"Did you get the energy for lord Babadi?" the monster asked.

"We did, and there's quite a bit of it. It should get us a lot closer to reviving Majin Buu." the smaller of the two said.

"Who is Babadi? And what the heck is a Majin Buu?" Mira wondered moving closer to see of she could learn more. Unknowingly, she dislodged a small stone, which skittered down the the pile she was hiding behind.

The monster sudden looked in her direction and she froze. He couldn't have seen her right?

"It looks like the two of you have picked up a hitchhiker," the monster said. He turned toward Mira's hiding place.

"Come out!" he yelled, "The great lord Dabura commands you."

Mira didn't move. If she came out now, she was dead. She hadn't planned this far ahead.

"Fine," Dabura said from below, "I'll just have to force you out." And with that he shot an energy blast at the pile.

Mira jumped out of the way, revealing herself to her enemies. The pile exploded, and she used the dust to find another hiding place. As she sat there she heard Dabura tell the other two to go inside.

"Where are you little mouse?" he asked as the dust cleared, "Come out and play."

Mira peeked out at him from behind the rock she had used for cover. He stood there, looking around, his tail swishing back and forth behind him like a cats. She shuddered. This was a game of cat and mouse, and she was the mouse.

Or maybe not. It was only a matter of time before he found her, so she decided to go on the offensive. She gathered her energy and jumped from behind the rock.

"Starburst Beam!" she shouted, shooting a glowing white beam at Dabura. It knocked him back a few feet, but before she could follow up, he was right in front of her. His fist crashed into her stomach, and before she could fly backwards, his tail came around and slammed into her back, sending her face-first into a mountain.

She knew that if she didn't do something, she was a goner. Her six year-old body couldn't take this punishment for long.

She lay where his blow had thrown her and, when she felt him drop his guard, turned and shot multiple energy blasts at him. Almost all of them went wide. The rest he dodged.

"You missed," he said.

"I wasn't aiming for you," she said, pointing up. He looked up to see all of the dozens of energy blasts hanging in the air above his head. "I never miss. Star-shower Blast!"

The energy blasts shot down to converge at one point. Mira lost sight of Dabura in the ensuing flash of light and explosion. When the dust cleared he was nowhere to be found.

She thought she had beaten him for a moment. Then...

"Feisty little mouse, aren't you?" Dabura said from behind her. She truned and was slammed to the ground, his hand holding her there. He held an energy blast in his other palm.

"Goodbye, little mouse."

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