From Worse to Better

I opened my eyes to a white room. I went to sit up, and found myself stopped by a hand. A green hand.

Looking up, I saw a namekian, and since it wasn't my father, I was sure it was Dende.

"Are you Dende?" my voice was raspy.

"Yes, it's nice to meet you Illia," Dende said, "Though I wish it had been under different circumstances. Here." He handed me a glass of water, which I gratefully drank.

"Where am I?" I asked him. "Is this the lookout?"

"Yes and no," he said. "This is the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. You've been in here for a little over 24 hours, or about four minutes real world time. You shouldn't move around too much, you lost a lot of blood."

"What are you..." I was about to ask, then it came rushing back. "What about Gohan? And Mira? Are they okay? Is my dad worried? When can I see him? And what about..."

"Stop," Dende said, "I'm going to get your guests, and you can ask them your questions."

He turned and went out the door. The only question on my mind at that moment was:

'Guests?'

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"Goodbye, Little Mouse."

I stared up at him in horror and waited for the blast to hit me. Before he could strike a blast hit him from the side. I looked up and saw the last person I expected to see.

"Vegeta!"

The gruff sayian reached down and pulled me to my feet. He aimed a glare at me, then turned toward Dabura, who was getting to his feet.

"And who might you be?" asked Dabura.

"I am the great sayian prince, Vegeta. And thanks to you and your cronies, I didn't get to fight Kakarot, so I'll fight you instead."

Looking between the two of them, I knew this was not going to be pretty.

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The door opened to admit five people. Two of which stood back, while the other three crowded around me to see how I was feeling.

"Are you okay?" asked Gohan, who had been the first one by my side.

"I'm fine Gohan," I told him, "Are you okay?"

"You idiot," he said, "You're the one who was hurt, not me."

"He's right," said Goku from my other side, "Though I have no doubt that he would have been if you hadn't intervened."

I smiled at him, and looked toward the man sitting by my head. My father was staring at me with worry in his eyes.

"I'm okay Daddy, really," I said, "So will you give me a hug and a kiss and tell me where Mira is?"

My father smiled and wrapped his arms around me, kissing my forehead. I snuggled into his embrace, savoring the moment, when it was shattered by an angry yell.

"You Little Idiot!" I looked over to see a very angry Shin glaring at me from beside Kibito, who had a hand wrapped around Shin's arm. "What were you thinking! I told you to stay out of it!"

I lost my temper at his tone. This was his fault in the first place. I jumped out of bed and, before anyone could stop me, slapped him across the face as hard as my six year-old body could. His head snapped to the side and he put a hand to his cheek.

"Did you seriously expect me to stand by while Babadi's goons attacked people that I care about Shin?" I asked, "You know me better than that. I jumped in because it was what I wanted to do, and if you so much as try to pull a stunt like that again, so help me, I don't care if you're the Supreme Kai, you could be the king of the universe for all I care, I'll beat you to a bloody pulp."

"You know I can't allow that, right?" Kibito asked.

"Try to get in the way, and you might end up missing a few limbs," I said, and everyone's eyes widened. I had never been this angry before. "Shin, I love you, and I respect you, but the next time you so much as look at my family the wrong way, I'll make you wish you had never been born."

The room sat in shocked silence. I took a few deep breaths to calm myself. Finally I looked up at them.

"Where's Mira?" I asked.

"She chased after the goons that attacked you," Goku said. "But don't worry, we sent Vegeta after her, she'll be okay."

Even though he said that, I had a feeling it wasn't going that smoothly.

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"I see," Dabura said, "A sayian prince, huh? Then why did you come to protect that girl?"

"Kakarot promised me a full on, no holds barred fight if I saved her," Vegeta said.

"You'll do anything to fight Goku, won't you?" I asked him.

"I've always wanted to prove I was better than Kakarot," he said, "And now's my chance to do so."

They poised for a fight and I groaned.

"Here we go again."

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Sorry about the wait. It's been hectic for me at school, but it's summer vacation now, so I should update more often. Also, if any of you have suggestions or questions, leave a review or PM me, and I'll see what I can do. Please give me some ideas!