Dragon Ball FS: Dominion {we begin} limited LSU's

[Bulbasaur4]

Idaia - Namekian
***


I clutched the shoulders of Dina, as she gleefully kicked her legs wildly in the air and shouted all the happy joys of the earth.
I was frightened by her sudden decomposure... but yet, she was harmless.
At least when she sneezes she doesn't turn into a psychotic killer..
I thought on the bright side, and sighed.
"Woooow- lookie I'm FLYING still! Go faster Green Dude! We gotta get to... wherever we gotta get too!"
Dina flailed her hands a bit as I clutched her shoulders tighter against my small body.
She was much larger than me in comparision... but luckily, I some how found the strength to hold her in the air. But she had slowed me down... severely. I wasn't a fast flyer to begin with, but this was just ridicolous.
At this rate... we'll never get there.
"Why doesn't the earth want to give you a hug? Shouldn't you let it give you a hug instead of flying away?"
Dina questioned, reaching up and grabbing my green antena.
I yelped and dropped her instantly...
Grabbing a Namekian's antena was not very smart- it hurt... a lot.
"WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Dina began to exclaim, as her body flew down towards the ground..
"GROUP HUGGLES EARTH!"

I groaned and suddenly dropped down and dove towards the earth and Dina... her arms spread wide in a motion in giving a hug.
I gotta... grab her..
I thought, and an extra burst of speed came. I zoomed down extremely far until suddenly my hand caught a grasp of her hair and soon I had found her shoulders again and grabbed underneath them. I t hen thrusted all my ki downwards at the earth... and instantly we both jerked free from the gravity of the earth.
We stopped about 10 feet from the earth's ever present crust.
I breathed heavily... (*imagines a small Dende, clutching for life*)
I sweatdropped as I gazed at the ground and my eyes widened in horror... how bad that could have been.
"EARTHY!!! GIMME A HUUUG!"
I groaned and slowly lowered to the earth until I had set Dina down, and then I too collapsed next to her. DIna however, rose to her feet and instantly ran straight to a rock and gave it a huge hug. I gazed at her, and shook my head, sighing.

I sat on a large boulder for a while, catching my breath.
I can sense Rudy and Yoshi... and barely Gav. Gav is going to need me... hopefully we can get to them some time, and if not... hopefully Gav is able enough to be carried by Rudy and Yoshi here... or... hopefully Gav can hold on for that long.

I was worried... as the new EArth Guardian, and resident healer... I would be needed. It made me feel guilty that I was not there to help gav..
"Come little green guy! Hug a rock will you?"
Dina suddenly was in front of me, holding a piece of dirt in my face. I yelped and fell backwards off the boulder, my face to the sky and my back throbbing with the fall.
"Ooo.. ooo... are you okay?"
Dina poked her head over the boulder, and I slowly nodded, groaning.
"Yeah... uhh-"
"YAY! I wanna try!"
Dina flung herself downward off the boulder and landed smack in the ground on her back as well. She laid there for a moemnt... the oxygen out of her lungs... until she regained her lost wind.
"Woah... what a ruuuusshhh..."

I rose to my feet, gazing at Dina as she ran to another rock to give it a huge too. I wanted to grab my own antenas right there... what to do with Dina? I was the kid here... the youngster, and here I was babysitting an Adult. It was a strange concept to me.... maybe I was growing up a bit more- for my age at least?
Or maybe she's just shrinking..
I sighed and gazed away, until suddenly a figure caught my eye...
I gasped and took two steps back, gulping.
Makura.
She slept... and it... frightened me horribly. She was leaning against her ship... and her well-equipped figure (*snickers* You can take that more then one way...) was sleeping soundlessly.
I tip toed backwards... praying that Dina wouldn't see -
"WATCHA DO'N?"
Dina suddenly rushed over, a handful of rocks in her arms until she saw Makura. She instantly dropped her rocks and squealed in delight.
"Wow! A nnnewww friend! With a BIG TOY TOO!"
She rushed over to this 'friend' to probably poke her to death until she woke up..

"No no no no Dina! No-"
I tried to warn her... but it was no use. Dina was in full speed right now... and would have probably taken an army to stop her.
Or maybe more.

[Kuro Espeon]

Originally posted by Asilynne:
Oh man.....Dont ask me how I can act that stupid...*shoots a look at Makura that says 'Dont say a word...'*
lol ^-^

*whistles innocently* I wasn't going to say anything....really...


Makura:
~~~~~
It was that same dream again....the same one I'd been having for months now. Those strange men...and that dark room...their demonic sounding-voices echoing throughout that seemingly endless void of blank memories. What did they mean to me? Why did they just keep staring at me and examining me like some sort of animal or....a specimen?
Then I felt something I hadn't felt in my past dreams. It felt like one of the dark figures was poking me. A constant prodding jabbed at the side of my head. Then it started to poke me on the shoulder...BOTH of my shoulders and all the way down my arms. It was beginning to annoy me...
What was happening?
Then I heard a female voice come through clearly amoung the mummbles of the men.
"Heeeey.....why don'tcha wake up?" Right after the voice trailed off the prodding ceased but was followed almost immedietly by a sharp jab in the stomache.

"OW! What the HELL...!" I jolted awake and sat up sharply, throwing back the girl that had been crouched over me.
"Yea! New Friend is awake!" Said a sickenly cheerful voice that was oddly familiar. I looked up and saw a girl with silver hair and bright, wide eyes staring at me with the stupidest grin that I had ever seen on her face.
"Who the hell are..." I snapped, about ready to punch her. BUt then I stopped and examined this girl more closely. I realized instant that it was that same human moron who had interrupted my fight with Rudy before! I looked to the side and saw a very nervous Namek child hiding behind a boulder and staring at me wide-eyed.
"Heeeey..." I said slowly, "You're that little Namek who was hanging out with Rudy and his friends aren't you? And YOU'RE that human twit who interrupted my fight with Rudy!" I paused and glared at them curiously. "What are YOU two doing here?"

[Bulbasaur4]

Idaia - Namakian
***

I cowered behind the boulder- I had run behind it as soon as I saw Dina start poking Makura with out most persistancy.
BUt... unfortunately, after several hundred pokes Makura woke up with a curse...
After coming to her senses, Makura immediatly saw me and Dina... and recognized us as well.
"What are YOU two doing here?" She exclaimed, sitting down upon her rock as Dina pranced around.
"We were flyyyying to some where very impooortant! BUT the earth wanted to gimme a hug so I-"
Makura immediatly put out her leg, and made Dina trip so that she fell flat on her face. Makura raised an eye brow, probably annoyed by Dina's chatter already. Dina seemed to bounce up, and it didn't phase her...
"Well... you see... uhh.."
Should I tell Makura? If I do... what would her actions be?
I didn't know what to think, but Makura saw my hesitation.
"Look here little guy, if you don't want to tell me... don't. But I think you should give me SOME reason why you are near my space ship... and it better be good... because I can tell who lies.."
I gulped, and figured telling the truth would be far better then becoming Namekian Soup. Dina smiled brightly as she saw yet another boulder she never hugged... squealing in delight she hugged it.
"Well... we were flying to aid a friend of ours who came in contact with a powerful changling. He is injured... and Rudy and his friend went ahead of us... and well, she went all ... weird... on me... and we sorta crashed when she wants to give the earth a hug...and-"
"Enough.." Makura said, getting up and sighing as she stretched a bit.
Dina immediatly smiled.
"You should give the earth a hug too."

I sighed... wondering how anything could get any worse at this moment..

[Master Rudy]

Rudy Summers
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"I don't understand what could be taking the two of them so long" Yoshi said to me and Gav. "They should have been here by now." Gav may have been injured pretty badly but it was becoming clear that it wasn't as nasty as me and Yoshi had first thought. "Perhaps they are being delayed by something?" he suggested after coughing up a small amount of blood. As if to answer us I suddenly sensed Makura. Every since our battle she had been doing a very good job at keeping her power level low enough so we couldn't detect it. Oddly enough I wasn't too surprised when I also sensed both Idaia and Dina near her as well.

Yoshi was about ready to jump up and fight her but I stopped him. I had the feeling that he still didn't quiet trust Makura after she had been hired to kill us. "Would you just relax?" I told him. "She may be a merc but I honestly don't think her intentions are that bad." He seemed to be about ready to go off at that comment but Yoshi knew better than to try and stop me while I was trying to make a point. "It's understandable that you might not trust her. However at this point I don't really think there is much else we can do. Besides do you know of a place we can get a ship so that we can follow the Saiyans?" Yoshi just took a deep breath and sighed. As much as he may have wanted to protest he knew that I was right. As I got up from where I had been sitting the past few minutes I looked at both Gav and Yoshi and said "Gav isn't in any shape to travel anywhere. For now the two of you should wait here. I shouldn't be that long. I'm just going to go meet the three of them and then we'll be back." With that I took off toward the area where they were. We didn't have a moment to lose if we were to find out what the Saiyans and that Changeling has planned for the Earth......

[Kuro Espeon]

Makura:
~~~~~
This Dina was an even bigger idiot thatn I had originally thought. In fact...she slightly scared me...and there weren't many things in this universe that scared me.....
I shook my head as I watched her prance about happily, hugging every boulder in sight. I sighed and put my hands on my hips.
"What...is her problem exactly?" I asked Idaia, not taking my eyes off the overly extatic Dina.
"I'm...not sure. She just....sneezed all of a sudden and then she started acting like this...." Idaia replied, also watching DIna carefully, "I've never seen such bizarre behavior..."
"You mean...she doesn't always act like this?" I said, in a slightly surprised tone. Idaia shook his head. I thought for a moment and then something came to me. "I remember hearing a story similar to this...it was about a girl who lived on Earth about 1000 years ago or so...her name was Lunch I believe. Normally she was a very average ditzy blond. But she had this strange condition that whenever she sneezed she turned into a, violent, raging psychomaniac .... Could this girl have some connection with her?"
Idaia shrugged. "Seems so..."
Just then I felt a familiar energy signature quickly approaching. After a minute I recognized who it was.
"Ah-ha! And here comes your buddy Rudy! I was wondering when he'd show up! So....he comes to ask for my help, does he? Hm! Well...let's just see how he pleads his case shall we?" I rose up into the air casually and floated there, waiting for his arrival.

[Bulbasaur4]

Name: Kiaran Weslii
Species: Saiyan
Gender: Female
Side: She is sorta neutral... yet she likes helping the rebels against the Saiyan Army.
Appearance: She looks exactly like Andriod 18, except her hair is a bit longer to about her shoulders, and layered to frame her face. (shorter hair lengths to the front of her face, getting longer from the back.) Her hair is blonde like Andriod 18, except it has some strawberry-blonde hues. She stands about 5’8, (I think that is a bit taller then Andriod 18..) But besides that, her facial and body figure is exactly the same. The clothing she wears currently is a black, sleeveless t-shirt which hugs her figure, along with a light blue, jean-like jacket over it. She wears black pants, which are more fighter-styled pants but they huge at her legs more and are sleekish look’n. Her shoes are the regular DBZ styled shoes except blue in color. She wears a silver necklace around her neck, with a pendant of the moon upon it made out of simple silver.
Personality: She’s rather down to earth and sensable, and very protective of what she comes to love and/or respect. She isn’t a push over, and some times can be bull-headed about things- but she isn’t unreasonable. She’ll help those who she thinks needs aiding... and will laugh- she’s tough, but she isn’t cold.
History: She was raised by humans who found her Saiyan parents dead- because they disobeyed the Saiyan Empire. They raised her... and tried to make Kiaran not want to fight, for they didn’t want violence- but were unsuccessful. Kiaran trained herself hard, and soon was trained by many teachers whom she... ahem, ‘persistantly’ picked on until they let in. The experience has helped her greatly... making her an extreme fighter, despite her appearance or ‘sexist’ thinkers.
Abilities: They vary... she knows Distro Disk- which is just like Destructo Disk, except it swirls around like blades and is a whole lot wider... and did I mention it was wider?
She knows other basic Ki attacks... and a few tricks up her sleeve.
Other: kills other

I’ll add her later... right now messa g2g!!!!

[Kuro Espeon]

Alright! Another Female saiya-jin! I'm NOT the only one anymore! KWAHAHAHAHA! hmmm...her clothes sound kinda similar to Makura's outfit from Dragonball VG......

[Bulbasaur4]

OOps!! ^^;; I didn't know that... if you want, I can change her clothing so it doesn't look like your past character... ^^;;; She'll change outfits in this rpg a bit too... lol, just incase you didn't like that.


I think I'll post now for Kiaran now.




Kiaran Weslii - (F) - Saiyan
***


Kiaran kicked the plaster which used to be part of a huge, towering building with a tremendous force. The plaster instantly sprayed into dust in the air, as she brought forth her fist and smacked it into the ground. Her face was sweating, her fists were bloody and her hair dirtied with the swirling dirt. Smoke still filled her nose... as the smell of blood, ash, dirt and death hung in the air. Blinking a few more times... Kiaran yelled out- cried out- in frustration.
"DAMN YOU!" She swore into the air, but nothing- no one heard her cry. She fell to her knees, staring at the foundation of where the old house which she knew for so long used to stand... used to. Now it was gone... towers were crashed, houses were dismembered and bodies distintigrated and long dead. Her eyes narrowed at teh foundation... as anger boiled upinside her. Frustration and grief was the most of it however... and it stung and struck with a knife so cruel no man could ever weild it's power.

She had left for only a small trip- a trip to pick up some new, rare capsuls for her human parents... ever since the destruction of Capsule Corp- most have been hard to come by. Kiaran succedded, but upon her return she had a sickenign feeling like she was missing some thing. But she took her time like her human parents told her too- she stopped to oversee some wreckage that the Saiyan Army did- and also stopped by several hidden Namekian villages. When she arrived however... it was too late. She was struck with hard reality..
Her City- Mesai City- was destroyed. Rubble every where.. smoke thickening the air, as houses were gone... the people dead. Nothing remained... absolutely nothing. Nothing but a Saiyan Scavenger- a small, worthless Saiyan who did trade with teh Saiyan Army. Those types stole from people and Nameks of earth and did business with the SAiyan Army... and when he saw her, he was shocked. At first he saw the tail and was relieved...
but when death faced him, he realized she was not one of 'them'.

"You worthless piece of ..." She had yelled at him, filled with anger and rage as the man stammered- saying he did nothing of this. She then accused him, saying he had no right to work with the Saiyan Army, steal from the victims, the dead... and the innocent. The more he spoke however... the more enraged she became. She then killed him... it wasn't really on purpose,buti t just sort of happened. She thrusted him so deep into a fallen wall of a building... that his bones couldn't take the weight. He then cried for mercy - for the pain to be taken away so he could rest peacefully... And she realized that she had caused too much damage. She had crippled him... and it was far better to die. So she killed him... but in a way, she was not sorry nor guilty. He had deserved it... and he served the Saiyan Army- he was appart of the massacre.

Slowly rising to her feet, Kiaran brushed a loose strand of blonde hair behind her ear and released her tense, balled-up fists. What would she do now? What could she possibly do now...
The world was horrendous... little innocence was left. The life she had grown up in was a lie- far from reality of what it was. They tried to keep her in peace... but her Saiyan blood made sure she was fit. She trained even though her parents or her community showed her no reason too- and yet she did it fiercefully and with outmost heart. Now here she was... with otu any of thelm, yet she remained. In a way it made sense though... maybe she was doomed to stay on the war side- the blood side, the side which there was no innocence. Besides... ever since she was born, and her human parents found her birth parents dead.... - it was determined.

[Asilynne]

...Saiyans....they think they own the world.... ^-~
I think I'll have Dina stay in her idiot form a bit longer ^-^
~~~Dina~~~ (Still an idiot)
I LOVED hugging the Earth! The Earth was a wonderful place and not enough people in the world took time to show it a little love in return for being so COOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!! The only problem is the Earth never hugged back....
Then I had a thought! WOW! That girl with the tail, I was gonna give her a hug! She wouldnt let me before but maybe shes not so cranky now that she had a nap! "Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyy!!! Taaaaaiiiiiilll giiiiiiirrrrrrrllllll!!!!!!!" I yelled to the world as I pranced joyfully over to her. But maybe she was hard of hearing because she just floated up into the air. Oh! I did that once! But then I sneezed and the Earth was rushing at me. And then.......
"HEY GREEN KID!!!" I ran up and jumped on his back. "Up!! UP!! UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!" I kicked my legs at him playfully. "GIDDYUP!"
The green kid just sighed. I guess he didnt like to play around, how sad. Little kids shouldnt hate to play! But he flew up anyway! What a nice kid!
"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!! HIGHER!!!!!! WWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!" The kid was bobbing up and down but he stayed in the air. Wow he was giving me a fun house ride! He did like to play after all!
Then something came flying from the distance. I squinted my eyes and lifted a hand to shield them from the sun. "..............EEEEEEEEEEEE!! ^-^" I saw a faint spot of blue. YAY!!
"IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSS RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!" I shouted and struggled to leap in his direction. "What are you doing Dina?! Your gonna fall!" The green kid said as he tried to keep me from jumping.
I laughed. "Silly green kid, If I fall the Earth will catch me! The Earth is my friend, you see.."
He just shook his head. Well, I wasnt going to worry about falling. Nimbly I leapt up and stood on the green kids shoulders as he floated, balancing perfectly. The green kid looked like he was turning even greener. "DINA!!! DO YOU KNOW HOW DANGEROUS THAT IS?!?!?!?!"
I grinned down at him and did a little hopping dance on his shoulders.
"You worry too much!"

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Holy crap Im annoying myself!

[Kuro Espeon]

No its ok B4. You can keep her description. All I said was that her outfit sounded a little bit similar. Makura's old outfit was a tight black tanktop, matching dark blue demin jacket and skirt and black knee-high boots. I'll let you decided if that's too close. It doesn't matter to me really, but you can change it if you want to.

P.S. - To Asilynne: *pssst* you're beginning to annoy me too!

[Master Rudy]

Rudy Summers
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After flying for several minutes I was finally able to see Makura hovering on the horizion waiting for me but what really caught my eye was the sight behind her. Was that Dina trying to stand on Idaia? I really wasn't sure what to think of it. On the one hand I was starting to wonder what was up with her. dina would seem normal one moment and then do things like this the next. On the other hand I was really hoping I had a camera with me and it was taking all the control I had to keep a straight face. Just then Dina layed eyes on me as I got closer and without warning jumped off of Idaia and tackled me in midair. I wasn't expecting this at all and was caught off guard as the two of us went flying toward the ground while she was screaming at the top of her lungs as if this was some kind of amusement park ride. At the last possible moment I managed to regain control and stopped our fall about an inch away from the ground. Dina just looked at me oddly and said "Why'd you have to stop? That was soooo much fun! It wasn't like the fall was going to hurt you." With a nervous chuckle I said "It's never the fall that hurts. It's the sudden stop at the end." All she did at this point was start laughing as if that was the funniest thing in the world. As Dina got off of me she laughed a bit more before saying "Don't be silly! The Earth loves us all and would never hurt us!!!" I wasn't quite sure how to handle the situation but then an idea popped into my head. As I stood up I told Dina "Well right now I've got to take care of some business. In the meantime why don't you protect the trees and help save the Earth?" She seemed to like the idea but just as I started to fly up I suddenly heard her shout "But I also want to go flyiiinnnnggggg!" It was at this point that Dina did the worst possible thing you could do to a Saiyan:

In the hopes of hitching a ride she had grabbed me by the tail.

It didn't take a scientist to see what the end result of this would be. As soon as it happened I lost all my power and hit the ground face first. While I was down on the ground groaning in pain I heard Dina give a loud whistle and say "Wow! That must have hurt!" Little did she know that her actions just put another one of us in pain as I heard Idaia shout about his ears. As I slowly got up I heard Makura say from up about us in her usual voice "Why do I get the feeling that girl is going to be the death of you guys?" I just decided not to say a word at this point as I made it back to my feet. I was still feeling a bit sore but once I had recovered enough from my mishap I flew up to meet Makura. However this time around I made it a point to do so a good distance from Dina. She started to yell about not being ready to go up yet but I honestly think everyone was ignoring her at the moment. Makura just floated there with her arms crossed and a huge smirk on her face. "It would seem that fighting the Saiyan Army is not the most dangerous thing in the world. But enough small talk. I know your here for a reason but the question is why did you come?" I wasted no time getting straight to the point. "It's simple really. The reason why I wanted to talk with you is because I'd like to hire you." Makura looked somewhat surprised that I would want to do such a thing but rather than ask about it she just asked "So what is it you want me to do?" Once again I wasn't wasting any time with small talk. "Well we need a transport to Planet Vegeta. Something big enough for three Saiyans, three Namekiens, two humans and Yasu plus equipment. It would be best if you could get it within 48 hours because right now it's looking like things could turn ugly if we aren't there in time to figure out just what the hell they've got planned." Makura didn't seem quite sure as to why we would need it so fast and said "What's the hurry exactly? It isn't like the Saiyans are gonna invade tommorow." The look on my face must have said it all because the next thing she said was "Your kidding right? When exactly are they planning to do this?" Shaking my head I said "I'm not sure but it would seem having their own planet is not good enough anymore."

It seemed like Makura was a bit indifferent over what might happen to the Earth but she seemed to be willing to help. "Well I don't think it would take me very long to get you your ship but tell me one thing. Who exactly is this third Saiyan you speak of? The only ones I know of are yourself and Yoshi." It was my turn to smirk this time as I answered. "Did you really think that was all I needed? I also came to ask you to join us." Once again Makura seemed a bit surprised that I would even consider asking her to come but it looked like she knew she could get some quick cash for this considering who I was. "Well the ship would have been cheap but as I'm sure you know my services can be quite expensive. We're looking at abo......" Before she could finish I put my hand up to stop her and said "I was thinking three million zeni, a new set of armor and whatever other equipment you might need. In addition I'll admit that taking the Dragon Ball the way I did was a bit cheap so as a result I'm tossing in another 500,000 to make up for that." The look on Makura's face was priceless since she looked about ready to choke over how much I was going to pay her. Considering everything I had lost I was willing to put what was left of my family's money into ending this war. Seeing how I lived it really didn't matter if I had nothing at all or a few hundred million. What I was going to pay may have been a small fraction of how much I had to use but I would have been perfectly willing to give it all up if it would help bring peace. I had no doubts about Makura supplying us a ship but the real question was if she would join us as well......
------
The advantages of being related to Bulma Briefs!

[Kuro Espeon]

Makura:
~~~~~
I was silent for a moment. I liked keeping Rudy in suspense. 3,500,000 zeni was alot of money...but I could sense that Rudy was up to something. he was probably planning to try and sway me to keep on fight with them even after the contract ran out and then get me into this whole "fight for the peace of the universe and make everyone equal" shpeel. I raised my eyebrow. I could tell that's what he wanted me to do, but I doubted that he would get it. I would stay only until the contract ran out and not a minute longer! After all...I had a business to maintain.
I chuckled slightly and patted Rudy on the shoulder.
"Very well, Summers! I accept your offer! But let me make it clear that I am, under no circumstances, 'fighting for your cause.' This is strictly business. Understand?"
Rudy nodded. "Perfectly."
"Alrightly then! I'll go into my shi-" I stopped short when I remembered something important. I sweatdropped and put my hand behind my head, turning back to Rudy again. "Eh-heh...on second thought...would you mind if I added another condition to this contract?"
Rudy blinked curiously. "Uhhh...yeah sure. What is it?"
"I uhhh...kinda need an engine. The one on my ship exploded..."
Rudy just stared at me and the only thing heard was Dina giggling insanely and running around happily on the ground below.

[Bulbasaur4]

WOOOO!! This is where my charry can get in!! How about her 'city', where Kiaran is in, is(*ahem* WAS) known for their high manufacturing rate in Space ship parts. (like engiiines for them..) Rudy, Makura & Company could travel to Mesai City, thinking it is still up and running and POOF! They find it destroyed and Kiaran there! *grinz*


Kiaran Weslii - (F) - Currently in Mesai City
***

I kicked another hunk of rock, and watched as the remains sprayed everywhere. It was helpless... all around me the city was destroyed. And by whom? The same group which destroyed my parents which I never knew, long ago.
The Saiyan Empire.
Narrowing my eyes, I walked over to the small MeroycycleXV. It was shinning black, sleek in design and seemingly new. Streaks of red were upon some of it, in a deep crimson color. (A Merocycle is like a hovercraft, except in the shape of a motorcycle and very slim and sleek in design- like the sporty type of motorcycle.) I quickly hopped on it, and kicked at the gas and instantly I soared over the small pieces of rubble- but dodging the huge, what used to be towers, in my way. Though the city was in ruins... I could only hope some if it remained standing.
There it was... one of the few buildings which remained some what decient. A hotel, half of it ripped apart, so the side was gaping open but it was there I was hoping to clean up after my fits of rage.
I turned up the speed, and quickly pulled the Meroycycle next to a ripped floor on the first floor of this ex-hotel. Sighing I got up, shaking a bit still from the shock... but I had already accepted everything that happened. What was it again? oh yes... First Denial, Second Anger, Third Grief... Fourth, Acceptance. I was on the fourth stage... though the lingering anger remained hidden.

I walked into the ripped up room... it was in shreds, every thing was. That didn't matter... I walked to the back room, and saw there indeed was a washing up area. A broken mirror hung upon one of the walls... and I gazed at it, and was surprised to see how dirty and red it was from my anger. I quickly looked away, and then saw a shower. Reaching out to it, I pressed a button, set the temperature, and quickly stripped away my clothes. They weren't extremely bad... I took my black bag off my shoulder, quickly took out a cleaning-spay and misted it over my clothing. I then went into the warm water, and was thankful that at least the city had warm water running. As I stood there.. cleaning my hair and body, I kept wondering..
They destroyed the city... wiped out all the humans who lived here- completely. It just... was horrible. The bodies... the faces...

I closed my eyes tight and smacked my fist against the pipe. Instantly it shut off, and I rolled my eyes. I quickly found a few good pieces of cloth, and dried myself off. I then consentrated on my Ki, and soon warmed myself up enough so that my hair was dry. I then put back on my cloths... and slowly walked out. Sighing, I gazed up at the sky... it was so blue.

What to do now? I had no clue..

[Asilynne]

Bulma ROCKS! I dont care what anyone says, she IS important to DBZ, and not because she can bear Super saiyan children ^-~
Anyway....*asks everyone to excuse her sudden, seemingly pointless outburst*
~~~Dina~~~
Hehe! Even though Rudy wouldnt take me flying, I wasnt upset. How could anyone be upset on such a beautiful day! But...something...something was happening to my nose...
It mustve been the tails again..when I grabbed Rudy's tail and he fell down, it kinda made my nose itch. Yes, I mustve been allergic to tai----------

"ACHOO!!"

The first thing I thought after I sneezed was, Not again... It wasnt so bad before, when I was alone and I sneezed, I couldnt harm anyone with my other side's idiocy. But now, my idiot form was proving to be quite a nuiscance. Not only that, but I sensed that it had also caused people harm. I had pulled Rudy's tail, and something told me that pulling the tails of 'Saiyans' was not something one did without permission.
I had to apologise.. I thought to myself, embarrassed, when looking up I saw Rudy was busy talking with that saiyan female, Makura her name was. Oh great... I had just realised that this was the second time I had encountered Makura in my idiot form. She must think that Im some sort of freaky retarded human. Well, in any case, she was half right. And if it came down to it, she would probably underestimate me in a fight.
A little later, I came to find out that it probably wouldnt come down to a fight. Rudy had hired Makura so for the moment anyway, she was a friend. I gulped. Well since we would be allies for a while I felt I had better introduce myself.

"Hello, Im Dina. Im.....sorry for the way Ive acted before, I can explain."
Makura, upon seeing my hair suddenly purple instead of silver and hearing me speak in intellegent complete sentances, started back in surprise. "You...What the hell are you?! One minute youre trying to kill yourself and babbling on about how the Earth is your 'friend', and the next youre....youre..." She trailed off and just pointed at me.
I looked away and clasped my hands in front of me nervously. "Well, you see, its a family condition...actually its more like a curse... Well to make a long story short, every girl in my family has two sides of thier personality, two sides that are completely opposite, and whenever we sneeze, its like flipping a coin. The other one surfaces. And since Im...well...Im kind of shy..."
Makura looked thoughtful. "...Youre OTHER side is very outgoing..." she finished. She thought a moment. "And very stupid."
I nodded. I took no offence to Makura's statement because I knew it was true. "Yes, so...thats why I acted so differently."
Rudy nodded. "So thats why....." He mumbled to himself. Then he shook his head. "Well, we had better head over to Mesai City and get the new engine for Makura's ship. Since West City was destroyed, its the top remaining city in manufacturing. If we can find a spare engine anywhere, it would be there." He turned to Idaia. "Gav is hurt, he's over there. Heal him and tell him to meet us in Mesai City, ok? Oh and take care of yourself." Idaia gave me a nervous look but then looked at Rudy and nodded. "Right," he said and then headed off to where Rudy indicated.
I blushed. I remembered all the stuff my idiot form did to Idaia, and I felt bad for putting him through that when he had no Idea what had happened to me. I shook me head. Now that I was back to my normal self, I wanted to stay that way. Another sneeze and I could risk endangering the mission.
I sighed as we started flying towards Mesai City. They had seemed to understand and accept me for all my weirdness but I wondered if anyone could really understand.
Well, I thought to myself as I eyed the tails of Makura and Rudy warily. I just wont let it happen again...
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*waves bye bye to the idiot* Even though it probably WILL happen again lol
hehe..oh, BTW:
Originally posted by SSJ Rudy:
"Why do I get the feeling that girl is going to be the death of you guys?"
Could this be.....foreshadowing? lol ^.~

[Bulbasaur4]

Oh, just a note: No one knows Mesai city is destroyed. ^^ Come'on... we need some, 'surprise' lol! XD like we haven't had enough already...


Idaia - Namekian)


***

I nodded to Rudy, glancing nervously at Dina. I was glad she was back in her normal form... because I was afraid if she went back to the other form again, she would whistle a lot. Whistling hurt...
"Right." I said to Rudy as slowly I took off into the air to the signature I now found to be Yoshi's. He had to be next to Gav... since he didn't come with Rudy. So I flew over to that signature... while thinking..

It would be nice to go the Mesai City... they have a lot of Nameks there, and maybe I could talk to one about the Elder- like how he was killed. Maybe get some guidance too... being with these Saiyans and humans really is exciting, but some times I feel lost.

I then suddenly saw two figures below... with one extremely small one hovering by Yoshi. I landed gently upon the ground, as the Saiyan named Yoshi eyed me.
"It is about time... " I bowed slightly.
"I'm sorry... ran into trouble on the way."

I quickly hobbled over to Gav, who was breathing pretty hard. His body was badly injured... but he wasn't about to die. He was a bit worse the Rudy.. but since he was good, it should be fairly easy to heal.
[ Did Rudy encounter Makura?] Yasu asked me, her small, cat-figure hovering by my head.
"Yeah... Makura is gonna help us."
"WHAT?!" Yoshi blinked in surprise, but I merely nodded.
"With a price..."
"figures."

With that I placed my hands upon Gav's chest and slowly mumbled a few Namekian words. Instantly the air around us grew darker... as my hands began to glow a slight yellow, golden color. The aura spread around my body like a figure, and after I whispered a few more words in Namekian... the glow spread to Gav's body. Instantly the aura turned red... a bright, blinding red as I closed my eyes and chanted more words. I felt Gav's injuries... and slowly I concentrated upon the internal ones, and felt as the aura fed to them and quickly mended them. Soon the aura had healed the internal injuries... and upon opening my eyes, I saw the fire-like aura had changed its color to a deep blue. I then healed the visible injuires... as the energy of healing with in me took care of that. The glow of both of us changed back to a yellow color... and I thought of one more thing to do.

I chanted the words of energy, and took some of my extra healing ki and poured it into Gav's soul. It would feed him some energy... giving him some more so he would feel refreshed. I then sighed and sealed the healing with one last word, and then took my hands off. Instantly the glow seased around Gav, and shimmered to a fade around me within a few seconds.

"There..." I sighed a bit, blinking. THough it wasn't hard... it still was like running a bit- I was winded.

[Master Rudy]

Very typical.....
I plan on being able to make a ton of posts over the weekend and then I become busy the entire time. In any case here's a post to get things going again

Quick warning:
There is going to be a small amount of foul language in this post

Rudy Summers
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It was nothing more than a wasteland of rocks and rubble now.

Makura, Dina and myself were in the middle of what was left of Mesai City. After sending Idaia to take care of Gav the three of us had spent the past ten minutes or so flying toward the city. During the whole trip I had a nagging feeling that something was wrong. I couldn't sense a single person in the area. While normal humans may have not had much of anything to sense a large number of them shouldn't have been too hard to find. However since neither Dina nor Makura had said anything I had assumed it was just me. The problem was I just didn't know how wrong I was. Upon touching down I could see that this was going to be much worse then West City was a few years ago. From the way this place looked I knew we would be lucky if we pulled out even one survivor.

For the most part the overall mood was very grim and quiet. No one said a single word as we walked through the ruins. During this time I had images of that fateful night two years ago flash in my mind over and over. It seemed as if my mind was about to show me the events in detail when our attention was turned to a sound from under the rocks. Turning in the direction of the sound I powered up a very weak blast of ki. It would be strong enough to get rid of that top layer of rubble but anyone under it would not be harmed. Doing so revealed a young human girl that could not have been any older than me. One look at her instantly said there was no way she was going to be alive in the next minute or so. Even if Idaia had been with us I doubted he would have been able to help her. Trying not to move her too much I said "It's ok. Your not alone anymore." Weakly opening her eyes she seemed somewhat happy to see us until she saw Makura's tail. Despite her injuries she struggled to get away from me and in a very weak voice said "Get the f*** away from me! You people are animals and you've destroyed everything I cared about...and...I-I hope you bastards all burn in h-hell. Just let me.....d-die.....in p-p-peace." With a low gasp she started to cough up some blood and that was it.

All I did after setting down her body was look ahead at what had happened around us. In her usual tone Makura just scoffed and said "What a wonderful welcome for the rescue party." I knew she wasn't going to show it but in my mind I had a feeling that deep down she also didn't like to lay her eyes on what had happened here. Turning around I could see she was looking around while Dina was sitting on one of the rocks crying quietly. In my whole life I didn't think I was ever as serious as I was at this moment. Looking at Makura right in the eyes I asked her "You wanted to know didn't you?" She seemed to know where I was going with this and just let me go on rather than say a word. Poining behind me I said "Take a look around. This is why I fight. Up until two years ago I had a pretty normal and peaceful life. Suddenly within a matter of minutes it was all taken away from me. I doubt hell would even compare to what I witnessed on that night. You try waking up to the sounds of screaming and knowing your family and friends are dying around you. Not enough? Afterwards how about finding your dad's body disfigured so badly that you hardly even know it's him. Finally top it all off by watching your mother get blasted to bits mere feet from you!" At this point I needed to take some deep breaths and try to calm down. Dina and Makura were looking at me and seemed to be surprised that someone who could seem so calm and friendly would have so much rage inside of him. Once I felt that I was a little more calm I told them "Following that night I learned that there are things worse than death. I lost my everyone that matted to me and my home. With nothing left to lose I no longer feared dying or getting killed. However there is one thing I always feared and that was seeing a repeat performance of what happened in West City."

Turning away I surveyed the destruction one more time and said "Some f****** hero I turned out to be." Starting to walk away I said to them in a tone much closer to my normal voice "I'll be ok. I just need to be alone for a few moments. I'll be back once the others also arrive." As I kept on walking I heard Dina shout at me. "Wait up Rudy!" Rather than answer her I only continued to walk. As she shouted my name again I started to turn around but as I did so I noticed at hotel in the distance that was actually still standing. How I missed it the first time was beyond me but that wasn't the only thing that caught my attention. I could sense a power level inside which was clearly not human. I instantly went on guard and then shouted at Makura and Dina "You guys might want to power up because I've got the feeling we're not alone!"
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From this point I'll let either Kuro/Asilynne have their characters react to what's going on or Kalah can feel free to move things along in whatever way she sees fit ^_~

[Kuro Espeon]

Makura:
~~~~~
I had never seen Rudy so serious....not even in his fight with me. His story came as sort of a surprise to me. But it wasn't the graphic nature of it that surprised me. I knew all about the rages and horrible terrors of war and the pain it could cause. I knew because I LIVED the war. In all the places I had been and all the battles I had seen, I had seen my fair share of death and destruction. I could understand what he was going through and I felt sorry for him...I guess...
The surprising thing was not the content of the story, but the story in itself. Hearing him speak of his parents, his past, and his life...his memories, no matter how horrible they may be, were there. These were things that someone like me, someone without a past of their own, could not comprehend easily. Parents...I never had parents. At least..not ones that i could remember. Family...didn't have that either. I've been alone my whole life. Life? Tch. What life...? Several years of war is hardly what I'd call a life.
Rudy's memories, even though they were painful, hearing them made me....a little bit jealous. Rudy was able to recall his memories so clearly...why couldn't I, damnit! I clenched my fist tightly.
My thoughts were interuppted when Rudy called out suddenly:
"You guys might want to power up because I've got the feeling we're not alone!"
I felt his power level rise slowly. Then I realized...I did feel something abnormal. I just hadn't noticed it till now because of my deep thought session. I quickly traced to the only standing building in the entire ruins of the city. A hotel. And the power...I knew instantly that it wasn't human. yes...no doubt about it...it was a Saiya-jin! (OOC: remember, makura has very keen senses and can determine the race of an unknown energy signiture very quickly! )
I quickly, but discretely, began to power up. I kept it surpressed slightly for now. I figured it was probably best to keep our presence hidden until we knew who it was we were dealing with.

[Bulbasaur4]

Kiaran Weslii - (F) - Mesai City
***


I began to walk back to my MeroycycleXV, when suddenly I paused. Blinking, I stood there... unmoving, until suddenly it dawned on me why my body told me to stop. I sensed a power signature... it was rising slightly, as if on guard. I narrowed my eyes and focused more... until I realized there were actually three power signatures. This made me frown, as I pondered one what to do. I could sense one of the power signatures as human... and the other two I was unsure of. Perhaps Saiyan? I wasn't too keen on recognizing Saiyan signatures... since I was not around them very much.

"Well... no doubt they've probably sensed me if they are Saiyans. there's no choice."

I decided I'd go meet them. If they were here to steal... I'd battle them for it, if they were here for some other reason... then maybe things would work. But who were they... t hat was my first goal.

I quickly hopped on my MeroycycleXV and instantly kicked the moter going. Instantly I took off towards the power signatures, as my hover motorcycle-like vehicle easily soared over the dust and dirt, and I dodged the more high object which it could not hover over. I realed in fast, not wanting to waste a minute. My hair rippled in the wind, as I eyed the scene before me. It wasn't long at all until I saw three figures standing strangely... and I knew the expect me. I quickly slowed my vehicle down away from them, but they saw me and instantly eyed me slowly. I sat there on my MeroycycleXV a bit, gazing at them sternly. I then kicked off the motor and got off. Brushing my black pants, getting rid of the dirt, I slowly walked towards them cooly. One of them was a male... and I could see obviously he was a Saiyan, along with the female next to him. There also was another female, a human... who stared at me as well. I blinked slightly, wondering what they were doing...

"You better not be apart of the Saiyan Army." I spoke sternly, but not coldly... more of a demanding tone.

"Because if you are, get out. I've already killed off your trading scum... and if you plan on stealing from the dead or destroying more, then you'll have to get through me."

[Kuro Espeon]

Makura:
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"Heh. So she wants to fight us, huh?" I said cracking my knuckles expectantly. "Heh heh heh. Bring it on!"
Rudy sighed. "Hold it there, Makura. We're not going to fight her."
"Why not? It'll be fun!"
Rudy sweatdropped and gave a look that said: 'I can't believe this girl...'
"Because...she's not the enemy. We're not here to start fights, we're here to stop them."
"Oh come on! I'm not gonna kill her! I'm just gonna rough her up a bit!" I urged.
Rudy paused, then, very bluntly said:
"....No."
"Awwww...You suck."

Rudy shook his head and looked back at the girl who had approached us.
"Don't worry Miss, we're not with the Saiyan army. In fact, we're trying to stop them. We only came here to find a engine. But...we had no idea that this place had been destroyed."
She raised on eyebrow and stared at him skeptically, boviously not beliving his story. "Oh really? Then why did that one want to 'rough me up'?" She indicated Makura.
"Her? Oh, don't mind her. She's just a little slap-happy. She's pretty much harmless."
"Hey! Who are you calling harmless?" I said harshly. Rudy ignored me.
"My name's Rudy Summers," he said, extending his hand to her, "That's Dina over there and the loud one is Makura." The girl eyed his and warily and hesitated in taking it. But eventually she put out her own hand and accepted his greeting.
"I'm Kiaran Weslii" She said bluntly. I came foreward and gave Rudy a light shove out of the way.
"You'd better watch who're you're calling 'loud', Summers. May I remind you that we're still on a contract here? Just because we're on the same team doesn't mean I can't still beat the crap outta you." I finished glaring at him and turned to Kiaran. "Tell me...Your energy signiture....you're a Saiya-jin aren't you?"

[Bulbasaur4]

Kiaran Weslii - (F) - Saiyan
***

I gazed at the one called Makura and nodded slowly.
"Yes... I am."
She nodded, saying how she sensed me because of my power signature. I nodded again and sighed..
"How... how did this happen?" Dina inquired, as I gazed to all three of them and sighed.

" I... I don't know the whole idea of it. You see, my human parents told me-"
"human parents?" Makura raised an eye brow, looking skeptical at this. I nodded, gritting my teeth at the memory of them being dead now... but nodded slowly.
"Yes... my Saiya-jin parents were killed because they tried to defect from the Saiya-jin Army. Humans found me and raised me."
Makura crossed her arms at this, and I wondered slightly at what she was thinking.
She probably thinks I must be one of the weakling Saiyans..
I thought, but shrugging I turned to gaze at the wreckage.
"Anyway, my human parents wanted me to go to a few cities to look for rare Capsule Corp. Capsuls... or the rare ones that were left anyway."

Rudy twitched at this, and I faintly remembered some thing about a Summers being tied into that stuff...
" I found some, and upon return I sensed some thing was wrong. My human parents told me to take my time howver... and to look at the sights since I hadn't traveled outside of this city much. So I did despite my feelings... and when I arrived..."
I sighed.
"It was like this. There was a pathetic Saiya-jin trader, stealing from the dead bodies... but I... I... I-destroyed him. Worthless..."
I gritted my teeth and kicked a stone in front of me.

"So you see... the Army destroyed everything I ever knew. My family...friends... life, it's dead now. I should have come earlier... I should have been there for them... I could have stopped this from happening if I was here!"

I took a few more steps away from them, and took my fist and smashed a bit of a wall remaining from a crumbled building.
"I was so stupid... I ignored my feeling and I stayed. Dammit! I could have saved them... my family could have still been here..."
I sighed, feeling my anger erupting in me but I managed to keep it slightly in check, along with my sadness.
I shook slightly to myself... still clenching my fists as I whirled around to face the one called Rudy.
"That was what happened... I could have stopped it, but... i was too late. It was my fault... my fault Mesai City was destroyed."

RUdy shook his head..
"There's no way it could be your fault... I mean, there had to have been other saiyans who tried to stop it here-"
I shook my head...
" I am the only one." His eyes grew bigger as Dina spoke..
"You mean to tell me you are the only, or were the only Saiya-jin in this city?!"
I nodded... and shook my head.
"Don't you get it? You are the few rebel Saiyans I know. Practically all Saiya-jins have joined the army... there are only a handful of rebellion ones left. I used to be neutral... I trained here ever since I was a kid, but it was just for fun. I fought for the spirit of it... but now... "
I sighed..
"Now I do'nt know what to do.."

[Asilynne]

~~~Dina~~~
I knew how she felt.
Not about being the only saiya-jin, or about having a city destroyed around me, but about not knowing what to do. That was a feeling I knew all too well. I didnt know what to do when I was orphened at a young age, so I ran away. I didn't know what to do when I was shown kindness and given a gift, my first gift, when I lived at the School of the Twilight Dragon, so I ran away from there too. And I didn't know what to do, when I was torn between running away like Rudy said to or doing what my heart told me to and help him. And yet I still ran away.
But Ive stopped running, I didnt run when I was shown kindness by my new friends and allies, I didnt run when my idiot half embarrassed me, and I didn't run when I saw that girl, human, like me, die in front of my watching, horrified eyes.
Looking at Kiaran I could tell she wasn't going to run either.
"Then join us." My sudden outburst seemed to surprise everyone, and they looked at me with widened, questionable eyes. I plowed on, determined to get it all out. "Help take revenge on those who've destroyed your world. Help stop the people who've ruined your life and taken away everything you cared about. Help us save our home, the Earth. ...The Earth is the only family I have, and I would rather die than see it fall into the hands of people like that. So, will you join us?"
That was the most I had ever said to anyone at one time, and I said it as much to myself and Rudy & Makura as to Kiaran. I felt like it was something that needed to be said, so we didn't lose sight of what we really were fighting for.
I waited for the saiyan to answer....
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[Bulbasaur4]

(Ummm... I sorta wanna get Idaia going, but let's bug Gav to post sum'thin? Since I guess Mike is outta...w ell, you know.)



Kiaran Weslii - (F) - Saiya-jin
***



I stood there, pondering this... help save earth. I never thought of me ever battling.. to kill, to protect...
I had always battled for fun... but I had battled my heart out.
But my birth had been plagued with death from the beginning...

I gazed up at the sky, and thought about what Dina had said. These three did seem nice... they did seem like they fought for a good cause. And I didn't want the Saiyan Army to win... they destroyed my home, my family... my life. They destroyed the innocence I had grown to know so well...

And they would pay.

I nodded slowly, narrowing my eyes as I looked at Dina, Rudy and then Myra at last. I nodded again.

" I will join you then... it would give me great pleasure to destroy the Saiyan Army- and I will not allow them to hurt others like they have hurt me..."

Dina smiled as Rudy gave a look of approval. I then thought for a moment...
" I will help you in anyway that I can. Whether it is by fighting or any other means. But... I ask you, why did you come to Mesia City to begin with?"

[Master Rudy]

Rudy Summers
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After my outburst I was just keeping quiet. However it was mostly silent rage more than anything else because history had repeated itself. Kiaran and myself had so much in common following the destruction of Mesia. I was not normally a violent person but I felt every action the Saiyans made against the Earth was just one more reason for me to try and kill them all. I just didn't care about the fact I was one of them. I had lost my family and slowly seen my planet destroyed and I felt it was enough. Kiaran had agreed to join us and I knew it would be a major help. As much as I didn't like to admit it I knew the humans stood no chance if the Saiyans were to launch a full scale assault. While it was true that me, Kiaran and Makura might not make that much of a difference we did have to try.

"So why is it that you came here?" Kiaran asked us. This snapped me away from my thoughts. Looking over at her I answered. "We've learned that the Saiyans are planning to invade at any time now. Me and my friends had the idea of going to Planet Vegeta to see if there would be some way we could slow them down or hopefully stop there plans. I'm not gonna lie to you. To tell the truth it might just be nothing more than suicide. However none of us are just going to sit around any longer. Chances are if we just stay here we'll die anyway. I say that if it has to happen that we might as well go down fighting." Kiaran nodded and said "Seems like a good reason for wanting to go after them. However it still doesn't explain why you came here." This time Dina was the one to speak. "It was Rudy's idea to come here. Makura's in need of a engine." I continued for her. "I would have been able to easily get one but as I'm sure we all know Capsule Corp. hasn't exactly been in the shape to be providing parts for ship." Kiaran was looking at me as if I had just answered an unspoken question. "I had a feeling I heard your name mentioned before with CC. What exactly was it that you did for them?"

The question really didn't surprise me all that much. Up until only recently we had been known as the Briefs until my mother married my father. Some people that didn't follow the companies every move still thought we were the Briefs. Knowing I was going to get one or two shocked looks from those around me I simply smiled and said "Well I didn't work for them myself. Not yet anyway. It use to be owned by my mother." As expected both Kiaran and Dina were surprised so I went on and explained a little more. "It might seem as if ownership had changed hands but it really hasn't" I said. "Kiaren would know us better as the Briefs family." That remark caused her to go wide eyed. "Your related to Vegeta and Trunks?!" she asked in a shocked tone. Dina on the other hands was calm and simply said "Aren't they two of the Saiyans you were telling me about earlier on?" I was about to answer both of them when Makura jumped in. "Sorry to interrupt this chit chat Summers but don't you think we've got more important things to deal with at the moment?" All I did was nod and get back down to business. "Your right Makura." I said to her as I looked at Kiaren. "I know the city is a mess but do you think we might somehow find an engine that is intact?" She looked as if she was unsure but then suddenly seemed to have an idea. "On my way through the ruins I saw that one of the factories wasn't completely destroyed. I can't say that I'm 100% sure your going to find what your looking for but right now it's the only place I can think of." I knew she was doubtful but from the way the rest of the town looked I knew this might be our only chance to find something. "Ok then. You care to lead the way?" I asked her. Nodding she took to the sky while the rest of us followed.

As we flew there I started to think about what we were about to do. Once we had a ship I could provide some armor for everyone but that alone wasn't going to be enough. The only thing left to help us would be our skills and I knew that with our current power levels we didn't stand a chance. We would be better off just walking right up to some Saiyan general and asking him to kill us. I felt that unless there was some huge stroke of luck that we would all be dead within a matter of minutes if we got into a fight with the elites. Was there something we could possiblely do at the last minute before heading off that would help our chances for survival?
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Does it seem like Rudy's having some doubts about this whole thing?

[Kuro Espeon]

Makura:
~~~~~
As we flew towards the abandoned factory, I couldn't help but notice that Rudy seemed distracted. He was obviously worrying about something and it showed on his face. Most likely, he was beginning to doubt out success on this mission, and personally, I didn't blame him. Going up against the entire Saiya-jin army did seem crazy. Plus the fact that the Saiyans were allied with Changlings...which was a problematic race in itself. Even from the beginning of this I had thought this whole thing to be rather far fetched and suicidal, and I wondered why Rudy was doing it. but after seeing this wrecked city (even though i had seen many before...) I began to understand his reasoning more and more. even though it seemed hopeless, he wasn't going to give up on this even if it meant his life.
I actually was impressed by this. There weren't many fighters in this day and age that would do something like this. But one thing was for sure...we weren't going to win if he kept on thinking negatively. I decided to..."talk some sense into him" (OOC: aka- Makura's version of a pep-talk...). I slowed down slightly until i was even with him. I then gave him a friendly clop on the shoulder to bring him to his senses.
"What's the matter, Summers? Don't tell me you're having doubts already?"
Rudy just looked at me and blinked, surprised that I was starting a conversation.
"Listen Briefs Boy, you're the leader of this kamikaze operation, and leaders can't go thinking thoughts like that! It rubs off on the rest of your team. Look, I know what's going through yor head, and All I'll say is that you're probably right. This battle does seem rather pointless. But since when has that ever stopped a Saiya-jin?! For crying out loud, you'll never win if you think you won't! It's all about attitude, Summers! If you keep complete faith in what you're fighting for then that's all that matters right? The good guys always win in the end, so if you're absolutly positive that you're fighting for the right reasons then you can't lose!"
Rudy paused. "Makura...?"
"Besides! You've got Makura on your side! Success is already gauranteed! Heh!" I said with a wide grin, "So cheer up Rudy! Before I bash your brains out!"
Rudy, for the first time since before we arrived in Mesai City, smiled. "Thanks Makura...I had no idea you could be so supportive..."
"Who said I was being supportive? I was just sick and tired of watching you sulk!"
"Awww, Makura!" Dina chimed in as she flew up beside us, "You really do care about us!"
I narrowed my eyes. "Tch! Like hell I do! What is it with you Earthlings misinterrpreting help with caring!"
Rudy laughed.
"It's not funny, Damnit!"
"Excuse me," Kiaran said. We all stopped and looked up at her. She was sweatdropping with her eyes narrowed, obviously confused as to why we were fighting so much. She pointed down at a diagonal at a building ahead of us. "We're here."

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Kuro: Awww! She DOES care!
Makura: I DO NOT!!!!
Kuro: Awww! Denial!!
Makura: SHUT UP!!!! *dives on Kuro and beats her senseless*
Kuro: (@.@) oroooooo.....*dies* (x.x)

[Bulbasaur4]

Idaia: *whines* I'm boooored!
Kiaran: Where did the green guy come from?
Everyone: You've never seen a Namek???
Kiaran: A Namek? What's that?
*all fall down*

Yeah... pooor pooor Idaia... *slaps Gav* PPPOST!




Kiaran - (F) - Saiya-jin
**


I watched as the three argued with each other... but it made me smile. They cared for eachother... that was obvious. It was nice to see I was with people who worked together... even if they did argue. But I could sense it... I've been around humans long enough to know about full-fledged emotions, and these two Saiyans and one human were no difference.

"We're here." I said... (Umm... you made her go off with out her hover-motorcycle? *sniff*)
"I'll show you inside, maybe I can find that engine you need."
After Makura scoffed at Dina for calling her 'sensative' we slowly landed upon the ground.

"This is the old factory building... Reclo Corp. They've built many space ship parts for Capsule Corp. when they couldn't make it themselves."
I was still astonished at teh fact that Rudy was related to the famous Bulma Breifs... but that was sinking in now, and I wasn't as shocked as before.
I opened the crooked door, to find that the whole outer frame of the enterance fell off. I winced and leapt back..
" We should probably be careful... the building could collapse."
I whispered, as they nodded adn we trudged in. It was rather light inside... since there were many hole openings and windows.


"This way..." We turned into a right corridor, then a left, a right, a left... a right...
"Do you know where you're going?" Makura insisted, as I nodded.
"My human father used to work here.. when I was little I would journey inside and try to make my own inventions with their spare parts."
"Did you ever make anything?" Rudy asked, as I nodded.
" A few little gadgets here and there- oh! Here we go!"

Instantly we entered a huge room... much like a ship's engine room. Thrown pieces of metal were about... with clutters all over. Many punched out walls were thrown... and it looks like a literal war happened here.

There was not a solid piece of gear anywhere... the engines which should have been here... were gone- destroyed.
"oh no..." Makura groaned as Dina shook her head.
"It's all in pieces!"
"They must have attacked this area hard..." Rudy sighed, as I walked over to a curiously large pile of rubble.
" Yes... the Saiyan Army must not want any ships about. THey probably attacked this place along with all major corportations so trade and economy would go down... and no one could get off earth. Smart... very cruely smart."

I bent down nimbly and dug in the rubble of metal. Surveying the contents closely... I needed to look for one thing. I found it...
"But... they didn't count on me. They may have killed many of the engineers... but they didn't get me."
I smiled at the three of them weakly.
"Anyone up for building a high class space ship Engine?"

[Master Rudy]

I'm going to be attempting to make Rudy and Kiaran sound intellegent in this post. In other words don't let any big words or device names I may use scare you ^_~
lol

Rudy Summers
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I was already quite impressed with the fact that Kiaran knew enough about these engines to be able to fix them. With two people working together the repairs would go much faster. Walking around the engine to check it out from all angles I said "Well from the looks of it I guess we could expect several minor repair jobs with one or two major ones." Kiaran was also looking it over but seemed a bit more concerned about it. "We may be able to get this working but I'm already seeing one big problem." Looking at her I asked "And what would that be?" Pointing out a few of the damaged parts she said "Obviously we can't use the factory machines to repair this. We can get it to work but the big question is can we even make it to Planet Vegeta before it gives out? Doing this by hands will only temporarly fix some of these problems. Just take one look at this hyperdrive." She did have a point there. Crossing my arms as I looked at some of the damage more closely I told her "Your right but the damage to the sublight motor makes the repairs to the hyperdrive look like something I could have easily fixed when I was 10."

By this point both Dina and Makura seemed totally lost as to what we were talking about. Makura was the first to speak up about it. "Well she may know about this stuff and you may be related to a family of geniuses but what about the two of us? Your going to have to put this in simple terms Summers. I lost you at that subhyper lighter thing and I'm pretty sure your human friend is also quite confused." With a chuckle I just rubbed the back of my head and was about to explain it a little better when Makura stopped me. All she did was point and say "For a guy that's related to Vegeta you sure as hell don't act like your related." Feeling a bit confused I asked her what she was talking about. Makura just laughed for a moment before going on. "Well look at yourself. Right now your doing something that Goku was known for. I heard he did that all the time. Plus there's the way you act. You seem like you'd be better suited for the Son's than the Breifs. If it wasn't for the fact that you can fight, you look like Trunks and had Bulma's brains I would have written you off as a member of that family a long time ago." Just then Dina stopped Makura from saying anything else. "As much as I'm sure we would all like to relax and talk about the history of your race I'd would like to know what's going on with the engine."

Once she was done talking I looked at Makura and then Kiaran. When I was sure that they had nothing to say I went on. "Ok then" I started. "I'm going to explain this in a way we can all understand. First off as Kiaran was saying earlier we can't use the factory machines to repair this. If we could it would only take an hour or two at the most and it would be in perfect working order. However the two of us need to do this by hand using tools. Our main problem is that fixing it like this means it could give out at any time. If we do somehow beat the odds and make it to Planet Vegeta we're going to have a new set of problems on our hands." Now that Makura was able to understand it all she was eagar to know more. "Problems such as?" she asked. This time Kiaran was the one to explain. "Well if we can get on the planet the new problem is going to be getting off. Me and Rudy might be able to only make enough repairs for a one way trip. Once we get there doing repairs out in the open just so we can return to Earth might be risky." Despite what Makura had said early on in the back of my mind I told myself Returning might be risky if we manage to live that long. I just shook my head and tried to get that out. Makura was right. If I was going to lead this whole thing then I couldn't think like that.

Getting back to the task at hand Dina seemed worried about what was just said. "Are you saying we're going to be stuck there." Shaking my head I told her "There are always other options. We could steal ships form the Saiyans but I'm sure we all know that might be very risky." It was a bit quiet for a moment before Kiaran spoke up. "In any case we're going to need to get to work. This could take all night long and the two of us need to get to work." Nodding I added "Could the two of you go get Idaia, Gav and Yasu and bring them here? I don't think we will be leaving for some time so it might be best if everyone is in one place." Dina was about ready to go and I didn't blame her. After everything she saw in this city I was still surprised she was even with us. Makura on the other hand hung back for a moment. "You still continue to amaze me Summers. Maybe you really are the right person to lead this insane plans." With that the two of them took off. Thinking about all the things Makura had recently said I smiled. Despite how she may have acted I was now positive that deep down Makura cared. Kiaran drew my attention back to the engine. "So where do you think we should start?" she asked. Pulling out one of the few capsules I sometimes kept on me I tossed it to the ground. This set up a nice size work area with some tools made for tough jobs like this. This repair job would take awhile but hopefully with both of our minds working together we could get this done quickly......

[Bulbasaur4]

Kiaran - (F) - Saiya-jin
**


I watched as the one named Myra and Dina flew off. I smiled softly, and couldn't help but laugh a small bit. Rudy turned to look at me, his face full of confusement.
"Why are you laughing?"
I grinned sheepishly and shook my head softly.
"Oh... never mind."
With that I quickly turned to the engine, tucking a strand of blonde hair behind my ear as I determined the two main points of the Engine that we would need to work on. Rudy walked over and glanced at it too, until I spoke softly.
" I can work on one part of the engine, and you can work on the other. That way we... well, we won't be in each other's way. Four hands fixing one part is a bit much..."
Rudy nodded, as he pointed out what I should take and what he would take.
"Sounds great! Let's get this thing going..."

We soon were working furiously,both of us with our own thoughts. The work was rather routine... but it was an extremely long process to do since you wanted to make sure you didn't mess up. Every little tinker here and there was seriously important... but still, I couldn't help but let my mind wander.

I thought about this group I was in... but more focused, I thought about this guy who called himself Rudy. He was a very curious Saiyan... he didn't act like what I thought they would by the history books. He did act like Goku... more of a Son then a Briefs. He looked like... well... from the pictures, he looked like the one named Trunks. I remember from one of the old, faded pictures back with ... or that was with my human parents. I wondered though... what was his story? He acted like he's had experience... like he's had bad run ins before... but- he managed to get through it. Or at least it seemed so... he seemed nice and level-headed... a trait not found often among many species.

"Umm... Rudy?"
He looked up from his work, and I suddenly bursted out laughing. He frowned at this...
"Why are you laughing again?"
I snickered slightly, but composured myself better. I gazed up at Rudy's face... covered in some type of liquid, probably the fuel or liquidizer. (XD)
"You've got... heh, some liquid on your nose. Really getting into your work huh?"
Rudy immediatly wiped it off and laughed slightly to himself.
" Yeah... "
"So what is your story?" I continued, as he turned to look at me with a bewildered gaze. He looked at me as if I were an alien... or an odd looking Namekian. I gave him a confused look back as he shrugged and looked back to his work...


(I'll let Rudy take it from heeere!)

[Kuro Espeon]

B4....not to be picky....but why do you keep calling Makura....Myra??



Makura:
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As I flew with Dina out of the city I looked over my shoulder and the wreckage and rubble of what used to be a prosperous human city slowly shrank behind us.
We flew in silence. This didn't surprise me. Dina and I really did not have much to talk about. This was fine with me though. I was used to peace and quiet from being by myself so much. Now just as long as she didn't sneeze.....
As we began our return flight to Gav, Idaia and the others over the endless rocky terrain, my mind began to wander. I began to think about what Rudy had said earlier.
"We'll be able to fix up the engine well enough to get to Planet Vegeta...but we may not be able leave...."
This was indeed problamatic. Not to mention that my ship, being originally built for one person only, would probably not be the best choice for the long flight to Vegeta.
This gave me an idea....
I chuckled to myself. Dina heard me and looked over curiously.
'What are you laughing about, Makura?" she asked. I looked back at her and suddenly thought of something else. I could tell by the way she acted around him that Dina liked Rudy. A cute little human crush....I grinned evilly. I decided to have a little fun and torture her a little bit.
"Say Dina..." I said slyly, "Do you think it was such a good idea to leave Rudy back there with Kiaran?"
"Huh? What do you mean?" she replied, raising one eyebrow.
"You know what I mean kid. Rudy's a Saiya-jin, and so is Kiaran. He's a boy...she's a girl.....get where I'm going with this?"
"Ummm...not really..."
"I'm saying, Dina, that who knows what could happen between those two while we're gone! I don't know about you, but it seemed to me that Kiaran kind of has the hots for him, and we Saiyajin women have a knack for always getting what we want if you know what I mean..."
That did it.
Dina faltered and practically fell out of the air. Her eyes bugged out and she looked at me with a very paniced expression.
"Y-y-you....you mean....th-that they c-could.....NO WAY!!!"
"Yes way! And if I were you Dina, I'd be keeping a closer watch on my man."
"My...My what?" she stuttered, turning beat red.
"Oh come on, Dina! Don't play dumb! I know you like Rudy! It's written all over your face! Hmm...and you just left him alone with another woman." I paused, enjoying watching the horror on her face. Then I smiled reassuringly and patted her on the back. "Oh well! Nevermind about that! I'm sure he'll be fine. I mean...what could possibly happen in a dark warehouse...just the two of them...alone all night...." With that I turned and sped foreward, snickering all the way, leaving Dina frozen and dumbfounded. Playing with human's minds was so much fun! It should be a sport.....

*looks back over her post*
Kuro: Oh man...I didn't know I could be so mean....Makura's rubbing off on me....But at least it's mean in a funny way! *lol* poor Dina!
Makura: Heh heh heeeeh.....

[Shaka]

OHHH You...you SUCK MAKU!! that is sooooo evil!!! AAAAAAAAAAARRGGGG!! ^-~ I'll get you you wait, but first I have to fix my moms computer, its acting up (also why I dont have time to log out of me sisters) So until then, you have time to live! lol

[Asilynne]

*sigh* FINALLY got my moms stupid computer running right....I swear....
lol you keep calling Maku-chan Myra! Yup, thats what too much Dawn will do to ya! ^-~
Ok, down to the business of getting Makura back for her treatment of Dina! Mwahahahaha!
Dina: Yeah get her back! She embarrassed me!
Asilynne: What the--- how are you there! Your practically ME! Well at least, a part of me...
Dina: So you mean Im sitting here talking to myself?!
Asilynne: Yeah practically, I mean, think about it, I created you. You are a product of MY mind.
Dina: Oh I see, so we should really stop talking to ourselves right?
Asilynne: Right.
......Well that was a strange experience....
Anyway, on with the show ^-^
~~~Dina~~~
I floated there, frozen, unable to move. I just kept replaying what Makura had said over and over again in my mind. ...Could that...be true..? Could Makura be right?......
Stupid...your being stupid Dina. I mean, its not like he IS YOUR man....heck hes probably only the first guy close to your age that you ever met! THATS probably why you feel like this...
Yeah. And anyway, he's an alien, its not like it would work or anything...maybe they only go with their own kind...

But still, what Makura had said in that almost cheerful voice of hers had left me feeling uneasy and a little upset.

Where was Makura anyway? Wait....she HAD seemed almost happy about telling me that....and why had she chosen that moment to taunt me, when it would have been a lot more embarrassing for me had anyone else been around. I frowned, realising at last what had happened. Ive been had....I cant believe I let her get to me! Well, shes not getting off that easy!
For the first time in a long while, I was genuinely angry. I was used to being embarrassed in my idiot form, but to use something like how I feel for a boy when I had been alone for so long just to trick me was something unpleasently new.

And it was also something I did not forgive easily.

Quickly I zeroed in on her chi. She didnt even bother hiding it, probably still thinking me an idiot that couldnt sense her way out of a wet paper bag. She also probably thought Id rush back to where Rudy was to do heaven knows what. I felt my face grow very hot again. Oh, was she wrong.
A couple minutes later I caught up to her. She turned her head to look at me and stopped flying. "Oh, your back. So, I guess they wanted their privacy, huh? Heh, yeah, three IS a crowd..."
I was so angry my face was probably beet red and I was panting with fury. Angry, embarrassed tears stung in my eyes, and I forgot all about the ship, the mission, and Earth. "You...." I said in a strained voice I barely recognised. "How dare you...toy with....my feelings......like that....."
Makura put her hands on her hips and almost laughed. "What, are you gonna cry? I swear, you humans and your crazy emotions..." She shrugged and turned to fly away, but never got the chance. Because I grabbed her tail and gave it a squeeze just enough to show her I meant business. "Im NOT going to cry....but YOU...." I gulped, because in my fury I was finding it a bit hard to breathe. "You ARE going to fight me....."
As totally illogical as it was, I challenged the Saiyan Makura. She had embarrassed me terribly, and had said things that had hurt me, to the point where nothing mattered but making her feel a little of my pain. It wasnt right, she was an ally; and it wasnt smart, because saiyans had proven that they were stronger than humans, but I didnt care.
I gritted my teeth. Things like this was why I had been alone so long...
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Whoa...craziness....Dina can only take so much until BAM..
Heh, its always the quiet ones that snap first ^-~ So come on Makura bring it on !! AAAAhahahhahaahahaaaa!!

[Kuro Espeon]

Hmmm....interesting...... Alright Asi-chan, I guess we're even now!
Makura: Like HELL! She grabbed my tail! I'll KILL her!!!
Kuro: Whoa...chill out, it's only an RPG.
Makura: Didn't I kill you?
Kuro: Errrrrrr.....nooooo.....*looks around innocently*


Makura:
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I almost fell out of the air as a throbbing pain shot through my body. If there was one weakness that we Saiya-jins had...it was our tails. The slightest squeeze who render us almost completely powerless. But luckily, Dina wasn't squezing that hard so I was able to maintain my composure and looked over my shoulder giving her a the evilest glare I had ever given in my life.
"Get....off...the tail...." I choked out forcefully. To my surprise, Dina complied rather quickly. She dropped my tail and folded her arms across her chest, her stern face still set in a challenging glare. I felt my power returning to me but the slight throbbing still remained. I grabbed my tail and began to massage it. "What the hell is your problem girl? Can't you take a joke?"
"Joke or no joke , Makura, you hurt my feelings. And that's something I don't forgive. So....I'm going to fight you! Are you ready?" Dina dropped her arms and got into a mid-air fighting stance.
I sweatdropped. She couldn't be serious? I sighed and shook my head in disbelief.
"Oh....brother...." I said bluntly.
"What's wrong!? Come and get me!" Dina taunted, throwing a couple of practice punches in the air.
"Oh come on, Dina....are you serious? You honestly think you can beat me? Hmm...I'm sure that's not it. Even you're not that stupid." I smiled cunningly and folded my arms. "So then it must be that you want me to kick the living S*** outta you? Would that make you feel better?"
Dina froze and stared at me. Then, after a brief moment she clenched her fists and stared to growl at me, steam practically pouring out of her ears. She didn't reply but her face said it all. I couldn't help but laugh.
"OH man! You're really weird, you know that? But you've got guts, I'll admit that. Not to many humans nowadays would have the gall to challenge a Saiya-jin." I smiled, "But I'm not gonna fight you so don't even try."
"Why not!?" Dina demanded.
"Because...it's not worth my time. Besides...I only fight for profit or when I feel like. And neither is the case this time so....no thanks. I'm gonna have to decline your offer."
"But....but....What about...?"
"You guys don't seem to understand. Here, let metry to explain," I said. I began to speak slowly, using hand motions to illustrate. "The only reason....that I am here.....is because Summers....gave me money! And if....someone else....gave me MORE money....I would be gone! Understand? This is just my contract and I'm following it. I won't fight someone who's not in the deal. Get it? Got it? Good. Let's keep moving. Gav and the others are waiting for us."
With that I spun back around and flew off again. That Dina....she had alot more courage that i had originally gave her credit for. Maybe working with her wouldn't SO bad....
Now she just had to lighten up a bit....

[Master Rudy]

I would have been around to post sooner but my brain has once again turned into mush. And that was quite evil Kuro......

I LIKE IT!
lol

One of the best lines I've heard in some time:
"Oh well! Nevermind about that! I'm sure he'll be fine. I mean...what could possibly happen in a dark warehouse...just the two of them...alone all night..."

You weren't kidding when you say that this Makura was going to be totally different from the original. Anyway on with the show.....


Rudy Summers
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Not again was the first thing that came to mind when Kiaran asked me that question. It was already bad enough to have the dreams but did I also have to be reminded while I was awake. I looked at her for one moment before getting back to work. I assumed she got the message that it wasn't a good question because rather than ask again it sounded like she had also gone back to working on the engine parts. After several minutes I stopped. It wasn't right for me to treat Kiaran like I had a moment ago. Setting down my tools I got up and walked over to where she was working. Kiaran looked up at me and seemed unsure of what I might say so I just started out simple. "Look I'm very sorry about that. The past two years have been very rough on me. Everything that you are going through right now has already happened to me." Kiaran nodded and seemed to get the idea. At first it didn't seem like she would say anything so I started to walk away. Just before I tried to sit down to get to work again she asked "So how exactly did you deal with it?"

Facing her once more I figured the best thing I could do as I spoke was spare her the details of how the most important people in my life died. Instead I decided to move on to what I did afterwards. "Well for the most part I just managed to stay low. That's the main reason why most people think I'm dead. Afterwards I guess all I focused on was training." I stopped for a moment and it seemed Kiaran got the idea that I was done. "That doesn't seem like everything Rudy. I know there has got to be more." Nodding I went on to say "You won't believe how many times in the past two years that I had thought of killing myself. Once that night had passed I just learned to stop fearing death. However the only thing that has stopped me from doing so is the fact that it wouldn't be helping myself or anyone. Humans may outnumber those with Saiyan blood but there is no way in hell they can match their power. Despite the fact that I just wanted it to all end I made it my goal to try and live long enough to see the end of this war. I just wish I had an idea of what the outcome might be. All I can do now is hope it doesn't end with the human race being wiped out or this planet being completely destroyed."

Looking outside one of the windows I could see it was slowly starting to rain over the ruins of the city. As I did this I starting thinking about what I just said. While I didn't like to remember it all I had to admit it did feel somewhat good to talk to someone about it. The outburst I had earlier around Makura and Dina scared even myself for a brief moment. The past was all over with and I just had to move on. There was nothing I could do about what had happened but I could at least have a hand in what was going to happen. Suddenly from behind me Kiaran said "Let's say that this war ends with a victory for the Earth. Exactly what do you think your going to do once this is all over?" Without turning around I just kinda shrugged and said "I honestly don't know. However I know for a fact the first thing I plan on doing is helping to rebuild all the cities that have been destroyed." Looking at her I asked "What about you? What do you have in mind?" Kiaran seemed even more unsure than I did "Well it's never been something that I had given much thought. Even if I had I'm not sure what I'm going to do now after all of this."

As I continued to look out the window as it rained Kiaran said "Well I think that's enough talking about what has happened and what could happened. We really need to get back to work." I just remained there as she started to walk back over to the parts. I knew we needed to be getting back to work but I had other things on my mind at the moment. Walking back over to her I said "I know we should really be working but how do you feel about taking a break for about 15 minutes?" She didn't seem to know what I was talking about and asked "Just what is it you've got in mind?" Pointing outside I told her "I know this isn't exactly the best weather in the world but exactly when was the last time you've sparred with someone?" I decided to ask for several reasons. First I already had a basic idea of how strong Makura and Gav were but I wanted to get a chance to see Kiaran and Dina in action before we left. I felt it was important to know everyone's strengths and weaknesses before leaving so that we wouldn't have any unexpect surprises. Next was the fact that I had a feeling Kiaran didn't have many chances to fight Saiyans. Win or lose it would be good experience for the upcoming battles. Kiaran seemed to like the idea but didn't seem very sure about it. If she didn't want to fight then I wouldn't force her to do so. The only question on my mind now was if she would be up for it......
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I'll let Kalah decide on if Kiaran and Rudy should have a quick battle or keep on working ^_~

[Bulbasaur4]

Kiaran - F - Saiya-jin


***


A spar? With him? I blinked at the idea… it caught me off guard to say the least.
“ I don’t mean it in rivalry by far Kiaran… I just want to get an idea of our power levels before we leave.”
I averted my gaze at Rudy…
“I don’t know if it is such a good idea…”
Rudy seemed confused by this, and I sighed. I turned to gaze back at him, my icy blue eyed gaze blinking slightly as my blonde hair tucked behind my ear. Sure I would admit it, I didn’t meet many Saiyans- but I had met a few. And all of them wanted to battle me before… because they were scouts from the Saiya-jin Army. They were ordered to patrol Mesai City… and of course, like most Saiyans, their pig-headed selves wanted to test their powers against mind. Even when I was only 5 they wanted to do it… against a poor child. The Namekians were far different from the Saiya-jins… they would battle, but it was more of a battle of honor then of pig-headed winning. They wanted to simply raise their level of battle… and I had the chance to battle many of the fighters. Humans were good to spar as well… but I found the more diverse opponents, the better the chance of getting stronger. Even when I was a child I had wanted to spar for the sport…
And soon I will not be sparring anymore… it will be a life or death battle.
I had already killed that scouter… and the horrible images of it haunted me.

“ It’s okay If you don’t feel comfortable sparring me…” I gazed up at him slowly and gave a meek smile.
“No, it’s not that… it’s just… I don’t know. Everything is changing like a whirlpool around me. Ever since I was a child I wanted to spar… at every chance. But after this… I killed some one for the first time- a Saiyan Trader who was stealing the dead’s belongings. I’ve never killed anyone before… let alone thought of it. Just the whole idea of going off to a foreign planet to… to kill… “
Rudy gave me a saddened gaze.
“We aren’t going there to kill… we… are..” He tried to find the words but I shook my head.
“ Maybe that isn’t our goal, but we will end up doing it. You know we’ll be attacked, and because of it we will have to kill to defend.. “

Rudy gave a soft smile after a long period of silence.
“ Don’t worry, if you want to spar me it will be a friendly spar.”
I set down the tool I was using and nodded at him softly. Rudy Summers was definatly not like the Saiyans I had met before, nor was he like his companions as far as I could tell. He had a serious demeaner yet… with a sense of laughter and kindness intermixed. He reminded me of the ones I used to know a long time ago…
“ Let us go outside then and have ourselves a friendly spar.”

With that we soon found ourselves amongst a wide area of flat rubble with little or nothing in our way. We stood away from each other in a good manner as I slowly took a tie from my wrist. Gingerly I pushed back my hair and formed a ponytail and held it up there with the tie. My strange, albino tail swished side to side as I smiled at him.
“Alright then Rudy… let us begin.”






Idaia - Namek
***


I sat there boredly, as Yoshi and Gav talked amongst themselves about some thing I had no idea about.
"I could really use some of those magazines right now..." Yoshi sighed, leaning back against a rock.
"What magazines are you talking about?" I turned and gazed at Gav and Yoshi, and immediatly both sweatdropped.
"Uhh... nothing Idaia- it is too complicated for a young kid like you."
Yasu and I both gazed at eachother bewildered but I shrugged.
"Why does Rudy always have to tell me to stay put? I'm going to rust here if they don't come and get me soon..." Yoshi sighed, as Gav suddenly went to his feet.
" Hey... why don't we go try to find those other Nameks?" I blinked, gazing at the two Saiyans.
[ They probably are off some where- ]
" They weren't with Rudy or the others were they?" Gav asked, gazing at me and interupting Yasu.
"N-no they weren't."
"Well then... maybe we should go find those two and then catch up with Rudy and his 'friends' later. We need to do some thing other then wait..."

Yoshi and Gav mumured amongst each other, until finally Yoshi gazed at me.
"Look Idaia, you won't be able to catch up to me... or Gav, so you stay put and tell Rudy if he gets back that we'll find him later. Yasu.. do whatever you want."
With that, and in a blast of Ki, both of the two Saiyans went off...
[ Those two sure seem restless. It would be helpful if they found the other Nameks however..]
I nodded and sat down again, sighing.

[Kuro Espeon]

I'm not going to make a full post right now, but I'm letting you know that I'm keeping up to date and have read all the current posts.
And thanks Rudy! ^_^ I try my best to be funny, even though it doesn't always work..........

[Bear]

looks like I'm long overdue for a post. I've read everything up to date, and I THINK I understand what's going on. But please let me know if I screw up someone's plans -_-.

Hamma ~ Namek ~ With Cal...somewhere, waterfall
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Cal and I had both been silent for a good long time. Both of us were anxious to finally get a good fight, so we were eager to train hard. We had both been meditating for several days straight, neither of us saying a word. Finally, Cal broke the silence.
"You think we'll actually be able to defeat the Saiyans? I mean, if they're anything like that Makura, that means their very strong, right?"
"I suppose so."
"So, do you think it's really a good idea to be here? I mean shouldn't we be helping the others find a ship?"
"It's their will to go to New Vegeta now, not mine. I'd be perfectly content staying here another year and training."
"But, what if the Saiyans suddenly decide to strike? The people of the planet won't stand a chance. We need to make the first move!"
I opened my eyes and looked over at Cal. He looked eager, but I saw a hint of apprehension in his eyes.
"I understand how you feel. Strategy is half of a battle, not just strength. I'm a little reluctant to go because I haven't had the time to train as much as I'd like. I think the others are being hasty."
Cal paused for a few moments, then said a few words that stuck in my mind like glue.
"But, even if we aren't strong enough, the important thing is that we fight together, right?"
This caught my attention, and made me think. That was the end of conversation for the remainder of the day. We resumed our meditative states.
"Together? Important? Why is having companions important?" I thought to myself. These words had really gotten me pondering. I kept thinking and thinking, and gradually the meaning came to me. Physical and mental strength was not the key to defeating evil. It was using the powers of your friends and yourself in synchronization. You can accomplish much more that way....
A slight smile came to my lips as I drifted off into meditation again. Night had fallen, and the moon was full.
"I wonder what our 'friends' are doing right now..."

Hope that's adequate. Good to see you all again!

[Asilynne]

OOC~ Im not going to post right now, but I just wanted to put up the url for a FS pic I drew recently. ^-^ It has the main good guy fighters of FS (except for the Nameks because they havent been posting in awhile and I kinda forgot about them, sorry! -.-() )
Ok here it is:
http://www.angelfire.com/gundam/ssjbulma/images/FS.jpg

Hope you like it!

[Kuro Espeon]

Yo! this is Kuro! just wanted to give a NOTICE:
Starting tomorrow and going until thursday afternoon I will be in Maryland visitig relatives for X-mas. Most people will probably be away for the holidays anyway, but I figured I'd let you all know anyway.
BTW- Asilynne......just FYI, the link didn't work. My bro said it was because you can't link directly from Angelfire or sumthin' like that....*shrug*
Happy Holidays from Kuro Espeon! I luv you guys!


M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S ! ! !

[Master Rudy]

OOC-Angelfire has been known for that stupid little thing that blocks you but an easy way around it is to just cut and paste the link into your address bar. Anyway I should be around all day today and all night but tommorow I think I'm going to be quite busy. I'm just letting you guys know that if I'm around at all it might not be until very late (about midnight)tommorow night ^_~

[Master Rudy]

Rudy Summers
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The rain started to come down a little heavier as me and Kiaran prepared to square off against one another. While this was going to be nothing more than a match to see how we fared against one another I was going to make it a point to get an idea of how Kiaran fought. I always made it a point to watch out for my friends and I needed to know exactly what kinds of weaknesses some of us had. This way I could know what to look out for later on if anyone got into trouble and needed a little help. Before this battle got underway I decided to set down some rules to keep things fair and to make sure one of us didn't get hurt too badly. "This sparring session is going to be anything goes. You can do whatever it takes to win but keep in mind that the tail is off limits." I was pretty sure that I didn't have to worry about that with Kiaran but saying that was a bit of a habit. Over the years I had seen several people try a dirty tatic such as that and I didn't like it one bit. Kiaran quickly nodded and then asked "Is there anything else I should be aware of?" As I stretched out a bit I said "Try not to worry about winning or losing this fight. If your not too sure about being able to go on without getting yourself hurt then make sure you say something. This is only to let each other get an idea of how the other fights and to see how we stand right now."

Once I was done talking both of us got into fighting stances. For a moment we both just stood there and studied each other. Kiaran seemed to be waiting for a sign to know when to start so I nodded to let her know it was ok to begin. With that both of us rushed each other as our fight started. As soon as we each begun to exchange blows I knew Kiaran was not going to be any kind of pushover. Not only was she able to hold her own with me but she was clearly thinking about what to do and not do. Rather than go in hitting she was taking a moment to play defense and see how I moved. After a few seconds of this she started to fight back. From the way she was attacking I could see that she liked to use quick moves rather than go for raw power. Of course I knew that just because she was fighting like this now didn't mean she would always do so. Any experienced fighter could change their tatics just like that and I knew that one always had to be on the lookout for things like that.

As she made an attempt to kick me I grabbed Kiaran's foot and swept her leg out from under her. Not wanting to take a chance to leave myself open to a counter attack as she got up I jumped away from where she went down. With a quick move I saw her quickly flip up and get back onto her feet. For just a moment we stood there watching each other. Before things got going again I felt the need to complement Kiaran on how well she was doing. "Not bad at all. I wasn't expecting you to be this fast Kiaran." With a smile she said "Thanks a lot. Your not doing too badly yourself. It's what I expected from someone who is a decendant of Vegeta and Trunks." Smiling back at her I asked "Shall we continue this then?" Just then without warning Kiaran rushed right at me. I wasn't expecting her to come this quickly and wound up paying the price as several of her blows hit their mark. Finally I managed to get my right arm up to block just as she was about to hit me with a move that would send me flying. I made several attempts to strike her but Kiaran quickly turned the battle back into her favor as she dodged out of the way of one of my punches and landed an elbow into my back. She gave me one moment to get back to my feet before coming at me again. I knew at this point that I would have to fight a bit differently than I normally did. If I was going to want to match her then I would have to focus more on speed than power. After all what good was a strong attack if you didn't have the speed to hit your opponent?

As I ducked under one of Kiaran's high kicks I saw my chance. The move left her open a bit and I made such to make these blows count. Not focusing so much on power this time I unleashed a fury of punches on her before ending my attack with a ki blast that sent Kiaran flying away from me. It didn't put her down for long but it would give me a moment to catch my breath. It was a good thing that I was getting a break for a moment too. From the look in Kiaran's eyes she was about to get real serious. Both of us were fighting at a low power level and it was time for the real thing now. I knew that this was going to be one hell of a sparring session as we both started to power up......
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It's all yours now Kalah ^_~

[Asilynne]

What?! Stupid angelfire! Oh well, just take Rudy's advice then ^-^
Im going to post now cause I dont know when the next time I'll be on is, and plus now I have an idea heh heh heh. So Makura, you want Dina to lighten up, do ya? ^-~
~~~Dina~~~
A....JOKE?!
That whole thing, about Rudy, a-and Kiaran...and...and....the dark warehouse all alone...ALL NIGHT............!!!
ALL THAT WAS A JOKE?!?
I wasnt used to jokes. No one ever joked with me before, they were always quick to make jokes ABOUT me, during the few times I was actually around people, but none of them had ever joked WITH me. So, Makura had been....joking?!
Suddenly without warning I started to laugh. I cant believe I was so STUPID!!! To think, I got all upset like that! I laughed at how lame I acted until a thought occurred to me. She had joked WITH me......could that mean......we were.....FRIENDS? I smiled. A friend....
I rushed to catch up to Makura. When I finally did she glanced over at me. "Well, you seem happier, maybe something got through to that brain of yours..."
I smiled at her as we flew. "Yeah, something did," I said slyly. "Just that I know now that you really do consider us your friends...."
Makura stopped short with an annoyed look on her face. "Look, sister, how many times do I have to tell you? IIIIIII.....DOOOOOONNNTTTTT.......hey, what are you doing?" She stopped in mid-rant as she saw a strange look on my face.
I narrowed my eyes. "Aahhhhhh.......ahhhhhhhhhhh...."
Realisation hit her as she saw what was happening. "No.....no dont you DARE do it!!! I am NOT going to be stuck dragging around some DAMN IDIOT!!! You hear me!!"
"AAAAAAAAhhhhhh......AAAAAHHHHHHHHH.....!!"
"DONT YOU DARE!!!!!" She yelled, sounding half panicked as she smacked her hands over my mouth. A few tense moment passed as she waited for me to sneeze. When she finally took her hand off of my mouth, I looked her right in the eyes and grinned. "...choo.." I said, smirking.
She gazed at me, horrified, for all of 30 seconds. I could see her face twitching as she fluctuated anger and shock. Then she threw her head back and laughed.
"Well, Ive got to admit, I didnt think you had it in you! Looks like we're even now!" She said, giving me a friendly slap on the back that almost sent me carreening through the air.
I nodded and we continued flying towards where the others were. I smiled to myself. Someone had joked with me and I had joked with them back. Maybe I was getting the hang of this 'being with other people' thing after all. ^-^
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I dont think I should post Makura and Dina meeting Gav and the others because I dont really know Gav's personality yet, so maybe Gav could post that *hint hint*