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~Monday: Capsule Corp., 5:30 AM~
Trunks pounded urgently on Nina's bedroom door at the Capsule Corp. home. If they didn't hurry up in at least 20 minutes they would be late for school. Trunks didn't understand why he had to go to school if the world's fate was going to be determined in less than 2 days time. Vegeta agreed with this thought, amazing that Vegeta would agree with anything, but Bulma insisted that they both go to school. It may have been close to 2 days before the Earth would either remain or disappear, but she would not hear of anyone backing out of school. Bulma thought that while you were still alive, an education was required and that's exactly what Nina and Trunks were going to get.
"Hey Nina! Hurry it up! If we're late Mom will never get off our cases about it!" Trunks yelled to the door.
Nina hissed at his persistance. "I'm hurrying Trunks! We won't be late if we fly y'know?!" she yelled back.
A few seconds later, Nina's door swung open and Trunks nearly fell into her had she not caught him just in time. Nina looked Trunks up, then down, admiring how handsome he looked today.
Trunks had on his purple and white loose, long-sleeved shirt. The sleeves were white but the collar down was purple and bold white letters spread across his shirt. The letters read "Capsule Corp." of course. The shirt was tucked into a pair of grey, baggy drawstring pants and the bottom portion of his pants were stuffed into some black boots that laced up and then a strip of velcrow covered the area where a tied bow should've been revealed.
Trunks looked over Nina and saw that she looked incredible. She wore her hair down, but with 2 thick locks of her brown hair on either side of her cheeks and 2 red pearl earrings hung from her ears. She had on a red, v-cut tank top that showed her belly just about an inch. Over the tank top Nina wore a light brown and tan colored shirt that had no buttons, but was only meant to be left open anyway. The inside material of the shirt was a few shades lighter than plum. The collar was turned up and it was trimmed thickly on the edges with the tan color, from the edge up to about 2 inches. The end of the sleeves were the same color tan but not as thick, perhaps just an inch or so, the rest of the vest was light brown.
For her pants that Nina had on, they were the same color as the overshirt. The waist part was tan and 3 inches long from the edge. Where a button might've been there was a red, upsidedown triangle. The rest of the pants legs were light brown and puffed out a bit, then closed around her ankles. The loose ankle part was the tan color. She wore no socks and for her shoes Nina had on black ninja-like boots and the top was trimmed in red.
Nina tightened her grip on her schoolbag and her black brows furrowed. "Well, what are you standing around for?! Let's hurry up and eat! Then we can go pick up Goten and Lei." she ordered.
Trunks gave a slight yelp and dashed down the stairs talking to Bulma. Vegeta was still in the Gravitron training. Nina shook her head and smiled. Oh boy, what a day it was going to be for her. After she closed her door shut, she went down the stairs to the smell of a slightly wonderful home cooked breakfast. She could also smell a slight burning smell and started to quicken her pace. It appeared she was going to have to help Bulma with breakfast after all.
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~Saki Highschool: 5th Period, Lunch Hour~
Nina, Trunks, Goten, and Lei all sat together on the school fountain's edge during their lunch hour. Even though the Earth's fate would be decided in 2 more days, there was no reason they couldn't have fun together. They all thought about going home to eat lunch, since they were seniors and could do that, but decided against it. Nina said she had some fun planned for the lunch hour so the others figured they ought to stick around.
Lei picked through her rice with her chopsticks. "So Nina, what is it you've got planned for us today?" she asked cheerfully.
Nina chewed on her sandwhich, shrugged then swallowed as she added more shading to Lei's face on her picture. "I guess you'll have to wait an see." she suggested.
Just then, the sky blue-haired Falecia and clique waltzed out of the school building, laughing and talking about nothing as always. Falecia wore her hair in a loose ponytail in the back held by a black scrunchie. She wore yellow overalls and a pink short-sleeved shirt underneath, purple socks and yellow sneakers. The 4 young fighters gazed at the snobby girl's atire and could only snicker. Where did Falecia come up with her clothes matching?
Falecia spotted them and decided she had to get her few cents in this time. "Hey Trunks! Sweetie!" she called out to him.
Trunks rubbed a hand over his face and mumbled something incoherent, but Nina had a feeling about what he said. She patted his shoulder. "It's not easy being you is it?" she asked, sarcasm at play as usual.
Trunks only arched one of his lavender brows and gave a rhy smile. "Whatever Nina. This time I'm going to tell her we're together so she'll leave us alone."
Nina stood up and placed a hand on her hip. "And let you ruin my fun?! Hah, you better think again Mister Trunks!" she fussed.
Falecia ran by, making sure she deliberately bumped straight into Nina's shoulder. Then she pushed Nina's sketchpad off the edge of the fountain and onto the grass right on top of a pile of dirt. Then she kicked dirt on top of the picture that was supposed to be of Goten, Lei, and Trunks' headshots. She scooted over towards Trunks and clutched at his arm. Nina felt like steam shot out of her ears and mustered up every ounce of patience she could to keep from burying Falecia alive on the school grounds. Trunks tried to shove her away but she continued to cling onto him.
Lei made a face at Falecia's turned back, indicating that she felt like throwing up right in her hair. This made Goten laugh so hard that he fell backwards...right into the water! Falecia, Lei, and Trunks got soaked. Nina, on the other hand, scooped up her sketchpad and got away from the water. Falecia squealed and jumped up from the edge of the fountain, dripping wet. Her pale blue hair looked more like a regular blue and her clothes were soaked to the bone. Make-up smears were on her face and her eye-liner was running down her cheeks.
Nina covered her mouth to stifle her snickering. Boy, Falecia's mad! This isn't what I had planned for her, but it's a great way to start out. she thought happily.
Nina ran up to Falecia and tried to rub off some of the grass that had splashed out of the fountain onto her. "Ohh, you poor thing. Are you all right?" she asked in an obvious tone of mockery.
Falecia glared at her through dark blue eyes and shoved her out of the way. "Back off! I don't need filthy people like you touching on me!" she spat.
Lei balled up her fists and a growl escaped her throat. "Why you Swine!" she yelled, but a soggy Goten cut her off.
He shook his head, sending little beads of water to spray everywhere. "Don't worry about Nina. She's got this whole situation under control."
She wasn't so sure, but gave in anyhow. "But if Falecia says anything diry like that to her again she is going to get it and get it good! I mean it Goten!" Lei threatened.
Nina shrugged and walked by Falecia, but not before giving her a swift kick in the ankles to where she tripped and fell flat on her face straight into the dirt. Her backside was sticking up in the air and she began to mumble against the dirt in her face. Falecia tried getting up and bared her teeth at Nina. She saw Nina head over towards Trunks who was a bit soaked, but Falecia had managed to block most of the water. Only his hair was dampened. Falecia began to scoot across the ground so she could toss Nina into the fountain. While she was trying to go un noticed by her, Nina gently wiped the water from Trunks' face and pushed some water soaked lavender hair away from his eyes.
She gave a quick wink to him. "Oh Trunks! Just look at you! You're all wet!" Nina cried out, trying to sound naive. "I'll go get you a towel."
When Nina turned around, knowing very well that Falecia was right up against her, she pretended like she was about to skip back into the building and her foot collided with Falecia's stomach. Trying her best not to overdo it, she managed to kick Falecia 2 feet away and she rolled right into anotehr pile of dirt making her even more messy. She struggled to get up again and looked like a mudfish in the process with little specks of yellow, pink and sky blue all over. Nina covered her mouth, acting completely horror struck at what she had done and ran right over to Falecia.
She grabbed Falecia's arm. "Whatever is wrong with me today?"
"Everything you stupid clutz!" Falecia muttered under her breath, but Nina heard.
Nina arched an eyebrow. "What was that?" she asked her, but Falecia kept quiet.
After a bit of hissing and spitting, Falecia finally gave up and let Nina lead her over to the fountain. She sat Falecia down and while doing so, she signaled for her friends to move out of the way. Lei grabbed her lunchcase, Goten his lunchbag, and Trunks grabbed Nina's lunchcase and her sketchbook. He didn't have a lunchcase because Nina had packed his lunch and her lunch together.
Nina wiped some of the dirt off of Falecia's face and clothes. "Are you okay? That was some landing you made." she said in a worried tone. Man, was she a good actor or what?
Falecia blew a soggy strand of her sky blue hair out of her view. "Yeah, I bet." she mumbled, but Nina heard anyhow.
Nina cupped her ear in her hand. "What? You should really learn to speak up Falecia." she suggested.
"Hey Nina, ready to go?" Trunks called to her.
Nina turned her head slightly and smiled. This is gonna be good! she thought, and then swung around. "Huh?" she called back to him while trying to keep from laughing.
She turned around so quickly that her arm twirled with her and she ended up knocking Falecia square on the side of her head and she went careening into the fountain. Her head was underwater and tiny bubbles began to emerge from the water as her feet flailed in every direction, trying to kick Nina but she had already jumped out of the way to keep from being splashed all over her good clothes. Falecia finally jerked herself up and a branch of seaweed and a lilypad hung on her head as water dripped all over the place. Her cheeks puffed out like a fish and she began to spit out the water like a real working fountain. Nina and the others laughed at this sight while Falecia continued to growl and glare in anger, but Nina didn't care, she had gotten Falecia back for calling her a peasant and styleless lowlife.
She grinned wickedly. This oughtta teach her than to mess with the best of the best! Nina thought and then held up a peace sign.
She ran up to her friends and jumped onto Trunks' back, then she placed an arm around Lei and Goten as they continued to laugh and giggle about the spectacular feat Nina had just performed upon the school snobs' leader. Nina turned her head to marvel at the scene she herself had created and saw all of Falecia's so-called "Friends" as they tried to lift her out of the fountain, but she continuously kept slipping on water that was on the ground and just fell right back into the water, causing her other snobbish comrades to get wet as well. Nina turned back around and gave another triumphant laugh. Today was a good day, today was a very good day.
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~Training Day 2: Monday, 4:00 PM~
Nina and Trunks sat on the floor of the Gravitron and talked as they waited for Vegeta to return from where ever it was he was at that moment. They both couldn't stop laughing about how Nina cleaned up Falecia's act. It was hilarious and Trunks was quite amused at the fact the one crushing on him got crushed by the one he loved.
"I still can't believe you did that y'know." he told her.
She laughed and crossed her legs indian-style. "Yeah, well I do." They burst into gales of laughter, when Nina sensed an approaching ki. "Hey, we better cut it out. Vegeta's on his way." Nina warned.
Trunks nodded and put on his most serious face. Nina looked at him and smirked, then she went cross-eyed. "Oh Trunks! You look so serious!" she said in a mocking tone.
They both exploded with laughter just as Vegeta walked in. He cleared his throat loud enough to be heard over the others. Trunks stood up immediately, but Nina stayed on the ground, trying her best to suppress her laughing. Vegeta walked over and stood infront of her, looking down at the young Saiyan. She looked up at him, biting her lower lip to keep from spitting all over the place. Trunks did the same, forcing his face to stay straight, but it just kept molding into a grin.
Vegeta sat down opposite of Nina and looked at the stones around her neck. "Okay kid, it's time we trained your body to get used to that power held in those stones." he stated.
Nina's eyes widened and she snapped her fingers. "So that's what I forgot! Hold on, I'll be back shortly." she said.
Suddenly she vansished in the blink of an eye. Then, just as soon as she left, she reappeared again. This time she had one of the stones in her hand, removed her necklace and slid a 3rd stone on the chain, then clasped it back around her neck. Nina stood up, stretched and then sat back down.
She shook her head, letting her hair that was in a ponytail swish back and forth. "Whew! That sure can take alot out of ya!" Nina said to no one in particular, then pointed to the new stone around her neck. "Kino said I could have hers since she never used it much except for cloaking her ki and healing."
Vegeta knew that technique. "Where did you learn that?" he demanded.
Nina shrugged. "No one really, just Goku." she said.
Vegeta growled angrily, but then calmed himself. Training the girl was more important. "Okay, let's get started. Trunks, go over to Kakarot's house and train with his son. Nina and I have alot to work on so I won't have time to train you at all today." he explained.
Trunks nodded. "Sure Dad." he answered, and ran out of the Gravitron.
'Take care of yourself Trunks, and tell Goten I said hi.' a voice said to him in his mind.
He stopped abruptly, turned and looked at Nina. She glanced over at him and winked. Trunks then gave a relieved sigh and ran out of the room.
As soon as Trunks had left, Vegeta thought it was time he got down to business. "Alright, let me see what you can do with those stones now." he ordered.
"Sure." she complied, and then stood up.
Nina focused her mind into the stones' power. She felt it glow and burn with warmth in her palms as she held them out in front of her. One of the stones began to rise and spun around quickly while rotating in a ring-like manor. Suddenly it began to glow violet and a slight humming sound was heard, then Nina burst into a Super Saiyan and the stone shot forward at her forehead, emplanting itself there and it sank in like it were walking through a wall and then it remained in the center like a violet birthmark that was shaped exactly like the stone was.
Just as it secured itself inside of her, a large column of purple electricity exploded all around her body and tiny sparks of violet bolts licked her entire body like a thousand burning tongues. She screamed in release of her power and it continued to grow. Vegeta rolled backwards and stood up just when the column shot upward infront of him, barely missing his body. Nina felt herself being lifted off the ground and she began to rotate slowly like a figurine inside of a musicbox. Her spiky golden hair flickered from yellow to black, from spiky to straight until finally her thick banes were straight and over her eyes and the rest of her now black hair rose from above her neck as the increasing ki winds began to blow.
The column vanished and in its spot was Nina, purple ki flames had erupted from around her and it blew her black banes aside to reveal the violet stone-shaped symbol now on her forehead. Nina smiled proudly. "So Vegeta, how's that?" she asked, amused at seeing the brief bit of shock on the Saiyan Prince's face.
He quickly wiped away his surprised expression and his brows narrowed. "Good, now can you go any further?" Vegeta asked her.
Nina's fists tightened and she spread her feet further apart. "I'll try." she answered, and started to focus her energy on the second stone.
The winds of energy began to grow stronger and the whipped her hair and ki flames in all different directions. Another stone rose from the floor where she had dropped them during her first transformation. It came up slowly at first, trying to tug itself free from the confines of its chain and finally it snatched itself loose and rose to meet its Master. The stone spun round and round and a sharp hum could be heard from this one and suddenly it began to burn green. It then began to flash with green lightning until it raced forward and slammed against Nina's forehead so hard that her head flew back as though she had just got punched in the face.
As she kept her head back, thin beams of green light began to shoot from where it had landed and they collided against the walls of the Gravitron, causing numerous cracks to appear on the walls and floor. When Nina lifted her head back up again her hair was in spiral curls and blazing green as her eyes glowed blood red. Her now green brows furrowed in fury as the bolts of electricity began to sting her like a horde of bees all over her body. Suddenly a column of green lightning enveloped Nina inside and she continued to grow in power, feeling her muscles swell with energy inside them as her both inner and outer layer was tingling with power.
A bead of sweat fell down her cheek and her spiral curly banes began to stick to her forehead. She flicked them aside and on her forehead were 2 green stone-shaped symbols, side by side. The one to the right was standing up straight while the one to the left was angled away from the one to the right.
A small growl escaped Nina's throat as she fought to control the energy. "Okay, how's that?" she asked him.
Vegeta, trying his best to hide his amazement, gave a short nod and crossed his arms against his chest. "Alright then, let's see it with all three." he ordered.
Nina gave a short nod and looked down at the last stone on the floor that was still on the chain. She focused as much energy as she could without passing out from the pressure and saw it slowly rise off the floor. Vegeta could tell this was taking alot out of her, but she still had to go on. There would be only 1 more day to train before all the world will either live, or be dead. Nina's hidden powers, both in the stone and in herself, were the only Ace up the Z warriors' sleeves and they had to play it right. If not, they were all dead because the only reason Nina had been able to defeat those three foes last night was because she had them caught off guard and they were underestimating her.
The stone started to flash from red to the ivory and then a whistling sound could be heard being emitted from the stone. It was starting to power up and getting ready to take its place next to the other 2 stones now emplanted on her forehead. Nina gave out a low groan and then felt the sweat pour down her cheeks as some went in between her eyes, stinging them to the point of madness, but she fought it back. The ivory Dragon Tear tugged at its chain leash, fighting to break loose until finally it broke free and flashed forward at Nina and it slammed up against her head. The power was so intense that she got knocked backwards, crying out in pain and surprise. She did a somersault in the air and landed swiftly on her feet as she went back into her fighting stance. The now larger beams of light ejected from the glowing red stones on her forehead and they bounced off the walls back into her body, each time she bit her lower lip so as not to yelp out.
Her green spiral began to straighten out and flashed from green to red and then back to green again. The curliness gone and turning into jagged edges instead. Her hair rose back on her head, spiked like large red talons, curled back and ready to strike. Her side banes started to curl upward and her eyes flashed yellow like a cat's. Nina's banes were thick, spiky and so sharp edged it could tear someone's flesh if even touched. The stones on her forehead glowed and then faded to a blood red color. 2 stones angled away from the stone in the middle of her forehead as her red ki flames started to churn up the large gusts of wind to whip back her hair and caused her to stumble backwards. Nina dug her toes into the ground although she could feel them start to slide from the pressure of her own power until she forced every last bit of endurance she had to keep her steady and balanced.
Nina shut both of her eyes tightly, blinking out persperation, then opened one of her eyes and smiled. "Okay, that's about it." she told the onlooking Saiyan Prince.
Vegeta placed a finger on his chin and contemplated for awhile. He had to make sure she could withstand all this pressure without passing out during a fight. "That was good kid. Take a breather." he suggested to her.
Nina gave a relieved sigh, phased out of her highest transformation and felt the third stone fall to the ground. It made a slight clatter, but the winds of her ki flames tuned out the noise. Her green spiral curls began to fade to straight and black and she could hear the second stone fall to the ground. This time she could hear it a little better than the first one, but the winds and lightning power of her energy caused the sound to be faded out. Then her black hair phased out of its pitch dark state and her eyes blazed green instead of violet, her spiky golden hair now returned. Just before the final stone hit the ground, she fell out of Super Saiyan mode completely and collapsed onto the ground right before the last stone did. Nina was tired and felt like anyone could've wasted her away right then if they wanted to. She wouldn't have put up a fight, even if she had wanted to. Her body wouldn't permit it.
At last, the last stone fell to the ground and since there was dead silence the noise was enought to wake the dead when it crashed to the ground. It was so delicate, the stone and it felt like glass. But when it hit the floor with even the slightest slip it sounded like someone had just ignited a bomb and it blew up right next to Nina's ear. The sound was ear splitting and the echo it caused was enough to drive anyone insane. The echostics were just too good in the Gravitron. The slightest drop of a pebble could sound like a wave crashing against the rocks along the shore when the tide was coming in.
After the noise had settled, Nina looked at her watch and couldn't believe it at all. A total of 6 and a half hours had passed since Trunks and Nina had come home at 4 that afternoon! She gave an exhauseted gasp of air and closed her eyes. Vegeta's training just wasn't any fun. She'd rather be playing Hide and Go Seek with Goten, Lei and Trunks right then. Those types of games that Nina had invented were alot more fun and energizing then these agonizing training sessions. They demanded way too much of your body's strength and mind power. During one of Nina's games however, they called for your natural and developed instincts, strength and power supression, ki signaling and of course fighting techniques as well as acquiring new ones.
She glanced at Vegeta and saw him tossing thoughts around in his head as he leaned against the wall. Nina shut both her eyes and slowly began to breathe in and out. Only one more hour before we call it a night, and only one more day before this is all over. she thought, then furrowed her eyebrows. I can't wait to fight those alien jerks, it'll be a hell of alot more fun than training with Vegeta!
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