Another Saiya-Jin: Chapter 29

Lei braced herself for impact as Tessay rushed head on towards her, body engulfed in fire. The green haired warrior pulled back her fist and shot a punch straight towards Lei's head, but she quickly blocked it, soon wishing she had dodged it instead. The fire that enveloped itself around Tessay also was a part of her and everything she touched would burn from the intense flames around her body. Lei felt her flesh start to burn from the heat, but it only felt like a small candle whelp to her and as her defense she did a quick backflip in the air, feet crashing into Tessay's chin which caused her to stumble backwards. Lei landed on the ground with a slight pat sound as her shoes hit the grass. Tessay caught her balance quickly and did a spin kick which was thought to be aimed at her target's head but when Lei lifted her arms to block, she changed her direction and kicked her hard in the back of the knee which made Lei fall to the ground.
She looked up and saw Tessay pull her leg back for another kick and just as she let it fly, Lei grabbed her foot by the ankle and swung her down towards the ground. The green haired assasin skid across the grass on her back. She glanced up in the air and saw her opponent high in the air, an energy ball in her hands as she raised them high in the air. The large mass of the energy grew larger until it was about the size of a beachball and the colors changed from orange, to violet and then to a dull black. Lei held the ki ball in one hand, pulled back her other arm and raised one foot in the air as though she were about to throw a baseball.
"TIME BOMB," she yelled, then let the ball descend to the ground just as Tessay had stopped. "ATTACK!"
The black orb of energy soared to the ground and it was dead set on Tessay. She waited for the ki ball to reach just barely and then, suddenly she flickered from view. The Time Bomb collided with the earth and it exploded into smaller orbs the size of softballs and they scattered in every direction on the ground and in the air. Tessay had reappeared in the sky, not taking notice that the smaller spheres of energy had not exploded yet. Instead, she kept her eye on Lei, which was exactly what Lei wanted her to do. Her Time Bomb attack was not done yet.
Tessay brushed a braided bane of her hair to the side. "C'mon now human, don't tell me that's all you've got? If it is, then I suggest you give up now while you're still in one piece." she advised.
Lei smirked at her. "I wouldn't be so hasty if I were you. I'm not through yet."
Suddenly she shot her arm upward and then to the side, her smaller orbs of energy taking movement into the air. They swirled and dipped in the sky as an unsuspecting Tessay could only watch in puzzlement as the human girl waved her arms about. She thought she was only delaying her beat down. Just then, she felt all of the power growing from behind her, swirls of energy and light like she had never felt before. Slowly, Tessay turned to face the energy only to be hit by a massive tornado of energy orbs, swallowing her whole and stinging her entire body. The flames around her body flickered away into nothing as the winds of energy swept over her entire body. One by one, each orb struck her body and as it did, it exploded right on the spot. Tessay lifted her arms to shield it, and while blocking as much of it as she could, gathered energy to knock the orbs away.
An orb struck her leg and exploded. "Ungh! Where did she get this power, to catch me off guard like that?!" Tessay questioned to no one in particular. Another ki sphere collided with her arm and in turn exploded.
Tessay's eyes flashed red, burning with fire and she whipped her arms out on either side of her, screaming at the top of her lungs as swirls of her own energy dispersed and knocked the remaining orbs away from her body and sailed down towards the surface. KA-BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! That was all you could hear as the spheres each clashed against the ground or against eachother. It was raining bombs, each one rang out like a Napalm shot. Each one ear shattering if they weren't trained to take such strain before, and as one after another fell to the earth, the ground rumbled under everyone's feet. But the whole planet wasn't shaking yet. It was far from quaking yet.
Lei looked around and snapped her fingers, eyes narrowed. "Shoot! I was sure that would do her in! Oh well, now time for plan B." she concluded.
She spread her arms apart, twirled in the air as hazy white steam began to emitt from her body. She continued to slowly twirl until the steam-like aura continued to spread out from around her, 10 feet, then 15 to 20 feet away. Finally she stopped twirling and smirked at Tessay who began to breathe heavily from her earlier assault. The young assasin saw that grin and she suddenly tensed up. Lei let out a long battle cry and a swirling wind encircled her, swimming around her like a hurricane as it moved from left, then to the right, causing the hazy steam to spread out even further above the sky.
"MIST SHIELD!" she screamed out and suddenly the steam rounded itself out into a steaming bubble.
It was hard to see for Tessay, her instincts weren't what they used to be and it was hard to sense where the girl was. She was good at cloaking her ki in the mist, and even if she could sense her well enough it wouldn't do any good becaue right when she'd throw the punch the girl would probably vanish. She cursed herself for thinking so lightly of the human, because her skills were outstanding. Tessay had learned that humans, both fighters and non fighters alike were weak. So in turn, she grew up thinking they were weaklings, but this girl was different. She was remarkable.
"Hey Tessay! Y'know what?" Lei's voice tore through her own thoughts.
Tessay swiveled her head from left to right, she couldn't see her. "What human? You can't face me like a true warrior instead of hiding behind these steamy clouds of mist you've created?" she taunted, hoping she'd come out to the open.
She heard the girl chuckle. "Who says I'm hiding?" Lei asked.
A growl escaped the young mercenary's throat. "Why else would you put up this cloud bank?!" she demanded.
"I'm putting your fighting instincts to the test Tessay. You see, I have just as much a disadvantage as you do. This shield makes it impossible to trace ki signals and to detect any energy movement. I can't sense you just as much as you can't sense me." Lei explained.
Tessay scoffed at this. "Then what purpose was this attack human? If you can't sense me and I can't sense you, then this would just be a wild goose chase!"
She heard Lei 'tsk'ing her. "Not really. Unlike you, who seems to think I'm a weak human, my fightning instincts are alot stronger because I've trained most of my life as though I had a handicap, like I were blind. This not only strengthens my other senses, but my power as well. You've depended on sight," she paused, and Tessay could swear that she heard the voice so close. "and that, will be your downfall."
Suddenly Tessay felt a sharp pain at the base of her spine where she felt someone kick her. She immediately spun around to backfist Lei, but she blocked it and then aimed a punch to her chest. It connected and caused Tessay to fly backwards a few feet. She focused her eyes to see against the mist, but could only make out the human's shadow. Suddenly it vanished and Tessay started to panic. If now was the time she had to learn about her fighting insincts, they had better start kicking in. Otherwise she was a dead dog.

Nina's eyes narrowed angrily. Why had Lei gone and put up that Mist Shield, now she couldn't sense their ki energy anymore and neither could she tell who was winning. It must've been a desperate act, to put up that shield so no one could know of where or what they were doing. Even if Nina wanted to break through, what if Tessay had finally been getting the beating of her life and if she broke the shield, which she could easily do, it would ruin Lei's plan of attack. Even though this was a good battle tactic, it was rash and unplanned out. Nina knew of Lei's special training of having handicaps such as being unable to see, or hear. She always made her chore harder on herself, but in this certain situation it was doing her good. Her own battle instincts were able to detect that Lei was still alive and Tessay wasn't doing such a good job. But if only she could see what was going on. Not even the 3 Dragon Tears could give her the sight to see through the mist.
Nina flopped down onto the ground, her black skirt swirling in the air as it slowly came down. "This is making me mad! I need to know what's going on!" she fussed.
But Goten was more edgy than she was. He had paced so much that he literally made a hole in the ground where he continued to walk. Back...forth...back...forth...back. Vegeta's eyes were the only thing following Goten's movements, while everyone else just turned their heads at each direction he took. Left...right...left...right...left...right. Goku had officially gone cross-eyed for awhile and gave up watching his younger son pace back and forth. It was quite amusing, how his son was already worried to death over what seemed to be a rather nice young girl. Goku didn't have to worry, he knew Goten would make her happy. Trunks gave up 20 minutes ago and just decided to sit next to Nina, see what was on her mind. 18 had her cell phone and called Videl to check up on Marron, who of course was fast asleep while Krillin watched Goten continue his pacing, the hole about 2 and a half feet deep, all you could see was his shins up and if he continued his pacing spree it would be up to his chest.
Goten paced to the right. "Awe man! Why did she have to do this to me?!" he complained, then paced to the left. "It's not fair! I should be in there fighting, not her!" Right. "What'sa matter with her?! Has she totally lost her marbles going in there alone?!"
Vegeta growled impatiently. "WOULD YOU STOP THAT ALREADY BOY?! YOU'RE MAKING ME DIZZY!" he shouted, but Goten took no heed to his words.
Nina looked back over her shoulder and sighed, shook her head and got off the ground. She stood right on the edge of the hole and when Goten came her way, she slapped him good and hard. So hard in fact that it left a red mark on his face. He held his cheek and looked up at her, obviously out of his trance.
She placed comforting hands on his shoulders. "Have a little more faith in her Goten. You're emotions are clouding your focus so badly that you can't even feel her spirit is fine. Concentrate and you'll know how she is."
Goten closed his eyes and focused hard, when suddenly an image flashed through his mind. It was Lei and she landed a quick punch to Tessay's cheek and she quickly retaliated with one of her own. His brows twitched and suddenly he saw Lei kick the enemy in the gut, then raised both her fists into the air and slammed them down onto Tessay's back.
He smiled as he opened his eyes. "You were right Nina, she's doing just fine."
~Inside the Mist Shield~
Tessay furiously wiped away the blood from her chin as her sweat stung her eyes. This really stunk for her! All this time the human girl had gotten so many good hits in and she only managed to get in maybe 10 or 12. It wasn't fair. She was an Ultra Class A Assasin and graduated 1st in her class from the Vlorian Military and Combat Unit Squadron back on planet Vloria. It was obsurd that a mere human mortal managed to get the best of her like this. It was unthinkable and the very thought put the pride of her peole to shame. She was angry now, and the instincts that she needed seemed to have been unlocked.
Automatically she sensed where Lei was and pounded a barage of punches and kicks straight into the human's gut. Lei doubled over in pain, but soon shoved it away and then uppercutted Tessay straight in the jaw, then backfisted her on the side of her head and finished it all off by grabbing ahold of her arm and flipping her hard onto her back. Tessay clasped her fingers around Lei's arm and flipped her down in front of her, twisting her arms behind her head and pushing down harder. Lei whimpered in pain, but then bit down her lower lip to fight it. She raised her legs up and wrapped her feet behind the mercenary's head, flipping her in front this time and then got out of the arm hold she was in.
It was a constant struggle between good and evil, one overpowering the other until one got the better advantage. Tessay kicked Lei in the jaw while Lei retaliated with a reverse punch to the chest and then to the stomach. One after the other it was a fight where the fists collided, no holds barred and the force of each blow was phenomenal that massive waves of energy exploded whenever they connected against one another. Punch, kick, ki blast, throw and punch. The routine of attacks seemed like a continuing dance that would never end, that is until Tessay had had just about enough.
She pulled back her hand and swirls of flaming energy began to gather inside her palm as it collected into a ball of fire. Bigger and bigger the sphere of fire got and Tessay lifted it into the air. "FLAME SHOT!" she screamed and released the energy from her palm by shooting her arm straight forward at Lei.
The attack careened down her path and Lei turned her head slightly to feel the attack buzz by her ear. She turned around and saw that Tessay hadn't been aiming at her at all, but at the Mist Shield's surface. Lei's eyes widened in distress, that had been her only advantage against the mercenary and once they got out in the open, her advantage against her would be at a minimum.
Lei sighed. Oh well, it's not like she wouldn't have tried it anyway. Besides, not even Nina could see clearly through this thing and she needs to know how this girl fights. she concluded as she watched the fireball plow through the Mist's protective shield.
Suddenly the sphere exploded and the hazy steam spread out in every direction. The spectators below watched as the cloud of mist began to disperse agains the dark night sky. When the smoke cleared, Tessay and Lei were spotted above in a stand off. Tessay began to power up and instead of pure fire surrounding her, orange and red ki flames blazed about her body. The entense wind of energy caused her green hair to fly upwards as her eyes burned with a fire-like aura. Lei started to build up her strength and in a blink of an eye, clear white ki flames roared around her as tiny sparks of white lightning struck about her, pinching and stinging her muscles. Her hair was still held by a ponytail holder, but slumping a little in the back. It was only a matter of time before it fell loose and limp.
Tessay flickered from view, untraceable to Lei's senses. Her eyes darted in every direction trying to find her hidden opponent. Nina and the other Saiyans could sense where she was though. Goten was about to shout up to Lei where the hider was, but a quick slap over the mouth by Nina was enough to shut him up, though he began to mumble through her fingers. She shook her head violently and narrowed her eyes, which caused Goten to grow silent. Lei had to do this on her own, because since she had met Nina she was always deciding when it would be time for her to prove her worth to the other Z Warriors, and this moment must have been her calling.
Nina sighed, then narrowed her eyes. Careful Lei, be very careful.
Tessay reappeared behind her and Lei quickly sensed her presence, whipped her head around and was about to swing a punch when the mercenary attacked first. The punch collided with Lei's skull and she could feel that her flesh had been broken as the blood trickled down the left side of her head, over her eyebrow and her now blazing green eye. She blinked several times to keep the thick red liquid from blinding her as it continued its descent down her jaw line and finally it began to drip from her chin. Lei was mad now.
Tessay snickered and rubbed her nose. "What're you gonna do now human, huh?"
She clentched her teeth. "My name," she muttered, then balled up her fist. "is," Lei continued her calm and slow sentence of rage. It was so calm it caused a small tingle to go up Tessay's spine. "LEI!!!!!!"
Lei screamed at the top of her voice and lunged forward, attacking the assasin with blazing fury at the most painful spots. First it was a punch that was blocked at the head, then a spin kick at the knee and a quick ki blast in the face that was failed to be deflected. The energy blast exploded in Tessay's face and when the smoke cleared from her view, her cheeks were singed and a little bit of soot was on her forehead. She growled angrily and began to attack with her own furious force. Punch in the face, kick in the back, all done in a mindless blur of rage. One attack after another, neither getting tactical but just a blinding force, blow after blow. Finally, after maybe a 19th time of being smashed all over her body, Lei decided it was time to end this. Whether it was her end, or the enemy's it did not matter. But one thing was for sure, she was going to make this last attack of hers count.
Lei wiped the blood that dripped from her chin on the on the back of her forearm just as she dodged an attack aimed for her side by Tessay. The mercenary finally paused, breathing heavily as her chest began to rise and fall. Sweat poured down her face as it mixed in with the dirt and soot on her face. She watched as the human girl spat out some blood from her mouth and her white ki aura began to rise around her, slowly, majestically. The white ki energy began to fall around her in ripples from a stream as her sweat fell from her cheek. Lei slowly lifter her arms from her side as the ki waves continued to glow and flow around her body, moving in a graceful dance. So slow she moved it seemed there was an after image each time. The energy waves began to gather at her hands until finally they disappeared.
Suddenly, in a flash of light two radiant discs appeared in her hand with razor edges and deadly ribbons flapping in the breeze from the edge of the saws. They glowed white, then black and then back to white. Lei raised one disc close to her face while the other stayed at her side. She held each of them apart. "ULTRA SOUND!" she screamed and then slammed each discuss against eachother.
Nina's eyes widened. "EVERYONE COVER YOUR EARS!" she screamed, and without hesitation everyone, including the mercenaries, did what she asked.
The saw blades crashed against one another, causing a ferocious clang to erupt from each disc. Waves of energy sputtered from the collision of the two parts, causing the very Earth to tremble from the quake of sound. Gongs, horns, crashing waves, high speed winds, howls, screams, any other sound that could even be thought of or fathomed emerged from the bouncing waves of screeching sound. There was no escaping it, every person on that planet felt it, and it sent chills up and down their spines. Nina, down below was the only one who flinched instead of trembled or shuddered. The Dragon Tears glowed fiercely around her neck, protecting her, guiding her.
Tessay clutched her ears as her body shivered all over from the ferocious sounds emitted from the girl's discusses. It hurt to move, think, even breathe. She struggled to open one eye, glaring at the incompetent human who dared to challenge her. She was angry now, furious, vengeful. Suddenly Tessay's body burst into flames and she charged at Lei, pounding her fist into her jaw which cause Lei to fly backwards. But she kept calm, and brought both razor edged saws clashing against eachother once again. Now that Tessay was so close it caused more pain to her than before. The brilliant sound waves all crashed against her with tremendous force, causing her to bounce backwards. She held steady and charged again, kicking Lei hard in the ribs and felt them crack against the surface of her foot.
The brave human female simply bit her lower lip, so hard in fact that it caused a small dribble of blood to trickle down her chin, but she held it in and Lei crashed the deadly discs of sound again, then once more. The earsplitting noises collided against mountains and caused tons of rubble to descend towards the ground, shaking the ground as they crashed against the surface. Tessay could take no more, she was going to end this now.
The green-haired assasin charged at Lei and spin kicked one of the discs in her hands. She watched the brown-haired warriors widen in shock as the razor edged disc sreamed towards the surface of the Earth.
Lei jerked her head back to face her enemy. "You fool!" she screamed, and then dashed forwards to stop the disc.
But Tessay appeared in front of her and slapped the 2nd disc that was in her hand, causing it to sail down towards the ground as well. Lei cast a cold glare at her opponent and then returned her gaze back towards her discs. She watched as the flew down towards her friends, her companions. It was her attack and it was going to kill them if it hit the surface.
Lei raced forward, arm stretched out to her friends. "WATCH IT!" she screamed, but her cries were cut off as Tessay landed a punch straight to her jaw, blood splattered out of her mouth as she doubled over in pain.
Nina saw the discs coming towards them and she raised a shield in front of her and everyone else. The discs crashed into her shield, trying to drill through the shield and into her. But soon, the energy of the discs were no more as Nina gave a fierce battle cry, causing the discs to explode in shards of energy all around her. Lei sighed with relief as she clutched her stomach.
Tessay was in a fit of rage. That human! She had managed to knock out a partial bit of her hearing and now she was mad! She was going to make the girl pay. She charged blindly forward, ready to assault the girl in any way she could think of. Tessay punched her contantly in the stomach, then alternated between punches and kicks to her gut and ribs. She felt Lei's bones break againt her fists each time she punched. She was unaware of the girl's cries of agony, her hearing was not good at that moment and all she could hear were muffles, so she thought that Lei was holding them in. Her ears started to ease their pounding she started to catch the sounds of Lei's yelps of pain.
Tessay opened her eyes slowly and saw the girl was bleeding in various places, bruises and cuts seemed to cover her body as her wounds seeped blood onto her clothes. She heard the human girl whimper in pain, but she continued to glare at the assasin. Tessay gazed down at her fists and saw that they were covered in blood, warm and thick. She felt her eyes blur and something slide down her cheeks. She watched the warm liquid fall off her chin, it sparkled against the moonlight form behind her.
What's wrong with me? I've nevered cried before. she thought to herself.
Last Tessay remembered, she had never cried before in her entire life. Her life on Vloria had been a happy one, that was until she joined the Top Military Assasin Force on her planet. She was 8 years old when she first was sent to the military facility on her planet. Everyone told her that her fighting abilities and her power to manipulate fire was simply extraordinary for her age and that she should sign up right away. On her planet, you could join the Assasin Force Acadamy if you were 2 years old if it pleased you, but you had to have some natural fighting ability. Vlorians were a superb race of fighters, similar to the Saiyans except they didn't broker planets for sale. Instead, they were hired officials who would do any mercenaric job...for a price of course.
When Tessay first entered the Acadamy however, her views were different. She wanted to use her abilities to help defenseless people. To use her fighting power and fire elements to make the universe a more better place. Unfortunately, that wouldn't be the case once she stepped through the doors to that ruthless place. 10 years inside the walls of the training facility, her very soul was changed and after the 10 years were up and she was able to walk out of the Academy, Tessay had forgotten her dream to better the universe and her only mission was to do her job and get payed in the process...until now.
Nina eyed Tessay cautiously, watching her every movement. She saw the young mercenary slowly draw her hands forward toward her eyes. Nina could recognize the blood as she saw Lei clutch her body in pain. Nina slowly entered the green-haired warrior's mind and searched her feelings. There, like she had never felt it before, was anguish and sorrow. The memory of her child-hood goal, the hardships of the Academy, and now the pain of feeling her enemy's blood on her very flesh.
Suddenly Tessay screamed out in pain and collapsed onto the ground. Her 2 companions, Rowan and Cougar were at her side in an instant. They shook her, trying to get her to awaken. But her eyes were tightly shut and she refused to open them. Above, no longer able to hold her pain in any longer, Lei descended from the sky. Goten jumped into the sky and caught her gently in his arms. Almost instantly blood began to cover his body from her gashes and scrapes.
Lei smiled weakly at Goten. "...nice catch." she whispered and then passed out in his arms.
Goten held her close, rubbing his cheek against hers. "I love you Lei." he said in her ear, thinking that she wasn't aware of his confession, but she was. "You did great."
Trunks and Nina ran over to Goten, hoping that their friend was alright. Nina glanced over at all her wounds. She rubbed a hand through Lei's hair and saw the cut above her eye and felt her ribs to feel jagged bones in different parts. They were all broken. Nina wiped the blood that flowed out of Lei's mouth and then over her left eye.
She sighed. "Damnit, she's banged up pretty bad. But I can heal her." Nina stated, lifted one of her stones and closed her eyes. It glowed brightly and a slight hummed was heard. A beam of light covered Lei and suddenly all her wounds disappeared, but she was still unconcious. Nina turned to Goten. "You take her back to your house and have Chi-Chi patch her up and get her to rest. I suggest you stay there Goten."
Goten's eyes widened, then narrowed. "I can't leave you out here to battle these monsters! No way!" he protested.
Nina's eyes narrowed. "Goten! Listen to me! Lei needs you more than we do alright! Now go before I have to get serious!" she said curtly.
Goten gave a pained expression, but then gave up knowing that Nina's mind was made up. He slowly lifted up in the air and took off for his home. Trunks and Nina returned to the others and saw that Rowan and Cougar had still unsuccessfully awokened Tessay. Nina felt a hand on her shoulder and she turned to see whose it was. It was her Mother's, and then her Father came up behind her on the other side. They both smiled at her daughter, then nodded.
Her eyes widened, then she shook her head roughly. "No! You Can't!" she said.
Taliyah winked. "We'll be alright. I think it's time I got my bit in for Jarvus don't you?" she asked her.
Jutus placed a hand on his daughter's head. "Don't worry about us kid."
Then they started their stride towards the 2 mercenaries that were trying to wake up their comrade. Cougar's ears picked up the sound of approaching footsteps, turned her head and gave a low growl through her teeth. What do *they* want?
Rowan turned his head in the same direction and smiled. So, they've come to play have they? he thought.
Taliyah stopped in place and crossed her arms. "Alright, which one of you guys killed my son?" she asked.
Cougar rose, tail swishing from either side of her. "Well, if you must know, I'm the one." she said, then arched an eyebrow. "Was he the weak Saiyan punk who got in my way while I was trying to kill your daughter?"
Jutus growled and then balled up his fists. "We'll see how tough you are in a minute won't we you flea bag!" he taunted.
The feline placed a claw on her chin. "Yes, yes we will." she said calmly.
Cougar got into her pouncing style. "So, who's the first to die?"