05-27-2007, 12:08 PM
Quote:"Let him go!"
?Minoshia stop. Stop it Minoshia. Can?t you see it?s me Bulma. ME Minoshia, your companion from Dante?s Abyss Conquest, it?s me, your friend??
Quote:Mino again shot a ki blast, but this time exploding into Bulma's gut and out the other side against the rock.
The woman who thrashed around on the bed suddenly stopped moving. A beep then appeared on the heart rate machine. ?Her heart rate is decreasing!? yelled a nurse. Another stood in shock watching, whilst the beeps continued. The same nurse who spoke previously gripped the traumatized man by his shoulders. ?Snap out of it!?
?What is the meaning of this,? he cried. ?We are the best nurses. Why is this happening??
?I don?t know?? replied the other.
Bulma?s heart rate suddenly increased, settling back to its normal beats. ?Phew,? a nurse sighed, wiping the sweat from her head, and then using a clean white cloth to wipe the DA participants sweaty face. The woman, who had just recovered from a heart failure, used a hand to grab hold of the nurse?s thin wrist. Her other hand caught the handkerchief before it had the chance to fall onto her face. She finally opened her eyes, witnessing a flashback of last years Dante?s Abyss, where she was lying on her back in the same position, staring up at the lights, which were so bright, with no words uttered from her lips.
?Where?s Tina?? she asked quietly. It was not in her hands, letting loose. ?Where?s my machine gun? Where is it??
?Your comrade Yamu picked it up after you died.?
She slowly raised her head from the mattress, hands on her thighs, head lowered, reminiscing her disgraceful performance. ?And I call myself a warrior, a fighter?I failed?to protect Tina?further more?Yamu is still in there. Not like this?I didn?t want it to end this way!? She squeezed her palms so tight veins bulged out. ?I failed in front of YAMU! He probably thinks I?m a disgrace. I?ve let myself down too! I don?t deserve to be alive.?
?No?Nobody deserves to die,? said the male nurse softly.
Quote:"Looks like I hit the jackpot. Four kills for the price of one."
?Son of a?? she murmured quietly, hands ripping the sheets of her bed, fighting desperately to control her anger. She turned to the nurse. ?What of Minoshia?
?He was killed by Yamu, immediately after you.?
?So it was Yamu who avenged me. Dammit! Not Yamu?? Did this mean she owed him? ?Damn!? She remembered the fight she had with her mother, which took place almost a whole day earlier. ?Why is it that the people I care about the most in this world always betray me? Do you know why nurse?? He gazed at her, with no answer, only eyes of sorrow. He could not bear to look at the depressed woman, so he turned his face away from her visage.
?Even I don?t have an answer,? she continued. ?He was going to kill me. I had no choice; I had to reach for the trigger. It was kill or be kilt. How could I refrain??
Bulma rose from her bed, arms crossed, thinking about the earlier events in Dante?s Abyss. Another nurse made her way towards the woman?s side. She wanted to console her, but feared how the emotional woman would react. ?I guess I should blame myself,? she believed. ?I had a choice, I chose to enter, obviously a foolish mistake. Why enter a game if you?re going to be betrayed by your comrade? It?s not worth it. The people I care about the most have a habit of trying to kill me. What choice does that leave me with? Do you know the answer nurse??
?It was only a game,? said the nurse.
?WHAT ABOUT MY PRIDE?! DO I NEGLECT THAT?!?
Veins appeared on the sides of Bulma?s face, which expressed her sudden burst of anger towards the comment. ?A game where people kill their own comrades! Do you know what that is? That?s bullshit! Dante?s Abyss is Bull. Shit! This will be the last time I enter a game of this kind! I was killed by my ex husband in your other tournament?Dante?s Abyss Conquest. And how ironic that I was killed by the person I considered a friend, who I met in that competition (Minoshia). In an elimination and survival tournament such as these, allies are supposed to unite and fight side by side. If Minoshia were truly an ally, he would have refrained. He did not. If Vegeta truly loved me, he would not have killed me. If my mother loved me, she would not have tried to do the same thing. All this?has taught me?that I have no family! It has taught me that Minoshia is not to be trusted!?
The nurse lowered her head, a tear coming from her eye. She found the courage to put her arm on Bulma, but the woman rejected her condolence, slapping her hand away. ?I don?t need sympathy. I want revenge! Minoshia, I know you can here me!? she called out. ?Name the place, and we can settle this. You and I, a fight to the death, because I will not stand for betrayal! I will not! I never have and I never will!?
?Revenge is never the right path,? said the nurse, continuing to wipe tears from her eyes.
?You sound just like my former mentor. Well, I do things my way. Revenge is the only thing that will satisfy. This time, even death will not stop me from getting what I want.?