Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Life of a Demon ❯ Chapter 11

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A/N I got only one vote so the result is - fight scene ! But I can still change my mind. Just tell me your opinion in a review for this chapter. Oh, and chapter with Videl has been moved back…

This chapter is actually worse then the last one considering how emotional Demon is becoming. I swear the next chapter will be completely different.

My tournament is in three days. I will *try* to post three more chapters before then. =)

Chapter 11

Chi-chi was worried. Her son was missing. He promised not to leave her again and she trusted his word but he was gone. After she finished her conversation with Bulma Chi-chi tried to find her son but he was gone!

Chi-chi fought the tears that were threatening to come to the surface.

He will be back. He promised…

***

It was too easy. Demon was thinking while flying toward the ki signature of the blue haired women and her mate. He was in no hurry. The plan was to get there when the dragon was already summoned.

One wish was all he needed.

Demon didn't even need to hide. There was no need to bother or to work on a special plan. He could just go in and take what he wanted.

He wanted a wish and he was going to get one.

The humans were staying high above the earth in what Demon knew to be the lookout. He also remembered that under no circumstances should little green Nemech(sp?), named Dende, be killed. Everyone else was expandable. Not that he planed to kill anyone. But he was going to get what he wanted, one way or another.

For years Demon fought for others. There was only one mission that he failed. Ever since then whatever he was paid to do he did it. His determination rivaled only his unlimited strength.

And now, that he was fighting for himself, he would never back down.

He would fix his mistake by any means necessary.

***

Everyone was excited on the kami's lookout. Two wishes were granted already. All the people of Earth that were killed by Cell were brought back and, because of Krilin's wish, android eighteen was now also somewhere on this planet. For some reason wishing back Goku was left for the last.

Bulma was still opposed to the idea of Gohan being near her friends and it included Goku too. She realized that even Goku wasn't powerful enough to save them this time and against his own son, non the less.

Bulma was just gathering her wits to call out her last wish to the impatient dragon when, with a current of wind, she felt somewhat uneasy. The feeling of dread was rising and her worst fears were when a cold voice reached her ears.

"This wish is mine," it was Demon and he was at the lookout holding his deadly claws to Dende's neck. "If you say one more word there will be no more Kami."

Bulma was afraid that something like this would happen. She knew Gohan was an evil bastard, but trusting her best friend she chose to disregard what she knew was true and summoned the dragon anyway. Bulma expected that Chi-chi would keep her son preoccupied. He wasn't even supposed to know what dragon balls were. Bulma expected that they had nothing to worry about. Vegeta refused to say anything, while the rest of the gang were too excited about the wishes to pay attention to the details.

"You will make the wish that I tell you to or everyone, starting from Dende, will die." Demon's eyes were not blue anymore. They changed tints and now were flashing green. His face was emotionless, but his unusually colored eyes betrayed his excitement.

"What is it that you want? Strength? Power?," Bulma was on the brink of despair.

"Woman…" Vegeta tried to calm his mate, but Bulma ignored him and continued.

"Chi-chi was wrong about you all along! You are nothing but an evil monster," Vegeta snorted while Demon showed no reaction to the passionate outburst. "Fine, you will get you wish, " Bulma continued. "You may want to become stronger or to rule this planet or do wish for whatever it is you want to do, but think about your mother. You will break her heart. She believes in you!" Gohan was silent. Bulma needed no encouragement as her little speech gained volume, "I was going to save a life with this wish. May be even more then one!" Bulma paused to make it all sound more impressive. "I was going to bring back the greatest hero who ever lived - your father!"

Expecting some kind of a reaction Bulma was sourly disappointed when Gohan showed none.

Kami's lookout was quiet and Dende was trying hard not to move. He was even breathing more subtly feeling the unnaturally still figure holding him by the throat with very sharp claws.

"I don't care, human," Demon's eyes still had a greenish tint to them, "I just want my wish. You can't stop me. No one can!!"

Now, he could smell fear of from the woman. He smirked.

"You… you… monster!!!" Bulma yelled, her voice breaking. "You fucking monster!"

"Shut the fuck up, woman," this time it was Vegeta who yelled. He understood Gohan. Dragon balls were a source of great power. If it wasn't for his mate, he might have taken them for them himself. Before, however, he would react in any way, Vegeta wanted to know more about the motives of this boy. So far no one was hurt by the little fighter, except Cell, and all he had heard from Demon were just threats. But he had also seen the power this boy possessed. Vegeta was just being careful. Unless provoked, the half-breed would do nothing.

Vegeta had an idea about who Demon might be. He had heard that name before, but so far there was no direct evidence to confirm his theory. The feeling left Seiyan Prince feeling uneasy and he hated it.

Demon on the other hand felt good. He finally felt like himself. The human proceeded to call him every single name she could think off. Calling him a heartless monster numerous times and giving him a couple of nick names that were physiologically impossible. Demon smirked. This was what he was used to. This he knew how to deal with.

Gathering a little ki-ball in his clawed hand still holding on to kami's neck with the other Gohan proceeded to throw it in the general direction of the human woman. He tried not to hit her but it wouldn't be too disappointing if he did.

Fortunately for Bulma the ki-ball did pass her by. She was also unharmed, if a little bruised, by the explosion that followed. Half the lookout was blown away but no one was hurt. Now Vegeta was cursing a blue streak. Demon ignored him.

"I want you to make a wish for me, human." Demon started to talk to the woman. He knew enough about the dragon balls to understand that she had to be the one to do it. If she died, he would have regretted the loss of his wish.

"Y-yes," Bulma was ready to do anything while Vegeta was ready to kill something, preferably Gohan. The rest of the Earth's defenders were playing the roles of quiet observers.

They were all getting ready to hear some horrible wish that would doom them all. Their surprise knew no bounds when Gohan finally voiced his wish.

"I want June to be brought back to life."

Bulma was getting her wits back and was ready to argue when what Gohan said registered in her terrified mind. "What?!"

"I want June to be brought back to life!," Demon repeated, more forcefully, "Say it! Now!"

Bulma repeated the desired wish to the dragon who was waiting patiently, for once, for the conflict to resolve itself.

"This wish can not be granted! She was dead for over one year." Demon didn't hear anymore. He didn't even notice the Dragon Balls scattering in different directions. He was slowly rising into the air. His eyes were bleeding violet and a dark aura was surrounding the boy.

Dende slipped out of Gohan's claws and ran for cover. Demon didn't notice. Memories were coming back with a vengeance for being suppressed for so long.

He saw her face again. Remembering how she used to laugh. Then another flashback came. Her mutilated body laying motionless on the bloody floor.

~Flashback~

The palace was under attack. Servants were running around screaming. Guards were panicking. The great ruler of the planet was ready to shit his pants.

Demon was standing calmly by his employee's throne observing the chaos. He really had nothing to lose therefore nothing to be afraid of. Or that's what he thought then.

He was actually quite happy for once in his life. His eyes were shining green and his smirk wasn't as evil.

Right after his duty is done he was going to see June.

He felt strange tenderness toward the young alien girl. She was the first creature who didn't care about what he was or wasn't. She made him feel things he never felt before.

Because of the annoying little girl Demon started to forget the anger and the pain he was forced to feel through all of his life. He started to change.

The little girl managed to turn his world up side down. She wasn't scared of him, she didn't feel repulsed by his origins nor his upbringing.

June was also the princess of the planet. Her father was the ruler and he never paid any attention to her. From what Demon knew about the man it was a good thing.

June was always playing with Demon. She taught him how to laugh. He felt like life was something worth living. Everything was great. He was even thinking about staying on the planet permanently. Protecting the little girl became his job. He wanted to shelter her from the darkest aspects of the court life so that she would always be carefree and happy just as she was now.

Demon was finally accepted. He had found a home.

Unfortunately, it was not meant to be. The off-planet assassin, the reason for Demon's assignment finally arrived. Demon didn't realize just how dangerous the new threat was. The assassin wasn't alone. He came with an accomplice - someone to do the dirty work.

The attackers were professionals. They wasted no time announcing their presence. Their assignment, as Demon later found out, was to kill every being in the palace, to cleanse it completely off the evil ruler. Anyone who was not warned beforehand to leave was not significant enough to live.

Palace was alive with screams. Demon ignored them. His job was to protect the monarch. He wouldn't do anything else for anyone.

The assassins separated. The strongest one came into the throne room to take care of the king while the weaker one was distracting the terrified guards.

"I'm here to kill you," the assassin started. Demon was ready for the fight, but he didn't expect it to be a challenge so the hybrid decided to wait and watch instead.

"I was hired by your own people to kill you…" king was shaking in his throne, trying hard to become as small as possible, "…so, you and your whole family will die!"

With that the assassin raised his palms and immediately shot a ki-blast at the king. Demon, just like he was paid to do, jumped in front of it.

He greatly underestimated his opponent.

The blast of fire and raw energy went through him and the force of the explosion behind him threw the boy forward. Pain was excruciating. The king was dead but Demon didn't even notice. He was badly burned, his shoulder was dislocated and he had a wound in his chest that was bleeding excessively. He could almost feel the blood leaving his body and an evil laughter was ringing in his ears.

"That takes care of it…"

Demon was left for dead to bleed on the floor. Behind him was the body of a dead king. The assassins were leaving.

They expected everyone to be dead or on the way to it.

But hybrid didn't care anymore. Demon just wanted the pain to stop. He was ready to surrender to the darkness. Knowing that he will still survive and that his body will heal Demon didn't want to be conscious for the process. He didn't want to fight the darkness. When the words assassin spoke finally registered in his pain filled brain. "…whole family will die…", Demon's eyes suddenly snapped open.

June was in danger.

That sobered him up. The pain was forgotten. His wound wasn't partially gone and his badly burned skin was now as good as new. His superior regeneration abilities would let him survive anything. Demon's skin still tingled with pain and his abused nerve endings would take a long time to calm down but the boy ignored this knowledge and tried to stand. Unfortunately, during the blast, couple of his ribs snapped and now healed wrong. Demon could feel it. That's where all his pain was coming from. His ribs would have to be re-broken…

Demon tried to rise to his feet again, this time he was successful. Unsteadily, taking short breaths and trying to move as little as possible he rose. It hurt too much to walk so he flew as fast as his body would carry him to the room that belonged to the little princes. Demon didn't even turn to look at the body of the dead king, nor did he look for any survivors along the way.

Dread was eating away at his mind just like his newly healed ribs were ripping at his insides with each movement. Any damage that might have been caused was immediately healed, but the pain was excruciating. Breathing was becoming more and more difficult but Demon ignored it.

He could survive anything… unlike June.

She was in the hallway outside her room. Demon almost didn't notice her. His sense of smell was completely useless with all the smells of burning flesh and wood while his hearing was assaulted by the little noises of the fire. Demon had to rely on his sight alone.

June was not burned like Demon was a couple of minutes ago. She was thrown by the force of the explosion that took place in her room and landed where Demon found her. She was still alive.

The floor underneath his friend was bloody and her clothes were torn. Her body was twisted unnaturally and one of her hands was clumsily trapped under it.

A thin trail of blood was coming from her mouth which meant that her neck was broken. Demon didn't even want to think about all the internal injuries June sustained.

But the worst thing was that…

…She was in pain and conscious.

"He hurt me…," June could barely speak. Her eyes were unfocused.

"It's ok. Lay still. It will all be over soon." It was clear to Demon that she would not survive and he could not help her. His mind told him so, but his heart rebelled at the idea.

"He was… bad … "

"Shhh… I'll find him. He will pay for everything. I promise!" June probably didn't hear him. She probably didn't even realize that he was there. Demon could feel his world dieing with the little girl in front of his eyes

She wasn't speaking to anyone in particular anymore.

"I will take care of you!" Demon's new found heart was breaking into thousands little pieces as he spoke.

"Please… Help me… It hurts…" June's voice was getting softer. She was softly crying.

"I'm… It will be alright…" tears were rolling down Demon's cheeks. He didn't notice. Hovering in the air by dieing June Demon's attention was completely focused on her.

"Please… it hurts… I… can't…"

"Everything will be fine…" he gathered a small ki-ball in his hand "The pain will stop"

"Please…"

And with a final flash of light June was gone.

Demon failed.

~Flashback~

After June was dead many emotions were unleashed in Demon's soul. At that time he concentrated on anger.

There were two assassins. He hunted them down immediately, driven by pain in his mind and limited by the pain in his chest. He found them an hour after their crime. He made them suffer. Their death was slow and painful. It didn't bring any relief. June was still gone.

Demon felt empty and lost. He came back to the planet - to the palace. It was being looted by the people who once supported their king. His anger was back again.

He wiped them all off the face of the planet. The ruins of the once great city became June's burial place. Nothing but wind was there to disturb her eternal rest.

His anger was still there. It wasn't enough.

Assassins, who killed June, belonged to the larger organization that was slowly rising to power. It was ruled by an 'invisible hand' that commanded 'great technology' and 'unlimited power'. Or that's what Demon was told by the dieing assassins.

Destroying them all was the force that drove Demon forward. Hunting them down one by one was what he dedicated most of his time to.

His body healed. He was stronger than ever, but his eyes never flashed green with happiness again. They adapted the icy blue color of emptiness.

The organization soon was brought down. Slowly, one by one, every member was killed by Demon himself or by the people whom he hired. Only the humanoid who created the band of assassins remained.

He commanded technology and knowledge.

He was dangerous.

Demon was going to kill him.

***

Getting his anger under control Demon finally calmed down. The earth stopped shaking with his power and the humans stopped quivering in fear.

He should have known - June was gone. There was no way to bring her back. He shouldn't have even tried.

The rational piece of his mind told Demon that she was a weakness. She was the sole reason for his emotions coming to the surface. She made him vulnerable. She was better off dead. But another part of him kept repeating that, regardless, she should have lived.

June deserved to be happy and it was his fault she was gone.

Demon wanted her to live again. Everything she made him feel was something he didn't expect to feel ever again. His heart was dead and his soul was gone. Only guilt, anger and purpose were left where hope, happiness and laughter had once been.

Demon was slowly descending down to the lookout. His face dry, no sign of tears that were flowing freely a moment ago, and his eyes were as cold as ever.

After finishing this assignment Demon could finally dedicate all his time to getting revenge. The only reason Demon was even working for anybody was to get money.

The memory of June would never rest in piece until the last member of the assassin's cult was destroyed.

Demon realized that many of the assassins he killed knew nothing of the little princes one of them killed three years ago. But every single one of them was still going to pay.

"Who is June?" asked the Blue haired woman.

"None of your business," Demon's eyes flashed red for a second than went back to blue.

Bulma wasn't offended. She obtained new respect for the boy. He could have wished for anything in the world instead he wanted to give someone life. He really wasn't as bad as she first though.

Vegeta only snorted. So, the boy had a weakness after all. This really was not the creature he had heard so much about.

"You could have told us what you wanted. We wouldn't have wasted a wish on you!"

Demon only glared at them saying nothing. He cared nothing about the wishes.

"But what are we going to do about Goku?" Krilin recovered and was now worried about his dead friend.

"We will have to wait for a year to wish him back." Yamcha replied.

"We could go to Nemech." Krillin was not willing to wait, "Bulma could make a ship"

"Yes, I could. But if it wasn't for Gohan here I wouldn't have to" Bulma intercepted, she was going to say something else but thought better of it looking at the boy.

"No one got hurt. The lookout will be rebuilt and Goku can be wished back later" Krillin was trying to pacify Bulma, "There is no harm in trying."

"Hey, it's not you who almost got killed by a ki-blast aimed at your head!" Bulma yelled.

"It didn't even come near your head"

"But it could have," Bulma was horrified by the idea, "the Earth would never be the same without a genius like me!"

"But what are we going to do about Goku?"

"Hey, guys. Don't worry," a voice from above, that sounded suspiciously like Goku, called out. "King Yama let me talk to you but I don't have much time. I decided to stay in the Other World. It's great here! The food and training is the best!"

"Um… Goku. There is something you should know, "Bulma started carefully.

"I know you defeated Cell. You don't need me. I have to go, guys." There was a pause, "Tell Chi I love her, "then everything was quiet again.

"Look's like Gohan didn't waste any wishes after all," was all, disappointed Krillin said.

"So, that was my father?" said Demon in an empty voice, "It doesn't sound like he cares much about anything but food and training, or am I wrong?"

"He is a hero!" Bulma was ready to defend her friend, "Gohan, you should have more respect for your father. He is pure of thought, something that you will never be!"

"Why would I want that?, " Demon said while slowly razing his hand and gathering up another ki-ball. "He is not my father," the boy slowly threw the ball at the woman who was saved by her mate, once again.

"And don't call me Gohan…"

Demon didn't care if the woman lived or not. He threw the ki-ball slow enough, giving Vegeta a choice. It looked like the alien warrior actually cared for the loud-mouthed woman. Bulma, saved by Vegeta, was now standing, as pale as a sheet, in the protective circle of his arms.

"That was your final warning," Demon quietly said and turned back in the direction of his mother's house, "I will not miss again."

…

Thank you to all of those who reviewed. You are my inspiration. If it wasn't for you it would have taken me a lot longer to post this…

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TheShadowPanther As you have requested the next chapter is… well… read it. As for Gohan getting soft - over my dead body! I'll make sure it doesn't happen… After this chapter the emotional crap will be brought down to a minimum ;)

Samurai Demon-God Sekikage Thank you so-o much! I'm glad you liked the poem. It's my faivorite one - that's why I put it in there. He will still be called Demon. I think I have been slipping with his name without realizing it. You have brought up a very good point about Vegeta that I intend to… hmm… use… ^_^ in the near future.

chaosruler2000 I tried to update as soon as I could this time so…

Saiyan God Thanks! Demon will stay Demon. Smirks, evil glared and more evilness in general will be added in next chapters - I promise.

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