I said yes ...


hopefully that won't happen again ...




12. (continued)


Maiju remained in the air, breathing heavily. Her ribs ached and a hideous burning sensation spread in her throat and chest from insufficient oxygen. She massaged her left wrist, which was still sore, while keeping a close eye on SonGoku.


The Saiyan pushed himself out of the hole and floated up until he was level with her again.


"You took me by surprise with your counterattack! That was good!" he praised.


“Thanks for the flowers!” Maiju took a deep breath and tensed. "Are you going on?"


"I'm happy!"


Both attacked at the same time; Maiju raced past SonGoku and tattooed long scratch marks on his side with her claws. Which was of no use to her, however, because SonGoku ignored his injuries, whirled around and kicked so hard that she felt her ribs groan.With this hit the round was decided - Maiju could no longer catch herself so far that she could block, pocketed a lot and finally made acquaintance with the ground.


She stayed in the crater until her breathing had calmed down, then she kept fighting, and for a while it looked bad for SonGoku. On lap four Maiju clearly won.


After that, however, she ran out of luck: her right arm was injured and could no longer use it. SonGoku won round five.


Maiju gritted her teeth and had to admit that she would lose; even if she could use both arms, SonGoku just had the superior style.


Still, she struggled until she was utterly exhausted from the blood loss, pain, and wasted ki, and even then she didn't give up.


There was still a chance, a tiny one, but if she could use it she would have won in spite of everything.


She had to apply the kiss of death: the neck bite with which she killed heavy opponents.

One last time they stood facing each other, SonGoku upright, albeit injured, Maiju in a stooped defensive position and bleeding from many wounds.


"Why don't you give up?" he asked her. "If you keep fighting you will die!"


"Save your breath! I never give up, you understand, and if that means that I have to die, then I'll die! But I still have an ace up my sleeve, my last weapon. Never thought I would have to use it, but firstly it turns out differently and secondly than one thinks. Feel honored that you force me to take this measure ... "


She straightened up and for a moment concentrated all of her willpower on a certain point in her brain.


It wasn't easy to use this attack and she hated doing it because it left a bitter aftertaste on her mind. If she failed ... then she would have lost for good.


Suddenly she opened her eyes, fixed her opponent, her eyes flashed - a feeling as if she had been hit in the head ... and SonGoku fell forward, stiff as a board.

Maiju giggled maliciously. "Well, Guldo wasn't the only one who could paralyze his opponents!"


She quickly ran over to the defenseless man and crouched down next to him. She had to hurry, the paralysis didn't last long. She leaned down to SonGoku's unprotected neck, opened her mouth with a hiss, let her fangs slide over his skin and felt his trembling before she-


was hit in the side by a pit beam, sailed for yards, and plowed the ground.


"I should cover your back, Kakarott!" she heard Vegeta say.


"Yes, thanks, Vegeta! That was close! If you hadn't helped me-"


"Then she would have bitten your neck!"


SonGoku gasped for air.


“Yes!” Maiju felt a sharp pain in her side as she got up, her body barely obeyed her.


"Prepare yourself for something, Vegeta! I won't let you get away with the cheek!"

"And how are you going to do that when you can barely stand?"


"So!" She shot - Vegeta was hit in full, lost traction and slammed into the nearest rock.


"That's enough now!" SonGoku decided calmly.


Maiju looked at him.


"Kaa ... mee ..."


> What is he doing there ?! <


"Haa ... mee ..." A glowing blue energy ball appeared between his hands: "HAA!"


“No!” Maiju yanked her left hand upwards, braced herself against the energy of the Kamehameha, her claws dug furrows in the ground, her body tensed in one last rearing, an almost tiny beam from her hand tore the wall of pure energy in front you. With fatal consequences.


The Kamehameha exploded, an irresistible, scorching hot suction seized her, carried her away, a hard pain in her back, she fell, lay on her stomach.


Her body was numb for endless seconds of shock. Then one by one the pain returned.Maiju gasped.


There was a soft sound of footsteps stopping in front of her.


She opened her eyes and saw SonGoku's boots in front of her.


She rolled onto her back with an effort to see his face.


"You won! Now finish it!" she whispered.


"What?!"


"Kill me. I've lost and lost my right to life."


Silence. Maiju looked into his black Saiyan eyes.


> Why is he looking at me like that? I don't even know the look ... there is nothing cold in it at all ...

"No!" she heard SonGoku's voice through a filter. "I don't kill anyone who is on the ground! Live on and make something of your life!"


She put her last strength in her answer, hissed: "You will be sorry again! You will regret that you didn't kill me when you had the opportunity!"


After that she had finally used up all her energy and passed out.



The first thing she felt when she woke up was total confusion. At some point the unconsciousness had given way to an exhausted sleep in which she had had completely crazy dreams.


It took Maiju a little to separate her dream form from reality: she was still lying where she had lost consciousness, completely tense, her wounds were burning and a sharp stone had pierced her back.


Groaning, she sat up.


Wait a minute - she had passed out because she had no more energy; but the leaden feeling of exhaustion was gone.


"What-" Then she remembered: the collar! It could give her back her energy if there was a need - and this time this was definitely the case.


> It's a shame that it didn't heal my injuries if it was there! But that's not possible! <


How long had she been out of action?She looked up. Either a whole day or just five minutes, because the sun - one of the three suns - hadn't moved a bit.


> That you can dream so much shit in five minutes !? <


Her gaze wandered across the sky and stopped at three figures, which stood out against the light background as black shadows. She couldn't tell if it was who she suspected, so she activated the scouter. The first had a combat strength of 180,000 - so it was SonGoku. The second 100,000- Ginyu. So there was only Jeice left for the last 75,000.


> Where did Vegeta actually go? <


While she was still looking, gold-colored light energy suddenly shone around Ginyu, a beam shot towards SonGoku and enveloped him in golden light as well. And then the glow disappeared again, as suddenly as it had appeared.


"What did he do now?" Maiju muttered, got to his feet slightly unsteady and floated upwards.

She stopped a little beside the three of them. She saw immediately that Ginyu was injured: he pressed his hands on a heavily bleeding wound in the left half of the chest. But the energy beam had come from him ... Maiju looked confused between SonGoku and Ginyu.


"What's this?" Ginyu gasped. But his voice didn't sound like him at all ...


"You went stupid, huh?" answered the Saiyan. "You are in my body!" In Ginyu's voice! "


Amazed, whoever was in Ginyu's body looked at his hands. "But..."


And to top it all, Jeice floated up and handed SonGoku to Ginyu's scouter.


“Ah yes!” He put it on. "My scouter ..."


"Wait a minute! Break!" interrupted Maiju. She pointed to SonGoku: "You are ... Ginyu?"


Nod.


Maiju let her gaze wander back and forth between the two of them.


"Aaaha ..."> Ingenious remark! <"I have to say, I like you better that way! But don't you ever think of trying that on me!"

"Don't worry! A woman's body ... doesn't appeal to me!"[Well ... it always depends on how ... * grin *]


"I want to have advised you that too!"


Ginyu didn't elaborate on it. "Come on, Jeice! Back to the ship!"


He hissed away, Jeice right behind him, Maiju followed at a distance, but soon caught up again.


Jeice was careful to stay close to her but out of reach. He couldn't imagine how she could still fly with her injuries. Couldn't even imagine that she'd been defeated. From the previous owner of Ginyu's new body. They were equally strong now.


> A Saiyan - a Saiyan with 180,000! <


Ginyu didn't seem to mind that fact in the least. He flew wild tricks and was still a step ahead of them. Jeice grimaced in disgust when his commander did a particularly breakneck flip over his head. He was a coward, that was true, but no kid's head, and he had always loathed the antics of the Ginyu Force.To say no, he lacked the courage to do so.


He looked at Maiju. She was so brave! She never minced her mouth, regardless of the consequences. He had never seen her scared, and somehow her courage had always jumped on him - as long as they were friends. And now, without their friendship, he was nothing but a miserable little coward longing to go back to the time they had played together in the forest.


> Liel ... why didn't you believe me? I need you, I can only be strong with you ... but you are also strong without me .... don't you miss me at all? Don't you have nightmares that make you wake up crying? You'd think I'd be over it