Mother and Daughter (Celeh/open)

[Astra Luxun]

After spending some time in Central City, Astra learned that the city actually had a small government funded fighting arena near one of the parks. Wanting to have some fun, Astra signed the guest sheet and made her way into the arena.

"Oh look at this, Some girl thinks shes a tough one." She heard a males voice. She saw three bulked up men crackled their knuckles, as they clearly looked as if they were the bullies of the arena. "And who are you three? Steroid filled guys who pick one the weak?" She replied, as the men looked at eachother in shock as there was a woman talking down on them. "So whats your gag? Are you a princess or something?" One of the asked, but Astra didnt answer.

"Fine, We will beat it out of ya. We aint afraid to hit a...." one asked, but stopped when they saw her Saiyan tail. "S-Shes one of those monkey freaks!" He added, as Astra just sighed. Seconds later, the men were rushing at her, intending to smash her into the ground. "So much for a relaxing bout..." Astra mumbled, as she quickly used her Zanzoken technique to zip between each man, and hit the back of their necks with a strong hit from her hand.

The men froze in place for a few moments before Astra emerged behind them. "What....." One of the men said, before all three collapsed onto the floor, Unconscious.

People on the side lines actually roared and cheered for what Astra had done, as several police members came in and dragged the men away. The regular people started to fill the arena again to continue their own training and spar sessions.

"Just how many droll individuals does this planet have?" She asked herself outloud as she took a deep sigh.

[Celeh]

A figure in a tattered royal blue cloak wearing Saiyan styled shin length boots had signed into the arena, but had yet to enter the fight. She was watching the place and scouting for possible interesting opponents. No one had stepped up to challenge her directly yet, at least no one of any account. She declined one fighter, but he left in a hurry once he saw her face. He was a fighter from an underground tournament she'd won a few weeks back.

Someone interesting did show up to the arena, though. It was a young woman in a rather noble looking form of dress. Some goons stepped up to her to try something, but she easily tossed them around as though they were as light as a feather. It made the Saiyan smirk under the cover of her cloak's hood. She decided to be bold and approach the young woman that arrived. Celeh wasn't an imposing figure in the slightest, even with the cloak hiding most of her person. She was slim and lean, and she was only five and a half feet tall. Celeh took note of all the people rushing into the arena now, but none of them were nearly as unique as the young woman that had thrown those thugs on their heads.

"Do you always make such a grand and bold entrance when coming to a new place, or was this just a coincidence?" She didn't have a snarky or sarcastic tone, but it's fairly clear that she was being smug just to start up a conversation. "It's good that you put them in their place, but it's not impressive in the slightest. If you really wanted to put on a show you should have drug it out more...maybe made them hit each other and look foolish before you put a boot in their asses."

[Astra Luxun]

Letting out a sigh, she was almost disappointed that people were avoiding her now. She had her back almost turned to Celeh when she walked up to her, and when she heard her voice she spun around and saw the cloaked figure close to her. "That voice... Why does it sound so familiar?" She asked herself as she waited for the new figure to finish talking before she replied to her.

"Sometimes I prefer to get right to the point I try to make. However dragging out an easy fight like that is just demoralizing to the opposing party, and could potentially lead to a sense of overconfidence to the other party." She said, as she tried to figure out if she knew the person she was talking to. The cloak hide the person fairly well, and it was bugging Astra to no end that she did have a feeling that she knew this person.

But that voice... She just couldnt place it without seeing the face. So she asked the stranger, "And who might you be stranger?"

[Celeh]

Celeh understood the girl's logic in that regard, however...Celeh was not nearly as keen on showing kindness to people like that who only bore her ill will. Celeh glanced around to see who might be watching, then she shook her head. The hood stayed down and she sighed, "You'll just have to be kept in the dark about who I am for now. Giving out my name or showing my face in these parts only causes a ruckus. Most people don't take kindly to my presence." She glanced back to the thugs that had collapsed from Astra's earlier attack and then to the girl, "As for them, they'd have been better off being taught a lesson than simply getting knocked out like you did. It's unlikely they'll remember that split second thrashing well enough to not make the same mistake again, meaning you might expect some sass from them again if you come back here."

Celeh then stepped back and lifted into the air a few inches. "If you're here for a real fight then you'll probably find slim pickings. Most of the humans here aren't up to the task. You'd have to raid a private dojo for a real challenge." She glanced at the arena and then back to Astra again, "If you want a real fight, then I"ll fight you...but not here. You can pick the location as long as it's somewhere away from the city. I've been itching for a good fight, anyway. My last training session really got me hyped for another fight."

[Astra Luxun]

Astra watched as the woman told her that her identity was to be kept a secret for the time being. "Well, Unless your a Saiyan, I dont see why people would make a big deal out of who you are." She replied after she was given some words of warning about the croonies she had just put to sleep, and then saw her levitate into the air.

She offered Astra a real fight, but only in some place out of the limits of the city. Where no innocent people could be injured. "Smart... Hmmm... I dont know ALOT of places on Earth yet, but there is a rocky tundra north of here that doesnt have any nearby civilizations. But unlike you... I cant...fly..." She said, looking down as her face became a bit red. She was embarassed due to the fact she can't fly, but she somewhat made up for it by being able to run very fast using her Zanzoken repeatedly.

Her mind was still trying to place the womans voice, as she said "Ya know, This may sound odd, but you sorta remind me of someone I used to know....."

[Celeh]

Celeh knew the frozen wastes to the north well enough to know that, aside from North City and a place called Penguin Village, there was nothing up there in the way of settlements. There might be a hermit or two living out in the tundra, but she'd not encountered any in the past. The soldier took a deep breath at the mention of the girl being unable to fly. It made this trip far more bothersome. "You do seem oddly familiar to me somehow, but I know I've never met you before. It's strangely uncanny. It doesn't matter, though. Even if you do know me." Celeh reached out to take the girl's hand. If Astra took her hand, Celeh would lift the girl up and start to carry her towards Yunzabit Heights. She'd aim to stop in the lowlands just before the hilltops. Along the flight, her hood was blown back and her face was fully revealed. She didn't think too much of it since they were out of the city by then, but the girl might have something to say upon seeing the face of her future mother.

[Astra Luxun]

"Yeah, some people do say I look like my father in some ways, and like my mother in other ways." She replied as Celeh held out her hand. Looking at it for a moment, Astra gently took her hand and was lifted up into the air.

It wasn't long before they came to the lowlands, but before then, Astra finally got to see the face of her new sparring partner. It was her mother!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Astra's eyes went wide in shock as she blurted out "MOTHER?!" She asked, but quickly shut herself up hoping that the sound of the wind rushing by them was enough for Celeh not to hear Astra. But if she did, she would probably have to explain herself.

Astra knew why this girl felt so familiar to her, and she remembered that her mother didn't want her to become a warrior, in fear of what could happen. But now, deep down inside of Astra, came the gut feeling that she finally would get the chance to prove herself a capable warrior, against the one who forbid her to fight in the first place.

"G-Great place you picked for our fight." Astra nervously said as their feet touched down on the ground.

[Celeh]

The soldier kept quiet for now, despite hearing the girl gasp out that she was her 'mother'. Celeh didn't believe that for a second, but she knew there must be some reason that the girl called her that. Still, she landed in the frigid heights and crossed her arms. Her cloak hood was down now, and her face was fully in view. She stared at the girl intently without a word as if asking for an explanation. "It will suffice. It's open, there are no worries of damaging towns or injuring spectators. We can fight uninhibited here. Now, do you mind explaining what you meant by calling me your mother? That's a ridiculous claim. Even if I had a daughter, she'd be seven or eight years old at most. And I haven't lain with anyone yet, meaning it's impossible for me to have a daughter...let alone one grown as much as you."

The soldier uncrossed her arms and started to get into her fighting stance. "Regardless of your answer, it doesn't change the fact that we're here to fight, not to talk. If there's a long story to be had, it can be had afterward."

[Astra Luxun]

Feeling nervous now that her lips werent as sealed as she had hoped, Astra followed Celeh to their new sparring area.

When they touched down, the moment that Astra was fearing came, as Celeh asked Astra what she had meant when she called Celeh her mother. "Well, Might as well tell ya." She said as she took a deep breath and saw Celeh enter a fighting stance. She too readied herself for a fight, as she replied "Thats becuase I havent been born yet. I am a time traveller. I came from 30-ish years in the future. You have already met my father, and from what you told me many years from now, His first impression wasnt all that good. Infact, the idea of being romantic with him doesnt even occur to you until some years from now." She said, as she charged an energy ball in her hand, and threw it at Celeh to get her moving.

In truth, Astra had alot of pent up anger against the future version of Celeh, since she constantly held AStra back, and this worried her. She feared that she might take out her anger on the younger Celeh and seriously injure her.

[Celeh]

Celeh's eyes turned into a narrow scowl as that energy ball formed in the girl's hands. The soldier heard her words, but they fell on deaf ears. This girl was her daughter from thirty years in the future and her father wasn't even on Celeh's radar for several years from now? That's an odd series of information to spout off to someone you're about to fight. Not only that, but Celeh had a hard time believing the girl when she should have known better than to talk to Celeh about the future when she supposedly knew the woman for such a long time. Astra knew Celeh? It hardly seemed that way.

The soldier raised an eyebrow at her and leaped to one side, avoiding the blast narrowly and throwing two back in turn. They were just normal blasts, but if the girl wanted to play dodgeball Celeh had no qualms with that. If things got to be a game of numbers, Celeh could win by way of efficiency. She'd have to see how Astra reacted, though.  "I'm your mother? I'd never let my daughter grow to your age without teaching her the basics...like how to fly..."

She started to circle around Astra slowly, but she didn't make an aggressive move yet.

[Astra Luxun]

Astra waited for the blasts to get close before she quickly drew out her sword, Skofung, and knocked Celeh's blasts aside. She saw her mother starting to circle her and start to call out Astra, thinking that the young girl was bluffing.

In reply, Astra replied "You didnt train me. Ohkara did... in secret. Shortly after I was born, You wanted me to grow up as a proper lady. One of wisdom and peace. You didnt want the chance for me to eventually end up.... Like a dear friend of yours. Akassa." She said, hoping that this would stop Celeh in her tracks and get her to listen and start to believe.

"When I was 12 years old, My father told me of the day that Akassa came to Earth in an invasion, and he was a main part of the force that defended Earth. And when I asked you about her, you tried to push me away. But I kept asking you and eventually, you told me that you didnt want me to go mad with Super saiyan power like Akassa did, and that is why you didn't want me to learn how to fight. So I wouldnt have the chance to lose myself, and have 'that' incident happen again. You were trying to protect me by not letting me train as you and my father did in this age." She said, as Astra pointed her sword towards Celeh as the edges of her blade started to glow blue in colour.

"Do you beleive my words now, Mother? Or do I have to show you more proof? I have a family photo in my pocket, of the three of us together."

[Celeh]

Celeh's eyes widened and, for a moment, she seemed completely lost. As if her mind and spirit were in another time and place. Visions of her parting moments with Akassa when she left with Ninjin to Mement Mor on the mission that ended her life flashed before her eyes. Her teeth ground against themselves in frustration and her fists clenched tightly. Her gaze narrowed again and focused entirely on Astra. She threw up an accusatory finger, "You! What do you know!? Some stupid little girl?! You should be thanking the future me for saving you! You have no idea what it's like. Akassa was the first person who acknowledged and believed in me! She was my first real friend within the miserable, forsaken army of Vegeta. I stood by her side as her bodyguard. Sure I was being used by the queen as nothing more than a watch dog, but I did what I thought was right and went against the queen's wishes because Akassa was my friend...and then when I did her the service of taking a suicide mission in her place...she threw it all away! She let herself be consumed by that power and went mad. She attacked Earth, who had been a close ally of the saiyans up until that point. My final moments were right in tandem with her announcing her dominion of this planet." She jerked her arm back, fists clenched at her side again.

"I died trying to save my best friend from death, and she betrayed my faith in her as I took my last breath. I believed she could have been better than her parents...risen above them with her two brothers...and instead she betrayed them and betrayed me. I didn't have time when I left for Mement Mor to tell her the truth! That I was only following the queen's orders to go with Ninjin to Mement Mor because I knew it was the one thing I could do that would save her life! Do you understand now! If I am your mother, then there's no way the future me would ever risk losing someone else in the same way! I'd die a thousand times if it meant you never tasted that power. Are you happy now?!" Her voice was shaking with every word. She'd gone even deeper into her reserves of anger and sadness than when she'd spoken with Ohkara the first time. Celeh had completely lost herself. The only thing holding her back from assaulting this young woman was the nagging thought in the back of her mind that this girl could REALLY be her daughter in a time yet-to-be.

[Astra Luxun]

"I know! You told me! Thats why you forbid me from seeing any masters of magic... people who were willing to teach me how to fight for myself. Everytime I got something that would let me follow my will to become a strong warrior, you either took away, or destroyed. And dont you dare talk to me about loss, I watched my own father, Ethar Luxun, die infront of me, protecting you!" She started to say, as tears form in her eyes.

She saw how much anger Celeh had in her eyes, and she started to show almost an equal amount. "I watched your future husband, lose his life, AND his own soul, to give you everything he wanted you to have! THIS is the reason why I came back in time. THIS is why Im trying to tell you all of this... To prevent what is yet to happen! I know what it is like to lose someone your very close to, and Im doing everything in my power so it doesnt happen AGAIN! Yes, I am stupid for breaking the natural order of life and time itself, but Im doing it so we can be happy together... Because when my father died... You died from a broken heart! And Im not letting that happen again! Do YOU Understand?" She added as her tears dotted on the ground.

Her blade's glow started to fade, as she lowered it slowly. "... Im sorry mother... All I wanted, is for you and father to be happy. I just wanted to be the person you were both proud of..."

[Celeh]

Celeh was at a loss. This time she had no words with which to respond. So the girl came back in time to try and prevent her parents' deaths? But it was folly. Everyone dies eventually. Maybe Celeh and...Ethar? Gods, that was a longshot... But maybe it had been their time, and they had died accordingly. Natural causes or not, everyone loses the battle with time eventually. Celeh knew that. She had come back from death once, but there was no reason to believe she'd be so lucky a second time. With fists still clenched and eyes still narrowed, she shook her head, "You've got it all wrong. I'm sorry that your parents died in your time, but everyone's lives come to an end eventually. Natural or not, when your time comes you accept it. That's the way of a warrior. You die with honor. You face it head on. You don't run away and cling to your miserable life for a short while longer. If you are my daughter, then know this. As of right now I have no living family left. My parents both died with the church of one attacked the moon. My two brothers...one died via an assassination test of some new drug that kills saiyans...and the other died on a mission shortly after the church attacked the moon. I didn't have the painful experience of watching them die in front of me, but it didn't sting any less when I found out. You may be my daughter, but I, nor you, nor your father are immune to the ties of time. When your time is up, natural or not, your life ends. It's one of the first things they teach you in the military. Death is as much a fact of life as breathing. It might be hard for you to swallow, but that's how it is. I don't know about that bonehead, Ethar, but I won't change how I live for anyone. Not even my own daughter. When the time comes, I'll make the choice that I feel is best regardless of what you say to me now. Don't go trying to tell me what to do. Obviously that's one part of me that you did inherit." Her fists unclenched at last, and she took a deep breath.

"Now, if you're ready to buck up and be the warrior you've supposedly been trying to become behind the back of your future mother...then we'll continue this fight."

[Astra Luxun]

After listened to Celeh's words, she was right, in some reguards. Time couldnt be changed, but it could be bent to an extent. "Time was irrelevant in the war that ended up killing both of you. Time had no meaning, when a tyrant of centuries past comes to life from another timeline, and takes what you cherish most. Besides, the gift my father gave to you on your wedding day, shattered the shackles time had on you, but bounded it to him instead. Extending your natural life, and shortening his." She said, and she made a soft smile when Celeh called him a bonehead.

She even ended up making a small chuckle, as she said "Heh, Bonehead. I missed that. You called father that many times whenever he did something stupid, or foolish." as she then remembered something about the 'Church of one'. She remembered her father going off with an Armada to deal with that church, and came back victorious. This, she had to tell Celeh.

"Alright, but afterwards, I have more to tell you. And some of it, you WILL want to hear. As some of it will pretain to events in the VERY near future." SHe said, as she held her blade back up, ready for battle. The sharp edges started to glow again, as a glyph formed at the tip, and suddenly exploded into a dozen bolts of energy that soared right at Celeh.