Hidden Light (A DragonBall Super Fanfic)

Mercy

Zira's P.O.V.

I panted as the light of my attack finally began to fade away, and instead a large cloud of smoke covered the area. I sighed, lowering my arms, almost letting them go limp. A heavy weight of guilt hung in my chest. I hate this....I hate that I had to hurt Frieza, and I hate that even needed to tap into this unruly power I possess. But, it had to be done. At least it's over now....

"Zira!" I looked below me, seeing the other Z fighters looking up at me. Most of them just stared at me in shock, including Whis and Beerus, but Goku was beaming like a child. "Wow! That was so awesome! Nice job!" he stated. I slowly lowered down so that I was standing among them. I knew I had technically saved everyone, but despite that, I couldn't look any of them in the eye.

"....don't say that. What I did is nothing to be proud of....I only did what I had to." I stated firmly. 

"What are you talking about?! You took down that bastard like it was nothing! He got what was coming to him!" Bulma stated. "Yeah, I mean I doubt any of us could've killed him, aside from Goku or Vegeta." Krillin stated. I lifted my head to look at the small human, and shook my head.

"You misunderstand....I didn't kill him."

That caused confusion to spread among the group, except for Vegeta, who only bore a slightly annoyed expression. I finally looked in front of me, seeing the smoke finally start to fade away. In the center of the area, in a deep, deep crater....Frieza remained, still breathing. He was on his hands and knees, struggling to keep himself from collapsing, and his gaze was fixed to the Earth beneath him. He had long lost his Golden Form, and remained in his fourth form, covered in cuts and bruises across his skin. His left arm in particular bore a sort of burn, most likely from one of my previous beam attack. The group gasped in surprise.

"No way....he survived that attack?!" Piccolo said. I nodded. "It still did what he asked; I didn't hold back. But that doesn't mean I intended to kill him." I stated. 

"Well, he's definitely too weak to fight back anyone now; he's vulnerable. So...." Gohan turned to me slowly, giving me a serious expression, "what're you going to do?" he asked. I looked in front of me, staring at the tyrant. Gohan's question lingered in my mind for a moment, and I contemplated if what I had planned was the right thing to do....I grasped onto my necklace tightly, inhaling and exhaling. No, this is what I want to do. This is what I need to do. Otherwise....I'll never forgive myself.

I quietly floated away from the others, and into the large crater, heading towards the weakened Frieza. The tyrant didn't acknowledge my presence right away as I stopped right in front of him, my shadow overlapping his. I could hear his wheezing breathing, as if he struggled to take even one breath. Eventually, he slowly lifted his head to look up at me. Despite how exhausted he looked, and the way his body started to tremble, his eyes held incredibly intense anger towards me. 

"Y....you....you filthy monkey....there's no way....this is how it ends...." A harsh cough interrupted his speech, coughing up a small puddle of blood. My heart twisted slightly at the sight.

"This can't be....I had a chance....and you took it all away. This just can't be....this was not....THIS WAS NOT THE WAY THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO END!!" he suddenly shrieked. He raised a fist and punched into the ground, creating his own small crater as he punched multiple times. I said nothing at his outburst, allowing him to let out his anger. Once he ran out of strength he stopped, breathing hard as his tail flickered wildly behind him. I finally took this chance to say my piece.

"....I'm sorry. But it's over, Frieza." I replied. 

Gentleness seemed to lace my tone, but that only seem to agitate the tyrant even more. I watched as he stared intensely at the earth below him, suddenly seeming to be deep in thought. But I quickly intervened. "That won't work. Perhaps you could've destroyed the Earth with your strength earlier, but you barely have any as it is. If you attempted to destory Earth now, all you'd do is destroy this little island, and you'd drown in the ocean below us, not having any strength to swim to the surface." I stated. Frieza's eyes widened, taken aback by my statement. Then he closed his eyes, a weak chuckle escaping his throat.