DBXV - Novus (FriezaXreader)

Chapter Seven: Summoning

Chapter Seven: Summoning

(A/N: Sorry for slow updates on this and my other stories, if even one person actually reads any of it I feel bad for the delays xP.)

The battle continues beneath the greying canopy of clouds, amidst a faint, scarcely palpable shower of raindrops, of course you pay your surroundings little heed, nor the time that had elapsed since the beginning of your growingly futile efforts, your mind is too fixed on the present moment, your current opponent and the freshly emerging aches of combat - worse from the days prior struggles.

Despite your concentration and the admittedly impressive fight you put up in light of the circumstances, you eventually find your body and barely conscious mind laying face down upon the rough terrain after having sustained a rather nasty strike to the head.
You groan and push your self up on your scuffed palms and knees, one hand soon resting upon the side of your skull as you wince at the sharp pain your sudden movement had brought about.

Frieza remains in the sky above, staring down at you unreadably as you stand once more and shake the drowsiness from your head, ready for the battle to commence. "Don't feel too bad." He says, pointing at you. "You couldn't hope to stand against me anyway." With that he shoots a purple ki beam at you from his fingertip - you hardly have time to react, jumping backwards in evasion and continuing to dodge the subsequent attacks.
Regardless of your finesse one of the beams manages to pierce your right shoulder, yet you ignore the burning pain as best you can, focusing on it would undoubtably leave you even more open - besides your species was tough, you could withstand far more grievous injuries.

You wait for a pause in his assault, any opportunity to counter, when none comes you jump behind a large rock, attempting to regain your depleting stamina and catch your breath.
Things suddenly grew still and a silence enveloped the battleground, the only sound now that of your own heavy panting. In curiosity you peek out from behind your rather poor hiding place, briefly surveying the ruined area beyond, Frieza was nowhere in sight.

Something abruptly wraps around your neck causing your (e/c) eyes to widen and your hands to quickly grasp at whatever it was in an effort to free yourself.
Turns out the thing that constricted you was your opponents tail, made more obvious as he turns you to face him, lifting you off the ground and tightening his hold.

"L-let go!" You rasp out, your voice barely audible and one eye squinted shut in pain before kicking your captor.

He grabs your ankle before your foot can collide with his face and responds by further tightening his grip, a smile upon his lips in apparent amusement at your struggles. "What was that?" He questions almost mockingly.

"W-wha having hearing p-problems? M-maybe you're getting old." You weakly laugh despite your less than ideal position.

"(y/n)!" Comes Trunks's voice from your scouter - you wondered when he was going to start nagging you - likely he would be scolding you again for taunting your opponent were your situation not so dire at present.

Frieza's amused expression is quickly replaced with an irritated scowl at your words, his tail squeezing your neck to the point you feared it would break. "I think it's time I finished you." He raises a hand, gathering a small dark purple sphere of ki into his palm...

You close your eyes expectantly while still continuing to resist his hold - this couldn't possibly be the end...

A sound between a gasp of surprise and a growl emits from the other icejins mouth causing you to reopen your eyes.
The ki in his hand faded out as he starred, wide eyed at the prematurely blackened skies far to the west where what seemed to be a huge dragon - not dissimilar to the one you witnessed in TokiToki city - loomed high above the location you had last last seen Goku and his companions.

"I-I think that's my cue!" You say, with difficulty, using his short distraction to throw a ball of (k/c) ki at his face and pull yourself free, jumping backwards to safety and rubbing your sore neck - for the second time in one day.

"Why you-" His ire now fixed on you again, but his gaze lingers only briefly before he stares back at the dragon and, decidedly deeming you unworthy of his time in the circumstances, hastily flys off towards the scene leaving you behind.

"You need to follow - protect the others until Goku's healed!" Advised Trunks with what sounded like a sigh of relief - albeit a short-lived relief. "After what I saw in the scroll... it's going to be tough - but we need to try!" You wondered what he meant by 'we'.

"But I'm getting hungry..." You mutter with a scowl, too lowly for him to hear - you hadn't eaten since your ice-cream breakfast with Buu after all and your stomach insisted it was lunch time now... of course you had traveled BACK in time, so in actuality lunch was still very far away... "By the way - I'm ok, thanks for asking." With a hand still on your neck you cough one last time, looking off in the direction Frieza had departed.

"Uh, sorry. (y/n), are you ok?" He asks, perhaps a little hastily.

"Psh, of course! That's what I said isn't it?" In truth you really could use a break, it had been a long day and things appeared as though they were only going to get tougher from here on out. You realised now why Trunks hadn't wanted you to engage in battle against this particular enemy alone - in your current state you were clearly outmatched...
Your gaze drifts to stare down at your hands before you close your eyes and remove the scouter from your ear, tossing it aside with a half-grin... Time to even the playing field a little...

(A/N: Not much of a chapter but anyway. Next time ~ on DBXV-N ~ I intend to write a lil from a certain other character's POV, and hopefully finish this saga of the story before beginning on the more fun - for me to write anyway - stuff. As always if there's anything you want changed or added in future chapters please let me know, my ideas are pretty flexible. :3)