Nina could feel her whole insides flutter with excitement as the emense power continued to build inside of her. Each muscle in her body swelled with strength and power that wasn't even close to feeling like what her mazimum was. It was a different sort of feeling that seemed to be lying dorment inside, yet she knew that this was only a small spark. The real flame would take some time to grow and surface. But what if that power was needed now, for this particular battle? Nina's mind told her not to worry and when the time for her to Awaken would come, she would be ready. She released her hold on her Starlight Shower attack, Cougar's blast plowing towards her. What was this sudden transformation, and would it change her own feelings and thoughts, her decisions to choose from good and evil?

A clear shield formed infront of her, keeping the feline's blast from coming near her. Nina's golden hair whipped around her in different directions, as though she had been hit by a sudden ferocious vortex of wind. But amazingly enough, she kept her ground. Purple lightning streaks collected into her arms and surrounded her body. Tongues of voltage licked her entire body which made the feeling cause a tingle to crawl over her. Suddenly, a column of violet energy bolts encircled her to where she could no longer be seen.

Nina closed her eyes slowly and smiled. It's all coming back to me, I remember this. thought the no longer dorment aura inside her. Her smile broadened. I know this feeling so well.

Cougar stopped shooting her blasts. They were obviously not doing her any good for they weren't tearing through Nina's defenses. She saw the girl's smile, a devilish one and yet it was a teasing one. She was teasing Cougar, taunting and mocking her. She could see that clearly, and then out of nowhere shot up a column of blazing purple bolts of some sort of electricity. The girl's power was growing very much so, and yet it didn't seem to be too close towards her own strength. But it was getting there very quickly.

Cougar shook off the idea of the Saiyan beating her. She's no match for me, even in the state that she's becoming. I have alot more power in me than this, and in this transformation alone! she thought proudly. She can't win!

Trunks looked ahead and saw 3 familiar ki signatures heading in his direction. He gripped onto Vegeta tightly and heard a low growl escape his father's throat. He looked down and saw Vegeta glaring up at him. Whoops, he had squeezed Vegeta a little bit to hard and somehow upset one of his wounds. He'd get over it though.

Sam's ki source suddenly blew by him in a blur, but from what Trunks could make out, Sam was obviously flustered about something. The look was written all over his face. He was at a state where nothing could talk him out of going to help Nina. Sam was probably thinking, 'If I die saving her, then so be it! As long as she's safe!' Trunks sighed for he knew what Nina would do if he showed up. She'd probably kick his butt into the dirt.

After Sam had blown by, Kino was next and she was madder than a bull who'd just got stung by a bee. She too looked upset about something and Trunks had a good idea of what that something was. After all, Nina and Sam were the only family she'd gotten to see in the last 18 years of her life. Even Jarvus, scum that he was, was still her brother after all. And she'd come too far to just lose one of her family, and probably the one closest to her most of all.

Right after Kino followed Jarvus, his silver hair flying behind him as his violet eyes glittered playfully. Trunks gave a grunt. What a time to be thinking such childish things. Trunks believed that he wasn't going to Nina to help her at all, though she did need it, but just to watch her suffer as that stupid cat made toe jam out of her. After Jarvus left his sight, Trunks was about to power up and go straight towards the others when a powerful ki pounded against his back as though he'd been hit by a canon! After he got over his shock, he turned around and looked in the direction it came from.

His eyes widened in both unbelievance and fear. "Is that Nina?! But that can't be her! This ki energy isn't even familiar to me!" Trunks managed to utter.

Vegeta turned and looked in the same direction. His eyes narrowed in wonder. Could it be the....? he thought, then stopped. His eyes grew larger. Yes, yes it is!

Goku turned around sharply and so did everyone of the other Z fighters. They hadn't come across this kind of power in years! What was this radical new energy that they were feeling? It was obviously beyond any of the standards they could fathom about Nina. Neither one of the Z warriors knew she had this much strength and potential in her. Even Goku, who knew there was a sleeping power inside of her, hadn't imagined it would be this great.

Piccolo looked at the scene before him in wonder. A cylinder of violet voltage had engulfed Nina inside and her power was growing tremendously. He could only question...Was this the Saiyan warrior that Dende was speaking of, and was this the work of the stones he was talking about? But wait, Dende said the Awakening wouldn't happen during this battle, yet what was taking place before him? Piccolo stood adazed. For once in his life, he was actually confused.

* * * * * *

Taliyah woke up with a jerk as the stone on her earring burned her cheek when she lay against it. Jutus also had awoken when he felt some sort of flame erupt on his neck, only to find that the flame was his stone and it was flashing from ivory to violet. It shook violently against his ear and was humming loudly, the same thing took place on Taliyah's earring.

"What's going on?" Jutus asked.

Taliyah shook her head. "I don't know." she answered.

Suddenly, a beam of thin purple light shot off from the stones and formed an outline of a large screen. Then the beams ran over the empty space and in its space was a greyish screen. And on that screen was blazing vortex of energy and inside the energy tube was their youngest daughter, Nina.

Taliyah gasped. "I don't believe it!" she said.

Jutus began to type on a small keypad next to him. He cursed under his breath. "Man, we still have another 2 hours!" he said, voice full of irritation.

She punched her fist into her palm. "Damn! We'll be too late by then!"

They both took a deep breath and then let it go. All they could do now was hope their children could hold on long enough until their arrival.

* * * * * *

Nina gave a fierce battle cry that was so loud, it shook the snow off the mountain tops. Her hair changed, flickering from gold to black involuntarily. Her muscles pounded with anticipation as her feet dug into the ground, power so great that not even the earth could hold her up. Sweat drops fell from her cheeks as the intensity of the transformation got to her. The spikiness left her hair and so did its bright yellow shine. In its place was straight black hair, so black that a shimmer of dark blue could be seen. Her once thick banes were now straight and thin, falling over her now violet eyes and down to the tip of her nose. Nina's straight black hair fell down past her rear, side locks of her hair falling down past her shoulders.

The stone around her neck snatched itself from off the silver chain. It glowed a bright purple, tiny beams of the color light shooting in different directions. The stone zoomed straight towards Nina's head and then imbedded itself in the middle of her forehead. The stone was no longer a stone, but more like a shape on her forehead and was a dark purple color. It glowed brightly and then faded to its original dark purple.

The pillar-like vortex began to swirl around her like a death-calling tornado. But she wasn't going to be swallowed up, she was in the eye of the storm. The tornado suddenly disappeared from around her and gusts of wind pushed her jet black her from side to side. The mark on her forehead tingled, but she would be alright. From what you could see of her now, you would not have believed that she was an 18 year old student in high school who always seemed to find the good in life. Instead, you would have seen her like a child from the darkness, someone not to be taken lightly. Nina smiled her 'Get ready' smile. She was the calm before the storm.

No...she was the storm. A vicious storm at that.

Cougar stood there, quite perplexed at the moment. The change in the Saiyan child was too sudden, a change not being expected for that particular moment. Even though her power level shot up some, she seemed to still be below her standards. There was nothing to worry about for the time being.

Tessay blinked several times in astonishment. She had never known the Saiyan child could do this. What an extraordinary breed, these Saiyans. They never cease to amaze her in the least, especially this young Saiyan. Her mind wandered to the scrape on her arm. No one had ever gotten the best of her before, no one. She suddenly felt ki signs coming in their direction. It was the Saiyan girl's brother, sister and another young boy. The one who had came with the older girl, what was her name, Kino?

Rowan tried not to look impressed, but it was hard for him to contain it. He'd never had this sort of challenge in what felt like ages. Maybe his patience on the ship rewarded him after all. But what intrigued him the most was that Nina never seemed to stop giving him surprises. Was there no end to her sudden surprises, and was there a limit to her ways? That's what he intended on finding out before he left this planet. Are there such things as limits known among you Saiyans? That was the question that burned inside of him, a yearning that he couldn't ignore like a child going into a cave to explore it and find all of its secrets and wonders.

Amazingly enough, another thought struck him. For the first time in his life, he was thinking about whether he was going to live or die while he was here. He had never thought of dying before. He knew he would, but it never ocurred to him that there actually might be someone out there who was stronger than him. But would the opponent go beyond victory and destroy him? A question to remain unanswered until the time was at hand.

Nina held her head up, gazing at the large feline with excited eyes. Both violet eyes blazed at oneanother, not a scrap of fear showing in either of the 2 gazes. Nina's height nor physical features seemed to change at all. The only thing that changed about her was her hair, eyes and now her determination, strength and her will to win this battle to the death. But even at this stage, the challenge held before her might prove to be difficult.

Suddenly she felt 3 ki energies approaching her direction. At first she thought it was Trunks again, but his had already vanished from good striking distance. Then the energy signals were beginning to grow more familiar as well as more closer. She didn't recognize them at first because it had been awhile since she had felt them.

Her eyes narrowed severly. Oh no! Sam is trying to play the hero again. Not only him, but Kino as well? And is that Jarvus I sense?

But her questions were answered within a blink of an eye. There before her, hovering above the battlefield were Samuel, dark eyes blazing with fury. Kino, brown eyes full of dismay and anger while Jarvus' seemed to be glowing with anticipation. Nina couldn't believe it! Was he waiting for her to get eaten or what?!

Samuel's rage began to grow less and less wreckless as he looked down at his sister Nina. For a moment he couldn't even recognize her with the black hair and dark violet eyes. But what started to make him feel uncomfortable the most was the energy waving off of her. He'd never felt this kind of power come from her before, yet did she have this sort of strength in her before? But he was not about to leave yet, not yet!

Kino blinked several times, wondering who this raven haired child could be. She looked nothing like Nina, and yet there it was plain as day. Her younger sister's energy pounded her ki senses like a regular punching bag. She didn't know if she could withstand all this. Kino held her head, feeling a sudden pain flood through it. Her sister had obviously ascended farther than she had anticipated.

Jarvus looked on with a sudden flow of pride shoot up throughout his body. After all, he was the one who made sure Nina had gotten this far. He wasn't about to deny it though, she was stronger than him at this stage. For the last 5 years he'd been keeping a close watch on the way Nina trained and was surprised to find that she had went beyond his expectations.

He pushed a strand of silver hair from his face and smiled. Well, well, well. She's finally accomplished what I could not. It's about time! Jarvus crossed his arms. Though I must admit, I'm green with envy.

Samuel gently landed on the ground and then ran towards his sister. He was about to tell her why he was there, but Nina's cold glare made him skid to a hault. He had not seen that fierce gaze in almost 5 years. Had it been that long? The memories of that time had almost been forgotten and far away. Yet now, they began to surface right before him. The first time Sam saw it was when Jarvus had first entered their lives when they were on their own for about 2 years. Even though her eye color had changed from dark brown to an eerie violet, the iciness was still there and it made his skin crawl just the same as it did 5 years ago.

~FLASH~

13-year-old Nina packed her napsack and then slung it over her shoulder. Her brother Sam, who was actually her adopted brother, did as well. She had her hair in two low pigtails while her thick banes hung in front of her eyes. Nina had on her favorite green oriental outfit that had an orange dragon across the front. She wore two arm bands that had pieces of ribbon hanging from them. There was cross stiching on the side of the outfit and she had on white skintight shorts underneath. Nina also had on her green boots that stopped just barely below the knee with a cross stiching of the laces. She had a blue and yellow butterfly clip in her hair and it jingled wildly. Sam had on his normal knee-length denim shorts and a white t-shirt. He flicked some of his black hair from his face, revealing his dark blue eyes.

It was summer and their vacation up to the mountains was going to be a blast. Every year for the past 2 years, Nina and Sam would go camping up in the mountains for a few months and then return home for school time. Since they could both fly, there was no need to take a bus all the way to "Rainbow Mountain" as they would call it. They named it this for you could see a rainbow as soon as you were close to it, and it didn't have to have rain for one to show up. It was always there. They had built a cottage in the mountains last year because they had gotten tired of just using tents. They already had clothes for 2 months up there, but usually they brought extra clothes just in case of an emergency. They also had to bring money to go shopping so they could have their fridge filled up from last year's emptiness.

Nina looked over at her brother, a smile on her face. "Ready to go?" she asked cheerfully.

Sam nodded. "Yeah, let's go!" And with that they took off into the sky.

It was a beautiful summer morning and the birds were singing their tunes of joy as always. They couldn't wait any longer, as much as they would've liked to bathe in Mother Nature's gifts. They had work to do once they got into the mountains. First they were going to put up there clothes, go shopping and then they were going to build a spring next to the cottage instead of having to trek all the way through the woods and gather water from the waterfall that was hidden within the forest. Not only that, but they had training to do and both of them decided to get started on their summer assignments that would be due once the fall term began. So with a burst of red ki from Nina and an orange one from Sam, they were off towards Rainbow Mountain.

They arrived there within minutes and quickly unpacked their stuff. It was a nice cottage with plenty of room for at least 5 people to stay there, and they weren't talking about just teenagers either. Nina looked at herself in the mirror on her nightstand and sighed. She was going on 14 soon and already no guy wanted to date her. She was always told by the older women that she would grow up to be a beautiful young woman, but the attention and knowledge of that so-called theory wasn't coming into play. Or so she thought. Sam had always told her that she was very pretty and would've asked her out on a date if she hadn't automatically adopted him when they first met.

Nina smiled. Sam's so nice to me. Like a sibling I never had. she thought happily.

She then turned and looked over at him. "Hey Sam?"

He looked up at her from a picture frame he was holding. "Yeah?" he asked.

Nina caught a glance at the picture and saw it was one from last summer. It was when they had gotten done with the cottage and they were a total mess. The had paint, dirt and sweat all over their body and yet they were happy. After all it was their masterpiece and they planned on bringing their kids up here when they had some. Sam was definately going to have kids, girls at school were already chasing after him. Nina couldn't wait to see how they turned out.

Nina's gaze went to meet his. "Do you wanna go to the market or should I?" she asked him.

Sam looked himself over and smiled. "I think you ought to. You're dressed for an outing anyway. I'll get to work on the spring okay?"

She nodded. "Okay." Nina stuffed some money in the cuff of her arm bands and was off to the market.

* * * * * *

Night time had fallen and the stars were twinkling in the sky. Next to the house stood a beautiful new spring with water flowing from the fountain that Nina herself had made. On top of the fountain was an angel baby playing with a dog as the water sprung up behind them from a stone tree. Nina was quite proud of this creation she made herself, although the way she made it was quite strange indeed. She had taken a large boulder and used lazer beams to outline the fountain and physical features and gestures the statues would make. Afterward she took a chisel and her fist to do the detailing. The process took less than an hour to do.

Nina and Sam already had their dinner and decided to soak up some moonlight. They both layed across a blanket on the grass and sighed as they listened to the melodies of the crickets and watched the fireflies dance above them in a glowing haze. Neither of them had spoken since they sprawled across the blanket. Both of them like to just relax in silence after a meal. Sam wore a white tanktop and black boxer shorts while Nina had on a long white shirt, the sleeves came about down to her elbows and wore black spandex shorts underneath.

Sam decided to break the silence. "You sure did make a neat fountain there Nina." he complimented as he gestured toward the spring.

Nina smiled and placed both hands behind her head. "Thanks. You did good with digging a trench towards the woods. That way we can have fish instead of going all the way in the woods to go fishing." she added.

Sam's cheeks turned a slight red. "Thanks Sis."

They looked at oneanother and then looked back up at the sky. What a beautiful night it was.

Suddenly there was laughter heard amongst them. "Awe! Now ain't that sweet?" a voice called to them from up above.

The 2 young fighters looked up and saw a young man in the air who was in his early twenties. He had long silver hair and it was loose and free, it came past his shoulder and close to the elbow of his arm. He wore a black vest over a white tanktop and baggy black jeans. He also had on black and white sneakers and a wooden bow hung over his shoulders, one hand closed around each end. His violet eyes pierced into the young teenagers minds, it was if he were reading their very thoughts.

He held his head up and smirked at them arrogantly. "So young Saiyan, you ready to fight me or not?" the stranger asked boldly.

Nina's eyes widened. How does he know I'm Saiyan? she thought.

The man floated down from the sky and landed with grace on the ground. He arched an eyebrow. "Well?" he asked again.

She rose from the blanket, eyes narrowed in anger. "Excuse me sir, but I think you're speaking to the wrong person. I'm not a Saiyan." she replied, hoping he'd buy her lie.

It didn't work.

He laughed at her remark. "Don't deny your heritage child! I know who you are..." his violet eyes sparkled oddly against the moonlight's glare. "Nina!" he finished, seeing the great flood of appall find its way into her once expressionless face.

Nina's anger rose. "Okay, who are you?" she demanded.

"I'm Jarvus, you're big brother." he answered matter-of-factly.

Sam clambered off the blanket and stood firmly next to Nina. She sneered at the newcomer. "I don't have any family except for Sam here. He's my only family." she answered.

Jarvus looked over at Sam and scoffed at the young boy. "You call that pathetic human your brother?! I know it's you, my sister Nina. The blood link between us is way too strong to ignore." he said haughtily.

Nina stomped over to Jarvus and then got on her tip toes so she and him were eye to eye. He took a step back from the bold gesture and could feel a bead of sweat form on his brow as her brown eyes pierced into his own like a thousand needles.

She placed her fists on her hips. "Look you! I've had enough of your delusions and blood link theories okay?! I am not a Saiyan!" Nina yelled at him.

Jarvus smiled nervously and then it broadened into a more confident one. "Oh yeah? Then why do I see a tail, the normal mark of a Saiyan?" he asked, knowing that she wouldn't be able to deny it now.

Nina turned around and saw a brown tail fluttering behind her. How did it grow back so soon? It'd been a year since she'd removed it! Then it hit her. It was the blood link between them. It was so strong that it made her tail return. Good thing she was facing away from the moon. Nina glared back up at Jarvus who had a smirk of triumph on his face.

Her eyes narrowed and she tightened her fist. Shit! she swore in her mind.