Bra - One life is too much.
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Chapter 3 - Change of Scenery
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6 years passed. And not much changed for Bra in those long years. She was still at the top of her class, her graduating class that was. She was fourteen years old and was graduating from high school, and quite possibly as the valedictorian too.
Her relationship with her classmates stayed the same. With the cruelty exception. Ever since she had entered the high school, instead of open threats of violence, the pressure had been purely academic. She had been seen as a threat by other students and that just encouraged them to study harder and harder.
On this particular day, Bra was running late for class. She huffed and puffed as her feet quickly hit the sidewalk. Her bookbag smacked severely on her knees as she ran. And all the way there, she was cursing, "Trunks....baka...grabbing the last capsule...aarrgh!!!" Her eyes intent on the sidewalk which she would have to turn right on at this moment.
As she rounded the corner, she stopped dead in her tracks and gasped.
Her breaths quickened as her heart started to pound faster and faster.
She glanced around from side to side quickly as her whole suroundings shifted.
She looked down at her hands and gasped at the smallness of them. She lifted her head up slowly, as she took a good hard look at where she was.
And there she was, 6 years ago, in the middle of the park. On that day...that day...
"Dammit!" She swore in her childish 8 year old voice. "Whats happening? Why am I dreaming about that day???....again..." She whimpered meekly. Every so often, since that day, exactly 6 years ago, she would have the most vivid dream about being showered in a forest full of black petals, which on contact would turn blue!
Bra gasped once more. "Nani????" She questioned, as she blinked, and her surroundings changed back to what it had been a few moments earlier. Her being 14 years old, not 8, and the park was a bit more modern then it was 6 years ago.
Bra staggered forward as she started to break into her late run for school as she felt a warm, strong hand place itself on her shoulder. Then the same hand turned her around, Bra complied with the person, she felt faint as she turned around and saw the face.
The face which had changed in all those 6 years, but had stayed the same! Bra's eyes wandered south and she noticed the body which had changed a LOT in those 6 years....
"Hey!" His voice laughed as he tilted her chin to make her look at his face again, and not his physique. "Whats so interesting?" He questioned lightly.
"Kiamo????" Bra yelped as she clutched the young man by his shoulders and stared into his ruby red eyes. She shook him a few times to make sure it wasn't an illusion. "Is this really you?" She asked again, in a more controlled voice. Her eyes still searched in his, to see if this really was her old friend, or a dream.
His laughter sounded like magic as his body filled with it. He reached forward and gently grabbed Bra's wrist. "Of course its me! And I've come to repay that favour that I owe you." He said mischeviously. Bra blinked in confusion. "Favour that you owe me?" She repeated blankly.
"Yup!" He said, and he tugged on her wrist some more. "C'mon! Let's go!" Bra complied and let Kiamo lead her into the forest.
The two walked silently, but cheerily into the woods. The trees all started to look the same as they kept on their way. "Are we almost there?" Bra asked. Kiamo just nodded his head towards a clearing in front of them.
"Wow. I've never been to this part of the woods before." She murmured to nobody in particular.
"As you shouldn't." Kiamo answered simply. "It will be gone once we leave." And on his saying that, a shimmery blue, black pool appeared in the clearing.
Bra twisted her wrist out of Kiamo's grip and she backed up a few steps. "Leave?" She asked panicked. "Where are we going? Where are you TAKING me?" Bra suddenly felt deceived and alone once more as she challenged Kiamo.
Kiamo frowned as he turned back to look at his companion. "I already told you. I've come to repay the favour you gave me." He said, a bit hurt at Bra's reaction.
"What? Are you going to give me a capsule car to go home?" She countered, a bit tartly.
Kiamo's face fell. "No..not exactly...but I was going to take you somewhere...."
Bra winced, she hadn't meant to hurt his feelings, so she tried to take a gentler approach.
"WHERE. Where were you going to take me Kiamo?" She asked him again, a bit more carefully.
"Away, away from all of them..." He mumbled, lowering his head, hiding his eyes from her view, as he shifted from foot to foot nervously.
Bra raised her eyebrow, "Away from who?" She stepped closer to her friend. "And why?"
Kiamo raised his head, his red eyes flashing with anger. "From everybody!" He spat. "I saw how they treated you! You truely don't deserve to be stuck here, somewhere where you aren't appreciated! You living here was a mistake. You deserve to be somewhere else! You should be home....and I'll take you there!"
Bra just blinked in shock, shock that he knew about her treatment, shock that he had such strong feelings, and shock that he actually cared for her so much, after only meeting once in real life, and several times in dreams....
"Waitaminute...what do you mean home? I'am home." She said, confused.
Kiamo just shook his head. "No, no you aren't." And with that, he took her wrist and leapt into the portal.
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Chapter 3 - Change of Scenery
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6 years passed. And not much changed for Bra in those long years. She was still at the top of her class, her graduating class that was. She was fourteen years old and was graduating from high school, and quite possibly as the valedictorian too.
Her relationship with her classmates stayed the same. With the cruelty exception. Ever since she had entered the high school, instead of open threats of violence, the pressure had been purely academic. She had been seen as a threat by other students and that just encouraged them to study harder and harder.
On this particular day, Bra was running late for class. She huffed and puffed as her feet quickly hit the sidewalk. Her bookbag smacked severely on her knees as she ran. And all the way there, she was cursing, "Trunks....baka...grabbing the last capsule...aarrgh!!!" Her eyes intent on the sidewalk which she would have to turn right on at this moment.
As she rounded the corner, she stopped dead in her tracks and gasped.
Her breaths quickened as her heart started to pound faster and faster.
She glanced around from side to side quickly as her whole suroundings shifted.
She looked down at her hands and gasped at the smallness of them. She lifted her head up slowly, as she took a good hard look at where she was.
And there she was, 6 years ago, in the middle of the park. On that day...that day...
"Dammit!" She swore in her childish 8 year old voice. "Whats happening? Why am I dreaming about that day???....again..." She whimpered meekly. Every so often, since that day, exactly 6 years ago, she would have the most vivid dream about being showered in a forest full of black petals, which on contact would turn blue!
Bra gasped once more. "Nani????" She questioned, as she blinked, and her surroundings changed back to what it had been a few moments earlier. Her being 14 years old, not 8, and the park was a bit more modern then it was 6 years ago.
Bra staggered forward as she started to break into her late run for school as she felt a warm, strong hand place itself on her shoulder. Then the same hand turned her around, Bra complied with the person, she felt faint as she turned around and saw the face.
The face which had changed in all those 6 years, but had stayed the same! Bra's eyes wandered south and she noticed the body which had changed a LOT in those 6 years....
"Hey!" His voice laughed as he tilted her chin to make her look at his face again, and not his physique. "Whats so interesting?" He questioned lightly.
"Kiamo????" Bra yelped as she clutched the young man by his shoulders and stared into his ruby red eyes. She shook him a few times to make sure it wasn't an illusion. "Is this really you?" She asked again, in a more controlled voice. Her eyes still searched in his, to see if this really was her old friend, or a dream.
His laughter sounded like magic as his body filled with it. He reached forward and gently grabbed Bra's wrist. "Of course its me! And I've come to repay that favour that I owe you." He said mischeviously. Bra blinked in confusion. "Favour that you owe me?" She repeated blankly.
"Yup!" He said, and he tugged on her wrist some more. "C'mon! Let's go!" Bra complied and let Kiamo lead her into the forest.
The two walked silently, but cheerily into the woods. The trees all started to look the same as they kept on their way. "Are we almost there?" Bra asked. Kiamo just nodded his head towards a clearing in front of them.
"Wow. I've never been to this part of the woods before." She murmured to nobody in particular.
"As you shouldn't." Kiamo answered simply. "It will be gone once we leave." And on his saying that, a shimmery blue, black pool appeared in the clearing.
Bra twisted her wrist out of Kiamo's grip and she backed up a few steps. "Leave?" She asked panicked. "Where are we going? Where are you TAKING me?" Bra suddenly felt deceived and alone once more as she challenged Kiamo.
Kiamo frowned as he turned back to look at his companion. "I already told you. I've come to repay the favour you gave me." He said, a bit hurt at Bra's reaction.
"What? Are you going to give me a capsule car to go home?" She countered, a bit tartly.
Kiamo's face fell. "No..not exactly...but I was going to take you somewhere...."
Bra winced, she hadn't meant to hurt his feelings, so she tried to take a gentler approach.
"WHERE. Where were you going to take me Kiamo?" She asked him again, a bit more carefully.
"Away, away from all of them..." He mumbled, lowering his head, hiding his eyes from her view, as he shifted from foot to foot nervously.
Bra raised her eyebrow, "Away from who?" She stepped closer to her friend. "And why?"
Kiamo raised his head, his red eyes flashing with anger. "From everybody!" He spat. "I saw how they treated you! You truely don't deserve to be stuck here, somewhere where you aren't appreciated! You living here was a mistake. You deserve to be somewhere else! You should be home....and I'll take you there!"
Bra just blinked in shock, shock that he knew about her treatment, shock that he had such strong feelings, and shock that he actually cared for her so much, after only meeting once in real life, and several times in dreams....
"Waitaminute...what do you mean home? I'am home." She said, confused.
Kiamo just shook his head. "No, no you aren't." And with that, he took her wrist and leapt into the portal.
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Undeadangel@saiyanbrat.cjb.net
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