Ch. Is a little dark fair warning, in the beginning, everything else is ok, except one part, but I put a warning for it too.
F. Mai sighed deeply as she sunk down into the tub up to her chin. Any chance she got, she would take a nice long soak in the tub that was in the bathroom joined to her room. Back with the androids it was quick bathes, but that was paradise compared to what they all went through with Black. At least with the androids they still had power and clean running water. With Black all they had was very little to no food, no power except for anything battery powered, very little clean water. It was a living hell on earth, people were killed or died trying to find food or water. If they ventured out and Black saw them, he'd blast them away. If they stayed inside and out of sight, they died of starvation or thirst out fear that Black would find them and kill them. They were damned if did and damned if they didn't.
Closing her eyes for a moment she saw their faces, all looking at her in trust, hope, protection, some in awe and admiration…
" Mai! " a voice called to her, turning around, she saw Haru and Maki running towards her, there was fear in their eyes, a dark figure behind them with red eyes and a white menacing grin.
" Haru, Maki! Get down! " she shouted aiming her shotgun at the figure behind them, the people behind her screamed as she fired. The figure disappeared as the shot struck it, then that horrible laughter sounded,
" You missed me! " he taunted.
Looking down, she gasped and dropped her gun. Haru and Maki were on the ground unmoving and blood coming from their forms, she ran towards them, tears running down her face, she picked them both up, their blood soaking her clothes, but she didn't care as she held them to her crying,
" No! No! NO! NOOO! " she cried as she rocked their lifeless forms in her arms.
" Look at you! Your no better than I am! "
" LAIR! " she shouted in anger at the voice.
" Look around you and tell me that you aren't any different. You killed them all! " the voice replied.
Looking around, she saw the survivors all on the ground, blood seeping onto the black ground and coming towards her and covering her, she tried to wipe it off, but it remained like a tattoo, no matter how hard she tried to rid herself of it.
" Mai. " a voice called to her again, looking down she saw Maki and Haru looking up at her the blood all over them except for the tear tracks on their little cheeks,
" Mai, why? " Maki asked.
" Why did you kill us? " Haru asked
" I'm sorry! I'm sorry! " she cried as she reached for them, but they moved away the closer she got.
" Mai! " another voice called to her.
" Mai! " it called again, louder this time.
" Mai! " again, this time a loud bang.
F. Mai opened her eyes, looking around, she saw F. Trunks standing there, his hands on her shoulders, he; along with everything else in the bathroom, was wet. He looked worried as he looked at her.
" I heard splashing and you crying. Are you alright? " He asked when he saw her confused look before she launched herself at him, soaking him further and causing a blush to form as he felt her naked form against him. He didn't know what to do at first, but her cries made it easy for him as he wrapped his arms around her, sitting them both down on the tile floor.
" Shhh. It's alright. " he soothed as he held her, rubbing her back and rocking her gently.
" They were dead! I killed them! All of them! The survivors, Haru, and Maki! Ooohhh, Haru and Maki! I-I-shot them! I was aiming for Him and I shot them instead! " F. Mai cried, clutching to his shirt as the tears came down harder and her breathe began to hitch.
" Shhh, it's alright Mai. It was just a bad dream Mai. You would never hurt them or anyone. You saved them. " he soothed again.
" No, I didn't! " she shouted.
" Black killed them Mai. Not you. It was all Black and Zamasu. You got them to safety. You didn't know what that bastard was capable of Mai, none of us did. " he calmly replied.
" There was so much blood…. ( hic, cough, cough! ) "
" Breathe. Just breathe. Your safe here. He's not going to hurt you or anyone anymore. I won't let him or anyone else hurt you, tomodachi. I swear it. " he whispered the last part as he held her to him, continuing to rub her back and rocking her gently until she cried herself out and fell asleep.
F. Trunks slowly got up, still holding her to him, taking a large towel with him as he stepped over the mangled door and out of the bathroom, to her bed. He gently laid her down there and began to gently dry her off, keeping his eyes on her face or to her stomach or legs as he dried her off. He didn't know which drawer was which of her dresser, so he pulled the covers down and covered her with them. Before he moved away from her, he saw that some of her bangs was in her face, he gently moved them away from her face, wiping away a few tears that escaped again as she continued to sleep, hopefully better than what she had in the tub.
He walked back to the bathroom, unplugged the tub, picked up the mangled door, went outside placed it by the trash bin to been thrown away, came back inside, got a mop and back to F. Mai's room to mop up the water on the floor.
On his way back, his mother and father saw him going up the stairs with the mop, they looked to each other then back at him as he disappeared upstairs.
" Your turn. " Vegeta replied going to the kitchen.
" Your lucky that I wanted to talk to him anyway. " Bulma called after him as she followed after her older son.
Seeing him going into F. Mai's room, her curiosity peaked even more as she continued to follow him, she raised her hand to knock, he came to the door,
" Something wrong mother? " he asked.
" Everything ok in there? " she asked back nodding to the mop in his hand.
" Yes. Mai...had a nightmare. " he answered, looking back behind him, Bulma assumed that F. Mai had cried herself to sleep.
" But why the mop? " she asked again.
" I-uh broke the bathroom door down to get to her and she was splashing the water everywhere. I was just cleaning up after I put her to bed. " he answered nervously, scratching the back of his head, reminding her of Goku, Gohan, and Goten when they were nervous.
" She alright? "
" For the moment. "
" She say what it was about? "
" She didn't have to. It was about what happened with Zamasu. She was blaming herself. "
" Oh, the poor thing. Neither one of you knew what that monster was capable of. "
" That's what I told her. I'll stay with her until she wakes up. "
" Alright then. But do you think you can come back down stairs for a minute? I'd like to talk to you about something. "
" Of course, mother. But if it's about earlier, I'm afraid that I don't have the answers for my behavior. "
" That's fine. But I still want to talk to you about. "
" Alright. Let me clean up the bathroom and I'll be there when I'm done. "
Bulma laughed at that, " I'm glad to see at least one of my boys willing to clean something, I can't get little you to clean up his room without involving your dad! "
F. Trunks laughed a little himself as they parted ways.
Time skip
F. Trunks came down the stairs and found his mother on the couch, his father sitting in one of the matching chairs near the couch.
" Mother? " he said as he came into the living room.
" Hey sweetie. Come, sit. " Bulma said, patting the cushion next to hers.
F. Trunks came over and sat down beside her.
" Now mind telling me about earlier? " she asked him.
" Like I told father, I don't know what happened. Mai mentioned meeting this guy at the mall and I didn't like it. " he answered.
" I could tell. You tensed when she said she met a man. You got jealous. " she replied.
" I didn't…. "
" Yes. You did. I smelled it. " Vegeta said, interrupting him.
" I just don't want her to get hurt. " F. Trunks replied.
" Is that what their calling it these days now? " Vegeta asked, eyebrow raised.
" Oh, hush you! Sweetie there's nothing wrong with you worrying about her, she's your friend and you did sleep together… "
" Which I have no memory of. Though I admit it's not the first time I've woken up beside a girl, but this was different because I know Mai. The other girls I barely knew or even their names. But Mai, she's the first person I've connected with since my master Gohan. She's my best friend, I shouldn't have done that to her. "
" You must've felt something for her for you to act like a territorial Saiyan male over his mate. " Vegeta said.
" I still don't understand? She's my friend. " F. Trunks asked, confused by his father's words.
" How would you describe this girl? " Vegeta asked back.
" What do you mean? "
" Just answer the question! " Vegeta ordered.
" She's very brave. Strong. Stubborn. Determined. Strong-willed. A fighter. Yet she's also very kind, considerate, caring, compassionate, funny, sweet. " F. Trunks answered just a little black kitten came in and climbed up to his lap, looking down, he smiled, picking the kitten up, looking at it.
" Well hello there. You remind me of someone I knew back home. " he spoke kindly to the little cat, who only meowed in reply to his words as he put it down and stretched his arm out, the kitten walked up his arm and pawed at his shoulder before curling up and going to sleep without a care.
Bulma smiled at the scene, but then frowned, but before she could ask, F. Trunks answered, " Mai had a cat just like this in her hideout. We found him between pieces of concrete, scared to death and hurt. We had some cat food with us and Mai coaxed him out, while he ate, I tended to the paw. He followed us back to her place and stayed with us until we planned to make a run for here with the time machine. "
" Why did you have cat food? " Vegeta asked, again before Bulma could ask.
" It was all we had to eat, that and dog food. Before we left the hideout, Mai had found a can of meat and told me to eat it. But I only ate half of it and gave her the other half, she refused at first, but her stomach growling changed her mind. " F. Trunks answered with a wistful smile as he petted the cat's head. Looking up, he saw that his mother's eyes were tearing up and his father looked angry.
" And Black was the cause for you and your…friend to resort to eating that disgusting food that Bulma's parents feed to their animals? "
" Yes. It was that or starve. "
" No wonder you were eating so little. " Bulma whispered, her voice starting to crack.
" I wasn't about to you...uh, future you and Mai starve either. There was little food as it was and given my appetite… " F. Trunks trailed off as he heard his mother's tears and soft sobs.
He went to comfort her like he had done before when her future self would cry, but his father came over and wrapped his arm around her, pulling her to him as she cried louder. F. Trunks watched this in awe, before he moved over and hugged his mother's other side, she surprised him when she pulled him to her and held him to her. He was even more surprised than shocked when he felt his father's other arm came around him as well, then his tears started to fall too, as this was the first time his father willing held him and not push him away.
Time skip
F. Mai slowly woke up, the sun hitting her in the face once more. Stretching, she turned over and saw that F. Trunks was laying beside her, facing her, on top of the covers, one arm under his head, the other resting on his stomach. She smiled as she looked at his peaceful face as he slept, it was rare to see him at ease.
A light purring caught her attention in the quiet room just then, looking down at the source, her eyes widen at seeing a black kitten under F. Trunks' hand, sleeping just as peacefully as he was. As if sensing it was being watched, the little kitten opened its eyes and looked up at her curiously.
F. Mai smiled a little more, reaching out to the kitten, it got up from F. Trunks' hand and went to her hand. As she petted it, she heard F. Trunks,
" Remind you of someone? "
Laughing lightly, she replied, " Just smaller. Does he have a name? "
" No. Not yet she doesn't. "
" A girl huh? Well, how about…. Tack? "
" Tack? That's an odd name for a girl. "
" Well you named the boy one Screech. "
" Only because he screeched when we picked him up. "
They laughed at that. When they calmed down, he asked, " Feeling any better? "
" I think so. But I guess it's to be expected after what we went through. " she answered, now playing with Tack.
" Yeah, I guess so. I still have nightmares from what that bastard did to you and mom. And I'm sorry about yesterday, when I got upset about you meeting that guy. "
" It's fine. But you shouldn't be jealous Trunks. We're not together, we only slept together, which neither one of us can remember. And why didn't you tell me about your nightmares? "
" Because they started going away the more at ease I got here. I'm surprised yours just now started. And I know we're not together, I'm just..ugh! I'm worried that your going to get hurt by him. "
" Hey, I can take care of myself. And if he does try anything, I'll send him to the hospital. And they haven't just started, I've had them just as long as you, this one was just a really bad one. "
" Want to talk about it? "
" I don't know if I can just yet. It was so horrible. All that blood…. "
" Hey. Look at me. " he reached over and cupped her cheek,
She looked to him, tears welling up again, " You saved them. You protected them. You did everything you could to keep them safe. You didn't know what that bastard could do and neither did I. You didn't kill them or anyone. You are not a bad person Mai. "
" I used to be. "
" That was the old you and even then, you didn't kill anyone. "
" Do you always have to justify everything? "
" No. Only when it needs to be. " he answered with a silly grin, earning him a smack to the head, followed by a laugh as he rubbed his head and fake whined about it.
" Hey, what time is it? " she asked after she calmed down, looking over at the clock, she gasped as she saw the time, " Oh no! I'm going to be late for work! " she exclaimed, getting up, F. Trunks closing his eyes as she did so.
" Mother gave you the day off to rest Mai. " He said to her as he heard her moving around.
" Yesterday was my day off? " she said in confusion as she put on her underwear and went to put on her uniform, stopping when he finished talking.
" Yes, and I told her about last night. Not everything, but she got the idea and said that you can take the day off as well. And I agree. We train together if you'd like. Or we can go around the city. "
" I think some training would be great. It'll help with the tension. " she replied, putting on training shorts and a sports bra. " You can open your eyes now. " she said, seeing him with his eyes still closed, when he did, she smiled at him and winked playfully before heading out the door.
F. Trunks followed soon afterwards, Tack in hand.
Time skip
It was nearing lunch time and F. Trunks and Mai were out back throwing punches and kicks at the other, normally F. Trunks'd be in the GR with his father and she would be patrolling the grounds with her team, but her backup took her place today. Or she'd be at the shooting range as it was getting close to lunch time, but given her nightmare she had, she didn't even want to look at her shotgun or any gun for that matter for a while, so she settled into hand to hand combat with F. Trunks.
It was a warm day and they were slick with sweat. (F. Trunks is shirtless! Drooll! 😉) Their smaller selves, along with Shu and Pilaf; were sitting on beach chairs by the pool watching them and drinking some lemonade that Bunny had made. Little Mai was blushing like mad seeing F. Trunks without his shirt, little Trunks was too seeing F. Mai dressed like she was. Though they were blushing like crazy, they were also impressed with the fighting the two were doing.
Every punch or kick that was delivered by F. Trunks, F. Mai blocked and then throw back at him, which was blocked as well. Of course, it changed when the wind picked up some and blew F. Trunks' hair in his face, blocking his view. F. Mai smirked and dropped down to kick his legs out from him as he threw out a punch, but he sensed her kick and jumped up away from her, floating up above her, but that didn't stop her as she jumped up level with his head; earning an awed gasp from the children below and swung a kick to his head, he caught her ankle and then her other one as she swung it at him. She then used his weight against him and swung him over her and they landed on the ground with her on his stomach and her legs holding his hands down.
" Whoowhoo! Nice one Mai! " Pilaf and Shu cheered.
" Yay! Go big me! " Little Mai cheered.
" That was awesome! " Little Trunks cheered, clapping his hands and standing up along with the others as they joined in on the clapping.
F. Mai blushed at all the cheering and loosed her grip, which she realized a second too late that was a mistake as F. Trunks kicked up off the ground and spun them around and pinned her to the ground. Blowing his hair out of his face, he looked down at her and smirked a smirk identical to his father's.
" I win. " he said.
" Oh really? " she challenged, bringing her feet under him and kicked him off, he grunted at the force, but quickly took a fighting stance, one that little Trunks recognized as one that Goku uses, making him raise his eyebrow in confusion.
F. Mai also took the same stance and readied for him to move when a voice called out to her, she turned her head and saw Sharpener. He was in a delivery uniform with a large package on one shoulder, keeping it there with his arm, his bicep bulging under the strain of keeping it steady.
" Hi Sharpener! " she called back, relaxing her pose and going over to him, grabbing a towel as she did.
F. Trunks relaxed also and followed to get the package from the guy as it was probably for his mother or grandpa.
" What brings you here? " F. Mai asked as she got closer to him, drying the sweat from her face, she didn't miss the look he gave her as he quickly looked her up and down before he answered, clearing his throat,
" Uh, I got a package for Ms. Briefs. You, uh live here too? " He asked, looking back at her face, getting a little tense when he noticed F. Trunks, now standing beside her.
" Yes. I'm also head of security. " She answered.
" Wow really!? " He replied surprised, ' Well that would explain the callous' I felt on her hands yesterday. '
F. Trunks cleared his throat. " Mai? Who's this? " he asked, glaring at Sharpener.
" Oh hush, Sharpener this my best friend T... "
" Tank. " F. Trunks said quickly, as it would be strange for there to be two Trunks' living here.
" Tank? " Sharpener asked, almost laughing, but stopped at the look he got from the other male.
" It's a nickname and that's all you need to know. Is this the man you told me about meeting yesterday? " ' Tank ' asked F. Mai, not taking his eyes off Sharpener.
" Yes, Tank. Now be nice. Why don't you take that package to your mom? " F. Mai answered, playing along with the name, she herself had to stop from laughing at his name choose, but in a way, he was built like a Tank and it was close to his actual name too.
" Mom? You mean Ms. Briefs? " Sharpener asked, looking at him again.
" Yeah, Tank's my big brother. Gotta problem with that delivery boy? " Trunks asked, annoyed with this guy.
" Boys… " F. Mai stressed to them, glaring, making them flinch and sigh,
" Sorry Mai. "
" Well as much as I'd appreciate you taking this to Ms. Briefs. She's the one that must sign the form, company policy. " Sharpener said after a tense minute
" Tank, why don't you get your mom while Trunks and I keep Sharpener company. " F. Mai suggested, nudging him to go. He did so, but reluctantly, but little him whispered to him,
" Don't worry. I'll watch him. I don't like how he smells either. "
" Thanks, little bro. " ' Tank ' said ruffling his hair a little and smiling kindly at him before turning another glare at Sharpener before leaving to go find his mother.
" Sorry about that. He's just being protective. " F. Mai said as he left.
" That's a bit overestimated. What were you two doing? " Sharpener replied, looking in the same direction before looking back at her.
" Oh just some self defense training for my job, we usually do a few rounds at lunch before I go back to work. " she answered.
" Aww shit! " Trunks cursed.
" Trunks! " F. Mai scolded.
" Sorry. But I need to go get you some lunch to take with you before you go back to work. " he said and ran into the house to get her something to eat, along with telling his dad about this guy.
" Those two sure do like you. " Sharpener commented at how well the two acts around her.
" Yeah. Their good friends. I'm glad I met Tank a year ago. " she replied, smiling.
" A year ago?! You act like you've known each other forever. Like since childhood or infancy! " he exclaimed in shock.
" Yeah. We both were having a bad year the day we met, and we just clicked. " she answered like it was nothing big.
" Huh. " he said.
They were quiet for a moment until Sharpener asked, " So, uh, we still on for that coffee? "
" Yes. If nothing doesn't happen here. " she answered just as Trunks came out with three large stacked sandwiches and a platter of slightly less stacked sandwiches in his hands one plate balanced on his head, his dad was behind him with a large pitcher of the lemonade and glasses in his hands, the glasses being stacked onto each other.
" Tank still not back with his mother yet Mai? " Vegeta asked, looking at the young man in front of her.
F. Mai raised her eyebrow at the name and then looked at Trunks, who shrugged his shoulders and looked back to Sharpener, she'd let it go this time as it was necessary until Sharpener left the compound.
" No, Mr. Vegeta. But he should be here soon. " she answered professionally to him, bowing her head slightly.
" Well until he gets here, why don't you and the children go have lunch. You can stay there and wait for my son and wife to return. " Vegeta ordered to Sharpener as he made to follow her to the table.
" Yes sir! " Sharpener replied, straightening up and not moving a muscle.
When they all got to the table, F. Mai whispered to both Trunks and Vegeta, " What is wrong with you two?! " glaring a glare that matched theirs if not fiercer looking,
" We don't trust him. " Trunks answered, looking back at Sharpener.
" There's nothing wrong with him. He seems harmless enough. " she answered, sitting down with them and taking a bite of her sandwich.
" You may not think so, but our noses say differently, he smells like that fool Yamcha did when he was cheating on Bulma before she dumped him. " Vegeta said.
" What do you mean smell? " little Mai asked, taking a sandwich off the platter.
" Our sense of smell is greater than a human's, even greater than a dog's. And right now, he, " Vegeta pointed to Sharpener with his thumb, " Smells like another female or females as there's more than one scent. "
" Could it be from his day at work? He is a delivery boy after all. " F. Mai asked.
" Perhaps. if the smells were faint, these are strong. Like touching you strong. " Vegeta answered.
" Yes. But he is also good looking, maybe the women were hitting on him or trying to seduce him. " F. Mai supplied, taking a long drank of the lemonade, closing her eyes as she did, savoring it.
" Well that could be it too. " little Mai commented as well, looking over at Sharpener, who still stood there waiting and if she wasn't mistaken, taking quick glances at her Future self when she wasn't looking. ' Though he's nowhere near as handsome as Future Trunks. ' she thought as she compared him to Future Trunks.
" That might be it too Papa. " Trunks said.
" Quite agreeing with your girlfriend just to impress her. However, I will take that into account. But if we're going to be seeing more of him around here and the scents don't change...Tank and I are going to go hunting. " Vegeta said, smirking and laughing darkly.
" Can I come too? " Trunks asked.
" Not this time Trunks. "
" Awe man. " he pouted, but Vegeta leaned down to whisper in his ear, " If you promise to keep quiet about it, we'll take you with us. If you let it slip, your grounded for a month and doing double time in the GR and no video games either. Got it? "
" Ohh I get it! I promise Papa! Cross my heart and hoped to… " Trunks was cut off by his father's hand over his mouth, " Don't finish that sentence. Your word is good enough, boy. "
F. Mai looked over at Sharpener again and saw that Bulma and ' Tank ' were now standing with him. ' Tank ' was holding the package in his hand and Bulma was signing the form, smiling and being friendly with him as he tipped his cap to her, turning to her, he smiled and waved to her before he left.
' Tank ' watched him until he was out of sight and F. Mai could see him instantly relax and was back to being his gentle self again. Bulma and he came over to the table and joined them for lunch.
" Feeling better sweetie? " Bulma asked as she and ' Tank ' sat down on either side her, with Bulma being closer to Vegeta.
" Yes. I think the training helped. And thank you for letting me have the day off. I'm sorry the trouble. "
" Oh sweetie it ain't that big a deal. You can have tomorrow off too if you need it. " Bulma replied.
" Oh no that's alright. Besides work will help too. "
" If your sure… "
" I am. Thank you. "
Little Mai, Pilaf, and Shu looked at her like she grew a second head. " It would appear that our Mai of the Future has changed her ways. " Pilaf whispered.
" Yeah. She's much nicer. And kinder. " Shu agreed.
" The three of us in the future must have made the same wish as we did, but instead of being 8-year old's, we were turned into infants " little Mai suggested.
" She may be kinder and nicer, but Kami help the poor soul that pisses her off! " F. Trunks said across from them, making them jump.
" Sorry. Couldn't help but hear you. " he smiled, pointing to his ear with a wink, making little Mai swoon and faint again!
" Not again! Mai! " little Trunks exclaimed, catching her before she hit the floor.
" Is she alright? " Both F. Trunks and Mai asked leaning over the table to look at the two.
" Maybe you should kiss her and wake her up? " Vegeta joked, making F. Trunks blush and F. Mai to look at him in confusion, making Bulma and Vegeta laugh at the inside joke.
" Trunks. " Vegeta said as they calmed down.
Both heads turned to him, " Future….ok maybe we should call you Tank instead, that way there's no confusion on who myself or your mother are talking to. " Vegeta continued before finishing, " Let's go hunting later. "
" Hunting? " Tank asked.
" Yes. "
" Uh. Ok. What are we hunting? "
" You'll see. And Trunks can come too, given that his little girlfriend hasn't fainted again. "
" I think she should see a doctor about that. She's too young to be fainting like that. "
Pilaf, Shu, Bulma, and Vegeta fell over at hearing this. Tank looked at them and asked, " What? " honestly not knowing what was wrong.
" Exactly how long were around Future Gohan? " Vegeta asked as he got up.
" Uh, 13 years of my life. " he answered, scratching the back of his head.
" Why 13? " Bulma asked.
" That's how old I was when he was murdered by the androids of my time. " Tank became quiet after that and quietly ate his lunch, F. Mai put her arm around his shoulders in comfort, Pilaf and Shu watching the interaction with amazement at how she was so different from the Mai of this time.
" Say Mai? " Shu asked her.
" Yes Shu? " F. Mai replied looking over at him.
" What happened to us and you? " Shu asked again, pointing to him and Pilaf and back to her.
Sighing, " I was wondering when you'd ask. Normally I'd not say much, but since our world is gone and this time line is completely different, I don't suppose it'd hurt anything. Could it Trun..Tank? " she looked to him as she finished.
" I suppose not, but you never know for certain. " he answered, still not fully there, but he was listening.
" I'll tell you later. " F. Mai said as she thought it over and figured it best to tell the three together instead of just the two in front of her.
She laughed when she saw them pout and shoulders sag in defeat. " You two certainly haven't changed much. Still pouting and sulking. " she laughed again as they pouted even more.
Time skip, scene change
" There he is. " Vegeta said as he and his sons followed after Sharpener later that day in the air so as he wouldn't see them.
" Why are we doing this again? " Trunks asked.
" To see if he can be trusted with Mai. " Tank answered.
" And to see if he's trying to use her like that weakling scar face did to your mother when they were dating. " Vegeta also answered.
They had followed him well into the night and so far, he didn't go into any bars or clubs. Didn't go to any young lady's home or met up with any woman. But it was just one night too, they'd have to watch him a while still just to be safe. All three of them liked and respected F. Mai and though they knew she could handle herself damn well, it always helps to have at little extra muscle and some dirt on an enemy.
They followed him all the way to his house, a rather nice one for a delivery boy. Vegeta recalled that Gohan's mate once talked about this boy and how he was a sleaze and was arrogant and thought about nothing but himself and how he looked to the girls just to get in bed with them and then leave them. He could've changed his ways, but then again…you never know.
Time skip, 5 months
So far, everything between F. Mai and Sharpener were going fine, he officially asked her out 2 months after they met and for the last 3 they've been dating. Since F. Mai had been hired on as the head of security, the compound and living area of Capsule Corp. were safer then they had ever been, even on her off days; but that was because of a blue long haired muscle bound young man, no one dared to come onto the property after word got out about her taking three armed hoods out single handedly. Of course one of the hoods managed to take a swipe at her with another knife he had hidden in his boots, but he didn't stay conscious long afterwards when she knocked the knife out of his hand and knocked him out in two moves while at the same time kicking his friend back as he tried to get the jump on her while she was distracted, the first guy was knocked out when he charged at her, a kick to the back of his head and he was out before he hit the ground. ( all three had knifes. )
The cut she received needed about 5 stitches, but it would've been more or worse if she hadn't had moved when she saw the blade glinting in the light of the nightlight above them. It was no different than the wounds she had gotten while fighting Black, which in some cases was worse than a cut to the stomach.
Right now, her and Sharpener were at a restaurant on another date,
" So, how's work? " he asked her, taking a sip of his white wine.
" Since that last attempted break in? Slow. But not boring, that's for sure. " she answered, taking a drink of her water.
" Speaking of, how's your cut healing? "
" It's healing fine, the doctor says it might scar, but compared to last year, it's a cat scratch. "
" Really? Must've been some year. "
" You have no idea. " she sighed, looking down as she thought back on what had happened, " A lot of my friends was killed in an explosion. "
"" I'm sorry to hear that. What explosion was it? I haven't heard anything about it happening? " he condoled, putting his hand on hers by her plate.
" It wasn't anything near here, I'd doubt it be heard about in the city. "
" But if people were killed it be all over the news. "
" Not where I'm from it won't. "
" Oh. Wait, you weren't in a cult, were you? "
" What? No! It's that where I'm from is very very far away from here and was dangerous. " she answered getting upset and taking her hand out of his.
" I'm sorry. I didn't mean to assume that, it just sounded like something a cult would do that's all. " he amended quickly not wanting to upset her any further.
Taking a breath to calm herself a little, she decided to lie, " It was a mining accident. "
" A mining accident? "
" Yeah. " and she wouldn't say anything more, so they continued with their dinner.
Later, they walked around the park a bit and then back to CC. As the gate opened to let F. Mai in, Sharpener leaned in to kiss her, but at the last second, she turned her head and he kissed her cheek. She smiled apologically at him when he pulled back to look at her, he returned it with one of his own, but she could see that it was slightly tense, which she could understand. During a few of their make-outs he tried to go further, but whenever she felt it getting that way, she'd stop him, and they would then sit on the couch and watch a movie. And a few times she's do like she just did and turn away from his kiss. She did like him, but not enough to sleep with him, at least not yet anyway.
" Well, goodnight. " She said quickly after an awkward silence, walking quickly through the gate and up to the front door, as she opened the door, she could hear someone shouting, it wasn't Bulma and Vegeta, she knew their shouting matches, this was a full on arguing, but only one sided, it sounded like F. Trunks, or Tank as he was being called now.
Following the shouts, she found him and his girlfriend, a girl he had met not too long after Sharpener had come over with that package for Bulma. F. Mai had met her only a handful of times and she seemed nice enough, but it appeared that something had happened, bad enough for Tank to shout at her. They were in the living room, another man was there, one she didn't recognize and was going to have a word with whoever let him in at front desk. He was also half dressed along with Tank's girlfriend, well apparently ex-girlfriend now, who she wants to punch for betraying him like this.
( minor cussing fair warning )
" Well your one to talk Tank! I've seen how you look at that bitch at the security desk! " the girl shouted back.
The man just stood there looking between the two and was the only one to see F. Mai.
" I don't look at her any different then I do you and don't call Mai a bitch! You're the one that was fixing to fuck some bucktoothed toothpick hillbilly! " Tank shouted.
" Hey! I ain't bucktoothed! " the man intervened, getting upset about being called that and a toothpick! He was muscular himself, but not like the guy shouting at his girl, who apparently was playing them both.
" Oh like you haven't fucked that cunt! " she shouted back.
" Excuse me! " F. Mai shouted this time, drawing the other 2's attention to her. " I think you both need to leave. " she ordered, starring them down.
" I ain't going nowhere you little whore! "
" You shouldn't have said that. " Tank said, rubbing the side of his face and standing back further away from his now ex.
" Oh a little whore am I? Who's the one sneaking around with two guys? I know for a fact it's not me. And since you're the only other woman in this room… " F. Mai taunted.
" Oh just your mouth you little…" she charged at her, but F. Mai stepped to the side, letting her fall forward and hit the table behind her, splitting her forehead open on the sharp corner, seeing the blood only seemed to anger her further as she turned and tried again, but F. Mai punched her dead in the face, not enough to knock her out, but enough to get the point across.
" Hey! " Hillbilly boy exclaimed as he went help the girl, but Tank blocked his path, he gulped and stayed put.
" I suggest you get your shirt and leave. And I better not catch you around here again. Or her for that matter. Got it? " Tank said, crossing his arms over his chest, muscles flexing, scaring the other male, who quickly did as he said and left.
" Are you done yet? " F. Mai asked when the girl grabbed her nose to stop the bleeding.
The girl made to get up again, but the look F. Mai gave her stopped her in her tracks, " You better leave while your still able to. Because if you come at me again, you'll wake up in the hospital. "
The girl was angry, embarrassed at being bested, and scared shitless grabbing her clothes and purse and left in a huff. It was a good 20 or so minutes before either her or Tank talked.
Tank sat down on the other couch and contemplated weather or not to incinerate the couch he caught his now ex-girlfriend and that hillbilly guy on just a while ago.
" So, how was your night? " he asked tiredly, not physically, but mentally as he rubbed his head, she came to seat next to him, rubbing his back in support.
" Better than yours. Though Sharpener did think I was in a cult when I mentioned my friends dying, I covered it by saying it was a mining accident and leaving it at that. " she laughed as she saw a smile on his face at the cult comment.
" And what made him think that? " he asked, looking at her.
" When the ' accident ' wasn't reported. "
" Ah. "
" What happened here? " she asked.
" Well, I was helping mother in the lab when her assistant called down and said that Shelly was here and that she had a friend with her. She also seemed a little hesitant to say anything more, so I thanked her and told mother that I'd go see what Shelly wanted. So, image my shock when I came in here as this is the only place I allowed her to be at, at least until I could trust her enough to be anywhere else, her ' friend ' and her were on the couch, making out and were nearly in the process of fucking each other! We'd been arguing until you came in. " he answered.
" You going to incinerate that couch? " she asked.
" Thought about it….ahh what the hell. " he replied, raised his hand and in a flash the couch was gone, not even a pile of ash was left of it.
" Better? "
" Much. Ice cream? "
" Sure. Lead the way. " She smiled, getting up and followed him to the kitchen.
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