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Last time: "Geez Marron, she didn't even have a chance! Way to go!" Goten exclaimed, throwing his hands in the air to add effect. In his current state of blind happiness he jumped up and ran to Marron and gave her the biggest bear hug he had ever given in his life to show his appreciation toward her. Unfortunately though, he had underestimated the tightness in his hug, therefore causing poor Marron to go blue in the face from the lack of air.

~*~ A few hours later ~*~

"You know, I haven't had that much fun in such a long time...and getting to see Goten again; today was one of the best days of my life." Marron announced as she unlocked the large wooden door to their living quarters, with Tenoko standing behind her.



"Yeah, today was one of those days that I'll defiantly never forget either." The fire hared girl proclaimed, following closely behind her sapphire eyed friend into the darkened living room as to not bump into anything they might have left lying around when they were rushing earlier. The sound of thumping came to Tenoko's sensitive ears, while Marron patted the wall in search for the light switch that was cleverly hidden from their sight.



"Perhaps the light is one of those that turns on when you clap your hands because I really don't remember turning off the lights, do you?" Tenoko suggested, after not being able to see any sign of a light switch with her highly advanced night vision. She immediately took the lead by clapping her hands twice; still they were left in darkness, which seemed to get thicker by the second.



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Buried deep as you can dig inside yourself,

and covered with a perfect shell,

such a charming beautiful exterior.

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"No, I didn't turn off the lights when we left. I remember leaving them on...Tenoko, do you suppose-" Marron started to say but was instantaneously silenced by the quick movement of the fire-goddess's hand that rose to signify the universal meaning for halt. Tenoko was no longer at ease; she sensed another being besides Marron near by, but was unable to tell who it was by simple chi reading because the being purposely suppressed it. Within the blink of an eye Tenoko teleported out of Marrons eyesight to where she evaluated was directly behind the being that had intruded their living quarters. There he hid; enclosed by the ever consuming dark inkiness the shadow of a shadow had to offer, but no matter how dark it was; Tenoko's piercing gaze was boundless, able to see in every single nook that would go unnoticed by normal sight. She saw clearly who the culprit was, and was a bit taken back by his presence in such a secluded area that the tiny room had to offer, considering that they were both inside the small enclosure known as a closet. She decided to take advantage of the fact that the situation had stacked in her favor, so she melted herself into the wall, still being unperceived by the offender and slowly made her way to his side while still being one with the wall. The fiery hared girl then slowly let her arms snake their way around the torso that belonged to the aggressor; quickly constricting him against the wall that she was hiding in, while the only things seizing him against the wall were her own two arms. The offender gasped in surprise, but did nothing else because his air was slowly being leached from him by the compressing action that Tenoko's arms performed instinctively. Tenoko, seeing that she could not be in two places at once while having only one body, split herself in two. Her first self fastened him tightly against the wall while still being in it and her other self approached the unsuspecting aggressor as he writhed against the force of her other self's arms. Tenoko smirked evilly down at the masculine figure when she noticed the tinge of blue on his face, caused my the realization that it was two arms holding him against the wall; two arms that the wall sprouted out of no where! The look that grazed the offender's face was enough to make Tenoko laugh diabolically (and she did); painted upon the intruder's face was the look that only comes upon one's face when they've seen the un-dead or a ghostly figure. His face was cadaverous in appearance; drained of the blood in his face making him seem gray and lifeless, with the exception of the blue color on the bridge of his nose and the encircling area. Upon seeing that the intruder was no cause for concern, now that he had been discovered and caught, Tenoko turned on the closet's light to further enjoy the look of horror on the culprit's face. (A/N: Cadaverous: Of or like a cadaver; esp., pale, ghastly, or gaunt and haggard.)



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Well, this is one time Yeah this is one time

that you can't fake it hard enough to please everyone or anyone at all. Or anyone at all



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"Hey, Marron, It looks like I've caught a spy in our closet." The fiery hared girl announced, as Marron quickly approached the scene upon hearing her call. The blond Saiyijin promptly arrived at the spectacle and gasped at what she saw rather than whom she saw and grabbed on to the wall to keep herself from fainting from the lack for blood in her brain. Tenoko oddly eyed her dizzy companion, simultaneously noticing her unstable deportment, not comprehending why she would have such an abrupt reaction. Marron pointed a tremulous finger at the two arms that seemed to sprout from the wall and hold the Prince in place, after she noticed the confused look her fire hared friend sent her. (A/N: Tremulous: Trembling; quivering.)

"Oh, I see..." Tenoko stated, disappearing from the Prince and Marron's eyesight, while she rejoined her other self who was still inside the wall, with the exception of the two visible appendages which were her arms. She then let her legs wrap around Trunks's waist, while also going through the wall, in a fashion that is often seen when given a piggyback ride. As to not scare Marron too much she also let her chin rest upon the lavender tressed Prince's shoulder, exposing her face and hair completely; the only part of her that was still within the wall was her butt, lower abdomen, tail, and the small of her back. Coinstantaneously seeing this Marron could no longer control herself and let out a bloodletting scream right before she gave into the comforting inky blackness of unconsciousness. Trunks, noticing a lock of fire-red hair out of the corner of his eye, knew exactly who was the one who had make his skin crawl in fear, Tenoko. He bolted up from his sitting position with the fire hared girl still on him, but no longer hidden in the wall, and ran as fast as he could, jumping over the fainted form of Marron. He ran all the way out of the living quarters; down the hall that led strait to his room, while still being unaware of the extra weight provided by Tenoko who was still latched on to him tightly. When he finally did notice her on him it was because of the fact that she started bopping him on the head forcefully while shouting obscenities at him about breaking in to her room. (A/N: Bloodletting: The opening of a vein to remove blood. Coinstantaneous: Syn.--simultaneous)



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And the grave that you refuse to leave

the refuge that you've built to flee

the places you have come to fear the most. It's the places you have come to fear the most.

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"HOW DARE YOU SPY ON ME! YOU DESERVE GETTING THE CRAP SCARED OUT OF YOU, UGH!" Tenoko shouted at the running Prince, then slammed her fist on the top of his head hard, gaining an "Ouch" from the Prince who slowed his pace and eventually stopped so that she could get off him.

"Well aren't you going to say something!? What the hell were you doing in my room!?" Tenoko said loudly when she saw that Trunks started to walk away. Then without turning around to address her, he spoke.



"Tomorrow. After breakfast. You, me, gravity room. If you don't show up I'll send Goten to drag you there." He said with authority dripping form his every word; then started walking again, ignoring the fuming redhead.



"I'll be there, and I sware I'll beat the living crap out of you." Tenoko said through clenched teeth in a low dark voice which penetrated the dimly lit halls of the palace and resounded in an echo. The fire headed beauty let the Prince go easily; she figured that she would get the chance to kick his butt tomorrow in their sparring match, and that would do so much more than just ease her anger. This rare opportunity would give her the chance to prove herself as more than just Trunk's equal; it would give her mother credit for training her and therefore make her cyan hared mother proud...besides, being able to put a dent on the Prince's ego was a plus in Tenoko's book. Tenoko slowly turned away from the slowly disappearing form of the Prince and turned to face the way back to her room, and to a fainted Marron. She walked leisurely, wanting to take in the admirable architecture of the halls of the castle; she slowly ran her fingers along one of the halls many walls tracing every carved design her fingers could reach. The wall's themselves were solid silver; it looked as if the whole wing, which belonged to the Prince, was carved out of one whole immense block of silver, and still upon that were sumptuous designs of various battles which Vegeta-sei had gone through victoriously propitious. Tenoko made it to her room in about 10 minutes of laggard walking; she walked through her wide open front door and made her way into her still dark room, with the exception of the closet light on. She continued on, going deeper inside her living quarters to go assist her unconscious friend, Marron, only to find that she was not where she last was when she fell to the floor. The cherry- red eyebrows of the fire headed beauty furrowed in agitation as to where her friend could be; no chi's were in the room except hers; she felt something gently grace her shoulder turned her head around violently so see what it was. She instantaneously fell into her own original fighting stance when she couldn't make out who or what had touched her; unable to see any sign of any living being other than herself, she instinctively got into defensive mode; ready to jump and attack at any provocation, big or small. Her eyes narrowed and darted around the room in search of her soon to be punching bag; after a few seconds of screaming silence she crouched lower to the ground, while still keeping her fighting stance; ready, always ready.



"BOO!" Goten shouted, at the same time slamming both of his hands down on her shoulders gently, as to not hurt her...just scare her. Tenoko jumped in alarm and intuitively completed a round house kick right on Goten's jaw, which sent him soaring across the room and through the wall which separated the girl's bedroom from their outside bath.



"What the hell do you think you're doing Goten!?!?!" Tenoko shouted at the raven hared guy from her position inside the room/apartment while he cradled the right side of his face with one of his hands while still sitting on the dew wet grass were he landed after busting through the wall. Which was caused by the force behind the fire headed beauty's attack to his face.



"Man! Did you have to kick me so hard!? I just came to tell you that Marron will be back from the nurse's office in about half an hour...jeez girl, you sure do pack the heavy artillery under that harmless face of yours ." Goten finished, rubbing the bruise that began to form on the side of his face while he stood and began walking towards an irked half Jurian (possibly half Saiyijin). How could he tell that she was irked? Well, the fur on her tail was standing on end was one dead give away, and the fact that her breathing was sporadic and uneven supported the idea even more. Taking one deep breath in to calm the adrenaline rush, Tenoko walked towards the kitchen in her living quarters with a hurting royal guard trailing slowly behind. With one fluent motion of her hand she silently told her hurting friend to take a seat, and he did; while he sat he looked on to the fire- red hared girl walking back and forth and the finally to him with something in her hand.



"Here, it will keep it from swelling." Tenoko stated as she handed the teary-eyed guard a towelette with ice inside to put on his wound.



"Thanks, but I better get going, I have to report to the Trunks in a few minutes...I'll give you the towelette later, is that ok?" Goten asked, not wanting to cross another invisible boundary that the fiery girl had set for the people she was friends with, and punished them severely for crossing them.



"Keep it, I have plenty."



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I silently walked on, without looking back over my shoulder to see who was making such a carelessly loud racket inside their own living quarters. It's roughly about two and a half-hours past midnight, and instead of being tucked safe in bed, I'm wondering around haphazardly through the halls of the Prince's wing of the castle. I woke up an hour ago in the nurse's office to be greeted warmly by my childhood friend, Goten, and his perfectly flawless grin as he walked away from me, announcing that he would tell Tenoko that I would be arriving at our living quarters in a while. Well, let me just say that it has been more than just a while...I've been lost in these halls for almost an hour now. I could easily find my way through these proverbial halls during the day, but at night they seem to take on a life of their own; twisting here, swirling there...and everything in the castle seems to fade in an eerie fog, as if the castle were exposed to the night air. 'Spooky...' Is the one word that my mind comes up with to describe the situation and creepy setting. Just as I decide to give up hope, a glimmer of light appears in the form of a familiar sight. A mural crafted into the compact hall of solid silver that adorns the hallway that leads directly to the Prince's bedroom, or in my case, leads me to my own room. I happily prance to my apartment's door and open it as quietly as possible. I don't expect Tenoko to have stayed up while waiting for me to come home, so my plans for the night are simple: change out of tight clothes, brush teeth, and sleep. As predicted, Tenoko is fast asleep on her bed that sits four feet away from mine; steady slow relaxed breathing indicates that she has been asleep for a while now; did I take that long? I shrug in response to my own question; I noiselessly change out of my partying clothes and into some comfy soft pajamas, then walk in to the indoor bathroom to brush my teeth.

'HOLD ON! What the Hell!?' My mind shouts at me as I do a double take to make sure my eyes weren't playing tricks on me, distracting me from my mission to brush my teeth and go to sleep. There as plain as day shown the stars in the night sky, casting a nice soft glow in the room-THROUGH A GIGANTIC HOLE IN THE WALL! I must have stood there for a whole ten seconds, gaping at the colossal damage that must have been the result of an indoor fight or something, oh well, I'll just get Tenoko to explain it to me in the morning. I guess I need to ask her to tell me the reason why she considers herself a demon too, I mean...I don't want to pressure her or anything, its just that if she's going to pull off a stunt like she did earlier, I need a little notice and a good detailed explanation as to what her abilities are. What I'm saying is, gosh...If she is a demon then I'd like to have some information about what she can do, so that I don't freak out like I did earlier.



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Buried deep as you can dig inside yourself,

and hidden in the public eye.

Such a stellar monument to loneliness.

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The screaming silent sounds of tears gushing out of one's eyes and cascading freely down one's face and slamming on to cold soundless abyss encircles the air around me. With every choking breath inhaled by the unknown being I felt my insides cringe in hurt, tightening with sorrow, pain, and an unspeakable anger which burned deeply within myself.

'But how can that be? I'm alone...all alone in this dark room or whatever it is.'

All of the sudden the sounds of sobbing got louder, as if drawing closer to me, I voice out my inquiry, hoping to get the attention of whoever is crying so bitterly.

"Who's there!?" I ask in a semi loud voice, my emotions dancing upon the words that I had just uttered. Why? Why is it that I find myself unable to hide what I feel? I always accomplish to hide my real self, no matter the magnitude of the situation or uproarious emotions that surge in my veins, threatening to explode my very being. All of the sudden a flash of light exposes the person who I've been hearing weep vitriolic tears, and for a whole minute I can do nothing but stare as my heart completely stops beating while my breathing ceases in mid breath. I blink back the tears that are impending to fall as I slowly approach the crumpled being who is rolled up in a little tight ball; knees against the floor with her face in her tear moisten hands. I gently reach out to her and she looks up at me, finally noticing my presence; my jade green eyes clash against her golden yellow ones as we silently stare at each other's souls. I run the rest of the way toward my emotionally beaten mother, but with every leap I take her silhouette seems to go farther instead drawing closer. I try to call out to her, but I find that my voice isn't working and all I can do is open and close my mouth with no sound coming from it. I clamp my fist tightly in frustration at the fact that I can't console my mother because of our distance and I can't say anything to her because my voice is nonexistent; my tears fall from their refuge, their hiding place, as I find my mother's feelings becoming my own. I stretch my arm as far as it can go, trying to touch her, but no matter how much I struggle I'm unable to reach her, even as she tries to reach me too. Then without warning, my father's form appears between us. He slowly kneels down by my mother and caresses her cheek lovingly; I can't help but feel anger towards him for taking my place as her comforter. When he removes his hand from her cheek to gently trace her collarbone I find a deep ugly bruise that had not been there before he arrived. I can clearly feel my face contort in rage as my eyebrows furrow deeply between my teary eyes. I scream for him to get his filthy hands off my mom but nothing comes out of my vocal cords; I cry forcefully in fury at not being able to stop him. He then kisses her forcefully, but my mother takes it willingly, not knowing the damage left in his wake. I gather all of my power and force myself to run faster towards them and when I finally begin to gain some closure between us thick chains spring forth from the ground and cuff me firmly to the black flooring. I pound against the blackness hard, so much so that my knuckles turn purple. I can no longer restrain my emotions when I notice that the flash of light that had revealed my mother disappeared, letting the thick inky darkness consume everything again. Tears cascade in large amounts from my eyes and onto the cold black floor as I struggle against the chains that are restraining me from my mother. I scream and shout but no matter what, my voice is gone without return. My adrenaline is so strong right now that I can no longer hear anything but my silent outcry and my own heart beat pounding in my ears. For the moments that seemed like eternity's I fought long and hard, screaming my noiseless protest until I couldn't take it anymore. I have to force that flash of light to come back, I want to see my mother no matter what her condition, I just have to know that she'll be ok.

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Laced with brilliant smiles and shining eyes

and perfect makeup but you're barely scraping by. Yeah you're barely scraping by.

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Some one must have seen me in my helpless vulnerable state and felt compassion towards me because just as I was going to give up and self- destruct to end my pain and suffering a spotlight of sort came back on and destroyed the heavy shadows covering my mother. What I saw was not what I expected at all; my mother was bleeding and beaten mercilessly. A tiny stream of her red vital juice ran down her pale yellow bruised cheek from her mouth as my mother's eyes were pealed wide open while endless rivers of tears flowed from them. I crawl to her, unable to find enough strength to walk; she's no longer breathing and I'm afraid of the worse; shattered a few feet away sits her last jewel in a blood like mess. I slowly sit her up and hold my precious mother to my chest as I cry acidulously into her once cyan colored hair which is now stained with her own body fluids which is seeping through every hair follicle where my face is buried. I screech my intensely incredible pain, and finally my voice is heard.



"NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"



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(shouted) AND YOU CAN'T FAKE IT HARD ENOUGH TO PLEASE EVERYONE OR ANYONE AT ALL OR ANYONE AT ALL AND THE GRAVE THAT YOU REFUSE TO LEAVE THE REFUGE YOU'VE BUILT TO FLEE THE PLACES YOU HAVE COME TO FEAR THE MOST IT'S THE PLACES YOU HAVE COME TO FEAR THE MOST

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"NNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Tenoko screeched with all of her might, waking Marron up from her sound sleep as she rubbed her eyes free of the blur that obstructed her sight. Marron walked the short distance between her bed and the one where her fire hared friend was currently thrashing around in while screaming so hard that her face was red and wet from crying. The blond sapphire eyed girl's face adopted a worry look when she saw her friend's struggle while hearing her agonal cry for what seemed like a great loss. Marron gingerly took a seat by her hallucinating fire hared roommate and gently soothed her by stroking her upper arm in an attempt to wake her up from her nightmare.



"Tenoko, it's me...your having a nightmare...wake up." Marron said in a normal tone of voice while still trying to coax her to wake up by rubbing her arm.



"Open your eyes mom...OPEN THEM! PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME...mother, please, just open your eyes...MOTHER!" Tenoko said between choking sobs and erratic breathing, every so often pausing to take short superficial breaths to continue her attempt to wake up her dead mother in her nightmare.



"TENOKO! WAKE UP!" Marron shouted as she violently shook her friend back into the real world by hoisting her up into a sitting position by grabbing her by the shoulders as she shook her back and forth until the jade-eyed girl opened her tear streaming eyes. It took about a few seconds for Tenoko to completely rationalize that what had just happened was a nightmare and that she was still on a different planet, away from her mother.



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Buried deep as you can dig inside yourself,

and covered with a perfect shell,

such a charming beautiful exterior.

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"It was just a bad dream Tenoko, you're ok now, safe on Vegeta-sei." Marron said in a soft caring tone while pulling her trembling unstable friend into a tight embrace to show her that nothing would hurt her now that she was awake. Tenoko returned the gesture and held on to her strongly, trying to calm herself and hold back the tears that were battling their way out of her eyes; but they came down forcefully as she tried to hide her shame by burying her face in to her friend's open shoulder. Marron was slightly taken off guard, but she quickly recovered by gently rocking back and forth while rubbing Tenoko's back like a mother would comfort a crying scared child as the spiky redhead shook like a leaf from the intensity of her crying.

"Everything's ok now, sshhhh, don't cry...you were just having a nightmare, but it's over now." Marron stated; trying her best to condole her sobbing friend whom just seemed to cry with more ferocity. 'I wonder what in the world could make Tenoko's spirit this broken? I'm sure that whatever it was, it had to be extremely realistic for her to be crying this freely.'



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Well, this is one time Yeah this is one time

that you can't fake it hard enough to please everyone or anyone at all. Or anyone at all

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I ran forcefully against the wind, crushing the various flowers that stood in my way as my best friend chased me all over the Juraian gardens within the palace grounds. I was met with the breathtaking enormity of the endless fields of colorful plants and flowers that over grew the waves of largely round hills. As I look down at myself I notice that I'm shorter and much younger that I recall, probably around six years old or so; I look over my shoulder to see my raven hared companion I notice that he too is shorter and younger than I remember. I go on, running faster when I feel Goten's presence coming closer to me...then out of the blue I crash into a gigantic brick wall and fall backwards flat on my back from the force of impact. A soft chuckle gracefully tickles my delicate hearing as I simply look up from my laying down position as the outline of a beautiful woman's face loomingly obstructs my view of the blue marshmallow-cloud filled sky. Two locks of cyan colored hair swayed lightly on either sides of my face as the crisp scented breeze blew from a northerly direction. Her eyes were the most penetrating honeyed golden-yellow one's I've ever seen as her eyes locked with my clear blue-lagoon ones. A small gentle smile formed upon her delicate looking features as she carefully stroked my cheek in a way that only my mother had ever done. After seeing that I was still looking at her with a curiously probing look she decided to speak.



"Are you alright little man?" She said in a sugarcoated voice that made me hang on to her words as long as I could, almost as if I feared that she would disappear in any moment. I immediately decided that I liked this person, regardless of whom she might be. I nodded my head in response to her question, unable to find my voice at the moment. The cyan hared woman then slipped both of her hands on either one of my sides as she tenderly picked me up from my laying position upon the grass to a standing position in front of her as she dusted me off. It was then that my spiky hared friend decided to arrive, running to me in a hurry to make sure that the woman that was with me wasn't a threat.



"Are you ok my Prince?" Goten asked in a tone that said that he already knew the answer to his own question.



"I'm fine. What's your name miss?" I ask the woman who looked Saiyijin enough, except for what she wore and the coloring of her eyes, hair, and tail. Her lips move accordingly but for some reason no words come from her. A baffled look takes over my childlike features as I look at her strangely...perhaps I should ask her again.



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And the grave that you refuse to leave

the refuge that you've built to flee

the places you have come to fear the most. It's the places you have come to fear the most.

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"Can you say it again, I could-" Suddenly the sky all around turns into a starless cold black as the wind turns into an icy cold nipping current of ice crystals. The woman shoves Goten and I behind her as she shields us from a chi blast that I didn't detect at all. She takes the blow with minor effort, blocking us from the impact with crossed arms placed before her. I look up from behind the woman's form to see who had dared to challenge this obviously good caring woman; who ever did, I sware they'll pay with their pathetic life. A strange abomination of a lizard looking alien fills the majority of the endless black sky with his demonic smirk and viciously poisoned gaze that makes my insides freeze with an unmanageable chill which overtakes the look on my face. His power is completely immeasurable that it boggles me, not even my super-Saiyijin form can measure up to his metallic armored body's powerful aura. I force my ice-cold impassive mask to smolder my surprised and overwhelmed look that my face had adopted without my conscious permission. Goten stands there; stupefied by the abhorrence of a lizard's power accompanied by his menacing overshadowing form which filled the sky in an impossible way as the atrocious creature venomously cackled an evilly mocking laughter as he glowered daggers at us through his acrid laced voice. The woman instantaneously materializes into a battle uniform that reminds me a lot of Tenoko's except instead of the blue contrasting the black, the color red stands brightly in it's place. An incandescent sword appears in the woman's black uniformed covered hand as she closes it into a fist, securing her orangy-red glowing light saber ready to slash it against the evil creature's face that illuminated the blackened sky. A primitive war cry comes forth the woman's vocal cords as she forcefully explodes into full flight, positioning her sword for a deathblow upon the creature's ugly features. Next thing I know, I begin to see the whole picture through the beautiful woman's honey eyes, as her feelings become my own. An overwhelming hatred for the disgusting lizard flares up within myself as the woman draws upon the creature's face a delightfully deep gash with the use of her colorful incandescent saber; abnormal tinted blood flows forth from the profound wound upon the abominable lizard's features. A shout of a joyful cheer ruptured from my tiny raven hared friend who stood beside me, throwing his hands up as he jumped in the excitement of a beautifully placed attack; although I think we both know that such a strike would probably not affect the opposing force. -Heheh, what do you know, I'm right. The feeling of defeat starts to grow inside of me as the feelings of the cyan hared woman are still my own. I, through the honey colored eyes of the warrior, take acknowledgment of the gash that had once been big, deep, and bloodied purple is now healing it's self to the point where there is currently nothing there but a small stain of dried blood. (A/N: Incandescent: glowing with intense heat; red-hot; -Syn: radiant, glowing, brilliant, intense; bright. -Saber: A heavy cavalry sword with a slightly curved blade. Syn: Sword; fencing.)

"Did you really think that such a simple attack would affect me?" The awful lizard like alien asked as blood lust danced upon every death-rich word uttered, making me fear for the fate of the kind woman. The cyan brows of the woman furrowed deeply between her golden fired eyes that stood glittered with the anxiety of the moment; hands clamping shut to form fist of frustration as her jaw mimicked the action as well.

"FOOLISH WOMAN!" The abomination of all creation shouted right before his hand reached for the flowerlike woman who had shown me kindness that only a mother could, clasping her tightly in his impenetrable grip. Her shouts of painful protest pounded and pumped inside my ears, as my whole being trembled in suffocating pain, her feelings still emittingly connected with me.



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(shouted) AND YOU CAN'T FAKE IT HARD ENOUGH TO PLEASE EVERYONE OR ANYONE AT ALL OR ANYONE AT ALL AND THE GRAVE THAT YOU REFUSE TO LEAVE THE REFUGE YOU'VE BUILT TO FLEE THE PLACES YOU HAVE COME TO FEAR THE MOST IT'S THE PLACES YOU HAVE COME TO FEAR THE MOST

******



I forcefully sat up in bed, ears still pounding with the ever-present sound of my own heart beating inside myself. Was that all a dream? It seem disturbingly too realistic for it to just be a nightmare, and that woman...I 'm pretty sure I've never seen her before in real life. I slowly get up, making sure to not trip over anything that I might have left lying around as I make my way to the bathroom that is connected to my room to wash away the bad memories from my sleep filled eyes.

"What a night, first Tenoko and her strange need to scare the crap out of me and now nightmares of people I've never seen." I mumble to my self as I turn on the faucet to the sink as I lower my face to splash cold water upon it. I sure do hope Goten is having as good a time as I am... that lucky baka. (Baka: Japanese for idiot or stupid...but in this case idiot.)



~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Original POV~*~*~*~*~*~*~



******

Buried deep as you can dig inside yourself,

and covered with a perfect shell,

such a charming beautiful exterior.

******



"Thanks Marron...sorry I woke you up." Tenoko whispered into her friend's ear as she felt her breathing coming back normally.



"It's ok, we all have nightmares once in a while." Marron soothed as her spring green-eyed friend departed from her tear moisten shoulder which she had been crying on for almost an hour now.



******

Well, this is one time Yeah this is one time

that you can't fake it hard enough to please everyone or anyone at all. Or anyone at all

******



"No, that wasn't a nightmare...I know this is going to sound strange Marron, but...I've got to go to find my mother, she needs me right now...I just know it! I've got to leave this planet tonight, my mom can be in danger!" The redhead proclaimed, standing from her bed to emphasize her last statement.



"But, who knows where she could be Tenoko, and besides...you could get in a lot of trouble if you leave the planet, they'll hunt you down and drag you back here and probably watch over you like a criminal. Do you want that? Anyway, how do you plan on getting off of this planet, huh? It's impossible for one of us to get a spaceship off of here...everyone knows that we are candidates for becoming Queen, that means that no one will help us get off of the planet." Marron said, hoping that she could voice some reason into Tenoko's determined form as she noticed the fire headed girl going about the room and packing her belongings into her various duffle bags. Through the darkness Tenoko smirked triumphantly at her worried sapphire-eyed friend who sat there and rambled on and on about how it would be impossible to escape successfully off of the planet.



"You've got a point Marron, but luckily for me I've got a secret weapon that will work without a doubt." Tenoko announced, pausing from her clothes packing to show her doubtful golden hared friend exactly what she meant. "Look..." The spiky hared redhead instructed as she kneeled in front of her friend who was still sitting on her bed. Tenoko slowly pulled out a furry ball of a light brown mass of cute-ness out of nowhere and placed it on her friend's open palmed hands.



"What is this Tenoko? A big ball of lint isn't going to get us anywhere." Marron stated; baffled at the strange ball of fluff that her overly optimistic jade-eyed roommate had placed in her hands. Then, as if on cue, the warm ball of fur's eyes opened to reveal glistening lime green eyes that sparkled with the starlight that reflected upon them.



"Meeooowww." The ball of fur yawned sleepily with unintentional cute-ness.



"Oooooooooo! HOW ADORABLE!" Marron cooed in a delightful squeal. "But Tenoko, no matter how cute this little kitty...or whatever it is, it is not going to help get off of this planet." Marron added, while petting the creature with admiration.



******

And the grave that you refuse to leave

the refuge that you've built to flee

the places you have come to fear the most. It's the places you have come to fear the most.

******



"That's where your wrong, see Ten-o-oki is actually a spaceship, and she will get me off of this planet, oh and she's a cabbit." Tenoko explained, caressing the kitten rabbit crossed creature behind its overly large ears. Marron instantaneously stopped petting the little cabbit and held Tenoko's hand in her own as she locked her blue gem eyes against the jade gem eyes of her fire hared friend's as she gazed in to them, searching deeply for something buried profoundly with in them. (A/N: Worry not, this is not a Tenoko/Marron paring, this is just to show how deep this female friendship is.)



"Tenoko...your really going to go through with this aren't you? We might never see each other again if you leave...are you sure about this?" Marron asked, keeping her sapphire eyes knotted with emerald green ones.



******

Buried deep as you can dig inside yourself,

and hidden in the public eye.

Such a stellar monument to loneliness.

******



"I'm as sure as I'll ever be." Tenoko answered in the most sincere tone she possessed and had only used when speaking to her grandmother and mother. Marron searched her eyes in the darkness of the night filled room, finally finding what she was looking for as she pulled the only female friend she had in to a loving hug; Tenoko returning the gesture that had only been completed with her close family.

"Marron, you're the most wonderful best friend I've ever had, not to mention the only one. I'll miss you a lot. Its really hard for me to say what I'm about to...considering that I've only known you for a day, but in this one day...you were able to melt away the cold mask that I often wear when I'm with others. You were able to see me for who I am, and not the façade that surrounds the walls of my heart. You comforted me when I most needed it; you put your Saiyijin pride aside for me when I was at my lowest. I've never told anyone this before not counting the ones who raised me...Marron, in this one day you've shown me more compassion and kindness than any other person has in my entire life and I...I...I love you." Tenoko murmured quietly into her blond companion's ear, meaning for what she just said to be for her best friend's ears alone. She had never said that to anyone other that her grandmother and mother, they were the only two who truly loved her and cared for her well being. A young space-pirate was hated by everyone; considered criminals in the eyes of the public, and Tenoko was not only a young space pirate, but also the daughter of the most notorious space pirate in the universe and that fact added on the public's wariness and fear towards her. But Marron was able to look pass that and see her for the person she really was, and that was worth a lot in the eye's of Tenoko. An act like that was worthy of her love, considering the great pride of the Saiyijins that Marron was also able to put aside for her, a space pirate; a criminal.



******

Laced with brilliant smiles and shining eyes

and perfect makeup but you're barely scraping by. Yeah you're barely scraping by.

******



"Tenoko...you are also the most greatest best friend I've ever had or will ever have. Because of that...I just can't let you leave me...I'm coming with you...I won't let rules get between us, I'll never find someone like you who would look at me with the compassion that only my parents have shown me. I was one of the meanest of Saiyijin females who was barely scraping by, I had no friends, and everyone needs friends. Earlier today when I was being assaulted by that Saiyijin I thought it was the end of my innocence for me because none of the other Saiyijin girls would have the heart to help me out. But you came to my rescue when I didn't deserve anything from anybody, especially you, the First Crown Princess of Jurai, and for that I can only say thank-you for you kindness. I...I love you too, Tenoko." Marron whispered back into her best friend's ear, giving one last squeeze before she parted their tender embrace. The blond looked back at Tenoko who was currently wiping her eyes free of a few stray tears that had broken through their high security refuge as she smiled at her friend. Marron too, had a noticed that she had a nicely flowing stream of tears coming from her eyes and quickly wiped them away.



"No one has ever said that to me Marron...thank-you...ARGH! Enough of this mushy stuff, we better get all of our stuffed packed if we're to leave the planet tonight." Tenoko said, breaking the loving moment and turning it into a rush of clothing being thrown into suitcases and duffle bags as the both of them speedily packed every single bit of evidence that anyone was living in the large apartment.



~*~*~*~*~After everything was packed up~*~*~*~*~

"Alright, so all we have to do now is jump over that huge wall in the back yard right Marron?" Tenoko asked Marron in a mildly loud voice because the blond was currently inside the bathhouse getting anything that they could use for the journey like shampoo and stuff.



"Yeah, after we make the jump we're home free." Marron said, popping out of the bathhouse with a mountainous amount of bath stuff in her arms, so much so that the fire headed girl couldn't see her sapphire-eyed companion.



"Well, I'm ready are you?" The fire tailed girl asked, directing her question to her friend who had put her hair in two pigtails with two locks of hair coming forth from her temples along with her bangs.



"Yes...How about you Ten-o-oki?" Marron asked the little tuff of fur on the ground beside her who looked up in acknowledgment.



"Meooww!"



"Well then, get ready universe cause here we come!" Tenoko proclaimed loudly as she flew over the large obstructing wall that separated their backyard from the rest of the palace grounds with Ten-o-oki in her hands, Marron following closely behind. In one flick of the redhead's pajama clothed wrist she threw the little light brown cabbit into the starry night sky, making it transform from a cute little fur ball into a frighteningly large intimidating spaceship that looked a lot like Ryo-o-ki. Tenoko teleported herself and Marron into Ten-o-oki, quickly getting into the pilot's circular controls as she gave the command to take off, leaving the red planet known as Vegeta-sei with much appreciated ease.



'Well my pompous Prince of mine, I suppose our little sparing match will have to be postponed, hope you don't get too angry with me.' Tenoko thought as she piloted Ten-o-oki through the asteroid field that was currently encircling the beautiful red plant that they had just left behind them.



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(Shouted) AND YOU CAN'T FAKE IT HARD ENOUGH TO PLEASE EVERYONE OR ANYONE AT ALL OR ANYONE AT ALL AND THE GRAVE THAT YOU REFUSE TO LEAVE THE REFUGE YOU'VE BUILT TO FLEE THE PLACES YOU HAVE COME TO FEAR THE MOST IT'S THE PLACES YOU HAVE COME TO FEAR THE MOST

******



~*~*~*~*~*~*~Morning at the palace~*~*~*~*~*~



"Ah, morning...today is going to be a really good day for me, one of the best! And do you want to know why Goten?" Trunks said, stretching his arms high above his head; oblivious to the unknown departure that had taken place a few hours ago.



"Why?" Goten asked, slightly surprised that the Prince had wakened up in an amazingly good mood, considering that he was used to getting slippers thrown to his head whenever he woke the Prince up this early in the morning. The sun had just started to rise over the mountains on the east that stood right at the Prince's window view. Staining the mostly purplish black sky with tiny amounts of orange and pink where the sun would soon take the light colored hue's place when it finally peeped a tiny portion of it's radiance.



"Because, my good friend of mine, today is the day when I can finally put an end to Tenoko's little games and finally show her who's boss by beating her into a nice bloody mess...heheh, a nice bused bloody mess." The Prince announced in an overly joyous tone that would have sounded pleasant had it not been for the intention of the words. "Goten, get me my best dressed armor the one with the midnight blue cape; I want to look good for this occasion: The Day Tenoko Respects the Prince Because He Beat Manners Into Her."



"Isn't that a little long for a title?" Goten asked out loud instead of thinking it to himself as he brought the desired article of clothing for his overly cocky Prince.



"SO!?!? Don't ruin the moment for me Goten, you might mess up my good mood." Trunks commanded as he got dressed into his silver lined armor that also held the beautifully crafted in gold emblem of Vegeta-sei upon the left side of his chest, right above his heart. "Go wake up Tenoko and Marron, invite them to have breakfast with me; it's the polite thing to do before you beat someone into a bloody pulp." Trunks said in a light happy tone that just didn't sound right with the words that he accompanied it with. "Meet me in the dining room when your finished, I'll be there." Trunks added as his long time friend was about to go through the large silver doors which leaded into the hallway.



"Right, ok." Goten said in acknowledgment to the command given to him right before he walked out and gently closed the door as Trunks began to comb his fingers into his neck length hair to put it decently in place. The prince, after seeing that his hair was decently in place, walked out of his room and into the hall which led to the dining room, meeting an unwanted visitor in the process.



"Good morning Prince, did you sleep well?" The overly dressed snobby princess from yesterday asked in a voice so sweet that it prickled the ears of anyone whom was within an earshot of her. This was the same weakling of a brat who had asked him to defend her when Tenoko had threatened her during the welcoming lunch the day before.



'Oh well, at least she is polite.' The Prince thought, mentally grimacing at her sugary voice as he immediately decided to let his manners take over. If it weren't for Tenoko he wouldn't have to deal with such conflicting emotions...one side of him wanting to be mean to the princess before him and another side wanting to be the gentleman he had been brought up to be... well by his mother at least. "I slept mildly well, how about you, Princess?" Trunks said in a tone that he often used with others of royalty, everyone except Tenoko that is; she always managed to wake up the beast in him, a side of him that he only used when fighting, and now with her.



"I slept very well, I dreamed all night long."



"Oh really..." Trunks started, the curiosity of a cat winning him over. "And what did you dream about?" He asked, not expecting what was to come as he continued walking towards the dining room with her walking beside him. It was then that the over confidant princess latched herself on to his muscular arm and looked up to him with light blush tinted cheeks.



"I dreamt about our wedding day..." She said in a mildly shy voice as she looked at him with glittering lime green eyes.



'Green...almost like Tenoko's...WHAT THE HELL AM I THINKING!! EVERY TIME, NO MATTER WHO OR WHAT, SHE ALWAYS SEEMS TO GET INTO MY HEAD!! AARGH!' The lavender tailed prince's mind shouted at him at the realization that he was once again thinking of her...the girl that he was about to beat up, the fire hared goddess that seem to take the place of the flirty lime green eyed princess before him. The same girl who had sucked him into her seductively warm embrace the night before, right before he had to go off to the gravity room to get rid of some... unwanted stress.

'Get a grip! You're loosing it!! This is not Tenoko, so get over yourself and finish breakfast so that you can beat the living crap out of her so that she can finally leave your thoughts in peace.' Trunks's mind said to him as it coached in out of the current emotional distress he found himself in as all he could do is listen to the voice his mind had as the lime green eyed girl walked beside him with her arm still latched on his own.

"Excuse me, I'm sorry..." Trunks started to say as he gently unleashed the girl's fairly tight hold on his well muscled arm. "I must go now, I have some important engagements I must attend to at the moment." Trunks finished saying as he politely bowed before he left the lightly blushing princess in order to quicken his pace to the dining room to get breakfast over and done with so that he could get to the more important things, like freeing his thoughts of a certain redhead. He walked the remaining distance between himself and the dining room doors and now reached over to the overly large handle only to have the door open by no one else but Goten who at the moment had a pale look to his face.



"TRUNKS! Oh, erm, I mean Prince; What are you doing here so soon!? Heheh..." The raven hared guard said in a tone that was way too nervous to be likeable as he stumbled all over himself as he practically shoved the midnight blue capped prince back into the hallway.



"What's going on Goten? Where is the guest of honor?" Trunks said in a deep tone that conveyed seriousness and hidden feelings.



"Who!? Tenoko!? Well...Ummmm...She is..." Goten mumbled and stuttered, obviously nervous at what his prince's reaction might be to the little note the redhead had left for the lavender hared prince who was currently fuming in frustration of being without the information he so desperately needed.



"Spit. It. Out. Now." Trunks said in an octave lower than his normal tone, as he spit out every word with a powerful surge of anger behind each one, therefore putting them into their own sentence.



"Well it's like this...," Goten said right before he took in a deep breath in hope that it would be enough air to get him through what he needed to say. "TenokoAndMarronLeftThePalaceLastNightOnTenoko'sSpaceshipAndTheyTookEverythi ngInTheirBedroomSoI'mPrettySureThey'reNotComingBackForALongTime." Goten spat out quickly and then sucked in a deep breath of air as he awaited the prince's reaction.



"......" Trunks couldn't find any words at the moment as he just stood there and seethed in rage as his jaw clenched tightly along with his hands which were now formed into tight white fist. His head did a slight twitch two times in a row; that only occurred when he was extremely pissed, so much so that Goten feared that he was on the verge of blowing up the entire planet. The prince's once clear-eyed gaze turned blood shot red in pure animalistic rage which threatened to explode his very being if he didn't release it. The lavender hared prince stomped quickly past his scared guard and ripped open the enormous doors to the dining room, pulling them both off their hinges because of the force behind him as he carelessly threw them both into the hall with effortless ease. He stomped angrily towards a gigantic gong thing that hung on one of the walls of the dining room, all the while making cracks in the marble flooring because of the strength behind his stomping walk. He then dexterously picked up a large mallet that hung right beside the gong and swung it forcefully against the gong making a loud deep ring. Immediately servants seemed to appear out of no where and stood ready to carry out orders.

"Captain of Ships; Get my most stealthiest and fastest ship ready for departure within my calling! Head of Servants; Gather the belongings of my Personal Guard and I and load them into the Ship at once! Chief of Cooks; Get a month's worth of food prepared for the journey and have it put in the Ship's food storage unit! Lord of Threads; Gather all of the clothing my Guard and I will need and have it loaded in the ship, and get me my crimson red cape; for someone's blood will spill at my hands." The angered lavender hared Prince barked commands at a million miles a minute as hundreds of servants ran about following the harsh toned orders in fear of their lives that the enraged prince might take away if they weren't quick to follow his orders. The Lord of Threads immediately approached the Prince who currently held a slightly annoyed stance; both fists closed tightly as they rested on either side of his hips as his left foot tapped in an irked manner. The servant cautiously bowed in respect right before he began to unsnap the midnight blue cape which the angered prince currently wore and replaced it with the crimson red cape that he usually displayed upon himself when going to conquer a planet. After about two minutes Trunks, the Prince of Vegeta-sei, decided he had waited long enough.

"SOUND OFF!" He roughly commanded in an overly loud tone drenched in authority and power.



"CAPTAIN OF SHIPS REPORTING: SHIP IS READY AND IS 100% MANEUVERABLE, SIRE!"



"HEAD OF SERVANTS REPORTING: BELONGINGS OF YOUR HIGHNESS AND HIS PERSONAL GUARD IS PACKED AND LOADED, SIRE!"



"CHIEF OF COOKS REPORTING: MONTHS WORTH OF FOOD; MADE, STORED, AND LOADED, YOUR EXCELLENCY!"



"LORD OF THREADS REPORTING: CLOTHING OF YOUR MAJESTY AND HIS PERSONAL GUARD HAS BEEN GATHERED, PACKED, AND LOADED, YOUR HIGHNESS!"



"Very well done; My Guard and I will depart at once. Head of Servants, you are to inform his overseers five hours after we have gone that he and I are out looking for a couple of escapees. If word gets out before that time of our little expedition, someone's head will roll. IS THAT UNDERSTOOD?" Trunks asked in a loud powerful tone of voice. As soon as he had asked the question the whole room full of servants of various ranks cleared a path so that the prince could leave the dining room and exit towards the gardens where his ship awaited him. When they did this they all saluted him and yelled their answer in unison.



"UNDERSTOOD, SIRE! ALL HAIL PRINCE TRUNKS OF VEGETA-SEI; MAY YOU RETURN VICTORIOUSLY PROSPEROUS!"

Upon hearing their approval he befittingly walked down the pathway the servants had formed with his right hand man Goten following a step behind as they all saluted him in honor of his high stature as the prince. Both teenage boys wasted no time in saying a farewell speech and instead walked quickly through the royal gardens that were filled with beautiful assortments of flowers and up the rather steep ramp that led into the somewhat large black armored spaceship. Once inside the spaceship the two swiftly took their seats and buckled themselves in before the command to leave the planet of their birth was given.



"Yukinagi, Take off! Follow coordinates 1024-A through 1086-B. Look for an undetectable spaceship that has the components of an organic ship." Trunks commanded, and at once the living computer of the ship complied with the orders given to it. Within seconds the inky black spacecraft was out of the gravitational pull of the large red planet and passing the orbiting meteors of the planet.

"Activate artificial gravity." Trunks ordered when he took note of his planet, which looked like a ripe crimson cranberry from the current distance.



"Artificial gravity activated." The monotone robotic male voice of the ship's computer, Yukinagi, replied.



"How do you know that Tenoko's spaceship is organic?" Goten asked, deciding that Trunk wasn't as angry as he was earlier, making it safe to ask questions.



"How else do you suppose she was able to leave the planet undetected by the underground spacecraft detectors that the Commanding Officer installed after we got that surprise attack from the Acrillians? That machinery is supposed to detect any outgoing or incoming object that is made of parts that make up a spacecraft; having said that, the only possibility is that her spaceship isn't make of regular parts, therefore making it organic. I've never seen an organic ship before, but I have heard rumors that the first love interest of the Emperor of Jurai had one...and if one of Tenoko's relatives have one, than it's probable that she could have one too." The blue lagoon eyed prince answered as he unsnapped the belt he wore and climbed down the ladder that lead to the spaceship's kitchen, his raven hared companion following him as he gave the explanation.



"Oh I see. Oh!! I almost forgot, Tenoko left a note for you...It's somewhere in my pocket..." Goten said as he fished the insides of his pockets in search of the scented stationary paper that held the nice writing of Tenoko's hand as Trunks sat at the table where mountainous amounts of breakfast had been set for his Guard and himself by the Chief of Cooks and his underlings in the large kitchen facility. "AH! Here it is!" Goten exclaimed as he handed the red colored paper towards his Prince who was digging into the breakfast set before his clear blue eyes. The lavender hared prince stopped what he was doing and reached out to get the note, slightly curious as to what she wanted to say to him through the red colored paper with words written in black ink as his Guard took a seat and started stuffing his bottomless pit of a stomach.



Dear *Beloved* Prince, Hope you can get over your enraged self soon and accept this note as a rain check for our sparring match. I was needed elsewhere and therefore was unable to attend our much-anticipated rumble. I've taken Marron with me, not as a hostage but as an escort, so that you can see that I do plan on coming back to return her to Goten. -Wink, wink- Be a good little Prince and stay home with your future Queen candidates. ~Tenoko Habuki







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WELL THERE IT IS!!

I need at least 35 new reviews before I post the next chapter because this chapter is OVER 20 PAGES LONG!! (Actually its 21)

MUAHAHAHAHAH!! HOW'S THAT FOR LONG AND DESCRIPTIVE!?!? I TOLD YOU IT WOULD BE WORTH THE WAIT!!

Next time you'll have to believe me when I say I'm going to do something.

In The next chapter there will be some MUCH WANTED FAN SERVICE. The Next chapter will deal with some...er...lets just say "romantic" dreams in which each of the characters will have..."romantic" Dreams about their significant other. It will be a MAJOR Tenoko/Trunks and Goten/Marron fantasy you can only get when in the solitude of sleep.

Don't miss the boat, and REVIEW if you really want to see that next chapter!!

While I'm waiting for you all to get those review numbers at least 35 points higher I'll be writing the 8th chapter to "When Royalty Fails."

Over and out,

-Kinoko

(this is the PG-13 version of the previous chapter that was requested by one of my reviewers.)