A Change for the Better
Disclaimer:: I do not own any of the Dragonball/z/gt characters. If I did I certainly wouldn't be writing fanfiction.
"17 what are you doing?!"
"What I should have done a long time ago." He grabbed Krillin and held him up in the air and charged a ki blast in his hand. "You belong to me 18, you're mine."
"No Krillin!"
"18? 18? It's ok I'm right here."
"Krillin what are you talking about?"
"18 wake up!"
18 sat up quickly, sweat beading off her face, she looked around, the window showed a darkened sky with brightly shining stars. She turned her gaze to Krillin, who was looking at her with concerned eyes. "Just leave me alone, I just fell asleep."
"No 18, you've been sleeping all day."
"What?"
"It's understandable you're going through a lot, you must be exhausted. I talked to 17, we finished the house.He's gone 18." Krillin handed her a note and she read it.
My beloved sister
I bid thee farewell. Please try to live a happy full life, and don't try to come visit me, your new life should be one without past burden's. Just remember what we talked about last night, I do care for you, and I feel this is for the best.
18 clenched the note tightly in her fist. "Why didn't you wake me?"
"I tried, but 17 wouldn't let me."
18 sat silent for a moment, as she stared into Krillin's eyes. Then she leaned forward and rested her head on his shoulder. Krillin stiffened for a moment then put his arms around her. He felt her warm tears on his shoulder. "I feel like my life is falling apart, I don't know what to do."
Krillin ran his fingers through her hair "I know 18, I know. Just let it all out." They just sat there in silence for hours.
*****
She was very quiet for the next week, she didn't stay in her room as often however, and she ate occasionally. Krillin decided not to push her, and that she would come around in time.
*****
Roshi, 18, and Krillin were all sitting at the table, eating dinner. They had been eating in silence for some time now. Roshi looked from 18 to Krillin. The tension in the room was so thick you could cut through it with a knife. Roshi put his fork down and rubbed the back of his neck. "Well!" Roshi began at a pathetic attempt to start a conversation, "When are you two kids planning on getting hitched?"
Krillin spit out his food. "Roshi-sama you've got it all wrong!!!"
"Oh, do I? My mistake." Roshi smirked and walked out of the room.
Krillin glanced at 18. She didn't seem to be paying attention, she looked like she was sleeping with her eyes open. He had to make sure that she didn't hear though.
"18?" he set his chair down in front of her and sat down. "Don't pay attention to him, he's just an old."
"Hmm did you say something?"
"You didn't hear what Roshi said?"
"Oh, no, what did he say."
"Oh it's nothing don't worry about it."
"Ok." She picked up her fork and started poking at her food. Krillin grabbed her free hand and held it. "18, you can't go on living like this."
She dropped the fork and looked at him with sad eyes. "Well if I can't go on like this, maybe I just shouldn't go on."
Krillin's eyes widened "Don't say that. 18 you have a life now, you need to live it."
"I don't know how, I'm so confused."
"I know 18." He grabbed her other hand, "But I'm here for you, I always will be."
Their faces were almost touching and Krillin was looking deep into her eyes, she looked so sad. ~And yet she looks so beautiful.~ He leaned forward and kissed her gently. She pulled away from him and blinked.
Krillin panicked, ~o great what did you do that for, geez can't you keep your head straight?~ "18 I'm sorry I didn't." But he was interrupted by 18's lips touching his once again. They parted and Krillin leaned back. He had a shocked look upon his face. 18 smiled for the first time in over a week. "You're right, I need to live my life, that's what 17 wanted."
*****
"Morning sunshine." 18 Opened an eye and saw Krillin setting down a tray of food in front of the couch. She looked around for a minute confused about where she was. It became clear, she had fallen asleep in Krillin's arms the night before, they were sitting on the couch watching TV. She kissed him last night. And she liked it. "C'mon sleepy head get up, I made you breakfast." Krillin smiled brightly.
~Oh, god it's to early for him to be acting so cheery.~ She moaned then pulled up the blanket that he placed on her last night, and turned over.
Krillin put his hands on his hips. "Geez 18 it's already 11:00, are you really that tired." She didn't move. Krillin pulled the blanket off of her and she scrunched up. "Damn it!" He pulled the curtains back and let the sun shine through. 18 turned around with squinted eyes and gave him a nasty look. "Fine 18, sleep, but I should warn you Roshi's been watching you for the past half hour." 18 sat up and looked at the old man and made a face. "What are you looking at?!"
"Oh, nothing." He whistled and walked out of the room. 18 rolled her eyes and picked up the tray and ate. When she finished, Krillin took up the tray and walked toward the kitchen. "Oh Krillin!"
He turned around, "Yes."
18 put a hand up to her head and made a face, which made her look like she was searching for something. "Oh yeah! Thanks."
Krillin smiled, "No problem."
18 walked into the kitchen, where she saw Krillin washing dishes. She jumped as she heard a ringing noise at her side. "What the hell?!"
Krillin laughed "It's just the video phone, could you answer it please."
18 gave him a nasty look for laughing at her. She turned to her right and pressed the power button on the device. The screen flashed and she saw a cheery looking woman with her raven black hair tied up in a bun. "Oh, hello?" the woman looked a little confused, "May I speak to Krillin please?"
"Krillin's a bit busy at the moment, can I take a message?" She was trying to remember to mind her manners, though she wasn't used to it. "Ok, well then could you please tell him that we're having a birthday party for Gohan on Thursday."
"Sure no problem."
"Oh, and I don't mean to sound rude, but may I ask who you are?"
18 bit her lip, this must have been Gohan's mother, which means she's Goku's wife. She didn't think she would take too kindly to the woman that was once set out to destroy her husband.
"I'm uh, a guest."
"18 who is it?" Krillin shouted from the kitchen, as he finished washing the last plate and was drying off his hands. 18 froze.
"What?! YOU'RE ANDROID #18?!!!." Chichi's eyes widened.
Krillin cringed, he recognized that voice, he walked up to 18 and looked at the screen, "Hey Chichi." Chichi's eye twitched. "Hey mom." Gohan walked up to his mother, "Are they coming, oh hey 18 how's it going?"
18 waved slightly. "Hey kiddo."
"Hey 18 are you and Krillin going to come to my party?"
"Of course." Krillin said cheerfully.
18 gave him a look then looked back at Chichi "I don't know if that's such a good idea."
"Aww come on 18, it'll be fun."
"I.I'll think about it."
Chichi just stood there and stared at 18. "Ok well hope to see you both there." Gohan smiled then looked up at his mom. She moved her hand up to the top of the screen and it suddenly went blank. "There's no way I'm going." 18 walked back over to the couch and sat down."
"C'mon 18" Krillin sat beside her, "It'll be fun, besides you need to get out and make some new friends."
18 turned to him and frowned "Oh great place to make friends, at the birthday party of the son of Goku whom I tried to kill, and all his friends and family will be there."
"18, if it makes you feel any better, Vegeta has tried to kill most of us at one time, or another. And now he's married to one of them and the rest of us, well. we tolerate him. But you're a much different person then him, personality wise. I'm sure they'll grow to love you."
18 snorted "Why can't I just stay here. Why do I need friends, aren't you enough?"
Krillin blushed and placed a hand on her knee. 18 flinched and moved further away from him. He was a little confused, he thought she was comfortable around him. ~Maybe I'm pushing her too fast.~ "Ok 18, I'm not going to force you to go, but I am going. Gohan's going to be a little upset. He seems to think of you as his new friend." 18 let out a sigh of relief, then a thought came to her mind, "You're going to leave me here alone with," they could hear Roshi giggling in the other room, and 18 rolled her eyes, "fine I'll go." Krillin smiled. "And Krillin?"
"Yes?"
"Sorry about, you know, I'm just a little, well I'm not used to."
Krillin put a hand up "It's ok 18, I understand, I'm the one that should be apologizing." 18 grabbed his hand and brushed her lips against it gently, "Just be patient with me." With that she got up and went to her room.
~To be continued~
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Disclaimer:: I do not own any of the Dragonball/z/gt characters. If I did I certainly wouldn't be writing fanfiction.
"17 what are you doing?!"
"What I should have done a long time ago." He grabbed Krillin and held him up in the air and charged a ki blast in his hand. "You belong to me 18, you're mine."
"No Krillin!"
"18? 18? It's ok I'm right here."
"Krillin what are you talking about?"
"18 wake up!"
18 sat up quickly, sweat beading off her face, she looked around, the window showed a darkened sky with brightly shining stars. She turned her gaze to Krillin, who was looking at her with concerned eyes. "Just leave me alone, I just fell asleep."
"No 18, you've been sleeping all day."
"What?"
"It's understandable you're going through a lot, you must be exhausted. I talked to 17, we finished the house.He's gone 18." Krillin handed her a note and she read it.
My beloved sister
I bid thee farewell. Please try to live a happy full life, and don't try to come visit me, your new life should be one without past burden's. Just remember what we talked about last night, I do care for you, and I feel this is for the best.
18 clenched the note tightly in her fist. "Why didn't you wake me?"
"I tried, but 17 wouldn't let me."
18 sat silent for a moment, as she stared into Krillin's eyes. Then she leaned forward and rested her head on his shoulder. Krillin stiffened for a moment then put his arms around her. He felt her warm tears on his shoulder. "I feel like my life is falling apart, I don't know what to do."
Krillin ran his fingers through her hair "I know 18, I know. Just let it all out." They just sat there in silence for hours.
*****
She was very quiet for the next week, she didn't stay in her room as often however, and she ate occasionally. Krillin decided not to push her, and that she would come around in time.
*****
Roshi, 18, and Krillin were all sitting at the table, eating dinner. They had been eating in silence for some time now. Roshi looked from 18 to Krillin. The tension in the room was so thick you could cut through it with a knife. Roshi put his fork down and rubbed the back of his neck. "Well!" Roshi began at a pathetic attempt to start a conversation, "When are you two kids planning on getting hitched?"
Krillin spit out his food. "Roshi-sama you've got it all wrong!!!"
"Oh, do I? My mistake." Roshi smirked and walked out of the room.
Krillin glanced at 18. She didn't seem to be paying attention, she looked like she was sleeping with her eyes open. He had to make sure that she didn't hear though.
"18?" he set his chair down in front of her and sat down. "Don't pay attention to him, he's just an old."
"Hmm did you say something?"
"You didn't hear what Roshi said?"
"Oh, no, what did he say."
"Oh it's nothing don't worry about it."
"Ok." She picked up her fork and started poking at her food. Krillin grabbed her free hand and held it. "18, you can't go on living like this."
She dropped the fork and looked at him with sad eyes. "Well if I can't go on like this, maybe I just shouldn't go on."
Krillin's eyes widened "Don't say that. 18 you have a life now, you need to live it."
"I don't know how, I'm so confused."
"I know 18." He grabbed her other hand, "But I'm here for you, I always will be."
Their faces were almost touching and Krillin was looking deep into her eyes, she looked so sad. ~And yet she looks so beautiful.~ He leaned forward and kissed her gently. She pulled away from him and blinked.
Krillin panicked, ~o great what did you do that for, geez can't you keep your head straight?~ "18 I'm sorry I didn't." But he was interrupted by 18's lips touching his once again. They parted and Krillin leaned back. He had a shocked look upon his face. 18 smiled for the first time in over a week. "You're right, I need to live my life, that's what 17 wanted."
*****
"Morning sunshine." 18 Opened an eye and saw Krillin setting down a tray of food in front of the couch. She looked around for a minute confused about where she was. It became clear, she had fallen asleep in Krillin's arms the night before, they were sitting on the couch watching TV. She kissed him last night. And she liked it. "C'mon sleepy head get up, I made you breakfast." Krillin smiled brightly.
~Oh, god it's to early for him to be acting so cheery.~ She moaned then pulled up the blanket that he placed on her last night, and turned over.
Krillin put his hands on his hips. "Geez 18 it's already 11:00, are you really that tired." She didn't move. Krillin pulled the blanket off of her and she scrunched up. "Damn it!" He pulled the curtains back and let the sun shine through. 18 turned around with squinted eyes and gave him a nasty look. "Fine 18, sleep, but I should warn you Roshi's been watching you for the past half hour." 18 sat up and looked at the old man and made a face. "What are you looking at?!"
"Oh, nothing." He whistled and walked out of the room. 18 rolled her eyes and picked up the tray and ate. When she finished, Krillin took up the tray and walked toward the kitchen. "Oh Krillin!"
He turned around, "Yes."
18 put a hand up to her head and made a face, which made her look like she was searching for something. "Oh yeah! Thanks."
Krillin smiled, "No problem."
18 walked into the kitchen, where she saw Krillin washing dishes. She jumped as she heard a ringing noise at her side. "What the hell?!"
Krillin laughed "It's just the video phone, could you answer it please."
18 gave him a nasty look for laughing at her. She turned to her right and pressed the power button on the device. The screen flashed and she saw a cheery looking woman with her raven black hair tied up in a bun. "Oh, hello?" the woman looked a little confused, "May I speak to Krillin please?"
"Krillin's a bit busy at the moment, can I take a message?" She was trying to remember to mind her manners, though she wasn't used to it. "Ok, well then could you please tell him that we're having a birthday party for Gohan on Thursday."
"Sure no problem."
"Oh, and I don't mean to sound rude, but may I ask who you are?"
18 bit her lip, this must have been Gohan's mother, which means she's Goku's wife. She didn't think she would take too kindly to the woman that was once set out to destroy her husband.
"I'm uh, a guest."
"18 who is it?" Krillin shouted from the kitchen, as he finished washing the last plate and was drying off his hands. 18 froze.
"What?! YOU'RE ANDROID #18?!!!." Chichi's eyes widened.
Krillin cringed, he recognized that voice, he walked up to 18 and looked at the screen, "Hey Chichi." Chichi's eye twitched. "Hey mom." Gohan walked up to his mother, "Are they coming, oh hey 18 how's it going?"
18 waved slightly. "Hey kiddo."
"Hey 18 are you and Krillin going to come to my party?"
"Of course." Krillin said cheerfully.
18 gave him a look then looked back at Chichi "I don't know if that's such a good idea."
"Aww come on 18, it'll be fun."
"I.I'll think about it."
Chichi just stood there and stared at 18. "Ok well hope to see you both there." Gohan smiled then looked up at his mom. She moved her hand up to the top of the screen and it suddenly went blank. "There's no way I'm going." 18 walked back over to the couch and sat down."
"C'mon 18" Krillin sat beside her, "It'll be fun, besides you need to get out and make some new friends."
18 turned to him and frowned "Oh great place to make friends, at the birthday party of the son of Goku whom I tried to kill, and all his friends and family will be there."
"18, if it makes you feel any better, Vegeta has tried to kill most of us at one time, or another. And now he's married to one of them and the rest of us, well. we tolerate him. But you're a much different person then him, personality wise. I'm sure they'll grow to love you."
18 snorted "Why can't I just stay here. Why do I need friends, aren't you enough?"
Krillin blushed and placed a hand on her knee. 18 flinched and moved further away from him. He was a little confused, he thought she was comfortable around him. ~Maybe I'm pushing her too fast.~ "Ok 18, I'm not going to force you to go, but I am going. Gohan's going to be a little upset. He seems to think of you as his new friend." 18 let out a sigh of relief, then a thought came to her mind, "You're going to leave me here alone with," they could hear Roshi giggling in the other room, and 18 rolled her eyes, "fine I'll go." Krillin smiled. "And Krillin?"
"Yes?"
"Sorry about, you know, I'm just a little, well I'm not used to."
Krillin put a hand up "It's ok 18, I understand, I'm the one that should be apologizing." 18 grabbed his hand and brushed her lips against it gently, "Just be patient with me." With that she got up and went to her room.
~To be continued~
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