Disclaimer; I don't own DBZ, I really wish I did but don't. Boohoo. If anyone reading this DOES own DBZ then why the hell aren't you making new episodes for me to watch?
A/N; Not much to say today. Uh, heres a new chapter. And big Maron is in it! Ahh, what the hell is she doing here? Read on to find out ~Deadly Beauty
A Helping Hand
Chapter 14
"Krillen are you awake?" asked 18 sleepily
"No" came Krillen's muffled reply.
"Ok then" said 18 and she rolled over. Krillen threw his arm over 18's waist and pulled her towards him with almost no effort.
"I though you were asleep" said 18 as she rested her head on Krillens chest.
"I am, and you should be to" said Krillen. 18 opened her eyes and looked around the room, eventually her eyes found the clock, it was 7.42 am. That surprised 18, usually they were up with Marron no later than 7.30. 18 wriggled free of Krillen grip, climbed out of bed and headed down the hall. A minute or two later Krillen followed after her.
18 was changing Marron's nappy when Krillen came into the room.
"How are my two favourite girls doing this morning?" he asked.
"Fine" replied 18 without looking up. She stuck down the sticky tabs on the nappy and picked her 5 month old up. Marron started to talk, as Krillen called it, it was really only baby noises. 18 held Marron against her chest and made her way downstairs. Krillen didn't follow them, instead he went into the bathroom.
***
45 minutes later Krillen came into the kitchen. 18 had Marron sitting on her lap, she was looking around the room like it was the most interesting thing she had ever seen.
"You don't mind looking after Marron today do you?" asked 18 as she put her coffee cup down on the table.
"Of course I don't mind," replied Krillen "where are you going?"
"I just have a few things to do" said 18, it was clear she didn't want to discuss it any further. 18 stood up, handed Marron over to Krillen and went upstairs. She came back a few minutes later dressed in a pair of khaki cargo pants and a light blue singlet top.
"I should be back before dark, but if I'm not then don't worry about me ok" she said as she pulled her hair back into a pony tail and tied it up, but she left two bits at the front to hang loose.
"Ok babe, I have plenty to keep my self-busy around here" said Krillen. 18 kissed Krillen and Marron then she left. Krillen heard her blast off the island. He stood up and lifted Marron up above his head, she smiled down at her daddy and made happy squealing noises. Krillen laughed and brought his little girl down for a hug.
Krillen loved Marron so much, she was such a little miracle. Everything she did amazed him, she was growing so fast, Krillen was scared that if he blinked she would be all grown up and it would be her wedding he would be paying for. Now that was a scary thought. Krillen went into the lounge room and sat down on the couch, lying Marron down beside him he turned on the T.V. he looked down at Marron and smiled, she appeared to be trying to eat her toes. Krillen picked her up and sat her down in his lap, then he put his feet up on the coffee table and began to flick through the channels on the T.V.
***
18 landed just out the front of Capsule Corp at around 10.30. She made her way to the front door and began to bang on it. A few minutes later Bulma's mum came to the door.
"Hello dear, how may I help you?" she asked.
"I need to speak with Bulma" she said. Mrs.Briefs smiled and lead 18 into a big sitting room. 18 sat in one of the chairs and waited.
Bulma was woken to the sound of someone lightly knocking on her bedroom door. She sat up and rubbed her eyes. She got up and walked across the dark room, slipping on her robe as she went.
"What do you want mum?" asked Bulma as she opened the door
"I just thought you might like to know that one of your friends in downstairs"
Bulma yawned and rubbed the back of her head "Which one?"
"The blonde one".
"That's 18, tell her I'll be down soon" Bulma shut the door and walked over to the wardrobe, she pulled out a pair of dark blue jeans and a fitted white tee-shirt with a butterfly on it. She put them on quietly as possible, trying not to wake Vegeta, who was snoring rather loudly. She brushed her hair a couple of times then headed down stairs, yawning again on the way
"Good morning 18, what can I do for you?" asked Bulma as she entered the room, holding a warm mug of coffee in her hands.
"I was just wondering if I could borrow your dragon radar?" asked 18.
"Uh yeah sure, I'm not really sure where it is" said Bulma. 18 stood up, "That's ok, I don't need it until Wednesday anyway. I figure if I'm not allowed to see Krillen then I might as well use it then" said 18, she was still finding it a little hard to believe her wedding was only 6 days away.
"Ok I'll have it ready for you on Wednesday morning" said Bulma.
"Thanks," said 18 and she headed for the front door "bye" 18 blasted off into the sky, her next destination, 17's house.
***
17 was lying in his bed, wide awake, he had no intensions of getting up any time soon, he might not even get up at all. That was one of the great things about living alone in the middle of no-where. There was no one to tell you what to do or how to do it, it was great. 17 sighed happily and looked at the ceiling; yep, this was the sweet life. His thoughts were interrupted only minutes later by someone knocking on the front door.
"What the hell does she want now?" 17 asked himself, knowing full well it would be his sister at the door, who else would it be? 17 pulled on a pair of jeans and ran to the front door.
18 was running over her list of things to do when 17 opened the door
"Good morning 17, how are you?" she asked without ever taking her eyes of the piece of paper. 17 was confused. "Fine" he replied. 18 looked up at him and smiled. "Well are you going to ask me in or not?".
17 blinked. "Yeah, sure" he moved out of the doorway and his sister walked in. 18 shoved the paper back in her pocket.
"I came to ask you something 17, something important" said 18.
"What?" asked 17
"Ok will you give me away at the wedding?" asked 18 not daring to hope.
"Will I what?" asked 17, he hadn't even intended on going to the wedding
"It's usually the fathers job, but since I don't have a father, I was hoping you wouldn't mind" replied 18.
"Well what would I have to do?".
"Not much really, just walk me down the isle and then give a short speech at the reception" said 18.
"Alright then, I'll do it" said 17. 18 jumped forward and hugged her brother rather tightly.
"Thank-you 17" she said, then she went into the kitchen and scribbled down all the details on a piece of paper and stuck in to the fridge.
"Now, the wedding starts at 2, but Krillens going to be there at 1.30 so if you want to go down then you can, but please don't be late" said 18, she knew her brother had a bad habit of not ever being anywhere on time.
"I'll be there, trust me".
"Ok. Well I gotta go, I still got to go and pick up some baby stuff," said 18 "See ya on Thursday" then she blasted off into the sky
"Yeah, bye" 17 muttered to himself, then he walked back inside the house, he had a speech to write.
***
When 18 arrived back on the island Krillen was out on the beach raking the sand, he hadn't done that for a long time, and 18 could also smell freshly cut grass and when she looked over near Master Roshi's chair, sure enough, the grass was short. 18's gaze shifted back to Krillen, he had taken his top off and his body was glistening with sweat droplets, 18 found it highly attractive.
"I see you've been keeping yourself busy" said 18 as she walked up beside Krillen. He dropped the rake and looked up at his fiancee.
"Yep".
"Where's Marron?" asked 18.
"Sleeping" replied Krillen.
"Ok, well I'm gonna go check on her then" said 18 and she disappeared inside the house. Krillen watched her go, the picked up the rake and resumed his task.
18 put the nappies she had brought from the store down on the changing table and went to look at her daughter, who was sleeping peacefully. She loved to watch Marron sleep, for some reason it made her feel happy, like she was totally at peace with herself. Suddenly 18 had a great idea. She took one last look at Marron then ran downstairs and out onto the beach. Krillen was just finishing raking and was putting everything back in the small shed when 18 came up behind him.
"Hey babe" he said.
"Krillen" said 18. Krillen turned around and looked 18 in the eyes.
"What is it?" he asked
"I just wanted to tell you that I loved you" said 18 sweetly. Krillen was a little surprised, it was very rare for 18 to just come out and say something like that, he felt his cheeks get warm, even after nearly 8 months together Krillen still blushed when 18 told him how she felt. Krillen floated up so he was at eye level with 18 and took hold of her hands, entwining her fingers with his, he gently kissed her "I love you to" he said. 18 smiled, she loved to hear him say that, it made her feel good.
"I need to ask you something" said Krillen.
"Ok then" said 18
"How would you feel if we invited Maron to the wedding?" asked Krillen.
"Your ex. But why?" Krillen shrugged his shoulder, "I dunno, I guess I just want to invite her, to show her I'm a happily married man". 18 sighed. "I suppose so" she said.
"Krillen kissed her again "Great" he said and he began to fly away.
"Where do you think you're going?" asked 18 as she grabbed onto his leg.
"To ask if she wants to come" said Krillen.
"Can't we just send her an invitation like we did with everybody else?" asked 18.
"There's none left, I think I'll just go in person, I should be back at about 6" he said and he flew off. 18 grumbled and went back inside. Oh well. She planned on making Krillen a special dinner, with candles and music, at least now she wouldn't have to worry about Krillen walking in on her.
***
Krillen landed outside a big house in a very expensive part of Ginger town. Krillen never had worked out why Marron had as much money as she did, after all, she was no rocket scientist. He guessed she just scammed it all off poor suckers like Krillen. He made his way up the big driveway and pressed the doorbell. He could hear noises inside and a few minutes later the door was opened to reveal Marron, dressed in dark red leather pants and a silky black mens' style shirt, her long blue hair was curled into tight ringlets and it fell just past her shoulders.
"Oh my god Krillen, what are you doing here?," she asked, she seemed happy to see him "did you come to ask me out again?". Krillen rolled his eyes, how pathetic could she possibly get?
"Who's at the door hun?" called a deep manly voice from somewhere in the house. Maron ushered Krillen into the house, he guessed he was in the lobby.
"It's just Krillen" called Maron. Krillen scowled, just Krillen, he had wasted 2 and a half years on her and he was 'just Krillen'.
"Krillen. Who the hell is Krillen?" asked the man. Krillen was rather interested meeting this months man, hey, knowing Maron it could have even been the man of the week
"Daniel, don't be rude," scolded Maron "Krillen is a friend of mine".
Krillen followed Maron into a large, stylish and very modern kitchen, where she boiled the kettle.
"So Krillen, you never told me why you came by". Krillen never got the chance to reply. Daniel ran into the kitchen and picked Maron up and threw her over his shoulder, she squealed and pounded her fists against his back.
"Put me down, I was trying to talk to Krillen". Krillen buried his face in his hands and groaned why had this seemed like such a good idea?
"I'm still waiting Krillen" said Maron beginning to get frustrated. Krillen looked up at her and smiled.
"I came to invite you and a friend to my wedding" he said.
"What!" Maron shrieked. "How can you possibly be getting married?". She was fuming, Krillen was enjoying watching her, it was funny.
"Well I proposed, then we set a date.." Maron stomped the heel of her shoe down on the ground and Krillen looked up at her.
"I know how you get married, but why?"
"Because I love her" said Krillen, it really was quiet simple, he guessed Maron's small mind couldn't comprehend it
"But your supposed to love me Krillen, remember me Maron, your one true love. Oh wait till I get my hands on her, I'm gonna show her". Krillen and Daniel looked at her, Daniel was shocked at what she was saying, and Krillen was laughing at the thought of Maron actually being able to hurt 18.
"Well are you coming or not?" asked Krillen. Maron growled low in her throat.
"We'll be there, right Daniel". Daniel really didn't want to be involved in this conversation. "Uh sure" he said. Krillen reached over and grabbed a note pad and a pen from the top of the microwave, he wrote all the details down and circled them in red pen. Then he got off the stool and made his way to the front door. Maron followed, her heels tapping on the ground as she walked.
Krillen stepped outside and rose a few feet into the air.
"Well at least you haven't had a kid with her yet, I suppose that's something" said Maron. Krillen smiled and turned back to Maron.
"Actually I have" then he zoomed off. Leaving Maron on the front step, yelling something at him, he didn't really care, he was to far away to hear anyway.
***
18 lit the candles on the table and waved out the match. She made sure not to burn what she was trying to cook. She could feel Krillens ki approaching the island, she should have dinner ready just in time. 18 picked up the remote and hit the play button on the cd player, soft music filled the room, she had set the table, Master Roshi was watching Marron for a little while, she was asleep anyway, her nappy had been changed and she'd been feed, everything was ready. Now all she needed was Krillen. 18 put the plates down on the table just as the front door was open. 18 left the kitchen and saw Krillen in the lounge.
"Hi babe" said Krillen.
"C'mon dinners ready" said 18.
"Should I call Roshi and Oolong down?" asked Krillen.
"No. This dinner is just for us" said 18 and she took Krillens hand in hers and pulled him into the kitchen.
Krillen was speechless. 18 had gone to so much effort, it really was amazing.
"Sweetheart, this is beautiful, you really shouldn't have gone to this much trouble" he said.
"But I wanted to" said 18. Krillen and 18 sat at the table and enjoyed their dinner, it was really romantic. Once they had finished Krillen stood up, he put the plates in the sink.
"Would you like to dance?" asked Krillen.
"Yes I would" said 18 and she stood up to join him. They danced around the small kitchen to the songs on the cd until someone knocked on the kitchen door.
"What is it?" asked Krillen.
"Marron's awake," said Roshi "and she's interrupting my exercise program" he complained. 18 rolled her eyes and opened the door.
"She's a baby, it's not her fault" hissed 18 as she pushed past Roshi
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18 made her way through the mess that was Master Roshi's room and picked up her daughter.
"I'm sorry I left you in here Marron, I would have cried too if I was you" said 18 as she tried to make it back through the mess without falling over. In the end she gave up and levitated a few feet off the ground and floated out the room.
A/N; Unfortunately the end of this sucks, but oh well. Hopefully the next one will be better. Please tell me what you think of this in a review. ~Deadly Beauty