Trunks lifted into the air with a laugh.

"TRUNKS!!! YOU DIRTY RAT!!! YOU PROMISED YOU WOULDN'T FLY!!" Maria glared up at him squinting from the sun. "I can't fly." She began to whimper.

"Maria…don't cry. I'm sorry!" he mumbled and lowered himself to the ground.

Little did he know, Maria was planning. Out of the corner of her eyes she spotted a croquet set. 'Hehehe.' She laughed to herself and kept whimpering a moment before starting to cry. She walked over and sat down in a lawn chair. The croquet set was sitting next to her. Trunks walked towards her looking guilty.

I'm sorry…it's just that…"

"DON'T APOLOGIZE!! YOU HAVE A TALENT!! YOU SHOULD USE IT!" she bawled.

He kneeled down beside her and held her hand patting it trying to comfort her.

'Now is my chance.'

"YOU BAKA!!" she screamed and pulled a blue and silver mallet out of the rack and whacked Trunks full force. He fell to the ground and she whacked him again and again till he was blue and purple, his strength long since gone.

"Ow…Mom-my…" Trunks whimpered.

"That'll teach you to keep your promises." Maria laughed and walked away leaving Trunks for pain.

Cleo gazed off into space. 'Aye me…Trowa…' She gazed back at the page. Her dream man was pasted in black and white before her eyes.

Trowa wrapped his arms around Cleo in an embrace of love. His lips met hers and the whole world seemed to disappear around her and he. They were the only two left.

"Cleo… I love you." Trowa murmured in her ear when they had pulled out of the kiss.

"Oh, as do I my darling, Trowa!" Cleo replied hugging him close. "Never leave me."

"I won't!! Never!! I love you Cleo. With all my heart."

"Oh, Trowa…I love yo…"

"Cleo, what are you dreaming about?"

"Huh??" Cleo jumped from her trance. "Oh, it's only you, Goten."

'ONLY me.' Goten thought with dismay.

"Uh, yeah. I just wanted to ask how you liked m new haircut."

Cleo glanced at him from behind her book then back again. "Looks great."

"You didn't even look!" Goten laughed and snatched the book from her hands.

"Give it back!" Cleo hissed not looking up and not moving, her hands clenched and unclenched at her side silently.

"Not till you look." Goten chuckled.

"Alright… and you can look out of…A BLACK EYE!!!" She growled and kicked his left eye dead on while tripping him.

"Ah! I'm sorry!" he yelped and tossed her the book back as he fell. But not before taking a quick glance at the page through his quickly closing left eye. 'Trowa…' his heart sunk. He fell on Cleo his bigger mass crushing her. He looked down at her through one eye and squeaked. He jumped up and so did she. Her face was beet red her eyes…um bloodshot.

"Don't ever take my book again. And DON'T touch me." She stormed and took off at a dead run. Her long legs seemed to be a tornado as fast as she ran.

"Wee!!! Oh, Gohan!! What an AWESOME attack!!" Cassie bubbled. She tried it again and another tree bit the dust then a rock then Cassie fell to the ground exhausted.

"Oops…I guess she overdid it…" Gohan mumbled and picked her up. "Guess I had better take her back to the house. Mom'll know what to do." With that he took off.

"Piccolo-sensei…" Melissa groaned groggily.

Piccolo looked up from his meditation and grunted.

"What happened…?" she asked shaking her head. Man, did she ache.

"You overdid it." Piccolo stated flatly and went back to meditating.

"I see…" Meli replied. 'Oh, he hates me…He barely talks to me…wait he barely talks to anyone…' She sweat dropped.

"I need to spar…stay here." Piccolo told her, standing, then walked out before waiting for her response.

"PAN!!!" Bra whined. "You have to help me!! Trunks needs to learn a lesson!!"

"I don't think so. Unless he is seeing that, wench."

"Pan! Maria isn't like that…I don't think. You can bet your bottom dollar Cleo won't steal him!!" Bra snorted.

"Hah!! She could care less about any of the guys! That hot new American asked her out and she said no!!" Pan smirked.

"DINNER!!!" Bumla screeched.

"Oh!! Yum!" She paused, "Wait!! Everybody is coming to dinner tonight…" Bra groaned.

"Blah…" Pan stuck out her tongue and made a face. "Greeeeeeeeat! Bulma better have cooked a lot. Grandpa and Uncle AND Dad will be here!!" she laughed.

"Come on." Bra grinned and ran out the door with Pan on her tail.

"Bra, get the door!" Bulma ordered as the doorbell rang.

"Come on in!" Bra grinned as she let Piccolo, Meli, Chi Chi, Cassie, Gohan, and Goten. Goku was running around chasing a little yellow rat going: "Here dinner dinner. Come on dinner dinner. I won't hurt you dinner dinner."

The little evil thing just squeaked and kept running for all it was worth.

"Hello, Bra." They all chorused except Piccolo. He just grunted.

"HELLO!!!" Bulma cried coming to the door. "It's sooo good to see you!! Bra, go get Pan, Trunks, Marron, your father, Krillin, Maria, and for gosh sakes find Cleo where ever that phantom is!"

"Yes, ma'am!" Bra grinned and ran off.

Cleo sat in the tree glaring idly at nothing. 'I hate him. I really do.' She glanced down at the source of the throbbing she felt. She grumbled, "Why do I have to have such a large chest? Why couldn't I be the most ugly creature around? I HATE GUYS!"

In the distance she heard her name being called but made no move to see who it was. Her hands clenched and unclenched periodically. She sighed. She really needed to calm down and loosen up, he had just been joking. She stood and started singing an old Japanese chant she had learned recently while doing a kanta. Even in the tree so high up her balance was perfect the movements exact and precise.

Bra, finally, using her ki, had tracked Cleo down and watched the tall, gangly girl high above practice, her movements flawless.

'Someone's here…' Cleo's instinct told her. But, Bra, carefully hidden was out of Cleo's line of sight. Silently, she did a spinning summersault from the branch to land next to the tree. Bra seeing the rage glint in Cleo's eyes ran. Catching sight of Bra, fleeing, Cleo darted after her, angrily thinking it was Goten stocking her.

Her long legs carried her carelessly, but quickly, towards Bra. Seeing a mane of hair streaming behind her chosen victim Cleo smirked and came to a halt. Bra, noticing she was no longer being pursued slackened her pace but kept running.

'I'll mess with her mind a little and give Goten a problem or two.' Cleo chuckled and yelled after Bra, her voice filled with pretended venom, "I'LL GET YOU ONE DAY FOR WHAT YOU DID TO ME, GOTEN!!"

'Goten…??' Bra wondered. Her wheels started turning and she came to a halt a disgusted look marring her face. 'That little pervert! I'll teach him a lesson or two!!'

Cleo chuckled and walked towards CC thinking of the problems Goten would have in the morning.



Well, coming up next on The CC Guys is a new character! You'll have a ball with this crazy magician. ;) Ok, enough of the TV trash! ~Laugh~ I am going to add a new character so gear up for, Carrot.

~Melodic