*Chapter 17*
.:: Returning Friend, Returning Foe ::.
"How has awakened me? Why are you all silent?! Speak now so that I can return to my eternal slumber!" Porunga rumbled.
Everyone looked at Trunks and Trunks looked at Rosemary. She nodded and stepped up. "Now listen to me you over grown lizard! Do you think you can shut up long enough for me to make our wishes?"
Trunks, Bulma, and Vegeta stared at Rosemary wide-eyed as the mighty dragon grew a huge sweat drop. He stood silent.
"Good," Rosemary smirked, "for our first wish we'd like to wish back all…"
She stopped as the voice came back ~ Be careful now. The dragon might not know exactly what you mean and wish back EVERYONE, that includes the king followers."
"Rosemary?" Trunks nudged her arm.
"Oh yes," she nodded and looked at the dragon, "for our first wish we would like to wish back everyone who was killed by the king's men--- who was no longer the king's follower."
~ That should do it. ~ Rosemary smirked congratulating herself.
Suddenly little flashes of light appeared all around the empire like little shooting stars! Two lights appeared in front of the group and immediately took form as two sayians--- Collie and Unagi.
"Your wish has been granted." The dragon roared.
"Obviously." Vegeta crossed his arms.
"C-collie." Jacko stared with unbelieving eyes.
"What the…" Collie looked at her hands and at herself. She then looked at everyone around her. "Am I a… Am I alive?"
Before anyone could answer Jacko ran to his sister and hugged her as tight he could. He successfully held back tears, but his eyes were still glassy.
"I-Ika?" Unagi looked as his wife. Her face was darkened as she looked to the ground. He came closer and realized she was crying. "Are you crying Ika?"
She quickly rubbed her eyes and looked up. She glowered at him and snapped, "Of course I'm not crying! I'm just tired that's all."
Unagi grinned and embraced his mate, she held him as well.
"Glad to see you all again." Rosemary grinned, "I've missed you so much."
Sushi stared bluntly at the two returning sayians and bursted into tears as she embraced them both tightly.
Meanwhile, two lights hit the castle bridge.
One formed into Tofu laying in the grass on his back and the other Millie sitting next to him.
"Wh-where am I?" Tofu looked around and turned blue as he saw the castle, "Stop it! More torture from the pits of hell!"
"Tofu calm down!" Millie shook him, "Don't you see? We're alive!"
"We must be if your here." Tofu looked at his sister, "Your to innocent to be damned in hell with me."
Millie faintly smiled and pulled her brother up, "Hurry Tofu! We need to get out of here before we're caught!"
"A little late, no?" Sarge smirked in front of them along with about twenty other soldiers.
"I can never win!" Tofu began to sob.
"Now you're going to tell us how you traitors are still breathing in our presence." Sarge winced at them.
"How should we know?" Millie snapped.
"Oh, I have a feeling you'll remember real soon." Sarge smirked evilly.
"What is your last wish?" Porunga questioned.
"Hmm…" Rosemary thought.
Rio spoke up, "How about ending this whole war and making the empire the way the first generation lived!"
"Yeah!" Everyone agreed.
"That is out of my power." The dragon replied.
"What? How 'bout I put it in ya power?" Collie got ready to fight the dragon.
"Collie, chill. That dragon brought you to life, he can probably kill you as well!" Jacko warned as Sushi held back her friend.
"Fine!" Rosemary spoke up, "Then how about making our chances better!"
Everybody looked at her.
"Oh, I see!" Koi nodded.
Rosemary went on, "The king has this awesome technology that can put out the toughest of sayians--- how about giving us armor even stronger?"
The dragon was silent. Then it's eyes glowed red for the longest. Finally it rumbled, "Your wish has been granted." And disappeared.
The dragonballs glowed in the sky and sped away.
"Well where is it?" Rosemary looked around.
"Don't tell me that lizard gypped us!" Ika scowled.
"You idiots!" Vegeta snapped, "You could have had immortality!"
"Huh?" Everyone turned around.
"Vegeta we don't have time for this, we need to find our loot!" Rosemary looked around, then seemed to realize something and fly away.
Rio followed after her, as well as everyone else.
Rosemary landed where her house had once been. She opened the door to the underground vault and jumped down.
"Rosemary?" Rio landed looking around. He then saw the opening and jumped down after her.
He saw her and her cheek to cheek smile. She seemed to be so full of ecstasy.
"What is it?" He asked her looking into her eyes as he put a hand on her shoulder.
She opened her arms and gestured him to look around. "It's all here!"
Rio's eyes widened as he saw the vault full of brilliant top quality armour and newly sophisticated weaponry. Even doubled eyed scouters of various colours.
The others dropped in, their jaws dropped as well.
"Wuh…" Koi looked around, "This is enough to arm all of our empire and the next."
"Maybe even the empire before!" Sushi exclaimed examining the stuffed room.
Rosemary turned to them with fire in her eyes. She punched the palm of her other hand and grinned, "Arm our forces! We attack tomorrow!"
"We're telling you the truth!" Tofu scowled at the guards that had him on the wall in fetters.
Sarge punched him in the jaw so hard Tofu's face bled.
"Tofu!" Millie squealed, she was as well chained to the wall.
"I'm not going to ask you again!" Sarge roared, "How were you revived!"
"He doesn't know!" Millie shouted, "I don't know either!"
"Shut up! No one was speakin' to you!" a guard slapped Millie in the face and she began to weep.
"You bastard!" Tofu pulled on the shackles, "How dare you strike my sister! I oughta…"
"Calm down, Tofu, my friend." Sarge gave a false grin, "Your sister won't get hurt if you just tell us everything. If you don't…"
Sarge turned to the guard and he pulled out the same weapon that had drained Rosemary.
"I DON'T KNOW!!!" Tofu yelled full of rage, "How hard can it be for you to understand!?!"
Sarge snorted at Tofu and looked down as he snapped his fingers.
The guard near Millie shocked her with the weapon. She screamed loudly, turning from normal form to primitive beast form, back to normal and passing out.
"Millie!" Tofu was about to break the chains when another guard got him with the weapon in the neck.
"What did they know of the occurrence that was reported to me?" The king asked as Sarge entered the room.
"Not a thing, they were completely worthless!" Sarge announced then smirked, "We took care of them though."
"Very good." The king nodded, "Try capturing some of the princesses friends. There's no doubt in my mind they now something.
"Yes you highness." Sarge bowed and backed into the shadows.
All the sayians celebrated with drinks and food in there separate divisions. Each one excited about tomorrow. Each one having a taste for blood-shed.
Rio had gone with Sushi and Koi to the third class camp, Rosemary and the rest celebrated with in the second class village.
The drunks sung drunken songs, the children that hadn't reunited with there parents did so, and everyone enjoyed themselves!
Trunks sat next to Rosemary as she chugged down a beer.
"I didn't know you drank." He looked at her.
"So I'm one year to young in your human terms, so sue me." Rosemary belched and crushed the can.
Trunks slightly laughed and looked at her, "I've missed, you don't know how bad I felt when I heard you were dead."
Rosemary looked at Trunks, "Aw, now that I'm all drunk you're gonna make me cry."
Trunks touched her hair and smiled, "For me?"
"Who else?" She smiled then turned away realizing how bad her breath probably smelled.
"Rosemary, I don't know if I truly meant it the first time, but I want to tell you something." Trunks started.
"Yes?" Rosemary popped a piece of long-lasting gum in her mouth.
"When I heard you died I knew for sure that I loved you." Trunks blurted.
Rosemary stopped chewing the gum. It hadn't occurred to her until then that her feelings for Trunks had changed. She didn't stop loving him, no not at all, it was just that now she loved him--- differently.
"Oh." She tried to think of something to say.
"Oh?" Trunks raised one brow grinning, "Getting bored of me, huh?"
"Oh no!" Rosemary exclaimed.
"Yeah ya are." Trunks laughed, "You've heard it so many times it doesn't matter anymore."
Rosemary grinned and Trunks went to kiss her.
Suddenly Rio came and picked Rosemary up by the knees and Trunks missed and kissed the table.
"There you are!" Rio smiled at her.
"Mind putting me down?" Rosemary smiled back with her arms around Rio's neck.
Trunks glowered at Rio unnoticed as Rio smirked at Rosemary and put her on her feet. As soon as she touched the ground he dipped her all the way down.
"How about going to a REAL party?" He grinned at her, still holding her in the dance position. "The third-class really now how to party. Not like these people."
Rosemary looked in his eyes. The shine wasn't visible and gave him such a dangerous attractive look. The scar made him even more seductive.
"Well, I don't know." Rosemary grinned back, "I was having a plenty good time with my friends here. Might I add I haven't seen them?"
"So? Your friend Sushi is there. She's quite a dancer." Rio lifted her and held her close to him.
"Let me re-phrase that." Rosemary looked up at him, "I'm having a plenty good time with my once dead friend Collie and Trunks. Who knows if they die tomorrow?"
"Oh, I see." Rio let her go, "So you don't care about your third-class friend."
"No!" Rosemary exclaimed then lowered her tone, "That's not what I meant. I just haven't seen Trunks for so long and my heart-throbs are really annoying after awhile. Not only that, but Collie's been DEAD."
Rio nodded and looked at Rosemary, "Not even for a little? You'll have fun! I promise."
"Well," Rosemary looked at Trunks, "if it's okay with you."
This caught Trunks by surprise. He stuttered as he replied, "Yeah… um… knock yourself… out… I don't care."
Rosemary smiled, "Thanks Trunks."
Then Rio and Rosemary left. Trunks watched them leave together. They looked so content! He thought.
"What a blast!" Collie plopped down next to Trunks, drunken to the bone. "*Hiccup* how's by you?"
"Just fine." Trunks stared off in the direction Rosemary had left, not really paying attention to anything.
"Cool." Collie burped, "Come dance with me."
"What?" Trunks turned.
"Dance! Ya do know how to dance don'tcha?"
"Of course I do." Trunks gloated crossing his arms.
"Then c'mon!" Collie pulled Trunks up and they began to dance.
"So, when's it due?" Rosemary asked Tiff over the noise.
"Four months!" Tiff shouted back.
"Boy or girl?"
"Not sure."
"How's it goin' babe?" Miko put his arm around Tiff's shoulders.
"I'm bored!" Tiff shouted.
"Let's boogie baby." Miko brought Tiff to where all the others had been dancing.
"How's it going?" Rio came up behind Rosemary and wrapped his arms around her waste.
"S'okay." Rosemary shrugged as Rio put his head next to hers.
"That's no good!" He let go and spun Rosemary around so that she faced him, "I promised you'd have fun."
"Oh I am." Rosemary nodded insincere.
"No you aren't." Rio grinned as a slow song started to play.
Rosemary looked at him, "Who are you to say whether…"
Before Rosemary could finish Rio kissed her, but she didn't stop him. Why hadn't she stopped him? Instead, she gave in and kissed him right back. Rosemary's heart pounded as it did before. Just as strong--- if not stronger--- but this time, she embraced it. She took pleasure out of this pain. For now she knew this pain was love. Not like the love she shared with Trunks--- but something stronger--- something more seductive.
They stopped when they heard a familiar gasp.
Rosemary turned to see Sushi wide-eyed with her hands clasped over her mouth.
"No! It's not what it looks like!" Rosemary exclaimed wide-eyed approaching her friend, but found it hopeless seeing her friend back-up. "Don't tell Trunks, please?"
Sushi looked down.
"Please, Sushi!" Rosemary pleaded.
"He's our friend Rosemary how could you do that to him!" Sushi scolded Rosemary, "You know how easily you can break a human's heart! Him being a half-breed makes no difference!"
Rosemary looked down with guilt. She wanted so badly to berate herself out loud. "I'll tell him."
Rio was quite dazed grinning at himself, not realizing what was going on.
"Goodbye Rio." Rosemary ran off.
By the time Rosemary came Collie had gotten Trunks as drunk as she had been---not even--- he was even more wasted.
"Trunks!" Rosemary ran over to him, "Trunks, we've gotta talk."
"Can't it wait?" Trunks sat as Rosemary pulled him down to a bench.
"No Trunks, we've gotta talk, NOW." Rosemary looked into his eyes.
"Make it quick." Trunks burped.
"Let me just start by saying, none of this is your fault--- it's all me--- it's all my fault…"
Trunks stared at her wide-eyed.
"What?" Rosemary looked at him.
"Rosemary, do you realize how many of my break-up sentences start something like that?" Trunks looked at her, "Please say…"
Rosemary looked down.
"Oh crap." Trunks looked away as well.
"Really Trunks its not…"
"Save it, I don't care." Trunks got up, "Not like we were ever actually dating anyways."
"What's that supposed to mean?!" Rosemary jetted up.
"I mean, it was all--- what my mom likes to call--- 'puppy love.' It wasn't really leading anywhere." Trunks stretched.
Rosemary looked down hurt more than anything, "I'll let that slide because your drunk."
"Whatever." Trunks started off.
"Oh and Trunks," Rosemary started and Trunks stopped, "if it makes any difference… I still love you… just not the way I thought I did before."
Trunks laughed under his breath, "So you love me, but you're not IN love with me… what a classic."
Trunks started off in the crowd and after a long while Rosemary headed back to the third-class camp.
When Rio came to Rosemary and his hide-out he found Rosemary training on a tree.
"H'ya!" Rosemary chopped the tree in half then blew it to bits.
"Wuh, save some for tomorrow, okay?" Rio laughed dropping his loot on the ground.
"What's all that?" Rosemary powered down.
"The dragon gypped us Rosemary." Rio said.
"Wha?" Rosemary looked at him.
"Well, he didn't gyp us completely, but he only gave us armor."
"What?! But you saw all those weapons!"
"They're no more powerful than the ones we have already."
"I don't get it." Rosemary looked down then remembered what she had said, ~ The king has this awesome technology that can put out the toughest of sayians--- how about giving us armor even stronger? ~
"Aw crap!" Rosemary shouted, "I didn't ask for weapons! I asked from armor! Dammit! My luck SUCKS!!!"
"It's okay, Rosemary. At least we've got a top quality defense system on our side."
"Hey, Mill." Tofu tried to smile through bruises, "Millie, you awake."
Millie opened her eyes, "I wish I weren't."
"Listen to that. Sounds like they're partying out there." Tofu said.
"How good for them." Millie closed her eyes and hung from her fetters.
"Don't you know what that means?"
"What?" Millie asked keeping her position.
"They're happy!"
"Tofu, can you just cut to the chase, I really don't feel like listening about other peoples good fortune when I'm locked up down here." Millie looked at her brother.
"Don't you get it?" Tofu looked around and whispered, "They've got a plan!"
This caught Millie's attention, "Really?! But… oh no Tofu! They don't know we're down here! What if… what if…they're plan is to blow up the castle?"
Tofu thought for a moment, "I guess whatever happens, happens."
"You are just so delightful." Millie sighed sarcastically and made herself go unconscious.
"Rio what are you rambling?!" Rosemary asked grumpy and groggy with sleep. Rio was chanting something in Sayian so fast Rosemary didn't get it and it began to make her annoyed. "Can't you see some people are TRYING to sleep?"
"Let me sleep with you." He sat next to her.
"WHAT?!" Rosemary exclaimed suddenly awake.
"No, not like that," Rio looked down turning red, "I mean… just lay by your side… wait… you know what I'm trying to say!"
"Why?" Rosemary looked at him.
"I'm worried."
"You're always worried."
"But I'm really worried now."
"About what?"
"I mean, what if a soldier happened to be at one of those parties and they found out what was going on. Then, they tracked us down and while we were sleeping got us. What if they slit my throat and kid-napped you? If you were ever harmed, I don't know what I'd do! I swore I'd protect you." Rio confided.
Rosemary sat up and put a hand on Rio's shoulder, "You are the most paranoid sayian if I ever did see one… but I see you care so I'm gonna cut you some slack. I'll hang with you at your hay-stack until you fall asleep--- then go right back to mine. That way, you have no idea and nothing to worry about."
"What if you fall asleep first?" Rio asked.
"I won't." Rosemary curled up next to Rio as he sat in he hit the hay (literally, it's a stack of hay!).
Rio started to laugh silently.
"What… what's so funny?" Rosemary looked up at him.
"Nothing it's just… this reminds me of a story my mother once told me about my grandparents."
"Oh? Tell it to me." Rosemary nudged her head next to Rio's chest.
"Um, well," Rio looked up, "it starts like this…"
"Yawn." Rosemary teased.
"*Ahem* " Rio eyed Rosemary and went on, "Well, as you know all third class sayians in the first generation were shipped off as soon as they're born to conquer other planets."
"Yes, I know."
"Well, my grandma was a third class, but was never assigned a planet to conquer so she was assigned to be a soldier trainee. That's where she met my gramps--- a first class. Let's see, she was probably three and he was probably six when they first met. At first they couldn't STAND each other, my grandma thought gramps was a self-centered snob and my gramps thought grandma was a weak dirty good-for-nothing that just takes up space.
"So anyway, one day they got so pisted at each other they just started fighting. Some how, in the end, they became good friends. They're timing couldn't be worse. That's when the king decides he wants to send my grandma to scout the earth's moon and my grandpa to conquer and live on Namek."
"Oh no, what did they do?" Rosemary asked sleepily.
"Well, they ran away, just like we did--- except they hid on another planet. Every night they stayed close to one another to protect each other, and soon they grew and had my mom and the story goes on… Rosemary?" Rio nudged her, but she had fallen asleep. He leaned back and grinned, "Well, I guess I showed her."
Bulma yawned as she walked down the stairs and turned on the light. She jumped as she saw Trunks sitting at the kitchen table.
"Trunks?! What are you doing p so late? You know we've got a fight tomorrow! And why were you in the dark?" She asked getting a glass of water.
"I'm trying to remember." Trunks replied bluntly.
"Remember what, dear?" Bulma sat at the table.
"Rosemary told me something--- she said it was real important--- but… but I can't remember what it was, over even what I said. I was too drunk TO remember."
"DRUNK!?!" Bulma looked at him.
"Wuh, I mean tired!" Trunks lied.
"I'm sure it will come to you. Just go to sleep! If you fall asleep on the battle-field and get your head blown off, don't say anything." Bulma went back upstairs.
"I won't be able to." Trunks laughed.
*SNORE**SNORE* Tofu slept when Millie slapped him in the head with her shoe.
"Hey Millie! Watch where your… MILLIE!" Tofu looked up and saw Millie standing in front of him, "How'd you get out?"
Millie showed Tofu one of the guards ray-guns and broke the chains, "They came to check on us and when he turned around I got it with my tail."
"You were always my favorite little sister." Tofu smiled.
"I was always your ONLY little sister." Millie smiled and looked out the dungeon door.
"Don't worry about it sis, I still got my armor remember?" Tofu smiled.
"Yahoo! Freedom, here we come!" Millie ran to her brother.
Rosemary moved around and woke up. She didn't remember putting a cement block in her hay-stack. She looked to see what she was laying and found Rio. In the dim light he looked so attractive to her, but she tried to ignore it. She was just about to climb into her own bed, when Rio stopped her in his sleep by grabbing her shoulder.
Rosemary turned around nervously. Rio had a firm yet gentle grip. Must be a reflex, Rosemary thought and tried to head to her bed again. This time though, she stopped herself. She had felt so warm and safe and protected with Rio. It was dawn, they wouldn't be asleep for much longer, what difference would it make? Rosemary laid her head right under Rio's chin and put her arm around his rock hard stomach. Soon she fell back asleep.
Rio tried to move, but seemed to be stuck. What the heck was on him? He couldn't feel his arm, something was squeezing his stomach and what was under his chin? He woke up and found Rosemary laying comfortably beside him. He was just about to take her to her hay-stack bed when he saw her slumbering face. What a babe, he thought and leaned back. It was dawn, they wouldn't be asleep for much longer, he could deal with it. Besides, between his arm's blood circulation and a cute babe laying at his side, Rio would pick the cute babe any day.
Trunks jetted up from his bed. Holy crap, he thought, now I remember! He slapped his face and dropped down back in his bed trying to catch his breath. Why oh why did he have to remember?
***NOTES*** What dumb wishes...I AGREE WITH VEGETA DARNNET!!!
.:: Returning Friend, Returning Foe ::.
"How has awakened me? Why are you all silent?! Speak now so that I can return to my eternal slumber!" Porunga rumbled.
Everyone looked at Trunks and Trunks looked at Rosemary. She nodded and stepped up. "Now listen to me you over grown lizard! Do you think you can shut up long enough for me to make our wishes?"
Trunks, Bulma, and Vegeta stared at Rosemary wide-eyed as the mighty dragon grew a huge sweat drop. He stood silent.
"Good," Rosemary smirked, "for our first wish we'd like to wish back all…"
She stopped as the voice came back ~ Be careful now. The dragon might not know exactly what you mean and wish back EVERYONE, that includes the king followers."
"Rosemary?" Trunks nudged her arm.
"Oh yes," she nodded and looked at the dragon, "for our first wish we would like to wish back everyone who was killed by the king's men--- who was no longer the king's follower."
~ That should do it. ~ Rosemary smirked congratulating herself.
Suddenly little flashes of light appeared all around the empire like little shooting stars! Two lights appeared in front of the group and immediately took form as two sayians--- Collie and Unagi.
"Your wish has been granted." The dragon roared.
"Obviously." Vegeta crossed his arms.
"C-collie." Jacko stared with unbelieving eyes.
"What the…" Collie looked at her hands and at herself. She then looked at everyone around her. "Am I a… Am I alive?"
Before anyone could answer Jacko ran to his sister and hugged her as tight he could. He successfully held back tears, but his eyes were still glassy.
"I-Ika?" Unagi looked as his wife. Her face was darkened as she looked to the ground. He came closer and realized she was crying. "Are you crying Ika?"
She quickly rubbed her eyes and looked up. She glowered at him and snapped, "Of course I'm not crying! I'm just tired that's all."
Unagi grinned and embraced his mate, she held him as well.
"Glad to see you all again." Rosemary grinned, "I've missed you so much."
Sushi stared bluntly at the two returning sayians and bursted into tears as she embraced them both tightly.
Meanwhile, two lights hit the castle bridge.
One formed into Tofu laying in the grass on his back and the other Millie sitting next to him.
"Wh-where am I?" Tofu looked around and turned blue as he saw the castle, "Stop it! More torture from the pits of hell!"
"Tofu calm down!" Millie shook him, "Don't you see? We're alive!"
"We must be if your here." Tofu looked at his sister, "Your to innocent to be damned in hell with me."
Millie faintly smiled and pulled her brother up, "Hurry Tofu! We need to get out of here before we're caught!"
"A little late, no?" Sarge smirked in front of them along with about twenty other soldiers.
"I can never win!" Tofu began to sob.
"Now you're going to tell us how you traitors are still breathing in our presence." Sarge winced at them.
"How should we know?" Millie snapped.
"Oh, I have a feeling you'll remember real soon." Sarge smirked evilly.
"What is your last wish?" Porunga questioned.
"Hmm…" Rosemary thought.
Rio spoke up, "How about ending this whole war and making the empire the way the first generation lived!"
"Yeah!" Everyone agreed.
"That is out of my power." The dragon replied.
"What? How 'bout I put it in ya power?" Collie got ready to fight the dragon.
"Collie, chill. That dragon brought you to life, he can probably kill you as well!" Jacko warned as Sushi held back her friend.
"Fine!" Rosemary spoke up, "Then how about making our chances better!"
Everybody looked at her.
"Oh, I see!" Koi nodded.
Rosemary went on, "The king has this awesome technology that can put out the toughest of sayians--- how about giving us armor even stronger?"
The dragon was silent. Then it's eyes glowed red for the longest. Finally it rumbled, "Your wish has been granted." And disappeared.
The dragonballs glowed in the sky and sped away.
"Well where is it?" Rosemary looked around.
"Don't tell me that lizard gypped us!" Ika scowled.
"You idiots!" Vegeta snapped, "You could have had immortality!"
"Huh?" Everyone turned around.
"Vegeta we don't have time for this, we need to find our loot!" Rosemary looked around, then seemed to realize something and fly away.
Rio followed after her, as well as everyone else.
Rosemary landed where her house had once been. She opened the door to the underground vault and jumped down.
"Rosemary?" Rio landed looking around. He then saw the opening and jumped down after her.
He saw her and her cheek to cheek smile. She seemed to be so full of ecstasy.
"What is it?" He asked her looking into her eyes as he put a hand on her shoulder.
She opened her arms and gestured him to look around. "It's all here!"
Rio's eyes widened as he saw the vault full of brilliant top quality armour and newly sophisticated weaponry. Even doubled eyed scouters of various colours.
The others dropped in, their jaws dropped as well.
"Wuh…" Koi looked around, "This is enough to arm all of our empire and the next."
"Maybe even the empire before!" Sushi exclaimed examining the stuffed room.
Rosemary turned to them with fire in her eyes. She punched the palm of her other hand and grinned, "Arm our forces! We attack tomorrow!"
"We're telling you the truth!" Tofu scowled at the guards that had him on the wall in fetters.
Sarge punched him in the jaw so hard Tofu's face bled.
"Tofu!" Millie squealed, she was as well chained to the wall.
"I'm not going to ask you again!" Sarge roared, "How were you revived!"
"He doesn't know!" Millie shouted, "I don't know either!"
"Shut up! No one was speakin' to you!" a guard slapped Millie in the face and she began to weep.
"You bastard!" Tofu pulled on the shackles, "How dare you strike my sister! I oughta…"
"Calm down, Tofu, my friend." Sarge gave a false grin, "Your sister won't get hurt if you just tell us everything. If you don't…"
Sarge turned to the guard and he pulled out the same weapon that had drained Rosemary.
"I DON'T KNOW!!!" Tofu yelled full of rage, "How hard can it be for you to understand!?!"
Sarge snorted at Tofu and looked down as he snapped his fingers.
The guard near Millie shocked her with the weapon. She screamed loudly, turning from normal form to primitive beast form, back to normal and passing out.
"Millie!" Tofu was about to break the chains when another guard got him with the weapon in the neck.
"What did they know of the occurrence that was reported to me?" The king asked as Sarge entered the room.
"Not a thing, they were completely worthless!" Sarge announced then smirked, "We took care of them though."
"Very good." The king nodded, "Try capturing some of the princesses friends. There's no doubt in my mind they now something.
"Yes you highness." Sarge bowed and backed into the shadows.
All the sayians celebrated with drinks and food in there separate divisions. Each one excited about tomorrow. Each one having a taste for blood-shed.
Rio had gone with Sushi and Koi to the third class camp, Rosemary and the rest celebrated with in the second class village.
The drunks sung drunken songs, the children that hadn't reunited with there parents did so, and everyone enjoyed themselves!
Trunks sat next to Rosemary as she chugged down a beer.
"I didn't know you drank." He looked at her.
"So I'm one year to young in your human terms, so sue me." Rosemary belched and crushed the can.
Trunks slightly laughed and looked at her, "I've missed, you don't know how bad I felt when I heard you were dead."
Rosemary looked at Trunks, "Aw, now that I'm all drunk you're gonna make me cry."
Trunks touched her hair and smiled, "For me?"
"Who else?" She smiled then turned away realizing how bad her breath probably smelled.
"Rosemary, I don't know if I truly meant it the first time, but I want to tell you something." Trunks started.
"Yes?" Rosemary popped a piece of long-lasting gum in her mouth.
"When I heard you died I knew for sure that I loved you." Trunks blurted.
Rosemary stopped chewing the gum. It hadn't occurred to her until then that her feelings for Trunks had changed. She didn't stop loving him, no not at all, it was just that now she loved him--- differently.
"Oh." She tried to think of something to say.
"Oh?" Trunks raised one brow grinning, "Getting bored of me, huh?"
"Oh no!" Rosemary exclaimed.
"Yeah ya are." Trunks laughed, "You've heard it so many times it doesn't matter anymore."
Rosemary grinned and Trunks went to kiss her.
Suddenly Rio came and picked Rosemary up by the knees and Trunks missed and kissed the table.
"There you are!" Rio smiled at her.
"Mind putting me down?" Rosemary smiled back with her arms around Rio's neck.
Trunks glowered at Rio unnoticed as Rio smirked at Rosemary and put her on her feet. As soon as she touched the ground he dipped her all the way down.
"How about going to a REAL party?" He grinned at her, still holding her in the dance position. "The third-class really now how to party. Not like these people."
Rosemary looked in his eyes. The shine wasn't visible and gave him such a dangerous attractive look. The scar made him even more seductive.
"Well, I don't know." Rosemary grinned back, "I was having a plenty good time with my friends here. Might I add I haven't seen them?"
"So? Your friend Sushi is there. She's quite a dancer." Rio lifted her and held her close to him.
"Let me re-phrase that." Rosemary looked up at him, "I'm having a plenty good time with my once dead friend Collie and Trunks. Who knows if they die tomorrow?"
"Oh, I see." Rio let her go, "So you don't care about your third-class friend."
"No!" Rosemary exclaimed then lowered her tone, "That's not what I meant. I just haven't seen Trunks for so long and my heart-throbs are really annoying after awhile. Not only that, but Collie's been DEAD."
Rio nodded and looked at Rosemary, "Not even for a little? You'll have fun! I promise."
"Well," Rosemary looked at Trunks, "if it's okay with you."
This caught Trunks by surprise. He stuttered as he replied, "Yeah… um… knock yourself… out… I don't care."
Rosemary smiled, "Thanks Trunks."
Then Rio and Rosemary left. Trunks watched them leave together. They looked so content! He thought.
"What a blast!" Collie plopped down next to Trunks, drunken to the bone. "*Hiccup* how's by you?"
"Just fine." Trunks stared off in the direction Rosemary had left, not really paying attention to anything.
"Cool." Collie burped, "Come dance with me."
"What?" Trunks turned.
"Dance! Ya do know how to dance don'tcha?"
"Of course I do." Trunks gloated crossing his arms.
"Then c'mon!" Collie pulled Trunks up and they began to dance.
"So, when's it due?" Rosemary asked Tiff over the noise.
"Four months!" Tiff shouted back.
"Boy or girl?"
"Not sure."
"How's it goin' babe?" Miko put his arm around Tiff's shoulders.
"I'm bored!" Tiff shouted.
"Let's boogie baby." Miko brought Tiff to where all the others had been dancing.
"How's it going?" Rio came up behind Rosemary and wrapped his arms around her waste.
"S'okay." Rosemary shrugged as Rio put his head next to hers.
"That's no good!" He let go and spun Rosemary around so that she faced him, "I promised you'd have fun."
"Oh I am." Rosemary nodded insincere.
"No you aren't." Rio grinned as a slow song started to play.
Rosemary looked at him, "Who are you to say whether…"
Before Rosemary could finish Rio kissed her, but she didn't stop him. Why hadn't she stopped him? Instead, she gave in and kissed him right back. Rosemary's heart pounded as it did before. Just as strong--- if not stronger--- but this time, she embraced it. She took pleasure out of this pain. For now she knew this pain was love. Not like the love she shared with Trunks--- but something stronger--- something more seductive.
They stopped when they heard a familiar gasp.
Rosemary turned to see Sushi wide-eyed with her hands clasped over her mouth.
"No! It's not what it looks like!" Rosemary exclaimed wide-eyed approaching her friend, but found it hopeless seeing her friend back-up. "Don't tell Trunks, please?"
Sushi looked down.
"Please, Sushi!" Rosemary pleaded.
"He's our friend Rosemary how could you do that to him!" Sushi scolded Rosemary, "You know how easily you can break a human's heart! Him being a half-breed makes no difference!"
Rosemary looked down with guilt. She wanted so badly to berate herself out loud. "I'll tell him."
Rio was quite dazed grinning at himself, not realizing what was going on.
"Goodbye Rio." Rosemary ran off.
By the time Rosemary came Collie had gotten Trunks as drunk as she had been---not even--- he was even more wasted.
"Trunks!" Rosemary ran over to him, "Trunks, we've gotta talk."
"Can't it wait?" Trunks sat as Rosemary pulled him down to a bench.
"No Trunks, we've gotta talk, NOW." Rosemary looked into his eyes.
"Make it quick." Trunks burped.
"Let me just start by saying, none of this is your fault--- it's all me--- it's all my fault…"
Trunks stared at her wide-eyed.
"What?" Rosemary looked at him.
"Rosemary, do you realize how many of my break-up sentences start something like that?" Trunks looked at her, "Please say…"
Rosemary looked down.
"Oh crap." Trunks looked away as well.
"Really Trunks its not…"
"Save it, I don't care." Trunks got up, "Not like we were ever actually dating anyways."
"What's that supposed to mean?!" Rosemary jetted up.
"I mean, it was all--- what my mom likes to call--- 'puppy love.' It wasn't really leading anywhere." Trunks stretched.
Rosemary looked down hurt more than anything, "I'll let that slide because your drunk."
"Whatever." Trunks started off.
"Oh and Trunks," Rosemary started and Trunks stopped, "if it makes any difference… I still love you… just not the way I thought I did before."
Trunks laughed under his breath, "So you love me, but you're not IN love with me… what a classic."
Trunks started off in the crowd and after a long while Rosemary headed back to the third-class camp.
When Rio came to Rosemary and his hide-out he found Rosemary training on a tree.
"H'ya!" Rosemary chopped the tree in half then blew it to bits.
"Wuh, save some for tomorrow, okay?" Rio laughed dropping his loot on the ground.
"What's all that?" Rosemary powered down.
"The dragon gypped us Rosemary." Rio said.
"Wha?" Rosemary looked at him.
"Well, he didn't gyp us completely, but he only gave us armor."
"What?! But you saw all those weapons!"
"They're no more powerful than the ones we have already."
"I don't get it." Rosemary looked down then remembered what she had said, ~ The king has this awesome technology that can put out the toughest of sayians--- how about giving us armor even stronger? ~
"Aw crap!" Rosemary shouted, "I didn't ask for weapons! I asked from armor! Dammit! My luck SUCKS!!!"
"It's okay, Rosemary. At least we've got a top quality defense system on our side."
"Hey, Mill." Tofu tried to smile through bruises, "Millie, you awake."
Millie opened her eyes, "I wish I weren't."
"Listen to that. Sounds like they're partying out there." Tofu said.
"How good for them." Millie closed her eyes and hung from her fetters.
"Don't you know what that means?"
"What?" Millie asked keeping her position.
"They're happy!"
"Tofu, can you just cut to the chase, I really don't feel like listening about other peoples good fortune when I'm locked up down here." Millie looked at her brother.
"Don't you get it?" Tofu looked around and whispered, "They've got a plan!"
This caught Millie's attention, "Really?! But… oh no Tofu! They don't know we're down here! What if… what if…they're plan is to blow up the castle?"
Tofu thought for a moment, "I guess whatever happens, happens."
"You are just so delightful." Millie sighed sarcastically and made herself go unconscious.
"Rio what are you rambling?!" Rosemary asked grumpy and groggy with sleep. Rio was chanting something in Sayian so fast Rosemary didn't get it and it began to make her annoyed. "Can't you see some people are TRYING to sleep?"
"Let me sleep with you." He sat next to her.
"WHAT?!" Rosemary exclaimed suddenly awake.
"No, not like that," Rio looked down turning red, "I mean… just lay by your side… wait… you know what I'm trying to say!"
"Why?" Rosemary looked at him.
"I'm worried."
"You're always worried."
"But I'm really worried now."
"About what?"
"I mean, what if a soldier happened to be at one of those parties and they found out what was going on. Then, they tracked us down and while we were sleeping got us. What if they slit my throat and kid-napped you? If you were ever harmed, I don't know what I'd do! I swore I'd protect you." Rio confided.
Rosemary sat up and put a hand on Rio's shoulder, "You are the most paranoid sayian if I ever did see one… but I see you care so I'm gonna cut you some slack. I'll hang with you at your hay-stack until you fall asleep--- then go right back to mine. That way, you have no idea and nothing to worry about."
"What if you fall asleep first?" Rio asked.
"I won't." Rosemary curled up next to Rio as he sat in he hit the hay (literally, it's a stack of hay!).
Rio started to laugh silently.
"What… what's so funny?" Rosemary looked up at him.
"Nothing it's just… this reminds me of a story my mother once told me about my grandparents."
"Oh? Tell it to me." Rosemary nudged her head next to Rio's chest.
"Um, well," Rio looked up, "it starts like this…"
"Yawn." Rosemary teased.
"*Ahem* " Rio eyed Rosemary and went on, "Well, as you know all third class sayians in the first generation were shipped off as soon as they're born to conquer other planets."
"Yes, I know."
"Well, my grandma was a third class, but was never assigned a planet to conquer so she was assigned to be a soldier trainee. That's where she met my gramps--- a first class. Let's see, she was probably three and he was probably six when they first met. At first they couldn't STAND each other, my grandma thought gramps was a self-centered snob and my gramps thought grandma was a weak dirty good-for-nothing that just takes up space.
"So anyway, one day they got so pisted at each other they just started fighting. Some how, in the end, they became good friends. They're timing couldn't be worse. That's when the king decides he wants to send my grandma to scout the earth's moon and my grandpa to conquer and live on Namek."
"Oh no, what did they do?" Rosemary asked sleepily.
"Well, they ran away, just like we did--- except they hid on another planet. Every night they stayed close to one another to protect each other, and soon they grew and had my mom and the story goes on… Rosemary?" Rio nudged her, but she had fallen asleep. He leaned back and grinned, "Well, I guess I showed her."
Bulma yawned as she walked down the stairs and turned on the light. She jumped as she saw Trunks sitting at the kitchen table.
"Trunks?! What are you doing p so late? You know we've got a fight tomorrow! And why were you in the dark?" She asked getting a glass of water.
"I'm trying to remember." Trunks replied bluntly.
"Remember what, dear?" Bulma sat at the table.
"Rosemary told me something--- she said it was real important--- but… but I can't remember what it was, over even what I said. I was too drunk TO remember."
"DRUNK!?!" Bulma looked at him.
"Wuh, I mean tired!" Trunks lied.
"I'm sure it will come to you. Just go to sleep! If you fall asleep on the battle-field and get your head blown off, don't say anything." Bulma went back upstairs.
"I won't be able to." Trunks laughed.
*SNORE**SNORE* Tofu slept when Millie slapped him in the head with her shoe.
"Hey Millie! Watch where your… MILLIE!" Tofu looked up and saw Millie standing in front of him, "How'd you get out?"
Millie showed Tofu one of the guards ray-guns and broke the chains, "They came to check on us and when he turned around I got it with my tail."
"You were always my favorite little sister." Tofu smiled.
"I was always your ONLY little sister." Millie smiled and looked out the dungeon door.
"Don't worry about it sis, I still got my armor remember?" Tofu smiled.
"Yahoo! Freedom, here we come!" Millie ran to her brother.
Rosemary moved around and woke up. She didn't remember putting a cement block in her hay-stack. She looked to see what she was laying and found Rio. In the dim light he looked so attractive to her, but she tried to ignore it. She was just about to climb into her own bed, when Rio stopped her in his sleep by grabbing her shoulder.
Rosemary turned around nervously. Rio had a firm yet gentle grip. Must be a reflex, Rosemary thought and tried to head to her bed again. This time though, she stopped herself. She had felt so warm and safe and protected with Rio. It was dawn, they wouldn't be asleep for much longer, what difference would it make? Rosemary laid her head right under Rio's chin and put her arm around his rock hard stomach. Soon she fell back asleep.
Rio tried to move, but seemed to be stuck. What the heck was on him? He couldn't feel his arm, something was squeezing his stomach and what was under his chin? He woke up and found Rosemary laying comfortably beside him. He was just about to take her to her hay-stack bed when he saw her slumbering face. What a babe, he thought and leaned back. It was dawn, they wouldn't be asleep for much longer, he could deal with it. Besides, between his arm's blood circulation and a cute babe laying at his side, Rio would pick the cute babe any day.
Trunks jetted up from his bed. Holy crap, he thought, now I remember! He slapped his face and dropped down back in his bed trying to catch his breath. Why oh why did he have to remember?
***NOTES*** What dumb wishes...I AGREE WITH VEGETA DARNNET!!!
