Merry Christmas everybody..!
Enjoy this addition to the tale that has spawned from my fragile little mind. (he-he.. I am in such a giddy mood today)
Haunt7
It Never Ends
Part 2
Haunting the Present
By Her Side
He had not laughed so hard in years!
He saw her faint and fall - actually fall - into Brennen's arms! He couldn't arrange that! He really wished that he could see inside the house. Those people milling around sure looked nervous and oh! The look of hope on Brennen's face was priceless.
He could not plan that!
All his scheming to get them together and they were doing so well on their own.
They were doomed.
A triumph.
He rewound the tape and watched her swoon again. He found that he was actually giggling. If Goten had been there, that would have been cherry. Just cherry!
He looked at the live cam.
He could see the one they called Junior pacing by a window. The former blind one.
His good mood withered as other thoughts intruded. How did they cure the poison? They still had the scars. He saw them. Goten with the white mark surrounding his throat, Trunks with the barely noticeable one on his cheek.
Then there was Soyna and the coil on her arm and Junior had nearly been blinded by the poison. He was shocked to discover that they had poison at the failed tournament and confused over the mention of time travel.
There were a lot of inventions that the Brief's family had hidden in that compound and with the Capsule technology, they were nearly impossible to track or copy.
He really wanted to know more about the time travel and the time that those two came from. He knew very little about that other time and it was mostly about Trunks. Just some images of a teen boy with his younger counterpart. Then he was a boy one day and a man almost the next. He was not sure that it all had to do with time travel because of Gohan. The boy had aged quickly as well. They all grew amazingly strong in a short period of time, during the cell games.
Did that have to do with time travel?
He didn't think that part had to deal with time travel. He didn't know why, but he had a feeling that there was something else there.
He sighed heavily. He wished the records were clearer.
He rewound the tape and watched it again.
Damn them.
Who were they really?
They were so much more than just warriors.
He did wish that he could fight them one on one. That was how he was trained to fight. Not this sneaky stuff that his father did, but he knew that he would be quickly crushed. There was no honor in this fight, but then that didn't matter anymore.
He had to win!
Destroy the pesky Saiyain's. Finish the job that everyone else failed to do, even the mighty Freeza!
He watched her crumple into her former husbands arms.
He would get his revenge.
He leaned back in his chair and rubbed his hands through his newly dyed black hair. His hair had grown long during his stay on this planet and he rather liked it that way. Sometimes it was a bother as it fell into his eyes, but even his contacts didn't hid the shock of the pale blue that was there. The green dulled it a bit. A darker blue contact made him look scary and he was not going to look so normal with brown contacts!
He looked through his other tapes.
Well, this was interesting. Trunk's was planning a get away. He tapped away at the computer screen. He could do something with that. Probably trying to make up to Pan for all the time that he was spending at the office. He grinned even wider. He could definitely do something with this!
But he would worry about that tomorrow. Screwing up records in the computer was not much of a challenge and he could do that on his lunch break.
He had to worry about his next target.
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Trunk's finalized the plans. A private resort. A private plane. There own little bungalow on the beach. Just them! He had already pleaded with mom to take care of Crystal and set up a complete web at work so that he could get the time off.
She was going to be so surprised.
He grinned as he came home and was greeted by his happy little girl. Her purple hair tied in a white ribbon to match a white dress, which was remarkably still clean. A wide grin, which was her mothers, and a sparkle in her eyes as she babbled to him about what she did that day.
Then she asked, "Did you have a good day daddy?"
"Better than yesterday," he said. And that was the truth. Work may have still been hellish but the thought of getting out of the doghouse with Pan was enough to lighten up them most miserable day. And the sight of his little girl. She was such a happy child.
He was glad that his children would never have to worry about fighting or training to save the universe. They could enter tournaments and do it for fun, but they wouldn't have to worry if they were going to have to die for the planet.
"Mommy!" Crystal screamed. "DADDY'S HOME!" and she jumped from his arms.
He rubbed his ears. She definitely inherited her grandmothers voice. He looked to see Pan. She still looked slightly angry with him.
He involuntarily winced.
He knew that it would be resolved soon, but he didn't like her looking at him like that. He knew that once she knew what was planned, she would be forgiven for all his late nights and weekends runs into the office. He had to wait.
"We are having lasagna for supper!" Crystal announced. "I even help make it! I put the cheese on the top!"
He smiled brightly and walked into the kitchen. He gave Pan a quick hug and a kiss on the cheek. She smelled really good. Crystal was still bouncing around the kitchen telling him in detail about how she put the cheese on the lasagna.
He did love Pan. He loved his daughter. He would have to ask Pan if she wanted to have another baby. Maybe a boy. Not just to please his dad, but he would like to have a boy.
"What are you grinning at?" Pan asked.
"Oh, Just day dreaming." He said and gave her another quick kiss. Yeah. He definatly would like to have another kid with her. This way they would not be to far apart in age. His sister and him were not that close because of the age difference... well, and the fact that Vegeta favored her a hell of a lot more than him didn't help either.
"Supper smells great," he said and went to pick up his daughter who was working herself in a tizzy about cheese and mispronouncing the names.
He looked to Pan and smiled brightly at her. She was not as stern looking as yesterday. By Friday, he would have things back to normal.
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"Goku?"
He looked up from his food which he no longer had the stomach for. He hardly ate any of it and he could see ChiChi looking at him worriedly.
He didn't like how he felt. The tattoo was no longer warm but now he just had a wrong feeling in his gut. It wasn't like the power readings before when he felt evil. This wasn't anything like that. There was just something wrong.
"Are you done eating?"
He nodded and stood up from the table.
"Are you feeling alright?"
He nodded and tried to put on his best smile.
She did not look convinced, as she looked at him and surveyed the food that was still on the table. "Goku, you don't just walk away from food." Her voice took on that stern quality.
"I'm sorry ChiChi. I'm just not hungry anymore," he said. She just about fell over when he said that.
"Are you SURE that you are feeling alright?" ChiChi said getting over the shock and a look of amazement came over her as she looking at the food that was still on the table.
"Yeah. Fine. I just... I just am going to go for a walk." He stood from the table and darted towards the door. Maybe some exercise would get rid of the feeling.
What could possibly be going wrong?
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Goten wanted to rip something apart. He never wanted to rip something apart more than he wanted to do right them. He had stared at the door with her words ripping through him for what seemed like forever.
"It wasn't just a wish," he whispered as he continued to walk. It wasn't. He loved her before the wish. Didn't she remember that he was nearly hunted her and, most importantly, didn't she remember that stolen kiss at the tournament. She enjoyed that kiss before they were interrupted. That was before the wish. BEFORE! He knew that she had enjoyed that kiss.
He had thought about ripping the door down and shaking some sense into her and most importantly, shred that stuffed cat. Junior had told him the significance of it. He couldn't believe that Brennen was courting his wife the exact way he did in the other time! He could understand why it upset her but... He thought that she had moved on.
He really wished he had the guts to shred that stuffed cat.
But he didn't.
With the pain and the rage in him, he heard her tun on the shower. He turned to go and kept on walking. Past his brother and her brother and a worried looking Raymond. He thought they were saying something but he didn't hear them as he walked past them.
"It wasn't just a wish."
He hands twitched.
His jaw ached.
His eyes burned.
"It wasn't just a wish!" He nearly screamed this. He was relieved that there was no one around when he screamed this.
He felt like he was going insane.
What would he do if she went back to Brennen?
His eyes burned.
He wasn't going to cry.
What about what he had said at the tournament. He had promised her that he would wait for and stay by her side... and here he was running away. He stopped walking.
He was being a fool.
She was just angry and he was just angry. He stared at his feet. She didn't mean it. She couldn't. She did care about him before the wish was made. She did let him kiss her that one time! Would they have got together if Legen hadn't made that wish?
He didn't know the answer to that.
Didn't need to know the answer to that.
He would have stood by her side no matter what and he knew that. He had loved her and nothing would have stopped him from being by her side! That is all that mattered. He loved her.
She was just confused with the sight of Brennen and all. He couldn't blame her. She never really got to resolve her feeling towards him with all that happened.
He would just stay by her side until she came out of it!
"Son?" He turned around to see his father standing there looking at him curiously. "What are you doing out here?"
He shrugged. "Just had to calm down a bit." He had to get back home and talk to her. He had to get Brennen out of her head and push himself back in! He was her husband now. That is all that should matter and she had to take care of herself and the new baby. She needed him and he was running away like a coward.
"Are you okay?" He felt his dad's hand on his shoulder and he nearly broke down in tears. He told his father everything that had happened and watched as a shocked looked came over his face.
"I said some really stupid things," he whispered.
"She really said that!" he said. He wouldn't stop blinking his eyes. It was rather annoying.
"Yes, dad," he sighed. "I should get back. I kind of left rudely."
"Right," Dad said and rubbed the back of his head. "Wow. I'm going to be a grandpa again!" He had a large grin on his face, as if he suddenly forgot everything else.
Goten rolled his eyes and started to walk back home. Dad missed the whole point of what he just told him.
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"What the hell is your problem?"
Vegeta looked over to Bulma who was glaring at him with a fury that he had not seen in a couple of months. She must have been trying to talk to him.
"Didn't you hear a word I said! This is important."
"Whatever," he mumbled. Her level of important seldom was his.
"You didn't hear me!" She said and stormed towards him, poking her finger into his chest. "Benot and Legen are staying over tonight!"
He growled. Great. He didn't want the house full of brats, especially those two. They yell at each other a lot lately and it was rather annoying rather than taking the fight to where they probably could resolve their difference. A couple of black eyes never hurt any one.
"Don't you want to know WHY they are staying over here tonight? Huh?" Her finger continued to poke him. "If you had been listening to me, you would know why!"
"Get to the point," he was not in the mood for this.
She rolled her eyes and placed her fists on her hips. "Soyna met Brennen the other day..." He blinked at her. He didn't know a Brennen. So what was the big deal. "...and then he came back today to return her purse and gave her a little 'I'm Sorry' gift. She fainted. Gohan nearly killed him, but she stopped him and that is not the end of it..." She needed to take a breath. "...she is pregnant again and..." That would explain why she didn't want to train. That made him feel a little better anyway. "...Raymond has ordered her to rest..." She wasn't turning her back from him. Such a relief. What would he do without her to train with? "...She got in a huge fight with Goten..." those two never fought. It was almost sickening. "...and I thought that it would be better for the boys to sleep away from that for a while and this way, she can get some rest so that she doesn't loose the baby." He didn't think she paused in the whole time. There was only one thing that he needed to know.
"Who's Brennen?"
She looked at him with shock. "Her former husband, you idiot!" She rubbed her forehead. "God, you can be so dense!"
He watched her walk out of the room and stood there in shock.
She hardly talked about Brennen to him. Just a mention in passing. She talked about that with the others. She never bothered him with those details. He didn't think that she was that attached to him.
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Videl looked at Gohan who looked rather worried. He had his glasses stuck in his hair as he was busy holding two fussy kids. Flint and Flare had just been pulling each other tails again and they were fighting with each other yet again.
"Do you think they'll be okay?" Videl asked. Those two never fought, well, expect for sparing but that didn't count. "How bad was it?"
Gohan sighed. "Pretty bad," He pulled back Flint who was trying to get back at Flare who seemed to be teasing her brother. "Goten was so out of it. It was almost scary to see him walk past us like that. I didn't know what was said but he left muttering, 'It's not just a wish.'" Gohan sighed again. "I am so glad that we never had twins. How does she do it?"
Videl sighed and took Flint from his arms. "Well hopefully, everything will be okay tomorrow once they cool off a bit." She said. "It would be such a shame."
Gohan looked at the little girl in his arms, which was the mirror image of Soyna. He knew what Videl meant and he didn't like that thought at all.
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A/N
Well, there is another suspense filled chapter!
I hope you all enjoyed it. I can not gaurantee that I will be posting next Monday, due to the hetic week that is upon us, but I will try. I have so many ideas to write it is keeping me awake at night... (Evil laughter here)... Plus I also got a new game -FFX- to occupy me and believe me it is occupying my time...
Oh yeah, houria... quit reading my mind!!! (Just kidding)
Soyna
Enjoy this addition to the tale that has spawned from my fragile little mind. (he-he.. I am in such a giddy mood today)
Haunt7
It Never Ends
Part 2
Haunting the Present
By Her Side
He had not laughed so hard in years!
He saw her faint and fall - actually fall - into Brennen's arms! He couldn't arrange that! He really wished that he could see inside the house. Those people milling around sure looked nervous and oh! The look of hope on Brennen's face was priceless.
He could not plan that!
All his scheming to get them together and they were doing so well on their own.
They were doomed.
A triumph.
He rewound the tape and watched her swoon again. He found that he was actually giggling. If Goten had been there, that would have been cherry. Just cherry!
He looked at the live cam.
He could see the one they called Junior pacing by a window. The former blind one.
His good mood withered as other thoughts intruded. How did they cure the poison? They still had the scars. He saw them. Goten with the white mark surrounding his throat, Trunks with the barely noticeable one on his cheek.
Then there was Soyna and the coil on her arm and Junior had nearly been blinded by the poison. He was shocked to discover that they had poison at the failed tournament and confused over the mention of time travel.
There were a lot of inventions that the Brief's family had hidden in that compound and with the Capsule technology, they were nearly impossible to track or copy.
He really wanted to know more about the time travel and the time that those two came from. He knew very little about that other time and it was mostly about Trunks. Just some images of a teen boy with his younger counterpart. Then he was a boy one day and a man almost the next. He was not sure that it all had to do with time travel because of Gohan. The boy had aged quickly as well. They all grew amazingly strong in a short period of time, during the cell games.
Did that have to do with time travel?
He didn't think that part had to deal with time travel. He didn't know why, but he had a feeling that there was something else there.
He sighed heavily. He wished the records were clearer.
He rewound the tape and watched it again.
Damn them.
Who were they really?
They were so much more than just warriors.
He did wish that he could fight them one on one. That was how he was trained to fight. Not this sneaky stuff that his father did, but he knew that he would be quickly crushed. There was no honor in this fight, but then that didn't matter anymore.
He had to win!
Destroy the pesky Saiyain's. Finish the job that everyone else failed to do, even the mighty Freeza!
He watched her crumple into her former husbands arms.
He would get his revenge.
He leaned back in his chair and rubbed his hands through his newly dyed black hair. His hair had grown long during his stay on this planet and he rather liked it that way. Sometimes it was a bother as it fell into his eyes, but even his contacts didn't hid the shock of the pale blue that was there. The green dulled it a bit. A darker blue contact made him look scary and he was not going to look so normal with brown contacts!
He looked through his other tapes.
Well, this was interesting. Trunk's was planning a get away. He tapped away at the computer screen. He could do something with that. Probably trying to make up to Pan for all the time that he was spending at the office. He grinned even wider. He could definitely do something with this!
But he would worry about that tomorrow. Screwing up records in the computer was not much of a challenge and he could do that on his lunch break.
He had to worry about his next target.
.....................................................
Trunk's finalized the plans. A private resort. A private plane. There own little bungalow on the beach. Just them! He had already pleaded with mom to take care of Crystal and set up a complete web at work so that he could get the time off.
She was going to be so surprised.
He grinned as he came home and was greeted by his happy little girl. Her purple hair tied in a white ribbon to match a white dress, which was remarkably still clean. A wide grin, which was her mothers, and a sparkle in her eyes as she babbled to him about what she did that day.
Then she asked, "Did you have a good day daddy?"
"Better than yesterday," he said. And that was the truth. Work may have still been hellish but the thought of getting out of the doghouse with Pan was enough to lighten up them most miserable day. And the sight of his little girl. She was such a happy child.
He was glad that his children would never have to worry about fighting or training to save the universe. They could enter tournaments and do it for fun, but they wouldn't have to worry if they were going to have to die for the planet.
"Mommy!" Crystal screamed. "DADDY'S HOME!" and she jumped from his arms.
He rubbed his ears. She definitely inherited her grandmothers voice. He looked to see Pan. She still looked slightly angry with him.
He involuntarily winced.
He knew that it would be resolved soon, but he didn't like her looking at him like that. He knew that once she knew what was planned, she would be forgiven for all his late nights and weekends runs into the office. He had to wait.
"We are having lasagna for supper!" Crystal announced. "I even help make it! I put the cheese on the top!"
He smiled brightly and walked into the kitchen. He gave Pan a quick hug and a kiss on the cheek. She smelled really good. Crystal was still bouncing around the kitchen telling him in detail about how she put the cheese on the lasagna.
He did love Pan. He loved his daughter. He would have to ask Pan if she wanted to have another baby. Maybe a boy. Not just to please his dad, but he would like to have a boy.
"What are you grinning at?" Pan asked.
"Oh, Just day dreaming." He said and gave her another quick kiss. Yeah. He definatly would like to have another kid with her. This way they would not be to far apart in age. His sister and him were not that close because of the age difference... well, and the fact that Vegeta favored her a hell of a lot more than him didn't help either.
"Supper smells great," he said and went to pick up his daughter who was working herself in a tizzy about cheese and mispronouncing the names.
He looked to Pan and smiled brightly at her. She was not as stern looking as yesterday. By Friday, he would have things back to normal.
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"Goku?"
He looked up from his food which he no longer had the stomach for. He hardly ate any of it and he could see ChiChi looking at him worriedly.
He didn't like how he felt. The tattoo was no longer warm but now he just had a wrong feeling in his gut. It wasn't like the power readings before when he felt evil. This wasn't anything like that. There was just something wrong.
"Are you done eating?"
He nodded and stood up from the table.
"Are you feeling alright?"
He nodded and tried to put on his best smile.
She did not look convinced, as she looked at him and surveyed the food that was still on the table. "Goku, you don't just walk away from food." Her voice took on that stern quality.
"I'm sorry ChiChi. I'm just not hungry anymore," he said. She just about fell over when he said that.
"Are you SURE that you are feeling alright?" ChiChi said getting over the shock and a look of amazement came over her as she looking at the food that was still on the table.
"Yeah. Fine. I just... I just am going to go for a walk." He stood from the table and darted towards the door. Maybe some exercise would get rid of the feeling.
What could possibly be going wrong?
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Goten wanted to rip something apart. He never wanted to rip something apart more than he wanted to do right them. He had stared at the door with her words ripping through him for what seemed like forever.
"It wasn't just a wish," he whispered as he continued to walk. It wasn't. He loved her before the wish. Didn't she remember that he was nearly hunted her and, most importantly, didn't she remember that stolen kiss at the tournament. She enjoyed that kiss before they were interrupted. That was before the wish. BEFORE! He knew that she had enjoyed that kiss.
He had thought about ripping the door down and shaking some sense into her and most importantly, shred that stuffed cat. Junior had told him the significance of it. He couldn't believe that Brennen was courting his wife the exact way he did in the other time! He could understand why it upset her but... He thought that she had moved on.
He really wished he had the guts to shred that stuffed cat.
But he didn't.
With the pain and the rage in him, he heard her tun on the shower. He turned to go and kept on walking. Past his brother and her brother and a worried looking Raymond. He thought they were saying something but he didn't hear them as he walked past them.
"It wasn't just a wish."
He hands twitched.
His jaw ached.
His eyes burned.
"It wasn't just a wish!" He nearly screamed this. He was relieved that there was no one around when he screamed this.
He felt like he was going insane.
What would he do if she went back to Brennen?
His eyes burned.
He wasn't going to cry.
What about what he had said at the tournament. He had promised her that he would wait for and stay by her side... and here he was running away. He stopped walking.
He was being a fool.
She was just angry and he was just angry. He stared at his feet. She didn't mean it. She couldn't. She did care about him before the wish was made. She did let him kiss her that one time! Would they have got together if Legen hadn't made that wish?
He didn't know the answer to that.
Didn't need to know the answer to that.
He would have stood by her side no matter what and he knew that. He had loved her and nothing would have stopped him from being by her side! That is all that mattered. He loved her.
She was just confused with the sight of Brennen and all. He couldn't blame her. She never really got to resolve her feeling towards him with all that happened.
He would just stay by her side until she came out of it!
"Son?" He turned around to see his father standing there looking at him curiously. "What are you doing out here?"
He shrugged. "Just had to calm down a bit." He had to get back home and talk to her. He had to get Brennen out of her head and push himself back in! He was her husband now. That is all that should matter and she had to take care of herself and the new baby. She needed him and he was running away like a coward.
"Are you okay?" He felt his dad's hand on his shoulder and he nearly broke down in tears. He told his father everything that had happened and watched as a shocked looked came over his face.
"I said some really stupid things," he whispered.
"She really said that!" he said. He wouldn't stop blinking his eyes. It was rather annoying.
"Yes, dad," he sighed. "I should get back. I kind of left rudely."
"Right," Dad said and rubbed the back of his head. "Wow. I'm going to be a grandpa again!" He had a large grin on his face, as if he suddenly forgot everything else.
Goten rolled his eyes and started to walk back home. Dad missed the whole point of what he just told him.
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"What the hell is your problem?"
Vegeta looked over to Bulma who was glaring at him with a fury that he had not seen in a couple of months. She must have been trying to talk to him.
"Didn't you hear a word I said! This is important."
"Whatever," he mumbled. Her level of important seldom was his.
"You didn't hear me!" She said and stormed towards him, poking her finger into his chest. "Benot and Legen are staying over tonight!"
He growled. Great. He didn't want the house full of brats, especially those two. They yell at each other a lot lately and it was rather annoying rather than taking the fight to where they probably could resolve their difference. A couple of black eyes never hurt any one.
"Don't you want to know WHY they are staying over here tonight? Huh?" Her finger continued to poke him. "If you had been listening to me, you would know why!"
"Get to the point," he was not in the mood for this.
She rolled her eyes and placed her fists on her hips. "Soyna met Brennen the other day..." He blinked at her. He didn't know a Brennen. So what was the big deal. "...and then he came back today to return her purse and gave her a little 'I'm Sorry' gift. She fainted. Gohan nearly killed him, but she stopped him and that is not the end of it..." She needed to take a breath. "...she is pregnant again and..." That would explain why she didn't want to train. That made him feel a little better anyway. "...Raymond has ordered her to rest..." She wasn't turning her back from him. Such a relief. What would he do without her to train with? "...She got in a huge fight with Goten..." those two never fought. It was almost sickening. "...and I thought that it would be better for the boys to sleep away from that for a while and this way, she can get some rest so that she doesn't loose the baby." He didn't think she paused in the whole time. There was only one thing that he needed to know.
"Who's Brennen?"
She looked at him with shock. "Her former husband, you idiot!" She rubbed her forehead. "God, you can be so dense!"
He watched her walk out of the room and stood there in shock.
She hardly talked about Brennen to him. Just a mention in passing. She talked about that with the others. She never bothered him with those details. He didn't think that she was that attached to him.
.............................................
Videl looked at Gohan who looked rather worried. He had his glasses stuck in his hair as he was busy holding two fussy kids. Flint and Flare had just been pulling each other tails again and they were fighting with each other yet again.
"Do you think they'll be okay?" Videl asked. Those two never fought, well, expect for sparing but that didn't count. "How bad was it?"
Gohan sighed. "Pretty bad," He pulled back Flint who was trying to get back at Flare who seemed to be teasing her brother. "Goten was so out of it. It was almost scary to see him walk past us like that. I didn't know what was said but he left muttering, 'It's not just a wish.'" Gohan sighed again. "I am so glad that we never had twins. How does she do it?"
Videl sighed and took Flint from his arms. "Well hopefully, everything will be okay tomorrow once they cool off a bit." She said. "It would be such a shame."
Gohan looked at the little girl in his arms, which was the mirror image of Soyna. He knew what Videl meant and he didn't like that thought at all.
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A/N
Well, there is another suspense filled chapter!
I hope you all enjoyed it. I can not gaurantee that I will be posting next Monday, due to the hetic week that is upon us, but I will try. I have so many ideas to write it is keeping me awake at night... (Evil laughter here)... Plus I also got a new game -FFX- to occupy me and believe me it is occupying my time...
Oh yeah, houria... quit reading my mind!!! (Just kidding)
Soyna
