BWA HA HA! I'm BACK! And you poor saps thought you were rid of me... Here's chapter eight! I feel much better now... I guess all I needed was a break from a lot of things. God Bless the internet! Where you can go into chat rooms and meet guys you've NEVER seen before and will probably NEVER see again. Bless those romantic talks. A cure for mild depression! Hee hee hee! Well... now I'm finally in the mood to write this happier chapter, so here it is.




Forever


Chapter Eight: Whenever, Wherever




Nanake watched her daughter be carried off on a stretcher and closed her eyes.
("She'll be okay... I know she will...")

She then heard the announcer speak to the crowd.

"Well that was a riviting end of the Junior Division! And before our Junior Champion gets to fight Mr. Satan, we have some more entertainment for you. A popular artist who isn't all too well known, but I think that many of you have heard and know much of her. Those of you who haven't heard her before, I think you'll agree with the rest that she has remarkable talant. SO PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR NANAKE KAWAII!!!!!!"


"Eep!" Nanake squeaked, "I'm s'posed to be down there!" She flew down by the ring quickly with a speed that no human eye could see. She put her hood up and landed next to Kima as she carried out her little keyboard that was shaped like a guitar, making it easier to handle and hold onstage. Kima smiled and laughed,
"Where were you? We were getting a tad worried."

"I was watching Naki and I forgot."

"Yeah. She was great. It sucks that she lost."

"Does it really hurt when people go at your tail like that?" Donatelo, the drummer asked, who was walking behind them.

"Yeah." Nanake answered as they all stepped up in the ring.

"Man that sucks... why?" He set some drums down as another person set the rest down.

"Kinda hard to explain... Marty, you ready?" Nanake asked her guitarist.

"Yeah... I just gotta plug in my amp." Marty answered.

"I'm ready." Kima smiled.

"Almost." Donatello murmured. Nanake smirked in a friendly fashion. He seemed to like mumbling, perhaps hoping nobody would hear him. She so did like her sensitive hearing.

The band was soon set up, and Tetsuo was ring-side with a smile on his face, ready to watch.

("Even though she's straying... so far away from me after the night at the club... I must be here for her to encourage her. Perhaps she'll come back to me... See that I'll never hurt her... Maybe... just maybe she will...")

Marty began with his small guitar solo and Nanake hummed with him until Donatello picked up the beat with his drums, and Kima played on her keyboard, in a flute or jug type voice. Nanake smiled and sang.

"*Lucky you were born that far away so

We could both make fun of distance*"

"LOOK! It's NANAKE!" Gohan shouted.

Krillin whooped down at the ring,

"YEAH! Go NANAKE!"

Nanake smiled and continued, swaying to the rhythm.

"*Lucky that I love a foreign land for

The lucky fact of your existance*"

Vegeta smirked down at her.

"*Baby I would climb the Andes soley

To count the freckles on your body*"

She smiled and kept singing, adding more to her dance... only she could feel his eyes on her. She turned, still singing...

"*Never could imagine there were only*"

Thier eyes locked on eachother's.

"*Ten million ways to love somebody*"

She snapped herself out of her trance and continued her show, bopping her hips about in her dance,

"*Le do le le le le...

Le do le le le lehh...

Can't you see...*"

She stood firm and swayed her fist in an uppercut fashion to the beat.

"*I'm at your feet*"

Piccolo stepped forward to see the show better.

"*Whenever, wherever

We're meant to be together

I'll be there and you'll be near*"

She smiled and leaned forward teasingly as she sang the words,

"*And that's the deal my dear*"

Hoots, yells and whistles roared from the crowd. Vegeta glared at several of the men whooping not to far away.

"*Thereover, hereunder

You'll never have to wonder*"

Nanake bounced with the rhythm as she gestured to her ear and then bowed forward again, smiling at the audience,

"*We can always play by ear

And that's the deal my dear*"

Nanake whooped and laughed as she danced, preparing for the next verse.

She gestured to her lips,

"*Lucky that my lips not only mumble

They spill kisses like a fountain*"

She lightly trailed her fingers across her bosom and down to her stomach, finishing the phrase with a chuckle, and pointing to the audience,

"*Lucky that my breasts are small and humble

So you don't confuse them with mountains*"

The audience crowed, earning more glares from Vegeta after smirking at the phrase and gestures himself.

Nanake smiled and strutted forward,

"*Lucky I have strong legs like my mother

To run for cover when I need it.*"

She flirtingly gestured to her blue eyes by waving her hand in fronmt of them, letting her fingers slide across them before her gaze settled on Vegeta.

"*And these two eyes that for no other

The day you leave will cry a river*"

She looked away with a stab of guilt and continued, blushing a bit,

"*Le do le le le le

Le do le le le lehh...

At your feet...*"

She stood firm, and glared up at Vegeta, swaying her fist in an uppercut fashion once again,

"*I'm at your feet*"

Bulma and Chichi were dancing around in the stands, earning odd looks from the people around them. Master Roshi was watching Nanake intently,

"That's Nanake, huh? Nice... OUCH!"

Yamcha punched Roshi's side in a brotherly fashion towards Nanake.

"*Whenever, wherever

We're meant to be together*"

She put her hands on her heart looking timid with a small smile on her lips, swaying to the music,

"*I'll be there and you'll be near*"

She then returned to her temptress attitude and sang,

"*And that's the deal my dear*"

Krillin smiled down at Nanake. 18 noticed this and punched him in the arm.

"Knock it off Krillin!"

"WHAT! I'm not doing anything!"

"*Thereover, hereunder

You'll never have to wonder

We can always play by ear

And that's the deal my dear*"

The music slowed and she trailed her fingers lightly aross her body,

"*Le do le le le lehh...

Le do le le le lehh...

Think out loud...

Say it again*"

Vegeta watched her with a longing in his eyes which he was a pro at hiding.

"*Le do le le le le

Tell me one more time

That you'll live...

Lost in my eyes*"

She stared up at Vegeta and he stared back before she went back to dancing.

"*Whenever, wherever

We're meant to be together*"

Ophillia shouted

"ALRIGHT NANAKE! WOOHOO! SHOW EM' WHAT YER MADE OF!"

"*I'll be there and you'll be near

And that's the deal my dear*"

Nanake stepped in her choreagraphical chore,

"*Thereover, hereunder*"

Before she grinned and let her fist punched the air happily,

"*You've got me head over heels

There's nothing left to fear...

If you really feel the way I feel...*"

The music slows and she could only smile at the roaring crowd. She caught her breath as the cheering grew louder and she spoke into the microphone,

"Thank you." She gave the microphone back to the announcer and ran out, followed by her band and agent. A crew quickly cleared off the ring before the announcer brought Trunks and Mr. Satan out to fight.

The crowd cheered for an encore that wouldn't come, due to a time schedule, and Nanake and her band heaved, smiling, and catching their breathe at the beautiful hum of the crowd before Nanake left for the whirlpool bath.

("He saw me... Good God he saw me... There's no turning back now...") She blushed and smiled a bit.

"Vegeta..."

To Be Continued...

Well there you go folks! A happier chapter! Sorry it took so long, but would you rather I'd have screw it up and make it depressing? I can SO do that and I didn't want to do that to this story... SO... what do you think? Did that break make me lose my touch if I ever had one? I dunno... Well... be nice ok? Review and be darn well kind while doing so!