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Ari-eya: Momoko, just get on with the story.
Momoko: oh… heh… right…. ^-^' ONWARD!
Everyone present: -_-;;
(blah)= author's notes
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Chapter 3
~ Hospital ~
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Ari-eya sat in the hospital bed, staring blankly at the wall. The only sign that she lived at all was the steady blip of the cardiogram. Trunks sat beside her holding her hand. During the ambulance ride the silence between them had been broken only by Ari-eya's sobs. As they had pulled into the hospital drive she had fallen silent. Trunks sighed and murmured,
"Ari-san… please…. you've got to snap out of it…" Vaguely, he sensed his and the Son family heading their direction. He sighed again and rubbed her hand as if he were trying to warm it. A few nurses passed by smiling sadly. Trunks ignored them. While he pondered on what to do about Ari-eya's comatose state, Vegeta landed through the open window with Bulma in his arms. Vegeta set his wife down and glanced between Ari-eya and Trunks before rushing forward and slapping Trunks across the face. As Trunks looked up at his father from the floor, Vegeta shook with rage. (as usual -_-')
"T-tou-san… What…"
"You idiot! How could you have let her go this far?" He roared.
"I don't…" Vegeta silenced trunks with a furious glare before turning to Ari-eya. By this time, the Son family had arrived. Goku frowned at Vegeta's abusive relationship with Trunks, but said nothing. (PLUG! Somehow, try to find the AMV Meri of the Temple o' Trunks made called "it's a sin" =3 w00t Meri!) Vegeta rubbed his chin in thought.
Everyone stared at him. He walked to Ari-eya's side and shoved her out of the bed and onto the floor.(violent little bugger, isn't he?) Trunks would have beaten his father senseless had Goku not stood in the way. The respect he once had for his father began to dwindle at this point. Ari-eya sat on the floor a few seconds longer and stood, the hospital gown and blanket still wrapped around her short muscular frame. She wiped a small amount of blood from her lips with her fingertips and sighed. (if that makes no sense to you think about what happened to her in the last chapter)
"Doomo, Vegeta-sama." Most everyone there stared at her strangely. "I… I didn't think it would affect me to the point…" Vegeta grunted and moved next to Bulma. "Didn't have anything like morangoes, so I used the alternate method. Why the hell is Kioni still alive?" (Morango means strawberry)
"He was wished back…"
"Who in their right mind would want to with THAT guy back!?" said Kuririn
"A very foolish lieutenant in my mother's army"
"His name?" asked Tien.
Going on impulse, Ari-eya lowered her eyes and muttered "Fofoqueya…" Vegeta's eyes narrowed. (Fofoqueiro means troublemaker, easy to tell why I gave him that name, eh?)
"And who was your mother's fiancee?" he hissed, more for the benefit for everyone else, because he obviously knew.
"Amateya" she said blushing. (amar means "to love". Enough authors notes yet? : P)
"So you bonded with the bastard that wished Kioni back?" At this point Trunks narrowed his eyes as well.
"No! we were just… noviado …" She glanced at Trunks before lowering her eyes sadly.
"Uhh…. What does 'noviado' mean?" asked Goku.
"Engaged." Vegeta grunted. Ari-eya suddenly became very interested in the screen next to her bed. She limped carefully to the window, avoiding everyone's eyes. After a few minutes of glaring out the window in silence, she said
"How soon will I be out of here?"
"Six months at least. You are a very interesting patient..." The frail young doctor, flanked by two overly-masculine nurses, gazed at Ari-eya in a disturbing way. Ari-eya narrowed her eyes and bared her teeth.
"Like hell I will!" She snarled. The doctor clicked his toungue and said,
"We suspected you'd be hostile... Fanny, now!" At this the nurse on the Ari-eya's left lifted a tiny crossbow from her side with a tranquilizer dart and fired. To the doctor, Ari-eya merely glared more furiously at him as 'Fanny' fell to the ground, the dart embedded into her arm. The Z senshi saw what had actually transpired. Ari-eya grabbed the dart midair and threw it back at the nurse, all with her good arm, of course.
"Nice try." Ari-eya growled. The doctor sputtered while the other nurse turned heel and ran.
"She won't need to stay here, once she eats this" Vegeta held up a senzu. The doctor laughed mockingly.
"A lima bean? Hah!"
"Senzu, kusoyarou!" The doctor visibly paled at Vegeta's evil glare. Ari-eya quickly chomped the senzu, and to her immense surprise, the wound healed up quickly. Ari-eya grabbed her clothes from the window sill and slipped behind the screen. She rapidly unraveled the bloodstained bandages and changed into her bodysuit and armor. She walked out to find Goku deterring a furious Vegeta from severely maiming the doctor. She smirked and pulled back her armor and bodysuit to reveal her flawless shoulder. Trunks turned bright pink. The doctor fumed silently, he knew he had no choice but to discharge the saia-jin girl.
Vegeta smirked and turned to Ari-eya.
"O que voce acha do meu filho? Ele e pronto para casar, voce acha?" Ari-eya blushed heavily. No one else had any idea what he was saying, and Bulma probably would've smacked him upside the head if she did know.
"Voce escolher, hein?" She said sheepishly.
"Voce gosta dele!"
"sim...." Ari-eya shifted her weight.
"Mas?" Vegeta narrowed his eyes. Ari-eya looked flustered, unsure of what to say.
"E so que..... Eu quero que fala....." Trunks spoke up, trying to divert his father's attention,
"Tousan, let's get out of here, the doctor slipped away while you were talking, he's probably going to security, if that other nurse hasn't already." Vegeta grunted and nodded.
"Come on, onna." He snapped at his wife. Bulma glared at him, swearing to herself that a certain Prince vegetable-head slept on the couch that night. She ground her heel into his foot before taking out an air-bike capsule.
"I can get home just fine, your highness!" And she promptly flew out the window. Ari-eya turned to Trunks and whispered, "Does this happen a lot?"
"All the time." He muttered, sweatdropping. His father flew out the window, shouting curses at his wife's retreating form. Goku rubbed the back of his head, clueless as to why the previous exchange had taken place.
"Uh.... let's go then, I guess..." The rest nodded and gradually dissapeared through the window, leaving Trunks and Ari-eya alone. Smiling mischeviously, Trunks said,
"Shall we?" Ari-Eya eyed him curiously and nodded. Trunks' smile grew.
"Uh-oh..." Trunks swept Ari-eya up in an over-the-threshold fasion and flew out the window. Ari-eya blushed the entire time.
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End notes!!! W000000000000000000000000000000T!
heheh, it's been a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time since I've posted, but hey, I got it in, didn't I????
Anyhoo, more notes on "portugues, a lingua do saia-jin" hehehe. Here's what they said in script form:
V: What do you think of my son? He's ready to marry, you think?
A: You choose, don't you?
V: You like him!
A: Yes...
V: but?
A It's just that.... I want to say....


and so ends the .... um..... endnotes ^_^;;
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