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Ch. 15
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"YAMCHA!!!! HOW MANY
TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU?!??! STOP
CALLING ME BABE!!!!!" Rei screamed out, chasing Yamcha.
"But Babe I-YEOOOOOWWWWWWWWW!!!!" Yamcha screamed as the
fire bird Rei sent after him attacked.
"Humph! Calling me
babe! Of all the guys, I had to get
stuck with the one with no respect….." Rei began her rant.
"Uh….Rei?"
"WHAT?!?!" Rei was angered that she was broken out of her
rant.
"Shouldn't we be training?" An anime sweatdropped appeared over Rei.
"Heheh…yeah…..that…"
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"COWARD!!! YOU WON'T
EVEN STAND STILL!!!" Rei shouted at Yamcha.
"Stay still and get fried by you?? NEVER!" Yamcha was trying to run away from a fiery fire maiden.
"ARG!! STAY
STIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!" Rei screamed, shooting a spark onto the
ground. Like the others, Rei and Yamcha
had figured out that they could change the surroundings. It was either the desert, a volcano(at Rei's
insistence) , the mountains, or a ring of fire…once again at Rei's
insistence. It was currently the
desert.
The spark on the ground spread as quick as lightning, and
before Yamcha figured out what had happened, he was surround by a cell of
fire. He couldn't fly out because the
sides were all covered and the top was a fiery fire storm.
"Babe…"Yamcha quickly realized his mistake when the fires
around him bursted into a raging inferno, covering him with multiple burns. One of the flames got too close and his
clothes bursted into flames. Instantly,
the flames vanished and Rei ran to Yamcha's side. Waving a hand over the flames that were attacking his clothes,
the flames vanished.
The damage was done. Yamcha was covered by burns.
"Eug.." he moaned.
"Shhh.." Rei placed hand on his chest.
"Mars…soul…..healing….ACTIVATION!" a red glow surrounded the
two only to leave instantly. The only
traces of Yamcha being close to the flames were his charred clothing. Rei blushed. The clothes did nothing to hide his body.
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"Hey lunkhead…you're awake." Rei greeted Yamcha tenderly as
he groggily got up.
"Eug…what happened?"
"I told you not to call me babe…you didn't listen."
"And the burns?"
"I healed them…now rest a bit and we'll continue training
later. Here, have some water." Yamcha
greedily gulped the water down.
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"I did it!" Rei was pleased. She had made an attack that didn't include flames. She grinned and ran to show Yamcha.
"Hey, I knew you could do it!" Yamcha congragulated
Rei. She grinned and hugged him, and
thought surprised, he returned the hug full-heartedly.
"Thank you SO much for teaching me Yamcha!" Rei grinned,
then noticing how close they were, pulled away.
"G..gomen nasai Yamcha-san. I…I don't know what came over me!" Rei apologized.
"Hey, no sweats!" Yamcha couldn't help but feel
disappointed. Rei felt a twinge of
sadness and lonliness.
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"Thanks for the lesson Yamcha." Rei bowed to show her
gratitude.
"No prob…the pleasure was all mine….you're a fast learner
Rei." Yamcha grinned. He
felt…free…unconstrained…complete. There
was something about his fiery maiden….wait! Hold up! HIS fiery maiden?
Rei blushed. She
could not remember a time when she had felt more comfortable with a man. There was something about Yamcha…but she couldn't figure out what. He made her feel…happy….content…NO! She WAS NOT falling for him! SHE COULDN'T! Duty before self…and if she allowed herself to feel love, it
would only get in the way of her duty.
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"NNOOO!!! Don't
concentrate on YOUR energy, concentrate on the energy around you!" Rei was
getting frustrated. She was NOT a
patient person.
"Alright, alright…sheesh." Yamcha tried again….and
again. He was startled to see wisps of
energy gather around his outstretched hand. It gathered into a small attack.
"Now add some of your energy." Rei ordered and he
complied. Throwing the attack, he
grinned. It may look small, but its
powers was just as powerful as a regular blast.
"Hey arigato!" Yamcha hugged Rei, and gaved her a peck on
the cheek. He never saw Rei turn beet
red nor did he notice her touch her cheek. None noticed the looks of longing they gaved each other.
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"Well, you two are certainly in a good mood." Goten grinned
slyly. Rei and everyone at the table
looked up to see Ami and Gohan blushing.
"Sooo…..anything out of the ordinary happen today?" Mina
asked the blushing pair. They blushed
some more.
"NO!!" they were all startled as Gohan shouted this.
"WHAT MAKE YOU SAY THAT?!??!?!" Ami shouted at the same
time. Rei blinked a few times….Ami had
just had an outburst…THAT was odd. It
was then that Rei noticed something odd. Ami had on a dusty rose colored lipstick today….Gohan's lips were a nice
shade of dusty rose pink. Looking at
Lita and Mina, she knew they realized that too. With their eyes, they 'planned' a 'trap'.
"Ok…."Lita looked at Mina and winked, signaling the
'trap'. Mina looked over at Rei and
smiled, telling her they were doing it, and now. Rei looked at Lita and nodded to tell her to start. Lita grinned. Rei resumed eating. After
all, she had just trained, was hot, sweaty, tired, grouchy, and STARVING!
"It's not like you two kissed or anything…."Lita began.
"What gives you that idea?" Ami asked nervously. Rei had to grin. This was too good to be true. She smiled.
"You wore lipstick today." She stated to Ami.
"So?"Rei smiled.
"Gohan, you have some lipstick on your lips." She heard Mina
say innocently. A large grin found its
place on her face. She laughed. Looking across the table, she found a
similar grin on Yamcha's face.
'He's cute….and sweet…well, when he's not calling me
babe..but still..NO! She had a princess
to protect! Her emotions would NOT get
in the way…but hadn't her princess said to her to listen to her heart…was it
possible that she knew?? THAT'S IT!! HER PRINCESS KNEW ALL ALONG!…well…if she didn't
object…then what could be the harm in listening to her heart?' Rei was brought
out of her thoughts as her stomach ached from lack of food. She was STARVING!!!!
"Ahem…are we going to eat or what?" Rei asked. The table was full of food because the girls had threatened that if any
saiyens inhaled all the food before they were able to get their share, they
wouldn't cook for the remainder of the time they were there. The guys complied, much to Rei's amusement. Glancing at the table, Rei grinned and looked
up. Then frowned. Rei did a double take at the table. Just two seconds ago, it was full of
scrumptious food. She glared accusingly
at the saiyens, half or full blooded, they were each patting their stomach
contently and looking innocently at her.
"Wow, that was really good!" Goku exclaimed, not aware that
not everyone had had their share of food yet. Rei growled. She was
starving…she felt weak…and THERE WASN'T ANY CHICKEN LEFT!!! SHE WAS HUNGRY AND WANTED SOME
CHICKEN!!!!! After all, she WAS
training all day. And she was hot,
sweaty, starving, and grouchy due to the fact that she had actually been
affected by Yamcha. Rei growled again
and from the corner of her eyes, saw Yamcha grinning. HE knew first hand what happened when Rei got mad. He WAS only trapped in a cage of raging
inferno and nearly burned to death. It
would be fun to see the saiyens' reactions to Rei's temper.
"Who ate the last CHICKEN?!?!?!" Rei growled out. Her stomach ached from no food. She saw the saiyens look at her
nervously. She grinned and knew
why. After all, her temper rivaled that
of ChiChi's AND Bulma's temper! Not to
mention that what made her scarier was the itty bitty fact that she had
powers…fire powers too.
She looked accusingly at them as they did nothing but smile
innocently, save Vegeta who smirked.
"Ahem, Rei here." Rei looked at her plate to see
chicken. She grinned and took a bit but
then immediately spit it back out…the chicken…wasn't cooked!
"Ami…it's cold..thawed..but not exactly cooked!"
Ami blushed.
"Well Rei, your powers are of fire. Heat it up." Ami suggested.
"Hai!" Rei grinned, trying to figure out why she didn't
think of that in the first place. She
shrugged and waved her hand over the
chicken and a small flame bursted out. The chicken became surrounded by a ring of flame as the others watched
in wonder. She made her hand into a
fist and the flame flickered out. Rei
grinned and took a bite out of the nice roasted chicken.
"Good." She stated as the others watched.
"Ahem…food anyone?" Ami pointed to everyone else that their
food was now cold. Rei became aware
that everyone was staring at her, then towards their food, then back to her.
Confused, she asked, "What?" she saw Ami and Gohan grin…'they found love.' She realized, feeling
a pang of jealousy.
"Um…our food is cold." Yamcha stated.
"So? Heat it up."
Rei replied.
"Well….seeing as you DO have fire powers Rei…"Lita began.
"We were wondering if YOU could heat it up." ChiChi
finished. Rei looked at them as if they
were nuts.
"NO."
"Demo why????" Goku whined. He was hungry…again.
"Because."
"Because why?"
"Because because."
"Because because because why?"
"Because because because." Rei answered. This continued until Rei finally got tired.
"ALRIGHT!" Rei snapped her fingers and a small flame bursted
out from everyone's plate. Their food
beame heated and surrounded by a ring of flames. She snapped her fingers again and it vanished.
"There…its heated." Rei said and left. Yamcha followed her.
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"Hey Rei…" Yamcha greeted.
"Hey."
"So…..want to talk about it?"
"No…"
"Sure?"
"Hai."
"Positive?"
"Positive."
"Absolutely positive?"
"YES!!! ABSOLUTELY
POSITIVE NOW LET ME THINK SO I CAN FIGURE OUT YOUR BAD TRAITS!!!!!!!" Rei
screamed out.
"Why?" Yamcha asked solemnly.
"Because…"
"Because why?"
"Because because! Now leave me alone!"
"Alright…but remember…if you ever need someone to talk to,
I'm here for you. And
remember…sometimes it is better to let it out." Yamcha said before leaving to
allow Rei to contemplate what he had just said. He stopped at the doorway of the balcony, unknown to Rei.
Rei looked at the 'night sky' and her eyes became teary.
'Don't be afraid to listen to your heart….' The voice of her princess echoed in
her mind.
"Don't be afraid to listen to your heart…"Rei echoed her
princess's words.
"But how can I not be afraid when listening to my
heart can make me weaker?!!? If I
become weaker, I may fail to protect you princess! Can't you understand?!?!! Duty before self!!! I will
not….CANNOT love Yamcha!!! My duty is
you princess…I will not fail and feelings for another can make me fail. Yet…my heart tells me to go for it…to accept
that Yamcha has found his way to my heart." At this, Rei let out a short
heartrending laugh.
"I don't know how, but he did it…he made me fall for
him. And yet I doubt he feels the same
towards me. Oh Mars…help me…I don't
know what to do." Rei sighed. AN: gomen…this part was
originally more emotional…but my computer frozed before I got to save it so I
have to rewrite everything all over again-_-;;
Meanwhile, Yamcha was shocked…she…liked loved him? And doubts that he feel the same?? He scoffed at that…everyone but her seemed
to know that he was head over heels for her!
"What am I talking about? Of course he doesn't feel the same! Besides…he's probably like the other men!" Rei reprimanded herself,
though not believing a word…she wouldn't believe a word.
"Are you sure about that?" Yamcha asked, coming forth. Rei spun around, surprised.
"How long have you been there?" she demanded more than
asked.
"All the time…so are you sure?"
"About what?"
"What you said."
"I said a lot of things you dolt!"
"Are you sure…that I don't feel the same?" Yamcha smiled at
Rei's face. She was so cute when she
was surprised.
Rei was shocked…he…he felt the same? NO!!! She wouldn't…COULDN'T follow her heart…her princess…but still….
"Yamcha went in front of Rei, his arms
outstretched…waiting…hoping for a hug…an embrace….
Rei closed her eyes….
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"Hey lunkhead…you're awake." Rei greeted Yamcha tenderly as
he groggily got up.
'Why do I care so much that he's awake now? He is only a distraction to my duty.' Her
mind wondered.
'Because you care about him….' Her heart answered.
'No I don't' Rei's mind and heart began to argue.
'Yes you do'
'Don't'
'Do' Rei gaved a wry
grin…she was going nuts.
'I hate you' her mind retorted to her heart.
'No…you hate that I'm always right!' her heart
answered. Silence ensured inside Rei.
'Yep…definitely going nuts…' Rei thought.
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"Hey Yamcha?" It was after the 'fire incident' and Yamcha
was feeling all better. He had begun to
train once again. They were currently
sparring.
"Yeah Rei?"
"I just wanted to apologize."
"For what?" Yamcha threw a punch at Rei. She dodged.
"For hurting you with the fire."
"Hey, no sweats…I shouldn't have provoked you." Yamcha
dodged Rei's attack.
"True…but that is still no reason to have crisped you." Rei
threw a punch and missed.
"Is that what you call it? Crisp?" Yamcha asked, throwing an
attack.
"Hai…" dodges attack too slowly and gets scratched. Throws an attack of her own.
"Oh…well…it wasn't your fault!" Yamcha dodges the attack but
got hit by another attack.
"Yes it was."
"Not"
"Yes"
"Not"
"Yes"
"Rei….it wasn't your fault."
"Yes it was."
"Fine! I forgive
you! Happy?" Yamcha was surprised to
see Rei flying towards him. Expecting her to body slam of something akin to it,
he prepares to block it. He was
surprised when Rei hugged him.
"Arigato Yamcha."
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"I can't believe it!" the two had just had a spar and Yamcha had won. Still, Rei hadn't accepted defeat until she
was so injured she couldn't even get up. Yamcha carried her.
"Believe what?"
"That you just beat me!!!"
"And why is that so hard to believe??!?!?!"
"BECAUSE IF I CAN'T DEFEAT YOU, THEN HOW CAN I DEFEND AND
PROTECT MY PRINCESS?!??!?!!?!?!"
"Oh…well…you weren't really concentrating.."
"Concentration is essential in battle…my lack of
concentration could bring about the failure of protecting Sere."
"You take your duty really seriously huh?"
"Of course!! The
families of the scouts have been the guardians of the royal moon family for
generations! And Sere is not only the
princess, Messiah of Light, but my best friend…she is like a sister to
me!" Rei seemed shocked that he
wouldn't think that protecting Serena was serious.
'But he knows Serena can take care of herself…and he hasn't
gotten to know Serena as well as us scouts.' She realized. She turned upset once again and frowned.
"I was defeated by a mortal…a mortal! I have to train!" Rei frowned. Yamcha too frowned.
"Well Rei…you take defeat quite well…you never gaved up…and
I would have thought you would have acted like Vegeta." Yamcha began to
impersonate the saiyen prince as Rei laughed, cheering up.
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"Fine! I forgive
you! Happy?"… he told me he forgave me
to make me feel better….'sweet…'
Rei hadn't accepted defeat until she was so injured she
couldn't even get up. Yamcha carried
her. ….He didn't have to carry me but he chosed to….'compassionate….kind…'
Yamcha began to impersonate the saiyen prince as Rei
laughed, cheering up….he didn't have to cheer me up…he could have gloated…but
he didn't…..'funny….considerate…'
"Alright…but remember…if you ever need someone to talk to,
I'm here for you. And
remember…sometimes it is better to let it out."….he wasn't mad at her for
screaming at him….'understanding..'
"Bye Rei. Keep an
eye on Trunks for me and don't be afraid of listening to your
heart."…'princess….duty…'
forgave me to make me feel better….'sweet…'
He didn't have to carry me but he chosed
to….'compassionate….kind…'
….he didn't have to cheer me up…he could have gloated…but he
didn't…..'funny….considerate…'
….he wasn't mad at her for screaming at
him….'understanding..'
Don't be afraid of listening to your heart."…'princess….duty…'
forgave me to make me feel better….'sweet…'
He didn't have to carry me but he chosed
to….'compassionate….kind…'
….he didn't have to cheer me up…he could have gloated…but he
didn't…..'funny….considerate…'
….he wasn't mad at her for screaming at him….'understanding..'
Don't be afraid of listening to your
heart."…'princess….duty…
'compassionate….kind…'
'funny….considerate…'
'understanding..'
'princess….duty…'
'compassionate….kind…'
'funny….considerate…'
'understanding..'
'princess….duty…'
'compassionate….kind…'
'funny….considerate…'
'understanding..'
'princess….duty…'
'love'
'compassionate….kind…'
'funny….considerate…'
'princess….duty…'
'love'
'compassionate….kind…'
'princess….duty…'
'love'
'princess….duty…'
'love'
'princess….duty…'
'love'
'princess….duty…'
'love'…these thoughts ran through Rei's mind until only the
last two echoed.
'princess….duty…'
'love'
'princess….duty…'
'love'
'princess….duty…'
'love'
'love…..' Rei's eyes
snapped opened as she made her decision. She looked at Yamcha, who was staring at her, love shining in his
eyes….love….she gave him a grin. He
looked at her, confused. Rei smiled
once more and hugged him.
"Arigato Yamcha…arigato."
"Ashiteru Rei…ashiteru"
"Ashiteru"
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