Neko-chan's comments: Okay, peoples! Here's Chapter Two! I hope that everyone liked Chapter One. But first, I would like to state something before I get on with the chapter. Many of you are wondering where Trunks is. Well, here's the answer: In my story, Long Haired Mirai Trunks is the rarest Bishonen of them all. You'll be seeing Trunks show up....eventually. *evil
grin* Besides, I wanted Trunks to have a grand entrance, and he will. So, hold yer horses yer yella bellied whiners! P.S.- Please send any comments to supersgtpan@earthlink.net
Disclaimer: See Ch. 1. Chapter Two is again dedicated to Amy-chan; but also to Meri, for putting up the coolest Trunks shrine on the net! Keep up the good work, Meri!
Gotta Catch A Bishonen! By: Neko-chan
Chapter Two
Duet looked up into the sky, shading her eyes with a hand. "Hey, Duo!", she called. "Who's that up there with Arashi and Goku? It looks almost like Super Android 17!"
Duo walked over, interested despite himself. He, too, shaded his eyes and looked up to where Duet was pointing. Squinting slightly, he stared at the huge figure. Finally, he said, "Nope. Super Android 17 looks way different! That's probably just one of Goku's buddies, maybe Yamcha."
Duet looked doubtful for a minute. "Okay, if you say so.", she finally replied.
Then the two went back to work, searching for an overgrown path; hoping it would take them back to the main road.
* * *
Super Android 17 smirked at Goku and Arashi, knowing that his power was far superior to Goku's.
"What are we going to do?", Goku asked Arashi, completely at a lost at what to do.
Thinking fast, Arashi said, "Put me on your back and carry me piggy-back. That should make it easier for you to fight. Listen to your instincts, but when I say an order, follow it. We have to try our hardest to fight, because if we don't he'll start attacking Duo and Duet, and they can't fight with ki blasts because Duo is a mecha Bishonen."
Goku listened to her instructions closely. When she was finished, he swung her around, so that she would land on his back. Grasping Goku's shoulders, Arashi whispered, "Attack.... NOW!" She ordered him, screaming the last part.
And, with that, Goku charged at Super Android 17. Soon, the two were trading punches and kicks. Arashi watched all of this, trying to see a pattern to Super Android 17's fighting technique. Finally, she spotted the pattern. And at that moment, Super Android 17 disappeared. Arashi's eyes widened, realizing what he was going to do.
"Duck!", she screamed at Goku. He quickly obeyed. As he dropped a few meters in the air, a ki blast (courtesy of Super Android 17) flew over their heads and missed them by millimeters.
I'm slowing Goku down., Arashi realized as Goku and Super Android 17 again began their fight. He can be so much faster...if he didn't have me. She came to a decision when Goku again took a hit that was meant for her.
"Goku!", she yelled. "Drop me!"
And Goku did so. She had told him to follow her orders, no matter what. She saw a look of horror dawn on Goku's face as he realized what he had done.
"Arashi!! NOOO!!!", Goku yelled, trying to get away from Super Android 17, and catch her before she landed on the ground (which was several hundred feet below her).
But Super Android 17 wouldn't let Goku get away. When Goku tried to fly down and catch her falling body, Super Android 17 would ki blast him, preventing him from leaving.
Arashi saw all of this and more as she fell. I hope you can forgive me, Goku., she thought. She looked down and saw the ground rushing towards her. Sayonara....., she thought.
Right when she about to hit the ground, something caught her. She felt strong, gentle arms encircling her. She was put gently on her feet, and then the thing disappeared, to go and help Goku. But before the being disappeared, Arashi was able to get a glimpse of piercing blue eyes and soft lavender hair.
The next thing she knew, Goku yelled, "Arashi, get a Bisho-ball! Super Android 17 is back to being Android 17; and he's weakened!"
Hearing this, Arashi got out a Bisho-ball and threw it at Android 17 with all of her might.
And, amazingly, she hit him. After the ball captured her new Bishonen, it started to fall back to earth. Goku quickly caught it and then flew down to Arashi.
"I believe that this is yours?", he said, smiling, holding the Bisho-ball out to her.
"Thanks.", Arashi replied, taking the ball from his hand. Once she had the Bisho-ball, Goku grabbed her and pulled her into a tight hug. "Don't you ever do that again!"
Grinning, Arashi said, "Don't worry, I won't!"
* * *
"I told you that it was Super Android 17, Duo! But no, you said that it was Yamcha!", Duet yelled, thwapping Duo upside his head.
Duo ran away from Duet, shielding his head from her thwaps. Finally, he took cover behind Goku's large body. "Help me, Goku-chan!", Duo cried as he dodged another of Duet's hits.
Arashi, seeing that Duet was still trying to hit Duo five minutes later, said, "Duet, it's okay! I'm fine, really! That Bishonen caught me just in time. I'm not hurt! Duo just made a mistake about Super Android 17. Everyone makes a mistake a least once in their lives. So can you please stop thwapping Duo upside his head? You might give him brain damage. Oh, wait. Never mind. He already has brain damage!"
Duet stopped in mid-thwap. She turned to her sister, glaring. If looks could kill, Arashi would be 10 feet underground. Duo didn't pay any attention to Arashi's insult, because he was busy climbing a tree, hoping to get away from Duet.
Hoping to stop an argument before it could begin, Goku said, "Well, it's getting pretty late right now, so how 'bout we camp here for the night, and then tomorrow morning we'll start on the path that I found. Hopefully, it'll lead us into the nearest town."
"Yeah, I hope the town also has a Bishonen Center. My Android 17 looks pretty beat up. What did you do to him, Goku?", Arashi asked.
Looking perplexed, Goku said, "I didn't do anything. Whoever saved you was the one who fought Super Android 17."
"Hey, Arashi, you never did tell us what your 'Mysterious Savior' looked like.", Duet commented.
Arashi looked thoughtful for a minute, remembering. "I felt strong, gentle arms. Beautiful piercing blue eyes, and long, soft lavender hair."
Goku and Duo (who, by then, had climbed out of the tree) shared a Look. Arashi's description matched Long-Haired Mirai Trunks, but Goku and Duo couldn't see a reason why Trunks would save Arashi. He was known to avoid people. So what was it about Arashi that had made him want to save her?
"Hmmm..... I wonder who it was?", Duet asked, wondering aloud. She didn't realize that it was Long-Haired Mirai Trunks that had saved her sister. But she had a good reason. Most people had never even heard of Trunks, for he is the rarest Bishonen of all.
Arashi shrugged.
"C'mon. Let's set up camp.", Goku said, taking out his bedroll and laying it on the ground. "I'll go hunting, and after dinner we can roast marsh mellows and have s'mors."
Grinning, Arashi said, "Sounds like a plan. But, of course, you'll be eating them all!"
Goku grinned back and then went off to hunt.
At his retreating back, Arashi yelled, "And no fish!!"
Duet giggled and told Duo to go look for fire wood (she wanted to talk to Arashi alone).
Duo did so, but grumbled to himself as he walked off.
With the two boys gone, Duet and Arashi could talk more freely.
"So,", Duet began, "do you know who it was that saved you?"
Lying through her teeth, Arashi said, "No." Arashi felt bad about lying to her sister, but she was afraid that Duet would laugh if she told Duet that she thought that Long-Haired Mirai Trunks was the one who had rescued her.
Duet shrugged. "I'm going to go off and see if I can find any edible berries.", she told Arashi.
"Okay, and I'll be down by the stream.", Arashi replied.
And, with that, they went their separate ways.
~ ~ ~
Duet sighed, searching the ground for blackberries or raspberries. She had been living with Arashi for all of her life (14 years) and she was now pretty good at telling when Arashi was lying. Like she was just now.
"Why doesn't she want to tell me?", Duet asked herself. "I know that she knows who saved her, or at least she has an idea. Why won't she confide in me?"
Just then, Duet found a blackberry bush. She stopped her musings so that she could gather the berries.
Yum!, she thought as she popped one into her mouth.
~ ~ ~
Arashi sat on a huge boulder, staring out at the water before her. Sighing, she looked down at the Bisho-ball that she held in her hand. I never realized that one Bishonen could cause so much trouble., she thought.
Standing, she threw the Bisho-ball and yelled, "Android 17, I choose you!"
And with that, Android 17 materialized out of his Bisho-ball, holding his injured arm and glaring murderously at Arashi.
"What do you want?", he asked.
Glaring back, Arashi said, "Well, I was planning on fixing you up, but I don't think I will anymore." She gestured to the herbal remedies that she had picked. Her and Duet's mother had been a healer and had specialized in herbal and natural remedies.
Android 17 looked at her pile of herbs. "I'd much rather have a senzu bean.", he said scornfully.
"Too bad. We don't have any, at this moment. So, your choices are: you can hurt like hell until we find the nearest town with a Bishonen Center, or you can let me patch you up. I'm supposed to take care of you, now, because I'm your new trainer."
Hearing this, Android 17 scowled. "Fine, use your damn herbal remedies.", he told her.
Arashi smiled charmingly up at him. "I knew you'd see it my way.", she said. Then she sat down on the boulder, Indian-style. "Sit.", she commanded.
Android 17 did as he was told, muttering to himself as he sat. When he sat in front of her, Arashi pushed his hand away and gently examined the wound. She hissed in sympathy when she was how deep it was. Quickly, she gathered the herbs that she would need and began to cleanse the wound. That done, she put the salve on and bandaged the wound with clean bandages. After that, she started to put aloe lotion on his burn marks caused by ki blasts.
Android 17 watched her, suspicious of her every move. As he watched her, he noticed how gentle she was with his wound and how quickly she worked, trying to spare him as much pain as possible.
Arashi finally leaned back, finished. "I'm sorry that you got hurt in the fight between Goku and whoever saved me.", she apologized quietly.
He looked at her, surprised that she had apologized. He shrugged, then winced when it jarred his arm. Seeing his wince, Arashi looked up and glared at him.
"Don't do anything that would jar your arm.", she told him. "I put a sorrel leave salve on the wound, and that will deaden the pain, but you must still be careful."
Seeing that she truly cared about his health, Android 17 nodded. "I promise that I won't do anything that will reopen my wound."
Arashi blinked in surprise. She opened her mouth, about to say something. But then Goku called her from camp. "Arashi! Dinner's ready!"
Smiling at Android 17, Arashi said, "I'm hungry. Let's go to camp and have some dinner. I know you're hungry because you lost some energy during the fight and because your body is healing."
And with that, Arashi led the way back to the camp grounds, Android 17 following behind her obediently.
* * *
"Where did you go?", Duo asked Arashi as she entered the camp grounds, Android 17 in tow.
"I was just down at the river, patching up Android 17.", Arashi answered him, sitting down in front of the fire. "Now that he's done, I want to check you, Goku."
Goku looked up at Arashi, a pained expression on his face. "Can't it wait until after dinner?"
"No.", Arashi said. "Your wound might become infected, and I don't want you to be sick, because of me."
"Do you have....", Goku began, and then gulped, "needles?"
Frowning at him, Arashi said, "No. Now get your butt in gear and come over here. The faster I'm done, the sooner you and Android 17 can eat."
That said, Goku quickly came over to her and sat down obediently. Arashi washed his wounds, cleaned them, and then put medicine on them. After that, she put aloe salve on the burn marks that he received from Android 17's ki blasts.
When she was finished with Goku, the small group then began to eat dinner. Duet and Arashi watched the three males eat, still amazed at how fast they ate, even after four days. Shaking their heads, they, too, began to eat.
After dinner, they went to bed, too tired to make s'mors and tell childhood stories.
Before she managed to fall asleep, Arashi murmured, "Hey, Android 17..."
"What?", he asked, turning in his sleeping bag to face her.
"Is there anything else you want to be called, besides Android 17?", Arashi asked, her eyelids drooping from exhaustion.
Android 17 looked taken aback for a moment. "Why do you want to know?", he finally asked her.
"I dunno.... Maybe you'll see that you're just as human as I am if you had a human name....", Arashi replied, barely keeping her eyes open.
Thinking for a minute, Android 17 said, "Call me Juunana."
Arashi smiled. "Okay.", she replied, then finally fell asleep.
Juunana smiled back, for a moment, then turned around and fell asleep.
*~@~*
Unknown to Arashi, a pair of piercing blue eyes watched her sleep, hiding in the bushes. Sleep well, little one., the owner of the blue eyes thought.
The strange Bishonen backed away from the campsite, headed back to its own home. As it moved through the brush, a moonbeam broke through the tree branches, highlighting it for a moment. And revealing soft, shoulder-length lavender hair; pulled back in a ponytail.