A/N: ok so I know juu has been a bit OOC but bear with me. I'm trying to
portray her as something beyond what she is thought to be. R/R
When she awoke, 18 felt very warm. She snuggled closer to the source of the warmth, relishing it before she realized that it was coming from someone's body. Completely awake at this point, she attempted to get up only to discover that she was being tightly held uncomfortably close to the body by a pair of strong arms. Her eyes widened as she saw and felt the position in which those arms were. One had snaked itself over her torso so that the hand at the end of it rested just beneath her breast. The other was also resting on her torso and found its respected hand placed on the upper part of her thigh. Her eyes became further enlarged when she realized that the leg that entwined with hers was not her own. As she came to these conclusions, her breathing quickened and her heart sounded loudly in her ears. When a soft strand of lavender hair fell into her face however, her eyes nearly popped from her head and she involuntarily started. This caused the sleeping young man, whose arms she was wrapped in, to wake up. She turned to look at him and see what he would do. ************************************************************************ Trunks opened his eyes and stared at her face. Beautiful. Then he looked the position they were in and quickly released her, standing as he did so. Oh shit. Oh shit! Ok, its ok. Nothing happened, it's O-K. 18 stared at him as he thought. "um, what happened?" He turned to her, "you don't remember" "No." "Oh, well nothing, you collapsed and I helped you. We must have fallen asleep." 18 skeptically nodded. Then she turned her head to the depression they had made in the grass. "Uh, did um.did we.?" she asked him. "No!" he answered in a horse, high-pitched voice. Then he cleared his throat. "ehem, no." "Oh." She said, trying not to sound disappointed. "So.what do we do now?" "Well its daylight and we should be looking for dragonballs but I have a feeling we ought to check camp first. She nodded "I suppose you're right.nothing will ever be different between us will it?" Without looking at her he trained his face to a blank. "No it won't, it can't ever be." She sighed, "So you still believe I'll go crazy and kill everyone? Well, I can't say that I blame you, after last night's episode even I'm a little doubtful of my sanity." He shrugged, "come on." He replied coolly "we have things to do." She put a hand on her hip, "so it's back to collar and leash again huh? I had thought we were coming to some sort of understanding if not friendship but.oh well 'machines' don't need friends anyway." "Now don't start that again." She shrugged, "you said it not me. Anyway I have to admit it's the truth, I am more machine than human. No use wishing otherwise; but you wanna know something?" "What?" "Even if I could be human again I don't think I'd want to be. As it is I don't even know how to act around them without killing them. I doubt I could be one." "so how are you planning to 'rejoin' society?" "I won't. I'll live up in the mountains somewhere." He frowned "alone?" "Well yeah. Who do you know would want to live with a barely sane, killer cyborg? No one. And even if someone did, they couldn't be human, I may be able to tolerate them, but most I wouldn't be able to live with." "What will you do?" "Well its not like I really need to eat, I can and I do get hungry, but I don't need to. I'll probably stay there till I die, which will be a long time since my circuits won't wear out for awhile thanks to your mother and I would never be able to commit suicide unless it was absolutely necessary." She shrugged, "don't worry, I'll find something that doesn't include mass genocide." Trunks' frowned deepened at this. He had assumed that she would just blend into the populace and lead a 'normal' life. He took her arm. "Well you'll just have to wait until I release you." This made her angry. "Release me?! How dare you! I am not your prisoner!" "What? I never-" Her eyes narrowed "I see now, you only pretended to be nice to me. Pretended to help me. You're just like everyone else; all you want is to use me!" "No! I-" "Everyone thinks they can own me? Well guess what, I will not be owned. Not by Dr. Gero, not by my brother and not by you! Not now and never again!" "You're over reacting! I'm not trying to use you. I just can't let you out of my sight. Besides, why would I want to use you? What would I use you for?" She glowered at him, fists clenched, ready for any sort of fight. "Would you stop?! I'm not trying to use you! I never even wanted you in the first place! I don't need a killer cybourg and what else could I use you for?" "So that's all you think I'm good for? Killing things?" "I didn't mean it like that." "Say what you mean and mean what you say." "Look I'm sorry if I 'offended' you but you started it." "I-" "Why do you always think someone's against you?" "Aren't you against me? Isn't it you that wishes so vehemently to destroy me! You're confusing me! Yesterday you told me I'm a horrid killing machine and threaten my life, today I find myself waking in your arms! Is that not a contradiction! I can't understand it and you are not helping! Are we friends or enemies, do you hate me or." She turned away, not being able to finish the question for fear of already knowing the answer. She sighed I know he hates me. He must hate me, how else could he feel? For the things I have done I don't even deserve this second chance much less his love. "I will go with you." "But-" "Please, no questions." "I-" "Listen, I'll go, I'll act normal, I'll do whatever you want just." "What?" "Try not to hate me too much."
When she awoke, 18 felt very warm. She snuggled closer to the source of the warmth, relishing it before she realized that it was coming from someone's body. Completely awake at this point, she attempted to get up only to discover that she was being tightly held uncomfortably close to the body by a pair of strong arms. Her eyes widened as she saw and felt the position in which those arms were. One had snaked itself over her torso so that the hand at the end of it rested just beneath her breast. The other was also resting on her torso and found its respected hand placed on the upper part of her thigh. Her eyes became further enlarged when she realized that the leg that entwined with hers was not her own. As she came to these conclusions, her breathing quickened and her heart sounded loudly in her ears. When a soft strand of lavender hair fell into her face however, her eyes nearly popped from her head and she involuntarily started. This caused the sleeping young man, whose arms she was wrapped in, to wake up. She turned to look at him and see what he would do. ************************************************************************ Trunks opened his eyes and stared at her face. Beautiful. Then he looked the position they were in and quickly released her, standing as he did so. Oh shit. Oh shit! Ok, its ok. Nothing happened, it's O-K. 18 stared at him as he thought. "um, what happened?" He turned to her, "you don't remember" "No." "Oh, well nothing, you collapsed and I helped you. We must have fallen asleep." 18 skeptically nodded. Then she turned her head to the depression they had made in the grass. "Uh, did um.did we.?" she asked him. "No!" he answered in a horse, high-pitched voice. Then he cleared his throat. "ehem, no." "Oh." She said, trying not to sound disappointed. "So.what do we do now?" "Well its daylight and we should be looking for dragonballs but I have a feeling we ought to check camp first. She nodded "I suppose you're right.nothing will ever be different between us will it?" Without looking at her he trained his face to a blank. "No it won't, it can't ever be." She sighed, "So you still believe I'll go crazy and kill everyone? Well, I can't say that I blame you, after last night's episode even I'm a little doubtful of my sanity." He shrugged, "come on." He replied coolly "we have things to do." She put a hand on her hip, "so it's back to collar and leash again huh? I had thought we were coming to some sort of understanding if not friendship but.oh well 'machines' don't need friends anyway." "Now don't start that again." She shrugged, "you said it not me. Anyway I have to admit it's the truth, I am more machine than human. No use wishing otherwise; but you wanna know something?" "What?" "Even if I could be human again I don't think I'd want to be. As it is I don't even know how to act around them without killing them. I doubt I could be one." "so how are you planning to 'rejoin' society?" "I won't. I'll live up in the mountains somewhere." He frowned "alone?" "Well yeah. Who do you know would want to live with a barely sane, killer cyborg? No one. And even if someone did, they couldn't be human, I may be able to tolerate them, but most I wouldn't be able to live with." "What will you do?" "Well its not like I really need to eat, I can and I do get hungry, but I don't need to. I'll probably stay there till I die, which will be a long time since my circuits won't wear out for awhile thanks to your mother and I would never be able to commit suicide unless it was absolutely necessary." She shrugged, "don't worry, I'll find something that doesn't include mass genocide." Trunks' frowned deepened at this. He had assumed that she would just blend into the populace and lead a 'normal' life. He took her arm. "Well you'll just have to wait until I release you." This made her angry. "Release me?! How dare you! I am not your prisoner!" "What? I never-" Her eyes narrowed "I see now, you only pretended to be nice to me. Pretended to help me. You're just like everyone else; all you want is to use me!" "No! I-" "Everyone thinks they can own me? Well guess what, I will not be owned. Not by Dr. Gero, not by my brother and not by you! Not now and never again!" "You're over reacting! I'm not trying to use you. I just can't let you out of my sight. Besides, why would I want to use you? What would I use you for?" She glowered at him, fists clenched, ready for any sort of fight. "Would you stop?! I'm not trying to use you! I never even wanted you in the first place! I don't need a killer cybourg and what else could I use you for?" "So that's all you think I'm good for? Killing things?" "I didn't mean it like that." "Say what you mean and mean what you say." "Look I'm sorry if I 'offended' you but you started it." "I-" "Why do you always think someone's against you?" "Aren't you against me? Isn't it you that wishes so vehemently to destroy me! You're confusing me! Yesterday you told me I'm a horrid killing machine and threaten my life, today I find myself waking in your arms! Is that not a contradiction! I can't understand it and you are not helping! Are we friends or enemies, do you hate me or." She turned away, not being able to finish the question for fear of already knowing the answer. She sighed I know he hates me. He must hate me, how else could he feel? For the things I have done I don't even deserve this second chance much less his love. "I will go with you." "But-" "Please, no questions." "I-" "Listen, I'll go, I'll act normal, I'll do whatever you want just." "What?" "Try not to hate me too much."