Alright, here we have the much awaited Chapter two...okay, it really wasn't *much* awaited, but can't a girl feel good about herself? Anyway, I hope you guys continue to enjoy this...as I got positive feedback and all, I'm hoping that this doesn't disappoint you. BTW, I address reviewers at the end, if you wanna take a look.
Chapter II - Not That Kind of Girl
"You're here to help me?" The two nodded calmly. "Here to help me do what?!" she erupted.
"Help you get what you want. What you *truely* want," Elese, the one wearing the dress answered.
"We'd better start from the beginning."
"Yes, that's probably a good idea."
"About two centuries ago, we were the guardian warriors of Earth. Our duty was to protect it at all costs."
"There came a time when the Earth was at peace for many years. Epica decided to go into the room of time and space (or the hyperbolic time chamber, as FUNi calls it), in order to become a stronger defender. However, once inside, she forgot that she only had a short time to stay, and was trapped inside it for all eternity."
"To shorten my sentence, Elese sacrificed her own life. The guardian Kami turned us into dragonflies, promising to give us a chance at redemption, once a worthy cause presented itself. If we were able to accomplish something that the guardian felt was damned near impossible, we would be reborn on Earth, with a second chance."
"Oh great! The guardian of Earth sent me a couple of dragonflies to help. Wonderful!" she rolled her eyes. "What a stupid lie."
"This is not going to be easy, is it?" Epica asked her sister.
"If it were, then we wouldn't be here."
"Thanks a lot, Dende."
"Look, if you ladies don't mind, I'd like to get dressed," Marron brought the attention back to herself.
The women turned their backs.
"Listen, Marron, if we're not really spirits, they why could that man, whom you were with not see me?"
"That *man* was a *guy*. And he's probably the one on drugs. Or maybe this is just some big plot against me. 'Make Marron think she's crazy.'"
Epica put her head in one hand and shook it, while massaging the headache away. "Absolutely hopeless," she murmured.
"What is?" Marron was fully dressed now and stood.
Hearing this, Epica turned, an idea popping into her head. "Oh, just getting you and that boy you like together."
"I love him."
"Yes, so you think. You see, our mission is to get you and he together, or get you to completely forget about loving him."
She laughed lightly. "Hopeless."
"Not completely," Elese announced, turning around.
"Where has Marron gotten to now?" Bura was searching all of the rooms on the east wing.
"Did you find her yet?" Goten yelled down the hall.
"Have I said 'hey Goten, here she is' yet?"
"No!"
"Okay then!" The party had been over for a short time now, and there was still no sign of Marron. Bura had figured that she had hooked up with one of the guys from the party, but didn't want to tell Goten that. It was Marron's business. The only reason that she had let Goten convince her to go on a quest for Marron was because she had noticed how much Marron had had to drink. Marron was one of those total-turn-around people when she got drunk. She wasn't violent; just irrational, as opposed to her normal behavior.
Goten came to stand by his girlfriend. He wrapped his arm around her waist, and dropped a kiss on her forehead. "Hey look. There's a light on up there."
The couple started down the hall.
"What do you mean, 'not completely?' You know the girl as well as I do."
"Yes, but--"
"There you are, Marron. We've been looking everywhere for you," Goten said as he and Bura walked in.
Marron froze, knowing that her appearance was haphazard. "Oh hi, you guys. I got a little dizzy earlier and decided to lie down."
"Oh that's fine," Bura smiled, trying to make Marron feel less awkward. "Do you want to stay the night?"
"No. I think I'd rather rest in my own bed. *Alone*," she eyed the two women who were still there. Goten and Bura hadn't noticed them. "In fact, I think I'll be going now."
Epica was eyeing Goten, a hand placed on her chin. "Hmm, maybe *he* could get her mind off of this Trunks boy."
"Goten is Bura's boyfriend, and Trunks is not a boy," she nearly yelled. Upon realizing what she had done, she looked at her two friends, who were staring at her curiously.
"Are you..uhh...sure you're okay, Marron?"
"Yes, Bura. Really, I'm fine."
"Maybe Trunks or I should fly you home," Goten suggested.
"Trunks flying me home is not going to solve anything. Besides, I can fly myself home." She pushed past her friends, and headed outside of the building.
"That was sort of rude, don't you think," it was a statement, rather that a question, that came from Epica, as she materialized beside Marron.
"Leave me alone," Marron said quietly.
"You're tired. Let's get you home."
Marron awoke suddenly. She could tell that she was in her own bed, and boy was it comfortable right now. The only problem was the someone was screaming, and interrupting her sleep.
"Are you sure she isn't dead?"
"Yes. She's got a hangover, but she'll be waking soon," Epica explained to her sister.
Marron waved her hand around in the air. "Shhhh," she barely whispered.
"It's time to wake up. You need a shower."
"Epica, that was rude."
"Well, she needs a little edge. C'mon, girl. Get up or I'll be forced to get you up."
A very muffled "go away" was her reply, followed by the hand waving again.
"This should be fun," Epica commented as she rubbed her hands together before diving into Marron's body.
Marron rose out of the bed clumsily, Epica being unused to the body, and Made her way to the bathroom, slamming into a wall or two, here and there.
"Epica, be careful with her. She's not going to be nice to look at with bruises all over her body," Elese warned.
"Yeah, yeah." Marron/Epica removed her clothes, and entered the shower. Epica made sure that the water was going to come one full blast and ice cold, before pulling the shower diverter valve (yes, it actually has a technical name) and jumping out of Marron's body, just as the water came on.
"Yeeeeeeeeeeeeoooooooooowwwwwwwwww!!!!" Marron screamed as she fell in the tub, the freezing waterfall coming down hard on her still warm and sleepy body.
Epica laughed as she called back at the shrieking girl, (just a quick note; the term "girl" makes Marron sound younger than she is. Epica and Elese appear to be her age, but are actually hundreds of years old, and as Epica has a superior-type personality, she is prone discount others) "Don't take too long."
Marron yawned as she came out of the bathroom, fully dressed.
"It's about time."
Marron continued to walk around her room, doing her morning tasks: hair, make up, organizing the day's schedule.
"Good morning, Marron," Elese greeted.
Still, she was silent.
"Look, *girl*, you might as well stop ignoring us. We're not going anywhere."
Marron looked up at her. 'Did she just...?'
"We can read your thoughts," Elese informed her quietly.
"Oh isn't this just peachy! Now I've got two weird spirits, that only I can see, following me around, *and* they can read my thoughts. Does the phrase GO AWAY mean anything to you two?"
"Sure, but we can't leave you."
"What?"
"You see, we're stuck with you until we complete our mission. We aren't supposed to be away from you for more than a few hours at a time."
"That's ridiculous!"
"No," Elese corrected. "It's essential to the plan."
"What plan?"
"The fact is that you aren't the best at getting what you want, or acting in an acceptable manner around men--"
"How do you know that? I have quite an extensive background with men."
"Marron, you'd may as well face the fact that we know everything about you."
"Oh yeah? Well who was my--"
"Kedrai Mana, after the prom, in the back seat of a--"
She cut Epica off, "Okay, okay! I believe you." She sat on her bed quietly, trying to get a grasp on things. "Look, I've got to go get some things for the studio. We can discuss the rest of this later." She left quickly.
Elese sighed as she heard the door slam. "Tough love?" she asked her sister.
"Oh yeah."
Marron stood in line patiently at one of the fashion boutiques. 'So far, so good,' she told herself. There hadn't been any sign of those insane spirits sense she had left the house this morning. Now, it was already the afternoon, and she was in quite a good mood.
"Don't you hate these long lines?" a male voice behind her asked.
She turned. 'Hmm, he looks nice. Not as hot as... NO! Do not compare him to Tr...Ugh! Don't think about him!' "Yes. They're so...long."
He laughed.
'Did I just say that?' "So like what's up?" Against her own will, her arm moved up to touch one of his biceps.
"Umm, nothing really, I guess?"
'What am I doing?' She was finally able to pull her hand away. "Well, I was wondrin' if you'd like to come to the States with me this weekend." It came out in a British accent.
"Did you just...?"
"¡Aye como te quiero!"
"Ya, well, I'm going to go over to that line now." He left quickly.
Marron stomped to the nearest restroom. She checked to make sure that no one was in there before yelling, "What was that?!"
Elese and Epica jumped out of her body. "We were taking care of business."
"Taking care of business?!! If you think that driving all of the men I meet away is going to help me forget Trunks, you must be insane."
"He wasn't in the plan, so calm down."
"Well what is in the plan? Because I certainly am not. Look, I don't need your help. I'm happy with my life, just the way it is."
"Oh really?" Elese moved to stand beside her. "Close your eyes."
Marron didn't know why, but she did it.
"Allow us to show you something."
Marron was suddenly in a small, dark room. A television was on, and she went to sit in the chair that was in front of it.
My Life, According To Me - Marron* flashed across the screen. Marron leaned closer as she watched herself on the little screen.
"Hi there, I'm Marron, and this is my life. Once upon a time, I was a little girl with tons of aspirations and dreams. I set outstanding goals for myself, and bubbled over everything. Now that I have grown older, I have changed very much. No longer am I boggled down with silly dreams. No, no. I believe that everything has a strategy. My strategy is to go with the flow."
"Marron! I want those files NOW!" Trunks bellowed.
"That's my boss. He's the man I love, but don't worry. I refuse to become one of those unrequited love tragedies...I know that he'll never feel the same for me, so I just try to keep my mind off of him by starting a new relationship each month. Sure, they don't seem to last for long, but I get by.
"The elaborate life that I once had planned out for myself has been toned down now. Only realistic goals are the ones I go after. And now that I'm finally getting away from Capsule Corp., I couldn't be happier. Yes, everything is going precisely the way I have planned it."
The voice faded as the screen turned black, and Marron opened her eyes again, to find herself still standing in the middle of the restroom. "It that really how I am?"
"Yes."
She looked down for a few minutes, then back up. "What would I have to do?"
"First, trust us. Second, be willing to do whatever we say."
She thought it over for a bit. "Okay, where do we start?" The sisters were eyeing her and said nothing. "Well?" she asked expectantly.
"We've certainly got our work cut out for us."
"Indeed," Elese agreed. "First, we shop."
"Then, we call up re-enforcements."
"Re-enforcements?"
"Yes. We'll need a someone with a very keen fashion sense, and a male's opinion. You wouldn't happen to know any who meet that criteria, would you?" Epica smirked.
"As a matter of fact, I do."
Who could Marron know that fits that description? Gee, I wonder.
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