Look, I finally got it up!!!! Yay! Sorry, but I've had to write a script this week and go to a rehearsal. But I did it! No html again, cause my brother-in-law promised me an editor Monday. :oÞ
Chapter VI - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, KILL ME
Marron eyed Trunks curiously as he jogged around the front of the car to open the door for her. She took the hand that he offered, and allowed him to lead her into the restaurant. "I think I'm a little underdressed for this place," she commented, as she took in the crystal chandeliers and basically rich-looking people. (You know, those not so down-to-earth rich people.)
"Nonsense, you'll fit right in," he assured her.
Elese materialized beside her. "What are you so nervous about?"
'All these people...'
"What about them?"
'They're--they're staring at me.'
"No they aren't. Now calm down before you ruin everything."
'Me ruin everything?! I believe it was YOUR sister who cut me, which made him get so close to me.' She narrowed her eyes. "This is all your damned fault!" she screamed, bringing everyone's attention to her.
Trunks eyes widened as he looked back at the people. "Umm, my sister suffers from schizophrenia."
There was a chorus of Oh's and Ahh's, mixed with a couple of Poor Girl's.
"But I'm not--"
"C'mon, Sis. Let's allow these good people to get back to their meal." He took her by the shoulders and led her out of the restaurant, bursting into fits of laughter as soon as the doors closed. "Wh--what--what was th-that?"
She shrugged. "Guess I started thinking out loud."
He laughed again. "Yeah." They were silent for a short time, as he ushered her back into the car.
"So where're we off to now?"
"How about I make dinner for you?"
The two spirits appeared in the back seats. "Agree, or I'm going in," Epica warned.
Marron sighed, then looked at Trunks, "That sounds nice."
(Alright, time for some calculations *shutters*. Marron left the studio at 5. Why? Cuz she's "workin' 9 to 5" hehheh. 2.5 hours later brought us to 7:30p.m. If it took them forty-five minutes to go to CC and get a car, then drive to the restaurant, that would be 8:15. Then, it takes them 20 more minutes to get to the CC mansion, that brings us to 8:35. If train A departs at 9:30 and train B is delayed until 10:17, at what time will the trains meet up? hehhehheh. It's 8:35 p.m., everyone.)
Marron watched intensely as Trunks prepared the food. She couldn't believe that he was actually *cooking* it.
"Have you ever had fresh lobster before?"
"Huh? Oh, sure." Yeah, she had had fresh lobster alright, every time the Briefs had a barbecue...there was nothing quite like the taste of lobster and Chichi's coleslaw.
"Red or white?"
"Red or white what?"
"Wine." (LOL, I almost wrote whine...when you get that, it'll be funny--okay, not really, but still!)
"Nei--" Marron saw Epica poised above her body and ready to hop in, "Red. I prefer red."
"Okay," he said smiling. He brought over a glass full of the familiar burgundy liquid.
She downed it, hoping it would calm her nerves.
He refilled the glass, laughing slightly, and brought her plate.
"If it's all the same to you, I think I'd rather have some iced tea--I mean this wine is really great." She lifted the glass, and it shook as she and Elese fought for control over the fragile crystal. (Remember Drop Dead Fred?? I do.) Guess who won.
4.5 glasses later..................................................................
"Ugh, I'm so tired."
"Ne? Why don't we go up to my room?"
"Okaaaaaay."
"Are you sure she won't do anything she regrets?"
"I told you, Elese, I won't let that happen. This is working into the plan perfectly."
"Alright. Cuz you know she'd never forgive us, and then we'd probably never complete our mission."
"I know, Sis. Just have faith in me."
"I do." The two spirits fizzled out of the dining room and into Trunks bedroom, where the couple had just arrived. (DON DON DON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Marron leaned against the dresser. His room looked different from the way it had when they were kids. The colorful atmosphere had been replaced with a sort of dark sexiness. 'The seduction chamber,' she thought to herself. Goten had regaled Bura and herself of the incidents which Trunks had had in here many times.
Trunks walked over to her. "You know," he brushed some hair away from her face, "Marron would probably kill me for this--"
'Oh, you bet I would.'
"But I was wondering if you'd come and work for me."
"Gee, Mr. Briefs. I couldn't do that. I love my job."
"I figured as much. You just have such wonderful," he glanced at her breasts, "potential."
"Is that what they're called now?"
He looked back up, gave her a seductive smiled, and pressed his lips against hers.
She responded at first, leaning into him, then anger flashed into her eyes, as she opened them, and glared at him. (Remember that part about Marron not doing things the way she normally would when she drank?) She did the first thing that popped into her mind. She grabbed his hmm, let's say *package* and forced him to back away from her some.
His eyes were wide open now.
"Don't you think you're moving a little quick?" she asked through her teeth.
Elese kept looking between her sister, who sat beside her on a shelf, and Marron, who had Trunks firmly in her grasp. "You're rubbing off on her way too much."
Epica simply chuckled and kept her eyes forward.
"Umm, umm, maybe I did advance on you a little fast. I'm uhh, sorry?" he squeaked.
"You should be."
"And I am," he put in quickly.
"Good. Now, I'm going to leave, and you are going to STAY AWAY FROM ME!!!! Right?"
"R-right."
She smiled, gave him another squeeze for good measure, and left.
"Damn," he swore as a gleam filled his eyes, and his lips curled into a devilish grin. "Until we meet again, Miss Rayne."
Marron waited patiently outside the Son family's door. The spirits wanted to meet with Goten and Bura, and rather than fight them, this ending with one jumping into her body and doing it anyway, she had decided to cooperate.
"Marron!" Goku had swung open the door and was now proceeding to pull her into a bear hug.
"Goku," she gasped for air.
"What's that, Marron?"
She pointed towards her face, which was changing from it's normal color to purple.
"Oh!" He released her. "So, what brings you here?"
"I'm meeting Bura and Goten."
"Well, come on." He led her through the house and into the living room/den (whatever you wanna call it), where Bura and Goten sat. "Look, you guys, it's Marron-chan!"
Marron cringed at bit at Goku's loudness. She had a headache...not the massive one that she had expected, but a headache nonetheless, which did not appreciate loud noise. "Ohayo Gozaimasu, minna-chan!"
"Morning," the two sleepily replied.
"Well, I'm going to go see when lunch is. Maybe you can stay, Marron?"
"Perhaps, Goku-san. Aragato."
"Okay!" The jolly Saiyan left.
"Come sit," Bura patted a place on the couch. She did. "So, my brother said that he had quite an interesting evening last night. Care to tell us about it?"
She heard Goten try to cover a laugh. "Sounds like someone may have already."
The laughter bursted from Goten. "He said...he--he s-said that...that AHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!! And it's so...so AHAHAHAHA!!!! funny!"
"He does that every time he tries to tell me. Seems Trunks left out something pretty big."
"Oh yeah...AHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Marron, tell me," Bura whined.
"Okay, okay." She leaned (leaned, not leant!) over and whispered the events of the night to Bura.
Bura was quiet for a second, and then, "AAAAHAHAHAHA!!!! That's--that's hilarious!" She and her boyfriend rolled around, holding their stomachs. Once she had calmed down, "So, what do the spirits want now?"
Elese and Epica materialized. "Now, we need your help."
"What do you want us to do?"
"Arrange a couple of 'chance' meetings between Rayne and Trunks."
"Shouldn't be too complicated."
"Anything else?"
"Find out how interested he is. Keep us posted. Give us any suggestions you have."
"Okay."
"Will, you guys stop talking about me like I'm not here?"
"Sorry, Mar."
"I've got an idea."
Everyone looked to Goten, and Bura checked him for a fever. He knocked away her hand playfully. "Why don't we all go out, invite Trunks and play something...like baseball?"
"No."
"No."
"No."
"Yes," Marron stated firmly.
Marron, who was once again in the guise of Rayne, yawned as she followed Bura, Goten, and Trunks to a clearing amongst some mountains.
"So, you're a baseball fan, huh?"
She looked up at Trunks and smiled. "Yeah, a bit."
He stopped walking "You know, I'm sorry about what happened last night. I shouldn't have advanced like that."
"Oh, it's no problem. After all, were I *that* kind of girl, things may have faired better for you." She left him behind, and let her words waft back to him. (Can words waft?? Well, they can now.)
"Alright," Goten said as he dropped the bag of equipment. "I'm sure we all know the rules of the game. Well now, we're altering them, because there are only four of us. We'll split into teams of two. One person will be the designated runner, while the other is the designated hitter. (hehheh...designated hitter.) The other team will be filling the positions of catcher and stuff. Got it?"
"Yeah, Sweetie. We're not dolts. Girls against guys okay with everyone?"
"Wouldn't that give us an unfair advantage?" Trunks asked, sending Marron one of his (hmm, what was it that they kept calling his smile in that one fic...oh yeah!) patented lady-killer smiles.
Marron narrowed her eyes and flashed her teeth. "Sounds fun, Bura."
"Let's do it," Goten agreed.
They were in place, and Marron was awaiting Trunks to pitch the ball. "I don't have all day here, Mr. Briefs." She sliced the air with the bat a couple of times to farther communicate this to him.
"I just don't want to throw it too hard for you."
"I think I'll be just fine."
"You bet you will," Elese commented as she stood behind Marron and wrapped her hands around the bat also.
Trunks threw the ball.
WHAM! The bat made contact with it, and sent the ball way out of the horizon. Marron simply smiled at the baffled Trunks and did a victory dance as Bura began to round the bases.
Goten lifted into the air, and headed after the ball. He returned swiftly, and tackled Bura just before she made it home, touching her with the small, white ball.
"Goten," she laughed, "you can't do that."
"Do what?"
"Fly! You can't fly! There's no flying in baseball," Marron informed him sternly.
"But we're not playing real baseball," Trunks smiled smugly.
'Calm down, Marron. He's just baiting you. Breathe. That's it. Air is good.' She watched his smile grow. 'Fuck being calm!' "Raaahhrrr!" she growled as she headed after him with the bat. She chased him onto a cliff.
"Rayne, I was just kidding." He backed to the very edge, and she advanced on that trapped Saiyan prince.
"Apologize."
"For what?"
"Years of womanizing. Years of broken hearts!"
"Rayne, I..." He let his words dropped as his ears picked up on a crunching sound. "Maybe you should--"
"I am warning you, Trunks Briefs, I am NOT afraid to use this." She swung, and he jumped up, then landed on the cliff again, causing the force that held it there to give away. "Ahhhhh!" Marron screamed as the ground fell from beneath her feet. One second, she was plummeting to the ground, and the next, she was in the strong arms of the man she had just been trying to massacre.
He pulled the bat out of her grasp with his free hand and let it drop to the ground.
She wrapped her arms around his neck and shut her eyes. She wasn't too big a fan of flying, especially with him.
"You okay?"
"Yeah, I will be."
"So this it what it takes to get close to you?"
She laughed nervously. "I guess so." 'Epica, Elese! Help!'
"No way, girl."
"Trunks, you guys going to keep playing or what?" Bura called.
"Damnit. Why are we still letting her see us?" Epica asked her sister.
Trunks flew them to the ground.
"Okay, you guys, no flying this time!!!!"
TO THE REVIEWERS...
Burned Vamp: *Shakes hand and takes beer.* Thanks. What the hell is with the spirits?? They're supposed to represent yin & yang of the world; which means they're 1/3 evil...not hard to believe, huh?? LOL I DO hope that this gets me more snuggles. And hurry and roll out more of LOVE TO HATE YOU!!!!
Lily: Did one of the spirits get into you?? Hope this tides you over for a short while.
I am going to try to update by tomorrow (like I actually mean today b/c it's already Saturday here), but I have a show tonite, so it'll come up ASAP.
Thanks again, you guys!!!!