Bura walked with her guards to school and went to her regular class without even acknowledging them. She was so pissed off at them. She tried to avoid thinking about Goten during science, english, and her math class. But he persisted on trying to send her notes.

She almost felt like crying when she saw him walk in with a purple bruise on his face and the fact that he limped a bit.

It was so confusing. Every time she would think of Goten, she would end up thinking about Titus and what he said the other night.

"Love and Lust." She wrote on her palm repeatedly in red ink, almost crazily.

She just wanted to kill her self. She didn't want to be a princess, she never did. But now, it was much more than that. She pressed the tip of her pen into her palm, piercing her skin.

She stared at the growing bud of blood and kissed her hand.

"Love and Lust." She whispered to her self.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

When Bura walked home with her guards around her, and she heard the sound of running footsteps behind her.

She saw a hint of black rush beside her, a few feet away and hiding in the bushes and knew that it was either Silas or Titus. The head of blond confirmed it to be Titus.

The sound became louder. She almost jumped as she felt two arms held onto her shoulders and turned her around.

It was him.

Goten looked at her sadly. His eyes tearing up and despite his bruises, he looked just as perfect and seductive as before.

Bura, from the corners of her eyes saw Titus and Silas taking their places in hiding, watching and prepared with their guns. Ever since the incident form the night before, they didn't even get near her when she was walking. Always hiding and observing from a safe distance.

"Bura, what do you want?" Goten finally said, trying not to let his voice crack.

Bura blinked stupidly. She tried to blank out every thing she had felt about him---impossible.

Goten had such a good heart, she thought lovingly, even though what Titus had put him through, he was still willing to forgive and live on.

"I don't know." She said softly.

Goten lifted her chin and Bura let him kiss her on the lips.

She could taste old blood and sweetness from his tongue.

Goten pulled away gently and gazed at her.

"You wanna go out again?"

Bura pushed her self away from him and turned.

She felt her eyes stinging with tears.

She could see through her fog of tears that Titus was signaling to Silas and the two looked overly focussed.

Bura wiped her eyes quickly and turned back to him.

She hated Titus for what he did. How dare he get involved with matters of the heart, she thought fiercely.

She wanted to show him. To break his heart and show him that she hated him for what he did.

"Sure." She replied, breaking into a ghost of a smile.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Titus and Silas heard every word. When they reached home, Titus confronted her.

"You are not to go any where with him until Silas and I confirm his innocence and search his records."

Bura raised an eyebrow, ignored him and went up to her room.

Titus and Silas followed her.

Silas went to his outer post and Titus let himself and Bura in.

He grasped her hand and stopped her from putting her bag on her chair.

"Princess, you must listen to us."

Bura glared at him. Freezing time.

"Shut up." She hissed coldly.

Titus held her glare steadily and let go of her.

"I know you're going to try something."

He circled her, keeping close. He went slightly behind her.

"Remember, you will never be alone." He whispered hotly into her ear. Bura shuddered but kept her stance.

Bura went for her door slowly. She opened it, feeling the cold knob in her delicate fingers.

She strode past Silas. Her guards followed her down the stairs.

She put on her jacket quickly and stepped out of the house.

Titus and Silas watched her and kept close to her.

But something distracted them. The black stranger suddenly flashed at the corners of their eyes and they both turned for a brief moment.

Bura saw her chance.

She took off, letting her strong legs to speed her away from her house and her guards.

She panted for breath as she felt her muscles tiring. She looked back and gasped. Titus and Silas were so close to her. Just a few feet behind her. They ran without taking any air through their mouths and were running at a convenient speed.

She sped up, despite the pounding pain her legs and feet. "I guess I shouldn't have cut all those P.E classes." She thought as she pushed on.

She kept her head up as she turned a sharp corner. She looked back. They weren't in sight.

She smiled smugly, slowed to a jog and saw Goten's house.

She ran up to the door, knocked and caught her breath.

Goten opened the door after a few seconds. His hair was mussed up and he was in his 'comfy' clothes.

"Bura? Why are you here?"

Bura shifted on her feet.

"Hey, I decided that we could set our date earlier, maybe now?"

Goten raised an eyebrow and ran his hands through his hair.

"Well, I guess that means that my plan will have to be set earlier." He mumbled quietly.

Bura blinked. She ignored his mumbling

"You wanna go to the park again?"

Goten focussed his eyes back on her.

"Sure," he broke into an easy smile. "I know, let's go to a different one."

Bura nodded and took his hand.

"Perfect."