A/N- Aaaaand.....now for chapter 6! This is going faster than I thought it would...still need some major revisions, but, hey!
Disclaimer- (Insert disclaimer here) (MOO-ya!)
Warnings- Juu-hachi's insights, but nothing big.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Last chapter:
. "Juu-hachi, come down with me tomorrow."
"WHAT!?!"
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Juu-nana didn't answer. Juu-hachi grabbed his wrist. "Juu-nana.....you've fallen for her, haven't you. You...you love her."
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"Juu-nana......listen, if you really feel that way....maybe I can try not to injure her...too much....in our next battle, okay?"
Juu-nana nodded. "Come with me to the lake tomorrow?"
"......I suppose."
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Four Corners Chapter 6
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Sakura sighed happily as she laid down on the grass. Gohan sat next to her. "You did great today. You, too, Trunks. You were both wonderful."
"Arigato, Gohan-san."
Trunks shook his head. "Iie. I could have done a lot better."
Sakura giggled. "Hey, you're stronger than me."
"That's not saying much."
Gohan sighed. "Trunks, please, not today."
Sakura just shrugged. "I'm not too strong right now, but you'd better watch out, Trunks, or one of these days, I'll be strong enough to teach you a thing or two about women's rights!"
Trunks snorted. "You? Threaten me?"
Gohan shook his head in dismay. "Trunks, how is it that just the other day you were all upset because she might attack us, and now you're just dissing her for being weak? You can't have it both ways."
"I guess I realized that she's not so dangerous after all. I mean, come on, like she could beat us two. She's barely stronger than Chichi-san!"
Gohan laughed shortly. "That's not saying much, either!"
Sakura stuck her tongue out at them. 'You guys are so mean!"
Trunks shrugged. "You deserve it. Just remember your place here, jonzouningen, and I might not decide to put out out of the house."
"Trunks, stop it."
Trunks jumped up. "Why do you always stick up for her, anyway! Her kind destroyed all of our lives!"
"Her KIND, Trunks. Not her. She can't be held responsible. She hasn't done anything to you. So cool it."
Trunks sat back down. After a while, he sighed. "Gomen, Gohan-sensei."
Sakura stood up. "I'm gonna go for a walk, I need to go to town to get those supplies."
Gohan stood. "Let me go with you. Trunks is right about one thing, you aren't strong enough to take care of yourself yet. Trunks, you stay here and finish the repairs to the house.
Juu-nana was quiet as he walked down the the shore, his sister grumbling behind him. "Hush, Juu-hachi. Don't talk here. This isn't the place or the time."
They sat for a moment, before Shinju joined them. Like the other times she came, she wore shorts and a tee-shirt, her bright hair floating gently behind her. She didn't look dangerous at the moment. Juu-hachi watched her carefully. Shinju ignored the other woman, and sat down next to Juu-nana. Far too close for Juu-hachi's comfort.
Shinju and Juu-nana sat there, neither saying a word, and Juu-hachi was left to think.
'They look...peaceful. But why? After all the battles we fight in the daytime, how is it that they bothe become strangers to me at dusk?'
She had asked him earlier that day why they always sat there at sunset. He simly shrugged. "The twilight is our time. It's like a symbol. Day meets night. She and I. We can sit there without speaking for hours, and we understand everything the other doesn't say."
Juu-hachi shook her head. It hadn't made sense then, but she coul somehow hear the strange, silent conversation.
Juu-hachi stood and walked over to sit on Shinju's other side. Shinju smiled slightly. "Nice to have you join us, Juu-hachi. Been to any good clothing stores lately?"
"I...guess." 'Why is she speaking to me like I'm just another girl she'd meet on the street?'
"I see. Got any good outfits?"
"H-hai." 'This is so strange...I feel...normal. Talking about clothes and shopping like this, watching the sunset...' Juu-hachi mentally gasped. 'I guess that's how Juu-nana feels. No wonder he comes here so often.'
They stayed silent for the rest of the time. When all the stars were visible, Shinju stood and left. Oce she was gone, Juu-nana stood. Juu-hachi followed silently.
They stopped by the door to their house. "Juu-nana....I think I understand."
"Good. I'm glad."
Trunks sighed as Gohan and Sakura came back, laughing. They walked hand in hand, Gohan carrying the supplies in one arm, Sakura carrying groceries in her other.
Trunks was about to go over and help, when Gohan leaned down and kissed Sakura. Trunks stopped dead. His heart stopped with him.
'What? Iie! This can't be happening! Gohan! Stop this! Please...onegai...'
They did, but then Gohan dipped and kissed her once more, lightly. Sakura blushed. Trunks turned and ran into the house.
He didn't understand. Why did it hurt him so? After a few days, he had come to understand his master's feelings for Sakura, and Sakura's for Gohan. Why did this change things so much?
He thought of the way he felt, watching Sakura and Gohan walk away from him, hand in hand, towards town, his sensei's half-hearted instructions as he gazed at Sakura.
Sakura.
Trunks shook his head. She was a jinzouningen! Hai, that's why it hurt...Gohan would be hurt.
But what if that wasn't it.
Trunks looked out the window at Sakura as she called for him to help her. No, he wouldn't go down there. He couldn't. Not after what he just saw.
"Sakura."
Sakura looked up suddenly, grinned, and waved at him to come down. Sakura looked beautiful, standing in the setting sun......
He recalled their last battle with the androids. Shinju hadn't shown up, and it had been tough. Sakura had helped him. She hadn't given the jinzouningen any mercy. She wasn't jinzouningen. She was human inside. She was kind, beautiful. Trunks sighed as he admitted the truth to himself.
He was in love with Sakura.
END CHAPTER 6:
Uh-oh! We have a problem here! Poor Trunks is in love with little miss Sakura! And what about Juu-hachi? Has she really accepted Juu-nana's decision? Is she really going to let this go on? Will she go back?
Disclaimer- (Insert disclaimer here) (MOO-ya!)
Warnings- Juu-hachi's insights, but nothing big.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Last chapter:
. "Juu-hachi, come down with me tomorrow."
"WHAT!?!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Juu-nana didn't answer. Juu-hachi grabbed his wrist. "Juu-nana.....you've fallen for her, haven't you. You...you love her."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Juu-nana......listen, if you really feel that way....maybe I can try not to injure her...too much....in our next battle, okay?"
Juu-nana nodded. "Come with me to the lake tomorrow?"
"......I suppose."
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Four Corners Chapter 6
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Sakura sighed happily as she laid down on the grass. Gohan sat next to her. "You did great today. You, too, Trunks. You were both wonderful."
"Arigato, Gohan-san."
Trunks shook his head. "Iie. I could have done a lot better."
Sakura giggled. "Hey, you're stronger than me."
"That's not saying much."
Gohan sighed. "Trunks, please, not today."
Sakura just shrugged. "I'm not too strong right now, but you'd better watch out, Trunks, or one of these days, I'll be strong enough to teach you a thing or two about women's rights!"
Trunks snorted. "You? Threaten me?"
Gohan shook his head in dismay. "Trunks, how is it that just the other day you were all upset because she might attack us, and now you're just dissing her for being weak? You can't have it both ways."
"I guess I realized that she's not so dangerous after all. I mean, come on, like she could beat us two. She's barely stronger than Chichi-san!"
Gohan laughed shortly. "That's not saying much, either!"
Sakura stuck her tongue out at them. 'You guys are so mean!"
Trunks shrugged. "You deserve it. Just remember your place here, jonzouningen, and I might not decide to put out out of the house."
"Trunks, stop it."
Trunks jumped up. "Why do you always stick up for her, anyway! Her kind destroyed all of our lives!"
"Her KIND, Trunks. Not her. She can't be held responsible. She hasn't done anything to you. So cool it."
Trunks sat back down. After a while, he sighed. "Gomen, Gohan-sensei."
Sakura stood up. "I'm gonna go for a walk, I need to go to town to get those supplies."
Gohan stood. "Let me go with you. Trunks is right about one thing, you aren't strong enough to take care of yourself yet. Trunks, you stay here and finish the repairs to the house.
Juu-nana was quiet as he walked down the the shore, his sister grumbling behind him. "Hush, Juu-hachi. Don't talk here. This isn't the place or the time."
They sat for a moment, before Shinju joined them. Like the other times she came, she wore shorts and a tee-shirt, her bright hair floating gently behind her. She didn't look dangerous at the moment. Juu-hachi watched her carefully. Shinju ignored the other woman, and sat down next to Juu-nana. Far too close for Juu-hachi's comfort.
Shinju and Juu-nana sat there, neither saying a word, and Juu-hachi was left to think.
'They look...peaceful. But why? After all the battles we fight in the daytime, how is it that they bothe become strangers to me at dusk?'
She had asked him earlier that day why they always sat there at sunset. He simly shrugged. "The twilight is our time. It's like a symbol. Day meets night. She and I. We can sit there without speaking for hours, and we understand everything the other doesn't say."
Juu-hachi shook her head. It hadn't made sense then, but she coul somehow hear the strange, silent conversation.
Juu-hachi stood and walked over to sit on Shinju's other side. Shinju smiled slightly. "Nice to have you join us, Juu-hachi. Been to any good clothing stores lately?"
"I...guess." 'Why is she speaking to me like I'm just another girl she'd meet on the street?'
"I see. Got any good outfits?"
"H-hai." 'This is so strange...I feel...normal. Talking about clothes and shopping like this, watching the sunset...' Juu-hachi mentally gasped. 'I guess that's how Juu-nana feels. No wonder he comes here so often.'
They stayed silent for the rest of the time. When all the stars were visible, Shinju stood and left. Oce she was gone, Juu-nana stood. Juu-hachi followed silently.
They stopped by the door to their house. "Juu-nana....I think I understand."
"Good. I'm glad."
Trunks sighed as Gohan and Sakura came back, laughing. They walked hand in hand, Gohan carrying the supplies in one arm, Sakura carrying groceries in her other.
Trunks was about to go over and help, when Gohan leaned down and kissed Sakura. Trunks stopped dead. His heart stopped with him.
'What? Iie! This can't be happening! Gohan! Stop this! Please...onegai...'
They did, but then Gohan dipped and kissed her once more, lightly. Sakura blushed. Trunks turned and ran into the house.
He didn't understand. Why did it hurt him so? After a few days, he had come to understand his master's feelings for Sakura, and Sakura's for Gohan. Why did this change things so much?
He thought of the way he felt, watching Sakura and Gohan walk away from him, hand in hand, towards town, his sensei's half-hearted instructions as he gazed at Sakura.
Sakura.
Trunks shook his head. She was a jinzouningen! Hai, that's why it hurt...Gohan would be hurt.
But what if that wasn't it.
Trunks looked out the window at Sakura as she called for him to help her. No, he wouldn't go down there. He couldn't. Not after what he just saw.
"Sakura."
Sakura looked up suddenly, grinned, and waved at him to come down. Sakura looked beautiful, standing in the setting sun......
He recalled their last battle with the androids. Shinju hadn't shown up, and it had been tough. Sakura had helped him. She hadn't given the jinzouningen any mercy. She wasn't jinzouningen. She was human inside. She was kind, beautiful. Trunks sighed as he admitted the truth to himself.
He was in love with Sakura.
END CHAPTER 6:
Uh-oh! We have a problem here! Poor Trunks is in love with little miss Sakura! And what about Juu-hachi? Has she really accepted Juu-nana's decision? Is she really going to let this go on? Will she go back?