Disclaimer: I don't own dbz and I never will *sigh*
A/N: hey peeps! did u guyz like that last chappy? Hope ya did cuz here comes some more fun headin ur way! lol i am so corny...O and in this chapter there is bashing...BASHING OF _._._._._._...i won't say who tho ^.~
(...)=mini author's notes
'....'=thinking
"...."=speaking
*Last Time*-Lareesa gripped Trunks' clothing tightly as they took off into the sky. Wondering what adventures would reveal themselves to the two teens.
Faltered Destiny
Chapter 18
The Cat and Mouse Give Chase
Lareesa watched as they flew over large mountains and streams. She even saw some houses. They weren't flying too fast where everything was a blur, at least she didn't think so. Her eyes fluttered every so often against the wind and teared from the irritating air. Rubbing her eyes she covered them slightly with her arm, providing a small amount of protection from the trecherous winds.
Noticing this Trunks took his arms and pulled Lareesa closer to his body, trying to provide her with some relief from the cool breeze. He watched as her body began to shiver slightly due to the coolness of the weather. He carefully flared his ki to ensure warmth for her body.
"Thank you." she mumbled.
Trunks smiled as he wrapped his arms around her tighter and burried his head within her hair, taking in the pleasant scent. He was interrupted a few seconds later......
"Hey Trunks, let's land over there." Lareesa said while pointing at the ground. Her tone was extremely pleasant due to the fact of an exploration of a new place.
The duo landed moments later. Lareesa practically jumped out of Trunks' arms and onto the soft and springy grass. Turning around quickly she smiled, before running off into what seemed to be a park of some type.
Trunks watched her, mouth agape as she ran as fast as her long and slender legs would allow. He shook his head abruptly before heading out to catch the vixen that was Lareesa, thinking how many cold showers he would need upon arriving home. (lol!)
Lareesa allowed her feet to pound furiously upon the soft grass. Every so often, leaving small imprints where her feet had once been. Trying her hardest she continued toward her unknown destination. Hearing the crackling of some twigs, she turned around. Eyes wide, she stared at the scene that was present before her.
There walking toward Lareesa was Trunks, his slow and prideful stride never wavering. He was maybe fifty feet away from her at most, but that wasn't a large distance for a demi-saiyan. His smirk gave away the fact that his confidence was quite large and that he would catch her.
'Wrong.' she thought.
Turning her head back toward the direction she was running , Lareesa smiled, for infront of her lay a huge crowd of people.
"This is where I'll lose him." she smirked while running toward the assembly.
"What is she doing?" Trunks wondered aloud.
He watched Lareesa as she disappeared into the bustling cluster of people. Grinning to himself, he continued his steady pace, knowing he could catch Lareesa if he tried.
Lareesa pushed her way through the numerous amounts of people, grunting as she did so. Sucking in her breath, she squeezed through tight spaces she never thought possible. After finally coming to the end of the sidewalk she breathed out heavily, letting out all of the excess air she had kept within her lungs.
"Damn." she said, "Now where to?"
Shoving her hands into her pockets as a nervous habit, she felt something. Seconds later she pulled out a small tubular object that fit within the palm of her hand. She smiled mischeviously as she pressed down on the small button that was ontop of the capsule. Within a matter of moments a puff of smoke appeared and then disappeared. There before her lay the midnight blue hover-bike. Taking the black helmet from one of the handle-bars she put in on her head, but not before tucking her hair underneathe it. Climbing onto the bike she twisted the handle, thus starting the engine. Before taking off into the street she mumbled.
"Let's see Trunks try and recognize me now, let along find me."
With that she spead off down the street, leaving an exaust trail where she had once been.
Once emerging from the thick crowd, Trunks looked around in panic. His eyes flitted to every area of the crowd and he STILL couldn't find Lareesa. Now he was starting to get worried because he had already tried searching for her ki, but that didn't work. This event seemed really strange to him due to the fact that you're suppose to be able to be able to feel someone's ki unless they were dead. He shrugged his shoulders dimissivly while saying.
"It couldn't be that." He guessed that her ki was probably blending in with the crowds', since it wasn't that strong.
Trunks continued to walk on in search for Lareesa....while elsewhere.....
"Wooooooo! I never knew a hover-bike could be so much fun." Lareesa yelled as she sped down the street.
Popping a wheely, she continued on until she came to a motor shop. Upon arriving at the shop she took off her helmet and re-capsuled her bike. She then began to rub her hair with her hands and she began combing it, raking her fingers through the fly-away tassles. She also began to rub her hands together furiously, they were beginning to get sore from keeping a tight grip on the bars of the bike. Swinging her backpack around her shoulder, she entered the small shop.
"What could I do for you." A burly man asked.
His head was shaved and he had a gotee. His left arm had a tattoo of a dragon on it in various colors. He wore an old and battered leather jacket with the arms cut off. There was a small but recognizable lable upon the piece of clothing, of which read Bubba.
Lareesa gulped and slowly walked in front of the desk. Scraping her hands together as both a nervous habit and to soothe the pain she began to speak.
"Hi, I was wondering if you had some leather gloves." she stated making her request short but sweet.
At this Bubba quirked an eyebrow and smirked at the same time. A dark gloom overtook his features, not that they were pleasant to begin with, but now he appeared even darker than before.
"Why would a gal like you want some leather gloves....unless they were pink of course." he scoffed.
"No, black would be just fine." Lareesa said while biting her bottom lip. This guy was getting fresh with her. It made her feel extremely angered, but what could she do? Nothing from the looks of it.
"Fine then." the man smirked. "YO JACK!"
"Yea Uncle?" A voice came from behind a door toward the back of the store.
"I need ya to find this here GIRL," he emphasized the word," some leather gloves."
A few moments later the sound of a door opening, and then closing could be heard. Within seconds a young man stepped into Lareesa's line of vision. Her jaw nearly dropped at the site.
There before her lay a man wearing tight black leather pants (what's it w/me and leather? lol!) and an open denim vest. On his right shoulder there was a tattoo that meant life in Chinese. Lareesa's gaze continued upward and she noticed that he had dark saphire eyes and dark brown hair, which was spiked up with some gel. Smeared upon various spots of his body were streaks of greece, apparently he had been working on an appliance or something along that line.
'Wow.' she thought.
"So..." Jack started. "What type of leather gloves do you want."
It took Lareesa a moment to collect herself, but then she spoke, "Well I'm looking for the ones that have the fingers cut off, and it would be nice if they were extremely comfortable."
"Don't ya forget now Jack...." Bubba commented, "they oughtta be pink."
Lareesa turned so that her back was facing the man known as Bubba, she furrowed her eyebrows and squeezed her fingers into the palms of her hand...another bad habit. She felt a small twinge of pain as she gently let the pressure drain from her finger tips and fall horizontal to her body.
**Elsewhere**
Trunks lifted his head into the air and smirked. Lareesa's ki had just rose, giving away her exact location. He headed to the motor-shop, wondering what she was doing there.
"So, do you have those gloves or not?" Lareesa asked in an agitated tone.
"Yea, we have them...just follow me." Jack said as he lead Lareesa to one of the shelves down isle number two.
"Damn asswhole, thinking I'm all prissy and shit...moron." Lareesa mumbled.
Jack, hearing Lareesa turned around and handed her a pair of black leather gloves with the fingers cut off.
"These are on the house." he commented while handing her the gloves, " My uncle can sometimes be such a sexist jerk...sorry about that."
"Hey no problem, its not like I haven't dealt with people like that before," she paused, "but I can pay for these...I don't want you to get into any trouble or anything." she began to dig into her backpack and pulled out some money.
"Nahh...don't worry about it. Just take 'em. Its not like we get many female customers askin' for these." he said while motioning to the gloves.
'Hrm...wonder why.' Lareesa thought.
Just then while looking out the window Lareesa saw Trunks walk by and she quickly turned her back, then the sound of the door opening came to her senses.....
"So, I noticed you've been working on something in the back room...could I see what it is?" she questioned.
"Well sure, it would be nice to get someone elses opinion."Jack then continued to turn on his heel and motioned for Lareesa to follow him. He led her into a room in the back of the store.
Lareesa noticed that just as Jack had taken her to the back room that Trunks was hovering over the front desk.
'Yea, like he's gonna get anything out of him...he'd probably just mock Trunks about his lavender hair.' she chuckled slightly.
Walking into the backroom she found it to be a dark place. Until that is, Jack turned on the lights.
"Woah." Lareesa mumbled as she looked at the contraption in the middle of the floor.
It was a deep red hover-bike, but it didn't look anything like the one Lareesa owned. It was more futuristic in the way that it was sculpted. There was a black glass window atop the rounded body and it looked like it ran a lot faster.
"This is the BMX-3000." Jack commented.
"Y-you made this?" Lareesa stuttered, in utter shock.
"Yeah, my job is to design and build new motor-vehicles."
"Well this is awesome." she said running her right hand along the contours of the bike.
Just then Lareesa heard the faint sound of someone's footsteps coming. She guessed it would be Trunks and looked around quickly for an escape. Her eyes landed on a door that layed in the very back of the large room. Bidding her farewell to Jack she left. Telling him that she had to meet someone somewhere, when in reality she was really running away from that person. After she finished running about a hundred yards away, she remembered something.
"Shit, I forgot to recapsulise my hover-bike...and now its still back there." Lareesa stated smacking her hand to her forehead. "Well, I'll just have to tell Bulma I lost it...its the partial truth."
She continued to walk along in the city when she came to pass a club of some-type. Remembering the add in the paper, she went inside and got a flyer. And quickly returning to the street moments later. Lareesa stuffed the piece of paper into her backpack and continued along the sidewalks of the city.
"That was a close one back there." she said wiping a some sweat from her brow. Her stomach growled in protest as she stopped walking. "Damn I forgot I haven't eaten anythin since breakfast...and that was," she looked at her watch, "three hours ago...damn."
Spotting America Town Lareesa chuckled. They had a China town in America so why not a America town in Japan. It made perfect sense...sorta (not really...but wth). Finding this to be the perfect place to stop for lunch, Lareesa entered the town. Her eyes shined once she came to find a hotdog cart. She was just about to order one of the dogs whens she felt an arm on her shoulder.
Turning around quickly she found herself looking at Trunks. She gave him a weak smile.
"What took you so long?" she questioned sarcastically. Turning her attention back to the vender she stated, "Two dogs, both with kraut and mustard." (so hungry!!!)
"What do you mean, what took me so long...you're the one who ran off on me." Trunks commented in an agitated tone.
"Well," Lareesa said paying the man and grabbing her hot-dogs, "If you guys can read ki and stuff, then why didn't you find me sooner?"
"Your ki blended with the other people here, in case you haven't noticed...its very crowded."
"Yea yea." Lareesa said biting into the american food she longed for, "yum."
"I thought you would have lost your appetite from this morning." Trunks said.
"Yea, but a person can only go without food for so long." she smirked whilst trying to make light of the situation, "You yourself should know that."
Trunks chuckled. He then ordered twenty hotdogs, and payed the man with extra tip.
Both teens began to walk along the streets while eating. Trunks had already finished all his hot-dogs and Lareesa was almost done with her second one. After eating all her food, she threw her garbage in a nearby trash can.
They both continued to walk along silently for the next couple of minutes. After some time had elapsed Lareesa began to shiver slightly from the cold. (u see where i'm goin with this don't ya?) Trunks seeing this slowly moved closer to her and allowed his arm to wrap itself around her waist.
Lareesa's muscles stiffened. She wasn't use to being held in public...not like this. Not by a guy she liked. Only by someone she couldn't really recall....
~Flashback~
A very young Lareesa walked along the streets of a large city that seemed familiar. Every so often she would stumble upon the cracks in the sidewalk, making it known that she wasn't used to walking very quickly yet.
A man in his mid-twenties picked her up around her waist and lifted her over his head. She giggled while the man smiled slightly, but everytime she tried to look down at the man's face, it would be blurred out. The only thing that she could see was that he wore a jacket that was blue and it had some sort of tag on it...but she couldn't read what it said.
~End Flashback~
"Lareesa?" Trunks nudged her gently, "Are you alright?"
"Hrm? What? Oh yea sure." she comented while waving her hand dismissivly.
Trunks pulled Lareesa to him a little more, but instead of becoming tense she just relaxed. Her mind wasn't on what was presently happening...it was on her little 'daydream'.
'That wasn't my father, I know that.' Lareesa thought, 'but who could it be? That man seemed oddly familiar....'
"Can you folks spare any money for a blind man?"
Lareesa was jossled from her thoughts when she heard a man speaking to her from the sidewalk.
"Please, Ma'am, Sir, can you spare some change?" The man held out his palm.
The teenage girl looked at him with disgust. She felt like puking ontop of the old and raggedy clothes he wore. An odd sensation tickled the back of her mind as she watched the blind man with mild interest.
The man wasn't clean-shaven, but had stubbles of hair all over his face and upon that face there were some scars. His hair was tinted grey and mixed with black. He wore pure rags as his only covering from the cold world, he also had a walking cane that was currently leaning against his leg. A pair of dark sun-glasses prevented his eyes from being seen.
"Please be kind and help a man in need."
Trunks began to shift through the change in his pocket and was about to drop it into the begger's hand when Lareesa squeezed his arm gently and locked eyes with him. She then proceeded to reach into her pocket and pull out a dollar bill. Losing her grip upon the American money it dropped to the ground near her feet.
"Bless you Ma'am." The man said while reaching for the dollar.
Lareesa pinned her shoe ontop of the valued piece of paper and smiled mischeviously before sliding it toward her and bending down to see the man eye-to-eye.
Trunks looked at her quizzically and pulled up so that she was facing him.
"Why did you do that?" he questioned harshly.
Lareesa just smiled and knelt down next to the man. Her eyes probed him for a moment and she soon stood up.
"Sir," she said directing her comment toward the blind man, "It seems that you have been healed of your blindness, for how could you know of me dropping a piece of paper money for when it hits the ground it makes no sound..." A smirk spread across her features.
"M-Ma'am you are right. I can see the world again! And its all thanks to you!!" The man stuttered.
"I find it quite funny that you knew I was a lady from before you 'claimed' to be healed, and likewise goes for my friend here...even before we spoke." she said pointing to Trunks.
"I have these extratrodinary senses and they allow me to---" he paused.
The man fussed with his glasses momentarily, exposing a scar that resided underneathe his eye. Lareesa's suspicions had been confirmed. She would catch this con-artist in his own act.
"To recognize when you can take advantage of your ex-girlfriends son and one of her occupants." she finished his sentance for him..with her own twist.
Trunks stood there mouth agape. Why was Lareesa acting in such a way...and was she right? He awaited to see what she would do next.
"A cane...hrm...well since you probably couldn't afford something like this I'm gonna go with my gut feeling..." she picked up the cane and proceeded to slam it onto the ground...seconds before doing so she stopped. There in her hand now resided a small blue cat. "I knew it Yamcha," she said putting the cat on the ground. (she's not THAT mean as to hurt her) "You're trying to scam some people out here so you can make some quick cash. And if not for some minor slip ups you would have succeeded."
Lareesa picked up her dollar from the ground and stuffed it back into her pocket. She then began to walk away, leaving a bewildered Pu'ar and Yamcha behind. Trunks noticing that she had started to walk away, and he joined her.
"How did you know it was them?" he questioned. He, himself, didn't even know that it was the two in disguise.
"Pure logic dear Trunks, pure logic." Lareesa said imitating a famous detective. (guess who?^^)
For some reason Lareesa felt like she was in a great mood. It seemed like something had suddenly snapped inside her...something good. Sometimes she would be really happy at one time... and then seconds later pissed off again. It wasn't like she had depression, just scars that ran deep within her soul, and everytime a horrible memory resurfaced the scar would become a fresh wound.
"So, have you had enough sight-seeing for one day?" Trunks questioned.
"Yea," Lareesa said surpressing a yawn, "I'm exhausted...but I would like to make a quick stop before we leave..." and with that she took off.
"Not again." he mumbled before taking off after her.
Lareesa smiled as she ran along for ten minutes straight. Its not that she liked to leave Trunks hanging, but the truth was she did want to visit somewhere else before retrating back to C.C. That and it was funny to see his expressions when she ran off. She giggled softly and climbed into a nearby cherry-blossom tree.
She watched all the children pass by; playing with there friends and walking along with their parents. She spotteda child and her mother which she seemed to be captivated by. Her intrest piqued as she watched them walk along.
"Mommy," the little girl said while she tugged on her mother's sleeve.
"What is it honey?"
"I was wondering if we could go get some ice cream and italian ice this weekend."
"Why sure honey what would you like?" her mother smiled.
This conversations seemed all to familar to Lareesa. And she concentrated on the young girl, waiting for her answer.
"Italian ice, two scoops of vanilla and one scoop of chocolate...with multi-colored sprinkles on top." Lareesa and the girl said simotaniously.
Lareesa immediately covered her mouth. She was the only one who had liked such an odd concoction. As she examined the girl closer she noticed that they both looked just alike...and the mother...looked like her own...the way she use to look that is.
"Of course honey." her mother chuckled as she picked up her daughter and lifted her over her shoulder.
Lareesa blinked. And not even a second later when she reopened her eyes...the pair was gone. She felt a slight tingling on her arm and lifted her hand to the sensation. It was warm. Her scar was reacting again. Closing her eyes, she felt one solitary tear slip through and land atop one of the many flowers.
'Am I going crazy? Or am I just wishing that my mother was here again..... What's happening to me?' she questioned herself.
Just then Trunks walked by the tree and looked up, finding Lareesa.
"Hey." he commented, "You ready to go now?"
"Yea yea," Lareesa answered plucking a flower and putting it into her hair, "Keep your damned pants on." she climbed down the tree.
Once again Trunks opened his arms as allowed Lareesa passage. When no one was looking, he took off into the sky, with the fragile teen in his arms. When all that was left was a vapor trail a shadow emerged from the shadows.
"She's here." A voice sneered to seemingly no one, "Shall I proceed after her?"
"No, no." A man's voice answered, "Have patience my dear, for we will have her in all due time."
The first voice grunted and turned back into the shadows...disappearing without a trace.
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Wooo I'm done!!! Finally right? Well here's my thanks..then scroll down for an A/N.
Deathstorm- what do u mean only three?! (jp jp) wow another procrastinator just like me... i feel like we're somehow linked. *strokes chin* Np in reviewin ur story...i wuz glad to do it ^^. Now go do your homework..just like i have to go do mine now *grumbles* *see's Deathstorms' mom staring at her through the screen and hides*
Dakara_Meli- Yes I plan on getting back to the others very soon...in fact they will be coming up in chapter 19 if not 20. Thanx for reviewin ^.~
Trunksgf513- yea we all know bulma..she's a very smart woman..i hope u did good on ur tests and term paper (even though it was a month ago)
Saga Genesis- Heyo! iz my old friend cheeze wuz up nacho bud? And u have damien with u...and he is seemingly embarrassed...well he just has to get over that. Yea yea i wuz feelin fine when i wrote that cuz there might b a lil' plot with something having to do wit that fraze in future chapters...not that way all u hentais!! bad bad ppl *scolds all those who thought I meant in a hentai way)
Dani- Mi amiga! What can I say to u except maybe that you had a little too much of my cotten candy today...jp jp...yea u finally reviewed...good ridance!! i'm happy u did...and as u can see i finished the next chapter. *sigh*
Cyzay- yup they r finally together...or so u think *laughs evily*. And yes La-chan is my fav. character cuz she has a great deal of spunk and she's sorta mature...but not too much so...to b quite frank..she's a semi-exagerated character of me...or wut i wish i wuz like ^^'. Hey don't worry bout bein behind...as u can see so am i this month...GOMEN!
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A/N: I'm so sorry guyz that I didn't get this posted earlier...but as u saw it was extra long becuz i had so much stuff to fit in here. I've also been havin a lot of hw...so don't mind if i don't update freqently this month (May) since i have a 4-6 page paper do in about a week. So once again I am sorry..but also review and leave me commentaries and wut u wanna see happen...cuz u never know when ur idea is gonna b used...and if it is i will thank u for it. So yea...thatz it...go do wutever ur puttin off while readin this...adios!
Trunksgrl06
ps...reviews..i'd appreciate them greatly ^^'
A/N: hey peeps! did u guyz like that last chappy? Hope ya did cuz here comes some more fun headin ur way! lol i am so corny...O and in this chapter there is bashing...BASHING OF _._._._._._...i won't say who tho ^.~
(...)=mini author's notes
'....'=thinking
"...."=speaking
*Last Time*-Lareesa gripped Trunks' clothing tightly as they took off into the sky. Wondering what adventures would reveal themselves to the two teens.
Faltered Destiny
Chapter 18
The Cat and Mouse Give Chase
Lareesa watched as they flew over large mountains and streams. She even saw some houses. They weren't flying too fast where everything was a blur, at least she didn't think so. Her eyes fluttered every so often against the wind and teared from the irritating air. Rubbing her eyes she covered them slightly with her arm, providing a small amount of protection from the trecherous winds.
Noticing this Trunks took his arms and pulled Lareesa closer to his body, trying to provide her with some relief from the cool breeze. He watched as her body began to shiver slightly due to the coolness of the weather. He carefully flared his ki to ensure warmth for her body.
"Thank you." she mumbled.
Trunks smiled as he wrapped his arms around her tighter and burried his head within her hair, taking in the pleasant scent. He was interrupted a few seconds later......
"Hey Trunks, let's land over there." Lareesa said while pointing at the ground. Her tone was extremely pleasant due to the fact of an exploration of a new place.
The duo landed moments later. Lareesa practically jumped out of Trunks' arms and onto the soft and springy grass. Turning around quickly she smiled, before running off into what seemed to be a park of some type.
Trunks watched her, mouth agape as she ran as fast as her long and slender legs would allow. He shook his head abruptly before heading out to catch the vixen that was Lareesa, thinking how many cold showers he would need upon arriving home. (lol!)
Lareesa allowed her feet to pound furiously upon the soft grass. Every so often, leaving small imprints where her feet had once been. Trying her hardest she continued toward her unknown destination. Hearing the crackling of some twigs, she turned around. Eyes wide, she stared at the scene that was present before her.
There walking toward Lareesa was Trunks, his slow and prideful stride never wavering. He was maybe fifty feet away from her at most, but that wasn't a large distance for a demi-saiyan. His smirk gave away the fact that his confidence was quite large and that he would catch her.
'Wrong.' she thought.
Turning her head back toward the direction she was running , Lareesa smiled, for infront of her lay a huge crowd of people.
"This is where I'll lose him." she smirked while running toward the assembly.
"What is she doing?" Trunks wondered aloud.
He watched Lareesa as she disappeared into the bustling cluster of people. Grinning to himself, he continued his steady pace, knowing he could catch Lareesa if he tried.
Lareesa pushed her way through the numerous amounts of people, grunting as she did so. Sucking in her breath, she squeezed through tight spaces she never thought possible. After finally coming to the end of the sidewalk she breathed out heavily, letting out all of the excess air she had kept within her lungs.
"Damn." she said, "Now where to?"
Shoving her hands into her pockets as a nervous habit, she felt something. Seconds later she pulled out a small tubular object that fit within the palm of her hand. She smiled mischeviously as she pressed down on the small button that was ontop of the capsule. Within a matter of moments a puff of smoke appeared and then disappeared. There before her lay the midnight blue hover-bike. Taking the black helmet from one of the handle-bars she put in on her head, but not before tucking her hair underneathe it. Climbing onto the bike she twisted the handle, thus starting the engine. Before taking off into the street she mumbled.
"Let's see Trunks try and recognize me now, let along find me."
With that she spead off down the street, leaving an exaust trail where she had once been.
Once emerging from the thick crowd, Trunks looked around in panic. His eyes flitted to every area of the crowd and he STILL couldn't find Lareesa. Now he was starting to get worried because he had already tried searching for her ki, but that didn't work. This event seemed really strange to him due to the fact that you're suppose to be able to be able to feel someone's ki unless they were dead. He shrugged his shoulders dimissivly while saying.
"It couldn't be that." He guessed that her ki was probably blending in with the crowds', since it wasn't that strong.
Trunks continued to walk on in search for Lareesa....while elsewhere.....
"Wooooooo! I never knew a hover-bike could be so much fun." Lareesa yelled as she sped down the street.
Popping a wheely, she continued on until she came to a motor shop. Upon arriving at the shop she took off her helmet and re-capsuled her bike. She then began to rub her hair with her hands and she began combing it, raking her fingers through the fly-away tassles. She also began to rub her hands together furiously, they were beginning to get sore from keeping a tight grip on the bars of the bike. Swinging her backpack around her shoulder, she entered the small shop.
"What could I do for you." A burly man asked.
His head was shaved and he had a gotee. His left arm had a tattoo of a dragon on it in various colors. He wore an old and battered leather jacket with the arms cut off. There was a small but recognizable lable upon the piece of clothing, of which read Bubba.
Lareesa gulped and slowly walked in front of the desk. Scraping her hands together as both a nervous habit and to soothe the pain she began to speak.
"Hi, I was wondering if you had some leather gloves." she stated making her request short but sweet.
At this Bubba quirked an eyebrow and smirked at the same time. A dark gloom overtook his features, not that they were pleasant to begin with, but now he appeared even darker than before.
"Why would a gal like you want some leather gloves....unless they were pink of course." he scoffed.
"No, black would be just fine." Lareesa said while biting her bottom lip. This guy was getting fresh with her. It made her feel extremely angered, but what could she do? Nothing from the looks of it.
"Fine then." the man smirked. "YO JACK!"
"Yea Uncle?" A voice came from behind a door toward the back of the store.
"I need ya to find this here GIRL," he emphasized the word," some leather gloves."
A few moments later the sound of a door opening, and then closing could be heard. Within seconds a young man stepped into Lareesa's line of vision. Her jaw nearly dropped at the site.
There before her lay a man wearing tight black leather pants (what's it w/me and leather? lol!) and an open denim vest. On his right shoulder there was a tattoo that meant life in Chinese. Lareesa's gaze continued upward and she noticed that he had dark saphire eyes and dark brown hair, which was spiked up with some gel. Smeared upon various spots of his body were streaks of greece, apparently he had been working on an appliance or something along that line.
'Wow.' she thought.
"So..." Jack started. "What type of leather gloves do you want."
It took Lareesa a moment to collect herself, but then she spoke, "Well I'm looking for the ones that have the fingers cut off, and it would be nice if they were extremely comfortable."
"Don't ya forget now Jack...." Bubba commented, "they oughtta be pink."
Lareesa turned so that her back was facing the man known as Bubba, she furrowed her eyebrows and squeezed her fingers into the palms of her hand...another bad habit. She felt a small twinge of pain as she gently let the pressure drain from her finger tips and fall horizontal to her body.
**Elsewhere**
Trunks lifted his head into the air and smirked. Lareesa's ki had just rose, giving away her exact location. He headed to the motor-shop, wondering what she was doing there.
"So, do you have those gloves or not?" Lareesa asked in an agitated tone.
"Yea, we have them...just follow me." Jack said as he lead Lareesa to one of the shelves down isle number two.
"Damn asswhole, thinking I'm all prissy and shit...moron." Lareesa mumbled.
Jack, hearing Lareesa turned around and handed her a pair of black leather gloves with the fingers cut off.
"These are on the house." he commented while handing her the gloves, " My uncle can sometimes be such a sexist jerk...sorry about that."
"Hey no problem, its not like I haven't dealt with people like that before," she paused, "but I can pay for these...I don't want you to get into any trouble or anything." she began to dig into her backpack and pulled out some money.
"Nahh...don't worry about it. Just take 'em. Its not like we get many female customers askin' for these." he said while motioning to the gloves.
'Hrm...wonder why.' Lareesa thought.
Just then while looking out the window Lareesa saw Trunks walk by and she quickly turned her back, then the sound of the door opening came to her senses.....
"So, I noticed you've been working on something in the back room...could I see what it is?" she questioned.
"Well sure, it would be nice to get someone elses opinion."Jack then continued to turn on his heel and motioned for Lareesa to follow him. He led her into a room in the back of the store.
Lareesa noticed that just as Jack had taken her to the back room that Trunks was hovering over the front desk.
'Yea, like he's gonna get anything out of him...he'd probably just mock Trunks about his lavender hair.' she chuckled slightly.
Walking into the backroom she found it to be a dark place. Until that is, Jack turned on the lights.
"Woah." Lareesa mumbled as she looked at the contraption in the middle of the floor.
It was a deep red hover-bike, but it didn't look anything like the one Lareesa owned. It was more futuristic in the way that it was sculpted. There was a black glass window atop the rounded body and it looked like it ran a lot faster.
"This is the BMX-3000." Jack commented.
"Y-you made this?" Lareesa stuttered, in utter shock.
"Yeah, my job is to design and build new motor-vehicles."
"Well this is awesome." she said running her right hand along the contours of the bike.
Just then Lareesa heard the faint sound of someone's footsteps coming. She guessed it would be Trunks and looked around quickly for an escape. Her eyes landed on a door that layed in the very back of the large room. Bidding her farewell to Jack she left. Telling him that she had to meet someone somewhere, when in reality she was really running away from that person. After she finished running about a hundred yards away, she remembered something.
"Shit, I forgot to recapsulise my hover-bike...and now its still back there." Lareesa stated smacking her hand to her forehead. "Well, I'll just have to tell Bulma I lost it...its the partial truth."
She continued to walk along in the city when she came to pass a club of some-type. Remembering the add in the paper, she went inside and got a flyer. And quickly returning to the street moments later. Lareesa stuffed the piece of paper into her backpack and continued along the sidewalks of the city.
"That was a close one back there." she said wiping a some sweat from her brow. Her stomach growled in protest as she stopped walking. "Damn I forgot I haven't eaten anythin since breakfast...and that was," she looked at her watch, "three hours ago...damn."
Spotting America Town Lareesa chuckled. They had a China town in America so why not a America town in Japan. It made perfect sense...sorta (not really...but wth). Finding this to be the perfect place to stop for lunch, Lareesa entered the town. Her eyes shined once she came to find a hotdog cart. She was just about to order one of the dogs whens she felt an arm on her shoulder.
Turning around quickly she found herself looking at Trunks. She gave him a weak smile.
"What took you so long?" she questioned sarcastically. Turning her attention back to the vender she stated, "Two dogs, both with kraut and mustard." (so hungry!!!)
"What do you mean, what took me so long...you're the one who ran off on me." Trunks commented in an agitated tone.
"Well," Lareesa said paying the man and grabbing her hot-dogs, "If you guys can read ki and stuff, then why didn't you find me sooner?"
"Your ki blended with the other people here, in case you haven't noticed...its very crowded."
"Yea yea." Lareesa said biting into the american food she longed for, "yum."
"I thought you would have lost your appetite from this morning." Trunks said.
"Yea, but a person can only go without food for so long." she smirked whilst trying to make light of the situation, "You yourself should know that."
Trunks chuckled. He then ordered twenty hotdogs, and payed the man with extra tip.
Both teens began to walk along the streets while eating. Trunks had already finished all his hot-dogs and Lareesa was almost done with her second one. After eating all her food, she threw her garbage in a nearby trash can.
They both continued to walk along silently for the next couple of minutes. After some time had elapsed Lareesa began to shiver slightly from the cold. (u see where i'm goin with this don't ya?) Trunks seeing this slowly moved closer to her and allowed his arm to wrap itself around her waist.
Lareesa's muscles stiffened. She wasn't use to being held in public...not like this. Not by a guy she liked. Only by someone she couldn't really recall....
~Flashback~
A very young Lareesa walked along the streets of a large city that seemed familiar. Every so often she would stumble upon the cracks in the sidewalk, making it known that she wasn't used to walking very quickly yet.
A man in his mid-twenties picked her up around her waist and lifted her over his head. She giggled while the man smiled slightly, but everytime she tried to look down at the man's face, it would be blurred out. The only thing that she could see was that he wore a jacket that was blue and it had some sort of tag on it...but she couldn't read what it said.
~End Flashback~
"Lareesa?" Trunks nudged her gently, "Are you alright?"
"Hrm? What? Oh yea sure." she comented while waving her hand dismissivly.
Trunks pulled Lareesa to him a little more, but instead of becoming tense she just relaxed. Her mind wasn't on what was presently happening...it was on her little 'daydream'.
'That wasn't my father, I know that.' Lareesa thought, 'but who could it be? That man seemed oddly familiar....'
"Can you folks spare any money for a blind man?"
Lareesa was jossled from her thoughts when she heard a man speaking to her from the sidewalk.
"Please, Ma'am, Sir, can you spare some change?" The man held out his palm.
The teenage girl looked at him with disgust. She felt like puking ontop of the old and raggedy clothes he wore. An odd sensation tickled the back of her mind as she watched the blind man with mild interest.
The man wasn't clean-shaven, but had stubbles of hair all over his face and upon that face there were some scars. His hair was tinted grey and mixed with black. He wore pure rags as his only covering from the cold world, he also had a walking cane that was currently leaning against his leg. A pair of dark sun-glasses prevented his eyes from being seen.
"Please be kind and help a man in need."
Trunks began to shift through the change in his pocket and was about to drop it into the begger's hand when Lareesa squeezed his arm gently and locked eyes with him. She then proceeded to reach into her pocket and pull out a dollar bill. Losing her grip upon the American money it dropped to the ground near her feet.
"Bless you Ma'am." The man said while reaching for the dollar.
Lareesa pinned her shoe ontop of the valued piece of paper and smiled mischeviously before sliding it toward her and bending down to see the man eye-to-eye.
Trunks looked at her quizzically and pulled up so that she was facing him.
"Why did you do that?" he questioned harshly.
Lareesa just smiled and knelt down next to the man. Her eyes probed him for a moment and she soon stood up.
"Sir," she said directing her comment toward the blind man, "It seems that you have been healed of your blindness, for how could you know of me dropping a piece of paper money for when it hits the ground it makes no sound..." A smirk spread across her features.
"M-Ma'am you are right. I can see the world again! And its all thanks to you!!" The man stuttered.
"I find it quite funny that you knew I was a lady from before you 'claimed' to be healed, and likewise goes for my friend here...even before we spoke." she said pointing to Trunks.
"I have these extratrodinary senses and they allow me to---" he paused.
The man fussed with his glasses momentarily, exposing a scar that resided underneathe his eye. Lareesa's suspicions had been confirmed. She would catch this con-artist in his own act.
"To recognize when you can take advantage of your ex-girlfriends son and one of her occupants." she finished his sentance for him..with her own twist.
Trunks stood there mouth agape. Why was Lareesa acting in such a way...and was she right? He awaited to see what she would do next.
"A cane...hrm...well since you probably couldn't afford something like this I'm gonna go with my gut feeling..." she picked up the cane and proceeded to slam it onto the ground...seconds before doing so she stopped. There in her hand now resided a small blue cat. "I knew it Yamcha," she said putting the cat on the ground. (she's not THAT mean as to hurt her) "You're trying to scam some people out here so you can make some quick cash. And if not for some minor slip ups you would have succeeded."
Lareesa picked up her dollar from the ground and stuffed it back into her pocket. She then began to walk away, leaving a bewildered Pu'ar and Yamcha behind. Trunks noticing that she had started to walk away, and he joined her.
"How did you know it was them?" he questioned. He, himself, didn't even know that it was the two in disguise.
"Pure logic dear Trunks, pure logic." Lareesa said imitating a famous detective. (guess who?^^)
For some reason Lareesa felt like she was in a great mood. It seemed like something had suddenly snapped inside her...something good. Sometimes she would be really happy at one time... and then seconds later pissed off again. It wasn't like she had depression, just scars that ran deep within her soul, and everytime a horrible memory resurfaced the scar would become a fresh wound.
"So, have you had enough sight-seeing for one day?" Trunks questioned.
"Yea," Lareesa said surpressing a yawn, "I'm exhausted...but I would like to make a quick stop before we leave..." and with that she took off.
"Not again." he mumbled before taking off after her.
Lareesa smiled as she ran along for ten minutes straight. Its not that she liked to leave Trunks hanging, but the truth was she did want to visit somewhere else before retrating back to C.C. That and it was funny to see his expressions when she ran off. She giggled softly and climbed into a nearby cherry-blossom tree.
She watched all the children pass by; playing with there friends and walking along with their parents. She spotteda child and her mother which she seemed to be captivated by. Her intrest piqued as she watched them walk along.
"Mommy," the little girl said while she tugged on her mother's sleeve.
"What is it honey?"
"I was wondering if we could go get some ice cream and italian ice this weekend."
"Why sure honey what would you like?" her mother smiled.
This conversations seemed all to familar to Lareesa. And she concentrated on the young girl, waiting for her answer.
"Italian ice, two scoops of vanilla and one scoop of chocolate...with multi-colored sprinkles on top." Lareesa and the girl said simotaniously.
Lareesa immediately covered her mouth. She was the only one who had liked such an odd concoction. As she examined the girl closer she noticed that they both looked just alike...and the mother...looked like her own...the way she use to look that is.
"Of course honey." her mother chuckled as she picked up her daughter and lifted her over her shoulder.
Lareesa blinked. And not even a second later when she reopened her eyes...the pair was gone. She felt a slight tingling on her arm and lifted her hand to the sensation. It was warm. Her scar was reacting again. Closing her eyes, she felt one solitary tear slip through and land atop one of the many flowers.
'Am I going crazy? Or am I just wishing that my mother was here again..... What's happening to me?' she questioned herself.
Just then Trunks walked by the tree and looked up, finding Lareesa.
"Hey." he commented, "You ready to go now?"
"Yea yea," Lareesa answered plucking a flower and putting it into her hair, "Keep your damned pants on." she climbed down the tree.
Once again Trunks opened his arms as allowed Lareesa passage. When no one was looking, he took off into the sky, with the fragile teen in his arms. When all that was left was a vapor trail a shadow emerged from the shadows.
"She's here." A voice sneered to seemingly no one, "Shall I proceed after her?"
"No, no." A man's voice answered, "Have patience my dear, for we will have her in all due time."
The first voice grunted and turned back into the shadows...disappearing without a trace.
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Wooo I'm done!!! Finally right? Well here's my thanks..then scroll down for an A/N.
Deathstorm- what do u mean only three?! (jp jp) wow another procrastinator just like me... i feel like we're somehow linked. *strokes chin* Np in reviewin ur story...i wuz glad to do it ^^. Now go do your homework..just like i have to go do mine now *grumbles* *see's Deathstorms' mom staring at her through the screen and hides*
Dakara_Meli- Yes I plan on getting back to the others very soon...in fact they will be coming up in chapter 19 if not 20. Thanx for reviewin ^.~
Trunksgf513- yea we all know bulma..she's a very smart woman..i hope u did good on ur tests and term paper (even though it was a month ago)
Saga Genesis- Heyo! iz my old friend cheeze wuz up nacho bud? And u have damien with u...and he is seemingly embarrassed...well he just has to get over that. Yea yea i wuz feelin fine when i wrote that cuz there might b a lil' plot with something having to do wit that fraze in future chapters...not that way all u hentais!! bad bad ppl *scolds all those who thought I meant in a hentai way)
Dani- Mi amiga! What can I say to u except maybe that you had a little too much of my cotten candy today...jp jp...yea u finally reviewed...good ridance!! i'm happy u did...and as u can see i finished the next chapter. *sigh*
Cyzay- yup they r finally together...or so u think *laughs evily*. And yes La-chan is my fav. character cuz she has a great deal of spunk and she's sorta mature...but not too much so...to b quite frank..she's a semi-exagerated character of me...or wut i wish i wuz like ^^'. Hey don't worry bout bein behind...as u can see so am i this month...GOMEN!
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A/N: I'm so sorry guyz that I didn't get this posted earlier...but as u saw it was extra long becuz i had so much stuff to fit in here. I've also been havin a lot of hw...so don't mind if i don't update freqently this month (May) since i have a 4-6 page paper do in about a week. So once again I am sorry..but also review and leave me commentaries and wut u wanna see happen...cuz u never know when ur idea is gonna b used...and if it is i will thank u for it. So yea...thatz it...go do wutever ur puttin off while readin this...adios!
Trunksgrl06
ps...reviews..i'd appreciate them greatly ^^'