Zarbon kissed her neck. Was this another dream? Oh, who cares? The two of them were on that same cliff again. Zarbon lay on top of Maria, kissing her. She kissed back. Zarbon couldn't believe how lucky he was to have her. He loved everything about her. Her tail, he loved that. Zarbon ran his hand along her tail, and then up her thigh. He looked into her eyes for a second before they closed. Another thing he loved were her eyes. Those beautiful red - RED eyes? Were they that colour before?
"What's wrong?" Maria asked. Funny. Her voice sounded different.
"Zarbon?" Maria looked at him. Zarbon shook his head.
"It doesn't matter." he said. He continued kissing her. His hand moved higher... wait, didn't she normally wear a skirt or something? Zarbon sat up, and looked at her. She was wearing armour. Armor? Since when did Maria wear armour? And black underwear? Did she even like black?
"Zarbon, what's with you?" Maria asked. She too sat up.

Maria looked down at herself.
"What?" she asked.
"Do you... I mean... you've never worn that before." Zarbon said. Maria frowned, and pointed to her armour.
"What, this?" she gave him a funny look. "But I always wear this. Are you okay?"
"I've... never seen you wear that before." Zarbon told her. Maria leaned forward.
"Is something wrong with you? Zarbon?" she asked softly. Zarbon noticed her skin colour. Pale pink. And on her arms and legs were dark pink scales. But she had green skin, didn't she?
"Zarbon..." Maria took his hand. "You're freaking me out, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, I just... you seem different..." Zarbon said. "I'm sure you didn't look like that before."
"Zarbon, I've always been like this." Maria replied.
"... I guess you'd know..." Zarbon gave in.

Maria kissed him. Zarbon smiled. Those soft velvet lips... nice colour, too. They were a beautiful shade of black. Zarbon wrapped his arms around her. Maria fell backwards, Zarbon, on top. Maria groaned, and wrapped her tail around him. Zarbon kissed her neck again, making her blush a little. He smirked.
"What're you so shy about?" he asked. Maria didn't reply. Zarbon continued kissing him. Him? What? Maria was a girl. Zarbon frowned. That was strange.
"Huh?" Maria noticed Zarbon hesitating. "What?" h - she asked. Zarbon opened his eyes. That voice...
"Zarbon?"
"Oh my - " Zarbon looked down at who he was kissing. His eyes widened.
"Lord Frieza!!" he gasped, and leapt backwards off him.

Frieza sat up, and looked at Zarbon.
"Yeah? What?" he asked.
"You - aren't you Maria?!" Zarbon cried out.
"No." Frieza said. "Why?" he smirked. "What, you thought I was?" of course, this was a joke, he didn't really think Zarbon had mistaken him for Maria.
"But - " Zarbon choked out.
"Remember, if we meet here at sunset, we'll be together for the rest of our lives." Frieza reminded him.
"Wha - didn't I make that promise with Maria?" Zarbon asked.
"That depends..." Frieza voice had changed a little. He sounded... sort of like Maria, but not quite.
"On who you'd like to make the promise to." Frieza continued.
"What? What do you mean?" Zarbon demanded.
"You'll see." Frieza replied.
"But - YAA!"

~~~

"YAA!" Zarbon leapt up as his alarm suddenly began screaming at him. He sat, dazed for a while. He looked around. His bedroom.
"Turn that off..." Maria mumbled.
"Huh?" Zarbon looked down. Maria was lying half - asleep next to him. Oh yeah, they'd slept together last night....
Zarbon turned off the alarm clock. He ran his hand through his hair. That dream... what was it trying to say? He wondered what planet they were on. No. Not a planet. They were heading for one though.... Huh?! Zarbon almost gasped. Later that day they'd be on that planet... the one in the dream. Did that mean... no. Zarbon shook his head. It was just a dream. It didn't have to mean anything, right? He got out of bed, and went into the bathroom.

~~~

"Zarbon," the sound of Frieza voice made Zarbon jump a little. He looked at Frieza.
"Yes sir?"
"You've been a little nervous today, what's the matter with you?" Frieza asked.
"Nothing, sir..." Zarbon replied.
"Really?" Frieza looked at him.
Really. I'm fine." Zarbon promised.
"Good. Well, if you're not too good have a rest, you need to be at your best for that meeting, okay?" Frieza said. He left the room. "Yes sir..." Zarbon mumbled. He watched Frieza leave. Did he feel anything for Frieza? He remembered how he'd felt before Maria came along. What he'd felt for Frieza and what he felt for Maria wasn't the same. Perhaps with Maria... he'd confused caring with love. Or... maybe it was just a fling.
"No!" Zarbon shook his head. No, that was crazy! He was marrying her, right? And he didn't feel anything for Frieza now, did he? No...
"Maybe a rest wouldn't be too bad..." Zarbon thought. He left the room.

~~~

Zarbon opened his eyes. He swallowed. Another dream. Frieza... he hadn't resisted that time. But... he'd had no control. It was like that first time with Maria, he'd just done it. Damn emotions. But... it had seemed so right...
"Zarbon!" there was a knocking on the door accompanied by Dodoria's voice.
"You awake?"
"Yeah." Zarbon replied. "Coming." he got up, glad for an excuse to get away from the thought of that dream.

~~~

Zarbon had given up listening. Frieza and whoever it was he was talking to. Frieza was talking to the man in his language. He rarely spoke to foreigners in his own. Usually he spoke in Japanese, but occasionally he had to use another language because whoever it was he was talking to didn't speak Japanese.
Zarbon didn't know every word the two were saying, but he could get by. He wasn't concerned now, anyway. He was too busy thinking about Maria, Frieza, the dreams and that promise. It was stupid, really. But still, he couldn't take his mind off it.
Zarbon looked at Frieza. No. He didn't feel the way he used to. No more of those long gazes that lasted because Zarbon could never take his eyes off Frieza. No more of that painful feeling he got when he toyed with the idea of telling Frieza how he felt, or knowing that he could've have him.
Frieza and Mr. What's-His-Name stood up, and did Zarbon and Dodoria. Frieza shook the man's hand, and led Zarbon and Dodoria out of the room. Zarbon took a step forward - and froze. What was that just then? He exited the room quickly, and followed Frieza. His was so confused. What the heck was happening?!

They got outside. Frieza stopped, and looked at them.
"There are still a few more things I need to do. I won't need you two so you have do what you want for now - but be on the ship in two hours, okay?" he said.
"Yes sir." Dodoria nodded, and walked away.
"Y - Yes sir." Zarbon also nodded. Frieza walked past him. Then. Just then as Frieza walked past. Zarbon felt his heart race. He stared after Frieza.
"What...?" this didn't make sense. He couldn't just suddenly feel like this!
Well... there was only one way to sort this out. He headed towards the ship, walking quickly at first, but he soon broke into a run. He wasn't sure what the big hurry was, it was just a stupid dream... but... it was so much more than that now. He knew it. He was in this place again. The place where he'd had to decide between them. Only this time, he knew he had to make that decision. It wasn't like last time, when it had just happened without him realising until it was too late for him to care anymore.

He ran into the ship, and looked around. Where would she be...?
"Heeey, Zarbon!" Cabbi called. Zarbon sighed.
"Great..." he mumbled. Actually...
Zarbon looked at Cabbi. "You haven't seen Maria, have you?"
"No, sorry." Cabbi replied. "She'll be around somewhere. How long are we staying on this planet?"
"Two hours. Excuse me." Zarbon rushed past him.
"See ya, then." Cabbi mumbled. He rolled his eyes.

Zarbon looked around as he made his way along the ship's corridors. He smiled when he finally found her. She looked like she was on her way to the dining room.
"Maria!" Zarbon called. Maria turned around. She smiled at him.
"Heya."
"Maria..." Zarbon made his way over to her. Maria looked at him.
"What is it?" she asked innocently.
"I..." Zarbon wondered what he wanted to do now. He knew he needed to find out how he felt about her, but how? Well... what about now? He didn't feel that much. He liked her... but it wasn't like before. Actually... now... he hated to admit it, but... he just felt like a friend.
"Hm?" Maria began to wonder what was up with him.
"Umm..." Zarbon took her hands.
"Wha - ?" Maria was surprised when he kissed her.

Zarbon tried to feel something, but he couldn't. He pulled away from her, and looked into her eyes. No. Nothing. So then...
"Hey," Maria reddened a little. "What was that all about? Out in the open, that's not like you." she said.
"... Yeah, well..." Zarbon mumbled. "... I need to go for a while. I'll see you later, okay?" he turned around and walked away from her.
"Wha - Zarbon? What's with you?" Maria asked, confused by his behaviour.
"I'll explain later." Zarbon replied. He didn't know if he could. Didn't know if he could. He didn't know anything right now. He just had to be alone. Maybe if he had time to think... away from here - away from the ship. Perhaps he'd figure something out, then. He'd go to that cliff. Nobody would go there, right? Except... no. Don't be stupid. It was a dream. Nobody would go there at sunset. He'd be alone for as long as he liked. Well, for two hours, anyway. That was enough time, right..?