Part 6: What to Do
Chapter 29: Hysteria And Teasing
Yay! I updated! wOOt! As some of you may know, I was without internet access for a while. I still am for the most part since I either have to go to my dad's or the library. Anyway, without easy quick and easy access to the net I've found that I don't want to write as much. Although at the time, when I do feel like writing I seem to get more written. And because of the fact that my Internet access is so limited for an undetermined amount of time, I do not know when my next update will be.
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"So why are you guys in this ship? And why did I materialize in space?" Asked Trunks just as they reached the cockpit door.
"Just look out the window." Replied Gohan. Trunks' eyes instantly fell on the sight outside the window after entering the room.
"What about it? There's nothing there."
"Exactly. The Earth isn't there." Replied Videl.
"Theyou're saying that the Earth has been destroyed?" Gohan and Videl nodded. "Buthow?"
"Well you said that in your time it was the remnants of Frieza's army. And this ship is built using some of that technology. So I'm guessing that some remnant of a program that Bulma put into the computers detected and reacted to whatever it was that blew up the Earth. Which means that it was probably Frieza's army that did it." Replied Gohan.
Trunks didn't reply. He didn't have to. Gohan could tell by the set of his jaw that the lavender haired teen isn't happy about this latest development.
Feeling someone staring at him he turned to see the other three occupants of the ship. Two of them have blonde hair and are silently staring into space, for once it is literal and not figurative. And the third, a girl with brown hair, blushed and quickly turned away. Her reaction, and the fact that she was the one who had been staring at him, caused his cheeks to redden. But he couldn't help letting his eyes take in the shape of her body. A tiny smirk of approval formed on his face at what he saw.
"Those two there are Sharpner and Erasa." Said Videl while motioning to the two blondes who sat silently while staring out the window. "And this very single girl here," Videl smirked at the reaction she got from Lime and Trunks, "is Lime." She had seen the way Trunks was looking at Lime and she would have to be blind not to have seen the way Lime had been staring at him. A quick look at Gohan had told her that he had seen it all too.
"It'snice to mate y-," Trunks' face turned so red that all the blood in his body must have been in his cheeks, "I mean meet you." Gohan and Videl managed to choke back their laughter fast enough so that only a small squeak was heard. Trunks and Lime didn't seem to notice.
::I think he had it right the first time.:: Said Videl through her bond with Gohan.
::No kidding. I wonder if we were this obvious.::
::I hope not.:: Replied Videl. ::But it would explain a lot.::
"Y-yea. Same here." Replied Lime.
"Would you two like to be alone?" Asked a smirking Videl.
"No!" Yelled Trunks and Lime. Gohan and Videl laughed at them.
"What's your problem?" The four teens turned to Erasa. "How can you laugh and joke at a time like this? The Earth is gone! Everyone is dead! My mom and dad! My little sister! Even my goldfish, Snuggles! They're all dead!"
Videl gave her long time friend a look of sympathy. "Erasa, calm down. Everyth-" She stopped when Erasa suddenly charged at her and grabbed her by the collar of her shirt.
"Calm down? Calm down? You expect me to calm down when everything I've ever known is gone?"
"Erasa?"
"WHAT?" Snapped the blonde, turning her anger and fear on Gohan.
"It'll all be ok. Trust us." Erasa laughed at him and released Videl.
"Ok? How's everything going to be ok Gohan? They're dead! That means they're gone! They can't come back!" She had advanced on Gohan and pushed him back against a wall while poking him in the chest with a neatly manicured finger. "And how do you expect me to trust you guys, huh? I don't even know you! And," she whirled back around to Videl, "I just found out two weeks ago that you've had a boyfriend for TWO years! I don't know either of you!"
"Come on Erasa, take it easy." Said Sharpner while trying to pull her away from Gohan and Videl.
"Shut the fuck up Sharpner!" Yelled Erasa while shoving him away from her before turning back to Gohan.
"The Earth is gone and we're stuck in this tin can!" She turned so she could see the rest of them. "We're all gonna die in this ship and you want me to calm down? Why should I be calm? It's not gonna" Silence suddenly fell upon them as an unconscious Erasa sank to the floor.
"What the hell did you do to her?!" Sharpner yelled at Gohan as he knelt beside Erasa.
"I only knocked her out. She wasn't helping any by being hysterical." Replied Gohan. The demi-Saiya-jin could feel that Videl wasn't entirely happy with what he did. But she knew that something had to be done and didn't feel anger towards him for what he did since it was the quickest and easiest solution.
Sharpner grumbled a reply before picking Erasa up and carrying her from the room in search of a more comfortable place for her to sleep.
"You know, I think that's the first time since the field trip was announced that he's shown he cares for her." Said Videl. Gohan nodded.
"They're weird." Replied Gohan.
"Speaking of weird." Said Videl while motioning to Lime and Trunks. When Gohan looked at them he saw them happily chatting away, apparently having been completely oblivious to Erasa's hysterics of the past few minutes.
"You know what this means?" Asked Gohan while smirking at Videl. The raven-haired girl smirked right back at him.
"That we get to tease them about being mates." Gohan smiled and nodded before walking over to the two teens. Trunks and Lime looked at the smirking Gohan and Videl standing before them.
"Ummis there something we can help you with?" Asked Trunks.
"We'd just like to know one thing." Replied Gohan.
Videl smirked and asked, "When's the wedding?" Trunks and Lime stared at them blankly for several seconds before blushing like mad.
"We're not getting married!" Exclaimed Lime.
"Yea. And how would you like it if I asked you that?" Replied Trunks.
"We wouldn't mind." Said Gohan.
"Ok then, when's your wedding?" Asked Trunks. "You two aren't even engaged yet. I can see that." Added Trunks while pointing to Videl's left ring finger while smirking in what he thinks is triumph.
"We're thinking about having it during the summer after graduation." Replied Gohan.
"And," added Videl as she pulled a gold chain with a ring on it from around her neck, "we are engaged." With deft fingers she took the ring from the chain and put it on her left ring finger. The smirk on Trunks' face slowly faded.
"Yea right, like we're supposed to believe that." Replied Lime. "If you were engaged then you would wear that ring all the time."
"Oh please, imagine if the press found out I was engaged at my age. It'd be this huge scandal and reporters would be bugging us more then they do already."
Lime frowned, "I guess you're probably right. But still, why don't you wear it more?"
"Because I'd really hurt someone if I wore this thing while fighting." Replied Videl while holding it up so Lime can get a better view of the ring. The burette's eyes widened in shock.
"That'swow," she looked at Gohan, "that rock must have cost you a lot of money." Gohan nodded.
"Nah, I found that when I was little. It was my goodluck charm." Replied Gohan while remember how he had found it while living on his own for six months when he was four.
"I want a ring like that from the guy I marry." Said Lime, ignoring what Gohan said. Gohan and Videl smirked at each other before looking at Trunks.
"What?" Asked the lavender haired teen.
"Well it's a good thing that your future husband is the son of one of the richest people in the world." Said Videl. Trunks' cheeks reddened.
"We're only friends!" Exclaimed Trunks while Gohan and Videl laughed.
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