Hidden Memories
Chapter 3: Unidentified
Disclaimer: I don't own Dragonball/Z/GT. Or the characters. Like all fan- antics, I just make up my own imaginary world based off Akira Toriyama's world and characters. I just want to write...-sniff sniff-
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Recap of Chapter 2:
"TORANKUSU!? BIIDERU!? DINNER IS READY!!" Buruma's screams could be heard on every floor of the Capsule Corps, announcing that their meal was ready. As soon as they reached the ears of the two teenagers, they both jolted back from their position. Biideru's face was completely pink with her blush, and Torankusu nervously rubbed the back of his head as he also blushed with embarrassment. Biideru gave a glance of almost fear and almost apologetic before she turned and walked out of the room. Torankusu stared at her retreated form and cursed at himself lowly, before he dug his hands in his pockets and followed after. ---
Chapter 3:
Leaning all her weight onto one hand, that was palm down on the counter, supporting her balance as well, Buruma looked to the kitchen doorway that led to the dining room. The dining room now, she had frowned upon, its appearance was shabby. Even though they lived on the west side of the corporation that wasn't destroyed by the many battles with the Jinzou-jin, the dining room was pretty the same setting of the east side. The windows that were blown from the outside, causing shards of glass to fall inside the room, where the table could of been. The window frame was caved in on one side, and there was now plastic taking the broken glass's place, obscuring the vision of the outside world. You could also tell that there had been holes in the walls next to the window, which had been repaired later, and the difference of color was noticeable. It was the only way into the kitchen so there was no way of avoiding the depressing look of what used to be the place where the once living friends of Buruma gathered around to have dinner, laugh, and discuss current events. Now, the room was nothing more than just a hall with extra room to spare, where nothing else belongs except for the dead memories.
Her foot soon made contact with the floor below and continued this action of tapping, looking to the clock on the wall above the four-seated table. She must have called Torankusu and Biideru about five minutes ago. Biideru she wasn't expecting to burst like an exciting little kid, but Torankusu. He was a different story. Being half Saiya-jin, food still had an effect on the boy. A Saiya-jins stomach was a bottomless pit, and even the slight hint of food they would either coming running, or drool until there is food placed in front of them. Five minutes was to long. Where was that boy, she kept thinking? Before she could even scold the demi-Saiya-jin that was already there, the sight of Biideru stopped her. She gave her a friendly smile, and was silently questioning herself how Biideru even heard her from upstairs. She quickly ignored it and greeted her.
"Biideru, there you are!" The mention of her name had startled Gohan from his seat, and to turn his head to the side to acknowledge the fact that she was here. All he got was a passing glance from Biideru who had walked by the table.
"You know I would never miss your cooking, Buruma-san." Returning a smile for the aqua-haired woman, as the woman waved her hand towards her to sit down.
Biideru hesitantly looked at Gohan as she reached the table. Both of them retrieved glances of oddness, before she picked a seat across from him. The mumbling of Torankusu's lateness from Buruma didn't even bother the both of them as they kept their stare on each other, waiting for the other to strike. Biideru had lost her seat at one point, and about fell to the floor from the staring, but a swift hand found it and she sat down, almost embarrassed by what might have happen.
The two didn't even blink when Buruma had set the steamy plates in front of them. Gladly, Buruma didn't even notice, as soon as Torankusu had walked in still staring at the floor in front of him and unaware that Buruma was charging towards him.
"And where were YOU this whole time?" Her voice rose, jolting Torankusu from his thoughts, and turning pink with embarrassment at his mother's worriment.
"Sor...sorry Kaasan, I just...just got distracted...that's all." His soft blue eyes made their way towards Biideru, when he had said 'distracted', obviously meaning her. He was awfully surprised that she wasn't really paying attention and that she was caught in a staring contest with Gohan. Both of them hadn't even touched their food. Torankusu groaned knowing that a fight was going to happen sooner or later.
Buruma forced her son towards the table to sit, and quickly brought at large plate to sit in front of him. The scent of the meal teased his senses, making his mouth water and soon his stomach rumbled loudly. The older woman had mumbled to him that he never eats enough, earning a chuckle from Torankusu, which didn't really last long. Buruma and Torankusu soon found silence between each other finding that the Biideru and Gohan have not took their eyes off each since Torankusu had entered. Mother and son exchanged looks and then looked back at them. Almost at the same time, Torankusu clasped a hand down on Biideru's shoulder, as Buruma had done the same to Gohan, trying to knock them out of their trance.
"Biideru? What's wrong?" Torankusu blinked when he found he was repeating himself.
"Nothing is wrong with her." Gohan answered for her. All three of them quickly looked back at him with surprise, as all he did was slowly stuff a fork full of rice into his mouth.
Buruma was the first to ask. "What do you mean, Gohan-kun?" Kami knew that's what both Biideru and Torankusu were thinking. They all waited patiently ask Gohan had swallowed what was in his mouth.
"She's just a little frightened by what I had said earlier to her. I bet she wasn't really expecting my reaction towards her." He stalled before he had said frightened, probably was searching for an appropriate word to describe Biideru at that moment. He soon filled his mouth with Buruma's cooking when he was finished, giving Biideru a glance before looking down upon his food.
Biideru, however, had her mouth hanging open a bit surprised by that, only leaving Buruma and Torankusu with confusion and a want to know what Gohan had said to her. Torankusu believed it was a threat, but by Biideru's reaction it probably wasn't so. Her face was turning red, and he could tell that she had clenched her teeth, noticing the tension on her jaw. He brought his hand back; there wasn't anything for him to do to stop this. He was out of touch of the conversation so he couldn't really help, but he was still curious about what Gohan had said.
She slammed both of her palms on the table, causing the plates to rattle as she earned an annoyed grunt from Gohan, who was still trying to eat. "You good for nothing..."
"Biideru!!" Buruma warned, as Gohan's attention was brought back towards Biideru.
She had stood up from her seat, knocking the chair from underneath her to the floor when her legs had shot up. She leaned over the table, closing the distance between them. The anger was obvious on her face as her eyebrows connected together causing lines on her forehead.
"What, Biideru? What were you going to say?" Gohan seemed calm, he didn't seem to want to fight at the moment, and it showed in his voice. Biideru glanced at Buruma for a second, not wanting to dishonor Buruma she was going to bite her tongue from speaking so ill to Gohan at this moment. She simply took a breath to call down, but it didn't help much.
"I have you know I wasn't frightened by anything that you had said..." The words seemed to hiss through her lips, as she continued to clench her teeth harder together. She didn't know why she was so affected by this, but she was.
"But you can't say that you were caught off guard." Biideru opened her mouth to insult him, but she couldn't think of anything to say. He had got her, and made her shut up right there. Leaving her to feel beaten, as she went to sit down and had forgotten she practically kicked the chair away, and came too meet with the floor.
"Son of a bitch." Cursing under her breath, she knew she was going to be teased and mocked after this. Instead after she had opened her eyes, she found Torankusu at her side to help her up, no humor in his eyes, just concern. She suddenly felt her hands started to shake as she reached for his hand. He ignored it and wrapped an arm around her waist and the other hand went to the other side, helping her up so cautiously. She blinked with surprise as she just stared at him; completely oblivious with the way he had been acting all day.
The hair that she held back with the white hand band, had found its way to fall into her face distracting her for half of a second, 'till she noticed that Torankusu was holding her in his arms. She felt the heat of embarrassment fill her face and she just knew she was blushing by then. Honestly, she had no idea what to think about this scene. It was completely confusing to her. After all Torankusu, and her had only been friends this whole time and she was cursing at herself for thinking of him for much more than that. Her heart started to beat faster than normal, as she felt her hands start to shake again, as she found his eyes, causing her breath to shake along with her hands. She also noticed that her arms were around his neck, probably to instinctively to hold her up. She could only guess what Buruma and Gohan's face would look like. Curiosity had driven her to look, knocking some more tresses of ebony in her face as her shocked face looked to the others.
The other woman still looked confused about the whole thing, still kept her hand on the shoulder of her late friend's son. Her other hand was placed on her chin, as if in the thought, and her eyes no where except the table, she didn't even notice her position in her son's arms. Gohan also was ignoring the both of them, still feasting on the meal that Buruma had prepared, but she knew that he was obviously tense about the situation. His eyebrows knitted together as he chewed the substance of his food slowly, keeping the only eye contact with the table.
It was comfortable, though, in his arms. Her thoughts soon were disrupted as she felt the rise and fall of his chest on hers, and quickly, she turned her head back towards him. His breath had become ragged breaths, and she could feel the nervousness in his arms, the way he had held her. She had thought that he didn't know what he was doing either. Her eyes fell upon his lips, letting the deep breathing to slide past. When she had reached his cerulean eyes she about gasped seeing more than just tension in them. They were so beautiful and innocent, as the light caught them making him more angelic than he had appeared to be. They were 'perfect' eyes, she had called them. She believed that the gods that made him spent every aching detail into those eyes, to make them haunting and gentle, filled with innocence, and at times can make a grown man cringe at the site of them. She was simply lost in them, and cried inwardly knowing that she couldn't get away from them. From him. Pleading to the gods to give her the strength to look away, rather than doing something that she might regret and feel guilty about later. 'Please', she begged.
She could feel the breath up on her own lips from Torankusu, she knew he was mouthing something but she didn't care to look at his mouth to read it. All she was thinking was that she needed to be closer, to claim those lips, to be her own, as the voices in her head shouted at the others saying it wasn't such a good idea. Biideru fought back, saying what would be so wrong, she was too deep into his eyes, his beauty, to care for anything else. Between fighting with her sub-conscience and capturing Torankusu's looks, a loud noise of irritable beeping filled the room, snapping Buruma out of her dazed looked and shuffled back a few steps to find herself. Biideru cursed at herself as she bowed her head down to hide her embarrassment, she knew what the beeping was for.
"The alarm." Whispered Torankusu, he was trying to control himself, thus which was caused by the whisper. He coughed and spoke in a normal tone, repeating himself.
Either the Capsule Villages, or the sensitive monitors that Buruma had placed around the already destroyed cities set off the alarm. This meant that the Jinzou-jins were on the move, or they were attacking somewhere. Usually panic would spark up in the Capsule Corp, it being Buruma out of all of them. Considering the mood everyone was in there wasn't much. Buruma had brought herself to lean against the kitchen counter, a hand on her forehead and fingers digging in her hair, mumbling something under her breath. No doubt praying to Kami for the safety of Torankusu and Gohan. Gohan finished whatever was left on his plate and stood up quickly, giving Torankusu a nod to get ready. Torankusu nodded back to his teacher, and watched him go out the kitchen towards the dining room, then looking back to the girl that he was holding in his arms, he blushed and bowed his head seeing that she had already done that.
"Gomen, Biideru-Chan." He said softly and put her to her feet, gave a comforting squeeze on her shoulder and left her to stare at the floor, alone.
"Chan?" She looked to the door where he exited just seconds ago, and watched as Buruma does the same in front of her face. She too always got ready. She continues the rest of the work that Biideru also joins in on, to check the Capsule Villages, on a vid-phone, to make sure 'they' aren't attacking any of the villages. Biideru was more concerned with her nickname, and soon followed after all of them.
Biideru had taken her sweet time to make her way into the main room, where everyone usually relaxes when they don't fell like mustering enough energy to go upstairs to their rooms. The lazy room would be the better word for it. Two couches connected at their opposite ends, to make an L shape where positioned in the middle of it. The T.V. placed in front of the wall that the couches were facing, which wasn't useful because it didn't work, and if it did all they would get was the roaring static of nothing and space, as the T.V. waves into specks of black and white. It didn't take long for Gohan to get ready, he must of been up and down the stairs, along with getting dressed into his gi, which matched his father's, in no time flat. But there was no time to gawk at how fast he changed; both he and Torankusu would only take seconds because there was no time to waste. As soon as Buruma got the coordinates to where the Jinzou-jins were they were off without a word. Gohan stood by the stairs, holding on to the blue belt that was tightened around his waist, with both of his hands, clearing his head for the battle. He seemed so calm and peaceful, as he closed his eyes and looked as if he were mediating.
Nothing ever did faze him as the sound of Torankusu thudding down the stairs to meet with everyone before he took off. His usual attire when he fought. Not the most appropriate clothing to fight in but it suited him. He still wore the black top, and added his jean jacket that didn't seem to fit him very well; it looked at is if it were a tad bit small for him. Bad for fighting in. But actually it fit him well, it was comfortable and wouldn't get in the way, there was extra cloth added to the arms making it easy to swing his arms. He didn't even bother to change his pants either; the black baggy pants suited him fine. All he needed was that sword of his that he still kept a mystery from everyone, except Buruma, where he had got it. Gohan would always shake his head wondering why Torankusu always brought that thing; a weapon never did well with the Jinzou-jins. He would fight with it for five minutes then he would actually use his fists. Torankusu found a place next to the mediating Gohan, just waiting for the word from Buruma.
As if hearing the impatient thoughts from both the demi-Saiya-jin she arrived running, and out of breath. She looked at Biideru with wide eyes, searching for the boys 'till her eyes landed on them. Gohan then opened his eyes hearing Buruma's presence and awaited the news.
"CV 5 was the one that made the alarm." She took a deep breath, as the boys both had the same look on their faces, of shock and horror, as of Buruma when they heard this. "The village is fine, it's just they are worried about two citizens that had escaped. Their alarms went off that the Jinzou- jin were near and shut off their power, when one of the engineers cried that her oldest son and his friend weren't there. Someone said that they went to Ply Town, which is where the Jinzou-jins were headed for. They are currently in Mulli City, so you two don't have much time."
A gasp came from Biideru, feeling sick to her stomach that kids were in danger. She heard Buruma groan from her position, and was too afraid to look at the fear in the teacher and student's eyes from across the room.
"Hai, Buruma-san." Biideru heard Gohan gulp, he was uneasy about this situation, unsure about the out come. "We'll bring them back, tell CV 5 that." He assured her knowing what she was thinking.
Something like a sob came out of Buruma's mouth after she nodded and went back down stairs to lab to relay the message back that probably wouldn't come true.
"Torankusu" A commanding voice of Gohan was heard, as he walked towards the door. He stopped when his student didn't follow, turning his head back to question the younger boy. The look from the boy's eyes, when he turned to look at him, was enough to realize what was going on. He nodded a weak smile towards him, and then disappeared down a hallway.
"Torankusu?" Questioned Biideru when she noticed that Torankusu was still here, and had let Gohan go without him. "Why are you still here?" He only smiled as he walked up towards her, feeling like he was going to cry when he saw the fear and concern from the girl's deep blue eyes. He opened his arms, and pulled her into a hug, startled Biideru even more. She repeated his name again in a question. His odd behavior was now scaring her; he was acting as if he would never come back. She could feel the tears start to come to her eyes when she had thought of the scary thought, thus causing her to tighten to hold she had on him. He pulled back, and lightly grabbed her chin to direct her eyes to his.
"Don't be mad at me." He whispered softly.
Her eyes widened with confusion. "Nani? Mad at you, for what?" "
The way I have been acting. I just...I don't know what has come over me."
"Torankusu."
"Hai?"
"Why are you talking this? This is what has confused me the most all day. You are acting as if you are not going to come back." The last of her words fell almost silent as she was still in the whisper that Torankusu had started. She was hoping what she had said wasn't true.
He said nothing, and tried to look at anything except her when she had stated that. He was thinking that now, any other time he was confident of coming back but this time, if the kids would be killed he wouldn't live with himself. A gasp left her mouth as she saw almost defeat in his eyes.
"No, Torankusu. You will come home. I know you will. How is this fight any different from the others, why do you feel that you won't come home this time? Why?" She brought her hands up to clasp the side of his arms. "Why are you quitting like this? On me?"
His eyes fluttered back to hers, blinking every so often as he tried to force a smile on his face. He cared for her, and now it seemed she cares for him. He honestly didn't know what he made him think that he wouldn't survive this one. Is it because when he found out that he loved her, he was afraid of losing her so fast? He felt the tears build up in the corner of his eyes, as he just drank in every detail in her face, along with the fearful sapphires of her eyes.
"You're not going to die. Not now, Torankusu, not now." Her voice was like whimpers as she squeezed his arms, until she brought herself to be buried in his chest, to keep her from crying. Torankusu just laid his chin on the top of her head, and petting her silky, ebony hair as he felt allot worse than he did before. He might not come back to her.
She pulled away, catching a tear that escaped her hold on them, wiping it away before it was noticed. A light touch on her chin was replaced again, and found it was Torankusu. A small smile appeared on his lips, as he let the silence come over the both of them. He brought his head down to the level of height, and hesitated for a moment, as their noses touch. Searching her face for any sign that he should just stop. He found nothing but a smile from her, which gave him enough permission. He gently placed his quivering lips onto her's, feeling the softness of her pink tiers. Bringing his hands down to glide down the curve of her body that she always hid, except when wearing her training clothes. He slowly brought her body into his, as he tasted her. He felt fulfilled, and didn't feel alone anymore as he felt light headed like he had before when he had spoke with Gohan.
He almost whimpered when she had pulled away, and placed a finger on his lips keeping him from complaining. Her face was serious, as she tried to find the words from the other objects of the room to speak. "You must go, Torankusu. Those kids are waiting for you." He nodded and hesitated to let go of her but she urged him to. He finally let her go and turned around and headed towards the door. Blinking and thinking how unbelievable that had been. He hoped this wouldn't affect anything in the future. He slowed his pace, feeling a pit in stomach, he couldn't leave now. Not now, when he just realized his love for Biideru. Not now.
She saw him stop down the hallway, and shook her head. She shouted with anger at his stupidity of letting this get to him. He had people to save, they were much more important than her.
"Baka, leave now! And Kami help me, you better come back!" He smirked and continued on and braced himself, as he finally got out of the door. This was going to be some fight. He jumped into the air, raising his ki just high enough for him to stay in the air. His head flung around widely in search for Gohan's ki that had left minutes ago. He found it, increased his ki even more blasting into the sky towards Mulli City. A sound of thunder soon followed his retreating form as he hit the sound barrier and just leaving the occupants left in the Capsule Corp. to only wonder.
As she saw the last of him leave her sight, and felt his ki leave the area, her shoulders slumped down, letting a heavy sigh escape her lips. The worried look she had wore this whole time disappeared and replaced with blank stare.
"Kami-sama," The whisper hung on her lips in the silence around her, where Torankusu had left her. She raked her hands through her ebony hair, pondering what just happened. Bringing the same hand to her lips, she clenched her eyes shut as she yelled in her mind. It all had been an act. An act she only used to lighten up the mood between the others and her. She only did it to get rid of the rising questions of her unemotional state. She just couldn't get emotionally attached to anyone. Her was her number one rule, she couldn't afford for that to happen.
But now, it seemed as Torankusu had tried to break through her rules with that kiss. A kiss that she didn't really expect to take place. She had no idea she was dangerously flirting with him and actually led him to believe that he had feelings for her.
She bowed her head in her hands, letting another frustrated sigh.
"This could come bite me in the ass later. I know it," She grumbled as she exited the room.
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With the sun creeping between the clouds, it laid soft shadows following after rocks, buildings, and even the Capsule Corps. The sun's glow, which was hidden from the gray clouds, now showed its true colors. As it was racing down towards the horizon, hues of orange, red, and pink filled the sky where the sun was and spreading its colorful rays every which way, as far as it could. The soft gray clouds soon became darker opposite from the sun, and shadows increased. Making it easier to hide the real details of a fight long ago. Within in a dark shadow of building, two eyes had peered out on to the Capsule Corp. building. Swaying and dancing upon the structure, looking for a flaw. A shadow had over cast the stranger's face, hiding any detail from the nose up. A smile cracked on the lips, which developed into an eerie grin, watching the two streams of aura leaving from the house. Chuckling filled the air, which came from the mouth of the smirking lips, waiting for his time to make his appearance known.
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Author's Notes: -Chuckles- So Biideru is acting with Torankusu...tsk tsk tsk...Hehe. And whom is this person spying on the Capsule Corps.? I do promise more action in the future though. I hope it will get better for others...They do get longer too...heh...If there is any problems, please e- mail me. Maybe I will shorten the chapter lengths. Criticize me. I'm up for anything.
Yes, I know I was late on the update...but no ones seems to mind. So, I wil increase the updates by months instead.
Next Update: 07/06/04
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