Two of a kind... - by stranger12
Hello! There I was, again, thinking of a Dragon Ball Z story I could eventually write. Here it is! Gohan has a twin sister... Strong and gorgeous! They are going to high school... And... There are tragedies that came into their lives...
PS: Sorry for grammar and spelling mistakes along the way.
PS2: Hum... Not sure about making Videl and Gohan a couple... It's just that... I never REALLY saw sparks flying between them, so I don't really consider them to be a good couple to work with. Sorry for the G/V lovers.
PS3: Romance... I need to get Leena (Gohan's sister) a good and nice guy... Hum...
PS4: Ocasional and light swearing.
Notes:
"Words" - regular conversation
Words - thoughts
//Words// - conversations through thoughts
*Words* - actions (rarely used)
'Words' - quotations and such
Chapter 003: It's easy to break a heart
Vegeta was busy buying ice cream. Leena, on the other hand, was 'allowed' to go around the mall and see if there was anything she'd like to buy.
"Hey there, cutie" - said a male voice behind Leena. She was just looking at some nice watches, when she heard the voice. She turned and saw a handsome man, with intense and gorgeous green eyes.
"You're talking to me?" - she asked innocently.
"Of course, beauty" - he got closer to her. She didn't like his way, but she liked his eyes, so she allowed him to get closer. But not TOO close.
"Oh... What's your name, then?"
"Mario"
"Nice meeting you, Mario"
"And what's YOUR name, cutie?"
"Leena" - the girl searched for Vegeta's Ki, and located it in the ice cream shop, still. She sighed - "I have to go now, Mario. I'm very sorry" - she tried to pass him, but he (obviously) wouldn't let her pass. Oh, boy... Not smart...
"No, no, Leena... Come on..." - he leaned into her direction, and Leena simply used her speed to run off. The guy, Mario, just stood there, like the idiot he was.
"Uncle Vegeta, everything okay?" - Leena asked, when she got to the ice cream shop. Vegeta was kinda weird...
"Still waiting" - he was simply... Impatient. Leena smiled brightly and hugged him - "Lee... Leena!"
"What's wrong, uncle Vegeta? Can't I hug you anymore?" - she looked like a sad litte puppy - "Nii - chan was right... You're mean, uncle Vegeta!" - he blushed REALLY hard - God...
"Leena... Don't say that" - he said, trying to calm her down, and get her to stop hugging him so damn strong, 'cause it was actually starting to hurt!
"Why?"
"Because... Because..." - Crap... - "Because I like you, okay?!" - he exclaimed.
"Really, uncle Vegeta?"
"Yes" - he was TOTALLY red, and helpess, needless to say.
"I love you too, uncle Vegeta!" - she hugged him extremely tight.
"Eh... Sir?" - said the nervous attendent. Vegeta blushed more deeply and, growling, paid for the ice cream and got it. Leena kept on smiling brightly.
Although I got mad at nii - chan, he was right, after all... Uncle Vegeta DOES love me too! - she blushed - Hum... And I love him... Ah! That's so embarrassing! He's my uncle!
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
They got home pretty soon, and found everyone in the dining room, having a snack. Goten and Goku smiled widely when they saw the ice cream.
"Ice cream!" - they cried in unison.
"For everyone..." - Leena started - "Even you, nii - chan" - she smiled. The boy raised his eyesbrows, uncertain.
"Really?"
"Of course! What? Why wouldn't I?"
Gohan didn't argue and simply went and started putting ice cream on a big bowl.
"I still can't believe you don't eat as much as they do, Leena" - Bulma commented, drinking from her mug.
"Well, maybe I got that from mommy. It's not like she actually ate that much, right?"
"Yeah... Chi Chi was never the type to eat much... Unlike some people we know, right, Leena?"
"Very, Bulma"
"But how was your day, l Meet any good looking guy?"
"No..."
"And she won't!" - Gohan yelled.
"Nii - chan, calm down. Why are you so mad?"
"I'm not mad at all! I'm just saying you're not gonna meet any 'good looking guy' at OSH 'cause... There ain't 'good looking guys' there!"
"He's jealous!" - Bulma said, grinning. Gohan blushed.
"Am not!"
"Oh, that's so cute, nii - chan!"
"Shut up!"
"Don't worry, nii - chan. I'm a good girl, right? Then don't you worry about a thing, alright? I know how to take care of myself, thank you very much. Besides, I'll always have my dear bodyguards to look over me, right?"
"Three, four, five, six... How many, Leena?" - Bulma asked, laughing lightly.
"Eight... Nine... I guess nine" - she replied, thinking.
"Right... Wait... Nine?"
"Nii - chan, daddy, uncle Vegeta, Goten, Trunks, Kurilin - kun, Yamcha - kun, uncle Piccolo"
"And...?"
"Dende"
"Ah... Of course... The guys you mentioned are family, but Dende is like your future mate"
"My future mate? Dende? Are you crazy, Bulma?"
"Why? He's cute"
"Well, yes, but even so... We're friends since forever!"
"Oh, Leena, dear... You're just so damn naïve..."
"Am I THAT naïve?" - she looked at Goku, Goten and Gohan, and Bulma agreed.
"You're right... Guess it's in the Son's blood, after all. Thank Kami you got a little bit of your mother's keeness"
"Thank Kami, indeed" - Vegeta commented, stopping eating just to put more chocolate cream on top of his ice cream - "If she were stupid like *ahem* certain members of the Son family, poor girl" - and started eating like crazy once again.
"Vegeta is right, Leena. Thank Kami you're a little like your mother, and not completely like your father. No offense, Goku"
"Huh?"
"Nothing" - the only two girls sitting at the table grinned to each other and laughed silently.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The next day arrived. A beautiful and sunny and fresh Thursday at the Capsule Corporation with the Briefs and the Son family.
"Good morning" - Gohan growled, annoyed, as the day before, with Leena's happiness; the girl, once again, was chanting happily and cheerfully while cutting her pancakes.
"Good morning, nii - chan!"
"For Dende's sake, Leena, would you PLEASE stop with the cheerful and happy act? Just for now, anyway... I REALLY don't want to hear that kinda crap"
"Nii - chan!" - she hit him on the head, playfully (it didn't hurt) - "Watch your language!"
"Sorry, Leena, but... Come on! I can't stand your chanting and all so f... Early in the morning"
"Alright, you win, nii - chan. But do not expect me to be THIS nice always, okay? Now, are you quite finished?"
"Yeah, yeah... Let's go, then..." - Gohan replied, miserable. Leena rolled her eyes and smiled brightly.
"Nii - chan, don't make that face!"
"What?"
"That 'Oh, I hate going to school' face"
"I DON'T like going to school, Leena"
"Well, you'll have to get used to it, sorry, nii - chan"
"No way you're sorry! You're actually enjoying my pain!" - Leena laughed and flew to the entrance. Gohan, with his mouth open as a sign of his indignation, flew after her - "Leena! You ARE!"
The girl giggled and moved away so her brother didn't hit her with a Ki blast.
"Nii - chan! That's SO dangerous!" - she said still giggling, and flying, avoiding Gohan's attacks, the boy actually enjoying the exercise.
They kept with the chasing and Ki blasts until it was only fifteen minutes to the start of classes.
"Nii - chan! We're gonna be late!" - Leena screamed, looking at her watch and breathing for air.
"What? Damn... Okay... We're flying, then"
Without another word, the two were off to OSH... Flying.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
There was only one minute left for the start of classes, and Erasa sighed, looking at Leena and Gohan's seats, still empty.
"They're gonna be late for their second day..." - she said.
"It's weird" - Videl said - "I mean... They got perfect scores and all... Why would they...?" - but she never ended her sentence, 'cause this was the moment Leena and Gohan chose to enter the class, smiling embarrassed and blushed.
"Leena! Gohan! We thought you'd never come!"
"We kinda... Lost track of time while... Playing" - Gohan said, blushing harder.
"What do you mean, 'playing'?" - Videl asked, curious.
"Eh... Nii - chan got kinda mad at me, and we started to... Play"
"'Play' as in...?"
"Fight"
"What? You call... Fight... 'Play'?"
"Yes... Because none of us was actually using much... Energy"
"It was not even close to a spar" - Gohan commented while the teacher entered the classroom.
They're just too weird... - Videl thought, deep ir her thought, not really paying attention to what the teacher was telling the class. But the class' growls made her snap out of it.
"... I'll be doing the sorting of the partners, of course..." - the English teacher was saying, and Videl was trying to make sense out of her words, although it was a bit difficult, due to the fact that she hadn't heard her early words. Nonetheless, the words 'partners' made her imagine what was ahead...
"That's torture!" - Erasa whined.
"I wasn't listening. What's up?" - Videl whispered to her blond friend.
"You'll see"
"The papers are due... The last day of the the semester, and now I'll sort the partners and the themes of each pair"
She showed a big transparent roundy bowl - like a fishing aquarium -, with countless coloured balls inside.
"In this bowl are the themes, and your names are here" - she showed another bowl, with a bunch of folded piece of papers - "Let's begin, then"
She began, and, pair after pair, students got more and more upset either about who they ended up with or their given themes.
(By the way, the thoughts below belong to the first names)
"Son, Gohan and... Surya, Marinne, with... Shakespeare" - Is this some kind of joke, Dende? Come on!
More names....
"Satan, Videl and... Son, Leena, with... Portuguese authors" - Ah, good! I'm gonna find out more about them...
More and more...
"Pencil, Sharpener... And Rubber, Erasa, with... Renaissance" - Thank Kami! No weirdo! But the theme...
A few more names...
"Well, that's it for the the pair and themes. Please, start the project right away"
Most of the class had to go sit very far away from their original seats, but there were the lucky ones, of course, mainly Videl and Leena, and Erasa and Sharpener; Videl only had to change seats with Erasa, and she set. Gohan, poor guy, had to go sit with his partner, who sat way up, five lines from his seat. He looked at his partner, which he only knew where was seated because Erasa pointed her out for him. She looked up, noticing a shadow on her book. Gohan was pretty taken aback by her appearance.
The first thing he noticed was her Ki. High. Very. Higher than Videl.
How didn't I notice her Ki before...?
The second thing he noticed were her eyes, so light, so blue, looking like Leena's eyes when she transformed into Super Saiyan, then he noticed her pale skin, so soft, for what it seemed, then her exotic and so strange lavender hair (imagine Trunks's hair), a bit wavy, falling on her shoulders, then her red lips, then her delicade and not so obvious, yet stunning beauty, and the very last thing he noticed, a little too late, was her stare, turning into a glare.
"Call me Marinne, or Marie, whatever you prefer" - she said, making Gohan feel embarrassed for staring at her for what he thought was too long - "I'll call you Gohan, is that okay?"
"S-sure..." - still embarrassed, he sat down next to her, and quickly glanced at the title of the book she was reading. His eyes widened slightly.
"What?" - she asked, quite rudely, but his staring was a lot to take without getting even a little bit angry - What's with this guy?
"You're reading... Shakespeare..." - he said, quickly looking away from the book and from any part of Marinne. She smiled lightly.
"Yeah... I like it. Do you?"
"Not really, actually. Ah... Well, it's my sister's fault, anyway"
"Okay... Well, let's begin, shall we?"
"Sure!"
He sure is weird... - "Well... When should we meet?"
"What for?" - Marinne sighed deeply, trying to calm herself down.
"To get over with this paper as soon as we can" - she said, her voice calm.
"Oh... Right! Ah... Where do you live?"
"A few blocks from here" - she paused for a moment, opening her book again - "You?"
"In the West City"
"Where, exactly? It's not really a small city, you know"
"Oh, right... At the Capsule Corp., actually" - he waited for excited cries or something like it, like Erasa's reactions, but Marinne simply looked up from his book and glanced at him sideways.
"Interesting" - she said, plainly - "Choose"
"What?"
"Where do you want to work, where is better"
"Wherever is fine by me" - he suddenly felt the girl's Ki full of anger, and his black eyes widened a lot - Her Ki is too high for a simple human being...
"Just choose a place, will ya!" - she exclaimed, punching the table. Gohan looked at it and hiw jaw dropped a bit, seeing a small bump on it.
"Sorry. Ah... My place, I guess should be better... We've got a library there and all... More than one, actually" - the girl kept on staring at him, and her Ki was still full of anger, but then she broke into a sweet smile.
"See? Not so hard to make a decision, now is it, Gohan?" - he blushed out of embarrassement, because he did notice her sarcasm - "When, then?" - nervously, Gohan thought for a moment.
"When is good for you?"
"Anyday is fine by me. Don't work, don't do shit after school, so... I'm free always. Now, please, choose" - she said in a controlled tone of voice. Gohan gulped.
"I'm free always too... So... How about... Today...?"
"That's fine" - she read something in her book and frowned slightly, then shook her head a bit - "After school, then?" - she asked, without even giving him a single glance.
"Sure... Marie" - she finally looked at him, and glared for a moment - Did I do something wrong...?
"You're pretty weird, Gohan" - she said, totally out of the blue. He blushed.
"Ah... I..."
"That's all. The class is over, now. You should go back down" - she said, seriously. Gohan nodded and went back to his seat. He sank on it, and Leena looked at him.
"What's wrong, nii - chan?" - she asked, nicely.
"That girl is..." - he started to whisper - "She's... Weird. And... Her Ki is... Feel it... If you can" - Leena focused on Marinne's Ki, and raised her eyebrows.
"It's... Higher than Videl, even... It's quite alike to Shato - sensei's, don't you think?"
"You're right... How could we've missed it?"
"Maybe... She can control her Ki... Like all of us"
"How?"
"Don't know. We'll just check that out later, how about it?"
"It's a good thing... We're gonna start the paper today... At home"
"Oh... Ask daddy and uncle Vegeta, then!"
"I guess..."
"I think I'll go out today" - Leena whispered to her twin. He raised hi eyebrows in a silent question: why are you whispering? - "Because I don't want Erasa to hear me. She'll want to go with me, and she's quite strange" - Gohan laughed silently, and agreed.
"Got your IC with you, Leena?"
"Sure I do"
"You're going alone, then?"
"Yes. Bulma's busy because of tomorrow's..." - she stopped taking.
"We forgot to kill her" - they said in unison.
"Don't do it before I get home, nii - chan! Please...?"
"Alright..."
"I'll even buy you something pretty. What would you like?"
"How about a watch? Vegeta kinda broke mine yesterday..."
"Oh... Right!" - she looked to the front, and frowned a bit - "Weird... Wasn't there supposed to be a teacher here now, Erasa?" - the blond looked at her and smiled.
"I think so, but it's the History teacher. He's always late... See what I mean?" - a middle age man run inside the class, looking very tired. He dropped his stuff on the table and began the class two seconds later.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The second day in high school went smoothly, and not even Gohan had many complains in the end of the day. Except for... Marinne.
"I pity you, Gohan" - said Erasa while they left the classroom.
"Why is that, Erasa?"
"Well, 'cause you've got Surya Marinne as your partner, man" - said Sharpener.
"What's wrong with Marie?"
"Well, for one... She's too cute"
"Is that a bad thing?" - Leena asked, confused.
"No, of course not. But..."
"Basicaly, what Sharpener is trying to say" - Videl started - "is that she's too pretty, and for that... Guys are all over her all the time. Or... At least in the beginning of the year, they were..."
"'In the beginning of the year'...?"
"Yeah... She kinda... Hit some of the guys who came on to her... Not pretty to see big guys getting hit by a girl"
"It was good enough for me" - said a irritated voice behind them: Marinne... Who else? She glared at them - "Are we going already, Gohan?" - she asked the boy, but still glaring at Sharpener, who gulped nervously.
"Sure, Marie... Let's get going, then..." - with that, she looked at him and smiled a bit.
"Sometimes your head kinda works, huh?" - she said in an amused tone. Gohna blushed.
She's strange... And her Ki really is high... - Leena thought, noticing the girl's Ki.
"Come on, then..." - said Gohan, aprehensive, and Marinne went to his side, Leena on the other one.
The six teens walked silently to the front of the school's building, where Gohan searched for a capsule on his pocket. Marinne looked more and more angry, until Leena saved him, noticing how the other girl's Ki was rising with anger.
"Here, nii - chan" - she said sweetly and handing him a capsule. He smiled at her.
"Thanks, Leena! I'll make sure I don't break it..."
"That's fine, nii - chan. Bulma can get me and you another one... It's the blue one" - she had stars in her eyes - "The one you designed for Bulma"
"Oh..." - sensing Marinne's anger, the boy pushed the capsule's button and threw it on the ground, gently. After the spoke faded, there it was: the new CC air sport car... "The blue one", as Leena called it, was actually the K348, a very fast car. One of the fastest, truthfully. And Gohan had helped Bulma with it... He was proud of himslef, but didn't really show it.
"It's so pretty!" - said Leena, excited for Gohan, and proud of him - "You don't always help Bulma, but when you do..."
"In, please" - Gohan said to Marinne, and she entered without saying a single word.
"Can you drop me off... By the mall?" - Leena whispered to her brother. He nodded.
"Of course, Leena. Hey, sorry, you guys, but the car can't really take more than three people... Should have seen this problem with Bulma... Oh, well... Sorry, and see you guys later" - with a smile, Marinne, Leena and Gohan were flying away from OSH. The three teens on the ground were still with their mouths open.
"That car is the greatest!" - Sharpener managed to say.
"It's so cool!" - Erasa said.
Videl however, said nothing.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Here we go, Leena" - said Gohan as he parked for a moment so his sister could get out of the car. She kissed him on the cheek and waved him and Marinne goodbyes - "And be careful! And call! And...!"
"Don't worry, nii - chan! I'll be just fine!" - and ran away. Gohan sighed and glanced sideways at Marinne, who read silently and cooly.
"Why aren't you going already, Gohan?' - she said, suddenly - "Your sister is gone, so we should go, already. Our paper has to be started, or have you forgotten already?" - he blushed, and started to fly away.
Dende! Why are so mean...? - he looked at the girl next to him, aparently oblivious to him - Ah... You're not still mad about what I said yesterday, are you...?
Sighing heavily, Gohan stopped thinking about how unlucky he was, and concentrated on driving. If he didn't, Marinne would probably argue with him or something, for not paying attention...
How weird can this guy be? - Marinne thought, although she pretended to be fully focused on her book - It's almost as if he's talking to himself... Or maybe... No, couldn't be... But... Gotta look into it. Good thing we're going to his place today - she blushed slightly, so slightly that not even Gohan could notice it - Come to think of it... I've never been to a guy's place before... Nii - chan is gonna freak out if I don't call him as soon as I get to Gohan's house... Gotta remember to do that. Men... Kami, why did you make such useless pieces of scam?
After about half an hour, they finally arrived at the CC. Gohan and Marinne got off of the car quickly, and the boy ran to the door. He opened it in a gentleman way, but the girl didn't even seem to notice him as she entered the big yellow building.
"Ah, brat! You're home! Go to the... Who are you?" - said Vegeta, agressively, and glaring at the girl. She glared back, which reminded him of Bulma's glares...
"Hey, Vegeta... This is... Surya Marinne, my... Partner on a school paper. We gotta get the paper over with as soon as possible, so... Can't spar for some time... Sorry" - the boy said, grinning innocently. But Vegeta didn't hear him very well, once he was focusing on the girl's Ki, trying to figure out why the hell was she so damn strong, and being such a young human... And... SHE WAS A GIRL!
"Do you fight, girly?" - the Saiyan prince asked her, who still glared at him, not comfortable around him.
"Why do you want to know, shortie?"
"Ah... Marinne, don't...!" - Gohan whined, worried about the girl, but she didn't even flinch when Vegeta went to her in a blink of an eye and put his hand on her throat. She tossed her book and backpack on the ground and put both of her hands on his wrist.
"Get your hands off of me, shortie" - she said, her voice very normal. He stared at her, angrily, for a few moments, noticing her glare and how high her Ki was getting - "Are you deaf, shortie? 'Cause I believe I've already told you to get your filthy hands off of me!" - with that, she kicked him on the stomach, and he let go of her. He stared at her while she tossed her hair, with anger, and Gohan sweat nervously.
"Hey, what's going on over here? I felt a pretty high Ki... From a... Girl!" - said Goku widening his eyes while looking at the trio by the hall - "What...?" - he looked from the nervous Gohan, to the still pissed off Marinne, to the angry and too quiet Vegeta.
"Just a... Misunderstading, dad" - Gohan managed to say, looking at his father. Marinne picked up her book and backpack and went to Goku, who stared at her.
"My name is Surya Marinne, sir. It is a great pleasure to meet the father of such a nice and smart boy such as Gohan" - she said, irony on every single word coming out of her mouth, although Goku didn't get it.
"Nice to meet you too, Marinne"
"Call me Marie, sir"
"Then call me Goku. I don't go for the whole 'sir' and 'mister' thing" - she actually laughed, making him laugh as well.
"You're very different from Gohan, Goku. I do hope I get a chance to spend some time with someone so wonderful and funny as you seem to be" - she said, honestly. He grinned in his very own Son way.
"Thank you, Marie. She's a pretty and nice girl, Gohan! Your girlfriend?"
"No!" - Gohan exclaimed, blushing furiously - "Of course not! She's just my classmate! I've a paper to do with her as my partner, that's all!"
"No need to be so mean, Gohan" - Marinne said, smirking to him - "Ah... Thought you were nice... Guess I was wrong, huh?" - she turned once again to Goku - "Goku, could you show me to the nearest library? Gohan mentioned there were quite a few libraries around"
"Yeah, I'll take you there" - he said nicely, and she took his arm, both smiling to each other. Right before disappearing within the shadows, Marinne turned her head slightly.
"Don't just stand there, Gohan! Move it! We've a paper to finish!" - she said, and turned her attention once again to the happy and cheerful and ever so smiling Son Goku.
"Be careful with her, Gohan" - Vegeta said, seriously. The boy looked at him, curiously, and not understading.
"Why do you say that, Vegeta?"
"She's got a very high Ki, and it can become even higher, which is quite interesting, considering she's a simple woman, and even worse: a human. Careful. Otherwise..."
"Otherwise?"
"You'll end up marrying her" - Gohan blushed and widened his eyes, staring disbelievingly at the Prince - "I married Bulma, and Kakarot married your mother. It's a Saiyan curse, and you'll sure not get away from it, but... Choose someone less... Dangerous" - with that, he left to the GR.
Dangerous...? What did he mean by that? Marie is not... Dangerous. Strange, maybe, but not... Dangerous... - Gohan thought. Suddenly, he shook his head and ran to the library where he could feel Marie's Ki.
When he got to the library, he saw the girl sitting on the top step of the shelf ladder (like those to pick up books that are too high) and reading a thick book. She looked up from it and raised an eyebrow to Gohan.
"Very good selection, from the little I've seen" - she said, dryly - "What took you so long? Start working already, Gohan. We've no time to waste. Get a book, find Shakespeare, and keep the book. We'll need every book we can get" - nervously, the boy nodded and went straight to work.
Gotta be careful with her... Think Vegeta meant this attitude of hers... Dende, Dende... You're so mean to me... And this was extra mean, you know? 'Cause I'll probably have to spend like a lot of time with her, and that's just mean! She'll actually end up killing me... She will! She's gonna kill me... - Gohan thought, almost crying.
"I've to make a call. Excuse me" - she said, only a minute after the made Gohan start to work. He nodded and she left the library, standing by the door and talking on her cell phone.
Gohan was pretty unhappy, and almost yelling at Dende, but he was able to hear her conversation, nonetheless.
"Yes, I am. What? Shut up! I don't! No, no... Really...? Sure, whatever you say... What about...? Huh... Oh, okay. Get it. No, no... It's fine... Really, it's just fine. No, I'll manage to get home safely. Yes, I'm sure. Huh? Ah, don't bother. I'm hanging up now. Yes, I am. Yes, I am! Fine, then! Ah, screw it. What? Don't you dare! Hear me? Yeah? Then I'm hanging up. Bye, see you later" - was the whole 'conversation' Gohan was able to hear.
Marinne walked in the library angrily. She looked at Gohan and glared at him, almost as if she knew he was listening to her conversation.
"Can I ask you something, Gohan?" - she said, her voice almost sounding nice. He looked up and raised hie eyebrows in a silent 'Of course. Go ahead' - "Will you take me home?" - he blinked a few times.
"Ah... Well, I..."
"My brother can't, 'cause he's got some business to take care of, so...?"
"Ah, yeah! Of course, sure I will" - he smiled, although aprehensive. Then, she smiled sweetly.
"Thank you, Gohan" - she turned and climbed the shelf ladder once again, basicaly burring her face on the book she was reading before - "You're not such a bad guy after all..." - she said, making Gohan blush for a reason he did not understand.
The two spent the whole afternoon searching and reading books. When the clock annouced it was now seven o'clock, Gohan's stomach growled loudly, and Marinne raised her head from the book and looked at the boy, who blushed.
"Sorry... I'm just hungry, I guess..." - he mumbled, embarrassed. She suddenly closed the book and climbed down the ladder. He stared at her.
"What are you staring at? If you're hungry, then let's eat" - she said. He smiled brightly and got up, closing the book and putting it on the ladder. She looked at him.
"What...?"
"You did mark the page you were reading, right?" - she asked him, her eyebrows raised. He narrowed his eyes, thinking, then laughed - "Idiot" - she mumbled. She got the book and gave it to the boy - "What's the damn page?!"
"Ah... I... Well... Ah! Here, here!" - he showed the page he was reading before and the girl smiled, satisfied.
"Good. Now mark it" - he did as he was told, and she smirked - "You're not all..." - she didn't finish her sentence, and instead, she went out of the library - "You know, I don't really know where you guys here eat, so I'd really appreciate if you could show it to me" - she said, serious. Gohan nodded to himself and went out as well.
Silently, the two teens walked throughout the Capsule Corporation. Gohan looked sideways at Marinne from times to times, but quickly looked away, her glare still fresh in his mind.
"Here" - he murmured, and went inside a door. Marinne followed.
"Hey, Marie!" - Goku exclaimed, happily - "Want something to eat?"
"Sure, Goku" - she replied, politely, although she was a little taken aback by the rather lack of manners seen in Goku, Vegeta, Goten and Trunks. Gohan sat down by the table, and Bulma went to the girl.
"Hey! Briefs Bulma here" - she said smiling and shaking the girl's hand, who only stared at the older woman without action - "Eat something, come on! You won't meet my dad 'cause he's down at the lab, working on some stuff... I'm just here to feed them all"
"Surya Marinne, ma'am" - the girl finally said, opening a kind smile - "But call me Marie"
"Marie it is! And call me Bulma, please"
"If you want me to..."
"So... You're Gohan's girlfriend? You're so..."
"I'VE ALREADY SAID SHE'S NOT MY GIRLFRIEND!" - the boy yelled, desperate. Bulma laughed softly.
"Then she's not. Well, it doesn't matter. You're a friend of his, then?"
"Not... Exactly" - she replied, carefully - "I'm only his partner on this... English paper"
"Oh, I see... Vegeta told me you were quite interesting, but he really didn't say how pretty you were! Your eyes are incredible! And your hair... It's just like Trunks'!"
"Huh?" - the little boy finally looked up from his plate, and saw, for the first time, Surya Marinne. He blushed and was speechless.
"Your son, I assume" - Marinne said, smiling sweetly at him, making him blush harder and turn to his plate again, trying to eat again, although it was hard due to the fact that he felt his body very hot, specially his face.
"Yes. Trunks, my dear and only son... And that's little Goten, Goku's younger son and Gohan's little brother" - Goten raised his head after hearing his own name, and smiled brightly at Marinne, soon getting back to his plate.
"Sit down, Marie!" - said Goku smiling - "Eat up! It's really good, you know? And it wasn't Bulma who cooked it, so it's not poisoned"
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean, Goku?" - the blue haired woman asked, angry. He gulped and stopped eating for a moment.
"Well..."
"I think what he means" - Marinne started, smiling to Bulma - "is that your food is so good it could actually poison someone if this person ate too much of it" - Bulma smiled to the girl.
"Really, Goku? Is that so?" - she asked, nicely. The man looked at her, and then to Marinne, who discreetly nodded. So he nodded as well, and Bulma seemed delighted - "That's so wonderful! I'm gonna cook for you everyday, Goku!"
"But you'll poison him, Bulma, specially because he likes to eat" - Marinne said, helping Gohan's dad.
"You're right, Marie... Oh, well... Oh, but eat, eat, Marie! You must be starving from all that searching and all! Eat, eat, please" - the girl sat next to Trunks and stared at the food for a moment, and turned to Trunks, who was focused on not looking at her.
"What do you like best here, Trunks?" - she whispered to him.
"Everything is just... Great" - he mumbled.
"The pie is great, Marie!" - Goku said, across the table. The girl smiled and put a slice of pie on her plate.
"It really is, Goku" - she said, after eating a piece of it.
"When do you plan to leave, girly?" - Vegeta asked when he finished eating, finally. She glared at him.
"Don't call me girly, shortie" - she said, and everyone widened their eyes.
"Oh, you really shouldn't, Marie..." - Bulma said, but Vegeta did nothing but glare back at the girl only a few seats away from him.
"Whatever you say, girly"
"Shortie"
"Girly!"
"Shortie!"
The two stood up and it was a total glaring contest. Everyone backed away from the table and also stood up.
"Vegeta, don't do anything... Violent" - Bulma said, careful.
"Marie... Apologize to him and I'll take you home" - said Gohan.
"I do not apologize to idiotic assholes that are shorter than me!" - Marinne said, angry. A big vein popped out from the Saiyan Prince's forehead.
"What did you say, girly?"
"Which part? Idiotic, asshole, or... Ah, of course... SHORTIE!"
"Oh, you little..." - he went towards her, but Gohan, Goku and Trunks held him back. But... There was no one holding Marinne back...
"Vegeta! Calm down!" - said a desperate Gohan.
"Don't hurt her, dad!" - said Trunks.
"Come on, Vegeta! Let it go!" - said Goku.
"Let him come, let him try" - Marinne said, an evil smirk on her face. With those words, Vegeta set free from the three and lauched himself against Marinne, but...
"Uncle Vegeta, what are you doing?!" - Leena cried, and he stopped suddenly. Marinne looked at her angrily, and Gohan's twin went to Vegeta - "Uncle Vegeta... You were gonna hurt her? Why?"
"'Cause I told him the truth, and he couldn't handle it" - Marinne said.
"Truth?" - Leena looked at her - "What are you talking about?"
"That he's short" - Vegeta blushed hard, out of anger.
"Shut the hell up, you little bitch!" - he yelled.
"Uncle Vegeta!" "Vegeta!" "Daddy!"
"Call me whatever you want, shortie, but all the name calling in the world won't change the fact that you really are... Short"
"Don't, uncle Vegeta!"
"Come on, Marinne, I'll take you home" - Gohan said quickly and took the girl's hand in his, dragging her to the library. Vegeta was still fuming, but Leena managed to calm him down.
"Why did you do that, Gohan? I wanted to fight him" - Marinne said, angry.
"Yeah, but he'd kill you, Marinne!"
"He wouldn't, 'cause he wouldn't even touch me"
"If that's what you think, great, but... Don't try that again" - they reached the library, and Marinne glared at him.
"Don't ever tell me what to do, Gohan" - she said, her voice low and dangerous. He looked at her.
"I just didn't... I don't want you to get yourself killed... That's all" - she kept on glaring at him, and the boy finally realized he was still holding her hand, but he didn't let go of it. And he wouldn't, until she told him to.
"I appreciate your concern, Gohan, but I do not need it" - she replied, still angry.
"But, Marinne, I..."
"Just... Shut it. I'll go get my bag and you can take me home then, right?" - she went to get her backpack and her book, but was held back because Gohan refused to let go of her hand. She looked back at him, and blushed - "Why are you...?"
"What?" - Gohan asked, lowly, and getting closer to her. He touched her face gently, and she glared at him.
"What are you trying to do, Gohan?"
"I just wanted to know if your skin was as soft as I thought it was..." - he blushed, when realized what he had done and what he was saying, but he continued, nonetheless - "And it's... Softer" - he said, lowering his head slightly, towards her face, her red lips, but she simply slapped him across the face, and tried to get her hand back, the hand he still refused to let go - "Marinne..."
"Let go of my hand, Gohan" - she said, serious as she had never looked.
"Okay" - he said softly, and did so. The girl put her backpack on her shoulder and book on the hand Gohan had been holding. She looked at him and glared.
"Let's go, then" - she mumbled, leaving the library. The boy stood there for a moment, touching the hand he used to hold Marinne's just now.
You're messing with my mind, Dende...! Why did I do that...? What was I thinking? - he thought before running to the entrance. If he took too long, his english partner would surely get upset and hit him or something like it.
"You're too slow" - she said, when he got to the entrance. He did nothing but open the door, and she crossed it without another word.
The two teens went to Gohan's car, and the journey to Marinne's car was silent except for her directions.
Why can't I stop thinking of her skin...? But... It's so soft and smooth... And her hand is so warm... So, so soft, smooth and warm... Ah! Dende, please, don't torture me any longer! Kill me, just kill me now! - Gohan thought.
He's such an asshole! Just like all men are... But... I just thought Gohan could be different... Guess I was wrong. Damnit, I'm always wrong about guys... - Marinne thought while looking at the landscape.
"We're here" - Marinne said, and Gohan parked. But before the girl could leave, he took her hand once again, making her blush - "Gohan, let go of my hand"
"I don't... Want to" - he mumbled, embarrassed.
"Come on, Gohan, that's not at all funny. I gotta... Go inside" - she felt herself being pulled towards the boy, and she thought about fighting back, but it was useless... One instant after, she felt Gohan lips in her own - What the hell?! Why... Why...
She pushed him agresively and slapped him, the second time in so little time. Her heart was beating hard, her hand on her chest. She looked sideways at Gohan, who was incrediblely blushed.
"Don't do that... Ever again" - she said, her blue eyes hard and angry. He smiled and caressed her face. She backed away, but he pulled her gently - "Don't..." - she whispered.
"Ssh... I don't want to hurt you, Marinne" - he whispered, still caressing her face - It's so soft... - "I just..."
"Just what, Gohan?" - she inquired him, her eyes starting to fill with tears. He smiled sweetly.
"I just... Don't know what" - he laughed softly - "Well, I... I just feel... Good near you"
"You feel good near me?"
"Yeah... I... I think I'm... In love" - he said, blushing.
"With me?"
"Of course..."
"Don't be ridiculous, Gohan. And never play with me"
"I'm not..." - he touched her lips with his finger, and she blushed hard - "I'll never play with you like that, Marinne... I promise... But I..."
"I've to go" - she mumbled, and tried to leave the car, but Gohan pulled her roughly, and held her tight - "Gohan, come on... Let me go"
"Don't... Don't leave like this, Marinne... Come on, please...?" - she looked at him, not understading his words, his plea.
"What are you talking about, Gohan? You're starting to get weird..." - she trailled off, and how could she keep on talking after she felt Gohan's soft and rough lips against her own, once again? - "Gohan, don't..." - she managed to say before having her lips pressed against the boy's, again.
Gohan's fingers ran through her lavender hair, so soft as her skin. The girl still kinda tried to get away from him, but soon put her hands on his shoulders, letting him kiss her fully.
The boy pressed Marinne against the car's door, and his body against her, his hands still going through her hair. She pulled him closer and closer, feeling herself lost in that boy's touch.
"I..." - they parted the kiss, and Gohan looked ashamed at Marinne, who tried to fix herself up - "Sorry... I shouldn't have... You told me not to, but I just..."
"Shut up" - she said, and he finally looked at her, not sensing anger in her Ki, but nervousness - "Just... Be quiet, Gohan" - he did so, and the two stood there, quiet, not even thinking.
Marinne finally looked Gohan in the eyes, and a smile touched her lips.
"You are such an idiot" - her eyes started to water, and Gohan had no chance to talk to her, to stop her, because she was soon off of the car, running to her house. She opened the door and disappeared, Gohan left with his heart unexpectedly broken.
Why does it hurt in here...? - he thought, touching his chest - It hurts so bad... I can't... Can't stand it...
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My favorite style (and basicaly the only one I can write): Romance. Well, Gohan finally appeared more, and he found his match... Or did he? Starting now, there'll probably be more "love" scenes, and by that I mean... Hentai. I'm not exactly good at it, but I'll try my best to make it good enough to read, okay? (And I'll try to remember to warn people in the beginning of the chapter). And what about Marinne? Do you people like her? She's kinda different from my usual female characters, but a change is good sometimes, right? Oh, and about OCCness, well... It's because of Leena: a single person can change people around her/him (in this case, her), although not that much. You can see differences in Goku (I think you can), Vegeta (of course) and Gohan (kinda...), but I hope they're not too bad. Oh, and soon - probably next chapter -, I'll write about Leena's day alone in the mall. Who did she meet there? What happened? It'll be as a flashback, and maybe a little too short, but this one thing I want to have happened... Oh, well... Think I'll take about one to two weeks to finish the next chapter. Hope to get at least one review. If not, oh, well... No harm done, really. Oh, and if anyone says something like: "It's way too lame", well, just a thing you should know: I always write stuff like that: lame, and I don't really like that lame stuff, but they just keep coming to me, so... What am I to do about it?
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Thank you *ahem* to:
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-sore-throat: okay, sometimes what I write ends up sounding - and looking - strange *ahem* weird, but... Can't change the way I write...
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-(blank space): thank you! And I'll try to remember that!
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-Aussie-Girl3: funnier...? Sorry, but that's not in me... I don't really know how to make something written funny... But I guess I'll give it a shot, if I remember and have the chance to...
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Note: I really liked writting the whole G/M scenes, and hope someone liked them too... They're just so cute! n_n
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Another note: The next chapter will take some time to be posted... Because 1) Inspiration=0; 2) The unexisting plot is starting to get complicated because; 3) Couples are starting to appear.
Yet another note: Three things: 1) Do not be afraid to flame, 'cause I'm kinda getting used to them, but, even so, I'd really like to receive word that someone, anyone, is enjoying this fic; 2) Please, could anyone focus more on Gohan and Marinne, not so much how annoying Leena is?; 3) I'd like to know if you guys prefer Marinne or Videl as Gohan's pair. Not like I'm really gonna change my mind, but... Just to know.
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Hello! There I was, again, thinking of a Dragon Ball Z story I could eventually write. Here it is! Gohan has a twin sister... Strong and gorgeous! They are going to high school... And... There are tragedies that came into their lives...
PS: Sorry for grammar and spelling mistakes along the way.
PS2: Hum... Not sure about making Videl and Gohan a couple... It's just that... I never REALLY saw sparks flying between them, so I don't really consider them to be a good couple to work with. Sorry for the G/V lovers.
PS3: Romance... I need to get Leena (Gohan's sister) a good and nice guy... Hum...
PS4: Ocasional and light swearing.
Notes:
"Words" - regular conversation
Words - thoughts
//Words// - conversations through thoughts
*Words* - actions (rarely used)
'Words' - quotations and such
Chapter 003: It's easy to break a heart
Vegeta was busy buying ice cream. Leena, on the other hand, was 'allowed' to go around the mall and see if there was anything she'd like to buy.
"Hey there, cutie" - said a male voice behind Leena. She was just looking at some nice watches, when she heard the voice. She turned and saw a handsome man, with intense and gorgeous green eyes.
"You're talking to me?" - she asked innocently.
"Of course, beauty" - he got closer to her. She didn't like his way, but she liked his eyes, so she allowed him to get closer. But not TOO close.
"Oh... What's your name, then?"
"Mario"
"Nice meeting you, Mario"
"And what's YOUR name, cutie?"
"Leena" - the girl searched for Vegeta's Ki, and located it in the ice cream shop, still. She sighed - "I have to go now, Mario. I'm very sorry" - she tried to pass him, but he (obviously) wouldn't let her pass. Oh, boy... Not smart...
"No, no, Leena... Come on..." - he leaned into her direction, and Leena simply used her speed to run off. The guy, Mario, just stood there, like the idiot he was.
"Uncle Vegeta, everything okay?" - Leena asked, when she got to the ice cream shop. Vegeta was kinda weird...
"Still waiting" - he was simply... Impatient. Leena smiled brightly and hugged him - "Lee... Leena!"
"What's wrong, uncle Vegeta? Can't I hug you anymore?" - she looked like a sad litte puppy - "Nii - chan was right... You're mean, uncle Vegeta!" - he blushed REALLY hard - God...
"Leena... Don't say that" - he said, trying to calm her down, and get her to stop hugging him so damn strong, 'cause it was actually starting to hurt!
"Why?"
"Because... Because..." - Crap... - "Because I like you, okay?!" - he exclaimed.
"Really, uncle Vegeta?"
"Yes" - he was TOTALLY red, and helpess, needless to say.
"I love you too, uncle Vegeta!" - she hugged him extremely tight.
"Eh... Sir?" - said the nervous attendent. Vegeta blushed more deeply and, growling, paid for the ice cream and got it. Leena kept on smiling brightly.
Although I got mad at nii - chan, he was right, after all... Uncle Vegeta DOES love me too! - she blushed - Hum... And I love him... Ah! That's so embarrassing! He's my uncle!
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They got home pretty soon, and found everyone in the dining room, having a snack. Goten and Goku smiled widely when they saw the ice cream.
"Ice cream!" - they cried in unison.
"For everyone..." - Leena started - "Even you, nii - chan" - she smiled. The boy raised his eyesbrows, uncertain.
"Really?"
"Of course! What? Why wouldn't I?"
Gohan didn't argue and simply went and started putting ice cream on a big bowl.
"I still can't believe you don't eat as much as they do, Leena" - Bulma commented, drinking from her mug.
"Well, maybe I got that from mommy. It's not like she actually ate that much, right?"
"Yeah... Chi Chi was never the type to eat much... Unlike some people we know, right, Leena?"
"Very, Bulma"
"But how was your day, l Meet any good looking guy?"
"No..."
"And she won't!" - Gohan yelled.
"Nii - chan, calm down. Why are you so mad?"
"I'm not mad at all! I'm just saying you're not gonna meet any 'good looking guy' at OSH 'cause... There ain't 'good looking guys' there!"
"He's jealous!" - Bulma said, grinning. Gohan blushed.
"Am not!"
"Oh, that's so cute, nii - chan!"
"Shut up!"
"Don't worry, nii - chan. I'm a good girl, right? Then don't you worry about a thing, alright? I know how to take care of myself, thank you very much. Besides, I'll always have my dear bodyguards to look over me, right?"
"Three, four, five, six... How many, Leena?" - Bulma asked, laughing lightly.
"Eight... Nine... I guess nine" - she replied, thinking.
"Right... Wait... Nine?"
"Nii - chan, daddy, uncle Vegeta, Goten, Trunks, Kurilin - kun, Yamcha - kun, uncle Piccolo"
"And...?"
"Dende"
"Ah... Of course... The guys you mentioned are family, but Dende is like your future mate"
"My future mate? Dende? Are you crazy, Bulma?"
"Why? He's cute"
"Well, yes, but even so... We're friends since forever!"
"Oh, Leena, dear... You're just so damn naïve..."
"Am I THAT naïve?" - she looked at Goku, Goten and Gohan, and Bulma agreed.
"You're right... Guess it's in the Son's blood, after all. Thank Kami you got a little bit of your mother's keeness"
"Thank Kami, indeed" - Vegeta commented, stopping eating just to put more chocolate cream on top of his ice cream - "If she were stupid like *ahem* certain members of the Son family, poor girl" - and started eating like crazy once again.
"Vegeta is right, Leena. Thank Kami you're a little like your mother, and not completely like your father. No offense, Goku"
"Huh?"
"Nothing" - the only two girls sitting at the table grinned to each other and laughed silently.
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The next day arrived. A beautiful and sunny and fresh Thursday at the Capsule Corporation with the Briefs and the Son family.
"Good morning" - Gohan growled, annoyed, as the day before, with Leena's happiness; the girl, once again, was chanting happily and cheerfully while cutting her pancakes.
"Good morning, nii - chan!"
"For Dende's sake, Leena, would you PLEASE stop with the cheerful and happy act? Just for now, anyway... I REALLY don't want to hear that kinda crap"
"Nii - chan!" - she hit him on the head, playfully (it didn't hurt) - "Watch your language!"
"Sorry, Leena, but... Come on! I can't stand your chanting and all so f... Early in the morning"
"Alright, you win, nii - chan. But do not expect me to be THIS nice always, okay? Now, are you quite finished?"
"Yeah, yeah... Let's go, then..." - Gohan replied, miserable. Leena rolled her eyes and smiled brightly.
"Nii - chan, don't make that face!"
"What?"
"That 'Oh, I hate going to school' face"
"I DON'T like going to school, Leena"
"Well, you'll have to get used to it, sorry, nii - chan"
"No way you're sorry! You're actually enjoying my pain!" - Leena laughed and flew to the entrance. Gohan, with his mouth open as a sign of his indignation, flew after her - "Leena! You ARE!"
The girl giggled and moved away so her brother didn't hit her with a Ki blast.
"Nii - chan! That's SO dangerous!" - she said still giggling, and flying, avoiding Gohan's attacks, the boy actually enjoying the exercise.
They kept with the chasing and Ki blasts until it was only fifteen minutes to the start of classes.
"Nii - chan! We're gonna be late!" - Leena screamed, looking at her watch and breathing for air.
"What? Damn... Okay... We're flying, then"
Without another word, the two were off to OSH... Flying.
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There was only one minute left for the start of classes, and Erasa sighed, looking at Leena and Gohan's seats, still empty.
"They're gonna be late for their second day..." - she said.
"It's weird" - Videl said - "I mean... They got perfect scores and all... Why would they...?" - but she never ended her sentence, 'cause this was the moment Leena and Gohan chose to enter the class, smiling embarrassed and blushed.
"Leena! Gohan! We thought you'd never come!"
"We kinda... Lost track of time while... Playing" - Gohan said, blushing harder.
"What do you mean, 'playing'?" - Videl asked, curious.
"Eh... Nii - chan got kinda mad at me, and we started to... Play"
"'Play' as in...?"
"Fight"
"What? You call... Fight... 'Play'?"
"Yes... Because none of us was actually using much... Energy"
"It was not even close to a spar" - Gohan commented while the teacher entered the classroom.
They're just too weird... - Videl thought, deep ir her thought, not really paying attention to what the teacher was telling the class. But the class' growls made her snap out of it.
"... I'll be doing the sorting of the partners, of course..." - the English teacher was saying, and Videl was trying to make sense out of her words, although it was a bit difficult, due to the fact that she hadn't heard her early words. Nonetheless, the words 'partners' made her imagine what was ahead...
"That's torture!" - Erasa whined.
"I wasn't listening. What's up?" - Videl whispered to her blond friend.
"You'll see"
"The papers are due... The last day of the the semester, and now I'll sort the partners and the themes of each pair"
She showed a big transparent roundy bowl - like a fishing aquarium -, with countless coloured balls inside.
"In this bowl are the themes, and your names are here" - she showed another bowl, with a bunch of folded piece of papers - "Let's begin, then"
She began, and, pair after pair, students got more and more upset either about who they ended up with or their given themes.
(By the way, the thoughts below belong to the first names)
"Son, Gohan and... Surya, Marinne, with... Shakespeare" - Is this some kind of joke, Dende? Come on!
More names....
"Satan, Videl and... Son, Leena, with... Portuguese authors" - Ah, good! I'm gonna find out more about them...
More and more...
"Pencil, Sharpener... And Rubber, Erasa, with... Renaissance" - Thank Kami! No weirdo! But the theme...
A few more names...
"Well, that's it for the the pair and themes. Please, start the project right away"
Most of the class had to go sit very far away from their original seats, but there were the lucky ones, of course, mainly Videl and Leena, and Erasa and Sharpener; Videl only had to change seats with Erasa, and she set. Gohan, poor guy, had to go sit with his partner, who sat way up, five lines from his seat. He looked at his partner, which he only knew where was seated because Erasa pointed her out for him. She looked up, noticing a shadow on her book. Gohan was pretty taken aback by her appearance.
The first thing he noticed was her Ki. High. Very. Higher than Videl.
How didn't I notice her Ki before...?
The second thing he noticed were her eyes, so light, so blue, looking like Leena's eyes when she transformed into Super Saiyan, then he noticed her pale skin, so soft, for what it seemed, then her exotic and so strange lavender hair (imagine Trunks's hair), a bit wavy, falling on her shoulders, then her red lips, then her delicade and not so obvious, yet stunning beauty, and the very last thing he noticed, a little too late, was her stare, turning into a glare.
"Call me Marinne, or Marie, whatever you prefer" - she said, making Gohan feel embarrassed for staring at her for what he thought was too long - "I'll call you Gohan, is that okay?"
"S-sure..." - still embarrassed, he sat down next to her, and quickly glanced at the title of the book she was reading. His eyes widened slightly.
"What?" - she asked, quite rudely, but his staring was a lot to take without getting even a little bit angry - What's with this guy?
"You're reading... Shakespeare..." - he said, quickly looking away from the book and from any part of Marinne. She smiled lightly.
"Yeah... I like it. Do you?"
"Not really, actually. Ah... Well, it's my sister's fault, anyway"
"Okay... Well, let's begin, shall we?"
"Sure!"
He sure is weird... - "Well... When should we meet?"
"What for?" - Marinne sighed deeply, trying to calm herself down.
"To get over with this paper as soon as we can" - she said, her voice calm.
"Oh... Right! Ah... Where do you live?"
"A few blocks from here" - she paused for a moment, opening her book again - "You?"
"In the West City"
"Where, exactly? It's not really a small city, you know"
"Oh, right... At the Capsule Corp., actually" - he waited for excited cries or something like it, like Erasa's reactions, but Marinne simply looked up from his book and glanced at him sideways.
"Interesting" - she said, plainly - "Choose"
"What?"
"Where do you want to work, where is better"
"Wherever is fine by me" - he suddenly felt the girl's Ki full of anger, and his black eyes widened a lot - Her Ki is too high for a simple human being...
"Just choose a place, will ya!" - she exclaimed, punching the table. Gohan looked at it and hiw jaw dropped a bit, seeing a small bump on it.
"Sorry. Ah... My place, I guess should be better... We've got a library there and all... More than one, actually" - the girl kept on staring at him, and her Ki was still full of anger, but then she broke into a sweet smile.
"See? Not so hard to make a decision, now is it, Gohan?" - he blushed out of embarrassement, because he did notice her sarcasm - "When, then?" - nervously, Gohan thought for a moment.
"When is good for you?"
"Anyday is fine by me. Don't work, don't do shit after school, so... I'm free always. Now, please, choose" - she said in a controlled tone of voice. Gohan gulped.
"I'm free always too... So... How about... Today...?"
"That's fine" - she read something in her book and frowned slightly, then shook her head a bit - "After school, then?" - she asked, without even giving him a single glance.
"Sure... Marie" - she finally looked at him, and glared for a moment - Did I do something wrong...?
"You're pretty weird, Gohan" - she said, totally out of the blue. He blushed.
"Ah... I..."
"That's all. The class is over, now. You should go back down" - she said, seriously. Gohan nodded and went back to his seat. He sank on it, and Leena looked at him.
"What's wrong, nii - chan?" - she asked, nicely.
"That girl is..." - he started to whisper - "She's... Weird. And... Her Ki is... Feel it... If you can" - Leena focused on Marinne's Ki, and raised her eyebrows.
"It's... Higher than Videl, even... It's quite alike to Shato - sensei's, don't you think?"
"You're right... How could we've missed it?"
"Maybe... She can control her Ki... Like all of us"
"How?"
"Don't know. We'll just check that out later, how about it?"
"It's a good thing... We're gonna start the paper today... At home"
"Oh... Ask daddy and uncle Vegeta, then!"
"I guess..."
"I think I'll go out today" - Leena whispered to her twin. He raised hi eyebrows in a silent question: why are you whispering? - "Because I don't want Erasa to hear me. She'll want to go with me, and she's quite strange" - Gohan laughed silently, and agreed.
"Got your IC with you, Leena?"
"Sure I do"
"You're going alone, then?"
"Yes. Bulma's busy because of tomorrow's..." - she stopped taking.
"We forgot to kill her" - they said in unison.
"Don't do it before I get home, nii - chan! Please...?"
"Alright..."
"I'll even buy you something pretty. What would you like?"
"How about a watch? Vegeta kinda broke mine yesterday..."
"Oh... Right!" - she looked to the front, and frowned a bit - "Weird... Wasn't there supposed to be a teacher here now, Erasa?" - the blond looked at her and smiled.
"I think so, but it's the History teacher. He's always late... See what I mean?" - a middle age man run inside the class, looking very tired. He dropped his stuff on the table and began the class two seconds later.
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The second day in high school went smoothly, and not even Gohan had many complains in the end of the day. Except for... Marinne.
"I pity you, Gohan" - said Erasa while they left the classroom.
"Why is that, Erasa?"
"Well, 'cause you've got Surya Marinne as your partner, man" - said Sharpener.
"What's wrong with Marie?"
"Well, for one... She's too cute"
"Is that a bad thing?" - Leena asked, confused.
"No, of course not. But..."
"Basicaly, what Sharpener is trying to say" - Videl started - "is that she's too pretty, and for that... Guys are all over her all the time. Or... At least in the beginning of the year, they were..."
"'In the beginning of the year'...?"
"Yeah... She kinda... Hit some of the guys who came on to her... Not pretty to see big guys getting hit by a girl"
"It was good enough for me" - said a irritated voice behind them: Marinne... Who else? She glared at them - "Are we going already, Gohan?" - she asked the boy, but still glaring at Sharpener, who gulped nervously.
"Sure, Marie... Let's get going, then..." - with that, she looked at him and smiled a bit.
"Sometimes your head kinda works, huh?" - she said in an amused tone. Gohna blushed.
She's strange... And her Ki really is high... - Leena thought, noticing the girl's Ki.
"Come on, then..." - said Gohan, aprehensive, and Marinne went to his side, Leena on the other one.
The six teens walked silently to the front of the school's building, where Gohan searched for a capsule on his pocket. Marinne looked more and more angry, until Leena saved him, noticing how the other girl's Ki was rising with anger.
"Here, nii - chan" - she said sweetly and handing him a capsule. He smiled at her.
"Thanks, Leena! I'll make sure I don't break it..."
"That's fine, nii - chan. Bulma can get me and you another one... It's the blue one" - she had stars in her eyes - "The one you designed for Bulma"
"Oh..." - sensing Marinne's anger, the boy pushed the capsule's button and threw it on the ground, gently. After the spoke faded, there it was: the new CC air sport car... "The blue one", as Leena called it, was actually the K348, a very fast car. One of the fastest, truthfully. And Gohan had helped Bulma with it... He was proud of himslef, but didn't really show it.
"It's so pretty!" - said Leena, excited for Gohan, and proud of him - "You don't always help Bulma, but when you do..."
"In, please" - Gohan said to Marinne, and she entered without saying a single word.
"Can you drop me off... By the mall?" - Leena whispered to her brother. He nodded.
"Of course, Leena. Hey, sorry, you guys, but the car can't really take more than three people... Should have seen this problem with Bulma... Oh, well... Sorry, and see you guys later" - with a smile, Marinne, Leena and Gohan were flying away from OSH. The three teens on the ground were still with their mouths open.
"That car is the greatest!" - Sharpener managed to say.
"It's so cool!" - Erasa said.
Videl however, said nothing.
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"Here we go, Leena" - said Gohan as he parked for a moment so his sister could get out of the car. She kissed him on the cheek and waved him and Marinne goodbyes - "And be careful! And call! And...!"
"Don't worry, nii - chan! I'll be just fine!" - and ran away. Gohan sighed and glanced sideways at Marinne, who read silently and cooly.
"Why aren't you going already, Gohan?' - she said, suddenly - "Your sister is gone, so we should go, already. Our paper has to be started, or have you forgotten already?" - he blushed, and started to fly away.
Dende! Why are so mean...? - he looked at the girl next to him, aparently oblivious to him - Ah... You're not still mad about what I said yesterday, are you...?
Sighing heavily, Gohan stopped thinking about how unlucky he was, and concentrated on driving. If he didn't, Marinne would probably argue with him or something, for not paying attention...
How weird can this guy be? - Marinne thought, although she pretended to be fully focused on her book - It's almost as if he's talking to himself... Or maybe... No, couldn't be... But... Gotta look into it. Good thing we're going to his place today - she blushed slightly, so slightly that not even Gohan could notice it - Come to think of it... I've never been to a guy's place before... Nii - chan is gonna freak out if I don't call him as soon as I get to Gohan's house... Gotta remember to do that. Men... Kami, why did you make such useless pieces of scam?
After about half an hour, they finally arrived at the CC. Gohan and Marinne got off of the car quickly, and the boy ran to the door. He opened it in a gentleman way, but the girl didn't even seem to notice him as she entered the big yellow building.
"Ah, brat! You're home! Go to the... Who are you?" - said Vegeta, agressively, and glaring at the girl. She glared back, which reminded him of Bulma's glares...
"Hey, Vegeta... This is... Surya Marinne, my... Partner on a school paper. We gotta get the paper over with as soon as possible, so... Can't spar for some time... Sorry" - the boy said, grinning innocently. But Vegeta didn't hear him very well, once he was focusing on the girl's Ki, trying to figure out why the hell was she so damn strong, and being such a young human... And... SHE WAS A GIRL!
"Do you fight, girly?" - the Saiyan prince asked her, who still glared at him, not comfortable around him.
"Why do you want to know, shortie?"
"Ah... Marinne, don't...!" - Gohan whined, worried about the girl, but she didn't even flinch when Vegeta went to her in a blink of an eye and put his hand on her throat. She tossed her book and backpack on the ground and put both of her hands on his wrist.
"Get your hands off of me, shortie" - she said, her voice very normal. He stared at her, angrily, for a few moments, noticing her glare and how high her Ki was getting - "Are you deaf, shortie? 'Cause I believe I've already told you to get your filthy hands off of me!" - with that, she kicked him on the stomach, and he let go of her. He stared at her while she tossed her hair, with anger, and Gohan sweat nervously.
"Hey, what's going on over here? I felt a pretty high Ki... From a... Girl!" - said Goku widening his eyes while looking at the trio by the hall - "What...?" - he looked from the nervous Gohan, to the still pissed off Marinne, to the angry and too quiet Vegeta.
"Just a... Misunderstading, dad" - Gohan managed to say, looking at his father. Marinne picked up her book and backpack and went to Goku, who stared at her.
"My name is Surya Marinne, sir. It is a great pleasure to meet the father of such a nice and smart boy such as Gohan" - she said, irony on every single word coming out of her mouth, although Goku didn't get it.
"Nice to meet you too, Marinne"
"Call me Marie, sir"
"Then call me Goku. I don't go for the whole 'sir' and 'mister' thing" - she actually laughed, making him laugh as well.
"You're very different from Gohan, Goku. I do hope I get a chance to spend some time with someone so wonderful and funny as you seem to be" - she said, honestly. He grinned in his very own Son way.
"Thank you, Marie. She's a pretty and nice girl, Gohan! Your girlfriend?"
"No!" - Gohan exclaimed, blushing furiously - "Of course not! She's just my classmate! I've a paper to do with her as my partner, that's all!"
"No need to be so mean, Gohan" - Marinne said, smirking to him - "Ah... Thought you were nice... Guess I was wrong, huh?" - she turned once again to Goku - "Goku, could you show me to the nearest library? Gohan mentioned there were quite a few libraries around"
"Yeah, I'll take you there" - he said nicely, and she took his arm, both smiling to each other. Right before disappearing within the shadows, Marinne turned her head slightly.
"Don't just stand there, Gohan! Move it! We've a paper to finish!" - she said, and turned her attention once again to the happy and cheerful and ever so smiling Son Goku.
"Be careful with her, Gohan" - Vegeta said, seriously. The boy looked at him, curiously, and not understading.
"Why do you say that, Vegeta?"
"She's got a very high Ki, and it can become even higher, which is quite interesting, considering she's a simple woman, and even worse: a human. Careful. Otherwise..."
"Otherwise?"
"You'll end up marrying her" - Gohan blushed and widened his eyes, staring disbelievingly at the Prince - "I married Bulma, and Kakarot married your mother. It's a Saiyan curse, and you'll sure not get away from it, but... Choose someone less... Dangerous" - with that, he left to the GR.
Dangerous...? What did he mean by that? Marie is not... Dangerous. Strange, maybe, but not... Dangerous... - Gohan thought. Suddenly, he shook his head and ran to the library where he could feel Marie's Ki.
When he got to the library, he saw the girl sitting on the top step of the shelf ladder (like those to pick up books that are too high) and reading a thick book. She looked up from it and raised an eyebrow to Gohan.
"Very good selection, from the little I've seen" - she said, dryly - "What took you so long? Start working already, Gohan. We've no time to waste. Get a book, find Shakespeare, and keep the book. We'll need every book we can get" - nervously, the boy nodded and went straight to work.
Gotta be careful with her... Think Vegeta meant this attitude of hers... Dende, Dende... You're so mean to me... And this was extra mean, you know? 'Cause I'll probably have to spend like a lot of time with her, and that's just mean! She'll actually end up killing me... She will! She's gonna kill me... - Gohan thought, almost crying.
"I've to make a call. Excuse me" - she said, only a minute after the made Gohan start to work. He nodded and she left the library, standing by the door and talking on her cell phone.
Gohan was pretty unhappy, and almost yelling at Dende, but he was able to hear her conversation, nonetheless.
"Yes, I am. What? Shut up! I don't! No, no... Really...? Sure, whatever you say... What about...? Huh... Oh, okay. Get it. No, no... It's fine... Really, it's just fine. No, I'll manage to get home safely. Yes, I'm sure. Huh? Ah, don't bother. I'm hanging up now. Yes, I am. Yes, I am! Fine, then! Ah, screw it. What? Don't you dare! Hear me? Yeah? Then I'm hanging up. Bye, see you later" - was the whole 'conversation' Gohan was able to hear.
Marinne walked in the library angrily. She looked at Gohan and glared at him, almost as if she knew he was listening to her conversation.
"Can I ask you something, Gohan?" - she said, her voice almost sounding nice. He looked up and raised hie eyebrows in a silent 'Of course. Go ahead' - "Will you take me home?" - he blinked a few times.
"Ah... Well, I..."
"My brother can't, 'cause he's got some business to take care of, so...?"
"Ah, yeah! Of course, sure I will" - he smiled, although aprehensive. Then, she smiled sweetly.
"Thank you, Gohan" - she turned and climbed the shelf ladder once again, basicaly burring her face on the book she was reading before - "You're not such a bad guy after all..." - she said, making Gohan blush for a reason he did not understand.
The two spent the whole afternoon searching and reading books. When the clock annouced it was now seven o'clock, Gohan's stomach growled loudly, and Marinne raised her head from the book and looked at the boy, who blushed.
"Sorry... I'm just hungry, I guess..." - he mumbled, embarrassed. She suddenly closed the book and climbed down the ladder. He stared at her.
"What are you staring at? If you're hungry, then let's eat" - she said. He smiled brightly and got up, closing the book and putting it on the ladder. She looked at him.
"What...?"
"You did mark the page you were reading, right?" - she asked him, her eyebrows raised. He narrowed his eyes, thinking, then laughed - "Idiot" - she mumbled. She got the book and gave it to the boy - "What's the damn page?!"
"Ah... I... Well... Ah! Here, here!" - he showed the page he was reading before and the girl smiled, satisfied.
"Good. Now mark it" - he did as he was told, and she smirked - "You're not all..." - she didn't finish her sentence, and instead, she went out of the library - "You know, I don't really know where you guys here eat, so I'd really appreciate if you could show it to me" - she said, serious. Gohan nodded to himself and went out as well.
Silently, the two teens walked throughout the Capsule Corporation. Gohan looked sideways at Marinne from times to times, but quickly looked away, her glare still fresh in his mind.
"Here" - he murmured, and went inside a door. Marinne followed.
"Hey, Marie!" - Goku exclaimed, happily - "Want something to eat?"
"Sure, Goku" - she replied, politely, although she was a little taken aback by the rather lack of manners seen in Goku, Vegeta, Goten and Trunks. Gohan sat down by the table, and Bulma went to the girl.
"Hey! Briefs Bulma here" - she said smiling and shaking the girl's hand, who only stared at the older woman without action - "Eat something, come on! You won't meet my dad 'cause he's down at the lab, working on some stuff... I'm just here to feed them all"
"Surya Marinne, ma'am" - the girl finally said, opening a kind smile - "But call me Marie"
"Marie it is! And call me Bulma, please"
"If you want me to..."
"So... You're Gohan's girlfriend? You're so..."
"I'VE ALREADY SAID SHE'S NOT MY GIRLFRIEND!" - the boy yelled, desperate. Bulma laughed softly.
"Then she's not. Well, it doesn't matter. You're a friend of his, then?"
"Not... Exactly" - she replied, carefully - "I'm only his partner on this... English paper"
"Oh, I see... Vegeta told me you were quite interesting, but he really didn't say how pretty you were! Your eyes are incredible! And your hair... It's just like Trunks'!"
"Huh?" - the little boy finally looked up from his plate, and saw, for the first time, Surya Marinne. He blushed and was speechless.
"Your son, I assume" - Marinne said, smiling sweetly at him, making him blush harder and turn to his plate again, trying to eat again, although it was hard due to the fact that he felt his body very hot, specially his face.
"Yes. Trunks, my dear and only son... And that's little Goten, Goku's younger son and Gohan's little brother" - Goten raised his head after hearing his own name, and smiled brightly at Marinne, soon getting back to his plate.
"Sit down, Marie!" - said Goku smiling - "Eat up! It's really good, you know? And it wasn't Bulma who cooked it, so it's not poisoned"
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean, Goku?" - the blue haired woman asked, angry. He gulped and stopped eating for a moment.
"Well..."
"I think what he means" - Marinne started, smiling to Bulma - "is that your food is so good it could actually poison someone if this person ate too much of it" - Bulma smiled to the girl.
"Really, Goku? Is that so?" - she asked, nicely. The man looked at her, and then to Marinne, who discreetly nodded. So he nodded as well, and Bulma seemed delighted - "That's so wonderful! I'm gonna cook for you everyday, Goku!"
"But you'll poison him, Bulma, specially because he likes to eat" - Marinne said, helping Gohan's dad.
"You're right, Marie... Oh, well... Oh, but eat, eat, Marie! You must be starving from all that searching and all! Eat, eat, please" - the girl sat next to Trunks and stared at the food for a moment, and turned to Trunks, who was focused on not looking at her.
"What do you like best here, Trunks?" - she whispered to him.
"Everything is just... Great" - he mumbled.
"The pie is great, Marie!" - Goku said, across the table. The girl smiled and put a slice of pie on her plate.
"It really is, Goku" - she said, after eating a piece of it.
"When do you plan to leave, girly?" - Vegeta asked when he finished eating, finally. She glared at him.
"Don't call me girly, shortie" - she said, and everyone widened their eyes.
"Oh, you really shouldn't, Marie..." - Bulma said, but Vegeta did nothing but glare back at the girl only a few seats away from him.
"Whatever you say, girly"
"Shortie"
"Girly!"
"Shortie!"
The two stood up and it was a total glaring contest. Everyone backed away from the table and also stood up.
"Vegeta, don't do anything... Violent" - Bulma said, careful.
"Marie... Apologize to him and I'll take you home" - said Gohan.
"I do not apologize to idiotic assholes that are shorter than me!" - Marinne said, angry. A big vein popped out from the Saiyan Prince's forehead.
"What did you say, girly?"
"Which part? Idiotic, asshole, or... Ah, of course... SHORTIE!"
"Oh, you little..." - he went towards her, but Gohan, Goku and Trunks held him back. But... There was no one holding Marinne back...
"Vegeta! Calm down!" - said a desperate Gohan.
"Don't hurt her, dad!" - said Trunks.
"Come on, Vegeta! Let it go!" - said Goku.
"Let him come, let him try" - Marinne said, an evil smirk on her face. With those words, Vegeta set free from the three and lauched himself against Marinne, but...
"Uncle Vegeta, what are you doing?!" - Leena cried, and he stopped suddenly. Marinne looked at her angrily, and Gohan's twin went to Vegeta - "Uncle Vegeta... You were gonna hurt her? Why?"
"'Cause I told him the truth, and he couldn't handle it" - Marinne said.
"Truth?" - Leena looked at her - "What are you talking about?"
"That he's short" - Vegeta blushed hard, out of anger.
"Shut the hell up, you little bitch!" - he yelled.
"Uncle Vegeta!" "Vegeta!" "Daddy!"
"Call me whatever you want, shortie, but all the name calling in the world won't change the fact that you really are... Short"
"Don't, uncle Vegeta!"
"Come on, Marinne, I'll take you home" - Gohan said quickly and took the girl's hand in his, dragging her to the library. Vegeta was still fuming, but Leena managed to calm him down.
"Why did you do that, Gohan? I wanted to fight him" - Marinne said, angry.
"Yeah, but he'd kill you, Marinne!"
"He wouldn't, 'cause he wouldn't even touch me"
"If that's what you think, great, but... Don't try that again" - they reached the library, and Marinne glared at him.
"Don't ever tell me what to do, Gohan" - she said, her voice low and dangerous. He looked at her.
"I just didn't... I don't want you to get yourself killed... That's all" - she kept on glaring at him, and the boy finally realized he was still holding her hand, but he didn't let go of it. And he wouldn't, until she told him to.
"I appreciate your concern, Gohan, but I do not need it" - she replied, still angry.
"But, Marinne, I..."
"Just... Shut it. I'll go get my bag and you can take me home then, right?" - she went to get her backpack and her book, but was held back because Gohan refused to let go of her hand. She looked back at him, and blushed - "Why are you...?"
"What?" - Gohan asked, lowly, and getting closer to her. He touched her face gently, and she glared at him.
"What are you trying to do, Gohan?"
"I just wanted to know if your skin was as soft as I thought it was..." - he blushed, when realized what he had done and what he was saying, but he continued, nonetheless - "And it's... Softer" - he said, lowering his head slightly, towards her face, her red lips, but she simply slapped him across the face, and tried to get her hand back, the hand he still refused to let go - "Marinne..."
"Let go of my hand, Gohan" - she said, serious as she had never looked.
"Okay" - he said softly, and did so. The girl put her backpack on her shoulder and book on the hand Gohan had been holding. She looked at him and glared.
"Let's go, then" - she mumbled, leaving the library. The boy stood there for a moment, touching the hand he used to hold Marinne's just now.
You're messing with my mind, Dende...! Why did I do that...? What was I thinking? - he thought before running to the entrance. If he took too long, his english partner would surely get upset and hit him or something like it.
"You're too slow" - she said, when he got to the entrance. He did nothing but open the door, and she crossed it without another word.
The two teens went to Gohan's car, and the journey to Marinne's car was silent except for her directions.
Why can't I stop thinking of her skin...? But... It's so soft and smooth... And her hand is so warm... So, so soft, smooth and warm... Ah! Dende, please, don't torture me any longer! Kill me, just kill me now! - Gohan thought.
He's such an asshole! Just like all men are... But... I just thought Gohan could be different... Guess I was wrong. Damnit, I'm always wrong about guys... - Marinne thought while looking at the landscape.
"We're here" - Marinne said, and Gohan parked. But before the girl could leave, he took her hand once again, making her blush - "Gohan, let go of my hand"
"I don't... Want to" - he mumbled, embarrassed.
"Come on, Gohan, that's not at all funny. I gotta... Go inside" - she felt herself being pulled towards the boy, and she thought about fighting back, but it was useless... One instant after, she felt Gohan lips in her own - What the hell?! Why... Why...
She pushed him agresively and slapped him, the second time in so little time. Her heart was beating hard, her hand on her chest. She looked sideways at Gohan, who was incrediblely blushed.
"Don't do that... Ever again" - she said, her blue eyes hard and angry. He smiled and caressed her face. She backed away, but he pulled her gently - "Don't..." - she whispered.
"Ssh... I don't want to hurt you, Marinne" - he whispered, still caressing her face - It's so soft... - "I just..."
"Just what, Gohan?" - she inquired him, her eyes starting to fill with tears. He smiled sweetly.
"I just... Don't know what" - he laughed softly - "Well, I... I just feel... Good near you"
"You feel good near me?"
"Yeah... I... I think I'm... In love" - he said, blushing.
"With me?"
"Of course..."
"Don't be ridiculous, Gohan. And never play with me"
"I'm not..." - he touched her lips with his finger, and she blushed hard - "I'll never play with you like that, Marinne... I promise... But I..."
"I've to go" - she mumbled, and tried to leave the car, but Gohan pulled her roughly, and held her tight - "Gohan, come on... Let me go"
"Don't... Don't leave like this, Marinne... Come on, please...?" - she looked at him, not understading his words, his plea.
"What are you talking about, Gohan? You're starting to get weird..." - she trailled off, and how could she keep on talking after she felt Gohan's soft and rough lips against her own, once again? - "Gohan, don't..." - she managed to say before having her lips pressed against the boy's, again.
Gohan's fingers ran through her lavender hair, so soft as her skin. The girl still kinda tried to get away from him, but soon put her hands on his shoulders, letting him kiss her fully.
The boy pressed Marinne against the car's door, and his body against her, his hands still going through her hair. She pulled him closer and closer, feeling herself lost in that boy's touch.
"I..." - they parted the kiss, and Gohan looked ashamed at Marinne, who tried to fix herself up - "Sorry... I shouldn't have... You told me not to, but I just..."
"Shut up" - she said, and he finally looked at her, not sensing anger in her Ki, but nervousness - "Just... Be quiet, Gohan" - he did so, and the two stood there, quiet, not even thinking.
Marinne finally looked Gohan in the eyes, and a smile touched her lips.
"You are such an idiot" - her eyes started to water, and Gohan had no chance to talk to her, to stop her, because she was soon off of the car, running to her house. She opened the door and disappeared, Gohan left with his heart unexpectedly broken.
Why does it hurt in here...? - he thought, touching his chest - It hurts so bad... I can't... Can't stand it...
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My favorite style (and basicaly the only one I can write): Romance. Well, Gohan finally appeared more, and he found his match... Or did he? Starting now, there'll probably be more "love" scenes, and by that I mean... Hentai. I'm not exactly good at it, but I'll try my best to make it good enough to read, okay? (And I'll try to remember to warn people in the beginning of the chapter). And what about Marinne? Do you people like her? She's kinda different from my usual female characters, but a change is good sometimes, right? Oh, and about OCCness, well... It's because of Leena: a single person can change people around her/him (in this case, her), although not that much. You can see differences in Goku (I think you can), Vegeta (of course) and Gohan (kinda...), but I hope they're not too bad. Oh, and soon - probably next chapter -, I'll write about Leena's day alone in the mall. Who did she meet there? What happened? It'll be as a flashback, and maybe a little too short, but this one thing I want to have happened... Oh, well... Think I'll take about one to two weeks to finish the next chapter. Hope to get at least one review. If not, oh, well... No harm done, really. Oh, and if anyone says something like: "It's way too lame", well, just a thing you should know: I always write stuff like that: lame, and I don't really like that lame stuff, but they just keep coming to me, so... What am I to do about it?
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Thank you *ahem* to:
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-sore-throat: okay, sometimes what I write ends up sounding - and looking - strange *ahem* weird, but... Can't change the way I write...
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-(blank space): thank you! And I'll try to remember that!
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-Aussie-Girl3: funnier...? Sorry, but that's not in me... I don't really know how to make something written funny... But I guess I'll give it a shot, if I remember and have the chance to...
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Note: I really liked writting the whole G/M scenes, and hope someone liked them too... They're just so cute! n_n
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Another note: The next chapter will take some time to be posted... Because 1) Inspiration=0; 2) The unexisting plot is starting to get complicated because; 3) Couples are starting to appear.
Yet another note: Three things: 1) Do not be afraid to flame, 'cause I'm kinda getting used to them, but, even so, I'd really like to receive word that someone, anyone, is enjoying this fic; 2) Please, could anyone focus more on Gohan and Marinne, not so much how annoying Leena is?; 3) I'd like to know if you guys prefer Marinne or Videl as Gohan's pair. Not like I'm really gonna change my mind, but... Just to know.
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