Its all fun and games until someone loses an Aunt...

In the morning, I woke up and opened my eyes. He looked so lovely when he slept…

He opened his eyes, but only very slightly.

"Morning baby!", I said rubbing his shoulder.

"Hi."

"Tired?", I asked. He looked really sleepy.

"Yeah…"

"Aww.", ha ha, yes, AWW was definitely the word.

He opened his eyes more…

"Hmm?"

"Huh?", he asked, surprised at my outburst.

"Oh… My… GOSH!"

"What!", he said looking at me.

We both sat up and I grabbed his hand.

"Yo-you you have…L-LOOK IN THE MIRROR!" I pointed at the mirror over the way.

He stretched and walked over to the mirror.

"HOLY HELL! MY EYES, they…. They look so…so… NORMAL!"

His eyes had changed, they looked like an ordinary persons eyes.

He had pupils. WOW! Did he look gorgeous, or did he look gorgeous?

I walked over to him and put my arms around his neck.

He stared at his face, obviously surprised.

It WAS true. Every time he was with me, he changed. Slowly, but surely, he would change.

A bit later on, we decided to actually move and get something done. It was unusual for him to even THINK of lying in.

We both put on our dressing gowns, which just happened to match. Heh, did we look weird… If anyone saw us, they'd think we were a married couple.

"What's my jobs today?", I asked stretching and yawning.

He whirled around with a sly grin across his face.

"Ah..", he raised his eyebrows in a sarcastic manner, "Well, that depends…"

I tilted my head, puzzled by his reply.

"Depends?"

"Yeah."

"Oh what?"

He ran over and grabbed me round the waist , lifting me up with no problems at all. It actually… Surprised me. "Eek!"

"If you give me another kiss, I might go easy on you.."

I stared down at him with slitted eyes and a wide smile.

"You sly old dog you…"

He twisted my legs round so that he was carrying me properly and stared into my eyes with an evil grin on his mush.

Looking up at the ceiling I laughed inwardly.

"I MIGHT think about it…", I launched myself out of his arms and landed on my bed, "But you'll have to catch me first!"

He leapt towards me, nearly catching me.. But I managed to avoid him and jumped off my bed, running towards my bathroom door.

But, he didn't give up…

We ended up chasing one another for 15 minutes before we ended up stopping for breath.

I stood on my bed puffing and panting, sweat dripped off my face. He was no different either…

He was leaning forwards, resting his hands on his knee's.

He looked up at me smiling.

"Ahh…. Phew…", his head dropped again and he pointed a finger heavenward, "Y-you… Puff pant… You will now…"

His head lifted up again and he stared at me.

"…You will now… Huff puff… experience the….. Gah… the power of…. Ugh… psycho pow-er…"

"Hee, Puff pant, Hee! Oh… wheeze… No!", I gasped.

Suddenly, a purplish blue aura surrounded me and…. Began to tickle me!

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA! S-STOP! HEEHEE!".

He stopped tickling me and drew me closer. My feet weren't touching the ground at all. It was a weird sensation.

His hand took hold of my shoulder, squeezing it tightly, and yet ever so gently.

"And now I have you…"

I grabbed his face and kissed him. I couldn't help myself.

He smiled after I had prized my lips away and ran his fingers through my hair. BOY, did that make me shiver.

"That's more like it", he smiled.

He stepped away and walked towards his uniform… which happened to be crumpled in various corners of the room.

The Aura disappeared and I landed safely on my bed.

Taking hold of his hat, he smile softly and me. "I'm just going to get changed now…"

He gathered up his clothes and walked into the bathroom, shutting the door behind him.

I took that opportunity to get dressed myself.

So I walked to my wardrobe and opened the doors. "Gah", I exclaimed as a warm Burst of fusty smelling air hit my face.

My wardrobe always smelt like that. It reminded me of an old shoe shop I once visited when I was a kid.

I took out one of my favourite outfits. It was a black strappy dress with a short skirt and a cool mesh over-dress thingy. I don't even know what those are called… I just call them 'Thingies', Ha ha.

I slipped it on and put some socks and my favourite pair of shoes on too.

Bison came out of the bathroom with a troubled look on his face.

"Hm? What's the matter?", I asked.

"Did you know that you have a blocked water system?"

"No. Why? What's wrong?"

"I just ran the tap over the sink and suddenly, this foul smelling stuff came up through the drainage grate by your shower."

"OH! Ha ha… Stink gel!", I smiled and tilted my head.

"Wha..?", he asked, obviously puzzled by my reply.

"Haha, don't worry…", I said, "It's just something that happened to me and my family once when we went on holiday to Greece. The water system got blocked and every time someone flushed the toilet or ran a tap, this smelly gel like goo came rushing up through the grate. We gave it a pet name because it was like it was a living entity."

"O….k", he said as his eyes darted around in a puzzled way, "Anyway, 'Stink Gel' aside, how do I look?"

I gave him the once over. He was fully kitted out. Cape included.

"Perfect", I smiled. I couldn't deny it, he looked astoundingly handsome in his full attire.

He laughed nervously and grunted. I could tell that he liked my outfit. All he had been doing when I was explaining the 'Stink Gel' story was eyeing me up. Ha ha. Not that I didn't mind of course..

"What about me?", I asked putting my hands on my hips.

"BASEBALL! Er… I mean… GREAT! Heh… heh… heh."

He stared at me with a face as red as a tomato.

"We had better get moving then", I said, trying to get him to move.

He just stood there staring at me, as if in a trance.

"Bison?"

"…!"

"DING DONG! ANYONE HOME?", I smirked as I playfully pressed his nose.

It seemed to work. He waggled his nose.

"…Ow!"

We headed for the main hall, as Bison was supposed to give a load of soldiers a briefing or something. I wasn't certain what he was supposed to be doing. Anyway, I suppose it wasn't my job to know.

We stood in the corner and Bison told me how much he liked my outfit.

"Oh yes", he said, "You look absolutely edible."

I laughed, slapping him lightly on the arm.

"Hee hee hee, OH SIR..!"

I peered over Bison's shoulder for a split second and noticed the soldiers waiting for their briefing. It seemed that they had been waiting for quite some time and were getting quite impatient.

"Uhh, sir?", called the commanding officer.

Bison flinched. He started to get angry… I could tell he was smouldering because he had been interrupted.

His pupils disappeared and he whirled around to face the Corporal.

"WHAT… Mr Tivien..?", he shouted.

The Corporal, known as Zapher Tivien, shifted nervously on his feet. A drop of swaet formed and rolled of his brow.

"Ehehehe…. Well… You DID call us here for a briefing. I was just wondering when you were… you know… gonna get on with it, or whatever."

At that moment, I heard Bison growl inwardly. It was a cold, menacing kind of growl.

"I WILL 'GET ON WITH IT' WHEN I FEEL LIKE IT!"

He swatted Zapher to one side, knocking off his beret, smashing his shades and giving him a nose bleed in the process.

"Now… Out of my way. I have a briefing to give…"

I saw the look in Zapher's eyes. It was a look of hatred… As he had just snapped.

He unhooked his dagger from his belt and lunged for Bison.

I dived in his path, hoping I could save him before Zapher did anything stupid.

I managed to grab his wrist and it made a sickening crunch sound.

Bison turned round with a look of shock.

Glaring at Zapher and inwardly screaming, I twisted his wrist making him drop the dagger.

All the soldiers gasped at what Zapher had done... Well TRIED to do.

"WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU PLANNING TO DO WITH THAT DAGGER?", I screamed…. I couldn't help it. It got me so annoyed.

Then, without hesitation, I threw a punch at him and… to my surprise … knocked him out.

I couldn't believe it… Now I was the one smouldering.

Bison had Zapher taken away, then he began the briefing. Tch… Briefings… they were always so boring. It was always 'Conquer this', 'Destroy that', or, as a treat 'Assassinate so and so'.

After the boring briefing, we headed for Bison's office.

I had to solve his anger problem. I waggled my finger and told him to come here.

He slowly approached with a look of total dislike on his face.

"What?", he boomed.

I shuddered inwardly, I knew that it was really him talking, but it still affected me.

"I have something for you", I told him.

"What?", he asked looking at the ceiling and folding his arms.

I grabbed hold of him, pulled him towards me and gave him a massive smacker on the lips. I just hoped it would work.

His eyes changed and became normal.

"Welcome back", I smiled.

"Thanks… Darlin'"

He walked over to his mail tray and had a scan through his letters.

"Oh..!", he said holding one up to see it more clearly, "This one's for you."

He handed it to me. I thought it might be from my Mom and Brother.

I tore it open and looked at the letter contained within. I was right, it WAS from my Mom and Bro… But it was a letter of bad news, not good.

"Oh!"

"Hmm? What's up?", asked Bison, obviously worried by my outburst. And why wouldn't he be? It was a very… how would you say… upset kind of 'Oh!'

I turned my head to face him and handed him the letter.

"My Auntie has died…", I said as tears started to push forwards in my eyes.

He read the letter and looked at me.

"I'm sorry", he said.

"I-I Gotta go home… I GOTTA GO HOME!", I started panicking, "Please! PLEASE, Let me go home! Just for a few days… PLEASE….SIR!"

He raised an eyebrow and tilted his head.

"OK… you can have leave for a few days."

"Oh… THANK YOU SIR", I hugged him tightly.

"Just… make sure you don't forget me."

I hastily raised my head to look at him.

"OF COURSE I won't", I said, "Right now, you are one of the most important people in the world to me…"

He smiled softly and drew me closer.

"When are you planning to set off?"

"Tomorrow morning."

"Good… Plenty of time."

I looked up with a puzzled look on my face.

"Hm? For what?"

He took hold of my face and put his lips on mine.

"To do this…"

He pressed them harder. Boy, was this good.

After a while of mindless passion, he stared at me, obviously lost in thought.

"Racha?"

"Yeah?"

"I've never actually seen you in your proper Shadowlaw Uniform…"

"Good point."

"Go put it on then."

"What? Now?"

"Yeah!"

"Why?", It WAS quite puzzling.

"Well…", he said looking at the ceiling nervously, "Uhm, I… LIKE to see a woman in a uniform and… well…"

He leaned forwards and whispered something in my ear.

"Ooooh….I understand."

He looked at me sweating nervously.

"You do?"

"PERFECTLY!"

"I will… but on one condition."

He grinned clenching his fists with excitement.

"Anything…. ANYTHING!"

"That we pledge our undying love to one another."

"Huh?"

"That we… uhh… Promise to spend the rest of our lives together?"

"Huh?"

I sighed. "That we get hitched? Tie the knot?"

"What?"

"Your right… this IS all new to you."

He blushed and laughed nervously.

"Explain?", he asked.

"It doesn't matter…"

I grabbed his face and licked his cheek.

"Ooheck", he said grinning.

We both burst out laughing…

A bit later on, I had a sudden craving for some lemon Swiss cake roll.

I headed to the cafeteria, since they made the best (and only) Lemon Swiss cake roll on the base.

It was really odd… The cafeteria was in darkness.

But, it was ALWAYS open at this time. 10: 58 PM... Yeah. Always has been and always will be.

Suddenly, the lights were switched on and the cafeteria was lit up in all its glory.

"SURPRISE!"

Everyone I knew was there with party hats and streamers.

It turned out that they were having a going away party for me… But I wasn't going to be away for long.

We had a great time. I was actually surprised that it was allowed to take place, what with all the things that had to be done the next day and the strictness too.

But, it happened, it was allowed. Bison even joined in at one point! He made everyone laugh, which was very unusual. He usually gets all angry around his employee's.

He even offered to dance with me. We did, it was slow and so romantic. We danced till it was about 3 in the morning… Wow, was I not going to get up in the morning!

But, I did. I got up and walked to where the plane was ready to take me home.

I looked around to see if he was there… But he wasn't… It actually upset me.

I boarded and looked around the base from inside.

It took off. The base becoming smaller and smaller by the second. I mouthed a goodbye and awaited the landing back at home.