Disclaimer: See chapter 1.

I'm on my 4th chapter and still no reviews?! I changed the rating to PG-13 (since the big stuff hasn't come up yet anyway) so that someone might be able to find it easier. Come on, guys! Is there really that few people looking at Dragonball fanfics?! I probably should have put this in the DBZ list... *sigh*

This is my longest chapter yet, so I hope you are set!

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The next day was rather normal (considering what "normal" is here). Uwaki wined at me and her uncle about how she was all alone in the bar all night and neither of us would let her out. Nama sure as hell didn't care. He only gave her the job because his sister didn't want her daughter to turn to prostitution for money.
Shuran latched onto Jin like a parasitic worm. Her efforts to shake him off all became futile to his reigning idea that he was God's gift to women. But her flat responses would cut him every once in a while, which I found very amusing.
Halfway through the shift, Jin dropped a glass she was filling with a yelp. Her face looked rather shocked, and she began to sweat.
"Dorai... Dorai..." she said in a nervous voice, "D-do you mind covering for me a bit? I... suddenly don't feel well..."
I nodded, and she ran to the restroom. What happened to her? I thought. She was fine a moment ago, and she suddenly falters. I shrugged and continued working.
20 minutes passed by and she still hadn't come out. I was becoming concerned, especially since I noticed Shuran was gone, too. I called Mari (the head waitress) over to me.
"Where'd Shuran go?" I asked first, hoping that he didn't try to sneak in the bathroom after Jin.
"He left a few minutes ago. I think he was headed for the topless bar."
That figures. I thought. Well, it's better then the alternative possibility. "Could you check on Jin? She's been in there a while."
She nodded and went through the ladies' room door. I was wondering what could be wrong until I felt a strong burning sensation on my ring finger. I looked down and saw that my ring was glowing red. "Shit," I muttered, then looked around to find Nama.
"Sir, may I be excused for the rest of the night? I have personal matters to attend to."
"Sure Dorai, but don't you want to know what's wrong with Jin first?"
Sure I did. I was curious what could make a woman like her (who looked rather strong: she had muscle along with her feminine attributes) drop a glass out of surprise. "It's probably just a women thing," I blurted, not fully knowing what that meant.
He scratched his head. "Well, I suppose you can go then..."
I jumped out from behind the bar and started going for the door. Then I stopped; I heard Jin's voice from behind me.
"Dorai, are you leaving?"
I turned around. She had just come out, Mari by her side with a concerned look. I smiled and waved. "Sorry, I have business to attend to. Are you feeling better?"
"Y-yes," she said with a nod. "What is it that you need to do so suddenly?"
"Gomen! Don't have time today; I'll tell you tomorrow!" I shouted, sprinting out and into an ally, where my disguise gave way. I sighed in relief. "Damn! I could have been unmasked any second!" I said to myself, "I shouldn't have even stopped to look back." I sighed and waited behind a large piano box for the ring to become operational. Soon enough, my human skin came back and I walked back out into the street.
I looked around, wondering whether or not I should go home. Then my eyes rested on the movie theatre. "Perfect!" I said aloud. I knew that in these buildings, humans would watch projected pictures of light while in the darkness. If I sit in the back, it wouldn't matter if my ring shorted out again.
I went to the booth and looked at the titles. Most of them looked like love stories or substandard action flicks. But one horror movie caught my attention. "One for 'Dead Hearts' please."
"That'll be 5 zeni," she said. I pulled out my wallet, which now had money since I just got my check that morning, and passed her some. She pressed a button and a ticket popped out from the counter. She tore it off and pushed it to me through the small ached hole at the bottom of the plexi- glass. "Have a good day, sir."
I grabbed the little paper and walked inside. Suddenly my senses (namely scent) were struck. I looked around, trying to distinguish what made such a pleasant aroma. "Pop.. corn?" I looked at the concession stand. I guess it's some sort of human snack, I thought. I went up to the counter, about to buy a bag, when my arm bumped into someone else's. I looked to see Jin staring back at me.
"Hey, aren't you supposed to be at work?" was the first thing that came out of my mouth.
She returned the question. "Aren't you supposed to be taking care of some 'sudden business'."
I nodded. "It didn't take as long as I thought it would. But why are you here?"
"Nama insisted I take the day off. But really, I'm fine now."
"Ah," I turned back to the popcorn and ordered a bag. She did the same.
"Which movie are you seeing?" I asked her.
"'Dead Hearts'. It's the only thing that really looks interesting here."
"Yeah, that's what I'm seeing, too." We walked down into the corridors, where we found a couple of large doors under a lit sign with the "Dead Hearts" logo. When I grabbed a handle to open it, she stopped me with a question.
"You want to sit together?"
I pondered for a moment. If my ring shorted out in there, she might find me out if she's close by. But I decided that saying no would be more suspicious, so I agreed.
We entered into the large, dimly lit room and sat in the back row together. We began to talk as we waited for it while others came in and took their seats.
"Did you leave because of me?" she asked.
"No. What gave you that idea?"
"Uwaki was griping at me for making you leave."
"Uwaki is an ass." I said. Jin grinned to this response.
"I noticed that. She and that ill-mannered Shuran are unbearable, really. How long have you been working there?"
"Not a week before you came."
"Really? Did you just move into town too?"
"Yeah... I'm from..." I tried to pull up a name. "...Kyouryuu Island."
She nodded. "I'm from Kouseki Island. Oddly enough, I like talking to you. I think it's because you go through the same thing with Uwaki as I do with Shuran."
I grinned. "You mean like 'mutual suffering'?"
"Heh... yeah. It's actually rather humorous to watch you reject her like you do."
I relaxed. Watching these humans during this movie, I thought, will give a better idea about how they react to certain things. Maybe having her close gives me a good chance to study her as her countenance changes. Soon, the lights dimmed to black, and the screen lit up with advertisements, disclaimers, and short clips of movies coming up. The "forwarding credits" and the opening began to roll with a large, dark mansion in a storm in the background.
Throughout the movie, there was mostly "suspense" tension. Most of the people in the theatre looked nervous during these times. However Jin, whenever I looked at her, looked calm and complacent. Then came the first big event. The main antagonist suddenly lunged out and sliced some of the unsuspecting teenagers into bits. The rest of the room, I believe, were gasping or screaming. But I and Jin were not.
We were laughing.
Whenever someone got killed, or the antagonist lunged out from a distance, or a bloodied dismembered head came flying into someone's arms, we were in stitches. At times, we had to cover our mouths to keep from spraying the people in front of us with popcorn. When the movie ended, and we left (with everyone trying to keep away from us as we went for the door) we were still laughing.
"And- and it was really funny when that guy came into the room and said 'All's clear', then SHUK!" I said with a gesture representing the large stone pillar that ripped the guy in half.
She was holding her stomach and wiping the tears from her eyes. "Yeah, that wasn't as good as when he came in and started beating people up with their own limbs, though."
When we were standing outside the theatre, the sky now dark, and us still chuckling, we bid goodbye to each other.
"See you at work tomorrow!" she shouted with a wave.
I waved back. "We'll have to catch another movie together sometime!" Then I turned and went walking towards my apartment, still smiling. I had no idea there were humans like her, I thought. She's really nice to be around.