Tachiagair Jakunen Written by: Fira Flame

I do not own these characters; they belong to their respective owners. Keeren belongs to me and Missy and Teri belong to Missy and Teri.

This is a re-written version of the original copy of Tachiagair Jakunen, which I had written in the fall of 2002. It sucked, really bad, so here I am, re-writing it...

Enjoy!

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Chapter 3

Taking in a deep breath, she put her lips to the small rubber pipe and blew. The larger plastic shape began to take form, barely. Melissa pulled back, her cheeks raw from the blowing she was doing to this one water raft. She glared at her sister, who was doing the same as her, them both sitting in the sand.

"Couldn't you... just put your finger up to this things and fill them up like that?" Melissa asked the elementalist. Teri looked up, half-way through another blow. She shrugged.

"Maybe, but where's the fun in that?"

Melissa's glare turned into a burning look of death as she blew into the inflatable raft. She was SO going to hold that girl under the water. The healer looked up just as Keeren passed and shoved the raft in her direction.

"Here, YOU do this!" Melissa huffed, standing and dusting her tail-end off.

"What? Why?" Keeren frowned.

" 'cuz I ain't gonna use it." Melissa replied, going walking in the opposite direction.

"Well maybe I won't either." Keeren muttered. Teri looked up at her and glared.

"If you don't at least HELP, I'm going to tackle you through a tree."

Keeren groaned and plopped herself down on the sand. She took the raft and began wiping the blow-piece off with her shirt.

"Is it just me or has she been the bitch queen lately."

"Lately?" Teri coughed. "She's been a bitch since the day she was born." She finished off the raft, which was decorated in purple and blue and closed the cap, pushing it aside. Keeren stopped blowing for a moment and looked over her shoulder to watch Melissa for a moment. Melissa leaned into Keeren's tent and looked like she was rooting around for something. She pulled out a small pale purple portable CD player and walked off.

"Hey! That's mine!" Keeren called after her.

"You'll live." Was the only response she got from the healer. She put the headphones on and walked off into the forest.

"Bloody ungrateful woman..." Keeren growled, starting up again on the raft.

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Melissa let out a sigh as she was finally alone. She hit the play button on the walkman and walked. The music was one of Keeren's techno mix disks. Melissa stuck her tongue out at it, she wasn't going back to get a different CD. Looking around, she took in her surroundings. Lots of trees, this was of course a forest, more plant-life and a squirrel here or there. She wasn't much expecting to come across a deer or a bear. When the song came to a quiet part, she realized how much noise she was making by just walking. She resorted to hovering over the path.

She came to a slight opening in the forest, which was obviously where deer bed down in the winder. Bushes were curled tightly into strong thickets. Taking the chance to relax alone, without friends around, she bent down and sat under a tree. Leaning her head back against the bark, she closed her eyes and let herself become in deep with the music. Following every beat, trill and outburst. She reached over to the walkman and turned the volume knob, letting the music drone out any other sound around her.

The healer was so into the music, she didn't even notice the ki approach her. It wasn't until something kicked her foot did she look up. The flame haired bandit looked down on her, a stern look on his face. Melissa looked back down, only turning the music down a bit.

"What do you want?" She asked. Tasuki knelt and sat on his posterior, not taking his eyes off the woman in front of him. When Melissa heard no reply, she looked up again, glaring this time.

"What?" She snapped. She jerked off the headphones and dropped them onto the walkman.

"Look. This needs t' stop." The seishi began. "I'm sick an' tired of this arguing, fighting an' bitching--"

"--Then why don't you say sorry for it then, huh?" The healer cut in.

" 'cuz neither of us need to." Tasuki said. He looked back at the ground, running his hand through his hair, then looked up again. "Look at us, bickerin' like a buncha old peoples." He moved closer to her, sitting at her side. He raised a hand to her face, and ran his fingers down her cheek. Melissa looked back at him, his topaz eyes looking back at her. She smiled, sitting up.

"I can never stay mad at you." She grinned. "You're too damn cute."

Tasuki held back a laugh as he leaned in. Her eyes, a deep mahogany, watched him as he brought his lips to hers. Her eyes fluttered shut and she pressed in the embrace. Tasuki's hand went behind her head and held her close. Melissa's arms went around his shoulders, just before Tasuki pulled back. She looked back at him, a grin across her face. She let out a sigh, as she leaned back against the tree, still holding him.

"Jeez, I thought that'd never end!" She chuckled.

"Th' kiss?" Tasuki said with a frown.

"No, stupid!" Melissa replied. "The... um... um..."

"Us not talkin'?"

"Yeah!" Melissa smiled. "That's it." Her ears caught the sound of faint muffled music as she looked down. She 'eek'd and grabbed the walkman. "This stupid thing is still on..." When she looked up, Tasuki was missing. Looking down towards the ground, she found him laying on his back, hands folded on his chest, looking up to the heavens. Melissa smiled and leaned down, tracing a circle around his belly button. Afterwards, she laid down next to him, except on her stomach, holding herself up with her arms. She smiles, looking at Tasuki, who seemed perfectly content in watching the clouds glide by. Melissa reached over and flipped a stray lock of his fiery hair away from his eyes. Tasuki smiled and reached over to her, taking her into her arms.

Melissa sighed against his warm chest. She curled up on him, her legs still laying on the ground, she laid her head against his chest and felt eased at the continuous breathing of the flame headed seichiseishi. She looked up at Tasuki, who's eyes had fluttered shut and he seemed to have fallen asleep. Content with the quiet forest, she let out a calm sigh and let her fall into a light sleep.

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Mirai flexed his arms in front of him as he let his back pop. He took a wide look around him and took in his surroundings. While living in his own dimensions he was never able to take camping trips like these. Well, ones that he had time to enjoy. Most of the time he camped out in the wild when it was too late to try going home after a long battle with the Androids. He picked his towel up from the ground and shook it in the direction of the lake, shaking the sand out of it.

"Pretty day isn't it?" A feminine voice came from behind him. Mirai looked over his shoulder as Nuriko walked up to his side, her deep violet hair in a tight braided bun. She looked at him and smiled. Mirai nodded and laid his blanket back down on the ground.

"Warm, sunny and calm. Can't get any better." Nuriko said, sitting down next to his towel. Mirai sat down and realized that she was obviously trying to start a conversation.

"Yeah, a breeze would be nice though." He commented, holding his pony-tail above his neck to let it cool for a moment.

"Well that's what you get for sitting in the sun Mirai-chan."

"Can't I get a tan?" Mirai returned, laying down and resting his hands behind his head. Nuriko looked down at him, she shrugged.

"Maybe, maybe not." She laid her head on her knees. "Depends on whether you like them or not."

"Yeah, well I kind of do." Mirai smiled. Nuriko looked down to him. Her brown eyes watching him, her violet hair hanging over them. She was pretty cute.

"Say." Mirai started. "Jus' wonderin', but why did you decide to live here? With those four-er I mean three girls?"

"I have my reasons." Nuriko said after a moment of thought. "I just decide to keep mine a secret. Why did you?"

"Dunno." Mirai replied. "Maybe because there were people here I could relate to. More people my age and much more people who'd accept me for being well... a half Saiya-jin."

"Those three seem to encourage you showing it." Nuriko remarked, obviously talking about Keeren, Melissa and Teri.

"Yeah, maybe..." Mirai sighed. "I do miss my mom though. I mean, I've been here non-stop for almost a year, I think I'd better go back to visit her soon."

"Can I go?" Nuriko asked suddenly. Mirai looked up at, confused for a moment.

"Why?"

Nuriko shrugged. "I dunno, I'm just interested in all these different dimensions out there." She smiled. "A little dimension hopping wouldn't hurt would it?"

"Probably not."

Nuriko smiled and stood. "Well, be seein' you around. Bye." With a short wave, she walked off.

********************* A/N: Yeah, a short chapter. Who cares? I've got better things to do than make this 5 pages long like all the others. You can deal with 4.

To Be Continued...