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 11

" 'ey Missy. Why'd you want us?" Keeren asked, walking up to the bathroom door with Teri following close behind. Missy glanced out of the door and down the hall. She opened the door wider for them to come in. Teri passed Keeren a quizzical look before they entered. Inside, Melissa dropped the toilet lid and sat on the covered bowl. Keeren and Teri shrugged to each other and sat on the edge of the tub, the other on the counter.

"What's up?" Teri asked, her tail thumping against the bathtub.

Melissa sighed and ran a hand through her lavender streak of hair. She looked nervous, and uncertain.

"Guys... I'm... pregnant..."

A long silence followed as Melissa closed her eyes and rested her head on her upturned palms. Keeren looked from Melissa to Teri, then back again. Teri arched an eyebrow and didn't seem to be very surprised.

"When... did you find out...?" Teri asked.

"When I was in the hospital after my little 'spill'." Melissa returned. "You guys are the only ones I've told so far. I haven't even told Genrou."

"Well, gee, we kind of figured it was from Tasuki." Keeren said, Melissa shot her a glare. "But for how long have you been pregnant?"

"About two months so far. Me an' Genrou... did it... the second night we were camping."

"And it all falls together..." Teri said quietly.

"Huh?"

"I was wondering where you two were that night..." The Saiya-elf said. "And why the fuck you guys were acting so weird in the morning."

"Is it really any of your business when and where I fuck?"

"You're the one telling us."

Melissa frowned, a sudden wave of queasy washing over her, but not enough to make her want to vomit. She just felt dizzy.

"Hey... you okay?" Keeren asked.

Melissa nodded. "Just this damn morning sickness. I thought it went away after a month or so."

"I guess you thought wrong then." Teri added, standing. "Now if you excuse me, I've got things to do."

Melissa glared at her sister as the Saiya-elf walked out of the room. Before Teri left their view, she looked up and down the hall, then muttered something elvish under her breath.

"Bitch... she could at least be happy for me." Melissa grumbled.

"I'm happy for you." Keeren said with a smile. "The only problem is, it's going to be half Saiya-jin right?"

"Yeah."

"Then there's going to be a problem when you them to school, if you catch my drift." Keeren slid off the counter and placed a reassuring hand on her friends shoulder. Melissa looked up at her and smiled. Keeren grinned back and left the room, leaving the healer with mental images of a child-like Tasuki with a tail blasting teachers with ki.

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Tasuki frowned as he stood in front of Melissa's full length mirror. 'Halloween' as the Terra-lings put it was a night where you dressed up as something frightening and walked around town getting treats. Tasuki couldn't choose something to be, so Melissa and Keeren chose for him, a Vampire.

(itll go perfect with those fangs of yours)

(youd look oh so sexy in a black cloak.)

Tasuki frowned again, watching the long black cape swish behind him as he moved slightly. His face had been covered with pale makeup and then black rings put around his eyes. His golden eyes now shined brightly in contrast with his pale skin. It'd also been slipped to him from Teri that most people who go out and 'Trick-or-Treat' on Halloween were children, the oldest around sixteen. And here they were, the oldest of twenty-four, going out. The flame haired seichiseishi had even heard that the 2000+ year old Legolas was going as well.

"Hey flame-boy" He heard near him. He looked over his shoulder and found Melissa laying his old bandit jacket on the bed.

"Hey Miss', what's up?"

"Ceiling, attic, sky, space..." Melissa trailed off, shooting a foxy grin at Tasuki. Tasuki frowned back, eyeing his bandit coat.

"Whaddya got this out for?" He asked, leaning against one of the bed's posts.

"I told you before, I'm going out as a Zombie Bandit tonight, remember?"

Tasuki had a fleeting image of the zombies he had encountered near Mt. Reikaku when he had first met Miaka, Nuriko and Hotohori. He frowned again.

"You'd better not get it stained."

"I won't..." The healer rolled her eyes. She pulled a pair of kaki jeans out from under her bed and laid them with it. The jacket was surprisingly well taken care of in it's many years of use from the Mt. Reikaku bandit. Only few stains were found and those were from food, but they looked as if they were cleaned well.

"So." Melissa started, folding the jeans over the coat. "We're going to the Haunted House tonight. You sure you're up to it?" She grinned slyly. Tasuki frowned.

"Up to it? I was born 'up to it' " The ex-bandit thumped his fist against his chest.

"Right right." Melissa said, patting his shoulder. "Don't hurt yourself." She sighed. The healer still hadn't told Tasuki about her being pregnant. She was beginning to wonder whether he was curious about her being sick every morning. If he even noticed that is. Since Tasuki has no job, and they were in not hurry to force him to find one, the ex-bandit slept till at least eleven every day, while Melissa came up nauseous near seven or eight.

" 'ey, whaddya waiting for?" Tasuki asked, curious about Melissa's sudden pause. Melissa snapped out of her day dreams and smiled up at him.

"Up in La-La land" She smiled. The healer turned to her bed and began unfolding her clothing. "C'mon! Shoo shoo!" Melissa motioned Tasuki to leave. "I don't feel like being watched while I get ready!!"

Tasuki growled playfully at her and left the room, shaking his head.

Melissa sighed, shutting the door behind the flame haired seichiseishi. Her belly was pudging out a little. Nuriko had questioned it the other day, but the healer just told her she had gained a little weight. She stripped off her sweater and rubbed her belly in front of the full length mirror. She could feel the tiny ki inside of her. Very small, just barely able to be sensed if you weren't looking for it. She was lucky neither of the Trunks' had noticed it yet. When they slept, and they slept in the same bed of course, Melissa had resorted to sleeping with her back to him. Although, this only worked until she fell asleep, because then she turned back over and cuddled with the flame haired seishi. All the training she put herself under when she was 16; when she had broken her ankle, gone to waist.

" 'ey Missy, you ready?" Nuriko opened the door and pushed her head in, a black witch's hat on her head. Nuriko was dressed as a common witch, nothing too extravagant for the newbie. Her long violet hair was let loose, it's sharp curls and waves from her braid worked out and wet down. A plain black, long sleeve dress with fishnet leg stockings and black platform shoes. In the outfit, she was at least two inches taller than before.

"Yeah, just about." Melissa replied, pulling off her shirt, forgetting that she was pregnant, and Nuriko didn't know.

"Jeez, are you gaining weight?" Nuriko asked. She slipped through the doorway and shut the door behind her. Melissa opened her mouth for a smart remark, being she was sensitive to her weight, even when she is skinny, but then remembered that she was pregnant.

"No..." The healer started.

"Then what's with the pudge?"

"It's not a p-"

"Did Tasuki say something wrong? Are you depressed? What?-What?-wha-"

"I'm pregnant!" Melissa said in a hushed voice, knowing that someone might just be outside that door.

Nuriko's badgering stopped suddenly. Her mouth shut slowly and she rubbed her chin.

"Well... I can't say that's bad news..." She scratched her chin more. "Because it's great new!" She beamed, embracing the healer in a tight hug, which wouldn't be too much for a Saiya-jin like Melissa.

"Yeah, but it's still a secret." Melissa said when Nuriko let go. "I've only told Teri and Keeren, now you. I haven't even told Genrou."

"Are you sure it's his?"

"Nuriko!!" Melissa hissed.

"What? Just checking. You never know."

"Jeez! You're as bad as Teri!"

"Whaaaaaaaat?" Nuriko whined, then she sighed. "Fine, whatevva' I'm going downstairs, Mirai's waiting." Nuriko smiled and winked at Melissa. The healer had seen something shift between the lavender haired Saiya-jin and the willow strong woman.

"Alright, I'll be down in a sec."

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A/N: Whoo! Damn! It's almost Christmas and I'm only writing the Halloween chapter! I'm falling behind!!