Serene Night
K.Blacre
Six
The door opened and Vegeta walked in. Bra got up, fluffing her hair, casually covering the marks left behind by Kieran. After looking around a bit more, Vegeta growled deep in his throat and closed the door. Sighing deeply in relief, Bra sat back down on the bed and looked toward the French doors. She didn't feel Kieran's energy which had probably been what her dad had felt. Even though Bra hadn't wanted him to leave, she knew he'd be back the following night. Yawning, she pulled off her shoes and climbed into bed, quickly falling asleep.
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Kieran stopped running when he reached the park where Bra had been. He walked to the swings and sat down, trying to get a grip over himself. To stalk a mortal for the sake of their blood was one thing but to fall for a mortal was a sin to all vampires. As a fledgling he'd been told that only one man had ever dared to fall in love with a mortal and he had been hunted down and burned on a cross before the sun. Kieran didn't want that same fate but he couldn't help but fall for this girl. Besides, she was only half human or so she had said. Her other half was an alien race so maybe that would count for something toward him.
He sighed, knowing it would never work between them. She slept the same hours in which he walked. They would see each other but a few hours every day if he could even stay in this city. It wasn't like him to stay in one city for longer than a week and all vampires knew that. He wasn't one to be tied down but this girl had struck something in him that…confused him beyond words.
Leaning his head against the chain of the swing, he closed his eyes feeling the night around him. He'd come to this city three nights ago. This was his forth night here. In three night's time, other vampires would expect him gone and come to this city. If they found him here pursuing a mortal girl… Kieran shook his head. They wouldn't find him because he wouldn't stay. He couldn't stay. No matter his feelings for Bra, he couldn't stay here and risk his own life. Then it would be definite that he'd never see her again. That was something that he would have to make her understand. He couldn't stay here but maybe come back another time. Although he knew that she couldn't possibly wait for him, he dared to hope she would.
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Marron groaned as she opened her eyes. Her mother and father were both leaned over her, looking down into her face. If she looked as bad as she felt, she wouldn't leave the hospital.
"Hey, it's good to finally see you awake." Krillin said.
"Where is he?" She asked, her mouth swollen badly. "Where's Goten?" Her parents looked at each other and then back at her.
"We haven't seen him in a few days. He hasn't come by at all." 18 said.
"Did he go to her?" Marron spat.
"Trunks came by and told us that he tried to apologize to her."
"Why? There's nothing to apologize for." Marron said. 18 stiffened and looked down angrily at her daughter.
"You're being incredibly selfish, Marron. Bra gave a lot to Goten and he tore her apart for you! I don't even believe that you would do something like this to a person who has been nothing but kind to you for years!" With that being said, 18 stormed out of the room. Marron turned her head, looking away from her father. She had finally realized that her jealously of Bra had been in vein. Bra was spoiled but she was also one of the nicest people around. Marron hardly knew herself anymore.
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Bra stretched her arms and threw off the blankets. When she turned her head, she found a card under a rose sitting on her night table. Sitting up, she picked up the card and read the inside.
Bra, I feel we've come to a point in our relationship that tests our love for each other. Please meet me in the field near my house tonight at eight o'clock. I'll be looking forward to seeing you there.
Love you always, Goten
Angrily, Bra wrinkled up the card and threw it aside. After brushing her hair out, she headed downstairs into the kitchen, following the smell of pancakes. Trunks stood in the kitchen, flipping pancakes in the skillet as they cooked. Ryan and her parents sat at the dining room table waiting for breakfast.
"Um, is Trunks okay?" Bra asked. Bulma and Ryan both shrugged. Vegeta sat gruffly and rigidly as always at the table, staring at the wall before him.
"This morning, Goten came over." Bulma said as Bra sat down. "He went to your room but you were sleeping so he left you a message. Did you get it?" Bra nodded.
"He wants me to meet him in the field by his house tonight." Bra said.
"Are you going to go?" Trunks asked.
"I don't see why I should?"
"She's not going." Vegeta said. Bra looked at him with a large smile.
"Thank you, Daddy." She replied.
"Vegeta, Bra needs to work this out with Goten. Only they can do it." Bulma countered.
"She's not going. The brat already screwed up his chance."
"Mom, I think I'll agree with Dad. I don't think Bra should go. I mean, at least someone should go with her to keep Goten in check."
"It's close to Goku's house." Bulma said. "And Gohan lives not far from there! There's no reason why she can't go."
"Uh, because I don't want to." Bra said.
"Do you want to work this out with him or not?" Bulma asked.
"Mom, there's nothing to work out! He went around my back with my friend! I'm done with him. There's nothing he can say that would make me change my mind."
"I still think you need to at least talk to him." Bulma said.
"Bra, your mom is right." Ryan said. "Maybe not in a field alone but you need to talk to him." Bra sighed and let her head fall forward into her hands.
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"Your mom is making you go?" Pan asked. Bra nodded. Pan sighed and closed her magazine, tossing it on the floor beside her bed. Bra sat up on the bed and looked at the floor.
"My dad said he wanted to go just to keep an eye on me but my mom insisted that I can take care of myself and me and Goten need to work it out alone."
"So is Vegeta going anyway?" Pan asked.
"No. My mom wants to go out to dinner tonight so my dad has no way to get to me."
"What about that guy? The one who…"
"Okay, I really don't think he's noble enough to sit up in a tree or something to baby-sit my ex-boyfriend. I wouldn't expect him to."
"Bra, you really need to be careful. I both know how Saiyan males get when they can't have something they want." Pan said. Bra nodded again.
"Are your parents going to be here?" Bra asked.
"No. My dad and Dende got the brilliant idea that we go out as a double date and my mom agreed. She said it would be good for my dad to get to know Dende more."
"What about Goku and ChiChi?"
"Who knows where they'll be."
"So I'm in this alone." Bra said. "Great."
"Well, you said that last night you went Super Saiyan on Goten."
"Yeah but he can nearly go Super Saiyan three! I can't defend myself against that! I tried earlier to go SS 1 and I couldn't!" She sighed running her hands through her hair. "I don't know what to do."
"Hate to say it, but I think the only thing you can do is to just go." Pan said. Bra looked up at her friend.
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Bra parked the car and got out. The field wasn't too far from the lake and the lake was a five minute flight from the Son residence. If Goku was there, he'd know if Bra was in trouble. A white picnic blanket was laid out on the grass not far from where she parked. Bra decided to wear jeans and a long sleeve knit sweater just to tell him she was there to talk. A wine bottle and two glasses sat on the blanket beside a basket. Goten walked up the hill and smiled at her as the sun went down behind him. He was dressed nicely in one of his suits Bra had bought for him.
"I'm glad you came." He said gently, sitting down on the blanket. Uncomfortably, Bra sat down across from him. "I really wanted to talk to you and this morning you were asleep so I couldn't do it then. But here you are."
"Goten, I don't want you to get the wrong idea of why I'm here. I'm here because you said you wanted to talk but here you've got a picnic basket and wine. You're not going to make me change my mind about this."
"I thought you'd say that but tonight I think you might end up re-thinking where we stand."
"There is no we and there is no us. You blew that already. If you wanted to keep me so bad then why did you start screwing Marron?"
"Because you said you weren't ready. I can understand that but…" He sighed and started over. "Marron offered me something you wouldn't. Our relationship was nothing more than sex. I loved you and I still do. I hoped that tonight we could pick up where we left off."
"No, Goten. No. We're no longer together. Why can't you simply understand that?"
"Because I know that's not what you really want."
"If I didn't want it, I wouldn't say it." Goten sighed, scooting across the blanket to Bra and put his hands on her cheeks.
"I love you Bra and I always will." He leaned in to kiss her but she punched him in the gut making him double over. Bra rose to her feet and started walking away toward her car. Goten got up and walked after her. "Bra. You're still mine." Bra hastened her pace hoping to just get back home. Goten grabbed hold of her hand and pulled her back.
As soon as he turned her around, she brought her knee up to meet him. He doubled over, his hand losing its hold of her. She started running toward the car but Goten once again caught hold of her. He spun her around, pinning her to the car with his one hand holding both of hers.
"Goten, you're hurting me!" He was pressed up against her too tightly for her to fight back so all she could do was struggle. He just pressed against her harder, his free hand on the small of her back. "Goten!" He was suddenly ripped away and thrown several yards back in one swift movement. Kieran stood a few inches from where Goten had been a moment before. He walked toward Bra and put a finger on her jaw, lifting her head in different angles searching for injuries. "I'm fine, Kieran. Really." His eyes met hers.
"That's not what it sounded like." Before anything else could be said, Kieran was tackled to the ground by Goten. The Saiyan began attempting to throw punches at the vampire but Kieran blocked and finally threw Goten off. Goten charged up and threw a ki blast at Kieran, knocking him to the ground. Bra's heart sped up. Kieran didn't move at all and it looked at if he wasn't breathing. She looked at Goten who stood before her a full-fledged SS 3 as he walked toward her.
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Author's Note: Sorry to cut off right here but the chapter has to end at some point! Sorry it took so long for me to update. Lot of crap going on. Anyway I'm back in the swing of this fic so I should be updating more often than I have been. Well, got to go. Remember to tell me what you think of the story. Thanks for reading and thanks a lot for all the reviews!