Here's the next chapter, I don't feel like talking because I have nothing to talk about.
Disclaimer—This is going to be the last time I say this, so I don't own Dragonball Z, we both know it, so I don't have to keep saying it.
Chapter 5
For Krillin, lunch was really bad. 18 was jabbing at her steak like it had its own life and it had done her wrong somehow.
"18, may I ask what is the matter?" Krillin asked softly at he watched her stab her dinner roll with a knife.
"Yea, this stupid knife isn't sharp enough. Waiter!"
"18, you know that is now what I meant." Krillin said sighing, sitting back, and rubbing his temples.
"There is nothing the matter with me. I just didn't expect you to give away my job so quickly." 18 said, giving Whiskers a piece of meat. The restaurant had let 18 bring Whiskers in, after the amount of noise she made, but Whiskers had to stay in her bag at all times without wondering about the restaurant.
"That's what this is about? 18, you didn't have to quit."
"Fine, I want my job back, fire that guy, now!"
"18, I can't do that. I'm sorry."
"I didn't think you would. That's fine with me." 18 started to stab her food harder.
"Meow."
"Shut up, Whiskers. This is not my fault." 18 said harshly to the cat. Krillin looked puzzled at 18 but didn't say anything.
"How about we go for a drive?"
"We haven't eaten yet."
"And I don't think we will, come on, let's go." Krillin said, grabbing his car keys from 18 and walking away. 18 frowned, but picked up Whiskers and followed after Krillin.
"Krillin, where are we going?" 18 asked getting into the car.
"I told you already, a drive. It'll be fun."
"I don't want to have fun."
"18, you sound like a child."
"Good, maybe you'll get tired of me and take me home."
"Meow."
"Oh shut up Whiskers. You have no clue what you are talking about."
"18, I believe that you are getting a little crazy, calm down."
"Crazy? Me? Never." 18 said it with so much conviction that Krillin started laughing. He took off speeding, and they sat in silence for a while.
"Tomorrow, I'm having a dinner party, would you like to come?"
"Not really, but you are probably not giving me a choice, are you?"
"You have come to know me so well." Krillin said laughing goodheartedly. "Dress fancy, because it will be a formal dinner."
"Don't I always look good?" 18 laughed, Krillin's good mood was contagious. "Let's go to the mall! I want a new dress, I think I should be rewarded for the good work I did this past week."
"What good work?"
"I got rid of some evil." 18 said. "Oh! Let's go to that new shop! I heard they have beautiful clothing."
"Alright, I'll buy you one dress, only if you promise not to leave without telling me like you did before. I was very worried you know."
"Yea, yea, whatever." 18 said already getting greedy at the thought of new dresses.
"18, you heard me didn't you? ONE dress, understand, one dress."
2 hours and 5 dresses later, 18 was still looking around with a smile on her face.
"I don't know how I let you talk me into these things." Krillin sighed.
"Oh! Look at this one! It's so cute!" 18 said ignoring Krillin and going to pick up another dress.
"Enough, let's go. I have to go pick up Marron." Krillin said.
"Marron can wait." 18 said suddenly getting stiffed lipped.
"No she can't, my future wife hates to wait." Krillin said lazyily, as if he was always using this excuse to get out of boring matters. 18 bit her lip, hard, and swept passed Krillin. "Well come one, let's buy the clothes and get the hell out of here." Krillin raised his eyebrow at the girl but didn't say anything. 18 had more mood swings than most normal girls did, and Krillin could not handle the pressure of someone always changing so quickly.
After they had paid for the dresses, and were driving to pick up Marron, Krillin suddenly announced, "You are going to have to sit in the back seat, Marron likes to sit up front." 18 didn't say anything. This short, rich, snobby, cute man was telling the most beautiful woman he will ever see, to sit in the back. Like a child! 18's teeth gritted together, coldly deciding that she would not let Krillin see the real side of her until she got rid of that bitch Marron.
"Okay." 18 said quietly. Krillin looked sideways at her but he didn't comment on her sudden change of attitude. Women were so confusing.
Krillin drove to the curve of a very lascivious building. He jumped out of the car and ran to the entrance. 18 eyed the building distastefully. It was a beautiful modern building but 18 hated it because Marron was somewhere in there, being ogled by dozens of people, and the Bitch was just licking up the attention like the dog she is.
"Breathe, 18, how dare you let yourself get jealous?" 18 said to her self. 18 could not figure out why she felt differently about Krillin. He wasn't the richest man she had ever been with, or the tallest, or the smartest, but something about Krillin just made 18 feel selfish about him. 18 turned her head towards the entrance of the building just as Krillin was walking out. He was laughing and his arms were flying wildly in the air described something having Marron laughed with him. 18 gritted her teeth even harder. Krillin would be hers and only hers. 18 knew the obsession was getting a little out of hand, but she didn't care. Before 18 leaves Krillin, she wanted him eating out the palm of her hand. She wanted to control everything about him. She wanted him to love her with every fiber of his being. Then she would break him.
18 smiled evilly as she climbed over the front seats to the back of the car. Marron climbed in just as 18 got comfortable.
"Hi 18, I didn't know you were coming."
"Neither did I." 18 said remorsefully.
"Wow! Look at all the dresses! Are they mine?"
"No, you didn't buy them, did you?" 18 asked harshly.
"I took 18 shopping, she said she wanted something new to wear for the dinner tomorrow."
"I want a new dress too, Krillin!"
"But Marron, you already have 11 new dresses!"
"I don't want to wear them! I want more! Take me shopping Krillin or I won't talk to you."
"What's the bad side of that deal?" 18 asked Whiskers.
"Fine."
"I'm not going shopping with Ma--- I'm not going shopping again, take me home."
"18, we can have fun together! Please come with us!" Marron begged, turning around to pout. 18 reckoned that Marron usually got people to do whatever she wanted with that face, but since 18 hated Marron that face wouldn't work.
"I don't like fun." 18 said simply. Krillin bit his bottom lip to keep from laughing
"18, I think you should come with us. We haven't seen you in a week, you shouldn't leave so long without thinking you won't get punished."
"I—I . . .I'm being punished?" 18 said trying to figure out how to say the words. 18 was so surprised her mouth was hanging open, but then quickly she scowled. When she had Krillin around her finger she would break his fucking soul, no man ruled her, 16 had some power over 18 but never enough to make 18 do what she didn't want to do.
"What's with the look?" Krillin asked in almost patronizing way.
"What look?" 18 asked innocence back. Krillin didn't say anything but his smirk got bigger. 18 closed her eyes and hoped that the day would end quickly.
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Everyone should know right about now that 18 had the worse luck there ever was. The whole day passed slowly and even the night took forever to end. 18 stayed up the whole night reviewing her plans that she made for conquest over the people who ruined her life. In all her calculations, 17 was NEVER supposed to show up. 18 silently cursed, she should have known that Gero would not let her go so easily. For the first half of the morning 18 spent it quietly, making new plans, but as the time got closer for the dinner party 18 started to get a little more louder. 18 always found getting dressed a hassle for her. When the time reached 7:30pm Krillin was knocking on her door telling her it was time to go.
"I'm ready Krillin." 18 said opening the door. She was wearing a long light blue dress that was cut in a V-shaped and had a long spilt going up the side. Her long blonde hair was curled and it was flowing down her back. She seemed to glow from some unseen light, and if it were not for the evil tint in her eyes, she would have looked like an angel.
"Let's get going." 18 said.
"You look lovely." Krillin said. He was wearing an all white suit with a white top hat.
"You do too." 18 smiled at him but she quickly walked passed him, still a little mad about him making her going shopping. Going down stairs 18 turned to run back up the stairs but Krillin was blocking her way.
"What is the matter?"
"I didn't know that Mr. Gero would be riding."
"I forgot to tell you. I invited him also."
"I don't want to go now. You guys have fun."
"18, how good it is to see you again." 17/Adam said from the bottom of the stairs.
"Hello." 18 sighed, slowly turning back around and going down the rest of the steps. Adam took 18's hand and kissed it. 18 shuddered at the touch. 18's eyes filled with tears but she blinked them away. This was not her brother if he was working with Gero, her brother hated Gero almost as much as she did.
"Marron you look great." 18 said trying to turn her attention from Adam who was glaring at her with piercing blue eyes. Marron had on a bright yellow dress that hurt to look at, but it was a beautiful dress and Marron did have some looks about her.
"Thank you 18, you don't look bad yourself." Marron said grabbing onto Krillin's arm.
"18, would you like to be my date for this evening?" Adam asked, extending his hand to her. 18 didn't say anything as she stared into Adam's eyes. Adam was standing close enough to 18 so that she could see the way the lights reflected off of his face and made him look slightly mad.
"Alright." 18 said breathlessly.
"What is the matter 18? Why are you staring at me like that? Do I have something on my face?" Adam laughed slightly.
"Let us drop this charade." 18 hissed quietly.
"If you drop yours first." Adam said. "You have more riding on your little charade. You could break that poor boy's heart."
"Do you think I care?" 18 jeered at Adam before going to Krillin and Marron.
"Are we ready to go?"
"Yes." Krillin said going outside to the limo. Everyone followed him to the car and the drive to the dinner party was tense for 18, because she was so close to Adam she could feel heat radiating from his tan skin.
"We are here." Marron and Krillin got out first but Adam and 18 held behind.
"Tell me why." 18 said, her voice breaking.
"Why what?"
"Why did you side with Gero? I thought you hated him!"
"18, he was the only person I had left when you left. I was all alone and he helped me."
"No! Liar! I tried to save you! You said you should stay so that Gero won't do what he did to us to other kids! It was your choice!"
"I didn't know you would remember that. Actually, I'm staying with Gero for the money. When this is all over I'll be a billionaire."
"Why must I be apart of this?"
"You will see in due time."
"Will you betray me? Will you turn me over to Dr. Gero?"
"No, I can't and won't betray you. But if you get in my way, then I can't say that I can promise your safety." Adam wrapped his arms around 18's thin frame and hugged her tight.
"I can't promise that to you either Adam."
"Never call me that. Never." Adam said looking sternly at 18.
"I'm sorry brother. If you stand in my way, I'll castrate you. I will get my revenge, no matter what. Not even you can stop me."
"I believe you." Adam said softly.
"Are you guys getting out of the car?" Krillin said looking back into the car to see 18 and Adam hugging.
"Yes, sorry Krillin." 18 said getting out of the car smiling happily. 18 grabbed Adam's hand and pulled him with her. 18 was so happy to have her twin back, back with her where he belonged. Nothing could tear them apart now, not even Gero.
"Slow pokes!" Marron laughed.
"Sorry!" 18 laughed. Marron saw that 18 was holding Adam's hand.
"Oh! Now I see what was taking so long. You two are going out now!"
"What? No--- Yes! I mean yes we are going out now." 18 said after a hard pinch from Adam. 18 looked at Krillin to find that he had his head down so that his hair was covering his eyes.
"Well let's get going. The others are probably waiting for us." Krillin said, somewhat bitterly. 17 smirked at 18 and they held hands as they walked into the resturant.
"Oh yea, I forgot 17, but I believe Vegeta found out who I really was. Or rather, he knows I'm not pretending to be who I say I am." 18 whispered in her brothers' ear.
"He won't tell. I'm sure of that one." 17 said. "But on to more important matters, why the hell are your eyes green?"
"It was either my hair or my eyes. I'm glad it was my eyes because if I dyed my hair black, we would have looked like identical."
"We are identical, except one of us is dark and the other is light." 17 laughed slightly.
"Brother, I've missed you so much." 18 said nuzzling 17's neck.
"I know you have." 17 smiled, a true dazzling smile, to his twin.
"Hey! Will you two stop making out and come on!" Marron said laughing. 18 shuddered at the thought of her making out with 17 but came to Marron anyway.
"Where's everyone else?" 17 asked.
"We have our own room! It's a special VIP room, that is reserved only for the wealthiest, which just so happens to be us." Marron laughed.
"Now I feel kind of bad, I didn't bring enough money with me to cover my part of the check." 17 laughed.
"Nonsense! Dinner is on me!" Krillin laughed, a little to hard.
"Arigato." 17 said bowing slightly.
"Hello, I'm your waitress tonight, Nano, please come this way." The waitress was a beautiful girl with large brown eyes and long black hair. The small group followed the petite girl to the VIP room and she left them to settle down.
"Where are the others?" Asked 17 sitting down next to his sister.
"Late as usual." Krillin said.
"I heard that Krillin!" Chi Chi said coming into the room, her stomach bulging. "We were not late, Goku just wanted to stop at the bar for a drink."
"Hello everyone!" Gohan said coming into the room, his father following.
"When is the food going to be ready? I'm starving!" Goku laughed.
"Goku, you are always hungry." Krillin laughed.
"Bulma! Vegeta!" Gohan called, looking past his father's frame.
"Good evening. Trunks was being like his father, so that's why we are late." Bulma laughed. Everyone joined in with her, save Vegeta, 17 and 18.
"18, look at these people." 17 said whispering in her ear.
"I know 17. They are so happy without a care in the world. I want to ruin them all! I hate that they are so happy!"
"18, you must let the past be the past, how long do you think you can get away with your revenge? Someone is going to catch you!"
"You think I honestly care? Gero made us with all this power and I'll be damned if I'm not going to use it."
"But why ruin their lives?"
"You are not my brother talking like that! The 17 I know would laugh and go along with it." 18 hissed.
"I'll laugh, and I'll go along with it, but I don't want you to get caught. There is something different about these people, you've noticed it, I know you have! If you do something to hurt their precious Krillin, do you think you can get away with it?"
"But I can just walk away from it all if it gets to hard." 18 shrugged.
"18, I'm going to pull you hair. How can you think like that?"
"Easy." 18 said. 17 reached up to grab 18's hair.
"Dammit 18, you are such a brat! How long can you keep a secret about. . . ?"
"Adam! 18! Will you two lovebirds stop flirting long enough to order something?" Marron laughed.
"Lovebirds? Already! 18, you just met Adam!" Bulma said.
"I know, but he's so cute, right? So I couldn't help myself when he asked me to be his date for this evening." 18 laughed. 17 put his arm around 18's shoulders and pulled her closer.
"You are to sweet." 17 said. 18 was tempted to bite 17's fingers for the last comment he made, but she let it go.
"So 18, we haven't seen you in a while, where have you been hiding?" Goku asked.
"Well, a friend of mine was in need, so I had to help them out."
"Have you been reading the newspaper 18? There is a killer lose." Vegeta said.
"What? What happened?" 18 asked.
"Someone burned a man alive in a house."
"Really? How sad! That poor guy!" 18 said, taking a breadstick to hide her smile.
"This really isn't the conversation you should have while eating." 17 joked.
"Yes, I agree." Bulma laughed. "Plus no killer would dare mess with us!"
"Why?" 17 asked. There was a tense silence as no one said anything.
"Because my dad, Vegeta and Krillin are the strongest men on earth!" Gohan said. "They can defeat any monster that comes our way and no human alive can beat them!"
"Krillin, this is true?" 18 asked.
"Gohan's stretching the truth, I think." Krillin laughed sheepishly, one hand rubbing the back of his neck.
"Yes, Gohan, surely you meant the whole universe." Goku said, clapping his hand on his son's back.
"So you all have super human strength? Where did it come from?" 18 said, intrigued.
"Stop it 18." 17 said sternly.
"What about you talking about?" 18 asked innocently.
"I know you, and I know what you are about to do, and I say no." 17 said glaring at his sister. 18 just smiled at 17 and continue with her conversation.
"What about Chi Chi and Bulma? Can you two fight?" 18 said.
"Well . . . .um . . .oh look! They serve sushi." Bulma said, suddenly inspecting the menu closely.
"Why are you guys so touchy on this subject? Did something happen?" 18 said.
"18, you ask to many questions." 17 said.
"But if I don't ask questions how am I ever supposed to know?" 18 said, turning to glare at her brother.
"She has a point." Chi Chi laughed.
"Marron, that is a beautiful dress you have on!" Bulma said.
"Oh thank you!" Marron said, drowning out all chances of 18 asking any more questions.
17 put his arm around 18's waist and pulled her closer, only to pinch her leg for defying him.
"So Adam, since you and 18 are getting closer, we should know so more about you." Chi Chi said. 18 gritted her teeth to keep from slapping her brother; that was the second time this night that he pinched the hell out of her.
"What would you like to know?" 17 asked, smiling at his sister's reddening face.
"Well, do you have any family?" Bulma asked.
"Well, my step father is Dr. Gero, I'm sure you've heard of him Bulma."
"Of course I have, he's the best scientist out there, if he wasn't so damn crazy, people would appreciate him more. How was life, growing up with him?"
"Boring. I was always alone with no one to talk to. Gero spent all his free working, and I had a best friend before she moved away and I was forced to grow up by myself."
"Oh I'm sorry. So, what do you like most about 18?" Chi Chi laughed.
"Chi Chi!" 18 cried outraged.
"Hush, child! I haven't had this much fun in a while." Chi Chi laughed again.
"What do I like most about 18? Well let's see. She has so many great assets!" Adam chuckled to himself while Bulma and Chi Chi giggled. 17 grabbed 18's chin and forced her to look into his eyes. There was an unspoken comment that went through them that made 18 want to yell at her brother. Once again he was playing with her emotions, making 18 question everything he was doing.
"I'd have to say it is her eyes."
"Liar." 18 hissed at him, loud enough only for him to hear.
"Enough with the girl talk. I'm sure you can talk about this some other time." Krillin said somewhat sullenly.
"What's the matter Krillin? Jealous?" Goku teased.
Krillin chose not to answer that question as he took a deep drink of his wine. There was a silence as the waitress's came back into the room, serving everyone's food. Nano winked at 17 and slipped something under his plate of food. 17 smirked lustfully, none of this went unnoticed by Krillin, Goku and Vegeta, who narrowed their eyes at the young man.
"This look delicious!" Chi Chi said, digging into her food.
"I have to agree it does, I haven't eaten in a week." 18 said; her comment was left hanging in her air as she realized what she said. "I meant, um, er, it feels like I haven't ate in a week. I'm starving."
"I really shouldn't be eating this kind of food." Marron said picking at her food. "It's really bad for your figure, and being a top supermodel I have to watch what I eat. You girls shouldn't be eating this food either, no one likes fat people."
"Well no one likes dumb people either and we aren't complaining." 18 said. 17 laughed at 18's joked but Marron's face turned red.
"I was just trying to help!" Marron cried. 18 just shrugged her shoulders and started to eat. Was it her or was it really going to be a long night?
Well! A new chapter is up and I'm kind of sad because my little brother is sick and the doctor's are saying that he might have lung disease. Kind of scary for me . . . my poor baby brother. He's only 12, and to think, I use to hate the little brat, now I'm developing feelings for him. . .. . like a normal person. THE HORROR! THE HORROR!
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