Disclaimer: I really don't own Dragonball Z, nor would I want to. Even
though it's a vast enterprise and I could have oodles and oodles of mullah,
I think people would appreciate it as much as they do now... (Although, mine
wouldn't be so drawn out...) But I love making up stories and characters to
change and reform my favorite shows to my dreams.
------= Television references ""= Talking ''=Thinking **=Telepathy (and Chapter brakes =o.O=)(and flashbacks...)
I'm truly sorry about the last chapter, I promised you something and then I just went AWOL on you and left you hanging onto nothing but promises. Well, this chapter should fulfill at least some of it, if not all. R&R and all that. I will say this for sure, it's coming close to the dramatic conclusion that not even I could predict coming! So, ENJOY! =^.^=
**********Chapter Seven***********
Cassie sat with Krillian suddenly filling safer then she ever had before.
'Is it because I'm new here? Is it because I didn't really feel safe before? I'm starting to feel really bad about knowing I actually thought I wasn't safe around these guys.' Cassie thought to herself as she talked with Krillian.
"I wonder what they're finding out there." Krillian suddenly said and Cassie realized that she hadn't been paying close enough attention to their conversation.
"Who?" she asked uncertainly, as though she felt ashamed for not listening.
"Who? Why Trunks and Gohan, haven't you noticed they're not here?" Krillian said, but his voice wasn't scolding, just teasing.
Heat rushed up into Cassie's cheeks and she frowned. When Krillian seen her reaction he suddenly went solemn, Cassie saw that her reaction was wrong and then playfully stuck her tongue out at him, causing him to burst into laughter.
"Quite down you two! I swear, you're like a couple of children!" Chi-Chi yelled over Goku.
Krillian and Cassie's laughter turned into stifled giggles.
"So like I said, what do you think they'll find?" Krillian asked.
Cassie thought about it for a moment. She knew without a doubt that they'd find Cell, but from there, from there, from there,
What came next?
Cassie suddenly realized that she didn't know what was next. She had watched the show a dozen times a day and she still didn't know what happened next.
'Okay, calm down Cassie, I know they take Goku to Master Roshi's house, and from there, some where, they have a fight with Piccolo, but, that was before or after his merging with Kami? And then Trunks and Vageta train to fight Cell, but that's after Goku wakes up and tells them about the time chamber, Cell merges with android 17, but that was after defeating Piccolo,' the more Cassie strained to remember details, the more her head began to ache.
It must have shown on her face because Krillian suddenly looked concerned.
"Cassie? Cassie, you okay?" Krillian asked.
When Cassie didn't respond Krillian touched her shoulder causing her to jump.
"Sorry, you just suddenly looked like something was bothering you, I was just wondering if everything's okay." Krillian said softly as he gave her shoulder a little squeeze.
Cassie forced her face and body to relax and then gave him a small smile.
"I'm okay, thanks Krillian, it means a lot. It's just that, I've had a really rough day, and I hadn't meant on leaving home and I hadn't meant on meeting you all, I just, I just, I just don't know what to do." Cassie said looking down and striving not to cry.
"Aw man, you must've had it pretty tough. I'm mean, that did seem like a pretty bad time to show up and all, not that we don't like you being here cause we do. I mean we really like that you're here, I guess what I'm trying to say is it makes sense." Krillian said as he scratched the back of his head.
Cassie couldn't help but to cast him a puzzled glance.
"You're babbling again, Krillian." Chi-Chi said with a flat matter-of-fact and irritated-but-too-tired tone from across the plane.
"What I'm saying is that it seemed kind of odd that you should show up when you did, and that you didn't look like you knew where you were and the fact that you woke up to Vageta's ugly mug didn't help matters either. So I guess I'm saying I sympathize with you, but we're glad you're here all the same." Krillian said smiling innocently and openly.
Cassie couldn't stand it any more, she launched herself forward, wrapping her arms around Krillian's neck and then began sobbing onto his shoulder. At first Krillian seemed stunned and tense, but then he relaxed as if he understood, wrapped his arms around her and gently patted her back while whispering soothing messages to her. As she cried she was also thinking hard on what was going to happen.
'Is it now that Cell's going to attack? Was Goku on board when he attacked it? No, I think it was after Goku woke up, yeah, that's it, he woke up and then instant transmitioned here and from there told Trunks and them. But why is my memory, so, bad,' Cassie thought before drifting off to sleep.
When Cassie opened her eyes, she was in her room, standing in the middle of it wearing her Super Saiyan Trunks super baggy shirt on with a pair of close fitted jeans and her socks. She was standing in front of her VHS collection of Dragonball Z. Each tape fitted together to make one picture. She looked over these pictures, her eyes scanning till she came upon the Imperfect Cell Saga, something wasn't right. Cassie bent over for a closer look and noticed that the picture was faded. Suddenly she realized that it wasn't just faded, but it was fading as she watched. She frantically looked past the Imperfect Cell Saga on to the Majin Buu Saga and seen that it faded into whiteness when it reached there. There were no pictures for the Majin Buu Saga, only blank tapes.
'What's going on!? What's happening?!!!' Cassie thought as she began to feel herself panic.
Cassie suddenly took in a deep breath so that she could yell out her question, but when she opened her eyes for a second time she found that she was on a couch with a blanket strewn over her and pillow was propping up her head. Her heart was beating so fast as she sat up and looked around that she had unconsciously placed her hand on her chest.
"What's the matter Hot-Stuff?" a voice came from beside her.
She turned to see the bald head of an old man with large sunglasses peering over the back of the couch at her. She gave a sudden yip and then smacked him with her pillow. Her eyes grew wide and a deep blush formed on her cheeks as she dropped the pillow. The old man's head was cocked back at a bad angle and his glasses were knocked sideways.
"I am so sorry, Master Roshi! I didn't mean to, I mean," she finally managed to say.
"Ha-ha! Don't mention it! Being able to see such a luscious little lady like you blush made it all worth while!" he said laughing happily and rather loudly.
Suddenly, before Cassie could find the time to react, Roshi went sailing into the ceiling. Standing behind him with her arm held up high, hand in a fist and looking as though she just upper-cutted Master Roshi, was Chi-Chi.
"Dirty old man, some things just never change!!" Chi-Chi half-yelled and half-growled with clinched teeth at Roshi as he hung from the ceiling, his head hidden from view.
Chi-Chi brought her fist down to rest on her hip.
"I hope he didn't bother you too much, I knew better then to leave you in here unattended." Chi-Chi said while shacking her head.
A thought suddenly went through her head.
"Has Goku woke up yet?" Cassie asked Chi-Chi earnestly.
Chi-Chi blinked at this and then looked thoughtful.
"No, not yet."
Cassie let out a sigh and then relaxed.
"You sound relieved." Chi-Chi said, half accusingly and half teasing.
Cassie suddenly looked horrified at the notion.
"No, it's not that it's just that," before she could finish her sentence Chi-Chi placed her hand on Cassie's shoulder.
"I know, you just wanted to be there when he woke up, it's perfectly understandable." Chi-Chi said with a smile and then turned from her.
"I'm going to go cook, why don't you go check on Goku for me?" Chi-Chi and then headed for the kitchen.
Cassie couldn't quite grasp what had happened and then it hit her, she realized what Chi-Chi was implying and what kind of trust was being given to her. Cassie smiled as her eyes began to brim with unshed tears.
"Yes ma'am!" Cassie called back happily.
Chi-Chi paused long enough to glance back with a slight smile before she continued and disappeared into the kitchen. Cassie tossed the covers off her, jumped off the couch and was heading towards the stairs when she realized that Gohan was there at a study table with his homework. But Gohan wasn't facing his homework, he was facing Cassie. Cassie suddenly stopped, not knowing what to say to Gohan.
"Uh, hey Gohan, how's everything going?" she then knew why she didn't know what to say to him, it was because he had this angry, disappointed look on his face.
At that Gohan looked down.
"Trunks leave without you?" she asked finally.
At that Gohan looked up with surprise.
"Yeah, how'd you know?" he asked.
"Well," Cassie stopped to think about it.
'I can't tell him it's because I remember this part of the show, or is that even it, my memories are getting to be so hazy, like fading pictures,' Cassie's thought trailed off at that.
"It's because I notice that you're back, but he isn't. It was just a lucky guess, I could've been wrong." She said giving a sheepish smile and then shrugged.
"Oh," Gohan said, but before he could finish what he might have said, the whole house began to shake.
Gohan and Cassie looked at each other and seemed to know what the other was thinking.
"What was that!!" Chi-Chi's frantically shrill voice came from the kitchen.
Both Cassie and Gohan knew. Cassie's heart felt as though it were going to fly out of her chest, it was beating so fast. Her heartbeat practically thundered in her ears and she felt suddenly very light headed. Her breathing was beginning to speed up at well.
'Goku'
"Dad!"
At that they both ran out the door to find Goku standing on the beach at the water's edge doing Kamehamehas over the water, causing waves to split. Cassie looked from Goku to Gohan, who's eyes were watering up, who's bottom lip was quivering violently and who's nose was unattractively running.
"D-d-daddy?" Gohan asked in a small voice.
Goku then turned to him, his expression magically changing from concentration to joy in a matter of milliseconds. Gohan ran to his father almost crying and once Chi-Chi saw him she ran into his arms and was flung into the air with the greatest of ease. When she came back down they looked like the happiest family ever. It had been slightly emotional when Cassie had watched it on television, but seeing it like this, in real life seemed so much more personal. This thought struck her so hard that she decided this might be one of those times when loved ones needed to be alone with the ones they loved and not burdened by a stranger. When she turned to leave Chi-Chi called her name and caused her to look back. It wasn't Gohan or Chi-Chi she noticed looking at her, but she realized that this was the first time Goku had seen her and for the first time she realized that she might be in some trouble.
"Common over here, Cassie! Isn't it wonderful having Goku awake and well!" Chi-Chi eagerly motioned for Cassie to come stand with them.
Goku was still watching her, his expression that of wonder not anger. Cassie had seen the look of anger on Goku's face and she remembered that was something she didn't mind seeing directed at the bad guys, but she never wanted directed at her. So she cast her gaze down and walked up to them. This time she was merely feet away from Goku. She felt the heat rise up so intensely in her face that she felt dizzy. Her heart was practically in her throat and she couldn't find her voice. She swallowed several times but couldn't seem to manage sound.
"Well Goku, you probably don't remember her, but this is Cassie!" Chi-Chi said happily as though it was a family reunion.
'Oh gosh dang it, I feel like such a heel, I don't deserve to meet Goku, I don't deserve them being so nice to me,' Cassie thought and felt as though she wanted to cry.
Even though all Cassie wanted to do at that moment was to run away, she seemed frozen in place, her legs or anything else for that matter refused to cooperate. When all was quite for a few seconds and she realized that Goku hadn't out-right deny anything she stole a glance up at Goku, but only with her eyes, not her head. He looked surprised at first and then looked at Chi-Chi's smiling face and then smiled childishly.
"Yeah! Of course I do!" Goku said happily.
Both Gohan and Chi-Chi laughed happily about this, but it put Cassie into a state of shock. Taken totally aback by this response, her face had the expression that just screamed the word 'huh?!' all over it.
"Common! Give me a hug!" Goku said happily and before she could protest or even respond he reached down and picked her up in a tight hug.
'Why is he doing this?!' Cassie thought frantically.
Her whole face went blood-red, her eyes turned into large swirlies and steam was practically rolling from her ears.
'Gosh he's got a firm body,' Cassie thought in her delirium.
'Cassie! How could you! That's just plain wrong to think something like that! Especially since he's already taken!' Cassie quickly reprimanded herself for such thoughts, kind, she didn't seem so sure when she told herself that.
She suddenly felt Goku's voice in her ear as a dull whisper, the warm wind from his voice caused her to have goose bumps and the sheer bass from it caused her face to practically glow red.
"I don't know what's going on, but I'm sure you'll explain it to me later, right?" he whispered.
Cassie's breath caught and she felt her heart skip a beat and her whole body seemed to go into remission, everything refusing to work. She couldn't even swallow as she worked her mouth open and closed slightly, though no sound came out. When she hadn't said anything after a few moments Goku continued.
"I know you don't mean any harm and that you're a good person, someone I wouldn't mind being around, but I've got to know what's going on, okay?" he said and as he did his voice was calm and understanding, but even worse was underneath it all that was something so much more and that was a slight pleading, as if he really wanted to know, that more then anything else caused her to want to cry.
With that she managed to nod the barest of nods.
"Good." He whispered almost relieved and then set her down.
All she could do was look up at him with awe and absolute admiration.
"It's good to see you again." She said in a small voice, her face noticeably red.
Goku only smiled at that, the smile showed some kind of hidden meaning was behind it. Chi-Chi then looked at her, bending over to get a closer look at her. Cassie turned her head slowly almost reluctantly to look at Chi-Chi. Chi-Chi suddenly had a thoughtful look on her face.
"Oh, I get it, you must've had some kind of crush on him when you were little." Chi-Chi said.
"Huh?" was the unison response from both Gohan and Cassie.
Cassie looked devastated and Gohan looked bewildered.
"Mom please! You're embarrassing her!" Gohan pleaded.
"Oh, common Gohan. I think its cute." Chi-Chi said and turned in time to see Goku heading toward the front door of the Kami House.
"And where do you think your going?" she called to him before heading in his direction.
"Aw, common Chi-Chi, I'm starving! Can't we get something to eat?" he asked pathetically while holding his stomach.
Goku and Chi-Chi's voices carried into the house as Cassie and Gohan started walking back.
"Sorry about that, my mom's not very tactful." Gohan said looking down and blushing while rubbing the back of his head.
"Don't worry about it. It's okay, it just threw me off, that's all." Cassie said, her voice still hadn't regained it's strength back.
"Oh good, so that means you really don't have a crush on my dad then! I was beginning to get worried for a second!" Gohan said nervously, but audibly relieved.
"Huh! You thought so too?!" Cassie suddenly found her voice was perfectly strong again.
She looked surprised at herself for being so direct, but Gohan seemed to see it as her finally being open with him as though they were finally friends.
"Sorry! I couldn't help it!" he said light-hearted and apologetically.
Suddenly Cassie felt as secure with Gohan as she did with Krillian.
'It's because their characters are so easy to get along with, it's almost magnetic, especially with people who are lonely and desire friends the most, people like me.' Cassie thought to herself as she smiled at Gohan and followed him into the Kami House.
However much she seemed at ease with Gohan as she followed him, she couldn't get the knot in her stomach to ease, let alone leave.
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So? How's that? I've gotten my artistic grove back, my artistic chi, my creative spirit! =^.^= me so happy. I hope you enjoyed it, I promise that I'll try and post more chapters and I'm sorry for the slump I've been in. Until next time, Ja Ne, Usarea
Ps. You think that 8 pages more then made up for my absence? No? Me neither.
------= Television references ""= Talking ''=Thinking **=Telepathy (and Chapter brakes =o.O=)(and flashbacks...)
I'm truly sorry about the last chapter, I promised you something and then I just went AWOL on you and left you hanging onto nothing but promises. Well, this chapter should fulfill at least some of it, if not all. R&R and all that. I will say this for sure, it's coming close to the dramatic conclusion that not even I could predict coming! So, ENJOY! =^.^=
**********Chapter Seven***********
Cassie sat with Krillian suddenly filling safer then she ever had before.
'Is it because I'm new here? Is it because I didn't really feel safe before? I'm starting to feel really bad about knowing I actually thought I wasn't safe around these guys.' Cassie thought to herself as she talked with Krillian.
"I wonder what they're finding out there." Krillian suddenly said and Cassie realized that she hadn't been paying close enough attention to their conversation.
"Who?" she asked uncertainly, as though she felt ashamed for not listening.
"Who? Why Trunks and Gohan, haven't you noticed they're not here?" Krillian said, but his voice wasn't scolding, just teasing.
Heat rushed up into Cassie's cheeks and she frowned. When Krillian seen her reaction he suddenly went solemn, Cassie saw that her reaction was wrong and then playfully stuck her tongue out at him, causing him to burst into laughter.
"Quite down you two! I swear, you're like a couple of children!" Chi-Chi yelled over Goku.
Krillian and Cassie's laughter turned into stifled giggles.
"So like I said, what do you think they'll find?" Krillian asked.
Cassie thought about it for a moment. She knew without a doubt that they'd find Cell, but from there, from there, from there,
What came next?
Cassie suddenly realized that she didn't know what was next. She had watched the show a dozen times a day and she still didn't know what happened next.
'Okay, calm down Cassie, I know they take Goku to Master Roshi's house, and from there, some where, they have a fight with Piccolo, but, that was before or after his merging with Kami? And then Trunks and Vageta train to fight Cell, but that's after Goku wakes up and tells them about the time chamber, Cell merges with android 17, but that was after defeating Piccolo,' the more Cassie strained to remember details, the more her head began to ache.
It must have shown on her face because Krillian suddenly looked concerned.
"Cassie? Cassie, you okay?" Krillian asked.
When Cassie didn't respond Krillian touched her shoulder causing her to jump.
"Sorry, you just suddenly looked like something was bothering you, I was just wondering if everything's okay." Krillian said softly as he gave her shoulder a little squeeze.
Cassie forced her face and body to relax and then gave him a small smile.
"I'm okay, thanks Krillian, it means a lot. It's just that, I've had a really rough day, and I hadn't meant on leaving home and I hadn't meant on meeting you all, I just, I just, I just don't know what to do." Cassie said looking down and striving not to cry.
"Aw man, you must've had it pretty tough. I'm mean, that did seem like a pretty bad time to show up and all, not that we don't like you being here cause we do. I mean we really like that you're here, I guess what I'm trying to say is it makes sense." Krillian said as he scratched the back of his head.
Cassie couldn't help but to cast him a puzzled glance.
"You're babbling again, Krillian." Chi-Chi said with a flat matter-of-fact and irritated-but-too-tired tone from across the plane.
"What I'm saying is that it seemed kind of odd that you should show up when you did, and that you didn't look like you knew where you were and the fact that you woke up to Vageta's ugly mug didn't help matters either. So I guess I'm saying I sympathize with you, but we're glad you're here all the same." Krillian said smiling innocently and openly.
Cassie couldn't stand it any more, she launched herself forward, wrapping her arms around Krillian's neck and then began sobbing onto his shoulder. At first Krillian seemed stunned and tense, but then he relaxed as if he understood, wrapped his arms around her and gently patted her back while whispering soothing messages to her. As she cried she was also thinking hard on what was going to happen.
'Is it now that Cell's going to attack? Was Goku on board when he attacked it? No, I think it was after Goku woke up, yeah, that's it, he woke up and then instant transmitioned here and from there told Trunks and them. But why is my memory, so, bad,' Cassie thought before drifting off to sleep.
When Cassie opened her eyes, she was in her room, standing in the middle of it wearing her Super Saiyan Trunks super baggy shirt on with a pair of close fitted jeans and her socks. She was standing in front of her VHS collection of Dragonball Z. Each tape fitted together to make one picture. She looked over these pictures, her eyes scanning till she came upon the Imperfect Cell Saga, something wasn't right. Cassie bent over for a closer look and noticed that the picture was faded. Suddenly she realized that it wasn't just faded, but it was fading as she watched. She frantically looked past the Imperfect Cell Saga on to the Majin Buu Saga and seen that it faded into whiteness when it reached there. There were no pictures for the Majin Buu Saga, only blank tapes.
'What's going on!? What's happening?!!!' Cassie thought as she began to feel herself panic.
Cassie suddenly took in a deep breath so that she could yell out her question, but when she opened her eyes for a second time she found that she was on a couch with a blanket strewn over her and pillow was propping up her head. Her heart was beating so fast as she sat up and looked around that she had unconsciously placed her hand on her chest.
"What's the matter Hot-Stuff?" a voice came from beside her.
She turned to see the bald head of an old man with large sunglasses peering over the back of the couch at her. She gave a sudden yip and then smacked him with her pillow. Her eyes grew wide and a deep blush formed on her cheeks as she dropped the pillow. The old man's head was cocked back at a bad angle and his glasses were knocked sideways.
"I am so sorry, Master Roshi! I didn't mean to, I mean," she finally managed to say.
"Ha-ha! Don't mention it! Being able to see such a luscious little lady like you blush made it all worth while!" he said laughing happily and rather loudly.
Suddenly, before Cassie could find the time to react, Roshi went sailing into the ceiling. Standing behind him with her arm held up high, hand in a fist and looking as though she just upper-cutted Master Roshi, was Chi-Chi.
"Dirty old man, some things just never change!!" Chi-Chi half-yelled and half-growled with clinched teeth at Roshi as he hung from the ceiling, his head hidden from view.
Chi-Chi brought her fist down to rest on her hip.
"I hope he didn't bother you too much, I knew better then to leave you in here unattended." Chi-Chi said while shacking her head.
A thought suddenly went through her head.
"Has Goku woke up yet?" Cassie asked Chi-Chi earnestly.
Chi-Chi blinked at this and then looked thoughtful.
"No, not yet."
Cassie let out a sigh and then relaxed.
"You sound relieved." Chi-Chi said, half accusingly and half teasing.
Cassie suddenly looked horrified at the notion.
"No, it's not that it's just that," before she could finish her sentence Chi-Chi placed her hand on Cassie's shoulder.
"I know, you just wanted to be there when he woke up, it's perfectly understandable." Chi-Chi said with a smile and then turned from her.
"I'm going to go cook, why don't you go check on Goku for me?" Chi-Chi and then headed for the kitchen.
Cassie couldn't quite grasp what had happened and then it hit her, she realized what Chi-Chi was implying and what kind of trust was being given to her. Cassie smiled as her eyes began to brim with unshed tears.
"Yes ma'am!" Cassie called back happily.
Chi-Chi paused long enough to glance back with a slight smile before she continued and disappeared into the kitchen. Cassie tossed the covers off her, jumped off the couch and was heading towards the stairs when she realized that Gohan was there at a study table with his homework. But Gohan wasn't facing his homework, he was facing Cassie. Cassie suddenly stopped, not knowing what to say to Gohan.
"Uh, hey Gohan, how's everything going?" she then knew why she didn't know what to say to him, it was because he had this angry, disappointed look on his face.
At that Gohan looked down.
"Trunks leave without you?" she asked finally.
At that Gohan looked up with surprise.
"Yeah, how'd you know?" he asked.
"Well," Cassie stopped to think about it.
'I can't tell him it's because I remember this part of the show, or is that even it, my memories are getting to be so hazy, like fading pictures,' Cassie's thought trailed off at that.
"It's because I notice that you're back, but he isn't. It was just a lucky guess, I could've been wrong." She said giving a sheepish smile and then shrugged.
"Oh," Gohan said, but before he could finish what he might have said, the whole house began to shake.
Gohan and Cassie looked at each other and seemed to know what the other was thinking.
"What was that!!" Chi-Chi's frantically shrill voice came from the kitchen.
Both Cassie and Gohan knew. Cassie's heart felt as though it were going to fly out of her chest, it was beating so fast. Her heartbeat practically thundered in her ears and she felt suddenly very light headed. Her breathing was beginning to speed up at well.
'Goku'
"Dad!"
At that they both ran out the door to find Goku standing on the beach at the water's edge doing Kamehamehas over the water, causing waves to split. Cassie looked from Goku to Gohan, who's eyes were watering up, who's bottom lip was quivering violently and who's nose was unattractively running.
"D-d-daddy?" Gohan asked in a small voice.
Goku then turned to him, his expression magically changing from concentration to joy in a matter of milliseconds. Gohan ran to his father almost crying and once Chi-Chi saw him she ran into his arms and was flung into the air with the greatest of ease. When she came back down they looked like the happiest family ever. It had been slightly emotional when Cassie had watched it on television, but seeing it like this, in real life seemed so much more personal. This thought struck her so hard that she decided this might be one of those times when loved ones needed to be alone with the ones they loved and not burdened by a stranger. When she turned to leave Chi-Chi called her name and caused her to look back. It wasn't Gohan or Chi-Chi she noticed looking at her, but she realized that this was the first time Goku had seen her and for the first time she realized that she might be in some trouble.
"Common over here, Cassie! Isn't it wonderful having Goku awake and well!" Chi-Chi eagerly motioned for Cassie to come stand with them.
Goku was still watching her, his expression that of wonder not anger. Cassie had seen the look of anger on Goku's face and she remembered that was something she didn't mind seeing directed at the bad guys, but she never wanted directed at her. So she cast her gaze down and walked up to them. This time she was merely feet away from Goku. She felt the heat rise up so intensely in her face that she felt dizzy. Her heart was practically in her throat and she couldn't find her voice. She swallowed several times but couldn't seem to manage sound.
"Well Goku, you probably don't remember her, but this is Cassie!" Chi-Chi said happily as though it was a family reunion.
'Oh gosh dang it, I feel like such a heel, I don't deserve to meet Goku, I don't deserve them being so nice to me,' Cassie thought and felt as though she wanted to cry.
Even though all Cassie wanted to do at that moment was to run away, she seemed frozen in place, her legs or anything else for that matter refused to cooperate. When all was quite for a few seconds and she realized that Goku hadn't out-right deny anything she stole a glance up at Goku, but only with her eyes, not her head. He looked surprised at first and then looked at Chi-Chi's smiling face and then smiled childishly.
"Yeah! Of course I do!" Goku said happily.
Both Gohan and Chi-Chi laughed happily about this, but it put Cassie into a state of shock. Taken totally aback by this response, her face had the expression that just screamed the word 'huh?!' all over it.
"Common! Give me a hug!" Goku said happily and before she could protest or even respond he reached down and picked her up in a tight hug.
'Why is he doing this?!' Cassie thought frantically.
Her whole face went blood-red, her eyes turned into large swirlies and steam was practically rolling from her ears.
'Gosh he's got a firm body,' Cassie thought in her delirium.
'Cassie! How could you! That's just plain wrong to think something like that! Especially since he's already taken!' Cassie quickly reprimanded herself for such thoughts, kind, she didn't seem so sure when she told herself that.
She suddenly felt Goku's voice in her ear as a dull whisper, the warm wind from his voice caused her to have goose bumps and the sheer bass from it caused her face to practically glow red.
"I don't know what's going on, but I'm sure you'll explain it to me later, right?" he whispered.
Cassie's breath caught and she felt her heart skip a beat and her whole body seemed to go into remission, everything refusing to work. She couldn't even swallow as she worked her mouth open and closed slightly, though no sound came out. When she hadn't said anything after a few moments Goku continued.
"I know you don't mean any harm and that you're a good person, someone I wouldn't mind being around, but I've got to know what's going on, okay?" he said and as he did his voice was calm and understanding, but even worse was underneath it all that was something so much more and that was a slight pleading, as if he really wanted to know, that more then anything else caused her to want to cry.
With that she managed to nod the barest of nods.
"Good." He whispered almost relieved and then set her down.
All she could do was look up at him with awe and absolute admiration.
"It's good to see you again." She said in a small voice, her face noticeably red.
Goku only smiled at that, the smile showed some kind of hidden meaning was behind it. Chi-Chi then looked at her, bending over to get a closer look at her. Cassie turned her head slowly almost reluctantly to look at Chi-Chi. Chi-Chi suddenly had a thoughtful look on her face.
"Oh, I get it, you must've had some kind of crush on him when you were little." Chi-Chi said.
"Huh?" was the unison response from both Gohan and Cassie.
Cassie looked devastated and Gohan looked bewildered.
"Mom please! You're embarrassing her!" Gohan pleaded.
"Oh, common Gohan. I think its cute." Chi-Chi said and turned in time to see Goku heading toward the front door of the Kami House.
"And where do you think your going?" she called to him before heading in his direction.
"Aw, common Chi-Chi, I'm starving! Can't we get something to eat?" he asked pathetically while holding his stomach.
Goku and Chi-Chi's voices carried into the house as Cassie and Gohan started walking back.
"Sorry about that, my mom's not very tactful." Gohan said looking down and blushing while rubbing the back of his head.
"Don't worry about it. It's okay, it just threw me off, that's all." Cassie said, her voice still hadn't regained it's strength back.
"Oh good, so that means you really don't have a crush on my dad then! I was beginning to get worried for a second!" Gohan said nervously, but audibly relieved.
"Huh! You thought so too?!" Cassie suddenly found her voice was perfectly strong again.
She looked surprised at herself for being so direct, but Gohan seemed to see it as her finally being open with him as though they were finally friends.
"Sorry! I couldn't help it!" he said light-hearted and apologetically.
Suddenly Cassie felt as secure with Gohan as she did with Krillian.
'It's because their characters are so easy to get along with, it's almost magnetic, especially with people who are lonely and desire friends the most, people like me.' Cassie thought to herself as she smiled at Gohan and followed him into the Kami House.
However much she seemed at ease with Gohan as she followed him, she couldn't get the knot in her stomach to ease, let alone leave.
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So? How's that? I've gotten my artistic grove back, my artistic chi, my creative spirit! =^.^= me so happy. I hope you enjoyed it, I promise that I'll try and post more chapters and I'm sorry for the slump I've been in. Until next time, Ja Ne, Usarea
Ps. You think that 8 pages more then made up for my absence? No? Me neither.