Chapter 6 – Reminiscing

After he finished the fifth tale of the knight and the dragon the boys finally were sleeping soundly. He sighed feeling rather tired when he headed down the stairs, stopping only for a few short seconds when he realized that now; he was going to be alone with Marron.

He paused before walking in to the living room; he could hear the faint cracking of wood burning coming from right behind the door. He let out a shaky breath and pushed the door open; there in front of him right on one of the sofas was Marron. Sleeping soundly.

A tiny smile formed on his lips as his eyes drank in the sight of her. Although it had been years since they had last been together, he never forgot the way she looked. He never forgot the smell of her hair or other tiny little things such as remembering the sound of her light snoring during the night.

She was sleeping peacefully on one of the red sofa's, her hair sprawled over de the white pillows as a tiny smile formed on her lips. For a brief moment he considered to walk over to the other sofa, sit opposite of her and just look at her for a little longer. Taking a closer look, just for a few seconds.

But a cold shiver ran down his spine the moment he thought of doing that, the realization of the fact that he was not in the real world. This was not the real Marron lying in front of him, this was still a world a silly old hag named Baba created.

This was fake, not real.

With a sigh he shook his head and closed his eyes before making his way over to her.

As quietly as he could he carefully picked her up in his arms. She stirred a little but did not wake up; gently he walked up the stairs and in to their bedroom. Carefully placing her on top of the covers and pulled the duvet over her body. She made a soft sound, turning her head slightly making it impossible for him to ignore the look of peace on her face.

With a hidden smile he let his hand caress her soft cheek, eyeing the many freckles that covered her cheeks. His fingers gently touched her rosy coloured lips. Soft as always, her warm breath tickling his senses as his fingers lingered on her lips.

He wondered, did they still feel the same as they did all those years ago? Would her kisses still be the same? Although his skin felt like it was on fire, he could still feel the hairs rise on his arms. The urge to replace his fingers with his lips growing with each passing second.

He closed his eyes and stood up straight, he swallowed hard and tried with all his might to ignore the memories that flooded his mind the moment he let his hands wander over her face. Shaking his head he turned for the door.

Deep in thought he wandered through the tiny home that was supposedly his, eyeing the pictures on the walls down the corridors. He stopped at one of them as soon as he recognized three of his brothers in one of the pictures. Raising an eyebrow he stopped and looked closely, all of them, wearing big grins and all were locked in a tight brotherly embrace, surrounding Uub…

He held back his breath in slight shock; they were smiling back at Uub….

Uub remembered how his family responded the moment he had brought Marron with him, the moment she set foot into the tribe's home everyone stopped doing what they did and paused to look at her. With wide eyes they followed her every move as Marron tightly held onto Uub's arm.

His parents weren't all to pleased to see that he had taken a woman from the cities into their tribal home.

"So where do you think you'll live once you're married?" his mother blatantly asked causing Uub to choke over his meal.

"E-excuse me?!" he sputtered coughing out the pieces of food that were still jammed up in his throat.

"Well, you taking her home to introduce her to us means something doesn't it?" his mother continued and Uub was extremely happy that he had already brought Marron home. He didn't even want to know what her reaction would be to his mother's question.

"Mother, I've only known her for a few weeks. I think it's a little too early to start thinking about marriage."

His mother totted and shook her head, sitting down at the wooden table. Uub noticed the eyes of all his brothers starring intently at him. Knowing looks rested in their eyes and neither of them looked at all amused.

Raising an eyebrow he turned back to his mother the moment he heard her mumble Goku's name, "What was that mother?"

His mother sighed and looked up at him, "I said that we were wrong about letting that Goku help you train. He and his way of life would be a bad influence on you."

Uub's eyes widened, never in his life had he ever heard his mother talk about his sensei like that, she always had been kind to him and thanked him on many occasions whenever Uub had been growing more and more in control of his powers.

"What do you mean mother?" he asked, his meal forgotten.

"You do remember that your brother," she pointed at Tacu who sat across of him, "Is engaged?"

Uub nodded, eyeing his brother for a few seconds.

"He never did quite understand or respect our way of life and always took you with him to see his family and friends. The kind of people who we for as long as we remember tried to avoid." His mother finished and took a bite of her food. Acting like she was merely telling a funny tale that held no value what so ever.

Uub felt a shiver run over his spine.

"Those with different morals and believes, those who spend and waste their times with other men or women before they finally settle down to marry… Or end up marrying one man or woman after the other."

"But mother, Goku married at an even younger age then Tacu did. And they're still married." Uub pointed out.

"Well he might be an exception at that. But his youngest son wasn't!" she argued back.

"Mother's point is that this girl you have brought to us today," Tacu filled in, "Doesn't belong here."

Uub gaped at his brother, they weren't actually saying what he thought they were saying… were they?

"Uub, if you want a woman in your life who will stick by your side and your tribe family side then you have to find some one else. She'll never fit in; she'll never belong and will always be a part of the city world." Tacu finished.

Uub shook his head at the memory; he was stunned at that time and didn't know what to do with himself for the days that followed. He often wandered around the hill side of forest Pausu. Ignoring his family, the other tribe members and staying away from her.

His thoughts all resting up on his family's reaction up on seeing Marron.

Clearing his throat he quickly turned the other way, keeping his focus on the other pictures that decorated his wall and ordered his thoughts to stay away from his family.

He stopped at one with Trunks and Goten who were still in their teens at that time; there was one that had Pan with her parents smiling right back and a picture of Juuhachi-gou who was holding a tiny Marron. He chuckled; Marron looked exactly like her father when she was a baby.

Thank Dende that changed through the years.

He turned back in to the living room and paused. Remembering the many pictures that were in the book case right next to the door he walked up to it.

More then half of the pictures had Rishou and Goushi standing on them, each and every one of them were decorating the wooden shelves of the book case. He smiled fondly. Rishou had Marron's eyes, which was considered as something very odd. He remembered that his own mother once said that blue eyes or any other lightly coloured eyes had never been in this family.

Marron was the first to enter the family with blue eyes…

Which was a shocker to everyone in his-, no he closed his eyes and quickly turned his attention back to the pictures of the boys.

His first born son was to get the same eyes as his mother. He had a thick layer of black hair, no doubt from his side of the family all of which was combed back and placed in a pony tail. He had the widest grin Uub had ever seen on any childlike face, just add the blue shimmering eyes to that smile and you have got one heck of a childlike heart throb.

Now there was Goushi, three year old Goushi who unlike his brother had dark black eyes and short black hair to go with it. He remembered the first morning he had seen Goushi, rushing over him and glued himself all around Uub's legs. His big black coil eyes starring up at him joined in with an innocent smile. Ready to make any person go weak through their knees once he threw them an innocent look.

He felt a strange surge of pride over come him once he stopped to look at the two boys. In all, these children were truly perfect.

His eyes roamed over the rest of the pictures in the bookcase, once more noticing the wedding picture like he did last night. Seeing more pictures of the time when the two of them were just together. One in particular caught his attention. It was a group picture of him and Marron surrounded by a huge crowd of friends and family. He blinked as he saw a banner hanging on the back, squinting his eyes slightly he managed to read the banner.

In huge red bold letters it read, "Engaged!"

He saw the date and was startled slightly.

"I came back…" he whispered realizing that that picture had been taken a few months after Uub had allegedly broken up with her. Another picture stood next to the engagement picture.

It had the two of them in a strong embrace and their eyes starring lovingly at each other. In the back the same banner of 'Engaged!' was held up. And upon closer inspection Uub finally noticed the tiny diamond ring Marron had around her finger. He couldn't fight the smile that formed on his lips.

He took the picture and walked to one of the sofas near the fireplace. Sitting down he sighed and leaned back his eyes starring at Marron's smiling face. Letting his thumb go over her face gently.

Short lived memories of the time they had just been together flashed by his eyes. Her giggles, her laugh, the feel of her hands on his skin setting fire to his whole body. The feathery touches she made with her lips against his and how she moved them to the rest of his body.

He faintly realized that, even though they had been apart for many years, she was still able to turn his world up side down. A small smile from her still caused his stomach to make amazing somersaults and his cheeks to fire up.

Closing his eyes he laid his head back on the sofa. Remembering the bright young woman running up to him with a blazing look on her face. Her arms open wide as she jumped up in his arms and kissed his cheek.

"I missed you." She whispered.

He shivered and grinned.

They had spent many hours in the forest of Pausu, away from the prying and disapproving eyes of his family members.

Those moments spent in the shadows of the forest right on the hill side that had the best view over the forest Pausu. Their laughter, gentle touches, soft sighs and exclamations of love drifted through the forest under the watch full gaze of the stars.

He had loved her, felt more for her then he had ever felt for any one else in his life. He still remembered exactly where she liked to be touched. Had every curve of her body memorized and knew how well her legs felt wrapped around his waist.

Uub had never shared anything like that with any other woman he had met before and after. Those memories always came back to him whenever he dreamt or spent his time alone on the hill side gazing at the stars above.

He did miss her after he had left her side. He often struggled into doing what was right, right in the eyes of his family or what was right according to his heart.

Still feeling her arms wrapping around his neck as he made love to her…

"I love you…" she whispered in a husky voice.

With a shaky breath he sat up straight, trying to shake of the memories.

This wasn't happening… shivers ran up and down his spine and a queasy feeling arose in the pit of his stomach.

No, this couldn't be happening. He had put this right behind him for years; he was okay with it now. He had left her side for the right reasons, for his family, for him, hell, even for –her-.

He shouldn't be feeling this now. Not when she was just a few feet away from him. Not when he was about to crawl into bed next to her and feel the warmth of her body just a few inches away.

What was he thinking?! He pressed his hands against his temples, what the hell was he thinking, believing that living through this illusion wouldn't bring all the old feelings back to the surface?!

He was addicted to her for those short months in which they were together. Even after he had left her he found it extremely hard to stay away. Trying with all his might not to remember what her body felt like pressed up against his. Or how she smelled and how her hair felt like silk against his fingers.

Terrified he swallowed hard. Realizing that the moment he would snuggle up close to her he would yet gain get addicted to the woman that was Marron.

To have her closer to him then she had been in years. Just a hand reach away. And the thing that confused his mind and soul the most wasn't the fact that he couldn't touch her any more. Wasn't the fact that they were no longer together and there for she was never his to touch again.

For in this world, she was his to touch. She was waiting for him in their bed and would be peacefully lying next to him.

He gulped hard.

It wasn't that he couldn't touch her. The thought of doing this had been running around like crazy in his mind for the last few moments.

But there was a small voice in his mind, that this –was- in fact an illusion. This was in fact not real and there would come a day soon in which all of this would be gone. The house he was in would disappear, the two children lying asleep in their tiny beds upstairs would be gone and Marron…

He already felt sick to the bone. Shivers ran down his spine as he looked at the picture on the table. Cursing inwardly.

"Babba, you are evil." He mumbled and sat back, he could hear the old woman's evil laugh in the back of his mind.

To Be Continued...

A/N : Of course there had to be a –very- good reason to why Uub stayed away from Marron in the first place. And, I couldn't help but to built up the little tension… hihi. Please review!