Part 1 of Chapter 15
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*Tobias/Mabelle*
Tobias smiled and gently stroked his hand along Mabelle's face, lying next to her in the bed. Mabelle smiled at him, and purred softly in her throat, making Tobias' tail begin to thump against the bed. He gently reached over, pulling her close. Mabelle closed her eyes, her lips parting just as they were about to kiss when something thwaped Tobias in the face......
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Tobias sat up with a start, seeing his tail smacking against his chest. He glared at it, annoyed that it had awoken him from a great dream. He snarled and grabbed it. He was surprised to find that by squeezing his tail, he felt no pain.
~ I must be like Vegeta. My tail gives me no pain if squeezed. ~ he thought, and smiled to himself. He got off the couch, and stretched, yawing. He wrapped his tail around his waist and gathered up his blanket. He folded it and snatched his pillow as well, and put them next to the couch. He figured he might need them again. He yawned again as he walked into the kitchen. He glanced at the clock and saw it was almost seven AM, and he was surprised Mabelle wasn't up before him. He opened the fridge, and looked at the huge amount of food inside. His stomach growled and he eyed up a box of cereal. He really wanted some cereal but he knew he had to feed Mabelle as well. He came to a compromise, and pulled out some eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes, bread, and three oranges.
Tobias began making breakfast for Mabelle and about a half hour later, he had made scrambled eggs with and without cheese, home made hash browns, bacon, sausage, and toast with butter or grape jelly. He set a carton of orange juice with the oranges, next to the plates. He took the box of cereal, and carton of milk, pouring half of each into a mixing bowl. He ate slowly, recalling his dream and all the vividness. Her scent, the way she moved, he voice, her eyes, everything had been so real. He finished his breakfast and
put the dishes in the dishwasher along with the rest of the dishes. He turned the machine on, and looked outside. The rain last night hadn't lasted long, and this morning everything had dried up.
Tobias walked to the door, only stopping to grab his silver tipped boots, socks, and his watch. Walking outside bare-chested, he made his way to the clearing in front of the lake. He stretched and began warm-up exercises. He breathed deeply before taking to
the air and began training.
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I was running as fast as I could, my tail tucked close to my body. I turned back to stare but I could see nothing, but I KNEW there was something, someone chasing me. I growled low in my throat as I ran faster, jumping over a fallen tree! I was too damn weak. I was too easy to beat if a battle were to occur. I hissed as I caught the scent of my pursuer and snarled as I ducked and dodged around the trees in the forest. I looked back again and saw a shadow dodging through the trees behind me. I put everything I had
into my running and I was moving faster than I could possibly see! I could see the cabin and I headed for it! Suddenly I was slammed into the ground with a great weight on top of me! I thrashed and pushed against the weight on top of me. Slowly my captor pressed me down and I felt a chill run up my spine.
"Don't fight me!" HE said and I started crying, how could he find me here? He should be back home with my mother!
"I'm gonna make you pay for running off like that!" I turned my head and whimpered as I saw my stepfather's face.
"TOBIAS HELP ME!" I shrieked and suddenly the weight of my stepfather was gone! I looked up to see Tobias slamming my stepfather into the ground! Suddenly HE was gone and Tobias was helping me up.
"Are you alright?" he asked and I nodded, taking in the lovely tan he had, I was so pale, but he was a handsome brownish-gold. I threw my arms around him and hugged him as tight as I could.
"Hey,I have to breath you know." Tobias said. I pulled back and I slowly brought my face towards him. His musk was intoxicating and I pressed my lips against his!
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Tobias landed on the ground, collapsing to his knees. He gasped for breath, sweating pouring from his body, totally exhausted. He glanced at the watch on his wrist, and saw it was eight in the morning. He stood up and began to focus. He had thought of a new ki attack while he was training. He had realized that the other authors would probably be using most of the Z senshi's attacks, like he did, but they might make up an attack or two of their own. To him he had to make his own. Closing his eyes, Tobias focused and gathered the energy into his hands, and then began to alter it......
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I opened my eyes from the dream and shook my head, I was blushing all the way from my shoulders to my forehead. I got up and headed out into the den. I looked up at the clock and gasped. It was eight o'clock. I sighed as I saw that Tobias' pillow and blanket were placed by the couch. I smiled as I looked at the breakfast that Tobias had set out for me. I began to eat, I took the scrambled eggs and toast; I was shocked that I nearly finished all of the orange juice. I ate the oranges and hunted down some storage containers and smiled as I put the leftovers away. I could never make myself eat this much. I took the dishes to the sink and hand washed them. I turned around and washed off the table. I slide my chair to the table and accidentally caught my tail between the
back of the chair and table. I gasped in pain as I pulled my tail out quickly the pain had been terrible. I gulped as I rubbed my tail gently. The sensation of rubbing my tail sent shivers up my spine and I stopped.
"This is no fun," I whimpered as I wrapped my tail around my waist. "I'm weak, I'm a burden to Tobias, and my tail is supersensitive. Man! Did I get the short end of the stick!"
I looked out the window and noticed Tobias was out there training. I went to the window and stood there staring out the window. My eyes were bugging out of my head at the sight of Tobias' sweat covered body.
"Thanks, Toby, just what I needed that image implanted in my brain!" I sighed as I wiped away the drool from the corner of my mouth. "But that's not a bad idea. I should train, but I couldn't even hope to spar with him, I'd not be concentrating on the fighting.
And I should probably stop talking to myself too." I went over to the front door and opened it staring at Tobias as he trained. Apparently he wasn't aware I was even there. I was going to change that.
"Tobias!" I cried and watched as whatever attack he was trying, fail and surround him in flame. *PLEASE LET HIM BE OKAY!* my mind screamed as I screamed vocally!
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"Tobias!" Mabelle called out. Tobias was so startled that he released the blast straight up. It came crashing down and he was engulfed with a burst of flame. Mabelle let out a shriek, but as soon as she did the flames went out.
Tobias was standing there covered in ash, his clothes a bit singed, and his face resembled Ash Ketchum every time he got burned by that giant dragon of his.
Mabelle stared for a moment before bursting into a fit of laughter. She continued to howl with laughter as he walked up to her. She clapped her hands over he mouth and stared at him, giggling. Tobias put his hands on his hips, and gave her an amused glare.
"I suppose you find this funny, huh?" he asked, amused. Mabelle was eventually able to stop giggling uncontrollably. She finally took her hands off her face, a huge smile on her face. She was still dressed in the shirt he gave, her and her hair was slightly mused. To Tobias she could have waltzed onto a dance floor at a Presidential Ball.
"You just looked so silly!" she said, and giggled again. Tobias shook his head and walked into the house with Mabelle following him.
"Did you have breakfast yet?" he asked, and she nodded.
"Thanks, it was real good. Is my kimono ready?" she asked, and Tobias smiled. He led her to the laundry room, and handed it to her. She raised it to her nose, and took a deep whiff.
"Thanks." she said. Tobias nodded and took a towel off of the rack above the dryer.
"I hope you don't mind if I take a shower first, but I am covered in ash." he said, and she giggled again. Tobias shook his head as he went to the bathroom.
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I smiled as I took off the shirt Tobias had given me, sighing as I took in his musk one more time. I sighed as I thought about my dream of him rescuing me and felt a shiver go down my spine.
"I better get a hold on my hormones." I chuckled to myself as I placed the shirt on the foot of the bed and pulled on my kimono. I knew Tobias had been staring at me last night, maybe we had the same feelings. I should go talk to him.
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Tobias gently massaged his muscles as he washed the ash off, loosening the tense bunching in them from the training. The ash was eventually gone, and Tobias just stood there, enjoying the feel of the scalding hot warm against his skin. He thought he heard the
door open but he knew for sure he did when he heard a gasp and the door close quickly. He glanced at the door threw the foggy glass doors of the shower stall doors. He saw nothing, but he knew. Mabelle had opened the door and come into the bathroom for
some reason, but why?
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I sighed as I went to go talk to Tobias, I had talk about how I felt about him. I shook my head. No! You don't tell a guy how you feel and I wasn't even sure how I felt. I hit my head and sighed, I must have hit my head harder than I thought when I landed at Kami's Lookout. I opened the door to the bathroom slowly, just in case he was gone. I looked in and saw Tobias through the glass doors. His back was like a sculptor carved it from marble, it was perfect and the water had caused his hair to fall down against his head. I was so shocked for a second that I couldn't move. I gasped as I quickly shut the door and rushed back to the bedroom. Dende! I had seen his entire backside! I slowly began to count backwards from ten, then I did it again, then for eight more times. I heard
Tobias get out of the shower and I quickly rushed in the bathroom after he exited. I folded my kimono and placed it on the sink as I rushed into the shower stall. I could smell Tobias' sweet musk and I had to turn the water on as cold as possible. I whimpered as I tried to stop thinking about Tobias' sweat soaked body.
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Tobias looked at Mabelle as she rushed past him and into the bathroom, her kimono flapping behind her. He stared after her, really puzzled, as she closed the door behind her. He heard the shower turn on and he shook his head. He made his way to the bedroom and pulled out a pair of jeans, a black tank top, and socks and underwear. He tucked his boots in the closet and pulled out a pair of sneakers for himself. After he was dressed, he walked out to see a freshly showered Mabelle sitting on his couch watching TV.
"There have been rumors speculating that Cell is in fact a woman who is of his family. Rumors have been suggesting that she is either: his mother, sister, or his wife out for revenge. She is rumored to be far more powerful than Cell but twice as insane. People
have been taking to the streets, running to the countryside to build shelters to hide from her, just as they did with Cell. On other news, Michael Jordan the third was seen buying cocaine from-" Mabelle turned the TV off with a disgusted look on her face and looked at Tobias, he just shook his head, not noticing the dark blush on her cheeks.
"Should we do anything, Tobias?" she asked, and Tobias could detect a hint of anger in her voice. He sighed and looked at his watch. Nine in the morning.
"I was planning on taking you shopping to get some clothes. After that it may be well after seven. We can go see Jera tomorrow and talk to her about it. Besides, I have a few tricks up my sleeve since I last fought Lady Seru." he said, with a slight smirk. Mabelle got up and stretched, her tail standing straight out behind her. Tobias stared at her tail for a moment, noticing the blond slightly in it. He saw her looking at him, and he blushed.
"I don't like to shop, Tobias. It's too much of a pain," she said as they went outside. Tobias closed the door after her and he turned to her.
"Would you like to walk around all day with out shoes or other clothes?" he asked, in amused voice. Mabelle blushed and shook her head.
"Well, no I guess not, even if it would be more fun," she said, and he smiled.
"Then it's settled. Come on." he said, and with out warning he pulled her into his arms. Mabelle gasped, and was about to ask him what the hell he was doing when he took off. He looked down at her surprised face and explained.
"Flying this way is faster than you flying by yourself or on Nimbus. This way I don't have to slow down." he said, as they approached a village. He set down in the middle of it and was shocked to see people hurrying about with bags of luggage, loading them onto hover cars. Mabelle and Tobias looked around in shock as people hurried to a huge dome on the hillside. Tobias and both Mabelle sighed, both of them recognizing the dome from when Cell had first attacked.
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"I suppose it's useless to tell them that it's useless to hide in it." I sighed as I shook my head.
"Don't bother, you know what happened when Gohan tried." Tobias said as he nodded in the direction of one of the stores. I watched as people rushed around us with packages and everything they could carry.
"I hope they don't get into trouble again with the dome." I said as I followed Tobias.
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Tobias walked into the store, a woman behind the counter, glancing at the almost empty store shelves. She sighed as she heard them enter again, and looked over to them. Her frown turned to a grin as she recognized Tobias.
"Well if that don't beat all! Tobias, what are you doing here?" she asked. Tobias shook her hand, and she smiled even more.
"Thanks for your help, yesterday, Lime. I have to ask you another favor today though." Lime smiled.
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"Lime this is my friend, Mabelle, she's staying with me at my cabin. She wasn't really planning on staying long so she didn't bring anything with her, you know clothes, feminine items, that sort of thing." Tobias started blushing and Lime smiled as she shook my hand.
"Oh, any friend of yours is a friend of mine." she cried as she smiled at me. There was a glint in her eyes that I was worried about.
"Well I need to go get some errands done, I'll be back in a little bit." Tobias said as he ran off and I gulped as Lime came up to me.
"He's such a cutie, you're so lucky to have caught him." Lime said as she started to drag me out towards another store. I blushed as I held up my free hand.
"NO! It's not like that at all!" I gulped as I shook my head, a large sweat-drop rolling down the back of my head. We entered the store and it was filled with women's clothing.
"Of course not, you just happen to show up at his house with nothing but this kimono!" she laughed and I realized how bad this seemed. Lime was looking through a clothing rack.
"I....um...it's not like that at all!" I repeated as I blushed darker. Lime laughed as she pulled out a piece of sexy, black lingerie and held it up to me.
"This'll be on the house, I'll help you rope him, don't worry!" she cried as she rushed through the racks grabbing things she thought were appropriate.
"Um, did I mention it's not like that at all?" I whimpered as I wondered why Tobias left me here with this crazy woman.
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"This looks fantastic on you dear! I'm sure anyone would love it." Lime said, and the clothing storeowner nodded her head in turn. Mabelle was on top of a stand, wearing a black dress, like the one at a cocktail party. She was also wearing high heel shoes, and had a pair of black stockings on.
"I don't know Lime. I never wear stuff like this." Mabelle said, a tad weary. Mabelle was tad bit upset at having been dragged through the rushing crowds. Tobias had vanished only tow hours ago but it was far too long for her. Her suspicions had been confirmed though, when Lime had said she had met Gohan and still talked to him regularly. Mabelle sighed again as the woman chatted around and to her about things, like men, weather, men, the new Cell, men, their personnel lives, and, of course, men. Finally Mabelle was able to dress back in her kimono, only with undergarments this time, and socks and shoes. Her arms loaded with bags, she wasn't able to see Tobias when they walked outside.
"Mabelle!" he called out and she let out a shriek, throwing the packages up into the air. Tobias dropped what he was holding, a brown grocery bag which fell to the ground with a thunk, and he zoomed with his speed, catching all of the bags except one. This one bag happened to be a small bag from the pharmacy. Lime had insisted that she get Mabelle some personal thing and Mabelle still hadn't looked into the bag. When it hit the ground and out poured some female items, a few empty capsules, and.... a box of condoms fell to the ground.
Mabelle groaned and covered her eyes as a dark blush covered her cheeks and as Lime winked at her, scrapping the stuff into the bag. Tobias fortunately hadn't seen, he was trying to hold onto her bags and grab his bag. Mabelle sighed in relief, and mouthed to Lime, ~ What did you get those for? ~
Lime smiled and rolled her eyes to Tobias. Mabelle groaned again and covered her eyes. Lime smiled and thrust the bag into her hands, making her take it. Mabelle sighed, and looked to Tobias who was now holding all the bags in his arms. He gave her a puzzled look, but Mabelle just shook her head. He turned to Lime and thanked her. Lime just smiled and waved him off. Tobias shook his head.
"Ready?" he asked Mabelle around the packages of clothes and other items.
"Two hours ago." she mumbled, and Tobias laughed, taking to the air. Mabelle followed suit, flying a bit unsteadily. She nodded to them and took off, waving goodbye to the people in the village, Lime shouting and waving in huge movements, a huge smile on her face.
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I gulped as I held onto the bag with the condoms in it with a death grip. I couldn't let Tobias see what Lime had given me. I was going to die if he saw them, maybe I should have dropped them, but then Tobias might see me drop something and go get it. Dende how would I explain that! I blushed as I followed behind him. Flying sure was more concentration that I thought and here I was thinking about something as stupid as the box of condoms while I was hovering who knows how high above the ground! I shook my head. If Tobias hadn't left me with Lime alone she'd never had bought those stupid condoms. I'd never ever really seen a box of them before and here I was carrying them.
We landed and I followed him in. I quickly rushed to the bedroom and put away the clothes in the closet where Tobias had said I could. I didn't even want to think about how I was taking over his house. I shoved the offending box under the mattress with the
seductive lingerie and hoped he wouldn't find it. I came out into the kitchen as he finished putting away the groceries.
"What's the matter with you?" he asked and I snapped after all that Lime had put me through.
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"Ooooohhhh!! How could you do that?! I told you I hate shopping!" Mabelle snapped at him as her tail wagged in frustration behind her, her eyes revealing the embarrassment she had gone through. Tobias sighed and spread his arms before him in a gesture of surrender.
"I am sorry but I had to get some things at a grocery store that hadn't been sold out yet. It took me longer than I thought to find one," he said, and Mabelle snorted.
"Whatever." she snapped and stalked out the door and took to the air. "Don't follow me, please."
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I sighed as I flew over the forest and slowly descended in a lush forest setting and I looked around, the scent of hundreds of animals tantalized my nose. I smiled as I shrugged off my kimono, standing in the middle of the forest in only my new bra and panties. I sighed I hung my kimono on a branch and climbed up into a tree and looked down into the forest. The darkness of dusk was even darker in this part of the forest and my eyes were adjusted to the dark. I watched, curled up in my tree until finally a single buck made his way through the brush beneath me. I watched as I pulled my legs up underneath me so quietly I was shocked. I hunched my shoulders as I pounced, launching a small ki blast that blasted right through the buck's chest, killing him almost instantly. I
covered my finger with ki and used it to gut the buck. I smiled at my own ability, I had been really good in biology so I didn't mind the blood and stuff.
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Tobias sighed, and walked back out to the living room and opened an empty capsule labeled "couch". He placed the old couch inside and closed it. He tucked the capsule away and pulled out another one. He opened it to reveal another couch, a bit different. He closed the now empty capsule and tucked it away as well. He tested the new couch and as soon as he pressed a button on the couch, it folded out to a sofa bed. He pressed it again, returning it back to a couch. He went into the kitchen, and pulled out a bottle of white wine, and some flowers. He also pulled out seven packages of veal. Looking at the food, he rolled up his sleeves and set to work.
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I smiled at I finished and grabbed my kimono with my tail and carried the gutted deer with me to the clearing outside the cabin. I quickly hung the body and went to the side of the lake and hung my kimono again; I went for a quick bath in the lake to wash off the mess from gutting the deer. I quickly dried off using my ki and put on my kimono. I could smell how fresh my scent was because of the lake water and I smiled. I brushed my hair up in the front and giggled. I was going to go apologize to Tobias for being so mean earlier.
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When Mabelle walked inside she found some candles lighting the hall. They led to the kitchen and there was Tobias standing next to a table set with food, and holding some roses. He smiled at her.
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