Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Alter Ego ❯ Chapter 2

CHAPTER TWO

A hand shot up and felt along the edge of the bed. The hand gripped the sheets that were nearly torn from the bed as he used them to stand.

Dark picked himself up off of the floor. He dusted off his clothes and looked around. Luckily, the commotion hadn't drawn anyone into the room. He strained his ears, but the house was silent.

He found a small mirror handing on the wall. He went over to it and gazed at his reflection. He smiled.

How handsome I am, he thought.

Truthfully, Dark didn't look much different than Goten, but there was something about him. Perhaps it was the pull in those green eyes of his. Or the way his spiky ebony hair framed his face that made him seem different.

He ran his fingers through his hair. He looked down at Goten's clothes and made a face. If he was in control of Goten's body tonight he wanted to wear something else.

He went to the closet and searched for an outfit of his liking. He found a pair of black pants, a black tee shirt, and a blazer of the same color. At the bottom of the closet to the back, he saw a pair of black boots and snatched them.

After changing into these clothes, he opened the window. Cool air blew in and moved his hair around his shoulders. He raised his hands and balled them into fists.

"My body yearns for Bra," he said. "I must see her tonight and feel the warmth of her flesh and the caress of her lips upon mine." He smiled. "Goten, may have not been able to win Bra over, but I sure as hell will."

His vision blurred for a moment and he laid his hands on the windowsill to support himself. His eyes flickered between green and black, before the green colored finally took over.

"Damn it! Goten's body is trying to reject me." He smiled and pushed away from the window. "He can have his body back after I see Bra."

Dark jumped out of the window and landed softly on the ground below. He glanced back at the house and saw all the lights were off. He remembered seeing the clock and noting that it was fifteen minutes past nine.

He looked up at the night sky and found Bra's familiar ki. It wasn't in the direction of her home, but downtown.

"What are you doing out this late, love?" He smiled. "Don't worry, I'm coming for you."

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"Bra, come on," Pan urged. "Let's go home now."

"In a minute," Bra said, peering into the jewelry in a shop window. "Isn't that pretty?"

Pan sighed, but went over to Bra. "Sure, but tell me something, was it really necessary to stay at the mall until it closed?"

"Yes," she said. "Why limit myself? I wanted to look around for as long as I could."

"You did more than just look," Pan teased.

She looked down at the bags in her hands and smiled. "Guess so."

Pan took her arm. "Come on, we're leaving even if I have to drag you away from this window."

Bra let Pan pull her down the sidewalk. "Did you see the size of that emerald in the silver necklace? It was beautiful."

Pan released her arm and kept walking, in the hopes that Bra would follow. When she realized that her plan wasn't going as she hoped she turned to see Bra back at the window again.

"Bra!"

"Just one more look," she replied.

Pan groaned and continued down the street. "I'm leaving…"

"My house isn't too far from here," Bra said, quietly.

A cool wind passed over Bra, blowing her clothes, hair and shopping bags about. She dropped her shopping bags and closed her eyes. When the wind calmed, she pushed a lock of blue hair out of her eyes and turned.

She was left looking into eyes that were like the emeralds in the jewelry store window. Bra stared into those eyes in awe, almost afraid to look away from their intensity and beauty.

Dark smiled. "Hello."

She blinked. "Uh…hi."

He took her hands into his and raised them. Her eyes widened, but she didn't protest. He released her left hand and raised her right to his lips, never taking his eyes off of her. He laid a chaste kiss against the back of it.

"Who…who are you?" she stammered.

"My love, you may call me Dark," he said.

"Dark," she repeated.

He glanced at the store window. "If it is jewels you desire, then jewels you will have."

"What…"

In an instant he was gone and she stood on the sidewalk alone. She turned and peered into the window. She gasped and pressed her hands to the glass.

Dark was inside, but moving so fast his form was a blur moving about the small shop. Pan ran over to Bra and looked as well.

"What's going on?" she asked.

"There's a man in there…"

"Stealing jewels?" She frowned. "We have to stop him."

"Wait," Bra said, putting out her arm in front of Pan. "Listen, none of the alarms are going off. There's something different about this man. He's seems somewhat familiar, but I don't recognize him."

Dark appeared on the sidewalk next to Bra again and she whirled around to face him. He held out his hands to her and they were filled with jewelry and gold and silver trinkets.

Bra looked up at him, but didn't touch the jewelry. He waited for her to respond, but Pan did first.

"Thief!" she cried, lunging at him.

He easily dodged her. "Pan, what are you trying to do?"

She paused. "You know my name?"

He nodded. "Of course."

"But how?"

He smiled, slowly. She frowned and came at him again. He stepped aside and she stumbled into the glass door of the jewelry store. Alarms started to blare and she stepped back in surprise.

Dark quickly made his way over to Bra and cupped her face in his hands. "Until we meet again." He tilted her head and bent down, laying a soft kiss on her lips.

He pulled away from her and levitated into the sky. He looked down at her and gave her one last seductive smile before disappearing into the night.

"Wait," Bra said, softly taking a few steps. She looked up into the sky and sirens wailed in the distance. "Don't go…"

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Dark awkwardly came through Goten's window and stumbled to the floor, falling to his knees. He raised his hands to his face.

"Something's wrong," he said. "I can't control this…he's trying to thrust me from his body. His will is strong, I will leave him for a while."

He crawled over to Goten's bed and propped himself against it. He closed his eyes and his body slowly quieted. His hair returned to its normal state and behind closed eyelids his eyes become black. He smiled and said, softly. "Don't get used to this, Goten. I'll be back before you know it."

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Celestial Princess: Oooh. Dark had a nice little outing, didn't he?

Dark: I sure did. Now let's see how Goten does after he wakes up. I smell trouble.

Celestial Princess: *Ogling Dark*

Dark: *Sweat drops* Control yourself, will you? *Pushes her away and crosses his arms*

Celestial Princess: Oh! Was I drooling again? *Grins* I can't help myself! I made you such a hottie!

Dark: Well…I can't argue with that.

Celestial Princess: Come back for Chapter Three! *Waves*