Not For You - Fan Fiction (Page 2)

"What the hell is wrong with me?" she asked herself quietly "I am not 
supposed to be feeling like this, I must be malfunctioning, I have to be. 
You can’t do this to me Krillen, I’m not human, I’m not meant to be feeling 
so confused and scared and I’m just not ment to feel like this. You can’t do 
this to me Krillen. You can’t. I won’t let you" She paused for a few seconds 
to calm down, but I didn’t work, because all of a sudden her energy exploded 
around her and she screamed out at the top of her lungs "You can’t do this 
to me!"



Krillen slammed the journal shut and hurled it at the wall, leaving a nice 
dent in it.

"Keep it down in there" came the annoying old voice of Master Roshi.

Krillen was fuming, never in all of his years had he been so mad, he hadn’t 
even imagined it possible.

How dare she, what right did she have to go into his room, read his journal 
then have the nerve to tell him what to think. She had crossed the line this 
time, he was not going to put up with it anymore!

Pulling open the window, he climbed out, he could hear 18 screaming about 
something. He didn’t care. He jumped on the roof, a look of fierce 
determination in his eyes, and he stomped right towards 18.

18 paused, her energy disappeared around her. She watched Krillen advance on 
her and without realising it she took a few steps backwards, she was forced 
into the air to avoid falling off the roof.

"Stop running away god dammit" he snarled. 18 gasped, never had she heard 
him use such a harsh tone, it shocked her. He didn’t even sound like 
Krillen.

Then something inside her snapped. She was 18, and she had no reason what so 
ever to be scared of Krillen, she was stronger than he was, and she was much 
more vicious. If he wanted an argument, well that was exactly what he was 
going to get.

"What is it Krillen, what do you want?" snapped 18, now that she had found 
her courage, she was un-stoppable.

"I want to know what gives you the right to go through my stuff like that. I 
can’t believe you did that. I trusted you 18" he shot back, the venom in his 
voice was thick. It sounded like he absolutely detested her very being.

18 was quiet. She didn’t know what to say she had really hurt Krillen. When 
she finally did open her mouth, the lamest excuse came out. "Well it was 
your fault for leaving it lying around!" Her response only added fuel to 
Krillens fire. He eyes grew wide in shock and his mouth hung open for a few 
seconds before he exploded again.

"Lying around! It was in a draw, in my room!" he argued, and with good 
reason, "You were snooping around in my bedroom!"

Her breath came in short angry gasps. She had had enough, she didn’t like 
Krillen when he was like this. "That’s it" she threw her head back and 
yelled, then clasping her hands together, she swung them out wildly in front 
of her, collecting Krillen jaw on the way through.

The pure force of it knocked Krillen off his feet, but it didn’t deter him, 
like 18 had planed. Instead, he attacked 18 with a barrage of punches and 
kicks, with a force and determination that 18 had never seen.

They were high in the sky, neither of them speaking, or even thinking. They 
were both fighting out of blind rage, and they were rarely hitting each 
other, just swinging wildly.

It was Krillen who came to his sense first, he suddenly slipped out of his 
stupid little anger fit and stopped dead in his tracks. Panting, he lowered 
himself to the sand below and watched as 18 did the same.

18 pushed her dampened hair out of her eyes and scowled at Krillen. Then 
without warning she lunged at him, pushing him down into the sand. "Believe 
it or not Krillen," she hissed "I was only trying to help".

Krillen snorted at sat up as best he could, which wasn’t very much due to 
the fact 18 was sitting right on his midsection. "I don’t care what you were 
trying to do," he snapped, then paused for a few second, "It was wrong of 
you 18" he spoke more quietly, and gently now, he sounded more like the 
Krillen 18 knew.

18 climbed off Krillen and sat down next to him. She could feel tears 
welling up in her eyes, but she was determined not to let them slip. She 
honestly hadn’t ment to make Krillen this upset, in her own round about way, 
she really was trying to help him.

"Krillen," she spoke softly too now, "why did you write all those horrible 
things in your journal"

The nasty look returned to his face then. First she read his journal, and 
then she expected him to tell her why he wrote all those things. He rolled 
over in the sand so he was facing away from 18, "I write what I think in 
there. No one else was supposed to read it"

18 flinched. "Well I’m sorry you think that way Krillen. I never realised 
you were such a morbid person. I guess I really am oblivious to you, I 
should have realised sooner. I’m sorry. I think it would be best if I left 
the island" 18 fought hard not to cry, she didn’t want to leave, she liked 
the island, she liked the privacy, and most of all she liked being around 
Krillen, even if he didn’t know it.

"Fine go. See if I care. Maybe I’ll get my privacy back"

That hurt her, and she was thankful that Krillen was looking the other way, 
because he couldn’t see the tears streaming down her porcelain cheeks. She 
stood up and headed for the pink house in the center of the island.

Krillen rolled over just in time to see her enter the house. "No, don’t go," 
he whispered hoarsely "I love you".

***

18 grabbed a handful of tissues and dabbed at her eyes with them. She 
grabbed the few items of clothing she had and shoved them in a small bag. 
Then grabbing her shoes she yanked the door open and headed downstairs.

"Going on a trip eh?" came a crackly old voice from the sofa. 18 stopped 
dead in her tracks, it was the old man. "I’m leaving" she stated.

"You’ll be back, no one can resist the charm of the island for long"

"I won’t be back again old man," she headed for the door, then stopped, 
"Tell Krillen I’m sorry that this had to happen, would you?".

Roshi only nodded his head to show that he understood and 18 left the house.

Only to nearly kill Krillen on the way down the steps. She didn’t apologise 
for almost knocking him down, she just shoved right past him and headed for 
the sky. She was about three meters up when she heard a voice.

"18 stop, don’t go!" it was the desperate plea of Krillen. She stoped and 
turned to face him.

"And give me one good reason why not?"

"Because I don’t think I could live without you. You read my journal, you 
must know how much I love you"

18 double blinked, had he just said what she though he said? "What?" she 
asked softly as her feet touched the sand.

Krillen sat on the step and rested his head in his hands. "It’s true, I 
can’t stop thinking about you. I love you so much it hurts 18" he confess.

18 sunk to the ground in front of Krillen and looked up at him; his big 
black eyes were revealing he was telling nothing but the absolute truth.

"Then why did you write all those horrible things about me?" she asked

"I don’t know, I really don’t. But I do know that I don’t want you to go. 
But if you really want to leave, I won’t stop you"

"Krillen," 18 crawled up the steps and sat next to him, "I don’t want to go. 
I want to stay here with you, forever"

"Forever?" asked Krillen.

18 nodded, she’d never spoken to anyone like this before, it was all so 
confusing to her, she was scared that every word that left her mouth would 
be the wrong one. She wasn’t really the type to give pep talks. "Believe it 
or not, there is at least one person in this world who thinks you are very 
important and she would be very upset if you didn’t love her, because she 
loves you very much". After that, she couldn’t look him in the eyes, it was 
embarrassing and she was blushing.

It took a few seconds for Krillens brain to register what 18 had just told 
him, but when it did click, he sat up straight in shock

"What?" he asked

18 looked up at him and nodded, "It’s true"

"18 don’t say that to me to make me feel better. If you don’t mean it then 
don’t say it"

18 was slightly offended, but she didn’t let it show, this was a big moment 
for her – for both of them, it would change their lives forever. "Krillen, I 
mean it. I’ve had these strange feelings for you for months now. I was just 
too afraid to tell you. And I’m sorry I read your journal, but I think it 
was good for me. It made realize just how insensitive I’ve been to you. I’m 
so sorry Krillen. Please, let me make it up to you" she begged.

"But how can I trust you again?" he asked, he was about to continue his 
sentence, when something stopped him, by the time he realised it was 18’s 
soft lips pressed against his own, the kiss was over, "Now do you believe 
me?" she asked as she pulled away.

Krillen touched his lips, looked at 18 and smiled. He took 18’s hand in his 
and gave it a gentle squeeze, "Thank-you, he said "thank-you for making 
everything better"

18 rested her head on Krillens shoulder and looked out at the dark night 
sky, which was littered with stars, a look of happy contempt on her face. 
This had been building up inside of her for a long time now, and to have 
finally let it out, it felt like the weight of the world had been lifted off 
her shoulders. Suddenly feeling game, she reached up and pecked him on the 
cheek, she saw the blush rise to his face and grinned, she would have to 
work on that. "I love you Krillen," she whispered lightly into his ear "you 
know that right? I’m gonna do my very best to make everything better for 
you"

Krillen looked out to the dark sea, then back at her. He smiled, and despite 
the face that he was shaking with shock, he placed his arm around her waist 
and planted a kiss on top of her head. "You don’t have to try, just having 
you in my life is all I need to make it better. I love you 18, so much, you 
have no idea how long I’ve wanted to say that for".

"It can’t be for as long as I’ve wanted to. But it doesn’t mater now, we’ve 
got the rest of our lives to make up for it".

The End