Rocket sat watching re-runs of the latest Shadows-Lightenings match, carefully studying every move that was being made; after all, they were going to be playing against the Lightenings in about two months and he wanted to make sure that he knew all of their strengths and weaknesses. "Right" he said to himself "Just a few more minutes and I'm going to bed." However, a certain blonde had other ideas...
Tia stood eyeing her reflection "I like it, but will he?" She was wearing a strapless red dress that stopped a few inches above the knee, revealing her long, shapely legs and hugging her curves quite nicely. "Yes" she decided "Rocket's definitely going to like this." After a few days of thought, Tia had finally decided that she and Rocket's relationship had been was going very steady and it was time to take the next step, she knew that Rocket was the kind of guy who wasn't easy to persuade, so she had pulled out all the stops and was planning to seduce him. She glanced at her reflection once more before walking out the door and towards Rocket's room, a slight smile on her face.
Rocket was still staring at the holo-TV when he heard his door open "Hi Rocket" said a flirtatious voice "Oh, hey Tia" he replied "just picking up some new tactics for our upcoming matches." She came over and sat next to him on his bed "You know, we still have ages until the next match, why don't you take a break" she leaned forward and whispered in his ear "I'm sure we could find something else to do..." Then she began to rub a hand across his chest, but he grabbed it and pushed her away. "Look Tia I don't have time to play games, I need to focus on football, maybe another time." Tia stared at him in shock, which soon turned to anger "Oh I see, you have time for football but not for your girlfriend?!" He continued to stare at the screen in silence "Fine then! I'll leave you to your football GOOD BYE!!" And with that she stormed out of the room and slammed the door behind her.
Mei looked up from her magazine when she heard Tia walk in "Hi Tia!" Tia sighed "Hi" Mei looked at her "are you alright? What's wrong?" Tia was about to answer but sadness overwhelmed her and she broke down in tears. Mei immediately got up and ran over to her friend "Hey, calm down! Now tell me, why are you so upset?"
"It's Rocket" Tia mumbled "you see, I decided it was time to take the next step, but when I tried to talk to him he brushed me aside like dirt!"
"Don't worry, hey I have an idea! You go up to him and tell him that you're fed up of his behaviour and if he doesn't start appreciating you, you'll dump him!!" Tia looked at her "are you sure?"
"Yeah of course! It's worked with D'Jok before; he literally came crawling to me on his knees, pleading with me not to dump him!"
"Seriously? I can't imagine that, it must have been really funny!"
"I was!'" Both of them laughed "So, do you think it's a good Idea?"
"Yes...but I think I'll sleep on it"
"OK then, night!"
"Goodnight!"
The next day, Tia marched up to Rocket's room and pounded on the door "Rocket! I need to speak with you!!" The door opened and an irritated looking Rocket poked his head out "What?" he asked "I want to talk about what happened last night"
"What about last night?"
"You mean you can't remember?! I was practically throwing myself at you and you completely ignored me!!!"
"Well I'm sorry but-"
"SORRY?! YOUR'RE SORRY!?! YOU FLUNG ME ASIDE LIKE AN OLD SOCK AND ALL YOU CAN SAY IS SORRY!?!?" She was practically fuming at this point "OK, OK I get it, I messed up! But what else can I do? Fall on my knees and beg for forgiveness?"
"That would be a lot better than just saying sorry!!"
"Well sorry to disappoint you, but I'm not that kind of guy!"
"Well then, maybe we shouldn't be together any more!!"
"YEAH, MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T!!!" Then he slammed the door in Tia's face, she stood there, blinking in shock, then she began to walk down the hall, tears beginning to slide down her cheeks.
When she reached the training room Mei walked over to her "So? How did it go?" She asked "I spoke to him but we ended up arguing, then I said to him that maybe we shouldn't be together and he said 'maybe we shouldn't' and slammed the door in my face!" Mei looked at her in shock "Wow, wasn't expecting that!" Tia glared at her "You said he wouldn't do this, you said he would come crawling back to me but he didn't, this is all your fault!!" Mei took a step back "Cool it, I know you're angry but don't take it out on me!!"
"But it is you're fault! If I hadn't listened to you, Rocket and I would have never had that argument, we would still be together and-"
"Oi! Stop picking on my girlfriend!" D'Jok barged in "You have no right to talk to her like that!" Then Yuki stepped in "Give her a break would you? She's upset can't you see?"
"Yeah I can see and I don't need you to tell me that!!"
"Leave Yuki alone!!" Micro-ice shoved D'Jok aside "Ouch! That hurt!"
"Well you deserved it, yelling at defenceless females like that"
"Are you calling me defenceless!?!"
Soon, practically the whole team was yelling at one another, until "SILENCE!!!" They all spun around to see Aarch standing there with his arms folded "What is going on here!?!" Many of them opened their mouths to speak but he cut them short "Actually, forget it, I don't want to know! Just get in the holo-trainer, all of you!" He glanced around "Where's Rocket?!"
"I'm here coach" replied Rocket, entering the room, oblivious of what had been going of a few seconds before "Good! What are all of you staring at? I said into the holo-trainer, NOW!!!" They all practically fell over one another to reach it.
About fifteen minutes later, Aarch called the training to a halt "Listen, I don't know what was going on earlier, but could you please just forget about it until training is over?" He looked around "Well?" They nodded "Right then, now to-" But he was interrupted by an alarm bell going off "What's going on!?!" Shouted D'Jok above the noise, Clamp looked at the scanners "It appears we have an intruder!" Micro-ice laughed "Probably another overenthusiastic fan!!" Clamp frowned then shook his head "That's what I thought, but how did they get past our security system?" Just then the door slid open to reveal two robots holding what appeared to be a young girl struggling in their grip; then one of the robots spoke "We found her sneaking around the hallway, she claims to know Rocket, and that what she has to say to him is of the utmost importance." Everyone turned to Rocket, who stared back"OK then, let me see her face." The robot grabbed the hood the girl was wearing and yanked it roughly off her head.
The girl had slightly tanned skin, large emerald eyes and a mop of unruly white-blonde hair with brown streaks.
Rocket looked at her "Nope I don't recognise her"
"Of course you wouldn't!" The girl burst out "You don't even know I exist yet!" Rocket looked at her in confusion "then why did you claim to know me?"
"Because I do!"
"That doesn't make sense!"
"Yes it does!" She sighed in exasperation "Look, the reason I know you, but you don't know me is because-" She took a deep breath "because I'm your daughter"
"WHAT!?!?!"