Hey long time, no see! Sorry that this chapter took so long, I caught a serious case of WRITER'S BLOCK! The worse disease known to writers. I also got distracted by the shiny new DBZ fanfics, so I apologize, again. I will install new chapters of The Lost One as often as possible (as long as I don't get distracted by awesome things like Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along-Blog and CrazyGohanGurl's new stuff). Oh, and I know that you must have read this about 15,000,000,000 times, but I thought that I just needed to throw this in...
Disclaimer: I do not own DBZ or D. Gray-Man, and probably never will. Sadly. If I did, there would be no such thing as DBGT, that was just horrible. No offense to all of you Dragon Ball GT fans out there!
Anyways, on with chapter three: Parties and Training! Enjoy my fellow fangirls and fanboys!
We walked up and down the halls for nearly five hours. FIVE HOURS! Lenalee pointed things out like the dining hall, the lounge, you know, that kind of boring stuff. But the one place that really caught my eye was the training area. It had three sections in it and the ceiling was easily 60 feet high. Just enough room to jump without cracking my head through the floor of the next room.
"Okay! This is your room! You are just down the hall from Allen, and my room is right over there, so if you ever need anything, just ask." Lenalee said as we halted in front of one of the millions of plain wood doors. I shivered as I stood barefoot on the tiled floor. Although it had been almost a month since I had come to the Order, (even though I was unconscious for most of the time) I was still wearing my party dress. Before I left the science division I had given my sizes to Johnny so they could make me an exorcist uniform, but that could take at least a week. And I wanted to get out of that stupid skimpy dress right then and there. "Oh! I almost forgot, your friends Piccolo and Gohan left you something to wear while you aren't on a mission." 'Good, at least I can get out of this dress, I'm freezing!' I thought as I walked into the room. It was small, and it looked a lot like the room I was in before I was moved back into the infirmary. There was a purple piece of fabric on top of the bed, upon closer inspection was one of my gis from back home. It's similar to the one that Gohan wears, purple with a blue sash around the middle. Of course mine is a bit more fitted to a "feminine figure". I smiled as I walked around the room. Gohan and Piccolo knew me too well. "Alright, see you later Katie! Don't forget, your training with General Cross will start tomorrow at 8:00 in the morning!"
"Uh hgn." I mumbled in agreement as I sat down on the bed. Lenalee went prancing down the hall on that note, but Allen remained at the doorway. He had this disgusted look on his face, but it was quickly wiped away and was replaced with a happy, foolish grin.
"Hurry up and get dressed, I want you to meet some of my friends." Allen said plainly as he walked away from the door and down the hall. "Meet me in the dining hall in about fifteen minutes."
"Okay." I dismissed him as I carefully shut the door. I sighed as I leaned against the door. Putting my head in my hands, I started to breath shakily. Walking for almost an entire day had really played a number on me. I was starting to get used to the pain in my arm, but I knew that at one point it would become unbearable again, unless something was done about it. It was, once again, hard to breath, but I just ignored it. It wasn't important anyways. I got up and peeled off my dress, and quickly changed into my gi. Wrapping the sash around my waist and pulling on my pointed orange shoes, I walked out the door with a newfound cheerfulness that I hadn't felt since I was home. As soon as I stepped out of the door though, I was pounced on by none other than the most annoying red head in the world, Lavi.
"KATIE! Come on, we want you to meet some people!" He squealed as he tugged me away from my room.
"I know, I know. Lets go." I said as we walked down the hall to the dining hall. When we walked in, I don't even know how to describe it. I want to say, fantastic. Everyone from the science division was there, along with a bunch of the men in white coats and all of the exorcists. There were some that I didn't know, like the German woman from a few days ago, and a strange man that had headphones attached to his ears. Then, my eyes landed on something unexpected. All of my friends, Krillin, Piccolo, Trunks, Vegeta, everyone was there. Even Bulma!
"I would like everyone to please help me in welcoming our newest exorcist, Katherine Walker!" Komui said as the whole dining hall burst into a roar of applause. Me, I couldn't even say anything. All I could do was look at my friends. After my horrifying dream, I was pretty hesitant to go running to them, but I did it anyways. As soon as the noise calmed down, I walked up to all of them, staring at them with expressionless eyes. Then, without warning, I ran up to all of them and jumped into Goku's arms. The dining hall was filled with the sounds of cheering and hollering, but I didn't care, my friends were there. That was all that mattered to me.
"Its good to see you all!" I said excitedly, giggling uncontrollably.
"Its good to see you too, kid." Piccolo said as he ruffled my hair. I let go of Goku and started hugging everyone else.
"Honestly, a month ago I thought that we were gonna have to gather the dragon balls!" Krillin said with a nervous laugh. He clearly didn't like being in a room with a bunch of people he didn't know.
"Yeah, but I'm fine now!" I answered happily. Gohan didn't move. He just stood there at the back of the room staring at me. I looked past Trunks, who I was hugging at the moment. "Hey Gohan, are you alright?" I asked as I let go of Trunks and walked over to him. He too was wearing his gi, and he was for some reason avoiding my gaze. His eyes were downcast and he had his unruly black hair covering his face. "Gohan, you okay?" I asked again as I bent my knees a bit so I was at eye level. I pushed his hair away from his eyes and I could see that he was on the verge of tears. "Gohan?" He grabbed my hand and spoke extremely soft.
"Katie, how can you act so carefree? I mean, you could have died, and yet you are standing here like nothing happened. Aren't you sad that you have to leave home? Aren't you angry that they are forcing you to join the Order?" He said as tears streamed down his face. I just stood there looking at him. I didn't know how he found out about that, and I didn't really want to.
"Gohan, its okay. I understand why you are upset, but it is all going to be okay." I comforted him as I hugged him close to my chest. No one was paying attention to us, so we were left alone for the moment. "Its okay, its okay. Its not like I will die out there. Its just a new experience! A challenge! To be honest, I'm mortified. I'm just barely keeping myself together." Soon, I too was in tears. We pulled ourselves together and walked away from the dark corner. "Better?" I asked as we sat at one of the many tables covered in platters of food.
"Yup!" He said happily as we started gorging ourselves on the food. Soon Allen came over and pulled me away from my food.
"Come on Katie, I want you to meet some of my friends." He said as he pulled me over to a different table. "Katie, this is Arystar Krory, Miranda Lotto, and Noise Marie." Allen said as he pointed to a man that looked like a young, shy dracula, the German woman from earlier, and the man with the headphones.
"Uh, its a pleasure to meet you all." I said with a small, polite bow. The dracula man blushed, Miranda, for some reason, became flustered, and Marie just stared blankly into space.
"Um, may I ask what are you wearing?" Krory asked as he eyed me nervously.
"Hm? Oh, its a gi." I answered quickly, anxious to get away from the strange people and back to my food. He still seemed confused, and so Allen explained a bit further.
"Krory, Katie here is a martial artist. It is traditional for them to wear gis like hers."
"Oh, its nice to meet you!" Miranda said after she caught her bearings. I shook her hand, and then Komui swept me away and had me shake more hands. It was a long, and tiring night, but it was great to see my friends again before I started my training to become an exorcist. 'Well, this should be fun, training with a drunken old pervert.' I thought as I walked out of the dining hall.
When I arrived at my room, I saw Johnny running down the hall, along with Deidre and Tori. Johnny was carrying a white shopping bag, and they were all running towards me at top speed.
"Hey guys what's up?" I asked them as they slowed down, sweating and trying to catch their breath.
"We *wheeze* have your *wheeze* uniform ready!" Johnny said as he gasped for air, he clearly was not one for physical exercise. I stared at him in shock.
"But, I just gave you my measurements earlier this evening! How did you complete it so quickly?" I asked as I turned the brass knob of my bedroom door.
"Oh, I had Tori help me out. Turns out she is great at sewing!" He said excitedly as he motioned in Tori's direction.
"I tried to help too, but I kept on stabbing myself." Deidre said sorrowfully, holding up her injured hands. Johnny thrust the bag to me, and I carefully took it, like it was a bomb and it was about to go off. I thanked them as I opened the door. I was really tired and I needed to get some sleep before training in the morning. I walked inside and locked the door behind me. As I turned around I could see a thin silhouette through the darkness. It was Gohan. I turned on the light to find him leaning on the wall next to my bed with a small brown bag in his hand.
"Hey what are you doing here?" I asked playfully, walking towards him. He only smiled and turned towards me.
"Here" He said as he threw me the brown bag. I untied the string that kept the bag closed and peeked inside. There at the bottom of the bag lay twenty or so senzu beans. I pondered on why he gave me the beans, but my curiosity got the best of me, so finally I asked him.
"What are these for?" I asked, sitting down on my bed. He only smirked at me sillily.
"Well, I heard that you were going to start training tomorrow, and I thought that you could use them." He said as he sat down on the bed beside me. He playfully punched me on my right arm. I winced as his fist made contact with my arm. "Oh, sorry." He apologised.
"Its okay. General Cross is working on a theory for my arm, he will tell me in the morning." With that, his smile dropped. My arm had always been a sore subject for him, and now that it was acting up with pains and attacks, it was so even more. It was quiet for a long time, so quiet that I could hear the crickets chirp outside of my bedroom window. "So...how are things back at home?" I asked, trying desperately to break the uncomfortable silence.
"Good, pretty normal actually. Dad pigs out and trains everyday, mom yells at him and works around the house. I'm being forced to work on my studies like before the Cell Games, you know, normal normal." He explained, very happy with the subject change. "There is one more thing, a surprise!"
"Fire away!" I said eagerly.
"Well, mom is...pregnant." My jaw dropped. 'Mom is PREGNANT!' Was the only thing that I could think. Yes, mom was pregnant, and Gohan was going to be a big brother. And I technically was going to be a big sister, too. Even though Allen IS a blood relative, I still had a family. Gohan was like a little brother to me, and Goku and Chi-Chi were the closest to a mother and father that I had ever had. And now I was going to have another little brother. I was completely surprised.
"W-when? H-h-how?! When did you find out?" I asked as I looked at him in complete and utter shock. I couldn't contain my excitement.
"About a week ago, dad told me. I do believe his exact words were, 'Gohan, it looks like you are going to be a big brother!'" He said smiling. We both started laughing, me more than him. I laughed so hard that I clutched my sides and fell sideways, leaning on Gohan's shoulder. He just let me lean on him, still laughing my head off like a lunatic. After a while my laughing fit started to cease, and so I decided to start up the conversation again. Still leaning on Gohan, I closed my eyes and said,
"Well, it looks like dad hasn't changed a bit."
"Yeah, he's still the same carefree goofball." Gohan said with a giggle. I nuzzled up against his shoulder with my head.
"It's good to see you, Gohan. I've missed you." I said with a yawn. I was pretty tired, and I guess so was Gohan, because the next thing I knew we were laying down on the bed.
"It's good to see you, too." He told me. He hugged me to prove his point.
There was a loud noise outside my door, at least I thought it was outside my door. I groaned and told them to get lost. I heard the door handle turn and the door open. Soon after someone was shaking my shoulders, yelling for me to get up. The voice was young and childlike. Probably a boy.
"Katie, if you don't get up now, you're going to be late for training." The voice whispered in my ear. I sat bolt upright, whacking the owner of the voice out of the way. I looked around my room. Allen was standing next to my bed, Lenalee next to him. Lavi was crouched down on the floor holding his nose. He must have been the one that was trying to get me up.
"Come on Katie, get up! It's already 7:55! If you don't hurry, you're gonna be late!" Lenalee yelled as she and Allen pulled me off of the bed.
"Fine, I'll only be a bit." I said as I kicked them all out of my room. 'That's funny, I don't remember falling asleep last night.' I thought as I looked around for something to wear. There was the unopened shopping bag with my uniform inside of it. 'I'll save that for later' I thought as I continued my search for something to weaI. stopped looking when I realized that I was still wearing my gi. 'Well, that'll work' I thought as I rushed out the door and towards the training area. When I got there, I found General Cross waiting for me, standing in the middle of the large room, along with Chief Komui and a bunch of people from the science division. General Klaud walked by with Tori and Deidre at her heels. The two girls waved at me with smiles on each of their faces as they peeled away from their master and came to talk to me. "Hey guys, what's up?" I asked, suspicious of their wide grins.
"Oh, are you in for a surprise!" Tori giggled.
"Oh?" I shot her a quizzical look.
"Some people are here, they say that they know you." Deidre said as she fiddled with her mechanical pencil. She then proceeded to open her sketchbook and doodle something inside of it. Then General Klaud motioned for them to come over to her, and so they walked away, again following their general down the hall. Curious, I continued my walk towards Cross and the others. As I walked forward, I could see a man in a white cloak and a turban. The man had green skin and antenna, and wore a purple gi with a sky blue belt around his waist. There was a boy standing next to him with messy black hair and the same gi as the other man. Gohan and Piccolo, I should have know that they would want to be here. I slowly crept over to them, hiding my ki as I snuck up on them. They were completely clueless as I snuck up behind them.
"Well well, what do we have here?" I asked them rather loudly. Gohan and Piccolo jumped a little, both turning around with grins on their faces (though Gohan's was slightly larger than Piccolo's).
"Katie, we didn't sense you come in, how did you get here?" Piccolo asked in his hoarse voice.
"I hid my ki, you must be slacking if you can't even hear me come in with your super hearing." I mocked him as I came closer. "What are you doing here?"
"We came to help you train!" Gohan said excitedly, his grin getting wider by the second.
"We thought that it would be a good idea to stick around and have you keep up on your martial arts training while you are here, so we're here as sparring partners." Piccolo explained. "And moral support." He added as he ruffled my white hair, he could still remember when it was dark brown from years before my scar appeared. I smiled and looked up at him as he did so. I glanced over to Komui and the science division, they seemed anxious to get started. General Cross started to walk over to us, it was clear that he wanted to get today over and done with. Komui quickly followed behind him.
"Katie! Are you ready?" Komui asked as he came forward. I nodded hesitantly, and Komui pulled me away from Piccolo and Gohan. I glanced back at them, silently asking if it was okay for them to wait there. Piccolo understood my look, and he nodded in agreement.
"Well, come on. Lets get this over with." General Cross said as we walked away from the others. We walked into the observation room from before, and Komui nodded his head towards the sterile table.
"Come, sit!" He said as he crossed the room and sat down on a metal folding chair. I silently walked over to the table and sat down, eyeing the two men suspiciously. General Cross sat down in a rolling chair and took my right hand in his hands.
"So, you are my idiot apprentice's little sister. And the girl that shattered my wine glass the other day. Please, come a bit closer. I need to examine your arm before I can come up with a theory." He tugged on my arm, pulling it closer to himself so he could examine it closer. He muttered some things under his breath, but I could only make out the words "idiot" and "apprentice", he was probably talking about Allen.
'So, this is what passes for training around here. Darn it, I want to MOVE, not sit here cooped up in this tiny room.' I started to think as the general fiddled with the "innocence" fragment embedded in my hand. Suddenly I felt a sharp jolt run up my spine, like an electric shock. I yelped in pain as the shock moved upward towards the base of my neck. When it finally reached my neck I sat bolt upright, trying to desperately bite back a scream. Before I knew it I was slumped over with my head resting on General Cross's shoulder. I was breathing heavily, and sweat was starting to form on my forehead.
"Please, don't do that again." I panted as I slowly hauled myself up again. Komui got up from his chair and kneeled down beside General Cross and he, too grabbed my arm.
"Interesting..." He muttered as he stared at my hand. "Well, it seems like it might take some more time to come up with a theory than we thought. Until then, why you go and train with your friends outside in the woods? I'm sure that the boy would be thrilled!" He said as he pulled me off of the table and pushed me out the door. I blushed a little, then quickly nodded my head and opened the door. I looked around quickly, and then started to search for Gohan and Piccolo's kis. I found that they were in the dining hall with my brother, Lavi, and Lenalee. 'Oh great, I better hurry before they find out about Gohan's eating habits. That could get very, VERY ugly.' I thought as I shot down the hall to the dining hall. 'Oh well, I guess I'll find out soon enough.'
Well, end of chapter three, hope you liked it! Next chapter might take some time, I need to figure out where I want this to go. Suggestions would help a ton! You can either PM me or put them in with your review, whatever works for you! Katie out.