It was cold when I woke up. Cold and alone. Zero must have left some time ago and left the door open to let the cool air invade my room. I shivered and went to get up to close the door, completely forgetting that I had numerous gashes on my back and sides. A small yelp escaped my mouth as I slowly sat up and touched my feet to the cold wooden floor. Padding over to the door, I could hear voices in one of the other rooms. I had learned my lesson on eaves dropping a long time ago and will never repeat the action again. So, pushing my curiosity aside, I quietly closed the door and padded back to the wonderful bed that seemed to be calling my name.
Once there, the door I had just shut opened and Zero stood there with wet hair and a fresh sweatshirt. "You couldn't handle ten minutes in the bed?" He asked, a silver eyebrow raising with his question. "No, the door was left open and it was too cold." I huffed out as I face planted into the soft covers and let out an exhausted sigh. I heard Zero chuckle and the bed shift as he sat down. "Well, at least you look better than you did yesterday. Want to try some food? You haven't eaten anything for a few days." He asked, combing his hands through my thick, tangled hair. I gave a nod as my stomach growled in agreement, making my blush into the blankets.
Zero laughed and gently rolled me over to face him, though a blanket was still covering my face. "Alight, lets go get you some food then. Before Godzilla decides to eat Tokyo." I was then scooped up as gently as possible and carried to the kitchen. "Hey teacher, your niece needs a snack." Zero called out to the man lounging on the couch. At that, Toga hefted himself up and looked at me with a smile. "Good to see you up Missy, anything you want in particular?" He asked and I shook my head. "Anything better than the Chairman's cooking is fine." I said and both males had a laugh. "Alright then, I'll see what I can do." Toga said as he headed for the kitchen. Zero sat down with me curled on his lap still holding my trusty blanky.
Just moments later and the smell of vegetable soup entered my nose, making 'Godzilla' come alive again. "Don't worry, you're gonna get filled here soon." Zero laughed while rubbing my protesting tummy. My face went red and I ducked back under my blanket again. "Alright idiot apprentice, let the girl cool down and eat." Toga huffed out, placing a bowl of soup in the boys hand before stalking off again.
I came out of my shield and looked at the bowl, waiting for Zero to give it to me. He chuckled and held out the spoon. " Here you go." He said as I sent him a glare but ate the soup anyway. I wiggled a small happy dance as I chewed the chunky veggie soup and looked at Zero for the next bite. I knew he wouldn't hand me the bowl and let me eat myself, he was having way too much fun feeding me. Twenty minutes later and I had taken the last spoonful of yummy soup, happy as a lark when the food didn't come back for a visit.
"Ok, time to get you back in bed." Zero said, getting up with me in his arms. "Aww, can't I say hi to momma and Chairman first?" I asked, not wanting to go back to sleep just yet. He thought for a moment before heading to a different room. "I don't see why not...though you're not getting tackled by that geezer." He stated, kicking open a door that led to the Chairman's office. "Zero! Why don't you ever knock." I heard the Chairman sigh out as I tried to look over the mountain of paperwork. The man came around his desk and dropped the stack of paper he was holding. "MIA! YOU'RE AWAKE!" He called out, running to Zero's side with a giant smile on his face. I giggled at the man's antics and nodded.
"Kaien, what's with all the yelling." Jari said, rubbing her eyes before looking at me. "Oh! My baby girl is awake. Are you feeling any better? Hungry?" She cooed, petting my hair. I shook my head. "Uncle Toga fed me just a bit ago." I said, just as a yawn overcame me. "Ok, enough with the social visits. You need to rest, you;re still healing." Zero said as he started walking out the door. I gave a sleepy nod and cuddled close to Zero as he made his way back to my room.
He opened the door and I almost died of frost bite, some idiot left my window open and the weather decided to snow today. "Well, looks like you're not sleeping here." The silver haired grouch growled and stomped out and towards another room. "I've gotten used to sharing anyway." He sighed as he opened the door to what looked to be his room. He fell onto the bed and shifted me to be next to him. I felt the covers pull over me as I simply closed my eyes and fell back to sleep.
*Couple weeks later*
"ZERO!" I yelled to get the silver haired boy's attention. He turned towards me and I pelted him with a snowball. "Wha-? Mia! I thought you were in the house, you'll get sick again if you stay out here." He said, trudging over to me. "I was bored and wanted to play in the snow. I made sure to dress in warm layers so I don't get sick. So, will you play in the snow with me?" I asked, giving him my biggest puppy dog eyes with a snowball in my hand. Zero sighed and looked down. When he looked back up, there was an evil gleam in his eyes. I gave a triumphant smile and pelted him with my snowball. "If that's how you wanna play." He said and packed his own before hitting the back of my neck, the cold slush sliding down my spine. "THAT'S COLD!" I shrieked and threw a snowball into a branch above Zero.
The boy simply laughed at my 'miss' before he was engulfed in a pile of fallen snow. "Now that's how you get revenge." I smirked and readied my ammo. Just as the hunter popped out of the snow bank, I landed another hit and laughed at the snow covered Zero. "That's it." I heard him growl. I gave a squeal and darted away from the angry Zero as he launched fistfuls of snow at me. More snow ran down my back as I tried to out run the hunter, failing miserably as he easily caught me and tossed me into a snow bank. I was planted in the snow as I heard Zero laugh his butt off behind me. "Very funny, ha ha. Now get me out of here!" I yelled, kicking my feet in the air as I tried to wiggle out...Only to get myself even more stuck as the snow just settled around me.
Ten minutes of hysterical laughter later, Zero finally hauled me out and I hit him with another snowball. "Jerk." I huffed and just plopped sown in the snow to catch my breath. Zero joined me with a smile stuck on his face, it seemed to be contagious as I started to giggle at him. "What?" He asked, turning to me. I toppled over in laughter as I looked at his appearance. Snow covered every inch of the boy and his usual flat-ish hair was sticking up in every direction. All I could do was point at the silver locks and try to stifle my giggles. Zero rolled his eyes and dusted the snow from his lovely new dew. "Aww, but it looked good on you." I pouted and sat back up, feeling my back muscles spasm just a bit with the move. Zero noticed me wince and shook his head. "Alright, lets get warmed up."
Once inside, the Chairman twirled into the room with a tray of steaming mugs. "You two look like you had fun playing in the snow!" He swooned as I pick up a mug and gave it a sniff. "Toga made the hot chocolate, no one is letting me cook anymore." He pouted as Zero smirked and tasted the beverage. "At least he can cook, the last thing Mia needs is food poisoning from you." The Chairman went into his sobbing mode as I skipped away with my hot cocoa.
I sat down beside my mother as she read a book on the couch. I took a sip of my drink before leaning on her to read over her shoulder. "You, my dear, are cold and wet. Why don't you go get a warm pair of clothes on before you make me the same?" My mother laughed, ruffling my now dripping hair. I rolled my eyes and nodded. "I'll take a hot shower while I'm at it." I said, getting up from the couch and walking to my bedroom.
Hot shower? Done. Warm clothes? Check. Fuzzy socks? Of course. Zero? Searching... I gave a laugh at my silent check list as I wandered around looking for Zero. He must have had something to do seeing as he wasn't anywhere inside the house. I heaved a sigh and walked to the living room where Jari had fallen asleep on the couch. "Awe, she looks so cute." The Chairman cooed from behind me. I jumped and covered my mouth to keep me from screaming. "Don't you know better than to sneak up on people?" I hissed, clutching the hem of my shirt as my pulse settled back down.
"Sorry about that, I noticed you looking for a certain silver haired hunter earlier and thought I would tell you he had a mission to finish. He'll be back soon, why don't you rest a bit while you wait." The motherly man said as he left for his office. " Oh, Toga went with him for backup so they should be back rather soon. Nothing to worry about Mia." He reassured as he turned a corner and vanished. "Right...Now what?" I huffed and plopped down on the floor behind the couch.
An hour went by and there was no sign of Zero or Toga. "I hope they come back soon." I sighed, pulling my knees to my chest as I rocked back and forth in wait. Just as the clock struck ten, car pulled up and the occupants got out and entered the house. "Man, I hate hunting in the snow. Those bloodsuckers have the advantage seeing as temperature doesn't affect them." I heard Zero growl out as he stomped his feet to knock off the snow. "Agreed." Toga huffed out as he merely trudged over to a chair and tugged off his boots. I crawled behind the couch and sat at the end, simply looking at the two snow covered men and yawned.
"Took you two long enough." I said, rubbing my eyes as Zero looked down at me. "You could have went to bed." He said, pulling off his boots and walking over to me. "Yeah well, no sleeping buddy." I yawned and leaned on his leg, sleep almost taking me at that moment. "Well, guess I get to drag your butt to bed then." Zero chuckled as he bent down to pick me up. Toga coughed as the boy straightened up. "Be sure to get some rest." He said, giving a knowing smirk. I blushed and tried to hide in Zero's jacket. "At least I have a girl, geezer." Zero replied as just walked out of the room with a steaming Toga left behind.
(A/N: Hello readers! Another chapter before Christmas! Wow, who knew I could accomplish that? Anyway, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Let me know what you think about the fic so far please!