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Absolutezero.........Thank you, for once, I've actually gotten constructive critism(You too TR and SC). And thank you, everybody else who 'apparently' has given me their support. If it weren't for your reviews, I wouldn't have even bothered with the second chapter. THANKS AGAIN! ^_^




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It was the next day, the same old sunrise on the mountains never lost it's beauty, no matter how many times Gohan had seen it. He put on his black vest, and slapped his Orange Star patch over the pocket.

From yesterday afternoon, until now he still had Hotaru on the mind. There was just....something about her that wasn't ordinary. After she left them at the ice cream kart, Gohan, Goten, and Krillin, had given up looking for the strange energy when they felt it vanish in a puff of smoke. It was almost like the energy had disapeared off the face of the Earth.

"So Gohan....Videl isn't enough for you?" Krillin asked behind him.

Krillin had stayed the night in the guest room.

"N...no, Krillin! What are you talking about?!" Gohan had turned around almost instantly. "And Videl is my girlfriend, remember?! I'm not like that..."

"Well let's hope you don't get like that," Krillin told him. "You were acting the same way about Videl, that is if you remember?"

"You don't know what you're talking about, Krillin," Gohan spat at him. "You're....just being crazy."

"Fine then," Krillin headed for the door, "be that way. Just remember to go straight to Vegeta's from school later today...You know why."

"Right..." Gohan agreed.

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After her little meeting with Gohan yesterday, Hotaru had suddenly changed her mind about school....Maybe it wasn't THAT bad. She hadn't really given it a chance anyway.

With a reluctant, yet encouraged sigh, she pushed her locker closed and turned around to see she was surrounded.

"Wha..what do you guys want?" She clutched her books to her chest.

There was three of them. All guys, and the whole trio looked very ominous.

"Hello, sweet thing," said the boy in the middle, with a smile spreading across his face. He was obviously the leader. "How are you doing today?"

Hotaru felt her skin crawl when his fingertips began sliding down her arm.

"P-please," she said, fighting back her fear. "Go away!"

"Oh...look at this guys," the one in the middle looked at his thugs on either side of them. "We haven't done anything wrong, have we?"

His hand had found it's way to carass her cheek.

Like she were a robot that had just been switched on, Hotaru's head straightened up, and her eyes went blank. Quickly she grabbed the boy's wrist, and he flinched.

"H-hey, you stupid girl! Let go, that hurts!" he commanded.

The thugs were completely bewildered and took a step or two back.

"I'm asking you again," Hotaru's voice had become much stronger, and darker. "Leave me alone..."

Her grip had tightened on the wrist, and the boy held back a yell of pain. "Okay, just let go, damn it!"

With no changed expression, she simply tossed him to the other side of the hall with one small move.

"Hmm?" Hotaru had suddenly reverted back to her normal self and looked around at all of the staring kids.

People were whispering, the thugs had fallen on their rears out of fear.

Then Hotaru looked across from herself, to see the body of her harasser, he was now curled up on the floor. Slowly she followed the clear trail to her hand which was still in the air.

She gasped, surprised at the blood underneath her fingernails, then looked around at everyone again for an explaination.

But no one had given her one, they just stared at her in fear. It was those same looks she had gotten from the Mugen High School. Slowly, she bowed her head in realizing what had happened. It seems her powers had revealed themselves again.

"Hotaru..."

Hearing the sound of her name, Hotaru looked up to see Gohan. He had seen the entire thing.




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Hmm...was REALLY Hotaru the energy I was referring to? Or did I just completely screw with your heads in this one? Don't worry guys, I won't let you down! I give the people what they want! Heh, heh, heh. You'll see in Chapter Five! ^_^ ..............possibly. Oh yeah, review please.