Chapter Two: Shadows of memories
Neko found herself in a dessert within hours of walking. But what had she been looking for? Was it a space pod? Or humanity?
She looked at a giant rock for seconds, then finally decided to climb it, and sleep on it for the night. It would be safest. Males never thought of what the night could bring, the females had to think about it, and then get criticized for it.
She crossed her legs and looked into the night sky just as the clouds were clearing in smears across the dark blue sky.
To humans, the stars were beautiful un-inhabited clusters of dust that they will eventually live on some day... To Neko, however, most of them were being slaved even as she looked at them. There were times she could almost tell which saiyan was on which star.
Neko knew which star her brother Raditz was on. It wasn't a star, though, it was a medium-sized planet named Gerad. Such a basic race, although Raditz was a very powerful warrior, but Neko would never admit it herself.
Neko turned around as she heard the faintest little sound.
Standing up, she tried to look further "Hello?"
The bushes began moving again.
"Speak, creature." Neko demanded, and slowly slid down the rock, and glared into the bush deeper.
Out walked a small creature that was only the size of Neko's hand, and had pointy ears, and a long tail and whiskers.
Neko looked at it confused. This creature seemed to hold pride, yet walked foolishly. Neko guessed that it was just a baby... what ever it was.
Neko picked it up.
The creature made a strange noise that sounded like "Mrrow!"
Neko leaped back onto the rock.
"What's your name?" Neko asked, and the creature replied with the strange noise "Is that all you can say, creature?"
The creature looked at Neko, and it seemed to be smiling.
"Well, I guess I should name you, although you'll probably either run away from me or die, like everyone else..." She closed her eyes, hugging the creature, then nodded "I'll call you Tore. You must of been torn from your family when you were little, weren't you, Tore?"
The creature seemed to understand perfectly what Neko was saying, and Neko liked this. She's never met anyone who'd listen to her so well, so Neko talked all night until the sun began rising, and she decided to go to sleep for a few hours, knowing Tore will probably run away when she was asleep.
Neko soon woke up to find Tore comfortably resting on her stomach.
Neko got up, picking up Tore, and placed Tore on her shoulder, and began walking to find a colony of humans. Maybe one of them will be able to build a space ship for Neko to make her way home? Or would they know her true inheritance, and try to hurt her? Or Tore?
As she arrived at a small village, she looked around at the buildings as her tail wrapped around her waist. It was still hurting from the burns.
"Hello?" She called out, as humans walked passed her as if she weren't even there "Who builds mechanical space materials?" Nobody stopped for her requests, and just as she was going to plunge into the crowd and attack them all, a man stopped in front of her. He seemed a little older then Neko, he had ice-blue straight hair that was tied back with a loose strand that fell over his left eye, and was taller then Neko, but she didn't even notice that because she was too use to males dominating in size.
"You look lost." He smiled in a caring voice.
Neko looked at him shocked, just as Tore decided to switch shoulders "...Yea."
Neko's stomach growled from not eating for a very long time. She was surely going to faint soon if she didn't start searching for food.
The friendly person smiled "My name is Trigger."
"Trigger?"
"I was abandoned when I was a baby, and grew up without a name for myself, my gang gave me the name of Trigger for my sharp shooting."
"Your in a gang?"
He nodded, then held out his hand "Come on, I have a lot of spare food for you to eat. I can give you a tour of the village, because, obviously, you weren't born here."
"How would you know?" She asked, reaching for his hand.
"Because," He nodded as he began walking with Neko along-side him "I know everyone in this village."
Neko nodded "Oh." And her stomach growled again, and this time, Tore's did as well.
As they arrived at Trigger's house, many people greeted him as he entered. He led Neko to a kitchen, and handed her platters of food.
"Tell me one thing," Neko requested as she began eating like mad "How can you grow up all alone and have a house?"
Trigger leaned agents a counter across from Neko "Shows what a little hard work can do." And he watched Tore drink the entire bowl of milk he had put out "But I guess now your here, there'll have to be a little more hard work..."
After Neko was eating she snuck out of the house, and to a field to train her powers. She does, after all, have to keep up her skills.
After five hours, she returned to the house, and came face-to-face with someone new.
"You must be Neko," the girl reached her hand out to the confused Neko.
Neko nodded, ignoring her hand, and walked right by her, and back to the kitchen for a small snack, and greeted Trigger "Hey. Who's the female?" Tore trailed in close behind Neko's ankles.
"Her name is Musha."
"Doesn't that mean warrior?" Neko asked as she guzzled down orange juice.
He nodded "Yea, we grew up together. She's in high-rank in my gang..."
"You love her, don't you?" Neko asked, leaning agents the counter as she began eating a raw tomato.
He shrugged "I guess. I mean, she was always there for me. Not many have been."
Neko nodded, knowing exactly how he feels, except for the loving-someone-else part.
Musha walked in, and that's when Neko noticed her long curly dark-blue hair, and red eyes, with a scar across her neck, and a slim-frame.
"It's nice to have another younger-aged child in the house," Musha said, then walked over to Trigger, and stood next to him, as if they were judging Neko. This made Neko extremely uncomfortable.
Neko despised being called a child. She was more then a child, she was a true saiyan, and that was as bad as calling her a fake. A fraud. The only person who ever called her a child was Taurus. Taurus was a very well disciplined saiyan warrior, and would often pick on Neko, saying she was adopted, and would always beat her up for it.
"Not for long." Neko tipped her head slightly downwards, glaring at Musha.
"Oh, why?" Musha asked, surprised.
"Yea, why?" Trigger echoed.
Neko shrugged "I have no place here," Nor will I ever, she thought to herself, useless race.
Trigger nodded "Sure, Neko." And smiled.
"What do you mean sure?" Musha asked, surprised "She'll starve out in the wild by herself."
"Neko is stronger then you think," He nodded, even surprising Neko herself. No male has said things like that about her just by her actions "She can take care of herself. Plan to leave soon?" He narrowed his eyes, never disrespectfully, at Neko.
She paused, not knowing what to say, then smiled "Is it all right if I stay a couple more days?"
"Your more then welcome," Musha nodded, before Trigger could give a response, although his would be the same "As long as you want."
"Tomorrow," Trigger said, stretching his arms "I want to gather the gang for inspections."
Musha nodded, turning from cheerful to completely obedient "Sir, yes sir." And walked off to find different communicational ways to contact the gang.
"How big is the gang?" Neko asked interested.
He shrugged again "Not too big. We are only made up of abandoned children, growing together into adults... Not too many we can contact. They usually end up with either suicide, or a slavery camp snags them before we can come close." He smiled, trying to cover up his true feelings.
Neko nodded "There's things like that were I come from, but my people like the challenges the slavery gives us. We're born to fight."
He nodded "Raised up in a gang house yourself then, eh?"
She nodded lightly "You could say that."
Trigger patted Neko's back lightly "I'll show you to my guest room. It's not so clean considering," And he stopped to laugh, then continued "Nobody dares to clean it."
Neko tried to imagine a filthy area that not even humans would want to go near, but all that would come to her mind was her polluted home land.
When they entered the room, Neko felt at home. Her house was never clean, nor was any other saiyan's, if the female of the house refused to clean, then the house stayed un-cleaned for a very long time until the male bosses the female in some way so she ends up cleaning it up, but you've got to understand even females love training and rather do that then house cleaning.
Neko sat down on the bed and waited until Trigger finished his speech about the room, and left, then she laid under the sheets, with her two index fingers crossed. An old saiyan tradition when wishing for something.
"I wish my family stays safe," She whispered "Although I am born to have no compassion, as claims Master Freeza, but please, whoever picks up these wishes, please take mine seriously."
The next mourning, Neko woke to see an old friend of hers.
She got up "Why, hello Tore. I thought I lost you." And placed him on her shoulder, and walked to the kitchen for a small snack, and greeted Musha "...hi."
She smiled "Cute cat."
"C-at?" She tried to copy the pronunciation.
She pointed to Tore.
So that's what it is, Neko thought to herself as she patted Tore's head gently.
Neko nodded to Musha.
"You planning on going to the meeting?" Musha asked as she begun to sip on a cup of coffee.
Neko shrugged "I guess, considering I was invited."
Musha glared at Neko, but Neko didn't flinch. She refused to lower herself to the point where such weak races bossed her around.
Neko crossed her arms "Thanks for your hospitality, I guess."
"No problem." Musha turned nice again.
"Oh man," Trigger said as he walked in "I can't wait 'till I get to show the gang our new member!"
Neko decided then that she aged slower then humans, and it was making her seem a lot younger. And considering she was only 16 in saiyan years, she must look 13 or 14, but that didn't bother her.
Neko slowly placed Tore on the ground "Can I ask for a favor? Personally, I despise asking for help, but this time, it isn't to help me..."
"Okay." Trigger nodded.
"Take care of Tore for me. He's a good friend of mine, and where I go, anyone would easily, without thought, kill him... and I never want him to die... So could you please keep him for me until I return some day?"
Tore looked up at his beloved owner, not knowing what she was saying, but guessing that it was bad news from the tone, so he rubbed his head agents her foot and smiled up at her.
Neko looked at Tore, then looked back up.
Musha nodded "Sure, we'd love to have a pet around here."
He isn't a pet, Neko thought to herself.
"I've got to go pack..." Neko said, thinking of an excuse.
Trigger held out his hand "We'll see each other some day again, right, Neko?"
Neko looked at him, not knowing the answer to his question, and nodded "Yea." And shook his hand firmly, then left to the guest room, and opened the window.
Neko looked back "Bye Tore... Trigger... Musha..." And leaped out the window, twirling as she fell, then reached out her hand and grabbed a branch from a near-by tree, and climbed up, then leaped to another building, and kept leaping onto roofs until she reached the edge of the village, and began walking threw a new forest. A tropical one, crawling with animals of every kind that Neko has never even imagined before.
Neko quickly gathered a basket of fruits(the basket being a giant leaf she found) and an abandoned pit, and sat there eating as she listened to the creatures howl and fuss among one-another.
When she was done, she thought she'd listen to the animals a little longer, but suddenly a fierce sharp needle jabbed into her spine, and she leaped far away, looking back, and spotted a small black furry thing with eight legs, and a splotch of red on it's back, Neko never learned that is the creature has red or yellow on it's back, on earth, it usually means it's poisonous.
Neko decided the forest wasn't comfortable after all, and felt a wave of confusion, and began walking aimlessly, trying to figure out where she was, and what she was doing.
She, after five minutes, collapsed to the ground, and began clawing at the grass, trying to drag herself, but quickly fainted... To her death?
Neko's eyes suddenly slashed open, looking around "Where am I now?" She asked weakly, seeing as she wasn't on the grass anymore, nor outside even. She was in some human's house.
"Oh, your awake now." A small voice said from beside Neko.
Neko turned around to come face-to-face with a girl. She was younger then Neko by only a matter for months, and had pink hair tied back, and jet-black eyes and perfect clothes, as if she had millions, but the truth was clear: She was a run-away hiding out in a farm.
"My name is Oru-chan." She nodded "I found you poisoned and a gang was going to rape you, most likely."
Neko revolted in the thought of having a mate a human. Even if it was agents her will, she'd rather face Master Freeza in combat then that.
"How could a week person like you defend herself?" Neko asked out loud, not knowing.
Oru-chan smiled, held out her hand right in front of Neko, and a boomerang flashed into her hand before Neko could flinch "I was given this by my brother."
"That's a marvelous invention." Neko marveled at the creation "Who is your brother?" All saiyans' sight were much faster then any other races sight, but this boomerang seemed to come from nowhere extremely quickly.
"His name is Link. He's a warrior, you know." She nodded.
Neko nodded, then tried to get up, but collapsed by the edge of the bed.
Oru-chan laughed, then helped her back into the bed "You stay here. You had quit a lot of poison in your system."
Neko nodded, feeling like she would over-heat, and relaxed her muscles "I I've got to get home."
"You should sleep the pain off," Oru-chan suggested placing a wet cloth on Neko's forehead, then left the room.
Should I trust her? Neko thought to herself, After all, most humans have found one way or another to back-stab me... but this girl doesn't seem harmful... But then again, neither did Sky. But it wasn't Sky's decision to burn up in flames...
Oru-chan returned with a bucket of water, and more clothes.
"I'll rotate the cloths every half-hour, and I'll be back for dinner..." She looked sad, then smiled "I'm sure I can find food today, yesterday I just had bad luck... and the day before..."
"How long have you not been eating?" Neko asked, feeling like she was going to soon pass out.
Oru-chan shrugged, and gave a peace sign "No problem for me. I'm use to it. I need to nurse you, so your the one who needs food. I'll be back in a flash." And with that, she opened her right hand, and her boomerang flashed there.
Neko smiled, then passed out.
When Neko woke up, her stomach felt as if it were in a knot she was so hungry.
Just then Oru-chan ran inside, with a basket of berries "I finally found a good place to find food!"
When Oru-chan gave Neko the basket, Neko dug her hand in, and took out a handful of berries, and was about to eat it when she saw Oru-chan watching her.
I can't believe it, Neko scolded her mind.
Neko held the basket out to Oru-chan "Here, you need the food."
Oru-chan looked at Neko surprised "For me?"
Neko nodded.
Oru-chan almost begun to cry, and she took a few berries, and ate with Neko.
When they were half-way done the basket of berries, the place began to rattle...
"What's that?" Neko asked, trying to get up again, but she suddenly felt dizzy, and collapsed.
"Stay here," Oru-chan said, looking worried, and just as she reached the door, the frame collapsed.
Oru-chan screamed in fright, and backed up.
"Who's there?" Neko asked, trying to get up, and only managed to get her head off the pillow.
"I don't know..." She said, emotionless "But it's my job to protect you." Her boomerang appeared in her hand, and she threw it as fast and hard as she could. She ran outside.
All Neko could do was lay there, not knowing what would happen to herself, let alone Oru-chan.
Soon the battle came into the barn, and Oru-chan backed up into the bed, being cornered by these massive people. Neko seemed to be twirling in her mind.
The leader lifted his hand, about to hit Oru-chan, surely killing her, when suddenly he collapsed to the ground, and second later, all the other intruders did.
Oru-chan laughed "Brother!"
A boy, about 15 years old, stood. He wore green loose clothes and had a thin-frame, and ice-blue eyes and pointy ears.
"Hey," He smiled as he hugged Oru-chan "Sorry it took me so long to get back, but the fight kept going for many months, then suddenly it stopped, and I ran home to find you in trouble. I was so worried I'd loose you."
Oru-chan smiled, holding out her boomerang "I fought them off just as bravely as you!"
Link smiled, patting her head "Your going to be a good fighter when you grow up..." And his eyes caught Neko "Who's she?"
"I found her poisoned in Willow's Lost Forest. I'm nursing her."
"What's her name?"
Oru-chan blushed. All this time she's been making perfect conversation with a complete stranger she didn't have a name for.
"My name is Neko," Neko said, and finally managed to get up "your sister saved my life." No matter how much Neko hated to admit it, Oru-chan did save her life.
"Boy," Link smiled "I bet that ruins your saiyan pride, huh?"
Neko's heart sank "How do you know?"
He nodded "Your eyes tell your life's story."
"How do you know what a saiyan is?"
He shrugged, turned around, and walked outside.
Neko looked at Oru-chan "Your brother isn't even human."
"I know," She laughed, then stopped "we are orphans. We never knew our true parents, but Link knows all alien types, for some reason... How about if you join us? Join our family, Neko."
"I can't," She shook her head "I have a journey I must finish."
She nodded understandingly "Okay... we're leaving here tomorrow mourning, with or without you. We need to travel to a new area where there is food and fresh water."
Neko nodded. People from her home planet did that a few times, if they lived on the planet. Most of her people were either in a gravity room, emergency room, or another planet all together.
"Do you want to come with us?" Oru-chan asked "We can carry you to our new house, and nurse you there, but that may delay us five days... But I'm sure we can manage."
Neko's eyes began to weigh more, and she fell asleep before she could give an answer.
Neko woke back up early in the mourning, feeling fresh. Saiyans heal incredibly fast, and Neko was thankful for it.
She looked around, and the room was empty and bare. Has Oru-chan and Link abandoned her? Nobody has abandoned her before... she was usually the one to do that...
Neko got up quickly to the noise of horses, and rushed to the doorway, and smiled.
"Hey," Oru-chan waved "Link found two horses and a wagon for us! Great or what?"
Neko nodded "Great." Something told her that she didn't want to go, now that she was feeling a lot better and powerful. In fact, she was thinking of taking on Link for abusing who she truly was... But only him and Oru-chan know, so it wasn't that big of a deal... but when it came to saiyan pride, nothing stands in the way.
Link slashed a thick rope with his sword, and began tying the horses to the wagon "I'm sure all three of us can fit in the wagon, and still have room for packing."
Oru-chan smiled "Great... They look like strong working horses, too. Maybe just one could pull us!"
Link nodded "They're bred to be good farm workers."
Oru-chan patted the first one(a pure white horse that had a black streak on it's forehead), and it muzzled her cheek softly, causing her to laugh.
Neko has never seen these creatures before, and they seem to be very hard labor animals with the neck to know a lot more then these humans think.
"Oru-chan," Neko said softly, then spoke louder "I need to tell you my choice of path."
"Your not coming with us, are you?" Oru-chan said, not looking at Neko, just the creature they called a horse.
Neko lowered her head "Well,..." But nothing came to her mind.
Link stopped cutting up ropes, and walked over, holding Oru-chan's hand, then reached out to Neko's hand, and made the two hold hands.
"You two," He said, nodding "don't have to see each other every day to know your friends."
"That's right." Oru-chan nodded with tears in her eyes, knowing she'll never see her new friend ever again.
Neko smiled "Don't worry, Oru-chan. We can always be friends." And finally smiled, meaningfully.
Oru-chan turned around, grabbed the white horse by the reins, and brought it over to Neko "For your journeys."
Link gave Neko an approving nod.
Neko slowly and cautiously reached out her hand and softly patted the long nose the creature had.
Oru-chan handed the rope to Neko "I hope you find what your searching for."
Neko nodded "What is it's name?"
Oru-chan looked at Link.
Link said softly "Lilly-chan."
"That's a pretty name," Neko nodded, then mounted onto the saddle and turned to her friends "I guess this means bye."
Oru-chan smiled, fighting back tears, and waved "So long, Neko."
Neko slashed the reins, and Lilly-chan started in a dead gallop for the exit of the forest.
Had Neko made a terrible mistake? After all, Oru-chan and Link knew her secret, and didn't care because they have their own secrets, and treated her equally.
Neko's tail wrapped around her waste, Oru-chan put a band-aide on it when she was asleep, to help the burns.
Neko soon entered a dessert. Plains and plains of sand for as far as Neko could see, and that didn't even affect Lilly-chan.
"Don't you ever give up on things?" Neko asked Lilly-chan.
Lilly-chan shook her head, with her main flying into Neko's face.
"Okay!" Neko cried "I get your point. Stop that, or I'll cut all our hair off." Although Neko knew she'd never live up to her words.
Lilly-chan kept running, even past when Neko was fast asleep.
When Neko woke up, during the night, she found herself by a lake, with Lilly-chan drinking like no tomorrow.
"Did I starve you?" Neko asked, surprised and hurt.
Lilly-chan shook her head, most likely from flies, but Neko took that as a no, and it made her feel better.
After Neko dunked her head into the water, Lilly-chan was finished, and Neko decided to try and find someone who can build rockets.
"Do you think humans are advanced enough to build such things?" Neko asked Lilly-chan as she led the horse threw a lightly shaded forest "They seem so clumsy... and how can they keep balance without a tail? I'd love to try and push one over." She laughed evilly, spooking the horse, then came across a small abandoned house.
Neko tied the horse up outside, and ventured inside for food, and was successful by finding a cart full of apples.
"Someone must of been getting ready for the earth to get buried in sand," and she picked up an apple, polished it off on her shirt, and begun eating it, not knowing what was in store for her.
A shadow plunged out with a sword, slashing Neko's face, right over her right eye.
Neko fell back, holding her face, shouting "WHO DID THAT?!"
Her left eye opened, with her right one being drowned in blood and saw a young boy. A boy hurt Neko because she was foolish enough to put her guard down... she'll never forgive herself.
"I will kill you, girl." The boy snarled.
Neko raised her hand, with a beam of energy coming from it, and hitting the kid, and causing him to fly back threw a wall. Neko didn't care if he found out that she wasn't human. NO ONE hurts Neko without Neko hurting them times ten.
The boy let out a cry, and soon an older one took his place "Who are you, stranger, and why do you hurt my little brother? What did he ever do to you?"
"My name is Neko," She growled, getting up, still holding her face "And your brother did THIS." She said, pointing the her eye that was severely bleeding.
The older brother gasped "Oh." And turned to his little brother "Blake! Why did you attack her?"
The little brother got up, rubbing his head "Because she tried to steal our apples."
"Did not." Neko protested, getting up, holding the blood that was still coming out, and her stomach begun growling.
"She's hungry, Blake." The older brother snapped "Not everyone is out to kill us, you moron."
Blake crossed his arms and said nothing.
The older brother passed Neko another apple, and placed a cloth on her cut.
Neko let out a hiss at the brother, feeling a stinging feeling everywhere, as if she was dyeing.
In minutes the stinging left, but Neko knew the scar would never.
"My name is Scorpion." The older brother introduced himself.
Neko stared at Scorpion's face for a few seconds, then looked away, blushing "I better get going now... I guess I over stayed my welcome." If I ever was welcome, she smirked to herself.
A hand rested on her right shoulder "You can stay."
Neko looked at Scorpion and nodded.
He smiled, filling Neko with warmth.
What is this feeling? Neko asked herself, I've never felt it before.
"What do you mean by that?" Blake stammered.
Neko twisted the globe quickly "See that? That's how the earth produces cold and heat."
Blake scratched his head "Okay... how much air would be on earth if it was half the size it is now?"
"Well, divide the mass time the height minus the Celsius areas that are compressed by the equator, leveling off to dividing that by two, and you've got yourself 2.5 billion hector square."
Scorpion walked in and handed his brother a bowl of fruits "Eat up."
"Neko is so smart, Scorpion!" Blake said, amazed.
Neko shrugged "That was easy math."
"Wow." Blake gasped "And to think, I use to have trouble with my multiplying, now I'm a pro at the tables!"
Neko smiled "No problem kid... if anyone needs me, I'm out by the lake." And she left the small house.
It's been days, and already she's fitting right in with Blake and Scorpion. Their mother left them at a young age, considering Scorpion is mature enough to take care of Blake on his own, in time when their father was murdered.
"This is a miserable planet." Neko decided when she begun training "Everyone's friends that are close to them always get killed, I'd hate to get close to Scorpion and Blake. I better keep my distance." And she fell to the ground, and began push-ups. She's been keeping up with training lately, considering the boys don't mind her always out of the house, and only inside to tutor Blake and his math disabilities. He's gotten better, for a little kid. After all, he can now do every single times table to a hundred times table.
There was a bristle of leaves behind her, but she didn't care. She knew who it was. He's been keeping an eye on her for some time now.
She sat up, and began stretching her arms "You can come out now, Scorpion."
He slowly made his way out of the bushes "Why do you always work out?"
She stopped "I don't think I should tell you if you can't figure it out." After all, how many times does he see people with tails? This she would personally like to know.
"Is it your race?" He asked, sitting beside her, but not close.
She shrugged "I guess."
"So you come from a race that always trains?"
"And you come from the most lazy race, isn't my fault."
"I didn't mean to get this into an argument," he protested "I just wanted to know."
"Well now you know," she growled, and laid down, exhausted already. Earth's gravity pull is greatly weaker then Planet Vegeta's. Neko would have to train a lot more often to keep up with anyone on Planet Vegeta.
There was a deadly silence between the two, then Scorpion spoke first "It was greatly appreciative that you taught Blake most of the times tables and other math techniques."
"Don't mention it." Neko nodded, sitting up, feeling restored again.
He smiled, for the first time Neko had been there.
Neko stared at him for a second until the smile left, then walked over to the water, and dipped her feet in slowly.
Scorpion watched closely, then got up.
Neko didn't hear Scorpion get closer to her, nor walk away, but suddenly the lake splashed out at her, soaking her, causing her to leap up, surprised that something caught her off guard. And because of that stupid human.
Before she could attack, Scorpion leaped out of the water, gasping for air, and laughing at the same time.
"Oh, funny," Neko said, brushing a strand of hair out of her face.
Scorpion grabbed her by the arms, alarming her, then dragged her into the water.
Neko came close to beginning to attack Scorpion, but sighed "This must be a human's way to having fun."
Scorpion came out of the water "Say what?"
Neko turned to him, and pushed him under the water, and dragged herself out of the lake, but before she reached the side of the lake, something grabbed her foot, and dragged her under.
She clawed for the surface, and gasped for air.
Scorpion emerged, laughing.
Neko stared at this behavior for seconds, then began laughing herself.
Soon they moved towards one-another and Scorpion wrapped his arms around Neko's waist and she rested her hands on his shoulders as they moved closer until their bodies were touching.
Neko looked deeply into Scorpion's baby-blue eyes and slowly kissed him.
Neko found herself in a dessert within hours of walking. But what had she been looking for? Was it a space pod? Or humanity?
She looked at a giant rock for seconds, then finally decided to climb it, and sleep on it for the night. It would be safest. Males never thought of what the night could bring, the females had to think about it, and then get criticized for it.
She crossed her legs and looked into the night sky just as the clouds were clearing in smears across the dark blue sky.
To humans, the stars were beautiful un-inhabited clusters of dust that they will eventually live on some day... To Neko, however, most of them were being slaved even as she looked at them. There were times she could almost tell which saiyan was on which star.
Neko knew which star her brother Raditz was on. It wasn't a star, though, it was a medium-sized planet named Gerad. Such a basic race, although Raditz was a very powerful warrior, but Neko would never admit it herself.
Neko turned around as she heard the faintest little sound.
Standing up, she tried to look further "Hello?"
The bushes began moving again.
"Speak, creature." Neko demanded, and slowly slid down the rock, and glared into the bush deeper.
Out walked a small creature that was only the size of Neko's hand, and had pointy ears, and a long tail and whiskers.
Neko looked at it confused. This creature seemed to hold pride, yet walked foolishly. Neko guessed that it was just a baby... what ever it was.
Neko picked it up.
The creature made a strange noise that sounded like "Mrrow!"
Neko leaped back onto the rock.
"What's your name?" Neko asked, and the creature replied with the strange noise "Is that all you can say, creature?"
The creature looked at Neko, and it seemed to be smiling.
"Well, I guess I should name you, although you'll probably either run away from me or die, like everyone else..." She closed her eyes, hugging the creature, then nodded "I'll call you Tore. You must of been torn from your family when you were little, weren't you, Tore?"
The creature seemed to understand perfectly what Neko was saying, and Neko liked this. She's never met anyone who'd listen to her so well, so Neko talked all night until the sun began rising, and she decided to go to sleep for a few hours, knowing Tore will probably run away when she was asleep.
Neko soon woke up to find Tore comfortably resting on her stomach.
Neko got up, picking up Tore, and placed Tore on her shoulder, and began walking to find a colony of humans. Maybe one of them will be able to build a space ship for Neko to make her way home? Or would they know her true inheritance, and try to hurt her? Or Tore?
As she arrived at a small village, she looked around at the buildings as her tail wrapped around her waist. It was still hurting from the burns.
"Hello?" She called out, as humans walked passed her as if she weren't even there "Who builds mechanical space materials?" Nobody stopped for her requests, and just as she was going to plunge into the crowd and attack them all, a man stopped in front of her. He seemed a little older then Neko, he had ice-blue straight hair that was tied back with a loose strand that fell over his left eye, and was taller then Neko, but she didn't even notice that because she was too use to males dominating in size.
"You look lost." He smiled in a caring voice.
Neko looked at him shocked, just as Tore decided to switch shoulders "...Yea."
Neko's stomach growled from not eating for a very long time. She was surely going to faint soon if she didn't start searching for food.
The friendly person smiled "My name is Trigger."
"Trigger?"
"I was abandoned when I was a baby, and grew up without a name for myself, my gang gave me the name of Trigger for my sharp shooting."
"Your in a gang?"
He nodded, then held out his hand "Come on, I have a lot of spare food for you to eat. I can give you a tour of the village, because, obviously, you weren't born here."
"How would you know?" She asked, reaching for his hand.
"Because," He nodded as he began walking with Neko along-side him "I know everyone in this village."
Neko nodded "Oh." And her stomach growled again, and this time, Tore's did as well.
As they arrived at Trigger's house, many people greeted him as he entered. He led Neko to a kitchen, and handed her platters of food.
"Tell me one thing," Neko requested as she began eating like mad "How can you grow up all alone and have a house?"
Trigger leaned agents a counter across from Neko "Shows what a little hard work can do." And he watched Tore drink the entire bowl of milk he had put out "But I guess now your here, there'll have to be a little more hard work..."
After Neko was eating she snuck out of the house, and to a field to train her powers. She does, after all, have to keep up her skills.
After five hours, she returned to the house, and came face-to-face with someone new.
"You must be Neko," the girl reached her hand out to the confused Neko.
Neko nodded, ignoring her hand, and walked right by her, and back to the kitchen for a small snack, and greeted Trigger "Hey. Who's the female?" Tore trailed in close behind Neko's ankles.
"Her name is Musha."
"Doesn't that mean warrior?" Neko asked as she guzzled down orange juice.
He nodded "Yea, we grew up together. She's in high-rank in my gang..."
"You love her, don't you?" Neko asked, leaning agents the counter as she began eating a raw tomato.
He shrugged "I guess. I mean, she was always there for me. Not many have been."
Neko nodded, knowing exactly how he feels, except for the loving-someone-else part.
Musha walked in, and that's when Neko noticed her long curly dark-blue hair, and red eyes, with a scar across her neck, and a slim-frame.
"It's nice to have another younger-aged child in the house," Musha said, then walked over to Trigger, and stood next to him, as if they were judging Neko. This made Neko extremely uncomfortable.
Neko despised being called a child. She was more then a child, she was a true saiyan, and that was as bad as calling her a fake. A fraud. The only person who ever called her a child was Taurus. Taurus was a very well disciplined saiyan warrior, and would often pick on Neko, saying she was adopted, and would always beat her up for it.
"Not for long." Neko tipped her head slightly downwards, glaring at Musha.
"Oh, why?" Musha asked, surprised.
"Yea, why?" Trigger echoed.
Neko shrugged "I have no place here," Nor will I ever, she thought to herself, useless race.
Trigger nodded "Sure, Neko." And smiled.
"What do you mean sure?" Musha asked, surprised "She'll starve out in the wild by herself."
"Neko is stronger then you think," He nodded, even surprising Neko herself. No male has said things like that about her just by her actions "She can take care of herself. Plan to leave soon?" He narrowed his eyes, never disrespectfully, at Neko.
She paused, not knowing what to say, then smiled "Is it all right if I stay a couple more days?"
"Your more then welcome," Musha nodded, before Trigger could give a response, although his would be the same "As long as you want."
"Tomorrow," Trigger said, stretching his arms "I want to gather the gang for inspections."
Musha nodded, turning from cheerful to completely obedient "Sir, yes sir." And walked off to find different communicational ways to contact the gang.
"How big is the gang?" Neko asked interested.
He shrugged again "Not too big. We are only made up of abandoned children, growing together into adults... Not too many we can contact. They usually end up with either suicide, or a slavery camp snags them before we can come close." He smiled, trying to cover up his true feelings.
Neko nodded "There's things like that were I come from, but my people like the challenges the slavery gives us. We're born to fight."
He nodded "Raised up in a gang house yourself then, eh?"
She nodded lightly "You could say that."
Trigger patted Neko's back lightly "I'll show you to my guest room. It's not so clean considering," And he stopped to laugh, then continued "Nobody dares to clean it."
Neko tried to imagine a filthy area that not even humans would want to go near, but all that would come to her mind was her polluted home land.
When they entered the room, Neko felt at home. Her house was never clean, nor was any other saiyan's, if the female of the house refused to clean, then the house stayed un-cleaned for a very long time until the male bosses the female in some way so she ends up cleaning it up, but you've got to understand even females love training and rather do that then house cleaning.
Neko sat down on the bed and waited until Trigger finished his speech about the room, and left, then she laid under the sheets, with her two index fingers crossed. An old saiyan tradition when wishing for something.
"I wish my family stays safe," She whispered "Although I am born to have no compassion, as claims Master Freeza, but please, whoever picks up these wishes, please take mine seriously."
The next mourning, Neko woke to see an old friend of hers.
She got up "Why, hello Tore. I thought I lost you." And placed him on her shoulder, and walked to the kitchen for a small snack, and greeted Musha "...hi."
She smiled "Cute cat."
"C-at?" She tried to copy the pronunciation.
She pointed to Tore.
So that's what it is, Neko thought to herself as she patted Tore's head gently.
Neko nodded to Musha.
"You planning on going to the meeting?" Musha asked as she begun to sip on a cup of coffee.
Neko shrugged "I guess, considering I was invited."
Musha glared at Neko, but Neko didn't flinch. She refused to lower herself to the point where such weak races bossed her around.
Neko crossed her arms "Thanks for your hospitality, I guess."
"No problem." Musha turned nice again.
"Oh man," Trigger said as he walked in "I can't wait 'till I get to show the gang our new member!"
Neko decided then that she aged slower then humans, and it was making her seem a lot younger. And considering she was only 16 in saiyan years, she must look 13 or 14, but that didn't bother her.
Neko slowly placed Tore on the ground "Can I ask for a favor? Personally, I despise asking for help, but this time, it isn't to help me..."
"Okay." Trigger nodded.
"Take care of Tore for me. He's a good friend of mine, and where I go, anyone would easily, without thought, kill him... and I never want him to die... So could you please keep him for me until I return some day?"
Tore looked up at his beloved owner, not knowing what she was saying, but guessing that it was bad news from the tone, so he rubbed his head agents her foot and smiled up at her.
Neko looked at Tore, then looked back up.
Musha nodded "Sure, we'd love to have a pet around here."
He isn't a pet, Neko thought to herself.
"I've got to go pack..." Neko said, thinking of an excuse.
Trigger held out his hand "We'll see each other some day again, right, Neko?"
Neko looked at him, not knowing the answer to his question, and nodded "Yea." And shook his hand firmly, then left to the guest room, and opened the window.
Neko looked back "Bye Tore... Trigger... Musha..." And leaped out the window, twirling as she fell, then reached out her hand and grabbed a branch from a near-by tree, and climbed up, then leaped to another building, and kept leaping onto roofs until she reached the edge of the village, and began walking threw a new forest. A tropical one, crawling with animals of every kind that Neko has never even imagined before.
Neko quickly gathered a basket of fruits(the basket being a giant leaf she found) and an abandoned pit, and sat there eating as she listened to the creatures howl and fuss among one-another.
When she was done, she thought she'd listen to the animals a little longer, but suddenly a fierce sharp needle jabbed into her spine, and she leaped far away, looking back, and spotted a small black furry thing with eight legs, and a splotch of red on it's back, Neko never learned that is the creature has red or yellow on it's back, on earth, it usually means it's poisonous.
Neko decided the forest wasn't comfortable after all, and felt a wave of confusion, and began walking aimlessly, trying to figure out where she was, and what she was doing.
She, after five minutes, collapsed to the ground, and began clawing at the grass, trying to drag herself, but quickly fainted... To her death?
Neko's eyes suddenly slashed open, looking around "Where am I now?" She asked weakly, seeing as she wasn't on the grass anymore, nor outside even. She was in some human's house.
"Oh, your awake now." A small voice said from beside Neko.
Neko turned around to come face-to-face with a girl. She was younger then Neko by only a matter for months, and had pink hair tied back, and jet-black eyes and perfect clothes, as if she had millions, but the truth was clear: She was a run-away hiding out in a farm.
"My name is Oru-chan." She nodded "I found you poisoned and a gang was going to rape you, most likely."
Neko revolted in the thought of having a mate a human. Even if it was agents her will, she'd rather face Master Freeza in combat then that.
"How could a week person like you defend herself?" Neko asked out loud, not knowing.
Oru-chan smiled, held out her hand right in front of Neko, and a boomerang flashed into her hand before Neko could flinch "I was given this by my brother."
"That's a marvelous invention." Neko marveled at the creation "Who is your brother?" All saiyans' sight were much faster then any other races sight, but this boomerang seemed to come from nowhere extremely quickly.
"His name is Link. He's a warrior, you know." She nodded.
Neko nodded, then tried to get up, but collapsed by the edge of the bed.
Oru-chan laughed, then helped her back into the bed "You stay here. You had quit a lot of poison in your system."
Neko nodded, feeling like she would over-heat, and relaxed her muscles "I I've got to get home."
"You should sleep the pain off," Oru-chan suggested placing a wet cloth on Neko's forehead, then left the room.
Should I trust her? Neko thought to herself, After all, most humans have found one way or another to back-stab me... but this girl doesn't seem harmful... But then again, neither did Sky. But it wasn't Sky's decision to burn up in flames...
Oru-chan returned with a bucket of water, and more clothes.
"I'll rotate the cloths every half-hour, and I'll be back for dinner..." She looked sad, then smiled "I'm sure I can find food today, yesterday I just had bad luck... and the day before..."
"How long have you not been eating?" Neko asked, feeling like she was going to soon pass out.
Oru-chan shrugged, and gave a peace sign "No problem for me. I'm use to it. I need to nurse you, so your the one who needs food. I'll be back in a flash." And with that, she opened her right hand, and her boomerang flashed there.
Neko smiled, then passed out.
When Neko woke up, her stomach felt as if it were in a knot she was so hungry.
Just then Oru-chan ran inside, with a basket of berries "I finally found a good place to find food!"
When Oru-chan gave Neko the basket, Neko dug her hand in, and took out a handful of berries, and was about to eat it when she saw Oru-chan watching her.
I can't believe it, Neko scolded her mind.
Neko held the basket out to Oru-chan "Here, you need the food."
Oru-chan looked at Neko surprised "For me?"
Neko nodded.
Oru-chan almost begun to cry, and she took a few berries, and ate with Neko.
When they were half-way done the basket of berries, the place began to rattle...
"What's that?" Neko asked, trying to get up again, but she suddenly felt dizzy, and collapsed.
"Stay here," Oru-chan said, looking worried, and just as she reached the door, the frame collapsed.
Oru-chan screamed in fright, and backed up.
"Who's there?" Neko asked, trying to get up, and only managed to get her head off the pillow.
"I don't know..." She said, emotionless "But it's my job to protect you." Her boomerang appeared in her hand, and she threw it as fast and hard as she could. She ran outside.
All Neko could do was lay there, not knowing what would happen to herself, let alone Oru-chan.
Soon the battle came into the barn, and Oru-chan backed up into the bed, being cornered by these massive people. Neko seemed to be twirling in her mind.
The leader lifted his hand, about to hit Oru-chan, surely killing her, when suddenly he collapsed to the ground, and second later, all the other intruders did.
Oru-chan laughed "Brother!"
A boy, about 15 years old, stood. He wore green loose clothes and had a thin-frame, and ice-blue eyes and pointy ears.
"Hey," He smiled as he hugged Oru-chan "Sorry it took me so long to get back, but the fight kept going for many months, then suddenly it stopped, and I ran home to find you in trouble. I was so worried I'd loose you."
Oru-chan smiled, holding out her boomerang "I fought them off just as bravely as you!"
Link smiled, patting her head "Your going to be a good fighter when you grow up..." And his eyes caught Neko "Who's she?"
"I found her poisoned in Willow's Lost Forest. I'm nursing her."
"What's her name?"
Oru-chan blushed. All this time she's been making perfect conversation with a complete stranger she didn't have a name for.
"My name is Neko," Neko said, and finally managed to get up "your sister saved my life." No matter how much Neko hated to admit it, Oru-chan did save her life.
"Boy," Link smiled "I bet that ruins your saiyan pride, huh?"
Neko's heart sank "How do you know?"
He nodded "Your eyes tell your life's story."
"How do you know what a saiyan is?"
He shrugged, turned around, and walked outside.
Neko looked at Oru-chan "Your brother isn't even human."
"I know," She laughed, then stopped "we are orphans. We never knew our true parents, but Link knows all alien types, for some reason... How about if you join us? Join our family, Neko."
"I can't," She shook her head "I have a journey I must finish."
She nodded understandingly "Okay... we're leaving here tomorrow mourning, with or without you. We need to travel to a new area where there is food and fresh water."
Neko nodded. People from her home planet did that a few times, if they lived on the planet. Most of her people were either in a gravity room, emergency room, or another planet all together.
"Do you want to come with us?" Oru-chan asked "We can carry you to our new house, and nurse you there, but that may delay us five days... But I'm sure we can manage."
Neko's eyes began to weigh more, and she fell asleep before she could give an answer.
Neko woke back up early in the mourning, feeling fresh. Saiyans heal incredibly fast, and Neko was thankful for it.
She looked around, and the room was empty and bare. Has Oru-chan and Link abandoned her? Nobody has abandoned her before... she was usually the one to do that...
Neko got up quickly to the noise of horses, and rushed to the doorway, and smiled.
"Hey," Oru-chan waved "Link found two horses and a wagon for us! Great or what?"
Neko nodded "Great." Something told her that she didn't want to go, now that she was feeling a lot better and powerful. In fact, she was thinking of taking on Link for abusing who she truly was... But only him and Oru-chan know, so it wasn't that big of a deal... but when it came to saiyan pride, nothing stands in the way.
Link slashed a thick rope with his sword, and began tying the horses to the wagon "I'm sure all three of us can fit in the wagon, and still have room for packing."
Oru-chan smiled "Great... They look like strong working horses, too. Maybe just one could pull us!"
Link nodded "They're bred to be good farm workers."
Oru-chan patted the first one(a pure white horse that had a black streak on it's forehead), and it muzzled her cheek softly, causing her to laugh.
Neko has never seen these creatures before, and they seem to be very hard labor animals with the neck to know a lot more then these humans think.
"Oru-chan," Neko said softly, then spoke louder "I need to tell you my choice of path."
"Your not coming with us, are you?" Oru-chan said, not looking at Neko, just the creature they called a horse.
Neko lowered her head "Well,..." But nothing came to her mind.
Link stopped cutting up ropes, and walked over, holding Oru-chan's hand, then reached out to Neko's hand, and made the two hold hands.
"You two," He said, nodding "don't have to see each other every day to know your friends."
"That's right." Oru-chan nodded with tears in her eyes, knowing she'll never see her new friend ever again.
Neko smiled "Don't worry, Oru-chan. We can always be friends." And finally smiled, meaningfully.
Oru-chan turned around, grabbed the white horse by the reins, and brought it over to Neko "For your journeys."
Link gave Neko an approving nod.
Neko slowly and cautiously reached out her hand and softly patted the long nose the creature had.
Oru-chan handed the rope to Neko "I hope you find what your searching for."
Neko nodded "What is it's name?"
Oru-chan looked at Link.
Link said softly "Lilly-chan."
"That's a pretty name," Neko nodded, then mounted onto the saddle and turned to her friends "I guess this means bye."
Oru-chan smiled, fighting back tears, and waved "So long, Neko."
Neko slashed the reins, and Lilly-chan started in a dead gallop for the exit of the forest.
Had Neko made a terrible mistake? After all, Oru-chan and Link knew her secret, and didn't care because they have their own secrets, and treated her equally.
Neko's tail wrapped around her waste, Oru-chan put a band-aide on it when she was asleep, to help the burns.
Neko soon entered a dessert. Plains and plains of sand for as far as Neko could see, and that didn't even affect Lilly-chan.
"Don't you ever give up on things?" Neko asked Lilly-chan.
Lilly-chan shook her head, with her main flying into Neko's face.
"Okay!" Neko cried "I get your point. Stop that, or I'll cut all our hair off." Although Neko knew she'd never live up to her words.
Lilly-chan kept running, even past when Neko was fast asleep.
When Neko woke up, during the night, she found herself by a lake, with Lilly-chan drinking like no tomorrow.
"Did I starve you?" Neko asked, surprised and hurt.
Lilly-chan shook her head, most likely from flies, but Neko took that as a no, and it made her feel better.
After Neko dunked her head into the water, Lilly-chan was finished, and Neko decided to try and find someone who can build rockets.
"Do you think humans are advanced enough to build such things?" Neko asked Lilly-chan as she led the horse threw a lightly shaded forest "They seem so clumsy... and how can they keep balance without a tail? I'd love to try and push one over." She laughed evilly, spooking the horse, then came across a small abandoned house.
Neko tied the horse up outside, and ventured inside for food, and was successful by finding a cart full of apples.
"Someone must of been getting ready for the earth to get buried in sand," and she picked up an apple, polished it off on her shirt, and begun eating it, not knowing what was in store for her.
A shadow plunged out with a sword, slashing Neko's face, right over her right eye.
Neko fell back, holding her face, shouting "WHO DID THAT?!"
Her left eye opened, with her right one being drowned in blood and saw a young boy. A boy hurt Neko because she was foolish enough to put her guard down... she'll never forgive herself.
"I will kill you, girl." The boy snarled.
Neko raised her hand, with a beam of energy coming from it, and hitting the kid, and causing him to fly back threw a wall. Neko didn't care if he found out that she wasn't human. NO ONE hurts Neko without Neko hurting them times ten.
The boy let out a cry, and soon an older one took his place "Who are you, stranger, and why do you hurt my little brother? What did he ever do to you?"
"My name is Neko," She growled, getting up, still holding her face "And your brother did THIS." She said, pointing the her eye that was severely bleeding.
The older brother gasped "Oh." And turned to his little brother "Blake! Why did you attack her?"
The little brother got up, rubbing his head "Because she tried to steal our apples."
"Did not." Neko protested, getting up, holding the blood that was still coming out, and her stomach begun growling.
"She's hungry, Blake." The older brother snapped "Not everyone is out to kill us, you moron."
Blake crossed his arms and said nothing.
The older brother passed Neko another apple, and placed a cloth on her cut.
Neko let out a hiss at the brother, feeling a stinging feeling everywhere, as if she was dyeing.
In minutes the stinging left, but Neko knew the scar would never.
"My name is Scorpion." The older brother introduced himself.
Neko stared at Scorpion's face for a few seconds, then looked away, blushing "I better get going now... I guess I over stayed my welcome." If I ever was welcome, she smirked to herself.
A hand rested on her right shoulder "You can stay."
Neko looked at Scorpion and nodded.
He smiled, filling Neko with warmth.
What is this feeling? Neko asked herself, I've never felt it before.
"What do you mean by that?" Blake stammered.
Neko twisted the globe quickly "See that? That's how the earth produces cold and heat."
Blake scratched his head "Okay... how much air would be on earth if it was half the size it is now?"
"Well, divide the mass time the height minus the Celsius areas that are compressed by the equator, leveling off to dividing that by two, and you've got yourself 2.5 billion hector square."
Scorpion walked in and handed his brother a bowl of fruits "Eat up."
"Neko is so smart, Scorpion!" Blake said, amazed.
Neko shrugged "That was easy math."
"Wow." Blake gasped "And to think, I use to have trouble with my multiplying, now I'm a pro at the tables!"
Neko smiled "No problem kid... if anyone needs me, I'm out by the lake." And she left the small house.
It's been days, and already she's fitting right in with Blake and Scorpion. Their mother left them at a young age, considering Scorpion is mature enough to take care of Blake on his own, in time when their father was murdered.
"This is a miserable planet." Neko decided when she begun training "Everyone's friends that are close to them always get killed, I'd hate to get close to Scorpion and Blake. I better keep my distance." And she fell to the ground, and began push-ups. She's been keeping up with training lately, considering the boys don't mind her always out of the house, and only inside to tutor Blake and his math disabilities. He's gotten better, for a little kid. After all, he can now do every single times table to a hundred times table.
There was a bristle of leaves behind her, but she didn't care. She knew who it was. He's been keeping an eye on her for some time now.
She sat up, and began stretching her arms "You can come out now, Scorpion."
He slowly made his way out of the bushes "Why do you always work out?"
She stopped "I don't think I should tell you if you can't figure it out." After all, how many times does he see people with tails? This she would personally like to know.
"Is it your race?" He asked, sitting beside her, but not close.
She shrugged "I guess."
"So you come from a race that always trains?"
"And you come from the most lazy race, isn't my fault."
"I didn't mean to get this into an argument," he protested "I just wanted to know."
"Well now you know," she growled, and laid down, exhausted already. Earth's gravity pull is greatly weaker then Planet Vegeta's. Neko would have to train a lot more often to keep up with anyone on Planet Vegeta.
There was a deadly silence between the two, then Scorpion spoke first "It was greatly appreciative that you taught Blake most of the times tables and other math techniques."
"Don't mention it." Neko nodded, sitting up, feeling restored again.
He smiled, for the first time Neko had been there.
Neko stared at him for a second until the smile left, then walked over to the water, and dipped her feet in slowly.
Scorpion watched closely, then got up.
Neko didn't hear Scorpion get closer to her, nor walk away, but suddenly the lake splashed out at her, soaking her, causing her to leap up, surprised that something caught her off guard. And because of that stupid human.
Before she could attack, Scorpion leaped out of the water, gasping for air, and laughing at the same time.
"Oh, funny," Neko said, brushing a strand of hair out of her face.
Scorpion grabbed her by the arms, alarming her, then dragged her into the water.
Neko came close to beginning to attack Scorpion, but sighed "This must be a human's way to having fun."
Scorpion came out of the water "Say what?"
Neko turned to him, and pushed him under the water, and dragged herself out of the lake, but before she reached the side of the lake, something grabbed her foot, and dragged her under.
She clawed for the surface, and gasped for air.
Scorpion emerged, laughing.
Neko stared at this behavior for seconds, then began laughing herself.
Soon they moved towards one-another and Scorpion wrapped his arms around Neko's waist and she rested her hands on his shoulders as they moved closer until their bodies were touching.
Neko looked deeply into Scorpion's baby-blue eyes and slowly kissed him.