Author's Note: Hi again! Dang...it's been awhile. Sorry `bout that ^^6 Well....if SOMEONE wouldn't write such good fics...*cough* Jessibelle67, Piccolo0714, Namek Kaia, and Vegetas Princess*cough cough*...Then I wouldn't be forced to spend so much time reading and so little time typing. ~.^ Anyhow, here I go again for the few of you who are reading this. Hopefully I will be inspired to figure out a way to get this fic moving so I can post the others up already. Any ideas are gladly welcomed and will be taken into consideration. ****Hint* That means leave ideas in your reviews or something!!*** Ahem. Anyways, On with the story!
Disclaimer: I own my two characters Kasei and Siriana Tomodatchi...nothing more. If I did, I wouldn't be living here because all I owned would be pawned to raise enough money to get out of this house and AWAY from my annoying-to-the-point-of-death little brothers!!! *cough* *regains composure* Anyhow...I do mention Enya in here....somewhere, but by no means am I claiming rights to her or her music.
*~*Chapter 4*~* Spirited
Kasei dashed into her home with Siri in tow, practically dangling by the hand as her older sister dragged her along. Kasei was running, partly because of the fear she felt for her younger sibling and her self that harm may come to them from the tall green man--but some for the fear of not being there when her mother called. She dashed up the steps, pulling Siri along behind and as soon as she had pulled herself and her little sister into the house, Kasei shut the door and locked it. Sighing, she leaned against the door, panting heavily, and waiting for her heart to beat normally again. Siri was breathing heavily as well, but not near as hard because she had hardly run at all, having been airborne half the time on the short trek towards their house.
"Um...Kasei?" Siri began after a time had passed. "...Why'd we go out?"
Kasei looked down at her little sister and smiled weakly.
"I was going to meet somebody, remember? Only I changed my mind." Kasei replied, ending her phrase quietly as she brushed past Siri into the kitchen hearing the phone began to ring, leaving a slightly perplexed Siri behind. Glancing at her watch as she went, it was a few minutes past twelve and she sighed in some relief, knowing it was most likely her mother calling. She walked slowly over to the counter at the third ring and picked up the beige cord phone from the portable receiver.
"Hello?" Kasei stammered weakly, still light headed from the run.
"Hi. Just checking in. Did you finish all of your chores yet?" Her mother asked.
"Um...not exactly, but I'm working on it." Kasei replied a bit waveringly as she began doing the dishes as she talked.
"Ok. But don't forget to do them, all right? And I want them all done now, ok?" Came the demanding response.
"Yes mom..." Kasei replied tiredly. "I'll get right on it."
"Good." Came the curt reply. "Well, see you tonight! Bye!"
"Bye." Kasei muttered as she hung up the phone and dropped her head against the cupboard lightly, leaning on it with a tiresome sigh of a groan. After a few moments, she felt a tap from behind her and glanced lazily over her shoulder to look down at her younger sister.
"What's wrong?" Siri asked in a high-pitched tone that expressed her worry. Kasei shook her head and turned to face her completely as she knelt down.
"Nothing. But listen, you have to promise not to tell mommy about anything that we did today. Ok?" Kasei told her firmly. Siri's eyes widened.
"You want me to lie to mommy?" She said disbelievingly as if there were no greater evil. Kasei sighed and glanced upwards as if asking the heavens for patience.
"No...I want you to not tell her everything unless you absolutely have to. If she asks, say that we went on a walk to the river. Alright?" As she looked back down at Siri's expression she tried again.
"It won't be a lie...it'll be like....like a secret. Just between you and me. No one else can know, that way it's special." Kasei said adding a smile of confidence in for effect.
"Well...ok. As long as it's a secret." The child hushed her voice, her face taking on all seriousness of a five-year old. "But you can't tell anyone either. OK?" Siri demanded, reprimanding Kasei as if she just knew that Kasei was going do something to screw everything up. Kasei willed her face to take on a look of outward forwardness as she laughed inwardly.
"Ok." She whispered back to her sibling as they crouched there on the floor under the shadow of the counter by the wall. "I'll be in my room if you need me, ok?" Kasei said in her still quiet, military-like voice. Siri nodded and then ran off upstairs to do some serious playing. Kasei grinned as she rose to her feet and walked slowly up the flight of steps to her room to think about what to do, completely forgetting about her obligation to the duty of her chores.
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Kasei woke up about mid-afternoon later that day. She had fallen asleep in her bed to some soft Enya music. She rolled over slowly in the warm blankets, not wanting to leave the comfortable confines of her room when she suddenly sat bolt upright in bed.
"Ah crap!" She leapt out of her covers and landed on the floor, sprinting down the hallway and into the kitchen to finish the dishes that she had started earlier. As she scrubbed she glanced at her watch. `...5:15?! Awww man.....' Kasei thought with a sigh, knowing her mother would be home in less than an hour. She put into high gear, and as soon as she finished loading the dishwasher, she went and vacuumed the entire downstairs area, watered all the plants, cleaned the lower bathroom, did some laundry, and mopped the kitchen floor. Panting and heaving a sigh, she plopped down onto the couch, looking at her watch once more, `6:03....phew....mom'll be home any minute now....' She stood up and started straightening the living room just for good measure as she thought about any chore she might've overlooked. Kasei about smacked herself in the head when she remembered she had to wash the dog, and she turned tail to the back door to get him. Grabbing his leash and flinging the
back door open, the dog jumped, startled at the suddenness, for he had been curled sleeping right in front of it. Quickly, Kasei snapped the leash onto his collar, trying to avoid his licking tongue and muddy paws that groped at her, and she hefted him up into her arms so he wouldn't dirty the floor. Shutting the door with her behind, she dashed to the upstairs bathroom and shut the door....just as her mother pulled into the driveway.
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The next morning, Piccolo woke up in his usual meditating area at the base of a very high sandy cliff. Dew was still collecting on the ground, and the sun just barely visible over the horizon, casting its shadows of pink and purple and splashing them across the sky. A few birds chirped as crickets sang their last verses of the night before the light came and forced them into the dark security of nature's blanket. Piccolo rose to his feet, shaking the collecting droplets off of himself before powering up slowly, letting the warm rush of his ki engulf him, psyching him up for another day of hard training for whatever may lie ahead. That was his life, it seemed. Even with the comfort of a few friends in this world such as Gohan, he continued to drift into his old routine of endless training and meditating preparations for the imminent battles to come. Yet he had to. Some instinctive drive within him, set from his cloned birth, told him to keep pushing, to strive for and reach
that goal. Having been brought into this world with no other set purpose than to improve himself mentally and physically, that was exactly what he intended to do--all he could do.
As soon as the measured power up was completed, he darted off into the sky with a boost of energy, to search out a more secluded place to meditate and focus his thoughts so that he could concentrate on becoming stronger--more complete. Skimming through the treetops at a somewhat leisurely pace, he searched with his eyes and mind for a spot when he could not possibly be interrupted by the inquiries of the girl or any other for that matter. `The girl...' He thought. `...why does she enter my mind yet again?' Such questions were futile, and he once again blamed it absent-mindedly on mere curiosity or annoyance, and shoved the thought aside once more, as he continued the slow quest for his ideal location. Soon enough, he had found a quiet area by a still-water pool, teeming with life, but silent none-the-less. Trees and brush surrounded the small water source hungrily, creating a natural blind to any who might look upon the place; made to see it as nothing more than thick
undergrowth in the middle of a forest and would think no more of it as they casually passed by. There was another advantage to the small shrouded area, and it was that the location was on a tall rise that, if one traveled far enough, ended in a minor cliff or over-hang. This putting even less-likeliness into his favor that any would intrude upon him. Satisfied with his finding, he dropped through the densely packed tops of the trees surrounding the small oasis, casting away all bright sunlight, and landed in a crouch. From this position, he melted into a sitting one, and within the bat of an eyelash, had begun to levitate, his mind so trained that he had mechanically slipped into meditation.
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Kasei crept down the stairs, silent and stealthy as a cat so as not to wake a soul. She was to sneak out as quickly as possible and head towards the riverbed again. As frightened as she was, this was like an unfolding adventure to her, dark, mysterious, and very dangerous--yet thrilling, just as it should be. Having spent the first week of Summer break lying about the house, she was more than ready to get active. And what better way to do so than sneaking out at 6:30 for
"...an early-morning walk..." Kasei scratched down hurriedly with the pen, mumbling the note to herself. "...I'll be back at around eight. I've got some shopping to do down town, and I want to beat the morning rush..." She paused for a moment, hating to lie to her parents, but could think of no other excuse to go out so early. Her parents knew her for morning trips out of doors, but rarely before they were awake. She only prayed that they wouldn't be upset with her. "...I'm sorry if I've done something wrong, and I promise to do the rest of my chores when I get back. Love, Kasei." She lay the pen down beside the note on the bar where her mother was sure to see it, and walked out of the house. Today she sported a fanny-pack rather than the backpack from the previous day. All she needed with her was the water bottle and her house key since she didn't plan to be gone for long. She wouldn't need to be. Kasei was set and determined to find out about this person trying to ignore
the shaking weakness in her legs and the rapid pummel of her heart every time she thought about going back. Her brain screamed at her to stay home and safe, flashing mental images of his muscular body and stern features, but her curiosity always go the better of her. `I mean...how often is it that you're going to discover that you're next-door neighbor to a green man?' She thought, playing the excuse for her departure once more to ensure her troubled brain the correctness of her decision. `...and without Siri along, if you keep quiet, he probably wont even notice you.' It was no use, her heart still beat at a mile a second, telling her somehow that this was the day she would come face to face with the being, knowing that the odds of seeing him were so much greater than before, she knew that the nervous butterflies in her stomach had to be giddiness or something of that nature for the almost guaranteed success of this venture. She strode to the door, and quietly opened it
just enough to allow her passage, and once outside, shutting it without a creak to lock it. "no turning back now.' She thought with determination as she turned the key into and out of the lock, securing the door. `Confidently' she stumbled noisily down the steps, landing in a heap at the foot of the porch. Picking herself up off the ground, she dashes off into the nearby tree line in a hurry, limping as she went.
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WOOHOO!!!! I finished the fourth chapter!!!! My continual existence and ability to write has been proven!!!!! Okay yeah, well anyway...I'm still suffering a bit from writers block, but it is gradually lifting, and I hope to have the next chapter up ASAP....of coarse...I said that last time, and look what happened. ^^6 Anyways, I hope you guys don't hate me *too* much, and I will most definitely attempt to put up the next (and hopefully more exciting) chapter soon. Thanx for reading, and plz review if you can. -^.^- till next time!
Peace, Love, and Piccolo,
~Kasei
Disclaimer: I own my two characters Kasei and Siriana Tomodatchi...nothing more. If I did, I wouldn't be living here because all I owned would be pawned to raise enough money to get out of this house and AWAY from my annoying-to-the-point-of-death little brothers!!! *cough* *regains composure* Anyhow...I do mention Enya in here....somewhere, but by no means am I claiming rights to her or her music.
*~*Chapter 4*~* Spirited
Kasei dashed into her home with Siri in tow, practically dangling by the hand as her older sister dragged her along. Kasei was running, partly because of the fear she felt for her younger sibling and her self that harm may come to them from the tall green man--but some for the fear of not being there when her mother called. She dashed up the steps, pulling Siri along behind and as soon as she had pulled herself and her little sister into the house, Kasei shut the door and locked it. Sighing, she leaned against the door, panting heavily, and waiting for her heart to beat normally again. Siri was breathing heavily as well, but not near as hard because she had hardly run at all, having been airborne half the time on the short trek towards their house.
"Um...Kasei?" Siri began after a time had passed. "...Why'd we go out?"
Kasei looked down at her little sister and smiled weakly.
"I was going to meet somebody, remember? Only I changed my mind." Kasei replied, ending her phrase quietly as she brushed past Siri into the kitchen hearing the phone began to ring, leaving a slightly perplexed Siri behind. Glancing at her watch as she went, it was a few minutes past twelve and she sighed in some relief, knowing it was most likely her mother calling. She walked slowly over to the counter at the third ring and picked up the beige cord phone from the portable receiver.
"Hello?" Kasei stammered weakly, still light headed from the run.
"Hi. Just checking in. Did you finish all of your chores yet?" Her mother asked.
"Um...not exactly, but I'm working on it." Kasei replied a bit waveringly as she began doing the dishes as she talked.
"Ok. But don't forget to do them, all right? And I want them all done now, ok?" Came the demanding response.
"Yes mom..." Kasei replied tiredly. "I'll get right on it."
"Good." Came the curt reply. "Well, see you tonight! Bye!"
"Bye." Kasei muttered as she hung up the phone and dropped her head against the cupboard lightly, leaning on it with a tiresome sigh of a groan. After a few moments, she felt a tap from behind her and glanced lazily over her shoulder to look down at her younger sister.
"What's wrong?" Siri asked in a high-pitched tone that expressed her worry. Kasei shook her head and turned to face her completely as she knelt down.
"Nothing. But listen, you have to promise not to tell mommy about anything that we did today. Ok?" Kasei told her firmly. Siri's eyes widened.
"You want me to lie to mommy?" She said disbelievingly as if there were no greater evil. Kasei sighed and glanced upwards as if asking the heavens for patience.
"No...I want you to not tell her everything unless you absolutely have to. If she asks, say that we went on a walk to the river. Alright?" As she looked back down at Siri's expression she tried again.
"It won't be a lie...it'll be like....like a secret. Just between you and me. No one else can know, that way it's special." Kasei said adding a smile of confidence in for effect.
"Well...ok. As long as it's a secret." The child hushed her voice, her face taking on all seriousness of a five-year old. "But you can't tell anyone either. OK?" Siri demanded, reprimanding Kasei as if she just knew that Kasei was going do something to screw everything up. Kasei willed her face to take on a look of outward forwardness as she laughed inwardly.
"Ok." She whispered back to her sibling as they crouched there on the floor under the shadow of the counter by the wall. "I'll be in my room if you need me, ok?" Kasei said in her still quiet, military-like voice. Siri nodded and then ran off upstairs to do some serious playing. Kasei grinned as she rose to her feet and walked slowly up the flight of steps to her room to think about what to do, completely forgetting about her obligation to the duty of her chores.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Kasei woke up about mid-afternoon later that day. She had fallen asleep in her bed to some soft Enya music. She rolled over slowly in the warm blankets, not wanting to leave the comfortable confines of her room when she suddenly sat bolt upright in bed.
"Ah crap!" She leapt out of her covers and landed on the floor, sprinting down the hallway and into the kitchen to finish the dishes that she had started earlier. As she scrubbed she glanced at her watch. `...5:15?! Awww man.....' Kasei thought with a sigh, knowing her mother would be home in less than an hour. She put into high gear, and as soon as she finished loading the dishwasher, she went and vacuumed the entire downstairs area, watered all the plants, cleaned the lower bathroom, did some laundry, and mopped the kitchen floor. Panting and heaving a sigh, she plopped down onto the couch, looking at her watch once more, `6:03....phew....mom'll be home any minute now....' She stood up and started straightening the living room just for good measure as she thought about any chore she might've overlooked. Kasei about smacked herself in the head when she remembered she had to wash the dog, and she turned tail to the back door to get him. Grabbing his leash and flinging the
back door open, the dog jumped, startled at the suddenness, for he had been curled sleeping right in front of it. Quickly, Kasei snapped the leash onto his collar, trying to avoid his licking tongue and muddy paws that groped at her, and she hefted him up into her arms so he wouldn't dirty the floor. Shutting the door with her behind, she dashed to the upstairs bathroom and shut the door....just as her mother pulled into the driveway.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The next morning, Piccolo woke up in his usual meditating area at the base of a very high sandy cliff. Dew was still collecting on the ground, and the sun just barely visible over the horizon, casting its shadows of pink and purple and splashing them across the sky. A few birds chirped as crickets sang their last verses of the night before the light came and forced them into the dark security of nature's blanket. Piccolo rose to his feet, shaking the collecting droplets off of himself before powering up slowly, letting the warm rush of his ki engulf him, psyching him up for another day of hard training for whatever may lie ahead. That was his life, it seemed. Even with the comfort of a few friends in this world such as Gohan, he continued to drift into his old routine of endless training and meditating preparations for the imminent battles to come. Yet he had to. Some instinctive drive within him, set from his cloned birth, told him to keep pushing, to strive for and reach
that goal. Having been brought into this world with no other set purpose than to improve himself mentally and physically, that was exactly what he intended to do--all he could do.
As soon as the measured power up was completed, he darted off into the sky with a boost of energy, to search out a more secluded place to meditate and focus his thoughts so that he could concentrate on becoming stronger--more complete. Skimming through the treetops at a somewhat leisurely pace, he searched with his eyes and mind for a spot when he could not possibly be interrupted by the inquiries of the girl or any other for that matter. `The girl...' He thought. `...why does she enter my mind yet again?' Such questions were futile, and he once again blamed it absent-mindedly on mere curiosity or annoyance, and shoved the thought aside once more, as he continued the slow quest for his ideal location. Soon enough, he had found a quiet area by a still-water pool, teeming with life, but silent none-the-less. Trees and brush surrounded the small water source hungrily, creating a natural blind to any who might look upon the place; made to see it as nothing more than thick
undergrowth in the middle of a forest and would think no more of it as they casually passed by. There was another advantage to the small shrouded area, and it was that the location was on a tall rise that, if one traveled far enough, ended in a minor cliff or over-hang. This putting even less-likeliness into his favor that any would intrude upon him. Satisfied with his finding, he dropped through the densely packed tops of the trees surrounding the small oasis, casting away all bright sunlight, and landed in a crouch. From this position, he melted into a sitting one, and within the bat of an eyelash, had begun to levitate, his mind so trained that he had mechanically slipped into meditation.
*~*~*~*~*
Kasei crept down the stairs, silent and stealthy as a cat so as not to wake a soul. She was to sneak out as quickly as possible and head towards the riverbed again. As frightened as she was, this was like an unfolding adventure to her, dark, mysterious, and very dangerous--yet thrilling, just as it should be. Having spent the first week of Summer break lying about the house, she was more than ready to get active. And what better way to do so than sneaking out at 6:30 for
"...an early-morning walk..." Kasei scratched down hurriedly with the pen, mumbling the note to herself. "...I'll be back at around eight. I've got some shopping to do down town, and I want to beat the morning rush..." She paused for a moment, hating to lie to her parents, but could think of no other excuse to go out so early. Her parents knew her for morning trips out of doors, but rarely before they were awake. She only prayed that they wouldn't be upset with her. "...I'm sorry if I've done something wrong, and I promise to do the rest of my chores when I get back. Love, Kasei." She lay the pen down beside the note on the bar where her mother was sure to see it, and walked out of the house. Today she sported a fanny-pack rather than the backpack from the previous day. All she needed with her was the water bottle and her house key since she didn't plan to be gone for long. She wouldn't need to be. Kasei was set and determined to find out about this person trying to ignore
the shaking weakness in her legs and the rapid pummel of her heart every time she thought about going back. Her brain screamed at her to stay home and safe, flashing mental images of his muscular body and stern features, but her curiosity always go the better of her. `I mean...how often is it that you're going to discover that you're next-door neighbor to a green man?' She thought, playing the excuse for her departure once more to ensure her troubled brain the correctness of her decision. `...and without Siri along, if you keep quiet, he probably wont even notice you.' It was no use, her heart still beat at a mile a second, telling her somehow that this was the day she would come face to face with the being, knowing that the odds of seeing him were so much greater than before, she knew that the nervous butterflies in her stomach had to be giddiness or something of that nature for the almost guaranteed success of this venture. She strode to the door, and quietly opened it
just enough to allow her passage, and once outside, shutting it without a creak to lock it. "no turning back now.' She thought with determination as she turned the key into and out of the lock, securing the door. `Confidently' she stumbled noisily down the steps, landing in a heap at the foot of the porch. Picking herself up off the ground, she dashes off into the nearby tree line in a hurry, limping as she went.
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WOOHOO!!!! I finished the fourth chapter!!!! My continual existence and ability to write has been proven!!!!! Okay yeah, well anyway...I'm still suffering a bit from writers block, but it is gradually lifting, and I hope to have the next chapter up ASAP....of coarse...I said that last time, and look what happened. ^^6 Anyways, I hope you guys don't hate me *too* much, and I will most definitely attempt to put up the next (and hopefully more exciting) chapter soon. Thanx for reading, and plz review if you can. -^.^- till next time!
Peace, Love, and Piccolo,
~Kasei