~Lady Espelle~: Hiya minna-chan! Wazzup? We're going to do another chapter for this wonderful fic, THAT NOBODY REVIEWED!!!!!!!!!!! Anyways. *cough* . *cough* . *cough cough cough* .

*Lana Cinna*: *shoots annoyed glare* What is it Espy-chan?

~Lady Espelle~: You know that we forgot something last time, don't you?

*Lana Cinna*: What?!? What could we have forgotten?

~Lady Espelle~: *coughthedisclaimercough*

*Lana Cinna*: Watcha saying?

~Lady Espelle~: *turns at least three shades of red* . the disclaimer. *looks towards the ground*

*Lana Cinna*: Oh my goodness! Sorry peeps! Here it is for the last chappy and this one: We own nothing! .Not even a working heating. *looks ashamed towards the groung*

~Lady Espelle~: Is your heating STILL not intact?!?

*Lana Cinna*: Nope! That means: Flames are still welcome.

~Lady Epelle~: As my granny already said: Compliments warm the heart, Criticism strengthens the soul, FLAMES SHALL BE USED FOR HEATING!

*Lana Cinna*: Did your granny really say THAT?

~Lady Espelle~: Well, actual that was not her original words, but it comes close to it. ^_^;;

*Lana Cinna*: Whatsoever. Here's the story!!!!











CRASH'n'BURN

by ~*Lady Espelle*~ & ~*Lana Cinna*~







ChapterIII

Kirei wasn't sure what she should think about what she had heard just moments ago. Did this mean the two actually knew about their secret? She looked at Hika who, seeing the kind of glare she shot the two boys, looked like she was about to kill the two of them. She mused that they knew about it, otherwise Hika wouldn't be so mad at them.

'What do we do now? What will THEY do?' She searched frantically for an excuse, not knowing how much the others already knew about them. Hika on the other side held her glare. It was very obvious that the two knew something! They wouldn't have searched through her office if this wasn't the case. They hadn't cared about her privacy! HER privacy! These two had to pay for this! And they would pay, Hika decided not caring about the consequences.

"What did you think? Searching through my things?" Hika shouted. Kirei made an attempt to calm her friend down, but her words were cut off, as Hika grabbed a vase that had the bad luck of standing on the cupboard next to her. When she threw it and the poor thing flew through the air towards the target, it was caught out of the air just a few inches before it could hit. Trunks held it fiercely in his hand, as he stared at Hika, wondering what was it, behind the things they had found in here, that could make the calm, sarcastical Hika get so mad.

Unknowingly to all of them Bulma had screamed in a high-pitched tone, when the vase had been thrown. They had all been too occupied in what had happened, that none of them had noticed. But the others who had stayed outside obviously had heard it. They suddenly appeared seemingly out of nowhere in the room, alarmed expressions on their faces.

"What's up? Who came that scream from? And why?" Yamcha asked, looking at the scene in front of him. The women stood still in the doorway, gaping at the four youngsters. Kirei stood in front of the women, halfway to Hika, but didn't move an inch right now. She just kept staring at what happened, her jaw slightly dropped as if to say something, desperately trying to comprehend what was going on. Gohan looked nervous and he seemed to wish for a black hole to fall in and never come out again.

Then there was Trunks. He kept glaring at Hika. His expression said everything and nothing at the same time. Was he angry? Or nervous? Was this a sheepish look and did he blush, or was it just his anger? Did Yamcha just see betrayal pass Mirai's eyes? What did this all mean? Looking at Hika there was no question what SHE felt:

Rage.

Indignation.

The wish to kill the boys in front of her this instant; then and there.

No one spoke a word as the tension built up in the air, crackling like electricity. Then the silence was interrupted by Hika, who whirled around to her friend:

"Kirei?" What did this mean? Did it mean 'Are you okay?' or something like 'What shall we do now?'? Piccolo thought about it and came to the conclusion that it perhaps meant both. Kirei answered the question with an irritated expression. When she found her words again, she looked at Hika with help-seeking eyes, even if she knew Hika couldn't help much.

Suddenly ChiChi got back to her motherly instincts and shouted at Gohan in her everywhere feared, scolding voice:

"Gohan, what did you search for in the girl's office?!?" Gohan was too intimidated by his mother's outburst to find a quick excuse. He stuttered some incomprehensible words, but seeing how this didn't calm the fuming mother at all, Trunks decided he could as well help his best friend.

"You shouldn't accuse us before you know what's going on! We can prove that we have reason to be suspicious towards these girls!" Trunks barked at ChiChi, who was taken aback and forgot about her anger for a while. Everybody looked at the girls and back at the guys, waiting for something to happen. Curiosity took over.

Trunks looked at Gohan who understood immediately. Hika felt some feeling built up in her stomach she didn't like at all, and when the boys took out their pieces of evidence, Kirei panicked and squealed through the whole room loud enough that the Saiyans winced.

"What?...How?...Hika!!!!" she looked at her friend only to see her in a state of trance while starring at the pictures, letters and notes like they were about to eat her alive.

"What's that?" Bulma asked. The boys handed the things to the others, and as they all looked at the pictures, it took them some time to recognize what didn't fit into the scenes. They looked at the notes and letters uncomprehending for a while, before Vegeta got annoyed by not seeing through this mystery.

"What does this prove? What is the meaning behind this?"

Trunks shrugged: "We wanted to find out, therefore we took these."

Minna looked at the two girls who looked by now towards the ground. They both knew what was coming. They would want to know who or what they were, and where they came from. Unfortunately they didn't know for sure were they were, hence they didn't know the least about where they came from.

And then the inevitable question came, from the blue haired genius who was for the first time in many years at a loss of explanation: "Hikarie, Kirei, what do you two hide? What does this all mean?"

'Ooooh, full names! Should I be scared?' Hika thought sarcastically. She nearly chuckled from nervousness combined with her own sarcasm. Then she saw some of her beloved irony in this situation, which never failed to brighten her up: Why did she even care what they thought? What could they possibly do? Go to the police? There was nothing she had to fear, so why even care. With this thought in mind she raised her head, looking at them with pride showing in her eyes, daring them to accuse her of something.

"What do you think it means?" she asked back. Kirei looked her in the eyes and calmed down a little: As long as they were together nothing could happen, could it? Why not play along.?

"I think there's something terribly wrong with you two!", came the answer. Suddenly Piccolo shot forward and grabbed Hika at the collar of her suit, holding her one feet above the ground, still towering one feet above her.

"Tell us what this is all about, or you will face the consequences." he growled. Kirei had already taken a step forward to help her friend, but the fact that she couldn't expect to be able to do any harm to this green giant and the serene, though mocking look of Hika, held her back. She would just have to wait and see what would happen. She watched as Hika put her hands over the green hands of her captor and retorted in mocking carelessness:

"Be careful with my clothes. This suit is quality, you know?" Kirei had just to think that her friend's 'psychiatric disease', that showed itself by unusual behaviour and things much alike this, could really come in handy sometimes. She changed her mind the instant the alien growled in impatience, dangerously glaring the young girl in the eyes.

Bulma decided she had to do something, before the over-protective fighters killed the two. So, she looked gently at the girls; one was frightened and slightly worried about her friend at the same time, while the other wore a mask of mock that hid her real emotions.

"I suggest we go into the living-room and you two explain what we found *motioning towards the pieces of evidence that were still held by Kruillin and Tien*, before these guys kill you in over-eagerness about protecting something." Kirei looked at Hika, pleading her to accept the offer. When she nodded, Piccolo put her down hesitantly.

Bulma led the way towards the huge living-room, the others trailing behind her. Kirei and Hika didn't fail to notice their boss steal quick glances over her shoulder every now and then and the fighters eyeing them suspiciously as if fearing the girls could just disappear suddenly.

When they arrived at the door to their aim, Bulma opened it and they walked in silently, everybody taking a seat where they could sit comfortably. When Vegeta and Piccolo had taken their places, leaning against a wall as usual, and the others were seated, they mustered the two girls expectantly, waiting for them to start their explanation, and they were not disappointed.







~Lady Espelle~: Okay, that far for part a of the story. Hell, I think this is the best story I have posted, but it's the only one without any reviews! . Do I need some guests in the reviews? That seems to help for other authors. Could you at least tell us why you don't want to review? Please.

Cya,

~*Lady Espelle*~ & ~*Lana Cinna*~



Later added AN: Alright, the thing about the only story without reviews is not up to date by now. At the moment this story is actually the one with WAY most reviews. I would like you people to tell me if I do better by now, and if the story looks good when it's readable. ^_^;;

Whatsoever; hope you like it and I also hope my great reviewers are not disappointed by the way this story goes.

Love you all for your great help!!!

Lady Espelle