by Amazon and Masquerade
Chapter 1
A young woman with crystal blue eyes and black hair that had silver tips walked up to the aging chocolate haired woman.
"Hey, mom! I'm going to go hang out with Aria at the mall!" she called out.
21 years had passed since the fateful day when Kibito had left his beloved. Unbeknownst to the two, he had left her with child. Ikuko had raised the girl by herself, refusing the offers of other males to take the place of the girl's father. Ikuko looked up from her teapot.
"All right. Don't stay out
too late, Tansei. You worry me when that happens."
"I promise, mom! Besides,
soon I'll be leaving to Tokyo U! You have to get used to me not being
around you know...," Tansei replied with a slightly worried look on her
face.
Her mother smiled sadly.
"I've hardly gotten used
to you growing up. I always worry when you're not home. Your dear mother
doesn't necessarily like being left alone, mind you."
"I promise I'll come home
every break."
Ikuko nodded.
"Fine with me. Well, you should get going before you keep Aria waiting. Have fun, dear."
Tansei smiled and gave her mom an quick kiss on the cheek.
"Be back in a while! I'll call on the cell if I'm gonna be late! And don't worry about me! I can take care of myself remember?" Tansei said, laughing.
Her mother chuckled.
"I remember, but I'm your mother. I can still worry." She waved as Tansei headed out the door.
Tansei left the small house and waved to her friend Aria, who waited in her convertible.
"Hey, Aria!"
"Hey, Tansei!" Aria called.
"Let's get going already!"
Tansei hopped over the side of the car and into the passenger's seat, putting on her seat belt.
"Let's roll, Aria! Those cute boys can't wait all day right?" she smirked.
Aria laughed.
"Nope. Not if these cute girls don't show up." After starting the engine, she quickly drove down the road to town.
~*/|\*~
At the mall, Tansei and Aria have a blast flirting and shopping away.
"I can't believe that I'm going to be transferring to the THE Tokyo University," Tansei sighed as she sat in the fitting room, half clothed.
Aria leaned against the door outside.
"I don't think anyone believed
it. I mean....that's like the best college in Japan next to Jonan..."
"Yeah...," Tansei came out
wearing a form fitting black dress with sparkles, "What do you think?"
Aria stepped back a little for a better evaluation.
"You look great, as usual." She put her hands on her hips and tilted her head. "Sheesh, is there anything you don't look good in?"
Tansei laughed heartily.
"Hey, buy it and let's go."
Aria hurried. "We've got more boys to scout for."
"Right," Tansei went back
to the fitting room and came back out in her regular baby doll shirt and
jeans.
She hooked arms with Aria and headed to the cashier. Just as Aria looked around the store for more boys, one in particular stood out.
"Hey, Tansei? Isn't that Masaru?" She pointed at the boy about their age. "He's called me about you, saying that he wants to get back together with you."
Tansei's smile faded.
"He's practically stalking
me now," she frowned, "Let's hurry and leave before he spots us."
"Agreed." Aria nodded with
disgust. "Creep."
Just as they started heading out, Aria checked on the boy again to see that we was walking right behind them.
"Aw, c'mon! He's going to ruin a perfectly good shopping day!"
Tansei stopped dead in her tracks and turned around.
"Good afternoon, boys. Can we be of some assistance to you children?" she asked coolly.
Masaru crossed his arms and smiled to be charming. Instead, he looked rather creepy.
"Tansei, don't be a smart
mouth. I've really been thinking it over. Why don't we just put our bad
relationship behind us and start over with a new one? I mean, I don't like
Kiki anymore. Whadaya say?"
"No," Tansei replied.
"Aw, why not?" he shrugged.
"We used to be so good together."
"She told you 'no,' jerkoff."
Aria snapped.
Tansei looked at her best friend with an amused glance.
"I believe Aria said it just
as I would, Masaru," she added.
"Oh, you know this bad boy
doesn't take no for an answer." he shook his head. "Don't you know how
many other girls would say yes a million times if I asked? Why won't you?"
"Because you creep me out
worse than the monster of Nikki Town. I'd much rather be eaten alive
by him than waist my time on an ameba like you," she replied with fire
and ice in her eyes.
Masaru grimaced.
"There's no convincing you, is there?" He balled a fist at his side. "So, I guess I have to make you see how serious I am."
Aria raised an eyebrow of suspicion seeing him raise both fists in a boxing fashion.
"Oh, great..." Aria sighed.
"A fight... Our night is ruined..."
"You can't be serious,"
Tansei asked.
"When am I not serious?"
Masaru growled. "I know you're good, but you've been slacking. While you've
been wasting time with volleyball, I've been weight training and getting
stronger. C'mon, let's go!"
"Fine. But we take
this outside. There's no need to do this here," she replied sternly.
Masaru nodded.
"Fine by me."
Aria looked at Tansei in surprise.
"You're kidding! You're really
going to fight him? Why bother?"
"Because I know he won't
stop until he gets his little fight. Stay here Aria. I'll be
back in a few minutes."
Tansei walked outside to the parking lot. Aria watched from behind the glass doors inside the mall. She scratched her head in uncertainly as Masaru walked behind Tansei, then took his spot across from her. Tansei cracked her knuckles and pulled her hair back into a ponytail. She slid smoothly into a fighting stance and awaited his attack. Masaru rotated his shoulders and stood sideways with his fists up.
"Ready when you are, baby!"
Tansei smirked and waved him on. Masaru charged foreword with a yell.
"Here I come!" He flung a
punch at her with all his might.
"Too predictable," Tansei
thought as she easily blocked the punch and slid under his arm to uppercut
his stomach putting ki behind it as her father had taught her when he had
come back so many years ago.
Masaru fell over quickly, grunting. He rolled to his side, attempting to get up.
"Uh-uh....I'm not going down that easily....ouch...."
Aria jumped and clapped for Tansei as Masaru got up on one knee. Tansei smirked and waved him toward her mockingly.
"What are you waiting for, Masaru?"
Masaru still got up.
"Waitin' for you to change your mind. It's not too late." Tansei remained quiet, making Masaru clench his teeth. "This time, it's going to hurt!" He swung his fist at her, hitting her in the jaw.
Tansei's head snapped back and blood trickled down her lip. She righted her face and wiped the blood before her eyes flared blue flame. She rapidly kneed his abdomen, her ki flaring lightly as she quickly appeared behind him to double hammer him behind the neck.
A pair of magenta eyes turned to the north, feeling the ki.
"What in...."
Masaru landed on the ground, groaning. He made no move to get up. Aria's eyes widened in surprise.
"Whoa.....she didn't hold back.....that's our girl!"
Tansei spit on Masaru's back before she dusted her hands and smoothed out her clothes. She put her hair down again and entered the mall.
"I think maybe it's time
to go home, Aria," she said as she noticed the looks from the crowd that
had gathered.
"Yeah, good idea." Aria
nodded. "Let's go." She was the first one out the door, and headed for
the car. "Serves you right, pea brain." she snarled at Masaru's unconscious
form as she walked past it.
Tansei laughed lightly as she followed behind.
"I wonder if he'll learn
to leave me alone this time," she directed to Aria.
"He had better." Aria huffed,
acting tough girl. "Or he'll hear from me next." She made some bad mock
punches in the air. "I'd take care of him like you did if I know how to
fight....but I can talk him off just as bad."
Tansei laughed heartily, flipping her long hair behind her.
~*/|\*~
Cell had stopped his flight to North City, looking out at where he felt that ki. It was very faint, yes.....he didn't know who it was, yes...... but it bothered him.
"I don't understand. Something doesn't feel right......"
Disclaimer: We don't own DBZ or any related characters or entities. DBZ is © Akira Toriyama. The characters of Tansei Kibito, Ikuko, Aria, and Masaru are however our intellectual property and we reserve the exclusive right to use said characters.
Tansei Kibito, Ikuko, Aria, Masaru © Amazon and Masquerade, 2003.
