The teacher opened the door.
"Oh!" He seemed startled and confused by whatever was on the other side. "Come in!" he said, stepping aside with a gesture. The principal of the school walked in with…of all things! He held a cat by the scruff of the neck I his right hand and neither him nor the cat seemed to be happy about it.
"Who!" The principal paused for a sneeze. "Who does [sneeze] this beast be- [sneeze] belong to?" Evidently the principal was allergic to cats. Which I found semi amusing.
"Where did you find it?" the teacher asked.
"It was trying to get [sneeze] into this class." Wait a sec! I took a closer look at the black ball of fur. It looked at me with its strikingly deep emerald (and intelligent) eyes. Then it gave me a rouge grin. It wasn't so much a movement of the mouth and showing of teeth as a human's grin, but more of the way the 'beast' tilted its eyes and dropped open its mouth like it was laughing at something…more like everything if I knew it. How in the name of whatever deity rules this planet did that creature get here!
"Well?" The principal pressed between sneezes. I swallowed and stood up, raising my hand. Boy was I gonna kill him when I got my hands on him!
"H-he's mine sir." I said glaring at the still-grinning 'cat'.
"Fine! Come and¾" He sneezed again but this time the fur ball did a little twist and fell from his grasp and took off like a black bolt of lightning.
"Catch it!" The teacher said. I just stepped out into the isle and the black streak leaped into my arms, where it snuggled and purred.
"He won't be of any more bother." I said, starring hard at the stupid cat that was ignoring me and purring contentedly in the crook of my arm. I took him back to my seat and shoved him in my backpack. (He protested but at least he kept 'quiet' cat-like sounds) I'd deal with him at break.
Class went on (almost) like usual. I kept getting a lot of odd looks from the other students around the room. I ignored them and kept pretending that I was busy with class work. It seemed as if the gods had purposely lengthened the time it took until the first break just for me (And the restless furball in my bag). But finally time came about and the bell gave its buzz. I grabbed my bag (which emitted an indignant yowl at the hassling) and we all dashed out of the room.
"Hey Aida!" Videl called as I turned to brake from the group. I turned back to her.
"I gotta go figure some stuff out!" I called back and wandered off to plop down under a tree. I set the bag on the ground next to me and opened it (after checking to see if anyone was watching me). The black nuisance leaped out of it, glairing at me.
"If looks could kill!" I snapped at it. "What are you doing here!"
"Looking for you!" Came the reply along with a smug grin. "And I found you!"
"Shadow!" I yelled at him. "I'm at school!!! You almost blew my cover! Can you imagine what Sensei would do to me if I did?!"
"Sensei?" the Narin asked, cocking his head at me, blinking. "Oh, that Senso guy." I nodded. "You can take him." He said matter-of-factly. I rolled my eyes at my long-time and well-missed friend (although I would never tell him that!).
"Let my fill you in." I said dryly. "Ya see that guy over there?" I asked pointing to Gohan.
"Ya mean that guy whose hair is almost as worse groomed as yours?" He may not be a cat but he sure has some very close characteristics of them. Laziness and a constant need to have neat fur are two examples.
"Sure" I said. I didn't feel like explaining. "He's a Saiyan." I said. "Half-blood."
"Sooooooo?"
"Prince Vegeta's also here." I growled.
"Aaaaaaand? What's this Veggie guy have to do with you beating up Senso guy?"
"It's Prince Vegeta and he's the guy I told you about when I first met you!"
"Oh! That Prince Veggie."
"Yeah, that Prince Vegeta!"
"So what?"
"Grrrr!" I curled my hands into claws right in front of Shadow's nose. If he wasn't my best and only friend I probably would have strangled him. "If I powered up they'd know what, if not quite who I am! I'm supposed to be long dead you know!" Shadow took a few steps closer to me. He tapped his paw on my knee a few times before putting most of his weight on it. He looked up at me and gave me another one of those grins.
"You seem alive to me!" I stared at his grinning face for a bit, trying to make up my mind on how to respond. I settled on a slight laughter. I gave up trying to explain things to him. Knowing Shadow, he was already fully aware of what was going on. Probably more than I was. The bell rang and I sat up on my heels and offered Shadow my arm.
"It's about time!" He cried using my arm to climb up to my shoulder. "Ah, this is much better then that bag of yours." He sighed stretching across my shoulders as I stood up, bag in hand to get back to class. Gohan, Videl and the other two had seen me coming and had waited for me.
"Hi!" I said, grinning as I reached them.
"That cat is SOOOOO Kawaiiiiiii!!!" Erasa said. "What's its name?"
"Shadow." I said while Shadow played his 'cat' part. He looked innocently at Erasa with his big emerald eyes.
"Can I pet him?" She asked.
"Uh…" Shadow clawed me. He didn't want his fur ruffled up I guess.
::No I don't!:: Shadow told me.
::Would you stay out of my mind!!!:: I thought back at him.
::Nope!:: came the simple, smug reply.
"I think we'd better get to class." I said. They agreed.
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Aida: Hurray! Shadow's back!
Me: *Smirk* and you were worried.
Aida: No I wasn't
Me: So what do you guys think of Shadow so far? Cool cat hu?
Shadow: I'm no baka cat!
Me: *grin*
Aida: *checks the Word Count* ya barely made it this time!
Me: What are you talking about?! I made the thousand!
Aida: *still watching word count* Now you're at 1096 words. Your last chapter was 1205 words!
Shadow: *checks word count too* now you're at 1109!
Me: What was my longest chapter?
Shadow: Chapter 6 with 1825 words…..was I in that chapter?
Me: you got mentioned.
Shadow: Alright! *happy-dance*
Aida: Now we're at 1141 words! You're just trying to get more words in aren't you?
Me: no, not really. You're the one that's blabbing on! And if you don't count these footnotes there are 1031 words so there!
Aida: *laughs* you really pushed it then!
Me: *defensively* Hey! I got the promised thousand done!
Shadow: Now we're at 1196 words!
Me: Shadow, that's enough. I'll get annother chapter posted soon.
"Oh!" He seemed startled and confused by whatever was on the other side. "Come in!" he said, stepping aside with a gesture. The principal of the school walked in with…of all things! He held a cat by the scruff of the neck I his right hand and neither him nor the cat seemed to be happy about it.
"Who!" The principal paused for a sneeze. "Who does [sneeze] this beast be- [sneeze] belong to?" Evidently the principal was allergic to cats. Which I found semi amusing.
"Where did you find it?" the teacher asked.
"It was trying to get [sneeze] into this class." Wait a sec! I took a closer look at the black ball of fur. It looked at me with its strikingly deep emerald (and intelligent) eyes. Then it gave me a rouge grin. It wasn't so much a movement of the mouth and showing of teeth as a human's grin, but more of the way the 'beast' tilted its eyes and dropped open its mouth like it was laughing at something…more like everything if I knew it. How in the name of whatever deity rules this planet did that creature get here!
"Well?" The principal pressed between sneezes. I swallowed and stood up, raising my hand. Boy was I gonna kill him when I got my hands on him!
"H-he's mine sir." I said glaring at the still-grinning 'cat'.
"Fine! Come and¾" He sneezed again but this time the fur ball did a little twist and fell from his grasp and took off like a black bolt of lightning.
"Catch it!" The teacher said. I just stepped out into the isle and the black streak leaped into my arms, where it snuggled and purred.
"He won't be of any more bother." I said, starring hard at the stupid cat that was ignoring me and purring contentedly in the crook of my arm. I took him back to my seat and shoved him in my backpack. (He protested but at least he kept 'quiet' cat-like sounds) I'd deal with him at break.
Class went on (almost) like usual. I kept getting a lot of odd looks from the other students around the room. I ignored them and kept pretending that I was busy with class work. It seemed as if the gods had purposely lengthened the time it took until the first break just for me (And the restless furball in my bag). But finally time came about and the bell gave its buzz. I grabbed my bag (which emitted an indignant yowl at the hassling) and we all dashed out of the room.
"Hey Aida!" Videl called as I turned to brake from the group. I turned back to her.
"I gotta go figure some stuff out!" I called back and wandered off to plop down under a tree. I set the bag on the ground next to me and opened it (after checking to see if anyone was watching me). The black nuisance leaped out of it, glairing at me.
"If looks could kill!" I snapped at it. "What are you doing here!"
"Looking for you!" Came the reply along with a smug grin. "And I found you!"
"Shadow!" I yelled at him. "I'm at school!!! You almost blew my cover! Can you imagine what Sensei would do to me if I did?!"
"Sensei?" the Narin asked, cocking his head at me, blinking. "Oh, that Senso guy." I nodded. "You can take him." He said matter-of-factly. I rolled my eyes at my long-time and well-missed friend (although I would never tell him that!).
"Let my fill you in." I said dryly. "Ya see that guy over there?" I asked pointing to Gohan.
"Ya mean that guy whose hair is almost as worse groomed as yours?" He may not be a cat but he sure has some very close characteristics of them. Laziness and a constant need to have neat fur are two examples.
"Sure" I said. I didn't feel like explaining. "He's a Saiyan." I said. "Half-blood."
"Sooooooo?"
"Prince Vegeta's also here." I growled.
"Aaaaaaand? What's this Veggie guy have to do with you beating up Senso guy?"
"It's Prince Vegeta and he's the guy I told you about when I first met you!"
"Oh! That Prince Veggie."
"Yeah, that Prince Vegeta!"
"So what?"
"Grrrr!" I curled my hands into claws right in front of Shadow's nose. If he wasn't my best and only friend I probably would have strangled him. "If I powered up they'd know what, if not quite who I am! I'm supposed to be long dead you know!" Shadow took a few steps closer to me. He tapped his paw on my knee a few times before putting most of his weight on it. He looked up at me and gave me another one of those grins.
"You seem alive to me!" I stared at his grinning face for a bit, trying to make up my mind on how to respond. I settled on a slight laughter. I gave up trying to explain things to him. Knowing Shadow, he was already fully aware of what was going on. Probably more than I was. The bell rang and I sat up on my heels and offered Shadow my arm.
"It's about time!" He cried using my arm to climb up to my shoulder. "Ah, this is much better then that bag of yours." He sighed stretching across my shoulders as I stood up, bag in hand to get back to class. Gohan, Videl and the other two had seen me coming and had waited for me.
"Hi!" I said, grinning as I reached them.
"That cat is SOOOOO Kawaiiiiiii!!!" Erasa said. "What's its name?"
"Shadow." I said while Shadow played his 'cat' part. He looked innocently at Erasa with his big emerald eyes.
"Can I pet him?" She asked.
"Uh…" Shadow clawed me. He didn't want his fur ruffled up I guess.
::No I don't!:: Shadow told me.
::Would you stay out of my mind!!!:: I thought back at him.
::Nope!:: came the simple, smug reply.
"I think we'd better get to class." I said. They agreed.
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Aida: Hurray! Shadow's back!
Me: *Smirk* and you were worried.
Aida: No I wasn't
Me: So what do you guys think of Shadow so far? Cool cat hu?
Shadow: I'm no baka cat!
Me: *grin*
Aida: *checks the Word Count* ya barely made it this time!
Me: What are you talking about?! I made the thousand!
Aida: *still watching word count* Now you're at 1096 words. Your last chapter was 1205 words!
Shadow: *checks word count too* now you're at 1109!
Me: What was my longest chapter?
Shadow: Chapter 6 with 1825 words…..was I in that chapter?
Me: you got mentioned.
Shadow: Alright! *happy-dance*
Aida: Now we're at 1141 words! You're just trying to get more words in aren't you?
Me: no, not really. You're the one that's blabbing on! And if you don't count these footnotes there are 1031 words so there!
Aida: *laughs* you really pushed it then!
Me: *defensively* Hey! I got the promised thousand done!
Shadow: Now we're at 1196 words!
Me: Shadow, that's enough. I'll get annother chapter posted soon.