Authors Notes: - Yes! Yet another short chapter!... I hope things pick up soon, but I don't know... It's up to the characters and right now they apparently want to jump around like a bunch of scared mice on crack.

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Jet flipped through his new book on Bonsai when a sound caught his attention. It was coming from the main area. He assumed Spike was back but was surprised. He though that he was going to go see his old flame. Jet got up and stepped out of his room looking down the hall. He caught a glimpse of two figures and froze in surprise. Did Spike bring her back to the Bebop?

He carefully stepped into the hall and walked towards the sitting area. When he arrived he stopped short. Standing over a very unconscious Spike was a person Jet had never expected to meet, let alone find standing in the middle of his ship. Vicious turned and regarded Jet with a cold deadpan expression.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Jet blurted out in shock.

"I found Spike drunk and barely conscious in an alley. He passed out so I brought him back home." Vicious explained with no emotion.

"And here I was under the impression you two wanted to kill each other. Heck if I remember correctly you nearly succeeded last time." Jet said walking around the indifferent man to check on Spike.

"I do want to kill him, but I'm not going to strike while he's unable to think properly let alone fight." He said folding his arms over his chest, resting his hand on the hilt of his kitana.

"Then you'll have to wait a while." Jet said leaning over his snoring friend. "As long as I've known him he's never thought right."

Vicious raised an eyebrow but said nothing.

"What are you planning on doing? Waiting around for him to recover from his hang-over?" Jet asked, glancing up at Vicious.

He hesitated then glanced around the ship. "I'm not fully sure..."

Jet leaned against the couch and watched him with a frown. "I know there isn't anything I can do to stop you two. It's as if fate has decided everything already." He shrugged. "So I guess it would be pointless to kick out off my ship, just wait to fight."

"Very well." Vicious said with the utmost seriousness.

He raised an eyebrow at the too serious man and walked back into his room shaking his head. "Crazy kids."

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