CHAPTER 3: TRULY CHERISHED MOMENTS

"Ari, stop," came the blue haired guy's calm reply. He snickered at the pitiful look Snake gave him.

"She's crazy! She'll do it! I swear it, she'll kill me! Get her off me!" he cried, almost screaming when I punched him in the stomach.

"Shut up!" I yelled, and kicked him in the back of his knee, making him fall face flat onto the floor. I dug the back of my heel into his spine, making sure he didn't move.

"Yeah, Ari!! Kick his stupid, idiotic—!" was Kiara's reply, but she was cut off by the cute black haired guy. He had stopped laughing.

"Ari, please, you can't kill him." The blue haired guy.

"Don't be so familiar with my name," I spat, glaring at him. "I'm going to put him out of his misery. Hopefully, he goes to hell!"

"Miss Ari," said the Blue haired guy, this time trying not to be so formal. "Would you please reconsider killing him, now. Wait until he's healed so he'll have a fair advantage."

"How do you have a fair advantage over some crazy thing that's hellbent on killing you?" Snake asked, unbelieving. He put an wonderful emphasis on 'thing.' That really got me pissed. I landed a blow right on the back of his neck. He cried out, and tried to grab his neck, but I yanked his hand away, and squeezed so hard I heard bones cracking from the pressure.

"You will regret that," murmured the Blue haired guy, and the Black haired guy. Then I saw it. Name tags. Excuse me if I don't go staring a guys chest the first time I meet him. It just caught my eye. The name tags were outlined in a ridiculously bright orange. And in black, the blue haired guy's said Tsunaumi. Cool name, I thought, looking at the other cute guy. The black haired one. His said Dies. Yeah. Dies. I think it was pronounced Dee-ez. But at least I knew their names, now. Now I don't have to call them the cute blue haired guy and the cute black haired guy.

"Yes, you will," I hissed, evilly, as I stepped on his hand that I broke, and stood up, looking over at Tsunaumi and Dies. I delivered a sharp and painful kick to Snake's chest and he flew across the room. "Get him out of my sight."

"You messed up big, man," was Dies reply, hardly able to stop himself from cracking up. He dumped Snake into the laundry chute. Snake's last cry we heard was 'Niiran!!'

"So who are you, Mr. Tsunaumi," I asked, turning to him with a tired glance and two hands on my hips, "and what do you want?"

"Well, Miss Ari," he replied, smiling, "I'm your new training partner."

I snickered. Yeah, he was taller than me, but, no way he could defeat me. He couldn't even pull me away from Snake. What's to say I won't kill him in battle.

"You're kidding, right?" I asked quizzically, looking him in the eyes.

"No, Ari," Kiara said, happily, smiling and waving, "he's for real."

"Oh, yeah, Kiara! Hey!" I smiled and ran over and gave her a hug. She returned it. Dies and Tsunaumi looked at us with that little smug look that said 'I know your weakness!'

"So, how's it hanging?" Kiara asked, looking at the not so barren room.

It was full of machinery for exercise, and workout training.

"It's hanging pretty well," I said, letting go. She smiled and sort of bounced around the room, looking at all the stuff. When she came by me, I grabbed her arm.

"Why are you so happy?" I whispered, looking over at Tsunaumi and Dies, who were watching us closely.

"Because," she smiled perversely, "he's cute!" She pointed at Dies. "He's gotta nice butt."

"Ack!! Eww, you're sick!! Why are you staring at his butt?!" I cried, but I whispered the last sentence. I was completely horrified. I looked over at Dies and what she said made me curious. I looked then hit my head and shook it.

"It is nice, isn't it?" Kiara whispered, smiling and nodding. She stared at it, AGAIN!

"Yeah, kinda, sorta, maybe!" She looked at me with a half-glare. "All right, he has a nice butt."

"What's this about the words 'he' and 'has' and 'a' and 'nice' and 'butt'?" Dies asked, from right behind me and Kiara.

"Ack! Where did you come from?" I asked, falling on my butt.

"I only heard that last part," he said, innocently, though, he looked extremely guilty.

"Liar!" Kiara said.

"So, which one has the nice butt?" Dies asked, walking over to Tsunaumi and yanking him around.

"What the—?" Tsunaumi cried, looking at Dies like he was insane.

"Me," he stuck his butt way out, "or him?" He jerked his thumb at Tsunaumi. That caused me to stare. It was really nice. I blushed furiously. Dies had a really nice butt, too. Kiara would kill me if I said that. She was already bent on that guy. Not to mention hellbent on killing Commander Carl.

"Umm…" Kiara 'thought' for a little while. "Dies!! Dies has a nice—!"

"All right, that's enough from you," I said, grabbing Kiara's ear and pulling her away. On our way past Dies, she reached over and pinched him. I walked by at the wrong time. He looked at me with a smug look.

"Feisty, isn't she?" he said, poking my stomach.

"That wasn't me!! That was her!! Honest!!"

"No need for modesty," he said, perversely, smiling. He turned away to talk to Tsuni for a second. Kiara came up behind me, and slipped her arm through mine, to pinch him, again. She pulled back just in time for him to think it was me.

"You really are a feisty one, aren't you?" He smiled. Pervertedly. My eyebrows furrowed.

"Wait a minute. Tsunaumi! Say 'Feisty, isn't she captain.' Now," I demanded, growling.

"Or else what?"

"Or else I'll kill everyone on this ship beside you, Dies, myself, and Kiara."

"Okay, okay. 'Feisty, isn't she captain," he replied dully.

"It's you!!"