Hiei sat in a tree in the park, carefully sharpening his sword. He paused to study the edge before going over a nearly invisible knick in the blade. With a final swipe of a cloth, he finished and put the sword away.

"Can I see your sword?" a small voice asked from in front of him.

Hiei nearly fell in his surprise. He shot a look at the young boy in front of him.

The boy wore shorts and a light windbreaker jacket. His blue eyes looked curiously at him through a fall of unruly lavender hair. He cocked his head and watched him, "Well?"

Hiei frowned, "No."

"Well, can I see your cloak?"

Hiei stood, "Go bother someone else, kid."

"Why? I'm bored and you're right here." The boy sat down on the branch, "My name's Trunks, what's yours?"

Hiei grunted and bounded out of the tree into another one. He sat on a sturdy branch and leaned against the trunk.

"That was really rude. You shouldn't be so rude to someone who wants to talk to you."

Hiei's face began to twitch slightly, "What will it take to get you to leave me alone, kid?"

Trunks frowned, "My name is Trunks."

"Alright… Trunks. What will it take to get you to go away?" Hiei asked slowly through clenched teeth.

"Can I hang out with you? My mom's at work and my dad's training right now so I don't have anything to do."

"Why don't you go play with your friends?"

"All of my friends live out of town… Will you play with me?"

Hiei raised an eyebrow, "I don't 'play'."

Trunks sat cross-legged on the air, "Why not?"

"Because…" Hiei lost his train of thought, "…How are you doing that?" he asked quizzically.

Trunks looked puzzled, "Doing what?"

"Sitting on the air like that."

"Oh, this?" he looked down and then back at Hiei, "Dunno, I learned it from my dad. He can do really cool energy attacks, too."

"Trunks! Trunks, time to go home!" a feminine voice called from the park entrance.

Trunks visibly deflated, "I've gotta go… my grandma's calling me."

Hiei grunted and nodded a goodbye to him.

"See ya later!" the boy waved and hopped out of the tree. He ran down the path to a woman with blond frizzy hair.

"Did you have fun today, dear?" she asked as he grabbed her hand.

"Yeah! I met this really cool guy who hangs out in trees and has a sword! He has a cloak too, but it doesn't look like Piccolo's at all."

"That's nice, dear." She said as they walked out of the park.

Trunks kept rambling on about the 'cool guy with the sword'.

The last thing Hiei heard from him was, "Wait 'til I tell Goten about this!"

Hiei sighed, "I hope they don't come here and pester me… once was enough!" with that said, he hopped out of the tree to find a place that was relatively safe from hovering kids.