Consciousness of the Heart
Chapter One
School Day *************************************************************
"Seven?" The girl groaned as she stepped out of bed.
Tripping over books, dirty clothes, and wrappers she stumbled out of her bedroom.
Sighing she stretched out and sat down at the computer. Hooking up wires and pulling plugs she sighed again and stood up.
"Guess mom forgot to pay the bill again." She mumbled. Figures, her mother never did. Soon they would get a notice threatening to shut all of the power down or turning the water off, it had all happened before.
"Another grand day of school." She muttered sarcastically and started the small shower.
In ten minutes she was out, clean, refreshed, and ready for another day.
"Why do I even wake up?" She asked her hamster as she filled his bowl with sunflower seeds.
"I guess I have to feed you." She smiled slightly and reached for the hamster.
"Ow!" She cried and retracted her hand. That damn rat bit her again!
"Never bite the hand that feeds." She warned.
Her father had accused her of making the rodent evil; she just turned away and muttered, "I like him that way." With defiance.
Her mother would just roll her eyes and scoff.
She scuffled her way down the stairs and out the front door.
Placing a pair of headphones over her golden brown hair she walked down the sidewalk to the end of the street.
Turning left she started the mile walk to her school. *************************************************************
"King Yemma! King Yemma!" The ogre cried.
"What?" The huge monster behind the desk yelled irritated.
"We seem to be missing a soul." The blue ogre cried out.
"From where?" Yemma asked alarmed.
"Hell!" The ogre cried out again.
"Do a count again and assemble all the souls." Yemma ordered.
"Yes sir." The ogre said.
"I want every inch of hell searched." Yemma called out after the ogre.
"We need to find that soul." Yemma said returning to the piles of paperwork on his desk.
There were some rotten souls down in hell, and who knows what some of them would do to get out and seek their revenge. *************************************************************
"Gohan! You don't want to be late!" Chi Chi called up the stairs.
"Don't worry. I'll be right there." A muffled voice called down.
Chi Chi sighed and shook her head.
"Don't forget your lunch or your homework." She warned.
"Nope got it all." Gohan said as he raced out the door.
"Bye Gohan." Goten yelled and raced after his brother waving madly.
"Hey Goten, hurry and do your chores so you can go visit Trunks today." Chi Chi called out.
Goten ran back into the house as fast as he could, which needless to say is pretty fast. *************************************************************
"Hey Salt." An annoyingly familiar voice called out.
"Pepper." She said and shook her golden brown hair loose.
"Whatever freak." Sharpener muttered as he walked passed her and slapped her shoulder.
"Please remove the 'Kick me' sign from my back." She said to a short black- haired girl next to her.
"Immature ass." The girl muttered and grabbed the sticky note, and just as predicted, it said 'Kick me' in bright, bold letters.
"Don't think about him Pepper, he just wants attention." The girl reminded her.
"Yeah." She agreed and continued down to her locker.
Opening it she found a mound of salt poured all over her books.
"Figures." She muttered and slammed her locker shut.
"You can borrow my biology book, but you'll have to borrow someone else's in your other classes." The black-haired girl said.
"Vell, why are you always so dark around other people but you're always so optimistic around me?" Pepper asked her fiend.
"I guess you bring out the best in me." Vell shrugged.
"I think I prefer you when you hate the world." Pepper muttered.
"Too bad." Vell said.
"Hey you're bleeding." Vell said grabbing her finger.
"He bit me again." Pepper said referring to her little hamster.
"I don't know why you just don't kill it." Vell said and shook her head.
"Well you better get that looked at or you might get rabies." She warned and walked down the hall to her right.
"See you." Pepper called out and turned to her left bumping right into another person.
"Was that a person or a brick wall?" she muttered.
"I'm sorry." Gohan apologized.
"Hey don't talk to that freak; she might cast a spell on you." Sharpener said walking up to Gohan.
"That was..." Gohan started to defend her when Sharpener cut in.
"No shoo Salt, before you make me loose my breakfast." He warned.
"Pepper." She growled and walked off. *************************************************************
"Sir, we were correct to assume that there was a soul missing." The ogre said.
"And?" Yemma questioned.
"And...we...are not quite as sure as to who...but we do have people on it sir...don't worry...this will all be cleared up in no time." The ogre said nervously.
"We'll have to contact the Grand Kai." Yemma said.
"Explain it to him and have him contact Goku. I have a bad feeling that if the soul is loose, it will have made its way to earth." Yemma said.
"Yes sir." The ogre said and ran out of the office.
School Day *************************************************************
"Seven?" The girl groaned as she stepped out of bed.
Tripping over books, dirty clothes, and wrappers she stumbled out of her bedroom.
Sighing she stretched out and sat down at the computer. Hooking up wires and pulling plugs she sighed again and stood up.
"Guess mom forgot to pay the bill again." She mumbled. Figures, her mother never did. Soon they would get a notice threatening to shut all of the power down or turning the water off, it had all happened before.
"Another grand day of school." She muttered sarcastically and started the small shower.
In ten minutes she was out, clean, refreshed, and ready for another day.
"Why do I even wake up?" She asked her hamster as she filled his bowl with sunflower seeds.
"I guess I have to feed you." She smiled slightly and reached for the hamster.
"Ow!" She cried and retracted her hand. That damn rat bit her again!
"Never bite the hand that feeds." She warned.
Her father had accused her of making the rodent evil; she just turned away and muttered, "I like him that way." With defiance.
Her mother would just roll her eyes and scoff.
She scuffled her way down the stairs and out the front door.
Placing a pair of headphones over her golden brown hair she walked down the sidewalk to the end of the street.
Turning left she started the mile walk to her school. *************************************************************
"King Yemma! King Yemma!" The ogre cried.
"What?" The huge monster behind the desk yelled irritated.
"We seem to be missing a soul." The blue ogre cried out.
"From where?" Yemma asked alarmed.
"Hell!" The ogre cried out again.
"Do a count again and assemble all the souls." Yemma ordered.
"Yes sir." The ogre said.
"I want every inch of hell searched." Yemma called out after the ogre.
"We need to find that soul." Yemma said returning to the piles of paperwork on his desk.
There were some rotten souls down in hell, and who knows what some of them would do to get out and seek their revenge. *************************************************************
"Gohan! You don't want to be late!" Chi Chi called up the stairs.
"Don't worry. I'll be right there." A muffled voice called down.
Chi Chi sighed and shook her head.
"Don't forget your lunch or your homework." She warned.
"Nope got it all." Gohan said as he raced out the door.
"Bye Gohan." Goten yelled and raced after his brother waving madly.
"Hey Goten, hurry and do your chores so you can go visit Trunks today." Chi Chi called out.
Goten ran back into the house as fast as he could, which needless to say is pretty fast. *************************************************************
"Hey Salt." An annoyingly familiar voice called out.
"Pepper." She said and shook her golden brown hair loose.
"Whatever freak." Sharpener muttered as he walked passed her and slapped her shoulder.
"Please remove the 'Kick me' sign from my back." She said to a short black- haired girl next to her.
"Immature ass." The girl muttered and grabbed the sticky note, and just as predicted, it said 'Kick me' in bright, bold letters.
"Don't think about him Pepper, he just wants attention." The girl reminded her.
"Yeah." She agreed and continued down to her locker.
Opening it she found a mound of salt poured all over her books.
"Figures." She muttered and slammed her locker shut.
"You can borrow my biology book, but you'll have to borrow someone else's in your other classes." The black-haired girl said.
"Vell, why are you always so dark around other people but you're always so optimistic around me?" Pepper asked her fiend.
"I guess you bring out the best in me." Vell shrugged.
"I think I prefer you when you hate the world." Pepper muttered.
"Too bad." Vell said.
"Hey you're bleeding." Vell said grabbing her finger.
"He bit me again." Pepper said referring to her little hamster.
"I don't know why you just don't kill it." Vell said and shook her head.
"Well you better get that looked at or you might get rabies." She warned and walked down the hall to her right.
"See you." Pepper called out and turned to her left bumping right into another person.
"Was that a person or a brick wall?" she muttered.
"I'm sorry." Gohan apologized.
"Hey don't talk to that freak; she might cast a spell on you." Sharpener said walking up to Gohan.
"That was..." Gohan started to defend her when Sharpener cut in.
"No shoo Salt, before you make me loose my breakfast." He warned.
"Pepper." She growled and walked off. *************************************************************
"Sir, we were correct to assume that there was a soul missing." The ogre said.
"And?" Yemma questioned.
"And...we...are not quite as sure as to who...but we do have people on it sir...don't worry...this will all be cleared up in no time." The ogre said nervously.
"We'll have to contact the Grand Kai." Yemma said.
"Explain it to him and have him contact Goku. I have a bad feeling that if the soul is loose, it will have made its way to earth." Yemma said.
"Yes sir." The ogre said and ran out of the office.