Usagi stood face to face with the mysterious boy that Haruka and Michiru brought for her to fight. She grinned. "Aren't we going to fight, or did you plan on beating me at a starring contest?"
The boy smiled. "Laugh all you want now, but you will soon know that you can never beat me." He turned around and waved for Usagi to follow. "Follow me Odango."
Usagi frowned. "My name is not Odango!" She crossed her arms. "I will not follow you if you insist on calling me that."
The boy smiled. He knew how to get on her bad side now. Of course it didn't matter. He would soon show her just how strong he was anyways. "Well, that's what I'm going to call you. You know, since you didn't give me your name and all."
Usagi clenched her teeth. "You didn't give me your name but I didn't insult you!"
The boy rolled his eyes. "Call me what ever you like. I am not permitted to give out my name to lower class fighters like yourself. Now let's go, unless you want to chicken out on me." Haruka and Michiru laughed. They may have just met him a few weeks ago, but he was already one of their best friends. They had seen how strong this boy was and everything that he could do. They were pretty sure he could beat this little annoyance.
Usagi decided to just leave the name subject alone for now. Once she had his face buried in the dirt, she would make him call her by her real name. "Fine." She followed the boy behind the Skate Park, where there was a large open space of concrete. It was an old parking lot, but ever since the park came to be, no one ever used it anymore. She tapped her foot on the ground as she watched him warm up some more. "I just want you to know I train with weighted clothing and that I am much stronger and faster without them, so you don't stand a chance against me," She grinned, "But don't worry, I'll go easy on you."
The boy stood and looked at Usagi. A smiled formed in his lips. "What a coincidence. So do I. So, you see, now we are both stronger then normal. And I was taught never to go easy on anyone, even little girls. My father never went easy on me as a child."
"What?! You use weighted cloths too?" Usagi stared at the boy in disbelief. She had never heard of anyone outside of her family and friends who trained with weighted clothing. 'Maybe this won't be as easy as I thought it was?' Usagi got into a fighting stance.
"Oh yeah, did I mention that my dad is one hell of a fighter?" The boy got into his fighting stance, also.
Usagi smirked. "So is mine." 'This boy is full of himself.'
Michiru and Haruka sat on the side of the parking lot. Haruka looked over to Michiru. "This should be good. Monkey Girl will finally know what happens when you mess with us."
Michiru laughed. "Yeah no kidding. This guy will take her out." She put her hands to her mouth. "Hey Odango, don't loose too badly. We want you to be alive afterwards so we can rub in your defeat."
Haruka started to crack up. "My god Michiru, that was great. Why didn't I think of that."
Usagi stared blankly at laughing girls and then turned back to look at her fighting partner. "Those are some really interesting people you are hanging out with." Usagi waited for him to respond. When he didn't, she decided it was her turn to give him a name. "Well, why don't I call you…"
"Guardian…I like that name. That's what a lot of my friends call me."
Usagi lifted her eyebrow. "Guardian? What kind of a name is that? Are you some kind of super hero?" Usagi couldn't help but laugh. That was the most ridiculous name that she had ever heard.
The boy became angry at Usagi's incessant laughing. "Shut up. That's what my name means. Well kind of, it actually means protector but who cares?! Guardian sounds better. Now shut up Odango. Before I shove my hand through your stupid monkey face!"
Usagi stopped laughing. She grinned. She was getting excited. "Is that a challenge, GUARDIAN?!" Usagi began to laugh again.
"Guardian" could feel his anger rushing through his veins as Usagi laughed at him. "That's it!" He crouched down to the ground, touching his fingertips to the cold rigid concrete. He smirked. "That's it Odango, keep laughing." He pushed himself off the ground and into the air.
Usagi stopped laughing when she saw him hovering over her. 'You can fly?!'
As soon as he had gained an appropriate amount of altitude, he fired a golden Ki blast at Usagi. gold for a reason Usagi, who had anticipated an attack like this from him, flipped backwards to dodge it. She immediately hurled herself into the air because she was certain that he would try to sneak behind her and attack again. She learned that little trick from Goten. Before she looked to the ground to see if she had been right, she scanned the air to make sure he wasn't there to attack. She then looked to the ground, when she didn't see him anywhere in the air. Sure enough, he was on the ground just like she had thought.
He smirked as he looked up to her. "Not bad Odango, but you are going to have to speed yourself up a bit. I'm much faster then that."
Usagi didn't take the time out to listen to what he was saying. She didn't have the time. Instead, she fired one of her own Ki blasts back to him. "You ain't seen nothin yet, GUARDIAN!"
Guardian rubbed his hands together. "Can't wait to see more." He didn't even try to dodge the blast that flew to him from the sky. He allowed it to hit his arms, which he held up in front of himself as a shield.
Usagi was a little bit surprised that he could block the blast so easily. If Makoto or Minako had tried to block it, they would have been in some major pain by now. She wasn't expecting him to just stand there and take it like it was nothing. 'Who is this guy?'
He brought his hands down to the height of his stomach to look at the damage. The front of his hands and arms were pitch black from the blast. It had burned them. The pain was great but he was strong. He wouldn't let such a small injury get him down. 'She IS strong. But not as strong as me.' He looked back up, but Usagi was no longer there.
Usagi quietly giggled as she grabbed Guardian from behind. "Guess who?" Before Guardian had a chance to say anything, Usagi had lifted her knee and shoved it as hard as she could into his back. She watched as he stumbled forward a bit after she released him. She held out her hand in front of her. "Let's see you do better than this tough guy!" Usagi formed another Ki blast, only this time more powerful and fired it at the boy in black.
Guardian didn't turn around. He just let the ball of gold energy hit his back. "OK!" He disappeared behind a cloud of smoke.
Usagi took a step back. "Huh? He just stood there AGAIN."
Guardian jumped out from the wall of smoke that separated him from Usagi and kicked her head on in the face before she knew what was going on. Usagi flew the opposite direction head first, meaning, her head was also the first part of her body to land on the concrete. Her body landed not to long after her head did. Usagi could feel her skin being ripped off of her face and body as she scraped across the hard ground. "AHHHH!" Usagi couldn't remember feeling anything as painful as she was now. There had been many times when she felt pain, but not THAT bad. She slowly pushed herself up off the ground and looked down at her right side. Her leg and arm were covered with blood. She put her hand to her face, a lot of the skin on it had also been peeled away, leaving warm blood in its place. She placed her hand on the right side of her stomach. Her shirt was moist. She looked down to it, it too was stained with her blood. She lifted her shirt to reveal her stomach, full of dirt in her wound. She looked to Guardian who was laughing at her. She wanted to cry out. The pain was horrible. "It's not funny." She looked to the side of the parking lot. Haruka and Michiru were also laughing.
Guardian was laughing so hard that his eyes were watering. "Yes it is Odango. I thought you said that you were going to beat me." He turned into the direction of Haruka and Michiru. "I thought you said she was strong."
Haruka stood up and brushed herself off. "I guess we were having an off day. Well, now that we can pick on you again Monkey Girl." She laughed harder.
Usagi limped over to Guardian while he was turned away. She began to build up a rather large silver Ki blast in her one good hand. She didn't know how powerful it would be for the fact that her head hit pretty hard against the concrete. She knew it was bleeding badly. She could feel it running down her face. She had a scowl planted on it. "You stupid…"
Guardian turned around just in time to see Usagi put her hand to his chest and release her Ki blast on him. He was thrown back by the impact of coming from so close. He lay on the ground all spread out. He lifted his head to look at his stomach, which now looked like Usagi's whole right side of her body. His shirt was torn revealing his stomach, which was also torn up. Usagi was a bit surprised when she saw his stomach. She hadn't expected to do that much damage. "You call that an attack?" He knew it was a good attack. He just didn't want to admit it to her.
Usagi fell to her knees. That last attack had taken almost everything she had. She looked up at Guardian with scared eyes. She knew he was going to retaliate, she just wasn't sure how much though. Usagi couldn't even keep herself up on her knees. She fell face forward to the ground, unable to lift herself up again.
He frowned as he stood up. "I call this an attack." He put two of his fingers to his forehead. They began to glow a golden color.
"Mamoru, what do you think you are doing? Leave the girl alone!"
Mamoru stopped his attack and turned around. He stood face to face with his father. "Father. This girl is unusually strong. I think you should take her into your training."
The boy's father smiled. "I know she is. Leave her alone though. I don't need to train her. She already has a sensei." He turned around and began to walk away. "Let's go. You still have many things to learn before the Budaki Tournament."
Usagi couldn't lift her head to see who the boy's father was. She couldn't even really make out anything of what he had just said. All she heard was the Budaki Tournament. She didn't know if she was ready for it yet. Not after what had just happened. Though he did seem to have a lot in common with her, with the Ki blasts, flying, and even weighted clothing.
Mamoru looked back at Usagi. "I have to go Odango. It was nice to fight with you. I hope we can do it again. Maybe when you get stronger." He turned to Haruka and Michiru. "I'll see you guys on Monday." He picked up his skates and followed his father into the air.
Haruka and Michiru walked up to Usagi's limp body. Michiru poked at her with her foot. "Pathetic. And I thought you were strong. I never should have given you that stupid ball back."
Usagi didn't really feel the pokes from Michiru. Her body was pretty much numb all over. "I'm a lot stronger than you think."
Haruka laughed. "Yeah right. You aren't strong. You aren't anything, but I'll make a deal with you. You don't bother us, and we don't bother you. We only have a couple of months left of school anyways and then we will be going to a different school next year. It won't be that hard. We have lasted this year without saying a word to each other." She looked up to Michiru. "Let's go. I want to get some skate boarding done before the day is wasted."
Michiru nodded. "Good bye, Monkey Girl." She turned and walked away with Haruka, leaving Usagi all alone in the middle of the empty parking lot.
Shots of pain spread throughout Usagi's body. She wasn't sure how she was going to get home or if anyone would even care to find her if she couldn't manage on her own. She had gotten the message from her mother that she was just a distraction to everyone, she was nothing more, nothing less. Even her father had gone along with it.
The warmth of the sun's rays were quite soothing on Usagi's back as she lay on the cold concrete. She tried to stand herself up, but her arms were weak and could not really hold the weight of her body. She closed her eyes as the pain increased when she put pressure on her arms. Her arms didn't hold up for long. They collapsed underneath her, making her fall hard against the ground. "Ouch!" She looked to her side where she could see blood running onto the concrete. "What am I going to do? That kid's dad didn't even offer to help me." She squinted. "Daddy…" Usagi began to cry. She couldn't take it anymore. "Help me." Usagi could feel herself becoming light headed. "I can't fall asleep. I can't…fall...asleep." Usagi could feel her eyes wanting to close. But she couldn't fall asleep. If she did, she may never get home. "I have to get up." She once again tried to get herself up, but soon, found herself on the ground again. She began to drag herself to an area covered by trees. Although the sun felt good on her back, it would start to hurt if she stayed under it for too long.
~*~*~
Goku pulled away from Bulma right when she was about to put a needle into his skin. "Goku, we have been through this before. You know that you have to do this. It's vital that I test all of you. Now come on. Put your arm back."
Goku looked up at Bulma. "I can't do this right now Bulma. I have something else I need to do."
Chi-Chi frowned. "Goku, I thought we went over this before we left the house. That's why I didn't let Usagi in here. So she wouldn't become a distraction for you. I thought that you would act a little bit more mature with her not in here. I guess I was wrong."
Goku was getting disgusted with Chi-Chi always making stupid accusations. "Chi-Chi, it's about Usagi. All of a sudden, for some reason, her energy signature has become very faint."
Bulma put the needle down. "What? Why? She isn't sparring with Vejita. It's not like he nearly killed her or anything. She should be around the house somewhere."
Videl looked up from watching Gohan and her daughter. "Umm, Goku, I think she left the building."
Goku looked over to Videl. "What? She what? When?" Goku hadn't let her venture out into the city alone since the day she had that little run in with the muggers in the alley. He swore to himself that he wouldn't let her until she was older. He didn't consider one year later old enough. Yes she was strong, but if she got scared, she wouldn't know what to do. Just like before.
"Around the time I came in here." That was over 45 minutes ago. She could see that Goku was worried. "Look, I'm sorry Goku. It's my fault. I should have stopped her."
Chi-Chi crossed her arms. "No Videl, it's our fault. This is what we get for trusting her. Here she is distracting us again."
Goku frowned. "Don't say that Chi-Chi. Usagi is just a child. She is going to make mistakes. And this is NOT a matter of trust so don't even go there." Goku had always thought she came down too hard on Usagi.
"Goku…I…Uh…No…I…Gees…" Chi-Chi didn't know what to say.
Goku looked around to everyone and stopped at Bulma. "I'm sorry, but I have to go find her. She's in trouble."
Goten sat up. "Dad, maybe she's just hiding her energy from us. Maybe she thinks we won't be able to find her."
Chi-Chi walked closer to her husband. "Or maybe she's trying to get back at us for not letting her come in. Maybe she wants you to think that she's hurt."
Goku was shocked. He never thought that Chi-Chi wood stoop so low as to say something like that about one of her own children. Of course, he never thought he would see the day when she hit one of her children, but she did and he would never forget that day either. "Chi-Chi, would you stop saying stuff like that already? It's getting on my nerves. Usagi is a good kid. She just has a hard time when something goes wrong."
Bulma watched Chi-Chi's facial expressions as Goku spoke. She looked like she was getting angrier as he went on. "Chi-Chi, I think I'm going to have to side with Goku on this one. Usagi does seem to be more sensitive then her brothers. I think it's a girl thing. Bra was always more sensitive then Trunks."
"And more whiny."
Bulma looked back to her husband. "Shut up Vejita. You don't need to add to this."
Vejita just snorted and turned onto his side. "Like I said before Kakkorotto, your brat is too rebellious for her own good."
Goku wanted to punch Vejita in the face for that remark. It seems as though Bulma and himself were the only ones who were defending Usagi. Of course, if Gohan had been able to, he would have defended his little sister. But he was drugged up with all sorts of medications at the moment. "You guys can argue all you want but I'm going to find her." He looked back to Goten. "About her hiding her energy, I haven't taught her how to do that yet." He put his fingers up to his forehead and concentrated on his daughter's remaining energy.
~*~*~
Goku found himself in a large parking lot behind the city's skating park. The same parking lot where Usagi had just fought with Mamoru. He looked around for Usagi, not finding anything but the spot where she had collapsed. He saw the blood stained concrete where she had fallen. "Oh god no." He saw that there was a trail of blood leading from the bigger puddle. He started to follow it. He looked up as he continued to walk forward. What he saw horrified him. "Shit! What the hell happened here?" He ran forward to his daughter. She was lying on her stomach under some trees. He didn't see any blood on her until he got close enough to see her right side. "Usagi! Are you awake?!" Her eyes were closed but she could have still been awake. He knelt down and wrapped his hands around her shoulders. He gently pulled her up and leaned her against his leg. "Usagi. No." Goku held her head up with his hand and closed his eyes. "How could I let this happen again? I really am a bad father. I knew I would screw up again, if it's not one way, it's another."
"No your not…" Usagi coughed.
Goku opened his eyes and looked down at his daughter. "Usagi?!"
Usagi barely opened her eyes enough to see a blurry picture of her father. "You aren't a bad father." She slightly smiled. "You're the best."
Goku appreciated her words. That phrase, 'You're the best,' Wasn't just an observation coming from Bulma or Chi-Chi, but it was coming from a more important person. But he knew it wasn't true. He was a horrible father. A good father would never allow his children to be in as much danger as he had let his. A good father would not encourage fighting, like he had. "We should get you to Bulma's. When we get back, I want you to tell me who did this to you." 'Then I want to kick their ass for what they did to you.' Goku now knew what Gohan was talking about when he had once told him that 'some of the things that happen to Usagi will make him want to do things that he had never thought of doing before.' He said that it was just what every father did for his daughter. Goku finally knew what he was talking about. He normally wouldn't have had thoughts like this before, but then again, no one messes with his daughter and gets away with it. He carefully picked up Usagi so she lay in his arms. "Usagi, we are going to be teleporting now." Usagi gave a slight nod. "I just wanted you to know that when we return, your mother may freak out when she sees you."
Usagi was well aware of that. She had prepared herself for that already. "I'm ready." If Usagi could have shown how happy she was to see her father, she would have.
Goku put his two of his fingers to his head while still trying to balance his daughter in his arms. "Here we go." He concentrated on Chi-Chi's energy so he could teleport right to her. He knew that Bulma would be there with her too.
~*~*~
"Tarupa, I just got the word from Kiro. Shift it into high gear."
Tarupa smiled. He would gladly comply. It was a high risk factor on himself, but if it meant ridding the planet of Saiyans, he would do it. "Now you're talkin my style here."
"Yeah, we can finally finish this soon. Kiro and the others will be joining in soon. We don't know when it will be over. These Saiyans are fisty. Even when we aren't directly fighting them."
~*~*~
Goku appeared with Usagi in his arms behind Chi-Chi. She didn't notice him because she was concentrating more on her sons and granddaughter. Actually, no one noticed him, until he spoke up. "Bulma, I know you're busy, but, Usagi needs help."
Everyone, who was able to, turned around and looked at Goku. Bulma quickly shifted her eyes to Usagi once she saw the red on his orange GI. She gasped. "Oh god…What happened?"
Chi-Chi quickly moved her eyes to her daughter and nearly screamed. "Usagi! My baby!" She ran to Usagi. She wanted to grab her out of her husband's arms but was afraid to. She didn't want to hurt her any more then she already was. "I'm sorry I said those mean things to you sweetie."
Goten sat up and looked back to his sister. "Good god! What happened to her?" 'I thought she knew how to fight.' "Ok, who did this to her? When I find out who did, I'll kill em'. They'll wish they never laid a hand on my baby sister!"
Goku laughed. Apparently he felt the same way he did. "Thanks for your concern Goten, but that's my job."
Goten smiled. "I'll bet." All of a sudden Goten winced in pain. "Ahhh….Oww, Oww, Oww, Pain, Very bad pain in chest and head." Goten grabbed his chest with his hand and clasped his fingers on it. "Gees, where did this pain come from?" Goten began to feel even more lightheaded now then he had before. He started to have a hard time breathing too. "God, just make it stop." He began to punch the armrest of his chair with his fist.
Videl watched in fear. That had been exactly what happened to Gohan earlier that morning. She put her hands to her face. "God…This is too weird."
Bulma rushed over to Goten and wrapped something around his arm. She began to check his heart pressure. "What? This isn't right!" She ran over to the counter and pulled something out of the drawer beneath it. She ran back to Goten.
Usagi starred at her brother. She was scared for him. "Goten…" As if it wasn't bad enough that she had just gotten herself beaten up by a 'superior fighter', her brother seemed to be getting worse.
Bulma stuck a needle into Goten's arm without thought. She didn't even care if she hurt him. Any wasted time could have been catastrophic for the suffering Saiyan. "Hold on Goten. This should calm down that heart of yours." 'I just want to know what the hell is going on.' She began to inject a sedative into his body in hopes to calm him down. It seemed to work.
Goten began to settle down. The pain was still there, but his body wasn't over reacting like it had before. He looked up at Bulma. "Thanks, now, do you have anything for this freakin pain?"
Bulma pulled a bottle of pain relievers out of her pocket. "Here." She pulled one out of the bottle and handed it to Goten. "These should help you fall asleep too."
Vejita snorted. "Why don't you learn to live with the pain brat?"
Chi-Chi hit Vejita in the back of the head. "Why don't you just shut up and leave people alone?"
Goku interrupted their quarrel before it began. He knew if he didn't stop it fast, it would turn into something big. "What are we going to do about Usagi?"
Chi-Chi turned back to Goku and her daughter. "We need to take her to the infirmary, and quick."
Usagi groaned. "Not the peroxide again."
Goku looked down at his daughter. "I'm afraid so. But it's for the best. We need to clean you up." He turned to Chi-Chi. "You stay here with Goten and I'll take Usagi to get some help." 'This is great, now all my kids have something wrong with them.'
"Feel free to use anything at the infirmary. I'll be in there as soon as possible to see if you need anything." Bulma put the bottle of pain relievers back into her pockets.
Chi-Chi nodded. "That sounds good." She looked at her daughter's shirt. "Honestly Usagi. I just bought you that shirt and now you had to go and get it ruined.
~*~*~
Once at the infirmary, Goku set his daughter down on one of the many beds in the room. There was currently nobody occupying any of the beds, or any part of the room for that matter. It was a perfect environment for her. Although Usagi would have preferred noise at the moment. Anything to keep her awake. "Daddy…I'm sorry."
Goku shook his head. "Don't be. It was your mother's and my fault. We should have just let you come into the room with us, but you know how your mother is."
Usagi definitely knew how her mother was. But, although she seemed like she didn't give a rip about the things that Usagi wanted, she knew that her mother really did love her. That's just how she showed it. She looked down at her arm and then to her leg. "What are you going to do about that?" She was afraid to ask, fearing that he would say 'peroxide.'
Goku stood up and walked to a counter. He pulled open a drawer and picked up the bottle of peroxide that sat in it and some paper towels from above the sink. "I think you know already. Let me just say ahead of time, I'm sorry."
Usagi understood. It was for the better. She had heard that many times in the past year and a half. She would always come home with cuts and bruises and her father would pull out the peroxide. And when it wasn't the peroxide, it was rubbing alcohol. She watched as he sat down on a chair by the bed and pour some of the clear liquid onto a paper towel. She closed her eyes when she saw that he was nearing her face with the cloth.
"This may hurt just a bit." Before he even had a chance to apply it to her face, Usagi jerked her head away. "Usagi, come on now. This has to be done." He put one of his hands behind her head so she wouldn't be able to move again.
Usagi flinched when she felt the cloth touch her face. "Oww." She could feel it begin to fizz where there was dirt in her wound. The pain trickled it's way down her face.
Goku let go of her head and brought his hand down to one of hers. He put her hand on the towel that covered the right part of her face. "Hold that there. I'm going to get the rest of you now." Usagi held the towel on her face as she was told.
~*~*~
By the time Goku was finished, almost every part of Usagi's body that had been hurt was wrapped in a bandage. He didn't leave a single spot open to the air. He had had to use cloth bandages for the fact that most of her cuts were too big for regular Band-Aids. He looked down at his daughter. She didn't look too happy. Of course, in her situation, who would be? "Don't worry Usagi, this won't last for long. A Saiyan doesn't take that long to heal. You should be out of those bandages by Monday. So, would you like to tell me who did this to you?"
Usagi stiffly shifted herself so she could look up at her father. "Well…you see, I was walking around and stopped at the Skate Park where there were a bunch of kids. While I was watching, Haruka and Michiru walked up from behind me. I guess they were there to skate, but when they saw me, their friend said that he could fight me no problem."
Goku didn't want to believe what he had just heard. "Haruka and Michiru we picking on you again?"
Usagi shook her head. "No, their friend was. They were too afraid to do anything to me until after the fight."
"I see, so who was this guy who did this to you? What was his name?" Goku played with some extra gauze in his hands.
"Mamoru. He was the same age as Haruka and Michiru. He said that his dad trained him and that he was really strong. Daddy, he can fly and shoot Ki blasts and everything. He's faster then me I think."
Goku thought for a moment. He didn't know anyone who was strong who had a son named Mamoru. "Did he tell you who his father was?"
Usagi shook her head. "Nope, all he said was that his dad won't let him tell people. He did say that he trains with weighted clothing, like me. His dad was there, but I didn't see him. I could barely hear anything that he said too. I did hear him say something about the Budaki Tournament."
"Budaki Tournament huh? Well, I guess I'll have a talk with his father there then. Until then you will have to stay away from him. And I don't want you to go out into the city alone anymore, do you understand young lady? I thought I made myself clear of that before when I told you not to venture out on your own."
Usagi lowered her head. "Sorry. I just needed to get away. I won't do it again." She looked back up. She could tell her father wasn't all that mad at her. "But what about the Tournament? If I can't beat him, then I can't beat anyone."
"Well, that depends. I didn't enter you in the pro tournament, but I also didn't enter you in the beginner's either. It's hard to explain but let's just say that I didn't underestimate your skill. We don't know how long this other boy has been fighting bu…"
"Seven years."
"Huh?"
"He told me he has been fighting for seven years."
Goku smiled. "Well you see. There's your problem. He has a few years on you. And if he has been fighting with Ki blasts and weighted clothing all his life, then he's more advanced then you. But don't worry, with your ability, you will surpass him one of these days. Heck, I've said it before, and I'll say it again, you will most likely surpass me too. I know you have it in you. You just have to want it to happen."
Usagi knew he was right. She could make anything happen, just as long as she wanted. And now she had a new goal to shoot for. She would rise up over this Mamoru character.
(K! That's it for this part. So, what do you think? Good or bad? Please review. Oh yeah, a little note. No Mamoru is not evil. You will find out more info about him later. You should know me by now and how I just absolutely love to set up my story before I dive right into writing it. LOL! Thank you! ^_^ P.S. a couple of people asked if she was going to be SM in this story and you know what I have to say to that? OF COURSE she is. I have every intention in my little body to make her SM, when she gets older, meaning, not until a later chapter. K? K. enough with me. I should let you be going now. Buh bye!)
The boy smiled. "Laugh all you want now, but you will soon know that you can never beat me." He turned around and waved for Usagi to follow. "Follow me Odango."
Usagi frowned. "My name is not Odango!" She crossed her arms. "I will not follow you if you insist on calling me that."
The boy smiled. He knew how to get on her bad side now. Of course it didn't matter. He would soon show her just how strong he was anyways. "Well, that's what I'm going to call you. You know, since you didn't give me your name and all."
Usagi clenched her teeth. "You didn't give me your name but I didn't insult you!"
The boy rolled his eyes. "Call me what ever you like. I am not permitted to give out my name to lower class fighters like yourself. Now let's go, unless you want to chicken out on me." Haruka and Michiru laughed. They may have just met him a few weeks ago, but he was already one of their best friends. They had seen how strong this boy was and everything that he could do. They were pretty sure he could beat this little annoyance.
Usagi decided to just leave the name subject alone for now. Once she had his face buried in the dirt, she would make him call her by her real name. "Fine." She followed the boy behind the Skate Park, where there was a large open space of concrete. It was an old parking lot, but ever since the park came to be, no one ever used it anymore. She tapped her foot on the ground as she watched him warm up some more. "I just want you to know I train with weighted clothing and that I am much stronger and faster without them, so you don't stand a chance against me," She grinned, "But don't worry, I'll go easy on you."
The boy stood and looked at Usagi. A smiled formed in his lips. "What a coincidence. So do I. So, you see, now we are both stronger then normal. And I was taught never to go easy on anyone, even little girls. My father never went easy on me as a child."
"What?! You use weighted cloths too?" Usagi stared at the boy in disbelief. She had never heard of anyone outside of her family and friends who trained with weighted clothing. 'Maybe this won't be as easy as I thought it was?' Usagi got into a fighting stance.
"Oh yeah, did I mention that my dad is one hell of a fighter?" The boy got into his fighting stance, also.
Usagi smirked. "So is mine." 'This boy is full of himself.'
Michiru and Haruka sat on the side of the parking lot. Haruka looked over to Michiru. "This should be good. Monkey Girl will finally know what happens when you mess with us."
Michiru laughed. "Yeah no kidding. This guy will take her out." She put her hands to her mouth. "Hey Odango, don't loose too badly. We want you to be alive afterwards so we can rub in your defeat."
Haruka started to crack up. "My god Michiru, that was great. Why didn't I think of that."
Usagi stared blankly at laughing girls and then turned back to look at her fighting partner. "Those are some really interesting people you are hanging out with." Usagi waited for him to respond. When he didn't, she decided it was her turn to give him a name. "Well, why don't I call you…"
"Guardian…I like that name. That's what a lot of my friends call me."
Usagi lifted her eyebrow. "Guardian? What kind of a name is that? Are you some kind of super hero?" Usagi couldn't help but laugh. That was the most ridiculous name that she had ever heard.
The boy became angry at Usagi's incessant laughing. "Shut up. That's what my name means. Well kind of, it actually means protector but who cares?! Guardian sounds better. Now shut up Odango. Before I shove my hand through your stupid monkey face!"
Usagi stopped laughing. She grinned. She was getting excited. "Is that a challenge, GUARDIAN?!" Usagi began to laugh again.
"Guardian" could feel his anger rushing through his veins as Usagi laughed at him. "That's it!" He crouched down to the ground, touching his fingertips to the cold rigid concrete. He smirked. "That's it Odango, keep laughing." He pushed himself off the ground and into the air.
Usagi stopped laughing when she saw him hovering over her. 'You can fly?!'
As soon as he had gained an appropriate amount of altitude, he fired a golden Ki blast at Usagi. gold for a reason Usagi, who had anticipated an attack like this from him, flipped backwards to dodge it. She immediately hurled herself into the air because she was certain that he would try to sneak behind her and attack again. She learned that little trick from Goten. Before she looked to the ground to see if she had been right, she scanned the air to make sure he wasn't there to attack. She then looked to the ground, when she didn't see him anywhere in the air. Sure enough, he was on the ground just like she had thought.
He smirked as he looked up to her. "Not bad Odango, but you are going to have to speed yourself up a bit. I'm much faster then that."
Usagi didn't take the time out to listen to what he was saying. She didn't have the time. Instead, she fired one of her own Ki blasts back to him. "You ain't seen nothin yet, GUARDIAN!"
Guardian rubbed his hands together. "Can't wait to see more." He didn't even try to dodge the blast that flew to him from the sky. He allowed it to hit his arms, which he held up in front of himself as a shield.
Usagi was a little bit surprised that he could block the blast so easily. If Makoto or Minako had tried to block it, they would have been in some major pain by now. She wasn't expecting him to just stand there and take it like it was nothing. 'Who is this guy?'
He brought his hands down to the height of his stomach to look at the damage. The front of his hands and arms were pitch black from the blast. It had burned them. The pain was great but he was strong. He wouldn't let such a small injury get him down. 'She IS strong. But not as strong as me.' He looked back up, but Usagi was no longer there.
Usagi quietly giggled as she grabbed Guardian from behind. "Guess who?" Before Guardian had a chance to say anything, Usagi had lifted her knee and shoved it as hard as she could into his back. She watched as he stumbled forward a bit after she released him. She held out her hand in front of her. "Let's see you do better than this tough guy!" Usagi formed another Ki blast, only this time more powerful and fired it at the boy in black.
Guardian didn't turn around. He just let the ball of gold energy hit his back. "OK!" He disappeared behind a cloud of smoke.
Usagi took a step back. "Huh? He just stood there AGAIN."
Guardian jumped out from the wall of smoke that separated him from Usagi and kicked her head on in the face before she knew what was going on. Usagi flew the opposite direction head first, meaning, her head was also the first part of her body to land on the concrete. Her body landed not to long after her head did. Usagi could feel her skin being ripped off of her face and body as she scraped across the hard ground. "AHHHH!" Usagi couldn't remember feeling anything as painful as she was now. There had been many times when she felt pain, but not THAT bad. She slowly pushed herself up off the ground and looked down at her right side. Her leg and arm were covered with blood. She put her hand to her face, a lot of the skin on it had also been peeled away, leaving warm blood in its place. She placed her hand on the right side of her stomach. Her shirt was moist. She looked down to it, it too was stained with her blood. She lifted her shirt to reveal her stomach, full of dirt in her wound. She looked to Guardian who was laughing at her. She wanted to cry out. The pain was horrible. "It's not funny." She looked to the side of the parking lot. Haruka and Michiru were also laughing.
Guardian was laughing so hard that his eyes were watering. "Yes it is Odango. I thought you said that you were going to beat me." He turned into the direction of Haruka and Michiru. "I thought you said she was strong."
Haruka stood up and brushed herself off. "I guess we were having an off day. Well, now that we can pick on you again Monkey Girl." She laughed harder.
Usagi limped over to Guardian while he was turned away. She began to build up a rather large silver Ki blast in her one good hand. She didn't know how powerful it would be for the fact that her head hit pretty hard against the concrete. She knew it was bleeding badly. She could feel it running down her face. She had a scowl planted on it. "You stupid…"
Guardian turned around just in time to see Usagi put her hand to his chest and release her Ki blast on him. He was thrown back by the impact of coming from so close. He lay on the ground all spread out. He lifted his head to look at his stomach, which now looked like Usagi's whole right side of her body. His shirt was torn revealing his stomach, which was also torn up. Usagi was a bit surprised when she saw his stomach. She hadn't expected to do that much damage. "You call that an attack?" He knew it was a good attack. He just didn't want to admit it to her.
Usagi fell to her knees. That last attack had taken almost everything she had. She looked up at Guardian with scared eyes. She knew he was going to retaliate, she just wasn't sure how much though. Usagi couldn't even keep herself up on her knees. She fell face forward to the ground, unable to lift herself up again.
He frowned as he stood up. "I call this an attack." He put two of his fingers to his forehead. They began to glow a golden color.
"Mamoru, what do you think you are doing? Leave the girl alone!"
Mamoru stopped his attack and turned around. He stood face to face with his father. "Father. This girl is unusually strong. I think you should take her into your training."
The boy's father smiled. "I know she is. Leave her alone though. I don't need to train her. She already has a sensei." He turned around and began to walk away. "Let's go. You still have many things to learn before the Budaki Tournament."
Usagi couldn't lift her head to see who the boy's father was. She couldn't even really make out anything of what he had just said. All she heard was the Budaki Tournament. She didn't know if she was ready for it yet. Not after what had just happened. Though he did seem to have a lot in common with her, with the Ki blasts, flying, and even weighted clothing.
Mamoru looked back at Usagi. "I have to go Odango. It was nice to fight with you. I hope we can do it again. Maybe when you get stronger." He turned to Haruka and Michiru. "I'll see you guys on Monday." He picked up his skates and followed his father into the air.
Haruka and Michiru walked up to Usagi's limp body. Michiru poked at her with her foot. "Pathetic. And I thought you were strong. I never should have given you that stupid ball back."
Usagi didn't really feel the pokes from Michiru. Her body was pretty much numb all over. "I'm a lot stronger than you think."
Haruka laughed. "Yeah right. You aren't strong. You aren't anything, but I'll make a deal with you. You don't bother us, and we don't bother you. We only have a couple of months left of school anyways and then we will be going to a different school next year. It won't be that hard. We have lasted this year without saying a word to each other." She looked up to Michiru. "Let's go. I want to get some skate boarding done before the day is wasted."
Michiru nodded. "Good bye, Monkey Girl." She turned and walked away with Haruka, leaving Usagi all alone in the middle of the empty parking lot.
Shots of pain spread throughout Usagi's body. She wasn't sure how she was going to get home or if anyone would even care to find her if she couldn't manage on her own. She had gotten the message from her mother that she was just a distraction to everyone, she was nothing more, nothing less. Even her father had gone along with it.
The warmth of the sun's rays were quite soothing on Usagi's back as she lay on the cold concrete. She tried to stand herself up, but her arms were weak and could not really hold the weight of her body. She closed her eyes as the pain increased when she put pressure on her arms. Her arms didn't hold up for long. They collapsed underneath her, making her fall hard against the ground. "Ouch!" She looked to her side where she could see blood running onto the concrete. "What am I going to do? That kid's dad didn't even offer to help me." She squinted. "Daddy…" Usagi began to cry. She couldn't take it anymore. "Help me." Usagi could feel herself becoming light headed. "I can't fall asleep. I can't…fall...asleep." Usagi could feel her eyes wanting to close. But she couldn't fall asleep. If she did, she may never get home. "I have to get up." She once again tried to get herself up, but soon, found herself on the ground again. She began to drag herself to an area covered by trees. Although the sun felt good on her back, it would start to hurt if she stayed under it for too long.
~*~*~
Goku pulled away from Bulma right when she was about to put a needle into his skin. "Goku, we have been through this before. You know that you have to do this. It's vital that I test all of you. Now come on. Put your arm back."
Goku looked up at Bulma. "I can't do this right now Bulma. I have something else I need to do."
Chi-Chi frowned. "Goku, I thought we went over this before we left the house. That's why I didn't let Usagi in here. So she wouldn't become a distraction for you. I thought that you would act a little bit more mature with her not in here. I guess I was wrong."
Goku was getting disgusted with Chi-Chi always making stupid accusations. "Chi-Chi, it's about Usagi. All of a sudden, for some reason, her energy signature has become very faint."
Bulma put the needle down. "What? Why? She isn't sparring with Vejita. It's not like he nearly killed her or anything. She should be around the house somewhere."
Videl looked up from watching Gohan and her daughter. "Umm, Goku, I think she left the building."
Goku looked over to Videl. "What? She what? When?" Goku hadn't let her venture out into the city alone since the day she had that little run in with the muggers in the alley. He swore to himself that he wouldn't let her until she was older. He didn't consider one year later old enough. Yes she was strong, but if she got scared, she wouldn't know what to do. Just like before.
"Around the time I came in here." That was over 45 minutes ago. She could see that Goku was worried. "Look, I'm sorry Goku. It's my fault. I should have stopped her."
Chi-Chi crossed her arms. "No Videl, it's our fault. This is what we get for trusting her. Here she is distracting us again."
Goku frowned. "Don't say that Chi-Chi. Usagi is just a child. She is going to make mistakes. And this is NOT a matter of trust so don't even go there." Goku had always thought she came down too hard on Usagi.
"Goku…I…Uh…No…I…Gees…" Chi-Chi didn't know what to say.
Goku looked around to everyone and stopped at Bulma. "I'm sorry, but I have to go find her. She's in trouble."
Goten sat up. "Dad, maybe she's just hiding her energy from us. Maybe she thinks we won't be able to find her."
Chi-Chi walked closer to her husband. "Or maybe she's trying to get back at us for not letting her come in. Maybe she wants you to think that she's hurt."
Goku was shocked. He never thought that Chi-Chi wood stoop so low as to say something like that about one of her own children. Of course, he never thought he would see the day when she hit one of her children, but she did and he would never forget that day either. "Chi-Chi, would you stop saying stuff like that already? It's getting on my nerves. Usagi is a good kid. She just has a hard time when something goes wrong."
Bulma watched Chi-Chi's facial expressions as Goku spoke. She looked like she was getting angrier as he went on. "Chi-Chi, I think I'm going to have to side with Goku on this one. Usagi does seem to be more sensitive then her brothers. I think it's a girl thing. Bra was always more sensitive then Trunks."
"And more whiny."
Bulma looked back to her husband. "Shut up Vejita. You don't need to add to this."
Vejita just snorted and turned onto his side. "Like I said before Kakkorotto, your brat is too rebellious for her own good."
Goku wanted to punch Vejita in the face for that remark. It seems as though Bulma and himself were the only ones who were defending Usagi. Of course, if Gohan had been able to, he would have defended his little sister. But he was drugged up with all sorts of medications at the moment. "You guys can argue all you want but I'm going to find her." He looked back to Goten. "About her hiding her energy, I haven't taught her how to do that yet." He put his fingers up to his forehead and concentrated on his daughter's remaining energy.
~*~*~
Goku found himself in a large parking lot behind the city's skating park. The same parking lot where Usagi had just fought with Mamoru. He looked around for Usagi, not finding anything but the spot where she had collapsed. He saw the blood stained concrete where she had fallen. "Oh god no." He saw that there was a trail of blood leading from the bigger puddle. He started to follow it. He looked up as he continued to walk forward. What he saw horrified him. "Shit! What the hell happened here?" He ran forward to his daughter. She was lying on her stomach under some trees. He didn't see any blood on her until he got close enough to see her right side. "Usagi! Are you awake?!" Her eyes were closed but she could have still been awake. He knelt down and wrapped his hands around her shoulders. He gently pulled her up and leaned her against his leg. "Usagi. No." Goku held her head up with his hand and closed his eyes. "How could I let this happen again? I really am a bad father. I knew I would screw up again, if it's not one way, it's another."
"No your not…" Usagi coughed.
Goku opened his eyes and looked down at his daughter. "Usagi?!"
Usagi barely opened her eyes enough to see a blurry picture of her father. "You aren't a bad father." She slightly smiled. "You're the best."
Goku appreciated her words. That phrase, 'You're the best,' Wasn't just an observation coming from Bulma or Chi-Chi, but it was coming from a more important person. But he knew it wasn't true. He was a horrible father. A good father would never allow his children to be in as much danger as he had let his. A good father would not encourage fighting, like he had. "We should get you to Bulma's. When we get back, I want you to tell me who did this to you." 'Then I want to kick their ass for what they did to you.' Goku now knew what Gohan was talking about when he had once told him that 'some of the things that happen to Usagi will make him want to do things that he had never thought of doing before.' He said that it was just what every father did for his daughter. Goku finally knew what he was talking about. He normally wouldn't have had thoughts like this before, but then again, no one messes with his daughter and gets away with it. He carefully picked up Usagi so she lay in his arms. "Usagi, we are going to be teleporting now." Usagi gave a slight nod. "I just wanted you to know that when we return, your mother may freak out when she sees you."
Usagi was well aware of that. She had prepared herself for that already. "I'm ready." If Usagi could have shown how happy she was to see her father, she would have.
Goku put his two of his fingers to his head while still trying to balance his daughter in his arms. "Here we go." He concentrated on Chi-Chi's energy so he could teleport right to her. He knew that Bulma would be there with her too.
~*~*~
"Tarupa, I just got the word from Kiro. Shift it into high gear."
Tarupa smiled. He would gladly comply. It was a high risk factor on himself, but if it meant ridding the planet of Saiyans, he would do it. "Now you're talkin my style here."
"Yeah, we can finally finish this soon. Kiro and the others will be joining in soon. We don't know when it will be over. These Saiyans are fisty. Even when we aren't directly fighting them."
~*~*~
Goku appeared with Usagi in his arms behind Chi-Chi. She didn't notice him because she was concentrating more on her sons and granddaughter. Actually, no one noticed him, until he spoke up. "Bulma, I know you're busy, but, Usagi needs help."
Everyone, who was able to, turned around and looked at Goku. Bulma quickly shifted her eyes to Usagi once she saw the red on his orange GI. She gasped. "Oh god…What happened?"
Chi-Chi quickly moved her eyes to her daughter and nearly screamed. "Usagi! My baby!" She ran to Usagi. She wanted to grab her out of her husband's arms but was afraid to. She didn't want to hurt her any more then she already was. "I'm sorry I said those mean things to you sweetie."
Goten sat up and looked back to his sister. "Good god! What happened to her?" 'I thought she knew how to fight.' "Ok, who did this to her? When I find out who did, I'll kill em'. They'll wish they never laid a hand on my baby sister!"
Goku laughed. Apparently he felt the same way he did. "Thanks for your concern Goten, but that's my job."
Goten smiled. "I'll bet." All of a sudden Goten winced in pain. "Ahhh….Oww, Oww, Oww, Pain, Very bad pain in chest and head." Goten grabbed his chest with his hand and clasped his fingers on it. "Gees, where did this pain come from?" Goten began to feel even more lightheaded now then he had before. He started to have a hard time breathing too. "God, just make it stop." He began to punch the armrest of his chair with his fist.
Videl watched in fear. That had been exactly what happened to Gohan earlier that morning. She put her hands to her face. "God…This is too weird."
Bulma rushed over to Goten and wrapped something around his arm. She began to check his heart pressure. "What? This isn't right!" She ran over to the counter and pulled something out of the drawer beneath it. She ran back to Goten.
Usagi starred at her brother. She was scared for him. "Goten…" As if it wasn't bad enough that she had just gotten herself beaten up by a 'superior fighter', her brother seemed to be getting worse.
Bulma stuck a needle into Goten's arm without thought. She didn't even care if she hurt him. Any wasted time could have been catastrophic for the suffering Saiyan. "Hold on Goten. This should calm down that heart of yours." 'I just want to know what the hell is going on.' She began to inject a sedative into his body in hopes to calm him down. It seemed to work.
Goten began to settle down. The pain was still there, but his body wasn't over reacting like it had before. He looked up at Bulma. "Thanks, now, do you have anything for this freakin pain?"
Bulma pulled a bottle of pain relievers out of her pocket. "Here." She pulled one out of the bottle and handed it to Goten. "These should help you fall asleep too."
Vejita snorted. "Why don't you learn to live with the pain brat?"
Chi-Chi hit Vejita in the back of the head. "Why don't you just shut up and leave people alone?"
Goku interrupted their quarrel before it began. He knew if he didn't stop it fast, it would turn into something big. "What are we going to do about Usagi?"
Chi-Chi turned back to Goku and her daughter. "We need to take her to the infirmary, and quick."
Usagi groaned. "Not the peroxide again."
Goku looked down at his daughter. "I'm afraid so. But it's for the best. We need to clean you up." He turned to Chi-Chi. "You stay here with Goten and I'll take Usagi to get some help." 'This is great, now all my kids have something wrong with them.'
"Feel free to use anything at the infirmary. I'll be in there as soon as possible to see if you need anything." Bulma put the bottle of pain relievers back into her pockets.
Chi-Chi nodded. "That sounds good." She looked at her daughter's shirt. "Honestly Usagi. I just bought you that shirt and now you had to go and get it ruined.
~*~*~
Once at the infirmary, Goku set his daughter down on one of the many beds in the room. There was currently nobody occupying any of the beds, or any part of the room for that matter. It was a perfect environment for her. Although Usagi would have preferred noise at the moment. Anything to keep her awake. "Daddy…I'm sorry."
Goku shook his head. "Don't be. It was your mother's and my fault. We should have just let you come into the room with us, but you know how your mother is."
Usagi definitely knew how her mother was. But, although she seemed like she didn't give a rip about the things that Usagi wanted, she knew that her mother really did love her. That's just how she showed it. She looked down at her arm and then to her leg. "What are you going to do about that?" She was afraid to ask, fearing that he would say 'peroxide.'
Goku stood up and walked to a counter. He pulled open a drawer and picked up the bottle of peroxide that sat in it and some paper towels from above the sink. "I think you know already. Let me just say ahead of time, I'm sorry."
Usagi understood. It was for the better. She had heard that many times in the past year and a half. She would always come home with cuts and bruises and her father would pull out the peroxide. And when it wasn't the peroxide, it was rubbing alcohol. She watched as he sat down on a chair by the bed and pour some of the clear liquid onto a paper towel. She closed her eyes when she saw that he was nearing her face with the cloth.
"This may hurt just a bit." Before he even had a chance to apply it to her face, Usagi jerked her head away. "Usagi, come on now. This has to be done." He put one of his hands behind her head so she wouldn't be able to move again.
Usagi flinched when she felt the cloth touch her face. "Oww." She could feel it begin to fizz where there was dirt in her wound. The pain trickled it's way down her face.
Goku let go of her head and brought his hand down to one of hers. He put her hand on the towel that covered the right part of her face. "Hold that there. I'm going to get the rest of you now." Usagi held the towel on her face as she was told.
~*~*~
By the time Goku was finished, almost every part of Usagi's body that had been hurt was wrapped in a bandage. He didn't leave a single spot open to the air. He had had to use cloth bandages for the fact that most of her cuts were too big for regular Band-Aids. He looked down at his daughter. She didn't look too happy. Of course, in her situation, who would be? "Don't worry Usagi, this won't last for long. A Saiyan doesn't take that long to heal. You should be out of those bandages by Monday. So, would you like to tell me who did this to you?"
Usagi stiffly shifted herself so she could look up at her father. "Well…you see, I was walking around and stopped at the Skate Park where there were a bunch of kids. While I was watching, Haruka and Michiru walked up from behind me. I guess they were there to skate, but when they saw me, their friend said that he could fight me no problem."
Goku didn't want to believe what he had just heard. "Haruka and Michiru we picking on you again?"
Usagi shook her head. "No, their friend was. They were too afraid to do anything to me until after the fight."
"I see, so who was this guy who did this to you? What was his name?" Goku played with some extra gauze in his hands.
"Mamoru. He was the same age as Haruka and Michiru. He said that his dad trained him and that he was really strong. Daddy, he can fly and shoot Ki blasts and everything. He's faster then me I think."
Goku thought for a moment. He didn't know anyone who was strong who had a son named Mamoru. "Did he tell you who his father was?"
Usagi shook her head. "Nope, all he said was that his dad won't let him tell people. He did say that he trains with weighted clothing, like me. His dad was there, but I didn't see him. I could barely hear anything that he said too. I did hear him say something about the Budaki Tournament."
"Budaki Tournament huh? Well, I guess I'll have a talk with his father there then. Until then you will have to stay away from him. And I don't want you to go out into the city alone anymore, do you understand young lady? I thought I made myself clear of that before when I told you not to venture out on your own."
Usagi lowered her head. "Sorry. I just needed to get away. I won't do it again." She looked back up. She could tell her father wasn't all that mad at her. "But what about the Tournament? If I can't beat him, then I can't beat anyone."
"Well, that depends. I didn't enter you in the pro tournament, but I also didn't enter you in the beginner's either. It's hard to explain but let's just say that I didn't underestimate your skill. We don't know how long this other boy has been fighting bu…"
"Seven years."
"Huh?"
"He told me he has been fighting for seven years."
Goku smiled. "Well you see. There's your problem. He has a few years on you. And if he has been fighting with Ki blasts and weighted clothing all his life, then he's more advanced then you. But don't worry, with your ability, you will surpass him one of these days. Heck, I've said it before, and I'll say it again, you will most likely surpass me too. I know you have it in you. You just have to want it to happen."
Usagi knew he was right. She could make anything happen, just as long as she wanted. And now she had a new goal to shoot for. She would rise up over this Mamoru character.
(K! That's it for this part. So, what do you think? Good or bad? Please review. Oh yeah, a little note. No Mamoru is not evil. You will find out more info about him later. You should know me by now and how I just absolutely love to set up my story before I dive right into writing it. LOL! Thank you! ^_^ P.S. a couple of people asked if she was going to be SM in this story and you know what I have to say to that? OF COURSE she is. I have every intention in my little body to make her SM, when she gets older, meaning, not until a later chapter. K? K. enough with me. I should let you be going now. Buh bye!)