~ Chapter 9~
Ross sat at the table biting the back of her pencil as she watched Gotein and Trunks walk in Gotein flopped in a chair next to her and stole her drink taking a drink.
"Hey, hey, "she said taking back her soda,
"Get your own last time a sip was half the damn bottle" she said holding it protectively sticking out her tongue.
Trunks threw a sprite at him and closed the fridge flopping in a chair on the opposite side of her.
"Man im beat" he said dropping his head on the table with a thump.
"Yeah well if you had come home on time" started Ross taking a sip of her soda.
"Ha ha very funny he said throwing a squishy blue bal by him at her head she dodged it easily and went back to her paper.
"What are you doing?" asked Gotein trying to get a look at the paper she moved it away from view.
"Nothing" she said guarding it.
"Alright what ever just like you were doing 'nothing' while out last night" said Gotein, making Ross choke on her soda she looked at him.
She was speechless
"Yeah what do you do when you sneak out anyways?" asked Trunks eyeing her.
"Uh nothing just you know working" she said sipping her drink.
"Uh huh sure..." he said as she sighed.
"What do you do when you sneak out?" she asked making him blush.
"Uh nothing I don't sneak out" he said quickly.
"oh my bad, I guess I saw another purple haired saiyan flying out of their window" she said as he grinned un easily.
"Enough of this we need to go train for the tournament" said Gotein standing up, Trunks sighed and stood up.
"I can't believe we got suckered into this" he said as Ross tilted her head.
"Tournament?" she asked.
"Yeah you know the one we're all going to in two days, wait if you did that would mean that mom would" Gotein stopped at that and Ross just blinked.
"Oh alright whatever" she said going back to the task in front of her, they shrugged.
"Alright well we'll be home late" said Trunks waving a hand to her as he left the kitchen, Ross just stared at the picture she had been frowning and re-outlined it,
It was a picture of a costume shaded in pencil she sighed and closed the journal.
'One last time' was her last thought as she went out the door.
~*~
Hiei sat out of Kurama's window and watched as him below as he talked to Botan with a smile as she gave him their next mission.
'Great...' he thought as he laid his head against the tree.
Kurama came up the stairs to his room not looking up from his bag as he unloaded is books.
"We have a new mission... in Makai" he said as Hiei jumped into his room.
"What is it?" he asked as Kurama finally looked up at him
" A girl's been kidnapped by an infamous slayer, he's keeping her captive in Makai because her father is high on the food chain of the Demon Council" he said sitting down in a chair across the room.
"When do we leave?" asked Hiei as Kurama smiled.
"Tonight, she's in terrible jeopardy since she is a fire demon it's legal for him to kill her without getting penalized" he said as Hiei 'Hhmed'
~*~
It wad dark now and the stars shown on Ross sweaty face as she trained alone deep in the forest, the bracelet was growing weaker and she could stand the pain for now,
She disappeared in mid air and landed on a tree powering up her ki she sent her fist through the branch she stood on,
Unfortunately she landed on the ground holding her throbbing hand as she winced from the pain.
'Damn Koenma if I wasn't human I know I could have sent that tree halfway through the Milky Way, guess it's a good thing that tomorrow is my last fight' she thought as she pulled out her pocket watch.
'2 a.m I mean today better get going' she thought as she began walking the long walk home.
She wrapped her hand in the white bandana that adored her sweaty hair just seconds ago; it turned crimson as the blood seeped through.
'Stupid knuckles' she thought as she stopped
Even though her strength had gone to shit she still had her senses, she smelled the air, and a breeze caught her by surprise.
She shrugged and walked on,
'Im just paranoid' she thought, as she walked out of the dense brush but unknown to her another figure lingered in the trees' company.
Ross sat at the table biting the back of her pencil as she watched Gotein and Trunks walk in Gotein flopped in a chair next to her and stole her drink taking a drink.
"Hey, hey, "she said taking back her soda,
"Get your own last time a sip was half the damn bottle" she said holding it protectively sticking out her tongue.
Trunks threw a sprite at him and closed the fridge flopping in a chair on the opposite side of her.
"Man im beat" he said dropping his head on the table with a thump.
"Yeah well if you had come home on time" started Ross taking a sip of her soda.
"Ha ha very funny he said throwing a squishy blue bal by him at her head she dodged it easily and went back to her paper.
"What are you doing?" asked Gotein trying to get a look at the paper she moved it away from view.
"Nothing" she said guarding it.
"Alright what ever just like you were doing 'nothing' while out last night" said Gotein, making Ross choke on her soda she looked at him.
She was speechless
"Yeah what do you do when you sneak out anyways?" asked Trunks eyeing her.
"Uh nothing just you know working" she said sipping her drink.
"Uh huh sure..." he said as she sighed.
"What do you do when you sneak out?" she asked making him blush.
"Uh nothing I don't sneak out" he said quickly.
"oh my bad, I guess I saw another purple haired saiyan flying out of their window" she said as he grinned un easily.
"Enough of this we need to go train for the tournament" said Gotein standing up, Trunks sighed and stood up.
"I can't believe we got suckered into this" he said as Ross tilted her head.
"Tournament?" she asked.
"Yeah you know the one we're all going to in two days, wait if you did that would mean that mom would" Gotein stopped at that and Ross just blinked.
"Oh alright whatever" she said going back to the task in front of her, they shrugged.
"Alright well we'll be home late" said Trunks waving a hand to her as he left the kitchen, Ross just stared at the picture she had been frowning and re-outlined it,
It was a picture of a costume shaded in pencil she sighed and closed the journal.
'One last time' was her last thought as she went out the door.
~*~
Hiei sat out of Kurama's window and watched as him below as he talked to Botan with a smile as she gave him their next mission.
'Great...' he thought as he laid his head against the tree.
Kurama came up the stairs to his room not looking up from his bag as he unloaded is books.
"We have a new mission... in Makai" he said as Hiei jumped into his room.
"What is it?" he asked as Kurama finally looked up at him
" A girl's been kidnapped by an infamous slayer, he's keeping her captive in Makai because her father is high on the food chain of the Demon Council" he said sitting down in a chair across the room.
"When do we leave?" asked Hiei as Kurama smiled.
"Tonight, she's in terrible jeopardy since she is a fire demon it's legal for him to kill her without getting penalized" he said as Hiei 'Hhmed'
~*~
It wad dark now and the stars shown on Ross sweaty face as she trained alone deep in the forest, the bracelet was growing weaker and she could stand the pain for now,
She disappeared in mid air and landed on a tree powering up her ki she sent her fist through the branch she stood on,
Unfortunately she landed on the ground holding her throbbing hand as she winced from the pain.
'Damn Koenma if I wasn't human I know I could have sent that tree halfway through the Milky Way, guess it's a good thing that tomorrow is my last fight' she thought as she pulled out her pocket watch.
'2 a.m I mean today better get going' she thought as she began walking the long walk home.
She wrapped her hand in the white bandana that adored her sweaty hair just seconds ago; it turned crimson as the blood seeped through.
'Stupid knuckles' she thought as she stopped
Even though her strength had gone to shit she still had her senses, she smelled the air, and a breeze caught her by surprise.
She shrugged and walked on,
'Im just paranoid' she thought, as she walked out of the dense brush but unknown to her another figure lingered in the trees' company.