Chapter 15 Meet the Cousins
Sunday Night at around 10:50 PM
Roshi was just pulling on a new pair of pants when Slip burst through the door.
"Hey Roshi that was quite the... Oh MY I DID NOT WANT TO SEE THAT!!!"
"See what?" Boxers said as he walked in. "Oh um, yeah um, hey Slip ever heard of knocking first."
Roshi quickly finished dressing and turn to look at the dripping threesome. "What are you guys doing here?" He asked as his face slowly returned to its normal shade.
"Well those two are here to worship you for winning. I am here for the body. Where did you stash the girl? I want to start my autopsy before it starts to decay." Slip said while setting up capsules worth of lab equipment.
"Ah she's in there, but..." Roshi replied.
"Oh good you got it out of the rain. This is so exciting! Ah, I just thought of something, maybe I can collect some ah. (words lost in rambling) and extract some stem cells. Then I could clone her and we could run even more tests! That tail you brought back was incredible, the muscle to fat makeup was really unusual. Not to mention it was really hard to cut through the skin. Oh and the bone structure and hair was really unusual." Slip said as she collected her scalpel and some other tools.
"Yuck, your ethics are morbid and sick Slip. I can't believe you are going in there to carve her up like a frog to dissect." Tee said in disgust.
"Hey it is all in the name of science. Come to mama my little specimen..." she replied over her back as she walked through the door.
"...but Slip! SLIP! She is not dead." Roshi finally finished.
"AAACCCCKK!!!!" Slip screamed at the top of her lungs.
Moments later Ichigo walked out of the room holding Slip in the air by the neck. Slip was struggling uselessly against Ichigo's grasp."
"WHAT did you say you did to my tail you barbarian?!?!" Ichigo screamed into Slip's face.
"Ack ah ah cha coough Wha. a a why ar are you st sti still a a live!" Slip gasped out.
"You didn't kill her?" Boxers said to Roshi.
"Um, no ah, put her down Kinomi." Roshi said trying to get some control over the situation.
"What were you planning on doing? How dare you call ME a lab specimen! Scientists are all alike!" Ichigo was screaming at the gasping Slip.
"Wow, this is cool! We caught Roshi dressing, and Look at what SHE is wearing!" Tee exclaimed. "So why is she in your old gi? Huh Roshi??? I mean, I know the girls all love you, but don't you think this is moving just a bit fast? I mean what would your mother say? Not to mention, isn't it a bit soon to be cheating on Mariah?"
Roshi's mouth dropped speechless.
"Ha so what is this one of those hate love relationships?" Boxer chimed in.
Ichigo stopped screaming at Slip long enough to let what the two guys had said register. "WHAT!!! HOW DARE YOU! I would never do any such thing with the likes of HIM!!! It would be INDESENT!!! It's bad enough that the stupid jerk groped me, but what you suggest is disgusting!!" She screamed as she threw the now unconscious Slip across the room at Tee.
Tee jumped out off the way and gave Ichigo a quick look over. "Go Roshi!"
"AAAHHHRRRRRRRRRRR!" Ichigo screamed as she leapt at Tee.
Roshi jumped forward and caught her around the waist. "WOULD EVERYONE JUST SHUT UP AND LISTEN TO ME FOR ONCE!!!!" Roshi shouted at them all. "Kinomi, that was uncalled for."
Ichigo glared at Roshi. "Who are these people?"
"Um, these are some of my cousins. They are also part Saiyan."
"They don't act like it."
"Yeah well neither do you! Going around and killing people!" Boxers replied.
Ichigo just stood there and glared at the four of them. "If any of you mocks me again I Will Kill you." She said as she turned around to go back into the bedroom. Slamming the door shut, she left them alone.
"Excuse me oh wise one, but why exactly is that bitch not oh, dead, tied up, or otherwise rendered unable to harm people? I mean, she came here after killing who knows how many people." Tee said.
Slip groggily got up. Purple bruises were already starting to show on her neck. "Ahhhhh, I think I am going to have to wear turtle necks for a while. My neck is killing me. WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME SHE WASN'T DEAD?!?!?!" Slip said at practically the same time.
"Well, I did tell you that Roshi wouldn't kill her." Boxers replied.
"Yeah but you saw how the fight ended. He should have practically blown her to dust with that kind of power." Slip blurted in her defense. "Which brings me to my next question. Were you toying with her the entire time or what? Where the heck did you get that kind of energy?"
"Yeah, that was amazing. What the heck was going on out there?" Tee said.
"Yeah, I have got to hear this be explained." Boxers added.
"So would I" Ichigo added from her doorway. "I was beating the snot out of you, and you turned the tables on me in an instant. I have never seen anyone control their power levels so much and increase their power like that."
"Ugh, Go away this is a private conversation!" Slip yelled at Ichigo.
"Since this conversation involves me, I think I have right to partake in it. If you have a different opinion, you can keep it to yourself or I will rip your tongue out to shut you up. You disgust me, and you will not speak to me again." Ichigo said back.
"What give you the right to order any of us around? Last time I checked, Roshi here had just beat the stuffing out of your pretty little ass." Tee said.
"KINOMI!!!" Roshi shouted as he grabbed her from behind to stop her from smashing Tee's face in. "Like it or not, you are not in charge here. Now if you want to be included COOPERATE and be NICE!! Or is that to much to ask?"
"Would have it been too much to ask for you to have just killed her?" Slip quipped from where she was standing.
Roshi struggled to keep his hold on Ichigo while throwing a glare at Slip that could have melted graphite.
"I will not have that disgusting little priss treating me like I am some sort of animal to be used when needed!" She said back struggling in the chokehold.
"Ok everyone truce?? At least until I can explain some things?"
"Fine by me" Tee said
"I don't have a problem with it as long as you don't Roshi" Boxers said.
"Truce? You want me to be nice to her?!?! SHE KILLED at least 5 people! You guys are acting like I am the evil one here! All I wanted to do was simple scientific research!"
"Scientific research!?!?! You said you cut up my tail to examine it!?!!? Well if you want something to examine I can rip your arm off!! Why don't you examine that?!?!!?"
"Get away from me!" Slip screamed as Ichigo broke out of Roshi's grasp and flew at her.
"You touch me again and I will gladly do research on your head." Ichigo calmly said to the cowering Slip. Turning back to Roshi, she replied. "I agree to your terms, I will refrain from killing them as long as they refrain from treating me like an animal."
"Then stop acting like one!" Slip called out.
"Someone gag her so she shuts up! Damn, and they claim guys are aggressively competitive. Fricken cat fight in here." Roshi said to Boxers and Tee.
Both Ichigo and Slip gave Roshi death glares. But, it seemed that they were starting to calm down.
"Well are you going to tell us what happened or do I have to stand here being nice to her all night?" Slip demanded.
Roshi stood there with the four of them looking at him intently for an answer. "I ah don't know. I don't understand it myself. I was cornered. Kinomi here is right. She was clearly winning. I kept thinking of all the people that were depending on me; you guys, my mom everyone. And well... I got mad."
"You just got mad?" Boxers said, "What do you mean you just got mad?"
"I mean, I got mad. I was angry. I couldn't control myself. In fact, I really don't even remember the end of the fight. All I really remember is getting kicked and then the next thing I knew, I woke up and she was down in that crater over there."
"You don't remember? Roshi do you have any idea how powerful you got at the end of that fight?" Tee asked sounding stunned.
"Ah, well no, but yes." Roshi said meekly.
"What do you mean by that?" Slip demanded.
"He means that he doesn't remember doing it, but in the end of the fight, he broke both of my arms, my back, and my jaw. Since we had only managed to bruise each other earlier, he has some idea of the amount of power it took to do that to me." Ichigo said.
"Yeah, what she said." Roshi replied.
"I don't trust you, why are you suddenly all buddy buddy with Roshi?" Slip demanded.
Ichigo glared at her and then paused before speaking. "I was sent to find the Vegeta Saiyans. Had I known that most of you people were no longer the evil bastards that left Saiya after the war, I would have acted differently. I did not enjoy killing those people. The reason that I am buddy buddy as you say is that while I can not forgive him for what he has done to me, he at least treats me with respect and I can respect him for that." Ichigo said while glaring at Slip.
"You forgive him for what HE did!!! What about US forgiving you for what YOU did?!?!!" Slip demanded.
"I am not asking for nor am I expecting forgiveness for what I did. I had wrong, yet justifiable reasons for what I did. Roshi had the same justifications for doing what he did but I cannot forgive him for it." Ichigo said slowly.
"Ah right, so like um why are you in Roshi's dogi?" Tee asked.
Ichigo glared at him. "Because My clothing was practically destroyed in our fight and I was indecent. Roshi was honorable enough to give me these so that I did not have to disgrace myself by being unclothed."
Tee smirked and everyone in the room knew what he was thinking about.
"Stop looking at me like that!" Roshi said as he started blushing yet again.
"Well I am so glad you and the... grumble grumble... are hitting it off so well. It has stopped raining so I am going home. Keep her away from me and I will be sure to keep away from her." Slip said to the whole group.
"You will give me back my tail." Ichigo demanded as Slip walked out the door.
"Can't do that, it isn't yours anymore." Slip replied as she took off.
Ichigo made a dash for the door but was cut off by Roshi, Boxers, and Tee. "Just let her go. It is late, I should be getting home. We can deal with her in the morning." Roshi said to try to calm her down.
"I DON'T Trust her! I want It BACK NOW!!!" Ichigo screamed.
"Not tonight! If you want to gain our trust, you will calm down and come with me. Otherwise we may have to lock up in a cell like a criminal." Roshi said.
Ichigo realized that he was actually trying to help her. "Ok, but if I don't get my tail back I am going to kill her and none of you will be able to stop me."
"Why do you want the thing back so badly? It is not like you can just attach it to your rear again." Tee said.
Ichigo turned glared at him and then quickly reached down and grabbed him by the belt. Hoisting him up and then glaring up into his face she spoke. "If someone took something of yours that was of a PERSONAL nature, would you let them cut it or ah, them UP for some stupid immoral research?"
Hanging there white-faced Tee meekly replied. "I see your point. Would you put me down now?"
Roshi and Boxers both cringed involuntarily at her comment but she threw Tee to the ground without doing anything so they let it pass without comment.
The four of them left the house and Roshi turned it back into a capsule. "Well, see you two guys in the morning. Kinomi come with me." Roshi said as he took off.
Ichigo grimaced at the name and followed.
Tee turned to Boxers. "So, does Roshi know what he is doing?"
"No, not a chance. But then, he can at least control her somewhat." Boxers replied.
"You call that control?!?!"
"Well, I think she wanted to castrate you for your rather stupid comments, but she didn't" Boxers replied.
"Fine make fun of me! But come on man I mean you were thinking the same things she isn't bad looking... Did you see those eyes? Man Roshi has all the luck." Tee said with a far away look in his eyes.
"Yeah well dunderhead, at least I didn't SAY it. And if you think there is EVER going to be anything between them then you are even dumber then you look."
"Whaddaya mean by that?"
"Well you were too busy ogling her to notice, but Roshi was watching her like a hawk the entire time we were talking. He doesn't trust her. There is more to her then we know and he didn't tell us everything. Besides, she hates him. Think about the way she glares at him." Boxers replied as he took off towards the Western Capitol.
"Yeah, well she is still hot. I've never seen Slip bristle at the mere sight of another girl before." Tee said back.
Boxers blinked a couple of times. "Ha, you may be right. Slip is so used to being the center of attention I bet she's jealous and doesn't even realize it."
"Oh, and I still say Roshi's lucky." Tee looked off in the distance for a bit. "I would give anything to get my hands on a girl built like that."
Boxer's slowly shook his head. "Um, Tee, correct me if I am wrong, but are you or are you not dating a teen swimsuit model? Besides, that Kinomi girl would rip you to shreds if you ever tried anything."
"Yeah, but it would be fun while it lasted." Tee replied with an odd grin.
Boxers just shook his head. "Tee, Tee, Tee, Tee, Tee, when are you going to grow up and look beyond the physical?"
"What? There's more to girls then what they look like?" Tee replied in mock surprise. "I'm not an idiot or a player Boxers. I've been dating Aiako for almost a year now. I was just trying to be funny but you wouldn't play along and let me have my fun."
"I can understand that, but you should maybe learn to keep more of you so- called fun thoughts in your head when you are around women. They don't tend to like it much."
Tee readjusted his belt, "tell me about it." * * *
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Sunday Night at around 10:50 PM
Roshi was just pulling on a new pair of pants when Slip burst through the door.
"Hey Roshi that was quite the... Oh MY I DID NOT WANT TO SEE THAT!!!"
"See what?" Boxers said as he walked in. "Oh um, yeah um, hey Slip ever heard of knocking first."
Roshi quickly finished dressing and turn to look at the dripping threesome. "What are you guys doing here?" He asked as his face slowly returned to its normal shade.
"Well those two are here to worship you for winning. I am here for the body. Where did you stash the girl? I want to start my autopsy before it starts to decay." Slip said while setting up capsules worth of lab equipment.
"Ah she's in there, but..." Roshi replied.
"Oh good you got it out of the rain. This is so exciting! Ah, I just thought of something, maybe I can collect some ah. (words lost in rambling) and extract some stem cells. Then I could clone her and we could run even more tests! That tail you brought back was incredible, the muscle to fat makeup was really unusual. Not to mention it was really hard to cut through the skin. Oh and the bone structure and hair was really unusual." Slip said as she collected her scalpel and some other tools.
"Yuck, your ethics are morbid and sick Slip. I can't believe you are going in there to carve her up like a frog to dissect." Tee said in disgust.
"Hey it is all in the name of science. Come to mama my little specimen..." she replied over her back as she walked through the door.
"...but Slip! SLIP! She is not dead." Roshi finally finished.
"AAACCCCKK!!!!" Slip screamed at the top of her lungs.
Moments later Ichigo walked out of the room holding Slip in the air by the neck. Slip was struggling uselessly against Ichigo's grasp."
"WHAT did you say you did to my tail you barbarian?!?!" Ichigo screamed into Slip's face.
"Ack ah ah cha coough Wha. a a why ar are you st sti still a a live!" Slip gasped out.
"You didn't kill her?" Boxers said to Roshi.
"Um, no ah, put her down Kinomi." Roshi said trying to get some control over the situation.
"What were you planning on doing? How dare you call ME a lab specimen! Scientists are all alike!" Ichigo was screaming at the gasping Slip.
"Wow, this is cool! We caught Roshi dressing, and Look at what SHE is wearing!" Tee exclaimed. "So why is she in your old gi? Huh Roshi??? I mean, I know the girls all love you, but don't you think this is moving just a bit fast? I mean what would your mother say? Not to mention, isn't it a bit soon to be cheating on Mariah?"
Roshi's mouth dropped speechless.
"Ha so what is this one of those hate love relationships?" Boxer chimed in.
Ichigo stopped screaming at Slip long enough to let what the two guys had said register. "WHAT!!! HOW DARE YOU! I would never do any such thing with the likes of HIM!!! It would be INDESENT!!! It's bad enough that the stupid jerk groped me, but what you suggest is disgusting!!" She screamed as she threw the now unconscious Slip across the room at Tee.
Tee jumped out off the way and gave Ichigo a quick look over. "Go Roshi!"
"AAAHHHRRRRRRRRRRR!" Ichigo screamed as she leapt at Tee.
Roshi jumped forward and caught her around the waist. "WOULD EVERYONE JUST SHUT UP AND LISTEN TO ME FOR ONCE!!!!" Roshi shouted at them all. "Kinomi, that was uncalled for."
Ichigo glared at Roshi. "Who are these people?"
"Um, these are some of my cousins. They are also part Saiyan."
"They don't act like it."
"Yeah well neither do you! Going around and killing people!" Boxers replied.
Ichigo just stood there and glared at the four of them. "If any of you mocks me again I Will Kill you." She said as she turned around to go back into the bedroom. Slamming the door shut, she left them alone.
"Excuse me oh wise one, but why exactly is that bitch not oh, dead, tied up, or otherwise rendered unable to harm people? I mean, she came here after killing who knows how many people." Tee said.
Slip groggily got up. Purple bruises were already starting to show on her neck. "Ahhhhh, I think I am going to have to wear turtle necks for a while. My neck is killing me. WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME SHE WASN'T DEAD?!?!?!" Slip said at practically the same time.
"Well, I did tell you that Roshi wouldn't kill her." Boxers replied.
"Yeah but you saw how the fight ended. He should have practically blown her to dust with that kind of power." Slip blurted in her defense. "Which brings me to my next question. Were you toying with her the entire time or what? Where the heck did you get that kind of energy?"
"Yeah, that was amazing. What the heck was going on out there?" Tee said.
"Yeah, I have got to hear this be explained." Boxers added.
"So would I" Ichigo added from her doorway. "I was beating the snot out of you, and you turned the tables on me in an instant. I have never seen anyone control their power levels so much and increase their power like that."
"Ugh, Go away this is a private conversation!" Slip yelled at Ichigo.
"Since this conversation involves me, I think I have right to partake in it. If you have a different opinion, you can keep it to yourself or I will rip your tongue out to shut you up. You disgust me, and you will not speak to me again." Ichigo said back.
"What give you the right to order any of us around? Last time I checked, Roshi here had just beat the stuffing out of your pretty little ass." Tee said.
"KINOMI!!!" Roshi shouted as he grabbed her from behind to stop her from smashing Tee's face in. "Like it or not, you are not in charge here. Now if you want to be included COOPERATE and be NICE!! Or is that to much to ask?"
"Would have it been too much to ask for you to have just killed her?" Slip quipped from where she was standing.
Roshi struggled to keep his hold on Ichigo while throwing a glare at Slip that could have melted graphite.
"I will not have that disgusting little priss treating me like I am some sort of animal to be used when needed!" She said back struggling in the chokehold.
"Ok everyone truce?? At least until I can explain some things?"
"Fine by me" Tee said
"I don't have a problem with it as long as you don't Roshi" Boxers said.
"Truce? You want me to be nice to her?!?! SHE KILLED at least 5 people! You guys are acting like I am the evil one here! All I wanted to do was simple scientific research!"
"Scientific research!?!?! You said you cut up my tail to examine it!?!!? Well if you want something to examine I can rip your arm off!! Why don't you examine that?!?!!?"
"Get away from me!" Slip screamed as Ichigo broke out of Roshi's grasp and flew at her.
"You touch me again and I will gladly do research on your head." Ichigo calmly said to the cowering Slip. Turning back to Roshi, she replied. "I agree to your terms, I will refrain from killing them as long as they refrain from treating me like an animal."
"Then stop acting like one!" Slip called out.
"Someone gag her so she shuts up! Damn, and they claim guys are aggressively competitive. Fricken cat fight in here." Roshi said to Boxers and Tee.
Both Ichigo and Slip gave Roshi death glares. But, it seemed that they were starting to calm down.
"Well are you going to tell us what happened or do I have to stand here being nice to her all night?" Slip demanded.
Roshi stood there with the four of them looking at him intently for an answer. "I ah don't know. I don't understand it myself. I was cornered. Kinomi here is right. She was clearly winning. I kept thinking of all the people that were depending on me; you guys, my mom everyone. And well... I got mad."
"You just got mad?" Boxers said, "What do you mean you just got mad?"
"I mean, I got mad. I was angry. I couldn't control myself. In fact, I really don't even remember the end of the fight. All I really remember is getting kicked and then the next thing I knew, I woke up and she was down in that crater over there."
"You don't remember? Roshi do you have any idea how powerful you got at the end of that fight?" Tee asked sounding stunned.
"Ah, well no, but yes." Roshi said meekly.
"What do you mean by that?" Slip demanded.
"He means that he doesn't remember doing it, but in the end of the fight, he broke both of my arms, my back, and my jaw. Since we had only managed to bruise each other earlier, he has some idea of the amount of power it took to do that to me." Ichigo said.
"Yeah, what she said." Roshi replied.
"I don't trust you, why are you suddenly all buddy buddy with Roshi?" Slip demanded.
Ichigo glared at her and then paused before speaking. "I was sent to find the Vegeta Saiyans. Had I known that most of you people were no longer the evil bastards that left Saiya after the war, I would have acted differently. I did not enjoy killing those people. The reason that I am buddy buddy as you say is that while I can not forgive him for what he has done to me, he at least treats me with respect and I can respect him for that." Ichigo said while glaring at Slip.
"You forgive him for what HE did!!! What about US forgiving you for what YOU did?!?!!" Slip demanded.
"I am not asking for nor am I expecting forgiveness for what I did. I had wrong, yet justifiable reasons for what I did. Roshi had the same justifications for doing what he did but I cannot forgive him for it." Ichigo said slowly.
"Ah right, so like um why are you in Roshi's dogi?" Tee asked.
Ichigo glared at him. "Because My clothing was practically destroyed in our fight and I was indecent. Roshi was honorable enough to give me these so that I did not have to disgrace myself by being unclothed."
Tee smirked and everyone in the room knew what he was thinking about.
"Stop looking at me like that!" Roshi said as he started blushing yet again.
"Well I am so glad you and the... grumble grumble... are hitting it off so well. It has stopped raining so I am going home. Keep her away from me and I will be sure to keep away from her." Slip said to the whole group.
"You will give me back my tail." Ichigo demanded as Slip walked out the door.
"Can't do that, it isn't yours anymore." Slip replied as she took off.
Ichigo made a dash for the door but was cut off by Roshi, Boxers, and Tee. "Just let her go. It is late, I should be getting home. We can deal with her in the morning." Roshi said to try to calm her down.
"I DON'T Trust her! I want It BACK NOW!!!" Ichigo screamed.
"Not tonight! If you want to gain our trust, you will calm down and come with me. Otherwise we may have to lock up in a cell like a criminal." Roshi said.
Ichigo realized that he was actually trying to help her. "Ok, but if I don't get my tail back I am going to kill her and none of you will be able to stop me."
"Why do you want the thing back so badly? It is not like you can just attach it to your rear again." Tee said.
Ichigo turned glared at him and then quickly reached down and grabbed him by the belt. Hoisting him up and then glaring up into his face she spoke. "If someone took something of yours that was of a PERSONAL nature, would you let them cut it or ah, them UP for some stupid immoral research?"
Hanging there white-faced Tee meekly replied. "I see your point. Would you put me down now?"
Roshi and Boxers both cringed involuntarily at her comment but she threw Tee to the ground without doing anything so they let it pass without comment.
The four of them left the house and Roshi turned it back into a capsule. "Well, see you two guys in the morning. Kinomi come with me." Roshi said as he took off.
Ichigo grimaced at the name and followed.
Tee turned to Boxers. "So, does Roshi know what he is doing?"
"No, not a chance. But then, he can at least control her somewhat." Boxers replied.
"You call that control?!?!"
"Well, I think she wanted to castrate you for your rather stupid comments, but she didn't" Boxers replied.
"Fine make fun of me! But come on man I mean you were thinking the same things she isn't bad looking... Did you see those eyes? Man Roshi has all the luck." Tee said with a far away look in his eyes.
"Yeah well dunderhead, at least I didn't SAY it. And if you think there is EVER going to be anything between them then you are even dumber then you look."
"Whaddaya mean by that?"
"Well you were too busy ogling her to notice, but Roshi was watching her like a hawk the entire time we were talking. He doesn't trust her. There is more to her then we know and he didn't tell us everything. Besides, she hates him. Think about the way she glares at him." Boxers replied as he took off towards the Western Capitol.
"Yeah, well she is still hot. I've never seen Slip bristle at the mere sight of another girl before." Tee said back.
Boxers blinked a couple of times. "Ha, you may be right. Slip is so used to being the center of attention I bet she's jealous and doesn't even realize it."
"Oh, and I still say Roshi's lucky." Tee looked off in the distance for a bit. "I would give anything to get my hands on a girl built like that."
Boxer's slowly shook his head. "Um, Tee, correct me if I am wrong, but are you or are you not dating a teen swimsuit model? Besides, that Kinomi girl would rip you to shreds if you ever tried anything."
"Yeah, but it would be fun while it lasted." Tee replied with an odd grin.
Boxers just shook his head. "Tee, Tee, Tee, Tee, Tee, when are you going to grow up and look beyond the physical?"
"What? There's more to girls then what they look like?" Tee replied in mock surprise. "I'm not an idiot or a player Boxers. I've been dating Aiako for almost a year now. I was just trying to be funny but you wouldn't play along and let me have my fun."
"I can understand that, but you should maybe learn to keep more of you so- called fun thoughts in your head when you are around women. They don't tend to like it much."
Tee readjusted his belt, "tell me about it." * * *
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