Haunting Mists
The Fourth Part
By Black Rose
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This is out much eariler than expected. :grins: I'm so proud of myself, aren't you? Er, it was going to be longer, but I threw the last part of this in to make the beginning of the fifth part. This one could probably be PG rated, but I don't want to take the chance of mentally damaging any little kids out there. Not that it wouldn't be fun, but...
Feel free to shoot, kill, or torture Bobby all you want. I don't care. Just leave my other characters alone. Then ones that aren't in the regular series belong to me, and you take, you die. That simple. Even you saiya-jin out there can understand that. I'll get my Gohan-chan to kick your ass if you use my characters without my permission. Ask and you might be able to. The characters within that *are* in the series belong to a mind boggling list of companies and genius, and I do not claim them. Why? No money to buy them with.... *sighs sadly*
I've babbled long enough, go ahead and read.
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She hung her head, looking at the ground. Not even Trunks's comforting arm around her waist helped to console her as they walked towards the school.
"--and we're going to this school now because our last one was myseriously blown up." Goten said, grinning. "Complete mystery. No one knows why the science lab blew up and took the whole school down."
Trunks growled at him.
"Yeah, because there's no way it could ever be a little boy that was angry because he got a D in science and figured that if the school blew up, his grade would be tragicly lost, and didn't count on the fact that the grades are stored in the capital like I told him..."
"I was doing good in that class! Gujo-san was flunking me on purpose!"
"You didn't turn in any of your homework!"
"It was just those two assignments!"
"Two? Try two hundred!"
Goten glared at Trunks, while Trunks chuckled.
"You two are waaay immature. I have no idea what I see in you, Trunks." Lena stuck her tongue out at him.
"Don't stick your tongue out unless you plan to use it..."
"Eechi!" Lena turned around and shoved Goten as hard as she could. Meaning he went flying into the side of a house.
"Ow..." he groaned, picking himself up. "I think she broke a rib..."
"You deserved it." Lena growled. "Being a hentai to me... really, you could have expected it."
"She's right." Trunks said, smiling.
Goten began to mumbled something, fortunatly for him, inaudible as they stepped onto the lawn of the high school.
Lena suddenly froze.
Nicole...
Trunks followed Lena's line of sight until he saw the chirpy blonde that had captured his love's attention.
She must have come to this high school before she found out she was a saiya-jin. She must know that girl-- most of these people. And from the way she's acting, none of them liked her very much, or something the like.
"Lena? Are you okay?"
"Wha?" Lena jerked her gaze from her adopted sister as Nicole entered the building. She looked up into Trunk's concerned eyes, and smiled when she saw that his trademark scowl had turned into a concerned frown. Aw, he changed his expression just for me, I should be flattered...
She laughed.
"Of course, Trunks! Now, let's go grab our schedules and see if we have any classes together..."
"With my luck, I'll be alone..." Goten grumbled.
They went inside and right to the main office, with Lena pointed out to them. Goten and Trunks knew they had an advantage with Lena, who knew her way around the school well.
Lena took the schedules from the clerk, who looked at her strangely, as if trying to place her, as she spoke.
"Sorry if it's trouble, but we had almsot all the classes full, so you three are together all day."
"Yes!" Goten shouted, while Trunks and Lena groaned. Lena looked imploringly at the woman.
"You're making me go through all my classes with Goten? Isn't this some form of cruel and unnusual punishment?"
"Lena, it won't be so bad... I think..." Trunks tried to stick up for his friend. "Goten will be a good boy, won't he?"
They all jumped as the clerk gave an excited shriek.
"Oh! I know you now! Selena Huko! You're the one that's been missing!"
Lena went deathly pale. Trunks and Goten sent each other a meaningful glance as the clerk went on.
"Do your parents know you're okay? Of course they do, you wouldn't be here if they didn;t! Oh, it's so good to see you well, you gave up quite a scare--" Lena had composed her face carefully into the scowl of the saiya-jin as she nodded and pushed the two boys out of the office quickly.
"So this is where you're from..." Goten said softly. Lena nodded, looking impassive.
"Yup. Now, come on. First bell just rang, and we've got two minutes to get to Lujuhata's class, and it's on the other side of the school. Let's go."
They followed her in silence as she wove her way through the crowds quickly and efficently, like she'd been doing it all her life. They noticed as some of the other students gave her confused looks of recognition as she passed.
"This is hard on her." Trunks whispered.
"I wonder if she'll kill someone if they make a big deal of she's here?" Goten asked. Trunks glared at him. \
"If she does, you know she'll go for you next. And Gotenks isn't going to make an appearence to save your half of his hide."
"Come on!" Goten yelped. "You wouldn't leave me to face her wrath alone!"
"You betcha."
"Oh, man..." Goten whined.
"This door, guys." Lena said. Goten walked inside, but Lena lingered by the door.
"Lena, if you don't want to do this, Mom and Chichi will understand..." he whispered softly, putting one arm around her shoulders.
She looked down, and sighed.
"I have to do this. It'll happen sooner or later."
Trunks pulled her inside the room and led them to two seats that Goten saved for them.
"Aw, Trunks and Lena, sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N..."
"Shut up before I kill you." Lena growled. Goten shut up.
The teacher walked into the room, and looked around, counting students.
"So I've got three new kids." He muttered. "Great." He put on a very false smile and looked at them. "Class, we've got three newbies today. Introduce yourselves, please." he said, taking a seat.
Goten jumped up, grinning.
"I'm the incredibly handsome, magnificently sensitive, strong Son Goten, and this is my best friend Briefs Trunks. You don't want to make fun of his name, trust me. And his girlfriend, Leema Huko. You don't want to make her mad, either."
He sat back down, Trunks and Lena glaring at him.
"My name," Lena told him, in a loud voice. "Is not Leema, you jerk. It's Lena. L-E-N-A."
Goten beamed as Lena growled at him.
"He got my name right." Trunks muttered. "Lena, lay off. Being arrested for murder in the first degree isn't a good way to start the school year."
The class laughed while Lujuhata smiled, for real. Having these three in the same class is going to be very interesting, he thought, watching in amusement as Trunks held Lena back as the girl moved to strangle Goten, who had jumped into the arms of a very pretty cheerleader to escape her. This is gonna be a looong year. But at least it'll be interesting.
He moved to quiet down the class.
Goten snickered.
Trunks had been acting like Lena's personal bodygaurd ever since what he now affectionatly referred to as the Desk-Lady-Accident. The bell had just rang, and Trunks insisted on waiting until the room was empty before they left.
And so it was down the crowded hall.
"Come on..." He whined to Trunks.
"No way."
"Pleeeez?"
"Nope."
"Why the hell not??"
"Because no one in *this* school knows what we are, and it would be nice to keep it that way. Who knows, you might even snag a girlfriend." Trunks said, chuckling softly as Goten turned a rather interesting shade of green-red.
"Hey, they were just scared because we did the fusion in front of them." He stuttered.
"After I told you no."
"After you what?? It was your idea!" Goten growled.
Lena whirld around, her fist under his nose.
"Goten, darling, why don't you do us a favor and just walk? Flying above the crowd isn't allowed in school. I'm sure there's a rule for it."
Her tone trailed off and her eyes foocused on soemthing behind him, and her jaw dropped.
He almost did a double take. He'd never seen such a look of utter saddness and dispair in a persons's eyes, and he'd seen some pretty sad and hopeless people.
And then she was the Lena he knew again. The same 'I-am-a-saiya-jin-and-I-feel-nothing' look in her eyes and the trademark saiya-jin scowl.
He couldn't shake the feeling that look in her eyes had given him. Trunks was now staring behind him too.
Slowly, he turned around.
His eyes locked onto a girl that was clinging onto a jock, both of them looking at their trio with cold eyes.
A ring had begun to form around the five. A bell rang, but but no one made a move to leave.
This was an event not to be missed.
"Oh, shit." Lena whispered. "That guy knows I'm a vampire. He saw me attack Nicole. That's Nicole. He's not very strong, but if he said anything, I'm done for. It's not like they're gonna believe I'm a vampire, but they've got proof I was attacking people..."
Trunks nodded. Goten just stared.
"So, this is bad, in other words?" Goten said, loudly and cheerfully. "Oh, goodie! Starting out the year with a fight! Coming in with a bang! Smashing!" He said, in a funny british accent. "So, Trunks, can we show them what being a saiya-jin is all about?"
"No," Lena spoke before Trunks. "I can talk this over with Nicole."
The tardy bell rang, unnoticed.
Lena strode boldly over to her adopted sister. Even Goten had to hand it to her, that took guts.
"Nicole--" She began.
But Nicole interrupted her, a furious fire in her green eyes.
"I know it was you! Bobby told me so! Don't even try to say otherwise!" She screeched.
"I wasn't about to." Lena said, her voice dripping venom, angry that Nicole had lashed out before she'd said two words. Trunks and Goten both backed up a step. "If you'd let me talk, I'd greatly appreciate it."
Nicole looked surprised.
"Let's move, people! Come on, this is a private show! Break it up!" Trunks and Goten began to shove off the crowd, which was easy to do once the teachers began to help.
As the teacher moved towards Lena, Bobby, and Nicole, Trunks stopped them.
"Family dispute," he said softly. "They need to work this out."
"Well, then you two get a move on--"
"No way." Goten said firmly. "We're Lena's family."
The teacher saw they wouldn't be moved, and went off to find the principal.
Lena began to pace in a vulture like circle around Nicole and Bobby, her tail now very visible as it twitched openly, a sign of her annoyance.
"I don't know who you've told, Bobby. But I didn't come back here just to let you two make my life a living hell, it's already enough of one, alright? I've got a boyfriend and a goddamn family now, and it's a lot more than the one you tried to give me, Nicole, so hush up."
Goten leaned up against a bank of lockers. This was turning out to be pretty good.
"I'm not human, you both know that. I'm half a vampire, you know that. But I'm not exactly a happy little girl right now, because I tried to attack Nicole and got caught. I didn't even know it was you, Nicole."
Trunks watched in facination. Except for a few times that only he and Lena knew about , Lena tried to never show emotion, and this was probably one of the last times she would.
"But you attacked all those people--"
"Nicole, I'm half-vampire. Drinking blood is natural to me. But I don't kill. And you're going to understand that. I don't want to hurt you, but you're going to understand that I am who I am and if you dare go spreading rumor about any of us--" She motioned madly to Goten and Trunks.
Goten sniffled loudly, and fell to his knees, attracting their attention.
"Kami-sama, the day has came. Lena actually admitted I'm not so bad."
"Shut up, Goten."
"Oh, you shut up, Pansy boy."
"You're just mad because Dad finally stopped calling me that because I'm the one who Lena likes."
"But--" Goten stopped, unable to think of a comeback. Trunks chuckled, his scowl turning into a triumphant grin.
"Yeah, gotcha there, huh? Dad's been going on about how great I am, because I've saved his whiole race. And I almost wanted to stay away from Lena becaquse it's weird..."
Lena turned on them."WHAT?! " She screeched. "You mean Vegeta's happy I'm with Trunks? Why didn't you mention this before, Trunks?"
Nicole and Bobby looked at the trio in interest as Goten shrunk away, snickering as Trunks went pale.
"Well, you see, I knew how you'd react, because you don't like my father, and well, I don't want to loose you because of him--"
"In other words, he's afraid Vegeta will kill him if you two split up." Goten interrupted.
"He just wants another goddamn planet full of saiya-jin!" Trunks interjected angrily. "And I'm not about to use Lena just because she's a full-blood!"
"You'd better be damn right about that!" Lena shouted at both of them, fire flashing in her eyes. The two backed away even more. "I should kill that arrogant bastard!"
"What's going on here?" Nicole asked.
"Well, that's a long story." Lena said. "But basically--"
"She's an alien and she's mad because the head honcho alien adores her because he wants her to--" Goten coughed, and that cough sounded strangely like the word 'fuck'. "With his son!"
The sound of a hand connecting with flesh echoed through the hall.
Goten slammed back into the lockers harshly.
Trunks stiffled a laugh.
Lena held out her fist threateningly.
"That," she said clamly. "Was a very bad way to put things." She powered up to super-saiya-jin. "Let's go, boy. A nice little spar before I kill your ass."
Goten grinned insanely as he too, went SSJ.
"Stand back," advised Trunks to Nicole and Bobby. "When these two start, they start."
Goten and Lena, both blonde now, went for each other with a bang. It was impossible to follow, a flurry of kicks and punches. Every once in a while there would be the breifest of pauses as a swing hit home.
Trunks was so obsorbed he only noticed the presence of the principal and teacher when one tapped him on the back.
"What's going on?" The principal asked, somewhat aggitated.
"Well, Goten said something very degrading so Lena is kicking his butt. Don't worry, it'll be over in a few minutes."
"STOP THEM!" The teahcer and principal shouted together.
"Okay, have a cow, would you?" Trunks muttered, as he went SSJ. The two adults stared as a now blonde Trunks whinced at the thouhgt of leaping into the fight.
"Here goes!" He yelled. He held up both his hands, together, palms towards the scuffle. "HA!"
A small sphere of ki went flying into the battle, which was only deflected back at him. He stopped it and groaned.
He'd have to really jump into the fight now.
And so he did. The spectators heard a loud, "OW! THAT WAS MY STOMACH!"
ANd then the fight stopped, showing Goten, who was bleeding ni several places; Lena, who was holding her arm protectively and had a few bruises and a busted lip; and Trunks, who was bent over double. Lena was looking at him apologeticly.
"Sorry, sweetie. I didn't see you until it was too late. You know better than to jump in like that."
Trunks growled at her.
"I said I was sorry!" Lena powered down. Her clothes were ripped in a few inconvienent places, showing a lot more skin than the dress code allowed. Goten was in the same condition, although he wasn't too modest about it, because he wasn't embarrassed about showing his chest off to the world.
Lena held an arm over her chest as she helped Trunks stand up. He took one look at her and cracked into a goofy grin, and looked away. lena glared at the back of his head.
"Well, you try fighting him without your clothes getting ripped to shreds, huh?!"
I told you not to, he thought silently, as he untied the jacket around his waist and handed it to her. She put it on happily.
"IN MY OFFICE! ALL OF YOU! NOW!"
Nicole and Bobby snickered as they were dragged to the main office.
Thje principal was red in the face as he paced in front of the five students. He sputtered angrily, trying to think of something that would verify his anger.
"Mr. Ludinko-sensei, Nicole and Bobby weren't in the fight." Lena said, after a few minutes of silence. "And neither was Trunks."
"I was informed that you and Nicole were fighting before Goten and you got into your fight." He stuttered back.
"That's because she and Bobby were being very cruel and spreading rumors about me." Lena shot back.
"That vampire rumor is old, Selena. And everyone knows it's not true..." he trailed off as Lena flashed him a grin, showing off her saiya-jin fangs.
"I was more concerned about the killing rumor, Principal." She said.
"You attacked me!" Nicole yelled at her angrily.
"I didn't know it was you!"
"You shouldn't have done it at all!"
"Shut up, you don't know what it's like!"
"Well, I know that you shouldn't be drinking blood!"
"What else am I supposed to do?"
"Be a normal human!"
"But I'm not hu--"
"Girls!" Ludinko shouted.
"Sir, I saw Lena attack Nicole. She really is a vampire." Bobby said.
"William, you were not involved with this. You may leave."
"But sir--"
"I SAID GO!"
"Yes sir." Bobby left, angrily muttering.
"Lena, you really need to calm down." Trunks said, putting his arm around her. "We're already in enough trouble as it is."
"Yeah, Leeeeenaaaaa."
"Oh, I'm going to laugh at you when Chichi finds out you got into a fight with me at school." Lena snickered as Goten went pale.
"I'm going to notify your parents of this, Selena, Nicole."
"Excuse me, sir. But Nicole's parents are not mine."
This made the principal freeze in the middle of yelling abuot how he was going to suspend them all.
"What?" Nicole and he both yelped at the same time.
"You heard me. I'm not even human, dammit. I'm a saiya-jin." Her tail wrapped aorund her waist. "And her parents are not mine. Those two and their families are the only cloest things I have to family."
"You will be family, if Vegeta has anything to say about it." Goten muttered.
"And I refuse to be punished for a cheery little spar. If I can't go to school and learn the way i want, then I'm not going to school. Unlike humans, I can take care of myself." She stood up and turned towards the door.
"Wait!" She turned to the principal."You won't be punished as long as it doesn't happen again."\
Lena stared at him, one confused eyebrow raising. She knew she was getting off lucky.
"What has been said today will never leave my office, understand, Nicole?" he continued. Trunks and Goten gave each other a confused look. They too, sensed that they were being let off easy.
"Sensei," Lena said, leaning against the wall. "What's up? If I tried that any other time, you'd let me walk out and have the cops pick me up for truancy."
"Don't ask questions! Do you want to be suspended?Now, get to class!" He barked.
Lena laughed softly as she led the guys to their next class. This is certainly an interesting twist.
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Ah-hah! Finished with Part Four! I rule!
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