Authoress' note- Well it's storming here and I have this chappie all set up so LOL you better review Gar but I know you will cause I have such loyal readers… grins on with the fic!

Chapter 14-

A young waitress walked back to her table in the over-crowded restaurant, holding out a pitcher of water she put her façade back on as she smiled at her waiting customers.

'lightly brushing a hair from her stone face
she watched him smolder under the afternoon sun
smelling a breath of God's glory
and she turned the other way towards sunlight
Towards a new beginning
Towards a new façade
filtered the sherbet rays of sunrise
she kissed the air with her scent of passion
she had given it all up
had lived and died in three desperate days
and now was her time to rest
to become pure once more in God's vanilla light'

((I wrote this poem alright so don't steal it… but tell me what you think))

She wore the face of a human, but really it was only a desperate plea for a second chance.

"Thank you" said the old woman at the table she had just served.

"No problem maim enjoy your meal" she said as she left the human family to finish their food.

She wore a pair of semi-baggy cargo pants and a white tee-shirt, her hair was cut fairly short just brushing the top of her shoulders, her golden curls bounced as she made her way back into the kitchen where her sapphire eyes scanned the room for the man that held her paycheck.

"I suppose you're looking for this" said a deep voice, making the young girl turn around to see a large pudgy man waving an envelope in the air.

"Yes sir my shift is over" she said, a smile crept upon the man's plump features, he handed her the envelope and slapped her on the back.

"Good job Son, I'll see you next Tuesday" he said, the blond haired maiden turned around with a confused look.

"Next Tuesday, but my next shift is-"

"You've been pulling everyone's extra shifts, not to mention doing double time… I think you've earned a couple of days off with pay… lets just call it your early Christmas present" he said interrupting the girl's question, she just smiled and nodded.

"I can't thank you enough"

"Just get out of here would you" he said as she smiled and turned to put up her apron.

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"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T GET HER TP AGREE!" screamed a WAY to tense toddler as he glared at the blue fairy girl in front of him.

"I'm sorry Koenma sir I… I tried she wouldn't have anything to do with me" said the blue haired woman as she watched the demi-god growl and kick his desk.

"This is unacceptable- I cannot have that pendant fall into the wrong hands" he said as the girl named Botan sighed.

"I really don't think she cares at this point… why, don't you just leave her alone?" asked Botan as Koenma glared at her.

"YEAH AND LET THE EARTH BLOW UP! I DON'T' THINK SO!" he screamed as Botan cringed from the volume of his voice.

"Yes I see that causes a problem" she said as Koenma glared at her.

"Damn right it does, something's up with her and I'm not just talking about the fact that she has been avoiding Makai… and the team…" Koenma mumbled off into thought as Botan sighed.

"Well what can we do… we could inform the boys… they might be able to keep an eye on her" suggested Botan making Koenma look up at her.

"I don't know… I suppose we can try." He said as the fairy girl nodded and went off to inform the rest of the team.

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The young girl walked out into the autumn air, inhaling deeply as she went to unlock her piece of shit car.

'Good with those extra days off I can get ready for quarter exams, and possibly get some sleep' she thought as she smiled inwardly knowing that little pleasures like these made her life.

A sharp pain shot through her chest, making her clutch it for air, this wasn't the first time of course… but every time caught her off guard like this.

'Not again… I don't AH I don't get it why am I in so much pain, I haven't done anything wrong' she thought as she finally resumed her composure, she sighed and pulled the three chains that hung lovingly around her neck.

'Why? Why do I feel this pain, why do I have this responsibility?' She thought as she stared at the bracelet that still remained on her right arm.

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"So what is it this time Botan?" asked an annoyed Yusuke as he leaned back in his chair at the kitchen table, they had all, well all meaning everyone but Hiei and Ross joined up at his house for the little 'meeting'.

"Well… as you know it's been 6 months since we have all been together…" Botan looked around at the expressions that polished their faces.

"Alright I'll just get to the point; Koenma has suggested that you keep an eye on Ross"

"Why is something wrong?" asked Kurama as Botan felt a sweat drop forming.

"Well… I'm not sure, she has refused to see Koenma or any of you guys or ANYONE from Makai… she says she's through with it all, to say it bluntly," Botan said making Kurama's facial expression to become unreadable.

"Well then I see no need to bother her, she hasn't done anything wrong," he said making Botan sigh.

"Yes but-"

"I'm sorry Botan I can't help you, my sister deserves to be happy even after all the stupid things she's done she obviously wants to start over and I won't help Koenma meddle with that" Kurama said as Yusuke and the others nodded in agreement.

"I mean she IS a person too, not an object" said Keiko as Botan sighed in defeat.

"Alright well… what more can I say to persuade you guys… I suppose you have your own rights to do what you want to"

"NO THEY DON'T!" screamed Koenma from behind the blue fairy girl.

Botan turned around to see Koenma in his teenage form behind her.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE DON'T HAVE ANY SAY, IT'S OUR LIVES PACIFIER BREATH!?!" Screamed Yusuke as Koenma crossed his arms.

"Ross' pendant has started to take over her life form, if you don't go and talk some sense into her she's going to die," said the demi-god, making Yusuke fall out of his chair.

"You mean she's dying?" asked Kuwa with a long face of despair.

"Not exactly…it's more like her strength is deteriorating which will in the end… kill her" the demi-god said making Kuwa gulp.

"Isn't that the same thing as dying?" asked Yusuke getting a glare from Koenma.

"NO! She's merely losing her strength not everything else Yusuke"

"Hn" Yusuke leaned back into his chair in an attempt to think.

"We'll go and talk to her about it, but I can't insure anything but that Koenma," said Kurama only receiving a sigh from the pint size leader.

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The door opened slowly, making the whole house echo with the squeak it emitted.

"Ross is that you?" asked a happy go lucky voice making Ross look up to see her father at the stairway.

"Wow your hair" he said as Ross sighed and shut the door behind her.

"Yeah I did it a few weeks ago… when, did you get home?" she asked as she made her way up the stairs.

"A few days ago… seems you're never around." he said as Ross took a sprite from the fridge.

"Yeah I try to stay out of the way" she mumbled as she gulped down half the can.

"What do you mean you're not in the way...?"

"You have no idea dad" Ross' crushed the can and threw it in the trash.

"Look… I need to get a shower…and then I'm gonna hit the library… I wish I could sit and chat but…-" Ross stopped herself from going into a deep conversation as she sighed and grabbed her bag heading for the bathroom.

"Ok…." was all Goku could say as the bathroom clicked shut. Gohan walked into the front door and sighed exhaustedly as he saw his father in the kitchen.

"Hey Dad" he said as Goku turned and smiled.

"Hey Gohan what's up?"

"Not too much what are you doing just sitting here all by yourself?" Asked the demi-saiyan as Goku went the fridge.

"Nothing just you know your mother isn't home and Ross is taking a shower…"

"Oh I see you caught her before she could run off to work, you're lucky it's a rare thing to catch her before she runs off" said Gohan as Goku raised a brow.

"Really?" he said with a puzzled look at Gohan just nodded, the bathroom opened behind him letting out a screen of steam as someone closed the door and made their way down the hall.

"Well look who it is" said Gohan as Ross made her way down the hall to see her eldest brother standing in the kitchen with shocked eyes.

"Your… your hair" he said pointing at her as Ross just sighed.

"Lord people it's just hair…" she said as she shook her messy 'do' so that water droplets sprayed the two saiyans.

"Hey stop that" said Gohan shielding himself.

"Hn" is all she said as she walked into the kitchen and throwing her rather large book bag onto a free chair as she reached up in the cabinet to grab a glass.

"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!" screamed Gohan making Ross look a him.

"What?" she asked as Gohan pulled up her shirt.

"That!" he said pointing to her belly button.

"It's a belly-button-ring" she said slowly as she let the light hit the light blue gem that polished the gem at the end of the stud.

"I can't believe you did that!" he yelled as Goku just stared at it.

"Damn Gohan get a clue I'm 16, I was born with a tattoo now why can't I have my belly pierced… I just figured I would do something spontaneous" she said as Gohan just grunted and crossed his arms.

"I still don't understand how that happened" He said pulling up the back of her shirt to look at the Rose bud tattoo type birthmark that laid on her lower right back.

"Hn" is all Ross said as she stuck a piece of toast in her mouth.

"I gotta go, see ya" she said as she grabbed her bag once again and made her way out the door, shutting it tightly behind her.

"Out of all you kids, I still don't get out she became the rebellious one" Goku said as Gohan shook his head exasperated.

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"Are you sure we should be doing this?" asked Kuwa as Yusuke just growled.

"You heard Koenma" he said as they made their way up the hill to her house.

"Yeah but I mean we haven't seen her in 6 months… and she said she didn't want anything to do with us…" Kuwa looked at Kurama who just sighed and went to the door.

"We're not forcing her to do anything" the fox replied as he knocked on the door, footsteps could be heard from the inside as the door swung open.

"Hello" Gotein said as he stared at the rather interesting group in front of him.

"Hey is Ross in?" asked Yusuke, Gotein leaned on the door frame.

"No… I haven't seen her in a few months, she 's busy with school work and all… why you need her or something?" asked Gotein a little forcefully at the end, he didn't like the looks of this group, no one was going to hurt his sister if he had anything to do with it.

"Do you know where she might be perhaps?" asked Kurama with a kind smile, Gotein sighed.

"Work… maybe the library… I don't know" he said as Kurama smiled.

"Thanks sorry for taking your time" he said, Gotein nodded slowly as he shut the door.

"So where now?" asked Yusuke.

"Its odd that she hasn't been home in so long… seems she's trying to avoid her family, I say we check the library" said Kurama, as the boys nodded in agreement.

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Ross pulled her headphones on as she entered the library; she wore a pair of olive green cargos which dragged on the floor slightly, combat boots, and a black sleeveless V-neck, letting her necklaces hang freely, her hair was tossed crazily letting her curls frame her face.

Jamming her stuff into the seat next to her she pulled out a couple of text books and sighed tiredly as she opened them to their marked pages.

The boys entered the door to the library, "Come on lets look around" said Kurama as the boys nodded following him till they caught sight of a short haired looking Ross'

'No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes
And no one knows
What it's like to be hated
To be faded to telling only lies

She let the music engulf her as she closed her eyes and taped her pencil to the rhythm, as the boys let their mouths scrape the floor from shock.


But my dreams they aren't as empty
As my conscious seems to be
I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance
That's never free
No one knows what its like
To feel these feelings
Like i do, and i blame you!
No one bites back as hard
On their anger
None of my pain woe
Can show through

"Is that her?" asked Yusuke as Kuwa nodded, "Yeah I think so… she looks so… different" he said as Kurama just stared speechless.

Discover l.i.m.p. say it [x4]
No one knows what its like
To be mistreated, to be defeated
Behind blue eyes
No one know how to say
That they're sorry and don't worry
I'm not telling lies

No one knows what its like
To be the bad man, to be the sad man
Behind blue eyes.'

((I do not own 'Behind Blue Eyes' by Limp Bizkit))

Ross sighed loudly as the song ended; she took off her headphones and put them aside as she reached for her pencil, only to hear her name spoken behind her.

Authoress' Note- ha-ha I'm gonna end it there… hehe dodges trash hey now!! PLEASE REVIEW!!!