Authoress' note- Well hello all… Dun Dun Dun another chappie is about to unfold, and I hope you all enjoy!!
Chapter 16-
Ross stared at the ceiling as she heard the door to her room open, she turned slowly to see it was Gohan with a huge vase of flowers.
"Gohan… what's this for?" she asked as he sat it on her nightstand.
"You just had open heart surgery, can't I get you something to liven up this room?" he asked as she sighed and gave him that yeah-right-look. Gohan sighed knowing he had been caught and sat in a chair near her bed, he had given up on asking questions like 'why didn't you tell me?' he knew he wasn't gonna get anything useful from questions like that… being the stubborn mull that she was.
"Look… I'm sorry if you've had a terrible couple of months… with the arrest and all this stuff about the demon world… I shouldn't have been so quick to judge" he stopped when he heard a large sigh released from the honey blonde lying in the luminous white sheets before him.
"Yeah it's alright…" she said rolling her eyes as she stared out the window watching the cluster of clouds that began to form.
"I've been in here a couple of weeks now Gohan… I'm not always going to be safe in a hospital bed and I know you know that, I'm sorry that I can't be a normal human" she turned to look at him as the words that dripped from her lips seeped through the air, her eyes were a dark molasses navy, making her seem empty and frail.
"But Gohan that's not who I am… I'm a fighter… I can't hide that anymore, I have to fight I have to avenge my past... I need to fix these broken dreams I've shattered on the floor," she looked at the speckled tile as she let the last words form on her lips, the beeping of the monitor through the room gave off a depressing vibe.
"I have to be… who I really am… please forgive me" she said staring into his eyes, her eyes pleading for understanding, Gohan stared at her with a far off look as he let her words seep into his mind.
"You… you have nothing to be forgiven for…" he stared at his sister as her eyes became lightened with hope.
"Thank you… for understanding" she said as she began to get up out of her bed only to be pushed back down by her brother.
"Oh no you don't… not until you're well" he said as she felt a smile play on her lips, she knew it wasn't going to be that easy.
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"Come on you're going to be late for checkout" Gotein yelled as Gohan and Goku ran up the stairs to Ross' room, they entered to see Ross putting on a coat with a bit of difficulty as the nurse helped pack her stuff.
"Sorry we're late" Gotein said as Trunks joined the other saiyans with Vegeta.
"It's ok…" Ross said as she pulled the heart patch from her chest and nodded to the nurse.
"Now you take care of yourself young lady, don't let me find you in here anytime soon" the nurse said with a smile as Ross smiled back sweetly.
"Yes maim" she said as the nurse gave the release forms to Goku who signed them quickly while the boys grabbed her stuff.
"Now what do I owe this royal treatment to?" Ross asked with a chuckle, Trunks looked up as Gotein grabbed her suitcase.
"Oh well we haven't had anyone to pick on lately… so now that we get to pick on you we can't wait to get you back" Trunks said with a grin.
"Oh yeah of course, you guys must me bored stiff without the brains of the team around" she said with a grin as the boys rolled their eyes.
"Right" Gotein said as Ross laughed, and then turned to her larger than life father.
"Dad… thanks for coming… I know with mom still being angry with me well…" Ross trailed out in thought as Goku just grinned and hugged her tightly.
"Don't worry Ross… I'm glad I'm here for you" Ross smiled as he let go of her and the team began to make their way out of the room, she turned to finally realize Vegeta was in the corner.
"Wasn't expecting you to come… I'm glad to see you did though" Ross said with a puzzled expression on her face.
"Why has your energy signal changed… its so much more powerful than before and I know that a few weeks of rest can't make that much of a difference in your energy" he said as Ross scratched the back of her head.
"You noticed huh… well lets just say I got a power boost… heh" she said as Vegeta raised a brow, but before he could protest Ross was out the door.
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'BEEP BEEP BEEP'
"What is that?" Goku asked as they began to pack Ross' bags into Trunks car. Everyone looked around in question of where the beeping was coming from; Ross stepped out of the hospital to see them looking around for God knows what.
'BEEP BEEP BEEP'
"Hey its coming form here" Trunks said opening Ross bag to pull out a raggedy book and what looked like a mirror, Trunks began to open it but heard a shriek from behind him to see Ross rushing as fast as she could to him.
"NO don't open that!" she said snatching the book from him and then groaning in response from seeing her mirror communicator once again, she opened it slowly and then rolled her eyes from the image it held.
"WHERE THE HELL, HAVE YOU BEEN!?!? I'VE HAD SCOUTS LOOKING FOR YOU, FOR ALMOST A MONTH!!!!" Koenma screamed through the mirror making Ross hold her ears.
"Stop screaming brat you're making my ears bleed" she growled as the group of men around her started at her in question, Ross grinned uneasily and turned around for privacy.
"What do you want? I thought I told you to leave me alone" she asked in question as Koenma pointed a fat baby finger at her face through the communicator.
"You don't have the amethyst stone do you?? I can't sense it anywhere its energy signal has completely diminished where is it?? You know you can't live very long without that and it's your soul duty to protect it-" Ross stopped his bickering with a raised hand and sighed confidently.
"Don't worry Koenma I know the consequences of my actions… but I still have up to a year until that happens and we both know that… don't worry the stone is in good hands… but I am not taking it back, I will take the responsibility of dying, but I refuse to be apart of this game anymore" Ross said as she heard the questioning shocked grunts from her father and comrades.
"WHAT GAME??? THIS IS NOT A GAME YOU ARE THE KEEPER OF THAT PENDANT, YOU HAVE TO WATCH IT, YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE!!!" he screamed as Ross just shook her head.
"Not anymore I'm not, deal with it" Ross shut the communicator after her last words with a snap, and turned to see her comrades looking at her with horror.
"You… you're gonna die?" Gotein asked as Ross flittered her hand.
"Not today I'm not, don't worry about it" she said as they just stared at her with open mouths as she threw her bag into the back of the car and motioned for them to follow her.
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"Are you sure you're ok?" Gotein asked as Ross just nodded now snug in her own bed, he smiled warmly and turned the light out.
"Goodnight sis" he said as he closed the door, trudging up the stairs to the living room with Trunks, Ross sighed as she took out her long forgotten journal.
'I'm sorry that I have forgotten you for so long… I haven't had the time to think myself, after Hiei left… I haven't had any reason to write I know I was trying to be a normal human… trying to be something I'm not and I know that now… I know that giving back that pendant was the beginning of my own independence, even if it is only short lived… I'd rather die then be a pawn in this world's evil game again. I'm a fighter, and I know I've known I've known that for a long time… I was just scared I suppose… scared of realizing that me and Rosa are so much alike in many ways…. and now that we're one everything makes since, I can smell things in a different light, and even if I die because of this… at least I can say I wasn't fake… and I think its about time I began to show everyone else the real me… as ugly as it is… I think having no make-up just makes me that much more real'
Ross sighed as she placed the raggedy pieced of lace as her marker and hid the journal under her mattress, she sighed lightly as she went to feel the light scar above her heart, she yawned lightly and closed her eyes enjoying the silence without the beeping of her future in the background.
'I'm gonna be me…. even if it kills me' light breathing replaced her thoughts quickly as sleep played upon her features and brought her under its spell.
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'Daddy's he's soooo cute!!!" screamed a black haired fire demon, with a sundress that looked like it was painted on, her bright orange eyes shown through the dimly lit room.
"I thought he told you Fiera that he didn't want to marry you" a pudgy man in the corner commented making the girl fume.
"I can change that!!! I'll make him mine Daddy I promise!!!" Fiera screamed as the man chuckled.
"Oh course sweetheart what ever you want is yours" the man's comment made Fiera's lips curl upwards into a devious grin.
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"Ross!! Hey ROSS!!!" screamed a feminine voice from behind her, the blonde girl turned around to see her old friend Em running down the school hall while she waved a test in the air.
"I got a 96!! Can you believe it!!" the brown haired girl screamed happily as she topped in front of Ross' form, knelling down as she panted for air.
"That's great… it's about chemistry started making sense" Ross laughed as Em flashed her, a knowing grin.
"Hey… when did you get your cartilage pierced?" the teen asked as Ross just went to touch the top of her left ear, where a silver barbell now decorated it.
"Oh… I don't know a week ago I guess…" Ross said scratching the back of her head with a goofy grin.
"Oh… well I like it… anyways I better get going… Ben is waiting for me heh I'll see ya later" Em yelled as she turned around blushing as she ran down the hall the opposite way.
"Haha have fun with Benny… hehe" Ross tried to suppress a laugh from her friend's reaction of talking about meeting her boyfriend, suddenly a surge of pressure built up in her chest making her lose a step backwards and close her eyes to focus her attention on breathing.
'Not again… remember it will pass… it's just a damn side effect, nothing more' Ross kept reassuring herself that these pains she kept experiencing were just side effects of her separating of the stone, and that they wouldn't get any worse… though she knew they would.
Ross looked down at her watch quickly to see it was already 4.
'Damnit I'm gonna be late for that fricken school thing down town…. GRRRR great' Ross ran to the exit in hopes of getting out of the parking lot that one minute sooner.
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"And remind me why I agreed to this again Keiko?" Yusuke asked as he crossed his arms stubbornly when Keiko took a seat in the bleachers.
"Because this school assessment class will be good for you… besides Kurama and Kuwabara are gonna be here too… come on Yusuke please, do it for me" Keiko looked pleadingly in Yusuke eyes making him break down.
"Grrr fine whatever" Yusuke groaned as the room began to fill up.
"Hey guys glad to see you made it" Kuwa slapped Yusuke on the shoulder as he sat down in a chair by the couple with Yukina, who had started school that fall.
"Yeah yeah…" Yusuke mumbled as Kurama and Ellie made there way down the room as well looking for a place to sit.
"Hey Ellie Ku- Shuichi!!" Keiko screamed getting their attention, almost forgetting to call Kurama by his human name, the two kitsunes made there way to the little group that was forming.
"Hello Keiko its good to see you again" Kurama said flashing a warm smile as Ellie greeted them all and blushes slightly when Kurama grabbed her hand and led her to two vacant seats beside Yukina.
"Thank you" Ellie mumbled softly as Kurama smiled at her lovingly.
"Oh course Elle" he said sitting next to her again and grabbing her hand once again, making the kit blush a tinge of pink.
"So… I see things are doing well with everyone" Yusuke said trying to make conversation as everyone began to chat about what they had been doing in the last 3 months, until a young woman of about 25 with long lavender hair averted their attention to the front of the room.
"Hello students and welcome to the school assessment class, today you will be-" she was cut off when a something came tumbling into the room and growled in response for being late.
"Oh… uh… sorry I had the wrong… time" Ross looked around blushing lightly as she scratched the back of her head when she stood up and the woman nodded.
"It's quite alright, please just take a seat" she said pointing Ross to a vacant seat which she took quickly.
"Hey… isn't that Ross?" Keiko asked as the rest of they team leaned forward to get a better look.
"hey yeah it is… huh? I wonder what's she's doing here… thought she would still be in the hospital or something" Yusuke said leaning back into his chair until he heard Yukina gasp from his comment.
"Hospital… is she hurt… what happened oh my goodness..." Yukina put a hand to her mouth a Kuwa went to console her glaring at Yusuke for spilling the beans.
"Heh opps" Yusuke grinned but soon received a death glare from Keiko.
"Why didn't you tell me???" She asked as Yusuke just shrugged.
"I don't know…"
'SMACK'
Yusuke was now on the floor holding his cheeks as they burned from Keiko's assault.
"Why don't we ask her to come and join us?" Ellie asked making Kurama look at her and then back to his long lost sister.
"Alright" He stood up and went to talk to the blonde saiyan who was now conversing with a bunch of people about this and that. That is until Kurama's fangirls began to giggle and chat about him; Ross turned to see the red head approaching and then heard the happy sighs and gossip from the girls around her.
"Hi Suichi!" a girl with bright green hair as she stood up to flutter her eyes at the red-head who just smiled sweetly, and then went to approach Ross again only to get stopped once more by mob of his followers.
"Yes it's nice to see you all too… I was actually wondering if-" but then teen never got to finish his request as he was bombarded by more fan girls, Yusuke approached them and grabbed Kurama from the attack.
"Hey what he came over for was to ask if she wanted to come over with us" Yusuke said pointing to Ross who just stared at him letting a sweat drop roll down.
"Sorry she's already taken… but you can have one of us" said a blonde with dark blue eye shadow smudged across her eyes, Yusuke growled and yanked Ross up from her seat.
"Yeah she IS already taken, by us" Yusuke said as Ross looked on in confusion as Yusuke dragged her and Kurama back to the group as he went to sit down, Ross stood in front of them with her arms crossed and a bewildered look played upon her features.
"Uh… what may I ask possessed you to do that?" Ross asked her eyebrow arched waiting for an answer.
"Like I said you already belong to us... and it didn't seem Kurama was making any progress over there so I figured I would cut" Yusuke said making Ross laugh lightly.
"Yeah I suppose I understand… those girls can be-" but Ross was cut short when Yukina through herself around her.
"Oh Ross I'm so glad you're ok, I've been so worried and what's this talk about the hospital and-" Yukina stopped when she realized her friend was a shade of purple, letting go she mumbled sorry and a blush brushed he cheeks elegantly.
"It's alright… I'm just glad to know you don't hate me" Ross said getting a confused look from the ice maiden.
"Why would I hate you?" Yukina asked confused making Ross just sigh and shake her head.
"Because I'm a liar…" Ross stopped when she looked around at the faces which surrounded her.
"Anyways… it's good to see that everyone is well" Ross said as the group smiled, she sat down in a backward chair and began to pick her nails, not knowing what to say.
"It's good to see you're out of the hospital so soon" Kurama said with a warm smile, as Ross sighed and nodded.
"Yes well… I couldn't stand being stuck in that damn bed… I'm glad that I made the right decision to go back to fighting… I told Koenma to shove that stone up his ass; he still wants me to be his little puppet… I know he knows that I know that I'm gonna die if I don't get that stone… I only have about 6 months… and since I refuse to do it anyways its killing him." Ross said getting shocked expression from around her.
"You're… just gonna die like that?!?" Kuwa yelled getting a few glances from the other students around him, Ross sighed and nodded.
"Yup… that's the plan at least…I can't stand knowing that if I do this for him I'm just saving him from his daddy's raff when I've gotten into so much trouble in the process… I'm not doing the right thing and I've realized that the only way to prove myself and clear my conscious of all the stupid things I've done is to die of a true pure heart… if I were to take control of the stone again I would only tamper it and make it impure in power… I don't have a pure soul anymore so I can't be right rightful owner… not until… clear my conscious at least" Ross murmured at the end making, the group just stare at her.
"You… can't just die…. I mean how can you just throw your life away?" Yusuke asked knowing that his emotions were getting the better of him.
"I should have died years ago… but I was too stubborn… it's not like I don't deserve it…besides dying isn't all that bad" Ross said getting a stern loon from the red head across from her.
"This has something to do with Hiei doesn't it" Ross eyes flashed an heated red but then went back to her normal sapphire as she growled from his comment.
"Hn why would I care what the bastard thinks, besides I'm sure he would kill me himself if he got the chance" Ross snorted at the end as she glared at the opposing wall.
"Excuse me do you mind if I sit?" Ross looked up to see a raven haired girl, she had olive skin and her hair just met her hips decorated with red highlights her eyes were a bright orange, she wore a short… a little too short green skirt with what looked like a black halter top… in the middle of summer???
"You look familiar have we met?" Kurama asked as she shook her head and smiled.
"No… but you guys seem to nice so I figured I would-"
"Hey I remember you…. you're that fire chick we had to save a couple years ago… Fiera or something right?" Kuwa said as she grumbled from being caught.
"Yeah that's me… I've just been sent from Koenma to join your group" She said making Ross almost lose her balance.
"I'm sorry I don't think we've met… I think you're the one I'm replacing… uh… Ross right" Ross growled and nodded.
"Yeah sure…. that's me, glad to know you know what you're hear for… if you'll excuse me for a moment" Ross was stopped by Fiera pulling her back down.
"No please don't go, we haven't even talked… I've heard soooo much about you and Koenma told me that" Ross just stood and shook her head.
"Yeah that's great I would chat…"
"Fiera" she responded.
"Right Fiera but I have a ton of work to do with um… school and shi- I mean stuff see ya later… you guys call if you need me" Ross said but as soon as the words left her mouth she was gone.
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'I can't believe he is fucken replaced me with that! her ki isn't even half as strong as anyone else on the team What the fucken hell is going on?' Ross thought as she made it to her front door to see her father talking to what looked like a messenger… Ross walked closer to see they messenger turn and then say something she didn't catch and hand her a note, disappearing as soon as he came.
Ross looked at the note in confusion… but then tore it open slowly… she felt her hands treble with rage from what she read.
'He'll be mine… even if I have to kill him. Watch your back ningen'
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psyco dragon lover- haha no I don't think this is going to be the last of the series yet… and thank you for the compliment on my poetry I really appreciate it!
kittykat89-thank you!
Lady chaos- thanks for the compliment on my poems…::dodges fork:: alright well here's your update NO MORE FORKS PLEASE!! And Hiei is coming into the picture more I promise!
Dark-Bladed-Warrior- thank you… I'm glad you think it is great! :: looks over to see Tony the tiger:: Uh… ::grins and eats corn flakes:: hehe
Chichiro Ketsueki- HEY! wait if you tie me up… how would I be able to… update in the first place… ::gets tied up and thrown a keyboard:: I see… well then I'm glad I updated!!!
inu.-sess.fan- yeah… sorry it takes me so long to update, I have a lot of summer assignments to get done before school starts in September. ::does little dance:: oh yeah I don't start school till September ::throws you a #2 pencil:: get cracken on those tests :: laughs loudly::
Elizabeth- haha yeah alright well here's your update and me I would be more worried about what the saiyans are gonna do when they find out Ross' is Hiei's reincarnated mate…hehe :: hands you a doughnut:: Yummy!
Arano Honou- hey ya… yeah its ok that you said the Amber stone… heh as long as you got the first two letters right hehe ::drinks coffee and eats a doughnut:: and thanks for coffee I need it to keep writing so late at night hehe… oh right your question well if you look at the last chappie… chappie 15 and go to Rosa's flashback she and Hiei died and an attack from arrows… its kinda confusing I know but if you read over it, it will make sense.
ICE-QUEEN605- yeah well I finally got started on my school work… or summer work and got a lot of it done, no all I have to do is 200 pages of notes for my AP American history and psychology classes… already did my A.P English homework…WOOT!! Yeah I start school the um… 7th of September I think… hmm gotta check on that LOL
Kat1132- thank you I'm glad you like it!
HieiFan666- hey ya! Yeah I know how it is to be away from home don't worry about it… and yes Hiei is coming back into the story I promise!!!
HieisFireOnna- haha thank you! I have a tendency to do the impossible, and trust me combining DBZ and YYH is a very hard task… I feel honored to have accomplished it!!!