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Hiya! Life's been good, a little rough but good. I'm pleased with the reviews I'm getting and I'm hoping that you guys enjoy what I'm doing. Without any further delays he's chapter 6.

One Big Family

Back up on the Bebop Spike decided to wander, he had seen the hanger, living room, and kitchen. He hadn't been able to check out the rest of the ship. The first thing he noticed was the bathroom, the once grungy, cramped, and dirty little room was now at least 3 times it's size and was now complete with a sink and toilet. And much to his happiness Spike found that right next to the shower was a small cabinet that you could reach into that was filled with towels.

After inspecting the bathroom he hurried down to the bedroom section. That too had also been renovated. The walls were painted and the floors were carpeted the same with the hanger and kitchen. Right next to each room was a small hamper for dirty laundry, and a small shoe department, just incase. Since he had only seen what was outside the rooms, what was inside made him even more curious.

Deciding to be mischievous he opened the door to Faye's room and peeked in. Her room was painted baby-blue that when in space made it look white, her floor was carpeted a deep violet that was a bit lighter then her hair. Her bed was big enough to fit 2 people and had a deep blue/green aqua quilt, sheets, and pillows; it was right up against a huge window that gave you a fabulous view. Right next to her bed was a desk and drawer, and right above the drawer was a huge mirror that you could see your entire body in. Spike assumed that the desk was for work and the drawer was where she kept all of her clothes. A light on the ceiling lighted the room and she also had a small little light near her bed probably to use to read before she went to sleep; it was a neat and tidy room that Spike quickly took a liking too.

"Wow if her room looks like that I wonder what mine will look like?" Spike thought out loud to himself. When he open the door to his room his jaw dropped and the cigarette that he once held in his mouth fell to the ground. His room had been painted a deep forest green that matched his hair and the carpet was a light blue that had small decoration of guns on it. His bed once unmade and covered with dirty sheets was now as big as Faye's with clean white sheets and a thick comforter. His clothes that had once covered the floor were now in a brand new drawer with a mirror above it just liked Faye's just it was a bit smaller. But what surprised him the most was a door in his room that he had never had before. Opening up the door was on of the best things he ever did. Inside the door was a room a bit bigger than his room that had been transformed into a gym. It had every single kind of work out equipment from his trusty punching bag to the smallest lightest weights. The room had a lighter forest green carpet and was lit by a huge light on the ceiling. But was made the room so amazing was a huge window that covered almost half of the room.

"Spike………Spike where are you!" Spike snapped out of his trance when he heard Jet call.

"I'm in my room" Jet soon came into the gym and smirked at his friends reaction.

"You like it?"

"Was this your idea?"

"No it was all Faye's idea, during the time that you had been gone she got the idea that if you came back that she would fix your room up and make you a gym and then make you her personal slave. I was against it from the start, but when I saw how well she fixed it up I kind of used it. Sorry."

"It's okay, she wanted to make me her personal slave?"

"Hey I had no idea what was going through that woman's head at the time, so you can ask her your self. By the way, how did you little reunion go?" Jet asked hoping to get a good story.

"Actually it went great, she got a little racked up when she first saw me but then completely warmed up. I really like the way that she's turned out believe it or not. She took me to that little diner up the street from the school and she told me almost everything. I still can't believe that she's going out with Andy; she deserves so much more." Spike said indignantly.

"Sounds like somebody's jealous." Jet replied with amusement in his voice.

"I am not jealous Jet, I'm beginning to think that maybe your spending too much time with the girls. You're starting to reek of femininity." Spike countered with a smirk.

Jet was just about to open his mouth to say something to shut the little wise ass up, but quickly closed it when he heard the hanger door open and close.

"That must be Anita, she promised me that she would come by a bit earlier before Faye came to hang out and chill with me. Ever since the girls moved out I get lonely so they come over and have dinner here. Anita comes here early and leaves here late. She says this is were all of her greatest memories are and she likes just to hang out here even if it's to take a nap on the couch."

"Jet I'm here, where are you!?"

"I'm in Spike's room, Spike's here as well!" Jet yelled back.

Anita ran into the room holding a shopping bag in one hand and her forehead in her other. "Hey Jet where's the first aid kit?"

Jet immediately went over to Anita to check out her head. When she removed her hand, Spike saw a huge gash on the right side of her head.

"Spike I need you to get the first aid kit, it's in the bathroom under the sink." Jet ordered not taking his eyes away from Anita. Spike nodded and quickly ran to the bathroom. Looking under the sink he grabbed the fist aid kit and ran back into the room.

"Anita that's doesn't look like something you would get if you hit your head on the corner of you desk, I'm having a hard time believing you." Jet said while applying antiseptic on her head.

"What did she say happened?"

"She said that when she was about to leave she cell phone fell off her desk and when she went to pick it up she bashed her head against the edge of it." Jet replied in a disbelieving voice.

"I'm telling the truth I-" But she was cut off when Jet showed her a small piece of glass that he had pulled out of the gash.

"Then explain this, your desk is wooden and this is glass. Anita is it him?" Jet asked in a concerned voice.

Anita's eyes fell to the ground. "Yes, he keeps on trying to get me in bed with him."

Spike who had been quiet the entire time finally had enough. He needed to know everything that had been going on. Walking quickly to the door he locked it and sat down.

"Spike what the hell did you do that for?"

"I think that this is very unfair to me, you guys are talking about something that I should know about. Now I'm not going to unlock this door until I get all of the answers I want."

"Fine now what do you want to know?" Jet asked in a somewhat annoyed voice. He knew that Spike always wanted to know about everything that was going on around him, but he didn't have to hold them hostage to get it.

"First off who the hell is threatening you like that? Secondly what the hell is going on and why haven't you said anything about it, and thirdly, why the hell did you change you name to Anita?"

" I changed my named to Anita because that was my mother's name. That's basically the only thing I remember about her except that I look like and exact replica of her when she was my age. I have a picture of her in my room, I'll show it to you later." Anita explained hoping to get off the subject of the person.

"But you still have to tell me why the hell someone is threatening you and who the hell he or she is."

Anita sighed and spoke, "His name is Akita Hazama we went out with each other when we were juniors in high school. He was the popular stud and I was the new girl. We were study buddies for a technology project, and while me being me I was able to get things done in minutes, when for others it would have taken hours. After a few months of being friend our relationship went to the next level; we have been going out since."

"That still doesn't explain to me why he's doing all of these things to you."

"I'm getting to that, anyway about 6 months ago he found out that I was Radical Edward; I told him that I have left that behind and he believed it for a while until he saw me with mom bounty hunting."

"Mom"

"Faye"

"Oh"

"Anyway, ever since then he has made a goal to bed Radical Edward; at first it was trying to make me feel comfortable, and almost coaxed me into doing it, but I realized what was going on before anything happened. Then afterwards I broke up with him, but he still keeps on coming back. Lately he's been leaving me alone, but today I came home and he was in the house; I have no idea how he got the key and he just tried to force himself on me."

Jet who was shocked to here this was the first to speak. "Why didn't you tell me this is what going on. You told me that he was trying to have sex with you but you didn't tell me that he was trying to hurt you."

"I didn't know it would get this bad. This is the first time he's physically tried to hurt me, but I don't know if I want to go home, I'm real scared. I got this cut because he threw a glass at my head. There you know what's going on can I please go now."

"Yes you may go right after a have a small word with you." With that Spike unlocked the door and opened it for Jet to leave. When Jet was out of the room he looked at Anita and spoke.

"How would you like it if I taught you self-defense. From what I hear this guy could be trouble and I don't want the only kid I can tolerate getting hurt." Spike smirked and then grimaced when Anita punched him playfully on the arm. Damn that girl could pack a punch!

"Sure that would be great, when can we start?"

"As soon as the black and blue mark on my arm clears up. You've got a strong punch there. I hate to say it but you get it from-"

"My father, I know I'm not proud of it but his strength is in me."

"By the way, does Faye know about this?"

"No I haven't told her yet."

"You really should, she cares a lot about you, it's really easy to see. You know more than anyone that she would help you out with anything."

"Your right, I'll tell her later okay, let's get going mom's here and she's probably already got dinner cooking. Hmm T-bone steak."

Spike chuckled at Anita; she had a bit of drool coming out of the side of her mouth. They both went out of Spike room and into the living room.

Dinner that night was wonderful; everybody laughed and talked. They all forgot about their problems and troubles and enjoyed Spike's first night back on to the Bebop. At one point Spike commented on Faye's weight and Faye pulled her gun out at him, which made the night even more entertaining. After dinner they all gathered around the living room and talked. Ein was their and gave Spike a bite on the leg and a lick on the face as a welcome and a warning saying that if he ever left again that there would be grave consequences. All in all the night of Spike's return was a very bright one indeed.

Alrighty chapter 6 is complete and please as I said send me some of you ideas for this story by e-mail. Oh yeah please don't expect me to up-date very quickly okay so please don't flame me and as always please review.

Blue Vixen