Focus... Focus...
Regenerating lost limbs was not one of Zero's gifts. Even using a Namekian soul will not helping his fight any. But, losing your arm tends to be a bother, and he really wanted his domanant arm back.
Focus...
Even the slightest disturbance could ruin it....
Almost got it...
"HEY, ZERO!"
SPLAT!
Skylark bursts into the room to see Zero look at his brand new third leg coming out of his shoulder. Zero sighs, rips out the leg, and looks at Skylark.
"Yes? What is it?"
"We were just wondering how the limb regeneration was going."
Zero throws the leg at Skylark and starts making many threats about souls, bones, and toilets. Skylark runs away, wondering what turned Zero in a jerk. Last time I check up on HIM, says Skylark to himself.
Focus...
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"How's the wrapping going, Roas?"
Ninya walks away from her own X-mas wrapping and checks up on her comrade. Roas, it seems, as fallen for the third danger of X-mas really bad. His hair is covered in wrapping paper and he ran out of tape on the Keychain he got for Anon. He sighs in desperation.
"Giddy."
"You know, Roas. All you have to do is ask, and i'll help you out." Ninya rests her arm of Roas's head. "I bet I can do a little better job."
Roas grunts. "I doubt it. I bet your gifts look just like... mine?"
Ninya's gifts look perfect. Only one strap of tape were used on each gift, and not even the girl scouts could do a better job of making the boxes look perfect. There were even bows on top of them.
Roas looks at the gifts, then at his gift, then at Ninya. "I could do that, but I don't wanna."
Ninya smiles, then hits Roas in the back of the head lightly. "Uh-huh. Sure."
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Focus...
Zero really starts to focus. The area around the shoulder starts to shake. The arm is about to break through...
"Zero!"
SPLAT!
Rune storms into Zero's room to see the soul stealer look at the new right hand he just made. Sadly, the rest of the arm is missing. Zero sighs, rips off the hand, and looks at his landlady.
"Yes? What is it?"
Rune stomps right up to Zero's face and glares right into his eyes. "Get your stupid student out of the kitchen this instant! She and Anon nearly ruined the X-mas dinner!"
Zero tweaks his ear and turns his head away. "The dinner was basiclly screwed the moment Anon pulled the straw..."
Rune grabs Zero by the hair and starts to pull him to the door. "This is no time for jokes, young man! Get in the kitchen and at least give them a hand!"
Despite Zero's pleas and his pointing out that Rune herself just told a stinker of a joke herself, Zero is dragged to the kitchen.
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"What about the turkey?"
"Umm... needs more butterstoch!"
"YEAH!!"
Infiniti and Anon are really coming up with some creative dishies for the X-mas dinner. Sadly, most of them involve some sort of candy. I don't know about you, but the idea of "Mashed Potatoes with Skittles in it" and "Candied Yams coated in chocalate" just didn't sound very good. Zero walks into the Kitchen just in time to save the prized bird.
"INFINITI!!"
The young student freezes in her tracks to hear her now enraged master standing behind her. She turns slowly and avoids looking into her masters eyes.
"H-h-hi, Master Zero..."
Zero sighs, and then snaps his fingers. A soul gem appears in his hand, and he slowly walks up to Anon.
"You know the drill, Anon. Put this on."
Anon takes a few steps back. "I don't know, man. The last time I put that on..."
"... you had thirty hot chicks drooling all over you. And i'm also pretty sure that one chick keeps tapping on your window every night..."
Anon grabs the soul gem out of Zero's hand and slaps it on before anyone can question the tapping. A flash of soul energy, and Anon's hair turns sandy blonde, grows out a bit, and... he get breasts.
Anon starts to cook, while everyone else is quite stunned. Zero walks up slowly and feels the gem now on Anon's right hand, and pulls back quickly.
"Oops. Wrong soul."
Rune grabs him by his cloak and sneers, "WHO'S SOUL DID YOU GIVE HIM?!?"
Zero turns he eyes away, just like his student. "Well, um, I was aiming for that Yan Can Cook guy, you know, the crazy guy. Well, um..."
"YES?!?"
"...Um... it seems that I grabbed...um..."
"YES?!?!"
"...It seems that I grabbed Martha Stewert's instead."
Everyone turns around to see that Anon, in the little time that elapsed, had compleated a 100 course meal, added another stove, and made the place look real nice. Anon looks at the group and smiles.
"Okay, now it's time to work on the bedrooms!"
Before Anon could even move, Zero rips the Soul Gem off of his hand, freeing him from that soul. Anon returns to normal, and looks around.
"Huh? Did I miss something?"
"No."
"Nothing at all."
"You did make a 100 course meal for X-mas. Three days early."
Zero returns to his room, and again starts to medatite.
Focus...
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"So, are you done X-mas shopping?"
Schala and the rest of the woman were resting in the safety of the brand new indoor hot springs, freshly build after the experance at the hot springs a few months before. However, prevous experiances have shown that some people needed watching, and so every few minutes...
"ZERO CHECK!"
Everyone focused their auras and looked around to see if the Shrine's infamous peeping tom was around. After a few seconds Schala, the one with the keenest sixth sense, relaxed.
"He's in his room. The new limb must not have kicked in."
Everyone else relaxed as well. "Well thats good," said Ninya in a huff. "He should be grateful that a arm is all he lost in that fight! Fighting an Omega Dragon! What an idiot!"
Alis started laughing. "A total idiot!"
Schala joined in. "A total fool!"
Even Infiniti chipped in. "A total idiotic fool!"
Somewhere, deep in his room. Zero sneezed. He looks at his stub and sees that he had grown a second head. The two faces look at each other and start screaming.
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"Hurray!"
Roas never really liked coming here. The cave of the dwarfs was a weird place, mainly because all of the dwarfs were the most terribly happy thing he had ever met in his life.
"Dwarves can see in the dark!"
And for the most stupid reasons.
But, Roas had business here. The special item he ordered was done. His final X-mas gift. Zero's new dagger.
He knocked on the door. A gruff reply came from within. "Come in!"
Roas walked into the room to see a dwarf, slightly bigger then the others, sitting at his forge. He had a long beard, and wore a apron made of iron, showing that he got off the forge a few seconds ago.
He looks up at Roas and frowns. "Ah, the fool who wants the most dangerous weapon I had ever made."
Roas smiles at his old friend. "Ah, Watts. As happy as ever, I see. Is it ready?"
Watts tosses the dagger on the table. The point digs deep into the table, showing how sharp the blade is. The blade glows with a faint green light.
"Ya know, I don't like the idea of givin' that thing away. It's evil."
Roas grabs the dagger by the hilt and understands why. He can feel the blade try to control him. However, the blade's power is no match for one who can make the Gods themselves bow down to him. He puts the dagger in his pouch and drops some gold on the table.
"Thank you, Mr. Watts. Hope the Light Warriors come around soon, eh?"
With that, Roas activates his time rune and flashes away.
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"Do you feel that?"
The women in the springs all leap into attention and look to the door. Because of the Japanesse style this area of the Shrine was built, a small outline could be seen walking next to the door... and stopping...
Ninya picks up a fairly good sized boulder and chucks it at it. "NICE TRY, ZERO!"
Schala realizes too late what it is. "OH, NO! ITS..."
Luckly, the boulder misses Schala's cat by a few inches. For the poor soul on the other side of the wall...
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Focus... Almost got it!
SPLAT!
BAM!
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The girls put on their towels and run out to check on the damage. "Is he okay?!?!? Magus would freak if he found out that we killed..."
Alis is holding the cat in her arms, petting it as the nervous breakdown fades away. "It's okay. No harm done."
Ninya looks at the hole in the wall, and shakes her head. "Uhh.. guys? I don't think he agrees."
Everyone looks into the large hole in the wall to see Zero, sitting in his bedroom, eyes barely open and out of focus. His brand new right arm is now splattered against the wall, with a very good sized boulder keeping it in place.
Zero dosen't even bother to move or look over. He simply takes his bandana, puts it over his eyes, and forms a fake cigeratte in his hand. He lights it, and stands up.
"COME ON, GET IT OVER WITH!"
Luckly, the beating he got was minumal because it wasn't his fault. However, a small beating at the Shrine to Ghaleon is like getting hit with a smaller brick. It still hurts. A lot.