Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Slumber Party! ❯ Tori's Dare ( Chapter 4 )

Sighing, Tori shoved a lock of her blonde hair behind an ear and stood up, taking the blanket she had wrapped around herself with her. She would have taken it outside as well had not the end gotten caught on something and it was yanked from her grip. She looked back and gave a grinning Bulma a look like the inside of a dark cave and turned back to the door.

"Remember!" Chi Chi yelled in a whisper, if that makes any sense! "You can't ask him or it doesn't count!"

"I know! I know!" Tori growled back at her, "Stop pushing me! I'm going, okay!"

"We'll be watching!" Marron said, giggling behind her hand. Chi Chi reached over and smacked her, telling her to hush.

Piccolo opened one eye, looking to his left where he saw the new girl closing the door behind her. She wore only a long tee-shirt and he could see he shivering from the cold as she stood there, seemingly uncertain, her arms embracing herself as she stood there.

Great. How am I going to do this? Tori stood there realizing how foolish she must look, standing on the porch in her nightshirt shivering in the middle of the night, for god's sake! She closed her eyes, breathed deeply, and opened them again, smiling as she walked towards Piccolo.

What is she up to? Piccolo didn't know, but he didn't like the way she was smiling. It was as if she weren't really smiling at him, more like through him. It gave him an odd feeling he wasn't sure he liked. What's more, something glinted in the moonlight and he realized she held something in her right hand. A weapon? Was she planning on attacking him? Why?

Before he could do anything, though, she had grabbed the end of his long, flowing white cape and with a few slashes had severed a small piece. She held it in her hand along with the scissors Chi Chi had given her for the task and looked back at the house where she knew the others were watching.

"What are you doing?!" Piccolo cried, when he realized what had just happened, "My cape!"

Tori knew her dare would be forfeited if she spoke, so she just pretended not to hear and turned and ran back into the house, slamming the door behind her. Bulma pulled her into the living room and Marron threw a pillow at them. "I thought you'd have chickened out, Tori!" Bulma cried, laughing.

"Was he mad?" Marron asked, looking nervously towards the door, "I hope that didn't make him mad?"

"Probably!" Tori said, still holding her prize, "But I think he was more shocked than anything…Oh, I hope I didn't ruin his clothes…"

"Oh, don't worry!" Chi Chi said, "He can summon another cape. It's no big deal."

Piccolo stood near the pond, holding one end of his cape in his hands and looking down at the missing part. He couldn't believe what that girl just did! How…? What was she thinking? He shook his head, shrugged off the cape, which disapeared before it hit the ground and summoned a replacement out of thin air.

Better watch out for grinning females with scissors, He thought as he went back to his mediation, That girl is odd…