Babysitting (Koli/Open)

[Haku]

It was another one of those boring days for little Haku as he decided to venture out into the middle of town to get a bit to eat. The big Spire tower was still visible -always-, nothing interesting ever happening inside the city. He had just gotten back from a scouting mission in the outskirts of Rad City where there had been reports about suspicious people lurking around. They thought they were spies or something but in the end Hakusai found absolutely nothing of interest; another mind-numbingly dull mission with no real point. He hated taking the small fries, but it was all there was.

The boy strolled around the main square with a bun pursed between his lips. He wore his saiyan military armor as usual so everyone was aware of his status. The smell of freshly baked bread was probably his favourite scent of all when it came to food, and this evening it was radiating through the plaza. He was humming to himself, observing with detached eyes and an apathetic gaze at his surroundings bustling with business and marketing. The voices of Merchants and Dealers could be heard above the monotonous crowd of customers, selling their annoying and worthless propaganda. The saiyan boy remained unperturbed though; the collective and continuous sound of pedestrian voices cluttered together and formed into a uniform humdrum of meaningless babble -in essence, diffusing the loud-mouthed charlatans and their commercial schemes.

"Well hey there big spender!" a large man said, attempting to get Haku's attention.

The boy's expression formed into that of a repressed subtle anger brooding within him. He glanced at the fatso and offered him a few seconds of his time to make his proposition. The old man whipped out an old pair of gloves and flashed them in the boys impartial face. The seller's tail twirled with greed and delight, "You look like a very strong saiyan, I imagine you get sent to plenty life threatening missions out there!"

Haku's anger seemed to cool down -if only slightly- and a pleasing grin crept up his face. Kissing up to customers was the first and most sacred rule of any peddler. The salesmen grinned at the positive response and continued to glorify the piece of fabric. "These gloves are special gloves," he said, "the fabric is thin, but they repel light energy attacks!"

Haku's smile dropped again, "Are you saying I need help from a piece of filthy cloth?"

The merchant grew nervous and stuttered, "N-no!" he said waving his hands frantically, "But a tough guy like you shouldn't have to get his hands dirty from cruddy mongrels, is all I'm saiyan!"

Haku thought it over for a while and imagined him wearing the gloves during battle. It wasn't the thought of it aiding him in battle that seemed to dazzle him, but the elegance and superiority which it emanated off of his flawless figure. The boy finished wolfing down his loaf of bread and grinned mischievously, snapping the gloves off the vendor's hands.

"Hehe! I knew a smart guy like you would see it my way!" the man said with a gleeful grin, rubbing his hands against each other. But from the moment he opened his eyes the saiyan boy was already walking away. "Hey! You forgot to pay!" he called out. Haku was admiring his new gloves when he retorted with a sharp glare.

"I risk my life everyday to make sure your little tail is in order, you said it yourself -this is the least you could do to thank me!" he said with a stoic grimace, which then turned to joy when he turned back to his gauntlets and continued on his way.

"Help! Someone help!" the man called, but everyone ignored him and went about their business as the boy walked away, pleased with his new accessory.

Now all I need is a pair of cool shades like Kal's... he thought.

[Legendary]

Koli smirked as she watched the exchange between the kid and the merchant. The merchant had been rather poorly trying to entice the kid into most likely spending ever sent he had on those gloves as was evidently common fair for these merchants as far as Koli could tell, they were almost as bad as the merchants on Ziyos Three, those bastards had somehow managed to sell her a scouter that was quite literally held together with rubber bands and tape. Suffice it to say the fool merchant hadnt made it to the end of the day when Koli had learned of the deceit. Her teammates for the mission had been quite amused by it however and for the rest of the mission hadn't let Koli live it down. This kid however handled the merchant perfectly. He'd just waltzed off with the gloves without a care in the world.

Koli rather honestly doubted the gloves were as good as the man claimed but hey free gloves was not something to scoff at especially if they were even half of what the man boasted them to be. Koli wandered past the stall giving the man a 'sit down and shut up' glare as she did so receiving an appropriately confused and accepting look from the man as she moved to catch up with the Kid. The crowd was making her efforts to do so however rather annoyingly difficult and eventually Koli just gave up on being nice and started actively shoving people out of her way. "Oi you Kid! Uhh.." Koli frowned in annoyance as she tried remembering the name of the kid. She'd been assigned her first bit of work on Earth and alongside her for the mission was this kid, she'd gotten a picture of him from HQ which was how she even recognized the brat but now she was blanking on the name.

"You with the gloves wait the fuck up!" Koli growled as she shoved yer another Saiyan out of her way and finally managed to close the gap between herself and the kid. "I fucking hate crowds." Koli said shooting annoyed glares at the people around herself many of whom were people she had already shoved who were getting back to what they had been doing. "Oi I'm about ninety percent sure I'm supposed to meet up with you for a mission. I'm Koli and if your not the kid I'm looking for I'm going to break someones nose... probably not yours. Probably that asshole." Koli said pointing her thumb at the merchant whom Haku had 'received' his new gloves from.

[Haku]

Haku was strolling carelessly through the crowd. Being so short had its perks, it was as if everyone just moved aside and opened a path for the saiyan child and then close behind him like a wave. If it weren't for this, he would probably be a lot more angry and violent. He, of course, was unaware of the woman who had been calling out to him amongst the crowd. Her voice just seemed to be absorbed by the one-way current of pedestrian saiyans, his tail being the last thing she would see until she got aggressive and pushed forward. After a while though, he had finally heard her call.

Hakusai frowned at the tone of her voice. Did she know who she was speaking to? He wondered, turning to meet with the face of that pestering cry. The boy was silently sizing her up from head to toe. She was just about a head taller, showing her strong and defined figure through a sleeveless skin-tight shirt. Her hair was also a bit too neat compared to saiyan warriors in the military -not to mention she wasn't wearing the battle armor. Haku quickly wrote her off as a civilian, but he was soon surprised to learn of their joint mission together. He smirked, pleased with her saiyan-like attitude and crossed his arms over his chest.

"I haven't heard anything about this mission," he stated. Haku wasn't really planning to go by the Headquarters today, but apparently they surprised him with a mission. He sighed. The fact that he was being teamed up with a person like her meant he was to babysit or something, if it were that urgent he would have probably gotten word of it. "Alright," he said, still unconvinced, "What are the details..."