Blood Red Snow Chapter 2

                                         Lake Mountain Resort
A bus full of newly arriving vacationers was driving down the road to the ski resort. Behind it was a school bus full of teens on a winter school trip. All of the kids were skiers in some form or other with their coach tagging along. Some read, listened to their ipods, or anything to keep themselves entertained while on the road.
Chan: “A 300 dollar cell phone and I get no service!”
Bob: “It’s not your phone, it’s the mountains. I lost my signal an hour ago.”
Rocky: “This sucks! How am I gonna call anyone?!”
Misty: “I’m sure your mommy will be fine without you for a while.”
Chan: “You can email her a love note when we get to the lodge.”
Bob: “Yeah right! I hear this place isn’t even on the net!”
Coach Chandler was not happy.
Chandler: “No this lodge’s got the internet but you’re not gonna use it.”
Chan: “I can’t believe my Dad agreed to this! All the money he puts into this team, we should be going to some place like Aspen, not this dump!”
Chandler: “You wanna go to the Olympics, Chan?”
Chan: “I AM going to the Olympics.”
Chandler: “Not the way you’ve been training.”
Chan: “Excuse me?”
Chandler: “There are a hundred guys across this country that would love to take your place on this team. That’s why we’re not going to Aspen. For the next two weeks, all you’re gonna do is ski and nothing else. Oh, and it was your father’s idea.”
The bus’ continued down the road. In the one in front of the school bus was none other than Toushiro, Vegeta, Goku, Ichigo, Gin, Bulma, Rukia, and everyone else who wanted to go on this vacation. Bulma had rented the bus to use as they had a number of people with them. Grimmjow was looking at the school bus from the back seat.
Grimmjow: “Looks like we’re gonna have some pesky teens with us for the next two weeks.”
Gohan: “I saw the logo on the side of the bus at that last stop. Those guys are a young Olympic Winter Sports team.”
Krillin: “Great. Just what we need, some over confident soon-to-be sport stars trying to prove that they’re better than anyone at the lodge.”
Ichigo: “Maybe with us. But I bet Toushiro there could give them a run for their money!”
Toushiro: “Oh no! I’m not gonna start anything with them!”
Gin: “But if THEY start it, you’ll finish it, right?”
Toushiro just glanced behind him with narrow eyes, a raised eyebrow, and a smirk.
Toushiro: “Whadda you think?”
Vegeta huffed a laugh.
Vegeta: “Hell yeah!”
Chi-Chi: “Now, guys, we’re here to relax and have fun not hurt ourselves putting some spoiled rich kids in their place.”
Rukia: “Tell that to the rich kids.”
Everyone laughed.
Uryu: “Hey, Bulma. I looked up this place and it said that there is a military lab close by. Is that true?”
Bulma: “Yeah it is, Uryu. But I don’t know anyone there, that’s why I picked this resort. This resort also has some of the best ski instructors around. Including one who used to compete in the Winter Olympics and won some gold medals before a training accident forced him to retire.”
Momo, Trunks, Goten, and Orihime: “Cool!”
Goku: “I’ll bet you anything, Vegeta, that at least one of those kids on that bus back there will challenge that poor guy just to show off!”
Vegeta: “I’m not gonna bet against you, Kakarot, because I’m pretty sure of that myself!”
Ulquiorra: “Yeah really.”
Ukitake: “It’ll be nice just to be able to relax for a while.”
Kyoraku: “Yeah, no kiddin’. I need to loosen up these shoulders.”
18: “Just remember that if you do anything you shouldn’t, Kyoraku, Nanao will have your head.”
Rangiku: “Yeah. My poor captain had to promise her to the sky and back to let you join us like this.”
Chad: “I heard this resort has a lot of indoor activities too.”
Renji: “I’m into that. Snow and I don’t get along very well.”
Urahara: “I’m just glad you guys invited us along too! I don’t get out much!”
Yoruichi: “So what’s the name of this resort?”
Bulma: “Lake Mountain Resort!”
Yoruichi: “Sounds fun!”
After about 20 minutes, they finally pulled into the parking lot.
Toushiro: “Remember, Trunks. While we’re here... You and Goten are in MY element, so don’t try anything.”
Trunks gulped. He and Toushiro didn’t get along very well and Trunks always picked on him. But now that they were in the snowy mountains, Trunks was going to leave Toushiro, aka the prince of ice and snow, well alone. The bus pulled in and stopped. They had arrived. The Z-Fighters and friends were already getting out and gathering up their stuff when the school bus parked in front of them. The occupants in the school bus were eager to get off. The lead instructor of the resort lodge, Rick, was apparently a friend of Coach Chandler.
Rick: “Coach, you made it!”
Chandler: “Been a while, eh bud?”
Rick: “Hey listen, I know I promised you you’d have the place to yourselves but some last tourists came in-”
Chandler: “No sweat. We’ll just work around them. I’m just happy to be here!”
Chan: “I’m not.”
It wasn’t hard to not hear them.
Ichigo: “10 bucks says that’s the hotshot.”
Uryu: “His attitude alone says he is.”
Rick: “Hey this is quite a crowd you’ve got here! We can turn these people into champions, no problem!”
Chan: “I am a champion.”
Vegeta: “He’s gonna be the ‘fun’ one.”
Goku: “He already is. Catch.”
Vegeta caught the bag Goku tossed to him. He and Goku were unloading all the bags while Bulma checked them in. The others all were just stretching and gathering up their things.
Rick: “Hey. You’re Chan Brad, right? Yeah I read about you. Nationals last year. That was sweet stuff.”
The young man nodded with a smug smile.
Rick: “But didn’t Hanson pull out at the last second? Kinda taints the victory when your number one rival stays home, don’t it?”
Some of the Z-Fighters and Soul Reapers snickered to themselves.
Vegeta: “Ooohh... Champion by forfeit.”
Goku just chuckled and tossed him another bag. The school team gathered up their things while our heroes and their friends headed in to check out their rooms. Krillin and 18 were gonna stay in a room together with their daughter. Ukitake, Urahara, and Kyoraku were gonna stay in a room together. Bulma and Chi-Chi were staying in a room with Trunks and Goten. Rukia, Momo, Rangiku, Orihime, and Yoruichi were staying in a room all together. Gin was gonna stay with Grimmjow and Ulquiorra. Gohan, Ichigo, Uryu, and Chad were in the same room together. But, like every vacation, there was bound to be a slight mistake. Goku was gonna stay with Gin, Grimmjow, and Ulquiorra. But a slight mixup made that impossible. None of the others had a spare bed and there were no other rooms available.
Bulma: “I’m sorry, Goku. I’ll go talk to the manager.”
Goku: “No that’s ok, Bulma. I’ll stay on the bus.”
Chi-Chi: “In this weather? Are you nuts?!”
Goku: “Well... Where else?”
As Goku, Bulma, and Chi-Chi sorta argued, Vegeta opened the door to his and Toushiro’s room. Toushiro was gonna stay with Vegeta so that the prince could make sure Trunks didn’t try any late night pranks or vis-versa. When they stepped into their room, the problem was solved.
Vegeta: “Hey, Kakarot.”
Goku: “Huh?”
Vegeta: “You can stay with us. We’ve got a spare bed.”
Understandably, Goku was a little stunned. Even now that they were friends, he and Vegeta still had their moments. So the saiyan prince offering to let him stay in the same room as him was understandably a bit of a surprise.
Goku: “Y-You sure?”
Vegeta: “Yeah. Toushiro sleeps next to me anyway so we only need one bed. Besides... Your wife scares me. If she found out I had a spare bed and let you stay outside, she’d gut me.”
Chi-Chi: “I’d shoot you before I gutted you.”
Vegeta: “I rest my case.”
Toushiro: “Heh ha.”
Goku: “Well, alright. Thanks.”
Goku picked up his bag and entered Vegeta’s room. Everyone just listened as Bulma spoke.
Bulma: “Alright. Let’s get settled in and in about an hour or so we’ll go eat, come back, sleep, and tomorrow our vacation will begin!”
Goku: “Great! ‘Cause I’m hungry!”
Renji: “When aren’t you hungry?”
Everyone went into their rooms to get settled. Toushiro just collapsed on one bed while Vegeta started unpacking. Both beds were reasonably big so Vegeta had plenty of room to set the bag on it while he unpacked. Goku put his bag on the other bed and unzipped it. It felt weird to him. Staying in the same room as Vegeta. But it’s better than staying outside in the bus.
Goku: “Hey, Vegeta.”
Vegeta: “What?”
Goku: “Uh... Thanks again... For letting me stay with you and all.”
Vegeta: “Don’t mention it.”
Toushiro: “Do you want me to leave so you two can have your ‘male bonding’ time?”
And Vegeta just, in terms for a saiyan, lightly hit Toushiro on the head who just playfully laughed. Goku just shook his head as he huffed a laugh.
Vegeta: “Start unpacking. And don’t make me throw the coat at you, Toushiro.”
Toushiro: “It’s your socks that I’m scared of.”
And Goku burst out laughing when Vegeta blindfolded the young captain with a pair of his socks and Toushiro just yelled out in disgust.
Toushiro: “Agh... Saiyans.”
Vegeta: “Watch it. You’ve got the two strongest in here with you.”