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Terry hugged Dee, then said to her, "I don't think Rock was listening, but we will see what happens based on his response."

Dee replied, "Yeah, I guess. You know what really worries me about him?"

Terry shook his head, "No, what?"

Dee answered, "That no matter how much you raised him to being a good hearted kid, the Geese Howard in him is just too strong. I am worried that he will turn on both of us someday and end both of our lives. He'd kill you first, and then, while I am in a fit of blinded rage, he'd do what Benimaru should have done to me. The kid is dangerous. And the more I think about it, the more I want to send him to go live in the Harvest Moon lands or something. Someplace where he's far away from us, but not in any danger."

Terry sighed, thinking that Dee had a good point. He then said to her, "We shall see, okay? For now, I think we should just give Rock his space."

Nodding Dee said, "Yeah, I suppose we should."

Looking at his wife now started to seriously worry Terry. The young once known Lone Wolf knew that when Dee has that expression on her face, usually meant that her psychic powers had kicked in to some degree. It was as if she could foresee a disaster before it even happened. He knew that he did as good of a job with Rock as he could have, but he could not shake the feeling that something bad was about to happen and he felt oddly powerless to stop it.

Terry then said to his wife, "Listen, Dee, depending on what Rock writes, I think you may be right to send Rock away for a while. I mean, he obviously doesn't want to be around us, but... I don't want to put him or us in danger either."

Dee smiled, she said, "Well, we do have to see what Rock thinks about where we can send him. There are two places in my mind right now. The first is Iori's. If he decides to be a nincompoop about this whole punishment and overreacts in his paper, then we send him to Iori's like he's off to boot camp or something. But, if Rock really did get seriously thinking about what life means to him and how scary it was before I got here, we can send him to one of the Harvest Moon lands to be away from us for a while and to really get the sense of independence. Heck, we can even put a little contest before him, just for the fun of it. We can propose that if he does decide he'd rather live in the West, then he's got to out-farm the Hiwatari ranches by placing a new-line of production."

Terry liked Dee's new idea better. He said, "I like that. I mean, no matter what, we have to send Rock away from us so he won't pull a Geese, as much as it pains me to do so. And when he ignored you just now, which I am pretty sure he did, this only makes me certain that we have to. If Rock sees that he is going to get what he wants, I am sure he will be a bit more receptive to your idea."

Dee added, "Plus, we have to keep it as his normal as we can, right?"

Terry nodded, "Exactly."

He sighed again, "I kind of just want to like discuss this right now if he was willing to do so."

Terry then asked Rock, "Rock, please sit down. Your new mom and I wish to talk with you. Relax, you aren't in further trouble, but we do want to discuss concerns we have regarding this episode we had."

Rock sat down obediently, but not really wanting to stay. He urgently wanted to see what that flyer he had in his back pack was all about.

Dee then spoke. She said, "We both are aware that you obviously don't like me because I am alien to you. We are heavily concerned that because of this, you may pull a Geese and try to murder the both of us."

Terry added, "So, to prevent this disaster from happening, you have some options, son."

Dee then furthered, "You can choose to live with Iori if you feel what you really need is to work for your keep or you may choose to live in the Western region of the planet."

"If you do decide you wish to live in the West," Terry went on, "Your mother and I thought of a fun little contest."

Rock groaned and asked, "Is this going to take much longer? I have places to be right now."

Dee then said, "We are serious, and as for how long this is going to take is up to you."

Rock sighed thinking about the deadline on the flyer. He then said, "Tell me the contest about the West, and I'll go there. But then, after that, you two have got to promise me not to bother me any more unless its absolutely urgent."

Dee smiled, "Okay. Well, I can still keep track of you, just to be sure you're safe, but I won't interfere unless your life is in danger."

Terry then said, "The contest is this, you must open a Bogard-Howard joint ranch. You will live in the Forget-Me-Not Valley where Dee has already started the ranch there. You are to try and make better profits than the Hiwatari ranch that your half brother Ochru owns in Mineral Town."

Dee added, "In one Harvest Moon year from now, we will come to see your ranch just to see your progress."

Terry then said, "If you do succeed, Rock, then you may live there permanently and we will move the rest of your things to the ranch."

Dee giggled and said, "I wonder if you will do a better job than Terry did when he worked on that same ranch. Anyway, are you in agreement with these terms?"

Rock then yanked the flyer out of his backpack and asked, "Well, I am okay with it, but...I kind of wanted to do this first."

Dee looked at the flyer. It looked like honest work. She said, "Very well. You may see if you are qualified for the conditions here, but once you settle in there, please consider what Terry and I have suggested, okay?"

Rock nodded, "Okay. Oh, and Ma, sorry about earlier. You may be weird, but as long as I can be independent, I guess that's all that really matters. Well," he stood, "See ya!"

At that Rock left for the location on the flyer thinking, "That turned out better than I thought it would."

Terry looked out the window as he saw Rock head out West. He said to Dee, "It looks like Rock accepted our challenge now."

Dee smiled, "Good. You know, I am so glad that my prediction was right on because now we can guarantee that Rock will be happy."

Terry sighed, "I dunno if he'd be happy, but he has to learn sometime to be independent."

Little did the two Rocks know that Dee was onto their little scheme. Playing it cool, though when Inner arrived, Dee smiled and welcomed him into the mansion.

Dee followed Rock and asked him, "Are you okay, my son? You rarely watch the pegasi graze all by yourself unless Terry or Joe are with you and I don't see either of them anywhere."

(Remember in this RP there is no limit to who is who. Its more like a story)

Dee nodded and sat down beside her step-son then stretched. "Well, they are one of the more peaceful of beasts that reside in Southtown. I mean, if your report had something to do with the winged dragons in Southtown, you'd really have your work cut out for you. Heh, oddly enough, I can totally see Iori giving you an assignment like finding all of the dragons of the Galaxy and surviving their fury while he intimidates them."

She laughed at the thought of Yagami doing something so evil and yet such a good lesson of what not to do with dragons, meaning...making them angry.

Rock grabbed his headphones and mp3 player off his bedside table. He put on the headphones and selected a song to block out the sounds from next door. He sat down at his computer and continued to work on his report.

As Rock was coming downstairs, he pondered the idea of moving out. He could work on his assignments without having anyone bother him. He won't have to deal with noise and distractions here. Like Andy and Radditz sparring or the barking and howling from Terry and Vegeta's kids. He had made up his mind by the time he got the bottom of the stairs. He was going to tell her about the broken wall and that he was going to find a place of his own.