*Piccolo rested against one side of Dende's body as they sat there on their bedroom floor. Dende had one of his arms wrapped around Piccolo and the other atop of one of Piccolo's hands, while Piccolo's hands lay rested upon the egg. They sat there with their heads close together, gazing down. Both of them were filled with elation, not wanting to move. At that moment, it seemed like time were standing still*

*Suddenly a knock came from the door. They hadn't realized it, but over two hours had passed since Dende first came up to tend to Piccolo's birth*

Cargo: "Hello? Anyone in there"

*Cargo had left the others downstairs to come check on Piccolo and Dende, to make sure everything was okay*

*Dende rose from his sitting position and made way towards the door to see who it was*

*Cargo's face was full of worry until he saw the smile upon his brother face as the door opened. He let out a sigh of relief*

Dende: "You okay?"

Cargo: "Yeah…I was just…we all were worried. A couple of hours have gone by since you had left, and we were beginning to wonder if everything had gone well. Although, we weren't too sure if Piccolo was or had given birth yet. I just had to come see."

*Dende opened the door wide open* "Well…come."

*Cargo looked at Dende, and then glanced inside of the room before making his way inside. Dende left the door open, just in case the others just so happen to come up too*

*Making his way around the room, Cargo soon came across from where Piccolo was sitting on the floor with some cushions and blankets in the corner of the room, holding the egg. Cargo stopped at first, looking at Piccolo. He didn't want to upset or Piccolo in any way, so he kept his distance*

*Piccolo looked at Cargo. He could tell that Cargo was afraid to come any closer, but Piccolo smiled and welcomed him to come over and sit by him. Dende followed Cargo from behind and the two of them sat with Piccolo. Cargo wasn't too sure what to say, however. He was very nervous, happy, and in awe at the sight*

Cargo: "Can I…?"

*Piccolo and Dende looked at each other, both sure of themselves of what Cargo was asking of them*

*Piccolo nodded in a yes manner to Cargo*

Dende: "Yeah. You can touch the egg."

*Although Cargo lived in the same village as his elder brother Moori, who is now the Grand Elder and was now the main birth parent to their people, Cargo never once had touched an egg. He had always wondered what one felt like*

*Cargo placed both of his hands on top of the egg. To his surprise, it was very soft and warm*

*Cargo smiled* "It's so smooth and warm."

Piccolo: "You never touched one before either?"

Cargo: "Never."

Dende: "I guess today would be a first for us all then."

*Many footsteps could be heard coming upstairs. All of Dende's brothers and nephews were coming to have a look, as well as Mr. Popo.*

*They all stood at the entrance of the door way, peeking in*

Dende: "Hey! You guys can come in if you want. Everything is okay."

*Quickly they rushed in. All of them were excited and hoping that Piccolo had given birth, and to their delight, he had*

*The room became a bit noisy. Everyone couldn't help themselves at first. They were overjoyed, but soon silence fell over them as they came closer to Dende and Piccolo. The Namekians lowered themselves to their knees and just gazed at the egg as they too awed over it. Mr. Popo just remained on foot and stood back some, he too bared a smile*

*Still on their knees, all of Dende's brothers and nephews bowed down and began praying. Piccolo was taken aback by this, but he was honored for them doing so. He had grown up on Earth, so Piccolo wasn't fully accustomed to his people's culture. When they had finished praying over the egg, some of them had questions, others made small talk, but they all remained audibly low now*

*A couple of the brothers could sense that the egg was going to hatch soon, but Piccolo and Dende had no idea. In fact, it was only because of the two brother's experience that they knew that hatching was soon to come. Ain and Kylate had been with Moori during the birthing and hatching of some of his children, so they were well aware of the process*

Kylate: "Do you wish us all to leave now, brother?"

Dende: "No, why would you ask that?" *laughing slightly*

Ain: "Well, it won't be too long now. He's trying to make way as we speak"

*Piccolo and Dende looked down at the egg*

Ain: "Can you not hear? Listen."

*Everyone became silent and watched the egg. At first they had not heard the sounds coming from the egg, possibly due to everyone's chattering, but now everyone could hear it clearly. A rolling like motion could be heard coming from inside of the egg, and some scratching as well*

*Piccolo and Dende looked back at each other, both of their eyes widened. They couldn't believe what they were hearing, although it was quite low and muffled*

Dende: "It sounds like he's trying real hard to get out of there."

*He was. And after a few more rolls and scratching, the egg gained a hairline crack and moved some. Following, the egg cracked more and more. And finally, an arm reached out of the egg. The baby's small hand grabbed Piccolo by his index finger and squeezed tight. Piccolo and Dende both smiled*

*As the baby let go, Piccolo began to help the baby the rest of the way by pulling bits and pieces of the eggshell off of him. The baby didn't make a sound as all the eggshell had been pulled off of him. Only when Piccolo passed a clean cloth over the baby, to dry him off some, is when a sound escaped from the baby's lungs. He didn't make the common sounds most babies made when they are born, like crying and screaming aloud. The baby only cooed. And although he hadn't opened his eyes just yet, the baby smiled as he felt Piccolo's warm hand touch his body*

*Everyone looked on in awe. And Piccolo's heart practically melted, he fell in love immediately. Piccolo had no idea he could ever feel this way. He thought that the love he had for Dende was top of the line, but this by far was higher than that. Piccolo couldn't help but cry, and Dende was just as overjoyed*

Cargo: "What is his name?"

Piccolo: "Flute."

*Flute's name was echoed between them all as Piccolo held him close to himself. Piccolo didn't want to let Flute go*

*Dende was amazed at Piccolo's dramatic transformation. Piccolo was still Piccolo of course, but it was as if something magical had taken place. Flute had instantly changed him within a short moment's time. Piccolo's heart had become full and complete*