"Wow Icarus, you're really fast," Mia complemented as Icarus flew over the ocean on their way to Gohan's friends, Iago sat perched on her shoulder, used to riding like this from carpet. The pair admired the beauty of the ocean, Mia because she had seen the ugliness of death, and Iago because, well he lived in a dessert, when exactly would he be able to experience the beauty of an ocean reef?
"Hey Gohan! Where are we going again?" she asked said boy as he flew beside the purple dragon.
"Well I thought we could go see if Krillin wanted to join us on our camping trip along with Bulma, so right now, we're heading for Kame Island," Gohan replied.
"Kame Island? That's where your dad was trained by Master Roach right?" she asked him holding her chin in mock thought as she was trying to remember what Gohan had told her.
"Roshi, yeah it is," he answered her question with a chuckle at the mistake she made, but for some reason he felt as if she knew about the mistake before even saying it, almost as if she planned it. He shook his head to clear his thoughts; he could see Kame Island off in the distance. He smiled, this was going to be a fun trip, it was the first time he would see his friends again since they last used the dragonballs.
"Hey Krillin!" Gohan called once the four reached the island, Mia blinked, talk about being in the middle of nowhere.
"I bet he gets terrible phone reception," she said to herself as Icarus landed behind Gohan. They didn't have to wait long for the bald headed martial artist appeared in the doorway.
"Hey Gohan what are you doing here?" he asked in clear surprise, he sure hoped Chichi wouldn't kill Gohan for this.
"Hey Krillin, I wanted to see if you wanted to come camping with me and a friend," Gohan replied with a hopeful smile. Krillin looked doubtful for a second before a huge grin came to his face, Gohan wasn't stupid enough to go camping without Chichi's knowledge. At least he hoped not.
"Sure kid, how long we going for?" he asked before he suddenly remembered something.
"Only five days..." started Gohan but was cut off by Krillin.
"Hold on, I'll ask Yamcha if he wants to come," he said running back into the small house.
"So that's Krillin? He seems nice," Mia said to herself from behind, "A bit small though but he defiantly looks like a decent fighter," she thought to herself, she had learnt long ago not to judge people by their looks.
"Yeah if nice means goofy then he's a fricken saint," Iago said from his spot, personally the bald man's grin reminded him too much of Genie. Mia frowned at the bird before rolling her eyes at him.
It was then that Krillin came back out.
"Yeah Yamcha said he'd come, he's just grabbing some stuff for the trip," he said rubbing his head with a smile. A noise from Icarus caught Krillin's attention, not knowing that the dragon was here, let alone his passengers. His smile turned devious as he noticed Mia for the first time.
"My my Gohan, is this your girlfriend?" he asked the half saiyan. Immediately Gohan's face began to heat up with a ferocious blush.
"What no no no no, this is Mia, a friend who happens to be a girl," replied Gohan nervously, Mia watched the pair with an emotionless mask as she waited for this Yamcha to make his appearance.
Iago was bored as he watched Gohan and Krillin converse; he suddenly got an idea, a fiendishly devious idea. Quietly he hovered in front of Icarus before whispering his idea to him, the purple dragon smiled and nodded vigorously, agreeing to the plan.
Iago landed on the floor just in front of Icarus, taking a breath he prepared himself for the plan. He knew the consequences wouldn't be pretty, but if things went according to plan, it would be completely worth it.
"Hey Gohan!" he yelled drawing the boy's as well as the martial artist's attention to him. It was all down to Icarus now.
Icarus waited for Gohan to turn round, with a smirk that didn't quite seem to suit him, the purple dragon bucked his passenger off, throwing her straight at the boy.
"Iago wha..." he said as Mia's face raced up to meet him, his eyes widened as she came closer before the inevitable happened as she crashed into him with an ompf as they both fell to the floor, their lips touching causing them both to gasp, while all witnesses struggled to hold in there laughter.
The two lay there for a while, their lips still touching as they stared into each other's eyes. For a split second it felt right to them, it was like they were the only two people in the world.
"Cough cough," a cough from their side brought them back to reality and the pair separated from each other as if the other was on fire. Iago's laughter could be heard in the background as the parrot rolled around on the floor laughing.
A heated blush decorated both of their faces, Mia had better luck at willing herself not to blush giving her cheeks only a slight tinge of Pink, Gohan however, was not fairing so well.
"Well well Tiger, looks like you got yourself a cute little girlfriend," Yamcha commented having come out just in time to see Icarus buck the girl. If possible Gohan's face became even redder, though soon a dopey grin spread across his face, much like the first time Mia kissed him.
"Earth to Gohan, yo you in there bro?" Krillin asked trying to get the boy's attention.
"Nope he's gone," Iago said as he flew over to land on Mia's shoulder.
"Oh hush up you, you're lucky I don't like parrot soup," Mia scolded the bird, Iago smirked.
"Ah come on admit you liked it," he said causing Mia's blush to return slightly.
"Shut up bird."
