Chapter 10 – This is the finale and I've been debating with a friend about the ending.

I have come to terms that this might be it. I might have to let this pair go.. who knows? I am terribly indecisive but to my readers. Thank you.. redundant? No, you guys (and my little girly reasoning.) is why I kept this going.

So with that I give you..

You promised.

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Piccolo clenched and unclenched his fists, his back leaned against the wall just outside of Jadine's bedroom. He suppressed Kami's voice- - the old man was nagging him. Yelling and in the back of his head he knew he was wrong, but at the risk of losing a little human tiny as she was, precious as she would be.
In his hand he held one of her scarves, twisting the fabric with his hand and sneering at the sentimental value behind it. It clung to his fingers like her hand, its fabric never slipping from his palm.
The damn thing almost stung his senses and he tucked it gently into the window sill.

"It must be done."

Piccolo feeling internally defeated sat beneath the tree where they had first truly spoken, he sat in place and felt a slam of conscious.

"Piccolo-sama, you fool! Do you realize what you are doing? You could have saved our race! You could of brought true peace. What better could you have done for the earth? Than to protect that species and what they hold most dear? Love. Do I have to beat it into you?"

"…she'll get hurt."
"With what?" Kami coughed, his voice now becoming rasp and aged, more so than the old Namekian ever was within Piccolo's mind.
"Why not have more than a planet to protect.." Kami said, now more softly his voice drifting away.
Piccolo sat forward, tossing off his turban.
through gritted teeth he gruffed. "I've battled space aliens, driven cars, put up with Goku's crap but I cant seem to be able to make up my mind whether or not I want to be involved with a human being. Ridiculous, this is all ridiculous."
"Throwing a fit wont make you happy." Whispered Kami, though his appearance began to fade, his disappointment did not.
"neither will her death." Piccolo snapped.
Kami reappeared his gaze piercing as he lifted his staff sending Piccolo up against his own mental walls.
"You've peered into this woman's soul and you neglect her. You promised her forever, yet you pussyfoot around when time even hints at getting difficult. How do you expect any peace when you cant even give yourself peace of mind,Piccolo. I would be lying if I said I wasn't exasperated at your failed attempts to pretend you don't feel as deeply for this woman as you do, until the time comes where you can finally accept her love without peering into the nonsense of other saiyanistic mistakes. Come find me, your complaining has withered me beyond my mental capabilities. Good night." With that the old man was gone.
Love.

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Jadine nearly felt like slapping herself as she held Bulma tightly.
In the lab she had to explain she would be taking an immediate leave and Bulma understood, though for the wrong reasons. Capsule Corp. had been doing well but Jadine had put in extra hours this entire month so it was not without a well deserved vacation.
but even still…how could she carry on in this big city without a big strong stupid namek by her side?
At her apartment she burrowed into the robe she was given, wrapping it tightly around her waist and holding her head on her forearm.

Sighing deeply she exhaled and drifted into a pool of dreams.
Heavy blankets sunk her into a sea of grass and looking up a green figured peered down at her happily. It held a familiar nose, eyes and lips but it was not her namek. No, it was a..a namek? Not Piccolo, but incredibly similar. He was far older, aged by the wrinkles that drooped just above his brows. His hand extended out and brushed the hair out of her head.

"…be patient with him Jade…he's never quite done this before."
"He doesn't want it." Her voice cracked, even within her dream.
"My Dear, a Warrior is trained since day one to suppress all urges; wants, need's and urges. To love is a threat, and to threaten that love is an even greater mystery."
"what?" she asked, her eyes felt red, burnt and her heart nearly felt like it was going to jump out of her chest. "You're telling me he's doing this because he feels like he's not allowed?"

Kami grunted in admission.
"I feel like im going to scream..who are you anyway?"
"Kami…" chuckled he, now well aware. "And you are the famous Jade I have heard so much about…or rather. Seen."
"Why haven't I seen you?" she inquired now hesitant.
"My dear, I am apart of Piccolo…his conscious if you will. My physical body is no longer on this earth but I dwell in and out of Piccolo's mind. Moving him along to do what is right and warning him in signs of trouble. Together we create a far superior being and well, I've sort of been here the whole time."
"So you saw us—"
"Yep"

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Bulma twiddled her thumbs, angrily and then anxiously. Bouncing back between emotions. Glancing up at her husband she bit her lip and he rolled his eyes.
"Is this the bit where you ask me what to do,woman?"
"Geta, I think that Jadine might leave for good."
"and this concerns me how?" he mumbled, flipping over the magazine he was reading adjusting his himself and sinking deeper into his pillow.
"Vegeta, I think she finally found the one."
"In the namek?" he began to chortle, putting down the magazine and gazing at her in disbelief.
"Don't act so surprised Monkey King, don't forget you too are an entirely new species."
"I haven't." he smirked. "But I've got the parts to make it work."
"Geta…" she said, quieter now more sincere. "I think they could mate for life."
"Listening to this sap is going to drive me mad, Woman! Either you fix it or you let them be.. this isn't my problem and you shouldn't be losing sleep over that blasted green bean."
Pouting, she slid into the nook of his arm.
"I hate to admit it but I think you're right."
"Mating does not come easily to a Warrior, especially if its not arranged. His kind does not partake in any particular mating ceremony, how can your kind even begin to understand a culture that has been around for a millennia? Particularly one that has been asexual for so long."
"So you're saying its impossible?"
"That's illogical woman, I'm not saying anything is impossible." Vegeta said, a glint in his eye as he stared over at Bulma. "But…I cannot imagine this coming easily to a Warrior, let alone one that is Namekian."
Bulma, fell silent for once and mused over this as she remained safetly tucked away in Vegeta's arm. He had decided to stay there in their marital bed, instead of training for once. So what? She decided, feeling her gut wrench at the thought of Jadine so depressed.
I care. Her thoughts drifted into the night…

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"How do I get through to him?" She asked.
The old man turned his head and pointed to a door, within a dream within a dream.
It opened softly as a blinding light jarred its way from up under the door, through the crack and into her sight.
"I want to be with you...why wont you let me?" she asked out right, hoping he was through that door.
With a jolt Jadine was awake, her body ached slightly and she lifted her head from her pillow only to find she was alone once again, Robe swung around her legs.

I know you can hear me.
She thought, focusing on Piccolo, seeing his face and imagining his breath growing short.
I know that this isn't the end of anything.
that you don't want me to go back…That I belong here just as you do, that I was an outcast just as you were and you made planet earth your home. You made me, your home.

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Piccolo's eyes shot open.

This isn't the end.

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Piccolo pressed his fingers to his forehead transporting himself immediately to her room.
In front of Jadine.
In front of his Jadine.
"I've never…"
"I know." She countered.
"This isnt' something I can make a mistake with. I cant have you in the ring."
"No one, said I was going to fight." She stood up holding his robe tightly around her, wound like a doll. He fought the urge to grab her.
"I am a Warrior." He said once more, through gritted teeth.
"and you can love just as fiercely as you fight.." she said, seeking truth in his nervous eyes. They gazed at her, once too long, twice to fast. His knuckles trembled as they remained clenched with uncertainty.
"why are you so adamant on isolating yourself from your race?" His voice rumbled as she crawled closer, walking with her knees on the couch, bent before him in a prose he had grown so intimately with.
"because I cant ever picture living happily on this earth without…My Namek." She shuddered as her face contorted with the sadness that threatened to prickle her eyes. Tears became far to common and she fought them with a slight snuff and shaking of her head.
"Piccolo you promised me when I was falling asleep with you.. that you'd never go."
"That I—" he began.

"That I would never hurt you…" he didn't believe he was able to muster the words as he said it but he did, a major accomplishment for a martial arts master.
"Hurt and you leaving.. are starting to Coincide, Pikoru." She sank into the couch her eyes fixated on him as he lowered himself to his knees giving himself the chance to be at eye level.
"either way are we always going to be threatening each other that we'll leave?" She asked, "If that's the way I'm gunna live I'd much rather live with empty threats then without you."
Piccolo cupped her cheek, scanning her eyes.

She's telling the truth Piccolo! Kami cried out somewhere.
She's been telling you the truth …all…along.

"I don't care if you train, I don't care if I'm waiting til morning to see you..I don't care if you fight with .. I don't care if you train half saiyans. I do, however care if you leave because we bonded. Eitherwise I would have never met Kami.."
Piccolo's eyes widened, he was floored.
"Kami…is in you. He sought me out."
"He was able too.."
She stared at him sternly and wrapped her arms around his neck sliding down onto his lap.
"Just like you were.." she said, toying with his antennae kissing the profile of his face.
"able to get inside of me…Inside my mind, my heart…my body."
Piccolo shuddered at the softness of the apex of her thighs. Her low whispers had caused his skin to tingle and he now, instinctively rather than feeling as though he was trained.
The more he wanted it the more natural it felt.
asexual never meant incapable.
never meant. Never.

"I will lay you to bed little one…Close your eyes."
Jadine bit her lip doing as she was told and held out her arms ready for the weight, the heaviness of his approach.
He came to her and hovered over her protectively.
"does this mean that you're sorry?" she grinned poking his bulging chest muscle.
"Incredibly." He said, kissing her with each syllable.

forever. Kami mused happily.
shut it, old man. Piccolo said fleetingly linking his fingers with Jadine's and pressing his antennae once more to her forehead.
"Be mine."
"I am."
"for life…" he said, smiling sheepishly and pressing a hand to her stomach.
"I have been waiting to hear that since.." Jadine's sentence was ended with a kiss.
Moving her from the couch to the bed Piccolo easily maneuvered his way between her knees and pinned her arms above her head.
"I will freely admit that as a Warrior I am not allowed to get involved with any particular being without knowing the consequences of my actions.."
"and?" Jadine laughed, peeking an eye open.
"As the protector of the earth..I want you to stand beside me and help me do the same."
"As a subordinate?" Jadine laughed.
"As my partner.." he cooed in her ear and she gasped.
"your partner?"
He nodded and pressed his nose to her, breathing her in.
"I…I.."
do it,Piccolo.
do it, dont be mad. You cannot lose her again.

"I…care for you deeply Jadine."
Jadine smiled running her hands up the muscles of his chest and opened her eyes, gazing at his face though his eyes were closed. Face focused on what he was trying to say.
"I love you too Piccolo.." she smiled, tightening her arms around his neck the two embraced longingly and kissed fervently, they became longer and his hand slid beneath her knees laying her legs over his side.

The two remain buried in sheets until morning, The Cherry never again fearing that her Green would ever leave again.

- Fin

**Bonus Chapter coming up later today!
**Also, I might revise this I wanted to pull up this rough draft but I might change the ending.. in the end its all about whether you felt satisfied, Leave a review. I will re-edit this chapter Thank you all for sticking with me through our little adventure.