The Torment 3: It gets worse
Disclaimer: DBZ does not belong to me, neither does Ranma ½. They are only the victims of my obsession with Piccolo-sama, and will not get paid, since I am not.
Piccolo-chan swore loudly, now that Gohan was out of hearing distance. Although, she realized he wouldn't have been able to recognize her voice.
What now? She wondered, I can't kill that girl, Gohan would notice. Besides, a voice in her head whispered, you really don't want to. Shut up, she told the voice, I can still kill, even if I do look like a girl.
Muttering evil implications to herself about what she still could do to people, (yes! Really!) She went to find the bucket Dende had given her the day before to heat water in.
Heating it, then dumping it over her head, she noticed a faint ki to her side-
"Oh, Kami-sama, you are Daimou Piccolo-san, aren't you?"
Piccolo gave her his patented glare, which Vegeta tried to copy but could never get royalties on, because it was his glare first, and the girl quailed, but rallied.
"What happened to you?" she asked, not realizing that Piccolo was wondering what she would taste liked cooked or raw. It didn't matter at the moment that he didn't eat, all that mattered was the various ways he could kill her, to get his mind off of his humiliation. Instead of answering her, Piccolo kept on glaring.
They locked into a staring match; the spunky human verses the huge, green, extremely powerful Namek. In a matter of wills, though, it didn't matter who was stronger physically.
Piccolo was in a quandary. If he killed her, he knew that Gohan would be crushed, and as embarrassed as he was, there was no way he could make Gohan that mad at him. Kuso.
Videl got bored, and decided to force the issue.
"If you don't tell me, I will tell Gohan that I saw you turn into a girl, and then change back."
The implication was that Gohan didn't know that already, although she thought he would have mentioned already if he did. He talked about his mentor constantly.
She heard his soft growl.
"Fine. I went to do Dende a favor, and ended up getting cursed to turn into a girl whenever I get wet with cold water. Hot water changes me back. Happy now?"
Videl blinked. "Yes, thank you." It took a few moments for the words to sink in. She couldn't help but chuckle.
"Fine, I try to help someone, then not kill the friend of my best friend, and this is what I get. Tell me why I shouldn't kill you right now."
"Because you're a big softy who likes teddy bears?" she asked him, then but her hands up in surrender when he powered up.
"WHOA, WHOA! I was just teasing!"
"You think this is funny?" he shouted, baring his fangs.
Honesty compelled her to answer," Well, yes, but I'm not laughing at you! If you can't see the humor in the situation, I don't see what Gohan sees in you."
That stung.
"Do you have any idea what it is like to be turned into a human? Its such a, such an indignity! "
"What's wrong with being human?"
"Because I'm not!"
Videl looked at Piccolo strangely for a moment when what he said hit her.
"You don't mind being a girl, you mind being human?"
Piccolo glanced down at her; the demon king's face a study in confusion.
"They're the same thing, aren't they?"
At this, Videl looked at him like he'd lost his mind.
"What do you mean, you're a 'he' aren't you?"
"No, Namek-jin are asexual. We are not split into two genders the way that humans are."
Videl was a little grossed out by that. "You mean you have both sets?"
"'Sets'?"
"Don't make me have to explain it!"
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"I'm afraid that I don't understand," answered Piccolo, honestly confused.
"Girls have one set of genitals, guys have another."
Piccolo looked even more baffled by what she was talking about.
"Genitals?"
Videl's face was very red with embarrassment, but she also wondered at his naiveté. How could the horrible and terrible Demon King not know about- Of course, that could explain itself. You don't go explaining human anatomy to big green aliens that resemble demons. Most people would just assume he already knew. Oh, dear.
"Well, girls have, could you change back so I could tell you?"
Somehow, much to Videl's amusement and Piccolo's dismay, a discussion on comparative biology sprang up.
"Aren't you male?" she asked him.
"No, I don't have any of what you described as 'male parts'" he told her dryly. Videl blinked. Was Piccolo getting a sense of humor?
They had been first discussing what made someone 'male'. To Videl's surprise, Piccolo had picked up some of the slang terms, but very little real knowledge. Most of Videl's answers came from her 'talk' with her parents when she had her first period, and from that class in biology that every youngster fears. However, it was more than what Piccolo knew.
"Okay, turn girl now, and we can have something to look at when we are talking. Actually, you go behind the tree and look, I'll stand here."
"Oh, human modesty. I never understood that," Piccolo said under his breath, and went over to the nearby spring. Putting his hand in the water, she suddenly had to deal with her oversized turban again.
"Shimatta," she spat loudly.
"If your going to be a girl, you might as well learn what its like to be one," shouted Videl. "Curse less!"
This was answered by several more curses, and the loud thump of Piccolo's heavy training clothes hitting the forest floor.
"Now what?"
"Okay," Videl shouted back, "see those lumpy things on your chest, those are breasts. Be careful when you fight, they can be tender. The nice thing about being female is that a pot shot won't work as easily. See the area between you legs?"
There was a muffled affirmative.
"There is a slit, and two holes. I don't think you want to know what they do. There is another hole in the back. You don't want to know what that one will do, either. Okay, since you hopefully won't be spending much time as a human, you won't need to. There will be a pop quiz at the end of the class."
There was a strange silence for a few moments, and Videl started to wonder how long she had to live. She winced when she heard the sound of cloth against skin, and Piccolo-chan walked back out, and smirked.
"Sorry, I didn't study. Can I make it up later?"
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Videl was watched in fascination as Piccolo-chan heated some water to become Piccolo again. The change was just weird to look at; although it happened so fast all she saw was a blur.
"What are you planning on doing about your curse?" she asked, curious.
"Look for a cure, what else?"
Piccolo turned away, and an evil idea crossed her mind.
"There's an all girl tournament in Satan City this weekend," Videl said off handedly.
Piccolo ignored her, and got into his normal mediation pose.
"My partner dropped out at the last minute. Would you be interested?"
The giant Namek whirled around, and started to power up. "What are you doing?" he screamed, his face turning purple.
"Come on, you won't find a cure for yourself tomorrow, you know that, and you need to learn about being a girl. It won't hurt you," she said slyly.
Piccolo was opening his mouth to say something when Videl added," I guess, if you don't want to, I could ask Gohan. He might even willing find that spring-"
"OKAY! I'll do it," Piccolo mumbled, looking at the ground.
Videl was smiling hugely. "Fine! I'll come by tomorrow and we can train. I'll see you then!"
Piccolo groaned, and Videl laughed as she flew away.
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Piccolo-chan waited anxiously for her new 'student' to arrive. She decided that if she was going to be fighting in this form, she might as well train in it.
Doing warm ups, she noticed some immediate differences. For one, the body she was in was physically as strong as her old one, (which was very unusual for a human body) but her sense of balance was a great deal finer. Only her hearing wasn't as great-
"Hey, Piccolo!"
Piccolo-chan jumped about three feet in the air. Compared to what she could have jumped, she had barely flinched, but that wasn't the problem. The problem was that she hadn't heard Videl walk up.
Her eyes went wide as plates as the implications set in.
"Whistle."
Videl looked really confused.
"What are you talking about-"
"I said, whistle!" Piccolo-chan shouted, and Videl stuck two fingers in her mouth. She let out an ear splitting noise.
Piccolo-chan winced, but her eyes opened in surprise.
"That didn't hurt…"
"Nani?" Videl asked, in surprise.
"My hearing has lessened. I can't hear in my usual range. That whistle should have had me screaming in pain."
"Oh," Videl said, filing that bit of information away.
It was then that Piccolo-chan decided to attack.
"YAAHHH!" shrieked Videl, as she blocked frantically.
"Never let your guard down like that," said the other girl, and Videl swallowed nervously. Maybe she had made a mistake…
Grinning fiercely at the challenge, Videl threw herself into the spar.
This would be fun!