~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Preparations....unprepared
"Gohan, * huff *, keep up will ya?" Nikhya puffed.
"I'm...I'm coming!" Gohan huffed back as he ran after her. They had been searching the forest for a new training spot. Piccolo had already found a good spot and was waiting for the two following trainees to arrive.
"Piccolo, you really should...." Nikhya stopped speaking as soon as she saw where she was.
"I really should what?" Piccolo gruffed. Nikhya just looked at him for a moment and then decided not to finish her sentence. She was too busy being fascinated by the scenery to argue with him now.
"Wow!" Gohan gasped, "It's so beautiful here!"
"This is a place I've only dreamed about! Look over there Gohan! It's a small lake with a waterfall!" Nikhya squealed.
Piccolo rubbed his ear in pain. "Could you not squeal? A simple thank you would be enough."
"Thanks Mr. Piccolo!" Gohan cheered.
"Yeah, thanks a lot." Nikhya mumbled.
"There are some huts over by those trees. You'll have a decent place to sleep, when I let you..." Piccolo smirked.
"There's only two huts, Piccolo. Where are you gonna sleep?" Gohan asked.
"I'll do just fine. Don't worry about me. What you need to worry about is how your gonna survive my training." Nikhya looked worried for a moment. "When are we gonna start training?" "Not right now. We'll start tomorrow." Piccolo said. He started to hover, "Be ready when I come back tomorrow."
Nikhya and Gohan watched Piccolo fly out of sight and then looked at each other. "Swimming time!" They both yelled at the same time. At night...
"Come on Gohan. You have to go to bed now!" Nikhya giggled, "Stop your hiding on me!"
Gohan snickered from under his cot in his hut. Unfortunately, Nikhya was right by his hut looking for him. She immediately heard his snickering and found him.
"Come on now!" Nikhya grabbed his feet, "Gohan! I'll tickle you!" She started to tickle his feet and he started laughing. "Ha! Gotcha now!" Nikhya said, laughing. She grabbed Gohan and hugged him. She gently put him in his bed, sat next to him on the floor, and then caught her breath.
"Nikhya, do you think Piccolo is mean?" Gohan asked.
"Why, of course not Gohan." Nikhya answered, "Why do you ask?"
Gohan looked at the ceiling of the hut and then looked over at Nikhya. "Well, you and Piccolo seem to fight a lot, that's all. I don't know, but you act like you don't like each other." Gohan said disappointingly.
"Well, Gohan, I don't know what to tell you...other than, I actually like Piccolo a whole lot." Nikhya blurted. Nikhya blushed and then said, "Just like you do Gohan. You grew to love him a whole bunch, and when he trained me a little, so did I. Now that he's finishing my training with me, I'll probably end up being just as good a friend to him as you are."
Gohan kept his gaze on Nikhya, "Do you think Mr. Piccolo will ever...will ever."
"Will ever what, Gohan?" Nikhya asked thoughtfully. "Well, I was just thinking. Bulma has Yamcha, my mom has dad, and you said that in the future Krillin has somebody...who do you have?" Gohan whispered.
Nikhya wondered for a moment. "There's someone back home, but..." Nikhya started.
"But what?" Gohan asked. "But, I made him forget our love with a spell I have. I wanted him to be happy and focus on his fighting instead of me when I left." Nikhya sighed.
"So you both loved each other then?"
Nikhya sighed again, "Yes, we did. Very much so."
"Will you ever see him again?" Gohan worried.
"I'll see him again. But, I'm not going to make him remember what we had when I do see him." "Why not?" Gohan said.
"I have my reasons. That's all you need to know now. Go to sleep before I tickle you sa'more." Nikhya smiled. Gohan quickly fell asleep when he settled down from getting another tickle attack. Nikhya quietly tiptoed out of the hut.
"It's even more beautiful here at night." Nikhya thought as she looked around. The waterfall seemed to be a dark blue shade in the darkness of the night... Fireflies were flying around the mist that was being created by the waterfall hitting the lake. Trees were surrounding the huge clearing where their training spot was. Luscious green leaves seemed to swallow their branches and vines grew around their trunks. Nikhya looked down at the soft green grass.
"This feels so good under my feet. This is like a dream." Suddenly, Nikhya heard a rustling of some leaves. "Hmmm...Better go check that out." She thought to herself. Nikhya took out her two wooden fighting staffs and slowly walked toward the sound. * rustle * "There it was again....What in the hell is that?!" Nikhya slowly moved further toward the bush. * chirrrp * A loud shrill chirp of a very large bird came from the bush. Suddenly, the bird flapped out of the bush and right over Nikhya's head. "Damn it. It was just a bird. You really should get a grip, Nikhya." She said to herself. As she turned around she sensed a large power behind her. "Piccolo, what are you doing here?! Baka! You scared me!" Nikhya tried to whisper so she wouldn't wake Gohan.
"Hey, there's no need for name calling here. You sensed me and you know it."
"Yeah, but that's not the point. I did sense you, but you still startled me." Nikhya caught her breath, "Are you going to answer my question, Piccolo?"
"I came to check on you and Gohan." He said, "Who knows what's out in these woods...tigers, bears...large birds even." Piccolo smirked.
Nikhya put her hand holding her staff behind her head signaling embarrassment, "Heh, heh....nope, haven't seen any of those around here."
"Oh no? I thought there would at least be some large birds around here. Guess not though, if you say there haven't been any yet...." He smirked again.
Nikhya put her hands up to hear head like moose ears and wiggled them while sticking out her tongue, "thpppp! Oh be quiet Piccolo!" "Nikhya, what are you doing up anyway? Aren't you supposed to be getting some beauty rest?" He said sarcastically.
"Are you saying I'm beautiful after I get my beauty rest?" Nikhya sarcastically replied while batting her eyes.
"No, I'm saying you need all that you can get...." Piccolo scoffed.
Nikhya dropped her staffs and balled up her fists, "You know, when I get mad I'm more powerful than you are! I'll fry your green butt to a crisp!"
Piccolo looked at her and chuckled. "Yeah you wish. All you might actually be is a challenge to me." A huge sweat drop formed over his head as he watched Nikhya's face get even more red than it had been. "I meant to say, save it! Save it for tomorrow!!!"
Nikhya laughed in triumph. "Never seen ya plead before! That was great!"
"Plead my a-...." Piccolo stopped himself and started the sentence in another way. "The only reason I don't want to get you mad right now, is because I want you to save it for tomorrow."
"Yeah, and you didn't want me to hurt ya!" Nikhya winked, " I'll see you tomorrow Piccolo!" Nikhya walked into her hut, still laughing lightly.
"Yeah, you'll see me Nikhya, but I'm almost sure you won't want to."
End! (why did I call it Preparations...unprepared? Don't ask, cause I don't even know.)
Okay, tell me watcha think of this one! It was one of my first fanfics of Nikhya and Piccolo when they started training together. Gohan is in the picture for a little while, until his training is done with. (if you will remember in my last fanfiction that I put up, "Nikhya's surprise" Gohan IS NOT in that one. Wanna know why he isn't?) Well, Nikhya's surprise takes place a few stories AFTER this fanfiction. And as I said before, Gohan only trains with Piccolo and Nikhya until he is strong enough to go train with his father. In, Nikhya's surprise, Gohan has already been training with his father for quite some time. I'll clear all this up after I get the other 'in between' fanfictions in here. *remember* this was written a LONG while ago, I just now revised it a LITTLE bit, so it may sound a bit icky. I really didn't know how to write all that well back then. (still learning lots) So, don't be too harsh, eh? Thankies!