Piccolo's Landscaping Service
Chapter 2--- Piccolo, The Laughing Namek?
The two shortly touched down outside of the city in a large field with a house in
the middle. The field was surrounded by woods and there seemed to be no one around
or any other homes. Piccolo let Yasha down and looked around. "This is kinda
far from the city." Piccolo questioned. Yasha turned around and smile. "Well
not really, it's only 20 minutes away by car. I like working in the city but I would
hate to live there, I could never get any sleep with all those sounds and lights."
She giggled a little and knew Piccolo probably felt the same as her. As they walked
towards the house to the right was a large hill with a huge tree on top of it. "Hey,
I haven't seen a tree that big in a while." as he pointed up towards it. "Oh
that old tree, yah it's huge when you get up close it. My grandma used to tell me
about how her and her little sister met the forest sprit up there named Totoro. I
never saw him but I believe he's up there." "Really, a tree sprit."
Piccolo eyed her. She smiled even more and turned and began walking towards the house,
"Maybe you'll get see him some day, if he lets you." Piccolo shrugged it
off but then suddenly stopped and looked up towards the tree as he hear a flute playing.
Yasha had already gone in and looked back to see Piccolo staring upward. "Hey!
Are you coming in or what?" Piccolo came back out of his trance and began to
walk towards to house again. "Couldn't be...or could it? What ever." he
thought. He came in and Yasha directed him to a table and he took of his hat and
coat and sat down. She took his things and went along her way getting dinner ready.
Piccolo just sat there looking around at the house. The room he was in seem to be
the dinner room and he was seated of to the side that was open of the room. It had
a sliding door that opened the whole side of the room to the front yard and made
it a very nice setting to eat in. To the right of Piccolo was a doorway that Yasha
went down to the kitchen. In front of him was a long hall way that lead to the room
he came in the house through that seemed to be a sitting room with bookcases full
of big and thick books on art and so forth. Yasha popped in and spoke, "I hope
you don't mind soup and sandwiches for dinner, I'm a little tried to make a big dinner
tonight." Piccolo looked up at her and muttered, "No that will be fine,
umm thanks." She just smiled a little smile and went back to the kitchen. It
was night already and a nice summer warm breeze felt good on his skin. Fireflies
buzzed around outside in the front field as the flicked on and off. "The sounds
of the night sound great here." he thought. It wasn't like the desert where
he was use to, he it seemed more calm and lively. There were no wild dogs running
about looking for what food they could it was just peace here. He really liked it
a lot there and thought that the change in his life style might not be as bad as
he tough as before. Yasha came in and placed a bowl of tomato soup down in front
of Piccolo and on at her place. She went back in and out and came out with turkey
club sandwiches. Again she went in and out and gave Piccolo a glass of water and
sat down with a glass of milk here self. Piccolo looked down at his meal and smelled
the armor coming from it. He looked up at Yasha who had took a bit out of her sandwich
already. "You know this is my first meal with food in it in about 20 years.
Yasha looked pale face at Piccolo and almost choked. She swallowed hard and spat
out, "But how could you live that long with out food!" Piccolo glanced
away for a moment and looked back up at Yasha who had this strange yet oddly funny
looking face on her. Piccolo actually giggle a little. Yasha looked even more be
founded than before. Piccolo had seen Goku make that face a hundred times but Yasha
actually made him want to laugh about it. Piccolo tried to stop himself but he just
suddenly burst out laughing at her. "Bawhaaaaa!!!" "What's so funny?"
She questioned but Piccolo couldn't stop. "Haaa..I'm...heh heh heh...sorry...
*snort*...it's just that... bwhaaaa...your face.... hah hah hah!!! Piccolo just went
on laughing and started to get tears from laughing so hard. Yasha just stared at
him for a little bit then started to laugh her self. Both of them just laughed for
about 5 minutes. Piccolo was able to finally stop and he had never felt so embarrassed
in his whole life. He just looked down and spoke as soon as Yasha stopped. "I'm
really sorry for laughing at you like that, I'll never do that again, will never
happen." he spoke strangely softly. Yasha just grinned, "Hey you can laugh
at me anytime you want. Some people think I'm funny and I'm happy that you do too."
Piccolo looked up at was about to speak but was unable to. He just looked at her
then back down at his food. He picked up the sandwich and began to eat it and Yasha
did the same.
"So what did you mean before that you haven't eaten in
20 years?" Piccolo swallowed and looked up. "You know I'm not human right?"
"No really?" she said back sarcastically. Piccolo eyed her, "Oh, sorry,
couldn't help myself." she replied softly. So Piccolo began, "I'm am what
is called a Namek. My past is to shall we say complex to talk of today but I'm able
to live on just water and when I was younger I use to eat till I found out I was
able to live on just drinking water." Yasha raised a eye brow and questioned
back, "Don't you miss eating?" "No, it's just a human weakness that
I have rid myself of." he snapped. "Huh uh... Well why are you eating now
hot stuff?" Yasha questioned again. Piccolo was a little speechless, "Well
I was just..umm. being polite." "Really?" Yasha said as she took the
last bite of her sandwich. Piccolo finished as well and started on the soup. Yasha
kinda just stared at Piccolo for a while. "Namek, huh? What else can you or
not do?" Piccolo glanced up and saw Yasha all ears. "Umm err well, I can
grow back lost limbs, I have a super strong immune system, and some other stuff."
Yasha's eyes widen, "Grown back limbs?" Piccolo looked back over, "Uh
Yah, what you want to see?" Yasha looked a little be founded, "Umm but
you haven't lost any limbs?" Piccolo snorted and figure might as well show her
once. Piccolo stood up and walked outside. Piccolo turned to see Yasha still inside
peeking out. "Are you coming or what?!" he yelled. Yasha walked out and
was met with a wonderfully sight, well she thought. Piccolo took off his shirt and
there was his perfectly shaped body. Yasha was struck in awe of him. Piccolo looked
over to Yasha as he tossed down his shirt. "What are you looking at?" Yasha
awoke from her trance. "By god you are hot!" she yelled. "What!?"
Piccolo yelled back. Yasha ran over to him and just stared at him all over. She walked
around him and looked him all over. Piccolo looked in be foundment as Yasha walked
circles around him. "May I ask what you are doing?" Yasha came back around
and looked up at Piccolo's face. "You have a perfect body, you must let me draw
you sometime!!!" Piccolo got wide eye, "Uh draw me? Why I thought you where
a seller of books." Yasha shook her self, "Oh that, that's just a job,
I really want to be a artist." Yasha looked suddenly sad and looked down. "I
wish I could but, I just don't have that kind of money to goto college. But my parents
got sick after high school so I had to take care of them so I wasn't able to go.
I worked hard and with of Uncle Joe I was able to work long hard hours to help pay
for my parents hospital bills. That went on for about 3 years and by then it was
to late to get any aid to help pay." Yasha turned away from Piccolo. Piccolo
saw he hit a nerve on her. "Yasha what happen to your,...parents?" Piccolo
softly questioned her. Yasha stood there silent. Piccolo looked down. "I'm sorry
if I brought that up." Yasha turned a little back around, "No that's ok,
They died, after all I went through to help them they both just died. Mom went first
and I guess that broke dad's heart and he went shortly after. They both had come
down with some sickness that's past through blood contact." "But how?"
Piccolo questioned. "When my mom had me she lost a lot of blood and my dad was
her type so he gave his but back then he didn't know that he had it." Piccolo
looked up sharply, "But does that mean that you.." "No, my mom's immune
system luckily protected me from getting any of it so I'm safe, I have been tested
and all that." Piccolo was left speechless. Piccolo grinned a little and walked
over and turned Yasha around who had tears in her eyes. Piccolo lifted her chin and
used his other hand to wipe away her tears. "Hey, don't you worry, I wont go
anywhere." Yasha went a little blank at this response. Then she smiled a little
and hugged Piccolo. Piccolo went wide eye again, "Uh...?" He felt her tears
run down on him and just figured to just let her be. He placed his hand behind her
head and ran his hands through her hair. It was soft to the touch and as he continued
running through it the aroma of her came up to her. She smelled like fresh peaches
and Piccolo found this strangely pleasing. Yasha finished and dried her eyes, "I'm
soo sorry that I did that it's just talking about that makes be a bit upset."
Piccolo just grinned, "Hey no problem. Hey look at this." Yasha gave Piccolo
a strange look as he grabbed his arm. "Uh what are you doing?" she questioned.
"Watch." Piccolo spoke. With a great yell Piccolo ripped off his right
arm totally. Yasha screamed as Piccolo fell to one knee. His arm just laid there
on the grass as blood came out of it and Piccolo. "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO
THAT FOR!?! she screamed. Piccolo got back up with a grin and holding the stub of
what was a arm. "Are you still watching?" Piccolo finally spoke. He looked
over to the right and began to let out a growl then a new arm popped out cover in
fresh blood. Yasha stood there with her jaw dropped. Piccolo looked over at her,
"What do you think of that?" he said with a snicker. Yasha looked at him
for a little bit, "That had to be the coolest thing I have ever seen in my life."
she spoke softly. Piccolo let out a huff as he flexed his new arm. Yasha seemed to
wake back up and looked over at the broken off arm. "What are you gonna do with
that?" Piccolo grinned, "I'm gonna eat it!" Yasha eyes grew huge,
"Wh..Wh..What!?" Piccolo just let a little laugh at Yasha response, "I'm
joking." Yasha let out a small laugh, "You better be!" Piccolo just
pointed his hand down at it and let out a small blast that quickly burned the arm
to nothing. "Is that ok?" Piccolo questioned. Yasha got a small evil looking
grin on her face, "It smell's like fried Namek here, my fav!" She quickly
giggled and ran back inside as Piccolo looked dumbfounded at her answer. Piccolo
just scratched his head and walked back towards to the house, "Like I said,
she's insane, oh boy."
When Piccolo got back into the house Yasha was
cleaning up the remains of dinner. She went back and forth between rooms with a smile
on her face. Piccolo sat down on the ledge of the room to the outside. When Yasha
was done she walked over to Piccolo and sat down. She looked over at him only to
see him glaring upward towards the stars. She smiled for a while at him then spoke,
"Well Piccolo my friend I'm calling it a night. I would I to drive you home
but my car is still at work." Piccolo just kept looking up, "Well do we
have to work tomorrow?" "Yup, at 9am to 5pm." "I'll come and
get you then at 8:30." With this said Piccolo stood up and jumped down. "Till
tomorrow." he spoke softly. He bent his legs and jumped up and took off in the
sky. Yasha just smiled and got up herself. She went up into the upstairs and came
down with a large pad and pencils. She grabbed a lantern and walked out into the
middle of the felid in front and sat down. She began drawing wonderful pictures that
just seem to come to her from nowhere. Unknowing to Yasha Piccolo hadn't gonna to
far. He had flown to the top of the great tree and was sitting on top on a branch
the stuck out on the top. He had changed into his regular cape and turban outfit
and sat there strangely relax. He just sat there up above watching Yasha as she drew
for hours it seemed. She finally got up at took out her bed and laid her pad next
to the ledge. Piccolo came down after about a hour since she had went to bed. He
was silent in his movements as he grabbed the pad and sat down. He began to look
through it and saw nothing but these wonderful drawings of himself. He just sat there
and looked at one after another. He saw himself for the first time really through
the eyes of another. Although some parts where off he bet that if he just sat down
for her she could draw truly wonderfully. He just grinned as he flipped through the
rest of the pad. As he got towards the end he saw that she was search him on the
inside as well as the out. Like she knew he was hiding his past pain some how. The
images became more and more sorrow filled, like if she was drawing the internally
naked self of him. The last picture just shocked him. It was him as a small boy standing
alone with the shadows of people fighting in the background. It was frightening how
she could have come up with this image after just meeting him. It was just like it
was taken right out from when he was younger and stuck in all that pain. He looked
over at Yasha who was sleeping so peacefully. "I wonder?" he thought to
himself. He just smiled and laid the pad down and left to back of the top of the
tree. Yasha just turned over and smiled in her sleep.
The next morning Piccolo
awoke from his mediation with a start. He looked down from the top of the tree to
see Yasha doing some warm up martial arts moves. Most would think that the moves
would be advance by normal people. She did some punches, a few kicks and some nicely
preformed combo's. She was very gracefully in her moves that showed that she had
been doing this for some years. She finished and drank some water then went back
in the house. He felt that 8:30 was coming soon so he changed into some new clothes.
He just had a plain black t-shirt with baggy tan cargo pants. He had the same black
shoes on from yesterday since he really seemed to like them. He also formed a watch
so he could keep track of the time now. He waited only about 10 more minutes then
flew down to the house. He walked over and sat down at the ledge. Yasha came out
of the bathroom and was surprised to see Piccolo already waiting for her. He turned
to see her standing there looking down at him. She had her hair up in a bun with
some pencils sticking out if it. She had a plain yellow shirt on with blue jeans.
"I'm already." she said with a smile. Piccolo hopped down and was soon
followed by Yasha. She smiled and looked up at Piccolo, "I should keep my hands
and arms in on the Namek, right?" Piccolo just grinned and picked her up. She
wraped her arms around him and smile more, "So tell me captain will there be
a in-flight movie today?" Piccolo eyed her and then just grinned some more and
they took of towards the city.
Boy things are heating up now between those
two. But where's the landscaping you ask, well stay tuned and find out in the next
chapter of "Piccolo's Landscaping Service!" ^_^ Things are gonna start
heating up soon!
