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Maturity
Chapter Thirteen: Watch the Sun Rise
"Hey Nanake... It's been awhile." He smiled.
"KRILLIN!!!" She exclaimed, "How did you find me?"
"I saw you flying around... I wasn't sure if it was you or not... but... I thought I'd follow... What's up?"
She chuckled wryly,
"I wish I knew where to start..."
"I can think of a couple things..." He smirked his same old friendly smirk, looking at her out of the corner of his eyes. She paused and looked at him.
He chuckled and then flew off, looking over his shoulder at her as if saying, "follow me." She lifted off and hit the skies.
They landed by the southwest coast, and leaned on a railing, looking out at the ocean.
"Krillin...?"
Krillin looked down and sighed, troubled.
"A lot has happened without you, Nanake... Are you ever thinking of coming back?"
"I don't know Krillin..."
"Why did you leave in the first place? You worried a lot of people until Bulma found the letter that Vegeta was hiding in his room... I don't think he'd ever show it... but I think he was really hurt... or extremely pissed off," Krillin added jokingly with a smirk, "Coz that was a lot of Ki I felt that night you went missing."
"It was... Naki..."
Krillin tilted his head and looked at her,
"Who's Naki?"
"My six-year old daughter... Well... not just mine..."
"Vegeta's?"
Nanake looked at him shocked,
"How-how'd you know?"
"How couldn't I?" He joked, elbowing her tenderly, "In the Time Slip... The Dance... the aftermath of Namek... You two were pretty cozy... except when he was beating the-- oh I see why you left then, yeah..." He finished, mumbling.
"I guess I never really had a chance to make a choice or not... when he bonded with me... that was it. I was his. And there was... IS nothing that I can ever do about that... even when I die..."
"Hmm." Krillin looked back out at the ocean.
There was a long silence. And then finally, Nanake smiled,
"I missed you Krillin. You were always a good friend."
"Yeah... I missed you too, Nanake..." He smiled, and then added, "I guess I was so much of a good friend to you back when we fought Nappa and Vegeta... was because I had that little crush on you..." He blushed.
"I noticed that!" She laughed a little, "It was so cute!"
"Yeah! But hey! We were all a great team on Namek! Don't you think?"
"Yeah... How is Gohan anyway?"
"Gohan? Oh he's great! He saved the world! Just like his dad! And this guy wasn't a pushover either!" Krillin grinned, "Did you hear about Cell?"
"Not really... well... Piccolo told me about him a bit... But not much." She frowned, thinking.
"You saw Piccolo?" Krillin puzzled.
"Oh! Yeah! I forgot to tell you what I've done these past years!" Nanake smiled brightly at him, "I'm a Time Warrior! I go into different times and correct things that shouldn't have been... but not cause too much of an impact on bigger events in the future. I travel through time in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber..."
"Woah... I've never heard of a Time Warrior before..." Krillin raised his eyebrows.
"That and I've also taken up singing... I met an agent who took me in after I ran away... and he coaxed me into it..."
"Hah! Great!" Krillin laughed and smiled, "I always hoped you'd do something with that voice of yours if it wasn't for battle cries!"
Nanake blushed.
"Do you still remember that song you sang during the three hour break that Vegeta-"
"-ordered we take to wait for Goku?"
"Yeah! You know it?"
"Yes..."
"Well... could you... you know..." Krillin blushed, "sing some of it? That's one thing I've missed about you."
Nanake laughed.
"You really haven't changed all that much! You're still silly!"
"Yeah... I can see a little change in you though... I don't know what it is... but... it's there..."
Nanake smiled and started singing. Krillin watched the ocean and listened with a smile on his face.
Her song was mostly vocalized this time. It echoed around them.
"Nanake... what will you do now?" Krillin turned to her after she finished.
"I'm not sure... Keep living my life... Raising my family... I can't go back to Vegeta... I made a promise to Naki long ago..."
"What... promise?"
"Before she was even born... and shortly after returning from Namek... I had dreams of Naki... she told me that he would hurt the both of us if I stayed... She said that if I truly loved her- her daughter- then I should leave... I was afraid... but then I understood that these were not just dreams... they were REAL premonitions... so I left... leaving no clue of where I was going... and then..."
"Vegeta flipped, huh..." He looked away out at the ocean.
"He did! And he STILL is!" Nanake groaned horribley, clasping her hands to the sides of her head, and leaning over a bit, distressed, "He's found me so many times! You wouldn't believe how many times I was close to death by his hand... I'm lucky I have this pendant..." She held it in the palm of her hand and looked at it. Krillin eyed it and asked,
"What IS that anyway?"
"Oh... this is my pendant I use when I'm on a mission... when I'm finished with the mission and I've come in contact with someone from the past, I have to completely erase their memory of me... so I hold it up for them to see... and then speak the incantation in my mind and viola! A blinding flash well... temorarilt blinds them for a few seconds and their memory of me is erased... or in Vegeta's case... forgeting that he ever saw me recently... so I imagine that he's woken up in a bunch of weird places with traces of my scent around him wondering what the hell is going on..."
Krillin laughed,
"I bet that's the best trick ever! Not many people can pull the wool over old Vegeta's eyes!"
"Remember when Gohan took the dragon ball from the lake?!" Nanake giggled.
Krillin howled in laughter, nodding and then asked,
"Remember when Yajurobe cut off Vegeta's tail?!"
"Excuse me mister Vegeta but I was wondering if we could be friends!!!" Nanake imitated Yajurobe, and they both laughed until their sides hurt.
"I've missed being with you all... So many good times..." Nanake wiped tears of laughter from her eyes.
"Yeah... you sure you're never coming back?"
"Pretty sure..."
"Hm." Krillin looked back out to see as the sun started to rise.
"It's pretty..." she smiled.
"Yeah..."
Nanake smiled and watched the sun rise until she cringed at her daughter's voice, screaming inside of her head, and a pain shot through her neck.
"NAKI!!!"
"Huh?" Krillin looked at her wide-eyed.
"NAKI'S IN DANGER!!! I CAN FEEL IT!!! SHE MUST ALREADY BE ON HER JUNIOR MISSION!!!!" Nanake screamed frantically.
"Alright!" Krillin shouted, "Let's go!"
"You'd help me?"
"Of course! We haven't been able to do this often!" He threw a friendly smirk at her, "Lead the way!"
She smiled and they hit the skies towards The Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
To Be Continued...
The song is "Melodies of Life," for those of you who were wondering... (She sings it in the Saiyan Saga... a series of chapters I didn't put in "Confusion"...part one of tha Nanake trilogy... but she just kind of "la"'s the melody. Oh... and to answer a question in the reviews... Vegets was pissed because he thought she actually started LOVING Tetsuo... and we know how selfish Vegeta can be... And you'll find why that shouldn't seem so hypocritical that he slept with Bulma... although the reason will seem somewhat degrading to Vegeta... or Bulma... one of the two... but theanswer doesn't show up until part THREE!!! BWA HA HA HA HA HA!!! Sorry... but I'm not changing the outline for this fic... tooo much planning to change it now! Hee hee! Well I hope you liked this fic! (And how many people thought it would be Vegeta and NOT Krillin in this chapter! (Or better yet... how many people suspected Krillin at all?!)) Oh... and the crush Krillin had on Nanake was partially in the Saiyan Saga and on Namek. (I didn't put those chapters up because I didn't want to make it too long for the people who didn't like it... Oh don't worry...Krillin likes 18 now, remember? The Cell Saga has ended so don't throw anything at me! *ducks from flying objects* OK OK! I'll see what I can do about getting another Vegeta/Nanake encounter in before the sequel's ended! Hee hee! Review and for gosh sakes, BE NICE!
Maturity
Chapter Thirteen: Watch the Sun Rise
"Hey Nanake... It's been awhile." He smiled.
"KRILLIN!!!" She exclaimed, "How did you find me?"
"I saw you flying around... I wasn't sure if it was you or not... but... I thought I'd follow... What's up?"
She chuckled wryly,
"I wish I knew where to start..."
"I can think of a couple things..." He smirked his same old friendly smirk, looking at her out of the corner of his eyes. She paused and looked at him.
He chuckled and then flew off, looking over his shoulder at her as if saying, "follow me." She lifted off and hit the skies.
They landed by the southwest coast, and leaned on a railing, looking out at the ocean.
"Krillin...?"
Krillin looked down and sighed, troubled.
"A lot has happened without you, Nanake... Are you ever thinking of coming back?"
"I don't know Krillin..."
"Why did you leave in the first place? You worried a lot of people until Bulma found the letter that Vegeta was hiding in his room... I don't think he'd ever show it... but I think he was really hurt... or extremely pissed off," Krillin added jokingly with a smirk, "Coz that was a lot of Ki I felt that night you went missing."
"It was... Naki..."
Krillin tilted his head and looked at her,
"Who's Naki?"
"My six-year old daughter... Well... not just mine..."
"Vegeta's?"
Nanake looked at him shocked,
"How-how'd you know?"
"How couldn't I?" He joked, elbowing her tenderly, "In the Time Slip... The Dance... the aftermath of Namek... You two were pretty cozy... except when he was beating the-- oh I see why you left then, yeah..." He finished, mumbling.
"I guess I never really had a chance to make a choice or not... when he bonded with me... that was it. I was his. And there was... IS nothing that I can ever do about that... even when I die..."
"Hmm." Krillin looked back out at the ocean.
There was a long silence. And then finally, Nanake smiled,
"I missed you Krillin. You were always a good friend."
"Yeah... I missed you too, Nanake..." He smiled, and then added, "I guess I was so much of a good friend to you back when we fought Nappa and Vegeta... was because I had that little crush on you..." He blushed.
"I noticed that!" She laughed a little, "It was so cute!"
"Yeah! But hey! We were all a great team on Namek! Don't you think?"
"Yeah... How is Gohan anyway?"
"Gohan? Oh he's great! He saved the world! Just like his dad! And this guy wasn't a pushover either!" Krillin grinned, "Did you hear about Cell?"
"Not really... well... Piccolo told me about him a bit... But not much." She frowned, thinking.
"You saw Piccolo?" Krillin puzzled.
"Oh! Yeah! I forgot to tell you what I've done these past years!" Nanake smiled brightly at him, "I'm a Time Warrior! I go into different times and correct things that shouldn't have been... but not cause too much of an impact on bigger events in the future. I travel through time in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber..."
"Woah... I've never heard of a Time Warrior before..." Krillin raised his eyebrows.
"That and I've also taken up singing... I met an agent who took me in after I ran away... and he coaxed me into it..."
"Hah! Great!" Krillin laughed and smiled, "I always hoped you'd do something with that voice of yours if it wasn't for battle cries!"
Nanake blushed.
"Do you still remember that song you sang during the three hour break that Vegeta-"
"-ordered we take to wait for Goku?"
"Yeah! You know it?"
"Yes..."
"Well... could you... you know..." Krillin blushed, "sing some of it? That's one thing I've missed about you."
Nanake laughed.
"You really haven't changed all that much! You're still silly!"
"Yeah... I can see a little change in you though... I don't know what it is... but... it's there..."
Nanake smiled and started singing. Krillin watched the ocean and listened with a smile on his face.
Her song was mostly vocalized this time. It echoed around them.
"Nanake... what will you do now?" Krillin turned to her after she finished.
"I'm not sure... Keep living my life... Raising my family... I can't go back to Vegeta... I made a promise to Naki long ago..."
"What... promise?"
"Before she was even born... and shortly after returning from Namek... I had dreams of Naki... she told me that he would hurt the both of us if I stayed... She said that if I truly loved her- her daughter- then I should leave... I was afraid... but then I understood that these were not just dreams... they were REAL premonitions... so I left... leaving no clue of where I was going... and then..."
"Vegeta flipped, huh..." He looked away out at the ocean.
"He did! And he STILL is!" Nanake groaned horribley, clasping her hands to the sides of her head, and leaning over a bit, distressed, "He's found me so many times! You wouldn't believe how many times I was close to death by his hand... I'm lucky I have this pendant..." She held it in the palm of her hand and looked at it. Krillin eyed it and asked,
"What IS that anyway?"
"Oh... this is my pendant I use when I'm on a mission... when I'm finished with the mission and I've come in contact with someone from the past, I have to completely erase their memory of me... so I hold it up for them to see... and then speak the incantation in my mind and viola! A blinding flash well... temorarilt blinds them for a few seconds and their memory of me is erased... or in Vegeta's case... forgeting that he ever saw me recently... so I imagine that he's woken up in a bunch of weird places with traces of my scent around him wondering what the hell is going on..."
Krillin laughed,
"I bet that's the best trick ever! Not many people can pull the wool over old Vegeta's eyes!"
"Remember when Gohan took the dragon ball from the lake?!" Nanake giggled.
Krillin howled in laughter, nodding and then asked,
"Remember when Yajurobe cut off Vegeta's tail?!"
"Excuse me mister Vegeta but I was wondering if we could be friends!!!" Nanake imitated Yajurobe, and they both laughed until their sides hurt.
"I've missed being with you all... So many good times..." Nanake wiped tears of laughter from her eyes.
"Yeah... you sure you're never coming back?"
"Pretty sure..."
"Hm." Krillin looked back out to see as the sun started to rise.
"It's pretty..." she smiled.
"Yeah..."
Nanake smiled and watched the sun rise until she cringed at her daughter's voice, screaming inside of her head, and a pain shot through her neck.
"NAKI!!!"
"Huh?" Krillin looked at her wide-eyed.
"NAKI'S IN DANGER!!! I CAN FEEL IT!!! SHE MUST ALREADY BE ON HER JUNIOR MISSION!!!!" Nanake screamed frantically.
"Alright!" Krillin shouted, "Let's go!"
"You'd help me?"
"Of course! We haven't been able to do this often!" He threw a friendly smirk at her, "Lead the way!"
She smiled and they hit the skies towards The Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
To Be Continued...
The song is "Melodies of Life," for those of you who were wondering... (She sings it in the Saiyan Saga... a series of chapters I didn't put in "Confusion"...part one of tha Nanake trilogy... but she just kind of "la"'s the melody. Oh... and to answer a question in the reviews... Vegets was pissed because he thought she actually started LOVING Tetsuo... and we know how selfish Vegeta can be... And you'll find why that shouldn't seem so hypocritical that he slept with Bulma... although the reason will seem somewhat degrading to Vegeta... or Bulma... one of the two... but theanswer doesn't show up until part THREE!!! BWA HA HA HA HA HA!!! Sorry... but I'm not changing the outline for this fic... tooo much planning to change it now! Hee hee! Well I hope you liked this fic! (And how many people thought it would be Vegeta and NOT Krillin in this chapter! (Or better yet... how many people suspected Krillin at all?!)) Oh... and the crush Krillin had on Nanake was partially in the Saiyan Saga and on Namek. (I didn't put those chapters up because I didn't want to make it too long for the people who didn't like it... Oh don't worry...Krillin likes 18 now, remember? The Cell Saga has ended so don't throw anything at me! *ducks from flying objects* OK OK! I'll see what I can do about getting another Vegeta/Nanake encounter in before the sequel's ended! Hee hee! Review and for gosh sakes, BE NICE!
