:::Dream Maker:::

Chapter 3: Getting Acquainted-A New Name


(Piccolo's P.O.V.)


I had walked away from the human girl no more then three hours ago when I heard the shrill scream echoing through my ears. With much frustration I snapped out of my meditation and hurried back to where I had left her. By this time all I could think about was how much MATENANCE this human required. And to make it worse... when I got there it was nothing but a false alarm. I glared at the girl, who was now sitting up just barely. "Don't you EVER do that again!" The girl cringed, probably out of fear... which actually made me feel pretty good, considering I was completely ticked off.
"I JUST wanted to know if you'd come if I was in danger!"

"Well you can FORGET about getting anymore of my help now! You're just like the little boy that called 'Wolf', you know that!?" I was upset. Very. That was evident.

"FINE! Just leave me here to DIE than! See if I care! I bet it really was poison in that bowl!" "WHAT!??" I BARELY was able to restrain my anger for this girl. I knew I couldn't strike her, and it wasn't exactly my policy to do so. But I SURE felt like doing that at the moment. Calming down slightly, I spoke to her once again.

"Okay... you want to die? That's FINE with me! I didn't have to pick up your barely alive body and drag it over to a safer place to begin with! You don't want my help, than I WON'T give it to you."

I think I probably got across my point. I walked away once more and the girl stayed in silence, and I thought I even heard some sobbing... mumblings of something about 'remembering'. But I was way too angry to make it out, so I stormed out of there back to meditate.

The meditation didn't last long.

*She wants to DIE? This must be the most stubborn human in EXISTANCE!* I didn't know why she wouldn't except my help... what had I ever done to her? Soon the guilt began to build up on me, and before I knew it I was RIGHT back where I had started.

"So, you want to die? Is that it?"
The human girl once again said nothing in response.

Figures.

SO, without a word I scooped up the girl and lifted off towards the skies. THAT got a response from her. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" I couldn't help but grin overly evilly as the girl shrieked and begged me to put her down. "I'm taking you to a friend's... lets see how you fair with THEM." Obviously my explanation didn't effect her much... the poor fool was too busy freaking out about me being able to fly in the first place.
Eventually I landed: at the Son's residence. ChiChi PROBABLY wasn't going to be too thrilled about this. I put the girl down, and she calmed down some... I never had made any new cloths for her, so I let her keep my cape for the time-being. Impatiently, I knocked on the door. I would have to be as humble as possible to pull this stunt off...

The door cracked open, and much to my gratitude, it was Gohan. "Mr. Piccolo!" The door swung open and nearly knocked me over. Okay, that wasn't so gratifying I suppose.

"Mr. Piccolo, what are you doing here? Would you like to come inside? Or spar?"
My word... Gohan sure was hyper. The tone in his voice alone was mind numbing.

"No, Gohan... actually..." My eyes drifted to the girl I had saved "I would like you to meet someone." Gohan's eyes ACTUALLY glittered. "HI! I'm Gohan, what's your name??" She just stared blankly at him. I stared blankly at the girl. "Well...? Don't you have a name?" Gohan said again, anxious. The girl finally took her gaze off of Gohan and directed it to the ground. "I..." Gohan and I just stared her down. C'mon, EVERYONE has a name, right? I had to suppress from chewing her out about suspense. Come to think of it... she never had mentioned anything about herself before. Not that I CARED or anything... "I don't remember..."

"WHAT?" My mouth literally swung open. What did she MEAN she didn't "remember"? Gohan's reaction was similar... he had one wide mouth. I didn't think a mouth could GET that wide. Goes to show you what you can learn from experience.

"I don't remember... I don't remember anything really..." I could almost hear Gohan's eyes snapping. "Well, uh... that's... a pity..." What, he couldn't find anything better to say? "Well I'm off, take care of her if you want to, Gohan." I said coldly, trying to act un-interested. "What, you're leaving her HERE?" "Well YEAH, I am. Farewell, Gohan." "Piccolo! Wait!" I stopped for his sake... he was basically my only friend after all. "Why don't you name her?" The girl rose her mind-numbing gaze up to me now. "Because I don't care, no doubt." I sneered. I could SEE the pain inflicted by my remark on the girl... almost even regretted it. Almost. "C'mon Piccolo... I don't know her, give us something to call her at least. As a favor?" As a favor... "Okay, FINE." I said reluctantly, then smirked. "How about Shiga?" "Piccolo!" I rolled my eyes. "Well, it sounds fitting to me. 'Uncaring' works pretty good." "Piccolo, I'm sure she wouldn't want to be called such a thing..." After that, the girl seemed to stand up straighter. "No, it's fine. I kind of like it." Now THAT surprised me. She was probably still just being difficult... "Okay, fine, she has a name. Good for her, I'm leaving." "Take care Piccolo!" "Yeah, you too kid, and don't let her get on your nerves too much..." With that, I took off, cape-less.

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( BWAHA! BWAHAHAHA!!! You likey?? Please, oh, PLEASE review!! This one took me a while to write... after all, I've got like a million other things to do. And yeah, it's short again... and I'll probably soon be getting out chapter 4. Sorry it takes me SO long to get out the chapters... please be patient!! And thanks for reading, I really appreciate it. ^_^ With gratitude, ~Kittioto~ )