O-Nigiri Lady
A DBZ fanfic by LadyRivka
Chapter 2: First Day of Protection
A/N: Nishi speaks to Shin-kun in baby talk, so she's going to sound a little strange at points.- L.R.
"So," Nishi said to Kibito, "I hope you're much, MUCH better than my last bodyguard." She picked up the now-alert, now-healthy Shin-kun from his crib, addressing him in baby talk.
"He's gonna be a lot better than that other creep isn't he? Isn't he? He's gonna be good enough for my little boy! Yes he is, Yes HE IS!!!!"
Shin-kun just laughed as his mother mock-tossed him up in the air.
"Mommy's hungry, so she's gonna take her little boy and "Bito-san on a picnic!" Nishi brought her son down so she was looking him directly in the eye. "How does that sound? Hm? How does that sound, Shin-kun?"
The baby giggled and clapped his hands while his mother turned around. "How about you, Kibito? Are you up for a picnic?"
"Where?"
"Oh, just out back. What do you want to eat?"
"Umm…I don't know."
"Rice balls it is!" Nishi put Shin-kun down on the bed and materialized a picnic basket and blanket. Then she picked up her son again, who was crawling towards the tall, red bodyguard.
Then they went out for their little picnic.
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On their way out, they passed the Dai Kaiooshin's quarters.
"What…what the…who's that man with West?" yelled South.
"Dunno. I know she fired her bodyguard last week, maybe she found a new one."
"Bodyguard. Ha."
"She isn't making you jealous, I know her intentions. Besides, like she said, she can never tie herself down to just one man."
Minami sighed. It was all hopeless.
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Finally, the party of goddess, son and bodyguard found a nice, secluded spot to picnic.
Nishi sat down on the spread blanket, son cradled in her arms and picnic basket beside her.
"Kibito-san, don't be shy. Please, sit down." She winked and indicated a spot next to her.
"H-hai." He inched towards her and finally sat down.
"Now, would you like some rice balls, Kibito-san?" She opened the picnic basket, and scooped up three giant o-nigiri (rice balls), about two feet each in diameter. "This one," she said, pointing to the rice ball on the left, "is plain. The one in the middle has pickles in it, and the one on the right…Well, that's the surprise one. My favorite. So which one?"
"Madam, I think I will play it safe and eat the plain one," said Kibito.
"Good choice! Leaves the special one for me!" Nishi smiled.
Nishi and Kibito noshed on their rice balls, while Shin-kun sat on the blanket and watched the various birds and insects whiz by his little face. When they were finished, Nishi took a freshly-manufactured napkin and wiped the peanut-butter-cream-cheese-and-jelly stain from her rice ball off of her face. (A/N I bet you were wondering what she was eating!)
"Now, it's time for Shin-kun's lunch." She picked up the baby and looked at her bodyguard. "Now, Kibito, have some respect for me and don't watch. The last guy…well, he liked to watch. Sheesh. Some men don't understand that babies see breasts as food, and not as…breasts!" She turned around and opened up her shirt so she could feed her son.
Kibito tried his best not to watch. He honestly intended not to, he had covered up his eyes with his hands. He could not bring himself to dishonor this woman, even if he wanted to look at her.
"You can open you eyes now, I'm decent," she said. "And thank you for not looking. It must have been very hard for you not to." As she said this, she kneeled and caressed his chin.
Kibito was blushing bright red. "I knew you wanted to, but we'll save that for after Shin-kun's bedtime, ne?" she said in a low, seductive voice.
"Madam, we are supposed to have a purely professional relationship."
"Geez!" Nishi stood up. "You wouldn't know fun if it hit you over the head in the form of a beach ball! So serious! Loosen up, would you?"
Kibito sighed as West bent over to pick up her son. What did she see in him? Everyone else hated him…
As he was stuck in his thoughts, he overheard his charge talking to her son in baby talk, praising how cute he was and how he'd make a wonderful Dai Kaiooshin someday.
And then the question to end all questions:
"Shin-kun, whossat? Whossat?"
Silence for a couple seconds, and then….
"Bi…to….sa'! Bi-to-sa', Bi-to-sa'!"
"Good boy! Gooood Boyiiieee! You can talk, yes you can!"
And Kibito turned around and smiled, knowing he was the child's first word.
He would have never expected such a thing if he had stayed on the road as a nobody, a nothing.
Now he had a home, a place in his heart that was his.
END CHAPTER 2
Chapter 3: More daily-life stuff…