Niy's lungs smoothed from a rough heaving to a subtle intake of air.
She closed her eyes and let herself this one time, and never again, pray
for her control over the power that was once hers to call on, to use, to
destroy. Her eyes shot open and in a solid beam of light the ki, her ki,
exploded into the sky in a pillar of heavenly white. She smiled and
laughed with a full throat as she grinned and looked at the enraged Namek
before her. He growled at her with the whole of his anger. She smirked at
him and licked her lips.
Piccolo's eyes darkened back into pupils and he put his hands together so that each fingertip tip touched the same finger of the opposite hand. He felt his veins pulse and the power of his ki burn hotly in his blood. He focused his energy through his fingers and inside the space between his hands a ball of yellow fire flashed slowly, and then more quickly into existence. Soon the ball blazed inside his cupped hands and it was then that he finally acknowledged Niy's presence.
He bared his teeth and said in a low, vibrating demonic voice, "Take this shot if you dare! MASENKO!!!"
The yellow fire shot from him in a roaring inferno that eased its way through the air and took a deadly aim onto Niy's body.
Niy stood there and embraced the power as she evaporated from vision.
Piccolo grinned his evil one-sided grin and watched the tiles that were once around Niy's fly, blacken, and disintegrate into dust. Any remnants of Niy's body seemed to have become one with the dust. His smile grew wider and a chuckle tumbled out of his throat. It had all been too easy.
"NOOOOO," screamed a random voice from above him. Piccolo froze in surprise, but quickly recovered and jerked his head up into the sky to see what had made the sudden shout. His eyes first noticed the lilac purple skin that spread smoothly over her very skinny and bony muscles and limbs. Her human-like toes and hands were each taloned with a claw of the deepest violet. Her wings were like a bat's, but cloud-gray and soft looking with a hint of elasticity. Her white tendrils of hair were wound into a ponytail on the back of her head, but all these things together could not combine the astonishment he felt when he looked into her eyes. Her childish face around her eyelids tremored in arriving sobs and her bottom pink lip stuck out a little. Her crystal clear eyes seemed to have shattered as they focused on the scene below her. Her expression was the exact same expression that he had seen on Gohan right before he had died and something deep inside Piccolo began to throb in pain.
Piccolo lowered his head and erased his smile. "Damn that Niy freak," he thought. "After death she haunts me still." A sudden gasp from the figure above him made him suddenly glance to where Niy once stood. Before him, the smoke and dust and everything else had cleared, and there was Niy, among the living, standing untouched, breathing, smiling.
Piccolo scowled in disbelief, but inside some part of him felt alleviated that she was still alive.
"Niy, your alive," the Namek heard the creature exclaim joyfully above him. All he got was a purple blur for a warning as the child dived over his head for Niy and swung around her in a big hug.
Niy stood solid and impassive with the child around her neck and looked Piccolo in the eye. "I hope that wasn't your best shot. It was such a waste of good ki." She eyed the Namek as he frowned and continued, "However, in light of what has just happened and the fact that you're not as weak as I thought you were, I guess I can trade some information."
"Trade, huh? What do you want from me," Piccolo responded, snarling.
Niy lightly began stroke Mia's head without looking at her, making sure the Namek was aware he had her full attention. Mia closed her eyes in relaxation, and comfort.
"I want you to train Mia," she said, "That is my price."
Piccolo's eyes darkened back into pupils and he put his hands together so that each fingertip tip touched the same finger of the opposite hand. He felt his veins pulse and the power of his ki burn hotly in his blood. He focused his energy through his fingers and inside the space between his hands a ball of yellow fire flashed slowly, and then more quickly into existence. Soon the ball blazed inside his cupped hands and it was then that he finally acknowledged Niy's presence.
He bared his teeth and said in a low, vibrating demonic voice, "Take this shot if you dare! MASENKO!!!"
The yellow fire shot from him in a roaring inferno that eased its way through the air and took a deadly aim onto Niy's body.
Niy stood there and embraced the power as she evaporated from vision.
Piccolo grinned his evil one-sided grin and watched the tiles that were once around Niy's fly, blacken, and disintegrate into dust. Any remnants of Niy's body seemed to have become one with the dust. His smile grew wider and a chuckle tumbled out of his throat. It had all been too easy.
"NOOOOO," screamed a random voice from above him. Piccolo froze in surprise, but quickly recovered and jerked his head up into the sky to see what had made the sudden shout. His eyes first noticed the lilac purple skin that spread smoothly over her very skinny and bony muscles and limbs. Her human-like toes and hands were each taloned with a claw of the deepest violet. Her wings were like a bat's, but cloud-gray and soft looking with a hint of elasticity. Her white tendrils of hair were wound into a ponytail on the back of her head, but all these things together could not combine the astonishment he felt when he looked into her eyes. Her childish face around her eyelids tremored in arriving sobs and her bottom pink lip stuck out a little. Her crystal clear eyes seemed to have shattered as they focused on the scene below her. Her expression was the exact same expression that he had seen on Gohan right before he had died and something deep inside Piccolo began to throb in pain.
Piccolo lowered his head and erased his smile. "Damn that Niy freak," he thought. "After death she haunts me still." A sudden gasp from the figure above him made him suddenly glance to where Niy once stood. Before him, the smoke and dust and everything else had cleared, and there was Niy, among the living, standing untouched, breathing, smiling.
Piccolo scowled in disbelief, but inside some part of him felt alleviated that she was still alive.
"Niy, your alive," the Namek heard the creature exclaim joyfully above him. All he got was a purple blur for a warning as the child dived over his head for Niy and swung around her in a big hug.
Niy stood solid and impassive with the child around her neck and looked Piccolo in the eye. "I hope that wasn't your best shot. It was such a waste of good ki." She eyed the Namek as he frowned and continued, "However, in light of what has just happened and the fact that you're not as weak as I thought you were, I guess I can trade some information."
"Trade, huh? What do you want from me," Piccolo responded, snarling.
Niy lightly began stroke Mia's head without looking at her, making sure the Namek was aware he had her full attention. Mia closed her eyes in relaxation, and comfort.
"I want you to train Mia," she said, "That is my price."