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The Jade Princess: Chapter 8
The night was beautiful. The sky was a purplish blue adorned with wisps of clouds. The stars twinkled and danced as if they were in attendance of a grand party. The air was warm and the trees swayed in the breeze. As if not to be vain, the mountain tops hid itself in the distance. Though their exquisiteness, strength, and superiority leaked from behind the shadows. The heavenly portrait of the sky reflected itself off the still lake as the crickets chirped expertly as they sang the song of serenity. All was a sleep, except for one young saiyan.
"Like a picture." Crystal Jade whispered in awe as she observed her backyard. Though she's never taken the sight before her for granted, tonight seemed even more special. She smiled to herself as she realized why tonight was different. She understood.
Crawling onto his sister's bed, Goten kneeled beside her, leaning against the window sill. "It's so pretty." He whispered. The two sat in silence, taking in the sight before them and enjoying the comfort in each others company. Breaking the silence Goten added, "I like the sky the best. The way it changes colors. How it's everywhere, and the power it has over how you feel. If it's real nice, your happy. If it's ugly, your sad."
"I like the mountains the best. It's like their alive, telling you to be strong. They were there a million years ago, and their still there. Their so big and far away from people. It's like their laughing at us. Saying that you can never be like us. I wanna be like the mountains."
Laughing Goten teased. "But we blow up the mountains for fun."
"But your not supposed to blow them up." She shot back. Eyes twinkling, she continued, "You cant reach the sky. You can reach the mountains. It takes work, but you can do it." Looking into his eyes she pleaded. "Goten, lets be strong like the mountains. Their still there, even after they get rained on, snowed on, or hit by lightning. Lets not let this get to us."
Turning to the view outside his window, he observed the sky and then the mountains. The sky was pretty, but you can't reach it. It's like it was hiding. Maybe it was scared and unsure. So it pretended to be big and pretty and powerful. The mountains were brave. They let you come see them up close. Finally understanding he turned to his sister. "Ok, lets be like the mountains."
In the past few days, the two have grown u so much. They behaved to responsibly upon receiving the news. They questioned what the disease was, they wanted to know what it did. They spoke with their family. Discussed how things would be. And confided with one another on their feelings of shock and fear.
Seeing as how beautiful the night was, the two grinned and nodded in agreement to their unspoken plan. Silently, they walked out of their room. Lowering their ki, they stealthily took their positions. Crystal in Gohan's room, and Goten in their parent's room. Through the telepathy Crystal picked up when Piccolo entered her mind, she counted down. "3,2,1!" Both children emptied the buckets contents of water over their sleeping victims. Through the screams, Goten and Crystal giggled madly as they jumped through the pre-arranged open windows.
Seeing how his younger siblings were having the time of their lives at his expense, the now soaked Gohan jumped out of his window and wrestled with the two children.
Following the sounds of laughter, the dripping parents emerged from the side of the house. Laughing whole heartedly, they forgot their anger and joined in on the tangled limbs of their children.
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Their sides sore from laughter, the 5 lay peacefully in the grass. Because of Crystal and Goten's understanding and acceptance, they too were able to accept. Of course it still hurt, but not as much. Instead, they were proud of how strong and mature they've come to be.