A/N: I am soooo sorry for leaving you all off at a cliffhanger last time.
The only reason I did was just to be evil! *Starts laughing insanely*
*stops laughing like evil maniac* Okay so I don't know why I did it. I am
changing something though. I know I said Amy would be stronger than Goku
if she used the full power of the crystal. A few people didn't like that,
and when I really started thinking about it, I didn't like it really
either. So I am just making her as strong as Super Saiyan 2 if she uses
it. Because it has been so long, I made this chapter extra long. I think
that is it. Well, on with the story!
Disclaimer: go back to chapter 2 for it.
Chapter 4: Ivy
"Great it's back," Piccolo muttered as he took of toward the cave.
"Maybe you shouldn't have left her alone," Nail said as he realized what was happening, "Do you think she knew what was going to happen?"
"I doubt it. She would have said something else instead of letting me leave," Piccolo replied.
"Well let's just hope you get there in time," Kami said.
*******************EARLIER AT THE CAVE*************************************
'Oh I hope he does get back soon. I don't know if that thing will come back for me or not,' Ami thought as she lay on the dirt floor with her eyes closed.
'Although I do feel a little stronger, I don't think I could fight it yet, let alone transform. Why am I the weakest Sailor Soldier? The others would probably still be able to transform or even stand up. I can't do either right now. I always was the one who needed saving. They could at least hold off a youma until Serena or someone else comes to help. I couldn't even do anything while the others were being killed. I was just a liability to them. Without them having to worry about me all the time, they could have been much stronger. It is all my fault that they are dead!'
Tears came to her eyes. She never deserved their friendship. She knew that now.
'I should have never been a scout in the first place,' she thought.
While Ami was wallowing in her own self-pity, a dark creature was watching the entrance of the cave. It waited for the perfect moment to strike and finish it's mission. When it came across the cave at the beginning of the storm the night before, it was surprised to see a green man running towards the cave with the blue haired pest in his arms. It had spent the whole night waiting for the green man to leave. He did leave early in the morning, and as it was getting ready to attack, the man came back. So it quickly retreated back towards its hiding spot and made up a plan. It decided to quickly report back to it's master and then return to kill the girl. *****************************AT THE EVIL FORTRESS**************************
"So you have returned," a voice asked.
"Yes master I have," the creature replied.
"I want to know if you have completed your mission. Have you completed it or not?" the voice asked.
"No master. I was not able to," the youma replied, "there were.. complications."
"What kind of complications Ivy?" The voice questioned, using the youma's name for the first time.
"But I killed all the oth-."
"WHAT COMPLICATIONS IVY!" the voice yelled.
"A namek sir. He rescued the sailor scout of Mercury from the river," Ivy replied quietly.
"AND YOU LET HIM GET AWAY WITH HER! I thought we had trained you better Ivy, I thought you knew to stick around until the job was finished, not leave with the chance of the enemy being saved!" the voice yelled.
"Master, the girl should have been killed by the fall from the cliff. I thought she was dead when she hit the water. The impact should have done it. I thought-."
"YOU THOUGHT! YOU THOUGHT SHE WAS DEAD! You youma are all the same. You assume everything and get yourself killed. You are all a bunch of spineless, brainless, fools. You are all fools. Now don't return here until Sailor Mercury is dead or hope that you die. If you return here again without killing her, then you shall face an eternity of hell. Got it Ivy?"
"Yes master."
With that, Ivy disappeared.
"Soon. Soon there will be no one to stop me, and then I will be able to purge this world of light and at long last, I will be able to plunge this world into complete chaos."
************BACK AT THE CAVE********************************
'If I do not complete this mission, master will kill me,' were the thoughts running through Ivy's head, 'oh well. Here goes nothing.'
And with that, Ivy entered the cave.
When she first stepped in, she was surprised to see the girl sleeping.
'What a complete fool! She knew I would come back for her and she just decides to go to sleep! This is going to be way to easy!' Ivy thought holding back a snicker.
She continued forward toward the girl. As luck would have it, Ivy stepped on a twig, which gave a loud snap.
'WHY ME??? WHY ME???' Ivy mentally questioned.
Nothing ever seemed to go her way. Something always had to happen. She quickly hid in the shadows. The girl stirred and rolled over on her back.
"Piccolo?" she questioned.
When she got no answer, she rolled over on her good side and went back to sleep.
"I swear I heard something," she said to herself.
"Oh believe me girl, you did her something," Ivy said as she stepped out of the shadows of the cave.
"IVY!" Amy exclaimed.
"Long time no see huh Sailor Scout, or should I call you Ami now." Ami was about to yell for Piccolo, but Ivy had other ideas.
"Don't even think of calling out to your Namek friend. He is a little busy right now. Why do you think I didn't attack sooner? I had to get him acquainted with some of my friends first. Face it Sailor Scout, your friends are gone and there is no one left to help you. You're all alone now. And there is no way I will let you get away this time," Ivy taunted.
Now that the girl thought the Namek was busy, she hoped that she wouldn't call out for help. If he was close enough to hear her, Ivy would not stand much of a chance. Ivy's vines shot up from under ground and lifted Amy into the air. With a flick of her wrist, Amy was sent crashing in the wall and pinned there.
"AAAAHHHHHHHH!" she screamed.
"Damn you girl. Looks like I'll have to shut you up before I kill you," Ivy said as she summoned more vines.
Instead of coming up from the floor, these vines came through the wall and wrapped around her neck, cutting off her air supply.
"Now, should I stab you or let you die slowly by suffocating. My, my, such a hard decision. I can't really decide. What the hell, I think slow and painful is the way to go," Ivy smirked evilly.
"Slow and painful huh? Your one of those people who risks being caught just to see your enemy in pain? Pathetic," a voice said.
"What? Who's there?" Ivy asked as she turned around.
'Please don't let it be the Namek, please don't let it be the Namek!' Ivy said in her head.
"NOOOOO NOT YOU!!" Ivy yelled as she saw the Namek.
"Afraid so," Piccolo said with a smirk.
His smirk was quickly lost when he saw Amy. Her body was limp and she looked like she could barely keep her eyes open. But when he looked in her eyes, he saw then pleading with him to help her.
'I'll get you out of here, don't worry,' he thought, 'wait a minute, where did that come from? Stupid emotions.'
Piccolo shook his head. Now was not the time to think about emotions. He had to defeat Ivy.
"Let the girl go," he growled.
"And why should I do that? I have a job to do and I plan on finishing it. Got it?" Ivy said.
'Pathetic. She is just wasting time. She is scared. She knows I can easily defeat her,' Piccolo thought.
"Alright. Remember I told you to let her go," Piccolo said.
"Wha-," Ivy didn't finish as she was suddenly hurled outside the cave.
Piccolo quickly set to work pulling the vines off of Amy. Her eyes weren't open any more. She had lost consciousness.
"Come on Amy, just hold on," he said as he kept pulling the vines away.
He finally got rid of them and caught Amy before she fell. He carefully laid her down and was relieved to see she was breathing.
"Well, at least she is out of danger," Piccolo said.
'Why was I so worried? And why did I feel so compelled to help her? These stupid emotions are getting in the way again!' he thought.
"I was right! You like her! That is the only reason why you feel this way!" Nail said.
"Shut up Nail. I still have to defeat that Ivy thing and I can't do that if I am distracted by your annoying voice," Piccolo growled back.
"Alright, alright I'll be quiet," Nail said.
Piccolo once again looked at Amy before he went outside the cave kill Ivy.
****Outside the cave*********
Ivy sat up from the crater her body made and spit out dirt.
'Damn Namek. Figures he would have to come. I was soooooo close to killing her. And now I am just sitting out here practically eating dirt!'
She growled in anger. She would make him pay for throwing her like that. She would see to it.
"Your still here? I thought a coward like you would have left already," a voice taunted.
Ivy looked up to the source of the voice, only to find the green Namek floating in the air above her.
"You will not get away with what you have done!" she howled.
Her body glowed a dark green and the earth seemed to shake. A strong wind also began to pick up, as Ivy seemed to glow brighter and brighter. It was so bright that Piccolo was forced to shield his eyes. When the light died down, Piccolo was shocked at the sight. In place of Ivy, was a creature that had vines for hair, and a light green skin color. Her outfit consisted of a body suit that also seemed to be made of vines, and she wore thigh high boots. Vines also seemed to be constantly whipping around her body, as it waiting to strike something.
"Now we shall fight," she said.
No sooner had the words left her mouth than a vine shot at Piccolo. He quickly dodged it only to be faced with another one. The vines kept shooting through the air like lightning.
'I won't be able to keep dodging much longer. It will take to much energy, and it seems to take very little effort from her,' he thought.
The vines suddenly stopped. Piccolo looked at the woman err.thing in confusion. Ivy only smirked and closed her eyes in concentration. Suddenly, all the vines seemed to wrap around each other like one big spear and launch themselves toward him. Unfortunately, he didn't dodge quickly enough. It stabbed him through his shoulder. He cried out in pain.
"You see, this is what you get for messing with me," Ivy said.
She was answered by a quiet laugh. It soon turned into a loud, mocking sort of laugh.
"You think that one hit could defeat me? Then you have another thing coming to you," Piccolo said.
As soon as her was done speaking, he disappeared. Ivy looked around, but couldn't find him. She suddenly felt a sharp kick in her back that sent her flying forward. She quickly got back out only to receive a punch in the face. Then another to her stomach, and another to her chest. The punches started coming faster and faster until it felt as though she couldn't breath. As quickly as they started, they stopped. Ivy raised her bloody face to the sky, and saw her opponent holding two fingers to his forehead. Her eyes widened as she realized what he was preparing to do. She tried to lift her body from the ground, but found herself unable to.
'So this is the end,' she thought sadly.
"Special..Beam..CANNON!" he yelled as he released his attack.
The light quickly engulfed Ivy's body as the full force of the attack hit her.
'I'm sorry master...I failed.'
When the light was gone, there was nothing but ashes left of Ivy's body. Piccolo descended to the ground slowly. The attack had taken a lot of his energy, but he would live. A stinging pain reminded him of his shoulder.
'I nearly forgot. It will heal on its own though. I better go check on Ami again.'
He waited for a comment from Nail about caring too much for the girl, but was rewarded with silence. He was shocked not to hear anything, but took advantage of the silence and returned back into the cave. Ami was still lying just as he left her, but now there were thick bruises around her neck and arms from where the vines had squeezed her. He was sure there were most likely more around her torso, but he wasn't about to check. It couldn't be that serious. At least that's what he reasoned. He would wait for her to wake up before he did anything. She could tell him if she was in pain or not. The less contact he had with her, the better. Maybe those stupid emotions would finally die, and he would be as he was before. But deep down, he knew it was far too late. Ever since he first looked at her beautiful blue eyes, he knew he would never be the same again. The icy wall around his heart had begun to melt with the help of Gohan, but this girl was bringing it down even quicker. But there was no way in hell he was ever going to admit that to himself or anyone for that matter. His thoughts were interrupted by the sounds of something moving. He looked back at Ami and realized she was beginning to wake up. Her eyes fluttered open and a look of fear crossed her face. She shot up and whimpered in pain as a pain shot through her side again. Her eye's darted around the cave looking for the youma.
"She's dead. I defeated her shortly after you passed out," Piccolo told her.
She looked at him with surprise. She hadn't thought he would be able to defeat it. But she was grateful all the same.
"Thank you. You saved my life. If you hadn't been there I might have.." She trailed off, but he knew what she was getting at.
He was going to tell her that she should have been more alert, when he smelled something in the air. Blood. Not his though, his had a different smell. The girl was bleeding again. Probably tore open that wound when she sat up again. He quickly made his way over to her and pulled up her shirt. As he suspected, a stain of bright crimson showed through the dried blood. He wasn't expecting the loud screech from the girl for his action.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING YOU PERVERT!" she screeched.
"I could smell blood. You were bleeding again. I need to change the bandage," he replied as calmly as he could.
This girl was really trying his patience.
"I'm sorry. I'm still a little jumpy from the attack earlier," she said meekly.
All she got from her green friend was a grunt. He ripped another piece of the cape/blanket and took off the bloodied bandage. He was right; the cut was bleeding again, but not as bad as before. He re-bandaged it and moved to make a fire again, because while he was working on Ami, the sun had set and it was becoming increasingly dark. As soon as the fire was started, Ami noticed for the first time that night the dark stain on his shoulder.
"Piccolo! Your hurt!" she cried.
"I'll be fine. I have lived through worse."
'Much worse than this.'
"But if you don't treat it, it could become infected! Let me look at it," she ordered.
He was about to tell her that she was in no position to tell him what to do, but the demanding look in her eyes told him to do as she said. Besides, he was in no mood to hear her yell again. He slowly walked around the fire to where she laid. She sat up, but much slower this time, and leaned again the wall of the cave. His shirt was so full of blood she couldn't see the wound well.
"Take off the shirt," she commanded.
He unwillingly complied with her command. She leaned closer to look at it. It needed to be washed out, and from what she could tell, he didn't have a canteen of water or bowl or anything near him. But she could feel water close by.
"Go wash it out and come back here when you are done," she said quietly.
He got up and left to go to the back of the cave to the small pool of water. Her concern for him made him more curious about her. Why was she so worried about him? The only person that ever worried about him before was Gohan. Why was she so different from the others? He was soon done with his task and went back to the blue haired girl. She motioned for him to sit in front of her, and of course he did. He watched her as she picked up strips of the cape that she must have ripped when he was in back. She wrapped them quickly and tightly around his shoulder, but not tight enough to be considered constricting.
"Done," she announced.
He only grunted and was pleased to see a spark of anger flash in her eyes.
'That ungrateful jerk! I just helped him and not even a "thank you Ami"! He makes me so mad! But yet, he makes me curious as to why he acts this way. Did something happen to him in the past? Wait a minute. Why do I care about what happened to him in his past? Why do I even care? I have to stop thinking about him. But I can't get him out of my head!'
She huffed in frustration. She decided the best thing to do was to get some sleep. She mumbled a goodnight to Piccolo and lay back down. She covered herself in the tatters of the blanket and went to sleep.
Disclaimer: go back to chapter 2 for it.
Chapter 4: Ivy
"Great it's back," Piccolo muttered as he took of toward the cave.
"Maybe you shouldn't have left her alone," Nail said as he realized what was happening, "Do you think she knew what was going to happen?"
"I doubt it. She would have said something else instead of letting me leave," Piccolo replied.
"Well let's just hope you get there in time," Kami said.
*******************EARLIER AT THE CAVE*************************************
'Oh I hope he does get back soon. I don't know if that thing will come back for me or not,' Ami thought as she lay on the dirt floor with her eyes closed.
'Although I do feel a little stronger, I don't think I could fight it yet, let alone transform. Why am I the weakest Sailor Soldier? The others would probably still be able to transform or even stand up. I can't do either right now. I always was the one who needed saving. They could at least hold off a youma until Serena or someone else comes to help. I couldn't even do anything while the others were being killed. I was just a liability to them. Without them having to worry about me all the time, they could have been much stronger. It is all my fault that they are dead!'
Tears came to her eyes. She never deserved their friendship. She knew that now.
'I should have never been a scout in the first place,' she thought.
While Ami was wallowing in her own self-pity, a dark creature was watching the entrance of the cave. It waited for the perfect moment to strike and finish it's mission. When it came across the cave at the beginning of the storm the night before, it was surprised to see a green man running towards the cave with the blue haired pest in his arms. It had spent the whole night waiting for the green man to leave. He did leave early in the morning, and as it was getting ready to attack, the man came back. So it quickly retreated back towards its hiding spot and made up a plan. It decided to quickly report back to it's master and then return to kill the girl. *****************************AT THE EVIL FORTRESS**************************
"So you have returned," a voice asked.
"Yes master I have," the creature replied.
"I want to know if you have completed your mission. Have you completed it or not?" the voice asked.
"No master. I was not able to," the youma replied, "there were.. complications."
"What kind of complications Ivy?" The voice questioned, using the youma's name for the first time.
"But I killed all the oth-."
"WHAT COMPLICATIONS IVY!" the voice yelled.
"A namek sir. He rescued the sailor scout of Mercury from the river," Ivy replied quietly.
"AND YOU LET HIM GET AWAY WITH HER! I thought we had trained you better Ivy, I thought you knew to stick around until the job was finished, not leave with the chance of the enemy being saved!" the voice yelled.
"Master, the girl should have been killed by the fall from the cliff. I thought she was dead when she hit the water. The impact should have done it. I thought-."
"YOU THOUGHT! YOU THOUGHT SHE WAS DEAD! You youma are all the same. You assume everything and get yourself killed. You are all a bunch of spineless, brainless, fools. You are all fools. Now don't return here until Sailor Mercury is dead or hope that you die. If you return here again without killing her, then you shall face an eternity of hell. Got it Ivy?"
"Yes master."
With that, Ivy disappeared.
"Soon. Soon there will be no one to stop me, and then I will be able to purge this world of light and at long last, I will be able to plunge this world into complete chaos."
************BACK AT THE CAVE********************************
'If I do not complete this mission, master will kill me,' were the thoughts running through Ivy's head, 'oh well. Here goes nothing.'
And with that, Ivy entered the cave.
When she first stepped in, she was surprised to see the girl sleeping.
'What a complete fool! She knew I would come back for her and she just decides to go to sleep! This is going to be way to easy!' Ivy thought holding back a snicker.
She continued forward toward the girl. As luck would have it, Ivy stepped on a twig, which gave a loud snap.
'WHY ME??? WHY ME???' Ivy mentally questioned.
Nothing ever seemed to go her way. Something always had to happen. She quickly hid in the shadows. The girl stirred and rolled over on her back.
"Piccolo?" she questioned.
When she got no answer, she rolled over on her good side and went back to sleep.
"I swear I heard something," she said to herself.
"Oh believe me girl, you did her something," Ivy said as she stepped out of the shadows of the cave.
"IVY!" Amy exclaimed.
"Long time no see huh Sailor Scout, or should I call you Ami now." Ami was about to yell for Piccolo, but Ivy had other ideas.
"Don't even think of calling out to your Namek friend. He is a little busy right now. Why do you think I didn't attack sooner? I had to get him acquainted with some of my friends first. Face it Sailor Scout, your friends are gone and there is no one left to help you. You're all alone now. And there is no way I will let you get away this time," Ivy taunted.
Now that the girl thought the Namek was busy, she hoped that she wouldn't call out for help. If he was close enough to hear her, Ivy would not stand much of a chance. Ivy's vines shot up from under ground and lifted Amy into the air. With a flick of her wrist, Amy was sent crashing in the wall and pinned there.
"AAAAHHHHHHHH!" she screamed.
"Damn you girl. Looks like I'll have to shut you up before I kill you," Ivy said as she summoned more vines.
Instead of coming up from the floor, these vines came through the wall and wrapped around her neck, cutting off her air supply.
"Now, should I stab you or let you die slowly by suffocating. My, my, such a hard decision. I can't really decide. What the hell, I think slow and painful is the way to go," Ivy smirked evilly.
"Slow and painful huh? Your one of those people who risks being caught just to see your enemy in pain? Pathetic," a voice said.
"What? Who's there?" Ivy asked as she turned around.
'Please don't let it be the Namek, please don't let it be the Namek!' Ivy said in her head.
"NOOOOO NOT YOU!!" Ivy yelled as she saw the Namek.
"Afraid so," Piccolo said with a smirk.
His smirk was quickly lost when he saw Amy. Her body was limp and she looked like she could barely keep her eyes open. But when he looked in her eyes, he saw then pleading with him to help her.
'I'll get you out of here, don't worry,' he thought, 'wait a minute, where did that come from? Stupid emotions.'
Piccolo shook his head. Now was not the time to think about emotions. He had to defeat Ivy.
"Let the girl go," he growled.
"And why should I do that? I have a job to do and I plan on finishing it. Got it?" Ivy said.
'Pathetic. She is just wasting time. She is scared. She knows I can easily defeat her,' Piccolo thought.
"Alright. Remember I told you to let her go," Piccolo said.
"Wha-," Ivy didn't finish as she was suddenly hurled outside the cave.
Piccolo quickly set to work pulling the vines off of Amy. Her eyes weren't open any more. She had lost consciousness.
"Come on Amy, just hold on," he said as he kept pulling the vines away.
He finally got rid of them and caught Amy before she fell. He carefully laid her down and was relieved to see she was breathing.
"Well, at least she is out of danger," Piccolo said.
'Why was I so worried? And why did I feel so compelled to help her? These stupid emotions are getting in the way again!' he thought.
"I was right! You like her! That is the only reason why you feel this way!" Nail said.
"Shut up Nail. I still have to defeat that Ivy thing and I can't do that if I am distracted by your annoying voice," Piccolo growled back.
"Alright, alright I'll be quiet," Nail said.
Piccolo once again looked at Amy before he went outside the cave kill Ivy.
****Outside the cave*********
Ivy sat up from the crater her body made and spit out dirt.
'Damn Namek. Figures he would have to come. I was soooooo close to killing her. And now I am just sitting out here practically eating dirt!'
She growled in anger. She would make him pay for throwing her like that. She would see to it.
"Your still here? I thought a coward like you would have left already," a voice taunted.
Ivy looked up to the source of the voice, only to find the green Namek floating in the air above her.
"You will not get away with what you have done!" she howled.
Her body glowed a dark green and the earth seemed to shake. A strong wind also began to pick up, as Ivy seemed to glow brighter and brighter. It was so bright that Piccolo was forced to shield his eyes. When the light died down, Piccolo was shocked at the sight. In place of Ivy, was a creature that had vines for hair, and a light green skin color. Her outfit consisted of a body suit that also seemed to be made of vines, and she wore thigh high boots. Vines also seemed to be constantly whipping around her body, as it waiting to strike something.
"Now we shall fight," she said.
No sooner had the words left her mouth than a vine shot at Piccolo. He quickly dodged it only to be faced with another one. The vines kept shooting through the air like lightning.
'I won't be able to keep dodging much longer. It will take to much energy, and it seems to take very little effort from her,' he thought.
The vines suddenly stopped. Piccolo looked at the woman err.thing in confusion. Ivy only smirked and closed her eyes in concentration. Suddenly, all the vines seemed to wrap around each other like one big spear and launch themselves toward him. Unfortunately, he didn't dodge quickly enough. It stabbed him through his shoulder. He cried out in pain.
"You see, this is what you get for messing with me," Ivy said.
She was answered by a quiet laugh. It soon turned into a loud, mocking sort of laugh.
"You think that one hit could defeat me? Then you have another thing coming to you," Piccolo said.
As soon as her was done speaking, he disappeared. Ivy looked around, but couldn't find him. She suddenly felt a sharp kick in her back that sent her flying forward. She quickly got back out only to receive a punch in the face. Then another to her stomach, and another to her chest. The punches started coming faster and faster until it felt as though she couldn't breath. As quickly as they started, they stopped. Ivy raised her bloody face to the sky, and saw her opponent holding two fingers to his forehead. Her eyes widened as she realized what he was preparing to do. She tried to lift her body from the ground, but found herself unable to.
'So this is the end,' she thought sadly.
"Special..Beam..CANNON!" he yelled as he released his attack.
The light quickly engulfed Ivy's body as the full force of the attack hit her.
'I'm sorry master...I failed.'
When the light was gone, there was nothing but ashes left of Ivy's body. Piccolo descended to the ground slowly. The attack had taken a lot of his energy, but he would live. A stinging pain reminded him of his shoulder.
'I nearly forgot. It will heal on its own though. I better go check on Ami again.'
He waited for a comment from Nail about caring too much for the girl, but was rewarded with silence. He was shocked not to hear anything, but took advantage of the silence and returned back into the cave. Ami was still lying just as he left her, but now there were thick bruises around her neck and arms from where the vines had squeezed her. He was sure there were most likely more around her torso, but he wasn't about to check. It couldn't be that serious. At least that's what he reasoned. He would wait for her to wake up before he did anything. She could tell him if she was in pain or not. The less contact he had with her, the better. Maybe those stupid emotions would finally die, and he would be as he was before. But deep down, he knew it was far too late. Ever since he first looked at her beautiful blue eyes, he knew he would never be the same again. The icy wall around his heart had begun to melt with the help of Gohan, but this girl was bringing it down even quicker. But there was no way in hell he was ever going to admit that to himself or anyone for that matter. His thoughts were interrupted by the sounds of something moving. He looked back at Ami and realized she was beginning to wake up. Her eyes fluttered open and a look of fear crossed her face. She shot up and whimpered in pain as a pain shot through her side again. Her eye's darted around the cave looking for the youma.
"She's dead. I defeated her shortly after you passed out," Piccolo told her.
She looked at him with surprise. She hadn't thought he would be able to defeat it. But she was grateful all the same.
"Thank you. You saved my life. If you hadn't been there I might have.." She trailed off, but he knew what she was getting at.
He was going to tell her that she should have been more alert, when he smelled something in the air. Blood. Not his though, his had a different smell. The girl was bleeding again. Probably tore open that wound when she sat up again. He quickly made his way over to her and pulled up her shirt. As he suspected, a stain of bright crimson showed through the dried blood. He wasn't expecting the loud screech from the girl for his action.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING YOU PERVERT!" she screeched.
"I could smell blood. You were bleeding again. I need to change the bandage," he replied as calmly as he could.
This girl was really trying his patience.
"I'm sorry. I'm still a little jumpy from the attack earlier," she said meekly.
All she got from her green friend was a grunt. He ripped another piece of the cape/blanket and took off the bloodied bandage. He was right; the cut was bleeding again, but not as bad as before. He re-bandaged it and moved to make a fire again, because while he was working on Ami, the sun had set and it was becoming increasingly dark. As soon as the fire was started, Ami noticed for the first time that night the dark stain on his shoulder.
"Piccolo! Your hurt!" she cried.
"I'll be fine. I have lived through worse."
'Much worse than this.'
"But if you don't treat it, it could become infected! Let me look at it," she ordered.
He was about to tell her that she was in no position to tell him what to do, but the demanding look in her eyes told him to do as she said. Besides, he was in no mood to hear her yell again. He slowly walked around the fire to where she laid. She sat up, but much slower this time, and leaned again the wall of the cave. His shirt was so full of blood she couldn't see the wound well.
"Take off the shirt," she commanded.
He unwillingly complied with her command. She leaned closer to look at it. It needed to be washed out, and from what she could tell, he didn't have a canteen of water or bowl or anything near him. But she could feel water close by.
"Go wash it out and come back here when you are done," she said quietly.
He got up and left to go to the back of the cave to the small pool of water. Her concern for him made him more curious about her. Why was she so worried about him? The only person that ever worried about him before was Gohan. Why was she so different from the others? He was soon done with his task and went back to the blue haired girl. She motioned for him to sit in front of her, and of course he did. He watched her as she picked up strips of the cape that she must have ripped when he was in back. She wrapped them quickly and tightly around his shoulder, but not tight enough to be considered constricting.
"Done," she announced.
He only grunted and was pleased to see a spark of anger flash in her eyes.
'That ungrateful jerk! I just helped him and not even a "thank you Ami"! He makes me so mad! But yet, he makes me curious as to why he acts this way. Did something happen to him in the past? Wait a minute. Why do I care about what happened to him in his past? Why do I even care? I have to stop thinking about him. But I can't get him out of my head!'
She huffed in frustration. She decided the best thing to do was to get some sleep. She mumbled a goodnight to Piccolo and lay back down. She covered herself in the tatters of the blanket and went to sleep.