*HERE'S CHAPTER 3! Sorry, there are no people who want to be a new briber quite yet, I think there is one…but I forget who you are! I'm sorry whoever asked to be one! I'LL PUT YOU IN THE NEXT CHAPTER! Well, this one probably isn't as good as the first 2, but you know how it is…pah*



Bribe for Piccolo!

1 Chapter 3

Kittioto, DD, Nikki, and Delta all ran around looking for Piccolo in the nearby woods and beyond. Not a trace here, not a trace there… they've seen not hide nor hair of the big green guy…for all they knew, he was long gone with is super powers going full! And poor diluted Aki was lying keeled over outside, (unconscious mind you) in a sand box! Where did we go wrong…! Nikki stopped and grabbed her knees, kneeling over panting and trying to catch her breath. The rest of them stopped, panting with their hands on their heads. Nikki got up and took a deep breath.

"I think he's really gone now…" Nikki spat out. DD laughed.

"I think that just may be true." She said. Nikki shook her head.

"He couldn't have gone that far! Could he of?" She asked. Kitt shrugged.

"It's possible, knowing Piccolo he could be hundreds of miles from here by now." She said. Nikki nodded.

"Your right…I don't know why I got my hopes up." They all sighed inwardly and dropped their heads sadly.

"Maybe we should keep looking." Delta suggested. DD shook her head.

"What's the point? He's gone…and he's not coming back as long as we're here." She said, Delta sighed.

"Yeah, I guess so." Nikki shook her head. (Gee, haven't you noticed that this is going absolutely nowhere…you're wondering why aren't you?….what's that you say? Oh no no, there's no need to show me out; I'll find the door myself.) They all went back into the little house and flopped down on the couch. Kittioto and DD laid down on each ends of the couch and Delta and Nikki took the incliners.

*Yawn, how boring. *

*How could he leave? *

*What's Paris like? *

*Are my shoes too big? *

*I thought an experience with Piccolo would be so much different than this! *

*I wonder if Aki is OK…I wonder how bad of a case she has Piccolo fever…*

*Mmmmm…………I wonder how hot it is outside. *

*Sadfkhasdhfiyusdhf I eat pudding asdoufaskdhjf *

These thoughts and more raced quietly though the 'I'm crazy for Piccolo' group. It was as if there was nothing or nowhere to go, but to your own brain! They were all ready to take a long, LONG nap when just then they heard a loud "KA-POW!!" of a door hitting the wall. They all jumped up and turned to the door. There stood a wet and dirty Piccolo, muddy and dripping from head to toe. They all gasped.

"Piccolo-san! What happened to you!?" Nikki gasped. Piccolo turned his eyes to Nikki and then slammed the front door.

"Don't ask." He growled and then walked to the bathroom and then in a bone jarring "BANG!" he slammed that door too. They all stared at the door in shock. Nikki shrieked, jumping up and down, going chibi!

"He came back he came back he came back!" She cried, still chibi. Everyone looked at her, sweat drops on their heads. A few minutes later Piccolo came back out of the bathroom, clean and with a scowl on his face. Everyone ran over to him.

"Piccolo! Piccolo! What happened what happened?!" They all said at the same time. Piccolo stared at them a stupid grin of defiance crossing his lips.

"If you really want to know…your little friend finally woke up…" He simply said and examined each and everyone's faces. Nikki gasped.

"She got to you!?" Kittioto asked.

"But how? Not even we could find you!" DD said. Delta nodded. Piccolo growled

"I don't know…" He growled. Nikki ran outside to find Aki running and skipping around covered in sand and mud, chanting. Nikki fell over anime style.

"AKI! What are you doing!?" Nikki yelled. Aki stopped running around and pouted, her lower lip quivering.

"Daddy was so mean to me! He wouldn't make mud pies with me!" She called. Nikki sweat dropped.

"Daddy…? Mud…pies?" She asked, swallowing hard. Aki nodded really fast.

"Piccolo's my new daddy now! And mud pies are fun! Wanna help me make them? HUH HUH HUH?" She called. Nikki fell over laughing.

"Mud Pies! Piccolo's your daddy! HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Nikki could barely breath. Everyone came out finally and watched as Nikki was practically rolling on the ground in laughter and Aki was tossing up mud and screaming, "You're free! You're free! Fly little mud! FLY!" No one knew what to think. Aki had officially lost it. Kittioto turned to DD and whispered in her ear.

"Do you think that we have a chance with Piccolo since Aki is…well…over the edge?" She asked. DD shrugged.

"It's up to Piccolo." She replied. Nikki jumped up and grabbed her stomach, groaning.

"All that laughing has made me nauseas!" She said, moaning. They all shook their heads.

"Too bad." The all said. Nikki groaned.

"Oh, how sympathetic…remind me to put a little extra something in yall's Christmas cards!" She snapped. She turned around and peeked at Aki, who was throwing sand up now and calling "Shove off ye young sailor bugle!" Nikki sweat dropped huge and her chin practically hit the ground.

"AKI! GET YOUR BUTT OUT OF THE SAND BOX AND COME 'ER!" Nikki called. Aki stopped throwing up sand and looked over. She blinked a couple times and then threw her hands up, wailing like a little kid and bawling her eyes out, slamming her fists hard into the sand.

"NO! AKI WANT DADDY! AKI WANT DADDY NOW!" She bawled. Everyone turned around and looked at Piccolo, whom had his arms crossed. He looked around at all their faces and then backed away.

"No! I will not be her 'daddy'! NO!"



A long and intensely exhausting 2 hours 34 minutes and 29.4 seconds later…



"Oh I love you daddy!" Aki hugged Piccolo's leg and squished her cheek against his leg deforming her face. Piccolo had his arms crossed, a scowl on his face, and his lips curled into disgust.

"I can't believe I let you talk me into this…" He growled. Everyone slapped their hands together in achievement and slumped on the ground. Aki was sitting there on Piccolo's leg purring and humming, Piccolo was staring at a fire escape…which he must have been day dreaming climbing down off of…and the rest of them were back to back on the ground exhausted. What was going to happen next pray-tell? Do you really want to know? Nah…come on, do you really?…….REALLY? Are you sure? Are you really really sure? Are you really really really really really sure? Are you really really really really— *Gets slapped over the head by an oncoming pedestrian* OW! Ok ok, I'll tell you!

Aki had made her way up to Piccolo's neck. She was purring and humming, and then purring some more. What an odd yet unique way to get Piccolo huh? Delta stood up and sighed.

"What do we do now?" She asked. Everyone looked at each other. Nikki sighed.

"Nothing I guess." Kittioto said. Delta sighed and sat back down. Nikki jumped up and put her hands on her hips, turning to face the group with a face full of honor.

"What are we here? A bunch of old southerners with TV's that have no antennae and you need to wrap yourself in foil and stand by it just to get reception to watch DBZ? Are you just going to let yourselves be provoked into nothing? Are you going to let yourselves lose the battle for Piccolo to AKI? I think not!" Suddenly, an American flag appeared behind Nikki and she was suddenly in a military hierarchy suit.

"For I tell you this…we are here to win the battle for Piccolo's long lasting affection…we are here to serve all Piccolo fans around the world the righteousness and fullness of his love! Of his life! Of his war! For I propose this, I say we get up and go out there and get Piccolo! Are you with me?!" She said patriotically. They all looked at each other and then back at Nikki.

"Can we have some lunch first?" DD asked. Nikki fell over. Kittioto laughed.

"Oh, and what's with the flag and outfit?" Nikki looked down at her outfit.

"Oh, this was my grandfathers…and the flag…mine." Nikki tore down the flag and then ripped off the military suit (with her other clothes underneath)

"I didn't have any point in using them, it was all for the affect." Nikki said and then threw the flag over the flag post and the suit on the table. Nikki placed her hands on her hips again and looked over at Aki. She was rubbing up against Piccolo like a cat and barking like a dog. Piccolo was trying to nudge her away, but his efforts were in vain, because she kept running back on all fours. Nikki headed over to Piccolo and pulled at Aki's shirt, trying to pull her away.

"Don't worry Piccolo…I got her!" Piccolo watched Nikki in disbelief, and so did everyone else, especially Aki.

"Nikki! What are you doing?" Aki cried out, flinging her arms this way and that. Nikki pulled Aki to the garage and put her in a trashcan.

"Hey! NI—" Aki suddenly became silent. Nikki listened for a moment. She jumped at the sudden roar of anger.

"I can't believe this! I can't believe that someone would actually throw away this perfectly good tuna sandwich!" Aki cried out from the trashcan and then Nikki heard the crunching of food being eaten. Nikki cringed and ran away, ready to barf. Piccolo stood near the edge of the yard, looking like he was ready to run. Nikki made her way quickly and swiftly up to Piccolo.

"Sorry about that Piccolo…Aki has this odd addiction for you…and I'm not saying that I don't have some kind of odd addiction for you…but really, Aki is just a lint eating mongoose who likes to lick and drool on you, not to mention rub up against you and purr…but really, the worst I could do is make a naked picture of you." Nikki said. Piccolo sweat dropped, his stance slightly turned to the side, his massive arms crossed over his wide chest, his tall muscular body made it a little intimidating to look at, and his face was blank and full of confusion, with his eyes big and inquisitive.

"So I was wondering…why exactly are you sticking around? Since now you know what Aki, or any of us for the matter, are really capable of? " Nikki asked. Piccolo was silent for a moment, as if he were thinking.

"I don't know." He said. Nikki eyed Piccolo for a minute. He became tense and looked away. Nikki sighed. The winds were blowing nicely now, the warmth of the sun beat down around the earth, and the nearby pond was sparkling and rippling. The trees cast shade and sunlight flickered and shifted underneath the trees where it did get through the leaves. It was summer time…and it was hot. The rest of the crew looked hot and their faces glistened with perspiration. Nikki stepped slowly backwards away from Piccolo and then ran back to the group.

"Ok you guys! Lets go get some lunch…and something to drink…I've got lemonade!" Everyone nodded in agreement and pushed each other out of the way to get into the air-conditioned house. As soon as everyone was inside Nikki was the one left with doing all the cooking, Kittioto, Delta, and DD were slumped in the chairs, hot and slightly sweaty. As soon as lunch was done they all inhaled the hotdogs and potato chips and pickles, and gulped down the cold lemonade. Delta, DD, and Kittioto were nice enough to clean up, but they hadn't thanked Nikki for the lunch, typical Piccolo fans…always like Piccolo…(j/k, yall, it wasn't a dis.) They all made their way to the living room and slumped down on the couch and turned on the TV. Nikki looked outside at Piccolo. He looked troubled, and Aki was still in the trashcan. Kittioto came up next to Nikki and looked out the window.

"Is it just me, or does Piccolo look a little tense and worried about something?" She asked. As soon as she said that, the rest of the crew came over and peeked out the window over their shoulders.

"Yeah, he kind of does…maybe we should go and cheer him up." Delta offered. They all thought for a minute and then shrugged.

"I guess it couldn't really hurt anything right? I mean, Piccolo would probably want someone to know what was bothering him." Kittioto pointed out. Nikki nodded.

"Yeah, good idea." They all leapt off the couch and made their way outside. With Nikki in the lead they all made their way over to Piccolo, stopping merely inches in front of him. Piccolo looked down at them, looking at each of their faces. After a few moments of silence his lips rose into a snarl. Suddenly he threw up his arms and roared out an angry cry.

"I will not be one of yours' 'daddy' if that's what you want!" He roared. Kittioto shook her head.

"No, that's not what were here for." She said. He looked at their faces again.

"I won't make mud pies with you!" He roared. Delta shook her head.

"That's not what we want either." She said. He stood stunned. Then suddenly a grimace crossed his face.

"Oh no…no no no no no! I will not play 'doll house' with you!" He cried, backing away. DD shook her head.

"No Piccolo! We wanted to know what was wrong!" She exclaimed. Piccolo stopped backing up and studied their faces. He relaxed and crossed his arms.

"That's non of your concern." He said rapidly. Nikki gave him pleading puppy eyes, along with Kittioto and DD.

"Please Piccolo? We really want to help…that is, if we can." Nikki said. Piccolo narrowed his eyes.

"No." He said bluntly. They looked at each other.

"But why not?" Delta asked. Piccolo growled.

"Because I said no!" He snapped. They all jumped back.

"Please Piccolo…? Please?" Nikki asked innocently, her eyes pleading again. Piccolo stared down at Nikki and snarled.

"I SAID NO NOW STOP ASKING ME!" He roared. Nikki sighed.



WHAT WAS GOING TO GET PICCOLO TO TALK?



*The next chapter is coming soon, so just be patient. I wrote this all in about a half hour! No, I am serious; I type 101 words a minute…so yeah. Sorry I had to cut this sort of short because of the lack of time I have before I have to practice for the talent show being held at my school tomorrow, which is Friday may 10th just incase I get this up pretty late…oh dear, I'm in it, I'm reading poetry too…oh dear…I'll post the poetry I read at the talent show later when I upload it! It's actually pretty good! 84 people tried out for the talent show, and only 10 acts were picked, I WAS ONE OF THEM! Yippy! And the first prize winner gets 250 BIG GREEN DOLLARS! WISH ME LUCK! WELL THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL COME SOON AND IF YOU WANT TO BE IN IT YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO! SEE YA SOON WITH THE ANSWER FROM PICCOLO…what was really bothering him? And why…COMING SOON!*