Evening
Disclaimer- I don't own Dragon Ball Z. I don't own the rights to anything in the whole DBZ universe which I worship so.
This story, well I hate to admit to it, but this one is by the seat of my pants. Kami only knows what'll happen. (watches all the DBZ characters shrink back in fear) Mwahaha! This is going to be a well-rounded story. Be warned, lots n lots of Piccolo! I have a soft spot for 'em. Him and Gohan, and I beg you, do not attempt to place this in a time line, save yourself a headache, because this is an A/U. Much Like the Dragonball Z movies. They just don't fit! (Like The Tree of Might..I mean..shesh)
Thanks all of you who are bearing with me, my thanks to my loyal fans!! (all 2 or 3 of you!) I'm doing this for me, but more importantly YOU GUYS! tears up, and sniffles I love you guys!.. well onto the story! If you guys EVER have a suggestion or an idea, feel free to lemme know. I always need fresh ideas.
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Chapter Two: What is a Dragonball?.
Eve snapped out of her little land of bliss at a sudden shrill voice. Her indigo eyes flashed to life and her ears perched high on her head. 'What in the name of Kami was that!?' She looked over to Piccolo and Goku, both of which seemed distressed about the noise as well.
She then followed their intent gaze, but was too late to dodge the frying pan. "RAHHOWL!" She fell backwards as the cast iron pan connected with her skull. Her massive black body fell motionless behind Gohan. '.what.. was.. that?.' she strained to think through the loud ringing in her ears.
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Piccolo's frown deepened as he watched Chi-Chi knock his feline companion to the ground in one fowl swoop. '..what does Goku see in this woman??? She is deranged '
His thoughts turned to fear as the enraged female turned to him, waving the pan in his direction. He easily dodged her assaults." Goku call your woman off!" He shouted, back to the saiyan at his back, which stood with a very dumbfounded expression on his innocent features
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Chi-Chi glared." You stay away from Gohan!, you and that vicious monster!" She pointed at the large big tiger twitching on the ground, it made a few guttural groans.'.that thing is huge.'
Chi-Chi turned to Goku, the look was enough to make him step back. She stormed towards him and waved her pan about in fury.".. And you! You just stood there while That Thing attacked Gohan!!" '..How does anyone survive without me here!? Am I the only one here who thinks on a daily basis!??' -----------------------------
Goku almost stumbled as his back touched the outer wall of his house. He waved his hands at her defensively. "No no!! she wasn't trying to hurt Gohan."
He pointed to Gohan, who had pulled Eve's large furred head into his lap and was speaking softly to her. Goku smiled. "See? their friends.. and I invited Piccolo over." He knew the last was a lie. Maybe spending so much time sparing with Vegeta was having a bad influence on him. '..Please.. please let her calm down.'
He stepped forward, and took the pan away from his wife timidly while she blinked, bewildered at Gohan and Piccolo.
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Gohan ran his hand softly over her fur. '..she's so soft. poor thing.' he could recall vividly of how much it hurt him when his stern mother gave him the pan. He couldn't imagine how much it hurt Eve.
"Can you hear me?" he whispered softly, aware of the headache she was most likely experiencing. The Tigress nodded ever so faintly, her claws clutched at the soil slightly and her tail flipped around as she moaned.
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Eve could hear him, but vaguely at the most. The ringing in her head was consent, and it hurt badly. '..make it stop.please.. make it stop Gohan.. Piccolo.. Goku.someone make it stop.'
She could almost feel hot tears burn her eyes. Another groan escaped her throat. Eve could hear her pulse as it throbbed in her head, and in her ears.
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Goku vanished suddenly. Using his personal art of Instant transmission. He appeared inside the house in his bedroom ". now where did I put that?."
He rummaged about for several minutes before finding his last sensu bean. "There you are!" he smiled and held it triumphantly before reappearing beside the fallen lady tiger.
"Eat this Eve.. it will help" he said warmly. He smiled broadly as his words must have been heard. Because the tigress lapped the bean up with her pink tongue and chewed on it. Goku laughed softly at the feel on her tongue.
Piccolo stood by and watched as Chi-Chi began to assail Goku with a long stream of shouts. The sheer volume so piercing that Piccolo understood very little of it. Something about giving a boy eating monster their last sensu bean.
He smiled quickly and uncontrollably as the Tigress rouse to her feet and shook her fur out. 'It worked.. Her other injuries should be healed now as well.' But the namake soon replaced his smile with his normal cold expression. Even as the urge to laugh swelled when Eve began licking Goku's face.
He narrowed his eyes faintly and watched Eve for a moment while Goku filled Chi-Chi in on who and what Eve was. '..even in as a beast she is.. stunning..' He watched her until she turned. Their eyes met for all of a second before their thoughts were snapped short.
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"Well, what are we going to do?" Goku said as he stood in front of his tall ally. He noticed Piccolo's questioning gaze. "..I mean.. we can't just leave her like this!" he gestured to Eve, she flickered her ears and sat still.
'..I know I wouldn't wanna be a kitty cat all my life.. and she's been one for like.5 lives or something.' His dark eyes narrowed as he mentally attempted the math.
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Eve could not believe her ears. '..there.. is a way to break the curse? Could it be that my torture is at an end?' She could feel her hopes flutter in her chest like stirred butterflies. But the troubled tigress suppressed them.
'.there cannot be.I surely would have heard of a magic great enough to break this spell. His death was not even enough..' Her ears sagged faintly.
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Piccolo thought for a moment, then he cursed himself inwardly for not thinking of it sooner.' I am such an idiot..' "..Couldn't we simply use the Dragonballs?"
He folded his arms. '..I don't see why the Dragon wouldn't grant the wish, it seems simple enough.' His gaze turned to Eve. Her velvet black head was tilted slightly,questioningly. 'I hope this works.. for her sake..'
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Gohan shouted happily "Great Idea Piccolo!" he blinked when he felt a nudge on his shoulder. It was Eve getting his attention. He gave it to her and watched her extend a single claw and write something in the sand.
The half saiyan read it slowly as she wrote it.". what. is.. a. DragonBall?" he laughed then looked at his father.
---------------------------- "OH!! I forgot!.. Its just been so long since I've met someone who didn't know." He walked over to her. Goku had to step around Chi-Chi. She was staring gap-jawed at the tiger who just wrote in the dirt.
"Ya see..There are 7 DragonBalls. And they are scattered all over the world. When you collect all 7 and put them together. You can summon The Eternal Dragon. Then he'll grant you a wish! Any Wish!" He smiled.
"This one time Olong wished for the world's most comfortable pair of underwear!" he laughed in remembrance 'ah.. those were fun times.. back then.' he sighed.
He missed those days, but then again. He was happy. 'I wouldn't change anything.. not even you Chi-Chi' he said this as he lightly gripped his wife's shoulder
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Eve smiled softly. 'then there is hope.' she looked down in thought and closed her eyes. 'I will feel the sun on my skin again.I will be able to leave this forest behind.' tears of happiness burned the back of her throat as she held them at bay.
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Piccolo watched Eve's reaction to the good news. It was odd, watching a tigress move in such a human way. Her expressions seemingly unnatural to her feline features.
His thoughts were intrupted when he remember something. "..wait. Didn't Krillian recently use the Dragonballs?" His eyes narrowed, remembering earlier that week, feeling the Dragon being summoned.
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Goku slapped his forehead abruptly. "Your right! I completely forgot about that!" he laughed folding his arms and tapping his foot.' Well this changes things a lot.' He thought to himself as he watched Eve look up,puzzled." The DragonBalls can only be used once a year..so we'll have to wait about a year before we can cure you."
He watched her excitement fade greatly, and it hurt him." Well don't get too down! Your going to stay with us until the year is up!"
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Chi-Chi miraculously recovered from her recent shock and shouted "Oh no she's not! I will not have that fur ball in my clean house. "
She then threw a finger in Gohan's direction " and do you think our son will be able to concentrate on his studied with that monster in the house!?" She folded her arms and huffed "Ecaris is hard enough to compete with!" ((Ecaris.. that purple dragon that appeared in the Tree of Might))
She listened to Goku's usually "but Chi-Chi" but she was going to stand firm on this.'I can't give in this time. I've been giving him and Gohan to much lead way. This is far enough..' She shouted to her husband, hoping to make her point go threw his thick saiyan skull. "NO Goku!"
With that, feeling confident she had won, Chi-Chi walked back into the house. '. that's the way, must keep them in line..' "Dinner will be ready soon Goku.."
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Gohan sighed heavily, having wanted Eve to stay with them.'...its not fair.what is she supposed to do? Live in the woods?'
He stroked Eve's neck slowly in thought. '..well, she has been surviving out there for hundreds of years.. but still.' He looked into her sapphire eyes and smiled'..she wasn't there because she wanted to be..it was because she had no choice.'
That was when Gohan's eyes flared to life. "I've got an idea!" He smiled and looked to his father and Piccolo, who had both been in silence, thinking of a solution. "She can stay with Piccolo!"
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Piccolo stumbles backwards at Gohan's words. "W.. What?" he looked down at Eve, who slowly turned to meet her eyes.
He wouldn't even admit it to himself, but he would enjoy having someone around. Especially if that someone was Eve. 'what is this feeling I get every time I look at her.' He stared into Her deepest of blue eyes for what seemed like the longest time.
It must have been long enough, considering Goku's hand landed abruptly on his shoulder.
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"Problem solved! She'll stay with you Piccolo!" he smiled. As naïve as Goku was, he still realized something had just passed between the tigress Eve, and his friend Piccolo. Though he couldn't for the life of him figure out what.
'..Maybe they both know telepathy?' he shrugged. Then he heard his wife calling him and Gohan for supper. "Well, I would say you could eat with us, but Chi-Chi 'd probably say no ..so We'll see you two later I guess "
With That Goku walked to Eve, patting her between the ears. "hope to see ya soon eve." 'hope you survive living with Piccolo.' He thought to himself as he motioned Gohan to follow.
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Gohan nodded sorrowfully and rubbed Eve's fur a last time."I'll come to visit you and Piccolo whenever I can. If Piccolo says I can anway"
Gohan grinned warmly as Piccolo nodded curtly. "You know you can.. whenever you wish Gohan"
Gohan trotted up to Piccolo and hugged him tightly around the waist, rubbing his cheek against his sensie's purple gi. '..I love you Piccolo.take care of Eve..'
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Piccolo stroked the young saiyan's hair back fondly. "Go on now kid. I don't wish to hear your mother's screeching again today."
He watched the child smile and go into the house, giving him once last glance before disappearing from view. He sighed and looked over to Eve, who was approaching him causiously. He didn't remember agreeing to this arangment, but somehow he didn't mind it all too much as he watched her gaze up at him warmly.
"you ready to go?" he asked softly. '..I'm getting soft, and I havn't even gotten her back to the cave yet! I'm going to be like Goku at the end of this year.' He didn't like that thought at all.
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Her eyes sparkled and she nodded to her tall green companion.' A year with you. Maybe fate has finally begun to turn in my favor.' She started down the path in which they had come.
She could hear his even foot steps behind her. She listened to his breathing, even to his heart beat as they pressed on in the steadily dimming light. 'I hope you can stand my company for a year Piccolo. I am not even positive that you want me here..' That thought alone saddened her alittle, but she could not help but be happy now, she was going home, with the man she belonged with. She felt complete in his presence.
-----Well there it is, Chapter 7.. I'm really sorry for the delay.. case of sever writter's block. This chapter was like pulling teeth. Just couldn't get the words to flow. Well review please!. I hope chapter 8 is better, and quicker in the making.
Next chapter---can piccolo survive living with a female. Will eve survive living with Piccolo? And of course.. plenty of plot twists and intrique!
Disclaimer- I don't own Dragon Ball Z. I don't own the rights to anything in the whole DBZ universe which I worship so.
This story, well I hate to admit to it, but this one is by the seat of my pants. Kami only knows what'll happen. (watches all the DBZ characters shrink back in fear) Mwahaha! This is going to be a well-rounded story. Be warned, lots n lots of Piccolo! I have a soft spot for 'em. Him and Gohan, and I beg you, do not attempt to place this in a time line, save yourself a headache, because this is an A/U. Much Like the Dragonball Z movies. They just don't fit! (Like The Tree of Might..I mean..shesh)
Thanks all of you who are bearing with me, my thanks to my loyal fans!! (all 2 or 3 of you!) I'm doing this for me, but more importantly YOU GUYS! tears up, and sniffles I love you guys!.. well onto the story! If you guys EVER have a suggestion or an idea, feel free to lemme know. I always need fresh ideas.
-------------------- = Changing view points or location.(such as switching from Goku's point of view to Piccolo's) '...' = Thoughts
Chapter Two: What is a Dragonball?.
Eve snapped out of her little land of bliss at a sudden shrill voice. Her indigo eyes flashed to life and her ears perched high on her head. 'What in the name of Kami was that!?' She looked over to Piccolo and Goku, both of which seemed distressed about the noise as well.
She then followed their intent gaze, but was too late to dodge the frying pan. "RAHHOWL!" She fell backwards as the cast iron pan connected with her skull. Her massive black body fell motionless behind Gohan. '.what.. was.. that?.' she strained to think through the loud ringing in her ears.
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Piccolo's frown deepened as he watched Chi-Chi knock his feline companion to the ground in one fowl swoop. '..what does Goku see in this woman??? She is deranged '
His thoughts turned to fear as the enraged female turned to him, waving the pan in his direction. He easily dodged her assaults." Goku call your woman off!" He shouted, back to the saiyan at his back, which stood with a very dumbfounded expression on his innocent features
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Chi-Chi glared." You stay away from Gohan!, you and that vicious monster!" She pointed at the large big tiger twitching on the ground, it made a few guttural groans.'.that thing is huge.'
Chi-Chi turned to Goku, the look was enough to make him step back. She stormed towards him and waved her pan about in fury.".. And you! You just stood there while That Thing attacked Gohan!!" '..How does anyone survive without me here!? Am I the only one here who thinks on a daily basis!??' -----------------------------
Goku almost stumbled as his back touched the outer wall of his house. He waved his hands at her defensively. "No no!! she wasn't trying to hurt Gohan."
He pointed to Gohan, who had pulled Eve's large furred head into his lap and was speaking softly to her. Goku smiled. "See? their friends.. and I invited Piccolo over." He knew the last was a lie. Maybe spending so much time sparing with Vegeta was having a bad influence on him. '..Please.. please let her calm down.'
He stepped forward, and took the pan away from his wife timidly while she blinked, bewildered at Gohan and Piccolo.
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Gohan ran his hand softly over her fur. '..she's so soft. poor thing.' he could recall vividly of how much it hurt him when his stern mother gave him the pan. He couldn't imagine how much it hurt Eve.
"Can you hear me?" he whispered softly, aware of the headache she was most likely experiencing. The Tigress nodded ever so faintly, her claws clutched at the soil slightly and her tail flipped around as she moaned.
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Eve could hear him, but vaguely at the most. The ringing in her head was consent, and it hurt badly. '..make it stop.please.. make it stop Gohan.. Piccolo.. Goku.someone make it stop.'
She could almost feel hot tears burn her eyes. Another groan escaped her throat. Eve could hear her pulse as it throbbed in her head, and in her ears.
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Goku vanished suddenly. Using his personal art of Instant transmission. He appeared inside the house in his bedroom ". now where did I put that?."
He rummaged about for several minutes before finding his last sensu bean. "There you are!" he smiled and held it triumphantly before reappearing beside the fallen lady tiger.
"Eat this Eve.. it will help" he said warmly. He smiled broadly as his words must have been heard. Because the tigress lapped the bean up with her pink tongue and chewed on it. Goku laughed softly at the feel on her tongue.
Piccolo stood by and watched as Chi-Chi began to assail Goku with a long stream of shouts. The sheer volume so piercing that Piccolo understood very little of it. Something about giving a boy eating monster their last sensu bean.
He smiled quickly and uncontrollably as the Tigress rouse to her feet and shook her fur out. 'It worked.. Her other injuries should be healed now as well.' But the namake soon replaced his smile with his normal cold expression. Even as the urge to laugh swelled when Eve began licking Goku's face.
He narrowed his eyes faintly and watched Eve for a moment while Goku filled Chi-Chi in on who and what Eve was. '..even in as a beast she is.. stunning..' He watched her until she turned. Their eyes met for all of a second before their thoughts were snapped short.
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"Well, what are we going to do?" Goku said as he stood in front of his tall ally. He noticed Piccolo's questioning gaze. "..I mean.. we can't just leave her like this!" he gestured to Eve, she flickered her ears and sat still.
'..I know I wouldn't wanna be a kitty cat all my life.. and she's been one for like.5 lives or something.' His dark eyes narrowed as he mentally attempted the math.
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Eve could not believe her ears. '..there.. is a way to break the curse? Could it be that my torture is at an end?' She could feel her hopes flutter in her chest like stirred butterflies. But the troubled tigress suppressed them.
'.there cannot be.I surely would have heard of a magic great enough to break this spell. His death was not even enough..' Her ears sagged faintly.
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Piccolo thought for a moment, then he cursed himself inwardly for not thinking of it sooner.' I am such an idiot..' "..Couldn't we simply use the Dragonballs?"
He folded his arms. '..I don't see why the Dragon wouldn't grant the wish, it seems simple enough.' His gaze turned to Eve. Her velvet black head was tilted slightly,questioningly. 'I hope this works.. for her sake..'
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Gohan shouted happily "Great Idea Piccolo!" he blinked when he felt a nudge on his shoulder. It was Eve getting his attention. He gave it to her and watched her extend a single claw and write something in the sand.
The half saiyan read it slowly as she wrote it.". what. is.. a. DragonBall?" he laughed then looked at his father.
---------------------------- "OH!! I forgot!.. Its just been so long since I've met someone who didn't know." He walked over to her. Goku had to step around Chi-Chi. She was staring gap-jawed at the tiger who just wrote in the dirt.
"Ya see..There are 7 DragonBalls. And they are scattered all over the world. When you collect all 7 and put them together. You can summon The Eternal Dragon. Then he'll grant you a wish! Any Wish!" He smiled.
"This one time Olong wished for the world's most comfortable pair of underwear!" he laughed in remembrance 'ah.. those were fun times.. back then.' he sighed.
He missed those days, but then again. He was happy. 'I wouldn't change anything.. not even you Chi-Chi' he said this as he lightly gripped his wife's shoulder
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Eve smiled softly. 'then there is hope.' she looked down in thought and closed her eyes. 'I will feel the sun on my skin again.I will be able to leave this forest behind.' tears of happiness burned the back of her throat as she held them at bay.
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Piccolo watched Eve's reaction to the good news. It was odd, watching a tigress move in such a human way. Her expressions seemingly unnatural to her feline features.
His thoughts were intrupted when he remember something. "..wait. Didn't Krillian recently use the Dragonballs?" His eyes narrowed, remembering earlier that week, feeling the Dragon being summoned.
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Goku slapped his forehead abruptly. "Your right! I completely forgot about that!" he laughed folding his arms and tapping his foot.' Well this changes things a lot.' He thought to himself as he watched Eve look up,puzzled." The DragonBalls can only be used once a year..so we'll have to wait about a year before we can cure you."
He watched her excitement fade greatly, and it hurt him." Well don't get too down! Your going to stay with us until the year is up!"
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Chi-Chi miraculously recovered from her recent shock and shouted "Oh no she's not! I will not have that fur ball in my clean house. "
She then threw a finger in Gohan's direction " and do you think our son will be able to concentrate on his studied with that monster in the house!?" She folded her arms and huffed "Ecaris is hard enough to compete with!" ((Ecaris.. that purple dragon that appeared in the Tree of Might))
She listened to Goku's usually "but Chi-Chi" but she was going to stand firm on this.'I can't give in this time. I've been giving him and Gohan to much lead way. This is far enough..' She shouted to her husband, hoping to make her point go threw his thick saiyan skull. "NO Goku!"
With that, feeling confident she had won, Chi-Chi walked back into the house. '. that's the way, must keep them in line..' "Dinner will be ready soon Goku.."
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Gohan sighed heavily, having wanted Eve to stay with them.'...its not fair.what is she supposed to do? Live in the woods?'
He stroked Eve's neck slowly in thought. '..well, she has been surviving out there for hundreds of years.. but still.' He looked into her sapphire eyes and smiled'..she wasn't there because she wanted to be..it was because she had no choice.'
That was when Gohan's eyes flared to life. "I've got an idea!" He smiled and looked to his father and Piccolo, who had both been in silence, thinking of a solution. "She can stay with Piccolo!"
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Piccolo stumbles backwards at Gohan's words. "W.. What?" he looked down at Eve, who slowly turned to meet her eyes.
He wouldn't even admit it to himself, but he would enjoy having someone around. Especially if that someone was Eve. 'what is this feeling I get every time I look at her.' He stared into Her deepest of blue eyes for what seemed like the longest time.
It must have been long enough, considering Goku's hand landed abruptly on his shoulder.
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"Problem solved! She'll stay with you Piccolo!" he smiled. As naïve as Goku was, he still realized something had just passed between the tigress Eve, and his friend Piccolo. Though he couldn't for the life of him figure out what.
'..Maybe they both know telepathy?' he shrugged. Then he heard his wife calling him and Gohan for supper. "Well, I would say you could eat with us, but Chi-Chi 'd probably say no ..so We'll see you two later I guess "
With That Goku walked to Eve, patting her between the ears. "hope to see ya soon eve." 'hope you survive living with Piccolo.' He thought to himself as he motioned Gohan to follow.
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Gohan nodded sorrowfully and rubbed Eve's fur a last time."I'll come to visit you and Piccolo whenever I can. If Piccolo says I can anway"
Gohan grinned warmly as Piccolo nodded curtly. "You know you can.. whenever you wish Gohan"
Gohan trotted up to Piccolo and hugged him tightly around the waist, rubbing his cheek against his sensie's purple gi. '..I love you Piccolo.take care of Eve..'
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Piccolo stroked the young saiyan's hair back fondly. "Go on now kid. I don't wish to hear your mother's screeching again today."
He watched the child smile and go into the house, giving him once last glance before disappearing from view. He sighed and looked over to Eve, who was approaching him causiously. He didn't remember agreeing to this arangment, but somehow he didn't mind it all too much as he watched her gaze up at him warmly.
"you ready to go?" he asked softly. '..I'm getting soft, and I havn't even gotten her back to the cave yet! I'm going to be like Goku at the end of this year.' He didn't like that thought at all.
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Her eyes sparkled and she nodded to her tall green companion.' A year with you. Maybe fate has finally begun to turn in my favor.' She started down the path in which they had come.
She could hear his even foot steps behind her. She listened to his breathing, even to his heart beat as they pressed on in the steadily dimming light. 'I hope you can stand my company for a year Piccolo. I am not even positive that you want me here..' That thought alone saddened her alittle, but she could not help but be happy now, she was going home, with the man she belonged with. She felt complete in his presence.
-----Well there it is, Chapter 7.. I'm really sorry for the delay.. case of sever writter's block. This chapter was like pulling teeth. Just couldn't get the words to flow. Well review please!. I hope chapter 8 is better, and quicker in the making.
Next chapter---can piccolo survive living with a female. Will eve survive living with Piccolo? And of course.. plenty of plot twists and intrique!