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.
All right Piccolo fans. For the sake of keeping his character intact he's gonna do something you guys are not going to agree with. But hey! We're not close to the end yet. That and this Chapter contains harsh language. Okay folks, got your Kleenex?? Cuz here we go!
-------------------- = Changing view points or location. (Such as switching from Goku's point of view to Piccolo's) '...' = Thoughts -------~*~--------- = Time Lapse
Chapter 10: Sapphire Tears
Eve sat across from Piccolo as he meditated. It had nearly been two months since she had begun to stay with him. Most nights were spent in this fashion, though occasionally she managed conversation out of the solemn Namake.
She watched as the firelight played across his strong features. He had grown very accustomed to her company it seemed. Because he sat across from her with only his typical purple pants on. He complained about hating the summer heat once, so she assumed he was most comfortable without his shirt.
At any rate she enjoyed getting a beautiful view of his upper body every night, not to mention every day when he trained, the shirt came off at some point. 'How ridiculous I sound. like a childish girl and her crush..' Her eyes moved over his flesh freely, as he was lost to the world.
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Piccolo sighed inwardly. 'Why does she look at me that way?' he could clearly feel the intensity of her sapphire gaze. It wasn't all together UN nerving, but it made him UN easy some how. He shifted involuntarily, and he felt her gaze fall from him.
". Looking forward to being changed back to normal?" he said softly, looking up to her. The shock on her face matched that of his own. 'What am I doing?.. I don't care what she's thinking. do I?'
Piccolo once more found himself entranced by her eyes. The firelight sparkled against their blue depths, seeming like stars. His jaw tightened suddenly as his thoughts began to wander greatly.
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Her heart skipped a beat. 'He is talking to me! Without my help. I did not have to force conversation from him.' As soon as he shock faded, nothing but un-sated love remained. Eve smiled and gazed back at him. Something about the endless darkness in his eyes caught her breath for an instant. The warmth that stalked beneath his cold exterior, that warmth which she cherished.
"Yes.Though I cannot say I am not enjoying my stay here with you." She broke eye contacted to look down into the fire.
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His eyes narrowed and he crossed his arms. "Well enjoy it now, because when you're normal again you'll be on your own. Or with Goku if he'll have you." His words seemed to ring out colder than he liked, but he said this more to himself than to Eve.
He could feel his control being striped away. Gohan grated on his heart enough without this woman attacking him from another angle. 'I cannot afford to become soft like Goku.'
He felt too much like Vegeta for his taste at that last thought, but his mind returned to reality as he heard Eve take a sharp breath.
His eyes returned to her. The look in her eyes made his chest ach. His right hand flexed faintly resisting the urge to grip at his chest. It was hard to breath a he saw her beautiful blue eyes shimmer softly with UN shed tears.
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Eve struggled for words, which seemed to stick to her tongue as the tears burned her throat. "Piccolo." in the end that was the only word that her lips allowed her. '.. I..I thought. you enjoyed my being here.'
Her eyes feel to the ground at the base of the fire. She desperately held her tears back as all of her hopes shattered. 'I love you Piccolo.. Why can't you show me your feelings.. Why?. why!?' "I.. I assumed I could .stay here with you.at least until I found a place of..My own.. I thought you. cared for me.."
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He opened his mouth to take back all that he had just said, but he stopped himself. 'No.. I meant what I said.. I can not and will not look after this troublesome female more than necessary.' He closed his eyes attempting to rid himself of her image. The look in her eyes was enough to make him wince in pain.
Then he heard her speak, and he gulped visibly and tightened his jaw. The agony in her words was too stark and real for him to bear.
"You mean nothing to me. You can stay with Goku and Gohan until you're on your feet. I cannot train while I am forced to look after a weak female." Once more his words rang much more harsh than he had originally assumed. His eyes opened only when he heard Eve stand. "Eve?"
His eyes narrowed when he saw a single wet train running down each cheek and her eyes softly shut.
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She tried her hardest not to cry, but two tears fell and she stood. 'I have to get out of here. He is right, why would he want a nuisance such as myself' She heard him utter her name. She flinched. "I.. I am going for a walk."
Her eyes fluttered open, if only half way to see him standing in front of her. She waited, her heart pounding in her ears, beating against her chest like a caged bird desperately trying to free itself. Eve breath was caught in her tight throat, waiting for him to take everything back, and pull her close to him. But he didn't, he only stood there.
Eve wished she had the strength to look up into his eyes, but she did not. ".. Good-bye Piccolo." she whispered. Her voice sounded distant and not her own, and her words stripped more tears from her eyes as she stepped around him and started towards the cave's threshold.
With amazing effort, she managed not to run, but walk slowly. The breeze whipped at her dress, the same one she had worn when Goku met her. '..I need out of here.. I need time to think Piccolo.' She glanced back for a moment; he had not even turned to watch her go. She then disappeared down the path to the forest.
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He stood and looked down to her. His arms hung down at his sides. But his shoulders began to ach with the need to pull his woman against his chest. Anything to stop the tears that began to fall from her sky-like eyes.
He once more heard her sorrowful words. He was appreciative that she did not look up. For he was visibly gritting his teeth. His eyes were beginning to burn. 'What is wrong with me!? I meant what I said. If she has a problem with the truth, she needs to deal with it her own way.' She whispered good- bye and held his breath.
He watched her step around him. But did not turn, he only closed his eyes and stood there, rigid. He heard her delicate feet carry here down the rocky path to the forest.
"Eve." Piccolo whispered as he felt his body grow lax. His eyes opened and blinked several times. 'What is wrong with my eyes?' Everything was blurry and his eyes burned. Piccolo sat abruptly and placed his right hand over his eyes. His head hurt, as well as the ach in his chest growing by the minute.
His throat felt tight and his mind could focus on nothing but the sound of her voice and the look in those eyes he worshiped
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Eve's feet touched the damp soil at the base of the mountain, and her tears fell freely now. "I.can.. not.. belie.. ve.. you.don't care." Her words fell with each sob and staggered breath as she began to wander aimlessly into the darkness.
She stumbled through the underbrush, crying loudly, her eyes seldom venturing up from the ground. Her mind was else were.
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Piccolo was staring into the fire, for it seemed to be the one thing that brought him peace of mind. The simplicity of the flames as they danced along the stark darkness of the cave. It seemed colder without Eve there.
"..I'm thinking about her again." he sighed loudly, almost a groan as he closed his eyes, rubbing them with his thumb and index finger. Even if it wasn't his head that hurt. His lunged seemed to ach with every breath.
'I hope she is alright out there alone. I shouldn't have said those things to her..' He growled and opened his eyes. "No.. I was right.. I don't want her around!" he spat as he tossed a rock into the fire. The embers flew about wildly. One landed on his forearm. He watched it burn his emerald flesh before dieing with a faint whiff of smoke.
'. Who am I trying to fool?. She means more to me than anything I would die for her.' He looked down. 'She is so much like Gohan. but its different with her.' the words alluded him, even is his mind he could not cope with the thought. That he loved her.
"I need to talk to her. " He said with dulled determination his usual emotionless frame of mind seeming to hinder his ability to be much else at every opportunity. This was one of them. "..I'll wait.." he crossed his arms and walked to the entrance to his cave. The firelight reaching into the night before giving way to the darkness. 'She'll need time' he nodded and gazed up into the sky. He could see her eyes in the stars and a smile crossed his lips, so faintly it could have easily been missed.
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Eve strode aimlessly into the thickness of the woods, for hours that seemed like mere heart wrenching minutes to her. Every step she took felt like three she stepped back. Her mind was screaming, while at the same time amazingly quite. It was as if she were sleep walking, for none of her senses paid heed to her surrounding. Her shoulder would harshly slam into a tree, and nearly bring her to the ground, but she would barely blink before continuing on. Her main goal was to reach Gohan. Somewhere in her mind that was her purpose.
But that was as distant to her as the stars that flickered through the dense tree branches above. The time had flown past and it was nearing 1 am before she stopped walking. Her body throbbed in the pain of her efforts. Though she was still nowhere near the Son's house. In fact, she had no idea where she was, or in she really cared. Her toes were numb from the cold, but some how her mind still was distant from her body. "Piccolo." she spoke. The amount of tears shed showed when her words came out as a hoarse whisper. 'Maybe he didn't mean it. ' She sighed heavily
Her mind did however return to her body in a violent snap as she heard several voices, really close, in fact one was coming from right in front of her. "Hey, what do we have here!?" he man shouted, holding a flash light on her. Eve cursed herself inwardly as she realized she walked up to a camp site.' This was very smart .' the other two approached from her right and left. '.Not good.' she sniffed the air. 'Alcohol.. Really not good. '
"She's a purdy lil thang aint she guys?!" The others responded with yeahs and wolf-whistles. Eve was slowly backing up. This was one of the times she wished Piccolo had taught her some sort of fighting move. She had asked him once, but he refused to. 'I do not know if I can run. If I run my legs feel as though they would fall from under me.'
The men stumbled around a little bit. 'They may be big, but they're drunk.. I could possibly get away.' Eve gulped. "Come on gurlly. lets have some fun huh? Howa bout it?" He burped loudly and reached out to grab her arm. Eve ducked under it and attempted to run past the second man behind him, but, as she feared. Her legs were worthless now, and she tripped.
She yelped loudly as she felt a boot crash into her back, just between her shoulder blades. A strong hand pressed her face into the dirt. Eve winced as a rock cut into her cheek. Large hands then suddenly pulled her wrists together. "The boys are gonna love this lil piece of ass!" one of them shouted as they hauled her up off the ground. Eve opened her mouth to scream, but as her voice formed on her tongue a cloth was crammed down her mouth, almost choking her as the carried her, her feet scraping along the ground. She saw two other men by the large fire. 'Piccolo!!!!!!!!! Help me!!!!!!!!' she screamed, but they were mere muffled cries into the spoiled cloth in her jaws. He was miles and miles away anyway. '..I'm going to die. I'm doing to die.'
Eve watched in horror as the 'leader' of the group took a long drink of whatever liquor they had. "Now bitch..These are the rules.. You do what we tell you, and we won't kill ya. That clear?" her eyes grew wide and tears began to form in her eyes '..oh.. no... oh no. please.. no.' Eve screamed until she felt her throat would bleed, but no more than a choked mummer escaped the damp cloth. The men laughed wickedly. She knew what was about to happen.
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TO BE CONTINUED!~
Hehe its about time I had another cliffhanger, figured I might squeeze a few more reviews outta you guys this way!. I told you this was going to be a rough chapter. But its nothing compared to the next one.
So the moral of this story is.. REVIEW and the author won't leave you hanging! Till next time!
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.
All right Piccolo fans. For the sake of keeping his character intact he's gonna do something you guys are not going to agree with. But hey! We're not close to the end yet. That and this Chapter contains harsh language. Okay folks, got your Kleenex?? Cuz here we go!
-------------------- = Changing view points or location. (Such as switching from Goku's point of view to Piccolo's) '...' = Thoughts -------~*~--------- = Time Lapse
Chapter 10: Sapphire Tears
Eve sat across from Piccolo as he meditated. It had nearly been two months since she had begun to stay with him. Most nights were spent in this fashion, though occasionally she managed conversation out of the solemn Namake.
She watched as the firelight played across his strong features. He had grown very accustomed to her company it seemed. Because he sat across from her with only his typical purple pants on. He complained about hating the summer heat once, so she assumed he was most comfortable without his shirt.
At any rate she enjoyed getting a beautiful view of his upper body every night, not to mention every day when he trained, the shirt came off at some point. 'How ridiculous I sound. like a childish girl and her crush..' Her eyes moved over his flesh freely, as he was lost to the world.
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Piccolo sighed inwardly. 'Why does she look at me that way?' he could clearly feel the intensity of her sapphire gaze. It wasn't all together UN nerving, but it made him UN easy some how. He shifted involuntarily, and he felt her gaze fall from him.
". Looking forward to being changed back to normal?" he said softly, looking up to her. The shock on her face matched that of his own. 'What am I doing?.. I don't care what she's thinking. do I?'
Piccolo once more found himself entranced by her eyes. The firelight sparkled against their blue depths, seeming like stars. His jaw tightened suddenly as his thoughts began to wander greatly.
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Her heart skipped a beat. 'He is talking to me! Without my help. I did not have to force conversation from him.' As soon as he shock faded, nothing but un-sated love remained. Eve smiled and gazed back at him. Something about the endless darkness in his eyes caught her breath for an instant. The warmth that stalked beneath his cold exterior, that warmth which she cherished.
"Yes.Though I cannot say I am not enjoying my stay here with you." She broke eye contacted to look down into the fire.
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His eyes narrowed and he crossed his arms. "Well enjoy it now, because when you're normal again you'll be on your own. Or with Goku if he'll have you." His words seemed to ring out colder than he liked, but he said this more to himself than to Eve.
He could feel his control being striped away. Gohan grated on his heart enough without this woman attacking him from another angle. 'I cannot afford to become soft like Goku.'
He felt too much like Vegeta for his taste at that last thought, but his mind returned to reality as he heard Eve take a sharp breath.
His eyes returned to her. The look in her eyes made his chest ach. His right hand flexed faintly resisting the urge to grip at his chest. It was hard to breath a he saw her beautiful blue eyes shimmer softly with UN shed tears.
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Eve struggled for words, which seemed to stick to her tongue as the tears burned her throat. "Piccolo." in the end that was the only word that her lips allowed her. '.. I..I thought. you enjoyed my being here.'
Her eyes feel to the ground at the base of the fire. She desperately held her tears back as all of her hopes shattered. 'I love you Piccolo.. Why can't you show me your feelings.. Why?. why!?' "I.. I assumed I could .stay here with you.at least until I found a place of..My own.. I thought you. cared for me.."
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He opened his mouth to take back all that he had just said, but he stopped himself. 'No.. I meant what I said.. I can not and will not look after this troublesome female more than necessary.' He closed his eyes attempting to rid himself of her image. The look in her eyes was enough to make him wince in pain.
Then he heard her speak, and he gulped visibly and tightened his jaw. The agony in her words was too stark and real for him to bear.
"You mean nothing to me. You can stay with Goku and Gohan until you're on your feet. I cannot train while I am forced to look after a weak female." Once more his words rang much more harsh than he had originally assumed. His eyes opened only when he heard Eve stand. "Eve?"
His eyes narrowed when he saw a single wet train running down each cheek and her eyes softly shut.
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She tried her hardest not to cry, but two tears fell and she stood. 'I have to get out of here. He is right, why would he want a nuisance such as myself' She heard him utter her name. She flinched. "I.. I am going for a walk."
Her eyes fluttered open, if only half way to see him standing in front of her. She waited, her heart pounding in her ears, beating against her chest like a caged bird desperately trying to free itself. Eve breath was caught in her tight throat, waiting for him to take everything back, and pull her close to him. But he didn't, he only stood there.
Eve wished she had the strength to look up into his eyes, but she did not. ".. Good-bye Piccolo." she whispered. Her voice sounded distant and not her own, and her words stripped more tears from her eyes as she stepped around him and started towards the cave's threshold.
With amazing effort, she managed not to run, but walk slowly. The breeze whipped at her dress, the same one she had worn when Goku met her. '..I need out of here.. I need time to think Piccolo.' She glanced back for a moment; he had not even turned to watch her go. She then disappeared down the path to the forest.
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He stood and looked down to her. His arms hung down at his sides. But his shoulders began to ach with the need to pull his woman against his chest. Anything to stop the tears that began to fall from her sky-like eyes.
He once more heard her sorrowful words. He was appreciative that she did not look up. For he was visibly gritting his teeth. His eyes were beginning to burn. 'What is wrong with me!? I meant what I said. If she has a problem with the truth, she needs to deal with it her own way.' She whispered good- bye and held his breath.
He watched her step around him. But did not turn, he only closed his eyes and stood there, rigid. He heard her delicate feet carry here down the rocky path to the forest.
"Eve." Piccolo whispered as he felt his body grow lax. His eyes opened and blinked several times. 'What is wrong with my eyes?' Everything was blurry and his eyes burned. Piccolo sat abruptly and placed his right hand over his eyes. His head hurt, as well as the ach in his chest growing by the minute.
His throat felt tight and his mind could focus on nothing but the sound of her voice and the look in those eyes he worshiped
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Eve's feet touched the damp soil at the base of the mountain, and her tears fell freely now. "I.can.. not.. belie.. ve.. you.don't care." Her words fell with each sob and staggered breath as she began to wander aimlessly into the darkness.
She stumbled through the underbrush, crying loudly, her eyes seldom venturing up from the ground. Her mind was else were.
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Piccolo was staring into the fire, for it seemed to be the one thing that brought him peace of mind. The simplicity of the flames as they danced along the stark darkness of the cave. It seemed colder without Eve there.
"..I'm thinking about her again." he sighed loudly, almost a groan as he closed his eyes, rubbing them with his thumb and index finger. Even if it wasn't his head that hurt. His lunged seemed to ach with every breath.
'I hope she is alright out there alone. I shouldn't have said those things to her..' He growled and opened his eyes. "No.. I was right.. I don't want her around!" he spat as he tossed a rock into the fire. The embers flew about wildly. One landed on his forearm. He watched it burn his emerald flesh before dieing with a faint whiff of smoke.
'. Who am I trying to fool?. She means more to me than anything I would die for her.' He looked down. 'She is so much like Gohan. but its different with her.' the words alluded him, even is his mind he could not cope with the thought. That he loved her.
"I need to talk to her. " He said with dulled determination his usual emotionless frame of mind seeming to hinder his ability to be much else at every opportunity. This was one of them. "..I'll wait.." he crossed his arms and walked to the entrance to his cave. The firelight reaching into the night before giving way to the darkness. 'She'll need time' he nodded and gazed up into the sky. He could see her eyes in the stars and a smile crossed his lips, so faintly it could have easily been missed.
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Eve strode aimlessly into the thickness of the woods, for hours that seemed like mere heart wrenching minutes to her. Every step she took felt like three she stepped back. Her mind was screaming, while at the same time amazingly quite. It was as if she were sleep walking, for none of her senses paid heed to her surrounding. Her shoulder would harshly slam into a tree, and nearly bring her to the ground, but she would barely blink before continuing on. Her main goal was to reach Gohan. Somewhere in her mind that was her purpose.
But that was as distant to her as the stars that flickered through the dense tree branches above. The time had flown past and it was nearing 1 am before she stopped walking. Her body throbbed in the pain of her efforts. Though she was still nowhere near the Son's house. In fact, she had no idea where she was, or in she really cared. Her toes were numb from the cold, but some how her mind still was distant from her body. "Piccolo." she spoke. The amount of tears shed showed when her words came out as a hoarse whisper. 'Maybe he didn't mean it. ' She sighed heavily
Her mind did however return to her body in a violent snap as she heard several voices, really close, in fact one was coming from right in front of her. "Hey, what do we have here!?" he man shouted, holding a flash light on her. Eve cursed herself inwardly as she realized she walked up to a camp site.' This was very smart .' the other two approached from her right and left. '.Not good.' she sniffed the air. 'Alcohol.. Really not good. '
"She's a purdy lil thang aint she guys?!" The others responded with yeahs and wolf-whistles. Eve was slowly backing up. This was one of the times she wished Piccolo had taught her some sort of fighting move. She had asked him once, but he refused to. 'I do not know if I can run. If I run my legs feel as though they would fall from under me.'
The men stumbled around a little bit. 'They may be big, but they're drunk.. I could possibly get away.' Eve gulped. "Come on gurlly. lets have some fun huh? Howa bout it?" He burped loudly and reached out to grab her arm. Eve ducked under it and attempted to run past the second man behind him, but, as she feared. Her legs were worthless now, and she tripped.
She yelped loudly as she felt a boot crash into her back, just between her shoulder blades. A strong hand pressed her face into the dirt. Eve winced as a rock cut into her cheek. Large hands then suddenly pulled her wrists together. "The boys are gonna love this lil piece of ass!" one of them shouted as they hauled her up off the ground. Eve opened her mouth to scream, but as her voice formed on her tongue a cloth was crammed down her mouth, almost choking her as the carried her, her feet scraping along the ground. She saw two other men by the large fire. 'Piccolo!!!!!!!!! Help me!!!!!!!!' she screamed, but they were mere muffled cries into the spoiled cloth in her jaws. He was miles and miles away anyway. '..I'm going to die. I'm doing to die.'
Eve watched in horror as the 'leader' of the group took a long drink of whatever liquor they had. "Now bitch..These are the rules.. You do what we tell you, and we won't kill ya. That clear?" her eyes grew wide and tears began to form in her eyes '..oh.. no... oh no. please.. no.' Eve screamed until she felt her throat would bleed, but no more than a choked mummer escaped the damp cloth. The men laughed wickedly. She knew what was about to happen.
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TO BE CONTINUED!~
Hehe its about time I had another cliffhanger, figured I might squeeze a few more reviews outta you guys this way!. I told you this was going to be a rough chapter. But its nothing compared to the next one.
So the moral of this story is.. REVIEW and the author won't leave you hanging! Till next time!