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, did I scare anyone away with that last chapter?? Huh?? Maybe. Well if any of you are still tagging along that is super! If not, well I'm enjoying myself with this story so I'm going to continue reviews or not! Even though I loves them!
All right This one is for the romantic folks!
-------------------- = Changing view points or location. (Such as switching from Goku's point of view to Piccolo's) '...' = Thoughts -------~*~--------- =Time lapse
Chapter 12: Hot Spring
Eve felt weightless. 'what is happening.was it a dream?.' she tilted her head slightly, no, she could still feel a dull pain throbbing throughout her body. But there was something else to. A warmth that seemed to surround her and protect her. '..What.. where am I?' she tried for a moment to open her eyes, but accepted the fact she was too exhausted to do so. Then she listened 'what is that?.' It was close, a rhythmic drumming sound. There was something comforting about it.
Everything shifted slightly. She moved again with it, and felt her cheek slide along something soft and warm that seemed to rise and fall like the ocean. Her brows knitted weakly, her mind was swimming, and her memories were hazy. She could remember stumbling across the men, and them beating her. But how it had ended. She couldn't seem to remember. Had they. She swallowed deeply and felt her stomach tighten.
She gasped as the heavenly warmth she had been wrapped in retreated from her, leaving her lying against something hard and cold. Eve whimpered softly, and managed to open her eyes for the briefest of moments. It was too dark to see much, but for someone standing over her, someone very tall. Then her heavy eyes fell shut again. She felt herself lifted then. 'who are you??' she tried to speak, but her throat was dry, and her body refused to put forth the energy needs for speech.
Eve gasped as she was abruptly placed in something, almost unbearably hot. She moved her fingers through the heat, which was tangible. She sighed deeply, hot water. That had to be what it was. Hopefully she added silently.
The water seemed to massage her skin, working the aches from her muscles. Making all the pain go away. 'Wait.' she concentrated on the feeling for a moment. Someone was actually massaging her shoulders.
That was it; she had to open her eyes. Eve strained and her weary eyes finally gave way. It was growing near to dawn, for the sky was a pale hue of blue. Her own blue tinted eyes fluttered, as everything was blurry from tears. The figure before her was in the water as well. She narrowed her eyes desperate to clear her vision. The figure noticed her eyes open for his hands had paused against her skin.
"Eve?"
A breath she had been holding fell from her lips and a smile graced her features. "Piccolo." she breathed his name softly, for that was all she could manage. She knew his voice. Her memory began to clear. He had rescued her. Her sapphire eyes fell closed again.
She felt his strong hands resume their work again, extracting the faintest of moans from her throat. She then remembered the words he had whispered to her before she had fainted. '..you care. I knew you cared my love..'
Her thoughts were halted as she felt her lips press against something soft and warm. It lingered for a moment, as if hesitant before disappearing swiftly. Eve opened her eyes and looked up at Piccolo. A confused look was plastered across his face. She had wished to say something to him, but her eyes flew shut as a sudden bright gold light assaulted them.
Her body screamed in pain for a moment, and she felt his comforting hands leave her skin. When her eyes opened again, Piccolo no longer seemed as tall. Puzzled, she glanced down and saw black fur. Eve looked behind Piccolo and saw the sun peeking over the trees.
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He flew over the trees. His eyes drifting down to the woman in his arms as she stirred. His onyx eyes knitted with concern. Even in the darkness he could clearly see the bruises darkening all over her milky skin. He sighed heavily. 'This was close Eve. If I had not been there..' he looked back to the star-lit path in front of him.
He headed for a location few people knew of. In fact to Piccolo's knowledge only himself, Gohan and Goku knew of its existence. They went when they had trained a little too hard and needs to relax. Piccolo slowed down and hovered over a clearing in the trees.
He watched at the steam from the hot springs rouse from the earth into the failing night. His gaze once more shifted to Eve as she shifted in his arms again.
Piccolo lowered himself to the ground, and placed her gently on the stone embankment. He stood over her a moment as she made a soft noise as his hands left her. He then slipped quietly into the waist deep spring and turned to pick her up, but paused a moment. His eyes wandered down her still bare form. Apparently her body had long ago adapted to its tigress state during the day. Because her every sculpted curve was well toned, feline. His eyes ended at her face, and her still closed eyes.
He then knew that he had feelings for Eve, feelings he would probably never be able to show her. His heart seemed to stop then. '. I would die for you. why do I feel this way for you?.'
He shrugged off his thoughts 'I do not need this. I do not need this at all.. ' He then lifted her effortlessly and eased her chilled body into the spring. Piccolo raised a brow faintly as she gasped. It seemed to startle her, but a smile graced his lips as he saw her relax. ' Good, that's it Eve.' He placed her on a ledge in the wall of the spring so that she was submerged to her neck. Piccolo reached out but his fingers hovered hesitantly over his skin. '. This is just a woman. ' He scolded himself inwardly.
His hands began to work at her tense muscles, massaging out the knots that her beating had caused. ' She is going to be hurting for awhile. It could have been worse though.' He continued his work softly, reminding himself constantly that he could easily crush her shoulders without a thought. So his eyes stayed fixed on her face, watching for any signs of discomfort.
His body froze and grew rigid as he saw her eyes flutter to life. ' oh kami.' he blinked and watched her struggle for sight. "Eve?.." he said softly, making sure she could hear him, because it was evident she wasn't seeing well.
He watched her expression soften and a smile pass her lips. "Piccolo." she whispered breathlessly. Her voice and her indigo eyes entranced him for a moment. Before he resumed massaging her arms softly. His ultra sensitive ears heard her moan weakly under his skillful touch .His eyes fell shut for a moment and his mouth grew dry. 'What .. is.. happening to.. me.?' He was almost trembling and his chest ached once again. But it wasn't a painful ache, he wasn't even sure if it was an ache, it was un explainable. It was getting difficult to breath as he opened his obsidian eyes practically.
Before he knew what was happening his lips were pressed softly against hers. The sweet scent of her skin, and the silky feel of her lips assaulted his senses then. For that brief moment in time that seemed to last an eternity the feeling inside him seemed sated. Piccolo withdrew with a jolt. He had not even remembered moving forward. To his horror Eve opened her angelic eyes in mild surprise. '.. What just happened?' he asked himself as he pulled forth his cold mask of composer for Eve.
For a moment it seemed as if she would speak, but a gold beam of sunlight cut skillfully through the forest trees and struck her face. Within moments he drew back his hands as velvet black fur flowed over her skin and her form molded to become the tigress he was all too familiar with.
He watched bewilderment, then sorrow pass by those heavenly eyes as she realized that day had come. Her form left the water and he shielded his eyes from the water that sprayed across his face as she shook off. Piccolo climbed out of the pool himself.
He watched her lay down abruptly. "Do I need to carry you home Eve?" The tigress lifted her head and shook her massive head softly, her onyx ears flopping about sluggishly. But when the tigress stood, he huffed as her legs trembled and she sagged back to the stone beneath her.
"Come on." Piccolo knelt to slip his right arm behind her front legs, and his left pulled her hind legs up until he awkwardly cradled her in his arms. It wasn't that she was heavy. Her weight was nothing to him. But she was just so large.
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Eve shook out her fur, and her muscles began to throb and twitch under her weight. She turned and watched him follow her out of the hot spring. Her muscles then seemed to scream loudly for her to lye down, so she did, rather suddenly.
"Do I need to carry you home Eve?"
She smiled inwardly, and almost cried. 'Home. Does that mean I belong there with you Piccolo?' She sighed and tousled her head side to side. And stood slowly, groaning silently to herself. Before she could step forward towards the cave, her fore legs began to tremble; the tremors seemed to run through her spin down to her haunches before she collapsed on the stone underneath her.
Her ears pricked as he huffed.
" Come on.."
She blinked as she was lifted with ease. Eve's ears tilted back as she felt him shift her around slight, trying to find the best way to hold her. 'Please do not drop me.. Please?' she closed her eyes as he leapt into the air and sped towards the cave.
They must have been close because it wasn't much time before he carefully laid her on his bedroll and left to retrieve her something to eat. Eve gladly rested there while he was gone, slept claiming her several times.
Tah Dah!!! I hope you romance fans liked that one!.. I know I know, it was just a little kiss, but hey, you can't just jump into this sorta thing. Well I'm proud of this chapter. Since I'm in my fall break at school, I should be putting out a lot of chapters this week! *Crickets chirp* oh I see well :P lol kidding. Boy do I have a have a HUGE plot twist coming up. Might even be in the next chapter!! Till next time REVIEW PLEASE!!! You know that's the best way to butter me up!
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, did I scare anyone away with that last chapter?? Huh?? Maybe. Well if any of you are still tagging along that is super! If not, well I'm enjoying myself with this story so I'm going to continue reviews or not! Even though I loves them!
All right This one is for the romantic folks!
-------------------- = Changing view points or location. (Such as switching from Goku's point of view to Piccolo's) '...' = Thoughts -------~*~--------- =Time lapse
Chapter 12: Hot Spring
Eve felt weightless. 'what is happening.was it a dream?.' she tilted her head slightly, no, she could still feel a dull pain throbbing throughout her body. But there was something else to. A warmth that seemed to surround her and protect her. '..What.. where am I?' she tried for a moment to open her eyes, but accepted the fact she was too exhausted to do so. Then she listened 'what is that?.' It was close, a rhythmic drumming sound. There was something comforting about it.
Everything shifted slightly. She moved again with it, and felt her cheek slide along something soft and warm that seemed to rise and fall like the ocean. Her brows knitted weakly, her mind was swimming, and her memories were hazy. She could remember stumbling across the men, and them beating her. But how it had ended. She couldn't seem to remember. Had they. She swallowed deeply and felt her stomach tighten.
She gasped as the heavenly warmth she had been wrapped in retreated from her, leaving her lying against something hard and cold. Eve whimpered softly, and managed to open her eyes for the briefest of moments. It was too dark to see much, but for someone standing over her, someone very tall. Then her heavy eyes fell shut again. She felt herself lifted then. 'who are you??' she tried to speak, but her throat was dry, and her body refused to put forth the energy needs for speech.
Eve gasped as she was abruptly placed in something, almost unbearably hot. She moved her fingers through the heat, which was tangible. She sighed deeply, hot water. That had to be what it was. Hopefully she added silently.
The water seemed to massage her skin, working the aches from her muscles. Making all the pain go away. 'Wait.' she concentrated on the feeling for a moment. Someone was actually massaging her shoulders.
That was it; she had to open her eyes. Eve strained and her weary eyes finally gave way. It was growing near to dawn, for the sky was a pale hue of blue. Her own blue tinted eyes fluttered, as everything was blurry from tears. The figure before her was in the water as well. She narrowed her eyes desperate to clear her vision. The figure noticed her eyes open for his hands had paused against her skin.
"Eve?"
A breath she had been holding fell from her lips and a smile graced her features. "Piccolo." she breathed his name softly, for that was all she could manage. She knew his voice. Her memory began to clear. He had rescued her. Her sapphire eyes fell closed again.
She felt his strong hands resume their work again, extracting the faintest of moans from her throat. She then remembered the words he had whispered to her before she had fainted. '..you care. I knew you cared my love..'
Her thoughts were halted as she felt her lips press against something soft and warm. It lingered for a moment, as if hesitant before disappearing swiftly. Eve opened her eyes and looked up at Piccolo. A confused look was plastered across his face. She had wished to say something to him, but her eyes flew shut as a sudden bright gold light assaulted them.
Her body screamed in pain for a moment, and she felt his comforting hands leave her skin. When her eyes opened again, Piccolo no longer seemed as tall. Puzzled, she glanced down and saw black fur. Eve looked behind Piccolo and saw the sun peeking over the trees.
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He flew over the trees. His eyes drifting down to the woman in his arms as she stirred. His onyx eyes knitted with concern. Even in the darkness he could clearly see the bruises darkening all over her milky skin. He sighed heavily. 'This was close Eve. If I had not been there..' he looked back to the star-lit path in front of him.
He headed for a location few people knew of. In fact to Piccolo's knowledge only himself, Gohan and Goku knew of its existence. They went when they had trained a little too hard and needs to relax. Piccolo slowed down and hovered over a clearing in the trees.
He watched at the steam from the hot springs rouse from the earth into the failing night. His gaze once more shifted to Eve as she shifted in his arms again.
Piccolo lowered himself to the ground, and placed her gently on the stone embankment. He stood over her a moment as she made a soft noise as his hands left her. He then slipped quietly into the waist deep spring and turned to pick her up, but paused a moment. His eyes wandered down her still bare form. Apparently her body had long ago adapted to its tigress state during the day. Because her every sculpted curve was well toned, feline. His eyes ended at her face, and her still closed eyes.
He then knew that he had feelings for Eve, feelings he would probably never be able to show her. His heart seemed to stop then. '. I would die for you. why do I feel this way for you?.'
He shrugged off his thoughts 'I do not need this. I do not need this at all.. ' He then lifted her effortlessly and eased her chilled body into the spring. Piccolo raised a brow faintly as she gasped. It seemed to startle her, but a smile graced his lips as he saw her relax. ' Good, that's it Eve.' He placed her on a ledge in the wall of the spring so that she was submerged to her neck. Piccolo reached out but his fingers hovered hesitantly over his skin. '. This is just a woman. ' He scolded himself inwardly.
His hands began to work at her tense muscles, massaging out the knots that her beating had caused. ' She is going to be hurting for awhile. It could have been worse though.' He continued his work softly, reminding himself constantly that he could easily crush her shoulders without a thought. So his eyes stayed fixed on her face, watching for any signs of discomfort.
His body froze and grew rigid as he saw her eyes flutter to life. ' oh kami.' he blinked and watched her struggle for sight. "Eve?.." he said softly, making sure she could hear him, because it was evident she wasn't seeing well.
He watched her expression soften and a smile pass her lips. "Piccolo." she whispered breathlessly. Her voice and her indigo eyes entranced him for a moment. Before he resumed massaging her arms softly. His ultra sensitive ears heard her moan weakly under his skillful touch .His eyes fell shut for a moment and his mouth grew dry. 'What .. is.. happening to.. me.?' He was almost trembling and his chest ached once again. But it wasn't a painful ache, he wasn't even sure if it was an ache, it was un explainable. It was getting difficult to breath as he opened his obsidian eyes practically.
Before he knew what was happening his lips were pressed softly against hers. The sweet scent of her skin, and the silky feel of her lips assaulted his senses then. For that brief moment in time that seemed to last an eternity the feeling inside him seemed sated. Piccolo withdrew with a jolt. He had not even remembered moving forward. To his horror Eve opened her angelic eyes in mild surprise. '.. What just happened?' he asked himself as he pulled forth his cold mask of composer for Eve.
For a moment it seemed as if she would speak, but a gold beam of sunlight cut skillfully through the forest trees and struck her face. Within moments he drew back his hands as velvet black fur flowed over her skin and her form molded to become the tigress he was all too familiar with.
He watched bewilderment, then sorrow pass by those heavenly eyes as she realized that day had come. Her form left the water and he shielded his eyes from the water that sprayed across his face as she shook off. Piccolo climbed out of the pool himself.
He watched her lay down abruptly. "Do I need to carry you home Eve?" The tigress lifted her head and shook her massive head softly, her onyx ears flopping about sluggishly. But when the tigress stood, he huffed as her legs trembled and she sagged back to the stone beneath her.
"Come on." Piccolo knelt to slip his right arm behind her front legs, and his left pulled her hind legs up until he awkwardly cradled her in his arms. It wasn't that she was heavy. Her weight was nothing to him. But she was just so large.
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Eve shook out her fur, and her muscles began to throb and twitch under her weight. She turned and watched him follow her out of the hot spring. Her muscles then seemed to scream loudly for her to lye down, so she did, rather suddenly.
"Do I need to carry you home Eve?"
She smiled inwardly, and almost cried. 'Home. Does that mean I belong there with you Piccolo?' She sighed and tousled her head side to side. And stood slowly, groaning silently to herself. Before she could step forward towards the cave, her fore legs began to tremble; the tremors seemed to run through her spin down to her haunches before she collapsed on the stone underneath her.
Her ears pricked as he huffed.
" Come on.."
She blinked as she was lifted with ease. Eve's ears tilted back as she felt him shift her around slight, trying to find the best way to hold her. 'Please do not drop me.. Please?' she closed her eyes as he leapt into the air and sped towards the cave.
They must have been close because it wasn't much time before he carefully laid her on his bedroll and left to retrieve her something to eat. Eve gladly rested there while he was gone, slept claiming her several times.
Tah Dah!!! I hope you romance fans liked that one!.. I know I know, it was just a little kiss, but hey, you can't just jump into this sorta thing. Well I'm proud of this chapter. Since I'm in my fall break at school, I should be putting out a lot of chapters this week! *Crickets chirp* oh I see well :P lol kidding. Boy do I have a have a HUGE plot twist coming up. Might even be in the next chapter!! Till next time REVIEW PLEASE!!! You know that's the best way to butter me up!