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.
Sorry for the delay folks!!! But this chapter is worth the wait I think! Read on!
-------------------- = Changing view points or location. (Such as switching from Goku's point of view to Piccolo's) '...' = Thoughts -------~*~--------- =Time lapse
Chapter 13: "Tiger Tiger Burning Bright, In the Forests of the NIGHT"
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A week had came and gone since her attack in the forest. She still had a few lingering bruises, but she had healed beautifully under Piccolo's care. Eve poked the fire with a long stick, and watched the sparks dance into the night air before vanishing in the breeze. Her sapphire eyes closed for a moment, the air was chilled faintly. It never truly got cold there, it was towards the end of March, and so winter was coming to a close. Some nights it was especially cool.
Eve smiled softly, remembering the past week. Piccolo rarely left her side the whole time, even when he allowed her to leave the cave two days ago. She had caught him following her during the day.' He stopped training.. for me.' Her eyes fell open to watch the embers glowing, wavering faintly in the chilled wind.
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He watched her from a distance, the new moon's shadow cloaking him from her eyes. The winter wind lashed at his cape as he hovered, her keen eyes fixed on the goddess inside his home.
"Eve.." he closed his eyes as he softly breathed her name, only to have it carried away by the evening breeze. Over the past week he had grown ever closer to her. More than he wanted. He had made several attempts to distance himself from her. He even had trained one day after she was well. But he soon found himself peering through the trees at her onyx form.
He was lured to her every day. The feeling the lied dormant inside his chest ached whenever she was away from him. His chest still ached now, even as he watch her as she stood and circled the fire, taking in her surroundings as she always did when he was late. There was still something that he needed. Something that keep him from sleeping, or training. It was something in the back of his mind that never rested.
He shook his head slightly, making an attempt to clear his mind of Eve for a moment. But as all his other attempts, it failed and he flew towards the cave, and watched as she walked towards the back of the cave, out of the light.
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She wandered towards the back of the cave. The light and heat left her as she sat on Piccolo's bedroll, the one he now slept on. She traced her fingers over the woolen fabric. She could smell him, it almost felt as if his essence lingered behind. "Piccolo." She began to hum softly to a melody only she knew, but then she stopped abruptly.
Her eyes fell closed, her heart suddenly began beating heavier, and slightly faster. Next she felt her skin growing moist with sweat. "What?.. oh no.. not.. now.." She hugged herself tightly as if trying to hold herself together. 'I should have remembered. March.. I forgot it was March.. With all of this year's goings on.. I forgot..' She gasped and a chill ran over her entire body.
Eve body shuddered as she felt Piccolo approaching her from behind '..Piccolo.. not.. good timing.. ' She gasped again as his hand fell lightly on her shoulder.
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Piccolo landed and saw her sitting on his bed; this alone made him raise a brow 'what is she doing there?' His brows creased again as he saw her holding herself. She looked cold.
He moved around the fire, his shadow casting wildly around the cave as the wind made the fire wane for a moment. His steps were silent as he approached her. Yes she was shivering. But as he moved a step closer he paused suddenly.
He sniffed the air. 'What is that?.' he closed his eyes for a moment, whatever it was made him feel strange. His gut felt tight, and his thoughts felt hazy for a brief second. His obsidian eyes opened and he moved forward putting the sensation aside.
He reached out and gently touched her small shoulder, and what felt like a jolt of electricity ran up his arm and through his body. Something about her had changed and his body was keying to it. Her flesh was warm. 'Sweat?' he blinked as he saw her hair slightly damp in the shuddering light. Piccolo closed his eyes for a moment and swallowed deeply. 'What is wrong with me?..'
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Eve heard him gasp at her touch, and she closed her eyes 'can he tell?' She turned slowly to look to him, and saw his eyes closed. 'he is trembling.' she blinked, feeling the tigress stir within her.
But as her eyes wandered over his form. The feelings that was a mere shadow. Her eyes rolled shut and she bit her lip. '..You have been here before. Control yourself Eve.. The Tigress is just in Heat.. not you..' She released a breath she had been holding as the feeling subsided, though she knew it wouldn't last long. It came in waves, it always did. She cursed her tigress. She always came into Heat in March, and always became restless. She never really fell into a heat, but traces of it came and went, even at night. Luckily she had always been isolated in the forest, far from male anything. But now..
She looked at the blanket beneath her, trying to take her focus off of Piccolo. But she couldn't. The Tigress knew her feels towards him, and tried to play on it.
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Piccolo felt her shift under his palm, but couldn't bring himself to open his eyes just yet. A feel washed over him that made his jaw tighten. He had a distant thought about how their blood ties must have been causing this. But it was vague in his mind now.
He opened his eyes as the feeling passed, but some of it lingered still. Enough that His eyes opened and a faint blush showed on his cheeks. '..is ..she feeling this?' he blinked, he knew what this feeling was. He also knew he was grateful from his baggy gi pants.
"Ev..e?" he blinked as the feeling faded, and he withdrew his hand, it seeming to disconnect him from whatever she had been experiencing.
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She looked up at the wave of bliss washed away for a few moments. " Yes.. Piccolo?" Eve wanted to stand and run away right then. She could see the blush, and knew immediately that he had felt every bit of that. She wanted to say something to make it all better. But she couldn't. " I.. need to.. go.."
Eve managed to stand and she went to rush past Piccolo, but his arm encircled her waist and held her back. She looked up to him and she felt as though she would die in his arms.
The look in his eyes. He was hiding nothing; the tigress had left his true emotions bare for her to look on with leisure. 'Do.. You want me? Piccolo?' Eve felt frozen in time. As they locked gazed for a moment.
"Piccolo?.."
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He watched her and he wished he had died. He had to be blushing, that was what she was looking at. Even as she spoke, he couldn't find words to explain what he had just felt. It was something completely new to him in everyway.
".. What is happening?.." he managed to speak finally, though it was weak if anything.
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Eve closed her eyes and looked away. 'I can not tell him. How can I win his heart if he knows how little control I have.?.'
Eve pulled away from him and walked over to her bedroll and sat down, her back turned to Piccolo. She pulled her legs close to her body and wrapped her slender arms around them.
"Piccolo?.." she listened for a reply she knew wasn't coming, but she continued knowing she had his full attention. " I am sorry." she turned to look at him. He seemed frozen, though he did look at her from the corner of his eyes. She then lay down and closed her eyes. "I am a little tired.. I think I will turn in now.."
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He narrowed his eyes and folded his arms. 'she never goes to sleep this early at night.' He let a sigh escape his lips and he walked past her to the cave entrance. "Call if you need me.." he said off-handedly. As if he knew she wouldn't.
The silent warrior leapt from the ledge and floated upwards, to perch on the outcropping above the cave. He wanted to be quite sure Eve didn't go wandering off. He sank down to sit cross-legged, with his arms folded across his chest.
Piccolo looked out over the Moonlit night. Ever since all of the saiyans on earth had lost their tails. The moon had been wished back. So the massive lake glittered as the dying winter wind ran its last tendrils over the countryside.
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Eve watched him disappear from view and wrapped the blanket more closely around her. She could feel the tigress pacing. "Its.. not.. daylight yet." Eve whispered breathlessly. Her skin felt cold as it felt as if fur was rubbing gently inside her skin.
But Eve shook her head softly. She knew this was a trick, a mind trick. It had happened before. This was all in her mind. A low growl poured from her gaping mouth and she rolled onto her back. "No.stop it."
Eve looked over to the herb bag Piccolo had gathered when she had been beaten. 'That's it..' she smiled and reach in, her body jerking occasionally. She soon fell a cluster of berries and pulled the bunch free. They were an odd red color. Eve remembered Piccolo used them to keep her asleep for a few days.
She took the right amount to hold her till dawn and swallowed them greedily. "Take that." and with that she passed out.
All right. watches her readers glaring evilly at her. Their eyes flaming red, glowing wait.. Wait now hear me out! This delay was beyond my control! But anyway, enough excuses. This chapter was re-written because well, the first cut, wasn't good. So I had to change the plot a little to maintain this stories integrity.
The next chapter is going to be when the plot really does a spin!! I hope I still have readers by then!!
P.S.- Does anyone here watch G Gundam?? I'm sorry.. this is random and has NOTHING to do with the fanfic, but.. I saw the last episode today on cartoon network and I was all tears saying, "AAAAAAWWWWWWWWWW THAT'S SOOO SWEEEEET!" It was soo romantic it could make you sick!! I Loved it. hehe if anyone is still reviewing this fic, when you review, and have watched the last episode of G Gundam, tell me if it melted your heart like it did mine.
Hope- FUL Romantic, Anime Goddess
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.
Sorry for the delay folks!!! But this chapter is worth the wait I think! Read on!
-------------------- = Changing view points or location. (Such as switching from Goku's point of view to Piccolo's) '...' = Thoughts -------~*~--------- =Time lapse
Chapter 13: "Tiger Tiger Burning Bright, In the Forests of the NIGHT"
------------------------------------------------- ~ * ~ -------------------- --------------------------------
A week had came and gone since her attack in the forest. She still had a few lingering bruises, but she had healed beautifully under Piccolo's care. Eve poked the fire with a long stick, and watched the sparks dance into the night air before vanishing in the breeze. Her sapphire eyes closed for a moment, the air was chilled faintly. It never truly got cold there, it was towards the end of March, and so winter was coming to a close. Some nights it was especially cool.
Eve smiled softly, remembering the past week. Piccolo rarely left her side the whole time, even when he allowed her to leave the cave two days ago. She had caught him following her during the day.' He stopped training.. for me.' Her eyes fell open to watch the embers glowing, wavering faintly in the chilled wind.
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He watched her from a distance, the new moon's shadow cloaking him from her eyes. The winter wind lashed at his cape as he hovered, her keen eyes fixed on the goddess inside his home.
"Eve.." he closed his eyes as he softly breathed her name, only to have it carried away by the evening breeze. Over the past week he had grown ever closer to her. More than he wanted. He had made several attempts to distance himself from her. He even had trained one day after she was well. But he soon found himself peering through the trees at her onyx form.
He was lured to her every day. The feeling the lied dormant inside his chest ached whenever she was away from him. His chest still ached now, even as he watch her as she stood and circled the fire, taking in her surroundings as she always did when he was late. There was still something that he needed. Something that keep him from sleeping, or training. It was something in the back of his mind that never rested.
He shook his head slightly, making an attempt to clear his mind of Eve for a moment. But as all his other attempts, it failed and he flew towards the cave, and watched as she walked towards the back of the cave, out of the light.
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She wandered towards the back of the cave. The light and heat left her as she sat on Piccolo's bedroll, the one he now slept on. She traced her fingers over the woolen fabric. She could smell him, it almost felt as if his essence lingered behind. "Piccolo." She began to hum softly to a melody only she knew, but then she stopped abruptly.
Her eyes fell closed, her heart suddenly began beating heavier, and slightly faster. Next she felt her skin growing moist with sweat. "What?.. oh no.. not.. now.." She hugged herself tightly as if trying to hold herself together. 'I should have remembered. March.. I forgot it was March.. With all of this year's goings on.. I forgot..' She gasped and a chill ran over her entire body.
Eve body shuddered as she felt Piccolo approaching her from behind '..Piccolo.. not.. good timing.. ' She gasped again as his hand fell lightly on her shoulder.
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Piccolo landed and saw her sitting on his bed; this alone made him raise a brow 'what is she doing there?' His brows creased again as he saw her holding herself. She looked cold.
He moved around the fire, his shadow casting wildly around the cave as the wind made the fire wane for a moment. His steps were silent as he approached her. Yes she was shivering. But as he moved a step closer he paused suddenly.
He sniffed the air. 'What is that?.' he closed his eyes for a moment, whatever it was made him feel strange. His gut felt tight, and his thoughts felt hazy for a brief second. His obsidian eyes opened and he moved forward putting the sensation aside.
He reached out and gently touched her small shoulder, and what felt like a jolt of electricity ran up his arm and through his body. Something about her had changed and his body was keying to it. Her flesh was warm. 'Sweat?' he blinked as he saw her hair slightly damp in the shuddering light. Piccolo closed his eyes for a moment and swallowed deeply. 'What is wrong with me?..'
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Eve heard him gasp at her touch, and she closed her eyes 'can he tell?' She turned slowly to look to him, and saw his eyes closed. 'he is trembling.' she blinked, feeling the tigress stir within her.
But as her eyes wandered over his form. The feelings that was a mere shadow. Her eyes rolled shut and she bit her lip. '..You have been here before. Control yourself Eve.. The Tigress is just in Heat.. not you..' She released a breath she had been holding as the feeling subsided, though she knew it wouldn't last long. It came in waves, it always did. She cursed her tigress. She always came into Heat in March, and always became restless. She never really fell into a heat, but traces of it came and went, even at night. Luckily she had always been isolated in the forest, far from male anything. But now..
She looked at the blanket beneath her, trying to take her focus off of Piccolo. But she couldn't. The Tigress knew her feels towards him, and tried to play on it.
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Piccolo felt her shift under his palm, but couldn't bring himself to open his eyes just yet. A feel washed over him that made his jaw tighten. He had a distant thought about how their blood ties must have been causing this. But it was vague in his mind now.
He opened his eyes as the feeling passed, but some of it lingered still. Enough that His eyes opened and a faint blush showed on his cheeks. '..is ..she feeling this?' he blinked, he knew what this feeling was. He also knew he was grateful from his baggy gi pants.
"Ev..e?" he blinked as the feeling faded, and he withdrew his hand, it seeming to disconnect him from whatever she had been experiencing.
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She looked up at the wave of bliss washed away for a few moments. " Yes.. Piccolo?" Eve wanted to stand and run away right then. She could see the blush, and knew immediately that he had felt every bit of that. She wanted to say something to make it all better. But she couldn't. " I.. need to.. go.."
Eve managed to stand and she went to rush past Piccolo, but his arm encircled her waist and held her back. She looked up to him and she felt as though she would die in his arms.
The look in his eyes. He was hiding nothing; the tigress had left his true emotions bare for her to look on with leisure. 'Do.. You want me? Piccolo?' Eve felt frozen in time. As they locked gazed for a moment.
"Piccolo?.."
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He watched her and he wished he had died. He had to be blushing, that was what she was looking at. Even as she spoke, he couldn't find words to explain what he had just felt. It was something completely new to him in everyway.
".. What is happening?.." he managed to speak finally, though it was weak if anything.
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Eve closed her eyes and looked away. 'I can not tell him. How can I win his heart if he knows how little control I have.?.'
Eve pulled away from him and walked over to her bedroll and sat down, her back turned to Piccolo. She pulled her legs close to her body and wrapped her slender arms around them.
"Piccolo?.." she listened for a reply she knew wasn't coming, but she continued knowing she had his full attention. " I am sorry." she turned to look at him. He seemed frozen, though he did look at her from the corner of his eyes. She then lay down and closed her eyes. "I am a little tired.. I think I will turn in now.."
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He narrowed his eyes and folded his arms. 'she never goes to sleep this early at night.' He let a sigh escape his lips and he walked past her to the cave entrance. "Call if you need me.." he said off-handedly. As if he knew she wouldn't.
The silent warrior leapt from the ledge and floated upwards, to perch on the outcropping above the cave. He wanted to be quite sure Eve didn't go wandering off. He sank down to sit cross-legged, with his arms folded across his chest.
Piccolo looked out over the Moonlit night. Ever since all of the saiyans on earth had lost their tails. The moon had been wished back. So the massive lake glittered as the dying winter wind ran its last tendrils over the countryside.
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Eve watched him disappear from view and wrapped the blanket more closely around her. She could feel the tigress pacing. "Its.. not.. daylight yet." Eve whispered breathlessly. Her skin felt cold as it felt as if fur was rubbing gently inside her skin.
But Eve shook her head softly. She knew this was a trick, a mind trick. It had happened before. This was all in her mind. A low growl poured from her gaping mouth and she rolled onto her back. "No.stop it."
Eve looked over to the herb bag Piccolo had gathered when she had been beaten. 'That's it..' she smiled and reach in, her body jerking occasionally. She soon fell a cluster of berries and pulled the bunch free. They were an odd red color. Eve remembered Piccolo used them to keep her asleep for a few days.
She took the right amount to hold her till dawn and swallowed them greedily. "Take that." and with that she passed out.
All right. watches her readers glaring evilly at her. Their eyes flaming red, glowing wait.. Wait now hear me out! This delay was beyond my control! But anyway, enough excuses. This chapter was re-written because well, the first cut, wasn't good. So I had to change the plot a little to maintain this stories integrity.
The next chapter is going to be when the plot really does a spin!! I hope I still have readers by then!!
P.S.- Does anyone here watch G Gundam?? I'm sorry.. this is random and has NOTHING to do with the fanfic, but.. I saw the last episode today on cartoon network and I was all tears saying, "AAAAAAWWWWWWWWWW THAT'S SOOO SWEEEEET!" It was soo romantic it could make you sick!! I Loved it. hehe if anyone is still reviewing this fic, when you review, and have watched the last episode of G Gundam, tell me if it melted your heart like it did mine.
Hope- FUL Romantic, Anime Goddess