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.
Two more until the end. Hears pomp and circumstance in the back ground. Growls and throws a shoe into the darkness, it stops abruptly. Anyway, two till the end, and much to my delight, my proposal for a sequel has been met enthusiastically to say the least. sniffles You guys are too good to me! I love ya'll!!
Well I'll do my best to make the end of this great story do it justice. I guarantee you will be surprised. Oh, and if you think the ending isn't right, do not tell me to make an alternate ending. The end is, well, the end. Anyway on with Chapter 25!
-------------------- = Changing view points or location. (Such as switching from Goku's point of view to Piccolo's)
'...' = Thoughts
Chapter 25: Alone
Ken'ichi was awake at dawn. As she was every morning. Her narrowed eyes on Piccolo, sleeping. She never had divulged this to Eve, or Dawn, but she did not like him. Nor did she like how much time he spent with her cub. She was beginning to walk and talk like her weaker half. Tarnishing her tiger ancestry.
'Tigress! what are you doing?' Eve awoke inside of the tiger's mind as she was carrying her daughter into the forest. Ken'ichi flickered her ears and continued moving. Eve struggled, but Ken'ichi had taken control. Her paws passing over the dew moistened earth swiftly. She knew the green one would soon be awake.
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Dawn's eyes opened as she fell from a short distance and hit soft earth. She sat up, ears alert and her eyes wide. A soft purr echoed behind her and her features relaxed visibly. " Mother. where are we?" she mewed in her mother's tongue.
Ken'ichi narrowed her eyes, and explained to her that she was ashamed of how she was treating her heritage. That she spat upon her tiger blood. Dawn's sapphire eyes steadily began to shed sapphire tears. Ken'ichi turned and told Dawn she would take her back only if she found her way to the cave.
Dawn started sobbing, "Please mommy! Don't leave me here!" But she shook her head and told her to wait where she sat for an hour, then to head home. She then galloped into the forest.
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'You can't do this! She could die!!' Eve screamed, forcing the Tigress to lay her ears back slightly.
As her massive paws carried her, the three miles back to the cave, she too felt worried. What if she did die? Her eyes narrowed, no, she needed to find her way home, prove herself.
She took a winding path, much through water and over trees, to keep the cub from simply following her scent.
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Dawn sat there for several long moments, fighting her urge to follow. She could feel her, and hear her moving far away, until she could no longer hear her paws against the damp foliage.
The forest was alive with sounds of waking beasts even as the sun had barely stained the sky with its hues. The crickets and birds gradually sang for their melodies in full score. But their jubilant sonata gave Dawn no comfort.
' I'm all alone.' her whispers echoed softly in her mind. For a moment she considered simply calling out, so Piccolo could come get her. Dawn opened her mouth and inhaled deeply to strike a note that would carry over the forest's music and over its trees, but it caught in her throat. What Ken'ichi had said to her came back.
"What if." Her eyes slide up to the sky. The wind tickled the leaves at the treetops and the cicadas chirped loudly as the sun heated the earth around her. "I can do this." she whispered into the breeze.
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Ken'ichi took her last few steps entering the cool cavern entrance to see Piccolo mediating. A soft growl escaped her throat as she moved to lie on her bed.
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Piccolo's eyes parted softly and he turned to see the Tigress relaxed on her pallet. He had awoken to find both her and the child gone, and had assumed she took her on a hunt, or to do something else he probably wouldn't have understood. But as his onyx eyes wandered around, he didn't see Dawn anywhere. Worry settled in rather quickly, though he did much to conceal it from his features.
"Where is Dawn?" he asked off handedly, as if he could truly care less.
The Tigress merely looked at him and began grooming her paw, as if she too, could care less.
"Eve, where is she?" this time, his concern slide across his lips unhindered. He watched the Tigress flicker her ears to sound he could not hear. Not something that was really possible. Tigers did have fabulous hearing, but it was still nothing compared to his. "Who am I speaking to?" his voice had gotten colder, he pretty much new the answer wasn't Eve.
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Ken'ichi tried her best to ignore both Piccolo, and Eve in her head. 'Piccolo!!! Dawn is out there all alone!!! Please help her!!!!' Eve tried with all her strength to move the ebony form, but to no avail.
Instead she turned her body and curled into a ball to nap.
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Now he knew it wasn't Eve, she rarely ever slept during the day; it was always the tigress that did that. But as he stood he could still only wonder where Dawn was. It would take a miracle to find Dawn in the jungle. Her life force was still so small, that many of the forest creatures would mask it perfectly.
Piccolo glared at the black figure with slight distain. He some how knew it was the beast's doing. Eve pampered her child too much to simply leave her in the forest.
'Wait.' he stepped off the cave's end and hovered. "Maybe she took him to see Gohan." He nodded and started in that direction. It was logical enough. No one had seen Dawn yet, for some reason they both had been avoiding it. Possibly because they were not sure how people would take her, being how she was.
He laughed shortly to himself. He wasn't that much odder than Dawn now that he thought about it. His eyes soon fell on the Son house and he landed. Much to his relief he found the two men he was hoping to find in the backyard, away from the loud woman.
As he approached, the surprise on their expressions made his heart sink. 'Dawn isn't here.'
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Goku was the first to break the silence, "Hey!! It's Piccolo! What a surprise!" he smiled and stopped before him. "I hope everything is ok." He added lightly.
It seemed from the last few times Piccolo called on them, he was in trouble. Goku smiled faltered. By Piccolo appearance, this was the case again.
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Gohan smiled up to his mentor. As happy as he was to see him, he also felt as if Piccolo needed something.
"What's wrong Piccolo?" he asked solemnly.
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Piccolo felt their spirits fall, and his jaw tightened. He wished he didn't have to do this to them, ruin their day. But he couldn't search the jungle alone.
"I hate to bother you two, but I thought Dawn might have been here." At their puzzled glances to one another, Piccolo explained all that he knew, from waking up and her absence, to the unresponsive tigress.
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Gohan blinked, "That's awful, so you don't have any idea what happened to her?" Piccolo nodded down to the boy. 'This is bad. where could she be.' His eyes shifted to the vast forest to their left. It stretched for miles and miles. It would take days to search every inch.
"You think she's out there. alone?" he inquired.
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Piccolo nodded. He looked proudly at Gohan, thought he felt somewhat different now. He had always seen Gohan as a son he'd never have. Now that he, for the most part, had his own child his perception was different. But he was still proud of his pupil. He was no longer the short boy he had been, but a young man, and fine one.
"Yeah, that's my guess" he said shortly.
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Goku slammed his fist into the opposing palm with a loud slap. "Its settled, we go look for her. Now!" he smiled, not with the innocent son smile, but the determined one. Much like the one he had before a tough battle. He watched his friend smile lightly, and he placed a hand on the namake's shoulder.
"Don't worry, we'll find her!" he said confidently.
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With that said Piccolo and his student took to the air, while Goku ran to tell Chi-chi they'd be back for dinner.
Piccolo sailed through the air and called back to them, " We'll split up and work our way to the center." They nodded in unison.
Upon roughly reaching the center of the jungle, they paused and then blasted into opposite directions.
Sorry about the long wait folks!!! I had a horrible cold for two weeks. Well, enough excuses. I hope you guys enjoy the twist!! It's only a few days away from the wish, and dawn is MIA!!! What will happen!? Hehehe I know. But you guys will just have to wait until the next chapter! I'll try my best not to make you all wait so long for the next one.
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.
Two more until the end. Hears pomp and circumstance in the back ground. Growls and throws a shoe into the darkness, it stops abruptly. Anyway, two till the end, and much to my delight, my proposal for a sequel has been met enthusiastically to say the least. sniffles You guys are too good to me! I love ya'll!!
Well I'll do my best to make the end of this great story do it justice. I guarantee you will be surprised. Oh, and if you think the ending isn't right, do not tell me to make an alternate ending. The end is, well, the end. Anyway on with Chapter 25!
-------------------- = Changing view points or location. (Such as switching from Goku's point of view to Piccolo's)
'...' = Thoughts
Chapter 25: Alone
Ken'ichi was awake at dawn. As she was every morning. Her narrowed eyes on Piccolo, sleeping. She never had divulged this to Eve, or Dawn, but she did not like him. Nor did she like how much time he spent with her cub. She was beginning to walk and talk like her weaker half. Tarnishing her tiger ancestry.
'Tigress! what are you doing?' Eve awoke inside of the tiger's mind as she was carrying her daughter into the forest. Ken'ichi flickered her ears and continued moving. Eve struggled, but Ken'ichi had taken control. Her paws passing over the dew moistened earth swiftly. She knew the green one would soon be awake.
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Dawn's eyes opened as she fell from a short distance and hit soft earth. She sat up, ears alert and her eyes wide. A soft purr echoed behind her and her features relaxed visibly. " Mother. where are we?" she mewed in her mother's tongue.
Ken'ichi narrowed her eyes, and explained to her that she was ashamed of how she was treating her heritage. That she spat upon her tiger blood. Dawn's sapphire eyes steadily began to shed sapphire tears. Ken'ichi turned and told Dawn she would take her back only if she found her way to the cave.
Dawn started sobbing, "Please mommy! Don't leave me here!" But she shook her head and told her to wait where she sat for an hour, then to head home. She then galloped into the forest.
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'You can't do this! She could die!!' Eve screamed, forcing the Tigress to lay her ears back slightly.
As her massive paws carried her, the three miles back to the cave, she too felt worried. What if she did die? Her eyes narrowed, no, she needed to find her way home, prove herself.
She took a winding path, much through water and over trees, to keep the cub from simply following her scent.
------------------
Dawn sat there for several long moments, fighting her urge to follow. She could feel her, and hear her moving far away, until she could no longer hear her paws against the damp foliage.
The forest was alive with sounds of waking beasts even as the sun had barely stained the sky with its hues. The crickets and birds gradually sang for their melodies in full score. But their jubilant sonata gave Dawn no comfort.
' I'm all alone.' her whispers echoed softly in her mind. For a moment she considered simply calling out, so Piccolo could come get her. Dawn opened her mouth and inhaled deeply to strike a note that would carry over the forest's music and over its trees, but it caught in her throat. What Ken'ichi had said to her came back.
"What if." Her eyes slide up to the sky. The wind tickled the leaves at the treetops and the cicadas chirped loudly as the sun heated the earth around her. "I can do this." she whispered into the breeze.
------------------
Ken'ichi took her last few steps entering the cool cavern entrance to see Piccolo mediating. A soft growl escaped her throat as she moved to lie on her bed.
-----------------
Piccolo's eyes parted softly and he turned to see the Tigress relaxed on her pallet. He had awoken to find both her and the child gone, and had assumed she took her on a hunt, or to do something else he probably wouldn't have understood. But as his onyx eyes wandered around, he didn't see Dawn anywhere. Worry settled in rather quickly, though he did much to conceal it from his features.
"Where is Dawn?" he asked off handedly, as if he could truly care less.
The Tigress merely looked at him and began grooming her paw, as if she too, could care less.
"Eve, where is she?" this time, his concern slide across his lips unhindered. He watched the Tigress flicker her ears to sound he could not hear. Not something that was really possible. Tigers did have fabulous hearing, but it was still nothing compared to his. "Who am I speaking to?" his voice had gotten colder, he pretty much new the answer wasn't Eve.
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Ken'ichi tried her best to ignore both Piccolo, and Eve in her head. 'Piccolo!!! Dawn is out there all alone!!! Please help her!!!!' Eve tried with all her strength to move the ebony form, but to no avail.
Instead she turned her body and curled into a ball to nap.
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Now he knew it wasn't Eve, she rarely ever slept during the day; it was always the tigress that did that. But as he stood he could still only wonder where Dawn was. It would take a miracle to find Dawn in the jungle. Her life force was still so small, that many of the forest creatures would mask it perfectly.
Piccolo glared at the black figure with slight distain. He some how knew it was the beast's doing. Eve pampered her child too much to simply leave her in the forest.
'Wait.' he stepped off the cave's end and hovered. "Maybe she took him to see Gohan." He nodded and started in that direction. It was logical enough. No one had seen Dawn yet, for some reason they both had been avoiding it. Possibly because they were not sure how people would take her, being how she was.
He laughed shortly to himself. He wasn't that much odder than Dawn now that he thought about it. His eyes soon fell on the Son house and he landed. Much to his relief he found the two men he was hoping to find in the backyard, away from the loud woman.
As he approached, the surprise on their expressions made his heart sink. 'Dawn isn't here.'
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Goku was the first to break the silence, "Hey!! It's Piccolo! What a surprise!" he smiled and stopped before him. "I hope everything is ok." He added lightly.
It seemed from the last few times Piccolo called on them, he was in trouble. Goku smiled faltered. By Piccolo appearance, this was the case again.
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Gohan smiled up to his mentor. As happy as he was to see him, he also felt as if Piccolo needed something.
"What's wrong Piccolo?" he asked solemnly.
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Piccolo felt their spirits fall, and his jaw tightened. He wished he didn't have to do this to them, ruin their day. But he couldn't search the jungle alone.
"I hate to bother you two, but I thought Dawn might have been here." At their puzzled glances to one another, Piccolo explained all that he knew, from waking up and her absence, to the unresponsive tigress.
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Gohan blinked, "That's awful, so you don't have any idea what happened to her?" Piccolo nodded down to the boy. 'This is bad. where could she be.' His eyes shifted to the vast forest to their left. It stretched for miles and miles. It would take days to search every inch.
"You think she's out there. alone?" he inquired.
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Piccolo nodded. He looked proudly at Gohan, thought he felt somewhat different now. He had always seen Gohan as a son he'd never have. Now that he, for the most part, had his own child his perception was different. But he was still proud of his pupil. He was no longer the short boy he had been, but a young man, and fine one.
"Yeah, that's my guess" he said shortly.
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Goku slammed his fist into the opposing palm with a loud slap. "Its settled, we go look for her. Now!" he smiled, not with the innocent son smile, but the determined one. Much like the one he had before a tough battle. He watched his friend smile lightly, and he placed a hand on the namake's shoulder.
"Don't worry, we'll find her!" he said confidently.
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With that said Piccolo and his student took to the air, while Goku ran to tell Chi-chi they'd be back for dinner.
Piccolo sailed through the air and called back to them, " We'll split up and work our way to the center." They nodded in unison.
Upon roughly reaching the center of the jungle, they paused and then blasted into opposite directions.
Sorry about the long wait folks!!! I had a horrible cold for two weeks. Well, enough excuses. I hope you guys enjoy the twist!! It's only a few days away from the wish, and dawn is MIA!!! What will happen!? Hehehe I know. But you guys will just have to wait until the next chapter! I'll try my best not to make you all wait so long for the next one.