"Wow!" Mia said looking out the window, "There's alot more people than I thought there would be!" She watched as Amay and Yamcha got in the front seat of the car...a car without a roof. She chuckled and climbed into the back seat.

She watched the scenery go by as they sped off. "Amay...the population here is pretty large. Is all places on this planet like this?"

"Yeah, mostly." She said, tucking her hair behind her ear, "You'll like it though, the more people, the more places to go!"

Mia smiled and batted her eyes as the car got faster and faster.... then halted abruptly at a red light. She looked out the side to see a group of guys walking by, eyeing the car, and Amay. She smiled unsurely and sank in her seat as Amay rolled her eyes at them.

"Jerks." Amay muttered, looking back at Mia as the light turned green. "It's okay Mia." She said. Mia sat up and smiled unsurely. Yamcha glanced at them.

"Are you sure you two will be okay??" Amay gave him a strange look, then giggled, "We'll be fine."

Mia nodded and stated matter of factly, "I saw what she can do, and they don't stand a chance against her."

Yamcha laughed, "Yeah...she's got her share of the saiyajin temper."

Amay shuffled to the middle front seat and cuddled up against Yamcha. Mia watched, a feeling of fuzziness in her. She sighed quietly and looked out the side of the car again. 'Someday Mia, someday.'

~*~

"Thanks Yamcha." Amay said, jumping out of the car, "I'll give you a call later to pick us up, kay?" Yamcha nodded and started to pull away, giving Amay a small wink. She sighed and turned to Mia, "Okay..." She said, getting her thoughts, "Where do you wanna go first?"

Mia just stood a moment, fiddling with the end of her midriff shirt. "Anywhere... lets just walk in and see where we end up."

Amay turned to her, about to make another one of her witty comments, but stopped seeing the look on Mia's face. "You okay?"

Mia looked at her with a disenchanted smile. "I'm okay, just had a reality check, that's all." She walked up beside Amay and began to walk to the mall. Amay glanced at her about just before they entered, "Your SURE your okay Mia?

She nodded, "Uh huh, sure."

Amay sighed and looked around the mall...."You know!" she said in a more chipper tone, "I think we should take you to get some never clothes first!" Mia smiled brilliantly. "Sounds good!"

Mia's eyes widened as she headed for the first store she saw that caught her eye. She trotted into it; it's loud music blaring, the incense burning, and the smell of factory fresh cloths lingering at the doorway. "Hi, what can I do for you girls today?" The lady at the check out said.

Mia looked around and looked at her. "I'll be fine thanks."

She trotted to a rack and smiled big. She picked up a HUGE pair of black pants with lots off pockets and a white tank top. With that, she made her way to the changing room. Within moments, she was changed and stepped out, her silvery ribbon tying back her hair, a cute tank top again showing her tummy, and the black pants added a bit of leisure to the look. "Well, what do you think?" Amay looked at her and smiled. "Perfect!"

Mia smiled sweetly. "Then this is what I'll get." She walked to the register and smiled at the girl who ran it. "I'll wear them home, here." She handed her an ancient coin that she had found while training with Piccolo. The manager saw it and looked at the coin, to Mia, and back again.

"Okay..." He said in disbelief."

~*~

Amay shook her head as she walked out of the store with Mia, who was smiling at her new clothes, "I could of paid for that for you know?" She said. Mia shrugged, "It's okay. I don't mind." She then grinned as she saw the next store. "But you can buy me a pretzel."

Amay smiled at her and nodded, "Sure."

Mia ran over and looked at all the pretzels on the counter, a huge smile on her face. She pointed to one that was labeled cinnamon and sugar. "I want that one with icing please." She looked brightly at Amay, "Make that two and a slurpy thingy...the blue one that turns you colors!"

Amay smiled and turned to the counter, "I'll have the same."

The girl behind the counter handed Mia her slurpy and she gulped some down to be rewarded by her second brain freeze of the day...

"OUCH!" she pushed the slushy into Amays arms and ran in small circles whining about the pain.

Amay couldn't help but laugh at her actions. After Mia had made sure every person in the food court had heard her, she looked up to see Amay, a sweat drop rolling down her face.

"Are you done?" She chuckled. Mia looked around at the people staring and smiled shyly.

Amay shook her head, still smiling as she pulled Mia into the nearest empty table.

"Sooo." She began, "Where do you wanna head to next?"

With a shrug, she ate another piece of her pretzel. "Doesn't matter.... It's a nice little break and all...but I am looking forward to getting back to see Piccolo. I wonder what he's up to..."

She propped her feet up across the bench she sat at and sighed, leaning her head back and shutting her eyes.

"Yeah...I can understand that...your so used to being with him 24/7.... I can see why it's hard being apart..."

Mia blinked and noticed what Amay was getting at.

"Amay.... Piccolo and I don't have a RELATIONSHIP or anything...to him, I'm no more but his student."

"I'm not so sure." She said with a smile, "Piccolo and I have a strange relationship.... I can always tell when he's trying to hide something...."

The word relationship echoed in her mind, yet she knew Amay had Yamcha.... but...

"What kind of relationship?" She asked, genuinely curious.

"Well.... I don't know if he told you or not, but, he fuse with another namek a while ago...one of my good friends...ever since we've had a strange kind of bond...I kinda understand him..." She smiled.

Mia nodded. "So...you have something of an intimate understanding of him, don't you?"

"Yep." Amay nodded, "See...after I left planet Vegeta...I crashed on namek, Nail, the namek Piccolo fused with, was really the only person I had to lean on. He and I got close...too close actually. And since I had a bond with Nail...I had a bond with Piccolo after they became one."

Mia looked at Amay, an innocent awe shining about her.

"You.... you remember Vegeta? The planet?"

Amay nodded again, "Yeah...but...believe me. I wish I didn't. Sometimes, I wish I wasn't even a saiyajin..."

Mia became silent a moment, before speaking up. "I wasn't born on Vegeta.... I never even saw it. My mother, father and brother fled the planet when Frieza first came, wandering about...It wasn't long after that the planet was destroyed...I thought it was a comet or something...Piccolo told me it was Freiza." Mia stopped and thought for a moment. "But...somehow, even though it seems that the only saiyajins left are Goku, Vegeta, you and I...I still think there are more of us out there..." Then, Mia smiled a bit. "And....I hope when we wish Rio back, that Piccolo will come with me..."

Amay felt a soft smile come over her face. "You really care about him alot...don't you?"

"Isn't that obvious!" Mia smiled cheekily. "Piccolo is...incredible.... Like he shouldn't exist. I had dreams about people like him when I was growing up, and here he is...he's unreal."

"He's unearthly." Amay added, "And he seems to really care about you too."

Mia suddenly felt frozen in heat, blushing inside and out.

"No, Piccolo loves to yell at me, and push me around, and I think the training is a good way for him to take out his frustrations on me..." Mia stated, looking to hide a bit of that hidden intimacy she felt they shared once or twice in a passing glance. "Piccolo thinks of me as a student...nothing else, or more."

"I don't know about that Mia..." Amay said as she stood up, "He seems more at ease when you're around...and he looks like he's trying to hold something back.... I think he things of you as something more that a STUDENT."

Mia hopped up and dumped her trash in the bin. "You really think so, huh?" She thought a moment..."If you think so, then why didn't I pick up on this?" She bit in her lip again, a nervous habit she couldn't break. "Amay, Piccolo is strong, he's tall, he has the body of chiseled statue and he has a personality that is taking my feet out from under me? If he won't do anything, I have no idea where to start.... uh..." She now realized she was confiding in Amay, openly confessing she had it bad for Piccolo, VERY BAD! "I'm sorry, I was rambling again." Mia blushed, realizing it had already happened a few times....

The day went on, clothes, jewelry, and other girlie things were in bags that girls barely managed to carry. Mia smiled to herself. When Amay wasn't looking, she bought a long gold necklace.... for Piccolo. She figured, one day, when she was ready, she would give it to him...as a hint of how she felt about him.

~*~

Mia smiled, snuggling under the blankets on Amay's bed, tired after there little mall day. She watched Amay settle down on the couch across from her.

"Thanks for everything Amay. I really had a good time!"

Amay smiled back and nodded. "Hey, its no problem, I'm always happy to take a new comer to the city's local mall." She said with a wink.

Mia sighed, "I still feel bad about taking your bed..."

Amay shook her head, "Naaah...don't feel bad, I'm used to roughing it."

Mia smiled. "You forget, so am I." Even sleeping on the couch would feel like a heaven sent blessing."

Amay nodded, "Yeah, I guess so..." She looked at the clock, "Whoa, better get some sleep girl, we've got alot to do tomorrow."