Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ or any of its characters. Jeri is my character.
Notes:
(J)=Jeri's journal
".."=speaking aloud
'..'=thinking
*..*talking telepatically
Ch.9:Four months later
(J)November 12, year unknown. Dear Journal, Hey its me again. Wow, time really flew by! I'll be leaving to go to Goku's today and I'm really excited about it. I finished my training and I can't wait to test my power against the others.
Gohan showed up about three months ago and became my sparing partner. He's also my best friend in the entire world. Mr. Piccolo will always be closer to me, though.
I found out something really neat about Piccolo. Okay you see he has the love of the dance in him. I'm serious that man can dance! You see one day after training he went outside on the excuse of private meditation time and instead of listening to him and staying behind I followed him to a place in his training grounds that I had never seen before. It was basically just a little clearing amongst some thick tree growth next to a waterfall, but it was still new.
Anyway in the little clearing he sat down under a tree and started meditating. For some reason this place was lit up with small fires all over the place.
I saw a little radio sitting next to him and I noticed that it was tuned to my favorite station, 104 the river. I snuck over to it and pushed to power button.
When it came on Mr. Piccolo almost jumped out of his shoes. I realized then that the radio was mine from before my training began.
Piccolo stared at it for a while then relaxed. When my favorite song, "Cowboy"by Kid Rock came on I nearly squealed in joy.
I hadn't heard music in forever and my favorate fast song was on. What I saw next was really bizarre. Piccolo stood all the way up, turned the music up, and started dancing. Well bobbing to the rythem of the song, but still. Then he caught on the the dance and just cut loose. I mean damn. Ever seen Cyote Ugly or Dirty Dancing? He could dance like that. I mean he's that good.
Now I'm not one to be upstaged by anyone so I stepped up to him and danced with him. He knew I was there, but he apparantly didn't mind case he didn't even pause. When I turned up the level of my danceing he stopped and watched me.
See I'm at Cyote level myself and I love to dance.
I swear he was staring as I mimiced the daced that went with this song from the movie Cyote Ugly.
When the song went off we talked about it and I explained to him about the love of the dance and the movies I'd learned my moves from. He had a natural rythem and even admitted to actually enjoying himself while he was dancing. That is the love of the dance.
After awhile Garth Brooks' "The Dance" came on and I taught him to slow dance. That in itself was amusing. Back to the present. I have to get ready to go so I guess this is goodbye till next time. Ja.(J)
Jeri put her half-filled jounalinto her backpack with the rest of her things and zipped up the small, black bag. Gohan had given it to her to keep her stuff in while she trained.
Walking out of the cave that had been her home for the past year she said, "I'm ready to go."
Goku had come to show her the way to his house even though Piccolo knew where it was.
Piccolo's face had a very solemn expression on it that Jeri had not seen on him in a long time.
She walked up to her sensei, looked him straight in the eye, said, "I'll miss you, Mr. Piccolo," and hugged him.
His entire body went rigid and he let out a startled noise at the girl. Then, to Goku, and Jeri's ultimate surprise Piccolo rested his head on Jeri's shoulder and returned her hug.
"Mr. Piccolo?" Jeri questioned, confused.
She couldn't see it, but her leaving was killing her sensei inside just as Gohan's leaving had long ago. He didn't like being alone anymore like he used to. Try s he might he had not been able to keep himself from growing very attached to the little female he had trained. He felt her small hands squeeze the material of his gi shirt amd rested his trembling hands around her small waist.
He whispered in her ear, "If you ever change your mind about living with Goku; I wouldn't mind you staying with me. Come and visit me sometimes, okay?"
He pulled away as she said, "Hai, Mr. Piccolo, I'd like that. Come on, Goku, it's getting late and we have to go before it gets too dark."
Right as her feet left the ground she heard Piccolo telepathically say, *If you ever need me...*
She finished by saying, *I'll call you.*
Then aloud he said, "Jeri." His voice was shaky.
"Yes sir?"
"Sing for me one more time. Please? Of everything about you, I'll miss your singing the most."
"I'd be honored to sing for you."
Jeri then landed on the ground, took a deep breath, and sang,
"The greatest man I never knew
Lived just down the hall
And everyday we said hello
But never touched at all
He was in his paper
I was in my room
How was I to know he thought I hung the moon
The greatest man I never knew
Came home late every night
He never had too much to say
Too much was on his mind
I never really knew him
And now it seems so sad
Everything he gave to us took all he had
Then the days turned into years
And the memories to black and white
He grew cold like an old winter wind
Blowing across my life
The greatest words I never heard
I guess I'll never hear
The man I thought would never die
S'been dead almost a year
He was good at business
But there was business left to do
He never said he loved me
Guess he thought I knew"
As Jeri's voice faded out to mark the end of the song Goku said, "That was...beautiful, Jeri."
Jeri turned to him and saw that the tall sayan was crying.
"Goku, what's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"Then why are you crying?"
"That song...it touched my heart. And you sang it so beautifully."
Jeri smiled then looked around to say her final goodbyes to her sensei, but he had slipped away hile she had been speaking to Goku.
Goku noticed and said, "Where'd Piccolo go?"
Jeri sighed, shook her head, and said, "Mr. Piccolo doesn't like goodbyes, Goku. He left to avoid it and I understand. Come on, let's go home."
Goku nodded and took off.
Jeri lifted off the ground.
She thought, 'I know you're lonely, Piccolo, and I know someone who can be there for you. I just hope she hasn't left for colledge already.' Then she followed Goku.
High above them, hidden behind the cloud cover, was Piccolo. He had slipped off just as Jeri finished her song and was just trying to spare himself the heartache of loosing her like he had Gohan. No matter how he tried he couldn't stop the single solitary tear that escaped from his onyx eyes and slipped down his face.
He shook his head and said, "May Kami guard you, kid, since I no longer can." Then he flew away.
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Notes:
(J)=Jeri's journal
".."=speaking aloud
'..'=thinking
*..*talking telepatically
Ch.9:Four months later
(J)November 12, year unknown. Dear Journal, Hey its me again. Wow, time really flew by! I'll be leaving to go to Goku's today and I'm really excited about it. I finished my training and I can't wait to test my power against the others.
Gohan showed up about three months ago and became my sparing partner. He's also my best friend in the entire world. Mr. Piccolo will always be closer to me, though.
I found out something really neat about Piccolo. Okay you see he has the love of the dance in him. I'm serious that man can dance! You see one day after training he went outside on the excuse of private meditation time and instead of listening to him and staying behind I followed him to a place in his training grounds that I had never seen before. It was basically just a little clearing amongst some thick tree growth next to a waterfall, but it was still new.
Anyway in the little clearing he sat down under a tree and started meditating. For some reason this place was lit up with small fires all over the place.
I saw a little radio sitting next to him and I noticed that it was tuned to my favorite station, 104 the river. I snuck over to it and pushed to power button.
When it came on Mr. Piccolo almost jumped out of his shoes. I realized then that the radio was mine from before my training began.
Piccolo stared at it for a while then relaxed. When my favorite song, "Cowboy"by Kid Rock came on I nearly squealed in joy.
I hadn't heard music in forever and my favorate fast song was on. What I saw next was really bizarre. Piccolo stood all the way up, turned the music up, and started dancing. Well bobbing to the rythem of the song, but still. Then he caught on the the dance and just cut loose. I mean damn. Ever seen Cyote Ugly or Dirty Dancing? He could dance like that. I mean he's that good.
Now I'm not one to be upstaged by anyone so I stepped up to him and danced with him. He knew I was there, but he apparantly didn't mind case he didn't even pause. When I turned up the level of my danceing he stopped and watched me.
See I'm at Cyote level myself and I love to dance.
I swear he was staring as I mimiced the daced that went with this song from the movie Cyote Ugly.
When the song went off we talked about it and I explained to him about the love of the dance and the movies I'd learned my moves from. He had a natural rythem and even admitted to actually enjoying himself while he was dancing. That is the love of the dance.
After awhile Garth Brooks' "The Dance" came on and I taught him to slow dance. That in itself was amusing. Back to the present. I have to get ready to go so I guess this is goodbye till next time. Ja.(J)
Jeri put her half-filled jounalinto her backpack with the rest of her things and zipped up the small, black bag. Gohan had given it to her to keep her stuff in while she trained.
Walking out of the cave that had been her home for the past year she said, "I'm ready to go."
Goku had come to show her the way to his house even though Piccolo knew where it was.
Piccolo's face had a very solemn expression on it that Jeri had not seen on him in a long time.
She walked up to her sensei, looked him straight in the eye, said, "I'll miss you, Mr. Piccolo," and hugged him.
His entire body went rigid and he let out a startled noise at the girl. Then, to Goku, and Jeri's ultimate surprise Piccolo rested his head on Jeri's shoulder and returned her hug.
"Mr. Piccolo?" Jeri questioned, confused.
She couldn't see it, but her leaving was killing her sensei inside just as Gohan's leaving had long ago. He didn't like being alone anymore like he used to. Try s he might he had not been able to keep himself from growing very attached to the little female he had trained. He felt her small hands squeeze the material of his gi shirt amd rested his trembling hands around her small waist.
He whispered in her ear, "If you ever change your mind about living with Goku; I wouldn't mind you staying with me. Come and visit me sometimes, okay?"
He pulled away as she said, "Hai, Mr. Piccolo, I'd like that. Come on, Goku, it's getting late and we have to go before it gets too dark."
Right as her feet left the ground she heard Piccolo telepathically say, *If you ever need me...*
She finished by saying, *I'll call you.*
Then aloud he said, "Jeri." His voice was shaky.
"Yes sir?"
"Sing for me one more time. Please? Of everything about you, I'll miss your singing the most."
"I'd be honored to sing for you."
Jeri then landed on the ground, took a deep breath, and sang,
"The greatest man I never knew
Lived just down the hall
And everyday we said hello
But never touched at all
He was in his paper
I was in my room
How was I to know he thought I hung the moon
The greatest man I never knew
Came home late every night
He never had too much to say
Too much was on his mind
I never really knew him
And now it seems so sad
Everything he gave to us took all he had
Then the days turned into years
And the memories to black and white
He grew cold like an old winter wind
Blowing across my life
The greatest words I never heard
I guess I'll never hear
The man I thought would never die
S'been dead almost a year
He was good at business
But there was business left to do
He never said he loved me
Guess he thought I knew"
As Jeri's voice faded out to mark the end of the song Goku said, "That was...beautiful, Jeri."
Jeri turned to him and saw that the tall sayan was crying.
"Goku, what's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"Then why are you crying?"
"That song...it touched my heart. And you sang it so beautifully."
Jeri smiled then looked around to say her final goodbyes to her sensei, but he had slipped away hile she had been speaking to Goku.
Goku noticed and said, "Where'd Piccolo go?"
Jeri sighed, shook her head, and said, "Mr. Piccolo doesn't like goodbyes, Goku. He left to avoid it and I understand. Come on, let's go home."
Goku nodded and took off.
Jeri lifted off the ground.
She thought, 'I know you're lonely, Piccolo, and I know someone who can be there for you. I just hope she hasn't left for colledge already.' Then she followed Goku.
High above them, hidden behind the cloud cover, was Piccolo. He had slipped off just as Jeri finished her song and was just trying to spare himself the heartache of loosing her like he had Gohan. No matter how he tried he couldn't stop the single solitary tear that escaped from his onyx eyes and slipped down his face.
He shook his head and said, "May Kami guard you, kid, since I no longer can." Then he flew away.
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