Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ or any of it's characters. Jeri, Angel, Danny, and Rena are mine. Stephanie and Kim belong to their respective owners.
Author's Note: I know this took forever to get out, but at least I got it up. I've been having a really bad time lately. With school and updating all my other stories I haven't had much time to write. Well I'm finally over my writer's block and should update every other week from now on. The chapters my come faster if I get somebody to help me with the fight scenes that have to be in here. I've found a way to eliminate most of them, but the final three battles have to be written up for the sake of the plot of the story. Enough of my babbling here's the next chapter and enjoy.
Ch. 24: Outcomes and Promises
(Part A)
(Kim)
'I can't believe I made it past the preliminaries so quickly! I thought for sure Yamcha would cream me when I fourth him to advance, but he was surprisingly easy to defeat. Wait till Danny and P-chan find out. They'll be so surprised and so proud of me.' Kim thought as she searched the massive crowd for her small family.
Seeing the familiar bob of antenna from the back of the crowd she started, at a run, towards her husband. He was in for a huge surprise. Well two surprises actually. One of which might possibly kill the poor Namek with surprise.
(Piccolo)
The Namekian Z-senshi had been searching for his wife since he felt the telltale sign of her ki leaving the preliminary rounds. After insuring Danny's care with Gohan he started feeling around for Kim's distinct power signature. He'd run into Jeri on his way and she had detoured him for sometime with her news of victory in forth block division B and was just now working his way through the crowd. He was about to resort to flying when he saw a blur of brown and was tackled to the ground.
Knowing that only Jeri and Kim ever dared do that to him he said, "Was that really necessary?"
She huffed then said, "Puff. Sure was, P-chan. Miss me?"
Piccolo lightly shoved his wife off of him and said, "Don't call me P-chan. Where have you been?"
Kim puffed at him then said, "Looking for you. You sure are hard to track down for a guy that sticks out like a sore thumb in any crowd."
Piccolo smirked as he slowly climbed to his feet and helped his koi (AN: It means love, I think.) to hers. He then took her by the hand and led her over to a bench so they could talk in some semblance of privacy. He sat down then gestured for her to do the same. After settling themselves they started talking about their achievements in the preliminaries.
Piccolo said, "So.... Are you advancing?"
Having already secured his own victory in sixth black division A he was anxious to know how his wife had done in second block division B since he hadn't seen her since they were assigned their blocks and had no idea how she had done.
Kim leaned her head on Piccolo's shoulder, linked her hand with his, and said, "Hai, I am. I fought Yamcha for the last fight and I won."
Piccolo squeezed her hand a little bit then said, "I expected no less from someone that I trained."
Kim brought her free hand up and worriedly combed her hair with it as her thoughts turned to something more pressing than the tournament.
Piccolo noticed and said, "What's wrong, Kimberly?"
Kim was about to tell him when Videl came running up to them.
She said, "Kim! Hey, Kim! There you are girl! I've been looking everywhere for you. They just told us the next level line-up."
Piccolo looked past his wife at the young fighter that Gohan had trained. She was a nice girl, but not someone he wanted Gohan to be hanging around. She was a showoff and always gallivanted around town attempting to save the city. It was ridiculous. Gohan had introduced her to everyone at the beginning of the tournament as everyone was entering. She was a pretty good fighter, for a girl, but not what he would call a battle ready warrior.
Kim stood up then and said, " So who is fighting whom?"
The black haired human said, "I have to fight you in the first match."
Kim blinked rapidly then swallowed hard and said, "You're joking, right? I don't wanna fight you."
Piccolo watched as Kim began ranting about fighting someone trained by a demi saiyan. He didn't see the problem, but since it was upsetting his wife he decided to make the obnoxious human leave. He let out an intimidating growl at Videl and watched, in amusement, as she ran away. He then walked over to his distressed wife, wrapped his arms around her waist, and pulled her up to him. She looked up at him with a confused expression on her face then snuggled into the warmth and security he provided for her. His arms tightened around her when he felt her ki give a flutter before settling back to normal. For just a second Kim's power level had dropped to below one hundred. Something was wrong and he intended to find out what it was. Especially since it concerned his wife.
That's it guys/gals.
I hope this was long enough for you.
Keep checking back for part B.
Read and Review.
Please read the side story to this. It is called Trunks' Tale.
Author's Note: I know this took forever to get out, but at least I got it up. I've been having a really bad time lately. With school and updating all my other stories I haven't had much time to write. Well I'm finally over my writer's block and should update every other week from now on. The chapters my come faster if I get somebody to help me with the fight scenes that have to be in here. I've found a way to eliminate most of them, but the final three battles have to be written up for the sake of the plot of the story. Enough of my babbling here's the next chapter and enjoy.
Ch. 24: Outcomes and Promises
(Part A)
(Kim)
'I can't believe I made it past the preliminaries so quickly! I thought for sure Yamcha would cream me when I fourth him to advance, but he was surprisingly easy to defeat. Wait till Danny and P-chan find out. They'll be so surprised and so proud of me.' Kim thought as she searched the massive crowd for her small family.
Seeing the familiar bob of antenna from the back of the crowd she started, at a run, towards her husband. He was in for a huge surprise. Well two surprises actually. One of which might possibly kill the poor Namek with surprise.
(Piccolo)
The Namekian Z-senshi had been searching for his wife since he felt the telltale sign of her ki leaving the preliminary rounds. After insuring Danny's care with Gohan he started feeling around for Kim's distinct power signature. He'd run into Jeri on his way and she had detoured him for sometime with her news of victory in forth block division B and was just now working his way through the crowd. He was about to resort to flying when he saw a blur of brown and was tackled to the ground.
Knowing that only Jeri and Kim ever dared do that to him he said, "Was that really necessary?"
She huffed then said, "Puff. Sure was, P-chan. Miss me?"
Piccolo lightly shoved his wife off of him and said, "Don't call me P-chan. Where have you been?"
Kim puffed at him then said, "Looking for you. You sure are hard to track down for a guy that sticks out like a sore thumb in any crowd."
Piccolo smirked as he slowly climbed to his feet and helped his koi (AN: It means love, I think.) to hers. He then took her by the hand and led her over to a bench so they could talk in some semblance of privacy. He sat down then gestured for her to do the same. After settling themselves they started talking about their achievements in the preliminaries.
Piccolo said, "So.... Are you advancing?"
Having already secured his own victory in sixth black division A he was anxious to know how his wife had done in second block division B since he hadn't seen her since they were assigned their blocks and had no idea how she had done.
Kim leaned her head on Piccolo's shoulder, linked her hand with his, and said, "Hai, I am. I fought Yamcha for the last fight and I won."
Piccolo squeezed her hand a little bit then said, "I expected no less from someone that I trained."
Kim brought her free hand up and worriedly combed her hair with it as her thoughts turned to something more pressing than the tournament.
Piccolo noticed and said, "What's wrong, Kimberly?"
Kim was about to tell him when Videl came running up to them.
She said, "Kim! Hey, Kim! There you are girl! I've been looking everywhere for you. They just told us the next level line-up."
Piccolo looked past his wife at the young fighter that Gohan had trained. She was a nice girl, but not someone he wanted Gohan to be hanging around. She was a showoff and always gallivanted around town attempting to save the city. It was ridiculous. Gohan had introduced her to everyone at the beginning of the tournament as everyone was entering. She was a pretty good fighter, for a girl, but not what he would call a battle ready warrior.
Kim stood up then and said, " So who is fighting whom?"
The black haired human said, "I have to fight you in the first match."
Kim blinked rapidly then swallowed hard and said, "You're joking, right? I don't wanna fight you."
Piccolo watched as Kim began ranting about fighting someone trained by a demi saiyan. He didn't see the problem, but since it was upsetting his wife he decided to make the obnoxious human leave. He let out an intimidating growl at Videl and watched, in amusement, as she ran away. He then walked over to his distressed wife, wrapped his arms around her waist, and pulled her up to him. She looked up at him with a confused expression on her face then snuggled into the warmth and security he provided for her. His arms tightened around her when he felt her ki give a flutter before settling back to normal. For just a second Kim's power level had dropped to below one hundred. Something was wrong and he intended to find out what it was. Especially since it concerned his wife.
That's it guys/gals.
I hope this was long enough for you.
Keep checking back for part B.
Read and Review.
Please read the side story to this. It is called Trunks' Tale.