1.1 CHAPTER 14
A/N: This is a song fic so the lyric credit goes all to Celine Dion (a goddess singer and a classic!) and her 1996 song "Fly." And incase anyone forgot I don't own DBZ and Piccolo is…*fights with reality*…not…*loses*…MINE…*sobs* but Deshee is!!! Teehee! That lucky b***h, no pun intended! =P Enjoy and thank you all for reviewing, my only wish is but to serve you, fellow readers and Piccolo lovers! ;P
The beast had seen her, seen her being flown toward the Son house after she left the strange warrior he identified as Majunia. He smelled like her! Her scent lingered about him and it made the beast emit a low growl, he was livid.
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As Gohan flew he looked over his shoulder at Deshee flailing along like a rag doll as he held her hand.
"Deshee," he called back to her, "Spread your wings and arch them a bit!"
The girl tried to move the virgin muscles in her shoulders, pushing herself to remember how her mother described a bird in flight.
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"It will feel as though your arms are spreading out as far as they can go, except from your back. Then, like a ballerina's arms, they will curve downward to catch the wind. This will lift you into the air where you will be free…" her mother had whispered with a smile in the depths of their dank cell.
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Fly, fly little wing
Fly beyond imagining
The softest cloud, the whitest dove
Upon the wind of Heaven's love
Past the planets and the stars
Leave this lonely world of ours
Escape the sorrow and the pain
And fly again…
Perhaps Shira, Deshee's mother, knew her daughter would be free some day.
Fly, fly precious one
Your endless journey has begun
Take your gentle happiness
Far too beautiful for this
Cross over to the other shore
There is peace forevermore
But hold this mem'ry bittersweet
Until we meet…
The Janjin-kee pushed her wings out, her free arm stretching out to keep her mother's analogy alive and helpful. Each bone popped as she tilted them at an angle. The draft caught under her curved wings and pushed her up into the baby blue sky so fast that she was dragging Gohan.
Fly, fly do not fear
Don't waste a breath, don't shed a tear
Your heart is pure, your soul is free
Be on your way, don't wait for me
Above the universe you'll climb
On beyond the hands of time
The moon will rise, the sun will set
But I won't forget…
"Wow!" the young scholar cheered, "What a ride! Nice job! But the draft is too strong, tuck your wings in a little to lessen the whiplash effect!" Gohan smiled, rubbing his neck.
The two companions soared home together on the warm air currents.
Fly, fly little wing
Fly where only angels sing
Fly away, the time is right
Go now, find the light…
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"Majunia…" a low voice grumbled behind Piccolo.
The demon wheeled around at the sound of his surname. He could sense no one but he stood his ground firmly in a fighter's stance.
"Come out from hiding!" he shouted.
A few bushes rustled as a small boy with light brown, speckled wings, a turned-down tail, dog ears and paws fell to his knees before the fierce namek.
"Mr. Majunia my name is Itsee, I am here to present to you the honorable Lord Tetsi!" it was obvious this speech had been memorized by the poor slave.
The bushes rustled again and an enormous wolf-like man emerged from the greenery surrounded by at least six other "men." His head was completely dog-like in appearance with his long, narrow, sleek snout, ears, and beady gold eyes. His whole body was built with sinewy muscles and smooth short hairs covering every inch of skin with a shiny coat. The only clothes he wore were a lion-cloth and moccasin shoes. His tail was bristled out and upward and Piccolo could tell he was angry about something as he watched the dusty brown wings of Tetsi puff up and down with each breath.
"Hi tunkaru nashee Teshenee!" his voice was octaves deeper than Piccolo's understandably, the Janjin-kee had a good four feet on the eight- foot tall demon and was at least twice his size in body mass.
"Lord Tetsi demands to know where Teshenee has gone!"
The namek feared for Deshee's safety and replied calmly, "I don't know anyone named Teshenee."
The slave crawled over to the guard on his paws and feet, reminding Piccolo of when he first met Deshee.
"Hai to wa no Teshenee dai sou," he whispered to Tetsi.
The Janjin-kee glared at Piccolo with piercing eyes; "Teshenee wai sou naru jaka hai!" came the thunderous voice again.
"Lord Tetsi has seen Teshenee with you, we smell her, we find her if you no tell us all we want to know!" the slave's illiteracy was coming through in his speech.
Piccolo studied the snout on Tetsi's face, it was beyond a doubt that the guard could infact sniff out and fly after the girl and cause her considerable harm if he didn't do as instructed.
"Teshenee has been renamed on this planet, her name is Deshee!" then he added, "It means Little Brown One…"
After listening to the translation Tetsi stalked over to Piccolo and back-handed his so hard across the face that the demon had to pop his jaw bone back into place, forcing back tears of pain.
"It is dishonor to rename slaves!"
Tetsi collared Piccolo up to his eye-level and shoved him through some bushes, growling as his eyes flashed.
Once out of Itsee and his fellow guards' sight he dropped the demon in the middle of a clearing. Lowering his massive self onto his hands and feet, the ferocious Janjin-kee placed his snout by Piccolo's ear and whispered…
"You have an ally in me."
A/N: This is a song fic so the lyric credit goes all to Celine Dion (a goddess singer and a classic!) and her 1996 song "Fly." And incase anyone forgot I don't own DBZ and Piccolo is…*fights with reality*…not…*loses*…MINE…*sobs* but Deshee is!!! Teehee! That lucky b***h, no pun intended! =P Enjoy and thank you all for reviewing, my only wish is but to serve you, fellow readers and Piccolo lovers! ;P
The beast had seen her, seen her being flown toward the Son house after she left the strange warrior he identified as Majunia. He smelled like her! Her scent lingered about him and it made the beast emit a low growl, he was livid.
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As Gohan flew he looked over his shoulder at Deshee flailing along like a rag doll as he held her hand.
"Deshee," he called back to her, "Spread your wings and arch them a bit!"
The girl tried to move the virgin muscles in her shoulders, pushing herself to remember how her mother described a bird in flight.
**********~~~~~~~~~~**********~~~~~~~~~~**********~~~~~~~~~~********
"It will feel as though your arms are spreading out as far as they can go, except from your back. Then, like a ballerina's arms, they will curve downward to catch the wind. This will lift you into the air where you will be free…" her mother had whispered with a smile in the depths of their dank cell.
**********~~~~~~~~~~**********~~~~~~~~~~**********~~~~~~~~~~*********
Fly, fly little wing
Fly beyond imagining
The softest cloud, the whitest dove
Upon the wind of Heaven's love
Past the planets and the stars
Leave this lonely world of ours
Escape the sorrow and the pain
And fly again…
Perhaps Shira, Deshee's mother, knew her daughter would be free some day.
Fly, fly precious one
Your endless journey has begun
Take your gentle happiness
Far too beautiful for this
Cross over to the other shore
There is peace forevermore
But hold this mem'ry bittersweet
Until we meet…
The Janjin-kee pushed her wings out, her free arm stretching out to keep her mother's analogy alive and helpful. Each bone popped as she tilted them at an angle. The draft caught under her curved wings and pushed her up into the baby blue sky so fast that she was dragging Gohan.
Fly, fly do not fear
Don't waste a breath, don't shed a tear
Your heart is pure, your soul is free
Be on your way, don't wait for me
Above the universe you'll climb
On beyond the hands of time
The moon will rise, the sun will set
But I won't forget…
"Wow!" the young scholar cheered, "What a ride! Nice job! But the draft is too strong, tuck your wings in a little to lessen the whiplash effect!" Gohan smiled, rubbing his neck.
The two companions soared home together on the warm air currents.
Fly, fly little wing
Fly where only angels sing
Fly away, the time is right
Go now, find the light…
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"Majunia…" a low voice grumbled behind Piccolo.
The demon wheeled around at the sound of his surname. He could sense no one but he stood his ground firmly in a fighter's stance.
"Come out from hiding!" he shouted.
A few bushes rustled as a small boy with light brown, speckled wings, a turned-down tail, dog ears and paws fell to his knees before the fierce namek.
"Mr. Majunia my name is Itsee, I am here to present to you the honorable Lord Tetsi!" it was obvious this speech had been memorized by the poor slave.
The bushes rustled again and an enormous wolf-like man emerged from the greenery surrounded by at least six other "men." His head was completely dog-like in appearance with his long, narrow, sleek snout, ears, and beady gold eyes. His whole body was built with sinewy muscles and smooth short hairs covering every inch of skin with a shiny coat. The only clothes he wore were a lion-cloth and moccasin shoes. His tail was bristled out and upward and Piccolo could tell he was angry about something as he watched the dusty brown wings of Tetsi puff up and down with each breath.
"Hi tunkaru nashee Teshenee!" his voice was octaves deeper than Piccolo's understandably, the Janjin-kee had a good four feet on the eight- foot tall demon and was at least twice his size in body mass.
"Lord Tetsi demands to know where Teshenee has gone!"
The namek feared for Deshee's safety and replied calmly, "I don't know anyone named Teshenee."
The slave crawled over to the guard on his paws and feet, reminding Piccolo of when he first met Deshee.
"Hai to wa no Teshenee dai sou," he whispered to Tetsi.
The Janjin-kee glared at Piccolo with piercing eyes; "Teshenee wai sou naru jaka hai!" came the thunderous voice again.
"Lord Tetsi has seen Teshenee with you, we smell her, we find her if you no tell us all we want to know!" the slave's illiteracy was coming through in his speech.
Piccolo studied the snout on Tetsi's face, it was beyond a doubt that the guard could infact sniff out and fly after the girl and cause her considerable harm if he didn't do as instructed.
"Teshenee has been renamed on this planet, her name is Deshee!" then he added, "It means Little Brown One…"
After listening to the translation Tetsi stalked over to Piccolo and back-handed his so hard across the face that the demon had to pop his jaw bone back into place, forcing back tears of pain.
"It is dishonor to rename slaves!"
Tetsi collared Piccolo up to his eye-level and shoved him through some bushes, growling as his eyes flashed.
Once out of Itsee and his fellow guards' sight he dropped the demon in the middle of a clearing. Lowering his massive self onto his hands and feet, the ferocious Janjin-kee placed his snout by Piccolo's ear and whispered…
"You have an ally in me."