CHAPTER 16
Deshee snuck out her window while Gohan and Goten snored in the room next to hers. Apparently all of little Goten's sobbing fits and the scholar's attempts to calm his younger brother wore both of the Saiya-jin boys out. Piccolo had taken off awhile ago to clear his mind and prepare for the battle ahead, leaving Deshee to crave the safety his arms provided.
Climbing down the tree to the ground below, Deshee flapped her wings to pump blood in preparation for flight. Creeping past the large window in the family room where Tetsi stood guard, Deshee took to the sky.
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Flapping awkwardly, the little Janjin-kee struggled with gains and losses in altitude until she was out of breath and strength, catapulting into a soft patch of grass beside a tree. The sound of water filled her dog-ears and she followed the natural music to a river.
"I should not have flown without lots of practice. now I will not find Mr. Piccolo."
Deshee walked alongside the flowing river, watching the moonlight bounce off of the reflective surface, the stars twinkling in the cobalt depths.
'It looks like a big, blue diamond.'
Caught up in her own peaceful thoughts she met a downward slope where the river became an enormous waterfall, surrounded by rich vegetation, green moss, and bright pink and orange flowers.
'Fairies have been here!' the excited girl wagged her tail as she started to climb down the slippery rocks to the largest patch on the smallest ledge.
The cool moss and fresh bursts of moist air felt incredible and helped the little Janjin-kee forget her current problem. the upcoming war. Reaching the clustered blooms of bright orange, baby pink, and violet, the girl curled up between them, hoping the love of the Fairies she believed in would rub off on her. She soon fell asleep.
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"Son of a bitch!!!" someone's voice rang in Deshee's sensitive ears and she slowly opened her auburn eyes with a tiny bark.
Loud splashing, aside from the steady constant flow of the waterfall, erupted from below. Peering over the edge, the girl was able to see a shadowy figure scrambling around in the large pool at the bottom of the waterfall.
Flapping her wings Deshee anticipated an upward draft and sailed into the fresh gust of wind. Curving her ivory wings she hovered above the agitated shadow, descending slowly.
As Deshee reached a height of nearly ten feet above the pool her keen eyesight noticed that her mysterious stranger was gone.
Hands shot out from the water below and yanked the Janjin-kee into the frigid liquid.
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Gohan awoke in the darkness of midnight and dragged himself downstairs. Tetsi greeted the scholar with a nod of his head.
Reaching for the phone the boy called his father's old fighting pals to meet at the Son House the next morning and apologizing for such short notice at such a late hour.
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Struggling to free herself the girl's drenched wings only served in dragging her deeper. Kicking with all her strength Deshee managed to knock one of her assailant's hands away. Then, twisting her paw at an odd angle, she sunk her claws into the flesh of the other hand.
Finally free she broke to the surface, sucking in the crisp midnight air as fast as her lungs would allow. The attacker surfaced behind her and trapped her in a headlock.
"Who the fuck are y--- Deshee?" the voice's harsh tone softened. "You scared the shit outta me, kid, I thought you were that bastard god."
The girl ceased her struggles as Piccolo's soothing voice filled her ears and banished her fears.
"You scared ME!" the winged creature squealed.
"Humph! I could tell!" Piccolo revealed his carved up arm to the girl, purple blood dripping into the pond.
"Oh, Lord Raye-don, I'm sorry!"
The demon smirked, placing his captive gently in the water. Taking his other green hand he placed it on the open wound and zapped the broken skin closed.
"Nice little trick, eh? I tried it on you when you first slept in my cave."
Deshee admired the namek's perfectly healed arm and smiled up at him. His face turned purple and he coughed uneasily.
"Umm. Kid, could you go off somewhere so I can finish up here?"
"What are you finish up?"
"Taking a shower."
Now the little Janjin-kee noticed that Piccolo was completely naked from the waist up.
"Oohh." her eyes scanned his impressive chest and rock-hard abs, "I'm sooo sorry." she forced herself to tear her gaze away, blushing furiously.
Doggy-paddling to the shore, Deshee kept her face turned from the demon's sight, embarrassed by her secret thoughts of wishing she had seen just a bit more of him (A/N: Don't we all.. Mmmm. *drools*)
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Piccolo emerged from behind the gray rocks after about ten minutes, dressed in a sopping wet gi.
"What happened?" Deshee tried not to giggle, glancing occasionally at the places where the warrior's uniform stuck the most.
"Some damn deer was sniffing around my clothes and when I tried to scare him off he kicked this shit into the water."
"And that's why you said 'son of a-'"
"Yeah!" Piccolo cut her off; swearing just didn't seem to fit the cute Janjin-kee. No use in corrupting her. Placing his large hands on his own chest he used a small amount of ki to dry the dripping garments.
"So," the demon sat beside her, turning his gaze to the bright stars above, "What were you doing out here so late?"
"I was looking for you. tried to fly but ran out of energy so I walked around. I found a place where some fairies had been. um. 'playing,' The girl giggled, holding her paw to her mouth, blushing shyly.
"Fairies, huh?"
"They make flowers when they makes love together. that's why there are such things as flowers on certain planets."
"Cuz they have fairies, huh?"
"Mmhmm!" Deshee nodded.
"I see," Piccolo smiled and fell onto his back, lying beside Deshee's legs as she remained sitting.
"Wanna go for a walk? I can show you some fairy places!" she smiled down at the namek. She could see the stars reflecting in his onyx eyes, seeming to rival the night sky with their own beauty.
Pushing himself back up, Piccolo smiled back at Deshee, "Sure, let's go."
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After a couple hours of hunting for patches of flowers, the carefree pair came upon a clearing free of any blooms.
"Aww." Deshee was disappointed, "No fairies have been here. not even one."
Piccolo gazed at the small mound of soft grass that gleamed in the moonlight. It was perfectly surrounded by huge evergreens that stretched toward the diamond-sprinkled sky.
'Kami-sama, I wonder why I never thought to meditate here.'
"No one has been here for long time, the grass have overgrown the feet and hoof prints."
A breeze rustled the finely combed grass, chilling the Janjin-kee to her bones. Piccolo noticed her clothes were still wet, hugging her figure tightly. Without any second thoughts he reached his hand out and placed it on Deshee's shoulder.
She turned around slowly, her right paw concealing something. Emotion, thick emotion, glimmered in her captivating eyes as she locked her gaze with his.
"Oh Piccolo."
Seizing her in his powerful arms the demon pressed his lips to hers, caressing her cheek with a large hand. Before he could deepen the kiss Piccolo felt Deshee's paw against his chest.
"What is it, kid?" he whispered, resisting the demands his body was pushing him to satisfy.
"I want you to have this." opening her little brown paw was the symbolic silver ring Piccolo had learned of the day he met the Janjin-kee.
"Y-Your ring?" his voice softened as a strange, heart-felt feeling pulsed through his veins. 'Why do I need her so badly? Why-Why do I care so much?'
"Yes, you posses this now and only you."
Wrapping his arms around her again, Piccolo tucked the ring into his gi belt, and settled Deshee onto the grass.
Smiling, Deshee kissed him softly, "And you posses my gift as well."
Piccolo returned her warm smile and began to undress the Janjin-kee.
Deshee snuck out her window while Gohan and Goten snored in the room next to hers. Apparently all of little Goten's sobbing fits and the scholar's attempts to calm his younger brother wore both of the Saiya-jin boys out. Piccolo had taken off awhile ago to clear his mind and prepare for the battle ahead, leaving Deshee to crave the safety his arms provided.
Climbing down the tree to the ground below, Deshee flapped her wings to pump blood in preparation for flight. Creeping past the large window in the family room where Tetsi stood guard, Deshee took to the sky.
************************************************************************
Flapping awkwardly, the little Janjin-kee struggled with gains and losses in altitude until she was out of breath and strength, catapulting into a soft patch of grass beside a tree. The sound of water filled her dog-ears and she followed the natural music to a river.
"I should not have flown without lots of practice. now I will not find Mr. Piccolo."
Deshee walked alongside the flowing river, watching the moonlight bounce off of the reflective surface, the stars twinkling in the cobalt depths.
'It looks like a big, blue diamond.'
Caught up in her own peaceful thoughts she met a downward slope where the river became an enormous waterfall, surrounded by rich vegetation, green moss, and bright pink and orange flowers.
'Fairies have been here!' the excited girl wagged her tail as she started to climb down the slippery rocks to the largest patch on the smallest ledge.
The cool moss and fresh bursts of moist air felt incredible and helped the little Janjin-kee forget her current problem. the upcoming war. Reaching the clustered blooms of bright orange, baby pink, and violet, the girl curled up between them, hoping the love of the Fairies she believed in would rub off on her. She soon fell asleep.
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"Son of a bitch!!!" someone's voice rang in Deshee's sensitive ears and she slowly opened her auburn eyes with a tiny bark.
Loud splashing, aside from the steady constant flow of the waterfall, erupted from below. Peering over the edge, the girl was able to see a shadowy figure scrambling around in the large pool at the bottom of the waterfall.
Flapping her wings Deshee anticipated an upward draft and sailed into the fresh gust of wind. Curving her ivory wings she hovered above the agitated shadow, descending slowly.
As Deshee reached a height of nearly ten feet above the pool her keen eyesight noticed that her mysterious stranger was gone.
Hands shot out from the water below and yanked the Janjin-kee into the frigid liquid.
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Gohan awoke in the darkness of midnight and dragged himself downstairs. Tetsi greeted the scholar with a nod of his head.
Reaching for the phone the boy called his father's old fighting pals to meet at the Son House the next morning and apologizing for such short notice at such a late hour.
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Struggling to free herself the girl's drenched wings only served in dragging her deeper. Kicking with all her strength Deshee managed to knock one of her assailant's hands away. Then, twisting her paw at an odd angle, she sunk her claws into the flesh of the other hand.
Finally free she broke to the surface, sucking in the crisp midnight air as fast as her lungs would allow. The attacker surfaced behind her and trapped her in a headlock.
"Who the fuck are y--- Deshee?" the voice's harsh tone softened. "You scared the shit outta me, kid, I thought you were that bastard god."
The girl ceased her struggles as Piccolo's soothing voice filled her ears and banished her fears.
"You scared ME!" the winged creature squealed.
"Humph! I could tell!" Piccolo revealed his carved up arm to the girl, purple blood dripping into the pond.
"Oh, Lord Raye-don, I'm sorry!"
The demon smirked, placing his captive gently in the water. Taking his other green hand he placed it on the open wound and zapped the broken skin closed.
"Nice little trick, eh? I tried it on you when you first slept in my cave."
Deshee admired the namek's perfectly healed arm and smiled up at him. His face turned purple and he coughed uneasily.
"Umm. Kid, could you go off somewhere so I can finish up here?"
"What are you finish up?"
"Taking a shower."
Now the little Janjin-kee noticed that Piccolo was completely naked from the waist up.
"Oohh." her eyes scanned his impressive chest and rock-hard abs, "I'm sooo sorry." she forced herself to tear her gaze away, blushing furiously.
Doggy-paddling to the shore, Deshee kept her face turned from the demon's sight, embarrassed by her secret thoughts of wishing she had seen just a bit more of him (A/N: Don't we all.. Mmmm. *drools*)
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Piccolo emerged from behind the gray rocks after about ten minutes, dressed in a sopping wet gi.
"What happened?" Deshee tried not to giggle, glancing occasionally at the places where the warrior's uniform stuck the most.
"Some damn deer was sniffing around my clothes and when I tried to scare him off he kicked this shit into the water."
"And that's why you said 'son of a-'"
"Yeah!" Piccolo cut her off; swearing just didn't seem to fit the cute Janjin-kee. No use in corrupting her. Placing his large hands on his own chest he used a small amount of ki to dry the dripping garments.
"So," the demon sat beside her, turning his gaze to the bright stars above, "What were you doing out here so late?"
"I was looking for you. tried to fly but ran out of energy so I walked around. I found a place where some fairies had been. um. 'playing,' The girl giggled, holding her paw to her mouth, blushing shyly.
"Fairies, huh?"
"They make flowers when they makes love together. that's why there are such things as flowers on certain planets."
"Cuz they have fairies, huh?"
"Mmhmm!" Deshee nodded.
"I see," Piccolo smiled and fell onto his back, lying beside Deshee's legs as she remained sitting.
"Wanna go for a walk? I can show you some fairy places!" she smiled down at the namek. She could see the stars reflecting in his onyx eyes, seeming to rival the night sky with their own beauty.
Pushing himself back up, Piccolo smiled back at Deshee, "Sure, let's go."
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After a couple hours of hunting for patches of flowers, the carefree pair came upon a clearing free of any blooms.
"Aww." Deshee was disappointed, "No fairies have been here. not even one."
Piccolo gazed at the small mound of soft grass that gleamed in the moonlight. It was perfectly surrounded by huge evergreens that stretched toward the diamond-sprinkled sky.
'Kami-sama, I wonder why I never thought to meditate here.'
"No one has been here for long time, the grass have overgrown the feet and hoof prints."
A breeze rustled the finely combed grass, chilling the Janjin-kee to her bones. Piccolo noticed her clothes were still wet, hugging her figure tightly. Without any second thoughts he reached his hand out and placed it on Deshee's shoulder.
She turned around slowly, her right paw concealing something. Emotion, thick emotion, glimmered in her captivating eyes as she locked her gaze with his.
"Oh Piccolo."
Seizing her in his powerful arms the demon pressed his lips to hers, caressing her cheek with a large hand. Before he could deepen the kiss Piccolo felt Deshee's paw against his chest.
"What is it, kid?" he whispered, resisting the demands his body was pushing him to satisfy.
"I want you to have this." opening her little brown paw was the symbolic silver ring Piccolo had learned of the day he met the Janjin-kee.
"Y-Your ring?" his voice softened as a strange, heart-felt feeling pulsed through his veins. 'Why do I need her so badly? Why-Why do I care so much?'
"Yes, you posses this now and only you."
Wrapping his arms around her again, Piccolo tucked the ring into his gi belt, and settled Deshee onto the grass.
Smiling, Deshee kissed him softly, "And you posses my gift as well."
Piccolo returned her warm smile and began to undress the Janjin-kee.