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Who he really is
After getting to Capsule Corp and finding Bulma, Piccolo and the rest of his 'crew' were trying to persuade her to give them a ship. She argued that they always come for ships when they're in the process of being built and she didn't have one. It wasn't until Vegeta walked in and stated the obvious that they had hope of getting anywhere "Why doesn't Kakarot just instant-translocate you to Namek?" Everyone sweatdropped (-_-;;) and they all stared at Goku. "Sorry guys but I can't" Piccolo looked heartbroken "But you've done it before, why can't you do it now?" He said in a small voice that melted every heart in the room and made the girls want to cry.
"Ok. I'll try, but I can't promise anything" He put his fingers to his forehead and concentrated "Hey! I think I can!" Everyone cheered and held onto each other to be transported, Vegeta and Trunks who were curious came along too.
A few seconds later they were on Namek and Heti was looking around, everyone watching him intensely. "I can sense him that way" he said, pointing to the horizon. They flew off into the distance, Vegeta and Trunks unsure of why they were following this strange little man.
An hour later they came upon a set of cliffs, remarkably like the ones Piccolo trained on back on Earth. Heti led them to the entrance of a cave, he peered in and suddenly yelled "Zee-Zee!" Piccolo suddenly became very nervous and shy; Vegeta and Trunks suddenly became ten times more confused. A voice that sounded just like Piccolo's replied "Heti? Is that you?" They fully entered the cave and saw a Namek that was unmistakeably Piccolo's father sitting by a fire. They were exactly alike except Zypher had a few wrinkles due to age; he looked like he was in his late thirties- early forties, not nearly as old as he really was.
Zypher smiled a smile that Gohan found so familiar it was unnerving; Zypher looked up at them all, his eyes stopped on Piccolo and widened in surprise "Ma Junior?" Piccolo was still in shock and could only nod. The elder Namek got up and flung his arms around his son, they were exactly the same height. Piccolo buried his face in his father's shoulder willing himself not to cry. He'd never had any family and now he had a father, he couldn't believe how happy he was, it was like part of him had been missing and had now been brought back. When they left their embrace Zypher held Piccolo's face in his hands and took a good look at him, he then smiled and said, "You're just like I hoped you'd be"
They all sat down by the fire, they explained to Vegeta and Trunks what had happened that morning, as they were still thoroughly confused. Zypher also looked confused when they said that Piccolo thought King Piccolo was his father "Didn't Kami tell you he wasn't your father?"
"Kami and I didn't get along very well"
"Stubborn old mule"
"Where did you go?"
"What do you mean?"
"After I was born. Where did you go? I've been alone with no family as long as I can remember"
"It's a bit of a long story"
"I didn't come all the way here for a short one"
"True. Ok, when you were born I was alone and training on the cliffs, a lot like these ones. I was very young compared to the normal age that Namekians have children and I wasn't sure what to do. I was living off the land and I knew that wouldn't be good enough for a baby, I couldn't look after you properly so I left you on the doorstep of near by farmhouse. I knew the people there were nice and would take you in. I've regretted it everyday of my life. There hasn't been a day gone by that I haven't thought about you or what you could be doing. But I knew you were better off with those people"
"Those people weren't as nice as you thought"
"What?"
" I spent most of the first few years of my childhood in and out of different orphanages" Piccolo wasn't too comfortable talking about his early years, he had only ever told Gohan what had happened to him as a child
"Were you in many homes?"
"From what I can remember I was in 18 at the least"
"At the least?!"
"Yep, one was a drug addict, another a psychopath, a health nut, a hairdresser, a man with 8 daughters, about 5 abused me, one thought adopting a child meant you had a personal slave and about 10 said 'they couldn't handle the prejudice against such a 'special' child' how, I don't know as I was the one getting all the prejudice"
"I can't believe you had a life like that because of me. Where did you end up?"
"I ran away. Then I got caught by the NRSI"
"What's that?"
"The Natural Science and Research Institute. They thought I was a wonder of nature. A newly evolved species, they like doing tests and experiments and they always had cold hands"
Piccolo's emotions were running wild. He was happy to see his father but speaking about the childhood he'd had because of him was bringing back painful memories. His eyes started to water. Zypher saw this and put a comforting arm around his son. The others thought that they best leave them alone and went outside. When they were out of earshot of the cave Vegeta said, "I can't believe they used him as a lab rat. No wonder he had all those nightmares that turned him evil" Gohan thought that he was the only one who knew that.
"Vegeta how do you know about those?"
"Piccolo and I are closer friends than you think"
"Did he tell you about all those homes he's been in?"
"Most of them. Some were too painful to tell. We had very similar childhoods and understand each other very well. We get together and talk about it sometimes."
"What do you think they're talking about now?"
"I really have no idea"
OK, chapter 2 done. Still ill so it might have gone a bit haywire, oh well, I have anime to comfort me. Thank the lord for toonami. Keep reviewing and I'll keep writing.
Who he really is
After getting to Capsule Corp and finding Bulma, Piccolo and the rest of his 'crew' were trying to persuade her to give them a ship. She argued that they always come for ships when they're in the process of being built and she didn't have one. It wasn't until Vegeta walked in and stated the obvious that they had hope of getting anywhere "Why doesn't Kakarot just instant-translocate you to Namek?" Everyone sweatdropped (-_-;;) and they all stared at Goku. "Sorry guys but I can't" Piccolo looked heartbroken "But you've done it before, why can't you do it now?" He said in a small voice that melted every heart in the room and made the girls want to cry.
"Ok. I'll try, but I can't promise anything" He put his fingers to his forehead and concentrated "Hey! I think I can!" Everyone cheered and held onto each other to be transported, Vegeta and Trunks who were curious came along too.
A few seconds later they were on Namek and Heti was looking around, everyone watching him intensely. "I can sense him that way" he said, pointing to the horizon. They flew off into the distance, Vegeta and Trunks unsure of why they were following this strange little man.
An hour later they came upon a set of cliffs, remarkably like the ones Piccolo trained on back on Earth. Heti led them to the entrance of a cave, he peered in and suddenly yelled "Zee-Zee!" Piccolo suddenly became very nervous and shy; Vegeta and Trunks suddenly became ten times more confused. A voice that sounded just like Piccolo's replied "Heti? Is that you?" They fully entered the cave and saw a Namek that was unmistakeably Piccolo's father sitting by a fire. They were exactly alike except Zypher had a few wrinkles due to age; he looked like he was in his late thirties- early forties, not nearly as old as he really was.
Zypher smiled a smile that Gohan found so familiar it was unnerving; Zypher looked up at them all, his eyes stopped on Piccolo and widened in surprise "Ma Junior?" Piccolo was still in shock and could only nod. The elder Namek got up and flung his arms around his son, they were exactly the same height. Piccolo buried his face in his father's shoulder willing himself not to cry. He'd never had any family and now he had a father, he couldn't believe how happy he was, it was like part of him had been missing and had now been brought back. When they left their embrace Zypher held Piccolo's face in his hands and took a good look at him, he then smiled and said, "You're just like I hoped you'd be"
They all sat down by the fire, they explained to Vegeta and Trunks what had happened that morning, as they were still thoroughly confused. Zypher also looked confused when they said that Piccolo thought King Piccolo was his father "Didn't Kami tell you he wasn't your father?"
"Kami and I didn't get along very well"
"Stubborn old mule"
"Where did you go?"
"What do you mean?"
"After I was born. Where did you go? I've been alone with no family as long as I can remember"
"It's a bit of a long story"
"I didn't come all the way here for a short one"
"True. Ok, when you were born I was alone and training on the cliffs, a lot like these ones. I was very young compared to the normal age that Namekians have children and I wasn't sure what to do. I was living off the land and I knew that wouldn't be good enough for a baby, I couldn't look after you properly so I left you on the doorstep of near by farmhouse. I knew the people there were nice and would take you in. I've regretted it everyday of my life. There hasn't been a day gone by that I haven't thought about you or what you could be doing. But I knew you were better off with those people"
"Those people weren't as nice as you thought"
"What?"
" I spent most of the first few years of my childhood in and out of different orphanages" Piccolo wasn't too comfortable talking about his early years, he had only ever told Gohan what had happened to him as a child
"Were you in many homes?"
"From what I can remember I was in 18 at the least"
"At the least?!"
"Yep, one was a drug addict, another a psychopath, a health nut, a hairdresser, a man with 8 daughters, about 5 abused me, one thought adopting a child meant you had a personal slave and about 10 said 'they couldn't handle the prejudice against such a 'special' child' how, I don't know as I was the one getting all the prejudice"
"I can't believe you had a life like that because of me. Where did you end up?"
"I ran away. Then I got caught by the NRSI"
"What's that?"
"The Natural Science and Research Institute. They thought I was a wonder of nature. A newly evolved species, they like doing tests and experiments and they always had cold hands"
Piccolo's emotions were running wild. He was happy to see his father but speaking about the childhood he'd had because of him was bringing back painful memories. His eyes started to water. Zypher saw this and put a comforting arm around his son. The others thought that they best leave them alone and went outside. When they were out of earshot of the cave Vegeta said, "I can't believe they used him as a lab rat. No wonder he had all those nightmares that turned him evil" Gohan thought that he was the only one who knew that.
"Vegeta how do you know about those?"
"Piccolo and I are closer friends than you think"
"Did he tell you about all those homes he's been in?"
"Most of them. Some were too painful to tell. We had very similar childhoods and understand each other very well. We get together and talk about it sometimes."
"What do you think they're talking about now?"
"I really have no idea"
OK, chapter 2 done. Still ill so it might have gone a bit haywire, oh well, I have anime to comfort me. Thank the lord for toonami. Keep reviewing and I'll keep writing.
