As much as I'd like it, I do not own Dragonball, nor am I affiliated with
anyone involved with it.
This story contains lots of almost anything that could be considered
"offensive", including nudity, swearing, violence, and all that stuff.
Remember that, 'cause I'm only saying it in this chapter.
***This story is in first person POV of Piccolo (although the story is being told during DBZ, what Piccolo is narrating throughout most of the piece happened pre-DBZ ...but after DB- X.x). If you look around, you could probably find a lot of Piccolo romances on this site... but... none of them are planning to make a doujinshi out of it! Ha!!***
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I was only loitering around outside, drinking from a bottle of sake (I didn't bother with a dish). Chi-Chi came back from the market and gave me an eye like I was some hoodlum and fretted as she passed by me. Like I gave a damn about what she thought about me. I had no intention to abide to the woman's bitching as her family did.
I had come that morning to train with Goku and his son for the impending battle with the androids (which was now two years away) but today was some sort of holiday and Chi-chi would not allow them to spar. She did this on every holiday, as well as every birthday and anniversary. Humans and their sentimental rubbish...
I only planned to finish that bottle, which I had been carrying for about a week, then be on my way. I used to carry a gourd with a harder mix of liquor that was often mistaken for water as it was colorless and odorless, but I have gotten out of that habit after Neil and I merged (that man's insufferably prudent).
Goku greeted his wife and helped her with some of the things she was carrying. Gohan decided to come over to me and ask why I was standing idly amongst the trees, then began to chatter his usual childish nonsense.
When the couple came back out to talk in the sun, Chi-Chi glared at me again and shouted, "Why do you have to bring this diligent here? How rude, just standing off to the side, drinking straight from the bottle like a barbarian!"
I ignored her. I would leave as soon as I finished to my cave. I began to not feel like training today, so I was thinking about perhaps reading something. I had not read a book in a good while, so that could be enjoyable.
Then my attention was grabbed by Gohan again, who tugged on my pant- leg. "Piccolo-san? May I ask you a question?"
I blinked. A question, I thought. What could he possibly be allowed to ask on a holiday? "Sure," I said, starting to drink my sake again.
"Did you ever fall in love with a girl?"
I spat the alcohol from my mouth from the shock of the inquiry. His parents had heard the question as well, and began to chuckle. "From where in the seven levels of Hell did that question come from?!" I exclaimed.
"It's Valentine's Day, Piccolo-san! Didn't you know?"
"Valentine's Day...?" I looked up at the sky. I read the time and date from the positions of what I could see. It was indeed around February 14th, about 9:00 a.m.
"Do you even know what Valentine's Day is?" Chi-Chi said in her usual tone.
"St. Valentine's Day: It's origins date back to the early Roman Empire from a holiday called Lupercalia, which took place on February 15th. The holiday changed in honor St. Valentinus, who would marry the Roman soldiers despite the laws implicated by the emperor, Claudius II, and was executed for treason on February 14th, 269 A.D." I blurted in a half- attentive voice. I noticed that Chi-Chi had the look of astonishment plastered on her face, and that Goku had already walked off into the kitchen.
"Piccolo-san, answer my question!" Gohan continued.
I turned from him. For some reason, I couldn't answer that question as readily. Chi-Chi soon decided to order Goku to bring some food outside so that they can enjoy it in the sunlight. Before I could do anything in protest, I was dragged to their table.
After they began eating, I could finally speak. "Gohan- I did, in fact, like a girl once..."
"Really?" he said, looking up to me quizzically. I must have surprised Chi-Chi and Goku a bit, as they both went through a short choking period before giving their verbal reactions.
"Hey, Piccolo! How come you didn't tell us about her earlier? You never tell us anything about your love-life!" Goku started up with his cheery attitude, "You think you know a guy!"
"Well, Piccolo? Tell us! What is she like? Is she the same race as you?" Chi-Chi seemed to have found a different air to speak to me with rather suddenly.
"Iie...she was human..." I began to talk more slowly, aware that I was becoming nervous from remembering her. "I haven't seen her for seven years, so I have no idea what she's like now."
"Well, what was she like back then?" That woman took full charge of pressing the subject on me. "Did she feel the same towards you?"
"I really don't know how far her feelings for me might have gone..." My face started getting hot.
"Was she pretty?" Gohan stepped back in.
"...Yeah. She was beautiful." I tried to take a breath to cool down, since my face felt like it was glowing with blood.
"Was she strong?" Goku asked. Figures he'd ask something like that.
I nodded. "As far as I could tell..."
Chi-Chi seemed completely enthralled by the subject now. "Was she nice?"
A sat for a moment in silence, then answered, "No."
They all raised their eyebrows. "She was mean, then?" Chi-Chi continued.
I shook my head. "She was evil. Perhaps the most evil woman I had ever met in my life."
"Is that why you liked her?" Goku seemed puzzled (not exactly a rare emotion to see in him).
Although I began to feel less flustered as I remembered her more and more, the questions were, in truth, beginning to piss me off. "I had several reasons," was all I would say before trying to drink from the sake I had left, which much to my dismay, wasn't much more than a sip. I cursed in reaction to running out. If Gohan hadn't have asked that question like that, I thought, I'd still have something to drink.
Chi-Chi seemed to have figured out that I was tired of being examined and went back into the house in disappointment, pulling Goku in with her. Gohan remained for a while to ask a few more questions that I wouldn't give any direct answers to, then he was also called into the house.
Finally! I walked off into the woods, not noticing that I wasn't going in the right direction at all, and I involuntarily sat down by a large tree and looked out at the sky again.
Jin...
My thoughts became engrossed with her image. She didn't cross my mind for years, yet I could picture her clearly, hear her voice, feel her touch... Memories flowed back easily and without flaw. I breathed deeply and let myself become enveloped.
***This story is in first person POV of Piccolo (although the story is being told during DBZ, what Piccolo is narrating throughout most of the piece happened pre-DBZ ...but after DB- X.x). If you look around, you could probably find a lot of Piccolo romances on this site... but... none of them are planning to make a doujinshi out of it! Ha!!***
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I was only loitering around outside, drinking from a bottle of sake (I didn't bother with a dish). Chi-Chi came back from the market and gave me an eye like I was some hoodlum and fretted as she passed by me. Like I gave a damn about what she thought about me. I had no intention to abide to the woman's bitching as her family did.
I had come that morning to train with Goku and his son for the impending battle with the androids (which was now two years away) but today was some sort of holiday and Chi-chi would not allow them to spar. She did this on every holiday, as well as every birthday and anniversary. Humans and their sentimental rubbish...
I only planned to finish that bottle, which I had been carrying for about a week, then be on my way. I used to carry a gourd with a harder mix of liquor that was often mistaken for water as it was colorless and odorless, but I have gotten out of that habit after Neil and I merged (that man's insufferably prudent).
Goku greeted his wife and helped her with some of the things she was carrying. Gohan decided to come over to me and ask why I was standing idly amongst the trees, then began to chatter his usual childish nonsense.
When the couple came back out to talk in the sun, Chi-Chi glared at me again and shouted, "Why do you have to bring this diligent here? How rude, just standing off to the side, drinking straight from the bottle like a barbarian!"
I ignored her. I would leave as soon as I finished to my cave. I began to not feel like training today, so I was thinking about perhaps reading something. I had not read a book in a good while, so that could be enjoyable.
Then my attention was grabbed by Gohan again, who tugged on my pant- leg. "Piccolo-san? May I ask you a question?"
I blinked. A question, I thought. What could he possibly be allowed to ask on a holiday? "Sure," I said, starting to drink my sake again.
"Did you ever fall in love with a girl?"
I spat the alcohol from my mouth from the shock of the inquiry. His parents had heard the question as well, and began to chuckle. "From where in the seven levels of Hell did that question come from?!" I exclaimed.
"It's Valentine's Day, Piccolo-san! Didn't you know?"
"Valentine's Day...?" I looked up at the sky. I read the time and date from the positions of what I could see. It was indeed around February 14th, about 9:00 a.m.
"Do you even know what Valentine's Day is?" Chi-Chi said in her usual tone.
"St. Valentine's Day: It's origins date back to the early Roman Empire from a holiday called Lupercalia, which took place on February 15th. The holiday changed in honor St. Valentinus, who would marry the Roman soldiers despite the laws implicated by the emperor, Claudius II, and was executed for treason on February 14th, 269 A.D." I blurted in a half- attentive voice. I noticed that Chi-Chi had the look of astonishment plastered on her face, and that Goku had already walked off into the kitchen.
"Piccolo-san, answer my question!" Gohan continued.
I turned from him. For some reason, I couldn't answer that question as readily. Chi-Chi soon decided to order Goku to bring some food outside so that they can enjoy it in the sunlight. Before I could do anything in protest, I was dragged to their table.
After they began eating, I could finally speak. "Gohan- I did, in fact, like a girl once..."
"Really?" he said, looking up to me quizzically. I must have surprised Chi-Chi and Goku a bit, as they both went through a short choking period before giving their verbal reactions.
"Hey, Piccolo! How come you didn't tell us about her earlier? You never tell us anything about your love-life!" Goku started up with his cheery attitude, "You think you know a guy!"
"Well, Piccolo? Tell us! What is she like? Is she the same race as you?" Chi-Chi seemed to have found a different air to speak to me with rather suddenly.
"Iie...she was human..." I began to talk more slowly, aware that I was becoming nervous from remembering her. "I haven't seen her for seven years, so I have no idea what she's like now."
"Well, what was she like back then?" That woman took full charge of pressing the subject on me. "Did she feel the same towards you?"
"I really don't know how far her feelings for me might have gone..." My face started getting hot.
"Was she pretty?" Gohan stepped back in.
"...Yeah. She was beautiful." I tried to take a breath to cool down, since my face felt like it was glowing with blood.
"Was she strong?" Goku asked. Figures he'd ask something like that.
I nodded. "As far as I could tell..."
Chi-Chi seemed completely enthralled by the subject now. "Was she nice?"
A sat for a moment in silence, then answered, "No."
They all raised their eyebrows. "She was mean, then?" Chi-Chi continued.
I shook my head. "She was evil. Perhaps the most evil woman I had ever met in my life."
"Is that why you liked her?" Goku seemed puzzled (not exactly a rare emotion to see in him).
Although I began to feel less flustered as I remembered her more and more, the questions were, in truth, beginning to piss me off. "I had several reasons," was all I would say before trying to drink from the sake I had left, which much to my dismay, wasn't much more than a sip. I cursed in reaction to running out. If Gohan hadn't have asked that question like that, I thought, I'd still have something to drink.
Chi-Chi seemed to have figured out that I was tired of being examined and went back into the house in disappointment, pulling Goku in with her. Gohan remained for a while to ask a few more questions that I wouldn't give any direct answers to, then he was also called into the house.
Finally! I walked off into the woods, not noticing that I wasn't going in the right direction at all, and I involuntarily sat down by a large tree and looked out at the sky again.
Jin...
My thoughts became engrossed with her image. She didn't cross my mind for years, yet I could picture her clearly, hear her voice, feel her touch... Memories flowed back easily and without flaw. I breathed deeply and let myself become enveloped.
