Disclaimer: Chapter 1.

This is starting to not be a comedy. Maybe I should change the genre... Anyway, thank you for the reviews. Interesting that 3 of them are by the same person. *nods* OK, acceptable. Just don't be holding back on the reviews. Hmmm... Maybe I should use ransom notes more often. Heheheh...

Here's a bit of a Japanese lesson for you guys. "Daimaou" is roughly translated as "Dark Lord", "Devil", or "Demon King". When the word is disected, you get Dai = Great, Ma = Devil, Demon, Ou = King. "Joou" means queen. ^_~.

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"My thoughts didn't die in my sleep. 'What purpose do I have to stay if I never see Jin again?' echoed off the walls of my mind. My whole existence was in this unknown pool without temperature or texture, just currents of pain. Amongst this, I heard an odd chuckle.
"'You, found your "Daimajoou", didn't you, son?' said a familiar voice.
"'Father..? What do you mean? Where are you?'
"He appeared before me. 'I'm so delighted! That's my boy!'
"I cringed. His smile didn't look as if it belonged to him. It matched more the goofy grins Son Goku flashes his friends. 'What are you talking about?' I finally pushed.
"'You found her! Your "Daimajoou"!' he repeated, 'I was getting worried that you may forget to find one and put her off like I did.'
"'"Daimajoou"?! I have no interest in taking a wife!'
"'Lier. You found her and you want her more than anything. You just wont own up to it. Go after her.'
"I looked at him in confusion. 'Y-you mean Jin?'
"He started giggling again, in a way that was somewhere between a school girl and Danny Kaye. 'My son's growing up so fast!'
"I shivered. 'Are you trying to make me never want to dose off again throughout my life? I'm pretty young; I'll have a lot of sleepless years ahead of me.'
"'Not at all, but I do want you to wake up,' His face turned more serious. 'Go after her.'
"I shook my head. 'I can't be with her, Father.'
"'Well, you may be right; you might not be able to be with her. It's customary for a female warrior of her people to only marry a man that can beat her in fair combat.'
"'S-so she is a fighter?'
"'Very much so.'
"I looked away. 'Her husband... must be an amazing man...'
"Father laughed to this. 'She has no husband, Son. And I doubt she ever had.'
"'Then what---?!' I stopped myself and again looked away.
"'The ring doesn't signify anything as far as romance goes.' He grinned at my emotions. 'Go after her, Piccolo. Go find her. There's no shame in wanting to share the world with a queen, especially one like her.'

"I woke, sweating heavily, then glanced at the clock. Barely an hour had passed since I went to sleep. I sat in my bed for a moment, dazed at what options were before me. I looked outside for a moment, watching the stars shimmer and the clouds waft by, and I decided what I should do.
"I ran out towards the decrepit building Jin lived, amazed that I didn't get lost in my frantic energy. I went up the stairs, not even sprinting now, but full out flying, and darted to her door. I began pummeling the door with my fists, yelling for her to open and allow me in. It took me some time to realise that she wasn't there.
"When one of the other tenants came out to complain at me, I grabbed him by his collar and started to question him myself. "'Where's Jin?'
"'W-who?!'
"'Jin! The woman who lives in this apartment!'
"'Her? She was kicked out this morning for getting smoke in the ventilation system again.'
"'What? Where is she now?'
"'I have no clue where the slut is!'
"I threw him at his door. 'Don't ever speak that way of her again!' I went out of the apartment complex again, trying to think of where she could be. It took me a while to calm down enough to think rationally. I realised that a ki like hers, even when suppressed, shouldn't be too hard to place. I searched the area, and after a while a breeze came in carrying a stream of her signature. She's in the park, I thought. She's still in the city."

Chi-Chi had starry eyes to this. "Did you go after her?"

"Yes. I didn't bother hiding my speed as I went to her. But I stopped when I was about 20 meters from her. She was sitting on a park bench, alone, under a street-light. Her eyes were fixed upon the treetops, that same holdall by her legs. I had no idea what to do. She had no where to go. There were no places left in the city. All of her belongings must be in that container.
"She puffed from a roach. I smelled the familiar blend and sighed as she slowly exhaled. I decided what I must do, and I walked up to behind the bench briskly, then leaned down, resting my elbows on the wooden backing , just a few inches away from her. She looked at me. Her face was rather emotionless; like a mask. I smiled to her.
"'I suppose I'm homeless,' she said, then she smiled cruelly and looked to the empty space in front of her.
"'You said before you left,' I went to sit by her. 'that you couldn't go home. Is that what you meant? Or was it something else?'
"'Both.'
"Against my logic, I pulled myself closer to her. 'Do you want to stay in North Capital?'
"'I suppose I do. But there's no where to go.'
"'There is.'
"She turned to me in a rather passionate motion. 'I told you before. That place was the only apartment available. I kept trying to get a different place, but they always have their rooms saved for someone else as soon as someone moves out. Now, I don't even have that rat hole...'
"'Jin. You can live with me.'
"Something burst behind her eyes. I think she was afraid of something, and it was a while before she would answer. 'I... cannot take upon your hospitality, Dorai. It would be... rather out of character for both of us if I did so.'
"'Please, Jin. Do you have another option?'
"She shook her head. 'I've got debts to pay and no place to live. It's not like I'm incapable of surviving without shelter, but...'
"'Then come live with me. You know that I have room. I can sleep on the couch, and you could have the bedroom; or the other way around if you like.'
"'Why do you want me to stay so badly, Dorai?'
"'Maybe I just want to do something out of character.'
"She grinned to this. 'Very well, now, will you allow me to do something in that state as well?'
"Before I could answer, she had already pressed herself against me in an embrace, with her arms around my neck and her cheek on mine. I wrapped my arms around her waist and--"

A moment of silence passed. "Why'd you stop!" Chi-Chi exclaimed.
"You're looking at me very strangely."
"You're at the best part! Did you two kiss or what?!"
"N-no!"
"Then what happened?!"
I groaned. "I just-- held her really close, that's all. Then we stood. She picked up her suitcase and we went home together."
"Did you do anything when you got there?"
"Besides sleeping, no."
"Where'd you two sleep?"
"Oh, by the--! She insisted that she slept on the couch that night, and I was in my own bedroom. Why do you ask these damned questions?!"
"Just curious..." she said with an innocent look on her face.
My brow twitched. I wish I could just forget that she was there while I was recollecting, but her weird stares kept knocking me out of it.
"By no means believe that I've even come close to the climax," I said.