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two
in which Black experiences a strange feeling
Three days.
The human had been following him around for three whole days, clinging to his arm like there's no tomorrow.
There weren't many things that could harm Black; in fact, back when he was just an apprentice for his caregiver, Zamasu, the God training he was put under had been brutal! Enduring day-to-day strenuous training that left his body bruised and mutilated.
Trunks and co. were able to land a few good blows, that had done quite the damage, but nothing, nothing this insignificant had ever managed to harm him.
In the few days he spent with her, he had lost all feeling in his left arm for her relentless hold had successfully shut off all blood flow to said arm.
Oh, how tempted he was to just blast her!
If only the food wasn't so good...
If there's one thing he'd applaud the humans for, that'd be their ability to produce such fine cuisines. Neither he nor Zamasu have been particularly good at cooking. The Kai could brew a good tea, but that was it, that was practically all his culinary skills, and the food he made had often tasted bland on his taste buds. Earth's food had been an exquisite experience so far and the human leech was especially a good cook, he concluded that much from the rare occasions she left his arm to cook him something.
"Chichi, maybe you should give Goku some space while he eats, dear?" The idiotic father of the deranged girl said, "you aren't going to cling to him for the next three months, are you?"
At this, a semblance of a smile touches Black's face, he placed his fork down and cocked his head towards the girl who had spent the entire time during breakfast, staring dreamily at him. Chichi snaps from her daze and frowns at her father. "what, Pa? Are you saying I'm bothering him?"
The large man shrank in his seat, waving his hands in a gesture that Black understood as trying to calm the girl down. For some reason, seems like everyone in this place feared the she-monster to a certain extent.
"I'm just saying, that maybe Goku is uncomfortable with you clinging to him all the time, sweetie."
Black nodded. what you know, seems like the jovial father wasn't entirely a fool as he perceived him to be. The girl, though, had missed his nod as she was busy glaring at her father. "Goku doesn't mind," she said, then turned and gave him a disgustingly sweet smile. "right, Goku?"
A wolfish grin split across Black's face, Oh he minded, alright. A sense of self-satisfaction washed over him. someone is finally going to tell this girl off. Someone will finally teach her a lesson that she can't always have what she wants, he starts, "well, actual—"
"Hoho, I have so much planned today. I'm gonna show you this really cool place, you're gonna love it!" She squealed, squeezing his arm yet again, "we're gonna have a picnic, pick and I made a cake..." she trailed off, and all the while she babbled on, Black's mobile arm twitched violently beside him.
Why hadn't he killed her yet?
The girl was taking forever to get dressed for this supposed picnic, and Black was waiting impatiently in the castle's garden, arms folded, fingers drumming at his biceps as he leaned against the wall facing the said garden. The place roamed with several working humans while some children ran around. The garden was well kept, in fact, Black will admit that this place in whole was fit for a king, lavish and extravagant. Still beneath a god like him, but it'll have to do for the time he's staying here.
Three months.
Three miserable months 'till the human parasite turns 18 and they'd wed per her fool of a father's request, Long enough time for him to have enough of the food here and the humans and most likely Zamasu would have been done with the reforming work.
How laughable! They actually believed he would stay for all this time and marry the earthling woman. Oh, he had a surprise for them!
Black felt something tug at his clothes. Looking down he found a small filthy creature clutching the fabric of his pants, and he had to resist the urge to kick it away."What?!" he inquired.
The creature smiled, "are you mister Goku?"
He nodded disinterestedly, hoping it would go away quickly, but no such luck as the smile on its face grew to a full-blown grin, "I knew it. The princess talks about you all the time—are you really marrying her?"
No. Black was tempted to say, instead, he gave another firm nod, not regarding the creature with a look. Perhaps it will lose interest and leave by itself.
The child though didn't budge.
"The princess says you're really nice, would you give me a piggyback ride?" It proceeded.
"No," Black replied tersely, scowling, he was getting increasingly annoyed, increasingly fast.
It pouted, focusing his eyes on the man before him. "but the princess said, when you come marry her you'll give me plenty of piggyback rides 'cause your big and strong..." it trailed off.
"I don't care what that demented human told you... Now piss off, you worthless worm," Black snapped, shaking his leg free from the child's hold. He'll probably have to burn this pants later on, now that it's contaminated with human filth.
However, the child seemed unfazed, green eyes stared curiously at black, "but I'm not a worm, I'm a little boy, can't you see my arms and legs?" He flailed for emphasis, "see?-and what's 'demented' mean? Why do you call the princess 'human'?"
irritating!
"Shoo! Shoo!" Black motioned slowly, taking the less intelligent approach now since this kid didn't seem to take the hint.
The Brat's features dramatically changed at this. His eyebrows lowered and lips sneered, prompting Black to raise a brow and before he knew it, the human had done the unexpected.
He kicked his leg… hard!
Rage swelled within Black's chest, he barely felt the hit, of course, but he was at the ends of his wits by now. he had little to no tolerance for humans, and for this low-life wretch to so outrageously hit him. Him, a god, is unacceptable.
Oh, no, He will not let this slide; he had to deal with that moronic betrothed of his for the past few days, but at least she was useful in a way, he won't stand for any more disrespect, especially not from this useless lump of cells. He crouched down the human's level and settled a hand on his brown head. Oh, how small his skull was, and how easily crushed it would be if he tried. Black smiled nefariously, "listen, human if you don't-"
"Princess!" He was cut off for the second time today and his face twitched, but he watched as the child's brows raise and he broke free from his hold, running toward the newly emerged human female.
Chichi placed both hands on his shoulder and stopped the boy midway from jumping on her. "Woah there." she laughed. "can't have you ruining my new dress now, can I? Look at you! You're all dirty!" She pulled a handkerchief and wiped its face with it, her face shone with a certain kindness that he has yet to see her exhibit with anyone else. Black raised a brow at the whole interaction, she kissed the child on its nose, smiling genuinely; he thought everyone feared her, but it seems, though, there are exceptions.
"You look really beautiful today, princess?" The child grinned widely.
"Eh? You really think so, Natto?"
"Mhmm!" He nodded, then turned and shot him a glare. One that made Black question this child's innocence. "mister Goku wouldn't me give a piggyback ride, though..."
The female's eyes drifted towards him for a moment before settling back on the boy again, her hand ruffled his hair, "aww, well, Goku and I have somewhere to go, so he can't play with you right now, but I promise I will make him give you a piggyback ride some other time, okay? Why don't you go play with the other kids now?"
Such fickle creature, he cheered up almost immediately from her words. "okay! Bye, princess!" He waved, running off in the opposite direction.
Good riddance.
Chichi had turned, she gave a look that he wasn't sure how to decipher, "you look way better when you're smiling..."
"I was not smiling." He frowned, finding her observation baseless.
"Oh, I was sure yo—"
"I was not!" he repeated, insulted, somehow. idiotic human, why would she even think he was smiling. How had she mistaken his obvious disgust for something as ludicrous as smiling?
The girl shrugged her shoulders, then placed both hands behind her back, and swayed like a tree leaf against the wind, smiling shyly at him.
Bemused, he asked, "what?"
Chichi looked instantly deflated. "you're supposed to say something about my dress!"
Why? He pondered, however, He looked her over: she wore a knee length dress that was sleeveless. The fabric had flowers, of various colors, printed all over it, she also let her hair down and wore a maroon shoe that matched the general color of the dress.
"It's flowery," Black commented, ambiguously.
Her shoulders slouched, looking dejected as she mumbled under her breath "I should have known... Oh well, better get going!"
It surprised him how fast she changed moods; one minute she's cheerful, and the next she's about to cry, give her another minute and she's back to the former, she's as unpredictable as the weather. He wondered if all women were like that, for her father kept an almost constant amiable behavior.
Black followed her to where she's going, glad that for once she wasn't clinging pesteringly to his arm as they walked. Though, she was quiet for some reason. "how far is that place you spoke of?"
Without looking back at him, she answered, "about half an hour away from the village." she stood abruptly, turned and perked at him all of a sudden, "can we take that flying Nimbus of yours?"
The hell is a flying Nimbus? "No."
She frowned, "Why not?"
"Because I can fly!" Black folded his arms, he didn't know what a flying Nimbus was but the word 'flying' must indicate that it at least had something to do with flying, he hoped.
Her eyes widened in awe and there was that twinkle again that she seemed to have lost earlier. "You can fly?!"
He gave a firm nod, however, he felt uncomfortable with the look she gave him. She brought her hands together where only the fingertips touched, beaming enthusiastically, "can you, maybe carry me there? That way we can get there faster and the sun is too hot for such a long walk anyway."
What an opportunist. She was willing to walk a minute ago, yet the moment he mentioned he could fly, she wanted to be carried.
Typical human!
Black sighed and approached her, snatching her hand from beside her as his feet levitated off the earth.
"eh?" the girl started, "like this?" and it was then she started to panic and flail, "No! Not like this, dammit. Put me down!"
She continued to struggle and swing her legs, screaming at him to put her down. He, on the other hand, contemplated dropping her. Oh, how he wanted to drop her. Fly higher and just drop her.
He dropped down.
Chichi wobbled a little before she found her bearings, she scowled. What was wrong with her this time?
"what is it?" he asked.
Her cheeks flushed, and voice lowered, "you're supposed to carry me more lady-like!"
Black didn't say a word, he began to walk in the same direction she led him before. He was done dealing with this human's foolishness.
"Hey! Where're you going?!"
This place was wasted on humans, Black thought, strewn over a bed of flower.
It was a quiet hill. Peaceful. The sun shone on over his body, a cool zephyr, carrying the faint yet soothing scent of roses caressed his skin, as the birds sang in the trees and butterflies danced cheerfully over the various flowers in this field.
Everything here existed together in perfect harmony.
The only thing that didn't fit was the murderous human, humming somewhere around here.
'picking flowers' she called it, yet Black only saw it as killing those helpless plants. This is why they needed to go extinct. Mortals don't know how to co-exist, always bullying those who are weaker than they are. They're parasites that fed off everything good these beautiful planets had to give. However, though, he will cherish those quiet moments away from her.
Black closed his eyes, the serenity of this place lulling him to sleep—
"Hey! Look what I made you!"
Such short-lived peace.
He opened one eyelid and regarded her, annoyed. She was carrying a ring of flowers in her hands, drawing closer to him, her stretched wide on her face." a flower crown," she says as she kneeled down beside him, her hair brushed against his face when she placed the flowers on his head.
She smelt nice, that was the only thought on his head. Even better than the flowers that surrounded him.
Chichi sat down beside him with a bunch of flowers in her lap, her usually dark hair cascading down her shoulders, but the sun rays filtered through it, making it look like as if it was lit from the inside, giving it a brown-reddish glow.
It was simply beautiful.
His chest felt a certain warmth thrive within it, and his skin tightened, making the hair on his arm stand on ends. He was entranced!
Chichi turned abruptly, looking down at him. "look I made one for myself, too—hm, what's wrong?" she asked, eyebrows raised slightly.
It was then he realized he had been staring at her face all this time.
"Nothing," Black muttered, swallowing something in the back of his throat. He shook his head, closing his eyes again. he wasn't sure what just happened, but he wasn't going to dwell on it much. Sometimes this body acted in ways he didn't understand. This must be one of those times. yes, definitely.
"Do you like it? the flower crown, I mean," she asked.
"hn," he grunted, frankly he didn't pay attention to it. he didn't care.
"you don't talk much, do you?"
"You noticed, huh?" as if he needed to say anything, to begin with, the human was a chatterbox, she could talk non-stop for hours, he learned to tune her most of the time.
Chichi huffed beside him, obviously not appreciating his sarcasm. Good. Maybe now he could relax a bit—
Nope, not happening today, apparently, as he felt her move and rest her head on his shoulder, snuggling closer to his arm, her warm breath tickling the exposed skin of his neck. He should be annoyed, but try as he might, he just wasn't. maybe he's finally starting to get used to her.
Black sighed, no matter how much he loathed the human leech, he will admit that she, at least, smelt nice…
and felt soft.
A\N:
Oh boy, blacku, you're in for quite the ride. I am a huge fan of slow development, I really don't like rushing things, so the naughty stuff starts later.
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Andrey258: thank you, thank you, I'm glad you liked it. Zamasu will come into play later on, though I'm not sure how he'll react to Black marrying an earthling… ;)
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