Evolving friendship

It had been almost a month since Lime had started her training with 'master' Gohan and although all she did was still chase Icarus around she could feel her strength building, even the weights Gohan had added to her Gi on that first day didn't really bother her anymore, she was now as fast as she was before her training even with the added weight but Gohan made it clear that although she was making excellent progress she wasn't ready for the next level of his training. Gohan himself had taken to wandering around his daily life in his powered up super saiyan form (which Chichi was not happy about) and when asked why he would just say he was training, only a select few would be able to tell that it was in fact his ascended super saiyan form he was in.

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Lime collapsed on the floor soaked in sweat and breathing deeply to catch her breath, she had been chasing Icarus for the best part of 3 hours and the purple dragon didn't seem phased at all, Gohan was meditating under a tree his golden aura blazing all around him although largely unaware of his surroundings he was keeping tabs on both Lime and Icarus so when Limes Ki took a nose dive he came out of his trance and went to investigate. What he found was Lime laid flat out on her back panting like mad and Icarus hovering over her nudging her with affection and concern.

"I think that's enough for today" Gohan whispered softly into Limes ear as he picked her up, "I'll take you home and fix you something to eat"

"Mmm, you're the greatest Gohan" Lime responded weakly.

As Gohan straightened up he shifted Lime in his arms so that he was holding her bridal style, Lime quickly snuggled into his chest feeling she was in the safest place in the world, 'wow every time he holds me it feels like im in heaven, I think Im in love with him', was limes thoughts just before she fell asleep in his arms unconsciously clinging to him so as not to be separated.

It was a 10 minute walk back to the house and in that time Gohan realised that Lime was in a deep sleep, he decided it was best to let her regain her strength before he woke her. As Gohan walked through the house carrying Lime to her room he was glad his mother was out at Capsule Corp. for a few days as she would have screamed at him till his ears bled for fetching Lime back in this state again.

It was sometime later that Lime had awoken in her room to find she was tucked up in bed and had been changed out of her Gi into her night clothes, she found that Gohan had fallen asleep in the chair next to her bed and was holding her hand loosely,

'Wow he's so cute when he's sleeping; hmm I wonder how I got out of my Gi and into this? Normally it's Chichi that helps me but… OMG that means Gohan undressed me, how dare he do that….. when im not awake.'

Gohan stirred in his sleep his hand falling limply from holding Limes and dangling at his side, he fidgeted and looked to be struggling with something in his dreams, Lime was becoming quite concerned she had never seen Gohan like this.

"Father" Gohan spoke in his sleep, "father…. Father don't…. FATHER!"

"Gohan, Gohan its fine, your at home" Lime soothed pulling him into a hug and holding him close, "there, there it was only a nightmare"

Gohan was unaware of when Lime had pulled him of the floor and guided him to the bed, he wrapped his arms around Lime and relaxed into her hold losing himself as all the grief he had felt for his fathers death came to the surface, all the while Lime was comforting him and gently rubbing his back in a soothing manner. It was some time before Gohan recovered from his breakdown, when he did and again became aware of everything around him he found himself held in Limes arms and his own arms wrapped around her, normally Gohan would feel embarrassed and quickly remove himself from a situation like this, but something was stopping him.

"Gohan" Lime whispered softly in his ear, "are you ok now? You really had me scared."

"Im fine, thank you Lime"

Gohan pulled away from the hug but still held Lime, mere centimetres separated their faces but Lime kept her head down looking into Gohan's chest, Gohan brought a hand up to Limes face and cupped her cheek,

"I don't know what I would have done without you."

Lime raised her head to look up at Gohan's face, she was immediately drawn to his teal eyes they were both soft and unforgiving at the same time, such was Gohan.

Gohan also found himself staring into Limes hazel eyes, they were full of emotion just as she always was but the determination also obvious, a few blissful moments passed then all restraint was lost Gohan found himself leaning in towards Lime he pressed his lips to hers and kissed her softly, to say he was surprised by his actions would be an understatement but that was nothing to his surprise at Limes response.

Lime noticed Gohan start to lean towards her and suddenly felt as if she was buzzing all over, 'oh wow is this really happening, Gohan's going to kiss me, he's actually going to kiss me.' As Gohan's lips touched hers she closed her eyes he was surprisingly soft but the emotion was obvious, after a few seconds Lime responded, she wrapped her arms around Gohan's neck and pulled him in closer to deepen the kiss, Lime could tell Gohan hadn't expected this response as he froze for just a second before instinct took over, Gohan wrapped his arms around Limes waist and continued their kiss it was no longer soft it was now filled with a burning passion, the minuets passed and Lime had pushed Gohan down onto the bed with her on top of him, Gohans hands acted on instinct and moved so one was resting on the small of Limes back and the other between her shoulder blades pulling her down into the kiss, eventually Lime had to come up for air and broke the kiss and rested he head on Gohan's chest.

"Gohan" she breathed still catching her breath and snuggled into him more, "that was great, I had wanted to do that for so long."

"What really? Why?" Gohan asked in surprise.

"Hehe, wow u really are cute when you are clueless." Lime smiled up at him, "so are we going to do some more training?"

Gohan's stomach gave out a loud growl causing Lime to jump up in surprise, and Gohan to smile embarrassedly his hand behind his head.

"Actually its getting late now, how about we eat instead im starving."

"To say you're a genius you sure do a lot of thinking with your stomach" Lime giggled.

"Well I am my fathers son after all" Gohan shrugged smiling, "come on I think mum left something in the fridge for us."

Half an hour and a much emptier fridge later

"Wow im really stuffed, I don't think I can move" Gohan stated happily.

"I can't believe you actually ate all that, I didn't think even a saiyan could eat that much, just don't come crying to me when Chichi gets you with the frying pan." Lime said matter-of-factly.

"oh yeah, well your just as much to blame, you bet I couldn't eat it all and I could never refuse such a challenge, and if mum knows that she'll be after you too" Gohan smirked evilly.

"You wouldn't" Lime screamed at him.

"Oh but I would, if im going down im taking you with me."

"But that's not fair, it's not like I forced you to eat it, I'll stop you."

"Fine, but you'll have to catch me first." Gohan teased playfully.

Lime eyed Gohan suspiciously for a few seconds trying to figure out what he was planning but figured it would be best just to go with the flow, its not like she could ever get any information from his world class poker face. Lime focused her energy crouched slightly then launched herself at Gohan, she felt sure she would grab him but instead sailed straight through him and collided with the chair,

"Damn it Gohan no afterimages"

"Fine, spoilsport," Came Gohan's voice from across the room.

Lime spun round to see Gohan sprint from the room, with speed Lime didn't know she had she was up and hot on Gohan's heels, after 10 minuets of flying over furniture and diving through doorways Lime realised he was following the same route this gave her an idea, Lime fell back and allowed Gohan to get away and she circled around to cut him off, Lime figured Gohan would realise she wasn't following anymore and find a place to hide, she was right, as she came to the living room she saw Gohan facing away from her crouching behind the sofa's arm, 'bingo' she thought, 'now how to distract him, hmmm oh I know he was pretty distracted when we were kissing earlier, I wonder how he would react if…..'

Gohan was crouching behind the sofa's arm, he had lost Lime somewhere on the last circuit and decided it would be a good time to hide, 'wow Lime sure has improved I cant believe how fast she is now, I wonder how far behind she is cant be that far, I'll just wait till she goes by then sneak outside."

"Oh Gohan"

Gohan froze at the sound of Limes voice; she had figured out his plan and turned it against him, but her voice was different kind of floaty and seductive, the kind mum used to use on dad, slowly he stood from his hiding place he could feel Lime getting closer and closer, finally when Lime was only a meter away Gohan turned with the intent to rush past with his immense speed, what he saw changed that idea, stood in front of him in only her underwear was Lime Gohan could only stare he couldn't move his limbs but his eyes took in every detail.

"What's wrong Gohan never seen a girl in her undies before" Lime winked at him slowly closing the gap till her body was up against his.

"L-Lime, what a-are you…."

Lime cut Gohan short by pulling him into a deep kiss and quickly sliding her hands under his Gi top and pulling it off, Lime pulled out of the kiss and pushed Gohan on to the sofa quickly diving on top of him and returning to the kiss, as time passed each became more adventurous with roaming hands and slight tongue action, very quickly Gohan had forgotten why he had been running round the house all that was on his mind was Lime.

Gohan wasn't sure how much time had passed he only knew that he was completely spent and so was Lime, she had already fallen asleep on his chest, and there was a slight breeze from somewhere that was making Lime shiver, using on of Piccolo's techniques Gohan materialised a blanket and pulled it over both of them before falling into a deep sleep himself completely happy and content with the world as well as with the girl currently snoring lightly on his chest.

Deep in an underground hideout

"Your majesty, we picked up an energy signature a little while ago."

"What's your point Vesper?"

"Well it's different to the others we detected sir, and its powerful."

"What? How powerful are we talking?"

"About 20% of your maximum your majesty."

"Impossible, how come we didn't see it before now? This is not what we need, Vesper did you get a location?"

"Only a general one sir, somewhere in the 439 east mountain area, but it disappeared sir."

"I see, seems there might be more to worry about on this planet than we first thought, especially with those that returned from space a few week ago, Vesper I want you to prepare my training room, I don't want to take any unnecessary risks when the time comes."

"Yes your majesty right away."

"And Vesper, find out what was giving off that power reading and what's hiding it, nobody keeps secrets from me, especially as this planet will soon be mine, Mwhahahahaha."

I know, I know the kissy bit was rubbish so shoot me, I promise I will get better at it for next time, but keep in mind they are still young so I don't want anything too inappropriate for them yet either, just keep that in mind ok.

Thanx, Matt.