Fulfillment

Hey, everyone! It's me again! Bet you've been wondering when I was gonna update, huh? Well, I guess the answer is: NOW! Yes, I'm back and ready to enthrall you once again with what some people say is one of the few original, non-clichéd Vegeta-sei fics available. Not that I'm bragging or anything… just saying what I've been told.

Anyways, we're sorta still on fillers at the moment. Next chap's gonna have some bigger plot stuff, though. I can promise you that much. And now, here's the next chapter.

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Chapter 7

Four Hours before the end of Ch. 6

To say that Krillin was astonished by the size and scale of this palace was an understatement. Upon awakening from his slumber, he had found that the 'bedroom' that he had been sleeping in was nearly the size of Kame House itself! It had bee bi-level, even! It had several closets, a small library, what appeared to be a study, a bathroom of course… to be honest, it seemed to have everything but a kitchen! And when he had been shown the 'closet' he'd be staying in, he'd gone paler than a ghost. That room was almost twice the size of his own back home!

And that had just been the bedroom. Walking through the halls, he had seen several doors, each one quite a ways distant from one another; an indication of their size, no doubt. And when he and his host had passed by some of what she had referred to as "Servant's quarters", he had gasped audibly at the sight: they were even bigger than the room he was supposed to be in! Perhaps even twice the size!

As the two continued through the halls, a loud rumble could be heard echoing through the hall. Juuhachi initially froze and began to look around in search of the cause of the noise. A small, embarrassed laugh soon followed, and Juu turned to face the short little human behind her. His cheeks were tinted red, and he began rubbing the back of his head in what seemed to be an embarrassed gesture. "Uh, sorry about that," he said. "I really don't mean to be rude, but can we hurry? I-uh, I haven't really eaten for about a week…"

Juu's brow furrowed slightly at that statement and a small frown settled on her lips. "You mean to tell me that they didn't feed you at all?!"

Krillin looked down and shuffled his feet slightly. "They figured that there wasn't any real point. When I was on the transport ship, they figured that I'd be fine until they got me to the planet. The only reason they gave me even the slightest nourishment was for energy so I could breed."

The female cocked a blonde eyebrow at that last statement. 'Breed'? So they were trying to use THAT despicable practice? Oh, she was SO going to have some choice words for that smarmy little Prince when she next saw him, public place or no.

"And when we got here, they didn't bother, either. I mean, I was pretty much marked for death from the moment I arrived, and why bother feeding me if I was just gonna die, y'know?"

Juu's face softened slightly. "Well then, I suppose we could take a shortcut." She reached over and took Krillin's hand in hers, completely oblivious to his now completely red face. She led him down the hall past another two rooms before they entered what appeared to Krillin to be either a currently unused storage room or housing for an exotic dust collection. A large cloud of the stuff was kicked into the air as the two walked, and it was one of the few times he was thankful to be without a certain part of his anatomy. He could only imagine what 'fun' he would have if that stuff got into his nose. Probably be sneezing for at least a week.

As they walked through the room, he began to take notice of his female companion once again. His very attractive female companion that he really wanted to get to know better. He could still hear her words ringing through his head and shook it in shock that anyone could be so stupid as to call this woman ugly. She was an absolute angel! And though he hated to admit that his stay with his master had rubbed off on him, he noted that she had a VERY nice body; her current attire made that fact quite impossible to ignore.

He soon realized that she had stopped moving and removed his current gaze, which was fixed to a somewhat embarrassing place, to look upwards at the woman before him, who was looking over her shoulder at him. A small smirk had made its way onto her features, and he could've sworn he saw her cheeks go red as she spoke.

"Well, I see someone's taking in the sights already."

Krillin found himself blushing profusely and began rubbing the back of his head out of habit. He received a slight start, however, at the feeling he received on his hand; he STILL hadn't gotten used to having hair. "Well, I-uh… I wasn't… I…" He stopped his previous actions and hung his head slightly. "I'm sorry."

Juu's smirk remained on her face, though the blush had faded. "No need to apologize. It's actually somewhat flattering. No one's ever really done that before. Well, not to my knowledge, at least." The smirk left and her features became dead serious. "Just don't make a habit of it. I'd hate to have to damage you."

Krillin paled visibly at the look on her face and the deadly tone she had just used. "Y-yes, ma'am." It was times like these that he cursed his old sensei for passing some of his habits on to him. It had been bad enough to live with back home, but here it could very well get him killed… or made into a eunuch.

The smile returned to Juu's features as she held her hand out to him. "Good. Now take my hand." As soon as he had done so, she hauled him into her arms and stood on the window ledge. The little man in her arms chose to ignore his current proximity to an attractive woman and instead noted that they were several stories above the ground.

"Um… you're not gonna do what I THINK you're gonna do, are you?"

Sparing him one last grin, she shoved herself off the window ledge and began to drop through the air.

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Inside the palace, the King sat on his throne, attempting to sort out various political matters. His task was soon interrupted as his ears heard what he had to describe as the sound of some poor animal being mutilated. His head snapped up and his eye began to twitch.

'What in the world was THAT?!'

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Juu was still falling through the air, attempting to block out the shrieks coming from the little man that was clinging to her for dear life. Honestly, one would think that after all the things he'd seen, he wouldn't be afraid of a little free fall. Nevertheless, he clung to her for dear life, and the proximity was starting to make her blush.

Krillin, on the other hand, was too scared to care where he was. Was this woman crazy or something?! What kind of a person just jumps out of a window without being able to…

It was at that moment he noticed they weren't falling anymore. He opened his tightly closed eyes to find them both floating in front of a window on the second floor. And subsequently felt like an idiot.

"You can fly?' he asked her, his eyes still wide in shock.

Juu looked down at him and smirked. "Well, duh! We all can."

Krillin jumped off her to find a foothold on the window ledge and whirled to face her again. He had a slightly perturbed look on his face as he took a few ragged breaths before speaking. "And why, may I ask, didn't you TELL ME?! I was scared out of my mind thinking you were gonna get us flattened! I wasn't sure I could stop us before we hit, what with the extra weight and all…"

Juu looked at him with surprise plastered onto her face. "Wait, you mean… you can fly, too?!"

This time, it was Krillin's turn to smirk as he folded his arms and closed his eyes. "Yep! I'm just full of surprises, aren't I?" He turned away and went to take a step inwards, eyes still closed…

And promptly found himself falling off the ledge and flat onto his face on the floor.

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Okay, I know I promised it would be more, but I feel a need to stop here for now. Don't ask me why. I just feel it's a good place to end a filler. Plus, if I had done what I originally stated for this chapter, it would've been a bit too long. Also, this way, you'll know I'm still alive and updating!

On one final note, please check out the works of Dark Prey of the Underworld. She's an amazing author, and her stories appeal to both DBZ AND Naruto fans. Seriously, please R&R her stuff as a favor to me, if nothing else. But I guarantee you'll like her works.

See Ya!