Well, this is a very old fanfic. I started writing it a few years ago for a friend named Kima_Reyne. I never finished it because I lost contact with her. But I found it the other day and it's not too badly written for the time I started it. So, if anyone would like to see it finished let me know. I'll also fix this first part up a little better if anyone wants to read more. Oh, it's Piccolo/Vegeta by the way. X3
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Piccolo heaved a heavy sigh as he closed his eyes and began to meditate as per usual, facing his favorite large waterfall. The tranquility of the surrounding area always seemed to help him relax. Just as he was drifting into the unknown regions of his own mind there was a shrill, horrible sound in his ears. It rang through his entire body, vibrating in his skull. He put his hands to his pointy ears as he opened his eyes and screamed in pain. As he shook and attempted to crush his own head in to stop the sound a small boy and a small man came walking along the cliff above him. Krillen stopped whistling as he looked down and spotted Piccolo.
"See Gohan. I knew he was out here." he said with a grin.
Gohan laughed nervously as Piccolo rose to meet them, rage overtaking his features. He landed in front of them and resisted the urge to strangle the short monk for the intense pain he'd just caused him. Gohan grinned up at him and tugged on his cape however and he forgot his rage for a moment.
"What is it?"
"Piccolo-san. Krillen and I were going to go over to Bulma's and train in Vegeta's training room so we could get stronger, right Krillen?"
"Yeah. If it made Vegeta that strong we figured it can't hurt to go a few rounds in there. How about joining us?"
"Yeah, Piccolo-san. Come with us."
Normally Piccolo would have not only declined, he would have delivered the message with a shot to Krillen's naked scalp to get his point across. But since it was Gohan asking he grunted and crossed his arms. Gohan read his reaction as a yes and laughed joyfully as he grabbed his arm and lead him away from the waterfall.
The flight to Bulma's was rather short and silent. Piccolo was happy to get there. The sooner they got in there and trained the sooner he could get back to his real training. He doubted he needed any such machine to gain more power when his own routine worked far better. Bulma greeted them cheerfully and lead them to the training room. Piccolo's ears picked up the sound of grunts and limbs whipping through the air even from the door. It meant Vegeta was training. Great. This is exactly how he had planned to spend his day. Cramped into a room with a kid, a midget, and a royal a*****e.
"Vegeta's already in there." Bulma explained as they stopped in front of the door. "I told him you were coming but he said...well, it doesn't matter what he said. Just try to stay out of his way, okay?"
She grinned as she opened the door and Piccolo was greeted to the sight of a half-naked Vegeta, sweating like a pig. He "hmph"ed in agitation and crossed his arms as he stopped mid-kick to stare at them. Quite angrily in fact. His stare was directed at Bulma once he'd confirmed how many intruders he had. He let his leg down and walked over to the door calmly. Bulma's smile lessened a little as he stopped and put a hand to the wall. The door swished closed on them and she looked appalled.
"Vegeta! Open this door! I told you they were coming!"
"I'm still training. They can have it when I'm done."
"You're never done training. It won't kill you to share a little you big baby!" she countered, banging on the door. "Open it now or I'm kicking you out!"
"I'd like to see you try!"
"I'll stop cooking for you!"
Vegeta's face was suddenly filled with shock and he grumbled as he turned back around, opening the door once again. It was obvious he wasn't happy about the situation but he stood to the side as they entered and Bulma grinned in triumph. His stomach truly was his only weakness. He just closed the door on her again as soon as the others had entered. Piccolo and Vegeta looked pretty irritated and just glared at one another. Krillen and Gohan looked slightly nervous, not having expected to be stuck training with Vegeta. Krillen was a little terrified, truth be known. Vegeta had just recently nearly killed himself training. He didn't want to die before the androids even got there. Their plan suddenly didn't seem like such a good idea anymore and Krillen laughed nervously.
"Well, I guess we should pair up. I'll take Gohan." he said, causing Piccolo to open his mouth in preparation for protest. "Since he's closer to my height. It's only fair."
Piccolo closed his mouth, looking even more irritated than before. Vegeta just stared at him as Krillen dragged Gohan over to the opposite side of the room and they began to spar. Piccolo stared back and things were silent for a moment as they stared at one another, arms crossed.
"I'm not sparring with you." Vegeta informed him after a moment.
"Good. Cause I wasn't planning to spar with you."
Piccolo turned his back on him with a swish of his cloak and Vegeta went back to training on his own. Piccolo went back to the door and sat in front of it cross-legged, planning to pick up his meditation where he had left off. He took in a deep breath as he stared across the room and it suddenly caught in his throat. His eyes were trained on Vegeta as he moved. The sweat on his chest glistened and flew from his body as he kicked an invisible enemy and swung around for a punch. He was no Namek-jin but something about him caught Piccolo's attention for the first time. Vegeta noticed his stare and he blushed very lightly as he closed his eyes, going about his meditation.
He kept his mind off Vegeta easily as he became absorbed in his meditation. The time passed swiftly and before he knew it Gohan put a hand to his shoulder and shook him softly to get his attention. He announced that they were going to get a snack from the kitchen and asked if he'd like to come but he declined. He didn't realize until they'd left that Vegeta was still training across the room.
He stopped long enough to take a breath and noticed that he was staring so Piccolo gave him an angry look and stood to leave. He pushed the button that should open the door but nothing happened. Vegeta crossed his arms and watched as he pushed it frantically.
"What's wrong with this thing?!"
"Move. Let me see."
Vegeta pushed him out of the way and stared at the console for a moment before his eyes widened. He closed them tightly and clenched his fist in order to contain his anger.
"You've locked us in!"
"What?! Why does it even have that kind of button?!"
"To keep me from leaving under intense training!"
"You're insane."
Vegeta just ignored him as he fiddled with the buttons at the console for awhile. He finally gave up and punched the wall in frustration.
"Damn that woman! She did her job too well!"
"What job?"
"She's fixed it so I can't over ride the system. There's a way but I'd have to ask her."
"Can't figure it out on your own?" he asked with a smirk.
"No." he growled. "If she had made it that easy there wouldn't have been any point in the function at all!"
"Then I'm blasting my way out."
"Don't!"
Piccolo fired a huge blast at the back wall and gasped as it came hurling back at him. He punched it away in reflex and it hit another wall, bouncing back again. Vegeta fired another blast at it and the two hit one another, exploding on impact. Vegeta glared at him.
"You imbecile. Why would I bother locking myself in a room I could escape from. We have to wait until someone lets us out from the outside."
"I can't believe this is happening to me." he sighed, putting a hand to his face.
When he looked again Vegeta had went back to training and he crossed his arms, grunting in frustration as he sat down again. He tried to meditate in order to stand this entrapment until Gohan and Krillen returned but he became distracted as Vegeta decided to do some stretches. Around the time he started touching his toes - back to Piccolo to top it all off - he couldn't take it anymore. He grinned as he stared at his backside shamelessly. That is, until Vegeta had finished his toe touches and turned to notice his stare from across the room. Strangely enough he didn't seem to mind. In fact he grinned, causing Piccolo to blush lightly. He managed to look angry and looked off to the side with a grunt of frustration that didn't take much acting to muster up. Vegeta just grinned and stretched again, taking his time as he watched Piccolo's eyes slowly return to his butt.
It wasn't much of a surprise. There were no female Namek-jin so it was only logical that Piccolo would be attracted to men. And who could blame him for wanting the sexy Sayia-jin no Ouji? Vegeta could practically feel his own ego inflate at the thought. He pretended not to notice the butt observation for awhile, making most of his training a practice in bending over. If Piccolo hadn't been admiring this adjustment in his routine he might have noticed it was an odd change to make so suddenly. Unfortunately he was too busy admiring Vegeta's tight spandex shorts to bother noticing anything else.
He straightened up after another stretch and turned around causing Piccolo to blush and stare at the ground suddenly, pretending to be lost in thought or annoyed. He couldn't make his mind up which he wanted to portray and so ended up making himself more obvious than before. He returned to his regular training for a moment but didn't seem too interested in it anymore.
Piccolo looked up at the sound of his footsteps and was surprised when he just flopped down beside him. He stared for a moment, mouth parted slightly as confusion dominated his features and Vegeta just gave him a cross look.
"What?" he demanded.
"Uh..Nothing." he muttered, looking away and shifting uncomfortably.
Vegeta was sitting so close his shoulder was pressing against Piccolo's. The shorter man even began to lean on him after a few moments and Piccolo wasn't quite sure what to do. His normal reaction might have been to run through the nearest wall to escape the awkward moment but he'd never expected Vegeta to come anywhere near touching him in any way so he was a little confused at the moment.
"I think they went home without you." Vegeta spat after awhile. "Bulma expects me to be in here all night. We may have to wait until the morning."
"That's wonderful." he muttered back. "This isn't exactly what I'd had in mind for the day, ya know."
"Tough. Might as well get comfortable."
"You already seem to be." Piccolo just barely mumbled.
When he realized what he'd said he blushed again and expected a very hostile reaction from Vegeta. But he didn't even move for a minute or two. He wrapped his fingers around his cape and tugged on it lightly, stirring something in Piccolo's chest with the small motion.
"This can't be comfortable." he whispered. "Take it off."
"...What?!"
"Those shoulder pads are dangerous." he scoffs. "I could wake up with one eye."
"Who said you had to sleep so close to me?!" he demanded, pulling his cape over his head anyways.
"I did. Got a problem with it?"
"Yes." he replied, tossing his cape and turban aside.
"Didn't seem to have a problem staring at my a**. What's the problem with sleeping near it?" he asked slyly.
Piccolo's eyes widened to the size of dinner plates and a deep blush spread over his cheeks. He opened his mouth to speak but closed it when nothing would come out. Vegeta threw his head back against the taller alien's shoulder and laughed loudly only causing Piccolo's blush to spread.
"Shut up!"
"Well, it's true isn't it? Or aren't you man enough to admit it?"
Piccolo refused to meet Vegeta's eyes and started to stand again but Vegeta grabbed his arm and pulled him back down. Piccolo stared in shock as he leaned against his bare arm again with a grin. He averted his eyes and relaxed slightly.
"Doesn't mean I like you." he muttered bitterly.
Vegeta found the pouty expression on Piccolo's face a little cute. It was akin to that of a spoiled child that finally couldn't get his way. He laughed softly and Piccolo's annoyance only seemed to grow at it. He stiffened when Vegeta's arm went around his waist and he pulled his arm around his shoulder.
"I never said you did."
"You don't seem to mind this situation very much." he spat back.
"I'm one of the last of a warrior race." he whispered into his pointy green ear. "I've often had to go without a female of any species for long periods of time."
Piccolo looked down at the hand he had rested on his knee gently and his heart began to pound. Was he crazy or was Vegeta suggesting they sleep together? He certainly couldn't be that horny when he had a woman right in the other room. If he really wanted he could at least wait until they were found.
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