A/N: Hi again! I finally get to update a story! Ecstasy and And Destruction is well underway! I am also happy to say that the lucky review has arrived! Whoo! You get to choose a oneshot based on anything you want it to be about! JCCT is the lucky winner! Anyway, Ecstasy And Destruction will not have the Child Welfare Center involved. Yes, Gohan in this story actually is Rihoko's father. Don't hate me for it...I simply decided to test out the idea. It's not for kicks. If anything, I think that Gohan being her father is cute. A lot of people would agree with me. Gohan/Masane was the pairing. A bunch of stuff will ensue, including chaos come hell, okay ignore that. Never mind the ramblings!
Disclaimer: I do not own Witchblade or Dragon Ball Z. Not even Hajimari no Sora, that's a song by +Plus.
Enjoy!
Masane blinked, the light peeking through the curtains giving her a small headache. Turning her head to her right, she noticed her husband and daughter sleeping soundly. Rihoko's eyes fluttered open, the first thing in her line of vision being her mother.
"G'morning, Mama," Rihoko groggily said, yawning softly and sitting up. Suddenly, they heard Gohan sawing logs.
"Riko," Masane started, eyebrow twitching in annoyance."help me wake your father up."
With a nod, Rihoko grabbed her father's swishing tail and pulled with a hard yank. The desired effect came next, but with a pained shriek.
"Morning, Daddy!" Rihoko gleefully exclaimed, a toothy grin etched across her features.
Glancing at his wife, he noted that she had the same smirk on her face. Gohan's face darkened with a look of horror.
"You two are truly evil, you know that?" Gohan painfully uttered. Feeling a new weight on his back, his grey-black eyes took in the sight of his little girl, her tail waving in the air happily.
"But you love us both, remember?" Rihoko proudly reminded her father.
Gohan just groaned in response, wondering why the world hated him so much.
Once again, the three were home-hunting. When they were in the middle of searching through the city, map in hand, Masane and Rihoko's stomachs roared. Conveniently, they were next to a small café called 'Marry's Gallery'. After walking inside, Masane was almost immediately glomped by an old man who looked to be around 63 years old. But before that could happen, everyone felt a murderous aura emitting from Gohan. Masane and Rihoko shuddered violently, slowly turning their heads to the man.
"D-daddy, p-p-please calm down!" Rihoko weakly pleaded, trying in vain to get her father to control his temper. Neither Masane or Rihoko had known that he had an easily provokable temper.
"Gohan?" Masane wearily replied. Her husband had never been the type to rampage in anger about something that really bothered him; she just never saw it.
"I am very calm, amai." Gohan darkly replied, showing off a rather horrifying smirk and revealing a few sharp teeth.
This time, almost everyone nearly jumped out of their skins by his sudden change of voice. Rihoko and Masane had just turned whiter than sheets, the man next to them shivering uncontrollably, another woman wearing a black dress that looked like it was from the European ages fainting in terror, a portly brunette trying to hide behind a bar counter, eyes wide in horror, and a furiously shuddering man in his late twenties who looked like he was about to piss himself.
Suddenly turning to Mr. Chou, Gohan decided to speak in a normal matter.
"Sorry, sir," Gohan started calmly,"but she has a husband and daughter."
Chou's jaw dropped. The sexy brunette woman was married and had a kid?
Everyone could not believe the sudden 360 Gohan had just pulled out of nowhere. The two girls he came with sweat dropped in disbelief. Lord, have mercy on EVERYONE.
Ten minutes later
Gohan continued to devour plate after plate, leaving the ones not used to his ferocious appetite completely dumbfounded.
"How much can he eat?" Mariko questioned.
"More than enough food." Masane facepalmed. "In fact you should see our grocery bill."
"I think you've had enough, Dad." Rihoko sighed, grabbing the plate he was going to reach for.
Said man sent his daughter a deadpanned glare.
"You're not gonna let me finish, are you?" Gohan asked Rihoko.
"No," the six year old started before glancing at the pile of dishes."besides, the pile's big."
Raising her head, Masane put on the deer in headlights face as she saw about twenty plates in a stack, all of them wiped out.
"WHAT THE HELL?! YOU FINISHED THAT STACK ALREADY?!" Masane incredulously screeched.
Gohan doubled over from the volume and held his ears in immense pain.
"My ears," he complained pathetically.
Rihoko tried her best not to giggle at the scene occurring in front of her.
'This is a normal thing; Dad does something stupid and Mom freaks out over it. Then again, that's why they're in love.' Rihoko snickered, attracting her parents' attention.
"What's so funny?" Masane questioned her daughter, eyebrow raised.
"It's funny when you two are arguing over something like food...hee hee." The brunette giggled.
Gohan, who had been completely lost at that point, raised his eyebrow in complete confusion.
Rihoko began to laugh a smidge harder, covering her mouth with her small, dainty hands. Mariko began to start laughing with her, along with Tezawa.
Masane gave her lookalike a grin, winking.
"Probably, Riko. Probably." Gohan softly whispered. Luckily, Rihoko had inherited his senses of both hearing and smell, so she heard him pretty well. Soon, Rihoko's face had broke into a grin identical to her mother's, teeth showing as well. Well, one in particular; a fang poking out of her mouth.
Suddenly, they heard a loud roaring noise emanating from someone's stomach. Almost every head turned to the source, the least expected thing occurring.
Turned out it was the now tomato red Rihoko herself.
One pudding alamode later~
Rihoko relished in her food, savoring every last bit of it. She had a small smile on her adorable features, licking off the last bit of pudding from her face. Soon, she was humming a tune to herself and it caught her mother's attention.
"What are you humming, Riko?" Masane asked, eyebrow raised. She hadn't heard that song before.
"Hajimari no Sora- Beginning Sky. I heard it at a store when I went shopping two months ago." Rihoko replied, brown eyes gleaming in happiness. Gohan strode over, gray-black eyes showing a hint of confusion until it all snapped into place.
She must have bought the CD after she got the groceries, hadn't she?
Soon, Masane got the connection as well and like her husband, her bangs shadowed her now pale as milk face.
"You bought the CD too, didn't you Riko?" Masane and Gohan questioned their only daughter simultaneously, which in turn, garnered her smiling sheepishly, scratching her cheek with her small finger.
"I did. Should have asked first, should've I?" Rihoko meekly replied, reaching inside of her bag to fish out a carefully wrapped present with a pair of names on the tag.
Handing the frail thing to her parents, she tensed up, thinking that maybe, just maybe, they'd accept her present. When she saw the small smiles on their faces, Masane's a smidge wider, she eased up considerably before speaking.
"It was going to be Mom's birthday present, but I wrote Dad's name on it too and waited for three more months until your anniversary today." Rihoko admonished.
"Thank you, amai! I don't know what I'd do without you!" Masane exclaimed happily, wrapping her in a hug. Gohan also hugged his daughter, thankful that he had the best little girl alive.
If only he didn't keep sensing that familiar feeling, things would be peaceful.
Two hours later~
Gohan couldn't help but feel as if he was being watched from somewhere.
Catching a whiff of a mountainside forest, something very familiar and never wanted to smell again, his eyes widened slightly and he turned his head to find the source, which was something unexpected.
A carbon copy of his father Goku, holding a picture of a younger Gohan, who was somewhere in between his teens and childhood. Said lookalike was asking if someone had seen his brother, and he was completely horrified.
He had a brother? Why hadn't anyone told him about this? Couldn't anyone trust him at all?
Apparently not.
A/N: Wowee. Unexpected turn of events, there. I know that I told you that I'd probably update in May, but my final exams are in a few weeks, so I had time to kill.
Notes:
Gohan still has his Cell Games hairstyle
Goten has his Majin Buu hairstyle
This takes place in early August. Masane's birthday would be May 22nd.
~Deathblow88