Glad you all like it, took me forever to see if I wanted to put it up or not. Since I have a nice little winter break from school I might as well put up another chapter right? But first to answer the questions that might clear a few things up and just because I feel the others are just as important!
Questions and Answers:
If Keith is his vampire name how come Videl knows it, or did I miss something?
It doesn't tell in the fic if it was his name or not, it just refers to him as a Vampire Noble named Keith. Technically it's not his real name but everyone thinks it is. Only Gohan knows what Keith's real name is, basically one of the reasons why Keith is so afraid of him.
Why would Videl know Keith's name if it can be dangerous for him?
It's only dangerous when a human knows your real name since vampires can't affect other vampires when they use their real names. You'll see why in later chapters how much of an affect it is.
Why didn't Gohan recognize Videl at first?
Gohan recognized her, but he wasn't sure since they were in a different light. Plus he wasn't paying much attention to her features at that time since his thoughts were more along "I'm hungry, oh look food", as well as wanting to make sure that the person standing before him was the person he met last night.
It seemed to me a vampire can enter in your house only if he has been invited by someone who is in the house, but Gohan is entered immediately without Videl giving him permission. Why?
I researched plenty for this story, regarding vampires themselves and what they do as well as being influenced by the things about vampires in Salem's Lot (You rule Stephen King!) and you will see a lot of that in this story. Gohan, however, disregards this rule in favor of breaking it because of "special circumstances" as he likes to call it. Yet even with special circumstances it is a dreaded crime in vampiric standards and must be obeyed. Since Gohan broke it he didn't add it to his rules of vampire conduct if you noticed at all.
Jinn as in demons? Or like genies?
As I've said in the above question I've researched plenty for this. Jinn (or Djinn as most are used to seeing) are, in a way, genies, yet in Arabic culture they are used to represent a certain class that is my personal favorite: the Afreet, Efreet, or as many know him as just simply Ifrit.
The second most powerful class of Jinn (Djinn, Genie) in Arabic mythology that was filled with vast intelligence. They are Demon-like beings whose veins flowed with fire instead of blood. When they were mortally wounded, out from them would burst flames until they were consumed with fire. They could live for thousands of years, sometimes even forever, but they are not immortal. They can take any form of any animal that they wish.
If you notice in the first chapter The Trinity was the highest of the vampires and didn't use Jinn because they were far superior. (Roshi only use them because he was weak.) Also, if you noticed, everyone else used them or wanted to use them, including the Royals. In a way the vampires and Jinn are subconsciously aware of the order they were in: Trinity, Jinn, Royals, Nobles, Cult Leaders, Cults, and Fledglings. Gohan only likes using them because he enjoys their sense of humor and intelligence, as well as great loyalty.
Where did you get your idea for this story? (Megs21)
If I had responded earlier to this question I probably would have a better answer but to tell you the truth: I don't know. I merely sat down at my computer to write a critical paper and out it popped. I'm not sure where I get all these stories from… I have loads of them sitting around unused in my floppies. One story, might I add, which is a sort of uncut version/changed version of Dark Blessings upon which Dark Blessings is based on.
If you cannot bear the silence and the darkness, then do not go there; if you dislike black nights and yawning chasms, never make them your profession. If you fear the sound of water hurrying through crevices toward unknown and mysterious destinations, do not consider it. Seek out the sunshine. It is a simple prescription. Avoid the darkness. It is a simple prescription, but you will not follow it. You will turn immediately to the darkness. You will be drawn to it by the chords of fear and longing. You will imagine that you are tired of the sunlight; the waters that unnerve you will tug in the ancient recesses of your mind; the midnight will seem restful—you will end by going down.
—Loren Eiseley
from The Night Country
Forgotten Memories
Chapter 3
Gohan sighed as he sat in the corner of Sharpner's pool, his arms up on the cool tile that surrounded it, lemonade in one hand. There were many people at Sharpner's party, some he knew and some he didn't.
From where he was he could see Videl in a red bikini and shades laying in one of the lounge chairs, a small table by her with her drink. He noticed that all the men were looking at her, girlfriend or not, and he glared at them with the promise of pain if they continued staring.
Many caught his glare and turned away in fear, and the others who didn't were told by those that turned away. Gohan smirked, satisfied at his work of causing fear into the hearts of mortals, that was until his smirk died away at the sight of Keith walking towards Videl.
XX
"Hey Videl."
Videl lifted her shades a bit to see her worst nightmare, Keith, standing by her chair smirking. She cringed and gulped a bit, trying to keep herself from shaking in front of him and showing she was afraid. Trying to keep herself calm she took her glass and sipped out of it.
"Go away…"
Unfortunately for her and what she didn't know was that Keith was a vampire, he could practically taste her fear.
"Aww come on Vid-babe, you don't mean that." Keith said smoothly, sitting on the side of her chair while she turned her head. "You know I just do that to release tension, she means nothing to me."
He took her hand in his and tried to look as sorrowful as possible. "Come on Vid, take me back I'm begging you! Without you I'm nothing."
Videl didn't know what to do. Her mind told her "Take him back! Take him back!" while her heart screamed "NO! He'll just do it again! Just like last time!"
Almost instantly she remembered Gohan and what he said on the matter.
Flashback
"Don't let him come back to you Videl, let him go. He's bad news and you know it, just let him go and don't look back."
End Flashback
"W-Why should I take you back? Just so you can do it again?"
Keith inwardly smiled at her reaction. She was trying to put up a fight, but with the use of his powers she was wavering.
XX
From where he was Gohan was growling and his hand already crushed the lemonade glass in his hand. People, mortals and Vampire Lords alike, moved away from him. His eyes were flashing crimson but no one really noticed it since the sun was on him, hiding it.
He could feel her wavering, though it was partially not her fault. Gohan could feel Keith using his vampire powers to affect her decision. He shot mental daggers at Keith, which he was sure the Vampire Noble could feel, and swam towards them.
XX
Keith felt a stabbing pain in his mind as if hundreds of daggers pierced it and looked out the corner of his eye. He started to panic as he saw Gohan coming but decided to take his chances and stay, knowing, well, hoping that Gohan wouldn't do anything in front of Videl.
When Gohan came to the edge of the pool he pulled himself up out of the water, gaining the attention of practically every female who was looking at the pool. The guys just muttered about how he wasn't all that while the girls shushed them and watched Gohan in slow motion.
As he pulled himself out of the pool the water came down from his body and his muscles and abs came into view. To any girl watching, he was a Greek god and all they could do was look and not touch, as if it would destroy what was there.
Videl was sure she was gaping as she stared at Gohan come out of the pool and Keith cursed silently to himself as his hold on Videl snapped like a twig. He smiled nervously as Gohan hovered over him with arms crossed and eyes glaring, black swim trunks sitting dangerously low around his waist.
"Is there a problem Videl?"
Keith held up his hands innocently and gave a nervous laugh. "Hehe of course not, I was just going." he looked at Videl with a smile and said, "Please, just think about it…" before getting up and practically running off, Gohan's eyes following him.
"Thank you Blaine…" Videl whispered and Gohan turned his attention back to her.
"Anytime."
He'd smile but he wasn't sure how. He hadn't smiled in years. After all, he didn't have anything to smile about. Even if he did mean it no one could tell, even if they looked hard, but Videl could see it easily in his eyes that he did mean it despite his stoic look.
They stared at each other, Videl smiling at him all the while, until Gohan couldn't take her heavenly smile any longer and jumped back in the pool. As Gohan was swimming around the pool a few times to cool off from the emotions he felt, Erasa rushed over to Videl.
"Blaine is SOOO totally into you Videl!" Erasa squealed. "I mean you could just SEE the sparks of love flying around in the air!"
Videl rolled her eyes and put on her shades again. Leaning back to lie on the lounge chair she took her drink and sipped it. "Spare me Erasa, we're just…acquaintances that's all."
Erasa frowned. "Oh yeah? Then why did Mark (A/N: reminder, Mark is Dimitri) tell me that Blaine wrote a song for you hm?"
Videl lowered her sunglasses a bit. "He…He did?"
Erasa shook her head quickly with a smile. Videl took off her sunglasses and placed the end of the long black plastic (A/N: like I no what its called…) in her mouth in thought as she watched Gohan swim laps, as well as all the other girls at the party.
"Sharpie says that we could go to Smokey Joe's Café and watch Reborn play next week, his treat, wanna come? I heard Blaine and Mark are in that band!" Erasa pleaded, "Who knows, maybe he'll sing the song he wrote for you!"
Videl, still thinking, nodded slowly and Erasa squealed in hugged her. All the while Videl hoped that this was a good idea because she had a bad feeling about everything…
XX
Gohan walked up to Sharpner and Dimitri as they talked and joked with each other, his head throbbing madly. Most of the people had gone already, though he was annoyed that both Keith and Videl were still here, but he felt he had enough of his headache.
"I'm leaving Sharpner, Dimitri. I'll see you two later."
Dimitri and Sharpner slightly bowed respectfully to him and watched as he walked slowly yet steadily out the back door. With their vampiric eyes they could see him glance around before turning into a black dog and trotting off.
"Guess I better go to Sharpner." Dimitri smiled and glanced around before saying, "See ya!" and disappearing.
XX
Keith, looking around to see that Gohan had disappeared, saw his chance and sidled up to Videl with a smile. She had long changed into her jeans and put on a jacket. She gave him a suspicious look and he just continued to smile at her.
"Come on Videl, I'll give you a ride home." he said, giving her his always working puppy dog eyes that he knew Videl, like any other woman, couldn't resist.
Videl sighed mentally. She was going to tell him that she was going to ride with Erasa, though Erasa was obviously 'busy' with Sharpner, but he had hit her with the puppy dog eyes and she found she couldn't resist even if her broken heart screamed no.
"Alright." she sighed and gathered her things, following him to his black F150 truck.
Score! Keith thought as he got into the driver's seat and started the car. Oh yeah, Videl will be fully mine soon.
He turned on the radio as he drove and the song Lovers and Friends came on by Usher, Ludacris, and Lil Jon. Keith hummed to the song and Videl found some irony of her relationship with Keith in the lyrics.
Great, I'm relating my life to a song that talks about sex and friendship… Videl thought bitterly and realized that the dark street they were driving down was the same she walked down last night and met Gohan. Gohan…
Suddenly a black dog appeared from the shadows of the street, illuminated at the last minute by the truck's lights. Keith cursed and braked, but still hit the dog. They heard a yelp and silence. Leaving the car on, they rushed out of the truck.
Videl was a bit annoyed at the fact that Keith was inspecting his truck while they should be inspecting the black dog. Rolling her eyes at him as he practically cried at the dent on the front of his truck, she looked at the large black dog.
For a dog he was beautiful. His fur was sleek and shiny, if not a bit spiky. Obviously a he, his mouth was slightly open and his crimson tongue lolled out, revealing his starch white canines. His ears resembled a wolf's and the insides of them were a dark blue.
Videl noticed that his collarless neck marked him as a stray and when she lightly touched him to search for anything broken his fur was very soft to the touch. She found that his left hind leg was broken and so were a few of his ribs. Luckily for him, she was a veterinarian.
"Keith, stop checking your car its fine, come help me with this dog here."
"Fine? FINE?!" Keith yelled to the neighborhood. "Look at the damage he's done!"
He showed her the barely noticeable dent in the front of the black truck and she rolled her eyes. "Keith, please!"
I like how she said that… Keith smirked inwardly and sighed. "Fine."
He picked up the dog, not caring how he did it, making the large dog whimper. Videl, though a bit afraid of Keith, gave him a sharp look and he grumbled as he held the dog more carefully. When she sat down in her seat he placed the dog gently on her lap.
He gave her an annoyed look as she shifted the dog to a comfortable position and began stroking its soft black fur. Grumbling, he closed her door and went around to his side. Getting in he glared at the dog for interrupting a good plan and slammed his door before driving off.
XX
Gohan whimpered as he shifted a bit, wincing as he moved his back hind leg. He realized he was still a dog as he felt his tail flop weakly against his leg. Not bothering to open his eyes he whimpered again at the pain shooting through his body.
Opening his dazed eyes, he wavered in and out of unconsciousness. Did anyone get the fucking license of the damn truck from hell that rammed the shit out of me?
Shaking his furry head, Gohan tried to remember what he was doing before he got hit by the labeled 'truck from hell'.
Flashback
Gohan trotted up to the mansion only to see both Korin's and Lucius' cars. He began thinking along the lines of I'm in deep shit if they're both here… as he turned back into himself and walked up to his door, only to have it opened by Vincent who stared solemnly at the floor.
Ferox stood nearby, fidgeting slightly. "They're both waiting for you…" he said quietly, almost too quietly for Gohan's vampiric ears to catch. "It's about Gabriel's Code…"
Gohan winced when he heard that. He knew what he did, and that made things all the worst, especially since he was a Trinity member. Breaking Gabriel's Code was a death sentence to any vampire, him no exception, and he broke the two most important ones:
1. A vampire is polite BEFORE bloodthirsty and even humans MUST be given forms of protection and respect. Therefore a vampire CANNOT and WILL NOT enter the home of a mortal UNLESS invited in AFTER asking. This is a VERY crucial rule and MUST NOT be broken under ANY circumstance. NO ONE is above this rule.
2. NEVER tell a human your or anyone else's true name unless he/she is your mate AND you can trust them fully and completely.
Gohan held his emotions to himself and walked up to the double doors between the two curving staircases and entered the room with a stoic face. He was a bit annoyed that they sat all the way in the back of the room (or front depending on how you looked at it) instead of waiting for him closer.
He walked to the podium and stared them down. Unknowingly to him, his cold gaze made a cold shiver run down their spine. What made Gohan feel worse was that they were dressed in their formal robes.
He looked down at the black diary on the podium that had obviously been enchanted into keeping itself preserved and winced as he read the shining gold italic words: Gabriel's Code
"Do you acknowledge what has been broken Gohan?" Lucius said with sad eyes.
Gohan glanced at Korin who simply turned his head, ashamed. It pained Gohan slightly. Korin was like a father to him ever since Korin awakened him from the coffin he had been contained in inside the very mansion they were questioning him in.
"I acknowledge that I have broken both 1 and 2 of Gabriel's Code." Gohan replied calmly.
Lucius sighed and sat back down. "Master Korin and I have talked a great deal about the crime that has been committed."
Gohan narrowed his eyes slightly, glaring at them, and seemingly making the room seem colder. "Who saw me commit this crime?"
Korin tried to glare at him back but it wasn't anything compared to Gohan's. "It doesn't matter who saw you commit the crime, the main point is you did it."
Lucius nodded, though a bit nervously. Gohan could kill him easily just because he thought they were hiding something and they all knew it.
"Master Korin is right, it doesn't matter who saw you. Now, Master Korin and I have talked a great deal about this and since Gabriel's Code doesn't tell how to punish those who have disobeyed 1 and 2, we will have the others condemn you to your fate. Until then you are banished, you will not come back to the mansion until summoned."
Gohan growled, grabbed Gabriel's Code from the stand, shoved it into his pocket, and stormed out of the room. Lucius and Korin glanced at each other before sighing.
"It's probably best that he doesn't know…" Korin said and Lucius just nodded in agreement.
Gohan stormed past his surprised Jinn without a word and turned into a dog on his way out, hoping to find a cat to chase to vent his anger. Unfortunately his rage and thoughts caused him to not see or hear the truck until the very last minute. Then everything went black.
End Flashback
He heard the door of the room he was in and smelt the scent of vanilla. He felt at peace with the smell and felt his headache and pain fading away slightly until he snapped his eyes open in confusion. Vanilla? When did the streets smell like vanilla?
He looked at the person who had walked into the room and stared. It was Videl. She was wearing a white blouse with black slacks and black half-inch heels. Looking around he realized he was in her room laying on pillows and blankets.
He watched with interest as she opened her closet and fingered the sleeve of his black overcoat before shaking her head and pulling out her white doctor-like one. She glanced at him and blushed as if being caught doing something she shouldn't and closed the closet.
"Shadow!" she said in surprise. "What are you doing up? With injuries like that you should still be sleeping!"
Gohan quirked his dog head at her. Shadow? What the hell? Then he blinked. Oh…that must be me…I knew that…
Then he mentally smacked himself repeatedly as realization flooded in.
I'm in her house…ILLEGALLY…just after I had been sentenced for coming in once just to take her home. NOW I'm probably going to be sentenced AGAIN because I broke the damn rule AGAIN and didn't ask her. Why the fuck didn't I ask her when I first met her? Damn I'm screwed…but then again…no one knows it's me…
Videl watched in confusion as 'Shadow' whimpered and put his muzzle under his paws, then shot his head up as if just realizing something. As he did that Videl swore the dog was smirking as he held his head up and wagged his tail happily. He wasn't even looking at her.
What the hell is HE so happy about?
I wonder if this chapter was originally short without the questions…hm…well anyway that was the third chapter of Forgotten Memories. Next chapter you will see the effects of someone knowing your real name (hehe). Also, prepare as things start to heat up when Gohan takes advantage of his banishment privileges and, well, just because he wants to!
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