Chapter 10! Sorry it took a while, but I came up with a few ideas for some DBZ villains to be in this fanfic. Spoiler: They are stronger than a super saiyan(Not full powered ssj, just normal ssj). I know, there's a lot of people in DBZ that are stronger than an average Super Saiyan(Goku's base form at the end, Dabura, Buu, etc.) but I sorta of think its best to tell you fans. If you don't want the villains, please tell me via PM or reviews. Personally, I think this needs more action, but I need to know how the fans feel.
With that done, I am glad to give you chapter 10 of A Demi-Saiyan for a Familiar.
Disclaimer: I do not own DB, DBZ, DBGT and FOZ
Chapter 10: Secret Mission
Gohan and Louise stood in front of her highness, the Princess of Tristein, Henrietta. Apparently the princess wanted to speak to Louise but demanded that it was to be in secrecy. Henrietta stood up from her throne and walked over to the boy and girl. They both bowed.
"You can now be at ease." Henrietta said and both Gohan and Louise eased up a bit. The princess grew a warm smile. "Congratulations for capturing Fouquet and for that you are now being title a Chevalier." she congratulated her friend.
"I truly am not worthy of being honored to receive the title of Chevalier your highness." Louise admitted.
"Do not deny it, you deserve such a honorary title. You have captured a thief that the Palace was unable to do so…" Henrietta said and looked over to the orange clad teen. "And thank you as well, Mr. familiar."
Gohan smiled and did the famous 'Son grin' in response.
"I trust that you will continue to take care of my dear friend." Henrietta finished and extended her hand forward.
Gohan looked at her hand with confusion.
"What does she want me to do?" he asked himself.
"Your majesty! To allow you hand to a familiar-" Louise blurted out but couldn't finish as Henrietta spoke again.
"To protect you is equal to swearing loyalty to me. There must be something in return for such loyalty." Henrietta said.
Gohan only looked at the princess's hand. He still had no idea what to do.
"What do I do Louise?" he whispered to Louise, not wanting to show disrespect to the princess.
"To put it bluntly, you can kiss her." Louise whispered back.
"W-wh-what?!" he stuttered.
"Hurry up. You're being rude." Louise said as she nudged him.
He slowly walked to the princess, but his head was looking down into the floor, trying to hide his face which was a VERY deep shade of red. His body was shaking. If one compared his body's shaking to Cell's power up's effect on the world, it would make the world shaking look like a cell phone when someone got called and it was in vibrate mode to an earthquake with a magnitude of 8 . He was now standing in front of the princess but stayed completely silent.
"Are you alright Mr. familiar?" the princess asked.
Gohan remained silent for a minute until he quickly turned around and ran away.
"AHHH! I can't do it!" Gohan screamed as he ran away at incredible speeds.
*After finding Gohan and an explanation later*
"I'm so sorry your majesty! I did not know!" Gohan said loudly, bowing.
"You dog! You really expected a commoner such as yourself you kiss the princess…on the mouth!" Louise shouted.
Gohan flinched a bit.
"Well how was suppose to know. All you said was 'To put it bluntly, you can kiss her'." he retorted, imitating Louise's voice.
"WHY YOU!" Louise said, raising her fist.
Gohan realized his mistake.
"L-Louise calm down." he said weakly. He backed away from his 'master'. Both completely forgot that the princess stood right in front of them.
"Wow Louise. For you to make Gohan cower in fear from you…how do you do it?" Henrietta thought.
"Please help me princess!" Gohan begged.
The princess sweat dropped. Here she saw a boy who can defeat entire armies and he was running way….. from a small girl.
"If I may intrude, I would like to ask you two a favor." Henrietta said, causing Louise to stop her assault on the boy. Gohan inwardly let out a sigh of relief.
"Please, go ahead and ask us anything you wish for." Louise replied, kneeling down in front of the princess.
"I want you two to live in a village for a while." Henrietta told them.
"In a village?" both of them simultaneously said.
"Yes." the princess replied. She took a parchment of paper and handed it to Louise. "That is a warrant from the Palace."
"You want us to do some spying in a village?" Louise asked.
"Yes. Lately, I've been hearing rumors of nobles oppressing the peasants. When I asked the people in the area, they all said that nothing of the sort never happened. However, after seeing the case between you two and Count Mott, I cannot discount them to be simple rumors." Henrietta stopped to allow them to process the information. "Therefore, I would like you two to investigate the goings-on in the village in secret. It will be a dangerous job."
"I will do this mission your highness." Gohan said before Louise could say anything. He was slightly angry. People were oppressing other people. Sure the idea wasn't new to him, but from where he came from, an act of discrimination was something rarely done. Heck, his world had animal-human hybrids and no one seemed to be bothered by that.
"I understand princess. I will do this as if my own life depended on it." Louise stated proudly.
"Very well. I hope you will not be hurt during your stay at the village." Henrietta said.
*At the Village*
Gohan wore a white undershirt with a dark green vest and slacks instead of his usual turtle hermit school uniformand Derf slung onto his back so he would look like an a typical commoner. Louise on the other hand wore a long black blouse. They walked into a very fancy looking establishment. Gohan guessed it was a hotel or inn of some sort.
"Ah…hello. Would you be staying in here?" asked a man in a black tuxedo from behind a counter.
"Yes." Louise replied.
"Alright. That would be two hundred equs." the man stated.
"What?! Two hundred? But we only have four hundred. Do you really expect us to pay that much?" Louise asked.
"Of course! This inn is top-class, even nobles can spend a night here." the man answered.
Gohan placed his hand onto Louise's shoulder.
"I think we should go. Thanks for your time mister." Gohan said to the man as they left the inn.
As they continued walking, Gohan could hear Louise complain about the 'little' amount of money they were given.
"You know we could look for a cheaper inn." Gohan suggested.
"I will not do such a thing. I can not sleep in a cheap room!" Louise told him.
Gohan shrugged.
"But we do need a place to stay. What do we do now, miss 'I'm too noble for that'?" he asked.
"Shut up! I'll make do by myself." she said as she started to storm off.
"Hey! Wait up." Gohan called out to her. She turned around, but Gohan got a reaction different from the one he was hoping for.
"Don't follow me!" she shouted.
Gohan stopped and looked into her eyes. He could see that she was trying, but her pride as a noblewoman clouded her judgment. He let out a sigh.
"Fine. But we need to meet up somewhere." he told her. They continued walking until they saw a fountain. "I know! We could meet up here. Let's say around sunset?"
"Hmmp! Whatever." she said coldly and left the boy.
"Looks like you're having trouble, huh partner?" Derf said as 'he' unsheathed.
"You said it." Gohan replied. "Well no point In staying here. Hey Derf, you mind if I practice with you for a bit?"
"Sure!" Derf replied happily.
*After a couple of hours of training*
Gohan was out in the forest so no one could see him. He was actually getting better at sword movements and was getting fairly skilled. He stopped swinging Derf for a moment.
"What's up partner?" Derf asked 'his' wielder.
"I don't know. I feel like I'm forgetting something…Snap! I forgot about Louise!" he shouted randomly. He quickly placed Derf back into 'his' sheath and ran back to the fountain they were supposed to meet. He tried to look for Louise's ki signature. He let out a sigh of relief when Louise was at the intended meeting spot. Upon seeing her, he slowed down.
"Hey what's up? Louise…..what's with the gloomy face?" he asked her.
"I lost all the money?" she told him.
"What! How?!" he nearly shouted.
"I lost it all at a casino." she said as if it was something typical.
Gohan face palmed himself.
"Well no point in staying here. I guess we have to find a job." Gohan said. "But first we need to find a cheap inn. "
Gohan was in deep thought, until a someone's voice snapped him out of his thoughts. Gohan and Louise look over to where the voice came from.
"Amazing! Such a beautiful face! From the looks of things, you look like you're in trouble." a man in a VERY revealing outfit called out to them. He was muscular and had black hair. But Gohan noticed something about him. This man's ki was higher than a normal person, higher than a noble's actually. "As you can see, I am obviously not suspicious at all." Gohan and Louise sweat dropped at this statement.
"Sir. 'At least I hope you are.' Who are you?" Gohan asked.
"I am Scarron! I run a tavern just up ahead." Scarron answered.
"A tavern? That's perfect!" Gohan exclaimed.
"Would you like me to furnish a room for two people?" Scarron asked.
"Really? We'd love that!" Gohan replied.
"However…" was all Scarron said as he pointed his index finger at Louise.
*At the Enchanting Fairy Tavern*
Upon entering, Gohan's eyes almost popped out of his eye sockets. It was a tavern…..with girls dressed in maid uniforms as the servants! Gohan just stood there dumbfounded.
"This is so weird!" he thought.
Scarron told Louise to change into a uniform as well, but Gohan couldn't see it due to his trying to look at the ground so he wouldn't see the girls. After a couple of minutes, Scarron walked to the center of the room.
"All right fairies. We have some one joining new joining us here at the Enchanting Fairy Tavern today. Louise, come on in!" Scarron shouted.
Louise entered the room. She wore a white maid uniform. Everyone looked over to Louise.
"Louise is a poor girl who ran away with her younger brother right before her father sold her off to pay his gambling dept." Scarron said. Apparently he didn't know this was a lie, but Gohan and Louise needed an alibi to why they were here. They obviously couldn't tell these people about the mission Princess Henrietta issued them.
"H-hello. M-my n-name is L-L-Louise. N-nice t-to meet y-you." Louise said, faking a smile(a horrible smile too).
"Man! She must be hating this!" Gohan thought and chuckled a bit. Gohan was currently at the kitchen as he helped a girl wash the dishes. He too got a job at the Enchanted Fairy Tavern, but only as a busboy.
"Hey, new guy! Don't just zone out! We're about to open!" a girl with long black hair demanded.
"Yes ma'am!" Gohan replied as he continued washing the dishes.
"You're older sister is pretty cute. But why do you look older than her?" the girl questioned.
"Must be something in the family." Gohan lied.
"Oh really?" she said.
"What?" he asked.
"Nothing. I'm Jessica. And you are?" she asked.
"Oh…the names Gohan." he replied. He didn't want to tell her his last name.
"Gohan? That's a strange name." she told him.
"Well, me and Louise had strange parents." he said jokingly. If they were going to use the "we're related act", he needed it to sound convincing.
"Nice to meet you Gohan." Jessica said.
Gohan gave her the 'Son grin'.
"Nice to meet you too!" he told her happily.
Louise watched them chat.
"Stupid dog." Louise muttered.
"Now everyone…" Scarron began so he could get the attentions of his employees. "Now that I've introduced the new girl, I'm pleased to announce that this week is the long-awaited tip race!"
All the girls, minus Louise, screamed in joy.
"Tip race?" Louise thought.
"As always, the fairy who earns the biggest amount of tips with receive a special bonus." Scarron said, but he still wasn't done. He pulled on a curtain and it revealed a black dress with a short skirt . "Whoever wins will have the right to wear my family heirloom's dress for one day. It is called the Enchanting Fairy Bustier! It has the power to charm people, so the day you wear this, you can earn without limit!"
All the girls awed at it, Louise included.
"The girl who won the race last year earned so much that she went back to her hometown! So all of you, do your best!" Scarron told his employees.
"Yes sir!" all the girls said together.
"You too new girl!" Scarron said as he waved his arms at Louis's position.
"Yes sir!." Louise said. Suddenly she grew a malicious grin. "This is my chance!"
*A couple hours later*
Louise tried her best but utterly failed. Her shift ended not to long ago, so she was now resting at the room Scarron provided for her and Gohan. She sat on the bed while Gohan laid down on the floor.
"This sucks! Why must a daughter of a duke have to work here?!" Louise complained.
Gohan stood up and placed his hands onto her shoulders.
"Hey calm down. Look, we now secured a place to sleep and some food. On to of that we are making money." Gohan reassured her.
"A place to sleep? Where? All we have is this dirty attic." she complained again.
Gohan only looked at her.
"Look Louise, I get that you don't want to sleep here but we need to." he said but continued. " The princess gave us a mission and I don't want to fail her. If we have to stay here, then we have to. Ok, Louise?"
Louise only nodded. Gohan laid his head on his pillow. He had a grin strapped onto his face.
"What are you smiling about?" Louise asked.
"Oh, nothing. Just made a new friend. Her name is Jessica. She's also Scarron's daughter." Gohan answered. "Why do you ask?"
"Nothing, just asking." she told him.
"Alright. Good night." he yawned and fell asleep.
After some time, Louise laid on her bed and stared at her familiar.
"Geez! His master is forced into wearing an insulting costume and yet he thinks nothing of it. At least he could've…" But Louise stopped thinking to herself as images of Gohan playfully talking and to some extent, flirting to her clouded her mind. She shook her head, trying to force the images out of her head. Her face was red hot. "No! I can't think like that! But….he's so nice and….." she couldn't finish her train of thought as she heard squeaking.
Her body bolted upwards. She tried looking for what caused the noise. What she saw were a group of bats hanging from the ceiling.
"B-b-bats!" she blurted out loud.
Suddenly the bats flew towards her. Panicking, she jumped out of her bed and landed next to Gohan. Surprisingly he didn't wake up. Louise looked back up to see the bats resting on the ceiling once more.
She looked over to her familiar, a blush growing on her face. She slowly crawled into his blanket and used his arm as a pillow. Soon she fell asleep.
*The next day*
Louise watched as the other 'fairies' did their jobs. Apparently Scarron told her that she's not that good yet so it was best for her to learn by observing. She heard laughter from the kitchen and decided to see what was going on. Gohan and Jessica were chatting away, but were still doing their jobs. Louise quickly grew jealous.
"Why, that dog! He just stands there and happily talks to some girl while his master is working?!" Louise thought. She snatched a bottle of wine and threw it a Gohan.
Gohan was talking to Jessica about how Scarron seemed to like him a lot. Suddenly he heard the distinct noise of something flying towards him. He quickly turned around and grabbed a flying bottle of wine.
"Whoa! That was close. Sorry Jessica but I have to see where this bottle came from. Can you do the dishes for a bit while I try to return the bottle?" he asked innocently.
As Gohan left the kitchen, a large man(fat LOL) entered the tavern. He had brown hair, wore green and a red cape, and had people who seemed to be in a uniform follow him.
Scarron walked up to the man nervously.
"My, my. If it isn't Lord Chelenne." Scarron said in a fearful tone.
"Well it seems like you've been quite prosperous Mr. Scarron." the man named Chelenne said.
"No, no, its just today." Scarron replied. "Usually we're pretty empty and-" but he couldn't finish as Chelenne spoke over him.
"Enough excuses. I'm here as a costumer today." Chelenne said in a prideful manner.
"Unfortunately, we have no more seats available. Maybe next time." Scarron persuaded.
"Oh really? It doesn't seem that way to me." Chelenne said and snapped his fingers. Suddenly the people behind him raised their wands. Ever customer stood up and the other 'fairies' tensed up in fear. Gohan noticed this.
"Hey! Sorry sir, but we don't allow violence in this tavern. If your men do not lower their wands, then you will have to leave." Gohan warned.
Anger consumed Chelenne. He was about to order his men to attack the boy until Scarron spoke.
"Sorry Lord Chelenne, but this is a new employee. Gohan would you be a dear and escort this man to a table?" Scarron asked.
"Yes….sir." Gohan muttered. He motioned for Chelenne to follow him. He led him to table. "Here."
Chelenne sat in his chair. He scanned the tavern and saw that the other customers left.
"I guess you were right about this place being usually empty." Chelenne mockingly told Scarron, then laughed. "Come on! Is there no one to serve the Princess's levy collector?"
Gohan returned back to the kitchen.
"Hey, you alright?" Jessica asked him.
"Yeah, I'm alright" he answered." Hey, who is that guy?"
"That Chelenne, the guy in charge of collecting the levy around here." Jessica told him. "If we try to stand up against him, he puts a heavy levy on us, so no one running a business can't stand up against him." She paused to allow Gohan to process the information. "He fondles we us as much as he wants but doesn't pay at all. No girl that works here would serve him ever."
Gohan nodded a bit. He looks over to Chelenne and saw Louise waking towards him.
"He looks like a rich noble. This is my chance!" Louise told herself.
Gohan face palmed himself.
"This isn't going to end well." he thought.
"Hello sir. What would you like?" Louise asked and made a smile.
"Ha!" Chelenne started to laugh. "Do they allow men to serve here now? You're so flat that you can't possibly be a girl!" Chelenne stop his laughing and stared at Louise. Louise's face was twitching, but the only thing Chelenne was looking at was her chest. "Well at least you have something 'assets'. Let see just how flat you are."
Chelenne did groping motions and inched his hands closer to Louise's chest. Louise's smile quickly disappeared. She lifted her legs and kicked the man straight on the face. Chelenne fell backwards and his men stood up in response.
"You peasant! How dare you attack me! I kill-" but Chelenne couldn't finish his threat.
Scarron quickly rushed to Chelenne's side. Before he could excuse his employee, Chelenne ordered an attack at the small girl.
Gohan appeared in front of Louise. He narrowed his eyes towards the men that dared to attack his friend.
"I'm warning you….leave before you get hurt." Gohan warned.
"As if, boy! Men attack!" Chelenne ordered.
Gohan left Derf in his room so he had to fight with his hands. As if it mattered, the result would still be the same. Before the men could begin their chants to complete their spells, Gohan powered up. A huge gust of wind made the men fly away. Most hit the walls and landed making them unconscious. One was thrown out of the front door and like his comrades, slammed into a wall and knocked out of consciousness.
Chelenne stood still. He was lucky enough to be not blown away by the boy's 'small' power up.
"Leave…NOW!" Gohan nearly shouted.
"NO! Y-YO-YOU PEASANT! I'LL MAKE YOU REGRET WHAT YOU'VE DONE!" Chelenne shouted.
He drew his wand and aimed it at the boy. Gohan didn't move as he knew that this man's attempts to harm him would be futile. Suddenly an explosion erupted. Chelenne fell backwards. As the smoke cleared, Louise stood triumphantly over the large man with a wand aimed at him.
"What! You're a noble?" Chelenne said and paused. "It does not matter. Surrender now before I report you to the Palace!"
Louise suddenly remembered her mission. She took a roll of paper and unrolled it. She showed the letter to the man. Chelenne froze and stared at the piece of paper.
"A writ from the Palace!" Chelenne exclaimed. He quickly bowed down. "Please, please, forgive me! I'll do everything, please! Here, take this!" Chelenne took out a bag of gold and offered it to the girl.
"Forget everything that happened here today. Understood?" Louise said in a demanding tone.
"Yes, yes! In the name of the Founder and Royal Highness, I give you my word not to say a word of this!" Chelenne replied.
Gohan took this as an opportunity to end Chelenne's reign over the small businesses that cowered in fear to him.
"Also, you are to do an moderate levy on the businesses here. Am I clear on that?" Gohan asked.
Chelenne only nodded and quickly retreated, leaving his men.
"That was amazing, Gohan!" a girl called out.
"Yeah! You were awesome!" another said.
"How'd you do that?" someone asked.
All the employees gathered around the young teen. Suddenly a loud roar came out of nowhere. Every one was taken aback by the sudden noise, with the exception of Louise and Gohan, who had the 'Son grin'.
"What was that?" Scarron asked.
"Hehe…..Looks like I haven't eaten for a while and I seem to be hungry." Gohan sheepishly said.
"Well then. How about we make you some food?" Jessica offered.
"But-" Gohan never finished.
"Nonsense. I'll make it on the house. What'd you say Gohan?" Scarron told the boy.
"O-okay then." Gohan replied.
" Alrighty then. Girls, please prepare a meal for Gohan." Scarron ordered.
"Yes Sir!" the all replied.
Scarron was going to regret making a free meal for the boy.
Done! Hope you guys liked it.
It was sorta hard to make up a story, due to Gohan's "I don't like fighting" attitude, but it makes it more authentic and real if Gohan was In-Character. Review if you liked/ disliked it.
See ya in the next chapter, 123GOHANZ OUT!