Hi guys. Slightly longer chapter than usual, about 5,600 words without the footnotes. That's not too bad eh. It was difficult to find ways to torture Gohan using Videl's slave hold on him, mainly because he tends to do anything he's asked anyway. Well I'm just going to take a sec to tell everyone why every chapter name has the word rice in it since people keep asking. Gohan means cooked rice in Japanese, so each chapter title actually represents Videl's interactions with Gohan during the chapter.
Next I have some bad news for you all. I may not have the time to update tomorrow. The reason being today is my last day at home, before my parents and siblings leave on holiday leaving me all alone. I will be shipped off somewhere for two weeks but no worries since I'll still have my laptop. But I will be a bit busier over the coming days, and at some point I've been scheduled to die a violent death from being trampled by horses. If I survive this then everything things fine. But if I don't survive then I'm afraid there will be no more chapters of Broken Record, since I'll be dead and all. Well that's everything I wanted to say for now. Please enjoy the chapter. I've been up since eight this morning writing it.
I do not own DBZ DX
"Hey Gohan, give me some of your lunch."
Gohan looked at the smiling girl opposite him like she was insane. Giver her his lunch? That is one thing a Saiyan would never do willingly, no matter how kind hearted. Of course, right now he didn't have much of a choice, since he'd been tricked into being her slave all day. So with great reluctance and a very heavy sigh, he handed her a single bowel of chicken curry that he hadn't gotten round to yet.
Videl quickly accepted the bowel and quickly dug in, completely ignoring the looks of shock from Erasa and Sharpner, both knowing Gohan enough to know that the one thing he would never share was food.
"Okay, I know that Gohan has been acting like her little bitch boy all day, but he actually gave her his food?" said Sharpner, eyeing the pair with suspicion. "What the fuck is going on here?"
Videl just smiled sweetly back at him. "Let's just say Gohan lost a bet."
"Emotional blackmail would be more accurate," muttered Gohan, as he continued to devour the rest of his meal, before Videl could take it from him.
"Oh stop whining," she said, waving him off. "Besides have you two tried this stuff? His mom's cooking is better than a five star chef."
She greedily continued to devour the curry, cleaning the bowel at a pace that almost matched Gohan's.
"More please," she said with a smile, holding out the empty bowel towards Gohan.
Gohan stopped eating to give her a look of absolute horror, as he was forced to hand over a second bowel of food. Gohan was mourning the loss of his food right up till the end of lunch.
Gym wasn't much better for the Saiyan. At the end of it, during the twenty minute session, Videl asked him to be her partner in practising some techniques. This mainly involved allowing himself to be thrown and put in some pretty humiliating positions. Videl was cackling like an evil witch right up until she threw him face first into the wall. The entire gym seemed to go silent, as Videl was suddenly at Gohan's side muttering apologies to the badly manhandled teen and the coach went to check if he was alright. To everyone's surprise the wall now had a rather large crack in it, but Gohan's face was completely unscathed.
He had hoped that throwing him into a brick wall would calm Videl down a bit. Not a chance. As soon as she found out he was alright, she was back at it. When Gym ended she made him carry her bag and books to class for her. Then ten minutes into English class with Mrs Fidkins Gohan saw a scrunched of piece of paper land on his desk. He opened it up and read the two simple words written down.
'Say Bogies.'
He turned round to stare at Videl with a look of complete bafflement. She simply gave him a wink and stuck her thumb up.
"I can't believe you actually did it," Videl laughed, fighting back tears as she strolled down the corridor next to her would be servant. Gohan only groaned in response. His single utterance of the word bogies and set the entire class off, every saying it louder and louder one after another. He didn't get why they did it, but it didn't take Mrs Fidkins long to find out who was at the heart of it. He'd received a severe scolding though no detention since it was his first offence.
The two teens turned a corner and found Sharpner and Erasa waiting for them.
"Hey you two," the bubbly blond called, waving them over. "You want to walk home together."
Videl shook her head.
"I'm making Gohan go to the mall with me," she said with a sadistic smile. Then her smile turned normal.
"You two want to come?"
Erasa looked at Sharpner who shrugged back.
"Sure," said the bubbly blond with a giggle.
Gohan just sighed to himself. It was going to be a long day.
Gohan was now sat at the table, surrounded by the three dozen bags he's been forced to carry. Videl was definitely a power abuser. It was one thing to have him carry Her's and Erasa's bags, but Sharpner's too! And the guy brought more stuff than they did. There were at least three whole bags here dedicated to Sharpner's hair care products. He has ordered cookie and cream doughnuts and a strawberry milkshake at the café. It was his first time trying a doughnut and the second trying a milkshake though it was a different flavour this time. He decided that he liked both of them. So he quickly scoffed down another doughnut. And then another. He'd ordered twenty of them after all. The other three occupants at the table ignored him, except Videl who forced him to hand a doughnut to each of them, just to see the look on his face.
"So, you and Gohan have been hanging out together a lot lately," Erasa said to Videl with a sly smirk. "Anything you're not telling us?"
"Please," said Sharpner, flicking a few stray blond hairs over his shoulder. "As if Videl could possibly be interested in a naïve country bumpkin like Gohan when there's an absolute hunk like me here."
Videl's answer to Sharpner was to angrily kick him in the shin under the table and then steal a glance at Gohan, who just looked confused.
"Actually Sharpner, Gohan's in the top three of every girl in the school's 'I would date list'. He's super popular you know."
Gohan gave her a suspicious look. He was popular? And what the hell's a 'to date list?'
"Well he might be on the lists but I'm at the top of the lists," bragged Sharpner, only for Erasa to nod her head.
"You're on a few lists," she admitted. "But so far you're not in anyone's top five."
Sharpner looked like someone had just taken his overblown ego and stuck a pin in it. Then stuck a second pin in the same whole and tore it so there was a bigger whole.
"You're saying that brains over there is more popular than me?" he asked disbelievingly.
"A lot of people are more popular than you," she told him with a giggle.
"Well how about your list, how do I rank on there," he asked with pleading in his voice. To everyone's surprise Erasa actually pulled a list out of her pocket and held it open for them all to see.
"Number seven," she giggled, pointing to Sharpner's name near the bottom of the list. Gohan was on there too, in the number two spot. But for some reason the number one spot was empty.
Gohan was pretty sure he'd figured out what a date list was now. He decided it was a list of potential spouses in preference order. At first he'd thought it was a list of friends but then he noticed all the people on Erasa's list were male and that Videl and ruby weren't on there.
"Why is the top spot blank?" asked Videl, giving the piece of paper a quizzical look.
"Well obviously I'll fill it in when I meet someone just as nice and sweet as Gohan but hasn't already been taken by you," she said with a smile, causing Videl to stutter on her drink.
"Hey, what about you Videl, I'm at the top of your list aren't I?" asked Sharpner, completely disregarding what Erasa just said and looking at her like she was his last hope.
"Sorry Sharpie," said Videl, wiping the spilt drink from around her mouth. "But I don't have a list, and even if I did there's no way you'd be on it."
Sharpner's shoulder's sagged and he looked like he might start crying. Gohan almost felt sorry for him. Almost.
"So Gohan," said Erasa, giving him a feral smile. "Why don't you tell us all the naughty things Videl's been making you do when no one's looking."
This caused Videl to sputter her drink again. Gohan didn't really know what Erasa meant by naughty things, but having known her for almost a month now he could make a pretty good guess.
"I don't make him do things like that," growled Videl angrily before he could answer, her face going beet red.
"What?" Erasa gasped in mock shock. "You're telling me you've got the most desired boy in school bowing to your every whim, and you haven't taken advantage of him yet?"
Gohan snorted. Videl had taken advantage of him alright. She ate his food, tossed him at walls and made him carry all her bags. She made him instigate class riots, scout ahead for Sharpner in order to avoid him and made him go shopping.
"Unlike you Erasa, I'm not a pervert," barked Videl gruffly and crossing her arms with a pout on her face. Erasa smiled coyly and leaned closer to Gohan.
"So Gohan, you have to do whatever Videl wants for the whole day right?"
"Umm, yeah," said Gohan, nodding his head.
She leaned over more so she could whisper in his ear.
"So what if she wants something but doesn't tell you about it?"
'Oh, I think Krillin told me about his,' thought Gohan. 'About how woman never say what they really want and expect all men to figure it out by themselves.'
"I'm not really sure," said Gohan.
A wide smirk spread across Erasa's lips.
"You see, what Videl really wants is a kiss," she whispered into Gohan's ear, making him go red. "But she's way too shy to ask. So if you have to give Videl whatever she wants, don't you think you should give her a kiss?"
Erasa leaned back, and winked at him. Videl saw this and Gohan's voice and growled at Erasa.
"Hey, what did you just say to him?"
Erasa giggled at her fuming friend.
"Just your hearts most inner desire," she told her teasingly.
Then Videl gave a huge smile to Erasa.
"You realise I can just make Gohan tell me whatever you told him right," she said, giving her friend a victory grin. A look of realization fell on Erasa's face.
"Gohan, spill."
Gohan gave her a strange look. "Do I really I really have to. I really wanted to finish this," he said holding up his milkshake.
Videl growled at him angrily.
"Not the milkshake you idiot. Tel me what Erasa said."
"Oh," he said. "She said-,"
"No, don't tell her Gohan, show her," encouraged Erasa.
Videl turned to eye her friend evilly.
"Show me what?" she barked back.
Erasa turned to give Gohan a happy look.
"You heard the lady."
Gohan gave a sigh of defeat then stood up. Videl watched him, the angry expression on her face turning to confusion.
"What are you doing Gohan?"
Instead of answering he leant down till his face was close to hers.
"Gohan, what are you-,"
Swiftly he leant forwards and pecked her on the cheek. Then he very quickly sat back down.
Videl went completely silent, her cheeks turning a burning crimson colour. Sharpner looked like he'd just seen a newsflash announcing the end of the world. Erasa however did not seem impressed.
"Gohan, you were supposed to go for her lips," she scolded, wagging her finger at him.
"What," gasped Gohan, startled by what he's been expected to do. "But that's what l-lovers do."
Erasa merely shook her head in disappointment. "Well it will have to do I suppose. You alive there V?"
Videl had still not so much as moved a muscle. Her cheeks were still slightly crimson and her mouth was stuck open in an o shape. Gohan felt a little bit of satisfaction as he watched the girl. Like he'd just gotten back at her for all the things she'd made him do today.
"Awe, she's love struck," Erasa cooed, seemingly snapping Videl out of her trance in the process. Videl raised a single hand to the spot on her cheek where Gohan had kissed her. Then without another word she got up from the table and headed straight over to the lady's toilet, blushing furiously all the way.
"Dude," said Sharpner angrily from across the table. "lips off my girl."
Gohan gave Sharpner a look but didn't say anything.
"Sharpner, don't you think it's time you gave up on Videl? She's obviously not interested in you," said Erasa. She was getting fed up off Sharpner's infatuation with Videl. Especially since he had somehow deluded himself into thinking the infatuation was mutual, and no matter how much anyone hinted otherwise he never seemed to get it.
"You don't get it Erasa. Videl and I are a perfect match for each other. Both of us stand at the pinnacle of strength, grace and beauty. We're soul mates Erasa."
Erasa rested her head on her hand and sighed. After that speech Gohan felt like doing something similar.
Videl stared at her crimson face in the mirror. Gohan had kissed her. Yeah it was just on the cheek, and from the way he reacted it wasn't something he believed only people in love do. But still, he'd kissed her on the cheek. For some reason the act of kissing someone, whether on the cheek or otherwise always seemed like something completely meaningless to Videl. A gesture of thanks at best. At least that's what it's like when she kissed her father on the cheek. But somehow with Gohan, it suddenly seemed like such a big thing. Her heart rate quickened, not necessarily from the kiss, though that did have something to do with it, but from his closeness when he performed the act. When his face had gotten so close to her, her brain had shut down and she could hear the blood pumping in her ears. It was like time slowed down and everything else and everyone else disappeared for that one moment. She'd felt, vulnerable. More vulnerable than she ever had before because a single gesture could beat out all her senses. And the worst part is she didn't hate the feeling either. To be vulnerable, and show weakness in front of someone was her ultimate fear, If she was weak, then people would take advantage of her, especially since she was the daughter of Hercule. So she had to be strong. But Gohan had made her feel like a vulnerable weak little girl and she hadn't minded it one bit.
She rubbed the spot where he'd kissed her, trying to will her face to turn back to normal.
"It's just a kiss," she muttered to her reflection. "Just one stupid kiss. It didn't mean anything."
It was twenty full minutes before she got back from the bathroom. She came back to a rather amusing sight. Sharpner was still rattling off reasons why he and Videl would be the perfect couple. Gohan, from the looks of it had fallen asleep with his head buried in his arms. Erasa was completely ignoring Sharpner in favour of texting someone on her phone. Videl sneaked up behind Sharpner and punched down on his head. There was a resounding crack as her fist connected and the teen instantly shut up.
"Now listen here Sharpner," said a very irritated Videl. "You and I will never be a couple. Ever. I would sooner get with a pig. You are an inconsiderate asshole who is completely incapable of understanding girls and you only care about your own image. And the only reason you pretend to be so infatuated with me is because you see me as a big trophy you can hang off your arm and say 'look, I snagged the daughter of Hercule.'"
She glared down at a now terrified Sharpner, as if daring him to correct her. She hadn't meant to say all that, but since she'd just gotten back from contemplating just why Gohan had kissed her, she was a bit temperamental so she decided to forgive herself for flying off the deep end. Rather the look of terror and hurt on Sharpner's face seemed to cheer her up.
Erasa looked up from her texting session but said nothing, instead opting to keep quiet and then stealthily pick up whatever was left of Sharpner when Videl was done. Speaking of Sharpner he seemed to have at last found his voice.
"I don't see you as a trophy," he told Videl, he's eyes pleading with her to believe him. "It's just that you're the best Videl. No one's as beautiful as you are and no one's as talented as you are either."
He looked up at her like a puppy asking for a break after it had shat the carpet. Of course Videl had a little bit of a sadist streak so that look was not going to get him anywhere with her.
"So what you're saying is that you love my body, but don't give a flying fuck about my personality." She summarised, grinning down at him with a smile so sinister it would make the grim reaper back off.
"No, that's not it," said Sharpner hurriedly shaking his head. "You're personality's the best too."
"How so?" questioned the raven haired girl, raising an eyebrow.
"Well you're really smart, and you're always trying to help out and save people. You don't take bullshit off anyone and you try really hard at whatever you do."
Videl nodded her head, but didn't let up.
"Okay, so let's just ask the question again. What about my personality is good?"
"Well you're kind-,"
"I'm not."
"You're funny-,"
"I find you in severe pain funny."
"You always put others first."
"Enough bull Sharpner," said Videl, holding up her hand and shaking her head. She didn't even seem angry anymore. By this point both Erasa and Gohan were watching with fascination as Videl began preparing her big speech.
"I'm not kind. If someone trips on the stairs I laugh at them. When someone asks me for help with something like carrying a book I tell them to fuck off. I'm not funny, I don't do jokes, and I don't find anything other than my enemy's writhing in agony funny. I'm a paranoid self-centred bitch stuck in a house I can't stand with a man who's suffocating me with his stupidly large ego. Sharpner I have no idea what you see me as but you've deluded yourself into thinking that I'm something I'm not."
Videl let out a deep breath. She felt a lot better now. Maybe, finally Sharpner would leave her alone. She did regret, sort of, that she had pretty much snapped at Sharpner. After all today had been going great for her. Then Gohan kissed her and all of a sudden it was like all the pent up emotions she had had risen to the surface and tried to break out. And then she got back to the table to hear Sharpner speaking about how perfect she was even though she was felt like she was so wrong, and she'd let out all that emotion, and all that self-doubt, and she'd pretty much lost control of herself over something as silly as Sharpner. But it did feel good to do it. That is until she noticed Gohan staring at her and suddenly started blushing again. Sharpner noticed this too.
"Why is brain's so good?" he barked, pointing at Gohan and glaring at him as though he'd done something horribly offensive. "Just because he's smart, and he's really strong too. But the kid's naïve as fuck, and completely oblivious to pretty much everything to boot."
"Look," said Videl, finding she didn't even have the energy to argue with Sharpner anymore. He just didn't seem worth the hassle. "If there's a reason that Gohan's better than you it's because he doesn't have his head stuck up his own ass. Unlike you and my Dad he practices something called modesty, and he even has that kind hearted thing down that you accused me of having."
Sharpner looked well and truly like a kicked puppy. Well not a puppy because puppies are cute. A kicked mongrel then. Videl actually felt a little bad now.
"Look Sharpie," she said, hoping his nickname would cheer him up, but Sharpner didn't react. "It's not like I hate you," Videl tried, "but you've got to wake up and take a look at the real world. You're never going to be popular with the girls if you keep acting like an ass."
Sharpner finally looked up at her, but he still didn't look terribly happy.
"Wow, you're really bad at this Videl," said Erasa from where she'd been watching. "Why don't you skedaddle and take Gohan with you. I'll try and cheer the big guy up."
Videl sighed and gave her friend a nod.
"Thanks,' she said, then she looked over to Gohan. "You, up! We're going."
She immediately stalked off, not waiting to see if Gohan was following her. She already knew he was. He was still her slave after all.
The two walked down the street in silence for a while. Without even thinking Videl had started walking home. A lot of things were going around in her mind. Eventually she asked Gohan something that had been bothering her for the last hour.
"Gohan, why did you kiss me?" she asked, avoiding his gaze as he kept pace besides her.
"Because Erasa said you wanted me too. And it seemed like a good idea at the time."
"So it's not because you like me?" she asked, trying to keep the nervousness out her voice.
"Of course I like you," said Gohan offhandedly. "I'd never do that to someone I didn't like."
Videl frowned. "That's not what I mean." She said.
"Then what did you mean," asked Gohan, completely lost.
She glared at him. "You're a real jerk sometimes you know that?"
She huffed and stormed off up the road.
"Hey!" called Gohan immediately bolting off after her. Once he was beside her again he stopped running and fell back into pace beside her.
"What did I do?" he asked a worried expression clear on his face.
"Sharpner's right, you are naïve as fuck."
She didn't know why but she felt like crying.
'Could I actually like Gohan?' she thought to herself before shaking the thought away. 'There's no way, I've only known him for like a month.'
But the thought didn't help her blush disappear and she still avoided eye contact with Gohan. He found this rather annoyed him. He grabbed her by the shoulders, stopping her from walking and spun her round to face him, causing her blush to deepen.
"Look," he said, not really sure what he was going to say. "I'm … sorry that I kissed you. And I'm sorry it upset you."
Whatever reaction he was expecting it was not the one he got. She slapped him and a few tears fell down her cheek. She wriggled herself free of his grasp and took a step backwards.
"IDIOT!" she screamed at him, not noticing the tears falling down her face. "I don't want you to apologize for it!"
She didn't know what she wanted him to do, but apologize wasn't it. For some reason that just hurt.
"You know what Gohan, just go home. I've had enough today. I'll… I'll see you at school."
She turned on her heel and stalked off, leaving Gohan behind.
He wanted to follow her. But somehow, he felt that right now wasn't the time.
"Sorry," he muttered once more, under his breath. Then he too started to make his way home.
Videl sniffled. The day was not going as she planned. It was supposed to be a good day where Gohan was her little bitch boy. Instead Gohan had kissed her (on the cheek), she'd blown her top at Sharpner and confused the hell out of poor Gohan, who she realised hadn't really done anything wrong. In other words the one responsible for all the bad things today was her. First she'd been a total bitch to Sharpner, and then she'd expected Gohan to return the feelings that she was still telling herself she didn't have. Alright s maybe, just maybe, she had a little tiny oh so small crush on him. And that's why she reacted so weird to the kiss. Because he'd kissed her in front of everyone and it had been embarrassing.
"Actually this is his fault. Everything started with that stupid kiss," she hissed to herself. Tomorrow she was going to have him apologize to her and then, she was going to make him her slave again for another week. This thought actually made her feel a little better, and she decided there and then that it was the best course of action.
But all thoughts of the like flew through the window as soon as she got home. Her front gate had been ripped open. Frowning she stepped through, cautiously making her way into the house. The front doors had been smashed open as well, and Cari was lying unconscious on the floor with a split lip and a gash on his temple. She dipped down, pressing an ear to his chest.
He seemed to be breathing all right.
She heard sounds coming from the living room, so she quickly made her way over. Her father was fighting. Two very familiar men clad in blue hoody's and plain masks were tag teaming him, and Videl realized that not only were they fighting her father, supposedly the strongest man in the world, but they were winning too.
"Dynamic punch!" her father yelled, leaping forwards to smash one of the masked men's faces in. But the man side stepped, allowing her father to bury his fist into the wall instead. Then the man buried his fists into her father's stomach one, two, three times. Hercule fell to his knees, ripping his hand out of the wall as he did so. He clutched his stomach in pain as the two men stood over him.
"Hey look who decided to join is," said one with a sickly sinister voice. "It's the little kitty who chased me into that ally last time."
They'd spotted her. The other man raised a foot, and slammed it down onto her father's head, smashing his face into the floor.
"Don't mind us," he told her in his deep voice. "We just need to borrow your father for a bit. We promise we'll get him back to you sometime next week."
Videl was honestly speechless. Not once in her entire life did she ever think her father would be defeated. But here he was unconscious with his face smashed into the floor. She knew that she'd always wanted him to lose, but not like this.
'Guess you really do have to be careful what you wish for.'
"Who are you," she growled at the two men. It was almost like they'd been waiting for her to ask.
"We are the fighters of Clarity," said the one with the insane sinister voice. "We're going to get rid of the fog of bullshit your father's made and reveal the truth to the people."
Videl glared at them. "What the fuck do you mean by that?"
"He means that your father is a liar, and for this crime our master wishes to punish him."
Videl didn't really get it. From the sound of it her father had really pissed someone off. Maybe he'd promised himself to some rich lady behind her back then bailed, and now she'd sent her goons to finish him off for her.
"You're not taking my father anywhere," she told them, getting into a stance.
"Oh right, and you're going to stop us," laughed the other one, letting his insane laughter ring out. "Because that worked so well for you before."
Videl had to admit the man had a point. And they'd just defeated her father, who was said to be undefeatable. But all the same she had to try.
"Well, whatever. You know what; I wanted another chance to humiliate you anyways."
The sinister man quickly approached her, putting up his hands in what seemed to be a boxing stance. The other man soon followed, erecting his own stance.
Suddenly the insane sounding one struck. He shot his hand out, his fist firing at her faster than any criminal she'd ever thought.
But it was still as slow as a snail compared to Gohan. She saw his muscle tense and release as he shot his fist forward, and despite the speed she was sure it had, it still looked slow to her. Of course even if her eyes could keep up, it was another thing for her body. She realized her mistake too late, forcing her to try blocking the blow rather than dodging. She brought her arm up and the fist smashed into it, causing her to stagger slightly.
'Mental note, dodge earlier,' she thought to herself.
The other man, in time with his partner lashed out at her legs whilst she was guarding her torso. She decided to take a note from Gohan's book, and stuck her leg forwards guarding with her shin by pushing it into the sweeping kick. Then she quickly lashed out at the man with her fist whilst he had been taken by surprise with her improvised guarding technique. The man barely managed to dodge her fist, when the other tried to make up for his partners mistake by sending another punch her way. This time she was ready. She moved to the left, allowing the blow to skim just past her ear, then moved in close. Before he could react, she planted a punch of her own, right below his ribcage. Grinning to herself, she didn't react in time when the man suddenly grabbed her arm, holding it in place. The other, seeing the opportunity brought a knee to her side. She tried to move with it, but he caught her anyway, and a shot of pain went up her side. Then he quickly aimed a punch for her face. Reacting on instinct Videl caught the punch. Deciding on her next course of action she kneed the creepy one to let go of her before she titled her head back then smashed it forward in a ferocious head-butt. The man screamed as a corner of his mask was shattered and let go. The other man grabbed her by her shirt and flung her backwards. She landed heavily on her back and slid along the floor. Luckily she had a lot of experience with painful landings lately and hurriedly got back to her feet.
The unharmed thug was tending to the now injured one, removing a bit of the mask that was stuck in the man's face.
"Fucking bitch!" he yelled, eying her with his now visible right eye. "I'll fucking kill her!"
There was a large cut above his eye where the piece of the mask had been cut into his flesh. He glared at her with a green eye full of rage before charging at her with an enraged yell.
Videl saw his legs tense and knew instantly he was going to jump. To perceive the opponent and read them was something she'd learned from that brutally painful training session with Gohan, and against an enraged opponent it was all the more useful. The man leapt just before he reached her, aiming a kick at her head. She caught the leg before it could damage her. The enraged man suddenly swung his other leg, using his entrapped one as a pivot trying to slam it into her head again. Videl blocked this kick too It was then that she saw a rather obvious opening. As the man fell, Videl brought her fist crashing forward into the man's groin. Her blow was strong enough to bring the man crashing down, landing stiffly with his back still I the air, his neck bent against the ground and Videl's fist still securely rammed into his nether regions.
"No idea I was that strong," she whispered to herself, noticing the small crack in the floor. She removed her fist from the dirty place she'd been forced to put it and watched as the man fell onto his back. His visible eye had rolled into the back of his head, showing he was out cold. Footsteps suddenly brought her attention to the remaining man. But rather than trying to fight her he picked up his comrade under one arm and looked down at her as he stood back up.
"You have made a large improvement since last time," he noted. He didn't sound particularly angry that his partner would likely never have kids. "It's a shame you're that man's daughter."
He nodded over to Hercule whose face was still indented into the floor.
"We'll leave for today," the man declared, but Videl blocked his path to the door.
"You're not going anywhere except prison," she growled at him, earning a chuckle from the man.
"Foolish girl. You believe the police can contain us. We are clarity. We are truth and like all truth's we will come out into the open in good time. But for now, we will allow you to live within the lie this man has concocted a little longer.
Suddenly the man was holding something. He slammed it off the ground and it erupted into dark smoke. Videl couldn't see a thing, and even if she did she was too busy coughing out the smoke she inhaled to do anything about it. She was suddenly shoved abruptly out the way. She got up and raced to where she believed the door to be, but missed it by an inch and slammed into the wall instead. Groaning she felt along the wall until she came to the door, finally exiting the room and the smoke as well.
She raced through the house and out the front door, looking for any sign of the men clad in blue. There was none.
"Damnit!"
It was never supposed to be such a big rant with Sharpner, just the head punch and good shut up. But then I suddenly felt like bullying him, and it turned into a large bulk of this chapter. And I didn't want to get rid of it because then I'd have to write it all out again later. I also realize that I am no good at writing the romantic feeling stuff. Sorry but you'll have to be patient until I get it down. Oh and by the way, the leader of clarity is an original character, and I've worked really hard coming up with his backstory and everything, so don't expect Tao Pie pie or anyone like that to be the leader. Well then, what are you waiting for. Hit the review button. Don't you want the next chapter?
Well I cleaned up this entire chapter, but I'd just like to say something. Even though I pointed out above that Clarity's leader was
