Disclaimer: None of the characters that are recognizable belong to me. Avery Ratcliffe, Michelle Belafonte, James Pickett, Jenifyr Stone, all their relations, and any other unrecognizable characters are original characters, and any resemblance between them and characters found elsewhere are purely coincidental. In addition, I do not own the lyrics to the song used in this chapter, nor do I own the song.
Warning: There is lemon in this chapter, meaning acts of a sexual nature are to be found here. If you don't like lemon, then what are you doing looking through Romance fanfiction?
His Saving Grace
Chapter 17 - You Know You're My Saving Grace
Gohan had told Videl everything the second he'd seen her. She had listened with ever-increasing incredulity, actually gasping at the revelations about Mariya, Jenifyr, and Gohan's parents. She'd shaken her head for so long, Gohan was having trouble believing it was still attached to her neck.
After he'd gotten her up to speed while sitting in his bedroom, they were free to pursue…other interests. Gohan mentioned this, a grin on his face, and Videl had replied with a smile of her own, "So we are. What other interests did you have in mind?"
"I can show you better than I can tell you," Gohan replied as he kissed her softly.
-Remember those walls I built? Well, baby, they're tumbling down.-
-And they didn't even put up a fight, they didn't even make a sound.-
"Videl," Gohan moaned as she ran her lips over his collarbone, her hands running up and down his back. "Videl, there's something else I want to show you."
"Then show me," she said in a sultry, playful tone, one that made Gohan's hair rise…along with other parts of his anatomy. He kissed her, sighing. "Kami, but I missed you," he whispered, before he opened his eyes to stare into her own.
"Remember when you came into my mind a few years ago?" he asked softly, and Videl nodded, completely and utterly inebriated by Gohan's scent and kisses. "And how I built that castle?" Another nod.
-I found a way to let you in, but I never really had a doubt.-
Suddenly, Videl felt a nudge on the edge of her conscious, and she reached out toward it, only to find it hooking into her, tugging her gently along. She realized it was Gohan, and allowed herself to relax as she continued to stare into his eyes. She let her mind be tugged along by his while she let herself become lost in those dark, still-unreadable eyes.
"See?" Gohan said, a grin in his voice. Videl looked around to see the castle was indeed crumbling. When she looked at him, alarmed, he grinned wider and said, "Look." She complied, and watched as the tallest tower finally crumbled, leaving the id dragon in its ball to fall down, and down, and down.
She let out a cry just as Gohan laughed and the id dragon stopped. It seemed to have fallen into a huge red sea. She dragged Gohan to the sea's edge, unable to believe what she was seeing. She watched the id dragon out at sea, seemingly content in its ball. Suddenly, the ball shimmered and vanished, leaving the id dragon to fall into the red sea.
"Gohan!" Videl yelled. "Why did you do that? How do you even know what this red stuff is?"
"Because it's my mind," Gohan said, amused. "Go ahead, place a hand in it. You'll understand why the id dragon hasn't resurfaced yet." Still wary, Videl complied. The second her hand touched the red aquatic substance, she gasped as her vision filled with images.
Images of her. All around her was a sense of warmth, of acceptance, of…of love. In a moment of brilliant understanding, Videl thought, 'This sea is the sea of love Gohan has for me. That's why the id dragon isn't making problems. The positive emotion completely overwhelms all the negative emotions that took the form of the id dragon. I helped him overcome this.'
She drew her hand back to look up into Gohan's face. And he had that truly happy smile on his face, eyes illuminated. She could see the specks of midnight blue in his eyes.
-Standing in the light of your halo, I got my angel now.-
"I didn't need a castle to keep the id dragon contained, because all of the negative emotions I felt have been washed away," Gohan said, still smiling. He couldn't help but stare at her and smile. A sun had risen behind her, framing her head and making it look as though she had a halo of sunlight around her head.
-It's like I've been awakened, every rule I had you breaking.-
-It's the risk that I'm taking, I ain't never gonna shut you out.-
He opened his eyes at the same time Videl did, and found his lips being attacked by hers. He grinned and kissed her back, threading his fingers through her hair. 'I wish I'd let her into my mind more often, and sooner. Then maybe, just maybe, the whole thing with Jenifyr would never happened. And he and Videl would've been together for far longer than this.
-Everywhere I'm looking now, I'm surrounded by your embrace.-
-Baby, I can see your halo; you know you're my saving grace.-
Her arms were everywhere on him and around him, and his arms were doing the same. He never wanted to let her go. Their kiss intensified. He pulled away for a second, to determine if her thoughts were going the same way his were. Judging by the expression on her face and the desire in her eyes, they were both thinking about the same thing.
-You're everything I need and more; it's written all over your face.-
-Baby, I can feel your halo; pray it won't fade away.-
She thought she was the only one who was rendered completely helpless; Gohan wasn't all that inclined to let her think otherwise. She completely entranced him, and every day, particularly when they got like this, he marveled at how she'd come into his life and made herself so central to his being.
-I can feel your halo, halo, halo. I can see your halo, halo, halo.-
-I can feel your halo, halo, halo. I can see your halo, halo, halo.-
Videl's hands slipped under his shirt at the same time his did hers, and they both pushed up together. Videl's shirt came off first, since it has less of a way to go. She had a lot more fun removing Gohan's however, kissing her way up his stomach and chest to his lips. He was panting now, making Videl feel positively giddy.
-Hit me like a ray of sun, burning through my darkest night.-
-You're the only one that I want; I think I'm addicted to your light.-
Gohan's head dipped down to nuzzle the side of her neck, and she gasped. Then his shadowed cheek moved down to rub against the top of her breast, and her vision went white for a split second. She did her best to keep her scream in, and largely succeeded, only letting out a squeak.
Gohan smirked as he heard the noise, grabbing her bra with his teeth and dragging it out a short distance before letting it snap back. Videl gasped again, and this time she whispered, "Oh, Gohan." Gohan quickly decided that he rather liked his name coming from her lips like that, and he did it again.
Videl let out a yelp, and Gohan laughed. "Kami, but I love the noises you make sometimes," he said in a voice made husky with desire. "Let's see what other noises you can make…" his voice trailed off for a second before he nipped her stomach.
"Gohan!"
"Yes?" he said, the picture of innocence…with tousled hair, lust-darkened eyes, slightly bruised lips, and a devilish grin on his lips.
-I swore I'd never fall again, but this don't even feel like falling.-
-Gravity can't begin to pull me back to the ground again.-
Gohan felt like he was on cloud nine as he worked his way down Videl's body, grinning every time he found a spot that made her make a new noise. Suddenly, Videl flipped him over so that he was on his back, and he grinned again.
He growled soon after as Videl tugged on his bottom lip with her teeth. She didn't return to his mouth, however, choosing instead to move down to his pulse point, pressing her lips to it. His head rolled back of its own accord, and he moaned as Videl moved her lips across his throat.
He may as well have been floating, so mindlessly blissful was he. He managed to restrain himself to breathing heavily as Videl continued her torturous journey down his torso and stomach. She nipped at the area around his navel, and his hips bucked as he let out a groan.
He looked down to see Videl with a grin of her own as she undid his jeans and pulled them down. Abruptly deciding that Videl was not going to have on more clothes than him, Gohan grabbed her by the arms and dragged her back up to meet his lips, letting out another growl. His hands worked their way down to Videl's own jeans, which he undid and slid down her legs as he kicked his off.
-It's like I've been awakened, every rule I had you breaking.-
-It's the risk that I'm taking. I ain't never gonna shut you out.-
Videl found that she rather liked this overpowering side to Gohan's personality, and kissed him for all she was worth as his arms wrapped around her. She shivered pleasantly at the sensation of Gohan's body heat and toned arms all around her. She was slipping under, way under, and she couldn't bring herself to care.
She couldn't help herself as she whispered, "I love you, Gohan."
He froze for only a second. Then, he whispered in her ear, "I love you, too." And she melted as he kissed her with a fiery passion she'd never felt before, even from him. Her hands rested against his chest, and she could feel his heart beat strongly against her hands. In a rare moment of possessiveness, she thought, 'His heart will beat for me, and only me. The same way mine beats for him.'
-Everywhere I'm looking now, I'm surrounded by your embrace.-
-Baby, I can see your halo; you know you're my saving grace.-
-You're everything I need and more; it's written all over your face.-
-Baby, I can feel your halo; pray it won't fade away.-
Videl's hands were slipping under the waistband of his boxer shorts, and Gohan groaned as her hands quested around his hips and over his butt. He jumped when she pinched him slightly, and growled as he pinched her harder, making her squeak again. A grin crossed his face as he looped his finger around the band of her panties and dragged them down slowly.
She seemed to take the hint and wiggled her hips a little, making him groan and rock his own hips as he pushed her panties further down until she kicked them off.
He allowed Videl to push his boxers down and kicked them off, before thrusting his hips into hers, making her throw her head back. He used her distraction to unhook her bra and slip the straps down and off her arms before throwing it somewhere.
His head dipped down as he rubbed his cheek against her bare breast, making her sigh his name. He grinned as he ran his tongue across one of her nipples, and she gasped loudly, her head snapping down to lock his gaze in hers. Her own hands began moving everywhere, over his shoulders, down his back, over his hips.
Then she grabbed him, and he tossed his own head back as he rolled his hips into her hand.
-I can feel your halo, halo, halo. I can see your halo, halo, halo.-
-I can feel your halo, halo, halo. I can see your halo, halo, halo.-
Videl was past giddy, going on insane. The noises he was making, the feel of him in her hand, his heat as he trapped her body against his, his scent, it was all driving her mad. She wanted to ask him whether he had a condom or not, but currently, her mind was drugged beyond all belief. Besides, the idea of him and only him in her was too good an idea to pass up.
She guided him gently toward her core, and waited as he froze and shuddered. "You want to do this…" his voice trailed off, and Videl nodded, pressing her lips to his.
-Halo…-
Gohan was thinking enough to realize that, if they went through with this, then they may have a baby. That one thought brought him such unbelievable happiness that his vision was golden and white as he rocked his hips forward, pushing gently until he encountered her barrier. He increased the pressure, whispering apologies to her as he pushed harder and harder.
Suddenly, she let out a pained noise as Gohan felt the resistance pass, and then he was fully sheathed in Videl. His vision changed from golden to white as he waited for Videl to give him the okay. 'She's such an angel,' he thought idly.
-Halo…-
Finally, Videl nodded, and Gohan pulled out a bit, then pushed back in. His eyes rolled back into his head, she felt so good. So…natural. Right. He felt like he'd been waiting his whole life for this, this one moment in time when he and Videl were as close as anyone could be.
Videl began to thrust her hips against his, and they as one began to move faster, hips moving in a symphony only they could hear.
-Everywhere I'm looking now, I'm surrounded by your embrace.-
-Baby, I can see your halo; you know you're my saving grace.-
Videl could feel the pressure building in her, and judging by Gohan's increasingly tight expression, he was feeling the same thing. She kissed him again, all pain gone, and silently delighted in how he kissed her back as though his life depended on it.
She was here, she was with him, she was happy. Wherever Gohan was, Videl now realized, was where she was meant to be. She never wanted to leave him again, and if she had her way, she'd never have to.
-You're everything I need and more; it's written all over your face.-
-Baby, I can feel your halo; pray it won't fade away.-
Suddenly, something in Gohan snapped, and he gasped as his hips rocked uncontrollably against Videl's. His vision totally white, he caught a glimpse of Videl, his Videl, his angel. She stood in front of a brilliant sun, yet she was brighter than the sun yet.
He felt her mirroring his actions, both moving with wild abandon. He loved it, he loved her, he loved it all.
As he began to descend from that burning peak he'd been at, and he and Videl both began to calm, Gohan smiled and hugged Videl, feeling her arms snake around him. Yes, she was his Videl, his angel. She'd saved him so many times; be it from his mother, himself, his enemies, or his fear of forever being alone, she'd been there to save him every time. He needed her.
There was still a lot to deal with: the parole hearing for Anthony Pemter, repairing his relationship with Jenifyr, helping her and her mother get through what had happened, getting used to seeing a lot more of Avery and Michelle, actually becoming friends with the people who'd seemed so intent on making his life miserable when they were children, living the rest of his life, going to college, getting a job, making a life.
But even though living his life was a daunting prospect, he knew that he could face it with Videl, as long as she stayed with him. While they were together, he wasn't afraid of anything. She'd saved him so many times, and he had no doubt she would continue to.
She was his saving grace. He had no intention of letting her go.
-I can feel your halo, halo, halo. I can see your halo, halo, halo.-
-I can feel your halo, halo, halo. I can see your halo, halo, halo.-
~Fin~
A/N: And that is His Saving Grace. In all honesty, I found the scene almost disappointingly short, but I couldn't figure out a way to stretch it out without it becoming repetitive. This was also actually the shortest actual chapter in the fanfiction. XD Go figure.
Anyway...Wow...I'm done with the story. It's really weird, actually. It's been a very interesting trip these past three months (yes, I finished a whole fanfiction in three months; I'm rather proud of myself, actually), to say the least. I feel kind of sad, now that it's over, but I also feel extremely triumphant that, despite all the bucks this story made, and all the changes it went through, it still came out as something I can say that I was (and am) proud to have written. I hope you liked the story, and I want to thank all of those readers that stuck with it through the highs and the lows, Kami knows there were enough of them. This fanfiction really was quite the rollercoaster ride.
In all actuality, despite the risk of sounding horribly lame and cliché, I've had the last line of the chapter in my head ever since I got the idea after listening to the song. Those two sentences, one five words long, the other eight, are what I modeled this whole fanfiction around. I like to think I did a fairly good job.
I really do hope you liked the story. I don't know how often I'll come back to do A/U fanfictions, but it was definitely a refreshing and educating experience to make up my own, unique plotline. I may and probably will definitely do another of these RL A/U fics later on down the road. But for right now, His Saving Grace is enough.
The title is part of a lyric from "Halo" by Beyoncé, the lyrics are the lyrics to the same song, and the entire fanfiction was named after the song. It seemed only fitting that I model the final chapter after its inspiration. I'd suggest listening to the song as you read the chapter, mostly because I think it'd help you understand some of the underlying emotions Gohan and Videl felt, but also because I'm a shameless Beyoncé fan and this is my favorite song of hers. :D;;
Review, please, and thank you again for sticking with the story to its completion.
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