"Gohan never told me he had a brother." Videl said. Once things were cleared up the two of them had sat down for some tea and sandwitches, which Goten gobbled up instantly.
"For the past three years or so we haven't seen each other." Goten said as he chugged down more tea and food. "We have both been away on so many missions and tend to keep in touch through letters. See, it usually ends up that whenever I'm on a mission, Gohan is at home. And when Gohans on a mission-"
"You're at home." Videl finished getting the idea.
"Wow." He said. "You are smart." He said it as if he expected something vile and dumb to greet him here. "No offence." he said quickly. "It's just Gohans last slave was an old half deaf qualeese. He to shout at him for everything. Gohan once told him to pick up some Bbabaaeran treats and he removed all of the toilet seats."
Videl smiled and poured herself more tea. Goten was short but brawny and had wild hair that sticked out at the sides and back. He was only fifteen but already carried a battle scar that went from his right shoulder to the front of his chin. He was all smiled and very cheerfull, whitch was very different from the other sayjin boys his age.
"So how long have you been here?" he asked. "Gohan mentioned you in one of his letters but that was a while back."
"I left my planet four months ago but was only Gohans, um, companion for the last two and a half months."
Goten reached for a snack cake. "He said you are entering the tournoment in a couple weeks."
"Yes." she said wondering why he was now avoiding her eyes.
"Well," he blushed a bit and looked to the side. "I just thought you two were getting along ok. REAL ok."
Videl froze and wondered how much Gohan had told him in his letters. Goten seemed to be looking at something and thought Gohan came back, but was wrong. He was peering up at the top shelf that had the box and braclets in it. She still hadn't figured out what they were used for. It was too impoilet for a slave to come out and ask a stranger and the libraries had few writtings on sayjin matting. That is what she assumed they were for.
"Say Goten," she said steeling a peek at him. "you mother brought those by for Gohan. But he doesn't want anything to do with them. Do you- know why?"
Goten looked at her then down at his feet. "I'm not supposed to say."
He then heaved a big sigh and looked up. "Gohan never liked the rules around here. Called them barbaric. When he turned fourteen mom was alreadt on him to choose a mate. 'You don't know when you'll be killed off and I'll be left with no grandchilderen.'" he said doing a good immitation of his mother. "Well he swore off ever mating. Devoited himself into fighting and politics. He's wanted to be a represenitive ever since he was a kid. Now he's so close and then you showed up, and mom thought now they both can have what they want. But . . . " Goten look back at the box. "Now moms pressure has fallen onto me. That's why I'm here. One to see my brother and two to smack some sense into him."
Videl was begining to like Goten more and more. "I don't think that will work."
"Have you tried it?" Goten asked almost hopefully.
Videl laughed and shook her head. "Gohan and I had something, I won't deny it, but . . . it is over. He wants his spot on the board more then me."
"That's not true." Goten said. "I'm sure he wants you to stay."
"What? As his live-in misstress? A slave who warms his bed? NO THANK YOU!" she said. She raised her tea up to her lips and saw they were shaking, she lowered it. "I thought he cared enough to come with me. But he'd rather stay here."
"You wanted him to leave? Where?" Goten asked as if it was the most terrible thing she could have asked.
"To Norcom. A peace coliny. A friend said more earthlings were there. But I didn't know he liked killing and murdering so much." she said.
Goten paused and glanced at her as if thinking of what to say. "Just because he hasn't done the shiki, doesn't mean he doesn't love you."
Videls eyes shot up and connected with his. "Shiki?"
Goten sat back and covered his mouth as if saying a dirty word. "Um, the what? Shiamala? Love some."
Shiamala was a food with fish guts and she glared at him. "You said shiki. Now I know I heard that before. Tell me what it it of I will blast you."
"You wouldn't." he said as his eyes narrowed.
Videl formed a medium sized yellow energy ball in her hands. "Try me."
Goten made a dive for it behind the sofa as she threw the ball. The sofa was now black dust and she made a mental note to clean it up later. Goten threw his own blast but she easily dodged it and tackled him. He was crawling on all fours to the door and she hit the center of his back. She flipped him over and pinned him with one hand on one wrist and she battled for the other.
"Tell-me-what-it-is!" she bit out.
"OK, ok!" he panted. "damn you are strong. A shiki is a ceremony where the male and female claim each other as official mates. Kind of a wedding almost. That is what you Earthlings call them? Well they wear those braclets and the ones mom gave him are hundreds of years old. Very few low levels have them. Now get off of me!"
Videl hopped off smiling. She now knew why he was so scared of those braclets ever time he saw them. Just your adverage commitment problem. She can fix that.
She bent over and helped Goten up. "Thanks Goten." she said. "Gohan will be at the goven house untill late tonight. I will be sure to tell him you are out and about."
Goten nodded rubbing his wrist. "Um, can we not tell him about this, or anyone in fact. Being beaten by a girl is a blow to my rep."
"Sure thing." Videl smiled. "I don't need Gohan to find out about this either."
Goten moved towards the door. "Just tell him I'll be off duty till the full moon is at -98%. Okey?"
"Will do."
Videl danced around for the rest of the day as she cleaned. Gohan did love her! Goten said so. Now all she needed to do was- was- Dang.
Videl had made Gohans bed and was now up in her room fluffing and refluffing her pillows. Her little matress on the floor was more then comfortable so she flopped back on it.
What can she do? She did love him but would telling him be enough? Even if they did do the shiki would he still want to stay here?
Videl looked out the window and saw a pair of large male sayjins fight it out a tanned female cheered them on nearby. Videl turned away. She couldn't stay here much longer. everthing around her was a contant reminder of what she was, what happened. She was a fighter! Not a slave! She was Videl Satan, daughter of Hericul Satan. she was a student of Master Roshi. Videl reached into her shirt and pulled out the tamashii. Master Roshi told her that this chose her for a reason. She still didn't know what it was, but she was not going to let some overgrown apes stop her from acheiving her destiny.
"For the past three years or so we haven't seen each other." Goten said as he chugged down more tea and food. "We have both been away on so many missions and tend to keep in touch through letters. See, it usually ends up that whenever I'm on a mission, Gohan is at home. And when Gohans on a mission-"
"You're at home." Videl finished getting the idea.
"Wow." He said. "You are smart." He said it as if he expected something vile and dumb to greet him here. "No offence." he said quickly. "It's just Gohans last slave was an old half deaf qualeese. He to shout at him for everything. Gohan once told him to pick up some Bbabaaeran treats and he removed all of the toilet seats."
Videl smiled and poured herself more tea. Goten was short but brawny and had wild hair that sticked out at the sides and back. He was only fifteen but already carried a battle scar that went from his right shoulder to the front of his chin. He was all smiled and very cheerfull, whitch was very different from the other sayjin boys his age.
"So how long have you been here?" he asked. "Gohan mentioned you in one of his letters but that was a while back."
"I left my planet four months ago but was only Gohans, um, companion for the last two and a half months."
Goten reached for a snack cake. "He said you are entering the tournoment in a couple weeks."
"Yes." she said wondering why he was now avoiding her eyes.
"Well," he blushed a bit and looked to the side. "I just thought you two were getting along ok. REAL ok."
Videl froze and wondered how much Gohan had told him in his letters. Goten seemed to be looking at something and thought Gohan came back, but was wrong. He was peering up at the top shelf that had the box and braclets in it. She still hadn't figured out what they were used for. It was too impoilet for a slave to come out and ask a stranger and the libraries had few writtings on sayjin matting. That is what she assumed they were for.
"Say Goten," she said steeling a peek at him. "you mother brought those by for Gohan. But he doesn't want anything to do with them. Do you- know why?"
Goten looked at her then down at his feet. "I'm not supposed to say."
He then heaved a big sigh and looked up. "Gohan never liked the rules around here. Called them barbaric. When he turned fourteen mom was alreadt on him to choose a mate. 'You don't know when you'll be killed off and I'll be left with no grandchilderen.'" he said doing a good immitation of his mother. "Well he swore off ever mating. Devoited himself into fighting and politics. He's wanted to be a represenitive ever since he was a kid. Now he's so close and then you showed up, and mom thought now they both can have what they want. But . . . " Goten look back at the box. "Now moms pressure has fallen onto me. That's why I'm here. One to see my brother and two to smack some sense into him."
Videl was begining to like Goten more and more. "I don't think that will work."
"Have you tried it?" Goten asked almost hopefully.
Videl laughed and shook her head. "Gohan and I had something, I won't deny it, but . . . it is over. He wants his spot on the board more then me."
"That's not true." Goten said. "I'm sure he wants you to stay."
"What? As his live-in misstress? A slave who warms his bed? NO THANK YOU!" she said. She raised her tea up to her lips and saw they were shaking, she lowered it. "I thought he cared enough to come with me. But he'd rather stay here."
"You wanted him to leave? Where?" Goten asked as if it was the most terrible thing she could have asked.
"To Norcom. A peace coliny. A friend said more earthlings were there. But I didn't know he liked killing and murdering so much." she said.
Goten paused and glanced at her as if thinking of what to say. "Just because he hasn't done the shiki, doesn't mean he doesn't love you."
Videls eyes shot up and connected with his. "Shiki?"
Goten sat back and covered his mouth as if saying a dirty word. "Um, the what? Shiamala? Love some."
Shiamala was a food with fish guts and she glared at him. "You said shiki. Now I know I heard that before. Tell me what it it of I will blast you."
"You wouldn't." he said as his eyes narrowed.
Videl formed a medium sized yellow energy ball in her hands. "Try me."
Goten made a dive for it behind the sofa as she threw the ball. The sofa was now black dust and she made a mental note to clean it up later. Goten threw his own blast but she easily dodged it and tackled him. He was crawling on all fours to the door and she hit the center of his back. She flipped him over and pinned him with one hand on one wrist and she battled for the other.
"Tell-me-what-it-is!" she bit out.
"OK, ok!" he panted. "damn you are strong. A shiki is a ceremony where the male and female claim each other as official mates. Kind of a wedding almost. That is what you Earthlings call them? Well they wear those braclets and the ones mom gave him are hundreds of years old. Very few low levels have them. Now get off of me!"
Videl hopped off smiling. She now knew why he was so scared of those braclets ever time he saw them. Just your adverage commitment problem. She can fix that.
She bent over and helped Goten up. "Thanks Goten." she said. "Gohan will be at the goven house untill late tonight. I will be sure to tell him you are out and about."
Goten nodded rubbing his wrist. "Um, can we not tell him about this, or anyone in fact. Being beaten by a girl is a blow to my rep."
"Sure thing." Videl smiled. "I don't need Gohan to find out about this either."
Goten moved towards the door. "Just tell him I'll be off duty till the full moon is at -98%. Okey?"
"Will do."
Videl danced around for the rest of the day as she cleaned. Gohan did love her! Goten said so. Now all she needed to do was- was- Dang.
Videl had made Gohans bed and was now up in her room fluffing and refluffing her pillows. Her little matress on the floor was more then comfortable so she flopped back on it.
What can she do? She did love him but would telling him be enough? Even if they did do the shiki would he still want to stay here?
Videl looked out the window and saw a pair of large male sayjins fight it out a tanned female cheered them on nearby. Videl turned away. She couldn't stay here much longer. everthing around her was a contant reminder of what she was, what happened. She was a fighter! Not a slave! She was Videl Satan, daughter of Hericul Satan. she was a student of Master Roshi. Videl reached into her shirt and pulled out the tamashii. Master Roshi told her that this chose her for a reason. She still didn't know what it was, but she was not going to let some overgrown apes stop her from acheiving her destiny.
