1 Quest For the Key

Chapter 7

Chapter Author: Aino Utena.



(All righty folks. What happened last time on Quest? Son Gokou was revealed to be the Spirit of Stupidity and all of the Piccolo Inc( ladies attacked him for it. Hana found out that he had stolen her panties and the keys to her car and thus became mad. Things with our silly little Saiyajin seemed to tone down a bit until there was a mention of…pictures?! WHAT?!?!)



Everyone gawked at Son Gokou, each with his or her own expression. Many looked pissed, others looked fearful, and some just stared at the no- longer cloaked Saiyajin with completely blank expressions.

"What…pictures?" Hana asked through clenched teeth, her voice coming out in a growl.

"Pictures? I didn't say pictured…hehehe…" Gokou chuckled nervously, flashing everyone the sort of grin you would normally see him give a frying pan wielding ChiChi.

"Then what the hell do you call what you are holding in your hand?" Sabrina asked with her teeth bared, pointing to the large number of photos Gokou held in his hand.

"These?" Gokou asked, looking down at the photos before hiding them behind his back. "These are nothing. It's not what you think…"

Everyone, even our favorite Namekseijin, glared at Gokou. Raper especially didn't seem to be buying it. While the raven-haired man stood before them, chuckling madly and not paying attention to her, Raper lunged at him, managing to knock him over and steal the photos in a move that can only be described as impressive.

"Let me see those," Pikoro said, taking the photos from Raper.

Gokou tried desperately to get them back from him, but could not because Raper and Nak were keeping him at bay with many a sharp object. The other girls stood around Pikoro, waiting for him to tell them what he saw. His eyes widened for a second before returning quickly to normal as he viewed the first photo. He read off what he saw in a rather amused, if not a little mad, sort of voice.

"Okay. First picture, Hana washing her car in a bikini."

"WHAT!!!!!!!" Hana's eyes widened three sizes.

"Second picture," Pikoro said, deciding to ignore all of their reactions. "Raper undressing."

Gokou gulped as Raper placed a dagger close to his throat.

"Third picture, Sabrina sleeping in her underwear."

Sabrina roared and pulled at her hair, her eyes becoming red.

"Fourth picture, Nak unsnapping her bra."

Nak began kicking Gokou in many places that you could be sure were very sensitive.

"Fifth picture, Utena in the shower."

Utena covered her mouth with her hand, looking down at the ground as she blushed furiously.

"Sixth picture, Mia stepping out of a bubble bath."

Mia chuckled nervously as she glared at Gokou for a long while.

"Seventh picture…"

"Okay. No more. I don't even want to know," Sherri said, placing her hand on Pikoro's shoulder. "Now, I say that we do a little butt kicking. What do you say ladies?"

"KILL THE MONKEY!!!!!!" Raper shouted, dagger raised as she and the others pummeled Gokou, who eeped as he was sent to the ground.

Only a few left Gokou alone as the others beat Gokou to a bloody pulp. Mia watched with wide eyes, while Utena simply stood beside her with a hand clasped over her mouth. Both were still blushing from embarrassment. Hana was struggling madly, shouting and cursing, because Pikoro, who did not want to be jerked around, held her at bay by her handcuffed wrist.

"All right. I think he's had enough everyone," Desert Dweller said and they all pulled back, displaying a bruised and sore Son family member.

"Hi mommy…Can I have a cookie?" Gokou muttered as his head bobbed and his eyes lightly crossed.

"Why don't we all go back upstairs and figure out what to do next?" Sherri suggested and all nodded in agreement.

"What do we do about monkey boy?" Nak asked, pointing a thumb in Gokou's direction.

"We might as well take him with us. There's no point in leaving him here," Hana muttered, still glaring at the Saiyajin.

Everyone nodded in agreement. Mia and Utena helped Gokou to his feet and assisted him in walking as everyone headed back up to the Piccolo Inc( building.

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"Thanks a lot. These are good," Gokou said, grinning as he stuffed his mouth with cookies.

"You're welcome. I'm glad I made enough for everyone," Utena said, smiling as she handed him a cold compress for the lump on top of his head.

"You do know that you're in big trouble with us right now, buddy?" Dessert Dweller remarked, frowning over at Gokou.

"Yeah. I know. I can't really explain what my problem is. I guess I needed new pictures for my hentai album. Beside that point I am sorry. I'd like to try and help you guys find those keys if it would be a way to make up for all of the trouble I've caused."

"It'll take a long time for you to ever make up for it, Gokou, but we could us the help," Mia said, munching on a cookie.

"I just wonder if we'll ever find the damned things." Pikoro grumbled bitterly, eyeing the cookie he was holding questioningly.

"Come on, Pic. Give it a try," Raper said with a grin, before shoving the cookie in to Pikoro's mouth.

Raper cackled as he nearly choked on it and began to shove more in to his mouth. Hana was jolted around as the two scuffled. Everyone watched them for a moment before returning back to their food and beverages.

"I just wonder if there is anything else we can do," Sabrina said silently.

"No kidding. Searching has gotten us no where so far," Sherri said in agreement.

"Well, I have an idea," Gokou said with a mouthful of cookies. " Why don't I call Bulma? I can ask her to come here from Capsule Corp. and while she is one her way we can search some more. When she gets here, she might be able to figure out how to get those handcuffs off."

"Wow. He can be intelligent," Raper said, blinking at him a bit.

"You go do that, Gokou. All I want is out of these handcuffs," Pikoro said with chocolate all around his mouth.

Gokou nodded and headed off to the kitchen to use the telephone. Utena handed Pikoro a bottled water, which he chugged vigorously to get the taste of chocolate out of his dry throat. Moments later, Gokou walked back in to the room, grinning his typical grin.

"What did she say?" Desert Dweller asked hopefully.

"She said that she can come tomorrow afternoon or so, maybe in the morning. That's probably a good thing since it's getting kinda late."

"He's right," Hana said, looking at a clock. " Come on, everyone. Let's head off to bed. Mia, show Gokou where the guest room is please."

Everyone nodded and stood up, heading off to their individual rooms. Pikoro grumbled along the way.

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"You know, it's really hard to sleep with these on," Hana muttered, twisting her wrist uncomfortably.

"It's also hard to sleep when you keep talking," Pikoro growled from his side of the bed, his arms folded across his chest.

Hana stuck her tounge out at him and the silence once again resumed. Normally, Hana would have thought that sleeping in the same bed as Pikoro would have been a nice thing, but in this case it really wasn't. If only the handcuffs weren't there…. Then things would be nice…. Excluding Pikoro's attitude. The two began to fall asleep, their eyes drooping slowly. Suddenly, there was a silent knock on Hana's door.

"Ugh! What now..." Hana muttered. "Come in!"

The door opened and the top of a blond head poked in tentively. Utena gave Hana and Pikoro an apologetic smile. She stepped inside and closed the door behind her.

"I'm sorry to bother you both, but…uhm…Can I please sleep in here tonight, Hana-san? Pikoro-san? I would have asked Sherri-san, but she had her door locked."

"Sorry Pic. I guess you'll have to deal. Come on, Kid." Hana said with an understanding, if not lightly disappointed, smile.

Utena bowed in thanks and crawled under the covers, luckily taking up little space. Everyone situated himself or herself. Quiet once again fell and the three began to drift in to a deep slumber.

"You really thought you were going to sleep without me in here, didn't you?" Everyone looked up to see Raper standing beside the bed. "You're going to let me sleep in here too, right?" She gave them a mock puppy dog face.

"All right. Hop in," Hana said with a sigh.

Raper grinned and jumped in to the bed, causing the mattress to jolt a little bit. She situated herself comfortably, using Pikoro as her pillow.

"She didn't literally mean hop!" Pikoro snarled, only gaining a grin from Raper.

"What next?" Hana grumbled.

"Us!" Before anyone knew it Sherri an Mia had slid in to the bed as well, smiling happily.

"Oh God!"

Moments later every lady of Piccolo Inc( had snuck in to Hana's room and situated themselves on the bed. Gokou also managed to find his way there, much to many of the others' dismay, and he too crawled on to the bed. After several minutes everyone settled, got comfortable, and fell asleep on Hana's big, comfy bed. The only person who was not snug or sleepy was one Namekseijin who stared unhappily up at the ceiling, trying his best to dismiss Gokou's snores. He prayed that Bulma could free him from those damned handcuffs.

(Well, what did you think? What it funny or did it suck? Thanks for reading and please review. Stay tuned and find out what happens next time. Bye!)