Author's Note – Hey guys! Sup? Hehe, here's the next chapter. Kind of a humorous one, muwahahahah. I think I might need to start adding some more action into the story pretty quick… in more than one way of course. ;) So anyway, here's Chapter 12! And please review!
Chapter 12 – Hit By Cupid's Arrow
"Hey guys!" Zoa exclaimed as she tossed her book bag into a corner and transformed into her usual clothes. Dende poked his head out of the kitchen and grinned.
"Oh, hey Zo, what's up? You're 5 minutes shy of being late you know." He said, gesturing to the clock in the living room, which read 5:55 PM. Zoa shrugged her shoulders and threw herself down on the couch. "Just lucky I guess!" She replied, grinning brightly as she started flipping channels. Dende raised and eyebrow.
"So, what are you so happy about?" He asked suspiciously, "I don't suppose it has anything to do with why you were almost late, or who you were almost late with…"
Zoa looked over the back of the couch at him and laughed. "Wouldn't you like to know? Well, I was fighting crime with Gohan, and we stopped at his house first." She explained, turning back to surfing for something to watch. Dende put his hands on his hips laughing. "Well, I probably don't even want to know. Anyway, supper will be prepared in a few minutes, so get ready."
"And we'll probably go out again tonight, if that's okay with you Mom." Gohan finished in-between chewing. Chi Chi frowned, getting up and putting her empty plate in the sink as Gohan said this.
"Actually, I'm afraid I had something to ask you about tonight." She replied, sitting back down. Gohan looked up at her quizzically. "What's that?"
Chi Chi pointed to the calendar behind her and continued. "Well, me and Bulma had thought it would be nice to have a girl's night out today. Of course, we would need someone to baby-sit while we're gone. We could just leave the kids at Capsule Corp, but Vegeta refuses to do anything but train, so we were going to ask if you could watch Trunks and Goten while we're gone."
Gohan's shoulders slumped as he put on a 'You've got to be kidding!' look on his face. "But Mom," He protested, "I kinda had plans… And me and Zoa were gonna go to Orange Star, and-"
"Well, Zoa can help you baby-sit if that would make it easier. I trust you guys, and I know you'd do a good job looking after the kids. And we'll even pay you for it. Does that sound good to you?" Gohan sat pondering this for a moment, than shrugged. Didn't look like they'd have much choice… "Yeah, I guess. If she wants to."
"Good!" Chi Chi smiled, clapping her hands together, "I'm sure you guys will have lots of fun! Right Goten?" Goten looked up from his plate and nodded enthusiastically. "Yeah! It'll be great!"
Gohan let out a small sigh and rolled his eyes. "Yeah, great…"
"So… Couldn't get out of it huh?" Zoa asked as Gohan opened the door to Capsule Corp and let her in. Gohan shook his head regretfully as she walked inside. Zoa frowned as she saw some sheets hanging off of some furniture against one wall, and some boxes with holes cut into them lying upside down on the carpet. She slowly turned to Gohan, a very worried look on her face. "Um, what the hell?" Gohan nodded somewhat placidly, pointing to a plastic arrow with a sticky suction cup on one end stuck to his butt.
Zoa couldn't help but breaking out into a small fit of laughter at this. "The natives are getting restless huh?" She asked, freezing suddenly in place as one of the sticky arrows whizzed past her head.
Gohan sighed. "Yeah, you could say that. But hey, thanks for coming to help." Zoa waved a hand and looked down as an arrow connected with her leg. "No prob. Hey, where's Vegeta anyway?"
Gohan shrugged, looking over towards the door to the hallway. "I'm guessing in the gravity room. But, I don't think he'll be much help." Zoa nodded at this, putting a hand to her chin as she thought something over. "I think I have an idea…"
"Alright guys! Here's the deal. We're gonna play hide and seek! And I'll count, okay? Sounds good?" Zoa inquired after they had managed to calm the two archers for a moment. Goten and Trunks nodded excitedly, heading off into the hallway.
"And count to 100!" Trunks exclaimed as they took off. Zoa smiled as she and Gohan flopped down on the couch. "No problem…"
Gohan shook his head, grabbing the remote and tossing some sheets to the side that had originally been part of an elaborate 'fort'. "Hehe, little kids are so easily amused." He replied. Zoa nodded. "Yeah."
After a few minutes of silence, Gohan finally couldn't take it. "Hey," He began, "About this afternoon, um, sorry, I just, well, I don't know, I-" Gohan stopped babbling as Zoa leaned over and grabbed him in a lip lock. After they parted, Zoa blushed and shrugged.
"Um, it's okay."
Gohan nodded, eyes wide. "T-that's good." He smiled, drumming his fingers on the arm of the sofa, then looking down at his feet, asked, "So, would you, maybe, be my, my girlfriend? I mean, we've known each other for a long time, and, well, I thought maybe…" "I'd love to." Zoa grinned. Gohan sat up, an excited look in his eyes. "Really? You would?" Zoa shrugged. "Sure, why not?" Gohan nodded. "Yeah, why not…"
"Man! We're really good at this game! She still hasn't found us!" Goten exclaimed as he and Trunks peeked out of the closet door. Trunks frowned suspiciously. "Yeah maybe, but I haven't even seen Zoa or anyone else even come down this way. I wonder if something happened." Goten shrugged. "I don't know. Do you think she found Gohan yet?" Trunks slowly opened the door to the closet. "Let's go see." He decided, putting on his game face. Goten hoped off of the shelf and the two started tiptoeing quietly down the hallway. They stopped when they heard some noise from the TV in the next room. Very slowly, they peeked around the side of the wall.
"Yeah, she found him." Trunks observed. "And it looks like he's trying to find something in her pants…her tail maybe." Goten frowned, making a funny face. "Yeah, and it's like they're trying to suck the spit out of each other's mouths or something."
"AHHHHHHH!!!" Zoa let out a loud screech of surprise as she noticed Goten and Trunks standing in the doorway. Gohan flailed his arms and fell off the couch, looking around in shock. "Wha? What? What's wrong?"
Trunks waved from the doorway. "TRUNKS? GOTEN! How come you guys aren't hiding?!?" Gohan demanded as he sat up and noticed them. Goten put his hands on his hips. "Well we were, but no one came to look for us and we got suspicious." Trunks nodded. "Yeah, if you guys wanted to be alone, you could have just said so."
"Huh?" Goten frowned, still a little clueless. "What do you mean Trunks? Why would they have wanted to be alone?" Trunks turned to Goten and snickered. "Never mind Goten. You're too young to understand."
"Hey! You're only a year older than me Trunks!" Goten pouted, "So come on and tell me!" Trunks grinned and shook his head. "No, I don't think so…" Goten crossed his arms angrily. "You probably don't know anyway."
"Look, sorry we, um, were busy, but we'll come look now, so go hide!" Zoa explained, fixing up her hair as she sat up straight. The twp kids shrugged, then took off down the hallway laughing, and leaving the two teens thoroughly embarrassed.
Zoa frowned and helped Gohan to his feet, heading over in the direction the kids had gone. Gohan followed, putting a hand behind his head. "Hey, uh, sorry about that, I guess I got a little carried away, and well, I don't know, I just couldn't control-" "It's okay." Zoa smiled back at him. "I know what you mean. And I'm gonna find out about it. As soon as we find those kids…"
Zoa slowly opened the door to the gravity room and peeked inside. I can't believe I'm actually doing this… She thought to herself as she walked inside and shut the door. But if anyone on the planet knows anything about this, it will be Vegeta… She walked slowly across the floor towards the opposite end, already noticing the extreme difference in pressure of the room. Knowing Vegeta, it was probably a few hundred times Earth's gravity…
"Hey." She said suddenly as she reached him, counting his one-armed push-ups on the far side of the room. "I want to talk to you."
Vegeta looked up from his training and raised an eyebrow. "What the hell do you want? Can't you see that I'm busy?" Zoa rolled her eyes and sat down on the floor, crossing her legs. "Yeah, well you're always busy. Can't you listen and work out at the same time? I just want to ask you some questions. Some Saiyan questions."
Vegeta paused as she said this and pondered it. Actually, compared to how much he hated most people, Vegeta didn't mind Zoa. She had trained with him and Trunks for a while before the Cell games, and had proved that she had as strong a fighting spirit as any pure blooded Saiyan. Plus, she probably didn't realize it, but she just may have been the last Saiyan alive who still had her tail.
"Fine. Talk. But don't expect much." He snarled, continuing with his exercise. Zoa let out a small sigh and leaned back. "Okay, here goes. I guess I could have asked Gohan to talk to you about it, since it might have been easier that way, but then again, I thought you might talk to me sooner than him, so here I am." Vegeta stopped and turned to her, and irritated look on his face.
"So what the hell are you waiting for Onna? Are you going to ask or just babble all day?!" He demanded loudly. Zoa put hand out in front of her. "Alright! Alright! I'll ask. Okay, um, well, I was just wondering if you could tell me anything about well, uh, Saiyan hormones…"
It got very quiet suddenly, much too quiet for Zoa's liking. But the silence was quickly broken by Vegeta erupting into fits of laughter.
"Look! I know it sounds stupid, but I'm serious okay? And I didn't know who else to ask about it!" Zoa crossed her arms, already embarrassed just for asking, let alone after his reaction. Vegeta stopped laughing and turned over onto his back to do some sit-ups.
"Well, I probably am the only one to ask about it. I'm not surprised Gohan doesn't know anything about the matter, and even if Kackarot was alive, he probably wouldn't tell him anyway, until he absolutely had to. But now I'm wondering, what finally made you come and ask me. It usually starts around 16 for Saiyans, and with you being 17 and Gohan being 18, I can't believe you haven't wanted to know sooner…" Suddenly, his eyes got a bit wider and he turned and gave her a partially suspicious, partially worried look.
"He hasn't, 'tried' anything, has he?" Zoa's eyes also widened at this question as she turned a very bright shade of crimson. "No!! Gohan's not like that! He can control himself! I just want to know, for, um, just to know!!"
Vegeta shook his head and nodded laughing. "Fine I'll tell you. But you should tell Gohan too, because he'll want to know. He may only be half Saiyan, but that's enough. And as polite a Saiyan as he may be, still, hormones can often take over. And when that happens, Gohan may start finding it harder and harder to restrain from getting what he wants. And the same goes for all Saiyans, so listen up…"