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Tainted Blood

Written by the somewhat infamous Goku's Daughter

Chapter Three: Attitude

            Videl touched her balcony and immediately went for her door. Carelessly she turned the knob and entered her bedroom, finding herself to feel quite awkward. So in an attempt to make herself feel better she headed to the shower…

            Before she could step in the shower she heard a knock on her bedroom door. Sighing, and not bothering to put something on, she opened it—only to find her father there…with a genuinely shocked look on his face.

            She didn't—couldn't—care less.

            However, Hercule did.

Immediately his large, hairy hand covered his eyes as he whimpered, "Videl, hunny, put something on!"

She scowled at this man and snorted, "Why?"

Hercule sweat dropped. "Because it's not good! Just please put something on!"

She sighed but followed her father's wishes. Once she put on a robe she faced Hercule and said, "You can look now."

Between his fingers he peeked if she really did follow his request and when seeing so, he hesitantly brought his hand down. "Thank you," he muttered.

Her eyes narrowed at the man before her. "What do you want?" Videl snapped, surprisingly finding her patience running thin.

Hercule blinked five times, looking very confused. He gulped, wondering why his daughter was acting so strange. "Uhh I was going to tell you that a friend of yours is here…"

Her eyes didn't broadened back to normal as she only frowned. "Hmm…which one?"

He gulped again, finding that this new attitude change of Videl's could be very intimidating. "Uh—short, blonde hair. Female. Wearing skanky clothes. I think her name is Eraser—"

"Erasa!" she snapped, corrected her father's mistake.

He stumbled back a bit. "Uhh yeah—her…" Defensively he raised his hands in the air.

She rubbed her temples, trying to find an answer in her head. Looking at Hercule then to her clock, she responded, "Alright. Send her up, although I'll be in the shower. She'll wait." Videl headed off to the bathroom without waiting for a confirmation from her father. With the door wide open, she slipped into the shower.

            Feeling the water pour over her head, she relaxed a bit and wondered what could make her snappier than normal. She already had her period for the month…then what else could it be?

            For some reason she seemed so irritated with her father…and she didn't really know why.

            Instincts?

            Bad day?

            She really didn't know why.

            Hopefully it wouldn't get worse…

            And since when did things go the way you hope it'd be?

            Meanwhile, Hercule reached the main entrance of his mansion. There he met Erasa with a very disturbed look on his face.

            Erasa noticed this and asked, "Mr. Satan, what's wrong?"

            Hercule looked down at the girl and decided not to show that the GREAT HERCULE was actually frightened. Being an arrogant man he simply told her, "Videl is cranky—a little too cranky and she—well that's what you get from all that training! Bwahahaha!" A bead of sweat rolled down his face as he forcefully, and stupidly, laughed.

            Erasa sweat dropped but took his word…for now at least. Then without hesitation she asked, "Uhh, Mr. Satan, can I go and see Videl now?" She was a blubby girl so she didn't take much notice to Hercule's nervous behaviour.

            Hercule refrained from his famous laugh and looked down at the blonde girl. Quickly, he swooped down to her level and whispered, "Just don't try to piss her off that much." He nodded, waiting for her to agree.

            Erasa nodded in response and headed upstairs. She, with no doubt, paid heed to Hercule's warning. It was amusing at times how cranky and bitchy Videl could get. Besides Hercule was a male, how would he understand women feelings? But a greater question in her mind would be, how grouchy could Videl be?

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            Yes, another short chapter but next chapter…hopefully…will be longer and hopefully I will reveal the problem. Yes…that word… hopefully. You got to love it.

            So yeah, I appreciate those who actually reviewed. I love you *hugs everyone*! I'm not going to expect many reviews like the first time…but oh well… I probably don't deserve it anyway… Maybe on the longer chapters…

Have a nice week!

~GD

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