At World's End
Chapter 7: Together Without You
Hey everyone! Anti Darth Ani here and I've got a few things to say before I start with the next chapter. This story used to be PG-13, as all of my continuing readers know, but because of the last chapter and this one, I'm afraid I'm going to have to change the rating to R. If that bothers you, please don't read on.
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"Where the hell have you been?" Chi-Chi snapped, Goku standing behind her, holding her shoulders so she didn't attack her own son. "Chi-Chi, why don't you calm down and we'll discuss this issue later when Goten is asleep and you are a little more rational," Goku suggested.
Chi-Chi growled warningly, "My son sneaks out of the house and spends the whole night somewhere else and I'm supposed to be calm? Let me tell you something, Goku. That behavior may be acceptable by you or your race, but I will not have my son acting like an ass while he is living in this household. Tell me where you were!" Chi-Chi yelled.
Gohan had just reappeared in the living room, where Chi-Chi and Goku had been sitting on the couch, waiting up for him. "Well, Mom, I didn't really sneak out. I just never came home. But I was with someone," he explained.
"Really? Tell me, Gohan, who were you with?" Chi-Chi asked.
Gohan swallowed and looked to his father for support, but his father's eyes were clouded over and showed no willingness to stand up for him. Gohan was about to answer before Goku released Chi-Chi and walked over to Gohan. He grabbed Gohan's shirt. Gohan thought his father was going to blast him, but Goku pulled Gohan's sleeve down and stared at the fresh mark in the hallow of Gohan's neck and shoulder.
Goku sighed and released Gohan, "Why don't you just go up to your room and let me explain some things to your mother." Gohan felt extremely relieved, at least until Goku continued, "Don't go to sleep, because you've still got a lot of explaining to do."
Gohan nodded and climbed up the stairs, tossing his backpack down once he was in his bedroom. He changed into a pair of clean boxers and a new undershirt. Gohan looked at the mark in the mirror. 'What have we done?' he asked himself. 'I thought I was ready for this, but I was wrong. Videl and I are going to have to deal with things that we aren't ready to deal with yet. All because we were selfish and careless.' Gohan sighed and laid down on his bed, put his head on his hands and stared up at the ceiling. He wasn't sure how his mother and father were going to take the news. His father hadn't seemed too happy and he knew his mother wasn't going to be pleased. Sure, she had always talked about him baring her grandchildren, but he was pretty sure she had meant after high school was over.
Gohan heard his mother scream, "HE DID WHAT?" Gohan closed his eyes and started to pray to Dende. 'Just help me get through this and I'll never do anything this stupid ever again.' Gohan was wishing he had dragged Videl with him. Videl… He wasn't exactly pleased with her at the moment. If she had just listened to him and thought it through, he wouldn't have had to face his parents because nothing would have happened. But no matter his temporary hate, he knew he loved her. And he would have to because they had made a permanent relationship now.
Chi-Chi came bursting through the bedroom door. "Are you insane?" she yelled, forgetting about Goten, who had fallen asleep in his bed in the corner. "What ever possessed you and Videl to mate? You're seventeen, for Dende's sake! You aren't ready for a Saiyan bond! You must be out of your mind. Do you realize the measure of what you have done?" she hissed.
Gohan ran a hand through his head, "You don't have to lecture me about it, Mother. I realize what a mistake I've made, but I can't exactly change anything about it, so we need to just get over it."
Chi-Chi wanted to say something else, but she just turned and cried on Goku's chest. Goku stared at his son, but didn't say anything. Gohan fell into a deep, horrible sleep.
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Videl woke up extremely early. It was only four in the morning. Gohan had left only two hours earlier. Videl didn't feel any better. All the muscles in her body were tight and causing her a great deal of pain. She sighed and closed her eyes. Even if Videl had made a mistake, which she was starting to believe, she knew it was worth it, like she had told Gohan. She had never felt the way she did before. Every inch of her body burned painfully when she thought about him. And when he touched her - Videl thought she was in heaven. Nothing could have prepared her for the night she had had, but it didn't even matter. Videl was happy for once, and that was all that mattered to her at the moment.
The bedroom door burst open suddenly. Videl sat up in her bed, letting the covers fall. She had redressed once Gohan had left. Hercule closed the door behind him and locked it. "What has gotten into you?" he snapped. Videl shivered uncontrollably. Something didn't feel right and Videl was spooked. Hercule picked up Videl's old nightgown. "Your friend comes over here to study and at eleven o'clock at night I here screams coming from this room. I come to check on you, because I was naturally worried for my only child. The door is locked and I gather the facts to find the truth - you are having sex with a weakling human in my house. Where do you get off, Videl? I have provided you care and food and shelter and everything you have ever wanted. What are the two major rules for you to obey?" Hercule shouted at her.
Videl started to cry. Old memories start flashing through her mind.
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A nine-year-old Videl laid down in her bed. Hercule finished reading her the book he had started earlier. He kissed her forehead and set the book on the nightstand. Ever since her mother's death, her father had tried to take care of her. But he still drank as much, if not more than, as he used to. This particular night, Hercule had gone to a victory party, leaving Videl home by herself. He had come back after ten drinks, totally drunk out of his mind. But he still had managed to finish the book.
But then things changed that Videl had never thought imaginable. Her father took her mouth to his roughly and kissed her deeply. Videl had tried to pull away from him, to get him off. She loved her father, but she had never been close to him. She didn't comprehend what was happening, but she knew her father was up to no good. Unfortunately, Videl wasn't nearly as strong as her father. Her father had only started training her the year before, and she wasn't getting much better. She couldn't get her father off of her.
Hercule started to unbutton her nightgown. Videl let out a small cry, but Hercule jerked away from her. He striped her naked, "You just shut up and lay there until I'm done. Don't make one sound," he warned her as he undressed himself.
Videl cried again, "Please stop Daddy," she begged. "I don't want to give you a son," she told him, remembering what he had said to her mother.
Hercule turned to face her and smirked evilly. "Your mother didn't know what was good for her. You don't want to end up like she did, do you?" he asked. Videl shook her head slowly. "Then just sit there."
Hercule didn't even try to be gentle. He quickly plunged into Videl's fragile figure. Videl screamed in pain, but Hercule just slapped her across the face and warned her not to make another sound.
Once he was done, he just left his daughter there, naked, in her bed. Videl didn't know what rape was, and she wouldn't find out until it was too late.
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"What are the golden rules?" Hercule asked her again. He had already started to unbutton his necktie.
'Oh god,' Videl thought. She mind was screaming, but she was frozen in place. She was still too weak to move. She cursed Gohan for that. "Never to talk about Mommy's death and never to bring other man into Daddy's home," Videl said, recalling the first time he had ever explained this to her.
"Please don't make this happen like it happened all the other times," Hercule asked, pulling off his pants. Videl turned her face the other way and closed her eyes. "Just lay there like a good little girl and let Daddy have his way and then you can go back to thinking about that weakling."
Videl let tears fall freely. She had to remain calm if she wanted to be able to try her dream walking to transport herself out of there. But Videl was scared out of her mind and was having a hard time trying to stay calm.
"You go ahead and report me to the police about you mother's death. But the truth is that you've waited too long to come out with it. I'll simply explain that you've been having a hard time because that Gohan boy raped you and you're using my as your scapegoat."
"You wouldn't," Videl whispered. No matter what happened to her, she wouldn't let her father touch Gohan. She needed Gohan and if he hurt her, there was nothing left to live for. Videl took a deep breath and calmed down again. "I won't let you hurt me again," Videl told her father sternly. "I'm not nine or ten anymore. I'm seventeen and I realize what you used to do to me. I'm going to report you and they'll believe me. And I'll come out about you killing Mother as well, so you need to spend this last night praying for your life, not raping me."
Hercule jumped on top of Videl and slammed her wrists against the headrest. "You were always my best fuck," he told her as he started to rip her nightgown off.
Videl took one last look at her father before she closed her eyes and threw an image of Gohan's room into her mind. Videl felt herself being yanked away from her bed and her father. She landed on a soft comforter. Videl opened her eyes slowly. She had landed in Gohan's bed. He had fallen asleep.
Videl used her last strength to drag herself to the top of the bed. Videl shook Gohan until he's eyes opened. He gasped and sat up quickly, "What are you doing here?" he whispered. "You can't be here, Videl. My mother and father are mad enough as it is and having you in my room isn't going to make matters better," Gohan told her.
Videl crawled over Gohan and smashed her lips against his. She didn't want him yelling at her. She wanted him holding her and comforting her and telling her that everything was going to be ok. Gohan pushed Videl away roughly. "What are you doing?" he snapped. Then his eyes traveled down her body at her ripped nightgown, which was showing much of her cleavage and covered very little now. "What happened to you?"
"I just had to get away," Videl whispered hoarsely, not managing anything else. Gohan pulled her up against him. Videl cried onto his shoulder for a half an hour before they both fell asleep.
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Chi-Chi had finished making breakfast when Goten came racing down the race. He pulled on her apron. "Mommy, guess who's here?" he asked, his eyes glittering.
"Who?" Chi-Chi asked, thinking he was talking about other one of his imaginary friends. Goten pulled her down until her mouth reached her ear. "Videl's here," he whispered, as if it was a secret.
Chi-Chi dropped the plate she was serving. It shattered into hundreds of pieces and food covered the floor, but Chi-Chi didn't even notice this. She quickly told Goten to please clean this up as she hurried up the stairs. She threw open the bedroom door and sure enough, there were Videl and Gohan, sleeping peacefully together. Chi-Chi was ready to scream. But instead, she grabbed Gohan's ear and gave it a painful tug.
Gohan let out a sharp yelp and his eyes snapped open. "What the hell?" he muttered.
"What the hell is right, young man. What did I tell you last night about Videl?" Chi-Chi snapped. "Let me remind you, just in case you have forgotten. I told you that under no circumstances was she allowed in this bedroom, even if the two of you are mates. How do you think I felt when my eight-year-old son comes running down in the kitchen and tells me his older brother has a girl in their room?"
"Mother, please. We didn't do anything. I just woke up and Videl had transported herself here. She was so scared, I couldn't just send her back in the state she was in."
"Well then, what happened to her?" Chi-Chi demanded, placing her hands on her waist.
Gohan ran a hand through Videl's hair, looking down at her face. Her mouth was set in a tight grimace and her skin was pale. "I don't exactly know for sure. All she said was 'I just had to get away'. She didn't say anything else, just cried until she fell asleep. Just keep Goten downstairs and I'll try to figure out what's wrong with her."
Chi-Chi sighed and gave up. "Fine. I'll feed him breakfast, which is ready when you're done. And since Videl's here, she might as well stay for a little while and eat. But don't do anything stupid, Gohan," she warned before she let herself out of the room and closed the door.
Gohan stroked Videl's face. "Videl?" he whispered. Videl's eyes fluttered open. She smiled softly, "Hey, you." She kissed his neck, because that was the closest part of his body. Gohan leaned his head down and kissed her softly. "What happened last night?" he asked Videl, who automatically froze up. She gripped Gohan's undershirt, "I really don't want to talk about it right now."
"Well, whether you wish to or not, you need to. My mother was pissed enough as it was, and now Goten went and told her you were here, so she's double pissed and if I don't tell her something, sparks are going to fly and heads are going to roll," Gohan explained as nicely as he could.
Videl shivered and clutched to Gohan harder, "My father… he heard us yesterday and he was angry." Videl looked up into Gohan's eyes. "There's something I've never told anyone before Gohan. Something I have tried to forget for most of my life. A few years after my mother's death, my father started to… well, he raped me."
Gohan took a deep breath in. "Oh God, Videl. I'm so sorry. I had no idea."
"Like I said, I never told anyone. But last night, he heard us talking about turning him in and he got made. To put it simply, he tried to go back to his old ways as a means to shut me up." Videl closed her eyes and let a few tears roll down her cheeks.
Gohan kissed her forehead, "I'm so sorry, Videl. He didn't hurt you, did he? Because if he didn't I'll-" Videl shook his head. "You won't do anything, Gohan. This is my battle and I need to fight it alone. I just had to get away from him last night and I couldn't think of any other place I could go. I'm sorry if I got you in more trouble with your family."
Gohan shook his head, "Don't worry about it," he told her. "You're safe here. You'll always be safe here."
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That was a short chapter. Don't worry, I'll update soon. I hope no one's too mad at me for what I did…
Chapter 7: Together Without You
Hey everyone! Anti Darth Ani here and I've got a few things to say before I start with the next chapter. This story used to be PG-13, as all of my continuing readers know, but because of the last chapter and this one, I'm afraid I'm going to have to change the rating to R. If that bothers you, please don't read on.
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"Where the hell have you been?" Chi-Chi snapped, Goku standing behind her, holding her shoulders so she didn't attack her own son. "Chi-Chi, why don't you calm down and we'll discuss this issue later when Goten is asleep and you are a little more rational," Goku suggested.
Chi-Chi growled warningly, "My son sneaks out of the house and spends the whole night somewhere else and I'm supposed to be calm? Let me tell you something, Goku. That behavior may be acceptable by you or your race, but I will not have my son acting like an ass while he is living in this household. Tell me where you were!" Chi-Chi yelled.
Gohan had just reappeared in the living room, where Chi-Chi and Goku had been sitting on the couch, waiting up for him. "Well, Mom, I didn't really sneak out. I just never came home. But I was with someone," he explained.
"Really? Tell me, Gohan, who were you with?" Chi-Chi asked.
Gohan swallowed and looked to his father for support, but his father's eyes were clouded over and showed no willingness to stand up for him. Gohan was about to answer before Goku released Chi-Chi and walked over to Gohan. He grabbed Gohan's shirt. Gohan thought his father was going to blast him, but Goku pulled Gohan's sleeve down and stared at the fresh mark in the hallow of Gohan's neck and shoulder.
Goku sighed and released Gohan, "Why don't you just go up to your room and let me explain some things to your mother." Gohan felt extremely relieved, at least until Goku continued, "Don't go to sleep, because you've still got a lot of explaining to do."
Gohan nodded and climbed up the stairs, tossing his backpack down once he was in his bedroom. He changed into a pair of clean boxers and a new undershirt. Gohan looked at the mark in the mirror. 'What have we done?' he asked himself. 'I thought I was ready for this, but I was wrong. Videl and I are going to have to deal with things that we aren't ready to deal with yet. All because we were selfish and careless.' Gohan sighed and laid down on his bed, put his head on his hands and stared up at the ceiling. He wasn't sure how his mother and father were going to take the news. His father hadn't seemed too happy and he knew his mother wasn't going to be pleased. Sure, she had always talked about him baring her grandchildren, but he was pretty sure she had meant after high school was over.
Gohan heard his mother scream, "HE DID WHAT?" Gohan closed his eyes and started to pray to Dende. 'Just help me get through this and I'll never do anything this stupid ever again.' Gohan was wishing he had dragged Videl with him. Videl… He wasn't exactly pleased with her at the moment. If she had just listened to him and thought it through, he wouldn't have had to face his parents because nothing would have happened. But no matter his temporary hate, he knew he loved her. And he would have to because they had made a permanent relationship now.
Chi-Chi came bursting through the bedroom door. "Are you insane?" she yelled, forgetting about Goten, who had fallen asleep in his bed in the corner. "What ever possessed you and Videl to mate? You're seventeen, for Dende's sake! You aren't ready for a Saiyan bond! You must be out of your mind. Do you realize the measure of what you have done?" she hissed.
Gohan ran a hand through his head, "You don't have to lecture me about it, Mother. I realize what a mistake I've made, but I can't exactly change anything about it, so we need to just get over it."
Chi-Chi wanted to say something else, but she just turned and cried on Goku's chest. Goku stared at his son, but didn't say anything. Gohan fell into a deep, horrible sleep.
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Videl woke up extremely early. It was only four in the morning. Gohan had left only two hours earlier. Videl didn't feel any better. All the muscles in her body were tight and causing her a great deal of pain. She sighed and closed her eyes. Even if Videl had made a mistake, which she was starting to believe, she knew it was worth it, like she had told Gohan. She had never felt the way she did before. Every inch of her body burned painfully when she thought about him. And when he touched her - Videl thought she was in heaven. Nothing could have prepared her for the night she had had, but it didn't even matter. Videl was happy for once, and that was all that mattered to her at the moment.
The bedroom door burst open suddenly. Videl sat up in her bed, letting the covers fall. She had redressed once Gohan had left. Hercule closed the door behind him and locked it. "What has gotten into you?" he snapped. Videl shivered uncontrollably. Something didn't feel right and Videl was spooked. Hercule picked up Videl's old nightgown. "Your friend comes over here to study and at eleven o'clock at night I here screams coming from this room. I come to check on you, because I was naturally worried for my only child. The door is locked and I gather the facts to find the truth - you are having sex with a weakling human in my house. Where do you get off, Videl? I have provided you care and food and shelter and everything you have ever wanted. What are the two major rules for you to obey?" Hercule shouted at her.
Videl started to cry. Old memories start flashing through her mind.
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A nine-year-old Videl laid down in her bed. Hercule finished reading her the book he had started earlier. He kissed her forehead and set the book on the nightstand. Ever since her mother's death, her father had tried to take care of her. But he still drank as much, if not more than, as he used to. This particular night, Hercule had gone to a victory party, leaving Videl home by herself. He had come back after ten drinks, totally drunk out of his mind. But he still had managed to finish the book.
But then things changed that Videl had never thought imaginable. Her father took her mouth to his roughly and kissed her deeply. Videl had tried to pull away from him, to get him off. She loved her father, but she had never been close to him. She didn't comprehend what was happening, but she knew her father was up to no good. Unfortunately, Videl wasn't nearly as strong as her father. Her father had only started training her the year before, and she wasn't getting much better. She couldn't get her father off of her.
Hercule started to unbutton her nightgown. Videl let out a small cry, but Hercule jerked away from her. He striped her naked, "You just shut up and lay there until I'm done. Don't make one sound," he warned her as he undressed himself.
Videl cried again, "Please stop Daddy," she begged. "I don't want to give you a son," she told him, remembering what he had said to her mother.
Hercule turned to face her and smirked evilly. "Your mother didn't know what was good for her. You don't want to end up like she did, do you?" he asked. Videl shook her head slowly. "Then just sit there."
Hercule didn't even try to be gentle. He quickly plunged into Videl's fragile figure. Videl screamed in pain, but Hercule just slapped her across the face and warned her not to make another sound.
Once he was done, he just left his daughter there, naked, in her bed. Videl didn't know what rape was, and she wouldn't find out until it was too late.
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"What are the golden rules?" Hercule asked her again. He had already started to unbutton his necktie.
'Oh god,' Videl thought. She mind was screaming, but she was frozen in place. She was still too weak to move. She cursed Gohan for that. "Never to talk about Mommy's death and never to bring other man into Daddy's home," Videl said, recalling the first time he had ever explained this to her.
"Please don't make this happen like it happened all the other times," Hercule asked, pulling off his pants. Videl turned her face the other way and closed her eyes. "Just lay there like a good little girl and let Daddy have his way and then you can go back to thinking about that weakling."
Videl let tears fall freely. She had to remain calm if she wanted to be able to try her dream walking to transport herself out of there. But Videl was scared out of her mind and was having a hard time trying to stay calm.
"You go ahead and report me to the police about you mother's death. But the truth is that you've waited too long to come out with it. I'll simply explain that you've been having a hard time because that Gohan boy raped you and you're using my as your scapegoat."
"You wouldn't," Videl whispered. No matter what happened to her, she wouldn't let her father touch Gohan. She needed Gohan and if he hurt her, there was nothing left to live for. Videl took a deep breath and calmed down again. "I won't let you hurt me again," Videl told her father sternly. "I'm not nine or ten anymore. I'm seventeen and I realize what you used to do to me. I'm going to report you and they'll believe me. And I'll come out about you killing Mother as well, so you need to spend this last night praying for your life, not raping me."
Hercule jumped on top of Videl and slammed her wrists against the headrest. "You were always my best fuck," he told her as he started to rip her nightgown off.
Videl took one last look at her father before she closed her eyes and threw an image of Gohan's room into her mind. Videl felt herself being yanked away from her bed and her father. She landed on a soft comforter. Videl opened her eyes slowly. She had landed in Gohan's bed. He had fallen asleep.
Videl used her last strength to drag herself to the top of the bed. Videl shook Gohan until he's eyes opened. He gasped and sat up quickly, "What are you doing here?" he whispered. "You can't be here, Videl. My mother and father are mad enough as it is and having you in my room isn't going to make matters better," Gohan told her.
Videl crawled over Gohan and smashed her lips against his. She didn't want him yelling at her. She wanted him holding her and comforting her and telling her that everything was going to be ok. Gohan pushed Videl away roughly. "What are you doing?" he snapped. Then his eyes traveled down her body at her ripped nightgown, which was showing much of her cleavage and covered very little now. "What happened to you?"
"I just had to get away," Videl whispered hoarsely, not managing anything else. Gohan pulled her up against him. Videl cried onto his shoulder for a half an hour before they both fell asleep.
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Chi-Chi had finished making breakfast when Goten came racing down the race. He pulled on her apron. "Mommy, guess who's here?" he asked, his eyes glittering.
"Who?" Chi-Chi asked, thinking he was talking about other one of his imaginary friends. Goten pulled her down until her mouth reached her ear. "Videl's here," he whispered, as if it was a secret.
Chi-Chi dropped the plate she was serving. It shattered into hundreds of pieces and food covered the floor, but Chi-Chi didn't even notice this. She quickly told Goten to please clean this up as she hurried up the stairs. She threw open the bedroom door and sure enough, there were Videl and Gohan, sleeping peacefully together. Chi-Chi was ready to scream. But instead, she grabbed Gohan's ear and gave it a painful tug.
Gohan let out a sharp yelp and his eyes snapped open. "What the hell?" he muttered.
"What the hell is right, young man. What did I tell you last night about Videl?" Chi-Chi snapped. "Let me remind you, just in case you have forgotten. I told you that under no circumstances was she allowed in this bedroom, even if the two of you are mates. How do you think I felt when my eight-year-old son comes running down in the kitchen and tells me his older brother has a girl in their room?"
"Mother, please. We didn't do anything. I just woke up and Videl had transported herself here. She was so scared, I couldn't just send her back in the state she was in."
"Well then, what happened to her?" Chi-Chi demanded, placing her hands on her waist.
Gohan ran a hand through Videl's hair, looking down at her face. Her mouth was set in a tight grimace and her skin was pale. "I don't exactly know for sure. All she said was 'I just had to get away'. She didn't say anything else, just cried until she fell asleep. Just keep Goten downstairs and I'll try to figure out what's wrong with her."
Chi-Chi sighed and gave up. "Fine. I'll feed him breakfast, which is ready when you're done. And since Videl's here, she might as well stay for a little while and eat. But don't do anything stupid, Gohan," she warned before she let herself out of the room and closed the door.
Gohan stroked Videl's face. "Videl?" he whispered. Videl's eyes fluttered open. She smiled softly, "Hey, you." She kissed his neck, because that was the closest part of his body. Gohan leaned his head down and kissed her softly. "What happened last night?" he asked Videl, who automatically froze up. She gripped Gohan's undershirt, "I really don't want to talk about it right now."
"Well, whether you wish to or not, you need to. My mother was pissed enough as it was, and now Goten went and told her you were here, so she's double pissed and if I don't tell her something, sparks are going to fly and heads are going to roll," Gohan explained as nicely as he could.
Videl shivered and clutched to Gohan harder, "My father… he heard us yesterday and he was angry." Videl looked up into Gohan's eyes. "There's something I've never told anyone before Gohan. Something I have tried to forget for most of my life. A few years after my mother's death, my father started to… well, he raped me."
Gohan took a deep breath in. "Oh God, Videl. I'm so sorry. I had no idea."
"Like I said, I never told anyone. But last night, he heard us talking about turning him in and he got made. To put it simply, he tried to go back to his old ways as a means to shut me up." Videl closed her eyes and let a few tears roll down her cheeks.
Gohan kissed her forehead, "I'm so sorry, Videl. He didn't hurt you, did he? Because if he didn't I'll-" Videl shook his head. "You won't do anything, Gohan. This is my battle and I need to fight it alone. I just had to get away from him last night and I couldn't think of any other place I could go. I'm sorry if I got you in more trouble with your family."
Gohan shook his head, "Don't worry about it," he told her. "You're safe here. You'll always be safe here."
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That was a short chapter. Don't worry, I'll update soon. I hope no one's too mad at me for what I did…
