Stolen Kisses…

A/N: I don't own DBZ. I was inspired by an old fanfic that I killed and want to revive into this story. I hope you enjoy and feedback and reviews are always appreciated and welcomed. Finally, I decided this story wasn't going to write itself and I promised a lot of people that I'd have this story out, but I took longer than expected. Also this has lost of OCC mostly on Gohan's part but everything comes back into proportion. A/U

Summary: All Videl wanted was a new start but when she stepped foot on the new property, she met trouble. Gohan Son, warned, threatened and antagonized the stubborn beauty. Each time Gohan tried to keep her from entering his heart, his lust and growing love for her made him want her to stay. Will the two 'star-crossed' lovers finally see they were meant to be?

Chapter One: New Neighbors

It's now been six years after Cell and Goku has decided to come back home to his family…

"So they're moving out?" Goku asked.

Chichi nodded. "I think that little stunt… correction, remember that time you, Goten and Gohan all went SSJ to have a one on one on one and that dear couple saw you guys? You nearly gave them a heart attack and that woman's husband was sent to a shrink."

"Oh?"

"Don't play stupid with me!"

"Who's playing?" then he laughed and hugged her. "Wouldn't it be great if we got new neighbors who had a daughter around Gohans age?"

"Grandbabies… it seems it will take forever… I love my sons, really I do, but I don't want to be all old and gray to get one!"

One year later…

During this time, Gohan has become distant towards his family and almost just plain cold. Future Trunks has returned to pay a friendly visit to the present. And maybe Chichi and Goku's not so secret wish might just come true… 

Gohan nudged himself forward and left his hand fall to his side.

"Man, Gohan you aren't playing around, huh?" M. Trunks chuckled and rubbed his arm. "I mean smile for once. You haven't cracked a smile in weeks now. What happened?"

"Nothing happened." Gohan grunted.

M. Trunks rolled his eyes. "A man in denial…"

"Are you going to fight or are you going to 'mock' me all day?"

"I guess I can do a little bit of both." He smiled getting back to the matter at hand. "But first I'm going to get some water to drink… can I get you something to drink?"

Trunks raised his eyebrow after hearing a loud grunt from Gohan. Gohan without a word continued to train as if he didn't notice Trunks wasn't there.

Trunks shook his head. "That guy needs his mate… he's got a big stone where his heart should be."

"You bests not have Gohan hear that, or he'd destroy you like he did that spot that use to have a few hundred mountains over there. Not a trace left." Bulma said from behind him.

"Well, you have to admit, a person's empty without love."

Bulma giggled. "Funny. I could never picture Vegeta saying that… well not in public."

"Yeah, that's dad for ya." Trunks turned. "Speaking of dad… where is he?"

"…Gravity room. Where else? If it's not for filling his stomach it's…" she trailed off noting the blush on her son's face. "… uh yeah, it's the gravity room. Do you mind checking on your younger self and Goten for me? Chichi's making lunch and having so many saiyans around it can be more than a handful."

Trunks nodded heading for the living room where the two chibis' were playing video games and eating whatever they concocted with candies, chips and some other things.

Elsewhere

"Where's Videl?" Serenity pondered and passed by her older brother.

Tori shrugged. "Probably went to visit mom. The old man pretends he doesn't know. I should have gone, but Videl was the most effected by the sudden divorce."

"Yeah…" Serenity sighed. "I miss mom…Dad really doesn't know what he's missing …until she's gone. Men are such despicable, adamant, obnoxious, insufferable, abhorrent and boorish"

"…HEEY!" Tori yelled. "Not all guys are like that! Take me for example." He leaned back in his seat after placing his sunglasses on. "Cool, suave, handsome…"

"Jackass, intolerable, loutish… shall I go on? Simple minded, always-looking-for-compliments, a soon-to-be womanizer…"

"OK, ok! So I'm not perfect! Geez, rub it in why don't you?!"

"I know you're not perfect, and I'm not either." She turned to leave. "And I always love to rub it in, big bro. It's all about a little sibling rivalry…nothing personal."

Serenity paused at the doorway and Tori looked up from his magazine.

Videl closed the door behind her and the small smile she had on her face was wiped off clean when their father entered the room.

Grunting he said, "Been visiting?"

Coldly, Videl replied. "I believe that's none of your concern, father. Mother invited me over and we talked, went out shopping a bit… I owe her that much since your fame is more important. "

Hurcule grunted and sipped upon his wine. "Nobody says you have to be devoted to my fame. Spend as much of your damn time with that mother of yours."

"You'd like that huh, father? I was the daughter you didn't want, wasn't I? I'm the highly rebellious type aren't I?"

"You know I'm not like that and plus the money that I make from my fame is as much yours as it is your brother, sister and myself. Don't be so ungrateful, look at the money I got from defeating Cell---"

Videl grunted. "YOU beat Cell? I saw the tapes dad, we all did. Your so called 'victory' will be publicly known if you don't watch it. Remember that tournament last week? Since I was sick I was in the audience and I watched the match between you and the new champion. He could mop the floor with you and you know it don't you? Look at how many floozy woman you brought here and you said you care about what we think! I thought what we think mattered to you." With that she left.

Tori and Serenity both knew it would be a few months before she spoke to him; well that was usually the shortest time span. Shrugging the two went their separate ways leaving their uncontrived and dumbfounded father. "Uhm… ok, uh yeah."

By the time Gohan felt he trained enough for that day the sun began to set. He could hear his mother and Bulma babbling about new neighbors.

Gohan rolled his eyes. "Humph…Great, more weaklings…"The thought irritated him more than he could bare and he just didn't know why.

Tori looked around the new house. "Well it will take some adjustment… but a little work put into it and it can make a great home until the house is fixed."

"But these windows won't do." Serenity added. "We might end up changing our whole style with this new change. There's no mall in sight…"

"Or chicks… well besides you two but you're my siblings and that would be plain sick." Tori then smiled. "But our neighbors might and… oh yeah back in the game."

Scoffing Serenity asked, "What game were you playing brother?"

"Why would anyone want to blow up my wing of the house?" Hurcule boomed. "I'm the world champ!"

"Dad, don't overreact." Videl muttered. "Just be grateful no one was hurt. Speaking of such, Cahokia is coming to stay here with us, right?"

"No. But my girlfriend, Rosanna is." Hurcule beamed and pointed to the clock. "In three hours, isn't that wonderful? "

His children only muttered sarcastically. "Oh yeah…? Great" "Oh, wonderful I can't wait." "Oh joy."

"Guess who our new neighbors are?" Chichi's voice was glum.

"…Hurcule." Goku answered.

"How'd you guess?"

"You can hear his laugh and know it anywhere. The man's foolish, he maybe able to handle the city life but living among wild life is a whole new ball game."

"I did hear he has a daughter and a son too. All of his kids are bright but he spoils them and-"

"Well, maybe he wants them to use their minds and not sponge off of him." M. Trunks smiled. "Can I have some more cheesecake?"

Chichi shrugged. "Be my guest."

Trunks swallowed his large slice and went for another. "Say shouldn't we at least say 'hi'? Knowing Hurcule, he'll expect everyone to 'bow down' to him. Even though--"

"He took Gohan's credit for defeating Cell?"

"…Right." Trunks leaned back in his chair. "And who knows, maybe his daughter is quite a looker and you'll finally get some grandkids… but if Gohan's not interested…"

"Ahh, cookies in the oven..." Chichi murmured and got confused and blushing faces from the saiyans at the table.

"Who's going to have cookies?" Goten asked innocently.

M. Trunks laughed and patted Goten on the shoulder. "It's something you'll get when your older… much older."

"Honest? …Because I don't like being left out." He reached for the last piece of the cheesecake.

"…HEEYY that's my piece!" Goku whined. "You had thirteen already, stop being greedy and give to the needy!"

"…Am not!"

"…Is too!"

"NOT…!"

"IS TOO…!"

"Grow up, honestly." Gohan stood up. "I got to get more training in while the moon's high and bright. Besides, they can't buy the land since it's the last owner's inheritance and under the law only family may overtake it… and since we did get the permission for the land it's legally ours. So if you'll excuse me, I'd like to pay the oaf a visit…"

Goku shook his head. "He's getting more like Vegeta…I still say we got to hog tie him or he'll kill himself."

"Ask my mom, she's in the process of making saiyan ropes which it's kind of fascinating if you ask me." M. Trunks replied. "Maybe if Gohan gave her some flowers or--"

"Trunks, are you making it your duty to make the ladies in the closest radius happy?"

Laughing Trunks answered. "I'm doing my best, Goku."

"Isn't my other self cool?" Chibi Trunks asked Goten.

"Sure if you like a momma's boy." Goten shrugged.

C. Trunks scowled. "You're a momma's boy too!"

"Am NOT…!"

"…Is TOO!"

"NOT!"

"AHH I can see it now! All of my fans crowding around to see me!" Hurcule beamed. "It's so wonderful! And it's just the beginning too! Yes, Hurcule cars and Hurc-shakes and…"

Videl and Tori exchanged worried looks between each other.

"Uh dad…" Tori trailed off after realizing their father was far into 'la-la-land'.

Petite but slender, Videl moved with the grace of a dancer. Clouded cerulean eyes were wide with intelligent and under circumferences were ready to smile. Yet they were a chameleon's eyes, darkening to a solid and cold sapphire when angry and softening to a sparkling azure shade when happy or excited. But after the divorce that azure color didn't come out often, in fact it was quite rare to see it.

"I'll go get the dishes for dinner and I'll go see if that water outside is warm enough. Maybe we can get a little fence or something for it." Videl then left. When she was sure she was alone she felt hot reluctant tears run down her ivory-colored skin as she felt a stab of loneliness and longing to see her mother. 

Just as Gohan landed the front door opened.

It would be difficult to figure out who was more surprised, Gohan or Videl.

The silence and tension hung over the two new neighbors.

"…Uhm hello." Videl finally said. She found it quite difficult to believe her own reaction. 

"*Was she actually shaking?*" Gohan thought. Gohan found himself smiling somewhat from this discovery. "Hello." Gohan answered. He smiled as openly as he could, trying to control both his interest and curiosity. It was more from premonition of danger than from any physical attraction, yet she missed nothing, admitting in some part of her mind that e was the handsomest man she'd ever seen. And with her father's publicity, dinners everywhere and around the world she knew what she was talking about.

When he walked closer and crossed to stand closer to her, making matters worse by towering over her. His overpowering size added to her sense of alarm. Videl wanted some much to fight back against some elusive threat that she could not even name.

"I'm Gohan Son, and this here is Son property. And I'm afraid you can't stay here no longer since you're trespassing."

"…Son property? Trespassing?"

"Don't you speak English?"

"Of course I do. And you're wrong, this isn't your land it's our land."

"Our?" he raised an eyebrow.

"My brother, sister and my father and I don't know who the hell the… Sons are. If this is a threat to get us off 'your land' it won't work! We're here to stay *for how long was it?* and at this moment it is you who is trespassing, so be gone!"

"Well first off," he said, his irritation growing at a rapid pace. "Nobody's threatening you to do anything! You're the one who made the mistake and not me!"

"So what are you going to do about it?" lifting her head high and her eyes glared off a challenging glow.

Even though the defiance wasn't new to Gohan it still left him speechless. If Videl was a man Gohan wouldn't hesitate to come to violence. But she was a woman, a very beautiful woman. So the anger he felt was now frustration.

"Look I didn't come here to argue or surrender. Just get out of here, or I'll have to make you go. I won't be responsible for anything that might happen." He turned and glanced at her. "Tell that to that buffoon of a father of yours. And when he's done cowering get your city butts outta here." A smirk formed upon his lips as if it was the most causal thing to do in this situation. "And don't say I didn't warn you…"

If he was angry, Videl was furious, and it glowed in her stormy sapphire eyes and challenged him in the defiant lift of her chin. "Get off of my property before I resort to murdering you." She snarled. He watched intently as her chest rose up and down at a rapid and uneven pace.

"Just remember my warning…" Giving her a mockery salute Gohan replied firmly. "I wouldn't want to toss that pretty behind of yours off this land personally, but I won't hesitate to do so."  When he left and disappeared into the forest trees he left Videl anger enough to truly commit homicide.

Videl slammed the door behind her and ignored the rattling of the picture frames.

As hard as she tried she couldn't forget that guy even after he made her blood boil.

She paused and closed her eyes taking a few deep breaths she repeated a few words her sansei had taught her years ago. "The sun is warm and (breaths) the grass is green…"

After cleaning out half the house Videl collapsed onto a nearby chair. She was tired, and most of her anger had drained away, leaving her more worried than anything else.

What was Gohan Son capable of?

The brisk knocks on the front door surprised her.

Videl finally got up and grabbed the nearest weapon she could. He was back to torment her again, was he? Well, he was better off taking her advice then his own. She jerked the door open and with grim determination she held her knife high.

Videl blinked and lowered her knife to her waist. "Oh…"

He was smiling and his blue eyes glowed warmly. "Sorry, this is a neighborly visit and I hope I didn't frighten you."

Stiffly Videl replied. "I have had enough of 'neighborly visits' for a lifetime, thank you very much."

The visitor laughed. "From that I guess you locked horns with Gohan Son, am I right?"

"…Could say we locked more than just horns."

Now he laughed openly, and Videl just strangely smiled.

"So is it uhm safe to come in?"

"Depends..."

"…On what?"

"On what business you're here for. I don't feel like getting another little 'warning'!"

"Ah, so Gohan… oh interesting. He usually gets what he wants… Gravity Room… meals…"

"Well, not this time! Just who are you?"

"Trunks, I'm a friend of Gohan. And you must be Hurcule's daughter, Serenity right? You look younger--"

"It's Videl, not Serenity."

"Uh sorry… I thought well… they …" Trunks blushed.

"And we have every right to be here. We're related by marriage to Andres and Charlotte Satan. The couple that was scared out of their wits a couple of months back."  Videl sighed. "My sister and I were making some coffee, if you're up to it and like coffee you can come in."

"Thanks." Trunks cracked another smile. Trunks, over the years grew an eye for beautiful women and he instantly knew she was among the most beautiful he had seen. Trunks shook his head and sympathized Gohan; she was the perfect match for him. It would be interesting to see them lock horns and Videl winning Gohan's heart and finally melting him. 

Gohan gazed at the Son House coming into view. He had taken much longer since he was in deep thoughts or daydreaming. He was more than surprised as he found his mind had jumped to the images of the feisty blue-eyes girl who told him she'd fight back. He found himself shocked that he remembered everything about her, from the soft look of her skin to the anger in her hypnotizing eyes. He had to control that small but extremely irritating thought that he wanted to see her again. And all she could possibly be was more trouble to him.

"Damn." Gohan muttered and shook his head. This wasn't like him and he'd be damn if he allowed her to snuggle herself into his heart. He didn't need love or anything of that sort, all he needed was to be strong. The last time he let himself leave his human side on the surface he nearly lost his life and others he cared about. Why couldn't he have been born full-blooded and not a demi saiyan?

Gohan stopped flying as he sensed Trunks nearing him.

"Hey, there…!" Trunks smiled. "In for a drink maybe some water or something?"

"What, you drink alcohol or something?"

"Nope, but it sure looks like you need one. Is there something or should I say someone on your mind? It's been an eventful day."

"Eventful?" Gohan prodded.

Gohan's eyes grew stormy and his mouth tightened. Trunks could feel without looking, that Gohan was glaring at him! Trunks just shrugged and smiled evilly in return. "So I take it you had met our new neighbor who was trespassing on…Son land?"

 "What's that supposed to me?"

"Well they're related to that unfortunate couple, Andres and Charlotte. But I take it its information you've already learned. But if you want to suggests we chase them off with 'tricks' then--"

"You can't be serious Trunks, I'll talk to them again… and hopefully I--"

"Don't fall for the feisty beauty?"

"NO!"

"Ah so you're willing to fall for her? That's good. *Half of my work is done*"

"No, Trunks, I mean hopefully we don't lock horns… again."

"I think she's very attractive and--"

"Lay a finger on her and you'll see what you get, Trunks."

"Joke, Gohan, joke--"

"You seem to know a lot from such a visit. Speaking of which how long was this visit?"

"Much shorter than yours and just because I came with a friendly smile instead of a clumsy--"

"CLUMSY?--"

"Threat, you don't have anything to get all upset about. Trust me."

Hurcule gazed through the window and shuttered. Tomorrow he'd go over to the Son's and show then who was boss. That is if he would live long enough.

He turned to Videl, "Look I want you to stay away from them, both of them. I don't care if they're all nice or mean just stay the hell away from them. Tell that to Serenity and Tori, Videl."

Videl scoffed. "You can't order me around forever daddy nor can you keep me away from anything. *Even though I get a really eerie feeling from both those guys*"

He laughed with an arrogant smirk and tossed his head. "Just keep telling yourself that, young lady. You're a trouble maker a real spitfire like your mother, aren't you? Your mother was nothing more than a tramp--"

"DON'T you; EVER say that about MY mother, again!" Videl screamed. Maybe it was her frustration of her new found affections for Gohan Son or it was the rage that was finally ready to erupt within her.  And the thing she had hated the most besides him lying about everything was that he could never look her straight in the eyes no more. When she found out about the truth of Cell it felt like her whole life was centered on a lie. She couldn't even trust him like she used to so many years ago. He used to be her hero and now… well now she didn't know what to acknowledge him by.

She could hear her mother lightly scolding her.

A deep scar of grief can turn to anger and become fuel for cold-blooded murder.

"Sure you're not sleep?" Serenity asked Videl. "Are you sure you're all right?"

Videl shrugged. "I'm one of those night owl type of people don't worry about me. I'm just going to read a book or something. I got a lot… of things on my mind. Nothing to worry about I promise."

Reluctantly Serenity left Videl alone and headed towards her new bedroom. "…Night Videl."

"Night..." Videl turned the light on in the kitchen. After pacing for a few minutes Videl sat down and drank some warm milk. Shivering she turned up the heat and went back into the kitchen. She liked Trunks; he was a very likeable person. He looked like the type of guy that was ready to smile and made you feel happy as well. When he was talking she noticed he held a great bitterness deep within. Something that must have wounded him emotionally and he looked like he wasn't ready to share it with.

She thought of Gohan, a man who would allow none especially her, to find a place he had protected so long against intrusion. She had sensed the steel core within him, had heard the sharp edge of the blade in his voice. But his eyes drew her in and even if he didn't know it she could see the innocence and naive ness that had once glowed in them. His eyes had been pierced deeply to touch a well of uncertain emotions that have been flowing like a slow rivulet ever since. He was solid and powerful and she would have compared a feeling she had never felt before. He left her breathless, but she knew he was dangerous. She could still feel the power of his presence, and it both intrigued her and frightened her. 

Videl awoke with a start. Videl moved the two clamps of black locks from her face and sat looking at her window. The dream was a warm mist that enveloped her. He came from the mist and drew her up into his arms. His kiss was gentle and searching but also demanding. But she responded with the complete giving of a woman. It was ethereal and she could retain the substance of it. All she knew was his touch was hot and magical… and one way or another she'd win his heart.

TBC …

A/N: I think it went ok, I know there wasn't as much humor as I liked it to be but this is supposed to be a more romantic fanfic. I hope you enjoyed it because I enjoyed writing it so far. It came out pretty long, ne? Oh and wonderful news a small but sweet lime is in the making for either chapter two or three. Why I choose the title will become evident later on. Please review.

Completed: March 28, 2004