Odango: Okay. A couple of things before we begin this chapter.
Pyro: We know that last chapter kinda stunk demo... we needed to bring Mirai back to this timeline.
Odango: Gomen nasai about his kaasan passing on. It was the only way.
Pyro: Demo don't worry. He won't be alone. And no it's not Hotaru! She has her own guy but that's later in the story. *grins*
Odango: This is strictly for Usa and Gohan only! *mumbles* since it'll be a while before they have anytime to themselves
Pyro: You say something Odango?
Odango: *blushes* Iie! *clears throat* Anyway there's some fight scene in here and yes both Usagi and Gohan are going to be fighting. Demo, not each other.
Pyro: They'll also dance, drink and... other stuff! Hee Hee!
Odango: Pyro, you're terrible!
Pyro: Arigato!
Odango: *sighs shaking her head* Oh well.... on with our fic!
Chapter 16
Usagi looked at her self in the mirror. For the fifteenth time. 'I hope he likes this.' Behind her was Hotaru, who was looking thoughtful for a moment before she snapped her fingers and dug into one of the vanity doors looking for a small object. She cried out in delight when she found it and smiled happily. She turned to Usagi, and having decided on where the object would go, put it on her hair, making sure that it was snapped into place. She took a step back from Usagi and giving her one more look over, smiled.
"All done neechan. You look very kirei" Hotaru said with pride in her voice.
"Arigato imouto. I just hope he likes it" Usagi said fiddling with her long locks of hair.
"He'd have to be a major baka not to" Hotaru said with a giggle.
Usagi smiled as Horatu left the room. Truth be told, Usagi was not ready for this! In fact, she was a nervous reck! She took deep slow breaths to calm herself down. A knock on the door startled her. "C-come in!" she said in a shaky voice.
The door opened to reveal the troublesome duo Trunks and Goten. She smiled as they shyly walked in.
"Osso Usagi-chan" Goten said with the ever-so-famous Son smile.
"Osso basan" Trunks said, a little blush staining his cheeks.
Usagi giggled. "Osso guys! What brings you two here?"
"We got bored" they said at the same time. Usagi laughed but she sobered up really quick.
"Goten, you think your brother will like me now that I..." Usagi left the question opened.
"Of course Usagi-chan! He'd have to be a major baka not to!" Goten said with a wave of his hand.
Usagi giggled. "Hota said the same thing."
Trunks turned his head to the door. "They just got here basan."
Usagi paled. "I can't do this! There is no way I can do this now! Do I look okay? Is my make up alright? Is my hair fine? Do I..."
"USAGI!!!" both boys shouted.
"Nani?" she asked the boys.
"You look fine" Trunks said.
"Just relax and be yourself" Goten said.
Usagi took a deep breath to calm herself. "O-okay. I c-can do this." She walked to the door and opened it. She turned back look at the boys. "Hai you can play the games. Gomen for kicking you out in the first place but this was important."
"Saa.... it's okay" Trunks said.
"We don't mind. Now get going and have fun!" Goten said giving her a little push out the door.
Usagi laughed as she walked down the hall and to the stairs. 'I hope he likes this new me' she thought walking down the stairs.
'I hope she likes this new me' Gohan thought. He was just as nervous as Usagi. Once they had reappeared in the living room, Hotaru immediately pulled him into the kitchen to examine him. He sighed. Though she had approved of his choice of clothing as did the rest of the gang with the casual grunt from Vegeta, he had yet to see what Usagi's reaction would be. Now here he was, leaning against the wall near the stairs, eyes closed, waiting for her to come down.
"Usagi-chan! Gohan's here!" Luna called upstairs. Everyone waited silently as they waited for the blond to come down stairs. They heard the slow footsteps descending the stairs until finally Usagi was at the bottom and stood next to Gohan. Everyone remained silent.
Gohan frowned when he heard everyone keep quiet. He felt his girlfriend's ki next to him and opened his eyes. Boy was he shocked. 'Dende.' Usagi wore a tight tan halter top which showed off a lot of her creamy peach skin and her firm toned stomach, a tight short leather skirt that hugged her curves dangerously yet allowed her to move comfortably in it, and black heeled combat boots that reached mid-calve. What shocked him most of all was her hair. The long gold tresses that once reached to her calves were now at her mid back. The naturally curly hair was held back by a single tan leathered Harley-Davidson clip (Odango: My favorite motorcycle!!) so none of her hair would fall in her face. Light make-up was applied to her face as well as a clear lip-gloss for her lips. 'Oh Dende she is hot!'
Usagi too was awe struck by Gohan's appearance. 'Oh my!' He wore black boots, tan pants that seemed a few sizes too big for him but that just added more of an effect for his well toned legs which was held up with a black belt with a Harley-Davidson belt buckle with the American Eagle's head on it (Odango: My cousin wore this today); he also wore a tight, black muscle shirt that hugged his chest shamelessly. One thing that caught her attention was his hair. He had it cut short yet it still spiked up. 'Oh kami is he hot.'
"Wow" both said at the same time snapping out of their stupor. Both blushed looking slightly nervous. It was Gohan who was the first to recover.
"Come on Usa. Lets get going" Gohan said taking hold of her hand. Usagi smiled at him.
"Bye minna" she called as they headed to the door.
"Be back by eleven!" Chichi, Vegeta and Artemis shouted.
"Eleven!! Demo... that's only two hours!" Gohan and Usagi argued.
"Tough!" the three shouted at them.
Usagi and Gohan's mouths dropped. They stared disbelievingly (Pyro: Is THAT a word?) at the three adults.
"Awe leave them alone guys" Goku's voice cheery voice said. Everyone looked at him. "They deserve more time to themselves after what they've been through the pass two days, don't you agree Luna, Bulma." Goku looked at Luna and Bulma who were smiling.
"Hai I do. Now run along you two. Have fun! Demo... onegai. No later than one" Luna said in a motherly voice that said 'don't disobey me!' Bulma nodded her head in agreement send the two her 'disobey and there will be hell to pay' look.
Usagi and Gohan nervously chuckled. "Hai kaasan. Arigato. Oyasumi minna!" Usagi with a wave.
"Yeah. Don't wait up." Gohan quickly closed the door, picked Usagi up and took off before any of the three adults could get to them.
Usagi laughed at her boyfriend's actions. She lay her head on his shoulder as she snuggled up to him as they flew to where ever they were going.
Usagi stared at the building in front of her. 'Damion's.' She looked around. A lot of kids from school were here. 'Go figure since it's Friday.' She suddenly started to get nervous and fidgeted. Gohan seeing her discomfort placed both of his arms around her shoulders from behind.
"Nothing to be worried about Usa. Just the people from school, you and me" Gohan whispered in her ear, kissing her neck lightly.
Usagi shivered. "Hai Go-chan" she whispered back. Gohan smiled and took her hand.
They went to the door where the security guard stood with his arms crosses. He was a tall buff man with brown hair and brown eyes that wore all black and a frown upon his face.
:Gohan:
:Hai?:
:How do we get passed him?:
:Like this:
"Hey Roy!" Gohan greeted the guard. The man looked at the couple before him and smiled.
"Hey Gohan! What's up buddy?" Roy greeted Gohan by shaking his hand.
"Nothing much. How bout you? And your family? How are they?" Gohan asked.
"Same as usual. Maria and kids are great by the way. Oh! We're expecting another one by winter" Roy said with a proud smile.
"No kidding! Well congratulations bud" Gohan said once again shaking his hand.
"Thanks man. Say! Who your lucky lady here?" Roy said noticing Usagi for the first time.
Usagi blushed making Gohan chuckle. He put his arm around her waist and held her close to him. "This here is Tsukino Usagi. New to the neighborhood and...." Gohan trailed off looking down at Usagi with a tender look. "My girlfriend."
"Your WHAT?!" Gohan and Usagi looked at him. "Serious?!" They nodded. "Man, I heard the rumors but didn't believe them. Congratulations you two" Roy said shaking both of their hands.
"Arigato. Say you mind letting up in? I did want to show her the hang out" Gohan said.
"Oh sure. Go right ahead. Though I must warn you guys" Roy said stepping aside.
"Nani?" Gohan asked. Usagi looked at Roy.
"I heard Videl was going to be coming here tonight. Rumor has it that she got pissed today at a couple" Roy said with a shake of his head. Usagi and Gohan started to laugh. "What's so funny you two?"
"You'll find out by the end of the night. I guarantee it Roy" Gohan said walking inside with a giggling Usagi. Roy just shook his head and continued on with his job.
Usagi gaped at the sight before her. Lights of all colors flashed and flickered before and around her. Music boomed around the huge place as bodies swayed here and there to the beat. Tables were crowded with people and colorful drinks. Speaking of people... Usagi never saw so many different types of people in so many different cloths and so many different styles. She had to lean against Gohan of a minute to let all of this absorb into her brain.
Gohan smiled down at his date when she leaned against him. 'I guess it can be a little over whelming at first' he thought looking around. He spotted an empty table in the corner. Since the music was a bit loud he knew Usagi wouldn't hear him.
:Usa:
:Hai?: She looked up at him.
:Let's go grab that table in the corner:
Usagi nodded and began to follow Gohan to the table he was talking about. Being a gentleman, Gohan pulled out her chair for her. Usagi smiled her thanks. Gohan took his seat next to her just as the waitress came up to them.
"What can I get for you... Hey Gohan! Usagi! Didn't expect you two to be here tonight" a girl with electric blue hair said.
Usagi smiled. "Hey Mandy! Gohan was just showing me where everyone hangs out! I didn't know you worked here."
Mandy smiled. She was about Usagi's height, with blue eyes, electric blue hair and she wore a navy blue spaghetti strap dress that stopped about mid thigh. It didn't make her look sluttish, but very kirei.
"Only Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. It's nothing big but the price is right and the tips are big. If you ever need a job let me know and I'll hook you up" Mandy replied with a wink.
"Arigato" Usagi said with a friendly smile.
"No prob. So what can I get for ya's tonight guys?" Mandy asked.
"Two Koke Ka Kolas Mandy" Gohan said since Usagi wouldn't know what to order.
"Two triple K's coming up" Mandy said writing down on her note pad. She stuffed it back in her pocket as she left to get their orders.
Usagi looked around her, a smile on her face. Gohan was watching her with an amused smile on his face. 'Curious as a kitten.' "So what do you think of it so far Usagi-chan?" he asked startling her out of her thoughts.
"I think it's wonderful. Arigato" she said flashing him her award-winning smile.
Gohan smiled back. "Ah demo the night's just started." Usagi gave him a confused look that made him chuckle. Picking her hand up, he kissed the back of it. "Just trying to please you hime."
"You don't have to try that hard Gohan" Usagi said taking her free hand and caressing his face. The two stared at each other for a long moment but it was ruined by an 'ahem.' Both turned to see Mandy standing there with a tray held on one hand. The both blushed when they saw the smile she was giving them.
Mandy laughed. "Here you go love birds. Two house specials. Enjoy!" Mandy left laughing.
Gohan shook his head. "I don't think we're gonna get rid of that nickname anytime soon" he said handing her drink. They clinked glasses and took a drink or in Usagi's case, sipped through the straw. Her face lightened up with glee at the taste.
"This is really tasty! Mmmmm. Better than that so called 'punch' I had at that party" Usagi said taking another sip.
"What party?" Gohan asked curiously. He thought it was a simple question demo it made Usagi blush a bright red.
"Um... when I was fourteen I had to sneak into a party for Sailor Business. Well after we beat the youma I kinda got thirsty and drank this punch" Usagi said blushing deeper.
"It wasn't punch was it?" Usagi blushed crimson making Gohan laugh. "Let me guess. You got drunk?" Usagi nodded. Gohan chuckled. "Remind me never to take you out drinking ne?" Usagi playfully glared at him. Gohan chuckled again. The fast beat music caught his attention. He turned back to Usagi with a sly smile. "Care to dance kio?"
Usagi smiled. "Hai." Placing her hand in his, the two made there way to the dance floor among the many people already there. They got into the rhythm and were surprised when the other was able to keep pace.
'Just goes to show you that people really are made for each other' Usagi thought absently. She and Gohan continued to dance to the fast music in perfect since gaining attention from other couples. A crowd started to form around the two though they didn't notice them. When Gohan 'dipped' Usagi really low, the crowd went wild.
Mandy looked up from the bar to see what the commotion was all about. She smiled when she saw who it was. 'Those two really must like each other. I hope nothing can come between them.' With that thought she went back to her work at hand.
Demo minna, you know that everything can't always go smooth between two people, especially Gohan and Usagi. Within the hour, Gohan and Usagi had become the popular couple of the night. Some friends from school joined them at their table which was the loudest out of the five hundred other tables. The place was able to hold about 3000 people with 1000 able to dance on the dance floor and the 500 tables (some of which were booths by the way.) A familiar song caught Usagi's attention. She looked at Gohan and asked him with her eyes to dance. He nodded and the two made their way to the dance floor. The song 'Music' by Madonna was playing and it was actually amusing to watch couples dance to the song. As the song ended, a slow but sweet song came on next. 'Tuxedo Mirage' played as couples slow danced to the soothing melody.
Usagi looked at Gohan hesitantly. Though his arms were already around her, she suddenly felt shy around him. She allowed him to pull her close to him and closed her eyes as laid her head against his chest.
Gohan chuckled as he pulled Usagi closer to him. With his left arm around her waist, he placed her right hand in his left and placed it on his heart. "Relax Usa. It's just you and me now." Though he couldn't see it, he felt her smile at him. He placed a gentle kiss on her temple as they continued to sway to the music.
Usagi felt like she was dreaming. Could any of this be real? Did she really find someone who cared for her as herself? Did she actually find love? She felt so confused with all these thoughts running through her head. She wanted answers.
Gohan felt confusion coming from Usagi. He gently tipped her chin up to look into her eyes. Her endless sapphire eyes that mesmerized him to no end sparkled with confusion and doubt.
Gohan searched her eyes more deeply and found the problem. Was this real? He smiled down at her confused face and leaned down.
Cupping her face with his hands, he placed a gentle kiss on her forehead for reassurance, ran his lips across her eyes, a sign of gentleness, playfully nipped her nose for affection, then brushed her lips with his for exception, then more deeply to let her know that this was real. That all his love belonged to her and her only.
Usagi wanted to cry. Gohan had just shown her that she and everything that's happened between them was real. 'How could I even doubt my feelings?' As the kiss intensified, so did their bond.
The reassurance of her feelings was enough to strengthen the bond to where no one could break it though they had yet to complete it. (Pyro: If you know what I mean =P) Unnoticed by the couple, their friends at the table were staring at them. Practically everyone was staring at them.
"Oh that was so sweet" a red head named Amber said.
"They are kawaii ne?" Joy, a brown haired girl said.
"She looked rather disturbed at first ne?" Nick, a glasses wearing, black haired guy said.
"Gohan seemed to put her to ease when he kissed her" Seth, Gohan's friend with the dark brown hair said.
"Jealous Seth?" Sara, a petit purple haired girl asked.
"Me? Iie. Not in this life!" Seth said tacking a sip of his drink.
"Man! The music's stopped but they're still going!" Nick said.
"No kidding. Been two minutes already" Joy said looking at her watch.
"Uh oh guys! Don't look now but guess who just showed up" Amber said with a exasperated sigh.
The group turned to the entrance to see none other than Videl Satan standing there in a
sparkling blue halter top with flare black pants and blue clogs to match. Her hair was let down and it looked like she did and okay job with her make up. The group saw her frown at something and looked like she was growling. They followed her line of sight and smirked, smiled, scowled or sighed. Videl had caught sight of the kissing couple on the floor as had everyone else.
Another fast beat song came on. The couple parted only to stare at each other for a long moment. They saw Usagi nod and Gohan bend down to kiss her forehead again. With his arm wrapped around her waist, the two began to walk to their table, unaware of the glare they were receiving from a ticked off Videl.
"Awe! That was so sweet you two" Amber said as Gohan and Usagi sat down.
"What was?" Usagi asked.
"That little scene you to just did" Joy said, smirking as the couple blushed.
"You saw?" Gohan asked, slightly red.
"Us and just about everyone else here" Nick said grinning. He laughed as Usagi buried her face in Gohan's shoulder.
"Just dig a hole and bury me now!" her muffled voice said. The table exploded in laughter.
"You two are becoming very popular here" Sara said taking a sip of her tropical drink.
"We tried not to" Gohan said running his hand through Usagi's hair. She rose her head up to look at him.
"I'm gonna get another drink. You want something?" he asked her. Usagi nodded and pulled her face away from his arm. "Any of you want anything?"
"You paying?" Seth asked. Gohan nodded. "Another Black Twister."
"Roman wine for me" Joy said.
"Strawberry Twist for me please" Amber said.
"Tsunami Flip with ice" Nick said.
"Long Island Iced Tea" Sara said.
"Gotcha. Be back in a minute guys" Gohan said leaving the group and heading to the bar to place the orders. Usagi sighed as she watched him go. She looked back at her friends to see them all staring at her expectantly. "Nani?!"
"Dish it girl! We saw the way you two were kissing" Joy said.
Usagi blushed. "It was nothing really."
"Oh come on Usagi-chan. How good was it?" Amber asked. Usagi turned crimson.
"We know you liked it Usagi, else it wouldn't of have been so intense. So spill girl! How does it feel to kiss Mr. Smart-guy himself?" Sara said.
Usagi looked down at the table for a second before she lifted her head up and grinned at the girls. "It was great! Man is he a great kisser." The girls exploded into giggles while the guys rolled their eyes. "I'm gonna go to the ladies room real quick. Be back in a flash" Usagi told the group before she got up and walked to the right.
"You think it'll last?" Joy asked the group.
"It might if no one interferes" Nick said.
"Like Videl" Amber said.
"Like me what?" a voice asked startling the group.
"Videl!" all five of them said.
"That's my name! Now what were you saying about me just now?" Videl asked looking at everyone.
"Nothing" Amber said turning her attention to the way Usagi went. "Um, I'll be right back" she said getting up and leaving.
"What's up with her?" Videl asked raising an eyebrow.
"She had to go tinkle?" Nick said with a shrug. Everyone sweat dropped.
"Well anyway, mind if I take a seat." Before anyone could say anything, Videl had sat in the seat that Usagi had previously sat in.
"No, go right ahead. We insist" Sara said sarcastically. Videl glared at her.
"So what brings you to this side of the neighborhood Videl?" Seth asked.
"Came to see what all the people below me are doing" Videl said looking around.
Joy frowned. "Nothing much as you can see." She turned to Sara. "So what do you think of Usagi, Sara?" Joy smirked when Videl frowned.
Sara caught onto Joy's game. "I think she's sweet. Man wasn't that interesting when she and Gohan came to school holding hands?"
Seth and Nick tried not to laugh when Videl clenched her fist. "Yeah. Did you see the glare Gohan sent minna? If I didn't know better, I'd say he was warning the entire student body to keep their hands and eyes off of her."
"Not necessary Nick. More like the male population" Seth replied with a smirk.
"Any of you see the hickey on her neck? Someone did a pretty good job of covering it up. Looks like we got a clammier here boys" Joy said snickering behind her hand.
"Not for long we won't" Videl said slamming her hand on the table.
"And prey tell why not?" Sara asked folding her hands in front of her.
"Because I'm gonna make sure of that" Videl said facing the group.
"Your gonna make sure of what?" a male voice asked behind her. Videl gasped and turned around.
"Gohan!" she said surprised.
"People seem to be doing that lately ne Nick?" Joy asked. Nick nodded. Videl scowled at them before turning back to Gohan.
"What a pleasant surprise Gohan. I didn't expect to see you here" Videl said in a mock sweet voice.
Gohan looked pass Videl to his friends to see them roll their eyes at her antics. He chuckled. "Our drinks will be here in a few. Mandy's got her hands full since it's getting packed" he said. Turning back to Videl, "why are you here?"
Videl frowned but quickly smiled. "I came to see what our friends were doing."
'Our friends?' Gohan looked at his friends again to see them glaring at Videl. He silently chuckled to himself. Pulling his chair out, he sat on it backwards, quickly winking at his friend's confused looks before glancing at Videl. "You know that seat you're in was vacant." Videl frowned.
"No."
"The guys didn't tell you that it's Usagi's?"
"No. They practically made me sit here Gohan" Videl said in an innocent voice.
"That's not what we said" Joy mumbled to herself frowning.
Gohan glanced at her. "You say something Joy?" he asked, amusement in his voice.
Joy smiled. "Our drinks are here." Sure enough, Mandy walked over to the table with a tray full of drinks.
"Okay folks, we got your Black Twister, Roman wine, Strawberry Twist, Long Island Iced Tea, Tsunami Flip with ice and two house specials. Have fun guys and great show Gohan" Mandy said winking at him before she left again for the bar. The group laughed at his blushing face except Videl. Everyone grabbed their respected drink leaving two for the open.
Sara reached for the red drink. When she saw her friend's questioning looks, she replied with, "Amber's drink." The guys nodded.
"Did you get this for me? Oh you're so sweet! Arigato" Videl said claiming the drink before anyone could protest.
Joy, Sara, Seth, Nick and Gohan frowned at the way Videl acted. Gohan shook his head. 'I'll never understand that girl!' He was about to take another sip of his drink when a pair of slim arms wrapped around his neck from behind. A pair of soft lips kissed his neck making him shudder and his attacker giggle. The lips traveled up his neck to stop by his ear as a soft voice whispered in his ear.
"Miss me koi?"
Gohan shuddered once again. He turned his head to look Usagi in the eye. Hers held a mischievous glint in them as she smiled at him.
"Very" Gohan said. Usagi smiled as she bent her head down and captured his lips in a kiss.
Amber had rejoined the group to watch in shock as Usagi kissed Gohan but were more amused at the look in Videl's face. It was pure rage. It also looked like she was trying not to shout at them.
Usagi eased up on the kiss and pulled back to see a daze look on Gohan's face. She started to giggle which lead the others into another fit of laughter. Usagi stood up all the way and noticed Videl was sitting in her seat. "Hey Videl. Didn't expect to run into you so soon."
"Nice to see you too Usagi although I wish the circumstances were different" Videl said through clenched teeth.
Usagi frowned, mentally growling. Gohan snapped out of his daze to see his girlfriend frowning at Videl. With a heavy sigh he stood up, turned his chair around and pulled Usagi into his lap as he sat down again, one arm around her waist to support her and the other on the table.
Usagi blinked startled. She turned to Gohan. "If you wanted to go another round like this afternoon then just say so." Everyone looked at her confused except Gohan who chuckled and nipped her shoulder. Usagi giggled but then pouted. "Onegai... no more marks. Niisan's gonna kill me if I have more. Overprotective baka" she said mumbling the last part. Again everyone was confused. Usagi looked at them and blushed. "Gomen! I forgot you were there." She flushed deeper.
Joy smiled. "I knew he could distract you from everyone." Everyone laughed except Videl.
Usagi looked around the table. "Where's my dr..." She paused when she saw Videl sipping from a drink similar to Gohan's. She frowned slightly.
Gohan noticing her frown rested his free arm on her leg. "Gomen. Want me to get you another one since it disappeared?" he asked looking at Videl at the last word.
Usagi shook her head. "Nah. I'll just drink yours" she said taking his drink and sipping it.
"So Usagi, what took you so long?" Sara asked trying to make conversation.
"Long line" was all she said. She sighed leaning against Gohan.
"You tired?" he asked looking at her.
"After everything that happened today, hai" she said softly. She took a big gulp of the drink and shivered at its coldness, causing goose bumps to appear on her skin.
"What happened today" Joy asked interested. Sara, Amber, Seth and Nick also looked interested. Videl did sort of.
Usagi grinned. "Nothing much. Just shocking the school, glaring at kids, fighting with Videl, meeting my family, you know the usual."
The three blinked. "You got in a fight with Videl?!" They turned to Videl to see her frowning at Usagi.
"That's a lie" she declared.
"Oh I don't know. You started going on about your 'great' father and I use the term 'great' lightly while Gohan and I were a bit busy." She took another sip of the drink. "Seems to me your jealous of the fact that I'm with Gohan and your not!" Usagi slammed the glass down not even spilling a drop of it. She glared at Videl with hate. "You can try all you want to break us up but trust me when I say THAT will NEVER happen!"
The group sat in stunned shock at Usagi's words. Videl just glared at her. 'Who does this blond bimbo think she is?! I'll show her not to mess with Videl Satan!!' But before she could say or do anything, Usagi stood up.
"I need something stronger. I'll be right back." She turned to leave but a hand stopped her.
"Usa, we have to leave in a little bit" Gohan said.
"Hai I know. I'll just be a few minutes. Don't worry." With one last glare at Videl, Usagi left for the bar.
Gohan sighed as he turned to the group. "I'll have to remember not to get on her bad side next time." That eased up the attention of the table a little. The group had a quiet discussion of stuff all the while ignoring Videl who was peeved about it.
Usagi sighed as she reached the bar. 'Ooo that Videl! I've only been here for three days and already I've got an enemy at school. *sigh* Why does life treat me so bad?' She shook her head as she waited to be served on.
"Can I take your order Usagi-san?" a guy with red hair asked.
Usagi looked up and smiled. "Hai Steve. Give me something a little bit stronger than a triple K."
"One Cherry Tart coming right up!" Steve said winking at her. Usagi giggled as he made her drink for her.
"So here with Gohan I see. That was some show you two put on Usagi" Steve said pouring some liquids into a blender.
"Thanks. I think everyone here saw" Usagi said blushing.
"Hai, they did. Here you go! One Cherry Tart on the house." Usagi was about to protest but Steve continued. "Managers order. You and Gohan got free drinks the rest of the night. Just let me know if you want anything else 'k?"
Usagi smiled. "Hai Steve. Arigato." Steve nodded before going to his next costumer. Usagi sipped her drink. 'Wow! I love cherry! And it's a bit stronger too! Good. I'll need it by the end of the night.' With that Usagi sipped her drink as she began to think of the past night events.
A big buff guy with black hair gulped down his drink as he looked around the bar. He caught sight of a blonde talking to the guy Steve from school. 'She's hot. Wonder who she is.' He turned to the waitress. "Hey Mandy! Come here a sec."
"Yeah Michael? What's up?" Mandy asked the Captain of the Football team.
"Who's the blonde talking to Steve?" Michael asked.
Mandy looked and smiled. "That's Tsukino Usagi. She just transferred to our school yesterday."
"She did she? Why haven't I seen her before?" Michael asked looking at Usagi.
"Maybe because she's been with Gohan the whole time" Mandy said with a small shrug.
"Oh really? Well I'll have to go introduce myself then won't I? Don't want a beautiful girl hanging around with the school geek" Michael said standing up.
"Now what a minute Michael. She's already taken and I'm sure her boyfriend wouldn't like it if you hit on her" Mandy said but he just ignored her. 'Oh great! I've got a bad feeling about this.'
*~*~*~Meanwhile back at the Tsukino house*~*~*~*
"Wait. Let me get this straight. Those two are Saiyans from your planet, their daughter is your sister, Gohan is her soul-mate and now we have an enemy who fight in skirts?!" Yamcha said looking at Vegeta who was beginning to get irritated by his lack of brain.
"Hai you baka! Dende! You would of thought Kakorotto would be the one saying that" Vegeta said glarring at Yamcha who cowered away by sitting down on the couch.
"What I don't understand is why they're here. The enemy that is" Krillin said.
Everyone watched as both Vegeta and Artemis, whom had already been introduced to along with Luna, eyes darkened. "That baka excuse of a prince is the main reason."
"Why?" Tien asked. (Odango: We're gonna use the English names and some of the Japanese attacks.)
"That onore (jerk) has been lusting after my sister since the day he came to the moon" Vegeta said clenching his fist.
Bulma looked at him worriedly. "But you were with her always ne? He never made any moves on her in front of you right?"
Vegeta smirked. "Never in front of me. Behind my back he did but my imouto took care of that kono yaro until..." His face was once again in a scowl.
"Until what?" Mirai Trunks asked. (Pyro: We're gonna use Mirai from now on for him)
"Until her mother betrothed her to him" Artemis said with a growl.
Luna looked at the two men before her. The more that they talked about the past, the madder they became. 'And two angry Saiyan's is not what I need right now.' "What about her?"
Luna snapped out of her thought as she turned to Krillin. "Who?"
"Hotaru. You told us she was one of them ne? Why is she here?"
Before Luna could speak, a low but soft voice did. "Because I promised to protect my hime with my life." Everyone blinked as Hotaru walked into the room with a tray full of coffee mugs. She smiled at all of them. "I figured you all would be here a while so I made something to drink." Murmurs of thanks and nods made Hotaru blush. A chuckle made her turn to Vegeta.
"You've gotten softer weakling" Vegeta said smirking. Hotaru mirrored his expression.
"I can say the same thing for you neesan." Hotaru looked at Bulma and giggled as Vegeta growled.
"How are you related to him?" Hotaru turned to the voice and found herself staring at a blonde hair woman. '18, Krillin's wife' her mind supplied for her. "You're not a Saiyan are you?"
"Iie." Everyone looked at her. "Not by blood anyway." She held in her giggle at most of their blank looks. "I guess you can say I was kind of a loner when I was younger. I mean, who'd want to hang around a girl with strange healing abilities and had the power to destroy an entire planet in a single blow." Hotaru lowered her gaze as the other's looked shocked at her.
Vegeta growled. He marched over to Hotaru, grabbed her chin and forced her to look at him. "You listen to me imouto. Don't you even dare think about putting yourself down! Serenity and I have worked too hard to get your confidence up again! And if anyone has a problem with that, they can deal with me" Vegeta said. He turned to glare hard at everyone in the room who looked down in shame except Luna and Artemis.
Hotaru smiled and hugged Vegeta. "Hai niisan. I won't forget."
"You better not brat" Vegeta said hugging her back before he gently pushed her away. "Sentimental chibi onna." He smirked to cover his smile when Hotaru stuck her tongue out at him.
"What did you mean 'not by blood' Hotaru?" Bulma asked.
Hotaru smirked. "I act more like a Saiyan than a senshi because I was with Serenity all the time. I guess you can say she and Vegeta rubbed off on me for the better."
"More like the worse Hotaru." Hotaru and Vegeta both winced at Luna's hard voice. "The more Saiyan you acted like, the less senshi wise you became."
Hotaru bowed her head. "Gomen Luna. I just wanted to belong somewhere." A tear slipped down her bowed face.
Luna smiled gently as she wrapped her arms around the 14 year old. "I know Hota. I know. Demo you had a responsibility to fulfill and were lacking off a bit. But I'm proud that you've managed to get into Vegeta's heart. Heaven knows how hard it is" Luna said grinning at Vegeta. She and Hotaru giggled when he flushed but it quickly disappeared as his scowl took form.
"Humph. Like I had a choice. She followed us everywhere" Vegeta said crossing his arms over his chest.
Artemis smirked. "Funny. That's not how we saw it."
Vegeta growled and muttered a few choice words under his breath. The group laughed at this.
Goku smiled to himself. 'Seems things have settled pretty well for the group. They've accepted Luna and Artemis and are willing to fight the enemy regardless of the skirts.' He chuckled quietly to himself. He looked at the clock and frowned. 'They're late. No biggie. They're only five minutes late. Nothing to worry about.... I hope.'
*~*~*~Back to our lovely couple*~*~*~*
Usagi stood quietly sipping her drink, aimlessly thinking of nothing in particular. Simply enjoying herself until a cold chill ran down her back. 'Uh oh. There's gonna be trouble.' She kept herself alert but the stronger drink has caused her to fill a bit tipsy. A shadow stood beside her and a deep voice spoke out.
"Hey there cutie. You here by yourself?" the guy, obviously, asked.
Usagi turned to him and fought her frown. She did not like this guy or his lust filling eyes. "Iie. I'm here with friends."
"Girls I presume" the guy said.
"Iie. Not just girls but guys as well. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to get back to them." With that Usagi grabbed her drink and turned around. She would have walked away if it wasn't for the hand that grabbed her arm.
"What's your rush Usagi?" he asked making her gasp.
"How did you know my name?" Usagi narrowed her eyes at the guy.
The guy grinned. "Everyone knows you're the new girl in school Usagi. Let me introduce myself." He bowed. "I'm Michael. Captain of the football team."
Usagi gave him a small nod. "Nice to meet you. Now please release my arm." When Michael didn't move, she frowned. "Let go or I'll have my boyfriend come restrain you." 'Not that I can't do that myself.'
"Who Gohan?" Again Usagi gasped. "As I've said before the whole school knows about you... and Gohan" Michael said growling the last word out with venom. "Wimpy boyfriend" he muttered under his breath.
Usagi smirked when she heard him. "What's the matter? Sour that Gohan got to me before you did?"
Michael saw red. 'How dare this tramp say that to me!' Before he knew what he was doing, his free hand came up and struck Usagi's face.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Gohan was getting bored and tired. 'This is soooo boring! Dende! I was having fun until Videl had to ruined it for me.' He looked around the club. 'Wonder where Usa is? She said she was going to the bar demo I don- what the heck.' Gohan stopped looking when his eyes landed on the scene at the bar. Michael, the football captain, had Usagi's right arm in a grip. He couldn't hear what they were saying but from the expressions on their faces, she was shocked and he looked smug.
"Hey Gohan. Isn't that Usagi with Michael?" Joy asked looking in the same direction as he did.
"Hey it is! What's he doing to her?" Amber asked looking slightly worried.
Gohan slowly stood up. "I don't know but I'm going to find ou-" Gohan stopped moving when Michael raised his hand. Everything seemed to happen in slow motion for him. He watched as the hand came slowly to Usagi's face and struck her left cheek. Gohan froze for a second before rage took over his body. He couldn't think straight and disappeared, ignoring his friend's cries for Usagi. He reappeared behind Michael and tapped his shoulder. When he turned around, Gohan punched, not holding back as much as he should have.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Michael didn't regret what he had done but he soon would. He felt a tap on his shoulder and slowly turned around... only to be met with a fist and crash into the bar. All activity stopped and pinned their gazes to the bar.
Gohan, feeling satisfied with what he had done, turned to Usagi. "You ok Usa-chan?" he asked, eyes filled with concern.
Usagi gave him a small smile. "Hai I'm fine. He just took me by surprise that's all." Gohan nodded and noticed she hadn't taken her hand away from her cheek.
"Usagi" he said in a warning voice. Usagi started to look away but Gohan quickly caught her chin with his left hand while his right hand removed the hand from her face. His eyes darkened as he saw the large red hand mark on his girlfriend's face. He growled low in his throat and turned to see Michael painfully stand up, glarring at him.
Usagi became slightly worried as Gohan growled. She became more worried when he held her hand tighter making her slightly wince. "Go-koi?" He turned to her sharply making her jump a bit. She had to get him out of here before anything bad happened. "Onegai, lets go home now. Niisan and your mother are gonna have cows 'cause we're late." He seemed to recognized the situation and nodded slowly to her.
Usagi breathed a sigh of relief. 'That was close. I'd hate to see what WOULD happen.' She held Gohan's hand tightly in hers as the two turned around and headed for the exit. They never saw the broken glass Michael had in his hand as he lunged at Gohan.
"Gohan! Usagi! LOOK OUT!!" Mandy shouted.
"Huh?" the two teens said turning around confused only to widen their eyes at Michael. Gohan covered Usagi with his body as Michael neared them. He felt a slight pain in his arm as Michael whizzed by them. Looking down he saw a thin line of blood streaming down his torn shirt. Gohan growled before he threw himself at Michael, making them both tumble to the floor.
"Gohan No!" Usagi shouted trying to get to him. A crowd had gathered around the two fighters enabling her to get to Gohan. 'Great! This is not what I need! Oi! He's raising his power!' "Gohan! Dame! (stop)" she shouted but couldn't be heard over the roaring voices of the crowd who cheered the fighters on. 'What am I going to do?!'
Videl smirked when Michael struck Usagi and just like everyone else at the table, went into shock when Gohan disappeared. Videl got over her shock when Gohan tackled Michael to the floor. She looked around the crowd for Usagi and spotted her a few feet away from the fight. It looked as if she was trying to get to it but the crowd was just too big. 'Now's my chance to get that wench back.'
She swiftly made her way towards the distracted blonde. Tapping her on the shoulder, she smirked when Usagi frowned.
"What do you want Videl? I don't have time for you!" Usagi said as she once again struggled to get through the crowd.
"Well your gonna have time right now when I kick your ass!" Videl said. She swung at Usagi only to have it blocked by her arm. Videl was then thrown back a couple of feet and broke her landing on a table.
Usagi growled. 'She deserved it. She shouldn't have messed with me right now. I need to get to Gohan! I hope they don't feel our ki's.' Usagi raised her ki high enough to push her way through the crowd until she was right in front of Gohan and Michael.
Videl groaned as she sat up. 'That little bitch! When I get my hands on her I'm gonna...' She quickly stood up and once again made her way to where the blonde once stood only to have her arm grabbed by someone. "Hey let go!" she said as she began to struggle with whoever held her.
"I suggest you leave my ouji's hime alone before I have to kill you" a deep masculine-ish voice said near her ear. Videl stopped her struggle and looked into blue-green eyes.
"Ouji? Hime? What are you talking about?" Videl questioned her captor who, by the way, looked very good in his black pants and dark blue silk shirt. The said man pulled her closer to his face and Videl winced at the intensity of his cold glare.
"Leave the ouji and hime alone or face their guardians." With that the man let her go as he walked away, leaving Videl to think about what he had said.
'Ouji? Hime? There's no one like that around here unless you count me as a hime since my dad is the savior of the world.' Her thoughts trailed off when someone began shouting "THE POLICE ARE HERE!! THE POLICE ARE HERE!!" The whole club went into an uproar. People running here and there trying to leave before the police caught them. 'Damn! I'm out of here. I'll get her later.' Videl at once left with the crowd.
Usagi sighed. 'Thank kami! A distraction.' She was finally able to do something without anyone questioning her strength. At this very moment Gohan was pounding his fist into Michael's bloody face. Usagi took a deep breath and ran to Gohan, clutching his raised fist with some of her power. "Gohan enough! He's out! We need to get out of here before we get in trouble! Come on!"
Gohan couldn't think straight. Someone had hurt his Usagi and now they had to pay. He vaguely heard Usagi call to him and barely registered someone holding his arm back from pounding Michael. He looked up and locked eyes with Usagi. "Usa?"
"Gohan come on. We need to go now." Usagi tugged on his arm.
Gohan nodded slowly. He took one last look at Michael and smirk satisfied. He let Usagi help him up then led the way out the back exit. He was a little surprised to see Seth, Sara, Joy, Amber, Nick, Mandy and Steve all standing there. "What are you guys doing here?" he asked once he got close enough.
Sara grabbed his arm. "No time for talk Gohan. We need to get out of here."
Nick opened the door. "We can crash at my place. My folks are out of town so lets go!"
The group ran out of the building and through the alley. It only took them a few minutes to get to Nick's house demo they were all panting when they got in.
Sara laughed out loud causing everyone to look at her. "That's the best time I've ever had all year!" She giggled again with minna following suit.
"You can say that Sara. And the best part was how red Videl's face was when Usagi kissed Gohan." Again they all laughed but stopped when they heard someone say "Baka." They turned to find Usagi scolding Gohan as she checked his bloody hand.
"You could have killed him you know."
"He deserved what he got."
"Not like that. Gohan, you almost murdered him!"
"He shouldn't have hit you."
Usagi remained silent before sighing loudly. "I suppose so but did you have to do THAT much damage?" She glared at Gohan who sighed as he hugged her.
"Gomen koi. I wasn't thinking" he murmured into her hair. He ran his clean hand up and down her back in a soothing gesture.
"Damn right you weren't. Just make sure that doesn't happen again okay?" Usagi locked her eyes with Gohan. :Onegai:
"I promise Usa" Gohan said. :I promise: He pressed his forehead against hers and closed his eyes...
Only to open them when his friends began to applaud loudly and howl. Usagi and Gohan blushed causing the girls to have another fit of giggles and the guys to chuckle.
"Man you two really know how to entertain a crowd" Steve said causing the couple blush deeper.
"Remind me never to get on either of your guys' bad side" Nick said with a chuckle.
"How is your hand by the way Gohan?" Amber asked.
"Is it okay?" Joy asked, concern shown on her face.
"It's fine guys hontoo. It's not my blood." The others grimaced but smirked nonetheless. Gohan turned to Nick. "Mind if I wash up in your restroom Nick?"
Nick shook his head. "No go right ahead. It's the second door on the right." Gohan nodded his thanks and left the group.
Sara looked at Usagi and frowned. Moving closer to the blonde she hissed at the bruise now visible on her face. "Jerk" she muttered as she looked Usagi's face over. She stood up. "I'm gonna get you something for that Usa. We don't want it to get any bigger now do we?" Usagi shook her head.
Standing up with Sara's help, the two went to the kitchen, the other's following pursuit. They talked about what had happened at the club and fell clutching their sides laughing. And that's how Gohan found them much to his amassment. After helping them all up, the group had a few drinks and once again talked about current events.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Usagi and Gohan landed quietly in her front yard. It was already 6:30 am and boy were they ever late. They had accidentally fell asleep on Nick's couch. In fact everyone had fell asleep at Nicks. They had played truth or dare spin the bottle style... for three hours! Talking had wore Sara and Joy out so they were the first to fall asleep. Amber and Nick were the next then Seth, Mandy and Steve. Gohan and Usagi were the last one's to fall asleep even if it was for only two and a half hours. Gohan was the first to awake and widen his eyes when he realized that they were major late. Usagi was quick to wake with that startling information. Waking Nick and thanking him, the two quickly flew to her house. Now that they were there, they had to be extra quiet when walking in.
Usagi motioned Gohan to follow her lead by holding his hand. Slowly they moved to the front door. Before she even placed her hand on the doorknob, the door was violently open by two angry Saiyan's and a glarring woman.
"DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?! YOU'RE LATE?!"
Usagi and Gohan both winced at the volume of the voices. They looked at the floor to avoid the adult's gazes as they slowly entered the house. As they passed the living room they saw that Vegeta, Artemis and Chichi all had smug smiles on their faces.
Usagi glared at her father and brother.
"Usagi." She winced as she slowly turned around to face her mother.
"Hai?"
"Don't yes me young lady. I gave you both a specific time to be here and an even later one than the one your father gave you. You're six and a half hours late. I want to know why now!" Luna glared harder at Usagi.
Usagi gulped. "Uh... there was a fight at the club so we went to a friend's house and lost track of time?" It wasn't an actual lie. Then again is wasn't the actual truth.
"Where did you get that bruise on your face and why is Gohan's shirt torn?" Bulma asked also glarring at the teens.
"Like she said there was a fight at the club" Gohan said. He tightens his grip on her hand.
"And how did the two of you get injured son?" Goku, though he always had a smile on his face, bore a frown just like the women, only worse. This shocked Gohan and Usagi somewhat.
Usagi sighed and turned to go up the stairs, Gohan following her.
"Where are you two going? We're not finished with you yet" Goku said surprising the couple once again.
"If you want the real truth dad, we had a run in with Videl and some guy hit Usagi then sliced my arm with a broken bottle. That explains her bruise and my cut shirt" Gohan said without looking at his father.
"Now if you excuse us, we're going to sleep. You can yell at us in a couple of hours. Oyasumi minna" Usagi said with a yawn.
"Ohayoo as well" Gohan said with a chuckle as he followed Usagi to her room, leaving their parents to stare after them.
The two collapsed on her bed together. Usagi turned over so her back was against his chest. Both fell right to sleep even before their heads hit the pillow.
Odango: I hoped you liked this chapter minna. I want to thank everyone for waiting so long for this to this chapter. I'm glad you were understandable of my situation.
Pyro: We're all here for you Odango. Me especially.
Odango: I know Pyro. Arigato! You too minna! Thanks! Also this was 2 pages long!!
Pyro: Wow! Don't forget to review!
Odango and Pyro: Ja!
Pyro: We know that last chapter kinda stunk demo... we needed to bring Mirai back to this timeline.
Odango: Gomen nasai about his kaasan passing on. It was the only way.
Pyro: Demo don't worry. He won't be alone. And no it's not Hotaru! She has her own guy but that's later in the story. *grins*
Odango: This is strictly for Usa and Gohan only! *mumbles* since it'll be a while before they have anytime to themselves
Pyro: You say something Odango?
Odango: *blushes* Iie! *clears throat* Anyway there's some fight scene in here and yes both Usagi and Gohan are going to be fighting. Demo, not each other.
Pyro: They'll also dance, drink and... other stuff! Hee Hee!
Odango: Pyro, you're terrible!
Pyro: Arigato!
Odango: *sighs shaking her head* Oh well.... on with our fic!
Chapter 16
Usagi looked at her self in the mirror. For the fifteenth time. 'I hope he likes this.' Behind her was Hotaru, who was looking thoughtful for a moment before she snapped her fingers and dug into one of the vanity doors looking for a small object. She cried out in delight when she found it and smiled happily. She turned to Usagi, and having decided on where the object would go, put it on her hair, making sure that it was snapped into place. She took a step back from Usagi and giving her one more look over, smiled.
"All done neechan. You look very kirei" Hotaru said with pride in her voice.
"Arigato imouto. I just hope he likes it" Usagi said fiddling with her long locks of hair.
"He'd have to be a major baka not to" Hotaru said with a giggle.
Usagi smiled as Horatu left the room. Truth be told, Usagi was not ready for this! In fact, she was a nervous reck! She took deep slow breaths to calm herself down. A knock on the door startled her. "C-come in!" she said in a shaky voice.
The door opened to reveal the troublesome duo Trunks and Goten. She smiled as they shyly walked in.
"Osso Usagi-chan" Goten said with the ever-so-famous Son smile.
"Osso basan" Trunks said, a little blush staining his cheeks.
Usagi giggled. "Osso guys! What brings you two here?"
"We got bored" they said at the same time. Usagi laughed but she sobered up really quick.
"Goten, you think your brother will like me now that I..." Usagi left the question opened.
"Of course Usagi-chan! He'd have to be a major baka not to!" Goten said with a wave of his hand.
Usagi giggled. "Hota said the same thing."
Trunks turned his head to the door. "They just got here basan."
Usagi paled. "I can't do this! There is no way I can do this now! Do I look okay? Is my make up alright? Is my hair fine? Do I..."
"USAGI!!!" both boys shouted.
"Nani?" she asked the boys.
"You look fine" Trunks said.
"Just relax and be yourself" Goten said.
Usagi took a deep breath to calm herself. "O-okay. I c-can do this." She walked to the door and opened it. She turned back look at the boys. "Hai you can play the games. Gomen for kicking you out in the first place but this was important."
"Saa.... it's okay" Trunks said.
"We don't mind. Now get going and have fun!" Goten said giving her a little push out the door.
Usagi laughed as she walked down the hall and to the stairs. 'I hope he likes this new me' she thought walking down the stairs.
'I hope she likes this new me' Gohan thought. He was just as nervous as Usagi. Once they had reappeared in the living room, Hotaru immediately pulled him into the kitchen to examine him. He sighed. Though she had approved of his choice of clothing as did the rest of the gang with the casual grunt from Vegeta, he had yet to see what Usagi's reaction would be. Now here he was, leaning against the wall near the stairs, eyes closed, waiting for her to come down.
"Usagi-chan! Gohan's here!" Luna called upstairs. Everyone waited silently as they waited for the blond to come down stairs. They heard the slow footsteps descending the stairs until finally Usagi was at the bottom and stood next to Gohan. Everyone remained silent.
Gohan frowned when he heard everyone keep quiet. He felt his girlfriend's ki next to him and opened his eyes. Boy was he shocked. 'Dende.' Usagi wore a tight tan halter top which showed off a lot of her creamy peach skin and her firm toned stomach, a tight short leather skirt that hugged her curves dangerously yet allowed her to move comfortably in it, and black heeled combat boots that reached mid-calve. What shocked him most of all was her hair. The long gold tresses that once reached to her calves were now at her mid back. The naturally curly hair was held back by a single tan leathered Harley-Davidson clip (Odango: My favorite motorcycle!!) so none of her hair would fall in her face. Light make-up was applied to her face as well as a clear lip-gloss for her lips. 'Oh Dende she is hot!'
Usagi too was awe struck by Gohan's appearance. 'Oh my!' He wore black boots, tan pants that seemed a few sizes too big for him but that just added more of an effect for his well toned legs which was held up with a black belt with a Harley-Davidson belt buckle with the American Eagle's head on it (Odango: My cousin wore this today); he also wore a tight, black muscle shirt that hugged his chest shamelessly. One thing that caught her attention was his hair. He had it cut short yet it still spiked up. 'Oh kami is he hot.'
"Wow" both said at the same time snapping out of their stupor. Both blushed looking slightly nervous. It was Gohan who was the first to recover.
"Come on Usa. Lets get going" Gohan said taking hold of her hand. Usagi smiled at him.
"Bye minna" she called as they headed to the door.
"Be back by eleven!" Chichi, Vegeta and Artemis shouted.
"Eleven!! Demo... that's only two hours!" Gohan and Usagi argued.
"Tough!" the three shouted at them.
Usagi and Gohan's mouths dropped. They stared disbelievingly (Pyro: Is THAT a word?) at the three adults.
"Awe leave them alone guys" Goku's voice cheery voice said. Everyone looked at him. "They deserve more time to themselves after what they've been through the pass two days, don't you agree Luna, Bulma." Goku looked at Luna and Bulma who were smiling.
"Hai I do. Now run along you two. Have fun! Demo... onegai. No later than one" Luna said in a motherly voice that said 'don't disobey me!' Bulma nodded her head in agreement send the two her 'disobey and there will be hell to pay' look.
Usagi and Gohan nervously chuckled. "Hai kaasan. Arigato. Oyasumi minna!" Usagi with a wave.
"Yeah. Don't wait up." Gohan quickly closed the door, picked Usagi up and took off before any of the three adults could get to them.
Usagi laughed at her boyfriend's actions. She lay her head on his shoulder as she snuggled up to him as they flew to where ever they were going.
Usagi stared at the building in front of her. 'Damion's.' She looked around. A lot of kids from school were here. 'Go figure since it's Friday.' She suddenly started to get nervous and fidgeted. Gohan seeing her discomfort placed both of his arms around her shoulders from behind.
"Nothing to be worried about Usa. Just the people from school, you and me" Gohan whispered in her ear, kissing her neck lightly.
Usagi shivered. "Hai Go-chan" she whispered back. Gohan smiled and took her hand.
They went to the door where the security guard stood with his arms crosses. He was a tall buff man with brown hair and brown eyes that wore all black and a frown upon his face.
:Gohan:
:Hai?:
:How do we get passed him?:
:Like this:
"Hey Roy!" Gohan greeted the guard. The man looked at the couple before him and smiled.
"Hey Gohan! What's up buddy?" Roy greeted Gohan by shaking his hand.
"Nothing much. How bout you? And your family? How are they?" Gohan asked.
"Same as usual. Maria and kids are great by the way. Oh! We're expecting another one by winter" Roy said with a proud smile.
"No kidding! Well congratulations bud" Gohan said once again shaking his hand.
"Thanks man. Say! Who your lucky lady here?" Roy said noticing Usagi for the first time.
Usagi blushed making Gohan chuckle. He put his arm around her waist and held her close to him. "This here is Tsukino Usagi. New to the neighborhood and...." Gohan trailed off looking down at Usagi with a tender look. "My girlfriend."
"Your WHAT?!" Gohan and Usagi looked at him. "Serious?!" They nodded. "Man, I heard the rumors but didn't believe them. Congratulations you two" Roy said shaking both of their hands.
"Arigato. Say you mind letting up in? I did want to show her the hang out" Gohan said.
"Oh sure. Go right ahead. Though I must warn you guys" Roy said stepping aside.
"Nani?" Gohan asked. Usagi looked at Roy.
"I heard Videl was going to be coming here tonight. Rumor has it that she got pissed today at a couple" Roy said with a shake of his head. Usagi and Gohan started to laugh. "What's so funny you two?"
"You'll find out by the end of the night. I guarantee it Roy" Gohan said walking inside with a giggling Usagi. Roy just shook his head and continued on with his job.
Usagi gaped at the sight before her. Lights of all colors flashed and flickered before and around her. Music boomed around the huge place as bodies swayed here and there to the beat. Tables were crowded with people and colorful drinks. Speaking of people... Usagi never saw so many different types of people in so many different cloths and so many different styles. She had to lean against Gohan of a minute to let all of this absorb into her brain.
Gohan smiled down at his date when she leaned against him. 'I guess it can be a little over whelming at first' he thought looking around. He spotted an empty table in the corner. Since the music was a bit loud he knew Usagi wouldn't hear him.
:Usa:
:Hai?: She looked up at him.
:Let's go grab that table in the corner:
Usagi nodded and began to follow Gohan to the table he was talking about. Being a gentleman, Gohan pulled out her chair for her. Usagi smiled her thanks. Gohan took his seat next to her just as the waitress came up to them.
"What can I get for you... Hey Gohan! Usagi! Didn't expect you two to be here tonight" a girl with electric blue hair said.
Usagi smiled. "Hey Mandy! Gohan was just showing me where everyone hangs out! I didn't know you worked here."
Mandy smiled. She was about Usagi's height, with blue eyes, electric blue hair and she wore a navy blue spaghetti strap dress that stopped about mid thigh. It didn't make her look sluttish, but very kirei.
"Only Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. It's nothing big but the price is right and the tips are big. If you ever need a job let me know and I'll hook you up" Mandy replied with a wink.
"Arigato" Usagi said with a friendly smile.
"No prob. So what can I get for ya's tonight guys?" Mandy asked.
"Two Koke Ka Kolas Mandy" Gohan said since Usagi wouldn't know what to order.
"Two triple K's coming up" Mandy said writing down on her note pad. She stuffed it back in her pocket as she left to get their orders.
Usagi looked around her, a smile on her face. Gohan was watching her with an amused smile on his face. 'Curious as a kitten.' "So what do you think of it so far Usagi-chan?" he asked startling her out of her thoughts.
"I think it's wonderful. Arigato" she said flashing him her award-winning smile.
Gohan smiled back. "Ah demo the night's just started." Usagi gave him a confused look that made him chuckle. Picking her hand up, he kissed the back of it. "Just trying to please you hime."
"You don't have to try that hard Gohan" Usagi said taking her free hand and caressing his face. The two stared at each other for a long moment but it was ruined by an 'ahem.' Both turned to see Mandy standing there with a tray held on one hand. The both blushed when they saw the smile she was giving them.
Mandy laughed. "Here you go love birds. Two house specials. Enjoy!" Mandy left laughing.
Gohan shook his head. "I don't think we're gonna get rid of that nickname anytime soon" he said handing her drink. They clinked glasses and took a drink or in Usagi's case, sipped through the straw. Her face lightened up with glee at the taste.
"This is really tasty! Mmmmm. Better than that so called 'punch' I had at that party" Usagi said taking another sip.
"What party?" Gohan asked curiously. He thought it was a simple question demo it made Usagi blush a bright red.
"Um... when I was fourteen I had to sneak into a party for Sailor Business. Well after we beat the youma I kinda got thirsty and drank this punch" Usagi said blushing deeper.
"It wasn't punch was it?" Usagi blushed crimson making Gohan laugh. "Let me guess. You got drunk?" Usagi nodded. Gohan chuckled. "Remind me never to take you out drinking ne?" Usagi playfully glared at him. Gohan chuckled again. The fast beat music caught his attention. He turned back to Usagi with a sly smile. "Care to dance kio?"
Usagi smiled. "Hai." Placing her hand in his, the two made there way to the dance floor among the many people already there. They got into the rhythm and were surprised when the other was able to keep pace.
'Just goes to show you that people really are made for each other' Usagi thought absently. She and Gohan continued to dance to the fast music in perfect since gaining attention from other couples. A crowd started to form around the two though they didn't notice them. When Gohan 'dipped' Usagi really low, the crowd went wild.
Mandy looked up from the bar to see what the commotion was all about. She smiled when she saw who it was. 'Those two really must like each other. I hope nothing can come between them.' With that thought she went back to her work at hand.
Demo minna, you know that everything can't always go smooth between two people, especially Gohan and Usagi. Within the hour, Gohan and Usagi had become the popular couple of the night. Some friends from school joined them at their table which was the loudest out of the five hundred other tables. The place was able to hold about 3000 people with 1000 able to dance on the dance floor and the 500 tables (some of which were booths by the way.) A familiar song caught Usagi's attention. She looked at Gohan and asked him with her eyes to dance. He nodded and the two made their way to the dance floor. The song 'Music' by Madonna was playing and it was actually amusing to watch couples dance to the song. As the song ended, a slow but sweet song came on next. 'Tuxedo Mirage' played as couples slow danced to the soothing melody.
Usagi looked at Gohan hesitantly. Though his arms were already around her, she suddenly felt shy around him. She allowed him to pull her close to him and closed her eyes as laid her head against his chest.
Gohan chuckled as he pulled Usagi closer to him. With his left arm around her waist, he placed her right hand in his left and placed it on his heart. "Relax Usa. It's just you and me now." Though he couldn't see it, he felt her smile at him. He placed a gentle kiss on her temple as they continued to sway to the music.
Usagi felt like she was dreaming. Could any of this be real? Did she really find someone who cared for her as herself? Did she actually find love? She felt so confused with all these thoughts running through her head. She wanted answers.
Gohan felt confusion coming from Usagi. He gently tipped her chin up to look into her eyes. Her endless sapphire eyes that mesmerized him to no end sparkled with confusion and doubt.
Gohan searched her eyes more deeply and found the problem. Was this real? He smiled down at her confused face and leaned down.
Cupping her face with his hands, he placed a gentle kiss on her forehead for reassurance, ran his lips across her eyes, a sign of gentleness, playfully nipped her nose for affection, then brushed her lips with his for exception, then more deeply to let her know that this was real. That all his love belonged to her and her only.
Usagi wanted to cry. Gohan had just shown her that she and everything that's happened between them was real. 'How could I even doubt my feelings?' As the kiss intensified, so did their bond.
The reassurance of her feelings was enough to strengthen the bond to where no one could break it though they had yet to complete it. (Pyro: If you know what I mean =P) Unnoticed by the couple, their friends at the table were staring at them. Practically everyone was staring at them.
"Oh that was so sweet" a red head named Amber said.
"They are kawaii ne?" Joy, a brown haired girl said.
"She looked rather disturbed at first ne?" Nick, a glasses wearing, black haired guy said.
"Gohan seemed to put her to ease when he kissed her" Seth, Gohan's friend with the dark brown hair said.
"Jealous Seth?" Sara, a petit purple haired girl asked.
"Me? Iie. Not in this life!" Seth said tacking a sip of his drink.
"Man! The music's stopped but they're still going!" Nick said.
"No kidding. Been two minutes already" Joy said looking at her watch.
"Uh oh guys! Don't look now but guess who just showed up" Amber said with a exasperated sigh.
The group turned to the entrance to see none other than Videl Satan standing there in a
sparkling blue halter top with flare black pants and blue clogs to match. Her hair was let down and it looked like she did and okay job with her make up. The group saw her frown at something and looked like she was growling. They followed her line of sight and smirked, smiled, scowled or sighed. Videl had caught sight of the kissing couple on the floor as had everyone else.
Another fast beat song came on. The couple parted only to stare at each other for a long moment. They saw Usagi nod and Gohan bend down to kiss her forehead again. With his arm wrapped around her waist, the two began to walk to their table, unaware of the glare they were receiving from a ticked off Videl.
"Awe! That was so sweet you two" Amber said as Gohan and Usagi sat down.
"What was?" Usagi asked.
"That little scene you to just did" Joy said, smirking as the couple blushed.
"You saw?" Gohan asked, slightly red.
"Us and just about everyone else here" Nick said grinning. He laughed as Usagi buried her face in Gohan's shoulder.
"Just dig a hole and bury me now!" her muffled voice said. The table exploded in laughter.
"You two are becoming very popular here" Sara said taking a sip of her tropical drink.
"We tried not to" Gohan said running his hand through Usagi's hair. She rose her head up to look at him.
"I'm gonna get another drink. You want something?" he asked her. Usagi nodded and pulled her face away from his arm. "Any of you want anything?"
"You paying?" Seth asked. Gohan nodded. "Another Black Twister."
"Roman wine for me" Joy said.
"Strawberry Twist for me please" Amber said.
"Tsunami Flip with ice" Nick said.
"Long Island Iced Tea" Sara said.
"Gotcha. Be back in a minute guys" Gohan said leaving the group and heading to the bar to place the orders. Usagi sighed as she watched him go. She looked back at her friends to see them all staring at her expectantly. "Nani?!"
"Dish it girl! We saw the way you two were kissing" Joy said.
Usagi blushed. "It was nothing really."
"Oh come on Usagi-chan. How good was it?" Amber asked. Usagi turned crimson.
"We know you liked it Usagi, else it wouldn't of have been so intense. So spill girl! How does it feel to kiss Mr. Smart-guy himself?" Sara said.
Usagi looked down at the table for a second before she lifted her head up and grinned at the girls. "It was great! Man is he a great kisser." The girls exploded into giggles while the guys rolled their eyes. "I'm gonna go to the ladies room real quick. Be back in a flash" Usagi told the group before she got up and walked to the right.
"You think it'll last?" Joy asked the group.
"It might if no one interferes" Nick said.
"Like Videl" Amber said.
"Like me what?" a voice asked startling the group.
"Videl!" all five of them said.
"That's my name! Now what were you saying about me just now?" Videl asked looking at everyone.
"Nothing" Amber said turning her attention to the way Usagi went. "Um, I'll be right back" she said getting up and leaving.
"What's up with her?" Videl asked raising an eyebrow.
"She had to go tinkle?" Nick said with a shrug. Everyone sweat dropped.
"Well anyway, mind if I take a seat." Before anyone could say anything, Videl had sat in the seat that Usagi had previously sat in.
"No, go right ahead. We insist" Sara said sarcastically. Videl glared at her.
"So what brings you to this side of the neighborhood Videl?" Seth asked.
"Came to see what all the people below me are doing" Videl said looking around.
Joy frowned. "Nothing much as you can see." She turned to Sara. "So what do you think of Usagi, Sara?" Joy smirked when Videl frowned.
Sara caught onto Joy's game. "I think she's sweet. Man wasn't that interesting when she and Gohan came to school holding hands?"
Seth and Nick tried not to laugh when Videl clenched her fist. "Yeah. Did you see the glare Gohan sent minna? If I didn't know better, I'd say he was warning the entire student body to keep their hands and eyes off of her."
"Not necessary Nick. More like the male population" Seth replied with a smirk.
"Any of you see the hickey on her neck? Someone did a pretty good job of covering it up. Looks like we got a clammier here boys" Joy said snickering behind her hand.
"Not for long we won't" Videl said slamming her hand on the table.
"And prey tell why not?" Sara asked folding her hands in front of her.
"Because I'm gonna make sure of that" Videl said facing the group.
"Your gonna make sure of what?" a male voice asked behind her. Videl gasped and turned around.
"Gohan!" she said surprised.
"People seem to be doing that lately ne Nick?" Joy asked. Nick nodded. Videl scowled at them before turning back to Gohan.
"What a pleasant surprise Gohan. I didn't expect to see you here" Videl said in a mock sweet voice.
Gohan looked pass Videl to his friends to see them roll their eyes at her antics. He chuckled. "Our drinks will be here in a few. Mandy's got her hands full since it's getting packed" he said. Turning back to Videl, "why are you here?"
Videl frowned but quickly smiled. "I came to see what our friends were doing."
'Our friends?' Gohan looked at his friends again to see them glaring at Videl. He silently chuckled to himself. Pulling his chair out, he sat on it backwards, quickly winking at his friend's confused looks before glancing at Videl. "You know that seat you're in was vacant." Videl frowned.
"No."
"The guys didn't tell you that it's Usagi's?"
"No. They practically made me sit here Gohan" Videl said in an innocent voice.
"That's not what we said" Joy mumbled to herself frowning.
Gohan glanced at her. "You say something Joy?" he asked, amusement in his voice.
Joy smiled. "Our drinks are here." Sure enough, Mandy walked over to the table with a tray full of drinks.
"Okay folks, we got your Black Twister, Roman wine, Strawberry Twist, Long Island Iced Tea, Tsunami Flip with ice and two house specials. Have fun guys and great show Gohan" Mandy said winking at him before she left again for the bar. The group laughed at his blushing face except Videl. Everyone grabbed their respected drink leaving two for the open.
Sara reached for the red drink. When she saw her friend's questioning looks, she replied with, "Amber's drink." The guys nodded.
"Did you get this for me? Oh you're so sweet! Arigato" Videl said claiming the drink before anyone could protest.
Joy, Sara, Seth, Nick and Gohan frowned at the way Videl acted. Gohan shook his head. 'I'll never understand that girl!' He was about to take another sip of his drink when a pair of slim arms wrapped around his neck from behind. A pair of soft lips kissed his neck making him shudder and his attacker giggle. The lips traveled up his neck to stop by his ear as a soft voice whispered in his ear.
"Miss me koi?"
Gohan shuddered once again. He turned his head to look Usagi in the eye. Hers held a mischievous glint in them as she smiled at him.
"Very" Gohan said. Usagi smiled as she bent her head down and captured his lips in a kiss.
Amber had rejoined the group to watch in shock as Usagi kissed Gohan but were more amused at the look in Videl's face. It was pure rage. It also looked like she was trying not to shout at them.
Usagi eased up on the kiss and pulled back to see a daze look on Gohan's face. She started to giggle which lead the others into another fit of laughter. Usagi stood up all the way and noticed Videl was sitting in her seat. "Hey Videl. Didn't expect to run into you so soon."
"Nice to see you too Usagi although I wish the circumstances were different" Videl said through clenched teeth.
Usagi frowned, mentally growling. Gohan snapped out of his daze to see his girlfriend frowning at Videl. With a heavy sigh he stood up, turned his chair around and pulled Usagi into his lap as he sat down again, one arm around her waist to support her and the other on the table.
Usagi blinked startled. She turned to Gohan. "If you wanted to go another round like this afternoon then just say so." Everyone looked at her confused except Gohan who chuckled and nipped her shoulder. Usagi giggled but then pouted. "Onegai... no more marks. Niisan's gonna kill me if I have more. Overprotective baka" she said mumbling the last part. Again everyone was confused. Usagi looked at them and blushed. "Gomen! I forgot you were there." She flushed deeper.
Joy smiled. "I knew he could distract you from everyone." Everyone laughed except Videl.
Usagi looked around the table. "Where's my dr..." She paused when she saw Videl sipping from a drink similar to Gohan's. She frowned slightly.
Gohan noticing her frown rested his free arm on her leg. "Gomen. Want me to get you another one since it disappeared?" he asked looking at Videl at the last word.
Usagi shook her head. "Nah. I'll just drink yours" she said taking his drink and sipping it.
"So Usagi, what took you so long?" Sara asked trying to make conversation.
"Long line" was all she said. She sighed leaning against Gohan.
"You tired?" he asked looking at her.
"After everything that happened today, hai" she said softly. She took a big gulp of the drink and shivered at its coldness, causing goose bumps to appear on her skin.
"What happened today" Joy asked interested. Sara, Amber, Seth and Nick also looked interested. Videl did sort of.
Usagi grinned. "Nothing much. Just shocking the school, glaring at kids, fighting with Videl, meeting my family, you know the usual."
The three blinked. "You got in a fight with Videl?!" They turned to Videl to see her frowning at Usagi.
"That's a lie" she declared.
"Oh I don't know. You started going on about your 'great' father and I use the term 'great' lightly while Gohan and I were a bit busy." She took another sip of the drink. "Seems to me your jealous of the fact that I'm with Gohan and your not!" Usagi slammed the glass down not even spilling a drop of it. She glared at Videl with hate. "You can try all you want to break us up but trust me when I say THAT will NEVER happen!"
The group sat in stunned shock at Usagi's words. Videl just glared at her. 'Who does this blond bimbo think she is?! I'll show her not to mess with Videl Satan!!' But before she could say or do anything, Usagi stood up.
"I need something stronger. I'll be right back." She turned to leave but a hand stopped her.
"Usa, we have to leave in a little bit" Gohan said.
"Hai I know. I'll just be a few minutes. Don't worry." With one last glare at Videl, Usagi left for the bar.
Gohan sighed as he turned to the group. "I'll have to remember not to get on her bad side next time." That eased up the attention of the table a little. The group had a quiet discussion of stuff all the while ignoring Videl who was peeved about it.
Usagi sighed as she reached the bar. 'Ooo that Videl! I've only been here for three days and already I've got an enemy at school. *sigh* Why does life treat me so bad?' She shook her head as she waited to be served on.
"Can I take your order Usagi-san?" a guy with red hair asked.
Usagi looked up and smiled. "Hai Steve. Give me something a little bit stronger than a triple K."
"One Cherry Tart coming right up!" Steve said winking at her. Usagi giggled as he made her drink for her.
"So here with Gohan I see. That was some show you two put on Usagi" Steve said pouring some liquids into a blender.
"Thanks. I think everyone here saw" Usagi said blushing.
"Hai, they did. Here you go! One Cherry Tart on the house." Usagi was about to protest but Steve continued. "Managers order. You and Gohan got free drinks the rest of the night. Just let me know if you want anything else 'k?"
Usagi smiled. "Hai Steve. Arigato." Steve nodded before going to his next costumer. Usagi sipped her drink. 'Wow! I love cherry! And it's a bit stronger too! Good. I'll need it by the end of the night.' With that Usagi sipped her drink as she began to think of the past night events.
A big buff guy with black hair gulped down his drink as he looked around the bar. He caught sight of a blonde talking to the guy Steve from school. 'She's hot. Wonder who she is.' He turned to the waitress. "Hey Mandy! Come here a sec."
"Yeah Michael? What's up?" Mandy asked the Captain of the Football team.
"Who's the blonde talking to Steve?" Michael asked.
Mandy looked and smiled. "That's Tsukino Usagi. She just transferred to our school yesterday."
"She did she? Why haven't I seen her before?" Michael asked looking at Usagi.
"Maybe because she's been with Gohan the whole time" Mandy said with a small shrug.
"Oh really? Well I'll have to go introduce myself then won't I? Don't want a beautiful girl hanging around with the school geek" Michael said standing up.
"Now what a minute Michael. She's already taken and I'm sure her boyfriend wouldn't like it if you hit on her" Mandy said but he just ignored her. 'Oh great! I've got a bad feeling about this.'
*~*~*~Meanwhile back at the Tsukino house*~*~*~*
"Wait. Let me get this straight. Those two are Saiyans from your planet, their daughter is your sister, Gohan is her soul-mate and now we have an enemy who fight in skirts?!" Yamcha said looking at Vegeta who was beginning to get irritated by his lack of brain.
"Hai you baka! Dende! You would of thought Kakorotto would be the one saying that" Vegeta said glarring at Yamcha who cowered away by sitting down on the couch.
"What I don't understand is why they're here. The enemy that is" Krillin said.
Everyone watched as both Vegeta and Artemis, whom had already been introduced to along with Luna, eyes darkened. "That baka excuse of a prince is the main reason."
"Why?" Tien asked. (Odango: We're gonna use the English names and some of the Japanese attacks.)
"That onore (jerk) has been lusting after my sister since the day he came to the moon" Vegeta said clenching his fist.
Bulma looked at him worriedly. "But you were with her always ne? He never made any moves on her in front of you right?"
Vegeta smirked. "Never in front of me. Behind my back he did but my imouto took care of that kono yaro until..." His face was once again in a scowl.
"Until what?" Mirai Trunks asked. (Pyro: We're gonna use Mirai from now on for him)
"Until her mother betrothed her to him" Artemis said with a growl.
Luna looked at the two men before her. The more that they talked about the past, the madder they became. 'And two angry Saiyan's is not what I need right now.' "What about her?"
Luna snapped out of her thought as she turned to Krillin. "Who?"
"Hotaru. You told us she was one of them ne? Why is she here?"
Before Luna could speak, a low but soft voice did. "Because I promised to protect my hime with my life." Everyone blinked as Hotaru walked into the room with a tray full of coffee mugs. She smiled at all of them. "I figured you all would be here a while so I made something to drink." Murmurs of thanks and nods made Hotaru blush. A chuckle made her turn to Vegeta.
"You've gotten softer weakling" Vegeta said smirking. Hotaru mirrored his expression.
"I can say the same thing for you neesan." Hotaru looked at Bulma and giggled as Vegeta growled.
"How are you related to him?" Hotaru turned to the voice and found herself staring at a blonde hair woman. '18, Krillin's wife' her mind supplied for her. "You're not a Saiyan are you?"
"Iie." Everyone looked at her. "Not by blood anyway." She held in her giggle at most of their blank looks. "I guess you can say I was kind of a loner when I was younger. I mean, who'd want to hang around a girl with strange healing abilities and had the power to destroy an entire planet in a single blow." Hotaru lowered her gaze as the other's looked shocked at her.
Vegeta growled. He marched over to Hotaru, grabbed her chin and forced her to look at him. "You listen to me imouto. Don't you even dare think about putting yourself down! Serenity and I have worked too hard to get your confidence up again! And if anyone has a problem with that, they can deal with me" Vegeta said. He turned to glare hard at everyone in the room who looked down in shame except Luna and Artemis.
Hotaru smiled and hugged Vegeta. "Hai niisan. I won't forget."
"You better not brat" Vegeta said hugging her back before he gently pushed her away. "Sentimental chibi onna." He smirked to cover his smile when Hotaru stuck her tongue out at him.
"What did you mean 'not by blood' Hotaru?" Bulma asked.
Hotaru smirked. "I act more like a Saiyan than a senshi because I was with Serenity all the time. I guess you can say she and Vegeta rubbed off on me for the better."
"More like the worse Hotaru." Hotaru and Vegeta both winced at Luna's hard voice. "The more Saiyan you acted like, the less senshi wise you became."
Hotaru bowed her head. "Gomen Luna. I just wanted to belong somewhere." A tear slipped down her bowed face.
Luna smiled gently as she wrapped her arms around the 14 year old. "I know Hota. I know. Demo you had a responsibility to fulfill and were lacking off a bit. But I'm proud that you've managed to get into Vegeta's heart. Heaven knows how hard it is" Luna said grinning at Vegeta. She and Hotaru giggled when he flushed but it quickly disappeared as his scowl took form.
"Humph. Like I had a choice. She followed us everywhere" Vegeta said crossing his arms over his chest.
Artemis smirked. "Funny. That's not how we saw it."
Vegeta growled and muttered a few choice words under his breath. The group laughed at this.
Goku smiled to himself. 'Seems things have settled pretty well for the group. They've accepted Luna and Artemis and are willing to fight the enemy regardless of the skirts.' He chuckled quietly to himself. He looked at the clock and frowned. 'They're late. No biggie. They're only five minutes late. Nothing to worry about.... I hope.'
*~*~*~Back to our lovely couple*~*~*~*
Usagi stood quietly sipping her drink, aimlessly thinking of nothing in particular. Simply enjoying herself until a cold chill ran down her back. 'Uh oh. There's gonna be trouble.' She kept herself alert but the stronger drink has caused her to fill a bit tipsy. A shadow stood beside her and a deep voice spoke out.
"Hey there cutie. You here by yourself?" the guy, obviously, asked.
Usagi turned to him and fought her frown. She did not like this guy or his lust filling eyes. "Iie. I'm here with friends."
"Girls I presume" the guy said.
"Iie. Not just girls but guys as well. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to get back to them." With that Usagi grabbed her drink and turned around. She would have walked away if it wasn't for the hand that grabbed her arm.
"What's your rush Usagi?" he asked making her gasp.
"How did you know my name?" Usagi narrowed her eyes at the guy.
The guy grinned. "Everyone knows you're the new girl in school Usagi. Let me introduce myself." He bowed. "I'm Michael. Captain of the football team."
Usagi gave him a small nod. "Nice to meet you. Now please release my arm." When Michael didn't move, she frowned. "Let go or I'll have my boyfriend come restrain you." 'Not that I can't do that myself.'
"Who Gohan?" Again Usagi gasped. "As I've said before the whole school knows about you... and Gohan" Michael said growling the last word out with venom. "Wimpy boyfriend" he muttered under his breath.
Usagi smirked when she heard him. "What's the matter? Sour that Gohan got to me before you did?"
Michael saw red. 'How dare this tramp say that to me!' Before he knew what he was doing, his free hand came up and struck Usagi's face.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Gohan was getting bored and tired. 'This is soooo boring! Dende! I was having fun until Videl had to ruined it for me.' He looked around the club. 'Wonder where Usa is? She said she was going to the bar demo I don- what the heck.' Gohan stopped looking when his eyes landed on the scene at the bar. Michael, the football captain, had Usagi's right arm in a grip. He couldn't hear what they were saying but from the expressions on their faces, she was shocked and he looked smug.
"Hey Gohan. Isn't that Usagi with Michael?" Joy asked looking in the same direction as he did.
"Hey it is! What's he doing to her?" Amber asked looking slightly worried.
Gohan slowly stood up. "I don't know but I'm going to find ou-" Gohan stopped moving when Michael raised his hand. Everything seemed to happen in slow motion for him. He watched as the hand came slowly to Usagi's face and struck her left cheek. Gohan froze for a second before rage took over his body. He couldn't think straight and disappeared, ignoring his friend's cries for Usagi. He reappeared behind Michael and tapped his shoulder. When he turned around, Gohan punched, not holding back as much as he should have.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Michael didn't regret what he had done but he soon would. He felt a tap on his shoulder and slowly turned around... only to be met with a fist and crash into the bar. All activity stopped and pinned their gazes to the bar.
Gohan, feeling satisfied with what he had done, turned to Usagi. "You ok Usa-chan?" he asked, eyes filled with concern.
Usagi gave him a small smile. "Hai I'm fine. He just took me by surprise that's all." Gohan nodded and noticed she hadn't taken her hand away from her cheek.
"Usagi" he said in a warning voice. Usagi started to look away but Gohan quickly caught her chin with his left hand while his right hand removed the hand from her face. His eyes darkened as he saw the large red hand mark on his girlfriend's face. He growled low in his throat and turned to see Michael painfully stand up, glarring at him.
Usagi became slightly worried as Gohan growled. She became more worried when he held her hand tighter making her slightly wince. "Go-koi?" He turned to her sharply making her jump a bit. She had to get him out of here before anything bad happened. "Onegai, lets go home now. Niisan and your mother are gonna have cows 'cause we're late." He seemed to recognized the situation and nodded slowly to her.
Usagi breathed a sigh of relief. 'That was close. I'd hate to see what WOULD happen.' She held Gohan's hand tightly in hers as the two turned around and headed for the exit. They never saw the broken glass Michael had in his hand as he lunged at Gohan.
"Gohan! Usagi! LOOK OUT!!" Mandy shouted.
"Huh?" the two teens said turning around confused only to widen their eyes at Michael. Gohan covered Usagi with his body as Michael neared them. He felt a slight pain in his arm as Michael whizzed by them. Looking down he saw a thin line of blood streaming down his torn shirt. Gohan growled before he threw himself at Michael, making them both tumble to the floor.
"Gohan No!" Usagi shouted trying to get to him. A crowd had gathered around the two fighters enabling her to get to Gohan. 'Great! This is not what I need! Oi! He's raising his power!' "Gohan! Dame! (stop)" she shouted but couldn't be heard over the roaring voices of the crowd who cheered the fighters on. 'What am I going to do?!'
Videl smirked when Michael struck Usagi and just like everyone else at the table, went into shock when Gohan disappeared. Videl got over her shock when Gohan tackled Michael to the floor. She looked around the crowd for Usagi and spotted her a few feet away from the fight. It looked as if she was trying to get to it but the crowd was just too big. 'Now's my chance to get that wench back.'
She swiftly made her way towards the distracted blonde. Tapping her on the shoulder, she smirked when Usagi frowned.
"What do you want Videl? I don't have time for you!" Usagi said as she once again struggled to get through the crowd.
"Well your gonna have time right now when I kick your ass!" Videl said. She swung at Usagi only to have it blocked by her arm. Videl was then thrown back a couple of feet and broke her landing on a table.
Usagi growled. 'She deserved it. She shouldn't have messed with me right now. I need to get to Gohan! I hope they don't feel our ki's.' Usagi raised her ki high enough to push her way through the crowd until she was right in front of Gohan and Michael.
Videl groaned as she sat up. 'That little bitch! When I get my hands on her I'm gonna...' She quickly stood up and once again made her way to where the blonde once stood only to have her arm grabbed by someone. "Hey let go!" she said as she began to struggle with whoever held her.
"I suggest you leave my ouji's hime alone before I have to kill you" a deep masculine-ish voice said near her ear. Videl stopped her struggle and looked into blue-green eyes.
"Ouji? Hime? What are you talking about?" Videl questioned her captor who, by the way, looked very good in his black pants and dark blue silk shirt. The said man pulled her closer to his face and Videl winced at the intensity of his cold glare.
"Leave the ouji and hime alone or face their guardians." With that the man let her go as he walked away, leaving Videl to think about what he had said.
'Ouji? Hime? There's no one like that around here unless you count me as a hime since my dad is the savior of the world.' Her thoughts trailed off when someone began shouting "THE POLICE ARE HERE!! THE POLICE ARE HERE!!" The whole club went into an uproar. People running here and there trying to leave before the police caught them. 'Damn! I'm out of here. I'll get her later.' Videl at once left with the crowd.
Usagi sighed. 'Thank kami! A distraction.' She was finally able to do something without anyone questioning her strength. At this very moment Gohan was pounding his fist into Michael's bloody face. Usagi took a deep breath and ran to Gohan, clutching his raised fist with some of her power. "Gohan enough! He's out! We need to get out of here before we get in trouble! Come on!"
Gohan couldn't think straight. Someone had hurt his Usagi and now they had to pay. He vaguely heard Usagi call to him and barely registered someone holding his arm back from pounding Michael. He looked up and locked eyes with Usagi. "Usa?"
"Gohan come on. We need to go now." Usagi tugged on his arm.
Gohan nodded slowly. He took one last look at Michael and smirk satisfied. He let Usagi help him up then led the way out the back exit. He was a little surprised to see Seth, Sara, Joy, Amber, Nick, Mandy and Steve all standing there. "What are you guys doing here?" he asked once he got close enough.
Sara grabbed his arm. "No time for talk Gohan. We need to get out of here."
Nick opened the door. "We can crash at my place. My folks are out of town so lets go!"
The group ran out of the building and through the alley. It only took them a few minutes to get to Nick's house demo they were all panting when they got in.
Sara laughed out loud causing everyone to look at her. "That's the best time I've ever had all year!" She giggled again with minna following suit.
"You can say that Sara. And the best part was how red Videl's face was when Usagi kissed Gohan." Again they all laughed but stopped when they heard someone say "Baka." They turned to find Usagi scolding Gohan as she checked his bloody hand.
"You could have killed him you know."
"He deserved what he got."
"Not like that. Gohan, you almost murdered him!"
"He shouldn't have hit you."
Usagi remained silent before sighing loudly. "I suppose so but did you have to do THAT much damage?" She glared at Gohan who sighed as he hugged her.
"Gomen koi. I wasn't thinking" he murmured into her hair. He ran his clean hand up and down her back in a soothing gesture.
"Damn right you weren't. Just make sure that doesn't happen again okay?" Usagi locked her eyes with Gohan. :Onegai:
"I promise Usa" Gohan said. :I promise: He pressed his forehead against hers and closed his eyes...
Only to open them when his friends began to applaud loudly and howl. Usagi and Gohan blushed causing the girls to have another fit of giggles and the guys to chuckle.
"Man you two really know how to entertain a crowd" Steve said causing the couple blush deeper.
"Remind me never to get on either of your guys' bad side" Nick said with a chuckle.
"How is your hand by the way Gohan?" Amber asked.
"Is it okay?" Joy asked, concern shown on her face.
"It's fine guys hontoo. It's not my blood." The others grimaced but smirked nonetheless. Gohan turned to Nick. "Mind if I wash up in your restroom Nick?"
Nick shook his head. "No go right ahead. It's the second door on the right." Gohan nodded his thanks and left the group.
Sara looked at Usagi and frowned. Moving closer to the blonde she hissed at the bruise now visible on her face. "Jerk" she muttered as she looked Usagi's face over. She stood up. "I'm gonna get you something for that Usa. We don't want it to get any bigger now do we?" Usagi shook her head.
Standing up with Sara's help, the two went to the kitchen, the other's following pursuit. They talked about what had happened at the club and fell clutching their sides laughing. And that's how Gohan found them much to his amassment. After helping them all up, the group had a few drinks and once again talked about current events.
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Usagi and Gohan landed quietly in her front yard. It was already 6:30 am and boy were they ever late. They had accidentally fell asleep on Nick's couch. In fact everyone had fell asleep at Nicks. They had played truth or dare spin the bottle style... for three hours! Talking had wore Sara and Joy out so they were the first to fall asleep. Amber and Nick were the next then Seth, Mandy and Steve. Gohan and Usagi were the last one's to fall asleep even if it was for only two and a half hours. Gohan was the first to awake and widen his eyes when he realized that they were major late. Usagi was quick to wake with that startling information. Waking Nick and thanking him, the two quickly flew to her house. Now that they were there, they had to be extra quiet when walking in.
Usagi motioned Gohan to follow her lead by holding his hand. Slowly they moved to the front door. Before she even placed her hand on the doorknob, the door was violently open by two angry Saiyan's and a glarring woman.
"DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?! YOU'RE LATE?!"
Usagi and Gohan both winced at the volume of the voices. They looked at the floor to avoid the adult's gazes as they slowly entered the house. As they passed the living room they saw that Vegeta, Artemis and Chichi all had smug smiles on their faces.
Usagi glared at her father and brother.
"Usagi." She winced as she slowly turned around to face her mother.
"Hai?"
"Don't yes me young lady. I gave you both a specific time to be here and an even later one than the one your father gave you. You're six and a half hours late. I want to know why now!" Luna glared harder at Usagi.
Usagi gulped. "Uh... there was a fight at the club so we went to a friend's house and lost track of time?" It wasn't an actual lie. Then again is wasn't the actual truth.
"Where did you get that bruise on your face and why is Gohan's shirt torn?" Bulma asked also glarring at the teens.
"Like she said there was a fight at the club" Gohan said. He tightens his grip on her hand.
"And how did the two of you get injured son?" Goku, though he always had a smile on his face, bore a frown just like the women, only worse. This shocked Gohan and Usagi somewhat.
Usagi sighed and turned to go up the stairs, Gohan following her.
"Where are you two going? We're not finished with you yet" Goku said surprising the couple once again.
"If you want the real truth dad, we had a run in with Videl and some guy hit Usagi then sliced my arm with a broken bottle. That explains her bruise and my cut shirt" Gohan said without looking at his father.
"Now if you excuse us, we're going to sleep. You can yell at us in a couple of hours. Oyasumi minna" Usagi said with a yawn.
"Ohayoo as well" Gohan said with a chuckle as he followed Usagi to her room, leaving their parents to stare after them.
The two collapsed on her bed together. Usagi turned over so her back was against his chest. Both fell right to sleep even before their heads hit the pillow.
Odango: I hoped you liked this chapter minna. I want to thank everyone for waiting so long for this to this chapter. I'm glad you were understandable of my situation.
Pyro: We're all here for you Odango. Me especially.
Odango: I know Pyro. Arigato! You too minna! Thanks! Also this was 2 pages long!!
Pyro: Wow! Don't forget to review!
Odango and Pyro: Ja!