Plot line Update:
Main (Gohan/Videl): Both Currently at Kami's lookout. Gohan is unconscious and Videl can't remember her own name after a visit from the Lust demon. (I just realized how dirty that sounded)
Suian (the Dead Kai): Saying Hello to our friend King Emma. She probably has some diabolical plan in her mind. If you are anywhere in the vicinity, it is probably a good idea to get out of there ^_~
Piccolo: he's ripped off his ears, and is flying towards the lookout
18/Krillen: Egad! Krillen's been blinded and 18 won't tell him the extent of the damage. On the bright side, they've captured Panic and Chaos, and are (surprise surprise) flying towards Kami's lookout
Demonic Keeper: I think most of you have forgotten this, but there was a keeper created by the Demon Pestilence. This evil freaky little thing has just wiped out and eaten the Demon of Fear. Freaky eh? Videl's keeper is still recuperating and Gohan's is just really slow. They go where Gh and Vi go.
The 'Son' Plot line (Gohan not included): Goku has captured Deception, and is flying to Kami's lookout, like everyone else. Goten has disappeared. Oh, and the dragon was summoned, and Deception wished that all the bonds that kept them non-violent be dissolved. She also inadvertently wished for all of Demonic Law to go to hell, and the dragon granted her wish. However, the implications of this remain to be seen.
Miss Stromsburg: Out of the Hospital (finally,) and recent witnesses to the summoning of the Dragon, with her friend Caleb. She could possibly be the only sane person in this entire story, but that's beside the point.
Various Misc. Gods: Kami's lookout, like everyone else. Possibly trying to save us all, but also possibly curling up in little balls of fear.
America: Strangely quiet. Too quiet? Or did I just forget about this plot line in the midst of my other, more exciting plots?
Lists:
Captured/dead demons:
Discourtesy (the first guy caught)
Depression (Gohan + Videl got him)
Hopelessness (ditto)
Panic (with 18 and Krillen)
Chaos (ditto)
Deception (see Son Plot line)
Fear (dead)
Pestilence (never free in the first place)
Free Demons:
Lust
War
Sloth (Remember Chapter 1, there was that blue guy?)
Mischief
Crime
Keeper (Gohan's)
Keeper (Videl's)
Keeper (Pestilence)
And that's all of them folks! I can't believe I managed to put so many of the scattered bits of my story together! I Only have 9, and one is barely there! Go me! I wonder why I'm gathering everyone at Kami's lookout? I think this story has gained a life of it's own without me. It probably goes out and mugs people at night while hanging out in strip bars behind my back.
Disclaimer:
Statement:
If Akira Toryama owns Dragon Ball Z, then I do not. (T)
Converse Statement:
If I don't own Dragon ball Z, then Akira Toryama does own it. (T)
Counterpositive statement:
If I own Dragon ball Z, then Akira Toryama does not. (F)
Chapter 16: Geneth and Isaac
" Now Emma. I hear that you are a very reasonable man."
" Yes?" Emma said, hoping that was the right answer. When the expression on her face did not change. He hastily added " No!" She frowned. " Umm Maybe Please don't hurt me!"
" I see gatekeepers are not chosen for their brains. I'm going to lay this out plain and simple. If you still want to be in possession of your job and all of your limbs in the next 5 minutes, I suggest you issue me an otherworld passport. I will then suggest that you continently suffer a short term memory loss." She smiled sweetly, while still managing to scare the living daylights out of Emma.
" But the broach of procedure and the nature of the balance would be in chaos! And…" He trailed off, seeing the look on her face, and the unfortunate placement (For him anyway) of her hands on his arm. " And I'll need your name, locale and current age."
" That's better Emma. I knew that you'd see things my way."
The king managed to make the quickest filing job in the history of underworld office records. He had the pass stamped and signed in 11.3 seconds. The Ogre with the stopwatch, who had waited his entire life for an opportunity like this, of course recorded the time. Then, a look of horror crossed his face as he realized that he could never enter it in the Record Omnibus of Office Superiority because it was entirely unofficial.
" Commendable Emma. We'll have to see about getting you more vacations this year."
"Thank you miss?"
" Now be a good boy and forget I was ever here. This goes for the rest of you too, unless you want to wake up thinking you are bullfrogs."
The Ogre with the stopwatch Fainted in the corner, tears streaming down his face. His co-workers made little move to help him as they were still in shock over the complete and total domination of their boss that had just taken place.
" Of Course Madame"
But it was too late. She was already gone.
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Gohan opened his eyes to a bright white light. He had a splitting, pounding headache. For some reason his arm ached like hell and was stiff and sore to move. As a matter of fact, he felt like he had gotten an all around beating. This happened to be true, but he didn't know.
He couldn't remember.
" Oh Good Gohan, You're awake!"
" Mr. Popo?" He asked, Unsure of how he had gotten there. He pressed a hand to his forehead to try and block out the hammers that pounded there. " How did I get here? Where is here?"
" The lookout Master Gohan. Dende has requested that you remain in bed until the effects of Mrs. Bulma's serum wears off and he can attend to your wounds."
" Bulma's Serum? What did se give me? Why? I'm starting to get confused here Mr. Popo."
" Don't you remember? The demon possessed you and Mrs. Bulma was kind enough to devise a serum to drive her influence out of you. Quite fortunate really, though, that Mr. Vegeta managed to get here on time with his wife, Why, if they hadn't of come, I don't know what would have happened…" Mr. Popo said, quite oblivious to Gohan's growing dismay. He trailed off, and stared at his little red shoes. He turned as if to leave, but Gohan's arm shot out to stop him.
" I was possessed? What do you mean? By which demon? What did I do?" He paled suddenly. " No…nobody died did they?" He said at the worried look on Popo's face.
" Nobody died, young master Gohan, and as to what you did… I guess that's for you and young Miss Videl to work out between the two of you. Umm, I have to go now and err, Water my palm trees." He quickly scurried out. Gohan sat up in his bed and scratched his head. He looked down, and realized for the first time that he wasn't wearing a shirt {1}. He was pleased to find out that he was still wearing his training shorts, and hopped out of the covers, Stretching, he padded to the door on bare feet, opened it up, and peeked his head out the door. The hall was deserted.
Looking behind him, he saw that the only other available clothes were the one he was wearing when he had come in, now quite dirt, bloodstained, and full of rips, tears and holes. They could have at least left me a robe or something.
Taking a risk, he walked out into the hall, intent on finding out exactly what was going on.
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"Listen, is someone going to tell me where I am? And heaven help you if you don't, otherwise I'll have to call my Isaac down on your asses."
" Videl, Hon, your at Kami's lookout. Don't you remember me? I'm Bulma Briefs, Gohan's friend? And who is Isaac?"
Videl (Or whoever she happened to be at the moment) began to pace.
" I really hope that you would stop calling me that I remember now, My name is Geneth Montoya, Isaac is my Fiancée. I have no idea who you are miss briefs, or this Gohan person you keep talking about, nor do I know why I woke up with a little green man hovering over me" Videl, or Geneth, gave Bulma and Dende death glares.
Bulma was stunned. It wasn't that Videl didn't know who she was, it was just that she thought she was a completely different person. But that death glare was completely Videl though. Same personality, different Memories. Geneth crossed her arms on her chest, exactly like Videl did.
" Well, now what Miss Briefs, are you holding me for ransom or something? I know that my father in law is rich, but I doubt that he will pay up before trying to get me back some other way. Also, if he doesn't Isaac will."
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Something was wrong, it was too damn quiet. The only sound was Gohan's feet padding across the floor. His keen hearing picked up faint voices coming from down the hall. He walked up to the slightly open door, just in time to see Bulma walk up to Videl and slap her face which landed with a resounding smack.
"SNAP OUT OF IT GIRL!"
" HEY! Bulma! What do you think you are doing!" Gohan yelled, storming into the room. He pushed Bulma roughly away and stepped up to Videl, examining her cheek for any sign that she was injured. In an odd act of tenderness, he brushed an errant strand of hair away from her face before turning to face Bulma, who had gone into a sort of shock at the moment. Then she fainted dead away.
Dende rushed over, to make sure that Bulma had not hurt herself, while Gohan turned over to face Videl once more.
" Are you all…" He was silenced as Videl launched herself into his arms, capturing his lips in a passionate kiss.
He stood there in shock for a good minute, before an odd change came over him. A slight change in posture perhaps, before he began to kiss her back.
" Oh Isaac, I'm so glad that you found me!"
" I don't know what I would do without you Geneth. But we have to get out of here quickly before the blue woman wakes up." He kissed her again; though feeling a little bit odd as he did so. It kind of felt like he was in a play or something, with all of his moves scripted to fit. The feeling quickly passed though, and she grabbed his hand and they ran out the door.
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"OOOH! This is my Favorite part!" Lust squealed; happy again those things were going her way. She had returned to her ledge, and was lounging on her red Chaise; a glowing screen suspended 2 feet in front of her in the air. She popped another decadent chocolate in her mouth and grinned with delight as the screen depicted the two 'lovers' running away from 'peril'.
" Geneth and Isaac were always so wonderful to watch… It's too bad I had to have them killed in the end. Oh well, supplicating their memories into living hosts usually gives me a good show. The players this time look fairly promising too. I do hope that they get past that ' Oh dear, not until the wedding' crap fairly soon." This was said, mostly to herself through a few mouthfuls of chocolate. She took a swig of the delicate golden wine that had appeared in her hand. She knew it was a needless waste of her power, but the actual capacity to work hard was completely beyond her.
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" Sarah?"
" Yes, Caleb?"
" I believe you now."
" That's good Caleb. I think that I may need to sit down."
Sarah sat down heavily on the curb. She hadn't been sure before, but she was now positive of two facts: a) that the thing she had run into was very supernatural, and probably needed to be stopped at all costs. And b) the world was going to hell, and she needed a stiff drink. However, she also knew that drinking alcohol and lowering all of her inhibitions and response times when the end of the world was looming and there was some super freaky demon thing to catch was probably not the smartest idea.
" Wow. I'm still in shock that I even saw that… dragon thing! It was amazing! I wonder how it held itself up in the air like that!" Caleb said suddenly, automatically slipping into defensive complete dork mode. He felt it was the safest for this kind of situation.{2}
" Caleb? Shut up."
" Okay."
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" AHRGH! How many Bleeding customs offices do you have between here and life huh? Isn't there some kind of customs expressway or something?" Suian asked in outrage, as she was held up for the third time in her visit to life. This was not going to be as easy as she thought.
She had been held up once again by a wimpy little lanky frog shaped creature, wearing a ridiculous oversized helmet and carrying a nightstick. The worst part was that she could not threaten them with toadification because they were already toads. There was no where to go but up.
" Um, all outgoing patrons are required to have at least 15 full customs checks before they are allowed to the living world. Passports are very selective you see and many people try each year to sneak out! We are simply doing…. Our… civic… duty?" He began to gulp as the intensity of Suian's glare began to rise. He breathed out when she dropped her eyes and slumped her shoulders.
" The law is the law I suppose. Just get it over with. It's not like the fate of the known universe or anything depends on my return to life."
" yes ma'am."
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{1} At risk of sounding like a crazed fangirl: * drool *. Oh, and picture those little Vegeta spandex shorts. You know the ones.
{2} I do this all the time. When in doubt, or in an awkward situation, make some completely dorkish/Idiotic/irrelevant comment to avoid the question and put the conversation onto a completely different tangent. It generally works quite well, unless they are really persistent.
A/n: Wow, That plot twist seemed like a good idea at the time. Oh, and I do not advocate the use of alcohol or drugs, despite their gratuitous mention in my story.
Oh, and happygohangirl wins the giant cake, by informing us that the Arabs came up with our modern number system and 0. Congratulations!
If you can tell me the title of one other story/script I have written. (Under this pen name… like I have any others) that does not have anything to do with Dragon ball Z, then I will give you all of the candy, fruit, and chocolate created by lust. (This has nothing to do with my story, and is probably just an attempt at shameless self-promotion of my new fictionpress.com account).
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