Hey I'm back! Yes I am sorry about the first two chappys. I did get them mixed up. I am sorry. Anyway, here's chappy three, posted during my Genetics class! Gohan's magic comes into the ploy here. Enjoy! Oh yeah: DISCLAIMER: I dont own DBZ.

Lady Kakarot XXX

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Chapter Three: Attack and Lust

Gohan was half-right; the tiger did attack. It came leaping and running down the slope, and as Videl watched, Gohan changed into a cheetah in a shimmer of blue, and leapt to meet the tiger some distance from her.

The fight went on and on. Gohan and the tiger whirling around each other, each bleeding from bites and scratches given by the other's claws. Gohan was flung by the tiger, which slowly advanced.

Now!

Quick as a flash, Videl drew her gun and shot the tiger, which leapt into the trees and died. She rushed to Gohan.

'Oh, oh no, Gohan don't die.' She looked up at the hill above her. They were halfway up. The cheetah would be heavy, she knew, but surely Gohan's house wasn't far? She picked up the cheetah and climbed the hill.

She was sweating when she reached the top, but saw only impenetrable forest below her. She plunged downwards, forcing her way through the trees. She crossed a track sometimes, but because the track wound from side to side instead of going down, she continued through the trees. At last she burst out of them into a valley and saw, to her relief, a little house at one end. She picked Gohan up again and hurried to the door.

Goku came quickly as he heard the banging on the door. He opened it and saw that the girl was startled to see him. There were tears streaming down her face. 'What are you...'

Goku's voice trailed off as he saw Gohan on the ground, bleeding profusely. 'Kuso! What happened?' 'A tiger came onto the path. He told me not to move, so I obliged, then suddenly it attacked, and Gohan turned into a cheetah, and he bounded forwards and they fought...' 'And he lost.' 'Yes.' 'But why didn't it kill him?' 'I shot the tiger.' 'You shot it!' 'Yes.'

Goku looked at Videl thoughtfully, then turned and spoke quietly to Chi-Chi –and was gone. Chi-Chi took Videl into the dining room and fed her, then told her not to worry. She heard Goku's voice return, joined by another woman's voice. Then, a few hours later, Goku and Bulma Briefs came into the room. 'Well, he got very lucky. It'll take some time to heal, but he's gonna be fine. Who are you?' 'I am Videl...Satan. I'm one of Gohan's friends from school.' 'He was lucky that you were there, Miss Satan, for it might have hours till he was found, and could be too late.' 'Can I see him?' 'You can, but it's not a pretty sight. Does your father know where you are?' 'Oh yes, I told him I might not be home till late. He is okay with it.' 'If you want to see Gohan, go upstairs, last door on your right.'

Videl climbed the stairs. She passed a couple of doors, located the right one, and opened it. She got a shock.

What had she expected? Books stacked to the ceiling? All Videl knew was, in one swift glance, that she knew nothing about the charming young man who lived here.

There was a desk, with a computer and books, and a bedside table with a reading lamp and crowded with photos. There were posters of Linkin Park, Evanescence, Three Doors Down, Metallica, and Nickelback covering the walls. Leaning against one wall was a guitar. Next to it was a piano. On one bare patch of wall she saw several framed photos. One was of Gohan and his parents as a baby; another showed Gohan and his parents when he was older; there was a picture of Gohan, Chi-Chi and a baby whom she presumed was Gohan's little brother Goten; and the last was a picture of the whole family. There was also a picture of Goku and a surly-looking man standing back to back; in the same picture Gohan had Goten sitting on his shoulders, and a small lilac-haired boy was clinging to his pants leg.

She walked quietly to the bed. Gohan was lying as if asleep, still wearing his school clothes. She smiled at his peaceful face, but a sudden fear struck her that Gohan might die.

To distract herself from such a morbid thought, she glanced up.

She got a great shock.

On the ceiling was a poster of herself, wearing hotpants, a bikini top and boots. She was posing, hair tumbling down her back, eyes glittering with laughter. Gosh! When did I pose for that poster? Not long ago, I should think...ah yes, just before the year began. Good God! He's had that poster for how long? How long has he lain here at nights and just looked, looked at the poster, maybe wishing I were real. How long? And why? This thought just occurred to her.

She looked around the room again, and saw a sketch pad. Hoping it didn't seem like snooping, she opened the pad and saw a mountain lioness poised on a rock, looking out over the view. Another...this time it was a lovely view of the valley. Another...a wild stallion, mane and tail flying free, rearing up. Another...a young wild filly playing with some fawns in the mist. Another...Son Goku playing with Goten, while Chi-Chi hung out washing on the clothes lines, every line of her body looking stern, as if this past-time of her elder son's was not to her liking. Another...and Videl gasped. It was her! There was a picture of her, obviously taken off the poster, but in a different pose. There were more sketches of her, gradually wearing different outfits...then she remembered Gohan's bedside table. It had been covered in little pictures, framed and snipped out of magazines and newspapers, of her, and with a start, she realised he was completely and utterly obsessed with her.

'You like?'

Videl nearly jumped out of her skin as the quiet, gentle voice spoke. 'Oh-uh-oh, I'm sorry if I was snooping, but I saw your sketch pad, and I...' Gohan smiled. 'Art is made to be looked at. I don't mind at all...did you like it?' 'So many of me...and they're all so good!' The smile faded slightly. 'Yes, I hope my room didn't creep you out, with so many pictures of you...' He swept his hand, slowly and rather stiffly, indicating all the pictures. 'But since I got that poster for my birthday from my father at the beginning of the year, I was infatuated. I never experienced lust before, but now the feeling hit me full force. Oh not in a violent stalker way,' he added, seeing the look in Videl's eyes, 'just in a wistful way. I knew that I lusted after something which I could never have...something that was far out of my reach, something so lovely, so perfect, that I was but a shadow in comparison...'

Videl was surprised as Gohan looked away, blushing. Videl, more to distract him than anything, said, 'Who is that?' pointing to a photo of a gold haired man and boy, who stood with Chi-Chi. 'Oh...uh...' 'I promise not to tell.' 'Dad and me.' 'How come you're gold?' 'Because...you promised, remember, that you would not tell...we're super saiyan.' 'What's a saiyan?' Gohan sighed.

'Saiyans were a race native to Planet Vegeta. They were very strong and could use ki-energy that can be used as a weapon-and fly. They all had black hair and black eyes, and fuzzy brown tails. They could even turn into monkeys on a full moon.' 'Why the past tense?' 'Frieza killed them all a long time ago, a few days after my father was born. There are only two pure-blooded saiyans left now...my father, Goku, or Kakarot, and Vegeta, Prince of the Saiyans...the surly-looking guy in the picture there. I am half-saiyan, as are Goten and Trunks, Vegeta's son. Super Saiyan is an enormous power-level. There are three known levels...my father is a Super Saiyan 3, and the strongest being in the universe. I am a Super Saiyan 2. That picture was taken just before the Cell Games, just before...' Gohan trailed off and his eyes squeezed shut. Videl saw tears gathering.

Then quite suddenly Gohan stood up and yanked off his vest. He swiftly unbuttoned his shirt and pulled it off so roughly that Videl saw the mass of bandages beneath aquire some fresh red stains. He flung it as hard as he could at the wall –the crumpled shirt was quickly joined by his shoes –then curled up under his sheets and said softly, 'Before he died. It was my fault. I was too proud. I had the strength to kill Cell, but I was too proud. I wanted to make him suffer. It was when he began to self-destruct that I knew I had made a mistake. Father used his technique to vanish them away, and when Cell blew, he took my father with him...Cell came back and I killed him, but the price had been too high...far too high...' Gohan's voice trailed off into sobs. Videl gently stroked Gohan's hair. He looked up at her; his eyes were unusually bright, and wet, wet with unshed tears. 'Oh Gohan. But remember, your father's back now, he's here, and you have Goten, and your mother, and Sharpener and Eraser and me.'

A small smile curled Gohan's lips. 'Yes,' he murmured, 'I have you...'

Before Videl knew what was happening, Gohan had swept her into a kiss, her very first kiss; and the kiss was so warm and gentle yet passionate that she yielded, kissed back; and then suddenly a moment later Gohan pulled back, blushing and looking away. 'Gohan...?' 'Videl, I-I am sorry, I didn't mean to be forceful or anything but I just lost control for a moment...I'm so sorry.' 'I'm not. Oh Gohan, dear Gohan, if you knew how long I'd been hoping you would do that kind of thing...I think I've had a crush on you since day one!' There, let's see how that big brain reacts to that!

'R-really? You really m-mean that, Videl?' Oh my Kami, if she does then I'm the luckiest guy in the universe! There's no lie in her eyes...does she... 'I do too, Vid...since before I met you.' Videl's smile grew wide, and she bent and kissed Gohan, who kissed back, joyously, passionately, with all the fire in his heart. Their kiss was broken when Goku called them to dinner, but Videl got a pleasant surprise afterwards.

Gohan took her back up to his room, pulled the guitar off the wall and began to strum, singing along with the tune. He sang 'Goondiwindi Moon', then played 'Innocent Eyes' on the piano for her. 'Did you make that up?' 'Oh, no. Not me. I couldn't write a song!' And Gohan laughed; though the laugh was punctuated by winces of pain. 'You've got a nice voice though.' 'Thanks.' Chi-Chi called up the stairs, 'Gohan! Get into bed, you must rest! You heard what Bulma said!' 'Yes mum!' Gohan looked at Videl until she looked away. He stripped off his pants and crawled under his covers. Videl smiled and said, 'Ooh, it's soo cold!' 'You'd better come here. I'll keep you warm...'

Goku entered the room a few minutes later and received a pair of underpants in the face. One glance at the wildly moving bed and he hastily withdrew.

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