Gohan the Prince
Beaner-Bop
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A/N: Nothing much just the happiness of knowing - only one more story after this to write a chapter for! YAY! Lol!
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Disclaimer: I hate this thing.
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Videl was sitting on the bed (another different room in the castle) and actually couldn't hide the small smile that she had on her face. The ghost she had met earlier was much nicer than Lenora had been (not that that was hard or anything) and was currently brushing her hair, it made Videl remember what her life was like with her mom in the good times.
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"Gohan, that asshole!" She said, venom on her voice, "He kept saying it was all a dream, that it was a because of a video game. Kami! Gooooooooooha-" She stopped yelling Gohan's name when she finally remembered one tiny little fact.
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"Everything, everyone where he is, there all dead, all long gone, and for some reason, no matter what you do, they always come back. Strength there means nothing there Bulma. Absolutely nothing."
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Chapter Twenty: Meeting Miles
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Gohan looked carefully at Lenora. He tried to ignore the pang in his gut, telling him that something was wrong. Lenora kept walking and so far, it was all he could do not to turn around and run back to the castle.
Lenora turned to him sharply. He thought that she was going to attack him when she began to dance again. Gohan was learning that she did this when she was relatively happy or very happy and has no problem showing it Gohan thought to himself.
"We are close, we are close…nasty girl's won't stop us, nope, nope, they can't stop us…" The sound of bones hitting bones lessened and lessened as she kept dancing Gohan was amazed at what was happening.
The hair on the skull was beginning to come back and Gohan could see a ghostly outline of a normal body tracing the skeleton.
Long brown hair, pale face, a light blue dress…all of these things were slowly appearing and Gohan didn't know whether to feel happy for Lenora because of her intense glee, or feel even more in trouble than before.
He turned back to the direction he came, looking through the branches of the trees, ignoring Lenora as much as he could. One thought hung in his mind before Lenora began to push him towards his new destination.
Where are you Videl?
Had it not been for the fact that Lenora was quite literally pushing him towards a clearing, he would have turned around and did his best to find out exactly where Videl was, knowing the Lenora was lying.
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Chichi stared at the ceiling, wondering silently what she should do. She had managed to get Bulma away from her, having her tell the others what's wrong. I probably can't do this alone anyway. She thought to herself.
She was lying on her bed, wearing a fighting gi that Gohan got her for her birthday a few years ago. She looked towards the door before standing up and heading over it, a plan in mind.
She was thankful for the fact that the construction made the house slightly like the older one, it made it easier to find things. Everything was demolished in her old home, she knew, from the fire, however, there was one thing that was never touched.
The basement.
With any luck, what she needed would be down there. I hope they at least knew where to build it…None of this will work if I can't even get to the place where I'm supposed to be in the first place. She thought to herself silently.
She didn't pass anyone on her way down the hall. Everyone seeming to have vanished. It was just as well - Chichi wouldn't have noticed if they were there anyway, her task distracting her.
Bulma's probably told everyone by now. Her mind reasoned as she got to a door that was near the old entrance of the basement. She opened it and walked inside, looking around at the new room.
It was slightly decorated, as though it was going to turn into a room but then someone decided against it and then forgot about it.
Chichi looked around the room, she was positive that her houses old entrance would've been located in the middle of the room, slightly towards the right. She walked over to the area she guessed and dropped to her knees. She began to feel around the panels, seeing if any of them would budge. One wiggled slightly, giving her some hope and reminding her to yell at the construction crew next time they got for not building the house study enough.
Chichi tried to loosen the panel but found that she couldn't. She stood up and dusted off her robes, turning to leave the room.
Time to find an ax.
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Gohan kept on following Lenora. She was nearly done with her 'transformation' now, nearly into the girl that she once was, Gohan guessed. He did have to admit, she had to have been attractive when she was alive. The thing though, was that she seemed to know this, and flaunted it with this person Gohan was beginning to think wasn't real, 'Miles', every time she had the chance. Had it not had been for the letters he wouldn't have believed her at all.
Lenora was dancing in the clearing that they had come to before. Gohan watched her without much interest, feeling rather stupid for coming along with this little charade. Why did Baba send us here? He thought to himself. He looked up quickly when the wind seemed to stop mid-breeze. Gohan noticed that Lenora had stopped her dancing along with it.
"Miles!" Lenora stated. Gohan thought the way the name came out of her mouth was odd - it sounded like a voice you would here in an old movie, or a record playing. It seemed old.
Gohan looked at where Lenora was staring and didn't know if he should have been surprised or not, seeing a new ghost come and 'greet' them. This ghost was male, black hair, dark eyes, and wearing old-fashioned clothing. The man opened his mouth and moved it, as though he were talking, though nothing came out. Gohan looked again towards Lenora. She seemed to understand every word that this…ghost, thing, was saying to her.
"No you don't Miles!" Lenora stated angrily, stomping her feet on the ground and balling her hands into fists. Lenora took in a deep breath, steadying herself. Gohan was amazed at that, he never knew that this…woman could calm herself down from when she was angry. He wondered why she never did that before when he and Videl were around her. Would have lessened some of the tension that was hanging around all three of them to say the least. 'Miles' talked back to her after she was calmed down, Lenora didn't give up though.
She looked tearfully back up to at 'Miles'. "Please stay, just a little longer Miles. I'm going to miss you." 'Miles' seemed to stare at her for a few moments before walking towards her and embracing her. When Lenora began to return the embrace, 'Miles' began to disappear.
Once the man was fully gone, Lenora took her arms out of the air and looked around before screaming, making Gohan wince from the loud and scratchy sound that this woman could make.
"MILES! MILES, DON'T YOU DARE LEAVE ME AGAIN, MIIIIIILES!" Gohan winced again.
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Chichi walked back into the room, ax in hand, thankful that so few people were out and about today. It would have been odd to see her carrying around an ax like it was nothing at all, she was pretty sure. She went over to the spot and then she carefully aimed and then brought the ax down. Wood splintered all around her and Chichi couldn't be happier, she let a little 'happy' thought of, Better watch out for the splinters! Run through her mind as she kept hacking at the wood.
She finally got to a point where she could pry the boards apart. Chichi looked at the cement that was now coming into her view. Sighing softly, she decided that she just couldn't win. Right when Chichi was wondering what the easiest way to get through cement was, she noticed that some of the cement was cracked, nearly perfectly, a little over to her left, in the shape of a rectangle.
Grabbing the ax again, Chichi went back to her self-proclaimed duty of helping her son. The wood splintered again.
I found the entrance! She thought to herself happily. Gohan, don't worry, you mother is coming and she knows what to do!
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Videl began to feel stranded in the castle. The storm that she came in was never quitting. She thought that it was sunny and shiny for a while but right now she's beginning to think that she imagined it all.
She looked at the mirror in her room. A ghostly hand was drawing on it, making little pictures and words. Her ghostly friend seemed to have quite a love for drawing it seemed. Videl raised her eyebrows at the impressive picture of the elephant. The woman seemed to be a pretty nice spirit.
Videl stopped short at that. Woman, woman…what is the ghosts name? She sat up from the spot where she was on the bed and tried to get the ghost's attention. She didn't know how to talk to her that well and didn't want to get the ghost, who's been nice to her all this time, by calling her 'woman' or something else rude and like, well, that. Since she couldn't figure out a nice way to get the ghost's attention speaking, she decided to do it by standing by her.
When Videl got over to her, the ghost looked at her, a questioning look in her eye. Videl cleared her throat before pointing towards the dusty mirror. "Could you, uh, write your name?" The ghost blinked but then nodded happily.
Bringing her hand to the glass she slowly traced in the words 'Emily Muao'.
'Muao' ringed in Videl's head as she recognized it.
She looked towards the woman, she began to ask the ghost any 'yes/no' questions that she could think of, trying to get quick answers from her.
"Have you ever heard of the Ox-King?"
Yes.
"Frying Pan Mountain."
Yes.
"Son Gohan."
A confused look and 'no'.
"Son, or Muao Chichi? Goku?"
No, No.
What's the Ox King's mother's name? Videl tried to remember, suddenly it seemed out of nowhere the name spilled out of her mouth.
"Muao Audrey?"
A large grin with a fast head shaking 'yes'. She turned to the mirror and began to write the sentence.
Audrey is my daughter.
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A/N: Whew - sore hands! Again! Lol!