A/N: Sorry, I'm a bit late again aren't I? If it weren't for a bit of bugging (or reminding, whichever you prefer) off friends this probably would be a few weeks later :D Heh, whups. I'm lazy... any way... down to business. A tad bit of swearing in this one... and a bit of rude stuff like chicken choking... COUGHWANKERCOUGH... after all, it is PG-13. I also went a bit psycho in some... okay... most parts. Um, enjoy.

ChibiMonkey13: Have you ever had green tea? The Japanese stuff? It tastes like... um... I don't know but it's yucky ::pouts:: My friend likes it... I think it's because she had a jelly bean before it... or that she forced herself to. She's obsessed with the Japanese culture. ::shakes head:: All tea is yucky.

cosmictwilight: Well... it's not as if you can get arms out of vending machines! So why not help yourself to other peoples? I mean, candy from strangers always tastes best... the same concept is used here with Videl using Gohan's arms. However,when the day arms can be dispensed out of vending machines arrives, I will be waiting... whilst wetting myself with laughter at the thought. Best be prepared, eh? ::armed with cushions and bat:: Hehehe... ::hitches up nappy:: This'll keep me nice and dry! Lol, J/P. Here's the next chapter for ya. Lol, hope I didn't keep you waiting too long XD.

SSJ3MysticGohan: You evil man!... I like it, expect to see it soon.

Ethereal Messengers

Chapter Eight

"Up the stairs... dunnuhnuh... Gohan we could make a rock song out of this! Dunnuhnuhnuh... up the stairs!" Videl sung, Metallica style. Gohan grinned and eventually began to sing along as the two made their way up the stairs. Surprisingly, neither dropped on their knees and played the 'air guitar' or banged their head ferociously ruining their neatly brushed hair. They just linked arms and pranced up the stairs. "Woah, SHI-I-I...T!" Videl cried as she fell over on the last step. Quick as a flash Gohan had her back on her feet singing Metallica songs with him until they reached her room. Videl laughed as she sat down heavily on her bed, she looked over at the closer corner of her room where Gohan stood holding his stomach lightly, a smile of contentment on his face. She looked into his eyes, he seemed to be thinking of something else. Gohan's focus turned to her, she barely noticed but when she did Videl felt her face heat up. She gasped and quickly looked away. Gohan's smile didn't fade as he returned his gaze into space. Apparently, just where Videl liked it.

"Wait a minute..." Videl said. She stood up staring, seemingly interested in Gohan, "You got a hair cut, didn't you?" Videl asked. Gohan blushed and cracked a grin.

"Yeah, d-do you like it?" he asked nervously. Videl looked at him as if he were a cute little puppy dog. "Of course I do Gohan! You look very yummy to say the least," Gohan's face reddened as Videl played with his hair. She giggled and stepped back.

"What? I'm not going to eat you..." Videl said, Gohan raised an eyebrow at her. "Okay, maybe just a little bite, your rump is looking rather tender at the moment," Videl said slyly.

"How about, um lemme think... NO?!?," Videl picked up a pillow defensively "Well, I guess all I can do is encourage you by asking you to stay for dinner!" Videl raced towards the door.

"Uh-uh! I don't think so," Gohan said, grabbing her from behind and pulling her back into the room. He threw her onto the bed, retrieving the pillow from her hands and belting her with it. Videl laughed and held up her hands trying to defend herself, in between laughs she coughed out "Stop!" continuously. But of course, who would stop? That's just stupid. Gohan continued to beat her with the pillow, lightly of course, to prevent breakage of bones, pillows, walls, beds or ornaments. He suddenly stopped as the phone rang behind him. Videl got up, looking at him slyly and picked up the phone.

"Hello?" she asked politely. Videl's face drooped, it was Eraser.

"HI VIDEL! LIKE, OH MY GOD! LIKE YESTERDAY SHARPENER SO-WAY-TOTALLY DOGGED ME AND LIKE-"

"Videl? Aha! Who's Videl? I think someone might have the wrong number," Videl interrupted.

"What?"

"That someone is you hun, so uh, why don't you just go on and hang up the phone,"

"You are Videl..." Eraser said, now officially out of her happy mood.

"Er... no I'm not." Videl protested, obviously trying to shake off her friend. "Snap she's good..." Videl whispered.

"Who is it then?" Eraser said, getting impatient.

"You see um aha my name is um... Mary," Videl said, "Yeah, that's me. Mary, aha,"

"Mary who?" Eraser asked.

"Mary um... Fell. Yes, Mary Fell," Videl replied.

"Poor Mary," Gohan said, bursting into fake tears. Gohan then snorted. "Couldn't you have thought of anything better?" he whispered.

"Are you there Mary?" Videl didn't speak, afraid that she would laugh if she opened her mouth.

"Poor, poor Mary," Gohan cried again. Videl burst out with laughter and with a big smack on her dressing table suddenly hung up the phone. After a brief silence the two began to giggle helplessly.

"Wh-Who's this Eraser chick?" Gohan asked, wiping tears from his eyes.

"A very good friend of mine, she can go a bit overboard though and says "like" too many times,"

"Like, who is it then?" Gohan mimicked, with matching hand movements "LIKE! OH MY GOD!" Videl giggled then thought better of it. Eraser was her friend. She looked up at Gohan with an expressionless face. Gohan stopped giggling and scratched the back of his head. "Sorry..." he said, looking upset. Videl sighed and gave him a hug.

"Never mind," she said, standing on the edge of her toes to reach up to him. "I know you didn't mean it," Gohan smiled and wrapped his arms around her waist in a return hug. Videl smiled, tightening the hug. 'What am I doing?' she thought 'Well... he's going along with it... NO! STUPID VIDEL! BAD THOUGHTS! BAD THOUGHTS! Gohan's just a friend... like that chicken and cute little mouse over there...'

"CHICKEN?!?!?! MOUSE?!?!? WHAT THE HELL?" Videl let go of Gohan and tore through her room towards the chicken and mouse that sat at the foot of her door.

"DON'T TOUCH THE CHICKEN YOU EVIL GIRL!" Hercule screamed, "What did they ever do to you?!? Huh? HUH?!? YOU JUST DON'T LIKE CHICKENS OR MICE!"

"NOT IN MY FRIGGEN ROOM I DON'T! I'LL STOP TOUCHING THE CHICKEN WHEN YOU STOP CHOKING YOURS!" Videl screamed. Her father could be so annoying sometimes. Chickens and mice running freely around the house was just one of his many talents. Gohan smiled, he had an idea. He pulled out his cell phone and began to play a tune. Videl stopped screaming, wondering what it was and Hercule stopped screaming out of morbid curiosity as to what could make such a soothing noise.

"DOORBELLRIFIC!" he cried. He grabbed the cell and began to walk out of the room playing with the phone, the chicken and mouse following close behind. Videl and Gohan stood side by side clearly stunned as to how much that man really needed a cell phone with funky tunes. "I owe you one cell phone," Videl said, still staring at the doorway where her father once stood. "Heh, who would've thought, a ring tone. What tune?"

"Star Trek," Gohan said, proud of himself.

"Star Trek? You wasted your money and got a Star Trek ring tone?" Videl asked, shocked at how entertaining it could be.

"What? I'm didn't want any more ring tones... I got wallpapers instead," a smirk appeared on Gohan's face, he giggled. Videl raised her eye brow at him.

"OH MAMA! ARE THESE SURGICALLY ENHANCED!?!" Hercule shouted from down the hall.

"You sick little bastard," Videl said, looking at Gohan strangely. She raced down the stairs to take the phone off her father. "Here, you can have mine, go order some more ring tones," Videl came back up the stairs and shoved the phone aggressively in Gohan's pocket. "And all this time I thought you were a nice little boy," she said sarcastically. Gohan grabbed her from behind.

"There's no such thing," he whispered in her ear, dragging her slowly onto the bed.

-

"Ooh," Chi Chi said, biting her fingernails, "It's a cliffy..." she turned the television off.

There was a knock at the door. Chi Chi ignored it. There was a knock on the door again. She still ignored it. The door knocked off it's hinges and met a crashing end on the floor.

"Trunks! That's coming out of your allowance!" Bulma cried, her hands resting gently on her hips.

"Not as if the child wouldn't get it back any way..." Chi Chi mumbled as she quickly tidied up the house. "So... Bulma. What brings you here?" Chi Chi asked, placing her rear end on the sofa.

Doing the same, Bulma gave a quick reply. "Trunks wanted to see Goten," she said, placing a cushion behind her back. As predicted, the two younger children were already outside sparring together, giggling and having fun. Chi Chi smiled. "So how have you been since I last saw you?" Chi Chi asked.

"Oh, I've been good... where's Gohan? Normally he'd be outside playing with Trunks and Goten," Bulma said, rather curious and upset not to see his face.

"Gohan..." Chi Chi gritted her teeth, "Is with a girl," she said, closing her eyes and leaning back on the sofa. "Coffee?" she asked.

"Ooh, a girl?" Bulma said, nodding her acceptance to the coffee. "Who is she? Might I know her?"

"Everyone does," Chi Chi said in a know-it-all tone. "Her name is Satan. Videl Satan,"

"Bond. James Bond," Bulma teased. "And i'm guessing you don't like her much, due to your tone. What they say in the papers isn't true you know. They made all that up," Bulma said, sipping her coffee, "You've always been a fool for that kind of thing Chi Chi, she's just a lost little girl looking for a friend. She's found one in Gohan. What makes you think they're actually doing anything? Seriously, Gohan's not that type of man," Chi Chi looked into her mug at the coffee as it swirled around, she sighed.

"I guess you're right. Gohan's never been that type of boy," Chi Chi laughed at herself, "What was I thinking? Gohan, do something like that? Heh, I guess I was a bit too harsh on them both... 'cept Videl," Bulma sighed. "Give it a rest," Chi Chi shook her head. Never.

-

Gohan lay on the floor, swirls in his eyes, breathing heavily. He was sore, very sore. His face bruised and clothes torn.

"DON'T TOUCH ME!!!" Videl screamed, kicking him in the ribs. "Ugh, men," she scoffed, storming out of her room and down the stairs. 'SNAP! Videl you idiot! What did you do that for?!? You were so close... I mean. Great Job! You nailed him! That'll sting in the morning!' Videl sighed, angry with herself. 'I should apologise...' Videl went back into her room only to find Gohan gone, a pleasant breeze now coming from of the window, she closed the shutters.

'Nice job Videl. Look what you've done now!' She sat on the side of her bed, hanging her head. She was so close but she blew it. She lay back on her bed and smiled at a framed picture of her mother. A chicken jumped up on her bed and rested it's self on her stomach. She ran her hands over it's shiny feathers. "Help," she whispered, staring at the picture of her lost mother, "Where are you when I need you?"

A/N: T'was short. If you have a problem with it you can stick it up your bum because i'm not writing extra to this chapter. So from now on, if you don't like the length... well, you know where you can stick it. You're not going to die I assure you. Like this chap, I don't know when the next one will come so I guess you're just gonna have to sit tight until I find some time. I don't get much on the comp these days, things will change when I go back to school as well... so.... yeah. Have a nice one!!!

-Love Always, GohanGirl7711-