Lone Survivor:

A.N. 5/05/05 – Weeeee reviews! Haha! hops around like a happy bunny ….ahem…. cough Yes reviews make me happy, and when I'm happy I write quicker . So BIG Thankyou to all the peeps who took the time to review, really, I mean it, it's great . So um, another unplanned chapter, let's see where this goes . Cos I sure as hell don't know, hehe. Only that chapters are gonna get a little 'naughty' I'll say no more o.o'
Chapter 13: Green-eyed Monsters

The sun was starting to set amongst orange clouds, shadows fading as the moon was preparing its watch over the Earth. But while many students of Orange Star High relaxed at home after their tiresome days at high school, three students still remained. They sat in silence in the main hall, which served as detention hall after hours, sharp pencils scratching away on the paper before them, repeating the same lines over and over.

'I must not start unnecessary fights, I must not start unnecessary fights, I must not…….I must not use the word unnecessary ever again…'

Gohan nearly head butted his desk, the words he wrote over and over echoing in his mind, which was the point of the exercise of course. Though, he had no lesson to learn, because he never started 'unnecessary' fights in the first place, and he definitely didn't start this once. His eyes wondered over to Nate infront of him, narrowing as he had the urge to blast him or, something. It was his fault for being such an egotistical jerk, but then, it was also the fault of another. His eyes shifted to the demi-saiyan, watching as she scribbled away, her cerulean eyes pinned to the desk.

'Dammit Videl, why can't you control your temper?' He sighed, shaking his head slightly, 'and why can't I control these, protective urges?' The words of Vegeta rang in his mind from Bulma's pool party.

"We call it, 'bonding.' You may not know it, but your body and mind has selected a mate for you. Whether you choose to actually make her your mate is up to you."

Yet as he thought about those words of advice, his pencil began to record them onto the paper, and he was now even studying Videl's features. A strand of her jet-black hair was falling over her face, which she kept tucking behind her ear, only for it to fall once more. He wanted to laugh at her expense, and say, "oops, there it goes again!" Infact he was now slightly grinning, his attention drawn to her legs as she uncrossed them under the table. Neither of them had been given time to change, ordered directly to attend detention after a rather fiery explanation session. Ms.Harper had punished all three of them, so here they were now, Videl wearing those short shorts that were making Gohan almost drool.

"Problem, Son Gohan?"

"Gah!" He jumped in his chair, looking away from Videl just as she looked up to catch his eyes on her. But he had bigger problems as he looked up to come eye to eye with the deputy headmaster, a scary man with bulging eyes behind thick-framed glasses, which simply made his eyes even bigger. He was short and plump, with red cheeks and thick hair, which was so obviously a toupee.

"Uh, no! No problem at all sir!" Gohan panicked and began to write his lines again, yet, the previous lines that he had written caused even more panic. To top it all off, the deputy head was scanning over his work, and was not impressed when he found a sentence completely different to the task.

"We call it…bonding?" He read it out loud, but Gohan quickly screwed up the piece of paper before he could read anymore.

"Haha! Um, sorry I was thinking about, um." The deputy head raised an unimpressed eyebrow as Gohan thought of his excuse, strong hands screwing the paper up to tightly into a tiny ball. "Biology! Yes…biology, ha ha!"

"50more lines," came the sudden stern verdict, as the deputy head didn't buy it, but wasn't going to delve into the mind of a hormonal teenage boy either. Each glance at Miss Satan will be an extra 10, understand?"

"Yessir!" Gohan almost saluted, but sighed as he realised he'd also have to redo the extra 20 or so lines that he'd screwed up. 'Aww man,' he attempted a sneaky glance, only to hear another shout of "10more lines!" 'Geez does he have eyes in the back of his head?'

'I will not disrupt lessons or set bad examples to visitors. I will try not to disrupt lame lessons but I WILL set bad examples. Heh, ugh! Damn hair!"

Videl's amusement as she scribbled away was again interrupted as her hair fell forwards from behind her ear. The sound of a voice breaking that awful and uncomfortable silence forced her to immediately look up, her eyes moving to Gohan since his name had been called, only to catch his eyes rather indecently on her. Her own eyes widened under raised brows, her cheeks colouring slightly as she shuffled in her chair, feeling uncomfortable. Never had a member of the opposite sex looked at her in such a manner, well maybe on the odd occasion, but coming from Gohan just made it worse.

'How long was he staring for? Is he mad at me again? Aw man, I can't go a day without pissin him off or something.' Now she had the urge to head butt her desk, tapping her pencil nib on the desk in a constant beat as she nibbled her lower lip. 'Okay, so maybe picking a fight in class was a little, wrong. But if he didn't want detention he should've stayed out of it. Not like I needed his help anyway.'

She scowled as she stared at Nate's back, knowing he had a cocky smile on his face by the way he was so in-control of the situation, casually lounging in his chair, very quietly humming a song every now and then. Videl felt her fists clenching, the urge to give him another smack was just too strong, but she had to calm herself, for Gohan's sake if not her own. She nearly broke Nate's nose with her violent punches; luckily for him she hadn't, but she now wished she had.

"Alright, it's gone 5o'clock. Hand me your papers, but you can all finish the lines for extra homework to be placed on my desk tomorrow morning. I hope the three of you have learnt your lessons. Your parents have been notified."

That spelt double trouble for Gohan as he moved to the front of the main hall, shrugging his satchel onto his shoulder and handing over his crumpled papers. He'd cheated and used a little saiyan speed to finish the job with immaculate handwriting, much to the deputy's annoyance. Videl had also been smart enough to do this, but her narrowed eyes were glued on Nate as he casually strolled off, throwing his papers down on the deputy's desk and ignoring the telling off he receiving on his way out.

"Talk about an attitude problem," Videl mumbled to herself, catching up with Gohan as he took quick strides towards his locker. He looked moody, and she couldn't blame him either. They'd get home pretty late now, and ChiChi would cause even more unnecessary grief no doubt. She couldn't help but pity him for having such a feisty mother therefore, sometimes unnecessarily feisty.

"So," she tried to start a conversation, watching him unload his bag, then reload with more books. "Um…"

"No Videl, I'm not angry with you. Well, I am, but…"

"But?" She grinned, loving the fact that he was admitting his involvement was his fault.

"But I got involved, blah blah blah. Point made." He exhaled sharply in a huff as he glanced at her grinning face, beaming at his honesty, but she hadn't quite won yet.

"But, and this is an important point for you in particular. If you hadn't of started the fight, then I wouldn't have gotten myself involved!" Her grin faded, and she followed him like a bothersome fly, buzzing around him from left to right as she tried to squash his invalid point.

"Uh uh, that's bullshit and you know it. I didn't ask you to interfere, you just….did. I was gonna win!"

"You were gonna get suspended."

"But I would've won!" Gohan rolled his eyes, sighing as the setting sun welcomed them as they reached the exit at long last.

"Winning isn't everything. You just," he paused, catching his tongue before he said something he knew he would regret. An accusation that was so dangerous, he couldn't afford to spell it out to her, even though he was 100 convinced that his suspicions were correct. He had seen the way Videl was staring at Nate constantly, stares which made him wonder and jump to conclusions, each suspicion making room for another, until he was in a silly state. "Nevermind, there's no point in arguing. You're right, I'm wrong. You win."

"UGH!" Videl hadn't won, that she knew because he as being so secretive, and she even stomped her foot to vent her frustration as she stopped. "Son Gohan you infuriate me I swear!"

To her further frustration, he chuckled, repeat, chuckled, at her sudden remark. It was patronising, but, why wasn't it annoying her? It should've, but, it didn't. Instead a smug grin tugged at her lips, and she suddenly gave him a playful push to his back, making him step forwards a little. He yelped in response, not expecting the little physical rebuke, now to watch as she laughed slightly and walked ahead with a skip and a swing in her step. His mouth hung open, was she purposely swinging her hips? Luring her to her in such an animalistic way? Because it had worked, and like a zombie, he followed, his eyes wide under raised brows.

"So how's your mom gonna react to th-AH? Gohan!" Videl had suddenly stopped to look over her shoulder, only to feel his hard chest slam into her back before she could finish her sentence. She yelped in response, being forced to step forwards as she almost fell over, and Gohan nervously laughed, putting his hand at the back of his neck like his dad would in such a situation. His eyes had been stuck to her backside so badly that he hadn't even realised she had stopped moving.

"Eheh," he laughed nervously, gulping as he swallowed hard. The feeling of his groin area unexpectedly hitting the ass he'd been staring at…'oh boy, think of……um……famine and suffering' His cheeks were burning up, and he had to look away from her, feeling hot under the collar. "Sorry…um, what did you say again?"

Videl was just as embarrassed, still nibbling on her lip, she'd break the skin with her sharp teeth if she wasn't careful. The fact that he wasn't even paying attention to her made her even more curious as to what he was paying attention to, or what he was thinking about.

"I wish you wasn't so secretive," she randomly announced, her eyes following him as he took this as his cue to walk into an alleyway, following him so that they could safely take flight.

"I thought you could read me like a book?" He retorted, a delayed response, but one that shocked her all the same. Yes she had said that at some point, but she was more surprised by the fact that he had remembered her saying it.

"But this book now has plot turns and twists, and I don't like it." He laughed slightly, running a hand through his thick hair, which the wind was intent on messing up as it blew against his direction, pushing his hair to the side and back.

"Well that's just too bad, I mean, you're the damn mystery of the universe."

"Heh, really? Wow, thanks!" He stared at her and her smug smile, his Adam's apple shifting as he again swallowed hard.

"Um, well every girl is."

"Oh." She abruptly turned away, no longer feeling so special anymore. "So, Eraza for example, she confuses you?" She acted like she didn't care what his answer would be, but he frowned at her choice of an example to use.

"Eraza? Well, yeah I guess so, sometimes. But I-"

"How long have you known her?" He double blinked as she cut him off, staring at Videl with his wide brown eyes.

"Since I started school I guess, but hey, what's with the-"

"So you're pretty close?"

Now he nearly fell out the sky, but she was so calm and serious about the subject, refusing to face him eye to eye. 'Is she…jealous? Of….Eraza? But, Eraza hasn't done anything! Has she?'

"She's always talking about you," Videl noticed his silence, and quickly covered up her questions as she realised she was treading on dangerous grounds. "I think she wants you to set her up with Yamcha."

Gohan breathed a sigh of relief, a sigh that Videl heard, making her even more curious to the reason behind his evident relief. "Oh yeah, she's had the hots for him since I can remember. It's kind of annoying listening to her talk to him non stop, I mean, I really don't wanna hear about who she fancies, and which guy has the cutest smile, or the cutest ass." He shuddered at the memories of her conversations about guys in the absence of George, her gay best friend. Gohan couldn't, and wouldn't take George's place, much to Eraza's distress. That was before she realised that Gohan was actually pretty cute too. But Videl misinterpreted Gohan's response, frowning slightly as she sped up, just wanting to get home and eat.

"That's….interesting."

ChiChi was in the foulest of moods before Gohan and Videl even returned home, and they exchanged glances mid air. How did they know this you ask? Well for starters, she was standing in the doorway to the Sons house, with the meanest of scowls fixed on her face. Her arms folded, and Videl could swear her eyes were glowing red, while Gohan was sure he could see steam coming from her ears.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING PICKING FIGHTS AT SCHOOL! DO YOU HAVE NO SHAME? PEOPLE WILL THINK WE'RE A FAMILY OF FREAKS!"

Both Gohan and Videl had the urge to fly past the house into the wilderness of the mountain region beyond, but that wouldn't go down with ChiChi too well either. No, they had to face the consequences, even though they were already grounded thanks to Videl and her 'experimentation.'

"Sorry mom."

"Sorry Mrs Son."

They both lowered their heads as they landed, looking so cute in their scolded state, that ChiChi calmed down a little, but only enough to lower her voice to a more comfortable audible level.

"Gohan you should know better! I didn't raise my first born to act like an animal! And you Videl, you should be treading carefully after the mess you got yourself into young lady! I swear I try to be a good mother and you throw it back at me! Oh the pain I suffer."

ChiChi had the knack of hitting you were it hurt the most without even throwing a punch. She was so melodramatic and over the top, but Gohan hated it when she made him feel guilty, and like the true mommies boy that he was, he rushed over to hug his mother, much to Videl's disgust.

"Mom we're really sorry! Really! It just…happened."

Videl however, took a more different approach.

"Yeah well, what he said. I've said sorry, but the guy deserved it. You don't let people push you around ChiChi, so why should we?"

Now for once, ChiChi was actually stumped for words. Gohan and Goten didn't dare talk back to her like that, and here was the guest in her house, acting like a little hussy who owned the place. It was rather, infuriating to say the least, especially as Videl pushed her way past casually to enter the house.

"You watch your mouth!" Gohan was equally gob-smacked, simply watching as his proud mother ran after Videl, pestering her with yells. "I deserve a little more respect around here. You can do all chores for the week, both of you!"

Now, if extra homework and chores wasn't enough to deal with in one night, then waking up late the next morning was just the icing on the cake. Videl had fallen asleep reading 'A Midsummer Night's Dream,' her own dreams filled with pesky fairies and pixies constantly buzzing around her. She was Helena, madly chasing after her Demetrius, who happened to be Gohan, while Demetrius madly chased after his Hermia, a.k.a Eraza, and Eraza welcomed those affections quite happily. And it so happened that Videl suddenly sat up in bed, breathing heavily as if she had been fighting. Her book fell to the floor with a thump, and she ran a hand through her wavy hair. Well, in her dreams she had fought with Eraza, but now her dream was so preposterous to her to the point of laughter.

'Me and Gohan? Get real! Heh, that's just….funny?' She double blinked, re-thinking her words, but it was too early to be thinking of such ideas, and she chuckled as she changed the subject to something more satisfying. 'Haha, but Eraza really is a hernia, that's for sure.' Although, looking at the clock wiped the smile off her face instantly. 'Holy crap!'

And so, that's how Videl for the first time, found herself standing in Gohan's room. She had hoped that the creek of his door as she opened it would wake him up and save her that journey towards his bed, but he was sleeping like a baby, a baby that hadn't slept in years by the looks of it. By the looks of it, he'd been tossing and turning all night, leaving his pillows all messy, infact one had been thrown to the floor. His quilt only reached his waist, and one of his legs hung off the bed while his muscular arms were stretched out, one resting on his chest, while the other rested by his head. She found herself biting her lower lip due to many reasons. For one thing, he looked like he was having a good dream. Secondly, she didn't want to wake him up therefore. And thirdly, she didn't want to step any closer, especially when he looked so gorgeous!

'Get a hold of yourself,' she commanded herself firmly, swallowing hard as she lifted her head and took a step towards him. 'It's Gohan, remember? The one who infuriates you to hell and back?' But he looked so wonderfully masculine, that musky saiyan scent making her quite nervous around him, yet compelled to stay. Those rippling muscles, highlighted by a streak of sunlight that crept threw the blinds to make him look like a golden Adonis, it was enough to make Videl swoon like a hopeless romantic.

'GAH! Stop it!' She had to pinch herself and shake her head, taking that big last stride to his bed, wasting to more time as she reached out to shake his shoulder. Now, she had anticipated him to slowly wake up by her gentle touch, and would've pulled away as quickly as she could to quickly tell him they were late then make her exit. Only problem was, that wasn't exactly how he was going to react. Infact, she didn't even have time to pull her hand away, as he grabbed her wrist as soon as he felt contact with his skin. Ever since being taken from his dad by Radditz, Gohan had been alert even when sleeping, and this was a fine example as he was prepared to catch whoever was disturbing him. Well, perhaps that's a lie. Maybe it was the strong feminine scent that he sensed that made him react in such a way. Well, either way, he had yanked the wrist, forcing the owner of it to fly forwards and roll with him across his wide bed, but not quite a double, until he had captured the person beneath his body, pinning them down to be questioned. Only problem now was, his eyes had widened at the fragile form sandwiched between him and the mattress, shocked brown eyes meeting equally shocked blue eyes.

"V-Videl?"

She was breathing so heavily, her chest rising and falling rapidly. For a second, she simply lay there, but then she started to struggle. For that second, he had enjoyed the feeing of her body beneath his, natural instincts kicking in to relax in such a situation, and make him forget himself for a moment.

"Get off me!"

He suddenly snapped to attention and sat up, allowing her to scuttle away like a frightened mouse, crawling away from him and nearly falling off the edge of the bed. She was still in a state of shock, though he wasn't so panicked, and actually looked quite calm.

"What were you doing in my room?" He asked the question so calmly and innocently, though his voice was hushed since he didn't want to wake his parents up. That would just be, beyond embarrassing, especially with Videl so flustered.

"Wha…I…you," she paused to inhale deeply, not quite able to string a sentence together. "What the hell were you doing you mean?"

"Me? I thought I was being attacked!" Their yells were hushed, but he couldn't take the situation seriously when she was standing there in her nightclothes, looking all sleep-tousled and flustered. He had to pull the quilt to cover the very embarrassing reaction she was having on his body, luckily for him, she didn't notice.

"I was trying to wake you up! Do you have any idea what time it is?" He blinked at her, managing to draw his eyes away to glance at his clock, which made his eyes widen further.

"I do now."

"Yeah well….now you see….so…yeah." She was still having problems dealing with the fact that his body had been pressed against hers, those hard muscles pressing against her soft curves. The wildness and animal like nature of his actions still had her quite speechless. But what bothered her the most, was the fact that, deep down, she had kinda, liked it. Naturally she would never admit that easily, to him or herself. 'What am I thinking? Gohan must never find out!'

"So, why are you still standing there?" His voice suddenly brought her back to reality, and she moved her lips, only no words came out. Had she really been staring at him for that long?

"I call the bathroom first!"

Well at least one part of the plan went well, because Videl ran from the room as quickly as her legs could carry her, leaving a very confused Gohan in a very irritating state. 'Kame, why me? Of all the people…do you have to torment me?' He sighed, getting out of the bed to open his blue blinds, welcoming the dawn view of orange and red clouds.

"Red sky in the morning, shepherds warning," he uttered, laughing slightly. "Bit late for that. Ten minutes to get to school on time, even if we left now, we'd still be late.'

He sighed, pulling on his dressing gown to stroll downstairs, hearing the shower on in the bathroom. He needed a cold shower as well, but his anxiety about the day ahead was enough to calm his raging hormones.

"Maybe we can pull a sickey without a note? Or I could fake a note. Or maybe not, mom would kill me if she found out. OH! Or maybe we can fake an accident on the way to school? Yes, that'll work." He was plotting away as he prepared breakfast as always, since Videl didn't know how to cook, well she did, but she always burnt the meal. She didn't want to learn how to be a better cook either, but it didn't bother Gohan, who actually like to cook. He was meticulous and patient enough to prepare the best meals, that he even rivalled ChiChi's skills.

Videl meanwhile, paced her room. The shower had worked, until she stepped out of the bathroom to hear Gohan humming downstairs. It was enough to set her on edge again. 'How am I gonna face him?' She asked herself, 'crap, how am I gonna spend the day with him?'

She grabbed her timetable, nearly fainting as she realised all her lessons but one were with Gohan. Double history, followed by double biology, then double English literature, with a nice relaxing art lesson to end the day. 'I can't do this,' she convinced herself shakily, folding the timetable up over and over. She needed to occupy herself with something and get her mind off the young man downstairs.

'But he'll know it's because of….what happened. He'll think I'm a coward or something. Phft, well it's his fault! I guess I could fake a sicky.'

She found that she couldn't fold the paper anymore, scowling as she looked down at her shaking hands. She hadn't really had the famous 'birds and the bees' talk, making her a bit of a prude when it came to, things involving the 'opposite sex'. Or was her reaction normal afterall? She had no idea, and she had no one to ask either, well, there were people to talk to, but she didn't wanna talk to someone she knew.

"Um, Videl?" The knock at the door followed by his voice nearly made her jump out her skin, infact she did yelp a little.

"Um….yeh?"

"I made breakfast downstairs, and take as long as you want, I've got an excuse planned for why we're late, but you're gonna have to lie a little, okay?"

'Geez he's so calm! Why is he so calm? Why can't I be like that?'

"Erm…yeh, ok then."

"Alright well, I'm gonna go take a shower." Videl's ears pricked as she heard his footsteps move away from her door and towards the bathroom. She fiddled with the lemon towel wrapped securely around her body, pondering over whether she should even go to school or not. As she looked for some clothes to wear, certain words ran through her mind as her eyes rested on her drama textbook just lying on the floor by her bed. It was like an omen, or, something.

"If you have any problems or just need some advice, or even just someone to talk to, then the school councillors office is room A12 on the ground floor."

The helpful words of Miss Tanaka, and the words Videl had sniggered at and brushed aside. How ironic that she should now seriously consider something she had previously frowned at…