I must confess my spanish sucks. I'm not afraid to admit it that's why I am sticking to VERY simple phrases. That's the last of my spanish though. I'm not sure why I put it in here but oh well. My mind works in mysterious ways…even I can't figure it out. I'm sorry this chapter took longer than I thought.
I'm having a major writers block so I asked my cuz help me with this. My mind is a complete blank right now. Please don't be mad! My cuz typed the first half, I typed the middle half of it, and then my cousin and I typed the bottom half…together…sort of…anyway enjoy!
Only One Shot
Chapter 8: Tests of Loyalty Part II
"Alright men and women, this will be the first contest! Here are the rules: it is only French kissing. Any other and you will be disqualified. The one who can French kiss the longest wins the cherry red '98 mustang convertible complete with gas." Salvatore explained as he stood up on a wooden box. Gohan and Videl glanced at each other.
"Those participating please get into place; this will start in ten minutes." Videl glared at Gohan. "What kind of party is this again?" Gohan shrugged with a smirk. "A loyalty party complete with prizes, fun and entertainment; sort of like a carnival. This gives Cortez the opportunity to meet all the people replacing his other people. He does this every year."
"How do you know this?" Videl said harshly, but kept her yelling to only a whisper. Gohan's eyes grew a little cloudy and his face was grim. "I…just know." Videl decided for her own safety that it was best to leave the subject alone—not that she was scared or anything. "Hey! Sirius! You going for the gold? I am the French kissing champion! You will lose to me!"
Gohan rolled his eyes as Cortez kept on flaunting the title he won a few years back. Gohan never joined in one of his parties as a partier until now. At Gohan's annoyed face Cortez smirked at him. "Perdoneme Gohan, lo siento for making you angry." Gohan snorted at his smirk and glared at him. "Whatever."
"Everyone please get to your places! Don't stand close together either! We have people watching you very closely so don't even try to pull apart even a little!" Videl grumbled something and Gohan shrugged. "We could always leave now and have Cortez grow even more suspicious or (smirks) you can enjoy this while it lasts." Videl scowled at his remark.
"Begin whenever you are ready. The person next to you has a stop watch and will be timing you and watching you at the same time. Good luck!" Finally finished, Salvatore got off the box and went to join in on the contest, intent on trying to keep his new car. Videl looked around at the people who already began and scowled.
"How is a French kissing contest a test of loyalty?" Their watch keeper stared confused at her and shrugged. He didn't know an inch of japanese, he only spoke spanish. He guessed they were having some sort of lovers quarrel. "The more loyal you are to the person you are with, the less you will speak about something they do that is illegal."
"Ille—!" She was cut off by Gohan's mouth pressing on hers. He had taken the opportunity of her open mouth to begin the French kiss. She was stunned for a minute at his boldness but soon forgot it as she began kissing back. She heard a faint click somewhere next to them but barely registered it.
Gohan placed his hands at her waist and pulled her into him, and at the same time she wrapped her arms around his neck to bring him closer. Murders, gangsters, the mafia, detectives, work; everything was gone from their minds except each other. Videl thought she was dreaming and once she woke up it would be gone.
Gohan's thoughts came upon the same thing. He wondered if he had died and gone to heaven and if this was a dream he hoped he'd never wake up or else he'd go to Cortez himself and MAKE him have this party just to experience this. As their tongues fought for dominance the onlookers stared and whispered.
The girls sighed and glared at Videl in jealously. The men did the opposite, glaring at Gohan and giving lust filled looks at Videl. Everyone had given up after a while and Cortez had just stopped a minute ago. He gave Gohan a jealous, surprised, angry, yet pleased look. One that made his face change into something strange.
Far in the shadows and dressed as a ninja, Heiji stared on with amazement under his hood. He had snuck in a while earlier and was drawn to the large crowd in curiosity. What he saw shocked and surprised him so much he almost had a heart attack. The cold hearted saiya-jin Gohan was kissing, no FRENCH kissing the cold hearted human detective Videl.
"They've been French kissing forever!" Heiji heard the woman infront of him say in surprise. "I wonder if they even need to breathe…" the man she was with wondered out loud. "I need to get a few tips from him…" the pirate next to Heiji muttered. Heiji chuckled lightly at their remarks and gave Gohan one last look before leaving. "Don't lose her Gohan."
Finally their activity was interrupted by one annoying but needed thing: air. They broke apart, gasping for breath, their faces still close to each other. Their eyes locked and both of them looked dazed and wondering if that actually happened. "They are the winner!" Salvatore shouted and shook Gohan's hand before dragging him to the convertible.
"Muy bueno!" Videl turned to see El Burro putting his hand out with a smile. Videl blushed and smiled slightly, "Gracias." She shook his hand and he smiled at her spanish. "My name is El Burro. Please, sit." Videl smiled graciously and took the seat that he offered. "My name's V—uh Vera." As El Burro ordered drinks while Videl looked around for Gohan.
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"—and here are the keys. Please take care of my new yet old car, seeing as it isn't mine anymore…" Gohan just grabbed the keys and Salvatore cleared his throat and eyed him. Gohan gave him a hard glare and Salvatore scampered back to the party. "Hey Gohan, I see you and Videl are having fun."
Heiji came out of the bushes in his ninja costume still and though Gohan couldn't see it, smirked at him. Gohan chose not to comment at that moment, seeing as he was still trying to figure out his emotions. "Since you have a new car can I take your old one? I kind of rode a taxi to get here. Maybe you'll get more tonight or something."
Gohan stared at him for a few moments, wondering if he should punch him or not and finally tossed him his old keys. Heiji caught them gratefully and began to walk off. "Oh yeah and Gohan, don't forget about the dancing contest. I'm sure Cortez is going to put you out first again." Once he was gone Gohan shook his head and followed after him.
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The party finally ended around 2 o'clock in the morning. As the guests began filing out Cortez sidled up by Gohan, surprisingly without his prostitute date. Hercule and El Burro had left a while earlier around 1:45 AM. "Sirius, I'm sure you had fun. Are you two going home now?" Gohan glanced at Cortez and wondered what he was planning.
"I'm going to take her home first and then I'm going home. We're both going home, SEPERATELY." Cortez just smiled at him, making Gohan get even more suspicious. "Drive safely!" He gave him another smile and walked off to his limo. Gohan watched as it drove away. "Hurry up Gohan; I DO want to go home sometime this year!"
Gohan ignored her and waited till everyone had left. Then he began looking carefully around the car and under it. When he found nothing he opened the hood and began looking around in it. His eyes finally caught something and he began taking it apart. Videl on the other hand was starting to get impatient.
"I'm pretty sure there's nothing wrong under the hood of a NEW car Gohan!" He got into the car and tossed a bunch of wires and a small black rectangular box into Videl's lap before starting the car and backing up. She stared at it and as realization hit her, her eyes opened wider. She stared at him as he drove and then back at the box.
"Where do you live?" Videl blinked at him. "Huh?" Gohan sighed and asked the question again. "I said where do you live?" Videl blushed slightly. "Oh. Sorry. I live on 113 Scarlet Drive." The rest of the car-ride was complete and utter silence. They didn't dare to say anything since the tension was so thick in the car already.
Once they got to her house he stopped the car. They sat there in silence for a while, not doing anything. "Goodnight." Videl said quickly and got out. After a second or two Gohan got out as well and walked her to her door. Gohan stood awkwardly for a moment as Videl opened her door.
They stared at each other and their faces began drawing near to each other. "Goodnight." Gohan said quickly and turned on his heel, walking briskly to his car. He started it fast and tore out of the driveway. Videl blinked, utterly confused and a bit hurt at his quick leave. "Why do I care?" Videl muttered and slammed her door.
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"That seemed like an interesting party last night. You two seemed to have fun too." Heiji said, trying to end the silence in the briefing room. It was just Gohan, Videl, him, and of course the ever faithful—ever scared—Gordon. All he got was silence. Gohan's cell rang and he left the room to answer it without a word.
Once he was gone Heiji turned to Videl. "What happened?" Videl didn't say anything and Heiji glared at Gordon. He took it as his cue to leave the room. "I'm going to get coffee… and some donuts. Would you like any?" Heiji and Videl nodded. Gordon practically ran out of the room.
"Don't worry about it Videl he'll snap out of it. He just has a few…problems about letting his feelings out of that iron safe he has it in. I'm pretty sure you have a few problems with your own feelings to work out." Videl blushed lightly. "Just give him some time. Probably about…" He looked at his watch. "Five minutes."
Videl gave him an odd look and Gohan entered the room again. "I'm going to go find Gordon; he probably either got lost or is getting arrested." Heiji nodded to both of them with a smile and left. The room was thick with tension and silence again as they refused to say anything. "Sorry."
Videl's head snapped up from its hanging position. 'Why is he apologizing?' she thought confusedly. "I'm sorry…for last night. I shouldn't have left like that. It was rude of me." Videl shook her head. "It was okay." It was Gohan's turn to shake his head. "No it wasn't okay. Besides, I forgot to give you something."
"What?" Gohan's smirked inwardly. "It's a thank you gift for coming with me to the party and enduring all that stuff." Videl's mouth went into an "O" and she put out her hand. "I'm not letting you off that easy Videl, come get it." Videl rolled her eyes and stood up. She walked around the table and he stood up to meet her. "Where is it?"
"Right here." He wrapped one arm around her waist and pulled her in, giving her a lingering kiss. As he pulled back she surprised him by putting a hand behind his neck and pulling him back for more. The innocent kiss turned passionate as Gohan sat her on top of the table. One hand began inching up her shirt and she moved closer to him.
As he trailed kisses down her neck she began unbuttoning his shirt. Once she was done their lips connected again and she ran her hands down his chest, surprised that a seemingly skinny guy could have a body like this. He quickly took her shirt off and tossed it behind him.
They would've continued if it weren't for someone clearing their throat loudly. Or maybe it was the donut that hit Gohan in the back of the head. Then again it could've been the loud THUD that hit the ground. Nevertheless they stopped and looked at who had interrupted them.
Turns out Heiji had cleared his throat loudly and tossed a donut at Gohan's head since they didn't stop after that. The loud THUD sound they heard was the sound of Sharpner's body falling to the ground unconscious. Videl blushed and put her shirt back on quickly, almost appearing in her seat at how fast she went.
As he buttoned his shirt, Gohan gave Heiji the "why the hell did you interrupt me?" look and then sat down across from Videl. Gordon came in and laid the coffee and donuts nervously on the table before sitting down at the far end. Heiji smirked as he sat down and grabbed his share. "What did I tell you Videl? Five minutes."
Hope this is okay for now cuz I gotta go. It's late anyway. My parents are nagging me about school and stuff so yeah…goodnight! Oh and don't forget to review!