Yup Videl had no more apartment…no more family…no more Go—oh wait he's still there! At least she still has someone right? Hm…well some interesting things are in this chapter here and there, hopefully I won't have to be informative and just place out a regular normal non-answering question chapter…hopefully. I see my reviews rising on both stories…good, good…homework starting to lesson up…good, good… tropical storms in sight so far…good, good…lemon coming up soon…good, good…haha okay I'm stopping now. Just go on and read.

(Lemon coming up but not in this chapter…)

Only One Shot

Chapter 16-Rolling Eyes (don't ask cuz I don't even know)

Videl stared in awe. The backyard was so big that even 'enormous' couldn't justify the hugeness of the yard. That and the fact there were dogs EVERYWHERE. "Daddy bought lots of dogs for the backyard so that no one could sneak through the back way." Videl just nodded at Avril's comment as she stared.

The dogs seemed to be in different gangs as they hung around at certain areas. The German Shepherds stayed close to the house while the Dobermans spent more time at the farther edges of the perimeter. The Rottwielers and Spanish Bulldogs spent their time strewn about the middle of the yard either sleeping or just enjoying the shade.

Once they had stepped into the huge backyard the dogs' heads turned to stare at them, then all at once they barked and all but tackled Avril to the ground. All Videl could see were dogs and all she could find of Avril was her laughter. Videl was just amazed that Avril could call each one of them by name. Then after greeting Avril, they went to greet Videl.

As soon as the dogs had finally gone off to their respected places, Avril dragged Videl over to the pool, both closely followed by Nero. "Do you want to go swimming Ms. Videl?" Videl smiled at Avril and shook her head. "I don't have a bathing suit Avril." Avril nodded and began whistling. Videl looked at her curiously and didn't notice Nero sneaking up behind her.

Videl saw everything in slow motion. Avril yelled "NOW!!!" and Videl saw a flash of black before finding herself floating in the pool trying to figure out what happened. Avril's laughing and Nero swimming around in the pool finally brought her to her senses. "AVRIL!" Avril just laughed harder. "You know I don't have any clothes with me!"

Avril jumped in with a "wheee!" and splashed next to Videl. At Avril's splashes Videl retaliated and that was how Gohan found them, having a water fight in his pool while Nero laid on one of the lounge chairs drying off. "Daddy come join us in the pool!" Gohan stared for a bit, glancing at Videl, then sighed.

He walked off and Avril pouted. Then he turned and did a cannonball into the pool. Avril shrieked in surprise and splashed Gohan as soon as he came up. The water fight began and the dogs who were close enough watched them in surprise and awe, as if it was the most wondrous thing in the world that Gohan was having fun, which in a way it was.

Soon Gohan had left somewhere again and Videl was sitting on the red couch covered in towels because Avril explained that her father would be 'pissed off to the extreme' if she got even the tiniest drop on the couch. So here she was, looking like a pile of towels ready to be folded on a couch. When Heiji finally returned he had to do a double take.

"Videl?" he said cautiously, feeling weird that he was talking to a pile of towels. "No shit." She said, glaring out from under the rectangular eye space at him, her voice muffled by the towels. "Damn…what happened to you? Avril get bored again?" He stepped back a bit at her fierce glare and she tried to get comfortable under the towels.

"No. I got wet after she had her dog push me into a pool. Then she insisted that I have all these towels so the couch wouldn't get wet." Heiji snickered and sat on the couch opposite from her. "Oh that's just horrible." Videl glared at him. Somehow she knew he didn't mean it. "So where's Gohan?" They jumped as Avril popped out of nowhere. "He left to get something."

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Gohan pulled up at the club and got out, looking around at the emptiness of it. His eyes narrowed as he saw three people talking inside it. He walked casually in and all eyes turned towards him. Syracuse, Ricardo, and Angelo stared wide-eyed at the gun in his hand and didn't dare move. Gohan rolled his eyes and put the gun down.

"Oh look it's the three musketeers, got any info for me?" They calmed down once he put the gun away and soon the four casually sat at the abandoned bar. "Well dad moved his bar." Ricardo rolled his eyes. "No, really?" Angelo glared at him. "Alright kiddies settle down or I'll have to put you in a corner." Syracuse said with a smirk and the two men hmphed.

"Dad blew up Det. Satan's house." Ricardo commented and Gohan frowned. "Oh yeah I remember him talking about that. He said it was a warning but he wasn't sure if she was in the house or not." Gohan was surprised at the relief he felt that Videl wasn't in the house at that time. "Do you two have anything other than old news?"

They were quiet for a moment before Syracuse spoke up. "A man was leaving the bar tonight with some money Cortez paid him, I believe he was the one Cortez hired to try and kill you. I didn't see his face because of his hat but he was badly beaten up. Had broken ribs, broken arm, leg, and some bruises on parts of his body. What did you do to him Gohan?"

Gohan shrugged. "I didn't do anything except shoot him. The stupid idiot probably got everything else by jumping off the damn building. We were over 3 stories up…" Gohan stood to leave when Ricardo cleared his throat. He turned to look at him and Ricardo stood, shuffling nervously. "Spit it out already!"

"We need you to rough Angelo and I a bit because if you don't…" Gohan sighed and without a nod or anything of understanding, uppercut both men and punched them into a wall where they sat with swirly eyes and a few broken bones. "Whoops, guess I don't know my own strength." He said casually and Syracuse knew he didn't mean that.

After letting Syracuse call 911 (after much persuasion on Syracuse's part) he dragged the bartender out of the abandoned club, all but threw him into the car, and screeched off. He slowed down as the cop cars and ambulance zoomed by and once they turned the corner sped up again, running a few red lights until he got home, surprisingly without a cop in sight.

He spun the car in a 360, perfectly parking it, and they both got out. He glanced at Heiji's car and his eyes flashed with anger. Syracuse noticed it and meekly followed behind Gohan so that he wouldn't place his anger on him. Even Cortez knew better than to mess with Gohan when he was angry. Syracuse wondered how he acted when he was furious.

"HEIJI!!!" Heiji's eyes widened as he heard the door slam and looked around frantically for a place to hide. Feeling stupid for sitting there looking, he got up and ran. Gohan entered the room just as he left it and looked suspiciously around. They stood in silence for awhile (Videl being an exception) until they heard Heiji's manly scream and barks.

Gohan smirked evilly and Syracuse backed cautiously away from him. I think I'll go get something to drink… He heard Heiji's manly scream again and something tearing from above them. Or cook a meal… Some evil girl giggles were heard and Syracuse could hear Gohan's evil snicker as he left the room. Feast it is… With that he hurriedly left the room.

"Hello!!!!" Videl's muffled voice called out from under the towels. "Some help here!!!!" She sat in silence for a bit before Gohan trudged down the stairs with a smug smile on his face. He then glanced at the towel pile as if seeing it for the first time, and squinted at it. "Would you stop gawking at me dammit, get me out of this pile of towels from hell!"

Suddenly Gohan laughed. Not an evil laugh or anything like that, but a carefree laugh, a careless laugh. To say the least EVERYONE was surprised at that, well except his daughter Avril who received plenty of his carefree laughs when she was around him. Those who weren't given the privilege just…stared…Syracuse almost dropped the bowl in the kitchen and Heiji fell down the stairs. Am I in the twilight zone? Videl wondered as they stared at him.

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Cortez paced in his new office, glancing now and then at his two groaning sons. "What happened again?" Ricardo blinked at him in confusion. "You say something?" Cortez rolled his eyes in unison with Angelo. Ricardo had lost a bit of his hearing after being smacked around and thrown hard on his ears into the corner of the room.

"Syracuse wouldn't listen to us and get to the club like scheduled. We were about to make him go by force when GS arrived and beat us up. Then I blacked out and that's all I remember. I don't know if tone-deaf over here remembers anything since he CAN'T HEAR!!!" Ricardo blinked at him and then looked at Cortez. "You two say something?"

Cortez sighed and rubbed his temples. Oh well, at least I left early or else I wouldn't be standing here listening to these idiots. I'd probably be standing infront of the Diablos himself. "Go home and tell your mother that I helped you from getting less serious injuries." Angelo rolled his eyes at his father's comment and the two hobbled off together on their crutches.

"Damn woman always yells at me if I get them hurt. I don't need her screeching since I can barely hear after Rosa's banshee-like screeching of Gerard dying. Wasn't my fault the damn kid can't protect himself…" he mumbled and looked at the man who just came through the door. "Sir we're ready for Operation A."

"Good. Make sure you don't leave any tracks and keep an eye on those two brats for me will you? They may be my most trusted but if GS searches for them and they get killed Maria would kill me." Hose rolled his eyes and left the room. Cortez blinked and sat in his chair confused. Why is everyone rolling their eyes in this damn fanfic?

I wrote this at like…2 at night so don't go shoving flames at my face if its weird or something…I don't even get it… I don't know. This chapter is definitely different from the others and I'm pretty sure EVERYONE'S gonna have a good idea why. My mind kind of just went with the flow I guess…don't even know what came over me when I wrote this…oh well.

At least I got Cortez's objective out for the next chapter that will bring about the lemon. Should be enough I guess but I'm still thinking about how I came up with all this stuff…hmm…better not ponder about it. Better go write some more chapters for this and Dark Blessings. Those who are reading Dark Blessings I'm back! Those who aren't…GO READ IT!!! Well anyway, REVIEW!!!