Here it is, the moment you've been waiting for! (drum roll) The next chapter of Only One Shot! I know everyone's been waiting for this, especially ViG who requested it in the first place. Wait why am I babbling? I need to write this chapter.

Only One Shot

Chapter 17: A Little Mistake Can Go A Long Way

Part I

Syracuse whistled as he searched through his duffel bag for a few specific cooking utensils. Being a cook for Hesus Cortez was stressful, he wanted so much food that he had to buy a shitload of utensils, thus it's hard to find the right ones sometimes. A shout of "YES!!!" came from the kitchen as Syracuse held up his faithful ladle.

A disgruntled Heiji who had been walking by looked at Syracuse for a moment before rolling his eyes and walking off. Grabbing one of Gohan's exquisite kitchen knives (after looking around and placing one in his duffel bag) he began chopping, cutting, and peeling. Searching around for the pepper he failed to find it and sighed in defeat.

"GOHAN!!!" A loud thud was heard and the demi-saiya-jin popped his head into the kitchen. "What do you want? I'm busy trying to show Nanami and Avril how to protect themselves if an adult man grabs them." Syracuse shuddered in horror. Poor Heiji… "I just wanted to know where the pepper was." Gohan pointed at the VERY top cabinet and left.

Syracuse scowled at him and looked up. How the hell does he expect me to reach THAT?! Not EVERYONE can FLY! Mumbling he got on his tip-toes and opened the cabinet, moving his hand around for the pepper while looking at what else he needed in the book. He grabbed something solid and popped the top off without looking.

While he rubbed his chin at the next ingredient in his little cookbook he poured the contents of what he THOUGHT was pepper into the stew. He placed it on the counter once he thought he had enough and was about to stir it when he saw the blue pills in the stew. What the hell? He looked at the bottle and his eyes widened. Oh shit…

Heiji came in disheveled and abused, sitting down hard on a chair and rubbing his temples. Not taking his eyes off the bottle he addressed the young ex-mafia leader. "Uh Heiji…who's house is this exactly?" Heiji shrugged. "It was Cortez's but he gave it to Gohan after buying this huge mansion on some stupid hill."

This headache is killing me… He squinted at the bottle Syracuse was staring at. ASPRIN!!! He thought excitedly and got a glass of water, grabbing the bottle of pills. "Man my head is killing me…" he muttered and Syracuse stared. "Uh…Heiji…" Shaking the bottle to get two blue pills in his hand, Heiji raised his eyebrow then shrugged. "Must be those chewable tablet ones."

"Heiji maybe you shouldn't…" Heiji popped the two pills and downed the glass of water. He stared at Syracuse with a confused look. "What?" Syracuse thought frantically. "…stay here tonight! Why don't you go home and rest a bit hm?" Heiji rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Hm…yeah it might get me away from Gohan for a bit…"

"Yes, no Gohan, no torture, GO HOME!!!" Without another explanation Syracuse shoved him out the kitchen. Heiji blinked them left. When he was sure Heiji was gone from the house he picked up the bottle of Viagra and looked from it, to the pot, then back. "Well maybe it won't do anything…" he hoped, not sounding very sure.

He carefully placed the bottle back on the VERY top shelf and looked around a bit before stirring the pot so that you couldn't see them. I think I better make the children something else…who knows maybe it'll help with Gohan and Videl's relationship? "Hey Syracuse, what are cooking in here? It smells really good! What's in it?"

Syracuse jumped so high his head skimmed the ceiling. "Uh…that's my secret Gohan! Secret…uh…family recipe. Yeah that's it." Gohan shrugged and left. Syracuse looked frightened at the pot of stew. Gohan's going to kill me…then again… He smirked. He doesn't have to know. Snickering, he began cooking something else for the two little girls.

Syracuse began fixing the table, placing rolls of bread and such on it. He was still nervous about the Viagra in the stew and wondered how he was going to pull it off. "Avril!" he called to the little girl as she and Nanami walked by with at least four dogs following them. She just turned her head to look at him. "Do you two like spicy things?" They shook their heads.

Syracuse almost kissed both of them in relief. "Nanami and I like spaghetti!" she cheered and Nanami nodded with an equally sized grin. They marched off cheering "Spaghetti!" down the hall. Syracuse was proud of himself. He found a way to make sure the kids didn't eat the 'spicy' stew. He was also proud that he cooked spaghetti without knowing that they liked it.

Placing the pie on the table he looked at it. Rolls, spaghetti, stew, pie, and so on. Satisfied he called them all to dinner. "This is great Syracuse!" Videl said as she began piling food onto her plate after Syracuse finished prayer. The little girls chomped happily away on their spaghetti with wide grins, thinking they forced him to cook this for them.

The Italian bartender gulped almost visibly as he watched Gohan AND Videl scoop some of the stew into their bows. Closing his eyes in prayer for himself, he took a big bite of his spaghetti to calm his nerves. "Hey what's this blue stuff Syracuse?" He choked on his food and Videl looked at him worriedly. Gohan raised an eyebrow and the girls just stared.

"In the pie, what's this blue stuff?" Syracuse put a hand to his chest; he thought he was going to have a heart attack after she said that. Lord just strike me down now… "They're blueberries Ms. Satan." He said sweetly, giving her an 'I'm ok' smile, then continued eating with fear eating at his heart.

He watched as they went for seconds and thirds on the stew, the fear growing with each bite of it they took. He was reminded of something he once read: What is done in the dark will eventually be brought to light. Maybe if they get married and have kids and such then he won't kill me…maybe just hurt me…painfully…Forgive me father for I have sinned…

"Syracuse are you alright?" Syracuse jumped at Gohan's voice. "Yeah, just fine. I was just…thinking." Gohan raised his eyebrow and Syracuse took that as a sign to continue. "Maybe when you're older." The demi-saiya-jin raised an eyebrow. "Syracuse I'm 25." The Italian bartender waved his fork at him. "Exactly!" Gohan rolled his eyes and finished eating.

"Avy, Nami, both of you need to take a bath and change your clothes. You BOTH have school tomorrow so go to bed after that. You can let the dogs sleep in the room if you want." The girls put out a chorus of "Awww…" as they trudged upstairs to take turns in taking a bath. At least ten dogs followed them. "Syracuse you're taking them to school."

Syracuse did his chorus of "Awww…" and began putting the dishes away as Videl and Gohan left the room. Usually he would question it but the look in Gohan's eyes said that it wasn't up for discussion. Muttering curses and complaints he watched as the odd couple left. "I can't believe he's making me take those demonic girls to school! He deserves that Viagra…"

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Gohan watched Videl go into her room, which was suspiciously near his, and lock the door. He began fanning himself and wondering why the hell it was so hot all of a sudden. He felt something push against his pants and looked down. His yes widened and he got into his room, slamming the door, causing it to open slightly.

Why that double-crossing asshole! Gohan thought angrily. I bet he had something to do with this. Must have been in that stew, that's why he was so persistent in not letting the girls even look at it. Heiji must have had some, probably why he kicked him out of the house so suddenly. If the girls tasted it I'll kick his ass to Otherworld, HFIL, and back.

Muttering to himself, he tried to shake images of a naked Videl in different positions flashing through his mind. He fanned himself and looked at the shower. Maybe if I take a cold shower and just keep away from her for a couple hours it'll wear off…yeah that'll work. Wondering how he was going to torture Syracuse, he began taking his cold shower.

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Videl fanned herself after she locked her door. "What the hell is wrong with me?" she asked no one in particular. "And why the hell is it so fuckin' HOT!!!" Maybe it's the after effects of Syracuse's stew. It wasn't as hot as he claimed it to be so I guess he was talking about this…though I doubt it.

Still fanning herself she shook her head, trying to figure out why she was seeing a naked Gohan smiling at her while laying on her bed. "Dear kami I'm losing it…" she glanced at the shower and walked over to it. Maybe if I take a cold shower it'll help take some of the aftereffects of the stew off…

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Syracuse walked quietly down the dark hall. He had already checked on the two girls hours ago, they fell asleep with at least twenty dogs sleeping in there with them. He was sure they were safe even though they left the window open. He had come here earlier after they left and noticed they were both taking showers. He looked at the time then left.

Now he was here 2 hours after he last checked on them. Videl's room was quiet except for some mutterings while he could still hear the shower going on in Gohan's room. Well Gohan DID eat about ten bowls saying it was SO good. He snickered. Videl only ate two. Trying to contain his laugher after sitting out there another hour listening to Gohan's shower, he left.

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In her bed Videl rolled over for the fiftieth time. She was afraid to go to sleep. That day still brought memories. Memories of how she saw her father's head, blood and body parts everywhere. She could still see his eyes staring wide eyed at her in complete fear. She could still feel his cold skin under her fingers.

She shivered and got out of bed. She looked around for a robe and shuffled towards the door, unlocking it. Maybe Gohan'll know what to do about it. She thought as she shuffled towards his door. After all he did experience things like that during the saiya-jin hunt. She knocked the door and it opened slightly. "Gohan?"

She pushed open the door slightly and peeked in. "Hello?" She heard the shower going on and looked at the red clock numbers. 12 o'clock? Who takes showers at 12 o'clock? Muttering to herself she decided to just talk to him tomorrow and turned to leave. Before she made it out the door the shower stopped and the bathroom door opened.

Since this will take two chapters—especially since I can't just shove them together like that without some sort of reason hehe—then I'm updating both at the same time. Better for you more writing for me. Well I need to get writing. Ja ne. Go click and check out the next chapter! Part II! I'm also thinking of making a vampire-like story thing with these two…what do all of you think? Hm? Maybe I'll give all of you a sample at the end of the next chapter to see what you think.