Thanks for all the reviews guys and girls alike. Here is the next chapter (though a bit short) of Only One Shot. I promise a nice chapter next time. I just don't want to put in the part where Gohan and the others meet Vincent because then this chapter will be WAY too long.
Only One Shot
Chapter 20: A Bit of Peace
"So what's all this about?" Gohan asked as he sat down in a lawn chair, Videl sitting on the one next to him. They sat in the backyard of Vegeta's humongous mansion. He was obviously a very successful lawyer. Though mad about Bulma breaking up with him he refused to get close to other girls. Everyone believed he still loved Bulma, even if he didn't admit it.
The backyard was huge, bigger than Gohan's. It was just as green and had a huge Olympic swimming pool similar to Gohan's near where they sat. Farther down the estate was a golf course, something that surprised even Gohan. A saiya-jin came up to them, pouring lemonade into their glasses. Leaving the pitcher on the table, he bowed and left.
They were silent for a bit, the only sound being Nero and the two girls splashing in the pool, until Vegeta tossed a picture on the table. Gohan picked it up and studied it. "Hm…a black cat…so this is all about a person who is very artistic?" Trunks came towards them, sitting down, typing on his laptop.
"It's about a man named Vincent 'Black Cat' Valentine. He's a very dangerous man who destroyed the Vatican Church in Rome." Gohan raised an eyebrow, interested. "He's a saiya-jin who is revered among the highest of saiya-jins…and that's about all I could pull up." Both Avon and Vegeta slapped their hands to their foreheads, shaking their heads.
Both older saiya-jins looked at each other for a moment, as if telepathically trying to agree to something, which they could be doing. Higher class saiya-jins knew telepathy. "Vincent Valentine is my brother." Avon blurted out and they sat in silence. "O…kay…" Gohan began, eyeing the two elder saiya-jins. "Is there something important in those words?"
"Videl has to leave first; these are only for saiya-jin ears." Vegeta grunted and Videl stood up to leave only for Gohan to pull her back down on his lap. "Whatever you say to me you can say to my mate." The saiya-jin prince eyed them and shrugged. Videl looked at Gohan in surprise yet pleased at the same time. Avon cleared his throat.
"I guess I should start this since I was there since the beginning. My brother, Vincent, or 'Vinny' as his wife loved to call him, was a saiya-jin of very high social status in both saiya-jin and human circles. He was soon referred to as the 'Black Cat' when people noticed that whenever they crossed his path they received bad luck later on.
"People both feared and respected him but my elder brother was always a sad man, even though he never showed it. He loved classical music, always playing the violin and the piano, and 'oldie goldies' as I liked to call them, also known as old school songs. That's how he met his wife that forever changed his life, your mother Gohan, Chichi." Gohan sat silent.
"Chichi loved old songs as well but always said it was hard to find a good one, so to make her happy my brother started a chain of old school clubs that also were restaurant-like. Really nice places if you ask me, he did a good job with—" Vegeta cleared his throat and Avon smiled, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Hehe, sorry, anyway that made Chichi really happy since she didn't like clubs because of all the smoking, drinking, strippers and such. That was until the accident. The doctor told them that because of her injuries Chichi couldn't have any kids. Poor Chi, she cried for days. To end her pain Vincent found out about a project they were doing to help people like Chichi.
"All Vincent had to do was donate some sperm. He never told me about it so I can't really go into detail with it. It was a 90 percentchance that it could fail though since it was a new experiment but Chichi wanted to go along with it because it was her only hope. She said that she would rather deal with the disappointment than to never try at all.
"Being the loving person Vincent was he did it, without any regrets, encouraging her all the way. Luck was on their side as that slight 10 percent chance was more like a 100 percent chance to them. Chichi was so happy she glowed for days when Vin and I visited her in the hospital. I was happy too; I was going to be an uncle!" Vegeta and Trunks rolled their eyes.
"Spare me…" Vegeta muttered and Avon glared at him before continuing. "The doctors thought that it was because he was a saiya-jin, Chichi said it was because God was rewarding her for believing in him." Gohan nodded at that. When he was young his mother always read the bible to him before he went to bed, she was a very religious person.
"Well that was when everything went downhill. He had been keeping all the mafias in check until he heard about something brewing in Rome at the Vatican Church. They said that all saiya-jins were blasphemers and that they should die, them and their mates, if human, who were whores. Let's just say that the Black Cat wasn't very happy about all this.
"I think you were 5 or 6 months when he heard it and left to talk to them. I'm not sure what happened after that, no one knows. Even though I was the one who sniped Miguel I didn't know what happened after that because all hell broke loose and I had to get out of there quick." They sat in silence once more, digesting all the information.
"Milord," A saiya-jin servant interrupted, holding a cell phone on a platter. "A 'Mr. Valentine' would like to speak to you." Surprised, Vegeta took the phone and cleared his throat. "Mr. Valentine Sir?" Gohan and the others raised an amused eyebrow. This was a once in a lifetime thing, Vegeta acting polite, to a saiya-jin who supposedly was beneath him.
"Tonight? Yes Sir I understand. Alright Sir we'll be there." He closed the phone and handed it back to the servant who took the phone with a slight bow and walked off. He glared at their amused faces and hmphed. "The Black Cat would like to meet us tonight at his main club, Club Royal. The kids can come since his clubs are clean."
"What's up with the politeness dad?" Trunks smirked, "I've never seen you so polite, even to yourself." Vegeta snorted and sipped his lemonade. "Well I wouldn't be the saiya-jin prince I am today if it wasn't for Mr. Valentine. I would've been just some normal noble while he would be 'Lord Valentine' and Gohan here would be 'Prince Gohan'."
As they stared at him in shock Vegeta stole a glance at Gohan who was staring at the table pensively. I wonder how it feels to know that you had a real father and not that brainless bastard as one. Vegeta snorted to himself. How life changing. He thought, his inner ponderings dripping with sarcasm. "Let's eat." He said gruffly and they stood to get food.
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El Burro sat in a VIP section of a restaurant he owned waiting for Cortez. He was rather surprised to see the Mexican Crime Lord sporting an eye patch and a cane. "I see you had a run in with the Black Cat." Cortez glared at him with his good eye, mumbling incoherent things as he sat down carefully. "Shut up."
El Burro waved the waiter over and ordered his food, Cortez, still grumbling, ordered his as well. "I have a plan El Burro. Technically you're the only ally I have as of now and I have a great plan to get back at Valentine." El Burro snorted as the food that had been quickly prepared especially for the two Mexicans arrived.
"Are you crazy?" he cut his steak and chewed on it thoughtfully before gulping and shaking his fork at Cortez. "This is the Vincent Valentine we are going up against. He destroyed The Order for goodness sake! Then he burned down the Vatican Church all by himself. You're loco Cortez; I think your injuries have affected your thinking process."
Cortez chewed on his lamb angrily and washed it down with the red wine. "You're just afraid to go up against the Black Cat." El Burro wiped his fingers before sipping his red wine. "No I'm not." They sat in silence for a bit, eating their food when Cortez commented, "He visited you didn't he? Warned you?" El Burro nodded. "I'm heeding that warning."
The younger Mexican scowled elder one. "El Burro you're such an ass." El Burro smirked. "Thank you." Cortez rolled his eyes and tossed his napkin on the plate after cleaning himself of any sauce and such. He stood up and glared at the fat Mexican who was now leaning back, sipping daintily at his wine.
"Mark my words El Burro, when I'm done with Valentine you're next." El Burro snorted at him. "The day you kill Valentine is the day I become a real ass." Muttering to himself, Cortez angrily left the restaurant. El Burro raised his wine glass. "Goodbye Cortez, may the Diablos welcome thee with open arms." Draining his glass, he tossed money on the table and left.
Sorry for the short chapter, I just have a ton of stuff to do. I am totally swamped with work while trying to finish up a nice long Dark Blessings chapter. I should have my other chapter done after my headache goes away. If anyone doesn't like the fact that Gohan's dad is NOT Goku then flame me or something. I really don't care. I just don't like Goku at all and I have my reasons. Anyway, ja ne.