Hello again fellow reviewers, readers who don't review, and whatnot. I am back with another chapter in tow. Just the heads up, I'm going to be gone for a few days this week which I think we all will with Thanksgiving and all so I'll try to get a few more chapters in both my stories before that happens. Hopefully anyway…
Question answer for Lord Scribbles:
The reason of the difference between my two different character personalities for Chichi and Bulma is because it just fits in with the storyline. Bulma wasn't supposed to be evil but I couldn't have the famous world genius married to a saiya-jin when everyone in the world pretty much despises saiya-jins so it just turned out the way it is now. Chichi is loved in OOS because she's pretty much the only thing Gohan's had that showed him love earlier in his life and that's why she's so loved. Goku of course will probably ALWAYS be hated or evil since I don't like him and such but that's beside the point of course.
Only One Shot
Chapter 21: The Black Cat
Gohan nervously stood infront of his mirror, trying in vain to do his tie. He grumbled to himself as he tried to take out the knot he just made when the bathroom door opened and Videl stepped out in a towel.
He eyed her as she made her way to the closet where he had all her clothes moved. He insisted Videl stay in his room and she had no complaints.
"Do you think this is a good idea?" Gohan said for the hundredth time and Videl sighed for the hundredth time. She picked out a black spaghetti strap dress that stopped just above her knees and placed it infront of her.
"Gohan for the last time this is a good idea," She said annoyed as she viewed herself in the mirror. "And if you don't stop asking me…I don't even want to think about it."
Giving up on the knotted tie he walked over to Videl and hugged her from behind. Placing his chin on her shoulder he looked at them in the mirror. "Alright…if you say so…"
They stood in silence for a moment before Videl turned in his arms and began to fix his tie. "What is it with men and not being able to do their ties?" she muttered to herself not meaning for Gohan to hear her, though he did.
"Probably why women were created Videl," Gohan commented as she finished up his tie. "To help Neanderthals called men with their simple tasks in life."
Videl pulled him down using his tie to give him a quick kiss on the lips. "We women are here because if men were to get pregnant we'd be extinct."
Gohan raised an eyebrow. "What's that supposed to mean?" Videl just smirked to herself as she went into the bathroom to get changed. He just stared after her with a frown and a confused face. "Whatever."
Trunks knocked on the bedroom door and peeked in cautiously. Gohan rolled his eyes. "Trunks there isn't any mating activity going on in here…yet…so you can come in if you want."
The younger demi-saiya-jin still cautiously entered the room then sighed in relief when Videl was nowhere in sight and Gohan was telling the truth. "My dad's getting fidgety about waiting. He said something about telling you to stop mating or tell him what's taking so long."
"Tell him Videl's a woman so she is obligated to take forever…" Gohan muttered, a bit annoyed, then thought for a moment, rubbing his chin as he did. Trunks didn't like that look in Gohan's eyes or the smirk that came with it. "Also, tell him that we'll be down in about 30 minutes, tops."
Trunks nodded slowly but quickly left the room, having a feeling he knew what was going to happen. Just as he closed the bedroom door Videl came out of the bathroom putting on an earring. "Who was that?"
"Oh that? Just Trunks." The demi-saiya-jin smirked and slowly moved towards Videl as she sat with back facing him putting on her heels. The moment she looked up he pounced on her, causing her to lay on her back with him held over her with his arms.
He lowered himself and began kissing down her neck. Videl pushed half-heartedly on his chest. "Gohan, we don't have time for this," she moaned, "Vegeta's going to get mad and…" The door slammed open and they both jumped away from each other like two teenagers caught by the teenage girl's father.
Vegeta eyed them with a calculating glare and grunted. "Sorry to interrupt your little love fest but we have to get going or else we're going to be late and Mr. Valentine doesn't like it when we're late, especially 30 minutes late."
Gohan snorted and fixed up his clothes before helping Videl up. "Well if I'm his son he's going to have to deal with it. I had other things to take care of before him that concerned only three people in this room, and believe me Vegeta you aren't one of them."
Vegeta's face was pure amusement and the corner of his mouth was twitching like mad, indicating he wanted to laugh, as he just turned and walked out the door without another word. Videl's face was crimson after what Gohan just said hit her. Gohan just smirked and held out his hand. "Shall we?"
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The group exited Vegeta's stretch limo and looked up at Club Royal. It was a huge building with the letters Club Royal in fancy glowing letters, a crown on the R. They were excited to see what it was going to look like inside when Vegeta stopped them. Nanami and Avril ran inside already so there was no point in trying to stop them.
"Here are the rules," Vegeta began, "No one except Avon, Gohan, and possibly Videl can call Mr. Valentine by any other name. Heiji, Trunks, you both as well as I can only call him Mr. Valentine or Sir, you got that? This man does not play around, even if he looks relaxed. Test him and I can tell you now, you won't ever be making that mistake again. Got that?"
Heiji and Trunks gulped before slowly shaking their heads yes. Gohan grumbled a bit before speaking out loud. "Can we go in now? We're already almost an hour late and I'm getting hungry. Plus I don't feel comfortable with leaving Avril and Nanami in there by themselves."
Vegeta nodded. "Of course, of course. Thing is you have to go first, since you are his son I am not obligated to go anywhere ahead of you and if I want to live a long life I can't do anything bad to you, even if you do something bad to me. I just have to deal with it."
Gohan raised his eyebrow. "Seriously? I can do anything to you and get away with it?"
Vegeta shrugged. "There are some rules but you overpower a large majority of them because of who you are and yes, you can do just about anything to me and I can't do a thing except deal with whatever happened. In return I get protected, good deal if I say so."
"Hm." Gohan said thoughtfully and shrugged. "Alright then, let's not be any later than we already are." Linking his arm with Videl, he led the way in, Avon, Vegeta, Trunks, and Heiji following. (A/N: they came into the club in that order; the more important you are the farther you are up in front)
A saiya-jin stood by the door in a black suit and earpiece. He stood infront of Gohan and Videl then bowed. "Good day Lord Gohan, Milady, you and yours this way please." As they were led Gohan looked around.
Club Royal was a two story place, the upper level was decorated similar to the downstairs level except it was just tables and people and it had a large rectangular hole with gold railings so you could look down on the people dancing.
The dance floor was in the middle of the first level's floors and there was a stage with a spinner and band on it. On the immediate left of the dance floor and stage was an exquisite bar with just about every alcohol and beer on the planet.
The music was on request and the service was wonderful just by looking at it. The food that they went by smelled great and Gohan was getting hungrier by the second. A dessert trolley passed by Gohan and Videl had to tug on his arm a few times to get him back to reality.
The light was a dim sort of light in fancy restaurants and gave off both a peaceful and romantic mood. The tables were round or rectangular, depending on the party, and an area in the back corner of the upper level was a VIP section for Mr. Valentine and his guests.
Gohan noticed that Avril and Nanami were sitting at a beautifully decorated rectangular table next to who he guessed was Mr. Vincent 'Black Cat' Valentine. They seemed to be telling or explaining something funny because Vincent was laughing.
Vincent's eyes twinkled a bit as he looked up at Gohan and he stood, dusting off his suit a bit before extending a hand, hope etched in his eyes. Gohan saw no threat to this and, to Vincent's delight, took his hand and shook it. "Welcome all, I am Mr. Vincent Valentine."
Hiya! Back from NC as you can see! Hm…that rhymed…ahem. I wrote half of this before I left and the rest when I came back so the author note at the top is a little out of date…hehe… Anyway sorry its short but it was either no chapter and critical paper or short chapter and critical paper. Plus I feel I haven't updated this in ages so I wanted to get it up and running. Plus I have a little present for all of you. Since I took forever in updating and fan fiction (or my computer) is not putting this prologue up, I'm going to let you read it now instead of waiting. Tell me what you think, ja ne.
If you cannot bear the silence and the darkness, then do not go there; if you dislike black nights and yawning chasms, never make them your profession. If you fear the sound of water hurrying through crevices toward unknown and mysterious destinations, do not consider it. Seek out the sunshine. It is a simple prescription. Avoid the darkness. It is a simple prescription, but you will not follow it. You will turn immediately to the darkness. You will be drawn to it by the chords of fear and longing. You will imagine that you are tired of the sunlight; the waters that unnerve you will tug in the ancient recesses of your mind; the midnight will seem restful—you will end by going down.
—Loren Eiseley
from The Night Country
Prologue
She pulled the jacket closer towards her as the wind blew, cursing the weather and herself. I just had to stay and help didn't I? She thought angrily. "This night couldn't get any worse." She muttered and immediately lightning thundered. Glaring at the sky, she began quickening her pace and decided to take a quick shortcut. She soon regretted her decision.
The shortcut she decided to take was in the creepiest part of town. There were apartments with people asleep in them complete with a park-like cemetery, and at the end of the street was a large Dracula-feeling mansion. It had tattered window curtains and was obviously worn down and abandoned. She shuddered at the sight of it.
The corner it sat at was distanced from other buildings and the area around it was burnt. It looked old fashioned and she couldn't help but wonder why they hadn't destroyed it yet. The aura it exhibited was one that made you terrified of it, yet wanted to see what was so interesting about it that kept it on that street corner.
A shadow caught her eye, snapping her gaze from the mansion that loomed far ahead of her to the figure walking under the dim lights. She squinted a while, trying to make it out in vain. Finally when the figure got close enough to make out it disappeared. She blinked a bit, trying to figure out if she was seeing things. Shaking her head she continued on.
Her fears began to spike up as she neared the mansion. She had a feeling something was behind her but when she turned it was gone. Breathing a bit harder in confusion and fright she began walking a bit faster. That was when the rain started pouring down, soaking her, and the street lights went out. She felt cold, scared, and not alone.
His POV
I had seen her while walking out to feast on an unsuspecting human. At first she looked inquisitive and interested while I walked towards her with pure curiosity. Not many people walked down these streets once it hit 8 o'clock, in fact none did. I wanted to meet her but as I got closer and closer I decided to see how she tasted first and vanished to her eyes.
I was amused as she looked, blinking in confusion, at the place I once stood at. As if the gods granted me a taste of the beautiful human before me the street lights went out for more cover, though I knew it had to be impossible since the street lights were ready to go out anyway. I watched in fascination as the rain fell on her and decided I was tired of waiting.
End POV
She ran towards the mansion, deciding that as creepy as it was it had shelter from the rain until it stopped. Besides, the apartments were bolted and locked shut. She sat in the doorway of the mansion wondering if she should go in or not and decided, after hearing some whispering, not. She stood on the patio near the broken door and tried to keep warm.
She froze as two arms wrapped around her wet body. A warm breath tingled near her ear and she didn't know whether she was terrified or not by it. "What's your name?" she heard, from what she surmised as a 'him' after the arms pulled her close to his chest, whisper. "V-Videl…" Videl stuttered, still unsure of giving out her name. "That's a beautiful name, Videl."
Videl's eye twitched in annoyance. "Are you trying to—" He shushed her, the breath in her ear sending a shiver down her spine. "Relax." he whispered and Videl suddenly found she was incredibly drowsy. "I'm not going to hurt you." Videl barely heard him as she grew tired. As her eyes began to close she heard him say, "I just want to taste."
He sat in a worn out chair on the patio and placed her on his lap comfortably, pulling his black overcoat over her cold form. After rubbing her arms to pull up her body temperature he stared at her for a bit before trailing a finger softly from the side of her neck to the beginning of her shirt. She shivered.
Slowly, he tilted her head towards him and back a bit, exposing her neck. He lowered his head and opened his mouth, his fangs gleaming despite the dark rainy weather. Carefully but surely he sunk his fangs into her neck. He heard her give a slight gasp and felt like he was in heaven as he sipped on her blood.
It was nothing he had ever tasted before. It was sweet, nothing he had ever tasted when he was alive or reborn could ever compare. It was as if he had stolen the sweet nectar from the Garden of Eden. He stopped himself before he could get carried away and drain her, licking the two holes on the side of her neck which healed immediately.
Seeing traces of her blood still on her neck he began to move his tongue over them, reminiscing at the exquisite taste of it. When finished he wrapped her in his overcoat and looked at her in amusement when she snuggled up closer to him for warmth. He touched her forehead, saw where she lived, and carried her bridal style to her apartment.
It didn't take him long to get there and though he didn't have a key his powers allowed him to open the door effortlessly. He closed the door quietly with a mere glance and walked towards her bedroom. He pulled back the covers and placed her gently on the bed. He meant to take back his overcoat but she clung to it like a lifeline.
Shaking his head he pulled the blankets over her only for her to look at him with a sleepy eye. "I never got your name…" she murmured. "Gohan." He whispered in her ear. "Mmm…Gohan…" she muttered, rolling over and exposing her neck. Gohan stared at it longingly for a while before shaking his head forcibly and disappearing as if he was never there.
This is a prototype. I don't know if I'm going to continue this at all. Maybe if I get few good reviews then I might make another chapter. For all of you who had read my Only One Shot and/or Dark Blessings then this is the vampire fic I told you I was thinking of posting. Now that it's posted, read it and tell me what you think. I am also clueless on the story name so it would help me out a bunch if you gave me some ideas or a few titles of your own. THANX!