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For your information, there is some swearing and some sexual situations Just so you know DragonBallZ, Not mine. You have been warned. "Gargoyles" is copyrighted by the Walt Disney Company and Buena Vista Television.
Attention:
In my story 'Time Out' in the sixth chapter the third author's note. I made statement about the Eternal dragon's name. I was watching Dragonball on Toonami when I heard Kami refer to the Eternal dragon as Shenron. I have volume fourteen of Dragonball in tales 164 and 165 Kami referred to the dragon god as Shenlong and in the Z volumes the dragon still referred to the dragon god as Shenlong . I don't know if this is translation confusion or what.
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[1-11] Author's Notes (Yes, I have regain my sanity! (*Looks around* Who am I kidding?))
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"Previously on Gargoyles."
"Goten, what are you talking about?"
"I don't know what's a Gargoyles?"
"Baka, It's an cartoon that Disney and Buena Vista made."
"Oh! Um, Trunks, what's a Disney and Buena Vista?"
"Baka."
Gohan examined the face of his timepiece it was now two hours since He and the chibis had split off from Videl so she could shop in peace. He looked at his watch again and thought about countless days that his Mother and Bulma would spend in a mall shopping.
Bulma sits down at a computer and looks at you. "Now on with this chapter!"
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Tien Shinhan flew for Capsule Corps the moment he sensed Chichi arriving and with Krillin and that 'thing' already there. He had detected the lost of Gohan's and Goten's as well as Vegeta's brat's ki signatures Tien was unconcern till other Z senshi start to gather, as he approached West City felt Vegeta's energy drop out.
"Boy, Vegeta is taking his lumps for something." Tien thought out loud.
"Yah, but what would make Chichi that upset?" A voice asked from behind. "Not that I'm complaining or anything but she might take it out on us too."
"You do have a point, Yamcha, you can enter first."
"Gee, how kind of you. Where's um.Chiaotzu?"
"He's on his way to Korin's tower for senzu beans."
"Always thinking ahead huh?"
"Doesn't hurt to ready. Where is Pu'ar?"
"I sent Pu'ar to Master Roshi's Island so she would be safe?"[1]
As Tien approached he was better sort out the ki signals, all the usual signatures and the ones expected where present but there was one ki that was vaguely familiar. Tien stepped up to the front door with his back up as it be, rang the doorbell, minutes later the door open to reveal Mrs. Briefs.
"Oh goodie more guests, I will have to prepare more refreshments." She said as led them to the rest of the group and rushed off.
Tien looked around the room and took stock, Vegeta was off to himself in quiet composure Bulma was off to one side of the room. [2] Krillin was next to his wife on the couch, both were focusing on Chichi who had young woman firmly in her grasp. The girl was blonde with blue eyes and was wearing a purple jumper identical to the green dress that Bulma happen to be wearing the only difference was a brown fuzzy belt
~ Fuzzy brown belt?~ For some reason that feature scream at Tien, he turn to Vegeta as he heard him moan and that's when it clicked. ~Vegeta use to have a brown belt that was fuzzy but it was a tail. A TAIL!~
"THAT'S A TAIL, Yamcha she's a Saiyan!" Tien yelled as he dropped into a fighting stance.
Yamcha charged forward with a flying kick.
Chichi pulled Erasa to one side. "YOU WILL NOT TOUCH ONE HAIR ON MY GRANDDAUGHTER'S HEAD OR ELSE!!"
Yamcha flew towards to where Erasa once stood as he approach Chichi leaped up and brought a frying pan of doom down on Yamcha's head and he landed with a splat. Face first, still setup to swing his leg forward in powerful kick. [3]
"Gr. Gr. GRANDDAUGHTER!?!" Tien blurted.
"Yes, it true." Bulma replied.
"But how?"
Bulma led Tien to a chair and sat him down before he passed out. "Well let's see here, when you put a teenage Saiyan boy in a room with a teenage girl."
Tien cut Bulma off as a slight blush glowed on his cheeks "Yes, I know that! Launch explained that to me when she first found out that she was pregnant." [4]
The silence was deafening, Erasa was the first to break the silence. "You mean to or in this case didn't mean to tell us that you didn't know about sex and where babies came from?"
Tien's blush now encompassed all of his head. "Hermit Crane never taught me how life came to be, I was to be an assassin not a lover, I only learned about that when Blonde Launch trapped me in the shower." He said as he looked down at his hands. [5]
"Krillin had to trained in the art of love too so don't get down on your self."
"Hey I wasn't that bad?"
"No, but you weren't great either." 18 said getting a giggle out Erasa.
"Yamcha didn't have a clue and my mate had stamina but no style." Bulma said as looked down at her mate. ~My mate wow, I would have never thought that my life would turn out like this. It's not like I wanted a real wedding or little house with a white picked fence. I knew my life would always take the road less travel, after I met Goku on my first Dragonball hunt. I knew that I was never to travel a normal path after. [6]~
"The real question is Goku super stud or super dud?" 18 asked.
"I'll vote dud, after all Goku did think marriage was some sort of food probably still does." Replied Bulma.
Krillin sounded off with, "Same here."
"What, that you thought marriage was a food or that you're a dud?" Quipped 18.
"Woo, slammed." Erasa commented as the group to Chichi.
"Well, I was a blushing bride, I was innocent." Chichi said as a blush creep up into her cheeks. "The first night, Goku was very gentle and very patience and it only got better. Yes, sometimes food was involved, but I won't go in to details." Chichi finished now in a full on blush.
"Ack! Too much information, but thank you for stopping when did." Krillin said.
"Sounds like stud to me." Erasa stated. [7]
18's question died on her lips "How would. What are you doing?"
The members of the group look to Erasa, she was kneeling on the remains of Yamcha, now wearing the sport coat he had on, with his wallet in her hands she looked back at the group. "What?" she asked.
Krillin quickly looked at his wife "Well, She is your granddaughter after all."
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[8] On a table sat a pitcher of ice tea, with a bag of corn chips and tuna fish sandwich as Videl relaxed in a lounge chair beside the table. In her hand was a book by Nora Roberts about the relationship between an artist and part time carpenter, and the steel hearted business woman, Erasa had given her the book in hopes of starting Romanic fire in Videl. [9] Videl was wearing a yellow polka dot bikini letting the sun cast its warm glow on her skin. [10] As she laid there with the sounds of a gentle breeze wafted across the field of wild flowers and tall grasses. Videl kept eye on Marron as she played with her G.I. Joes and Barbies nearby, the boys had disappeared shortly after study time they would wander back when they got hungry if they were anything like Gohan.
~This sure is nice no crime or reporters, no air or noise pollution of the city and best yet, no dad telling me what to do, what to think, how to act, just the sounds peaceful quiet. When I get back I'm moving out to forest with Gohan.~ Videl thought as she took a bite out of her sandwich. "Marron, would you like half a tuna fish sandwich?"
"Yes please," answered as Marron as she got up from where she was playing and joined Videl on the lounge chair. Videl shifted herself on the chair to make more room for the little girl as Marron settled herself. Videl put the plate with the other half of the sandwich and the bag corn chips beside Marron
"Do you like ice tea?"
Marron with her mouthful just shook her no.
"I didn't think so, I'll go get you root beer. OK?"
"OK." Marron said as she smiled.
Videl returned the smile and got up walked back to the house. Once inside the building she headed for the refrigerator in the kitchen. Videl open the fridge and retrieved a can of root beer and grabbed a drinking straw and returned to Marron, Videl opened the can pop stuck the straw in the can.
"Say, Marron, do you want to go swimming once your done eating?" Videl asked
"Sure!" Marron replied with the excitement only a kid could provide as she stuff the last bite of sandwich into her mouth.
"Great! Do you want some more corn chips before I put them away?"
Marron only shook head no as she chewed on the last of her sandwich Marron took a sip of root beer and swallowed the last bite of sandwich.
"Ok, since your done eating, you can pick your toys and change into your swimsuit and I will putt my stuff away and I will leave a note for the boys." Videl said as she stood up started to pick up.
Marron when over to where was playing and put her toys in a clear plastic tote box and brought it inside.
As Marron was changing Videl had put on a pair of socks and her shoes while she quickly wrote a small note for Trunks and Goten and placed it on a small plate of Oreos. She then entered the bathroom and got a couple of large towels as she was heading outside she looked at the map of the area on the door. ~hmmm, its about three miles to the river I don't think I want walk that far and back again.~
Marron reach up and grabbed a handful of Videl's bikini bottom and gave it a tug. "Let's go!"
Videl instantly grabbed hold of her bikini bottom and looked down at Marron. "Ok, ok, just one sec. Just keep my bikini bottom on, Ok?" Videl walk over to the cabinet that had they put all of the capsulated debris from their arrival as opened the door She saw a three ring binder with the word inventory printed on a sheet of paper on the front as she pulled it down She realized that Gohan must have organize and inventoried the debris for easy access.
"How nerdy, yet convenient." She muttered as she opened the binder to see a table of contents and edge labels indicating the different sections. Videl scanned the contents list to find the section she wanted she grabbed the appropriate tab flipping to the desired section as she scanned through the sheet Videl found what she was looking for. "Ok, Box 3, Compact 38, Capsule G-41." Videl announced as she put the binder to the side and obtained the correct compact out the third box and retrieved the capsule.
"Can we go now?" Marron pleaded as she tugged on Videl's bikini bottom pulling it down.
"Yes!" Videl yelled as she reached back and quickly pulled her bikini bottom back in to place. "You in a hurry or something? What you afraid that the river will dry up before we get there?"
"Yes!" Marron cried as she hopped up and down in place.
Videl suppress a laugh, "Ok!" she said as she opened the door to let Marron out while checking the door was locked and followed the girl out. "Ok stand back." Videl said as she press down on the release and tossed the capsule a safe distance away. A bang and cloud of smoke and dust was generated from the capsule as it released it payload as the dust drifted away from a Polaris 500 ATP. [11] Videl flipped open the front cargo box and toss the towels she was carrying in and closed the lid, Videl then flipped a leg over the seat and settled down and got into a comfortable position on the machine.
~I thank my mom for passing down a long set of legs.~ Videl thought, "Okay, your next squirt." Videl said as lifted Marron up onto the seat in of her.
Marron turned to Videl said "I'm Marron not Goten."
"Huh?"
"That what Uncle Gohan calls Goten."
"Oh, then what does he call you?"
"Honey."
"Honey it is. Now, Honey, are you ready to go?"
"READY!" Marron yelled out
"Ok!" Videl cheered as she turned the key on and hit the starter button causing the starter motor spin the ATP's engine to life. "Hang on!" Videl declared as she shifted the bike into gear and accelerated to about thirty miles per hour across the green field towards fun in the warm water of river.
The pair traveled across the two and three quarters of mile before they came to the wooded embankment as Videl approached the embankment she slowed the bike for the maze of trees that covered the embankment. Videl was surprised that the lack of brush under the tress as she reach the bottom, slowly she worked her way out of trees and in to an open area. There was the river, it was wide and slow moving, looking in to the water was looking through glass, and there where land rose above the water was a sandy beach that merge into a large area of grass. Videl drove the ATP across the open grass area and down on to the beach bring the bike parallel to the water line there she set the parking brake and killed the engine, Marron was already off and running for the water.
"Marron, Stop! Wait a minute." Videl called out as she removed her foot wear.
"Why!" Marron cried as she started to pout.
Videl opened the front cargo box pulled the towels placed on top of the box. "Because I want make sure the water safe. You don't want me to get me in trouble with Gohan do you?"
"Yes!"
Videl stumbled at Marron's answer "Why you little--" Videl said as she scooped up the little girl. Marron let out a short scream that turned in laughter as Videl rushed into the water. Once Videl was waist deep she dunked her self and Marron in the tepid water.
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As Gohan slipped through the air like a guided missile towards his fifth dragonball. He could not help wonder about the ease he was experiencing collecting the dragonballs he had in hand, he could not help but to wonder if he was getting a little help from above. The thoughts where quickly forgotten as an images of Videl with her new clothes and haircut filled his mind with thoughts and feelings that where confusing and exciting to him as well intensified older ones.
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Author's notes:
[1] I know someone is going to point this out but Pu'ar was supposed to be a male cat but translation to English and voice actor makes me believe he should have been a she instead so that's why I write Pu'ar the way I do. Thou it might distract from Yamcha's fear of women, of course Yamcha may not see it that way.
[2] He is still unconscious.
[3] In the DragonballZ manga volume 7, tale 81, Reacoom performs the kick, which I so poorly described.
[4] In the Akira Toriyama's universe Launch is written out of the DragonballZ with the excuse of running off after Tien. I am very confident that we saw Launch towards the end of the kid Buu saga.
[5] The Crane Hermit was a rival to Master Roshi and older brother to Toapaipai a.k.a. Mercenary Tao, he would be Master to Tien and Chiaotzu till their defection during the 22nd Tenka'ichi Budokai in later volumes of Dragonball.
[6] I made a vague reference to Robert Frost. Thanks to Saiko Riddle, who reminded me how wonderful his works are.
[7] Ever have conversation that starts one way and ends going in the opposite direction. That's how this section happen
[8] This what one thinks about as one sits and freezes their butts off in the dark of a frigid New England night.
[9] Not an actual book, well. I don't know I have never actually read anything by Nora Roberts. I'm referring to Timeless Tale a story by PeAChSliCe who was inspired by Nora Roberts.
[10] Videl's bikini is like the one you see in those old fifties and sixties movies like "Beach Blanket Bingo" This is also a vague reference to an old song "Yellow Poka Dot Bikini" By Frankie Avalon Who also was in "Beach Blanket Bingo".
[11] All Terrain Pickup (ATP), it's an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) with a small dump bed mounted on back instead of cargo racks. People around me call them bikes, basically the early ones where motorcycles engines and parts mounted on a three or four wheeled frame instead of two. I guess they still are.
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Author's Answers:
TeAr-Of-A-rOsE - if understand what you asked: That was what I choose. It felt right at the time.
Luna's Meow - you're just going to have to read along with the rest of us.
Jessi Lynn - I was brainstorming and Erasa being Goten and Marron's kid was a collection of random thoughts crashing together. "What would you get if you mixed Marron and Goten? What if Erasa was Saiyan? Why hasn't some one done this already?" I well aware of my bad habit of making "book like talk" when I will try to fix this in the future and I have no idea what a convention error is. Does that have something to with a type of oven?
Silver Warrior - I don't know if you missed it, forgot it or whatever, but in third chapter Gohan shows Videl, Chiishinchu the six star dragonball. I omitted a part of the story were Gohan recovers the dragon radar from the ground before he leaves to scout around, and later on in the chapter Marron reveals that She has the second dragon radar. In the show and manga that I have so far, I only account for there being only two dragon radars at the end of dragonball and only one during the frezia saga. Bulma made her first Dragon radar some where close to sixteen years of age, because When she first meets Oolong, Bulma said she was "Sweet Sixteen".
Trunks' Brat Baby - I cann't tell you that A.) It would ruin the surprise B.) I haven't decided on a name yet *Shrugs*. The whole story is AU "The Erasa Timeline". Erasa didn't travel to a new world only Gohan, Videl, Marron, Goten and Trunks travel thirty years in their past, Erasa is only experiencing her world from a different angle. I was thinking Maria for my girlfriend's mother if you have a name to suggest I am open to ideas.
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